FALL 2007
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MSU makes list of 10 schools with
innovative tech transfer programs
adapted from an article
by MSU News Service
Montana State University has been included in a BusinessWeek.com article about 10
schools making their mark with innovative
tech transfer programs.
The article, “Small Schools’ Big Tech
Dreams,” is based on a report sponsored by
the National Science Foundation highlighting
a number of smaller university programs that
are developing new technologies through academic research, licensing the inventions and
helping launch businesses that use them.
The report was prepared by Innovations
Associates of Reston, Va., with the help of a
grant from the NSF’s Partnerships to find institutions of higher learning “punching above
their weight “ in technology transfer. Selected
schools are among those that fall below the
top 50 when ranked by innovation and design
budgets, and met several other criteria, such
as a high ranking in some area of tech transfer
— say, patents filed, licenses executed, or
startups launched.
Becky Mahurin, director of MSU’s Technology Transfer Office, is particularly pleased
that the report found that MSU consistently
ranks in the top ten for licensing activity on a
weighted basis for research funding.
“It reflects the great work the researchers
do,” Mahurin said. “That work has commercial potential, and we have licensed and built
companies around those technologies.”
Diane Palmintera, president of Innovation Associates, said that schools with fewer
resources than schools such as Harvard and
MIT have to think creatively to contribute
to the greater economic development of their
state or region.
“Technology transfer, the process of turning
scholarly work into a marketable and practical
product or service, spans a broad range of
possibilities,” Palmintera said. “Innovation
and new technology businesses can be based
on advancement in different fields.”
The report can be found at BusinessWeek.
com’s B-School (business school) section:
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools. For
more about MSU, click on the slideshow “10
Schools Making Their Mark in Tech Development.”
ngineering
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Published by the MSU College of Engineering for Alumni, Friends and Faculty
Hoyt hopes to be advocate for environment and Native tribes
adapted from an article by MSU News Service
Katie Hoyt hopes to use her background
in science and engineering to work on
environmental problems. In the background are
two of Hoyt’s mentors, Sarah Codd (right) and
Sheree Watson. (MSU photo by Kelly Gorham.)
Although Katie Hoyt, ChBE, earned a degree in fall 2007 that commands a high salary,
she is headed to El Salvador to teach English.
It’s just one of many surprises about Hoyt,
one of the few female Native American students in MSU’s College of Engineering. Hoyt
is a member of the Tlingit Tribe of Alaska
and is concerned about issues facing Native
Americans.
This past summer, she was one of 11
students nationwide to win a Morris K. Udall
Native American Congressional Internship to
Washington, D.C.
With her engineering background, Hoyt
hopes to advocate for tribes of Alaska and the
Northwest coast, possibly with a graduate
degree in public health, law or policy.
“Even though I’m not thinking about a
graduate degree purely in engineering, I really
enjoy the advantages that an engineering
background provides,” she said.
Hoyt also values her undergraduate research experience and support from mentors
Sarah Codd, assistant professor in mechanical
and industrial engineering, and Sheree Watson, director of the COE’s Designing Our
Community program.
With funding from the MSU Idea Network
for Biomedical Research Excellence, Hoyt
worked on a project to tag microscopic biofilms with compounds that make the biofilms
easy to see with imaging technology.
“Lab work is very distinct from classroom
work and a great experience,” Hoyt said.
“Those research experiences make a graduate
degree feel more in reach.”
“A big part of what made my time here
great were mentors like Sarah and Sheree,”
Hoyt said. “They were often telling me ‘You
can do it Katie!’ or ‘Good job!’”
“It really helped to hear that,” she said.
Cairns named inaugural Lysle A. Wood Distinguished Professor
Doug Cairns, professor of mechanical and
industrial engineering, has been named the
inaugural Lysle A. Wood Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at MSU. Wood was an MSU graduate
who became vice president and general manager of the Aero-Space Division of Boeing.
The professorship was established with a $1
million gift from Wood’s estate. The Wood
endowment will fund aerospace research,
provide support to aerospace faculty, and pay
for students to explore aerospace careers.
Cairns received his doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1987. He joined
MSU’s faculty in 1995 from Hercules Materials Company in Salt Lake City, where he
was manager of composite materials technol-
ogy. Cairns’ research focuses on developing,
analyzing, and testing advanced composite
materials used in aerospace, civil, and marine
applications. He recently began testing new
materials and manufacturing techniques
for wind turbine blades. Cairns works with
industry to transfer his research findings to
advanced structures and recently developed
an aircraft structures course at MSU with
engineers from Boeing.
Cairns is a former chairman of the Materials Technical Committee of the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
and MSU’s representative for the Montana
Aerospace Development Association. Cairns
teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level
courses and chairs the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Studies Committee.
THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
www.coe.montana.edu
Dean
Robert J. Marley
(406) 994-2272 . rmarley@coe.montana.edu
Associate Dean for Research
and Graduate Studies
Anne Camper
(406) 994-2272 . anne_erc.montana.edu
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate
Programs and Diversity
EMPower Director
Heidi Sherick
(406) 994-2272 . hsherick@coe.montana.edu
Senior Director of Development
Linda Wyckoff
(406) 994-2223 . lwyckoff@coe.montana.edu
Project Director
Designing Our Community Program
Sheree Watson
(406) 994-6723 . swatson@coe.montana.edu
Director of Educational Innovation
and Strategic Projects
Carolyn Plumb
(406) 994-5940 . cplumb@coe.montana.edu
DEPARTMENT HEADS & DIRECTORS
Chemical & Biological Engineering
Ronald Larsen
(406) 994-2221 . ronl@coe.montana.edu
Civil Engineering
Brett Gunnink
(406) 994-2111 . bgunnink@ce.montana.edu
Computer Science
Letter from the Dean
Dear Friends of the
COE,
My writing to you
today reminds me that I
have just completed my
seventh year of service as
dean of the College. It’s
truly hard to believe how
these years have flown by,
but it’s equally satisfying
to have witnessed and
Dean of the
College of Engineering helped support many
positive changes in recent
Robert Marley
years. We recently concluded the official 5-year horizon of the College’s
first comprehensive strategic plan and there are
many positive outcomes to report. We continue
to attract outstanding young faculty, having outcompeted other top universities in the process.
These faculty are helping set new standards of
excellence with their national and international
achievements. In FY07, energetic work by our
faculty, staff and students resulted in an all-time
high mark for expenditures from external research
grants and contracts at nearly $15.5 million.
Our graduating seniors in engineering continue
to outpace the nation in their FE exam pass rate.
Computer Science students are now required to
(406) 994-4780 . paxton@cs.montana.edu
Montana Manufacturing Extension
Center
Steve Holland
(406) 994-3812 . sholland@coe.montana.edu
Western Transportation Institute
Stephen Albert
(406) 994-6114 . stevea@coe.montana.edu
Air Force ROTC
Lt. Col. Martin Balus
(406) 994-4022 . afrotc@montana.edu
Army ROTC
Maj. Ara Megerdichian
(406) 994-4044 . armyrotc@montana.edu
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Robert Marley, Dean
COE students help company find energy solutions
adapted from an article by Tracy Ellig, MSU News Service
Engineering students Kylan Engelke, Scott
Dent and Jeffrey Larsen spent a year working
on a fuel delivery system for a device that breaks
Electrical & Computer Engineering
vegetable oil or diesel fuel into hydrogen gas and
Robert C. Maher
carbon monoxide.
(406) 994-2505 . rmaher@ece.montana.edu
The Bozeman research lab owned by Leonardo
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Technologies, Inc. asked for help in getting more
Christopher H.M. Jenkins
energy out of diesel fuel and Montana-grown
(406) 994-2203 . cjenkins@me.montana.edu
vegetable oils.
Center for Biofi lm Engineering
Although Engelke was determined to not atPhil Stewart
tend graduate school before starting the project,
(406) 994-2890 . phil_s@erc.montana.edu
he liked working with Joel Lindstrom of LTI.
John Paxton
sit for a corollary exam (Major Field Test in CS),
and after just two test cycles, have established
MSU among the nation’s very few top performing schools. MSU student teams have entered
a record number of national and international
competitions, which has resulted in high placements and even a few first place awards.
I’m particularly pleased to report that the
multi-disciplinary design initiative has culminated
in a new course required of all juniors in the College as spring semester 2008. This initiative has
been in the planning-and-analysis stage for several
years and now represents the most significant
curricular update in our College in over a generation. Many of our industrial partners have also
closely followed this project and join our faculty
in their excitement about objectives tied to this
new course.
Please enjoy this Honor Roll of Donors newsletter and look for updates in future publications
or 24/7 on the COE Web site.
Sincerely,
When LTI offered Engelke a job and funding for
a graduate degree, he accepted both.
According to Stephen Sofie, the students’ faculty advisor, chemically combusting hydrocarbon
fuel, such as burning gasoline in a car, harnesses
only 10 to 15 percent of that energy to run the
engine. However, “reformed” vegetable oil or diesel can be used in fuel cells or other technologies,
where energy efficiencies can exceed 40 percent.
Learn more about COE’s Research Focus Areas
online at www.coe.montana/research.html.
MSU mechanical engineering
graduates Jeffrey Larsen (left) and
Kylan Engelke (right) helped Joel
Lindstrom (center) of Leonardo
Technologies Inc., build part of a system
to get more energy out of oils from
Montana-grown seed crops. Lindstrom
holds oil pressed from camelina grown
on Ted Turner’s Flying D Ranch near
Gallatin Gateway and from the farms
of Bill O’Connell and Brian Goldhahn
near Springhill. (MSU photo by Kelly
Gorham.)
Honor Roll of Donors Fiscal Year 2006-2007 We would like to thank all those alumni, friends and corporations who generously donated
Honor Roll of Donors
to the College of Engineering during this fiscal year (July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007). Your support is vitally important to the college and enables us to provide our
students with the very best skills to ensure their success. Your generosity has enabled us to provide scholarships, state-of-the-art equipment and excellent facilities
for our students. Donors listed in italics contributed $1,000 or more to the college, including matching gifts. The * denotes deceased. The ** denotes annual gifts
made all or in part to the Air Force and Army ROTC programs, which are departments of the College of Engineering. Your support and involvement continues to
advance the tradition of excellence exemplified by Montana State University students in engineering, computer science, and ROTC. Thank you.
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Frank Neill Jr.**
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Thomas Pemberton
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Jaskot
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Congdon
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William Haslip
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Eddy & Shirley Jacobs
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Morrelles Jr.
Jerry & Shirley ‘55
Neilson
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M. Keith & Ellen
Opprecht
George & Marjorie Savoy
Harold & Korene Schultz
Murray & Thea ‘52
Swenson
Charles Sykes
Fred & Geraldine ‘58
Walter
Robert & Carol Walter
Donald & Patricia
Wodrich
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Class of 1959
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Marshall & Betty ‘60
Bjork
Carl Curtis
Clarence Gilbertson**
Patrick & Julia Glancy
Donald & Marguerite
Johnson**
Allan & Linda McDonald
William & Linda Miller
Richard Morris
Larry Orr
Donald & Terry Petersen
Howard Place
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William Schultz
Leonard & Helen ‘57
Steffan
Sterling & Bonnie
Stetson**
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John & Elizabeth Sutphin
Myron & Sharon ‘69
Trang**
Raymond Urbach
Jerry Voight
Ronald Watson
Richard & Donna Wegner
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Wilhelm Wurst
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Class of 1960
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Marvin Carlyle
Larry Cooper
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Howard
William Isaacson
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Kawanishi
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Kelly
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Liles**
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Rohrer
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Kaiserman
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Lowman**
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Siderius**
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Lindseth**
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Garfield
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Huffer**
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Morris Jr.
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Troske
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Collins
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John & Patrice Brewer
Lloyd Brown
Wayne Culp
Barry & Paddy ‘72
Damschen
Paul & Catherine ‘72
Dawson
Ronald & Katherine
Denney
Gary & Elaine Evertz
Stephen & Barbara
Gamradt
Robin & Katherine
Grossman**
Jack & Cathy ‘72
Hareland
Clifford & Janet ‘72
Herseim
Hee & Sunwha Hong
Edward & Linda
Houser**
Keith & Joyce Hudiburgh
Alvah & Manon Hughes
III
Alan & Susan Hustad
Gary & Connie ‘74
Johnson
Robert Jovick
Lara Larson Noren &
Stephen Noren
David & Catherine
Markwald
Lloyd McClure
Thomas & Zora
McMaster
Richard & Carrie
Mountain
William & Barbara ‘74
Nagengast
Michael Nutt
Larry & Barbara Olson
Robert & Judith Peters
Charles & Patricia
Peterson
Raymond & Janice Prill
Terence & Jane
Richmond
Vernon & Paula ‘71
Roberts
Veronica Shema**
Robert Stevens
Gary & Connie ‘73
Stewart
Edward & Karen ‘72
Tabacco
Joel & Donna ‘72
Timmerman
Frank & Jenny Votapka
Jack & Kathy ‘74 Walton
David & Ora Whitley
Sherman & Sherrie ‘72
Williams
Richard & Elsie ‘73
Wodnik
John & Elizabeth Daly
Douglas & Becky Fischer
Wayne & Sandra
Halverson
Russell & Margaret ‘74
Hanson
Richard Hausken & Ruth
Warbington**
John & Terry ‘75 Hinman
Steven & Deborah Itoh
Thomas & Constance
Keyes
Patrick & Mary ‘75
Kimmet
Dennis Lund
Kenneth & Cindy Munski
Daniel Nefzger
Thomas Odt
Douglas & Sharon
Oellermann
Michael & Diana
Penberthy
Michael Peris
Michael & Barbara ‘74
Phillips
Theodore & Heather
Reichelt
Del & Dena ‘74 Richter
William Sentman
Robert & Marilyn ‘74
Shepard
Gary & Carole Simonich
Max Sims
Craig Timmerman
Class of 1973
Class of 1975
William Arendt
Earl & Connie ‘73
Bartram
James & Theresa ‘78
Blazek
Harold & Judy Boe
Thomas Caplis
John & Dolores Cicon
Conwell Dickey
James & Voni Fletcher
Margaret & Michael
Gipps
J. Kip & Corrine ‘73
Gjerde
Richard & Donna
Hartman
Danny & Danna Holmes
Leland & Ruth Jensen
William & Jeanette Kloos
Norbert & Linda Kniepp
Stephan Kujawa
Venkatachalam & Linda
‘73 Lakshminar
Thomas Larson
William & Patricia ‘72
Law
Robert & Sue Leigland
Johnson & Rita Liao
Steven Luther
Kim & Debra Mills**
Gregory & Patricia Moore
Donald & Diann Neal
Kenneth Parker
James & Shelley ‘73
Rodenberg
John Sand
William & Janice Saner
Norman & Diane ‘75
Spaeth
Robert & Lynette
Thomas
Amy Watson
George & Celestine
Wheatcroft
Randy Williams
Robert Williams
Chic Yang
Class of 1974
Jonnie Askin
Gary & LaDonna ‘77
Bergman
Richard & Pamela Boyce
Ronald Brekke**
Ducie Chads
James & Karen ‘74
Clapper
Raymond & Marcia ‘73
Cline
Wayne & Marlene Curtis
Robert & Shelley Astle
Ronald Baldwin
Brian & Wendy DenHerder
Kermit & Earline ‘76 Eck
Theodore & Cynthia
Egging
Harold & Shelly ‘75
Gibbons
Wayne Haidle
William & Susan ‘76 Hall
Steven & Gretchen
Holland
Michael & Maria ‘75
Ketterling
Stephen & Jacqueline
McGuire
Ken Melder
David & Susan ‘78
Mosser
Richard & Nancy ‘75
Richter
Kipp Riebe
Candace Roberts
Harold & Sally Roberts
Loren Schillinger
John & Victoria Somppi
Phillip Stenberg
Alan & Karen ‘76
Traeholt
Andrew & Rebecca Tucci
Class of 1976
Bernard & Paulette ‘79
Adams
David & Karen Anderson
Kenneth & Ann
Anderson
Martin & Joan Atwood
David Baird
Lyle & Peggy ‘79 Biekert
Gary & Mary Bird
Steve & Susan Birrer
Dean Burkett Jr.
Wade & Kathryn Clowes
Douglas & Tina Craig
Robert Egging
Alan & Hilarie Ehlert
Douglas Enghusen
Dennis & Margaret Fried
Paul & Jane Fuglevand
Bruce & Beth ‘75
Hammell
Dennis Hein
Sally & John ‘95 Hickey
Leon & Dianne Howe III
Anthony & Constance
Keller
Ronald & Kay Kent
Richard & Michele
Kinshella
Russell Malsam
James McElligott
David & Carol Nevin
Walter & Shirley Rolf
William & Cheryl ‘76
Sanderson
Wayne & Josie ‘74 Skow
Rick & Debora Smith
Stephen & Kathleen ‘77
Wright
David & Jerry Zahller
William Reid Jr.
Jay Sinnott
Douglas & Carol Solberg
Michael & Marie ‘78
Stears
David Stone
Lyle Swank
Kenneth Vranish
G. Ray Webb
Edward & Gail Weber
Ross & Susanne
Whelchel
Roger & Cecile Wicks
Class of 1977
Class of 1979
David Bick
Paul & Anna Bratney
Jay & Lynne ‘77 Browne
Emilie & Steven
Dohleman
Jerry & Linda Doran
Merlin & Tricia Halden
Robert & Renee Harn
Rodney Harris & Jane
Slusarski-Harris
William & Terra Hegge**
Richard Herman
Francis & Leona Hovan
Douglas Hucke
Paul & Karen ‘77
Kemmesat
Christopher & Gari ‘77
King IV
Ronald & Sharon Klem
Allen Levens
Douglas & Sue Luse
Kathryn Marshall
David & Melody ‘80
McIntyre
Richard Miller
John Monahan
Robert & Kathleen
Morrison
Joseph & Carolyn Nelson
Stanley & Jeannette
Patterson
Delbert Peck Jr.
Randy & Colleen Pelz
Patrick & Julia Plunkett
Stephen Radons
John & Linda Roukema
Steven Shelton
Robert Small & Cynthia
Roberts
Vince Stephens
Stephen Stonehocker
Joseph Sullivan
Sterling Sundheim
Howard & Debra
Thompson
Daniel & Kathleen
Wetstein
Class of 1978
E. Brian & Mary Allen
James Armstrong
Lucy Burris
James & L. Cole
Marsha & Mark ‘77
Costello
Korbin Creek
Kent Ferre & Helene
Jimenez
Mark & Debra ‘87 Fix
David & Lorrie Gates
Rodney & Joyce
Goldhahn
Daniel Goldsworthy
Patrick & Reba Gorton
James & Sue Haas
Alan Haines
Amy & Dennis ‘78
Heidner
James & Melissa Hill III**
Michael Jung
Henry & Judy Koppelman
Ronald & Susan ‘78
McCullough
Michael & Heidi Merhar
Sharon & Richard
Oleksak
Sandra Otto
William & Janet Pascoe
Andrew & Nancy Pehl
Kenneth & Leslie Pitman
Glen & Joan Quist
Gary & Marcy Ball**
Gary & Danelle ‘81 Bell
Mark & Elaine Bowman
Beth Brin
Steven Cisney
Richard & Lori Deichert
Richard Doherty
Daniel & Sarah Ellig
Joel & Diana Friedt
David Furman
James & Carla Gillie
Jason Handl
Layne & Cathryn Hansen
William & Celeste
Hansen
Kelly Harrington
D. Wayne Kern
Joylee & Kenneth Kohler
Frank Leeds
Ronald Leimkuhler
Theodore & Debra
Martin
James & Gwynne ‘79
Mohl
Larry & Janet Moritz
Gordon & Reba ‘79
Neumann
Phillip & Tammy
Odegard
M. LeRoy Patterson
Michael & Cherylee ‘96
Popiel
Tristan & Leslie Renz
Thomas & Kerianne ‘81
Robertson
Brad & Mary Rogers
Keith & Jean Seifert
Charles Slaughter
Kurtis Smith
Robert & Mary Solberg
Gene & Margaret ‘80
Spangrude
Jeffrey & Theresa ‘79
Stekly
Gordon Steyaert
Fred Tadewaldt
Bradley Talcott & Linda
Caricaburu
Richard & Laurinda ‘79
Taylor
Herbert Thackeray
Lyn & Eric VanWinkle
Jack & Lori Vranish
William & Karen
Walkowski
Joyce & Arthur ‘79
Woods
James & Carla ‘80 Young
Class of 1980
William Bowden
Michael & Lore ‘80 Davis
Michael Eberhard
William & Kathy ‘80
Farthing
Joseph Fleming
Dan Funk
Barry & Mary Hanson
Eric Hulteng
Ella & Thomas Iott
Brian Johnson
Rena & Michael Koinis
Richard & Darla ‘83
LaRoche
Frank Liquin
Daniel & Cheryl
McCauley
William & Teresa Mercer
Mark & Lauri Miron
Timothy Mohr
Richard Nordquist
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006
Ron & Terry Novich
Gregory Pezoldt
John Rader
Ronald & Darlene Ralph
Paul & Lori Richards
Michael & Janet ‘79
Rubich**
Matt & Cheri Sedlacek
Elton & Lynn Stickel
Carol & Todd ‘80 Walter
Robert & Cynthia ‘80
Weaver
Wayne Whelchel
Dallas & Debra ‘81
Wivholm
William Wuertz
Michael & Miriam
Yovetich
Class of 1981
Ronald & Mary Baker
David & Niki Barney
Donald & Kathy Bauer
Steven & Patti Benjamin
Peter Brown
Thomas Cavanaugh
Thomas Clark
Tony & Katherine Clinch
John & Kathy ‘05 Close
Mark & Sun Daggett
Mark & Maureen Dahl
Kurt & Kathleen Erickson
Stanley & Mary ‘74 Gliko
Kirby & Diane ‘85
Granger
Michael Greenwood
Myron & Linda Gwin
Robin Haaland
Stephen & Beverly
Holnbeck
Jay Hopkins & Celia
Boyle
Shane Hu
Kent & Cindy Johnson
Patrick & Noreen ‘81
Johnson
Scott & Helen Kestle
Duane Loken
Robert Malahowski
Sheryl Mayo
Duane Monroe
Perry & Kathryn Moore
IV
David & Reva Nickelson
Robert & Anita Olsen
J. & Kaye Orosz
Neil & Anita ‘80 Parpart
Wayne & Paula Phelps
Tony & Robin Pistelak
Patricia Rayman
Don & Susan Ressmeyer
Darrell Scharf
Allan & Kathy Schneider
Robert & Bonnie
Simpson
Warren & Donna Steyaert
Danette Takahashi
Ross & Tracy Van Woert
Robert Ward & Robin
Jerke
Kevin & Jayme ‘80
Wendland
Gary & Teressa ‘80
Whitney
Edward Woodrow
Bert & Laura Wright
Zoanne & Robert Zapata
Class of 1982
Brad & Pam Anderson
Carl & Nancy ‘81
Anderson
Eric & Bethany ‘82
Anderson
Craig & Sarah Arnold
Robert & Kristie ‘82
Bailes
Matthew Baney
Gregory & Cynthia ‘82
Bergum
James Brenna
Joseph & Tracey
Brookshier Jr.
David & Ann Brown
Douglas & Sonja
Chandler
Mark & Cheryl Eatinger
Gerald & Pamel Edwards
Michael Flock & Joan
Hermenze
Robert & Rose Flynn
Kenneth & Cindy Gordon
Harry Griffith III & Shelly
Johnson
Donald Grundhauser
Duane Hergett
Harvey & Pamela ‘85
Hergett
Daniel & Janis Hertel
Thomas & LaJeannea ‘82
Hietpas**
Michael & Stephanie
Huppert
Roberto & Barbara
Irribarren
Derrick & Stephanie
Johnson
Kathleen King
Timothy Kryzer &
Monica ‘83 MitzelKryzer
Thor Larsen
Nancy Lee
Jon & DeLynn Lindberg
John & Young Linn
Dennis Lower
Donald McCammon
Michael & Julie McLean
Theodore & Suzette
Moore
D.O. & Laurene ‘82
Nunemaker
James & Deborah
Paulbeck
Ronald Rogerson
Robert & Doreen
Rossberg
Melvin & Lupe Roush
Owen & Mary Rumph
William Sagan
Hatice & Turgut Sahin
Todd & Theresa
Schwendeman
Jeffrey & Michelle Secor
Glen & Laurene ‘84
Smith
Donald & Christina ‘86
Thelen Jr.
Jim & Karen ‘80 Tietema
Erling & Elizabeth Tufte
Randall Violett
Mark & Deborah Visocan
Timothy & Julie ‘82
Wood
Class of 1983
John & Patricia Allaire Jr.
Lindsay Anderson &
Janet Piehl
Rich & Amy Budde
Joseph Burrows
Richard & Dena Burt
Joseph & Helen Chauvin
Kenneth & Mary Christie
Steve Dennis
Mark & DeAnn ‘84 Dige
Jeffrey & Mary Ebert
James & Corinne
Erickson
Bradley & Christine ‘84
Frazee
Julia & John Goswick
Wade Graham
David & Patricia ‘83
Grammens
Timothy Grove
Kevin & Martha Hintt
Wade & Mary Hobbs
Bernard & Maria Koenig
Jr.
Jeff Larsen
Stephen & Renee Latham
Douglas & Denise Lee
Michael & Dora Lindner
Brien & Cynthia McCrea
Stevin Miller
Robert & Bobbette ‘84
Mills
Craig & Dee Mitchell
Scott Mitchell & Barbara
‘76 Bryan
Myron & Karen ‘83
Moore
Kenneth & Debra Mosdal
Linda Nelson
Christian & Julia ‘84
Nygren
Kevin & Marcella ‘87
O’Toole
Dan & Roberta Painter**
Chia-Ren & Wei Lee Pan
Steven & Stephanie ‘83
Peace
Dan & Linda ‘84 Peters
Richard & C. Diane
Phillips**
Raymond Raths
Steven Schennum
Thomas & Penny
Schmidt
Paul Steiner
Brett & Susan Swimley
Darryl & Linda ‘84
Thompson
Renita & John Weber
Michael Wills
Class of 1984
Gregory & Laura ‘85
Adolph
Ruth Burris & Doug
Riedweg
S. & Nila Cook
Allen Creek
Timothy Crennen &
Deborah ‘83 Hughes
Steven & Cindy Daines
Reese Dengler
Allen & Peggy ‘86 Eggen
Joseph Ellertson
Mark Feltis
Mark & Brenda
Fuglevand
Gary & Julie ‘84 Grabow
Thomas Halvorson
John & Heather
Hammargren
James Hansen
George & Susan Hurley
Douglas & Doris Keene
Scott & Meritt Larson
David & G. Christi
Lindsey
David & Suzanne ‘86
Mattson
William McPhail
James Miller
Clark & Georgia Morgan
George & Rebecca ‘80
Murray
Daniel & Kelly Nebres
Michael & Jean O’Leary
Eric & Evy Olson
Kevin Parrish & Dana
O’Leary-Parrish
Donna Peterson
David & Deborah
Powell**
Mark Reinsel
James & Carrie ‘86
Reynolds
Eileen & Michael Richey
Perry & Julie Robbins
Sabrina Robinson
Kathie Roos & Neal ‘84
Blossom
Glenn & Patricia Rounds
Thomas Sayers
Donald & Julie Schott
Vincent & Maria Smith
Kevin Sorenson
Mark & Jennifer Spinti
Kenneth & Linda ‘81
Stahley
John Sullivan
David Suvak
Melanie Swenson
Paul & Kathleen ‘83
Thompson
James & Patricia
Thomson
Martin & Jolie ‘84 Vigen
Jr.
Steven & Molli Wingert
Class of 1985
Rick & Christina Aaberg
Jim & June Allen**
Todd & Catherine
Allinger
Loren Andersen
Glen & Michelle Barnett
David Bartz
Bruce Beighle
Scott & Brenda Busch
Charles & Lauri ‘84
Chvilicek
Kevin & Patricia ‘84
Cook
Scott & Mary Craigle
David & Kristi ‘87
Crawford
Michael & Louellen
Crennen
Kevin & Guinevere
Cummings
Patrick & Carol Cushman
Christopher Danforth
Gerald & Claudia Davis
Craig & Valerie ‘85
Deeney
Mark & Nancy Drake
Jonathan Dunlap
Byron Dye
Krag Filius
Steven Floth
Thomas & Karen Flynn
Paul Fox
Alan & Melanie Gay
Mark & Chris Golden
Karl & Elizabeth Graham
Bernard & Josephine ‘84
Green
Patrick & Sheryl Gross
Kelly Heily
Gary Helming
Craig Hoyem
James & Charlene ‘89
Iannucci
Wade & Tassie ‘86 Irion
David Johnson
Lawrence Juell**
Gregory & Connie
Kasper
David Krum
Michael Lalonde
Lori Larson
Paul & Christie LeBar
Keri & Daniel Lewis
Gary & Connie ‘85
Limesand
Victoria Lynne
Michael & Karin ‘84
Maroney
Mitchell Marvosh
James Maynard
Daniel & Lisa ‘85
McCauley
Helene & Thomas
Michael
Jerome Mothershead &
Janice Seelye
Andrew & Carol ‘86
Myxter
James Nickman
Scott & Marie ‘00
Nopper
Patrick O’Connor &
Crystal Haley
Eric & Janice Olsen
Brett Owens
Charles & Laurie Peet
Ron & Minnie Quiring
Donald & Marcia
Rasmussen Jr.
Mark & Veronica ‘04
Restad
John & Kay ‘71
Robertson Jr.
Henry & Valerie
Schnackenberg
Dana Seitz
Susan & Wesley Senti
Becky & Walter Smith
Denise Snyder
Jeffrey & Debbie Surma
David Swayne
Stephen & Laura Taylor
David & Jane Virag
Scott & Maria Wagener
Thomas & Virginia
Waldorf
Gary Walter & Terrell
Patterson
David & Leisa ‘01 Weller
Michael Wieck
Timothy & Anna Wodrich
Pamela & Kelly Ziemann
Class of 1986
Danny & Eileen Bersch
Kevin & Sandra ‘86
Brodie
Brent Campbell & Carla
Davis
Sheri & T. ‘87 Cole
Dana & Vincent deLeon
Duane & Shelly Egging
Alan & Jane ‘83 Erickson
James & Colleen Feltis
Gregory Funk
Stanley Gappa Jr.
Robert & Jessica Gates
Brian & Lisa Havlovick
Robert & Tana ‘86
Hoyem Jr.
Michael & Kimberly
Johnson
Jerald & Mary Kauffman
Katherine Kihara
George Kirkwood
Olinda Kober & David
Brownlee
Chris Koch
Michelle LeClair &
Robert Voke
Scott & Jennifer
MacDonald
Dave & Beverlee ‘85
Millard
Larry Morris
Jerry Ojala
John & Alida Olson
John Pierre
Thomas & Martha
Roeder
Lloyd & Kathryn Rue
Walter & Tracy ‘94
Schuele
Nancy & Patrick Seleski
Michael & Susan Sherick
Mark & Angela ‘83
Shyne
Michael & Joan Siderius
Jeff & Kelly ‘87 Sipes
Kevin & Janine Smith
Lee & Sandra ‘89 Snow
Bruce & Cecile Sorensen
Michael Sorenson
Dennis & Joy Stiles
Eric Sundberg
Anthony & Paula ‘94
VanHoudt
Robert Wall & Jennifer
‘91 Pomnichow
Rob Ward & Alix Day
Paul & Chelsey Weber
Brian & Jacqueline
Wetzsteon
William & Jane Wyatt II
Class of 1987
Christopher & Elissa
Allen
Victor & Christy Bakke
Joseph Boone
Peggy & Randy Caraway
Gary Creek
Mark Cunnane
Robert & Myrna ‘80
De Lay
Brian & Barbara Donovan
Douglas Dunbar III
Michael Ellis
Matthew Fagan
Michael & Catherine ‘88
Fisher
Ronald Fisher II
Mark Franchi
Greta Gilman & Michael
Hines
Neil & Angela Jensen
Scott Kufeld
John & Stephanie ‘87
Lodman
Joseph & Linda ‘87 Lucia
Richard & Susan ‘81
Marvin
Scott Olson
Lee Peterson
Richard Rall
Douglas & Debra Ries
Brian Selberg
Karen Shyne & Gary ‘88
Bolstad
Mary Stepan-Nye & Bob
Nye
Jennifer Thompson
Brian & Sheila Tomac
John & Dana Tubbesing
James & Carol ‘89
Tweet**
Thomas Villeneuve &
Mary McKinnon
Eric & Kathryn ‘86
Waldorf**
Calvin & Vicki Williams
Frank & Sharon Young
Laura & David Young
Pamela Zuhoski
Class of 1988
Michael & Pamela ‘88
Baeten
Wayne & Darcy ‘87
Belgarde
John & Molly Bennett
Jordan & Katherine ‘88
Boucher Sr.
Bruce & Joanie ‘84
Bowen
Kory & Roberta ‘83
Brooks
Ray & Kim ‘92 Center
Roy Darrow
Balaram & Anupama
Donthi
Robert Ferguson
Wendy & Dennis Ferry
James & Catherine ‘89
Finlayson
Rich Fisher & Tonja ‘89
Arpin
Randall & Janet Frey
Dean Gehnert
Lucille & Raymond
Glatt**
Logan & Tammy ‘86
Good
Brett & Debra Green
Neil & Julie Heckerman
Vincent & Anne ‘87 Hull
Ronald & Cherice ‘87
Jobmann
Larry Kaylor
Michael & Karen
Landreth
Jules Marchesseault
Kenneth Phillips &
Teresa ‘86 Lincoln
Steven & Kristine
Ramberg
Darrell Schermerhorn
Timothy Tough
Kirk Van Alstyne
Patrick Whelan
Andrew & Leslie ‘88
White
Tyler & Amy ‘85 Winter
Craig & Lisa ‘90 Woolard
Class of 1989
Rodney & Constance
Adamson
Diane Amdor
Leo Bogden
Michael & Jeannie Brandt
Gary & Sharon Brist
Kelly & Christina
Burnaby
Robert & Donna Church
Dennis Coffey
Scot & Melanie Cromer
Richard & Tracy ‘90
Donaldson
Michael & Michelle ‘89
Evans
Anton & Molly Hagen
David Heil
Henry Hildreth & Teri
‘76 Cottle
Andrew & Tia Holt
Brent Johnson
Duane & Judy ‘90
Leitheiser
James McMahon
Rodney McRae
Craig Northam
Brian & Beverly ‘88
Novak
Ottly & Suzanne Owens
Marc & Tamera ‘93
Paffhausen
Harjinderpal Pannu
Troy & Kelly ‘89 Pefley
David & Barbara
Peterson
Bryan & Margaret
Robertus
Ron & Nancy Roodell
Laura & Peter Rowley
Amitava Roy
Tracy & Sharon Sawyer
Eric Sverdrup
Bryon & Janet ‘87
Wagner
James Watson & Carol
‘86 Bibler
Joseph Zuklic
Class of 1990
William & Paula ‘91
Anderson
Daniel Arndt & Geraldine
‘89 Hathaway-Arndt
Arun Balakrishnan
Curtis & Michelle Butt
Bartly & Kevin Coiley
Darlene Davis
Hugh & Patricia Davis
Mark & Lynne Dawson
Dan & Shannon Day
Douglas & Amy ‘91
Dockter
Robert Engberg
John Gallagher
Kelly Gosswiller
Stacy & Shawn
Hutchinson
Tay Johannes**
Marshall Johnson
Nicole Johnson
Casey Johnston
Ronald Koontz
Jim & Ellen ‘92
Kriskovich
Eric & Anissa Leininger
Michael & Karen Magone
Darcy & David Matyus
Bob & Michelle McCann
Michael Ronda
Randall Rostron
Gary Schroeder
Vernon & Susan
Southerland
David & Monica
Stephenson
Scott & Jill Thorne
Steve Timmons
Peter & Susan Werner
Class of 1991
Thomas & Sherry Abel
Daniel & Mary Anderson
Sandra Anderson-David
Roy & Janna ‘91 Aune
Ronald Baiar
Derek & Simone Berger
Robert Berube
Larry Bowar
Tyrone Cavanaugh
Bryan & Jennifer Conley
Jay Conway
Gary & Anvy Crawford
Lorna & James Dirks
Justin & Shari Eggart
Norman & Cheryl ‘91
Faulkner Jr.
Craig Gawreluk
Joseph & Lisa Haas
Andrine & Danny Hall
Russell & Rebecca Herrin
Kevin & Cathryn ‘86
Joyce
Charles MacDonald
Kevin & Corianne ‘93
Malloy
James & Lori ‘92
Malmstrom
5
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007
Travis & Kara Millhollin
Timothy & Katherine
Padden
Kenneth & Donna ‘91
Potts
Bradley & Judy Schmidt
William & Cheryl ‘95
Shelhamer
Mark Southwood
Russell & Sara ‘93 Wilcox
Henry & Andrea Yang
David & Meredith ‘94
Maehl
Paul & Clarinda Marcoff
Jr.
Stephen Markovich
Dawn Martin
Andrew & Lisa Marum
Heidi & Robert Noce
Brian & Dawn Pilney
Nichole Rottinghaus
Michael Sanderson P,
PTOE & Sara ‘96
Class of 1992
Jeremy & Julie Siemens
Charmin & Bennett
Daniel Smith
Amundson
Eric & Shelly Smith
Bryce & Kristin ‘93
Matthew Smith
Beecher
Darren & DeVonna Snow
Christopher & Sandra ‘85 Lyle Strean
Budeski
Clinton & Nicole ‘92
Laura & Arnold Cook
Sundt
James Corrick
Kris Thorson
Neil & Wende Curry
James Day & Monica ‘93
Class of 1995
McAllister-Day
Michael & Andrea
Marcia Dyrud
Amestoy
Suzanne Kaminski
Anne Camper
Heidi Konynenbelt
Eric & Dawn Corneliusen
Malcolm & Karen ‘92
Jeremiah & Kimberly
Long
Easum
Greg Louie
James Freyholtz
Mitchell & Michelle ‘91
James Jurgens
Miller
Ruowen Liu
Jerrold Mitchell
Jason Monforton
Brian Mosdal
Leif Nelson
Mark Munsinger
Derrick & Theresa Olson
Andrew Pilskalns
Xiao Pu
Kathleen Schakel-Carlson Jereen Rice
& Casey ‘92
Jonathan & Catherine
Roger Solberg
‘94 Roen
Kary & Melanie ‘92
Kevin Scott
Tonjum
Julie & Aaron Shewman
Brian Volk & Diane ‘93
Class of 1993
Lorengo-Volk
Travis Addington & Linda Wendy & Lafe Warren
‘94 Sarver-Addington
Joseph Weinberg
Shawn & Amy ‘94
Anna & Bryan Wolfe
Boelman
David Cornelius & Laurie Class of 1996
Koloski
Russell Benson
Gregory Darkenwald
Brad & Janis Byars
Jason Ditsworth
Bradley & Patti Forsyth
Joseph & Jami ‘92 Earsley Darrin Haugen
Shawn Fahrenbruch &
Britt & Alexander Ide
Hong Zheng
Raymond & Heather ‘96
Frances Goosey
Johnson
Carrie Harris
Scott & Janice ‘96 Jones
Craig Herbert & Doreen
John Keil
Vaira-Herbert
Timothy Knaff
Julia & Michael Hiett
Lawrence & Carrie Lavier
Clemente Izurieta
Juhao Lin
& Sharlyn ‘91
Lanny Love
Gunderson-Izurieta
Kevin & Tracey Miley
Jeffrey Key
Jeffrey & Laura Miller
Michael & Traci Kujath
Ryan Parker & Kristin
Jay & Jennifer Lane
Koppenbrink Parker
William & Miki ‘94 Lloyd
Paul Sanford
James McCall
Michael Scott
Justin Mehlhoff
Marty Sickler
Todd Meling
Melanie Snedden
Kenneth & Doreen
Toby Strom
Merkel
Douglas & Twilla Vance
Brent & Kathleen ‘88
Travis & Lauren Vick
Peyton
Christopher & Lisa Ward
Dale & Clarisse Roos
Class of 1997
Stephanie & Shawn
Bryon Agan
Seymanski
Brent Aleksich
Craig Smith
Todd & Catrina Benge
Wayne Thomas
Nathan & Heidi Binau
Heather & Joseph
Amy Braun
Volesky
Stuart & Rebecca ‘96
Charles Woods
Crane
Class of 1994
Cynthia Crayton
David Andrzejek
Logan Grimesey
Stephen Ayres
Feng Hao & LanQin Xue
Rebecca & Jonathan
Thomas & Barbara ‘70
Bailey
Hudson
Jennifer Carr
Trent Irick
Mark Chandler
Andrew Jacobsen
Adam Deutsch**
Gabe Jellison
Coby & Dana ‘94 Grove
Jason & Heather ‘98
Nathan & Christina ‘90
Lowry
Harmon
Yi Lu
Gordon & Jennifer ‘94
Shane & Whitney Lutey
Holton III
Jon Panian
Kevin & Sharon Horrigan Colette Patterson
Phillip & Lori Lee
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James Peterson & Jamie
McKillop
James & Amy ‘97
Ramage
Bill Schell IV & Melanie
‘95 Bury Schell
Karen Scott
Corey & Traci ‘97 Sell
Hans & Sue Ann ‘98
Streufert
Sharla Thomas
Theresa Tucker
Sanna Watson & Emmet
Whittaker
Jason Westbrock
Matthew Hubbard
Jeffrey Lauck
Charles McDonald
Sarah Michaelson
Kadia Schuneman
Anna Simms
Lindsey Vorachek
Class of 1998
Class of 2005
Christopher & Susan ‘92
Ames
Judel & Justin ‘99 Buls
Todd & Stephanie Combs
Joelie & Andy Eliason
Ingrid Emilsson
Jeremy & Katherine
Gregory
Christopher & Kris ‘97
Jabs
Jeremy Johnston
Seth Kelly
Nicholas & Michelle ‘97
Kraus
Brock & JoAnn LaMeres
Thomas & Carla ‘90 Lix
Sarah Olson
Katie & Rex Radtke
Ryan Salisbury & Mariah
Weiler-Salis
Shaun & Julene Shea
Shawn Skinner & Marie
Pare
Douglas Teller
Katherine Thomas
Lei Wei
Kyle Winling
Class of 1999
Christopher Eberth**
Tyler & Michele Giffin
Katherine Grobe
Meagan & Patrick ‘01
Heinen
Jeffrey & Cassandra
Jones
Brian O’Connor
Thomas & Jennifer Potter
Vincent Sage
Class of 2000
Laura Baysinger
Gerrit Dyke
Masako & Ross ‘00
Hennequin
Jeffrey Hubbach
Jennifer & Caleb Krantz
Philip Larson
Neal Maben
Alyson Phillips
Rob & Kellie ‘01 Pringle
Jason Smith & Kimberley
‘00 Klepzig
Class of 2001
Nicholas & Sandra Bailey
Cynthia Heath
Danielle Reagor
Mark & Kristy Reynolds
Jeffrey Rodenberg
Jay Steiner
Jason & Nichole ‘02
Walker
Jeff Zahller
Class of 2002
Gavin Grobe
James Hadnot
Mark Mussetter
Clinton Paquin
Travis & Kindra ‘02
Vincent
Class of 2003
Dennis Bacon
Cameron Brown
Meagan & Michael ‘03
Conover
Robert Driscoll
Michelle & Ryan ‘03
Haught
Class of 2004
David & Lori Beekman
William & Ashley
Bickerstaff
Conor Crowley
Gary Kennedy
Peter Larsen
Mark Arthun
Daniel Jenkins
Class of 2006
James & Ana Burroughs
FRIENDS
Ronald ‘86 & Lori
Addicott**
Tracie ‘00 & Keith
Allen**
Sue ‘93 Ankeny**
Anonymous
Ron Arndt
Charles & Mary Avery
Kenneth ‘69 & Elaine
Baarson**
Shigeo ‘72 Banks**
James ‘74 & Marcia
Barfknecht**
Timothy & Mary Barnard
Stanley ‘70 & Sally Bell**
Theodore ‘61 & JoAnn
‘61 Benson**
Robert ‘57 Bergman
Kathryn ‘84 & Bye Bitney
Ronald ‘59 Black**
John ‘79 Boettcher**
John ‘67 & Mary ‘71
Bottman**
Cherie ‘78 BowmanLyons & Thomas Lyons
Robert ‘81 Brekke**
Joan & Herb Briggs
Joseph ‘70 & Margaret
‘59 Brookshier**
James ‘53 & Sandra
Brown USAF, Ret.**
Doug Cairns
Clyde & Jean Casady
Mike Casey
Darrel ‘64 Charlton**
Marie & Ronald Clare
Ricky Clements
George ‘55 & Aspascia
Clemow**
Ruth Conn
Charles ‘60 & Judy
Conser**
Gary ‘64 Cormier**
Mark ‘71 & Lois
Daniels**
Edith Davenport
Patricia ‘68 Davis
Thomas ‘59 & Elizabeth
De Young**
Various Donors
Thomas ‘68 & Vicki ‘67
Duff**
Steven ‘68 & Susan
Duganz
Dennis ‘87 Ecord**
Mervin & Marcia Edeker
Peter ‘65 & Kathryn
Elespuru**
Joyce ‘80 Elliott**
William ‘60 & Kay
Epperly**
Joan ‘78 & Sandy Ferraro
Jeanne Fistedis
Wanda ‘85 & Michael
Foley**
Candace Forbes
Karl ‘97 & Gretchen
Frederick**
Thomas ‘69 Frisby**
Hongwei Gao
John ‘94 Giop**
Darren ‘87 & Michelle
Gray**
Joan ‘86 Griffith**
Louise Haaby
Doris ‘79 & Bradley
Hahn**
Erik Hansen**
Thomas ‘78 & Twila ‘03
Harrington**
Linda Hartema
James ‘72 & Paula
Hawkins**
Art ‘68 & Judy ‘67
Hecker**
Paul ‘55 & M. Jean ‘56
Hein**
Joanne Helding Tanner
Gary ‘89 & Lynn ‘85
Hellenga**
Thomas & Virginia
Helmer
Denny & Mary Helmers
Gerald ‘57 & Jo Hietpas
ASAF Ret.
Daniel ‘77 Hodge**
Helen ‘59 Hoffman
Robert & Carolyn
Hoffman
Clifford ‘74 & Betty Holt
Rylander Jr.**
Angela ‘93 & Paul
Huffman**
Donald ‘75 Huffman**
Mark ‘96 & Shelly
Huhtanen**
Howard Hunter
Elizabeth ‘42 Jackson
Dean ‘67 Jaques**
Edwin ‘80 & Kari Jenkins
III**
Maureen Jenkins
James ‘62 & Diane ‘63
Jenks**
Jon ‘93 & Janet
Johnson**
Patricia ‘48 Johnson
Misty ‘02 Jones
Jean & Homer Julian
John Juras
Todd ‘81 Kaiser
David ‘68 Kauppi**
Barbara Kennedy
Edgar & Anne King
James ‘81 & Susan ‘81
Knoll**
William ‘68 & Joanie
Korn**
Cecil & Marjorie Krull
Fredric ‘87 Lake**
Betty ‘87 & Theodore
Lang
John ‘77 & Jody Larned
Col USAF (Ret)**
John ‘71 & Susan ‘71
Larson**
Clark ‘83 & Michelle
Lewis**
Phyllis ‘58 Lindsey
Tom Literski & Barb
Charlton
Arthur ‘67 & Mary
Luedeke Jr.**
Harry Lyon
William & Joan
Macfadden Jr.
Robert & Lynn Maher
John & Sandra Mandell
Webb ‘72 Mandeville**
Margaret ‘94 & Robert
Marley
Kathy McCourt
Carl McIntosh
Bruce McLeod
Keelan ‘02 McNulty**
Richard ‘84 Michelotti
Jr.**
Terry ‘74 & Livia
Mitchell**
Joann & Tom Moon
William ‘73 & Teni ‘73
Mortensen Lt. Gen.**
Alice Murphy
Wayne ‘68 & Linda
Nelson**
C. Hunter ‘84 & Karen
Nolen Jr.
Marsha O’Connor
Larry & Aloha Ondekerk
Tom ‘64 Overturf**
Don ‘56 & Mary
Patterson**
Olive Pearce
Jerry ‘57 & Janet Pelzl**
James & Regeena
Peterson
Frank ‘78 & Donna ‘73
Pickett Jr.**
Charles ‘66 & Leslie
Pierson Jr.**
Richard Ragsdale
Jeffrey ‘87 & Heidi
Reed**
Allen ‘66 & Georgann ‘66
Reel**
Harlan & Arva Reuscher
Curtis ‘89 & Mary ‘03
Reynolds Jr.**
Eldon ‘66 Rice**
John Richter
Robert Roe
Ryan ‘03 & Dustin Rose**
John ‘68 & Gerri Rouane
Jr.**
Leif ‘69 & Barbara Roys
CPA, MBA**
Elizabeth & Wayne Ruedy
Beverly & Richard
Sanders
Carole Scheuffele
Mark Schickendantz
Patricia ‘51 Schmechel
William ‘86 & Cynthia
Schmechel
Janeen & Lloyd Schmidt
Don & Sharon Schrage
*Anita ‘42 Schwenneker
E. & Gary ‘67 Scudder
Ruth Scudder
John Simmet
Janice & Richard Simms
Mary Smith
Everett ‘59 & Georgia
Snortland**
Dorothy Sparling
Marian Stacy
Tobias ‘58 & Avis ‘57
Stapleton**
Randolph ‘86 Stenzel**
Kristin ‘02 Stevens**
John & Marjorie Stolley
Edward Stratton
Will & Jennifer
Swearingen
Doris ‘46 Talcott
Andrea ‘92 Thompson**
Terrence & Sherri
Thompson
Katherine ‘52 Titus
Keli ‘01 & Zachary ‘03
Tondre
Marilyn & Alan
Townsend
Rita Townsend
William & Geraldine
Townsend
Margaret & William Utter
Ronald ‘72 & LaVelle Van
Voast**
Virginia & Victor
Verkuehlen
Lawrence ‘73 & Betty
Visocan LTC, USA, R**
Karmae Walborn
Perri Walborn
Jane ‘65 & Kenneth
Walker
Barbara ‘86 Walsh
Catherine Walsh
Karen ‘88 Walts
Michael ‘91 & Shelley
Waters**
Ronald ‘60 & Gretchen
Weiss**
Edward ‘81 Welch & Lynn
Malone**
Marla & Daniel Wesen
Betty & Jim Whiteside
Joanne Widman
Wally & Donna Wilken
Douglas ‘75 & Lorna
Willard USA Ret.**
James ‘64 & Kathryn
Willoughby**
Helen Wilson
Lily Wining
Richard Wolff & Janel
Carino
Gerald ‘67 Woodahl**
John ‘62 & Janet Wylie
Jr.**
Bernice & Eugene Yahvah
Clifton ‘93 & Heidi ‘79
Youmans**
Michael ‘72 & Vicki
Zimmerman**
CORPORATIONS
& FOUNDATIONS
3M Company**
Abel Engineering
Accenture Foundation,
Inc.
Advanced Acoustic
Concepts
Agilent Technologies,
Inc.
Air Liquide America
Corporation
Alcoa Foundation
American Institute of
Chemical Engineers
American Society of Civil
Engineers
America’s Charities
Architectural Systems,
Inc.
Astronics Advanced
Electronic Systems Co.
Autoliv ASP
The Ayco Charitable
Foundation
BAE Systems
Baird’s Angus Ranch
Ball Corp.
Bank of America
Corporation
Barry Damschen
Consulting, LLC
Bechtel Foundation
Becton Dickinson & Co.
Benchmark-RM, Inc.
Bergsagel Construction,
Inc.
Black Butte Farms, Inc.
Boeing Company
Boeing Surplus Store
BP Foundation, Inc.
Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Fdn.
BWC, Inc.
Bynature, LLC
C & H Engineering &
Surveying, Inc.
Cargill, Inc.
Castle Rock Geotechnical
Engineering
Caterpillar Inc.
Chandler Geotechnical,
Inc.
ChevronTexaco Corp.
CMT Group
Cogswell Agency
ConAgra Foundation,
CC-305
ConocoPhillips
Construction
Management Services
Coyote Creek
Construction, Inc.
DCP Midstream
D.L. Liles Company**
Davidson Companies**
Diamond Construction
Dow AgroSciences, LLC
Dow Chemical Company
Foundation
Ewing Capital
Management
Exxon Mobil Foundation
Mobil Retirees
Fidelity Investments
Charitable Gift Fund
First Interstate
BancSystem
Foundation
Gannett Foundation
Gardner C. Waite
Foundation
GenCorp Company &
Foundation
General Electric
Company**
GlaxoSmithKline
Foundation
GlobalSantaFe
Great West Engineering
Great Western Energy
Inc.
HKM Engineering
Hein Accounting
Services**
Hogan Family LP
Honeywell Inc.
Horton Fluid Power
Hot Springs Telephone
Co.
Hulteng, Inc.
Hyalite Engineers, PLLC
IBM
InfoCom Consulting
Group, Inc.
Ingram-Clevenger, Inc.
Integrated Weed
Control
Integrity Builders, Inc.
Intel Corporation
Intel Foundation
Interstate Hydraulics,
Inc.
James Talcott
Construction, Inc.
Jim & Linda Svenvold
Charitable
Foundation
Johnson Controls
Henry P. Kendall
Foundation
Kimberly-Clark
KM Construction
Company, Inc.
Larsen Engineering &
Surveying, Inc. PC
The Lochland
Foundation
Lockheed Martin
Corporation
Lodman Commercial
Construction
D. Lower Construction,
Inc.
Lumber Yard Supply
Co.
M. A. Mortenson
MacDonald Enterprises,
Inc.
Madison Engineering,
LLC
MDU Resources
Foundation
Medtronic Foundation
Micron Technology
Microsoft Giving
Campaign
Minerals Technologies,
Inc.
Missouri Break Etc.
Monsanto Co.
Montana Travel Inc.
Morrison Maierle, Inc.
Motorola Company
MSU Student Chapter
of the Associated
General Contractors
Montana Contractors
Association
The following people have been honored by gifts
made in their names to the COE. We appreciate
these tributes made by friends and loved ones to
recognize highly esteemed individuals.
Thomas, Dean &
Hoskins, Inc.
TRACS, Inc.
Triplepoint Inc.
Turner Corporation
United Space Alliance
Trust
UPS Foundation
Van Dyken Engineering
Vaughen’s Price
Publishing Co. Inc.
Vectren Corporation
Dennis and Phyllis
Washington
Foundation
Washington Group
Foundation, Inc.
Washington Mutual
Savings Bank
Wells Fargo Matching
Gift Program
Western Engineering
Constructors, Inc.
Western Groundwater
Services, LLC
Westwater Construction
Company
Wilburforce Foundation
Wilson’s Wood &
Repairs
Wind River Pediatrics
Windermere Real
Estate**
Woodcock Foundation
Zoot Enterprises
* Denotes
deceased.
** Denotes gifts to Air
Force or Army ROTC.
Italicized text denotes
gifts of $1,000 or
more.
The following people have been remembered through gifts made to
the College of Engineering. We are grateful to those who pay tribute to
their friends and loved ones in this meaningful way.
Memorial
1951 Class of Chemical
Virginia W. McKee
Engineers
Arne Nelson
Ronald L. Baiar
Mary Ann Pearce
Dr. Donald William Boyd
Olive M. Pearce
Katherine Jean Conyers
Donald A. Pierre
Mary Ann & David Gray, Cathy & William R. Taylor
Jim Thomas
Brooke, Kyle & Colby Thomas
David M. Gray, Jr.
Ron Wilkerson
Thanks to all who contributed!
RightNow Technologies
Robert Peccia &
Associates
Rockwell Collins
Rocky Mountain
Engineers
Schwab Fund for
Charitable Giving
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc.
Science Applications
International Corp.
Shell Oil Co.
Foundation
Silvaco
The Sparling Family
Trust
Sun Micro Systems
Tech-Net Ltd.
Technical Systems
Integrators (TSI)
Tektronix Company
Telesoft Management
Services, LLC
Tesoro Petroleum Co.
Texas Instruments
Foundation
Memorial Gifts FY ‘06 - ‘07
Honorary Gifts FY ‘06 - ‘07
Honorary
Munsinger, LLC
NIKE, Inc.
North Products, Inc.
Northrop Grumman
Space Technology
Otter Tail Power Co.
Parker-Hannifin
Foundation
Parking Automation
Systems
Pennsylvania Power
& Light
Pfizer, Inc.
Plum Creek Foundation
PNM Foundation
Portland General
Electric Co.
Potlatch Corp.
Procter & Gamble
Company
QLogic Corporation
Qualcomm
Ragsdale Family
Foundation, Inc.
Raytheon Company
Results Machine
Design, LLC
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We want to ensure the accuracy of this list. If you feel
we have made an error, please contact the office of the
Dean of Engineering at 406-994-2272.
Dr. Lloyd Berg
Emil Matt Blazina
Nicholas J. Clare
Denny Louis Condotta
William W. Craigle
John W. Cromer
Merle L. Dalen
Richard Paddock
Davenport
Darcy L. Dengel
C.J. Dennis
Stefan Fabaz
Dr. Stanley H. Fistedis
Dorothy Foley
Aubrey L. Haines
Peggy Huber & Jack
Hollow
Benjamin F. Hurlbut
Dorothy Jackson
Dr. Melbourne L.
Jackson
Ormonde I. Jackson
Col. Ken Jenkins
Earl Wilburn Johnson
Joyce S. Johnson
Dr. Roy Johnson
Phil Gordon Kayser
Robert A. Kennedy
Wayne R. Knowles
Lauren John Krogstad
William Mathew
Lowney
Charles E. Marvin
Peggy McLeod
James Merrill
Blake W. Morstad
Theodore R. Murphy
James Curtis Nordlund
William A. Ogle
Arthur Willard Overturf
David Wright Robinson
Mark Andrew
Robinson
Capt. Richard J. Roman
Marty Rosness
John P. Rouane III
Lt. Edward Matthew
Saltz
H. Albert Saner
Raymond Alfred
Scheuffele
Donna J. Schmitt
Gary Seitz
Jennifer Servo
Daniel Francis Sullivan
James Grant Talcott
Aaron H. Townsend
Donald Eugene Tracy
Dr. Paul Eugene
Uhlrich
John J. Walsh
Donald E. Weinberg
Tom Whelan
Dr. Sidney A. Whitt
Meet new COE department heads
Computer Science
John Paxton is the new department head of
Computer Science. His interests include artificial intelligence with an emphasis on machine
learning and computer science education. Paxton’s international experience includes serving as
a short-term guest professor at universities in El
John Paxton
Salvador, New Zealand, Ireland and Morocco.
In 2006 he was a Fulbright Professor at The University of Leipzig in
Germany. He joined MSU’s CS faculty in 1990. Paxton earned his
Ph.D. from The University of Michigan in computer science. He
replaces Michael Oudshoorn, who is now Dean of the College of
Science, Mathematics and Technology at The University of Texas at
Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Robert C. (Rob) Maher is the new department head of Electrical and Computer
Engineering. His interests include digital signal
processing, digital audio, and acoustics. Prior to
joining MSU’s ECE faculty in 2002, Maher was
Robert C. Maher an entrepreneur and engineering manager in the
private sector. In 1997 he became vice president
of engineering for start-up EuPhonics, Inc., of Boulder, Colo., and
served as Engineering Manager for Audio Product Development
with 3Com/U.S. Robotics when EuPhonics was acquired in 1998.
He was previously a tenured EE faculty member with the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1989 to 1996. He earned his Ph.D. from
the University of Illinois-Urbana in electrical engineering. Maher
replaces James Peterson, who retired.
Related Stories
See Retirements below and New Faculty on page 8
Retirements
Thank you and congratulations to Anne DeFrance, Computer Science; James Peterson, Electrical and Computer Engineering; and
Paul Schillings, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering; who retired in fall 2007.
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FALL 2007
New Faculty
Abigail Richards
Michael Berry
David Miller
COE
Abigail Richards has joined Chemical & Biological Engineering as an assistant professor. Richards’ research interests include
biofilm growth in extreme environments and exploring ways to use
microbes to clean soils contaminated by heavy metals or radionuclides. In fall 2007 Richards taught introduction to chemical
and biological engineering and heat transfer operations. Richards
earned a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Washington State
University in 2007.
Michael Berry has joined the Civil Engineering department.
He earned a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the University
of Washington in 2006. Much of Berry’s research is related to
reinforced concrete. He also investigates how reinforced concrete
columns behave under seismic loads, using recycled materials to
replace cement and aggregate in reinforced concrete, and replacing steel rebar with glass fiber reinforced polymers in compression
members.
David A. Miller has joined Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. Miller, an assistant professor in mechanical engineering, spent
seven years with the Los Alamos National Laboratory after earning
a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University in
1999. For over10 years, Miller has conducted research related to
the mechanical behavior of materials under applied loads, especially
shape memory alloys (SMA). Many industries, such as medicine
and aerospace, use SMAs for their ability to return to an original
shape after being deformed, and to create large forces in the process.
Products as varied as eyeglass frames, medical stents, and pipe joints
contain SMAs.
Make a tax-wise IRA gift
Thank you to those listed below for supporting MSU and/or the College of Engineering
through the Pension Protection Act (PPA) in
2007. Many alumni and friends took advantage of terrific tax incentives to make gifts that
transfer IRA assets directly to MSU through a
Charitable IRA Rollover. This works very well
for those 70½ and older — it is a direct transfer,
tax-free up to $100,000 per year, constitutes
an annual required distribution, and reduces
potential estate tax.
Although Congress failed to extend the
Charitable IRA Rollover by the end of 2007, our
advisors tell us it is very likely that the extension
will be included in 2008 legislation, allowing
more alumni and friends to make tax-savvy gifts
to support MSU. Even so, the Charitable IRA
Rollover is just one of several tax-wise giving
options that have worked well for COE alumni.
Popular ways to support MSU include charitable
gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, and
remembering MSU in your will and living trust.
To explore ways to include MSU in your plans,
please contact the MSU Foundation Office of
Planned Giving at (406) 994-2053.
Jay Shrode
David Sloan
Norm A. Shyne
Willis Wetstein
Kenneth Duncan
Robert Crecilius
Catherine Walsh
John W. Nelson
Tommy Thomas
Richard Peters
— Linda Wyckoff,
Sr. Director of Development, MSU COE
(406) 994-2223
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