zs Ks BRT - fe eats Bio Pee 1 BETTY LOU LAMOREAUX JUDGE etty Lou Lamoreaux, CRUSADER | eber State Alumna, ights For Families ec VOLUME WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2 NUMBER 1 ¢ WINTER 1992 Table of reese UNIVERSITY TIMES University Times cone Wins Editorial 6 AClosing Door IATION RIBEEORS Award LL Thundering Herd JA. Courtroom Crusader 19 Family Forgiveness 3A: Alumni Update YOUNG ALUMNI AQ) COUNCIL Kinard’s Comebae Pag EMERITUS ALUMNI COUNCIL N w . ; Directions FACULTY Plays With Your Team veryone Wins. Bank. Currently Giving 1107. Member ED.LC. | SENATE Ws FOUNDATION WILDCAT CLUB Page 22 Students gain senate e 7 k Perspective s miere issue of University Times earned recognition from Editor’s Workshop newsletter as one of 10 outs tanding organizational publications, University Times was prai sed as one of America’s best alumnj magazines by Ed Amold, | 4 nationally renowned edito rial consultant and publications ana- lyst. The magazine topped the semi-annual list of “Amold’s Admirables” in the May 1992 issue of Editor’s Workshop , published by Lawrence Raga n Communications Inc. of Chicago, “Subject matter (in the University Times) is Wide -ranging asa good curricul um,” Mr. Amold said, “Design is dive rse and photographic quality is high, “Alumni activities, universi ty News, varsity sports and gift solicitation are presented in a fresh, appealing way. Dire cted at an educated audience, the (University Times) offers intellectual stimulation and pleas antly reminds us that a unive rsity’s function is academic and not providing an NFL farm team.” Each year, Mr. Amold issue s two lists of 10 publications each that he considers standouts, ATHLETIC ARGUMENTS It is amazing that you included Mr. (Ron) Holt’s letter on athletics (“Comment,” p. 2, Winter 1991), especially since it was the only negative letter, in the first issue of University Times. If athletics is so unproductive to society, why also include such great coverage about getting the Winter Olympics in Utah (“Tom Welch’s Olympic Race,” p. 6)? It seems to me that athletics are athletics. I have learned a great deal about the time, effort, responsibility and especially discipline it takes to handle both being an athlete and getting your studies done. There are some wonderful and intelligent students who are athletes at the same time. Some of these students have the privilege of being in the honors program also, if Mr. Holt (WSU honors program director) would care to check his class rolls, both past and present. Rosalie Dabb-Polson Athletics Secretary Ogden, Utah Class of ’72 As a rebuttal to Mr. Holt, I invite him to compare both the GPAs and the graduation rates of our athletes versus those of the general student body. Ours is higher! It is a shame that in spite of dramatic efforts by the NCAA to shorten the hyphen between student-athletes, Mr. Holt continues to be the self-appointed wedge driver! When will he realize that no dichotomy exists between academics and athletics? We are involved in a joint effort to bring good people to our campus, to assist them in obtaining their education, to graduate them into a productive role in society and to bring some positive attention to Weber State along the way. Dan Walker Assistant Track Coach Ogden, Utah Class of 75 I believe it is the students not involved in athletics who are deprived of the true meaning of life’s education. What one learns on the field cannot be taught in a classroom. | was never taught in any academic section how to give of myself for my fellow man. Now I find that this is what life is really all about. ... I may not be able to exude this precious feeling of participation in a game situation to my children or students. But, I can faithfully work as intensely as possible to share with them the true meaning of succeeding in life that I learned from my fantastic experiences as a football player at Weber State University. Rick Bojak West Jordan, Utah Class of 73 I have made only two minor (financial) contributions to the school. I will increase my contributions when Weber State gets the courage to drop out of the NCAA, end intercollegiate sports and put the money back into physical education, club sports and real academics. Until that happens, you can quit sending me requests for funds. In time, this savings of postage, literature and phone calls will mount. Total the lot and credit it as my contribution to your commercial entertainment fund. Ted Collins Sun City, Arizona Class of ’39 Many administrators have the misconception that football and basketball inspire major financial endowments to the rest of the institution and that elimination of athletic entertainment would seriously affect fund raising. Look around the campus. To believe that the generosity of Browning, Eccles, Dee, Mack, Wattis, Marriott, Lindquist, Hinckley, Stewart and many others is inspired by winning a Big Sky championship is ludicrous. Athletic directors often say that the income from major spectator sports finances the cost of the real amateur or minor sports. Very few institutions can produce evidence to prove this concept. James O. Douglas, D.D.S. Ogden, Utah UNIVERSITY EULOGY I was thrilled to receive the news that wonderful old WC is now a University. My congratulations to the administration and faculty of WSU for their “promotion.” I hope the transition from WC to WSU will not diminish the personal friendliness I experienced during my time there. L. Judson Farmer Jackson, Mississippi Class of ’54 STORY CORRECTION You included an article written by my husband, Dr. Lawrence C. Evans, which was an excerpt from the “Centennial History of Weber State College” (“Reminiscence,” Winter 1991). The editor added a note giving Dr. Evans’ age as 83. Dr. Evans was 73 when he died. Some months ago in another publication, a fine article was written about Dr. Evans, but it stated he had died of cancer. Dr. Evans did not have cancer — a heart attack took his life. I telephoned this error to the editor’s attention at that time. For many years Larry was an advisor for student publications. I am sure if you remember him, or work with those who do, you will learn that he stressed accuracy first of all. Mrs. Lawrence Evans Bountiful, Utah NEW TIMES It is an honor to receive Volume 1 Number | of the University Times, the magazine of Weber State University, which bears the name of my great-great grandfather, Capt. John H. Weber. The variety and scope of the articles in the magazine, the quality of writing and the beauty of the illustrations make University Times a most impressive publication. Virginia Weber Gannon Glen Ellyn, Illinois I received the copy you sent of the new University Times. 1’ll have to say my first impression was, “WOW!” And so was my last — after reading it cover to cover. What a “class” publication. I’m honored to have been included in this beautiful premiere issue (“Continuum,” p. 4, Winter 1991) and sincerely look forward to future editions. Janet Day Salt Lake City, Utah Class of ’68 QUALITY RESEARCH As the excitement about the “University” name change settles, (“Building a New U,” p. 14, Winter 1991) I have observed a new inner satisfaction among many of the faculty and students that has accompanied the name change. During the lobbying efforts to change the name, some expressed the belief that research was not an important part of our efforts and that Weber’s role was primarily teaching. Research plays a vital role in an academic institution. Faculty who are involved in research efforts exhibit a vitality and excitement. The excitement of one’s research spills over into the classroom and laboratories. Hands-on involvement through research allows close interaction between students and faculty. Research creates a stimulating learning environment and often ignites the desire to learn in students. I am continually impressed with the quality of research conducted at Weber State. It is the research efforts by students and faculty that will continue to build the stature of this great institution in the years to come. Edward B. Walker Chemistry Professor Ogden, Utah Class of 76 ALUMNI ADVOCATES You were very kind in recognizing the members of the Alumni Association’s various boards and councils. However, one of the more prominent and productive members of our organization was inadvertently omitted (“Table of Contents,” p. 1, Winter 1991). Edie George, our executive director, merits mention in this fine publication. ... You may also consider including our assistant director, Dick Davis, in your next publication as well. Edie George and Dick Davis do more for the WSU Alumni Association than anyone else on campus. Shaun Myers Alumni Association President Ogden, Utah Class of ’81 It is a curiosity to me that Edie George, who is the executive director of the University’s Alumni Association is not listed in the directory. ... Seems to me she definitely belongs there. Ginger Hauser College of Applied Science & Technology Ogden, Utah (Editor's Note: We agree. The omission was an oversight we’ ve corrected on page 1.) Letters should be sent to: Editor, University Times, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-1010 or faxed to (801) 626-8875. Letters also may be submitted by telephone by calling (801) 626-7500. Letters must include writer’s name, address, daytime phone number and graduating class. Submissions may be edited for space and clarity. NEWS % 68 HOT Sports Scores, Weather, DISH The women who live in LaSal Hall on campus are getting more thana little tired of their sensitive fire alarms. During spring quarter the women were forced from their homes 24 times when smoke from an overdone dinner triggered the fire alarms. “Last time, the alarm was caused by hot dogs,” said Connie Fraser of the University housing department. “They were burnt black.” News Headlines, Politics... Wherever You Are...Every Day. California, New York, Virginia, Florida — wherever you live or travel you can now have daily news from Utah on your fax machine or computer modem. This fall, Bonneville International Corporation and KSL will inaugurate a nationwide Teletext-5 Utah news service...available on demand through your computer modem or automatically through your fax machine each day. Write for complete information. ST. 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A 17-year-old came to ~ Weber State to study math, but became intrigued, then obsessed with the billiard tables in the Shepherd Union Building. He scratched his college education, chalked up his pool cue and entered every billiards tournament he could find. “Everyone could beat him at first,” said Sven Davis, student director of the billiards program. “Now no one plays him anymore. He wins every tournament.” BY RONALD D. C resigned as announcer for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and news director of KSL-TV (Channel 5), Weber State alumnus J. Spencer Kinard has declined every opportunity to discuss the controversy that cost him his career. has decided to break his self-imposed silence. In an exclusive interview with his former KSL-TV news colleague Ron Cantera, he explains why he resigned, how it RON CANTERA: Some people thought you should have left Utah after you resigned. You probably could have landed a good TV news job someplace else. Why did you stay? “T don’t want to open any old wounds, but at the same time I don’t want to hide what happened, or give the impression I didn’t do anything wrong.” And what made Mr. Kinard choose University Times for his first interview? “T feel a special attachment to Weber State,” he says. “My experience at Weber changed the course of my life (see page 10). I was just another student on campus, but Weber, for some reason, has paid attention to me. I’ve had a great deal of recognition for someone who attended for only one quarter.” CL RCS) Nhen you resigned, what was the reaction of people in your business — your peers and colleagues? Did they pry or probe to find out what happened? We needed to confront our challenges, correct them and get back on our feet. Then, if I leave town, I’m going to leave on an upbeat note. f K: the he Other than those who were assigned to do a story — \ssociated Press (AP) and a couple of tabloid television r shows (“Hard Copy” and “A Current Affair”) — people would say, “We don’t want to pry. We just want you to know we’re willing to support you.” No one said, “Hey, tell me what really happened.” They sort of accepted what nn anchorwoman Jennifer Howe raised questions about his personal behavior and “sparked a newsroom Spence Kinard revolt.” His only public response: a letter of resignation, in which he wrote that “the events of the past few weeks (October 1990) have made it impossible for me to be effective.” Finally, at the urging of University Times, Mr. Kinard lot easier to run away from troubles [than to face them] vA my family and I are doing,” he says. News reports at the time said Mr. Kinard’s relationship with KSL-TV SPENCE KINARD: My reasons were mostly personal support structure, family and church. I realized that it’s ea et affected his friends and family, and what he’s done about it. Why did Mr. Kinard decide to grant this interview? “T’ve had a sense recently that it’s time for me to let people know how The best-known voice in Utah has been silent for more than two years. Since October 1990, when he =~ Dr. Thompson says the doors of higher education will not be shut so tightly that students won’t have the opportunity to overcome a poor high school record. Utah’s community colleges will continue to accept all students who apply for admission, he says, and anyone maintaining a 2.25 grade-point average in a community college will be eligible to transfer to a state university. The University also will expand its continuing education and offcampus teaching programs to provide an “educational safety net” for those who can’t meet the new admissions standards, Dr. Thompson says. “We're running the risk that a few people will be excluded from higher education because they get discouraged by the enrollment standards,” Dr. Thompson says. “To counter that, we’re trying to communicate that we don’t expect to be excluding people for a long time. But we are saying that unless youre well prepared academically you can’t come and be a full-time student right now.” Dr. Thompson says the longterm effects of new admissions standards will be positive. “They will change the way students think about Weber State,” Dr. Thompson predicts. Students will know they have to work hard in high school to meet the University’s admissions standard, he says, and that means freshmen will be less likely to drop out. Students also will be more uniformly prepared for higher education, he believes. “When the ability of students to absorb knowledge varies widely in the classroom, instructors are forced to gear their teaching to the ability of the 40th percentile rather than to the top 12 percent,” Dr. Thompson says. “It will give faculty more freedom to provide a better education.” The creation of admissions standards also may improve the University’s public image. “For better or worse, exclusivity is one of the criteria used to judge institutions of higher learning,” Dr. Thompson says. “When it is reported by one of the college-ranking services that Weber State is admitting only 80 or 90 percent of those who apply, the institution’s reputation will be automatically enhanced.” - The nearly century-old tradition of admitting any student who applies to Weber State University will end next fall. High school graduates will have to compete academically to attend Weber State. President Paul H. Thompson says this is “the most significant event at this institution in the last decade.” Dr. Thompson says Weber State decided to limit enrollment because insufficient funding began to threaten educational quality. This year, for example, the state budget provided money for only 28 percent of the new students expected on campus. In March, Utah’s board of higher education adopted policies that will curtail the growth of student populations on university campuses. Beginning next fall, high school graduates must qualify on an admissions index that combines gradepoint averages and test scores on college entrance exams. At Weber State, admission will be guaranteed with a 95 on the admissions index — equivalent to a grade-point average of 2.6 and an ACT score of 24. Students who rank between 80 and 94 — meaning they have lower grade-point averages and/or ACT scores — will be admitted if space is available. Those with scores below 80 will be denied admission. Students 23 years of age or older will be exempt from the admissions standards. Many campus faculty leaders support the new admissions policies as the only way to preserve educational quality at the University. Robert B. Smith, vice president for academic affairs, says faculty and staff shouldered heavier work loads during the past three years when state funding fell far behind enrollment growth. ““We’ve stretched both personnel and material resources tighter than a drumhead,” Dr. Smith says. “One of the strongest motives for adopting new admissions standards is to relieve that pressure on faculty and staff.” That sentiment is echoed by Thomas R. Burton, professor of English and chairman of the Faculty Senate. “The faculty has been anxious for this kind of change,” Dr. Burton says. “We’ve been feeling enrollment pressure for three years and it became particularly critical last fall. This step should have been taken long ago.” RC: What about your departure from “Music and the was known as fact or fiction and let it go at that. And I told Spoken Word”? people, “Look, I made some serious mistakes for which I’m very sorry. I’ve done all that I can do to apologize and SK: There was no question of the repent. Beyond that, it’s a private need for me to ask for a release matter with me and my family. from that assignment. I was the We’re dealing with it that way and A. SL eb spokesperson for the Mormon hope you can respect that.” Tabernacle Choir and I could not EXPERIER.CE maintain that position with the misRC: In your judgment, was the J. Spencer Kinard attended Weber takes I had made. I could no longer media coverage fair? State for only one quarter—the represent LDS Church standards. In SK: For the most part, yes. The an effort to keep the church out of it spring of 1963—but he calls it the tabloid television stories were offas much as possible, the best thing most important period in his acadbeat and misleading. But the AP [was] to deal with this as privately as emic career, a “signal” experience story was very accurate — [an we could, and that’s what we’ve that changed the course of his life. account of] what had been going on done. and the fact that I had resigned. “T took photography and RC: Your entire career was built on After that, the stories here in town public speaking. At the end of the your association with KSL and the (Salt Lake City) were that I resigned, choir. How hard was it to give up speaking class, Dr. (Leonard) and they never went beyond that. those relationships? Rowley asked me if I’d ever RC: Do you feel you’ve had a fair considered a career in broadcastSK: I made the decisions I made for chance to tell your side of the story? was on medication for awhile. The depression never reached the point that I couldn’t work or do the things I had to do. But there are times, still, when I don’t do things I would like to do because I just have to shut down for awhile. SK: Yes. I had a chance and I chose not to say anything more. I made my mistakes. I’ve apologized to those people who were directly affected. And I’ve admitted to them the mistakes I’ve made. I didn’t feel as though I needed to go beyond that ous sources — that I had moved out to the public. Some people have said, “Oh, you were a victim of the media.” I was not a victim of the media. I was a victim of my own mistakes. Things could have been handled differently [by the media], but that didn’t change the fact that what I had done was wrong, and so I don’t hold anyone else responsible. RC: You don’t think KSL-TV dealt with you unfairly? SK: I have a lot of friends who think that’s the case, but I haven’t given them all the details. Nobody else knows [what happened] — just me and my family and those who were ing. I said, ‘No, I’m going to be a photojournalist. I’m going to work for Life magazine.’ He said, “You have a lot of aptitude (in broadcasting). You ought to look into it.’ “That fall I returned to the University of Utah. I read (in the student newspaper) about a meet- ing at the KUER-FM studios for students interested in broadcasting, and I remembered what Leonard Rowley had said. I went to that meeting, met Rex Campbell and read some news for him. He asked, ‘Do you want to work at the news station? Do you want to be a newsman?’ I said, ‘Yes, I want to be a newsman.’ ” directly involved. I would have liked to stay at KSL, [but] perhaps it was best for me not to. Certainly KSL thought it was best, so when I offered my resignation they accepted it. religious purposes, not career purpos- es. I made the choices I made for the preservation of my family. A lot of people have made the kinds of mistakes I’ve made. Usually they lose their families and keep their jobs. I lost my job, but kept my family. RC: Did you do a lot of soul-searching before you resigned? SK: I knew I was going to hurt a lot of people — those I worked with and, most importantly, my wife and children. The soul-searching involved asking myself how to correct this and not hurt them. The answer is that you can’t ... you don’t. When you make a serious mistake in life, there’s no way to fix it without hurting people. Afterwards, there was a lot of depression — serious depression — resulting from the hurt I brought to other people and to myself. I still struggle with depression, but it’s not nearly as bad as it was. RC: How did you deal with depression? SK: I went through some therapy with a psychiatrist, and I RC: How did your family react to the situation? cared enough to offer support for us. RC: How has this experience changed the way you look at life? SK: The one thing that hurts me more than anything else is that a tragedy of this nature didn’t have to occur. [It] was caused by my own actions [and that] makes it more diffi- SK: We’re doing okay. We’re healing. RC: What is the status of your membership in the Mormon Church? cult to deal with. It’s one thing to have something fall out of the sky; it’s another matter to realize that you created it — you had a choice. And, while it’s been a SK: I’m a member and I’m teaching a Sunday School class. Without dragging my family and the church through all the details, I can tell you that what needed to be done has been done, and I’m in the process of correcting my mistakes. I’m comfortable and pleased with what has transpired. learning experience, it will always be painful. RC: You don’t seem tempted to rationalize about what happened. RC: What about your marriage? SK: Stories got back to us from vari- of state, that my wife had left, that I was living with someone else — there were all kinds of rumors. None of that is true. Certainly there were reasons why my wife could have left me, but she never did. There’s never been even an hour’s separation. I stayed home [and] my wife stayed home. There wasn’t even a discussion of whether one or the other of us would leave. PLANNING SESSION Spencer Kinard (left) reviews computerized plans of the campus prepared by his company, Resource Data Consultants (REDCON), with Robert Folsom, director of the University’s architectural services. Mr. Kinard said getting his job at REDCON was “surprisingly easy.” RC: How did the rest of your family respond? SK: The first priority was maintaining and rebuilding the family. Everything else was secondary. My family has been absolutely, 100 percent supportive. Don’t misunderstand. When I say supportive, I don’t mean that they think I’ve done nothing wrong. They’ve just been forgiving, understanding and helpful. SK: I’ve been humbled. I haven’t been a humble person; in fact, I think that’s part of the reason I got into difficulties — too much pride, and some positive character traits that I let slip away. One is humbled in circumstances like this. RC: How tough was it to find a job in Utah after being subject to such intense public scrutiny? SK: It was surprisingly easy. My neighbor asked me how things were going and the next thing I knew he said, “The company I work for — we’re making some changes. We’re looking for a marketing director.” It was that easy. (In February 1991, three months after he resigned, Mr. Kinard accepted a position as director of marketing for REDCON, Resource Data Consultants, a company based in Bountiful, Utah.) RC: Do you think you’ll ever return to the broadcasting business? SK: I haven’t received one piece of bad mail. Quite the contrary — we’ve had hundreds of letters from people who SK: I think I’d like to. I’m comfortable in a more private life, but I also have that yearning to be in public life again. It’s a dichotomy. You want it both ways and you can’t have it both ways. But I think I’d like to be public long enough to let people know that we’re OK. their trials and tribulations — heart-rending stories of people who are struggling, personally, with a lot of pain, yet RC: It sounds as though you’re leaving the door open for a TV news opportunity. RC: How did other people react? say, “We love you and support you.” They tell us about TRACKING THE est graduating class in Weber State history — 2,251 last spring — may have a tough time in the next 40 RIN ARD & atching the accomplishments of one of the University’s KSL esin 1952. J. Spencer Kinard, 52, joined & The class of 1952, known as KSL radio and TV in 1965 as a news reporter. He left the sta- “The Thundering tion from 1968 to 1971 to accept a fellowship at Columbia Herd” on campus University and work as a writer for CBS News in New York because of its unity City. He rejoined KSL in 1971 and held positions as reporter, and determination anchorman, news director and to succeed, has produced « vice president. excelled in their chosen fie Mr. Kinard and his wife, Lynette Layton Kinard, cele- dollars to their alma mat brated 29 years of marriage earlier this year. They are the parents of three daughters and two sons. The Kinards have five grandchildren. coordinated fund-raising efforts and by helped pass state legislation impor- Craig tant to Weber State's future. V. Nelson & “We were taught at Weber College that the community had an investment in us and we, in turn, had to return some- thing to them,” says Richard Myers, c and president of Myers Mortuary. “Our class was very talented and had a tremendous amount of motivation. President (William P.) Miller said to me one Fan ees TING c 4 FE ¢$ 0 politician has to lecture Betty Lou Lamoreaux about deteriorating family values. As a superior court judge in Orange County, Calif., the Weber State alumna has been watching the American family come apart in California courtrooms for the past 16 years. “People tend to think that court work is mostly crime-related,” says Ms. Lamoreaux, 68, Class of ’44. “But even more serious is our work relating to dependency issues — child abuse, sexual abuse and physical abuse. Courts devote a great deal of time to taking children from abusive homes and working to rehabilitate families.” Ms. Lamoreaux’s involvement with family issues began in 1976. “When I became a superior court judge, I couldn’t believe the things I read in police reports about the physical and sexual abuse of children,” Ms. Lamoreaux said. “I just kept saying to myself, ‘This sort of thing doesn’t really happen.’ I guess that was the natural reaction of a woman with a nice, normal Utah-Mormon background. “T was naive. I had no idea how bad things were becoming for children. Judges who haven’t handled abuse cases are still naive about these problems. The public is totally lost. They don’t know anything.” Ms. Lamoreaux spent five years on the superior court bench ruling on custody issues, contested adoptions and petitions to remove children from dangerous homes. She also spent seven years judging civil, criminal and appeal cases, and four years as presiding judge of Orange County’s juvenile court. Ms. Lamoreaux has worked tirelessly to trim Orange County’s slow-moving social-service bureacracy, obtain better mental-health and substance-abuse treatment for delinquents, and increase public awareness and support for abused children. Her most notable success was a campaign to replace inadequate juvenile court facilities in Orange County with a new $24 million, seven-story courthouse that now bears her name. Thirty-five years in courtrooms also have given her an acute appreciation of real and perceived biases against women. “Even in court — where everyone’s rights should be equal under the law — it’s easy to understand why women believe they are at a disadvantage,” Ms. Lamoreaux says. “When a woman walks into a courtroom, what does she see? Most likely, she sees a male prosecutor, a male defense attorney, a male bailiff and a man sitting on the bench. The only women in the room are likely to be the court clerk and perhaps the recorder. So the woman has to ask herself: Am I going to get a fair shake from all these men?” Ms. Lamoreaux says she is proud that her public image as a judge BY CHAR O R may have helped to reassure women that they will receive fair treatment in court. But she didn’t have that role in mind when she graduated from Weber State. “T never intended to be a lawyer or a judge,” Ms. Lamoreaux says. “T was going to be an opera singer.” After attending Weber College from 1942 to 1944 on a music scholarship, she moved to California to pursue a stage career. While continuing to study music part-time, she completed a political science degree at UCLA in 1947. She then devoted five “frustrating” years to a music career. “T sang with the Ice Follies for a year and continued studying music, but it obviously wasn’t meant to be,” Ms. Lamoreaux says. “Eventually, you get older and realize that you’ve got to do something with your life.” In 1953, while working as a secretary in San Francisco, Ms. Lamoreaux decided to go to law school at night. Four years later, she landed a job with a Los Angeles law firm, the first woman in the organization. Ms. Lamoreaux quickly became a female pioneer in California legal circles. She was one of five women practicing law in Orange County in 1962 and the only one doing trial work. In 1975, Ms. Lamoreaux became the second woman to serve as judge in the Harbor Municipal Court in Newport Beach, Calif. A year later, she became the first woman on the superior court bench in Orange County. “A lot of early feminists were very critical that there weren’t a lot of woman judges 20 years ago,” Ms. Lamoreaux says. “Most female lawyers just weren’t qualified for the bench. To be a municipal court Judge, you had to have five years’ experience practicing law. To qualify for the superior court bench, you had to have 10 years’ experience. Women weren’t going to law school in great numbers back then, and many of those who did chose not to do trial work.” But times have changed. Ms. Lamoreaux now has 13 female colleagues on the bench in Orange County. Ms. Lamoreaux retired in 1989, but has been called back to the Juvenile court bench every year for special assignments. “A lot of people seem to think that I was able to accomplish things because I was a woman judge,” Ms. Lamoreaux says. “I don’t feel like a woman judge. I’m a judge. I wear black robes and I hear cases. All judges do these things. “But even my male colleagues seem to feel that my ‘female perspective’ made a difference. Maybe there are just some things that women can do very well — and perhaps focusing attention on social problems is one of them.” L4.E S.C.H.1-4L.1, could find the time to play it. Not a meaty part, mind you, but one that needs the subtlety and tact of an experienced actor if the scene is to work well within the context of the play as a whole. Inasmuch as our rehearsal schedule,” — not a flicker of irony here —“coincides with your — ”a pause —“duties here in the building, I thought you might be able to slip upstairs and give us the benefit of your participation.” He meant that after I closed up the building, we could all work together through the night, unmolested. I always accepted the part. A meaty role would not have seemed to round out my career. THATCHER’S THEATRICS—Students depict life in Russia ina — : 194] play directed by Thatcher Allred. Author Wayne Carver says, “Within (Thatcher's) fussy, exasperating maneuvering was a person whose respect we wanted to deserve. CENTER by Wayne Carver STAC 3E Thad no idea what life would do with me, so at Weber, as often as I could, I took only courses that interested me. One of my classes with Thatcher Allred—“The Art of Interpretative Speech’”—was the most valuable course I ever took in school. I learned to read poetry and prose in Thatcher’s interpretative class. I learned to make some engagement of my own voice with the language and voice of what I was reading, a collaboration that was new to me; to make use of pauses, inflections, intonations; to discern tone; and to catch the mood of a work, to use it, not just go with it—a difficult trick to learn for the sentimentalist that I was discovering myself to be. But it was not Thatcher’s taste in literature or his way in class that made him for so many of us a great teacher. There was just something about the man. He liked us. We worked hard to earn his respect. Within that fussy, exasperating maneuvering was a person whose respect we wanted to deserve. During my sophomore year, I had a job from 7 to 11 p.m. five nights a week—at $50 a month—as the night guardian of the Moench building. I sat in a desk chair near the pay telephone on first Moench. It rang once in nine months, and I sprained my ankle attempting to answer it. I also had to check the pressure gauges in the boiler room, answer any questions lost night school students might ask, point out the restrooms to whomever needed personal counseling, and be in general a kind of charge-of-quarters for the building. Then at 11 p.m., lock up. Now and then as I sat there, Thatcher would loom above me, bright with a proposal directly from the auditorium where a rehearsal was becalmed. “Wayne,” he would say, “there is a small but significant part in this play we are doing, and it occurs to me that it would be a fine rounding out of your stage experience with us if you What Thatcher didn’t know was that until the rehearsals were over, I couldn’t go home and go to bed. For a good part of my sophomore year, I not only went to classes in the Moench building and guarded it until closing time, I lived in it, sleeping on the green chaise lounge in the Green Room just off the east side of the auditorium. I kept my clothes, toilet articles, books, and other personal things in the student body office just off the west side. Both years at Weber I had trouble finding a place to live so the job in the Moench was good for me. I would lock up, rehearse my walk-on part until the rehearsal died its natural death sometime around dawn, take my blanket from the student body office, curl up on the green lounge sofa in the Green Room, and sleep until the 8:00 a.m. bell awakened me. I would wrap my blanket around me and dash into the hall, through the auditorium to the student body office just as the first students came up the stairs. I was the ante-meridian Phantom of the Opera House. Early in the spring term of 1943, Mr. Espey arranged for me to live in the old courthouse on Twenty-Fourth Thatcher Allred (Wayne Carver graduated from Weber Junior College in 1943 after serving as president of the freshman class and president of the student body. Dr. Carver, a prominent author, was a member of the English faculty from 1947 to 1954. He taught at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. from 1954 until his retirement this year. This article is an excerpt from an essay he wrote for “Weber State College: A Centennial History.”) Street. When Thatcher retired, the newspaper stated that among the projects he would fill his time with was the writing of a history of Weber College/Ogden City Community Theatre, a history that still needs to be written. When I first saw Thatcher’s son, Gordon, after the accident that killed Thatcher in 1979, I asked him what had become of the history his father had been working on. He had, Gordon confessed with no sign of surprise, done little or nothing on the book.I mentioned that I had always hoped Thatcher would put down his own memories of the varied life he had lived. Gordon smiled and said, “T’ll tell you something so very typical of Thatcher. When I cleaned out the trunk of the car after his death, I saw a large bound journal. I opened it. On the first page, in that impressive, formal hand of his, was flourished in black ink: The Personal History of Moses Thatcher Allred. The rest of the pages were blank. He had bound together different colored sheets of paper, each one to represent a different phase of his life. There was not a word on any of them.” Even now, long after I first encountered my instructors on that little cockpit of a campus on Jefferson and long after their deaths, they remain the yin and the yang of my prolonged laboring toward some kind of coming into being. = * Free Checking Accounts * Low Interest Loans * 24-Hour ATM Access * Guaranteed Student Loans * Money Orders/Travelers Checks * Many Other Services Offered 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 TECHNOLOGY “the University’s new by Jennifer Katleman t the starting line, competitors stare Vance . “A Anderson’s threewheel dragster up and down, trying to figure out what makes his wheelchair faster than the others. His advantage lies in the materials: graphite and titanium that make his racing chair 50 pounds lighter than the standard hospital issue. “T think it will be one of the fastest chairs I’ve ever raced,” said Mr. Anderson. Mr. Anderson, a social worker, was paralyzed from the waist down at age 17 in a weight lifting accident. He competed in wheelchair races for many years after his accident, and had all but retired from the sport until the newfangled racer came along. In the chair’s first race in May, he placed second in the wheelchair division at the Salt Lake City Classic. He said he had practiced in the chair only once. The lightweight chair is the brainchild of Weber State manufacturing engineering technology professor Kerry Tobin and his students. About two years ago, Mr. Tobin approached the veteran wheelchair athlete, who was using the school’s manufacturing shop, about constructing a chair from aerospace materials. The professor gathered 10 students to design an aerodynamic frame and to persuade companies to donate expensive titanium for the parts. “Without this project, we wouldn’t have been able to work Alumni Center, dedicat- with such exotic materials,” said Guy Meyers, a student who worked on the yearlong project. “This is the first time we’ve been able to work with materials that directly related to what they’re using in the industry.” The materials alone could have easily tilted the cash register at $5,000, Mr. Meyers said. But students rounded up free titanium tubing from Sandvik Speciality Metals, a graphite chair from Quality Composites, Inc., and the use of a titanium welding chamber from FlamecoBarnes Group, Inc. The result: a wheelchair with a top speed of 50 miles per hour. And that’s before all the bugs are worked out. The chair’s fiberglass seat will be replaced with one that doesn’t rub up against the tires. “Tt’s almost like having your brakes on while racing,” Mr. Meyers said. Mr. Anderson also made technological adaptations of his own in a sport where longer arms can mean the difference between placing last and finishing first. “T thought, ‘How can I make my arms longer?” said Mr. Anderson. “It may not be genetically possible, but I thought maybe mechanically I could do it.” He used the University’s manufacturing shop to fashion hard extensions shaped like brass knuckles that increase his speed by 2 miles per hour. The combination of racing knuckles and ultralight materials make it the best-fitting racer of the six THREE WHEELIN’—Marathon wheelchair racer Vance Anderson takes a test spin in a chair built by Weber State students. He says, “It’s one of the fastest chairs I’ve ever raced.” he’s used in competition over the last decade, he said. And he knows what he’s talking about. In the past, Mr. Anderson has trained six days a week, completing a 26-mile marathon every workout. The discipline has paid off: he placed third in the 1990 Boston Marathon, some 20 minutes ahead of all racers. And in an international wheelchair race in Japan last year, he beat out 300 competitors to finish fifth. The only obstacle standing between him and racing overseas again is finding more time to practice, he said. “T’m counting on this chair to give me a renewed interest in international racing,” he said. Ms. Katleman is a reporter for the Standard Examiner. This edited article originally appeared in her newspaper on June 22, 1992. ed in May, should increase involvement and financial support by former students, according to University President Paul H. Thompson. “Alumni support is critical to the future of Weber State,” Dr. Thompson says. “This building will become the nerve center for generating that support.” The 10,900-square-foot Alumni Center, west of Promontory Tower, houses the WSU Alumni Association. It is the first permanent home for the 67-year-old organization. The front entrance provides a panoramic view of campus. Inside are five offices, a conference room, library, kitchen and “Garden Room.” Interior furnishings include a 20-by-6-foot conference table; an 1890-era back bar from 25th Street in Ogden; a dining table built for Abraham Lincoln’s son; a side table from the Kier Building in Liverpool, England; and a cabinet built in about 1840 that may have belonged to Brigham Young. Other antiques include an English renaissance bookcase, three Victorian-era tables, an English parlor table and a mahogany English bench. An Alumni Center was first proposed in the 1960s, when William P. Miller was president of Weber State. He and subsequent presidents liked the idea, but lacked funds for the project. In 1988, President Stephen D. Nadauld decided to raise money for the center as part of the University’s centennial fund drive. Private donors have contributed $750,000 to construct and furnish the facility. “This building is the physical evidence of community and alumni support,” says Edie George, executive director of the Alumni Association. “It’s a monument to the cooperative spirit of the friends of Weber State.” The Alumni Association staff has grown quite protective of a new baby grand piano donated to the Alumni Center by the Class of ‘52. Staff members won’t let visitors sit at or even touch the $13,100 Steinway. “Tt fingerprints easy,” says Christine Rasmussen, records manager with the Alumni Association. Alumni staff prohibit food or drink anywhere near the instrument. They also keep the nonmusically inclined a safe distance away. “Chop sticks’ is not allowed,” Ms. Rasmussen says. The Alumni eee is ooking for someone oe may recognize an 1890-era back bar used by a ‘saloon onn Ogden’ a Historic 25th Street. The back bar is one ofseveral pieces of antique furniture donated to the new Alumni Center. Alumni officials want to know more about it. “We'd like to know what bar it was in and when it was there,” says Dick Davis, associate director of the WSU Alumni Association. Alumni with information about the back bar may call the Alumni Association at (801) 626-6564 or write to the Alumni Association, Weber State University, Bale = 84408-3701.» PEOPLE Engineer Credits His Career Success To Weber College Football Coach by Charlie Schill hen August L. Ahlf started playing football at Weber State in 1929, he couldn’t have realized that his experiences and associations on the gridiron would lead to a future as a world-renowned civil engineer. Mr. Ahlf says he was an 18year-old without much ambition except when it came to playing football. But fortunes changed when he met Wildcat coach and professor Merlon L. Stevenson, affectionately called “Steve” by many Weber athletes. Over the next three years, Mr. Ahlf recalls, “Steve taught me how to be a man and started me on a 60year career.” During his distinguished career, Mr. Ahlf created dams, canals and water projects in Southern California, Iraq, Taiwan and Thailand. Steve became his “surrogate father.” “He gave me the guidance my own father couldn’t provide. I feel indebted to Weber State for allowing me to associate with Steve. He was remarkable as a teacher and fantastic as an individual.” Mr. Stevenson was hired in 1921 as an instructor in mathematics and engineering. He eventually served as chairman of the department of math and physical sciences and as dean of instruction. He also coached every Wildcat sport — football, basketball, tennis and track and field. It was his reputation as a winning coach that attracted Mr. Ahlf to Weber. Under Mr. Stevenson’s leadership, the Wildcats won seven football championships. DYNAMIC DUO—Axugust L. Ahif (left) renews his friendship with former football coach, Merlon L. Stevenson. Mr Ahlf says the coach taught him to get back to the “basics of education—especially math and science.” What made Mr. Stevenson more than a great coach, Mr. Ahlf believes, was his dedication to excellence in academics. “He wasn’t content to turn us into star athletes,” says Mr. Ahlf. “Steve always told us to “get back to basics.’ And he wasn’t talking about passing and blocking and tackling. He meant the basics of education — especially math and science.” Mr. Ahif never had considered a career in civil engineering until Mr. Stevenson suggested the idea. “I didn’t have any career goal in mind when I left Ogden High School,” Mr. Ahlf says. “I had fair grades and a flair for math and science, but I was unprepared to do anything serious about it.” That changed after Mr. Stevenson took an interest in Mr. Ahlf, who played football and basketball for three years, was cocaptain of the 1931 football squad, and won the Ogden Standard-Examiner’s award for best all-around athlete in 1932. Mr. Ahif also excelled academically, graduating with an associate’s degree in general science and a burning interest in engineering. “The time I spent with Steve gave me the chance to make the transition from youth to manhood,” Mr. Ahif says. “I admired him so much that I became determined to make a success of my life.” Mr. Ahlf graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in civil engineering. He worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1934 to 1956 and helped design three canal systems that provided irrigation for the Imperial Valley and Southern California. Mr. Ahlf’s work earned him an international reputation as an expert in the design and construction of water development projects. The royal family of Thailand asked him to train Thai engineers, and Mr. Ahlf helped design and build some 3,000 miles of canals in rural Thailand. “The land irrigated by those canals now helps produce about a million tons of rice each year,” Mr. Ahif says. Mr. Ahlf also helped Iraq develop the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near the Kuwaiti border. His work ended in the 1958 revolution that replaced the traditional monarchy in Baghdad with a military regime. From 1959 to 1964, Mr. Ahlf helped to construct a hydroelectric project in Taiwan. Since then, he has been a senior engineer of water development projects in Hawaii and U.S. trust territories throughout the Pacific. Mr. Ahlf remains a close friend of Mr. Stevenson, 97, of Ogden, and visits him regularly. Mr. Ahlf has maintained contact with his alma mater by earmarking $100,000 of his estate as a scholarship endowment for the University. Mr. Ahlf also provides a $1,000 donation each year for applied engineering scholarships. 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Over the next three years, Mr. Ahlf recalls, “Steve taught me how to be a man and started me on a 60year career.” During his distinguished career, Mr. Ahlf created dams, canals and water projects in Southern California, Iraq, Taiwan and Thailand. Steve became his “surrogate father.” “He gave me the guidance my own father couldn’t provide. I feel indebted to Weber State for allowing me to associate with Steve. He was remarkable as a teacher and fantastic as an individual.” Mr. Stevenson was hired in 1921 as an instructor in mathematics and engineering. He eventually served as chairman of the department of math and physical sciences and as dean of instruction. He also coached every Wildcat sport — football, basketball, tennis and track and field. It was his reputation as a winning coach that attracted Mr. Ahlf to Weber. Under Mr. Stevenson’s leadership, the Wildcats won seven football championships. 20 Mail Orders to: Custom Gifts: E hee aoe checks payable to: WSU Athletic Dept. 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The attention is distracting, Mr. Martin says, but “I try not to think about it.” The Payton Award was one of many honors Mr. Martin received last year. He was named to four All-America teams and selected as Sports Illustrated’s National Offensive Player-of-the-Week last November. He set three NCAA records, led Division 1-AA in individual total offense per game, helped his team lead the nation in total yards, earned a spot on the All-Big Sky Conference team, and was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. This year, he became the all-time leading passer in the Big Sky Conference. a ALL-STAR ATTENTION—Senior quarterback Jamie Martin searches for a receiver in a game last season against Montana State University. One news service has labeled Mr. Martin one of the nation’s best-kept secrets. In Mel Kiper’s preseason NFL draft report, Mr. Martin was listed as the third-best senior quarterback in college football behind Rick Mirer of Notre Dame and Elvis Grbac of Michigan. Scripps-Howard News Service called him one of the nation’s best-kept secrets. “Tt feels good to have accomplished so much,” Mr. Martin says. “But the awards really reflect the way our team has played in the last couple of years.” The Wildcats had an 8-4 record last season. Mr. Martin was a three-year starter at Arroyo Grande (Calif.) High School. He was heavily recruited during the first part of his senior year, but, for reasons unknown to Mr. Martin, lost the interest of most recruiters by the time he graduated. “Weber State was one of two schools that offered me a scholarship,” Mr. Martin says. “I really liked the weather in Ogden. I liked the mountains and the area, and I liked the school. It’s smaller than most. That makes it harder to get rec- Jamie Martin A ognized in football, but you’re not scrutinized all the time like you are in bigger places.” 21 OFF CAMPUS Students Gain Despite the Rain During Study Skein in ‘Sunny’ Spain Professor’s Family Learns Forgiveness (On Oct. 24, 1990, Michael he world is a classroom to John Z. Kartchner — the Spanish-speaking world, that is. For 15 years, Mr. Kartchner, an assistant professor of foreign languages at Weber State, has been improving the conversational fluency of Spanish students by leading them on study tours of Spain, Mexico and South America. The most recent excursion took place last spring, when Mr. Kartchner and 29 students spent five weeks in Salamanca, Spain, a trip the professor says was his “most successful ever.” “Tn traditional classroom settings, the students’ conversational partners are their professors and fellow students — not an ideal way to become fluent in any language,” Mr. Kartchner says. “On an intensive languagestudy tour like the one we made to Spain last spring, students are immersed in the language. Their conversational partners are native speakers who the students live and work with day in and day out.” Over the years, Mr. Kartchner has been fine-tuning his study tours to improve their educational value. Rachelle Carlson, a Spanish major from Morgan County, says this year’s excursion was very effective. “The trip taught me things about the Spanish language and people that I never expected,” Mrs. Carlson says. “Spain was very different than I imagined it to be.” Mr. Kartchner says the keys to success were preparation and dedication. 22 She said Mr. Powell “deeply believes he made a mistake or I would never have allowed him to meet my children and my elderly father.” Before his prison term began, Mr. Powell attended the Cousens, director of the University’s Center for Science Education, died when his van was struck by another vehicle. One month later, Jeffrey S. Powell was found guilty of automobile homicide. It was Mr. Powell's third alcohol-related driving offense and he was sentenced to serve up to five years in the Utah State Prison. In this article, Tim Gurrister describes how Dr. Cousens’ wife and daughters have responded to their tragic loss.) by Charlie Schill Cousens girls’ basketball games, by Tim Gurrister SHOWERED STUDENTS—University students get soaked by Spain's summer rain during a study-abroad program. Professor John Rartchner says, “Every tree ... seemed to drip with history and culture, not just rain.’ ’ “This was a first-time program for students who want to teach Spanish or work in a profession where proficiency in the language is required,” Mr. Kartchner says. “It allowed someone who already has acquired basic classroom skills in Spanish to earn additional credit for completing conversational exercises in Spain and studying Spanish culture and civilization.” Rather than spending a full quarter in Spain, Mr. Kartchner taught seminars on campus before and after the tour. “The cost of staying overseas for a full quarter was prohibitive,” Mr. Kartchner says. “Teaching some of the time at Weber State allowed us to better prepare for living in Spain, capitalize on the students’ experiences after the trip, and hold down expenses.” Mr. Kartchner urged his students to speak nothing but Spanish during the tour. Although only one student managed to achieve this goal, most spoke Spanish 50 to 75 percent of the time they were overseas. While staying in Salamanca, the students lived with Spanish host families and spent about half of each day studying with professors from the College of Spain. The remainder of their time was devoted to developing conversational language skills through a series of extracurricular assignments. Mr. Kartchner says students toured historic sites, shopped for household items in tiny specialty stores, taught American games to Spanish youngsters and interviewed native Spanish-speaking professionals. Students were required to keep journals of their experiences, written in Spanish. Some of the journals ran more than 100 pages. Not all of the tour went as planned, Mr. Kartchner says. Students who expected sunny weather were greeted by unseasonable rain and snow. Mr. Kartchner cancelled plans for his students to perform community service work and conduct guided tours, in Spanish, for their classmates because of a lack of time. Other aspects of the studytour worked well. Mrs. Carlson says Classes taught by professors from Spain provided the best language instruction she’s ever received. She praised the experience as a “wonderful way to learn about Spanish history, art and culture.” Mr. Kartchner says, “In a traditional classroom, you leam about Spanish culture and literature by reading. But if you’re in Spain, you can see where an author or artist lived; you can understand how he grew and developed; and what colored his attitudes. Every tree we walked under in Spain seemed to drip with history and culture, not just rain.” @ cute little girl approaches a burly man and puts her arms around him, sharing one of those big familial hugs that little girls do, nestling her head against his chest. Both of them smile. The girl’s mother stands next to them, beaming, her eyes moist with tears. “No contact,” says a corrections officer sternly, as he separates Jeff Powell, formerly of Ogden, now a Utah State Prison inmate, from 10-year-old Holly Cousens, at the conclusion of his parole hearing at the prison. For security reasons, inmates are banned from physical contact with outsiders. In October 1990, Mr. Powell lost control of his vehicle and rolled it into a van driven by Holly’s 46-year-old father, Michael Cousens, director of the Marlene Cousens University’s Center for Science Education. Dr. Cousens died almost instantly. Mr. Powell’s blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit. Holly, now 10, suffered head injuries, including inner ear damage that affects her balance, and broken teeth for which she still is undergoing dental reconstruction. Of the four people in the van, Holly’s 12-year-old sister Heidi was the least injured, suffering only bruises and scrapes. Heidi applied her first-aid training on her dying father and assisted her sister and grandfather, whose legs were crushed under the dashboard. Mr. Powell was convicted of automobile homicide — his third alcohol-related driving offense — and sentenced to zero-to-five years in the prison. One year later, most of the physical and emotional injuries of the accident have healed. Holly hugged the 30-year-old Powell — now a friend of the family — at the parole hearing where he was granted a release date of Jan. 26, 1993. The granting of parole followed sympathetic testimony from Mrs. Cousens, who works in the University’s freshman support services department. trying to provide some semblance of the father figure he had taken from them, she said. “Having Jeff in prison doesn’t make me feel any better. I don’t think he’s an angry, vicious or unkind person. He’s a religious person. He’s a person who’s very unhappy and needs counseling help he can’t get in prison.” While the Cousens have become friends with Mr. Powell, Mrs. Cousens said the friendship has not been a panacea for all their pain. The two daughters are still in counseling to deal with the trauma of the wreck, and Mrs. Cousens has had to cope with the loss of a companion. “We were married for 25 years. We had goals,” she said. “None of us will ever be the same. That includes Jeff and his family.” @ ” Tim Gurrister is a reporter for the Standard-Examiner. This article is an edited version of a story that originally appeared in his newspaper on Sept. 14, 199]. 23 EDUCATION EDUCATION ‘My Natural Habitat Was School’ by LaVon B. Carroll recently ran across an old copy of U.S. News and World Report (Jan. 24, 1958). The headline in bold red letters asked, “What is Wrong with American Schools?” The same question, of course, is still being asked today. Our education system seems in perpetual crisis. Ever since I retumed to college in 1955, I have been hearing about the failures of American education, and the criticism seems to have gotten worse since I retired in 1986. All this has caused me to reflect on my own education and wonder if it too was lacking in some way. I went to a small country grade school in Alpine, Utah, first grade through eighth. From all I later learned of good pedagogical practices, my dear teachers there were excellent. For the times — the 1930s — the school was well-equipped. We had paper, pencils, crayons, desks, books, blackboards and _ chalk, and sometimes in the upper grades, creaky science films, steel pens and inkwells. The school was clean, warm and comfortable and I, at least, had a feeling of security, order and personal wellbeing. I went to school every day with a sense of joy, and my high expectations were always fulfilled. The teachers kept discipline but were encouraging and understanding. American Fork High School, where I spent the next four years, gave me the same feeling of joy and excitement in learning. I loved and respected most of my teachers. They were hard working and firm, but caring. 24 LaVon Carroll When I graduated in 1939, I wanted to go to college, but my father had been out of work for nearly 10 years. And so I turned down the scholarship that BYU offered me and went to work at J.C. Penney’s, got married and had two children. In 1943, we moved to Ogden and built a home. As time wore on, I all but gave up the dream of continuing my education. Frankly, I was discouraged because I didn’t think Weber College, beset by war-time difficulties, had much to offer. But one day I met Olive MacCarthy, of Weber State’s education faculty. I was demonstrating a sewing machine to her. She felt that I had teaching skills and urged me to return to school. Having been out of high school for 17 years, I felt that I probably had lost the ability to learn. However, I ventured timidly to college and enrolled in Mr. (Floyd) Woodfield’s “Intro- duction to Literature” class and William Stratford’s “Introduction to Psychology.” Before the summer ended, I knew that I was “home.” My natural habitat was school. That fall I enrolled full time. I graduated in 1958 as an honor student and addressed the graduating class in the old Ogden LDS tabernacle. That night was one of the happiest of my life. I didn’t feel that Weber College had failed me in any way. Weber State College became central in my life. Although I went on to receive three more degrees and to study at other prestigious institutions of higher learning — including the University of California at Berkeley, Oxford University in England, University College Dublin, and the University of Edinburgh — I never encountered any better instructors at any of those institutions. The instructors at Weber College, although not worldrenowned scholars, had a strong sense of themselves as educators in a system that they firmly believed in. They felt that what they were doing was part of a larger, more important enterprise. They were not only teaching young people well, they were also making a major contribution to the welfare of the community and to society. Dr. Dello Dayton strengthened my resolve to continue my education, and many other faculty members had a strong influence on my life — among them Jennings Olson, Milton Mecham, Leland Monson, Walter Buss, Sheldon Hayes, Charles Osmond, Fred Rabe, Carl Green, Robert Mikkelsen, Floyd Woodfield, Earl Smart, Victor Hancock, Merle Allen, William Stratford, Bessie Mumford, Walter Neville and Lawrence Burton. Many other people on campus — people like President William P. Miller — assisted me in many ways, not only by imparting knowledge and information in the classroom but also by sharing their unshakable conviction that what they were doing was important and valuable. They believed in the power of education to improve and validate life. Perhaps because Weber College was so small then, I felt a coherence throughout the school — a unity of purpose and a support of each other’s roles on the campus. Everyone seemed to be working for the same thing: the best education for the individual student. Every fall, Dr. Monson opened the humanities faculty meetings with the same speech. He said that “man is a four-fold being — spiritual, mental, physical and emotional,” and the duty of the school was to educate the whole person, not just train, inform, socialize or prepare the student as a product for the modern industrial-technological society. As [ listen to all the lamentations about our educational system, I wonder if we have lost sight of the spirit of education. Teachers have lost confidence in themselves and in what they do. They have lost the larger vision and have become entrenched in their own areas of expertise. Perhaps it is inevitable: as institutions grow larger, fragmentation results; and it becomes difficult to feel the identity and loyalty that are natural to smaller entities. But there’s more to the question, “What is Wrong with American Schools?” Consider the social values now stressed through our powerful media. What can schools do to counteract a culture whose heroes are Bart Simpson, animate turtles, Roseanne, and sports figures? How can schools promote academic excellence when actors and athletes get astronomical salaries? While I am sure that much of the spirit remains of the Weber College I attended when I was hungry for intellectual stimulation and verification, I worry that WSU has been wounded by society’s disaffection with our educational system. Today’s educators struggle with monumental problems. If we are to salvage the American dream, we must challenge our schools to teach those universal values that shape character and develop the best of human qualities, not just transitory “marketable skills.” Although retired from teaching, I still believe in the redeeming power of a humanizing education. I hope that the spirits of the founders of Weber State — and those of my dear departed instructors who have joined them — are still roaming the halls, hopeful that their love of and belief in education will prevail. LaVon B. Carroll, professor emeri- tus of English at Weber State, received the 1992 H. Aldous Dixon Award. This article is adapted from her talk at the Dixon Award ceremony in May. 25 Couple Promotes Student Volunteerism Honor Society Recognizes Student Nurses Alumni from the Class of 1941, led by Keith and Viva May Wilcox of Ogden, have raised $20,000 to promote community service projects by University students, faculty and staff. The money will cover startup costs for the Associated Students of Weber State University to coordinate the program. “This fund-raising effort is a marvelous opportunity for our class and the University,” said Mr. Wilcox, a prominent retired architect. “It will help students grow in their understanding of the problems that exist in our community. It will bring an awareness of the joy that comes from helping others and losing one’s self in service.” Mr. Wilcox said he became interested in promoting comprehensive community service efforts after seeing a similar program at the University of Utah. Other 1941 graduates pledged their help and have donated $20,000 for the program. University students, faculty and staff have been involved in community service projects since the mid-1970s. Those efforts have been conducted by the Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) and the 26 Community Service Referral Center. The University also offers a personal-development course that encourages volunteerism for social growth. Students in the course donate a minimum of 55 hours of work to an approved community service organization. Other campus groups also sponsor volunteer programs. Earlier this year, scores of volunteers went to Ogden’s innercity schools to help reduce children’s fears of those who do not speak English. John Ulibarri, curriculum consultant over federal pro- Volunteers © Identity Dinosaur Discovery Graduation Rates © Rockets Moral Decay grams for the Ogden City School District, described the students as a “godsend.” He noted that in one week 85 volunteers worked at Lewis Elementary School. Campus officials said the University will use service-promotion money to fund innovative volunteer projects by students and establish a permanent coordination center. The University’s nursing honor society has been accepted as a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, an international honor society of professional registered nurses. Some 120 members at the University were inducted into the international society last May. Sigma Theta Tau has about 150,000 members at 301 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, South Korea and Taiwan. Its members are nursing students, faculty and professional nurses who have demonstrated superior scholarship, leadership and nursing expertise. @ University Begins identity Study The University has conducted a major study of its image and identity in an effort to focus the University’s strengths, enhance its reputation and increase private financial support. President Paul H. Thompson said the project will help the University “achieve the recognition it deserves and earn the resources it needs in an era of limited funding for higher education.” Downey, Weeks & Toomey, a New York consulting firm, conducted the study. The firm has completed successful identity programs for several major universities, including Penn State, Georgia Tech, LoyolaChicago and Illinois State. “We’ve taken a long, hard look at ourselves,” Dr. Thompson said. “We want to identify all the factors that make Weber State distinctive — its style, character, personality, capabilities and traditions — and use those to position the institution and project its unique qualities.” Downey, Weeks & Toomey has completed six months of indepth interviews with about 100 faculty, staff, students, administrators, alumni, donors, community leaders, legislators, education officials and business executives. The New York firm also has analyzed strategic plans, communications materials and other official University documents, and prepared a comprehensive “Identification Plan.” The cost of the project, $52,500, will be paid with pri- vately donated funds. Dr. Thompson said the identity study will help attract excellent faculty, increase pride among alumni and improve career opportunities for students. The study also will develop a system of visual communication for letterhead, business cards, publications, campus signs and official vehicles. The system will enable every unit of the institution to project a consistent and cohesive identity. “Strategic identity is an investment in our future,” Dr. National Championship Tournament Cross Examination Debaters Take Second Place in National Tournaments last March at Towson State University in Maryland. Freshman Lillian Recksiek and junior Dawn Daley, both of Layton, Utah, were runners-up to debaters from Cornell University in the CEDA championship round. Ms. Recksiek and Ms. Daley defeated competitors from the University of Thompson said. “We want to take the initiative in building a sound foundation for our faculty, staff and students.” a Two Weber State debaters took second place at the Novice Debate Association (CEDA) Michigan, the University of Vermont, Louisiana State University, California State University at Los Angeles and Sam Houston State University. Freshman Russ Rampton of Layton, Utah, finished eighth among novice debaters. m Study Recommends Quake-Proof Campus University officials hope the Wasatch Fault waits at least 10 years before fulfilling scientific predictions of a major earthquake. It will take at least that long for campus planners to complete an estimated $21.6 million in seismic upgrades recommended by Reaveley Engineers of Salt Lake City in a report to the Utah Board of Regents. “Life-safety issues pose our biggest concern,” said Craige Hall, associate vice president for physical facilities. “We'll solve them, but it will take time.” According to the report, three University buildings — Social Science, Technical Education and Campus Services — would collapse in an earthquake measuring seven or higher on the Richter scale. Seventeen other buildings would be partially destroyed. Only three buildings — the Dee Events Center, Marriott Allied Health Sciences Building and Health and Physical Education Center — might escape damage, the report said. Since Wildcat Stadium sits directly on the fault line, it could be torn apart in an earthquake, the report said. The maintenance building, stores and receiving, Swenson Gymnasium and Marriott Allied Health Building also sit near the fault. Campus electric power lines, culinary water lines and natural gas lines cross the fault. Mr. Hall said the Legislature did not provide 1993 budget money for seismic improvements. Most of the upgrades will have to come as buildings are remodeled, he said. ® Donations Set Record Donations to Weber State set arecord during the 1991-92 academic year. Don E. Spainhower, director Students Help Launch New Automotive Era University students may help to launch a new era in automotive technology, thanks to an Escort station wagon donated by Ford Motor Company. The students will convert the $10,000 compact car into a “hybrid” vehicle — operating on both electric and gas engines — for a competition sponsored by Ford, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Society of Automotive Engineers. The car that wins could become the prototype for vehicles that satisfy America’s transportation needs without destroying its environment, according to Dave Erb, assistant professor of mechanical engineering technology. About 50 students in the College of Applied Science & Technology are involved in the project that will be completed in June 1993. Mr. Erb said the experience they gain may qualify them to help design and build a new generation of lowpollution vehicles. The effort will involve University students studying mechanical, auto, manufacturing and electronic engineering technologies, auto service, sales and service and computer information. Mr. Erb said there will 28 ENGINE EXPERTS—Students Susan Egbert (left) and Matthew Flitton begin transformations to add an electric engine to a Ford Escort vehicle. The students are majoring in manufacturing engineering technology. be new job opportunities for specialists in those fields when the auto industry adopts more environmentally sensitive technology. “This competition is focused on the transportation needs of | should be able to travel 40 miles on electric power and 200 _ miles on gasoline. “Our idea is for this car to use non-polluting electric | power within cities — where _ auto emissions are likely to do the most harm — and the backthe future,” said Helen O. Petrauskas, vice president for up gasoline engine for crossenvironmental and safety engicountry travel,” Mr. Erb said. neering at Ford. “Because of Of 70 plans submitted by colleges and universities in the the relative immaturity of elecUnited States and Canada, the tric car technology and the wide Weber State proposal was one range of possible designs, the of 30 selected as finalists. Auto proposals we have received industry judges praised the from Weber State and other University plan for its well-balcompetitors can contribute siganced approach to meeting connificantly to the development of test criteria for emission stanelectric cars and hybrid vehicles dards, cruising range and safety, in the coming years.” according to Mr. Erb. Ford invited college and university technology programs to University students started work on the project last sumsubmit designs for a hybrid mer. Ford judges will visit the vehicle with a primary engine University next year to evaluate driven by electric batteries and their progress. Final contest a low-power back-up engine judging will take place next fueled by ethanol, methanol or June in Dearborn, Mich. ® unleaded gasoline. The University responded with plans for a car that Mr. Erb said of development, said Weber State received contributions worth $4.16 million from July 1991 through June 1992. Cash donations totaled about $2.1 million. Gifts-in-kind worth about $2.06 million also were received. The previous record for contributions during a single academic year was $2.85 million received in 1990-91. Mr. Spainhower credited large donations of computer equipment from AT&T and IBM with boosting the University’s fund-raising success. Gifts from the two corporations totalled more than $1.6 million. AT&T’s donation provided new equipment for computer science laboratories. IBM’s gift helped establish a computer-integrated manufacturing laboratory in the University’s Technology Assistance Center. More than $2.5 million in contributions was designated for academic support. Donations came from foundations, businesses, alumni, philanthropists, clubs and organizations. & Mini-Plant Showcases Automation The manufacturing engineering technology department has used a $32,045 grant from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers to buy a miniature manufacturing plant that shows students what automation can do. The plant demonstrates how computers and robot arms work: together to control a manufacturing process, said Kerry N. Tobin, assistant professor of manufacturing engineering technology. “Our students understand what automation can do, but have never done it themselves,’ Mr. Tobin said. The miniature plant is about 7 feet square and simulates a full-scale industrial plant. Students are modifying the plant to produce miniature University license plates and other miniature products. Faculty and students plan to take the portable plant to trade shows, high schools and industrial locations. & Business Programs Receive National Accreditation The College of Business & Economics has earned formal accreditation of its bachelor’s and master’s degree programs from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. The programs were evaluated by business school deans and corporate executives over the past three years. Fewer than 25 percent of some 1,200 business programs in the United States have won this recognition, according to Michael Vaughan, dean of the college. “Accreditation confirms the quality of our students, the excellence of our teaching, the a iit) 2 aah Of Note: me | Principal's Descendant admission to graduate schools, he said. The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business is a non-profit organization representing more than 800 organizations and corporations devoted to the improvement of higher education. AACSB is the Center Dedicates Satellite Room ‘Elected President of Student Body the great-great-granddaugh- : ter of the first principal of Weber State said serving as the University’s student-body pres- ident is like taking a a ae back in oie Melinda Roylance, 20, a | junior from Bountiful, Utah, -Majoring in communication, was elected student-body presi~ dent last spring. She isa — ~ descendant of Louis F. Moench, the institution’s first principal. “Tm reminded of him all the ‘ time when I Pass by his statue decided torun forneat Melinda Seas after spending serveral spon | : at the Utah Legislature as a staff member for “Capitol Connections,” a publication — produced by the communica- tion department. The experi- _ ~ ence taught her that lawmakers have great control over the - future of higher education, she. | on campus,” Ms. Roylance F said =“] think he'd be prod He right now.” Ms. Roylance oid she ges e “It’s my seit to make . Utah has a strong, unifie dent lobbying as os ii Roe me - ___ nized for record-breaking fund-_ raising efforts in 1991,exem- __ plary ethics in soliciting contri- butions, and service to the com-munity, according to FrancineGilmore, society president. Mr. | Spainhower is the third society _ scholarship of our faculty, the accomplishments of our alumni and the generous support of our friends in the business community,” Dr. Vaughan said. Accreditation also will increase the value of University degrees for alumni who compete for employment and only accrediting agency recognized for bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in business by the U.S. Department of Education. & e ’ member to receive the annual E Don E. Spainhower of Note: Q - Fund Raiser Receives Award Don E Spainhower, director of development, has been named the outstanding fund- raising professional of 1992 by - the Utah Society of Fund Riper Mr Spinower was recog. award. es Mr. Spainhower’ s service to the University has spanned_ _ nearly three decades. He was - sports information director — from 1963 to 1972 and director of college relations from 1972 to 1978. After leaving the University for three years, he became director of development in 1981. Under his leadership, Weber State’s development department received contributions of nearly $4.16 million during the 1991-92 = mic year. The Center for Aerospace Technology (CAST) commemorated the 10th anniversary of the University’s space program in May by dedicating a new satellite assembly room. A full-scale model of CAST’s new International AMSAT/WSU satellite was unveiled during the anniversary celebration. The 1,100pound, 23-foot-wide satellite is being designed, built and launched by an international coalition of engineers, students and university faculty. A French Ariane V rocket is scheduled to carry the satellite into orbit in 1995. The satellite room provides a central work facility for students involved in aerospace efforts. It also features displays of past, present and future projects. & Geologist Finds Rare Dinosaur Fossil The U.S. Department of the Interior announced last summer a major discovery by a Weber State geologist that provides “concrete evidence” about the development of dinosaurs. Sidney R. Ash, a faculty member since 1970, found the remains of an unborn camptosaurus while searching for plant fossils at Dinosaur National Monument in Vernal, Utah, in 1991. The remains included 30 percent of the unborn dinosaur’s skeleton. “This embryo provides concrete evidence about the development of the dinosaur,” Dr. Ash said. “We’ve always sus- 29 pected this particular species developed from an embryo inside an egg, but we never had proof.” National Park Service scientists identified the fossilized remains as vertebrae, ribs, limbs and a shoulder bone. The embryo probably measured only 9 inches long, said Dan Chure, paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument. An adult camptosaurus measured about 25 feet long and weighed about 1,000 pounds, he said. It had a long, heavy tail, long back legs and short forelegs. This is the first dinosaur embryo discovered at Dinosaur National Monument and one of the few dinosaur embryos ever found among rocks of the Jurassic period, Dr. Chure said. Geologists define the Jurassic period as starting some 210 million years ago and lasting 65 million years. “This is a good example of See serendipity in paleontology,” Dr. Chure said. “There was no hint on the surface that an embryo was buried at the site. If Dr. Ash had not stopped to look for plant fossils, the embryo never would have been found.” @ Speaker Decries Decay of Morals in America Utah philanthropist Spencer F. Eccles asked Weber State graduates last summer to “care enough” to take personal responsibility for the future of America. “The fundamental problem now challenging the American dream is not a government that doesn’t govern, workers who don’t work or schools that don’t THE OGDEN SYMPHONY-BALLET ASSOCIATION 2580 Jefferson Avenue 399-9214 Weta ttt Pek UTAH SYMPHONY eB eLe BALLET WEST Browning Center Weber State University a he | teach,” Mr. Eccles said. “The _ problem is not ‘crack’ cocaine, _ teenage suicide or babies hav_ ing babies. Those are but the symptoms. The disease is moral decay — a moral degradation — that blurs the meaning of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ and condones, encourages and perpetuates individual irresponsibility.” Mr. Eccles, chairman and chief executive of First Security Corporation, spoke to some 2,250 students — one of Weber State’s largest graduat| Ing classes — at the _ University’s 103rd commencement. Mr. Eccles said the United States is faltering politically, economically and socially because too many Americans believe they can buy solutions to their problems rather than work for them. That has pro_ duced “the entangled, openended, out-of-control system of entitlement programs enacted and annually funded by Congress,” he said. “Not only do these entitle- _ Ment programs create huge _ budget deficits, but they siphon money away from education, infrastructure investment and other public needs. Deficit_ fueled prosperity has weakened government, corporate and individual discipline and has dangerously increased social instability.” The only solution to those | faults is a return to the funda- mental American ideals of “moral rectitude, hard work, educational opportunity and individual rights balanced with individual and community _ responsibility,” Mr. Eccles said. “To change America, we must first change ourselves, our families and our neighborhoods. Our challenge is to individually raise our moral con- science, which will then collectively reverse the problems of America.” & Graduation Rates Worry Officials University officials are trying to reverse a disturbing trend that finds students take nearly a decade to earn a four-year degree. Students who graduated in June 1992 spent an average of 9.9 years to obtain their degrees, according to President Paul H. Thompson. That compares to only 6.3 years by 1972 graduates. Dr. Thompson said Weber State’s enrollment now includes some 100 students who have amassed more than 250 credit hours and no degrees. Only 183 credits are required for a bachelor’s degree. Dr. Thompson said factors contributing to slow graduation rates include: ¢ Frequent changes of academic majors by students. The average Weber State student changes majors five to seven times before graduation. ¢ Rising costs of tuition. Tuition has climbed 78 percent faster than inflation for the last four years. That has meant more Utah students have had to work full time and attend school on a part-time basis. In 1972, part-time students made up only one-third of the University’s enrollment. Today that figure has risen to 37 percent. ¢ Mormon missions. About 17 percent of Weber State students interrupt their studies for up to two years to serve missions for the Mormon Church. ¢ Career and family pressures. Many students leave Weber State for a period of months or years before returning to complete their degrees. The average 1992 graduate attended classes for only 21 quarters during their nearly 10year college careers, indicating an average break of nearly three years. Also, many women interrupt their college education to have children. Women make up more than half of Weber State’s enrollment. ¢ Failure by students to understand graduation requirements. More than 25 percent of the 3,250 students who applied for graduation last spring were denied because they had not accumulated proper credits. Dr. Thompson said the University has intensified efforts to provide more frequent and thorough student counseling to increase graduation rates. The University also is considering mandating that students confer with counselors on a regular basis. i Students Prepare to Build Rockets Weber State is going into the rocket-building business. Faculty and students will participate in a joint venture with Brigham Young University, the University of Utah and Utah State University to construct rockets with enough power to launch tiny satellites into Earth orbit. Robert Twiggs, director of the Weber State Center for Aerospace Technology, said this year students will build smaller rockets as test models for future crafts. The joint effort was recommended by scientists from Thiokol Corp. and Hercules Aerospace Co. to provide students with practical experience | In aerospace engineering. The project — nicknamed “Unity 4” — will involve primarily seniors, Mr. Twiggs said. Some 20 scientists will help student teams assemble the rockets. Researchers from General Dynamics and Rocketdyne will share their technology and the U.S. Air Force will provide Hill Air Force Base’s Testing and Training Range as a launch and recovery site. Mr. Twiggs said Weber State will handle communications systems and ground-support equipment. BYU seniors will build the rocket cases, nose cones, fins and other external parts. The University of Utah will design rocket motors. Utah State will assemble the fuel system and act as the engineering team. @ Summer Theater Tops 2,000 Mark in Season Sales Utah Musical Theater is running out of room for patrons. The 1992 season opened last summer with 75 percent of its tickets sold. By the end of the first week, most tickets were gone. The reason, said Artistic Director Jim Christian, is the summer theater’s growing reputation for quality performances. Utah Musical Theater began in the ‘70s as the Golden Spike Repertory Theater. The name was changed in the mid ‘80s. Patron interest fluctuated in the first two decades of the theater group. By 1989, Utah Musical Theater attracted some 300 season patrons. This year, more than 2,124 season tickets were sold before opening night. Mr. Christian, who also is managing director of UMT, said the theater’s reputation is making it possible to hire some of the nation’s finest student performers. That, he said, will ensure even better productions in the future. “The funny thing is we have a stronger reputation outside of Utah than inside,” Mr. (continued on next page) Seshachari Named interim Dean of Arts College Candadai Seshachari, chairman of the English department, has been named interim dean of the College of Arts & Humanities. He succeeds Sherwin W. Howard, who resigned last February to become president of Deep Springs College in Deep Springs, Calif. Dr. Seshachari will serve as dean while the University conducts a national search to find a permanent successor. Dr. Seshachari joined the English faculty in 1969. He has Fe. Edward B. Walker Of Note: Chemist Receives Governor's Award Edward B. Walker, professor of chemistry and director of the University’s Center for Chemical Technology, received the 1992 Governor’s Medal for Science and Technology last July. Dr. Walker won the award for a variety of research projects completed in conjunction with Weber State’s chemical center. He was one of 14 who received the honor. Dr. Walker joined the chem- Candadai Seshachari been chairman of the English department since 1985. His 40 years of teaching experience include 16 years on the faculty of Osmania University in his native India. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Osmania University and a doctorate from the University of Utah. istry faculty in 1981. He was appointed director of the chemical center when it was created under the state’s Centers for Excellence Program in 1990. The center has explored ways to remove oil and other hydrocarbons from sand, extracted elements from cranberries for medicinal uses and conducted other research projects that have commercial possibilities. Dr. Walker involves students in the center’s research to give them experience and provide them with jobs. Dr. Walker graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Weber State in 1976 and earned a doctorate at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, in 1980. In 1981, he completed postdoctoral studies at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Photobiology, the American Society of Plant Physiologists, Sigma Xi Research Society and Phi Kappa Phi. & 31 on-par with any other summer stock.” The summer-season shows are held in the 330-seat Allred Theater of the Browning Center for the Performing Arts. But Mr. Christian hopes to change the performance location in the near future to a Tom Stewart, former director of development for athletics at the University of Utah and executive director of that university’s Crimson Club, became the University’s athletic director last May. Mr. Stewart succeeded Richard F. Hannan, who re- signed last February to become athletic director at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. A veteran of some 20 years in high school and college athletics, Mr. Stewart has spent most of his career in coaching and sports administration in Northern Utah. He was assistant basketball coach under Rod Tueller at Utah State University from 1979 to 1987 and also served as Utah State’s assistant athletic director for one year. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stewart coached basketball for three seasons at Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah. He also coached basketball for one year at Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. Mr. Stewart was selected for the Weber State post from a field of some 100 applicants a2 BIKER BRIGADE—Beatrice Stephens, 95, meets with mem- bers of the Sundowners of Utah and the Northern Utah Harley Group this spring for a little joy riding. She says, “They had to help me on and off. I'm not as limber as I used to be.” | built, UMT would use a reno- vated Egyptian Theatre in Ogden as its 1995 performance hall. The Egyptian has the same-size stage as does the Allred, but would expand audi- ence seating by some 300. & a Tom Stewart from across the country. “Tom Stewart has the ideal combination of qualifications to achieve the goals of our athletic program,” said Paul H. Thompson, University president. “The depth and breadth of his athletic-administrative experience enables him to promote academic excellence, earn community support and attract private funds. Tom will earn the respect and loyalty of all those who love Weber State athlet05: Mr. Stewart, 45, is a native of Piedmont, Calif. He first came to Northern Utah to attend Utah State University. “T’m impressed with the quality of Weber State athletics,” Mr. Stewart said. “The university has great people involved in athletics and a great tradition to uphold. I’m honored to have been selected for this position.” & The spotlight's On OUT 1993 Season. / ) ack in 1910, when a male suitor offered 13-year-old Beatrice Paskett Stephens of Henefer, Utah, a ride in his Thank you for making our 1992 season a sell-out! We invite you to join Utah Musical Theatre in 1993 for another exciting summer. We are proud to announce Fiddler on the Roof, Peter Pan, West Side Story, and Pump Boys and Dinettes as our spectacular 1993 season. Due to the overwhelming response to Utah Musical Theatre, we will be presenting these shows in two theatres at Weber State a all University, with an expanded 1 Vern performance schedule. For ry o) . ticket information, please reel © call (801) 626-8500. Ogden's Gift to Utah automobile, she was ecstatic. She had never ridden in a car and wanted to feel the wind in her hair. # But Ms. ‘ San £ ~ Stephens, a student at Weber Academy, was boarding with a lady who wouldn’t allow an unchaperoned ride. The 2 _UMT is a ‘hot ticket.’ In my | travels around the country, | I’ve found that our work is | hall with the same stage size, but with twice the audience seating. The University is | negotiating with city and coun_ ty officials to create a downtown conference and performing arts center. If the center is % | Christian said. “I’ve audi| tioned more than 1,100 people for the acting company and many of them have told me young woman was disappointed. = Maybe it was her memory of that experience that provoked Mrs. Stephens 67 years later when her grandson offered her a motorcycle ride to celebrate her 80th birthday. She climbed aboard and has been riding high ever since. ® “I love the wind against my face,” says Mrs. Stephens, now a 95-year-old great-grandmother. “It feels so refreshing. I love knowing I’m out on the road on two wheels.” ” = As a student at Weber Academy, Mrs. Stephens took classes from Ida Agren Shurtliff, the daughter of the institution’s founder, and studied sewing and cooking. She married a classmate, Otto Stephens, in 1915 and the two eventually moved to Afton, Wyo., where they lived for 45 years. After her husband died, Mrs. Stephens moved to an Ogden retirement apartment complex one block from the former Weber Academy campus. = Mrs. Stephens said hip replacement surgery she had last year makes motorcycle riding a bit difficult, but not impossible. “They have to help me on and off,” she said. “I’m not as limber as I used to be.” # What really bothers her, she said, is that other tenants in her retirement home don’t believe she rides. “They think I’m crazy,” Mrs. Stephens said. “They think I’m making it up.” = 33 ced leadership from the University of San Francisco and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from Utah State University. He played on the 1960 Weber State conference champion football team. Floyd Seager, ’41, has been named 1992 “Doctor of the Year” by the Utah Medical Association. Dr. Seager is an Ogden internist and founder of a clinic for the poor and homeless at the Ogden Rescue Mission. He and his wife, Dauna, formed the clinic in 1988. It has provided medical care to thousands of patients. President Bush named the Seagers “points of light” for their outstanding national volunteer efforts. THE () Sheron Whitley Kallerud, ’65, has been named national sales director for Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc. Ms. Kallerud joined Mary Kay in 1972 and became a director in two years. She resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. S Gary Peterson, ’55, has been promoted to vice president and trust officer at the Ogden trust division of First Security Bank. Mr. Peterson graduated from Utah State University, the National Trust School and Pacific Coast Banking School. Lee White, ’66, has received the Silver Beaver award, scouting’s highest honor. Mr. White was recognized for more than 20 years of volunteer service. He lives in San Jose, Calif. Randy K. Darrohn, ’71, has been named assistant vice president and development officer of First Security Bank. Mr. Darrohn is a certified financial planner and founder of the Centerville/Farmington (Utah) 34 Ralph A. Busco, ’61, has been selected to attend Columbia University’s school superintendents’ workshop in New York City. Mr. Busco received a doctorate in educational organization Rotary Club. Max D. Thompson, ’71, has been selected as one of 25 members of the American Arbitration Association’s panel of Utah real- estate agents. Mr. Thompson is division manager of Gump & Ayers Real Estate Inc. Stephen Glines, ’72, has been named vice president of technology for C.R. England, a nationwide trucking company. Richard M. Atwater, ’73, has married Yekaterina Anatolyvna Panina of Russia. Mr. Atwater is aretired U. S. Air Force major. He holds degrees in communications and political science from Weber State. He received his master’s degree in political science and his military commission from Brigham Young University. Karl R. McEntire, ’73, has been named director of engineering at lomega Corp., in Roy, Utah. Mr McEntire formerly was manager of total quality control. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Weber State. R. Douglas Parson, ’73, has been promoted to vice president and manager at First Security Mortgage Co., where he will oversee the credit division of the real-estate office. Mr. Parson was vice president and northern division supervisor of the realestate office in Ogden. He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Mortgage Banking. John D. Clarke, ’74, has been recognized as a certified residential specialist, the highest designation given to a real-estate sales representative. Mr. Clarke has been in the Ogden Board of Realtors’ Million Dollar Club since 1988. Robert V. Glasmann, ’74, has been selected to sing with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers in 1992 and 1993. Mr. Glasmann is an assistant music professor at Wichita State University. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a doctorate in choral conducting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Craig S. Ogan, ’74, has been named marketing manager for U.S. West Direct in Salt Lake City. Mr. Ogan is past president of the Utah Advertising Federation. He belongs to the Public Relations Society of America. Art Terkelson, ’74, has been named Outstanding Special Investigations Officer Worldwide by the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Mr. Terkelson is a forensics expert in the criminology lab at Weber State. He holds a bachelor’s degree in police science and a minor in chemistry from Weber State. Donald Lee Reed, ’75, has been named assistant vice president and manager of the human resources accounting and operations department at First Security Bank. Mr. Reed was assistant vice president. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Utah. William S. Lamb, ’76, has been named director of public relations for MAXXAM, parent company for Kaiser Aluminum and Pacific Lumber Company in Houston, Texas. Brian Elliott Marston, ’77, has been promoted to assistant vice president and senior quality control officer of technology systems at First Security Bank. Mr. Marston was formerly senior quality control officer. Trudy R. Peterson, ’77, has been promoted to sales training officer in the sales promotion and training department of First Security Bank. Stephen E. Jackson, ’78, has been appointed operations training manager for Western Atlas Wireline Services, an oil and gas exploration firm in Odessa, Texas. Mark Stromberg, ’78, has accepted a Sloan Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. Mr. Stromberg is general manager of US West Communications network operations in Utah. Barbara McConvill, 79, has joined the Ogden Convention & Visitors Bureau of The Chamber Ogden/Weber asa sales and service manager. Ms. McConvill was director of marketing and public relations and administrative assistant to the general manager of Snowbasin Ski Resort for five years. THE director of Geigy Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Collmar received the 1989 and 1990 Circle of Excellence Award while serving as New Orleans district manager for Summit Pharmaceuticals. He and his wife, Tena, live in Irving, Texas, Bruce D. Williams, ’83, has been hired as business manager of the Morgan (Utah) School District. Mr. Williams worked at Dain Bosworth Inc. in Salt Lake City, and was budget analyst for Dave Grose, ’82, has been named manager of materials scheduling at Iomega Corp. in Roy, Utah. Mr. Grose holds a master’s degree from Utah State University. Hercules Inc., in Clearfield, Utah. He received his master’s degree in business from the University of Utah. Harold A. “B.C.” Brown, ’84, has assumed command of the U.S. Army’s Ogden recruiting center. Mr. Brown is a captain in the army. He holds a master’s degree in human relations from the University of Oklahoma. Jean Hill, ’82, has been named treasurer of the Utah chapter of the National Association of Tax Practitioners. Ms. Hill is owner of the Taxwise Accounting Service in Layton, Utah. Catherine Carroll Muniz, ’82, has been promoted to director of materials control at Iomega Corp. in Roy, Utah. George Ulrich, ’84, has been promoted to manager of materials planning and control at Iomega Corp., in Roy, Utah. He earned an accounting degree at Weber State. R. Paul Toller, ’83, has been named assistant vice president of SIRIZARTP. COPIERS 80s William Evan Johnson, ’81, has earned his master’s degree in elementary education at Utah State University. He has a bachelor’s degree in education from Weber State. special loans for First Security Bank. Mr. Toller was a commercial loan officer. More power for the price. 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Ms. Stokes was assistant director for The Chamber Ogden/Weber and has been in convention sales for the Ogden Park Hotel and the Weber County Fairgrounds. She also was convention and tourism coordinator for the Golden Spike Empire. Douglas Wheelwright, ’86, has been promoted to commercial loan officer in the Ogden business financial center of First Security Bank. Constance E. Hymas, ’87, has completed Officer Indoctrination School at the Naval Education and Training Center in Newport, R.I. Ms. Hymas is an ensign in the Navy. Frank W. Browning, ’88, has been named vice president and micro computer network specialist for the Bank of Utah. Mr. Browning is a member of the board of directors for the bank. Kathy Mohr-Kaiser, ’89, has been selected as an advertising sales representative for a newspaper in Millinton, Mich. Ms. Kaiser and her husband live in Millinton, Mich. Mr. Pollard was branch manager for Zion’s Bank in Ogden. He is president of the northern Utah chapter of the American Institute of Banking. Michelle R. Kunzler, ’90, has been appointed operations officer at First Security Bank in Ogden. Ms. Kunzler was communication chairwoman of the local American Heart Association. Marilyn J. Smith, ’90, has received the Mountain America Credit Union/Utah Public Employees’ Association scholarship for 1992-93. Ms. Smith is a member of the Weber State University Young Alumni Council. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Weber State. Steven Pollard, ’91, has been hired as manager of the Washington Boulevard branch of Olympus Bank in Ogden. Janet Cisowski, ’92, has been named marketing director for the Crossland’s Retirement Community in Sandy, Utah. Ms. Cisowski holds a communication degree from Weber State. She was interim marketing director for the Treehouse Children’s Museum in Ogden. Readers wishing to submit Alumni Update items may mail them to: Editor, University Times, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-1010. Include your name, address, graduating year, current address and spouse’s name. If your spouse graduated from Weber State, include the year of graduation. Black and white photos may be submitted. Facsimile submissions may be submitted at (801) 626-8875. Telephone submissions may be submit- ted by voice mail at (801) 626-7500. R equiem Dr. Russell taught archaeology at Weber State from 1986 to 1989. He died of liver, kidney Harold Claude Bateman, Ogden, died March 14 at age 90. Dr. Bateman was the first director of the Weber State Oral History Museum, chairman of the history department and professor emeritus of history. He received the Weber State Alumni Meritorious Service Award in 1972. Dr. Bateman received a bachelor’s degree and doctorate from Utah State University and a master’s degree from Brigham Young University. He was a retired US. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel. Marion Hunter Bushell, Ogden, died Dec. 25 at age 69. Mrs. Bushell retired in 1983 as secretary to Weber State President Rodney H. Brady. She also worked for Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. and the Weber County School District. She and her husband, Stanley James Bushell, belonged to the Ogden Area Square Dance Association and the Round Dance Association. YOU CAN FIND THESE THINGS AND MORE AT THE Dorothy Clark Noel, Ogden, died March 14 at age 83. Mrs. Noel was secretary to the registrar and dean of admissions at Weber State from 1963 to 1970. She was a native of Richfield, Utah. Kenneth Russell, Amman, Jordan, died May 10 at age 41. 36 and heart failure apparently caused by a spider bite inflicted while he was conducting research among the Bedouins of Jordan for the American Center for Oriental Research. Dr. Russell was buried in a canyon near a site he excavated outside the city of Petra. The Bedouins renamed the site “The Place of Ken” in his honor. Elaine D. Taylor, Washington Terrace, Utah, died March 29 at age 66. Ms. Taylor worked in the admissions office at Weber State from 1965 to 1987. She Church Historical Department, Deseret Book Co., and Gunnison Sugar Co. He also served on the board of directors of Gunnison Sugar Co., the Saltair Beach Co., and the Salt Lake Garfield and Western Railroad. Mr. Anderson became a general authority of the Mormon Church in 1970 at age 81. Two years later, he was appointed managing director of the church historical department. He attributed his long life to abstinence from alcohol, tobac- co and hot drinks. He swam regularly and was honored on his 90th birthday by the Deseret Gymnasium in Salt Lake City for his dedication to exercise. also worked at J.C. Penney and 1910s Ethel Winifred Marriott Tracy, Ogden, died June 20 at age 98. Mrs. Tracy was the wife Mary Edling, ’17, Salt Lake City, died Aug. 3, 1991, at age 94. Mrs. Edling taught elementary school in Harrisville and Uintah, Utah. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden. the Internal Revenue Service. of the late Aaron Ward Tracy, president of Weber State from 1922 to 1935. She participated in Ogden’s Singing Mothers and local productions of “All Faces West.” She and her husband were the parents of seven children. 1900s Joseph Anderson, ’05, Salt Lake City, died March 13 at age 102. Mr. Anderson was the oldest alumnus of Weber State and the oldest general authority of the Mormon Church. He graduated from Weber Academy at age 15 as a skilled shorthand writer. Mr. Anderson held management positions with the Mormon John H. Vandenberg, ’17, Salt Lake City, died June 3 at age 87. Mr. Vandenberg was an emeritus general authority of the Mormon Church. He served 11 years as presiding bishop of the church and became an assistant to the Council of Twelve in 1972. He was called to the church’s First Quorum of the Seventy in 1976. Mr. Vandenberg was an accountant with livestock commission agents John Clyde and Co. He later became a partner with Merrion and Wilkins Wool Merchandising Co. 1920s Elijah Clawson, ’21, Ogden, died Dec. 7, 1991, at age 91. Mr. Clawson was a salesman for the Standard Equipment Co. for 25 years and a grocer for 15 years. Goldie Bucher Jensen, *21, Ogden, died Sept. 6, 1991, at age 87. Mrs. Jensen was married to David Allan Bucher for 27 years. She married Eugene E. Jensen after her husband died. She was a secretary at Commercial Security Bank for 13 years. Edith Gidney Briem, ’24, South Ogden, died July 30, 1991, at age 87. Mrs. Briem was a chart corrector in the cartographic department of the Naval Supply Depot. She retired in 1964. She was historian of the Tri-Valley Choir for 17 years. Ella W. Nord, ’28, Evanston, Ill., died Aug. 9, 1991, at age 80. Mrs. Nord taught elementary school in Ogden for 13 years. She attended Utah State University and the University of Wisconsin. 1930s Agnes Pernelle Troseth Boyer, 31, Ogden, died Jan. 3 at age 80. Mrs. Boyer received a teaching certificate from Weber Academy and a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University. She taught school in Utah and California until 1972. H. Kenneth Brown, ’31, Harrisville, Utah, died Aug. 4, 1991, at age 85. Mr. Brown earned a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University. He taught at Weber High School and Washington Junior High School. He was an assistant principal and principal in the Ogden school district. He became the first Harrisville (Utah) Justice of the Peace and chairman of the Harrisville planning commission. Robert Kenneth Marchel, ’31, Naples, Idaho, died Oct. 21, 1991, at age 83. Mr. Marchel | Requiem received a doctorate in education from the University of Utah. He was a high school teacher, principal and superintendent. He also served as dean of administration for Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo, Colo. Ensign McQuarrie Terry, 31, South Ogden, died Feb. 15 at age 86. Mr. Terry worked at Utah Power & Light Co. for 28 years. He retired in 1966. Cecil E. Tucker, 32, Ogden, died Aug. 28, 1991, at age 82. Mr. Tucker was a court reporter for 43 years. He retired in 1976. Eileen Labrum Poulsen, ’33, Ogden, died Aug. 1, 1991, at age 78. Mrs. Poulsen was born in Bennion, Utah, and educated in Salt Lake City. She sang with Ogden’s Singing Mothers. Nicholas Van Alfen, ’33, Harrisville, Utah, died Jan. 15 at age 85. Mr. Van Alfen was director of the LDS Institute of Religion at Weber College for 15 years. He also taught at the LDS Institute of Religion at Utah State University and at Mormon church seminaries at Weber and Ogden high schools. He held bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brigham Young University. the “Distinguished Service” Award from the performing arts department. He served on the alumni association’s Emeritus Alumni Council for four years. He worked for the StandardExaminer newspaper in Ogden for 20 years. Clarence Matthew Keller, ’34, Ogden, died Dec. 19, 1991, at age 78. Mr. Keller was a sheep rancher. He was a lifetime member of the Elks service club. Donald E. Limb, ’34, Garland, Utah, died Oct. 23, 1991, at age 78. Mr. Limb earned a business degree from Weber State. He owned Limb’s Service Station in Garland for 49 years. He was a Garland City councilman. Robert A. Stewart, ’36, Ogden, died Aug. 6, 1991, at age 75. Mr. Stewart was an engineer for Southern Pacific Railroad for 37 years. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Thomas “Pat” Riley, ’38, Ogden, died Jan. 3 at age 74 in San Diego, Calif. Mr. Riley served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was assistant treasurer at Weber State from 1949 to 1968 and controller from 1968 to 1981. Louis Alfred Gladwell, ’34, Ogden, died Feb. 20 at age 81. Mr. Gladwell was director of public relations and alumni services at Weber State. He retired in 1979. He received the “Outstanding Alumnus” Award from the alumni association and 38 1940s Ruth Purdy Buehler, *41, Ogden, died Aug. 24, 1991, at age 71. Mrs. Buehler married Carl D. Buehler and traveled with him while he served in the Air Corps in World War II. Department of Defense for 30 years. 1950s Betty Christine Eck, °43, Peggy Marie Wood Critchlow, ”50, Ogden, died March 2 at age 62. Mrs. Critchlow served as student body vice president at Weber State and was a member of the alumni board. She was a co-sponsor of the Critchlow Historical Lecture Series. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Brigham Young University. Kaysville, Utah, died March 20 at age 67. Ms. Eck was a clerk and secretary at Hill Air Force John A. Dixon, *42, Salt Lake City, died Feb. 15 at age 68. Dr. Dixon received an honorary degree from Weber State in 1974 for his contributions to the school and community. He also received an honorary degree in 1979 from the University of Utah. Dr. Dixon practiced medicine in Ogden for 16 years. He helped establish the Weber County Health Center and was chairman of the committee that planned McKay-Dee Hospital. Dr. Dixon was chairman of the Utah Board of Health, pro- fessor of surgery at the University of Utah, executive vice president and vice president of health sciences at the University of Utah, and dean of that university’s College of Medicine. He directed the University of Utah’s laser research and treatment program and the John A. Dixon Laser Institute. He also played a prominent role in gathering state and private funds for the University of Utah’s Health Sciences Hospital. Dr. Dixon wrote, “Surgical Applications of Lasers.” He also wrote articles and chapters for medical journals and textbooks. Emmett LeRoy Wiggins, °42, Salt Lake City, died Aug. 3, 1991, at age 69. Mr. Wiggins eared degrees in biological sciences from the University of Southern California and the University of Utah. He performed violin solos at community and church activities, sang in church choirs and in a male chorus. He worked for the U.S. Base, Utah, for 17 years. She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Gordon Barney, ’46, Ogden, died Aug. 16, 1991, at age 72. Mr. Barney attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. He graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley. He won a silver star and two medals during World War II. He was a certified public accountant with Wells, Baxter & Miller and also worked at Browning Arms. He retired in 1981. John W. “Jack” Higgins, °48, Bountiful, Utah, died Jan. 4 at age 65. Mr. Higgins earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. He was a sales representative for American Oil and manager of Burningham Truck Plaza. Jack E. Russell, 48, Farr West, Utah, died Oct. 24, 1991, at age 66. Mr. Russell held degrees from Utah State University and the University of Utah. He worked at the Davis County Mental Health department from 1975 to 1991. Dee K. Call, ’49, Ogden, died April | at age 65. Mr. Call worked at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He retired in 1976. Clifford H. Vest, ’49, Ogden, died Nov. 29, 1991, at age 86. Mr. Vest was on the baseball, basketball and football teams at Weber State. He worked for Sperry Flour Co. Thomas Van Drimmelen, Jr., *53, Ogden, died July 23, 1991, at age 73. Mr. Van Drimmelen held a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University. He taught at the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind for 31 years. Mr. Van Drimmelen sang with the Ogden Symphonic Choir and the Southern Pacific male chorus. State University and in theater arts from the University of Utah. He was a librarian and theater arts teacher at Tooele (Utah) High School from 1963 to 1969. 1960s Gerald “Jerry” Walter Downs, *65, North Ogden, Utah, died Feb. 25 at age 61. Mr. Downs was treasurer of the American Can Co. Credit Union. He was a member of the Pleasant View (Utah) City Planning Commission and an officer of the Pleasant View City Water Board. Aaron Kent Johnston, ’65, Clinton, Utah, died Nov. 7, 1991, at age 54. Mr. Johnston worked at the Davis County Courthouse. He was a member of the Clinton (Utah) City Council. Harold Scott Thorsted, ’68, Ogden, died Sept. 10, 1991, at age 42. Mr. Thorsted was a police officer in Brigham City and Roy, Utah, and a salesman. Ruth B. Nielsen, ’54, Ogden, died Jan. 19 at age 57. Ms. Nielsen was a secretary in the business education and administrative systems department and a clerk in the purchasing department at Weber State. In 1988, she lost a leg and suffered eye injuries in an auto-pedestrian accident that forced her to retire. Dale L. Whitesides, ’57, Layton, Utah, died Nov. 11, 1991, at age 77. Mr. Whitesides worked in logistics at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. He was a member of the American Legion. Harold Dee Newey, ’58, San Francisco, Calif, died Oct. 4, 1991, at age 53. Mr. Newey held degrees in history from Utah Paul Leland Protzman, *69, Clearfield, Utah, died March 30 at age 75. Mr. Protzman was a railroad engineer and union electrician for the Union Pacific Railroad and the Continental Baking Co. 1970s David Ellis Hancey, *72, Los Angeles, Calif., died Oct. 2, 1991 at age 37. Mr. Hancey held bachelor’s degrees in zoology and microbiology from Weber State. He also held degrees from Utah State University and the Southern California School of Optometry. Willie Washington Jr., 73, Layton, Utah, died Oct. 22, 1991, at age 62. Mr. Washington held a bachelor’s degree in history from Weber State and a master’s degree from the University of Utah. He worked for the Bureau of Land Management for 23 years. Ray Daniel Holley, ’75, Roy, Utah, died Oct. 23, 1991, at age 69. Mr. Holley held a bachelor’s degree in sociology and social work from Weber State and a master’s degree from the University of Utah. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 26 years. He taught in the social work department at Weber State from 1975 to 1987. Russell G. Foster, ’78, Ogden, died Nov. 22, 1991, at age 36. Mr. Foster graduated with honors from the Moody Bible Institute and was youth minister and assistant pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Chicago Heights, Ill. He also worked at Defense Depot Ogden. Mr. Coleman held a business Kathleen Marie Tanner Snell, ”78, Ogden, died Sept. 22, 1991, at age 35. Ms. Snell received a nursing degree from Weber State. She worked at McKayDee, Humana Davis North, Brigham City (Utah) and LDS hospitals. She also operated a business that designed and marketed dance and exercise wear. Weber State. He was a field auditor for the state of California. Ellen Jean Pratt, ’79, Ogden, died Oct. 31, 1991, at age 29. Ms. Pratt was a sales representa- Marilyn Fowers, 70, Ogden, died Nov. 3, 1991, at age 55. Ms. Fowers was an artist for Royal McBee for 34 years. She retired in 1990. Marlin Coleman, ’71, Houston, Texas, died Jan. 14 at age 56. administration degree from tive for Avon. She had won many professional awards. She attended the Denver Bible Baptist College in Denver, Colo. She was a volunteer for the American Red Cross. 1980s Mike Elizondo, ’82, Clinton, Utah, died Oct. 14, 1991, at age 71. Mr. Elizondo was a senior automotive instructor at the Clearfield (Utah) Job Corps Center. He was a retired U.S. Air Force major. Tina Marie Wood Herdt, ’83, Roy, Utah, died Aug. 25, 1991, at age 31. Ms. Herdt was an elementary school teacher in Davis County, Utah. Denise Paul Palmer, ’83, Phoenix, Ariz., died Dec. 7, 1991, at age 36. Mrs. Palmer received a bachelor’s degree in botany at Weber State and a master’s degree from the University of Idaho. She worked as an environmental engineer at Rockwell International in Idaho before moving to Phoenix. She and her husband, Randell Jay Palmer, had one daughter. Jerry Dean Fowler, ’84, Ogden, died Aug. 22, 1990, at age 31. Mr. Fowler was a social worker at McKay-Dee Hospital and an adjunct professor in the social work department at Weber State. Readers may send death notices to: Editor, University Times, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-1010. Facsimile submissions are accepted at (801) 626-8875. Telephone submis- sions are accepted by voice mail at (801) 626-7500. 39 In Continuing Support Of Our University. Perspective Values in Conflict: Full Access or Quality Teaching? by Paul H. Thompson University President For 103 years, Weber State has been an open-access institution. Most of those years have been spent encouraging more students to attend Weber State. It has been our goal to offer educational opportunities to anyone who desired an education. However, that will change in 1993. After a decade of dramatic growth, the Board of Regents has instructed us to limit our enrollment to the 1991-92 level, which is approximately 14,500 students. The amount of money provided by the Utah Legislature for 1992-93 will barely cover expenses for students already attending Weber State. This brings into conflict values that have played a pivotal role in the development of our institution. It has been part of our tradition to offer a chance for a higher education to anyone who wanted it. Our classes have been small; faculty and student interaction has been high. We are committed to protecting that tradition and philosophy, but that 40 will be impossible without adequate funding. We are faced with difficult choices. We are concerned about the effect enrollment limits will have on the University. Faculty and staff at Weber care about individual students. We do not want that to change. We want to preserve and protect Weber State’s heritage of quality teaching. However, if we continue to accept an increasing number of students, we will not be able to keep our classes small or devote adequate faculty time to individual students. On the other hand, if we limit enrollment we may be denying higher education to the very people who are most in need of such an opportunity. Alumni and community members are understandably concemed. As I have visited with alumni, many have recom- mended options that would allow us to serve more students. Two of the most common suggestions are that we increase class size and hire more parttime faculty. Let me explain why we ve decided against those options. 1) INCREASE CLASS SIZE This practice is fairly common at large universities. We have chosen not to do that in order to maintain student access to faculty, which is often where real learning occurs. A recent survey at Weber State indicated that 98 percent of our students have as much access to faculty as they would like. That is an impressive response. We will continue that commitment to quality. 2. HIRE PART-TIME FACULTY Many institutions have a large number of part-time faculty and graduate students teaching lower division classes. We have evaluated the possibilty of hiring more part-time faculty and decided that our commitment to full-time faculty is what differentiates us from the large universities. While we are not planning to make changes that will undermine quality, we are looking at ways that we can continue to serve as many of the citizens of Northern Utah as possible. We are encouraging high school students to better prepare themselves for a college education. Many of the students who attend Weber State require remedial courses in math and English. If these students would prepare better in high school studies, we could eliminate the need for remedial courses and serve more than 300 additional students. We are encouraging students to consider all available options for post high school education. Those options include applied technology centers, community colleges and private business colleges. We also are trying to help our students to complete their educations by taking fewer courses. Many of our students change majors several times and repeat classes. If we can help students graduate in less time, we can admit students who otherwise might be excluded. Finally, we are seeking private funds as a means of expanding the University’s resources. We appreciate the assistance we have received from alumni and friends and we are expanding our efforts to raise private dollars. These funds will allow us to provide a quality education to more students. We will continue to explore other ways to serve students. 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