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“priceless” An alumni gift flows through nursing students to sick kids in Chicago

Jason Yi works on his

installation for the

Current Tendencies III

Artists from Milwaukee

exhibition recently

featured at the Haggerty

Museum of Art.

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20 “priceless”Know what they say about gifts that keep on giving? This partnership may surpass what alumni Dan and Susan (Cronin) Real, both Bus Ad ’81, hope for, much less expect.

F E A T U R E S

16 Chasing HarleyA pilgrimage with high — and some holy — moments keeps John Scott Lewinski, CJPA ’91, rolling.

24 To honor and serveWhen vets come to Milwaukee’s VA medical center, chances are awfully good they’ll meet a Marquette physician assistant.

S P E C I A L R E P O R T

12 The presidential searchThe university makes history with a wide search for the 24th president and an inauguration planned for this fall.

Alumnus John Scott Lewinski

witnesses the loudest papal

blessing in history.

24PAs inspired to care

for those who served

the country.

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3 Greetings From Father Robert Wild, S.J.

30 Class Notes

> Rick Barrett, Bus Ad ’95 PAGE 30

> Dr. Laura Korb Ferris, Arts ’93 PAGE 33

> Guy Maras, Arts ’87 PAGE 37

> Weddings PAGE 39

> In Memoriam PAGE 40

> Births PAGE 45

47 Letters to the Editor Readers weigh in with their views

48 Tilling the soil Exploring faith together

6 academic matters

> Campus Q&A on vocations

7 on campus

> Mentors pair up

> Gates Scholars at Marquette

> Once upon a field

> Campus replay: Biggest snowman

9 alumni in action

> One more shot for Liam Ortega, Arts ’07

> Second City funny girl

Carisa Barreca, Comm ’02

12 mu discovery

> The Marquette presidential search

14 snap:shot

> Cold comfort PHOTO BY BEN SMIDT

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Learn more about our favorite

funny girl, Carisa Barreca, Comm ’02,

online. Then listen in when

John Ferraro, trustee and chair

of the presidential search

committee, talks about the search

for Marquette’s next president.

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for Liam Ortega’s miracle

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R O B E R T A . W I L D , S . J .

We weave our Catholic

and Jesuit spirit into daily

campus life through

worship, retreats,

reflections, service and

the foundational role of

the University Core of

Common Studies.

Here is a quick quiz for you: How many of the four pillars in

Marquette’s mission can you name?

At many universities, your chances of answering a question like

that, even partially, would be practically zero. But not here. Across

campus, enthusiasm for our mission and its grounding in Catholic

and Jesuit traditions is high. In fact, members of the assessment

teams that conduct accreditation site visits at Marquette every

10 years often find it mind blowing to discover they can engage

members of our community in conversation at random — students,

faculty, staff and even some visiting parents and alumni — and hear

about those four pillars: excellence, faith, leadership and service.

This embrace of purpose and principles at Marquette reflects

some important truths. First, a deep sense of mission has been

central to Jesuit education since the days of St. Ignatius Loyola.

From its start, Marquette has been here to help students become

men and women for others and to give greater glory to God.

Second, we don’t leave mission and identity to chance — far

from it. We weave our Catholic and Jesuit spirit into daily campus

life through worship, retreats, reflections, service and the foun-

dational role of the University Core of Common Studies in the

education of all undergraduates. We benefit from the guidance of

the members of the Society of Jesus among us, and work contin-

uously to enable the lay members of our university community

better to give leadership on all matters related to mission, includ-

ing faith development. And we continuously find new relevance

in our mission through special programs and events, including

our annual celebration of Mission Week.

Now in its 13th year, Mission Week has become an indispens-

able part of life at Marquette, a week set aside each February to

gather and explore the meaning of our mission and its influence

on our role in the world. This year’s observance will run February

2–7 and feature soul-stirring discussions and addresses exploring

the theme, “The Art and Practice of Forgiveness,” across diverse

faith traditions. A highlight will certainly be remarks by Immaculée

Ilibagiza, the author and Rwanda native who survived 91 days in

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We continuously find new

relevance in our mission

through special programs and

events, including our annual

celebration of Mission Week.

the cramped bathroom of a pastor’s house during her country’s

genocidal civil war and drew on prayer, faith and forgiveness to

find a path forward after the murders of most of the members

of her family.

The rich exchange I expect this campus to have on faith, for-

giveness and our promotion of justice in the world will be yet

another worthy outgrowth of conversations that began among

Jesuit educators in the late 1980s. With declining numbers of

Jesuits available to serve in universities, we came to see collec-

tively that there was nothing automatic about the continuance

of a university’s religious identity; after all, even Harvard got its

start training clergy for the Congregational Church. Special steps

were clearly in order. As the provincial superior of the Jesuit’s

Chicago Province at the time, I had put pressure on presidents

of the Jesuit universities in my province to make mission and

identity a front-burner issue, just as they had academic excel-

lence. So when I became president of Marquette in 1996, I knew

I better walk the walk. We established the Office of Mission

and Identity (soon renamed the Office of Mission and Ministry)

shortly after I arrived, knowing that a new embrace of mission

could not be dictated from on high. We needed to inspire stu-

dents, faculty and staff with our mission and help them see

how it could make a difference in their lives.

Under the direction first of Rev. Daniel McDonald, S.J., and

then, for the last 13 years, the direction of Dr. Stephanie Russell,

that’s exactly what the Office of Mission and Ministry has

done so well, with Mission Week serving as its flagship effort.

Learn more about what’s in store this year by visiting marquette

.edu/mission. And please consider joining us, if possible, when

Immaculée and fellow Mission Week guests carry forward the

tradition established by past participants such as emeritus

Anglican Archbishop Rev. Desmond Tutu, Paul Rusesabagina of

Hotel Rwanda fame and the recipients of the Opus Prize who

gathered here last year for a first-ever reunion. With their own

lives shaped by mission, they touch the hearts and minds of

the members of the Marquette community, affirm our mission

and show us the redemptive power of God’s grace in the world.

Robert A. Wild, S.J.I N T E R I M P R E S I D E N T

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F I N I S H L I N E S They aren’t all painted on pavement. Some happen on stage, and some

are dreams made possible by scholarships. Others are Olympic-sized ambitions reached after

fighting through a fall. While students aim for their finish lines, the university reaches for one

of its own — naming our next president. So much is going on. It’s time to get started.

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Dr. Jeremy Fyke explores the million-dollar question: What am I supposed to do with my life?

CAMPUS Q&A

Fyke, an assistant professor of communi-cation studies in the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication, in-vites students to consider greater life call-ings when job hunting. His professional and personal research interests include tackling big questions about careers, vocations and the discernment process.

MM: What makes a job, a career and a vocation different?

JF: I always defined a career as the pursuit of meaningful work across the life span. A job would be part of that. Vocation is your life’s work, which includes things like paid jobs and volunteer work. We come to discover our vocation through discernment. It’s the pursuit of the question: How can I best use my gifts and talents to serve the greatest number of people?

MM: How does someone go about

discerning?

JF: Having the three Fs — friends, family and faith — helps a lot. Certainly, prayer was something I did at varying rates, but trial and error was my biggest method. I’ve had something like 17 jobs. But even when we land a job we like, discernment should never stop. It’s important to have continual internal dialogues to reflect on the decisions we’re making, how we’re treating people, and other opportunities we could chase that are both realistic and helpful.

MM: What did your process of

discernment look like?

JF: My process of discernment was a mess. I don’t know too many professors who have had a path like mine. I mean, I sold vacuum cleaners door to door when I was 20 years old. It took awhile to discover my true passion. When I worked as a

pharmacy technician, for me, personally, that was just a job. When I worked at Sonic as a carhop, that was just a job. I started pursuing questions I found inter-esting and realized there’s a career dedi-cated to that — being a professor. It’s a career, a job, but it’s also part of this larger pursuit of meaningful work for me.

MM: How does today’s fast-paced

society affect discernment?

JF: I really believe the days of being in

one workplace for 40 years are gone.

There’s a new social contract, maybe

even a lack of a social contract. It’s like

society today has a Google mindset.

People see new things and immediately

check them out. I think it’s good, but

we have to be mindful and continue to

reflect on how what we’re doing now fits

into the larger puzzle. Part of discernment

is asking: Are you happy? How’s your

health? How’s your family? m JB

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Mentors pair upNearly 60 people came to the Wisconsin Club on a recent Thursday morning — one-half were Marquette students, eager to meet their alumni mentors.

“I love being here,” says Steve Bertrand, Comm ’85, a radio news anchor for WGN-AM Radio in Chicago. “If I can help someone else have the positive impact that I felt, that’s a no-brainer.” Bertrand stepped up to help students plan for the future in a pilot program fostered by the Alumni Asso-ciation. The program pairs juniors in communication and engineering with alumni from around the nation. The connections are designed to be meaningful. Each mentor is paired with one student. Great care is taken to match career interests. “We’d been hearing from faculty and parents and students that they were looking to connect in a different way with alums,” says Meg Nelson, Arts ’96, Grad ’07, associate vice president for engagement and exter-nal relations. “At the same time, we were hearing from alums that they were looking to connect with students in concrete ways.” The Alumni Association intends to build the program over time, test-ing and evaluating along the way, according to Tim Simmons, Sp ’82, executive director of the Alumni Association. Early interest has been strong. More than 100 students and mentors from 13 states signed up after the program was announced. m CS

Xiong Her and Cha Lee share much in common. Both lived in a refugee camp in Thailand before their families were relocated to Milwaukee. In eighth grade, both reached out to Marquette’s Upward Bound program for academic support to help them succeed in high school. And when it was time to think about college, assisted by Kiarra Reid, their Upward Bound counselor, Her and Lee applied for Gates Millennium Scholarships. Both won. “I have no idea how I won. I put all my effort into it,” says Her. “As a man, you’re not supposed to cry, but tears just started to drop from my eyes,” says Lee. The scholarship covers tuition and room and board all the way through doctoral degree. Applicants are chosen based on leadership and a record of community service. They also submit essays to describe obstacles they’ve overcome. Her and Lee’s essay topic was obvi-ous. As Hmong children in Thailand, the two were not recognized as citizens and not permitted to attend good schools. That changed after their families reached Milwaukee. Her and Lee, at 9 and 11 years old, respectively, had a lot to learn, including English. Lee was placed with kindergartners to learn how to read. “It was kind of embarrassing,” he says. “But I worked really hard to read books and pronounce everything.” Then, they were connected with Marquette’s Upward Bound program. “It was a lot more helpful than I thought,” admits Lee, “and there is always someone there.”

The four years spent in Upward Bound and Marquette’s Educational Opportunity Program office paid off and made choosing a college easy. “Marquette felt like home,” says Lee. Now, Her and Lee are working their way through college studies. “Sometimes, it’s hard in class,” Her says. “I am doing fine, but it’s not easy,” Lee says. m JMM

Gates Scholars get startedMiles are just one measure of their journey, and not the most significant one. These two freshmen traveled far, it’s true, but they also overcame other obstacles to reach Marquette.

Upward Bound is a pre-college academic support program offered by Marquette’s Educational Opportunity Program. It recruits first-generation, income-eligible eighth-grade students in Milwau-kee and offers classes, tutoring, college placement assistance and more.

Above: Cha Lee and Xiong Her have not chosen majors yet — Her would like to become a diplomat.

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Once upon a fieldIt started with an idea. Marquette has nearly 300 student-athletes on campus, and each one has a personal story worth telling.

The result is an ambitious yearlong project led by Scott

Kuykendall, associate athletics director in the Department

of Intercollegiate Athletics, to tell those stories.

“Marquette Project 300,” published on the social media site

Tumblr, covers a wide variety of student-athletes’ experiences

outside of the sports they play. The

stories feature everything from

involvement in service projects to

life moments, told via text, photos,

and audio and video components.

One post highlights cross coun-

try team captain and graduate

student Jack Senefeld’s research

project, done with associate pro-

fessor of exercise science Dr. Sandra

Hunter and other collaborators,

on a study of whether men and

women experience differences in

fatigue and recovery from various

exercises. The study was published

in the September 2013 issue of

Muscle and Nerve.

Another post focuses on four

volleyball teammates — junior Lindsey

Gosh and seniors Julie Jeziorowski,

Elizabeth Koberstein and Catherine

Mayer — who all are pursuing careers

in health care.

Other highlights include sophomore

men’s lacrosse player Anthony Ciam-

maichella’s trip to Nicaragua with the

Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the

track and field team’s bowling outing

to benefit Special Olympics, and the women’s soccer team’s

trip to Marquette’s Child Care Center to share the game

with kids.

“I like to work with kids because it’s so refreshing,” says

soccer player and senior Ashley Stemmeler, an elementary

education and math major who hopes to become a teacher

after graduation. “They are always so much fun and can

take you away from worrying about what’s going on in

the day.” m CJ

R E A D M O R E about the student-athletes and the Tumblr

project at marquetteproject300.tumblr.com.

Campus replayGuinness world record? Brrr-ing it on.

In February 1988, some 150 College

of Engineering students, faculty

and alumni mittened-up to

break one of the coolest

records ever by building the

world’s largest snowman.

When all was said and done, the city’s

newest wintry pal, named Miller, stood a

whopping 52 feet, 9 inches tall and weighed

1.4 million pounds. The colossal creation beat

Dartmouth University’s previous world record

by more than 5 feet.

For two weeks, the engineering team took

turns packing snow into cylinder-shaped molds

— 16,000 molds to be exact. They assembled

the cylinders inside a hollow cone structure

to achieve the three-decker snowman shape.

At night, a snow machine blew snow inside

the core of the snowman. A 40-foot scarf

encircled Miller’s neck.

Miller towered above the freeway overpass

on the corner of West Juneau Avenue and

North 3rd Street during Milwaukee’s Winter

Fun Fest. Then-freshman Kelly Kroll reported

to The Marquette Tribune: “My arms are sore,

but it’s worth it.”

A group from Maine packed a 122-footer

in 2008, seizing the Guinness glory from

Marquette. m JB

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After spending some time thinking about his future, he decided to give it one more shot. This fall, he was back training in the Milwaukee area with hopes of qualify-ing for the 2014 Olympics, which will be held in Sochi, Russia, in February. The trials to determine who makes the U.S. team were held just as Marquette Magazine was going to press. Like many U.S. athletes, Ortega is con-stantly on the hunt for corporate sponsors to support his training. He even auctioned off advertising space on small patches he wears on his cheeks while racing. The Olympics might be glamorous, but the path to get there isn’t. “Think minimum wage — and then skaters are way below that,” he says. No matter what happens in 2014, Ortega is thankful to have a Marquette degree. He thanks his mom for pushing him to go to college instead of allowing him to quit school to concentrate on full-time training. Having gone through a serious injury, Ortega would like to help others as a physical therapist. He plans to apply to PT programs in the future and already has begun job shadowing at a Milwaukee-area clinic. “If I hit my ultimate goal, it would be a dream come true,” Ortega says of making the Olympic team. “But then, after that, it’s over. I want to do something that’s worth-while every day.” m CJ

Ortega, a native of Alaska who came to Marquette in large part because he’d have an opportunity to train with other Olympic hopefuls at the nearby Pettit National Ice Center, sustained a traumatic brain injury during an accident in 2008.

He was skating slowly in a warm-up lane when another skater wiped out at 40 miles an hour and collided violently with Ortega, fracturing his skull and causing hemorrhages in the back of his brain. “It knocked me unconscious,” he says. “I spent a day in a drug-induced coma on life support and then a week in the ICU.” The accident left Ortega with a long road to recovery and lingering effects that included loss of his sense of smell. It also cost him a shot at making the 2010 Olympics. Though he recovered in time to compete in the Olympic trials leading up to the Vancouver Games, he was well off pace and didn’t qualify. Ortega briefly considered quitting, but a heart-to-heart talk with two-time gold medalist Shani Davis helped him regain his motivation. “He’s a great person, great friend and supporter,” Ortega says. “That chat really helped me at times to have perspective, like: ‘OK, you’re not dead. You’ve progressed to this point, but, in reality, you expected too much.’”

Whether he makes the U.S. Olympic speedskating

team or not, it’s something of a miracle that

Liam Ortega, Arts ’07, is back out on the ice at all.

One more shot

R E A D M O R E about Ortega’s Olympic quest and follow him on Twitter @liamortega.

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The Second City theatre has a reputation for discovering some of the nation’s greatest comedic talent. Newcomer Carisa Barreca, Comm ’02, is making her mark as a resident actor on Second City Chicago’s e.t.c. stage.

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Second City funny girl

The same stage that once was home to comedy powerhouses Tina Fey,

Amy Poehler, Steve Carell and alumnus Chris Farley, Sp ’86, is now introducing

Barreca to comedy audiences.

She moved to Chicago two years after graduating and landed a job on the

night staff at Second City.

“I would host and sell merchandise most nights so I could watch all the shows,” she

says. “I’d take conservatory classes on Tuesday, work nights at Second City Wednesday

through Saturday and was a receptionist at a gym during the day. I got there at 6 a.m.,

worked until about 3 p.m., came home, took a nap and then came to Second City and

worked from 5 p.m. to midnight. Then I’d go home and do it again the next day. I did that

for about two years.”

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When acting in a burlesque-style

satirical comedy (no nudity) in a show

called Off Broadway, Barreca caught the

eye of Beth Kligerman, director of talent

at Second City. She was hired to work

on a Second City cruise ship and then

was cast in a number of shows before

joining the e.t.c. stage this year as a

performer in the revue A Clown Car

Named Desire.

“Carisa has that magical quality —

an unteachable one, by the way — that

makes audiences unable to take their

eyes off her when she’s on stage,” says

Kelly Leonard, executive vice president

at Second City. “She’s a funny, dynamic

and wholly original performer. The fact

that she’s one of the nicest people you

will ever meet is just icing on the cake.”

There is no average week in the life

of a Second City e.t.c. actor. They per-

form six shows Thursday through Sun-

day. Backstage becomes a second home,

and the cast does everything there from

taking naps in the middle of the day to

prepping for auditions.

When the doors open for audience

seating, the cast is backstage, most likely

eating a salad from a nearby grocery

store or a burrito bowl from Chipotle.

The girls, Barreca says, stay on the “girls’

side,” where they get ready, apply

make-up, take selfies and chat about

boys. The guys hang out on the “boys’

side” and spend the time jokingly

mocking the girls and planning pranks.

Pre-show is a bit different for the

late show, according to Barreca. “We

have about an hour to kill in between

shows,” she says. “Each of the girls

bought a ‘onesie,’ so we put that on,

make popcorn and watch TV for the

hour between shows. The guys go out

to get frozen yogurt.”

The cast has a post-show dining

routine — Thursday night at Corcoran’s

for nachos, Friday and Saturday at Old

Town Ale House. On Sunday, they hit

Old Town Social for pork belly tacos

and wine.

There is no guarantee of what lies

ahead. An actor’s time with Second

City is contracted for the run of a par-

ticular show.

“I never thought I’d get to be on

a stage. I don’t know what I want to

do next,” Barreca says. “It would be

my pleasure and honor if they would

hire me back for another round, but

someone else could come along that

works out better. One thing people don’t

realize is that after you get Second City,

there’s still the next step. That’s some-

thing I’m trying to figure out.” m

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Want to know Carisa Barreca better? Here are some things

she shared with Marquette Magazine.

FAVORITE TV SHOW?

Dr. Who. She loves Lord of the Rings and is a self-proclaimed

“nerd-culture junkie.”

SWEET OR SALTY?

Carisa is notorious for her sweet tooth. She tries to bring baked goods for the cast once

a week, has a candy stash backstage and sets out a giant vase of Tootsie Pops to share.

PERSONAL MASCOT?

Her toy owl, Hootbert, travels with her to every

Second City gig.

Visit marquette.edu/magazine for more online extras.

Scenes from the Second City production of A Clown Car Named Desire.

R E A D M O R E Keep up with Kiley Peters’ Chicago comedy blog, lifeisafunnyscene.com.

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MARQUETTE’S TIMELINE FOR NAMING NEXT PRESIDENT STAY CURRENT with presidential news via our online updates, plus listen to a message from John Ferraro at marquette.edu/presidentialsearch.

In selecting a lay president, the univer-

sity would not cross into unchartered

territory. Lay leaders hold the high office

at seven of the 28 U.S. Jesuit colleges

and universities, including Georgetown,

Loyola Marymount, Canisius and Gon-

zaga universities. Four other Jesuit

colleges and universities in addition to

Marquette, plus one Catholic university

are currently conducting presidential

searches. Pending the outcomes, the

number of lay presidents may grow

this year.

Marquette’s bylaws were amended

in 2011 to allow a lay president. Vice

chair of the Marquette Board of Trustees

and presidential search committee

chair John Ferraro, Bus Ad ’77, says the

university has never before undertaken

a search of comparable scope.

“For the first time at Marquette,

we will be considering lay candidates as

well as Jesuit candidates,” Ferraro says.

“Selecting the most qualified and the

best person — man or woman — to lead

Marquette has to be at the top of the

agenda, and a passion for our Catholic

identity and Jesuit mission has to be in

the DNA of that person.”

What’s most important is that we

identify the candidate who is a perfect

match for Marquette today, says Rev.

Joseph O’Keefe, another trustee, member

of the presidential search committee

Throughout its history, Marquette’s president

has been a Jesuit. The university community now

faces a new reality. Due to multiple factors, count

among them a declining pool of Jesuits in the United

States, and, within that pool, an even smaller segment

holding the credentials for university leadership,

Marquette’s 24th president may not be a Jesuit.

The Marquette Presidential Search

DEC. 4

Board of Trustees approves position description

DEC. 5

Active recruitment begins

❢NOV. 14

Online input form closes

LATE NOV.

Search committee drafts presidential position description based on community feedback

NOV. 4

Marquetters gather at first of 10 community input sessions; form posted online for feedback

❢ ❢ ❢OCT. 3

Presidential search committee named

OCT. 28

Search firm Witt/Kieffer hired


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N O M I N AT E A C A N D I D AT E

Contribute to the

search by nominating

a candidate. Visit

marquettepresident@

wittkieffer.com.

O U R S E A R C H C O M M I T T E E

Members of the committee

belong to Marquette alumni,

faculty and administrative

circles.

John Ferraro, Bus Ad ’77

Vice chair of the Board of Trustees

Patricia CervenkaProfessor of law, Marquette Law School

Dr. William Cullinan, PT ’81

Dean of the College of Health Sciences

Patrick Lawton, Bus Ad ’78, Grad ’80

University trustee

Dr. Arnold Mitchem, Grad ’81

University trustee

Rev. Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J.University trustee

Dr. Janis Orlowski, Eng ’78

University trustee

Owen Sullivan, Arts ’79

University trustee

and a professor of education at

Boston College.

“At a particular time and place,

there is a pool of candidates —

lay and Jesuit — and it is impor-

tant to consider who is ready

to move and what a university

needs at a particular point in

its history,” he says.

“In my opinion, a consider-

ation for any candidate is the

appreciation of St. Ignatius’

legacy,” says Father O’Keefe.

“I would be concerned if it were

someone who is indifferent to

Ignatius’ worldview. That would

be a problem for me. More and

more, lay men and women are

leading Jesuit universities, and

are very effective at promoting

our Catholic, Jesuit mission. This

leadership by lay people is in

the spirit of St. Ignatius and

the Jesuit order.”

The Board of Trustees plans to

conclude the search this spring

and welcome Marquette’s next

president to campus for the fall

2014 semester.

GATHERING INFORMATION

There was wide-spread community engagement — with over

1100+FEEDBACK RESPONSES

from alumni, parents, faculty, staff and students on the desired qualifications and characteristics

in a president

115%Increase in feedback

above last presidential search

Currently, there are

7 LAY PRESIDENTSleading Jesuit universities

— and —

4 ONGOING SEARCHESfor presidents at Jesuit universities

Marquette, San Francisco University, Spring Hill College and

St. Louis University

Today, there are

2,457 U.S. JESUITScompared to 4,250

in 1994

72%of U.S. Catholic colleges

are headed by lay presidents

JAN. 17

Search committee updates Alumni Association National Board

JAN. 27

Search committee updates Academic Senate

FEB. 15

Search committee updates Parents Association

SPRING

Candidates evaluated, finalists selected

Board elects and announces 24th president

BY AUG. 25

President assumes office

FALL 2014

Inauguration

❢ ❢ ❢ ❢

For the first time

at Marquette, we will

be considering lay

candidates as well as

Jesuit candidates.

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snap:shot

Cold comfort Campus beneath a snow blanket is beautiful beyond words. P H O T O B Y B E N S M I D T

I16 Winter 2014

John Scott Lewinski travels 75,000 miles covering Harley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary

THUNDER RIDE.

CHASING HARLEY

II was born in Milwaukee, a city forever associated with Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

My uncles built Harley V-Twin engines. One of my best buddies works on Harley-Davidson

graphic design materials. My father taught me to admire Steve McQueen as he fled the

Nazis on a bike in a bid for freedom in The Great Escape. These influences helped shape

me into an automotive journalist and travel writer. They also drove me to chase the

international story surrounding Harley-Davidson’s 110th anniversary.

A freelance writer has no expense account to fall back on when chasing international

stories. Fortunately, companies ranging from Meguiar’s in South Africa to Samsung to

Milwaukee Harley-Davidson pitched in financial help to get me rolling. Harley-Davidson

also provided a bike and a place to stay each time I arrived in a foreign land.

My first stop was Auckland, New Zealand. Evidently, a successful film series was shot

there. Something about a ring? I deduced that from the elf-themed in-flight video on Air

New Zealand, the hobbit-filled airport decor and the statues of dwarfs standing above

the luggage ramp.

Still, the rally was Gandalf-free. No biker could ask for a better riding environment

for Harley-Davidson’s dramatic Thunder Ride. More than 1,000 motorcycles amassed at

the Ellerslie Horse Racecourse, where clubs from Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington

lined up alongside Australian riders who’d jumped continents to join the parade.

I took my place in the international contingent, and, when the green flag dropped,

we rumbled onto the open road in a deafening, single-file line. I passed sheep grazing

in rolling fields and lines of kids waving from their long driveways. I still find it strange

that after thousands of miles traveled and countless sights of gleaming motorcycles and

wild bikers, it’s those kids’ smiling faces I remember in detail.

JOHN SCOTT LEWINSKI,

CJPA ’91, travels the world

writing for more than 30

national magazines and

online news sites and as

automotive editor for Crave

Online. He is the author

of books, screenplays

and stage productions.

THE 75,000-MILE JOURNEY TO CELEBRATE THE 110TH ANNIVERSARY OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON BEGINS >> MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN >>

18 Winter 2014

I wanted to leave my mark in Auckland so I rode my Sportster up

One Tree Hill — the final resting place of Auckland’s founding father,

Sir John Logan Campbell. His grave obelisk stands atop a dormant

volcano, and the valley below is studded with lava rock that locals like

to arrange into words and sentences. I trudged through a few piles of

sheep dip to arrange my own lava rock farewell message to the Auck-

land Rally in 20-foot letters.

After a mid-March Harley-Davidson media event in

Daytona, Fla., I journeyed to Africa Bike Week in the

seaside resort town of Margate, South Africa. No other

event during my tour better highlighted how a love of

motorcycles unites people. I visited Cape Town four years ago and found

the country still struggling to overcome the racial divisions of Apartheid.

I wondered how Harley-Davidson’s 110th

event would play against that backdrop.

Although white riders made up the overall

majority, there was a healthy racial mix, and

the bikers mixed and mingled openly. What-

ever growing pains South Africa still faced

almost 20 years since the fall of Apartheid

were put aside that day.

Speaking to the locals, I discovered that in

South African’s modern culture, people not

only embrace the same freedoms, they also

share some common vices. For example,

motorcycle maintenance is not a value South Africans embrace. They

will push a bike until it dies. Then, it’s left behind. There’s no time for

oil changes and tune-ups. Ride it. Kill it. Switch it.

After a fun but less eventful journey to Mexico City, a stop in Berlin

brought the true value of motorcycle culture home to me. Sadly, the

German capital is full of dark monuments to oppression. From Check-

point Charlie and the remnants of the Berlin Wall to the Holocaust

Memorial and museums exploring the rise of Adolf Hitler, the stark

historic realities of the city dragged me down and broke my heart. An

early May blizzard that struck down any chance of riding didn’t help.

The final night of that leg — the only experience along this journey

that had me depressed and longing for home — Harley-Davidson joined

with Gibson Guitars to throw a huge party celebrating modern Berlin’s

art and music scene. Obviously, no one at Harley-Davidson, Gibson or

anywhere in the civilized world would be so naive to suggest that riding

a motorcycle or playing a guitar can in any way dismiss the destruction

THE THUNDERING ROAR OF THOUSANDS OF HARLEY-DAVIDSON

MOTORCYCLES SHOOK THE PAVEMENT

— AND THE QUIET — AT ST. PETER’S

SQUARE IN ROME.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND >> DAYTONA, FLORIDA >> MARGATE, SOUTH AFRICA >> MEXICO CITY, MEXICO >> BERLIN, GERMANY >> ROME, ITALY >> MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN


of WWII, the grief of the Holocaust or the repression of the Cold

War. But we can find some courage in the idea that freedom, joy

and celebration still exist in a world once plagued by those

nightmares.

My worldwide trek next took me to Harley-Davidson’s 110th

international finale in Rome, where Harley-Davidson hosted its

largest foreign rally and kept a special appointment. Tens of

thousands of motorcycles poured into Rome, but it was the scene

of us bikers coming face to face with the pope that ranked as

the high point for me.

On Sunday, June 16, when 80,000 pilgrims assembled for

Mass outside St. Peter’s Basilica, the marble statues on the

square shook. Pope Francis approached the edge of Vatican City,

the point where the separate nation of the Holy See transitions

into the streets of Rome. He smiled and extended his hand, and

hundreds of iron horses roared back at him. With a simple ges-

ture, Pope Francis silenced the noise. It was the first recorded

instance of a pope blessing a legion of Harley-Davidson bikers.

It was fun to watch tourists taking countless photos of the

leather-clad bikers filing in for Sunday services beside monks,

nuns and locals. During the Mass, the bikes outside revved

their approval every time the pope spoke, making for what

I suspect was the most unique (and least audible) homily in

Vatican history.

I began the final leg of this journey, which led me back to

Harley-Davidson’s birthplace — and home. Though I spent

the past year as the foreigner visiting far-flung rallies, now

I was the hometown boy meeting riders from Australia,

Taiwan, Columbia, France, Brazil and more when the anniversary

celebration climaxed in Milwaukee at a five-day party. I took

in every celebration possible at the party that reached from the

Summerfest grounds and Water Street to Harley-Davidson’s

corporate headquarters and the sites of multiple dealerships.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND >> DAYTONA, FLORIDA >> MARGATE, SOUTH AFRICA >> MEXICO CITY, MEXICO >> BERLIN, GERMANY >> ROME, ITALY >> MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

It didn’t really sink in that my

journey was over until I found my-

self cruising in the 6,000-motorcycle

parade that wound through several

Milwaukee streets, from Miller Park

and rolling east on Wisconsin Avenue

past Marquette to the lakefront.

Heading out of the ballpark’s

parking lot, there they were again

— kids lined shoulder to shoulder,

smiling with excitement — and

waving little American flags. Those

smiles were exactly what I saw

on the faces of the farm kids in Auck-

land. There’s something magical

about excited crowds watching joy-

ous riders enjoying their favorite pas-

time. One hemisphere to the other, a

kid is a kid, a bike is a bike and happy

is happy.

As spectators cheered, I realized

what seemed impossible a year be-

fore had somehow fallen into place.

My frequent flyer account shows I

logged more than 75,000 air miles.

But best of all, the Harley-Davidson

folks assured me that no one — no

rider, no journalist and no H-D staffer

— attended as many rallies as me. ❍

FOR THE RECORD >> LEWINSKI ATTENDED THE MOST 110TH ANNIVERSARY RALLIES.

A S T O R Y

B Y J O N I M O T H S

M U E L L E R

A L L O F T H E P A T I E N T N A M E S W E R E C H A N G E D T O P R O T E C T P R I V A C Y .

“priceless”P

Mackenzie Conn met a queen last summer or

maybe she was a princess with yellow, pink and

blue barrettes pinning a crown of pigtails around

her head. She sat on her throne or maybe it was

a miniature hospital bed, and from there she

commanded those who frankly adore her.

“She’s the queen of La Rabida,” Conn said,

introducing her royal patient.

“Ruby, may I see your belly, please?”

ëëë

RUBY: QUEEN OF LA RABIDA


It is a routine morning for Ruby, whose compli-cated mix of chronic health issues is so complex she has lived at La Rabida for most of her life. That’s seven years in a hospital. Can you imagine? Ruby is a pixie who was also given a glorious gift. She is sunshine. She lightens everyone’s mood, every day. When Conn asks to see her belly, Ruby is ready. She helps the nurses raise her pink and purple pajama top so that Conn can access the gastric tube inserted into the 7-year-old’s abdomen. Conn injects medicine through the gastric tube. Then, two nurses cradle Ruby while Conn gives her a shot. “All done,” Conn announces. “All done? Shoo! Good job, Mackenzie. I’m so proud of you,” Ruby says while wiping away tears. What do you say when a child who has suffered so much delivers a pep talk and a pat on the back?

Getting to work for kids

This world where children with complex, sometimes rare, often unsolvable medical conditions live for weeks or months or years is opened up to two

nursing students every summer thanks to alumni Dan and Susan (Cronin) Real, both Bus Ad ’81. The Reals were so stirred by La Rabida’s mission that they found a way to connect it to Marquette’s College of Nursing, another place with a mission they admire. This unique partnership began eight years ago and really came about because Dan and Susan wove their desire to help La Rabida build a professional nursing staff with their desire to provide financial assis-tance to nursing students who might struggle under the weight of tuition costs. “We saw this as an opportunity to help both causes,” says Dan, who sits on the hospital’s board of directors. “We’re very involved and supportive of the mission of La Rabida … the ultimate safety net for kids in Chicago. Also, both of us are Marquette grads, and we wanted to find a way to help kids who otherwise couldn’t afford to go to Marquette.”

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FROM TOP

La Rabida Children’s Hospital; Mackenzie Conn at the children’s “spa and salon”; Jaclyn Migliarese; Conn’s patient is distracted with a video game as she attends a wound.

Dan and Susan brought the College of Nursing a plan for endowing

a competitive scholarship for two students to work on the floor of

La Rabida the summer between their junior and senior years. The

Daniel Real and Susan Cronin Real Endowed Scholarship awards

$6,000 in tuition in return for 10 weeks of work as a nurse extern.

The hospital also pays the nurse externs an hourly wage. While the

hospital has access to the two nursing students, the staff runs them

through a rigorous training experience. They are oriented thoroughly

so that they can jump right in on about day three as caregivers,

working under the watchful eye of a supervising nurse.

The result of this partnership may surpass what Dan and

Susan hoped for, much less expected. Their absolute pie-in-the-

sky vision was that nursing students who are trained in this

environment would return one day as full-fledged nurses who

want to be members of the La Rabida team.

“The last couple of years we’ve had lunch with the candidates

and we go to a Marquette game together,” Susan says. “When they

talk about their experience, several have said it was life-changing.”

B ut does the experience produce nurses for La

Rabida? Last summer’s scholarship holders, Conn

and Jaclyn Migliarese, who are natives of Illinois,

were attracted to the opportunity to work in Chicago

in a small hospital setting. Both expressed a deep

desire to give back to the community they call

home. They worked their way through the application

process that begins on campus with an interview

during which Dr. Kerry Kosmoski-Goepfert, associate dean of nursing, probes

the applicants’ intentions. This is a very special scholarship with a very

intentional objective, and Kosmoski-Goepfert needs to know the students

she forwards for second-stage interviews are a good fit.

“Although students need to be strong academically, they must also demonstrate

a passion and commitment to work with underserved children who suffer with chronic

illnesses,” explains Kosmoski-Goepfert. “This passion and commitment is easily detected

during a personal interview when applicants are asked why they want to work at La Rabida

and where they see themselves in five years post-graduation. It is during this portion of the

application process that students’ personal stories surface, stories that help me better

understand their level of compassion and why they are truly seeking the scholarship.”

The application process was definitely nerve-wracking, admits Migliarese, who thinks

her sense of compassion came across, maybe giving her an edge.

Migliarese knows children’s hospitals. She spent a good part of her childhood in

one, sitting beside her brother, Christian, who was born with spina bifida. It may have

been the experience of traveling alongside a brother with a dramatic

medical issue or just a natural inclination and curiosity, but early in

life Migliarese knew she’d track into a health care career.

V I D E O E X T R A

Watch student Mackenzie Conn talking about her day at La Rabida Children’s Hospital at marquette.edu/magazine.


“We could not be more thrilled with the benefits received by doing what we did. The students get the finest education in nursing at Marquette, La Rabida gets top-quality nurses who understand and buy into their mission, we feel fabulous helping those in need and believing our ‘investment’ has been ‘priceless’—and the kids of La Rabida are the beneficiaries — a true win- win for all involved.”

DAN AND SUSAN (CRONIN) REAL

“I saw the way people interacted with him,

and I wanted to be part of that experience for

other people,” she remembers.

Initially, Migliarese thought she’d become

a physical therapist, but a conversation with

Christian during Migliarese’s freshman year

changed her mind. “I sat down with him one

day and asked, ‘Who made the most impact

on you when you were in the hospital?’” she

recalls. “He said it was the nurses, and

that’s what really sold me.” She transferred

into the College of Nursing for

sophomore year.

During her interview with La

Rabida Director of Education and

Inpatient Nursing Sylvia Williams,

Migliarese got a good feeling for

the hospital instantly. “I’ve done

clinicals, but this was my first

externship. They seemed to

really foster a learning environ-

ment, to focus on teaching new

nurses,” Migliarese says.

Her first day, Migliarese was

on the floor for just hours before

a Code Blue called a medical team

into action to resuscitate a sick

baby. That experience strength-

ened her resolve to care for sick children.

She remembers Jose, a 14-month-old who

was born with his intestines, stomach and

liver in a sack outside his body. Migliarese

cared for Jose and worked closely with his

mother, who was present at the hospital every

day. She worked with a 6-year-old who

suffered burns to 35 percent of his body

after his clothing caught fire from a candle.

Scary sometimes, yes, and also so right.

“I absolutely loved it,” says Migliarese.

“I felt a rush being with the kids, felt I was

able to use my skills. It’s one thing to read

about in a book, but the hands-on experi-

ence was incredible.”

Conn pursued the scholarship because

she likes La Rabida’s combination of service

and nursing. It connects to her ambitious

nature. Conn also knows children’s hospitals

firsthand, but she knows them from her own

history as a patient. She began competitive

figure skating on national and international

circuits when she was 3 years old. “I was

good,” she says. But being good meant lots

of training, which also meant plenty of

injuries and weeks spent in hospital beds

while sprains healed or bones fused. Being

a patient, Conn says, showed her what it

takes to be a good nurse. “That’s what drew

me to this scholarship program,” she says.

“I wanted to test it out and see if that’s what

I want to do. And, pretty much from the first

day, I knew pediatrics is what I want to do.”

Conn and Migliarese finished their

externships and moved on to senior year

academics and final clinicals. They will

graduate in May as members of the Class of

2014, and that’s when Dan and Susan and

La Rabida will see if the scholarship pays out

as they hope with the latest two externs.

There is evidence that the partnership

works. La Rabida’s nursing staff already

includes Marquette nurses Vanessa Sauk,

Brooke Helms and Caroline Tomala. All three

came to the staff after externships made

possible by the endowed scholarship.

Chances appear good for that number to

grow. “I feel much more prepared to go out

and look for a real job,” says Migliarese,

“and I’ll definitely apply at La Rabida if they

have an opening.” Conn agrees: “I can’t wait

to get back there.” ❍

La Rabida Children’s Hospital was designed to feel like a cruise ship for kids. For evidence, look at the “welcome aboard” sign at the front door or the 24 “cabins” with portholes for windows that line the corridor of the inpatient floor or the Lake Michigan shore- line churning on its periphery. Nurses and other medical staff make up the “crew.” Don’t look for patients because the “passengers”— children up to age 18 — mostly come from Chicago’s most under-served communities.

The hospital provides inpatient and out-patient services to about 7,500 children each year, many suffering with what will be lifelong medical conditions. Love is certainly evident, but so is every advantage

seen in the much larger hospitals and health care centers

sprinkled around the Chicago-area landscape. The kids benefit in untold ways from a collection of medical staff and administrators who believe every sick or hurt child deserves excellent medical care. They receive it here

— care for chronic illnesses such as asthma, diabetes, seizure disorders, sickle cell disease or developmental disabilities. They have access to rehabilitation services after surgery or for burns, brain injury, abuse or other trauma. Experts here also train caregivers to work with children depen-dent on technology. Ninety-four percent of the children at La Rabida are covered by Medicaid. No one is turned away, regardless of ability to pay.

La Rabida’s promise

welcome ABOARD

TO HONOR AND SERVE24 Winter 2014

TO HONOR AND SERVECARING FOR OUR NATION’S VETS

“I’m terrible at multitasking,” apologizes Chris-tine Davis, while simultaneously welcoming me, offering me a seat, responding to her pager and texting a message to a 62-year-old Vietnam veteran who wonders if he can have chemo-therapy today. He has 100 percent service- connected chronic leukemia, caused by Agent Orange. “No,” she texts him, “but you can have a transfusion. Come on in.” Then, Davis, PA, H Sci ’12, takes a call from a veteran who has stage-4 renal failure caused by multiple myeloma. Pain shooting through his joints woke him in the middle of the night, he says, and it hasn’t stopped. Davis asks ques-tions, listens closely and then promises to call back after she talks to his primary care doctor.

B Y J O N I M O T H S M U E L L E R


26 Winter 2014

Milwaukee’s VA provides the

full complement of health care

services for veterans. Its proximity

to Marquette enables terrific partner-

ships, and there may be no better

example than the relationship be

tween the VA and the physician

assistant studies program. The

two began collaborating the year this

academic major and its academic home

— the College of Health Sciences —

were established in 1998. Since then,

PA students have completed clinical

rotations in inpatient care, internal

medicine, cardiology, general surgery,

plastic surgery, emergency medicine,

neurology and neurologic rehabilitation,

neurosurgery, and psychiatric/behavioral

medicine.

“Our students’ experiences are vast,

and I have no doubt they make an

impact on delivering care to our coun-

try’s veterans,” says Mary Jo Wiemiller,

PA-C, clinical assistant professor and

chair of the program. Of course, the

anecdotal comments Wiemiller hears

support her assessment. She’s continu-

ally told Marquette PAs are “a cut above,”

“well-trained” and “prepared.”

SShe pauses for about 2 seconds to say, “I

really like this role,” commenting on her job as a

physician assistant in the hematology/oncology

unit at the Clement J. Zablocki Veteran’s Medical

Center in Milwaukee. “It’s what they brought me in to

do ... help providers who are treating patients.” Almost

before those words are out of her mouth, she’s moving

again, and quickly, heading down the hall and into an

exam room where waits a 60-year-old female Air Force vet

who has metastatic bladder cancer. She came into the VA

this morning because of a sudden onset of cold symptoms

and, while Davis is here, she asks: “Would you want to

take a look at a strange bump I found near my abdomen?”

Yes, Yes, Yes. Davis is 45 minutes into her morning. Not good at multitasking? Really? >>

Christine DavisH Sci ’12, PA partner with five attending physicians and 10 fellows on the hematology/ oncology unit at the VA

INSPIRATION Totally, completely

elated to work as a PA. She had a back-

ground in medical sales and a desire

to move into the role of a practitioner,

to provide a high level of individualized

care at the moment patients need it

most. There could be no more suitable

match than at the VA where, working

with supervising physicians, she sees

patients, spends time listening to them

and planning treatment plans. In this

unit, patients can be severely ill and

Davis can be doing curative or palliative

care. This is what she worked so long

and hard to be able to do.

IN HER OWN WORDS “I’m here for

patients who have something come up.

There’s someone for them to see or talk

to.” That’s evidenced when a Marine

vet who has 100 percent service-

connected chronic leukemia comes

in for a transfusion. He’s waiting for

a stem cell transplant, and the road

traveled has been tough. He hands

Davis a “challenge coin” with the

Marine Corps emblem on one side, and,

on the flip side, his unit’s motto, ‘Death

before dishonor,’ and says: “I thank

you very much for fighting for me.”

Renan SaavedraH Sci ’12, PA resident, focus primary care

INSPIRATION Is one of two Marquette

PAs selected for the residency program

this year. He came to this role in medi-

cine after a career in athletic training.

While in that role, he worked with pre-

mier athletes on physical conditioning.

Now, he works with vets on holistic

health. There was always a part of him

that cared for others. He recognized that

early in life, but it took years of personal

discernment to find the path to a PA.

IN HIS OWN WORDS “It was always

a passion to practice medicine. At

MEET SOME MARQUETTE PAs


In 2012, the PA program and the VA

expanded their partnership when they

joined forces as one of six programs

selected nationally to pilot a residency

program. The objective is to train PAs in

primary care with advanced clinical

knowledge and the ability to handle the

complex health issues seen among the

nation’s vets. In the first two years of

this federally funded initiative, the four

participating residents have all ma-

triculated from Marquette. Faculty

the end of the day, you have the

feeling that you made some type of

difference or learned something new

that you didn’t know the previous

day. As a student, you learn about

medical management. Once you

transition to become an actual

provider, your learning curve

becomes exponentially steeper. You’re

actually making medical decisions

based on what you’ve learned and what

you experience. It’s gratifying.”

members from Marquette participate

in the didactic teaching that supports

the residency.

This still fairly young academic

program sets a seriously high bar.

Graduate PAs consistently score in the

top 5 percent on the PANCE national

certifying exam. But there’s something

even more important to Wiemiller. “We

think it’s great that they just

crush the board exam, but

what’s more telling is we

have had 100 percent job

placement for the past

five years,” she says.

“We’re in high demand.”

Talk to current PA

students and there is a

consistent complaint — but

they say it while smiling.

This is a killer

program, they

say, tougher

than tough, tougher than they expected.

Just getting admitted requires fortitude.

Each year, between 750 – 900 applications

are sifted down to find 200 – 230 candi-

dates with strong academic credentials,

the right background and the drive to

be successful in the program. These

candidates have only passed the first

hurdle. Next comes the in-person inter-

view, the final culling process. Ultimately,

55 candidates will take seats as members

of the next class.

OK, so they made it in. But then

their desire is really put to the test. The

program is 32 months long in contrast

to the average of 28 months at other

PA programs in the nation. Wiemiller

says the timeline fosters a curriculum

that supports a hybrid program where

one-half of the class constitutes >>

“Our students’ experiences are vast, and I have no doubt they make an impact on delivering care to our country’s veterans.” MARY JO WIEMILLER, PA-C, CHAIR OF THE PA PROGRAM

CARING FOR OUR NATION’S VETS III✪

28 Winter 201428 Winter 2014

LAW SCHOOL’S LEGAL AID

War-related wounds and ailments aren’t the only challenges facing those who serve their country. Many also need legal advice.

PARTNERING

The Clement J. Zablocki VA

Medical Center’s proximity to

Marquette enables partnerships

that attract faculty researchers

and that bridge the gap between

academics and practice.

Walk down any hall and chances

are good that alumni, graduate

students and students currently

studying anything from nursing

to physical therapy to psychology

to biomedical engineering will

cross your path.

Ben LaCoursiereThird-year PA student, second rotation at the VA

INSPIRATION May be the only PA student ever

to walk into the surgery suite in mask and scrubs

and spot his grandfather’s name on the white board

that lists surgeries being prepped. He couldn’t

resist the moment, so he moved into the

operating room and said, “Hi, Grandpa.”

Needless to say, a very proud grand-

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Marquette undergraduates pursuing

degrees in biomedical sciences. The

other half comprises graduate students,

many with prior health care experience.

All students are put through the intense

three-year cycle of didactic clinical

medicine courses and clinical rotations.

“We train the students to come out

prepared for primary care,” Wiemiller

explains. From there, they can practice

in primary care or move into a focus of

special interest.

A perfect example is the way Davis

assists doctors on the hematology/

oncology unit. The PA always works

with a supervising physician but has

great autonomy to diagnose and treat ill-

nesses, prescribe medications, gather

health histories and perform physical

exams, interpret tests, and develop

treatment plans for patients.

“PAs are able to expand a health care

team and allow more individual time to

be spent with patients,” says Wiemiller.

With all of the changes coming as

a result of the Affordable Health Care Act

and 60 million more Americans poised

to become health care consumers, Wie-

miller sees great opportunities for PAs.

“It’s an exciting time because it’s

competitive, the job market is here and

the role that we play is so critical to the

future of America’s health care.” ❍

Marquette’s Volunteer Legal Clinic pro bono program includes twice- a-month sessions for veterans and their families to receive free brief legal advice and referral services on civil legal issues. “These folks made sacrifices, and the least I can do is help them out with some of their legal problems,” says Ian Thomson, Law ’10, who began working in the legal clinic as a student and continues today as a volunteer attorney. Under the supervision of Julie Dar- nieder, Law ’78, clinic director, the legal clinic opened in 2009 on the grounds of the Milwaukee VA. It was moved to the nearby Milwaukee County Veterans Service Office in 2012. The cases can be emotional, often involving family law, bankruptcy and fore- closure. Sometimes, the answers aren’t

ideal. Volunteer attorneys often find themselves consoling as well as counsel-ing — another example of the Jesuit ideal of cura personalis. “People come in, and they clearly think the weight of the world is against them,” says C.J. Szafir, Law ’11, a volun-teer attorney. “They’ve given up all hope.” But for all the tough cases, there are many veterans who are thrilled to have help solving a minor dispute or writing a will. For Marquette law students, volunteering provides a practical lesson. Attorneys aren’t expected to know all the answers — just how to find them. “It’s amazing,” says Joy Sisler, a third-year law student. “I try to tell every-one who’s an incoming student that they should do the legal clinic because it gives you a little bit of experience in just about everything.” — Chris Jenkins


Ryan FellThird-year PA student, second rotation at the VA

INSPIRATION Totally passionate

fella who has a great gift for gab and

loves chatting with his patients, putting

them at ease, learning their stories.

Fell’s own story is entertaining. He

pursued this dream for 14 years, after

careers as an Army medic on tours

of duty in Korea and Iraq and as

an athletic trainer for student-

athletes at Brookfield Central High

School in Wisconsin. Fell met

a PA when he was in the Army,

and that pretty much ruled

his future. After his discharge,

Fell tried to resist that call. He

had a great job, a wife, and a

baby on the way, but little by

father perked up fast that day.

LaCoursiere was a biomedical

sciences major who went directly

into PA studies. He says being a

PA offers a balance of being able

to diagnose and treat and spend

time with patients.

IN HIS OWN WORDS “I wanted

to go into health care, wanted

to help people — as cliché as that

sounds. Working with vets is an

honor and a privilege. There’s

one common theme in all my

patients at the VA — gratitude.

They are appreciative, more

so than at any other hospital

I’ve been to. I will always look

back on my time fondly, both

for the experience it brought

me and the opportunity to work

with those who so bravely

defended our country.”

little his resistance gave way

and he enrolled.

IN HIS OWN WORDS “PA school

has been everything I thought it

would be. When it came time to

decide what kind of rotations

I was going to do, I asked outright

whether there are opportunities

at the VA. As a veteran, those

are people that I felt I wanted to

participate in their health care.

I think it’s a fantastic place to

learn because some of those

patients are fairly complicated,

some have lots of health issues

— some by their own choice and

some by the outcomes of being

a defender of our country.”

Maggie Brumley is no stranger to serving her country. A junior in the College of Nursing and a member of Marquette’s Navy ROTC program, she will be the ninth member of her family to serve when she begins her re-quired five years of active duty and two years of reserve duty after graduating in May 2015. Brumley jumped at the chance to be a part of the college’s new veteran-centric cohort, which will ensure veterans continue to receive the specialized care they’ve earned. “Most of the students in the cohort are either ROTC members or have family members in the military, so we’re excited to be a part

of a program that brings recognition to veterans’ health care needs after service,” Brumley explains. A five-year, $5 million VA Nursing Academy Nursing Academic Partnership Program administered by the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs is being instituted at five nursing schools around the country to help fill expected future vacancies at VA hospitals. The nurses will be prepared to care for the specific needs of veterans and their families. The College of Nursing partners with the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, which provides a clinical set-ting for students. The partner-ship also funds 10 additional

full-time College of Nursing faculty members during the next five years, allowing 40 more students to enroll at Marquette by 2014–15. “We integrated a veteran-centric curriculum into the majority of our undergraduate pre-licensure courses,” explains Dr. Kerry Kosmoski-Goepfert, associate dean in the college. “The stu-dents in the veteran-centric cohort receive the same edu-cation as their peers, but they complete all of their clinical rotations at Zablocki.” Participation in this cohort, Brumley says, “will put me a step ahead of other nurses once I go into active duty.” — Lynn C. Sheka

COLLEGE OF NURSING PARTNERSHIP FOR VETS

“PA school has been everything

I thought it would be.”

CARING FOR OUR NATION’S VETS III✪

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Rick Barrett, Bus Ad ’95, planted

a stake called the Moderne

on the map of Milwaukee.

Milwaukeeans watched it rise to 30 stories during the economic downturn to finally stand dominant as the solitary high rise west of the Milwaukee River. The luxury condo and apartment tower won the 2013 Project of the Year award from the Wisconsin Business Journal. Barrett best describes its amenities: “It’s all about the wow!” Barrett has some history upsetting norms. He often takes innovative projects a step further, such as another lauded development, River Homes at the Beerline. The original scope of 44 condos was blasted beyond original expectations when

Barrett sought state funding to estab-lish the connected Milwaukee Rowing Club and Urban Ecology Center. He’s ready to do it again, plant an-other stake, this one on the lakefront. Barrett and architect Matt Rinka will break ground in 2014 on the Couture, a 44-story hotel and retail complex. Their vision for a beautiful building plus walkways and bridges to connect the city’s museum district, Summerfest grounds and nearby retail district trumped other proposals for the site. “It took a Marquette grad and a University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee grad who spent their teen years on the lakefront and know the city best,” says Barrett. “We want to fix infrastructure and connectivity.” This development, like all those he chooses, fulfills Barrett’s preference to work on projects in great locations that make a difference and provide inspira-tion for the city. — Joni Moths Mueller

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Marquette Magazine and the Alumni Association accept submissions of news of personal and professional achievements and celebrations for inclusion in Class Notes. Alumni news may be submitted electronically or by mail. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit for content, accuracy and length. Publication of the achievements of our alumni does not constitute endorsement by Marquette University.

1950

Bill Wambach, Eng ’50, won the 85- to 89-year-old high jump at the USA Track & Field Wisconsin Masters meet in Kenosha, Wis. His leap of 1.05 meters exceeded the All-American Standard of 0.85 meters for his age group. He also won the long jump and triple jump.

1956

Chuck Radloff, Bus Ad ’56, and his wife, Ede, received the Diploma of Merit from the Order of the Holy Sepulchre for volunteering in Palestine, Israel and Jordan during the past 10 years. Assignments included providing assistance to Catholic schools and student interns. They are members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and were promoted to Knight and Lady Commander with Star.

Bill Taylor, Eng ’56, wrote the biography of author and adventurer Richard Halliburton, A Shooting Star Meets the Well of Death — Why and How

Richard Halliburton Conquered the World. The book was due to be published in late 2013 or early 2014.

William Weber, Arts ’56, received the State Bar of Michigan Alter-native Dispute Resolution Section Distinguished Service Award, recognizing his contributions to the field.

1958

Jeanne (Gendreau) Carley, Jour ’58, wrote Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands, which was published in the fall and is available on amazon.com.

1959

R EUNI ON YEAR

Leslie Chen, Med ’59, received lifetime membership in the British Medical Association for her 50 years as a member.

Ed Danowski, Arts ’59, is finish-ing his second business book, Secrets of the Fine Arts of Effective Planning and the Missing Link. He previously was a corporate executive for Johnson Wax.

1962

♥ Galen Price, Bus Ad ’62, and Sharon (Huebner) Price, Arts ’63, celebrated their 50th anniver-sary at a party hosted by their five children and 13 grand- children near their Punta Gorda, Fla., home.

1963

David Berg, Arts ’63, has been writing folk and country music since he retired.

1964

RE UN ION Y E A R

Make sure we know how to contact you. Questions? Call: (414) 288-7441 or (800) 344-7544 or visit marquette.edu/classnotes.

1966

Clarann Mullin Stocker, Arts ’66, Grad ’69, is a New York University- certified appraiser of fine and decorative arts and runs an antique shop out of her 1894 home and carriage barn in Tomahawk, Wis.

Jim Rebholz, Bus Ad ’66, was honored for a lifetime commit-ment to service as a volunteer for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. He has been active with ESGR for the past 30 years and has served in several volunteer positions since 1983.

1967

Dr. Wayne Selting, Eng ’67, Grad ’69, is a professor of medi-cine at the University of Genoa in Italy. He lectures on surgical lasers for a post-graduate residency program.

1969

RE UN ION Y E A R

Ronald Barr, Eng ’69, Grad ’75, was elected a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

James D. Friedman, Law ’69, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Michael J. Gonring, Jour ’69,

Law ’82, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Mathias H. Heck, Jr., Bus Ad ’69, is chair of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section. He is a prosecuting attorney in Ohio.

John Maloney, Arts ’69, Law ’72, is an attorney in the Quarles & Brady LLP trusts and estates practice group.

1970

David Cape, Jour ’70, retired as director of office support services for the sergeant at arms of the U.S. Senate. He worked for the Senate for 37 years.

Micki Napp, Bud Ad ’70, retired from IBM and moved to Lake Tahoe, Nev., where she teaches aqua fitness, and kayaks with her husband, Phil, and their poodle, Louie.

Larry Rich, Comm ’70, Grad ’77, retired as manager for media strategy for the Maryknoll

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Sat next to a @MarquetteU alum

who turned 94 today on my train ride

home. It was wonderful hearing his stories

from years ago at Marquette.

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Mission Organization for which he worked for 32 years. He oversaw production of more than 40 films and documenta-ries, one of which was Oscar nominated, and two TV series. He was invited by SIGNIS, the International Catholic Commu-nications Association, to speak on a panel about migration and the media at an annual forum in Bonn, Germany.

Charles G. Vogel, Arts ’70, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

1971

George E. Haas, Eng ’71, of Mil-waukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Charles Hasse, D.D.S., M.D., Arts ’71, was elected the 21st president of the American College of Oral and Maxillo- facial Surgeons. Previously, he served as regent, treasurer, secretary and vice president.

Dr. Douglas M. McCabe, Arts ’71, is in his 38th year as a professor of management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Busi-

ness. He received his doctorate from Cornell University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Marquette in 1971.

Brady C. Williamson, Arts ’71, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

1972

Kathleen A. Gray, Arts ’72,


1974

R EUNI ON YEAR

Dr. Tom Capo, Arts ’74, is psychology editor for the American In-stitute for Research and works on the continual development of a nationally administered high-stakes assessment instrument.

Ron Spiers, Bus Ad ’74, retired from Wendy’s corporate office in Dublin, Ohio, after 31 years in the field and brand marketing departments. He helped develop and launch popular Wendy’s products, including the vanilla Frosty, and received the Dave Thomas Outstanding Management

Award, Field Marketing Man-ager of the Year Award and Field Marketing Legend Award. He looks forward to spending more time with his wife, Peggi, Arts ’75, two daughters and three granddaughters.

1976

Nicholas A. Kees, Eng ’76, Law

’79, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

David B. Kern, Arts ’76, of Mil-waukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Thomas P. McElligott, Arts ’76,


Anne Nordholm, Arts ’76,

Grad ’95, published her first book, We Reap What We Sow: Modeling Positive Adulthood For Adolescents.

David Preble, Arts ’76, was promoted to vice president of the newly created ADA Practice Institute by the Ameri-can Dental Association, which aims to help ADA members better operate their dental practices. He had been director of the ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs since 2007.

John A. Rothstein, Arts ’76,


1977

Jim Sartori, Bus Ad ’77, of the Sartori Co. in Plymouth, Wis., received the 2013 Midwest Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Tim Steinle, Arts ’77, Law ’80; Don Cento, Grad ’91; and Mike Steinle, Arts ’81; participated in the Door County Triathlon Sprint

Tri event, proudly wearing their Marquette jerseys.

1978

Brian G. Lanser, Arts ’78, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Frances Richards, Sp ’78,

received her doctorate in business from the Jacksonville (Fla.) Theological Seminary.

1979

RE UN ION Y E A R

John Hager, Bus Ad ’79, Law ’82, of Hager, Dewick & Zuengler, S.C., in Green Bay, Wis., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Ann (Buerger) Linden, Eng ’79, was named executive director of Winchester Academy in Wau-paca, Wis.

Bridget (Smith) Ohl, Comm ’79, was promoted to vice president of marketing, training and administration at the Bank of Oswego in Lake Oswego, Ore.

Jan Ohlander, Law ’79, was named a Top 10 Downstate Consumer Lawyer in Illinois by Leading Lawyers magazine. She is a partner at Reno & Zahm LLP in Rockford.

Mary Schatz-Hoffman, Dent Hy

’79, was elected co-program director of dental hygiene at the Madison Area Technical College’s School of Health Education in Madison, Wis.

Melaine Shannon Rothey, Esq., Arts ’79, was appointed to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Neighborhood Legal Services Association.

Ginny Bronesky Stuesser, Jour ’79, was appointed media director at Shine United, an advertising agency in Madison, Wis. She formerly taught advertising at

Hot cookie night makes everything,

even midterm week, better. #MUperks

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Marquette and the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.

Wendy Wurlitzer, Grad ’79, is finance chairwoman for the National Society of the Colonial Dames in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

1980

Ann K. Comer, Arts ’80, of Mil-waukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Marshall Doney, Bus Ad ’80,

Grad ’82, was promoted to senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American Automobile Asso-ciation. He oversees all of AAA’s automotive, travel, insurance, financial services and other businesses.

Nell Jackson, L.P.C., Arts ’80,

graduated from the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanal-ysis of New Jersey, where she serves as a faculty member. She also maintains a private practice in Bernardsville and Summit, N.J.

1981

Jon E. Anderson, Law ’81, of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., in Madi-son, Wis., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Michael Sean Comerford, Arts

’81, was featured in the Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine for his “Eyes Like Carnivals” blog coverage this past year. He is working around the country in traveling carnivals, living on carnival wages and hitchhiking between jumps.

Robert H. Duffy, Arts ’81, Law ’84, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Kay Hunt, Law ’81, was elected to a two-year term on the board

A L U M N I P R O F I L E

Dr. Laura Korb Ferris, Arts ’93, debunked

the power of an app to spot skin cancer.

Worried a mole on your neck could be cancerous? Some say a smart phone app can provide the answer, but Ferris, a dermatologist and researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, wasn’t so sure. She and a team of researchers from the university gathered pictures of verified melanoma lesions — the deadliest form of skin cancer. They evaluated the lesions using four smart phone apps that claimed to be able to diagnose melanoma based on a photo. The results alarmed Ferris. Many of the apps misdiagnosed potentially deadly melanoma as benign. “There is definitely a place for technology in the delivery of dermatology, but our feeling is a tool has to be tested and validated with physician involvement,” Ferris says. After graduating, Ferris earned a doctorate in immunology from Johns Hopkins University and a medical degree from the University of Maryland. She teaches students and residents, does clinical research, and treats patients. Given the aging population and popularity of tanning beds, skin cancer is on the rise and dermatologists are busier than ever. Many patients turn to smart phone apps or their primary care doctors, who aren’t always skin experts. Ferris sees a health care gap. She is working with a computer science group at Carnege Mellon University to design a more reliable software program to help these doctors identify skin cancer. “One of the things that drives people to look for apps is we have a shortage of dermatologists,” Ferris explains. “We’re working on developing software tools to help primary care doctors figure out which lesions need immediate attention.” — Jessie Bazan

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of directors of the Minneapolis law firm Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King and Stageverg, P.A.

Ralph Tease, Law ’81, is a member of the Fellows of the Wisconsin Law Foundation.

1982

Mark A. Kircher, Arts ’82, Law ’85, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

William Maksymiec, Arts ’82,

was ordained a deacon of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. He is assigned to the Church of the Annunciation.

Kristin A. Roeper, Bus Ad ’82,

Law ’89, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

1983

Ken Brown, Jour ’83, is executive director of marketing and com-munication at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Previously, he was city editor of the Tele-graph Herald in Dubuque.

John Pickard, Arts ’83, was promoted to police commander in the Lakewood (Colo.) Police Department.

Thomas D. Veve, Grad ’83, ’90, was promoted to professor of history at Dalton State College in Dalton, Ga.

1984

R EUNI ON YEAR

Mark Brady, Arts ’84, and James Smith-Vandergriff, Eng

’01, competed with their BBQ team, Roadkill BBQ, in this year’s American Royal Barbecue Contest, held in Kansas City, Mo. The contest is the largest barbecue competition in the world. Their team placed 12th out of 170 contestants in the invitational pork contest and fourth out of 562 contestants in the open pork competition.

♥ Michael Brauer, Sp ’84, and Margaret (Sankovitz) Brauer, H Sci, ’84, celebrated their 25th anniversary. They have four children, three of whom are Marquette students. The family lives in Greendale, Wis., where she is a physical therapist with the Orthopedic Hospital of Wis-consin and he is a senior con-sultant at McDonald Schaefer.

Marcie Eanes, Jour ’84, performed at September’s 100 Thousand Poets for Change in Waco, Texas.

Dave Kucera, Bus Ad ’84, joined Capital One in Chicago as man-aging director and head of the structured products group, which provides financing to owners and managers of financial assets across the United States.

Mark Peterson, Arts ’84, founded Rhino Software Inc. in 1997 when it released its first product, FTP Voyager, for Microsoft Windows. He and his wife, Jane, are retired and enjoy traveling, spending time with friends and helping their children succeed with their academic careers.

1985

Patricia A. Hintz, Bus Ad ’85, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

♥ Brian Hodous, Bus Ad ’85, and Michele (McGuire) Hodous, Sp ’85, celebrated their 25th anniversary. They met at a uni-versity sports training facility, where he was wrestling and she was running track. Their relationship began during Father Walsh’s Christian Marriage class, and they got married on Jan. 2, 1988. They have lived in seven states and two countries and currently reside in Los Angeles, where he is the chief customer officer for Activision Blizzard.

Tom Huffman, Bus Ad ’85, received the 2013 Small Lender of the Year award from the Small Business Administration. He is senior vice president of SBA lending at Village Bank & Trust in Glenview, Ill.

Eugene M. Killeen, Arts ’85, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Patrick S. Murphy, Bus Ad ’85,

Law ’02, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in

The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Jim Sarafolean, Bus Ad ’85, retired from the U.S. Navy after a 34-year active/reserve duty career. He is a civil servant working for the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Va.

Walter J. Skipper, Bus Ad ’85, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

1986

Paul F. Heaton, Arts ’86, Law ’90, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Dan Young, Bus Ad ’86, was elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the Minneapolis law firm Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King and Stageverg, P.A.

1987

Anthony Gill, Arts ’87, received a three-year, $1 million grant from the John Templeton Foun-dation in conjunction with Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He will study the link between religious liberty and social flourishing.

Mike Hiestand, Jour ’87, is touring the United States with free speech icon Mary Beth Tinker to promote free speech, press and civics education. He has worked for more than two decades with the nonprofit Student Press Law Center, providing legal help to nearly 15,000 students and teachers.

1989

RE UN ION Y E A R

Michael A. Jaskolski, Eng ’89,

of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

!

Just ran into the @MarquetteU women’s

soccer team on the streets of #NYC and

yelled “Go Marquette!” Think I scared them.

Proud to be an alum.

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Christine Liu McLaughlin, Comm

’89, Law ’92, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Kevin M. Long, Eng ’89, Grad ’92,


Lisa A. Lyons, Arts ’89, Law ’92, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLP, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

1990

Steven A. Heinzen, Arts ’90,

Grad ’94, of LaFollette, Godfrey & Kahn in Madison, Wis., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Sean P. Johnson, Comm ’90, was named associate editor of the Fox Cities Magazine, a monthly lifestyle publication based in Appleton, Wis.

Dr. Robert Lewis, Grad ’90, and his wife, Carol, celebrated their 50th anniversary on Sept. 28, 2012. They live in west central

Florida, where he runs a tour boat for the Crystal River State Park and she tends to her gardens.

L. Maxwell McKissick, Comm ’90, of Milwaukee launched SERVE 60, a national nonprofit initiative designed to increase American service and volunteerism for at least 60 minutes at a time, any time during the year.

Patrick Morrow, Arts ’90, was promoted to colonel and gradu-ated from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. He is assigned director of strategic plans and policy for the U.S. Army Central Command at the Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.

1991

Tim Blair, Arts ’91, was named corporate vice president of marketing and communications at the Huron Consulting Group in Chicago.

Kate Burgess, Comm ’91, received the 2013 ATHENA Award, given to those who have exhibited

professional excellence and community service by helping women attain professional excellence and leadership skills. She is owner and CEO of Fulfillnet in Green Bay, Wis.

Bridget (O’Brien) Fagan, D.N.P.,

F.N.P., Nurs ’91, is an assistant professor at the Rush Univer-sity College of Nursing. She also celebrated her 10th wed-ding anniversary with husband Shaun Fagan, Comm ’92. They live in Berwyn, Ill., with children Jameson, 8, and Colin, 3.

Douglas J. Patch, Bus Ad ’91, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Kathleen Westrich, Arts ’91, is assistant principal at Ronald Reagan IB High School in the Milwaukee Public Schools.

1992

Peppur Chambers, Comm ’92, finished two plays. Her produc-tion of The Build Up is set in a private residence, and Dick & Jayne Get a Life received an

extension at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Steven Eck, Eng ’92, published the golf rankings book Golf’s All-Time Greatest. It is available at amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

1993

Paul Griepentrog, Bus Ad ’93,

Law ’96, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

David R. Navarre, Bus Ad ’93, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

♥ Nick Nigro, Eng ’93, and Angela (Mihm) Nigro, Comm ’92, celebrated 20 years of Ahoya love on Jan. 1, 2014. They met at the Varsity Theatre for the freshman orientation showing of Stand By Me, and they have been doing that ever since. They live in Sun Prairie, Wis., with children Hayden, 10, and Brady, 8.

T W O - M I N U T E S T O R I E S

Unsigned paintingThe canvas is untraditional but for an anonymous

alumnus, a new coat of paint was just what was needed

to polish up the dignity of the Old Gym. He spent plenty

of time inside when he was an Army ROTC student. When

he returned to campus last year for the Veterans Day ceremony,

he thought this old friend could use a little spit and polish.

After all, this is headquarters for Marquette students who go on

to serve their country. In a salute to those students, he requested

the privilege of getting the job done.

He also founded a scholarship for

ROTC students.

Send us your two-minute story! Email us at marquette.edu/twominute.

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1994

REUNION YEAR

Jenny Benjamin, Arts ’94, wrote her first novel, This Most Amazing, published by Armida Publications in April 2013.

Kristine Cherek, Arts ’94, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Bob Frigo, Arts ’94, was named associate director of the Kerno-dle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement at Elon University in Elon, N.C.

Cmdr. Brian Hamling, Eng ’94, U.S.N., is chief staff officer of Training Air Wing Four at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married to Renee (Mathieu) Hamling, Comm ’94, and they have four children.

♥ Jennifer Lay-Riske, Comm ’94, is a producer at Chicago’s

WMAQ-TV and was nominated for a national Emmy for out-standing regional spot news for coverage of the May 2012

NATO protest. She and her husband, Michael Riske, Bus

Ad ’92, also celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary.

Judith Williams-Killackey, Arts ’94, is chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin’s labor and em-ployment section at Milwau-kee’s Quarles & Brady LLP.

1995

Bernard J. Kearney, III, Arts ’95,

Grad ’97, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLC was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Jennifer Vega, Eng ’95, Grad ’04,

is principal of Queen of Apostles School in Pewaukee, Wis.

1996

Brian Faherty, Comm ’96, played supporting roles in the films American Hustle and The Busi-ness Trip, as well as on the TV shows Blue Bloods and The Knick.

Thomas R. Homburg, Law ’96, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Xin Zhang, Eng ’96, is a network administrator at Standard Process Inc., a manufacturer of whole food supplements in Palmyra, Wis.

1997

Sean O’D Bosack, Law ’97, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Christopher Huffine, Eng ’97, received the Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientist and Engineer of the Year Award.

Katherine Maloney Perhach, Arts ’97, Law ’00, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLC, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

1998

Timothy Blazek, Bus Ad ’98, was named director of national ac-counts and channel expansion at Millard Refrigerated Services in Omaha.

Christopher Downs, Bus Ad ’98, is vice president of information services at the Cancer Treatment

Centers of America, which has

hospitals in Atlanta, Chicago,

Philadelphia, Phoenix and

Tulsa, Okla. He and his family

live in Arizona.

Angela Ewald, Comm ’98, was

nominated for Outstanding

Children’s Series and Out-

standing New Approaches,

Enhancement to a Daytime

Program or Series Emmys for

her work on the national PBS

children’s program SciGirls.

The program already received

one Emmy. She was profiled

in the spring 2012 issue of

Marquette Magazine.

Dave Schuster, Nurs ’98, was

promoted to ventricular assist

device and heart transplant

coordinator at Milwaukee’s

Froedtert Hospital.

Nicole Truog, Bus Ad ’98, was

named director of the Erdman

Center for Operations and

Technology Management at the

Wisconsin School of Business

at the University of Wisconsin–

Madison.

C E L E B R A T I N G A L U M N I

Happy 100th, John!He met the love of his life, Ione, and they spent 60

years together. He is the father of six, a grandfather

of 16 and great grandfather eight times over. He is

a veteran of WWII and the Korean War, a retiree,

and civic and philanthropic leader. This year, John

Schoonenberg, Bus Ad ’36, celebrated his 100th

birthday with family and friends. John lives in West

Allis, Wis., and attends every Marquette men’s basket-

ball home game. But the best accolade comes from his

sons: “He is a heck of a guy. We’re glad he’s our dad.”

Are you celebrating a milestone event? Tell us.

Send a picture to marquette.edu/classnotes.

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RE UN ION Y E A R

Melanie Escobar, Comm ’99, received a Heartland Regional Emmy in the News Promo Single Spot/Same Day — Producer, Writer, Editor category.

Noleta L. Jansen, Arts ’99, of Milwaukee’s Quarles & Brady LLC, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

Christina “Tina” Zila, Arts ’99, is a marketing specialist at IGT in Las Vegas.

2001

Kevin Gaertner, Arts ’01, started the Law Office of Kevin M. Gaertner in Milwaukee.

Dan Lazarz, Bus Ad ’01, is a broker in the professional services group of Dallas Swett & Crawford, a CGSC company. His expertise is in management and professional liability.

2002

Christopher W. Erwin, S.E., P.E., Eng ’02, Grad ’04, was promoted from senior project engineer to associate at the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti, an international engineering firm.

John T. Reichert, Law ’02, of Milwaukee’s Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014.

2003

Brian Cline, Comm ’03, is principal of Oak Grove Elemen-tary School in Bloomington, Minn.

John Peronto, P.E., S.E., Eng ’03, was promoted from associate to senior associate at the Chicago office of Thornton Tomasetti, an international engineering firm.

Guy Maras, Arts ’87, calls it

a coincidence. It’s a funny one.

He is co-managing partner of Hennessey and Roach law firm, with offices on

the seventh floor of Chicago’s landmark Marquette Building.

Maras moves between that building — that is coincidentally named for

alumni’s favorite explorer — to another pillar of city history as president of

the Union League Club of Chicago. He was named 124th president last summer

and used his first official address to ask members of the club, founded in 1879

to “uphold the sacred obligations of citizenship,” whether it is still relevant.

The question was rhetorical. Maras really hasn’t any doubt. “Chicago

continues to change,” he says, “and the Union League Club is an institution

that impacts the development of our community.”

The club’s 3,800 members do get involved. The public affairs committee

— Maras’ personal passion — advances public policy discourse. The commit-

tee currently is pressing for greater transparency in government to prevent

a recurrence of the recent flap to privatize Chicago’s parking meters. The

club owns four Boys & Girls Clubs serving 11,600 kids. “Our kids have a 97

percent graduation rate,” Maras boasts. The club’s two major philanthropic

works, the Engineers’ Foundation and the Luminarts Cultural Foundation,

support scholarships for aspiring engineers and artists. And there is much

more.

Maras says he has been involved with two great institutions — Marquette

and the Union League Club. He tries to live up to encouragement Rev. John

Schlegel, S.J., offered when presenting his diploma. Maras recalls, “Father said:

‘This is a Jesuit degree. Go do something good with it.’” — Joni Moths Mueller

Chicago’s League leader

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2004

REUNION YEAR

Make sure we know how to contact you. Questions? Call: (414) 288-7441 or (800) 344-7544 or visit marquette.edu/classnotes.

2005

Jennifer Dienes, Arts ’05, is an associate in the intellectual property practice group at the Chicago office of the law firm K&L Gates LLP.

Maureen “Reenie” (Scheuber) Fluyeras, Bus Ad ’05, was promoted to supervisor at RitzHolman CPAs.

Maureen Schrock Marienthal, Arts ’05, started her own business with Rodan & Fields, specialists in skin care and anti-aging treatments.

2006

James N. Law, Grad ’06, Law ’12, is an associate in the litigation practice at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. in Milwaukee.

Dorota Pruski, Arts ’06, was

ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church after receiv-ing her master in divinity degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary. She is an associate priest at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Madison, Wis.

Jim Trexel, Grad ’06, is an investor in and adviser for Fly-ing Mouse Brewery, a startup craft brewer in Troutville, Va.

Dominique Jordan Turner, Grad ’06, was appointed presi-dent and CEO of the Chicago Scholars Foundation, which helps Chicago-area students attend college.

2008

Patrick Landry, Arts ’08, was appointed principal of Mater-nity BVM Catholic School in Chicago.

Annika Schuller-Rach, Eng ’08,

Grad ’13, was promoted to project manager at the Milwaukee of-fice of Opus Design Build LLC.

2009

R EUNI ON YEAR

Scott Astrada, Law ’09, Grad ’13,

is one of eight 2013–14 gradu-ate fellows of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington, D.C. He works for the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

Chris Cromos, Eng ’09, was promoted to project manager at the Milwaukee office of Opus Design Build LLC.

Nick Gregory, Comm ’09, was promoted to Mid-Atlantic terri-tory manager for the Brady Corp., a worldwide company based in Milwaukee.

Alexander Schmid, Arts ’09, teaches freshman logic and rhetoric, and a law and debate elective class for juniors and seniors at American Heritage Charter Schools in Escondido, Calif.

2010

Dr. Marthina Greer, Law ’10, was elected an at-large member of the American Veterinary Medical Association Judicial Council.

Melissa (Batzner) Krische, Bus Ad ’10, was promoted to manager of operational effec-

tiveness at Batzner Services.

Amanda Mehr, Arts ’10, Grad ’12, is founding director of curriculum and instruction at the Carmen High School of Science and Technology’s new campus on Milwaukee’s northwest side. She was a 2012 Teach For America corps member at the school’s south campus.

Henry J. Thomas, Arts ’10, joined Husch Blackwell’s labor and employment group.

2011

Lt. j.g. Taylor J. Bootz, Arts ’11, received his wings of gold dur-ing a winging ceremony at NAS Whiting Field in Milton, Fla., the culmination of two years of intense flight school training. His duty station is NAB Coronado in San Diego, where he flies the MH-60 Romeo helicopter for the U.S. Navy.

Brian Falk, Bus Ad ’11, was promoted to senior accountant at RitzHolman CPAs.

Pinna Rea Katz, Grad ’11, was appointed director of faculty development at the Rosalind

T W O - M I N U T E S T O R I E S

What’s missing?Richard and Judith (Briedis) English were

settling into their new retirement home,

hanging mementos, including Judith’s

diploma, Arts ’58. Then Richard realized he didn’t

have a diploma of his own to hang beside it. Wait!

Did he graduate? His memory played tricks so he

called Marquette for confirmation. Yes, but he left

the country for a job in Puerto Rico and

didn’t pick up the sheepskin. Could he have

it 50-plus years later? Marquette was pleased to comply.

“I have it hung now,” says Richard, Arts ’59. “It means a lot from a sentimental point of view.”

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Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Ill. She is an assistant profes-sor in the Department of Physi-cian Assistant Studies.

Michael G. Koutnik, Bus Ad ’11,

Law ’13, joined the Milwaukee firm Fox, O’Neill & Shannon, S.C., as an associate.

Erin Ruckoldt, Comm ’11, is a DJ on 103.9 the Fox WFXF–FM in Dundee, Ill.

Aaron Schmalzle, Grad ’11,

was promoted to senior clergy health ministry liaison at the Florida Hospital, where he is director of Rejuvenate, a national wellness program for clergy. He is also serving a three-year term on the synod council of the Florida-Bahamas synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Colleen Shaw, Comm ’11, created a documentary about Pat Stein, an 18-year-old who suffered a stroke and was left with Locked-in Syndrome, leaving him unable to move anything but his eyes. Stein’s grandfather is a Marquette alumnus. Look for this story in the spring 2014 issue of Mar-quette Magazine.

2012

Tim McDonough, Arts ’12, of Algonquin, Ill., is a senior associate at Mindshare.

Michael “Micah” Soriano, Comm ’12, is a regional market-ing manager in the unitary products group at Johnson Controls in Milwaukee.

2013

Kathryn K. Westfall, Law ’13, is an associate in the business law practice at Reinhart Boerner Van Dueren, s.c., in Milwaukee.

Ryan Dunn, Arts ’01, and Natalie Moser, March 17, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Madison, Wis. They live in Tampa, Fla.

Brian Jones, Arts ’01, and Sarah (Burton) Jones, Oct. 14, 2012 in Glenview, Ill.

ALUMNI IN ATTENDANCE

Andrew Jasculca, Comm ’02; Megan O’Malley, Bus Ad ’01,

Grad ’02; Lauren (Hartzel) Kaczmarek, Arts ’01; and Matt Rasmusson, Arts ’01.

Mark Daniel Huber, Eng ’02, and Kate Elizabeth DeCleene, June 21, 2013 at Scotts Bluff National Monument in Gering, Neb.


Robert Christopher Boler, Eng ’04; Mike Evert, Bus Ad ’01; Dennis Andrew Sauer, Eng ’01; Irene (Panos) Evert, Bus Ad ’01; Jeremy Samuel Jones, Eng ’03; Michael Joshua Zent, Eng ’01; Jeremy Joseph Vandenhouten, Eng ’02; and Matthew Christo-pher Hayes, Eng ’02.

Ryan Georges, Bus Ad ’03,

Grad ’04, and Ann (Bloudek) Georges, Aug. 3, 2013 at the Minnesota Landscape Arbore-tum in Chanhassen, Minn.

ALUMNI IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Bill Gregozeski, Bus Ad ’03, Grad

’08; Eric Plautz, Bus Ad ’02; Julie (Kinane) Plautz, H Sci ’03, PT ’05;

and Dean Manglona, Bus Ad ’05.


Kathleen McDaniel, Arts ’05;

Molly (Smith) Shields, Bus Ad

’06; Jill Schlangen, Bus Ad ’06; Joe Ribbich, Eng ’07; and Shan-non (O’Brien) Ribbich, Nurs ’08.

Jaclyn M. Mallardi, Comm ’03, and Dr. Philip D. Settimi, Sept. 28, 2013 at Chiesa di San Bartolomeo in Tuscany, Italy.


Michael L. Mallardi, Comm ’01; Peter Heigl, Bus Ad ’03; and Megan A. Ratliff, Bus Ad ’03,

Grad ’06.

John R. Osgood, Eng ’03, and Cheryl Sowa, May 25, 2013 in Chicago. Tim Cote, Arts ’03,

officiated.


Matt Drew, Sci ’03; Meg (Taylor) Drew, Nurs ’03; Joe Starr, Arts ’03; Kim (Johnson) Starr, Nurs ’03; Nic Wucherer, Comm ’04; Shannon (Sobieski) Wucherer, Comm ’04; Courtney (Igou) Nobilio, Comm

’03; and Reena Lorntson, Nurs ’02.

Josephine Puglia, Bus Ad ’03, and Kevin Price at Holy Family Catholic Church in Inverness, Ill. They live in Palatine, Ill., where he is an engineer and she is an HR professional.


Maryrose Puglia, Arts ’06, PT ’08;

Taya Seline Tomasello, Bus Ad

’03; and Noel Pawlak, Bus Ad ’90.

Sheena Quinn, Comm ’04, and Pete Purvis, May 25, 2013 at St. Andrew Church in Chicago, where they live. She is a public relations executive, and he is the bagpiper in the band Gaelic Storm.


Katie O’Grady, Comm ’04; Valerie (Toll) Shaker, Comm ’04; Stepha-nie (Bremer) McAndrew, Comm

’04; and Erin Killeen, Comm ’04.

Adam Starodub, Comm ’04, and Rebecca Putnam, Aug. 31, 2013 at the First Congressional Church of Evanston in Evanston, Ill. The couple lives in Chicago.

ALUMNUS IN THE WEDDING PARTY

Kevin Deters, Comm ’04.


Don Wadewitz, Comm ’00, Grad

’03; Scott Hanson, Comm ’03; Jo-seph Gaus, Comm ’04; and Julie (Buscemi) Neulieb, Comm ’04.

Dr. Amy C. (Branam) Armiento, Grad ’05, and Frank Armiento, July 6, 2013 in Cumberland, Md.

Nicholas Andryc, Comm ’06, and Lucy Briski, Aug. 10, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio.

W E D D I N G S

On the wall at the @MarquetteU

@Starbucks: “Pay attention. Listen closely.

Realize your breathing. Witness your location.

You are alive.” STUDENT TESS QUINLAN ON TWITTER

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Helen J. Lynch Riordan, Arts ’38

Clifford D. Tobin, Dent ’38

Lauretta T. Kleinheinz Martinson, Arts ’39

Catharine P. Schwartz Singleton, Bus Ad ’39

William J. Herziger, Eng ’40

Frank A. Ribich, Law ’41

Edward E. Kaiser, Bus Ad ’42

William G. Kasten, Bus Ad ’42, Dent ’54

Joseph G. Urban, Jour ’42

Lloyd Van Antwerpen, Bus Ad ’42

Rita Draude, Nurs ’43, ’57

Roy E. Dusick, Dent ’43

James S. Michuda, Eng ’43

Virginia J. Gross Potter, Nurs ’43

Earl G. Henry, Grad ’44

Helen C. Lilley, Arts ’44, Grad ’48

Erik M. Pell, Eng ’44

Gerard G. De Rosa, Dent ’45

Adolph A. Franz, Arts ’45

Frances B. Bielinski Laskowski, Jour ’45

Audrey J. Nelson Lundgren, Dent Hy ’45

Carol J. Borchardt Maas, Dent Hy ’45

Clarence G. Westerson, Eng ’45

Anne M. Blewett Bleck, Arts ’46

James R. Sharpe, Dent ’46

James H. Shelton, Dent ’46

Robert E. Swart, Med ’46

Eldor W. Kannenberg, Bus Ad ’47

Olive M. Finnegan Linn, Sp ’47

Arnold P. Brown, Bus Ad ’48

William T. Holland, Med ’48

Robert R. Jonas, Arts ’48

Gene W. Renguette, Eng ’48

Henry C. Rumm, Eng ’48

William J. Shaughnessy, Law ’48

Mary E. McGinn Surprise, Arts ’48

Giles A. Daeger, Arts ’49, Grad ’51

Phyllis L. Bischel DeLong, Arts ’49

Charlotte L. Pier Ernst, Dent Hy ’49

Richard J. Fridl, Eng ’49

Willard F. Hupfer, Bus Ad ’49

Richard K. Jacobs, Bus Ad ’49

Edward P. Kolacke, Bus Ad ’49

John R. Lemon, Bus Ad ’49

Lewis L. Miller, Eng ’49

Harriet A. Bruning Rieder, Med Tech ’49

Marino Joseph DeMarinis, Dent ’50

Jerome M. Friederichs, Eng ’50

Arlene K. George Hayes, Dent Hy ’50

George Johannes, Bus Ad ’50

Patricia M. Piepenhagen Johannes, Bus Ad ’50

Francis T. Kaiser, Eng ’50

James A. Kuehn, Jour ’50

Owen J. Morrissey, Dent ’50

John J. Poehlmann, Arts ’50, Law ’52

Werner P. Pufahl, Arts ’50, Grad ’58

Nyal M. Scheuermann, Arts ’50,

Med ’54

Florence M. Wuka, Bus Ad ’50

Allan H. Bley, Bus Ad ’51

Francis J. Brickle, Eng ’51

Joseph P. Busch, Bus Ad ’51

Richard J. Chenery, Bus Ad ’51

Stanley J. Fleece, Bus Ad ’51

Leo J. Groth, Dent ’51

Stanley H. Jakala, Arts ’51

James J. Mielke, Bus Ad ’51

John W. Plummer, Dent ’51

John H. Rainaldo, Arts ’51

Robert M. Rauterberg, Bus Ad ’51

Donald L. Sowle, Arts ’51

August J. Stellberg, Bus Ad ’51

Irvin V. Troy, Arts ’51

Margaret M. Naegele Voge, Arts ’51

Elaine R. McAllister Winkelman, Nurs ’51

Thaddeus F. Bilinski, Bus Ad ’52

Audrey J. Borkenhagen Burant, Nurs ’52

M.E. Frankowska, Grad ’52

Herbert J. Gross, Arts ’52

Robert R. Knuth, Arts ’52

Charles D. Kramp, Bus Ad ’52

R. Elaine McAllister, Nurs ’52

John T. McCormick, Dent ’52

Elsbeth Erb Mundt, Arts ’52

Joseph N. Schindler, Arts ’52

Raymond M. Stobba, Bus Ad ’52

Harold V. Tepoorten, Bus Ad ’52

Joan C. McGee Whitlock, Arts ’52

Marilyn A. Meyer, Bus Ad ’53

John J. Post, Med ’53

Elaine M. Reiter, Bus Ad ’53

James D. Trippel, Bus Ad ’53

John J. Walsh, Arts ’53

Joseph R. Wiedner, Bus Ad ’53

Thomas G. Barrett, Dent ’54

Imogene R. Hall Canfield, Grad ’54

Georgia J. Romberger Grimmer, Sp ’54

Virgil M. Koch, Nurs ’54

John P. Lacey, Med ’54

Victor J. Marino, Bus Ad ’54

Raymond N. Olson, Eng ’54

Edward A. Fisher, Eng ’55

Phyllis R. Gollin Holzman, Nurs ’55, Grad ’61, ’84

Donald H. Lonski, Bus Ad ’55, Eng ’68

Robert J. McMillin, Eng ’55

Arthur J. Rehberger, Arts ’55

Patricia M. Mealy Reuschlein, Arts ’55

Margery A. Metziger Brennan, Nurs ’56

Agnes O. O’Connell Buckley, Nurs ’56

Georgine P. Loacker, Grad ’56

M.C. McDowell, Grad ’56

Richard C. Pitz, Bus Ad ’56

Ferdinand J. Post, Eng ’56

Robert J. Schiller, Bus Ad ’56

William J. Schuster, Eng ’56

James R. Slawny, Jour ’56

Harold W. Strunsee, Eng ’56

Thomas P. Feit, Eng ’57

Nancy E. Hirschboeck Jaekels, PT ’57

Howard A. Olson, Grad ’57

Patricia B. Wroblewski Tuma, Arts ’57, Grad ’61

James L. Coppersmith, Law ’58

Ellen D. Dooley Cowperthwaite, Jour ’58

Peter R. La Brasca, Arts ’58

Margaret A. Jacobs Meyer, Arts ’58

Ronald K. Michaelson, Eng ’58

William A. Reichert, Bus Ad ’58

Ervin A. Span, Jour ’58

Carlton Sterr, Bus Ad ’58

Donald E. Taggart, Dent ’58

Mary T. Tomlinson, Arts ’58

Susan O’Leary Ahern, Dent Hy ’59

Eugene P. Bradt, Arts ’59

James P. Derbin, Med ’59

Mary H. Kyllingstad, Nurs ’59

James C. Lampman, Dent ’59

Eugene F. LeTendre, Eng ’59

Robert F. Poehlman, Eng ’59

David R. Schlieman, Dent ’59

Elizabeth M. Abel Vander Heyden, Nurs ’59

James H. Weber, Arts ’59

Robert F. Wylin, Med ’59

William G. Gensler, Arts ’60

Barbara L. McKaig, Jour ’60

William J. Schneble, Arts ’60, Med ’64

James L. Speichinger, Bus Ad ’60

Michael E. Hawley, Eng ’61

Duane R. Paull, Grad ’61

Marianne C. Driscoll Van Maren, Arts ’61

Charles J. Wilson, Dent ’61

Michael J. Ash, Arts ’62

Robert J. Ennis, Arts ’62, Grad ’68

Philip F. Fons, Bus Ad ’62

Hyman R. Gollman, Grad ’62

Lawrence B. Korta, Eng ’62, Grad ’65

Gayle M. Hillenbrand Henion, Arts ’63

Joseph C. Boehme, Bus Ad ’64

Joseph F. Cairnes, Bus Ad ’64

Joann V. Malane Campbell, Grad ’64

The Marquette University community joins in prayerful remembrance

of those who have died. May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

Eternal rest grant unto them, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

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Joel Andryc, Arts ’79; Nancy (Schmid) Andryc, Bus Ad ’79; Jim Keppler, Arts ’79; Deb (Schaefer) Keppler, Arts ’79; Bob Brum-mond, Arts ’79; Phil Byrne, Arts

’79; John Cook, Arts ’79; Virginia Harte Friesen, Nurs ’79; Josh Drueck, Arts ’06; CJ Bown, Arts

’06; Adam Stillo, H Sci ’06, Grad

’09; Griffin Saving, Bus Ad ’06; Nicholas Alexenko, Bus Ad ’07; Sarah Goebel, Nurs ’10; and Benny Affetto, Bus Ad ’07.

Lindsay (Salamone) Brechon, H Sci ’07, and Michael L. Brechon, Comm ’06, Aug. 17, 2013 at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rockford, Ill. They live in Omaha, where she is a speech pathologist and he is a dental student at Creighton University.


Carolyn (Ellefson) Cradick, Bus Ad ’07; Sean Cradick, Eng ’07;

Corey VanHarpen, Bus Ad ’07; Nicole Boedeker, Nurs ’07; Erin Tyrrell, Bus Ad ’06; Frank Nolan, Eng ’06; Sarah (Ledden) Nolan, Eng ’07; Sara Craig, Arts ’06; Ann Puglisi, Nurs ’06; Jennifer Harris, H Sci ’06; Maeghan Verhagen, Nurs ’06; Jon-Eric Morales, Eng

’06; Pat Duca, Bus Ad ’06; Greg Ely, Arts ’06; Chris Hultman, Bus

Ad ’06; Amy Brechon, Nurs ’13; and Dan Thibaudeau, H Sci ’06.

Sarah (Andersen) McNally, Nurs ’07, and Christopher McNally, Eng ’07, Nov. 26, 2011 at Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago.


Parents of the bride Mary Hauser Andersen, Sp ’71, and Bill Andersen, Arts ’71; best man Brian McNally, Eng ’13; and Martin Masterson, Bus Ad ’06; Conor Price, Bus Ad ’07; Milad Moin, Eng ’06; Lindsay Grote Moin, Nurs ’07; Aileen Kenny, Bus Ad ’04; Matt Mickas, H Sci ’06,

PT ’09; Colin Joclyn, Bus Ad ’06; Ian O’Malley, Bus Ad ’06; Thomas Knightly, Arts ’06; Martin Mulli-gan, Bus Ad ’07; Dani Drexler Hoffman, Nurs ’07; and Leah Kodet Nigon, Nurs ’07.


Colleen Hallahan, Comm ’06; Adam Vail, Arts ’06; Justine Mickas, Nurs ’06; Mary Clare Reardon, Comm ’11; Meghan (McCafferty) Eggert, Bus Ad ’06; Michael Christie, Bus Ad ’07; Meggan Fogarty, Bus Ad ’06; Philip Hausmann, Bus Ad ’06; Bridget (Brady) Joyce, Nurs ’06; Kara Daley, Arts ’07; Amy Margo, Comm ’07; Ellie Hanso, Comm ’08; Danny Styler, Arts ’08; Christine (Edgar) Daemicke, Arts ’06; Molly Wendell, Bus Ad ’07; Heather Weber, Bus Ad ’06, Grad

’09; Kyle Weber, H Sci ’06, PT ’08;

M.K. Kelly, Grad ’64

Conrad Monrad, Grad ’64

Richard H. Timmers, Arts ’64, Law ’66

Howard S. Brown, Grad ’65

Jeffrey A. Gros, Grad ’65

Raymond C. Ahl, Grad ’66

Robert E. Brotherhood, Eng ’66

Frances M. McNeil Edwards, Grad ’66

Stanley L. Gibbon, Med ’66, Grad ’67

Nancy A. Cronin Swackhamer, Arts ’66

Mary J. Baker, Grad ’67

Helen M. Guditis, Arts ’67

Marvin L. Harder, Eng ’67

Philip J. Schleifer, Med ’67

Kenneth S. Sidell, Arts ’67

Roger A. Wach, Eng ’67

Brenda M. Fay, Arts ’68

James F. Gregorski, Eng ’68

Robert R. Joyce, Arts ’68

Mariann M. Obenauf Mayer, Dent Hy ’68

Mary K. Vincent, Sp ’68

Carl C. Hartman, Eng ’69

Richard K. Lloyd, Eng ’69

Harold S. Peckron, Bus Ad ’70

Nancy J. Nelson Abram, Sp ’71

M.S. Chouinard, Grad ’71

Dean P. Meminger, Arts ’71

James J. Neff, Dent ’72

Louis Ricchio, Jour ’72

Camillus H. Wurtz, Arts ’72

Scott W. Scampini, Bus Ad ’74

Sharon A. Sawicki Vogel, Bus Ad ’75

Mary L. Cox, Grad ’76

Thomas J. Van Rens, Arts ’76

Charlotte F. Smits, Grad ’77

Gloria M. Luczak Ashley, Bus Ad ’78

Vincent “Andy” Kojeski, Jour ’78

Gary F. Rosenberger, Bus Ad ’78 Paul D. Etu, Grad ’80

William S. Roush, Law ’80

Wayne M. Yankala, Law ’80

Janice B. Neetenbeek, Arts ’82

Lawrence S. Bale, Grad ’84

Kathryn A. McGrane- Sargent, Law ’85

Patrick D. Moloney, Arts ’85

Carollee M. Beggs Norquist, Sp ’85

Ross L. Kodner, Law ’86

Michael M. Mannion, Bus Ad ’86

David M. Beaudoin, Grad ’87

Colleen A. Sullivan Carey, Comm ’90

Kevin F. Flynn, Bus Ad ’91

Debra J. Kuklinski Mater, Grad ’91

Kieran J. Walsh, Law ’91

Andrew R. Apte, Dent ’92

Jerry Morana, Dent ’95

Doreen J. Chause, Grad ’96

Mark L. Hayry, Eng ’97

Scott A. Wirig, Prof St ’04

Michael Bizunowicz, Arts ’07

Linda K. Broughton Lang, Nurs ’09

Visiting other undergrad campuses is cool,

but it makes me realize why @MarquetteU was

the best place for me to spend my four years.

STUDENT STERLING HARDAWAY ON TWITTER

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Amy Butler, Arts ’06, Grad ’07;

Eileen Flaherty, Bus Ad ’05; Maureen (McQuaid) Nelligan, Bus Ad ’05; Kelly (Gavin) Gillespie, Sp ’06; Patrick Brannon, Eng ’06;

Howard Healy, Arts ’72, Law ’75; Anthony Shaker, Arts ’70; Lucy (Smith) Shaker, Arts ’70; Joseph Shaker, Arts ’72; Terry (Crispin) Shaker, Nurs ’72; Carol Pearson, Jour ’71; Stephanie Loughran, Jour ’71; Mary Kay McDermott, Arts ’80; and Dr. Michael Walsh, H Sci ’69, Dent ’73.

Meaghan (White) Krajewski, Nurs ’08, and Ross Krajewski, Bus Ad ’08, Oct. 13, 2013 at St. Pius X in Yarmouth, Mass.


Kely (Reynebeau) O’Brien, Nurs ’08; Kristin Gienko, Nurs ’08; Kevin Nallon, H Sci ’08; Christo-pher Williams, Bus Ad ’08; Michael Spittler, Eng ’08; and Michael Mannarino, Arts ’09.


Jessica (Ford) Yerkes, Nurs ’08; Lindsey Johnson, Nurs ’08; Brittni (Savarino) Gilling, Nurs ’08; Chelsea Lange, Nurs ’08; Whit-ney Abene, Comm ’08; Bianca (Pallotto) Williams, Comm ’09;

and Troy Fankhanel, Bus Ad ’08.

Abigail Schweizer, Comm ’08, and Lawrence Felitto at the Cathedral of St. Paul in

St. Paul, Minn.


Jami McAllister, Arts ’09; Cassie Jones, Arts ’09, Law ’12; Jessica Schimmel, H Sci ’09, Grad ’10; Jennifer Porter, Comm ’09; and David Porter, Arts ’10.

Lauren (Fritz) Walsh, Comm ’08,

and Colin Walsh, Law ’09, Aug. 17, 2013 at St. Benedict Church in Chicago.


Christine Ginger, Bus Ad ’08;

Erica Blume, Arts ’08; Emily (Meckes) Hawkinson, Arts ’08;

and David Conway, Law ’09.

Justin Wilkins, Bus Ad ’08, and Meghan (Farmer) Wilkins, Bus

Ad ’08, at the Hard Rock Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.


Michael Binder, Bus Ad ’07; and Noah Snyder, Comm ’09.

Erick Bratt, Bus Ad ’09, and Erin (Camargo) Bratt, H Sci ’09,

Grad ’10, July 7, 2012 at Fox Point Lutheran Church in Fox Point, Wis. The reception, which included 30 alumni, was held at Coast in Milwaukee. The couple lives in Milwaukee, where he is a purchasing man-ager at the Weil Pump Company Inc. and she is an emergency medicine physician assistant at the Aurora Sinai Medical Center.


Rachel Brubeck, Comm ’08; Michelle Andres, Bus Ad ’09;

Parampreet Sidhu, Arts ’09; Ryan Bratt, Eng ’12; and Andrew Rodda, Bus Ad ’09.

Nathaniel Falendysz, Eng ’09,

and Heather Bergstrom, H Sci

’08, Aug. 16, 2013 in Franklin, Wis. They reside in Washington, where he is a mechanical engi-neer and she is in her second year of residency for family medicine.


Aarti Bhatt, H Sci ’08; Andrew Berkhout, Arts ’09; Renee Behm, H Sci ’08; Wendy (Pietz) Bor-chardt, Eng ’94, Grad ’96, Dent ’00; and John Borchardt, II, Eng ’94.

Nicholas Glaser, Arts ’09, and Samantha (Toigo) Glaser, Bus

Ad ’09, Sept. 7, 2013 at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. Andrew Mountin, Arts ’11; Brandon Rindfleisch, Arts ’09; Jessica Landry, Comm ’10; and Brad Kwaterski Eng ’10; were musicians in the ceremony, and Jason Gantzer, Grad ’13, was a lector. Rev. Douglas Leonhardt, S.J., was the celebrant. The couple lives in Waukesha, Wis., where he is a senior claims specialist at Liberty Mutual In-surance and she is a senior audit associate at KPMG LLP.


Katie Reiss, Eng ’13; Greg Liebergen, Bus Ad ’10; Kevin Mulligan, Eng ’11; and Michael Kastner, Bus Ad ’11.

Kevin Mueller, Comm ’09, and Catherine (Rupp) Mueller, Nurs ’09, in Milwaukee.


Kevin Botting, Comm ’09; Nathan Viehl, Arts ’09; and Ray Schmit, Arts ’09.


Ben Beisser, Eng ’12; Christina Brueck, H Sci ’09, PT ’11; Javi Castro, Arts ’09; Neil Conlisk, Arts

’09; Maggie Connolly, Bus Ad ’09; Nick Czosnyka, Bus Ad ’04; Ste-fanie Czosnyka, H Sci ’04; PT ’06; Peter Lillis, Bus Ad ’09; John Marston, Comm ’09; Thaddeus McGuire, Arts ’09; Joe Milton, Eng ’09; Matt Montgomery, Comm ’09; Colleen Moore, Comm

’09, Grad ’12; Karen Morrison, Arts ’71; Tom Morrison, Arts ’69,

Law ’77; Alex Mueller, Arts ’10;

Maureen Murray, Comm ’11; Tim Myers, Comm ’09; Jackie Pruse, H Sci ’09, PT ’11; Chris Rajki, Arts

’10; Sarah Roberts, Arts ’11;

C E L E B R A T I N G A L U M N I

A message homeCapt. Stephanie Grunze, Arts ’08, serves in the U.S. Air Force. When she reached this peak in the ter-rain in Bala Hissar, overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, she figured it was the perfect spot to send home a familiar message.

Are you celebrating a milestone event? Tell us. Send a picture to marquette.edu/classnotes.

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Andy Worrall, Bus Ad ’09; and Pete Worth, Comm ’09.

Gregory Papachristou, Eng ’09, and Diana (Sarandos) Papa-christou, Nurs ’11, July 6, 2013 at Annunciation Greek Ortho-dox Church in Wauwatosa, Wis. The couple lives in Brookfield, Wis. He works at Merge Health-care in Hartland, Wis., and she works at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.


Nina (Ralph) Gasow, Arts ’10; Patrick Carroll, Bus Ad ’09; Law

’13; George Papachristou, Arts

’76; Cassandra Hanson, Arts ’03; George Karioris, Bus Ad ’80; Amy Karioris, Nurs ’80; Leah Vukmir, Nurs ’80; Emmanuel Mamalakis, Law ’00; Jordon Staleos, Law ’13; Joseph Luedke, Law ’13; Gina Grigaitis, Nurs ’10; Maggie Grigaitis, H Sci ’10; Brian Carroll, Arts ’80, Law ’84; Kathleen Carroll, Arts ’80; Andrew Parker, Bus Ad

’09; Andrew Rice, Bus Ad ’09;

Patrick Lehman, Eng ’09; Mat-thew Gritzmacher, Bus Ad ’03; Mindy Anton, Nurs ’09; Robert Mueller, Bus Ad ’09; Sally Mueller, Nurs ’76; John Mueller, Arts ’74; James Boyle, Eng ’81,

Law ’84; Meg Boyle, Bus Ad ’80; Katherine Schrubbe, Dent Hy ’78;

Theodore Schrubbe, H Sci ’05,

Dent ’08; Bethanne Mazurczak, Sp ’87; Jeffrey Mazurczak, Arts ’87; Paul Schlagenhauf, Bus Ad ’80; Patrick Gmach, Bus Ad ’11; Mark Simonson, Arts ’07; Jennifer (Doyle) Simon-son, Nurs ’09; John Eckl, Eng ’09; Danielle Olson, Eng ’09; Daniel Nicorata, Eng ’09; Frank Mar-torelli, Eng ’09; James Lehman, Dent ’82; and Kathleen Lehman, Nurs ’84.

John Toussaint, Arts ’09, and Britney Parish, Arts ’10, May 25, 2012 at St. Francis Xavier Church in Wilmette, Ill.


Brian Paolo, Bus Ad ’10; Emily

SHARE THEMOMENT

Lindsay (Salamone)

Brechon, H Sci ’07, and

Michael L. Brechon,

Comm ’06, were wed

Aug. 17, 2013 at

St. Peter’s Cathedral in

Rockford, Ill.

See a Flickr gallery of

newlyweds at marquette.

edu/magazine, and con-

sider sharing a wedding

moment with Marquette

Magazine.

White Shutter Photography. Please obtain permission before sending professional photos.

I like the new marquette.edu.

It’s definitely got #swag.

PAUL KAEFER, ENG ’13 AND CURRENT GRAD STUDENT, ON TWITTER

Risser, Arts ’10; Kara Foster, Arts ’10; Lyda Roussos, Arts ’10; and Alicia Toussaint, H Sci ’12,

PT ’14.


Brandon Rindfleisch, Arts ’09; Kelley Corcoran, H Sci ’10; and Kathleen Hilgeman, H Sci ’10, PT ’12.

Shaun Whalen, Eng ’09, and Katie (Kaveney) Whalen, Sept. 28, 2013 at Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago. They met sophomore year, in fall 2006. They live in Chicago, where she is a marketing communications specialist at the Gas Technology Institute

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and he is a professional test engineer at Wabtec Corp.


Kate Bussman, Nurs ’09; Katherine Durham, Nurs ’09;

Jeff Kaveney, Bus Ad ’03; Tom Kaveney, Arts ’06; Ian McNutt, Bus Ad ’09; Dave McGoldrick, Arts

’09; James Lamb, Eng ’09; Kevin Kerrigan, Eng ’10; Matt Doyle, Eng ’10; and current student Alex Whalen, Comm ’14.


Kate (Brown) Evenson, Nurs ’09;

Candice Kapala, Nurs ’09; Jenni Badowski, Comm ’09; David Franklin, Arts ’09; Kevin Ryan, Eng ’09; Paul Thibaudeau, Eng

’09; Michael Klemm, Eng ’09; Michael Vanderboom, Arts ’09;

Paul Coogan, Arts ’09; Ben Coogan, Bus Ad ’09; Garrett Brig-man, Eng ’09; Mike Solms, Bus

Ad ’04; Rebecca Lehman, Dent

’13; Lydia Doyle, Comm ’09; and Megan Reinersmann, Arts ’08.

Nick Bullock, Comm ’10, and Lindsay (Fiori) Bullock, Comm ’09, Sept. 7, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rockford, Ill.


Kathleen Blaney, Nurs ’09; Peter Costanza, Comm ’10; Catherine (Cable) Heger, Arts ’09, PT ’12; Megan Naber, Eng ’10, PT ’13; and Adam Richter, H Sci ’10.


Kristen Beat, Comm ’09; Joe Boesen, Comm ’09; John Borne-man, Comm ’09; Trent Carlson,

Bus Ad ’12; Meredith Claeys, Eng

’10, Grad ’11; Jesse Dill, Law ’10;

Molly (Newman) Dill, Comm ’10; Laura Dillon, H Sci ’09, PT ’11;

Mallory Ericson, Arts ’09; Mat-thew Heger, Bus Ad ’09; Monica Herron, H Sci ’10, PA ’11; Dave Kruse, Arts ’10; Rosemary Lane, Comm ’10; Luke Lauer-Hunt, Arts ’09; Lauren Polich, H Sci ’13; Jason Rae, Arts ’09; Jessica Rimkus, H Sci ’10; Michael Toto-raitis, Arts ’08; Amanda Vargo, H Sci ’09; Mary Kate Wagner, Arts

’09; Beth Wilson, Arts ’10; and Stephanie Witliff, Bus Ad ’10.

Jesse Dill, Law ’10, and Molly (Newman) Dill, Comm ’10, June 8, 2013 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee. The couple lives in Milwaukee, where he is a lawyer and she is a reporter.


Rosemary Lane, Comm ’10; and Cristine Feracota, Bus Ad ’10.

Michael O’Brien, Eng ’10, and Emily (Hannen) O’Brien, Sept. 28, 2013 at St. Andrew’s Church in Delavan, Wis. The couple lives in Chicago.


Kevin O’Brien, Comm ’13; Anthony Gawel, Eng ’10; Adam Krach, Eng

’11; and student Daniel O’Brien.

Jonathan O’Mahen, Comm ’10, and Callista (Pappas) O’Mahen, Ed ’12, July 6, 2013 at St.

John’s Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wis.


Best man Matthew Beckwith, Bus Ad ’10; and maid of honor Marina Panopoulos, Comm ’12.

Matt Otzel, Eng ’10, and Kathleen (Marsaglia) Otzel, Nurs ’09, at Church of the Gesu in Milwaukee. The couple resides in Naperville, Ill., where she is a labor and delivery nurse at the Loyola University Medical Center and he is a quality engineer for Caterpillar Inc.


Lauren Dulde, Nurs ’09; Stephanie Ricely, Comm ’09; Emily (Ward) Sagan, Nurs ’09; Christopher Andrews, Bus Ad ’09; and Steven Lanera, Eng ’09.

Kathryn Kemp, Bus Ad ’12, and Robert Tank, July 6, 2013 at Holy Family Catholic Parish in Fond du Lac, Wis., where the couple lives. She is a physician liaison in the marketing depart-ment of Agnesian HealthCare, and he is studying criminal justice and psychology.


Ceara Milligan, Bus Ad ’12; Tara Bozyk, Arts ’12; Patrick Johnson, Ed ’11, Grad ’13; and students Brian Kemp and Alex Ackerman.

Christine Mattappillil, Nurs ’12, and Alexander George, IV, Aug. 9, 2013 at St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Niles, Ill. Rev. Michael Zeps, S.J., celebrated the wed-ding, in which student Chrystal Mattappillil, Nurs ’16, was maid of honor. The reception was held at the European Crystal Hall in Arlington Heights, Ill. She is a naturopathic nurse, and he is an operating special-ist 2nd class in the U.S. Navy. They live in San Diego.


Marisa Curley, Arts ’11; Hannah Bessenecker, Nurs ’12; Natalie

Fuller, Nurs ’12; and Eric Wehrli, Eng ’12.

Peter Merkel, Ed ’12, and Dana Palminteri, H Sci ’10, Grad

’12, July 20, 2013 at the Wild-wood Presbyterian Church in Grayslake, Ill. The couple lives in Kenosha, Wis.


Brooke Helms, Nurs ’10; Liz Winters, Arts ’10; Ryan Jackson, Comm ’11; Kevin Mulligan, Eng

’11; Andrew Schueller, Arts ’10;

and current student Greg Merkel, Eng ’15.


Maurizio Azzarello, Grad ’03; Jolyn Bemis, Arts ’11, PT ’13;

Breanna Drewek, H Sci ’11, PT

’13; Julie Rendino, H Sci ’11, PT

’13; Tim Piatek, Bus Ad ’09; Josh Brzeszkiewicz, Arts ’09; Arthur Wanandi, Eng ’11; John Amrhein, Eng ’12; Sean Coppin, Arts ’13;

Anna Bablitch, Nurs ’13; Jeremy Philipsen, H Sci ’13; Jackie Blake, H Sci ’13; Chris Conley, Arts ’12; Molly Broderick, Arts ’12; Mary Beth Dolan, Arts ’11; Caro-line Schnecke, Ed ’11; Julia Buik, Bus Ad ’11; and Caitlin Ubert, Nurs ’10.

Emily Isaksson, H Sci ’13, Grad

’13, and Jared Penrod, Aug. 31, 2013 in Chippewa Falls, Wis. The couple lives in Minneapolis, where she is a clinical pediatric speech-language pathologist and he analyzes data for the United Health Group.


Alyson Isaksson, Grad ’12;

Megan Swanson, Grad ’13; and Rachel Longawa, H Sci ’13.


Caitlin Robinson, Comm ’11;

Daniel Rizzo, Bus Ad ’11; Lindsay Krage, Nurs ’11; Annie Park, Nurs

’11; Pat Cummings, Bus Ad ’11; Caitlin Birrenkott, H Sci ’13; Elyse Scheeler, H Sci ’13; Emily Zanoni, H Sci ’13; Erica Sunnen, H Sci ’13;

and Kirstina Kosch, H Sci ’13.

It’s about that time of year again

where I annoy everyone with countless

tweets about @MarquetteU Basketball

#MUBB #apologies

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forgiveness MISSION WEEKFEBRUARY 2–7, 2014

Mission Week 2014 will examine the theme of forgiveness in many forms, from the interpersonal to the international. What does it mean to be a forgiving person, family, university or nation? Please mark your calendar for this important week of discussion and reflection.

the art & practice of

Paul C. DeLeo, Eng ’88, and Amanda Richardson DeLeo: son Francis Vincent, Aug. 10, 2013. He joins brother Louis. The fam-ily lives in Catonsville, Md.

Michael Donaldson, Bus Ad ’92, and Andrea “Sarah” (Abbot) Donaldson, H Sci ’95: daughter Hannah Grace, July 2, 2013. She was 5 pounds, 15 ounces and 17.5 inches.

Timothy Blazek, Bus Ad ’98, and Kristine: daughter Emma Mar-garet, Sept. 20, 2013. She was 7 pounds, 14 ounces and joins brother Chase, 2. The family lives in Naperville, Ill.

Michael Borkoski, Eng ’98, and Lisa Borkoski: daughter Cathe-rine Ruth, April 25, 2013. She joins brother Alex, 9.

David Brooks, Arts ’00, Grad ’05, and Trisha (Haubrich) Brooks, Arts ’02: son Sebastian David, May 15, 2013 in Santa Monica, Calif.

Kate (Conner) Drone, Nurs ’00, and Michael: son Ryan Gamble, Aug. 13, 2013. He was 7 pounds, 14 ounces and 19.75 inches. He joins brother Conner.

Molly (Hogan) Carlson, Comm

’01, and Bradley: son Benjamin Oliver, May 22, 2013. He joins brother Brandon and sisters Bryn and Brena. He was also welcomed by aunts MaryBeth Minto, Arts ’99, and Meghan Hogan, H Sci ’01; and uncle Brad Hogan, Arts ’99.

Lisa (Stonehocker) Cichon, H Sci ’01, ’03, and Nathan Cichon, Bus Ad ’01: daughter Amelia Anne, Sept. 26, 2013. She was welcomed by brother Davis Perry, 18 months.

Carla (Seguban) Jahnke, Comm ’01, and Bradley: son Bradley Phillip, May 19, 2013 in Chicago. He joins sister Addison, 2.

Jocilyn (Dellava) Bergin, H Sci ’02,

Grad ’04, and Patrick: son Conner Anthony, July 11, 2013.

He was 8.5 pounds and 21 inches.

Elizabeth (Steinhoff) Kitzke, Bus Ad ’02, Grad ’10, and Christopher Kitzke, Arts ’03,

Grad ’13: son Benjamin Davis, June 14, 2013. He joins sister Adelynn.

Michelle (Rosanova) Milewski, H Sci ’02, and Tomasz Milewski: daughter Madelyn Rose, March 6, 2013. She was 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 18 inches.

Janna (Wrench) Pochert, Arts ’02,

Grad ’05, and Dan: son Henry Adam, Aug. 9, 2013. He joins sister Elanor and brother Edward, both 2.

Mollie (Collar) Ritchie, Nurs ’02, and Aaron J. Ritchie: son Abel Andrew, June 23, 2013. He joins sisters Adaline, 8, and Eloise, 4.

Kerianne (Priehs) Acra, Comm

’03, and David Acra, Eng ’03: son Linus David, June 26, 2013. He joins brother Corbin, 1.

Kathleen (Dunne) Balducci, Comm ’03, and Billy: son Thomas William, May 7, 2013. He was 7 pounds, 6 ounces and 21 inches.

Oscar Rueda, Arts ’03, and Karen Rueda, Grad ’06: son Sebastian, July 9, 2013. He was 9 pounds, 3 ounces.

Andrea (Harchut) Hanson, Nurs ’04, and Jim: daughter Abigail Melissa, July 2, 2013. She was 6 pounds, 8 ounces and 18.75 inches. She joins brother Austin, 4.

Capt. Anthony Hoefler, Arts ’04, and Gillian Weisman Hoefler: daughter Giavana Christine, May 12, 2013. She was 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 20 inches. The fam-ily lives in DuPont, Wash.

Marcus Mescher, Arts ’04, and Anne (Hoida) Mescher, Nurs ’04: son Benjamin Francis, April 1. He joins brother Noah, 4. Mar-cus has a doctorate in theology and education from Boston College and is an assistant professor of religious and theo-logical studies at Merrimack College in Massachusetts. Anne is associate director of nursing services at the two Boston-area locations of the Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center.

Eric Salud, H Sci ’04, Dent ’08, and Victoria (Gonzalez) Salud, Bus Ad ’04: son Elliot Joseph,

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Scholarships made all the difference in keeping me at Marquette. I can’t thank my donors enough for what they have given me.

Evan, Comm ’14Majors: broadcast and electronic communication, political science

Learn more about supporting scholarships at Marquette with a current gift or through your will or estate.

Contact Cathy Steinhafel at (414) 288-6501 or visit marquette.edu/plannedgiving.

Seeing all of these seniors in high school

tour @MarquetteU brings me back. What

happened to the time? #SeniorStatus

STUDENT EDWARD QUATTROCCHI ON TWITTER

May 10, 2013. He was 6 pounds, 10 ounces.

Heather (Bunting) Yavaliollah, Bus Ad ’04, and Mehrvarz Yavali-ollah: daughter Freya Baird, May 6, 2013. She was 8 pounds, 14 ounces and joins brother Aiden, 8. The family lives in Atlanta.

Amy Deal, Grad ’05, and Brian Frank: daughter Camilla Natasha Frank, June 10, 2013. She was 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 17.75 inches. She joins brothers Alex, 20, Caden, 11, Christopher, 9, and Seth, 4.

Kristin (Schommer) Wetta, Arts ’05, and Michael, Bus Ad ’04: son Charles Sylvan, June 11, 2013. He was 8 pounds, 10 ounces and joins brother Jack, 4, and sister Caroline, 2.

Sara Worthington, Bus Ad ’05, and Miguel: daughter Emma, July 22, 2013. The couple met while she was studying abroad in Madrid, where they live.

Cory (Savignac) Wycklendt, Comm ’06, and Dan Wycklendt: daughter Grace Cory, May 9, 2013. She was 9 pounds, 3 ounces and 21.5 inches. She joins brothers Karl Scott, 3, and Henry John, 2.

Brad Gabrielse, Eng ’07, and Jessica (Herlache) Gabrielse, Arts ’04: son Bennett James, April 18, 2013. He was 6 pounds, 15 ounces and 20 inches.

Laura (Oellrich) Kaster, Comm ’07, and Brian Kaster, Arts ’07: son

Owen Stewart, April 27, 2013. He was 7 pounds, 11 ounces.

Wilson “Alex” Smith, Arts ’07, and Elizabeth: daughter Char-lotte “Charlee” Catherine. She was 6 pounds, 13 ounces and 21 inches.

Matthew Van Wie, Grad ’07, and Jennifer: daughter Cecilia Rose, July 25, 2013 in Park Ridge, Ill. She joins brother Isaac, 4, and sister Abigail, 3.

Julie (Zepnick) Gingras, Nurs ’08,

Grad ’10, and Michael Gingras: twin daughters Candice and Caitlynn, April 10, 2013. They join siblings Michael, Gabriella and Evan.

Amanda (Moulds) Ledger, Arts

’08, and Andrew Ledger, Eng ’08: daughter Charlotte Irene, Feb. 20, 2013.

Emily (Gostine) Brann, Bus Ad

’09, and Michael Brann: son Rory Gerard, July 24, 2013. He was 6 pounds, 8 ounces and was welcomed by brother Jack, 2, and sister Charlotte, 1. Anna Gostine, Comm ’11, is the proud aunt and godmother.

Julia (Jacobsmeyer) Sisler, Eng

’09, and Ryan Sisler, Arts ’08: son Jacob Lawrence, June 29, 2013. He was 7 pounds and 20 inches.

Bethany Neubauer, Grad ’13, and Ryan Krienke, Grad ’11: twin girls Bridget Grace and Keegan Claire, June 29, 2013. The twins were 5 pounds, 2 ounces and 5 pounds, 4 ounces, respectively.


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letters to the editor

JFK’s visit

I was surprised your article “Remembering JFK” (fall 2013) made no mention of candidate Kennedy’s visit to the Mar-quette campus during the primary campaign of 1960. Wisconsin was a very impor-tant state for Kennedy to win and effectively eliminate Hubert Humphrey from the race. Kennedy spoke to a packed crowd in the gym. I remember Humphrey coming at a later date, asking me, with my large “Vote for Kennedy” button on, how to find the faculty dining room. We also had campus visits by Richard Nixon and John Rockefeller. I also recall on

election night how a friend and I sneaked into Kennedy’s headquarters in the Pfister Hotel and watched Bobby Kennedy on the phone monitoring the returns while a pregnant Jackie Kennedy looked on. We were soon discovered and quickly escorted out. Those were the days.

BRIAN HENDLEY, ARTS ’61

Thank you for a wonderful edition of Marquette Maga-

zine, especially the article “Remembering JFK,” which flooded me with memories of that day. I was a senior in psychology class when someone came into class and announced the president had been shot. It was as if all the air was sucked out of the room. Everyone just got up in silence, took their be-longings and headed out. I ended up at Gesu along with many others who knelt and prayed amid sobs. I have never seen our campus or students in such a state of shock or grief.

RONAELE GREENWOOD

BOWMAN, ARTS ’64

Updates to memorials

I was disappointed that your fall 2013 issue did not feature an article on Dean Meminger, who passed away on Aug. 23, 2013. He was not even mentioned in the “In Remembrance” or “In Memoriam” columns in the magazine.

CHRIS PALEN, BUS AD ’71

EDITOR’S NOTE:

Because of Marquette Maga-zine’s production schedule, Meminger’s death announce-ment was not received in time to be included in the fall issue. We remember Meminger in this issue in the “In Memoriam” listing of recently deceased alumni.

EDITOR’S NOTE:

The remembrance for Trustee Emerita Mercedes Hurley Hughes, Arts ’48, in the fall edition of Marquette Magazine did not mention that, in addition to her other philan-

thropic contributions to the university, Hughes created the Col. John B. Hughes and John A. Hughes Memorial Scholarship in memory of her father and brother. She is survived by three daughters, not two daughters, as was noted in the last magazine.

Bird’s-eye view

I just received the fall 2013 Marquette Magazine. The photograph on pages 14–15 by Ben Smidt was awesome. During my business adminis-tration days, we may have spent some time in the lower church at Gesu but never dreamed there was a lofty perch that Smidt discovered. Thank you, and go Marquette!

DAN QUIERY, BUS AD ’60

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I was a senior in psychology class when someone came into class and announced

the president had been shot. It was as if all the air was sucked out of the room.

Everyone just got up in silence, took their belongings and headed out.

RONAELE GREENWOOD BOWMAN, ARTS ’64

It’s not till you leave @MarquetteU

and the MKE for the first time to go

home that you realize you picked the

perfect school out there.

STUDENT ANNIE DETWEILER ON TWITTER

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Imagine for a moment stepping away from your busy life for a few

days, maybe a weekend. Imagine not worrying about family, meals,

laundry and household tasks. Imagine walking in the country or along

a lake, seeing birds floating in the sky and breathing fresh, crisp air.

Imagine having your religious imagination broken open to allow you to

converse with God, Jesus, Mary or a saint. And, then, imagine writing

about it — or writing a letter to one of them or writing a letter from one

of them to you.

Imagine having honest and open conversations about your life and

spiritual journey with someone who listens intently and supports you.

This describes at least one type of retreat.

Every year the Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality invites Marquette

faculty and staff of every faith to a weekend silent retreat at the Jesuit

Retreat House near Oshkosh, Wis. The 60 or more folks who attend are

treated to inspiring and stimulating talks, a lot of silence, conversations

with spiritual guides and directors, good food, and the opportunity to

stroll through the beautiful landscape on the Lake Winnebago shore-

line. (I am a sucker for the huge wooden swings that look out on the

waves). Stepping away from the frantic pace of our lives and taking

the time to embrace centeredness and focus or just relax in the Lord’s

presence is amazingly rejuvenating and healing.

Throughout the history of the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits have

engaged in retreat ministry. It was one of St. Ignatius’ desires to “have

conversations about God with people.” A retreat setting provides a

perfect venue for those conversations. The work of the retreat is really

God’s work in our hearts and souls. Many of us need quiet to listen

to the inner voice speak of choices, discernment, new directions,

transformations and affirmation. Often it is the words of a spiritual

director or guide that finally break through to allow us to hear the

most important messages: God loves you. God cares about you. God’s

forgiveness comes unattached and free. I bet God was crying with you.

Sometimes these messages fall on the rocky ground of our busy

lives. If the opportunity appears to take part in a retreat — whether it

is your first time or your 20th time — take it. God is eager to have a

deep conversation with you.

Dr. Susan Mountin, Jour ’71, Grad ’94, director of Manresa for Faculty,

helps us till the soil of faith in a quarterly column on Ignatian values.

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