Inside This Issue
Nykerk
Moments
Fall Sport
Highlights
Please see
page 20.
Please see
pages 10-11.
Observing the Heavens .................. 3
A Hope Sesquicentennial ............... 7
ESL: Applied Learning .................... 8
Alumni Tour of Russia .................... 9
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news from
HOPE COLLEGE
December 2001
Christmas is that joyful time of the
year when we celebrate the birth of the
Christ child—Jesus our Savior and Lord.
Although the events of this past fall have
tempered our joy, we know that as
Christians we “do not mourn as those
who have no hope.” Rather, we claim
with the Psalmist that “God is indeed
our refuge and strength, our ever
present help in time of trouble.” At Hope
College, hope is transcendent! Best
wishes to you and yours for a blessed
holiday season filled with joy and hope.
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Campus Notes
Appointed associate provost
Alfredo Gonzales has
been promoted to
associate provost.
Previously assistant provost, he is also an
adjunct associate professor of social work.
“Alfredo has been at Hope for the past 22
years, beginning with his role as director of
Upward Bound and serving for the past 11
years as assistant provost. Alfredo brings a
wealth of human relations and interpersonal skills to his assignment, and has earned
the respect of both faculty and staff,” said
President James E. Bultman ‘63. “The professional relationships that he has
established on Hope’s behalf, both on and
off Hope’s campus, have been immensely
helpful in the overall development of
Hope’s academic program.”
Professor Gonzales’s responsibilities
include general academic administration,
developing strategies for recruiting multicultural faculty and enhancing multicultural
learning at Hope, and oversight of capital
and operating budgets. He has administrative responsibility for the Joint Archives of
Holland and the college’s A.C. Van Raalte
Institute, Office of International Education
and Women’s Studies program, and is chair
of Hope’s annual Critical Issues
Symposium.
Professor Gonzales was active in the creation of Holland’s Sister–City relationship
with Santiago de Queretaro in Mexico, and
has similarly been actively involved in
developing Hope’s relationship with the
“Quote, unquote”
Quote, unquote is an
eclectic sampling of
things said at and about
Hope College.
This year’s college’s Critical Issues
Symposium, held on Tuesday–Wednesday,
Oct. 2–3, examined “Earth Matters: Daily
Decisions, Environmental Echoes.”
The
speakers included the Rev. Wesley Granberg–
Michaelson ‘67, who is general secretary of the
Reformed Church in America and has been
active in environmental issues.
His presentations included the focus session
“Redeeming the Earth” and the chapel talk
“For God So Loved the World.” Excerpts from
chapel follow.
“‘For God so loved the world that he gave
his only son.’ It’s the first verse that I
learned as a young child. It’s the verse probably all of you know by heart: John 3:16.
You see ‘John 3:16’ sometimes at athletic
events when people are trying to hold up
something that the camera will catch. It’s the
verse that taught me of God’s love through
Jesus Christ for me as an individual.
“But in the years since I have come to
know the truth of that verse, I’ve also been
asking a question as I’ve gone back to that
verse: ‘What is it that God loves?’ The
text says, ‘God loves the world.’
“The Greek word is cosmos. God loves
the cosmos. God loves all that God has
created... God loves all in the universe
that God has created.
“And friends, the earth is suffering...
And it is suffering because of human sin.
Because of humanity’s abuse of what God
has created and given to us.
“There’s a well–known theologian
named Karl Barth––wrote a lot of theology
in the ‘40s and ‘50s and had an amazing
impact. Karl Barth used to say this:
‘Christians need to read the newspaper in
one hand and the Bible in the other.’
Maybe some of you have heard that in
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class: you read the Bible in one hand, the
newspaper in the other, and then seek to
ascertain God’s truth.
“Well, this is a newspaper, the New York
Times, which I picked up about four weeks
ago. Front page of the New York Times is a
picture of the Grand Traverse Bay in
Michigan. Drops of the water level of
Lake Michigan... have caused shorelines
like this one in Grand Traverse Bay to
recede, exposing rocks and weeds. Most of
you have seen this if you have been out to
the lake. The water level in Lake Michigan
is receding dramatically. We should be
asking why...
“Global warming now is a known
reality. I spent 10 years living in Montana.
My family loved to go to Glacier National
Park. Three weeks ago on the TV I saw a
report on the news about how the glaciers
in Glacier National Park are melting.
Why? It is due to a pattern of human sinfulness and abuse no longer recognizing
that God loves the world. And we are to
love all that our Creator loves.
“You don’t need to go far in the Bible to
make sense out of what we read in the
newspaper. You start in Genesis and for
example in the second chapter, in the 15th
verse, as you may have already heard:
‘God placed Adam, placed humanity, in
the garden and gave the instruction to till
and to keep...’ Humanity is placed into
this marvelous handiwork of God, given
the admonition to serve and preserve that
which God has given to us.
“When we think about our task of following Christ and being reconciled to God
through Jesus Christ, we begin by remembering and acknowledging our personal
reconciliation to God, that we come to
know in our hearts that saving grace. But
it never stops there, for we are called into
a reconciled and redeemed relationship
with all that God has created. For the creation, Paul tells us, groans and is waiting
in agony for the sons and daughters of
God who bear God’s redeeming love.”
Autonomous University of Queretaro.
He joined the Hope staff in 1979 as director of the college’s Upward Bound program,
a position that continued with his appointment as director of minority student affairs
in 1984. In 1986 he was named assistant
dean of multicultural life, working in the
Office of Student Development to strengthen the multicultural life at the college,
assisting the admissions office in recruiting
minority students, and developing contacts
with area high schools and other organizations. He was named assistant provost in
1990.
In 1998, he received the “Michigan
Outstanding Hispanic of the Year”
“Honorable Mention” award from the
Michigan Educational Opportunity Fund
Inc.
Alfredo Gonzales
news from
HOPE COLLEGE
Volume 33, No. 3
December 2001
On the cover
Our main image shows Dimnent Memorial Chapel bedecked in seasonal attire.
At top center, senior coaches of the victorious sophomores celebrate their Nykerk win.
From left to right are Jodi DeHaan of Mason, Mich.; Megan Zeneberg of Roscommon,
Mich.; Lindsay Maharg of Cass City, Mich.; Erin Wysocki of Plymouth, Mich.; and
Briony Peters of Menominee, Mich. Please see page 20 for more on Nykerk.
At top right, members of the women’s cross country team lead the pack. Please see pages
10-11 for a review of the fall sports season.
Volume 33, No. 3 December 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.
Printing: News Web Printing Services
of Greenville, Mich.
Contributing Photographers:
Steven DeJong, Ted Jungblut,
Lou Schakel ’71
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Campus Notes
MUSIC HONORS: The Hope chapter of
the Delta Omicron International Music
Fraternity, Alpha Chi, has received three
national awards.
The “Music Award,” “Music Service
Award” and “Improvement Award” were
presented to current chapter president Sarah
Herman, a senior from Sylvania, Ohio, in
August.
The college’s Alpha Chi chapter of Delta
Omicron, a co–ed service fraternity, has
played an active role in Hope’s department
of music for many years. The group provides ushering services at every department
of music event, hosts weekly doughnut and
soda sales in Nykerk Hall of Music, and
sponsors various open social events. The
college’s chapter has 20 members, and is
advised by Linda Strouf ’84 of the Hope
music faculty.
Delta Omicron International Music
Fraternity is a professional fraternity in the
field of music, with collegiate chapters
throughout the United States and abroad.
SOCIETAL CENTER: Hope is now the
home office of the North American branch of
the international Society for Reformation
Research.
Faculty members Dr. Janis Gibbs and
Dr. J. Jeffery Tyler ’82 have become treasurer and membership secretary for the
society. They are sharing responsibility for
the two offices, coordinating North
American distribution of the society’s
annual publication, the Archive for
Reformation History, in addition to handling
the society’s finances and membership
needs in North America.
Both Dr. Gibbs and Dr. Tyler are active
scholars of Reformation history. Dr. Gibbs is
an assistant professor of history, and Dr.
Tyler is an associate professor of religion and
Towsley Research Scholar.
The Archive for Reformation History is one
of the oldest trans–Atlantic journals on the
religious history of the 16th century. The
journal was first published in Germany in
1903. The Society for Reformation Research
was extended from Germany to North
America in 1947.
The Archive for Reformation History is published annually in two volumes: a 300–page
collection of essays, and a 200–page supplemental Literature Review. The publications
feature articles by scholars from around the
world. Most of the essays and reviews are
written in German or English. Both volumes
are published by Guetersloh publishing
house in Germany.
H–CLUB HONOR: The alumni H–Club
at Hope College presented its “Hope for
Humanity Award” to Gord Brewer ’48 of
Holland, Mich., on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The award, first presented in 1990, recognizes Hope athletic alumni for service to
others, transformation of Christian values
and consistency of commitment. The
H–Club consists of Hope alumni who were
athletic letter winners and other honorary
letter winners as approved by the H–Club’s
Board of Directors.
Professor Brewer was a member of
Hope’s physical education (now kinesiology) faculty from 1956 to 1988, when he
retired. He joined the faculty as an assistant
professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and was promoted to full
professor in 1983. He chaired the department from 1980 to 1985.
From 1960 to 1980, he was Hope’s athletic director. His leadership spanned the
planning and construction of the Dow
NFHC December 2001
A new look above
A gift prompted by
one former faculty
member in memory of
another has provided a
new learning
opportunity for students
at Hope College.
The college has built an observatory
with support from a $20,000 grant from
Dr. James W. Seeser through the Saint
Louis Community Foundation. The observatory, featuring a 12-inch telescope in a
six-foot-diameter, computer-controlled
dome, as well as related equipment, was
installed on the roof of VanderWerf Hall
in mid August.
Seeser taught at Hope from 1970 to
1976, serving on the physics faculty and
computer science faculty. He recommended the project in honor of Dr. Harry Frissel
’42 in recognition of Dr. Frissel ’s mentorship while they were faculty colleagues at
Hope. Harry Frissel, who was on the college’s physics faculty from 1948 until
retiring in 1985, died on March 18, 2000, at
age 79.
“Harry Frissel was the department
chair when I was hired to teach physics
at Hope,” said Dr. Seeser, who now
lives in St. Louis, Mo., and recently
retired as vice president-technology
from OCLI, a Division of JDS Uniphase,
after 18 years of service in various technical and business roles. “As one of the
many ’young Turks’ who came to Hope
in those years, I had a lot of energy but
no sophistication at all about how to be
an effective college professor. I learned
much from all of the members of the
department, including David Marker,
Jim van Putten, Dick Brockmeier and
Jim Toevs. Harry quietly supported this
boisterous group with all his patience
and skills.”
“Beginning with arranging a place to
stay in a lake cottage, and continuing
over the years with lots of good coaching
and tolerance for my mistakes, Harry
mentored me on the ’soft side’ of being a
young professor,” he said. “I also learned
to share his love of teaching physics
through the medium of meaningful,
advanced laboratory experiments. It
seemed fitting to honor him in this way.”
Health and Physical Education Center,
which opened in 1978.
Professor Brewer coached the men’s track
team throughout his years on the faculty, finishing in the top half of the MIAA in all but
three seasons and winning the league championship six times. He was also assistant
football and basketball coach at Hope.
His book ...But How You Played the Game!
A History of Intercollegiate Athletics at Hope
College, covering through 1955, was published in 1992. He recently finished a
manuscript covering Hope sport into the
1970s.
The new observatory atop VanderWerf Hall offers Hope students and faculty a
new look at the heavens––and makes possible viewing that previously had to
be rented from other institutions. Pictured is Brad Mulder of the physics
laboratory staff while making adjustments to the instrument.
The observatory, its installation coordinated by Brad Mulder of the college’s
physics laboratories staff, will significantly enhance the department’s program,
according to Dr. Peter Gonthier, professor
of physics, who teaches the astronomyrelated courses at the college and headed
the equipment ’s installation.
“It’s pretty exciting,” he said. “This gives
us the ability to image and do some
sophisticated experiments ourselves. In
the past we ’ve used telescope time accessible through a modem connection, but
having our own instrument will give us
more flexibility and more opportunities in
teaching and research.”
The new telescope offers its views of
the heavens not to rooftop-based humans
looking through it with the naked eye, but
via computer control and cable connections that make its images available in
classrooms and laboratories throughout
the building.
The precision tracking and guiding of
the telescope with imaging capability,
coupled with the telescope’s power and
attendant filters and software, complement the portable telescopes the
department has been using, according to
Dr. Gonthier. He noted that the at-will
availability of Hope’s observatory is a vast
improvement over borrowing time from
Faculty Kudos
Susan Atefat Peckham, assistant professor of English, is author of That Kind of Sleep,
a collection of 30 poems published by Coffee
House Press in Minneapolis, Minn.
The book was one of five recipients of the
prestigious National Poetry Series award in
2000, chosen from a pool of 1,500 manuscripts submitted by established and
emerging American poets. Five distinguished poets each selected a book to be
published by a major literary press. Dr.
Atefat Peckham’s manuscript was chosen by
other sites—demand nationwide, he said,
makes it necessary to schedule work six
months in advance.
The college has had at least two other
permanent observatories in its history.
The first, the Maria L. Ackerman Hoyt
Observatory, was built in 1894 on a hill
near Columbia Avenue and 12th Street.
The observatory and hill were removed in
1941. The second was built by then-senior
Jim Riggs in 1976 with the encouragement
of the late Dr. Richard Brockmeier ’59,
who was a member of the Hope physics
and computer science faculties from 1966
to 1993 and had a strong interest in
astronomy. Also since removed, it was
located on the Buys Athletic Fields near
Fairbanks Avenue.
The VanderWerf roof has also served
as an observatory for the college’s
portable telescopes, although the surrounding city lights, Dr. Gonthier noted,
have limited the site’s usefulness for such
instruments—one reason that Riggs built
the observatory on the Fairbanks site a
quarter century before. In recent years,
Dr. Gonthier has taken the telescopes and
classes to less developed West Michigan
locales. He noted that the new instrument’s filters, tracking and imaging, and
the dome, help limit the impact of the
nearby lights.
Victor Hernandez Cruz, for the Coffee
House Press.
In addition to publication of the book, the
award includes $1,000 and a book tour.
During the current school year, Dr. Atefat
Peckham is giving over 20 readings from the
book, around the country.
Steven Bouma–Prediger ’79, associate
professor of religion, has written For the
Beauty of the Earth, which explores the relationship between Christianity and the
natural world.
(See “Campus Notes” on page eight.)
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Events
Academic Calendar
Spring Semester ’02
Jan. 6, Sunday––Residence halls open, noon
Jan. 7, Monday––Registration for new students, Maas Center
auditorium, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Jan. 8, Tuesday––Classes begin, 8 a.m.
Feb. 8, Friday––Winter Recess begins, 6 p.m.
Feb. 13, Wednesday––Winter Recess ends, 8 a.m.
March 15, Friday––Spring Recess begins, 8 a.m.
March 25, Monday––Spring Recess ends, 8 a.m.
March 29, Friday––Good Friday. Classes not in session, but
not an official holiday
April 25, Thursday––Honors Convocation, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 7 p.m.
April 26, Friday––Spring Festival; classes dismissed at 1 p.m.
April 29–May 3, Monday–Friday––Semester Examinations
May 3, Friday––Residence halls close for those not participating in Commencement, 5 p.m.
May 4, Saturday––Alumni Day
Music
MUSIC
Faculty Recital––Friday, Jan. 11: Dr. Mihai Craioveanu,
violin, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Concerto Aria Concert––Friday, Jan. 25: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, Jan. 27: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Symphonette Concert––Friday, Feb. 1: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Jazz Ensemble Concert––Thursday, Feb. 7: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, Feb. 17: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Quink––Monday, Feb. 18:
vocal quintet from the
Netherlands, St. Francis de Sales Church, 13th St. and Maple
Ave., 8 p.m. Tickets cost $10 for the general public, and $5
for Hope students, faculty and staff, and children under 18,
and will be sold in the theatre lobby ticket office in the
DeWitt Center on Thursday–Saturday, Feb. 14–16, and
Monday, Feb. 18, as well as at the door.
Ann Schein, Pianist––Wednesday, Feb. 20: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission information TBA.
Orchestra Concert––Friday, Feb. 22: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Opera Workshop Concert––Wednesday, Feb. 27: Wichers
Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 8 p.m. Admission is
free.
Wind Symphony Concert––Friday, March 1: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Musical Showcase––Monday, March 4: DeVos Hall, Grand
Rapids, Mich., 8 p.m. Information concerning tickets will be
announced after the beginning of the spring semester.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, March 10: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital––Monday, March 11: Dr. Margaret
Kennedy–Dygas, soprano, Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk
Hall of Music, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Chapel Choir Home Concert––Monday, March 25:
Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Michigan State University Men’s Glee Club––Saturday,
April 6: Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is
free.
Faculty Recital––Sunday, April 7: Wichers Auditorium of
Nykerk Hall of Music, 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Women’s Chorus Concert––Monday, April 8: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Symphonette Concert––Friday, April 12: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Hope College Theatre
Arcadia––Friday–Saturday, Feb. 15–16; Wednesday–
Saturday, Feb. 20–23
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
Defying Gravity––Friday–Saturday, April 19–20; Wednesday–
Saturday, April 24–27
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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Quink
***
Acclaimed
Vocalists
***
Monday,
Feb. 18
The college is presenting
Quink, an internationally
acclaimed vocal quintet from
the Netherlands, on Monday,
Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. at
St. Francis de Sales Church.
Tickets cost $10 for the
general public, and $5 for Hope
students, faculty and staff, and
children under 18, and will be
sold in the theatre lobby ticket
office in the DeWitt Center on
Thursday–Saturday, Feb. 14–16,
and Monday, Feb. 18, as well
as at the door.
Admissions
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.
Monday, Jan. 21
Friday, Feb. 15
Friday, Feb. 1
Friday, March 1
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.
Dance
DANCE
InSync Dance Theatre––Friday–Saturday, Feb. 8–9
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the door, and cost $6 for
regular adult admission and $4 for senior citizens and
students. Admission for children under 12 is free.
Dance 28––Thursday–Saturday, March 7–9
DeWitt Center main theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets cost $6 for regular adult admission and $4 for
senior citizens and students, and will be available in the
theatre lobby ticket office approximately two weeks
before the concert.
Contemporary Motions––Friday–Saturday, April 5–6
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the door, and cost $6 for
regular adult admission and $4 for senior citizens and
students. Admission for children under 12 is free.
Alumni
and FRIENDS
Friends
ALUMNI AND
Regional Events
Grand Rapids, Mich.––Friday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m.
A chance to attend the musical Beauty and the Beast at
DeVos Hall. There will be a pre–musical dessert
reception beginning at 7 p.m.; curtain time is 8 p.m.
Tickets are $65, and the deadline is Friday, Dec. 14.
Various Locations Nationwide––Saturday, Jan. 19
A gathering with Hope and Calvin alumni to watch
the Hope–Calvin men’s basketball game on a
big–screen television. The game, hosted by Hope at
the Civic Center, starts at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. A
postcard with details will be sent to the areas hosting
a satellite party.
Washington, D.C.––Thursday, Feb. 7
The opening of an exhibition on traditional Ethiopian
painting in the Africa Hall Focus gallery of the
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian).
The event will feature Dr. Neal Sobania ’68, professor
of history and director of international education, and
Daniel BerhaneMeskel, a junior from Aksum,
Ethiopia, who have helped organize the exhibition.
Works by BerhaneMeskel and his father and grandfather are included in the exhibition.
Grand Rapids, Mich.––Tuesday, March 26, 6:30 p.m.
A chance to attend the musical Buddy...The Buddy
Holly Story at DeVos Hall. There will be a pre–musical
dessert reception beginning at 6:30 p.m.; curtain time
is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45, and the deadline is
Monday, Jan. 14.
Winter Happening––Saturday, Feb. 2
Please see the advertisement on page 13 for more
information.
Alumni Weekend––Friday–Sunday, May 3–5
Includes reunions for every fifth class from ’37 through ’82.
Bob DeYoung Hope Classic Golf Outing––Monday, June 24
At the Holland Country Club.
Alumni Tour of Russia––Sunday–Saturday, Aug. 11–24
Please see the story on page nine for more information.
For more information concerning alumni events, please call the
Office of Public and Alumni Relations at (616)395–7860.
NFHC December 2001
Legacies: A Vision of Hope
Campaign’s goals all part of the plan
On–going planning
and needs years–in–the–
making come together in
Legacies: A Vision of
Hope.
The $85 million Legacies campaign has
three primary emphases: renovating and
expanding the Peale Science Center, building endowment and general campus
improvement.
With projects ranging from the renovation of campus landmarks like Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, Graves Hall and
Lubbers Hall to new construction like the
Martha Miller Center, the “campus
improvement” component alone will
have––and already is having––a direct
impact on every student at Hope. The list
may seem a bit eclectic, but all of the elements are connected in two ways: first,
they’re essential if Hope is to serve students well; second, they have emerged
from on–going planning that predates
Legacies by decades and will continue long
after the campaign has done its work.
As the 1851 Pioneer School that eventually became Hope grew, its original
wood–sided home was clearly inadequate.
Plans were made. The result was Van
Vleck Hall (1858), which stands on land
donated by the Rev. Albertus C. Van
Raalte and originally served as library,
classroom building, student housing and
even principal’s (later president’s) residence. (Editor’s Note: More on the Pioneer
School and its development into Hope College
appears on page seven.)
The campus grew as the needs grew.
Some of the early structures are gone, but
many serve no less vitally today: the
President’s Home (1892), Graves Hall (1894),
Voorhees Hall (1907), Dimnent Memorial
Chapel (1929) and Lubbers Hall (1942).
Hope expanded rapidly following the
end of World War II, and as the original
central campus filled in it became apparent that the college, “land–locked” within
its downtown location, must not only to
respond to immediate needs but engage in
long–term planning as well. The result,
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.
Thus far, the campaign has raised $63
million.
For more information about the campaign, please visit the college on–line at
www.hope.edu or call (616) 395–7783.
NFHC December 2001
prepared in conjunction with Hope’s
100th anniversary in 1966, was the
Centennial Decade Master Plan, which provided guidance for the next 20 years.
“What a master plan allows you to do is
articulate as an institution your
shorter–range objectives and your
longer–range dreams,” said William K.
Anderson, who is senior vice president for
finance and development at Hope.
“We worked with the 1966 plan or variations of it until the mid ’80s, when we
engaged some master planning consultants to help us,” he said.
The Centennial Decade Master Plan
resulted in buildings including Dykstra
Hall (1967), the DeWitt Student and
Cultural Center (1971) and the Peale
Science Center (1973). Importantly, the
plan itself wasn’t set in stone. “A master
plan needs to be continually updated to
reflect the current thinking based on new
needs and opportunities,” Anderson said.
A “health center” that could have stood
between Ninth and 10th streets west of
Dykstra Hall instead eventually became
the Dow Center on 13th Street at
Columbia Avenue. A circular “international center” projected for the space just
west of Nykerk Hall never materialized,
although today’s Fried International
Center stands just a frisbee throw distant
in the former Alumni House/education
office south of Nykerk.
The new plan of the 1980s took shape as
the college anticipated the Van Wylen
Library (1988). That plan emphasized
strengthening the college’s connection to
the main downtown district just north of
campus, a priority that led to the acquisition
of the Knickerbocker Theatre (1988) and
properties like the “100 East” building
(1996) on 8th Street and construction of the
Haworth Inn and Conference Center (1997).
The Legacies projects stem from a modified master plan developed in 1998. The
plan, which builds on the 1980s edition,
anticipates how Hope can best meet the
needs of a student body that has swelled
to 3,000 and be the greatest possible asset
to the Holland community.
Already, for example, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel has been renovated to
assure its continued well-being. The
stained glass windows have been coated to
help protect them from the elements, the
mortar has been reinforced and the exterior
block cleaned, and the pews refinished.
The department of communication and
the department of modern and classical
languages each need better facilities. The
communication recording studio in
Lubbers Hall, for example, is prey to the
horns of the trains that pass through
campus––an effect that can be evocative
but is generally a disadvantage. The
Martha Miller Center will house both
departments, freeing up space in their
Lubbers Hall and Graves Hall homes for
other use. Graves Hall will be remodelled
to capture its historic character while
adding general–use classrooms.
In
Lubbers Hall, where some windowless
faculty offices are the size of small walk–in
closets, the remaining departments will
Former president Dr. Calvin VanderWerf ’37 (at left) and architect Charles Edward
Stade consider the 1966 Centennial Decade Master Plan that guided Hope for the
next two decades. Such planning, an on–going process at the college, helps Hope
meet and anticipate needs. (Photo from the Hope College Collection of the Joint
Archives of Holland.)
gain desperately–needed space.
Dance, another need that is a part of
Legacies, is being affected by a master
plan “wish list” item that is not part of the
campaign.
The 1998 plan anticipated that Hope
might someday build an athletic/spectator
facility (for sports as well as activities like
Commencement) on the land northeast of
the main campus, as a bridge to both downtown and the college’s athletic fields on
Fairbanks Avenue. Given the campaign’s
other ambitions, the project wasn’t an
immediate priority––but a $7.5 million challenge gift from the Richard and Helen De
Vos Foundation last fall has enabled the
college to pursue planning the facility
sooner than later.
The popular and growing department of
dance, based in the Dow Center, also needs
additional space, and early planning anticipated that the program might be placed in
the Martha Miller Center. However, some
of the other faculty and programs in the
Dow Center are earmarked for the spectator
facility, freeing up space so that dance can
remain with minimal renovation and
maximum use of activity space.
As a result, Legacies, with a timely complement, will help Hope get where it
needs to be.
“I think the Legacies campaign will
address many of the classroom, office and
laboratory/studio needs of the campus,”
said President James H. Bultman ’63. “At
the same time, even after the campaign concludes needs will remain. Yet to be
addressed are adequate housing––we really
could use an additional residence hall given
the interest of students in living in
college–owned facilities––and the need for a
concert hall.”
The spectator facility is envisioned as an
enhancement not only for Hope, but for the
Holland community as well. As the city
considers ways to re–shape the 1950s–era
Civic Center to meet modern needs, the
college’s center is being eyed as a venue for
events ranging from Holland Christian basketball to Tulip Time presentations.
Such broader thinking, President
Bultman noted, is certain to shape the college’s planning in the future as well.
“I like to say that there’s no community
that I would rather have Hope located in
than Holland, Michigan,” he said. “And
I’m hopeful that the community will be
able to say there’s no college we’d rather
have here than Hope.”
“Because Hope has chosen to stay in a
downtown location, the college and
Holland are inextricably linked,” he said.
“There is inevitably a major impact on the
community whenever Hope does something with its physical plant, and likewise
a very real impact on the college whenever the community does something with its
physical layout.”
It’s a perspective shared by Dr. Gordon
J. Van Wylen, who was president of Hope
from 1972 to 1987 and immediately afterward became active in downtown
renovation. He has most recently worked
with Riverview Development Limited
Partnership.
“I think the campus has been a tremendous asset to the community in terms of
the beauty and quality of the campus,” he
said. “I really think that the quality of the
community, and particularly the downtown community, is a great asset in
recruiting students and making Hope an
attractive place to study.”
“Always we’ve had such great relationships between the college and the
community,” Dr. Van Wylen said.
“There’s some real synergy between the
development of the campus and the development of the downtown, to the benefit of
both the campus and the community.”
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Christmas Vespers
Bring a beloved Hope tradition home for the holidays by enjoying
Christmas Vespers on one of the radio and PBS stations that will feature the
service this year. Contact the station in your area for the day and time.
TELEVISION
TELEVISION
RADIO
ALASKA
North Pole––K2WP–AM/FM
PBS stations WGVU–TV 35 of
Grand Rapids, Mich., and
WGVK–TV 52 of Kalamazoo,
Mich., will each be carrying
last year’s Christmas Vespers
service this month. The
service will be shown on
Sunday, Dec. 9, at 10 p.m.;
Monday, Dec. 10, at 11:30 p.m.;
Sunday, Dec. 23, at 9 p.m.;
Monday, Dec. 24, at 8 p.m.;
and Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 2 p.m.
and 9 p.m. The Dec. 9 and
Dec. 10 programs will each run
for 90 minutes during the stations’ pledge drive.
ARIZONA
Yuma––KCFY–FM
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs––KSBC–FM
Little Rock––KAAY–AM
Springdale––KOFC/KAYH–AM
COLORADO
Breen––KLLV–AM
CONNECTICUT
Middletown––WIHS–FM
FLORIDA
Marianna––WJNF–FM
IOWA
Mason City––KCMR–FM
Shenandoah––KYFR–AM
Sioux Center––KDCR–FM
Spencer––KICD–AM
KENTUCKY
Hopkinsville––WNKJ–FM
MARYLAND
Princess Anne––WOLC–FM
MICHIGAN
Bad Axe––WLEW–AM
Dowagiac––WVHQ–FM
Escanaba––WCHT–AM
Grand Rapids––WFUR–FM
Broadcast plans include two–
three evenings at 9:30 p.m.
–plus, and Christmas Day.
Hillsdale––WCSR AM/FM
Holland-–WHTC–AM
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 6 p.m.;
Saturday, Dec. 22, 6 p.m.;
Monday, Dec. 24, 3 p.m.;
Tuesday, Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m.
Holland––WTHS–FM
Interlochen Public Radio
Iron Mountain––WMIQ–AM
Kalamazoo––WKPR–AM
Marquette––WNMU–FM
Port Huron––WPHM–AM
Twin Lake––WBLV–FM
Zeeland––WGNB–FM
Monday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.
MINNESOTA
Blue Earth––KJLY–FM
Worthington––KWOA–AM/FM
NORTH CAROLINA
Mooresville––WHIP–AM
NEW YORK
Dunkirk––WDOE–AM
Syracuse––WMHR–FM
OHIO
Springfield––WEEC–FM
Yankton––WNAX–AM
TENNESSEE
Bluff City––WHCB–FM
Other PBS stations may also
choose to carry the 2000
service. Please check your
area’s television listings for
your local station’s plans. The
listing on the college’s website,
www.hope.edu, will also be
updated as information
becomes available.
VIRGINIA
Harrisonburg––WEMC–FM
WASHINGTON
Seattle––KNHC–FM
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington––WEMM–FM
WISCONSIN
Waupun––WMRH–AM
RECORDINGS
Audio recordings of the 2001
Vespers service are available
through the Hope–Geneva
Bookstore. Please see the
advertisement on page 17 for
information on how to purchase a cassette or compact
disc featuring the service.
Events
DePREE
Pree
Gallery
DE
GALLERY
Juried Student Show––Through Friday, Dec. 14
Work by Hope students.
Midwest Photography Invitational XI––Tuesday, Jan.
15–Friday, Feb. 15
A traveling exhibition of contemporary photography
organized by the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.
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.
Visiting
Series
VISITING Writers
WRITERS SERIES
Thursday, Feb. 21––Nahid Rachlin and Samuel Hazo
Monday, March 11––Kathleen McGookey ’89 and Franz
Wright
Wednesday, April 17––Tenaya Darlington, GLCA poetry
winner
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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Great Performance Series
Mixed Company in Athol Fugard’s My Children, My
Africa––Wednesday–Thursday, Jan. 30–31: theatre,
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Trio Voronezh––Tuesday, March 5: Russian classical trio,
Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Martin Kasik––Tuesday, April 2: pianist, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Courtenay Budd––Tuesday, April 16: soprano, Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 8 p.m.
Tickets for Great Performance Series events are $14 for regular
adult admission, $12 for senior citizens and members of the Hope
faculty and staff, and $5 for children under 18 and Hope students. Season subscriptions are available for $55 for adults, $45
for senior citizens, $20 for Hope students and $115 for families.
More information may be obtained by calling (616) 396–6996.
Instant Information
Updates on events, news and athletics at Hope may be
obtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395–7888.
Traditional Events
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
The official site for Flying Dutch and
Flying Dutchmen athletics
Catch audio coverage of Flying Dutchmen
basketball in the MIAA via the World Wide
Web. The fastest link is through the Hope
College website: www.hope.edu/athletics
NFHC December 2001
Campus Profile
Hope celebrates a 150th
Happy Birthday,
Hope College!
Although the college’s formal sesquicentennial will be in 2016, this fall marked
a milestone in Hope history: 150 years
since the beginning of the Pioneer School
from which Hope grew.
Officially, the college traces its start to
1866, the year in which Hope received its
charter from the State of Michigan. From
a certain point of view, however, Hope
began in October of 1851 with the founding of the “Pioneer School,” the Christian,
college–preparatory high school founded
by the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte to help
his colony thrive.
“The seeds for Hope College were
embedded in the hopes and dreams of the
Dutch immigrants who formed a Holland
Colony in West Michigan and grew out of
their early efforts to organize a system of
education for their children,” noted Dr.
Elton Bruins ’50, director of the A.C. Van
Raalte Institute, in a paper written for the
2001 conference of the Association for the
Advancement of Dutch–American Studies.
“Initially, there was not enough money
to support Christian schools, and public
education was inaugurated in 1848 for the
colonists,” he said. “In 1851, however, just
four years after Rev. Albertus C. Van
Raalte established the Holland Colony on
the shores of Black Lake in Western
Michigan, he laid the foundation for a
Christian high school referred to as the
Pioneer School.”
As noted in the historical marker that
stands on College Avenue near Graves
Hall, it is from the Pioneer School that
Hope has received one of its most familiar
symbols, the anchor. It was to an 1852
report concerning the school’s first year
that Rev. Van Raalte appended the celebrated statement, “This is my anchor of
hope for this people in the future.” The
college’s motto, Spera in Deo (“Hope in
God”; Psalm 42:5), is derived from the
comment, which was itself doubtless
inspired by Hebrews 6:19: “We have this
as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul,
a hope that enters into the inner shrine
behind the curtain...”
Holland, Mich., was a primeval woodland when Rev. Van Raalte and his first
followers arrived in February of 1847, and
understandably the colonists’ efforts in the
first years focused not only on building
their new home but on survival itself.
Rev. Van Raalte, however, kept the long
view. The Dutch settlers had come to the
U.S. in large measure for religious reasons,
and he understood that Christian education would be essential in helping them
preserve their character as a community––not least of all by helping train future
leaders.
Helpfully, the newly–formed “Classis
of Holland” established ties with the
Reformed Church in America, which it
joined in 1850. For years prior to the
Holland colony’s creation, the denomination had discussed the need for Christian
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education in what was then termed “the
West.” In 1843, for example, the General
Synod had adopted a resolution to “recommend to their missionaries and
churches in the West, to exert their influence toward creating and sustaining
schools of a superior grade, in which the
object shall be kept constantly in view,
besides the advantages of a good or thorough education, to inculcate the principles
of pure morality and sound religion.”
Given the way in which the denomination’s and Rev. Van Raalte’s goals meshed,
the Rev. John Garretson, secretary of the
RCA’s Board of Domestic Missions,
visited the young community––and
became an advocate for the Holland cause.
The plan was to prepare students to attend
New Jersey’s Rutgers College, which was
at the time an RCA institution. Ideally,
many would become ministers and then
return to the West to serve the
church––and its communities.
The support from the East which followed included both funding and human
resources. It was through Rev. Garretson’s
efforts that the Pioneer School obtained its
first principal: Walter Taylor, an elder in
the Reformed Church who had operated a
private academy in Geneva, N.Y.
The school first met in the “Orphan
House” owned by First Reformed Church
and built by the Holland colonists in 1847
for children whose parents had died in an
epidemic. In his history A Century of Hope,
Dr. Wynand Wichers ’09 noted that the
surviving colonists had taken in all of the
children with the result that the building
was available for other use. The house,
which stood on south 12th Street where
the seminary is now, subsequently housed
both the public school and the Pioneer
School.
Taylor had been retained to teach in the
Pioneer School, but when he arrived in
October of 1851 the public district school
was without a teacher, and for about the
first two years he took on teaching duties
there as well. Prior to his departure in
1854 he succeeded in preparing four
Walter T. Taylor, first principal of the
Pioneer School.
The Pioneer School from which Hope grew began 150 years ago this fall. Above left
is the school’s original home, the “Orphan House,” which stood on the south side
of 12th Street where Western Theological Seminary is now located. The house on
the right was built by a student, Adrian Zwemer, in 1857. (Both images from the
Hope College Collection of the Joint Archives of Holland.)
Pioneer School students for Rutgers.
The denomination assigned the Rev.
F.P. Beidler to succeed Taylor for a year,
and next appointed the Rev. John Van
Vleck. It was during Van Vleck’s 1855–59
tenure that the denomination added a
second instructor; that the school was
renamed the “Holland Academy”; and
that Van Vleck Hall was built, largely
through donations that Rev. Van Raalte
obtained while fund–raising in the East on
the school’s behalf.
Dr. Wichers described four–floor, brick
Van Vleck Hall this way: “It was the most
pretentious building in the whole colony.
In the building were a residence for the
principal, classrooms, dormitory rooms, a
reading room, and a refectory in the southeast corner of the basement...”
He also noted, “The building marked
an epoch in the history of the academy.
Up to 1857 the character of the institution
was tentative. Now it had a permanent
home and the founders were free to give
thought to its expansion into a college.”
The expansion took place under the
guidance of the Rev. Philip Phelps Jr., who
succeeded Rev. Van Vleck in 1859. In
addition to serving as principal, Rev.
Phelps was the sole teacher from 1861 to
1863. He was also preaching in the community––his congregation was organized
into Hope Reformed Church in 1862.
Also in 1862, he took a very hands–on
approach in leading the students into the
surrounding forest to cut the wood for and
then build a dual–purpose gymnasium
and chapel, which stood near the northern
side of today’s DeWitt Center.
Rev. Phelps also laid out the freshman
college course that allowed academy graduates to start doing college work in
Holland beginning in the fall of 1862. His
aspirations were even for Hope to become
a full university, and while that didn’t
happen Hope did establish a “Theological
Department” that became Western
Theological Seminary in 1869.
The General Synod endorsed the college
dream in 1863, encouraging the denomination’s membership “to adopt, foster, and
cherish [the Holland] Academy, to spare
no exertion so that she may not only
provide for its present wants, but to cause
it to expand until it becomes an institution
of a higher grade...”
Hope received permission from the
state to incorporate as a college on May 14,
1866. Recently inaugurated as first president of the new college, Rev. Phelps
presided over the first Commencement on
July 17 of that year. Eight students graduated.
While 1866 marked the official beginning of the Hope story, it was not an end
for the academy from which the college
had descended. The high school continued for another seven decades.
By the mid 1930s, both the Holland
Public Schools and the Holland Christian
Schools were well–established, as were
other area school districts. According to
Dr. Wichers, academy enrollment had
dropped to 40 by 1926–27, and although it
climbed to 103 in 1931–32 when the
academy was made tuition–free, enrollment had again been declining. It was no
longer practical for the school to continue,
particularly in light of the financial hardship Hope was experiencing because of
the Great Depression. The final senior
class graduated in 1938.
However, while the Pioneer School as a
separate institution is gone, its spirit lives
on in the college that continues as the realization of the vision with which the school
began.
(Editor’s Note: This article owes much to
Dr. Elton Bruins ’50. Through his research on
the early history of Holland and Hope, he has
assembled a collection of source material of
which previous authors could only dream.)
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Campus Notes
(Continued from page three.)
Subtitled “A Christian Vision for Creation
Care,” the book is part of the “Engaging
Culture” series published by Baker
Academic, a division of Baker Book House
Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich. The book is
divided into eight chapters, and covers
topics including ecological literacy, the
damaged state of the earth, whether or not
Christianity is to blame for the degradation
of the planet, the connection between scripture and ecology, and why earth–care
matters.
“[I]n this book I intend to put Christian
theology and contemporary ecology
(broadly construed) into dialogue,” Dr.
Bouma–Prediger notes in his introduction.
“My central claim is simple: Authentic
Christian faith requires ecological obedience.
To care for the earth is integral to Christian
faith.”
Rodney Boyer, who is the Drs. Edward
and Elizabeth Hofma Professor Emeritus of
Chemistry, is author of Concepts in
Biochemistry, now in its second edition
through Brooks/Cole Publishing, an imprint
of International Thomson Learning.
The textbook, which was first published
in 1999, is written for students enrolled in
one–semester biochemistry courses. Most
students in these classes are preparing for
health–science careers in medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy, bioengineering, nutrition, or
environmental science.
In the new book, Dr. Boyer places a
special and modern focus on the nucleic
acids, DNA and RNA. According to Dr.
Boyer, modern research in biochemistry is
now emphasizing the roles of the nucleic
acids. More traditional books tend to focus
on proteins and amino acids.
Accompanying the book is a newly
designed CD–ROM–Website, Interactive
Concepts in Biochemistry, which contains 55
multimedia modules in the categories of
Animations, Concept Review, Cutting Edge
Biochemistry, and Structural Tutorials. The
modules are coordinated with chapters in
the book and enhance student understanding of all concepts. Another new feature
includes the addition of 40 “Windows on
Biochemistry,” boxes that present a special
focus on biochemical applications to everyday life.
James E. Bultman ’63, president of Hope
and professor of education, received a
Distinguished Alumni Award from Western
Michigan University on Friday, Oct. 12.
Dr. Bultman completed his master’s and
doctorate in education at the university, in
1966 and 1971 respectively. He has been
president of Hope since 1999, and had previously served as president of Northwestern
College in Orange City, Iowa, for 14 years.
The award was established by the
Western Michigan University Alumni
Association in 1963. Dr. Bultman was one of
three Western alumni to receive one of the
awards during a dinner on Friday, Oct. 12, in
conjunction with the university’s homecoming weekend celebration.
Joseph Kaloust’s expertise in flight
control produced a busy summer that
included a grant for work at Hope, two
months as part of a cooperative project in
Ohio, and two patents for work he’d done
before coming to the college.
Dr. Kaloust is an associate professor of
engineering who joined the Hope faculty in
the fall of 2000. His specialization in aerody-
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Students learn by serving
F
or Hope students
studying the teaching of
English as a second
language, beyond–class
learning happens in
multiple ways.
As is true throughout courses in Hope’s
education program, the students in
“Teaching English as a Second or Foreign
Language” participate in field placements,
applying their lessons to real–life situations.
In their case, that means tutoring adults
enrolled in the “ESL” course offered at
nearby Hope Church on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
On one level, the experience gives them a
chance to put into action the pedagogy they
learn in the classroom. On another, it
underscores the human dimension of their
work.
“A lot of what I’ve learned is about the
perspective of a non–English speaker in this
country––in this area,” said senior Kayla
Rademaker of Holland, Mich. “It’s teaching
me how best to find out what their needs
are––more than just learning English:
feeling respected and accepted.”
The sentiment was echoed by senior Kari
Rakosky of Hart, Mich. “It’s definitely reinforced my compassion for a lot of the things
that this society puts them through,” she
said.
The course is taught by Carol Hector ’73
Braaksma. In addition to being a Hope
graduate, Professor Braaksma is also an
alumna of the class: she and husband Randy
’74 took it in the fall of 1986 as preparation
for what became a five–year tenure teaching
in China. She came back and taught ESL at
Davenport College (now University) for
three years, and then founded “Better
English,” a company that focuses on ESL
instruction. She has taught Engl./Educ. 383
at Hope for the past four years.
“Funny how little things coming into
your life can have big impacts,” she said.
Professor Braaksma was particularly
moved by the kindness she experienced
in China as a non–native speaker. She has
since made doing the same for others a
priority.
“Now that I’m in America I want to go
out of my way to be nice to people who
speak a language other than English,” she
said. “My goal is whenever I can to provide
better learning experiences for people.”
Professor Braaksma isn’t the only former
namics, flight and related systems stems
most immediately from the five years he
spent at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire
Control – Dallas, as well as from his graduate
work at the University of Central Florida.
In August, Dr. Kaloust wrapped up two
months at Wright–Patterson Air Force Base
in Ohio through the 2001 “Summer Faculty
Research Program” of the Air Force’s Air
Vehicles Directorate. The only researcher
from an undergraduate school chosen to participate, he was part of a team developing a
computer algorithm to help crews of hypersonic aircraft determine safe landing sites in
the event of an emergency.
In May, he and junior Bryant Loomis of
Senior Sharon Konopka of West Lafayette, Ind., works with a student in the
English as a Second Language course at Hope Church in Holland, Mich. By
giving students a chance to serve as tutors, Hope’s course in ESL instruction
provides practical experience while meeting a need in Hope’s hometown.
student whose involvement in the program
continues. Merrie Bannink, who is on the
Registrar’s Office staff at Hope, took the
class last year to develop skills she can use
in volunteer work when she retires some
years hence. She decided she didn’t need to
wait that long, and has continued to tutor as
a weekly volunteer.
“You know, you don’t have to wait until
you retire to do these kinds of things,” she
said. “That’s why I’m doing it now.”
A number of people with Hope ties are
among the approximately 30 tutors who
volunteer at Hope Church, including psychology professor emeritus Dr. F. Phillip
Van Eyl ’55; former dean of students Dr.
Phil Beal, father of Dayna Beal ’85 and
Dwight Beal ’87; and Barbara Laman ’88
Coon (who serves with her mother and
10–year–old daughter Jaime).
Some of the adults in the class at Hope
Church have had little English; others are
seeking to polish their conversational
fluency. Although knowledge of another
language can be helpful to the tutors, it’s not
strictly necessary––the goal is for the
non–native speakers to be using English
during the class.
The tutors and their students generally
work one–on–one or one–on–two. One set
of course materials features photographs of
places and things found in the greater
Holland area, with the lessons for each progressing from basic vocabulary, to yes/no
Fredonia, N.Y., examined control systems
through a grant from the Michigan Space
Grant Consortium. Through the project,
“Attitude Control System (ACS) for
Spacecrafts and Satellites,” they designed,
simulated, implemented and compared two
types of system controllers and evaluated
them on tracking accuracy, electrical power
consumption and computational processing
power.
His two patents, received in May and
June of 2001, are for a “Stall and Recovery
Control System” (SARCS) and “Enhanced
Stall and Recovery Control System” respectively, a flight control system (autopilot
controller) designed to maintain aircraft sta-
questions, short answer and more advanced
discussion. Professor Braaksma noted that
an advantage for the tutors is that their students are highly motivated: they are there
because they want to learn.
All of the Hope students in the course
intend to use what they are learning well
beyond the current fall semester. Senior
Larissa Smith of Lake Zurich, Ill., for
example, plans to apply the lessons in
mission work abroad after graduation––
and then in a classroom back in the United
States as an elementary teacher. She even
sees herself completing a master’s in ESL
instruction.
Senior Sharon Konopka of West
Lafayette, Ind., also plans to apply her
coursework in the mission field and then as
an elementary teacher back in the U.S., but
she stresses that anyone can give––and
receive––as a tutor with the program,
regardless of their career plans––and
regardless of whether or not they ever enroll
in Engl./Educ. 383.
“I have friends at Hope who want to get
into the community, and they’re not sure
how,” she said.
“This is how you can meet people,” she
said. “I think it’s good for people to [help
others and] teach, but I think a great thing is
just relationships being formed.”
Reflecting on her time with the adults
she tutored, Konopka noted, “I felt like I
learned more than they did.”
bility before, during and following a stall.
Bruce McCombs, professor of art, has
paintings featured in a solo exhibition in the
Grand Rapids Art Museum through the end
of the calendar year.
The exhibition, “The Light of Meyer May:
Paintings by Bruce McCombs,” will be on
view in the Currier Galleries on the second
floor of the museum through Sunday, Jan. 6.
The exhibition is presented in conjunction
with “Light Screens: The Leaded Glass of
Frank Lloyd Wright,” which also continues
through Sunday, Jan. 6.
(See “Campus Notes” on page 18.)
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Campus Notes
Alumni Tour will feature Russia
A river cruise between
two of Russia’s greatest
cities will explore the
country’s journey from the
Middle Ages to the
modern era.
The rivers, canals and lakes of western
Russia will carry the Aug. 11–24 tour from
Moscow to St. Petersburg. Sailing and sleeping aboard the 190–passenger Viking Kirov,
participants will experience not only
multi–day stops in the two cities, but day
trips to numerous sites of interest in
between.
“For first–time visitors, it’s going to be a
really terrific tour of the great cultural monuments,” said Dr. G. Larry Penrose,
professor of history at Hope, who as the
trip’s faculty host will complement the tour’s
full–time guide as well as local guides who
will join the group at stops along the way.
A member of the Hope faculty since 1970,
Dr. Penrose first visited Russia during the
1973–74 school year through a Fulbright
Hays fellowship. His multiple returns have
included leading the GLCA/ACM program
in Krasnodar in the fall of 1990, 1992, 1995,
1998 and 2000.
Dr. Penrose noted that while Russia has
experienced watershed political and cultural
changes across the past century in particular,
the nation has retained an appreciation of its
history in the process.
St. Petersburg, for example, was founded
by Peter the Great in the early 18th century as
part of his effort to tie Russia to Europe, and
is resplendent with sites from its czarist past.
At the same time, the city was the birthplace
of the October Revolution of 1917 that ultimately led to decades of communist rule.
Renamed Leningrad during the communist
period, the city suffered a devastating,
900–day siege by the invading armies of
Nazi Germany during World War II (the
Viking Kirov will sail across Lake Ladoga,
which during the winters created an “ice
bridge” that allowed for some relief of the
Nazi blockade).
“An enormous amount of terribly important history has happened in these places,”
Dr. Penrose said. “History just surges all
around you.”
After departing the U.S. on Sunday, Aug.
11, the tour will arrive in Moscow on Aug.
12. Highlights while in the city will include
a visit to Red Square, tours of the Kremlin
and the Tretyakov Gallery, and a performance by the famous Moscow Circus.
Tours of the historic places of Uglich,
Yaroslavl, Goritzy and Kizhi will follow as
the Viking Kirov travels the Volga and linked
waterways northwest enroute to St.
Petersburg on the Baltic Sea. Highlights
include the Kirillov Belozersky Monastery
founded by St. Cyril in Goritzy in the 15th
century, and the ancient wooden churches of
Kizhi, including the 22–dome Church of the
Transfiguration.
A visit to the Hermitage in St. Petersburg will be among the highlights of the 2002
Alumni Tour of Russia.
Tour sites in St. Petersburg will include
the Hermitage, an opulent palace that is now
a world–famous art museum containing
works by masters such as Michelangelo and
da Vinci; the Nevsky Prospect; and the Peter
and Paul Fortress, started in 1703.
This year’s alumni tour is part of a series
of annual tours organized for members of the
extended Hope family by MTA Travel in
Holland, Mich.
The spring, 2001, tour featured the British
Isles. Previous excursions have included
Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and
the Netherlands; Spain, Morocco and
Portugal; Denmark, Norway and Sweden;
Italy; Scandinavia; Costa Rica; Greece and
Turkey; and Vienna, Austria.
Additional information concerning this
year’s itinerary and tour costs may be obtained
by calling Heather at 1–800–682–0086.
Advancement program expands
Three recent staff
additions are enabling the
college to significantly
enhance its Advancement
program.
The new positions particularly support
regional fund–raising efforts geared toward
the Legacies: A Vision of Hope capital campaign, and nationwide efforts to connect
with corporations and foundations that
support higher education.
Harvey G. Koedyker ’82 has been hired as
a regional advancement director. Melanie
Meengs has been hired as director of corporate and foundation relations. Pamela
Spencer has been hired as assistant director
of corporate and foundation relations.
“We’ve really enhanced the staff with
some very capable people who have great
futures ahead of them,” said William K.
Anderson, who is senior vice president for
finance and development.
As a sixth regional advancement director
at Hope, Koedyker is focusing on
fund–raising in Michigan, with emphasis on
the Legacies: A Vision of Hope capital campaign. The $85 million fund–raising effort
has three primary components: renovating
and expanding the science center, increasing
the college’s endowment, and addressing
short–term and long–term facility and space
needs. Hope has thus far raised approxi-
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mately $63 million during the Legacies campaign, which was announced in October of
2000.
Meengs and Spencer are focusing on a
fund–raising area previously shared by the
regional advancement directors. They are
expanding the college’s efforts with corporations and foundations while also enabling
the regional directors to spend more time
connecting with Hope’s alumni population––which has grown by more than 25
percent in the past decade––and other individuals interested in Hope.
Meengs and Spencer will continue to
work with organizations with which Hope
has already developed strong ties while
helping Hope cultivate relationships with
others not yet involved in the life of the
college.
“There have been some incredible relationships built with the business community
over the years, but we also believe that there
are some key people out there for whom
Hope would be a good fit but who may not
know about the college,” Meengs said.
Meengs and Spencer noted that they are
particularly looking forward to working in
partnership with members of the faculty.
“There are key faculty who have immense
knowledge and resources available and have
indicated a great willingness to work with us
on foundations and corporations with whom
they are familiar,” Meengs said.
Meengs and Spencer are also hoping that
their own research in the field will help them
match faculty engaged in projects with orga-
Harvey G. Koedyker ’82
Melanie Meengs
nizations that might provide support. “We’d
also like to be a resource to the faculty,”
Spencer said.
Koedyker was a team leader and electronic maintenance system administrator with
Johnson Controls Inc. in Holland, Mich., for
10 years prior to coming to Hope. He had
previously held positions with Amway
Corporation in Ada, Mich., and with insurance agencies in Dyer, Ind., and Calumet
City, Ill., and was business manager of the
Calumet City Chamber of Commerce.
While at Hope, he acquired a major in
business administration and a major in communication, and minored in economics.
Meengs worked with the Michigan
Department of Treasury for the past two
years, serving as a liaison to the state legislature, Governor’s legislative office and the
lobbying community. She was previously a
Pamela Spencer
legislative aide to State Senator Bill Schuette.
She is a 1996 graduate of James Madison
College at Michigan State University, where
she majored in international relations. Her
husband Bill is a 1991 Hope graduate.
Spencer had served as assistant director of
development at Bethanna in Southampton,
Pa., since shortly before completing her master’s in nonprofit management at Eastern
College in St. Davids, Pa., in May. While
with the program, she completed a program
assessment plan for The Philadelphia
Orchestra’s
Educational
Community
Outreach Program. Her volunteer experience includes assisting non–profits in the
Greater Philadelphia area with strategic
planning, resources development and
program assessment.
She is a 1998 graduate of Florida State
University, where she majored in music.
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Fall Sports Roundup
sights raised hig
team by freshman Ryan Shedd of Coldwater,
Mich., who was fourth in the player standings.
Three golfers achieved All–MIAA second team
honors: sophomore Jeff Melville of Grandville,
Mich., freshman Kody Taylor of Greenville,
Mich., and junior Patrick Looman of Holland,
Mich.
VOLLEYBALL
The Flying Dutch captured the MIAA volleyball championship for the fifth time in six
seasons, sharing the top prize with Alma.
Head coach Maureen Dunn spent a good share
of the fall on maternity leave after giving birth
to her first child in the early weeks of the
season, leaving the team in the able hands of
assistant Jill Vredevelt ’87 VanderStoep.
The Flying Dutch posted a season mark of
20–14, marking the fourth time in the last five
seasons that the team has won 20 or more
matches. Hope stands 130–52 over those five
seasons, including 58–6 against MIAA opponents.
Senior Amy Brower of Hamilton, Mich., was
voted the MIAA’s most valuable player. She
was joined on the All–MIAA first team by
junior Kara Van Assen of Jenison, Mich. Voted
to the All–MIAA second team were juniors
Laura Hahnfeld of Midland, Mich., and Martha
Luidens of Holland, Mich.
FOOTBALL
Senior Amy Brower eyed her fourth MIAA
volleyball championship and received
league MVP honors as a reward.
A theme of Hope sports
teams in recent years has been
“Keep Your Eye on the Prize.”
That certainly was the case for Hope teams
this fall as they once again eyed the top prize of
the
Michigan
Intercollegiate
Athletic
Association (MIAA) with many outstanding
performances in several sports.
The result was Hope gaining the lead in
every MIAA all–sports category after the fall
season. It is a fitting start to Hope’s year–long
celebration of its 75 years of membership in the
MIAA.
The MIAA presents the Commissioner’s
Cup to the member school with the best cumulative finishes in all 18 league–sponsored sports
as well as separate men’s and women’s
all–sports awards. Hope swept all three
awards last year and is the MIAA’s all–time
All–Sports leader, having achieved the honor
23 times.
This fall Hope won conference championships in men’s and women’s golf and earned
co–champion in volleyball. Hope finished
second in the league standings in men’s cross
country, football and men’s soccer, finished
third in women’s cross country and ended in a
tie for fifth in women’s soccer.
GOLF
Hope’s golf teams dominated the links, the
Flying Dutch capturing the women’s MIAA
championship with a storybook finish and the
Flying Dutchmen maintaining their tradition of
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excellence in men’s competition.
Coming into the women’s conference tournament, the Flying Dutch ranked fourth.
Under a new league format, the scores from
regular season matches were not to be part of
the final seasonal standings. After the first day
of the conference tournament, Hope was in
third place, trailing the leader Albion by 20
strokes. But a never–say–die attitude found the
Dutch gaining 22 strokes on the leader to claim
the championship.
The championship was Hope’s sixth since
women’s golf became an intercollegiate sport
in 1991. The team was guided by first–year
coach Tom Smith, an associate professor of
business administration at Hope.
Sophomore Lacey Wicksall of Traverse City,
Mich., achieved All–MIAA first team distinction for the second consecutive year as she
finished second in the player standings. Junior
Emily Colenbrander of Holland, Mich., gained
All–MIAA second team recognition by finishing 10th.
The Flying Dutchmen captured their third
consecutive MIAA men’s golf championship,
but not without a challenge from the field. It
took a course–record performance in the season’s final tournament to gain the crown, the
ninth in school history.
Senior Eric Wohlfield of Brighton, Mich.,
became just the third player in MIAA history to
be league medalist three times. He also become
the first Hope male golfer to be a four–time
All–MIAA first team honoree. In four seasons
he averaged a league–record 74.4 strokes per
18–hole tournament round.
Wohlfield was joined on the All–MIAA first
As it has in many recent years, the MIAA
championship came down to a season–ending
showdown between rivals Hope and Albion.
The Britons prevailed in this year’s battle of
league unbeatens, but it didn’t dim an exciting
season which saw the Flying Dutchmen string
together seven consecutive victories.
Coach Dean Kreps’s Dutchmen rode the
arm of a young quarterback and the hands of
two veteran receivers in gaining a 7–2 season
record.
When the season began, sophomore Phil
Butler of Howard City, Mich., was the backup
quarterback. He stepped into the starting
lineup after Hope suffered a season–opening
loss and by the time the year was over had
inked his name on several school passing
records, including attempted (289), completed
(159), yards (2,156) and touchdowns (23).
Hope was blessed with two outstanding
Recognized by MIAA coaches as the most
valuable in their fall sport were seniors
Eric Wohlfield (golf), Brian Adloff (football)
and Amy Brower (volleyball).
senior receivers: Brian Adloff of East Grand
Rapids, Mich., and Mike Gle of Brighton, Mich.
Adloff was voted the most valuable offensive
player in the MIAA and became only the third
player in league history to achieve all–conference honors four consecutive years. One of the
other four–time honorees was Hope’s Nick
Yonker ’50 (1946–49). Ending his career with
school records for receptions (211) and yards
(2,616), Adloff was invited to play in the Aztec
Soccer opponents didn’t get the ball behind All–MIAA goalkeeper Marcus Voss very
often as he raised his collegiate shutout total to 28.
NFHC Dece
gh with outstanding fall season
Bowl featuring the nation’s top Division III
players. Gle entered the Hope record book for
touchdown passes in a season (13) and for a
career (18).
Hope’s All–MIAA first team honorees
included Adloff, junior punter Vince Scheffler
of Chelsea, Mich., junior defensive end Andy
Keller of Hastings, Mich., and junior defensive
back Nick Conrad of Wyoming, Mich.
Hope players voted to the All–MIAA
team were senior offensive linemen Brian
Hammer of Caledonia, Mich., and Bill Crane
of Cedar Springs, Mich., junior center Josh
Rumpsa of Grand Rapids, Mich., sophomore
tailback John Sloothaak of Hamilton, Mich.,
junior defensive lineman Ryan Kerstetter of
Kentwood, Mich., senior defensive lineman
Pat Warren of New Lothrop, Mich., sophomore Linebacker Matt Beaver of Gladwin,
Mich., senior defensive back Vinnie
Harambasic of Troy, Mich., Phil Butler and
Mike Gle.
SOCCER
Senior Dylan Wade ran his way into cross
country history by gaining All–MIAA
honors four consecutive years.
The Flying Dutchmen were stingy when
it came to allowing goals and productive
when it came to putting the ball in the net.
Coach Steven Smith’s Dutchmen finished
second in the MIAA standings and ended
with an overall 16–3–1 mark.
The team posted 13 shutouts on the
season, tying a school record set by the 1992
team. On offense, a total of 19 different
players scored a goal.
Five players were voted All–MIAA. First
team honorees included sophomore forward
Ed Huebner, senior midfielder Tim Keeler
and senior back Jon Kucinski, all from
Portage, Mich., and junior goalkeeper
Marcus Voss of Zeeland, Mich. Junior back
Matt Margaron of Naperville, Ill., was
named to the second All–MIAA team.
The Flying Dutch tied for fifth place in the
MIAA women’s soccer standings and posted
an overall 7–11–1 record. Voted to the
All–MIAA second team were seniors Liz
Sophomore quarterback Phil Butler passed his way into the football record book.
Dornbos of Vicksburg, Mich., and Beth
Stygstra of Holland, Mich.
CROSS COUNTRY
Senior Dylan Wade of Beulah, Mich., headlined the cross country season. He became the
sixth Hope athlete to achieve All–MIAA
honors four consecutive years and qualified for
the NCAA Division III championships, finishing 91st in a field of 211 runners.
The Flying Dutchmen finished second in the
MIAA men’s standings, while the Flying
Dutch were third among the women.
Hope runners gaining All–MIAA second
team recognition in men’s cross country
were seniors Keith Cravotta of Sussex, N.J.,
and Dane Splinter of Libertyville, Ill. Five
Hope runners achieved All–MIAA second
team honors in women’s cross country:
freshman Martha Bouwens of Zeeland,
Mich., senior Sarah Golden of Traverse City,
Mich., sophomore Martha Graham of
Midland, Mich., freshman Tina Pike of
Rochester, Minn., and junior Kristen Post of
Holland, Mich.
As part of the celebration of Hope’s 75 years in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, MIAA MVPs representing seven decades gathered during Homecoming. Pictured from left
to right are: Row 1: Tom Van Wingen ’51, Lindsey Dood ’87, Greg Heeres ’85, Todd Holstege ’83, Matt Neil ’82, Rob Appell ’86, Russ DeVette ’45, Tom Bylsma ’86, Jennifer Smith ’00, Randy
Smith ’85, Tom Page ’72, Johanna Pscodna ’92, Lisa Walters ’92 Jackman; Row 2: Floyd Brady ’68, Joe Kattelus ’01, Eric Wohlfield ’02, Ellen Colenbrander ’00, Audrey Coates ’97 Akland,
Kristin Carlson ’95, Mary Busscher ’89, Lindsay Etheridge ’01, Tina Gill ’99 DeKam, Danielle Zurchauer ’90 Burke, Shelly Russell ’89 Schafer, Jennifer Straley ’88 Larson, Brandon Graham ’98,
Josh Boss ’02; Row 3: Bill Vanderbilt ’88 (holding child), Matt Strong ’88, Roger Kroodsma ’66, Mike Peddie ’92, Chip Henry ’85, Todd Ackermann ’88, Vic Breithaupt ’91, Patrick Stegeman
’95, Tim Lont ’79, Joel Holstege ’98; Row 4: Stu Scholl ’76, Doug Formsma ’68, Cliff Haverdink ’72, Greg Daniels ’73, Sarah DeWitt ’94 Darby, Dawn Hoving ’94 Noorman, Kristen Hoving ’96
Assink, Kirk Assink ’95, Jeff Bannink ’93 (holding child), Marcia Vandersall ’93 Bannink, Katy Conlen ’91
ember 2001
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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 Wednesday, Nov. 14, 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, Jan. 8.
20s
1920s
Martha Gabbard ’25 Bicknell of Palm Beach
Gardens, Fla., celebrated her 100th birthday on
Wednesday, Oct. 24.
40s
1940s
Randall Dekker ’47 of Zeeland, Mich., received a
“Hall of Fame Award” from the Community
Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area on
Saturday, Oct. 20, in recognition of exemplary
leadership in the community. The award was
presented during a celebration marking the foundation’s 50th anniversary.
Trudy Maassen ’47 Vander Haar has written No
Shadow of Turning, the documented story of one of
the American families, the Vander Haars, who
emigrated from the Netherlands in 1946. The challenging story of courage and faith reads like a
historical novel. With the book’s emphasis on local
history, copies are available in the Hope–Geneva
Bookstore and at the Joint Archives of Holland.
Gord Brewer ’48 of Holland, Mich., received the
“Hope for Humanity Award” from the Hope
College alumni H–Club on Saturday, Oct. 13,
during the college’s Homecoming celebration.
Please see the “Campus Notes” story on page
three for more information.
50s
1950s
Douglas van Gessel ’52 and wife Joyce (special
student, Class of ’54) of Artesia, Calif., have again
been chosen to be the chaplain/counselors for the
2002 World Cruise on Holland America Cruise
Lines. The cruise is a 120–day circle of the world
beginning in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and ending in
New York City. The ministry on ship is with
crew, staff and passengers, conducting Bible
studies, leading worship services and counseling
with all who have special needs.
Arend “Don” Lubbers ’53 of Grand Rapids,
Mich., who retired during the summer as president of Grand Valley State University, received
the “President’s Award” from the West Michigan
Chapter of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals in conjunction with 2001 National
Philanthropy Day this fall. The award is presented to an individual who has shown
“extraordinary commitment to the community
where the individual resides.”
Carl Ver Beek ’59 of Grand Rapids, Mich., has
been elected to the Board of Directors of the
Michigan Chamber of Commerce. He is an attorney at Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett
LLP, and is immediate past chair of the Grand
Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.
60s
1960s
Douglas De Jong ’61 of Victorville, Calif., is a
retired teacher.
Nancy Sonneveldt ’62 Miller and Phil Miller ’65
of Holland, Mich., received a “Family Award”
from the Community Foundation of the
Holland/Zeeland Area on Saturday, Oct. 20. The
award was presented during a celebration
marking the foundation’s 50th anniversary.
Milton Nieuwsma ’63 of Holland, Mich., is
author of Kinderlager: An Oral History of Young
Holocaust Survivors, which has been selected by
the Institute for Higher European Studies in the
Hague as one of the top 10 books written on the
Holocaust. Other honors the book has received
since being published in 1998 include being on a
list of the New York Public Library’s “Best Books
for Teens” in 1999 and designation as a “Must
Read” selection for Scholastic’s Teen Book Club
in 2000.
Barry Werkman ’64 of Holland, Mich., has been
promoted to vice president for finance at Hope
College. Previously business manager and controller at the college, Werkman has been a
member of the Hope staff since 1967.
Anne C. de Velder ’67 of Holland, Mich., is
employed by the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign as assistant professor and costume
director of the Krannert Center for Performing
and Fine Arts. The Krannert Center complex was
built in the 1960s for $21 million and includes a
concert hall and four theatres from 200 to 2,000
seats. It supports more than 320 performances
annually of theatre, dance and opera, and outside
professional events from all over the world. The
Krannert Center was designed by architect Max
Abramovitz, who also designed the Lincoln
Center. Anne, who holds an MFA from Columbia
University, previously served as production and
business manager for the Hope Summer
Repertory Theatre at Hope College for eight
years.
Randall Miller ’67 of Havertown, Pa., has been
named the first holder of the “William Dirk
Warren ’50 Sesquicentennial Chair” at Saint
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, Fairfax, Va.
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/alumni
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Joseph’s University of Philadelphia, Pa. He has
taught at Saint Joseph’s since 1972, and is the
author or editor of numerous books and academic articles on topics such as race, immigration
and ethnicity, religion, politics, the American
Civil War, urban affairs, mass culture and
regional cultures.
Fran Gralow ’68 continues to work with
Wycliffe, doing consulting and training in the
areas of translation and literacy with Sudanese
colleagues in Kitale, Kenya.
Philip Rauwerdink ’68 of Waupun, Wis., is a
specialized interim minister at Trinity Reformed
Church.
70s
1970s
Ronald Deenik ’73 of Holland, Mich., was a
guest speaker during this year’s Hope College
Science Day for high school students, held on
Thursday, Nov. 1. President of Holland Family
Dentistry PC, he presented “The Tooth. The
Whole Tooth and Nothing But the Tooth.”
J. Michael Dornan ’73 has been city manager of
Wixom, Mich., since 1991. His success in developing a public/private partnership to address
sewer system troubles in Wixom prompted the
Republic of Ireland to invite him to make a presentation during the Oct. 11–12 Water Services
National Training Group conference held in
Ennis County, Ireland.
Greg Kalmbacher ’73 and his wife continue to
serve with SIL International in Southeast Asia.
Starting in August of 1999 he worked in the
Philippines as the finance office manager for their
work covering Insular Southeast Asia. Last April
he turned that job over to his successor, and he is
now filling the role of finance systems manager,
which involves reviewing and upgrading the
software, reports and procedures that they use.
The job allows him and his wife to spend more
time on the language study and translation that
they began in the 1980s––including a visit back to
the language area in September. It will continue
until they take a break in the U.S. in mid–2002.
Richard Otterness ’73 of Rochester, N.Y., has
been appointed synod executive for the Synod of
Albany in the Reformed Church in America.
Vicki Wiegerink ’74 Rumpsa is the youth
program director at East Hills Athletic Club and
summer camp director at Orchard Hills Swim
and Sports Club, both located in Grand Rapids,
Mich. Vicki was recently awarded the companies’ 10–year longevity award.
Rich “Blue” Williams ’75 is president and coor-
Tulip Time overlap
Due to event overlaps,
the college is encouraging
those interested in Alumni
and Graduation weekends
to book lodging early.
Alumni Weekend, featuring reunions
for every fifth class from 1937 through
1982, runs Friday–Saturday, May 3–5.
Baccalaureate and Commencement will
take place on Sunday, May 5.
Both events coincide with the first
weekend of Tulip Time in Holland. One
of the largest festivals in the United States,
Tulip Time consistently draws several
thousand visitors to the Holland area.
Information concerning available
lodging may be obtained by contacting
the Holland Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau, which is compiling a
weekly list and will be able to provide the
names and numbers of the facilities that
still have rooms. The bureau may be
called at 1–800–506–1299. The information
is also on its web site, www.holland.org
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dinator of the National Diamond Jubilee featuring the “Remember the Route: 75th Anniversary
of Historic Route 66” Festival. Some 85,000 celebrated the jubilee, which was four years in
planning. Rich provided a photo showing him
and Cathy Schueler ’74 at the event’s “Steinbeck
Awards Banquet,” which sold out. Rich is assistant to the mayor for Mayor Jim Baca of
Albuquerque, N.M.
Dan “Satch” Huizenga ’79 is in the film Joy Ride,
released this fall and starring Steve Zahn and
Leelee Sobieski. He plays the ice truck driver in
the thriller.
Lauri Kremers ’79 of Grand Rapids, Mich., and
her husband (please see “Marriages”) lead a
small congregation at the United General Baptist
Church in Parchment, Mich. Lauri reports that
she also enjoyed the Hope College Alumni Tour
to Ireland and England in June––”a real ’dream
vacation’ come true!”
80s
1980s
Jane Buter ’80 Clark of Holland, Mich., is vice
president of membership development with the
Holland Area Chamber of Commerce. She
recently completed a year as chair for the
National
Association
for
Membership
Development.
Robert Miller ’80 of Farmington Hills, Mich., is a
senior audio post engineer with Doner in
Southfield, Mich.
Jay Peters ’80 of Holland, Mich., is owner of
Development Strategies Inc., which provides
fund–raising consulting and interim project management to clients.
Bruce Cook ’81 of Stewartsville, N.J., is a member
of a team of chemists and engineers from
ExxonMobil and Akzo–Nobel Catalysts LLC to
be honored with one of two 2001 “Industrial
Innovation Awards” presented during the
American Chemical Society’s Southwest regional
meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday, Oct.
18, 2001. The team developed a catalyst and
process effective in reducing cracked naptha
sulfur levels in gasoline up to 99 percent. U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency regulations
require oil refineries to reduce the average
amount of sulfur in gasoline from 150 parts per
million (ppm) to 30 ppm by 2004. Bruce is an
advanced research associate at ExxonMobil
Research and Engineering in Annandale, N.J.
Barbara Tacoma ’81 De Pree of Holland, Mich.,
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was a guest speaker during this year’s Hope
College Science Day for high school students,
held on Thursday, Nov. 1. A physician practicing with OB/GYN Associates of Holland PC, she
presented “A Day in the Life of a Physician.”
Kevin Kraay ’81 of Zeeland, Mich., has been promoted to business manager from associate
business manager at Hope College. He joined the
Hope staff in 1985 as director of accounting, and
was named assistant business manager in 1987
and associate business manager in 1995.
Betty Peterson ’81 Picard has released a CD, Still,
Still, Still: Christmas Lullabies for All Ages, about
which more can be learned at the publisher’s web
site, www.earthstarrecordings.com. Betty lives
in Topeka, Kan., with her husband, Tom Picard
’81, and their two children, Katy (14) and Adam
(12). Betty earned a B.M. degree in vocal performance in 1999 from Washburn University of
Topeka.
She now teaches fifth grade at
Wanamaker Elementary school, gives private
voice lessons and performs. Tom is a psychiatrist
at the Colmery–O’Neil VA Medical Center, and
has a small private practice.
Ronald Bechtel ’82 is an associate minister at
Reformed Church of Newtown in Elmhurst, N.Y.
Harvey G. Koedyker ’82 of Holland, Mich., has
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been hired as a regional advancement director at
Hope College. He is focusing on fund–raising in
Michigan, with a particular emphasis on the
Legacies: A Vision of Hope capital campaign.
Matt Neil ’82 of Holland, Mich., is one of about
11,000 U.S. citizens chosen to carry the Olympic
torch during a portion of its 13,500–mile journey
through 46 states from Atlanta, Ga., to Salt Lake
City, Utah, for the Winter Olympics. He is scheduled to run in early January in Indiana.
Mary Vosteen ’82 Van Verst of Olympia, Wash.,
is program development and evaluation coordinator with the Washington Commission for
National and Community Service. She writes,
“More than ever I am pleased to be working in
the field of national service, along with
AmeriCorps and VISTA members, and citizens
committed to making differences in local communities. After 20 years since graduation, I look
forward to connecting with old friends at Hope,
and especially those who accompanied me on
our trip to Japan in the spring of 1981. I have
news to share from former classmates at Meiji
Gakuin University.”
Jim Russell Jr. ’83 of Commerce Township,
Mich., has been elected to the Board of Directors
of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce. He is
president and general manager of Arbor Press,
Royal Oak.
Brenda VanderWerff ’83 Schuh of Neenah, Wis.,
is research and development manager for new
business development with Appleton Papers.
Ana Agurcia ’85 Clare of Jackson, N.J., is a freelance graphic designer/editor.
Diane Boughton ’85 Walker is an elementary
physical education teacher in Stanly County,
N.C.
Jane Abe ’86 of Naperville, Ill., earned first place
for fourth–quarter sales in a national sales contest
run by the National Association for Membership
Development. She competed with Chambers of
Commerce across the country.
Dana Nofz ’86 Belmore of Rockford, Mich., is a
carrier services consultant with Voice Data Systems
in Grand Rapids, Mich. She writes, “Although
working four days a week keeps me busy, I officially became a ’soccer mom’ this fall when my
five– and six–year–olds played. I love my Fridays
at home in Rockford and spend my time taking
requests from my four–year–old for playing games,
building forts or carving pumpkins.”
David (D.J.) Covell ’86 of Ludlow, Vt., has been
a member of the Vermont State Police since 1990.
In 1997 he was promoted to the rank of sergeant,
and has since been assigned as a detective investigating unattended deaths and major crimes
with the Vermont State Police’s Bureau of
Criminal Investigations Division.
Martha Vermeulen ’86 Kallenbach is a
shared–time music teacher with the Fremont
Public Schools at St. Michael–Brunswick. In
addition, for the past six years she has worked
with the Fremont High School Theatre as associate director.
Kim Miller ’86 Oosterhouse of Wheaton, Ill.,
completed her MSN at Rush University in 1998.
She recently resigned her position as clinical
nurse specialist (MICU) at Rush Presbyterian St.
Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago to be at home
with her children Kyle (five, in kindergarten) and
Lindsey (three, in preschool).
Alan Supp ’86 of Rockford, Mich., served as head
coach for the Rockford junior varsity lacrosse
team and as assistant coach for the Rockford
varsity lacrosse team, which won the 2001 Class
C state championship. The investment advisory
firm by which he is employed has been acquired
by the Royal Bank of Canada and is being
merged with a Minneapolis–based firm.
Petey Uecker ’86 Pohlad of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
is a stay–at–home mom Monday–Friday for
daughters Morgan (eight), Hannah (five) and
Emma (two). On the weekends she works as an
RN in labor and delivery at Spectrum
Health–Butterworth.
Suzanne Waters ’86 of Philadelphia, Pa., is
supervisor of rehabilitation services with
Associated Services for the Blind.
Cynthia Hollenbeck ’87 of Okemos, Mich.,
recently started her own business for genetic
testing and DNA diagnostics with a focus on cardiovascular diseases and iron storage diseases:
Predictive Genetics & DNA Diagnostics.
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LOST
ALUMNI
1930s
1930s
Bosworth, Ruth Fisher ’36
Hyink, Robert B. ’36
1940s
Miller, Alma VanderBeek ’40
Vines, Ruth Probst ’47
Holkeboer, Helen VanDyk ’48
Akridge, Dale ’49
Janssen, B. Virgil ’49
Major, Robert ’49
1950s
Makowsky, Vassel ’50
Mankin, Harold ’50
Rabbe, Ray L. ’50
Meltvedt, Henry ’52
Sutliff, John ’52
Doornbos, Jack H. ’54
Meeuwsen, James W. ’54
Berghage, Connie Nies ’56
Berghage, Robert D. ’56
Cleason, Donald ’56
Freyberger, Allen E. ’58
Chapple, Spencer G. ’59
1960s
Hope, Janice Kyle ’60
Janssen, Kenneth L. ’60
Pojman, Gertrude Burggraaff ’60
Thompson, James F. ’60
Van Dyke, Judith ’60
Bury, Patricia Burkett ’61
Kemme, Wendell J. ’61
Mulder, James H. ’62
Tsai, John ’62
Ver Strate, Helen Beinert ’62
Wyma, David M. ’62
Jenner, John H. ’63
Knutson, Garth J. ’63
Lyttle, Virginia Mortensen ’63
Baareman, Robert E. ’64
Boling, Marilyn E. Reed ’64
De Long, Roger C. ’64
Kwan, Tony L. B. ’64
Montes, Josephine Noguera ’64
Berger, Thomas G. ’65
Stranyak, Robert ’65
Swinehart, Elizabeth A. ’65
Willix, Marilyn Hargett ’65
Broman, Rodney L. ’66
Catlin, Dennis W. ’66
Peterson, James A. ’66
Rusins, Elga ’66
Bennett, James R. ’67
Brower, Webster P. ’67
Drugg, John B. ’67
Harrington, Mary VanPernis ’67
Latowsky, Charles P. ’67
Schreiner, William B. ’67
Sneller, Delwyn ’67
Vargas, Diane Courtney ’67
Bitar, Victor ’68
Gruizenga, Kathleen Kollen ’68
Hanna, Michael G. ’68
Latowsky, Gretchen Paalman ’68
Abel, David G. ’69
Baumgardner, Karen R. Zeh ’69
Davis, Eric ’69
Gamper, Paul F. ’69
Roberts, Thomas A. ’69
Welch, Robert R. ’69
Wood, Patricia ’69
1970s
Harmon, Nancy Beth Warnock ’70
Kleis, Delwyn J. ’70
Pavletic, Constance VanderVelde ’70
Dozeman, Timothy J. ’71
Dykhuis, Lee ’71
Fishman, Nancy M. ’71
Kraai, Travis T. ’71
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Simmons, Samuel S. ’71
Strom, Judith L. Hine ’71
Vander Schaaf, Dean ’71
Blanton, Robert S. ’72
Fisher, George P. ’72
Jackson, Raymond S. ’72
Luth, Thomas C. ’72
Pickering, Peggy B. ’72
Pride, Glenn E. ’72
Wilson, Hudson ’72
Chalker, Robert B. ’73
Houghton, Robert L. ’73
Maxim, Joseph E. ’73
Moran, Terry L. ’73
Saputo, Richard A. ’73
Tiplady, Joann M. Frielink ’73
Wilbourn, Denise L. Parker ’73
Woodward, Lloyd W. ’73
Gustin, Mary Johansen ’74
Harris, Beverly Myer ’74
Kidd, Douglas W. ’74
Loomis, Marshall R. ’74
Moored, Keith W. ’74
Osterberg, Arthur ’74
Hutchinson, Pamela A. ’75
Pearson, Steven Donald ’75
Sandoval, Manuel M. ’75
Zitterman, Joseph A. ’75
Braat, Arjen Dykstra ’76
Braat, Colin E. ’76
DePooter, Ethel Nyhof ’76
Pifer, Mary Ellen Pifer ’76
Schaeffer, Nancy Tameling ’76
Vannice, James L. ’76
Wood, Robert J. ’76
Rhoney, Patricia Ann Klungle ’77
Richardson, Tex ’77
Serrano, Julia Shorkey ’77
Banta, David ’78
Gephart, Carol Donohue ’78
Gephart, Gregory ’78
Lower, Kim Patrice Risser ’78
Eisner, Colleen Ann Stowe ’79
Foster, James K. ’79
Hellstrom, Lauren ’79
1980s
Keeping track of a mobile alumni family is a full–time job (we currently have some 25,000 on our
rolls), and through the years the Alumni Office has lost track of some graduates and former students. We’re especially eager to improve our records, since we’re in the process of creating the
2002 Alumni Directory.
Maybe you can help! Please check the list of “lost” alumni and contact us if you know of someone’s whereabouts. Complete information is always appreciated, but even a tip will assist our
staff. Please see the form below.
Mcgarvey, David E. ’84
Pope, Steven W. ’84
Riley, Steven L. ’84
Rupright, Gregory J. ’84
Schwander, Stephen S. ’84
Blaine, Susan Lynn ’85
Crisp, Brian F. ’85
Dalman, Kent A. ’85
Manning, Linda ’85
Stoll, Melissa C. ’85
Williams, Steven A. ’85
Callender, Laura ’86
Delgado, Pamela M. Niepoetter ’86
Evers, Lisa ’86
Geary–Pikaart, Kathleen ’86
Gierlach, Edward R. ’86
Groeneveld, John ’86
Henderlong, Karen A. ’86
Kleckner, James B. ’86
Messing, Jana M. ’86
Smith, Paula E. ’86
Allen, Laura L. ’87
Birkelbach, Stephen ’87
Cremin, Brigitte C. Fabi ’87
Hudson, Todd A. ’87
Jinesta, Vanessa ’87
Nemphos, Diane S. Bobinski ’87
Ruddy, Robert J. ’87
Visscher, Karen S. ’87
Dykstra, Susan L. ’88
Gierlach, Doris C. Niehof ’88
Hartman–Torres, Michelle ’88
Keough, David B. ’88
Lentz, Scott R. ’88
Marron, Mary Ann ’88
Mc Dougall, Robert E. ’88
Rafferty, James B. ’88
Sans, Jerilyn M. ’88
Tysen, Kevin D. ’88
Yaung, Daniel S. ’88
Becker, Thomas M. ’89
Essenberg, Alicia B. ’89
Funaki, Harumi Niino ’89
Gabriel, Girma W. ’89
Greeneisen, David G. ’89
Klomparens, A. Craig ’89
Mayo, Terese E. ’89
Miller, John F. ’89
Whelpley, Joel J. ’89
Wilson, Marsha Jean VanDuinen ’89
Schlender, Shawn E. Munson ’90
Weber, Alene R. ’90
Barrett, Christopher G. ’91
Bazan, Criselda ’91
Brosseit, Aaron L. ’91
Dambrosio, Ana Marie ’91
DeVries, Alan R. ’91
Follett, Thaddeus C. ’91
Geraghty, Jennifer J. Jarman ’91
Goode, MacDonald H. ’91
Hitzing, Julia W. ’91
Keough, Lee Anne ’91
Miller, James M. ’91
Redding, Robin N. Koeneman ’91
Riley, William H. ’91
Ruiter, John A. ’91
Schaffer, John W. ’91
Seng, Christina L. Mellon ’91
Shepard, Christopher A. ’91
Stansby, Eric S. ’91
Welke, Angela D. ’91
Banger, Beverly S. ’92
Battle, Danielle N. ’92
Brown, Michele M. ’92
Chen, Han ’92
Dahlke, Kirk L. ’92
Davis, Brent D. ’92
Everett, Patricia A. Albrecht ’92
Hudson, Mary K. ’92
Killins, Frances L. ’92
Koch, Judith ’92
Roberts, William L. ’92
Solivan, Bonnie Lynn ’92
Tomorsky, Michael D. ’92
VanderLaan, Alana M. ’92
Allen, Amy D. ’93
Chapman, Christopher E. ’93
Ditmars, Angela ’93
Ikuma, Kaya A. ’93
Kiriyama, Kenichi ’93
Lode, Melissa L. ’93
Lumsden, Richard A. ’93
Lutz, Martha R. ’93
Mesecar, Douglas B. ’93
Porter, Philip S. ’93
Potter, David S. ’93
Saxton, Jessica E. ’93
Sherman, Julie L. Allison ’93
Shufelt, Andrew T. ’93
Smith, Amalika T. ’93
Walker, Christine E. Lightfoot ’93
Yori, Andrea M. ’93
Zust, Christiane M. Mollard ’93
Baer, Brett A. ’94
Boillot, Dorothy R. ’94
Burke, Justin K. ’94
Dykstra, Patricia Stanton ’94
Gudakunst, Kent E. ’94
Hamm, James R. ’94
Jamieson, Mary E. ’94
Kline, Matthew C. ’94
Knott, Michael D. ’94
Knuth, Karlene M. ’94
Lane, James R. ’94
Lehman, Kevin S. ’94
Rychenkova, Paulina ’94
Spaulding, Jason W. ’94
Terioshkina, Natasha ’94
VanLangevelde, Sonja R. ’94
Wessner, Tracey E. ’94
Wolfrom, Meribeth A. ’94
Brodhagen, Richard K. ’95
Clingan, Carrie E. ’95
DeHaan, Bethann ’95
Gebremichael, Tsion T. ’95
Holmes, Benjamin M. ’95
Hui, Richard T. ’95
LaPointe, David J. ’95
Miranda, Louis A. ’95
Molina, Johnny ’95
Scher, Dov L. ’95
Sinuka, Lunga ’95
Spillers, Michelle L. ’95
Anguilm, Wayne L. ’96
Bajwa, Gurjyot ’96
Clemens, Melissa A. ’96
DeYoung, Sarah A. ’96
Dillabough, Jason A. ’96
Flynn, Major C. ’96
Gardner, Lorraine M. ’96
Gelfand, Boris ’96
Geoghan, Sarah R. ’96
Geurink, Kristin M. ’96
Green, Monica L. ’96
Jones, Jennifer A. ’96
Kaboos, Scott A. ’96
Lyatuu, Edom E. ’96
Maher, Steven A. ’96
Minnaar, Sara B. ’96
Plummer, Jennifer M. ’96
Prostak, Sarah E. ’96
Skarica, Tomislav ’96
Tsukamoto, Naomi ’96
Tuinstra, Jeremy J. ’96
West, Adrienne A. ’96
Yoshikawa, Mai ’96
Zeerip, Jennifer S. ’96
Allen, Christopher J. ’97
Crawford, Justin M. ’97
Hayashi, Brandon J. ’97
Henderson, Jason R. ’97
Jones, Alice A. ’97
Krbez, Jennifer E. ’97
Mendoza, Keri–Frances ’97
Heusinkveld, David ’80
Huizen, David L. ’80
Klasing, Randal ’80
Lasich, Polly ’80
Schmitt, Marcia Lee Urbanick ’80
Van Huis, Nancy J. Durband ’80
Barber, Nancy L. ’90
Wetherbee, Jeffrey L. ’80
Exo, Ann E. ’90
Cash, Phyl E. ’81
Ikeda, Richiko ’90
Driscoll, David T. ’81
Koester, Paul M. ’90
Gilliland, Sarah Williamson ’81
King, Carol Reus ’81
Mc Kinney, David ’81
O’Donnell, Laurel A.
Davenport ’81
Saline, Bradley ’81
Spoelhof, Gordon ’81
Thompson, Lera ’81
Vander Ploeg, Julie ’81
Ward, Susan K. ’81
The address of _____________________________________ Class of___________
Welsch, Diana ’81
Buckley, William J. ’82
Colegrove, Arthur ’82
is as follows: ___________________________________________________________
Jung, Jonathan B. ’82
Street
May, Colleen ’82
___________________________________________________________
Smith, Patricia Carol Miknis ’82
City
State
Zip Code
Suzenaar, Max ’82
Tran, Sat V. ’82
Telephone: ___________________________________________________________
Young, Carl ’82
Arnold, Cindi ’83
Ichikawa, Leah Fisher ’83
Landon, Carla A. ’83
Found By: ___________________________________________________________
Palma, Fern D. ’83
Name
Class
Taylor, Catherine M. ’83
___________________________________________________________
Clark, Douglas A. ’84
Street
Dorner, Jeffrey K. ’84
Harper, Juli R. ’84
___________________________________________________________
Jansson, Carol L.
City
State
Zip Code
VanAllsburg ’84
Ketema, Mulugetta ’84
1990s
LOST & FOUND
Rahimi, Saum A. ’97
Ratdavong, Phonevanpheng M. ’97
Seeley, Traci L. Reber ’97
Seiler, Eric C. ’97
Sisulu, Nontsikelelo ’97
Anderson, Amanda M. ’98
Bernhardt, Rebecca L. Beals ’98
Bhatt, Karen K. ’98
Cook, Benjamin ’98
Currie, Stephan W. ’98
DeHaan, Renae L. ’98
Fabaz, Christina R. ’98
Fischer, Jill E. ’98
Garcellano, Miriam L. ’98
Geerlings, Suzie R. ’98
Henkel, Adam G. ’98
Katsuyama, Chikako ’98
Klapp, Amanda L. ’98
MacDoniels, Jeffrey W. ’98
Miller, Kent E. ’98
Nasir, Mona J. ’98
Norris, Natasha M. ’98
Sharp, Andrew B. ’98
Stafiej, Kristina M. ’98
Welton, Courtney E. ’98
Yao, Kun–Chun ’98
Anderson, Michael D. ’99
Black, Jessica R. ’99
Bouma, Brooke M. ’99
Douglas, Mary K. Scribner ’99
Goda, Akiko ’99
Herron, Jared M. ’99
Kaetterhenry, Sarah M. ’99
Lynch, Michelle S. ’99
Martin, Kelly J. ’99
Monroy, Fabiola ’99
Mugg, Stephen H. ’99
Ott, Leah A. ’99
Pellow, Lance M. ’99
Sheldon, Joshua W. ’99
Shen, Ivy H. ’99
Vis, Joshua M. ’99
2000s
Jaworowski, Cathleen M. ’00
Loodeen, Paul M. ’00
Mahaffey, Kemberlee R. Pease ’00
Mahaffey, Matthew J. ’00
Puntel, Erica A. ’00
Rop, Rhonda K. ’00
Rutherford, Robert B. ’00
Speers, Andrea L. ’00
Zuidema, Michael L. ’00
Cook, Stephanie L. ’01
Crispin, Katherine M. ’01
Molina, Elizabeth R. ’01
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Alumni promoted at Hope
T
hree alumni were
promoted in the
Business Office at Hope
earlier this year.
Barry Werkman ’64 was promoted to
vice president for finance. Kevin Kraay ’81
has been promoted to business manager
from associate business manager. Doug
Van Dyken ’87 has been promoted to controller from assistant controller.
Previously business manager and controller at the college, Werkman has been a
member of the Hope staff since 1967. The
promotion recognizes the more senior role
he has assumed in finance since Bill
Anderson, formerly vice president for
business and finance, became leader of
Hope’s fund–raising division as senior
vice president for finance and development in February.
He was an instructor at Ferris State
University during 1966–67, before returning to Hope to serve as an instructor in the
department of economics and business
administration for the next two years. He
Doug Van Dyken ’87 of Zeeland, Mich., has been
promoted to controller from assistant controller
at Hope College. He joined the staff as director of
accounting in 1987, and was named assistant controller in 1995.
Michael Magan ’88 has been named associate
deputy undersecretary at the U.S. Department of
Labor and is serving in the department’s Bureau
of International Labor Affairs, which helps formulate international economic, trade and
immigration policies affecting American
workers. He was formerly vice president and
Barry Werkman ’64
Kevin Kraay ’81
was appointed assistant business manager
in 1969, business manager in 1971, and
business manager and controller in 1985.
Kraay joined the Hope staff in 1985 as
director of accounting, and was named
assistant business manager in 1987 and
associate business manager in 1995.
His responsibilities have included
payroll, accounts receivable, purchasing,
insurance and grant accounting. In his
new position, he continues with his prior
responsibilities in addition to managing
accounting for the Hope–Geneva
deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce; from March of 1999 until June of 2001
he was executive vice president of the
Association of American Chambers of Commerce
in Latin America (AACCLA).
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1990s
Lori Boekeloo ’90 Gray of Hennepin, Ill., was
recently named Junior Woman of the Year for the
State of Illinois through the GFWC, the largest
Doug Van Dyken ’87
Bookstore, the college’s food service,
indirect cost calculation and cash management.
Van Dyken joined the staff as director
of accounting in 1987, and was named
assistant controller in 1995. His responsibilities include the college’s general and
subsidiary ledgers, reconciliation of bank
accounts, data control, investments,
accounts payable, endowment fund
reporting, budget performance review,
external financial reporting and annual
audit schedules.
woman’s organization in the United States, and
was honored at the state convention in Oak
Brook, Ill. She earned the honor through her
work with the Junior Woman’s Club and other
activities. She led the March of Dimes Walk
America Team to a #2 placement in their division
by raising more than $4,000, earning the team a
trip to the Mall of America. She has also led
countless committees and chaired many events.
She has also worked for Homemaker’s Idea
Company for seven years as a direct sales representative, recently earning an all–expense paid
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trip to Cancun this coming February because of
her sales for the company. She recently completed a Living Waters Via de Cristo weekend
retreat, and reports that she is looking forward to
serving God as she is called through Prison
Ministries in her local area. She and her husband
have three children, Lily (seven), Miciah (six) and
Sawyer (two).
Tom Boyer ’91 moved to San Francisco, Calif.,
from Washington, D.C., two years ago. In
September of this year, Tom started his own
public relations and lobbying business, The
Boyer Group. Tom’s work focuses primarily on
outreach to the diabetes community and working
to improve the lives of people living with diabetes.
Rebecca Collins ’91 of Nashville, Tenn., is director of regulatory affairs with PICA Group in
Brentwood, Tenn.
Russell Dittmar ’91 of St. Charles, Mo., is an
application architect with Enterprise Rent–
A–Car.
Matt Haverdink ’91 of Zeeland, Mich., continues
his work at Ottawa Kent Insurance. He still goes
to Hope’s Dow Center three times a week for basketball.
Katherine Spangenberg ’91 of Romeoville, Ill., is
practicing internal medicine and pediatrics in
suburban Chicago, Ill.
Joann Schma ’92 of St. Joseph, Mich., reports
enjoying being a first–time homeowner and her
work as a communications and campaign associate with United Way of Southwest Michigan.
She is also still active in theater, through St.
Joseph’s Twin City Players, as a performer, director and board member.
Robert Starr ’92 of Muskegon, Mich., works in
graphic design and web site development with
Reid Tool Supply Company.
Daniel Van Iwaarden ’92 of Orlando, Fla., has
been a reporting specialist with Starwood
Vacation Ownership Inc. for more than two
years. He and his wife have a daughter who is
nearing age two.
Ericka Lyszak ’93 Benson was hired into a scientist position at Pharmacia in Kalamazoo, Mich.,
in October of 1999, and has been running a biochemistry lab involved in the early stages of
developing new antibacterial drugs. She is currently on a maternity leave (please see “New
Arrivals”), and will return to work full–time in
April.
Jodie Anderson ’93 Haverdink of Zeeland,
Mich., is a stay–at–home mom with three boys:
Joey (eight), Andrew (six) and Isaiah (four).
Wendy Schroeder ’93 is practicing veterinary
medicine at East Maryland Animal Hospital in
Phoenix, Ariz.
Jonathan Siebers ’93 took a staff attorney position with Michigan Indian Legal Services and
moved to Traverse City in May. MILS represents
low income Native American tribes and individuals across the state.
Ryan Kreider ’94 co–presented “Living,
Working, Reporting in the New Russia” on
Friday, Sept. 28, at Hope College through the college’s History Colloquium Series. He has been a
project associate with the Media Viability Fund
in Moscow since 1998. The fund is a joint project
of the Media Development Loan Fund and the
Eurasia Foundation, and supports independent
media in the Russian and Ukrainian regions
through low–interest loans and technical assistance. He had been in Russia since 1995,
previously working with Monsanto Europe S.A.
in Moscow, with Serendipity Consulting at the
American Home in Vladimir and as an English
language teacher in Krasnodar.
Timothy McCarty ’94 is in his fourth year teaching social studies at Monroe–Woodbury Central
School District in Central Valley, N.Y., teaching
sixth and seventh grade. He also coached the
seventh– and eighth–grade football team, which
had 72 players––40 of whom had never played
football. The team finished 5–0, the first time in
11 years the seventh– and eighth–grade team
went undefeated.
Raeann Schoudt ’94 of Holland, Mich., is a
nurse’s aide with Resthaven–Good Shepherd
Home. She has been back in Holland for four
years.
Beth Snyder ’94 works with ExxonMobil
Corporation, in Human Resources as an analyst
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for the Refining & Supply organization headquartered in Fairfax, Va.
Gwen Snyder ’94 of New York City in August
began working in the Latin America Equity
Research department of UBS Warburg, a Swiss
investment bank.
Jennifer Joy ’94 Wheitner and her husband live
in Pittsburgh, Pa. She is a clinical social worker
in the health field, working at Select Specialty
Hospital/Mercy Hospital.
Scott Hall ’95 lives and works in Muskegon,
Mich., with his wife and their children.
Justin Nottingham ’95 of Kalamazoo, Mich., is
assistant director of ticket operations in the
Athletic Ticket Office of Waldo Stadium at
Western Michigan University.
Steve Shilling ’95 of Canonsburg, Pa., who was a
sports columnist for The Anchor from 1992 to
1994, has begun writing his column again. It can
be found at: www.fromthecheapseats.com
Kristin Hawes ’95 Suminski and Pete Suminski
’95 have recently relocated to Cadillac, Mich.
Kristin returned to school in the fall of 2000 to
earn her secondary teaching certificate from
Olivet College. She is now teaching freshman
and sophomore English at Big Rapids High
School. After five years with Auto–Owners
Insurance Company in Lansing, Mich., Pete is
now employed with Blick Dillon Insurance, an
independent insurance agency in downtown
Cadillac. He is a commercial lines producer and
vice president.
Curtis Beekman ’96 of Burlington, Iowa, is pursuing an MBA at St. Ambrose University.
Heidi Schilder ’96 Bishop of Buhl, Idaho, is a
registered nurse at the Magic Valley Regional
Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Sandra Mouser ’96 Capton of Pontiac, Mich., is
self–employed as a transcriptionist. She and her
husband have a son, Kale.
Andy Crocker ’96 of Dowagiac, Mich., is a
finance rep for a company called Transamerica
Distribution Finance in St. Joseph, Mich. He and
his wife have two daughters, Alyssa
(three–and–a–half) and Kelsey (nine months).
Meg Abfall ’96 Frens and Rick Frens ’98 are
living in Dayton, Maine. Meg is an assistant professor at the University of New England in the
Department of Exercise and Sport Performance,
while Rick is a special education case manager
and an assistant varsity football coach at Noble
High School in North Berwick, Maine.
Wendy Hughes ’96 of Waterford, Mich., is an
assistant athletic trainer at Detroit Country Day
School.
Jon Hultgren ’96 of Rockford, Mich., is an afternoon disc jockey, assistant program director and
music director with WSNX–FM in Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Theodore Robert ’96 is working in Batavia, N.Y.,
as assistant to the city manager.
Christopher Udell ’96 is a public relations officer
with Omron Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.
Marcus Wasilevich ’96 of New Orleans, La., is
teaching freshman biology at the University of
New Orleans.
Cindy Zirbel ’96 of Akron, Ohio, is teaching a
fifth/sixth grade class.
J.D.
Bolo–Schreuder
’97
and
Lauri
Bolo–Schreuder ’99 are living in Ann Arbor,
Mich. Lauri is pursuing her master’s in nurse
practitioning at the University of Michigan. J.D.
is a teacher consultant for the Chelsea Public
Schools, and is pursuing his master’s in special
education administration through Grand Valley
State University.
Arin Neucks ’97 of Holland, Mich., is a CPA with
Ferris, Busscher & Zwiers PC.
Julie Spence ’97 of Kennesaw, Ga., is a first grade
teacher with the Marietta City Schools.
Derek Vander Heide ’97 and Rachael Goei ’98
Vander Heide moved to London, England in
September. He is a corporate lawyer for
Kirkland & Ellis.
Brian Wolthuis ’97 of Fullerton, Calif., works in
maintenance at MontClaire Apartments.
Katherine Barnes ’98 is director of youth ministries at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Tyler,
Texas.
Tracy Bednarick ’98 is a sixth grade teacher at
Eagle Crest Charter Academy in Holland, Mich.
Katy Whitfield Butler ’98 of Falls Church, Va.,
has been promoted to legislative assistant in the
office of U.S. Representative Donald Manzullo.
She handles agriculture, energy, transportation,
environment and telecommunications.
Sarah Bylsma ’98 of Chicago, Ill., works in
human resources at ABN AMRO National Bank.
Erin Daly ’98 of Jamaica Plain, Mass., graduated
from Boston College Graduate School of Social
Work with an MSW and is working as a social
worker at Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston.
Robert DeVries ’98 of Kentwood, Mich., is pursuing a master of science in taxation and a master
of science in accounting at Grand Valley State
University.
Kara McGillicuddy ’98 of Okemos, Mich., is production manager with the Greater Lansing
Symphony Orchestra.
Simone Scher ’98 is a special needs teacher at
Whitegates Learning Center in Lochgilphead,
Scotland.
Daniel Shelley ’98 of Providence, R.I., is assistant
aquatics director and swim coach at Brown
University.
Aaron Vande Wege ’98 and Renee Meyer ’00
Vande Wege are living in Rockford, Mich.
Aaron teaches fifth grade at Rockford Christian
School, and on the side continues to mow lawns
around Bill’s Lake––and enjoys the honor of
mowing the mayor of Rockford’s lawn. Renee is
a K–1 music teacher in Cedar Springs, Mich., at
Cedar Trails Elementary School. Additionally,
her private voice studio has grown to 14 students.
Both Aaron and Renee are also
participating in the first class of Holland’s new
Conservatory for Praise and Worship
Leadership.
Michelle Hendrick ’99 of Sturgis, Mich., works
in graphic design at the Sturgis Journal.
Caroline Enos ’99 June of Gaylord, Mich., is
director and head instructor with Dance Systems
Inc. She is also a member of the Northern
Michigan Dance Council.
Case McCalla ’99 has been promoted to commercial loan officer at Fifth Third Bank in
Muskegon, Mich.
Christopher Meuzelaar ’99 of Madison, Wis., is a
software engineer with Therm NORAN in
Middleton, Wis.
Erin Beckman ’99 Taylor of Scottville, Mich., is a
special education teacher at Mason County
Central High School.
Alicia Tomicich ’99 of O’Fallon, Mo., is teaching
high school and middle school Spanish in St.
Charles, Mo. She had previously worked at a
drug rehabilitation center for adolescents.
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00s
Julie Beglin ’00 of Wyoming, Mich., is an elementary special education teacher with the
Hudsonville (Mich.) Public Schools.
Seth Bruggers ’00 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is
enrolled in medical school at the University of
Michigan.
Colleen Doyle ’00 of Ann Arbor, Mich., finished
the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 7, in
3:40:28, qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
Melinda Fischer ’00 of Boulder, Colo., is a fifth
grade teacher at Eldorado K–8 in the Boulder
Valley School District.
Joe Fitzsimmons ’00 of Jenison, Mich., is a stockbroker for Edward Jones Investments in
Grandville, Mich.
Rhonda Rop Fitzsimmons ’00 of Jenison, Mich.,
is a sales coordinator for the Crowne Plaza Hotel
in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Elizabeth Gibbs ’00 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is
working with severely emotionally impaired
middle school students in a specialized public
school day treatment program near Detroit,
Mich.
Margaret Klott ’00 Greshaw of Zeeland, Mich., is
an assistant athletic trainer with the West Ottawa
Public Schools in Holland, Mich.
Lori Knudsen ’00 of Suttons Bay, Mich., is a
physical education teacher with the Leland
Public Schools at St. Mary’s School in Lake
Leelanau, Mich.
Barbara Langeland ’00 of Holland, Mich., is a
4/5 learning disabilities teacher with the
Muskegon (Mich.) Public Schools.
Jarod Lippert ’00 and Andrea Kopacz ’01
Lippert are living in Naples, Fla.
Leslie Merriman ’00 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is
marketing manager with SMG–Van Andel
Arena/Grand Center.
Aaron Schantz ’00 of Kalamazoo, Mich., is director of youth ministries at Second Reformed
Church in Kalamazoo.
Lisa Start ’00 of San Francisco, Calif., is volunteer
coordinator with the San Francisco Food Bank.
Chanda Wenger ’00 of Holland, Mich., is marketing director with Kiss Technologies Inc.
Milestone Mailing
The 2001 Milestones were mailed by the
end of October to those who had
ordered them. Enjoy!
Angela Hobbs ’01 of Chicago, Ill., is an account
executive with Marcus Evans.
Janet Kleban ’01 is an underwriter with
Provident Funding in Charlotte, N.C.
Lindsay Schrotenboer ’01 has joined the admissions staff at Hope College as campus visit
coordinator.
Shawn Wolfe ’01 is a research assistant in the
NIH Bone Center’s Core Microarray Facility at
the University of Michigan.
Faculty Positions Available
* * *
The college is seeking candidates for faculty positions available during
the 2002-03 academic year. Consideration of candidates is underway
unless otherwise specified, and will continue until the positions are
filled. Additional information concerning the character of each position
may be obtained through the college’s World Wide Web home page at
www.hope.edu or by contacting the department chair as follows:
Chairperson (see following)
Hope College
PO Box 9000
Holland, MI 49422-9000
COMMUNICATION
Teach media theory and criticism.
Ph.D. preferred—will consider candidates
near completion by Aug. 1, 2002.
(Dr. James A. Herrick, herrick@hope.edu)
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Ph.D. in computer science. (Dr. Herbert
L. Dershem, dershem@hope.edu)
ENGLISH
African-American literature.
Applications were due by Nov. 30, 2001.
(Dr. Peter Schakel, schakel@hope.edu)
MATHEMATICS
Two positions: (1) statistics and (2)
applied mathematics. Rank open.
(Dr. Janet Andersen, jandersen@hope.edu)
MUSIC
Assistant or associate professor of music in
music theory. Applications were due by
November, 2001. (Dr. Stuart Sharp,
sharp@hope.edu)
PHYSICS
Two positions: (1) physics: assistant
professor. (Dr. Catherine Mader,
mader@hope.edu); (2) engineering:
assistant or associate professor. Ph.D. in
civil or electrical engineering required.
(Dr. Paul DeYoung, deyoung@hope.edu)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Assistant or associate professor. Primary
expertise in quantitative methods
and normative theory required.
(Dr. David K. Ryden, ryden@hope.edu)
SPANISH
Assistant or associate professor. Strong
background in modern Peninsular
literature, native fluency in Spanish and
near-native fluency in English are
required. Ph.D. by August, 2002.
(Dr. Ion Agheana, agheana@hope.edu)
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Assistant or associate professor.
Ph.D. in special education required plus
teaching certificate, endorsement in
emotional impairment (EI). (Dr. Leslie
Wessman; wessman@hope.edu)
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to combine excellence in
classroom teaching with scholarly or
other appropriate professional activity;
commitment to the character and goals
of a liberal arts college with a Christian
perspective.
RANK AND SALARY
Tenure track with rank open, unless
specified. Salary commensurate with
education and experience. Terminal
degrees are required for all positions
unless otherwise noted.
Hope College places a high priority
on sustaining a supportive
environment that promotes
opportunities for ethnic minorities
and women. Therefore, applications
from and nominations of women and
minority group members are
especially welcomed. Hope College
complies with federal and state
requirements for non-discrimination
in employment.
NFHC December 2001
Marriages
Marriages
We welcome your news. In fact, we like printing it,
so please keep it coming. Please note, though, that
we don’t publish engagement announcements––
that’s what this “marriages” section is for! Please
write us after your wedding takes place.
Joan Schramm ’75 and Michael Garcia, Sept. 22,
2001, Washington, D.C.
Lauri Kremers ’79 and Terry Howard, Oct. 26,
2001.
E. Reka Jellema ’89 and Douglas A. Brown ’92,
Oct. 20, 2001, Holland, Mich.
David Beemer ’91 and Tracey Clark, Dec. 2,
2000.
Marshall Michmerhuizen ’92 and Marcelynn
A. Van Dyke ’94, Jan. 19, 2001, Holland, Mich.
Erin Koster ’94 and Eric Ortlund, Aug. 18, 2001,
Evanston, Ill.
Jennifer Bullard ’96 and Jim Wiegers, Sept. 22,
2001, Jenison, Mich.
Kristina Thuemmel ’96 and Todd Choura, Oct.
6, 2001, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Russell J. Karsten ’97 and Leslie A. Rouse, Sept.
15, 2001, Grand Rapids, Mich.
J.D. Schreuder ’97 and Lauri Bolo ’99, Feb. 10,
2001, Sterling Heights, Mich.
Acacia Schut ’97 and Ephraim Nikoi, Nov. 25,
2000, Randolph, Wis.
Katy Whitfield ’98 and Rhett Butler, Oct. 13,
2001, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Sarah Stielstra ’98 and Tim Groenheide, July 21,
2001, Holland, Mich.
Janna Rene Winn ’98 and Peter D. Tichenor,
Oct. 6, 2001, Rockford, Ill.
Molly Arnold ’99 and Chris Formsma ’00, July
27, 2001, Holland, Mich.
Sarah L. Barendse ’99 and David Wolters, Oct.
27, 2001, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Erin Beckman ’99 and Michael Taylor, June 3,
2000, Ludington, Mich.
Jill Bostelaar ’99 and Joel Beltman, Oct. 27, 2001,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Caroline Ann Enos ’99 and Matthew K. June,
Sept. 22, 2001, Gaylord, Mich.
Emily E. LaLonde ’99 and Scott G. MacNellis,
Sept. 29, 2001, Midland, Mich.
Joseph Fitzsimmons ’00 and Rhonda Rop ’00,
Sept. 8, 2001, Muskegon, Mich.
Hazel Lawson ’00 and Emmet Sims, Sept. 22,
2001, Tiskilwa, Ill.
Jarod Lippert ’00 and Andrea Kopacz ’01, Sept.
15, 2001, Coldwater, Mich.
Angela Lee ’01 and Phillip Leete ’01, Nov. 10,
2001, Muskegon, Mich.
New Arrivals
New Arrivals
David L. Bruins ’80 and Elizabeth Bruins,
Matthew David, Sept. 20, 2001.
Amy Gorguze ’82 da Silva and Jose Luiz da
Silva, Lucas Thomas, April 12, 2001.
Linda Aldrich ’85 and Gordan Jurasek, Gabrijel
Byron Maksim Jurasek, Sept. 9, 2001.
HOPE COLLEGE
Christmas Vespers Recordings
This year’s Hope College Christmas
Vespers will be available in several
recorded formats. All versions contain
the complete vespers program, including
material that has to be edited out of the
broadcast version due to time
considerations. Please use the form below
if you would like to place an order:
Ana Agurcia ’85 Clare and Stephen Clare,
Andrew Donovan, June 17, 2001.
Melanie Waite ’85 Mitchell and Allen Mitchell,
John Ryan, Sept. 10, 2001.
Heidi Bussies ’86 Mann and Andy Mann,
Emily Beth, Oct. 5, 2001.
Jane Ekleberry ’86 Pontious and Joseph
Pontious, Courtney Ann, June 6, 1999.
Kelly Boyer ’88 Boratto and Mark Boratto,
Madeline Claire, Sept. 29, 2001.
Heather Bolks ’88 Evenhouse and Charlie
Evenhouse, Henry Charles, Sept. 6, 2001.
Bill Vanderbilt ’88 and Abby Van Duyne ’91
Vanderbilt, William Caleb, July 19, 2001.
Elizabeth Veldink ’89 DeJonge and Dan
DeJonge, Chloe Danielle, March 26, 2001.
Paul Chamness ’90 and Heidi Slack ’91
Chamness, Adam Christopher, Dec. 23, 2000.
Kelly Ringold ’90 Kievit and John Kievit ’95,
Madeline Elizabeth, Sept. 15, 2001.
Katherine Baird ’90 Luther and Kenneth H.
Luther, Melody Joanne, Sept. 28, 2001.
John Weeber ’90 and Jackie Krombeen ’91
Weeber, Cole David and Annika Rose, Oct. 12,
2001 (also John’s birthday).
Susan Renner ’90 Williams and Michael
Williams ’91, Abby Elizabeth, Nov. 14, 2001.
Leah Hilbelink ’91 Burney and Philippe Burney
’91, Celeste Andree, Aug. 31, 2001.
Keith Engwall ’91 and Elizabeth Engwall, Brian
Alexander, April 6, 2001 (the news was mis–reported
last time. Sorry about that!).
Linda Hooghart ’91 Kaiser and David Kaiser,
Elizabeth Grace, Sept. 14, 2001.
Nancy McKinney ’91 Molnar and Daniel
Molnar, Anna Elise, Jan. 23, 2001.
Cheryl Muma ’91 Ostergren and Craig
Ostergren, Lena Mae, July 18, 2001.
Pamela Barker ’91 Parker and Eliot Parker,
Kylie Sue, May 7, 2001.
Molly Buis ’91 Truttman ’91 and Jay Truttman,
Gerbrand (Garret) Buis and Benton Jack, Oct. 14,
2001.
Dave Veldink ’91 and Mary Van Zoeren ’91
Veldink, Olivia Grace, June 4, 2001.
Lisa DeBoer ’92 Schreur and Curt Schreur,
Megan Lyn, Oct. 28, 2001.
Amy Schweiger ’92 Spease and Mark Spease,
Hannah Elizabeth, Oct. 10, 2001.
Brett Kempema ’92 and Kari Wilt ’93
Kempema, Jerdon Brett, Aug. 17, 2000.
Ericka Lyszak ’93 Benson and Timothy Benson,
Micah Alexander, Sept. 9, 2001.
Holly Moore ’93 McKee and Jamie McKee ’94,
Braeden James, Aug. 21, 2001.
Michele Barkman ’93 Walker and Wes Walker,
Annika Lynn, Aug. 16, 2001.
Sandra Frieling ’93 Washington and Eric
Washington, Samantha Mae, Nov. 8, 2001.
Melissa Modderman ’94 Bogard and Jeremy
Bogard ’98, Anders Peter, July 31, 2001.
Kurt Eddy ’94 and Jennifer Larson ’95 Eddy,
Brynne Hope, April 6, 2001.
Laura Almeda ’95 Gibson and Jonathan
Gibson, Jireh Joy, Jan. 25, 2001.
Laura Hendrix ’95 Vander Beek and Scott
Vander Beek ’96, Colin Walker, July 15, 2001.
Alyssa Postmus ’95 Vellinga and Rodney
Vellinga, Madilyn Alyssa, Sept. 24, 2001.
Jenn Palma ’96 Velzen and Chris Velzen,
Megan Brielle, Sept. 13, 2001.
Janie Lay ’96 Pott and Jonathan Pott ’97, Isaac
Andrew, Sept. 23, 2001.
Phillip D. Torrence ’96 and Sarah A. Lubbers
’97 Torrence, John Mark, Aug. 11, 2001.
Thomas “T.J.” Achatz ’98 and Christina Achatz,
Grace “Gracie” Kay, Sept. 29, 2001.
Chris DeBoer ’98 and Kara VanderLugt ’98
DeBoer, Alyssa Jane, Oct. 4, 2001.
Dana Huisman ’02 Boyle and Matthew Boyle
’02, Trevor Arnold, Dec. 15, 2000.
Advanced Degrees
Advanced Degrees
Laura Alderton ’83 Eding, master’s, elementary
education, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh,
N.Y., summer, 2001.
Kenneth De Mino ’85, doctorate, physics,
Georgia Institute of Technology, December, 1996.
Ellen Brandle ’86, master in intercultural education, Uppsala Universitet and Freie Universitaet
Berlin, autumn, 2000.
You won’t need to get in line to get a
seat at the Holland Civic Center to enjoy
Hope–Calvin basketball this year.
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NFHC December 2001
HOPE
Coming live via satellite will be the Saturday, Jan. 19,
Calvin-at-Hope game (3 p.m. EST).
The Alumni Associations of Hope and Calvin will again be beaming the
live telecast of this classic small–college rivalry across the country.
Last year alumni and friends of the two colleges gathered at more than
40 locations to cheer the orange–and–blue and maroon–and–gold.
If you are interested in hosting a gathering, contact Alumni Director
Lynne Powe ’86 (powe@hope.edu), (616) 395–7860.
Check our website (www.hope.edu/alumni) for locations and more
information.
• Van Wylen Library
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Deborah Van Iwaarden ’86 De Mino, D.V.M.,
University of Georgia, May, 2000.
Laurey Ellertson ’86, Ph.D., University of Texas
at Austin, December, 2001.
Bob Kleinheksel ’86, M.S.W., Grand Valley
State University, 2001.
Dirk Weeldreyer ’86, M.A., educational leadership, Western Michigan University, December,
2001.
Jeffrey Corney ’87, Ph.D., natural resources,
The Ohio State University, summer, 2001.
Jan van Deventer ’87, Ph.D., thesis “Material
investigations and simulation tools towards a
design strategy for an ultrasonic densitometer,”
Nov. 1, 2001.
Todd Bredeweg ’90, Ph.D., physics/nuclear
chemistry, Indiana University, 2001.
M. Lynn Massey ’90 Breyfogle, Ph.D., mathematics education, Western Michigan University,
July 23, 2001.
Duy Dang ’91, MBA, Villanova University,
May, 2001.
Michelle Dykema ’91, master’s, counseling psychology, St. Xavier University, Aug. 15, 2001.
Huong Nguyen ’91, Ph.D., clinical psychology,
specialization in multicultural psychology and
child and family issues, Michigan State University,
January, 2000.
Lori Gano ’91 Overway, Ph.D., kinesiology
(psychosocial aspects of physical activity),
Michigan State University, 2001.
Kirsten VanZanten ’91 Sarginger, M.Ed., curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in
mathematics education, Penn State University,
2000.
Scott Lone ’92, master’s in construction management, Eastern Michigan University, spring, 2001.
Marc Monday ’92, master’s of management,
concentration in marketing, Aquinas College,
May, 2001.
Wendy Schroeder ’93, doctor of veterinary
medicine, University of Illinois College of
Veterinary Medicine in Urbana, May 13, 2001.
Jaclynn Boeve ’94 Lubbers, master of science in
nursing, Grand Valley State University, fall, 2000.
Beth Snyder ’94, M.A., labor and human
resources, The Ohio State University, Fisher
College of Business, June, 2001.
Gwen Snyder ’94, master’s in international economics, the Johns Hopkins University, 2001.
Kristin Carlson ’95, master of business administration, Western Michigan University, June, 2001.
Jeanne Kuhajek ’95, Ph.D., pharmacognosy,
University of Mississippi, 2001.
Jason Prince ’95, master of education, Aquinas
College, 2001.
Catherine Te ’95, M.D., University of Chicago
School of Medicine, June 8, 2001.
Campus Notes
(Continued from page eight.)
Completed in 1909, the Meyer May
House of Grand Rapids was designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright under commission
from Meyer May, a prominent department
store executive. The home was extensively
modified through the years, including for
use as a multi–family dwelling after it left
the May family in 1942. Steelcase purchased
the home in 1985 and subsequently restored
it to its original design.
Professor McCombs’s watercolors,
started in 1993, are based on details of the
house. The paintings capture interior and
exterior areas of the home in various seasons
and times.
William Mungall of the chemistry
faculty conducted research noted in the citation for the Nobel Prize in chemistry
received by Dr. K. Barry Sharpless in
October.
Dr. Mungall, who is the Elmer E.
Hartgerink Professor of Chemistry at Hope,
had worked with Dr. Sharpless at MIT
during a 1986–87 sabbatical.
Dr. Sharpless, who is with the Scripps
Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., previously visited the college as a guest speaker.
He presented the “Distinguished Scholar
Lecture” in chemistry at Hope on Tuesday,
Nov. 19, 1985.
His career also includes at least one
other Hope connection: he completed his
doctorate in organic chemistry in 1968 at
Stanford University under Dr. Eugene van
Tamelen ’47.
Jacob E. Nyenhuis has joined the A.C.
Van Raalte Institute as a senior research
fellow.
Dr. Nyenhuis retired from Hope in May
after 26 years at the college, the last 17 as
provost and professor of classics. Through
his new appointment, he is focusing on
writing about Hope and Holland.
“We’re delighted to have him come into
the institute because of his gifts and expertise,” said Dr. Elton J. Bruins ’50, who is
director of the institute and the Evert J. and
Hattie E. Blekkink Professor Emeritus of
Religion at Hope. “We anticipate that he
will become involved in writing a new
history of Hope College and pursue his
interest in local history.”
Dr. Nyenhuis led the effort to have the
statue of the Rev. A.C. Van Raalte, founder
of Holland and Hope, cast and installed in
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Centennial Park in conjunction with the
city’s 1997 sesquicentennial.
He also
co–authored a book about the project.
His first project with the institute is a
history of 14th Street Christian Reformed
Church. The church is celebrating its 100th
anniversary in 2002.
The anticipated Hope history will likely
pick up where the last in–depth treatment of
the college’s history left off. A Century of
Hope, written by former Hope president
Wynand Wichers ’09, was published in 1968
and chronicled the college through its 1966
centennial celebration.
Joel B. Peckham Jr., visiting assistant
professor of English, is author of
Nightwalking, a collection of 31 poems published by Pecan Grove Press in San
Antonio, Texas.
The poems in the volume, written in a
variety of poetic forms, are unified by
three lines from the title poem: “I’m
walking out into the town / I’ve never
visited, down a darkened street / I’ve traveled all my life.” The first section focuses
on walking in the city, at night; in the
second section the walker moves through
in rural settings, contemplating nature; in
the final section the traveler reaches the
end of the road, reflecting on universal
human experience.
The cover of the book is a reproduction of
a painting, done especially for the volume,
by Dr. Peckham’s wife, poet and artist Dr.
Susan Atefat Peckham, who is an assistant
professor of English at Hope.
Gordon Van Wylen, president emeritus,
received the newly–created “Hall of Fame
Award” from the Community Foundation of
the Holland/Zeeland Area on Saturday,
Oct. 20.
Randall Dekker ’47 of Zeeland, Mich.,
also received “Hall of Fame” honor from the
foundation.
They received the awards in recognition
of exemplary leadership in the community,
during a celebration marking the foundation’s 50th anniversary. The foundation
intends to bestow “Hall of Fame” recognition annually.
The foundation also presented a “Family
Award” to Dr. Nancy Sonneveldt ’62 Miller
and Phil Miller ’65 of Holland, Mich. Dr.
Miller is dean for the social sciences and a
professor of education at Hope.
Joanne Van Genderen ’95, M.S., medical
science, St. Louis University, 2001.
Amber Toth ’96 Bretz, master’s of music education, VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, Ill.,
2001.
Aaron Frey ’96, master’s, nursing, adult nurse
practitioner program, University of Washington,
2001.
Christine Krueger ’96 Frey, master’s, nursing,
adult nurse practitioner program, University of
Washington, 2001.
Mary Gergely ’96, J.D., Valparaiso University
School of Law, 1999.
Lynn Smith ’96 Prince, master’s in the art of
teaching, Aquinas College, 2000.
Theodore Robert ’96, MPA, Indiana University,
1999.
Marcus Wasilevich ’96, Ph.D., plant ecology,
Tulane University, Aug. 15, 2001.
Darryl Wegner ’96, J.D., Boston College Law
School, May, 2001.
Tara Ackerman ’97, master of science, nursing,
the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., May,
2001.
Nate Hoekzema ’97, New York Medical
College, May, 2001.
Seth Kaper–Dale ’97, M.Div., Princeton
Theological Seminary, May, 2001.
Stephanie Kaper–Dale ’97, M.Div., Princeton
Theological Seminary, May, 2001.
Chad Nykamp ’97, master of science, sport
administration, University of Wisconsin–La
Crosse, Aug. 24, 2001.
Jessica Parrish ’97, master of education, educational psychology, Wayne State University, May,
2001.
Derek Vander Heide ’97, JD/MBA, Indiana
University, May, 2001.
Ross Vrieze ’97, master’s, art of teaching,
Marygrove College, Detroit, Mich., July, 2001.
Kara McGillicuddy ’98, M.A., arts administration in music, Florida State University, May, 2001.
Kara L. Sporer ’98, doctor of physical therapy,
Duke University.
Jennifer Aslanian ’99, M.A., Spanish, specializing in linguistics and Latin American culture and
literature, Western Michigan University, June,
2001.
Michelle Haiduc–Dale ’99, master of science,
physician assistant, Central Michigan University,
Aug. 4, 2001.
Noah Haiduc–Dale ’99, master of arts, English
language and literature, Central Michigan
University, Aug. 4, 2001.
Christy Colbrunn ’99 Ranney, master’s, community counseling, Regent University, Virginia
Beach, Va., May, 2001.
Beth Quimby ’99, master of music, piano, May
17, 2001.
Amanda Heydon ’00 Gerhardt, master of arts,
sport
administration,
Central
Michigan
University, Aug. 4, 2001.
Elizabeth Gibbs ’00, master of social work,
University of Michigan, August, 2001.
Katie Horsman ’00, M.S., forensic science,
University of Illinois at Chicago, July, 2001.
Deaths
Deaths
Willis “Bill” G. Boeskool ’54 of Muskegon,
Mich., died on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001, from accidental injuries. He was 70.
He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on May 3,
1931, the son of Gerald and Jeannette
(VanKoevering) Boeskool. He graduated from
Central High School in 1949, and received a master’s degree in education from the University of
Michigan.
He was an English teacher and counselor at
East Grand Rapids High School, where he also
coached tennis. He coached a tennis team that
won the Class A State Championship. He was
also a Class A high school official, refereeing football and basketball.
He was active in the Grand Rapids Civic
Theater and the Circle Theater, and had many lead
roles in musical productions. He performed in
church choirs, and at weddings and other public
events, and was an accomplished soloist.
He was a former member of Bethany Reformed
Church, and was presently attending Calvary Bible
Church in Muskegon.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Boeskool
(formerly Carolyn Schutter); two sons, Jeffrey
Boeskool of Alaska, and Scott (Diane) Boeskool of
Belmont, Mich.; a daughter, Stephanie (Steve) Law
of Grand Rapids; three grandchildren, Zachary and
Travis Boeskool, and Josie Law; two brothers, Jack
(Wilma) Boeskool of Coopersville, Mich., and
Donald (Jean) Boeskool of Grand Rapids; three
step–sons, Kirk Schutter, Kraig Schutter and Kent
Schutter; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Betsy
Jo Boeskool, in 1980, and by his first wife, Patricia,
in 1997.
James Borr Jr. ’50 of Holland, Mich., died on
Friday, Nov. 9, 2001. He was 75.
He was a life–long resident of Holland. He
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He was an accountant with BASF for 38 years,
retiring in 1990. He was a member of St. Francis de
Sales Catholic Church and Elks Lodge No. 1315.
Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Frances;
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children, Mike Borr of Fennville, Mich., Kathryn
and Kirk Brookhouse of Holland, David and Kerri
Borr of Holland, and Steve Borr of Hamilton, Mich.;
six grandchildren; one great–grandson; brothers–
and sisters–in–law, Walt and Alice Andrakowicz of
Grand Rapids, Mich., Marilyn Andrakowicz of
Grand Rapids, Chuck and Marge Andrakowicz of
Grand Rapids, Rich Andrakowicz of Grand Rapids,
and Stan and Deb Andrakowicz of Sebewaing; and
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Word has been received of the death of Hetty
Vos ’59 Crews of Saugerties, N.Y., who died on
Monday, April 2, 2001, after a long illness. More
information will appear in the next issue.
Mary Jane Raffenaud ’43 Delene of Holland,
Mich., died on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. She was 80.
She graduated from Holland High School prior
to Hope. She was a member of the Sigma Sigma
sorority at the college.
She taught elementary school for 40 years.
She was a member of First United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Mary Delene of
Minot, N.D.; sisters, Althea Raffenaud of Holland
and Denise Haiker of Holland; sisters–in–law, Mrs.
Gerard (Virginia) Raffenaud of Holland, Mrs.
William (Betty) Elderton of Bloomington, Ind., and
Mrs. Ralph (Geneva) Delene of Murfreesboro,
Tenn.; and nieces and nephews.
Orville E. Disselkoen ’61 of Hudsonville,
Mich., died on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001, following a
fall from a roof. He was 66.
He was born in New Holland, S.D. He served
in the U.S. Army as an engineer.
He taught in the Hudsonville Public Schools for
28 years before retiring. He owned Perma–Tite
Insulation.
He was a member of Beaverdam Christian
Reformed Church, where he served as an elder,
deacon and Sunday school teacher.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Hazel;
children, Scott and Nancy Disselkoen of Walker,
Mich., Kim and Piet Visser of Walker, and Kelly
and Kurt Koops of Holland, Mich.; eight grandchildren; brothers, Gordon and Marilyn
Disselkoen of Spring Lake, Mich., and Arnold
and Norma Disselkoen of Zeeland, Mich.; brothers– and sisters–in–law, Mrs. Ted (Grace)
Disselkoen of South Holland, Ill., June and Mic
Ellens of McBain, Mich., the Rev. J. Harold and
Mary Ellens of Farmington Hills, Mich., Stan and
Joanne Ellens of East Saugatuck, Mich. Virginia
and Bob De Haan of Plainfield, Ill., Mrs. Gordon
(Marlene) Ellens of Zeeland, and David and
Mary Jane Ellens of Cadillac, Mich.; and aunts,
uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
Word has been received of the death of Joyce
White ’40 Evenhuis of Penney Farms, Fla., who
died on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2001. More information
will appear in the next issue.
Word has been received of the death of
Howard G. Maatman ’42 of Grand Haven, Mich.,
who died on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001. More
information will appear in the next issue.
Word has been received of the death of Eleanor
Ann Nethery ’76 of Holland, Mich., who died on
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2001. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Earl Raymond Nieboer ’57 of Niles, Mich., died
on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001. He was 79.
He was born in Holland, Mich., to Henry and
Magdalene (Haarsevoort) Nieboer.
He worked in the CCC Camp and served as a
sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II in
Alaska. He married the former Ruth Ann Koster,
who survives him, on April, 25, 1947.
He graduated from Grand Rapids Baptist
Seminary, and obtained a master of arts degree
from Western Michigan University in addition to
his bachelor’s from Hope. He taught school in
So many reasons to give...
Gobles, Mich., Cassopolis, Mich., and Niles, retiring
in 1978.
He attended Berrien Center Bible Church.
In addition to his wife, survivors include his
children, Constance and Martin Schuiteboer of
Kalamazoo, Mich., Barbara and Gary Sherwood
of Watervliet, Mich., and Ross (Judy Dotson)
Nieboer of Niles; six granddaughters; sisters,
Jean and Gilbert Boerigter of Holland, and Elma
Geerts of Holland; a brother, Dale Nieboer of
Texas; in-laws, Alvin and Marge Koster of
Hudsonville, Mich., Sidney and Faye Koster,
Herbert and Virginia Koster of Holland, Harris
and Janet Koster of Holland, Floyd and Norma
Koster of Holland; and Kenneth and Rachel
Hulst of Jackson, Mich.
Word has been received of the death of Nicole
Jean Loseth ’94 Pavlisko of Maineville, Ohio, who
died on Monday, June 11, 2001, at her home from
diabetic complications. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Robert L. Pontier ’49 of Absecon, N.J., died on
Monday, Oct. 8, 2001. He was 76.
He was born in Passaic, N.J., and had lived in
Cedar Grove, N.J., prior to moving to Absecon 10
years ago.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the
U.S. Marine Corps.
He was a teacher in the Montclair school system
for 38 years, and retired in 1991.
Survivors include his wife, Marjorie (Snow)
Pontier; three daughters, Rebecca Thompson of
Nazareth, Pa., Terry Hlavatovic of Bedford, Va.,
and Nancey Pontier of East Rutherford, N.J.; and
three grandsons.
Word has been received of the death of Robert
F. Powers ’40 of Manistee, Mich., who died on
Monday, Nov. 5, 2001. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Dorothy Davis ’49 Reisert of Garden City
Beach, S.C., died on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001. She
was 74.
She was born on Jan. 6, 1927, in
Washingtonville, N.Y., the daughter of Edward
and Leona Abbott Wemarcy Davis.
She had previously lived in Montgomery, N.Y.,
and taught at Maybrook Elementary School, which
she served as principal from 1962 until 1969. She
served as principal of the Berea Elementary School
beginning in 1969. She retired in 1983, when she
moved to South Carolina.
She was a member of Surfside United
Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school
teacher and was past president of United
Methodist Women and Jason’s House Committee.
She was a volunteer at Brookgreen Gardens, Marcy
Hospice and Meals on Wheels, and was a Horry
County Literacy Council tutor.
Survivors include two daughters, Teresa Anne
McEvoy and husband Sean of Massapequa, N.Y.,
and Mary Anne Dunn and husband Steve of
Conway, S.C.; and four grandchildren, Dawn,
David, Bryan and Jennifer.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Joseph J. Reisert, and a sister, Gladys L. Roe.
Hope alums...engaging...facing...serving...giving.
Ruth Knickel ’39 Stratton of Lancaster, Pa.,
died on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. She was 84.
She was born in Kingston, N.Y., the daughter of
Herman J. and Minnie Terwilliger Knickel.
She completed a nursing degree at Mercer
Hospital in Trenton, N.J. She was a private– and
general–duty registered nurse, and worked in
South Carolina and Lancaster, retiring in 1984.
She was a member of Fellowship Baptist
Church in Anderson, S.C., and attended Calvary
Church in Lancaster. She volunteered with the
American Red Cross and Salvation Army.
Survivors include a stepdaughter, Carol Jean
(James N.) DeVries of Holtwood; a stepson, Donald
C. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; six stepgrandchildren;
and three step–great– grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Orville P. Stratton, in 1969.
Sympathy To
Sympathy To
The family of Bernard Henry Rowan of
Zeeland, Mich., who died on Friday, Oct. 12, 2001,
at age 91.
He was retired from the college’s maintenance
department.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Jessie;
children, Marvin and Lynne Rowan of Holland,
Mich., and Beverly and Jerry Vande Guchte of
Hudsonville, Mich.; five grandchildren; and 11
great–grandchildren.
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Nykerk ’01
There’s no place like Hope
The sophomore play (a parody of The Wizard of Oz)
said it: that uniquely Hope College tradition, the
Nykerk Cup competition, continued on Saturday, Nov. 3.
Parents, classmates, friends and other well–wishers filled the
Holland Civic Center for the event, which featured members of the
freshman Class of ’05 and the sophomore Class of ’04 competing in
song, oration and theatrical productions. The 67th Nykerk was
part of a busy Parents’ Weekend that also included multiple home
athletic events, three different concerts and a variety of
presentations scheduled just for students’ visiting moms and dads.
The sophomores won the contest and took the cup, but a few
minutes after the announcement it was hard to tell. Participants
and fans swarmed the floor in a good–natured mix that showed
that the process more than the outcome was the real point of it all.
That said, of course, for ’05 there’s always next year...
Sophomore orator Meridith DeAvila of
Holland, Mich.
ction.
The freshman song se
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The sophomore song
section.
Goldilocks enjoys a spot of porridge while the Three Bears consider their own
culinary situation in the freshman play, “The Disconbobulated Fairytale.”
Standing from left to right are Rhys Dudeney of Roslindale, Mass.; Lacy Peterson
of Hudsonville, Mich.; Rebecca Marcus of Holland, Mich.; and Katherine Grambau
of Kalamazoo, Mich.
Freshman orator Gretchen Schmidt of
Decatur, Ga.
The Wicked Knight Witch of the
East, Glinda and a distraught
Dorothy during
the sophomore play. From left
to right are Angela Mishler of
Pickford, Mich.;
Marjorie Behm of Redford, Mic
h.; and Joy Hofmeyer of Oelwei
n, Iowa.
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