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When we asked representativealumni to reflect on the effecttheir mentors have had on their

careers and their thinking, a themeemerged: The gift of learning and know-

ledge that they received was ongoing, andone they wanted to continue in their ownprofessions. Said one alumnus, “I hope I amable to pay-forward the benefits I havederived from this very special relationship.”

G I V I N GFACULTY

ENDOWMENTS

Endowed professorships, made possibleby gifts from alumni and friends, sup-port the teaching and research of someof the College’s most outstanding facutymembers. We thought we’d report on afew of our endowed professors’ currentactivities, and share with you theimpact these faculty members have hadon the lives of their former students.

The Power of

R E C E I V I N GA N D

by K A R O L C R O S B I E

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Shila Garg, a leading expert in the field of liquid crystals, this past year initiated anew collaboration with physicists at Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute andPhysics Department. Supported by a National Science Foundation grant, Garg and twoWooster students are characterizing the physical properties of newly synthesized novel-shaped liquid crystal molecules. She also collaborated with faculty at the University ofAkron Department of Polymer Engineering to co-author a paper that was published inthe Journal of Chemical Physics.

Shila GargWILLIAM F. HARN PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS

“Shila’s enthusiasm and unconditionalsupport to nurture and foster innovativethinking in students is unquestionable. . . I guide graduate students relying onthe very principles that I learned fromShila. I hope that I am able to pay-for-

ward the benefits I have derived from thisvery special relationship.”

Asad Khan ’93The private company that grew from

Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute is theworld’s leader in the research and develop-ment of cholesteric liquid crystal displays(used in the manufacture of screens used todisplay digital information, such as comput-ers, cell phones, or signs). Kent Displayschief technology officer Asad Khan ’93attributes much of his success to Garg, whohe says continues to be his mentor andfriend. “Shila’s enthusiasm and unconditionalsupport to nurture and foster innovativethinking in students is unquestionable. Notonly did Professor Garg guide me throughclasses and research work, but we were alsoable to collaborate with internationally rec-ognized professionals in the field of liquidcrystals and also to present research work atnational events. This experience and confi-dence boosted my ability to take bold stepsin academia as well as in the professionalarena,” said Khan, who is on the faculty atKent State University. “I guide graduate stu-dents relying on the very principles that Ilearned from Shila. I hope that I am able topay-forward the benefits I have derived fromthis very special relationship.”

Mark A. WilsonLEWIS M. AND MARIAN SENTER NIXON

PROFESSOR OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Mark Wilson chairs the GeologyDepartment and teaches History of Life, aFirst-Year Seminar titled “Nonsense,” andcourses on invertebrate paleontology, sedi-mentology, and stratigraphy. His research spe-cialty is the evolution and paleoecology ofencrusting and bioeroding invertebrates andthe origin and diagenesis of carbonate rocks,calcite sea dynamics, and Pleistocene sea-levelchange. This past year, findings of his researchconducted in Poland, Estonia, Israel, theBahamas, and the USA were published in sixpapers and five abstracts.

Lisa Boush ’88Lisa Boush, a professor of paleontology

at The University of Akron and a programofficer at the National Science Foundation,was steered toward a geology major by pro-fessor of chemistry Ted Williams, who sus-pected that she didn’t really want to be inpre-medicine and directed her to MarkWilson. Her career was set in stone after afew geology courses, and after Wilson puther in touch with a colleague at the NaturalHistory Museum in London during a yearstudying abroad. “I was given a behind-the-scenes tour at the museum,” she remembers.“That hooked me on paleontology.”

Even after 17 years in the profession,Wilson continues to affect her career, saysBoush. “He’s always been an inspiration to meand a lifelong mentor. He always put studentsfirst—one of the trademarks of a Woostereducation. I think that he sets the gold stan-dard for the kind of preparation he gives hisstudents.”

“I am grateful for my Wooster degree,as it not only sparked dozens of

lasting friendships but also has givenme over a decade of Dr. Kammer’sgood cheer, support, and wisdom. ”

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Carolyn A. DurhamINEZ K. GAYLORD PROFESSOR

OF FRENCH LANGUAGE

AND LITERATURE

Carolyn Durham, who chairs the FrenchDepartment, specializes in the 20th centurynovel, film studies, and literary theory andcriticism. She held a one-month residencygrant from the Harry Ransom HumanitiesCenter at the University of Texas in Austin toresearch the papers of Diane Johnson, anAmerican author who writes about Americanand French culture. Durham’s bookUnderstanding Diane Johnson was publishedby the University of South Carolina Press lastspring. In the past year, she also presentedtwo papers at national conferences and pub-lished two articles.

Arete Moodey Calabrese ’03Arete Calabrese, who teaches French at

Seneca High School in Erie, Pa., knew afteronly a few weeks in Durham’s Introductionto Francophone Texts class that she wantedto major in French. “Her enthusiasm for theFrench language, for literature, and for schol-arship was contagious, and she immediatelybecame an inspiration for me. Carolyn oncetold me that certain people are more com-fortable expressing themselves in differentlanguages. This seems to have been very truefor me. Normally quite shy, I was able to finda stronger, more confident voice in French.”

After only two years at Seneca HighSchool, Calabrese had designed and imple-mented an advanced placement French pro-gram. “Even though I teach French to highschool students in a rural community, ratherthan college students at a liberal arts institu-tion, I wanted to be able to provide themwith the kinds of opportunities for criticalthinking that Carolyn provided for me.”

Susan ClaytonWHITMORE-WILLIAMS

PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

Susan Clayton, a conservation psychologistwith a special interest in researching the rela-tionship between humans and nature, was onleave this past year. During this time she wasa visiting Fellow at the University of Denver’sInstitute for Human-Animal Connection andvisited academic labs in Paris and Budapest.In the past year, she co-authored three articleson psychology and global climate change thatappeared in a special issue of AmericanPsychologist and co-authored “The Role ofZoos in Fostering Environmental Identity,”with former student Claire Burgess ’10 inEcopsychology. She is editor of the forthcomingOxford Handbook of Environmental andConservation Psychology.

Michael Bernstein ’11Currently pursuing his master’s and Ph.D.

in behavioral science at the University ofRhode Island, Michael served as a researchassistant for Clayton for two years. Thisexperience and her mentorship of hisIndependent Study gave him a “jump start”on his graduate work, said Bernstein. “Manytimes as a research assistant at larger universi-ties, you receive experience with just one ele-ment of a research project. But with Dr.Clayton, I had hands-on experience through-out the entire study—from conducting a lit-erature review, to conceptualizing andconducting the research, to analyzing the dataand writing the results. And that was prettyawesome.”

Charles KammerJAMES F. LINCOLN

PROFESSOR OF RELIGION

Chuck Kammer, chair of religious studiesand dean of the Academies of Religion, hasspecial interest and expertise in biomedicalethics, healthcare delivery, economic justice,ethics and foreign policy, liberation theology,professional ethics, religion and violence,African religions, the black church, and thechurch in society.

Elizabeth Dunbar ’05Writes Elizabeth Dunbar, “Like many

Wooster freshmen, I heard the buzz aboutDr. Kammer long before meeting him.Upperclassmen persuaded, I abided, and myfirst course with Dr. Kammer made myagnostic brain twist and flare so unexpectedlythat I majored in religious studies. Dr.Kammer’s mentorship and advice begannudging me as a freshman and continuestoday. I recently relayed that I followed mygut and accepted a position working with theglobal health organization Partners inHealth. Dr. Kammer responded with encour-agement and Pascal, ‘The heart has its rea-sons of which reason knows nothing.’ I amgrateful for my Wooster degree, as it not onlysparked dozens of lasting friendships but alsohas given me over a decade of Dr. Kammer’sgood cheer, support, and wisdom.”

With any luck, Chido’s Independent Study, under the mentorship ofchemistry professor Paul Bonvallet, will bring to fruition research thathas been in the works in the department for the past nine years. TheWooster team has been building an organic polymer that will emit lightto use in electronic displays, such as computer screens. “Because it iscompletely organic and doesn’t use metals, it could be a greener way togo,” says Chido. “Hopefully, we’ll get enough product to test; no one has

actually made this polymer before so we don’t know if it will work.”As he gears up for the conclusion of his time at Wooster, Chido takes

advantage of a full range of experiences. He is a member of MerryKuween of Scots, the all-male a cappella group; plays intramural basket-ball; is a writing tutor for students in organic and physical chemistry; is alaboratory teaching assistant for organic chemistry; is a member of XiChi Psi; and works as a stock assistant in the Service Center.

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WHO BENEFITTED LAST YEAR FROM A SCHOLARSHIP

ESTABLISHED TO HELP STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED

Building a greener light source

M I K E C H I D O 1 of 1,008 STUDENTS

�Mike Chido, working in a laboratory in Severance Hall PHOTO BY Karol Crosbie

Michael Chido ’13 is very clear about two things:He chose to come to Wooster because of its excellentreputation in the sciences. And he couldn’t have comewithout a scholarship. The senior from Westlake,

Ohio, has known since high school that he wantedto study chemistry. “I was that guy always makingsolutions for the teacher; I thought it was fun, andthe most interesting topic I could study.”

It has been only eight years since PaulEdmiston’s student, Colleen Burkett ’06,observed that a substance her professor hadformulated would swell to eight times itsoriginal size in order to absorb toxic contam-inants in water without absorbing the wateritself. A lot has happened since then. TheCollege holds a patent for the substance,dubbed Osorb®; two companies have beenestablished in Wooster—ABSMaterials Inc.,with 35 employees, and a subsidiary company,Produced Water Absorbents Inc. (PWA),with nine employees; the innovation hasreceived national attention, covered in dozensof news media—from The New York Times toForbes; in October 2011, Popular Mechanicsrecognized Edmiston with a prestigiousBreakthrough Award.

Among the employees at PWA are JayKeener ’10 and Scott Buckwald ’10, a teamcharged with taking the technology directly tooil and gas industry companies that will use itto clean flowback water—water that comesback to the surface from wells after hydraulicfracturing. This fall, Keener, a chemist, andBuckwald, an economist, will travel to a num-ber of industrial sites to demonstrate the sec-ond generation of a pilot treatment system,

developed to clean 63 gallons of water perminute. The fully automated system, neatlyencompassed in a 53-foot covered trailer,includes a touch-screen control panel, mixingtanks, filters, pumps, and, of course, hundredsof pounds of glittering white Osorb.

Keener and Buckwald, already experiencedat demonstrating the system to clients such asBP, are looking forward to the upcomingfield assignments that demand that they wearthe multiple hats of economist, teacher,chemist, engineer, and public relations spe-cialist. As the two men support PWA’s tran-sition from a company with pilot-scaleproducts to commercial ones, they say theyrely on skills and a mindset learned atWooster.

“One of the things that Wooster helpeddevelop in both of us was a self-motivatingattitude and an adaptability that’s essential forbeing part of a start-up company,” saidBuckwald. “In a liberal arts education you’reforced to branch out and experience a lot ofdifferent disciplines.” As an economics grad-uate, said Buckwald, he had little chemistrybackground when he first arrived at PWA. “Iwould hear Jay and Dr. Edmiston talking andunderstand only about five percent of whatthey were saying. But now I can understandthe majority of it.”

The founder of the company continues tobe a mentor who inspires. Keener remembersthe first time he saw Professor Edmiston inaction. “It was an introductory chemistrycourse in my freshman year, and Dr.Edmiston was standing in for a professor whocouldn’t be there. We were talking about thedispersion of molecules that were dissolved inwater and he was standing up in front, wavinghis arms around, saying, ‘Look at me; I’m thismolecule, swimming around. . . .’ He was justso full of energy and you could tell he lovedbeing a professor and he loved chemistry.Being able to work with him here and seeinghow he’s constantly developing new technolo-gies and new processes is exciting.”

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Paul EdmistonTHERON L. PETERSON AND

DOROTHY R. PETERSON

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY

Paul Edmiston, who teaches introduc-tory and advanced chemistry and chairsthe Chemistry Department, has receivedfunding from the National ScienceFoundation and Department of Energyfor his research on swellable glass. Heinvolves Wooster students in his researchand has included more than 30 as co-authors in peer-reviewed journal articles.

JAY KEENER ’ 1 0 AND SCOTT BUCKWALD ’ 1 0

A discovery at Wooster shapes careers,impacts environmental cleanup

� Scott Buckwald and Jay Keener are taking theOsorb technology on the road to demonstrate it on site

to gas and oil companies.

PHOTO BY Karol Crosbie

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John GabrieleRAYMOND AND CAROLYN DIX

PROFESSOR OF SPANISH

John Gabriele, an authority on 19th,20th and 21st century Spanish culture andliterature, has a special interest in SpanishRomanticism and in feminist, democratic,and postmodern Spanish theatre. This pastyear, he published a book about the play-wright Jerónimo López, co-edited ananthology, and co-directed an internationaltheatre conference at Austin College inSherman, Texas.

Ann Shanda ’11Ann Shanda, who is in graduate school

at the University of Wisconsin-Madison inapplied linguistics, knew after she returnedfrom her semester abroad in southern Spainthat she wanted to combine Spanish andpedagogy. Her student teaching require-ments meant that she had to complete herIndependent Study almost a semester earli-er than her peers, and Gabriele said, “Noproblem!” Says Shanda, “He told me, ‘Youcreate the timeline, and we’ll work fromthere.’ I hope that when I have a classroomof my own, that I can bring ProfessorGabriele’s level of expertise and passion;that’s the combo that hooked me onSpanish and Spanish education.”

Josephine R. B. WrightJOSEPHINE LINCOLN MORRIS

PROFESSOR OF BLACK STUDIES

AND PROFESSOR OF MUSIC

Josephine Wright, who holds theCollege’s first endowed chair in BlackStudies, is an expert in African Americanmusic, American music, women in music,and Western music history. Over the lasttwo decades, she has taught Africana theo-ry and methodology to several generationsof alumni.

Andrew Garnett ’08Andrew Garnett, a recent graduate of

the University of Colorado law school, saidthat Wright’s contagious passion for hersubject matter prompted him to declare adouble major in Africana studies and histo-ry. “Her intelligence and excitement aboutwhat she was teaching prompted me topursue subjects I didn’t even know I’d beinterested in. We talked about complexissues in her classes, and the environmentthere was welcoming and accepting.

“As I handled some difficult problems inlaw school, I relied on skills I learned fromher—for example, talking through ideashelps a lot. And she is an incredible writer;I always valued her feedback—even whenshe was telling me I was wrong. She wasalways just so nice about it!”

Marilyn LovelessHORACE N. MATEER

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

Lynn Loveless, a specialist in communi-ty ecology and conservation biology,received research support in 2011 from theGreat Lakes Colleges Association NewDirections Award and the College’s HenryLuce Award for Distinguished Scholarship.During 2011-12 she was on sabbatical andcollaborated with scientists in the ecologyand evolutionary biology department at theUniversity of Arizona; she also conductedfield research with two Wooster studentson plant and animal interactions.

Lindsey Becker ’10Lindsey Becker landed a job as a tempo-

rary technician with a forest ecology labora-tory at Duke University six months after shegraduated, following a tip from her mentor.The summer job expanded, and Becker is amember of the research team until the com-pletion of the project. She hopes to attendgraduate school in the near future, saysBecker. “It wasn’t until I left Wooster that Irealized what a truly exceptional adviserProfessor Loveless was, and still is.”

“Professor Wright's intelligence and excitement about what she wasteaching prompted me to pursue subjects I didn’t even know I’d beinterested in. We talked about complex issues in her classes, and the

environment there was welcoming and accepting.”

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John W. SellJAMES R. WILSON PROFESSOR

OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS

John Sell serves as the College’s invest-ment officer and teaches classes in financialmarkets and institutions, law and econom-ics, and property rights and the theory ofcontracts, with a special interest in interna-tional business culture. He is currentlyresearching information transmission insmaller markets and how the merger ofthese markets affects transmission. Hedirects the College’s business internshipprogram and is the faculty adviser to theJenny Investment Club.

Patrick Lauber ’85President and owner of Harrison Paint

Company, a 100-year-old manufacturer ofpaints and coatings in Canton, Ohio,Patrick Lauber has no doubt that the suc-cess of his company (and his ability to bean annual supporter of the Wooster Fund)is directly related to the mentoring hereceived from Sell. Sell served as his I.S.adviser, professor for the class PortfolioTheory (Investments), and adviser to theJenny Investment Club ( JIC). “As adviser,Dr. Sell guided novice investors butallowed us the freedom to make importantdecisions—while cleverly disguising basicbusiness lessons as an extracurricular activi-ty,” remembers Lauber.

Hayden SchillingROBERT CRITCHFIELD

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH HISTORY

Hayden Schilling, an expert on Tudor-Stuart England, also teaches courses onmodern Britain, Hitler and the Nazi State,the Industrial Revolution, the EnglishCountry House, and First-Year Seminar“The Great War: Through Memory.” He isthe head coach of the men’s tennis team andcoordinates the Wooster Youngstown EarlyIntervention Program, which launches mid-dle and high school students on a path tocollege. He was named the nation’sOutstanding Baccalaureate CollegeProfessor of the Year by the Council forAdvancement and Support of Educationand The Carnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching in 2005.

Michael Ruttinger ’05Professor Schilling is adept at relating to

all levels of students—from an at-risk mid-dle school student to a high performingWooster senior, says Michael Ruttinger ’05,an attorney practicing in Cleveland. “Someteachers (like many I had in law school) canonly relate to the top students,” he said. “Heapproaches each student with an amazingamount of academic versatility. I’ve neverseen Hayden close his door to anyone.”

Susan LehmanCLARE BOOTHE LUCE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS

Susan Lehman was on leave this past year.She visited collaborators at the NationalInstitute of Standards and Technology inBoulder, Colo., and was a guest professor atthe Vienna University of Technology, whereshe collaborated with faculty at the Institutefor Solid State Electronics and taught aseminar course on ballistic electronmicroscopy of nanostructures.

Heather Moore ’10Heather Moore, who teaches high

school physics in Fairfax County publicschools, Virginia, says that daily she usesskills, approaches, and philosophies gainedfrom her Wooster mentor as she seeks tohelp her students become “scientific citizensof the world.” “Professor Lehman gave methe chance to be involved in cutting edgeresearch and trusted me to make informedchanges in the way the project was beingconducted; I was involved in real, currentscience. In my own classroom, I understandthat in order for students to get excitedabout science, they can’t learn about it likeit is a dead history. Agreement and confu-sion about our physical world is the resultof debate and inquiry that is happeningright now.

“When I was completely stuck on a ques-tion, Dr. Lehman would empower me toanswer my own question by helping me toorganize what I already knew about the sub-ject. My students would tell you that I answertheir questions in exactly the same way.”

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Jack GallagherOLIVE WILLIAMS KETTERING

PROFESSOR OF MUSIC

Jack Gallagher has taught composition,orchestration, music theory, counterpoint,Music of Living Composers (a course heoriginated), and trumpet during his 35years at the College. Recently released onthe Naxos label was an entire compact discof his works titled Jack Gallagher: OrchestralMusic, recorded at Abbey Road Studios bythe London Symphony Orchestra conduct-ed by JoAnn Falletta and broadcast bymore than 120 fine arts radio stationsthroughout North America.

Zach Lyman ’97Zach Lyman, who recently completed

his sixth year teaching trumpet and musictheory at Pacific Lutheran University inTacoma, Wash., credits his mentor withhelping him land the position. “Lessonswith Jack were much more than an hourper week of trumpet playing. They wereconversations with my friend about life, lis-tening to great music for hours, careerplanning, psychiatrist sessions, and ofcourse a healthy dose of quoting MontyPython movies. Every day in my ownteaching I strive to be the teacher that Jackwas for me: kind, gentle, funny, ceaselesslydemanding the best from his students, andincredibly generous with his time. I stillkeep in regular contact with Jack and seekhis professional and personal advice fromtime to time. He is still my teacher and Iam ever the richer for it.”

Cara Haxo has always loved Shel Silverstein’s story. So the composition major set it tomusic in the form of a one-movement saxophone quartet. The result was a finely texturedwork that captured the attention of judges at the Ohio Federation of Music ClubsStudent/Collegiate Composers Composition Contest, who awarded Haxo second prize.The parable, which tells of a tree’s willingness to give up its life for its human friend,needed music that moved the story along with both cheerful lightness and dark drama.And Haxo’s work did just that, said the judges. The work was premiered by the NewYork-based PRISM Quartet.

Jack Gallagher, Haxo’s composition professor, said Haxo was able to create a piece thatboth captured the innocence of the poem and took full advantage of the virtuosity of thePRISM Quartet.

This is the second consecutive year that a Wooster student has captured a prize fromthe contest. Last year’s went to Gallagher’s student Frederick Evans ’12, who also wonthe National Federation of Music Clubs Young Composers Award for his work for stringquartet, “Fractured Recollections: A Daydream Interrupted.”

PHOTO by Karol Crosbie

Once there was a tree . . .And she loved a little boy.

FROM THE G IV I NG TR E E BY SHE L S I LVE RSTE I N

C A R A H A X O ’ 1 1

The Giving Tree

“ . . . Abdulai Napare is a sixty-five year old native of Nyankpala vil-lage; he is just one of many natives who know little to nothing abouteye care. I had to work with such cases every day. He is completelyblind in the left eye and gradually going blind in the right eye too,although he can still see a little. Al-Hassan, the nurse, diagnosed himwith a mature cataract. Since he will need surgery, I have to place himon the booking list and educate him about the benefits. However,Abdulai tells me that he already knows the benefits but still declines acataract surgery appointment because he has heard that the healingprocess takes over three days, and yet he needs to provide for his fami-ly during that time. He says he cannot let his family go hungry whenone of his eyes can see. I felt helpless and disappointed. It was difficultto understand his position. . . .

This was the real world, a world that confronted me with real prob-lems which demanded dynamic practical solutions. It was not theworld of reading textbooks and writing exams. These were problemsthat preyed on my emotions yet challenged my work ethic.

. . . At the end of my fellowship, one of the best personal, every-day lessons that I will take with me is the value of exercisingpatience and showing genuine interest when trying to learn frompeople. . . I know one thing for sure, that I am a man reaffirmed,more sure than I have ever been in my goal of pursuing a career inmedicine.Yes, now I can see.”

WHO RECEIVED A MEDICAL HUMANITARIAN FELLOWSHIP

WITH THE LILLY PROJECT 2011-12

For six weeks, Sam Kitara, a biology majorfrom Uganda, worked with health care spe-cialists in the Unite For Sight program in 23villages in northern Ghana. Like all Lilly

project participants, Kitara was asked to reportin every other week and to write a reflectiveessay at the conclusion of the experience.Here are a few excerpts.

SAM K ITARA 1 of 15 STUDENTS

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From the journal of Sam Kitara

“Now I can see.”

ENDOWED

PROFESSORSH IPS

Endowed professorships honor thecontributions of outstanding facultymembers and provide invaluablefinancial support for their innovativeteaching and research.

Endowed professorships can helpattract and retain gifted scholars.

An endowed professorship may beestablished with a gift of $2 million.

Ron Hustwit focuses his teaching on philosophical issues raised by important figures inthe history of philosophy, such as the American philosopher O.K. Bouwsma, SorenKierkegaard, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Cardinal Newman. This past year, Hustwit taughtLogic and Philosophy twice, revising his logic text as he taught, and submitted a manu-script on Bouwsma for publication. In addition, he collaborated with his son, an Air Forceintelligence officer, to write a paper on the ethics of advancing technologies in warfare, partof an ongoing project.

Ron HustwitFRANK HALLIDAY FERRIS PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Todd Richardson ’90

An English professor at the University ofTexas of the Permian Basin, Todd Richardsonsays his Wooster mentor is a role model, as heseeks opportunities to enrich his students’lives. “Professor Hustwit had a wonderful wayof approaching philosophical problems. Heunderstood that questions about God and thehuman subject must come from a place otherthan rational or logical thought. As a youngthinker becoming enamored with the powerof the human intellect, I often disagreed withProfessor Hustwit in his seminars. But some-thing compelling in his compassionatedemeanor and his message kept me comingback. It wasn’t until later that I realized theextent to which he had enriched not just myintellectual life but, more importantly, myspiritual life.”

Chief Judge Solomon Oliver ’69

A U.S. federal judge for the northerndistrict of Ohio, Solomon Oliver says thatHustwit’s tutelage made “all the differenceto me. In my mind, Ron Hustwit is themodel of what a professor should be—intel-lectually smart, socially conscious, and acommitted teacher, scholar, and mentor.”

“Something compelling in hiscompassionate demeanor and hismessage kept me coming back. Itwasn’t until later that I realized

the extent to which he hadenriched not just my intellectuallife, but more importantly, my

spiritual life.”

� Sam Kitara is a peer mentor and a resident assistantin his residence hall. This past summer he received aresearch grant from the American Society forMicrobiology Undergraduate Research to conductresearch on campus, participated in an internship withSave the Children, and returned to Uganda to preparefor his year as an ambassador for his country in theWooster community.

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