Eastern Alumnus Vol. 27 No. 3 (Winter 1973)

e Eastern Ala DS

N ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY • WINTER 1973

VoL<XXVII, No. 3 December, 1973 Executive Committee

Eastern Illinois University is committed to a policy of non- Elmer Jamnik, '50
discrimination with respect to race, religion, and national origin Joliet (1975)
in all facets of University life and administration.
George Mellott, '53
Contents Edwardsville (1976)

Portrait of An Alumnus ------------------------- 1 Nolan Sims, '60
Meet Eastern's Faculty ------------------------- 2 Mattoon (1974)
Alumni Achievers '74 --------------------------- 5
Alumna Named Illinois Top Teacher -------------- 7 Delmar Elder, '56
Sports Section --------------------------------- 9 Sullivan (1974
The Passing of Johnnie Powers ------------------ 10
News Notes ----------------------------------- 12 Dorris Winkler, '52
Dieterich (1976)
Our Contributors Alumni Association
Kathleen Reed, '67
Dave Kidwell is Sports Informa- President Casey (1976)
tion Director at Eastern. Harry Read Sam Owen, 51
is Eastem's Director of Information. Mattoon (1974) Donald Neal, '67
Judy Williams is Graduate Assistant Charleston (1975)
to the Alumni Office. The cover de- Vice-President
sign is by Ms. Williams. James Johnson, '52 Calvin Stockman, '60
Charleston (1975) Crystal Lake (1975)

Secretary-Treasurer Charles Hassell, '62
Mrs. Lori Pike, '71 Forest Park (1975)
La Harpe (1974)
Marcel Pacatte, '56
Springfield (1975)

Dwight Connelly, '61
Quincy (1976)

John Greathouse, '51
Mattoon (1976)

Director, Alumni Services
Kenneth E. Hesler

Assist. Dir., Alumni
Services

Charles Titus

Recently elected members of the Alumni Associations Executive Committee are pictured above with Associa-
tion President Sam Owen. From left to right they are: Owen, John Greathouse, Dorris Winkler, George Mellott,
Dwight Connelly, and Kathy Reed.

The Eastern Alumnus - Published in the months of June, September, December, and March by Eastern Illinois
University, Charleston, Illinois. All relating correspondence should be addressed to Charles Titus, Editor, Alumni
Office, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois 61920. Second class postage paid at Charleston, Illinois
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Portrait Of An Alumnus

Horry Fitzhugh, '34: Head Of IHSA

The influence of Eastern Illinois Harry Fitzhugh as directed by the Board of Direct-
University has been a strong one in ors." Translated into action this
much of the life of Harry Fitzhugh, was Unit Superintendent. While means Fitzhugh organizes all state
'34, Executive Director of the Illinois there Fitzhugh began what has be- championship meets and tourna-
High School Association. come a long time hobby-raising ments, athletic as well as non athlet-
Hereford cattle on a small farm near ic; selects the tournament sites;
It all started when Tom Gilbert, F ranklin . assigns teams and arranges playing
one of Eastern's great athletes, was schedules.
serving at Auburn, Illinois as the Au- Between 1934 and 1966 Fitzhugh
burn High School athletic coach. sprnt some of his "spare" time work- He also appoints officials and in-
Fitzhugh, who played football, bas- ing: as a high school and college bas- sures that tournaments and other
ketball, and baseball under Gilbert, ketball and football official and over activties are conducted on "a sound
was influenced by him to enter East- the years he worked a number of educational basis and in an effi-
ern along with two friends in the fall g~ mes at Eastern. cient manner."
of 1930.
Fitzhugh first became officially Activities falling within the Asso-
During his four years on campus connected with the Illinois High ciation's purview include a number
Fitzhugh carried on his athletic Sc-hool Association when in 1946 he o! sports and music and speech
ICtivities he had started under Coach was elected to the Association's Leg- championship contests.
Cilbert's tutelage. This time Fitz- islative Commission. From 1948 to
hugh played varsity football and 1957 he was a member of the Board The IHSA's girl's program has
b.'lSeball under Coach Charles "Pop" of Directors of the Association and been expanded to include 14 inter-
Lantz. This experience led Fitzhugh from 1957 to 1966 was President as scholastic sports, and currently has
tc comment that Lantz was "one of well. In 1966 he became administra- state championships in tennis, bowl-
the finest gentlemen ever to work tive assistant to the Executive Di- ing and track.
with athletes." rector of the IHSA. On July 1, 1966
Fitzhugh accepted his present posi- In addition to his many activities
America was at the height of the tion when his predecessor, Albert in hi~ work with the Association,
great depression during the years Willis, retired. Fitzhugh is a member of a number
of civic and professional organiza-
Barry Fitzhugh spent in Charleston, In his job as Executive Director tions. A member of the Illinois Prin-
Fitzhugh's responsibilities are legion. cipals Association, the Executive
d he worked four years at Wick- His official task is to "conduct the Club of Chicago, and several other
's Restaurant for his meals, general business of the Association groups, Fitzhugh was recently elect-
ick and Nellie Wickham provided ed president of the U.S. Gymnastics
ployment for scores of college stu- Federation at a meeting in Tuscon,
ts who would never have made Arizona.
through college without the aid
these two wonderful people," Fitzhugh and his wife Vera have
ugh related. While in school he two married daughters and three
with 'Mom' Gilbert, his high grandchildren. The Fitzhughs reside
ool coach's mother who still re- in the Chicago area.
es in Charleston.
BULLETIN
When Fitzhugh graduated in
, jobs were exceptionally scarce. Mrs. Buzzard Dies

was fortunate in getting a job at Mrs. Irene Buzzard, 81, died on
hton, a small community north Thursday, Jan. 3 in Laguna Hills,
Charleston where I taught the Cali£. Mrs. Buzzard was the wife of
Dr. Robert G. Buzzard, President
r four grades and had the title Emeritus of Eastern Illinois Univer-
school principal," recounted Fitz- sity and an Eastern alumna,

In 1937 he moved to Franklin, Memorial services were held at
ois where he began a 29 year the Harper-Swickard Funeral Home
r in that city's school system. on Monday, January 7th in Charles-
first duties were as a teacher and ton.
eh from 1937 until 1940. From
0 until 1948 he served as prin-
• and from 1948 until 1966 he

PAGE ONE

Meet Eastern's Faculty

John Mertes

Dr. John Mertes, coordinator of John Mertes
graduate business studies at Eastern,
is an individual who firmly believes business. The summer of 1950, for in 1971, Mertes works with both
a person should "practice what he example, saw a Business Fellowship undergraduate and graduate students
preaches." And Mertes does. In ad- with the Bemis Brothers Company at Eastern. "You might say I concen-
dition to a string of impressive aca- of St. Louis; the summer of 1952 trP.te on the verbal and humanistic
demic credentials this big, easy- was occupied with another Business aspects of my field," he said, sitting
going man brings to Eastern's School Fellowship, this time at Young and in his book lined office in Blair Hall
of Business a long list of experiences Rubicam, a large New York adver- "I use conceptulization in my ap-
fr1 the business world. tising agency. More recently he at- proach with the intent to develop the
tended a direct mail seminar in 1967 ability to think among my students;
Mertes' first contact with what was m.d a marketing symposium in 1971. Mertes related.
to become a life long career came ln addition to fellowships and sym-
when he worked in his father's hard- posia, Mertes has participated regu- Observing the business world from
ware store in his home town of brly in a number of institutes, work-
Prague, Oklahoma. After his gradu- shops, consulting jobs and visiting where he now sits, and with his
ation from high school he attended professorships.
college at Oklahoma A & M and later background and experience to guide
at the University of Oklahoma where In 1967 Mertes was a visiting pro- him, Mertes has a number of inter·
he graduated with a bachelors de- fessor of marketing at the Chicago esting observations about the con·
gree. Circle campus of the University of temporary American business scene.
Illinois, and in 1968 held a similar
After graduation in 1935, Mertes position at Southern Illinois Univer- On wage and price controls - 1
was employed by the Montgomery sity. In 1969 he joined Eastern's think the marketplace can more ef.
Ward Company as a soft lines sup- School of Business as coordinator
ervisor and department manager in of graduate studies in business. fectively determine prices and wag
stores in New Philadelphia and than the government."
Zanesville, Ohio. Mertes has owned a prolific pen
for the past 20 years and from it ha5 On the energy crisis - "I believe
In 1936 Mertes was back in school flowed two books, a host of pamph- problems can be viewed as oppor-
again, this time pursuing graduate kts, and over 40 articles in various tunities. We have to rethink o
studies at New York University, scholarly and business periodicals. priorities, use our expertise,
where he was granted a M.S. in Ad- figure out how we can handle this.
vertising in 1937. But as important as writing and I have a lot of faith in our t
the business world has been to Me:- nology."
Employment in Panama during tes, teaching is the profession that
the next several years followed, and r:::nks highest in his eyes. Chosen as On new trends in the field of mar·
then a job as advertising manager in an Outstanding Educator of America keting - "The computer has made
Sears, Roebuck stores in Oklahoma tremendous impact on it. As a re-
and Kansas. sult marketing is becoming mu

In 1946 Mertes left the business more systematic, and planning and
world for a teaching position as an
Associate Professor of Marketing at (Continued on page 16)
the University of Oklahoma. He re-
mained at Oklahoma for 23 years,
became a full professor of Market-
ing, and served as Chairman of the
Marketing Department for nearly 10
years. He earned his doctorate at
Indiana University in 1955.

Through out his career Mertes
has made it a point to polish his aca-
demic expertise with practical ex-
perience and the application of
"book" techniques.

During nearly every summer since
the early 1950's Mertes has involved
himself in the hard headed world of

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Lou Hencken Lou Hencken from 12 noon to 11:55 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and from 12 noon
Ask Lou Hencken what he thinks quieter and that people are more Friday through 11:55 p.m. Sunday.
about most of the change that has careful about the way they appear."
1wept over the housing operation at Although men and women residents The only problems observed with
Eastern in the past few years and live on the same floor, they have sep- the policy to this point are a few
lie11 tell you in just two words - arate lavatory facilities and are sep- more requests for room mate changes
•n·s excellent." Hencken, Associate arated by an open elevator lobby. than previously, said Hencken.
Dean of Student Housing here for
Eastern instituted another type of Students seem to be in favor of
the past three years, views most of co-ed · living nearly three years ago the changes overall. "I think the
the innovations in residence hall liv- by permitting men and women to kids are responsible enough to han-
share the same dormitory but in dif- dle it," said Kathy Grant, a junior
g as positive steps and very neces- ferent wings. Lounge and cafeteria from Manteno, speaking of the open
lll'y ones. "We have to keep the areas are shared. This program hcuse policy. "In fact I think there
lleSidence halls full-to make people is in effect in a large number of East- should be 24 hour open house
ern's housing facilities and has prov- through out the week." Kathy Short,
ant to live there. We have to, there ed very satisfactory, said Hencken. a 21 year old senior psychology maj-
't any other choice," he said. "[t even helped quiet Taylor Hall or from W aukeegan, agrees. "I don't
down and lessen building damage personally have any experience with
Hencken, 29, has been associated when we initiated it here some time it but I think the change is a good
'th the residence hall program at ago. I think this is especially signifi- idea,'' she commented.
!astern for the past seven years, cant because Taylor had, at that
time, more damage than all the It's difficult to tell if the changes
lrst as a Graduate Assistant in Tay- other dorms combined." in the dorms have had their desired
effect. The reduced enrollment at
Hall and later as a Residence Hall Another new departure in dormi- Ea~tern has clouded the assessment
selor and Assistant Housing tory dwelling, at least at Eastern, is to this point, but according to Henc-
. Today, as Associate Dean, he the recent establishment of an "open ken there has been some positive
house" policX- According to Hencken spin-off from the program. Fifty
in a unique position to analyze this means 'a member of the oppo- tliree percent of Eastern's students
housing transition as Eastern. s1te sex may be entertained in a dor- now live in a residence hall facility
mitory room." as compared to about forty seven
'hen I came here as a student if percent before the changes were ini-
~u left a dorm there were five peo- Hencken also pointed out that the tiated. In addition about 25 percent
guest must be escorted to and from of all students who move out of a
to take your place. Now, with the room, that a resident may close dormitory return at a later date, a
large amount of off campus hous- his room to open house any time he figure somewhat higher than in prev-
v:ishes, and that 67 per cent of the ious years.
mg available, we have to make the residents of each hall must approve
the policy before it is initiated in Paula Reynolds
tlOrms more livable," he said. their residence facility. Open house
hours that are currently in effect are Paula Reynolds is a small woman,
The University has attempted to with short dark hair and a voice
touched with the accent of her native
do this in a number of ways accord- Texas. But her diminutive size and
casual manner mask a determination
ilg to Hencken, including making and committment about journalism,
lllljor changes in the food service. freedom of the press and the public
•At dinner, for example, we now interest that is revealed after only a
:liave two meat entrees, two choices few minutes conversation.

vegetables, five choices of desert Journalism in general and the
d five of salad. In many of the print media in particular are and al-
ways have been an integral part of
Wls we have weekly entertainment the American scheme of things, says
Ms. Reynolds. "That's why I want
grams with the food service to my students to understand the his-
ak the monotony," said Hencken. tory (of the press) because it ex-
plains so much," she said. "Journal-
But other residence hall changes ism has always been on an adversary
M a more dramatic nature have come basis with government, for example.
about in recent years in an attempt There is so much danger to our per-
sonal freedom, and I view journalism
entice more students into univer-
y housing. With the beginning of (Continued on next page)

the 1973-74 academic year Eastern

"tuted for the first time a policy
If permitting men and women stu-

nts to live on the same floor of the
ame dormitory. "We haven't had
problem one in Stevenson Tower,
IOt problem one," said Hencken, re-
ferring to the residence hall where

new policy was initiated. "This
uld be for two reasons,' he contin-

' "the fact that these are all up-
prclassmen or that co-ed living just

es people more mature. We have
IGund that the hall tends to be

PAGE THREE

(Continued from preceding page) But the mechanics of communica- Icemen Cometh:
tions is only a part of the object of
as a J'rotection of our personal free- Ms. Reynold's teaching. Influenced Eastern Has
dom. by her own background as a Baylor
University journalism major, she has Hockey Club!
Advocacy journalism, the "new re- definite aims in her work. "I want
porting," and other current depart- my students to think critically. I Flying ice chips and the bang of
ures in contemporary writing, while want them to walk away from my hockey sticks on the ice are not nor·
interesting to Ms. Reynolds, pose no class with a respect for the function mally a part of the sports scene at
real threat to the purpose and role of the press in its role of informing Eastern, but they are becoming in·
ot the press. "It isn't a new thing the public, and with a knowledge of creasingly familiar to at least one
at all," she said. "We've always had some of the problems the press labors group of students-the newly fonn·
advocacy journalism, and its only in under," she commented, explaining ed Eastern Hockey Club and its
this century that the press has been her instructural goals. fans.
objective. I don't think it's going to
replace objective reporting. I haven't Work as the editorial advisor to Although not a part of the Univer·
seen that much of it in the straight Eastern's yearbook, the Warbler, sity's official athletic program, this
news columns and I don't really see occupies the rest of a typically busy group of energetic young men have
it as a danger. Bias, however, is a dif- day for Ms. Reynolds. In a day when been spreading Eastern's name to the
ferent matter, and I see it as very the yearbook concept is in difficulty rinks in several places in the state.
much more dangerous than so called at many colleges and universities,
advocacy journalism," she related. this can be an especially demanding Formed in early October by a
job. "I think the reason yearbooks group of Eastern students who play·
Outlining the vital role of the have so many problems is that they ed "sand lot" hockey on ponds and
press and explaining its importance have served as only a memory book. lakes in their home towns, the club
a3 well as teaching the basics of good Now many campuses are so big peo- team faces an ambitious first year
writing occupy a large amount of ple no longer know everyone, and schedule. Two games against the Al·
Ms. Reynolds time. She brings to students don't have so much of a ton Hockey Club have resulted in
her work as a journalism instructor personal feeling about college. Year- a seven three defeat and a six-six
several years teaching experience, books are going to have to make tie for the icemen. Other games are
running the gamut from junior high changes. They are going to have to scheduled against Western's varsity
school through college. In addition be an honest look at a given year hockey team, and against the same
she served as a reporter for the as well as a memory book." But school's Jayvee squad.
Waco, Texas Daily Tribune-Herald. even with all their problems she
thinks yearsbooks still serve a very The team is the brainchild of Mike
"Journalism training to me is the important function - they help edu- and Pat Fairbanks, two Alton, Illi·
most important thing in the world," cate students. "It's like a giant maga- nois twin brothers; Wolfgang Kitt·
said Ms. Reynolds. "I guess it'd have zine for these kids to work on and 11er, a former varsity hockey player
to be or I wouldn't be in it. I think learn from," she said. And for Paula at Western and now an Eastern
communications is the most import- Reynolds, who has a deep committ- graduate student, and a few other
ant commodity we have today, be- ment and dedication toward higher hockey enthusiastiasts. "We talked
cause in a world as compex as this education in journalism, that makes to the people in Lantz (home of
one so much depends on our ability it all worth while. Eastern's athletic department) and
to communicate." although they couldn't give us any
financial help Dr. Riordan was very
Paula Reynolds eucouraging about the idea," said
Mike F~!rbanks . "He's really helped
us a lot.

At the present time, because the
team receives no financial support
from the University, "it costs each
player about $110 to partici·
pate," according to Pat Fairbanks.
"We don't have any uniforms as yet
because we are trying to limit our
expenses," he said. Individual play·
ers must also share the cost of the
weekly trips to Decatur where prac·
tice is conducted on a rink located
there.

If present plans materialize, the
club will be able to purchase uni·

(Continued on page 8)

PAGE FOUR

Alumni Achievers '74

Richard D. Arroyo, 64 Alden D. Cutshall, '32

Mr. Arroyo recently accepted the Dr. Cutshall is a professor emeri-
'tion of Vice President and Man- tus in the department of geography
at the University of Illinois Circle
o£ the Dialog Division of J. campus in Chicago. He is the author
of many scholarly articles and the
alter Thompson Co., a successful receipient of several honors and
grants including two Fulbright a-
wards. Dr. Cutshall was recently
recognized by The Geographic So-
ciety of Chicago for his outstanding
work in the field of geography. Dr.
Cutshall and his wife, Freda, live at
667 North Elizabeth in Lombard,
Illinois.

ertising firm. He was transferred Harold F. Cottingham, '35 Ralph W ickiser
the New York office to head
new West Coast operations. Dr. Cottingham is a professor of nition of his outstanding achieve-
education at Florida State University ments in art. His biography is list-
'or to working in New York, Mr. and an authority in the field of ed in several volumes including
yo spent 41h years with J. Wal- guidance and counseling. He has Who's Who in America and The
Thompson in San Juan, Puerto made extensive contributions to the National Register of Prominent Am-
fields of education through his pub- ericans and International Notables.
· . His present address is 9412 lished works and frequent lectures. Dr. Wickiser has written widely in
erlycrest Drive, Beverly Hills, Dr. Cottingham earned his Ed.D. de- the fields of art, education and aes-
· omia. gree from Indiana University in 1947 thetics. He has had several one-man
and received an honorary degree shows of his own art work and has
Max Atwood began working at Eastern in 1956. He and his wife, ~lso shown in group exhibitions a-
Fayette County Bank as a teller Violet, live at 1808 Westridge Drive round the country including the
1962. Today, he is President and in Tallahassee, Florida. Whitney Museum Annual, the Coco-
ran Gallery in Washington, and at
_ ...__,._--an of the Board of the Bank John Willard Pankey, '49 Rockfeller Center in New York City.
'eh is located in St. Elmo, Illinois. Dr. Wickiser resides at 174 Emerson
. Atwood serves as Treasurer of Dr. Pankey is an analytical chem- Place in Brooklyn.
Fayette County Bankers Feder- ist for Dow Chemical Company in
'on, and is past president of the Indianapolis, Indiana. He received Brigitta J. Kuhn, '42
yette County Bankers. He is ac- his M.S. in 1955 and the Ph.D. de-
e in many civic and social organi- gree in 1958 from the University of Dr. Kuhn is a professor of French
'ons and has served as President Illinois. Dr. Pankey's present posi- at Illinois State University at Nor-
the Lions Club and the Junior tion with Dow is as Manager Con- mal, Illinois. She received her M.A.
her of Commerce. Max and his trol. He and his wife, Betty live at degree in 1948 from Laval Univer-
· e, Donna, and their three chil- 7734 Hoover Road in Indianapolis. sity in Quebec, and her Ph.D. degree
reside at 200 S. Pine in St. from the University of Paris (Paris,
Ralph L. Wickiser, '34 France) in 1953. During W. W. II,
Ehno. Dr. Kuhn served as a translator and
Dr. Wickiser is the Director of the interperter of French and German.
Graduate Program at Pratt In- Besides her full time position as pro-
stitute in Brooklyn, New York. He fessor, Dr. Kuhn is a member or
received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees acting Consultant of several educa-
from Vanderbilt and Peabody Insti- tional or government organizations.
tute in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1956, Dr. Kuhn lives at 1194 S. Adelaide
Dr. Wickiser received an honorary in Normal.
Ph.D. degree from Eastern in recog-
(Continued on next page)

PAGE FIVE

Expected To Top '73 Effort

74 Alumni Fund Drive Underwoy

For the second year in a row East- Don Neal deep loyalty to the University." Neal
ern has initiated its Annual Alumni was chosen as chairman of the drive
Fund Drive. Chairman for this year's tl1rough the Association.
effort is Don Neal, '40, a former
teacher and high level executive with A past president of the Association
the Scott-Foresman Publishing com- and presently vice president of East·
pany. "We hope to do even better em Illinois University's Foundation,
during the Diamond Jubilee year Neal accepted the Chairmanship o(
than we did last year," said Neal, the drive early last fall.
a Charleston native who lived in
Chicago from 1953 until 1970. Neal, Neal is active in a number of civic
who was also a teacher and adminis- and community organizations and ii
trator in the Sullivan, Illinois Schools a member of the Charleston Area
returned to his hometown after re-
tiring as a senior vice president of Chamber of Commerce, serves on the
the giant Chicago publishing firm.
Board of the Charleson Country
Sam Owen, Alumni Association Club, and is a board member o(
president for 1973-74, said "Don the First Christian Church in Char·
Neal has always been a strong sup- leston. He is also a member of the
porter of Eastern and when he took Alumni Association's Executive Com-
this post he again demonstrated his mittee.

He and his wife Mary make their
home at 2231 Andover Place in
Charleston.

... Alumni Achievers es on the staff of Tucson General porter for 25 years before joining the
Hospital and is a member of several well-known baseball team in 1950,
(Continued from preceding page) state and national medical associa- During off season months Mr. Mid-!
tions. Dr. and Mrs. Maxfield reside dlesworth lectures and works wi
Royce W. Maxfield, '54 at 6141 Almonte in Tucson. students interested in journalism an
public relations. Mr. Middleswo
Dr. Maxfield is an Ostepathic Phy- Harold L. Middlesworth, '31 and his wife, Thelma, live at 1001
sician and Surgeon in Tucson, Ari- East Jefferson in Detroit, Michigan.
zona. He received the D.O. degree Mr. Middlesworth is the Director
from Kirksville College of Ostepathic of Public Relations for the Detroit Harry L. Anderson, '37
Medicine in 1960. Dr. Maxfield serv- Tigers. He had been a newspaper re-
Mr. Anderson served as one
Royce Maxfield Hal Middlesworth eight Emergency Program Field Co-
ordinators in the U.S. Department
PAGE SIX of Agriculture. He worked with the
Special Assistant to the Secretary of
Agriculture (Defense Mobilization

Planning) in coordinating USDA
activities with other Federal, state,
and local agencies. Prior to his re-
tirement in 1971, Mr. Anderson had
completed 38 years of govemme
service in the administration of a
number of regulatory programs deal-
ing with vocational rehabilitation,
civil defense, and food distribution.
He and his wife, Ivy Rose, presently
reside at 2679 John Anderson Drive,
Ormond Beach, Florida.

Brrr!

Eastern Feels Fuel Pinch -- ALittle

The "energy crisis" has affected Harley Holt the same period,'' he noted. Holt
explained that it would cost nearly
Americans in one way or another all about $95,000 if we burned coal," as much to transport the coal to
Holt commented. "This would be Eastern as to purchase the fuel itself.
across the country. Eastern has been about $8,000 above the $87,000 it "\Ve have a source of coal located,"
would cost to heat with gas during Holt said, "but it costs about $8 a
no exception, although the effects ton to haul it here. The coal itself
runs about $9 per ton." Holt said the
felt on campus have been minimal. University would consume between
''We haven't really been affected yet 50 and 60 tons of coal per day dur-
:ing normal winter weather.
due to mild weather," said Vice-
On other fronts of the fight to save
President of Business Services Har- energy directives have been- issued
to university personnel to observe
ley Holt. "We are still heating with the national guidelines for speed
gas and I haven't heard anything of- limits when operating university
vehicles. "We haven't curtailed the
ficial about converting to coal." East- use of University vehicles to this
point,'' said Holt, "but we may have
ern converted to a natural gas heat- to if the gasoline situation continues
to worsen." Vehicles in use on cam-
iig system in 1969. "Fortunately we pus for mail delivery, maintenance,
and janitorial purposes are operating
didn't dismantle the coal burning aLout as they have in the past, ac-

f.icilities when we converted,'' said (Continued on page 11)

Holt, "and we could be heating with
coal again in about three weeks if
we had to."

Although coal is more plentiful

than the natural gas currently in use,
it is, surprisingly, more expensive to

use as fuel than is gas. "For the

mtmths of December, January, and

February, the key heating months,

we would have fuel expenditures of

Eastern Alumna Named Top Teacher

Mrs. Ruth Hawkins, an Eastern Eastem President Gilbert Fite speaks with Mrs. Ruth Hawkins, recently
alumnus from the class of 1947, has named Illinois Teacher of the Year.
bren chosen as the state of Illinois'
~ teacher. Mrs. Hawkins, a teacher

•asat the Lake Crest school in Oakland,
chosen Illinois Teacher of the
Tear December 12.

Mrs. Hawkins was a social studies

major during her undergraduate
s, and later received a masters

a,gree in education. She has been a
ffacher for 19 years.

A reception in the Fox Ridge
m of Eastern's Martin Luther

ling, Jr. University Union was held
an December 16. Dr. Gilbert Fite,
~aking at that occasion, paid tri-

te to the soft spoken, bespectacled
ucator when he commented that
It has been said that a school is
own by its graduates. I'm very
ud that Mrs. Hawkins is one of
rs." Fite presented Mrs. Hawkins

(Continu~ on page 12)

PAGE SEVEN

To Help 01 bserve 75th Anniversary Lost & Found

Alumni Association Funds Found: Men's type Eastern
Illinois University Class Ring.
Commemorative Record The ring reads B.S. 1970. In-
side initials are C. J. L. The
Sales of Eastem's commemorative Dr. Jack Rang, Associate Professor owner can contact the finder
by calling 217-546-4337
Diamond Jubilee record are contin- of Theatre and a former professional Springfield, Illinois.

uing on a regular basis, according to radio announcer. (Continued from page 4)
forms for next year and keep th
H. R. Haddock, manager of Eastem's Eastern Illinois University, 7:5 on a year to year basis. It would
University Union Bookstore.
Years-1899-1974 is available at the cost each player nearly twice the
current amount if uniforms were re-
The album, entitled Eastern Illi- University Union Bookstore at $2.75 quired this year, according to the
nois University, 75 Years-1899-1974, per copy, tax included. The album
is described as "a montage of hap- is stereo compatable and may be Fairbanks brothers.
penings at Eastern Illinois University played on either mono or stereo rec- In addition to rounding out ill
from the three quarters of a century ord players. Alumni who wish to pur-
of its existence. The 33141 r.p.m. chase this important chronicle of equipment needs, the club hopes to
record was funded by the Eastern Eastern's first three quarters of a compete in regularly organized com-
Alumni Association. century may do so by mail. Use the petition by becoming a member ii
order blank on the inside of the back the Central States Hockey Associa·
Side A of the album features cover and mail it with a check or tion.
words from Ea.stem's four presidents, money order to The University Union
using actual recorded selections Bookstore, Eastern Illinois University, Don Vogel
where they were available. The se- Charleston, Illinois 61920. Checks to this year's event and I would like
lections were taken from tai;>es pre- and money orders should be made to encourage everyone to spread the
served in the Booth Library s Arch- payable to Eastern Illinois Univer- word to all those who were in stu-
ives Section. Also featured on side A sity. dent government that they are cor·
are interviews with two of Eastem's dially invited to return,'' said Vogel
"This is the first time we've tried
emeritus faculty members, Dr. Glen a.'1ything like this and we think it'D
be a real success."
Seymour and Dr. Elizabeth Michael.
Alumni who wish further informa-
Student Govt.Dr. Seymour relates, among other tion about the dinner dance should
write Don Vogel, Student Services
anecdotes, how he was hired by Mr. Building, Eastern Illinois University.
Lord, the University's first president,

Plans Reunionin the sumptious surroundings of a

Chicago hotel, even though he lived Past members of any of the three
in Champaign and Mr. Lord resided branches of Eastern's student gov-
in Charleston.
ernment will be able to attend a stu-

Ms. Michael, who has the unique dent government dinner-dance re-

distinction of having served under union this coming spring, according

all four of the school's presidents, to Don Vogel, current president of

tells an amusing story about how Dr. Eastern's student body.

Buzzard informed her that she was "All student government members

going to Quebec to study for her including those who served on the
doctorate. In another account Dr. courts, in the Senate or as executive

Michael offers some time proven ad- officers since the 1967-68 academic
year are ~eko~e," said Vogel.
vice for today's students.

Side B of the record features a The \(ct\'vities will begin at 6 p.m.
nnmber of musical selections by Uni- Ma~slt 2 at Charleston's newly com-

versity musical groups, including the RJet'ed Holiday Inn on Route 16
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the west. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Choir and the school's top flight jaz&1', followed by the presentation of an-

band. Among the numbers presented nual awards and entertainment. Vice-

are Dr. Earl Boyd's stirring Eastern President Glen Williams will be the

State March, Johann C. Bach's beau- main guest of the evening. Capstone

tiful Symphony in F. Flat, and well of the activities will be a dance last-

known jazz composer Don Rader's ing until midnight, according to

exciting Into The Eye. Vogel.

The narration on the album is by "We hope to have a good response

PAGE EIGHT

Sports

by Dave Kidwell

Dave Kidwell

Mitchell, Furry Spark '74 Panthers

While this year's Panther basket- sponsible for keeping us in the rebounds against Bowling Green, a
games early this season, we are con- University Division foe that started
ball team started off identical to last fident that we are going to have a a front line averaging 6-10.
fine year.''
leaSon's squad with just one victory Furry's scoring has improved, also.
Displaying a running-style, the He scored 28 against St. Joe and
a the first four games, the resem- Panthers have managed to get the 22 against SIU-Edwarsville, and
offensive attack going during three now averages 15 points behind Mit-
blance ends there. recent games defeating St. Joseph's chell's 19.4 average.
in overtime, 95-81, stopping unde-
The Panthers came right back with feated Central Missouri, 194-96, and Once past these two, scoring has
routing SIU - Edwardsville, 99-78. been evenly divided with Steve Rich
three straight victories and entered (Hopedale) and Rob Pinnell (Mat-
Mitchell, a 6-0 junior college toon) both over nine points. Fred
the Christmas break with a 4-3 rec- transfer from Kansas, looks like the Myers (Portsmouth, Ohio), Brad
crd. Heading south for their last pre- first legitimate 20 point scorer in Warble (Western Springs) and Ron
five years. He started just as slow as Johnson (St. Louis, Mo.) near the
the team record but the last four seven point mark.

Remainder Of '74 Season

January Away
7 St. Cloud Minn

9 Millikin Away
12 Valparaiso Away

16 Tennessee State Away

19 Indiana State Home

Bev Mitchell 21 Samf01'd Home
23 Depauw Home

istmas game, the Panthers ran 26 Western Illinois Away
o stiff resistance at the University 28 Northern Iowa Away

of Mississippi where they dropped a 30 Central State of Ohio Home
hard fought contest 90-77 Decem-
ber 21. February

During the victory skein, Eastern Jeff Furry 2 Quincy Home
averaged nearly 100 points behind 6Missouri-St. Louis Away
games has hit 24, 27, 27 and 22 Home
scoring of Bev Mitchell and re- points. ·9 Tennessee-Chattanooga
bounding of Jeff Furry. 13 SIU-Edwardsville Away
Furry, a 6-9 sophomore from Mat- 16 Western Illinois Home
Ironically, Coach Don Eddy has toon, has pulled down 86 rebounds 20 Northern Michigan Home
eited his team's defense as largely for over 12 a game. He had a high 23 Cleveland State Home
iesponsible for the upswing in the game of 19 against SIU-Edwardsville
Panther's fortunes . "We believe that and amazingly had a game-high 18 March

Yinners are built around defense, 2 Missouri-Rolla Home

1Dd since our defense has been re- ALL HOME GAMES START
AT 8 P.M.

PAGE NINE

John Powers, Captain Of Eastern's

'Uncrossed Goal Line' Team, Dies At 64

By Harry Read

John Powers, '32, cai;>tain of East- Johnnie Powers as he appeared in 1930 as a halfback on Eastern's "un.
ern Illinois University s "uncrossed crossed goal line" football team, and in a recent photograph (right).
goal line' football team of 1930, died
in his Charleston home on Nov. 23, \•vas the most consistant ground gain- ialist Ed. '67, principal at Charles-
1973. Powers, 64, an outstanding ton Junior High School, said this
halfback, played on teams coached er through the year." about Powers:
by Dr. Charles P. (Pop) Lantz, one
of the most highly respected men in Defense, plus the running of "I knew John Powers as a tough
Illinois collegiate athletic history and and talented football player only by
a member of the Helms Foundation Powers, was the name of the game his well-deserved reputation, but I
Hall of Fame. A teammate on the knew him personally as a gentleman
1927 conference championship team in 1930. The Panthers did not give and teacher. His wide circle of
was singer Burl Ives, long a screen, friends was a testimonial to the for-
stage, and television personality. up a touchdown in winning six mer, and his many former students
are living monuments to the latter."
The 1929 Warbler, Eastern's year- games, losing one and tying one.
book, described Powers this way af- Powers also assisted Mervin Baker,
ter the Panthers tied Millikin for the In an article in a 1952 Alumnus '40, M.S. '60, with the football and
"Little 19" league title in 1928: basketball programs at Charleston
magazine, Lantz explained the 2-0 High School for several years. The
"Johnnie Powers, halfback, made two men were close personal friends
himself dear to the hearts of all EI loss to Southern: "We were kicking and Baker, now athletic director at
football enthustiasts through his de- Charleston High, recalled their pro-
ceptive line plunging. Whenever two from our own end zone and the pun- fessional association:
yards were needed, he invariably
made three. We were seldom held ter stepped back over the end line "John was naturally grounded
for downs when Johnnie was in the solidly in football from his days as
game." for an automatic safety." one of Mr. Lantz's standout players
at Eastern. He imparted this know-
Eastern compiled a 7-0-1 mark in Eastern played a scoreless tie with ledge well to the young men we
sharing the title and fittingly enough V<'orked with. But perhaps just as im-
the tie game was with Millikin, Bradley and blanked Illinois Normal, portant was the fine personal rela-
12-12. Two of the key victories came tionships he had with those athletes.
over Illinois Normal 19-0 ("Fenolio Shurtleff, McKendree, Indiana Nor- All of us who knew John will cer-
passed 25 yards to Powers who tainly miss him, but the real losers
weaved his way to another touch- mal, St. Viator and Macomb. The are those persons who never had the
down for EI") and Southern at Car- opportunity to know him."
bondale 18-0 ("Powers and Hall Warbler again described Powers as
were the principal ground gainers.")
the leading ground gainer and scor-
Powers' talents weren't restricted
to the football field. Following the er .
championship season, the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce honored the John Powers spent his entire post-
players at a dinner and the Warbler
reported that "Burl Ives, Johnnie E&stern ears in the field of educa-
Powers and Ruel Hall gave several
musical selections." tion. d coached at Rar-

(The Warbler also noted that din, M d Areola and was
"Burl Icle Ives, the pride of Newton,
was considered one of the best a civi or at Chanute Air
guards in the conference. Burl says
that when bigger holes are made, Force g World War II.
he'll make 'em . . . He always wore
his Bonnie Blue Bell smile while He came home to Charleston in 1953
playing.")
where he taught junior high school
In 1929, Eastern tied Millikin for
tl1ird place in the league and "Powers industrial arts until his retirement at

the end of the 1971-72 school year.

John Dively, '54, M.S . '57, Spee-

PAGE TEN

Mattoon Sports Writer ... Energy Pinch

imboll Receives A.P. Award (Continued from page 7)
cording to Physical Plant Superin-
Jim Kimball, ex-'61, sports editor "It would be very difficult to pro- tendent Everett Alms. "There has
vide the local coverage without their been no effect basically," Alms said.
the Mattoon (Ill.) Journal Gazette, help, and they are most co-operative.
recently honored for his out- I can't get to everything that's hap- Eastern has also cooperated with
pening in Mattoon because there are guidance from the governor's office
ding local sports coverage in limits to what one person can do, but to reduce the heat in public build-
· city of 20,000. I try to personally attend as many ings. "We have turned several thou-
Kimball received a second place things as possible. sand thermostats back," Alms said,
"but in some buildings it is impossi-
from the Associated Press' "You have to love a job like this- ble to control the heat exactly.'' Pem-
· ois Competition in the sports and so far it hasn't been a job to me,"
egory of local coverage on a daily says Kimball, who tends to View his Everett Alms
writing ability as just average.
spaper. bP.rton Hall, Old Main, and portions
The 37-year old Charleston na- "I think my strong point would ')f Blair Hall, because of older heat-
have to be consistency. By this I ing systems, can not be controlled in
was also recognized by his peers mean the people know what to ex- a precise manner, Alms explained.
summer, who elected him presi- pect in the type of local coverage. Other structures, including Ford,
t of the Illinois Associated Press' If there's an important story, usually Weller, McKinney, Lincoln, and
rtswriters Association. it is publicized. Very seldom have I Douglas Halls and the Buzzard Lab
Although just a one-man sports overlooked anything," he explained. School also present special probelms
, Kimball manages to thorough- because of the nature of their heat-
cover the Mattoon sports scene. "I try to put myself in the place of ing systems.
sincerely believe in local coverage. the reader which I think helps me
to determine what the people might To most members of the univer-
think the people of Mattoon get want to read," he said. National sity community the fuel crisis hasn't
tly of national coverage primar- news is not eliminated entirely since been apparent on the campus. "We
through television. the Mattoon daily is the only paper haven't had many complaints so far,"
many people read. said Alms, "but if it turns really cold
"I naturally concentrate on the we may.''
jor sports in high school but I "The Associated Press runs a
"Sports in Brief" column which cov- One casualty in the energy fight
a1so try to give the junior high and ers the big stories in a paragraph or was conspicuous by its absence -
two so I think this gives the local for the first time in 20 years there
jayvee teams the proper play. Since readers a sample of what's happen- was no illuminated Christmas Star
ing nationally.' at the top of the tower of Old Main.
tin just a one-man staff I have to It was sacrificed to help conserve
Because of his position, Kimball electricity during the crisis.
rely on some outside help which, is fortunate to attain press creden-
tials to many national events such as Meterologists are predicting a
il most cases, means the coaches. the World Series, All-Star games, pro milder than normal winter, but the
football and NCAA championships. full scale effects of America's worst
energy crunch remain to be seen
"I try to personally cover as many here.
of these as possible. It's just icing on
the cake for me, but I also think in
a town this size where quite a few
people know me, they get a touch
of the event because their sports-
writer has been there.''

Formerly sports editor of the
Charleston Courier-News, Kimball
attended Eastern from 1957-61 and
briefly in 1964 following a stint in
the Army. He has been at the lour-
rzal-Gazette for eight years.

Married to the former Connie
Schneider, they have two sons, Jay,
6, and Tommy, 4 - both future St.
Louis Cardinals.

PAGE ELEVEN

... Top Teach er mark of a truly great teacher." calling Mrs. Hawkins as a first gr

(Continued from page 7) Commenting on her background er. "She came from a good ho
at EIU, Mrs. Hawkins said 'Tm and all I did was carry on the tr •
with a flower corsage on behalf of proud to be a graduate of Eastern, ing she had already received
the Eastern Alumni Association. and I feel I'm very fortunate to have her parents. She never caused
experienced the instruction that I any trouble,'' she related.
Dr. Harry Merigis, Dean of the had here."
School of Education, said "Mrs. Mrs. Hawkins won her award o
Hawkins' dedication to and her Miss Nelle Hutchason, a Charles- 54 other nominees after being nam
competence in her profession is be- ton resident and Eastern graduate, the Coles County Teacher of
yond question. She epitomizes those recalls when she was Mrs. Hawkins' Year.
characteristics that teacher educators first grade teacher. Miss Hutchason
try to inculcate in prospective teach- taught at the Franklin School in Dr. Michael J. Bakalis, State S
ers . . . her ability to significantly Charleston. "She got along with erintendent of Schools, present
touch the lives of her students is the everyone,'' said Miss Hutchason, re- Mrs. Hawkins with a plaque durin
a ceremony in Springfield.

Alumni News Notes

EDITOR'S NOTE from Champaign to Centralia. Her wood School in Glenwood, Illino·
present address is 629 East Fourth
In recent weeks the ALUMNUS Street, Centralia, Illinois 62801. She Mrs. Nilsson was named as an o
has received a large number af News attended her class reunion which was standing elementary teacher in 197
Notes from alumni. This interest in held at Eastern during the 1973 She lives at 54 Terry Court, Chica
providing information for our read- Homecoming celebration. Heights, Illinois 60411.
en is deeply appreciated and en-
couraged. Unfortunately space limi- Barbara Miles, '23 (Mrs. Dwight Don Cavins, '31 , is a farm
tations do not permit us to publish Zimmerman) retired after a 37 year ager and cabinet maker. His
in one issue all the Notes we have on teaching career in Highland Park, (Ruth Clapp, '37) teaches t ·
hand at the time. If your item dues Illinois. She has two grown sons, grade. The Cavin's home is locat
not appear, an effort will be made Mr. Zimmerman, also an Eastern at 6205 Rustin, Paris, Illinois 619
to print it i11 the next issue. How- alumnus, is deceased. Mrs. Zimmer-
cver, if you wish to remind us of man lives at 1141 St. John, High- Lucille Ahhee Kelly, '39, recen
your note, please mail the informa- land Park, Illinois 60035. co-authored an article published ii
tion to us again. Again may we offer tl1e Fibonacci Quarterly. The arti
aur thanks for your patience, and Marguerite May Delano, '23 (Mrs. was entitled "An Interesting
keep the information coming! Corwin Mayes) recently attended
her class reunion held on campus quence of Fibonacci Sequence
'20-'29 during the 1973 Homecoming activi- erations." Lucille resides at 142 M ·
ties. She resides at 1706 Noble Ave- Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05
Mary Irene Morrison, '23, (Mrs. nue in Springfield, Illinois 62704.
C. C. Huston) writes the Alumni Park M. Fellers, '40, 1211 Van-
Office that she resides with her sis- '30-'39 dalia Road, Hillsboro, recen
ter, Hazel Morrison, '22, at 3 Mea-
dowview Drive in Louisville, Ken- Golden A. Flake, '33, (masters celebrated his 20th anniversary
tucky 40220. She sends her best '46) has been a professor of physics as an agent in this area for N
wishes to EIU. at Indiana University and t.l}e Purdue York Life Insurance Company,
Sylvia Ashworth, '24, resides at 420 Fniversity branch at Indianapolis for cording to Frank E. Lunn, gene
Nmth 2lst Street in Mattoon, Illinois the past 27 years. He and his wife manager of the company's South
61938, after many years of residence (Rita Nay, '33) reside at 5860 Susan Illinois general office in Belleville.
in Chicago. Drive East. Indianapolis, Indiana
46250. Park joined New York Life in St.
Sarah Disa McCall, '23 retired Louis in 1953. He has earned the in-
from teaching in 1966 and moved Geraldine Moon, '37 (Mrs. Ger- dustry's National Quality Award
aldine Nilsson) is an elementary for providing outstanding service to
PAGE TWELVE teacher in the third grade at Long- his clients for nine consecutive
years; and he has been a consistent
member of New York Life's Star

Club for leading agents since 1955.
In 1948 he received a master of sci-

ence degree in business education

m Indiana University. He was He is presently serving as Dean of
hing at Hillsboro high school Continuing Education for Illinois
'or to entering the life insurance Eastern Junior Coleges.
· ess.
Park has been a resident of Hills- Frank Paul Pialorsi, '59, recently
o for the past 14 years. He is past was granted a Ph.D. by the Univer-
sident and current board director sity of Arizona. Frank presently re-
the Lions Club, and Montgomery sides at 9210 East Cale Casada,
unty Chapter Chairman of the Tuscon, Arizona 85704.
erican Red Cross. He and his
' e Viola have two children, Fred- Kent Harris, '59, recently received
'ck and Marian. a Doctor of Arts degree from the
University of Northern Colorado.
'40-'49
'60-'69

Ruth Weidner Alexander, '41, has Gene Gresham, '51, was recently Kenneth J. Dean, '60, has been
'gned as the Executive Director promoted to director of management cited for his work as a scientist at the
Tiak Girl Scout Council and i~ and administrative services for Inter- U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Re-
national Multifoods, agricultural pro- search and Development Center,
Mrs. Giles W. Larkin. Her dau- ducts division. Gene and his wife Fort Belvior, V.A. He is shown here
ter Sue Alexander, '66, is working (Mary Ellen Lape, '51) reside at being congratulated by Lieutenant
5041 Windsor Avenue, Edina, Min- Colonel John M. Daniels Jr., Execu-
her doctoral dissertation at In- nesota 55436. tive Officer, who presented him
a University. Mrs. Larkin also - -- - - - - - --- - -- - - with $300 and a Department of the
a son, John, who is an ensign Army certificate for "Sustained Su-
the Navy. The Larkins reside at David Decker, '58, is employed perior" performance of his duties in
1 East Miami, McAlister, Okla- at Minooka High School where he the Systems Division of the Coun-
a 74501. has been a coach and teacher for the termine/Counter Intrusion Depart-
Mary L. Fleming, '41, has moved past nine years. Dave and his wife ment. A native of Dewey, Mr. Dean
7918 26th Street, North Riverside, and son make their home at 307 received his Bachelors from Eastern
· ois 60546. '.Vabasco Place, Minooka, Illinois in 1960. He entered Civil Service
Doris Virginia Hayden, '43, (Mrs. 60447.
inia Wells) lives at 3012 Tur- in 1961, and was employed by the
oise Road, Los Vegas, Nevada Donald L. Harbert, '58, has been NASA Lewis Research Center in
106. n,imed assistant dean for academic Cleveland, 0., and the U.S. Army
Clemens B. Hanneken, '45, was affairs of the School of Technical Material Command in Washington,
ntly honored by Marquette Uni- Careers at Southern Illinois Univer- D .C., prior to transferring to the
sity when he received a citation sity. Don was previously vice presi- R&D Center last May. The Center
teaching excellence. Clemens is dent of career programs at Central is responsible for research, develop-
professor of mathematics at Mar- Piedmont Community College. ment and engineering for round-the-
e. clock mobility in some 15 fields of
Forrest D . Suycott, '48, is the dean Richard L. Mason, '59, lives at 5 military engineering ranging from
the college of Fine Arts at West- Willow Street, Olney, Illinois 62450. detection devices to bridges. Mr.
Illinois University. He and his
· e (Joan Romer, '50, have two Dean resides with his wife, the for-
· dren, Diane and David, and make mer Sharon L. Niemann of Mt.
ir home at Rural Route 1, Ma-
h, Illinois 61455.
Verrill C. McMorris, '48, (masters
) is principal at community unit
. He and his wife have two sons,
mas and Jerry. The McMorris
e is at 517 North Sixth Street
Watseka, Illinois 60970.

'50-'59

Phyllis Oathout Shunn, '56, resides
15485 14 Mile Road, Frazer,

· higan 48026. Phyllis recently re-
. ed a Master of Science degree

Wayne State University.

PAGE THIRTEEN

Olive, Ill., and children, Julia Anne the recipient of a number of honors, and they have one daughter who
and Robert Charles, at 13135 Penn- Phil is listed in the 1973 edition of l %.
dale Lane, Fairfax, VA. Outstanding Educators of America.
James Motley, '65, (MBA '72)
Carol Walgren, '60, and her hus- George Fielding, '63 (masters an instructor in the Accounting
band, John Walgren, '60 (masters '64) is a freshman counselor and partment at Eastern. Jim is m
'67) make their home at 428 Glen- head basketball and golf coach at and he and his wife Nancy and
lane, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60172. Bloomington North High School, In- children have as their address R
John is a teacher and department diana. He and his wife have three Route #3, Box 56, Marshall, I ·
chairman at Schaumberg High children and have their home at 217 62441.
School. John and Carol have three Parkridge Road, Bloomington, In-
sons, ages 1, 3, and 5. diana 47401. Sheldon Berkowitz, '65, has
formed the Alumni Office that
Paul Rusk, '61, and his wife Charles Miller, '63 (masters '72) and his wife Osnah reside at
Phyllis, '64, reside at 7411 Shady is now on the physics faculty at S.E. 25th Road , Miami, Flo
Hollow, San Antonio, Texas 78228. East.em. Charles and his wife Charol- 33129. Sheldon is employed by A
The Rusk's have a second son, Chris- ettE are the parents of four children. mated Instruments Incorporated.
topher Ryan, who was born last June The Millers reside at 2009 McKin-
13. Paul is an assistant professor in ley in Charleston, 61920. James L. Scolari, '66, recently
the graduate school of Our Lady of ceived his masters degree in
the Lake College in San Antonio. ·Martha Saums, '63, lives at Rural ance and counseling from the I ·
Route #2, Rochester, Illinois 62563. Institute of Technology. He and
Richard Ellinger, '61 (masters Martha and her husband Don have wife Vickie, '61, make their home
'63), is superintendent of Commun- 11.3 Kimber Drive, New Lenox,
ity Unit #2, Table Grove, Illinois. two girls, 4 and 11h . nois 60451.
The Ellinger's address is Rural Route
Box 176, Ipava, Illinois 61441. Marilyn Rindt, '63, and her hus- Joel Justis, '66, was recently e
band own and run Davis Printing eJ President of the Lyons Town
David Karl Eberhart, '62 {masters company. The Davis' have two chil- Athletic Conference. He and his
63), ·is assistant treasurer of School dren and make their home at 601 (Nancy Kelley 'ex '67) have a
District #11, and is a Certified Pub- Lawndale, Danville, Illinois 61832. who is nearly three. The Justis f
lic Accountant. Dave and his wife ily has their residence at 4825 P
have three children and maintain a Clyde Kenneth Mitchell, '63, ing Road, Downers Grove, I ·
residence at 2511 Fairview Circle, makes his home at 336 Joya Loor,, 60515.
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80901. Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544.
Clyde is currently employed as :t Stephen Summers, '66
Phil Carlock, '62, is associate dean senior scientist at E.G. and G. in '67) recently received the
of instruction at Forest Park Com- Los Alamos. E<lucational Administration from
munity College in St. Louis. Mr. Car- University of Wisconsin-Mad·
lock and his wife (Janet Schack, '64) Gordon K. Smith, '63, and his Dr. Summers is employed as Dir
and two daughters reside at 9739 wife Judy maintain a residence at or of University Programs at
Cambrook Drive, Saint Louis, Mis- Six Elm Ridge in Mattoon, Illinois University of Wisconsin -
souri 63123 . Phil received his Spee 61938. Gordon is proprietor of water. He and his wife Donna
ialist degree from Southern Illinois Smith"s Shoe Store in Mattoon and two sons and make their home
University in 1972. A member of McCoy Shoe Store in Robinson, Illi- Rt. 1, Box 158 in Palmyra, Wis
many professional organizations and nois. He and his wife have three sin 53156.
children.
Terre Engleton, '66, has
Joseph D. Stokes, '63 recently be- named chief accountant of the L'
came head football coach at Ridge- say-Schaub Newspapers Inc. He
farm, Illinois, where he will be coach- previously office manager of
ing his son Gary, a returning letter- Decatur Herald and Review I
man. Joe and his wife (Meredith Terre and his wife Julia have
Hartman, '72) also have a daughter sons and reside at 1087 North
who is ten. The Stokes family reside den, Decatur, Illinois 62522.
at Rural Route #1, Ridgefarm 61870.
James Edward Magruder, '66,
Rick Pederson, '63 is head wrest- recently awarded a Ph.D. by Sou
ling coach at Eastern Michigan Uni- em Illinois University. Jim's ad
versity. He and his wife(Jan Miller, is 315 Lewis Street, Nacogda
'64) are the parents of two sons, Texas 75961.
Erik, 5 and Kirk, 6. The Pedersons
have their residence at 196 Fair- David ]. Ellison, '66, an assi
hills Drive, Ypsilanti, Michigan professor of accounting at the U
48197. versity of Nebraska, was recen
awarded a Ph.D . in Business by
Donald Boston, '64, is currently University of Arkansas. He and
m1mager of audits, Blounts Incorpor- wife Sandi, '67, have two chi!
ated. Don received his MBA from and reside at 2800 Woods BI
Michigan State University in 1971
and has his Illinois CPA. He is mar-
ried to the former Lynn Asenheimer

PAGE FOURTEEN

Apartment 402, Lincoln, Nebraska ently pastor of the First Baptist concerning medical research at the
02. Church in Armstrong, Missouri. The University of Chicago.
R. Smith, '66, makes his home Bundys reside at 101 East Seminary,
118 Kent, Catlin, Illinois 61817. Armstrong, Missouri 65230. Richard L. Gambrel, '68, was re-
is production general foreman cently presented his second award
Tee-Pak Company in Danville. A. Robert Handell, '68, and his of the Distinguished Flying Cross for
wife, Donna, '69, have been assign- aerie! achievement. Lieutenant Gam-
e and his wife Nancy have two ed to field marketing positions in brel is now stationed at Seymour
Libbey-Owens-Ford Company's At- Johnson Air Force Base North Caro-
Roger C. Claar, '66, (masters '68) lanta, Ga., district. lina.
ntly completed his Ph.D. in Edu-
Bob, a native of Dixon, Ill., has Leslie Dean Wilson, '69, is teach-
tion at Kansas State University. been named a district representative ing at the Coal City Middle School
ger, who lives at 2901 Willow in LOF's general wholesale market. in Coal City, Illinois.
e, Apartment B-6, Zion, Illinois lie formerly served in a similar post
in LOF's Toledo, Ohio, district. Charles Peterson, '69, graduated
9, is Director of Vocational Ed- from the University of Illinois Medi-
tion at Zion Benton High School. Donna, a native of Fort Madison, cal School this past June. He is now
Iowa, has been named a regional in internship at Strong Memorial
Judy Bloomquist, '66, (Mrs. Ron- automotive glass expediter. She for- Hospital at the University of
Duncan) teaches journalism and merly served as an inventory analyst Rochester Medical Center in Roches-
-automotive glass replacement. ter, New York. Charles writes that
glish at Belleville Township High he plans to continue with a residency
ool West. Judy was recently Dean Denton, '67, was recently in surgery.
ed High School Newspaper Ad- honored when he was announced as
• r of the Year by Southern Illi- co-winner of The Beth Fonda Mem- Judith Griffith, '69 (Mrs. Larry
. University. Judy and her hus- orial Award For Excellence in Medi- Greathouse), is residing in Enid,
d make their home at 109 Berk- cal Feature Writing. Dean received Oklahoma 73701. Larry is a lieuten-
. , Belleville, Illinois 62223. the award for his work as co-author ant in the U.S. Air Force and a pilot.
Thomas N. Sterchi, '67, received of a series of prize winning articles
· law degree from the University of Paul Willis, '69, (masters '72) is
issouri in June, 1972. He is pres- teaching at Lake Zurich where he
tly practicing law with the firm of also coaches football and track.
atson, Ess, Marshall, and Enggas Paul's address is 4619 Euclid, Roll-
Kansas City, Missouri. Tom re- ing Meadows, Illinois 60008.
. es at 32 W. 57th Terrace, Kansas
· , Missouri 64113. Billi Jeanne Harvey, '69 (Mrs.
Paul Belobraydic) (masters '72),
Edward Mills, '67, is serving in and her husband reside at 5639 Lang
United States Air Force. Ed is Port, Long Beach, California 90305.
ently stationed at Korat Royal Her husband is now a Petty Officer
2nd Class in the United States Navy.
ai Air Force Base, Thailand. His
· e Betsy resides at 715 Whitney Patricia Christ, '69, and her hus-
band Bill are both now graduate stu-
, Hampton, Virginia 23369. dents at Eastern. They live at 1803
Patricia D. Frischman, '67, holds Madison Avenue, Charleston, Illinois
masters degree in educational ad- 61920.
. · tration and is an assistant man-
r of Eleanor B. Shreve Residence Kenn Greider, '69, is an FBI
agent, while his wife Sue, '70, is re-
at Purdue University. Pat's ad- cording secretary for the village of
is 400 North River Road, West Woodridge. Kenn and Sue make
ayette, Indiana 47906. their home at 2112 Country Club
Drive, Woodridge, Illinois 60515.
Betty J. Browning, '67 (masters
Beverly Wilken, '69 (Mrs. George
2) resides at 751 llth Street, Char- Gleich) and her husband have
on. bought a new home and are living at
Route 5 Box 271 Morris, Illinois
James W. Lovejoy, '67, is working 60450. Bev is teaching lst and 2nd
a programmer-analyst in charge grades in Morris and George is teach-
registration at Plattsburgh State ing biology and is coaching basket-
'Diversity in Plattsburgh, New York. ball and track.
and his wife Sandra have a new
who was born last April. The Dan Reedy, '69, is teaching Sixth
ejoys have their residence at 65 grade in Abingdon, Illinois. He and
nard, Plattsburgh, New York his wife(Marilyn Jones, '69) have a
I. daughter who is three. The Reedys
live at 300 North Cherry, Abingdon,
Dallas Bundy, '67, and his wife Illinois 61410.
Judy Cherry, '67) have a new son
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o was born May 17, 1973 and is
ed Kevin Mark. Kevin joins a
· er Denise Lynn. Dallas is pres-

'70-'73 Kathleen Dunne, '72, is in the North 6th, Apartment #2,
Peace Corps in Ethiopia. Her ad- field, Illinois 62702.
Carol P. Huffman, '70, resides at dress is Alem Training Center, P. 0 .
2322 Ramsey Road, Springfield, Illi- Box 5588, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ]. Rod Weger, '72, writes
nois 62702. She is a stenographer for Alumnus that he is driving a g
the Federal Aviation Administration. Verna Lee Jones, '72, is currently line truck and "mostly boo ·
working as a copy editor of The Trib down here in Flat Rock." Rod's
Gary "Doc" Hardy, '70 (masters a subsidiary of the Chicago Tribune. dress is Rural Route #1, Flat R
'72) is a school psychologist at She lives at 95110 Lake Drive, Illinois.
Schaumberg High School. Doc re- Apartment 204, Clarendon Hills,
sides at 10 Woodland Court, Apart- Illinois 60514. Janet Elaine Nelch, '13, now
ment C-4, Lombard, Illinois 60148. sides at 1903 University Drive
John G. Ciaccio, '72, is a sales Charleston.
David Heckel, '10 (masters '72) representative for the Western-Sou-
and his wife (Judy Gorlewski, '70) thern Life Insurance Company. He Randall Pollen, '73,
live at 913 Reynolds Drive in Char- and his wife Paulette make their manager for Indiana
leston. Dave is employed at Bakers home at 3609 Green Street, Steger, rics, Incorporated in
Furniture while Judi is in her fourth Illinois 60475. diana. He and his wife, Don
year of teaching at Central Junior Cleveland, '72, reside at 2507 Ori
High School in Mattoon. Bonnie Lowe, '72, is presently Lane, Warsaw, Indiana 46580.
teaching physical science and relat-
Patrick ]. Allen, '70 is attending ed fields at Freeburg Community Larry R. Boyles, '13, is emplo
Yale Law School in New Haven High School. She and her husband by the Ashton-Stanford Company
Connecticut. His wife (Sue Wach, Floyd have their residence at 20 Salem, Illinois. Larry's wife El'
'70,) is attending Southern Connecti- Green Meadows Drive, Freeburg, beth Ford, '72, teaches element
cut State College where she is study- Illinois 62243. education in the Centralia Sch
ing for her M.A. in history. The Al- System. The Boyles make their ho
lens make their home at 119 Main Linda Goeckner, '72, is working as at Rural Route #1, Salem 62881.
Street, Apartment D-5, West Haven, a librarian for K-6 in the Pontiac
Connecticut 06156. School District #50. She resides at Roger Wayne Benham, 73,
6017 North Illinois Street, Fairview teaching at Noble High School.
Michelle O'Leary, '71, (Mrs. Heights, Illinois 62208. and his wife, Kathleen Copenbarg
Allyn Way) is teaching junior high '72, have one son, Patrick Jam
school math at Ridgeway, Illinois. Linda Marsiglia, '72 (Mrs. Mike who is just over one year old.
Allyn, '10, teaches driver education Brncick) is a seventh and eighth Benham family has a residence
and coaches at Eldorado High grade language arts teacher at Grant 210 East Mack, Olney, Illin
School. Michelle and Allyn reside at Park Middle School. She and her 62450.
1956 North /State Street, Eldorado, hesband make their home at 4147
Illinois 62930. Lindenwood Apartment 1 North, Nancy Mahlberg, '73, (Mrs. Pa
M.atteson, Illinois 60443. Marquette) has a learning disab'
Susan Elaine Waldrip Evans, '71, ties position in Auburn. She and h
and her husband Kenneth have a Annette T. Wilson, '72 (Mrs. husband Paul, '73, live at R
new daughter who was born October Thomas Cooling) works in the ac- Route #1, Auburn, Illinois 62615.
1, 1973. She is named Tanya Sue. counting department of Payless
The Evans' address is 1401 Rudy, Drugs. She and her husband reside Faye Ann Milburg, '13, recen
Mattoon, Illinois 61928. at 410 28th Street, #358, Oakland, completed a dietetics internship
California 94609. the Good Samaritan Hospital '
Richard W. Koppitz, '71 (masters Cincinnati, Ohio. She plans to mo
'72) teaches architectural and mech- Greta Wilking, '72, (Mrs. Timo- to Indianapolis.
anical design at Kankakee Area Car- thy Bell) is employed by the Spring-
eer Center. He and his wife reside field public schools as a speech Timothy Toepke, '13, and Na
at Rural Route #2, Bourbonnafa, therapist. The Bells reside at 1025 Ruehrdanz, '13 were married in J
Illinois 60914. Tim is employed by Telemation M'
... Mertes west Incorporated, a television
William Hoffman, '71, is employ- terns installer. He and Nancy resi
ed by the St. Johns Hospital Labora- (Continued from page 2) at 894-A Linden, Apartment I
tory in Springfield, Illinois. He and Winnetka, Illinois.
his wife Marsha live at 1306 Cotton- staff work is becoming more neces-
\'iood, Springfield, Illinois 61704. sary than ever before." Carol A. Leefers, '13, has comp!
ed Peace Corps training for H
Victor DeGuilio, '71, recently mar- On the most interesting develop- durus, where she will serve for
ried Judy Durst, '7 1. Vic is a sales ment in the field of marketing - years as a health volunteer.
representative for the Dean Food "The fact that business is now em-
Corporation while Judy teaches in bracing the concept of social respon- Michael D. Brimberry, '73,
School District #7 in Chicago sibility more than it ever has in the completed eight weeks of b
Heights. Vic and Judy reside at 106 past." training at Ft. Leonard Wood, M
E. 23rd, Chicago Heights, Illinois He is serving in the U.S. Army.
60411. Mertes, who has a son and dau-
ghter who both hold advanced de- William L. Steinmetz, '13, has
PAGE SIXTEEN grees, resides on Woodlawn Drive in rolled in the first-year class at Wa
Charleston. ington University School of M ·
cine. He is among 120 selected fro
more than 6,000 applicants.

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Alcohol And The Dorms The Strike

The Board of Governors of State Colleges and A month-long strike by Civil Service employees
Universities recently approved a policy statement at Eastern Illinois University ended October 31
permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages when a return-to-work agreement was announced
on the campuses under the jurisdiction of the Board. by Eastern and David Wiant, Personnel Relations
Officer, Board of Governors of State Colleges and
The policy statement reads: "Alcoholic bever- Universities.
ages may be possessed and consumed in dormitor-
ies, in married student's living quarters, in over- A key point in the agreement was a 13-cent
night university union guest rooms, and in such per hour wage increase, according to the an-
other areas as designated by the individual uni- nouncement. Effective date of the new one-year
versity, subject to reasonable rules and regulations contract is Sept. 16. The pay hike is retroactive
as promulgated by the individual universities with for work performed subsequent to that date, the
the understanding that said regulations must con- announcement said. Other items included in the
form to statutory drinking age requirements. agreement are primarily procedural and involve
return to work matters.
"It is the intent of the Board that the insitu-
tions shall periodically review the effects of this Hermansen Authors Book
policy and repoit to the Board as to its impact on
educational and housekeeping functions and activ- John Hermansen, an Eastern alumnus wh0
ities." died in 1973, recently had a novel published by
Harper and Row. The book, entitled The Waxman
In expressing disapproval of the policy, East- Production, is set in Arizona, where Mr. Herman-
ern Illinois President Gilbert C. Fite said, "I want sen lived from 1955 until his death.
to go on rec:ord as opposed to this action. I do not
believe that this can or will contribute to, or im- Hermansen was born in Indianapolis and at-
prove the educational process. Indeed, I see oppor- tended school at Eastern prior to World War II. Af-
tunities for seriously interfering with the process." ter serving in the Air Force Mr. Hermansen lived in
New York before moving to Yuma, Arizona, where
President Fite presented to the Board East- from 1963 until 1965 he was president and chair-
ern's guidelines relative to the policy statement man of the board of Surety Saving and Loan Cor-
which was 1 adopted. Under these guidelines, con- poration.
sumption of alcoholic beverages on the Eastern
campus will be limited to residence halls and uni-
versity apartments.

Alumni Art Show

A painting by Dave Pavelonis, a graduate from Harrisburg, was fudged the best among 61 works en-
tered in an Alumni Art Exhibition at Eastern Illinois University.

The second place award went to William Murawski of Charleston and the third place prize to Mark
Trumper of Assumption.

Three honorabble mentions were given to Dennis Berber, Marke E. Hoedebecke and Tony Taylor, all of
Charleston. Juror for the exhibition was Bob Evans, ..:urataor of art at the Illinois State Museum in Spring-
field.

The exhibition was a part of the Diamond Jubilee Homecoming activities.

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