Class Notes

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Smile catagory Madison Weber having fun with her great grandmother....in "Little Clone Build a Burger" contest. This was following a similiar contest that Maddie saw at the women's basketball game.

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Best Cyclone Spirit Another photo showing my dedication to cyclone football!

ISU Spirit Madison Weber and her great Grandmother after an Iowa State win!

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Best Cyclone Spirit My mommy and daddy bring me all the way from Jefferson City, MO for all the Cyclone home games and I love it! Dan Bumblauskas on behalf of Addilyn Bumblauskas (20 months old)

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Biggest Smile in the GALAXY!

Max is always hamming it up.

My nephew, proudly showing off his art.

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Our daughter can be quite messy! Too many photos to choose from! Here she is as a loveable legacy...in a very messy moment! Greg ('87) & Myra Katherine Fritz Sioux Falls, SD

Hello From Sioux Falls, South Dakota! We'd like to enter our daughter, Emma Claire, in the Messiest Moment category. She is truly a loveable legacy...but she can be one messy kid! Greg ('87) and Myra Katherine Fritz

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My entry for the Best Cyclone Spirit and Biggest Smile category

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Brad (BSCE 97, MSCE 99) and Jennifer (Guggisberg - BS MIS/TrLog 99) Estochen welcomed daughter, Brooke Elizabeth, in September 2009. Proud big sisters are Kylie and Neela.

Benjamin T. Gaul and Stacey M. Carlson got engaged in Kansas City, MO on August 7, 2009 and plan to be married on August 7, 2010 in Waterloo, Iowa. Ben and Stacey both graduated with Sports Management degrees in Spring 2006. They got their professional engagement pictures taken on ISU's campus in October 2009.

We welcomed our newest little Cyclone, Elise Elizabeth Uhl, on Thursday, November 19th at 8:23 am. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 21 inches long.

I received my Master's in Secondary School Counseling from Drake University in May 2009.

Adam and I met while working at Parks Library -- our first real conversation was a discussion of the ISUCF'V'MB, which I had participated in and he was still a member of. It's been almost 7 years since that first chat and we are now married and living in Roland (about 20 minutes NE of Ames). We both enjoy participating in Alumni Band and cheering for the Cyclones.

Wayne Hanno** ('87 mechn. engr.), a Principal Control Systems Engineer with Stanley Consultants, has been named Control Systems Chief. In this capacity, he will represent the company nationwide as a technical authority on control systems, provide senior level technical expertise on major projects, and serve as a senior technical consultant on complex issues. He is a licensed professional engineer in nine states, and has over 20 years of experience in the design, engineering, installation, and operation of instrumentation and control systems. He has been with Stanley Consultants since 1998.

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.

Russell ("Rusty") Bishop** ('91 finance) was awarded the Volunteer Innovation Award from the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) in 2009. After joining the Be The Match Registry as a potential bone marrow donor, he was matched with a young girl in need of a transplant. He donated his bone marrow in 2001, and since then has found unique ways to raise awareness about bone marrow donation and to recruit donors. He organized and participated in endurance runs as fundraisers to raise awareness and money to support the life-saving work of the NMDP. In 2008, the Iowa Marrow Donor Program nominated Rusty for the Inspiring Soles competition, an online contest to recognize individuals who engage in extreme athletic activities that inspire others to perform acts of charity. When he was chosen as a finalist, he contributed his $5,000 prize to the Iowa Marrow Donor Program. He went on to win the national contest, including the grand prize of $30,000, which he again donated to help add more members to the Be The Match Registry.

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.

Ana Hays (’84, BS) was recently promoted to director of marketing and communications at Hospice of the Valley in San Jose, California where she is directing the organizations re-branding initiative, external communications, clinical outreach and referral development, and sponsorship and fundraising efforts to support educational program outreach. Previously, Hays worked in academia where she led executive education programs and fund development events at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business as the associate director of conferences and special events and at Stanford Law School as the director of executive education. For Hewlett-Packard Company and Agilent Technologies she managed the internal employee volunteer fundraising campaigns raising greater than $18 million in employee/corporate contributions for a multitude of charities. During her tenure at the Chicago Historical Society, she managed the volunteer boards and their fund development efforts. With a creative and business writing background, Hays’ writing has appeared in Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul, Walnut Creek Magazine, Sybase Magazine and other publications. She is the former columnist and associate publisher of Maui Vision Magazine. Additionally Hays has worked with and promoted best-selling author Alan Cohen, as well as inspirational authors and motivational speakers such as Dr. Wayne Dyer and Sonja Choquette.

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.

Donald Rosen** (MS '75 Psych; PhD '78) received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors on October 27, 2009, at the 2009 AUCCCD annual conference. The award recognizes and honors AUCCCD members who have provided outstanding service to AUCCCD and exemplary leadership in the field of College and University Counseling Centers. Donald recently retired as the director of the Counseling Center at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas after 21 years of service there. Prior to that, he worked in the ISU Student Counseling Service from 1983 to 1988.

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.

Rich and I met at Iowa State and celebrated our 20th anniversary this year. Love each other, love the Cyclones!

Jeffrey N. King* ('77 MS analytical chem.; '85 PhD) is a recipient of the Roger W. Truesdail Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the betterment of the independent scientific, engineering, and testing community. The award is affiliated with the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL). Jeffrey is the co-founder and Laboratory Director of Keystone Laboratories, Inc. of Newton, Iowa. Keystone provides environmental testing services through its three laboratories in Newton and Waterloo, Iowa, and Kansas City, Kansas. Before founding Keystone in 1989, he spent eleven years in the Environmental Services Laboratory at the Maytag Corporation in Newton. Prior to that, he worked as a Research Chemist for Hach Chemical Company in Loveland, Colorado. Hecurrently resides in Newton, Iowa.

Kadence Marie Streck was born on Monday September 14, 2009 at 12:44 in the afternoon at St Lukes Hospital in Sioux City, IA. She weighed 6 lbs 13 ounces and measured 18 inches long. She was welcomed home by her Dad and Mom, Grant and Brianne Streck of Moville, IA

Sydney Marie Zupke was born August 5, 2009. Proud parents are Ryan & Ann Zupke. She joins big brothers Nathan & Colton.

William Quick** ('93 civ. engr.) is one of fifty-five attorneys selected as 2009 "Up and Coming Lawyers" by "Missouri Lawyers Weekly," the state's premiere legal newspaper. The attorneys were chosen from lawyers across the state of Missouri based on their legal qualifications and commitment to the community. William is a partner in the business department of the Polsinelli Shugart law firm in Kansas City. He lives in Leawood, Kan.

Michael Skahill '83 of is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Smithfield Foods International Group. Mike and his wife, Joanne, live in Williamsburg, Virginia. Mike's daughter, Madeline, attends Wake Forest University. Mike has one other child, Connor, who is a sophmore and Williamsburg's Walsingham Academy

The Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust has granted James Schmeling at the Burton Blatt Institute $35,000 as Principal Investigator and the William Bingham Foundation has granted Schmeling as $50,000 as PI, to continue BBI's partnership with the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University to conduct its Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV). The EBV offers cutting-edge, experiential training in small business management and entrepreneurship to U.S. military veterans disabled as a result of their service to their country. The EBV program was founded in the Whitman School at Syracuse University in 2007 and has since expanded to the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, Florida State University’s College of Business, the Mays Business School at Texas A&M and the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. Sponsorship of BBI supports the institute’s work with each of the five participating universities related to the disability components of the program. BBI provides disability-related curriculum, training and resources for veterans enrolled in the program at each campus. BBI staff and partners deliver training, benefit planning and consultation to the participating veterans before, during and after each session to assist them in making informed decisions about business goals and business incentives and resources available to entrepreneurs with disabilities or employers that hire workers with disabilities. The program provides information to veterans about disability benefits and incentives available to them to facilitate business start-up, including tax credits and deductions available to hire and accommodate other disabled veterans when businesses grow. BBI will apply its expertise as a problem solver and innovator in the advancement of employment goals for individuals with disabilities to the community of veterans who pursue self-employment. Both the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust and the William Bingham Foundations’s support for this program allows BBI to continue to work at the intersection of disability, veteran’s issues and self-employment. Schmeling is Chief Operating Officer of the Burton Blatt Institute, and earned his BA from Iowa State University and his JD from The University of Iowa College of Law. BBI fosters public-private dialogue to advance the civic, economic and social participation of persons with disabilities in a global society. The institute takes its name from Burton Blatt (1927–85), a pioneer in humanizing services for people with disabilities. BBI currently has offices in Syracuse; New York City; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; and Tel Aviv.

Shawn Blaesing-Thompson (ISU'97), Joseph Thompson (UNL'98) and big sister Abigail welcomed Joshua Joseph to our family in March 2009. He is a happy healthy little guy and a joy to have in our family. The family lives in Ames Iowa after being in Washington state for ten year until 2008.

Shawn Blaesing-Thompson moved September 2009 from a position with the USDA-ARS on the ISU campus, up the road to the Iowa Department of Transportation to be the new GIS Coordinator for the Office of Maintenance. This is an exciting position where I can draw on what I learned from my many years with the Washington State DOT.

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

Charles Sukup** ('76 ag. engr.; '82 MS) has served as chair of the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) from 2008-2009. ABI is the largest and oldest business association in Iowa. He and his wife Mary Beth have three children, one of whom graduated from Iowa State, and another is currently enrolled at ISU.

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.

Received Ph.D. in Health Studies on May 16, 2009 from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.

Chad Mittelstadt ('97 mech engr) and wife Julie (Shelton) Mittelstadt ('98 land arch) along with big sister Sophie proudly announce the arrival of Nicholas Raymond on December 31, 2008. Grandparents are Raymond ('49 engr) and Marilyn Mittelstadt and Dane ('68 arch) and Christina (Craychee) Shelton ('66 mod lang). The Mittelstadt's live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Patricia (Tricia) Walker** ('00 engr. sci.) has recently returned to Ames to take a position as Client Care Manager at Jacquelyn's Photography. She is excited to be back in Cyclone country.

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.

Paul Tilp* ('49 civil engr.) went to work in Colorado after graduating from ISU, married Mary Stefanich, a Colorado native, and had two children, Andy and Adreyaynn. He worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for 32 years in the design and construction of large water conveyance facilities (pipelines, tunnels, canals) in the western states. Projects included California Aqueduct and Central Valley (CA), Central Arizona, Columbia Basin (WA), Frying Pan - Arkansas (CO), and Southern Nevada. After retiring from USBR, Paul worked as a consultant with PRC Engineering in Indonesia for 2 1/2 years, then had short assignments in Pakistan and Ecuador. He is now retired and a professional volunteer.

Bruce H. Hamilton** ('73 ind. admin. [business]), announces that his accounting firm Hamilton CPA, LLC is celebrating 20 years serving clients in Janesville, Wisc. Started in 1989 as Hamilton Consulting, Hamilton CPA, LLC focuses on personalized client attention and on delivering value-added services. Concentrating on the entrepreneur and small business, Bruce provides a wide range of professional services, including tax planning compliance and preparation, assurance services, business consulting, and litigation support. Bruce is a former director of the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors.

Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, has selected Richard H. Stanley** ('55 elec. engr./mech. engr.) to receive its 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award was established to recognize alumni who have demonstrated adherence to the ideals of Tau Beta Pi (integrity, breadth of interest, adaptability, and unselfish activity) and to fostering a spirit of liberal culture on local, national, and international scales. Richard is chair emeritus of the Stanley Group and director of Stanley Consultants, Inc., which provides engineering, environmental, and construction services worldwide. The Stanley Foundation, of which he is chair of the board of directors, began in 1956. The foundation has expanded to promote thought and dialogue about world affairs among multiple constituencies. It was established to foster world peace, by achieving freedom and justice built on world citizenship and effective global governance.

Neil Mulholland** ('81 indus. admin.) has been selected to serve as President and CEO of the National Park Foundation, the national charitable partner of America's 391 national parks, effective August 10, 2009. He will be the fifth person to head the National Park Foundation, which was established in 1967 to strengthen the connection between the American people and their national parks. The Foundation raises private funds, makes strategic grants, creates innovative partnerships and increases public awareness about the need and opportunity for park philanthropy.

Dale McKinney* ('75 architecture) was installed on the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards' (NCARB) Board of Directors in June, 2009. He has served the profession for many years. He was appointed to the Iowa Architecture Examiners Board in 2000 and is the board's current president, a position he also held in 2003-2004. McKinney is the founding partner of the firm that evolved into M+ Architects, located in Sioux City, Iowa. The firm is committed to design innovation and sustainability and has experience in education, recreation, office, retail, government, and adaptive reuse with an emphasis on historical preservation.

Kara McWhirter Waugh BS'95 and Barry G. Waugh of Urbandale welcomed the arrival of their son, Kerrick James Waugh, on July 7, 2009.

Lauren S. Hughes, MD, MPH, ('02 BS, Zoology and BA, Spanish) was elected as the National President of the American Medical Student Association at the 59th Annual Convention in March 2009 in Washington, DC. She will serve full-time for one year as the senior elected official for the organization before pursuing medical residency in family practice. Dr. Hughes graduated from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in May 2009 and obtained her MPH in health policy from The George Washington University in 2007. During her medical training, Lauren interned at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's office and at the National Association of Community Health Centers, volunteered regularly at the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic, and studied abroad in Brazil, Sweden, and Tanzania. Dr. Hughes plans to practice and teach in a community health center, volunteer internationally, and enter policy and advocacy work.

Stephen C. Limkemann, PE (BSCE/1975) owns/operates SCL Consultants, an Engineering and Architectural staffing agency providing professional personnel and management services to client companies and assistance to job seeking individuals.

Lisa (Finley) McCann ('91 Chemistry) has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. She works as an Admissions Liaison for the Air Force Academy and AFROTC. While at Iowa State, Lisa was a member of AFROTC Det 250. She resides in Federal Way, WA

Lisa (Finley) McCann ("91 Chemistry), husband Greg, and big sister Emma welcomed James Everett McCann into their lives on April 15, 2009. The McCann family lives in Federal Way, WA.

Dan and I met our sophomore year of college on 8th floor of Larch. I was a transfer student moving in early for formal recruitment and he was the floor president living on the floor a second year and given permission to move in a little early. One afternoon during formal recruitment I started to loose my voice from talking so much and needed to make some tea. My roommate was brining the microwave and I didn't have a way to make hot water. So I walked all around the girl’s side of the floor to find a microwave I could use, but no one was around. On the guy's side there was one door open with a very handsome man watching a baseball game. I asked him if I could use his microwave and the shy guy nodded. As my water heated up, I talked the ear off my new friend. When classes began we got to know each other a bit more and often bumped into each other at the dining hall, rec center, St. Thomas church and football games. Casual run-ins developed into a really fun friendship. We spent many nights working on homework till late, only to discover that we accomplished very little because we were making too many jokes and distracting each other from getting our work done. Later that fall Dan invited me to a Halloween party. I went as cupid and he went as a lifeguard. As the party was winding down he kissed me, and as they say the rest is history.

Todd L. Christy* has been promoted to vice president, business technology, at US Airways. He will oversee systems that support the airline's employees and will manage information technology support for the finance/accounting, human resources, revenue management, data warehouse, baggage, cargo and online marketing teams. He began his career witih US Airways in 2001 with America West Airlines, and has more than 18 years of information technology experience.

Margaret Van Houten* ('74 English) is a member of the Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines, which was recognized June 9, 2009, by the Polk County Bar Association for outstanding service to the association's Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2008. She donated more than 20 hours of the time the firm donated to help individuals with legal problems who cannot afford an attorney.

Deborah Tharnish** ('77 English) , is a member of the Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines, which was recognized June 9, 2009, by the Polk County Bar Association for outstanding service to the association's Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2008. She donated more than 100 hours of the 900 hours of the time the firm donated to help individuals with legal problems who cannot afford an attorney.

Richard Hersom** ('85 mgmt.) married Mary Sjoblom, a teacher in Oskaloosa, Iowa, August 2, 2008. On May 20, 2009, they became parents of a son, Andrew Hersom.

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.

C. Robert Kidder** (MS '69 industrial engineering) - Chrysler LLC announced May 20, 2009, that the new chairman of the corporation will be ISU alum C. Robert Kidder. He is the past chairman and CEO of Duracell International, Inc., and Borden Chemical, Inc., and currently serves as chairman and CEO of the investment firm 3Stone Advisors LLC.

Jeff Okones** ('80 an. sci.; '84 DVM), a professional service veterinarian for the swine division of Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., has completed the Executive Veterinary Program for Swine Health and Production program at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. The program is a two-year continuing education program designed to enhance the business, communication, and planning skills of animal health professionals. The program consists of ten two-day educational modules focused on swine health management.

Nicole (Turner) Phillips '01 and husband Mark welcomed their first child, Fleur Monteith Phillips, on March 28, 2009 in Reston, VA. Fleur weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. and was 19.25 inches long. Nicole, Mark, and Fleur reside in Potomac Falls, VA.

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.”

Bruce Trca-Black ('97 ag. studies) has been employed at Tru Count, Inc. in Ames since January 2007. Tru Count, a leading manufacturer of air and electric clutches that automate individual planter row shut-off, was acquired by Trimble Navigation Ltd. in November 2008. Bruce provides technical support for Tru Count products.

European Engineering Manager, Cereal Partners / General Mills, based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Deborah M. Tharnish, a senior shareholder of the Davis Brown Law Firm in Des Moines, Iowa, was elected President of the Board of Directors of Iowa Legal Aid at the organization's annual meeting held May 2, 2009. Formerly president of her firm's Board of Directors, she has served on the Iowa Legal Aid Board since 2004, the past two years in the capacity of Vice-President. She also serves on the Iowa State University Alumni Association Board of Directors, the Iowa Law School Foundation, and the Des Moines Public Library Foundation.

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.”

Jann Freed* (PhD '87 Prof. Studies in Ed.) was one of eight faculty members honored at Central College's 2009 faculty recognition reception. She received the Hutch Bearce Community Building and Faculty Leadership Award, which goes to a faculty member who is a leader, mentor, and community builder. Jann is a professor of business management at Central (Pella, Iowa), and she holds the Mark and Kay De Cook Chair in Character and Leadership Development. She resides in Des Moines, Iowa.

Martha Smith (Ag Bus '04) has accepted a new position within Monsanto Company as the Midwest Community Affairs Manager based out of Farmer City, Illinois. Martha has previously been employed with Monsanto Company in Hawaii and Michigan. She will reside in Mahomet, Illinois.

W. Samuel Easterling** (PhD '87 civ. & const. engr) is the Montague-Betts Professor of Structural Stell Design in Virginia Tech's Charles E. Via Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and will assume the department's head position effective August 10, 2009. He joined the Virginia Tech faculty in 1987 and has served as an assistant department head since 1998. The quality of his research has been recognized several times, and he is also known as a dedicated classroom instructor, concentrating in the structural engineering and steel design coursework. He and his wife live in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Gary Mulhall** (’71 journ.) will retire June 30, 2009 after 21 years of service to St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Wash. He served as institutional advancement director from 1988-2006, and during that time he directed several fundraising campaigns. “Gary’s complete and total dedication to Saint Martin’s has been a major part of the University’s movement from a small and somewhat fragile institution to a university on the rise,” commented retired president David Spangler. Mulhall and his wife, Rhea, plan to continue to live in the Olympia, Wash. area during retirement.

Scott Baumler* ('91ag. bus.) , director of institutional research at Grinnell College, has been elected to the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium’s board of directors for a term of three years, beginning in June 2009. HEDS is an association of more than 160 premier private colleges and universities. The national consortium supports member institutions through the collection and sharing of special studies and research reports, networking opportunities, and professional development. HEDS data are used by institutions of higher education for planning, management, research, and assessment.

William E. Quick** ('93 civ. engr.) has been chosen as one of Ingram's magazine "40 Under Forty" recipients for 2009. After earning his degree from Iowa State, he earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He is currently an attorney at Polsinelli Shugart PC in Kansas City, MO, where he advises clients on corporate legal matters. "40 Under Forty" recognizes the achievements and promise of young executives, professionals, and community leaders from the nine bi-state counties, 120 cities, and more than 2 million people in the Kansas City region.

Keith Zoromski recently received the Golden Key to the City of Carthage for his work teaching 8th Grade Social Studies at Carthage Junior High School. He was also recgonized by a State of Missouri Resolution honoring his teaching successes.

Chad Kinart (98) and Nicole Zickefoose (97) have 2 beautiful boys: Liam (3) and Finn (9 months).

Sally Beisser** (BS '71, MS '77, PhD '99) was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Education at Drake University, where she has been since 1999, after completing her doctorate at ISU.

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.

Eric Laffey and Jenny Lovelady will be getting married in Ames, IA on August 29, 2009. The Ceremony will be at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and the Reception will be in the ISU Memorial Union's Great Hall.

Deb Stearns is a graduate of the Greenlee School of Journalism at ISU, and her firm Essman/Research has been recognized for the ninth consecutive year as a "Top-Rated" research focus facility by Impulse Research Corporation, an international research firm based in Los Angeles, California. The rating is based on results from the 2009 Impulse Survey of Focus Facilities, an independent survey of over 5000 researchers and moderators worldwide.

Simin Nikbin Meydani (PhD '81 Food Sci.) became the fourth director of the Jean Meyer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University on March 16, 2009, after serving as associate director for the last four years. She arrived at Tufts in 1984 to conduct research on the effects of nutrients on aging, immune system response and infection and to teach at The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts. She will also continue to serve as a professor at The Friedman School and The Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University. Simin has received numerous grants from the USDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and served from 2005-2006 as president of the American Aging Association. She has also received awards from professional organizations and has served on several governmental committees and editorial boards of scientific journals.

Richard Dillman began his career at North Carolina State University in 1974, when he he joined the Veterinary Science Department, which was formed in anticipation of the new College of Veterinary Medicine. He worked with six other veterinarians and architects under contract to design the new College of Veterinary Medicine, which opened and accepted students beginning in the fall of 1981. His role was designing the pathology curriculum and facilities for the new school. He taught pathology from 1981-1994 and retired as Alumni Distinguished Professor in January 1994.

Duard Lee Pruitt graduated in March, 1949, with a degree in electrical engineering. While at Iowa state, he lived in Welch and Friley residence halls. After graduating, he worked for RCA / GE in New Jersey for 40 years, retiring from GE in 1989. He married Alice Elizabeth Bennett in 1953 and received a Master's Degree in electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1957. A son, Donald, also graduated from Iowa State, earning his degree in chemical engineering in 1979.

Ken Sweeney, Landscape Architecture 1959, was recently presented the Conservation Award by the Michael Trebert Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The award is in recognition of Sweeney's work as a board member of the North Olympic Land Trust in protecting the natural resources of the North Olympic Peninsula of Washington state.

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.

Tracy and I met my freshmen year, she was a sophomore. About a month into school, she was the homecoming co-chair for Yell Like Hell....we started dating shortly after and never looked back. We love Iowa State, and enjoy all of the memories made there. 10 years together now!

We met at Iowa State in our freshman year. It actually began the summer before when we were both state officer candidates for Iowa State 4-H and I saw her picture in the Des Moines Register. Jan was one of the 6 candidates (out of 8) who were going to attend Iowa State. It was not until the Registration Dance of the winter quarter of our junior year that we really began serious dating! We were married in June 1963 and have celebrated many good years since!!

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.

My husband, Sean Claycamp and I welcomed our first child, a daughter, Sutton Rose on November 23, 2008. She was 8lbs. 1oz. and 20 inches long.

Roddy (Rosalind) and I met at Wesley Foundation at the start of our Sophomore year of college during a dance that the church used to hold at the start of the fall quarter. We were both from southeast/east central Iowa (West Liberty & Wapello) and pretty much hit it off from the start. I lived in Baker House at Storms Hall (Towers) and she lived in Busse House. We were married in Wapello February 28th 1971 and moved into Pammel Court unit 108A 3 days later. She graduated in the spring of 1971 and I graduated winter quarter of 1973 (I was out of school for a year to await and attend basic training & AIT for the Armty Reserves). We had our first son, Russell while we lived there. Since the train tracks were only about 50 yards from our door it did take a little getting use to, but after awhile you paid very little attention to them. The Pammel unit wasn't fancy, but it was cheap and kept us warm and dry.

Beverly Walk and I attended a Sunday evening meal at the Wesley Foundation on the first weekend of Fall Quarter 1951. We knew each other but not well. I walked her back to the Alpha Delta Pi house afterward and we've been walking together every since. We've lived in Ames and Des Moines, Falls Church, Va., Oberusel, Germany, San Jose, Costa Rica, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bogor, Indonesia,, and Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas. We have three fine daughters who live in San Jose, Costa Rica, West Point, Ind., and St. Paul, Minn.

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.”