uss See 3 syBONS 5 ee Ee Re > / ; . First Security pe If You're Looking For A Bank, Here Are A Few Good Ones. veT BOARD Altamont ele. Security co Bank ts: First Ratatat | First a laiatl per yT Ts Bank Leip peat bat] Sank a Ca Ds Table of , OF TRUSTEES Chairman: Richard E. Myers Vice Chairmen: Fred S. Ball, Ernest F. Durbano Members: Bryce C. Flamm, Morris Hansen, John A. Lindquist, Carolyn R. Nebeker, John E. Ulibarri, Shane Stewart, James D. Urry Furst Prt gle 33 coPeter pe Pes DIRECTORY pa PTT a UNIVERSITY American Fork Atherton Plaza Blanding gle 9 pa Tepe tan Bank Bountiful Fi Brickyard gle 3 Poffo BPTT eT a Brigham City pe Furst alata] Peery Brighton Cache Valley first cfr igi 33 brsetris Sank Canyon Center Castle Dale prt pee TET peer Ce Ce ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY President: Paul H. Thompson, Ph.D. Vice Presidents: Academic Affairs—Robert B. Smith, Ph.D.; Advancement—William C. Loos, J.D.; Student Services—Marie L. Kotter, Ph.D.; Administrative Services—Allen F. Simkins, TIMES New Times Ph.D. Cedar City ple 14 RT meh] Bank ak: gle 13 Secunty pe eyrT 4 Cottonwood-Holladay First Fi of + Fan crete po Peds i Farmington Centerville PTT Duchesne Defense Depot a poeta PTT First eh ie Poof sen pe PTET Ce Cee Fashion Place Dugway Fifth West Fillmore Eg. ptf gle 19 Rael LJ Bank per Five Points Foothill pan ig. at] Bank Fourth South East Broadway ieie 9 Security Handitienk¢. Geneva gle 33 porate Bank Eighth South po ALUMNI Eureka BOARD gig 33 et iaiall Sank Bes Harmons Money Store Harrison Boulevard cf fate cSt] First Furst Bank Perry ks Helper Highland Drive First Security Bank Hill AFB-East i pa Bank ae Kearns per gigi Afton ye TTY 3 pte PTT gle 33 pr ete Bank ate ts Security Bank gies Fn of ervey iatpts Fito T7174 Ivy Place Jordan Valley first Security pe Evils First Pot Bank hk Sed First PtP Industrial Center —_ International Center Hill AFB-West Layton gigs tn Bank Furst Bamae pe TTT Magna Lindon Layton Hills First Pitan Bank First tition Bank Main at First South First co eta Bank a ft) Monticello ct First eli ei at Bank pete pe) ig. Pete Bank Moroni aif i 3 a PTT North University fglei3 Security y 7Te) 4 Mt. Pleasant North Layton Nephi es North Ogden ptt ie First fata i at Bank et) Cd es North Temple Mountain View faiei3 a aia Bank Park City Olympus Hills Ogden Main Furst oen Peis eT Petfirst f Ion igie ptf I4 Bank pe TTT Payson i Pref Bank 13 Sédurity 7pat] fe PTET a Ce es ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS President: James D. Urry Vice President: Shaun Myers Past President: C. Bervard Smith Members: CaroLee Bell Baggerly, Brad Berrett, Robert Brueckner, Dale C. Campbell, Robert A. Cox, Kelly G. Cardon, Charles T. Chritchlow, Douglas F. Durbano, L. Clifford Goff, Jon J. Greiner, Susan L. Hiatt, Janet P. Johnson, David G. Jenkins, Jean Kunz, Kory D. Larsen, Judy Mecham, Betty S. Moore, Douglas L. Olson, Douglas Peterson, Randall Skanchy, Shane Stewart, Lucie Swanson, Sarah E. Toevs, Roy Van Orman, Mose Watkins YOUNG ALUMNI COUNCIL President: J. Curtis Breitweiser Vice President: Murray Olsen Past President: Jon Southwick Members: Troy Baldwin, Todd Boothe, Nikki Brant, Douglas Clawson, Doyle Dittmore, David Hall, Jenny Hurst, Tommy J. Lyons, Kelly Miles, Kim Morris, Todd Murdock, Kristen Olsen, Tracey Peterson, Greg Richens, Bryon Saxton, Marilyn Smith, Richard Southwick, Shelleice Stokes, Danielle Whitman, Paula Wright. EMERITUS ALUMNI COUNCIL President: Dorothea VanErden-Wiese Vice President: Althea Roberts Past President: Jack Cole Members: Merle Allen, Melba Buckner, Ferrel E. Carter, Dorothy Carty, Ila Jean Carter, Ralph Collins, Marjorie Crittenden, Dean Daily, Rulon Dye, Thelma Ellis, Wayne Farrell, Boyd Jeppson, Ilene Jeppson, Beth Johnson, Shirlee Larsen, Ted Larsen, Charles Lindquist, Roma Lou Radmall, Stewart Radmall. FACULTY SENATE Chairman: Thomas R. Burton Vice Chairman: Sarah E. Toevs Richfield Pleasant Grove Ctra Fi ic Bank Richmond Riverton Ee Tes Bank Roosevelt Rose Park Porm Bank ee Porto Poth ig le i gle Security Bank Be Seventieth South Smithfield Fi Poet 3 oo South Ogden South State First P PatFO Bank Springville Pe Potts ay pe PTT Bank St. George Pret pe PTaT State Street Posto Lg Bank Sugarhouse Pstlaters 27m poo f-- ae Bank perry 3 as Tremonton Trolley Square Twelfth Street Twentieth South Valley Fair Vernal Washington Drive-In West 21st South CL West Jordan ZCMI Center First Security Bank. Member iving F.D.I.C. 110%. WSU FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman: E. LaMar Buckner First Vice Chairman: O. Keith Hunt Second Vice Chairman: Jane H. Brewer Treasurer: William C. Loos Executive Director/Secretary: Don E. Spainhower Members: William J. Critchlow III, Everette G. Faunce, Dean W. Hurst, John E. Lindquist, David G. Moore, Richard E. Myers, Roy C. Nelson, Kent B. Petersen WILDCAT ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION President: Glen Anderson Director: Carol A. Nelson At Weber State 6 Marathon Man 14 ANewU Weber State, dur- ing its 102- 16 Grimm Pursuit year history, has become a major edu: Cational force with more than 14,000 20) Basketball Preview 3A. Alumni Update AQ Students and 55,000 alum ni. A university of this size and quality deserves a publicat ion that accurately reflects its status Thus, University Times was : a It replaces the prev ious nl publication, Comment. Our hope is that this maga Zine will show what Webe r State is about. In these pages we'll discuss the institutio n’s past and future. We’ll show fain Perspective Pape @ Queenly Conduct Page 4 Former Miss Weber State Janet Stephenson Day now reigns in a quiet Salt Lake City neighborhood. s sn at S happening now at pe University. Wert highlight Some of the many interesting alumni, faculty, staff and students, We want you to know your alma mater. We take pride in Weber State’s reputation as one of the finest teaching institutions in the region, and we Te convinced that your involvement in our future can only make us better. Sincerely, William C. Loos Publisher Kristen Olsen North Ogden, Utah Class of *89 NO COMMENT With the change from Comment to University Times, the officers and board of the Weber State University Alumni Association are excited and look forward to interesting articles in each issue. Comment has served us well over the years and the magazine for- Geb - ROE e 8 eRAS e C8. Ses Bryan F. Hurst WSU Alumni Past President Layton, Utah Class of ‘69 NEW PRESIDENT President Thompson has the perspicacity [sic] to lead Weber State to far greater accomplishments than the masses have envisioned. Thanks to him, there is an air of excitement and commitment at Weber State. I hope the community supports the efforts of President Thompson and Weber State University as they move forward. Lane R. Alvey Roy, Utah Class of ‘91 Letters should be sent to: Editor, University Times, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-1010 or faxed to (801) 626-7922. Letters must include writer’s name, address, daytime phone number and graduating class. Submissions may be edited for space and clarity. hO O RO = ee Ok - OAS- - PROFITABILITY - SERVICE = - A A op) Pr ) > “te © a -h rie c, Core Values > Integrity . Excellence « Service « Profitability : Leadership « Sensitivity Ww re wa its profound contributions to students, faculty, city, onneville International Corporation and KSL are guided by six ‘‘Core Values’’...in day-to-day decisions and long-range planning. Weber State University has a similar set of core values. The proof of WSU’s values is in its peformance — KSL-TV KSL-AM Salt Lake City KIRO-TV KIRO-AM KWMX-FM Seattle KBIG-FM Los Angeles KMBZ-AM KMBR-FM Kansas City KZPS-FM KAAM-AM Dallas KOIT-FM-AM San Francisco KPSN-FM KMEO-AM WNSR-FM New York WTMX-FM Chicago Phoenix state, and nation. Od ee OFFERINGS The Alumni Association plays a very active role in assuring many programs of growth and development. However, without the pledge of alumni, many programs will not see their end result. One such program is the completion of the Alumni Center, presently under construction. The center is funded entirely from private donations. It will truly be a positive part of the WSU campus and the community, strengthening the foundation of the alumni and building on the future goals and mission of the school. Although construction has begun, the alumni still need donations, but more importantly, the support and vote of all alumni. I strongly urge all alumni to become active and have a voice in this organization. - EXCELLENCE ALUMNI The proof of Bonneville’s values is also in its performance... detailed in the annual ‘‘Values Report.” If you would like a copy of the latest BIC Values Report, call (801) 575-5690. BONNEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY Salt Lake City BONNEVILLE SATELLITE COMPANY BONNEVILLE BROADCASTING SYSTEM Chicago BONNEVILLE COMMUNICATIONS Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Fe) FAN ee Weber State can be proud of the representation and reputation it receives from its performing arts department. This department, its students, faculty and staff, spend countless hours entertaining the community in the name of Weber State. I applaud them and thank them for the incredible job they do. PROPITABILITY. BONNEVILLE WASHINGTON NEWS BUREAU Washington, D.C. THIRD AVENUE PRODUCTIONS Seattle e FOR ARTS - = ee hed «he Oia APPLAUSE SERVICE VIDEO WEST Salt Lake City / LA BONNEVILLE soe OR INTERNATIONAL OE Ad sae geo ks Fee Fruit Heights, Utah Class of ‘91 - OR A Values-driven Company Composed of Values-driven People INTEGRITY EXCELLENCE . SERVICE - A M8e BeBe Se Oe e LEADERSHIEP....SENSITIVITY - INTEGRITY eR Necia Palmer EXCELLENCE INTEGRITY BUSINESS It seems ironic that I learned the true power of the press while in a country that doesn’t officially have “freedom of the press.” It was during an excursion to the Soviet-seized press building and radio station and to the fortressed Lithuanian Parliament building last January that I learned how accurate reporting stopped killing at the radio tower and prevented the mass murder of some 80,000 people who surrounded the Parliament building. I hope alumni become part of Project Lithuania through correspondence with Vytautas Magnus University and through donations to Weber State to help defray the costs of maintaining contact with the Baltic university. Shaun Myers WSU Alumni Vice President Ogden, Utah Class of ‘81 - LEADERSHIP BALTIC James D. Urry WSU Alumni President Ogden, Utah Class of “73 ‘ PROFITABILITY Ron Holt Layton, Utah Honors Program Director mat of University Times should take us into the new era of Weber State University. We know you will give our alumni and friends wonderful news about WSU and also about what we in the Alumni Association are doing. We look forward to future issues. eisaian Anen= IRE We say that athletics benefits students and the community, but it’s a lie. The major purpose of football and basketball in today’s colleges and universities is commercial entertainment. When a university promotes athletics, it’s the athletes who really lose. We cheat the student-athletes, the regular students and the taxpayers. It is estimated that in the early 21st century, America will be short 750,000 scientists and engineers, but we will have an abundance of TV spokesmen for basketball shoes. Weber State needs to have the courage to drop out of the NCAA, end intercollegiate sports and put money back into physical education, club sports and real academics. EXCELLENCE omment ATHLETIC - - LEADERSHIP - INZEGRITY THEN: we tile by Janet Stephenson-1966 Miss Weber State College Snowball Queen Camellia Bowl Princess LDSSA Treasurer LaDianaeda Member Miss Utah Pageant Talent Contest winner ‘ : W e> * ee ra" Og CLASS DELIVERY Expectant mother Inez Burke was more than a little distracted when she went into labor during a final exam. Her professor wasn’t all that comfortable either, especially when Ms. Burke refused to go to a hospital. “The professor told me, “We don’t have to finish this right now,” she said, “but I wanted to finish up.” Ms. Burke completed the exam and managed to get to the hospital before giving birth to a son. Janet Stephenson rides in the 1966 Homecoming Parade. A oe year 1966 was a good one for Janet Stephenson. performance degree from Brigham Young University. @ “I felt a bit @ She was named Miss Weber State College, won the like a traitor for leaving Weber State,” Mrs. Day said. “All my social Miss Roy contest, wore the Snowball Queen crown, ties were there. I may have studied at BYU, but my real college days reigned as a Camellia Bowl princess, earned recognition as Woman of were spent at Weber State. They were the Year and Sophomore of the Year, toured with the Ogden Chorale the highlight.” @ In the years since and served as treasurer of an LDS student organization. ® Twenty-five she left Ogden, Mrs. Day has per- years later, Janet Stephenson, now married to Clinton Day, has left col- formed piano recitals, taught music, lege behind, but not her memories of Weber State. # “There were worked in the PTA and completed wonderful professors who cared about students,” Mrs. Day said. several church assignments. But her “Many people from college are still my friends.” @ Mrs. Day, her hus- family has been her first priority. # band, three daughters, three sons and two dogs live in a quiet Salt Lake Now: Mrs. Day hasn’t visited Weber State City subdivision. Their home is surrounded by a spacious yard and gar- Janet Stephenson Day-1991 Married to Clinton Day Six children, ages 4-19 Lives in Salt Lake City, UT Teaches piano Office Manager, Axion Computers since she left 25 years ago. But she den. The interior is tastefully furnished and features a grand piano. & Mrs. Day said the piano has been central to her life. She was active in music at Weber State and, after marrying at the end of her sophomore year, moved with her husband to Provo where she earned a piano- did drive past the campus last summer. “What a marvelous university,” Mrs. Day said. “How proud I am to be an alumnus.” SADDAM SCRUGGS Weber State alumnus, Bud Scruggs, former chief of staff for Utah’s governor, got an unexpected promotion to dictator by the Deseret News. The Salt Lake City newspaper mistakenly identified a photo of Mr. Scruggs as “Saddam Hussein.” FOUR-LETTER NAMES When Weber State’s seven academic divisions changed their names from schools to colleges, Robert B. Smith, vice president for academic affairs, wrote a memo to deans expressing approval of new nomenclature for the School of Business and the School of Technology. He said: “I’m pleased to see the demise of SOBs and SOTs.” BICEP BUILDUP » Kendal Brown, a 1991 criminal justice graduate, participates in extracurricular activity at the Health and Physical Education Center. His body building is bound to be an asset when he becomes a probation officer. hen Thomas Kenyon Welch first launched himself into public life in 1968, he thought he was just running for Weber State student body president. But now Mr. Welch considers that campus political campaign 23 years ago as basic training for his present job as chairman and chief executive officer of the Salt Lake Bid Committee for the Winter Olympic Games. “The manner in which you work through problems is no different today in the Olympic effort than it was while I was involved in student government on the Weber State campus,” says Mr. Welch, 47. “And, to an extent, this work is no more rewarding or interesting than that. It’s just a different time and a different playing field.” Mr. Welch won the presidency of Weber State’s student body in 1968. But the team he forged to bring the 1998 Winter Olympics to Utah fell short of its goal last June when members of the International Olympic Committee, gathered in Birmingham, England, voted 46 to 42 to award the Games to Nagano, Japan. While thousands of Utahns were disappointed at the outcome of the IOC balloting, the Welch family had more invested in the Olympic gamble than most. The Salt Lake attorney gave up a lucrative career as vice president and general counsel of the Smith’s Food and Drug chain in 1990 to devote himself full time and without pay to the Salt Lake Olympic bid. But the term “full time” gradually took on a new meaning to his wife Alma and the six Welch children. “It was the most difficult thing we’ve ever undertaken as a family,” Mr. Welch says. “They were accustomed to me working 60 to 70 hours a week. But, for 260 nights prior to June 15, we didn’t have a night off. “That meant I was either on the road doing Olympic business, or that we had members of the [OC here in town, or we were entertaining people associated with the bid. We had 100 dinner parties in our home during that period.” It was 5-year-old David Welch who became the “barometer” of household pressure, Mr. Welch says. At one point, the lad logically decided that his father was home so seldom that he must have moved to another house. So, last November, David innocently asked if he could play at his father’s new house sometime. Despite those financial and personal sacrifices, Mr. Welch says he is ready to devote another four years of his life to try to win the 2002 Winter Olympic Games for Utah. “There’s certainly a personal price for doing that,” Mr. Welch says. “But Alma and I hope that we’re exposing our children to the role that they can play in the world, not just in this community or in this state. And we’re also teaching about sacrifice and giving. “Tf our children can learn those lessons, then the Olympic bid process will be worth the commitment we’re making.” After graduating with a bachelor of science degree from Weber State in 1969, Mr. Welch earned a law degree from George Washington University. While practicing law in Utah, he served as president of the Weber State Alumni Association, as a member of the Institutional Council, on the Ogden Housing Authority, as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and as campaign chairman and president of the Greater Salt Lake United Way. Although he was spectacularly successful in his personal and business affairs, Mr. Welch admits that he has been through very tying times with the Olympics. It was 1985 when Gov. Norm Bangerter and Salt Lake City Mayor Palmer DePaulis first asked Mr. Welch for a small miracle. At the time, Salt Lake was exploring the possibility of seeking the U.S. Olympic Committee’s nod to compete internationally to host the 1994 Winter Games. But the USOC had unexpectedly moved up its deadline for bid submission. Gov. Bangerter and Mayor DePaulis wanted Mr. Welch to supervise the local bid committee’s drafting of a proposal in a period of just 30 days. “We worked around the clock for a month to put together a bid,” Mr. Welch says. “We went back to the USOC meeting in Indianapolis with a very good technical bid. But we had absolutely no idea of the political realities involved in the process. We ran headfirst into Anchorage — which had been working on its bid proposal for about two years — and we just got our tails kicked. And that made me mad.” Mr. Welch put that anger to good use, however. He spent the next four years becoming what former Bangerter aide Bud Scruggs calls “the personification” of Utah’s Olympic effort. Mr. Welch says he learned everything there was to know about winning an Olympic bid and then assembled a team talented enough to accomplish that for the 1998 Winter Games. At first, it seemed as though Mr. Welch’s luck was changing. His team won the USOC’s permission to vie with Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Soviet contenders for the Games. Then a 1989 statewide referendum okayed diversion of $56 million in tax money for construction of Olympic facilities. A campaign to raise more millions needed to sponsor local visits by international Olympic officials also was successful. But the jinx returned and the brass ring eluded Utah again. Nevertheless, Mr. Welch is still willing to stake his reputation that the next time will be the charm for Salt Lake and Utah. “T’ve been involved with efforts for the public good since my days at Weber State,” Mr. Welch says. “My family raised me with the recognition that we all have an obligation to put something back into the community. And I think the Olympics have given me a focal point from which to try to repay the community that has been so good to me and my family.” ™ Europe in 1990 to document the need for textbooks. During the Christmas break Mr. Toyn, Brad Wilson, his KWCR successor, and Dr. Marie Kotter, WSU Vice President for Student Sevices, paid a visit to VMU, from which Mr. Toyn produced a video documentary about the university and nation. This led to “Project Lithuania,” a student drive to collect donated books, computers, teaching materials, and mundane supplies unavailable in Lithuania. In May, my wife, Adele, and I traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania with Mr. Toyn; Shane Stewart, ASWSU president; Jill Fifield, KWCR public relations manager and past ASWSU vice president; and Necia Palmer, former Signpost editor-in-chief. In addition to delivering nearly a half-ton of supplies and equipment, we presented workshops and advised VMU students and administrators on development of student government, a newspaper, and a radio station, as well as on curriculum, accreditation and academic organization. The final draft of a formal agreement of cooperation between WSU and VMU also was worked out. On the surface Lithuania may seem an improbable subject of Weber State involvement. But the eight of us who have visited there in recent months find this small Baltic nation compelling indeed. For reasons of influence, timing, scale, expertise, even ancestry, we think a collaboration between WSU and VMU makes sense. First, as the Lithuanians assertively seek to disentangle themselves from Moscow, they see the United States as a symbol of democracy and freedom — a symbol so powerful that we need do little more than be there and breathe to have a positive effect. It’s a rare experience in today’s world for a typically noisy, irreverent, funny, creative bunch of Americans to feel admired for those characteristics. Despite such admiration, however, Baltic peoples have learned not to count on the United States government. What little help Lithuanians get comes typically from emigrant families in America whose parents successfully preserved the language and culture after escaping the wars, murders, and deportations of the Stalinist era. I was interviewed for an Estonian TV documentary on VMU, simply because the presence in Kaunas of a group lacking direct family ties to Lithuania was too implausible to ignore. A second reason for attending to Lithuania has to do with timing. Emerging from a half-century of Soviet domination,’ the country now is like a blank slate. Whoever arrives first on the scene will exert a disproportionate influence on Lithuania’s future. In that light it was unsettling to learn, for example, that pornography merchants are already there. The generation raised under Communist control has quickly grasped this very tangible byproduct of Western freedom, but cannot yet comprehend the more abstract idea of balancing freedom with responsibility. A third attraction of Lithuania is its small size — three million people in an area equal to that portion of Utah north of Provo and Vernal. This makes its problems, regardless of their intensity, more manageable psychologically than those of its larger neighbors. Similarly, VMU, with 600 students, can operate on a human scale. At the same time, Lithuania’s small size puts it in a weak position to fend for itself in the shadow of Russia. A latent Baltic Rim family of nations may be coalescing around the region’s economic and environmental problems. Affluent Scandinavians find themselves downstream from a string of impoverished polluters. Utahns with strong Scandinavian roots have reason to support this development. PROFESSOR EXCHANGE Two University professors, a staff member and six students are in Lithuania this fall as part of a faculty exchange program with Vytautas Magnus University. Geography professor Deon C. Greer and sociology professor Daniel T. Gallego will remain as visiting professors in Kaunas, Lithuania through December. Their assignments mark the first faculty exchanges between the two universities under a cooperative agreement aimed at promoting mutual cultural awareness. Dr. Greer has an extensive background of overseas research. His experience includes two study visits to the Soviet Union for research in Moscow and Baku from 1977 to 1978 and participation in a SovietMongolian geographical experiment in the Soviet republic of Tuva in southern Siberia during 1989. Dr. Gallego has achieved international recognition for his studies of aging, particularly its effects on minority populations in America. He has served on the National Council on Aging and as a member of a 1981 White House conference on aging. Julie Rich, lab technician in the University’s geography department, and six students also are in Lithuania as part of the exchange program. Earlier this summer Loreta Juodiene, 32, head of English languages instruction in the foreign language department of Vytautas Magnus University, visited Weber State’s campus. PRAYERFUL PEOPLE - Even though Lithuania was the last Baltic Republic to adopt Catholicism, its citizens are devoutly religious. While in Lithuania, our Weber State delegation quickly developed a profound admiration for the Lithuanian people. They seem optimistic, proud and animated, despite the obstacles they face as the Eastern European economy disintegrates. Consider some of those obstacles. The local currency (Russian rubles) is virtually worthless in the outside world. I was surprised, on arrival in Kaunas, when our hosts gave us 50 rubles apiece for incidental expenses, but I was even more surprised that it lasted for nearly a week. At the going exchange rate of about 30 rubles to the dollar, eight people could buy a morethan-ample lunch for less than 80 cents. This makes the typical VMU professor’s salary of 300 rubles ($10) a month seem more adequate — provided he or she doesn’t venture outside the USSR. Inflation, artificially suppressed in the past but now becoming part of daily life, would be a truly frightening prospect if only goods were more widely available. (The quality of products we saw in stores would make Deseret Industries merchandise look irresistible.) One VMU administrator hires a woman solely to stand in market lines for food. Regardless of what the menus say, restaurants seemed to have only one or two entrees available on any given day. More frightening is the total unavailability of medical supplies and drugs; as a result, the consequences of common illnesses can be devastating. During Stalin’s time, the male population was depleted by systematic murder, deportation to Siberia and guerrilla warfare. In economic terms, this has raised the scarcity value of men, making them relatively immune to criticism — “precious pets,” as one woman put it. Women’s issues prominent elsewhere in the world — self-esteem, wife battering, development of cottage industries, pornography, family planning —lie hidden beneath the surface of Lithuanian society, awaiting public acknowledgement. In the absence of reliable birth control technology, a woman may undergo a dozen abortions during her childbearing years. Visiting the most progressive school in Kaunas and talking with parents gave us a glimpse of how the polite decorum we saw in school children masks a low self-image inculcated by their brutalizing educational system. *Photo courtesy of National Geographic. For boys, what the schools leave undone, conscription in the Russian army finishes. Parents fear losing their sons to military service, and draft evasion is on the rise. For the survivors of this training who still seek personal autonomy, there is always further harassment by the KGB. For example, the home of the VMU vice president was broken into and vandalized shortly before our visit. While we were there the Supreme Soviet telegraphed an eviction notice to VMU, which happens to occupy a former Communist Party training facility. Mail headed beyond Lithuanian borders must pass through Moscow, where much of it is randomly burned. When Lithuania’s newly elected, non-Communist parliament declared restoration of independence — not secession — in March of 1990, Russian harassment, blockade, and violence escalated. The bloody climax, hardly noticed by Americans preoccupied with the approaching Persian Gulf war, occurred on the night of Jan. 13, 1991. After two days of confrontation, special Russian “black berets” and tanks overran a crowd of unarmed citizens to seize the country’s main TV transmitter in the capital city, Vilnius, killing 14 and injuring hundreds. Perhaps fearful of adverse publicity, the Russians surprisingly did not make their expected move on the Parliament building, which was surrounded by a human sea of nearly 100,000 passive resisters. I found it impossible to keep an emotional distance from the defenders as I sat through hours of unedited, unnarrated videotape documenting the January clash. The tapes reminded me of our own Civil Rights movement and the antiwar demonstrations of the 1960s. It was heartwarming to watch a freezing crowd around the Press Center face the guns by singing Lithuanian folk songs to befuddled Russian soldiers. I empathized with Russian travelers expressing outrage at being stranded by their own government’s military shutdown of the railroads. The futility of relying on arms to achieve political ends was evident in hospital interviews with indomitable wounded and dying victims of the Russian attack. day, ‘In all of my years as an educator, this is one of the most outstanding groups I have seen.” Alumni records support Dr. Miller’s impression: ¢ Richard Richards, an active member of the 1952 debate team, and sophomore class president, became national chairman of the Republican Party. ¢ William H. Child built he R.C. Willey of Utah into one of 4/0" Castlemain the region’s largest furniture stores. ¢ Carol Watkins Hurst, selected as Miss Weber College, gained regional acclaim as concert pianist and teacher. ¢ Afton Kunz Castlemain, “Weber’s Friendliest Girl” in 1952, became an accomplished teacher and piano accompanist. ¢ Dexter Duane Farr helped to create Farrs Ice Cream Co., a leading regional business. ¢ Richard Van Wagoner established himself as a nationally known water-color artist. He teaches at Weber State. ¢ Emie and Bonnie Bowen Durbano created a national scrap metal sales company. ¢ Fred S. Ball earned regional prominence as president of Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. ¢ Ralph Barnard designed naval war vessels as an architect for the U.S. Navy. ¢ Beth Macfarlane Butterfield became a statewide advocate for services for the aged. Mr. Myers has been chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees since 1986. He serves on the board with Mr. Ball and Mr. Durbano. Another classmate, Mr. Child, also has been a member of the board. In fact, for the past five years, three of the board’s eight appointed members have been members of the class of 1952. The class also includes successful dentists, physicians, lawyers, business executives, land developers, military leaders, athletes, hospital administrators and educators across the country. “We share a deep appreciation for the educational opportunities provided by Weber,” says Mr. Ball, former student body president. “Practically every aspect of our lives since 1952 — business, social, economic and family — has been touched by our years spent learning, developing and growing on the Weber campus.” Mr. Richards says class members excelled because faculty and school administrators took a keen interest in students. “We had a lot of yourself. Don’t invest in things like property and stocks that can slip away. Get education and experience.” Dr. Dixon practiced what he preached. For example, he invited Mr. Ball and Mr. Richards to be his campaign managers when he was nominated by the Republican party to fill a vacancy in Congress. Dr. Dixon won the election and Mr. Richards parlayed that Richard Myers political experience into a successful political career. “He could have used someone better qualified to help him,” Mr. Ball says. “But he wanted us to have the experience.” Dr. Dixon’s efforts were mirrored by the faculty. The small campus allowed for a high degree of personal contact between students and faculty, and instructors used the interaction to influence their students. “They didn’t baby us,” says Mrs. Castlemain. “But they did make us feel important. They cared about what we were doing.” Richard Richards geniuses in our class,” Mr. Richards says. “The administration and instructors challenged and motivated us to get involved and to take our responsibilities seriously.” Class members recall President H. Aldous Dixon as a primary motivator who believed in the value of education. Mr. Richards remembers Dr. Dixon saying: “Invest in Fred Ball The New Campus: A ‘Terrible Mistake’ by Fred Ball (Mr. Ball, president of the Salt Lake Area Alumni from the class of 1952 also remember a strong sense of camaraderie among them. “We were always together,” Mr. Ball says. “In those days I could call everyone on campus by name. If we weren’t in class together, we were out playing football or doing something else as a group.” Some alumni think the class of 1952 was influenced by patriotism during the Korean War and a determination for success inspired by surviving the 1930s depression era. Whatever the reason, the University has benefited from their accomplishments. “The class of 1952 has done a tremendous amount of good for this institution,” says Edie George, executive director of the Alumni Association. “The effects of their efforts are incalculable. There will be those from other classes who excel and who are loyal to the institution, but you’ll not find an entire group like this again.” & a mistake. It is just too far from Ogden. All of this sagebrush, all of this rock cannot be a college campus. Why, people will have to pack a lunch to come all the way out here.” I recall how we as student body officers labored long and hard to convince the Ogden City Council to change the lettering on the illuminated sign over the Ogden River Bridge to call attention to Weber College. At the time, the only thing that was said on the sign was “It pays to live in Ogden — Utah’s fastestgrowing city.” We were successful that year in having the river bridge sign changed to promote Weber and call attention to this great institution. But the remembrance I hold most dear was “Weber College Day.” Held Fe ot iceradgge eM on March 5, 1982 itcelebrated he student body. This excerpt is from his talk at a banquet in June.) GROUNDBREAKERS—President H. Aldous Dixon (center) breaks ground for the current campus in 1952 with student body officers Carol Barker and Fred Ball. I remember standing ankle-deep in commencement of building the new campus. The day included an assembly and alumni luncheon, a parade, the ground-breaking ceremonies and a two- mud to participate at the ground-break- _ hour variety show. President Henry ing ceremony of this campus. My Aldous Dixon, student body vice presithoughts were terrible: “There must be —_ dent Carol Barker and I wielded the shovels on that very special day. Dr. Dixon was quoted as saying: “The purpose of “Weber College Day’ in Ogden is two-fold: first, to give thanks to our past and present founders; and second, to give prayerful and serious thought to the founding in the future. “The verbs, ‘to thank’ and ‘to think’ come from the same stem. Today we think upon the founding and growth of a great temple of learning, and, because we think, we inevitably thank. Cicero said, ‘Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the mother of all virtue.’ “Our gratitude goes out not only to the founders of the past, but also to the founders of the present. “With this recognition to the founders of the past and the present, we offer up our prayers for the founders of the future.” & COLORFUL KIDS — High-school students in southern Lithuania don traditional dress for visiting University delegates. iz This tragedy seemed merely to reinforce the Lithuanians’ resolve. Symbolic of their national unity, a million Lithuanians — a third of the total population — turned out in midwinter to mourn those killed in the invasion. To this day Parliament remains surrounded by a wall of concrete building materials plastered with anti-Soviet posters and children’s drawings. Thousands of disowned Russian military medals, draft orders, kopek coins, toy weapons, and pictures of Lenin and Stalin are on display, nailed to logs left over from bonfires that warmed the defenders through the harrowing January nights. The Vilnius TV tower has become a well-visited national shrine. Every day people heap fresh flowers around memorial crosses ringing the barbed wire, as they do at every statue and monument we saw throughout the country. A grove of 14 saplings stands near the tower to commemorate the dead. When we were there, the unmowed green grass, yellow dandelions, and red tulips covering the ground in every direction seemed to mirror the colors of the Lithuanian flag in constant mockery of the occupying troops. The people’s fortitude is likely related to a strong religious element in Lithuanian culture. Fascinating, ornate crosses dot the landscape everywhere, reflecting a blend of catholic and early pagan symbols. We heard of a return to Druid-like ties to the forests and land, and in Kaunas we visited the only functioning Catholic seminary, newly reopened since the declaration of independence. We saw other evidence to bolster Lithuanian optimism. In an art museum we discovered the remarkable paintings and music of M. K. Ciurlionis, revered in Lithuania but virtually unknown in America. Stores were not nearly so empty as news reports had suggested. In an ironic twist in the relationship with Russia, food, though scarce, is far more abundant in Lithuania than in Moscow’. To punish Lithuania after World War II, the Soviets left it a backward agrarian republic, placing industries preferentially in neighboring Estonia, Latvia and Poland. But now virtually every Lithuanian family has its farm plot in the countryside. Outside Vilnius, we saw an immense farmer’s market, and in the airport there were crowds of Mongolians, who had brought empty suitcases across five time zones to buy food. While touring a champagne factory, we were invited to participate in a modest act of anti-Soviet rebellion. Factory staff members asked us to suggest a new brand name to replace the obligatory “Russian Champagne” that now appears on all their labels. We responded naturally, giving an impromptu demonstration of American brainstorming and democratic decisionmaking. The winning entry was “Amber Wave,” which combined the factory’s existing logo (AW), the champagne’s color, and Lithuania’s chief natural product (amber) with American market appeal. On a deeper level, we were reminded, as we sat in a school auditorium the day after watching the January invasion tapes, of the Lithuanians’ determination to break free from Russia. Teachers, students, and parents talked openly about not putting up with Russian ideology and asked how to make their educational system work to produce free minds. There may well have been KGB agents in that crowd, but they no longer seem to inhibit Lithuanians. The lack of inhibition was most evident during one highlight of our visit — a dress rehearsal for the opening ceremonies of the Lithuanian Olympics. Refusing to compete for the USSR, Lithuanians worldwide regularly hold their own Games in exile. This year they are bringing the competition home for the first time. The show was delightful: A torchbearer lit the flame, dancers in regional costume performed, choirs sang, juvenile gymnasts tumbled, bands played, old-timers danced, ancient stunt planes did loop-the-loops, and a native “original instruments” ensemble featured a powerful, haunting, recorderlike instrument that sounded something like a saxophone. At the climactic moment we stood with a stadium full of Lithuanians, who faced a Russian military base just out of sight beyond the intervening oak grove and sang their national anthem, a hymn restored to public use just this year, though technically still outlawed by the Soviets. Tears flowed freely. It is in this intricate context that Vytautus Magnus University is trying to educate the next generation of national leaders. Its mere existence embodies the vision of “national restoration,” a term we heard frequently during our visit.’ VMU reopened in September 1989 under the direction of a 96-member Restoration Senate, comprising equal numbers of domestic and foreign residents, all Lithuanian by ancestry.’ Seeking to break the pattern of Communist-dominated education, VMU initially refused state support. Until national independence was declared last year, it operated as the only private educational institution in the USSR, funded by industrial and individual donations. A crucial feature of the plan for VMU was to involve Americans of Lithuanian descent, dozens of whom hold academic positions in the United States. Thus, in 1990, two Lithuanian-Americans were selected as chief executive and academic officers. The rector (president), Dr. Algirdas Avizienis, a UCLA computer scientist, is using his broad connections to put VMU on a firm scholarly and financial basis. The vice president for academic affairs is Dr. Liucija Baskauskas, an anthropologist from California State-Northridge. They, along with the dean of students, Dr. Arvydas Zygas, a Chicago native, lend an exciting spirit and energy level. Baskauskas particularly has taken on the mission of changing the mentality of her native country and integrating Lithuania into the Baltic Rim family. She also has become a national hero since appearing on Kaunas television during the January conflict. With the main Vilnius transmitter out of action, this was Lithuania’s communication link to the outside world. For two days Baskauskas stayed on the air, sorting fact from rumor, reporting events as they occurred and keeping her fellow citizens’ spirits up and emotions calm throughout the criSis. Clearly, Weber State has some special resources to offer VMU and Lithuania. VMU’s North American-style curriculum and exclusive reliance on English in all upper division classes represent an educational model intrigingly new to the Baltic. Weber State excels at teaching English as a second language. VMU needs professors to teach in fields such as English, political science, and educational psychology, to collaborate on ecological studies of the Baltic and consult on environmental problems. Staff to train secretaries, office managers, and law enforcement officers would be equally welcome. But the most fundamental aid we can offer is within the abilities of a wide variety of people: to demonstrate the meaning of responsible freedom at a personal level, raising Lithuanian students’ sights to possibilities they now only dimly imagine. In the process we, too, will be changed. Robert Smith is the vice president of Academic Affairs. NOTES: 1. In the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the most powerful country in Eastern Europe. Its territory extended from the Baltic through Byelorussia and the Ukraine to the Black Sea. A long-running alliance with Poland was eventually halted by invading neighbors. By 1800 Lithuania had entered serfdom under Russian domination. Independent nationhood returned after the First World War, but for only two decades. During the Second World War, Lithuania was again batted between Germany and Russia, with the Russians ultimately regaining permanent control in 1944. 2. Cucumber, eggs, lunch meats, potato salad, jello, cabbage and onions were especially plentiful at any meal. All restaurant food was elegantly presented and garnished. Pepper, however, was nowhere to be found. Salty mineral water, champagne and a fascinating yogurt beverage were more common than milk, causing our students some consternation, as did a national delicacy called “zeppelin”— heavy, meat-filled dumplings the size of a hot-dog bun. My personal favorites were blintzes and potato pancakes. 3. Lithuanians insisted they had neither wish nor need to “secede” from the USSR. Rather, they are a formerly independent nation illegally occupied by a foreign country. 4. Between 1922 and 1940 VMU was the national university of independent Lithuania, enrolling as many as 4,500 students. The name “Vytautus Magnus” was bestowed in 1930, honoring Vytautus the Great, who led the Lithuanians in their 1410 defeat of the Teutonic Knights. After 1944, the Soviets dismantled VMU, murdering professors in the process. The school was closed in 1950. CLASS ACT—A metropolitan university is not restricted solely to the classroom. The institution must create economic opportunities for its alumni. ince leaving college status behind, Weber State University has set its sights on becoming a new kind of Utah higher-education institution. Carving this niche began when newly installed President Paul H. Thompson symbolically added Weber State to a growing list of 50 U.S. institutions that have declared themselves “metropolitan universiBes. “I’m excited about the concept of a metropolitan university and its emphasis on learning,” Dr. Thompson says. Such institutions, Dr. Thompson explains, are distinguished from other universities by their dedication to “the intellectual, economic, social and cultural development of their surrounding communities and region.” He says the designation as a “metropolitan university” will boost social and business supporters and address criticism from those who were opposed to university status for Weber State. “There’s a crying-out in urban America for people to do for urban America what state universities did in the last century for rural America,” Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young has told college and university educators. “We have the most productive agricultural system in the history of the world. It did not come about by accident. It came about through land-grant colleges, state farm programs ... (and) as a result of the integration of the university system with the agricultural community. A similar kind of relationship between universities and the cities is necessary.” Dr. Thompson says he has just that kind of relationship in mind for Weber State. He has outlined a three-fold mission for the new university that will provide practical education for students of all ages and backgrounds, encourage intellectual development within its faculty and create community partnerships that lead to economic growth. Notably missing from Weber State’s goals are any plans to offer doctoral programs or seek major research projects. Critics of Weber State’s drive for university status had predicted that the new university would seek to rival the University of Utah and Utah State University in those areas. But Dr. Thompson insists that the future of Weber State will depend instead on new, cooperative relationships with the surrounding metropolitan area. The concept of the metropolitan university emerged during the 1980s when educational theorists realized that post-World War II institutions of higher learning in major urban centers faced challenges unlike those of more rural universities. Sociologists were predicting a future of sprawling metroplexes linked by rapid economic expansion along connecting transportation beltways. But those metroplexes also would become major centers of homelessness, unemployment, drug abuse, youth gang activity and other social problems. Universities that maintain their traditional and narrowly defined educational roles have little interest in trying to cope with those problems or correct their root causes, wrote educators Ernest A. Lynton and Sandra Elman in their 1987 monograph “New Priorities for the University.” They wrote: “A large number of institutions are failing to realize their full potential because their internal system of values, priorities and aspirations primarily emphasizes and rewards traditional modes of teaching for which the clientele is shrinking and basic research for which most of these institutions cannot receive adequate support. This has resulted in a real crisis of purpose. By believing themselves to be what they are not, these institutions fall short of what they could be.” Rather than establishing ivory towers to study society’s woes, universities should become agents of change to correct problems around them, according to Dr. Lynton and Dr. Elman. But before trying to transform its community, the university must undergo change itself, they said. Patricia R. Plante, former president of the University of Southern Maine, told Weber State faculty and staff, “We can define and strengthen our universities, not by trying to mimic the distinguished missions of research universities and colleges of liberal arts, but by forging a focused and distinctive mission of our own to meet the needs of this country’s metropolitan areas.” Utah Gov. Norman H. Bangerter has praised Dr. Thompson’s new vision for Weber State. The governor agrees that the university must not only “teach, challenge and educate students, but also provide economic opportunity when they leave (the university).” Dr. Plante said that universities traditionally interact only with surrounding communities through a few well-defined agencies — often their colleges of education or centers for urban studies. But once an institution has adopted the metropolitan-university philosophy, its commitment to interact with its metropolitan neighbors should permeate all its colleges and departments. Dr. Plante said proposed organizational models for metropolitan universities suggest that such institutions should: ¢ Adapt classroom instruction to meet the needs of traditional and nontraditional students. ¢ Provide increased opportunities for professionals to improve their education. ¢ Become a major source of research on technology, policy analysis and other professional services that produce immediate benefits to both the public and private sectors. To achieve those ends, Dr. Thompson has created new community and economic partnerships. The University also has established an aerospace center to develop new technology, a chemical technology center to solve industry-related chemical problems and a business and economic training and research program to provide services for promoting business development. The University has petitioned the State Board of Regents to establish two other centers—one to provide industries with manufacturing help and one to assist government agencies, industries, schools and citizens better understand environmental issues and regulations. “This program is more than just a public service by the university,” Dr. Thompson says. “It’s another way for us to educate students, to increase revenues and to improve the area’s economy and quality of life.” Editors Note: Weber State College became Weber State University Jan. 1, 199]. The change came after Weber State won approval from the Utah State Board of Regents, the Utah Legislature and the governor. GRIMM DETERMINATION Building a multimillion-dollar enterprise probably would be enough success for most business executives. But Weber State alumnus Thomas R. Grimm has a higher standard. “Succeeding means more than financial gain,” says Mr. Grimm, the founder of Price Savers Wholesale Inc. “It involves the way you treat people and how well those people succeed while they work with you. If you’re the only success story in your organization, you may actually be a failure.” No matter how success is determined, Mr. Grimm, 46, seems to measure up. Under his guidance, Price Savers evolved in five years from a single outlet in Utah to a chain of 17 wholesale warehouses in five states. The business became the sixth-largest wholesale club operation in the United States. It also was rated one of the most successful. When Mr. Grimm and his fellow investors sold the business to Pace Membership Warehouse Inc. last December, Price Savers employed more than 3,000 people nationwide and produced annual sales of $850 million. “At that point, we did the best thing we could possibly do for our company and our people,” Mr. Grimm says. “We sold the business.” With the sale, Pace Membership Warehouse, a subsidiary of K Mart, became the fourth-largest wholesale-club chain in the nation. The sale also benefited Price Savers. “The deal made good sense for our employees,” Mr. Grimm says. “It secured the future for many of them. | think that’s real success.” Mr. Grimm got a late start on his own road to success. Working full time to support his wife and two children, he had to extend his college career at Weber State beyond four years. By the time he graduated with a business management degree, he was older than most of his classmates. Mr. Grimm made up for lost time when he entered the business world. He worked in retail management for several discount chains outside Utah. Then he returned to Salt Lake City to manage general merchandise for Grand Central stores. Finally, he left Grand Central to focus on a new business phenomenon—wholesale membership clubs. The concept was pioneered by a Californian who opened a San Diego membership warehouse called Price Club in 1976. Warehouse membership clubs were still in their infancy when Mr. Grimm began investigating the business in 1983. They accounted for less than | percent of all U.S. merchandise sales. Mr. Grimm visited Price Club, Sam’s Warehouse Club (a Wal-Mart subsidiary) and Pace Membership Warehouse outlets. At each stop he discovered great opportunities as well as significant weaknesses. “Most operators had the right attitude,” Mr. Grimm explained, “but they weren’t providing the right mix of merchandise. They weren’t cleaning up their buildings, either. I decided to put more effort and sophistication into the warehouse concept.” Mr. Grimm took his ideas to Seattle-based Pay ‘n Save, where he won financial backing for the first Price Savers warehouse in South Salt Lake. By 1990, Price Savers was averaging $50 million in annual sales in each of its 17 warehouses. Meanwhile, most larger chains were struggling to break even at $35 million. “We were consistently ranked second in industry sales,” Mr. Grimm says. “Once in a while, we'd be nip-and-tuck for first.” Price Savers was “the innovator among warehouse clubs,” Mr. Grimm says. “We taught the industry a lot about how to clean up its act and how to stock the right merchandise. We created the concept of quality in the industry.” Mr. Grimm remained at the helm of the warehouse chain through two major ownership changes. in 1985, Pay ‘n Save sold Price Savers to Kroger Supermarkets of Cincinnati. Four years later, when Kroger was threatened with a hostile takeover, Mr. Grimm and a management group purchased the warehouse chain’s assets. Last year, Mr. Grimm and his partners received a merger offer they couldn’t refuse. It came from K Mart through its Pace Membership Warehouse chain. “We had very talented people capable of bat- tling against anyone,” Mr. Grimm says. “But K Mart was spending $440 million a year for expansion in this industry. They could have made it very difficult for us.” Mr. Grimm and the company’s board of directors agreed that it would be best for Price Savers to turn over the business to someone with “deep pockets.” Pace Membership Warehouse stepped forward with the right offer. “Price Savers made a lot of money for several different groups of people,” Mr. Grimm says. “I’m very proud of that. We spent a great deal of time working with our people to create an environment in which they could succeed.” Price Savers was absorbed by the Pace chain with minimal inconvenience for customers and employees, Mr. Grimm says. The Price Savers warehouses officially became Pace outlets in August. Some 50 employees were transferred to Pace corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colo. About 60 new employees were hired to operate fresh produce departments added to the chain’s Utah warehouses. Mr. Grimm says he has a new company now — Part II, Inc. — that will soon enter the merchandising marketplace with a new concept that promises to be “exciting and fun.” Meanwhile, Mr. Grimm says, he plans to remain active with the platform committee of the Utah Republican Party and on business-school advisory panels at Weber State, Westminster College and the University of Utah. The purpose of those academic boards is to help academic leaders better prepare young business-school graduates for real-world challenges, he says. “When I finally got out into the business world I wasn’t as well prepared to make a living as | thought I was,” Mr. Grimm says. “But I was able to adapt quickly because I had a good, solid education from Weber State. “Through the advisory panels, we try to keep young graduates from being caught by surprise as I was.” OQ f Jtnneuncing Ot DGG? by Lawrence C. Evans As a student I’ll always remember the annual fall gridiron clash between Weber’s Wildcats and McKinley High School from Honolulu. They’d always have a barefoot kicker and, incidentally, they always beat the pants off Weber, even with Merlin Stevenson coaching. Back then, while we often dreamed fondly of Weber as the Harvard of the West, McKinley gave us nothing but nightmares. We finally quit playing McKinley High and signed up Compton (California) — rash indeed. Srruner Lossorde I remember one game playedon A delightful blend of a Cockney flower girl and a proper professor who’s out to teach her how to speak the King’s English, sweetened with a renowned Lerner and Loewe score. My Fair Lady June 25- July Srosh Shaulerios the old baseball diamond south on Wall Avenue when Compton had Eddie Anderson Jr. (son of Jack 4 Benny’s Rochester) in the backfield. IS Creasn The Fantasticks July 9 - July 18 Chocolate Decadence A dark, bittersweet delight infused with the various flamboyant flavors of pre-war Germany. July 23 - August 1 A lusty slice of Americana where seven backwoods brothers go after their women. This treat is generously spiced with humor, song and dance. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers August 6 - August 15 3 All desserts are prepared especially for you by Utah Musical Theatre, using only the finest ingredients. Join us this summer and sample them all. For information, phone (801) 626-6431. (Editor’s Note: 0 tre ° Ogden’s Gift to Utah at Weber State University © : A Weber Wildcat bobbles the ball. Lawrence Evans recalls that the school's early forays into football were certainly less than We kicked off to Compton. Their man caught it on the five-yard line successful. and darted toward the sideline on the left. The entire Weber team swarmed over to nail him good. Suddenly, just before the horde of purple and white jerseys got there, Anderson sprang from nowhere to zip behind the catcher, who turned and slipped him the ball. When the vanguard of the Weber phalanx smothered the catcher, he, of course, no longer had the ball, and Anderson was on the far side of the field streaking like a turpentined cat toward the goal line some 80 yards away. There wasn’t a Weber man within 40 yards. Anderson crossed over in just under eight seconds. If you think that would take the starch out of a team, you're dead right. I don’t recall the score, but Compton could have doubled or tripled whatever it was that night. We finally got rid of Compton, but teams like Boise, to name one, continued to grow boils on our muffins. ml One of my English teachers was a slow-spoken young man who later became postmaster for Salt Lake City, David Trevithick. As a freshman, I was in his debate class, and as he spoke at that painfully slow pace, it was a wonder we stayed awake. A slow typist could easily have kept up with him. That year the editor of the yearbook, Acorn, was a fellow named Melvin Jennings who spoke as slowly as Trevithick, if not more so. I remember being in a big hurry one day to talk with Mr. Trevithick and having to wait while he and Mel finished discussing a layout problem for that year’s Acorn. If the Civil War had had to wait until those two formulated battle strategy, that tragic conflict would probably have been averted. Listening to them converse was about as exciting as watching the formation of a stalagmite. With Mr. Trevithick as advisor and Mel Jennings as editor, one of the seven wonders of the 20th century had to be the publication, on schedule, of that year’s Acorn. @ The first fruits of summer love fresh off the vine, laced with sweetness and a dusting of innocence. The longest running New York stage production in history. Cabaret = FOOTBALL FOLLIES— Lawrence C. Evans attended Weber State from 1935 to 1937. He returned as a faculty member from 1946 to 1985. Dr. Evans died last year at the age of 83. The article is an excerpt from an essay he wrote for “Weber State College: A Centennial History.” ) THE OGDEN SYMPHONY- BALLET ASSOCIATION 2580 Jefferson Avenue Rebaa eke er nS 1991-92 UTAH SYM PHONY and BALLET WEST Keli Golo Weber State University SPORTS best prospects from Alaska in the past five years. They also were heavily recruited by other colleges, but both chose to play for Weber State. The new coach says his style will fit his players, not the other way around. “I’d be a poor coach if I pushed my style on the players,” he says. “The style has to fit the talent.” Most observers describe Mr. Abegglen’s coaching as uptempo. He prefers man-to-man defense. “I like a fast, aggressive style,” he says. “This team has smaller players so we'll probably go for lots of presses and fast breaks, while we try to avoid turnovers.” According to Athletic Director Richard Hannan, the new coach is the right man for the job. “He’s a proven winner in a variety of circumstances, he’s got extensive contacts nationally because of the great Alaska Shootout,” Mr. Hannan says. “He’s a great motivator who works well with kids.” Mr. Hannan says he is pleased that Mr. Abegglen wants to improve the schedule with tougher opponents. The University of Minnesota, a Big Ten school, has ANTICIPATING AUTUMN — Coach Ron Abegglen says he plays “a fast, aggressive style.” First-Year Basketball Coach H ypes to Bring F: by Dale Oberer framed photograph of a darkened and empty Dee _/“\. Events Center arena hangs 20 over Coach Ron Abegglen’s desk. These days he is no doubt chomping at the bit to see those purple seats full of cheering fans and that court filled with scrapping players, all wanting to win as much as he does. If Mr. Abegglen’s 29-year coaching record is any indication, his University Wildcats could win—big. Mr. Abegglen (pronounced AAY-beg-luhn), a 54-year-old Vernal native, had been head coach at the University of AlaskaAnchorage for five years when he came to Ogden last April to interview for the position as head of the University’s basketball program. When the offer came, it didn’t take him more than a minute to make up his mind to return to Utah. “I went back to Anchorage, took about two days to pack, turned around and came back,” he says. It wasn’t that he didn’t like Alaska. A picture of an Anchorage sunset decorates another wall in Mr. Abegglen’s office, and he talks about the place with fondness. “It can really be beautiful there,” he says. And Alaska certainly liked him, too. In five seasons at AlaskaAnchorage, his teams compiled a won-lost record of 109-45. He took the team to the NCAA Division II finals four times. Five of his players were Division II All-Americans. In four of his five seasons his teams won 20 games. They were Great Northwest Conference champions three times. Some victories were especially memorable. In the Great Alaska shootout, Alaska beat Texas, Washington, Auburn and Miami of Florida. Another well-publicized victory occurred against the University of Michigan at the Ute Classic in Salt Lake City’s Huntsman Center during the 1988-89 season. “They should have beaten us by 40 points,” Mr. Abegglen says. Instead, his Alaska team beat Michigan, 70-66—the same year the Wolverines went on to become the NCAA Division I champions. But Utah is home, where Mr. Abegglen wants to be. He had applied twice before to coach the Wildcats. “This is a spectacular opportunity for my family and for me,” he says. “It’s a great career opportunity.” Mr. Abegglen’s three sons, father and seven grandchildren live in Utah. His basketball-playing roots are at Uintah High School and Brigham Young University, and his coaching roots are at Morgan High School and Snow College. Mr. Abegglen first played basketball in Vernal—“out behind the coal shed”—after his dad gave him a basketball for his sixth or seventh Christmas. He played for Uintah High, then tried out for basketball as a walk-on at BYU. “T was too small to be recruited,” he says. At BYU, Mr. Abegglen was a “short guard.” He played defense and ran the fast break. In fact, he credits Coach Stan Watts for the “fast-break philosophy” which is an important part of his own coaching now. Mr. Abegglen’s first coaching job at Morgan High began in 1962. He won 72 percent of his games— 232 victories in 13 years. In 1974, Morgan won the 2A high-school state championship after a 26-0 season. Mr. Abegglen moved on to college coaching at Snow College. In 10 years, his teams took six conference titles and compiled a record of 212-75. Mr. Abegglen left Utah for Alaska in 1985 to accept an assistant coaching position. Two years later he became head coach. His teams never won fewer than 19 games a year and he was named Coach of the Year of the Great Northwest Conference in 1988. In his last year at Alaska, his team played nine Division I teams. During the past-off season, Mr. Abegglen and his assistants—Jim Mosell, and Mark Coffman— recruited heavily. Two new recruits Mr. Abegglen points to with pride are Jeff Fentner (6-foot-8) and Jason Kaiser (6-foot-5). Both honor students, these 17-year-olds were the been added to this year’s opponents. Mr. Abegglen has other goals for the team as well. He wants his players to develop pride and determination. “We need good athletes, but they need a good attitude, too,” he says. “Those two go hand in hand. They must be in basketball for the right reasons. It has to be fun.” Mr. Abegglen has personal goals for himself, too. Now that he and his wife, Nedra, a native of Moroni, Utah, and his 13-year-old daughter, Sara, have moved into a new home in Ogden, he hopes to find time to join his three sons in his other favorite sport—golf. Kirk is the golf professional at Palisades Lake near Manti; Kris is the professional at Carbon Country Club in Helper; and Kent is an assistant pro at Oakridge Country . Club in Farmington. “They’re get- je ting too good to let me play with them,” Mr. Abegglen says. Nevertheless, Mr. Abegglen’s team won the Jazz charity golf tournament in Salt Lake City last summer. He says time for golf is scarce but “it feels good when you get out there.” Now, of course, golf takes a AGGRESSIVE ACTION—Fazs will see an uptempo style of play. back seat to Weber State basketball. “T’ve traveled a lot, and the Dee Events Center is the best facility I’ve seen,” Mr. Abegglen says. “From the top of the building to the ends of the court, I’ve never heard of a better one.” | Mr. Abegglen wants to bring fans to the arena. He says he will “play the kind of game that people want to watch.” # Dale Oberer is an instructor in the university's communication department. WSU Office of Cultural Affairs presents Monday, November 4 — 8:00 p.m. Reserved Seats: Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts Austad Auditorium $5 - $15 CHRISTOPHER Parken In S World-preeminent classical guitar virtuoso. Two Grammy nominations. Recognized heir to Segovia tradition. "One of most brilliant world guitarists." (Andrés Segovia) ) LSS ST A company of 90 performers The Regimental Band of Her eg seh (OLDSTREAN GUARDS and the Pipes, Drums and Dancers of the QUEEN Dee Events Center § OWN HIGHLANDERS Reserved Seats: Seaforth and Camerons Dee Events Center Ticket Office Friday November 15 8:00 p.m. $2 - $10 » Weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ¢ (801) 626-8500 a MOTHER’S MEMORIES—£ Illa Mae Green Gardner Wind: “He was such a perfectionist. He was always saying, ‘You've got to get educated.’” Lt. Weber State World War II hero finally has come home. More than 48 years after Army Ist Lt. Winslow G. Gardner van- 22 new Alumni Center under construction at the south “ end of campus will provide a much-needed central location for alumni activities, says the executive director of the University’s Alumni Association. Edie George says the center west of Promontory Tower is the first permanent home for the alumni organization in its 66-year history. It will give the group “more prestige and visibility,” she says. “Not many people understand what the Alumni Association does,” Ms. George says. “The center will make it easier to explain our role and generate more active involvement by alumni.” The 5,000-square-foot, one-story center should be completed by the end of the year, Ms. George says. It will contain an office complex, library, board of directors’ room, kitchen and a reception/dining room on the main floor. A full basement, though unfinished, will serve as a work area for various alumni councils, “For too long we have been stuffed in small areas with office equipment, books, records and people piled on every inch of floor and wall space,” Ms. George says. “The new building will not only benefit our regular staff, but, for the first time, will provide a place for our emeritus, young alumni and alumni councils.” Besides providing space for the Alumni Association, the facility also will be the site of various campus activities. Alumni will be able to rent the center for wedding receptions and other events, she says. Private donations are paying the Stephen D. Nadauld listed an Alumni Center as one of the institution’s most pressing needs. Dr. Nadauld pledged campus funds to Start the project—money that was eventually replaced by private donations. “We are building a foundation for a great alumni work,” Dr. Nadauld told some 50 people gathered for the July 1990 ground-breaking cere- monies. “The time has come when the Alumni Association can make a great impact on the future of this institution.” Lawrence Construction Company of Salt Lake City has completed most of the exterior work and should finish the interior by January 1992. The new center will be dedicated May | during Founders’ Day celebrations, Ms. George says. i $700,000 price tag for the building and furnishings, Ms. George says. Alumni Association officials are still some $130,000 short of the total amount needed, but Ms. George says she is confident the needed money will be raised. The Alumni Association has been without a permanent, identifiable home since it was established in 1925. Alumni officials tried to raise money for a center several times in the past but failed to generate enough support. During Weber State’s Centennial Capital Campaign former President Alan J. Lyon of Illinois has found an unusual way to get his name on a building at Weber State. He bought a brick with his name inscribed on it. Mr. Lyon, class of 1972, said the brick was one way to preserve his name. “It’s a modest crack at immortality,” Mr. Lyon said. The bricks are part of a fundraising effort that the Alumni Association’s new Alumni Center is using to raise the remaining $130,000 for the center. Each brick will be displayed in a garden room. The bricks sell for $200 for an individual, $300 for a family and $500 for a company or business. Interested alumni may contact the WSU Alumni Association at (801) 626-6564 or write: Buy-a- Brick Campaign, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-3701 for more information. &@ ished from the skies of the South Pacific, his remains were brought back to the United States and buried in a shady corner of a quiet cemetery in Hyrum, Utah. Lt. Gardner, a member of the Weber State class of 1941, was declared missing in action after the B-17 bomber he was co-piloting exploded over the island of New Britain on June 1, 1943. His remains were finally discovered earlier this year and positively identified by Army pathologists based in Hawaii. Lt. Gardner’s mother — Ella Mae Green Gardner Wind of Salt Lake City — called the return of her son’s remains after 48 years “a miracle.” Norma Rolfsen of Salt Lake City agreed that it was good to have her nephew “home again” after all the years of worrying about his fate. Lt. Gardner was born Nov. 23, 1920, in Menan, Idaho, the son of Ford and Ella Mae Green Gardner. He moved to Utah with his family at an early age, attended elementary school in Cache Valley and graduated from Hyrum High School. He moved to Ogden in 1939 to attend Weber State, which was then a twoyear junior college. “He was such a perfectionist,” his mother said. “He was always say- ing, “You've got to get educated.” Mr. Gardner wrote for the Weber State literary magazine, Scribulus, and was on the business staff of the 1941 yearbook. He was a member of the Phoenix social club and of a pre-war organization similar to the Civil Air Patrol. Mr. Gardner also was treasurer of the student government during the 1940-41 academic year. He graduated in 1941 with 220 classmates, the largest graduating class to that date. “Nobody could be more thrilled,” Mr. Gardner wrote of his graduation. “There’s an air of excitement, with pageants, plays or receptions almost every night.” After graduation, he left Ogden to work as a page in the Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. After flight training, he was assigned to a heavy bomber squadron operating from a rough air strip in New Guinea. While returning from a raid against the Japanese bastion of Rabaul on New Britain, Mr. Gardner’s plane was attacked by a dozen enemy fighter planes. The lone member of the bomber’s crew to survive the war — Paul Casio Jr., of Baltimore, Md. — wrote to Mrs. Gardner in November 1945 that her son was likely killed when the B-17 exploded in mid-air. By that time the Gardners had been waiting more than two years for news of their son’s fate. But even Mr. Casio’s letter failed to entirely remove all doubt from their minds, because he admitted that Mr. Gardner’s body was the only one not immediately accounted for after the bomber crashed. Mr. Casio said the bombers’ crew was still on board when the plane’s burning fuel tanks exploded. Mr. Casio and three other aviators parachuted to safety. The Army listed the bomber’s entire crew as missing in action when the plane failed to return. Their families were notified. When Mr. Casio was liberated from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp more than two years later, the scant information he could provide gave the Gardner family little peace of mind. Editor's Note: Winslow Gardner's last letter to his mother before he was killed in the South Pacific was dated May 9, 1943, two weeks before his plane exploded in the skies 200 miles north of Australia. His mother, Ella Mae Green Gardner Wind, of Salt Lake City, said, “His letters are very important to me. They're all I have of him.” She granted permission to publish the excerpt. Dear Mother, I can’t let today, Mother’s Day, pass without expressing my gratitude to you for bringing me into the world. You risked your life for me, nearly twenty-three years ago, to give me life. I’m risking that life Finally, early this year, an Australian company cutting timber on New Britain discovered a body in the nose of a wrecked B-17 buried under the roots ofa tree. Military investigators identified today attempting to preserve the freedom we once had. I haven’t ever repaid you for all you have done, but someday, maybe I can. love, Wyn Mr. Gardner’s body from bone fragments, scraps of his uniform, his eyeglass prescription, boot size and other data from his military records. i Za Navajos University each by Barbara Bernstein argaret Buck, a Navajo woman from Bluff, Utah, didn’t want to raise ae goats and children on the reservation as her parents suggested. “T wanted to do something that seemed more important,” Ms. Buck said. “I wanted a degree.” Ms. Buck, 39, is the first in her family of six brothers and seven sisters to graduate from college. She and six other Navajo women are the first to graduate from an innovative, long-distance learning program sponsored by the University. The Navajo women graduated from the University last June with bachelor’s degrees in elementary education. They represent the largest group of new teachers from their tribe to graduate at one time from a Utah college or university. Ms. Buck said having Native American teachers on the reservation is critical to improving the education of Navajos. “When I went to school, there were no Native American teachers and I was lost,” she said. “Navajo teachers can relate to growing up on the reservation.” Ninety-eight percent of the children at the elementary school where Ms. Buck is a special-education teacher are Native Americans, she said. The percentages are similar for other schools on or near the reservation. “Children look up to the teachers as models,” Ms. Buck said. “They think, ‘If they can be a teacher then I can be a teacher or something else someday.’ To ration “We need that. We need a lot of educated people in our area.” Ironically, none of the seven graduates from the University’s program on the reservation ever stepped onto the campus prior to June commencement exercises. Under a program jointly funded by the Utah Navajo Development Council, the Utah Department of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Department of Education, they attended classes taught by University instructors on the Navajo Indian Reservation and at the San Juan campus of the College of Eastern Utah in Blanding. The new teachers studied a curriculum tailored specifically for them by University staff and faculty. The curriculum included basic requirements carefully coordinated with courses offered by College of Eastern Utah. It also consisted of ~ regular class work and modular, selfpaced instruction. “The importance of these people as role models for the youth of the Navajo nation will influence generations to come,” said Richard V. Jones, dean of the University’s College of Education. “We are delighted that Weber State was able to provide this opportunity for them.” More Navajo teachers are expected to join the ranks of Weber State graduates in the future, said Marlene Dee-Ben, head of teacher education for the Utah Navajo Development Council. Several students from the Blanding area are planning to complete student teaching requirements this fall, she said, and several others are expected to finish by next spring. Gaze Through ALUMNI Sa CENTER Heaven’s Window NAVAJO KNOW-HOW—Margaret Buck: “We need a lot of educated people in our area.” Ms. Dee-Ben said she admires the women for their ambition and persistence because they had to balance their studies with family responsibilities and jobs. One of the women, Mary Gray, commuted from her home in New Mexico to attend classes in southern Utah. Six of the seven graduates had obtained teaching jobs in and around Blanding by fall. The seventh was waiting for a school board review of her application. “T was a licensed practical nurse “BUY-A-BRICK” eS Satellites $300,000, but it can take recogniz- For more information, call (801) = 3 =e re Use ence education. He was on campus last summer showing teachers how to set up and use mini-satellite receiving stations. With a computer, a satellite dish, cables and computer software, a school can receive weather pictures as satellites pass overhead, Dr. Wallach said. If a school already has a computer, the total equipment cost ranges between $500 and $1,500, he said. The program was offered at the University “because of its activities with CAST and because of the knowledge Bob Twiggs has in small satellites and space imaging,” Dr. Wallach said. WeberSat gave the aerospace center an opportunity to explore space imaging, or photography. A $3,000 camera aboard that satellite may lack the high resolution evident in standard space cameras that cost in Moab for a while, but I thought I needed to go back to the reservation and teach,” Ms. Buck said. “I’ve lived here all my life and nobody encouraged me to go to school. I kind of struggled through life myself. But I’m encouraging my nieces and nephews. I hope they all go to college.” ® Barbara Bernstein is a writer with Continuing Education and Community Services. ORBITER OPERATION — Students Jeff Raetzke (left) and Chance Egan tighten bolts on the University’s next satellite. ublic-school teachers clustered around a computer terminal at Weber State watching pictures from a weather satellite some 500 miles above the Earth. Down the hall, University stu- “wsu Students ee CAMPAIGN Naat 9) =e ES dents studied data from another satellite that measured meteor impacts on orbiting objects. In another room, a ham-radio operator bounced signals off a small satellite and talked to Russian cosmonauts. These activities, and a growing number of others like them, are the direct result of a string of inexpensive but successful satellites created by the University’s Center for Aerospace Technology (CAST). “The major benefit of these satellites is education,” said Robert Twiggs, director of the aerospace center and the driving force behind its success. “Students are getting the practical, hands-on education that is vital to learning.” WSU surprised the satellite industry in 1985 by building and launching NUSAT, the Northern Utah Satellite. The first of its kind launched by a college, NUSAT was valued at $1.2 million, compared to $50 to $150 million spent on NASA satellites. The success of the orbiter challenged the belief that cheap satellites could not be effective, Mr. Twigg said. NUSAT sent data to a ground station at the University for a year and a half before falling into the atmosphere and disintegrating. The University followed its first satellite with four more miniorbiters — three built for an interna- tional ham-radio association, AMSAT, and one, dubbed WeberSat, used by the University. The four satellites were launched in January 1990. WeberSat flew into space on a French rocket, tucked into what was previously an unused space. The unusual placement further contributes to the satellite’s relatively low cost, Mr. Twiggs said. The satellites have started new space-related industries and created a host of classroom opportunities for teachers, said Jeff Wallach, a consultant with NASA. “They make classroom instruction come alive,” he said. Dr. Wallach is part of a nationwide instructional program that encourages teachers to use satellites as a way of promoting math and sci- able pictures of earth and other celestial bodies, Mr. Twiggs said. “We’re getting better and better at space photography all the time,” he said. “We’re pleased with the quality of the camera.” Officials at Motorola also are pleased, said Mr. Twiggs. The company plans to use technology developed for WeberSat and its sister satellites to build 77 satellites to improve cellular-telephone coverage. Though Weber State’s current satellite will work for another 10 years, Mr. Twiggs said faculty and students already have begun development of another satellite. Their latest venture, built for AMSAT, breaks their pattern of small satellites. It will measure 22 feet across and orbit as high as 30,000 miles above the earth. “The higher orbit will let us talk with it longer,” Mr. Twiggs said. “WeberSat whips around the earth in a 500-mile earth orbit that allows us to talk with it only for 15 minutes every 12 hours. With this new satellite, we'll be able to talk for 12 to 16 hours at a time.” ® 2D Alumni May Buy New “U" Diplomas Graduates of Weber State may change their diplomas to reflect the new University name. Emil Hanson, dean of student administrative services, said an alumnus who mails in an old diploma with a check or money order for $25 will receive a diploma that says “Weber State University.” Letters requesting the change should include an alumnus’ full name, address, degree received, date of graduation and social security number. New diplomas will be mailed within six weeks after a request is received. Campus Contemplates Ogden Conference Center The University plans to create a conference center in downtown Ogden with revenue from a | percent restaurant tax Weber County officials began collecting in October. The tax plan added 1 percent to all restaurant sales and will gener- alte an estimated $800,000 in local 26 revenues annually to improve community facilities, proponents said. “As a metropolitan university, Weber State needs an increased presence in downtown Ogden,” said University President Paul H. Thompson. Community groups have suggested the University create a conference center in Ogden tied to the Egyptian Theater, Dr. Thompson said. The conference center will be used for continuing education counseling and classes and as an annex to the University’s Small Business Development Center. The city also will renovate the Egyptian Theater to give the University a place to expand its popular Utah Musical Theatre program. The University wants to develop its summer-long theatrical program into a major tourist attraction, New Centers ¢ “U" Diplomas Entrepreneurial Lectures Tar Sands © Nursing Endowment National Award © Reunions said Dr. Thompson. The Utah Musical Theatre is attracting large audiences but lacks adequate production facilities for expansion. The Allred Theater on the University’s campus, current home of the Utah Musical Theatre, seats 330 and was largely sold out for this year’s first production, said Sherwin Howard, dean of the College of Arts & Humanities. Almost 40 percent of this year’s available seating was sold to season ticket holders, Dr. Howard said. 92 academic year. Mr. Urry is a 1973 graduate of Weber is He is a vice eed wr alld James D. VA Note: Of Alumni Elect Urry James D. Urry of Ogden has been elected president of the board of directors of the University Alumni Association for the 1991- t manager of the con- sumer loan department of First Security Bank of Utah. Weber State alumni also selected Dorthea Van Erden-Wiese of Ogden to serve as president of the Emeritus Alumni Council and Curtis Breitweiser of Roy to serve as president of the Young Alumni Council. Ms. Van Erden-Wiese received an associate’s degree from Weber State in 1936 and a bachelor’s degree in 1976. Mr. Breitweiser graduated in 1985. He is an independent insurance agent. ®@ The 1,800-seat Austad Auditorium is not an alternative, Dr. Howard said, because it is too large for stage musicals. The Egyptian Theater seats about 1,000. Renovation of the Egyptian will reduce seating to between 700 and 800. The theater, at 2439 Washington Blvd., opened July 3, 1924 as a movie palace. In December 1984 it failed to meet city building codes and was closed. Since then, supporters have collected private funds in an attempt to reopen the facility. Total renovation costs have been estimated at $3 million. The tax plan raised the ire of Utah restaurant owners and some patrons. Weber County Commissioners, however, voted in favor of the project. County officials hope Weber State’s presence in downtown Ogden will help revitalize the city’s business district. “We’re confident a downtown center will make a significant impact on the city’s economy and make some of our programs more accessible,” Dr. Thompson said. ® Entrepreneurial Program Earns $80,000 Endowmemt Thomas Boam, the U.S. State Department’s former top trade expert in East Germany, delivered the first lecture in a new University entrepreneurial affairs program created by donations of more than $80,000. The program will include lectures, business training sessions and conferences designed to help small businesses in the area, said Alma F. Harris, former dean of the College of Business & Economics. Funding came from the Howard and Evelyn Larson Foundation, the Samuel C. and Myra Powell foundation and the Stewart Educational Foundation. Dr. Harris said the college will hold an entrepreneurial training seminar every three months and two major entrepreneurial conferences each year. Conferences will consist of free four-hour sessions for students and members of the business community. Planners also have scheduled 13 one-hour training programs focusing on all aspects of entrepreneurship. Researcher Finds Cheap Way To Squeeze Oil From Tar Sands A University chemistry professor has discovered an easy and economical way to extract oil from tar sands. E. Park Guymon said he added a common detergent to his laboratory experiments and discovered an oil-separation process that has eluded chemists for more than a decade. Dr. Guymon’s process combines cold water, gasoline solvent and detergent. It separates 95 percent of the oil from tar sands, he said. The best alternative method of extraction rinses only about 80 aa cy percent of the oil from tar sands and leaves “an ugly mess,” he said. According to Dr. Guymon, the resulting oil also is a higher grade. He said he uses it to produce improved asphalt that could extend the life of roads and highways. A Florida-based company has built an experimental extraction plant in Utah to use Dr. Guymon’s patented process for making asphalt. “Tar sands are one of the largest energy reserves in the world and Utah has 80 percent of the member, department chairman and dean at the University of Nevada, Alumni Honor VP Las Vegas, for 20 years. The award from the Alumni Robert B. Smith, vice president for Academic Affairs, said receiv- _ Association honors an individual who has “distinguished himself in his campus position, sought to ing the 1991 H. Aldous Dixon Award is an honor that will be difficult to surpass. “For 10 years I’ve seen people get that award who have given — their lives to this institution,” Dr. — Smith said. “I have a tremendous sense of appreciation and gratitude for the way I have been accepted into Weber State.” known deposits in the United States,” Dr. Guymon said. Tar sands are believed to be caused by prehistoric earthquakes that allowed underground oil fields to seep into sand dunes. The lighter oils evaporated, scientists believe leaving lumps of oil, sand and clay. Chemists have tried for 15 meet the needs of students and has achieved a meaningful measure of success in his chosen field.” The award is given in honor of Robert B. Smith H. Aldous Dixon, president of Dr. Smith joined the University in 1981 as vice president and professor of chemistry. He was a faculty Weber Normal College in 19191920 and president of Weber College from 1937 to 1953. @ Order Your NEW Weber State University Clothing... A. T-Shirt $19.95 B. Purple Sweatshirt $21.50 C. Golf Shirt $32.95 D. Cheerleader Outfit $20.95 E. Black Sweatshirt $31.95 F. Black Sweatpants $25.95 G. Sweatshirt $27.95 H. Sweatpants $25.95 I. Purple Coat $41.95 J. Hats W-P-B $8.75 K. Pom Poms $1.00 ea. L. WSU Flying Banner $2.75 (Available in all sizes) To place your order, phone (801) 626-6352 or *mail your check to: WSU BOOKSTORE WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Ogden, UT 84408-2103 *Add 6.25% sales tax, Utah residents only a > oR oe aE — ¥) ee nOOKSTORE mm 2P CAMPUS CURRENTS | years to find an easy way to remove the oil from the sand, Dr. Guymon said. He devoted two and a half years to the project before making a breakthrough. “T tried all sorts of crazy things in my experiments,” he said. “I just happened to have this detergent on the shelf so I added it in. The resulting mixture caused a quick separation.” Dr. Guymon said he also hopes the extraction process will help clean up sludge and other oilindustry waste products. Students Set Sights On Satellite Voyage To Moon And Mars An artist's rendering illustrates a space sail orbiting the Earth. Fifteen Weber State students and their instructors in manufacturing engineering technology will help build and launch a space satellite scheduled to race to the moon and Mars in late 1992 against satellites from Japan and Europe. The University team will develop electronics for the satellite. Six other teams across the nation will also be involved in the project to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage to America. The U.S. satellite will use sunlight reflected from four large sails to propel the craft through space. If the sails remain facing the sun, designers say the craft will gradually accelerate to a speed of 15 miles per second, more than double the speed astronauts travel on their way to the moon. The University’s role in the project is to design electronics for an on-board camera that will keep track of which way the sails are pointed, said William G. Clapp, electrical engineering technology professor. “The first major task is to get 3019 Washington Boulevard, o Roger C. Nichols Of Note: Health Phone: 394-6002 For Reservations 28 Professor Receives Honors Roger C. Nichols, director of clinical laboratory sciences, has been named to an endowed chair in the College of Health Professions. Dr. Nichols will serve as the D. Wade Mack Professor of Health Professions through the 1993-94 academic year, with the the sails open,” Dr. Clapp said. “Next is to accurately steer so the sails will face the sun.” Once open, the sails will form a 22,500-square-foot diamond with the satellite in the center, Dr. Clapp explained. Dr. Clapp said the satellite project can use video-camera electronics designed for the University’s WeberSAT satellite. Emerson LaBombard, director of the California-based Solar-Sail Project, said the flight to the moon will take about two months. The satellite will then begin a two-anda-half-year journey to Mars. “The sails are the key to success,” Mr. LaBombard said. “They must be pointed at just the right angle toward the sun to generate the forces needed.” The University is negotiating with the World Space Foundation to manufacture the satellite structure as well as the camera electronics, Dr. Clapp said. The satellite, minus sails, measures nine feet in diameter. & possibility of reappointment for an additional five years. During that period, he will continue teaching and will receive a $2,000 annual stipend for professional activities. Dr. Nichols was selected for the honor by a review committee of Weber State staff and faculty and local health-care professionals. He was recognized for contributions in health-care education, clinic work and medical research. The D. Wade Mack chair was created in 1985 by the Edith Dee Mack Green charitable foundation. It is funded through a $500,000 endowment which is being created with $20,000 annual donations over a 25-year period. Weber State instructors previously named to the D. Wade Mack chair are Jane A. Van Valkenburg (1985-88) and Geraldine Hansen (1988-91). a Of Note: Watch Us Grow. Three Receive Honorary Doctorates From Weber State Three people closely tied to the University received Honorary Doctor of Humanities degrees during commencement exercises last June. Wilma Grose Stephen D. Nadauld Stephen D. Nadauld, Wilma Grose and Telitha Ellis Lindquist were recognized for significant service to Weber State. Dr. Nadauld served as president of Weber State from 1985 to 1990. Under his direction the institution earned university status. A cooperative WSU/USU master-of-education degree was given solely to Weber State during the Nadauld administration. He also successfully petitioned the State Board of Regents for a four-year nursing program. Dr. Nadauld was director of the master of business administration program at Brigham Young University and chief executive officer of Intermountain Milk Producers. He left Weber State in 1990 to become chief financial officer of Bonneville Pacific Corporation. He was named as a general authority of the LDS Church last June. Mrs. Grose came to Weber College in 1939 as an assistant librarian. She later became head librarian and head cataloger. She reclassified all library holdings from the Dewey Decimal System to the Library of Congress Classification System. The process that took eight years. Mrs. Grose holds degrees from Weber College, the University of Utah, the University of Denver and the University of Southern California. She also completed graduate work at Columbia University. Mrs. Lindquist, an Ogden native, has served in numerous community organizations. She was president of the Ogden YMCA, the Children’s Aid Society and the Junior League of Ogden. She also served on the boards of the Weber County Library Foundation, the Utah Musical Theatre and the Ogden Symphony/Ballet Association. Serving Northern Utah since 1946, St. Benedict’s Hospital continues to lead the way in medical and technological advancements, yet has never lost sight of its commitment to extend the highest level of care and comfort to patients and their families. Spring of 1992 will bring the opening of the new St. Benedict’s Hospital Women’s and Children’s Health Center. The center will feature private birthing suites for single-room maternity care. This new clinical technique offers labor, birth, recovery and postpartum care in one room, accompanied by the medical equipment and anesthetic options normally found in a delivery room. The chance for husbands and family members to be even more involved during the Telitha Ellis Lindquis In 1987, Mrs. Lindquist and her husband, John, received the Ogden Chamber of Commerce “Wall of Fame” award. They sponsor the visiting artist lecture series in the Performing Arts Department and have contributed to capital improvement projects, outdoor summer concerts and other University programs. @ birthing experience makes St. Benedict’s proud to offer this childbirth option. The Women’s and Children’s Health Center is evidence of St. Benedict’s continuing commitment to family-centered care. There’s something special at St. Benedict’s Hospital. St. Benedict's Hospital 5475 South 500 East, Ogden, Utah, (801) 479-2111 A Member of Holy Cross Health Services of Utah and Holy Cross Health System aa errr Schools Change Names To Colleges The Utah State Board of Regents has changed the name of the University’s seven academic divisions from schools to colleges as part of the institution’s change from college to university. Four of the institution’s seven schools changed other parts of their names as well. The School of Allied Health Science became the College of Health Professions; the School of Natural Sciences became the College of Science; the School of Social Sciences became the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences and the School of Technology became the College of Applied Science & Technology. Three schools changed only one word in their names — school to college. They became the College of Arts & Humanities, the College of Business & Economics and the College of Education. The Board of Regents also changed the name of the Division of Continuing Education and Community Service to WSU Continuing Education & Community Service. @ Radiology Wins National Award The radiological department has won a major national award for vocational-technical education from the U.S. Department of Education. Before leaving office, former Secretary of Education Lauro F. Cavazos selected the University to receive the Secretary’s Award for its program in radiological sciences. The campus program provides instruction in radiography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and radiation therapy. Mr. Cavazos called the University’s program a “shining example” of vocational-technical education. He said the program is “essential to ensure that America’s work force has the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in the 21st Century.” The radiological sciences program involves 130 students. Students provide clinical and educational services to 24 hospitals in Utah and surrounding states. “This is an outstanding honor for our students and faculty,” said Reed M. Stringham, dean of the College of Health Professions. “It means that our program has been identified in Washington as a model for the rest of the nation to follow.” @ Alumni Association Marks Three Dates For Class Reunions The classes of 1942, 1952 and 1962 will meet next year for reunions that University officials hope will draw large crowds of alumni. “Reunions provide an opportunity for alumni to meet former classmates and to see, first-hand, the growth of the University,” said C. Bervard Smith, past-president of the Weber State Alumni Association. “Most alumni, if they haven’t visited the campus for some time, will be surprised at the changes.” The class of 1942 will meet June 12, 1992 as part of the University’s commencement exercises, Mr. Smith said. Those who participate in the 50-year reunion will don gold caps and gowns and march with Weber State faculty and administrators in a morning commencement processional. Other reunion activities will follow throughout the day. Members of the class of 1952 will receive emeritus alumni status as part of a 40-year reunion scheduled for the third week in May 1992. Emeritus status is given to OLOR With our Akiyama 4 Color Press, WATKINS PRINTING is the right printing company to add COLOR to your next printing job! ! ! i> WATKINS PRINTING 5 South Main — Providence, Utah Logan:°752-5235 30 Toll Free: Ogden: 1-800-231 84332 394-5591 -4859 those who graduated from Weber State 40 or more years ago. Activities will include a reception, banquet and a class photo. New on the year’s list of class get-togethers is a 30-year reunion. The class of 1962 will meet for Homecoming in October 1992 . Those who would like more information about the reunions may contact the WSU Alumni Association, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 844083701, (801) 626-6564. & University Will Add Building For Student Services A new student-services building scheduled for completion in the summer of 1994 will bring 21 offices together and end what one administrator calls “a major obstacle” for students attending the University. Marie Kotter, vice president for student services, said the building will house admissions, registration, veterans affairs, advising, financial aid, placement, the health center and 14 other departments. It will be located between the Shepherd Union Building and the Miller Administration Building. “The building will mean students won’t have to hike all over the place to find help,” Dr. Kotter said. “With services spread all over campus we’ve created a major obstacle to many who come here for the first time. Older students are especially intimidated by what’s involved in registering.” Student-service departments currently are located in 18 campus buildings from the southern tip of campus to the extreme north. To register, students often must visit a number of buildings. “When we were seeking support for this building from members of the State Board of Regents and the building board, we put them in wheelchairs and took them to all the places a handicapped veteran would go,” Dr. Kotter said. “Halfway through, someone said, ‘We'll promise to fund the building COUTTS if we can stop now.’ ” The state legislature will fund $5.8 million of the $13 million needed for the building, Dr. Kotter said. The rest will come from a student-financed building bond. Architects hope to finish drawings by next summer, Dr. Kotter said. Actual construction will take about two years. The dimensions of the building have yet to be decided, but Dr. Kotter said it will contain about 50,000 square feet on two floors. It probably will be attached to the Shepherd Union Building. Annex 3, a building directly south of the Miller Administration Building that houses the communication department, will be demolished to make way for the new structure. Administrators plan to move the communication department to Building 3. The new building will relieve acute campus crowding of faculty and administrative offices, Dr. Kotter said. “Students will be better served and the student-services area will be more efficient because we'll be able to share receptionists and equipment,” she said. & Ti Lee believe that the true value of an education is based on performance as opposed to the name of the institution.” The benefits of the new name also can extend to alumni, he said. For example, Career Services Center offers a job-information system called “Job Line.” Last year, some 50,000 job openings from across the nation were listed on the “Job Line.” Alumni who pay a $10 annual fee may call the hot-line 24 hours-a-day for available listings. Jobs listed come from a nation-wide computer system and from local and national telephone requests. In some cases, campus computers will match career objectives of callers with available jobs and call relevant information to an alumnus. Another way the University’s career-services staff can help is by working with 3,500 employers to match alumni with an employment needs. “Many companies look for employees outside of the immediate area of their headquarters or plant because they are not able to fulfill their needs from their local area,” Dr. Eichmeier said. The University hosts a career fair each February which attracts about 150 companies to campus. “Most positions are at entry level but more upper-level positions are advertised each year,” Dr. Eichmeier said. The next career fair will be held Feb. 13 in the Shepherd Union Building (continued) Career Center Offers “Joh Line” For Alumni Weber State’s name change from college to University may help alumni get better jobs. Steven H. Eichmeier, director of the University’s Career Services Center, said that since Weber State acquired university status the Career Services Center has received more notices than ever before of national employment opportunities. “There is still a mystique about being a graduate of a university instead of a college,” Dr. Eichmeier said. “There are still some employers who will not recruit from colleges. They fail to dean of the has been chairman of a National of Sciences committee for agricultural research in Dr. McKell will serve through July 1992 on the academy’s Board on Science and Technology for International Development. Since much of Pakistan’s farm land is tainted with salt residues from the nearby ocean, Dr. McKell said the research grants are intended to help Pakistani scientists find Riverside. Dr. McKell has directed agricultural training for the Peace Corps in India and performed research for the Ford Foundation in Mexico and Argentina. He served with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Bolivia. He is a member of the Utah Advisory Council on Science and Technology. ® 3] Ballroom. It is open to alumni. Dr. Eichmeier recommended that alumni who do their own job hunting should update their resumes to include the University’s new name. He said the name of the institution, whether listed as “College” or “University,” should be followed by “became Weber State University January 1991.” “This will assist the employer and clarify the status change for those who know the institution as a college,” Dr. Eichmeier said. Alumni who want more information on how the University can help in job searches may contact: WSU Career Services, Ogden, UT 84408-2112, (801) 626-6393. @ Nursing Students Receive Financial Booster Shot Long-time Ogden resident Darlene Hobson has created a $250,000 endowment for nursing scholarships at the University. The gift is expected to provide interest earnings for as many as 15 scholarships a year after Mrs. Hobson’s death. “T’ve heard many people say . a er a Program of the National League of Nursing. Dr. Beaver will serve as head of the nursing advocacy group until June 1993. Dr. Beaver has taught practical nursing at the University since 1963. She is a 1957 graduate of Weber State. She also holds nurs- « Of Note: ing and education degrees from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. | WSU Nurse Chosen Chairman Of National Group Karen W. Beaver, professor of nursing, has been named chairman of the Council of Practical Nursing that Weber State has the best nursing program,” said Mrs. Hobson. “[’ve always been a firm supporter of the University and feel that the scholarships will not only help the recipients, but the rest of the community as well.” The Council of Practical Nursing Program is a division of the nursing league that accredits practical and vocational education programs for nurses. The council also provides continuing education opportunities for nursing faculty and program administrators. & Mrs. Hobson, 61, was born in Oxford, Idaho. She moved to Ogden when she was 15 and graduated from Ogden High School in 1948. She worked as a checker for American Food Stores and later become manager of payroll and employee benefits for Smith's Management Corporation after Smith's acquired American Food Stores. Mrs. Hobson retired as a millionaire in May of 1988, crediting her financial success “to the fact that Dee Smith and Alan Martindale of Smith's Food and Drug Stores gave me opportunities to grow, learn and invest in their stock program.” Weber State’s nursing program teaches students on four Utah campuses. Some 200 prospective nurses are admitted to the program each year, but many more than that apply, said Rhoda Leatham, nursing admissions secretary. “Four years ago, we had about 400 students apply,” Mrs. Leatham said. “Every year since then, it has gone up by about 200 applicants. This year, however, the number of applications went up by 400.” Admission into the program is based on grade point average, ACT scores, medical work experience and references, Mrs. Leatham said. Many nursing students meet the University’s strict academic standards but lack the nomey needed to enroll. & University Plans Environmental Center The University plans to create an Environmental Resource Center to provide environmental management services for Utah businesses and industry. The center will help Utah industries, government agencies, schools and citizens’ groups better understand environmental issues and problems. Cyrus McKell, dean of the College of Science, said local business leaders have a pressing need for help with environmental issues. Businesses need assistance in staying abreast of changes in state and federal environmental regulations, discovering cost-efficient ways to comply with those regulations and analyzing the environmental impact of their operations, he said. The center was listed as a topfive priority during a meeting University President Paul H. Thompson held with area manufacturers last April, Dr. McKell said. “They wanted it and we responded,” Dr. McKell said. A toughening of federal environmental laws will force business and industry to reduce the impact of industrial waste on the environment. In addition, products must be environmentally sound, Dr. McKell said. The center will supply information on environmental regulations and trends, organize training courses, coordinate efforts to improve environmental awareness among University students, research ways to improve the environmental aspects of business products and processes and consult on environmental issues, Dr. McKell said. The University has no plans to hire additional faculty or staff for the center. Instead, the University will select a director from among faculty already on campus. Other faculty will be chosen to act as program administrators, Dr. McKell said. Annual operating cost of the center will be about $125,000. An additional $50,000 is needed for equipment purchases. Dr. McKell said the University is looking for a variety of funding sources for the center. & Weher State Senior Becomes Newest Regent Darlene Hobson (left), who donated DY ATA LN MLR ERROR visits with WSU nurses. a2 Senior Doug Peterson is the fifth Weber State student in 10 years appointed to the 16-member Utah State Board of Regents. Mr. Peterson, 24, was selected by Utah Gov. Norman H. Bangerter last July from among three candidates nominated by the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents. Mr. Peterson was an active member of the Utah Intercollegiate Assembly and the Utah Council of Student Body Presidents. He is the son of Lowell and Kathleen Shurtleff Peterson of Roy. His father is a former state legislator and currently a member FURNITURE CO. “HOME OF THE SOFT SELL” HOURS: TUES - SAT 9 AM- 6 PM FRIDAYS 9 AM- 8 PM “ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONS OF CARPET CLOSED SUNDAY AND MONDAY 94/00 FURORE A @ LIVING ROOM SOFAS @ FURNITURE FOR BEOROOM @ FLOATATION SYSTEMS & MATTRESSES e@ RECLINERS @ LAMPS e@ CARPET e DESKS FAMILY OWNED & DINING ROOM e WALL UNITS e INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICE e ACCESSORIES & OPERATED Featuring: Stylecraft, Simmons, Lane, Broyhill, Schweiger, Charles Schneider, Guildcraft, Many Other Fine Brands FREE DELIVERY INTERSTATE 15 OcoEn a— WILLARD EXIT sos Willard Mey BRIGHAM EXIT Pp 723-3647 Sa aio Highway 89 399-9993 \ zo EDO. St Yaa " Rae Peri ve " ee ericHam 12 miles north of Ogden Ogden Phone ee: Ty #7; FINANCING AVAILABLE ml 5 De 2 7 * Free Checking Accounts * Low Interest Loans - 24-Hour ATM Access * Guaranteed Student Loans * Money Orders/Travelers Checks * Many Other Services Offered i Doug Peterson of the Weber County Commission. As the only student regent on the board, Mr. Peterson functions as other regents, except that he is not able to vote in selecting a chairman or vice chairman and may not serve in either position. In the first month of his yearlong assignment, he introduced measures to significantly increase the level of funding for libraries. & Exclusively Serving Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni of Weber State University Phone: 626-6365 Hours: Mon.-Fri.-9am-5pm Drive-up until 6pm 4140 Harrison Blvd. (just off campus) Ogden, Utah 84408 33 tLe 40s Wayne Bundy, ’38, received the 1991 Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He is a founder and is now executive director of the Rocky Mountain Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Albuquerque, N. M. He was honored for “outstanding contributions to public radio” for helping with the problems of smaller, individual stations and for encouraging the stations to grow. Dr. Bundy started in radio in 1937 at KLO in Ogden. He began public broadcasting at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. He taught at the University of Michigan and at New Mexico, Arizona and Idaho universities. Dr. Bundy received his doctorate at the University of Michigan. He and his wife, Louise, live in Albuquerque, NM. THE 40s John A. Dixon, ’43, was honored at the “We Believe in Heroes” luncheon sponsored by the Utah Chapter of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Dr. Dixon was honored for laser research and application and for his role in building the University of Utah Medical Center and McKay-Dee Hospital. Dr. Dixon was dean of the University of Utah Medical School. Kent L. Foutz, 48, was appointed professor of marketing in the Dahl Kemper School of Business at Gannon University in Erie, Pa. He is married to Joan Pyper Foutz. 2b 50s Glen Soren Larson, ’50, was chosen 1991 Farmington Citizen of the Year by the Centerville-Farmington Rotary Club. 34 Ralph W. Mitchell, ’50, was promoted to vice president and trust officer at Ogden Personal Trust. He was assistant vice president. He holds degrees from the University of Utah and the University of Southern California. Leland R. Erickson, ’53, was appointed vice president and commercial loan officer at the Ogden Business Financial Center. He was vice president and manager of the center. He also has degrees from Brigham Young University and Pacific Coast Banking School. Mary Halverson, *55, received the Clinical Practice Award from the Utah Nurses Association. She is a registered nurse at McKay-Dee Hospital Center. She has taught prenatal classes there for 18 years and she started the single mother’s prenatal class. She also holds degrees from University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Darrell White, °57, retired as Box Elder School District Superintendent, after a 31-year career in education. He was a former principal of Roy High School. He was appointed head of the school employee’s insurance program with the Utah School Boards Association. He received an associate’s degree at Weber State and holds degrees from the University of Utah and Utah State University. RHE 60s Steve Porter, 63, was promoted to vice president of the Ogden-based United Savings Bank, Western Mortgage and Uniwest Service Corp. He was director of education and training and senior compliance officer. He joined the firm in 1976. Mr. Porter received his master’s degree in business administration from Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas. Ross Robson,’64, joined the evaluation team for the NASA Excellence Award for Quality and Productivity. Mr. Robson is director of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing at Utah State University. He is director of Utah State’s Partners in Business program. He is associate dean of the College of Business and associate professor of human resources at Utah State. Brian R. Florence, ’65, was named “1990 Distinguished Lawyer” by the Utah Bar Association. He was president of the bar in 1984-85 and commissioner for six years. Russel Germer, ’69, was selected as Utah’s Outstanding Elementary Teacher of the Year in Arts Education. Mr. Germer has taught music at Bonneville Elementary in Salt Lake City for the past four years. He graduated from Weber State in instrumental music. Thomas R. Grimm, ’69, was named one of Utah Business’ 1989 Top Ten Business Leaders. Mr. Grimm is founder and former president of Price Saver’s Discount Wholesale Warehouse recently absorbed by the Pace warehouse chain. He was named one of Weber State’s 100 outstanding alumni. He and his wife, Sandy, are parents of four children. Suzanne Moss Richins, *69, passed the Healthcare Executive Exam and was approved for membership in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Weber State and a master’s degree in business administration from Utah State University. She has been director of surgery at McKayDee Hospital for six years. DE 10s Timothy W. Blackburn, ’70, is a recent new shareholder with Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. He is one of 85 lawyers representing the company. He was with Browning, Blackburn and Kunzler until its merger with Van Cott, Bagley. His practice is in commercial law, litigation, real property and personal injury. Glen Sederholm, ’70, was made vice president of United Savings Bank, Western Mortgage and Uniwest Service Corp. in Ogden. He was manager of student, auto and second mortgage loans. Mr. Sederholm was president of the American Institute of Banking and is a member of the U.S. League of Consumer Lending. Dick Smith, 70, was appointed vice president and manager of the Redwood office of the Bank of Utah. He worked for West One Bank and the former Continental Bank & Trust in Salt Lake City. He earned his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from Weber State. Mr. Smith completed business courses through L.D.S. Business College, the American Institute of Banking and Robert Morris Associates. Tom Allen, ’71, Utah’s state auditor, was presented the 1991 Outstanding CPA Award by the Utah Association of CPAs. He was 1990 Outstanding Financial Executive and received the national Donald L. Scantlebury Memorial Award for improvements in government auditing and fiscal management. He was one of 1980’s Outstanding Young Men in America. Robert J. Carver, ’71, was appointed director of the returns processing and accounting division for the Internal Revenue Service office in Washington, D.C. He received his degree in banking and finance at Weber State. He has been a manager with the IRS in Ogden, Utah; San Francisco and Fresno , Calif.; Dallas and Austin, Texas and Andover, Mass. Mary Spencer, ’71, was awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities to participate in the 1990 program of Summer Seminars for Teachers at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. In 1988 she received the Most Influential Teacher Award. Ms. Spencer is college prep English teacher at Layton High School and concurrent enrollment English teacher for Utah State University. She holds a master’s in English and literature from USU. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Dr. Fred B. Skrepcinski, ”72, recently earned his master’s degree in public health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He has a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Weber State. He also holds a doctorate in dentistry from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Skrepcinski will be working for the U.S. Public Health Service, in Albuquerque, N.M. Public Accountants for 1990-1991. Mr. King is a systems auditor for Weber County Human Services Administration. US. Air Force Maj. Richard M. Atwater,’73, has been included in the 23rd edition of “Who’s Who in the Midwest.” Maj. Atwater is a 27-year career veteran intelligence officer with the Air Force. He is executive officer and intelligence production manager at the Joint Intelligence Transportation Center at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. ed in December of 1989, in Handel’s Jeff K. Thredgold, *73, was named senior vice president and chief economist for KeyCorp, a New York bank holding company. He has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Utah. Mr. Thredgold is an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah. Bart Wolthius, ’73, is governor of District 542 of Rotary International. Dr. Wolthius was Ogden’s mayor for four terms and city councilman for two terms. He graduated from the California School of Dentistry. Dr. Wolthius came to Utah from the Netherlands when he was 10. Pamela Wood, ’71, has been accepted for enrollment in the Master of International Management program at The American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Ariz. Kent Bodin, ’72, won gold medals in both the slalom and giant slalom ski races, in the 1990 International Police Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Bodin is a criminal investigator for the Ventura County Public Social Services Agency, Ventura, Calif. Steve Harris, °72, was promoted to director of Total Quality Management of Space Operations at Thiokol Corp. He has been in engineering management at Thiokol since 1971. Ralph Hartsock, 72, was appointed assistant catalog librarian for music and media at the University of North Texas. He recently completed writing, “Otto Luening: a Bio-Bibliography.” The work is 35th in the Greenwood Press series, “Bio-Bibliographies in Music.” Mr. Hartsock lives in Carrollton, Texas with his wife, Janet Fox , of Brookville, Pa. i Lowell Marriott Harrop,’73, received the Shared Values Award, the highest honor given to employees by AT&T. He was nominated by more than 250 employees in the Utah Capt. Arthur Aragon, Jr., ’75, assumed command of the 259th Military Police Company, White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Susan P. Broschinsky, ’75, participatMessiah, sponsored by the University of the Teton’s Music Conservatory, in Jackson, Wyo. She was active in the music department at Weber State. Mrs. Broschinsky lives in Rock Springs, Wyo. and is married to Dan Broschinsky, °76. J.E. (John) Herndon, ’75, was promoted to director of the sales and acquisition staff for Phillips Petroleum Co.’s exploration and production group in Houston, Texas. Mr. Herndon has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Weber State. He was an area landman in Lafayette, La., a senior contract representative in Bartlesville, Okla., and a land and acquisition representative in Alaska. He joined Phillips in 1986. Robin Kent Nalder, ’75, recently received a law degree from Ohio Northern University. Donald Lee Reed, ’75, was promoted to assistant vice president and manager of human resources and accounting, in the operations department at First Security Corp., Ogden. He has a master’s degree from Utah State University. Navy Petty Officer Ist Class Warren B. Johansen, ’76, was among reservists called to active duty to support Operation Desert Storm. He was called to action while serving with the Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-17 in Port Hueneme, Calif. office of AT&T’s National Center of Consumer Products. national accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Bitton, who is with the Salt Lake City office, recently completed a two-year assignment in the firm’s New York City office, doing research for accounting firms worldwide. Scott M. Hadley, ’78, is a new shareholder in the law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. He is representing the company in Ogden in litigation, real property, bankruptcy, municipal and family law. He holds a law degree from Brigham Young University. Craig A. Hill, ’78, was named director for temporal affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Central America Area in Guatamala, Mexico. He was controller for the church in Chile and finance manager in Mexico City. Douglas B. Thomas, ’78, earned a law degree from the University of Utah in February. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the U of U. He is an associate with the law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. Joel A. Dickson, ’79, was named vice president of regulatory affairs and utility business development for the San Dimas-based Southern California Water Co. He was rate analyst and director of gas supply management for Mountain Fuel. Kurt Moore, ’79, won the Utah Long Drive Golf Championship last summer at the Nibley Park Golf Course and beat the state record for the longest drive with a 393-yard shot. Moore excelled in basketball at at Weber State. Kevin Nelsen, ’79, joined Flameco as contracts manager. He was contracts manager at the Tactical Division of Thiokol Corp. Mr. Nelsen earned his master’s degree in business administration at the University of Phoenix. Debra Jacob Jones, *73, is a social worker at Woodland Health Center in Brookfield, Wis. She and husband Robert Jones have two daughters. Clark Baron, *74, was selected as Utah’s “Outstanding High School Teacher” for 1990. He was Utah’s 1989 “Teacher of the Year.” He teaches electronics, technology and math at Provo High School and is educational consultant for local industrial corporations. He has a master’s degree in education from Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Joyce Payne, of Brigham City, have six children. Ronald B. King, ’74, was elected president of the Northern Chapter of the Utah Association of Certified Charles Luke, ’76, was promoted to manager of product safety and toxicology at Schering-Plough HealthCare Products, Memphis, Tenn. He was senior clinical research associate at Schering. He will conduct safety evaluations of new products and toxicology research. He was a former senior research toxicologist for Pennwalt Corp. in Rochester, N.Y. Dr. Luke received his master’s and doctorate in toxicology from Utah State University. Val Bitton, ’78, is one of 100 people nationwide selected to work for the Keith S. Alder, ’80, was appointed field director in the Boy Scouts of America, Inland Northwest Scouting Family. He received the 1986 “Young Men in America” award for his work in the Boy Scouts He has served as district executive in Rock Springs, Wyo. and as district executive in Portland, Ore. He has received 70 merit badges. He and his wife, Cindy, have six children and live in Spokane, Wash. UPDATE The 80 ALUMNI (Continued) Gregory R. Alston, ’80, earned his master’s degree in international and public affairs from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Lynda Davis, ’80, was hired as DB2 project leader at Smiths Food and Drug, Inc. corporate offices in Salt Lake City. She received a master’s degree in software design at Texas Christian University and is a certified data processor. David Lane, ’80, was installed president of the Utah Chiropractic Association. He was 1989 vice president of the association and was on the board for seven years. He received the Distinguished Service Award for 1987 and 1988. Mr. Lane practices in Provo, Utah. Gaye D. Littleton, ’80, was named “Rotarian of the Year” for 1990. She is one of the first women in Utah to be accepted into the Ogden Rotary Club, which just recently opened its all-male membership to women. Ms. Littleton has been executive director of Your Community Connection of Ogden/Northern Utah for nine out of the 17 years she has been with the agency. Jan Sawdy, ’80, was named marketing coordinator for the McKay-Dee Institute for Behavioral Medicine. She has been outreach coordinator for Charter Summit Hospital in Salt Lake City, referral development coordinator for McKay-Dee’s behavioral health services, Dayspring chemical dependency program development coordinator and marketing communications manager and photographer/journalist for St. Benedict’s Hospital. David B. Thompson, 80, opened his chiropractic office in Ogden in the United Plaza Executive Building. Mr. Thompson practiced in Burbank, Calif. He received his doctorate from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles, Calif. He has post-graduate training in sports and athletic injury treatment. 36 James M. Alvey, ’81, was appointed director of public relations and advertising for the northern Utah and Wyoming area of Intermountain Health Care. He was coordinator of school services for Weber State. Before his new appointment Mr. Alvey was public relations director at McKay-Dee Hospital. William Evan Johnson, ’81, earned his master’s degree in elementary education at Utah State University last spring. He has a bachelor’s degree in education from Weber State. Ben I. Winchester, ’84, received his master’s degree in business administration from Utah State University. He is the son of Athena S. Winchester, South Ogden and the late Wayne B. Winchester. Ron R. Kunzler, ’81, is an associate with Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy law firm in Ogden. He also graduated from Brigham Young University. Bradley Richards, ’81, joined Ophthalmology Associates Inc., Ogden. Dr. Richards holds a doctorate in medicine from the University of Utah. He completed a residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich., and a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Mayo Clinic. Sheldon A. Smith, ’81, was appointed general counsel for Coldwell Banker Premier, Inc. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting at Weber State, where he was recognized as the 1981 Outstanding Graduate of the Year. Mr. Smith holds a law degree from Brigham Young University. He was an accountant with Fabian & Clendenin and with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in Salt Lake City Vicki S. Napper, 82, earned a master’s degree in instructional technology at Utah State University is now in the doctoral program there. She is an instructional designer for video discs. Leona Sully, ’82, was appointed director of radiology at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, where she has worked for 17 years. Ms. Sully was honored with the Clifford Kitner Memorial Award for outstanding technical achievements. Jay Welk, ’82, was appointed head coach of Davis High School boys basketball team in Utah. He has coached at Weber High, Mill Creek Junior High and Roy High School. He and his wife, the former Louann Nielson, and their five children live in Davis County. Lee Carter, ’83, was named treasurer of United Savings Bank, Western Mortgage, and Uniwest Service Corp., Ogden. Mr. Carter was assistant treasurer. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from Brigham Young University. Brett Thomas, ’83, was appointed head golf professional at Wolf Creek Resort in Utah. He was golf professional in Monterey, Calif.; Riverside Country Club in Provo and the Ogden Golf and Country Club. Robert Lee Bateman, ’84, qualified for membership in the life insurance industry’s Million Dollar Round Table, which is comprised of top insurance sales people worldwide. Mr. Bateman lives in Ogden. Blake Burrell, ’84, was promoted to vice president of accounting at Ogden Government Employees Credit Union. He was elected service director of the Northern Chapter of Utah’s Credit Union League. Phyllis Nelson Johnson, ’84, accepted a counseling position at McKay-Dee Institute for Behavioral Medicine. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Utah. She was vice president for the Children’s Aid Society and a therapist at the Regional Treatment Center for sex abuse in Ogden. She was a drug and alcohol counselor at St. Benedict’s Hospital. Dr. David Gammell Johnson, ’84, opened his endodontic practice at the Layton Park Plaza in Layton. Dr. Johnson has doctorate in dental surgery from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a certificate of endodontics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ward Ogden, ’84, received the Golden Hern Award from Problems Anonymous Action Group Inc., for his role in improving the living conditions for mentally ill residents of Bramwell Court, Ogden. In 1984 he was outstanding student in geography at Weber State. Mr. Ogden is project director for the Department of Community Development in Ogden. He holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Utah. Joan Wilcox, ’84, recently formed her own company, BiblioTemp Services, an information consulting firm serving the Greater Boston area. She and her husband, John Wilcox, ’84, live in Melrose, Ma. John Wilcox, *84, was recently promoted to Local Area Network Manager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory. He and his wife, Joan Wilcox, °84, live in Melrose, Ma. J. Curtis Breitweiser, ’85, is past president on the Independent Insurance Agents, Ogden Association board of directors. He is president of Weber State’s Young Alumni Association. Mr. Curtis holds a master’s degree from Utah State University. He and his wife, Caron, have two daughters, ages 2 months and 3 years. Christopher G. Bruch, ’85, graduated cum laud from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., with a doctorate in dental surgery. He received a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Weber State. Mr. Bruch plans to complete a master’s program in orthodontics at Indiana UniversityPurdue University at Indianapolis. Cindy Bevan Dial, ’85, is a dental hygienist at West Valley Medical Group. She and husband Troy Dial live in Salt Lake City. Kathryn D. Kendell, ’85, is an attorney with Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. She is one of about 85 lawyers representing the company. Gary T. Logan, ’85, earned his doctorate in law at the University of Utah College of Law. The degree is Mr. Logan’s fifth. He also has degrees from West Virginia and Utah State universities. He lives in Washington Terrace, Utah. Randall G. Phillips, ’85, will practice law in Ogden with the law firm of Warner & Phillips. He recently received his law degree from the University of Idaho and he also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. Greg Richens, ’85, completed requirements last year at Utah State University, for a master’s degree in public administration. Dr. Teela S. Sorensen, *85, received a doctorate in medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She will serve a residen- cy in obstetrics and gynecology at Saginaw Cooperative Hospitals in Saginaw, Mich. She and her husband, Allen Sorensen, have four children. Marcus A. Stadelmann, ’85, received his doctorate in political science from the University of California, where he also had earned a master’s degree. Dr. Stadelmann is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Texas, Austin. He.is a member of the American Political Science Association and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. George Richard Nasfell, ’87, was appointed clerk for Judge Philip M. Becker in Gooding, Idaho. Mr. Nasfell recently graduated from the University of Idaho College of Law. He and his wife, Mary, have three children. He was owner and operator of Smith Jewelry & Loan Co. in Ogden before moving to Idaho. Thomas Farrell Calton, ’86, earned his doctorate in medicine from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He will serve an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Louisville. degree at the University of Puget Sound School of Law. She was Ensign Brennan B. Fernelius, ’86, was commissioned a U.S. Coast Guard Dr. Randall L. Steinfeldt, ’87, received his doctorate in medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He will serve a residency in family practice at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. ensign last October after completing Reserve Officer Candidate Indoctrination at Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, Va. He joined the Coast Guard in 1988. Scott C. Nelson, ’86, earned a doctorate in medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin. He will serve an anesthesiology residency at the University of lowa Hospitals and Clinics. Mark T. Saunders, ’86, received his doctorate in medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He will serve an intern- ship at St. Luke’s Hospital in Milwaukee, Wis. He and his wife, Sheila Taylor Saunders, have three children. Douglas T. Shepherd, ’86, earned his doctorate in medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas. He will intern at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City for a year and then serve a three-year residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine at Rochester, Minn. Patrick Butler, 87, was named Outstanding American History Teacher by the Utah State Society Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1989 he was named Most Influential Teacher at Ogden High School, where he teaches advanced placement history. Thayne Works Hardy, ’87, was accepted for enrollment last year in the Master of International Management program at Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. Clyde Mueller, ’87, was chosen National Press Photographer’s Association executive board representative at the association’s national convention last year. Mr. Mueller has been photo editor at the StandardExaminer in Ogden for six of his 13 years with the paper. Mary E. Robnett, ’87, earned a law named to the dean’s list in 1989 and 1990, and received American Jurisprudence Awards in trusts and estates and legal writing. Brenda M. Wheelwright, ’87, was elected treasurer of the northern chapter of the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants. She is senior accountant with the accounting firm of Crouch & Wood, and is involved in the Women in Management Committee of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce. Frank Browning,’88, was elected to serve on the Bank of Utah’s board of directors. He was the bank’s assistant vice president and programmer in the computer operations department. Mr. Browning has a degree in computer information systems. Kevin Clemens, ’88, earned a mas- ter’s degree in economics-human resources management at Utah State University. Mr. Clemens has a bachelor’s degree in history from Weber State. Vance Hillman, *88, was presented the Faculty Excellence Award at Western Illinois University where he is associate professor of health sciences. The $1,000 stipend and certificate were for Dr. Hillman’s service to the health sciences profession. He has an associate’s degree in nursing from Weber State. He holds a doctorate in medicine from Southern Illinois University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University. Dana Chatlin, ’89, is director of Corporate and Foundation Giving at St. Benedict’s Foundation. She received a bachelor’s degree in marketing at Weber State. She was in marketing management with America First Credit Union in Ogden and was a volunteer at St. Benedict’s Hospital. Lance W. Himelright, ’89, graduated in June from the physical therapy program at the University of Utah. He also has attended Brigham Young University. Debra Luby, ’89, joined the Ogden City Mall as marketing director. Ms. Luby was assistant marketing director at the Fashion Place Mall. She received her bachelor’s degree in communications at Weber State. Darin J. Montierth, ’89, was commissioned a Navy ensign in March. He completed Officer Candidate School, at the Naval Education and Training Center, Newport, R.1. Pies O()s Bryan S. Miley, ’90, was accepted for enrollment in the Master of International Management program at Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management. Lauryn Miller, ’90, is director of Special Events and Annual Giving at St. Benedict’s Foundation in Ogden. Ms . Miller will oversee designated fund-raising events and programs for the hospital. She has been in retail marketing with Weinstocks, Mervyns and the Newgate Mall. Ist Lt. Dorthy C. Robertson, ’88, received the Army Commendation Medal. She graduated from Weber State in criminal law enforcement. 37 Requiem Lewis Orville Bambrough, Roy, Utah, died March 11, at age 70. He was a teacher at Weber State from 1981-1986. He retired as a machine shop supervisor at Hill Air Force Base. Mr. Bambrough also was a director and chairman of the Roy Water ~ Conservancy Subdistrict. He is survived by wife, Verna Russell, and two children. Leslie Le Roy Bowden, Roy, Utah, died Aug. 5, 1990, at age 81, after an extended illness. He retired in 1974 as building and grounds supervisor at Weber State. He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and two daughters. He is survived by two sons and four daughters. Eva Ruth Browning, Ogden, died May 4, at age 94, in a Utah nursing home. Ms. Browning was the first librarian at Weber State. She served under five college presidents, from 1922 to 1954. She graduated from Brigham Young University and did graduate work at the University of Oregon, University of Chicago and Columbia University in New York. Under Ms. Browning’s direction, Weber State’s library grew from a room with a handful of books to a building with thousands of books and periodicals. In 1976 the library became the threestory, Stewart Library. The reference and periodicals wing was named after Ms. Browning. For her contributions , Weber State honored Ms. Browning with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1977 and with the H. Aldous Dixon Award in 1986. Nina Nelson Ogden Castner, Ogden, died July 26, 1990, of a brain hemorthage. She was secretary for the Weber State communication department from 1972 to 1982. She was survived by her husband, a son and two step-sons. Irene Chugg Condie, Ogden, died Aug. 24, 1990, at age 78, after a long illness. She was a secretary in the practical nursing department at Weber State from 1963 to 1977. She was preceded in death by her husband and survived by a son and two daughters. 38 John M. Elzey, 60, died Sept. 27 following a long struggle with cancer. Dr. Elzey served locally, nationally and internationally in many theater capacities. He was a member of the Ogden Arts Council, the Utah Arts Commission, the Utah Alliance for Arts Education and the American College of Theatre Festival. He pro- duced the Miles Goodyear Pagent in Ogden and directed the Utah Shakesperean Festival in Cedar City. Dr. Elzey directed dozens of plays in his 32 years as a professor at Weber State. He was a frequent guest director at the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City. His special areas of interest included Japanese theatrical techniques and stage combat. In 1988, Elzey received a meritorious achievement award from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. He was cited for “continuing dedication and commitment to the principles of the American College Theatre Festival and for improving and encouraging the creative process in our schools, colleges and universities.” He directed 54 plays in his 32 years as a professor at Weber State. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1952. Dr. Elzey was a Weber State alumnus and served as student body president during the 1950s. He joined the Weber State faculty in 1959. “John Elzey has given his life energy to Weber State, first as a student and then as a faculty member,” said performing arts Professor Brian Jones. “We have depended on his dedication.” Michael Irwin Cousens, Ogden, died Oct. 24, 1990, at age 46, from injuries he received in an auto accident. He was director of Weber State University’s Science Education Center. Twelve days before his death, Dr. Cousens was named Outstanding Science Educator For Higher Education by the Utah Science Teacher’s Association. When he arrived at Weber State in 1986, only 20 students declared botany as a major. Five years later, because of his teaching ability and his work in the department, the number of botany majors had risen to 67. In his honor, the Weber State Development Office set up a memorial fund. He is survived by his wife, Marlene Sharon Rubin, director of freshman support services, and his two daughters. Mary C. Hayes, Ogden, died Feb. 22, at age 77, after a lingering illness. She taught piano at Weber State. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Weber State professor of bacteriology and chemistry, Sheldon Phipps Hayes. She was survived by her two daughters. Victor Edward Leeks, Ogden, died Sept. 14, 1990, at age 52, of cancer. He was a chef at Weber State. He was preceded in death by a son and survived by another son. Julia Atwood Hasty Nebeker, Ogden, died Sept. 2, 1990, at age 66. She was a costumer in the theater department at Weber State from 1964 to 1981, when she retired. She was preceded in death by her husband and a child and survived by two children. E. Carl Hill, Ogden, died Oct. 29, 1990 , at age 86. He was an adjunct Spanish professor at Weber State. He was survived by his wife and four chil- dren. Ruth Elaine Turner, Kaysville, Utah, died July 15, 1990, at age 67. She received her bachelor’s degree from Weber State and a master’s degree in library science from Brigham Young University. She was associate professor of library science at Weber State from 1968 until she retired in 1988. Orson Whitney Young, Ogden, died Nov. 16, 1990, at age 86, of pneumonia. Dr. Young received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in zoology from the University of Utah. He earned a doctorate in limnology at the University of Michigan. He was a zoology professor at Weber State from 1933 to 1973 and was Life Sciences Department Chairman for several years. He helped organize and direct the Weber County Mosquito Abatement District. As chairman of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, he helped initiate the Visiting Scientist and Science Fair programs for Utah public schools. Weber State gave him the Henry Dixon award for outstanding service and an honorary doctorate. He was preceded in death by his wife, and survived by their four children. Francis A. Bingham, *23, Sunset, Utah, died Aug. 31, 1990, at age 85. Fred Lund, ’48, Ogden, died Feb. 27, at age 66. Lawrence Palmer, ’23, Plain City, Jerald “Jerry” Dean Nichols, ’49, died Dec. 1, 1990, at age 86. Ilah Naisbett Giles, ’24, Hooper, Utah, died Nov. 8, 1990, at age 85, of heart failure. She held degrees from the University of Utah and Utah State University. Vernon E. Taylor, ’24, Ogden, died Aug. 22, 1990, at age 80. He studied airplane engine mechanics at Weber State. Leota H. Allen, ’25, Huntsville, Utah, died Dec. 25, 1990, at age 84. She graduated from Utah State University at 53. Zella Francis Smout Chard, ’28, Liberty, Utah, died Sept. 24, 1990, at age 81, after a lingering illness. She attended Utah State University. 1930s Dorthy Caroline Eklund Croxford, *34, Ogden, died March 1, at age 76, of cancer. Russell Wight Fishburn, ’36, Brigham City, Utah, died Dec. 16, 1990, at age 73, after a short illness. Woodrow Giles, ’36, Morgan, Utah, died July 23, 1990, at age 73, of a heart attack. He graduated from Utah State University in agnonomy and forestry. Arnold E. Robins, ’36, Ogden, died Sept. 4, 1990, at age 73. Glen P. Bramwell, ’37, Bremerton, Wash., died July 2, 1990, at age 73. He received his medical degree from the University of Utah. Wilford Tesch, ’39, Riverdale, Utah, died Jan. 28, 1990, at age 73, after an 1910s Grace Wheelwright Paul, ’17, Ogden, died June 12, at age 92. Lolabell Garner Oleson, ’19, Bountiful, Utah, died March 25, at age 85. Karl Stimson Storey, 19, North Ogden, died Jan. 23, at age 91. 1920s Jennie Randall Scott, ’21, Bountiful, Utah, died Aug. 11, 1990, at age 87. extended illness. Dwight J. Williams, ’39, Bountiful, Utah, died Feb. 25, at age 71, of heart disease. He also held degrees from the University of Utah. 1940s Belva Laura Heslop Mattson, *40, Ogden, died Aug. 9, 1990, at age 70, after a prolonged illness. Eleanore Pauline Owen, ’41, Ogden, died Sept. 12, 1990, at age 69, of cancer. She was in the Psi Chi Sorority and the National Honor Society. Pleasant View, Utah, died Feb. 27, at age 62, from complications from pneumonia. He graduated with a business degree. then. 1950s Margaret L. (Kerrick) Hill, ’53, Ogden, died Nov. 30, 1990, at age 76. She received a nursing degree from Weber State. 1960s Robert William Barker, ’61, Syracuse, Utah, died Dec. 11, 1990, at age 59, of heart failure. He earned a business administration degree at Weber State. Minnie S. Tischer, ’64, Ogden, died July 13, 1990, at age 78. She received a licensed practical nurse degree at Weber State. H. Kay Schmidt, ’66, Washington, D.C., died Oct. 13, 1990, at age 49. He held a degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Beverly Jean Monson, ’67, Ogden, died Oct. 4 , 1990, at age 61. She received a master’s degree at Brigham Young University. Bette P. Thornblad, ’69, North Ogden, Utah, died Feb. 20, at age 63. She received a bachelor’s degree in music at Weber State. 1970s John Robert Mortensen,’72, Farmington, Utah, died May 29, at age 44, of cancer. Harvey Craig Poulsen, ’73, Sandy, Utah, died May 9. He graduated with honors from Weber State. Vicki Lyn Frisby Hellewell, ’74, Clinton, Utah, died May 8, at age 36. Steven Paul Hagemann, ’76, Santa Rosa, Calif., died Jan. 22, 1991, fol- lowing an extended illness. Dr. L. Wayne Johns, ’76, Yuma, Ariz., died Feb. 9, at age 57, of septicimia. He graduated from the Palmer College of Chiropractic. Richard Edward Anderson, ’78, Ogden, died Oct. 17, 1990 , at age 41. 1980s John V. Byer, ’80, Salt Lake City, died Feb. 15, at age 32. Leon Child Brace, Ogden, died Jan. 4, at age 51, of complications from hemophilia. Courtney McCarthy Bird Campbell, 81, Ogden, died Aug. 15, 1990, at age 41. She received a master’s degree at the University of Utah. Marion E. Brown, Lake Mead City, Ariz., died Aug. 1, 1990, at age 66, in Lake Mead City. After Weber State he went on to earn a doctorate in civil engineering. Edmund Earl Hansen, ’81, Centerville, Utah, died Feb. 24, of a massive cerebral hemorrhage. He also held degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy, University of Maryland and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Cheryl A. Bush, Ogden, died Aug. 7, 1990, at age 44, in an accidental drowning. She graduated from Weber State in nursing and secondary education and from Brigham Young University in medical dietetics. 84, died Dec. 5, 1990, at age 62, of cancer. Martha Emily Martinez Quintana, Lillie May Jackson Chase, Ogden, died May 5, at age 74. She graduated from Weber State in beauty culture. Jan R. Smith, ’85, Morgan, Utah, died June 30, at age 41. He received a master’s degree from Weber State and a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. Thera Jane Cordon Ellison Cox, Salt Lake City, died March 3. She was one of the first graduates from Weber State after it became a college in the 1920s. Gary Allen Phillips, ’85, Huntsville, Utah, died June 18, at age 58, of coronary artery disease. Martha M. Christensen, Ogden, died July 1, at age 74, following a lingering illness. She graduated from Weber State in cosmetology. David G. Copeland, ’86, Fruit Heights, Utah, died June 22, 1991. He received a master’s degree at Westminster College. Ogden, died July 25, 1990. She graduated from Weber Academy. Sharon L. Collett, ’88, Kaysville, Utah, died May 22, 1991, at age 43, of cancer. Denise P. Kitto, ’89, North Ogden, Utah, died Feb. 8, at age 33 of a car- diac arrest. Michael Orlin Smith, ’89, Ogden, died Jan. 20, at age 35, as a result of a cross-country skiing accident. 1990s Leslie M. Ravsten, 91, Tremonton, Utah, died May 10, at age 32, of congestive heart failure. He was to have received his associate’s degree in computer science from Weber State in April at his parent’s home. He was a cosmetologist at J.C. Penney in Ogden. OTHERS Mary Mariah Charlesworth Broadbent, Ogden, died Jan. 22, at age 91, of causes related to age. She graduated from Weber Academy. Delore J. Bergen, Ogden, died May 29, at age 76. Montella (Monte) Lewis Davidson, Dee Wayne Davis, Salt Lake City, died Dec. 11, 1990 at age 37. He was in the National Honor Society. Jack Conwell Deamer, Ogden, died Oct. 14, 1990 at age 72. Ronald Carlos Elliott, Provo, Utah, died Dec. 9, 1990, at age 56. Owen O. Fiet, Redondo Beach, Calif., died January 27, at age 73, following a lingering illness. He also held degrees from the University of Utah and the University of Pennsylvania. Roscoe C. Glasmann, Jr., Washoe Valley, Nev., died Jan. 28, at age 74. Gene L. Messerly, Denver, Colo., died May 29, after an extended illness. Mr. Messerly also received extensive training from Mountain Bell Telephone and U.S. West Communications. Fred J. Mills, Sunset, Utah, died Feb. 26, at age 64, following an illness. He received a music degree at Weber State. Janet Lynn Nasfell, Ogden, died Nov. 25, 1990, at age 33, from complications following surgery. She received a degree in psychology from Weber State. Harvey Craig Poulsen, Sandy, Utah, died May 8, 1991 at age 40. He graduated from Weber State as an honor student. Jean Marie Collins Simonson, LaVerkin, Utah, died June 24, at age 52. Leland Slater, Slaterville, Utah, died April 21, at age 90. Earl Rulon Stoker, Orange Co., Calif., died March 30, at age 75. He also graduated from the University of Utah. Carl Raymond Stone, Jr. , Ogden, died July 9, 1990, at age 70 of heart failure. Clarence M. Stone, Riverdale, Utah, died April 29, of causes related to age. He graduated from Weber Academy. Clarine Pribble Walpole, South Ogden, Utah, died May 1, at age 70. She received a nursing degree from Weber State, but she pursued music and drama throughout her life. L. Claude Wheeler, Ogden, died March 16, at age 100. He graduated from Weber Academy and Ogden Business College. Thelma Louise Jones Harrison, Bountiful, Utah, died June 21, at age 84. She graduated from Weber State and later received an honorary degree for her public service. Laurence Bishop Johns, Ogden, died Oct. 8, 1990, after a heart attack. Fannie White Montierth Johnson, Sunset, Utah, died June 22, at age 90. She was in the first graduating class of the Weber Stake Academy. Owen George Manning, Roy, Utah, died June 24, at age 67, of cancer. 39 40 ee ee ee we are dedicated to the intellectu- al, economic, social, and cultural development of the community. We are building a curriculum to help our students step into the 21st century with confidence. CREDITS: University Times is published by the Public Communications Department, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 844081010. Please address all correspondence to the Editor. Submission of manuscripts and artwork are encouraged, but no responsibility is accepted for unsolicited materials. Bylined articles reflect the viewpoints of individual writers and are not necessarily those of the University. Mailed third-class nonprofit at Ogden, UT 84408-1010. Publisher: William C. Loos Executive Editor: Ronald D. Cantera Editor: Craig V. Nelson Copy Editor: Marilyn Karras Writer: Charlie Schill Contributors: Barbara Bernstein, David Clifton, Edie George, Cheryl A. Jensen, Brad Larsen, Dale Oberer, Christine Rasmussen Photography: John Shupe, Clark Taylor Graphic Design: Richards & Swensen, Inc. Ro: Monday Merchandise by’ Send address changes to: University Times, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-3701 Printing: Watkins Printing STATE UNIVERSITY 1991-92 Performing Arts Series ee ee How do we provide world-class opportunities for learning? We don’t have the resources to pursue learning in large laboratories with expensive equipment; however, learning can take place in other settings as well. Faculty and students can learn as they interact AT WEBER ee We are living in a time of dramatic change. All over the world changes are taking place which impact every aspect of our lives. To benefit from these changes, learning must become a lifetime activity, not merely something that takes place between the ages of 5 and 22. One author observed: “Everywhere, men and women are beginning to realize that the education they received in the past, regardless of how little or how much, cannot sustain them for long in a time of rapid change. They sense that the world in which they live is no longer the world they have known, that the nation is undergoing deep and ever-accelerating changes, and that even the community or neighborhood in which they live no longer offers the comfort of continuity. They recognize that unless they take preventive action, they will become as obsolete as last year’s headlines. They are discovering that... the only way to survive in a world where so much is new every day, is to develop a process of continual self-renewal.” In the past year, I have visited businesses, government offices, public schools and health-care organizations to learn about their too. with one another. Faculty, students and community members can learn together as they work in teams to solve community problems. They can focus on problems that are important to the community, involve people from several different disciplines and, together, unravel complex problems. To encourage this kind of learning, Weber State is becoming what some call a “metropolitan university.” This model calls for partnerships between the University and many different segments of the community. As a metropolitan university, oe by Paul H. Thompson University President cal because they are changing so rapidly. Managers of industries told me repeatedly how important education is to their companies. Learning is not simply the responsibility of the president or the managers, they said, but it is required of technicians, custodians and secretaries, too. Everyone in the organization must make learning a high priority. These findings have important implications for our institution: ¢ We must be prepared to serve students of all ages, not just those between the ages of 17 and 22. The University has responded well to this opportunity, and we have many students in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. ¢ We must expand our partnership with the community and take education off campus. Since people need to be continually learn- ing, we can’t wait for students to come to us; we need to go to them. We do a great deal now in continuing education off campus, but we are expanding that activity and making it easier for people throughout our community to learn . ¢ We must provide a worldclass education. If businesses are going to survive in a global economy, they will have to be globally minded. Businesses are not competing only with companies in California, Texas and New York. They must compete with businesses in Japan, Korea and Germany, Ce activities. The need for continued education in all these fields is criti- UP YOUR LIFE T LIGH THROUGH THE PERFORMING ARTS F Join Us! Wet Pure Tog Onl Sep. 21 Oct. 3 Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Oct 1) Oce 15 Oct. 18 Oct. 21 INov. L, 2, 6, 7, 8,9 Nov. 11 Nov. 17 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Nov. 20, 22, & 30 at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 23, 26, 27, 29 at 2:00 p.m. Marching Band Review Faculty Showcase Karen Brookens Vocal Recital Diana Grueninger Piano Recital “Iphigenia” USU Guest Greek Play Faculty Jazz Quartet New American Symphony Orchestra Evelyn M. Harris and Paul R. Jones Vocal and Cello Recital “Beytrayal Faculty String Quartet Weber State Symphony Orchestra Faculty Saxophone Quartet Guest Artist Walter Schenkman, Piano “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” Nov. 21, 23, 26, Choreographers Showcase 27, 29 at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at 2:00 p.m. Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Dec: | Dec. 5 Dec. 9 Dec, 15 Dec. 14 Jan. 10 Jan: 13 pat 7. Jan 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 11 Feb. 13-15, 19-22 Feb. 29 March 1 March 2 March 3 March 5 March 7 March 9 March 10-14 March 14 April 1 April 7 April 10 & 12 April 9, 10, 11 April 10, 11 May 1 May 4 May 5-9 May 12 May 15-16 May 17 May 19 May 21 May 26-30 May 27 June 2-5 Michael A. Palumbo Viola Recital Jazz & Percussion Concert WSU Christmas Concert 5:30 & 8 p.m. Odgen Community Choir Weber State Singers Christmas Concert Odgen Community Choir High School Honor Band Festival Mark A. Henderson Vocal Recital Donald K. Keipp Guest Artist Rob Hallquist, Piano New American Symphony Orchestra Utah Saxophone Quartet Faculty String Quartet Theatre TBA WSU Winter Choirfest Weber State Symphony Orchestra with Diana Grueniger, Piano Todd Woodbury Classical Guitar Recital Shi Hwa Wang Violin Recital An Evening of Brass and Percussion High School Orchestra Festival Weber State Symphonic Band Concert “Peyote Jokes” Jazz Invitational David E. Feller Woodwind Recital Show Choir Festival Odgen Community Choir Orchesis Dance Theatre Choir Festival 7:00 p.m. New American Symphony Orchestra Faculty String Quartet Broadway Musical “Nunsense” Weber State Symphonic Band Concert Weber State Singers Spring Concert Weber State Symphony Orchestra Jazz Ensemble Concert Combined Chamber and Concert Choir Spring Concert “Much Ado About Nothing” Percussion Ensemble Concert One Act Plays For Ticket Information Call 626-8500 Weber State University Ogden, UT 84408-1010 US POSTAGE PAID Bulk Rate Non-Profit Permit No. 151 Ogden, UT Last Glance