Class Notes

Just turned 93 and am in reasonably good health living in a retirement community in Wolfeboro New Hampshire.

In 2014 I started working with a couple of other ISU alumni, (Thomas Sawyer TCA 1983, Keven Siegert TCA 1984) on a series of documentaries about rural, generational Irish pubs, run by families for 90 to 155 years. Since we started the project, a couple of us have retired and we have leaned into the project a little more, and are now working on our sixth show. These shows, A Proper Pint (https://www.aproperpintfilm.com/), are part of the In Flight Entertainment system on Aer Lingus flights, so they will be available to ISU travelers as they converge on Dublin, and other parts of Ireland, in August, and most likely into September for some. Currently playing are “Ma Murphy’s Bar” in Bantry, and Sharkey’s Bar in Annagry. In September, McDonnell’s Bar and Undertakers” will begin showing.

ISU Everywhere. Pat Dillon , Ag Studies, 97 with his current ISU enrolled kids, Kat Dillon , Finance and International business 2026, Sean Dillon, Marketing, Fall 2024, and Kellian Dillon, Biochem 2027 Tallinn, Estonia

Elizabeth Strom (Heaton) AFM, was elected president of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at the organization's annual meeting held in Champaign, IL. Strom is a Vice President with Murray Wise and Associates, located here. She graduated from Black Hawk College East Campus in 2014. She joined the ISPFMRA in 2916 and received her Accredited Farm Manager designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers in 2018. The Toulon, IL native received an associates degree from Black Hawk College in Kewanee in 2014 and a bachelors in agricultural business from Iowa State University in 2016. Prior to being elected president, Strom served as vice president and president elect of the Society. The Illinois Chapter is the largest of the 28 around the United States with 262 members and 32 'Friends of the Chapter.'

Elected President of the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses.

A new vehicle deserves new ISU plates. I chose to honor my major.

My co-author and I have just published the subject non-fiction paperback "To Be The Best By Any Measure" which became available on Amazon and all major bookseller sites on March 7. Virtually all of our early readers agree that this book should be a must-read for all managers, business students, and those aspiring to be future leaders. And who is Pat Magee? That is the name which appeared on my original birth certificate. When only 3 days old, during the early months of World War Two, I was adopted by the Ramsey family and given my current name. However, it wasn't until nearly 80 years later that the Iowa legislature finally passed a law opening up adoption records. Only then was I able to obtain a copy of that original birth certificate and identify my actual biological parents.

I am 86 years old continuing a part time career in dietetics. I have retired four times but continue to return to the profession. I have consulted in nursing homes, managed a food service in a hospital, consulted in hospitals and currently consulting in a hospital and dialysis unit. Not sure I am ready to retire yet. It is inspiring to assist better eating habits for the patients and staff.

Rosemary Wiese Wilson(1974) and Steven J Wilson(1978), Ames IA, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on June 12, 2022.

Deland Myers (’81 food technology, ’84), a life member of the ISU Alumni Association and his wife, Eveadean Morrison Myers, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 7, 2022!

Eveadean Morrison Myers (‘81 elementary education), a life member of the ISU Alumni Association, and her husband, Deland Myers, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Aug. 7, 2022!

Alan (Al) Krysan (‘87 agricultural business) and his wife, Terri Krysan (‘87 home economics education), both life members of the ISU Alumni Association, established the Alan E. Krysan and Terri M. Krysan Design Closet Endowment, which supports ISU College of Design students by funding supplies and materials required for their design classes. Al and Terri value giving back because others did before them, providing them both with the opportunity to attend college. They have also established an endowed scholarship in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in honor of Terri’s grandparents, Ted and Hazle DeBerg. With the Krysans’ support, the college will be able to provide free design kits to about half the student population that needs them. Al is currently an area executive director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He is a past member and past chair of the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors. Terri works as a strategic accounts manager with WestRock Company, a leading global paperboard and packaging company. She’s an accomplished competitive quilter as well. To read more about the Krysans’ endowment, read the full story at design.iastate.edu/news. Shad Brook (‘06 industrial engineering) has been hired as The Procopio Companies director of operational excellence. In this role, Brook will apply manufacturing principles to Procopio’s construction operations to standardize processes and procedures, ensuring value creation and efficiency are top of mind for continuous improvement.

Richard Kaitany (‘83 plant pathology, ‘89 MS plant pathology), Iowa State cross country All-American, and his wife Andrea have spent over 14 years constructing Sibolei Girls’ Preparatory Academy in Iten, Kenya. Kaitany, a Kenya native, values the education he received from Iowa State, and hopes that the academy will bring enriching and prosperous opportunities to girls in Iten. Read Kaitany’s full story, “Richard Kaitany Gives Back in His Return to Kenya” on runnersworld.com.

Nicholas Nagawiecki ('19 architecture) is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020.

Terri Krysan** (‘87 home economics education) and her husband, Alan (Al) Krysan** (‘87 agricultural business), established the Alan E. Krysan and Terri M. Krysan Design Closet Endowment, which supports ISU College of Design students by funding supplies and materials required for their design classes. Al and Terri value giving back because others did before them, providing them both with the opportunity to attend college. They have also established an endowed scholarship in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in honor of Terri’s grandparents, Ted and Hazle DeBerg. With the Krysans’ support, the college will be able to provide free design kits to about half the student population that needs them. Terri works as a strategic accounts manager with WestRock Company, a leading global paperboard and packaging company. She’s an accomplished competitive quilter as well. To read more about the Krysans’ endowment, read the full story at design.iastate.edu/news.

Kent Rice (‘78 agricultural engineering) is among the first Peace Corps volunteers to return to overseas service since the unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rice will work with the Community Economic Development sector in the Dominican Republic.

Jami Simon (‘81 theatre & dance) plays Sideways Jane in the film “Riding the D with Dr. Seeds." To watch the film, download the PlexTV app. Simon was also featured in the film “The Man Behind the Camera” which received two prizes at the 2021 Sunscreen West Film Festival.

Peter Kasper (‘12 integrated studio arts) designed and created a cherry wood panel for the Ivy College of Business to recognize their corporate partners. Kasper is the owner of Phoenix Cabinetry in Des Moines.

“Catching My Breath,” an exhibition Cameron Gray (MFA ’20 integrated studio arts), was chosen to be on display at the Octagon Center for the Arts Community Gallery in Ames.

Artist, activist and Iowa State University College of Design alumnus Theaster Gates (BS '96 community & regional planning /MA '05 interdisciplinary graduate studies /Hon. Doctorate '17 humane letters) will co-chair the Prada Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council with the aim of closing the inclusion gap in the fashion industry and elevating voices of color within the company and the fashion industry at large.

Carrie Clark ('01 biology, DVM '05 veterinary medicine), veterinary medical officer with the Office of Policy and Program Development of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Omaha, Nebraska, was recently featured in the USDA publication The Beacon for her years of service. She has worked with the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service for nine years.

Adam Obrecht (L)('98 ag bus) has been elected to the Urbandale (Iowa) City Council. He is the owner of AO Wealth Advisory and former president of the Urbandale School Board and ran for the council on a public safety platform.

For more than 40 years, Linda (Murray) Emmerson (A)('59 gen sci) has been creating art by cutting paper. An exhibition of her scherenschmitte was on display at the Unitarian Church in Ames in Summer 2018. Much of her work features scenes from the Iowa State campus.

Dave Wedemeyer recently achieved a cycling milestone by completing a century ride (100 miles) in every state. On August 27, 2019, Dave completed the Mt. Washington Century in New Hampshire, marking his 50th state. In total Dave has ridden over 120 century rides in his lifetime, and has also ridden RAGBRAI 29 times.

New project: Pen and watercolor of Chaminade Hall, Chaminade College Prep School in St. Louis. This one was commissioned for auction for the school's Esto Vir fundraiser, happening 6pm, February 9th, at the St. Louis Frontenac Hilton

New website ... same old URL: https://www.pegsportfolio.com/ Tech support from Todd Moudy, Nimbusnet IT services.

C. John Basner ('95 speech comm) will line up with other elite athletes from around the world for a great cause this July 22, 2018 for the iconic IRONMAN Lake Placid as part of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Team for Cures. IRONMAN Lake Placid is the oldest and one of the most prestigious of the IRONMAN events in North America, with this year marking the race’s 20th running. The MMRF Team for Cures raises funds for cancer research. The MMRF was created to accelerate cancer research, particularly for multiple myeloma, and speed the development and approval of new treatments. Multiple myeloma, currently an incurable blood cancer, is the second most common blood cancer after non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

My wife, Ayfer Hoffman (nee Keskinel), passed away at age 82 on November 2, 2017, from complications of cancer and dementia. A Fulbright Scholar at ISU from Turkey, she received her MS in Food Technology in 1962; her honors included being named a Landgrant Centennial Scholar. She and I were married in the ballroom of the ISU Memorial Union on March 2, 1962, and lived in Pammel Court until we both completed our degrees. We delighted in sharing our lives for over 55 years. Ayfer's career covered many aspects of the food industry and included founding and managing Sultan Baci Fruit Preserves in her native city Istanbul and, more recently, developing many successful dietary products for Medifast, of Owings Mills, Maryland. She is survived also by our two daughters and three grandchildren. Eugene Hoffman PhD 1963

Leng Vong Reiff, class of 2007, worked with Iowa author T.C. Florer on 4 of his 5 books in the Carrington series, which heavily revolve around ISU. The first in the series begins a love story that takes place right on campus. The fifth book in the series, Carrington Resolve, is in production and is set to be complete the end of May. http://tcflorer.com/novels/

I'm demonstrating colored pencil drawing on September 24th, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Artist Registry Demo Days, at the AKC Museum of the Dog, at Queeny Park, here in St Louis. Some pieces of my art will also be featured in the upcoming Dogs of St. Louis Artists: An Artist Registry Exhibition, which will run from September 8th, 2016 February 19th, 2017. My "Domesticated Dogs” drawings are available as prints, cards, etc. See the link: www.redbubble.com/people/pegmcclurellc For more info on Demo Days & exhibits: http://www.museumofthedog.org/

On Jan. 14, 2016, William Farr became president of Chapter 400, Mended Hearts of Fayetteville in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Mended Hearts is a national and community-based non-profit organization of heart patients (over 20,000 members) whose mission is dedicated to "Inspiring hope and improving the quality of life for heart patients and their families through ongoing peer-to-peer support." As an Accredited Visitor, Farr is permitted to visit with heart patients in their hospital rooms and with families in the waiting room to answer their heart-related questions and to inspire that hope. We 4 Accredited Visitors saw over 1100 patients and 189 families in 2015. As a heart patient with six heart surgeries, including open heart surgery with 5 bypasses, 4 heart attacks, multiple angioplasties and 9 stents, Farr says he is "somewhat qualified to relate my experiences and to help ease the patients' and families' minds about life after surgery. Our unofficial motto is: 'As you are, I was. As I am, you will be.'"

There is always an interesting result with sports teams when you hold open tryouts. That is true for the Cedar Valley CourtKings, the new minor league basketball team in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa, which will play its inaugural season in the new Midwest Basketball League. Matt Craft, a 37-year-old lawyer in Waterloo, showed up for the first open tryout in January. He played well enough that the team invited him back for a second look at tryout number two. After the 3rd and final open tryout, the CourtKings extended a player agreement contract to Craft. Matt played his high school basketball at Union High School in LaPorte City and then went to Iowa State and went through the walk on tryouts. “The players all have different goals and reasons for wanting to play for a team like this and Matt is no different. He just wants to be part of this new team and help us in anyway he can whether it is at practice, at home games or filling in on a road trip if needed.” said owner/GM Gary Rima. “He is like a player/coach for us, and I am excited to have Matt be part of this organization.” The Cedar Valley CourtKings open up the season Saturday, April 23 in Chicago against the Chicago Clovers. The Clovers have replaced Sioux City in the MBL for the inaugural season. The CourtKings will play their home opener on Sunday, May 15, hosting the Minnesota Broncos from St. Paul.

I am an Ames native who studied pre-med at Iowa State 1956-59. I'm a life member of the ISU Alumni Association. I am announcing my retirement from 52 years of practicing general medicine and psychiatry since graduation from the U of I med school in 1963! After internship at LA County General Hospital I then served two years in the US Navy as a general medical officer in Vietnam and in San Francisco followed by psychiatric residency at Stanford University, completed in 1972. Subsequently I moved back to San Francisco where I have combined solo private practice with volunteer teaching as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Univ of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical school these many years. I have also served as Presidents of the San Francisco Medical Society, of the Northern California Psychiatric Society, and of the Association of the Clinical Faculty at UCSF where I've received several teaching, community service and clinical awards. Along the way I have also published three book chapters and over fifty articles, essays and editorials in various journals. I've enjoyed visiting Ames and Iowa State frequently over these many years and plan to continue that practice. I like to think this Iowa farm boy has done ok in the Big City of San Francisco over this long career in medicine. Greetings to old friends and classmates from Ames and ISU! Dr Steve Walsh

May 2015 will mark 10 years since I got my MBA at ISU. Now, 10 years later, our daughter, Emily, will be graduating from ISU with 2 degrees. One is in Finance and the other in Accounting. (Steve and I tried to convince her to get one B.S. and get a Master’s during that 4th year, but to no avail.) Also, Steve looks like he will be graduating the same day as Emily with his Ph.D. from ABE after a very intense 2 years all while working full-time. He is slated to do his defense this week. In addition, 2 weeks after graduation from ISU, Emily will be getting married to another May 2015 graduate from the College of Business whose parents are both ISU graduates. The wedding reception will be held at the Alumni Center.

I have a nephew who graduated from Iowa State in 2012 currently traveling the world for his job; and another nephew graduating from Iowa State on Saturday! Not only am I a very proud aunt, but also a first time grandma! Life is good!

Vincent A. Lowenberg September 15, 1926- July 7, 2014 Vincent A. Lowenberg was born in Donnellson Iowa on September 15, 1926 to Viola (Krehbiel) and Herbert Lowenberg. He had one sister Elaine (Lowenberg) Harper and 83 first cousins…some of them were double first cousins. Vince loved his large family and kept great correspondence throughout the years Vince married Tyra Elisabeth (Lisa) Lindahl on August 26, 1961 at Ekero Church on an island in Stockholm’s archipelago. The church was built in 1106, and it stands close to where the King and Queen live today. They were married 52 years and have 3 children Karin, Robert, and Kirsten, and 6 grandchildren. Our dad grew up in Donnellson, where he sang in the church choir, was on the high school basketball team, and even played the clarinet in a Dixie Land jazz band. After High School dad went to Iowa State University for two years before signing up to serve his country in the Navy during World War ll. After the war, Dad returned to school, and graduated from the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, he sang with the Men’s Glee Club (the oldest in the Nation), and 2 months ago, the men from the current Michigan Men’s Glee Club honored him with a private concert on the lawn in front of his home in Lake Oswego. Approximately 20 years ago, dad declined an Honorary Doctorate to teach in the Department of Economics with the University of Michigan. After graduation, Dad moved to Boston and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School. Vince worked as an Economist and Consultant for a number of companies including Stanford Research Institute (SRI), The United Nations, and USAID. Dad travelled the world for SRI, and his longest assignments allowed him to move his family to Sweden for a year, and to Ethiopia for two years. Eventually, the family moved to a small farm in Lake Oswego, Oregon where mom and dad lived for 40 years together. From that home base, Dad accepted a twelve month assignment with the United Nations in Zambia, and an eighteen month assignment with the US State Department in Cairo, Egypt. Dad was also a long time member of the Bohemian Club in San Francisco which allowed him long time friendships in business and life. He deeply enjoyed the “Grove” in the summers…writing and preforming music and plays with the other members. The Redwoods were always one of his favorite places to be. The farm in Lake Oswego was our dad’s big love. He could spend hours in his amazing garden, pick fruit from the orchard, or tend to the various animals we had on the farm. He spent countless hours teaching his children the value of hard work by example and word, because he knew that hard work builds great character. Our dad loved the adventure of life and had a passion to see the world. In his 87 years he was able to travel to over 137 countries- and the family accompanied him to 41 of them. Of all of Dad’s accomplishments and adventures, none compared to his love for the Lord. He was very involved in the Gideons International, and would take every opportunity to pass out a Bible. Wherever he was traveling to, he would make sure he filled one briefcase with bibles in the language of the country he was going to be in.…even if it was Communist Russia (in the 1980’s) or Communist China. Dad was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend. We will miss him terribly. We are thankful for all the amazing memories and adventures, and we are exceptionally thankful that we will be together again in Eternity. We love you dad! Contributions in Vincent A. Lowenberg's name can be made to any 3 of the following organizations: Gideon's International (gideons.org) Samaritans Purse (samaritanspurse.org) Lake Oswego United Methodist Church

Glen was born in Denison, Iowa, son of Glen Reeser, Sr., and Leona (Kremin) (Reeser) Mack. In 1975, he wed college classmate Martha Bell of Fairfield, Iowa. After graduating with a degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, he began his professional career in 1976 with a position at Motorola, Inc. in Schaumburg, Illinois. Glen's early career focused on designing emergency radio equipment to transmit medical data from ambulances to emergency room doctors, which at the time was adopted as the standard across the country. Mid- career, he undertook two overseas assignments with Motorola, in Taunusstein, Germany, and in Malahide, Ireland. Each was memorable not only for the work accomplished but also for the many friendships formed. In the latter part of his career he designed electronic components, garnering 26 U.S. patents for his innovative and creative work. The Motorola components division was sold to CTS Corporation, a manufacturer of components where Glen worked for an additional 13 years before retiring from CTS as a senior technical engineer in 2011. In the last two decades of his life, Glen was deeply devoted to artistic pursuits, including metalworking and, especially, ceramics. In 2013, he was honored with a one-man ceramics exhibition at the Fairfield (Iowa) Arts and Convention Center. He was a longtime participant in the ceramics program at Harper College in Palatine, IL, and found there a circle of friends with the same interest. In June of this year, the ceramics studio at Harper College was dedicated as the Glen O. Reeser Ceramics Studio. Glen is survived by his wife Martha Bell and by two sisters, Jean Lance of Dow City, Iowa, and Mary Jo Peter of Charter Oak, Iowa. He is also survived by his mother-in-law Dorothy Bell, by his brothers-in-law David Bell, Scott Bell, Jim Peter, Larry Allen, and Jim Hulbert, his sisters-in-law Sue Ellen Bell and Mary Bell, and by many loving nieces and nephews. Although Glen and Martha had no children, the couple hosted many international exchange students through Rotary International and privately , and so he is also survived by Prajna Desai, Thomas Ferrard, Hector Cabrera Farjat, Anna Hunke, Danielle Hartman, and Silke Punzenberger Buettinghaus along with their families. He was predeceased by his parents and by a sister, Jackie Bukacek. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be sent to the Glen Reeser Arts Fund at the Harper College Educational Foundation, 1200 Algonquin Road, Palatine, IL 60067. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 20th, 2014 from 4:00PM until the time of the Service of Remembrance at 8:00PM at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine, IL. Services will also be held on Saturday, August 23rd, 2014 with visitation from 10:00AM until the time of the funeral service at 11:00AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Fairfield, 200 S. Main Street, Fairfield, Iowa. Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham, Iowa.

Eilers Authors Book Krista K. (Dockter) Eilers ('93 social work) wrote "My Car & My Tent ... Homeowning in America." A self-help guide for remaining positively focused in home ownership evaluation. Tips for budgeting, loan analysis and supportive stress management to ease the process. The book walks the owner through the perspective of the lender, with a focus on wellness and balance. https://www.createspace.com/4586129 Miss Eilers is a Holistic Practitioner; Specialist in mental and physical disabilities, from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare (1999). She is a wellness coach and consultant while working as a fundraiser for ecosystem preservation. She is the author of several self-help articles supporting emotional health and healing. As the founder of Holistic Healing, her practice focuses on natural healing at the mind, body, spirit level to support overall balance. She resides in the Kansas City area and can be followed on Facebook/Professional Services/HolisticHealing or contacted at HolisticHealing1996@gmail.com.

James Schmeling, B.A., Political Science '97, is a contributing author to a policy report that details what the authors describe as a “historic opportunity” related to the potential for public and private sector collaboration in support of veterans and their families. The report, “A National Veterans Strategy: The Economic, Social and Security Imperative,” brings together academic research with contributions from a broad cross-section of public and private sector stakeholders, to develop a logical and researched case for the social, economic and security-based interests served by a whole-of-the-nation National Veterans Strategy. The call to action suggested by the report comes at a pivotal moment in the U.S. The approaching end of a decade of war and the associated military force reduction of more than one million individuals-when considered in the context of a challenged economy, uncertain fiscal environment and dynamic global security situation-serve to focus politicians and policymakers alike on opportunities and challenges associated with advancing the post-service life course of veterans and their families. This publication is a collaborative effort of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and College of Law. Schmeling, managing director and co-founder of IVMF, was extensively quoted by the Washington Post in their coverage of the National Veterans Strategy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/veterans-programs-should-be-overseen-by-o… Principal authors of the report are Nicholas J. Armstrong, M.P.A., Ph.D. Candidate (INSCT) and Dr. J. Michael Haynie, Ph.D. (IVMF). Contributing authors include Daniel Savage, M.P.P. (IVMF); James Schmeling, J.D. (IVMF); William Banks, J.D., M.A. (INSCT); and VADM (Ret.) Robert Murrett, M.A. (INSCT).

ESCAPE TO FREEDOM A Story of Survival, Dreams, Betrayals, and Accomplishments by Henry A. Fribourg, Iowa State University, PhD 1954 An e-book available on Kindle Escape to Freedom is the autobiographical memoir of a 12-year old French Jewish boy who with his parents, sister and baby brother, escaped from occupied Europe in January 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor. His mother had had premonitions of the coming Holocaust (Shoah) and needed to convince her husband to leave the Old World to give their children another chance at life, even when her parents opposed her departure. He relates surviving three machine-gun strafings by a German fighter pilot, the walk of his soldier father most of the way across France, and the flight of his pregnant mother and sister with him to escape the German Panzers during the invasion of France in 1940. He describes the life in Vichy France and North Africa, and his expulsion from school; how it felt when the neutral ship on which he was sailing on the way to refuge in Cuba was stopped by a U-boat mid-way across the Atlantic; his learning Spanish and English the hard way; the murder of his grandparents – and the life his family created in the US after WW II. He served in the US Army during the Korean War. Working his way through college, he had a 48-year career as a professor of crop ecology and as a successful pasture and beef cattle researcher. He married and had two children with his wife Claudia, who also had escaped Europe with her family as a very young child. He describes travelling widely to attend professional meetings and to help developing countries, while also visiting tourist venues, in Europe, the Americas and the Far East. Claudia accompanied him after the children were grown. When they were home, they spent several years building, on weekends, a log cabin vacation home on a lakeside hill with an unimpeded view of East Tennessee mountains. Genealogical research allowed him to identify numerous members of his extended family who did not survive the Holocaust. His grandmother had taken refuge in 1942 in a small town in the mountains of central France, where she was arrested by the Schutzstaffel (SS) in spring 1943 and shipped in train Convoy 72 to Auschwitz. Sixty years later, the inhabitants of the town honored her memory, and that of other victims, in a moving ceremony of remembrance, with several survivors and descendants present. This tale is a fascinating story of fortuitous luck and dogged determination to survive and create a fulfilling new life in America. Thoughout his book, he reminds his readers to not forget, but remember the events in Europe from 1933 through 1945. Available on Kindle (Amazon), 2013. $3.98 How Mother Gave Us Life TWICE Some of you may have some interest in what I have been doing after retirement 11 years ago. Regards, Henry A. Fribourg, Ph. D. Iowa State ‘54 Professor Emeritus of Crop Ecology, University of Tennessee 7421 Somerset Road, Knoxville, TN, 37909-2356, USA Voice: 865-560-1247 e-mail: fribourg@tennessee.edu

Jane (Skiles) O'Dea ('72, BS, Liberal Arts & Sciences) Jane was included in the book "Military Fly Moms"—a collection of 71 stories by women who were or are military aviators and also mothers. Compiled and edited by retired naval aviator, Linda Maloney One of these women is retired Navy pilot, Jane (Skiles) O’Dea. O’Dea retired from the Navy in 1997 and she and her husband reside in Norfolk, Virginia, where their two grown daughters, their husbands, and grandchildren live nearby. O’Dea shares that her goal as a mom was to be the best role model for her daughters, and now her granddaughters. She encourages both her daughters and granddaughters to pursue their dreams, and to realize that there are no limits to what they can accomplish.

New volunteers join ISUAA Board of Directors, Young Alumni Council This summer the ISU Alumni Association is excited to welcome six new members each to its board of directors and Young Alumni Council. Ana Hays (board of directors, term expires '17) (1984, BS, Human Sciences) is the executive director of the Thistlewood Foundation. She is studying for her MFA in Writing at the University of Nebraska and leads creative writing workshops in her home and at the non-profit organization WomenCare in Santa Cruz, CA, which serves women with cancer. Ana serves on the board of the Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. and has served on the board of the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Next Way Young Professionals of United Way Silicon Valley, and Today’s Youth Matter. She is a past president of the ISU Club of Chicago.

Andrea Biagioli, (2011, BS Marketing & Accounting) CPA earned the top score in the April-May 2012 testing window of the uniform Certified Public Accountant examination in the state of Kansas. Biagioli is employed at TranSystems in Kansas City, MO. She serves as the Financial Analyst. Biagioli is a magna cum laude graduate of Iowa State University. In 2011, she was awarded the Unsung Hero Award by the Vice President of Student Affairs at Iowa State University. The Unsung Hero Award.

Nancy Ann Ostendorf Thompson (1989, B.S. Journalism & Mass Communication) of Badger Iowa has been elected to the position of Membership Vice President of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. With an extensive resume of community involvement and volunteerism, Thompson has given more than 17 years to a variety of volunteer leadership positions for Gamma Phi Beta. Initiated at Gamma Psi Chapter at the University of Northern Iowa and a graduate of Iowa State University, Nancy Ann will serve on a board of seven, overseeing an international volunteer base of more than 120 and a membership exceeding 180,000. "Membership in Gamma Phi Beta is for a lifetime and I enjoy living our Sorority's values of love, labor, learning and loyalty in many ways, every day,” said Thompson. “Serving in this new role, working with more than 125 collegiate chapters, new expansion opportunities and public relations, is one more way to give back to a strong women's organization that has given me so much." Prior to moving into the role of Membership Vice President, Thompson served as Gamma Phi Beta’s sorority director-recruitment.

Patrick H. Reed, superintendent of Mammoth Cave National Park, a 42-year career veteran of the National Park Service, will retire on June 30, 2012. Reed’s management style includes the phrase, “let’s help each other succeed,” used as a suggestion to park partners and a firm instruction to park staff. Reed is well known for his strong communication skills and sincere interest in community engagement. During his time at Mammoth Cave, Reed built strong and open partnerships with neighbors, universities, park support groups, cave enthusiasts, and elected officials. Through partnerships, Reed and his staff greatly multiplied the effectiveness and reach of the park’s budget and message: • With Western Kentucky University, the Mammoth Cave International Center to Science and Learning grew as a joint project in collaborative karst research and learning. • With the Friends of Mammoth Cave National Park, Reed worked with park advocates to create a nonprofit organization to raise private funds for needed projects, and support education, resource protection and management goals. • With Western Kentucky University, sister parks were established in China and Slovenia, giving Mammoth Cave an international reach and exchanging science-based management concepts with other world-renowned karst centers. • With the Barren River Area Development District, tourism agencies and chambers of commerce, Reed furthered the NPS mission by promoting sustainable use of parklands and environmentally-friendly economic development. • With trail user groups, Reed spearheaded the Comprehensive Trail Management Plan, making the backcountry accessible to hikers, mountain bikers, and horse users. • With the Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition, the park gained a partner in the Department of Energy-Clean Cities, which funded new alternative fuel vehicles for the park. Several large projects came to fruition under Reed’s tenure at Mammoth Cave, including replacement of the six-mile cave lighting system, installation of the park water system, construction of the Mammoth Cave RR Bike&Hike Trail, and planning for rehabilitation of the Green River Ferry. And, construction of the rehabilitated visitor center is near completion. Considered a legacy project, the new visitor center, funded through Recreation Fees and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will serve Mammoth Cave visitors for the next 40 years. Reed was recognized in 2009 as the National Park Service Superintendent of the Year for Natural Resource Stewardship, and in 2006 as the Southeast Region Superintendent of the Year. Reed began his career at Mt. Rushmore National Monument (S.D.) as a seasonal maintenance worker in 1969 while still a college student. After becoming a permanent employee in 1970 he was consistently promoted to positions of increasing complexity and responsibility: • Intake Trainee, Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. (1970 – 1971) • Urban Intake Trainee, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Mo. (1972) • Office Services Ranger, Death Valley National Park, Calif. (1973) • Sub-District Ranger, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Calif. (1974) • Management Assistant, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, Mo. (1975 – 1978) • District Ranger, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, N.C. (1978 – 1983) • District Ranger, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo. (1983 – 1986) • Chief Ranger, Natchez Trace Parkway, Miss./Ala./Tenn. (1986 – 1991) • Superintendent, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Tenn./Ga. (1991 – 2005). Reed transferred to Mammoth Cave in January 2006, from Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Tenn. /Ga.), where he served as superintendent for 14 years. Reed is a native of Iowa and a 1971 graduate of Iowa State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Resource Development for Outdoor Recreation, and a 1967 graduate of North Mahaska High School in New Sharon, Iowa. Mammoth Cave is the eleventh park for Reed and Darit, his wife of 37 years. They have two married daughters, Shannon McDonald in Georgia, DJ Keally in Colorado, and three grandsons ages three to thirteen. The Reeds plan to move to the front range of Colorado and spend quality time with their grandkids, travel and volunteer.

Irene Lewis-McCormick (MS '98 exercise and sport science) recently published a book titled A Woman's Guide to Muscle and Strength. Irene is a personal trainer, international presenter, author, and 25-year fitness veteran. Her new book dispels five common fitness myths and explains why strength training should be a part of every woman's fitness regimen.

Jim Johnson was featured in the Twin Cities Business Magazine’s top 200 Minnesotan’s to know in the December 2011 issue, page 49. The article stated: Jim Johnson launched Specialized Recruiting in Edina in 1999 and he'll log his strongest growth ever in 2011, despite an unemployment rate in Minnesota of more than 7 percent. He provides professional search and staffing services in the fields of accounting, finance, sales and marketing, engineering and marketing, and information technology. Johnson expects more than 60 percent growth in year-over-year gross margins and fees in 2011. Johnson attributes the firm's phenomenal growth to a revamped leadership team and timing. "Everything has become specialized," says Johnson. "Firms aren't looking to train or to find transferrable work skills."

My first jobs in Des Moines were in Advertising at WHO TV, then as public relations writer for the Iowa Credit Union League. After an eight year break to raise children, I worked in advertising at Teldyne Water Pik, in Ft. Collins, CO. Following that I was at Meyer Broadcasting in Bismarck, ND. for 18 years. There I started as office manager for television sales and ended as administrative assistant to the General Manager of the four radio and four TV stations owned by the Meyer family. Wound down before retiring at a part-time job at an advertising company in Dubuque, IA. Moved to my hometown, Ackley, IA with my husband, Bob to retire. Have been here for 12 years.

DeRionne Pollard ('93 English; '95 MA) has been named to Strathmore's Board of Directors. Strathmore is an established arts presenter and cultural destination that nurtures art, artists, and community through creative and diverse programming, and is home to the Music Center at Strathmore, a concert hall and education complex.

A pic we took last year at VEISHEA of my family in front of the new Cy Sculpture at the Alumni Center.

Having passed the point of theoretical economic self-sufficiency (prior to the last fateful 18 months) I left my clinical practice of rehabilitation medicine in Spokane WA, (our current home) to assume the role of Research Professor at Washington State University, where I direct the National Aquatics and Sports Medicine Institute. We research the physiology of injury and recovery, as well as health maintenance. I am really enjoying this career change. I have been blessed with a number of large grants to support this activity, and it is exciting to watch the lab grow. I love working inside another land-grant university, even though Washington State has achieved about as much football success as ISU. My wife and I achieved grandparenthood through the birth of our first grandson, born to our youngest last September. Our daughter, the oldest is expecting in June 2010. We remain very active recreators, biking, camping, canoeing, rafting and skiing all in the appropriate seasons and I swim with a master's swim club. I have very fond memories of my days in Ames and 237 Ash. We have several Cyclones as good friends, but I have sorely missed keeping up with most of my college friends and would very much welcome news from former friends. Bruce beckerb@wsu.edu

Dr. Michael Severin (BS, Zoology 2005, DVM, Veterinary Medicine 2006) and Kipp Van Dyke (BS, Family Services 2002) recently completed writing the freshmen guidebook, “The Voice of College: The Freshmen Experience.” It started as an idea as both were student leaders at Iowa State and over the last few years came to fruition as Mike finished vet school and Kipp continued his career working with college students. To learn more, visit www.thevoiceofcollege.com.

Robert Storm* ('40 DVM) enjoyed his many years of veterinary small animal practice. He also took care of Brookfield Zoo (Chicago) animals before the zoo hired a full-time veterinarian. He has been retired for many years and has had the opportunity to travel to many areas of the world. Now unable to travel, he enjoys his many friends and activities at Luther Village, where he lives in Arlington Heights, IL.

Jane Woline** ('91 fam. svcs.) sent a picture of her granddaughter Eleonor (Ellie) Miller, 4-year-old daughter of Jane's daughter and son-in-law, Emily ('02 English) and Perry (MS '95 mech. engr.; PhD '00) Miller. The Millers and their three children live in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Jane notes that if Ellie decides to attend ISU, she will be the fifth generation of Jane's family to attend Iowa State.

James S. Balloun** ('60 indus. engr.) is the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Acuity Brands, Inc. He resides in Atlanta, Ga. and is involved with several agencies in that city, namely, as a trustee of the Woodruff Arts Center, as emeritus trustee of the Westminster Schools, and as past chairman and life trustee of The Commerce Club. He is also on the board of directors of Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc., Radiant Systems, Inc., Enzymatic Deinking Technologies, and Unisen/StarTrac, and he serves as vice-chairman of the board of the Jasper Ocean Terminal Project Office. James and his wife, Julia, have two children and four grandchildren.

Mary Beth Heimbuch Sukup** ('75 home ec. ed.) is president of the Sheffield-Chapin-Meservey-Thornton school board in Iowa. She lives in Dougherty, Iowa

Ellen Pieper** ('88 English) is a stroke survivor who was one of the subjects of a feature article, "Surviving Stroke," in the fall 2004 issue of VISIONS magazine. She recently completed a book about her experience, "Praise God for Tattered Dreams." It was published under the name of E. E. Laine, by Lulu.com, and is available for purchase. Ellen lives in Waukee, Iowa.

Roger Holck** ('69 ag. bus.) recently retired as a bank president in Grinnell, Iowa, where he resides. One day after retiring, he traveled across the world to Malawi, where he applied his decades of finance and agriculture experience to assist smallholder farmers as part of a project with CNFA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening agricultural markets and empowering entrepreneurs in the developing world. As a volunteer for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Farmer-to-Farmer Program, he worked with the owner of Green Shop, a produce store in Mzuzu, Malawi, to develop a business plan, set an annual budget, and train staff in understanding daily financial transactions and records. The Farmer-to-Farmer Program provides voluntary technical assistance to farmers, farm groups, and agribusinesses in developing and transitional countries to promote sustainable improvements in food processing, production, and marketing.

Wanda Przymus** ('93 trans. log.) has changed careers, married, and moved from Iowa to California to Texas during the past five years. She is a Mary Kay Consultant and lives in Houston, Texas.

Three Iowa State graduates attended the Randy Hundley Chicago Cubs Baseball Fantasy Camp Jan. 25 - Feb. 1 in Mesa, Ariz. The campers were placed on eight teams, practiced, and played 10 games in five days with former Chicago Cubs players as coaches at the Chicago Cubs minor league spring training facility. On the second to last day of camp, the campers played a game against the former Cubs players at Hohokam Park, the spring training home of the Cubs. Phil Santos* (’97 civil engr.), Streamwood, Ill.; Matt Schwab* (’96 statistics), McKinney, Texas; and Joel Jess (’82 an. sci., DVM ’86), Pekin, Ill. were the participating ISU alums. Phil writes, “Matt and Joel were wearing Iowa State shirts in the clubhouse and I introduced myself as an Iowa State graduate. Matt and I were actually involved in one play. I was playing centerfield and Matt hit a sinking line drive and I made an attempt at a diving catch. As I dove and caught the ball, I landed on the ground and the baseball jarred loose from my glove. Matt ended up on second base with a double.”

Three Iowa State graduates attended the Randy Hundley Chicago Cubs Baseball Fantasy Camp Jan. 25 - Feb. 1 in Mesa, Ariz. The campers were placed on eight teams, practiced, and played 10 games in five days with former Chicago Cubs players as coaches at the Chicago Cubs minor league spring training facility. On the second to last day of camp, the campers played a game against the former Cubs players at Hohokam Park, the spring training home of the Cubs. Phil Santos* (’97 civil engr.), Streamwood, Ill.; Matt Schwab* (’96 statistics), McKinney, Texas; and Joel Jess (’82 an. sci., DVM ’86), Pekin, Ill. were the participating ISU alums. Phil writes, “Matt and Joel were wearing Iowa State shirts in the clubhouse and I introduced myself as an Iowa State graduate. Matt and I were actually involved in one play. I was playing centerfield and Matt hit a sinking line drive and I made an attempt at a diving catch. As I dove and caught the ball, I landed on the ground and the baseball jarred loose from my glove. Matt ended up on second base with a double.”

Allen (Al) Brown** ('73 i.ad.) writes that he is NOT a lawyer, doctor, PhD or in "Who's Who," but is happily retired after a 35-year executive career. He and Cyndee, his wife of 37 years, live in Seminole, Fla., where they live on the Intra-coastal Waterway and enjoy a view of the Gulf of Mixico when not traveling, sailing, diving, biking, or visiting grandkids in the Chicago area.

Barbara received her degree in Home Economics Education in 1948 and later earned an M.A. at Stanford. She was employed for 30 years at Anaheim (CA) Union High School and says, "Always my Iowa State University education held great esteem!" She is presently a manager of real estate in Orange County, CA.

Kristyn Cassidy Tjaden (Sp Com 85) and Kurt Tjaden (Bus 86) are living in Bettendorf, IA, where Kurt is the CFO/Vice President of HNI Corp, located in Muscatine, IA. Kurt and Kristyn have five children.

Three Iowa State graduates attended the Randy Hundley Chicago Cubs Baseball Fantasy Camp Jan. 25 - Feb. 1 in Mesa, Ariz. The campers were placed on eight teams, practiced, and played 10 games in five days with former Chicago Cubs players as coaches at the Chicago Cubs minor league spring training facility. On the second to last day of camp, the campers played a game against the former Cubs players at Hohokam Park, the spring training home of the Cubs. Phil Santos* (’97 civil engr.), Streamwood, Ill.; Matt Schwab* (’96 statistics), McKinney, Texas; and Joel Jess (’82 an. sci., DVM ’86), Pekin, Ill. were the participating ISU alums. Phil writes, “Matt and Joel were wearing Iowa State shirts in the clubhouse and I introduced myself as an Iowa State graduate. Matt and I were actually involved in one play. I was playing centerfield and Matt hit a sinking line drive and I made an attempt at a diving catch. As I dove and caught the ball, I landed on the ground and the baseball jarred loose from my glove. Matt ended up on second base with a double.”

Kimberly Erusha** (’82 hort.) marched in the 2008 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Kim is director of Education for the U.S. Golf Association. She lives in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Steve Cox** (’86 bus. admin.) marched in the 2008 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Steve is a member of the ISUAA Board of Directors and works for Maritz Learning in Philadelphia, Pa.

Rick Brimeyer* (’82 mech. engr.) has written a book about the Chicago Cubs’ 2008 season – with a fictional postseason. Every Hundred Years…A Typical Cubs Fan Chronicles an Atypical Season includes daily entries that are a mix of fact and opinion regarding each game. On scheduled off days, he recounts stories from Cubs lore or his own baseball experiences growing up in Dubuque, Iowa. Rick now lives in Ames, Iowa.

Maxine (Root) Carroll** (’49 home mgmt.) lives in a retirement community in Spokane, Wash. and enjoys working on genealogy, putting together family scrapbooks, and planning her trips. In the summer of 2008, a dream was realized when she took her two granddaughters, ages 11 and 12, from the west coast to the east coast, culminating in a week at an Elderhostel intergenerational program on Prince Edward Island, Canada. The island was celebrating the 100th year since “Anne of Green Gables” was published.

Florence (Pavlik) Rush enjoys an active retirement in St. Petersburg, Fla. She was elected precinct committee woman last fall, and enjoys being active in yoga, Pilates, sewing group, and spending time with her children, twenty-nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

Lee Edgar* (’02 civil engr.) was married to Marybeth Walley on April 5, 2008, in Alexandria, Va,, and they reside in Falls Church, Va. Lee earned a Master’s in Public Administration from The George Washington University and is a civil engineer for Queen Anne’s County , Maryland. Marybeth is a graduate of Simmons College and is an executive recruiter for the law firm of Williams and Connolly in Washington, DC.

John McDonnell** (’79 metal. engr.) has been promoted to Senior Engineering Specialist in Engine Materials Technology for Fuel Systems at Caterpillar’s Technical and Solutions Division. He lives in DeWitt, Iowa, and is proud to report that two sons, Josh and Jason, currently attend Iowa State.

Johanna Baedke** (’77 phys. ed.) reported that her house was destroyed by the EF5 tornado which hit Parkersburg, Iowa on May 25, 2008. She lost nearly everything and plans to rebuild on the same location. She appreciates all of the volunteers who assisted the Parkersburg community after the tornado.

Nancy Jo (Myatt) Brown** (’68 child dev.) and her husband Ken have retired and moved from Miles to Bellevue, Iowa. They have a home on the Mississippi and enjoy their boat and jet ski during the summer.

H. Dann Wallis** (’56 indus. engr.) was appointed to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers, to serve from October, 2008, through October, 2011. He holds a Professional engineer license in Florida, Texas, and Iowa. Dann’s first novel, "Burnin’ Daylight," an adventure story set during the early days of the Civil War, was published in 2005.

Ruth (Furst) (Johnson) Gustafson* (’54 home ec. ed.) is spending several months with her two daughters in Michigan and Texas until June, when she will return to her home in Springfield, Ohio, where her son also lives. She recalls living with her husband Robert (’54 farm op.) and their three children in Pammel Court. They enjoyed life in the quonset and their neighbors in Pammel Court. VEISHEA was also one of their favorite activities while at Iowa State.

James L. “Jim” Champlin** (’54 mech. engr.) is Chairman of The National Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Memorial fund drive currently underway to raise $250,000 from individuals and corporate sponsors. Charles Lindbergh’s grandson, Eric Lindbergh, is Honorary Co-Chairman. The memorial is to be built at the March Field Air Museum, Riverside, Calif. and will be dedicated at the 2010 DFC National Convention in Riverside. Jim is also Chairman of this event. The DFC award honors heroism or outstanding achievement in flight, with most of its recipients earning it in battle or while in uniform. Jim resides in Riverside, Calif. and still substitute teaches in the Moreno Valley school system.

Clarence Robert White** (’50 elec. engr.) worked for twenty years in various aspects of the electrical utility business. He ran his own consulting engineer business from 1970 until 1997. He has lived in Cedar Rapids since 1954 and has survived the floods of 1993 and 2008. He and his wife Phyllis enjoy traveling (29 countries) and tending three acres on the edge of Cedar Rapids. They have a son, daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren who are all ISU students or graduates.

Gaylen A. Thurston* (’50 civil engr.) has authored several papers on nonlinear column theory. Alumni who are interested in reading them may contact gaylenthur@aol.com Gaylen lives in Centennial, Colo.

Richard J. Raymond* (’50 elec. engr.) retired in 1997 after thirty years of electrical engineering consulting work with municipal utilities and industrial power systems. He has been a licensed private pilot for 47 years, and is now building his own plane. He resides in Worthington, Minn.

James Pint** (’49 chem. engr., ’55 MS math) and his wife Betty celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 5, 2008. They have four children: Rebecca, Ellen, Sheila, and Bruce. James worked as a quality engineer from 1955 to 1987 and retired from Goodyear Tire. He and Betty have attended 160 domestic Elderhostels, with at least one in all fifty states. They also attended 24 weeks of international Elderhostels from 1985 to 20007. They reside in Akron, Ohio.

George Burnet** (’48 chem. engr., ’49 MS, ’51 PhD) and Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet** (’56 MS text. & cloth.) are enjoying townhouse living at the Green Hills Retirement Community in Ames. George’s time at Iowa State is spent almost entirely in alumni relations and development. He says it is always great to hear from former students and colleagues.

Alfred “Al” Hausrath* (’47 engr.) and Mary Elizabeth “Mel” (Lush) Hausrath* (’46 food sci.) moved to California in 1958 “so Al could be a rocket scientist,” and they have loved living there, especially near the ocean. They “love the Los Angeles scene, where ideas thrive and the privileged and the not so privileged meet daily. 158 different languages are spoken and maybe as many religions exist. The frontier spirit thrives.” They reside in Palos Verdes Estates, and their three children and their families live within an hour’s drive.

Alfred “Al” Hausrath* (’47 engr.) and Mary Elizabeth “Mel” (Lush) Hausrath* (’46 food sci.) moved to California in 1958 “so Al could be a rocket scientist,” and they have loved living there, especially near the ocean. They “love the Los Angeles scene, where ideas thrive and the privileged and the not so privileged meet daily. 158 different languages are spoken and maybe as many religions exist. The frontier spirit thrives.” They reside in Palos Verdes Estates, and their three children and their families live within an hour’s drive.

I have a 1956 BOMB that I am done with. Does anyone want it? Free for the postage. Reply to sue@cepull.org Sandra Schnur Cepull

Moved to Basel, Switzerland in April 2007

Bob has written a chapter for the book entitled "My Heavens! The Adventures of a Lonely Stargazer Building an Over-the-Top Observatory". It details the design and construction of Bob and Barb's Stargate 4173 at Grimaldi Tower observatory.

Ken Sweeney ('59 Landscape Architecture) has recently completed a two year term as president of the North Olympic Land Trust. Sweeney and his wife Sue operate a 70 acre sporthorse farm in Port Angeles, WA, where they provide schooling facilities for Pony Club event riders from throughout Western Washington. In 2003 they placed a conservation easement on the farm to assure that it will continue to be available for equestrian activities into the future.

Mark D. Sorenson** ('85 fin.) has wrapped up another Red Ribbon Dinner & Great Art Auction, a fund raiser for AIDS Project Quad Cities. This year marked the 15th Annual event supporting the agency in it's 21st year of existence. The all volunteer effort this year raised a record $109,000.00 before expenses which are on track to be less than 20%! This year marked a change in the date of the event, a change in venue and a change in the type of entertainment proffered at evenings end. The art and other auction items available to the patrons out shown anything seen in the past. A survey was distributed that evening and all the responses received to date are highly complimentary of everything that changed, especially the locale and the singer who provided entertainment. Planning begins again in March for the 16th Annual Red Ribbon Dinner... if you want to be a part of a great event benefiting a very worthy cause, contact the AIDS Project Quad Cities office at (309) 762-5433 and tell them you saw this on Cy-Space! Or for more information contact Mark directly at MarkS@MarksPage.com, or visit the agency's website at www.AIDSProjectQC.org.

Cesar Vega** ('94 sp. comm.) graduated from North Park University of Chicago with an M.B.A. - Management in 1998. There, he met is wife, Juanita (Martinez) Vega and they were married in Mt. Prospect, Illinois on June 25, 1999. In 2003, they welcomed the birth of their daughter Sophia Michele and in 2005 their son Daniel Ricardo. Cesar continues to work as the sales manager for the Latin America Region for F.C.P.A. Cesar and his family reside in Crystal Lake, Ill. and look forward coming back to ISU for Homecoming every year.

Robert Keyt** ('72 comp. sci.) was a resident in the off-campus German-speaking Das Haus in academic year 1971-1972. Robert lives in Tallahassee, Fla.

Juaquetta Holcomb* ('77 home ec. ed.) and husband, Jay Holcomb* (76 elec. engr.) moved to the Spokane area January 2005, after 27 years in Waeca, Minnesota. Jay is with Itron and I have my own business selling my handspun yarns. Our son graduated from ISU in business management information systems, summer 2006. He has a real job with Lands End. Our daughter graduated from Kirkwood Community College, 2005 with a degree in equestrian science. She is living in Bozeman Montana.

Matthew Capo** ('85 sp. comm.) opened the second clinic for Accelerated Physical Therapy and Occupational Health, Inc. in Diamondhead, Mississippi in Sept. 2007. Our first clinic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi was wiped out by Hurricane Katrina but has been rebuilt and re-opened Februay 2007. We have plans for a third clinic to be opened by summer 2008 in Biloxi, Mississippi. On a personal note, the house destroyed in Katrina was rebuilt and we are thrilled! We have four children, Kyle-age 6, Adisson-age 4, Hailey-age 2 and Mallory-age 1. The Capo family lives in Diamondhead, Miss.

It's hard to find ISU games on the radio or TV here in Ohio, but it doesn't mean the Iowa/Iowa State game isn't important. This is what happens when an Iowa fan goes on vacation over game weekend. Decoration by Scott Little (ChE '07), photo by Jonathan Marvin (Micro, PolS '04). Go CYCLONES!

Inaki Etxebarria** (’91 indus. engr.) just opened a Bread & Breakfast in Navarre, Basque country (Euskalherria). Inaki is also the proud father of Xabier Etxebarria Abrisketa, born on July 20th, 2006 and Naroa Etxebarria Abrisketa, born on October 1st, 2003. Last, he recevied an MS on thermo techniques, Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya (BARCELONA). MBA, Euskalherriko Unibertsitatea (BILBAO). Inaki lives in Spain.

Linda (Hunt) Purkapile* ('72 int. dsn.), Associate Director for Delta Delta Delta, invites Omega Deltas, especially from graduation classes 1968 through 1974, to attend Convention 2008 in Chicago. If you wish to be contacted regarding a reunion please contact Linda through Tri Delta's Executive Office or your local alumnae volunteer. Linda lives in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Earl Holtz** (’63 indus. admin.) wrote that on a May cruise of the Greek islands, the 19 passengers were surprised to find that five of them were graduates of Iowa State. Pictured (left to right) are Willis (Bill) Hogan* (’63 elec. engr.) of Friendsville, Tenn., Lana (Arnoff) Ernsberger (’64 dietetics) of Maryville, Tenn., Gary Ernsberger (’63 indus. engr.) of Maryville, Tenn., Joan (Holtz) Abel** (’64 ed. for women) of Eugene, Ore., and Earl Holtz** (’63 indus. admin.) Arlington Heights, Ill.

Clyde Tiffany** (’83 ag. mechanism/ agron.) writes: “I still relish my college days, but it is bittersweet since I lost my college sweetheart, Nancy Ellen (Meyer) Tiffancy** (’83 journalism), my wife of 18 years, to an accident on Aug. 1, 2002. I remarried in February of 2006 to Annette Tiffany. Our combined family of six children is doing well. We have two boys in college, two girls in high school, and two boys in middle school. There is still hope for the younger kids to attend ISU. I continue to work for Pioneer Hi-Bred in central Minnesota and will always cheer for the Cyclones. Go, ISU!” Clyde lives in Spicer, Minn.

Erika (Westphal) Visser** (’46 dietet.) writes, “I’m still around. I live alone, but am close to our oldest son. He is a surgeon at Carolina Medical Hospital. He and his wife have three little girls. They live on Lake Norman, and we spend a lot of time together. (He is also an ISC alumnus). Would love to hear from any Iowa State friends!” Erika lives in Cornelius, N.C.

Lloyd G. Mumford* (’42 elec. engr.) writes, “I am 87 years old and still active. I would like to visit the campus but do not drive long distances anymore – only in town and slightly larger cities such as Evansville, Indiana. I enjoy reading VISIONS and finding out what is going on at the campus. Lloyd lives in Owensboro, Ky.