Eastern Alumnus Vol. 33 No. 3 (Spring 1980)

The
Eastern
Alumnus

EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY +?
SPRING, 1980 � >

March 1980 Board of Directora

VOLXXXIII No.3

Eastern Illinois University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination with F. Jack Kenny 'SS
Decatur (1980)
respect to sex, race, religion, and national origin in all facets of University life
and administration. Al Daniels '49
Elgin (1980)
Contents Page
Lewis Crane '60
Alumni Weekend/80 1. • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • •
EIU GRAD Builds Cabin 2• • • • • • . . • . • . • • • • • • • • Palatine (1981)

eIndustri s & Thearys at EIU 4• • • • • • • • • • • . • • . . • • Jahala DeMoulin 'SO
. Decatur (1981)
Telefund Successful 6• . . . . • . • . . • • • • • • • • . • • • . .
John Keith '69
Eastern's New AD 8. • • . • . . • . . . . • . . . . • . • . . • • • Hillsboro (1981)
Women's Teams Win 9. • . • • • . . . • . . • . . . . . • . • . .
Alumni News Notes 10• . • . . • • • . . . . . • • • • • • • • • • H. Gene Markos '74
Litchfield (1981)
Kaleidoscope 16. . • • • • • • • • • . . . • . . . . • . • . • • • • •
Marilyn Oglesby 'SS
Charleston (1981)

Alumni Association Gail Borton 'S4
West Franfort (1981)

Officers James G. Kehias 'S2
Normal (1982)

An evening sun sets behind President Jack Miller '49
McAffee Gym. Waukegan (1982)
M. Jane Duensing 'SI
Algonquin (1980) Owen (Gene) Strain '63
Olney (1982)
Vice-President
Mark Wisser '76
Robert D. Kovack 'S7 Elgin (1982)
Mattoon (1981)
Director, University Relations
Secretary-Treasurer Kenneth E. Hesler

Kathleen Medder '68 Director, Alumni Services
Charleston (1982) Charles Titus

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Designed by Johnson, this arch was constructed Illinois Consolidated Telephone supplied the
with aluminum contributed to the Art Center by wire used in this ladder structure •
the Industrial Roofing Co•

. This W-shaped paper form was another piece created by sculptor Johnson to represent the
printing industry at R.R. Donnelley & Sons.

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Eastern Calling

Alumni Telefund Successful

Eastern conducted the Telefund portion of its Annual Calls were made from on-campus in the University '
Giving Campaign on Tuesday evening, February 5. Union. Using phones previously installed in the Union •
Over 270 EIU graduates and former students in the Effingham Room, the volunteer callers worked from
cities of Belleville, Granite City and Edwardsville were names, phone numbers and other data provided by the
called during the Telefund. Alumni Office. Seven volunteers dialed for two hours to
complete the Telefund on schedule.
Kathleen Kane Medder, '69, Secretary-Treasurer of
the EIU Alumni Association, headed the Telefund as Alumni who called during the evening included Ron
Volunteer Coordinator. More than $1,000 in con- Coartney, '59, Jackie Adkins, '67, and Patricia Beasley,
. tributions to various funds in the EIU Foundation were '68. Faculty members who participated in the Telefund
pledged during the two hours of calling. "I think it went were John Conley, '58, Assistant Registrar, and Kandy
very well," said Eastern Alumni Director Charles Titus. Baumgardner, Assistant Professor of Zoology.
"I want to thank all the alumni in the cities called for Students who made calls were Bob Pierce, a senior and
their fine support of our school. I also especially thank president of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity, and Yvonne
Kitty Medder and all the other alumni, students and Beeler, a sophomore member of Sigma Kappa sorority.
faculty who worked so hard during the Telefund. They
are the ones who made it the success that it was." Also assisting with the Telefund was Mel Medder,
'68.

Below, Bob Pierce, a senior from Evergreen Park, Dr. Kandy Baumgardner, assistant'professor
waits for his party to answer. of Zoology, records another pledge.

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Above, Eastern alumni, faculty and students dial away at the University's 1980 Telefund in the. Union.

Left, Kathleen Medder, '68, Telefund Coor­

dinator, keeps score during the calling.

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Johnson Replaces Mullally as Athletic Director

R.C. Johnson, 38, associate R.C. Johnson First, the NCAA division and
. athletic director at Northern Iowa, conference situation. . .secondly,
Club, which is a non-University making sure there is continued
has been named Athletic Director at financial support group, growth in Title IX. . .and third,
Eastern Illinois University, joining development of the 16,800 seat fiscal stability," Johnson explained.
the EIU staff on April 1. multi-purpose UNi-Dome athletic
arena, and sports promotional He previously served as assistant
Johnson replaces Mike Mullally, activities. football coach at Mankato · State
who resigned December 1 to accept (1968-74), Youngstown State (1967)
a similar position at Cal State­ In addition, he has managed an and Northern Iowa (1965-66).
Fullerton. NCAA football playoff game, two
NCAA national wrestling cham­ He graduated from the University
"I believe Mr. Johnson is the pionships, two NCAA �ational of Iowa in 1965 and received his
most highly qualified candiate.. .he gymnastic championships, and master's from Northern Iowa in
has the broadest base of experience administers game activities for 1967. He played three years of
of anyone we interviewed,'' said football, basketball, track and college football and two years of
EIU PresidentDaniel E.Marvin, Jr. wrestling. baseball at Iowa, was a member of
the Air Force ROTC and active in
"I believe he understands the "I'm excited about coming. . several campus organizations.
financing of collegiate athletics, and .and I sincerely mean that. One of
the key factors in my decision was Johnson graduated from Ottawa
has the ability to openly and ef­ all the people I met during my visits. (Ill.) High School in 1960. He and
fectively manage the highly suc­ . .especially President Marvin and his wife, Norene, have a five year
cessful program here at Eastern. Dr. Jimmie Franklin (NCAA old son, Jeff.
faculty representative) with whom I
"I feel he best comprehends our spent considerable time," Johnson Winter Athletes
scheduling, our travel and all the said.
ramifications of the divisional status Compete Well
because of his past association with "Also, I really like the coaching
the Mid-Continent Conference staff. I didn't get to meet everyone, at Nationals
(Northern Iowa is a charter but I respect very much what they
member), knowledge of the NCAA have accomplished. If excellence in national tour­
divisional structure and exchanges naments is the measure of success,
with various athletic directors. "I told the President there are then Eastern's men's basketball,
three general areas I would focus wrestling and swimming teams
"I liked the method of budgeting attention on as soon as possible. earned straight N's.
that he employs at Northern Iowa
and believe he understands what we The Panthers basketball team
need to do here and how to get it competed in its sixth straight NCAA
done. I think he also will be a strong II tournament taking second in the
supporter of providing assistance Great Lakes Regional.
for women.. .we need to strengthen
their program," Marvin said. Only one other team in the nation
has been to as many consecutive
Johnson has been associated with tournaments as EIU during the past
Northern Iowa since 1974, first as decade.
Assistant Athletic Director and . Eastern upset Number 3 ranked
since 1977 as Associate AD in Wright State in the opener but lost
charge of the revenue and to Northern Michigan by two points
developing sports. in the finals. The Panthers were
snakebit against the Wildcats this.
Johnson actually had daily season, losing three games by a total.
of four points.
supervision of the intercollegiate
program· sincr Athletic I;>irector,
Stan Sheriff, was tlso head fQOtball
coach:

Therefore, Johnson was directly
involved in the reorganization of
men's and women's athletics into
one 20-sport department, the
establishment of the UNI Athletic

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BASKETBALL SWIMMING WRESTLING

Senior Craig DeWitt (Grand Nine swimmers earned All­ The wrestlers took third in the
Rapids, Mich-Sterling, Ill. HS) and American honors led by Steve
junior Dennis Mumford (Canton, Boone (Charleston) who was third nation, the fourth straight year
0.-Timken) received most of the in the 100 breaststroke in a school
individual honors. record 58.6 seconds. The top 12 they've been in the top five. They've
individuals in each event are chosen
DeWitt was na,med Second Team All-American. compiled a 32-1-1 dual meet record
All-American and Mumford Third
Team A-A by the National Mike Roessler (Arlington during this stretch. Six wrestlers
Association of Basketball Coaches. Heights) was 7th in the 200
DeWitt led the team in scoring and breastroke in a school mark 2:09.8 earned All-American honors led bv
finished a sparkling four year career and 9th in the I 00 breaststroke.
with 1426 career points, fourth best Geno Savegnago (Carol Stream­
on the all-time list. Tom Hussey (Charleston) set a
school record of I :56.5 placing 7th Glenbard North).
Eastern's- 22-7 record was the best in the 200 backstroke and then took
won-lost mark since the 1951-52 11th in the 100 back. Savegnago was 2nd at 190 lbs.
team went 24-2, and the Panthers
set .one school record of note, a 47.7 Tom Bird (Elk Grove Village) set which qualified him to compete in
percent team field goal mark which a school mark 51.5 by finishing 6th
surpassed the previous best of 46.8 in the 100 butterfly. Jim Hall the Division I 'major college'
percent in 1964-65. (McHenry) was I0th in the 1650
freestyle and John Oller (Streator) tournament where he went on to
The team selected junior guard was 11th in the 200 butterfly.
Mike Pickens (Marion) as the 'Most earn All-American there by
Valuable Player' and senior guard The 400 medley relay of Hussey,
Dave LeTourneau (Batavia) as the Boone, Bird and Ted Soltys was 6tt finishing 5th.
Honorary Captain. in a school record 3:31.2..The 800
free relay of Hall, Soltys, Mike Savegnago was also voted the
Foley and Dave Gibson was 8th in a
record time 7:01.7. Mid-Continent Conference

·wrestler of the Year'after he

defeated a three-time national
champ for the MCC title.

Other All-Americans and their
individual finishes were Dave
Klemm (Lincoln), 2nd at
heavyweight; Bob Stout (Wooddale­
Fenton), 2nd at 167; Bob McGuinn
(Ingleside-Grant), 3rd at 134; Randy
Blackman (River Grove-East
Leyden), 5th at 118 and Sam Carson
(Maywood-Proviso East), 8th at
177.

Women Dominate State Athletics

Rewriting the record book was Jo Huber (Tuscola) was named Lynn Miner (Rantoul), Ricki
the name of the game for Eastern's the state's Most Valuable Player. Rousey (Lincoln) and Lori Gill
women's teams this past winter. Joining her on the collegiate All­ (Normal-University). Eastern was
State team were Linda Ellsworth 25th in national competition and
Becoming known as an AIAW (Menasha, WI.), JoAnn Archer whipped Division I schools Nor­
Division II powerhouse, swimming, (Mundelein) and Nancy Kassebaum thern Illinois and Ball State in
badminto and basketball all proved (Belleville-East). regular season dual meets.
once again they could succeed
against Division I schools. The Panthers concluded the Lisa Young (Mt. Prospect) and
season as the third place finisher in Becky Stuckwisch (Highland),
Basketball posted its first ever 20- the regional tournament at Green EIU's one-two punch in badminton,
win season (20-11) and won the state Bay. led the Panthers to seventh in the
championship under the direction of nation in AIAW II, first place in the
first year coach Bobbie Hilke. All but two school records fell Midwest Regional and three in­
this past season in swimming as vitational championships.
Included in the record were longtime men's coach Ray
victories over Division I powers Padoval took over the additional First year cqach Karen Earley
University of Illinois, Indiana State, duty as women's head mentor. directed the team to a tie with
Western Illinois and Northern Illinois State in the state cham­
Illinois. The state title game was a All-American honors were earned pionship.
convincing 88-60 trimph over by Sharon Bird (Elk Grove Village),
Bradley.

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'10-'19 Fleeta Park Alexander, '27, is a '30-'39
retired teacher who spends her
Golda Hoggard Adams, 'IO, is winters on Hilton Head Island, Jessie Voigt Allhands, '30, retired
South Carolina. She has eight in 1973 after 46 years of teaching at
residing in a nursing home at 700 children, all college educated, and is Washington State University,
Monterey, Hutchinson, Kansas watching her grandchildren follow Cornell University, Massachusetts
67501. suit. One grandchild is working on a University and the University of
doctorate in music art at Boston Illinois. She now lives at 1107
Worth A. Allison, '13, is living at University. Mrs. Alexander lives at Brighton Dr., Urbana, Ill. 61801.
4326 Fourth St. NW, Albuquerque, Box 413, Waynetown, Indiana
New Mexico 87107. 47990. Florence Ayers, '32, has retired
from a teaching career after 40 years
Hugh Moore Adams, '17, has Tilford Dudley, '28, recently and resides at 814 S. 14th St.,
been retired for 15 years and is a received an honorary doctorate Springfield, Ill. 62703.
member of the Accent on Education from Eastern. He is now living at
group. Hugh and his wife Nellie live 2942 Macomb St. NW, Fred 0. Bohn, '35, retired as
at 109 Praire, no. 102, Mattoon, Ill. Washington, D.C. 20008. Supt. of Schools of the ABL
61938. Community Unit School District
Ruth Bell, '28, retired from her no. 6, Broadlands, Illinois in 1973.
'20-'29 teaching career in 1969 and worked Although his wife, Irene, still
at resorts for another ten years. She teaches, as do his daughters Sheryl
Gertrude Western Bidle, '20, is now residing at PO Box 833, and Sharon, Mr. Bohn is in the
resides in Charleston, Illinois 61920. Wickenburg, Arizona 85358. She furniture repair business. He resides
will be moving to a new home and at 201 E. Third St., Box 107,
Margaret Champion May, '20, farm in Colfax, Indiana in the Broadlands, Illinois 61816.
resides at 1015 Minnesota St., spring of 1980.
Edwardsville, Illinois 62052 and is Fern Kohlbecker Bletsh, '36, is
the mother of two, the grandmother Charles Elliott, '29, retired from doing some tutoring as a retired
of 10 and the great grandmother of 38 years of teaching in 1973, 28 of teacher as well as graduate work at
five. which were spent at Eastern. Elliott the University of Colorado, UCLA,
received both his Master's and and Northern Illinois University.
Lois Genevieve Adams, '21 at­ Doctorate degrees from the Mrs. Bletsh has a daughter, Ann,
tended an educational seminar in University of Missouri. He and his who is also an Eastern graduate.
the Peoples Republic of China from wife Lois now spend their summers
Dec. 13, 1979 to Jan. 6, 1980 and in Charleston at 1401 11th St. and William Abernathy, '37, is
has returned to her home at 309 live in Sanibel, Fla. in the winters. residing at 116 Court Dr.,
South 9th, Mattoon, Illinois. Washington, Illinois 61571.
H.B. Armstrong, '29, retired
Ruby Keller Bennett, '21, is living Dec. 1, 1977 and is residing at 510 Beatrice Flori, '37, is a science
at 7550 N. 16th St., Phoenix, Fordham Parkway, Bay Village, teacher at Belleville Township High
Arizona 85020. Ohio 44140. School West and lives at 4
Alhambra, Belleville, Illinois 62221.
H. Ogden Brainard, '25, is an
attorney at law and senior partner in Audrey Hall Adair, '38, taught
the firm of Brainard, Bower and seven years in Alington, Virginia
Kramer, located at 600 Jackson and is the mother of one daughter
Ave., Charleston, Illinois 61920. and three sons. She lives at 201
Cherokee Trail, Clarksville,
Lorna Howe Dixon, '26, lives Tennessee 37040.
with her daughter in, Hume, Illinois
61932.

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Crystal Funkhouser Redden, '39, '50-'59 Gary Randolph, '60, has retired
and her husband, Carl, reside at 505 from teaching high school chemistry
Lewis St., Hammond, Indiana Ruth Rice Lee, '50, and her after 18 years and is now a chemist
46320. Carl retired as an inspector husband, Col. Maurice Lee live at for Bussman Manufacturing Co. in
at Amoco in Whiting in April 1979. 1056 Daysailer Dr., Fairfax Station, St. Louis. He and his family have
Their son, Paul, is on leave from Virginia 22039. Col. Lee, '51, moved to 701 Boleyn Place,
Amoco getting his Masters in Civil retired from USAF in January 1979 Manchester, MO 63011.
Engineering at Purdue. Charlotte, after 26 years of service. He is
their daughter, has a Ph.D. and is currently a systems analyst with Carol Stanfield Halloran, '60,
the budget analyst for the Governor General Electric in Springfield, does some substitute teaching and
of Colorado. Virginia. instructs a nursery school class two
days a week. She and her husband,
Eileen Anderson, '39, had retired Jim Bruce, '57, resides at 1608 Bernard, have five children and live
after thirty years of teaching. She Jason, Sulphur Springs, Texas at R.R. 1, West Union, Illinois
still does some substitute teaching. 75482. He has a daughter, Kathy 62477.
Mrs. Anderson has five children, Bruce Barrow who recently
two of whom are teachers. She now graduated from New Mexico State Donald Schaefer, '60, is the Head
lives at 123 Home Ave., Forsyth, University with a BA in psychology. Start Director for the Embarrass
Illinois 62535. River Basin Agency dealing with
M. Gene Newport, '57, has been p re -school and handicapped
'40-'49 the Dean, School of Business at the children. The agency serves schools
University of Alabama in Bir­ in Lawrenceville, Olney, Casey,
Leone Acton, '41, is residing in mingham since 1974. He has revised Mattoon, Neoga and Charleston
Collison, Illinois 61831. the text Management: Functions with a central office in Greenup.
and Behavior with Robert Treatha Donald and his wife Jackie live at
Hazel Isley Sluder, '42, now lives which was published by Business 1533 3rd St., Charleston, Illinois
at 6 Powder Cr., Dr., Belleville, Publications, Inc. in 1979. He has 61920.
Illinois 62223. also authored four other
management texts. Marvin and his Marolyne Williams, '63, is a
Mildred Allen Ankenbrandt, '46, wife Sandra have three children and business teacher at Reavis High
and her husband Robert are both live at 2237 Royal Crest Dr., Bir­ School in Burbank, 111inois and lives
counselors at Springfield High mingham, Alabama 35216. in Hickory Hills, Illinois 60457.
School, where her son Robert at­
tends as a high school junior. She Janice Jones Hamilton, '57, is Aurthur Eardley, '63, lives in
has a daughter Susan who is a math presently a tournament coordinator Belleville, Illinois 62223 at 707
teacher at Richland High School in for the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Southgate.
Olney and a daughter Carol who is a Classic CPGA $300,000.00 purse
counselor at Sacred Heart Academy Golf Tournament. Mrs. Hamilton David Painter, '64, is teaching
in Springfield. Mrs. Ankenrandt resides at 2841 NW 10 Ave., Wilton math at Granite City North High
lives at 1824 Lowell Ave., Manors, FL 33311. School and is vice-president of the
Springfield, Illinois 62704. Metro-East Lutheran High School
'60-'69 Association. Dave is the father of
ten-year-old David and eight-year­
Francis Stevens Gardner, '47, is a Catherine Ray Mauck, '60, was old Susan and lives with his family
home economics and microwave the recipient of the $2,500 J.C. at 2580 Boyle, Granite City, Illinois
consultant and lives at 22 W. 180 Penney Fellowship given through 62040.
Foster, Medinah, Illinois 60157. the National Association of Ex­
tension Home Economists. She is Mary Carlew Simpson, '64, and
Phillip Hayes, '49, has a daughter employed by the University of her husband have two children,
Tammy who will graduate from Illinois as an Extension Home Sherry, 11, and Phillip, 8, and is
Eastern in the spring of 1980 and a Economist in Madison County living at RR 2 Box 794 E. , Ganite
son, Buck, who works for Trailways Illinois and plans to use the City, Illinois 62040.
in Independence, Kentucky Mr. fellowship to complete her M.S.
Hayes lives at 17 N. Lakewood, degree in Educational Ad­ Tom White, '64, has been named
Effingham, Illinois 62401. ministration at SIU-Edwardsville. director of marketing consulting for
Mrs. Mauck lives at RR 1, Trenton, Rexnord Inc., Milwaukee. White
Illinois 62293. received a M.S. degree in business
administration from S.l.U. and
served as a manager of marketing
research for the Nordberg
Machinery Group of Rexnord Inc.
prior to his recent appointment. He
and his wife Karen have two
children and live in Greendale, Wis.

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Janet Metcalf Treicnel, '64, University. Mr. Carter resides at 747 '70-'79
18th Avenue, East Moline, Illinois
resides at 2303 Pond St., Urbana, 61244. Martin D. Parsons, '70, and his
Illinois 61801. wife, Noralie Edinger, '71 announce
Larry D. Dickey, '68, has recently the birth of their first child
Kathleen Blixen Coagie, '65, lives been awarded the Commissioner's
at 424 Grandview, Edwardsville, Citation as the district manager of Zachary, born in February. Marti�
Illinois 62025. the Columbus, Indiana Social
Security Office. The Citation is the is the personnel officer at the
William Edward Willet, '65, is a agency's highest award. Mr. Dickey Phoenix South Community Mental
teacher at Belleville Township High and his wife, Judy, are the parents Health Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
School-East as well as a housing of two children, and live in
contractor. Willett has won seven Columbus, Indiana. Ross Ranzau, '70, is working in
awards with decoy carvings which quality control for McKey Per­
he prepares in his spare time at 61 Gary M. Leach, '68, is the forating Company in Milwaukee.
Country Club Acres, Belleville, Director of Field Services, for the His wife, Vera, '71, works for the
Illinois 62223. Illinois State Employees Association Unemployment Compensation
in Springfield, Illinois. Gary and his Administrative Office in Madison.
Robert Smith, '65, completed a wife Linda live in Chantham, The Ranzau's reside at R.R. 1, Lake
Ph.D. in Special Education in Illinois and have two sons, ages six Mills, Wisconsin 53551.
December of 1979 at the University and eight.
of New Orleans. He will be working Jeanie Granger Nicolussi, '70,
with retarded persons through the Keith A. Heischmidt, '68, is a now has a second son, Wesley. The
central office of the Bureau of Navy cryptologic technician and Nicolussi's reside at 13, Ed­
Quality and Standards in the Health recently participated in exercise wardwville, Illinois 62025.
Care Financing Administration of "Crisex 79." He is a crew member
Health and Human Services. Dr. aboard the aircraft carrier USS Charles W. Brown, '70, has
Smith, his wife and four-year-old Nimitz of Norfolk, Virginia, recently changed jobs after teaching
daughter will be living at 1322 currently on station with the U.S. Industrial Arts in Litchfield, Illinois
Middleford Rd., Baltimore, 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. for nine years. He is now a 2nd
Missouri 21228. auxiliary operator at the Central
John E. McGrath, '68, is a Illinois Public Service Company
Sondra Johnson Devany, '67, has resident of Crystal Lake, Illinois (C.l.P.S.) in Coffeen, Illinois. His
done graduate work at SIU­ and has been elected assistant vice new address is 722 Yale, R.R. 2,
Edwardsville and Webster College president of Harris Bank, Chicago. Hindsboro, Illinois 62049.
in St. Louis and is presently After joining the bank in 1968,
teaching junior high school in math McGrath became a member of the John Beesen, '70, a captain in the
in Granite City. Mrs. Devany lives trust department's Personal Port­ U.S. Army, has completed a
at 12 Chapparal, Edwardsville, folio Services Division. He holds a graduate degree in law at the Judge
Illinois 62025. Master of Management degree and Advocate General's School at the
is presently a member of the In­ University of Virginia. Captain
Walt Knollenberg, '67, is con­ vestment Analysts Society of Beeson will become the new senior
troller of a new Rockwell In­ Chicago and the Director of the instructor of law at the Military
ternational plant being built in Forest Hills Property Owners Police Academy at Fort McClellan,
Laurinburg, N.C. He is the father Association, Crystal Lake. Alabama. His present address is 707
of Gregory-9, Eric-6 and Rebecca-3 Highland Ave., Charlottesville,
months and lives at Rt. 1, Scotch Daniel Reedy, '69, received the Virginia 22903.
Meadows Dr., Laurinburg, N.C. W.B. Strugill Award for out­
28352. standing contribution to graduate John Ramsey, '71, is the
education from the University of president of Trickl-Eez Co. of S.E.
Howard Henrichs, '68, has Kentucky in 1979. The honor carries Mich. and on the Board of Directors
recently been promoted to specialist a cash award of $2, 000 and is given of the Expressway Commerce Park.
in the product planning and to one selected faculty member each He is also president of the Belleville
development department at State year. Child Care Center where his wife,
Farm Fire and Casualty Company. Connie, is the Director. The
He lives with his wife Judy and their Polly Hohlt Jones, '69, is an Ramseys and their daughter,
children, Beth, Cathy, and Stuart, instructor in the School of Business Charlene, live at 41505 1-94,
at 302 Augustine Way, Normal, at Southern Illinois University. She Belleville, Michigan 48111.
Illinois. has a daughter Kelly, 10, and is
living at 317 Clearview, Belleville, Pamela Shultz Owen, '71, is a
Jerry Carter, '69, is teaching 7th Illinois 62223. pre-school teacher at the Western
grade industrial arts for the seventh Space and Missile Center Air Force
year in East Moline, Illinois. He has Base where her husband is an Air
completed 29 semester hours of Force procurement attorney. They
post-graduate work in Education
Administration at Western Illinois

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have two children, Tesa, almost Harry Sharp, '74, is working with Janet Thomas Cox, '75, is
four and Christopher, nearly two, the Quaker Oats Co. in Chicago and teaching Spanish and E glish at
and they are living at 532 Baywood, is living at 1013 Newberry, Mt. Cumberland High School, l'oledo,
Vanderberg AFB, California 93437. Prospect, Illinois. 60056. Ill. and lives in Greenup, 1llinois
62428.
Martin Coleman, '71, resides at Christine Pearce Johnson, '74,
115 Fox Creed Rd., Belleville, and her husband, Randy, live at 197 Jane Hans Graham, '75, is a
Illinois 62223. Oakwood Lane, Bloomingdale, vocal music teacher for kin­
Illinois 60108 and are the parents of dergarten through eighth grade at
Sandra Kramer Mundhen, '72, two children, Megan and Brett. Seneca Grade School, wht;re her
spent six years teaching special husband, David, also teaches fourth
education and has since retired to David Eichmann, '75, works for grade. The Grahams and their
spend time at home with a 20- Maytag as the Regional Manager of daughter, Bridget, live at 180
month-old daughter. She and her Little Rock and the surrounding Walnut, Seneca, Illinois 61360.
husband Lawrence live at 5 Oakrail counties. His wife, Giner, is
Dr., St. Peters, Missouri 63376. teaching kindergarten for the Little Michael Miller, '75, resides at
Rock School District. Their address 2200 N. Illinois no. 14, Belleville,
Bonnie Gessord, '72, teaches is 6408 Pontiac Dr., North Little Illinois 62221.
biology and advanced biology at Rock, Arkansas 72116.
Belleville Township High West. Her Kevin Kosydor, '76, is a systems
husband, Floyd, is a supervisor at Linda Lehnert Wood, '74, is a analyst at Mercantile Trns. Co,
Zinc Sauget, II. They live with their bookkeeper and teller at the Lit­ N.A., St. Louis, Missouri. He is
one-year-old son, Carl, at 112 N. chfield National Bank. Her living at R.R. 4, Box 17, Apt. 18,
41st Belleville, Illinois 62223. husband, Jack, is employed at Belleville, Illinois 62221.
Montery Coal Co. in Carlinsvi.Jle
Ricarda Powers LaGrange, '72, and the couple live in a newly built Mary Sheila Ogilvie, '76, has
now has her Master of Arts degree home at R.R. 3-Box 76, B l , Lit­ received a masters in education at
in sociology and is living at 212 chfield, Illinois 62056. Bradley.
Selma, Webster Groves, MO 63119.
Pamela Docter Peters, '74, is a Jeanice McCray, '76, is getting a
Bill Thommen, '73, is employed housewife and mother of one, masters in reading and is in her
by Compugraphic in the marketing Courtney. She and her husband, fourth year of teaching at York­
department and is residing in LaMont, live at no. 8 N. Crown, wood School Monmouth, Illinois.
Carmel, Indiana. Collinsville, Illinois 62040.
Theresa Scheiper Mannz, '77, is a
Carol Keinlen, '73, lives at 408 Janet Nussell Paluczak, '74, has a Personnel Interviewer with St.
David Dr., Belleville, Illinois 62221. new position as an accountant with Elizabeth Hospital, Belleville,
Cooperative Barging. She and her Illinois. Her husband, Richard, '77,
David Tissier, '73, is presently the husband Gregory reside at 47 is an Assistant Chemist with the
Director of Media Services at the Village Ct., Edwardsville, Illinois Peabody Coal Co. The two have
Edwardsville School, District 7. He 622025. recently moved to 207 Cedar Lane,
and his wife, Kathleen and their Freeburg, Illinois 62243.
four-year-old daughter live at 503 Joseph Chron, '75, a former
W. Union, Edwardsville, Illinois teacher and athletic director at Bruce Janousky, '77, is employed
62025. Franklin Middle School in by Arthur Andersen and Co. in
Champaign i s now a flight attendant Chicago. He resides in Wheaton,
Janet Stroud Burnett, '73, is with Eastern Airlines and resides in Illinois 60187.
teaching in Granite City, while her College Park.
husband, John, is an accountant in Rita Elizabeth Byrne, '77, and her
South Roxana. The Burnett's have a Joy Roth Pekovitch, '75, and her husband, Steven, live at 721
new daughter, Jenna. They live at husband Anthony make their home Magnolia, St. Charles, Missouri
18 Dorset Ct., Edwardsville, Illinois at 9 Elderberry Lane, Liverpool, 63301.
62025. New York 13088.
Mike Baum, '77, lives at 1050 N.
Henry Robert Luka, '73, Mary Kanya Weishaar, '75, has Farnsworth, Aurora, Illinois 60505
graduated from the Nazarene applied for acceptance in an and is the manager of a 200 unit
Theological Seminary in 1977 with education program at S. I.U.­ apartment complex. He is presuring
Master of Divinity degree. He Edwardsville and is working on her a degree in Certified Property
received a M.A. from Olivet counselor education certification. Management.
Nazarene College. He is presently She and her husband, Phil, are both
the senior pastor of Emmanuel teaching secondary special Kyle Smith, '77, a sophomore law
Church of the Nazarene in education classes in the St. Louis student at John Marshall in
Belleville. He and his wife Susan area and living at 1103 Rogers Ct. Chicago, is living at 1050 N. Farn·
and their new son, Michael, live at Apt. no. 1, Brighton, Illinois 62012. sworth, Aurora, Illinois 60505.
324 Oliver Oee Dr., Belleville,
Illinois 62223. Nancy Bishop Thompson, '77,
resides at 513 N. Griffin, Danville,
Illinois 61852.

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Debra Hughes Wall, '77 , is living Gary Thompson, '79, is teaching Jeffrey A . Dixon, '79, and his

at 2225 Maple St., Quincy, Illinois 6-12, coaching high school varsity wife Stacy are both employed i n the
62301. baseba l l and j un i or varsi t y area of public relations and are
basketball. He resides a t 2 5 3 7 S. living at 4408 N. Washington,
Gayle Hilleke, '78 , is a program College, Springfield, Illinois 62704. Bellevi lle, Illinois 62223.

director at the Ashland Area Y MCA Joy E. Grisham, '79, has been Heidi Franklin, '79, has com­
in Ashland , Kentucky. Her address
is 3046 Lydia, Ashland, Kentucky instrumental in setting up and pleted recrui t training at the Naval
4 1 101 . participating in an intermedi ate Training Center in Orlando,
special education class for behavior Florida.
Doris Danken bring, '78 , is living d isorders in the Eldorado School
District. She lives at R.R. 2, i'vfichael Jerome Pumo, ' 79, is a
at 12 Lakewood, Rt . 4, Ed­ Eldorado, Illinois 62930.
wardsville, Illinois 62025. w e e k end s po r t s anchor and
television reporter for an NBC
Jim Carroll, '78 , is a group, l i fe, s t a t ion, KYEL, in Y uma, Arizona.
H i s c u r rent address is 1 1 46 C 5 t h
and health underwriter for the Avenue, Y uma, Arizona 85364.
General American L i fe Insurance
Company in St. Louis, Missouri. He Mary Jo Martin, ' 7 9, is present ly
is l i ving at 34 D. Marcia Court,
Collinsvi lle, Illinois 62234. work ing at t he A lton Pa r k s and
Rec reat ion Com m is sion as the
Dawn McCollan Hoene, '78, is a ass i s t ant superintendent of
recreat ion. S h e resi des at 1 417 S tate
learning disabilities teacher in S t reet , A l ton, Illinois 62002.
Beecher City, Illinois. She and her
husband, Ken, are liv ing in Mode, Douglas L . M oyer, 79, was rece n l l y Roherl J. Sa b i n , J r . , ' 79, was
Illinois 62444. a ppoin led national sales coor­ elecled a trusl officer of American
d i nalor for A . O . Smi l h Cor­ Nalional Bank and Trust Company
Mark Lanahan, ' 7 8 , i s a poralion. He and his wife, Ann of Chicago.
M a ri e Da n k o v i c h , ' 7 9 , reside i n
probation officer and lives at 124 Kankakee. '80-'89
5th St . , Charleston, Illinois 61920.
Kathyrn R . Herh, ' 79, i s c u r rent l y Steven Hollowell, ' 80, has
Dennis Rueter, '78, is teaching
doing landscaping work and w i l l be recently been promoted to sales
and coaching basketball at Cerro spending t he winter at W inter Pa r k , engineer for the Aeroquip Cor­
Gordo High School. He lives at Colorado. While t here, s h e w i l l be poration's G u s tin-Bacon Division.
1707 S. Country Club Rd., Apt. work ing at Devi l ' s Th u m b , a cross
111, Decatu r , Illinois 62521. country s k i resort. She now resides
a t 1044 Unive r s i t y, B o u l d e r ,
Gordon A . Soderlund, ' 7 8 , i s Colorado 8030 1 .

cu rrent ly a compliance auditor wit h Denise Reynolds, '79, is a k in­
t he Office of t h e A u d itor General,
State of I llinois . He resides at 422 dergarten teacher at a Catholic
West Adam s # 2, Springfield, Ill inois school and is living at 1420 N. 17,
62704 . Bldg. 2 no. 3, Belleville, Illinois
6222 1 .
Bonny J. Guynn, ' 7 8 , is t he
R ose Marie Hodel, '79, is
division secre t a ry for A l l s t a tes
Design and Development Company working on a Masters in Business
in Poug h k eepsie, New York. S h e Administration at Southern Illinois
and her husband reside at 1 7 University-Edwardsville and resides
Mulberry, Rhinebec k , New York at 41 Crest Haven, Belleville,
j 2572. Illinois 62221.

J.Villiam R. Foe, '79, is curren t l y

employed a s a n accountant for
M a d i son Count y , I l l inoi s . H e
res i des a t 207 ! st A venue, Ed­
ward svil le, Illinois 6202 5 .

Kenneth Brewer, ' 7 9 , of R.R. 3 ,

Salem, Illinois 62881 is teaching a t
Salem High School and has recen t l y
won the "Best of Media" award at
the Southern Illinois Artists
Exhibition. He has also had a
painting accepted for exhibition at
the M i d-States Art Exhibition at
Evansville.

14

THE
EA S TERN

ALUMNI TIE • • •

Fred Mccandlish, 13, died at Helen I. Stapp, ' 23, of . . .shows your spiri t ! ! Classic
regi mental stripes of blue & gray
the age of 86 on January 29 at the Danville, Illinois died July 5, tell everyone that you are an EIU
Cumberland Nursing Home in 1979 at the Americana alumnus!
G reenup, Illinois. Mr. Mc­ Healthcare Center. Miss Stapp
candlish was formerly of rural was a retired English teacher S h ow your Spirit ! Order your
Toledo, Illinois. from MacArthur High School in a l u m ni tie today.
Decatur and the author of two
Eva Stitt Lacy, ' l 3, passed books in remedial English. She I want to Show my Spirit. Send
was a member of the American me -� ties a t $8.30 ea . Total en­
away, leaving one daughter, three Association of Un iversity
grandchildren and five great­ Women; Delta Kappa Gamma, closed $
grandchildren. the Na t i on a l Edu cation
Association and was a past NAME CLASS YR.
Edna Kilgore O 'day, ' 1 4, died president of the Illinois Teachers STREET
of English. Miss Stapp
December 17 in Charleston, established the Kate Booker STATE ZIP
Illinoi s . Stapp Scholarship at Eastern in
honor of her mother.
A nn Lahey Ryan, '14, of
George B. Corte/you, '39, of
Mattoon, Illinois passed away
July 30. Casey, Illinois died in December
of 197 9 . Mr. Cortelyou was a
Maurice L. Hampton, '15 , retired science teacher at Casey
High School.
died July 30, 1979 at the age of
83. Mr. Hampton coached in Marge Rapp, ' 79 , of Vandalia,
Neoga and Mattoon schools and
was a business manager of the M i s souri, was a c c identa l l y
Evanston Township High School electrocuted i n January. Miss
when he retired in 1952 to his Rapp was teaching English,
Charleston farm. He also served speech and dramatics at a
on the Eastern Illinois University Vandalia high school as well as
Foundation Board for 15 years. serving as advisor to the student
His wife, Nellie Balch Hampton, newspaper. She is survived by her
' 15 died in 1975. Survivors in­ parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F.
c lude a son, Robert, of Rapp of Crete, Nebraska, her
Barrington, Illinois; a daughter, sisters, Patricia Foster of
Nacy Maroney of Sauk Rapids, London, England and Susan
Minnesota; five grandchildren; Beranek of Lincoln; and two
two sisters, Eleanor Shaferly of grandmothers, Mrs. Florence
Mt. Vernon, Kentucky and Cooper and Mrs. Elizabeth
Joesphine Dallas of Tucson, Rapp, both of Crete.
Arizona; and a brother, Granville
Hampton, of Charlotte, North
Carolina.

Paul M. Fye, ' 16 , of 407

Sunset Dr., East Syracuse, New
York 13057 passed away January
7, 1980.

CITY

M ake c heck payable to EIU

Alumni Association and send to:

Alumni Office, EIU Charleston.

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l:!!IKA l IEll ID> O S C 0 P IE!!!

Roger Claar Heads m. Vocational Assoc.

Roger Claar, '67 was recently elected President presidency of the Bolingbrook Rotary Club in

of the Illinois Vocational Association (IVA) at an July.

annual convention held in Arlington Heights in He and his wife, Pat ricia, reside at 467 Sioux

February. Drive, Bolingbrook, Illinois 60439.

As president of the IVA, Claar will be directing

various groups of faculty and adminstrators from

different occupational education programs in

Illinois. Such affiliate organizations include the

Illinois Business Association, the Illinois In­

dustrial Educational Association and a number of

others.

At present, Claar is the Director of WILCO

Area Career Center at Romeoville, Illinois which

is an area vocational center with over 18 career

t raining programs serving six school districts.

He was honored by the Bolingbrook Beacon

newspaper in J anuary with t he "Man of the Year"

award and was the recipient of an outstanding

leadership award given by the Eastern I llinois

Area Business Association during the 1970-7 1

school year.

In Bolingbrook, Claar also serves as a village

trustee, is the secretary of the Romeoville Roger Claar
Chamber of Commerce and will assume the

Voigt Named Associate Dean SIU.C
-

John W. Voigt, '42, was recently named an Voigt has also had a new hybrid tree named in
associate dean of the College o f Sciences at SI U ­ his honor. It is a cross bet ween Quercus gisea and
Carbondale. Formerly the dean o f general studies Q. primordes. Its botanical designation is Quercus
and the assistant dean of the College of Liberal X Voigtii Thomson.
Arts and Sciences, Voigt ' s assignment is his third
as a dean in 16 years of service. Van Dyke Honored

Voigt ' s new assignment includes editing a Roger Van Dyke, '62, a golf professional at the
newsletter for the department in the area of Flint Country Club in Flint, Michigan, was
college relations, recruiting undergraduate as well recently honored with the state of Michigan's
as graduate studeflts and aiding the dean in "Professional of the Year award. Van Dyke, who
preparing reports. has been with the Flint club for 13 years, also
served as Michigan PGA president in 1976-77.
As a botany professor, Voigt will continue to
teach part-time in the botany department while In addition to his club obligations, Van Dyke
serving in his new position. In addition, Voigt is has also been involved in facilitating the Flint
an experienced writer in both prose and poetry, Junior Golf Association and the Flint Police
with an emphasis on botany. Athletic League.

He has written both books and manuals on
b otany, including some concerned soecificallv
with portions of Southern Illinois.

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PROGRAM SCHEDUI.E ..-h'-t e Facult:t 1

REGISTRATION FORM Friday Evening - July 11 Dr. Ted lvarie - Dean, School of

Resister for the Alumni Weekend/SO by 6100 • 7:4S p.m. Business, Eastern Illinois University. Dr.
completlna the registration form below. Check the Registration, Main Desk, Stevenson Tower
block which indicates the packqe you desire. 8:00 p.m. lvarie has held numerous workshops on time
Send the registration form and your check , made "American Education in the 80's and 90's" management.
payable to Eastern Illinois ·university, to: Office Dr. Harold Shane, Indiana University
of Public Service and Development, 104 Old Dr. Robert Millis - Senior Astronomer,
Main, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Saturday - July 12
Illinois 61920. Deadline for reservations is Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona. Dr.
Monday, June 2. Your packqe cost covers, unless 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Millis is the discoverer of the rings of the
otherwise stated, room, board, program fees and Breakfast, Stevenson Tower Dining Hall planet Uranus and a 1 979 recipient of the
activity fees. 9:00 - IO: I S a.m. EIU Distinguished Alumnus Award.
"Curing the Jitters - a Short Course in Public
D Packqe A (couple) . • • . . . . . . . . . $96.00 Speaking" Dr. Calvin Smith - Professor of Spehec
D Packqe B (couple/one child) . . . $108.00 Dr. Calvin Smith, Eastern Illinois University
D Packqe C (couple/two children). $1 20.00 IO: I S • 12 noon Communications, Eastern I llinois
0 Packqe D (sinale person) . . . . . . . $48.00 Free time - Swim, play tennis, tour campus, shop, University. Dr. Smith has held numerous
sleep, jog, or just wander around workshops concerning effective com­
The foUowina packqes are the same as above 12 noon - I :00 p.m. munication for such groups as the Illinois
Lunch, Stevenson Tower Dining Hall Public Health Nurses, 4H Clubs and church
except they are designed for those alumni who l : I S - 2:30 p.m. groups.
"Managing Your Time"
wish to find housin& on their own. The housina Dr. Ted Ivarie, Eastern Illinois University Dr. Harold Shane - University Profesros
charae is not included. 2:4S • 4:00 p.m.
of Education, Indiana University. Dr. Shane
0 Packqe A-1 (couple) . . .. . . . . . . . $72.00 " Everything You Wanted To Know About is one of the nation's best known
0 Packqe B-1 (couple/one child). . . $80.00 Stocks. . . " educational futurists and the author of
0 Packqe C-1 (couple/two children) $88.00 Dr. Sally Jo Wright, Eastern Illinois University several books including The Edacalional
D Packqe D-1 (sinale person) . . . . . $36.00 4:00 • S:30 p.m. Significance of the Falllre.
Free time
NAME ________________________ S:30 - 6:30 p.m. Dr. Victor Stoltzfus - Associate
Dinner, Stevenson Tower Dining Hall
ADDRESS 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Professor of Sociology and Chairman,
Free time Department of Sociology, Eastern lllinois
CITY STATE ZIP 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. University. Dr. Stoltzfus is the author of
"Life in the Universe: A Scientist Takes A Look" several articles concerning the Amish in
Dr. Robert Millis, Lowell Observatory social science journals and has lectured
9:00 - IO:OO p.m. widely about the Amish and other religious
"Stars Over Ill inois -- A Look at the Summer groups.
Sky"
TELEPHONE NUMBER --- Telescopes provide a close look at the stars and Dr. Sally Jo Wright - Associat•
other heavenly bodies in the night-time sky
Professor of Finance, Eastern lllinoi
Sunday -- July 13
Jniversity. Dr. Wright i
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
CHILD'S NAME AGE CHILD'S NAME AGE Break fast, Stevenson Tower Dining Hall the School of Business where she teachc N �i::
10:00 - l l : I S a.m.
"Our lllinois Amish Neighbors" classes concerning investing and finance. � "z'
Dr. Victor Stoltzfus, Eastern Illinois University
1 1 :30 - 12:00 noon ... �
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