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Campus Notes

New A

new

Stein

nine-foot,

way enhances chapel He noted that while the old piano will serve well in Wichers,its usefulness as a concert instrumentin a large-scalesetting like Dimnent has passed. "About 20

Steinway

concert grand piano gives new voice to Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

years

The instrument debuted during an Artist Piano Series recital on Wednesday, Feb. 12, featuring Anton Nel. It was donated to the college by the family of the De Free '30 of Zeeland, Mich. "This piano is a significant gift, particularlyin terms of the impact on the campus and community," said Charles Aschbrenner,professor of music. "It was 30 late Stanley

years ago that we got the present Steinway, so this

truly specialoccasion."

According to Professor Aschbrenner, the concert grand in Dimnent is used for dozens of events during each academic year, from student and professional recitals to keyboard classes. With the new instrument taking the stage in the chapel, the old one is moving to Nykerk Hall's Wichers Auditorium, which hosts a like number of events but has been using smaller grand pianos.

the

life,"

he said.

The new instrumenthas been purchased through Hammell Music in Livonia, Mich. Professor Aschbrenner and colleague Joan Conway, also a professor of music, selectedit from among five contendersthey tested on December 19 at Stein way's New York City showroom, located on 57th Street near Carnegie Hall. Stanley De Free, who died in 1991, had been a professional musician in addition to working at the family company, the William De Free Co., in Zeeland. He had also been a blueberry farmer, and had owned H and R Block offices in Allegan and Holland, Mich. De Pree's widow, Winifred DePree, is a retired music teacher. Their daughter, Anne De Free '59 Reisig of River Forest, 111., has performed extensively as a soprano in the Chicago,111., area and throughout the Midwest. Their son, Jack De Free '56 of Tampa, Fla., is a marketingconsultant.The family has also established an endowed scholarship at Hope in Stanley De Pree's memory for students majoring in music,

college’s new nine-footSteinway concert grand piano was donated by the family of the late Stanley De Free ’30 of Zeeland, Mich. Pictured from left to right are Jack De Free ’56, his son; Anne De Free ’59 Reisig, his daughter, and Winifred De Free, his widow.

The

“Quote, unquote” Quote, unquote

eclectic sampling of things said at and about Hope College. "It is time to move beyond Black and White, the confrontational stereotypes and prejudices in the past, toward a democratic conversation based on pluralism,civilityand

commitment to equal justice. "How do we find a common social language and vision which can reduce and a

eventually eliminate the boundaries that separate us— which allow us to recognize those legitimateareas of differencebetween us but destroy the parallel racial and ethnic universes? Our common goal must be the deconstruction of the idea of race itself; that is,

the elimination of all forms of

"Through programs in higher education, can pursue a dialogue which recognizes both the profound diversityand commonality of the American people. We are all Americans,yet we may speak differentlanguages, have differentfaiths, have different economic and social backgrounds,have dif-

racial

inequality.

"We need to foster a cultural dialogue between representatives of various ethnic and racial groups, on the campus and within communities, which can lead to greater exchange, sharing and cultural interaction. "Since the demise of racial integrationin the 1960s and '70s, it has not been popular to support the idea of multi-racialand interrehgious dialogue. Collegesand schools must go out of their way to create such spaces for culturalexchange and nexus. As things stand now at many colleges, too often we find young people of different racial and ethnic and heritagesrelating to each other at coming to terms with the similaritiesand divera polite social distance,never really

gences they have with other groups.

"We shouldn't have to apologize for saying that, as educators, we truly learn to appreciate and to value what is unique and original in our own culture when we take the time and effort to really learn what is valuable and creative in someone else's culture. The greatest cultural gifts in the world are

ferent educational experiences and, yes, very distinctly differenthistorical

memories and

traditions.

have subordina-

"Yet, differenceand diversitydo not

tion. Difference provides an opportunity for learning about others and ourselves.The exploration of differencehelps us to understand the values we hold in common. "America's always been a land of diversity. From the establishment of the United States there were a

cacophony of languages, of traditions, of ethnicities and nationalities. At our best moments this nation has embraced that rich tapestry of humanity— the diverse and colorful threads representing

spectrum of culturalpossibility. "Yet far too often we have interpreteddif-

ference as a

synonym of

divisiveness.

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Our main cover image shows Anne Bakker-Gras '85, director

of student activities,with some tools of her trade at Hope, like the Pull rope and the Nykerk Cup. For the story of her award from the National Associationfor Campus Activities,please see page eight.

At top center

a scene from Graduation

Weekend '96 — one

as the graduating seniors prepareto march to

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28, No. April 1997 Published for Alumni, Friends and Parents of Hope College by the Office of Public Relations. Should you receive more than one copy, please pass it on to someone in your community. An overlap of Hope College constituencies makes duplication sometimes unavoidable.

Editon Thomas

of the natural order.

Managing Editon Gregory

we are to solve the central dilemma of American life, of whether and how diversity can be reconciledwith the fullest meaning of democracy, we must begin a new, honest dialogue among all the voices within our society.And our point of departure must be: we must understandand embrace the 'other'

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Renner '67 S. Olgers '87

Holland Litho Service, Inc. Printing: News Web Printing Services

created in the imaginative space generated by the synthesis of divergent aesthetic sensi-

Columbia Universityin New York, was also the featured speaker during the college's annual Martin Luther King ]r. Day service in the chapel

bilitiesand cultural traditions.

that evening. iJt

Baccalaureate.

of Greenville,

Mich.

Hope College Office of Public Relations

DeWitt Center, Holland, MI 49423-3698 phone: (616) 395-7860 fax: (616) 395-7991

alumni@hope.edu Thomas

L. Renner '67 Director of Public Relations

Gregory S. Olgers '87 Director of Information Services

Lynne M. Pmoe '86

Alumni Director Kathy Miller

Manager

of Public Relations Services

Kami Bos Secretary of Public Relations Office

Contributing Photographen Lou Schakel

as ourselves."

sented by Dr. Manning Marable to members of the faculty and staff on Martin Luther King ]r. Day, Monday, fan. 20. Dr. Marable, author and professor of history and director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at

Dimnent Memorial Chapel for

other members of the group are identifiedon page nine).

Excerptsfrom "Beyond the Rhetoric of the Dream: Truths for Today's Educators," pre-

May 4

At top right are the studentsworking on a research project that has earned a trip to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas. The project was initiallydevelopedby senior Jodi fames of Barrington,III. (James, seated, is wearing a knee brace that will be used in the project. The

tend to perceive those who are unlike ourselves as the 'other,' as potentialenemies

—

that will be repeated on

year. Dr. Donald Luidens '69 of the sociology faculty explains the particulars involved

still

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equal rights,equal opportunities and equal protection under the law. Hope College admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin,sex, creed or disabilityto all the rights, privileges,programs and activitiesgenerally

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Campus Notes

A milestone Milestone this year's book.

he student-produced, 1996 Milestone yearbook has won three awards. F

Perez, a junior from Flint, Mich., noted that the recognition was especially gratifying because he felt that the other competing yearbooks were impressive themselves, and because it was the Milestone's first try at "Best of Show" recognition. "1 was surprised that we got second place because it was the first time we entered," he said. The Associated Collegiate Press's yearbook contest was divided into two divisions: 299 pages and under, and 300 or more pages. The 1996 Milestone, which chroniclesthe 1995-96 school year,

The Milestone won a second place "Best of Show Award" from the AssociatedCollegiate Press, and a first place in the American Scholastic Press Association's "1996 Scholastic Yearbook

Awards" program. The Columbia ScholasticPress Association awarded the yearbook a bronze medalist certificate in its 1996 "College Yearbook Critique." The AssociatedCollegiate Press award, in a division for yearbooks with 299 or fewer pages, recognizes general excellence, with emphasis placed on design, coverage/reporting and leadership as expressed through content. It was presented during the National College Media Convention, held in

has 256 pages.

The American Scholastic

Press the Milestone one of seven first-place winners in a category for colleges and universitieswith more Association

named

than 2,500 students. Winners were also

named to

"First Place with Special Merit"

and "Second Place." More than 1,250 yearbooks,newspapers and magazines participated in the American Scholastic Press Association's "ScholasticYearbook and Magazine

Orlando, Fla. "This is really the biggest contest in the nation that says. This is a good book — this is a nationally ranked book,'" said Anthony Perez, editor-inchief of both the 1996 Milestone and of

Awards 1996"

contest.

The Columbia Scholastic

Press

Association's awards include Gold Crown Awards, given to the top two percent of publications evaluated; Silver Crown Awards, usually given to the next three percent; and Gold Medalist, Silver

Medalist and Bronze Medalist awards.

Award

certificates are given to all publi-

cations evaluated.

photographsof individHope students and of student groups and activities, the yearbook features articles concerningthe college,which were written by members of the staffs of the yearbook and the college'sweekly student newspaper.The Anchor. The 1996 book also features accounts and photographs of national and world events. "We thought it would be nice to have a reminder of the history off campus as well as on," Perez notes in the yearbook. The 1996 Milestone was publishedby Walsworth Publishing Company of In addition to

ual

Marceline, Mo.

The college’s yearbook debuted in 1905 as the Hope College Annual. The next edition was published in 1916 as The Milestone,the name it has possessed ever since,

Four door panels depicting biblical scenes, crafted by Nigerian sculptor Lamidi Olonade Fakeye, have been added to Hope’s permanent collection. The 1996 Milestone yearbook has

COLLECTION ENHANCED:

Hope s permanent collection has been enhanced by the addition of four door panels by noted Nigerian sculptor Lamidi Olonade Fakeye. Fakeye carved the panels through a commission from the college. He presented them on Wednesday, Feb. 26, while presenting the address "Lamidi Olonade Fakeye: My Life and My Art" through the college's

earned national recognitionfor general excellence, includinga “Best of

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history faculty with photography by David C. Curl, the book traces his development as an artist, beginning with his family background and continuing to the present.

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Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and numerous others, including Hope. Descended from five generations of woodcarvers,Fakeye roots his work in the traditional Yoruba system of apprenticeship, while his awareness is informed by studies in the conventional European canon. A devout Muslim, he carves subject matter ranging from depictions of biblical scenes to traditional Yoruba imagery. Fakeye's work was featured in a retrospective exhibition in the college'sDe Free gallery from October 1 through November 22. In addition, he was on campus during

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Hope College Symphonette appeared on NBC's Today Show on Tuesday, March 18. They were in New York City during the

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STUDENTS IN SERVICE:

Belying

of the

the image of spring break as an exercise in

Symphonette's spring break tour

self-indulgence, 175 Hope students headed around the country and abroad to engage in 11 different service projects, organized by the college's Campus Ministries office, during Hope's March 15-

Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and New York. They joined the crowd that typicallygathers during Today's live, morning telecast, since the show often provides a glimpse of its outdoor audience. They were visible during weathermanA1 Poker's outside weather segment, holding up a large sign that read "Hope College Symphonette, Holland, Michigan." It's the second year in a row that touring Hope students have been on the program. Members of the Chapel Choir appeared last year, on Tuesday, March 19.

23 break. Destinations ranged from Honduras to York City and Oklahoma. Projects include providingchild care and engaging in Bible study in Mexico, liome repair at the Rosebud Indian Reservationin South

New

Dakota and working Washington, D.C.

at a

soup kitchen in

Popular demand prompted the Campus Ministries office to organize 11 trips this year, up

from

the four of the

year

before. Even with the number of service opportunities nearly tripled, student demand still exceeded supply. "We didn't even get to accommodate everybody,"said Lori Fair, director of outreach with the office.

Adam

Paarlberg,a sophomore from

Alto, Mich., was a student co-leader of the Washington, D.C., trip, and appreciates

the chance to share the Christianfaith while helping the homeless. "It seemed to me a great opportunity to use the work that Campus Ministries is doing here on the Hope College campus and spread God's good news to other parts of the country," he said.

(See “Campus Notes” on page eight.)

Admissions

HSRT:

Campus Visits:The AdmissionsOffice

is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays. Tours and admissions interviewsare available.Appointments

are

The next 25 years

recommended.

Visitation Days offer specific programs for prospective students, including transfers and high school juniors and seniors. The programs show students and their parents a typical day in the life of a Hope student. For future dates, please contact the Office of

Hope Summer Repertory Theatre

Admissions.

Junior Days: Friday,April 4; Friday, April 18 Senior Day: Saturday, April 12 (for admitted students) Pre-ProfessionalDay: Wednesday, May 7

opens

College Admissions Office;69 E. 10th St.;

26th season

on Friday, June 20

For further information about any Admissions Office event, please call (616) 395-7850, or toll free 1-800-968-7850 or write:

its

Hope

Box 9000; Holland,

Annie

MI; 49422-9000.

To Kill a

Dance

Mockingbird

Turn of the Screw

Student-Choreographed Dance Concert — Tuesday and Wednesday,April 22-23: KnickerbockerTheatre, 8 p.m.

Return to the Forbidden Planet

Admission is free. Aerial Dance Company — Friday and Saturday, May

Billy Bid hop Goe*d to

16-17:

Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m. Ticketsare $5 for general admission and $4 for senior citizens; admission is free for children under 12.

War

For additional information,call the theatre ticket office on or after its May 27 opening date.

David Colacci returns

in Billy Buibop Goej to

War

De Free Gallery Senior Show — April 4-May 4 Work by graduating seniors. The gallery'shours are: Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 1-10 p.m. Admission is free.

Knickerbocker Theatre Downtown Holland at 86

East Eighth Street The Knickerbocker Theatre, open Monday through Saturday, features a variety of art, foreign and classicfilms, and a number of live events. Admission to the theatre'sfilms costs $4.50 for adults and $3.50 for senior citizensand Hope College students. For more information on programs and films at the Knickerbocker, please call (616) 395-4950.

Summer Sports Camps

Alumni & Friends Regional Events Chicago, 111— Tuesday, May 13 A 6-7 p.m. receptionfollowed by the musical Sunset Boulevard at The Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker in downtown Chicago, beginningat 7:30 p.m. For additional informationconcerning alumni events, please call the Office of Public and Alumni Relations at (616) 395-7860.

Alumni Weekend Friday-Sunday,May 2-4 Class

Reunions

Reunions for every fifth class from '32 through '71 Alumni Festival — Saturday, May 3, 12:30-2:30p.m. The event, held at 100 E. Eighth St., will feature a chance to mingle, music, refreshments, displays of memorabilia,a multi-media presentationon the history of Hope, and author Dr. Jeanne Jacobson discussing the new book Albertus C. Van Raalte: Dutch Leader and American Patriot. Admission is free. Campus Tours — Saturday, May 3, 12:30-3 p.m. Guided tours aboard the Holland Trolley. Admission is .

Music Chapel Choir, College Chorus and Symphonette— Friday, April 11: Bernstein'sChichester Psalms and Faure's Requiem, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free. Senior Recital — ^Saturday, April 12: Steven Beukema, piano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free. Jazz Chamber Ensemble — Tuesday, April 15: Butch's Dry Dock, 44 E. Eighth St., 9 p.m. Admission is free. Collegium Musicum Spring Concert— Thursday, April 17: featuring Brahms's Liebeslieder Waltzes with pianistsCharles Aschbrenner and Joan Conway, First United Methodist Church, 57 W. 10th St., 8 p.m. Admission is free. Junior Recital— Friday, April 18: Ryan G. Janus, saxophone, Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 6 p.m. Admission is free. Senior Recital— Friday, April 18: Heidi Bronkema, soprano, Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 8 p.m. Admission is free. Great Performance Series — Saturday,April 19: Theresa Santiago,soprano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Tickets I

are $12.50 for regular adult admission, $10 for senior citizens and $6 for students. Additional information may be obtained by calling (616) 395-6996. Chapel Choir Joint Concert — Sunday, April 20: with Calvin College Capella, Central Reformed Church, 10 College, N.E., Grand Rapids, Mich., 7:30 p.m. Jazz Chamber Ensemble I — Monday, April 21: Butch's Dry Dock, 44 E. Eighth St., 8 p.m. Admission is free. Orchestra Concert— Tuesday, April 22: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free. Senior Recital — Wednesday, April 23: Rebecca Lucas, piano, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free. Student Recital — ^Thursday, April 24: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 11 a.m. Admission is free. Jazz Chamber Ensemble Concert — Thursday, April 24: Wichers Auditoriumof Nykerk Hall of Music, 7 p.m.

Admission is

free.

Guest Recital — Sunday, April 27: Dr. Joan Ringerwole, organist, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 4 p.m. Admission is free. Chapel Choir Bon Voyage Concert — Saturday, May 3: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 2 p.m. Admission is free.

free.

Chapel Choir Bon Voyage Concert — Saturday, May 3, 2 p.m. Dimnent Memorial Chapel A pre-departure concert anticipatingthe choir' s May tour of the Netherlandsand England. A free-willoffering will be taken to help the choir with

its

Alumni Banquet and Award 3, 6

tour expenses. Reception— Saturday,

May

p.m.

full-course dinner at the Haworth Conference and LearningCenter that will feature the presentation of seven DistinguishedAlumni Awards. The dinner is $13 per person; advance registrationis required. Alumni Brunch — Sunday, May 4, 11 a.m.-l p.m. A buffet in the Haworth Conferenceand LearningCenter' s Donnelly Dining Room. The brunch is $8.50 per person;

advance registrationis requested. For additionalinformationconcerning Alumni Weekend, please call the Office of Public and Alumni Relations at (616) 395-7860.

Soccer

Camps

Day Camp — two camps: June 9-13; 16-20 (ages 6-14) Elite Camps — two camps: July 6-11; 13-18 (ages 12-18) Girls Basketball Camps Entering grades three-five: June 30-July 3, 8-11 a.m. Entering grades six-eight: July 21-25, 1-4:30 p.m. Entering grades nine-12:July 21-25, 8-11:30 a.m. Body trainingfor basketball (enteringgrades six-12): July 21-25, 11:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Boys Basketball Hoops Camps Entering grades four-six: July 7-11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Entering grades seven-nine: July 14-18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Boys Summer Basketball Team Camps Varsity: July 7-10, 5-9 p.m. Junior Varsity: July 14-17, 5-9 p.m. Hope College Skilled Position Football Camp July 28-31 (entering grades nine-12) Additionalinformationabout the above programs may be obtainedby calling Joyce Otto at (616) 395-7690.

Holland’s Sesquicentennial Several activities have been scheduled in conjunction with Holland's sesquicentennialcelebrationof its 1847 founding. Here are those sponsored by Hope:

Van Raalte Statue Dedication — ^Thursday,May

Centennial Park, 5 p.m.

Dutch American Studies

Conference — Thursday-Friday,

June 12-13

Community Day — Saturday, Sept. 13 The day will include a parade at 2

p.m., a picnic on game at 6 p.m. and fireworks at Holland Municipal Stadium at 9 p.m. NetherlandsChamber Choir — ^Thursday,Nov. 6 A Great PerformanceSeries event at 8 p.m. in Dimnent

Windmill Island at 4

p.m., a

home

football

Memorial Chapel. Exhibition Basketball— Friday,Nov. 14 Hope's Men's Basketball Team versus the Northern Netherlands All-Star Team at 7:30 p.m. in the Holland Civic Center. For a copy of the brochure detailing all of the Sesquicentennial activities, please call the Holland Sesquicentennial Office at (616) 394-0338.

Theatre A Comedy of

Errors

— Thursday-Saturday, April 17-19;

Friday-Saturday, April 25-26 By William Shakespeare, Old Physical Plant, 8 p.m. Tickets for Hope CollegeTheatre productionsare $4 for students and senior citizens, $5 for Hope faculty and staff,and $7 for regularadidt admission. The DeWitt Center ticket officeopens two weeks prior to performances;its hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m.

The

office

may

be called at (616) 395-7890.

TraditionalEvents Honors Convocation — Thursday, April 24, 8 p.m. Dimnent Memorial Chapel Baccalaureate and Commencement— Sunday, May 4

Instant Information Updates on events, news and athleticsat Hope

may

obtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395-7888.

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Campus Notes

Graduation The 132nd Commencement ceremony at Hope College will be held on Sunday, May 4, and approximately 514 graduating seniors be participating.

will

This year's Commencement speaker Annie Dandavati, assistantprofessor of politicalscience. The Rev. Dr. Louis Lotz 'll, pastor of Morningside Reformed Church in Sioux City, Iowa, will give the Baccalaureate sermon. will be Dr.

Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. in Holland Municipal Stadium. Baccalaureate will be held on Sunday, May 4, at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. Dr. Dandavati,

of the

Hope

who

member

has been a

faculty since 1992, teaches

courses including "National Government,"

"ComparativeFeminisms," "China and Japan" and "Latin American Politics."She has also led a three- week Hope May Term course in Mexico. She holds

bachelor's degree from Jesus

May 4

and Mary College, a master's degree from JawaharLalNehru University and a doctorate from the University of Denver. Dr. Dandavati'sprimary research and teaching interestsare women and politics, social movements, development and democratization, and she is the author of a book that combines them: The Women's Movement and the Transitionto Democracyin Chile (Peter Lang publishers, 1996). The book explores the way in which women who were concerned with questions of justice and survival on a personal level eventually united to become a major force for political and social change. Dr. Lotz, in addition to serving at Morningside Reformed, is a member of the college's Board of Trustees. He was the 1991-92 president of the General

Synod of the Reformed Church

Dr. Annie Dandavati

America, and is listed in the 48th edition of Who's Who in America. Hope awarded him a DistinguishedAlumni Award in 1992. He is a widely published author. His "Signs of the Kingdom" column in The Church Herald has twice (1990, 1995) won the "Best Regular Feature of the Year" award from the EvangelicalPress Association, which represents more than 300 religiousmagazines.

Rev. Dr. Louis Lotz â&#x20AC;&#x2122;72

After graduating from Hope in 1972, Dr.

the First Reformed Church of Rochester,

Lotz received his master of divinity degree

N.Y., and Protestantchaplain of the

from Western Theological Seminary. He then went on to eam his master of theology and a doctoral degree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. He has been at Morningside Reformed since 1982. He was previously minister of

School of Music. His wife

Eastman

Mary Jean Kline '73.

Commencement will be held at the Holland Civic Center. Admission to Baccalaureate, and ComIn the event of rain.

mencement

indoors,is by ticket only, uk,

Honorary degrees honor two Hope

work with Christian valuesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; even though

present honorary degrees to Kenji Tanaka of Tokyo, Japan, and Katherine Paterson of Barre, Vt, will

later this

not all of

is of an explicitlyconfessional

nature. We're very pleased to have her here as a featured speaker during the Young Authors' Conference."

Tanaka

an educator, businessman and

philanthropist.He

founder of the

Tanaka

Memorial Foundation of New York City, and president of the Tanaka Ikueikai

month.

Educational Trust of Tokyo, Japan.

Hope of

Doctor Letters (L.H.D.) in Japan on

will present

Humane

Tanaka with

is past president of Technos

InternationalCoUege. The college began in

Tuesday, April 15, during Technos InternationalCollege's Entrance Ceremony for its incoming freshmen. Hope will

1959 with the Tokyo TelevisionSenior Technology School, of which he was

present Paterson with a Doctor of Letters

end of the Second World War. His significant gifts to American colleges,

with Meijo University. Meijo University was founded by Tanaka's father. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Meijo University from 1960 to 1963, and of the Board of Directors of the Tanaka Educational Trust from 1965 to 1971. He was chair of the Tanaka Ikueikai Educational Trust from 1971 to 1996. Hope and Technos InternationalCollege began an exchange relationship in 1992. Students and a faculty member from Hope visit the college in Japan during the summer; counterparts from Technos International College visit Hope in the spring. The schools also exchange academic

medical research organizations and cultural

prizes.

organizations reflect a commitment to express that gratitude in a tangible form." "KatherinePatersonis one of the most outstanding children'sauthors in this generation," Dr. Jacobson said. "In addition, as a Christian she permeates her

In addition, the Tanaka Memorial Foundation has established an endowment fund at Hope that supports non-Japanese

(Litt.D.) on

Thursday,April

17, while she is

on campus as a featured author during the college's 24th

annual Young Authors'

Conference.

"Kenji Tanaka has been a life-long educator, and has also been a very

visionary person

with respect

international harmony," said Dr. John H. Jacobson, president of

Hope College. "He

expresses a very strong sense of gratitude to the United States for the humane way in which the United States treatedJapan at the

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director and which was originallyaffiliated

internationalstudents at the college. Paterson's career as a publishedauthor

spans more than three decades, beginning

Katherine Paterson

Kenji

with Who Am I? in 1966. Her work has been primarily for children and adolescents, but

New

she also writes religious education

Newbery Honors

curriculaand for an adult audience through her reflections on writing.

She

taught public school

Lovettsville,Va., from 1954 to 1955. She subsequently earned an M.A. from the

School Christian Education,and served as a missionary in Japan under the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. from 1957 to 1962. She next earned an M.R.E. from the Union Theological Seminary, and taught sacred studies and English at Pennington School for Boys in Presbyterian

Tanaka

Jersey from 1963 to 1965.

won

National Book Awards and for The Master Puppeteer in 1977 and for The Great Gilly Hopkins in 1979, and won Newbery Awards for Bridge She

Terabithia in 1978 and ]acob Have

Loved in

1981. Rebels of the Heavenly Kingdom, published in 1983, won a Silver Medallion from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her other books have received a variety of honors as well, including "Parents'

Choice" Awards, and "Notable Children's Book" and "Best Book for Young Adults" recognition from the ALA.

Campus Notes

Hi-tech room adds

new dimension

senior students. Dr. Nyenhuis noted that

Hope

has been able to develop a new high-tech “distance learning” classroom thanks to $15,000 in help from the Ameritech Foundation.

make the 54-mile round-trip journey several times per week. The college also plans to expand the distance learning program, hoping, for example, to begin linking the natural scienceswith the Cook Institute for Research and Education of Grand Rapids, which has a the students currently

distance learning teleconferencingcenter,a

The new room provides televisionand computer links that enable Hope students and professors to interactwith instructors and peers located at other sites. The room is housed at 100 E. Eighth St., and will be used for instruction beginning in the fall. "Distance learning facilities are rare

medical simulation laboratory,an interactive

among

demand. The room

liberal arts colleges,

and Hope

College has never had such facilities,"said

Provost Dr. Jacob E. Nyenhuis. "The distance learning classroom will allow the college to develop cost-saving and program-enhancinginnovations in the academic program. It will enhance communication between Hope and other colleges

and

universities in the

Midwest

and across the country, and it will provide a new mode for consortial boards and committees to conduct their businessand share information." "distance learning" technologywill first be used by the nursing program run jointly by Hope College and Calvin College, the latter of which receiveda $25,000 grant from the foundationand already had distance learning equipment in place. The link will help eliminate trips between the two campuses, located in Holland and Grand Rapids respectively, for the nursing program's junior and

The new

learning center

new award

Hope

honor faculty and

who make

“extraordinary” contributions to the lives of the college’s staff

students. The award has been establishedin honor of long-time Hope professorand football coach Alvin Vanderbush '29, who is now retired and living in Bloomington,

Minn., with wife Irene. It was created by Dr. Ken '48 and Shirely Gess '50 Weller of Pella, Iowa. Ken Weller is one of Vanderbush's former players and also a former Hope faculty colleague.

The new

virtual reality

opportunitiesfor students in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, such as making available advanced courses for languages with low will also be

used by Western

Michigan University for graduate education. The university will offer evening classes throughout the week. Members of the Hope faculty and staff are training in the use of the new technology during the current, spring

Hope and Calvin each received their Awards" initiative in

presentedannually. The initial award will be given during the 1997-98 academic year. The nomination/selection process will be coordinated by the Office of the Dean of Students. "This prize is a wonderfulgift: an opportunity to honor faculty and staff

television, electronic

commerce, on-line

grants through the "Ameritech

"Partnership

Partnership Awards" competitionfor independent colleges. The two colleges were recognized for their innovativeuse of instructional technologies out of a pool of applications submitted by the Michigan Colleges Foundation'smember colleges. The Ameritech Foundation established its technology-focusedawards program seven years ago for independent colleges

Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

services and more. One of the world's 100

"This program provides innovative ways to help students and faculty use today's advanced technologies," said

largest companies, Ameritech has 66,000

in their

Midwest service area

to highlight

the unique contributions of independent

higher education. Ameritech contributes more than $250,000 annually to the

Illinois,

Robert Cooper, president of Ameritech Michigan. "Ameritech is committed to developing the leaders of tomorrow." Ameritech serves millions of customers in 50 states and more than 40 countries. Ameritech provides a full range of communicationsservices, including local and long distance telephone, cellular, paging, security monitoring, cable

employees, one million shareowners and $23 billion in assets. The Michigan Colleges Foundation was

formed in 1949 as a means for Michigan business and industry to financially support the liberal arts colleges in the state. date, MCF has raised $50 million for independenthigher education in Michigan, and it currently provides scholarship support to 199 students studying on its member college campuses, uk.

honors service He

members who continuein the outstanding tradition of A1 Vanderbush and Ken Weller, who meant so much to generations

is also remembered through another award presented during the

of Hope students,"said Hope College President Dr. John H. Jacobson. "They each made an effort to reach out to students and to be helpful to them in their personal development as well as in their intellectualdevelopment." ProfessorVanderbush was a member

W. Vanderbush Student Athlete Award, established in 1977 by his 1951 football team. In addition, his first wife, Betty, who is deceased,is remembered through the Elizabeth Vanderbush Awards in Education and the Elizabeth Vanderbush

college's Honors Convocation: the Alvin

Scholarship.

The new “Vanderbush-Weller Development Fund” will honor faculty and staff who make “extraordinary” contributions to the lives of

Hope students.

"Vanderbush-Weller

Development Fund" award will

nOpe-DaSeu lacuiiy Ol UIC nU|J«“WC«IVIIlI'lUionivj r am iivmvi ...... — Calvin counterparts using the college’s new distance learning classroom. Eliminatingtravel time for nursing faculty and students is only one of many ways the* now rnnm ir heneftttina the camDUS.

semester.

New award will

and a 3-D

laboratory. Future goals include additional

of the Hope faculty from 1946 until retiring in 1972. Recognized for his excellence as a professor, he received the college'sfirst Hope Outstanding Professor

Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award, elected by the graduating senior class, in 1965. Hope presented him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1974.

Professor Vanderbush joined the

and

Hope

faculty as an instructor in history and coach in 1945, followingthe end of World

War

He earned an M.A. from the University Michigan in 1938. Prior to World War II, he taught at Bessemer High School and Grandville High School, and with the Grand Rapids public schools. During World War II, he served with the U.S. Navy. Dr. Weller is president emeritus of Central College in Pella. After completing his M.B.A. at the Universityof Michigan (from which he also later earned his doctorate),he returnedto Hope in 1949 as a member of the economics faculty and footballcoaching staff. He rose to the rank of full professor, and also chaired the department of economicsand business administration. During his time on the faculty he also served as an assistant to Hope President Irwin Lubbers, coordinated ManagementInstitute programs at the of

II. He taught in both history and political science, and chaired the department of politicalscience. He was also football coach from 1946 to 1954, and director of athletics from 1954 to 1960.

college.

He remained at Hope until 1969, when he was named president of Central College. He retired from Central's presidencyin 1990. Hope presented Dr. Weller with a DistinguishedAlumni Award in 1971, and with an honorary degree in 1983. vk,

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Faculty Profile

By Greg Olgers ’87

Joyce Morrison

Dr.

George

Ralph

Dr. Paul

Van Faasen ’56

Three routes to lasting impact Although each found Hope in his or her own way, this year's faculty something in common: they've spent more than three decades apiece helping shape the college and its students' lives.

retirees leave with

Retiring this year are Joyce Morrison, associate professor of music. Dr.

George Ralph, professor of theatre, and Dr. Paul Van Faasen '56, professor of biology. Each shows that while not all roads may lead to Hope, those that do can sometimes have a mysterious way of yielding a destination rather than a way-station.

Joyce Morrison

George Ralph

Paul Van Faasen '56

Joyce Morrison had never heard of Hope College when she was booked to visit and sing in the Messiah. What she was told, though, impressedher. "When I heard it was sponsored by the RCA, I thought, 'Good night! Radio Corporation of America! They're wellendowed,'" she said. She soon learned who Hope's RCA was, and also found herself offered a job by then-music chair Dr. Robert Cavanaugh. Hope's voice instructorwas retiring and the position was hers if she wanted it. Her answer followed the flip of a coin. Professor Morrison was one of 600 Chicago-areasingers competing in a contestsponsoredby the Society of American Musicians. The winner would receive a scholarship to the Metropolitan. "I told him if I didn't win that contest, I would come and at least give it a try," she said. Six weeks of auditions brought the field down to Professor Morrison and one other. The eight judges were

George Ralph wanted a change. He was with the Chicago City Players, of which he was the founding director, and the organizationwas doing so well that he was beginningto spend all his time administrating, rather than directingand acdng. Not wanting to forego his main interests, he decided to try teaching. One of his former professors at Union Theological Seminary told him that another former student, Jim Malcolm, was about to take a leave of absence from teaching at Hope, and suggested that he apply. Dr. Ralph joined a school that didn't even yet have a department of theatre (and its main stage was the "Little Theatre" in Lubbers Hall until DeWitt opened in 1971). He was appointed to the speech faculty, and taught public

Paul Van Faasen '56 was no stranger to Hope College he joined the faculty in 1963. He and wife Jan (Blunt '58) were, after all, graduates. The man that generations of students have known as Hope's botanist,however, started his career as a chemist. "I was always interested in science," he said. "1 was always collectingstuff. Nature just interestedme." At the time Dr. Van Faasen was a Hope undergraduate, though, the biology program emphasizedpre- medical training. Since that didn't interest him, he chose chemistry. He went into industry, but found that it wasn't the right environment for him and also missed biology. So, he earned a master's in botany at Michigan State University and took a one-year appointment at Lake Forest (111.) College. While he was there, Hope invited him to come back — and, except for some time he took to complete his doctorate,here he's been ever since. Dr. Van Faasen creditsHope's friendly atmosphere as a major reason why. "When we interview candidates, I tell them that we have a strange department,"he said. "We have departmental faculty who like each other, all of whom are funny and all of whom work hard." 'There's never been a day where I've said, T really don't want to go to work and face those people and that job,"' he

deadlocked. They debated and debated, but the tie remained. There was only one thing to do. Someone tossed a coin... ...and Joyce Morrison joined the Hope faculty in the fall of 1962. She never looked back. "1 found out that we had a

lot of freedom here to do what do and to pursue methodologiesand to take students to contests — and 1 liked the atmosphere,"she said. "And I was extremely fond of the people in the department." ProfessorMorrison developed the Opera Workshop program, and initiated the Alumni Concert Series to bring former students back for concerts and master classes.She was active as a recitalist, both at Hope and in outside engagements. With about 21 voice students per semester, she's worked one-on-one with hundreds through the

we wanted

years.

Immediatelyprior to coming to Hope, Professor Morrison had been on the music faculty at Wheaton College.Some years before that, though, she had worked as a journalist including as a copy writer with the Wall Street Journal.

—

In retirement,she plans to go back to those early writing

althoughnow she's focusing on children'sadventure stories. She's already had several short stories in publicationslike Cricket and Junior Trails,and has completed two novels, one of which is enroute to publication. roots,

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In 1966,

speaking in addition to courses in theatre. He didn't escape administration entirely. For one, he played a central role in curriculumdevelopment when the department of theatre was created in 1968. He has served multiple terms as departmentchair, and was Hope's dean for the arts and humanities during 1974-75. He also, of course, taught. The graduating senior class awarded him the Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.)Award in 1971. His other responsibilities, though, haven't preventedhim from directingand performing.Most recently he portrayed "Dodge" in the departmental production of Buried Child, and in the fall he directed a critically- acclaimedproductionof Jean Anouilh's Antigone. A sabbaticalleave in 1982 — from which a new course in Asian theatregrew — helped fire an enthusiasmfor Japanese drama and poetry. His haiku and tanka poems, which he will continue to write in retirement, have been recognized internationally. Dr. Ralph has found interestingchallenges at Hope, but notes that it's the people who have kept him here. "The students here seem to be genuine people, and they are eager to learn," he said. "It sounds a little trite, but they're nice people." "In fact, I think that spirit pervades the collegegenerally," Dr. Ralph said. "In this department we regard ourselves as part of a program — and succeed together or don't succeed." "I also think of my colleagues outside of the department and the administrativestaff,"he said. "I've seen very little in the way of cut-throat,politically motivated relationships. That just doesn't seem to be the characterof Hope."

when

said.

Dr. Van Faasen is a systematist,and conducts research on asters. He's finishing a listing of the 2,300 different names given to the 150 different species that have been identified. He estimates that he's tracked down 95 percent of the names. One reason for the volume, he noted, is that variant plants from one species have sometimes been incorrectly identifiedas belongingto a differentspecies entirely. "Nomenclaturallyit's a mess and it will take someone a long time to clean it up," Dr. Van Faasen said. That project won't be his, however. Although he'll be back to teach part-time for a while (including full-timein the fall semester), his retirement will emphasize travel, a flower garden and a not-too-hecticpace. "I tell my wife that for the first year I'll clean up the basement," he said. And then he explains why that's not

unpleasantas it sounds: if someone really worked at it, the basement could probably be managed in a single weekend. iJt as

Staff Profile

The nation's best well as special theme-related events. In recent years SAC has received recognition for program-

Anne

Bakker-Gras ’85, director of student activities at Hope, has been named the nation’s best student activities programmer by the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA). She received the award, the 1997 Patsy Morley Outstanding Programmer Award, on Sunday, Feb. 23, during the NACA's national convention in Philadelphia,Pa. Approximately 1,200 colleges and universitiesare members of the NACA; all were eligible to nominate a staff member for the award. The award was established in February of 1982 to honor an individual who best exemplifies outstandingachievement in the field of campus activities advisement.An anonymouscommittee chooses the recipientfrom among each yeaP s nominees for working closely in the development of student leadership skills and creativity; developingthe institution's activities pro-

gramming as

a viable, co-curricular,educational activity; and

sometimes literally— as director of student activities. Here she helps determine the outcome in the anxious moments after the Pull in September

of 1996.

includes acting as publications coordinator and chairing a "Spring Festival"event in which member schools can preview entertainersthat they could invite to campus. She also chaired

annual conference. Also during this year's national convention,

the region's fall, 1994,

SAC

received

two awards

of Hope's Social ActivitiesCommittee (SAC), which Bakker-

"Theme

Gras advises. He was one of five Hope students who attended

Bakker-Grashad designedwith then-student Jennifer Weaver '96 of Kentwood, Mich.; and a third place in "Non-Poster Publicity" for a "Jest Take Note" memo board featuring the jester SAC uses as a symbol, which Bakker-Grasdesigned with senior Gregory Folkert of Mt. Pleasant,Mich.

well-deserved. "My first reaction was that it's about time, because she's been such an outstandingrole model and example for us to

—

standing regional volunteers. Her service to the NACA's Great Lakes Region currently

displaying good managerial skills. Aaron Smith, a senior from Charlotte,Mich., is general chair

the conventionwith Bakker-Gras, and feels that her honor

Anne Bakker-Gras ’85 wears many hats

ming and promotionsboth regionallyand nationallyfrom the NACA, including the 1994 "Excellencein Programming Award" for collegesand universitieswith enrollments between 2,000 and 7,000. Smith, who's worked with Bakker-Grassince joining SAC during his freshman year, creditsher as a major reason why. "She's an outstanding example to other schools, and she's helped the SAC programming board to rise to a national level and remain there," he said. Bakker-Grashas been a member of the Hope staff since 1987, starting as directorof residence life and becoming director of student activihes in 1989. She has been active in the NACA for the past six years, and in 1994 received one of two "OutstandingService Awards" presentednationally to out-

for graphic design.

SAC

received a first place in Publicity" for its "Viva Las Vegas" poster, which

In addition,Bakker-Gras received two first and second place

follow as student leaders,"he said.

Hope's primary involvement in the NACA is through SAC, which bears the responsibilityfor programmingsocial activitiesof an all-campus nature at the college, such as dances, concerts, comedians and a weekend film series, as

awards for graphic design work she had done. Approximately 2,000 people representing 529 colleges and universities attended the nationalconvention,which ran Saturday-Tuesday, Feb. 22-25.

Campus Notes (Continued from page three.)

DEDICATION DAYS: May

Ceremonies in

will help celebrateHolland's sesquicen-

tennialand Hope's growth. The public is invited to both events.

Admission is free. A new statue of Holland /Hope founder the Rev. A.C. Van Raalte will be unveiled on Thursday, May 1, at 5 p.m. at Holland's Centennial Park. The statue will stand in the

park near Central Avenue, facing down Graves Place toward campus. The Haworth Conference and Learning Center will be dedicated on Thursday,May 22, at 1:30 p.m. (not

May

21 as reported in

the February issue of news from Hope College).

Hope

is coordinating construction of the

nine-foot statue of Rev. Van Raalte to help

mark Holland's 150th anniversary.The never cast, for Holland's 75th anniversary by sculptor Leonard Crunelle of Chicago, 111. The Haworth Conference and Learning Center, located along College Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets, opened in January. The attached Cook Residence Hall, which lies east of the center, should be comstatue is based on a design created, but

plete early this

summer.

RECITAL EXTRA:

Michael Lemorie, a

junior from Howell, Mich., gave his percussion recital on Friday, Feb. 28, something extra.

Dressed in "Phantom"

attire as

he con-

cluded the concert while singing Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Music of the Night," he popped the question to junior Lori Madaus of Hillsdale, Mich. Dr. Robert Ritsema '57, a member of the Hope music faculty since 1967 who attended the concert, said that as best he can recall,the in-recital proposal

was

a first.

Things also ended happily.

Madaus said

yes.

BACK IN BUSINESS: With damage

its

flood

Van Wylen Library ground floor on Saturday,

repaired, the

re-opened its March 1. The floor closed following the failure of a ceiling water pipe, part of the library's fire protection system, on Saturday, Jan. 11. In the mishap's aftermath, the college re-carpeted the entire floor, and replaced the ceiling panels in the southeast quarter of the level, where the leak occurred.

The approximately 7,500 books damaged by the flooding were shipped to Midwest Freeze Dry in Skokie, 111., to be restored for continued use, and will continue to arrive back on campus the rest of this spring. The floor's other books stayed in the building, although access to them was restricteduntil the floor re-opened.

MERITORIOUS SERVICE: Alumni

The

Association presented a

Meritorious Service Award to Norman "Bunko" Japinga during the college's Winter Happening on Saturday, Jan. 25. The MeritoriousService Award recognizes a person's contributions to Hope and its alumni through notable personal service and long-time involvement with the college. Hope presented its first Meritorious Service Award in May of 1993. Japinga was a member of the Hope staff for 27 years, and although he retired in 1995 continues to work at the college part-

time. He was recognized during the Winter Happening luncheon. He joined the staff in 1968 as Hope's first official equipment manager, with custodial duties in the old Camegie-Schouten gym and responsibility for the college's

FACULTY KUDOS: Jackie Bartley, who is an adjunct assistant professor of English, won first place in

the fifth annual White Eagle Coffee Store Press Chapbook Contest. Her collection, titled The Terrible Boundaries of the Body, uses imagery from her background in

medical technology and her continuing interest in the sciences. It was selected from 130 entriesand will be publishedthis fall by the White Eagle Coffee Store Press in Fox River Grove, 111. Professor Bartley did her undergraduate

work at

Clarion University

Pennsylvania,where she receiveda B.S. degree in biology and a B.S. in medical technology.She began her work in poetry with Jack Ridl of the

Hope

English faculty

fledgling transportationdepartment added in. In 1974 he became full-time equipment manager — a position he held until 1988. He was assistant equipment

and

manager and head bus driver from 1988 to 1992, and in 1992 stopped working in the equipment room and became a part-time

Reuben Ellis is editor of Stories in Stone, a collectionof literatureabout the prehis-

driver.

His years with the college also gave the opportunity to serve in other ways, includingby keeping score during athleticcontests, and even twice filling in when the coaches of the women's basketball and wrestling teams were ill.

him

later earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Western Michigan University in 1988.

toric Southwest. The book collects literatureabout, or inspired by, the stone ruins and cliff dwellings of the Anasazi people in such historic places as Chaco Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, and Mesa Verde.

It includes

an introduction by Dr.

(See “Campus Notes” on page

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14.)

Student Profile

By Greg Olgers '87

Student excels in multiple majors Jodi James a

having

busy semester. Pursuing two majors will do

that

—

particularlyif they're not only in different

departments but in different academic divisions, and especially if you're doing well in both. James, a senior from Barrington, 111.,is a dance and engineering dual major, and she's experiencing notable successes in each.

In February, she presented original choreography during the Central regional meeting of the American College Dance Festival(ACDF), held in Iowa City, Iowa. She was first Hope student ever to do so. This month, she is leading an engineeringresearchproject, which she developed, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, through the 1997 NASA Reduced Gravity Student Right Opportunitiesprogram. Only 24 projects nationwide were chosen for the program, which enables participants to conduct zero-gravity research aboard NASA's Boeing KC-135A. "She has excellentpotentialas a dancer and as a choreographer,"said Maxine DeBruyn, professor of dance and chair of the department. "And she'll be an asset to the world of dance and the world of engineering." Both of James's recent accomplishments began as in-classexperiencesthat found further life with faculty encouragement and her own dedication.

James wrote her dance "Oscillation," for a it

debuted during

piece,

choreographyclass, and

the college's spring,1996,

"We felt that Jodi's piece had tremendous potential,"Professor DeBruyn said. "And she was a junior [and could participatein the 1997 ACDF]. Normally they're seniors and they've graduated and they're gone." A modem duet that depicts a power struggle,"Oscillation"starts with one character dominant and the other weak, and ends with the roles reversed— hence the oscillation. Senior Kirsten Singer of Fairfield, Ohio, and junior Reina Vendramini of Livonia, Mich., performed the piece at the festival during one of the event7 s three adjudicated concerts.

Students and professors from 23 collegesand universitiesattended the fourday festival,which in addition to the

adjudicated concerts featured informal concerts,and several workshops and classes. (Editor's Note: Terri Forte '91 Filips of the dance faculty also presented a dance composition during the festival. Please see "FacultyKudos" on page 14 for more.)

James's NASA research began as her individual project during an engineering

—

design class. As it happened, her topic the effect of weightlessnesson psychomotor skills — matched the interestsof the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunitiesprogram, and the professor encouraged her to submit it as an actual research proposal (expanded to match the program's interest in team-oriented projects).

Dr. John Krupczak for

working

commended it

Jr.,

faculty advisor

James and the other students now

the

NASA

project,

her and the others for having

chosen, particularly considering that

student dance concert. The dance faculty

they were no doubt up against institutions

who graded

that already have researchrelationships

the student concert's works

had no doubt that

could go farther.

Senior Jodi James (third from left) of Barrington,III.,is leading a team of students in an engineering research project that was one of only 24 nationwide chosen for the 1997 NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunitiesprogram — which includes zero-gravity testing aboard NASA’s Boeing KC-135A. The framework around which the students are clustered will hold computer equipment and the test subject; the brace James is wearing will be used in taking measurements. Pictured from left to right are seniors Peter Ganeff, Rich Sturmfels, James, Luke Pinkerton, Audrey Coates and Chris Bigler.

with

NASA.

"It'

clear to

that it was the merits of

the proposal that got

it in,

and Jodi and the

team did a very good job with it," said Dr. Krupczak, who is a visiting assistant professor of engineering."This is a very demanding experiencefor the students, and a very good one." James and the Hope team are examining the body's tendency to curl up when weightless and exploring options for combattingthe problem. "The body assumes close to a fetal position while weightless because the gravity muscles that are working against gravity on earth no longer have anything to

work against in space. So you curl up," she said. "So it takes a lot more energy to do manual tasks in space and it's just much more awkward." James at first proposed to find a way to keep the body upright. NASA liked that idea — in fact, it turned out that they're already pursuing research along those lines. They suggested that she focus on one dimension of the problem,and as a result the Hope students are studying the knee only.

"We're studying how the knee flexes throughout the points of the gravitational field that you experience in the KC-135A airplane while it's going through its parabolic maneuvers,"she said. "I'm also going to try to analyze how much restoring force

takes to straightenout the knee

all

passenger/cargoarea become free-floating. Each of the teams is participatingin two flights, each two or three hours in length. The aircraftengages in 40 to 50 of the weightless-simulating maneuvers during each flight.

Each maneuver results in about 25 seconds of weightlessness, with a period of reduced weightlessness on either side. To use the time as fully as possible,James

noted, the

Hope

space but also the merely reduced-gravity conditions found on the Moon and Mars. The broadened scope means that each maneuver will yield about one minute's

worth of testing time. In addition to James, the students involved are seniors Chris Bigler of Van Wert, Ohio; Audrey Coates of Holland, Mich.; Peter Ganeff of Chicago, 111.; Luke Pinkerton of Granville, Ohio; and Rich Sturmfels of Pacific, Mo.

Dance and engineeringcan seem an unlikely combination, but for James they're a natural blend. The former explores the art of human movement; the latter, the science.

In fact, it was Hope's willingness to consider the mix, when larger schools would not, that helped draw her to the college. "They were very excited,"James said. "From the start they were trying to figure out how to work out my schedule

James was

points of the gravitationalfield."

for the next four years."

flexibility to

piece, “Oscillation.”

The KC-135A simulates weightlessness by climbing and diving so that the occupants and contents of a padded

the first Hope student to present original choreography during an American College Dance Festival regional meeting. She observes from the background as senior Kirsten Singer (left) and junior Reina Vendramini practice the

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researchersare

considering not only the weightlessness of

And James, in

turn, has put the good use, pushing herself to

achieve in both disciplines.

Alumni News

Association to honor seven The Alumni

Association will present seven graduates with Distinguished Alumni Awards during the college's Alumni Day on Saturday, May 3. Being honored this year are Dr. Harvey Doorenbos '55 and Margaret Hospers '56 Doorenbos of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Lois VanderMeulen '36 Ellert of Boulder, Colo.; Dr. James Hawkins '64 of San Francisco, Calif.; Janet Lawrence '80 of Schenectady, N.Y.; and Dr. Charles

Dr. Harvey

Doorenbos

’55

The Doorenboses have been missionaries with the Reformed Church in America for more than 30 years. They served as missionariesin the Sultanate of Oman, doing medical and educational ministry,prior to taking a temporary assignment in Ethiopia in 1975. The "temporary" assignment has lasted more than two decades. They started their service in Ethiopia in Dembi Dolo in SouthwesternEthiopia. Since 1977, they have been at Aira Hospital, a rugged, 12-hour drive from Addis Ababa. Harvey is a surgeon and medical director of the Aira Hospital. From 1988 to 1995, he also chaired the building projectcommittee for the rebuilding of the hospital and the Lalo Aira SecondarySchool, a project valued at more than $3 million in U.S. dollars. Margaret's work as a missionary teacher has included not only teaching itself, but creating textbooks.She was also a junior high school mathematics teacher in Evanston,

111.,

for three years.

Hope is in chemistry; his M.D. is from Northwestern University. Margaret majored in Harvey's degree from

mathematics at Hope.

Ellert is an active volunteer. Among other helped found the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Alzheimer'sAssociation in 1980, and has also been active in building awareness of Alzheimer'son both the state and national level. She has been the leader of the Boulder Alzheimer Support Group, which meets once a month, since it was started16 efforts, she

years ago.

She became active in the effort when her husband, the late Dr. Ernest Ellert, a former member of the Hope

German faculty, became afflicted with the disease. She has had two plays about

'51 and Dr. May Korteling '52 Votaw of Johnson City, Tenn. The annual DistinguishedAlumni Awards are presented by the Alumni Association Board of Directors in recognition of the awardees' contributions to society and service to Hope. The award, presented during the college's Alumni Banquet, is the highest honor that alumni

Votaw

can receive from the college's Alumni Association.

Lois

Margaret Hospers ’56 Doorenbos

VanderMeulen ’36

Ellert

Alzheimer'sproduced. Ellert competes in swimming in the U.S. Masters Competition, and has earned firstplace and top-10 finishes nationally in a

for excellence in teaching by the School of Medicine at StanfordUniversity:in 1993 and in 1994. Lawrence is president of Lawrence

varietyof events. She holds a master's degree in French from the University of Michigan. Her career included teaching at Clarkston (Mich.) High School and at Colorado State University. Hawkins, who holds an M.D. from Case Western Reserve University,has focused his career on indigent persons and teaching. He is currently a geriatric psychiatry consultant with the Menlo Park Division of

Healthcare Administrative Services Inc., of which she was previously vice president of operations. She has held a variety of other

Palo Alto Health Care System; a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the the

Stanford University School of Medicine; and an assistantclinical professor in psychiatry

at the University of Californiaat San Francisco. He is also actively engaged in the assessment and treatment of Alzheimer's disease patients.

Between 1990 and 1995 he made 66 presentations,throughoutthe United States,

topics

geropsychiatryand

neuropsychiatry. He has twice been honored

positions within the Lawrence

Group since

1981.

She was a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1990 to 1996, and held a two-year term as the Alumni Board's president through June of 1996. She has also been a volunteeror volunteer leader in Hope fund-raising campaigns, in addition to participatingin the "Hope in the Future" strategic planning and Hope's current "visioning" effort. Lawrence serves on the board of the Mohawk Pathways Girl Scout Council, and is a board member of the Northern Lake George Yacht Club. She is also active in First Reformed Church of Schenectady. Dr. Charles Votaw and Dr. May Votaw both pursued careers as physicians and educators following their undergraduate days.

Dr.

James Hawkins ’64

After graduatingfrom Hope, each attended the University of Michigan Medical School. Both subsequentlytook teaching positions at the Medical School — Charles full-time,and May initially part-time and then full-time, including staff appointments at the University Hospital and Ann Arbor Veterans AdministrationHospital. In the late 1970s, they went to East Tennessee State University to help establishthat university' s new James H. Quillen College of Medicine. In addition to teaching,Charles played a leadership role in establishing the new college,including curriculumdevelopment,

recruitmentof chairpersonsand faculty, creating space, establishing liaisons with community health centers, developing hospital affiliations and other tasks. His contributionsalso included implementinga "Pre-Medical Medical Program" through which undergraduate students emphasize study of humanities, gain early admission to the medical school integrate undergraduateand medical curricula. Although he retired as executive associate dean of academic affairs at the college in 1995, he continues part-time as director of facilities planning for the school and emeritus executive

and

associate dean.

May was chief of the College of Medicine's division of hematology/ oncology in the Department of Internal Medicine from 1978 to 1995, and continues as a professor of internal medicine. She served as

acting chair department of

the internal

medicine, and also helped create a home hospice program and served as its medical director for several years. She continues with part-timeclinicalpractice and maintains a staff appointment at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital.

Winter Sports Roundup

A hot winter season Hope

Junior Joel Holstege of Grandville, Mich., was voted the most valuable player in the MIAA. He was joined on the AllMIAA first team by junior teammates Kris Merrittof Jenison,

student-athletescontinue

escape from Michigan’s wintery blasts by

to enjoy their

Mich., and David Meulenberg of Grand Rapids, Mich. Awarded second-teamrecognition was senior Marc Whitfordof Three Rivers, Mich. Holstege was also voted a Division III first-teamAllAmerican by the publication Basketball Times. The women's basketball team, under first-yearcoach Brian Morehouse'91, put together a late-season winning surge that resulted in an overall 15-12 record. The Flying Dutch defeated regular season MIAA champion Calvin in the conference tournament to advance to the championship game, where they were defeated by Alma. Senior Lisa Timmer of Zeeland, Mich., who became just

excelling on an indoor stage. In some cases this past winter, that stage big one.

was

a very

History was made in January, when the Flying Dutchmen defeated Calvin before 11,442 fans in the new Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. It was the largest throng to gather for a small college basketball game in NCAA history.

The historic Hope-Calvinmen's basketballrivalry enjoyed an even larger stage as the games were posted on the World Wide Web via the Internet. Alumni scatteredworldwide were able to enjoy the games, all Hope victories!The Internet reporting was extended to Hope's NCAA tourna-

the fourth player in Hope women's basketball history to more than 200 points and 200 rebounds in a season, was voted to the All-MIAA first team. Freshman Lisa Hoekstra of Grandville,Mich., was voted to the second team. For the seventh year in-a-row,Hope finished in the top 10 collect

ment games and resulted in immediate enthusiasticalumni responses from as far away as Prague in the Czech Republic. Success on the basketballfloor was amplified in the swimming pool as Hope again enjoyed success on a conference and national level. The end result was an expansion of Hope's lead in the Michigan IntercollegiateAthletic Association (MIAA) AllSports standingsthrough the winter season. The MIAA All-Sports Award is presentedto the conference member with the best cumulative performance in the league's 18 sports for men and women. Hope athletes captured conference championshipsduring the winter season in men's basketball and women's swimming. The men's swimming team was league runnerup and the women's basketball team finished fourth but advanced to the conference tournament championship game. There were many outstanding individual performances. For example, every Hope swimmer that qualified for the NCAA Division III national championshipsreturned an AllAmerican. The most valuable players in two of the four winter conference sports were from Hope. In men's basketball, the Flying Dutchmen won their third outright MIAA championship and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA playoffs for the second straightyear before bowing to eventual national runnerup Nebraska Wesleyan. The Flying Dutchmen put together a 17-game winning

NCAA Division III women's swimming and diving teams. All seven of Hope's swimming qualifiers to nationals returned an All-American as the Flying Dutch finished eighth. among

AchievingAll- America status were freshman Amy Bos of Holland, Mich., senior Lindy Chelf of Wooster, Ohio, fresh-

man Llena Durante of Chicago, 111.,senior Megan Hunter of Oak Ridge, Term., freshman Adrienne Prince of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., senior Melissa Thiel of Chelsea, Mich., and freshman Erinn VanAuken of Holland, Mich. Freshman VanAuken recorded the best finish in individual events by finishingfifth in the 100-yard freestyle. Seniors

The

Flying

Dutchmen earned a 26-3 record and

advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. Joel Holstege,a junior from Grandville, Mich., was voted the most valuable player in the MIAA and was also voted a Division III firstteam

All

American by the publication BasketballTimes.

its

home

Amazing

floor (13-0).

Senior Derek VanderHeideof Grand Rapids, Mich., earned All-America distinctionby finishingsixth in the 100-

Lindy

Chelf

grace:

Flying Dutchmen, fans pray for a different sort of miracle.

Erinn

Van Huken Derek Vander Heide

how sweet

the second half and Nebraska Wesleyan has a 75-56 lead against Hope College in Friday's semifinal in the Division III men's basketballtournament.

NCAA

By Jeff Seidel The clock keeps ticking, never stops ticking in this game when you are young, strong and healthy. If the clock runs out, you quickly start again. One game becomes another and then another. There's no time to think, no time to reflect, no end in sight. Reset the clock.

new game. And then this:

Throw

the ball into the air. Start a

man

collapses in pain, there is a

and the clock stops, frozen in place. "We need a doctor," the public address announcer says. "There is an emergency." A 69-year-old man, sitting in the crowd, is having a

“A game

about

basketball but

wasn’t

moment. was about life.”

at that

This

— Coach

Glenn Van Wieren ’64

frantic call for help

heart attack. The clock stops, frozen in place. There

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6:32 to play in

The Flying Dutch won the MIAA championship for a year. Chelf was voted the most valuable female swimmer in the MIAA and was joined on the AllMIAA team by Bos, Hunter, Thiel and VanAuken. The Flying Dutchmen finished runnerup to Kalamazoo in the MIAA men's swimming race and ended 28th in a field of sixth consecutive

53 teams at nationals.

streak en route to a 26-3 overall mark. The team was undefeat-

ed in league play (12-0) and unbeaten on

Hunter and Chelf concluded outstanding collegiatecareers in which they were All-American eight and seven times respectively.

Scramble for

life

Trainers and doctors scramble up the bleachers,clearing an area around the man. They are giving him CPR now, pushing on his chest, forcing air back into his lungs.

yard freestyle. He was also ninth in the 50-yard freestyle and ended his collegiate career an All-Americanseven times. He and teammate Brandon Nyboer, a junior from Holland, Mich., were voted to the All- MIAA team.

it is Twice, he stops breathing. Twice, he comes back.

The crowd stands in silence, all eyes lock in place, watching the drama unfold in the middle of the Hope College section. The medics keep working on the man for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes.

About 50 students from Hope College leave their seats, walk down on the court, kneel down in a circle,bow their heads and begin to pray. Just a few minutes ago, they were screaming like mad, cheering for the Flying Dutchmen, hoping for a different kind of miracle comeback, hoping for a return trip to the Final Four. Now they are singing softly.

"Amazing grace, how sweet the sound." Time stops, frozen in place. There is 6:32 left. Nothing has changed. They

are still

(See “Winter Sports Roundup" on page

14.)

Alumni News and camped in the Netherlands for the past decade, and last August had a reception in

Class Notes News and information for class notes, marriages,advanced degrees and deaths are compiled for news from Hope College by Greg Olgers '87. News should be mailed to: Alumni News; Hope College Public Relations; 141 E. 12th St.; PO Box 9000; Holland,MI 49422-9000.Internet users may send to: alumni@hope.edu All submissionsreceived by the Public RelationsOffice by Tuesday, March 11, have been included in this issue. Because of the lead time required by this publication's production schedule,submissions received after that date (with the exception of obituary notices) have been held for the next issue, the deadline for which is Tuesday, May 6. A number of entries in the '80s and '90s this time have been gleaned from the Spring,1997, edition of The French Connection, the department of French'snewsletter.We thought that others would enjoy them, too.

1930s Arnold Dykhuizen '31 and Geneva Dogger '32 Dykhuizen of Holland, Mich., have been married for 62 years. Gertrude Jalving '33 Kleinheksel and Harvey Kleinheksel '36 of Holland, Mich., celebrated their 60th wedding anniversaryon July 22, 1996. James Nettinga '34 of Encinitas, Calif., is a retired pastor. He is currently president of the Carlsbad Kiwanis Club, for which he produces a monthly newsletter titled Can You Spare a Minute? A Monthly Memo from the Human and SpiritualValues Committee. He was featuredin The Beach News, a local newspaper, on Thursday, Feb.

1997.

Eunice Koster '37 Edwards lives in Lincoln, Mich., from May to October, and Hawaii the rest of

the time.

M. Eugene Osterhaven

'37 of Holland, Mich.,

receivedan honorary professor's diploma from the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Academy in Hungary in September of 1996. The

same

honorary professorshiphad been presentedto him in absentiain 1948, when Hope College had a relationship with Sarospatak. A communist takeover of the school prevented him from receiving the degree in person at that time.

1940s Robert Curtis '41 of Holland, Mich., Dorothy Curtis '42 Dykema of St. Charles,Mich, and Caryl Curtis '52 Van Houten of Wyoming,

Beekbergen for all his "camping friends" at the Hotel De Zwaan. He is attemptingto learn the name of the ship that carried him to the United States from the Netherlands while he was in his infancy. He was bom in Rotterdam on Jan. 23,

1911, and departed for

now

the Curtis Center).

Henry Kik

'42 of Spring Lake, Mich., has hiked

from

Holland America Line, but according to computer searches no ship of that line docked in New York during that period or later. Beth Marcus '42 of Holland, Mich., was elected the 1997 president of the Holland Classis of the Reformed Church in America on Tuesday, Jan. 28. She was presidentof the General Synod in 1992 and from 1973 to 1986 was executive

director of Reformed Church Women's Ministries.She is currentlyan elder at Third Reformed Church. Nancy Boynton '42 Prindle of West Harwich, Mass., notes that her eighth grandchild,a boy, was bom to son Roger '76 and Ruth Prindle of Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 31, 1996. Charles Stoppels '42 of Rapid City, Mich., notes that his 16 acres of woods at the south end of Torch Lake, timbered prior to 1900, is now filled with red and white pine, oak and balsam of tremendous size. Morrell Webber '42 Swart of Canon City, Colo., is writing an account of the RCA's 50-year missionaryservice in sub-Saharan Africa, to be published next year in the Historical Series. Robert Schuller '47 of Orange, Calif., attended the State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, sitting next to First Lady Hillary Clinton. President Clinton mentioned him during the address, noting, "Just a few days before my second Inauguration, one of our country'sbest known pastors. Reverend Robert Schuller, suggested that I read Isaiah 58:12. Here's what it says: 'Thou shalt raise up the foundationsof many generations, and thou shalt be called, the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.' I placed my hand on that verse when I took the oath of office, on behalf of all Americans. For no matter what our differencesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; in our faiths, our backgrounds, our politics â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we must all be repairers of the breach." . Max De Free '48 of Holland,Mich., received one of five BusinessEnterprise Awards on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997. Now retired as Herman Miller's chief executive officer, he was honored for allowingHerman Miller Inc. employees to share in company gains. The awards are given by the Business EnterpriseTrust, a non-profitgroup founded by television producer Norman Lear; the ceremony included a keynote address by President Clinton.

year) for the St. Cecilia Society.

Ron Schipper '52

of Pella, Iowa, was featured in the Winter, 1997, issue of the Central College CentralBulletin.The article was tied to his forthcoming retirementfrom Central College, where he has been coaching footballfor 36 years. Betty Dowd '52 Smouse of Antioch,111., reports that she and husband Ken Smouse '51 "just moved into our dream house at the end of August. Ken designed it and it turned out just as we had hoped. Says it's 'the best set he ever designed' and it's small enough no one can move back in with us!!" James Ziegler '56 retired in mid-February as parks and recreationdirector for the City of Norton Shores. Seven years ago he retired from teaching after 34 years and stayed on at his second job at Norton Shores. Now he and his wife. Laurel, will spend seven months in Big Rapids, Mich., and five months in Melbourne Beach, Fla.

Allan Valkema '57 of Holland, Mich., is retired from pastoral ministry and business, and spends six months in Brooksville,Fla. (Wesleyan Village) and the other six in Holland. Harvey Van Farowe '57 of Hamilton, Mich., reports that all six of his children are

1950s

1960s of Ann Arbor, Mich., was featured in the Dexter (Mich.) Ledger on Dec. 5, 1996, as a teacher of seventh grade Englishat Mill Creek Middle School.

Catherine Baker '62 Overkamp of West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, reports that daughter Joanna is spot-lighted in the December, 1996, issue of Southxvest Art Magazine as the uplandcoming artist from Taos, N.M. Frederick Overkamp '62 of West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, spent four weeks as a volunteer on a local archaeology dig, at an Indian site dating 500 to 2,000 years ago. The project is now indoors, where he works at the reconstruction of artifactsand pottery. Regina Mueller '64 Lawler has been promoted to head of adult services at the Auburn Hills Arvin Ten Brink '64 is a sales associate with The Prudential CarolinasRealty in Charlotte, N.C.

of Greenville, N.C., makes frequentmedical mission trips to the Ukraine, Trinidad and Barbados. Victor Kleinheksel '51 of Holland, Mich., is the grandfatherof one of Hope's fourth generation students:Chad Kleinheksel '00 of Zeeland,

Officers Claire Vander Meulen '75 Gibbs, Vice President, Melbourne,Fla. Secretary,Anaheim, Calif.

Board Members Vandenberg'79 Aardema, Grand Rapids, Mich. Ken Dulow '64, Ocean, N.J. Vicky TenHaken '81 Hawken, Baldwinsville,N.Y. Michelle Baker '89 Laverman,Phoenix, Ariz. ValeriePacheco '96, Holland, Mich.

John Broadbent '79, West Olive, Mich. MarianneDykema '81 Griffin, Fort Worth, Texas

Linda Selander '64 Schaap, Barrington,111. Richard Webster '84, Sterling, Va.

Jane Terpstra '82, Minneapolis, Minn

Janette

Kara McGillicuddy '98, Okemos, Mich. Michael Percy '86, Mentor, Ohio Kay Moores '76 Walker, Traverse City, Mich.

Liaison '86,

executive directorof Reformed Church Women's Ministries. Mary Louise Flikkema '65 Watkin and husband Keith moved to SIFAT (Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology, or Servants in Faith and Technology) in Lineville,Ala., in January of 1996. They train missionaries and Third World development leaders in appropriatetechnology,

agriculture and Christian community development. Youth groups come in the summer to work and also to study cross-cultural themes, technology and the Bible; SIFAT also holds training schools in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela, and will be expanding to the Philippines this year and Africa next year. Mary Louise teaches part-time in the training, teaches conversationalEnglish and manages the front office; Keith conducts trainingand researchin the agricultural department. They can be e-mailed at: GR1FF1NF@SIFAT.ORG or

WWWSIFAT.ORG Lana Vander Ven '65 Ten Brink is senior vice president-marketing with Aetna /US Healthcare in Charlotte, N.C. ChristianJ. Buys '66 of Grand Junction, Colo., article published the January /February, 1997, edition of Michigan History Magazine: "Grand Rapids: International Seaport of the Midwest."The articlediscussed his great-uncle John Buys's effort in the 1930s to have a deep-water canal link Grand Rapids, Mich., to the Great Lakes via Holland,Mich., so that sea-goingvessels could reach the Furniture City. Christian learned of (and became intrigued by) his great-uncle's dream when his father, Ekdal J. Buys '37 of Holland,gave him some old oil-cloth maps and charts that John Buys had used in presentations on the project'sbehalf. Norman Madsen '66 is president of Kendall College, a 63-year-old, Methodist-affiliated liberalarts college in Evanston,111. The school is starting a new intercollegiateathletic program, and in the fall will field a dozen men's and women's teams in six sports as a member of the National Associationof IntercollegiateAthletics (NA1A). Clare Van Wieren '66 of Holland, Mich., was one of three Hope alumni and former Hope basketball players to participate in the "Hope/Calvin Alumni Halftime Shootout" during the Hope/Calvin men's basketball game

had an

Van Andel Arena on Wednesday, Jan.

29,

1997. He is an oral surgeon in Holland. Stuart Levey '67 of York, Pa., has been promoted to the new post of vice president-administration at Taylor-Wharton Gas Equipment Division of Harsco Corporation.In the new expanded assignment,he continues to manage the company'shuman resource functionsand also assumes responsibility for public relations and a wide range of administrative and legal functions throughout the division. Randall Miller '67 of Havertown, Pa., recently co-editedAmerican Reform and Reformers

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To receive the daily Hope Sports Report free via Internet: You need

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only send your e-mail address to:

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Doris Kellom '80, Arlington,Mass.

Martha Corbin '72 Whiteman, Indianapolis,Ind.

Lynne Powe

Arlene Arends '64 Walters of Aurora, Colo., is

Donald DeWitt '50

Jennifer Liggett '80, President, Kalamazoo, Mich. '84,

college

Sharon Norris '62 Flynn

Alumni Board of Directors

Bryan Bush

now

graduates, including son David Van Farowe '95.

(Mich.) Public Library.

Mich., recently suffered the loss of their father,

Stanley Curtis, who died on Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997, at age 104. The red brick family home, where he was bom, was in Holland, Mich., at College Avenue and Seventh Street (location is

New York

Rotterdam on Jan. 14, 1912, and had his first birthdayon Ellis Island. His childhood memories tell him that the ship was of the

Mich. Chad, who was not includedin the listing publishedin the October issue of news from Hope College, is the son of Conrad Kleinheksel'73 (who is Victor's son) and the great-grandsonof Serena Top (Prep '23) Kleinheksel (Victor's mother). Irwin Brink '52 of Holland, Mich., retired from the Hope College chemistryfaculty in 1996. Carol Crist '52 Fern of Fenton, Mich., attended the Fifth International Chamber Music Academy in Hammelburg,Germany, in July of 1996 and performed as part of a trio. A pianist,on Friday, Jan. 10, 1997, she performed (for the 27th straight

Hope's Web site includes events and alumni news listings, as well as academic and administrative departmental pages. Like the rest of the Web, Hope's site is ever-growing and ever-evolving.

To put yourself or someone you know on the Hope admissions mailing list via Internet, write:

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(Greenwood, 1996), which he dedicated to his Hope professors. The book includes a biography of peace activist A.J. Muste '05. He also coedited Against the Tide: American Women Reformers (Praeger, 1997).

Nancy Rajsky '67 Steed of New York, N.Y., had an article about her work as a nurse practitioner in a New York City high school published in September of 1996 in Nursing Clinics of North

America. The recent Academy Awardnominated documentaryfilm. Small Wonders (Fiddlefest),

showcased two of her violinistsons

Camegie Hall. Larry VanDeHoef '67 and Carol Bultman '68 VanDeHoef work at their two stores in Vernon Hills,III.: Bookids,a children's bookstore,and Lemstone, a Christian bookstore, which are playing in

keeping them both very busy. Ruth Ziemann '67 Sweetser of Lombard, 111., is associate director of the Rice Campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.She has been

serving on the Gender Equity Advisory Committee of the Illinois State Board of Educationsince 1996. She has received a variety of honors recently, including being named to Who's Who in America,1996 and Who's Who in Technology, 1996/97; receiving 1996 Joint Honors Awards from the the Dukane Chapter and at the state level of the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers; receiving the Julia Beveridge Award

from the Illinois Instituteof Technology for 1996; and being named the 1996 Woman of the Year by the Lombard Service League. Calvin E. Osterhaven '68 of Grand Ledge, Mich., has been elected a circuit judge in Eaton County for a six-year term. He previouslyhad been practicing law in the Lansing, Mich., area for 14 years.

Kenneth Eriks '69 of Holland, Mich., is past Reformed

president of the Holland Classis of the

Church in America. He is a pastor at Fellowship Reformed Church. Raymond Fylstra '69 of Hinsdale, 111., was elected to the United Way of Suburban Chicago Board of Directors in November. He is president of the Hinsdale Area United Way, treasurer of Midwest Christian Foundation, and a member and on the admissions committee of the Union League Club of Chicago. He is an attorney and principalwith Kubaskiak, Cremieux,Fylstra, Reizen & Rotunno.

1970s Jan Luben '71 Hoffman of Scotia, N.Y., notes

that her e-mail address

is:

qjjhoff@sprintmail .com

Craig Neckers '71 of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been elected chief executiveofficer of the law firm of Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge. Philip Russell '71 of VirginiaBeach, Va., is a commander with the U.S. Navy, and has been transferred to the Headquarters of the Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Va. Hendrika Vande Kemp '71 of Monrovia, Calif., received a 1996 John Templeton Foundation

Award, Exemplary Papers in Humility Theology, Religion and the Human Sciences. She received the prize for her book chapter, "Historical perspective: Religion and clinical psychology in America." She spent three weeks of her winter quarter sabbatical consulting with Christianfamily therapists in the Netherlands, and reconnectingwith her Dutch family and religious roots. She is a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Janet De Vries '72 of Jeffersonville,Ind., in

February

of 1997 became

director of

administrationand assembly services with the Office of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S. A.) in Louisville,Ky. Ronald Franklyn '72 of Wayne, N.J., conducted the marriage ceremony for daughter Julie '94 and Michael P. Downing on Oct. 5, 1996. Robert Holtz '72 has joined Vickers

Incorporated,a

TRINOVA

(TNV:NYSE)

company, as controller-global operations.He is based at TRINOVA World Headquarters in Maumee, Ohio. Susan Wallace '72 Paauwe of Holland, Mich., was appointed to the Board of Health and Safety Appeals by Governor John Engler, to a term that runs until the year 2000. She is manager of safety and environmentalstrategies with Donnelly Corporation. Steve Siam '72 of Holland, Mich., was elected the 1997 vice president of the Holland Classis of the ReformedChurch in America on Tuesday, Jan. 28. He is senior pastor of Third Reformed Church. David VanDonkelaar '72 of Monticello,N.Y., was installed as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Monticello on Dec. 15, 1996. He graduated from Western TheologicalSeminary in 1990 and was ordained in 1991. Greg Kalmbacher '73 and wife Carol of Manokwari,Irian Jaya, Indonesia,continue to translate the Bible into Mpur. In January, 27 percentof Mark was approved for distribution (the draft translationsare reviewed by a consultant). They hope to have the rest of Mark and five chapters of Genesis ready for a consultant check by next October. Betsy Wackemagel '74 Bach is president of the Western States Communication Association. She recently published a co-authored book. Communicationin Complex Organizations: A relational approach (with Dr. Teri Albrecht). Betsy also chairs the Department of Communication Studiesat the Universityof Montana, and was awarded the university'sOutstanding AdministratorAward in May of 1996. Nick Rodenhouse'75 and wife Marianne Moore of Natick, Mass., both received tenure in December of 1996 in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley(Mass.) College. Becky Waller '77 Gillan of Hammond, La., is composing a suite for string trio and piano. Jeffrey Meyer '77 of Concord, Mass., was

promoted to group manager with

Digital

Equipment Corp. in Nashua, N.H., in 1995. Jim Holwerda '78 of Grand Rapids, Mich., was

one of three Hope alumni and former Hope basketball players to participate in the "Hope/Calvin Alumni HalftimeShootout" during the Hope/Calvin men's basketball game

the festivities begin...

Preserve.

Nanette Bian '79 is managing director of Panalpina Palestine LTD. She moved to the Palestinian NationalAuthority(PNA) in June of

1996 and opened offices in Gaza and the West Bank. She is working with both government and corporate sector projects related to the development of the PNA. PanalpinaWorldwide is an international transportation and logistics company based in Switzerland,and has offices in

60 countries.

1980s Jeff Cordes '80 of Plano, Texas, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer with Pillowtex Corporation. In his new capacityhe oversees the general operationsof both the Pillowtexand Beacon Divisionsand retainshis responsibilities as the company's chief financial officer.

James DeJulio '80 of Overland Park, Kan., has joined The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company as regional director for its Kansas City Region. Jay Peters '80 of Holland, Mich., has been appointed coordinator of the fund-raising campaign to help finance the expansion of Holland'sHerrickPublic Library. Daniel Snyder '80 is living in Minneapolis, Minn., with his wife and two daughters. He became a licensed psychologistin May of 1996 and began private practice in August at the Center for Christian Psychological Services, P.A., in St. Paul, Minn. He is also a part-time doctoral studentat the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology. David Petty '81 of Boise, Idaho, is an accountant/controller with White Cloud Auto Transport. Yolanda Tienstra '81 of Marshfield, Wis., for the past several months has been the head coach for the Marshfield Senior High School mock trial team. The State Bar of Wisconsin sponsors an annual "Mock Trial Tournament" in which high school students act as lawyers and witnesses, and compete against other high school teams in the presentation of a trial.On Feb. 8, 1997, the

Marshfieldteam won the regional tournament. 16, 1997, the team was one of 14 competing in Madison, Wis., at the state semifinal tournament. Eric Brummel '82 of Scottsdale,Ariz., is a physical therapist at Scottsdale Memorial

Ingrid Anderson '83 Baird has been a high school French teacher for the past 13 years. Lisa Kammer '83 Olson is a partnerpracticing dentistry in a three-doctor practice in Frederic,

Chapel Choir benefit concert Alumni Banquet

Many other events

Michelle, were extended a warm farewell this past June by the Nkhoma Developmentand Relief Committee, Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Malawi, CentralAfrica. They spent six years at Nkhoma, Malawi, developing structures to help the Presbyterian Church meet the needs of people in their Synod. Last fall Rowland enrolled at Western Theological Seminary in Holland. David Hulst '84 of Ada, Mich., is a selfemployed steel broker. He and wife Lisa have a daughter,Katelyn, age seven. Ken Neevel '84 of Holland,Mich., is director of advancement at Western TheologicalSeminary. He was formerly a member of the admissions staff at Hope College, serving as associate

Brian Stauffer '78 and Greg Holcombe '80 are leadingefforts in the greater Holland/Zeeland area to plan and implement the Macatawa Greenway Network. Through the Macatawa Greenway Partnership,the regional network would include protected and interconnected green and open spaces for wildlife habitat and enhanced recreationalopportunitiessuch as multi-use trails. An initial focus of the partnership is the Macatawa River corridor between downtown Holland and the Paw Paw

Bob Baird '83 of Grand Rapids,Mich., has been

Alumni Festival with special speakers

Rink of Davenport,Iowa,

School in Grand Rapids.

a pastor for 1 years.

On-campus brunches

'83

financial planner.

Jane Vander Haar '83 Van Es and

Hospital.

Class reunion gatherings

Merriam Crooks a

Twin

Van Andel Arena on Wednesday,Jan. 29, 1997. He is a teacher at Oakdale Christian

On March

On May

Wis., which is about 80 miles east of the Cities.

Rowland Van

Es Jr. '83, along with their children Jennifer and

director.

Steven Pope '84 of Portland, Maine, has had two books published recently. His revised doctoral dissertationhas been published by Oxford University Press: Patriotic Games: Sporting Traditionsin the American Imagination, 1876-1926. He also edited The Neiv American Sport History: Recent Approaches and Perspectives(University of Illinois Press). Both bear a 1996 copyright.He was also co-author of the basketballentry in Encyclopedia of World Sport (ABC-CLIO, December,1996), and in March of 1996 was guest co-editor of a special issue of the Colby Quarterly (an established literarycriticism journaldevoted to sport and leisure in North America). In addition, he is currently an editor of the Journal of Sport History,and during the past year has had essays and reviews appear in the Journal of Military History, InternationalJournal of the Historyof Sport (U.K.), SportingTraditions (Australia), American Studies and Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. In all, he's published five scholarly articles, 10 book reviews and several reference entries. Teresa Fleming '84 Schaal of Grand Rapids, Mich., recently acceptedthe position of director of the Michigan Community Blood Centers Foundation. David Wood '84 of Kingwood, Texas, is a principal with Wood/Mcana and Company. James Wood '84 is a ministeron Vinalhaven Island, Maine, employedby the Maine Seacoast MissionarySociety. Shirley Gagnon '85 Allen of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a financial center operationsspecialist with Michigan National Bank, where she has been employed for 11 years. She and husband Scott have two children: Tyler, age five, and Jordan, age three. D.J. Covell '86 of Ludlow, Vt., was recently promoted to the rank of detective/sergeant with the Vermont State Police and is assignedto their Bureau of CriminalInvestigations Unit. The unit is responsible for investigating major crimes in Southern Vermont. He and his wife, Lynn Ann, have two boys: Jacob, age four, and Matthew, nine months. Tracy Grandstaff '86 of New York, N.Y., is the voice of the title character in Daria, a spin-off of Beavis and Bullheadthat debuted

MTV

Monday, March 3. Tom Kohl '86 of Holland, Mich., is the accountingmanager with the Thomas J. Burns Insurance Agency, and is responsiblefor all accountingfunctions for the Holland and Saugatuck,Mich., offices. Greg Reid '86 in March moved to Sydney, Australia, for two years to fill the new position of

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management for Young (he'd previouslybeen a senior manager for Ernst & Young ManagementConsultingin Detroit,

national director of knowledge

the Australianpractice of Ernst &

Mich.).He is also responsible for implementing the advanced technologyand the processesfor the new area of knowledge management for the Pacific Rim area, includingHong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He invites alumni to look him up if they're in the Pacific Rim area, and notes that his Internet address is:

GREGORY.REID@EY.COM Lindsey Dood

'87

has returned to Grand Rapids,

Mich., after six years in Chicago, 111., and year in Lansing,Mich.

one

resuming a career with Ernst & Young as a senior manager in the Tax Department of the West Michigan office.He is a CPA and member of the Michigan and Illinois

Bars.

Nancy Kulier '87 Kocsis of manager of international treasury at Carrier Corporation in Connecticut. Roger Plaxton '87 is working for Kaliniak Design in Sparta, Mich., building Wrightdesigned chairs and tables. He is also building harpsichordswith the help of a friend who now lives in Florida.Since graduation,he has been

active in the Grand River Folk Arts Society, which puts on folk concerts and dances weekly from October through April. Dotty St. Amand '87 of Fort Myers, Fla., is executive director with the Alvin A. Dubin Alzheimer'sResource Center. Barbara Good '87 Van Heest of Grand Haven, Mich., was one of four alumni who shared insights into their career fields during "Career Planning and the Humanities," a program at Hope College on Thursday, Jan. 27, 1997. She is an assistant vice presidentof business development with First of America Bank. Brian Bartels '88 of Holland, Mich., and wife Lauri have a new son, Benjamin. Benjamin's birth made the front page of The Holland Sentinel on Monday, Feb. 10, because he, Brian and Brian's father Bruce were all born on February 4 (in 1997, 1966 and 1943 respectively). Mari Grady '88 Douma is a physician with Charlotte(Mich.) Pediatrics Associates, located in the SpecialtyClinics Suite of Hayes Green Beach Hospital. Jim Klunder '88 of Grandville, Mich., was one of three Hope alumni and former Hope basketball players to participatein the "Hope/Calvin Alumni Halftime Shootout" during the

Hope/Calvin men's basketballgame at Van Andel Arena on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1997. He is a financial consultant with CentennialSecurities in Grand Rapids,Mich. Julie Maire '88 of St. Louis, Mo., was recently selected by the SI. Louis Business Journal as one of its "40 Under 40," recognizingyoung "up-andcoming" leadersin the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. Julie is currently the chief operating officer of the Children'sAdvocacyServices of Greater St. Louis and also works on numerous community projects, such as St. Louis 2000, to develop community solutions to address issues related to children and families in the Metro area. Kristen Smith '88 of Kalamazoo, Mich., has been promotedto head softball coach at Kalamazoo College. She was previously an assistant softball coach. Erik L. Nimz '89 of Gales Ferry, Conn., has been promoted to senior research scientist in the Animal Health Product Development: Safety and Metabolism Department of Pfizer Animal

Health Central Research in Groton, Conn. Stacey Williams '89 Rees is teachingyear five and six (nine- to 11-year-olds)at Newnham Croft Primary School in Cambridge, England. Brenda Laninga-Schloff'89 of Holland, Mich.,

is a physician with South

WashingtonFamily

Practice.

John

Schloff '89 of Holland, Mich., is a physicianwith South Washington Family Practice.

Elizabeth Alyce Van Ark '89 of Kalamazoo, Mich., after having worked as a school social

worker with the Galesburg/Augusta Community Schools,has now taken a similar position with the Harper Creek Community Schoolsnear Battle Creek, Mich.

1990s Bob Klinesteker'90 is working

in Battle Creek,

Mich., as assistantprogram director and

morning

show host at Keener 104.9 FM radio station. Michelle McGillivray '90 is in Gabon through the International Foundation for Education & Self Help's "Teachers for Africa" program.She is teaching English as a second language to secondary-agestudents. Timothy J. Ritsema '90 is in his second year of teaching physical educationin the Jenison (Mich.) Public Schools, where he is also the head cross country and boys' and girls' track coach.

Campus Notes (Continued from page eight.) The textbook

intended as an introduc-

Ellis which brings contemporary insight and continuity to the collection. Dr. Ellis is an expert in Native American

Free Art Center from Friday, Feb. 21, through Friday, March 21.

literatureand literatureof the American Southwest. He is currently at work on A Thousand Frontiers:Ethnicity and Dialogue in

Flight," included mural photographs, assemblagesand installationart. Many of the works were seen together for the first

old and new, it offers chapters discussing the various elements of poetry, such as images,

time.

various theoreticalapproaches that can be taken as readers encounter poetry. The book is unique among introductions to poetry for

the Literature of the

AmericanWest.

Terri Forte '91 Filips, a part-time instructor of dance, presentedan original dance work during the Central Region meeting of

the American College Dance

The exhibition, titled "Steve Nelson: Solo

Professor Nelson, a native of West Michigan,currently lives in Grand Rapids and is a professor of arts and humanities at Hope.

Festival

(ACDF), held Wednesday-Saturday,Feb. 58, in Iowa City, Iowa. She presenteda tap piece that she had choreographed during one of the event's informal,non-adjudicated concerts. She also taught two workshops during the festival:

Jack Ridl and Peter Schakel have written

Approaching Poetry: Perspectives and Responses,an introductory textbook for the

tion to various ways of reading poetry. In addition to reprintingmore than 400 poems,

figures and rhythm, and chapters clarifying

its integrationof contemporaryliterary theory into its treatment of poetry, and for its multiculturalemphasis in the poems selected for inclusion, for its invitational voice and

and for its emphasis on varied the ways of reading are. position,

how

richly

study of poetry, published in January by St.

Heather Sellers, who

Martin's Press.

an assistant pro-

fessor of English, has been selected for two writing residenciesfor the summer of 1997. For four weeks in May she will work at the

Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, N.Y., a retreat for painters, composers, dancers, and sculptors and writers. It was establishedin 1950 in honor of the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay by her sister. For four weeks in June, Dr. Sellers will work at the InternationalRetreat for Writers at Hawthomden Castle, near Edinburgh, Scotland. This center providesa peaceful setting where five writers at a time, from all over the world, can work without disturbance. During both residencies Dr. Sellers will continue work on a novel, Georgia Underwater.

one on tap, and one on a conditioning technique. Students and professors from 23 colleges and universitiesattended the festival.

Alfredo Gonzales, assistant provost, attended an international conference on diversityissues in higher education through one of only 24 fellowships awarded worldwide by the Ford Foundation. The fellowship sponsored his participation in the "InternationalSeminar on Diversity Issues in Higher Education," which ran Tuesday-Friday,Jan. 21-24, in New Delhi, India. The Ford Foundation supported 24 scholarsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; eight from the United States, eight from South Africa and eight from India.

The seminar was intended to

increase

awareness of the challenges and opportunities posed by social, cultural, ethnic, religious, gender and other forms of diversity in democratic societies, and to help those

attending develop a comparative understanding of the issues involvedas well as insights into how institutions of higher education can respond to the challenges. During the conference, he responded to the paper "Affirmative Action Policies in Higher Education," presented by Moolchand Sharma of the Universityof Delhi. Other topics featuredduring the seminar included campus diversity, faculty development and governancein higher education systems.

Winter Sports Roundup (Continued from page

1.)

working on the man. The players from both teams scatter across the court. They turn to the bleachers and face the scene, watching in disbelief. Everyone seems to be standing. The place is silent. "It was a very scary scene," Hope

Marc Whitford would say later. "You knew it was life or death. You

senior

could see they were doing compressions on his chest, the whole thing. You could see

it."

More important than basketball Logan Neil, a 7-year-old ball boy from Hope, is confused and scared. He looks up at Brandon Goodyke for answers. "Sometimes, in life, there are things more important in basketball,"Goodyke says to little Logan. "We are getting beat pretty bad right now but that person's life is more important than any basketball game." Goodyke bends down, puts an arm around Logan and they begin to pray for the man's health. Little Logan closes his eyes and says

"Amen." Steve Nelson of the college'sart faculty

Reset the clock. Throw the ball into

And start a new game. One season becomes another and then

the air.

Arena. So thoroughly dominating before and after the delay, the Plainsmen finish off a stunning 92-75 in Snyder

another.

And

The clock begins to tick; it keeps on ticking until there is an explosionof joy

then

this:

time stops, frozen in

place.

Suddenly, just when everything seems to be spinning so fast, there is a break in the action, a strange pause for reflection, a chance to take a look around. Tom Gortsema has played in more basketballgames than anyone in the history of Hope College. He watches with a knot in his stomach, his face flushed.

"We were losing a game, my career could be over, but somebody's life might be over, too," Gortsema says. "It kind of you in the face. It tells you you have wake up a little bit and face reahty. It tells you how fortunate you are. We are all athletes and in great shape. We are just so fortunate for what we have." As the man is taken out of the gym, the crowd begins to applaud like it would for an injured player.

hits to

moment of silence, the game resumes. The delay lasted some 25 After a

minutes.

victory. For the Flying

Dutchmen, the season comes to an end well short of their goal but this loss has been painted with so many differentcolors that nothing is the same. "A game is about basketball but it wasn't at that moment," Hope coach Glenn Van Wieren says. "This was about life. God is the giver of life." At last report, the man was listed in critical but stable condition at St. Elizabeth Community Health Center. Twice, he stopped breathing. Twice, he came back. Reset the clock. Throw the ball into the air. And start a new game. Amazing grace/amazing grace. (This column first appeared on page L3 of

The Grand Rapids Press on Monday, March

17, 1997, and Ims been reprinted with permission.The elderly fan was apparentlya

Nebraska Wesleyan fan

sitting in the

Hope

section.)

had work featured in the gallery of the De

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He was voted as the track coach of the year in Western Michigan during his first year as head of the girls' team. Karen Brake '91 of Gilbert, S.C., is in the master'sin French education program at the University of South Carolina. Duy Dang '91 was recently promoted to health educationliaison team leader with Merck & Co. Inc. in West Point, Pa. Kathryn Larsen '91 Greening is working for an international corporationin Midland, Mich. She will start

tax school in the fall.

Sandy Hansen '91 of Holland,Mich., presented her original play Bride's Cake during the 13th annual Women's Week at Hope College. The play depicts an 1880s fictionalcharacter as she blends in her dreams for college and marriage while she bakes a cake. Jeannine Chandler '91 Klinesteker of Battle Creek, Mich., is commuting four days a week to Grand Rapids, Mich., as manager of Scott's

School.

Monica Handrich

'92 of San Antonio, Texas, is

an outreachspecialistwith the

JOVEN

Outreach and Vocational/Educational Network) Project through Mennonite Voluntary Service. CharlieHoats '92 of Grand Rapids,Mich., is an adjunct jazz bass guitar teacher at Hope College, and also coaches the college's Jazz Chamber Ensemble and plays with the Faculty Jazz Quintet.He is also a member of the Folk Lizards band. Lori Johnson '92 of Cincinnati, Ohio, is manager of Internet operationsand a copywriter with J.W. Messner Inc. in Cincinnati. Julie McCoy '92 King of Grand Rapids,Mich., has retired from teaching French at the high

has taken over his father'sbusiness with plans of

children.

school level to be a full-time mom.

Rowan College in Glassboro. Scott VanDeHoef '91 is in his second year

Marshall Michmerhuizen'92

AFB

doctorate in 1999.

Slates '91 of Glassboro,N.J., is coaching

football and teaching physical education classes

family practice residency at Travis

(Juvenile

ButterworthHospital in Grand Rapids, Mich. David Vahlbusch '92 of Flushing, Mich., owns CollectorsComer, which carries coins, sports and non-sports cards, plaques and other memorabilia. Kelley Householder '92 VanDeHoef and Scott VanDeHoef '91 have a son, Daniel (please see "Births"),and she has left her position as a first grade teacher at Woodland Christian School to be a stay-at-home mom. She enjoys hiking, reading, cooking and playing with her baby. Tonja Tuberge '92 Walker staffs the new Petoskey, Mich., branch of SES Temps, a temporary employmentcontractor. Mary Bosker '92 Woitke of Carbondale, IU., is conductinggraduate studies in counseling psychology at Southern Illinois University.She just completed her master's thesison the topic of procrastination. She expects to have her Matt Yount '92 of Holland, Mich., was one of four alumni who shared insights into their career fields during "Career Planning and the Humanities," a program at Hope College on Thursday, Jan. 27, 1997. He is youth director at Grace Reformed Church. Christiane Mollard '92 Zust of Westerville, Ohio, is teaching French to pre-schoolers, kindergartnersand first- graders at a private school. Learning Unlimited,in Columbus, Ohio. The school specializes in teaching French to

Screen Printing.

Dave

doing consulting work in the Management Solutions & Services practiceat Deloitte & Touche LLP in Grand Rapids, Mich. Roger Faulkner II '92 of Norton Shores, Mich., is teaching seventh grade in the Muskegon (Mich.) Public Schools.In the spring he is also the junior varsity baseball coach at Fruitport (Mich.) High

Holland,Mich.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.,

owning it soon. He is taking guitar lessons at Hope, and his hobbies include sailing, competitive mountain biking and folk guitar. He notes that he can be e-mailed at: mm819597@hope.edu

employedat Gordon Food Service, working the CustomerTechnology Department.She

Eric Post '92 of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been in

the positionof controller, and part-owner,at Advanced Communication Corp. since Decemberof 1992. The company is in Cascade Township, about 200 yards from the main runway at Kent County International Airport. He achievedthe CNTE (CertifiedNetwork Telephony Engineer)certificatein May of 1996. Robert P. Rigsbee '92 of Columbus, Ind., is the associate minister of New Hope Christian Church in Columbus. He and wife Carol Ann

Rockford. Nicole Buono '93 of Glasco, N.Y., plans on pursuing a master's in public health this fall at Johns Hopkins University. Philip Cratty '93 of Minot, N.D., is a recreation specialistwith Unimed Hospital and involvedin

Bolt '92 Rigsbee can be e-mailed

assistant state attorneyfor

California. He and wife Kelley Householder '92

VanDeHoef have

new

son, Daniel (please see

"Births").

Gilda Van Skiver '91

responsible for creating web pages for customers to

advertise.

Stephanie Smith '92

DeChambeau has

been

living in Nashville, Tenn., for the last four years.

She has been working for The Nashville Symphony for two years, currently as the database coordinator. She has sung in the Nashville Symphony Chorus for four years and served as its business manager for one season. She also sings in the Nashville Opera Chorus and other professional ensembles in the area. In her spare time (?) she is starting a free-lance proofreading/editing business.She encourages Hope-ites to visit Nashville,noting "There's more than honky-tonk and line dancing down here!"

Dershem '92 has moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., and starteda new job as technology Aric

director

for

Educational Development

Corporation.

Pamela Dykstra '92 of Kentwood, Mich.,

at:

Laura Bachelder '93 of Rockford, 111., is

pro. soccer.

Garrett Elsinger '93 has been appointed Broward County in

newhope@hsonline.net

Fort Lauderdale,Fla.

Andrew P. Ritsema

Alexander Fink '93 of Saugatuck, Mich., was one of four alumni who shared insights into their career fields during "Career Planning and the Humanities," a program at Hope College on Thursday, Jan. 27, 1997. He is owner of Fink

'92 has resigned his administrative position at New York University and has accepted a teachingjob at the Grace Church School in Manhattan. In July he will add the position of language department chair, and will be responsible for revising the entire Classical

and

Modem

Language Department

Freelance, Writing

Communications

curriculum.

Consulting. Libbie Freed '93

Melissa Vander Jagt '92 Sandman recently began a six-year general surgery residencyat

working with Habitat for Humanity in the Central African Republic and Ethiopia,and

back in the United States after

Teamwork needed This will be Hope's 100th year with the Pull tug-of-war, a big

and the college wants to celebrate in

way.

And we need your We want

help.

to identify

everyone who was ever a

Puller or Moraler. If you're a

member

of that

group, could you please let us know? Any help you could provide in identifyingteammates select

(or competitors...)

Pull, 1955 Photo courtesy of the Hope College Collection of the Joint Archives of Holland

E. 12th St.

PO Box 9000 Holland, Ml 49422-9000

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dance studies.

Cody

Inglis '93 is in his second year of teaching

physical educationand social studies at Suttons

Bay (Mich.) High School, where he has recently

been appointedathletic director.He

alumni@hope.edu

also

continuesto be head coach of boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and girls' cross country and track and field, as well as seventh grade boys' basketball. His e-mail address is: dngUs@suttonsbay.tbaisd.kl2.mi.us Vittoria Katanski '93 is enrolledin a master's program at Indiana University in urban planning. Michelle Visser '93 Leland of Martinsville, 111., is a qualified mental retardationprofessional with HeritageResidential in Charleston, 111. JefferyMarkee '93 is attending Thunderbird, Arizona State University's graduate school for international management.He is also coaching a Special Olympics basketballteam in nearby Phoenix,Ariz. David Scaer '93 of Charlottesville, Va., is a doctoralstudent,in early French Renaissance literature,at the University of Virginia.

Allison Craig '93 Solis of Fennville, Mich., is a human resources administrator for Hydro Aluminum Automotive in Holland,Mich. Gina Switalski '93 of Mendon, Mich., is employed at Pharmacia & Upjohn in the Medical Sciences Liaison Unit.

Juliana Margaret Lament '93 Szentgyorgyi moved, with her hsuband and two-year-old daughter,back to the U.S. in September of 1996, and settled in Columbus, Ohio. She is a teacher for an agency of the United Way which cares for disadvantaged children. She is planning to pursue a master's in Teaching English as a Second Language. She notes that she can be reached on-line at: SZENTM@aol.com Todd White '93 of Alpena, Mich., has been freelancing as a writer and a programmer. He teaches computer skills classes at Northland Library, and writes the column "Internet Coffee Talk" for The Alpena News. He is also co-editor and co-author of the recently releasedSpecial Edition: Using PowerPoint97. Corie Britton '94 of Allendale,Mich., is an associate youth director with Rosewood Reformed Church in Jenison, Mich. Elana TenHuisen '94 of West Lafayette, Ind., in July of 1996 became employed as an in-home family preservationworker in Lafayette, Ind. She works intensively with families involved with child welfare and juvenile probation. Paul Warner '94 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a computer consultant with Crowe Chizek in Grand Rapids. He and wife Catherine Miller '94

Warner are

raising her six-year-old brother,

Jon.

ElizabethBeemink '95 of Wyoming, Mich., is a physical therapy tech/exerdse specialist with Grand Rapids Sport and Spine, a division of Orthopaedic Associates of Grand Rapids. Kristin Carlson '95 of Grand Haven, Mich., is health services manager for Shape Corporation, overseeingthe programmingand operations for the company's on-site corporate wellness facility.She has recently started taking classes for her MBA. She also coaches junior varsity basketball at Spring Lake (Mich.) High School. Scott Crawford '95 is in Japan, teaching conversational English to students of college-age

and above. He works for AEON International Corporation, a Japanesecompany specializing in offeringcourses in conversationalEnghsh to Japanese people from age three and above. Christopherde Haan '95 of New Haven, Conn., is pursuing a master of fine arts degree in dramaturgy and dramatic criticismat Yale University School of Drama. Meridith Hudson '95 of Evanston, 111., is a family teacher with Park Ridge (111.) Youth

is in

graduateschool in

British literatureat Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,

Celebration

or e-mail us at

DonnellyCorporation. KatherinePendergast'95

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would be appreciated, too.

Elizabeth Gormley '93 recently moved from Germany to Dallas, Texas, to pursue a master's

Campus. Shannon Niven '95 of Holland, Mich., is an organizationdevelopmentspecialist for

Please write to: Pull

the

curator of the Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum in

plans to pursue graduatestudies in the history of science.

Pull,

1988

Va. Robert George (G.) Wiesenthal '95 and '96 of Wheaton, 111., announces that his middle name is still George, and that he is a nature-enthusiast, nature-lover,naturalist, environmentalistand fairly avid bird-watcher. He notes that he attended the Hope-Wheaton women's soccer game in Wheaton this past season, as well as other Hope events, and encourages others to do the same. "Hope sports are fun and exciting.

Help make

good thing better

Hope's Alumni Directory is a hot item. In listing addresses and phone numbers for all of Hope's alumni (we're even adding e-mail addresses this time), it

provides

1920s Garvelink, John '20 Durrin, Grace 71 Hock, George E. '22 Whitman, Ada '22 Wong, Kah K. '22 Zwemer, Everet J. '22 Schipper,KatherineKamps 74 Wu, Paul F. 74 Howell,Clark M. '25 Van Volkenburg,Bessie Upton '25 Zuverink,John '25 Paxton,RosalindOleary 76 Brown, GeraldineStryker'27 Smith,Howard '27 Barber, Ethel

Bolt, Willis '28

De Haan, Gary 79 Hawkins, Lily M. 79

1930s Collins, Rose

Whelan '30 Gertrude Benes '30 Ho, Tadosaku '30 Eiskamp, John A. '31 Kim, Young-Tak '31 Johnson,Richard F. '33 Murphy, Dwight D. '33 Hidaka, Tsuguo '34 Zielke, Helen D, Smith '34 Cook, Earl V. '36 Fletcher, Custis '36 Boer, Harry K '37 Livingston, Harold R- '37 Noble,Harold '37 Hofstra,

Miles, Lester

'38

1940s De Hoog, Fred '40 Swartz,Ruth DeVries '40 Moody, James R. '41 Alexander,Thelma VanderSchaaf'42 Gannon, William R. '42 Hiller, Raymond E. ’42

Ruthea '42 Mary Frelick '42 Valusek,Fred '42 Keaney, Shirley Carter '43 Preston, RobertC. '43 Sauer, Jean Richards'43 Thaden, Robert'44 Thompson, E. B, Rhebergen '44 Bevier, James '45 Hoobler,MarjorieJ. '46 Mella, RobertA. '46 Parlides, Anthony 46 Vidas, William C. '46 Voss,Lois VandeiSchel'47 Wildenberger,Ruth DeBoer '47 Allred, Patricia Long '48 Shaffer, Norma Roy '48 Bixby, Beatrice Lockwood'49 Jansen, Henry '49 Johnson,RichardC. '49 Major, Robert '49 Shintaku,Ayako '49 White,Rita Kuffel '49 Wildman, Richard'49 Martin,

Tripp,

1950s Elizabeth'50 Bettison, William L. '50 Brink, Donald R- '50 Donnelly,Evalyn Miller '50 Douglas,James C, '50 Emery, RobertD. ’50 GUes, William B. '50 Kieft, Don A. ’50 Mankin, Harold '50 Milor, LUlian High '50 Sanford,Ralph E, '50 Sector, James '50 Smith,Elizabeth '50 Tarr, Horence '50 Valentine, PetroviaKarsten'50 Allen, Jeanne'51 Balazsy,

Brindle, Brian T. '51

Esparza,Richard'51 Stark, RichardT. '51 VandenBerg, Ted '51 Wolfe,William '51 De Jong, August '52 King,Frederick'52 Lanting,Derk R. '52 Martin,Fred L. '52 Meltvedt,Henry '52 Schuiteman,Nancy Andrews '52 Spykerman, John H. '52 Vanderwell,Carol VanZoeren '52 Breen, Frank ’53 Brink, Irwin L. '53 Colyer,Patricia Stagg '53 Guenther,Douglas P. '53 Isenring. Larrie L. '53 Slossen, Frank E '53 Tadayon, Hamid '53 Yu, David '53 Boogerd,Gerrit '54 Champlin, William). '54 Cook, CharlesA. '54 Cook, Kathryn PhilUps'54 Doombos, Jack H. '54 Irwin, Jack M. '54 Lubbers,RobertL. '54

way

to stay for

Hope

Meeuwsen, James W. '54 Hope Berger '54 Vander Meet, Paul '54

Toliver,

Walker,

Carl). '54

Bouwman,Dale W. '55 Conant, Robert'55 Kellog, Edward B. '55 Sheneman, Helen Brugman '55 Vanoostveen,Jon '55 Wallesverd,Donald '55 Wilkinson,Jack W. '55 Berghage,Connie Nies '56 Berghage,RobertD. '56 Ewing, John '56 Schroder,Frank '56 Schulz, Richard L. '56 St. John. William '56 Titus, Jack '56 Boerman, Donald '57 Daggett,John F. '57 Hesse,Girl R. '57 Johnson,Richard I. '57 Moore, Ruth '57 Patz, Harold W. '57 Payne, David A. '57 Smith,lan W. '57 Vander Yacht, Wilbur '57 Walters, John '57 Williams,RobertL '57 Bachman, RichardE. '58 Kang, Young C. '58 Lee, Donald C.T. '58 Myers, Huston K. '58 Robach,Joan VanderWerp'58 Schneider,Sara '58 Snediker,Helen MacDonald'58 Vande Vusse,Kenneth L. '58 Vasey,Joseph'58 Boehm, RobertB. '59 Burwitz,Robert'59 Crawford, Darrell L '59 Groeneveld,Jack '59 Haken, JoyceHaken '59 Harris,

F.R

Voss '59

Hatton,JoyceVerplank '59 Kok, Gerald W. '59 Meyer, Kenneth R '59 Sasaki, Daniel'59 Schrammel, Donna Hoogerhyde '59 Shuch, Ronald H. '59 Tuttle, Hubert A. '59 Vanden Bos, John '59

1960s Allen,

Norma Wallace '60

RobertD. ’60 Daniels, Gordon '60 Gay, William '60 Holt, Robert L. '60 Janssen, Kenneth L. '60 Johnson,Janice Burgwald '60 OusterlingDavid L '60 Polich, David W. '60 Siedentop,Courtney Ingles '60 Thompson, James F. '60 Ting BarbaraYoeh L. '60 Touchette,Nancy Long '60 Tuttle, Sue Bratt '60 Van Reyen, Paul '60 Yu, Herbert'60 Alley, LouiseHunter '61 Bauer, Susan K. '61 Bury,Patricia Burkett '61 Calgaz,Emily Hradec '61 Fomess, Grace '61 Heath,George '61 Kemme, Wendell J. '61 Kutzing William F. '61 Lee, William L '61 Lynema, Nancy N. Meerman '61 Nyhuis, Jay A. '61 Berens,

Sabin,

friends to stay in touch.

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'67

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'72

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Post, Janice

GirmaW. '89 Cowman, Kristin K. '89 Gabriel,

Greeneisen,D. G. '89 Hoover, C.F. '89 Kleyn, Sharon K. Hanko

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Keyset,Cherrill L. Sherman '62 Knapp, John J. '62 Kuiper,Jacob ’62 Miller, Jack W. '62 Patoine, LorraineLawrence '62 Schoeplein, Justine Dakin '62 Sheldon,Cynthia A. Barnard '62 Smith,Amos '62 Timmer, Albert'62

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and February issues] and various other places,"he writes. "Come-on-out and support the Flying Dutch and Flying Dutchmen, both at home and away— in all College [August, October

Marriages Candace Rae Marr '69 and Robert F. Gabriel, Feb.

sports,if possible."

Marcie Bujack '96 of Chicago,HI., is a training counselor with the Chicago Association for RetardedCitizens (CARC). Erik Carpenter'96 of Alexandria, Va., is a police officer/graduate student in forensic science at George Washington University. Erin Alexander '96 Dewey of Allegan, Mich., is assistant pool coordinator with the Zeeland (Mich.) Public Schools. The district's new $1.3 million swimming complex opened in November of

1996.

Kyle DeYoung '96 of Holland, Mich., is a student at Western Theological Seminary.

Robert J. Eckrich'71 and Linda Kay Bowers, Astwood Park, Bermuda. Ellen Ziegler'77 and Peter Ward, Oct. 22,

Sept. 3, 1996, 1996.

Maribeth Cometet '85 and Andrew Howard, Feb. 15, 1997, Maui, Hawaii. Sheri L. Waterloo '90 and Peter J. Van Bruggen,Jan. 18, 1997. Lisa Harrison '91 and Fred Price, April 15, 1996, Jamaica. Lisa Moshauer '92 and Dave Montgomery, Oct. 19, 1996, Roseville, Mich. Eric R. Post '92 and Charity Ann Bullock, May

coordinator with University Forest Products.

Evanston,

1996,

25.

Melissa Vander Jagt '92 and Geoffrey

Justin Fink '96 of Holland, Mich., is an inside sales

Jenn Gavin '96 is working in customer service for American Bankers Financial Services in Grand Rapids, Mich. Kathryn Guy '96 has been pursuing advanced study in psychology at the Free Universityof Brussels through Rotary Foundation AmbassadorialScholarship. Jennifer Jones '96 of Holland, Mich., is a health/physical education specialist with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland-Central Unit. Amy Haverdink '96 Kraal of Hamilton, Mich., was one of four alumni who shared insights into their career fields during "Career Planning and the Humanities,"a program at Hope Collegeon Thursday, Jan. 27, 1997. She is a project management consultant at BGI Consulting. John Lawler '96 is a graduate student of Civil Engineering at NorthwesternUniversity in

1997.

16,

Sandman, Oct. 26, 1996. Douglas Kleinheksel'93 and Karen Thomas '95, Dec. 24, 1996, Munster, Ind. Barb VandenBrink '93 and Matthew Erickson '94, June 15, 1996, TraverseCity, Mich. Julie A. Franklyn '94 and Michael P. Downing, Oct. 5, 1996. Jill Kjosen '94 and Warren Frye, June 8, 1996, Flossmoor,111. Michael Reck '94 and Amy Rutherford,Oct. 19. 1996, Kalamazoo, Mich. John Bouws '95 and Susan Essenburgh '96, July 27,1996,Holland,Mich. Kyle DeYoung '96 and Cari DeGraff,Aug. 3, 1996.

Meg Johnston '96 and Kevin

McGill, Sept. 21,

1996, Holland,Mich. Shelly Kuyers '96 and Tyler Van Koevering, Jan. 17, 1997.

Steven Meeuwsen ’96 and Karin Nienhuis,

111.

Jason Upchurch '96 is pursuing an M.Div. at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Mich.

Dec.

22.

13,

1996.

Beth Mihocko '96 and Jeremy Grayson, June 1996, Quincy, Mich.

Births Rene Gerber '77 Olah and Sandor Olah, Sandor Josiah, Nov. 10, 1996. Rhonda Throndset '80 Sloyer and Curt Sloyer, ChristopherRonald,Nov. 11, 1996. Carol Springsteen'80 and Robert Menville, David John, Aug. 31, 1996. Donna Domkowski '82 Sawyer and Guy Sawyer, Joseph Ansel, Dec. 7, 1996. Lisa Kammer '83 Olson and Bruce Olson,

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Mark David, Sept. 23, 1996. Lorraine Hyma '83 Vandever and Lance Vandever, Lyndi Kae, Jan. 10, 1997. Kathy Olson '83 Wennerstrum and Steve Wennerstrum, Thomas Arthur, Feb. 11, 1997. Jim Docter '85 and Lori Docter, Brandon Michael, Feb.

1997.

Randall DeVries '86 and Tracy DeVries, Paetyn Lynn, Jan. 31, 1997. David Rowell '86 and Kristen Rowell, Charles Parker, Nov. 1, 1996. Lee Veldhoff '86 and Sybil Babinski '86 Veldhoff, Abigail Dyanne, Nov. 22, 1996.

Lindsey

Dood

'87 and Margie Dood,

Christine Elizabeth, Dec. 4, 1996.

Amy

Sandgren '87 Plaster and Will Plaster,

George, May

16,

1996.

Brian Bartels '88 and Lauri Bartels,Benjamin, Feb. 4, 1997.

Susan Lovell '88 Dobre and Gary Dobre, Thomas Arden, Jan. 1, 1997. Sue Jurgens '88 Hemmeke and Ron Hemmeke, Marissa Leigh, Nov. 7, 1996. Nancy Harrell '88 Lindstrom and Eric Lindstrom '91, Benjamin West, Feb. 6, 1997. Peggy Harvey '88 Rule and Scott Rule, Madeleine Sage Rule, Nov. 21, 1996. Wesley Anderson '89 and Susan Abel '94 Anderson, Rachael Marie, Jan. 17, 1997. Tom Avolio '89 and Laura Dennis '91 Avolio, CarolineMarie, Feb. 16, 1997. Beth Snyder '89 Cooley and Chris Cooley, Kathleen (Katie) Erin, Dec. 6, 1996. Linda Jones '89 Kowalski and Jim Kowalski, Patrick James, Dec. 7, 1996. Sue Crince '89 Wigboldy and Bill Wigboldy, Joshua William, April 30, 1994; Madison Bess, Dec. 4, 1996. Janine Post '90 Anderle and Joel Anderle '90, EvangelineGrace Post Anderle,Dec. 3, 1996. Erika Hyde '90 DeWitt and Thomas DeWitt '90, Warren Douglas and Monika Elsa, Oct. 21, 1996.

James Galer '91 and Julie VanRiper '93 Galer, RyleighElisabeth, Feb. 23, 1997. Greta Kennedy '91 Standishand Brian Standish'92, NathanielRaymond,Nov. 22, 1996. Kimber Wooten '91 Toering and Rodney Toering, Kaytlynn Elizabeth, Jan. 30, 1996. Scott VanDeHoef '91 and Kelley Householder '92 VanDeHoef, Daniel Boyd, Feb. 1, 1997. Lisa Fisher '92 Genova and Kurt Genova, Gina Carolann,Feb. 11, 1997. Melissa Warner '93 Inman and Dennis Inman Jr., Kenton Lee, Jan. 7, 1997. Vicki Andrews '93 Nyhof and Jaron Nyhof, Emma Catherine, June 11, 1996.

Advanced Degrees Janet De Vries ’72, doctor of ministry degree in

church executive leadership, McCormick Theological Seminary,Chicago,

111., June,

1996.

Becky Waller '77 Gillan, master'sin music composition.SoutheasternLouisianaUniversity, 1997.

Ann

Boelkins '77 Raley, C.A.S., education

(curriculum and instruction),Concordia University, Concordia,

111., June,

1996.

Ellen Ziegler '77 Ward, M.S. in management, Florida Institute of Technology,1994.

Kathy Butts '78 Heyward,law school (with honors), the University of Florida. Eric Brummel '82, master of physical therapy. Northwestern UniversityMedical School,

November, 1996, Chicago, 111. Marla Hoffman '82 Lunderberg, Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Dec.

13,

1996. Dissertation:

"'Incorporated into the Body of the World':

athleticadministration, December, 1996.

Wayne

State University,

Aric Dershem '92, master'sin instructional systems technology, Indiana University. Carol Ann Bolt '92 Rigsbee, master's of counseling. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tenn. Robert P. Rigsbee '92, master of divinity, Emmanuel School of Religion, Johnson City, Tenn. Melissa Vanderjagt'92 Sandman, M.D., Wayne State MedicalSchool, spring, 1996. Elana TenHuisen '94, master's degree in child development and family studies, Purdue University, Aug. 4, 1996.

Deaths Lloyd Chapman

'35 of Kalamazoo, Mich.,

died on Tuesday, Dec.

He was bom

24,

1996. He was 85.

Kalamazoo on June 1, 1911, to Everett Chapman and Frances (Spyker) Chapman. He graduated from Ottawa Hills High School and attendedGrand Rapids Junior College for one year before transferringto Hope, where he was a member of the Blue Key in

through

Preserve history Hope

enhance its collectionof Nykerk Cup materials. Anyone with knowledge of the is

hoping

whereabouts

pre-1972 cup(s), or with photographs, programs or other Nykerk paraphernaliathey're willing to send to the college, is encouraged to contact: of the

Does the alumni office have your current name and address? Has there been a recent change in your marital status? Would you prefer Hope used a differentform of your name (Jane Van Doe vs. Mrs. John Van Doe, for instance)?Note the number of spaces per line available.

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Hope CollegeCollection

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Archives of Holland.)

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1997

Reevaluationof John Donne." Lindsey Dood '87, J.D., honors,IIT ChicagoKent College of Law, June, 1995. Jim DeWitt '88, master of educationin special education. West Chester University, West Chester, Pa., December, 1996. Dave Slates '91, master's in intercollegiate

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Honor Society. He spent a year-and-a-half as an educational advisor in The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) near Baldwin,Mich. In 1938 he earned his M.A. degree in guidance and counseling from the University of Michigan, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa. In that same year, he married Lois DePree '34, the daughterof missionaries to China. In addition, in the fall of 1938 he was hired by the Birmingham(Mich.) Public Schools to initiate the system's first guidance and counseling program. In 1944, he became a counselor at the fledgling Michigan Veteran's VocationalSchool located at Pine Lake northeast of Plainwell, Mich., where he was concernedwith teaching job skills to disabled adults. The school is now called the Michigan Career and Technical Institute(M.C.T.I.). In 1954, he became assistant director of the school, and in 1957 he was promoted to director

Chapel recordings available "Students came back after the

Strong demand for recordings featuring the college’s chapel worship music has prompted the Campus Ministries staff to release cassettes and compact discs featuring selections from the past three years.

—

summer of

position he held until his retirement in 1975. In

October of 1994 the Leisure Service Buildingat Michigan Career TechnicalInstitutewas named the Chapman Health and Leisure Service Complex. Under his leadership the institutiongrew from a small facilitytraining disabledveterans in a limitednumber of trades to a well-respected school servingthe disabled adults in Michigan, and serving up to 900 a year in 17 differenttrades. He served as president of the Michigan Chapter of the National Rehabilitation Association,and was active in the Michigan Associationof the Deaf, the Michigan Health Council, the Michigan EpilepsyLeague and the National Associationfor the Physically Handicapped. He joined Rotary International in 1957, and served as secretary of the Plainwell Chapter for many years and was honored as a

The songs are

lively

and worshipful,

mostly contemporary in nature, and per-

formed by the all-studentworship team and Dwight Beal '87, directorof worship and music for the chapel. Throughout the tapes are excerpts from messages dehvered by chaplains the Rev. Paul Boersma '82 and Dolores Nasrallah, and the dean of the chapel, the Rev. Ben Patterson.

"The originalreason for capturing the chapel worship music on tape was to give the students something to take home with them over the summer or after graduation — a piece of their worship experience in chapel, and a tool of continued spiritu-

al growth

Paul Harris Fellow.

He had

and encouragement as

they

been a member of the First PresbyterianChurch of Kalamazoo since 1949, serving as elder and superintendent of the

continue their lives elsewhere/' Beal said.

Sunday school.

with these fun-filled, Christ-centered col-

"But time has revealed that people of all

ages and backgrounds have resonated

addition to his wife, survivors include a son,

lections of songs

Robert Lloyd Chapman of Marquette,Mich.; a daughter,Marilyn Chapman of Madison, Wis.; four grandchildren, Brent Chapman, Laura

why we want

and messages, which is make them available to

more people."

'95 reporting that then-

tapes had worn thin or quit working entirely for overuse, and many had memorized not only the songs, but the message sound bites word for word," he said. "Letters came in from all over the world from students on mission trips, semestersabroad, and so on reporting that they had received'bootleg' copies of the chapel tape from friends back home, and found them to be an enormous source of encouragement and joy," Beal said. "Youth directorsfrom around the country who had obtained a tape from returning students confessed that

they bootlegged multiple copies of the tape for students in their

youth groups, for lack of supply. The music has even been played on Korean

also

become

trips

two years ago,

radio." Past use of the recordings

11 this spring. Selectionsfrom 1994-95 (Feed the Fire)

other

popular —

from two such

to four last year, to

and 1995-96 (Let All the Thirsty Come) are availablenow, and the 1996-97 recording (The Spirit Says Arise) will be available soon. In addition,the staff hopes to release a song book with all of the lyrics and chords by the end of the semester, also in response to popular demand.

church programs has the staff hoping that they might also prove useful in the future to churches that are interestedin incorpo-

new forms of worship in more traditionalsettings, by offering an example. Funding for the recordingeffort has come through contributionsfor the project. All proceeds from the sales will support student spring break mission experiences. The mission programs have

rating

The

cassettes are $10,

and

the

CDs

are $15. They can be ordered by calling the college'sHope-GenevaBookstoreat

(616) 395-7833.

Chapman, David Broekema and Wendy Broekema; two great-granddaughters, Dessa and Abbie Chapman; and several nieces and a He was preceded in death by his and brother, Rex.

sister,

Nita,

Marvin J. Den Herder '41 of Olympia Fields, died on Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997, at Scottsdale (Ariz.) North Hospital. He was 77. He was bom on Sept. 27, 1919, in Grand Rapids, Mich. A magm cum laude Hope graduate, he held a doctorate in chemistry from the

111.,

Bruce O. Dick '41 of Interlochen, Mich.,;and Leesburg,Fla., died on Monday, Feb. 10, 1997, in Leesburg. He was 77. He was bom in Holland, Mich., the son of Eldon and Julia Dick. He graduated from the University of Michigan,and served in World War

University of Illinois.

He was

manager of Research and Development at Amoco Oil Co. He was a consultant for

retired as

the Keil Chemical Co. and the Ciba-Geigy

was founder of the Lubricant Technology Corp. He was a member of Flossmoor Community Church; a member of Olympia Fields Country Club; and an Eagle Boy Scout leader. Survivorsinclude his wife, Marion Helen; a sister, Dorothy (George)Heneveld of Fort Myers, Fla.; and nieces and nephews. Co., and

Doris Adams '52 DeYoung of Friesland, Wis., died at her winter home in Naples, Fla., on Friday, March 14, 1997. She was 66. She was bom on Sept. 24, 1930, in Sheboygan Falls, Wis., the daughter of Maurice and Gertrude (Van Tatenhove)Adams. She was a graduate of Sheboygan Falls High School, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madisonwith a mathematics major. She was married to Delbert DeYoung '52. She had been a resident of Frieslandsince 1961. She was an active member of the First Reformed Church of Friesland, serving in many capacities. As an RCA member, she was active in the Women's Work Group and the Program Council.

She was a former member of the college's Board of Trustees. She was on the Board of Directors for Words of Hope Radio Broadcast Ministries for six years and was on the Board of Directors of Green Valley Enterprises. She also served as an officerfor Cupery and DeYoung Storage and DeYoung Rentals, and as comptroller for Adams Trucking. In addition to her husband, survivors include three children, Peter

Mary DeYoung

'81

DeYoung '78 of Friesland, of Wauwatosa, Wis., and

sisters-in-law,Marie and James

N.Y.; parents-in-law. Nelson and Ruth Dykgraaf

James DeYoung '88 (and wife Holly Anderson '90 DeYoung) of Beaver Dam, Wis.; one brother, James Adams '40 (and wife Kay) of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and nieces, nephews, and other relativesand friends. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant brother, Edward.

nephew.

and Carol sister, Carol and Mark

of Zeeland, Mich.; a brother, David Fisher of Sterling,N.Y.; a

Saile of Liverpool, N.Y.; brothers- and sisters-in-

law, Dan and Shelli Dykgraaf, Jeff and Sara Dykgraaf, and Kevin and Lisa Dykgraaf, all of Holland, and Judi and Larry Jongekrijg of Jenison, Mich.; and nephews, nieces, uncles and

aunts.

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Word has been received of the death of John J. Geary '46 of West Sayville, N.Y., who died on Sunday, Dec. 22, 1996. More informationwill appear in the June issue of news from Hope College.

Association.

death.

Survivorsincludehis wife, Harriet; children, Michael Dick of TraverseCity, Gregory Dick of Ionia, and Julia and Phil Case of Kingsley; stepchildren,Frank and Joann Hughes of Traverse City, and Patriciaand Larry Coveyou of Suttons Bay; a brother, Leonard Dick of Holland;

and

grandchild.

several grandchildrenand

great-

Word has been received of the death of Jeffrey Lee Eubank '65 of Lansing, Mich., who died on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1997. More informationwill ; appear in the June issue of news from Hope College. Chuck

Fisher '75 of Holland, Mich., died on

George A. Hyma '39 of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., died on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997.

His memorial was held at Kirk in the Hills in BloomfieldHills, where he had been an active

member

for

25 years.

After graduating from Hope, lie receiveda master's degree from the University of Nebraska. He was an enthusiastic Navy man, retiringfrom the Reserve as a lieutenant conunander. His career continuedat the Ford Motor Company. Survivors include his wife, Helena; a son, George (Ann); and. one granddaughter.

Marco

Unitarian UniversalistPeople's Church downtown; presented various organ recitalsin churches and at the Bach Festival Society; gave

William LearmpnthMackay '50 of Holland,; Mich., died on Saturday, March 15, 1997. He was

private piano lessons;and performed in about 50

71.

After retirement from Star he taught piano and organ at Kalamazoo College. Upon retirementfrom teaching, he became

He served in fhe World'

War

II. •-

Marine Corps during was a graduate of the

U.S..

University of Michigan Law School.

He practiced trial law in Lansing, Mich., for 37 years. He was a past presidentof the Ingham County Bar Association, and a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the Federal Bar Association.He was a charter member of the . CapitalRegion Airport .Authority -for 11 years. After retirement he was an active member of the Hope Academy of Senior Professionals (HASP). Survivors include his wife, Antoinette; children, Joanne and Gary Nasti of The Woodlands, Texas, William S. and Paula Mackay of Grand Rapids, Mich., Patricia and Mark Zavagnin of Western Springs, 111., Jean and Andre Hutchinson of Virginia Beach, Va., andCdtherine Frederick of

Thursday, March 6, 1997. He was 43. He had been employed by BASF, and.. Was a member of Gibson Christian Reformed Church. Survivprs include his wife, Linda; children, _ Ft Mitchell, Ky.; lQ grandchildren; a sister, Mary._'. . Caleb, Kelsey, Austin, and. Ashley, all ap home; Jane Bums of Escondido, Calif.;brothers- and parents, Carl and Dolores Fisher of Williamson,

;

Richard NieSsink '32 of Portage, Mich., died onSaturday,Jan. 11, 1997. He was 86.'1 He was bom on Feb. 11, 1910, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of Frank and Henrietta (Bowens) Niessink. He attended Vine Street Elementary and graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1928. He studiedmusic at Hope, and then earned his master of music degree at the American Conservatoryof Music in Chicago, HI. He subsequentlytaught at Fort Hays Kansas State Teachers College, Kansas Wesleyan University and the Jordan Conservatoryof Music at Butler University, teadtingtheory and piano performance. In 1941, he returned to Kalamazoo, where he joined the family-owned Star Paper Co. -He served in the U.S. Afmy during World War II in London as a captain'in Army Intelligence. He worked for Star Paper Co. until retiringin 1971. He also played the organ for several churches in Kalamazoo, most particularly at the

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He had been employed by the Michigan Department of NaturalResources as manager of ' Interlochen State Park from 1947 to 1967. He had' also been employed by Ludington State Bank, and by the Traverse City State Park. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in TraverseCity, Mich., where he was an elder. His membershipsalso included Church of the /Highlands in Lakeview, Fla.; VFW Interlochen Post No. 7493; VFW HawthorneMemorial Post No. 6389; PSERA Chapter No. 14; and State Employees Retirement , His first wife, Geraldine,preceded him in

Ryan

Island,Fla., Marge Wyman of Lansing, and Robert and Ardelle Van Bragt of Grand Rapids; and nieces,nephews and cousins.

plays at the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre.

..involved in rngdeling and acting in advertisemehts,arid Became a member of the Screen Actors Guild. During this time he wrote a

play. Absurdly Yours, which was produced in Coldwater,Mich., during the week he turned 80. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Kalamazoo; and a long-timemember of the Torch Club. During the 1980s and early 1990s he assistedthe elderly with their tax preparation.

On Dec. 11, 1941, he married Katherine "Mickey" McCoy, who survives. On Dec. 11, 1996, they celebrated,55 years of marriage. Also sun-iving are his two sons, John R. (Catherine) Niessinkof Kalarriazoo and James F. "Jim';_ Niessink

. of

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Suttons. Bay; two

grandchildren, Geoffrey David (Annie)Niessink

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of Leland, Mich., and A. Jennifer Niessink at the University of Colorado in Boulder; two sisters,Ann Louise Sterenberg and Maurine Schrier, both of Kalamazoo; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was precededin death by his sister, Frances Gideon.

Sharon Staats '70 Quist

Clinton, N.Y., died

on Saturday, Jan. 18, 1997, in London, England, after a long illness.She was 48.

Born in East Greenbush,N.Y., she was educated in the East Greenbush School District. Survivorsinclude two sons, Michael J. Quist and Robert P. Quist, both of Clinton; her parents, Joachim P. and KatherineSnyder Staats of East Greenbush;and her maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Snyder of Glenmont, N.Y.

Survivorsincludea sister-in-law,Marjorie J. Falls, Wis.; and two nephews, Frederic Smies of Homewood, 111., and John Smies of Oostburg, Wis. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Geraldine; a brother, Daniel; and an infant

Survivors include sisters Gertrude Frey of Concord, Calif., ElizabethRuona of Lansing, Mich., and Beulah Wabeke of Howard City, Mich.; and several nieces and nephews.

Smies of Sheboygan

death.

Elmer Van Egmond '44 of Little Rock, Ark., died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 1996. He was 74. He was bom on Aug. 12, 1922, in Corsica, S.D., and graduated from nearby Colton High

brother.

Word

has been received of the death of Russell A. Valleau '46 of Champaign,111,, who died on Saturday, March 15, 1997. More informationwill appear in the June issue of news from Hope College.

Anne Vanderjagt '47

School.

He served as a pilot in the Mediterranean Theatre for the U.S. Army Air Corps. Upon discharge, he attended the University of Michigan,graduatingwith a B.A. in psychology, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in education. He began his career as a teacher in the Hartford, Mich., and Grand Rapids, Mich., public school systems. He then was appointed as a professor of educationalpsychology at the University of Michigan,and study director of the ResearchCenter for Group Dynamics (1954-63). He was dean of general education and professor of education at Lesley College in

Stryker of Hudsonville,

Mich., died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997. She 71.

was

Survivors include a daughter, Claire and Grandville, Mich.; her grandchildren, D. Drew '97 and Melissa; and her sisters, Nell and Harold Brander of Ada, Mich., June Vogler of Detroit, Mich., and Pat and Dick Kanode of Grand Rapids, Mich. She was preceded in death by her husband, ClarenceStryker '45.

Dave Ysseldyke of

Jacob Rezelman '35 of Albuquerque, N.M., Monday, Dec. 23, 1996. He was 87. He residedin Holland, Mich., for 38 years, graduating from Holland High School. He attended Houghton College of Mining and Technology in addition to Hope. He founded RezelmanPaint Manufacturing Co. in Holland, and moved to New Mexico in died on

1947.

He was manager of

the

New

Mexico Paint

Mfg. Co. in Albuquerque for 25 years, retiring in

1972. He was a charter member of Immanuel Presbyterian Church, where he was a trustee.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Dorothy Steketee Rezelman;children,James Rezelmanof Melbourne, Fla., Mary Ann and Donald Reinhart of Albuquerque, and Judith and Terry Doyle of Portola Valley, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A daughter,Joan, preceded him in death in 1944. Lillian Smies '31 of Sheboygan, Wis., died on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1997, while visiting Vellore, India. She was 87. She was bom in Holland,Mich., on March 5, 1909, the daughter of John Smies and Jennie

Huibregtse Smies. She graduated from Wisconsin Memorial Academy in Cedar Grove and Hope, and received a master's degree from the University of Chicago.

She was a

missionary /nurse at the

CMC

Hospital in Vellore, India, from 1939 to 1972. She worked as a nurse at Memorial Hospital in

Sheboygan prior to 1939 and again after her 1972 retirement from CMC.

Cambridge, Mass., from 1963 to

1973.

Immediately thereafter he served as the director of personnel and educational services and director of the Nursing School for Faulkner

Preston N. Tanis '29 of Ann Arbor, Mich., died on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1997. He was 89. He was bom in Holland,Mich., and graduated from both Hope and the University of Michigan. He was active in the founding of NorthwesternMichigan College in Traverse City, and served as its first president from 1951

interdisciplinary team training for the Geriatrics

until 1970.

Division of the VeteransAdministrationMedical

While president, he was also active in Michigan community college affairsin addition to participatingin many local community

Center. He also continuedhis university

matters. His activitiesincluded the Traverse City Rotary Club, where he served as president during 1975-76. Survivorsinclude two sons, Robert J. Tanis of Boston, Mass., and FrederickJ. Tanis of Ann Arbor; seven grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

Hospital in Boston,

Mass. In 1976, he moved

Bloomington/Normal, 111., to be the director of the Professional Development Center and professorof education at IllinoisState University.

He came

to Little Rock in 1981 as director of

teaching career until his death as a lecturer in the

Gerontology Departmentof the Universityof Arkansas/Little Rock. He was a member of many professional associations and inducted into several honorary societies. He was a Fellow with the National TrainingLaboratories of the NationalEducation Associationfor 17 years, and conducted human relations training workshops throughout the nation.

Jean Vande Wege '44 of Zeeland,Mich., died on Sunday, Jan. 26, 1997. She was 77. She was a member of First Reformed Church, a Sunday school teacher and active in the ladies organizations of her church. Before her retirement, she was an elementary school teacher for the Wyoming, Mich., and Zeeland public schools. She was a member of the Zeeland Historical Society.

Presbyterian Church as an elder. He was appointed to the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Audiology and Speech Pathology by the state'sgovernor,servingcontinuouslyuntil his

He authored numerous professionaland academic books and publicationsduring the course of his career.

Upon

retiring in 1988, he

was immediately

He was

self-taught piano player, playing in

several jazz bands in his early years.

also

sang in church choirs,and was an avid gardener. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Grace Steketee Van Egmond; two sons, Alan E. (Juliane)Van Egmond of Chevy Chase, Md., and Timothy N. Van Egmond of Montague, Mass.; one daughter, Coralee A. Van Egmond of Arlington, Va.; one sister, Lois Ingalls of Sioux Falls, S.D.; two brothers/M^IvinVan Egmond of Altamonte Springs, Fla., and Victor Van Egmond of San Francisco, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Bridget and Brett Van Egmond. John F. VanOeveren '47 of Grand Rapids, Mich., died on Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997. 74.

He was

He was a veteran of World War II, having Navy in the South Pacific. He began his teachingcareer in Greenville,

served with the U.S.

Mich., and retired as a guidance counselorfrom the Forest Hills Schoolsin Grand Rapids, Mich.

He was a member of Orchard Hill Reformed Church. Survivors include his wife, Donna; sons, David (Vicki) VanOeverenand Donald (Diane) VanOeveren; three granddaughters; and a brother, Marvin, of Florida. JurrienHartger Winter '59 of Garden City, Mich., died on Wednesday, Feb.

12,

1997.

He had

also had a specialist degree from Eastern Michigan University. He had retired from teaching mathematics at Plymouth (Mich.) High School in 1995, and had also taught at Saranac (Mich.) High School. Survivorsincludehis wife, Joan; a son, John H.; two daughters, Katherine Sincheck and Eleanor M. Winter of Garden City; his parents, Hartger '27 and Katherine Winter of Allegan, Mich.; a brotherand sister-in-law, John E. '57 and Emelyn Curlee '58 Winter of Kalamazoo, Mich.; and a nephew and niece, Charles Winter '82 of BloomfieldHills,Mich., and Ellie Winter '83 Bolline of West Olive, Mich.

elected chair of the Arkansas State Legislative

Committee for the American Association of Retired Persons(AARP). He was also a leader in several

community organizations. leading lay person in Second

Sympathy To

He was a

The family of Stanley Curtis, who died on Sunday, Feb. 16, 1997, at age 104. Survivorsincludechildren Robert Curtis '41 of Holland, Mich.; Dorothy Curtis '42 Dykema of St. Charles, Mich.; and Caryl Curtis '52 Van Houten of Wyoming, Mich. The red brick family home, where he was bom, was in Holland, Mich., at CollegeAvenue and Seventh Street (location is now the Curtis Center).

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need your

The family of Esther M. Flowerday of Holland, Mich., who died on Tuesday, March 4, 1997, at age 75. She had been a secretaryat Hope for 23 years, retiring in 1985.

PARTICIPATION TOO!!

Survivors include her husband. Max; Ginny Flowerday, Dale and Karen Flowerdayof Holland, and Jean and Irvin Essenburg of Zeeland, Mich.; five grandchildren;brothers,Harvey and Maxine La man of Holland, and Howard and Marilyn Laman of Horida; a sister, Beatrice and Laveme Seme of Holland; a brother- and sister-in-law, Rosemary and Walter Jones of Canton Township, Mich.; and nieces and nephews. children, Carl and

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The family of Richard S. Lemmen of Holland, Mich., who died on Thursday, Feb. 27, 1997, at age 77.

He was a former supervisorof maintenance Hope. Survivorsinclude his wife, Mildred;a daughter, Connie and Jim Krans of Zeeland, at

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Mich.; a son-in-law, Ron Clapp of Hudsonville,

Mich.; four grandchildren;six

great-

grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Donald

Lemmen, Lawrence and Mildred Lemmen, Beatrice Borch, Julia and Lester Kaper, and Marcia and Bill Stegenga, all of Holland; brothers-and sisters-in-law.Jack DeGroot of Florida, PatriciaBosma of Holland, Walter Bosma of Irons and Wayne Bosma of Texas; and nieces, nephews and cousins.He was preceded in death by a daughter, Bonnie Clapp, in 1991.

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