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The University of Idaho and the College of Law

presents

“Confronting Injustice”

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Bryan StevensonExecutive Director, Equal Justice Initiative

Thursday, October 10, 20024 p.m.

Student Union BallroomUniversity of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

Past Bellwood LecturersCharles F. Wilkinson, Sandra Day O’Connor, David Halberstam,

Martha Nussbaum, Antonin Scalia, Janet Reno

Bryan Stevenson is the Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiativein Montgomery, Alabama. A graduate of Harvard Law School and theHarvard School of Government, he has represented capital defendantsand death row prisoners in the Deep South since 1985 when he was astaff attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta,

Georgia. Since 1989 he has directed a non-profit organization thatdefends the legal rights of the poor and people of color in Alabama. Hehas been recognized by several national publications and organizationsas one of the nation’s top public interest lawyers and is the recipient of

the Thurgood Marshall Medal of Justice.

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Features

10 Cover storyNational Security — UI’s contributionsto the nation’s welfare

14 Why did the Towers Fall?UI alumnus leads investigation

16 Hemingway En CubaA historical and cultural connection

18 Southern California AlumniLights, camera, action

Here We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho Magazine

FALL 2002 • VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3

University PresidentRobert A. Hoover

Vice President for University AdvancementJoanne Carr

Director of UniversityCommunications and Marketing

Bob Hieronymus

Alumni Association PresidentJan Selberg

University of Idaho Foundation PresidentJ. Patrick McMurray

EditorJeff Olson

Magazine DesignJulene Ewert

IllustrationsNathan Nielson

Class Notes EditorAngela Helmke

Writers and ContributorsHugh Cooke

Kathy BarnardLeslie EinhausNancy Hilliard

Dan HuntSteve Kirkwood

Bill LoftusIvar NelsonTom NugentBecky Paull

Cindy PopichTim RhodesBob Wilson

Photographsas credited

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational institution.© 2002, University of Idaho

Here We Have Idaho magazine is supported by privatefunds from the University of Idaho Foundation, Inc.Published three times a year in January, April and August,the magazine is free to alumni and friends of theuniversity. ❚ Send address changes to: PO Box 443147,Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notesand correspondence regarding alumni activities to:Angela Helmke, Alumni Office, University of Idaho, POBox 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232. ❚ Send editorialcorrespondence to: University Communications andMarketing, University of Idaho, PO Box 443221,Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291; fax (208)885-5841; e-mail uinews@uidaho.edu.

Letter PolicyWe welcome letters to the editor. Correspondenceshould include the writer’s full name, address anddaytime phone number. We reserve the right toedit letters for purposes of clarity or space.

Departments

5 Calendar of Events

6 Campus News

9 Quest

22 Class Notes

25 Letters to the Editor

26 One Move at a Time

27 Vandal Sports

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On the Cover:Photo illustration by Julene Ewert

Additional photo credits for the Spring 2002 issue include:Ken Williams, page 18 and bottom left on page 19

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COMING EVENTS

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From the President

August

Aug. 26 — Fall semester begins

Aug. 30 — UI Pep Rally and Block Party, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Historic Basque Block in downtown Boise

Aug. 31 — UI at Boise State football, with post-game celebration at Boise Centre on the Grove

Sept. 13 — Legends’ Banquet, Portland, Ore.

Sept. 13 — Four Seasons of Jazz presents pianistWalt Wagner

Sept. 14 — Alumni pre-game barbecue in tailgatearea, east of Autzen Stadium, Idaho at Oregon football

Sept. 19 — James A. McClure Lecture presentedby Dale Bosworth, chief of the U.S. Forest Service

Sept. 19-22 — School of Family and ConsumerSciences Centennial CelebrationSept. 20-21 — Ag DaysSept. 20-22 — Dad’s WeekendSept. 28 — Alumni pre-game barbecue in baseballperimeter, next to Husky Stadium, Idaho atWashington football

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Oct. 3 — Auditorium Chamber Music Seriespresents Ensemble Amarcord

Oct. 10 — Bellwood Lecture presented by BryanStevenson, executive director of the Equal JusticeInitiative in Montgomery, Alabama

Oct. 18 — Four Seasons of Jazz presents the JeffHamilton Trio

Oct. 24-27 — College of Business andEconomics All-Alumni ReunionOct. 25 — J. A. Albertson Building dedicationOct. 26-27 — Homecoming

Nov. 9 — Alumni pre-game barbecue in thetailgate area, near Murchison Center, Idaho at NorthTexas football

Nov. 19 — Auditorium Chamber Music Seriespresents Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Dec. 13 — Awards for ExcellenceDec. 13 — Holiday ConcertDec. 14 — December Commencement

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From their beginnings, land-grantinstitutions of higher education were

designed to be solvers of real-worldproblems. Whether it means breeding anew variety of disease-resistant wheat ordeveloping a computer chip smartenough to go to Mars, the University ofIdaho has been at work solving theproblems of business and industry,agriculture and families for more than acentury.

I am proud — and you can be too —that University of Idaho faculty, staff,students and alumni are among thoseaddressing our country’s most recent andmost monumental challenge — nationalsecurity. The cover story of this issue of“Here We Have Idaho” gives you aninside look at the innovative researchbeing conducted by UI faculty memberson everything from informationassurance to biological warfare sensors.We also examine the network of UIgraduates now working in the privatesector in all aspects of national securityand what that means for the university’sresearch enterprise, and moreimportantly what it means for ournation.

The events of Sept. 11 arepermanently etched in the mind of everyAmerican. However, we can take someconsolation in the fact that some of thebest minds in the country are working toensure that such a tragedy never occursagain.

Regards,

Bob Hoover

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TODAY@IDAHOFor details on these stories, go to

www.its.uidaho.edu/today/

NIATT Earns $2 Million AwardUI’s National Institute for Advanced

Transportation Technology has receiveda two-year green light on new funding forits research on national transportationissues and successful education programsin transportation engineering.

NIATT, one of 33 UniversityTransportation Centers in the nation, willreceive two additional years of grantfunding at approximately $1 million peryear through the U.S. Department ofTransportation’s Research and SpecialPrograms Administration.

UI ResearchLibrarian Named“Mover andShaker”

Maria AnnaJankowska, a researchlibrarian at the UILibrary, has beennamed a “Mover &Shaker” for 2002 bythe Library Journal. The list recognizes50 library workers throughout theUnited States “who are shaping thefuture of libraries.”

Three Faculty Fellows Chosento Promote Humanities

Mary DuPree, professor of music;Rodney Frey, professor of AmericanIndian Studies and anthropology, andKenton Bird, assistant professor ofcommunication, are UI’s newestgroup of Humanities Fellows.

They will lead a university-wideexploration of how the landscape ofthe Pacific Northwest influencesmemory, imagination and creativity.

The Humanities Fellows programbegan in 1997 to foster excellence inteaching the humanities. The group

will plan faculty seminars, organizea series of presentations and invitevisiting scholars to campus.

Deans Announced for Lawand Natural Resources

Donald L. Burnett, Jr., formerIdaho appellate judge and dean ofthe University of Louisville Schoolof Law, is returning to his homestate to become dean of the UICollege of Law.

Steven B. Daley Laursen, a UIalumnus and associate dean of theCollege of Natural Resources at theUniversity of Minnesota, returns tohis alma mater to become dean of theCollege of Natural Resources.

UI Researcher Studies MineralDust on Earth and in Space

Mickey Gunter, mineralogy professor ingeological sciences at UI, is up to hiseyebrows in dust. He lectures about thehealth effects of mineral dusts to regionalfarmers and miners, and New Yorkfirefighters. He researches the possibilitiesin environmental cleanup. And heexamines interplanetary dust, andeventually will sample mineral dust fromMars as part of future unmanned missions.Gunter has been selected as adistinguished lecturer for theMineralogical Society of America topresent seminars at universities andcolleges throughout the United States andCanada in the coming academic year.

UI ScientistExplores Life in Space

UI scientist Ron Crawford earned aprestigious NASA fellowship allowing himto spend the summer at the space agency’sJet Propulsion Laboratory on a problemthat’s out of this world: planetaryprotection. A microbiologist and directorof the UI Environmental ResearchInstitute, Crawford worked with NASAscientists on issues related to the search forlife elsewhere in the universe. “Theresearch group is trying to find ways ofavoiding contaminating other planets withorganisms from Earth when we sendprobes there. There also are concernsabout bringing back from Mars or Europaorganisms that may be harmful to Earth orpeople,” Crawford said.

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Entomologists ReleaseOne-of-a-Kind Field Guide

Anyone armed with the newly released“Field Guide to the Bark Beetles of Idaho andAdjacent Regions” and a basic knowledge ofIdaho trees can seek out and identify any ofIdaho’s more than 100 species of bark beetlesand their close relatives. The field guide waswritten jointly by UI’s top authority on barkbeetles of western North America, MalcolmFurniss and James “Ding” Johnson, head of theIdaho Insect Survey and curator of UI’sWilliam F. Barr Entomological Museum.

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College of Law Earns Top 10 Rankingof “Best Schools for Your Money”

National Jurist Magazine has named the UI College ofLaw among its Top 10 “Best Schools for Your Money.”

The magazine considered six factors — non-residenttuition, bar exam pass rates, unemployment rates,median grants, clinics slots and faculty-student ratio,using 2000-01 academic statistics.

“While tuition and grants try to capture the cost ofthe investment, bar passage and unemployment rates tryto measure the results of that investment,” the magazinewrites. “The other two categories try to measure qualityof education — clinics as a measure of practical trainingopportunities and professor ratios to measure comfort inthe learning environment.”

UI was one of nine public schools in the UnitedStates that scored what the magazine calls “A GreatValue.”

UI Provost Brian Pitcher attributed UI’s ranking tothe quality of the college’s faculty. “The College of Lawconsistently provides a quality of education that reachesfar beyond its resources,” he said.

Campus WirelessComputing Expands

UI is moving from its position as one of the “most-wired campuses” to anexpanded wireless system for computing and electronic learning.

This summer, additional transmitters or “access points” fixed to walls insidebuildings were installed. These and outside antennas will blanket the campus ina single network, giving users freedom to roam and still remain connected toUI’s wired network.

At some point, visitors to UI will be able to tour or locate sites via wirelessinteractive kiosk devices that provide real-time information about current events.

UI first provided wireless network access in the UI Commons last year whenit offered wireless laptops students could check out and use within the building.The program was so popular student leaders assisted the university in offeringwireless computing in the UI Library, the Student Union Building and the PolyaMath Lab.

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Open for BusinessThe new $15.5 million J. A. Albertson Building, home to

the College of Business and Economics, is open forbusiness this fall. It is the first campus facility to be fundedtotally by private donations.

Located between the Administration Building and theCollege of Education Building, the new facility incorporatesa renovated Administration Building Annex in its design.

The new facility boasts nine classrooms, including twolecture halls designed for teaching the college’s integratedbusiness curriculum; faculty offices; a trading room wherestudents can trade stocks, bonds and equities; and plentyof space for faculty, staff and student interaction.

The building will be dedicated Oct. 25, which coincideswith the College of Business and Economics’ 77th

anniversary as a college and the birthday of the building’snamesake, Joe Albertson. There also will be an all-alumnireunion Oct. 24-27.

“The College of Lawconsistently provides aquality of educationthat reaches far beyondits resources”

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The climbing wall at the new Student RecreationCenter is a hit.

In the three-month period following the center’sopening in April, more than 7,000 people of all ageshave attempted to ascend the 55-foot-high pinnacle.

“It’s the best of the outdoors, indoors,” said MikeBeiser, Outdoor Recreation coordinator.

Locals are not the only ones impressed with therugged structure. UI’s climbing wall recently wasfeatured in Recreational Sport and Fitness, amagazine of the National Intramural-RecreationalSports Association.

An article highlighting the surge of climbing wallsreads: “More and more schools are taking the timeto build a wall that the whole campus community(from novice to expert climber) can use. Schoolssuch as the University of Idaho are raising the bar asto what constitutes a state-of-the-art climbing wall.”

Get YOUR GearThe UI Bookstore will have

VANDAL merchandise on sale inBoise, Aug. 30-31 at the followinglocations and times:Aug. 30• 9 a.m. — 2 p.m., Clearwater

Room in the Grove Hotel• 5:30 — 9:30 p.m., at the UI pep

rally and block party in thehistoric Basque Block indowntown Boise

Aug. 31• 9 a.m. — 2 p.m., Clearwater

Room in the Grove Hotel• After the football game, at the

post-game function in the foyerof the Boise Centre on theGrove.

UI Students Gain National AwardsUI students continued their success in earning prestigious

national scholarships that carry the names Goldwater, Fulbrightand Udall. This year, six students were chosen, based on theiracademic achievements.

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship— Michael C. Holcomb of Nampa, a biology major, is one of 309

college students nationally awarded the $7,500 scholarship. Theawards honor the late Arizona Republican senator and aid studentswho plan to earn advanced degrees in the sciences.

He has worked for zoology professors Rolf Ingermann and JoeCloud on studies related to salmon reproduction. Holcomb plansto earn a doctorate in marine biology and conduct research on thefactors causing coral bleaching events that threaten marine animals.

Fulbright Award—Aaron C. Mosher from Spokane, Wash., a master’s degree

candidate in chemical engineering, will work with a leading papermill in Finland on a computer simulation to help develop tools inoperations management and dynamic optimization.

Ralph M. Kern, a long-time educator in Nampa, is earning adoctoral degree in educational administration at the UI BoiseCenter. Kern will work with counterparts in the Finnish schoolsystem to develop an understanding of the extent to which sixessential learning skills are developed.

Udall Scholarship—Eric Larson, a fishery resources junior from Santa Fe, Texas,

receives $5,000 as an Udall Scholar.Amy Campbell, from San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Matthew

Corsi, from Rathdrum, earned honorable mention and $375 each.The Morris K. Udall Foundation makes the awards to students

in fields related to the environment, and to Native American andAlaska Natives in fields related to health care or tribal policy.

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Drugstore cowgirlsMilk production depends on dairy

cows being in a family way, so a newpregnancy test developed with UItechnology is vital to dairy producers.

The test can tell producers whether acow is pregnant within a couple of weeksafter breeding. The test relies on proteinsproduced by the Mx gene. Reproductivephysiologist Troy Ott, discovered thenovel use for the telltale proteins.

Ott’s studies of the Mx gene’s role inreproductive biology and infectiousdisease are funded by both the NationalInstitutes of Health and the U.S.Department of Agriculture.

For dairy producers, knowing withinweeks which cows are not pregnant cancut down the amount of time when thecows are not producing milk. With dairyherds numbering hundreds to thousandsof cows, savings of $2 per cow per day, ormore, can quickly add up to a lot ofmoola.

Perfect score cleans upNuclear waste cleanup is an endeavor

where anything short of perfectioninvites disaster. Two UI chemicalengineering students were up to thatchallenge in a recent engineering contest— the first team to post a perfect score inthe event’s history.

Ryan Carlson and Josh Johnsondemonstrated a bench-scale solution toremoving glass from metallic surfaces.The students used non-radioactivematerials, but their demonstrationapplies to the real world challenge ofremoving vitrified nuclear waste frompipes.

Their presentation during the 12thAnnual Environmental Design Contestat Las Cruces, N.M., earned a perfectscore, first place and a $2,500 prize.

Another UI team, Jay Hoover, MicaHutchison and Jeff Mohr, won theJudges’ Choice Award for TechnicalInnovation and a $750 prize.

The contest drew 350 students from25 universities worldwide. It wassponsored by the Waste-managementEducation and Research Consortium.

A rare opportunityTwo dozen students in wildlife

biologist Lisette Waits’ ConservationBiology class got a chance to join aunique, real-world effort to conserve rareplants and animals.

Their assignment: help SoulenLivestock of Weiser prepare a candidateconservation agreement to help a widerange of vulnerable plants and animals.The pact would cover both privateholdings and public lands leased forgrazing.

Ranchers Margaret Soulen and JoeHinson have worked with federal officialsto help protect the southern Idahoground squirrel and other species.

A dozen students did research paperson plants or animals that might beincluded in the plan, analyzing thespecies’ life histories, ecology andpotential survival threats.

“This project provided an excellentopportunity to get the students out intothe field and gave them an opportunityto learn about the ranchers’ perspectiveand challenges,” Waits said. The studentpapers will be used in developing theagreement with the federal government.

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UI’sContributions tothe Nation’sWelfare

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A National PriorityEven before 9-11, some recognized the

need for an overhaul of America’snational security enterprise. In “TheRoad Map for National Security:Imperative for Change,” the U.S.Commission on National Security isclear about the need to reworkgovernment to meet the challenges of the21st Century – globalization, “theinformation revolution and theaccelerating discontinuities in a range ofscientific and technological areas.”

Written in March 2001 – six monthsbefore the terrorist attacks – the report isa detailed road map of what needs tohappen to protect America’s citizens andits position in the world. Highereducation is at the center of thediscussion.

“We have concluded that, despite theend of the Cold War threat, Americafaces distinctly new dangers, particularlyto the homeland and to our scientificand educational base,” U.S. Sen. GaryHart and Congressman Warren B.Rudman wrote in the report’s foreword.

The commissioners maderecommendations in five key areas –“recapitalizing America’s strengths inscience and education” is one of them.“Americans are living off the economicand security benefits of the last threegenerations’ investment in science andeducation, but we are now consumingcapital,” the report says. “…theinadequacies of our systems of researchand education pose a greater threat toU.S. national security over the next

quarter century than any potential,conventional war that we mightimagine.”

The report writers were optimisticabout the opportunities, however, andcalled for a doubling of the federalresearch and development budget by2010.

“The world is entering an era ofdramatic progress in bioscience andmaterials science as well as informationtechnology and scientificinstrumentation. Brought together andaccelerated by nanoscience, these rapidlydeveloping research fields will transformour understanding of the world.”

That list of priorities reads like a pageout of the UI catalog in terms of areas ofemphasis. For Lewis, it is the startingpoint for matching the expertise of UIresearchers with the needs and initiativesof private industry and the nationalgovernment.

“Matchmaker, MatchmakerMake Me a Match”

Lewis acknowledges that universityprofessors — at UI and elsewhere — havealways done research. What he and IRISbring to the table is a broader perspectiveof how different research results can beapplied.

“A university researcher may have aparticular application in mind for his orher work and doesn’t have anythingbeyond that,” Lewis explains.

On Sept. 11, we, as anation, held ourcollective breath as one

of our worst nightmares unfolded.But within a matter of days, webegan the process of analyzing whathad happened, drawing on theexpertise of historians andpolicymakers, military officers andpoliticians.

Rand Lewis, executive director ofthe University of Idaho’s MartinInstitute for Peace Studies andConflict Resolution and a UIalumnus with a 20-year militarycareer in anti-terrorism, was theInland Northwest’s expert in thosedark days. He appeared ontelevision stations and radio talkshows. He gave newspaperinterviews and spoke in numerousclasses on the Moscow campusabout the threat of terror and howto keep the nation secure.

Lewis is just one part of an ever-growing, University of Idahonational security network. Assophisticated and far-reaching as thenewest computer chip, the networkincludes alumni and friendsworking at the highest levels ofgovernment, in America’s growingnational security industry, on theMoscow campus, and at UIlocations around the state.

While the informal network hasworked well for years, there is a newenergy — and formal organization —at UI that is broadening the scopeof possibilities: the Initiative forResearch on Infrastructure Securityor IRIS. Also under Lewis’direction, IRIS is poised to patchtogether partnerships all over thecountry for the benefit of America’snational welfare.

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Lewis describes his responsibilities asthreefold: knowing and understandingthe basic research concepts developed byUI scientists and engineers; developingor finding new applications for thatwork; and examining the policy andsocial issues that might surround a givenapplication. “We are working oninterdisciplinary solutions to homelandsecurity problems,” he said. “It is aholistic approach that can involve facultyfrom every discipline at the university.”

And, Lewis says, that approach ismuch more effective. “If you take aproblem and only solve it scientifically ortechnologically, you haven’t solved theproblem. But if you solve it with all threeelements – research, application andpolicy – then you have really solved thewhole problem.

“Industry and academics have notalways worked together well, but we arefinding now with this new approach thatindustry is very receptive. My role in IRISis to bring different players together tosolve problems in infrastructure andhomeland security. I’m not a scientist,but that seems to be an advantage. It’s allabout partnerships, and I’m thematchmaker.”

Partnering for SuccessHis success as a matchmaker hinges

on the strength of the UI nationalsecurity network. “The reason we’redoing what we’re doing right now isbecause of that network,” Lewis says. Asa UI alumnus and career officer in theU.S. Army, Lewis already knows — or isgetting to know — many of the key Idahoplayers in government and industry, andthere are many.

Former U.S. Sen. James McClure,U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, Idaho Gov. andformer U.S. Sen. Dirk Kempthorne andformer U.S. Rep. Larry LaRocco all areUI alumni. “Actually, all of our senatorsand congressmen have been very keyplayers in our efforts to get into thehomeland security business,” Lewis says.UI graduates Garry Stubblefield and PatPentland are executives in two of themajor security firms in the world. Dozensmore work in the military or theDepartment of Defense.

Gary Vest a 1969 graduate of the UI,spent 30 years as a planning and publicadministration professional inWashington D.C. and nearly eight yearsas the senior career executive in charge ofpolicy formation and implementation ofall environmental, safety andoccupational health concerns for theDepartment of Defense. He workedclosely with NATO, the United Nations,the European Union and a number ofnon-governmental organizations. Hecurrently is a principal and co-founder ofMVLLC, a Washington, D.C.-basedbusiness development consulting firm.He applauds UI’s IRIS as a practical andefficient way to address homelandsecurity.

“An issue like homeland securityreally should be touching every aspect ofwhat we’re thinking and doing,” he says.“We need to look at the missions andcore strengths in our existing agenciesand activities, and enhance, integrate andbuild on those.”

Friends of the UI are just as key,Lewis says. Drawn to the university bythe research already under way, peoplelike NASA Administrator Daniel S.Golden and Richard Clarke, formerWhite House National Coordinator forCritical Infrastructure Protection, havecome to know UI’s capabilities well and

Biosensors—Protecting the Borders

By thinking small, Gary Maki andGreg Donohoe at UI’s Center forAdvanced MicroelectronicsBiomolecular Research in Post Falls,may make big contributions to U. S.Homeland Security needs.

Their radiation-tolerant electronicchips require ultra-low power andcan increase computing capabilities inspace to gather intelligence and aidground operations. Such microchipsconsume about .01 the power ofordinary chips and would be usefulfor portable data processing byground personnel and warriors of thefuture.

Surveillance spacecraft using thesenew technologies could becomesharper “eyes in the sky,” Makibelieves. High-performance, special-purpose processors installed inremote locations and powered bysolar energy could monitor anddetect unwanted activity on thenation’s borders or be used by othersecurity patrols.

“Using our newly designedprocessor, in conjunction withsatellite or airborne data links, couldeven allow target recognition, whichrequires a large amount of computerpower,” said Maki.

He adds that electronicbiosensors also can be used toensure food safety by guardingagainst contamination.

Donohoe helps develop new toolsfor even more sophisticatedinformation processing on spacecraftor remote sensors. This“Reconfigurable Data PathProcessor” can “rewire” itselfinternally and adapt to whateverprocessing task is at hand.

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are in positions to share that informationwith others in D.C.’s Beltway.

Part of that familiarity comes fromseveral key partnerships initiated by UIPresident Bob Hoover, Lewis says.

In March 1999, UI was one of thefirst seven Centers of Excellence inInformation Assurance named by theNational Security Agency. It was “re-approved” for another three years as acenter this past March.

That same spring, Hooverspearheaded creation of the InlandNorthwest Research Alliance, which nowhas nine universities as members. INRAis an operating partner in the IdahoNational Engineering andEnvironmental Laboratory in IdahoFalls.

In December 2000, Goldin came tothe Moscow campus to finalize anagreement between UI and NASA tohelp the agency research new ways ofresponding to the every-increasing threatof cyber attacks on its computer systems.The NASA administrator also addressedgraduates during the wintercommencement ceremony that year.

In June 2001, UI and Idaho StateUniversity became two of fiveinstitutions that comprise the NationalAlliance for Information Assurance. Theother three members are James MadisonUniversity and George Mason Universityin Virginia, and the University of Tulsain Oklahoma — also centers of excellencein information assurance. Lewis currentlyserves as interim director of the alliance.

Hoover himself served as part ofPresident Clinton’s Committee ofAdvisors on Science and Technology, toadvise the White House on formation ofan Institute for InformationInfrastructure Protection to protectAmerica’s cyberspace from attack andother failures.

He understands the value ofpartnering. “With a scarcity of financialresources, the issue is how do you offerthe kinds of programs that are importantto a state and to a region, and that areimportant nationally,” Hoover says.“Joining forces with our colleaguesstrengthens each alliance member’sability to make a meaningfulcontribution in the area of homelandsecurity.”

Taking Research to the Marketplace—UI Alums Provide Safety and Security

Two spin-off businesses from UI’s premier research initiative incomputer security are marketing cyber-products for the world’shomes and businesses.

TriGeo Network Security’s founder and president, John Shovic, haspatented and launched its first product line, “Contego.” This managesfirewalls, intrusion detection and anti-virus devices, and providesdetection and automated response to cyber-attacks. It effectivelyquarantines and contains the damage, while systems staff remedy theproblem. It is especially designed for complex organizations in multiplelocations.

Shovic, who earned a UI doctoral degree under Gary Maki in the1980s, and his company are models ininnovation and technology transfer. Hehas led the company through theprototype, testing and venture stagesinto the black and now is working onthe next-generation product. Thetechnology on which TriGeo productsare based was developed at UI under a$3 million grant from multiplegovernment and military agencies.When Shovic recognized itscommercial application, he decided tobuild a company and business model around it.

“There was a risk, to be sure,” says theentrepreneur, “as there is with adapting anyresearch-based technology to the commercialmarket. I’m convinced that more products andideas could result from university-basedresearch.”

Cylant, another UI research spin-off locatedin the UI Business Technology Incubator inMoscow, builds tools to deflect “hacktivity.” Theproducts secure software systems, web servers and operating systems.“We make gray boxes for black boxes,” says Scott Wimer, chieftechnology officer for Cylant, and 2001 UI graduate in general studies.

“The historic information security model has been to run in a circlechasing vulnerabilities,” says Wimer. “Each time a new risk isdiscovered, the security industry [responds to this] vulnerability-drivenprocess. The Cylant approach constrains a computer system’sbehavior to just its approved operational profile. This letsorganizations control their security risk rather than being controlledby intruders.”

John Munson, UI professor of computer science and the company’schief scientist, believes Cylant’s novel technology is the only defense todate that can block “first strike attacks to the Internet and itsinfrastructure. This is a big contribution to homeland security toprevent hackers from intruding in the first place.”

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energy. It also will require “every bit ofthe experience and insight” he’s gainedduring 39 years in materials engineering,after writing his Idaho master’s thesis on“the physical properties of uranium,” in1957.

“Our assignment will be to study thecollapse of the buildings in depth anddetail,” explains the director of NIST, thenation’s agency for developingengineering and manufacturingmeasurement standards. “Throughexhaustive research, we hope to pinpointthe causes of the collapse — and then tocome up with recommendations for newbuilding standards.

“Hopefully, we can help makeAmerica’s high-rise buildings much moreresistant to the type of collapse thatoccurred during the tragedy of lastSeptember.”

The terrorist attacks on New YorkCity’s World Trade Center last yeartriggered the worst building disaster inrecorded history, killing more than 2,800people.

According to Bement, a formerdirector of the DOD’s Office ofMaterials Science (1976-79) and a leadingU.S. expert on nuclear materialsengineering who taught that highlyspecialized subject at MIT from 1970through 1976, the “biggest challenge” inthe planned WTC study will be tounderstand exactly how the burning jet

The Possibilities are EndlessOne thing Lewis emphasizes

whenever he talks about the Initiativefor Research on Infrastructure Securityis the nearly endless possibilities thereare for study and improvement.

So who are the active UI playerstoday? The College of Engineering, theComputer Science Department and itsCenter for Secure and DependableSoftware, which was founded by UIprofessors Deborah Frincke and JamesAlves-Foss; the Department of PoliticalScience; Professor Ray Dacey andothers from the College of Businessand Economics; Professor Sam Froesin the Department of MaterialsScience; and professors Ron and DonCrawford in microbiology.

Who are the potential players?Professor Gary Maki, who is broughthis micro processing researchenterprise back to UI at Coeur d’Alenethis summer. Faculty and staff in UI’sNational Institute for AdvancedTransportation Technologies couldplay a key role, as could architects andartists, biologists and hydrologists,statisticians and sociologists.

“We are only limited by ourimagination,” Lewis says. “Idaho — andWashington State University,potentially — have unbelievableresources to do some really importantand long-term research andapplication. There are people sitting atboth places who don’t even realize theycould play a role in this or that whatthey are doing could benefit the entirenation in terms of homeland security.”

By Tom Nugent

Why did the Twin Towers at theWorld Trade Centerquickly collapse into aheap of fiery rubblelast Sept. 11, and whatcan America do toprotect other high-risebuildings from suchcatastrophic

“structural failure” in the years ahead?Hoping to find detailed, authoritative

answers to those questions, the U.S.Congress recently handed Arden L.Bement, Jr. ’57 what undoubtedly will bethe toughest engineering challenge of hislong and colorful career.

Bement’s assignment: As the recentlyappointed director of the NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology(NIST), he is going to lead a two-year,$16-million investigation into the causesbehind the WTC collapse ... while alsodirecting a massive research anddevelopment program aimed atimproving building fire codes andengineering standards throughout theAmerican construction industry.

For the 70-year-old Bement — aveteran materials engineer with blue-chipcredentials as a former researcher andadministrator at the U.S. Department ofDefense — directing the probe into thedestruction of the Twin Towers willrequire a huge investment of time and

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Safeguarding Utilitiesfrom Attack

UI researchers Axel Kringsand James Alves-Foss join a teamof others from SchweitzerEngineering Labs andWashington State University tohelp safeguard the nation’sutilities.

With a Critical InfrastructureProtection Grant of nearly$1 million from the U.S. NationalInstitute of Standards andTechnology, they focus onprotecting the electric powergrid, now highly controlled bycomputer, from cyber attacksand intrusions.

The purpose is to averthackers and saboteurs frompenetrating the computerizedcontrol systems. Such maliciousactivity could jeopardizeproperty, services, and evencause life-threatening damages.The team seeks safeguardsagainst unauthorized remoteaccess to substation, controlcenter and power grid networksand communications.

The investigators also developseminars, educational courses,and technical publications tobring awareness and sharesolutions within the electricpower industry.

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fuel that was released contributed to thecollapse of both towers.

“We suspect from preliminary studiesthat the temperature was probably in therange of 1,500 or 1,600 degreesFahrenheit,” says the nation’s topmaterials engineer. “It now seems likelythat the temperatures in the buildingwere sufficient to cause softening of thesteels used in construction. Our job willbe to examine that softening process andlearn all we can about protectingbuildings from it in the future.”

Pushing the“Frontiers of Knowledge”

Ask Bement to tell you how he fell inlove with the arcane science of materialsengineering, and the hard-chargingnuclear energy expert won’t miss a beat.

“I think my love of science and metalsgoes all the way back to the University ofIdaho,” he says with a smile. “I’ve neverforgotten the excitement I felt while Iwas working on my master’s thesis outthere.

“This was 1956-57, and I was studyingthe physical properties of uranium. Andyou have to remember that this wasduring the Cold War years, whenuranium was a key element in thedevelopment of nuclear weapons.

“So I spent a lot of time working inthe lab. I’d pull the material apart and

examine it with electron microscopes.We were pushing at the frontiers ofknowledge, and it was all quitefascinating to me.”

Sworn in as the 12th director of NISTlast December, Bement is responsible fordaily research on engineering andmanufacturing standards among theagency’s 3,000 employees and its manyclients. A former vice president forscience and technology at TRW Inc., he’salso charged with making sure that hiscentury-old (founded in 1901) federalresearch organization lives up to itshistoric mandate to “strengthen the U.S.economy and improve the quality of lifeby working with industry to develop andapply technology measurements andstandards.”

In practical terms, this cruciallyimportant assignment calls for NIST toengage in hundreds of laboratoryresearch projects each year, frequently inpartnerships with private industry.Among the hundreds of major researchbreakthroughs achieved by NIST are:

• The development of frequencystandards that allow radio andtelevision stations to reach theiraudiences with much clearer signals.

• The discovery of the coolant(liquefied helium) that helped triggerthe creation of magnetic resonanceimaging, now a key tool in medicine.

• The development of universal dataencryption standards, which havehelped to make Internet-commerce areality – while also protecting ourelectronic privacy in many other ways.

The father of eight children andgrandfather to 23, Bement says he’s“never felt more hopeful” aboutAmerica’s future. “I really think we’returning out better science graduates atour universities and colleges than everbefore. And that’s absolutely crucial ifwe’re going to keep this country on theroad to economic prosperity.

“The President has said often that wemust prepare for the future by educatingour young people about science, and he’sabsolutely right. I can’t think of a moreimportant goal for America right now —and we’re going to do everything we canto help.”

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We didn’t even try to follow inhis footsteps. ErnestHemingway’s life in Cuba was

an extraordinary mélange of brilliantwriting, heavy drinking and serious deep-sea fishing. In between, he managed to fitin two of his four wives, someoverdramatized U-boat searching andmany, many Cuban friends. I don’t thinkour group was in his league in any ofthese.

But we did retrace his path to Cuba,and then to Idaho, the path of his lastjourney before returning permanently toKetchum and Sun Valley where he diedin 1961. Hemingway had moved hishousehold from Key West to Cuba in1939, after falling in love on earlier visitswith its people and their lifestyle. Maybethe Cuban passion for living matched hisvision of himself.

By the time he came to Cuba,Hemingway’s self-image had becomeconfused with his celebrity-image. Beingfamous at an early age —“The Sun AlsoRises” was published in 1926 — he livedmost of his life in the public eye. Yet,many of his Cuban years marked a hiatusin his writing, and it wasn’t until “TheOld Man in the Sea” in 1952 that heagain demonstrated the literary powerthat made him the foremost Americanwriter of the 20th century.

His house, Finca Vigia, in SanFrancisco de Paula outside Havana, isowned by the Cuban government as aresult of an exchange made by Mary, hisfourth —and last — wife, after Ernest’sdeath. The Cubans gave Mary specialpermission to come back and takebelongings, art, and writings from thehouse, in return for which she gave thehouse, and his boat, the Pilar, to theCuban government.

This unusual trade resulted in thehouse and its contents remaining exactlyas Hemingway left them during his lastvisit in July 1960. The Cubangovernment has treated Finca Vigia as anartifact, from the huge book librarycovering many of the walls to the placesettings in the dining room. The bottlesof rum and mixer still are next to thearmchairs, with faded, peeling labels.

Hemingway’s house, from theportable typewriter used for his writingsto the game trophies on the walls, stillexudes a joy for living that Cubans sharewith him. Hemingway also had anintoxication with struggle, regardless ofoutcome, which also is evidentthroughout Cuban history.

The house is the most visited culturalspot on the island, a shrine to the onlyAmerican who is honored and admiredon both sides of the Florida Strait

In March, the UI Latin-American Studies Program

conducted its first U. S. StateDepartment-licensed trip to

Cuba. The UI travelers madea historical and cultural

connection with the earlierlife of a famed Idaho resident.

separating Havana from Florida.Hemingway bridges that Strait, hisCuban life being both pre-Castro andnon-Batista. Because of that, herepresents both a romantic past and apossible future.

During that brief trip, we were part ofthat future — curious and querulousyanquis continually wondering what willhappen next to Cuba. We were touristslooking down on colorful stilt dancersfrom the rooftop terrace of Hemingway’shotel, Ambos Mundos. We wereacademics grilling our doctoral studentguide about the disastrous Russian—Cuban economy of the 1980s. We werejealous of Cuban education, horrified bytheir housing, and beguiled by theirmusic.

Visit Cuba if you have a chance.You’ll be as intrigued as we were. Andvisit soon before there’s a McDonalds onevery corner.

Ivar Nelson is director of the UI Press, whichpublishes The Hemingway Review and books aboutHemingway. Bill Voxman takes photographs whennot teaching mathematics or organizing theUniversity Core Curriculum.

Top, Cubans built this memorial to Hemingway in Cojimar, a small seaside village where he kept his fishing boat, the Pilar; side, The encased typewriter inHemingway's room, #511, at the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Habana Vieja is in memory of his work there on “The Sun Also Rises.”

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Judi Dickerson ’78“A Hollywood movie star just arrived.”

— Lloyd Richard in “All About Eve”Judi Dickerson has shared many

barbecue chicken pizzas with Will Smith.She often met the actor/rapper on theset of “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air” toprepare him for the role of Paul in the1993 film, “Six Degrees of Separation.”

More recently, Dickerson worked withRussell Crowe on the 2002 AcademyAward winner, “A Beautiful Mind.” It’sthe fourth time she’s been paired withthe Australian actor. “We work welltogether,” says Dickerson, a Hollywoodvoice coach.

In June, she began working on PeterWeir’s epic, “The Far Side of theWorld,” in which Crowe plays a Britishadmiral during the Napoleonic era.

Working with Crowe, Ralph Fiennesand others is a treat, she admits.However, it is the crew - not the actorsthat often provide the laughs andmemories. On the set of “Gladiator,”Dickerson chatted with a man whomakes Roman-era bows and arrows for aliving. Once on a Hollywood set, sherode on the tusk of a German-trainedcircus elephant - to quell some stress.

“Every person I’ve worked for I’veenjoyed,” she notes. “Each filmexperience is its own unique adventure.”

Dickerson also enjoyed life inMoscow. At UI, she was engrossed intheater life like many of her peers. In“The Apple Tree,” Dickerson playedopposite UI student Bill Fagerbakke,who later captured a supporting role inthe television sitcom, “Coach.”

“We were obsessed,” she remembers.“We were so passionate about theater.”

Bill Stoneman ’66It is like tracking the second hand of a

wristwatch or the rise and fall of a baby’schest as they drift away to Dreamland.

Bill Stoneman eyes the playing fieldwith precision, never missing a singlemoment — every at bat, home run, stolenbase and foul ball into the stands.

The best part of baseball for thisAnaheim Angels’ vice president andgeneral manager is “the last out whenyou win.”

Stoneman has had his share of winsthrough the years. He pitched in themajors for nearly a decade, sportinguniforms for the Chicago Cubs,Montreal Expos and the AnaheimAngels. He pitched two no-hitters duringhis professional career, and played on theNational League All-Star team in ’72.

Before his major league appearance,Stoneman pitched three years for theVandals. The spring of ’66 rosterfeatured an incredible crop of goodplayers, he recalls. Four of that year’sstarting pitchers signed major leaguecontracts. When the Vandals hit thefield, “you couldn’t score on us.”

Many of his UI buddies come far-and-wide wanting to catch up while watchingAmerica’s favorite pastime. “I loverunning into Vandals everywhere,” hesays.

Russ Leatherman ’86"Why don't you just tell me the name of

the movie you would like to see?" — Kramerpretending to be Mr. Moviefone on the sitcom,“Seinfeld”

The real voice behind Moviefoneoperated his first television camera andfinished his first movie reel at UI. "Insouthern California, it's hard to get thatkind of hands-on experience withouthaving an uncle in the business," saysRuss Leatherman, president and co-founder of Moviefone, the largestinteractive movie listing guide andticketing service in the country. Threeyears ago, Leatherman sold Moviefone toAOL for $488 million.

Attending UI was completelyserendipitous for the musician turned

Now Showing:UI Alums in Southern California

Lights, camera, action

The glitz and glamour of Hollywood attracts, entrances and entertains.The stories behind many of the University of Idaho’s famous and

fortunate in Southern California create the same sort of buzz and brilliance asthose on the silver screen.

Many of these talented alums credit their alma mater for giving them thetools they needed to make it on the grand marquee from their behind-the-scenes beginnings in Idaho.

In Moscow, stars arise in all disciplines, and off they go, pursuing theirdreams. If the Hello Walk becomes a UI Walk of Fame, the following haveenough star power to be included among the UI’s most celebrated students.

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Jeffry ’76 and Eric ’82 Stoddard

Bill Stoneman ’66

Russ Leatherman ’86

John Mead ’78

Kathy and James Whistler ’70, ’73

Cordelia Manis ’87

Sharon Allen ’73

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entertainment guru. The Los Angelesnative remembers, "It was like going toanother country."

Culture shock aside, it was experiencethat served him well. The student-operated television and radio stations atUI were first-rate. "It was a wonderfulexperience. I learned more at UI than Iprobably would have at any other place,"says Leatherman, who headlined a heavymetal show on KUOI-FM in the mid-to-late '80s and worked on sportscasts andother productions at KUID.

Mr. Moviefone has managed asuccessful enterprise in theentertainment mecca of Hollywoodwithout a formal education in business.His diploma from UI secured hiseventual stardom.

"I admire people who start out withnothing and make something happen."

John Mead ’78John Mead’s office is proof of his

passion for everything wild.Mead, an avid backpacker, is

president of Adventure 16, an outdooroutfitting company based in San Diegowith stores in Los Angeles and OrangeCounty.

The photo frames lining the wallsconsist of twine and bark. Photographscapture past adventures in the GreatWide Open. His desk and wall panelingare made of weathered wood. A quipfrom the legendary mountaineer JohnMuir hangs on his office door.

He likes to get out-and-about in theGrand Tetons and the Sierra Nevada. “Ilike to strap on a backpack and godiscovering,” says the Twin Falls native.“It allows you to feel small ... in a goodway. It puts the world in perspective.”

Mead and his colleagues are helpingthe younger generation get outside. In1997, the company started the non-profitfoundation, Donate-a-Pack, providingmountaineering gear to underprivilegedyouth in Southern California.

When Mead was a kid, he visited theMoscow campus. The AdministrationBuilding stood out in his mind. “It wasthe image of college for me.”

At UI, he learned to “focus on whatyou are good at.”

He surely has taken that lesson toheart.

James Whistler ’70, ’73Clutching a kitchen sprayer in one

hand and cleaning dishes with the other,a red-faced James Whistler asked amember of the Pi Beta Phi house on amovie date. “She said ‘yes.’ If she didn’tsay ‘yes,’ I think she thought I wouldspray her,” he says, grinning.

Whistler was equally ambitious whenit came to business enterprises. Heremembers toting extra chili to the Figihouse after his shifts as a hasher. “I soldit for 25 cents a bowl.”

Today, he totes his briefcase to hisdowntown San Diego office thatoverlooks one of the most pristinenatural harbors in the world. He worksas managing director for CCI, acompensation consulting company, andis the senior adviser of the EstateStrategies Group.

Two etchings by the artist JamesAbbott McNeill Whistler are tacked onhis office wall. His fascination with theartist, besides sharing a name, came aftera trip to a Carmel art gallery more thantwo decades ago. Now UI’s Whistler hasmore than 50 etchings by the American-born painter.

Reminiscing about UI, Whistlernotes, “It was not a finishing school. Itwas a beginning school. UI helped megrow up ... to the extent that I did.”

Seemingly simple moments lead to bigtime opportunities for UI alums,including Whistler. The talented, albeittimid, UI student came away with aquality education and a friend forever.You see, the girl he asked out on thatFriday afternoon became his wife. Jimand Kathy have been married 33 years.

• The Adventure 16 store near Beverly Hills not only sees a few movie stars a week,but is frequently used as a set for movies and television shows. The staff taught BradPitt to rock climb in preparation for his role in “Seven Years in Tibet.”

• In an episode of Seinfeld, Kramer learns his phone number is nearly identical toMoviefone, the dial-in movie prompt. Kramer pretends to be Mr. Moviefonewhenever he gets a stray call. He replies in computerized fashion, counseling listenerson their movie options. George calls the dial-a-flick service (well, he thinks so at first)and uncovers his friend’s voice.

• Judy Dickerson’s first gig in Hollywood was on the set of “How To Make AnAmerican Quilt.” She coached Anne Bancroft for her role as Glady Joe Cleary in the1995 film starring Winona Ryder.

A wellspring of opportunities areavailable to those who come searchingfor California gold. The sun illuminatesthe faces and fortunes of many here inthe Golden State.

For many hearty and hopeful alumni,it is truly a paradise on Earth. Dickersonreminds her fellow alums, “It’sunrelentless sunshine.”

Here are a fewother rising stars:

Carlos Del Valle ’75Not many people have a parking space

at work a few feet away from Jay Leno’sDodge Viper. That’s the case forweekend sportscaster and UI alumnusCarlos Del Valle, who works at the NBCstudio in Burbank, home to The TonightShow.

He covers a wide array of sportingevents for the Los Angeles news agency,including Lakers games and theOlympics.

Being a UI graduate: “Because of myLatin heritage, people automaticallythink I am from California. I like to tellthem I grew up in Moscow, Idaho, andthat I graduated from the University ofIdaho.”

Sharon Allen ’73Being a resident of Los Angeles for

the past several years has made it achallenge to stay in touch with UI. “Nowthat Rich and I are further away, theconnection to UI is more important,”

“The Pacific Ocean is nice, but it doesn’t have the same calmingeffect as those rolling green hills. It’s magical.”

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By Dan Hunt

John Wooden’s mighty UCLAans were toppled 73-67 on the maples ofMemorial Gym last night, victims to the Vandals’ all-consuming defense and theamazing Gary Simmons.

A lively crowd, estimated at 4,500, stuffed into the gymnasium to watch theVandal cagers on what was surely their most historic night of the year.

Senior captain Gary Simmons was again the hero for Idaho’s Vandals, whomade grand entry into the race for the Pacific Coast Conference championship.Simmons set a school record for free throws made and free throws attempted byconverting 15 of 20 shots from the gift stripe. He notched 37 points for the nightwith the help of 11-for-19 shooting, and he came within one point of the school’ssingle game record, which he set earlier this season.

With his 19th point he captured the school’s new single-season scoring title.Hartly Kruger set the previous record in 1953 with 414. Simmons, who has 432points on the year as well as 969 for his career, needs only nine points in the nextfive games to surmount Kruger’s career mark of 978.

Junior Whaylon Coleman also assisted in the colossal upset with 10 points.Though his refined jumpshot and smooth dribbling skills certainly befuddled theBruins, his usual defensive tenacity left the greatest impression. The fleet-footedguard persisted in bothering the Bruin backcourt all night, especially UCLA’s feistyDenny Crum. The aspiring coach fouled Coleman in frustration and was promptlybooted for “malicious behavior.”

The fundamentally sure Vandals completed 23 of 58 field goals and 27 of 41free throws for the night.

says Sharon Allen, managing partner forDeloitte and Touche.

Becoming manager of the firm’ssecond largest market has given her atrue voice at the table among herprofessional peers. “They listen to me alot differently now,” she admits.

Giving back: “If you have a chance towork with a young professional as a mentor, itis very rewarding.”

Golden rule: “Treat everyone fairly. Dealwith people ‘straight up.’”

Cordelia Manis ’87As a wife and mother of four,

Cordelia Manis finds happiness in thesimple things — a brisk walk around theneighborhood, reading a good book andspending quality time with family andfriends.

Manis also has another reason to becontent. She recently participated in awalk to raise money for breast cancer. InApril, she walked 60 miles over threedays.

“I have four sisters and threedaughters, and my mother-in-law is asurvivor,” says Manis, who raised $4,500for the cause.

The Palouse: “The Pacific Ocean is nice,but it doesn’t have the same calming effect asthose rolling green hills. It’s magical.”

Jeffry ’76 and Eric ’82 StoddardBrothers Jim and Eric Stoddard came

to California searching for success. Withthe right amount of ambition, skill andsunshine, Jeffry, a real estate investor anddeveloper, and Eric, a Wells Fargo Bankexecutive, have made their dreams cometrue in the Golden State. With a flexiblecareer, “I can live anywhere,” Eric says. “Iremain here because I enjoy it.”

Jeffry and his family spend a greatdeal of time at their McCall cabin. Ablack flag with a golden “I” whips in thebreeze. Boaters pass by honking inapproval or yelping praise for anotherIdaho university.

“My brother has the best of bothworlds,” Eric admits. “McCall for two tothree months in the summer andSouthern California the rest of the year.”

The UI experience: “What a greateducation with great friends. It was one of thebest times of my life,” Eric said.

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(To be profiled, please mail information, including graduation year, to Angela Helmke, Alumni Office,PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID 83844-3232 or e-mail information to angela@idahovandals.com(photos can be e-mailed in a jpg format). In the interest of accuracy and privacy, we will list only itemssubmitted by an alumnus or their family. Submission deadline for the winter issue is October 8, 2002.)

CLASS NOTESCompiled by Angela Helmke, UI Alumni Office

50sAllen Derr ’51, ’59 is featured ina book, “Days of Destiny,” anaccount of happenings thatchanged the course of U.S.history.

Eugene R. (Dick) Tirk ’54received the 2002 ArtsEducation Advocacy LeadershipAward in Minnesota.

60sSister Mary Ellen Rosholt ’61has been named to the MountSaint Mary’s College Board ofTrustees.

C. Richard Wendle ’63 wasnamed recipient of the 2002TIME Magazine Quality AutoDealer Award.

Alicia Morgan ’64 retired after29 years at the Central PeninsulaGeneral Hospital laboratory inSoldotna, Alaska.

Ray Murphy ’67 is executivedirector of the Post FallsChamber of Commerce.

Douglas Ehlke ’68 has beendesignated by his peers as aSuper Lawyer for leadership inhis area of legal practice. He livesin Federal Way, Wash.

Kathleen Whitlock ’68, ’73 hasretired fromteaching after30 years ofservice. Shelives in Yelm,Wash., and isactive on theEmployeesRetirementBenefit Board.

70sPhillip O. Walch ’71 is featuredon two songs on the “GloryAlbum” released by HilltopRecords. He has lived in SantaAna, Calif., for the past 30 years.

Rubyann Poulson ’72 hasreceived a D.M.A. from the

University of Kansas and willbecome the director of the VocalDepartment at Bethel College inSt. Paul, Minn.

Robert M. Nowierski ’73 is thenational program leader for Bio-Based Pest Management with theUSDA Cooperative StateResearch, Education andExtension Service inWashington, D.C.

Craig Rasmussen ’76 lives inKula, Hawaii, and operatesParadise Flower Farms, Inc. Hewas named the 2001 SmallBusiness Person of the Year forthe island of Maui by the U.S.Small Business Administration.

Tom Lyons ’77 has been namedthe Paula Knickerbocker JazzPianist-In-Residence at UI LionelHampton School of Music. Hewill travel to campus severaltimes each semester to teach andperform.

Terry D. Ratcliff ’79 hasaccepted a new position as centerdirector of the Keller GraduateSchool of Management inCharlotte, N. C.

80sDan Tarter ’80 is a lieutenantcolonel in the U.S. Armyassigned to the AmericanEmbassy in Bangkok, Thailand,as a military attache. His wife,Marilyn Dokken Tarter ’83, isthe community liaison officecoordinator at the AmericanEmbassy.

Bob Urso ’80 is chief operatingofficer of EER Systems, atechnology services subsidiary ofL3 COMM (LLL).

Rae Ellen Moore Lee ’82 lives inSt. John, U.S. Virgin Islands,and has written a memoir, “Ifthe Shoe Fits: Adventures of aReluctant Boatfrau,” (SheridanHouse, 2001) and a novel,“Bluebird House,” (Five Star,2002). She formerly was alandscape architect with U.S.Forest Service.

Doug Staker ’82 is vice presidentof Mobile and NetworkTelemetry Systems with Itron.

Daniel G. Nordquist ’88 isdirector of the Office of Grantand Research Development atWashington State University.

90sChristopher W. Boyd ’90 hasbeen named chief of the MenloPark Police Department,becoming the youngest chief ofpolice in the state of California.

Jay Pence ’90 is district rangerfor Teton Basin Ranger Districtin Driggs.

Nichole Reeve Bradshaw ’88,’91 a staff member at St. Luke’sRegional Medical Center inBoise, has been appointed to the2002 Board of Examiners for theMalcolm Baldrige NationalQuality Award, the highest levelof national recognition forperformance excellence that aU.S. organization can receive.

Michael Horton ’92 lives inKodiak, Alaska, and has writtena book, “A Life on the Line.” Heworks as a mental healthclinician and drug counselor.

Amy Anderson ’95 lives in NewMexico and is project manager ofHealth and Benefit ServicesDivision at Intel Corporation.

Michael B. Olson ’95 hascompleted a master’s inoceanography from WesternWashington University and livesin Bellingham.

Jason D. Gage ’96, ’98 receivedhis Ph.D. in psychology fromUtah State University in May2002. He was assigned to FortLee, Va., for his military tour ofduty.

Chris J. Garrett ’97 is a licensedphysical therapist at IronwoodDrive Physical Therapy in Coeurd’ Alene.

Emily A. Stegner-Schwartz ’97 isworking in New York City withFerguson Shamamian & RattnerArchitects.

MARRIAGES

Kristin K. McKie ’82 toLoren Bergeson

John A. Barinaga ’93 toMelissa Wells

Michael B. Olson ’95 toCynthia Elaine Jackson

Sandra Marie Larsen ’96 toAaron Hebshi

Dana Wohlschlegel ’97 toMichael Kroeke

Kathy A. Hall ’98 toStanley S. Slagle

Holly D. Parkins, ’98 toMatthew B. Lefebvre ’98

S.C. Danielle Quade ’98, ’01 toR. Clayton Storey ’00

Sam Shaw ’99 toJanel Silflow ’01

Leslie Hutchenson ’00 toBrandon Miller ’99

Amy Kathleen Moore ’00 toChad Roe

Angela Hill ’01 to Rick Baldwin

Donald G. Hulsizer, Jr. ’01 toMandalyn A. Vanhoozer ’01

Loridee Sager ’01 toJason Wetzel ’02

Alex Lewis ’98 is employed byUniversity of Notre Dame LawSchool as the public interestlegal adviser designing publicinterest programming for NotreDame law students.

2000Brad K. Juelfs ’01 is teachingreading and U.S. history atHyde-Park Middle School in LasVegas, Nev.

Jennifer K. Medeiros ’01completed Officer CandidateSchool at Naval Aviation SchoolsCommand.

Tyler Wolf ’01 wascommissioned to ensign in theU.S. Navy in Pensacola, Fla.

Skits, smiles andsun at the 1979Turtle Derby.

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FUTURE VANDALS

Lucas Ivan toChristopherBush ’94 andSandra Bush

Stephanie Sarato Kelly Mullen’90 and RobertMullen

Ben Maxwellto JasonDeWitt andAmy BirgeDeWitt ’98

20sRaymond Harsch ’22, Seattle,Wash., Feb. 5, retired civilengineer

Harriet Featherstone Davies’26, Spokane, Wash., Jan. 24

Leona McMonigle ’27, Spokane,Wash., Feb. 13

Edward Thomason ’27,Spokane, Wash., March 27,retired Army Reserves

Josephine Harland Berryman’29, ’33, Lewiston, Nov. 2001

30sMary Brooks ’29, Twin Falls,Feb. 11, former U.S. Mintdirector, member of UI Hall ofFame

David C. Yule ’31, March 26,worked at Boeing in Renton,Wash., for more than 30 years

Caryl Kotok ’31, Annapolis,Md., May 22, a teacher for manyyears in Idaho and California.

Hazel Lawton ’31, March 21

Ruth J. Abbott ’32, Las Vegas,Nev., Dec. 14, 2001

IN MEMORY Ernest Bauman ’32, Salt LakeCity, Utah, Sept. 17, 2001

Kenneth E. Kail ’32, Twin Falls,Nov. 20, retired Twin Falls HighSchool teacher andadministrator

Mildred Clare Fitzgerald ’33,Boise, Jan. 2, retired professionalsecretary with more than 40years of service

Susan M. Frazier ’33, HaydenLake, Feb. 1

Elvon Hampton ’33, Genesee,Feb. 3, farmer and retiredmember of Idaho Legislature

Florence E. Pratt ’33,Grangeville, Jan. 25, retiredschool teacher

Nettie Snow Ratcliffe ’33,Portland, Ore., March 7, schoolteacher in Magic Valley area

Charles O. Wamstad ’34,Boulder City, Nev., Dec. 20,2001, retired civil engineer

Horton Herman ’35, Spokane,Wash., Feb. 21, retired attorney

Helen Johnson ’35, Moscow,Jan. 6, teacher and UI staffmember

Robert Earl Newhouse ’35,Boise, April 5, retired farmer,rancher, bank loan officer

Kendall JoyLun MengNakai to JohnNakai '76 andTeresa SiglNakai '74,'78

Kellen to JillCarr ’88 andMike Carr

Jason Gordonto KalistaBarclayBernardi ’93and ChrisBernardi ’93

NicholasWilliam toBernadetteHughesMcIver ’99and JeremyMcIver ’00

Kelsey Jordan toStacie Sonius’95 and MarkSonius ’93, ’95

Ashley Erin toAlan C.Swanson ’96and KristiSwanson

Shaylee Reneeand AshleeElisabeth toVanessa GillBachman ’93and JohnBachman

Carter Josephand Mia Nicoleto David Ruby’95 and NicoleRuby ’95

JonathanTaylor toJenniferMickleGraening ’97and MichaelGraening ’98

Savannah Leeto GregRobinson ’99andJulieWrightRobinson ’99

Jack Brian toLexieBrowningMcKevitt ’92and BrianMcKevitt

CheynneErika to ScottDredge ’88and ChristineAndersonDredge

Mary Jensen Smith Oldham’35, Rexburg, Jan. 26, first Idahowoman to pass the bar exam andIdaho’s first female justice of thepeace

Myra “Twit” Pfaff ’35, Nampa,March 17, longtime Namparesident

June Ramstedt ’35, Moscow,Feb. 28, former co-owner ofCreighton’s Clothing Store

Joseph Gauss ’37, Naples, Fla.,Jan. 29, retired from GeneralElectric Co.

Earl Conrad Herkenhoff ’37,Reno, Nev., March 14, retiredmining engineer

Maynard Herrmann ’37,Lewiston, Feb. 4

Waletta Morrow ’37, Boise, Jan. 7

Jack Oliver ’37, Reno, Nev.,April 11, retired insuranceexecutive

Courtney E. Stevens ’37,Bellingham, Wash., May 13,2001

D.C. Barnett ’38, Contra Costa,Calif., May 3, 2001

Bruce Bowler ’38, Boise, May 2,longtime Idaho conservationleader

Lyle R. Kauffman ’38,Peshastin, Wash., Jan. 26, retiredprincipal and teacher atPeshasitin Elementary School

Freeman Woodrow Snyder ’38,Chelsea, Mich., Dec. 24, 2001

Theo Anderson ’39, Moscow,Feb. 23

John R. Baldwin ’39, Riverside,Calif., Sept. 11, 2001

Arthur J. Petersen ’39,Kerrville, Texas, Aug. 12, 2001

Elden Westergard ’39,Springville, Utah, Dec. 24,retired high school teacher

Hans Wetter ’39, Lewiston, Jan.10, retired journalist andinsurance agent

40sDoris Anderson ’40, Moscow,Jan. 10

Kenneth H. Berkley ’40,Virginia Beach, Va., May 2,retired naval aviator, andemployed by Norfolk HealthDepartment

Glen Judge ’40, Sandpoint,retired Bonner County farmerand rancher

ReganMcKenzie toHarlan Zenner’94 and MarnieHenson Zenner

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Robert J. Lamphere ’40,Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 7, retired FBIagent

Dr. Robert J. Revelli ’40,Hayden Lake, March 7, practicedmedicine and surgery in Wallacefor 35 years.

John C. Robertson ’40,Gooding, Nov. 29, retired farmerand rancher

Kenneth T. Kormehl ’41, WestLafayette, Ind., March 9, retiredprofessor of political science atPurdue University

Lynn Dewey ’41, St. George,Utah, July 29, retiredDepartment of Indian Affairsemployee

Roy T. Honsinger ’41, Boise,Jan. 13, retired teacher

David Little ’41, Emmett, Jan.13, longtime Gem Countyrancher and agriculture leader,served six terms in the IdahoSenate

Keith Petty ’42, Palo Alto,Calif., Feb. 15, retired SanFrancisco business lawyer

Fred W. Siebe ’42, Custer,March 7

Virginia Anderson Stuiber ’42,Altadena, Calif., Oct. 30, retiredmedical technologist

Amy Knapp Dodds ’43, TwinFalls, Dec. 15

Gerald W. O’Connor ’43,Indian Head Park, Ill., Oct. 21,retired superintendent at CookCounty Forest Preserve District

Catherine C. Finlay ’43, SanDiego, Calif., March 2, 2001

Herman E. Renfrow ’43,Kendrick, Feb. 15, farmer

Elizabeth Ahrens Forslind ’44,Alta Loma, Calif., Dec. 8

James A. Glenn ’45, Boise,March 24, operated businesses inHailey and Ketchum

Florence Butler Rist ’45, Boise,Jan. 13, teacher in MountainHome and Boise

Byron W. Adams ’46, Moscow,Jan. 30, owner of plumbing andheating business

Joseph C. Barroetabena ’46,Boise, Jan. 23

Audrey Allen Wardrop ’46,Fountain Valley, Calif., Sept. 30

Helen Marie Honstead Young’46, Nampa, Jan. 10, longtimeresident of Nampa

Joel H. McCord ’47, Boise, Jan.22, retired from banking

Margaret “Peggy” Goetz ’48,Yakima, Wash., Feb. 5

Russell G. Lindstrom ’48,Rupert, Dec. 19, 2001, retiredfarmer and rancher

Clarence E. McBride ’48, Boise,April 24, 35 years in ArbonValley and Butte City schoolsystems

Donald R. McKinley ’48,Sacramento, Calif., May 7,retired teacher and Californiaeducational leader

John A. Wolfe ’48, Boise, March26, electrical engineer withHoneywell

James A. Defenbach ’49, ’55,Brownsville, Texas, April 29,former UI accounting instructor

John (Jack) Menge ’49, Lyme,N.H., Feb. 20, longtimeDartmouth Universityeconomics professor

Alba Libera Marra Rossi ’49,Cœur d’Alene, Jan. 6, taughtschool in northern Idaho formore than 40 years

Rita Walker Tamplin ’49,Huntington Beach, Calif., Oct.6, 2001

Dr. George J. Wald ’49,Jefferson City, Mo., April 11

50sJohn N. Burkhart ’50,Yellowstone, Mont., June 22,worked with Bureau of IndianAffairs

Dale J. Braucher ’50, WallaWalla, April 25

Lloyd D. Browning ’50,Pocatello, Dec. 25, worked withIdaho Bank and Trust

Cabell J. Fearn ’50, Boulder,Colo., Dec. 19

Lester M. Haagensen ’50,Columbia, Calif., August 12.

Kay Hult ’50, Moscow, Feb. 19,owned and operated a Moscowrestaurant

Wilson C. Jasper ’50, Moscow,March 11, operated a dairy andfarmed

Dorothy Kelly ’50, Gooding,Feb. 15

Winona “Nonie” Landes ’50,Spokane, Wash., Oct. 22

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Taking root at UI –four join UI Alumni Hall of Fame

By Leslie Einhaus

John D. Hunt ’59, ’61 is clear about his passions: traveling(he sported a Hawaiian style button-down dress shirt during arecent tour of campus) and the University of Idaho.

Hunt is one of four UI Alumni Hall of Fame inductees for2002.

The former head of the resource recreation and tourismdepartment is honored to be recognized by his peers,colleagues and fellow alumni. “It’s fun for me,” he says smiling.“I had a wonderful experience as a student and as a member ofthe faculty.”

What’s also fun is staying in touch with students. Oncommencement weekend 2002, Hunt hosted a graduation partyfor students in the College of Natural Resources.

When he was a UI professor, he hosted a dozen or so tree-planting parties at his home on 60 acres near Troy. Thesegatherings have been successful — socially and environmentally.He says more than 8,000 trees have been planted on hisproperty through the years.

Sharon Allen ’73 of Los Angeles has prospered as well. Sheis currently managing partner for the southern California andNevada accounting practice of Deloitte and Touche.

Allen is a member of the board of directors of the LosAngeles Area Chamber of Commerce, the United Way ofGreater Los Angeles and Town Hall. She is a member of UIPresident Bob Hoover’s Advisory Committee and co-chair ofthe National Campaign Council for The Campaign for Idaho.

Allen gives the university credit as a guiding influence; aplace to grow. “I got my bearings here,” she says.

Thomas Nicholson ’59 also says he owes much of hissuccess to the university; it has remained his cornerstone. “Ihave had a lot of good fortune and good luck,” says thelongtime contributor to the Idaho agricultural industry and co-founder of Micron. “Actually, it’s been a lot of both for me.”

Tom and his wife, Diana, are members of The Campaign forIdaho’s National Campaign Council and Steering Committee.

Upon receiving his Hall of Fame award, Nicholson smiles,“It’s wonderful to have my name associated with such talentedindividuals. But I don’t belong in such an elite group.”

Rotchford “Rotchy” L. Barker ’61 spends his retirementsaddling horses and eyeing the stock market at his ranch inCody, Wyo.

Barker is a former director and honorary life member of theChicago Board of Trade. “I had nothing to retire from …except the big city,” he says. “It never felt like ‘going to work.’ Ienjoyed every day.”

He is quick to add: “If you love what you do, then everythingelse falls into place.”

In Memory

Left to right: Thomas Nicholson, Sharon Allen and John D. Hunt

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D. David Lewis ’50, Eagle,March 12, worked for IdahoDepartment of Employment andserved as state personnel director

Lorna D. Ryset ’50, Lewiston,Feb. 18, operated a Lewistonbookstore

Elizabeth Winegardner ’50, St.David, Ariz., Aug. 15

Donald E. Cooper ’51, Pasco,Wash., May 15

Robert A. Fischer ’51, Hollis,N.H., Oct. 30

Gerald L. Miller ’51, Lewiston,May 9, an analytic chemist forPotlatch Corp.

Albert K. Smith ’51, Leadville,Colo., July 25

Herbert J. Heldt ’52, Clinton,Iowa, Feb. 19

Carol “Digby” Moens ’52,Coeur d Alene, May 6, retiredfrom Farm Home Administration

Lester C. Diehl ’53, ’65,Genesee, Jan. 31, high schoolinstructor and principal

Shirley J. Lent ’55, Bremerton,Wash., Feb. 16, singer, pianoplayer and entertainer

Joseph Ames McDonald ’55,Fenn, June 30, medical anddental data processor

John Herrett ’56, April 7

Zella Ruth Skillern Godfrey ’57,Boise, Feb. 28, retiredschoolteacher

Gerald Thorton Sweeney ’57,Milton, Wash., Feb. 9, inventor

Thomas O. Webb ’57, ’60,Idaho Falls, Aug. 8

Valerie K. Lunstrum ’58,Longmont, Colo., April 5

Orlin A. Moe ’58, Lewiston,Jan. 24, retired salesman

Emerson R. Purcell ’58,Lewiston, June 8.

Donald E. Webster ’58, Weippe,Jan. 11, retired logger, rancherand schoolteacher

Billie Furey Cannon ’59,Salmon, March 9, retired teacherand bookkeeper for familybusiness

James (Mick) Smith ’59,Spokane, Wash., Feb. 23, retiredtruck driver

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LETTERS TOTHE EDITORCamperdowniimemories

To my delight, your lastissue of “Here We HaveIdaho” featured theCamperdownii on campus.

While a student with myfour children, foster daughterand nephew, I becameenthralled with those specialtrees. My son, Ron,remembered them because heloved to study in their shadeon a hot summer day. Hefound two trees in Seattle forour landscaping projectseveral years ago and hauledthem to Montana wherewe’ve lived since 1990. Thenhe and his dad planted them.

So, count us among theowners of Camperdownii inthe Northwest. There is oneother tree in our town ofKalispell.

I wish the article had beenmore informational on howto care for trees, such aspruning, feeding, what to useto prevent disease and insectinfestation. Is it possible towrite to your horticulturist formore information?

Thank you for this

gratifying article and the newsthat a Camperdowniimemorial will be planted. UIis a special place to me andthe source of some of thehappiest days of my life!

Louise M. BiggsKalispell, Montana

UI horticulturist David Raukcontacted Ms. Biggs to assist herefforts in the care and feeding ofher Camperdownii.

Greeting fromMagic Valley!

As a 1954 UI graduate, Ienjoy the university magazine,especially pictures of thecampus. So I loved thepictures and feature on theCamperdownii elms.

When I went to theuniversity in 1950, it was thefirst time I had seen one andwas fascinated! They are justcharming. I lived at HayesHall and walked by them eachday.

When we go up tonorthern Idaho, we drivethrough the campus and it is

still beautiful. I was proud tohave two children graduatefrom the university. That way,we got up there more often. Ithas a special place in myheart.

Thanks to Judy McDonaldfor the article and greatpictures. I also enjoyed thestory on weddings at UI.

Jessie DeKlotz OlsonFiler

The eye ofthe beholder

I just received my copy ofthe current “Here We HaveIdaho,” and what a beautifulproduction it is. You folksreally out did yourselves thistime.

I really was blessed to seethe UI was making such aconcerted effort to makeNative Americans feel so “athome” on the campus andwith the programs offered.

I was also quite interestedin your little biographicalsketch of Dale Bosworth. Wewere almost contemporaries. Igraduated in 1963, and hemust have graduated in ’65-66. I was with the USFSseveral years myself.

Shalom,Br. Jim MarronPecos, New Mexico

RememberingAlf Dunn

I am saddened to hear ofthe recent passing of AlfDunn, who instructed artstudents at UI until hisretirement in 1972. I willalways appreciate the years Ispent in his watercolor classfor four hours eachWednesday afternoon — twohours painting, one hourpicking each others workapart, and one magical hourwatching his demonstrations.Paintings flowed from hisbrush, not much unlike thoseDisney lead-ins where a brushsweeps across the screen and abeautiful landscape takesform out of nothingness. Iwas always awed with hismastery of the medium.

I’d not seen Alf since hisretirement until this Februarywhen I took my wife anddaughter to Moscow to meetthe man I admired so much.The day ended with my beingable to fulfill a 29-year-olddream of owning one of hisoriginals with the purchase ofa recently completed painting.I’ll treasure it always as areminder of the man who hadsuch an important influenceon my life.

Ward Tollbom ’73Sandpoint

Thomas O. Webb ’59, IdahoFalls, Aug. 8, retired high schoolteacher and coach

60sHarold J. Morin ’60, March 7,retired science teacher

Darolene Smith Mauro ’62,Clemson, S.C. May 22

Virgil Brown ’63, Greshem,Ore., Dec. 19, worked forBearings, Inc. retiring in 1997

Doris Ethelyn Fortin Killgore’63, Riggins, March 30, retiredteacher

Joseph McElroy ‘63, July 29,accountant

Jan Colvin ’64, Santa Barbara,Calif., Jan. 24, elementary schoolteacher

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Kings and queens, bishopsand knights. This

medieval game of power hasbecome more than just agame to University of Idahopolitical science doctoralstudent Mark Anderson. Ithas become a way of life.

“Chess is a lot like life,”Anderson said. “Do you gofor the quick win, or do youplay one move at a time?”

Anderson definitely hasbeen taking things one moveat a time. This 40-year-olddoctoral student has gainedhis undergraduate degrees inbroadcast communication,economics and politicalscience, and a master’s ineducation.

Along with earning aneducation, he’s spent his lifeglued to a chessboard. Fromthe time he taught himselfchess at age eight, he hasworked his way up to the top10 percent of chess players inthe nation.

Over the years, Andersonhas spent his time teachingkids this age-old game. “I tryto be a role model for thekids,” he said. While being arole model, he also hopes toteach his students etiquette,patience and problem solving.

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“Chess is a game you don’thave to be six-foot-five and280 pounds to play. Youdon’t have to be a world classathlete to play. You can playit your whole life.”

At UI, Anderson isworking in tandem with Raúl

Sánchez, assistant to thepresident for diversity andhuman rights, to use chess asa vehicle to bring peopletogether.

“It’s a world game, and itdoesn’t matter what race,creed, color or national origin

Jan Marie Garrison ’64,Camarillo, Calif., Jan. 24

Henry Gotz ’65, Coeur d’Alene,Jan. 24, executive director ofIdaho Board of Scaling Practices

Merle LeRoy Newell ’66, ’67,Pocatello, March 5, retiredmining engineering consultant

Juliette Coleen Ryan ’66, Boise,June 9, a lawyer, prosecutingattorney, county courtcommissioner, and SuperiorCourt judge in California

Stephen W. Smith ’66, Hailey,Jan. 31, accountant and pastpresident of Idaho Society ofCertified Public Accountants

Monte K. Brackee ’67,Martinsville, Ind., May 8, amechanical engineer.

Parviz Faramarzi ’67, Boise,March 4

John C. Meyers ’67, Twin Falls,Oct. 9, operated a landscapingbusiness

Ron Warrick ’68, Spokane,Wash., Feb. 24

Kathleen (Katy) McCarthyAnderjack ’69, Lewiston, Jan. 19

Eileen Harris ’69, March 4,kindergarten teacher in Coeurd’Alene schools

70sPaul Harrington ’70, Fairfield,Wash., Feb. 22, U.S. ForestService wildlife biologist

Nick Chenoweth ’72, Orofino,April 23, lawyer, pilot, builder,teacher and community advocatein Orofino

Howard F. Bell ’74, Troy, March16, retired Navy officer

Cynthia Rae Smith ’74,Sandpoint, July 31, worked forBonner County School Districtfor 26 years

Susan M Hamilton ’75, Oct. 24

Ralph J. Paasch ’75, Wallace,May 7, a mining consultant inSilver Valley

Merle Isaac Sargent ’76,Moscow, Feb. 28, sociologist

James L. Yamamoto ’76, Boise,Jan. 18, Micron Technologyemployee

George T. White, Jr. ’77, Boise,Jan. 10, director of specialeducation services

Patrick L. Sheridan ’79, Boise,March 8

80sPeggy Mary E. Murray ’84,Marsing, Feb. 5

John Moore ’89, 91, Moscow,March 21, school counselor

90sJean Elizabeth Overholt-Emery’91, Lewiston, March 7, leaderand provider for thedevelopmentally disabled

you are. When you get on achessboard, it’s all the same.”

Until he graduates nextMay, Anderson will spend asmuch time as he can devoteto teaching kids around thePalouse the wonderful gameof chess.

One Moveat a Time

By Cindy Popich

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By Nancy Hilliard

The stardust has settledfor Zeljka Vidic, aCroatian refugee whocame to the University ofIdaho in 1998 on a tennisscholarship and in Mayfinalized a stellar career.

After helping lead theVandal women’s tennisteam to victories for fouryears, working odd jobsand earning two bachelor’sdegrees, she won theIntercollegiate TennisAssociation’s Arthur AsheSportsmanship award anda NCAA Post-GraduateScholarship Award. Theseare firsts for UI womenathletes.

Z came to Moscow after seven years ofunpredictability, she says. Her home inVukovar, Croatia had been destroyed inthe Serbian occupation, and her familybarely escaped “ethnic cleansing” byinvading Serbs.

Reluctantly, she left family behind tomake a new life. “In this small collegetown, I blossomed,” said the 23-year-old.“Your friendly people, rewards for hardwork, values for independence and thearea’s natural beauty helped heal me.”

Her “15 minutes in the spotlight”barely phased Z, who graduated on aSaturday, and by the following Monday,had begun her next pursuit as a teacher.While starting a master’s degree programin Sports and Recreation Management atUI, she teaches tennis in the physicaleducation department as well as being ateaching assistant for the department ofhealth, physical education andrecreation.

Coach South says Z will try to earnenough money for a car to get her to afew professional tournaments of herown.

“Whatever she endeavors, I believe inher ability to achieve,” says South. Z notonly survived such turbulent growing upyears, but overcame three knee surgeries,scarce resources and having to makeintermittent emergency trips home tocare for her family throughout hercollege career.

South concludes, “She doesn’t believeshe’s anything out of the ordinary, andwonders, ‘Why all the fuss?’”

Z“Z,” as she is known on campus, also

received Associated Press notoriety as aninspiring graduate for her academic andathletic accomplishments, as well ashaving rebuilt a war-torn life with anincredibly positive spirit to overcomehate. The AP article reads:

“While Sept. 11 was a new nightmare to

many of her classmates, terror and sudden

death were well known to Vidic. Practice

was canceled the day of the terrorist

attacks, and Vidic showed up the next day

wearing a big blue ribbon, Greg South

(her coach) recalled. She told her

teammates about how she had survived a

war with her humanity intact... ‘I chose

not to hate,’ South recalled Vidic saying.

“Instead, I chose to fight back for freedom

and a better life.”

Croatian RefugeeLofts BrighterFuture at UI

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2002 Soccer OutlookThe University of Idaho women’s soccer team begins a new chapter in its history with the hiring of Arby Busey as the second

head coach of the Vandal program.UI enters the 2002 season with more talent and depth than ever before, with seven of its 11 starters in 2001 returning.The Vandals posted a winning record the last three seasons, and Busey sees continued improvement.“Our expectations of ourselves are higher than they have ever been in the past,” Busey said. “We have more depth than ever

before, which should keep our training very competitive.”Jenell Miller and Kim Carey will protect the net for the Vandals in 2002. Miller split time defending the goal in 2001 and

could solidify herself as the full-time starter this season.Although the Vandals lost two starters from the backfield it should not be hard to find their replacements. “The defense is going to be a bit inexperienced, but is still a very talented group that will make up a strong and stingy defense

as the season progresses,” Busey said.Midfielder is the most experienced position on the team and senior Jennifer Kiebel was one of three Vandals to start every

game in the 2001 season. She has the ability to stay calm in big games and make the big plays to break the game open.“Kiebel is our go-to player in the midfield. She is a game breaking player who has the ability to make plays and win games,”

Busey said.Junior Emily Nelson wasn’t a surprise to opponents in 2001 and teams focused on the gifted forward. This year, she has a

talented group surrounding her.“I am really excited about this group,” Busey said. “A defense will not have the opportunity to focus on just one player. This is

a group that can work well together and all have the ability to put the ball in the back of the net.”After graduating four starters, the Vandal coaching staff brought in eight recruits who can contribute immediately.The Vandals open their season Aug. 31 at Boise State at 3 p.m. (PDT). Idaho’s home opener is Sept. 4 versus Eastern

Washington at 4 p.m. at Wicks Field.

Track and FieldProduces All-Americans

UI athletes continued their string ofimpressive performances at the NCAAOutdoor Track and Field Championshipsin June.

Joachim Olsen and Simon Stewartboth earned all-American status with theirtop-eight finishes in the shot put. It wasno surprise that Olsen, a past NCAAchampion, would battle for the nationaltitle. Stewart, on the other hand, surprisedeveryone with his third-place finish.

Stewart, who is from Sandpoint, wasseeded 12th entering the competition buthad a put of 63 feet, 11 inches to claimthird.

Their efforts propelled the Universityof Idaho to a 17th place finish overall.

Joachim Olsen

Catch the Action -Vandal Football on TV

Vandal football is on the air again thisfall with at least two games on Fox SportsNet Northwest and one on ESPNregional.

When the Vandals play Montana onOct. 5 and Middle Tennessee StateUniversity on Oct. 26 at the KibbieDome, Fox Sports Net Northwest will behandling the broadcast. Both games startat noon Pacific Time.

Idaho’s Nov. 9 game at the Universityof North Texas is part of the Sun BeltConference’s ESPN regional broadcastpackage. Kickoff for that game is 1 p.m.Pacific (3 p.m. Central).

And, there might be more. UIDirector of Athletics Mike Bohncontinues to work on expanding the FoxSports Net Northwest package. Keep aneye on the Web at http://www.uiathletics.com for updates.

Sophomore defensive end Brandon Kania (86)from Pasco, Wash., earned a starting role as a truefreshman last year. Sun Belt Conference coacheswere impressed and voted him to the league’spreseason all-conference team.

Legends’ Banquet in PortlandThe Legends’ Banquet continues its annual run this fall but it has a change of

location for the 2002 event.This year’s legends will be honored Sept. 13 — the eve of the UI-University of

Oregon football game — at the Portland Art Museum. The social begins at 5 p.m.with dinner to follow. Contact Willie Alderson at williama@uidaho.edu or 208-885-0230 for further information.

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Volleyball Thinks YoungTalk about a youth movement. The 2002 University of Idaho volleyball team is

the youngest program in the Big West this season, but there’s been plenty ofseasoning for this year’s squad.

“This is the youngest team we have had here, but it’s our most physical teamyet,” Idaho coach Debbie Buchanan said. “This team is very athletic – it’s just amatter of getting more experience and learning.”

There isn’t a senior on the team, and two of three juniors walked on the squadduring spring drills. That shouldn’t stop the Vandals from building on the gains ofthe previous two seasons, however.

Junior Anna-Marie Hammond, one of the conference’s best middle blockers,returns to the starting lineup for a third season. Sophomores Brooke Haeberle,Laura McCaffrey and Sarah Meek all were fixtures in the UI starting six in 2001.Haeberle and McCaffrey were all-Big West Conference freshman team honorees ayear ago. Classmate Mandy Becker shifts gears from defensive specialist to setterand will direct the offense this season.

That gives Buchanan five experienced, albeit young, players to complement ahost of inexperienced newcomers. The Vandals welcome 10 rookies of all varietiesthis year: two juniors, seven true freshmen and one redshirt freshman.

“We have a group of recruits that should be able to step right in,” Buchanansaid. “We think this is a class similar to last year’s – one that will be able tocontribute immediately.”

The Vandals’ schedule keeps them in the West this season. UI playstournaments at Oregon State and Northern Arizona to open the season. Idaho alsotravels to Gonzaga, before the Vandals host Boise State, Washington State andMontana in non-conference action. The Big West once again will feature home-and-home series among all 10 teams for an 18-match league slate.

Football ScheduleAug. 31 at Boise State 5:05 p.m.Sept. 7 at Washington State 2 p.m.Sept. 14 at Oregon 12:30 p.m.Sept. 21 San Diego State 2 p.m.Sept. 28 at Washington 12:30 p.m.Oct. 5 Montana 12:05 p.m.Oct. 12 at Louisiana-Monroe * 4 p.m.Oct. 26 Middle Tennessee * 12:05 p.m.Nov. 2 at Louisiana-Lafayette * 2 p.m.Nov. 9 at North Texas * 1:05 p.m.Nov. 16 Arkansas State * 2 p.m.Nov. 23 New Mexico State * 2 p.m.All times Pacific and subject to change* Indicates Sun Belt Conference GameHome games played in the Kibbie Dome

Soccer ScheduleAug. 31 at Boise State 1 p.m.Sept. 4 Eastern Washington 4 p.m.Sept. 8 at Washington State 12 p.m.Sept.13 at University of Iowa 5 p.m.Sept. 15 at Depaul 11 a.m.Sept. 20 at Sacramento State 3 p.m.Sept. 22 at San Francisco 1 p.m.Sept. 27 San Jose State 3 p.m.Sept. 29 Idaho State 1 p.m.Oct. 4 *UC Irvine 3 p.m.Oct. 6 *Long Beach State 1 p.m.Oct. 11 *at Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.Oct. 13 *at UC Riverside 1 p.m.Oct. 18 *Cal Poly 2 p.m.Oct. 20 *UC Santa Barbara 1 p.m.Oct. 25 *at Cal State Northridge 2 p.m.Oct. 27 *at Pacific 12 p.m.Oct. 31 Gonzaga 1 p.m.Nov. 3 *Utah State 12 p.m.All times Pacific and subject to change*Indicates Big West Conference Game

Volleyball ScheduleAug. 30 at Oregon State (OSU Tournament) 7 p.m.Aug. 31 vs. Missouri (OSU Tournament) 10 a.m.Aug. 31 vs. Idaho State (OSU Tournament) 5:30 p.m.Sept. 6 at Northern Arizona 7:30 p.m.

(Fiesta Bowl Tournament)Sept. 7 vs. Santa Clara 9:30 a.m.

(Fiesta Bowl Tournament)Sept. 7 vs. Eastern Illinois 5 p.m.

(Fiesta Bowl Tournament)Sept. 13 at Gonzaga 7 p.m.Sept. 18 *UC Irvine 7 p.m.Sept. 19 *Long Beach State 7 p.m.Sept. 24 Boise State 7 p.m.Sept. 28 *Utah State 7 p.m.Oct. 4 *at Cal Poly 7 p.m.Oct. 5 *at UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m.Oct. 8 Washington State 7 p.m.Oct. 10 *Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.Oct. 12 *UC Riverside 7 p.m.Oct. 17 *at Cal State Northridge 7 p.m.Oct. 19 *at Pacific .7 p.m.Oct. 22 Montana 7 p.m.Oct. 26 *at Utah State 6 p.m.Oct. 31 *UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m.Nov. 2 *Cal Poly 7 p.m.Nov. 8 *at UC Riverside 7 p.m.Nov. 9 *at Cal State Fullerton 7 p.m.Nov. 14 *Pacific 7 p.m.Nov. 16 *Cal State Northridge 7 p.m.Nov. 22 *at UC Irvine 7 p.m.Nov. 23 *at Long Beach State 7:30 p.m.All times Pacific and subject to change*Indicates Big West Conference GameHome games played in Memorial Gym

Where the Vandals were solid lastseason was on offense. They finished sixthnationally in total offense with 464.82yards per game and fourth in passingoffense at 347.82.

The problems, though, were clearly ondefense where they were 110th in totaldefense and 115th in scoring defense.

Special teams haunted the Vandalsroutinely with missed field goals, shortkickoffs and a punt-return average thatwound up 107th in the final nationalrankings.

Cable said the 2002 Vandals haveshown the fortitude that can change theirfortunes.

“This group has proven to me they canhandle the adversity,” he said. “We canlearn from it and get better and grow fromit and make up our mind that’s not whowe’re going to be.

“If any group can come back from 1-10and turn it around, this is the group thatcan do it. Not just coming back andfeeling good about ourselves but comingall the way back to where we can competefor the championship.”

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Tom Cable knows one thing — theUniversity of Idaho football team hasnowhere to go but up. That’s where heand his revamped staff plan to take theVandals in 2002.

“It’s a big year for us because this is theyear we come back,” Cable said. “It’s theyear we get back on our feet.

“Our goals haven’t changed. We wantto win the championship. We want to goout and try to win every game. But, wehave a long way to go.”

2001 opened with a loss to eventualSun Bowl champion Washington Stateand ended with a double-overtime setbackat Division I-AA national championMontana. In between, there was onlyone win blended with a number of nearmisses — often times with the Vandalsbreaking down on special teams or defensein crucial situations.

Cable believes a cure is in the makingwith the hiring of Ed Lamb as defensivecoordinator, George Booker as defensiveline coach, and Gary Coston as specialteams coordinator.

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By Tim Rhodes

September 11 was a shocking eventfor everyone in this country. Idahoansfelt much of the pain and sadness despitebeing thousands of miles away from“Ground Zero.” A handful of Idahoans,although shaken by the events of 9-11,were not surprised by the tragedy. Since1997, a concentrated effort by local, stateand federal public officials had beenplanning for the potential use of aweapon of mass destruction (WMD)within Idaho.

This group was formed to focuson potential acts of terrorismspecifically within Ada County.Local, state and federal lawenforcement, emergency responders,and public health representativesmade up the committee to address thequestion, “What do we do if terrorismstrikes Ada County?”

The question, while narrowinitially, broadened to address thepotential usage of WMD such asnuclear, chemical and biologicalagents. The committee studied indetail a number of terrorist attacks thathad occurred both domestically andinternationally. The committee foundfrom the 1996 Tokyo subway systemnerve agent attack that a variety ofeveryday chemicals could be lethalwhen deployed by a would-be terrorist.The group also learned from studyingthe 1984 Bhagwan Shree Rajneeshdeployment of salmonella in The Dalles,Ore., that biological agents also are ofconcern. Conventional explosives andnuclear weapons also were examined.

The result of this two-year effort wasthe completion of a comprehensiveterrorism response plan for localemergency responders that was eyed bymany within neighboring counties andstates as impressive and detailed.

What the committee lacked was inputand experience from private industry andacademia. In retrospect, the committee,which went on to form part of astatewide terrorism planning task force,lacked the experience and research fromuniversity professors with years ofstudying terrorism and terrorist groups,

both domestic and international. Privateindustry was not involved to explore newtechnology or ideas that could haveresulted in valuable contributions.

Idaho now has the opportunity toleverage the experience within ouruniversity system and within our privateindustry to combat terrorism. Idaho

companies, such as BioMatrix Solutionsand Trigeo, are on the forefront ofdealing with national security issues suchas cyberterrorism and biologicalterrorism. Professors Rand Lewis fromUI and Sean Anderson from Idaho StateUniversity are leading the charge offorming public-private partnerships todevelop new policies and technology to

address acts of terrorism in the U.S.A handful of other

companies exist in Idahothat are moving to supportlocal, state and federalterrorism response, andnational security issues.However, most can benefitfrom increased relationshipswith Idaho universities. UI isuniquely positioned tobecome the leader in servingIdaho’s war against terrorism.From the research and workperformed within the MartinInstitute for Peace Studies tothe engineering and biologicallabs, UI has the experienceand leadership to boost theanti-terrorism efforts in thiscountry. I am proud that UIhas taken on this role and onlysee this role increasing asothers take notice of the

actions and work coming fromthe school.

Tim Rhodes is the former chairman of the AdaCounty Terrorism Task Force and currently servesas CEO of Provizio, a Boise-based privatecompetitive intelligence firm.

UI is uniquelypositioned to become

the leader in servingIdaho’s war against

terrorism.

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