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Inside This Issue

Alumni Board President ................. 3

DeVos Fieldhouse Update ............. 5

Student Artists Honored ................ 9

Profs Receive Endowed Chairs ... 12 Please seepage 20.

The shapeof thingsto come

Please seepage seven.

Buildingcommunity

throughdiversity

Faculty member Bruce McCombs studies Hope architecturePlease see pages 10–11.

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Campus Notes

“Quote, unquote”

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

When the school year begins and life’sintensity seems to increase exponentially, it isall too easy for sleep to become a low priority.Here, as 2002–03 beckons, are excerpts froman April 16 address that focused on the needfor adequate rest––particularly, as noted inthis section, as a prerequisite for learning well.

The talk was delivered by Dr. James B.Maas, who is nationally known as an authori-ty on the topic. In addition to speaking aroundthe nation, including to corporate clientsranging from Pepsi–Cola to MCI/UniversalStudios, he has made appearances on televisionprograms including Today, Good MorningAmerica, and Oprah. He is professor andpast chair of the department of psychology, andthe Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow atCornell University.

“I’m going to tell you the secret of life.We have a deprivation in this country thatyou can do something about startingtonight.

“Forty–three percent of Americans aremoderately to severely sleep–deprived.Not just a little tired, but so tired it ruinsthe way you interact with your significantothers; the way you work; how well youdo at school; and, if you have children, theway you raise those children. Sixty–threepercent of you have insomnia one night aweek or more. That means you can’t getto sleep, or you can’t maintain sleep, oryou wake up prematurely.

“Every single high school and collegestudent that I have ever measured theiralertness in the sleep lab is a walkingzombie. You guys––I’m talking to the stu-dents now––need, at your age, to be fully

alert and energetic all day long: nine anda quarter hours of sleep every night. Andyou average 6.1. That’s a three–and–a–half–hour deficit every single night...

“I want you to remember primarily onething this morning: that sleep is a neces-sity, it is not a luxury. It affects yourmood. That’s the first thing to go: yourmood and your happiness. Even withmodest sleep deprivation, you’regrumpy...

“It affects, as you’ll see, your alertness,your energy, your thinking, your produc-tivity, your safety, your health and howlong you’re going to live...

“But what I want to concentrate on thismorning is this: the sleeping brain replen-ishes neurotransmitters that stimulate andorganize neural networks in the brainresponsible for memory, learning,problem–solving and creativity. [Inshowing how the brain needs to be able toretain and use information, he cited as anexample the need to be able to recall andapply the many components of a golfswing naturally and seamlessly]. This hasto become part of you, just like memoriz-ing things in organic chem or whateverhave to be part of you.

“In order to be part of you, there haveto be connections at the synapse betweenneurons in our brain. The materials nec-essary to make those connections arehappening in one period during the24–hour cycle: in REM, or rapid eye move-ment sleep, the period in which mostdreams take place.

“Now the longest, most significantperiod of REM sleep, as you’ll see in aminute, is between the seventh and theeighth hour of the night. So you peoplewho are getting less than eight hours ofsleep are literally operating on half abrain. It’s amazing that you have anylong–term behaviors at all.”

HOPE COLLEGEnews from

Volume 34, No. 1 August 2002

Volume 34, No. 1 August 2002Published 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.

Editor: Thomas L. Renner ’67

Managing Editor: Gregory S. Olgers ’87

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Lynne M. Powe ’86Alumni Director

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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

Our main image shows work by Bruce McCombs of the art faculty, part of a series ofpaintings of Hope architecture that will be display in the gallery of the De Pree Art Centerbeginning Homecoming Weekend. Please see pages 10 and 11 for more information.

At top center, the chapel tower is framed by the steelwork for the new science center.Many campus improvements will greet the start of the school year. Please see page seven.

At top right, Phelps Scholars Program participants Jacob Kain of Williamston, Mich.,and Tiffany Labon of Memphis, Tenn., talk during an evening gathering. For more onthe program, please see page 20.

A well–known campusneighbor has becomepart of campus itself.

The college has purchased LincolnElementary School from the HollandPublic Schools. The site will house thenew Martha Miller Center for the depart-ments of communication and modern andclassical languages.

The school closed after the 2000–01school year due to falling enrollment andbudget constraints, and the district subse-quently leased space in the building tolocal organizations. It was offered for salethis spring, and Hope was the lone bidderfor the property.

The building will be named for the lateMartha Muller ‘24 Miller of Holland,Mich., who made a $3 million gift on behalfof the project through her estate in 1999.

Design and subsequent construction havehinged on the college’s search for the mostsuitable site for the structure. The school islocated between 10th and 11th streets onColumbia Avenue, in the “EasternGateway” region that will also include,farther east, the new DeVos Fieldhouse.

Planning will proceed in the comingmonths, with construction expected tobegin in the spring of 2003. Hope antici-pates completing the building sometimein 2004. The project is a part of the Legacies:A Vision of Hope campaign.

The department of communication iscurrently housed in Lubbers Hall, and thedepartment of modern and classical lan-guages is headquartered in Graves Hall.In addition to providing both depart-ments with additional and enhancedfacilities, the new building will makespace available in Graves and Lubbers forother programs.

College purchases site for center

Construction should begin this spring on a new home for the departments ofcommunication and modern and classical languages. The college purchased theformer Lincoln School property on Columbia Avenue between 10th and 11th streetsthis summer.

INSTITUTE DIRECTOR: Dr. Jacob E.Nyenhuis has been named director of theA.C. Van Raalte Institute.

He succeeds Dr. Elton J. Bruins ’50, whohas stepped down after serving as directorsince the institute was established in 1994.

Dr. Nyenhuis hasbeen with the insti-tute as a seniorresearch fellow sinceSeptember of 2001.He retired from theHope faculty in Mayof 2001 after 26 yearsat the college, the last17 as provost andprofessor of classics.

“We are very pleased that JackNyenhuis will continue serving HopeCollege and the A.C. Van Raalte Institutein the coming years,” said AlfredoGonzales, associate provost at Hope. “Aproven administrator and an internation-ally renowned scholar, he is eminentlywell–qualified to direct the institute.”

Gonzales also complimented Dr.Bruins’s strong leadership in developingthe institute since its founding. “He tookthe idea of establishing an institute andhas worked very hard to develop it in sucha way that it is fast becoming the premierinstitute for the study of Dutch–Americanhistory,” he said.

“It has been just an absolute pleasure forme to work with Elton over the pasteight–and–a–half years in his capacity asdirector,” Gonzales said. “He exhibits greatlove for Hope College, for the church, andfor the place of Dutch–American history asone of the pillars of our community. He’sjust a terrific gentleman.”

Dr. Bruins, who is the Evert J. andHattie E. Blekkink Professor Emeritus ofReligion at Hope, is remaining involvedwith the institute as a senior researchfellow.

Since joining the institute, Dr.Nyenhuis has completed a history of 14thStreet Christian Reformed Church, whichis celebrating its 100th anniversary thisyear. He is planning to write a history ofHope, with a special focus on the periodsince 1968, when the last history was pub-lished.

QUERETARO EXHIBIT: Hope andQueretaro, Mexico, have celebrated theircontinuing relationship through an exhibi-tion of work organized by the college.

The exhibition “Shared Sensibilities:Works by Hope College Faculty of Art andTheir Students” has been running at theMuseo del Arte in Queretaro, fromThursday, July 4, through Sunday, Aug. 11.

The exhibition, curated by ProfessorDelbert Michel of the art faculty, featureswork in a variety of media, and is intend-ed to demonstrate how artist/teachers andart students communicate with each otherthrough their works. The selection demon-strates that students do not become artisticclones, but instead share in the aestheticsensibilities of their mentors as they findtheir individual voices.

“In a way that’s the exciting thing aboutteaching,” Professor Michel said. “You’resharing what the art process means to you,and then they take that in whatever direc-tion their life leads them.”

Professor Michel noted that the learn-ing happens both ways. “Students areinfluenced by faculty, certainly but facultyare also influenced by students.”

Campus Notes

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With family ties goingback generations, Hope wasa natural choice for Jim VanEenenaam ’88 when it cametime to pick a college.

Based on his own experience, stayinginvolved with Hope since has also been anatural choice. Active as a volunteerthrough the years, he has just started atwo–year term as president of the AlumniAssociation Board of Directors.

Both of Van Eenenaam’s parents (John’51 and Marianne ’56), all four of his grand-parents (all Class of ’24), and onegreat–grandfather attended Hope.Grandmother Isla Pruim ’24 Van Eenenaamwas dean of women at the college from 1963to 1968, and family trips to Holland, Mich.,where she has continued to make her home,were common.

“I grew up, essentially, with HopeCollege,” said Van Eenenaam, who wasraised in Grand Haven, Mich., and nowlives in Dana Point, Calif. “We would runaround the campus, we’d go to HopeSummer Repertory Theatre and Hope foot-ball games growing up. It was always apart of my life.”

All the family history could haveweighed heavily on a decision–makinghigh schooler, but Van Eenenaam notes thathe didn’t feel pressured. Instead, coming toHope was a “natural progression” that hecontinues to appreciate.

His two sisters also attended Hope:Susan is a member of the Class of ’81, andJulie of the Class of ’92. The three siblingsdidn’t overlap while at the college, but hewas on–campus at the same time as cousinsDyck Van Koevering ’87, Dirk Ver Meulen’86, David Ver Meulen ’89 and Kate VanEenenaam ’88 Wilson.

“I was very fortunate to be in school atthe same time as a lot of my relatives,” hesaid. “It forged friendships that continue tothis day.”

He also considers himself fortunate inhis academic experience, but not uniquelyso. “Just as many Hope students participat-ed in an off–campus program or had greatprofessors and friendships that really influ-enced where they headed in life, thosethings bolstered the whole experience,” hesaid.

Van Eenenaam majored in businessadministration and minored in politicalscience. He spent a semester studying inPhiladelphia, Pa., and a May Term inWashington, D.C. His co–curricular activi-ties included the Fraternal Society, of whichhe was president, Student Congress, andthe Lacrosse Club.

His course of study led to career special-ization in international trade. He was withthe federal government for a decade, first asan import specialist with the U.S.Department of Commerce in Washington,D.C., and then as an international trade spe-cialist with the U.S. Customs Service inLong Beach, Calif. He was subsequently inthe customs and international trade con-sulting practice with Ernst & Young LLP forthree years, and since May of 2001 hasworked in the world trade managementservices practice of Pricewaterhouse

Coopers LLP.He completed an MBA in management

at Pepperdine University, and has taughtinternational business courses at theUniversity of California, Irvine.

His busy professional life is comple-mented by a full and rewarding family life.He and his wife, Sblenda, have four daugh-ters: Olivia (nine), Sofie (seven), Claire(four) and Elena (18 months).

Van Eenenaam notes that while heappreciates the way his academic andoff–campus experiences fostered his careerpath, he especially values the broader char-acter lessons he learned at Hope: “theimportance of developing opinions, beliefs,defending things you stand for, and livingthose out through your life––as a parent,husband, friend and an employee of acompany,” he said.

“I think people recognize when an indi-vidual has strong values and lives by thosevalues,” he said. “Through all the fun timesand challenges I experienced during mycollege years, Hope definitely assisted mein creating that foundation.”

He correspondingly welcomes theopportunity to give back, and while his

career has taken him far from WestMichigan, he has stayed involved in the lifeof the college in a variety of ways. Initially,he was active in Hope events in Californiaand as a volunteer for the AdmissionsOffice. He has been with the Alumni Boardsince 1998, serving as vice president since2000.

Van Eenenaam hopes that the AlumniBoard can serve as a liaison, helping to linkalumni with one another as well as with thecollege and, along the way, with their ownHope past.

“The Alumni Board is in a unique posi-tion to see and hear first–hand what ishappening at Hope. We can then take theinformation out and communicate it to thealumni in our areas through local events,”he said. “And in turn we can bring back tothe school perspective on what’s happeningwith our alumni and what their concernsare.”

“It’s good for the alumni. It’s also greatfor the school,” Van Eenenaam said. “Ifwe’re able to enhance that communication,people can re–discover the meaning thatHope had in their lives, and perhaps intro-duce Hope to a whole new generation.”

With three generations and a sister at Hope before him, new Alumni Boardpresident James Van Eenenaam ’88 grew up with the college in his life. Basedon his own experiences, he is glad to stay involved.

Generations of experience

(See “Campus Notes” on page 13.)

Dr. Jacob E. Nyenhuis

Events

Fall Semester ’02Aug. 23, Friday––Residence halls open for new students, 10

a.m.Aug. 23–26, Friday–Monday––New Student OrientationAug. 25, Sunday––Residence halls open for returning stu-

dents, noon; Opening Convocation, Dimnent MemorialChapel, 2 p.m.

Aug. 26, Monday––Late registration, Maas Center auditori-um, 3:30–4:30 p.m.

Aug. 27, Tuesday––Classes begin, 8 a.m.Sept. 2, Monday––Labor Day; classes in sessionOct. 4, Friday––Fall Recess begins, 6 p.m.Oct. 9, Wednesday––Fall Recess ends, 8 a.m.Oct. 11–13, Friday–Sunday––Homecoming WeekendNov. 8–10, Friday–Sunday––Parents’ WeekendNov. 28, Thursday––Thanksgiving Recess begins, 8 a.m.Dec. 2, Monday––Thanksgiving Recess ends, 8 a.m.Dec. 6, Friday––Last day of classesDec. 9–13, Monday–Friday––Semester examinationsDec. 13, Friday––Residence halls close, 5 p.m.Spring Semester ’03Jan. 5, Sunday––Residence halls open, noonJan. 6, Monday––Registration for new students, Maas Center

auditorium, 3:30–4:30 p.m.Jan. 7, Tuesday––Classes begin, 8 a.m.Feb. 7, Friday––Winter Recess begins, 6 p.m.

Campus Visits: The Admissions Office is open from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays.Tours and admissions interviews are available during thesummer as well as the school year. Appointments are rec-ommended.Visitation Days offer specific programs for prospective stu-dents, including transfers and high school juniors andseniors. The programs show students and their parents atypical day in the life of a Hope student.

Friday, Oct. 11 Friday, Nov. 22 Friday, Feb. 14Friday, Oct. 25 Monday, Jan. 20 Friday, Feb. 28Friday, Nov. 8 Friday, Jan. 31

Youth Football Day: Saturday, Sept. 7Junior Days: Friday, April 4; Friday, April 11Pre–Professional Day: Wednesday, May 22, 2002;

Wednesday, May 21, 2003For further information about any Admissions Office event, pleasecall (616) 395–7850, or toll free 1–800–968–7850; check on–line atwww.hope.edu/admissions; or write: Hope College AdmissionsOffice; 69 E. 10th St.; PO Box 9000; Holland, MI; 49422–9000.

Regional EventsChicago, Ill.––Saturday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m.

A concert featuring the Beach Boys at Ravinia inHighland Park. Admission is $10 per person for lawntickets. More information may be obtained by callingAlumni Board Representative Kristin Tichy ’92 at (847)729–4377 or Jim Van Heest ’78, regional advancementdirector, at (616) 395–7778.

Chicago, Ill.––Thursday, Sept. 19, 6–8 p.m.An after–hours reception at Rivers, 30 South WackerDrive. More information may be obtained by callingAlumni Board Representative Kristin Tichy ’92 at (847)729–4377 or Dan Schairbaum ’93 at (847) 675–0379.

Chicago, Ill.––Saturday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.A performance by Blue Man Group at the Briar StreetTheatre, 3133 N. Halstead, with an optional after–showreception. Tickets are $53 per person. More informationmay be obtained by calling Dan Schairbaum ’93 at (847)675–0379 or Jim Van Heest ’78, regional advancementdirector, at (616) 395–7778.

Community Day––Saturday, Sept. 7Featuring a picnic on campus and a home football gamewith Wooster College.

Homecoming Weekend––Friday–Sunday, Oct. 11–13Includes reunions for 1987, 1992 and 1997.

Winter Happening––Saturday, Jan. 25Alumni Weekend––Friday–Sunday, May 2–4

Includes reunions for every fifth class from ’38 through ’83.For more information concerning alumni events, please call theOffice of Public and Alumni Relations at (616)395–7860.

“Nate Cassie: Installation Work”––Friday, Sept. 6–Sunday,Sept. 29

Work by Nate Cassie ’92 of San Antonio, Texas.“BMOC: Bruce McCombs on Campus”––Friday, Oct. 11–Sunday, Nov. 17

Paintings by Bruce McCombs of the art faculty depictingviews and architectural details of campus. There will bean opening reception on Friday, Oct. 11, from 5 p.m. to 7p.m. Professor McCombs will discuss his work during thereception.

Juried Student Art Show––Tuesday, Dec. 3–Friday, Dec. 13Work by Hope students.

The gallery’s school–year hours are Monday through Saturday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Downtown Holland at 86 East Eighth StreetDown from the Mountain––Friday–Thursday, Aug. 9–15,

7 p.m. and 9 p.m.Beijing Bicycle––Friday–Thursday, Aug. 16–22, 7 p.m.

and 9 p.m.The Importance of Being Earnest––Monday, Aug. 26–

Thursday, Sept. 5Bread and Tulips––Friday–Friday, Sept. 6–13, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.The Knickerbocker is closed on Sundays. Tickets are $5 for regularadult admission and $4 for senior citizens and students. For moreinformation, please call (616) 395–7403.

Everyman––Thursday–Saturday, Oct. 3–5DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.

Carousel––Friday–Saturday, Nov. 15–16; Wednesday–Saturday, Nov. 20–23

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 senior cit-izens and students, and will be available approximately two weeksbefore the production opens. The ticket office is open Mondaythrough Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to5 p.m., and may be called at (616) 395–7890.

Christian Artist Series––Friday, Aug. 30: Jennifer Knapp,guitarist/singer, and band; Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 9:30p.m. Tickets will cost $10 for Hope students and $15 for thegeneral public, and will be on sale at the theatre lobby ticketoffice in the DeWitt Center. The sale dates for student ticketswill be Friday-Saturday, Aug. 23-24, and Monday-Friday,Aug. 26-30, and for the general public will be Tuesday-Friday, Aug. 27-30. The ticket office will be open from noonto 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890.Symphonette––Friday, Sept. 27: Dimnent Memorial Chapel,8 p.m. Admission is free.Wind Symphony––Tuesday, Oct. 1: Dimnent MemorialChapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.“Collage” Concerts––Thursday, Oct. 10: Dimnent MemorialChapel, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Admission is free.Visiting Artist––Friday, Oct. 11: Paul Vondiziano, classicalguitarist, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8p.m. Ticket information to be announced.Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Oct. 13: the “Anchor Trio”featuring violinist Mihai Craioveanu, pianist Mansoon Hanand cellist Richard Piippo, and a program including works byMozart and Smetana; Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall ofMusic, 3 p.m. Admission is free.Dave Liebman––Wednesday, Oct. 23: jazz artist,Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m. Admission is free.Orchestra––Friday, Oct. 25: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8p.m. Admission is free.Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Oct. 27: Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 3 p.m. Admission is free.Wind Symphony and Jazz Ensemble I––Friday, Nov. 8:Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 7 p.m. Admission is free.Faculty Recital Series––Sunday, Nov. 10: Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 3 p.m. Admission is free.Christian Artist Series––Friday, Nov. 15: Sarah Masen, gui-tarist/singer; Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m. Ticketinformation to be announced.Jazz Combos––Monday, Nov. 18: Wichers Auditorium ofNykerk Hall of Music, 7 p.m. Admission is free.Anchor Band/Jazz Ensemble I––Thursday, Nov. 21:Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.

Academic Calendar

Knickerbocker Theatre

Admissions

Theatre

MusicDePree Gallery

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(See “Events” on page six.)

Alumni and Friends

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Hope’s effort to build amultipurpose spectatorfacility has entered a newphase with the collegeseeking local support forthe project, which isbeing planned withcommunity use in mind.

Hope announced the community phaseof fund–raising for the DeVos Fieldhouse onTuesday, July 9, during a press conferenceheld at the former Western Foundry site atFairbanks Avenue and 8th Street.Demolition of the vacated factory, which thecollege purchased in late June, has alreadystarted in conjunction with the project.

“We are very pleased to be sufficiently faralong with our fund–raising to announce thatthis is a project that is going to happen,” saidPresident James Bultman ’63. “There is aconsiderable ways to go yet on thefund–raising part of it and also with theacquisition of some properties, but we willcontinue to work diligently on addressingboth of these matters.”

A total of $13.5 million has already beenraised or pledged for the anticipated $20million project, which is part of the Legacies:A Vision of Hope capital campaign. Thecollege hopes to raise $1.5 million from thecommunity as it seeks the final $6.5 millionfor the facility.

“At the present time, we want very muchto give people in the community an oppor-tunity to participate as they are able and asthey desire in this project,” PresidentBultman said. “At first blush it may seemsince Hope is going to own and operate thefacility that this is a building just for HopeCollege, but that’s never the way that weenvisioned it. The intention from the begin-ning has been to share this building with the

Holland community.”“There is little doubt this facility will be

great for Hope––but I honestly believe it willbe even better for the Holland community,”he said. “The setting and the facility willtotally transform the eastern gateway to thecampus and the community. Importantlyfor the people and businesses in Holland,this project will come with no tax orbonding implications as would have beennecessary with the defeated Area Centerproject and as is the case in virtually all com-munity facilities.”

The fund–raising effort is being led by JimJurries ’63 of Holland, who had also chairedthe fund–raising efforts for the Area Centerproject that had been proposed in the latter1990s. Jurries noted that he believes the field-house will help meet a critical need for thecommunity.

“When President Bultman asked me tovolunteer to be the chairperson for thisfund–raising effort, I couldn’t refuse. Theneed for a larger and newer spectator facilityremains,” he said. “Hope College now hasthe wonderful opportunity to partner withthe city of Holland to develop on this site anew entrance to our community.”

“I’m excited about what such a facilitywill add to both Hope College and theHolland community,” Jurries said. “With ateam of community volunteers, we hope toraise sufficient funds to make the dream areality.”

The facility is being designed to helpenhance downtown’s “Eastern Gateway,”and according to President Bultman the siteplan will emphasize green space and attrac-tive landscaping in an open, park–likesetting. The building, designed to seat up to3,500, is being named in recognition of a $7.5million anchor gift from the Richard andHelen DeVos Foundation.

Hope plans to begin construction in thefall of 2003, with completion planned for latein the fall of 2004.

Holland Mayor Al McGeehan ’66 noted

that he has been pleased since the project wasproposed last spring by the emphasis thecollege has placed on the community in itsplanning.

“From the first time I heard of thisannouncement, I heard ’This is for Hope, thisis for Holland Christian, and it’s for thegreater Holland community,’” he said. “Weneed to remember that. We need to celebratethat as we stand here together.”

“I know, whether we are alumni of Hopeor other schools, whether we’ve lived inHolland all of our lives or just moved herefairly recently, this facility will become ashowplace and a showcase of how Hope andHolland build together––for the future, justas we have built in the past,” McGeehan said.

The college is currently developingprogram statements that will consider collegeneeds and community use. Potential usesinclude intercollegiate athletic events, sportsevents for local high schools, graduations,concerts, Tulip Time events and other com-munity events. President Bultman noted, forexample, that he intends for the building tohost Holland Christian’s basketball games,particularly as future renovation activity willmake the Civic Center unavailable.

Hope teams expected to call the buildinghome include men’s basketball, volleyballand women’s basketball.

The fieldhouse will provide the firston–campus home court for the men’s bas-ketball team in more than 70 years. Hopehas played its men’s basketball games at theHolland Civic Center since the 1954–55season. The team has not played its homegames in an on–campus facility since the1929–30 season, when it moved from theCarnegie Schouten gymnasium to theHolland (National Guard) Armory, wheregames were played until the Civic Centerwas built.

The Dow Health and Physical EducationCenter, opened on the Hope campus in 1978,was designed as an activity–oriented facility,

and has served to a limited degree as a spec-tator facility for sports including swimming,volleyball and women’s basketball.

McGeehan celebrated the importance ofthe athletic venues that have preceded thefieldhouse, and also celebrated the foundryitself, and the role that it and its employeesplayed in the community. The businessoperated for most of the 20th century. Itbegan as the Superior Foundry Company in1916, and was purchased by WesternFoundry Company of Chicago, Ill., in 1920. Itclosed in the fall of 2001.

“We don’t forget the old memories, butit’s time that we start to build some newmemories for a new generation of youngmen and women who are going to have thejoy of recreating in a much–needed new facil-ity,” he said.

The college announced the spectator facil-ity project and the leadership gift from theRichard and Helen DeVos Foundation, thelargest gift ever given to Hope for a capitalproject, in March of 2001.

Legacies: A Vision of Hope

Fieldhouse dream closer to realityMultipurpose facility being designed with community in mind

Participants in one of the summer’s Hope basketball camps joined in the announce-ment of the community fund–raising phase for the DeVos Fieldhouse project. Usesenvisioned for the multi–purpose spectator facility include Hope and area highschool athletic contests, graduations, concerts, Tulip Time activities and othercommunity events.

Legacies: A Vision of Hope is a$105 million fund–raising effort thathas four primary components: reno-vating and expanding the sciencecenter, constructing the DeVosFieldhouse, increasing the endow-ment, and addressing short–term andlong–term facility and space needs.

Thus far, the campaign has raised$89 million.

For more information about thecampaign, please visit the collegeon–line at www.hope.edu or call(616) 395–7783.

The new fieldhouse will be built on the former Western Foundry site property pur-chased by the college in late June. The factory stands just across Fairbanks Avenue(foreground) where Ninth Street curves into Eighth. The main campus is out of viewat top left.

Saturday, Aug. 31.............................................BILL VANDERBILT INVITATIONAL, 11 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 6 .................................at Aquinas Invitational, 5 p.m.Friday, Sept. 13 ......................at UW Oshkosh Invitational, 6 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 28.........MIAA Jamboree at Saint Mary’s, 11 a.m.Saturday, Oct. 5.................at Ohio Northern Invitational, 11 a.m.

at Lansing CC Invitational, noonSaturday, Oct. 19.............at Rochester, N.Y., Invitational, 11 a.m.Saturday, Nov. 2............MIAA Championships at Alma, 11 a.m.Saturday, Nov. 16...NCAA Regionals at Ohio Northern, 11 a.m.Saturday, Nov. 23 ...NCAA Nationals at St. Olaf, Minn., 11 a.m.

Home meets at Van Raalte Farm, east 16th St.

Fri.–Sat., Aug. 30–31......................at Anderson, Ind. TournamentFriday, Sept. 6 ..............................................+CONCORDIA, 4 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 7......................................+WIS.-OSHKOSH, 2 p.m.Fri.–Sat., Sept. 13–14 ......................at Ohio Northern TournamentWednesday, Sept. 18..............................................*at Calvin, 4 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 21..................................*KALAMAZOO, 1:30 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 24...................................................*ADRIAN, 4 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 28 ....................................................*at Albion, noonWednesday, Oct. 2 ...................................................*at Alma, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 5 ..................................................*OLIVET, 1:30 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 9 ...............................................at Aquinas, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 12 ...............................................*CALVIN, 1:30 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 16.......................................*at Kalamazoo, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 19 ..............................................*at Adrian, 1:30 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 22 .....................................................*ALBION, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 26...................................................*ALMA, 1:30 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 30................................................*at Olivet, 3 p.m.Nov. 13–Dec. 1.............................................NCAA Championships

*MIAA Game+Cal Bergsma Memorial TournamentHome games played at Buys Athletic Fields, 11th St. & Fairbanks Ave.

Fri.–Sat., Sept. 6–7 ..................at Olivet Comet Classic, 11:30 a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 10 ...................................................*at Albion, 1 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 14................at Tri–State, Ind., Invitational, 1 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 18 ..............................................*at Olivet, 1 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 21.....................................................*at Alma, 1 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 25 .....................................*at Kalamazoo, 1 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 28 ........at John Carroll, Ohio, Invitational, 8 a.m.Tuesday, Oct. 1 .............................................at Spring Arbor, 8 a.m.Friday, Oct. 4 .......................................................at Aquinas, 10 a.m.Saturday, Oct. 5 .....................................................*at Adrian, 1 p.m.Monday, Oct. 7 .......................................................*at Calvin, 1 p.m.Thursday, Oct. 10........................................................*HOPE, 1 p.m.

*MIAA TournamentHome tournament played at Wuskowhan Players Club, 16111 Blair St.

Mon.–Tues., Sept. 2–3 ............Lady Lake Classic at Grand ValleySaturday, Sept. 7.......................................................*at Alma, 1 p.m.Friday, Sept. 13 ..............................................at Knox, Ill., Inv., TBASaturday, Sept. 14..........................at Monmouth, Ill., Inv., 10 a.m.Tuesday, Sept. 17..................................at Albion Invitational, TBASaturday, Sept. 21...................................................*at Calvin, 2 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 25......................................at Aquinas Inv., noonSaturday, Sept. 28 .......................................................*HOPE, 1 p.m.Fri.–Sat., Oct. 4–5.......................MIAA Championships hosted by

Kalamazoo at Tri–State, Ind.*MIAA TournamentHome tournament played at Winding Creek Golf Course, 4514Ottogan (east 32nd) St.

Saturday, Sept. 7....................+WOOSTER, OHIO, 1:30 p.m. EDTSaturday, Sept. 14 ........................at DePauw, Ind., 1:30 p.m. CDTSaturday, Sept. 21...........................at UW–Platteville, 2 p.m. CDTSaturday, Sept. 28 ...........................WHEATON, ILL., 1 p.m. EDTSaturday, Oct. 5...............................................*at Alma, 1 p.m. EDTSaturday, Oct. 12..........................++*KALAMAZOO, 2 p.m. EDTSaturday, Oct. 19..........................................*at Adrian, 2 p.m. EDTSaturday, Nov. 2 .............................*at Wis.–Lutheran, 1 p.m. CSTSaturday, Nov. 9 ......................................+++*OLIVET, 1 p.m. ESTSaturday, Nov. 16 ..........................................*ALBION, 1 p.m. ESTNov. 23–Dec. 21...........................................NCAA Championships

*MIAA Game ++Homecoming+Community Day +++Parents Day

Home games played at Holland Municipal Stadium, 13th St. andFairbanks Ave.Hear Hope football on WHTC–AM (1450) & WFUR–FM (102.9)

Monday, Sept. 2 ..........................................at Siena Heights, 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 6 .........................................GROVE CITY, PA., 2 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 7.....................................................AQUINAS, noonWednesday, Sept. 11.................................SPRING ARBOR, 4 p.m.Friday, Sept. 13 ............................................at Capital, Ohio, 1 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 14......................................at Otterbein, Ohio, noonWednesday, Sept. 18..............................................*CALVIN, 4 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 21 ............................................*at Kalamazoo, noonTuesday, Sept. 24...................................................*at Adrian, 4 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 28.....................................................*ALBION, noonWednesday, Oct. 2.....................................................*ALMA, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 5 .........................................................*at Olivet, noonTuesday, Oct. 8 ............................................*at Saint Mary’s, 5 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 12 ......................................................*at Calvin, noonWednesday, Oct. 16 ...................................*KALAMAZOO, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 19 .....................................................*ADRIAN, noonTuesday, Oct. 22.....................................................*at Albion, 4 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 26 ........................................................*at Alma, noonWednesday, Oct. 30 ................................................*OLIVET, 3 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 2 .........................................*SAINT MARY’S, noonNov. 13–Dec. 1.............................................NCAA Championships

*MIAA GameHome games played at Buys Athletic Fields, 11th St. & Fairbanks Ave.

Saturday, Aug. 31....................................TRI–STATE, IND., 1 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 4 ...........................................*at Olivet, 6:30 p.m.Fri.–Sat., Sept. 6–7...........................at Ohio Northern TournamentTuesday, Sept. 10 ..................................................*ALMA, 6:30 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 12 ...........................................*at Adrian, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 14......................................at DePauw, Ind., 10 a.m.

Mac Murray, Ill., at DePauw, noonSaturday, Sept. 18..................................*KALAMAZOO, 6:30 p.m.Friday, Sept. 20.....................................*SAINT MARY’S, 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 25........................................*at Albion, 6:30 p.m.Fri.–Sat., Sept. 27–28..................at Wittenberg, Ohio TournamentWednesday, Oct. 2 ............................................*at Calvin, 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 9 .............................................*OLIVET, 6:30 p.m.Friday, Oct. 11......................................................*at Alma, 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 16 .........................................*ADRIAN, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Oct. 19 ..........................................*at Kalamazoo, 11 a.m.Wednesday, Oct. 23 ....................................*at Saint Mary’s, 7 p.m.Fri.–Sat., Oct. 25–26......................Midwest Tournament at CalvinWednesday, Oct. 30 ..........................................*ALBION, 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 2.....................................................*CALVIN, 1 p.m.Tues.–Sat., Nov. 5–9...........................................MIAA TournamentNov. 13–Dec. 1.............................................NCAA Championships

*MIAA MatchHome matches played at Dow Center, 13th St. & Columbia Ave.

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Fall Sports Schedules

Thursday, Sept. 26––Elizabeth BergMonday, Oct. 21––Richard RussoThursday, Nov. 14––Mark Doty and Elizabeth RosnerTuesday, Jan. 28––Peter Ho DaviesThursday, Feb. 27––Glenis RedmondThursday, March 27––Robert Olen Butler and Elizabeth

DewberryTuesday, April 22––Lucy Grealy and Mong LanAll of this year’s readings will be at the Knickerbocker Theatrebeginning at 7 p.m. Live music by the Hope College Jazz ChamberEnsemble will precede the readings at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free.For more information or to be placed on the series’s mailing list,please call the department of English at (616) 395–7620.

Aerial Dance Theatre––Friday–Saturday, Oct. 18–19Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citi-zens and students, and will be available at the door.

Student–Choreographed Dance Concert––Monday–Tuesday,Nov. 25–26

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

Steven Iannacone and Avi Kaiser Dance––Friday–Saturday,Dec. 6–7

Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citi-zens and students, and will be available at the door.

Opening Convocation––Sunday, Aug. 25, 2 p.m.Pull Tug–of–War––Saturday, Sept. 28, 4 p.m.Nykerk Cup Competition––Saturday, Nov. 9Christmas Vespers––Saturday–Sunday, Dec. 7–8Honors Convocation––Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m.Baccalaureate and Commencement––Sunday, May 4

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

Events(Continued from page four.)

Traditional Events

Instant Information

Visiting Writers Series

2002 Cross Country Schedule

2002 Football Schedule

2002 Men’s Golf Schedule

2002 Women’s Golf Schedule

2002 Men’s Soccer Schedule

2002 Women’s Soccer Schedule

2002 Volleyball Schedule

Dance

Sometimes thechanges to campusduring the summer aresubtle.

And then sometimes it’s like this year.A variety of highly visible improve-

ments will greet students when they arrivelater this month.

Most noticeably, the new science centerhas progressed from being a hole in theground to sporting girderwork that pro-vides a sense of the building’s final shape.Construction will continue throughout thecoming year.

As a part of the science center project, ahome on 12th Street has been moved to14th Street between College and Columbiaavenues. The relocated home, named forits former owner, retired music professorDr. Anthony Kooiker, will house sevenmale students beginning this fall.

The project isalso prompting therelocation of psy-chology’s officesfrom Peale to anoffice building thatthe college hasacquired on the northside of 10th Streeteast of CentralAvenue.

In other work, thethree northwestern racquetball courts in theDow Center have been converted for use asweight and fitness rooms, each 2,400 squarefeet. The weight room will have new equip-ment, and the fitness room will contain a mixof old and new. The former weight room isbeing made into a dance studio, and thewrestling room next door, also a dancestudio, is having its floor refinished. All fourrooms will be air conditioned.

The theatre lobby patio of the DeWittCenter has been replaced. The look east ofDeWitt has also changed, with the collegeand city having replaced neighboring

street lights with lamp posts that offer aperiod feel.

The college is adding two parking lots.Already–extant is the former bank lot on10th Street between Central and Collegeavenues. The college will complete a lot on13th Street east of the railroad tracks this fall.

Two major property acquisitions willfacilitate future campus development.Hope has purchased the Western Foundryproperty on Fairbanks Avenue south ofEighth Street, part of the site acquisition forthe DeVos Fieldhouse. The communityportion of the effort to raise funds for thefieldhouse was announced at the site onTuesday, July 9 (see story on page five).

Hope has also purchased LincolnSchool, located on Columbia Avenuebetween 10th and 11th Streets, with the sitedestined to house the Martha Miller Centerfor the departments of communication andmodern and classical languages. Thecollege hopes to start construction on thecenter in the spring.

In addition to the work at Hope, neigh-boring Western Theological Seminary isengaged in a major construction project ofits own. The seminary broke ground thissummer on a new wing being added to thenorth side of its main building, nearDimnent Chapel.

The opening convocation for the comingschool year, the college’s 141st academicyear, will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 2p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

The public is invited, and admission isfree. MacTV will carry the convocation liveon local cable.

The convocation address will be deliv-ered by author and attorney Dean L.Overman ’65 of Washington, D.C., who willpresent “Spera in Deo” (the college’s motto,“Hope in God”).

Overman is a senior partner at Winston& Strawn, an 840–attorney national lawfirm that represents banks andmulti–national corporations. He waspartner–in–charge of the firm’sWashington, D.C., office from 1978 to1986, and worked with his partner in the

firm, former Vice President WalterMondale, on a variety of domestic andinternational matters.

Prior to joining Winston & Strawn, heserved in the Ford White House, first as aWhite House Fellow for Vice PresidentNelson Rockefeller, and then as associatedirector for policy review. The White HouseFellows program provides a year-longopportunity to participate in government atthe highest levels; 11-19 men and womeneach year work full-time as a special assis-tant to a cabinet member or seniorpresidential advisor. He was previously apartner in the law firm of D’Ancona,Pflaum, Wyatt & Riskind.

Overman’s publications reflect his rangeof interests, and include A Case AgainstAccident and Self–Organization, an interdisci-plinary book on logic, molecular biologyand particle astrophysics which argues thatscientific reasoning supports belief thatintelligence lies behind creation of the uni-verse. He is author of a book on effectivewriting style for business and the profes-sion, and co–author of a book on financialvaluation of an acquisition candidate.

He is author of a theological/physicsarticle on Stephen Hawking’s no boundaryproposal, published by Princeton TheologicalReview. He is also author or co–author ofchapters in five law books and six lawreview articles on banking, commercial, cor-porate, tax and securities law, one selectedby Corporate Counsel’s Annual and CorporatePractice Commentator as one of the 10 bestcorporate law reviews.

Overman’s additional professional activ-ities include speaking on authentic religiouspluralism at the conference “The WorldAfter September 11: The Political,Economic, Military and SpiritualChallenge,” held at Windsor Castle inEngland earlier this year. During 1999–2000,he was a Templeton Scholar at OxfordUniversity. He has also been a visitingscholar and officer of Harvard University,an adjunct fellow with the Center forStrategic and International Studies, and anadjunct professor at the University of

Virginia Law School. He co–authored theplan that led to creation of the nationwide“Communities in Schools Inc.,” which nowserves more than 2,500,000 students fromlower socio–economic backgrounds.

He graduated from Hope with a psy-chology major, with additional emphasis inliterature and philosophy. He was classpresident, co–founded Young LifeLeadership at the college, co–captained themen’s varsity basketball team and was amember of the golf team. He completed hislaw degree at the Boalt Hall School of Lawat the University of California, Berkeley,and also attended Princeton TheologicalSeminary and the University of Californiaand University of Chicago GraduateSchools of Business.

Residence halls for Hope’s new stu-dents will open on Friday, Aug. 23, at 10a.m. Orientation events will begin thatevening and will continue throughMonday, Aug. 26.

Returning students are not to arrive oncampus before noon on Sunday, Aug. 25.Classes will begin on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at8 a.m.

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Campus Notes

The new science center has taken shape this summer, with the steelwork showingthe building’s form.

Active summer anticipates fall

Three racquetball courts in the Dow Center are being transformed into a two–storyfitness and weight center.

The Kooiker House moves from thescience center site to its new locationon east 14th Street. It will serve asstudent housing beginning this fall.

Dean Overman ’65

Timeless through the decades

Homecoming ’0210:30 a.m. Chapel Service, Dimnent Memorial Chapel.1–5 p.m. “Jumpstart Your Future: Career Conversationswith Hope Alumni,” Haworth Inn and ConferenceCenter. A seminar sponsored by the Office of CareerServices and academic departments including communi-cation, economics/management, history, modern andclassical languages, and political science.3 p.m. Biology Seminar, Peale Science Center, room B50.“Linking animal behavior, movement and distribution ina Colorado Mountain Stream,” by Aaron Hoffman ’96,Ph.D. candidate at Colorado State University.4 p.m. Chemistry Seminar, Peale Science Center, roomB50. Dr. Kyria Boundy–Mills ’87, assistant curator of theHerman J. Phaff Yeast Culture Collection at the CaliforniaInstitute of Food and Agricultural Research (CIFAR), aprogram in the College of Agricultural Sciences at theUniversity of California, Davis.5–7 p.m. Art Exhibition: “BMOC: Bruce McCombs onCampus,” De Pree Art Center, gallery. Paintings depict-ing views and architectural details of campus; openingreception featuring a talk by Professor McCombs.8 p.m. Paul Vondiziano, classical guitarist, WichersAuditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music. Admission infor-mation to be determined.8 p.m. Social Activities Committee (SAC) is holding itseighth annual Hoedown at Teusink’s Pony Farm, 1468 W.32nd St. Activities will include hayrides, country linedancing, food and other fun. Admission is free andalumni are invited.

Class of 1987 –– 15–Year Class Reunion Party. Advancedregistration required.Class of 1992 –– 10–Year Class Reunion Party. Advancedregistration required.Class of 1997 –– 5–Year Class Reunion Party. Advancedregistration required.

Morning 25th Annual Run–Bike–Swim–Walk. The eventwill include a physical enhancement program fair in theDow Health and Physical Education Center gymnasiumfrom 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; a two–mile prediction walk;a 5K run; 3/4–, 3.5– and five–mile criterium bicyclingevents; and quarter–mile and half–mile swims. Startingtimes vary for the competitive events. Please call the DowCenter at (616) 395–7690 for more information.8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration for Reunion Brunches,

Haworth Inn and Conference Center, lobby.9 a.m. Alumnae Softball Game, Buys Athletic Fields. Allalumnae softball players are invited to participate in thegame against the current team. Former players shouldcontact Coach Karla Hoesch ’73 Wolters for more infor-mation at wolters@hope.edu or (616) 395–7701.9:30 a.m. Class of 1987 reunion photo. Locationannounced at registration.9:45 a.m. Class of 1987 reunion brunch. Advanced regis-tration required. Location announced at registration.9:45 a.m. Class of 1992 reunion photo. Locationannounced at registration.10 a.m. Class of 1992 reunion brunch. Advanced regis-tration required. Location announced at registration.10 a.m.–5 p.m. Art Exhibition: “BMOC: Bruce McCombson Campus,” De Pree Art Center, gallery. Paintingsdepicting views and architectural details of campus.10 a.m. Class of 1997 reunion photo. Location announcedat registration.10:15 a.m. Class of 1997 reunion brunch. Advanced reg-istration required. Location announced at registration.11 a.m. Alumni Men’s Soccer Game. Buys Athletic Fields.Former players should contact Coach Steven Smith atsdsmith@hope.edu or (616) 395-7569.11 a.m. H–Club Registration and Reception, Haworth Innand Conference Center.

11:30 a.m. H–Club Luncheon, Haworth Inn andConference Center. Coach Karla Hoesch ’73 Wolters willbe recognized for her years of coaching (former playerswill receive more information through a mailing soon), andRobert “Gabby” Van Dis ’47 will receive this year’s “Hopefor Humanity” Award. Advanced registration required.1 p.m. Homecoming Parade heads north on CollegeAvenue from 13th Street enroute to Holland MunicipalStadium. Theme: “Hope...Timeless Through theDecades.”1:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer hosts Calvin College, BuysAthletic Fields.1:30 p.m. Pre–game show featuring the Battle CreekCentral High School marching band, Holland MunicipalStadium.2 p.m. Football hosts Kalamazoo College, HollandMunicipal Stadium. Halftime activities will includemusic by the Battle Creek Central High School marchingband, introduction of the Homecoming Court, andcrowning of the king and queen.5–6:30 p.m. Residence Life Alumni Gathering, Cook Hall,lounge. A reception (time approximate––beginningimmediately after the game) for all former RAs/residencelife staff.8:30 p.m.–1 a.m. Homecoming Ball, Haworth Inn andConference Center. Ticket information is availablethrough the Office of Student Development, (616)395–7800.

10 a.m. Alumni Chapel Choir rehearsal, DimnentMemorial Chapel.11 a.m. Homecoming Worship Service, DimnentMemorial Chapel. Featuring the Chapel Choir andAlumni Chapel Choir, with the Rev. Dr. Timothy Brown’73, the Hinga–Boersma Dean of the Chapel at Hope andthe Henry Bast Professor of Preaching at WesternTheological Seminary.1–5 p.m. Art Exhibition: “BMOC: Bruce McCombs onCampus,” De Pree Art Center, gallery. Paintings depict-ing views and architectural details of campus.3 p.m. Faculty Recital, Wichers Auditorium of NykerkHall of Music. The “Anchor Trio” featuring violinistMihai Craioveanu, pianist Mansoon Han and cellistRichard Piippo, and a program including works byMozart and Smetana.8 p.m. The Gathering, Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

Additional information concerning Homecoming activities maybe obtained by calling the Office of Public and Alumni Relationsat (616) 395–7860.

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Last time one studentartist participated; thistime it’s two.

Senior art majors Arianna Baker ofWheaton, Ill., and Daniel Berhanemeskel ofAksum, Tigray, Ethiopia, each finishedpieces for “The Mask Project 2,” a statewidefund–raiser coordinated by Hospice ofMichigan. The benefit will feature an exhibi-tion and auction of more than 250 clay maskspainted by community organizations, andlocal and national celebrities.

Baker was commis-sioned to create themirror–surfaced masksubmitted by the WestMichigan NursingAdvisory Council, ren-dering a designenvisioned by thegroup. Berhanemeskelcreated the maskdonated to the project by Hope.

The nursing council saw participating asan opportunity to help build awareness ofthe impending national nursing shortage.One estimate projects the shortage at morethan 400,000 by 2020.

“We were concerned that many peopleoutside of health care do not realize theseriousness of the nursing shortage,” said

council member Marsha Harrison, admin-istrator of Rose Garden Senior AssistedLiving Homes in Grandville, Mich. “When Iread about the Hospice of Michigan Mask 2Contest, it suddenly occurred to me that wecould enter a mask proposal that had amirror–like surface, symbolically reflectinganyone who looked at our mask as a poten-tial nurse.”

Harrison’s Awareness Work Group of thecouncil, which includes Dr. Deb Sietsema ofthe Hope nursing faculty, liked the idea.Once the entry proposal was selected to be afinalist in the contest, Dr. Sietsema contactedBaker, who is working in the De Pree ArtCenter this summer.

It wasn’t Baker’s first Hope–connectedcommission. Last year, she designed theposter for the Oct. 2–3 Critical IssuesSymposium, “Earth Matters: DailyDecisions, Environmental Echoes.”

“I feel honored to be asked to do thingslike this,” she said.

This was the second time thatBerhanemeskel created a mask for one of theHospice events. He also created Hope’sentry for Hospice’s previous mask fund–raiser, in 2000.

Berhanemeskel was featured in theApril, 2002, issue of news from Hope Collegefor his role, with Dr. Neal Sobania ’68 of theHope faculty, in helping develop the exhibi-tion “From Monastery to Marketplace:Tradition Inspires Modern Ethiopian

Painting,” which is on display in the AfricanVoices Focus Gallery of the NationalMuseum of Natural History for the nextyear. Descended from a family of Ethiopianartists, he worked with the Smithsonianagain this summer in helping develop twoforthcoming exhibitions.

This year’s masks will be displayed in an

exhibit that will run at Woodland ShoppingCenter in Grand Rapids, Mich., from Friday,Sept. 13, through Thursday, Oct. 24. Hospiceof Michigan is featuring photos of the maskson its Web site, www.hom.org. Through theauction, Hospice hopes to raise nearly$500,000 to support patients and familiesserved by the organization.

Campus Notes

Students craft masks for benefit

Two Hope seniors have crafted masks being featured in a statewide Hospice ofMichigan benefit. Above is Arianna Baker with the mask she created for the WestMichigan Nursing Advisory Council; at left is the mask Daniel Berhanemeskel(featured in April) created for Hope.

There have been threeappointments and fivereappointments to the HopeCollege Board of Trustees.

Newly chosen to serve on the board are:Theodore S. Etheridge III ’72 of West Olive,Mich.; Dr. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis ofHolland, Mich.; and the Rev. Dr. Charles E.Van Engen ’70 of Glendora, Calif. All havebeen elected to four–year terms.

Those re–elected to four–year terms are:Max D. Boersma ’46 of Holland, Mich.; Dr.David E. Cole of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Lynne R.Walchenbach ’73 Hendricks of Grandville,Mich.; Peter H. Huizenga ’60 of Oak Brook,Ill.; and Nancy Lane of Columbus, Ohio.

Retiring from the board are the Rev. Dr.Gregg A. Mast ’74 of Albany, N.Y., and Dr.Caroline Simon of Holland.

J. Kermit Campbell of Traverse City,Mich., continues to chair the board. Joel G.Bouwens ’74 of Zeeland, Mich., was electedto a second, two–year term as vice chair, andHendricks continues to serve as secretary.

Etheridge is president and chief executiveofficer of the SVH Group in Holland, Mich.A fourth–generation printer, Etheridgejoined his family printing business in 1972and was appointed president/CEO in 1979.When the company joined Wace Group in1989, he was named head of the Wace USPrint Division. Etheridge and his businesspartner purchased the SVH Group, ahigh–end manufacturer of commercial print-ing and packaging, in 1999.

Etheridge’s involvement in the life of thecollege has included chairing theHolland/Zeeland Business and IndustryCampaign in 2001, and serving as vice–chairof the Hope in the Future capital campaign forthe Grand Rapids, Mich., region during the1990s.

In addition to donating printing servicesto many local organizations, his volunteeractivities have included serving on the PineRest Foundation Board, Operation SmileBoard, Grand Rapids Christian SchoolFoundation Board and LaGrave AvenueCRC Council. He also served as presidentand program chair for the Grand Rapids AdClub. The Advertising Federation of GrandRapids presented him with its Silver Medalin 1994 for his outstanding professional andcommunity contributions.

Etheridge and his wife, Barbara Bonzelaar’73 Etheridge, have two daughters, AllisonEtheridge ’97 Houlihan and LindsayEtheridge ’00.

Dr. Hernandez Jarvis is an associate pro-fessor of psychology at Hope, where she hasbeen a member of the faculty since 1993.

In January she received the college’s“Ruth and John Reed Faculty AchievementAward,” which recognizes a member of theHope faculty who is a superior teacher andhas also contributed significantly in someother area of professional life. Recognizedfor her advocacy of multi–cultural aware-ness, she was a member of the task force thatdeveloped the college’s cultural diversitygeneral education requirement, and was oneof the first faculty to teach the college’s“Encounter with Cultures” course. Her

numerous activities outside the classroomhave included initiating the college’s Latinafilm series.

Dr. Hernandez Jarvis, whose primary fieldis cognitive psychology, holds her bachelor’sdegree from the University of Akron, and hermaster’s and doctorate from Kent StateUniversity. She completed her graduatework immediately before coming to Hope.

She and her husband, Bruce, have twochildren, Victor and Corinne.

Dr. Van Engen is the Arthur F. GlasserProfessor of Biblical Theology of Mission inthe School of World Mission at FullerTheological Seminary, where he has been onthe faculty since 1988. He was president ofthe General Synod of the Reformed Churchin America during 1997–98.

From 1985 to 1988, he served as theAssistant Professor of Missiology at WesternTheological Seminary. He was previously a

missionary for the RCA for 12 years,working with his wife, Jean Taylor ’70 VanEngen, in Chiapas, Mexico.

Dr. Van Engen is the author or editor ofmore than 20 books. He has preached,taught and spoken extensively on mission inMexico and elsewhere in Latin America,Asia and the United States. He and Jean arethe founders of Latin American ChristianMinistries Inc., to provide leadership devel-opment opportunities within the LatinAmerican continent.

Dr. Van Engen holds a master of divinityfrom Fuller, and Doctorandus and Ph.D.degrees from the Free University ofAmsterdam in the Netherlands.

Hope presented him with a DistinguishedAlumni Award in 1998. He also deliveredthe college’s 1998 Baccalaureate sermon.

The Van Engens have three children:Amelia Van Engen Spivey, Anita Van Engen’98 Bateman and Andrew ’03.

New Trustees named

Theodore S. Etheridge III ’72 Dr. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis Rev. Dr. Charles E. Van Engen ’70

Bruce McCombs didn’tstart out planning to fill thegallery of the De Pree ArtCenter with three dozenpaintings of campus.

It just happened that way.“It just kind of took on a life of its

own––I wasn’t really sure where I wasgoing to go with it,” he said. “I neverintended to paint 36 paintings.”

Professor McCombs, whose work isincluded in the permanent collections ofmore than 20 major U.S. museums, hasconducted in–depth studies of specificarea sites before. In the fall of 2001, theGrand Rapids Art Museum exhibited hisseries of paintings of the Frank LloydWright–designed Meyer May House ofGrand Rapids. Some 26 watercolors hepainted of Marigold Lodge were featuredin an exhibition in the De Pree gallery inJanuary of 1994.

Marigold Lodge in particular made anatural subject––he lives only a few blocksaway from the site, located on the northside of Lake Macatawa. His daily presenceon campus made it even easier to paintHope.

“I’ve been takingcampus for years,” saidfessor of art who has beHope faculty since 1969is interesting because it

“I took tons and tonand then I got fanaticalwas so close to me,” he

As he worked, he foustayed fresh, not leastkept discovering new w

“When you first starto do almost the colstuff,” he said. “The furyou get to the more eso

The resulting mix treatments of familiGraves Hall, Dimnentand the DeWitt Centerplay of light on the Pegreenhouse (a view noand in the angled ceilinthe Van Wylen Libraryors range from 22 inchsize, to 29 inches by 41

The paintings showna fraction of the completof the pieces will be feation, “BMOC: Bruce McCwhich will open duWeekend and run throu

A 36–painting series by Bruce McCombs of the artfaculty explores qualities of Hope architecture bothfamiliar and lesser–known.

Faculty Profile

Bruce McCombs On Campus

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g photographs ofd McCombs, a pro-een a member of the9. “The architecturet’s so eclectic.”

ns of photographs––l about it, because ite said.und that the subjectt of all because heways to approach it.rt to paint, you tendllege catalog–typerther along you get,

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ar buildings liket Memorial Chapelr, to studies of theeale Science Centerow lost to history)

ng of the stairwell ofy. The 36 watercol-hes by 30 inches ininches.

n here represent onlyte body of work. Allatured in the exhibi-Combs on Campus,”

uring Homecomingugh Sunday, Nov. 17.

There will be an opening reception onFriday, Oct. 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The gallery’s regular hours are Monday

through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Admission is free.

Faculty member Bruce McCombs in his studio at home. Once he started creatingcampus paintings, he became intrigued by his subject and couldn’t stop.

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on a life of its own”

Six views of campus, running clockwise from the bottom left: DeWitt Center at night; Van Zoeren Hall; Hope arch and Graves Hall; HaworthCenter entrance; Chapel interior; the library stairwell ceiling.

Dance departmentpioneer Maxine DeBruynhas been appointed tothe college’s DorothyWiley DeLongProfessorship in Dance.

Her appointment becomes effectivewith the beginning of the forthcoming2002–03 school year, and will continueuntil she chooses to retire from the faculty.

The chair was established by Mr. andMrs. William P. DeLong; their children,Dr. and Mrs. Jack DeLong, and Mr. andMrs. Ted DeLong; and friends and associ-ates of Dorothy DeLong, who pioneeredefforts to establish dance instructionwithin the Holland community. DorothyDeLong, who died in 1982, taught dance inMuskegon until moving to Holland in1948. As dance became accepted inHolland, she first taught ballroom dancingto high school students as an after–schoolactivity, and subsequently opened astudio. She also worked with Holland’sDutch Dancers.

DeLong was a supporter of the college’s

dance program since its fledgling daysunder Professor DeBruyn’s guidance inthe mid–1960s. Hope presented her with aDistinguished Service Award duringDance V in 1979 in recognition of her rolein the development of the program and thecommunity’s cultural life.

Funded since 1985, the DeLong chairhas helped the department of dance retaininstructors for specialized courses andguest artists for Hope dance concerts. Thecollege will continue to support such activ-ities, with Professor DeBruyn’sappointment to the chair recognizing herown central role in the department’s cre-ation and development.

Professor DeBruyn, who is chair of thedepartment, joined the Hope faculty in1965, and pioneered dance at Hope with asingle course. In the years since, she hashelped build the program to a full major.Professional companies affiliated with thecollege and Hope students present anumber of dance concerts during eachschool year.

In addition to playing a leadership rolein developing the college’s dance program,she has been active in professional associa-tions and dance education locally tonationally. Her professional activitiesthrough the years have ranged fromserving as a U.S. representative to theInternational Board of Dance and theChild International, a member of theCounseil International de la Danse,UNESCO, Paris; to serving as vice chair ofthe Michigan Council for the Arts and

Cultural Affairs; to serving as director ofthe National Association of Schools ofDance. She has held a number of leader-ship roles with the American Alliance forHealth, Physical Education, Recreationand Dance (AAHPERD), and is a pastpresident of AAHPERD’s MidwestDistrict.

Among other recognition, she receivedthe “Honor Award” from MichiganAssociation of Health, Physical Education,Recreation and Dance in 2000 and from theMidwest District of AAHPERD in 1999;the Midwest District’s Meritorious ServiceAward in both 1996 and 1998; a recogni-tion award from the Midwest District forservice and leadership in 1988; and aservice and leadership award fromAAHPERD in 1987. She received aPresidential Citation from the NationalDance Association for dance assessment in1992. In 1989, her work in the arts wascited in the U.S. Congressional Record andin a Joint Concurrent Resolution from theState of Michigan Legislature.

Hope presented her with the Ruth andJohn Reed Faculty Achievement Award in2001. The college’s Alumni H–Club, com-prised of former student athletes, honoredher in both 1985 and 1996.

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Profs named to chairsMaxine DeBruyn appointed to dance chair

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Maxine DeBruyn

Dr. Michael Silver ofthe chemistry faculty hasbeen appointed to thecollege’s FrederichGarrett and Helen FloorDekker EndowedProfessorship.

Dr. Silver was recognized during aninvestiture dinner held at the college inMay. His appointment to the chair is for10 years.

The professorship was establishedthrough the estate of Dr. Fred H. Deckerand Marie V. Buranek Decker to providefinancial support for a faculty memberwho has an established record of excel-lence in biophysics, biomedicine orbiology. Dr. Decker was a 1921 Hopegraduate.

The chair was established in the 1980s.Its first recipient, Dr. Harvey Blankespoor,was appointed in January of 1988 and

retired at the end of the 2001–02 academicyear.

Dr. Silver has been a member of theHope faculty since 1983. He has receivedboth campus and national recognition forexcellence as a teacher and scholar.

In 1997, he received the college’sProvost’s Award for Excellence inTeaching, cited not only for his work withstudents but also for his role as a mentorto other faculty members. In 1988, theCamille and Henry Dreyfus Foundationof New York City presented him with oneof only 10 Dreyfus Teacher–ScholarAwards nationwide for demonstratedpromise and ability in teaching and per-forming imaginative research. In 1992,the foundation named him one of onlyeight recipients nationwide of an awardthrough its Scholar/Fellow Program forUndergraduate Institutions, selecting himto mentor a post–doctoral fellow.

Dr. Silver’s research emphasis is inor-ganic/physical chemistry, and he has alsomentored more than 60 Hope students incollaborative research.

Through the years he has receivedmore than $1 million in support of hisresearch from external agencies, including

Research Corporation, the AmericanChemical Society Petroleum ResearchFund, the National Science Foundationand Dow Corning Corporation. He hashad more than 20 publications in a varietyof scholarly journals, and is co–author of atextbook, “Introductory Chemistry,”which is currently in its second edition.

Dr. Silver co–founded the college’sTeaching Enhancement Workshop fornew members of the Hope faculty in 1987.He has also served as advisor of the col-lege’s Chemistry Club.

He was the 1998 president of the WestMichigan Section of the AmericanChemical Society (ACS). In 2001, he wastechnical program director of the 33rdJoint Regional ACS Meeting.

Dr. Silver graduated from FairleighDickinson University with a bachelor ofscience degree in chemistry in 1975, andcompleted his master’s and doctorate atCornell University in 1979 and 1982respectively. He was a post–doctoralfellow at Northwestern University during1982–83.

Michael Silver named to science chair

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Editor’s Note: Through his research on theRev. Albertus C. Van Raalte, Dr. Elton Bruins’50 of the A.C. Van Raalte Institute hasconcluded that Hope’s first president, the Rev.Philip Phelps Jr., deserves recognition as Hope’sfounder because he developed the college itself(with Rev. Van Raalte retaining credit forfounding the Pioneer School and Academy fromwhich Hope grew). The Grand Rapids Presspublished the following column (reprinted withpermission) by Lakeshore bureau chief BenBeversluis on Sunday, May 5, during TulipTime in Holland. However the concept of“founder” is interpreted and applied, in any caseit is clear that both men played key roles ingetting Hope started.

No icon in Hollandhistory looms larger thanthe Rev. Albertus C. VanRaalte.

Consider his statue––all 9 feet of it on theedge of Centennial Park, depicting a manwho barely stood 5 foot 3 as he ledimmigrants to settle in Holland.

But now it seems that old Al is gettingmore credit than he might be due.

This past week, just as tourists headed forTulip Time and parents gathered to harvesttheir Hope College graduates, came wordthat Van Raalte, that granddaddy of allthings Dutch in Holland, really isn’t thefounder of Hope College.

Midwife, maybe, in that Van Raaltehelped bring about its birth, but not thefounder.

No, now we’re hearing that honor shouldgo to the Rev. Philip Phelps Jr.

It’s news that cuts deep into Holland’sfolk history and self–image.

And just as surprising, perhaps, is thesource of this revelation: Elton J. Bruins,Hope College professor emeritus, director ofthe Van Raalte Institute and the man whowrote the plaque on that statue dedicating it

in honor of “the founder of the City ofHolland and Hope College.”

’Say it ain’t so!’We can almost hear the cry rising from

Hope’s stately halls: “Say it ain’t so!”But it does appear so.Bruins has written a footnote–packed

scholarly paper detailing letters betweenVan Raalte and Phelps. He persuasivelyargues that the vision, the hard work and thepersonal sacrifice of Phelps earn him the titleof founder of Hope College.

“As I’ve gotten into that, it surprised mebecause I slowly came to the conclusion thatwe have given too much credit to VanRaalte,” said the man who has spent much ofhis career defending Van Raalte. He wrotethe plaque inscription based on the acceptedhistories of city and college that credit VanRaalte as founder of both.

Undoubtedly, Bruins said, Van Raaltehad a huge impact, founding the communityand the Pioneer School, the high school that

preceded the college. But Phelps was theman who pushed for college–level coursesand who laid his career on the line to createa college.

“I’m affirming that Phelps did all thework, so he deserves the credit,” Bruins said.Until now, Phelps merely got credit asHope’s first president.

So just how was the Van Raalte mythenhanced while Phelps was lost in hisshadow? It seems a bit of historical spindoctoring went on back in the early 1900s.

Early on, Hope struggled financially.Debt and an overreaching vision of Hope asa university led to faculty in–fighting andPhelps’ dismissal, somewhat in disgrace,Bruins pointed out. In fact, Phelps for sixyears refused to vacate the president’squarters, maintaining he had beenimproperly dismissed and was owed severalthousand dollars.

“He became an embarrassment byhanging around Holland,” Bruins noted,“which further tarnished his reputation

among insiders.”After Phelps and his family left town

around 1884, the Van Raalte family stayedand continued to wield considerable power.

Bruins found a clue to what seems to havehappened when he noticed the cornerstoneof Van Raalte Hall. The historian’s light bulbwent off when he saw the stone from 1902listed three Van Raalte family membersamong the 17 faculty at Hope.

Those included Gerrit Kollen, presidentand son–in–law of Albertus; JohnKleinheksel, vice–president and son–in–lawof Albertus, and Christina Gilmore, dean ofwomen and daughter of Albertus.

Clearly, the family members were in aposition to, uh, shall we say, put some spinon dear old Dad––who had created morethan just a few enemies around town in hislater years.

Credit was shiftedBruins cites early histories of Hope which

recognize Phelps as founder, and he pointsout that later histories shift that credit to VanRaalte.

There’s a saying that history becomeslegend becomes myth.

In this case, Bruins said, “The myth wasconcluded when the Van Raalte family wasso prominent in Hope College in the start ofthe 20th century.”

Asked if there was any irony in thedirector of the Van Raalte Institutiondebunking the myth, Bruins chuckled.

“I’m not trying to put down Van Raalte. Ispent much of my career the past 30 yearsdefending him, gathering his papers,” saysthe man with 1,729 files on Van Raalte,gathered from across this country and theNetherlands.

“But I like to use what the Apostle Paulsaid, ’Speak the truth in love.’”

And what about criticism, some heat fromthe community at large. Any fears?

No, he says with a soft laugh. “I thinkthere’s more interest in whether the tulipswill bloom on time.”

Campus Notes

Van Raalte’s title as founder... is history with a spin

Rev. A.C. Van Raalte Rev. Philip Phelps Jr.

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Current and visiting members of theHope faculty with works in the exhibitioninclude: Michel Conroy, mixed media;Daryn Lowman, ceramics; Billy Mayer,ceramics; Bruce McCombs, watercolor andprints; Delbert Michel, painting; and SteveNelson, photographs.

Current and former students with worksin the exhibition are: Arianna Baker, photog-raphy; Daniel Berhanemeskel, painting; DanBrewer, woodcut; Jeff Brown, etching; NateCassie, drawing; Steve Haulenbeek, pencildrawing; Nathan Klay, painting; BrianLeicht, ceramics; Kristin McMillen, photogra-phy; Amy Reckley, drawing and painting;John Saurer, sculpture; and Dana Steuhower,pencil drawing.

ACCOUNTING EXCELLENCE: Twoyears ago, Hope began offering two optionsfor their accounting majors: a 126–hourprogram and a 150–hour optional programfor those wishing to become certified publicaccountants.

Many students are choosing the secondoption with impressive results. While thepassage rate for first–time candidates to pass

the entire exam (four separate parts) is only15 percent nationally, the passage rate for theClass of 2001 at Hope was 30 percent.Additionally, the passage rate for partspassed to parts taken was an impressive 45percent, also well above the national average.

When the American Institute of CertifiedPublic Accountants (AICPA) increased therequirements for taking the exam and forlicensing as a CPA from 120 to 150 hours ofacademic credit, most state licensing boardsfollowed suit. While students at most col-leges and universities are entering graduateschool to fulfill the new expanded require-ments and are therefore forced to delaygraduation and defer entering the workforceby one year, Hope is offering a 150–houralternative which can be completed in fouryears rather than five, translating into a sig-nificant cost savings.

Among the new CPAs from the 2001 classare Betsy VandenBerg, Dan Besselsen andHope Baker Scholar Robin Oppenhuizen.

There have been other notable achieve-ments by the most recent graduating class.Brian Bredeway was recently honored asan “Outstanding Accounting Student” by

the IMA (Institute of ManagementAccountants); Kurt Lemmen received ascholarship from Becker Convisor toattend their CPA review classes; bothStacey Mellema and Kristin Reinhardwere selected by the accounting faculty toreceive the Alfred S. Andrews Award forOutstanding Accounting Student at Hope;and Stacey Wabeke was honored in Mayby the Financial Executive’s Institute (FEI),receiving a $1,000 competitive scholarship.

FACULTY KUDOS:

Christopher Barney of the biology facultyreceived the Distinguished Alumni Awardfrom the Wright State University AlumniAssociation on Friday, May 17.

The award, the association’s most pres-tigious, is annually granted to a WrightState University (WSU) graduate who hasattained a significant level of achievementin his or her chosen field and has demon-strated a positive impact on a local, stateand/or international level. A 1973 WSUhonors graduate with a major in biology,Barney will be honored during an evening

awards ceremony and reception at theuniversity.

Dr. Barney is the T. Elliott Weier Professorof Biology at Hope, where he has been amember of the faculty since 1980. He wasappointed to his endowed chair in 2001.

Jackie Bartley of the English faculty is theauthor of Bloodroot, a book of poetry pub-lished in April by the Edwin Mellen Press.

The poems in Bloodroot are divided intothree general thematic sections. The firstsection focuses on Professor Bartley’s motherand childhood; the second reflects on workin science, particularly medical science; thethird explores societal issues and culture,ranging from racism and teen school shoot-ings to travel in Bolivia.

Professor Bartley wrote some of thepoems in Bloodroot during residencies at theRagdale Foundation and the Mary AndersonCenter for the Arts, as well as throughsupport from the Arts Foundation ofMichigan in partnership with the MichiganCouncil for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Shehas held an additional residency from theRagdale Foundation this summer.

News and information for class notes, marriages,advanced degrees and deaths are compiled for newsfrom Hope College by Greg Olgers ’87.

News should be mailed to: Alumni News; HopeCollege Public Relations; 141 E. 12th St.; PO Box 9000;Holland, MI 49422–9000. Internet users may send to:alumni@hope.edu

All submissions received by the Public RelationsOffice by Tuesday, July 9, have been included in thisissue. Because of the lead time required by this publi-cation’s production schedule, submissions receivedafter that date (with the exception of obituary notices)have been held for the next issue, the deadline forwhich is Tuesday, Sept. 24.

A number of the entries in this issue have beengleaned from the May and July, 2002, issues of the col-lege’s athletic training newsletter. news from HopeCollege periodically borrows from such departmentalnewsletters so that the information can be enjoyed byas broad an audience as possible.

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Titus Van Haitsma ’32 of Holland, Mich., has beenhonored for demonstrating exceptional interest in andsupport of Hope College by the college’s SecondCentury Club. A retired dentist and long involved inthe college in a variety of ways, he received the club’s“Presidents’ Award” during a dinner at the college onTuesday, June 18.Ethel Leestma ’33 Swets of Palm Coast, Fla., celebratedher 90th birthday on June 10. Her children and extend-ed family honored her in Holland, Mich., during theweek of July 4.

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P.J. Booi ’50 of Holland, Mich., is serving a two–yearterm as president general of the National SocietyColonial Dames XVII Century. The society has 13,000members in 47 states, with its headquarters off DuPontCircle in Washington, D.C. Her staff includes a geneal-ogist to help prospective members trace their ancestryto the 17th century in America. She notes that numer-ous Society scholarships afford opportunity to NativeAmericans and other deserving young people. Theposition requires extensive travel, which she is thank-ful her good health permits.Elton Bruins ’50 of Holland, Mich., has retired afterserving as director of the A.C. Van Raalte Institute atHope College since 1994, but will remain involved withthe institute as a senior research fellow. He is the EvertJ. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professor Emeritus of Religionat Hope, and was a member of the college’s religionfaculty from 1966 until retiring in 1992.William Jellema ’50 and Lois England ’51 Jellema inJuly enjoyed a Caribbean cruise in celebration of their50th anniversary (Aug. 8). They were joined by theirsons (William Jellema, Calvin Jellema ’79 and JonathanJellema ’81) and families.Phyllis Vander Schaaf ’53 Good of Butler, N.J., was inIsrael at Christmastime in 2000, when the choir shebelongs to sang at various sites when they were invitedto sing there. The choir of the Community Church ofSmoke Rise, N.J., also sang a half–hour concert at theNotre Dame Cathedral during the two days they werein Paris, France, while changing planes. She notes thatalong with the singing experience, the day tours ofIsrael were most memorable.John VerBeek ’56 of South Haven, Mich., is chairmanof the South Haven Community Hospital Board ofTrustees.Arthur Martin ’57 of Hilo, Hawaii, belongs to theHawaii Island Retired Teachers Association andAARP, and is a radio disc jockey on KCIF Christianradio.Ethel Peelen ’57 VanIstendal has retired from teachingESL in Louisville, Ky. She moved to Holland, Mich.,and is helping to homeschool her daughter’s six chil-dren. She notes that her breast cancer is gone, treatedalternatively.Robert Winter ’57 of Berea, Ohio, is president of theStanding Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.The parish he serves (St. Thomas, Berea) just installedand dedicated a new mechanical–action pipe organbuilt by Karl Wilhelm Inc. of Mont St.–Hilaire, Quebec.Ev Nienhouse ’58 of Ellsworth, Mich., wrote the article“The History of the Navajo Code Talkers,” publishedin The Grand Rapids Press on Sunday, June 30, an effortto make readers aware of the history that inspired therecent John Woo film Wind Talkers. The article was arewritten version of a research–intensive piece he haddone for the quarterly newsletter he produced duringone of his four–month stints at Rehoboth ChristianSchool, which serves the Navajo nation.

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Win Burggraaff ’61 of Columbia, Mo., retired inDecember of 2001 as a professor of Latin Americanhistory at the University of Minnesota, but continues toteach a reduced load.Carol Sikkema ’62 Kamper of Rochester, Minn., isretiring at the end of the year from both elected officeand college teaching. She has served in local govern-ment for 31 years, first on the Rochester City Counciland for the last 25 as a member of the Olmsted CountyBoard. She is also a political science professor atRochester Community and Technical College.Charles Becher ’63 of Woodlawn, Tenn., retired fromUnited Methodist Ministry on July 1, 2001. He servedas interim campus minister at the Wesley Foundationat Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tenn.,from September of 2001 through May of 2002.Margaret “Peg” Wasserman ’63 Becher of Woodlawn,Tenn., retired from nursing in September of 2001.Karen Daniels ’64 Bables of Holland, Mich., is a seniorprograms manager with the National MultipleSclerosis Society in Grand Rapids, Mich. She has twochildren, Ryan McFall (a professor at Hope) and KellyMcFall.Earl Johnson Jr. ’64 of Johnstown, N.Y., has been busywriting over the past few months. In 2000, GenevaPress published his book Selected to Serve, A Guide forChurch Officers. It went into a second printing in thespring of 2002. In addition, two other books will bepublished soon, also by Geneva Press: The PresbyterianDeacon: An Essential Guide (September, 2002) andWitness Without Parallel: Biblical Texts That Make UsPresbyterians (January, 2003). The latter examines eightcritical biblical texts in Presbyterian and Reformed tra-dition, demonstrates their centrality, engages in acurrent exegetical study, shows how they have beenused (or abused) in the Reformed tradition, evaluatesthe way in which the Presbyterian church has used orrepudiated the tradition and makes suggestions for thefuture. Johnson also published four exegetical articlesin the July, 2002, issue of Lectionary Homiletics.Robert Mackay ’64 of Stevensville, Mich., has beenelected to a two–year term as chairman of the MichiganCredit Union League Board of Directors. He hasserved on the board since 1996, and has been chief exec-utive officer of the Berrien Teachers Credit Union since1982.Ted Oegema Jr. ’67 became chair of the Department ofBiochemistry at Rush University in Chicago, Ill., onMonday, July 1. He holds a joint appointment in ortho-pedic surgery and biochemistry. He will continue hisresearch in osteoarthritis as well.Peter Schaible ’68 is executive director of theSubscription Website Publishers Association and

editor of its Web site. He and his wife moved toBrewster, Mass., on Cape Cod from Mendham, N.J.,following his retirement as manager of corporate com-munications for the National Exchange CarrierAssociation. For more than 20 years, he was presidentof SunDance New Media (nee Sirkin Schaible Design),a marketing communications consulting firm.Previously he was director of communications for theUnited States Golf Association.

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David Dethmers ’70 has been appointed mutualmission coordinator of the Reformed Church inAmerica. He is developing, coordinating and super-vising mutual mission opportunities, includingclassis–to–classis partnerships, exchanges betweenRCA leaders and mission partners, and volunteeropportunities. He and his wife have recently relocatedto Grand Rapids, Mich.Eileen Verduin ’70 Raphael of Holland, Mich., ismanager, dealer and Web communications, withSteelcase Inc.Sanderson Palmer ’71 of Grand Haven, Mich., is proudto announce that he has had a mediocre professional

life. On the other hand, he notes that he married a won-derful woman; got a master’s degree that was onlygood for his ego; has an outstanding daughter, Sarah,who is a civil engineer; and is slowly fulfilling his questto bicycle across all 50 states. “It is a satisfying life,” hewrites.Kay Oae ’72 Ikawa of Hillsdale, Mich., moved toContinental Airlines 3.5 years ago after 16 years atNorthwest Airlines to start their new routes to Japanand Hong Kong and their new Asia PacificDepartment.Roger Buffum ’73 of Grand Rapids, Mich., for the past12 years has been regional sales manager for PanelfoldInc., a Miami–based manufacturer of operable wallsand accordion folding partitions. His 18–state territoryincludes the Midwest and Northeast.Dan Dykstra ’74 retired in November of 2001 as acolonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He and his wife andtheir three children, Andrew, Chris and Erika, now livein Woodbridge, Va. Since leaving active duty he hasbeen involved in life cycle management and integratedlogistics support concept development for theAdvanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle.Donald Troast ’74 is with the United States Navy, andrecently completed a seven–month deployment asCommand Element Chaplain with the 15th Marine

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Alumni News

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Alumni Board of DirectorsOfficers

James VanEenenaam ’88, President, Dana Point, Calif.Beth Snyder ’94, Vice President, Arlington, Va.

Marion Hoekstra ’65, Secretary, Laurel, Md.

Board MembersHolly Chapman ’80 Borgman, Scottsdale, Ariz. Bruce Brumels ’59, Lake City, Mich.James Bursma ’87, Stow, Mass. Chad Carlson ’03, Holland, Mich.Nancy Dirkse ’81 DeWitt, Waukesha, Wis. Eva Gaumond ’90, Bridgewater, N.J.Leah Sunderlin ’79 Haugneland, Katy, Texas John Hensler ’85, Royal Oak, Mich.Andrea Korstange ’02, Grand Rapids, Mich. Neil Petty ’57, Honeoye, N.Y.Karen Gralow ’75 Rion, Schenectady, N.Y. Kristin Tichy ’92, Glenville, Ill.Liz Tyndell ’04, Livonia, Mich. Mary Browning ’69 Vanden Berg, Grand Rapids, Mich.Greg Van Heest ’78, Minneapolis, Minn. Ray Vinstra ’58, Kalamazoo, Mich.

John Witte ’54, Vero Beach, Fla.

LiaisonLynne Powe ’86, Alumni Director

Please accept our invitation to visit the Alumni Office on the internet:

www.hope.edu/alumni

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During its May meeting,the Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors choseits officers for 2002–03 andappointed one newmember.

The board also made four reappoint-ments.

James Van Eenenaam ’88 of DanaPoint, Calif., formerly vice president, hasbeen elected president, succeeding BruceBrumels ’59 of Lake City, Mich. BethSnyder ’94 of Arlington, Va., has beenelected vice president, succeeding VanEenenaam. Marion Hoekstra ’65 ofLaurel, Md., who was among thoseappointed to an additional term on theboard, will continue to serve as secretary.

The board’s new member is junior LizTyndell of Livonia, Mich., who will serveas Junior Class Representative.

Chad Carlson ’03 of Holland, Mich, for-merly Junior Class Representative, wasappointed Senior Class Representative.

Andrea Korstange ’02 of Grand Rapids,Mich., formerly Senior ClassRepresentative, was appointed MostRecent Graduating Class Representative.

In addition to Hoekstra, who repre-sents the Mid–Atlantic Region, thosereappointed to the board were: NancyDirkse ’81 DeWittof Waukesha, Wis.(Central Region);Greg Van Heest ’78of Minneapolis,Minn. (NorthCentral Region);and Ray Vinstra’58 of Kalamazoo,Mich. (SouthwestMichigan Region).

Garett Childs ’01 of Grand Rapids,Mich., concluded his service on theboard as Most Recent Graduating ClassRepresentative.

Tyndell is majoring in biology andpsychology. Her long–range goal is acareer in medicine.

Next year will be her third year on thecollege’s Student Congress. She served

first as a representative for Dykstra Halland then represented Kollen Hall, andnext year will serve as Junior ClassRepresentative.

She is a member of the Delta PhiSorority. She will be resident assistant inthe Delphi House next year, and will alsoserve on the sorority’s executive commit-tee for work projects.

Tyndell served as a moraler for the2004 Pull team as both a freshman and asophomore, and has also participated inher class’s song section in the NykerkCup Competition.

She will serve as co–publicity chair forthe Social Activities Committee (SAC)during 2002–03, and is among the stu-dents organizing a Pom Pon club thatwill begin with the new school year. Heractivities at Hope have also included theDance Marathon fund–raiser for DeVosChildren’s Hospital and New StudentOrientation.

Tyndell is the daughter of Allan andDiane Tyndell of Livonia. She is a 2000graduate of Livonia Stevenson HighSchool.

Liz Tyndell ’04

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Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable),which established the first main operating bases inAfghanistan in support of Operation EnduringFreedom. He is now with Marine Air Control Group 38at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif.,and was recently selected for the rank of commander.Arlene Dekker ’75 Akker of Muskegon, Mich., is theteam leader for the Red and White Academy Team forninth grade at Muskegon High School, where sheteaches English and social sciences.Michael VandenBerg ’76 is the educational consultantfor the Regional Synod of Canada and pastor of anRCA congregation, Christ Community Church in St.Albert, Alberta, Canada. In the spring, he conductedfuneral services for one of four Canadian soldiers killedby American friendly fire in Afghanistan. He is cur-rently assisting the Regional Synod of Canada in itsrestructuring process, and serves on the Classis of theCanadian Prairies Executive Committee. He is in theprocess of establishing his fourth LOVE Inc. church ser-vices network in North America, and is on the advisoryboard of Words of Hope.Mark Bombara ’77 of Hudsonville, Mich., is the clinicalmanager for the outpatient clinics with HollandCommunity Hospital’s Behavioral Health Services. Healso provides psychotherapy services, and marital andpre–marital counseling.Dan Kiel ’77 of Zeeland, Mich., is a second gradeteacher with the Fennville Public Schools.Vicki Hedlund ’77 Reeves is general master of the 13thJudicial Court of Florida, assigned to the Probate andGuardianship division in Tampa.Dave Smith ’77 is traveling to Canberra, Australia, fora six–month assignment as a staff exchange softwareengineering officer with the Australian DefenceMaterial Organization, the Australian equivalent of theU.S. Department of Defense. He hopes to vacation inAustralia and New Zealand following the work assign-ment, and then return to Colorado.Michael Drahos ’78 has accepted the position of sec-ondary principal for the Madison Central SchoolDistrict in Central New York. Mike will be responsiblefor the 7–12 program for the rural school district, whichserves a student population of around 500.Amy Lusky ’78 Wright of Chamblee, Ga., is a seniorscientist for CIBA Vision Corporation in Atlanta, Ga.She is working with human corneal epithelial tissueculture systems and toxicity studies for lens care prod-ucts and contact lens biomaterials.Calvin Jellema ’79 and Jonathan Jellema ’81, on behalfof their entire family, give thanks to God on the occa-sion of their parents’ (William Jellema ’50 and LoisEngland ’51 Jellema) 50th wedding anniversary, for(among other things) their parents’ faithfulness to oneanother, to their children (including theirdaughters–in–law), to their grandchildren and to suc-ceeding generations.Cynthia McOwen ’79 Poole is living in Birmingham,Mich., and reports that she is retraining on how to be anAmerican after living in Singapore, Japan and Englandthe past seven years. She and her husband have twochildren, Scott (19) and Kimberly (17).

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Luanne Ramaccia ’80 Little lives in Omaha, Neb., withher husband and two kids, Jonathan (12) and Anna(five). She notes that she “will never get used to thetornado sirens!”John Weiss ’81 of Grand Rapids, Mich., earlier this yearbecame president and CEO of Design Plus Inc. He hasbeen an executive with the firm for the past two years.Pamela Matheson ’82 of Dumont, N.J., is associatedean of planning and assessment with the Universityof Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey.Charles Winter ’82 of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is a pro-fessor and associate chair of chemistry in Wayne State

University’s College of Science. He recently receivedfunding from DaimlerChrysler Corporation for aproject titled “Exploration of New Hydrogen StorageMaterials for Automotive Use.” As the automotiveindustry moves toward hydrogen–powered vehicles,goals include finding hydrogen–containing chemicalcompounds that are non–toxic, low–cost and low inenvironmental impact.Jeff Gaikema ’83 has relocated to Houston, Texas, withhis wife and three boys, Matthew (seven), Grant (five)and Andrew (two). Jeff is the marketing director forthe southern U.S. and Mexico with BP’s Gas and PowerStream.Timothy Sale ’83 of Holland, Mich., is an insuranceagent with Wolbrink Lievense Insurance Services.Ross Helmus ’84 is an audio video systems designer atPremovation Audio in Holland, Mich.Michael Spitters ’84 of Ada, Mich., has been serving onthe pastoral staff at Cascade Christian Church in GrandRapids, Mich., since September of 2000.James Behrenwald ’85 of Clarksville, Mich., is presi-dent of AIS Construction Equipment and co–owner ofBehrenwald Farms, and has also been a football coachfor Lakewood High School for 16 years. He was recent-ly elected to the board of directors of Union Bank.Marion Belzer ’86 of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, isan editor, tours and travel, with airtours internationalGmbH.Dwight Beal ’87 of Holland, Mich., received the first“Good Neighbor of the Year” award from the city ofHolland’s neighborhood preservation program onThursday, May 16, 2002. He was recognized for hiscommitment to his neighborhood and its residents.Chuck Zwemer ’87 is an associate professor of biologywith Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.Christina Eisenmann ’88 Boerigter of Roseville, Minn.,recently returned to the work force after enjoying someextended time off with sons Peter (four–and–a–half)and Stevie (16 months). Christina now works as anaccount manager for Arden Architectural Specialties, acommercial building products company in St. Paul,Minn.Dan Boerigter ’88 of Roseville, Minn., continues topractice corporate law and estate planning with the lawfirm of Yost & Baill LLP in Minneapolis, Minn.Lara Daverman ’88 Helmus works at JubileeMinistries, a Christian Community DevelopmentOrganization in Holland, Mich.David Kuiper ’88 of Zeeland, Mich., who is senior vicepresident and mortgage loan officer at Republic Bankin Holland, Mich., has been recognized as one of thetop producing mortgage loan officers in the country forthe fourth year in a row, according to MortgageOriginator Magazine. In 2001, David closed more than725 mortgage loans totaling in excess of $97 million.David offers a wide variety of mortgage loans to hiscustomers, including construction, jumbo, convention-al, government, bridge and lot loans. He is active withthe West Michigan Lakeshore Association of Realtorsand the Holland Area Home Builders Association, andhas been lending along the Lakeshore for more than 12years.Amy Martin ’89 Hodson of Lawton, Okla., is anemployee resources consultant with InternationalPaper Company of Memphis, Tenn.Kathy Mendels ’89 Keegin of Holland, Mich., isjob–sharing in a first grade classroom in the WestOttawa Public Schools and enjoying time with sonsCurtis and Peter.Erik Nimz ’89 of Killingworth, Conn., is a seniorresearch investigator with Pfizer Inc. VeterinaryMedicine Research & Development in Groton, Conn.Don Timlowski ’89 of Holland, Mich., is vice presidentand sales manager for the Holland/Muskegon areawith National City, and was been named a Circle ofDistinction Gold Award winner for 2001. He helped580 mortgage customers obtain $56 million last year,and was named to Mortgage Originator Magazine’s Top

200 Nationwide Production list.Frances Schrock ’89 Traisman of Seattle, Wash., hasbeen promoted to director, ticket sales administration,for the Seattle Mariners Baseball Club.

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Mary Rust ’90 Armeli of Eastchester, N.Y., is teachingpsychology part–time at Pace University on the NewYork City and Pleasantville, N.Y., campuses.Jennifer Haveman ’90 Bertram of Holt, Mich., isfinance director with the Michigan Republican StateCommittee in Lansing, Mich.Thomas DeWitt ’90 of Holland, Mich., is assistant vicepresident of employee benefits at Grand Bank in GrandRapids, Mich.David Lovett ’90 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is a Level 3application programmer with University of MichiganHealth Systems.Paul McKimmy ’90 is director of outreach and tech-nology for the University of Hawaii–Manoa College ofEducation. He is developing distance educationteacher certification programs for the state’s neighborislands.Peter Schultz ’90 of Loudon, Tenn., participated in theRAGBRAI bicycle tour across Iowa in late July.David Chapple ’91 of Grand Blanc, Mich., was theposter artist for the May 31–June 2 2002 Concours of theClassic Car Club of America Museum. He was alsoamong the artists featured in the InvitationalAutomotive Art Exhibition that was part of the event.Grace Vera ’91 Favier and Barry Favier ’94 live inHolland, Mich. Grace has been a stay–at–home momfor four–and–a–half years to sons Carter (agefour–and–a–half) and Aaron (age two). Barry is afinancial analyst II for Herman Miller Inc. “Family lifeis great and we have God to thank!,” they write.Elizabeth Blom ’91 Harper was honored as “Teacher ofthe Year” in the Fairfield (Mont.) Public Schools.Ethan Henderson ’91 of New York City in the fall willbegin pursuing an M.Div. at Drew University.Karen Looman ’91 of Portsmouth, Va., has started amedical residency in pathology, aiming her trainingtoward forensic pathology. She is training at EasternVirginia Medical School in Norfolk, Va., after separat-

ing from the U.S. Navy.Todd Abbott ’92, his wife and their nine–month–olddaughter moved from Germany to Virginia earlier thissummer. He has completed service with the U.S. AirForce, and has entered a pathology residency at theUniversity of Virginia.Jacqueline Bost ’92 Hussey and her husband recentlywon the Classic Division II 2–step at the Fresno (Calif.)Country Classic. They will be competing in Division Ifor the remainder of the year, leading up to UCWDCWorlds Competition in Nashville, Tenn., in January of2003.Anne Bryson ’92 O’Brien and her husband are livingin Caen, France, with their three children, CarolineElizabeth, John Christopher and Cavan Alexander.Marty Williams ’92 is executive assistant to the mayorof Southfield, Mich., Brenda L. Lawrence.Laura Bachelder ’93 is executive director of the TinkerSwiss Cottage Museum in Rockford, Ill. She has beenwith the museum since 1997, the first two years ascurator.Heidi Buttrey ’93 has joined Hanon McKendry as artdirector to its creative team. She was previously an artdirector for The Image Group in Holland, Mich.Anna Rangel ’93 Clawson is a school social workerwith the Holland (Mich.) Public Schools.Regina Swiatalski ’93 of Sturgis, Mich., has beennamed assistant vice president of Sturgis Bank & TrustCo.Bob Toth ’93 of Salt Lake City, Utah, authored a reviewof “Lower Extremity Injury Evaluation: An InteractiveApproach” in the April issue of the NATA News.Adam Warber ’93 this month is beginning atenure–track position as an assistant professor of polit-ical science at Clemson University in South Carolina.Jonathan Book ’94 of Holland, Mich., is in his thirdyear serving Faith United Church of God in GrandRapids, Mich., as an associate (youth) pastor. He andhis wife have three children, Kelsey, Austin andBraden.Anna–Lisa Cox ’94 of Chicago, Ill., met her husband(please see “Marriages”) at Fourth Presbyterian Churchin the spring of 2000. He had moved from Californiaand she was recently returned from England, but itturned out that they grew up only 40 miles apart andthat he was also a GLCA college graduate (Kalamazoo

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Alumni Symphonette TourThe Symphonette will mark

its 50th with a first: an alumnitour abroad.

The Hope College Symphonette willcelebrate its 50th anniversary in 2003. Itwas in 1953 that Dr. Morrette Rider, thenconductor of the orchestra at Hope,decided to form a chamber orchestrathat would tour as a counterpart to theChapel Choir. In the decades since, theSymphonette has traveled to almostevery state in the union and Canada,and has taken six foreign tours.

To celebrate the milestone anniver-sary, the Alumni Symphonette TourCommittee has planned a concert tour toSpain and Portugal for Monday, June 23,to Sunday, July 6, 2003. The tour will bepreceded by rehearsals in Holland(Mich.) on Friday–Sunday, June 20–22.

The tour will cost $2,900.Symphonette alumni interested in par-ticipating, or additional information,should call Dr. Robert Ritsema ’57, pro-fessor emeritus of music, at (269)857–2353 or e–mail ritsema@hope.edu.

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College). She recently completed her doctorate on racerelations in the Midwest (please see “AdvancedDegrees”) and is currently revising the thesis for publi-cation. She is a reader in residence at the NewberryLibrary, and also director of the library’s Rural HistorySeminar program. On Thursday, Nov. 5, she will bepresenting a talk on race, community and equality in19th–century Michigan at the Woman’s Literary Clubin Holland.Rob Farrell ’94 of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., and two col-leagues presented a paper during the NationalAssociation of EMS Physicians Annual Conference inArizona in January.Dai Wessman ’94 graduated from medical school inJune (please see “Advanced Degrees”), and wasinducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor MedicalSociety on April 16, 2002, and received the Louis H.Mendelsen award in cardiology. He began his resi-dency in internal medicine at Naval Medical Center inSan Diego, Calif., on June 17, 2002.Rachel Moore ’95 Arnold has left MultiStateAssociates after more than six years to pursue anopportunity as the state policy manager of the NationalApartment Association (NAA). NAA represents apart-ment owners and managers, and is located inAlexandria, Va.Eric K. Foster ’95 has moved to Dallas, Texas, for fivemonths, working as political director for the UnitedStates Senate campaign of Ron Kirk, former mayor ofDallas. Expected to be the deputy campaign managerfor the re–election campaign of his former boss andmentor, Anthony A. Williams (mayor of Washington,D.C.), Eric decided to help Kirk in what is currently a“neck and neck” race since Williams has no majoropponents for his re–election bid. Before working forWilliams, Eric was communications director and chiefof staff for U.S. Congresswoman Eddie BerniceJohnson, who currently represents part of Dallas. Ericplans to return to Washington after the Nov. 5 election.Stephanie Haag ’95 Greenwood of Hudsonville,Mich., is academic coordinator with DavenportUniversity, assisting in the management of academ-ic activities for the university’s on–line courses andprograms.Carl Haan ’95 of Lansing, Ill., recently returned fromthe national tour of Joseph and the Amazing TechnicolorDreamcoat. He was playing second keyboard in the pitorchestra on tour after playing for the six–month run ofthe same production in Chicago, first at the RoyalGeorge Theater and then at the Chicago Center for thePerforming Arts. He was also just nominated for aJoseph Jefferson Citation for Outstanding MusicalDirector for his work on NINE: The Musical last fall atCircle Theatre. This fall he will be the musical directorfor the Chicago premiere of The Wild Party, by MichaelJohn LaChiusa, going up at Circle Theatre.Peter Hicks ’95 is director of operations withRural/Metro Ambulance in Bastrop, Texas.Jeanne Kuhajek ’95 is a post–doctoral fellow withManaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in Lincoln,New Zealand.Laura Weier ’95 Schewe and Steve Schewe ’95 haverelocated to Bradenton, Fla. Laura “retired” fromteaching elementary education in the Kalamazoo(Mich.) Christian School system and is enjoying theendless rewards of being a full–time mom. Steve hasbeen employed with Stryker Instruments since gradu-ation, and is currently a sales representative. Theyhave two sons, Andrew Jared “A.J.” (age two) andNathan Christian (four months).Corie Britton ’95 Visscher of Zeeland, Mich., is inher seventh year at Rosewood Reformed Churchin Jenison, Mich., where she is the associate youthdirector.Michael Weiss ’95 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is logisticscoordinator with Transcorr National Logistics inWyoming, Mich.Amy White ’95 this month is beginning graduatestudies in the master’s program of applied socialresearch at West Virginia University in Morgantown.Robert G. (George) Wiesenthal ’95 of Wheaton, Ill.,notes that he is involved in the Democratic Party,peace, pacifism, animal rights, environmentalism,yoga, equal rights and liberal causes.Patricia Dyer ’96 Bruininks and her family are movingto Conway, Ark., where she will begin teaching as anassistant professor of psychology at Hendrix College inthe fall.Meg Abfall ’96 Frens is rejoining the athletic trainingfaculty at Hope College.Matthew Garvelink ’96 graduated from U.S. Air ForceOfficer Training School at Maxwell AFB inMontgomery, Ala., on Friday, June 28, and has beencommissioned as a second lieutenant. He is nowserving with the 56th Security Forces Squadron at LukeAir Force Base in Phoenix, Ariz.Chris Heaton ’96 is completing his residency at ChristHospital in Chicago, Ill.Wendy Hughes ’96 of Waterford, Mich., is serving asan examiner for the National Athletic Trainers’Association Board of Certification.Christopher Marting ’96 and Alicia Fortino ’97Marting moved to Berkley, Mich., in June. Christopherstarted an emergency medicine residency at BotsfordHospital in July. Alicia is the director of public rela-tions at United Way of Genesee County. Their sonBrandon is now two and, they write, “loves to stir uptrouble and always has an opinion... wonder where he

got that from?”Amy Otis ’96 is returning to the Office of Internationalof Education at Hope College after a year–long leave ofabsence studying at the Torchbearer Bible School inHolsbybrunn, Sweden. Previously office manager andcoordinator of special programs, she has been promot-ed to assistant director.Cara Weckwert ’96 of Kalamazoo, Mich., is a registra-tion specialist/graduate RN with Bronson MethodistHospital.Thomas Akland ’97 started his residency in pediatricmedicine at Sparrow Hospital and Michigan StateUniversity in Lansing this summer.Brooke Budde ’97 has started a residency in pediatricsat Bi–County Community Hospital in Warren, Mich.,and The Children’s Hospital in Detroit, Mich.John DuPeron ’97 and Jeff Oegema ’97 are joint CEO’sof Scionics, a computer software company based inGermany that provides database design, software cre-ation, Web interface design, hardware integration andconsulting services to the scientific researc community.Jonathan Fly ’97 of New York City is the assistant tothe director of programming at the Joyce Theater. Heis also in a professional training program for dance

administrators at Pentacle Dance Works, where he ismanaging the ChameckiLerner Dance Company.Kelly Gilroy ’97 of Grand Rapids, Mich., works inpharmaceutical sales for Pfizer.Matthew Lappenga ’97 and his wife have moved toLaCrosse, Wis., where he has started a three–year podi-atric surgical residency.Peter Liechty ’97 has started a neurosurgery residencyat the University of Alabama at Birmingham.Doug Roberts Jr. ’97 of East Lansing, Mich., has joinedthe Michigan Chamber of Commerce’s BusinessAdvocacy Team as director of environmental and reg-ulatory affairs.Marka Cross ’97 Steensma of Byron Center, Mich., hastransferred to Michigan State University College ofHuman Medicine to complete her final two years ofmedical school at the medical campus in Kalamazoo,Mich.Matthew Steensma ’97 of Byron Center, Mich., startedhis residency in orthopaedic surgery at SpectrumHealth in Grand Rapids, Mich., in July.Daniel Styf ’97 of Vienna, Va., is director of qualityprograms with the Alliance of Community HealthPlans in Washington, D.C.

Bradley Andresen ’98 of Gaithersburg, Md., is doingpost–doctoral work with the National Institutes ofHealth/National Institute of Dental and CraniofacialResearch in Bethesda, Md.Anthony Auriemma ’98 will be finishing his JurisDoctor degree at John Marshall in Chicago, Ill., duringthe next year.Daniel Capps ’98 and Krista Brewer ’98 Capps areleaving for Honduras for two years and three months.They will be serving as Peace Corps volunteers.Jonathan Charnin ’98 in 2003 will start his anesthesiaresidency training at Massachusetts General Hospitalin Boston.Brandon Graham ’98 and Jane Roeters ’98 Grahamrecently moved to Hudsonville, Mich. Graham hasbeen working for the past three years as the assistantathletic director at Jenison Junior High School, wherehe also taught physical education and coached juniorvarsity football. This coming fall he will be taking onthe role of assistant principal at the junior high schoolas well as returning to Hope to coach football withCoach Dean Kreps. Jane has earned tenure atHamilton Middle School, but will take a year’s leave ofabsence from teaching sixth grade to stay home with

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May 2002 graduation honorsSUMMA CUM LAUDEJessica L. Abbott; Mayetta, Kan.Carrie R. Arnold; West Bloomfield, Mich.Katherine F. Bode–Lang; Grand Rapids, Mich.Kari J. Boss; Charlevoix, Mich.Teresa Boyer; Rochester, Minn.Brian J. Bredeway; Holland, Mich.Amy M. Brower; Hamilton, Mich.Lori A. Brown; Cass City, Mich.Meredith E. Care; Grand Rapids, Mich.Camy C. Clift; Bellevue, Mich.Kristopher G. De Young; Belle Mead, N.J.Sarah M. Dieter; Colorado Springs, Colo.Rebecca A. Dignum; Cedar Springs, Mich.Emilie A. Dirkse; Holland, Mich.Jessica A. Droste; Ionia, Mich.Julie A. Green; Interlochen, Mich.Whitney E. Hadanek; Charlotte, Mich.Karen E. Hahn; Midland, Mich.Elizabeth A. Helder; Holland, Mich.Wendy J. Huizenga; Zeeland, Mich.Adrienne J. Hull; St. Joseph, Mich.James R. Hull; Grand Ledge, Mich.Elizabeth R. Husa; Hudsonville, Mich.Elizabeth A. Kauffman; Lakeview, Mich.Patrick R. Kinne; Syracuse, N.Y.Shari A. Lewis; Brighton, Mich.Stacey L. Mellema; Muskegon, Mich.Christopher L. Meyer; Holland, Mich.Andrea R. Mulder; Midland, Mich.Lori L. Mulder; Holland, Mich.Heidi J. Osmundson; Adams, Minn.Briony E. Peters; Menominee, Mich.Kristin L. Pott; Holland, Mich.Rachael S. Pridgeon; Montgomery, Mich.Dana L. Ranschaert; Holland, Mich.Jennifer A. Raupp; Marysville, Mich.Kristin A. Reinhard; Rochester, N.Y.Stephanie D. Schaap; Holland, Mich.Elizabeth A. Schofield; Niles, Mich.Piper R. Spratt; Kalamazoo, Mich.Leanne M. VanDuinen; New Era, Mich.Andrew D. Vanover; Ada, Mich.Jennifer R. Walvoord; Holland, Mich.Leland H. Webb; Phoenix, Ariz.Heather M. Wicklund; North St. Paul, Minn.Megan J. Zeneberg; Roscommon, Mich.Jessica L. Zimbelman; Stanton, Mich.

MAGNA CUM LAUDEJenna E. Anderson; Cincinnati, OhioRebecca L. Austin; Hopkins, Mich.Amy E. Avery; Macomb, Mich.Elizabeth A. Barton; Troy, Mich.Hannah E. Bira; Flushing, Mich.Jodi L. Boom; Coopersville, Mich.Breanne M. Borin; Midland, Mich.Kristen E. Borst; Jenison, Mich.Tracy L. Branderhorst; Hudsonville, Mich.Audra L. Bredeweg; Jenison, Mich.Michael A. Brevet; Metuchen, N.J.Robin C. Brintnall; Hudsonville, Mich.Marta C. Bultman; Fremont, Mich.Sarah L. Burgess; Niles, Mich.Laura M. Burns; Ann Arbor, Mich.Kathleen J. Bush; Holland, Mich.Elizabeth R. Carter; Troy, Mich.Jessica L. Case; Portage, Mich.Diana M. Castanon; Holland, Mich.Laura B. Collins; Mount Pleasant, Mich.Elizabeth A. Corrigan; Hinsdale, Ill.Cristin R. Cramer; Chesaning, Mich.Davalyn P. DeSimone; Troy, Mich.Christen J. DeVries; Holland, Mich.

Lisa K. DeVries; Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.Tara R. Dunham; Traverse City, Mich.Josiah A. Dykstra; Sioux City, IowaJason L. Firek; Howell, Mich.Jani L. Fisher; Fruitport, Mich.Mark J. Foreman; Plainwell, Mich.Bradley D. Garling; Buffalo Grove, Ill.Lori A. Geuder; Zeeland, Mich.Meredith K. Gipson; Beulah, Mich.Candace M. Groenhof; Holland, Mich.Jessica M. Hanba; Reed City, Mich.Michael H. Hanley; Traverse City, Mich.Amber D. Hastings, Mason, Mich.Katherine A. Hefferan; Grand Rapids, Mich.Lauren A. Hermes; Arlington Heights, Ill.Sarah M. Hokenson; Kalamazoo, Mich.Sarah E. Hooker–Shannon; Haslett, Mich.Erin E. Hoopes; Chestertown, Md.Jennifer M. Huber; Farmington Hills, Mich.Peter K. Hunsberger; Holland, Mich.Nathan D. Joos; Okemos, Mich.Elizabeth E. Jorndt; Park Ridge, Ill.Sarah E. Josuns; Portage, Mich.Matthew C. Kalajainen; Dewitt, Mich.Alicia M. Kaneshiro; Kaneohe, HawaiiLaurie A. Karsten; Grand Rapids, Mich.Marie L. Keuning; Grandville, Mich.Rachael L. Kieft; Spring Lake, Mich.Elizabeth C. Kilgore; Byron Center, Mich.Anna R. King; Downers Grove, Ill.Lyndsay A. Klepper; Traverse City, Mich.Samuel J. Klooster; Grand Rapids, Mich.Sara J. Koetje; Grandville, Mich.Andrea C. Korstange; Grand Rapids, Mich.Charles M. Kroll; Caledonia, Mich.Kammy J. Larr; Hopkins, Mich.Tracy M. Leman; Elmhurst, Ill.Kurt M. Lemmen; Williamston, Mich.David J. Lichtenberger; Lasing, Mich.Morgan H. Llewellyn; Fremont, Mich.Jeffrey W. Lubbers; Kentwood, Mich.Jeremy M. Lydic; Eldridge, IowaTracy M. Maddock; Oxford, Mich.Samuel D. Martin; Alma, Mich.Nancy L. Mayo; Clarksville, Tenn.Curtis S. Mejeur; Kalamazoo, Mich.Andrew M. Mezeske; Holland, Mich.Steven M. Miles; Mount Pleasant, Mich.Carol K. Miller; Hickory Corners, Mich.Misha M. Molter; Holland, Mich.Jennifer M. Mudra; Glenview, Ill.Andrew M. Oosterheert; Grandville, Mich.Jennifer L. Peeks; Holland, Mich.Erin S. Peet; Traverse City, Mich.Aranh Pen; Holland, Mich.Andrea L. Philipps; Kentwood, Mich.Ross D. Poll; Hudsonville, Mich.William M. Powers; South Haven, Mich.Melissa S. Praamsma; Holland, Mich.Andrea L. Preston; Grand Rapids, Mich.Lisa R. Purcell; North St. Paul, Minn.Amy M. Quillo; Cadillac, Mich.Sarah E. Rahmel; Naperville, Ill.Kari A. Rakosky; Hart, Mich.Garth B. Rotman; Zeeland, Mich.Kara L. Schaberg; Saline, Mich.Joel D. Schick; Tecumseh, Mich.Kristin L. Schneider; Naperville, Ill.Sarah L. Schripsema; Kalamazoo, Mich.Sarah E. Schultz; St. Joseph, Mich.Matthew A. Scogin; Portage, Mich.Yoko Sezai; Tochigi, JapanMichelle E. Shreve; Whitehall, Mich.Larissa A. Smith; Lake Zurich, Ill.

Laura E. Smith; Dearborn, Mich.Richard D. Smith; Athens, N.Y.Sarah J. Smith; Brighton, Mich.Tanner L. Smith; Grinnell, IowaDane R. Splinter; Libertyville, Ill.Katie R. Steele; Battle Creek, Mich.Matthew J. Stehle; Pittsburgh, Pa.Dana N. Stehouwer; Cadillac, Mich.Kelly R. Stouten; Holland, Mich.Kimiko D. Sugimoto; Nyankunde,

Democratic Republic of the CongoBrian D. Sutter; Midland, Mich.Betty Tang; Holland, Mich.Jay R. Thwaites; Grand Rapids, Mich.Jessica L. Tischendorf; Libertyville, Ill.Mari E. Titcombe; Minnetonka, Minn.Katie R. Torgerson; Weidman, Mich.Gregory D. Town; Pittsford, Mich.Sara A. Troyer; Howell, Mich.Shannon L. Tucker; Marshall, Mich.Jared T. Van Haitsma; Scottville, Mich.Rachel A. Van Wieren; Grant, Mich.Paula R. VanBoxel; Muskegon, Mich.Lora J. VanUffelen; Holland, Mich.Stephanie K. Venard; Holland, Mich.Brooke L. Vivian; Mc Bain, Mich.Catherine C. Wemette; North St. Paul, Minn.R. Rodney Westrate; Grand Rapids, Mich.Abby L. Williams; Grand Haven, Mich.Emily M. Wineland; Chelsea, Mich.Christopher B. Winkler; Boyne City, Mich.Erica L. Winn; Northville, Mich.Chad E. Wisser; Lansing, Mich.Kevin M. Wolthuis; Holland, Mich.Jennifer A. Yoh; Wooster, Ohio

CUM LAUDENathan C. Alkire; St. Ignace, Mich.Dawn A. Allers; St. Anne, Ill.Daniel A. Atallah; Larnaca, CyprusDerek N. Augsburger; Libertyville, Ill.Amanda V. Ausen; Flint, Mich.Sarah E. Ayres; Plainwell, Mich.Heather M. Bachelor; Prior Lake, Minn.Benjamin B. Bacon; Portage, Mich.Rachel A. Barone; Grand Rapids, Mich.Julie A. Barton; Morton Grove, Ill.Katie L. Baumann; Zeeland, Mich.Kellie P. Bleecker; Shepherd, Mich.Anna C. Bongiorno; Oxford, Mich.Anne M. Bradley; Shaker Heights, OhioDiana S. Bray; Muskegon, Mich.Dawn M. Broekhuis; Holland, Mich.Bethany M. Buege; Evart, Mich.Anne M. Busse; Niles, Mich.Mary A. Byrn; West Lafayette, Ind.Heather C. Carr; St. Joseph, Mich.Errin L. Clapp; Kalamazoo, Mich.Colleen R. Cleary; Ottawa, Ill.Blaine M. Cook; Niles, Mich.Keith L. Cravotta; Vernon, N.J.Zachary T. Deater; Utica, Mich.Jodi M. DeHaan; Mason, Mich.Katie L. DeHaan; Kalamazoo, Mich.Jennifer A. DeVree; Zeeland, Mich.Nicholas D. Dieleman; Kentwood, Mich.Tavia P. DiSalvio; Homer, Mich.Drew D. Doty; Lansing, Mich.Kimberly R. Droscha; Mason, Mich.Heather A. Dustin; Bellaire, TexasKaren A. Fischer; Northville, Mich.Jennifer D. Folkert; Hamilton, Mich.Laurie J. Formsma; Zeeland, Mich.Elizabeth R. Fothergill; Toledo, Ohio

Angela L. Fritts; Lansing, Mich.Aaron T. Gerds; Melvin, Mich.Tiffany L. Ghent; Hudsonville, Mich.Kristin M. Graham; Hudsonville, Mich.Tamala J. Habers; Holland, Mich.Heather L. Haveman; Holland, Mich.Maren A. Heiberg; Edina, Minn.Sarita J. Hoekzema; Charlotte, Mich.Deborah S. Hoffman; Berne, N.Y.Jeannette M. Holloway; Plainwell, Mich.Sarah D. Howard; Traverse City, Mich.Alicia L. Irvine; Rochester, N.Y.Bradley A. Jerdon; Niles, Mich.Sara E. Johnson; Muskegon, Mich.Sarah E. Johnson; Bloomington, Ill.Stephanie P. Johnson; Whittier, Calif.Kelly K. Kasper; South Bend, Ind.Christina L. Kelly; Ann Arbor, Mich.Shannon M. King; Gaylord, Mich.Kelly L. Komray; Spring Lake, Mich.Lauren L. Kruse; Holland, Mich.Christopher K. Lee; Huntington Woods, Mich.John E. Leffel; Escanaba, Mich.Elizabeth A. Lomasney; Lockport, Ill.Tomas E. Lugo; Grand Rapids, Mich.Marcos E. Machado; Hudsonville, Mich.Lindsay A. Maharg; Cass City, Mich.Sara L. Maile; Galesburg, Mich.Rebecca A. Mancini; Hawthorn Woods, Ill.Courtney E. Munz; Mount Prospect, Ill.Janey M. Murfey; Troy, Mich.Betsy J. Nagy; Ogden Dunes, Ind.Laurie B. Nederveld; Jenison, Mich.Ronn J. Nelson; Whitehall, Mich.Emily S. Niewendorp; East Jordan, Mich.Jill A. Nyquist; South Holland, Ill.Karen J. Olson; Hoffman Estates, Ill.Anne C. Otterness; Rochester, N.Y.Carrie J. Ouzts; Lawrence, Mich.Elizabeth A. Paarlberg; Caledonia, Mich.Seth C. Palmer; Marshall, Mich.Maureen E. Peters; Jackson, Mich.Brooke N. Petersen; Traverse City, Mich.Ammie E. Pries; Byron Center, Mich.Nathan A. Pyle; Zeeland, Mich.Kayla B. Rademaker; Holland, Mich.Carmen L. Randel; Hudsonville, Mich.Andrew L. Riker; Kalamazoo, Mich.Derek B. Root; Holland, Mich.Jacqueline M. Ryczek; Lansing, Mich.Samantha A. Sandro; Greenville, Mich.Nicholas J. Schneider; Wyoming, Mich.Jessica L. Schulte; Clarkston, Mich.Kara L. Schwieterman; Battle Creek, Mich.Emily K. Semer; Suttons Bay, Mich.Lisa S. Silverthorn; Ithaca, Mich.Benjamin J. Sportel; Caledonia, Mich.Cody L. Statema; Zeeland, Mich.Beth K. Stygstra; Holland, Mich.Jennifer S. Traxler; Easton, Pa.Kristy L. Truax; Wilmington, Del.Jacob P. Van Pernis; Ashland, Wis.Jessica L. VanDam; Wyoming, Mich.Natalia A. Vander Hoek; Pease, Minn.Erin S. VanDyken; Grandville, Mich.Jared H. VanNoord; Sparta, Mich.Sarah E. Vincent; Midland, Mich.Nicole L. Vriesman; Twin Falls, Idaho.Trevor J. Weston; Port Huron, Mich.Rebecca M. Wiechman; Whitmore Lake, Mich.Nicole L. Wilde; Detroit, Mich.Megan L. Wood; Holland, Mich.Amy L. Woolard; Muncie, Ind.Emily L. Ziegler; Carmel, Ind.

Note: This list includes those who completed their graduation requirements in May. Summer honors graduates will be listed in a fall issue.

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the couple’s new baby, Jonah (please see “Births”). Thefamily also has two dogs, Reuben and Roy.Brian Grant ’98 of Pittsburgh, Pa., has started a specialprojects management company for artists, galleries,museums and restoration architects.Jennifer Grieme ’98 is moving from Cincinnati, Ohio,to Salt Lake City, Utah, this month to complete her finalyear of doctoral work in clinical psychology.Amy Hall ’98 of Nashville, Tenn., relocated to MusicCity U.S.A. from Holland, Mich., in late March. She iscurrently employed at Swift Music Group.Angela de Forest ’98 Houchin of Lexington, Ky., andher husband (please see “Marriages”) met at medicalschool. They recently graduated (please see“Advanced Degrees”), and she is now in a residency inpediatrics at the University of Kentucky.Lisa Jutte ’98 of Clayton, Ohio, presented three papersduring the annual clinical symposia of the NationalAthletic Trainers’ Association, held in Dallas, Texas, inJune. She also recently ran in the Indy Lifestyle HalfMarathon.Melissa Krolik ’98 has finished her first year of teach-ing in the United States. She teaches first and secondgrade in San Diego, Calif.Nicole McClain ’98 Liechty has moved toBirmingham, Ala., and is working at the law firm ofStarnes & Atchison as a trial lawyer.Rob Malda ’98 of Holland, Mich., was featured inMIT’s Technology Review in June as one of 100 innova-tors under 35 who “will have a deep impact on how welive, work and think in the century to come.” He is thefounder of Slashdot, which the magazine describes as“a Web site cum online community cum InternetZeitgeist–meter visited by more than 250,000 surfersdaily.”Victoria Cade ’98 McMahon is teaching second gradein Warren, Mich.Amy Mickey ’98 and Julie Mickey ’98 both live inNashville, Tenn. The twin sisters have released theirfirst compact disc, Finding Our Way, which blendsold–time country with rock and Irish and Spanishinfluences. They perform at Nashville clubs at night,and write songs and rehearse in their spare time. Intheir “day jobs,” Amy manages a mortgage companyand Julie a karate club.Jessica Owens ’98 is spending the summer studyingfor the New York Bar Exam, after which she will travelto Peru. After Peru, she will move to New York Cityand begin her career as an attorney with theImmigration and Naturalization Service, where shewill be assistant district counsel to the New York Office.She obtained the position through the United StatesDepartment of Justice Attorney General’s Honor

Program, and notes that she is looking forward to life inNew York.Brian Petroelje ’98 of Iowa City, Iowa, has started hisresidency in internal medicine at the University ofIowa.Nicole Rauzi ’98 has moved to Annapolis, Md., and isan intern architect at Hammond Wilson Architects.David Schrier ’98 has been commissioned as a captainin the U.S. Army Medical Corps and is starting hisinternship at Tripler Army Medical Center inHonolulu, Hawaii.Kari Vandrese ’98 will be starting the orchestra pro-grams at Durham and Downing Middle Schools inLewisville, Texas, a northern suburb of Dallas.Laurie Ellison ’98 Verry started a new job in June asfoster care case manager with Woodlawn Children’sHome in Danville, Ky.Jeffrey Zylstra ’98 of Grandville, Mich., is an invest-ment banker, public finance, with Fifth Third SecuritiesInc. in Grand Rapids, Mich.Beth Couvreur ’99 of Mishawaka, Ind., ran in the IndyLifestyle Half Marathon.Kevin DeYoung ’99 and his wife are moving to OrangeCity, Iowa, where he will be the associate pastor at FirstReformed Church.Nicole Dennis ’99 is a second–year medical student atIndiana University School of Medicine.Erin Gookin ’99 is a seminary student in Columbus,Ohio.Joy Green ’99 will be teaching high school Spanish andcoaching boys’ and girls’ tennis at Neuqua Valley HighSchool in Naperville, Ill.Sara Hoolsema ’99 this fall will begin pursuing anMBA at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Schoolof Business.Julie Meyers ’99 has completed a master’s in French(please see “Advanced Degrees”), and will pursue adoctorate after refining her language skills in Francethis summer.Andrea Schmidt ’99 has been promoted to assistantproject manager for Brookdale Home for the Aging inBrooklyn, N.Y.Kelly Yager ’99 of Owings Mills, Md., graduated inApril of 2002 from the University of Michigan’s SecondCareer nursing program, and is a registered nurse inthe bone marrow transplant unit at Johns HopkinsHospital in Baltimore, Md.

00s

Dana Andrews ’00 is a platoon commander with theU.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Meredith Arwady ’00 was accepted into this summer’s11–week Merola Program at the San Francisco Opera,which gathered 23 singers from around the world forcoaching, master classes and performances. She is pur-suing her master’s at the Curtis Institute of Music inPhiladelphia, Pa.Nicholas Belill ’00 is entering a third year of profes-sional school at the Michigan College of Optometry atFerris State University.Brian Boersma ’00 of Holland, Mich., has completedhis first year at Western Theological Seminary.Melissa Nienhuis ’00 Boersma of Holland, Mich., is ahome health nurse with Holland Community Hospital.Ellen Colenbrander ’00 of Wyoming, Mich., has beenworking for the Michigan Department of Treasury as atax auditor for the past year.Melissa Feenstra ’00 of Gurnee, Ill., is an associatechemist with Abbott Laboratories.Seth Gardner ’00 is director of choral activities at BattleCreek (Mich.) Central High School.Kelly Joos ’00 has accepted a teaching position withKalamazoo (Mich.) Christian High School.Tony Petkus ’00 of Holland, Mich., is communityrecreation and athletic director for Fennville (Mich.)Public Schools.Kylee Van Haitsma ’00 Tuls of Tampa, Fla., is com-pleting a master’s in rehabilitation and mental healthcounseling at University of South Florida.Jennifer Abraham ’01 will teach at East Kentwood(Mich.) Middle School.Jonathan Bandstra ’01 in the fall will attend the infor-mation science program at the University ofIllinois–Champaign.Julie Barton ’01 is a registered nurse at NorthwesternMemorial Hospital in Chicago, Ill.Jennifer Linton ’01 Brugger of Grand Haven, Mich., isan admistrative assistant to care and church connectionwith Spring Lake Wesleyan Church.Dan Caldwell ’01 of Canton, N.Y., teaches atGoverneur (N.Y.) Middle School.Ed Gall ’01 will be teaching at Saline (Mich.) MiddleSchool this year. Last year, he taught at St. Mary’sElementary School in Lansing, Mich., and served asassistant baseball coach at DeWitt High School.Ettienne Jackson ’01 is an associate director ofChristian Challenge, a ministry organization for collegestudents at the University of Michigan and EasternMichigan University in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area.Jill Spalding ’01 Jubar teaches eighth grade Englishwith Pathfinder Schools in Pinckney, Mich.Laura Roelofs ’01 of Jenison, Mich., teaches English atThornapple Kellogg High School in Middleville, Mich.Brandy Schenck ’01 is an analytical chemist with Pfizerin Holland, Mich.Heather Bachelor ’02 will be teaching in a first–grade/second–grade multi–age classroom in Chicago, Ill.Teresa Janik ’02 Boyer has a teaching position (K–12learning–disabled) in Goodhue, Minn.Anne Bradley ’02 will attend the graduate program inathletic training at the University of Oregon. She willhave a graduate assistantship working with theschool’s cross–country and track programs.Jacob Cain ’02 of Battle Creek, Mich., is an environ-mental health specialist for Kalamazoo County inNazareth, Mich.Kelly Clarkson ’02 will study dentistry at theUniversity of Iowa in Iowa City.Jodi DeHaan ’02 will be a special education teacherwith the West Ottawa Public Schools in Holland, Mich.Aaron DeVos ’02 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a financialadvisor with Waddell and Reed Financial Services.Lisa DeVries ’02 is pursuing a master of social workdegree at the University of Chicago.Karen Fischer ’02 is spending the summer as a coun-selor and wilderness expedition leader at CampFowler, a Reformed Church in America summer campin the Adirondack Mountains.Lori Geuder ’02 will teach in the Zeeland (Mich.)Public Schools.Abigail Glass ’02 has a ninth grade special educationteaching position with the Hudsonville (Mich.) PublicSchools.Patrick Kinne ’02 of Bourbonnais, Ill., teaches Englishat St. Anne Community High School.Candace Kool ’02 will be student teaching at Plainwell(Mich.) Middle School this fall.Jennifer Mudra ’02 has a teaching position withDiscovery Charter School in Fennville, Mich.Carmen Randel ’02 Poll teaches at Zeeland (Mich.)High School.Emily Small ’02 has a management position at Barnes& Noble in Holland, Mich.Paula (Kukulka) VanBoxel ’02 is a social worker atUniversity Park Mercy Living Center in Muskegon,Mich.Pat Warren ’02 is establishing his own business as apersonal trainer and fitness consultant in the Holland,Mich., area.Katie Whiting ’02 is a regional sales representative forCyman Therapy Products. Her sales territory includeswestern and northern Michigan.

Nicole Wilde ’02 is a special education–learning–dis-abled teacher, with fourth to sixth grade, at WinchellElementary School in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Marriages

We welcome your news. In fact, we like printing it, soplease keep it coming. Please note, though, that wedon’t publish engagement announcements––that’swhat this “marriages” section is for! Please write usafter your wedding takes place.

Roger Buffum ’73 and Dawn M. Burns, Feb. 16,2002, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mary Wickert ’79 and Michael Deppe, June 1, 2002,Grand Rapids, Mich.

Pamela Matheson ’82 and Marian Pagano, Oct. 11,2000, Kailua, Hawaii.

Amy Martin ’89 and Graeme Hodson, April 13,2002, Memphis, Tenn.

Erik Nimz ’89 and Katherine, Feb. 14, 2002, LasVegas, Nev.

Mary Rust ’90 and Stephen Armeli, May 24, 2002,Philadelphia, Pa.

Jeannine Chandler ’91 and John Ferguson ’91, May11, 2002, Holland, Mich.

Renee Porter ’91 and Thomas Russo, April 6,2002.

Julie Artinian ’93 and Kevin Elmore, May 25,2002.

Anna–Lisa Cox ’94 and Michael Buss, May 19, 2001,Saugatuck, Mich.

Dylan (Dai) Wessman ’94 and Jennifer T. Manion,May 10, 2002, Columbus, Ohio.

Michael J. Weiss ’95 and Nicol Zakem, April 27,2002, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Kathryn Guy ’96 and Casey Birch, June 8, 2002,Austin, Texas.

Mayumi Ueda ’97 and Daniel Lake, March 31, 2001,Elk Rapids, Mich.

Krista Brewer ’98 and Daniel Capps ’98, July 15,2000, Downers Grove, Ill.

Victoria Cade ’98 and Tim McMahon, June 22, 2002.Angela Dee de Forest ’98 and Timothy Marshall

Houchin, Dec. 29, 2002, Gray Hawk, Ky.Julie Ann Hoving ’98 and Byron Bewley, May 4,

2002, Oak Brook, Ill.Michael Van Wieren ’98 and Heidi Van Langevelde

’99, June 1, 2002, Holland, Mich.Kevin DeYoung ’99 and Trisha Bebee, Jan. 5, 2002,

Annapolis, Md.Erin Andrew Gookin ’99 and Katie, March 25, 2000.Kristin Koenigsknecht ’01 and Nathan Alkire ’02,

July 20, 2002.Emily A. Mezeske ’99 and Manuel D. Domagtoy,

June 22, 2002, Holland, Mich.Dana F. Andrews ’00 and Gretchen O. Koss, May

18, 2002, Petoskey, Mich.Seth David Bruggers ’00 and Rebecca Kay Potts ’00,

May 25, 2002, Holland, Mich.Aaron Jubar ’00 and Jill Spalding ’01, June 22, 2002,

Brighton, Mich.Douglas Sweetser ’00 and Brenda Brouwer ’01, Dec.

28, 2001, Palos Heights, Ill.Kylee Van Haitsma ’00 and Mark Tuls, Feb. 3, 2001,

Holland, Mich.Daniel Besselsen ’01 and Sandra VanderWal ’01.Rebecca Lynn LaRoy ’01 and Gregory David Town

’02, June 29, 2002, Kalamazoo, Mich.Rob Bradford ’02 and Sharon Konopka ’02, June 1,

2002.Karen Hahn ’02 and Adam Wiseman, June 8, 2002.Teresa Janik ’02 and Josh Boyer, June 14, 2002,

Cadillac, Mich.Patrick Kinne ’02 and Sarah Huizenga, Aug. 3, 2002,

Speculator, N.Y.Stephanie Vanard ’02 and Dan VanTil, July 5, 2002,

Holland, Mich.

Births/New Arrivals

Jonathan Jellema ’81 and Gail Jellema, Mark Calvin,Feb. 23, 2002.

Pamela Matheson ’82 and Marian Pagano, CarolineElizabeth, Dec. 11, 2001.

Susan Latham ’84 and David Meschter, JacobLatham Meschter, Feb. 28, 2002.

Carl Bornhorst ’85 and Rosa Bornhorst, DirkGabriel, Oct. 18, 1999; Carl Rolf, Sept. 27, 2001.

Melinda Campbell ’85 Hollands and Ian Hollands,Ashley Lee, April 19, 2002.

Mark DeWitt ’87 and Dawn DeYoung ’92 DeWitt,Skylar Lauren, Feb. 6, 2002.

Betsy Huttar ’87 Naka and David Naka, NaomiCatharine, April 18, 2002.

Kevin Cole ’88 and Lynn Kingma ’90 Cole, MarissaJoy, Nov. 1, 2001.

Robert Olson ’89 and Laura McCool ’90 Olson,

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Emily Anne, Feb. 4, 2002.Frances Schrock ’89 Traisman and Clifford

Traisman, Leo Vincent Traisman, May 8, 2001.Wendy Braje ’90 and J. Stephen Mansfield, Gareth

Alan Mansfield, June 21, 2002.Chris Carpenter ’90 and Panechanh

Choummanivong ’93 Carpenter, Kayla, Dec. 29, 2001.Claudine Wagenaar ’90 Duncan and Ted Duncan,

Fritz Tippett, May 30, 2002.Deborah DeFrancesco ’91 Lone and Scott Lone ’92,

Nathan Michael, April 9, 2002.Elizabeth Meyers ’91 Schanhals and Michael

Schanhals ’92, Paul Thomas, Aug. 11, 2001.Timothy Grotenhuis ’92 and Leslie Bechtel ’94

Grotenhuis, Hazel Gayle, June 25, 2002.Marc Monday ’92 and Leslie Schoon ’93 Monday,

John VanHousen, April 14, 2002.Anna Rangel ’93 Clawson and Eric Clawson, Maya

Elyce, March 14, 2002.Robert Lesser ’93 and Kate Lesser, Sequoia Rain,

Sept. 6, 2001.Lisa Von Gunten ’93 Spence and Chris Spence,

Jacob Christopher, May 18, 2002.Brian Walls ’93 and Amy Volkers ’95 Walls, Jackson

Robert, May 1, 2002.Brent Dacre ’94 and Olivia Welch ’97 Dacre,

Madeline Elizabeth, April 29, 2002.Jeff Clark ’94 and Kim Benninger ’94 Clark, Carter

Jeffrey, Feb. 2, 2002.Kathryn Frost ’94 Knapp and Eric Knapp, Eli Frost

Knapp, Nov. 11, 2001.Jennifer Syler ’94 Taylor and Kent Taylor ’95,

Weston Kurt, March 17, 2002.Stacy Werkman ’95 Buzako and Joseph Buzako,

Payton Elizabeth, April 30, 2002.Becky Van Vleck ’95 De Vito and John De Vito,

Jaron Michael, Feb. 4, 2002.Rebecca Schuham ’95 Johnson and Jeff Johnson,

Mackenzie Lee, Jan. 31, 2002.Kirk Krahn ’95 and Sarah Birch ’95 Krahn, Cameron

Allen, Aug. 15, 2001.Amy Zoppa ’95 McCoy and Mike McCoy, Caleb

Timothy, Jan. 22, 2002.Laura Weier ’95 Schewe and Steve Schewe ’95,

Nathan Christian, April 8, 2002.Heather Myers ’95 Worthington and Bob

Worthington, Connor Johnathan, Aug. 1, 2001.Wayne Barrett ’96 and Jennifer Richardson ’99

Barrett, Anastasia Hope, April 28, 2001.David LaHuis ’96 and Michelle Kavanaugh ’96

LaHuis, Calvin William, April 15, 2002.Amy Schutter ’96 Lunn and Rob Lunn ’96, Andrew

Schutter Lunn, July 5, 2002.Patrick Collins ’97 and Susan Looman ’97 Collins,

Drew Charles, June 7, 2002.Heather Jensen ’97 Nelson and Eric Nelson, Rachel,

2002.Shawna Hendrickson ’98 Baum and Jeremy Baum,

Zachary AJ, May 13, 2002.Cindy Canavera ’98 Crannell and Patrick Crannell,

Kathleen Ann, March 8, 2001.Brandon Graham ’98 and Jane Roeters ’98 Graham,

Jonah David, May 12, 2002.Jeffrey Zylstra ’98 and Trisha Zylstra, Lilia Claire,

March 2, 2002.Darcy Smith ’99 Carmichael and Chad Carmichael,

Eva Lyn Ruth, April 24, 2002.Heather Huizing ’99 Kirkpatrick and Earl

Kirkpatrick, Caleb Francis, April 22, 2002.

Advanced Degrees

Amy Lusky ’78 Wright, doctorate, pharmaceutics,Mercer University, School of Southern Pharmacy, May4, 2002.

Jill Weerstra ’80 O’Connor, master’s, education,Grand Valley State University, December, 2001.

Susan Latham ’84, master of science, ColumbiaUniversity School of Social Work, May, 2000.

Michael Spitters ’84, doctor of ministry, preaching,Association of Chicago Theological Schools, ChicagoTheological Seminary, June 1, 2002; thesis, “CanBoomer–types Preach Effectively to Millennials?”

Peter Schultz ’90, doctorate, foreign language edu-cation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,June 14, 2002.

Kirsten Sullivan ’93 Billeter, master of arts inEnglish language and literature, Central MichiganUniversity, May, 2002.

Kevin Mackey ’93, doctorate, geological sciences,Michigan State University Graduate School, December,1999.

Anna–Lisa Cox ’94, doctorate, history, University ofIllinois, Urbana, May 12, 2002.

Jennifer Syler ’94 Taylor, master’s, education, spe-cialty in reading, Western Michigan University, April,2001.

Dai Wessman ’94, The Ohio State UniversityCollege of Medicine, cum laude, June 14, 2002.

Patricia Dyer ’96 Bruininks, doctorate, psychology,University of Oregon, June, 2002.

David LaHuis ’96, doctorate, industrial/organiza-tional psychology, the University of Connecticut.

John S. Lawler ’96, doctorate, civil and environ-mental engineering (“Hybrid Fiber–Reinforcement inMortar and Concrete”), June 21, 2002, Northwestern

University.Christopher Marting ’96, Midwestern University’s

Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale,Ariz., May, 2002.

Joseph Stam ’96, master of science, electrical engi-neering, Michigan State University.

Thomas Akland ’97, Chicago College ofOsteopathic Medicine, June 1, 2002.

Brooke Budde ’97, doctor of osteopathic medicine,Michigan State University College of OsteopathicMedicine, May 2, 2002.

Matthew Lappenga ’97, doctor of podiatric medi-cine, summa cum laude (class valedictorian), SchollCollege of Podiatric Medicine, Chicago, Ill., May 17,2002.

Peter Liechty ’97, Chicago Medical School, 2002.Matthew Steensma ’97, Wayne State University

School of Medicine, June 6, 2002.Bradley Andresen ’98, doctorate, molecular phar-

macology, June, 2002.Anthony Auriemma ’98, medical degree, Loyola

University Stritch School of Medicine, 2002.Daniel Capps ’98, master of science, geology, and

master of science, education, Indiana University, May,2002.

Krista Brewer ’98 Capps, master of science, envi-ronmental science, Indiana University, May, 2002.

Jonathan Charnin ’98, M.D., University of MichiganMedical School, June 7, 2002.

Elizabeth Freeman ’98, master’s, applied communi-cation, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Brian Grant ’98, master of fine arts, CarnegieMellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., 2002.

Angela de Forest ’98 Houchin, M.D., University ofKentucky medical school, May 18, 2002.

Nicole McClain ’98 Liechty, J.D., Loyola UniversityChicago School of Law, 2002.

Jessica Owens ’98, J.D., May, 2002.Brian Petroelje ’98, Wayne State University School

of Medicine, June 6, 2002.Nicole Rauzi ’98, master’s, architecture, Miami

University, Oxford, Ohio, May 5, 2002.David Schrier ’98, M.D., Case Western Reserve

University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, May19, 2002.

Kari Vandrese ’98, master of music, music theory,University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

Kevin DeYoung ’99, M.Div., Gordon ConwellTheological Seminary, May, 2002.

Joy Green ’99, master’s, education, DePaulUniversity.

Jessica Luecht ’99, J.D., concentrations in environ-mental law and entertainment/intellectual property

litigation, Valparaiso University School of Law, May19, 2002.

Julie Meyers ’99, master of arts, French, Universityof Chicago, 2002.

Kathryn Nichols ’99, master’s, sport psychology,University of Minnesota.

Sarah Bussing ’00, master’s, literature, EasternMichigan University.

Kate MacDoniels ’00 Caldwell, master of science,student affairs administration, Indiana University,Bloomington, May, 2002.

Melissa Feenstra ’00, master of science, organicchemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison, June,2002.

deaths

Lloyd A. Arnoldink ’55 of Montague, Mich., diedon Wednesday, May 15, 2002. He was 68.

He was a retired pastor, ordained in the ReformedChurch in America.

Survivors include his wife, Janet; three daughters,Mary Muller of Grand Rapids, Carol and TimMcCarthy of Fond du Lac, Wis., and Linda andDominic Santoro of Bartlett, Ill.; a son, Timothy andBeth Arnold of Aztec, N.M.; nine grandchildren,Bradley and Gregory Muller, Kelsey and MollyMcCarthy, Nicolas, Daniel and Megan Santoro, andFrank and Sara Arnold; and a brother andsister–in–law, Martin Budd and Marian Verburg ofGrand Rapids.

He was preceded in death by a brother, AlArnoldink.

Robert Cornelius Bartleson ’59 of Meade Island onDrummond Island, Mich., died on Saturday, Nov. 3,2001. He was 64.

He worked in the typesetting field for more than 40years, and founded The Composing Room ofMichigan.

Survivors include his wife, Wanda; his children,Ted Bartleson, Connie and Rob Johnson, BetsyBartleson, Heidi and Gene Boon, Scott and KellyBartleson, Robert and Jennifer Bartleson, Jonathan andTina Bartleson, Mimi Bartleson and Jon VanderVelde,by his children’s mother Laura Ruth; his sisters, JudyHall and Laura Wolters; and 19 grandchildren.

Alberta Kingma ’31 Benes of Grand Rapids, Mich.,died on Tuesday, May 28, 2002. She was 93.

She and her late husband, the Rev. Louis Benes,

had served churches in New York, Michigan andCalifornia.

Survivors include two daughters and two sons,Ruth and John Roundhouse of Schoolcraft, Mich., theRev. Louis H. and JoAnn Benes of Holland, Mich., theRev. Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Weiss of Orange City,Iowa, and the Rev. Paul and Marilyn Benes of HighFalls, N.Y.; 17 grandchildren; 37 great–grandchildren;and many nieces and nephews.

Word has been received of the death of William C.Bennett ’49 of Holland, Mich., who died on Saturday,July 20, 2002. More information will appear in the nextissue.

William Rolan Birdwell ’51 of Los Angeles, Calif.,died on Thursday, March 7, 2002. He was 81.

He had been vice president for planning and devel-opment at the University of Santa Barbara. He servedon doctoral committees and was a university facultymember since 1975.

Survivors include a brother, J. Frank Birdwell ofKnoxville, Tenn.; and nine nieces and nephews.

Word has been received of the death of ElidaDenHerder ’29 De Vries of Sioux Center, Iowa, whodied on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001. More informationwill appear in the next issue.

Jeanne Rae Commins ’77 Emery of Elkton, Md.,died on Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001. She was 46.

She was a homemaker and a home–school teacher.Survivors include her husband of 17 years, Brian

Emery, of Elkton; two sons, Matthew K. Emery andIsaac A. Emery, both at home; parents, Raymond andJune Commins of Romeo, Mich.; and siblings, NancyLollar of Toledo, Ohio, Jacqueline Commins of GlenBurnie, Md., Raymond Commins Jr. of Syracuse, Utah,Timothy Commins of Romeo, Andrew Commins ofRomeo, Roy Commins of Romeo, Dan Commins ofJenison, Mich., Sandra Petty of Harriman, Tenn., andSteve Commins of Pontiac, Mich.

Nancy Hall Heyns (’88–’90) of Holland, Mich., diedon Monday, May 13, 2002. She was 50.

She moved to Holland in 1976. She taught seventhgrade in the South Haven, Mich., public school systemfor eight years.

Survivors include her husband, John; children,Allison and Joel Davelaar ’01 of Holland, and AdamHeyns ’05 of Holland; mother, Jean Hall of Holland;mother–in–law, Esther Heyns of Holland (herfather–in–law was Roger Heyns ’40); in–laws, Dan and

Advanced Degrees Deaths

Former chairman Hugh De Pree diesHugh De Pree ’38 of

Naples, Fla., former chairmanof the college’s Board ofTrustees, died on Monday,July 8, 2002. He was 87.

He was chairman of the college’s Boardof Trustees from 1966 to 1978. He was amember of the board from 1963 until 1981,when he became an honorary trustee.

The college’s De Pree Art Center andGallery, a former Sligh Furniture Factorybuilding, was dedicated and named in hishonor in October of 1982.

At the time of the dedication,then–chairman Victor W. Eimicke notedthat Hope was recognizing De Pree notonly for his service and accomplishments,but also for his personal character andlifestyle. “Your courage, integrity, com-passion, self–discipline, your ability tospeak the truth with love, your faith andyour commitment to Christ––all of thesewere abundantly clear in your associationsat Hope College,” Eimicke said.

Hope presented De Pree with an hon-orary Doctor of Laws degree (LL.D.) in1978. He was the keynote speaker duringthe college’s fall convocation in 1977.

Campus development flourished andthe college was put on a sound financialbase during De Pree’s 12 years as chair-man. Major campus buildings completedor started during his tenure included theDeWitt Student and Cultural Center, thePeale Science Center and the Dow Healthand Physical Education Center. Current

programs established during the sameperiod included the department of theatre,Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, thedepartment of dance and the departmentof computer science.

He majored in business administrationat Hope. His activities included track, inwhich he lettered for three years and in1936 won the MIAA championship in thehalf–mile run.

He was a veteran of World War II,serving in the U.S. Army.

He was retired as president and chiefexecutive officer of Zeeland, Mich.–basedHerman Miller Inc., which had beenfounded by his father, D.J. De Pree, and agroup of local businessmen. He beganwith the company in 1935, holding posi-

tions including purchasing agent, plantmanager, general manager and executivevice president prior to serving as presidentand chief executive officer from 1962 untilJan. 1, 1980.

Under his tutelage, the company grewfrom sales of less than $2 million to morethan $150 million and a work force of some2,900 employees in the U.S., Canada andEurope. Based on his time with thecompany, he wrote the book Business asUnusual: The People and Principles at HermanMiller.

In addition to his service to Hope, hiscommunity involvements included havingserved on the Zeeland school board, as aboard member of the Naples Philharmonicand as a volunteer for the Naples Chapterof Habitat for Humanity.

He was preceded in death by his firstwife, Ruth Van Popering ’40 De Pree, onFeb. 6, 1990.

Survivors include his wife, Pat; chil-dren, Greg ’66 and Joanne De Pree ofNaples, Doug and Karen De Pree of St.John, U.S. Virgin Islands, David ’78 andCheri De Pree of Fort Myers, Fla., and ScottWyman of Arlington Heights, Ill.; sisters,Merle De Pree ’38 Schaap and GlennSchaap of Lansing, Mich., and Betty andVern VanKley of Zeeland; brother, Max ’48and Esther De Pree of Holland, Mich.;in–laws, Walter Van Popering ofBedminster, N.J., and Pat De Pree ofCarmel, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and sixgreat–grandchildren.

In his honor, Hope scheduled a memo-rial service for Sunday, Aug. 11, at 2 p.m.in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

Hugh De Pree ’38

Anna Heyns of Jackson, Mich., and Mike Heyns ofSioux City, Iowa; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

Janice VanKoevering ’36 Hildebrand of Lansing,Mich., died on Saturday, March 23, 2002. She was 90.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart.Survivors include two daughters, Sally and Eric

McAttee of Milwaukee, Wis., and Jane and DavidZynda of East Lansing, Mich.; four grandchildren,Tarra, Leigh and Alex Zynda, and Chris McAttee; onesister, Marjorie Pat VanKoevering ’36 Prins of Holland,Mich.; one sister–in–law, Grace Kainakian ofRichmond, Va.; and nieces and nephews.

Judith Holkeboer ’64 of Grand Rapids, Mich., diedon Thursday, May 16, 2002. She was 61.

She taught at Seymour Christian School for 35 years.She was preceded in death by her sister, Connie

Holkeboer.Survivors include her aunts and uncles, Christine

Homkes, Hero and Edith Bratt, Dorothy and Dr. LaurenNehr, Verna Loy and Evelyn Van Otterloo; and severalcousins.

Paul E. Holkeboer ’51 of Holland, Mich., died onSunday, May 26, 2002. He was 74.

He was retired from Western Michigan Universityin Kalamazoo, Mich., where he served for 35 years as achemistry professor; coordinator of academic advisingand science education; and admissions counselor.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, AlmaHolkeboer; children, Dirk and Pam Holkeboer ofHolland, Van E. Holkeboer and Linda Bachelder ofRiver Forest, Ill., Marianne and Joshua Mintz ofChicago, Ill., and Amy Holkeboer of Kalamazoo; sevengrandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Peter (Alice) Vander Plaatsof Holland; and brothers and sisters–in–law, Georgeand Eleanor Vanderhill of Holland, and Mrs. Gilbert(LaVella) Holkeboer of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Evelyn Reus ’45 Keizer of Caledonia, Mich., diedon Thursday, July 11, 2002. She was 78.

She was a retired nurse.Survivors include her children, Mary and Jack

Kalmink of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., Carol and RobertBrown of Port Angeles, Wash., David and Luann Keizerof Spring Lake, Mich., Gary Keizer and Kathy Knowlesof Seattle, Wash., and Kevin and Jackie Keizer ofCaledonia; 13 grandchildren; two great–grandchildren;a brother, Dr. William F. and Josephine Reus of GrandRapids, Mich.; and a sister, Marian Jacobson and JamesBennett of Grand Junction, Colo.

Marian Mulder ’37 Mac Dermott of Palm Harbor,Fla., died on Tuesday, May 21, 2002. She was 86.

She was preceded in death by her husband,Richard, in 1966.

Survivors include two sisters, Evelyn DeWeerd ofHolland, Mich., and Lillian Dalman of Douglas, Mich.;and nieces and a nephew.

Wade Hampton Moore ’50 of Tulsa, Okla., died onMonday, May 13, 2002. He was 74.

He and his wife, Patricia Kinney ’50 Moore, whosurvives him, met at Hope during their freshman year.

He was retired as superintendent of assembly oper-ations with Ford Motor Co. in Cleveland, Ohio.

In addition to his wife, survivors include six sons,William, Robert, James, Jonathan, David and Daniel;and 20 grandchildren.

Gilbert J. Plasman ’36 of Grand Rapids, Mich., diedon Wednesday, June 19, 2002. He was 87.

He practiced dentistry in Grand Rapids for 40 years,focusing on mouth reconstruction. He was a chartermember of the L.D. Pankey Study Group.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, June VanPeursem Plasman, and his second wife, ElizabethSimpson Plasman.

Survivors include his children, Susan P. Aldermanof Boulder, Colo., Thomas J. (Margie) Plasman ofGrand Rapids, Christian G. (Debrah) Plasman ofGrand Rapids and Jane E. (Edward Noroian) Plasmanof New York City; three grandchildren; and twogreat–grandchildren.

Robert J. Prins ’49 of Holland, Mich., died onSaturday, May 25, 2002. He was 76.

He taught at Ithaca College and later retired fromthe University of Massachusetts at Boston as a musicprofessor. He was a former conductor of the Wellesley

Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra.Survivors include his wife, Terri Hertel Prins; chil-

dren, Robert Jr. and Donna Prins of Bradford, Mass.,Peter and Somany Prins of Stoneham, Mass., Mike andJudy Prins of Rio Poncho, N.M., and Betty Jo Prins ofNeedham, Mass.; stepchildren, Nancy Hertel of Chicago,Ill., Maryanne and Kevin Counihanof of Wellesley,Mass., and Robert and Lori Hertel of Fennville, Mich.;three grandchildren; three step–grandchildren; a sister,Marguerite and John De Haan of Holland; an aunt; andmany cousins, nieces and nephews.

Word has been received of the death of Willard J.Rens ’37 of Tucson, Ariz., who died on Tuesday, July 9,2002. More information will appear in the next issue.

Word has been received of the death of Julius F.Schipper ’28 of Akron, Ohio, who died onWednesday, July 31, 2002. More information willappear in the next issue.

Lillian Van Dyke ’22 of Holland, Mich., died onMonday, July 1, 2002. She was 105.

She was a long–time teacher, and had taken her firstteaching job in 1917, in a two–room schoolhouse inHolland. She spent most of her career teaching Englishat Holland High School, retiring in 1962.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. John R. (Mabel VanDyke ’24) Kempers of Holland, Mich.; and severalnieces and nephews.

Harvey Van Farowe ’57 of Hamilton, Mich., died onThursday, June 27, 2002. He was 67.

He was a pastor in the Reformed Church inAmerica, and had served churches in Clinton, Wis.;Chatham, Ontario, Canada; Guelph, Ontario, Canada;and Westfield, N.D.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years, June; chil-dren, Valerie Van Farowe of Holland, Mich., Ned andMary Van Farowe of Holland, Nathan and Alice VanFarowe of New Orleans, La., Vonda Van Farowe ofPortland, Ore., David Van Farowe of Holland and theRev. Dean Van Farowe of Cleveland, Ohio; two grand-sons; two sisters, Mrs. Robert (Cornelia) Formsma ofBeaverdam, Mich., and Helen and the Rev. DonVandenberg of Holland; in–laws, Ervin and Lydia Brinkof Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Jack (Ann) Kraal ofHolland, Herb and Mary Brink of Drenthe, Mich.,Willard and Thelma Brink of East Saugatuck, Mich.,Jerry and Gladys Brink of East Saugatuck, Nathan andMarilyn Brink of East Saugatuck, Jack and MarjorieVannette of Holland, Ed and Berdella Cooper of Clifton,N.J., Rich and Carolyn Van Ess of Grand Rapids, Mich.,Andy and Reatha Brink of Drenthe, Curt and GloriaHuyser of Beaverdam, and Stan and Pearl Vos ofBranson, Mo.

Margaret Van Vyven ’30 of Holland, Mich., died onSunday, July 7, 2002. She was 94.

She taught in Coopersville, Mich., and later at theelementary level with the Holland Public Schools as ateacher, music supervisor and coordinator.

Word has been received of the death of John DavidWarren ’55 of Sioux Center, Iowa, who died onSaturday, June 15, 2002. More information will appearin the next issue.

Nancy Hollwedel ’68 Weis of Kendall Park, N.J.,died on Thursday, April 25, 2002. She was 55.

She was the chaplain of the Kendall Park First Aidand Rescue Squad.

Survivors include her husband, Raymond Weis ofKendall Park; her mother, Charlotte Hollwedel ofWhiting, N.J.; two sons, Scott Richard Weis and DanielRaymond Weis, both of Kendall Park; and two brothers,Frederick Hollwedel of Tucson, Ariz., and ArthurHollwedel of Stuart, Fla.

She was preceded in death by her father.

Evelyn Huizinga ’33 Westervelt of Wallingford,Conn., died on Wednesday, May 22, 2002. She was 90.

She was a founder and co–president of theFarmington, Conn., Women’s Club.

Survivors include two sons, Robert Dean Westervelt’66 and his wife Lorraine of Fairfield, Conn., andThomas John Westervelt ’76 of Ayer, Mass.; two grand-children, Katelyn Stephanie Westervelt andChristopher Robert Westervelt; three nieces, JoanDePree ’69, Jean Brace and Judi Bradshaw; and twonephews, George Huizinga and William Casbarra.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John H.Westervelt; a brother, Rutherford “Cub” G. Huizinga’27, and a sister, Gladys Marie Huizinga ’30 DePree.

Sympathy To

The family of Tariho Fukuda, who died on Sunday,June 16, 2002, at age 77.

He had been a vice president for internationalaffairs at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, withwhich Hope has long maintained an exchange relation-ship, and was retired as a professor emeritus at theuniversity. Hope presented him with an honorarydegree, an L.H.D., during the college’sCommencement exercises on Sunday, May 5, 1985.

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Sympathy To

First Decade Club The First Decade Club recognizes Hope’s recentgraduates who know the importance of the HopeFund and their participation in it. Members havegraduated within the past ten years and haveestablished a giving record of $100 or more each

year.

Orange and Blue ClubMembers of the Orange and Blue Club arealumni, parents and friends who consistentlyshare their enthusiasm for Hope College bymaking an annual gift to the Hope Fund of $250to $499 in the current fiscal year.

PacesettersPacesetters understand the important role ofassisting the college in providing an outstandingeducational experience for our students.

Pacesetters contribute $500 - $749 in unrestrictedgifts to the Hope Fund each year.

Founders SocietyThe Founders Society consists of individualsdedicated to the vision of Hope’s Founder, AlbertusC. Van Raalte. They believe Hope College is an“anchor of Hope for the future.” Founders Societymembers contribute $750 - $999 in unrestrictedgifts each year to the Hope Fund.

To recognize and thank donors for their generous contributions and support of Hope College, the Hope Fund hasseveral gift clubs. Membership is renewable each year and corporate matching gifts count toward membership. Membersare recognized by name in the President’s Report Honor Roll of Donors.

Anchor ClubThe Anchor Club members give tangibleexpression of their commitment to and

support of Hope College by contributing$1,000-$2,499 each year to the Hope Fund to

underwrite programs of academic excellence so that Hope can continue totrain leaders who will make a positive impact on the world.

Van Raalte SocietyIt took faith and vision to start Hope College.It takes faith and vision to sustain HopeCollege. Members of the Van RaalteSociety possess this faith and vision anddistinguish themselves by contributing$2,500 - $4,999 each year.

Presidents CircleThe Presidents Circle consists of a dedicated,solid core of alumni and friends whose annualleadership gifts to the Hope Fund total $5,000 to

$9,999.

Trustees CircleThe Trustees Circle honors alumni, parents and friendswhose annual gifts total $10,000 or more to the HopeFund. The message continually reinforced tomembers of this group is “Of all the contributors,your exceptional level of support does not gounnoticed—and the lasting impact of such generoussupport is most appreciated.”

SOCIETY

Your continued annual contributions to the Hope Fund provide flexible,unrestricted dollars to support and enhance the academic mission of Hope College.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

One called it “family.”Focused on diversity, the residence hall–based Phelps

Scholars Program creates a togetherness that makes learningnatural.

That’s the kind of success that has organizers, and partic-ipants, pleased with the way that things have gone in theeffort’s first three years.

“It’s one of the best programs that they have here to get toknow people,” said sophomore Michael Cortez of Cadillac,Mich., who began in the program last year. “It’s really goodfor that, and you can get a lot of learning done. It opens upyour eyes to a lot of new people and a lot of new cultures.”

Senior Kimberly Turner of Grand Blanc, Mich., whojoined during the program’s inaugural year, also appreciatedthe beyond–the–classroom lessons. “So much learning takesplace outside of the classroom, and the Phelps ScholarsProgram was an opportunity to live in a community withpeople who were from varying backgrounds and learn fromeach other about life and environments, and cultural tradi-tions, perspectives, treatment––all that good stuff,” she said.

That, according to program director Dr. Charles Green, isexactly how it’s supposed to work.

“So much of what the students do is about getting toknow each other and learning from each other,” said Dr.Green, who is also a professor of psychology. “The structurethat we have was designed to try to facilitate and foster astrong informal network of social relationships. The stu-dents just do that so well that they make the rest of the jobreally easy.”

Based in Scott Hall, the freshman–oriented PhelpsScholars Program is designed for students who want to expe-rience racial and cultural diversity and learn more aboutrelated issues. They all enroll in “First–Year Seminars” and“Encounter with Cultures” courses that explore diversity.They meet twice monthly for presentations on a variety oftopics––for example, Dr. Lorna Hernandez Jarvis of the psy-chology faculty has discussed raising children to bebilingual; and Professor Dereck Chavis and Dr. George Kraftof kinesiology, and Dr. Roger Nemeth of sociology, haveexamined racism in sports. Field trips to Chicago, Detroitand Indianapolis have provided opportunities to experiencecultural opportunities and diversity in those cities as well.

The real heart of the program, though, is the livingarrangement. The students connect in the quiet andnot–so–quiet moments of day–to–day being: makingpopcorn in the lounge, stopping to chat at an open door, orwatching films together.

“I think what makes it so effective is that it is residential,”said Yoli DeLeon ’88 Vega, entering her second year as theprogram’s resident director. “If there’s a great aromacoming out of the basement kitchen, that usually bringspeople down to see what’s there––and that leads to timetogether and conversation.”

“The existence of the program is a personal dream cometrue,” said Vega, who has stayed at Hope since graduation,including in admissions, multi–cultural life and UpwardBound. “I think back to my own Hope experience, seeinghow it would have benefited my growth as a Hope student.I received a wonderful education, but I think just having thePhelps Scholars Program can enrich that even more.”

Turner had already chosen to attend Hope prior to learn-ing about the program, but appreciated both what it showedand how it could help.

“It was a nice benefit,” she said. “It showed the schoolhad a commitment to the issue of diversity.”

“[And] it gave me a little bit of comfort to know that therewould be other students of color living in a residence hallwhere I would be,” Turner said.

The racial and cultural mix is greater in the programthan in the campus at large. About half of last year’s 50Phelps Scholars were U.S. students of color and interna-tional students.

Junior Rich Van Voorst had valued the diversity he hadencountered while growing up in Williamsport, Pa., andappreciated the opportunity to add an important componentto his Hope education.

“You have to grow as friends, living together with theunderstanding that this is a good thing, learning about eachother,” he said. “When you get out there, you’re going tohave to deal with many different kinds of people.”

The students’ spirit is encouraging to Dr. Green, whonoted that no one can afford to ignore issues related to diver-sity. With the world so interconnected and the nation’sminorities projected to become the collective majority in thecoming decades, the ability to interact with others from dif-ferent backgrounds will be essential as the students live theirpost–Hope lives.

Turner believes that most of her peers outside of thePhelps Scholars Program have the same perception.

“I think the rest of the campus wants that kind ofsetting––to learn from people,” she said. “Everyone wants tolearn, everyone wants to be more aware, better prepared forthe world outside of Hope College. I think they long forit––it’s just not there yet.”

The interest manifests itself in a variety of ways.Non–Phelps Scholars Program students, particularly othersliving in Scott Hall, join in the group’s activities. In anothervenue, a large number of Caucasian students have helpedswell the Gospel Choir, originally an extension of the BlackStudent Union, to well above 100 voices.

Hope is seeking on multiple levels to address the need formore. The Phelps Scholars Program is one element of a

30–part comprehensive plan to improve minority participa-tion. Priorities include minority student recruitment andretention, increasing the presence of minority faculty andstaff, and emphasizing cultural understanding.

While the effort is on–going, Hope has made steady gainsin the hiring of faculty and staff of color across the past severalyears. The college sponsors a variety of activities to exploreracial and cultural issues, ranging from multiple eventsduring national Black History Month and Hispanic HeritageMonth, to an Asian Film Series and “Images: A Reflection ofCultures,” a presentation by international students. The BlackStudent Union, Hope’s Asian Perspective Association andHispanic Student Organization are all active student groups.

While minority student enrollment has not yet increased,Dr. Green noted that the Phelps Scholars Program has had apositive effect on minority student retention. Glinda Rawls,director of multicultural life at Hope, agreed.

“I think that the Phelps Scholars Program is really critical,and has done an important service at Hope College inmeeting the needs of first–year students,” said Rawls, whowas the program’s resident director for its first two years. “Ithas played a good role in helping them get adjusted theirfirst year, helping them get connected.”

Previously assistant director, Rawls was named directorof multicultural life earlier this summer. Her promotionaccompanied an administrative shift from student develop-ment to the provost’s office, and with it increased authorityto enhance diversity–related efforts campus–wide.

With initiatives like the Phelps Scholars Program up andrunning, and her belief that the institution is making a prior-ity of doing more, she is optimistic that the college is on theright track in addressing an issue of national scope.

“I see an emphasis on making learning and diversityawareness a central part of the college, and the comprehen-sive plan will help to get us to where we should be as acampus community,” she said. “I think that Hope is nolonger at the point of knowing that we should be doing’something.’ We now know what it is that we should bedoing, and we are doing it.”

Campus Spotlight

Students explore diversity together

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By linking academic work and residence hall–based programs and interaction, the Phelps Scholars Programprovides students with multiple opportunities to explore diversity issues. The resulting sense of communityplays a key role in enhancing understanding. Pictured from left to right are Divya Ganta of Ruwi, Oman, JonathanPotter of Mount Prospect, Ill., and Emily Robinson of Grant, Mich.

The students connect in thequiet and not–so–quietmoments of day–to–day being:making popcorn in the lounge,stopping to chat at an opendoor, or watching films together.