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HOPE COLLEGEnews from

Toward Tomorrow’s HopeThe Legacies: A Vision of Hopecapital campaign will affectevery program and every studentin helping to assure Hope’s placeas one of the nation’s leadingChristian liberal arts colleges.

For more about the $85 millionfundraising effort, the largest inthe college’s history, please seepages nine through 12.

We share this season of joy with you,our faithful alumni and friends. Even as we celebrate the birth of Jesusthe Christ child, we acknowledge withgratitude God’s grace and goodness inour lives. May the hopes and promisesof Christmas be yours in rich abundance.

— Jim and Martie Bultman

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Campus Notes

“Quote, unquote”

Quote, unquote is aneclectic sampling ofthings said at and aboutHope College.

This year’s Critical Issues Symposium,held on Tuesday–Wednesday, Oct. 3–4,examined a variety of issues related to theInternet’s growing influence. The presenta-tions included the address “Three TroublingQuestions about the Internet,” by Dr. JamesA. Herrick of the communication faculty.

While he praised the good that has comefrom the Internet, Dr. Herrick encouraged hisaudience to consider the following: “AreChristians today, in our individual and cor-porate infatuation with the Internet, runningthe risk of rendering to Caesar the things thatare God’s?”; “Can the Internet enhance thedevelopment of Christian community, fosterChristian fellowship, and promote spiritualgrowth?”; and “What about a Christianconcern to care for people and to expose thereality of temptation?”

Excerpts follow from his discussion of thefirst question. More about the symposiumcan be found on page six.

“The Internet, like all of our economicand governmental systems, is one of the‘systems of the world’ the Apostle Paultalks about in the first few verses of thesecond chapter of Ephesians...

“As Christians, we should approachsuch systems with great caution. Paulsays that our lives are not to ‘be in line’with these systems.

“I take it he means that, though wemay need to acknowledge their presenceand even have some involvement withthem ourselves, we do not take our bear-ings from these systems of the presentworldly order of things which, he says,are under enemy control. We are not to

adopt their values as our own, not toorder our lives according to their priori-ties. Rather we should be careful to takeour bearings from the truth as we know itin Jesus Christ...

“What is it we are watching out forhere in a system of the world? Here aresome examples: If the system is driven byprofit and promotes covetousness, realizethat the Kingdom of God is driven bygrace and promotes selflessness. If thesystem promotes anonymity and under-mines personal accountability, realizethat the Kingdom of God redeems andcelebrates personal identity and insists onpersonal accountability. If a system pro-motes the physical separation of personsor makes physical proximity irrelevant tocommunity, recognize that the Kingdomof God is built on something called thechurch, a global community made up oflocal communities of people in face–to–face contact with one another...

“‘Render unto Caesar the things thatare Caesar’s, and to God the things thatare God’s.’ What is due to God? Here is ashort list. Our worship. Our love. Ourresources. Our relationships. Ourthoughts. Our time. When we recognizethat these things are being adverselyaffected by a system of the world, weneed to pause and ask whether we mightnot be rendering to Caesar the things thatare God’s.

“For many of us, our devotion to theInternet and all related paraphernalia––games, entertainment sites, chat rooms,etc.––reflects that we may be uncon-sciously operating by the rules of a worldsystem that would like our time, ourthoughts and our resources... Most of usneed to ask ourselves some hard ques-tions about how such use of personal timeis affecting human relationships, our rela-tionship with God, our sense of callingand the development of our abilities.”

HOPE COLLEGEnews from

Volume 32, No. 3 December 2000

Volume 32, No. 3 December 2000Published for Alumni, Friends andParents of Hope College by the Office ofPublic Relations. Should you receivemore than one copy, please pass it on tosomeone in your community. An overlapof Hope College constituencies makesduplication sometimes unavoidable.

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Notice of NondiscriminationHope College is committed to the concept ofequal rights, equal opportunities and equalprotection under the law. Hope College admitsstudents of any race, color, national and ethnicorigin, sex, creed or disability to all the rights,privileges, programs and activities generallyaccorded or made available to students atHope College, including the administration ofits educational policies, admission policies,and athletic and other school-administeredprograms. With regard to employment, theCollege complies with all legal requirementsprohibiting discrimination in employment.

On the cover

The event preceded the holidays, but soprano Crystal Stabenow’s performance during theannual “Collage Concert” on Thursday, Oct. 12, with the stained glass windows ofDimnent Memorial Chapel in the background, made a fitting image for this year’sChristmas cover. Stabenow is a sophomore from Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Below is a striking three–dimensional rendering of the planned science center expansion.The view is of the building’s northwest entrance, at Graves Place (11th Street) near thewestern edge of VanderWerf Hall.

With Christmas withinreaching distance,October 31 seems likethe far past, but at Hopethe date anticipated theseason of giving.

In an event that is developing into a tra-dition, nine residence halls opened theirdoors to young trick–or–treaters onHalloween night. Hundreds of Hope stu-dents gave out candy to the horde of localchildren––toddlers to teens––who traveleddoor–to–door in the halls.

For the children, the campus providesan extremely high–yield candy–gatheringexperience, with each door only a fewsteps away from the other. AlthoughHalloween night this year was mild, theindoor venue also provides families with aclimate–controlled option when the

weather is unfriendly.The night also proves entertaining.

Many Hope students were dressed incostume while distributing their treats,and some decorated their halls according-ly. In Dykstra, entire clusters workedtogether to turn their lounges into elabo-rately crafted “haunted houses” for theiryoung visitors.

In addition to Dykstra, the participatinghalls were College East, Cook, Durfee,Gilmore, Kollen, Lichty, Phelps and VanVleck. On the Saturday before Halloween,in another nascent tradition, VoorheesHall hosted its ninth annual “HauntedHall” for visitors 13 and older.

The Hope students donated much ofthe candy distributed on Halloween night.Local organizations also contributingcandy for the event included A.D. Bos Co.,Holland Peanut Store and LifesaversCompany, in addition to the Kletz snackbar and the Office of Student Developmentat Hope.

Students host area children

A total of nine Hope residence halls opened their doors to young trick–or–treaterson Halloween, and hundreds of Hope students distributed candy to a horde of cos-tumed kids. Pictured are sophomores Kjersti Teachman of Stewartstown, Pa., andMeredith Bulkeley of Galesburg, Ill.

RETIREMENT NOTE: Provost Dr.Jacob E. Nyenhuis will retire in June, con-cluding more than a quarter century ofservice to the college.

Dr. Nyenhuis announced his retirementon Tuesday, Nov. 28, during the Novembermeeting of the Hope faculty. Following hisremarks, the faculty paid tribute to him witha standing ovation.

Dr. Nyenhuis, 65,who is also a profes-sor of classics, joinedthe Hope faculty in1975 as dean forhumanities. He wasappointed dean forarts and humanities in1978, and provost in1984.

A feature story abouthim will appear in the February issue of newsfrom Hope College.

SIGN–UP LINE–UP: Each year, about 10percent of the Hope student body partici-pates in spring break mission trips.

The sign–ups take place in the fall. Earlyin the morning. At 6:30 in the morning.

Many participants are so eager to landspots on the trips that they are not onlywilling to show up at 6:30 a.m., but camp outin the Maas Center lobby the night before toland a choice spot in line––and thus the mostoptions in choosing a trip.

The Campus Ministries program is coor-dinating 21 spring break mission trips thisyear (an increase from last year to accommo-date more students), throughout the UnitedStates as well as abroad. Working in teams of15 each, the participating students will takepart in projects ranging from helping build aschool in Belize, to working in a soup kitchenin Washington, D.C., to home–repair work inrural Appalachia.

GIVING OPTIONS: Hope College cannow accept credit cards as a gift–givingmethod for charitable gifts to the college. OnMonday, Nov. 13, Hope began acceptingDiscover Card, MasterCard and Visa for giftsto the college from alumni, parents andfriends of the college.

Those interested in making a gift to thecollege via credit card should please contactCarrie Borchers Baumann, assistant directorof the Annual Fund. She may be reached at(616) 395–7796 or Baumann@hope.edu

Other methods of giving include electron-ic funds transfer through the college’s EZGiving program, transfers of stocks and secu-rities, and personal checks.

CONFERENCE CENTER: Scholars,researchers and other professionals fromaround the world gathered in West Michiganfor major conferences either held at Hope orco–sponsored by Hope this fall.

The events included conferences inbiology, chemistry, medievalism and psy-chology, the latter three at the Haworth Innand Conference Center.

The Seventh International Conference onMechanisms of Antimutagenesis andAnticarcinogenesis (ICMAA), co–sponsoredby Hope, was held at the Amway GrandPlaza hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich., onSaturday–Wednesday, Sept. 23–27. TheFifteenth International Conference onMedievalism was held on campus onThursday–Saturday, Sept. 28–30. The secondannual Symposium on Analytical Chemistrywas held on campus on Friday, Oct. 6. Theconference “Positive Psychology:Alternatives to Materialism” was scheduledto run Friday–Sunday, Dec. 8–10.

The ICMAA was attended by more than200 scientists from around the world. Theconference focused on mutation and cancerprevention, which is aimed at either pre-venting the genetic effects associated withthe occurrence of disease or at reversingdisease once it has started. Issues rangedfrom DNA damage and repair, to theimpact of diet, to recent advances using lab-oratory and human studies.

The Fifteenth International Conferenceon Medievalism featured papers on allaspects of medievalism, which explores theMiddle Ages as a construction in Westernculture since the era ended in approximate-ly 1500 A.D. Medievalism was firstidentified as a subject for academic inquiryby Leslie J. Workman, an independentscholar now based at Hope. (Excerpts fromone of the addresses will be featured in the“Quote, unquote” column of the Februaryissue of news from Hope College.)

The second annual Symposium onAnalytical Chemistry focused on analyticalchemistry in pharmaceutical process devel-opment. Approximately 100 attended. Thesymposium is part of the Hope CollegeChemistry Distinguished ScholarsProgram, which is funded through a grantfrom Pfizer Global Research andDevelopment.

“Positive Psychology: Alternatives toMaterialism” is examining the issue ofresource consumption and its effects onsociety, particularly the way that increasedconsumption can lead to materialism.Approximately 30 internationally–knownpsychologists are scheduled to attend theevent.

POOLED KNOWLEDGE: Some 20 legalprofessionals, 19 of them alumni, met oncampus with Hope pre–law students for theconference “Law as Vocation: IntegratingPolitics, Values and Ethics in the LegalProfession” on Thursday, Sept. 28.

The conference was organized by Dr.David Ryden, who is an associate professor ofpolitical science, a Towsley Research Scholarand a pre–law advisor at Hope. The eventwas designed to give the professionals anopportunity to explore the topic together; toinvolve the students in the discussion andgive them a chance to learn from the profes-sionals’ experiences generally; and to getsuggestions from the professionals concern-ing how the college’s pre–law program canbetter prepare students.

The event included a panel presentation,dinner and small–group discussions. Theparticipants examined issues such as theirreasons for pursuing a career in law, the mostsignificant challenges the professionals havefaced in their legal careers, and how the pro-fessionals’ faith and values/ethicalframeworks affect their practice of law. Theconference also generated thoughts for howthe professionals could work with Hopepre–law students beyond the evening.

“It was a real success,” Dr. Ryden said ofthe conference. “For 20 lawyers and a dozenstudents to make that time commitment wassomething in and of itself.”

“There was a clear enthusiasm on the partof Hope alumni to offer hands–on assistance,training and mentoring for Hope studentsheaded toward legal careers,” he said. “Thebrainstorming on how best to link up localattorneys and pre–law students generated anumber of great ideas.”

The alumni participants were: Jeff Beswick

’84, Dirk Bloemendaal Jr. ’76, James Boerigter’82, Calvin Bosman ’59, Brion Brooks ’80,Chadwick Busk ’74, Joseph Doele ’84, JulieNorman ’94 Dykstra, John Grant ’73, KenHoesch ’75, Bill Hondorp ’71, Todd Knecht’77, David Kortering ’88, Timothy Miner ’65,Wes Nykamp ’63, Dan Parmeter Jr. ’92, JonSchrotenboer ’78, Jane Vandervelde ’74, CarlVerBeek ’59 and David Zessin ’78. The otherparticipating attorney was Sunmee Jo, a grad-uate of Calvin College.

The conference was supported through agrant from the Lilly Endowment as part of itsPrograms for the Theological Exploration ofVocation.

H–CLUB AWARD: The alumni H–Clubat Hope presented its “Hope for HumanityAward” to Dr. Dick H. Nieusma Jr. ’52 ofKentwood, Mich., on Saturday, Sept. 23.

The award, first presented in 1990, recog-nizes Hope athletic alumni for service toothers, transformation of Christian valuesand consistency of commitment. The H–Clubconsists of Hope alumni who were athleticletter winners and other honorary letterwinners as approved by the H–Club’s Boardof Directors. The group recognized Dr.Nieusma during its annual Homecoming lun-cheon.

Dr. Nieusma is retired from a career as adentist that included spending more than twodecades of missionary work in South Korea.He subsequently taught in dental schools inthe United States, and continues to includecharity dental work among his other volun-teer activities.

Faculty Kudos

Campus Notes

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Now it’s official.

The college’s new studio organ,installed during the summer, wascelebrated with a “Ceremony ofDedication” on Friday, Oct. 6. While theorgan and its home were built withteaching and research in mind, anaudience of approximately 40 wassqueezed into the space to hear remarksand a brief concert designed todemonstrate the instrument’s range.

“I feel right now like the luckiestorganist alive,” said Dr. Huw Lewis, aprofessor of music and college organist.

Dr. Lewis especially praised theinstrument for the substantial differencethat it has already made to the college’sorgan students.

“It’s changed the lives of the studentshere,” he said. “I know it’s inspired themto achieve higher things.”

He also noted, however, that having, ina studio of his own, an outstanding organon which to practice has had an equallysignificant impact on his work as a scholarand artist. And, he said, the instrument issimply a joy in its own right.

“Because the instrument is such abeautiful thing to behold and hear, it hasgiven me a new lease on life,” he said.

The organ was made possible througha gift to the college from Gerrit Hospers

‘49 of Ontario Center, N.Y. The instrumentwas built in England by J.W. Walker &Sons of Brandon, Suffolk.

Those making remarks during theceremony included Robert Pennells, chairof the board of J.W. Walker & Sons, and

David Wilson, tonal director with thecompany. The technical details of theorgan were determined by Pennells’s sonAndrew, who died in October of 1999 oflung cancer. Hope’s instrument was hislast organ.

A dedication ceremony in October celebrated the completion of the studioorgan in Nykerk Hall of Music––and presented a unique opportunity to experi-ence in concert an instrument that will sing primarily in rehearsal. Dr. HuwLewis of the music faculty discussed the organ project with the audience andthen presented a recital including work by J.S. Bach, Louis Vierne andCharles–Marie Widor.

(See “Campus Notes” on page 15.)

Performance marks dedication

Interim dean namedThe Rev. Dr. Timothy

Brown ’73 of Holland hasbeen appointed interimdean of the chapel at Hope.

Dr. Brown, who is a member of the facultyat Western Theological Seminary, will servein the role during the spring semester. Thecurrent dean, the Rev. Ben Patterson, isleaving Hope to assume responsibilities atWestmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif.Hope is in the process of conducting anational search for his successor.

“We think that Tim Brown is a greatchoice for this interim assignment,” saidPresident James Bultman ’63. “As analumnus, member of the Board of Trusteesand a part–time faculty member, Tim knowsour institution and students well. We’revery grateful to the seminary for allowing usto have him on a part–time basis during hisplanned spring sabbatical from Western.”

In addition, during the interim periodadditional responsibilities will be assumedby the Rev. Paul Boersma ’82, a chaplain atHope since 1994. “We are pleased that we’llhave a person of Paul’s caliber to assumemore responsibility during this time of tran-sition,” Bultman said.

Dr. Brown is the Henry Bast Professor ofPreaching at Western Theological Seminary.He joined the seminary faculty in 1995.

From 1983 to 1995, he was pastor of

Christ Memorial Church in Holland. He hasalso served the First Reformed Church ofSouth Holland, Ill., from 1970 to 1983, andFellowship Reformed Church inHudsonville from 1976 to 1980.

He delivered Hope’s Baccalaureatesermon in 1992. He has written several arti-cles for The Church Herald, The ReformedReview and Perspectives magazine.

He holds an M.Div. and a D.Min. fromWestern Theological Seminary.

His wife is Nancy Johnson ’71 Brown.They have three children, all of whomattended Hope: Sarah ’96, Jonathan ’99 andRebekah ’00.

The Rev. Dr. Timothy Brown ’73

Dr. Jacob E. Nyenhuis

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Events

Spring Semester ’01Jan. 7, Sunday––Residence halls open, noonJan. 8, Monday––Registration for new students, Maas Center

auditorium, 3:30–4:30 p.m.Jan. 9, Tuesday––Classes begin, 8 a.m.Feb. 9, Friday––Winter Recess begins, 6 p.m.Feb. 14, Wednesday––Winter Recess ends, 8 a.m.March 16, Friday––Spring Recess begins, 8 a.m.March 26, Monday––Spring Recess ends, 8 a.m.April 13, Friday––Good Friday. Classes not in session, but

not an official holidayApril 26, Thursday––Honors Convocation, Dimnent

Memorial Chapel, 7 p.m.April 27, Friday––Spring Festival; classes dismissed at 1 p.m.April 30–May 4, Monday–Friday––Semester ExaminationsMay 4, Friday––Residence halls close for those not partici-

pating in Commencement, 5 p.m.May 5, Saturday––Alumni DayMay 6, Sunday––Baccalaureate and Commencement; resi-

dence halls close for graduating seniors, 7 p.m.May Term ’01––May 7–June 1June Term ’01––June 4–29Summer Session ’01––July 2–27Summer Seminars ’01––July 30–Aug. 3

Campus Visits: The Admissions Office is open from 8a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. until noon onSaturdays. Tours and admissions interviews are availableduring the summer as well as the school year.Appointments are recommended.Visitation Days offer specific programs for prospectivestudents, including transfers and high school juniors andseniors. The programs show students and their parents atypical day in the life of a Hope student. The dates for2000–01 are as follows:

Monday, Jan. 15 Friday, Feb. 16Friday, Feb. 2 Friday, March 2

Junior Days: Friday, March 30; Friday, April 20Senior Day: Saturday, April 21 (for admitted students)Pre–Professional Day: May, TBA (for juniors)

For further information about any Admissions Office event,please call (616) 395–7850, or toll free 1–800–968–7850 orwrite: Hope College Admissions Office; 69 E. 10th St.; PO Box9000; Holland, MI; 49422–9000.

InSync Dance Theatre––Friday–Saturday, Jan. 26–27Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.Tickets are $6 for regular adult admission and $4 forstudents and senior citizens, and will be available at thedoor. Admission is free for children under 12.

Dance 27––Thursday–Saturday, March 8–10DeWitt Center main theatre, 8 p.m.Tickets are $6 for regular adult admission and $4 forstudents and senior citizens, and will be availableapproximately two weeks before the concert opens.

Contemporary Motions––Friday–Saturday, April 6–7Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.Tickets are $6 for regular adult admission and $4 forstudents and senior citizens, and will be available at thedoor. Admission is free for children under 12.

Spring Student Dance Concert––Tuesday–Wednesday,April 24–25

Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.Admission is free.

Aerial Dance Theater––May TBAKnickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.Tickets are $6 for regular adult admission and $4 forstudents and senior citizens, and will be available at thedoor. Admission is free for children under 12.

Cecchetti International Ballet Summer Dance Workshop––Saturday, July 14

Knickerbocker Theatre, 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.Admission is free.

Regional EventsVarious Locations Nationwide––Saturday, Jan. 20

A gathering with Hope and Calvin alumni andfriends to watch the Hope–Calvin men’s basketballgame on a big–screen television. The game starts at 3p.m. Eastern Time. A postcard with details will besent to the areas hosting a satellite party.

Grand Rapids, Mich.––Tuesday, Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.A performance of Show Boat at DeVos Hall.

Grand Rapids, Mich.––Thursday, April 19, noonA luncheon at Duba’s Restaurant, 420 E. Beltline Ave.NE. Advance registration is requested.

Winter Happening––Saturday, Jan. 27Alumni Weekend––Friday–Sunday, May 4–6

Includes reunions for every fifth class from ’36 through ’81.Community Day––Saturday, Sept. 15Homecoming Weekend––Friday–Sunday, Oct. 12–14

Includes reunions for 1986, 1991 and 1996.

For additional information concerning alumni events, please callthe Office of Public and Alumni Relations at (616) 395–7860.

Thursday, Feb. 22: Van Jordan and Allison Joseph;Knickerbocker Theatre, 7 p.m.; in conjunction with BlackHistory Month and Women’s WeekMonday, March 12: “Behind the Broken Words,” featuringRoscoe Lee Browne and Anthony Zerbe, KnickerbockerTheatre, 8 p.m.; in conjunction with the Great PerformanceSeries. Tickets will be on sale on Wednesday–Friday, March7–9, and Monday, March 12, in the DeWitt Center ticketoffice, and are $12.50 for regular adult admission, $10.50 forsenior citizens and $6.50 for students. For more information,call (616) 395–6996.Wednesday, April 18: Evelina Galang and Dana Levin;Knickerbocker Theatre, 7 p.m.

Live music by the Hope College Jazz Chamber Ensemble willprecede the reading beginning at 6:30 p.m. except on Monday,March 12. Admission is free except as noted for Monday, March12. For more information or to be placed on the series’s mailinglist, please call the department of English at (616) 395–7620.

Musical Showcase––Monday, April 9, 8 p.m.Honors Convocation––Thursday, April 26, 7 p.m.Baccalaureate and Commencement––Sunday, May 6

Dordt College Concert––Thursday, Jan. 11: DimnentMemorial Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.Senior Recital—Saturday, Jan. 13: Jeannette Johnson ofDavisburg, Mich., piano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 2 p.m.Admission is free.AGO Concert––Tuesday, Jan. 23: Peter Stoltzf, organ,Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Concerto Aria Concert––Friday, Jan. 26: Dimnent MemorialChapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Jan. 28: Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.Artist Piano Series––Friday, Feb. 2: David Gross, DimnentMemorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door,and cost $5 for adults and $3 for students. Admission is freefor Hope students with a current student ID.Intercollegiate Honors Band Concert––Saturday, Feb. 3:Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Faculty Recital––Sunday, Feb. 4: Richard Piippo, cello,Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 4 p.m. Admission is free.Great Performance Series––Tuesday, Feb. 6: QuartettoGelato, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Tickets will go onsale on Sunday, Feb. 4, in the DeWitt Center ticket office, andare $12.50 for regular adult admission, $10.50 for senior citi-zens and $6.50 for students. For more information, call (616)395–6996.Junior Recital––Thursday, Feb. 8: Heidi Osmundson ofAdams, Minn., flute, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall ofMusic, 6 p.m. Admission is free.Jazz Ensembles Concert––Thursday, Feb. 8: DimnentMemorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Thursday, Feb. 15: Sarah Herman ofSylvania, Ohio, piano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 6 p.m.Admission is free.Junior Recital––Friday, Feb. 16: Jeremy Lydic of Eldridge,Iowa, baritone, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music,6 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Friday, Feb. 16: Lauren Kruse of Holland,Mich., viola, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8p.m. Admission is free.Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Feb. 18: Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.Wind Symphony Concert––Tuesday, Feb. 20: DimnentMemorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Symphonette Concert––Friday, Feb. 23: Dimnent MemorialChapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Opera Workshop Concert––Tuesday, Feb. 27: WichersAuditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8 p.m. Admission isfree.Junior Recital––Thursday, March 1: Jennifer Walvoord ofHolland, Mich., violin, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall ofMusic, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Friday, March 2: Piper Spratt of Kalamazoo,Mich., piano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 6 p.m. Admissionis free.Junior Recital––Saturday, March 3: Melissa Kuchek ofHolland, Mich., soprano, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hallof Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Saturday, March 3: Christopher Meyer ofHolland, Mich., cello, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall ofMusic, 6 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Wednesday, March 7: Susan DeKam ofCaledonia, Mich., piano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.Admission is free.Orchestra Concert––Friday, March 9: Dimnent MemorialChapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, March 11: WichersAuditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission isfree.Chapel Choir Home Concert––Wednesday, March 14:Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Symphonette Concert––Friday, March 30: DimnentMemorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Friday, April 6: Sarah Proulx of Ionia, Mich.,soprano, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 6p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Friday, April 6: Hilary Peterson ofJacksonville, Ill., violin, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hallof Music, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Junior Recital––Saturday, April 7: Jessica Schulte ofClarkston, Mich., flute, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hallof Music, 6 p.m. Admission is free.

Admissions

Music

Visiting Writers Series

The Great Performance Series will feature QuartettoGelato on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 8 p.m.

Alumni and Friends

Dance

Traditional Events

Academic Calendar

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Christmas Vespers

Work by Billy Mayer––Saturday, Jan. 13–Friday, Feb. 9Work executed by Professor Mayer of the Hope artfaculty during his recent sabbatical.

Work by Katherine Kadish and Jackie Bartley––Monday,Feb. 19–Friday, March 23Visual artist Katherine Kadish and poet Jackie Bartleyof the Hope English faculty exhibit independent butcomplementary work in a series titled “Patterns.”

“Senior Show”––Friday, April 6–Sunday, May 6Work by graduating seniors.

The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Rimers of Eldritch––Friday–Saturday, Feb. 16–17;Wednesday–Saturday, Feb. 21–24

Location TBA, 8 p.m.A Midsummer Night’s Dream––Friday–Saturday, April20–21; Wednesday–Saturday, April 25–28

DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.

Tickets for Hope College Theatre productions are $7 for regularadult admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for seniorcitizens and students, and will be available approximately twoweeks before the production opens. The ticket office is openMonday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdayfrom noon to 5 p.m., and may be called at (616) 395–7890.

Updates on events, news and athletics at Hope may beobtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395–7888.

Hope College TheatreDe Pree Gallery Instant Information

Catch audio coverage of Flying Dutchmenbasketball in the MIAA via the World WideWeb. The fastest link is through the Hope

College website: www.hope.edu/pr/athletics

The official site for Flying Dutch andFlying Dutchmen athletics

Bring a beloved Hope tradition home for the holidaysby enjoying Christmas Vespers on one of the radio and

PBS stations that will feature the service this year. Contact the station in your area for the day and time.

ARIZONADixon’s Mills––WMBV–FMYuma––KCFY–FM

ARKANSASLittle Rock––KAAY–AM

CONNECTICUTMiddletown––WIHS–FM

FLORIDATallahassee––WCVC–AM

INDIANAGary––WGVE–FM

IOWAMason City––KCMR–FMShenandoah––KYFR–AMSioux Center––KSOU AM/FMSioux Center––KDCR–FMSpencer––KICD–AM

LOUSIANANew Orleans––WSHO–AM

KENTUCKYHopkinsville––WNKJ–FM

MICHIGANAnn Arbor––

WUOM/WVGR/WFUM–FMBad Axe––WLEW–AMBenton Harbor––WSJM–AMDowagiac––WVHQ–FMEscanaba––WDBC–AMEscanaba––WCHT–AMGrand Rapids––WFUR–FMHillsdale––WCSR AM/FM

Holland––WHTC–AMWednesday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m.; Friday,Dec. 22, 6 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 23, 3 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m.

Holland––WJQ–AMSunday, Dec. 24, 9 p.m.

Ironwood––WUPM–FM/WHRY–AMMarquette––WNMU–FMPort Huron––WPHM–AMTwin Lake––WBLV–FMWhite Lake––WBLD–FMZeeland––WGNB–FM

Monday, Dec. 18, 4 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 24, 4 pm.

MINNESOTABlue Earth––KJLY–FMWorthington––KWOA–AM/FM

NEBRASKAOmaha––KCRO–AM

NEW JERSEYZarephath––WAWZ–FM

NEW YORKSyracuse––WMHR–FMDunkirk––WDOE–AM

NORTH CAROLINAMooresville––WHIP–AM

OHIOSpringfield––WEEC–FMZanesville––WCVA–FM

OKLAHOMAAltus––KKVO–FM

PENNSYLVANIAWellsboro––WLIH–FM

SOUTH DAKOTAYankton––WNAX–AM

TENNESSEEBluff City––WHCB–FMChattanooga––WFLI–AM

VERMONTRutland—WFTF-FM

WASHINGTONSeattle––KNHC–FM

WEST VIRGINIAHuntington––WEMM–FM

WISCONSINWaupun––WMRH–AM

TELEVISION

PBS stations WGVU–TV 35 of Grand Rapids, Mich., and WGVK–TV52 of Kalamazoo, Mich., will be carrying the 2000 Christmas Vespersservice on Sunday, Dec. 24, at 9 p.m.,and on Monday, Dec. 25, at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The program has also been made available to PBS stations throughoutthe United States. Please check yourarea’s television listings for your localstation’s plans. The listing on the college’s website, www.hope.edu, will also be updated as informationbecomes available.

Events

Only a few years before, thethree young alumni might havebeen in the audience inVanderWerf Hall.

Today, however, they were the experts that the others hadcome to hear, as part of the college’s two–day Critical IssuesSymposium, “Gold Rush and Ghost Towns: Living with theInternet.”

Peter Beckman ’96, Rob Malda ’98 and Nate Oostendorp’99 had been invited back to discuss their experiences asInternet entrepreneurs. In keeping with the symposium’stheme, their session was titled “Staking Your Claim in theInternet.”

Beckman created “Adcritic.com,” which provides a forumfor commenting on advertising. Shortly before the sympo-sium, he was quoted as an industry expert in the WashingtonPost on why NBC had pulled the Nike “slasher” commercialfrom the Olympics.

Malda created the online news and discussion site“Slashdot.org” while a Hope junior, going on to run it withfriends from college (including Oostendorp, Jeff Bates ’98 andKurt DeMaagd ’00). Operating with the motto “News fornerds. Stuff that matters,” the popular site has earned newsand feature stories in publications ranging from theWashington Post to the Wall Street Journal to the Detroit FreePress––including reports of Slashdot’s multi–million dollarsale to Andover.net in 1999.

From working with Malda in Slashdot’s Holland, Mich.,headquarters, Oostendorp has since moved to Walnut Creek,Calif. He created and runs “Everything2.com,” which hedescribed as “an encyclopedia you create yourself,” withothers contributing information to the site.

As informal in attire and manner as the students in theiraudience, Beckman, Malda and Oostendorp spoke freelyabout their experiences as Web pioneers.

Beckman chronicled the series of interests and jobs that ledultimately to Adcritic.com––ranging from enjoying clevertelevision advertising while at Hope, to a difficult experienceworking on the Air Force’s Web site at the Pentagon (“Thegovernment is very, very different from a liberal arts college,in so many different ways...,” he said), to employment withInternet service providers.

“This is really the conglomeration of experiences that I hadleading up to that, including the Pentagon thing, but alsoincluding the experiences that I had in the computer sciencedepartment,” he said.

The lesson he learned, Beckman told the audience, was tovalue the good and bad alike. “You’re only going to learnfrom your experiences,” he said. “And you’re going to learnfrom your failures.”

Malda told of throwing himself into his childhood interestin the Internet. “I went to Hope because they had betterbandwidth than I had at home,” he joked.

His focus, he said, was not without cost. “I worked a lotduring college,” he said. “My grades definitely suffered.”

In Slashdot, Malda created a venue to discuss topics heenjoyed, ranging from the open source Linux operatingsystem, to Star Wars and Star Trek, to Legos.

“The stuff we cover is basically the stuff that I was inter-ested in, and that is my recommendation to anybody whowants to do this,” he said. “Don’t do something you’re notinterested in.”

Oostendorp agreed. “You have to do something that youcare about,” he said. “People can smell pandering a mileaway.”

“If you’re doing something because you want to build abig site, people aren’t going to be interested in it, they’re notgoing to contribute to it,” he said. “But if you have somethingthat you genuinely care about and you take the time to buildsome good software, and you take the time to do somethingthat people find interesting, everyone’s going to want to geton it.”

“That’s what’s so cool about it,” Oostendorp said. “Is that

there are thousands of people who go on the site and whoadd stuff who I’ve never met, would never meet in real life,who can contribute to this massive body of work just becauseit’s out there. And that’s something that didn’t exist 10 yearsago––or not in a very accessible form––and now you find itall over the place.”

It was in part the technology’s newness, coupled with itsalready profound impact, that prompted the college tochoose the Internet as the theme for this year’s Critical IssuesSymposium, which ran the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 3, and inplace of classes all day on Wednesday, Oct. 4.

The 20–year–old Critical Issues Symposium is an annualall–campus event that examines a socially significant issuevia presentations and small group discussions. Past topicshave ranged from apartheid in South Africa, to the MiddleEast, to genetic engineering and research, to feminism andfaith.

This year’s symposium was designed to prompt reflectionconcerning the implications of a technology whose role isonly likely to grow, according to Alfredo Gonzales, who isassistant provost at Hope and the event’s long–time staffcoordinator.

“One hundred years ago, the introduction of the automo-bile and the telephone fueled the imagination of people theworld over,” he said. “In the early 1900s, people had no ideajust how these two devices were going to change...society.”

“While we know the advantages we enjoy when using theInternet, we know less how this seemingly invisible deviceinfluences what we do, what we think and the role it has inshaping our very existence,” he said. “Our imagination spinsas we contemplate the impact this technology will have onour lives.”

According to Gonzales, the “Gold Rush and Ghost Towns”theme reflected the sense that there were many issues commonto the frontier experience of the 19th century and the onlineworld of the nascent 21st––including the rush to development,fortunes won and lost, community formed and abandoned,exploitation, and the tension between law and freedom.

“The metaphor of the Wild West captures well the currentimage of the Internet,” he said. “The new frontier is shapingour culture and who we are as a society.”

Beckman, Malda and Oostendorp presented one of adozen symposium events. Other topics ranged from “Musicand the Internet: Napster and All That,” to “Christians andthe Internet: Opportunities and Concerns” (see “Quote,unquote” on page two for excerpts), to “Impact ofTechnology on Different Segments of the Population.”

Dr. Marshall Van Alstyne, assistant professor with theSchool of Information at the University of Michigan, openedthe symposium with the address “Internet Dreams: What’sNew, What’s Not and What’s Next.” He noted that as theInternet’s presence grows, individuals will be challenged toconsider their participation.

“Your choices are increasingly going to be moral choices,”he said. In communication, for example, he said, each willneed to decide whether to be like the teenager accused ofmanipulating stock sales earlier this fall, or like the voice ofThomas Jefferson––with something meaningful to say.

Given the World Wide Web’s unfiltered nature, Dr. VanAlstyne said, people will also need to be critical thinkers.

“Seek multiple sources for information. Be able to consid-er and balance different ideas from different locations,” hesaid. “The World Wide Web is in fact the world’s biggestlibrary, but it is without the benefit of the world’sleast–biased librarians. Consider who it is that’s offering youthat information, and why it is that they’re presenting it toyou on your behalf.”

For those with good evaluative skills––the sorts of skillstaught at liberal arts schools like Hope, Dr. Van Alstynesaid––the Internet also provides an opportunity to thinkthrough connections and develop new ideas.

“At the point in time when the Internet grants everyoneaccess to information, it’s not just having the information, it’swhat you do with it that matters,” he said. “With a goodliberal arts education, you’ll be in a position to be confidentthinkers, writers, consumers, creators of information.”

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Symposium views life with the Wild, Wild Web

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Nate Oostendorp ’99, Rob Malda ’98 and Peter Beckman ’96 participate in this year’s Critical Issues Symposium,discussing their experiences as Internet entrepreneurs. The symposium examined “Gold Rush and Ghost Towns:Living with the Internet,” reflecting that the on–line boom of the present day and the frontier experience of the19th century have much in common.

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Breckenridge, Mich., senior Jennifer Ernstof Westerville, Ohio, and junior DylanWade of Beulah, Mich. Veldman andWade were honored for the third year,while Ernst was named for a second time.Second team All–MIAA runners weresenior Fred Herschelman of Ortonville,Ohio, freshman Donavon Hornbeck ofOvid, Mich., sophomore Kristen Post ofHolland, Mich., Mich. and junior SarahSchripsema of Kalamazoo, Mich.

Golf

The league medalist and most valuableplayer in both MIAA men’s and women’sgolf came from Hope College.

Senior Aaron Vandenberg of Holland,Mich., led the Flying Dutchmen to theirsecond consecutive conference champi-onship, while freshman Lacey Wicksall ofTraverse City, Mich., marked her colle-giate debut by topping the MIAAwomen’s player standings.

Hope placed four players on theAll–MIAA men’s golf teams. Joining AaronVandenberg on the first team were sopho-more Everett Leonard of Kalamazoo, Mich.,and junior Eric Wohlfield of Brighton, Mich.Wohlfield, who finished runnerup in leaguestandings, achieved first team status for athird straight year, while Vandenberg washonored for the second time. Named to theAll–MIAA second team was freshman JeffMelville of Grandville, Mich.

The Flying Dutch placed two players onthe All–MIAA women’s golf teams. LaceyWicksall was the only first team honoree,while junior Emily Thielk of Ann Arbor,Mich., achieved second team recognition.

Soccer

The soccer teams placed seven playerson the All–MIAA teams. First team hon-

orees in men’s soccer were freshman mid-fielder Ed Huebner of Portage, Mich.,sophomore back Matt Margaron ofNaperville, Ill., and sophomore goalkeep-er Marcus Voss of Zeeland, Mich. Juniorforward Tim Keeler and junior back JonKucinski, both from Portage, Mich., weresecond team selections.

In women’s soccer, junior Liz Dornbosof Vicksburg, Mich., was named to the

All–MIAA first team, while junior mid-fielder Emilie Dirkse of Holland, Mich.,was a second team honoree.

Volleyball

The Flying Dutch topped the regularseason MIAA standings, captured thechampionship of the conference with theirthird victory of the year over rival Calvinand advanced to the second round of theNCAA Division III playoffs.

Coach Maureen Dunn’s Dutch posteda 31–8 record, marking the third bestsingle season mark in school history. Infour seasons under coach Dunn, theDutch have posted an impressive 110–38overall record, including 47–3 in confer-ence play.

The Dutch placed four players on theAll–MIAA teams. First team honoreeswere senior Amy Brower of Hamilton,Mich., senior Kim Grotenhuis ofHamilton, Mich., and sophomore LauraHahnfeld of Midland, Mich., while namedto the second team was senior JenniferGerig of Montague, Mich. Brower andHahnfeld were also named to theAll–Region Division III team by the vol-leyball coaches association.

Brower and Grotenhuis were also rec-ognized for excellence in the classroom asthey were named to the Verizon districtacademic team and became eligible forAcademic All–America consideration.

Nykerk ’00

November Classic

Nykerk moments. At top left, sophomore orator Kristin Tiscornia of Geneseo, N.Y.,discusses “The Human Investment.” Above, the freshman song section during themoments after the program while the judges deliberate. At left, the Cat in the Hat(Amber Beeson of Granger, Ind.) and the Grinch (Lindsay Hall of Frankfort, Ind.) in thesophomore play, “What Can I Say? There Is No Play.” The sophomore Class of ’03won this year’s Nykerk, the 66th, held on Saturday, Nov. 11.

Fall Sports Roundup

The annual Nykerk CupCompetition, first held in 1936,is a fitting anchor for Parents’Weekend, showcasing thetalents of hundreds ofstudents in its traditionalblend of song, oration andtheatrical productions.

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Three Hope athletes proved the best at what they do gaining MIAA most valuableplayer distinction –– senior Aaron Vandenberg in men’s golf, senior J.D. Graves in foot-ball and freshman Lacey Wicksall in women’s golf.

A collection of poems by Dr.Susan Atefat Peckham, assistantprofessor of English at Hope, hasbeen selected as winner of theprestigious National Poetry Seriesaward.

The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 toensure the publication of five books of poetry each year.The award includes $1,000, publication of the book, and abook tour. Winning manuscripts are selected by means ofan annual open competition, judged by five distinguishedpoets, each picking a book to be published by a majorliterary press.

Hope poet Jack Ridl said of the National Poetry Seriescompetition, “This is definitely a major award. After thePulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, there is asmall handful of extremely prestigious awards. This is oneof them.”

Dr. Atefat Peckham’s manuscript, That Kind of Sleep,was selected by two of the judges, well–known poetsVictor Hernandez Cruz, choosing for the Coffee HousePress, and Garrett Hongo, representing Viking/Penguinpress. The selections were made from a pool of 1,500manuscripts submitted by established and emergingAmerican poets.

Dr. Atefat Peckham’s book will be published by theCoffee House Press in the summer or fall of 2001. Of it,

Cruz wrote “That Kind of Sleep is a pendulum betweencultures and I might add epochs. Reading these IslamicPersian influenced poems, one disappears through somany columns of history, as the poet intermingles theplaces, the references. There are poems about becoming awoman, and poems about death that are full of so muchsense of life. From America and from an interior ofincense, this poet gives us a joy of flashes which makes usall ancient and renewed in a paradise of language,dancing in spirals, whirling, whirling.”

Dr. Susan Atefat Peckham was born first–generationAmerican to Iranian parents, and has lived most of her lifein France and Switzerland, although she has also lived inthe United States and Iran.

She earned her bachelor of science degree from BaylorUniversity in pre–med biology and chemistry in 1991,master of arts in English from Baylor in 1994, anddoctorate in English from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1999. In addition to poetry, she writes creativenonfiction and is a musician and an abstract expressionistpainter.

Her nonfiction manuscript, Black Eyed Bird, finished inthe final rounds of judging for the Associated WritingPrograms Intro Award, also in 2000. Her work has beenselected for inclusion in an anthology, In the Field of Words(Prentice–Hall, 2001), and new work has appeared or isforthcoming in Borderlands, Texas Poetry Review, TheInternational Poetry Review, International Quarterly, TheLiterary Review, The MacGuffin, Northwest Review, Onthebus,Prairie Schooner, Puerto Del Sol, The Southern Poetry Review,The Sycamore Review and The Texas Review.

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Book wins national honor

Dr. Susan Atefat Peckham of the English faculty hasreceived a National Poetry Series award for hermanuscript That Kind of Sleep.

Dr. Paul DeYoung ’77of the Hope physicsfaculty has received toprecognition from theAmerican PhysicalSociety (APS) for 2001 foroutstanding research andmentoring as a physicistat an undergraduateinstitution.

One of Dr. DeYoung’s colleaguesdescribes the award as the highest recogni-tion available to a physicist at anundergraduate school.

“Each year, this award recognizes thatperson doing premier research at an under-graduate institution,” said Dr. JohnKrupczak, who is a member of the college’sphysics and engineering faculty and wasone of several colleagues from Hope andelsewhere who nominated Dr. DeYoungfor the honor. “The award further recog-nizes that the recipient is doing qualityresearch in a way that benefits undergrad-uate students.”

The award, the “Prize to a FacultyMember for Research in an UndergraduateInstitution,” was established in 1984 by a

grant from the Research Corporation. Theaward citation recognizes Dr. DeYoung’s“research on reaction processes usingshort–lived nuclear beams and for his out-standing leadership, both in his researchgroup and his institution, in creating anundergraduate research community.”

Given the college’s focus on undergrad-uate research, Dr. DeYoung noted that hebelieves that any number of his colleaguesare equally deserving of the recognition. “Ihappened to win the award, but I think we

could have made a case for many otherswho are doing outstanding research inphysics,” he said. “This is what HopeCollege is about.”

“And if others before us had not donethe work that they did, and if the collegeand others had not supported our researchapproach, our work would not be possible,”he said. “I think this is the culmination of along tradition and an endorsement of whatwe plan to do in the future.”

A member of the Hope faculty since1985, Dr. DeYoung conducts research innuclear physics. His work of the past threeyears has involved studying the way thatthe neutron “skin” of the “helium 6”isotope affects fusion. His research groupcollects data at the NationalSuperconducting Cyclotron Laboratory atMichigan State University, at the Universityof Notre Dame in Indiana and at LawrenceBerkeley Laboratory in California, and thenanalyzes the information back at Hope.

He values that students are doing thework.

“What we do that’s unique is that theundergraduates are doing this,” he said.“At Hope College, undergraduate researchmeans cutting–edge science, and I thinkthat to some extent this award recognizesthe validity of the science that we do.”

Dr. DeYoung estimates that some 35Hope students have worked with him onresearch projects through the years. They

have gone on to careers in a variety of sci-entific areas. Former students are nowresearchers, college and university teach-ers, doctors, engineers and high schoolteachers, and several are employed athigh–tech companies.

Dr. DeYoung graduated from Hopesumma cum laude in 1977. He completed hisdoctorate at the University of Notre Damein 1982, and subsequently conductedresearch at the Nuclear StructureLaboratory, SUNY, before returning toHope to teach.

His research has received continuoussupport since 1985 from agencies includingthe National Science Foundation, ResearchCorporation and the Michigan Space GrantConsortium. His work has resulted inmore than 50 journal articles and more than50 presentations at professional confer-ences.

The APS, which celebrated its 100thanniversary in 1999, has more than 40,000members. The society’s activities includeprograms in physics education and out-reach; several regional, divisional andnational meetings yearly; and publishingphysics research journals, in addition torecognizing professional accomplishmentthrough prizes and awards.

Dr. DeYoung will be recognized formal-ly during the society’s annual meeting,which will be held on Saturday–Tuesday,April 28–May 1, in Washington, D.C.

Physicist named outstanding mentor

Dr. Paul DeYoung ’77

Legacies: A Vision of Hope willhave a far–reaching impact, pro-viding support campus–wide forimmediate and future needs.

The $85 million campaign’s three primary emphases––construction of a new science center which will includeexpanding and renovating the existing Peale Science Center,increasing the endowment, and enhancing and expandingseveral other facilities––will affect every department andevery student.

The Board of Trustees announced the campaign duringits annual fall meeting, held on campus on Thursday andFriday, Oct. 5–6. As of the public announcement, some$54,431,941, or 64 percent, of the campaign’s goal had beenraised, according to national chairs Peter Cook, PeterHuizenga ’60 and Philip Miller ’65. Cook, Huizenga andMiller are also members of Hope’s Board of Trustees.

The science center will double the current building,expanded to the west to include new classrooms, laborato-ries, and office and storage space. Peale Science Center,which is more than 25 years old, will be updated to bettermeet contemporary teaching and research needs.

The expanded building will continue to house thedepartments of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, the geo-logical and environmental sciences, and psychology, withthe department of nursing moving in from its cottage head-quarters on 14th Street. The design will complement thecollege’s on–going emphasis on collaborative student–faculty research as a teaching model, with the addition ofinterdisciplinary classroom space reflecting the way that theboundaries between disciplines continue to blur.

The project will total $36 million.Endowment provides on–going support for every dimen-

sion of the college, and Hope’s endowment must grow if thecollege is to continue to serve its students well.

Currently, Hope’s endowment ranks in the bottom half ofthe college’s peer–school group. As two examples, whileHope had an endowment of $37,619 per student during1999–2000, Kalamazoo College had $76,950 per student andAlbion College had $97,800 per student.

Goals for additional endowment include scholarships;faculty research funds and chairs; support for the academicprogram, internships and the student development

program; and funds for equipment needs and libraryresources. The $30 million sought through Legacies: A Visionof Hope should generate more than $2 million annually.

Although the Peale Science Center expansion is thelargest single project of the campaign, it is only one ofseveral.

The new Martha Miller Center will house the depart-ments of dance, communication, and modern and classicallanguages, all of which have outgrown their current homesin the Dow Center, Lubbers Hall and Graves Hall respec-

tively. Dow, Lubbers and Graves, in turn, will all be reno-vated to better serve both the departments and programsthat will remain within them and the college generally.Dimnent Memorial Chapel will be restored and renovated tosupport its continued intense use not only as a place ofworship, but as a classroom building and as a hall for lec-tures, concerts and other college gatherings.

In addition, the college will seek to acquire neighbor-ing property for both green space and potential furtherdevelopment.

The renovation and land acquisition are expected to total$19 million.

The campaign’s priorities developed through the A Visionof Hope planning process initiated in 1996, during the presi-dency of Dr. John H. Jacobson. All members of the Hopeconstituency were invited to contribute their thoughts viamail or e–mail concerning the college’s future, withfollow–up meetings held on campus to shape the college’sneeds and the visioning suggestions into a plan for action.

Legacies: A Vision of Hope will help build a stronger HopeCollege tomorrow, but it is for the Hope College of today aswell. As contributions arrive, they are put to work immedi-ately, helping students and building programs. In additionto the renovation of Dimnent Memorial Chapel, projects thusfar include the addition of studio space and a studio organ tothe Nykerk Hall of Music, completed this summer, andongoing exterior work on Graves Hall. The campaign hasalso already added three endowed faculty chairs and 41endowed scholarship funds.

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Campaign will be far–reaching

Legacies: A Vision of Hope

A conceptual view of the new science center, lookingnorth. The current Peale Science Center forms theright side of the building. The science centerrenovation and expansion comprises $36 million ofthe $85 campaign.$36 M

Expanding and Renovatingthe Science Facilities

$30 MBuilding

theEndowment

$19 MEnhancing and

ExpandingCampusFacilities

An opportunity to shape the futureHope exists and thrives

today because of thosewho have supported thecollege in the past.

Such is the premise of the Legacies: AVision of Hope campaign: that Hope Collegeis a legacy left to students by the generationsthat have preceded them, and that Hopewill continue to make a meaningful differ-ence in the lives of young people only ifothers make the same commitment now.

With its broad emphasis on facilities andendowment alike, and given the short– andlong–term needs in each, the Legacies cam-paign provides a timely chance to do so.

“We have an opportunity to participatein something very significant in the life ofHope College,” said President JamesBultman ’63. “Legacies: A Vision of Hope

will positively impact every area of ourcampus community, both now and in thefuture.”

President Bultman’s goal is to help a verygood Hope College become not only better,but the best: the Trustees desire Hope to beone of the nation’s leading Christian liberalarts colleges. The potential, PresidentBultman believes, already exists.

“Number one, you need to have out-standing people. Hope College hasexceptional people,” he said. “Our Board ofTrustees provides outstanding leadership.We have a very supportive and caring con-stituency. We have an absolutely superbfaculty. We have dedicated staff members.And we have very diligent students.”

“To be exceptional, you also have to haveoutstanding programs,” President Bultmansaid. “And Hope has them, both on thiscampus and off, in a variety of settings thatchallenge each one of our students.”

President James Bultman ’63 is passionate about Hope and the impact that theLegacies campaign will have on the college’s future.

(See “Shape the Future” on page 10.)

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The Legacies campaign will significantlyalter the campus landscape, particularlythrough the construction of the Martha MillerCenter and the new science center. ForPresident Bultman, though, the value is not inwhat will be seen, but in what it will mean.Legacies: A Vision of Hope will help providethe people and programs of Hope with theresources they need to be even better.

“I’m very passionate about Hope, andI’m very excited about the campaign––notso much because of the opportunity to build

buildings, but because of the opportunity toprovide facilities that will enable studentsand faculty to perform at the very highestlevels,” he said.

Similarly, he noted, the endowmentresources sought will provide significant,on–going support for the work of studentsand faculty. Such support will offset theneed for greater tuition increases; moreover,the scholarships being endowed will helpmake Hope more affordable to studentswhose ability to pay is limited.

Combine the excellence that alreadyexists at Hope with the excellence thatLegacies: A Vision of Hope will foster, and theresult, President Bultman believes, will be acollege that stands out among the nation’s1,100–plus undergraduate schools.

“Hope has the ability to be a playernationally on the academic dimension withcontributions to the body of knowledge indifferent fields––I think we have the experi-ence in our faculty to do that,” he said. “Wealso have the resolve and the conviction to

simultaneously maintain a vibrant Christiandimension on campus––ecumenical innature while rooted in the Reformed faith.”

“There just aren’t many other collegesdoing this,” President Bultman said. “Thereare institutions that are very strong in onedimension or the other, but Hope is uniquein exceptionally combining both.”

“Legacies: A Vision of Hope will helpassure that Hope will continue to combineboth well––and will enable Hope to do soeven more effectively,” he said.

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Shape the future

Chairs value Hope’s human impactThe co–chairs of the

Legacies campaign haveeach experienced Hopefrom multiple perspectives.

Peter Cook of Grand Rapids, Mich., PeterHuizenga ’60 of Oak Brook, Ill., and PhilMiller ’65 of Holland, Mich., are the cam-paign’s three chairs. All three are trustees, allthree have been or are parents of Hope stu-dents, one was a Hope grandparent, two arealumni (one was a generational student) andone is the spouse of a Hope faculty member.

The result of their many experiences is ashared vision: of the important differencethat Hope College does make, of the impor-tant difference that an even stronger HopeCollege could make, and of the importantdifference that Hope’s new capital cam-paign will make.

All long–time Hope enthusiasts, theyalso know that they are not the only oneswho feel that way.

“We are here at Hope College because webelieve that we have a society that is in needof leaders that reflect both academic excel-lence and the Christian value system,”Miller said. “And I believe that that’s whyour constituents have already given almost$55 million to this campaign. It’s becausethey share that vision for our students, andvalue the fact that we are developing tomor-row’s leaders, and understand that the bestleaders do not come inexpensively.”

It’s the human impact at the end of thedollar goals and the projects that have thethree chairs behind the campaign, and havethem confident that others will be, too.

“This campaign isn’t primarily aboutfacilities, or classrooms or laboratories. It’sabout people,” Cook said. “It’s about thesuperb job that Hope College and its facultyand staff do in developing leaders fortomorrow’s society.”

Huizenga cited the $30 million endow-ment goal as an example.

“If you’re asking for money for endow-ment, that alone isn’t very exciting,” he said.“But if you put it in the context of, ’Wouldyou like to help endow a chair for a profes-sor, or to assist in paying expenses for adepartment?,’ or, ’Would you like toprovide scholarships for students?’––and

maybe for students in a given area of studyor from a specific geographic area––that hasa specific interest for people.”

And although the campaign is ambi-tious in its $85 million goal, thecampaign’s chairs note that it is notextravagant––nor unrealistic.

“I think we’re challenging our con-stituency and friends of Hope in the largestdollar amount we’ve ever requested, but Ithink we can make that goal; it’s veryachievable,” Huizenga said.

Huizenga also noted that the campaignwon’t be addressing every need at Hope forall time. As an example, he cited improvingHope’s sports facilities as already havingbeen identified as a project for a futureeffort. “So we still have a pocketful of needsand desires, but this is going to bring us along way,” he said.

Cook is chairman of Cook Holdings. Hewas chairman of the board and majorityowner of Transnational Motors from 1977until selling the company earlier this year.He was president of Import Motors LimitedInc. from 1954 until selling the business in1980.

He serves on several boards, includingof the Blodgett–Butterworth Foundation,the Porter Hills Foundation, GospelCommunications and the Van AndelInstitute. He is a Greater ConsistoryMember of the Grace Reformed Church,and has served on the Finance Committeeof the Reformed Church in America.

Cook was a member of Hope’s Board ofTrustees from 1977 until 1989, when he wasnamed an honorary trustee. Cook Hall resi-dence hall, dedicated in 1997, was named inhonor of him and his wife Emajean (Pat)Cook in recognition of their long–timesupport of Hope and a major gift for thebuilding project.

He and Pat have two sons, Thomas Cook’67 and Stephen Cook. Their grandson RyanCook ’96 led the successful effort to restorethe college’s chapel chimes to working orderin 1996.

Huizenga is chairman of HuizengaCapital Management. From 1968 to 1997 hewas a member of the Board of Directors ofWaste Management Inc., serving as secre-tary from 1968 to 1989 and vice presidentfrom 1974 to 1989. He also currently serveson the Board of Directors of the Milwaukee

Mutual Insurance Company.He is on several boards, including for

Chicago Metro Youth for Christ, the BigShoulders Fund, the East West CorporateCorridor Association and the ExecutivesBreakfast Club of Oak Brook. He is amember of Christ Church of Oak Brook, andpresident of the Foundation Board ofTimothy Christian Schools.

He was on the college’s AlumniAssociation Board of Directors from 1977 to1980, and has been on the college’s Board ofTrustees since 1982. His support of Hopethrough the years has included funding thestatue of the Rev. A.C. Van Raalte that Hopehad created for Centennial Park for the city’s150th anniversary celebration in 1997, andfunding––with his mother Elizabeth––thecollege’s A.C. Van Raalte Institute in 1994.

Huizenga and his wife Heidi have fourchildren: Betsy Bradley, Greta Huizenga ’93Giesen, P.J. Huizenga ’98 and TimothyHuizenga ’02.

Miller is executive vice president ofHoward Miller Clock Company of Zeeland,Mich. He grew up in the business, which his

father had founded, and joined thecompany full–time upon completing hiseducation.

He is a member of Christ MemorialChurch, where he is past vice president ofthe Governing Board, and is a past memberof the Board of Directors of BethanyChristian Services.

He has been a member of the college’sBoard of Trustees since 1988. He served asco–chair of the college’s previous capitalcampaign, Hope in the Future, which con-cluded in 1994.

His mother was Martha Muller ’24Miller, who in the weeks before her deathwas arranging to give the college funds forthe Martha Miller Center. He and his sib-lings––Connie Miller ’58 Johnston and JackMiller ’54––carried through their mother’swish, and the building is a part of theLegacies campaign.

Miller’s wife, Dr. Nancy Sonneveldt ’62Miller, is dean for the social sciences and aprofessor of education at Hope. They havethree children: Christopher, Derek Miller’95 and Mindy Miller ’97.

The campaign’s three co–chairs have all encountered Hope from multiple perspec-tives––a breadth and depth of experience that has convinced each that a Hopeeducation makes a real difference for the better. From left to right are Phil Miller’65, Peter Cook and Peter Huizenga ’60.

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Legacies: A Vision of Hope

A tale of two buildingsAt the beginning of the 1970s,

the college was at a crossroads.

The program in the sciences was highly regarded, buthad greatly outgrown its space in Lubbers Hall. Thebuilding, designed three decades earlier, didn’t meetmodern needs. With the college having growndramatically in the years since, it wouldn’t even have beenadequate for the demands placed on it had technologyand Hope’s way of teaching remained constant.

Something had to be done, something major, or Hope’squality would suffer. That something was this: the PealeScience Center opened in 1973, succeeding Lubbers Hall,completed in 1942.

Three more decades have passed. As Lubbers wasthen, Peale is now. And Hope, again, is at a crossroads.The student body has grown by nearly 50 percent,scientific knowledge and pedagogy have changedmultifold, and something needs to be done.

“The advancement of science in the new directions thatit has gone has increased so dramatically over the last 25years, and the way in which we teach science has changedso dynamically over that same period of time, that ourscience building is unfortunately inadequate in size tohouse the number of faculty and number of students weserve,” said Dr. James Gentile, who is dean for the naturalsciences and the Kenneth G. Herrick Professor of Biologyat Hope.

By any number of measures, Hope is at or near the topnationally in science among the country’s 1,100–1,200liberal arts institutions. In 1998, for example, Hope wasone of only 10 liberal arts institutions nationwide to berecognized for innovation and excellence in scienceinstruction by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

with an “Award for Integration of Research andEducation.” Hope held more NSF “Research Experiencesfor Undergraduates” grants (five) this summer than anyother liberal arts college in the country. A report from theNSF placed Hope in the top 25 nationally amongbaccalaureate colleges as a source of future Ph.D.recipients in the natural, physical and social sciences, andengineering––including third nationally in chemistry.

Dr. Gentile, noted, however, that the programs are atrisk, all the more since other schools haven’t been idle in theyears since Peale was built.

“There’s been a tremendous investment nationally inscience buildings, and those institutions are gainingground on us rapidly because they have the infrastructureto build upon,” Dr. Gentile said.

In the near future, independent of any expansion, Pealewill require major work to its air exchange, plumbing andelectrical systems. Hope hopes to complete the renovationand expansion simultaneously, however, since it would bemore economical to pursue the projects as a package.

The $36 million science center project will double thecurrent building, expanded to the west to include newclassrooms, laboratories, and office and storage space.

The expanded building will continue to house thedepartments of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, thegeological and environmental sciences, and psychology,with the department of nursing moving in from its cottageheadquarters on 14th Street. The design will complementthe college’s on–going emphasis on collaborativestudent–faculty research as a teaching model, with theaddition of interdisciplinary classroom space reflectingthe way that the boundaries between disciplines continueto blur.

The $36 million price tag may sound steep to apersonal–income sensibility, but Dr. Gentile notes that theresult will be “nowhere, nowhere near extravagant.”

What the building does include, he notes, is a 10percent buffer for growth––not in anticipation of anadditional 300 students at Hope, but with the expectationthat the coming decades will also see major changes inscience and teaching.

“If enrollment remains constant, that will extend thelifetime of this building significantly,” he said. “I wouldhope this lasts us a good 30 to 40 years.”

The renovated and expanded science center will update a facility that has served well but is in need of a majorupdate. This view looks southeast across Van Andel Plaza from Graves Place (11th Street) near Central AvenueChristian Reformed Church.

A spacious multi–story atrium will offer tables forstudying or gathering.

The design will complement thecollege’s on–going emphasis oncollaborative student–facultyresearch as a teaching model, with the addition ofinterdisciplinary classroom spacereflecting the way that theboundaries between disciplinescontinue to blur.

“Our facilities now limit ourability to expand, or even maintain, programs of innovative science instructionand research methods.”

— President James E. Bultman ’63

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Legacies: A Vision of Hope

Hope stems from generosityWithout having

received major supportat key moments inhistory, Hope Collegewould not exist.

The college’s oldest structure, older thanHope itself, provides an enduring anddramatic example. Van Vleck Hall, builtin 1857, happened because donors in theEast responded to the Rev. Albertus C.Van Raalte’s personal pleas for funding.The thousands he obtained for thestructure were built on an average amountper gift of $9.36.

The tradition continued in the decadesthat followed. Professor (later President)Gerrit Kollen led the fund–raising effortthat resulted in Graves Hall, dedicated in1894. The building’s donors included anaged Nathan Graves, who had alsocontributed to Van Vleck Hall.

Fund–raising is an on–going process atHope. Each year, every year, the generoussupport of individuals and organizationsmakes it possible for the college not onlyto continue, but to excel.

Periodically, however, larger–scaleefforts are needed. In the last fourdecades, such fund–raising campaignshave had a major impact on Hope. Mostvisible in the way that they have shapedthe college’s physical plant, they havebeen no less significant for their impact onthe programs at Hope.

Looking Ahead with Hope, formallylaunched late in 1959 with a $3 milliongoal under President Irwin J. Lubbers ’17,raised funds for the construction of Van

Zoeren Library, VanderWerf Hall, NykerkHall of Music and several residence halls.The campaign’s other foci includedadditional endowment for faculty salaries.

Not a capital campaign in the samesense as its colleagues, the CentennialDecade Master Plan, introduced inconjunction with the college’s 100thbirthday in 1966, developed an outline forthe campus’s growth through 1976. TheMaster Plan, initiated under PresidentCalvin A. VanderWerf ’37, realized the

construction of the DeWitt Student andCultural Center, and the start of fundingfor the Peale Science Center, the WynandWichers Addition to Nykerk Hall of Musicand two residence halls.

Build Hope, which went public inOctober of 1972, was an $8.5 millioncampaign that helped bring the college thePeale Science Center and the Dow Center,and enabled Hope to transform LubbersHall from a science building to a center forthe humanities and social sciences. Also

among the goals was obtainingendowment for scholarships, facultydevelopment and faculty salaries.

Dr. Gordon J. Van Wylen wasinaugurated as college president shortlybefore the public announcement of theBuild Hope campaign. That made thetiming of the next campaign especiallyappropriate, since he closed his 15–yearpresidency with the conclusion of theCampaign for Hope in 1987.

Launched in January of 1985, the $26million campaign brought the college theVan Wylen Library, the Maas ConferenceCenter and the Admissions House. TheCampaign for Hope also providedadditional funds for student financial aid,operation of the new library, and thepurchase and maintenance of up–to–dateinstructional equipment.

The college’s most recent campaign,Hope in the Future, was conducted duringthe presidency of Dr. John H. Jacobson.Launched in January of 1992 with a $50million goal, the campaign concluded onJune 30, 1994, having raised $58.1 million.The campaign had four emphases––enhancing the academic program,strengthening Christian life and witness,strengthening student financial aid andselectively improving facilities––andresulted in buildings such as the HaworthInn and Conference Center, Cook Hall, theDeWitt Tennis Center and the LugersFieldhouse; the A.C. Van Raalte Instituteand new laboratories in the Peale ScienceCenter; additional resources for theCampus Ministries program; and threefaculty chairs and 88 endowedscholarships.

The very campus itself has grown through donors’ generosity during fund–raisingcampaigns. Only some of the resulting familiar landmarks are shown here, but allare enduring monuments to those who gave their resources to help future genera-tions learn at Hope. And the buildings are only the most visible manifestation of suchsupport. At center is Van Vleck Hall; clockwise from top left are Graves Hall, VanZoeren and VanderWerf Halls, the DeWitt Center, Cook Hall, the Van Wylen Libraryand the Dow Center.

News and information for class notes, mar-riages, advanced degrees and deaths arecompiled for news from Hope College by GregOlgers ’87.

News should be mailed to: Alumni News;Hope College Public Relations; 141 E. 12th St.; POBox 9000; Holland, MI 49422–9000. Internetusers may send to: alumni@hope.edu

All submissions received by the PublicRelations Office by Tuesday, Nov. 7, have beenincluded in this issue. Because of the lead timerequired by this publication’s production sched-ule, submissions received after that date (with theexception of obituary notices) have been held forthe next issue, the deadline for which is Tuesday,Jan. 9.

A number of the entries in this issue for theClasses of ’89, ’94 and ’00 have been gleaned fromthe 1999–2000 Annual Report published by the col-lege’s department of chemistry. news from HopeCollege periodically borrows from such depart-mental newsletters so that the information can beenjoyed by as broad an audience as possible.

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John H. Muller ’42 has received a contract for oneyear as interim pastor of the First PresbyterianChurch of Buchanan, Mich., just west of Niles.James Bos ’46 and Genevieve Duiser ’49 Bos ofMuskegon, Mich., are the grandparents of one ofHope’s third generation new students: RichardVan Voorst ’04 of Holland, Mich. Richard, whowas not included in the listing published in theOctober issue of news from Hope College, is the sonof Mary Bos ’73 Van Voorst and Robert VanVoorst ’74 of Holland, Mich.Tom Van Dahm ’48 of Kenosha, Wis., has hadtwo articles published in The Church Heraldrecently: “The Stewardship of What We Keep”(November, 1999) and “Making the Switch”(September, 2000). In addition, “Is It OK for aChristian to Be Rich?” was published in theAugust–September, 2000, issue of Perspectives: AMagazine of Reformed Thought.

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Robert P. Hartley ’51 and 14 other adventurousbicyclists recently completed a unique 550–mile“Greco–Roman Odyssey” throughout ancientGreece and Italy. The bicycling “Odyssey”included the study of colorful archaeological, his-torical and biblical sites. When not cycling inEurope or the United States, he actively performsas a trombonist in various musical organizationsin New Mexico and Texas.Carol Crist ’52 Fern of Fenton, Mich., performeda solo piano recital at Freedom Village in

Holland, Mich., on Thursday, May 25, 2000,which included compositions by Schumann,Rachmaninoff, Mompou, Scriabin and Prokofieff.On Oct. 10, 2000, she and soprano Moira O’Brien

presented a program for the Grand HavenTuesday Musicale on Clara and RobertSchumann called “Life, Love and Song.”LeRoy Wm Nattress Jr. ’54 facilitated a confer-ence sponsored by Global Good Services Inc., onFriday–Saturday, Aug. 25–26, 2000, inAlbuquerque, N.M., at which a revitalizationprogram for native communities in the UnitedStates was introduced. The program, whichaddresses the education, economic and healthneeds of communities located on tribal lands, isreferred to as the Viable Village initiative.Representatives of seven Native American tribesattended the conference.Barbara van Putten ’57 of Reading, Calif., wasinducted into the Humboldt State UniversityAthletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2000,for helping “shape the legacy of Lumberjacksports.” From 1962 to 1973, she developed theHSU softball program, taking it from club tointercollegiate status. She founded the universi-ty’s volleyball program in 1962, serving as headcoach until 1982. In 1966, she was one of twoCalifornia college coaches chosen to train the U.S.Olympic volleyball team. She retired as chair ofthe university’s department of Health andPhysical Education in 1992.John Meyer ’59 of Douglaston, N.Y., recentlyretired after 28 years as pastor of The CommunityChurch of Douglaston. He had previously servedCollege Point Reformed, and Berne and

Beaverdam Reformed prior to that. His tenure atDouglaston was celebrated with a festival serviceand banquet on Sunday, Sept. 24.

Douglas Neckers ’60 of Perrysburg, Ohio, washonored in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Oct.11, 2000, for his work in chemical education. Hewas presented an honorary professorship in theUNESCO Associated Center of Chemical Scienceand Education at the Mendeleyev University ofChemical Technology of Russia, and was recog-nized for his contributions to the development ofU.S.–Russian cooperation in university–levelchemical education. He is executive director ofthe Center for Photochemical Sciences at BowlingGreen State University.Daryl Siedentop ’60 of Westerville, Ohio, hasbeen chosen to lead the new P–12 (pre–schoolthrough 12th grade) Project at The Ohio StateUniversity. The goal of the program is to use theuniversity’s research and service capacities tohelp improve Ohio’s public schools, particularlythe education of children and youths inhigh–poverty areas. He has been at the universi-ty since 1970, serving as a professor of sport andexercise science since 1976. He has also beensenior associate dean for faculty, research andinternational affairs, and in June of 1998 was

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Alumni News

Alumni Board of DirectorsOfficers

Bruce Brumels ’59, President, Lake City, Mich.James Van Eenenaam ’88, Vice President, Dana Point, Calif.

Michelle Baker ’89 Laverman, Secretary, Phoenix, Ariz.

Board MembersDuke Nguyen Browning ’80, Houston, Texas James Bursma ’87, Stow, Mass.Garett Childs ’01, Breckenridge, Mich. Nancy Dirkse ’81 DeWitt, Waukesha, Wis.Eva Gaumond ’90, Bridgewater, N.J. Claire VanderMeulen ’75 Gibbs, Melbourne, Fla.John Hensler ’85, Royal Oak, Mich. Marion Hoekstra ’65, Laurel, Md.Andrea Korstange ’02, Grand Rapids, Mich. Neil Petty ’57, Honeoye, N.Y.Karen Gralow ’75 Rion, Schenectady, N.Y. Linda Selander ’64 Schaap, Barrington, Ill.Beth Snyder ’94, Columbus, Ohio Jennifer Trask ’00, Elm Hall, Mich.Mary Browning ’69 Vanden Berg, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gregory Van Heest ’78, Minneapolis, Minn.

Ray Vinstra ’58, Kalamazoo, Mich.

LiaisonLynne Powe ’86, Alumni Director

Please accept our invitation to visit the Alumni Office electronically:

www.hope.edu/pr/alumni

Tour of Britain plannedThe British Isles and

their journey fromancient to modern willbe featured in thisyear’s alumni tour.

The tour, which will begin in Irelandand conclude in London, will runWednesday, June 6, through Thursday,June 21. Sites spanning nearly 2,000 yearsof history will be surveyed, from theRoman–built ramparts of York, to a sixthcentury Christian settlement in Ireland, toWindsor Castle and the university townof Cambridge.

The tour’s faculty host will be Dr.William Reynolds, who is dean for thearts and humanities and a professor ofEnglish at Hope. A specialist in medievalEnglish literature who has travel experi-ence that includes two sabbatical leaves atCambridge in the 1980s and a trip to bothIreland and England last summer, he hasvisited all of the sites on the English itin-erary and many of those in Ireland.Long–time MTA tour guide LoukeMeulman and local guides will round outthe trip’s leadership.

While the trip will feature nationalcharacter and sites well familiar to anAmerican audience––ranging from thepastoral Ireland popularized in the classicfilm The Quiet Man with John Wayne andMaureen O’Hara, to the white cliffs ofDover, Big Ben and the Tower ofLondon––the tour will also encounter theIreland and England of today. Dr.Reynolds believes that the blend of his-torical origin and modern existence, andthe journey from the former to the latter,make for an intriguing tour topic.

“Both of these countries are very con-temporary, modern, post–industrialcountries with a sense of history that goesback in some cases 2,000 years or more,”

he said. “It’s that kind of mix that for memakes it very rich.”

After departing the U.S. on June 6, thetour will arrive in Ireland’s ShannonAirport on June 7. The trip will open withBunratty Castle, with stops following inLimerick and Killarney. The followingdays will feature the scenery of the DinglePeninsula, Blarney Castle of “BlarneyStone” fame, the Waterford Crystalfactory, and a tour of Dublin.

From Ireland, the tour will continue byferry to Hollyhead in Wales. The tourwill continue with a visit to themedieval–era timber–framed houses andshops of Chester, historic York andCambridge. The tour’s final days will bespent in the London area, including tripsto Windsor Castle, the white cliffs ofDover and Leeds Castle, and a sightsee-ing tour of the city itself.

The itinerary presents a mix of struc-tured activity and individual leisure time.Given the variety offered by many of the

sites, Dr. Reynolds believes that the blendwill work well.

“I like the amount of free time that hasbeen built in,” he said. “I think thateverybody can use that opportunity––either to rest or to build activity into thetour to make it even more meaningful tothem personally.”

This year’s alumni tour is part of aseries of annual tours organized formembers of the extended Hope family byMTA TRAVEL in Holland, Mich.

The spring, 2000, tour featuredGermany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein andthe Netherlands. Previous excursionshave included Spain, Morocco andPortugal; Denmark, Norway andSweden; Italy; Scandinavia; Costa Rica;Greece and Turkey; and Vienna, Austria.The tour featured Scotland, Wales andEngland in 1993.

Additional information concerningthis year’s itinerary and tour costs may beobtained by calling 1–800–682–0086.

This year’s alumni tour will feature multiple sites in the British Isles, focusingon Ireland and the London area. Pictured is Windsor Castle.

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appointed interim dean of the College ofEducation.Mary Wiersema ’61 Vermeulen of Staunton, Va.,retired in July of 1999 as a counselor and profes-sor. She received an outstanding faculty award in1999 from the Black Hawk College faculty.Steve Howlett ’63 of London, Ontario, Canada, isself–employed as a clinical psychologist.Gerrit Wolf ’63 has accepted the largest FulbrightFellowship in Europe. Sponsored by IBMSweden, Ericcson, Telia and Brainheart VentureCapital, the Chair in Wireless E–Commerce islocated at the Stockholm School of Economics andthe Royal Institute of Technology. The chairinvolves research with faculty and the businesscommunity, and teaching students about entre-preneurship. He writes that “Stockholm is nowthe Silicon Valley of Europe and years ahead ofthe U.S. in the wireless internet.” After the fel-lowship, he will return to the position of professorof management and psychology at SUNY–StonyBrook.Paul Wackerbarth ’64 of Falls Church, Va., spokeat Hope College through the History ColloquiumSeries on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000. He presented“Reflections on Poland 1989.”Graham Duryee ’66 of Holland, Mich., is vicepresident of sales–Lakeshore for GreenridgeRealty.Roger Kroodsma ’66 of Oak Ridge, Tenn., thisyear repeated as national masters champion in theUSA Track & Field men’s pentathlon (long jump,javelin throw, 200–meter dash, discus throw and1,500–meter run). His age–graded score of 3,985was tops among 64 men over 30 years of age whocompeted in the pentathlon, which was part of theUSATF national masters championship meet inEugene, Ore., on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2000.Robert Donia ’67 of La Jolla, Calif., spoke at HopeCollege through the History Colloquium Series onMonday, Nov. 13, 2000. He presented “EthnicIdentity in the Former Yugoslavia.”Wesley Granberg–Michaelson ’67 of Oakland,N.J., who is general secretary of the ReformedChurch in America, attended the White House’sannual autumn prayer breakfast on behalf of theRCA. It was the first invitation for the RCA in theeight years that the prayer breakfast has beenheld. The conference members discussed globalpoverty and debt relief with President Clinton.Fran Gralow ’68 is working with Wycliffe BibleTranslators in Kenya. She will soon take a newassignment in Kitale, Kenya, about 200 milesnorthwest of Nairobi, working with Sudaneserefugees who are translating the Old and NewTestaments into their native language.Hudson Soo ’68 of Hong Kong, China, presenteda paper titled “School–based Management –Devolution of Authority, An Experience of aSchool Sponsoring Body in Hong Kong” at theForum on Secondary School Education in the 21stCentury in the Affiliated High School of PekingUniversity, Beijing, China.

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Daniel Stoepker ’70 of Detroit, Mich., wasappointed a commissioner to the 212th GeneralAssembly 2000 (Presbyterian Church USA). Hewas randomly selected to the Physical andSpiritual Well–Being Committee dealing with dis-abilities, AIDS Care Teams, children’s health andsame–sex commitment services.

William Van Faasen ’70 of Manchester, Mass.,received the “New Englander of the Year Award”from the New England Council during the coun-cil’s 75th anniversary celebration on Thursday,Sept. 28, 2000. The council presents the awardeach year to individuals and organizations thatdemonstrate an outstanding commitment toenhancing the development of the new Englandeconomy and promoting a high quality of life inthe region. He is president and CEO of Blue Crossand Blue Shield of Massachusetts. He and U.S.Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen eachreceived one of the awards during the evening.Mary Bos ’73 Van Voorst and Robert Van Voorst’74 of Holland, Mich., are the parents of one ofHope’s third generation new students: RichardVan Voorst ’04. Richard, who was not included inthe listing published in the October issue of newsfrom Hope College, is the grandson of James Bos ’46and Genevieve Duiser ’49 Bos of Muskegon, Mich.Rich “Blue” Williams ’75 of Albuquerque, N.M.,has been elected to a second term as president ofthe New Mexico Route 66 Association. Under hisleadership, historic Route 66 has been named aNational Scenic Byway through the FederalHighway Department and a CommunityMillennium Trail designated by the White House.He has been owner of Tierra Madre Non–ProfitConsultants since 1994, specializing in commer-cial district revitalization of traditional andhistoric communities.Lynn Malvitz ’76 Khadija of Haslett, Mich., is ahistory teacher at Lansing Eastern High Schooland teaches AP European history. She has alsotaught for seven years at Baker College inOwosso, and has two of her children at Hope.Previously she published “Designs on PaintedAyyubid/Mamluk Pottery from Rujm El–Kursi,1990 Season” in the Annual of the Department ofAntiquities (Jordan).Carol Nykerk ’76 of Lake Oswego, Ore., has beenpromoted to program manager for the MultnomahCounty Sheriff’s Office. She is responsible for all ofthe inmate programming for five jail facilities, formore than 2,000 inmates. She also supervises all ofthe community release programs, chaplains, A/Dand mental health staff. She has been with thesheriff’s office since May of 1994.Eugene T. Sutton ’76 has joined the staff ofWashington National Cathedral as director of theCathedral Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage.Mike Bayus ’77 of Spring Hill, Fla., is organistand music director of St. Andrews EpiscopalChurch.Conley Zomermaand ’77 has left his position assenior pastor of First Reformed Church in Pella,Iowa, and will be visiting assistant professor ofphilosophy and religion at Central College inPella during the spring, 2001, semester.Sharon Adcock ’78 of Manhattan Beach, Calif.,attended the BAFTA LA Britannia Awards,during which Prince Andrew presented StevenSpielberg the Stanley Kubrick Award forExcellence in Film.Laurie Selwyn ’79 of San Antonio, Texas, is abranch manager with the San Antonio PublicLibrary.

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Rod Bolhous ’80 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is pres-ident of Gill Industries Inc., which was foundedin 1964 and makes automobile parts.

Judith Cook ’80 Vander Zwaag of Holland,Mich., is a job coach for special education stu-dents at Holland Christian High School.Susan Markusse ’81 Peterson is principal ofWeslaco East High School in Weslaco, Texas.Carl Schwedler ’81 of Davis, Calif., and his wifehad a daughter in February (please see “Births”),joining sisters Lena Catherine (age 14), GraceElizabeth (age eight) and Catherine Anne (agefour).Derk–Michel Strauch ’81 of Hamden, Conn., is aforeign language teacher at Cooperative Arts andHumanities Magnet School in New Haven, Conn.Scot VanDerMeulen ’81 of Holland, Mich., hasbecome a partner in Driesenga & Associates Inc.He is a senior project manager in the firm’smunicipal engineering group.Jeffrey L. Ver Beek ’81 of Grosse Pointe Park,Mich., was married in June (please see“Marriages”), having become “reacquainted”with his wife at their 20–year high school classreunion. He is an attorney with Hirt,MacArthur and Ruggirello PC and an elder atthe Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, and stillenjoys playing in a Detroit–area rock and rollband, “Little Fish” (which he notes that his wifehas, to date, resisted joining).

Lisa Roth ’82 Slaton of Tallahassee, Fla., is officemanager with Gallery Graphics.Steven Geurink ’83 of Zeeland, Mich., is a min-istry service projects coordinator withWorldwide Christian Schools. He will help con-struct buildings for Christian schools for manycountries around the globe this year usingmission teams.Tom TenHoeve ’83 recently became associatedean for student affairs in the College ofPharmacy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Tom, his wife Linda Miller ’83 TenHoeve andtheir two daughters relocated from Ames, Iowa,to Naperville, Ill., in June.Kimberly Bailey ’84 Hartstein received herteacher certification through Wayland BaptistUniversity in Wayland, Texas. She moved backto Michigan last November and substitute taught.She is now with the Eau Claire Public Schools,teaching 10th grade English and 10th–12th gradejournalism.Dave Metzger ’85 of Naperville, Ill., a composer,is leading the new internet division of CatfishMusic, which sells custom music for Web pages.Cheryl Spaeth ’86 Gabriel of Grandville, Mich.,works part–time in a pension consulting firm,and sits on the exam committee of a national

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Faculty Positions Available

Chairperson (see following)Hope CollegePO Box 9000Holland, MI 49422–9000

ART HISTORIAN/GALLERY DIRECTORIncludes quarter–time commitment todirectorship of college gallery. (Prof. William Mayer, mayer@hope.edu)

BIOLOGYThree positions: (1) organismal botanist,assistant professor; (2) microbiologist, assistantprofessor, two– or three–year term position; (3) general biology, assistant professor,one–year term, with possibility of renewal for second year. Ph.D. or ABD preferred. (Dr. Dan Gerbens, gerbens@hope.edu)

CHEMISTRYBiochemist, assistant professor. Postdoctoralapplicants with experience given preference.(Dr. Joanne Stewart, stewart@hope.edu)

COMPUTER SCIENCE(1) Tenure track position, Ph.D. and under-graduate teaching competence required; (2) Visiting assistant professor, one–yearterm. Master’s degree and undergraduateteaching experience required. Equivalent background considered. (Dr. Herbert L. Dershem, dershem@hope.edu)

ECONOMICSOne–year sabbatical leave replacement,visiting assistant or associate professor. (Dr. James B. Heisler, heisler@hope.edu)

GEOLOGYAssistant professor, one–year term. (Dr. Edward Hansen, hansen@hope.edu)

KINESIOLOGYAthletic training educator/head athletictrainer, three–year renewable termappointment. Master’s required/Ph.D.preferred in athletic training or allieddiscipline. NATA certified with four yearsexperience. (Dr. Richard Ray, ray@hope.edu)

MATHEMATICSTwo positions: (1) statistics and (2) appliedmathematics. Rank open. (Dr. Janet Andersen, jandersen@hope.edu)

MUSICAssistant or associate professor of music in applied piano. December 1 was required for postmark on applications. (Dr. Wesley Ball, ball@hope.edu)

PHYSICSAssistant professor, Ph.D. required.(Dr. Paul DeYoung, deyoung@hope.edu)

SOCIAL WORKAssistant or associate professor, researchexperience focused on American minoritypopulations. Require MSW from CSWEaccredited program plus two years ofpost–MSW practice experience withculturally–diverse populations; doctorate insocial work or related field preferred. (Dr. James Piers, piers@hope.edu)

SPANISHTwo positions: (1) assistant/associateprofessor (tenure track) with strongbackground in Peninsular literature; (2)assistant/associate professor (one–year termappointment) with strong background inColonial and Pre–Columbian literature. (Dr. Hersilia Alvarez–Ruf, ruf@hope.edu)

SPECIAL EDUCATIONAssistant or associate professor. Ph.D. in special education required plusteaching certificate; endorsements in learningdisabilities (LD) and/or emotional andbehavior disorders (EBD). (Dr. Leslie Wessman, wessman@hope.edu)

GENERAL REQUIREMENTSAbility to combine excellence in classroomteaching with scholarly or other appropriateprofessional activity; commitment to thecharacter and goals of a liberal arts collegewith a Christian perspective.

RANK AND SALARYTenure track with rank open, unless specified.Salary commensurate with education andexperience. Terminal degrees are required forall positions unless otherwise noted.

Hope College places a high priorityon sustaining a supportiveenvironment that promotesopportunities for ethnic minoritiesand women. Therefore, applicationsfrom and nominations of women andminority group members areespecially welcomed. Hope Collegecomplies with federal and staterequirements for non–discriminationin employment.

* * *The college is seeking candidates for faculty positions available during the2001–02 academic year. Consideration of candidates is underway unlessotherwise specified, and will continue until the positions are filled.Additional information concerning the character of each position may beobtained through the college’s World Wide Web home page atwww.hope.edu or by contacting the department chair as follows:

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society that writes certification exams for pensionprofessionals. She and her husband in January of2000 had a third daughter (please see “Births”) inaddition to Katie (age nine) and Ellie (age six).Katrina Hargreaves–Lee ’87 of Dowagiac, Mich.,and her husband had a daughter in September of2000 (please see “Births”). Katrina also has twostep–children: Erica Jean Lee, age 16, and JustinJames Lee, age 14.Elizabeth Huttar ’87 Naka is a partner in Naka,

Huttar & Oldhouser LLP, a law firm that shestarted with two partners in 1995. The firm islocated in Baltimore, Md., and represents lendersin commercial loan transactions throughMaryland, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., andVirginia. She was married in September (pleasesee “Marriages”), and has two stepchildren:Alex, age 10, and Adalyn, age eight.Steven Schipper ’87 of Sand Lake, Mich., is aservice manager with Chrysler Superstore of

Greenville. He achieved Chrysler’s highest awardfor training and customer satisfaction for thesecond year in a row along with being a “fivestar” dealer in both 1999–2000 and 2000–01.Julie Cataldo ’88 recently bought a townhouse inWebster, N.Y. She has been working as an editorfor more than three years at West Group, a lawbook publisher in downtown Rochester, N.Y.Jill Foley ’89 Adams of Holland, Mich., is a labmanager with Microspec Analytical Group Ltd.She is pursuing an M.S. in hazardous waste man-agement at Wayne State University.Dan Bleitz ’89 and Joy Portinga ’89 Bleitz areliving in Pech, Germany. Their son was born inBonn in October (please see “Births”), joiningsisters Alyssa (age five) and Maria (age three).Michael Kannisto ’89 of Flanders, N.J., is astaffing specialist for BASF Corporation in MountOlive, N.J.Christopher Lee ’89 of Buchanan, Mich., isgeneral manager/director of research and devel-opment with International Bakers Services Inc. ofSouth Bend, Ind. The company manufacturesflavors for the baking and cereal industries.Nicole Leitz ’89 of Dearborn, Mich., is a QA/QCsupervisor in the Vitamins – Human NutritionDivision of BASF in Wyandotte, Mich.David Lowry ’89 is a neurosurgeon with GreatLakes Neurological Associates.Ariane Marolewski ’89 of Norwood, Mass., isdirector of biochemistry in the BiochemistryDivision of Repligen Corporation in Needham,Mass.Timothy Nieuwenhuis ’89 of Kalamazoo, Mich.,is an associate scientist in the Structural, Analyticaland Medicinal Chemistry Division at Pharmacia.Erik Nimz ’89 of Gales Ferry, Conn., is a seniorresearch scientist in the Global Research &Development Division of Pfizer Inc. in Groton,Conn.Jill McCandless ’89 Northuis of Portage, Mich.,is a chemist in the Process Research &Development Division at Pharmacia inKalamazoo, Mich.Jay Perriguey III ’89 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is a

physician in Ann Arbor, Mich.Dacia Pickering ’89 of Lawrenceville, N.J., is aResearch Investigator II in the Chemistry–Oncology Division of Bristol–Myers Squibb inPrinceton, N.J.Deborah Rezanka ’89 of Ellettsville, Ind., is ananalytical chemist with Microspec Analytical.Dell Todd ’89 and Amy Ragains ’92 Todd are cur-rently living in Grand Rapids, Mich. They havetwo children, Spencer and Katie (please see“Births”). Dell works in sales and works at homethree–four days a week, and Amy is astay–at–home mom. They are very involved intheir church in the junior/senior high youthgroups. Since the summer of 1999, they have spon-sored a Kosovar refugee family of five whoescaped war–torn Kosovo. They have helped themresettle here by getting them an apartment, jobs,schooling, a car and English education. Dell andAmy write, “It has truly been a challenging andrewarding year since they stepped off the planewith only the clothes on their backs and very littleEnglish; they have been like family ever since!”James VanderRoest ’89 of South Haven, Mich., isa research and development group leader in theWyckoff Chemical Division of Catalytica.Heidi Gassensmith ’89 Williams of Ann Arbor,Mich., is an associate editor at the Institute ofContinuing Legal Education.

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Michael Cheek ’90 of Papillion, Neb., has beenpromoted to major in the U.S. Air Force and chiefof the department of orthopedics at Offutt AirForce Base. He and wife Wendy Sherwood ’92Cheek are busy with children Camden (age four)and Kaedyn (age two) and several recent fosterchildren.Bridget McManus ’90 is a content developer withCognitive Arts. In October she wrote that sheloves “working and living in Chicago, but withautumn comes nostalgia. I begin to wonderwhat’s become of long lost friends made while in

An interactive look at HOPE • Arts Calendar• Regional Events Calendar www.hope.edu

You won’t need to get in line to get aseat at the Holland Civic Center to enjoyHope–Calvin basketball this year.

Coming live via satellite will be the Saturday, Jan. 20,Hope–at–Calvin game (3 p.m. EST).

The Alumni Associations of Hope and Calvin will again be beaming thelive telecast of this classic small–college rivalry across the country.Last year alumni and friends of the two colleges gathered at more than40 locations to cheer the orange–and–blue and maroon–and–gold.

If you are interested in hosting a gathering, contact Alumni DirectorLynne Powe ’86 (powe@hope.edu), (616) 395–7860.

Check our website (www.hope.edu/pr/alumni) for locations andmore information.

OUTSTANDING PROFS: Each Home-coming, the students are asked to vote for the“Outstanding Faculty/Staff Member of theYear.”

Rather than working from a list of candi-dates, the students are asked to write in thename of the person they’d most like to seehonored. The winner is recognized duringthe Homecoming game.

This year, there was a tie between two col-leagues from the same department: NancyWood Cook and Dr. Ronald Wolthuis, each ofwhom is an associate professor of education.

Professor Cook has been a member of thefaculty since 1987, and Dr. Wolthuis has beena member of the faculty since 1985. They eachspecialize in courses in the program thatfocus on preparing Hope’s teaching studentsto work with special needs children, includ-ing those with learning disabilities andemotional impairments.

Virginia McDonough, assistant professorof biology, was the only faculty member froman undergraduate college nationwide toreceive an award in the 2000 AtorvastatinResearch Awards (ARA) Program.

Only 22 of the awards were presented inthe program, which is subtitled “A Focus onthe Science” and supported by Parke–Davis,Division of Warner–Lambert Company, andPfizer Inc. Dr. McDonough received $50,000for her research project “The Role of ABCTransporters in the Cellular Accumulation ofFatty Acids.”

The award program’s mission is tosupport outstanding investigators at theearly stages of their careers in academicresearch. The program supports researchinto basic mechanisms of disease in neuro-science, cardiovascular medicine, diabetes,endocrinology, inflammation/immunologyor oncology. Atorvastatin is a drug used totreat high cholesterol, and is manufacturedby Parke–Davis and Pfizer.

The other recipients were from universi-ties, medical schools and hospitals.

Dr. McDonough’s research, conductedjointly with Hope students, is focused on themolecular biology of fats, using yeast as amodel organism. She is studying the trans-port and use of fatty acids in cells, and isparticularly interested in what makes somefatty acids toxic to cells.

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Holland. Don’t be afraid to get in touch!––bridgewith1_t@yahoo.com.”David Phillips ’90, his wife and theirone–year–old son Jerry are living in Melbourne,Australia, where David is implementing aWeb–enabled ERP system for a client. They planon spending 2001 traveling and living through-out Asia to complete the system rollout.Erik Sales ’90 of Grand Rapids, Mich., had a newpercussion CD released in October. He writes,“This is a high quality recording of just drumsand percussion that most everyone will findinteresting to listen to. This idea began when Iattended Hope and was part of the now extinctpercussion ensemble.”Kevin Cranmer ’91 of Farmington, Mich., is aninternist with the Macomb Medical Clinic inSterling Heights, Mich.David Herman ’91 is a self–employedpainter/contractor in Bozeman, Mont.Shawn Jacob ’91 of Holland, Mich., has beenchosen by the Michigan Humanities Council andMichigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs tobe included with the Arts and HumanitiesTouring Program for 2000–03 as The AmazingEgghead. His shows feature physical comedy,sight gags, offbeat magic and juggling, often usedto engage audiences with motivational messages.He presents nearly 200 shows each year, workingprimarily with schools, libraries, churches andcorporations.Randy Cross ’92 of Wyoming, Mich., is salesoperations manager with Computer Products &Resources (CPR) in Grand Rapids, Mich.Suzanne Greicar ’92 of Chicago, Ill., is helpingNorth Park University start a missions program.She works closely with the Missions StudentLeadership council to plan and lead short–termmission trips during Christmas, spring andsummer break, increase global awareness oncampus, and prepare students for missionaryservice at all levels during and following college.Faith Link ’92 of Hoboken, N.J., in March of 2000became minister of the Community Church ofHoboken. She also continues to do ministry withHospice.Jennifer Buell ’92 Mahnken of Lenexa, Kan., hasbeen promoted to business services managerwith the Johnson County Library. She is incharge of promoting the Business collection aswell as developing new services and partner-ships.Carolyn McCreedy ’92 Mitchell of Cadillac,Mich., works part–time in the Cadillac schools asa reading specialist for grades one and two.Todd Query ’92 is working full–time as the direc-tor of S.T.A.G.E. Youth Ministry, an ecumenicalyouth program in Berkley, Mich. The program issupported by three local congregations: Berkley1st United Methodist, Cana Evangelical Lutheranand Greenfield Presbyterian churches. Todd isalso seeking ordination as a “Permanent Deacon”in the United Methodist Church.Rob Riekse ’92 and his wife have moved toSeattle, Wash. He completed his residency ininternal medicine at Spectrum Health east andSaint Mary’s Mercy Medical Center in GrandRapids, Mich., this past summer. He is currentlyin his first year of a two–year fellowship in geri-atric medicine at the University of Washington inSeattle. He is actively involved in three hospitals,including the University of Washington MedicalCenter, Seattle Veterans Affairs Medical Centerand Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.Marcel terVeen ’92 of Holland, Mich., has beennamed a Michigan certified nurseryman by theMichigan Certified Nurseryman Committee ofthe Michigan Nursery and LandscapeAssociation.Annica Euvrard ’92 Waalkes is a second–yearresident at DDEAMC, Fort Gordon, Ga.Daughter Amelia, now 18 months old, is fillingthe parts of her day that work isn’t. Annica canbe reached at awaalkes@yahoo.comPhilip Waalkes ’92 completed residency infamily practice at DDEAMC, Fort Gordon, Ga.He is currently in Taszar, Hungary, as familypractice physician for the peace keeping missionSFOR VIII. He will be back in Augusta, Ga., inApril. He writes, “For ’news from the front,’e–mail at apwaalkes@yahoo.com. Pray for peace,Phil.”Julie Norman ’93 Grimes and husband A. DaleGrimes Jr. ’91 recently had twin girls (please see“Births”). Julie is now staying at home with herchildren.Kyle Ritsema ’93 is living in Fillmore, Mich., andhas been promoted to an account executive anddelivery captain with Yacht Basin Marina in

Holland, Mich.Mark Schaaf ’93 of Rochester Hills, Mich., is aresident in family medicine at PontiacOsteopathic Hospital.James Schut ’93 of Columbia, Tenn., isself–employed as an applied research psycholo-gist/evaluation consultant in Nashville, Tenn.Brian Watkins ’93 returned to the Midwest inJuly and accepted a position as the assistant direc-tor of academic enhancement at DePaulUniversity in Chicago, Ill. He had previouslylived in Philadelphia, Pa., for four years, servingas director of campus activities and studentinvolvement and as adjunct professor in sociolo-gy at Beaver College. In April, he was recognizedfor his contributions to the student affairs profes-sion and was presented with the 1999–2000National Association of Student PersonnelAdministrators (NASPA) Outstanding NewProfessional Award. He is a published author ondiversity issues in higher education. He lives inEvanston, Ill., with his partner.Mark Baker ’94 is a command judge advocate atNaval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.Richard Blair ’94 of Van Nuys, Calif., is pursuinga doctorate in inorganic chemistry at theUniversity of California in Los Angeles.Kevin Bobofchak ’94 is a post–doctoral fellow atJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore,Md.Michael Camburn ’94 of Pullman, Mich., isemployed by Parke–Davis/Warner–LambertCompany in Holland, Mich. He is a LIMS admin-istrator, responsible for developing andmaintaining the LIMS System in the QualityControl Laboratory.Derek Colmenares ’94 of Columbia, S.C., is afamily practice chief resident at PalmettoRichland Memorial Hospital.Jane Cook ’94 of Fremont, Mich., is a high school

science teacher with the Fremont Public Schools.Marcee Miller ’94 Daly of Grand Blanc, Mich., isassistant lab manager for the Department ofChemistry at Oakland University in Rochester,Mich.Derek Draft ’94 of Holland, Mich., is aself–employed general dentist in Grandville,Mich. He recently joined the Holland PoliceDepartment Reserves Unit.Matthew Erickson ’94 of Traverse City, Mich., isthe owner of Great Lakes Chiropractic.Timothy Ewald ’94 of Holland, Mich., is a chem-istry/English teacher at Black River PublicSchool.Nathalie Hallyn ’94 of Minneapolis, Minn., is anecological designer with Kestrel Design Group,doing a combination of ecology and landscapearchitecture.Jon Hammerschmidt ’94 of Rochester, N.Y., is asenior research scientist for Eastman Kodak.Scott Hice ’94 was promoted to senior tax associ-ate at BDO Seidman LLP, and transferred fromthe Grand Rapids, Mich., office to the New YorkCity office in October of 2000.Zachary Kerwin ’94 of Clarkston, Mich., is ananesthesiology resident with The University ofMichigan Medical Centers in Ann Arbor, Mich.William King III ’94 of Hudsonville, Mich., is aresident attorney with Factor & Partners LLC ofHolland, Mich., and Chicago, Ill.Ali Kooistra ’94 of Washington, D.C., is gallerymanager with KITCHEN [K]–A Design Gallery.David Long Jr. ’94 of South Boston, Mass., is anequal employment opportunity investigator withthe U.S. Department of Commerce.Julie DeGoede ’94 May of Noblesville, Ind.,recently graduated from optometry school(please see “Advanced Degrees”) and is workingin private practice for two doctors in theIndianapolis area. She and husband Scott May

’93 just built a new house.Timothy McCarty ’94 is in his third year teachingseventh grade social studies at Monroe–Woodbury Middle School in Central Valley, N.Y.He is also coaching seventh and eighth gradefootball for the school, which is consistentlyranked top–10 in Class AA, the largest class inNew York. He writes, “We have over 65 playersdue to the popularity of the program, many ofthese seventh–eighth graders having neverplayed the game before. It is exciting and chal-lenging to teach them the game of football. Theyare so eager to learn and be part of the program.I am in charge of the offensive and defensive linesand I am having so much fun!! I am living mydream, teaching and coaching!!.”Katrina Parmelee ’94 Peters of Clarkston, Mich.,is a family practice resident in the Department ofFamily Practice at William Beaumont Hospital inTroy, Mich.Derek Sanders ’94 has a dental practice inMidland, Mich.Tammy Birbeck ’94 Schaaf of Rochester Hills,Mich., is a resident in OB/GYN at St. John’sRiverview Hospital.John Silva ’94 of Highland Park, Ill., is a projectmanager with Hewitt Associates in Lincolnshire,Ill.Douglas Swanson ’94 of Kettering, Ohio, is anaccount representative in the Dow AutomotiveDivision of The Dow Chemical Company.Darnisha Taylor ’94, performing with the profes-sional name of Taylor Rolyat, sang during theCrossroads Festival, a community tent revival, inReed City, Mich., in August. She is a Christianrecording artist and music producer in additionto directing the Hope College Gospel Choir.Sarah Leighton ’94 Thibault of DeWitt, Mich., isemployed in the East Lansing Crime Laboratoryof the Michigan State Police. She is a forensic sci-

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entist/DNA analyst in the Forensic ScienceDivision.Fredrick Vance ’94 of Midland, Mich., is a seniorresearch chemist at The Dow ChemicalCompany, Corporate R&D.Holly Van Vliet ’94 of South Lyon, Mich., is anaccount manager for the Michigan Region ofInvitrogen.Wesley White ’94 of Indianapolis, Ind., works inchemistry at Eli Lilly Company.Angela Fagerlin ’95 of Ann Arbor, Mich., hascompleted her doctorate in experimental psy-chology (please see “Advanced Degrees”). She isa research faculty member in the School ofMedicine at the University of Michigan, and hasa research appointment at the Ann ArborVeterans Affairs Medical Center.Eric Foster ’95 writes, “It has been a good yearsince I left Capitol Hill, presumably for lawschool.” He notes that he put those plans on holdas he accepted a job with the mayor ofWashington, D.C., Anthony A. Williams, as hisspecial assistant for Congressional affairs, lobby-ing on his and the city’s behalf. He is now deputydirector for the city’s Office of the PublicAdvocate, managing the day–to–day communityand political operations of the 13–member staffand being responsible for marketing the mayorand his policies to D.C. residents, civic organiza-tions, the local Democratic parties and localelected officials.Eric Almli ’96 is a physician, serving as an emer-gency room resident, at Emory University’sGrady Hospital in Atlanta, Ga.Nasir (Nasser) Beitello ’96 of Battle Creek, Mich.,writes, “If you know who I am, I will certainlyremember you. Drop me a couple of lines, Iwould love to hear from any of you. My lovegoes out to those in Spain, Germany, France,Japan, India, South Africa, and to all of those stillliving in the U.S. Always looking forward tohearing from you!”Kimberly Benton ’96 is an environmental educa-tor with the Northwest Park and Nature Center

in Windsor, Conn.Heather Blanton–Dykstra ’96 is a business andproperty law attorney with Smith, Haughey, Rice& Roegge in Traverse City, Mich.Erik Carpenter ’96 of Washington, D.C., is aphysical scientist (forensic examiner) with theFederal Bureau of Investigation.David Charnin ’96 moved to Boston, Mass., onOctober 2, 2000, and became associated with thelaw firm of Ropes & Gray. He currently practicesin their corporate and real estate departments.Richard Maples ’96 quit work at the juveniledelinquent home in August of 1999 to pursue asecond bachelor’s, in agricultural business man-agement, at Michigan State University. He alsoreturned to his love of cross country, and washired as an assistant coach at rival AlbionCollege. “I had an incredible time, but due totime constraints I was not able to continue as theassistant coach again this fall,” he writes. He willcomplete his degree at MSU in May, and hasalready been offered a position with TractorSupply Company following graduation.Gail Messing ’96 recently purchased her firsthome, in Kalamazoo, Mich. She continues towork as a registered nurse–case manager forVisiting Nurse and Hospice Services. Shewrites, “I am enjoying my work and being ahomeowner!”Melissa O’Connor ’96 spent this past summerworking for Young Life as a mountaineeringguide in the Medicine Bow mountains ofWyoming. In October she moved to San Jose,Costa Rica, for the year to work for Young Life inministry to high school and college students.Naomi Tsukamoto ’96 is completing her M.Eddegree, and is working as an assistant programcoordinator for Imagination Works, a new chil-dren’s museum in Natick, Mass.Audrey Coates ’97 Akland of Chicago, Ill., is amechanical engineer for Automated Systems Inc.of Lake Bluff, Ill.Hasan Choudhry ’97 is a senior consultant atTechnology Solutions Company.

Cynthia Canavera ’97 Crannell of Minneapolis,Minn., is a fifth grade teacher in New Hope,Minn.Amy Hinderer ’97 of Scottsdale, Ariz., is an asso-ciate attorney, in business and finance, with Snell& Wilmer LLP.Dana Jensen ’97 of Madison, Wis., is pursuing amaster’s degree in land resources through theInstitute for Environmental Studies at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison, focusing inland use policy and planning toward ecologicallysustainable management of protected areas.Chad M. Nykamp ’97 and Cindy Achterhof ’97Nykamp have moved to the Northern Virginiaarea. Chad is a marketing representative for theNational Rifle Association in Fairfax, Va., andCindy is at home with their newborn daughter(please see “Births”).Meghan Perry ’97 of Novi, Mich., is a special edu-cation teacher at Novi Meadows School.Tyler Smith ’97 is attending the NorthwesternUniversity Kellogg Graduate School ofManagement in pursuit of his MBA. He is stillliving in Lincoln Park, just north of downtownChicago.Timothy Su ’97 is pursuing a master’s in clinicalpsychology at Wheaton College.Rochelle Tedesco ’97 is an associate with theWashington, D.C., law firm of Crowell & MoringLLP.Tonia Bruins ’98 of South Bend, Ind., is in herfirst year as an assistant athletic trainer at NotreDame University.Matt Cassell ’98 recently switched jobs and isnow a senior analyst in the Mergers andAcquisitions Group at Duff & Phelps, amiddle–market investment bank in Chicago, Ill.Jennifer Smith ’98 DeBoer of Valparaiso, Ind., isan attorney practicing labor law, employmentlaw and insurance defense with Steven A.Johnson & Associates of Merrillville, Ind.Jonathan DeWitte ’98 of Alexandria, Va., is a leg-islative assistant with Congressman Dave Campin Washington, D.C.Jenny Wilson ’98 Farmer is a labor delivery nurseat St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.Mike Farmer ’99 is a human resource generalistfor Absopure Water Co. in Plymouth, Mich.,working full–time while pursuing his master’s inlabor and industrial relations at Michigan StateUniversity part–time. They wrote in October tonote that their daughter, Emma, was 16 monthsold “and more fun everyday!”Kevin Freng ’98 of Hudsonville, Mich., is mar-keting manager with Westfield Companies inGrand Rapids, Mich.Julie Holwerda ’98 has left her teaching job inWheaton, Ill., to accept a short–term missionassignment with TEAM ministries. She is at theBlack Forest Academy in Kandern, Germany.She is teaching French and physical education,and coaching volleyball and track.Eddie Hwang ’98 of Pentwater, Mich., is a phar-maceutical sales representative for TAPPharmaceuticals.Kari–Lynn Lesser ’98 of Barrington, Ill., is a flightattendant with United Airlines.Clinton Moore ’98 of Darien, Ill., is thePeopleSoft support lead with TechnologySolutions Company in Chicago, Ill.Lara Wagner ’98 Moore of Darien, Ill., is a salesand marketing associate with Marketing Werksin Chicago, Ill.Kate Reed ’98 Randall of Grandville, Mich., is aschool social worker with the Allendale PublicSchools.Michael Vander Elzen ’98 is a retail associate inthe Holland North office of Michigan National.Kristin Zimdahl ’98 this fall began a master’sprogram at the university in Innsbruck, Austria.She is studying translation and interpretation inEnglish, German and Spanish.Jason Hester ’99 of Wyoming, Mich., is anaccount executive with Louis Padnos Iron &Metal Company in Holland, Mich.Carla Boss ’99 Hwang of Pentwater, Mich., isteaching English at Pentwater High School.Case McCalla ’99 of Holland, Mich., is a com-mercial credit analyst with AmeriBank in GrandRapids, Mich.Megan Radcliffe ’99 of Waukegan, Ill., hasmoved to New York City and recently finished

assistant directing an off–Broadway play called“COBB,” by Lee Blessing. The show opened onNovember 8, and was presented by The MeltingPot Theatre Company, Trigger Street Productionsand Kevin Spacey. Megan is also pursuing heracting career in New York.Alicia Tomicich ’99 of Pacific, Mo., sinceFebruary of 2000 has been working as an acade-mic educator/community support worker withPreferred Family Healthcare, and writes that shehas “been gaining new knowledge in the field ofsubstance abuse treatment for adolescents eversince.”

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Milestone alert!The 1999–2000 Milestones have been shipped to the homes of

alumni who had ordered them.

Michelle Barnett ’00 is in the doctoral program inclinical psychology at The University of Alabamain Tuscaloosa. She has received a GraduateCouncil Fellowship to the university for the2000–01 academic year.Nicholas Belill ’00 is attending Michigan Collegeof Optometry at Ferris State University.Banu Demiralp ’00 of Baltimore, Md., is aresearch consultant with The Protection Project(The Foreign Policy Institute of the School ofAdvanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins),in Washington, D.C.Travis Graham ’00 is attending the ArizonaCollege of Osteopathic Medicine.Margaret Klott ’00 of Kalamazoo, Mich., is anathletic trainer with West Michigan Rehab inAllegan, Mich.Jennifer Kossoris ’00 is attending the Universityof Chicago Medical School.Melyssa Lenon ’00 of Ossineke, Mich., is a highschool mathematics teacher with the Alpena(Mich.) Public Schools.Donna Maupin ’00 of Farmington Hills, Mich., isan in–home family reunification case managerwith Orchards Children’s Services in Detroit,Mich.Matthew Reynolds ’00 is attendingNorthwestern University Medical School.Mark Slabaugh ’00 is attending the University ofWashington–Seattle Medical School.Kevin Sonnemann ’00 is doing graduate work inbiology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.Andrea Speers ’00 has joined MarketingResource Group Inc. of Lansing, Mich., as anaccount coordinator dealing with public affairsand corporate communications.Jaclyn Vande Wege ’00 of Avon, Colo., isemployed by Vail Associates as ticket foreman atGolden Peak Children’s Center.Emily Wahlstrom ’00 is a computer technicianwith the Holland (Mich.) Public Schools.Betsy Waterloo ’00 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is aspecial education teacher at Orchard HillsElementary School.Susan Hinman ’01 has been accepted into thedental program at the University of DetroitMercy School of Dentistry.

Marriages

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James R. Cannon Jr. ’76 and Joanne Gilbert.Jeffrey L. Ver Beek ’81 and Laura, June 24,

2000.Keith Grigoletto ’82 and Sandra Tyler, Sept.

30, 2000, East Hampton, N.Y.Lisa Roth ’82 and Raymond Slaton, Dec. 18,

1999, Monticello, Fla.Elizabeth Huttar ’87 and David Naka, Sept. 3,

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2000.Sarah Lawrence ’90 and Rich Mann, April 26,

2000.Richard M. Sedlar ’92 and Karen M. Walters,

Sept. 3, 2000, Winter Park, Colo.Kristen Caulkins ’93 and Timothy Farrell,

Aug. 5, 2000, Kalamazoo, Mich.Sheryl Fenske ’93 and Joseph Gutzwiller, July

15, 2000, Grand Rapids, Mich.Mark D. Baker ’94 and Colleen McAlinden,

April 1, 2000, Livonia, Mich.Holly J. Van Vliet ’94 and Tracee S. Senter,

Sept. 9, 2000, Fenton, Mich.Heather R. Blanton ’96 and James M. Dykstra

’97, June 5, 1999, Holland, Mich.Phil Velderman ’96 and Elizabeth Robertson,

Aug. 12, 2000, Livonia, Mich.Cynthia Canavera ’97 and Patrick Crannell,

May 21, 2000, Key West, Fla.Carrie Carley ’97 and Evan Llewellyn ’97,

Aug. 19, 2000, Holland, Mich.Dan DeMare ’97 and Sara Wilson ’97, Oct. 28,

2000, Ann Arbor, Mich.Dana Anne Jensen ’97 and Russell T.

Schnitzer, Sept. 11, 1999, Muskegon, Mich.Jennifer Geerdink ’98 and Mark Kamper, Aug.

12, 2000, Ada, Mich.Clinton Allen Moore ’98 and Lara Jean

Wagner ’98, Aug. 18, 2000, Palos Heights, Ill.Kevin Randall ’98 and Kate Reed ’98, June 30,

2000.Jennifer Lynn Smith ’98 and Michael John

DeBoer, May 28, 2000, Holland, Mich.Zackery Vanden Berg ’98 and Lisa Rottman,

June 17, 2000.Carrie Waterloo ’98 and Ken Krause, Aug. 19,

2000, Grand Rapids, Mich.Case McCalla ’99 and Amy Vander Slice ’01,

June 10, 2000, New Era, Mich.

Births

Carl Schwedler ’81 and Marcia Berry, LukeJacob Schwedler, Feb. 17, 2000.

Jan Anderson ’83 Waite and Tyler Waite, KiraLouise, April 19, 2000.

Rick Avra ’83 and LaNae Tilstra ’84 Avra,Charlotte Jo, June 20, 2000.

Timothy Dieffenbach ’84 and BrendaHoffman ’89 Dieffenbach, Abigail Elizabeth, Sept.14, 2000.

Cheryl Spaeth ’86 Gabriel and Scott Gabriel,Erika Lyn, Jan. 3, 2000.

Katrina Hargreaves–Lee ’87 and Jeffery Lee,Peytin Louise Lee, Sept. 16, 2000.

Dan Bleitz ’89 and Joy Portinga ’89 Bleitz,Evan Daniel, Oct. 5, 2000.

Rebecca Damson ’89 Selenko and JohnSelenko, Kathryn Lynn, Oct. 2, 2000.

Dell Todd ’89 and Amy Ragains ’92 Todd,Catherine “Katie” Hart, Sept. 25, 1998, andSpencer Christian, Aug. 25, 2000.

A. Dale Grimes Jr. ’91 and Julie R. Norman ’93Grimes, Sarah Ellen and Emily Renee, Sept. 8,2000.

Judith Bayer ’92 Alley and Troy Alley,Mitchell Garrett, July 20, 2000.

Stephen Cole ’92 and Suzanne Chesser ’92Cole, Aaron Tyler, Oct. 7, 2000.

Randy Cross ’92 and Betsy Cross, AlexanderJohn, Sept. 18, 2000.

Carolyn McCreedy ’92 Mitchell and RandyMitchell, Carissa Jean, April 11, 2000.

Kristin Sikkenga ’93 Northrop and BradfordNorthrop, Jackson Robert, Aug. 9, 2000.

Marcee Miller ’94 Daly and Shannon Daly,Connor Matthew, March 25, 2000.

Donna Bolenz ’94 Lindley and JonathanLindley, Ryan Alexander, Aug. 28, 2000.

Sarah Leighton ’94 Thibault and Josh Thibault,Joseph William, Aug. 29, 2000.

Clint Sallee ’95 and Samantha Sallee, ColeClinton, Sept. 24, 2000.

Shannon Vanderspool ’96 Watson and RobWatson, Samara Lee (Marli), Oct. 11, 2000.

Chad M. Nykamp ’97 and Cindy Achterhof’97 Nykamp, Adelei Elizabeth, Aug. 17, 2000.

Jeremy Caulkins ’98 and Rebecca TravisCaulkins, Emma Travis, July 29, 1999.

Advanced Degrees

Richard Mezeske ’69, Ph.D., education,Michigan State University, May, 2000.

Todd Query ’92, master of divinity, with spe-

cialization in Christian education, MethodistTheological School of Ohio, May, 2000.

Todd A. Bredeweg ’94, Ph.D., nuclear chem-istry, Indiana University, September, 2000.

Heather VanAlstine ’94 Dale, Ph.D., biomole-cular chemistry, University of Wisconsin MedicalSchool, 2000.

Steven Kooi ’94, Ph.D., chemical physics, PennState University, July, 2000.

Julie DeGoede ’94 May, Optometry School atIndiana University, May, 2000.

Timothy McCarty ’94, master of science ineducation with a major in special education, StateUniversity of New York at New Paltz, August,2000. Also certification to teach special educationin New York, K–12.

Angela Fagerlin ’95, Ph.D., experimental psy-chology, Kent State University, Aug. 19, 2000.

Michelle Brown ’95 Warren, master’s in the artof teaching (MAT), Marygrove College,December, 1999.

Kimberly Benton ’96, master of science inenvironmental education, Southern ConnecticutState University, New Haven, Conn., May, 2000.

Sara Beth Minnaar ’96, master’s, counselingpsychology, Western Michigan University,August, 2000.

Cynthia Canavera ’97 Crannell, master of edu-cation, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis,May, 2000.

Rochelle Tedesco ’97, J.D., University ofMichigan, May, 2000.

Jennifer Smith ’98 DeBoer, juris doctorate,Valparaiso University School of Law, May, 2000.

Deaths

Word has been received of the death ofMiriam Kathryn Baehr ’36 of Sparta, Mich., whodied on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000. More infor-mation will appear in the next issue.

Word has been received of the death of Faried(Fred) Banna ’51, who died on Saturday, June 27,1998, at age 73.

James H. Barr ’39 of Seattle, Wash., died onTuesday, Aug. 29, 2000. He was 83.

He was born on July 13, 1917, in Newburgh,N.Y. He graduated from the University ofArizona.

He was a Methodist minister, and later aschool teacher.

Survivors include a sister, Marjorie Ellen BarrBauld of Manchester, Conn., and an adopteddaughter.

He was preceded in death by an adopted son.

Natalie G. Bosman ’46 of Saugatuck, Mich.,died of cancer on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000. Shewas 76.

She was the great–granddaughter of one ofHolland’s earliest pioneer merchants. She gradu-ated from Holland High School in 1942.

She taught at Plainwell High School for sevenyears, and then taught in Japan, Austria, Franceand Saudi Arabia. She returned to Holland in1959 and taught French and English at HollandHigh School for 21 years, retiring in 1979.

She was preceded in death by her parents,George and Olyve Bosman, and a sister, LouiseBosman Brake.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Peter (YvonneBosman) Jonker of Holland; four nieces andnephews, Peter Jonker IV of Saugatuck, G.Nathan and Marilyn Jonker of Clio, Mich., andWaukazoo, Mich., Olivia Y. (Jonker) and JeffreyBelanger of Traverse City, Mich., and Louise A.(Jonker) McCormick of Holland; and sixgreat–nieces and great–nephews, NicholasMcCormick of Ann Arbor, Mich., Sarah andKatharine Jonker of Colorado and Clio, and Ian,Andrew and Cameron Belanger of Traverse City.

Charles W. Davidson ’47 of Wellston, Mich.,died on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000. He was 77.

He was a veteran of World War II and theKorean Conflict, where he served in the U.S.Marine Corps.

He was a former educator with the GrandRapids (Mich.) Public Schools. He was also theformer owner of Tifts in Newaygo, Mich.

He was preceded in death by a grandson,Aaron Hulst, in March of 1999.

Survivors include his wife, Iris; his formerwife, Bernice M. Davidson; his sons, Kirk(Cheryl) Davidson of Montague, Mich., and

Craig (Amy) Davidson of White Cloud, Mich.; hisstepchildren, Steven (Jacque) Hulst of Newaygo,Janet Weiss of Grand Rapids and Jim (Kim) Hulstof Hudsonville, Mich.; his grandchildren, CharlesA. and Katie Ann Davidson, Nathan, Cynthia,Elizabeth and Jonathan Hulst, Kara and DavidOlson, and Trinity, Gabriel, Emily and HallieHulst; and his great–grandchildren, Corbin andCarson Olson.

Word has been received of the death of AllanE. Frelander ’51 of Carlinville, Ill., who died onTuesday, Oct. 24, 2000. More information willappear in the next issue.

Word has been received of the death of LloydA. Heneveld ’49 of Grand Rapids, Mich., whodied on Friday, Nov. 24, 2000. More informationwill appear in the next issue.

Word has been received of the death of BillHolwerda ’50 of Grand Rapids, Mich., who diedon Friday, Nov. 17, 2000. More information willappear in the next issue.

Word has been received of the death ofAdrian Kammeraad ’33 of Indianapolis, Ind.,who died on Friday, Nov. 17, 2000. More infor-mation will appear in the next issue.

Donna Lampman ’70 of Schenectady, N.Y.,died on Thursday, July 27, 2000, following abattle with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or ALS (amy-otrophic lateral sclerosis).

She was a mathematics major at Hope. Shehad been a teacher in the Greater Amsterdamschool district for nearly 30 years, teaching at theelementary and middle school levels.

Survivors include her mother, MildredLampman of Colonie, N.Y.; a sister, KarenReynolds of Colonie; and two nephews, Scott andTodd Reynolds of Colonie.

She was preceded in death by her father,Clifford Lampman.

Ruth Geerlings ’32 Marcotte of Boston, Mass.,died on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. She was 89.

She was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Aug.26, 1910, and grew up in Holland, Mich. Aftergraduating from Hope, she taught in the HollandPublic Schools.

She married Reo J. Marcotte ’32, and theyspent two years in New Haven, Conn., and nineyears in Pittsfield, Mass., before moving toBelmont, Mass., in 1953, where he was the CEO ofMount Auburn Hospital until his retirement in1972. He died in 1983.

She had lived in Belmont for 46 years prior tomoving to a retirement community in Boston inMarch of 1999. During her years in Belmont shewas active in the Plymouth CongregationalChurch, the Belmont Women’s Club, the Leagueof Women Voters and the Mount AuburnHospital Auxiliary. She was also an avid garden-er.

She is survived by her son, Keith Marcotte,and his wife, Virginia, of Boston.

Laurena Louisa Hollebrands ’32 Meyer ofMidlothian, Va., died on Friday, Sept. 1, 2000.She was 90.

She was born on Dec. 15, 1909, in Leota,Minn., to Cornelia Ver Ploeg Hollebrands and theRev. James John Hollebrands.

She was the widow of the late Rev. CorneliusMeyer ’32, who died in 1969. He had served the

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Altamont (N.Y.) Reformed Church for 15 years aspastor, and she lived in Altamont until moving toVirginia two years ago.

While in Altamont, she learned to drive andcompleted her master’s in English at SUNY atAlbany. She taught high school English atBerne–Knox–Westerlo School District for anumber of years.

She was an active member of the AltamontReformed Church. She served as an elder on con-sistory, participated in the woman’s circle, taughtSunday school, sang in the choir, and led spiritu-al retreats.

Survivors include two sons, the Rev. JohnHollebrands Meyer ’59 of Douglaston, N.Y., andCornelius James Meyer of Midlothian; a daugh-ter, Janice Meyer Henning of Laceyville, Pa.; ninegrandchildren; six great–grandchildren; and asister, Pauline Dykstra of Grosse Pointe Park,Mich.

Word has been received of the death of NellieVanEeuwen ’33 Miller of Arlington, Mass., whodied on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000. More informa-tion will appear in the next issue.

Word has been received of the death ofWarren K. Plaggemars ’59 of Jenison, Mich., whodied on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2000. More informa-tion will appear in the next issue.

Margaret Sherman ’71 of North Muskegon,Mich., died on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000. She was82.

She was born in Yonkers, N.Y. She graduatedfrom Emma Willard School in Troy, and JulliardSchool of Music.

After graduating from Hope, she became avocal music teacher for Muskegon CommunityCollege and Hope. She also gave private voicelessons. She was a member of the NationalAssociation of Teachers of Singing.

Her husband, Gilbert, preceded her in deathin 1995.

Survivors include her children, Thomas andJeanine Sherman of Kalamazoo, Mich., ElizabethBoswell Sherman of Southgate, Mich., and HelenHume Sherman of North Muskegon; a sister, Sueand Andrew Wierengo of Muskegon, Mich.; twobrothers, Frank Jr. and Esther McKee of PortOrange, Fla., and Alan and Patricia McKee ofBenton Harbor, Mich.; one grandson; and niecesand nephews.

Gloria VandeHoef ’73 Timmer of Lawrence,Kan., died on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2000, follow-ing a lengthy battle with breast cancer. She was49.

She was born in Sheldon, Iowa, on Jan. 23,1951, to Paul ’62 and Jean VandeHoef. She com-pleted an MBA at Phillips University in Enid,Okla., in 1982.

She married John B. Timmer, an officer in theU.S. Air Force, on June 10, 1972. The Air Forcetook the Timmers around the country, withassignments in Mississippi, Arkansas, Virginia,Washington and Oklahoma.

Upon leaving active duty in 1982, theTimmer family moved to Lawrence, and Gloriabegan working for the State of Kansas at theLegislative Post Audit office. She later workedfor the Division of Legislative Research as afiscal analyst and the Division of Budget as prin-cipal analyst.

She was appointed State Budget Director in1991 by Governor Joan Finney, and reappointedby Governor Bill Graves in 1995. She alsoserved as Secretary of Administration forGovernor Finney. In 1998, she moved toWashington, D.C., to be the executive director ofthe National Association of State BudgetOfficers.

She was a long–time member of PlymouthCongregational Church, where she served aschair of the Stewardship Board and as moderator.

Survivors include her husband; her daugh-ters, Tracy Timmer ’99 of Boulder, Colo., andJennifer Timmer of Lawrence; her father and

stepmother, Paul ’62 and Thelma VandeHoef ofGrandville, Mich.; her mother, Jean VandeHoefof Grand Rapids; brothers, Darrell VandeHoef’78 of Zeeland, Mich., and Jeff VandeHoef ofGrand Rapids; a sister, Paula VandeHoef ’77Drumm of Bloomington, Ill.; her parents–in–law,Barbara Dee Folensbee ’43 Timmer and JohnNorman Timmer ’38 of Holland; and twosisters–in–law, Barbara Timmer ’69 of SanFrancisco, Calif., and Susan G. Timmer.

Joyce VanOss ’40 Twist of East Amherst,N.Y., died on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000. She was81.

She was born on April 11, 1919, inJamestown, Mich., to Bert J. and Allis (Atwood)VanOss.

After graduating from Hope, she taught inthe Howard City Community Schools. Shemoved to Marshall, Mich., in 1945, and taught atMarshall’s Central School as a sixth gradeteacher.

She was married in Marshall on May 1, 1948,to Harold A. Twist. She subsequently took aleave from teaching until 1962, when sherejoined the Marshall school system, teaching inthe junior high school English department. Shelater taught science in the junior high school,and later, in the Marshall Middle School, fromwhich she retired.

She was a life member of the MichiganEducation Association, the National EducationAssociation and Marshall Retired Teachers. Shehad also been active in the AmericanAssociation of University Women, the Claude E.Hale VFW Post Auxiliary, Campfire and local4–H.

She had been a member of Trinity EpiscopalChurch, where she taught Sunday school, andwas a member of First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Mary(Mark) Heard, and two grandsons, Matthewand Adam Heard of East Amherst; and niecesand nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband,Harold A. Twist, and brothers, Willis B. VanOssand Roger J. VanOss.

Aaron John Ungersma ’26 of San Rafael,Calif., died on Monday, Sept. 18, 2000. He was95.

He was born in Lafayette, Ind. FollowingHope, he received his first theology degree fromWestern Theological Seminary, a master’s intheology from Princeton and his doctoratemagna cum laude in psychology from MarburgUniversity in Marburg, Germany. He wasordained a minister in the Presbyterian Churchin 1929.

He married the former Mary ElizabethByrne, who survives him, in 1930. They hadthree children, who also survive him.

He was a veteran of World War II, havingserved as a chaplain on a troop ship in thePacific Theatre for the U.S. Navy. After the war,he continued his service in the Navy Reserve asa psychologist, and lectured at U.S. bases in thePacific. He attained the rank of commander inthe Naval Reserve.

He began his teaching career at theUniversity of Denver, where he was a professorof psychology from 1935 to 1938. He came to theSan Francisco Theological Seminary in 1938,first as Stuart Professor of Systematic Theologyand later specializing in pastoral psychologyuntil his retirement in 1976.

In 1938, he became one of the founders of thePacific Coast Theological Group (now Society).In 1952, he was president of the Mental HealthSociety, and co–founded the first out–patientmental health facility in Marin County, Calif.

In 1974, he was inducted as the first occupant ofthe Tulley Chair of Pastoral Psychology at the SanFrancisco Theological Seminary. Simultaneously,he was one of the initial faculty members of theGraduate Theological Union in Berkeley.

His books include The Search for Meaning(1961), a study of Victor Frankl’s existentialanalysis or “logotherapy”; Handbook for ChristianBelievers (1964); and Escape from Phoniness (1969).

His interests also included music. As astudent in the late 1920s, he played the organaccompaniment for silent movies, and through-out his life he played the piano, accordion andbass viol in small bands.

In addition to his wife, survivors include hisdaughter, Joan Halperin of Orinda, Calif.; twosons, John Ungersma of Bishop and MichaelUngersma of Campbell, Calif.; his sister,

Henrietta Boyd of Jonesboro, Ark.; 10 grandchil-dren; and two great–grandchildren.

Phoebe Sargent ’37 Van Dragt of Holland,Mich., died on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000. She was85.

She had been a teacher in the Fennville PublicSchools for 27 years, and was a member of theRetired School Teachers Association. She hadlived in the Douglas, Mich., area before movingto Holland in 1991.

She was a member of the Community Churchof Douglas, and a former member of DouglasCongregational United Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her husband,Roy, in 1978.

Survivors include her son, Ronald and KathyVan Dragt of Douglas; three grandchildren; abrother, Kenneth and Freda Sargent of Fennville;and a sister, Rhea and Milton Larsen of Fennville.

James E. Van Vessem ’33 of Penn Yan, N.Y.,died on Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. He was 88.

He was born in West Sayville in Long Island,N.Y., on Jan. 13, 1912, the son of Peter andMatena Van Popering Van Vessem. He gradu-ated from Sayville High School in 1929, andfrom New Brunswick Theological Seminaryafter Hope, where he was a member of theEmersonian Fraternity.

He held pastorates at The Old BrickReformed Church in Marlborough, N.J.; TheHelderberg Reformed Church in GuilderlandCenter, N.Y.; Altamont (N.Y.) ReformedChurch; Clarksville (N.Y.) Reformed Church (assupply for 10 years); and First Reformed Churchof Astoria, Queens.

Following clinical pastoral training atColumbia University and Union TheologicalSeminary, he was protestant chaplain atHudson River Psychiatric Center inPoughkeepsie, N.Y., and Rochester PsychiatricCenter. He also served as a lector at ColgateRochester Divinity School in Rochester, N.Y.

He later obtained his master’s degree insocial work from Richmond ProfessionalInstitute while residing in Defuniak Springs. Heserved as a case worker district supervisor, anddirector of Walton County Children’s Servicesin Florida.

After retiring in 1976, he returned to NewYork, living in Branchport and Geneva, and wasan active member of St. James Episcopal Churchin Hammondsport. In 1995, he moved to PennYan and joined the United Methodist Church.

He was a life member of Noah Lodge No. 754F. & A.M. in Altamont.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley VanVessem; a son, Craig (Bonnie) Van Vessem;stepdaughters, Suzanne Stanton, Shelley (Tom)Bicksler, Sandy Swift and Kathryn (Allan)Davino; stepsons, David (Lynne) Archibald,John (Kathy) Archibald and Carl (Karen)Bullock; a niece, Jacqueline Karlsen; 20 grand-children; and 19 great–grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two wives, Helenand LaVera; and his sister, Pauline McKeon.

Gertrude Zonnebelt ’35 of Holland, Mich.,died on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2000. She was 88.

She was born in Borculo, Mich.She taught fourth grade at Van Raalte

Elementary School in Holland for 37 years. Shewas a member of Pillar Christian ReformedChurch.

Survivors include a sister, Lenora Zonnebeltof Holland; a niece, Judith Morehouse ofConcord; and several cousins.

Sympathy To

The family of Mina R. Gortsema of GrandRapids, Mich., who died on Monday, Oct. 30,2000, at age 58.

Survivors include her husband, Tom; andher children, Tim Gortsema ’82 and JamieGortsema of Grand Rapids, Sara Gortsema ’95Zang and Dan Zang of Grand Rapids, and TomGortsema Jr. ’97 and Sara Looman ’97 Gortsemaof Spring Lake, Mich.

The family of Sarah Beth Heideman, whowas stillborn on Monday, Nov. 6, 2000.

Survivors include her parents, Dr. CharlotteJohnson ’87 Heideman and Carl Heideman ’88of Holland, Mich., and a brother and sister, Jackand Hope Heideman.

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The journey of Hope’sfall sports teams followedmany paths.

For several it was a path to significantaccomplishment and glory.

For the football team, for example, thejourney began on a hot summer afternoon inthe city of Queretaro, Mexico, and endedmany months later on the snow–coveredtundra of Holland Municipal Stadium. TheFlying Dutchmen won their first outrightMichigan Intercollegiate AthleticAssociation (MIAA) championship in 14years and gained a berth in the NCAADivision III playoffs.

It was one of three MIAA championshipsfor Hope fall sports teams. The men’s golfteam successfully defended its league title,while the volleyball team took the top prizefor the third time in four seasons. The vol-leyball team also gained a spot in the NCAAchampionships.

The women’s golf and men’s crosscountry teams finished second; the men’ssoccer and women’s cross country teamswere third; and the women’s soccer teamended fifth.

The cumulative result was that Hopegained the lead after the fall sports season inthe MIAA all–sports standings. Already thewinner of a league–record 22 all–sportschampionships (now known as theCommissioner’s Cup), Hope teamsamassed 84 all–sports points during the fallseason, followed by Albion, 68; Calvin, 66;Alma and Kalamazoo, 56 each; Adrian, 24and Olivet, 22.

Hope athletes were named the most valu-able in three fall sports –– senior J.D. Gravesin football, senior Aaron Vandenberg inmen’s golf and freshman Lacey Wicksall inwomen’s golf.

Football

Last June the football team took its firstinternational trip, playing an exhibitiongame against the team from theAutonomous University of Queretaro,Mexico. The game was played in the swel-tering heat of a summer afternoon.

Five months later, the Flying Dutchmenwere still on a football field, playing in anNCAA playoff game in a driving snowstormthat by game’s end had obliterated the yardmarkers. The playoff journey was a shortone, as the Dutchmen were defeated byHanover, Ind., 20–3.

In between, Hope football fans celebrated

an eight–game winning streak and undefeat-ed conference season. The Dutchmen endedthe 23rd–ranked team in all of Division IIIfootball, posting an 8–2 overall record.

It was Hope’s third league championshipin four years, but the first outright title since1986. And Hope’s 14 senior players had thedistinction of becoming just the fifth seniorclass in the 91–year history of Hope footballto accomplish the feat of playing on threechampionship teams.

Quarterback J.D. Graves of Troy, Mich.,became the first player in the history ofMIAA football to win most valuable playeraccolades in consecutive years. The MIAAhas presented MVP awards since 1938. Hewas also extended an invitation to play inthe Aztec Bowl, a post–season allstar gamefor outstanding Division III players, inDecember.

The Flying Dutchmen placed a total of 15players on the coaches’ All–MIAA teams.

First team honorees included junior offen-sive tackle Bill Crane of Cedar Springs,Mich., sophomore center Josh Rumpsa ofGrand Rapids, Mich., senior tight end JimLamb of Mattawan, Mich., senior receiverBrian Adloff of East Grand Rapids, Mich.,senior running back Adam Magers of BattleCreek, Mich., senior quarterback J.D.Graves of Troy, Mich., sophomore defen-sive end Ryan Kerstetter of Kentwood,Mich., senior linebacker Matt Bride ofPetoskey, Mich., and sophomore punterVince Scheffler of Chelsea, Mich. Adloffhas been named to the All–MIAA first teamfor three years, twice as a tight end and thisyear as a receiver. He became Hope’sall–time leading receiver, amassing 139catches for 1,658 yards.

Voted to the All–MIAA second teamwere junior offensive tackle Nick Kunnenof Muskegon, Mich., senior fullback ScottLanglois of Hopkins, Mich., sophomoredefensive lineman Andy Keller ofHastings, Mich., senior linebacker KevinKudej of Mount Morris, Mich., and sopho-more linebacker Josh Baumbach ofWyoming, Mich.

Cross Country

Senior Joe Veldman(right) of Sawyer,Mich., qualified for theNCAA Division IIInational champion-ships after finishing13th at the Great LakesRegional meet. Heended 45th in a fieldof 213 runners atnationals.

Eight Hope runnerswere afforded All–MIAA distinction.Joining Veldman onthe first team weresenior Garett Childs of

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The Flying Dutch had many reasons to jump for joy as they won the MIAA crown andgained a berth in the NCAA championships. All–leaguers Laura Hahnfeld and AmyBrower (lower left) gave the Dutch a strong game at the net while senior setter KimGrotenhuis gave her teammates ample opportunities to score.

Across the top: The season’s journey forthe football team began on a hot summerafternoon in Mexico for players likeAll–MIAA running back Adam Magers.Teammates Nick Conrad and ChrisMangus led the on–field celebration of anMIAA championship following a homevictory over rival Albion. And mothernature gained the upper hand in aseason–ending NCAA playoff game. (Thecentral celebration photo by Brian Fordeis reprinted with the permission of TheHolland Sentinel.)

(See “Fall Sports” on page seven.)