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news from
HOPE COLLEGE
October 2004
“Your help is needed now to successfully complete Legacies: A Vision of
Hope, and will sustain Hope’s excellence in undergraduate higher
education for years to come. Your gift will enhance the worth of every
Hope degree, and will make a difference in the lives of generations of
students yet to know the value of the Hope experience.”
— Dr. James E. Bultman, President
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Legacies: A Vision of Hope
Four cornerstones
With four major initiatives, the Legacies: A Vision of Hope campaign is affecting
every department and every student.
SCIENCE: To build a new science center and renovate the Peale Science Center
ENDOWMENT: To increase the endowment to provide ongoing support for college
operations and programs
DEVOS FIELDHOUSE: To help meet spectator facility needs for the college and Holland
MARTHA MILLER CENTER FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATION: To build a new
academic building for multiple departments
More about each initiative can be found in the remainder of this four-page campaign supplement.
The Science Center
Hope is ranked among the nation’s top schools
for undergraduate research and creative projects
in the America’s Best Colleges guide published by
U.S. News and World Report. The building
continues Hope’s traditional emphasis on
research-based learning.
The new building and renovated Peale together
more than double the size of Peale alone.
Legacies
At 30 years old, Peale was desperately in
need of updating for Hope to maintain its
tradition of excellence in science instruction.
The building has been designed to reflect crossdisciplinary connections, preparing graduates
for the way that science and scientists work.
The building houses the departments of:
• biology
• chemistry
• geological and environmental sciences
• nursing
• psychology
Even as fund-raising continues, the science
center is already in action. The new building
opened in August of 2003, and the renovated
building in August of this year. Please see
page 20 for highlights from the recent
dedication celebration.
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Legacies: A Vision of Hope
Endowment
Hope has a small endowment compared to peer institutions:
Endowment support is essential for attracting and retaining talented
faculty members and students.
A stronger endowment will ensure that Hope continues to admit
students based upon their academic achievement regardless of their
ability to pay.
So far, the campaign has added 160 new endowment funds, including
133 new scholarships and four new endowed professorships. More
support will make an even bigger difference.
Consider how outstanding Hope is even with its small endowment.
Imagine how much more outstanding Hope could be with an even
larger endowment. Your gift will help it happen.
Endowment-Per-Student
GLCA Institution
(June ‘03)
Wabash College .......................................................................$346,818.60
Earlham College......................................................................$262,108.79
Oberlin College .......................................................................$188,083.95
Denison University.................................................................$187,563.70
DePauw University ................................................................$160,765.28
The College of Wooster ............................................................$97,228.90
Kalamazoo College ...................................................................$91,228.91
Kenyon College .........................................................................$77,396.67
Albion College...........................................................................$74,312.54
Ohio Wesleyan University.......................................................$61,445.03
Antioch College.........................................................................$42,344.83
Hope College ............................................................................$34,079.68
The Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse
The DeVos Fieldhouse is being built on a 20-acre,
park-like setting on the eastern gateway to both
Holland and Hope, bridging the Buys Athletic
Complex to the core campus.
The fieldhouse will be home court for men’s and
women’s basketball, and women’s volleyball,
seating approximately 3,500. It will be the first
home court on campus for the men’s basketball
team since 1930. The building will also house the
athletic training program and offices for the
department of kinesiology.
The aging Civic Center’s court is shorter
than regulation, ineligible when Hope is
in the NCAA playoffs.
Displays inside the building will tell the
story of Hope athletics sport-by-sport.
The fieldhouse will also prominently
display the trophies and awards won by
Hope teams of the past.
Relieved of some of its use in intercollegiate athletic
competition, the Dow Center will be more available
for its intended purpose—recreation by the student
body in general. The growing popularity of the
college’s intramural program makes the Dow much in
demand.
Gift opportunities include purchasing engraved bricks
that will line the main entry plaza for $250 each.
The fieldhouse is scheduled to open in the fall of 2005,
in time for the 100th anniversary of Hope basketball.
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Legacies: A Vision of Hope
The Martha Miller Center for Global Communication
and campus development
The building will house the departments of modern and classical
languages and communication, and the offices of international education
and multicultural life.
The emphasis is on synergy: on ways that the four programs can
interrelate, finding connections that will make them even stronger
together than they are individually.
The building is scheduled to open with the start of the 2005-06 school year.
When the Martha Miller Center is completed, space in Graves and
Lubbers halls will be available for other departments also in need of
additional room.
A variety of campus improvements have already been completed,
including the construction of new weight and exercise rooms, and of two
new dance studios, in the Dow Center, and the restoration of the stained
glass windows and mortar joints of Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
Additional campus projects planned include the renovation of Graves and
Lubbers halls, and the restoration of the chapel’s Skinner organ.
Every gift matters—please help now!
Launched in the fall of 2000, the $105 million Legacies campaign will conclude at the end of December. Hope needs your
support to fully realize the campaign’s real goal: to sustain and enhance, in a lasting way, the outstanding educational
experience the college provides to the leaders of tomorrow. To participate, please choose the option that works best for you:
...return the enclosed gift reply envelope
...give online
You may now make a gift online. Visit Hope’s secure giving page,
where you can make a one-time gift at www.hope.edu/giving/online/
and view additional information about giving to Hope.
...give by phone
Call the Office of College Advancement at (616) 395-7865. Have your
credit card ready, and a member of the staff can take the gift by phone.
...mail a check or money order (payable to Hope College) to:
Hope College
Advancement Services
PO Box 9000
Holland, MI 49422-9000
...transfer stock
The college welcomes gifts of stock. To ensure prompt and accurate
processing of your gift, it is important to notify Hope of your intentions
by calling the Office of College Advancement at (616) 395-7775.
...increase your gift through a corporate matching gifts program
Many companies offer employees, and even retirees and/or spouses,
a matching gift benefit that maximizes your gift to Hope.
Legacies
For additional information, please contact the
Office of College Advancement at (616) 395-7775,
e-mail advancement@hope.edu
or visit www.hope.edu/giving/online/
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Please see
page five.
Please see pages
six and seven.
Inside This Issue
Enrollment Record Redux ............. 2
Homecoming Reunions .............. 8-9
Generational New Students ... 10-11
Honored for Service ..................... 12
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news from
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October 2004
The new science center is a monument,
a physical manifestation of the generosity
of those who care about Hope and Hope
students. In its ongoing impact on the
campus community, it will take that
generosity far into the future.
No less a reflection will be the lives
touched by the building. Every student
who learns in a classroom, explores in a
lab, is guided by a mentor or studies in the
atrium, shaped by those experiences, will
carry the magnanimity far beyond Hope
and the undergraduate years.
It is a story with a rich past at the
college, even as for the new building it
is just beginning. To celebrate both,
alumni, students, parents, faculty and
friends of Hope gathered together on
October 8.
Please see page 20 for more.
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Enrollment sets record
It’s a familiar refrain at
Hope: record enrollment.
For the third consecutive year, Hope
has enrolled a record number of students.
The college has 3,112 students this fall, up
from the 3,068 of a year ago and the 3,035
of the fall of 2002. Hope has set records for
overall enrollment in six of the past seven
years.
“We’re gratified by the high interest
that students and their families have
shown in Hope,” said President James E.
Bultman ’63. “Our large incoming classes
and strong student retention reflect a
growing awareness and appreciation for
Hope’s exceptional academic program,
vibrant Christian dimension and caring
environment.”
This year’s total includes the secondlargest number of first-time students in the
college’s history, 781. The previous high,
set last year, was 811 first-time students.
The student body is comprised of 1,195
men and 1,917 women from 47 states and
territories and 33 foreign countries.
The largest representation is from
Michigan with 2,274 students, followed by
Illinois, 342; Indiana, 109; Ohio, 63; New
York, 51; Wisconsin, 38; Minnesota, 27;
California and Iowa, 17 each; New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, 16 each; Missouri, 12;
and Virginia, 10.
Foreign countries represented in the
student body include: Albania, Bahrain,
Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cameroon,
Canada, China, Denmark, El Salvador,
Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kosovo,
Liberia, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands,
Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Sudan,
Sweden, Tajikistan, Trinidad, the United
Kingdom, Uruguay and Vietnam.
“Quote, unquote”
Quote, unquote is an
eclectic sampling of things
said at and about Hope
College.
It’s likely that the Opening Convocation
address on Sunday, Aug. 29, began and
ended unlike any other.
Speakers Dr. Stephen Hemenway and Dr.
Jennifer Young preceded their remarks by
blowing bubbles. And they concluded by
having those in the audience in Dimnent
Memorial Chapel—some 1,100, mainly new
students and their families—do the “wave.”
In between, no less energetically, they
shared reflections on how the members of the
new Class of 2008 could be equally active participants in the “life of the mind” that they
will find at Hope. They titled their remarks
“Bored of Education: A Call and Response to
Binge Thinking.”
“If I had only 10 seconds to say something
to the Class of 2008, I would say this: Stand
up! Ask questions! Make this life your own!,”
said Dr. Young, an assistant professor of
English. “If you’re bored, it’s because you’ve
allowed others to lull you into passivity.”
“Our dialogue today is your introduction
to the life of the mind, to the intellectual component of your days at Hope,” said Dr.
Hemenway, a professor of English. “College
is definitely the place to question everything.”
The address title was a play on the title of
the college’s Critical Issues Symposium:
“Race and Opportunity: Echoes of Brown v.
Board of Education,” scheduled for late
September. The symposium is an intensive
exploration of a single topic, featuring multiple speakers, interactive focus sessions and
related activities. This year’s event examined
the May, 1954, Supreme Court ruling that
asserted that separate but equal education for
blacks and whites is unconstitutional, emphasizing the challenges that continue to face
society. (More about the symposium will
appear in the December issue.)
Drs. Hemenway and Young previewed the
symposium as an occasion for the sort of
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inquiry that the students would both experience and learn at Hope.
“Actually, I think that this Critical Issues
Symposium may be a springboard not only
for binge thinking about ’Brown versus Board
of Education,’ but also for binge thinking
about many moral and political and social
issues that every faculty member on this
campus wants Hope students to investigate
from numerous angles,” Dr. Hemenway said.
The two speakers offered personal perspective on the historic court decision and
its subsequent impact. Dr. Hemenway,
who is white, graduated from college in
1964. Dr. Young, who is black, is a 1997
college graduate.
Joking about his age, Dr. Hemenway
noted, “Indeed, I am so old that I was in sixth
grade when the ’Brown versus Board of
Education’ decision was reached,” he said.
“As a naïve Northerner, I recall being baffled
at why people of color were even forced to
attend separate schools. My family had just
gotten a black and white TV, and those
nightly news pictures the next few years of
black schoolchildren escorted by federal
troops—while white adults screamed
obscenities and racial slurs at them—still
haunt me today.”
Born after the landmark case, Dr. Young
noted that she had asked her family about life
before the “Brown v. Board” decision. “They
likened the desegregation process to a light
bulb being turned on,” she said. “In other
words, they did not know what they did not
have because they had never had it.”
In considering this year’s symposium topic
and other such issues, Drs. Hemenway and
Young said, the students should speak up,
listen and be active.
“I recently talked with several alumni who
told me that they wished they had spoken up
more often in classes,” Dr. Hemenway said.
“They also stressed, however, the importance
of listening with respect to the voices of their
teachers and classmates and teammates.”
“At any rate, there needs to be energy, and
lots of it, in every exchange,” Dr. Young said.
“That’s the whole point of being critical, isn’t
it? We can’t be lazy or unengaged.”
For the sixth time in seven years, Hope has enrolled a record number of students.
With the total including the second-largest class of first-time students ever, “movein” day in August was a busy time.
news from
HOPE COLLEGE
Volume 36, No. 2
October 2004
On the cover
A watercolor by faculty member Bruce McCombs is the main image on the preceding
page. At top center is this year’s Pull. At top right is the Chapel Choir circa 1968, shown
in the former main stairwell of Van Zoeren Hall, when the building was still the college’s
library.
The outer “page one” depicts the four main initiatives of the Legacies campaign, the
DeVos Fieldhouse, the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication, the science
center and endowment.
Volume 36, No. 2
October 2004
Published for Alumni, Friends and
Parents of Hope College by the Office of
Public and Community 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: Gregory S. Olgers ’87
Layout and Design:
Holland Litho Printing Service
Printing:
News Web Printing Services
of Greenville, Mich.
Contributing Photographers:
Steven DeJong, Lou Schakel ’71
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Hope College is committed to the concept of
equal rights, equal opportunities and equal
protection under the law. Hope College admits
students of any race, color, national and ethnic
origin, sex, creed or disability to all the rights,
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College complies with all legal requirements
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Campus Notes
ADVANCEMENT OFFICER: Eric Foster
’95 has joined the Hope staff as a regional
advancement director.
Foster is responsible
for college fund-raising
efforts in Chicago, Ill.;
Detroit, Mich.; and portions of West Michigan.
He started at Hope in
September.
He has spent most of
the past nine years Eric Foster ’95
working in Washington,
D.C. He has held a variety of positions
involving communications, constituent relations and management, serving on the staff
of a law firm as well as on the staffs of the
mayor of Washington, D.C., and two different legislators, including Congressman Pete
Hoekstra ’75.
Immediately prior to joining the Hope
staff, he had been special assistant and
public affairs advisor in Washington, D.C.,
in the Corporate Diversity Counseling
Group of Holland & Knight LLP, the
seventh-largest law firm in the United States.
Foster majored in political science at
Hope. In the summer of 1993, he held internships in the Communications Offices of both
Senator Phil Gramm of Texas and
Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers. While on
campus he was president of Student
Congress, wrote political commentary for
The Anchor and co-hosted a political talk
show on WTHS.
He has remained involved in the life of
the college in a variety of ways. In October
of 2002, for example, he was one of several
young graduates invited to return to campus
and share insights with current students
through “Jumpstart Your Future: Career
Conversations with Hope Alumni.” Most
recently, he was a volunteer caller assisting
with student recruitment at Hope.
EDUCATIONAL TOUR: An educational tour for alumni and friends of the college
is being planned for northern Italy for early
in the summer of 2005.
The college has helped coordinate such
tours for more than a decade, with destinations ranging from Scotland, Wales and
England; to Vienna, Austria; to Russia; to the
Galapagos Islands; to Tanzania.
This year’s Italian tour will be led by Dr.
John Quinn, associate professor of classics,
and will run for approximately two weeks
near the end of June. Details are still being
determined, and will be announced in a
feature story in the next (December) issue of
news from Hope College. Those interested in
additional information in the meantime
should contact the Office of Alumni and
Parent Relations at (616) 395-7250.
GUIDE NEWS: Hope continues to fare
well in college guides.
The 2005 America’s Best Colleges guide
published by U.S. News and World Report, for
example, continues to include Hope among
the top 100 national liberal arts colleges in
the nation. As in the past two years (when
the category debuted) Hope is also on the
publication’s listing of institutions that are
exceptional for their emphasis on undergraduate research and creative projects.
The college is cited in the October, 2004,
issue of The Atlantic in the article “Who
Needs Harvard?,” which considers research
that shows that alumni of schools like Hope
are as well equipped for success as those
who attend the Ivies.
The article noted Hope’s inclusion in
Loren Pope’s 1996 and 2000 book Colleges
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s most of the nation
was celebrating a long
holiday weekend, Hope
students were out in
their adopted
community, volunteering
en masse.
More than 500 students volunteered
throughout the greater Holland area on
Saturday, Sept. 4, Labor Day weekend.
They worked in groups of about 10 at
more than 40 sites, on projects ranging
from sorting and cleaning at Bibles for
Mexico, to painting at the Critter Barn, to
working with residents at Freedom
Village, to groundskeeping at the DeGraaf
Nature Center and Herrick District
Library, to serving at many area schools,
churches and families in need.
And although the program began in
2000 with first-year students in mind,
they’re not the only ones who choose participate, even though “Time to Serve” isn’t
marketed more broadly than each year’s
incoming class.
“We have juniors and seniors sign up
to do it even though it’s geared toward
first-year students,” said Diana Breclaw,
who is assistant dean of students for residential life and student activities. “They
remember it and they want to be a part of
it. That was an unintended outcome that
I’m so pleased with.”
The day of service also sometimes
becomes more than that as the students
become invested in their work. “We
have a couple of sites where students go
back and continue to serve,” Breclaw
said.
“My favorite thing is that the students
connect with Holland,” Breclaw said.
“They learn that they are part of a larger
That Change Lives, which, the CTCL Web site
explains, features his choices “for the top 40
liberal arts colleges and universities, based
on his years of research as a journalist, as
well as his direct interaction with students
and graduates of the CTCL schools.”
Qualities identified by Pope include collaborative rather than competitive learning;
discussion of values in the classroom and
elsewhere on campus; a sense of community
and connection beyond students’ undergraduate years; that students want to learn
rather than just get a degree; that students
want to tell the story of how the college has
changed them; and that the focus campuswide is on the transformation between
orientation and graduation, rather than on
the accomplishment of admitted students.
Hope is also one of 170 schools to have
received a “Best in the Midwest” designation
on PrincetonReview.com. The site includes
student opinion data from a total of 708
schools.
MATHFEST HONOR: Senior Mike
Cortez of Cadillac, Mich., won an award for
the best presentation on environmental
issues during “MathFest,” the annual
For a fifth
consecutive
year, hundreds
of students
spent time
volunteering
throughout
the greater
Holland area
through Hope’s
“Time to Serve”
program.
community, and that they can make a
difference here and that their help is
needed.”
The efforts are appreciated. Breclaw
has received numerous hand-written
notes of appreciation from those at the
sites served. During the most recent
summer meeting of the Mathematical
Association of America (MAA).
Cortez was honored with a “SIAM
(Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics) Award” from the Pi Mu
Epsilon mathematics honorary society for
his talk “A Mathematical Model of TriTrophic Interactions,” presented during a
session organized by Pi Mu Epsilon in conjunction with the MAA event. The annual
meeting was held on Thursday-Saturday,
Aug. 12-14, in Providence, R.I.
His presentation was based on a multidisciplinary research project conducted at
Hope under the direction of Dr. Janet
Andersen of the mathematics faculty and Dr.
Thomas Bultman of the biology faculty. The
research used non-linear differential equations to model the interactions between a
grass infected by a fungus, fall army worms
and a parasitic wasp that lays its eggs on the
army worms.
SUMMER PROGRAM RECOGNIZED:
The Dana Foundation has recognized the
college’s August fine arts camps in its “Arts
Education in the News” Web feature.
The feature presents select articles from
installment, as one of the several groups
helping area churches tackled multiple
assignments—from cleaning inside, to
washing windows, to assembling toys in
the Sunday school rooms, to groundskeeping—the pastor looked on and
noted, “They’re a blessing.”
around the nation that focus on arts education. Hope’s arts camps are the focus of
the article “Hope Students Show
Youngsters Art Through Play,” which was
published in The Grand Rapids Press on
Friday, Aug. 6, and is one of three stories
included on the Dana site for August. The
publications with recent stories on the site
include the Wall Street Journal, the San
Diego Union-Tribune and the Chicago
Tribune.
The department of education at Hope
organized two one-week arts camps this
summer, on Aug. 2-6 for children entering
grades one through three, and on Aug. 913 for children entering grades four
through six.
The camps featured hands-on activities in
all four of the arts—the visual arts, dance,
music and theatre. Campers worked within
a theme, integrating their arts experiences
and producing a culminating peformance at
the end of the week. Instruction was provided by area in-service teachers and Hope
education students.
(See “Campus Notes” on page 12.)
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Academic Calendar
Fall Semester ’04
Nov. 5-7, Friday-Sunday—Parents’ Weekend
Nov. 25, Thursday—Thanksgiving Recess begins, 8 a.m.
Nov. 29, Monday—Thanksgiving Recess ends, 8 a.m.
Dec. 10, Friday—Last day of classes
Dec. 13-17, Monday-Friday—Semester examinations
Dec. 17, Friday—Residence halls close, 5 p.m.
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.
The days for 2004-05 are:
Friday, Oct. 22
Monday, Jan. 17 Friday, March 4
Friday, Nov. 5
Friday, Feb. 4
Friday, Nov. 19 Monday, Feb. 21
Junior Days: Friday, April 1; Friday, April 15; Friday,
April 22
Pre-Professional Day: Wednesday, May 25
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
Aerial Dance Theater—Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 28-30;
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 4-5
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
The concert will feature Kawabata Suite, set on the
company by William Crowley ’92.
Tickets are $7 for regular adult admission and $5 for senior citizens and students, and will be available at the door.
Fall Student Dance Concert—Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 22-23
Knickerbocker Theatre, 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
De Pree Gallery
“New Vessels: Recent Additions from the Maurice
Kawashima Collection”—Friday, Oct. 29-Wednesday,
Nov. 24
There will be an opening reception on Friday, Oct. 29,
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
“Juried Student Show”—Monday, Dec. 6-Friday, Jan. 7
There will be an opening reception on Monday, Dec. 6,
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The gallery is open Sunday and Monday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.;
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m.; and on Thursday from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Admission is
free.
Great Performance Series
Vienna Choir Boys—Thursday, Nov. 4: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
Brahms Piano Trio—Thursday, Nov. 18: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
St. Lawrence String Quartet—Wednesday, Jan. 19: with
Todd Palmer, clarinet, Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 7:30
p.m.
Nnenna Freelon—Friday, Feb. 25: Dimnent Memorial
Chapel, 7:30 p.m.
Dynamo Theatre in Me Me Me—Wednesday-Thursday,
March 30-31, Knickerbocker Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Individual 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. Tickets will be sold at the theatre lobby box office
in the DeWitt Center. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Any remaining
tickets will also be sold at the door. Additional information
about the Great Performance Series may be obtained by calling
(616) 395-6996.
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The college’s Christmas Vespers services will be held on Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 4-5 this year.
The public sale of tickets will take place on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Music
Wind Symphony and Jazz Ensemble—Friday, Nov. 5:
Dimnent Memorial Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Faculty Recital Series—Sunday, Nov. 7: Wichers
Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 3 p.m. Admission is
free.
Women’s Chamber Choir Concert—Thursday, Nov. 11: St.
Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 7:30 p.m. Admission is
free.
Jazz Combos Concert—Tuesday, Nov. 23: Wichers
Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 7 p.m. Admission is
free.
Jazz Combos and Vocal Jazz Concert—Tuesday, Nov. 30:
Wichers Auditorium of Nykerk Hall of Music, 7 p.m.
Admission is free.
Christmas Vespers—Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 4-5: Dimnent
Memorial Chapel. The services will be on Saturday, Dec. 4,
at 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., and on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. and
4:30 p.m. The public sale of tickets will take place on
Saturday, Nov. 20, from 9 a.m. to noon in the lobby of the
DeWitt Center. Tickets are $7, with a limit of four per person.
Orchestra Christmas Concert—Friday, Dec. 10: DeWitt
Center, Kletz, noon. Admission is free.
Christmas Madrigal Feast—Friday-Saturday, Dec. 10-11:
Maas Center, auditorium, wassail in the lobby starting at 6
p.m. and dinner beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 for
regular admission, $13 for children and $5 for Hope students, and may be purchased in the department of music
office, which can be called at (616) 395-7650.
Musical Showcase—Monday, March 7: DeVos Hall, Grand
Rapids, Mich., 8 p.m. Additional information TBA.
Visiting Writers Series
Tuesday, Nov. 16—Bob Tarte, memoirist
Tuesday, Feb. 1—Mark Jarman, poet
Tuesday, March 8—Mary Pipher, psychologist and writer;
Dimnent Memorial Chapel
Tuesday, March 15—Carlos Eire, scholar and memoirist; and
Vyvyane Loh, novelist, dancer and MD.
Wednesday, April 20—Amy Fusselman, memoirist; and
Mary Szybist, poet and GLCA New Writer Award winner
All of the readings will be at the Knickerbocker Theatre beginning
at 7 p.m., except for the March 8 reading in Dimnent Memorial
Chapel as noted above. Live music by the Hope College Jazz
Chamber Ensemble will precede the readings beginning 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.
Instant Information
Updates on events, news and athletics at Hope may be
obtained 24 hours a day by calling (616) 395-7888.
Theatre
Candide—Friday-Saturday, Nov. 19-20, and WednesdaySaturday, Dec. 8-11
DeWitt Center, main theatre, 8 p.m.
By Voltaire, with music by Leonard Bernstein
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 available approximately two weeks
before productions open. The ticket office is open Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on performance
nights, and may be called at (616) 395-7890.
Alumni and Friends
Regional Events
Wheaton, Ill.—Friday, Dec. 3
A reception at 7:30 p.m. (CST) while Hope participates
in the Christian Colleges Basketball Tournament and
the Wheaton Invitational Swim Meet.
Satellite Basketball Gatherings—Saturday, Jan. 22
Get-togethers around the nation featuring live television coverage of the 3 p.m. Hope-at-Calvin men’s
basketball game. Details to be announced.
Parents’ Weekend—Friday-Sunday, Nov. 5-7
Winter Happening—Saturday, Jan. 29
Alumni Weekend—Friday-Sunday, May 6-8
Includes reunions for every fifth class, 40 through ’80.
Educational Tour—Late June, 2005
An educational tour of northern Italy for alumni and
friends of the college, led by Dr. John Quinn, associate
professor of classics. More information will appear in the
December issue, but those seeking more details in the
meantime should call the Office of Alumni and Parent
Relations at (616) 395-7250.
For more information concerning the above events, please call the
Office of Alumni and Parent Relations at (616) 395-7250 or the
Office of Public and Community Relations at (616) 395-7860, or
visit the Alumni Association Web site at: www.hope.edu/alumni/
Traditional Events
Nykerk Cup Competition—Saturday, Nov. 6
Christmas Vespers—Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 4-5
Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative
Performance—Friday, Jan. 28
The event will include a keynote address by Dr. James
Gentile, dean for the natural sciences, at 1:30 p.m. in the
DeWitt Center main theatre, and student presentations
concerning their research and creative work from 3 p.m. to
5 p.m. in the main ballroom of the Haworth Inn and
Conference Center.
Honors Convocation—Thursday, April 28
Baccalaureate and Commencement—Sunday, May 8
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Pull ’04
On any given Saturday
More than a century of tradition.
Weeks of preparation.
Dozens of participants.
Hundreds of cheering fans.
Three hours.
Moments from year 107 of the Pull tug-of-war. Above left, ’07
anchor David Betke of Kalamazoo, Mich., and moraler Amy
Evenhouse of Holland, Mich. Top inset, intense even-year
fans. Above right, ’08 puller Vincent Ganapini of Fenton, Mich.,
and moraler Katie Ryan of Petoskey, Mich.
Since 1898, freshman and sophomore teams have
tested one another in the annual Pull tug-of-war. The
sophomores and even-years hold the edge in the winloss column, but with the Pull the outcome is never
certain.
So evenly matched is the competition that most
years—and every year of the past 10—the event runs
its maximum three-hour duration rather than ending
with one side claiming the rope from the other.
Often, the margin is tantalizingly narrow.
This year’s installment, held on Saturday, Oct. 2,
was no different. In fact, in the end both sides had
gained, the rope yielding to their will to win by stretching rather than escaping either team’s grasp.
This year, the sophomore Class of ’07 beat the
freshman Class of ’08 by 7 feet, six inches. Next year?
Anything could happen.
Winter Sports Schedules
Men’s Basketball
Men’s Basketball
Tues., Nov. 23 ...............................at Elmhurst, Ill., 7:30 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., Nov. 26-27.............................at Select Bank Classic,
Van Andel Arena
Fri.-Sat., Dec. 3-4 ......CCIW/MIAA Classic at Wheaton, Ill.
Tues., Dec. 7...........................................at Aquinas, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 11...................TRINITY CHRISTIAN, ILL., 3 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., Dec. 17-18HOLLAND SENTINEL COMMUNITY
TOURNAMENT
Wed.-Thurs., Dec. 29-30...........RUSS DEVETTE HOLIDAY
CLASSIC
Wed., Jan. 5 ..........................................*at Tri-State, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 8 .....................................................*ADRIAN, 3 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 12............................................*ALBION, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 15 ...........................................*at Kalamazoo, 3 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 19 .............................................*OLIVET, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 22....................................................*at Calvin, 3 p.m.
Tues., Jan. 25 .............................................*at Alma, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 29 ...............................................*TRI-STATE, 3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 2 ............................................*at Adrian, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 5 ....................................................*at Albion, 3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 9..................................*KALAMAZOO, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 12....................................................*at Olivet, 3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 16 ...........................................*CALVIN, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 19.......................................................*ALMA, 3 p.m.
Wed.-Sat., Feb. 23-26 ...............................MIAA Tournament
Select Bank Classic – Aquinas; Calvin; Cornerstone; Hope
CCIW/MIAA Classic – Calvin; Carthage, Wis.; Hope;
Wheaton, Ill.
Holland Sentinel Community Tournament – Concordia;
Hope; Judson, Ill.; U-Wis. Whitewater
Russ DeVette Holiday Classic - Augustana, Ill.; Grace
Bible; Hope; Madonna
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Men’s and Women’s Swimming
Men’s & Women’s Swimming
Sat., Oct. 30 ..................*SAINT MARY’S & OLIVET, 1 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 6 ........................................*KALAMAZOO, 1 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 13..................................CARTHAGE, WIS., 1 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 20 .................................................*at Calvin, 1 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., Dec. 3-4.......................at Wheaton, Ill., Invitational
Fri., Dec. 10 ........................................at Grand Valley, 5 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 15 ..**Illinois-Michigan Quad at Wheaton, Ill., 1 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 22....................................................*ALBION, 1 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 29 .....................................................*at Alma, 1 p.m.
Thurs.-Sat., Feb. 10-12.....................+MIAA Championships
**Hope; Kalamazoo; Lake Forest, Ill.; Wheaton, Ill.
+at Holland Aquatic Center
*MIAA game (basketball) or dual meet (swimming)
Unless otherwise noted, home men’s basketball games are
at the Holland Civic Center, home women’s basketball
games are at the college’s Dow Center, and home swim
meets are in Kresge Natatorium of the Dow Center.
Women’s Basketball
omen’s Basketball
Fri.-Sat., Nov. 19-20 ................at Rockford, Ill., Tournament
Sat., Nov. 27 ....................................at Anderson, Ind., 5 p.m.
Wed., Dec. 1.............................................*CALVIN, 7:30 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., Dec. 3-4 ..................at Carthage, Wis., Tournament
Wed., Dec. 8 .............................................*at Olivet, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 11 ....................................at Benedictine, Ill., 4 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 18 ..................................................*at Albion, 3 p.m.
Wed.-Thurs., Dec. 29-30 ......HOPE SUBWAY SHOOTOUT
Tues., Jan. 4 ..................................*KALAMAZOO, 7:30 p.m.
Thurs., Jan. 6...........................................*at Adrian, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 8....................................*SAINT MARY’S, 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 12 ...............................*ALMA, (time and loc. tba)
Sat., Jan. 15 ................................................*at Tri-State, 3 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 22...............................................*at Calvin, 7:30 p.m.
Wed., Jan. 26 .............................................*OLIVET, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Jan. 29 ...........................................*at Kalamazoo, 3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 2 ............................................*ADRIAN, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 5 ..........................................*at Saint Mary’s, 3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 9...............................................*at Alma, 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 12...............................................*TRI-STATE, 3 p.m.
Wed., Feb. 16............................................at Rochester, 7 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 19 ..............................................*ALBION, 7:30 p.m.
Mon.-Sat., Feb. 21-26 ...............................MIAA Tournament
Rockford Tournament – Hope; Marian, Wis.; Rockford,
Ill.; Simpson, Iowa
Carthage Tournament – Calvin; Carthage, Wis.; Hope;
Wheaton, Ill.
Hope Subway Shootout - Aurora, Ill.; Hope; Kalamazoo;
Ohio Northern
Starting times are in the time zone of the home team.
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Campus Profile
Singing with distinction
Every time the Chapel
Choir takes the stage,
the audience experiences
history.
Not only institutional history—the
choir has existed since the 1920s and
toured since the 1950s. And not only
musical history, with the group drawing
upon centuries’ worth of compositions for
its repertoire.
The audience also experiences art
history. The choir’s color-coded robes, so
familiar to the Hope family since the garments debuted in the spring of 1960, are in
fact unique in character, devised by internationally acclaimed designers Charles
and Ray Eames.
“The robes in many
ways have simply
become part of the—
no pun intended—
overall fabric of the
place.
”
— Brad Richmond, director
And so, with the robes in need of
replacement, having worn out following
years of use, the college has opted to replicate the distinctive attire rather than adopt
a new look. Fundraising for the effort is
underway.
“The fact is that the robes are getting
old, a little bit tired, frayed and colorfaded,” said Brad Richmond, who has
directed the choir since 1998. “And also,
through attrition, we don’t have as many
as we used to. For example, one of the
basses last year wore a tenor robe. I was
lucky enough to have a big bass section,
but it was odd seeing one of them in red.
So that’s kind of forced the issue.”
The robes were donated to the college
by Zeeland, Mich.-based furniture manufacturer Herman Miller Inc. through the
efforts of Hugh De Pree ’38. De Pree, who
died in July of 2002, was at the time
general manager and executive vice president with the company, and later became
president and chief executive officer.
They were originally designed in 1953
for the Herman Miller Mixed Chorus,
which had started in 1952, according to a
history of the robes written by community
member and historian Paul Trap of
Holland earlier this year. Trap noted that
the Eameses had started designing furniture for the company in the 1940s, their
work including chairs, sofas, tables,
screens and storage systems (examples on
campus, as it happens, include furnishings
in the faculty lounge in Nykerk Hall of
Music).
The husband-and-wife duo, however,
did much more.
“They did everything,” said William
Mayer, professor of art and chair of the
department at Hope. “I think the most
quoted thing about them is that they were
the two most influential designers in the
20th century.”
Charles Eames was an architect by
In 1970, selected members of the choir were able to travel to Washington, D.C., and
perform at the White House during a worship service that included President
Richard Nixon and his wife; the secretaries of defense, the treasury, state, agriculture and labor; the postmaster general; and the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
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The Chapel Choir’s distinctive robes—the creation of internationally-known designers
Charles and Ray Eames—have accompanied the group not only through more than four
decades but across the globe. Above is a moment from the choir’s landmark tour of
the then-Soviet Union in May of 1989. The scene shows a performance in the Leningrad
Baptist Church; the words above the choir proclaim “Christ is Risen!” (All photos on
these pages are from the Hope College Collection of the Joint Archives of Holland.)
training, and Ray an artist. They developed museum exhibitions and explored
the applications of photography, making a
variety of films. Their Glimpses of the
U.S.A. (1959), a seven-screen event for the
American pavilion of the Moscow World’s
Fair, presaged today’s multi-media work.
“They were so far ahead of their time—
this was like an MTV presentation,”
Professor Mayer said.
Their short film Powers of Ten (1977)
has been named to the National Film
Registry. In February-March of 1999, the
De Pree Art Center at Hope was the first
North American venue for an exhibition
based on the film.
They designed their own home and
others, and developed museum exhibitions. Their seating for airport lounges
can be found across the country.
The choir robes themselves reflect the
blending of media. Each voice part is
identified with a different color, deepening with the voices: yellow for soprano,
orange for alto, red for tenor and violet for
bass.
“I think our choir robes are very distinctive and give an already high-quality
vocal performance an added boost by
giving the listener something to look at,”
Professor Mayer said. “Color keying,
making a visual connection to a sound,
was beautifully done.”
David Wikman ’62 of Muskegon,
Mich., was a member of the choir when
the robes premiered, during the annual
spring tour. He remembers clearly the
audience’s impressed response when the
curtain opened after the choir was intro-
duced for a high school concert. “The
reaction of the student body was,
’Ohhhh!,” he said.
He enjoyed the robes—a sentiment
shared by others who have worn them.
“I think all of us were proud of the
robes and proud to wear them,” said the
Rev. Jerry Hagans ’65, also of Muskegon.
“And I think they make Hope unique.”
“I think the thing
most quoted about
[Charles and Ray
Eames] is that they
were the two most
influential designers
of the 20th century.
”
— Bill Mayer, professor of art
“I loved them from the beginning, they
were so interesting,” said Barbara Alhart
’67 Simon of Vestal, N.Y. The robes, she
noted, were a positive part of an overall
outstanding experience with the group.
“My experience with the Chapel Choir
was probably the most shaping experience
of my life,” she said. “It was a wonderful
experience.”
Professors Mayer and Richmond,
along with costume designer Michelle
Bombe of the theatre faculty, worked
together to determine how to have the
original design reproduced as faithfully as
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The Chapel Choir performed at the
Crystal Cathedral as one of a dozen
stops during its spring tour in California
and Texas in March of 1985.
possible. One change that former and
current choir members will likely appreciate, according to Richmond: the new
robes will be made of lighter fabric and
hence less warm than the originals.
At this point, “original” is a relative
term. In his research, Trap found that
where the first robes were made—perhaps
in California, or perhaps locally using patterns—is lost to time. In any case, the
Hope choir was larger than the Herman
Miller group and more robes were made
by Zeeland seamstresses to accommodate
the additional singers. Former director
Roger Rietberg ’47, who, succeeding Dr.
Robert Cavanaugh, directed the choir
from 1976 until retiring in 1990, recalls that
the robes were replaced sometime in the
early-mid 1970s, and that components
were repaired and replaced in the latter
1980s.
The look, however, has been consistent. From Radio City Music Hall in New
York City, to the White House, to the
Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif.,
and points in between; from multiple
tours of Europe to a landmark tour of the
then-Soviet Union in 1989; from Opening
Convocation to Baccalaureate for generations; the robes have been a part of the
Chapel Choir experience, for performer
In 1965, the choir makes a television appearance in Milwaukee, Wis.
and audience member alike.
“The robes in many ways have simply
become part of the—no pun intended—
overall fabric of the place,” Richmond
CDs will give voice to the past
An effort is underway
to make voices of the
past available in the
present.
The Joint Archives of Holland is in the
process of converting reel-to-reel and cassette originals of Chapel Choir
performances of the Robert Cavanaugh
era to compact disc. As a tribute to Dr.
Cavanaugh, the archives is also hoping
that choir alumni will pen reflections of
their experiences with him and submit
them as a complement to the project.
The collection includes recordings
made from 1959 through the end of Dr.
Cavanaugh’s tenure as director. There are
years for which no recordings are available, but the assortment has concerts on
campus, with the choir alone and with the
orchestra, as well as performances at sites
such as Radio City Music Hall in New
York and in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Cavanaugh, known affectionately
as “Prof” to his students, became choir
director when he joined the faculty in
1940, serving for more than three decades.
His numerous contributions to the life of
the college include founding Christmas
Vespers in 1941; composing the college’s
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Alma Mater hymn, also in 1941; and originating the Chapel Choir’s now-annual
spring tour.
He died on March 15, 1976, after a lingering illness.
The transfer of the recordings to digital
format is being managed by Emma Irvine,
a Hope junior from Rochester, N.Y. The
project has been supported through a
donation.
Recollections concerning Dr. Cavanaugh’s time at Hope can be sent via
e-mail to archives@hope.edu, faxed to
(616) 395-7197 or mailed to: Joint Archives
of Holland; Hope College; PO Box 9000;
Holland, MI 49422-9000. The archives can
be called at (616) 395-7798.
The archives intends to make the
compact discs available for purchase.
With the project still in the early stages,
details are still being determined.
Additional information will be available
in a future issue of news from Hope College
as well as through the archives.
(Editor’s Note: The choir’s latest CD,
Pange Lingua, was just released and features recordings made in April 2002 and
March 2003. Copies are available for $10 at
the Hope-Geneva Bookstore, which can be
visited online at www.hope.edu/bookstore/ or
called at 1-800-946-4673.)
said. “The members come and go, the conductors come and go, but the robes remain
as a constant symbol of the long and illustrious Chapel Choir tradition.”
Editor’s Notes:
All Chapel Choir alumni will be receiving
a letter from Dr. Richmond, requesting a donation for the purchase of a new robe at $100
each. All donors will be acknowledged in the
spring concert tour program and in Hope’s
Annual Report. If funds are generated
beyond the needs for robes, the remaining
funds will assist the choir in the cost of its
2005 European tour.
Hope would also welcome robe stories from
Chapel Choir alumni. Recollections can be
sent via e-mail to archives@hope.edu, faxed to
(616) 395-7197 or mailed to: Joint Archives of
Holland; Hope College; PO Box 9000;
Holland, MI 49422-9000. The archives can be
called at (616) 395-7798.
“I think all of us
were proud of the
robes and proud to
wear them.
”
—the Rev. Jerry Hagans ’65
The Joint Archives of Holland is
transferring Chapel Choir recordings
of the Robert Cavanaugh era to
compact disc so that they can be
enjoyed using today’s technology. As
a tribute to Dr. Cavanaugh, the
archives is also seeking reflections
from alumni who were in the choir
during his tenure.
“I loved them from
the beginning, they
were so interesting.
”
—Barbara Alhart ’67 Simon
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Homecoming ’04
Then to now: celebrating at home
A mix of moments from Homecoming Saturday, a time for former, current,
and maybe even future students to celebrate alma mater. From left:
exuberant fans cheer enroute to Hope’s 41-24 win over Olivet; Homecoming
Queen Samara Webb of Lansing, Mich., and King Eric J. DeBoer of Holland,
1984/1989 Reunions
1984—Row 1: Bethany Redeker, Jonathan
Redeker, Joreen Domkowski ’85 Redeker, Joel
Redeker ’84 (holding Audrey Redeker), Tad
Westveer, Sharon Wilson-Westveer ’84, Dan
Bylsma ’84, Steve Underwood ’84, Julie
Ritsema ’84 Hedges, Dave Hedges ’84, Bryan
Bush ’84, Allison Norris, Kathleen Norris; Row
2: Paul Glasier, Bonnie Corson ’84 Glasier,
Michelle Parker ’84, Carol Johnson ’84
Talsma, Betsy Buurma ’87 Berkey, Carl
Berkey, Lydia Berkey, Brian Berkey ’84, Ethan
Beswick, Jeff Beswick ’84, Pat Cecil ’84
Norris, Dave Norris; Row 3: Beth Doorn ’84
Tyler, Mary VanAllsburg ’85 VandeWege,
Bryon VandeWege ’84, Kurt Van Koevering
’84, Douglas Lehman ’84, Tracy Ore ’84,
Barbara Krom ’84 Miller, Carla Johnson ’84,
Marge Sikkema ’84 Brokaw, Linda Hodson
’84, Scott Reenders ’84; Row 4: Randy Warren
’84, F. Scott Hoffman ’83, Carolyn Ridder ’84
Hoffman, Becca Reid ’84 Dernberger (holding
Makayla), Rick Dernberger ’84.
1989—Row 1: Harumi Niino ’89 Funaki,
Rhonda Hesche ’89 Kuyers (holding Macy),
Brenda Swanson ’89 Brown, Brenda Hoffman
’89 Dieffenbach, Nathan Bocks ’89, Mark
Webster, Christine Lahner ’89 Webster, Jill
McCandless ’89 Northuis, Elena Northuis,
Michael Northuis ’89; Row 2: William Lowry,
Chris Miller, John Miller ’89, Michele Coffill,
Harry Coffill ’89, Richard Telgen, Amy Holm
’89 Telgen, Jill Bernson ’89 Weigle, Matt
Weigle ’89; Row 3: Donna Berkey ’89 Lowry,
David Lowry ’89, Keith Hopkins ’89, Mary Kay
Karcis ’89 Hopkins, Robert Mannes, Kristen
Yeomans ’89 Mannes, Brenda Laninga ’89
Schloff, John Schloff ’89, Lisa Reenders ’89
Granger, Keith Granger ’89, Cathy Johnson ’89
Blackburn.
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Homecoming ’04
Mich.; the Fraters and Sigmas travel the parade as campers in keeping with
the theme “Under the Stars”; a mass of participants in the Run-Bike-Swim-
Walk; catching up during the ‘84 reunion; mini-science camps in the science
center provide entertaining lessons for children of alumni.
1994/1999 Reunions
1994—Row 1: Wes White ’94, Pamela Shippy ’94
White, Collin Magennis ’93, Beth Hartman ’94
Magennis, Michelle Brinks ’94 Mackey, Kevin Mackey
’93, Leslie Sterling ’94 Baker (holding Emma), Greg
Brown ’94 (holding Carter), Jodi Braxmaier ’94 Brown
(holding Zoe); Row 2: Fred Vance ’94 (holding child),
Kristin Vonk ’94 Vance (holding Will), Sarah MacIntyre
’94 Bristol (holding Mackenzie), Teresa Graybill,
Nathan Graybill ’94 (holding child), Shonn Colbrunn
’94, Deb Peterson ’94 Colbrunn, Jen Joy Wheitner ’94,
Lisa Stover ’94; Row 3: Matt Hoeksema ’94 (holding
Riley), Christopher Bishop ’94, Laura Gerhardstein ’94
Bishop (holding Anna), Jamie McKee ’94, Holly Moore
’94 McKee, Dawn Hoving ’94 Noorman, Jennifer
Noorman ’94 Webb, Jennifer Syler ’94 Taylor, Sarah
DeWitt ’94 Darby; Row 4: Michelle Windecker ’94
Irwin, Vicki Goeman ’94 Hillary, Rachel Stauffer ’94
Conrad, Stacy Tucker ’94, Julie Norman ’94 Dykstra,
Dirk Dykstra ’91 (holding child), Deborah Dykstra ’94
Dubois, Timothy Dubois (holding child), Beth Snyder
’94, Gwen Snyder ’94; Row 5: Geoff Legg ’94, Karen
Elshoff ’94 Legg, Nate Rozeboom ’94, Kim VanNoord
’94 Slager (holding Samantha), Mike Slager ’94, Tara
Tubaugh ’94 Rezen, Steven Johnson ’94, Tina
Panayides ’94 (holding Maggie).
1999—Row 1: Joel Beltman, Jill Bostelaar ’99
Beltman, Carley Boss ’99 Hwang, Kerri Langerak
’99 Allen, Rachel Haveman ’99 Eriks, Jodie
Manning ’99 Talluto, Beth Rathbun ’99 Bruns, Dan
Kubacki ’99; Row 2: Jeremy Luhmann ’99, Megan
Hicks ’99 DeYoung, Kat Nichols ’99, Katie Kahler
’99 Newenhouse, Heather Wesp ’99, Jeanine
Roberts ’99 Klump, Tonya Rouse ’02 VanderSlice,
Chris VanderSlice ’99, Craig Kopas ’99; Row 3:
Nick Reister ’02 (holding Marinus), Misten
Weeldreyer ’99 Reister, Renee Carlson ’99, Melissa
Manchester ’99 Mulder, Mary Roush ’99, Fitz
Fitzgerald ’99, James Vanderhyde ’99.
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Generational New Students
Traveling through history
For a round 100 new students,
the Hope story and family story
have journeyed together
ixth Generation
Sixth Generation
Anne Hoekstra (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Mother - Beth Daubenspeck ’78 Hoekstra
Father - Louis Hoekstra ’78
Grandmother - Dorothy Moerdyk ’53
Hoekstra
Grandfather - George Hoekstra ’53
Great-Grandmother - Cornelia Leenhouts ’18
Moerdyk
Great-Grandfather - William Moerdyk ’13
Great-Great Grandfather - James Moerdyk
1897
Great-Great-Great Grandfather - Peter
Moerdyk 1866
Fif th Generation
Fifth Generation
John Beuker (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Mary Sue Campbell ’83 Beuker
Father - John T. Beuker II ’80
Grandmother - Dolores Freyling ’51 Campbell
Hertel
Grandfather - Gene Campbell ’51
Grandfather - John T. Beuker ’52
Great-Grandfather - Arend Freyling ’30
Great-Grandmother - Margaret Trompen ’24
Beuker
Great-Grandfather - Herman Beuker ’22
Great-Great Grandmother - Anna Becker
(Prep. 1880) Trompen
Great-Great Grandfather - John Trompen 1887
Sarah Herington (East Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Mary VandenBerg ’80 Herington
Grandfather - Allison VandenBerg ’40
Great-Grandfather - Richard VandenBerg ’13
Great-Great Grandfather - Albert VandenBerg
1885
Amy VanDerMeulen (Marshall, Mich.)
Mother - Katherine Beuker ’78 VanDerMeulen
Father - Douglas VanDerMeulen ’80
Grandfather - John T. Beuker ’52
Great-Grandmother - Margaret Trompen ’24
Beuker
Great-Grandfather - Herman Beuker ’22
Great-Great Grandmother - Anna Becker
(Prep 1880) Trompen
Great-Great Grandfather - John Trompen 1887
Fourth Fourth
GenerationGeneration
Jacob Droppers (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Mother - Deborah VanHoeven ’79 Droppers
Father - Kurt Droppers ’79
Grandmother - Shirley Bouwman ’57
VanHoeven
Grandfather - Donald VanHoeven ’56
Grandmother - Jean Brondyke ’51 Droppers
Grandfather - Neil Droppers ’52
Great-Grandfather - Anthony Droppers ’15
Lauren Eriks (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Leigh Ann DeWolf ’79 Eriks
Father - Mark Eriks ’79
Grandmother - Annette Siderius ’52 DeWolf
Grandfather - John DeWolf Jr. ’51
Great-Grandmother - Aletta Verkaik ’26
Siderius
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Haleigh Heneveld (Zeeland, Mich.)
Mother - Lisa Doornbos ’83 Heneveld
Father - Daniel Heneveld ’82
Jennifer Hospers (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - Mark Hospers ’81
Christiana Hug (Reutte, Austria)
Father - Reinhard Hug ’78
Abigail Joyce (East Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Nora Bauman ’75 Joyce
Grandmother - Dorothy TenBrink ’52 Bauman
Grandfather - Kenneth Bauman ’53
Great-Great Grandfather - Jacob Bloemers
1902
Katie Immink (Hudsonville, Mich.)
Father - Gary Immink ’80
Matthew Schmidt (Crown Point, Ind.)
Mother - Jennifer Bartels ’77 Schmidt
Father - Edward Schmidt ’77
Grandfather - Lester Bartels ’49
Grandmother - Evelyn Jannenga ’50 Schmidt
Great-Grandfather - Johann Schmidt ’19
Cara Lawton (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Barbara Smalling ’73 Lawton
Father - William Lawton ’75
Third Generation
Third Generation
Kiley Alderink (Kijabe, Kenya)
Grandmother - Doris Prins ’50 Alderink
Grandfather - Paul Alderink ’50
Great-Grandmother - Marie VandenBrink ’18
Prins
Great-Grandfather - Jacob Prins ’24
Holly Bekius (Spring Lake, Mich.)
Mother - Nancy TenHave ’81 Bekius
Father - Gregory Bekius ’81
Grandmother - Jeanella DeKleine ’47 TenHave
Grandfather - Ronald Bekius ’59
Kimberly Boelkins (Ada, Mich.)
Father - Mark Boelkins ’79
Grandfather - Robert Boelkins
Vanessa Claus (East Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - Thomas Claus ’75
Grandmother - Lucille Riekse ’50 Claus
Grandfather - Howard Claus ’51
Katherine Cornell (Grapevine, Texas)
Mother - Deborah Maxwell ’75 Cornell
Father - Paul Cornell ’75
Grandmother - Phyllis Dietrich ’48 Cornell
Grandfather - Ralph Cornell ’49
Peter Coté (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Sally Boers ’80 Coté
Father - Brian Coté ’80
Grandmother - Elaine Groustra ’52 Boers
Grandfather - Albert Boers ’51
Rebecca DeGraw (Marshall, Mich.)
Mother - Elisabeth Thornton ’81 DeGraw
Father - David DeGraw ’81
Grandfather - Ronald DeGraw ’56
Sarah DeGraw (Marshall, Mich.)
Mother - Elisabeth Thornton ’81 DeGraw
Father - David DeGraw ’81
Grandfather - Ronald DeGraw ’56
Abigail DeVuyst (Webster, N.Y.)
Father - Lawrence DeVuyst ’78
Grandfather - Peter DeVuyst ’54
Melissa Dolislager (Muskegon, Mich.)
Mother - Marilee Bartels ’76 Dolislager
Grandfather - Lester Bartels ’49
Julie Hoogerhyde (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - Douglas Hoogerhyde ’77
Grandmother - Mildred VerMaire ’48
Hoogerhyde
Grandfather - David Hoogerhyde ’49
Colin Lawrence (Sterling, N.Y.)
Mother - Deborah Firmbach ’74 Lawrence
Father - Randall Lawrence ’75
Joshua Leu (Lansing, Mich.)
Father - Bart Leu ’87
An even 100 members of the new Class of ’08 have direct ancestral Hope ties. Pictured are third, fourth, fifth and sixth Generational New
Students. From left to right are: Row 1: Nicole Schrier, Julie Hoogerhyde, Kella Northuis, Amy VanDerMeulen, Holly Bekius, Nick Witkowski,
Jordan VerHulst, Kim Boelkins, Sarah DeGraw, Becca DeGraw; Row 2: Sarah Herington, Jessie Stokes, Peter Coté, Anne Hoekstra, Megan
Kleinheksel, Kristin Raley, Katherine Cornell, Emily Van Wieren, Vanessa Claus, Abby Joyce, Lauren Eriks, Stephanie Schaap, Abby DeVuyst;
Row 3: Kiley Alderink, Jacob Droppers, Nathan Sayer, Melissa Dolislager, Ashley Sligh, Jon Oegema, Catherine Rhem, John Vidoni, John
Beuker, Bill Valentine.
Megan Kleinheksel (Zeeland, Mich.)
Father - Kevin Kleinheksel ’83
Grandmother - Karen Schamper Schra ’71
Kella Northuis (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Pamela Bulthouse ’81 Northuis
Father - Mark Northuis ’82
Grandmother - Eunice Schipper ’52 Northuis
Grandfather - Donald Northuis ’55
Grandmother - Marilyn Barkel ’52 Sligh
Grandfather - Charles Sligh ’51
Jessica Stokes (Morrisville, N.Y.)
Mother - Patricia Walker ’80 Stokes
Father - James Stokes ’80
Grandmother - Bernice Nichols ’49 Stokes
Father - Daniel Boote ’75
Christiana Bosscher (Louisville, Ky.)
Mother - Ilene Crysler ’76 Bosscher
Father - James Bosscher ’74
Heidi Lont (Holland, Mich.)
Father - Timothy Lont ’79
Nicholas Marra (Waldwick, N.J.)
Mother - Margaret Patterson ’77 Marra
John Molenhouse (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Pamela Bouma ’83 Molenhouse
Father - Robert Molenhouse ’82
Steven Branford (Pomona, N.Y.)
Father - John Branford III ’77
Paris TerKeurst (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grandfather - John TerKeurst ’48
Great-Grandfather - Henry TerKeurst ’14
John (Max) Burch (St. Joseph, Mich.)
Grandfather - Edwin Nieusma ’46
Nicole Moss (Battle Creek, Mich.)
Mother - Karen VanderRoest ’78 Moss
William Valentine (Beecher, Ill.)
Mother - Diane Gnade ’77 Valentine
Grandfather - Gerard Gnade ’50
Amanda Cooper (West Islip, N.Y.)
Grandmother - Marjorie Plusch ’53 Martin
Grandfather - Raymond Martin ’50
Jenna Mulder (Queensbury, N.Y.)
Mother - Jean VanderLaan ’69 Mulder
Father - Delwyn Mulder ’67
Kristin Raley (Addison, Ill.)
Mother - Ann Boelkins ’77 Raley
Father - Richard Raley ’77
Grandfather - Robert Boelkins ’48
Emily VanWieren (Rapid City, Mich.)
Father - Thomas VanWieren ’74
Grandmother - Dorothy Kooiker ’44
VanWieren
Grandfather - Gilbert VanWieren ’42
Brynn Curry (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Leslie Cameron ’76 Curry
Nicole Mulder (Jenison, Mich.)
Mother - Cathy Johanson ’83 Mulder
Father - Keith Mulder ’83
Catherine Rhem (Spring Lake, Mich.)
Mother - Lori Fox-Rhem ’81
Father - David Rhem ’82
Grandmother - Patricia Gray ’60 Atkins
Grandfather - Richard Rhem ’57
Jordan VerHulst (Grandville, Mich.)
Mother - Meribeth Baker ’86 VerHulst
Father - Clark VerHulst ’85
Grandmother - Karen VanderWerf ’63
VerHulst
Stephanie DeWitte (Penfield, N.Y.)
Grandmother - Louise McDowell ’53 DeWitte
Grandfather - Roy DeWitte ’53
Nathan Sayer (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)
Mother - Jeri Wissink ’81 Sayer
Father - Steven Sayer ’81
Grandfather - Rodney Wissink ’54
John Vidoni (Lisle, Ill.)
Mother - Robin Mulder ’77 Vidoni
Grandmother - Nella De Haan ’33 Mulder
Grandfather - John Mulder ’28
Stephanie Schaap (Hudsonville, Mich.)
Mother - Linda Poppema ’76 Schaap
Grandmother - Marguerite Van Slooten ’60
Schaap
Nicolas Witkowski (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Kristen Leaske ’81 Witkowski
Grandmother - Charlotte Wierda ’59 Leaske
Grandfather - Frederick Leaske ’59
Nicole Schrier (Muskegon, Mich.)
Father - John Schrier Jr. ’78
Grandmother - Ruth Wierenga ’58 Schrier
Grandfather - John Schrier Sr. ’55
Elizabeth Scott (Mesa, Ariz.)
Father - Steven Scott ’79
Grandmother - Lois De Kleine ’49 Scott
Grandfather - Bernard Scott ’50
Ashley Sligh (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Dorothy Smith ’85 Sligh
Father - Thomas Sligh ’83
Grandmother - Dolores Schaefer Smith ’71
Second
Generation
Second
Generation
Michelle Affholter (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Grandmother - Joan Rypstra ’48 Roth
Amanda Baron (Zeeland, Mich.)
Father - Daniel Baron ’77
Lindsey Bartels (Zeeland, Mich.)
Father - Hugh Bartels ’80
Luke Boote (Deerfield, Ill.)
Mother - Mary Voskuil ’77 Boote
Jason DeWaard (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Gloria DeWaard ’07
David Nyitray (Holland, Mich.)
Grandfather - John Nyitray ’52
Katie Oosterink (Jenison, Mich.)
Mother - Nancy Dekker ’77 Oosterink
Rachel Dorr (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Step-Mother - Cynthia Peck ’88
Sarah Oosterink (Jenison, Mich.)
Mother - Nancy Dekker ’77 Oosterink
Austin Dreyer (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Catherine Kooistra ’80 Dreyer
Elizabeth Palmer (Elmhurst, Ill.)
Mother - Debra Johnson ’74 Palmer
Anne Foster (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Nancy Johnson ’78 Foster
Father - John Foster ’74
Megan Patterson (Lake Bluff, Ill.)
Mother - Nan Goetzke ’79 Patterson
Father - Alexander Patterson ’79
Kara Gier (Holland, Mich.)
Father - David Gier ’71
Sarah Popovich (Burke, Va.)
Grandmother - Carol Van Oss ’62 Granberg
Krista Gier (Holland, Mich.)
Father - David Gier ’71
Kendall Ramsden (Grand Haven, Mich.)
Mother - Kelly Coleman ’78 Ramsden
Father - Gary Ramsden ’78
Joshua Green (Rochester Hills, Mich.)
Father - Russell Green ’71
Carrie Haulenbeek (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Mother - Susan Sinclair ’73 Haulenbeek
Father - Eugene Haulenbeek ’72
Jacob Hendrickson (Grandville, Mich.)
Mother - Valerie Matthews ’81 Westrick
Father - Eric Hendrickson ’81
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Effie VanDyke (Spruce, Mich.)
Father - Wayne VanDyke ’78
Dale Shidemantle (DeWitt, N.Y.)
Mother - Karen Dimon ’76
Douglas VanEerden (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Ann Helmus ’80 VanEerden
Father - Daniel VanEerden ’78
Trevor Shull (Macomb, Mich.
Grandmother - Irma Derks ’56 Shull
Grandfather - Donald Shull ’54
Kensley Walters (Allendale, Mich.)
Mother - Rochelle Streeter ’85 Walters
John Slover (Grand Haven, Mich.)
Mother - Barbara Patmos ’74 Slover
Seth Weener (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - Randy Weener ’78
Amanda Spaanstra (Eau Claire, Wis.)
Grandfather - Robert Spaanstra ’43
Nicholas Wehner (Carmel, Ind.)
Mother - Mary Lynn DeGraaf ’78 Wehner
Father - Bradley Wehner ’76
Gregory Spoelhof (Duluth, Minn.)
Mother - Melissa Piatt ’75 Spoelhof
Father - G. David Spoelhof ’75
Benjamin Weiss (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - John Weiss ’81
Jon Sprik (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - Sherman Sprik ’77
Rachel Wendt (Hanover Park, Ill.)
Mother - Heidi Koberstine ’75
Ellen Timmer (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Mother - Mary Jane Smits ’74 Timmer
Brian Wyns (New Era, Mich.)
Father - John Wyns ’73
Daniel Tobert (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Father - Gordon Tobert ’73
Brent Zendler (Flint, Mich.)
Father - Robert Zendler ’79
Nathan Vande Guchte (Hamilton, Mich.)
Father - James Vande Guchte ’83
Nicholas Zendler (Flint, Mich.)
Father - Robert Zendler ’79
Samuel Mirto (Fennville, Mich.)
Mother - Kathi Mirto ’96
Carolyn Morse (Naperville, Ill.)
Mother - Meri Shima ’76 Morse
Father - Peter Morse ’77
Jonathan Oegema (Lawton, Mich.)
Mother - Debra Cleason ’78 Oegema
Father - Gary Oegema ’78
Grandfather - Donald Cleason ’56
Grandmother - Phyllis Andre ’48 Oegema
Grandfather - Cornelius Oegema ’51
Adam Schwabauer (Portage, Mich.)
Grandfather - Kenneth Louis ’53
Marc Reen (Grand Blanc, Mich.)
Father - Terry Reen ’73
Kailey Schroeder (Holland, Mich.)
Mother - Jennifer Schroeder ’00
Steven Schuiling (Aurora, Colo.)
Father - Philip Schuiling ’76
Family ties run
to the beginning
Anne Hoekstra’s
introduction to Hope
started early.
That can happen when five generations
have preceded you, including a member of
the college’s first graduating class: the
Rev. Peter Moerdyke, Class of 1866.
“My whole family’s gone to Hope,”
said Hoekstra, who is from Kalamazoo,
Mich. “I had a baby bib that had ’Hope
College’ on it. I always had Hope sweatshirts and stuff.”
Hoekstra’s
parents
are
Beth
Daubenspeck ’78 Hoekstra and Lou
Hoekstra ’78. Her complete Hope lineage
can be found elsewhere on this page, at
the beginning of the listing of the 100
members of the new Class of 2008 that
have direct ancestral ties to the college.
She has become involved in activities
including cross country and a Bible study.
She is planning to major in nursing.
Even in those respects there is some
family precedent at Hope. Her father ran
cross country and track. Her grandfather,
Dr. George Hoekstra ’53, is a retired physician, and great-grandfather William
Moerdyk ’13 was a physician and medical
missionary—service that followed in the
footsteps of his pastor (and missionary)
father and pastor grandfather.
Although family experience provided a
For fifth generation student Anne
Hoekstra, Hope was a familiar place—
her ancestors include a member of the
college’s first graduating class. At the
same time, though, it was her own
experience as a prospective student
that prompted her to enroll.
natural introduction to the college,
Hoekstra made her Hope choice for
reasons entirely her own. As a visiting
prospective student, she noted, “I loved it
here. It was so friendly. I loved the
Christian atmosphere. I knew it was a
good fit for me.”
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Campus Notes
(Continued from page three.)
Presented annually, the college’s fine arts
camps program debuted in the summer of
2003.
The link for the listing on the Dana
Foundation’s site is http://www.dana.org/
books/press/artsnews/news.cfm#v2n3.
RESEARCH PUBLICATION: The 2003
Oral History Project coordinated by the Joint
Archives of Holland, based at Hope, was featured in the July/August issue of Michigan
History magazine.
The article, “Surviving Polio,” was written
by Matthew P. Nickel ’03, based on his
research for the project, including 16 interviews with 20 people in Holland who either
had polio or supported those who did.
EXCHANGE VISITS: The ties between
Hope and Holland and Queretaro, Mexico,
continue to yield benefits in a variety of ways.
Members of the Hope and Holland communities came together to help the city of
Santiago de Queretaro celebrate its 473rd
foundation anniversary in July.
The two municipalities have a sister city
relationship, and Hope and the Autonomous
University of Queretaro have an exchange
relationship.
Holland residents donated several
hundred children’s books for a new children’s library inaugurated in a former
convent on Friday, July 23. The collection
included new and used books, some left at
City Hall by residents, some donated by area
bookstores, some even provided by local
children who collected coins at school on the
project’s behalf.
Alfredo Gonzales, who is associate
provost at Hope as well as chairman of the
city’s International Relations Commission,
played a leadership role in the process. “For
me it’s a tribute to Hope College and to the
Holland community that we in this small
way can contribute to understanding
between cultures through the establishment
of this library for the children of Queretaro,”
he said.
Two area musical groups participated in
the three-day anniversary festival: The
Holland Youth Quartet and the Hope
College Faculty Jazz Sextet. The jazz group
spent five days performing in Mexico, presenting a set of originals and contemporized
jazz standards.
CATERING ACCLAIMED: The teaming
of Hope College Catering and the Holland
Area Chamber of Commerce has led to
recognition from the National Association of
College and University Food Services
(NACUFS).
Hope College Catering won the silver
award for “small” schools in the “Catering –
Special Event/Theme Dinner” category of
the association’s 2004 Loyal E. Horton Dining
Awards contest. Hope won for its work with
the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce
Annual Dinner, held on Tuesday, Sept. 23,
2003, at Evergreen Commons.
The award recipients were recognized
during the NACUFS 46th National
Conference, held on Tuesday-Saturday, July
6-10, in Las Vegas, Nev.
More than 400 attended the Chamber of
Commerce event, which featured a “Travel
the Globe” theme. Instead of the formal, sitdown dinner format the chamber had
followed in years past, the event offered mul(See “Campus Notes” on page 17.)
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Pianists honor prof
Charles Aschbrenner
of the music faculty has
been named the 2004
“Teacher of the Year” by
the Holland Piano
Teachers’ Forum, the
local chapter of the
Michigan Music
Teachers Association.
He received the award during the
chapter’s meeting on Monday, Sept. 13.
Professor Aschbrenner has been a
member of the Hope faculty since 1963,
and is a professor of music as well as
chair of the piano area at the college.
His piano students have entered graduate programs across the country and
ultimately careers in teaching, performance and opera direction worldwide.
He has lectured and performed as
both a soloist and a collaborative pianist
throughout Michigan and the Midwest.
In 1986 he gave lecture-recitals in San
Miguel, Mexico, and in 1987 he was
sponsored in a two-week tour of
Portugal by the U.S. Department of
Information.
For many years, he appeared with
former Hope colleague Joan Conway in
the duo-piano team of Conway and
Aschbrenner.
They sponsored a
popular two-piano camp for high school
The Holland Piano Teachers’ Forum
has named Professor Charles
Aschbrenner of the music faculty
“Teacher of the Year” for 2004. He is
Hope’s longest-serving professor, a
member of the faculty since 1963.
students at Hope for several summers,
and they commissioned a work for two
pianos by David Pinkham, “Holland
Waltzes,” for the 1982 Holland March
Festival.
Professor Aschbrenner is a certified
Dalcroze eurhythmics instructor, and is
intensely interested in the issues of
movement, rhythm and physical
freedom in performance. He has pre-
sented lecture-demonstrations across
the United States as well as at the
College Music Society international conference held in Vienna, Austria. His
articles on rhythm and movement have
appeared in the Journal of the Dalcroze
Society of America, and his Web site
“Pulse Patterning for Pianists” has
attracted international responses.
He is the Hope College liaison for the
Holland Piano Teachers’ Forum. He has
served on the state board of the
Michigan Music Teachers Association
(MMTA) as membership chair, and has
served the Music Teachers National
Association (MTNA) as collegiate competitions chair and, most recently,
scholarship foundation chair.
In addition to being a member of the
MMTA and MTNA, he is a member of
the European Piano Teachers Association
(EPTA) UK, the College Music Society
and the Dalcroze Society of America.
Professor Aschbrenner completed his
Bachelor of Music degree at the
University of Illinois in 1959, and his
Master of Music at Yale University in
1963. He has continued to study and
work with many renowned piano teachers and performers throughout his
career, including through additional
studies at the American Conservatory in
Fontainebleau, France, and in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
Before coming to Hope, Professor
Aschbrenner had an appointment at
Stephens College in Columbia, Mo.
Statewide group bestows honor
Decades spent bringing
attention to others has
earned statewide
recognition to Tom Renner
’67 of the Hope staff.
Renner received a “Hall of Honor”
award from the Basketball Coaches
Association of Michigan (BCAM) on
Saturday, Oct. 2, for his outstanding and
long-time service on behalf of the game of
basketball. Associate vice president for
public and community relations, he has
coordinated the sports information programs at Hope and for the Michigan
Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA)
since 1967.
Nominees for the recognition must have
contributed to the game of basketball at the
highest level for a minimum of 20 years.
“There are few media people you run
into over the years that communicate so
well. Tom Renner is so very professional in
his commitment to the sport of basketball,”
said Dr. Glenn Van Wieren ’64, Hope’s
long-time head men’s basketball coach, who
nominated Renner for the award. “His contribution to basketball on the state and
national level is so significant because of his
honesty, integrity, work ethic and quality
reporting. The hours he puts in for athletics
and basketball is incomparable. The beneficiaries of his hard work are the
student-athletes, at every level, and the fans
who get to read what he writes.”
In his capacity as sports information
director and league publicist, Renner’s ongoing responsibilities include producing
publications and news releases concerning
Hope and MIAA athletics as well as related
media relations for both the college and the
league. Since the advent of the World Wide
Web, his role has also included developing
and maintaining the daily sports Web sites
for the college and the league.
He has helped extend awareness of Hope
and MIAA sport nationwide. His promotion of awareness of the Hope-Calvin
basketball rivalry has led to coverage in
both Sports Illustrated and Michigan
History. He has helped coordinate regional
live television coverage of the Hope-Calvin
men’s games for decades.
In 1990, the NCAA recognized him for
outstanding contributions to the success of
that year’s Division III Women’s Basketball
Championship. Hope hosted the Final
Four, and won the championship that year.
Over the years, several of Renner’s sports
Tom Renner ’67
publications and programs have received
awards from the College Sports Information
Directors Association of America (CoSIDA).
In 2000, he was honored by CoSIDA for a
quarter century of service as a college sports
information director.
He has co-authored or served in an editorial consultation role for the publication of
four sports-related books focusing on
MIAA and Hope athletic history.
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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 Kathy Miller.
News should be mailed to: Alumni News;
Hope College Public Relations; 141 E. 12th St.; PO
Box 9000; Holland, MI 49422-9000. Internet users
may send to: alumni@hope.edu
All submissions received by the Public
Relations Office by Tuesday, Sept. 21, 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,
Nov. 9.
30s
1930s
Richard A. De Witt ’31 of Palm Beach, Fla., and
Jack H. DeWitt ’32 of Zeeland, Mich., are featured
in the book The Sun Never Sets on Big Dutchman by
Mike Lozon. The book tells the story of how their
Automatic Poultry Feeder Co. (later known as Big
Dutchman) expanded into a successful national,
and later international, supplier of automatic
poultry equipment.
40s
1940s
Henry “Cy” Voogd ’41 and Helen Thompson ’45
Voogd celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary
on Wednesday, Aug. 11.
Eleanor “Pinks” Mulder ’46 Dudley of Starkville,
Miss., was featured in an article in the Starkville
Daily News on Sunday, March 21, 2004. The article
told of her being named the 2004 North District
winner of the vitality category in the annual
Mississippi Ageless Heroes Program sponsored by
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi. Over the
course of decades, she has volunteered her service
to numerous organizations, including Habitat for
Humanity, Helping Hands Ministries of Oktibbeha
County, VISTA and Trinity Presbyterian Church,
and she continues to volunteer extensively.
Roger D. Kempers ’49 of Holland, Mich., recently
completed a three-year term as president of the
International Federation of Fertility Societies, an
association of the national fertility societies of 55
countries. He continues as chairman of the scientific committee of the federation.
50s
1950s
Alex Ebneth ’50 of Crossville, Tenn., received the
Melvin Jones Award at the Fairfield Glade Lions
Club Annual Awards and Installation night on
Monday, June 21. The award, which is the highest
honor that can be given by a local Lions club, was
presented in recognition of his outstanding humanitarian service to the club and the community.
Albert Boers ’51 of Holland, Mich., attended the
XXVIII Olympiad in Athens, Greece, for 10 days in
August. This is the seventh Olympics he has
attended.
Norma Hoffman ’52 Richardson of Mt. Pleasant,
Mich., participated in a mission trip to Costa Rica
from Monday, June 28, through Friday, July 9. She
was part of a team, sponsored by the Lake Huron
Presbytery of Michigan, that visited feeding programs funded by the “2 coins a meal” program,
participated in a work project, and conducted
Vacation Bible School camps.
William M. Hoffman ’53 of Stewartville, Minn.,
was named the 2003-2004 Lion of the Year by the
Stewartville Lions Club. The honor is the highest
conferred at the club level, and it recognizes
demonstrated leadership and involvement above
and beyond that which is typically expected.
Florence Parker ’56 McGeoch of Athens, Ohio,
represented Hope at the inauguration of Roderick
J. McDavis as president of Ohio University on
Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.
60s
1960s
Barbara Monroe ’60 Page of Fairbanks, Alaska,
who teaches chemistry and advanced placement
chemistry at West Valley High School in Fairbanks,
received the Distinguished Faculty Award for
inspirational teaching on Friday, May 14. She was
selected by the class of 2004.
George Boerigter ’61 of Hudsonville, Mich., was
the visiting guest and featured speaker at the ceremonial ground breaking of a 150,000 square foot
factory of his company’s joint venture in PuDong,
Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, June 22. The factory
will make the newest technology LED lamps for
school buses and commercial vehicles in the U.S.
and Europe. The joint venture is less than five
years old, and this is the third facility it has built
due to growth. Over the last five years, George has
developed customers for the plant in several
European countries as well as the U.S.
Adina Yonan ’61 Van Buren of Westmont, Ill.,
retired from a 33-year career of teaching French at
the elementary, secondary and college levels. For
the past 19 years she taught at a private school for
gifted students where she also chaired the French
Department. In 1996 she received an Outstanding
Teacher of the Year Award, and she was recently
nominated to appear in the 2004 fall edition of
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
James Bultman ’63 of Holland, Mich., hit a hole-inone on Thursday, July 8, on the 11th hole at
Wuskowhan Players Club in West Olive, Mich.
Milton Nieuwsma ’63 of Holland, Mich., has partnered with PBS affiliate WGVU in Grand Rapids,
Mich., to produce a documentary based on his
book Kinderlager: An Oral History of Young
Holocaust Survivors. He and a crew returned from
Poland and Lithuania in May, after two weeks of
filming for a pair of programs in the series titled
Children of the Shoah. Surviving Auschwitz, drawn
from the book, is scheduled to air on Thursday, Jan.
27, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the liberation of
the concentration camp.
Alumni Board of Directors
Ron Hartgerink ’64 of South Haven, Mich.,
received the Mayor’s Service Award on Tuesday,
May 11, at an annual appreciation dinner to honor
local volunteers who serve on boards and commissions of the City of South Haven. The mayor
highlighted Ron’s service to the community, which
includes the South Haven Public Schools Citizen
Advisory Committee, Local Development Finance
Authority, Lake Michigan College Foundation
Board, Chemical/Shoreline Bank Board, and South
Haven and Casco Townships Water and Sewer
Development Authority, along with his involvement in Hope Reformed Church.
Ralph E. Jackson Jr. ’64 of Naples, Fla., was elected
as a new director of Watts Water Technologies Inc.
in June.
Alan Dibble ’65 of Sacramento, Calif., retired from
the U.S. Air Force in October of 1994.
Tom Straatsma ’65 of Muskegon, Mich., was featured in the Lansing State Journal on Tuesday, June
22, in an article about his collection of vintage, autographed sports photos. Ten years ago he
discovered that his original collection, begun in the
1950s, had disappeared. Over the past eight years,
he and his wife have compiled another collection,
now on display in the basement of their new home.
Christian Buys ’66 of Grand Junction, Colo., is the
author of A Quick History of Leadville, recently published by Western Reflections Publishing
Company. His book chronicles the mining boom
town of Colorado from the 1860s to the present,
and includes more than 90 photographs and illustrations. He is a professor of psychology at Mesa
State College and the author of several awardwinning books.
Joanne Wognum ’66 Hoeksema of Muskegon,
Mich., established the Carlyn Fine Arts Gallery in
Grand Haven, Mich., in 1988. During the last five
years she has designed, manufactured and internationally marketed a new retail product in the travel
and accessory area, “theattachment.” Both of her
ventures have Web sites.
Thelma (Tommye) Leenhouts ’66 of Washington,
D.C., toured France in early July with the Grammyaward-winning Washington Chorus. The chorus
sang Haydn’s St. Theresa Mass and Bach’s Sacred
Cantata No. 4 before large audiences in cathedrals in
Lyon, Chartre and Paris. This is her 16th year
singing soprano in the chorus, which performs at
the Kennedy Center during its regular season. She
also sang with the chorus on previous tours to
Spain, Italy, Germany and England.
Margaret Welmers ’67 Bertolami of Parkland, Fla.,
is a building official for the City of Parkland.
William F. Mills ’68 of Ada, Mich., was recently
inducted into the American College of Trial
Lawyers, which is limited to a select number of trial
lawyers throughout the country. In 1997 he was
inducted into the International Academy of Trial
Lawyers, which is limited to 500 trial attorneys in
the country. He continues an active practice in
Grand Rapids involving several different areas of
litigation.
Carol Schakel ’68 Troost of Scotia, N.Y., has retired
from teaching after 29 years, mostly at Galway
Central School in Galway, N.Y. She was selected as
teacher of the year by her fellow teachers (2003), is
a multiple year honoree in Who’s Who in American
Teachers, and has begun serving as second vice
president to the Beta Omega chapter of Delta
Kappa Gamma.
ly, Old Dominion University.
Mark de Roo ’73 of Holland, Mich., has earned the
designation of associate certified coach by the
International Coach Federation, which establishes
and administers minimum standards of credentialing professional coaches and training institutions.
The designation reflects demonstrated coaching
skills, documented experience as a business coach,
and successful performance on a series of exams.
Mark is the president of Keystone Coaching &
Consulting.
Joanne Navarra ’74 of Charlotte, N.C., is east coast
sales manager for BrownTrout Publishers.
Neil Clark ’75 of Marietta, Ga., is the upper school
dean of college counseling and guidance at the
Walker School in Marietta. He recently earned
recognition as a Certified Educational Planner
(CEP). He is one of only six in Georgia, and just the
second school-based counselor in the nation to earn
the certification. Educational planners work directly with students and families to provide choices of
college, schools, and other special needs alternatives.
David DeKok ’75 of Harrisburg, Pa., was written
about in Tom Scocca’s “Off the Record” column in
the New York Observer on Monday, May 31. The
column was about DeKok’s plagiarism complaint
against Harper’s Magazine for an article in its
February issue about the Centralia mine fire that
did not credit material from his 1986 book, Unseen
Danger: A Tragedy of People, Government and the
Centralia Mine Fire. He also reports that in January
he became president of Local 16 of The Newspaper
Guild at the Harrisburg Patriot-News, where he is a
business reporter.
Max Glupker ’75 of St. Paul, Minn., teaches at
Burnsville High School in Minneapolis, Minn., and
is a football advisor for four high schools in
Minnesota and two high schools in Michigan.
Pete Hoekstra ’75, U.S. Representative of Holland,
Mich., was named chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Gordon Alderink ’76 of Coopersville, Mich., was
recently promoted to associate professor in the
College of Health Professions, Grand Valley State
University. He teaches in the physical therapy
program and serves as assistant baseball coach at
the university. As a 1978 alumnus of the Mayo
School of Health-Related Sciences, he was recently
selected to serve a three-year term on the board of
directors of the school’s Alumni Association.
Carol Yeckel ’76 Gerber of New York, N.Y., is a
writer/director.
David Dingman ’78 of Winnetka, Calif., has been
elected to the board of directors of the Drama
Teachers Association of Southern California,
serving as vice president of the A/B (Middle
Schools) Division. He is in his sixth year of teaching world history and drama at Valley View
Middle School in Simi Valley, Calif.
Brian Stauffer ’78 of Holland, Mich., a competitive
triathlete and national age group triathlon record
holder, began to focus in a different direction two
years ago. Through “Ride for Life,” he raises funds
for special equipment and matches disabled children with triathletes, who take them along during
actual competitive meets. The children complete
the swim portion of the race in a rubber kayak
towed by an eight-foot rope, and ride in a special
cart converted for road racing and bike racing to
complete the race course.
Officers
Beth Snyder ’94, President, Arlington, Va.
Karen Gonder ’81 Navis, Vice President, Grandville, Mich.
Ray Vinstra ’58, Secretary, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Board Members
Nancy Wallendal ’72 Bassman, Scotch Plains, N.J.
James Bursma ’87, Stow, Mass.
Eva Gaumond ’90, Coral Springs, Fla.
Leah Sunderlin ’79 Haugneland, Katy, Texas
Marion Hoekstra ’65, Laurel, Md.
Jan Luben ’71 Hoffman, Schenectady, N.Y.
Betsy Boersma ’77 Jasperse, Traverse City, Mich.
Allison Pawlowksi ’06, Pinckney, Mich.
Ben Sanders ’05, Evanston, Ill.
Todd Soderquist ’96, Canton, Mich.
Kristin Tichy ’92, Glenville, Ill.
Liz Tyndell ’04, Livonia, Mich.
Sara Van Anrooy ’82, Castle Rock, Colo.
James VanEenenaam ’88, Dana Point, Calif.
Greg Van Heest ’78, Golden Valley, Minn.
Mark VanGenderen ’90, Cedarburg, Wis.
John Witte ’54, Vero Beach, Fla.
Liaison
Mary Boelkins ’96 Remenschneider, Director of Alumni Relations
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Bruce Geelhoed ’70 of Muncie, Ind., has been
elected chair of the History Department at Ball
State University. He began a three-year term on
Thursday, July 1.
Robert Kieft ’70 of East Lansdowne, Pa., has a new
role at Haverford College as the director of college
information resources, assuming oversight of networking and systems and academic computing, as
well as promoting increased coordination with
administrative computing. He continues to hold
the title of Librarian of the College, overseeing the
three library departments of User Services and
Collections, Bibliographic/Digital Services, and
Special Collections.
David Aussicker ’72 of East Tawas, Mich., is vice
president of the St. Joseph Health System
Foundation. St. Joseph Health System, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., is the nation’s largest
nonprofit healthcare system. He received a Ph.D.
from the University of Michigan, and is a former
faculty member and administrator at Tulane
University, American University and, most recent-
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Suzanne Galer ’81 of Marion, Ind., directed the
Manistee (Mich.) Civic Players in Gilbert and
Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance in August, and creatively included music from other operas in the
production. She is the head of the music department at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Craig Morford ’81 of Rocky River, Ohio, became
acting U.S. attorney in eastern Michigan on
Monday, Aug. 23. He was previously first assistant
U.S. attorney for northern Ohio.
Jon Veldman ’82, Lynn Bufe ’82 Veldman and
their children, Kalli (age 11) and Monica (age nine),
have relocated from Tokyo, Japan, to Singapore.
Jon accepted a position with United Technologies
as vice president of operations for Carrier Asia
Pacific. During the last nine years, they have also
lived in Brazil and France.
Barbara Borr Veurink ’82 of Holland, Mich., has
retired after more than 30 years as organist at Hope
Church in Holland. The church held a celebration
gala in her honor on Sunday, Sept. 12.
Kevin Combest ’83 and Nancy Reece ’84 Combest
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of Davison, Mich., recently celebrated 21 years of
marriage, had their seventh child (please see “New
Arrivals”), and began a new family adventure –
home schooling their children.
Duane Carpenter ’84 of Holland, Mich., is a
Certified Financial Planner and portfolio manager
at Smith & Associates, a registered investment
advisory firm in Holland. He and his wife recently celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary and
are enjoying raising their two boys, Griffin (age
seven) and Chase (age four).
Bonnie Corson ’84 Glasier and her husband
recently moved to Mackinaw City, Mich., and
started their own business selling vintage toys and
sports collectibles on the Internet from their home.
Beth Gunn ’84 of Houston, Texas, is in her ninth
year as a psychologist for the Houston Public
School System.
Elizabeth Copper ’84 Guss of Santa Fe, N.M.,
reports that though she “retired” due to MS in
2002, her work is far from finished and life is very
good. She is an artist (painting, jewelry and precious metals), a full-time mom, and an
(overextended) volunteer, serving on boards for
the MS Resource Center, Little Earth School,
Warehouse 21 Teen Arts, etc.
Margie Koster ’84 Krause of Cascade, Mich., is
self-employed, assisting senior citizens. She has
three children, Trevor (age 13), Meggie (age 10) and
Austen (age seven).
Lisanne Leech ’84 of Northbrook, Ill., participated
in the Gilbert and Sullivan production HMS
Pinafore with the Savoy-Aires of Evanston, Ill., in
the fall of 2003. Also, she enjoys performing with
The Music Institute of Chicago, based primarily in
Winnetka, Ill., and Evanston.
Janet Mielke ’84 Pinkham of Holland, Mich., was
appointed adjunct assistant professor of communication at Hope in June. This is in addition to her
responsibilities as the college’s content tutoring
coordinator and FOCUS/SOAR advisor.
Bob Pranga ’84 of West Hollywood, Calif., is coauthor of Christmas Style, which shares expert
decorating ideas and tips for the holiday season
and was published this month by DK Publishing
Inc. Bob and his co-author, Debi Staron, together
comprise “Dr. Christmas,” a holiday decorating
company, and many of the book’s design secrets
are inspired by holiday settings for the celebrity
clientele to whom they cater. A feature about Bob
and “Dr. Christmas” appeared in the December,
1997, issue of news from Hope College.
Carol Johnson ’84 Talsma of Zeeland, Mich.,
reports that she and her husband and children are
happy, healthy and busy, involved in church and
school activities and publishing an on-line magazine, Power Fibers. Her main job is “Mom.” Her
only job which sends a paycheck is working for the
reading program at New Groningen Elementary
School for Zeeland Public Schools.
Jeff Wing ’84 of West Olive, Mich., is sales account
manager with Pridgeon and Clay Inc. in Grand
Rapids, Mich, a tier two supplier to the auto industry.
Ann Enderlein ’84 Winn and her husband and
children, Joe and Ben, are stationed at the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point (N.Y.). She is a
full-time mom and military wife, and was recently
awarded a Department of Army certificate of
appreciation for outstanding volunteer service.
Mark Rebhan ’85 of Farmington Hills, Mich., has
joined chemistri in Troy, Mich., as senior vice president, director of brand strategy. A full service
advertising agency, chemistri is part of the Publicis
Group.
Jane Custer ’86 Finn of Holland, Mich., is a new
assistant professor of education at Hope.
Joanna Martin ’86 Menolasino of Hudson, Ohio,
returned to her career in special education and is
working as a preschool teacher for Solon City
Schools. She is also serving as president of the
Hudson Community Parent Teacher Student
Association for the 2004-05 school year, and is on
the children’s education board at her church. She
has two children: Caitlyn, who just entered kindergarten, and Christopher, who is in the third grade.
Paul W. Ritsema ’86 recently participated in
RAGBRAI—the annual bike ride across Iowa—
pedaling 550 miles from the Missouri River to the
Mississippi River. He reports that Iowa is not
nearly as flat as it looks! He is the human resources
attorney at Volkswagen of America Inc. in Auburn
Hills, Mich. As lead negotiator for the company, he
just concluded contract talks with the Teamsters.
He and his wife, Krista Buikema ’85 Ritsema and
their two children live in Auburn Hills.
E. Anne Sly ’87 of Tampa, Fla., is an insurance
agent for InsureAmerica in Tampa.
Steve Van Harn ’87 of Hamilton, Mich., recently
returned from competition in the Philippines
where the World Full-Contact Stickfighting
Championships were held. After defending his
current title, he returned with a silver medal.
Christine Prince ’89 Baker of Hudsonville, Mich.,
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is serving a three-year term on the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ALCPA)
business valuation committee. In May of 2004, she
taught a three-hour session at the Joint
AICPA/AAML National Conference on Divorce in
Las Vegas, Nev. Her daughter Juliana is a high
school sophomore and her daughter Katrina is a
sixth grader.
Dan Bleitz ’89 and Joy Portinga ’89 Bleitz and
their children have moved back to Michigan after a
job assignment in Cologne, Germany. They live in
Milan.
Jon Coe ’89 of Algonquin, Ill., accepted a transfer/promotion in September of 2003 to become U.S.
controller for DSM Desotech, a leading manufacturer of fiber optic coatings. He reports that his
family loves the new area but misses the golf
courses in West Michigan.
Renee Germeraad ’89 Cramer of Jenison, Mich.,
completed her eighth year of teaching fifth grade in
Hudsonville, Mich., and reports that she loves it.
Michelle Green ’89 of Staten Island, N.Y., is a selfemployed massage therapist on Staten Island and
in Walden, N.Y.
Peter Fonken ’89 of Torrey, Utah, completed the
National Park Service Ranger Academy at the
Federal Law Enforcement Center in Glynco, Ga., in
November of 2003. He received the director’s
award for top overall student in the program’s
combined disciplines (driving, firearms, academics, physical fitness).
Traci Steenstra ’89 Gulch is a seventh grade
resource room teacher for Hudsonville (Mich.)
Public Schools. She and her husband and children,
Bailey (age seven) and Hunter (age four), live in
Hudsonville.
Reka Jellema ’89 of Holland, Mich., began working
in August of 2003 at Kandu Industries in Holland ,
a sheltered workshop for developmentally disabled persons. Her job involves designing
activities meant to help clients improve workrelated skills and learn new skills. She also works
to increase clients’ awareness of careers and the
community by scheduling tours at a wide variety
of work sites, from farms to factories to artists’
studios, and by booking speakers to talk about
their work. She reports that she loves her job and
feels fortunate to have it, and is also thankful for
her husband, Doug Brown ’93. Together, they
enjoy hiking with their Newfoundland dog,
Angus, biking, cooking and reading.
Joni Beemer ’89 Jolly of Chelsea, Mich., enjoys
staying home with her four children: Kaitlin (age
11), Lauren (age nine), Kurt (age six) and Melissa
(age four). In her spare time she teaches water aerobics and swimming, and still loves to read and
camp.
Christine Stone ’89 Krive reports that she is still
enjoying life in Grand Rapids, Mich., where she
lives with her daughter, Emma (age 11); her dog,
Maggie; and her cat, Max. She recently began her
11th year of teaching fourth grade in Wyoming,
Mich.
Jon Lawrence ’89 of Byron, Mich., has been the
camp director of Myers Lake United Methodist
Campground for 11 years. He has achieved the
distinction of Certified Park Operator (C.P.O.) and
is currently working toward his fifth/lifetime certification. He also serves as president for the
Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds of
Michigan (ARVC-MI) and remains active in
National ARVC.
Laura Nelson ’89 McGath moved to Plainfield, Ill.,
in 2003 and lives with her husband and three children, Meghan, Brenden and Madison.
Kathryn Cross ’89 Nickandros of East
Bridgewater, Mass., teaches math in high school
and is working toward a master’s degree in secondary education. She enjoys married life with her
husband and growing children, Alexa (age eight)
and Joshua (almost six).
Wendy Zuverink ’89 Perry of Gallup, N.M., is an
elementary school principal. She and her husband
were married in Placitas, N.M., in 2000.
Lori Cirre ’89 Rawleigh moved from Hawaii to
Fredericksburg, Va., in 2003. She reports that her
family enjoyed their fourth cross-country trip. She
teaches reading part-time at the college level, and
plans to teach dance as well. She keeps busy with
the activities of her two children and with scrapbooking and decorating their new home.
Toni Ferdinand ’89 Stanley has moved to Fond du
Lac, Wis., to be close to family and work in a large
multispecialty group as a general/vascular
surgeon. She has three children: Charli (age five),
Elijah (age three) and Noah (age six months).
Previously she worked in Charlotte, N.C., for six
years at a teaching hospital/trauma center as a
general/vascular surgeon.
Joel Tanis ’89 and Kathy Schoon ’95 Tanis of
Holland, Mich., spent July working with Christian
schools in Kenya and Zambia. He painted murals
in both countries. She did teacher education.
Brandon Graham ’98, Jane Roeters ’98 Graham
and Lori Strehler ’98 were also part of the mission
in Zambia.
David Widmer ’89 of Wharton, N.J., is the solo
pastor of Berkshire Valley Presbyterian Church in
Wharton.
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Paul Chamness ’90 of Holland, Mich., is the new
technical director for campus ministries at the
college.
Jamie Meszaros ’90 Douglas of Troy, Mich., is a
sales assistant at StraightLine Advisors in Troy.
Tim Ritsema ’90 of Zeeland, Mich., is the new
assistant principal at Zeeland East High School.
Sandra Snitchler ’90 Van Conant of Holland,
Mich., keeps busy at home with three very active
children, ages 10, eight and two. She has put her
volunteer work with the Boy Scouts of America on
hold to focus on her recovery from brain surgery in
July of 2003.
Douglas “Dudge” Damstra ’91 is working as a
mortgage broker for the Mortgage House. He and
his wife and four children just moved to a new
home on the north side of Holland, Mich.
Eric Elliott ’91 of Hudsonville, Mich., left in the
summer to play a third season of professional basketball in Warsaw, Poland, his 13th season of
professional basketball in Europe.
Brian Etzel ’91 of Berkley, Mich., has joined the
Detroit office of the law firm Clark Hill PLC. He
concentrates his practice in commercial litigation,
land use and government relations. Previously, in
his eight years of private practice, he represented
clients in a variety of litigation areas, including
eminent domain, business and commercial law,
real estate, municipal law, and securities litigation.
Juliet Hasley ’91 of San Diego, Calif., was promoted in February from purchasing agent to
purchasing manager for the San Diego Division of
Lennar (formerly Greystone Homes), for whom
she has worked for seven years. After earning a
BMU at Hope and a Master of Music at Northern
Illinois University, she still plays the piano, but is
enjoying her career in the homebuilding industry.
Brian Knight ’91 of Washington, D.C., has been
named vice president of regulatory affairs for
NASCUS in Washington.
Shawn Neville ’91 of Belmont, Mich., is market
director – mid market sales for McLeodUSA in
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kris Ritton ’91 and Kim Mason ’99 Ritton report
that they and their children, Mason and Sophia,
have settled into their new home in Vancouver,
Wash. Kris has taken over the southwest
Washington and Oregon territory for his father-inlaw’s company, WorkSafe Technologies, the world
leader in non-structural seismic protection products and service.
Nate Cassie ’92 of San Antonio, Texas, was featured in an article in the Sunday, July 18, edition of
the city’s Express-News. It reviewed his one-man
show of abstract paintings in enamel at the downtown Parchman Stremmel Galleries in July.
Jamie Lee ’92 of Davison, Mich., reports that she
has a wonderful career with the Muscular
Dystrophy Association. As the coordinator for the
Detroit Region, she uses her communications
degree on a daily basis. Through managing a wonderful staff, to helping coordinate fundraising
events and being part of a team that is raising valuable dollars to help end muscle disease, she enjoys
going to work everyday.
Laurie Camiller ’92 Poll of Zeeland, Mich., is the
new dean of students at Cityside Middle School in
Zeeland.
Julie Shensky ’92 Yonkus is a physical therapist.
She lives in Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., with her
husband and children, Claire (age four) and Chloe
(age two).
Doug Brown ’93 of Holland, Mich., is a printer. In
his spare time, he tutors for LEAP and enjoys
baking.
Philip Cratty ’93 of Las Vegas, Nev., is the new
assistant coach and manager for the Tabagators
Soccer Club, the women’s professional soccer team
in Las Vegas.
Greg Eding ’93 of Hamilton, Mich., is the new dean
of students at Creekside Middle School in Zeeland,
Mich.
John Stack ’93 of Holland, Mich., is senior general
manager of S&K Menswear in Walker, Mich.
Juliana Lamont ’93 Szentgyorgyi of Solymar,
Hungary, has three children and is also doing some
translation work. She and her husband are building their first home. She reports that the process is
slow and difficult, but hopes it will be worth it in
the end.
Aparna Thomas ’93 of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, earned a
Ph.D. (please see “Advanced Degrees”) and began
a tenure-track position as assistant professor of pol-
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itics and women’s studies at Cornell College this
fall.
Kevin Mackey ’93 and Michelle Brinks ’94
Mackey of Mason, Mich., work on house remodeling projects together, take care of their cat, Junior,
and travel frequently. Their most recent trip was to
Africa. Kevin makes frequent trips to Russia.
Michelle is a legal secretary.
Erinn Raymond ’94 Bentley of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
is an English instructor at Kalamazoo Community
College.
Angelique Finch ’94 Biehl of Coloma, Mich.,
changed jobs in the fall of 2003 when she assumed
a position at Portage (Mich.) Northern High School
to teach International Baccalaureate Biology and to
develop a forensic science program. She has
trained with the American Academy of Forensic
Scientists, and she recently trained teachers in
forensic science.
Laura Gerhardstein ’94 Bishop of Oak Park, Mich.,
completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and is practicing in Troy, Mich.
Ali Kooistra ’94 Breen of Washington, D.C., is
studio manager for Lomangino Studio Inc. in
Washington.
Greg Brown ’94 of Allendale, Mich., is a student at
Grand Valley State University in the graduate
teacher certificate program.
Jodi Braxmaier ’94 Brown of Allendale, Mich., took
a new position last fall with the Ottawa Area
Intermediate School District. She is a physical therapist for children from birth to age three. She
reports that she enjoys it, and is able to spend more
time with her children, Carter (age two) and Zoe
(age one).
Erick DeWolf ’94 and Heidi Steensma ’94 DeWolf
live in State College, Pa. He received a Ph.D. in
2000 and became an assistant professor of plant
pathology at Penn State University in January of
2001. She stays home with their children, Savanna
(age eight), Avery (age five), Olivia (age two) and
Samuel (age two months). She home schools their
two oldest daughters.
Meredith Downer ’94 Fockens and her husband
bought a house in Chicago, Ill. She is currently at
home raising their children, Rachel (age five) and
Aiden (age 22 months).
Rick Gebhard ’94 of Manistee, Mich., is the
Democratic candidate for the 101st State House of
Representatives seat, running against the incumbent in the forthcoming November elections.
Currently on leave, he is a teacher who was with
the Manistee Area Public Schools for the past four
years and taught in Saugatuck previously.
Jeff Hollenbach ’94 and Kate Sweeterman ’95
Hollenbach both teach in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Michelle Windecker ’94 Irwin of Chicago Heights,
Ill., reports that she is enjoying staying at home
with Ainsley (age two). She also serves on the leadership team for the local MOPS group (Mothers of
Preschoolers).
Anne Fenwick ’94 Johnson of Ada, Michigan, is
working part-time for Abbott Laboratories in phar-
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maceutical sales. She has a son, Mitchell (age two).
William L. King III ’94 and Elizabeth Nelson ’96
King live in Hudsonville, Mich., with their children, William L. IV (age three) and Elise (please see
“New Arrivals”). William is managing partner of
King & Jovanovic PLC in Holland, Mich.
Darren Nowicki ’94 moved back to Philadelphia to
become manager of World Cafe Live, a new concert
venue and restaurant.
Amy Hoekstra ’94 Pietrogallo works at home,
caring for her two little boys, Sammy (age two) and
Joseph (please see “New Arrivals”), and reports
that it is a full-time job. She and her husband live
in Cary, Ill.
Kimberly Huizen ’94 Slot of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
is teaching seventh grade math and language arts
and coaching middle school swimming at
Northview Public Schools.
Kelly Secory ’94 VanderHoek of Spring Lake,
Mich., is in her 10th year of teaching for the
Coopersville Public Schools. She was nominated
for Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers for the
2003-04 school year, the second time she has
received the award. She is also a member of the
curriculum council and visionary team.
Carrie Borchers ’95 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is
manager of business development at Structure
Interactive.
Eric Foster ’95 of Grand Rapids, Mich., was hired
as a regional advancement director at the college in
September.
Heather Helmus-Nyman ’95 moved to Grand
Blanc, Mich., and is working for the Linden (Mich.)
school district as an elementary school special education teacher.
Lisa Anderschat ’95 Lockman of Lexington, Ky., is
assistant director of residence life for Greek houses
and undergraduate apartments at the University of
Kentucky. She worked in residence life at Hope
last year.
Michelle Brown ’95 Warren of Croswell, Mich., is
assistant principal of Howard D. Crull/McKinley
School in the Port Huron (Mich.) School District.
Amy White ’95 of Morgantown, W.V., is a research
assistant at the Survey Research Center of West
Virginia University.
James English ’96 of Jenison, Mich., is business
manager for Wayland (Mich.) Union Schools.
Amy Haverdink ’96 Kraal of Zeeland, Mich., is a
consultant on the human resources team at
Varnum Consulting LLC. Her work includes both
consulting and sales.
Molly West ’96 Moore of Columbia, Mo., became
pastor of discipleship formation at Community
United Methodist Church in Columbia in July. She
supervises all age-level and membership care ministries.
Scott Nyman ’96 moved to Grand Blanc, Mich.,
and recently began a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology at Genesys
Regional Medical Center in Flint, Mich.
Jeff Pestun ’96 of Zeeland, Mich., ranked ninth in
the North American Balloon Association rankings
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in August with an average score of 872.7. He was
introduced to ballooning in 1986 and became an
FAA licensed air balloon pilot five years ago.
Andrew Van Pernis ’96 and Heidi Giddy ’98
recently married (please see “Marriages”) and are
living and working outside of Los Angeles, Calif.
Kelly Dermody ’96 Ybema of Winston Salem,
N.C., is an EMG/Neuromuscular Fellow at Wake
Forest University-Baptist Medical Center.
Mary Beth Belanger ’97 of Farmington Hills,
Mich., completed the graduate teacher certification
program at Grand Valley State University this fall
and is certified and ready to teach. She has two
children, Alexander William (age one and one-half)
and Emma Catherine (age three months).
Jason Bucata ’97 of Tulsa, Okla., is making a career
change. He is pursuing an MBA with a concentration in nonprofit management at Oral Roberts
University. His goal is to do church/ministry
administration. Previously he had lived in
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, for four years.
Elizabeth Burton ’97 Carr of Indianapolis, Ind., is a
sixth grade language arts and literature teacher at
The Orchard School in Indianapolis.
Daniel “Chip” George ’97 of Holland, Mich., and
Matthew Jung ’97 of Grand Rapids, Mich., were
named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
2004 Award winners in the “Emerging” category.
They are CEO and president, respectively, of
Comfort Research, a company they founded in
1997, and are currently 186th on Inc. Magazine’s
500 list.
Kiersten Krause ’97 of Grand Rapids, Mich., completed a one-year internship at Botsford General
Hospital in Farmington Hills, Mich., in June. In
July, she began her residency in obstetrics/gynecology at GRMERC-Spectrum Health (Butterworth
and Blodgett) and St. Mary’s Mercy Medical
Center.
Elizabeth Owens ’97 of Lorton, Va., is working on
completing her Juris Doctor degree at George
Mason University in Arlington, Va. She is the executive director of the George Mason Law Review, as
well as a member of the Moot Court Board. Last
summer she worked as an associate in the
Washington, D.C., law firms of Jones Day and
Hogan & Hartson.
Tyler Smith ’97 and his family moved to
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where he works in
the ABN AMRO Bank Corporate Centre’s management consulting department.
Nasser Al-Faqih ’98 of Ramallah, Palestine, is a
programme management officer for the United
Nations Development Programme in Jerusalem,
Israel.
Rebecca Gerhardstein ’98 of Macomb, Mich.,
began a clinical psychology internship in
September at the Hawthorn Center, a child and
adolescent inpatient psychiatric hospital in
Northville, Mich. This is the last year of her Ph.D.
in clinical psychology. She reports that at her
wedding in April (please see “Marriages”), she was
attended by Laura Gerhardstein ’94 Bishop and
Jeanette Ward ’98, and her husband was attended
by Joe Gerhardstein ’91, Brian Gerhardstein ’92 and
Chris Bishop ’94.
Patience Graybill ’98 of Washington University in
St. Louis, Mo., has been awarded a Fulbright grant
to study in Germany in the field of Germanic languages and literature. Grant recipients are selected
on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential
in their fields.
Amy E. Hall ’98 of Nashville, Tenn., accepted a
full-time position at American General Life and
Accident Insurance Company’s headquarters in
March, working as a compliance analyst in the
actuarial department. She completed first-year
studies at Victory Leadership Institute in May and
continues to serve as a freelance music journalist
for Seven Ball magazine.
Benjamin Mills ’98 and his wife live in Grand
Rapids, Mich., where he is employed as an associate at Gruel, Mills, Nims & Pylman. His practice
involves several different areas of litigation.
Elayne Provost ’98 of Baltimore, Md., earned a
Ph.D. (please see “Advanced Degrees”) and is currently employed as a post-doctoral fellow at Johns
Hopkins University Department of Biology.
Sarah Richards ’98 of Washington, D.C., is the
assistant director of alumni relations at the Catholic
University of America.
Stacey Mackowiak ’99 Ayotte of Jackson, Mich.,
finished her doctorate (please see “Advanced
Degrees”) and teaches French at both the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Spring
Arbor University.
Lauri Bolo-Schreuder ’99, of Royal Oak, Mich.,
earned a master’s degree (please see “Advanced
Degrees) and recently became a certified acute care
nurse practitioner.
Jonathon Brown ’99 and Kristyn Fox ’01 Brown
live in Oak Harbor, Wash., where he serves as the
pastor at First Reformed Church and she teaches
fifth grade in the public schools.
Kevin DeYoung ’99 recently moved from Orange
City, Iowa, to East Lansing, Mich., where he is
pastor of University Reformed Church.
Robyn Disselkoen ’99 of Washington, D.C.,
administers drug prevention programs for the
Department of Education’s Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools. This fall she continues her tour
across the country with the White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy, speaking on the
topic of student drug testing.
Brian Field ’99 of Holland, Mich., is the principal at
Sheldon Woods Elementary School in the West
Ottawa Public Schools.
Caroline Enos ’99 June has taken over ownership
and management of Just Dance!, a dance studio
with seven Northern Michigan locations. She lives
in Cheboygan, Mich., with her husband and
daughter, Amelia.
Bethany Wezeman ’99 Kraseman of Chicago, Ill.,
works for the City of Chicago Department of
Environment.
Stephen Kraseman ’99 of Chicago, Ill., is a fourth
year medical student at Loyola University Stritch
School of Medicine.
Melissa Manchester ’99 Mulder of Holland, Mich.,
is a Spanish instructor at Davenport University in
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kat Nichols ’99 of Saint Paul, Minn., is on a new
career path, following a call into ordained ministry.
She is attending Luther Seminary for an M.Div.
with youth ministry emphasis. She continues to
work as coordinator of youth and college ministries
at Westminster Presbyterian Church. She was
named a congregational fellow for the 2004-05
school year through Fund for Theological
Education to aid in first-year seminary costs while
discerning the call of ministry. She will continue to
work as an athletic trainer on an as-needed basis at
various high schools throughout the Twin Cities.
Jennifer Passchier ’99 of Denver, Colo., moved
into a district level position in Aurora Public
Schools. She works as a district elementary instructional math coach.
Megan Masta ’99 Stiverson of Hillsdale, Mich.,
was sworn in as an attorney on Wednesday, July
21, in the Hillsdale County Circuit Court. She has
taken a position with Health & Home Services
Unlimited Inc. as the chief administrative officer.
Chris VanderSlice ’99 of Wyoming, Mich., is the
interim dean of students/athletic director at
Grandville (Mich.) Middle School.
Kerry Gross ’99 Williams of Kalamazoo, Mich.,
will assume a new position when she returns to
work following the birth of her son (please see
“New Arrivals”). She will be coordinator of
resource development (working with grants and
contracts) at Catholic Family Services in
Kalamazoo.
Brian Yarch ’99 of Grand Rapids, Mich., was a
finalist for the Ernst & Young 2004 Entrepreneur of
the Year Award.
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Meridith Akins ’00 of Raleigh, N.C., is marketing
director for the American Society of
Echocardiography. She reports that she and her
husband were married twice (please see
“Marriages”).
Dana Andrews ’00 of Ann Arbor, Mich., left the
military following four years of service as a U.S.
Marine. He is currently pursuing a Master of
Business Administration degree at the University
of Michigan.
Elizabeth Bailey ’00 of DeWitt, Mich., is a high
school guidance counselor in the Bangor Township
Schools, Bay City, Mich.
Llena Durante ’00 Chavis is the resident director of
Scott Hall at Hope.
Jennifer Kossoris ’00 of Chicago, Ill., graduated
from medical school (please see “Advanced
Degrees”) and is doing a residency in obstetrics
and gynecology at the University of Chicago
Hospitals.
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Sarah Buchinger ’00 Kramer of Holland, Mich., is
seeking teacher certification and an M.Ed. at
Aquinas College.
Philip Leete ’00 and Angela Lee ’01 Leete of
Traverse City, Mich., recently lived in San Diego,
Calif., for six weeks while dancing with the
Malashock Dance Company on a dance film
project. The short film, titled Love and Murder, will
be aired on PBS some time next year.
Jack Mulder Jr. ’00 of Holland, Mich., is a visiting
professor of philosophy at Hope.
Kathryn Mulder ’00 of Holland, Mich., recently
completed her degree in optometry (please see
“Advanced Degrees”) and is working at
Lenscrafters in the Woodland Mall, Grand Rapids.
Nicole Travis ’00 Prins of Grand Rapids, Mich.,
was promoted in August to advertising and public
relations supervisor at Independent Bank
Corporation.
David Schout ’00 has become organist and choir
director at Hope Church in Holland, Mich.
Valorie Vance ’00 Wilkerson of Chicago, Ill., is in
her second year of teaching 10th grade chemistry at
King College Prep. in the Chicago Public Schools.
Phillip Stawski ’00 of Toledo, Ohio, has begun residency training in emergency medicine at St.
Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo.
Doug Ammeraal ’01 of Zeeland, Mich., is the new
West Ottawa (Mich.) High School girls varsity basketball coach. For the past three years he has
taught in the West Ottawa system and served as an
assistant to the boys varsity coach.
Ryan Klingler ’01 of Holland, Mich., has been
named the girls varsity basketball coach at
Fennville (Mich.) High School. He will continue to
teach at Fennville and to coach the boys varsity basketball team, a position he has held for the past two
years.
Sara E. Lamers ’01 of Berkley, Mich., is an adjunct
professor at Lawrence Technical University and
Wayne State University.
Joel Neckers ’01 of East Lansing, Mich., recently
graduated from law school (please see “Advanced
Degrees”) and is clerking for U.S. District Judge
David W. McKeague in Lansing.
Hilary E. Peterson ’01 of Tucson, Ariz., is a teaching assistant at the University of Arizona for the
2004-05 school year while she pursues her master’s
degree.
Sarah Skriloff ’01 of Arlington, Va., is a program
specialist at the Administration for Native
Americans.
Amy Kazmarski ’02 Bateman of Holland, Mich., is
front desk coordinator at Panopoulos Salons in
Holland.
Mieke Dykman ’02 Blackwell recently married
(please see “Marriages”) and moved to Wilmore,
Ky.
Anne Bradley ’02 of Winston-Salem, N.C., is an
assistant athletic trainer at Wake Forest University
Athletics – Sports Medicine.
Matthew Cook ’02 of Schenectady, N.Y., is a
reporter for the Altamont Enterprise.
Elizabeth Dornbos ’02 has joined Guilford
College’s athletic department staff as assistant athletic trainer.
Patrick Kinne ’02 of Syracuse, N.Y., is a French
teacher at Bishop Grimes Jr./Sr. High School in
Syracuse.
Rebecca Sutton ’02 Klinger is the resident director
of VanVleck Hall at Hope. She is also an assistant
varsity coach for Hope’s women’s basketball.
Samuel Klooster ’02 of Lancaster, Calif., reports
that he began a new job in the “Skunk Works” at
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. He is an
embedded software engineer. He and his wife
recently bought a new house.
Jacob Maas ’02 of Grand Rapids, Mich., is an
employer account representative at Ross
Innovative Employment Solutions.
Kristi McEowen ’02 recently moved from Toledo,
Ohio, to Philadelphia, Pa., to pursue a new career
as a foster care social worker at Lutheran Children
and Family Service.
Matt Parker ’02 of Ann Arbor, Mich., is pursuing a
goal to become the first man to cross the American
Discovery Trail on horseback. The trail, which
stretches more than 6,800 miles across 15 states
from California to Delaware, is the only coast-tocoast, non-motorized recreational trail.
Liz Sorge ’02 recently finished a master’s degree
(please see “Advanced Degrees”) and is working
full-time at SpringHill Camp in Evart, Mich.
Janis Tippie ’02 has started a job at Shy
Enterprises, a marketing firm, where she is training
for senior management in marketing.
Breanne Borin ’02 Wallaker of Louisville, Ky., is a
service coordinator with Seven Counties Services
in Louisville.
Jennifer Walvoord ’02 was a featured solo artist at
the Saturday, Aug. 21, Holland (Mich.) Symphony
Orchestra concert. She has played the violin with
the orchestra for the past six years. She is also a
member of the Flint Symphony Orchestra, and she
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teaches at the Ann Arbor School for the Performing
Arts. This fall she began to pursue a Doctor of
Musical Arts degree at the University of Michigan.
David Arnoldink ’03 of Holland, Mich., has been a
real estate agent in Holland since last spring. He
and his wife (please see “Marriages”) recently purchased a new home on the north side.
Mark Benko ’03 is a marketing intern for the
Bobsled Federation at the Olympic Training Center
in Lake Placid, N.Y. The internship, part of his
master’s degree in sports management at The Ohio
State University, began Tuesday, Sept. 7, and runs
through Friday, Dec. 17.
Chad Carlson ’03 is the resident director of Lichty
Hall at Hope.
Colleen Corey ’03 of Jenison, Mich., is the new
coach of Hope’s women’s junior varsity basketball
team.
Kristi Cummings ’03 of Hamilton, Mich., is a first
grade teacher with the Hamilton Community
Schools.
Megan Danielson ’03 of Lansing, Mich., is
employed by the Michigan Republican State
Committee.
Greg Field ’03 and Jennifer Boersma ’04 Field live
in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. She is a special education teacher at Twin Lakes Middle School.
Lisa Cortez ’03 Hendricks of Honolulu, Hawaii, is
a special education teacher at Waialae Elementary
School in Honolulu.
Hussam S. Kanaan ’03 of Portage, Mich., was
working until recently as writer/editor of a Web
site for an organization that seeks to assist the Iraqi
student population with higher education in the
United States. He is now pursuing a master’s
degree in global communication through a twoyear joint program of the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the
University of Southern California (UCLA). He
relocated this month to London for a year of study,
after which he will move to Los Angeles, Calif., to
study at UCLA’s Annenberg School of
Communication.
Krista McDonald ’03 Katalenich of Fort Riley,
Kan., is a ninth grade English teacher at Manhattan
High School East Campus, USD 383, Manhattan,
Kan.
Derrick Lyons ’03 is teaching social studies at
Pinellas Park High School in Pinellas County
Florida.
Nathan Moore ’03 is a second lieutenant in the U.S.
Marine Corps at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola,
Fla.
Katie Nienhuis ’03 of Holland, Mich., is the new
girls basketball coach for Black River Public School
in Holland, where she also teaches middle school
mathematics.
Kristen Post ’03 of Holland, Mich., is director of
intramurals and assistant cross country coach at
Hope.
Luke Rumohr ’03 has begun his second year of
teaching at Lincoln Elementary School in Cadillac,
Mich. He was featured in an article in the Cadillac
News on Thursday, Sept. 2, in which he compared
his first day of school this year with that of last
year.
Sara Steele ’03 of Arlington, Va., is media coordinator for The White House Office of Media Affairs
in Washington, D.C.
Timothy Stowe ’03 of Palo Alto, Calif., is a graduate student in the cancer research Ph.D. program at
Stanford University.
Jackie Timmer ’03 of Holland, Mich., is the residence life coordinator for cottages in the college’s
Office of Student Development.
Jeff VandenBerg ’03 of Bothell, Wash., entered the
police academy in Burien, Wash.
Jonathan Wendrick ’03 of Brighton, Mich., is assistant boy’s golf coach at Brighton High School.
Julie Esch ’04 of Ann Arbor, Mich., directed a
Victorian high tea on Sunday, Sept. 5, to benefit the
restoration of Laketown (Mich.) Township’s Felt
Mansion.
Matt Farmer ’04 has joined the Peter Sparling
Dance Company of Ann Arbor, Mich.
Maxine Gray ’04 of Holland, Mich., is an intern in
the Office of Multicultural Life at Hope during the
2004-05 academic year.
Diane Harkes ’04 is the resident director of College
East Apartments at Hope.
Jill Van De Water ’04 Isola of Mt. Pleasant, Mich.,
is director of youth and young adult ministries at
Midland Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Midland, Mich.
Julie Laskowski ’04 of North Liberty, Ind., is a
kindergarten teacher for the Penn Harris Madison
School Corporation in Mishawaka, Ind.
Julie Maxwell ’04 Leeson of Ypsilanti, Mich., is a
crisis intake worker for Starfish Family Services –
Counterpoint in Inkster, Mich.
LeeAnn Millard ’04 of Holland, Mich., is a social
worker for Catholic Social Services in Muskegon,
Mich.
Brian Murphy ’04 of Cincinnati, Ohio, is a gradu-
ate assistant/Ph.D. student at the University of
Cincinnati College of Medicine Biomedical
Sciences Ph.D. Program (Flex Option).
Heather Qualman ’04 of Marietta, Ga., is an earth
science teacher at McEachern High School in the
Cobb County School District, Powder Springs, Ga.
Rebecca Riechel ’04 of Lenoir, N.C., is a fourth
grade teacher at Hudson Elementary School in
Hudson, N.C.
Laura Stufflebam ’04 of Stuart’s Draft, Va., is a
high school Spanish teacher at Robert E. Lee High
School in Staunton, Va.
Jacob Taber ’04 of Holland, Mich., is a new admissions representative at Hope.
Steven Van Beek ’04 of Falls Church, Va., is attending George Mason University to pursue a joint
degree (J.D./M.A.) in law and economics.
Amy Sporer ’04 VandenBerg of Bothell, Wash., is a
social worker with Deaconess Children Services.
Carol Belman ’04 Vidacak and her husband live in
St. Peters, Mo.
Emily Zeig ’04 of Decatur, Ga., has enrolled at
Columbia Theological Seminary and completed a
summer intensive course in biblical Greek. She
received Columbia’s Honor Scholarship, which is
awarded on the basis of academic achievement,
leadership in the church and on campus, and
demonstration of outstanding promise for the
ordained ministry. Columbia is one of 10 theological schools of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Marriages
Marriages
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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.
Lisa Pifer ’76 and Allen French, Aug. 9, 2004,
Lincoln, Neb.
Jonathan Smeenge ’79 and Barbara Williams,
Aug. 14, 2004, Portland, Ore.
Suzanne Waters ’86 and Jeffrey Wilson, May
18, 2002, Haverhill, Mass.
Renee Germeraad ’89 and Mark Cramer, July
10, 2004.
Amy Holm ’89 and Richard Telgen, Aug. 21,
2004, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Victoria Derr ’90 and Jeffery Morton, July 1,
2004, northern New Mexico.
Dan Goeman ’90 and Kelly Johnston, July 10,
2004, Hudsonville, Mich.
Philip Cratty ’93 and Amanda Hyde, July 10,
2004, Las Vegas, Nev.
Aparna Thomas ’93 and Sabi Singh, Jan. 14,
2000, New Delhi, India.
Ali Kooistra ’94 and Sean Breen, April 10, 2004,
Washington, D.C.
Andrew Van Pernis ’96 and Heidi Giddy ’98,
July 3, 2004, Holland, Mich.
Christina Wegener ’96 and August Liebelt, Feb.
29, 2004, San Diego, Calif.
Robert J. DeVries ’98 and Andrea Hays ’00,
Dec. 20, 2003, Las Vegas, N.V.
Rebecca Gerhardstein ’98 and Phil Nader,
April 24, 2004, Royal Oak, Mich.
Kevin Martin ’98 and Angela Cheslock, July 10,
2004, Akron, Ohio.
Elayne Provost ’98 and Michael Wolfgang,
June 25, 2004, New Haven, Conn.
Simone Scher ’98 and Ian McAdam, July 16,
2004, Argyll, Scotland.
Kara Sporer ’98 and Shane Lardinois, Aug. 28,
2004, Fenton, Mich.
Laurie Hutchenreuther ’99 and Seth Vukonich,
July 17, 2004.
Stephen Kraseman ’99 and Bethany Wezeman
’99, Aug. 14, 2004, Chicago, Ill.
Shana Katje ’99 and Corey Buckner, April 26,
2003, Allegan, Mich.
Christopher Scholten ’99 and Nichol
Mesbergen ’01, May 22, 2004.
Brian Yarch ’99 and Courtney Tabor, July 24,
2004, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Meridith Akins ’00 and Petter Naslund, July
16, 2004, Port Clinton, Ohio; and July 24, 2004, Uto,
Sweden.
Sarah Bussing ’00 and John Vlnka ’00, May 29,
2004, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sara Buchinger ’00 and Jonathan Kramer, Aug.
7, 2004.
Melissa Feenstra ’00 and Jesse Michmerhuizen,
July 10, 2004, Holland, Mich.
Chad Joldersma ’00 and Dawn Broekhuis ’02,
June 24, 2004, Holland, Mich.
Nicole Travis ’00 and Henry Prins, Aug. 14,
2004.
Kelli Berggoetz ’01 and Brad Hulst, Aug. 14,
2004, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Janet Kleban ’01 and Michael Gambalan, May
29, 2004, Royal Oak, Mich.
Amy Szymczak ’01 and Gregory Olsen, May 7,
2003.
Sean Bateman ’01 and Amy Kazmarski ’02,
July 24, 2004, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Monica Chernick ’02 and Joseph Dutcher, July
24, 2004, Williamston, Mich.
Mieke Dykman ’02 and Cory Blackwell, Aug.
14, 2004, Quincy, Ill.
Faith Ferrara ’02 and Brian Leicht ’02, July 3,
2004, Bayfield, Wis.
Jonathon Hultgren ’02 and Elizabeth Jorndt
’02, June 26, 2004, Chicago, Ill.
Caryn Koppenhoefer ’02 and Michael Hefler,
July 17, 2004, Whitehall, Md.
Jacob Maas ’02 and Kelly Smallegan ’02, May
21, 2004, Hudsonville, Mich.
Seth Palmer ’02 and Kami King ’03, July 31,
2004, Jackson, Mich.
Tanner Smith ’02 and Kristin Klunder ’04, Aug.
14, 2004, Hudsonville, Mich.
David Arnoldink ’03 and Megan Kuipers, May
7, 2004.
Geoffrey Bremer ’03 and Erin McGuire, July 31,
2004, Saginaw, Mich.
Catherine Brownewell ’03 and Joshua Hauch,
July 31, 2004, Edwardsburg, Mich.
David De Young ’03 and Jennifer Nyenhuis
’03, July 17, 2004, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Jennifer Dutra ’03 and Bryan Van Hal, July 10,
2004.
Jessica Hauch ’03 and Robert Schaafsma ’03,
April 24, 2004, Cadillac, Mich.
Branden Johnson ’03 and Rachel Peckenpaugh
’04, July 30, 2004.
Noel Snyder ’03 and Heidi Dykema ’04, July
24, 2004, Holland, Mich.
Jeff VandenBerg ’03 and Amy Sporer ’04, Aug.
7, 2004, Holland, Mich.
Steven VanDyk ’03 and Kristi Creswell ’04,
Aug. 7, 2004.
Abby Vollmer ’03 and Michael Kowaczyk,
June 26, 2004, Spring Lake, Mich.
Molly Baxter ’04 and Scott Dalessandro ’04,
July 3, 2004, Kennewick, Wash.,
Lindsay Bosak ’04 and Douglas Hoyt, July 24,
2004.
Kathleen Davenport ’04 and Andy Cobble,
June 26, 2004, Gainsville, Fla.
Dave Foster ’04 and Erin Riley ’04, July 31,
2004.
Mark Leeson ’04 and Julie Maxwell ’04, Aug.
20, 2004, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Rachel Roberts ’04 and Jason Warnke, June 5,
2004, Leonard, Mich.
Adam Sherrett ’04 and Sarah Todd ’04, Aug. 9,
2004.
Sara Tatge ’04 and Kevin McCarty, Aug. 21,
2004.
Jill Van De Water ’04 and Andrew Isola ’05,
Aug. 7, 2004, Ramsey, N.J.
New Arrivals
New Arrivals
Kevin Combest ’83 and Nancy Reece ’84
Combest, Hope Deanna, Dec. 7, 2003.
Kurt Stork ’83 and Beth Anne Stork, Glenn
Lowell, Aug. 6, 2004.
Brian Dahlke ’85 and Karen Hargrove ’87
Dahlke, Dylan Ryan, June 6, 2004.
Betsy Huttar ’87 Naka and David Naka, Marie
Elizabeth, July 8, 2004.
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Frances Schrock ’89 Traisman and Clifford
Traisman, Ellis Alfred, Aug. 21, 2003.
Ken Blough ’90 and Sheri Lutz ’91 Blough,
Jedidiah Michael, July 17, 2004.
Kelly DeLong ’90 Carlisle and Thom Carlisle
’90, Samuel William, March 12, 2004.
Claudine Wagenaar ’90 Duncan and Ted
Duncan, Kees Willem, May 6, 2004.
John Haffenden ’90 and Pam Dykstra ’93
Haffenden, Izaak John, June 19, 2004.
Kirk Slater ’90 and Laura Greij ’91 Slater, Elliot
Maccrae, Feb. 29, 2004.
Susan Randall ’90 VandenBosch and Gregory
VandenBosch ’91, Grace and Gerrit, Jan. 21, 2004.
Brad Waide ’90 and LeAnn Vander Poppen ’91
Waide, Daniel Frederick, and Elizabeth Ann, April
8, 2004.
Joany McConnell ’91 Bond and Mark Bond,
Jack William, April 18, 2004.
Rhonda Mullins ’91 Brewer and Jim Brewer,
Sophia Josephine, June 9, 2004.
Cheryl Muma ’91 Ostergren and Craig
Ostergren, Liam Richard, Dec. 2, 2003.
Jeff Grill ’92 and Michelle Comfort ’92 Grill,
Emma Grace and Evan Robert, March 12, 2004.
Julie Beemer ’92 Hubbert and Ronald Hubbert
’92, Grace Marie, May 22, 2003.
Doug Kleinheksel ’93 and Karen Thomas ’95
Kleinheksel, Madisan Ann, adopted from Ukraine,
Aug. 10, 2004.
Holly Patrick ’93 Linzell and Sam Linzell,
Charles Patrick, May 28, 2004.
Kevin Poppink ’93 and Holly Poppink, Tess
Marie, Oct. 31, 2003.
Juliana Lamont ’93 Szentgyorgyi and Andras
Szentgyorgyi, Endre Lamont, Jan. 14, 2004.
Erinn Raymond ’94 Bentley and Ken Bentley,
Noah Jonathon, July 28, 2003.
Christopher Bishop ’94 and Laura Gerhardstein
’94 Bishop, Anna Marie, Aug. 27, 2003.
Karra Wohlford ’94 Brinks and Josh Brinks,
Alexander Joshua, May 18, 2004.
Monica Bullard ’94 Cozzens and Jeffrey
Cozzens, Frances Adelaide, May 9, 2004.
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tiple “grazing stations,” each with a regional
emphasis: Mexican, Italian, Pacific Rim,
U.S.A. and Asian. Menu items developed by
Chef Tom Hoover ranged from fiesta lime
chicken breast, to baked garlic bread,
Caribbean fruit punch, sirloin beef tips and
made-to-order sushi. In addition, desserts
designed to match each region were provided by the Sinful Cheesecake Company
of Hudsonville, Mich.
HP TECHNOLOGY AWARD: Hope
was one of 42 college and university recipients nationwide to receive an HP
Technology for Teaching grant, designed to
transform and improve learning through
the innovative use of technology.
Each college or university receiving an
HP Technology for Teaching grant is using
the HP wireless technology to enhance
learning in computer science, engineering,
math or science courses.
At Hope, the grant is supporting
research into the effectiveness of electronic
textbooks, a project headed by Dr. Ryan
McFall ’93 of the computer science faculty.
The college received an HP cash and
product package valued at up to $60,000,
which will include one year of access to
HP’s higher education help desk support.
The grant to Hope supports further
investigation of the e-textbook application
developed by Dr. McFall and his undergraduate assistants as part of a two-year
grant funded by the National Science
Foundation. A total of nine Hope students
have contributed to the project since it
began in the summer of 2001.
SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIPS: A major
grant from the National Science Foundation
(NSF) will provide scholarships to encourage students to study computer science,
engineering or mathematics at Hope.
“Our goal is to attract more students to
these three disciplines,” said Dr. Herbert
Dershem, who is a professor of computer
science at Hope and the grant’s administrator. “We’re especially interested in
encouraging enrollment among members
of minority groups and women, who are
traditionally underrepresented in these
fields nationally.”
The grant will provide support for
prospective students who enroll at the
college and current students who commit to
one of the programs.
The “recruitment scholarships” will be
granted to 12 incoming freshmen in each of
two years, starting in the fall of 2005. The
“retention scholarships” will be granted to six
currently enrolled students for each of two
years, starting as soon as the spring of 2005.
Based on their eligibility, including continued
progress toward one of the target majors and
demonstrated financial need, the recipients
will hold their scholarships through their
fourth year of undergraduate study.
Each scholarship will be for a maximum
of $3,125 per year, as much as is allowed by
the NSF program that has awarded the
funding, according to Dr. Dershem. The
grant itself totals $398,040.
ARCHIVED EDITIONS: Through the
magic of technology, past issues of new from
Hope College harkening back to the last millennium are now available for viewing
online.
“Pdf” versions of the paper from the
October, 1999, issue through the most recent
(this one) can be found on the college’s Web
site at: www.hope.edu/pr/nfhc/archive/
The run extends to October of 1999
because that’s the earliest still-existing electronic version (which is how the issue is
provided to the printer).
As reported in the April ’04 edition, the
online version of news from Hope College is not
replacing the printed copy mailed to alumni,
parents and friends of Hope. It is, instead, a
verbatim complement shared simply for the
convenience of those who are visiting the
college via cyberspace. Enjoy!
Marcee Miller ’94 Daly and Shannon Daly, Jack
Mason, July 8, 2004.
Jason DeVries ’94 and Kristin DeVries, Kate
Judith, July 8, 2004.
Erick DeWolf ’94 and Heidi Steensma ’94
DeWolf, Olivia Joy, July 15, 2002, and Samuel
Henry, July 15, 2004.
Timothy Ewald ’94 and Adrienne West ’96
Ewald, Caleb Michael, June 1, 2004.
Nathan Graybill ’94 and Teresa Graybill, Eden
Faith, June 8, 2004.
Jeff Hollenbach ’94 and Kate Sweeterman ’95
Hollenbach, Julia Kate, Nov. 13, 2003.
William L. King III ’94 and Elizabeth Nelson ’96
King, Elise Marie, Aug. 24, 2004.
Erin Koster ’94 Ortlund and Eric Ortlund,
Kathryn Grace, June 30, 2004.
Amy Hoekstra ’94 Pietrogallo and Tim
Pietrogallo, Joseph Daniel, Nov. 14, 2003.
Tara Tubaugh ’94 Rezen and Bryan Rezen,
Olivia Grace, Feb. 25, 2004.
Kristen Dalman ’94 Ryan and Patrick Ryan,
Taber Joseph, March 5, 2004.
Kimberly Huizen ’94 Slot and Trevor Slot,
Katelyn Rae, July 31, 2003.
Cheryl Kolk ’95 Quillan and Steven Quillan,
Caralyn Rose, April 30, 2004.
Stephanie Spurway ’95 Ruwet and Joshua
Ruwet, Stella Begey, March 14, 2004.
Kristin Hawes ’95 Suminski and Pete Suminski
’95, Keenan Thomas, Aug. 12, 2004.
Michelle Brown ’95 Warren and Timothy
Warren, Andrew Keith, June 28, 2004.
Jennifer Hoeksema ’96 Cliff and Erik Cliff,
Wyatt Andrew, Jan. 12, 2004.
Chris Kaplan ’96 and Sara Rugg ’97 Kaplan,
Kendall Christine, Aug. 21, 2004.
David LaHuis ’96 and Michelle Kavanaugh ’96
LaHuis, Ellie Cosette, July 19, 2004.
Mary Boelkins ’96 Remenschneider and Scott
Remenschneider, Madison Ann, Oct. 6, 2004.
Kelly Dermody ’96 Ybema and Charles Ybema,
Charles John Jr. (“Chip”), Aug. 17, 2004.
Jason Doublestein ’97 and Stephanie Freriks ’99
Doublestein, Anna Catherine, Sept. 11, 2004.
Melissa Harriger ’97 Lalomia and Brent
Lalomia, Anthony Christopher, May 18, 2004.
Eddie Hwang ’98 and Carla Boss ’99 Hwang,
Claudia Ann Seonjyung, May 21, 2004.
Ellen Byland ’98 Zupancic and Joe Zupancic
’98, Megan Marie, Dec. 23, 2003.
Scott Engelsman ’99 and Lindsey Odell ’01
Engelsman, Tyler Odell, Aug. 30, 2004.
Brian Field ’99 and Kirsten Morian ’00 Field,
Jackson Douglas, Aug. 9, 2004.
Jeremy Luhmann ’99 and Patricia DeYoung ’00
Luhmann, Jocelyn Renae, July 24, 2004.
Emily LaLonde ’99 MacNellis and Scott
MacNellis, Edward Grant, Aug. 29, 2004.
Erin Frazer ’99 Nagrant and Andrew Nagrant,
Gabriel Andrew, Aug. 13, 2004.
Melody Morscheck ’99 Steensma and Tim
Steensma, Morgan JoLyn, June 17, 2004.
Robin Bolt ’99 Trumble and Christopher
Trumble, Darynn Ann-Marie, July 22, 2004.
Kelly Zweering ’99 Wierenga and Mike
Wierenga, Joshua Michael, July 19, 2004.
Kerry Gross ’99 Williams and Ron Williams,
Turner Benjamin, Aug. 7, 2004.
Megan Clapp ’00 Gorton and Jeff Gorton,
Kaitlyn Suzanne, July 31, 2004.
Katie Ergang ’00 Meyering and Kevin
Meyering, Gavin Andrew, June 7, 2004.
Erin Bates ’01 Altman and Zachary Altman,
Alison Rose, June 11, 2004.
Jennifer Chelepis ’01 Novakoski and Joe
Novakoski, Mackenzie Hope, June 26, 2004.
Sarah Hokenson ’02 Therkildsen and Eric
Therkildsen, Clayton Joshua, June 27, 2004.
Advanced Degrees
Advanced Degrees
Peter Warnock ’79, Ph.D. in anthropology,
ancient studies minor, University of MissouriColumbia, August, 2004.
Albert Smith ’82, master’s degree in education,
Grand Valley State University, August, 2004.
Victoria Brunn ’84, J.D., Loyola Law School,
Los Angeles, 2004.
Gregory A. Tabor ’84, Executive MBA, Case
Western Reserve, Weatherhead School of
Management, May, 2004.
Christine Stone ’89 Krive, master’s degree in
educational technology, Grand Valley State
University.
Laura Nelson ’89 McGath, M.S.N. and pediatric nurse practitioner focus, Grand Valley State
University, August, 2002.
Wendy Zuverink ’89 Perry, M.A., University of
New Mexico, 1996; M.A., Western New Mexico
University, 2001.
Aparna Thomas ’93, Ph.D. in political science,
Western Michigan University, June, 2004.
Amelia Cox ’94, MFA in creative writing
(fiction), Warren Wilson College, January, 2004.
Kimberly Huizen ’94 Slot, master’s degree in
middle level education, Grand Valley State
University, August, 2004.
Amy White ’95, M.A. in applied social
research, West Virginia University, August, 2004.
Scott Nyman ’96, Ph.D. in counseling psychology, Purdue University, August, 2004.
Andrew Van Pernis ’96, Ph.D. in computer
science, Clemson University, August, 2004.
Heidi Giddy ’98, master’s degree in school
counseling, Clemson University, August, 2004.
Benjamin Mills ’98, J.D. and master’s degree in
public policy, Indiana University, 2003
Elayne Provost ’98, Ph.D., experimental
pathology, Yale University Department of
Pathology, May, 2004.
Stacey Mackowiak ’99 Ayotte, Ph.D. in French
interdisciplinary studies, Michigan State
University.
Lauri Bolo-Schreuder ’99, Master’s of Science
& Nursing (M.S.N.), University of Michigan,
December, 2003.
Melissa Manchester ’99 Mulder, M.A. in Latin
American literature, Purdue University.
Elizabeth Bailey ’00, M.A. in counselor education, Western Michigan University, June 26, 2004.
Jennifer Kossoris ’00, Medical Doctor,
University of Chicago, June, 2004.
Jack Mulder Jr. ’00, Ph.D., philosophy, Purdue
University.
Kathryn Mulder ’00, Doctor of Optometry,
Illinois College of Optometry, May 22, 2004.
Phillip Stawski ’00, Doctor of Medicine,
American University of the Caribbean, June, 2004.
Sara E. Lamers ’01, MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
in creative writing, Purdue University.
Julie Murray ’01 Dull, Master’s of Science:
Physician Assistant Studies, Arcadia University
(Philadelphia, Pa.), May, 2004.
Joel Neckers ’01, J.D., magna cum laude,
University of Michigan Law School, May, 2004.
Nichol Mesbergen ’01 Scholten, M.S.W.,
Western Michigan University, April 26, 2004.
Brenda Brouwer ’01 Sweetser, master’s degree
in education, Governors State University, June,
2004.
Matthew Cook ’02, M.A. in English, Simmons
College.
Samuel Klooster ’02, master’s degree in
mechanical engineering, Georgia Tech., Spring,
2004.
Liz Sorge ’02, M.A. in intercultural ministry,
Denver Seminary, May, 2004.
Breanne Borin ’02 Wallaker, Master of Social
Work, University of Chicago, June, 2004.
Deaths
Deaths
Ruth Bolhuis ’31 Cook of Mt. Pleasant, Mich.,
died on Friday, July 30, 2004. She was 95.
She had worked as a teacher for the
Holland (Mich.) and New Groningen (Mich.)
school districts.
She was a member of Third Reformed
Church, R.C.W., Woman’s Literary Club, and
the R.E.O. sisterhood.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
Alvin “Boo” Cook ’30, in 2002.
Survivors include her son, James D. (Samira)
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Cook ’58 of Ridgewood, N.J.; her daughter, Connie
(Don) Holland of Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; five grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; brother-in law,
Clarence Vande Water of Holland, Mich.; and
sister-in-law, Julia Bolhuis of Holland.
Word has been received of the death of Susan
Dickson ’77 Cram of Mount Laurel, N.J., who died
on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Marcellus “Mark” De Jonge ’33 of Zeeland,
Mich., died on Wednesday, July 28, 2004. He was
93.
He taught at Kaleva (Mich.) High School from
1933 to 1936, at Sparta (Mich.) High School, where
he also coached, from 1936 to 1945, and at Zeeland
High School from 1945 until he retired in 1976. He
was also bus supervisor and driver’s training director in Zeeland.
He was a member of First Reformed Church of
Zeeland.
He was preceded in death by his first wife,
Margaret Lammers, in 1960, and his second wife,
Joyce Nevenzel, in 1988.
Survivors include his children, Clark and Janice
De Jonge of Vienna, Va., Hope De Jonge of
Conklin, Mich., and John and Sheryl De Jonge of
Holland, Mich.; six grandchildren, including Ann
Marie Backeljauw-Griep ’85 of Wyoming, Ohio;
five great-grandchildren; in-laws, Angeline De
Jonge and Don and Joyce Hoezee, all of Zeeland,
and Eleanor Boter and Marian Spyker, both of
Holland.
Marijane Brouillet ’38 DeWeerd of Rochester,
Minn., died on Thursday, July 22, 2004. She was 87.
She taught in the Chicago Public Schools. In
1939 she married James H. DeWeerd ’36 in a ceremony officiated by Dr. Dimnent in Hope’s
Memorial Chapel. She continued her teaching
career throughout World War II.
She recently received a 55-year service pin from
the American Red Cross, where her volunteer
activities included being a water safety instructor
and an organizer of the Lifeguard Olympics and
handicapped swimming. She was a lifetime
member of the Girl Scouts of America, and also
belonged to AAUW, League of Women Voters,
Christ United Methodist Church, and Central Kona
(Hawaii) Union Church. She enjoyed swimming,
traveling, sewing, playing bridge and fishing.
Survivors include her husband; three children,
Bonnie (Hank) Johns of Peoria, Ariz., Jim (Barbara)
of Stevens Point, Wis., and Sue (Tim) Schmuck of
St. Paul, Minn.; six grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.
Geneva Dogger ’32 Dykhuizen of Holland,
Mich., died on Monday, Aug. 16, 2004. She was 95.
She was a member of First Reformed Church and
several of its organizations, and she had been a
member of the Reformed Church in America’s
board of education and the Reformed Church
Women’s Guild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, the
Rev. Arnold Dykhuizen ’31, in 1998.
Survivors include her children, Kenneth
Dykhuizen of Marion, N.Y., and Joy (Terry) Creek
of Nebraska; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Minnie Bell; nieces and
nephews; and cousins.
John Ettema ’43 of Holland, Mich., died on
Monday, July 26, 2004. He was 82.
He served as pastor at First Reformed Church in
Monroe, S.D.; Hope Reformed Church in Lincoln,
Neb.; First Reformed Church of Chandler, Minn;
Grace Reformed Church of Allen Park, Mich., and
as calling pastor for Trinity Reformed Church of
Holland.
He was a former chaplain with the Civil Air
Patrol in the Detroit, Mich., area, and he was a
member of the Lake Erie Classis, Evergreen
Commons, and Holland Exchange Club.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Marilyn
Zandstra ’44 Ettema; children, James Ettema and
Elaine Rado of Chicago, Ill., Dale (Elizabeth)
Ettema of Los Angeles, Calif., Pamela (Krishna)
Sawhney of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Michael
Ettema of Santa Fe, N.M., and Roger (Janelle)
Ettema of Howell, Mich.; nine grandchildren; siblings, Jason and Marian Wyngarden and Ruth
Klingenberg of Holland, and Dorothy Smallegan of
Zeeland, Mich.; in-laws, Theodore ’41 and June
Zandstra, and Evelyn and Aarne Frobom of
Holland; and nephews, nieces and cousins.
John D. French ’49 of Holland, Mich., died on
Monday, Sept. 13, 2004. He was 79.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps
who served as a navigator and attained the rank of
second lieutenant.
He worked as a business economist for the
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Burroughs Corporation (Unisys) for 32 years and
retired in 1981. He then worked for Energy
Conversion Devices and Mosaic Systems, both
located in Troy, Mich.
His family has summered at Crystal Lake
(Mich.) since 1916, and after moving permanently
to Beulah, Mich., in 1990, he became involved in
various community activities. He was a charter
member of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church;
served on the CLA board, the Benzie Area
Museum board and Rotary; and played in the
Benzie Community Band. He was a partner in the
real estate development of Crystal Highlands
Orchards.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Marjorie
Lucking ’48 French; his children, Theodore J.
(Laurie) French of Paw Paw, Mich., Patricia F.
(Michael) Beach of Novi, Mich., and James R. ’79
(Rebecca Brookstra ’79) French of Naperville, Ill.;
four grandchildren, including Andrew French ’02
of Brooklyn, N.Y.; sister and brother-in-law,
Margaret and Robert Hawes of Beulah, Mich.;
brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert ’44 and
Kay Lucking of Spring Lake, Mich.; and several
nieces, nephews and cousins.
Word has been received of the death of James
A. Hakken ’51 of Wayland, Mich., who died on
Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Ralph Hansen ’72 of Edison, N.J., died of acute
leukemia on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004. He was 54.
He was most recently employed for two years as a
lab technician for Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Prior to that, he
worked for JC Penney and Taggart Driving School
in East Brunswick, N.J. He studied dancing with
the Merce Cunningham Dance Co., and performed
at Villager Barn Theater Co. in Franklin, N.J.
He was preceded in death by his father, George
W. Hansen, in May of 2003, and a niece, Erika J.
Kalogiros, in August of 2003.
Survivors include his mother, Thea Hansen;
two sisters, Eileen Hansen (Philip) Apruzzese and
Christine Hansen ’70 Sackett; a brother, Kurt
Hansen; and five nieces and three nephews.
Ruth Houmes ’42 Harmeling of Ormond
Beach, Fla., died on Wednesday, July 7, 2004. She
was 83.
She was preceded in death by her daughter
Barbara Lyn Harmeling.
She taught school for a year prior to marrying
and starting her family. In her early years she
played piano and taught Sunday School at church.
Her interests included cooking, bridge, and needlework.
Survivors include sons Tom (Judy) of Lake
Wales, Fla., Kent (Jackie) of Orlando, Fla., Mike
(Debbie) of Lake Wales, John (Kay) of Jacksonville,
Fla., and Rick (Tina) of Lakeland, Fla.; daughters,
Kay (Mike) Kemmer of Ormond Beach and Patte
(Bruce) Holdorff of Polk City, Fla.; 28 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
Martin Hoekman ’35 of Cresco, Iowa, died on
Monday, June 14, 2004. He was 91.
He was a retired RCA pastor who served at
Monarch Reformed Church of Monarch, Alberta;
Archer Reformed Church of Archer, Iowa; Hope
Reformed Church of George, Iowa; First Reformed
Church of Inwood, Iowa; Bethel Reformed Church
of Passaic, New Jersey; First Reformed Church of
Maurice, Iowa; and Knapp Street Reformed
Church of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Following retirement, he resided in Rock
Valley, Iowa, Apache Junction, Ariz., Las Vegas,
Nev., and Cresco.
Survivors include his wife of more than 66
years, Thelma; brother, Cornelius Hoekman; sons,
Robert ’63 (Margaret Cooper ’64) Hoekman,
Theodore ’62 (Elena) Hoekman and Philip (Gail)
Hoekman; daughters, Gladys (Paul) Noordhoek
and Patricia Hoekman ’73 (Delvan) Ramey; 15
grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Claus A. Holtrop II ’52 of Saginaw Township,
Mich., died on Thursday, July 29, 2004. He was 77.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army who served
in the European Theatre during World War II.
He worked in the cement industry for more
than four decades, and he and his wife operated
the Saginaw Flea Market for more than 20 years.
He was a life-long member of Community
Christian Reformed Church. He served on the
Zilwaukee City Council, the Saginaw County
Board of Supervisors, the Zilwaukee Board of
Supervisors, and the Zilwaukee Board of
Education. He was a member of the Zilwaukee
Lions Club.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Delores
(George), in 1996; son Kimber; sister Marge (Neil)
Dornbos; and brother-in-law, John Albertie.
Survivors include his children, Harold (Carol)
Holtrop of Bad Axe, Mich., Claudia (Ted) Ferris of
Phoenix, Ariz., Jack Holtrop of Freeland, Mich., Jill
(Mark) Hilla of Howell, Mich., and Claus (Sue)
Holtrop III of Zilwaukee, Mich.; 14 grandchildren,
including Rachel Hilla ’06; four great-grandchildren; sisters, Ella Albertie of Spring Lake, Mich.,
and June (Pete) Medema of Muskegon, Mich.;
brothers, Hugh (Nancy) Holtrop of Carmel, Calif.,
and Donald Holtrop of Muskegon; brother- and
sister-in-law, Albert (Bobbi) George of Grand
Haven, Mich.; and many nieces and nephews.
Margaret Robinson ’35 Howard of Eau Claire,
Mich., died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004. She was 89.
She taught school in Montague and Benton
Harbor, Mich. She married John Howard, raised
five children, and returned to teaching, first at St.
John High School in Benton Harbor and later at
Lake Michigan Catholic High School in St. Joseph,
Mich. She taught English, Latin and French, directed plays, and coached one-act drama competitions.
Following retirement in 1979, she continued to
direct plays for another 10 years. She also volunteered at Birthright in St. Joseph and the Catholic
Community Center in Benton Harbor.
She was preceded in death by her husband in
1999 and her son Thomas in 1971.
Survivors include two daughters, two sons, 12
grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
James Spencer “Spence” Hulse ’37 of Palm
Harbor, Fla., died on Tuesday, July 13, 2004. He
was 90.
He had a career in banking and retired as senior
vice president of the New Jersey Savings Bank.
He was a member of Palm Harbor United
Methodist Church. He was formerly active in the
Somerville (N.J.) Rotary and Somerset County
(N.J.) Chamber of Commerce, and he had served
on the New Jersey State Banking Commission.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara,
and his brother, Irv.
Survivors include two sons, Gregory ’67
(Elaine) of Marietta, Ga., and Dudley (Nanette) of
Holland Township, N.J.; sister, Elsine Katz of
Nashville, Tenn.; five grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
John A. “Birddog” Johnson Jr. ’52 of Sodus
Point, N.Y., died on Sunday, July 11, 2004.
Following service in the U.S. Army, he joined
Eastman Kodak Company, from which he retired
in 1985.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Patricia;
three children, Sandra DeRaffele, Donna Johnson
and David Johnson; seven grandchildren; and a
brother, Robert ’57 (Mary Peerbolt ’57) Johnson.
John H. Kleinheksel II ’44 of Holland, Mich.,
died on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004. He was 83.
He was a veteran of World War II who served
in the Pacific.
He was a member of Christ Memorial
Reformed Church and the Zeeland American
Legion,, and was past president of Concerned
Hearts Club.
Survivors include his wife, Doris (Van Hoven
’42); his children, Kathy (Ron) Rumble of
Huntersville, N.C., Mary (A.J.) Visser of Lantana,
Texas, and Jack (Karen) Kleinheksel of Grand
Rapids, Mich.; eight grandchildren; eleven greatgrandchildren; sister-in-law, Donna Van Hoven
of Zeeland; and several nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Edith Klaaren ’43 Kleinjans of Honolulu,
Hawaii, died on Sunday, July 25, 2004. She was 80.
She spent 20 years as an educational missionary
of the Reformed Church in America in China and
Japan. In 1967 she moved to Hawaii and worked
for the Curriculum Research and Development
Group, a research unit of the University of
Hawaii’s College of Education that designs and
develops instructional materials for K-12 students
and teachers. She served as the group’s managing
editor for almost 20 years.
Survivors include her sons, Brian, David and
John; daughters, Monica Guckenheimer and
Connie; sister, Miriam Klaaren ’60 (Don ’59) De
Jongh; and nine grandchildren.
C. Louise Becker ’43 Mac Gregor of
Middleville, Mich., died on Friday, July 23, 2004.
She was 82.
Survivors include her husband of 61 years,
James Mac Gregor ’46; children, Carolyn Mac
Gregor ’55 Getty, Debbie (Jan) Kroes, Eley (Ken)
Kollar, Barb (Chris) Auten, Jayne (Dave) Peet,
Bruce (Julie) Mac Gregor, Scott (Beth) Mac Gregor,
and Sandy (Jim) Ahrens; 21 grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; sisters, Mina Becker ’36 Buys
and Helen Crandle; brother, John (Bev) Becker; and
many nieces and nephews.
June Pomp ’38 Mack of Holland, Mich., died on
Friday, Aug. 20, 2004. She was 88.
She had been employed as a bacteriologist for
the Michigan Department of Health in Grand
Rapids and in Lansing, had performed malaria
research at the University of Michigan School of
Public Health, and was an electron microscopist at
Michigan State University.
She was a member of Hope Reformed Church.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years,
Walter; a son, Ross ’71 (Patricia Machiela ’71) Mack
of Valparaiso, Ind.; a granddaughter, Rachael
Mack ’98 (Jeffrey) Miller of Valparaiso; a greatgrandson; a sister, Norma (James) Parker; and
nieces and cousins.
Maurice “Maury” Marcus ’30 of Sacramento,
Calif., died on Wednesday, July 7, 2004. He was 97.
He served as pastor of RCA churches in New
Jersey, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Following retirement, he served for 30 years, until the age of 90, as
pastor of visitation at Fremont Presbyterian
Church in Sacramento. In September, the church
will dedicate a new addition, the Maury Marcus
Resource Center, in memory of his service to the
church and of his quest for knowledge.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Geneva;
sons, Bruce of Carmel Valley, Calif., and Maurice of
Berkeley, Calif.; daughter, Marlene Marcus of
Sacramento; brothers, Clifford ’39 (Esther Bultman
’39) Marcus of Lansing, Mich., and Eugene ’50
(Betty) Marcus of North Canton, Ohio; sister, Hazel
Plaake of Holland, Mich.; four grandchildren; one
great-grandson; and in-laws, Marie Heneveld of
Grand Rapids, Mich., Barbara Dalman of Holland,
Mich., and George Heneveld of Enterprise, Ala.
Patricia Filka ’82 McRoberts of Muskegon,
Mich., died on Thursday, July 29, 2004. She was 45.
She was a musician and vocalist, and had performed at various area churches and civic
organizations, including Cherry County Playhouse
and Muskegon Civic Theater. She worked as the
office manager for McRoberts & DeYoung
Podiatrists. She was also a former member of Dr.
Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Survivors include her husband, Phillip; two
stepdaughters, Nikki (Dan Langlois) McRoberts
and Kelly (Scott) Greiner, both of Muskegon;
grandson, Dylan McRoberts; her parents, Paul and
Ada Filka of Muskegon; brother, Robert (Lori)
Filka of Mason, Mich.; two sisters, Pamela (Robert)
Irwin of Muskegon and Paula (Doug) Bosman of
Holland, Mich.; six nieces; and one nephew.
Graduation Honors
This list includes summer graduates
and May graduates whose information wasn’t available prior to the
publication of the August issue.
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Joanne G. Huisken; Jenison, Mich.
Jason Edward Kingma; Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mary Jean Otterness; Rochester, N.Y.
Jennifer Lee Paulus; Midland, Mich.
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Cynthia M. Bachhuber; Madison, Wis.
Pamela Christine Balmer; Williamston, Mich.
Jill Elizabeth Kalajainen; DeWitt, Mich.
Robert J. Oostendorp; Zeeland, Mich.
Brandi Sue Siler; Grand Haven, Mich.
Anne Marie Slaughter; Holland, Mich.
Sarah Jane VanKrimpen; Holland, Mich.
CUM LAUDE
Nicole Lynn Nestor; Midland, Mich.
Jason Allen DeWitt; West Olive, Mich.
Shannon Marie Dykema; Holland, Mich.
Cari Alise Kleinheksel; Holland, Mich.
Kathryn Sylvia Korenstra; Fremont, Mich.
Martha McNamara Luidens; Holland, Mich.
Erica Beth Miedema; Zeeland, Mich.
Brian Liam Murphy; Naperville, Ill.
Dana Christine Nicholson; Jenison, Mich.
Derek Allen Phelan; Howell, Mich.
Erin Nicole Rupert; Traverse City, Mich.
Kara Nichole Sayger; Rochester, Ind.
Paul Wesley Simon; Zeeland, Mich.
Stephanie Alissa Springer; Bloomfield
Village, Mich.
Dina Vathanaphone; Holland, Mich.
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Word has been received of the death of Sakiko
Kanamori ’63 Mook, who died on Saturday, Aug.
21, 2004. More information will appear in the next
issue.
Word has been received of the death of Ann
Paeth ’97 of Bay City, Mich., who died on
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004. More information will
appear in the next issue.
Lambertus Scholten ’39 of St. Augustine, Fla.,
died on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004. He was 87.
During World War II, he was recruited by the
Defense Department to aid in the development of
the atomic bomb. Following the war, he worked in
the laboratories of Upjohn Co., retiring as a sales
manager. He was named to the Upjohn Sales
Academy and was chosen to receive the W.E.
Upjohn Award. Following retirement, he worked
in boat sales and created clocks and furniture.
He had volunteered as a Sunday School teacher,
a youth leader, and a teacher of boating safety
classes for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Survivors include his wife, Irma; children, Judy
(Dale) Clyma of Grayling, Mich., James Scholten of
Grampian, Pa., and David (Deanie) Scholten of
Taylorsville, Ky.; five grandchildren; five great-
grandchildren; brothers, Gerald (Gertrude)
Scholten and Harvey (Marian) Scholten of Holland,
Mich.; sister, Estella Lamer of Zeeland, Mich.; and
in-laws, Adrian and Henrietta Van Liere of
Holland.
Word has been received of the death of
Prudence Haskin ’50 Selover of Holland, Mich.,
who died on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2004. More information will appear in the next issue.
Leonard Sibley ’46 of Lansdale, Pa., died on
Wednesday, June 30, 2004. He was 80.
He was ordained in the Reformed Church in
America and served two pastorates in the denomination. He then became executive secretary of
the Character Research Project at Union College.
He subsequently joined the Lutheran Church
(LCA) and directed their department of information services.
Survivors include his wife, Doris; five children;
two sisters, Joyce Sibley ’48 VanRy of Fort Wayne,
Ind., and Jean Sibley ’49 Brunstetter of Columbia,
Md.; and seven grandchildren.
Ruth Stegeman ’40 of Denver, Colo., died on
Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004. She was 87.
She was a nurse for 26 years at Tri-County
Public Health.
Survivors include several cousins.
Grand Rapids, Mich., and Betsy Waterloo ’00
(Jaime) Ventura of Canton, Mich.; three nieces and
five nephews.
Word has been received of the death of John
Traylor ’71 of Dublin, Ohio, who died on Monday,
Sept. 13, 2004. More information will appear in the
next issue.
Titus Van Haitsma ’32 of Holland, Mich., died
on Friday, Aug. 13, 2004. He was 93.
He was a veteran of World War II who served
in the U.S. Army, 10th Special Paratroopers in
Germany.
He practiced dentistry in Holland for 43 years.
He was a member of the American Dental
Association and past president of the Western
Michigan Dental Association. He was a member
of Hope Church and had participated in the choir
and consistory. His Hope affiliations included HClub, Patrons for the Arts, and the Second
Century Club, from whom he received the
President’s Award in 2002. He was a member of
the Holland Museum, Holland Area Arts
Council, Muskegon Museum of Arts, and St.
Joseph Art Museum. He was an honorary
member of Kandu Club.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor
De Pree Van Haitsma.
Survivors include daughters, Margaret
(Harley) Hill and Rebecca (Chris) Boyer of San
Francisco, Calif., and Mary Lawsha of Oakland,
Calif.; seven grandchildren; sister, Arlene (Bill)
Kool of Byron Center, Mich; nieces and nephews.
Sheri Waterloo ’90 Van Bruggen of
Kalamazoo, Mich., died on Sept 4, 2004, after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. She was 35.
She taught special education at Jefferson
Elementary School in Ionia, Mich., until 1995, when
she chose to retire.
She was active in Richland Bible Church. She
enjoyed drawing, writing, poetry, drying flowers,
quilting and gardening.
She was preceded in death by her brother,
Matthew.
Survivors include her husband, Pete; her
parents, Ronald and Mary Scherpenisse ’65
Waterloo of Byron Center, Mich.; five sisters, Kristi
Waterloo ’91 (Loren) Washburn of Hamilton,
Mich., Julie (Steve) Guthrie of St. Andrews,
Scotland, Laurie (Robert) Nordstrom of Bangkok,
Thailand, Carrie Waterloo ’98 (Ken) Krause of
Word has been received of the death of Mary
E. Vugteveen ’58 Van Verst of Oak Brook, Ill.,
who died on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. More
information will appear in the next issue.
alumni
parents
friends...serving students
The more time we spend on Hope’s campus, the
“more
in love with Hope we become. We have
always been firm believers in supporting our
children where they are, with whatever they are
involved, and with whatever their dreams may be.
With one daughter already through Hope, our son
currently there and one more daughter in the
process of making her college decision, we have
been supporting Hope College for some time and
will continue to do so for many years. We have
worked hard to be examples for our children to
follow. By contributing to the Hope Fund, we have
a direct impact on programs and services that
benefit our children and also feel that we are setting
an example for them to support the causes and
organizations that they believe in as well.
Judson J. Van Wyk ’43 of Chapel Hill, N.C.,
died on Tuesday, June 22, 2004. He was 83.
He was a professor of pediatrics at the
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where
he joined the medical school faculty in 1955 and
built the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
from the ground up. He was respected worldwide for his seminal work in the diagnosis and
treatment of hormonal growth abnormalities in
children and adults.
He received an honorary degree from Hope
College in 1976 and from the University of Genoa
in 1992.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Persis
Parker ’44 Van Wyk; children, Judith (Eugene)
Poveromo of Chapel Hill, Persis A. Van Wyk of
Blacksburg, Va., Peter (Michele) Van Wyk of Vero
Beach, Fla., and Judson (Julie) Van Wyk Jr. of
Greensboro, N.C.; six grandchildren; sister, Lois
Van Wyk ’48 (Robert ’48) Wildman of Rockford,
Ill.; and sister-in-law, Bertha Vis ’41 Van Wyk of
Mt. Vernon, Ind.
Word has been received of the death of Mary
Jane Vaupell ’39 Vollink of Holland, Mich., who
died on Friday, Sept. 24, 2004. More information
will appear in the next issue.
Mike and Mary Dykema, Chair Couple
Hope College Parents’ Council
Hope is a safe place, creative place, a challenging place, a place where goals are set and then achieved; a
place blessed by God through the presence of His spirit in the lives of the students and all those who
positively impact each of their lives on a daily basis. What a place to loosen the apron strings, untie
them and let God continue to direct them.”
Donald Westerhoff ’65 of Lancaster, Pa., died
on Friday, June 25, 2004. He was 61.
He retired in 2001 from Modus Media in
Rosewood, Mass., as director of international
development. Prior to that, he was employed by
R.R. Donnelley & Sons in Chicago and later transferred to Lancaster (Pa.) County as LAC
department manager for 20 years.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church,
and was active in Habitat for Humanity. He also
built retreat cabins for Camp Kirkenwald. He
enjoyed woodworking, landscaping, and spending
time with his family.
Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Kristin
Camp ’67 Westerhoff; sons, Donald (Ronna)
Westerhoff Jr. of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Corey
(Megan) Westerhoff of Oakmont, Pa.; one grandson; sister, Ruth (Jack) Van Ingen of Mountville,
Pa.; and brother, David (Lynn) Westerhoff of Deep
Lake, Conn.
Jeffery Wiersum ’47 of Syracuse, N.Y., died on
Friday, April 30, 2004. He was 78.
He was a physician in general practice in New
Paltz, N.Y., until 1969, when he went into research
at Bristol-Myers in Syracuse, N.Y. He returned to
general practice in Syracuse in the early 1970s.
Survivors include three children, Pamela Smith
of Washington, D.C., Schuyler Wiersum of
Bremerton, Wash., and Derek Wiersum of New
Paltz.
Hope College Parents’ Council Members
Back row: Lon Barr, Keith March, Mark Pageau, Chris Short, Eric Peterson, Jack Poll, Mary Dykema
Front row: Carole March, Michele Pageau, Cindy Short, Marjorie Bramley, Libby Peterson, Mary Poll, Marijane VanDerWende
Not pictured: Mary Barr, Mike Dykema, Ken VanDerWende, Darcy Wolfson, Gary Wolfson
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Word has been received of the death of
Deborah Bock of Vienna, Austria, who died on
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004. More information will
appear in the next issue.
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A vision made reality
Gathered in the heart of Hope’s
newest academic building, hundreds
celebrated a living idea.
Multiple presentations marked the college’s dedication of
the college’s science center on Friday, Oct. 8. The 158,700square-foot, three-story campus landmark includes both a new
building and the renovated Peale Science Center, and houses
the departments of biology, chemistry, the geological and environmental sciences, nursing and psychology.
Although the building provided the occasion and the stage,
it was the philosophy it exemplifies and supports that was the
day’s star: that students learn best by working on original
research alongside faculty mentors.
“A new space is a curriculum made visible,” said Dr. Judith
Ramaley, who is assistant director of the Education and Human
Resources Directorate of the National Science Foundation, and
presented the day’s keynote address, “Science and Citizenship:
The Importance of Public Understanding of Science.”
“At Hope, science has been a defining theme for the institution since the presidency of Dr. Calvin VanderWerf, whose
vision for mathematics and science education at Hope set off the
first wave of student-faculty research collaboration that spread
from chemistry to physics to biology and then to the rest of the
sciences. Now it has spread to a collaborative research program
for faculty and students in the humanities, social sciences and
arts, and the introduction of a newly revised institutional core
curriculum that emphasizes interdisciplinary learning.”
Students made it official: the ribbon-cutting by senior biology major Jennifer Yamaoka of Zeeland, Mich., who
is president of the college’s chapter of the Tri-Beta honorary society and vice president of Student Congress.
Seniors Samara Webb of Lansing, Mich., and Travis Ruch of Grand Rapids, Mich., are the ribbon-holders.
The day featured multiple conversations with Hope alumni. A panel presentation by physicians
spanning five decades included, from left: Dr. Don Mulder ’48, Dr. Norman Thompson ’53, Dr. Doug
Edema ’73, Dr. George Zuidema ’49, Dr. Barb Tacoma ’81 De Pree and Dr. David Lowry ’89.
Biology laboratories director Lori Hertel introduces visitors to a resident of the science museum,
designed with community outreach in mind. In addition to being a resource for the college community,
the museum is a popular field trip destination for area schools.
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All three levels of the atrium hosted the hundreds who gathered
for the ceremony.
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