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Aibo Anniversary ............................. 2
Countdown to Orientation ............. 3
Father-Son Pastors Honored ......... 5
National Honor for Rich Ray ........ 12
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HOPE COLLEGE
August 2001
Thoughts for the Journey
Hundreds of new students are about to begin their Hope experience.
A Hope sophomore reflects on her inaugural college year.
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Campus Notes
Gift celebrates exchange program
The experience-rich exchange
visits between Hope and Technos
College of Japan are usually for
two weeks, but the members of
this year’s Hope’s contingent
returned from Tokyo with a guest
who will be staying.
Dr. Kenji Tanaka, who founded Technos
in 1991, and his family presented them with
an Aibo, a robotic dog developed by Sony.
Aibo translates into English as “sidekick,”
“pal” or “companion.” Launched by Sony in
1999, Aibo is an interactive robot that learns
from its environment.
Hope and Technos College have had an
exchange relationship, sharing academic
prizes and visits, since 1992. Each March, a
faculty member and four students from
Technos visit Hope, experiencing classes and
the campus, traveling home with Hope students for part of spring break and then going
on to Chicago to experience a major U.S.
urban center. In June, the four Hope student
hosts and a faculty member travel to Japan,
touring Tokyo and elsewhere in the country,
and working with English classes at the
college.
The Japan visit culminates in Technos’s
“International Week,” attended by guests
from the seven colleges and universities
with which Technos has exchange programs
(five in the U.S., one in New Zealand, and
one in England). The Aibo were given to
each school’s faculty representative as part
of this year’s 10th anniversary celebration.
The family chose Aibo not only for its engaging nature, but for embodying Technos’s
emphasis on allying technical skill and
broader cultural knowledge to bring technology to life.
This year’s participants from Hope were
Dr. Maureen Odland Dunn, assistant professor of kinesiology; junior Jordana Blondin of
Grand Blanc, Mich.; sophomore Tony
Gawron of Muskegon, Mich.; junior Becky
Wieferich of Ithaca, Mich.; and junior Brian
Worrel of Muskegon.
Dr. Odland Dunn and the students are
creating a video and a web site about their
visit to Japan. Aibo’s training includes preparation for a starring role in the video.
“Quote, unquote”
Quote, unquote is an
eclectic sampling of
things said at and about
Hope College.
Events are being organized around the
nation highlighting the $85 million Legacies:
A Vision of Hope capital campaign and how
crucial it is to the future of the college. A
gathering on campus for the Holland/
Zeeland area on Monday, June 4, featured
remarks by more than a dozen members of
the campus community. Here are excerpts
from remarks made by Dr. Nancy
Sonneveldt ’62 Miller, dean for the social
sciences and a professor of education, who
focused on the strength and breadth of
Hope’s academic programs.
“Hope College occupies a distinctive––
even unique––place among all colleges and
universities, even among liberal arts colleges only, as a place where open inquiry
and rigorous intellectual challenge exist in
an environment that is distinctively and
unabashedly Christian. Few colleges try to
bring the two together. Even fewer succeed.
“We have an array of 56 major programs
in 23 departments. Students tell us they
come to Hope because they know they will
get to know faculty personally as mentors
and friends and that they’ll be able to
conduct collaborative research with those
faculty mentors.
“Most of you are familiar with research
in the natural sciences, but did you know
that we have a Center for Research in the
Social Sciences, and that this past year––and
right now––social science students are
working with faculty on such projects as: a
study of the effects of carbohydrate supplements (Gatorade) on the performance of
athletes; a project that studies the physical
and emotional effects that occur when a
person forgives or is forgiven; another that
looks at how young children in bilingual
homes learn to communicate.
“Other students opt for internships ––
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which are available in almost every discipline and number in the hundreds every
semester. This year, for example, we had a
psychology major working with terminally
and chronically ill children at the DeVos
Children’s Hospital and another working
with first–time offenders at the Juvenile
Court. Three students had internships at
the White House, two others at the
Smithsonian, and still another at a think
tank concerned with international security
issues.
“Our conviction that we have an obligation to give our students experiences
beyond the borders of Holland and the U.S.
sends them around the world. Very likely
to places most of us haven’t been...
“Opportunities abound on campus as
well. Our students find that despite a
general education (or core) curriculum that
comprises about 40 percent of their coursework, they can still major in two––even
three––different disciplines (if that’s what
they want or what meets their career goals).
They can take part in campus activities
totally unrelated to their academic interests.
And when they do so, they find that the
available slots in a play, on a team, or on a
musical ensemble, are as available to them
as they are to students majoring in those
fields...
“Across our campus––from the hallowed
(but shabby) halls of Lubbers, to the
state–of–the–art physics facilities in
VanderWerf, from the Peale Science
Building’s labs and classrooms to those
tucked away in the chapel basement––we
share facilities as well as students. Our
classrooms and labs are packed with students who cross departmental and
divisional borders. Rarely does a department get to ’own’ a space.
“As we plan for expansion of our facilities, we’ve kept this crossing of boundaries
in mind by planning flexible spaces that will
serve a variety of functions. Our focus is on
being good stewards even while we provide
’undergraduate programs of recognized
excellence in the context of the historic
Christian faith.’”
The Aibo interactive dog given to Hope by Technos College enjoys her ball. (Hope’s
exchange participants have decided the Aibo is a she). From left to right are students Brian
Worrel and Becky Wieferich and kinesiology faculty member Dr. Maureen Odland Dunn.
news from
HOPE COLLEGE
Volume 33, No. 1
August 2001
On the cover
At top center, senior Kevin Woloszyn of Oak Lawn, Ill., conducts research along the
Indiana lakeshore in July.
At top right, members of the Dorian Sorority work on a float during Homecoming ’00.
Our main illustration features a mix of “snapshots” taken during the 2000–01 academic
year––from move–in day through Christmas Vespers through the “Spring Fling” picnic.
Volume 33, No. 1
August 2001
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.
Editor: Thomas L. Renner ’67
Managing Editor: Gregory S. Olgers ’87
Layout and Design:
Holland Litho Service, Inc.
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of Greenville, Mich.
Contributing Writers:
Natalia Vander Hoek ’02,
Holly Winstanley ’04
Contributing Photographers:
Kent Busman ’82, Greg Murray,
Lou Schakel ’71, Kathy Winnett-Murray
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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 disability to all the rights,
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prohibiting discrimination in employment.
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Campus Notes
ENDURING TRIBUTES: The service
of Dr. Jacob E. Nyenhuis, who retired on
June 30 as provost and professor of classics, will be remembered in perpetuity
through two endowed scholarships and
the college’s faculty development
program.
The “Jacob E. Nyenhuis Scholarship”
was established through the estate of Dr.
Ruth Todd, professor emerita of classics,
who died on Jan. 10, 2000, at age 81. Dr.
Todd joined the Hope faculty in 1977, and
retired in 1986. Dr. Nyenhuis had been
her mentor at Wayne State University, and
they were later colleagues at both Wayne
State and at Hope. The scholarship supports students with financial need who are
pursuing an academic program in classical
studies or ancient civilization.
The “Jacob E. and Leona M. Nyenhuis
Scholarship” was established by friends
and colleagues on the occasion of his
retirement. The scholarships are intended
for students who value diversity and cultural understanding as societal goals.
The college’s overall program for managing endowed faculty development
grants has also been named in Dr.
Nyenhuis’s honor. Hope has more than 20
individually named funds that provide
support for faculty professional activity
during the summer.
Dr. Nyenhuis joined the Hope faculty in
1975 as dean for humanities. He was
appointed dean for arts and humanities in
1978, and provost in 1984.
SCHOLARSHIP DISPLAYED: Faculty
books have a new showcase in the northern office block on the second floor of the
DeWitt Center.
A new bookcase in the reception area
displays books given to recently–retired
provost Dr. Jacob E. Nyenhuis through the
years by members of the faculty.
“Although I was tempted to take them
home with me to enjoy, I feel that they
should be prominently displayed where
visitors to the college will have the opportunity to see the fruit of the labors of many
of our faculty members,” he said.
Located just outside the provost’s
office, the cabinet features books by
current, retired, and former faculty. The
bookcase was built by Henry Bosch of the
college’s physical plant staff.
MAAS CHAPLAINCY: The Rev. Paul
Boersma ’82 of the Hope staff has been
appointed to the college’s Leonard and
Marjorie Maas Endowed Chaplaincy.
The chaplaincy was established in 1998
by Leonard and Marjorie Maas of
Grandville to provide on–going support of
the campus ministries program.
The college’s chaplains work in pastoral
and relational ministry with Hope students, helping the students to respond to
personal and spiritual challenges and to
grow in their faith. Activities of the
campus ministries office include weekday
and Sunday evening worship services,
small group Bible studies, and leadership
and service opportunities for students, the
latter including several spring break
mission trips domestically and abroad.
Rev. Boersma joined the college’s
campus ministries staff during the
summer of 1994. He was previously
pastor of youth and education at
Community Reformed Church in
Holland, where he had been employed
since 1983.
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Speaker to receive degree
The 140th academic
year at Hope College
will begin formally with
an opening convocation
on Sunday, Aug. 26, at
2 p.m. in Dimnent
Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is
free.
The convocation address will be
delivered by Dr. Orlando L. Taylor, who
is dean of the Graduate School and a
graduate professor in the School of
Communication at Howard University in
Washington, D.C. Hope will be conferring an honorary degree, a doctor of
letters (Litt.D.) upon Dr. Taylor during
the convocation.
The convocation will be carried live
by local cable, Channel 6, in Holland.
Among other campus projects, new
shelving was installed in the music
library during the summer, increasing
storage space in the library by 40
percent.
ARCHIVES DIRECTOR: Geoffrey
Reynolds has been appointed director of
the Joint Archives of Holland, located at
Hope.
Professor Reynolds had served as collections archivist with the rank of assistant
professor since January of 1997, and had
been acting director of the archives since
January of this year. He assumed his new
duties on July 1.
The Joint Archives of Holland, which
opened in 1988, brings together the
archival collections of Hope College with
those of the Holland Museum, Western
Theological Seminary and other organizations that contract for archival services.
The archives is located on the ground level
of the Van Wylen Library.
Professor Reynolds succeeds Larry
Wagenaar ’87, who had been director of
A private institution, Howard
University is the only historically and
predominantly black university recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching as a Level I
Research University. The university
ranks among the nation’s largest producers of African American Ph.D. recipients.
Dr. Taylor played a leadership role in
establishing the academic exchange relationship that Hope and Howard
University have maintained since 1998.
Through the relationship, several “ABD”
(all but dissertation) doctoral candidates
from the university have spent an internship year at Hope as “Preparing Future
Faculty Teaching Fellows.” Fellows have
worked with Hope departments ranging
from English to mathematics.
Dr. Taylor has been a member of
Howard University’s faculty since 1973.
He chaired Howard’s Department of
Communication Arts and Sciences from
1975 to 1980, and served as Dean of its
School of Communications from 1985 to
1993. He has served as the Graduate
Dean since 1993.
He served as executive assistant to the
president at Howard University in 1994,
and as interim vice president for academic affairs during 1994–95. During 1996–97
he was also Dean in Residence at the
Council of Graduate Schools in
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Taylor is the author of numerous
articles, chapters and books, including
the books Language Acquisition Across
North America: Cross Cultural and Cross
Linguistic Perspectives and Making the
Connection:
Language and Academic
Achievement for African American Children,
both published in 1999.
He is a member of numerous boards.
He is currently chair of the Board of
Directors of the Council of Graduate
Schools; a member of the Advisory
Council, Education and Research
Directorate, of the National Science
Foundation; a member of the Advisory
Council, National Institute on Deafness
and Other Communicative Disorders, of
the National Institutes of Health; and a
member of the Board of Directors of
Project SEED. He is president of the
the Joint Archives of Holland since its
founding. Wagenaar, who was on sabbatical during the most recent spring
semester, has become executive director of
the Historical Society of Michigan.
In addition to his work at the college,
Professor Reynolds is currently serving as
vice president, and president–elect, of the
Michigan Archival Association (MAA).
He is also on the Executive Board of the
Dutch–American Historical Society;
co–editor of the GRIST records management/archives newsletter; secretary of the
Holland Area Historical Society; and on
the Publication Advisory Committee of
the Holland Historical Trust. He is a
member of several professional and historical associations, and serves as an archival
consultant to the Charlevoix Historical
Society.
Dr. Orlando L. Taylor
Northeastern Association of Graduate
Schools, and past chair of the Governing
Board of the U.S./South Africa
Education Partnership Program in
Atmospheric Science, Oceanic Science
and Environmental Science, which he
chairs.
Although open to the general public
and campus community, the Opening
Convocation is particularly geared
toward new students and their families,
and the college projects a large audience.
Hope is anticipating a large freshman
class for the coming school year, according to Jon Huisken, who is dean for
academic services and registrar. Huisken
noted that the new class and the returning classes together could help Hope
pass 3,000 students for the second consecutive year. Last fall’s enrollment of
3,015 was a record for the college.
Residence halls for Hope’s new students will open on Friday, Aug. 24, at 10
a.m. Orientation events will begin that
evening and will continue through
Monday, Aug. 27.
Returning students are not to arrive
on campus before noon on Sunday, Aug.
26. Classes will begin on Tuesday, Aug.
28, at 8 a.m.
He has written articles on topics related
to archival work as well as a variety of
aspects of state and local history. His
research interests include the maritime
history of the Great Lakes.
GENERAL SYNOD PROFESSOR: Dr.
Timothy Brown ’73 has been named to the
office of General Synod Professor of
Theology of the Reformed Church in
America (RCA).
He was elected on Tuesday, June 12,
during the General Synod meeting in
Pella, Iowa.
Dr. Brown is Hinga–Boersma Dean of
the Chapel at Hope and the Henry Bast
Professor of Preaching at Western
Theological Seminary.
(See “Campus Notes” on page seven.)
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Events
Academic Calendar
Fall Semester
Aug. 24, Friday––Residence Halls open for new students,
10 a.m.
Aug. 24–27, Friday–Monday––New Student Orientation
Aug. 26, Sunday––Residence halls open for returning students, noon; Opening Convocation, Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 2 p.m.
Aug. 27, Monday––Late registration, Maas Center auditorium, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Aug. 28, Tuesday––Classes begin, 8 a.m.
Sept. 3, Monday––Labor Day; classes in session
Oct. 2–3, Tuesday–Wednesday––Critical Issues Symposium
Oct. 5, Friday––Fall Recess begins, 6 p.m.
Oct. 10, Wednesday––Fall Recess ends, 8 a.m.
Oct. 12–14, Friday–Sunday––Homecoming Weekend
Nov. 2–4, Friday–Sunday––Parents’ Weekend
Nov. 22, Thursday––Thanksgiving Recess begins, 8 a.m.
Nov. 26, Monday––Thanksgiving Recess ends, 8 a.m.
Dec. 7, Friday––Last day of classes
Dec. 10–14, Monday–Friday––Semester examinations
Dec. 14, Friday––Residence halls close, 5 p.m.
Admissions
Campus Visits: The Admissions Office is open from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 9 a.m. until noon on
Saturdays. Tours and admissions interviews are available
during the summer as well as the school year.
Appointments are 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.
Friday, Oct. 12
Monday, Jan. 21
Friday, Oct. 26
Friday, Feb. 1
Friday, Nov. 2
Friday, Feb. 15
Friday, Nov. 16
Friday, March 1
RCA/Youth Football Day: Saturday, Sept. 15
Junior Days: Friday, April 5; Friday, April 19
Senior Day: Saturday, April 13 (for admitted students)
Pre–Professional Day: Wednesday, May 22
For further information about any Admissions Office event,
please call (616) 395–7850, or toll free 1–800–968–7850; check
on–line at www.hope.edu/admissions; or write: Hope College
Admissions Office; 69 E. 10th St.; PO Box 9000; Holland, MI;
49422–9000.
Knickerbocker Theatre
THEATRE
Downtown Holland at 86 East Eighth Street
In the Mood for Love––Friday–Thursday, Aug. 10–16, 7
p.m. and 9 p.m.
A Time for Drunken Horses––Friday–Thursday, Aug.
17–23, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
A Hard Day’s Night––Monday, Aug. 27–Saturday, Sept.
1, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Shadow Magic––Monday–Saturday, Sept. 3–8, 7 p.m. and
9:15 p.m.
The Knickerbocker is closed on Sundays. Tickets are $5 for
regular adult admission and $4 for senior citizens and students.
For more information, please call (616) 395–7403.
Hope College Theatre
The Years––Friday–Saturday, Sept. 28–29; Wednesday–
Thursday, Oct. 3–4; Wednesday–Thursday, Oct. 10–13
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
The Inspector General––Friday–Saturday, Nov. 16–17;
Wednesday–Saturday, Nov. 28–Dec. 1
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets for Hope College Theatre productions are $7 for regular
adult admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for senior
citizens and students, and will be available approximately two
weeks before the production opens. The ticket office is open
Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday
from noon to 5 p.m., and may be called at (616) 395–7890.
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Music
Organ Concert––Monday, Sept. 17: Huw Lewis, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, Sept. 23: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Symphonette Concert––Friday, Sept. 28:
Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Jazz Ensemble Concert––Tuesday, Oct. 2: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Arts and Humanities Fair Concert––Thursday, Oct. 4:
Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 11 a.m. Admission is free.
“Collage” Concert––Thursday, Oct. 4: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Wind Symphony Concert––Tuesday, Oct. 16: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Orchestra Concert––Friday, Oct. 19: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Symphonette Concert––Friday, Oct. 26: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Senior Recital––Friday, Nov. 2: violinist Josiah Dykstra of
Sioux City, Iowa, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of
Music, 6 p.m. Admission is free.
Combined Orchestra and Wind Symphony Concert––
Friday, Nov. 2: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, Nov. 4: Richard Piippo, Wichers
Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is
free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, Nov. 18: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Women’s Chorus Concert––Monday, Nov. 19: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Jazz Combos––Tuesday, Nov. 20: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Jazz Ensembles––Thursday, Nov. 29: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Christmas Vespers––Saturday–Sunday, Dec. 1–2: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel. The services will be on Saturday, Dec. 1,
at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8
p.m. The public sale of tickets will be held on Saturday, Nov.
17, from 9 a.m. to noon in the lobby of the DeWitt Center,
located on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street. Ticket prices
TBA later in the fall.
Orchestra Kletz Christmas Concert––Friday, Dec. 7: DeWitt
Center Kletz, noon. Admission is free.
Critical Issues Symposium
“Earth Matters: Daily Decisions, Environmental Echoes”
Tuesday–Wednesday, Oct. 2–3
The Critical Issues Symposium is a two–day event that
explores social, political and moral issues in depth.
Open to the general public as well as the Hope community, the event features keynote addresses as well as
smaller focus sessions and opportunity for discussion.
This year’s symposium will provide an intensive look
at environmental issues. The event will begin with a
keynote address on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 8 p.m. in Dimnent
Memorial Chapel and will continue throughout the day
on Wednesday, Oct. 3. Admission is free.
As a follow–up, the San Francisco Mime Troupe will
present a play concerning genetically engineered foods
on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Center
main theatre, with discussion to follow. Tickets will cost
$10 for regular adult admission and $5 for students.
For more about this year’s symposium and topic, please see the
stories on pages eight and nine.
AlumniEvents
and
Regional
Friends
Grand Rapids, Mich.––Tuesday, Aug. 14
A gathering at Old Kent Park as the White Caps play the
Cedar Rapids Kernals beginning at 7 p.m.
Community Day––Saturday, Sept. 15
Homecoming Weekend––Friday–Sunday, Oct. 12–14
Includes reunions for 1986, 1991 and 1996.
Winter Happening––Saturday, Feb. 2
Alumni Weekend––Friday–Sunday, May 3–5
Includes reunions for every fifth class from ’37 through
’82.
For additional information concerning alumni events, please call
the Office of Public and Alumni Relations at (616) 395–7860.
(See “Events” on page 6.)
NFHC August 2001
Legacies: A Vision of Hope
Service inspires lasting tribute
Two careers spent in
service have inspired a
gift that will have a
lasting impact on Hope
students for generations
to come.
The Revs. John Buteyn Sr. ’36 and John
(Jack) Buteyn Jr. ’66 have spent a combined
90 years in service to the Reformed Church
in America (RCA). John has been in ministry for 60 years, and Jack for 30. To help
commemorate the individual and combined
milestones, the Reformed Church in Plano,
Texas, which Jack founded and both he and
his father serve, established the “Buteyn
Family Scholarship Fund” at Hope in their
honor.
The tribute, announced following the
church’s 11 a.m. service on Sunday, Nov. 12,
was completely unexpected.
“It was really a surprise to both of us,”
Jack said. “There were little hints that
something might be done, but I thought
maybe we’d have coffee and crumpets and
that’d be it.”
Both feel that the congregation couldn’t
have picked a better way of honoring them.
“We were just overwhelmed,” Jack said.
“It was just a great recognition.”
“This kind of scholarship is absolutely
wonderful,” John said. “Often they send
you off on a nice trip or something, but that
doesn’t compare to what they’ve done––it’s
something that’s going to last a long time,
which really means a lot.”
A native of Wisconsin, John wasn’t the
first generation in his family to set foot on
the Hope campus when he arrived in the
early ’30s. His father Perry had attended
the Academy in his own youth.
From Hope, John went on to Western
Theological Seminary, graduating in 1939.
His first pastorate was at Bethel Reformed
Church in Harvey, Ill., a church that he had
helped organize while he was still in seminary. Next he went to First Reformed
Church of Rochester, N.Y.
In 1956 he took a staff position in world
missions with the RCA. He successively
served as western field secretary; secretary
of promotion; area secretary for the Middle
East, India and Africa; and secretary for
World Ministries of the General Program
Council. “Places like Bahrain, Kuwait and
Oman were almost like a second home to
me because I was there once or twice every
year,” John said.
After retiring in 1982 he held a series of
interim pastorates before joining Jack in
Texas.
Jack also graduated from Western
Theological Seminary after completing his
degree from Hope. He served first at
Immanuel Reformed in Lansing, Mich., and
next in Clymer, N.Y.
He went to Plano, a Dallas suburb, in
1978, challenged to establish a new church
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in a rapidly–growing area in which the RCA
was relatively unknown. And he’s loved it.
“It’s been very positive to watch the
Reformed Church grow down there,” Jack
said. “It’s been a real adventure, and we’ve
had a wonderful time.”
“It’s been a very gracious congregation,”
he said. “From the beginning they’ve been
very kind and very positive. It’s just been a
wonderful place to serve. I always thought
that’s the way the church could be––very
accepting and non–judgmental.”
Jack and his family had been in Plano for
more than a decade when his father and
mother Margaret joined them to, as John
put it, do “what we could to help Jack
along.”
John’s contributions have included
establishing a “Job–Net” program as a networking resource for the unemployed in the
Plano/North Dallas area.
In its
decade–plus of operation, “Job–Net” has
worked with more than 1,000 people.
Jack has also appreciated his dad’s work
as a mentor––not only to him, but to others
in the congregation. “It’s been a lot of fun to
work with my dad,” he said.
“Our church was so young when he
came that he was kind of like the resident
grandpa,” Jack said. “He filled a very neat
role in the church.”
The Buteyn family’s multi–generational
impact is continuing in new ways as well.
Jack’s son John graduated from Princeton
Seminary in May and has joined the
church––where he had earlier held an
internship––as minister of outreach and
assimilation.
Despite careers that have taken them
across the country and the world, John and
Their combined 90 years in service to the Reformed Church in America prompted
the Reformed Church in Plano, Texas, to endow a scholarship at Hope in honor of
the Revs. John Buteyn Sr. ’36 and John (Jack) Buteyn Jr. ’66.
Jack have each stayed active in the life of the
college (John’s daughter and Jack’s sister,
Carol (Buteyn) Berberian, is also a Hope
graduate: Class of ’62). John delivered the
college’s Baccalaureate sermon in 1972, the
same year that Hope awarded him an honorary degree for his service to the
denomination. Jack was a member of the
college’s Board of Trustees from 1985 to
1993.
They have also made it back to campus
for class reunions, most recently in May, for
the 65–year and 35–year reunions of their
classes of ’36 and ’66 respectively. John was
on the planning committee for this year’s
65–year reunion.
Speaking during the May visit, Jack
noted, “It just is great to see the college.”
“All of us remember different eras in the
college’s life, and just to see the way they’ve
handled things––like the new facilities––it
really is encouraging,” he said.
Reflecting further on the scholarship he
noted, “They couldn’t have done anything
more exciting to me because it contributes
to an institution that I’ve loved for a long
time, and in a way that neither my dad nor
I could do personally.”
Gifts personal and crucial
Endowed scholarships at
Hope are inspired in many
ways and take many forms,
but they have one thing in
common. Their importance
cannot be overestimated.
During the 2000–01 school year, more
than 1,100 Hope students received
need–based scholarships, many of which
were named. For most of those students,
the aid makes the difference between being
able to attend Hope––or not.
Since the official start of the Legacies: A
Vision of Hope campaign, more than 70
endowed scholarship funds have been
created. Sources have ranged from individuals, families or groups seeking to honor
someone, as in the case of the Buteyns; to
corporations seeking to support needy
Hope students interested in select fields; to
bequests from individuals who remembered the college in their estate plans.
Some examples:
The Van Zyl Scholarship. Awarded to
chemistry students with need, the scholarship was established by a foundation to
honor Dr. Gerrit Van Zyl ’18, who taught
chemistry at Hope from 1923 to 1964.
Memorial gifts have been added to the
scholarship following the death of his son,
Gyte Van Zyl ’52, on March 13, 2001.
Miracle on 8th Street. Established by
parents of members of the women’s basketball team that won the NCAA Division
III national championship in 1990. Awards
are given to students who demonstrate
leadership skills and a competitive spirit.
Marion Nyboer Scholarship. Created
by Dr. Andrew Nyboer ’39 to honor his
wife of 55 years.
Sikkel Scholarship. Created through
the estate of Antoinette Sikkel ’50 for students with financial need pursuing careers
in music.
Endowed scholarships may be created
with a financial commitment of any
amount, and may be added to over time.
Once the market value reaches $10,000, the
college begins to award income as scholarships to one or more students. The
scholarship fund is considered endowed
when it reaches $25,000.
Legacies: A Vision of Hope is an $85
million fund–raising effort that has three
primary components: renovating and
expanding the science center, increasing
the endowment, and addressing
short–term and long–term facility and
space needs.
For more information, please visit the
college on–line at www.hope.edu or call
(616) 395–7783.
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Fall Sports
Cross Country Schedule
2001 Men’s Soccer Schedule
Cross Country Schedule
Men’s Soccer Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 1 .......................HOPE INVITATIONAL, 11 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 7...............at North Central, Ill. Invitational, 5 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 14.....................at UW Oshkosh Invitational, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22...............................MIAA JAMBOREE, 11 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 28 ..................at Augustana, Ill. Invitational, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6.....................at Lansing CC Invitational, 11 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13 ...............at UW LaCrosse Invitational, 11 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 19.....................................at Alma Invitational, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27........MIAA Championships at Calvin, 11 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10 .......NCAA Regionals at Kalamazoo, 11 a.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17 .NCAA Nationals at Augustana, Ill., 11 a.m.
Fri.–Sat., Aug. 31–Sept. 1 ...........at Anderson, Ind., Tournament
Fri.–Sat., Sept. 7–8....HOPE–CALVIN EXCHANGE TOURN.
Tuesday, Sept. 11......................................at Concordia, Ill., 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15 ...................................at North Park, Ill., 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19............................................*at Albion, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22 ............................................*CALVIN, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 25 .........................................*at Kalamazoo, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29 .............................................*OLIVET, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 3 ...................................................*ALMA, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6...................................................AQUINAS, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 9.....................................................*ADRIAN, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13..............................................*ALBION, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 17..............................................*at Calvin, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20..................................*KALAMAZOO, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 23 ....................................................*at Olivet, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27 ...............................................*at Alma, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 31......ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARY’S, 3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3 .............................................*at Adrian, 1:30 p.m.
Nov. 7–Nov. 25..........................................NCAA Championships
Home meets at Van Raalte Farm, east 16th Street, Holland
2001 Football Schedule
Football Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 8..........................at Valparaiso, Ind., 1 p.m. CDT
Saturday, Sept. 15..............................+DEPAUW, IND., 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22..............................at Wheaton, Ill., 1 p.m. CDT
Saturday, Sept. 29..................WISCONSIN LUTHERAN, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13..................................++*KALAMAZOO, 2 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20.....................................................*at Alma, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27..................................................*ADRIAN, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 3.............................................+++*OLIVET, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10.................................................*at Albion, 1 p.m.
Nov. 17–Dec. 15.........................................NCAA Championships
*MIAA Game
Home games played at Buys Athletic Fields, 11th St. & Fairbanks Ave.
Fri.–Sat., Sept. 7–8......................................Comet Classic at Olivet
Tuesday, Sept. 11..................................................*at Albion, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19.............................................*at Olivet, 1 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 21 ............................................at Tri-State, Ind., noon
Saturday, Sept. 22............................................*at Alma, 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 25.......................................................*HOPE, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 26......................................at Aquinas, 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29.................at John Carroll Tournament, 9 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 1...............................................*at Calvin, 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6....................................................*at Adrian, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 9 .............................................*at Kalamazoo, 1 p.m.
Women’s
Soccer Schedule
001 Women’s
Soccer Schedule
Friday, Aug. 31 .......................................at Grove City, Pa., 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 1..........................................at Geneva, Pa., 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 5 ............................................at Aquinas, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8 ..................RICHARD STOCKTON, N.J., noon
Tuesday, Sept. 11 .......................................*at Saint Mary’s, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15 ..................................................*ADRIAN, noon
Wednesday, Sept. 19 ............................................*ALBION, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22 ...................................................*at Calvin, noon
Tuesday, Sept. 25 ......................................*KALAMAZOO, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29....................................................*at Olivet, noon
Wednesday, Oct. 3..................................................*at Alma, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 6 .........................................*SAINT MARY’S, noon
Tuesday, Oct. 9.....................................................*at Adrian, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13 ....................................................*at Albion, noon
Wednesday, Oct. 17..............................................*CALVIN, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20 ............................................*at Kalamazoo, noon
Tuesday, Oct. 23.....................................................*OLIVET, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27 ........................................................*ALMA, noon
Oct. 31–Nov. 18..........................................NCAA Championships
*MIAA Tournament
Home tournament played at Clearbrook Golf Course
*MIAA Game
Home games played at Buys Athletic Fields, 11th St. & Fairbanks Ave.
*MIAA Game
+Community Day
++Homecoming
+++Parents Day
Home games played at Holland Municipal Stadium
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2001 VolleyballVolleyball
Schedule
Schedule
Fri.–Sat., Aug. 31–Sept. 1 ......at Mt. St. Joseph, Ohio, Tournament
Wednesday, Sept. 5.............................................*ALMA, 6:30 p.m.
Fri.–Sat., Sept. 7–8.........................at Ohio Northern Tournament
Tuesday, Sept. 11.................................*KALAMAZOO, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15.................................................*at Albion, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 19........................................*at Olivet, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22 *CALVIN, 11 a.m., CORNERSTONE, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 27...................................*SAINT MARY’S, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 29 ................................................*ADRIAN, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 3 ............................................*at Alma, 6:30 p.m.
Fri.–Sat., Oct. 5–6............................at Central, Iowa, Tournament
Wednesday, Oct. 10.........................................*ALBION, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 12...............................................*at Kalamazoo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 13....................................................*OLIVET, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 17 ........................................*at Calvin, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20..................................................*at Adrian, 1 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 24...................................*at Saint Mary’s, 7 p.m.
Fri.–Sat., Oct. 26–27 ....................Midwest Tournament at Calvin
Tues.–Sat., Oct. 30–Nov. 3 ..............................MIAA Tournament
Nov. 8–Dec. 1 .............................................NCAA Championships
*MIAA Match
Home matches played at Dow Center, 13th St. & Columbia Ave.
2001 Men’s Golf Schedule
Men’s Golf Schedule
Women’s
Golf Schedule
2001 Women’s
Golf Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 1.................................at Ferris Invitational, 8 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 15 ................................................*at Olivet, 11 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 18..................................................*at Albion, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 22 ...................................................*at Adrian, TBA
Fri.–Sat., Sept. 28–29......MIAA Championships at Saint Mary’s
Wednesday, Oct. 3 ...................................at Aquinas Classic, TBA
Fri.–Sat., Oct. 12–13 .........................at DePauw, Ind., Invitational
*MIAA Tournament
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Events
Visiting Writers Series
Wednesday, Sept. 26––Linda DeRosier
Wednesday, Oct. 24––Marjorie Agosin
Thursday, Nov. 15––Richard Jones and Lan Samantha Chang
Thursday, Feb. 21––Nahid Rachlin and Samuel Hazo
Monday, March 11––Cornelius Eady and 20th Anniversary
Celebration
Wednesday, April 17––Gary Soto
All of this year’s readings will be at the Knickerbocker Theatre
beginning at 7 p.m. Live music by the Hope College Jazz
Chamber Ensemble will precede the readings at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free. For more information or to be placed on the
series’s mailing list, please call the department of English at
(616) 395–7620.
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Traditional Events
VENTS
Opening Convocation––Sunday, Aug. 26, 2 p.m.
Pull tug–of–war––Saturday, Sept. 22, 3 p.m.
Critical Issues Symposium––Tuesday–Wednesday, Oct. 2–3
Theme: Earth Matters: Daily Decisions, Environmental Echoes
Nykerk Cup competition––Saturday, Nov. 3
Christmas Vespers––Saturday–Sunday, Dec. 1–2
Musical Showcase––Monday, March 4, 8 p.m.
DeVos Hall, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Honors Convocation––Thursday, April 25, 7 p.m.
Baccalaureate and Commencement––Sunday, May 5
For High School Students:
Arts and Humanities Fair––Thursday, Oct. 4
Science Day––Thursday, Nov. 1
\De Pree Gallery
Alqa Gabra Sellase: Ethiopian Icon Painter––Friday, Sept.
7–Friday, Nov. 16
There will be an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 7, from
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Juried Student Show––Friday, Nov. 30–Friday, Dec. 14
The gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
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Updates on events, news and athletics at Hope may be
obtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395–7888.
NFHC August 2001
Campus Notes
New Trustees named
T
here have been three
appointments and three
reappointments to the
Hope College Board of
Trustees.
Newly chosen to serve on the board are
the Rev. David M. Bast ’73 of Grand
Rapids, Mich.; Dr. G. Oliver Patterson of
Queens Village, N.Y.; and Cheri DeVos ’82
Vander Weide of Windermere, Fla. Rev.
Bast and Vander Weide have been
appointed to four–year terms, and Dr.
Patterson to a three–year term.
Those re–elected to four–year terms are:
Joel G. Bouwens ’74 of Zeeland, Mich.; Dr.
Douglas A. Edema ’73 of Grand Rapids,
Mich.; and William H. Waldorf of
Brookville, N.Y.
Retiring from the board is the Rev.
Louis E. Lotz ’72 of Jenison, Mich.
J. Kermit Campbell of Traverse City,
Mich., continues to chair the board. Joel G.
Bouwens continues to serve as vice chair,
and Lynne Walchenbach ’73 Hendricks of
Grandville, Mich., continues to serve as
secretary.
Rev. Bast has been broadcast minister
and president of Words of Hope since
1994.
Words of Hope broadcasts gospel radio
programs in approximately 40 languages
worldwide, especially among the world’s
least–evangelized, hardest–to–reach peoples.
As part of his work with the radio ministry,
Rev. Bast preaches frequently in churches
and conferences, representing Words of
Hope across the Reformed Church in
America and around the world.
Prior to joining Words of Hope, he held
pastorates at Hamilton (Mich.) Reformed
Church; First Reformed Church of South
Holland, Ill.; and Fifth Reformed Church
in Grand Rapids, Mich. He completed his
Dr. David M. Bast ’73
Dr. G. Oliver Patterson
Cheri DeVos ’82 Vander Weide
M.Div. at Western Theological Seminary
in 1976.
His father was the Rev. Henry Bast ’30,
who taught at Hope and at Western
Theological Seminary, and who preached
on the Temple Time radio program––predecessor of Words of Hope––from 1952 to
1972.
Rev. Bast and his wife, Betty Jo Viel ’73
Bast, have four children: Andrew, Peter,
Jane ’03 and Anne.
2000. While there he was on the Board for
the Center for Distance Education, the
Board of the Institute on the African
Diaspora in the Americas and the
Caribbean, and the Board of Review for
CUNY’s doctoral program in education.
Dr. Patterson is co–moderator of the
Reformed Church in America’s Commission
on Race and Ethnicity, and is past president
of the RCA’s African–American Council.
His books include Learning from
Textbooks, Strategies for Reading and
Hand–in–Hand: Helping Children Celebrate
Diversity.
He and his wife, Irma, have three children: Michelle, George and Vanessa.
joined the family business, Amway
Corporation. She served in a variety of
capacities with the company, including
Director of Marketing–Health and Beauty,
and Vice President of Corporate Affairs.
She moved to Orlando after the DeVos
family purchased the NBA’s Orlando
Magic in 1991 and her husband, Bob
Vander Weide, became a vice president
with the organization. Her husband is currently President and CEO of RDV Sports,
which includes the Magic, the WNBA’s
Orlando Miracle and the RDV Sportsplex.
Cheri served for eight years as the Chair of
RDV Sports Team Charities, which
fundraises and distributes grants to the
Central Florida community. She continues
to serve as a member of that board.
Vander Weide’s activities include
serving on the Boards of RDV Corporation
and RDV Sports. She also chairs the
DeVos Children’s Hospital Committee.
She and her husband have four children:
Hannah, Katie, Benjamin and Jessa.
Dr. Patterson is a professor of literacy
education at New York University in the
Department of Teaching and Learning. He
is principal investigator of the Revson
Fellows program that supports the retention and development of beginning
teachers. In February he was the featured
speaker at Hope in conjunction with the college’s celebration of Black History Month.
Before joining the faculty of NYU, Dr.
Patterson was a member of the faculty of
The City College, CUNY, from 1972 to
Vander Weide is a member of the
Board of Directors of Alticor Inc., parent
company of Amway Corp.
After graduating from Hope, she took a
job as a Project Specialist for the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce in Washington,
D.C. She returned to West Michigan and
Campus Notes
(Continued from page three.)
Qualifications for the General Synod professorship include being a Reformed Church
minister who has spent at least three years
as a full–time associate or full professor at
one of the seminaries of the Reformed
Church. According to the RCA, the professor of theology “shall be a minister in good
standing, sound in the faith, possessed of
ability to teach, have the confidence of the
churches, and shall have made recognized
contributions to the church.”
Dr. Brown was nominated by the seminary’s Board of Trustees. Accomplishments
highlighted in the formal nomination
included his “great effectiveness in teaching”; his significant contributions “to the
creation of a caring, collegial, and fertile
learning
environment
at
Western
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Seminary”; and his service as “a highly
effective liaison between the seminary and
the churches of the Reformed Church in
America.”
He has been a member of the Western
Theological Seminary faculty since 1995. He
became the Hinga–Boersma Dean of the
Chapel on July 1, in a historic first–ever joint
appointment by Hope and Western, which
are sister institutions of the RCA. He was
interim dean of the chapel at Hope during
the spring semester.
STATEWIDE COMPETITION: At least
three Hope alumnae or students participated in two different statewide competitions
leading up to the forthcoming Miss America
competition.
Diana Frazier, a sophomore from Grand
Haven, Mich., competed in the 2001 Miss
Michigan Scholarship Pageant, held on
Thursday–Saturday, June 14–16, in
Muskegon, Mich. There were 27 participants.
Erin Barrone ’99 of Plymouth, Ind., and
Jodi Kurtze ’01 of Elkhart, Ind., competed in
the Miss Indiana Scholarship Program, held
on Thursday–Saturday, June 14–16, in Terre
Haute, Ind. There were 21 participants.
All three had won regional competitions
prior to participating in the state–wide
events. Non–alumnae won the Indiana and
Michigan competitions.
FACULTY KUDOS
Neal Sobania ’68, director of internation-
al education and professor of history, is
quoted in the July 9–16 issue of U.S. News &
World Report.
The issue features a section on photography’s impact through the years. Dr. Sobania
is quoted in the article “Western Eyes, Exotic
Lives.”
The article discusses photojournalism’s
presentation of indigenous, non–Western
cultures. The article considers the way that
photography, rather than chronicling such
cultures “objectively,” has often reinforced
stereotypes through the images produced
for the public.
As noted in the U.S. News article, Dr.
Sobania’s investigation of the topic has
included studying photographs of the Masai
and Zulu in Africa.
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Campus Profile
By Natalia Vander Hoek ’02
Eyes focused on earth matters
In early October, Hope
College will provide the
campus and the Holland
community with an opportunity to focus an
inquisitive eye on environmental issues during the
21st annual Critical Issues
Symposium.
Across the campus, many faculty
members have already made environmental
research their emphasis. In their investigations, they have encountered and explored
many of the issues that the symposium will
consider.
“Environmental issues have to be looked
at from political, economic, scientific and
theological standpoints,” said Dr. Jonathan
Peterson ’84, a geologist whose local
research concentrates on Lake Macatawa
watershed contamination.
Dr. Robin Klay of the economics faculty
has written several articles on environmental justice. “All economists would agree
with the public that environmental
resources are worth a lot––in the sense that
they provide us, and the rest of nature, with
essentials for life,” she said.
“We can see a whole host of environmental problems. The question is, ’What are we
going to do about it?’ We, that is, the
church, as Christians,” said Dr. Steve
Bouma–Prediger ’79 of the religion faculty,
Biologists Greg Murray and Kathy
Winnett–Murray and their research team
examine reforestation as far away as in
Central America and as nearby as Holland,
Mich. Above, then–student Katherine
Horjus ’99 is at work in Costa Rica in 1998.
(Photo by Dr. Kathy Winnett-Murray)
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who has written numerous books on environmental theology and ethics.
Each May, Dr. Bouma–Prediger leads
students into the Adirondacks for 12 days to
explore environmental issues from a
Christian perspective. “The Bible has a lot
to say about ecological issues if only we
have the eyes to see. We’ve been blind to a
lot of biblical wisdom,” he said.
On one level, the course is a demanding
outdoor experience. “We transported our
gear in a single backpack,” said Emilie
Dirkse, a senior from Holland, Mich. “We
brought only the necessities and didn’t carry
extra items, like soap.”
At its core, though, the May Term focuses
on the extent of the current ecological crisis
and how the contemporary church can play
a more significant role. “The Bible not only
says to care for each other, but to care for the
earth, something God has created, loves and
has left us responsible for keeping,” she
said.
“My eyes were opened to the beauty of a
Christian faith rooted in stewardship of the
earth,” said Andrew Mezeske, a senior from
Holland, who also participated in the
Adirondacks trip this May.
Although the Adirondacks were heavily
logged in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, restored areas balance devastation
with hope. “To realize that and see how
much the forest has rebounded is amazing,”
Mezeske said. “On the other hand, we also
saw damage to trees done by acid rain.”
“Even to the untrained eye, you could
look around and say, ’This forest is
unhealthy,’” Dr. Bouma–Prediger said.
“And it wasn’t because of dead logs; it was
because of acid rain falling quietly and
stealthily from a great distance.”
A great distance, according to Dr.
Bouma–Prediger, can be as far as China,
which is burning coal to meet its energy
needs, or as close as his own computer.
“The electricity that I am using for my computer and all the rest of us are using in
Holland is derived from coal. We have
made progress by not burning high–sulfur
coal, but coal is still the dirtiest fossil fuel.
And where do the emissions go?”
Jonathan Peterson’s geology research
poses the inverse question––where does it
come from––as he investigates the origin of
pollutants that infiltrate the local Lake
Macatawa watershed. “Everyone knows we
have nutrient problems in Lake Macatawa,”
he said.
According to Dr. Peterson, pinpointing
non–point sources of pollution is more difficult because no single party is responsible.
“We’ve had tremendous success with regulating point source pollution––what would
come out of factory pipes,” he said.
“However, what runs off of fields and
parking lots is much harder to manage.”
Since 1987, ecologists Greg Murray and
Kathy Winnett–Murray have been working
from the ground up, researching ecological
management of plant and animal populations in locales as distant as the tropical
forests and pastures of Costa Rica and as
nearby as the Hope College nature preserve.
Environmental research at Hope takes many forms. Dr. Steve Bouma–Prediger ’79
takes students to the Adirondacks each May to consider the environment from a
Christian perspective. (Photo by Kent Busman ’82)
In Costa Rica, one facet of research Drs.
Murray and Winnett–Murray focused on
was the role animals play in the regeneration of abandoned cattle pastures.
“Most birds only defecate seeds while
they are perched,” Dr. Murray explained.
“Environmental policy needs to be based
on good science,” Dr. Murray said. “It’s
important to have people as educated
members of society so that they can understand what good science is about.”
Dr. Klay views environmental deci-
“ Environmental issues have to be
looked at from political, economic,
scientific and theological standpoints.”
–– Dr. Jonathan Peterson ’84, geologist
“It may seem obvious that isolated
trees serve as islands of regeneration, but
part of our job as scientists is to demonstrate what we think is intuitive,” Dr.
Winnett–Murray said.
They reason that demonstrating what is
intuitive and providing environmental
decision–makers with solid scientific evidence is the first step in addressing
environmental problems.
sion–making as a cost–benefit issue. “In any
given situation, the real issue is: what are
the costs of alternative methods for dealing
with a problem?,” she said.
Dr. Murray feels that the environment
is often left out of economic equations,
such as Gross National Product.
“Sometimes it is seen as something you
get for free,” he said.
(Continued on page 9.)
A logging truck in Costa Rica in 1988, with a four–year–old Dylan Murray providing
some scale. (Photo by Dr. Greg Murray)
NFHC August 2001
“ Environmental
policy needs to
be based on
good science.”
–– Dr. Greg Murray,
biologist
(Continued from page 8.)
Dr. Winnett–Murray believes that economic
health
ultimately
requires
environmental health. Humanity and the
economy are dependent on the environment,” she said. “If you place real value on
the economy, it comes out that having a
healthy environment equals a healthy
economy.”
Both scientists and economists agree that
society must weigh the costs of both environmental protection and the use of natural
resources alike.
“There is some level of pollution control
society does not want to exceed, because
the extra cost of that reduction simply
exceeds the value to society for a cleaner
environment,” Dr. Klay explained.
According to Dr. Peterson, every action
has an environmental consideration.
“That’s true every time we turn on a
light–switch, sit in front of a computer
screen, or enjoy low prices at the store,” he
said. “It’s about economies, lifestyles and
the state of our civilization.”
“Social justice issues like poverty,
hunger, and homelessness are inter–related
with
environmental
issues,”
Dr.
Bouma–Prediger said. “You can see this
especially well in other countries. You
can’t talk about one in isolation from the
others.”
Looking at the state of world, Dr.
Bouma–Prediger sees mixed results. “We
have made some progress and there are
real, genuine rays of hope,” he said. “On
the other hand, we have some enormous
obstacles ahead of us.”
“We’ve discovered better, cheaper, more
effective ways to protect the environment,”
Dr. Klay said. “I have become more
hopeful over the last decade because environmentalists have begun to understand
that it’s not a choice between all or
nothing.”
While the researchers approach the topic
from varying disciplines and perspectives,
all agree that environmental issues can no
longer be ignored and that pressing questions need to be addressed”environmental
issues matter for everyone.
“Sacrifices have to be made and we have
to decide which sacrifices are important,”
Dr. Peterson said. “Before we do that, we
have to know what the real problems are.”
“We must begin to think about how to
think about how we live affects the
world,” Dr. Bouma–Prediger said.
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Sand survey fills in facts
At 5:30 a.m., Dr. Ed
Hansen and his student
researchers are on the
road, passing through a
Holland largely still asleep.
They are headed 100 miles south, to
the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, to
map sand dunes, wrapping up an effort
that began three years ago just outside of
Hope’s hometown and has since covered
the Lake Michigan shoreline between
both points. They will spend the morning
charting the dunes both as they exist
today and, following tell–tale lines of
hardened earth, as they existed hundreds,
even thousands of years before.
They’re well at work by 8 a.m.
Eastern, 7 a.m. local. They have learned
from experience that the July sun is
unforgiving, and so they start early,
planning to finish by noon.
No pun intended, sand dunes are a
hot topic along the lakeshore, often a
focus for the conservation–development
debate. Dr. Hansen’s study isn’t
designed to give easy answers that will
spell victory for one side or the other,
but it should provide something that all
the researchers interviewed in these
pages agree is needed in environmental
decision making: solid information.
“We’re working on the natural
history of the dunes, and some of the
effects of people as well,” said Dr.
Hansen, who is a professor of geology
and environmental science and chair of
the department. “The more we understand the behavior of the dunes, the
better we’ll be able to manage them.”
Dr. Hansen’s team is taking the long
view, examining sand dune migration
across centuries. The researchers have
found, for example, that the lakeside
Dr. Ed Hansen of the geological and environmental sciences faculty and his
team are helping build understanding of sand dune behavior by charting dune
movement across the millennia along western Lake Michigan. Above is senior
Kevin Woloszyn of Oak Lawn, Ill.
dunes have experienced cycles of movement and stability across the millennia,
in some cases even remaining stable for
thousands of years. He noted that it is
also clear that the general movement
characteristic of the present era predates
the development that has followed
European settlement in the region.
“The dunes do move, but they move
even when people don’t disturb them,”
he said.
Although natural occurrences centuries ago were instrumental in
initiating today’s shifting cycle, Dr.
Hansen notes that that doesn’t mean
humankind has no effect.
Dunes become stabilized, for
example, when plants have a chance to
take root and help hold the sand in
place, which visitors prevent from happening. “It is true whenever people
have unlimited access to the dunes, the
dunes keep moving,” he said.
He noted that certain kinds of development, though, can even help keep the
dunes from moving. Subdivisions, for
example, while disruptive of the local
ecology, might add fences, grasses and
“no trespassing” policies that limit
erosion and foster stabilization.
Dr. Hansen’s student–assisted study
of sand dune topography and behavior
will continue even as the current project
ends this summer. Beginning with the
new school year, he intends to focus on
more recent patterns of dune movement
as a complement to the long–term historical analysis.
Symposium views environment
This year’s Critical Issues
Symposium will provide the
campus and West Michigan
communities with the
opportunity to unearth
pressing problems and consider the environment from
many angles.
The symposium, “Earth Matters: Daily
Decisions, Environmental Echoes,” will run
Tuesday–Wednesday, Oct. 2–3, with keynote
addresses, smaller focus sessions, and active
discussion open to the general public.
Invited speakers will provide local, regional,
national and global perspectives on the
topic.
The symposium will open with a keynote
address by David Orr, a member of the environmental studies faculty at Oberlin College,
on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. Orr’s talk will
introduce the topic and will consider how
individual and societal decisions matter.
The presentations throughout the rest of
the event will cover subjects ranging from
the effort to clean up the Kalamazoo River, to
the processing of food, to the sale of water
from the Great Lakes, to politics and the
environment, to Christianity and the envi-
ronment, and issues of economic justice.
Among the event’s speakers will be the Rev.
Wesley Granberg–Michaelson ’67, who is
general secretary of the Reformed Church in
America and has been active in examining
environmental issues, who will also be
leading the college’s Chapel service on
Wednesday, Oct. 3.
All of the symposium’s events will be
open to the general public, and admission is
free to the keynote addresses and focus sessions. Additional information may be
obtained on–line through the college’s
web site, www.hope.edu, or by calling
the college’s Office of Public Relations at
(616) 395–7860.
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Campus Profile
By Holly Winstanley ’04
First–year reflections: advice for
Last year I graduated with fellow
classmates at Grand Ledge High School.
As is usual, I was unsure what the
upcoming college experience had in store
for me. I am now a freshman at Hope
College, and I love it! College is filled
with wonder, education, growth and
fun. The following piece I wrote for the
English class I am currently enrolled in.
The advice I offer would have been nice
to know prior to entering college. I hope
it proves to be of benefit to those whose
situation I was in one short year ago.
College is a time of discovery, learning,
growing friendships, increased understanding, self–realization, experimentation and
fun. For many, the transition from high
school to college is not without bumps. Some
have hesitations leaving home, friends from
high school, and the security blanket that has
kept them warm their entire life. Others are
more excited than ever to turn over this new
leaf in their life, yet find it is not quite that
easy. Most of the adjustment, however, takes
place once one is alone for the first time.
I recall being
“deathly
afraid of
what it would be like
living with a roommate, how difficult
my classes would
be, finding people I
could grow close to,
and every other thing
one could possibly
worry about.
”
About the story
As
Holly
notes in her
introduction,
she wrote the
essay on these
pages for a
Hope English
class during her
freshman year.
It subsequently
appeared in her
Holly Winstanley ’04
hometown paper,
the Grand Ledge (Mich.) Independent, in
two parts on Sunday, April 29, and
Sunday, May 6. news from Hope College
is pleased to have a chance to share
Holly’s advice with Hope’s new students as well.
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For everyone, college is a learning experience in the making. I recall being deathly
afraid of what it would be like living with a
roommate, how difficult my classes would be,
finding people I could grow close to, and
every other thing one could possibly worry
about. After being at college for several
months, I would like to share some of my
knowledge with those who have yet to experience college life.
One of the biggest transitions upon coming
to college was the idea of dorm life. It is
dreaded by many, savored by few, yet
remembered by all. If you know who your
roommate is before you move in, give them a
call. E–mail them and get to know the basics
about this person you will be living with for
the next year. This would also be a good time
to figure out who will bring the larger items
for the room including a small refrigerator,
stereo and carpet.
Once you and your roommate have moved
in, get to know each other. Knowing one
another’s pet peeves and study habits can
prevent a lot of trouble down the road. Be
lenient with your roommate. If you had your
own room at home, it may be difficult to get
used to sharing a room. But realize that no
one is perfect, including you.
Communication also plays a vital role in
the roommate relationship. If your roommate
does something that bothers you, let him or
her know right away. Do not allow tension to
build up. Keep an open mind; both you and
your roommate will, most likely, be new to
the idea of living with someone else.
Dorm life extends beyond your roommate,
though. In order to have the most comfortable living situation possible, do not bring
anything to school you will not use on a
regular basis. Dorm rooms are not suites;
they don’t have much extra space. All space
must be used as efficiently as possible. Space
is vital, but saving money is also important.
Thus, if possible, take all laundry home.
Before coming to college, buy enough socks
and underwear for at least four weeks. This
should enable you to survive for about a
month without doing laundry.
Another prominent issue facing college
students is that of friends. Unless you attend
the same college as your best friends from
high school, you will undoubtedly be faced
with a whole new group of people. Do not be
afraid! The majority of students at your new
“home” are in the same shoes as you. Take
the initiative by introducing yourself to
others. Get involved in groups, activities and
organizations on campus. All of these are
excellent ways to meet people, grow as a
person, and have fun. As you are meeting
new people, keep your mind open to opposing thoughts and beliefs. Not everyone is
going to agree with you, and that is OK.
Listen to others’ views, engage in discussions
with people, and don’t be afraid to change
your thoughts on an issue.
As you are considering other points of
view, you may also be challenged in your
own beliefs. Parents often worry a lot about
leaving their child on a college campus where
they will no longer be able to monitor their
activities on a regular basis, looking for signs
of alcohol, drugs, sex and other “rebellious”
behaviors.
A moment from New Student Orientation, August, 2000. More than 700 students will begin
entation begins on Friday, Aug. 25.
I want to inform you that every college
student does not drink and do drugs. The
extent to which you are pressured depends in
part on the college you choose to attend, but it
is influenced also by who you spend your
time with and how stagnant you are in your
beliefs. Not all college students engage in
law–breaking behaviors, though. As far as
sexual issues are concerned, your values play
a major role in your sexual experimentation or
lack thereof.
College is a time for experimentation, but
only to the extent that you are comfortable.
You may need to consider views you have
never
previously
thought
about.
Homosexuality and religion may be such
issues. Some have firm beliefs concerning
these matters, whereas others are more lax
about the issues. Don’t be quick to judge, for
learning includes perspectives from both
sides of an issue.
Now let’s face it, college does not consist
merely of dorm life, friends, and making decisions. We also must consider the troubling
issue of dorm food.
If you are fortunate enough to have a
small refrigerator in your room, make use of
it. It’s much more convenient to eat cereal in
your room than attempting to make it to the
cafeteria before an early morning class. Keep
snacks in your room for those late nights
and for those times when you just have a
NFHC Aug
the college–bound
their college experience when this year’s ori-
sudden urge to eat.
At the same time, do not be terrified of cafeteria food. It is really not as bad as some make
it out to be. There is always cereal, fruit,
frozen yogurt, ice cream and beverages; what
else could you possibly want?
Okay, so there’s the problem of main
dishes. Just give it a try; some of the food that
looks most appalling is actually good. The
variety provided by eating in the cafeteria is
amazing. Though the food will, most likely,
not compare to home–cooked meals, be appreciative of what you have. After all, you don’t
have to make all the meals yourself!
You mustn’t forget about your family
during your college stay, either. Whether
“ If you attend a small
school, you will have
more of a chance to
interact with your
professors. These
people who are
teaching you are very
knowledgeable about
their particular field,
and about life. Take
advantage of it.
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”
your family consists of your mom, your
step–dad, your grandparents, your friends’
family, or any other variation, these people
will always be a building block in your life.
Call home once in a while to let your
parents know you are alive. They will appreciate knowing that you have survived the
obstacles they foresaw in the beginning and
that you cared enough to call.
Thank your family in the process. Whether
you want to admit it or not, your family probably got you where you are today. Show your
appreciation. How often you return home will
probably be determined by how close you are
to your family, if you have a lot of friends at
home, and if you have many friends at school.
In any case, I would suggest that you do not
return home every weekend. You might be
very homesick at the beginning but it will
soon pass.
If you ever expect to live away from home,
you need to learn how to be independent. This
is one thing that can be learned only by you
doing it. I can offer many suggestions, tips and
ideas, but it is you who must decide on your
own way of coping with college. Also, by
staying at college, you will have an excellent
opportunity to grow closer to your roommates,
classmates, and new friends. These people are
the ones who will carry you through late night
study sessions, recovery from a bad grade, or
trouble with your parents.
Oh––how could I have forgotten? The real
reason you are going to college is to get an
education. Well, I have filled you in on much
of the education learned outside the classroom. Learning occurs inside the classroom as
well.
First of all, do not be frightened about the
perceived difficulty of college courses. I’m not
saying classes are not challenging, but the
environment is unlike any I have been in
before. No longer are you going to be
spoon–fed information or “given” an education. Your previous study habits may have to
be tossed; do not let that bother you too much.
It is very difficult to cram if you want to get
a good grade. More than once, I have started
studying for a test at 11 p.m. the night before a
test the following morning at 8 or 8:30 a.m. It
can be done, but only for so long can you be
deprived of sleep. Sacrificing sleep is not a
good idea under any circumstances. Starting a
paper the night before it is due is not a good
idea either. It makes for an unhappy, tired
person and a paper of poor quality.
To avoid this situation, make use of the
time you have between classes. One significant difference between high school and
college is that you will no longer have an
eight–to–three school day, five days a week.
Making use of the down time during the day
is extremely difficult, as it is easy to waste time
doing other things. To avoid the confusion
and craziness that is bound to overwhelm
your life, buy a planner. Keep track of all of
your assignments, dates and appointments in
that planner. I’ve found it is also beneficial to
have a larger, month–by–month calendar in
your room, on which you can highlight the
most important dates in your life (i.e. exams,
papers or presentations)
You are the one paying for the education,
and you should take responsibility for it.
Make use of the library. Sometimes due to
“ Get involved in groups, activities and
organizations on campus. All of these are
excellent ways to meet people, grow as a
person, and have fun.
”
noise–level or interruptions, it will be difficult
to study in your room. The library is a wonderful place to get studying done. Finally,
take the time to get to know your professors.
Stop by their office, say “hi” after class and ask
questions. If you attend a small school, you
will have more of a chance to interact with
your professors. These people who are teaching you are very knowledgeable about their
particular field, and about life. Take advantage of it.
College is a time of much transition, along
with much learning, expanding and growing.
The decisions you make in college are likely
to impact you for the rest of your life. If that’s
not scary, I don’t know what is! I have
offered my tips on how to survive several
aspects of the college, including dorm life,
friends, making decisions, eating, family and
studying. The experience, however, is truly
yours. College can be the best time of your
life or the most dreaded! I hope that my
advice is an instrument in creating wonderful
college years for you.
“ Dorm rooms are not suites; they don’t
have much extra space...figure out who will
bring the larger items for the room...
”
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Faculty Kudos
Rich Ray receives national award
Dr. R. Richard Ray Jr.
has received the National
Athletic Trainers’
Association’s highest
honor for an athletic
training educator.
The association’s “Sayers ’Bud’ Miller
Distinguished Educator Award” recognizes
individual excellence in the field of athletic
training education, and is presented to two
recipients annually. Dr. Ray received his
award during the 52nd Meeting and Clinical
Symposia of the National Athletic Trainers’
Association (NATA), held on Tuesday–
Saturday, June 19–23, in Los Angeles, Calif.
The recognition also includes an invitation to
deliver the keynote address during the
NATA Professional Educator’s Conference
in 2003.
In addition to membership in NATA, criteria for the honor include past recognition
for service at the state, regional or national
level in professional organizations concerned with athletic training; having
contributed to athletic training education for
at least 10 years; having spent at least a
decade as a member of a teaching faculty in
athletic training; and evidence of quality in
publications and presentations concerned
with athletic training.
Dr. Ray has been a member of the Hope
faculty since 1982, and has been involved in
the profession of athletic training for more
than 20 years.
He is a professor of kinesiology and athletic trainer at Hope. He concluded service
this spring as long–time coordinator of
Hope’s athletic training program to coordinate the college’s on–going effort to seek
re–accreditation through the North Central
Association, a process that will continue
through the fall of 2003.
Under Dr. Ray’s leadership, the college’s
athletic training program grew into a full
major that requires its graduates to complete
48 credit hours in a variety of disciplines and
at least 1,500 hours of clinical work under the
supervision of a certified athletic trainer.
Hope is the only private liberal arts college,
and became only the fourth institution of any
type, in the state of Michigan to have its athletic training program accredited by the
Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
In May of 1999, he was inducted into the
Hall of Fame by the Michigan Athletic
Trainers’ Society, which had presented him
with its Distinguished Athletic Trainer
Award in 1995. In January of 2000, he
received Hope’s “Provost’s Award for
Excellence in Teaching.”
Dr. Ray has a wide range of research
interests, and has received several grants to
support his work. He is the editor or author
of the books Management Strategies in
Athletic Training (2000, 1994), Counseling in
Sports Medicine (1999) and Case Studies in
Athletic Training Administration (1995), all
published by Human Kinetics. He has
written numerous articles in scientific publications, and has presented papers at
professional conferences including the
Dr. Rich Ray brings humor to the field during athletic competition at Hope. Earlier
this summer, he received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s highest honor
for an athletic training educator.
annual clinical symposia in 2000 of both the
Japan Athletic Trainers Organization in
Tokyo and the Canadian Athletic Therapists
Association in Niagara Falls.
He is the editor of Athletic Therapy
Today and has served as associate editor of
the Journal of Athletic Training. In 1993, he
was named to the Educational Advisory
Board of the Gatorade Sport Science
Institute.
Dr. Ray was co–chair of the National
Athletic Trainers’ Association Education
Task Force, and is a member and former
president of both the Great Lakes Athletic
Trainers Association and the Michigan
Athletic Trainers’ Society.
He received a BSEd from the University
of Michigan in 1979, a master’s in physical
education from Western Michigan
University in 1980 and an EdD in educational leadership from Western Michigan
University in 1990.
Hemenway honored for Vienna service
Dr. Stephen I. Hemenway
has been recognized for his
quarter century as leader of
the college’s Vienna
Summer School.
Dr. Hemenway received a Distinguished
Service Award from the college on
Wednesday, June 13, in Vienna. A professor of English at Hope, he has led the
Vienna Summer School since 1976.
“The purpose for the Distinguished
Service Award is to recognize him for 25
years of exemplary leadership of the Vienna
Summer School program, as well as to
acknowledge his outstanding record as a
member of the faculty since 1972,” said
recently retired Provost Dr. Jacob E.
Nyenhuis, who presented the award to Dr.
Hemenway. The award was given during a
reception at the Vienna Rathaus (City Hall)
for students, Hope graduates and friends in
Austria, and host families.
The Vienna Summer School itself, which
ran May 20–July 4 this year, was also
marking a milestone, celebrating its 45th
anniversary. In addition, the Austro–
American Institute of Education, with
which the Hope program is affiliated, was
celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The reception on June 13 culminated a
series of activities that had started on
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Dr. Stephen Hemenway
Friday, June 8, in commemoration of the
two programs’ anniversaries. The institute
presented Hope with a special award
during a concert on June 8 for having the
longest–running American program in
Vienna. Dr. Nyenhuis was honored at a
special Provost’s Luncheon on Saturday,
June 9, and the Hope program’s anniversary was also commemorated by a formal
summer ball that evening. The Austrian
Parliament honored the Summer School
and its students and teachers on Monday,
June 11.
Also during the celebration weekend,
several students participated in “Project
Centipede,” a program which supplies
shoes and clothing to orphanages in
Romania; an ecumenical service was held
that included prayers by Hope students
from Christian, Jewish and Hindu backgrounds; and an anniversary dinner was
held in the Vienna Woods.
The Vienna Summer School enrolls students from colleges and universities around
the country. More than 2,100 students from
more than 180 schools have participated
since its founding in 1956 by Dr. Paul Fried
’46, and the program enrolled a record
number of 87 student participants this year.
Consisting
of
two
consecutive
three–week sessions, the program offers
students a choice of work in art history,
communication, economics, Austrian
history, music history, German and
Austrian literature, Eastern European literature and a senior seminar, all taught in
English, as well as courses in the German
language, taught in German. Students are
housed with Austrian families, and are free
to plan their leisure time and take weekend
excursions to places like Salzburg, Venice,
Budapest, Prague and the Austrian Alps.
Dr. Hemenway received the Knight’s
Cross First Class, Order of Merit of the
Republic of Austria in 1991 for his work
with the program.
He has also received a variety of honors in
recognition of his teaching. In 1999, he was
one of 64 educators from around the world to
receive an award for “Innovative Excellence
in Teaching, Learning, and Technology”
during the “Tenth International Conference
on College Teaching and Learning.” In 1992,
he was named Michigan’s “Professor of the
Year” by the Council for Advancement and
Support of Education. In 1990, he received a
“Sears–Roebuck Foundation Teaching
Excellence and Campus Leadership” award.
In January of 2000, Hope presented him
with the first annual “Vanderbush– Weller
Development Fund” award, which recognizes and supports the efforts of faculty and
staff who make extraordinary contributions
to the lives of students. In 1977, he received
the
“Hope
Outstanding
Professor
Educator” award from the graduating class.
His activities also include founding, and
serving as faculty advisor for, the college’s
Environmental Issues Group.
Dr. Hemenway holds his bachelor’s
degree from College of the Holy Cross, a
master’s from Boston College and a doctorate from the University of Illinois.
Editor’s Note: A 1980 Vienna Summer
School participant has established an endowed
scholarship fund at Hope in Dr. Hemenway’s
name to provide assistance for students to attend
the program. Those interested in supporting the
fund may send their contributions to: Hope
College; Attn College Advancement; PO Box
9000; Holland, MI 49422–9000.
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Alumni News
Holly Chapman ’80 Borgman
Chad Carlson ’03
Leah Sunderlin ’79 Haugneland
Kristin Tichy ’92
Dr. John Witte ’54
Alumni Board appoints new members
During its May meeting,
the Alumni Association
Board of Directors chose
its officers for 2001–02
and appointed five new
members.
The board also made two reappointments.
Bruce Brumels ’59 of Lake City, Mich., is
continuing his two–year term as president,
and James Van Eenenaam ’88 of Dana Point,
Calif., is continuing as vice president. Marion
Hoekstra ’65 of Laurel, Md., has been
appointed secretary, succeeding Michelle
Baker ’89 Laverman, whose tenure on the
board has ended.
The board’s new members are: Holly
Chapman ’80 Borgman of Scottsdale, Ariz.
(Southwest Region); Chad Carlson ’03 of
Holland, Mich. (Junior Class Representative);
Leah Sunderlin ’79 Haugneland of Katy,
Texas (Southern Plains); Kristin Tichy ’92 of
Chicago, Ill. (Central Region); and Dr. John
Witte ’54 of Vero Beach, Fla. (Southeast
Region).
Garett Childs ’01 of Breckenridge, Mich.,
formerly Senior Class Representative, was
appointed Most Recent Graduating Class
Representative. Andrea Korstange ’02 of
Grand Rapids, Mich., formerly Junior Class
Representative, was appointed Senior Class
Representative.
Those reappointed to three–year terms on
the board were Neil Petty ’57 of Honeoye,
N.Y. (New York Region) and James Van
Eenenaam ’88 (California Region). In addition, Beth Snyder ’94, who had moved to the
Washington, D.C., area since becoming Ohio
Region representative last year, was named
an at–large representative.
In addition to Laverman, the board
members who have concluded their service to
the board are: Duke Nguyen Browning ’80 of
Houston, Texas; Claire VanderMeulen ’75
Gibbs of Melbourne, Fla.; Linda Selander ’64
Schaap of Barrington, Ill.; and Jennifer Trask
’00 of Elm Hall, Mich.
Borgman is business manager with Egger
Publishing Inc., an educational publisher. She
is currently detached from her regular
responsibilities, engaged in a major project as
an editor/project manager.
Prior to joining Egger Publishing, she was
manager of Leadership 2000 Inc. in Phoenix,
Ariz. Her other professional experiences
have included serving as corporate human
resources
director
with
American
Environmental Network Inc. in Phoenix;
manager of the Digital Printing & Imaging
Association in Scottsdale; and director of
human resources and administration with the
Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Los
Angeles, Calif.
Borgman majored in business administration and communication at Hope. Her
student experiences included serving as a
public relations intern with the college’s
Model United Nations program as a junior,
Alumni Board of Directors
Officers
Bruce Brumels ‘59, President, Lake City, Mich.
James VanEenenaam ‘88, Vice President, Dana Point, Calif.
Marion Hoekstra ‘65, Laurel, Md.
Board Members
Holly Chapman ‘80 Borgman, Scottsdale, Ariz.
James Bursma ‘87, Stow, Mass.
Chad Carlson ‘03, Holland, Mich.
Garett Childs ‘01, Holland, Mich.
Nancy Dirkse ‘81 DeWitt, Waukesha, Wis.
Eva Gaumond ‘90, Bridgewater, N.J.
Leah Sunderlin ‘79 Haugneland, Katy, Texas
John Hensler ‘85, Royal Oak, Mich.
Andrea Korstange ‘02, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Neil Petty ‘57, Honeoye, N.Y.
Karen Gralow ‘75 Rion, Schenectady, N.Y.
Beth Snyder ‘94, Columbus, Ohio
Mary Browning ‘69 Vanden Berg, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kristin Tichy ‘92, Chicago, Ill.
Greg Van Heest ‘78, Minneapolis, Minn.
Ray Vinstra ‘58, Kalamazoo, Mich.
John Witte ’54, Vero Beach, Fla.
Liaison
Lynne Powe ’86, Alumni Director
Please accept our invitation to visit
the Alumni Office electronically:
www.hope.edu/pr/alumni
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and as a marketing intern with Herman
Miller Inc. during her senior year.
Her community activities include the
Taliesin Chorus; she has attended Hope
regional events in her area. Her husband is
Tom Borgman.
Carlson is a social studies composite
major.
He will be a resident assistant during the
coming school year. He has been active
coaching youth sports at Hope and in the
community.
His hope is to join the Young Life staff after
college. He is a volunteer Young Life leader
at Holland High School, from which he graduated in 1999.
He is a Third Generation Hope student.
His parents are Robert Carlson ’75 and Susan
Dirkse ’77 Carlson, and his grandparents are
Lamont Dirkse ’50 and Ruth DeGraaf ’50
Dirkse, all of Holland.
Carlson is a member of the men’s basketball team, serving as captain this coming year.
He was second–team all–MIAA in basketball
last year. He is Hope’s male student delegate
to the MIAA league meetings, and is a
member of the college’s Student Athlete
Advisory Committee.
He has participated in Spring Break
mission trips to Jamaica and the Dominican
Republic. He has been involved in campus
Bible studies, and leads the basketball team’s
Bible study.
Haugneland is active as a volunteer in her
church and other community organizations.
At church she has taught Sunday school
and vacation Bible school; has contributed to
worship through music and drama; and has
served on multiple committees. She has held
various offices and served on the executive
board of the Lake Charles Christian Women’s
Club. She has been a leader in both Cub
Scouts and Girl Scouts, and received a Cub
Scouts Den Leader Award in 1998.
In 1995, she served as a delegate to the
Louisiana Republican Convention.
Haugneland has been a homemaker since
1987. After Hope, she did graduate work in
microbiology/virology, and subsequently
worked as a research technician first in the
Microbiology–Immunology Department at
Rush–Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
in Chicago, Ill., and then at Amoco Research
Center in Naperville, Ill.
She has attended Hope regional events in
both Illinois and Texas, and returned to
campus for her five–year and 10–year
reunions. She has also called prospective students for Hope.
She and her husband, Carl Haugneland,
have three children: Christian, 14; Constance,
12; and Claire, two.
Tichy is a senior research analyst with
Deloitte & Touche LLP, which she joined as
an information coordinator in 1999.
She holds a master’s in library and information sciences and an MBA from
Dominican University in River Forest, Ill.
She also completed the lawyer’s assistant
program certificate at Roosevelt University
in Chicago, Ill.
Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche, she
worked in customer service with
Computerized Accounting Company in
Glenview, Ill. She had also been a paralegal
with a number of Chicago law firms.
Tichy is vice president and director of the
Brandt Foundation. Her other activities
include the Junior League of Chicago and the
Society for Competitive Intelligence, and professional library associations.
She majored in history and international
political science at Hope. She participated in
the Vienna Summer School and the
Washington Honors Semester Program.
While in Washington, she interned at the
National Museum of American History of the
Smithsonian Institute. She attended her
five–year reunion in 1997.
Dr. Witte is a physician who has also spent
more than 30 years in medical administration,
research and teaching.
He majored in biology and chemistry.
He completed his M.D. at Johns Hopkins
University, and his M.P.H. at Harvard
University.
Dr. Witte was with the Centers for
Disease Control from 1962 to 1982. His
responsibilities included teaching, conducting research, administering the national
immunization program and serving as
medical director of the Center for Health
Promotion and Education. In recognition of
his work, the United States Public Health
Service
presented
him
with
a
Commendation Medal in 1972 and an
Exemplary Service Award in 1982.
He was with the Florida Department of
Health and Rehabilitative Services from 1982
to 1996, and has since been in private practice.
He is a member of numerous professional
associations, and is president–elect of the
Vero Beach chapter of the American Cancer
Society. He has written some 100 scientific
articles in peer–reviewed journals.
He has been active as a volunteer in the
Legacies: A Vision of Hope capital campaign.
He and his wife, Sandra, have been married
22 years. He has three children, Kelli, Nanci
and Susan.
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Alumni News
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 submissions received by the Public
Relations Office by Tuesday, July 10, 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,
Sept. 25.
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James Neckers ’23 turned 99 on April 16, 2001.
He was featured in the Daily Egyptian of
Carbondale, Ill., for both the milestone birthday
and his central role in developing the chemistry
program at Southern Illinois University–
Carbondale while on the faculty from 1928 until
retiring in 1967.
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1940s
Allan Weenink ’43 of Holland, Mich., celebrated
his 55th anniversary of ordination on Sunday,
June 17, 2001, by preaching at Westminster
Presbyterian Church of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
where he serves as minister of visitation. The
occasion also marked 55 years of continuous ministry. His latest book on stewardship is scheduled
for publication in the spring of 2002.
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1950s
Mary Louise Kooyers ’50 Adams of Midland,
Mich., has been enjoying some traveling and
hopes to do more. She reports that she had a great
time visiting with classmates during Alumni
Weekend in May.
Laurence R. Masse ’50 of Barrington, Ill., retired
recently. Prior to retirement, he was chairman
and CEO of Ward Howell International Inc., one
of the oldest and largest executive search firms,
with 60 offices in 37 countries worldwide. He was
with Ward Howell 22 years. Earlier, he held executive positions with General Motors, General
Foods and ITT (International Telephone and
Telegraph) Corporations. He lived and worked
in the U.S., United Kingdom, France and Belgium,
and traveled extensively in Europe, Latin
America and Asia–Pacific throughout his career.
He taught English, speech and journalism at
Holland High School for two years following
graduation from Hope before entering the corporate world, and served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II, prior to Hope. He currently
devotes much of his time to civic and volunteer
work, and occasional consulting projects.
Norma Hoffman ’52 Richardson graduated from
Hope with a Spanish major. On May 22, she
turned in her completed dissertation in Spanish
literature for the Department of Romance and
Classical Languages at Michigan State University.
Since 1967 she has been an assistant professor in
the Department of Foreign Languages,
Literatures and Cultures at Central Michigan
University, where she will continue to teach.
Arend “Don” Lubbers ’53 has retired after more
than 30 years as president of Grand Valley State
University. A story about him appears elsewhere
in this issue’s “classnotes” section.
Christine Denny ’56 Connaire of Cambridge,
Mass., in 1999 was invited to become the paid
coordinator of the Sunday school at the
Cambridge Quaker Meeting, where she has
attended for some time. She writes, “The enthusiasm of the volunteers in the program, and in the
children, is a joy to me.”
Gerald J. Kruyf ’56 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is
active organizing mission trips (three to
Honduras during 2000–01) with his church and
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Presidential tradition
Dr. Arend “Don”
Lubbers ’53 has retired
after more than three
decades at the helm of
Grand Valley State
University.
Dr. Lubbers retired on June 30, just a
few weeks short of his 70th birthday, after
serving as Grand Valley’s second president since 1969.
He was the
longest–serving current public university
president in the country.
His career in many ways paralleled
that of his father, Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers ’17,
who was president of Hope from 1945 to
1963.
Irwin Lubbers served as president of
Central College in Pella, Iowa, from 1934
to 1945. His son was Central’s president
from 1960 until coming to Grand Valley.
Irwin Lubbers’s 18–year presidency
was a time of dramatic expansion for
Hope. As former GIs returned from
World War II, Hope’s enrollment
swelled––climbing from 312 before the
war to 700 by the end of the 1945–46
school year. Campus additions included
Durfee Hall, Nykerk Hall of Music,
Kollen Hall, Phelps Hall, Van Zoeren
Library (now Hall) and the Fraternity
Complex.
Don Lubbers’s 32–year presidency was
a time of dramatic expansion for Grand
Valley. In 1969, Grand Valley had 2,200
students, 17 undergraduate programs, no
graduate programs and nine campus
under the auspices of the CRWRC in Grand
Rapids.
William Cameron ’57 is retired from RCA ministry and is now spending time in Albany, N.Y.,
and Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Robert Ritsema ’57 of Holland, Mich., has retired
from conducting the Kalamazoo Junior
Symphony Orchestra, concluding his service with
a concert on Saturday, May 5. He had conducted
the group for 22 years, in addition to teaching at
Hope for 32 years (he retired from the faculty in
1999). This fall he will begin a one–year interim
appointment as orchestra director at Calvin
College.
Roger Vander Kolk ’58 retired on June 30, 2001,
after 40 years in the ministry of the Reformed
Church in America. He served as associate pastor
of the First Reformed Church in Kalamazoo,
Mich., from 1961 to 1965; as senior pastor of
Laketon–Bethel Reformed Church in Muskegon,
Mich., from 1965 to 1972; and as pastor of Haven
Reformed Church in Hamilton, Mich., for the past
29 years. He has also served in various capacities
in the Zeeland Classis, the Regional Synod and
the General Synod Council of the RCA. In appreciation of his ministry, an all–church celebration
was held on May 26–27 at Camp Geneva. The
congregation gave him and wife Joan Pyle ’55
Vander Kolk an original Joel Tanis ’89 painting
reflecting his ministry at Haven; a John Deere
lawn tractor; a memory book; and a cash gift.
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1960s
John Bryson ’60 of Spring Lake, Mich., in June
concluded full–time service as director of music
and fine arts at Christ Community Church. He
had played a similar role at two other churches,
and had also spent 33 years as a choral music and
Dr. Arend Lubbers ’53 has retired after
more than three decades as president
of Grand Valley State University. In
many ways, his presidential career
paralleled that of his father, former
Hope president Dr. Irwin J. Lubbers ’17.
buildings. By 2000, the university had
18,579 students, 75 undergraduate programs, 15 graduate programs and more
than 40 campus buildings––including not
only the original campus in Allendale, but
campuses in downtown Grand Rapids
and in Holland.
The Lubbers name endures at Hope in
the former science building, renamed in
1974. The name is commemorated at
Grand Valley in Lubbers Stadium, home
social studies teacher for Spring Lake High
School.
Norm Kansfield ’62 of New Brunswick, N.J.,
delivered the 15th Annual A.J. Muste Memorial
Lecture at Hope, presenting “Church and
’Gospel’: A.J. Muste’s Legacy for Today’s Crucial
Conversations.”
Thomas Plewes ’62 was promoted to three–star
general in the U.S. Army on Wednesday, June 13.
He is the first three star Chief, Army Reserve, in
the Army Reserve’s 93–year history. He is also
Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve
Command. More about his promotion will
appear in a story in the October issue of news from
Hope College.
Charles A. Becher ’63 of Woodlawn, Tenn.,
retired on June 30 as a United Methodist minister.
Judith Hoffman ’64 Cordia of Clymer, N.Y., is a
professor of nursing at Jamestown Community
College in Jamestown, N.Y.
Cindy Clark ’67 of Belen, N.M., has started a new
job as the housing coordinator for Habitat for
Humanity of Valencia County.
Mary Koeman ’67 Olthoff of Boynton Beach, Fla.,
has been honored through the “Excellence in
Teaching” program of the Marion Park Deaver
and Harry Gilbert Deaver Foundation. The
awards are intended to increase public appreciation for dedicated teaching professionals and to
attract more capable young men and women into
the teaching field by recognizing outstanding performance. She is a teacher at Trinity Christian
Academy.
Morris L. Peterson ’67 of Holland, Mich., has
joined The Bank of Holland as vice president and
lender in the business banking area.
Mary Jane Muller ’68 Montgomery of Grand
Haven, Mich., writes, “I have retired from the
teaching I loved and the homework I hated to
work as a legal secretary for Warner Norcross &
of Lakers varsity football.
Irwin Lubbers received an honorary
degree from Hope in 1945. Don Lubbers
received an honorary degree from Hope
in 1988.
After graduating from Hope, Don
Lubbers completed a master’s in history
at Rutgers University and then taught at
Wittenberg University in Springfield,
Ohio, for two years. He returned to
Rutgers to complete his doctorate and
joined Central in 1959 as vice president
for development.
He was the youngest college president
in the country when he became Central’s
president in 1960. In September of 1962,
Life magazine named him one of the country’s top 100 young men under age 40.
Among other accolades in recognition
of his service, Grand Valley presented
him with an honorary degree in April,
immediately following his final speech to
the university’s students, faculty and
staff.
Earlier during the school year, in an
open letter, Francie Brown, president of
the university’s Alumni Association, complimented him for his approach to people.
“Many of us have had the privilege of
knowing Mr. Lubbers on a personal
basis,” she wrote. “Some have worked
jointly with him on projects, others
remember his visits to classes, and some
know he gives better campus tours than
the tour guides. He is accessible and
open, friendly and encouraging. He is
respectful and proud of Grand Valley students, faculty and alumni, and is always
inquiring about their achievements and
successes.”
Judd in Grand Rapids.”
Ben Nykamp ’68 of Grand Haven, Mich., has
taken over the dermatology practice of Dr.
Wampler in Holland, Mich.
Ann VanDorp ’68 Query of Zeeland, Mich., has
been elected president of the Board of Trustees of
the
Community
Foundation
of
the
Holland/Zeeland Area.
Carol Schakel ’68 Troost of Schenectady, N.Y.,
has been appointed English Department
Chairperson at Galway (N.Y.) High School, where
she teaches 11th grade American literature.
Earlier this year, she was cited in the area–wide
“Scholars’ Recognition Program” for her positive
influence as a teacher. The program recognizes
outstanding graduating students from area
schools. The students, in turn, are each asked to
nominate a teacher who has influenced their lives
in a significant way. Carol and the student who
nominated her were both featured in the Albany
Times Union.
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1970s
Norma Jean Foster ’70 Clark of Fort Plain, N.Y.,
has finished her 25th year teaching first grade.
She reports that the highlight of her life has been
the birth of her first two grandchildren, and
writes, “Being a ’nana’ is wonderful!”
George Bishop ’71 is an associate professor in the
Department of Social Work and Psychology at the
National University of Singapore. This spring he
chaired a seven–day cycling marathon to heighten awareness of the plight of AIDS victims. The
event raised more than 50,000 Singapore dollars
($28,000 U.S.) toward their medical care.
Reed Brown ’71 is employed by JPMorgan
Securities as librarian for the Investment Banking
Department in San Francisco, Calif. He writes,
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“That means I’m the one who helps hold up the
walls so that others can make money for the firm.
I love to cook and entertain my friends, and am
knee–deep in books and records, and having a
grand time, living within a walk of theaters and
the opera house and symphony hall.”
Allen Garbrecht ’71 of Battle Creek, Mich., has
been appointed chief judge of the Circuit Court of
Calhoun County. He was first elected to the court
in 1992 and re–elected in 1998.
Rick Hine ’72 has been promoted to colonel in the
United States Marine Corps Reserve. He continues in his regular job as a federal civilian attorney
as head of the Eastern Area Counsel Office at
Camp Lejeune, N.C. He notes that he and his wife
(who he also describes as his best friend) have
lived in Wilmington, N.C., for nine years. They
have three children: Matthew (18), Adam (16)
and Carolynn (14).
Ryan Matthews ’72 has co–authored the book The
Myth of Excellence: Why Great Companies Never Try
to Be the Best At Everything, published in June by
Crown Business. His next book, tentatively titled
Unstandard Deviation: Escaping the World of the
Already Known, has been scheduled by Crown for
release early in 2002.
Timothy Brown ’73 of Holland, Mich., has been
named to the office of General Synod Professor of
Theology of the Reformed Church in America
(RCA). He was elected on Tuesday, June 12,
during the General Synod meeting in Pella, Iowa.
He is Hinga–Boersma Dean of the Chapel at Hope
and the Henry Bast Professor of Preaching at
Western Theological Seminary. (More about his
recognition appears in this issue’s “Campus
Notes” section.)
Russell Gasero ’73 has completed The Historical
Directory of the Reformed Church in America,
1628–2000, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans as
part of the Historical Series of the Reformed
Church and released at the June 2001 General
Synod meeting. He is the archivist of the RCA,
and has previously published the 1992 Historical
Directory and co–edited Servant Gladly: Essays in
Honor of John W. Beardslee III.
Daniel McAuliffe ’73 of Langhorne, Pa., has been
appointed director of transportation and logistics
with Tasty Baking Company. He is responsible
for all receiving and shipping operations within
Tasty Baking’s Philadephia Bakery, and coordinates movement of materials and products
between the Oxford and Dutch Mill Baking subsidiaries.
Garry P. Kempker ’74 of South Haven, Mich., has
joined Greenleaf Trust of Kalamazoo, Mich., as
vice president, personal trust administration. He
has more than 20 years of personal trust and management experience. A certified trust and
financial advisor, he is a graduate of
Northwestern University Trust Graduate School
and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the
University of Delaware as well as Hope. He is
active in a number of community organizations in
South Haven and Kalamazoo.
Harvey Burkhour ’75 teaches special education at
Jenison Junior High School. He has two
college–attending children, including son Joshua
who will be a freshman at Hope this fall.
Eddie Chavez ’75 of Wheaton, Ill., was elected to
the DuPage Community Clinic Board of Directors
for DuPage County, Ill.
Gary Constant ’75, Jim Goldman ’75, Jim
Wojcicki ’75 and Jeff Stewart ’76, all Fraters and
roommates while at Hope, won the Hope football
golf outing with 11 under par (11 birdies, 7 pars).
Sue Poppink ’75 is an assistant professor at
Western Michigan University in the Department
of Teaching, Learning and Leadership in the
College of Education.
Peter Gavin Ferriby ’76 of Bethlehem, Pa.,
began work in June as systems and electronic
resources librarian for Muhlenberg College in
Allentown, Pa.
James Stegenga ’76 of Kentwood, Mich., has been
selected by the Washington, D.C., headquarters of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to be a
representative of the FDIC at the Graduate School
of Banking, located on the campus of the
University of Wisconsin in Madison. The assignment is a three–year appointment to participate in
the university summer sessions through 2003.
The research and academic sessions include not
only selected FDIC officials but also bank executives from various parts of the nation. During the
past 15 years, he has served as a bank examiner
for the FDIC regional districts located in Seattle,
Wash., San Francisco, Calif., and Chicago, Ill.
Marcia Vanden Berg ’78 has been promoted to
community placement coordinator and team
leader for Muskegon Community Mental Health.
She supervises seven case managers who work
with mentally ill and developmentally disabled
adults in local group homes. She also continues to
work on the Crisis Response Team for Muskegon
County. In addition, she has been elected to the
office of Deacon at Covenant Community Church
in Muskegon Heights, Mich.
Catharine Van Mater ’79 Gelineau of
Marblehead, Mass., is president and COO of the
Strategy Development Group Inc. Nationally she
serves as a member of the Marketing and
Communications Coordinating Committee of the
American Heart Association, Delegate Assembly,
2001–2002. She and her husband have four boys.
Stephen McCullough ’79 lives in Winston–
Salem, N.C., with his wife and their daughter,
Emma (13). He is a psychologist at Crossroads
Behavioral Healthcare in Mt. Airy, N.C. (the birthplace of Andy Griffith).
Carl Toren ’79 of Lynwood, Ill., has taken a new
position as medical director of Chicago Family
Health Center, a non–profit community health
center.
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Sam Aidala ’80 of Goldens Bridge, N.Y., is teaching third grade science at the Bedford Road
Elementary School in Pleasantville, N.Y. He is
also the computer coordinator and video coordinator for his school.
Ronni Nivala ’80 of Milwaukee, Wis., has been
promoted to manager, Powerbase Payroll, with
Manpower Inc., and is working at Manpower’s
International Headquarters on a project to
redesign and replace several operational systems
as well pursuing an MS in international business
at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
“After 15–plus years on the east side of Lake
Michigan it is interesting to be on the other side!”
Jennifer Elliott ’80 Shoup is director of spiritual
formation with Fairhaven Ministries in
Hudsonville, Mich. She and her husband have
two sons: Glenn V “Ben” (16) and Ryan (13).
Kevin Kraay ’81 of Zeeland, Mich., last fall finished third in his first 50–mile ultra–marathon.
Patience Hill ’81 Ruggio is teaching with the
Hartford (Mich.) Schools.
Carl Schwedler ’81 of Davis, Calif., is a senior
patent attorney with Novozymes Biotech Inc.
Carol Girod ’81 Van Andel of Grand Rapids,
Mich., has been elected to the Board of Trustees of
the Michigan Colleges Foundation.
Joe Wolff ’81 of Muskegon, Mich., his wife and
their daughter Erin recently celebrated their
155–week anniversary as a family together.
Lana Bian ’82 of Vienna, Va., works in global
business development with the Personal
Communications Industry Association.
DeLynn Reynolds ’82 Johnson of Littleton, Colo.,
is a substitute teacher.
Kathy Aaron ’82 Mouw is director of educational
ministries at Grace Reformed Church in Holland,
Mich.
Bridgette Knittel ’83 Atkinson has been promoted from senior director to vice president of
human resources with GTSI Corp.
Elizabeth Anderson ’83 Durr is a special education teacher in the suburbs of Memphis, Tenn.
While she is currently teaching in the high school
setting, Beth has taught for the last 17 years in
Virginia and Arkansas. Beth has spent most of
her career working on the transition of high
school special education students to the working
environment and developed the latest transition
manual for the Shelby County, Tenn., School
District.
Susan Welker ’84 Kummer, her husband and
their three children––Alison (13), Hannah (10)
and Marshall (five)––are serving as missionaries
in a camping ministry in the Apennine Mountains
of Tuscany, Italy.
Duane Dede ’84 of Gainesville, Fla., is a clinical
associate professor at the University of Florida,
where he was recently named co–director of the
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic.
Caryn Kunkle ’84 of Menlo Park, Calif., is direc-
HOPE
tor of volunteer resources at Stanford Hospital &
Clinics.
Bruce Mulder ’84 is pastor for congregational
ministries at Fifth Reformed Church in Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Kelly Griffin ’85 has published her first novel, A
Place of Filtered Sunshine. The book is available via
iuniverse.com and other online booksellers.
Emily Wang ’85 Lewis of Catawba, Va., had their
first child in January (please see “New Arrivals”).
She works part–time now as a radiologist at
Lewis–Gale Hospital in Salem, Va.
Chris Bluhm ’86 has accepted a partnership at the
public accounting firm of Snyder, Cohn, Collyer,
Hamilton & Associates. The group is a large local
firm specializing in tax, medical practices,
mergers and acquisitions, and business consulting. His areas of expertise include non–profit
strategic planning, business operations and
systems development. He lives in Ellicott City,
Md., with his wife and their two daughters,
Allison and Stephanie.
Tim Estell ’86 of Ellicott City, Md., was promoted
to branch manager of his Software Branch at SAIC
Advanced Technologies and Solutions Group
(AT&SG) in January, and was made a principal
software engineer in March. This spring he completed a second master’s degree (please see
“Advanced Degrees”).
Drew Mogridge ’86 of Hamden, Conn., works for
a company that develops stock options software
called Transcentive. He and his wife have two
sons, Nathaniel (three) and Ian (one–and–a–half).
Martha Nordstrom–Kuyten ’86 of Holland,
Mich., is doing graduate work in counseling/psychology at Western Michigan University.
John Billstrand ’87 of Holland, Mich., is the corporate director of recruiting for a progressive
hotel ownership/management company based in
Shelton, Conn. His responsibilities are to attract,
select and interview candidates to the respective
hotels. He also organizes all college recruitment
fairs and any special projects that arise. He was
previously a director of human resources for
more than five years for mid–large first–class
hotels in Chicago and Michigan.
Paul Deck ’87 has been promoted, with tenure, to
associate professor of chemistry at Virginia Tech
in Blacksburg, Va.
Eric Moser ’87 moved to the Chicago area from
upstate New York to begin a new job working on
infrared missile defense systems. He is a systems
engineer with Northrup Grumman ESS/DSD in
Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Michael Ramos ’87 of Naperville, Ill., is a finance
and operational consultant with Parson Group
LLC & UBS Warburg in Chicago, Ill.
Lisa Simone–Bascunan ’87 of River Forest, Ill.,
now has three children (ages six, three, and 22
months). She began consulting part–time earlier
this year to spend more time with the kids.
Dan Stid ’87 recently published a book, The
President as Statesman: Woodrow Wilson and the
Constitution.
Edward Bobinski ’88 of Hebron, Conn., is athletic director and works in career development at
RHAM High School in the Regional Hebron,
Andover, Marlborough School District.
Wendy French ’88 Dubuisson of South Haven,
Mich., teaches K–3 special education at Maple
Grove Elementary, also serving as lead teacher
(administrative assistant), and co–coordinates the
USDA Team Nutrition Grant Project running
from 2000 to 2002. She owns a scrapbooking business as a Creative Memories Consultant. She also
keeps books and does clerical work for her
husband, who left his project management position in Grand Rapids to begin his own company,
Cedar Crest Construction.
David Kuiper ’88 of Zeeland, Mich., is with
Republic Bank in Holland, Mich. He has been recognized as one of the top producing mortgage
loan officers in the country for the third year in a
row.
James Van Eenenaam ’88 of Dana Point, Calif.,
recently accepted a position as senior manager
with the Worldtrade Management Services
Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Los
Angeles/Irvine, Calif. He consults with companies involved in international trade.
Amy Braun ’89 Heiny is pursuing her master of
management degree at Aquinas College, and
recently left the Grand Rapids Art Museum to
work independently as an exhibition design consultant, project coordinator and homemaker. Her
husband owns and operates a photo studio.
Michael Regnier ’89 of Monroe, Ohio, has been
named a member at Eastman & Smith Ltd., a law
firm in Toledo, Ohio. He practices primarily in
professional liability and commercial litigation.
Jim Scheuerle ’89 in January of 2001 became a
partner in the Muskegon law firm of Parmenter
O’Toole in Muskegon, Mich. He reports that he
and his family are living happily in North
Muskegon with two cats and a protective chocolate lab.
Larry Zwart ’89 of Chicago, Ill., is vice president–North American sales with Bristol
Technology.
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1990s
Martie Sharp ’90 Bradley was recently named
promotions manager for direct marketing for
Zondervan ChurchSource. She and her husband
and son (please see “New Arrivals”) recently
moved into their first home in Northeast Grand
Rapids, Mich.
Kevin Hart ’90 and Suzanne Boel ’91 Hart moved
to Three Bridges, N.J., in October of 2000 and are
co–pastors of the Three Bridges Reformed
Church.
Marian Stryker ’90 Jenkins and family are still
living in the London, England, area, near her husband’s family. They anticipate moving back to
the United States by spring of next year.
Joe Murray ’90 of Holland, Mich., is a plant
manager with Richwood Industries in Grand
Rapids, Mich. He and wife Jocasta Castillo ’94
Murray recently returned to Holland from the
Detroit, Mich., area; they also recently celebrated
the first birthday of their daughter, Elean
Isabelle.
Laurie Nelson ’90 is a community project developer for the occupational therapy assistant
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program at Santa Ana College and is also
working part–time for a psychiatric center.
Mpine Qakisa ’90 of Pretoria, South Africa is a
lecturer in communication at the University of
South Africa. She is conducting research on the
impact of HIV/AIDS mass media messages on
women, leading toward a distance learning
health communication course for women that she
plans to develop. Besides being an academic, she
is a busy mother of two children––a
four–year–old girl and an 18–month–old boy.
Katy Conlen ’91 is back in the United States,
living and working in Rochester, Mich., after four
years in Japan. She runs Harmony in Motion
advanced massage therapy and craniosacral
work, and teaches Chi Gong. She reports living
“the life” and having fun, and that she has a great
boyfriend and a cat named cosmic creeper (“cc”).
She says also says “hi” to all her SIB and running
buddies.
David Connolly ’91 is a district manager with
Nabisco, Inc.
Kelly Fletcher ’91 works as a small–animal and
exotic–animal private practitioner.
Jeff Gammons ’91 and family have been living in
Muskegon, Mich., for the last 10 months, since he
transferred from Chicago, Ill. He is an engine
products global market analyst with Dana
Corporation.
Kathryn Larsen ’91 Groening of Midland, Mich.,
volunteers as a natural family planning instructor. She and her husband have two sons,
Jonathan and Benjamen.
Rebecca VanHekken ’91 McIlwaine of Denver,
Colo., recently completed her MBA (please see
“Advanced Degrees”). Final class requirements
included an international trip to Sweden and
Germany. To celebrate, she and her husband
extended the trip and traveled throughout
Europe. She writes, “We are now proficient in
saying ’hello,’ ’please’ and ’thank you’ in five languages––probably not enough to get me a job in
the foreign languages department at Hope, but it
was enough to get by.” Rebecca is co–founder
and president of Burwood Marketing LLC, a
media buying/planning, strategy development
and marketing consulting agency.
Roberta Peterson ’91 of Shoreview, Minn., is a
partner in the law firm of Peterson & Kirchhofer
PLLP.
Eric Hass ’92 of Douglas, Mich., has joined the
staff of The Image Group in Holland, Mich.
Carina Bradley ’92 Lasch of Hasting, Mich.,
works in sales with Chemcentral Corp. She has a
six–year–old son, Jacob, and a 14–year–old
step–son, Brandon.
Stacey Swanson ’92 of Utica, N.Y., is on summer
vacation from teaching ESL (she just finished her
second year). Her summer activities have included taking intensive Spanish in the Dominican
Republic for two weeks.
Brandt Burgess ’93 of Rockville, Md., has acceptd
a post–doc position with the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Disease (a section of the
National Institutes of Health) to work on malaria.
Yalonda Carter ’93 Dixon and family have relocated from Detroit, Mich., to Kathleen, Ga., two
hours south of Atlanta, due to her husband’s job.
She reports enjoying being a stay–at–home mom
and homeschooling their three children:
Emmanuel (four–and–a–half), Emily (two–and–
a–half) and Elaine (age one). She notes that she
”would love to hear from old friends!”
Gregory Eding ’93 of Hamilton, Mich., is
employed with National Heritage Academies in
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jason Elmore ’93 of St. Robert, Mo., is an instructor with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s
Corps. After serving as the prosecuting attorney
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for a year, he was
requested to teach at the Army MP School for a
year.
Stephen Hendrickson ’93 of Wyoming, Mich., is
a financial advisor with Centennial Securities
Company of Jenison, Mich.
Jun Matsumuro ’93 of Osaka, Japan, is chief of the
service section of the Osaka International
Convention Center.
James Oonk Jr. ’93 is a consulting manager with
CapTrust Financial Advisors in Holland, Mich.
Donald Peterson ’93 of Corvallis, Ore., is a
post–doctoral assistant at Oregon State
University.
Wendy Schroeder ’93 of Phoenix, Ariz., graduated from veterinary college in May (please see
“Advanced Degrees”) and is working at a small
animal clinic with special interests in surgery.
Jodi Braxmaier ’94 Brown of Holland, Mich., is an
acute care physical therapist at Spectrum Health
in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Derek Colmenares ’94 completed his family prac-
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tice residency in June and is practicing in Fond du
Lac, Wis.
Alicia Mendenhall ’94 Elmore of St. Robert, Mo.,
has finished her residency in family practice and
entered active duty with the U.S. Army Medical
Corps in July.
Debra VandeRiet ’94 Geisler of Evanston, Ill.,
works in the counseling center of Trinity
International University in Chicago, Ill.
Sarah Gaither ’94 Jaros of Chicago, Ill., is pursuing a master’s in education at the University of
Illinois in Chicago, and plans to teach in the
Chicago Public Schools beginning in the fall of
2002.
Christina Henke ’94 Larsen of Dexter, Mich., continues to work at Creative Solutions, an
accounting software company, but is now on a
part–time basis so that she can enjoy the rest of
her time at home with her baby, Samuel (please
see “New Arrivals”).
Todd Ter Avest ’94 of Augusta, Mich., was
ordained on Sunday, June 3, and is associate
pastor of Gull Lake Area Community Church.
Matthew Thompson ’94 and Pamela Gunther ’94
Thompson have moved to the northwoods of
Minnesota. Matthew has been ordained as a
pastor in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
and is serving at St. Johns Lutheran Church in
Park Rapids, Minn. Pamela is a stay–at–home
mom of two boys, Andrew (five) and William
(two).
Susan Ramsey ’94 Williams of Grand Haven,
Mich., reports that she and her husband are enjoying life with their “very busy” 18–month–old
daughter, Kiley. She writes, “I’m also enjoying
not having to take any continuing–ed classes for a
bit since I completed my master’s last summer.”
Lisa Anderschat ’95 has become a hall director at
Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich., after
four years as a hall director and then area coordinator at Michigan Tech University. She writes, “I
am very excited about being back downstate and
closer to family and friends.”
Feler Bose ’95 does research and development in
a graduate school for the paper industry in
Atlanta, Ga.
Dirk DeWitt ’95 has changed duty stations from
Corpus Christi, Texas, where he was the operations officer aboard the mine sweeper USS
Defender (MCM–2), to Eglin Air Force Base
located in Niceville, Fla. Dirk’s new assignment
begins with the combined forces EOD (Explosive
Ordnance Disposal) School.
MaryLee Jennings ’95 Pikey will proceed to
Memphis, Tenn., for a one–year post–doctoral
position at the VA after completing her doctorate
later this month (please see “Advanced
Degrees”).
Sara Jo Ter Beek ’95 of Holland, Mich., is a legal
administrative assistant in the law office of
Christine A. Gara. She is active as both a member
and cantor at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, where
she is participating for the second year as soloist
for the summer recital series. She also writes, “As
a first–time homeowner since 1998, I am enjoying
working on my home and yard.”
Kjell Aumaugher ’96 of Zeeland, Mich., is a business analyst with the Holland Group Inc. of
Holland, Mich.
Bart Hisgen ’96 of Denver, Colo., is pursuing a
master of arts at Iliff School of Theology.
Beth Ann Hoezee ’96 of Orono, Maine, teaches
special education at the elementary level.
Amy Diane Schutter ’96 Lunn of Holland, Mich.,
is a project coordinator for Creative Dining
Services.
Robert Allan Lunn ’96 of Holland, Mich., teaches
music and guitar at Hope College and Lake
Michigan College.
Stephen Marso ’96 of Ankeny, Iowa, is an attorney with Whitfield & Eddy PLC in Des Moines,
Iowa.
Jeremy Monty ’96 and Sara Meengs ’98 Monty
recently purchased their first home––in the Alger
Heights neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jeremy left Junior Achievement in June for a job
as a production assistant for Maranda at
May 2001 graduation honors
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Kristin Bentivolio, Milford, Mich.
Louis Canfield, Whitehall, Mich.
Bradley Chassee, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ryan Coghill, Cary, Ill.
Timothy Cupery, Harbor Beach, Mich.
Jennifer Dennis, Lowell, Mich.
Lisa Doorlag, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Elizabeth Folkertsma, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kimberly Grotenhuis, Holland, Mich.
Jared Henderson, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Brennan Hughey, Elsie, Mich.
Rebecca Jackson, Lexington, Mass.
Katherine Jen, Hudsonville, Mich.
Aaron Keck, Lansing, Mich.
Mery Kendall, Mooresville, Ind.
Kristin Koenigsknecht, St. Johns, Mich.
Tracy Miller, Gurnee, Ill.
Kyla Moore, Kenosha, Wis.
Sara Oostendorp, Zeeland, Mich.
Jordan Schmidt, Eagan, Minn.
Whitney Schraw, Boyne City, Mich.
Kirsten Slotten, Grand Ledge, Mich.
Sally Smits, Denver, Colo.
Benjamin Tennant, Holland, Mich.
Joshua Tibbe, Newaygo, Mich.
Daniel Valente, West Bloomfield, Mich.
Elizabeth VandenBerg, Franklin, Mich.
Daron Vroon, Jacksonville, Fla.
Laura Zeller, Waterford, Mich.
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Jennifer Abraham, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Lara Alderman, Traverse City, Mich.
Cherie Allers, St. Anne, Ill.
Jennifer Baker, Hoffman Estates, Ill.
David Bauer, Hartford, Mich.
Lindsay Beckner, Middletown, Ohio
Daniel Besselsen, Hudsonville, Mich.
Stacy Bitterburg, Fruitport, Mich.
Christy Boes, Grand Haven, Mich.
Sarah Bolt, Mt. Sinai, N.Y.
Cara Brackenridge, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Lisa Breuker, Fremont, Mich.
Brenda Brouwer, Oak Lawn, Ill.
Carl Bussema, Lansing, Ill.
Laurie Chalifoux, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Brandon Cota, Elkton, Md.
Katie Cramer, Delano, Minn.
Amy Donley, Rockford, Mich.
Andrea Douglass, Libertyville, Ill.
Heather Douglass, St. Paul, Minn.
Todd Dye, Hillsdale, Mich.
Adam Eriks, Holland, Mich.
Jody Farrey, Belvidere, Ill.
Kristyn Fox, Holland, Mich.
Jennifer Frayer, Indianapolis, Ind.
Andrea Fry, Lansing, Mich.
Matthew Goupell, Mason, Mich.
Deirdre Graham, Rochester Hills, Mich.
Nicholas Grasman, Byron Center, Mich.
Laura Grit, Ft. Collins, Colo.
Nicole Groenheide, Portage, Mich.
Muhammed Hameeduddin, Chicago, Ill.
Angela Hobbs, Brighton, Mich.
Kathryn Hoesch, Zeeland, Mich.
Elizabeth Hofstra, Grandville, Mich.
Anna Holt, Durand, Mich.
Isaiah Hoogendyk, Holland, Mich.
Nathan Ide, Spring Lake, Mich.
Evan Irish, East Lansing, Mich.
John Jacobs, Grand Haven, Mich.
Jeannette Johnson, Davisburg, Mich.
Elizabeth Jungst, Englewood, Fla.
Holly Kaye, Dearborn Hts., Mich.
Anna Kievit, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Julia Koeppe, Fayetteville, Ark.
Kristin Kooyer, Holland, Mich.
Emily Koster, Kenosha, Wis.
Claire Krukowski, Grosse Ile, Mich.
Rachel Kuipers, Grandville, Mich.
Rebecca La Roy, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Melissa Labarge, Holland, Mich.
Daniel Lam, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Dana Lamers, Hudsonville, Mich.
Sara Lamers, St. Johns, Mich.
Daniel Lannin, Elgin, Ill.
Daniel Lappenga, Holland, Mich.
Susan Lawrence, Schaumburg, Ill.
Angela Lee, Muskegon, Mich.
Whitney Lepard, Grand Haven, Mich.
Renee Lick, Shelby Township, Mich.
Catherine Lindhout, Rockford, Mich.
Katie Link, Lawrence, Mich.
Melanie Lofquist, Marysville, Mich.
Angela Lower, Ionia, Mich.
Jennifer Mark, Manistee, Mich.
Michelle McDougal, Portage, Mich.
Jesse McKey, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jesse Menning, Lansing, Mich.
Laura Messing, Harbor Beach, Mich.
Michael Messink, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Melissa Millett, Midland, Mich.
Christine Misiewicz, Lansing, Mich.
Aimee Morehouse, Bowie, Md.
Amanda Morrison, Coldwater, Mich.
Letritia Mough, Harbor Springs, Mich.
Maryjane Murphy, Indianapolis, Ind.
Julie Murray, Spring Lake, Mich.
David Nash, Lyons, Mich.
Joel Neckers, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kristin Nelson, Wyoming, Mich.
Carrie Olson, Ludington, Mich.
Robin Oppenhuizen, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Amanda Peters, Spring Lake, Mich.
Lori Peterson, Traverse City, Mich.
Elizabeth Pikaart, Zeeland, Mich.
Lauren Piotrowski, Troy, Mich.
Emily Poel, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Sarah Polk, Center Line, Mich.
Stephen Rabuck, Myerstown, Pa.
Sara Richmond, Alma, Mich.
Sarah Ruttan, Ada, Mich.
Michelle Rynbrandt, Clio, Mich.
Lori Schilling, Walhalla, Mich.
Janet Scholtens, Lisle, Ill.
Jennifer Schwieger, St. Clair, Mich.
Julie Sebastian, Coldwater, Mich.
Eric Shaeffer, Rochester Hills, Mich.
Krista Shinew, Holland, Mich.
Melissa Sloothaak, Holland, Mich.
Kristin Sorensen, Beecher, Ill.
Jill Spalding, Howell, Mich.
Kristyn Sundstedt, Algonquin, Ill.
Jasmine Swaney, Traverse City, Mich.
Dan Taylor, Story City, Iowa
Emiko Teshima, Ludington, Mich.
Amanda Vaalburg, Holland, Mich.
Angela Van Erp, Bad Axe, Mich.
Danika Vanbeek, Libertyville, Ill.
Jeremy Vandenberg, Grand Rapids, Mich.
David VanDerLaan, Lombard, Ill.
Amy Vandermeer, Holland, Mich.
Martin VanOort, Deer Lodge, Mont.
Stephanie Velander, Libertyville, Ill.
Craig Veldman, Jenison, Mich.
Joseph Veldman, Sawyer, Mich.
Amy Vertalka, Grand Ledge, Mich.
Timothy Vroom, Zeeland, Mich.
Charles White, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jeffrey Wilcox, Saline, Mich.
Benjamin Wing, Maple City, Mich.
Karen Wittstock, Grosse Pointe, Mich.
Robert Wondergem, Johnson City, Tenn.
Ghadeer Yaser, Holland, Mich.
Rebecca Zantop, Ann Arbor, Mich.
CUM LAUDE
Steven Alles, Byron Center, Mich.
David Boerema, Chicago Ridge, Ill.
Daniel Bos, Holland, Mich.
Kathaleen Butler, St. Paul, Minn.
Kelly Cairo, Detroit, Mich.
Angela Ciesielski, Linden, Mich.
Maria Cipolone, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Jeremy Cook, Allendale, Mich.
Sherrie Cunningham, Waterford, Mich.
Blythe Davis, Westlake, Ohio
Nathan Devisser, Schoolcraft, Mich.
Kristen DeYoung, Jenison, Mich.
Jonathan Dobbins, Marshall, Mich.
Vicki Dryfhout, Orland Park, Ill.
Ian Engelmann, Otisville, Mich.
Sara Eveland, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Stacey Flegel, Ithaca, Mich.
Andrea Flotkoetter, Bloomington, Ill.
Edwin Gall, Saline, Mich.
Katrina Gier, Holland, Mich.
Jason Giless, Medinah, Ill.
Kelly Gormly, Dearborn, Mich.
Tonya Gowell, Hesperia, Mich.
Jami Grant, Holt, Mich.
Justin Grobe, Rapids City, Mich.
Jessica Gutierrez, Pella, Iowa
Jessica Hall, Traverse City, Mich.
Melanie Hall, Hudsonville, Mich.
Jason Harris, Alpena, Mich.
Nathan Hart, Holland, Mich.
Alison Hathaway, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Rachel Henderson, Holland, Mich.
Heidi Hickman, Fremont, Mich.
Sarah Hoeksema, Hudsonville, Mich.
Scott Houser, Portage, Mich.
Jessica Hovater, Grass Lake, Mich.
Melissa Howe, Dimondale, Mich.
Erin Hughes, Harbor Springs, Mich.
Meribeth Huizinga, Comstock Park, Mich.
Ettienne Jackson, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Beverly Katt, Grand Haven, Mich.
Jennifer Kaufmann, Okemos, Mich.
Emily Kehrwecker, Zeeland, Mich.
Jacob Kerwin, Schoolcraft, Mich.
Janet Kleban, Novi, Mich.
Jason Koedyker, Grand Haven, Mich.
Carolyn Kremm, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Alexandra Kubinski, Rochester, Mich.
Kevin Kudej, Mt. Morris, Mich.
Lauren Lashbrook, Whitmore Lake, Mich.
Deanna Lebar, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Timothy Lepczyk, Traverse City, Mich.
Angela Long, Allegan, Mich.
Catherine Lowe, Holland, Mich.
Michelle Lubbers, Hamilton, Mich.
Kyle Maas, Hudsonville, Mich.
Amanda Marriott, Indian River, Mich.
Duane McCollum, Muskegon, Mich.
Jennifer McKenna, East Lansing, Mich.
Nichol Mesbergen, Jenison, Mich.
Rachel Miller, Sioux City, Iowa
David Minter, Allendale, Mich.
T. Padric Moore, Holland Patent, N.Y.
Thomas Moore, Ypsilanti, Mich.
Douglas Mulder, Holland, Mich.
Bill Murdoch, Fennville, Mich.
Amanda Nelson, Northville, Mich.
Matthew Nelson, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Emily Niergarth, Traverse City, Mich.
Shannon Oakley–Brady, Lincoln Park, Mich.
Hilary Peterson, Chicago, Ill.
Douglas Randall, Midland, Mich.
Robert Reichenbach, Shoreview, Minn.
Aime Roldan, Martin, Mich.
Lindsay Schrotenboer, Zeeland, Mich.
Jennifer Sewall, Burnsville, Minn.
Sarah Shibley, Canajoharie, N.Y.
Erica Simpson, Lansing, Mich.
Sarah Skriloff, Brandon, Fla.
Elizabeth Sortman, Portage, Mich.
Emily Sowers, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Laura Splinter, Libertyville, Ill.
Amy Szymczak, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Rachel Throop, Waterford, Mich.
Erica Torgerson, Weidman, Mich.
Yasemin Tulu, Holland, Mich.
Kevin VanBronkhorst, West Olive, Mich.
Tyler VanderMeeden, Grand Haven, Mich.
Sandra Vanderwal, Sacramento, Calif.
Anne Vanderwel, Holland, Mich.
Kimberly VanDerWende, Midland, Mich.
Kevin VanTimmeren, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jacqueline Walker, Victoria, Texas
Jessica Watters, Mason, Mich.
Lisa Webster, Traverse City, Mich.
Taylor Werkman, Perrysburg, Ohio
Tiffany Williams, Plymouth, Mich.
Andrea Witham, Muskegon, Mich.
Shawn Wolff, St. Joseph, Mich.
Lesley Woodall, Macatawa, Mich.
Lindsey Woodall, Macatawa, Mich.
David Woody, Wayne, Mich.
NFHC August 2001
WOOD–TV 8. Sara is an assistant manager for
Build A Bear Workshops.
Amy Otis ’96 is taking a leave of absence beginning in September from working at Hope College
to complete a one–year intensive international
and interdenominational Torchbearer ministry
program in Holsby Brunn, Sweden. She has been
office manager in the Office of International
Education at Hope for four–and–one–half years.
Mark Rautiola ’96 of South Hamilton, Mass., is
attending
Gordon–Conwell
Theological
Seminary north of Boston, and is working toward
a mental health counseling degree. Since leaving
Hope he has been gaining experience in ministry,
traveling on short–term missions to India, Asia,
Africa and Israel.
Karen Oosterhouse ’96 Soderquist of Superior
Township, Mich., is a general practice resident at
Veteran’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Nicole Durocher ’96 Stilson has been practicing
veterinary medicine for the past year at a busy
three–doctor practice in Linden, Mich.
Phillip D. Torrence ’96 has joined the
Kalamazoo, Mich., office of Miller, Canfield,
Paddock and Stone PLC. He works as an associate in the law firm’s West Michigan Business
Group, specializing in e–commerce, high–technology ventures and other general business
matters. The 260–attorney law firm, established
in Detroit, Mich., in 1852, has offices in Ann
Arbor, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Howell,
Kalamazoo, Lansing, Monroe and Troy, Mich.;
Washington, D.C.; New York City; and Gdynia,
Katowice and Warsaw, Poland. The firm also has
an affiliated office in Pensacola, Fla. He previously worked for the Grand Rapids law firm
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP.
Chad Betz ’97 has completed dental school
(please see “Advanced Degrees”) and is moving
to Camp Pendleton, Calif., for a general practice
residency in the U.S. Navy.
Peter DeYoung ’97 and Megan Hicks ’99
DeYoung are living in Jenison, Mich. Peter has
started his residency at DeVos Children’s
Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Joshua Kooistra ’97 and Connie Bahnsen ’99
Kooistra are living in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Joshua is a first–year resident in emergency medicine at Metropolitan Hospital, and Connie is a
registered nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care
Department at Spectrum Health.
Gregory Paplawsky ’97 of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
started working at the Oshtemo Veterinary
Hospital just outside of Kalamazoo in June. He
writes, “It is a small animal hospital where we see
dogs, cats, and ’pocket pets,’ basically anything
smaller than a pig.”
Tyler Smith ’97 is an assistant vice president of
commercial lending at LaSalle Bank in downtown
Chicago, Ill. He is also continuing his MBA
studies at Northwestern University.
Beth Thorrez ’97 is an RN working at Children’s
Memorial Hospital, on the liver and renal transplant unit, in Chicago, Ill.
Ann Barry ’98 of Midland, Mich., is employed at
the Midland County Council on Aging, and this
fall will begin the Certificate of Youth Ministry
program.
Tonia Bruins ’98 will be an assistant athletic
trainer at Zeeland (Mich.) High School this fall.
Kevin Burgun ’98 is teaching theology, English
and theater at La Lumiere School in LaPorte, Ind.,
a boarding school where he also lives on–campus.
Jacqueline “Jackie” Chapman ’98 of Nashville,
Tenn., has been promoted to editor of GMA
(Gospel Music Association) Communications,
which includes the production and editing of
several GMA event program books and annual
directory, in addition to her work as editor of the
quarterly membership magazine, GMA Today.
John Donnelly ’98 of Holland, Mich., is a secondary Spanish teacher at Black River Public
School.
Benjamin Gibney ’98 of Oregon, Ohio, has been
a programmer/analyst at Owens Community
College for 1.5 years. He reports “enjoying life,
Toledo, Ohio, and God’s wonderful green earth.”
Eddie Greenleaf Jr. ’98 of Chelsea, Mich., took
over the family business, the Chelsea Lanes
bowling alley, when his parents retired in May.
Mary “Meg” Hopkins ’98 is student at Regent
College in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Lisa Jutte ’98 will begin doctoral studies at
Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, this
fall. She will pursue a Ph.D. in exercise science
with emphasis in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Jennifer Geerdink ’98 Kamper and her husband
have moved to Cedar Grove, Wis., where he
serves a church. Jennifer is spending her summer
training for a triathlon and looking for another job
in the corporate wellness/fitness field.
Martin Landes Jr. ’98 and Jill Donehoo ’99
Landes live in Holland, Mich. He is an environmental geologist with Equity Resource
Environmental.
Sheri Meyer–Veen ’98 and Mike Meyer–Veen
’99 of Bellflower, Calif., are both students in the
MDiv program at Fuller Theological Seminary
and interning at Faith Reformed Church in
Norwalk, Calif.
Kari Snyder ’98 has successfully completed the
certifed public accounting exam. She works in the
Traverse City, Mich., office of Plante & Moran
LLP.
Michael Thelen ’98 of South Jordan, Utah, is an
NLP software developer with Attensity
Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Erin Barrone ’99 competed in the 61st annual
Miss Indiana Scholarship Program, held at
Indiana State University on Thursday–Saturday,
June 14–16. She is pursuing a master’s at Indiana
University South Bend.
Renee Carlson ’99 is teaching physical education
at Stockbridge (Mich.) Middle School.
Laurie Hutchenreuther ’99 of Southfield, Mich.,
works at Ennis Center for Children in Detroit,
Mich., counseling foster children.
Annie Jakosz ’99 of Wyoming, Mich., is a sixth
grade teacher with the Allegan Public Schools.
Jill Donehoo ’99 Landes is an elementary teacher
in the Zeeland, Mich., schools.
Elissa Wickmann ’99 Lappenga of Holland,
Mich., is director of abstinence education at
Lakeshore Pregnancy Center.
Michael McCune ’99 this fall will start pursuing a
master’s in business administration at the Eli
Broad Graduate School of Management at
Michigan State University.
Josh Neucks ’99 teaches at Cathedral High School
in Indianapolis, Ind.
James Vanderhyde ’99 has completed his master’s in computer science (please see “Advanced
Degrees”) and will begin pursuing a doctorate
this month at Georgia Tech.
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ReBecca Renner ’00 Anderson of Westmont, Ill.,
is the Edward Jones investment representative in
Downers Grove, Ill. She also works with Dress
for Success, an international program that provides contemporary professional clothing to
low–income women.
Glenda Barnhart ’00 of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
is office administrator at Westside CARES, a
small nonprofit that provides direct service, such
as food, clothing, rent or utilities, to those in need.
Kate MacDoniels ’00 Caldwell in the fall will
start the second year of her master’s program in
student affairs administration at Indiana
University, Bloomington.
Leslie Cogan ’00 is teaching with the Greenville,
Mich., schools.
Kristy Dalrymple ’00 of Philadelphia, Pa., is a
graduate student in the clinical psychology doctoral program at MCP Hahnemann University.
Seth Gardner ’00 is a secondary teacher in Battle
Creek, Mich.
Eric Goodman ’00 is a summer associate with
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP in
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Ahmed Khurrum ’00 of Lafayette, La., is a field
engineer (MWD/LWD) with Pathfinder Energy
Services Inc.
Benjamin Lane ’00 of Detroit, Mich., is a process
analyst, resources, with Accenture.
Alexis Oosting ’00 has accepted a teaching position in Boston, Mass.
Tony Petkus ’00 of Holland, Mich., is teaching
middle school and high school physical education
in Fennville, Mich., in addition to coaching football and wrestling and serving as athletic site
coordinator for spring sports. He is also pursuing
a master’s in educational leadership at Western
Michigan University.
Robert Rutherford ’00 has been the head men’s
HOPE
middle distance and distance coach at Holland
(Mich.) Christian High School for the past two
years. He is now teaching 10th–12th grade
English at Hudsonville (Mich.) High School.
Matthew Swier ’00 is an elementary teacher with
the Pullman, Mich., schools.
Nicole Travis ’00 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is
advertising production manager with Beattie
Communications in Holland, Mich.
Melissa Zeiger ’00 will teach Spanish 2 and 3 at
Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City, Mo.
Douglas Ammeral ’01 has accepted a teaching
position at Harbor Lights, West Ottawa schools.
Matthew Anderson ’01 is an accounting manager
with Lake Michigan Mailers.
Brenda Brouwer ’01 has a teaching position in the
Oak Lawn (Ill.) Public Schools.
Dan Caldwell ’01 of Bloomington, Ind., has been
teaching for Upward Bound in Bloomington this
summer and will student teach in Paragon, Ind.,
in the fall.
Adrienne Joy Cameron ’01 works with The
Pressley Ridge Schools, Center for Autism, in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Michelle Chowning ’01 is an admissions representative at Hope College.
Ryan Coghill ’01 is an elementary teacher with
the Allendale (Mich.) Public Schools.
Kristyn Fox ’01 will teach at Vanderbilt Academy
in Holland, Mich.
Jeannette Johnson ’01 will be an elementary
teacher with Walker Academy.
Jodie Kurtze ’01 competed in the 61st annual
Miss Indiana Scholarship Program, held at
Indiana State University on Thursday–Saturday,
June 14–16.
Jamie Lademan ’01 works in agency systems
support with Auto–Owners Insurance Company
in Lansing, Mich.
Andrew Mackay ’01 is an elementary teacher
with the Chicago (Ill.) Public Schools.
Kristin Nelson ’01 is a credit analyst in commercial loans with Macatawa Bank in Hudsonville,
Mich.
Kristina Pecora ’01 is moving to Washington,
D.C., in the fall to begin work on a master’s in
psychology at the Catholic University of America.
Marcy Slotman ’01 has a teaching position with
the Hamilton Public Schools.
Lisa Vredevoogd ’01 has a part–time kindergarten teaching position with the Byron Center
(Mich.) Christian Schools.
Louis Williams ’01 will be an elementary teacher
with the Sandusky (Mich.) Schools.
Andrea Witham ’01 has accepted a teaching position at Grandville (Mich.) High School.
Laura Zeller ’01 will be a secondary music teacher
with the St. Clair Shores, Mich., schools.
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that we don’t publish engagement announcements––that’s what this “marriages” section is
for! Please write us after your wedding takes
place.
Bruce Mulder ’84 and Jean Chit, March 31,
2001.
Tim Estell ’86 and Kimberly Steele, July 8,
2001.
Phil Tanis ’87 and Gretchen Schoon ’99, June
30, 2001, Zeeland, Mich.
Larry Wagenaar ’87 and Deborah Banazak,
June 3, 2001, Holland, Mich.
Todd Vincent Cioffi ’88 and Erinn J. Epp, Aug.
26, 2000, Hague, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Timothy Jay Nieuwenhuis ’89 and Esther
Joyce Fintelman, March 24, 2001.
Elizabeth Hoffman–Santucci ’90 and Gary
Byma, May 26, 2001, Holland, Mich.
Mpine Qakisa ’90 and Abbey Makoe, Dec. 17,
1994, Pretoria, South Africa.
Roberta Peterson ’91 and Neil Otto, Sept. 30,
2000.
Gregory Eding ’93 and Erica Hansen ’93,
December, 1995, Holland, Mich.
Stephen Hendrickson ’93 and Angie
Ableidinger, May 19, 2001, Wyoming, Mich.
Sarah Gaither ’94 and Chris Jaros, March 10,
2001, Evanston, Ill.
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Jonathan King ’94 and Nikole Koelbel ’94,
August, 2001.
Debra VandeRiet ’94 and Jonathan Geisler,
April 28, 2001.
Elizabeth Beernink ’95 and Scott Soda, April
21, 2001, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Stephanie Haag ’95 and Nathan Greenwood
’97, May 26, 2001, Chadwick, Ill.
Dan Styf ’97 and Sarah Conn, May 12, 2001,
Fenton, Mich.
Cherith Caldwell ’98 and Eric Anderson, Sept.
9, 2000, Naperville, Ill.
Lisa Goodin ’98 and Jeff Whitmore ’99, April
21, 2001, Rochester Hills, Mich. (published in a
previous issue as April of 2000).
Michael Wayne Thelen ’98 and Kristen
Annette May, May 12, 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jeff Burgess ’99 and Kortney Diane Niles ’00,
June 30, 2001.
Todd P. Chassee ’99 and Amanda Peters ’01,
June 16, 2001.
Kristy Deer ’99 and Matt Becker, May 5, 2001.
Ryan Tanis ’99 and Jill Harkema ’00, Aug. 11,
2000, Holland, Mich.
Courtney Crawford ’00 and Jake Kerwin ’01,
July 21, 2001.
Shawna Decker ’00 and Tim Cook, July 14,
2001, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Michelle Fawley ’00 and Quinten Kelley ’00,
May 26, 2001, Portage, Mich.
Kathryn Rose MacDoniels ’00 and Daniel
Stephen Caldwell ’01, May 26, 2001, Holland,
Mich.
Jennifer Polsgrove ’00 and Eric Shanburn,
April 20, 2001, Royal Oak, Mich.
Elissa Wickmann ’00 and Daniel Lappenga ’01,
June 8, 2001, Holland, Mich.
Michael Barnes ’01 and Sarah Ruttan ’01, Aug.
4, 2001.
Clark Bearcom ’01 and Audrey Ehinger ’01,
June 23, 2001.
Eric John Branch ’01 and Sarah Heather
Golden, July 21, 2001.
Paul A. Bush ’01 and Kelly R. Morrison ’01,
July 28, 2001, Holland, Mich.
Isaiah Michael Hoogendyk ’01 and Elise
Nadine Leonard, Aug. 19, 2000.
Melissa L. Howe ’01 and Jordan R. Schmidt
’01, July 7, 2001.
Kristyn Sundstedt ’01 and Joshua A. Bochniak
’02, June 30, 2001.
New Arrivals/Births
New Arrivals
Valorie TenHaken ’79 Cordes and Jeffrey
Cordes ’80, Amanda Caylee, adopted, Feb. 3,
2001; born, Dec. 21, 1999.
Carl Bornhorst ’85 and Rosa Bornhorst, Dirk,
Oct. 18, 1999.
Melody Eagles ’85 Jankowski and Jim
Jankowski, Kelly Renee, Nov. 2, 2000.
Emily Hedwig Lewis ’85 and Kenneth Wayne
Lewis, Nathan Frederick, Jan. 11, 2001.
Elizabeth MacGregor ’85 and David
Nicholson, Andrew MacGregor Nicholson, Nov.
17, 2000.
Elizabeth Andree ’87 Bruins and Robert
Bruins, Grace Katherine, May 16, 2001.
Jeff Disher ’87 and Kathy Mandeville ’90
Disher, Daniel Jeffrey, Feb. 17, 2001.
Jennifer Phelps ’87 Keessen and Jeffrey
Keessen, Isaac Allen, May 2, 2001.
Michael Ramos ’87 and Monica Ramos,
Isabella Katryna–Lauren, Sept. 16, 2000.
Wendy French ’88 Dubuisson and Alfred
Dubuisson III, Rachel, Jan. 7, 1996; Samuel Alfred,
April 14, 2001.
Beth Gloeckler ’88 Katterle and Paul Katterle,
Karli Theressa, March 20, 2000.
Alan Sutton ’88 and Anne Marie Sutton, Adam
Thomas, June 25, 2001.
Dwight Ten Huisen ’88 and Heather Raak ’88
Ten Huisen, Isaiah Truman Raak Ten Huisen,
Nov. 17, 2000.
Tom Avolio ’89 and Laura Dennis ’91 Avolio,
Annabelle Claire, Dec. 28, 2000.
Amy Braun ’89 Heiney and Chuck Heiney,
Willis Robert, Dec. 6, 2000.
Jim Scheuerle ’89 and Anna Scheuerle, Sophia,
May 28, 2001.
Martie Sharp ’90 Bradley and Dave Bradley,
Colin, March 9, 2001.
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Marian Stryker ’90 Jenkins and Richard
Jenkins, Joshua Ian, March 1, 2001.
Scott Mancinelli ’90 and Susan Vanderbilt ’92,
Annalise Patrice Vanderbilt Mancinelli, April 9,
2001.
Michele Monroe ’91 Clark and Michael Clark,
Amber Christine, April 18, 1999; Keith Michael,
Feb. 7, 2001.
Jeff Gammons ’91 and Araceli Gammons,
Sofia Isabela, April 3, 2001.
Ann Bont ’91 Kline and Scott Kline, Collin
Michael, April 26, 2001.
Robert Schrotenboer ’91 and Claire
Schrotenboer, Ella Cassidy, Dec. 3, 2000.
Jeff Grill ’92 and Michelle Comfort ’92 Grill,
Ryan Michael, March 8, 2001.
Annette Limbach ’92 Honan and Mike Honan,
Ashley Honan, June 5, 2000.
Kevin Kar ’92 and Marie Kar, Brenner Louis,
March 6, 2001.
Jeff Vanden Bosch ’92 and Lori Vanden Bosch,
Lauren Jean, Jan. 29, 2001.
Dina Donaldson ’93 Cunnington and Patrick
Cunnington ’93, Patrick James, Jan. 3, 1999;
Amelia Anne, Jan. 17, 2001.
Yalonda Carter ’93 Dixon and Eddy Dixon,
Elaina Marie–Faith, June 27, 2000.
Scott May ’93 and Julie DeGoede ’94 May,
Grace Bethany, Jan. 31, 2001.
Matthew Okma ’93 and Tamara Persson ’93
Okma, Victoria Jean, May 5, 2001.
Karra Wohlford ’94 Brinks and Josh Brinks,
Jenna Lynn, March 28, 2001.
Jason De Vries ’94 and Kristen De Vries, Justin
Nicholas, May 9, 2001.
Christina Henke ’94 Larsen and Erik Larsen,
Samuel Timothy, Jan. 17, 2001.
Lisa Rosenthal ’94 Neuser and Chris Neuser,
Emma Alexandra, March 27, 2001.
Elizabeth Merrill ’94 Ter Avest and Todd Ter
Avest ’94, Tristyn J Xavier Ter Avest, Nov. 24,
1999.
Susan Ramsey ’94 Williams and Keith A.
Williams, Kiley E., Dec. 18, 1999.
Cynthia Miller ’95 Hisgen and Bart Hisgen ’96,
Solan Israel Miller–Hisgen, Jan. 31, 2001.
Lynette M. Karboske ’95 Prentice and Derek R.
Prentice, Marian Joy, July 4, 2000.
Jim English ’96 and Melissa Loeks ’96 English,
Andrew Duane, May 12, 2001.
Kimberly Ann Cook ’96 Kennedy and Chad J.
Kennedy, Aidan Kanat Kennedy, born March 27,
2000; adopted in Kazakhstan, April 25, 2001.
Peter DeYoung ’97 and Megan Hicks ’99
DeYoung, Amy Karol, May 21, 2001.
Danielle Parker ’97 Oliver and Ryan Oliver,
Bethany Marie, April 9, 2001.
Anthony Perez ’98 and Kristin Perez, Tyler
Dixon, April 12, 2001.
Andrew Ponstein ’98 and Susan Ponstein,
Emily Hope, 1998; Alexis Grace, 2000.
Advanced Degrees
Advanced Degrees
Norma Hoffman ’52 Richardson, Ph.D.,
Spanish literature, Michigan State University,
2001.
Judith Hoffman ’64 Cordia, EdD, Nova
Southeastern University, Jan. 31, 2001.
Robert Grahmann ’71, Ph.D., educational
studies, Trinity International University,
Deerfield, Ill., May 5, 2001.
Lisa Burger ’77, certificate in small church
leadership, Bangor Theological Seminary, May
19, 2001.
Tim Jasperse ’81, master’s, educational leadership, Central Michigan University.
Wendy Jo Wigger ’84, master’s in management, Aquinas College, 2001.
Tim Estell ’86, MS, computer science, Johns
Hopkins University, spring, 2001.
James Hop ’86, master of business administration, DeVos Graduate School of Management at
Northwood University, May, 2001.
Stephanie Lynn Bosman ’87, MA, educational
administration, K–12, Michigan State University,
May 4, 2001.
Kelly Fletcher ’91, doctor of veterinary medicine, The Ohio State University, June 8, 2001.
Rebecca VanHekken ’91 McIlwaine, master of
business administration, University of Colorado,
Executive Programs, June, 2001.
Tara Hansen ’92 Benes, doctor of veterinary
medicine, Michigan State University College of
Veterinary Medicine, May 4, 2001.
Brandt Burgess ’93, Ph.D., biochemistry,
Indiana University, Bloomington, March 31, 2001.
Donald Peterson ’93, Ph.D., nuclear physics,
University of Notre Dame, May 18, 2001.
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Wendy Schroeder ’93, University of Illinois
College of Veterinary Medicine, with honors,
May 13, 2001.
Jodi Braxmaier ’94 Brown, master’s, physical
therapy, University of Michigan, April, 2000.
Gwen Snyder ’94, master’s in international
economics, Johns Hopkins University School of
Advanced International Studies, May, 2001.
Matthew Thompson ’94, M.Div., Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., May 18, 2001.
Susan Ramsey ’94 Williams, master’s in educational leadership, Grand Valley State
University, July, 2000.
Amy Antrim ’95 McCurry, master’s in education, instructional leadership: reading, writing
and literacy, July, 2001.
MaryLee Jennings ’95 Pikey, doctorate, clinical
psychology, Wheaton College, Aug. 31, 2001.
Karen Oosterhouse ’96 Soderquist, doctor of
dental surgery, University of Michigan Dental
School, May, 2001.
Nicole Durocher ’96 Stilson, Purdue
University School of Veterinary Medicine, May,
2000.
Chad Betz ’97, University of Detroit Mercy
School of Dentistry, May, 2001.
Peter DeYoung ’97, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, June 7, 2001.
Jodi James ’97, MA, dance kinesiology,
University of Utah, May, 2001.
Gregory Paplawsky ’97, doctor of veterinary
medicine, Michigan State University’s College of
Veterinary Medicine, May, 2001.
C. Jonathan Bosman ’98, MS, biophysiology,
biofeedback, California School of Professional
Psychology, August, 1998.
Laurie Hutchenreuther ’99, master’s in social
work, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.,
May, 2001.
Nikelle Erin Johnson ’99, master of religious
education, Western Theological Seminary, May,
2001.
Dan Kubacki ’99, master of business administration, human resource management, The
University of Toledo, May, 2001.
James Vanderhyde ’99, M.S., computer
science, Michigan State University, May, 2001.
Heather Wesp ’99, M.S., functional morphology and behavior, Northern Arizona University,
August, 2001.
Amy M. Champaigne ’00, master of social
work, with honors, Michigan State University,
May, 2001.
Deaths
DeFouw; three children, Debbie (Lewis)
Valentine, Doug (Beth) DeFouw and Denise
(Andy) Herrera; six grandchildren, Charles,
Brittany and Brian Valentine, and Katy, Emily
and Douglas “Duke” DeFouw; his sister, Cornelia
DeFouw; his father–in–law, Cecil Sienstra; his
sisters–in–law, Donna DeFouw, Sally Sienstra ’63
Livezey, Mary Myers and Patricia Bensted; and
several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John
and Johanna DeFouw, and his brother, Joseph.
appear in the next issue.
Arthur Friderici ’52 of Niskayuna, N.Y., died
on Saturday, April 28, 2001. He was 70.
He was born in Amsterdam and a graduate of
Wilbur Lynch High School. He graduated from
the Cornell University College of Veterinary
Medicine after attending Hope.
He practiced at the Friderici Animal Hospital
for many years.
He was a member of the Capital District
Veterinary Medical Society, serving as the first
president when it formed from the Hudson
Valley Veterinary Medical Society. He was also a
member of the New York State Veterinary
Medical Society, which he had served as state
treasurer for seven years and from which he had
received the highest award for distinguished
service. He had been a member of the American
Veterinary Medical Association for 46 years.
He was a member of the greater consistory of
the Niskayuna Reformed Church, where he had
been an elder and a deacon.
He had been a member of the Schenectady
Rotary and was a Paul Harris Fellow. He was
active in Boy Scouts and the Red Cross; served as
president of Coopersville Extension; and taught a
4H veterinary group. He was a member of the
Pairs and Spares Couples Club, and was also a
member of the Niskayuna District #2 Fire
Company.
He was a member of the Cornell Men’s Club
and served on the Alumni Council of Cornell
University. He was a member of the Robison
Committee for Cornell Athletics.
Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Helen
Stewart Friderici; two sons, Charles Stewart
Friderici of Niskayuna and James Schuyler
Friderici of Schenectady, N.Y.; and nieces and
nephews.
James R. Holman ’50 of Stuart, Fla., died on
Thursday, May 31, 2001. He was 76.
He was a native of Chicago, Ill., and had graduated from ITT in Chicago as well as Hope.
He was the founder and former chair of
Holman Brick Co. of Schaumburg, Ill. He had
lived in Stuart for 25 years, moving from Palatine,
Ill.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Joy
Holman of Stuart; a son, Judd Holman and wife
Faith of Vail, Colo.; two daughters, Heather
Dupre of Westport, Conn., and Jill Bowne of Cary,
Ill.; and six grandchildren.
Word has been received of the death of Gerald
Gilmore ’42 of Traverse City, Mich., who died on
Sunday, July 15, 2001. More information will
Word has been received of the death of Loretta
Bonzelaar ’48 Helmink of Saugatuck, Mich., who
died on Friday, July 20, 2001. More information
will appear in the next issue.
Word has been received of the death of Robert
Henninges ’52 of Annandale, N.J., who died on
Thursday, July 26, 2001. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Alvin Klomparens ’37 of Holland, Mich., died
on Wednesday, May 23, 2001. He was 85.
He served in the Merchant Marine during
World War II.
He had been vice president of Holland
Furnace Company. In 1965, he founded Adex
Heating and Cooling Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich.;
he was also a vice president of the Grand Rapids
Heating and Cooling Association. He retired in
1982.
He was a member of Hope Church in Holland.
Survivors include his children, Katherine
Malcolm of Newport Beach, Calif., Charles
Klomparens of Holland, Gerald Klomparens of
Holland and Craig Klomparens of Holland; five
grandsons; one great–granddaughter; a brother,
Paul Klomparens of Holland; and a sister,
Marjorie Westrate of Holland.
His wife, Katherine, preceded him in death on
March 16, 1994.
Arthur E. Oudemool ’30 of Red Hook, N.Y.,
died on Thursday, May 24, 2001. He was 92.
He was born Jan. 10, 1909, in Holland, Mich., a
son of the late Martin and Emily Saunders
Oudemool. He graduated from New Brunswick
Theological Seminary as well as Hope.
He served Plattekill Reformed Church in
Deaths
Word has been received of the death of Tom
Andrews ’84, who died on Wednesday, July 18,
2001, after battling thrombotic thrombocytopenic
purpura (TTP), a rare but deadly blood disorder.
More information will appear in the next issue.
George C. Bruce II ’65 of San Francisco, Calif.,
died of a heart attack on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000.
He was 57.
He was born in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug.
15, 1943, and grew up in San Francisco. He
attended Hope from 1961 to 1963, and received
his BSEE from California State Polytechnic
College in 1967 and his MBA from Santa Clara
University in 1976.
He worked as an electronics engineer from
1967 to 1986, as a consultant to alternative energy
projects from 1986 to 1991 and as a tax professional from 1992 to 2000. He was the second vice
president of the California Society of Enrolled
Agents, Golden Gate Chapter, and also a member
of the Board of Directors of the Inland Society of
Tax Consultants.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Marcia
Pylman ’65 Bruce; two sons, Michael Bruce and
Steven Bruce; a brother, Charles Bruce; a sister,
Elizabeth Stochl; and nieces and nephews.
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Word has been received of the death of John
N. Chamberlin ’34 of Wyncote, Pa., who died on
Friday, Dec. 29, 2000. He was 88.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie.
John DeFouw Jr. ’58 of Caledonia, Mich., died
on Wednesday, June 13, 2001. He was 66.
He was born on June 8, 1935. He played football at Hope.
After completing his degree at Hope he
worked for General Motors for 32–and–a–half
years, retiring in 1993. During his tenure with
GM, he lived and worked in Michigan, Ohio,
Texas and Mexico.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Sienstra ’58
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Mount Marion, N.Y., from 1933 to 1935; First
Reformed Church in Kingston, N.Y., from 1935 to
1973; and Highwoods Reformed Church in
Saugerties, N.Y., from 1974 until retiring in 1993.
He was active in youth ministry, organizing
and running summer teen caravans across the
country and into Mexico for approximately 20
years.
He was a former member of the Kingston
Kiwanis Club and the Mid–Hudson Reformed
Church Classis. He was a city of Kingston police
commissioner from 1959 to 1963.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia
H. Everett Oudemool, in 1996.
Survivors include two sons, Dirk of Syracuse,
N.Y., and Jan of Red Hook; a sister, Henrietta
Rodstrom of Hendersonville, N.C.; five grandchildren; and two great–grandchildren.
Robert P. Resch II ’47 of Dunedin, Fla., died
on Sunday, June 17, 2001. He was 77.
He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He graduated from Mount Hernon Prep School as well as
Hope, and also attended Northwestern and
Hofstra universities.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in
the U.S. Navy.
He retired as a senior pharmaceutical sales
representative after 35 years with CIBA Geigy
Pharmaceuticals. He had moved to Dunedin from
Utica, N.Y., in 1974.
Survivors include a son, Robert P. III of
Clearwater, Fla.; three daughters, Robin R.
Charlton of Southbury, Conn., Martha R.
Ackerman of Anderson, Ind., and Vicki R.
Crauswell of Warrior, Ala.; a sister, Dorothy “Dot”
Herbert of Novato, Calif.; and 16 grandchildren.
Word has been received of the death of Susan
Dampman ’67 Roland of Rochester, N.Y., who
died on Monday, July 23, 2001. More information
will appear in the next issue.
Roger W. Rozeboom ’68 of Englewood, Colo.,
died on Sunday, June 10, 2001. He was 55.
He was born in Battle Creek, Mich. He graduated from Princeton Seminary after Hope.
He served the Blawenburg Reformed Church
in New Jersey and later started Faith Community
Church. Retired, he also owned his own real
estate company for many years.
Survivors include his wife, Sandra Tomlinson
’68 Rozeboom; children, Rebecca Rozeboom and
Rachel Rozeboom, both of Englewood;
brother–in–law, Thomas Buis Sr. of Holland,
Mich.; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Sharon
Buis.
Anne Selles ’39 of Holland, Mich., died on
Sunday, July 1, 2001. She was 84.
She taught from 1939 to 1979. She had been
an elementary teacher in the Holland area, was
an elementary teacher and principal in
California, and was a high school teacher in
California and Holland. During World War II,
she worked in educational reconditioning at a
U.S. Army hospital.
She was a member of 14th Street Christian
Reformed Church.
Survivors include her siblings, Kathryn De
Jong of Holland, Helene Kooi of Grand Rapids,
Mich., William and Helen Selles of Kalamazoo,
Mich., and Maxine and Willard Haak of
Kalamazoo; nephews and nieces; great–nephews
and great–nieces; and great–great nephews and
great–great nieces.
Bernadine Siebers–De Valois ’30 of
Woodland Park, Colo., died on Tuesday, June 19,
2001. She was 92.
She was an ear, nose and throat surgeon and
missionary for the Reformed Church in America
for 25 years. Hope presented her with an honorary degree, a Sc.D., in 1956.
She was raised in Grand Rapids, Mich., and
knew as early as the sixth grade that she wanted
to become a physician and missionary. Her
church basketball team raised the money she
needed to be able to attend Hope.
She earned her medical degree at Rush
Medical College in Chicago, Ill., and was one of
only three women in her class. She left for India
to become a medical missionary for the RCA in
1936.
She became a Fellow of the Royal College of
Surgeons in Canada in 1944. Back in India, she
subsequently practiced as a surgeon, served as a
professor and became head of the Department of
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ENT at The Christian Medical College in Vellore,
South India. She also served as a consultant for the
Schiffelein Memorial Leprosy Sanitarium in India.
She married agricultural missionary Dr.
“Jack” De Valois in 1946. Their Agricultural
Institute became the pilot program for World
Neighbors International.
After retiring from service in India, they continued to serve the church and World Neighbors
across the world, including in Nigeria, West
Africa, India and South America. Retired in
Holland, she also served as general physician at
Pine Rest Christian Hospital in Grand Rapids for
nine years.
In addition to her honorary degree from Hope,
her honors included receiving the Distinguished
Alumni Award from Grand Rapids Junior
College and the Paul Harris Fellow Award of
Rotary International.
Following the death of her husband, she
moved to the Colorado Springs, Colo., area to be
near family. While there, she was active at
Springs Community Church and with PEO
Chapter EA.
Survivors include four children, John De
Valois Jr., Russell De Valois, Margaret Van
Anrooy and Francine Schramm; 15 grandchildren; 18 great–grandchildren; 11 nieces and
nephews; and one sister–in–law.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded
in death by three brothers, John, Chris and Herm
Siebers; and one sister, Henriette Batts.
Word has been received of the death of
Cornelius “Cornie” J. Steketee ’39 of Holland,
Mich., who died on Monday, July 30, 2001. More
information will appear in the next issue.
Allan Van Huis ’46 of St. Joseph, Mich., died
on Tuesday, June 19, 2001. He was 78.
He was born in Holland, Mich., on April 18,
1923. He was a World War II veteran, serving as
a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
He married his wife, Patricia (Oonk) Van
Huis, who survives him, on Oct. 19, 1951.
He had lived in the St. Joseph area since 1967.
He was employed as a product control manager
at Auto Specialties and Reynolds Metals in
Benton Harbor, Mich.
He was an active member of Fairplain
Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder
and deacon.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two
sons, John (Suzanne) Van Huis of Winneconne,
Wis., and William (Shelly) Van Huis of West
Bloomfield, Mich.; a sister, Judy (Don) Vroon of
Grand Rapids, Mich.; and four grandchildren,
Alex, Adam, Marly and Nicholas Van Huis.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Maxine
Rutgers.
Word has been received of the death of Jack
Ver Hulst ’58 of Gilroy, Calif., who died on
Monday, July 23, 2001. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Ann VanEck ’48 Wierenga of Boise, Idaho,
died on Monday, June 4, 2001.
She was a nurse, and had served as a U.S.
Army nurse based in the Philippines during
World War II.
She was the widow of RCA pastor Harmon
Wierenga ’40. They had served pastorates in
Colorado, Illinois, Iowa and Michigan.
Survivors include five children and their
spouses; and 15 grandchildren.
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The family of Marian E. Blake of Holland,
Mich., who died on Wednesday, June 6, 2001, at
age 91.
She had worked in the college’s health clinic
from September of 1962 until retiring in 1972.
Survivors include her brother, Robert
Holmquist of Grandville, Mich.; and nieces and
nephews.
The family of Alvern Woodwyk of Holland,
Mich., who died on Monday, July 2, 2001, at age
72.
He was the college’s locksmith from June of
1981 until retiring in 1994.
Survivors include his wife, Norma; their children, Rick and Nancy Crane of Holland, Doug
and Deb Woodwyk of Zeeland, Mich., and Rick
and Barb Roels of Holland; and seven grandchildren.
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“It’s out of this world!”
Homecoming ’01
Hope: the fine alma mater.
Voyaging back to campus is a worthwhile
enterprise. Your mid–October mission:
To explore familiar old haunts. To seek out
old friends and acquaintances. To boldly
go where once you went before.
• Reunions • Run–Bike–Swim–Walk
• Celebrating 75 Years in the MIAA
• Parade and Game • Homecoming Ball
Thursday, Oct. 11
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Art Exhibition: “Alqa Gabra Sellase:
Ethiopian Icon Painter,” gallery, De Pree Art Center.
8 p.m. Hope College Theatre: The Years, DeWitt
Center main theatre. Ticket information may be
obtained by calling (616) 395–7890 beginning in late
September.
Friday, Oct. 12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Art Exhibition: “Alqa Gabra Sellase:
Ethiopian Icon Painter,” gallery, De Pree Art Center.
8 p.m. Hope College Theatre: The Years, DeWitt
Center main theatre. Ticket information may be
obtained by calling (616) 395–7890 beginning in late
September.
8 p.m. Social Activities Committee (SAC) is holding
its seventh annual Hoedown at Teusink’s Pony Farm,
1468 W. 32nd Street. Activities will include hayrides,
country line dancing, food and other fun. Admission
is free and alumni are invited.
Class of 1986 – 15–Year Class Reunion Party.
Advanced registration required.
Class of 1991 – 10–Year Class Reunion Party.
Advanced registration required.
Class of 1996 – 5–Year Class Reunion Party.
Advanced registration required.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13
Morning 24th Annual Run–Bike–Swim–Walk. The
event will include a physical enhancement program
fair in the Dow Health and Physical Education Center
gymnasium from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.; a two–mile
prediction walk; a 5K run; 3/4–, 3.5– and 5–mile criterium bicycling events; and quarter–mile and
half–mile swims. Starting times vary for the competitive events. Please call the Dow Center at (616)
395–7690 for more information.
8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration for Reunion Brunches,
Haworth Inn and Conference Center lobby.
9:45 a.m. Alumnae Softball Game, Buys Athletic
Fields. All alumnae softball players are invited to participate in the game against the current team; former
players will be contacted by the coaches with more
information.
10 a.m.–5 p.m. Art Exhibition: “Alqa Gabra Sellase:
Ethiopian Icon Painter,” gallery, De Pree Art Center.
10 a.m. Reunion Brunches for Classes ’86, ’91, and ’96.
Advanced registration required. Locations announced
at registration.
10 – 11:15 a.m. Alumni Chapel Choir rehearsal,
Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
11 a.m. H–Club Registration and Reception, Haworth
Inn and Conference Center.
11:30 a.m. H–Club Luncheon, Haworth Inn and
Conference Center. Advanced registration required.
Noon Sorority Luncheons and Fraternity Open
Houses.
1 p.m. Volleyball hosts Olivet,
Dow Center.
1 p.m. Homecoming Parade
heads north on College Avenue
from 13th Street enroute to
Holland Municipal Stadium.
Theme: “Hope College: it’s out
of this world.”
1:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer hosts
Albion College, Buys Athletic
Fields.
1:30 p.m. Pre–game show featuring the Battle Creek Central
High School Marching Band,
Holland Municipal Stadium.
2 p.m.
Football hosts
Kalamazoo College, Holland
Municipal Stadium. Halftime
activities will include music by
the Battle Creek Central High School marching band,
introduction of the Homecoming Court, and crowning
of the king and queen.
8 p.m. Hope College Theatre: The Years, DeWitt
Center main theatre. Ticket information may be
obtained by calling (616) 395–7890 beginning in late
September.
8:30 p.m.–1 a.m. Homecoming Ball, Haworth Inn and
Conference Center. Tickets are available through the
Office of Student Development, (616) 395–7942.
Sunday, Oct. 14
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14
10 a.m. Alumni Chapel Choir rehearsal, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel.
11 a.m. Homecoming Worship Service featuring the
Chapel Choir, and Alumni Chapel Choir, with guest
preacher the Rev. Paul Boersma ’82, the Maas
Chaplain at Hope, Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
1–5 p.m. Art Exhibition: “Alqa Gabra Sellase:
Ethiopian Icon Painter,” gallery, De Pree Art Center.
8 p.m. The Gathering, Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
Additional information concerning Homecoming activities
may be obtained by calling the Office of Public and Alumni
Relations, (616) 395–7860.
NFHC August 2001