Class Notes

Class Notes are compiled by Betsy Holmquist ’67, M.A. ’83. Submit news to the UM Alumni Association, Brantly Hall, Missoula, MT 59812. You may fax your news to (406) 243-4467 or e-mail it to alumnote@selway.umt.edu. Material in this issue reached our office by January 31, 2003. Please contact UMAA with all name and address updates at the above address or phone 1-877-UM-ALUMS.

’50s

Eugene C. Tidball ’53, J.D. ’55, Boulder, Colo., has written “No Disgrace to My Country,” a biography of his distant cousin, Civil War General John C. Tidball. Gene is finishing another book and plans to attend his 50th class reunion in Missoula this May.

George Weatherston ’56, Fargo, N.D., is a volunteer naturalist at the Tamarac Wildlife Refuge in nearby Detroit Lakes, Minn., where Wayne Brininger ’93 is the new wildlife biologist.

John P. Heggers ’58, a 1994 UM Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, received the 1996 Curtis P. Artz Distinguished Service Award from the American Burn Association (ABA). Previously a member of two ABA committees, John is serving his second term as vice president for ABA’s board of trustees. A professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, John writes, “I feel that these achievements bring great credit to UM and to my mentors who provided me with the metal to achieve these prestigious acquisitions.”

Teresa Drivdahl Ridgeway ’58, a master weaver in Chaplin, Conn., was honored at the University of Connecticut’s Babbidge Library for four weavings the library commissioned. Incorporating the theme “Space Travel,” her weaving “Radiation” is based on memories of the Northern Lights she saw growing up in Montana. Teresa’s work also can be seen in the permanent collections at the Slater Museum, the Hartford Seminary, Mass Mutual and UM.

’60s

Blaine R. “Butch” Hendricks ’62 writes from Jacksonville, Fla., “I just completed my 12th year with the State of Florida after serving almost 27 years in the United States Army, retiring as a colonel in 1990.” Butch and his wife, Janice, have an 11-year-old daughter, Lauren. “I’ll be there for Homecoming 2003,” he promises, “and my 45th Sentinel High School reunion!”

Louis Dudas ’65, High Bridge, N.J., retired after 33 years of teaching French and modern European history, 18 years of coaching soccer, and 17 years of running his own business, Palimar Driving School. “I’m FREE now of my jobs,” he writes, “and plan to visit Montana this summer with my wife, Elizabeth.”

Craig Pierson ’67 teaches chemistry and math at Billings Central Catholic High School following nearly two decades of working at the Exxon-Mobil refinery in Billings. Craig and his wife, Mary Ann, participate in regional hand-bell ringers’ conferences.

’70s

Loween Ellamae Peterson ’70 and her sister, Janice Peterson Lincoln, ’71 both retired after 31 years of teaching in Montana public schools. Loween taught in Richey and Belt and for the past 19 years at Billings West High School. She currently works part-time at the Historic Billings Depot, sings in the Billings Symphony Chorale, and serves on the board of directors for the Mid-Yellowstone Valley Habitat for Humanity. Janice taught in Fairfield and Kalispell and in 1993 received an outstanding teaching award from the Council for Exceptional Children. Janice and her husband, Art, winter in the Southwest and are active with the Salvation Army.

David Shea ’70, M.S. ’73, has spent more than 30 seasons in Glacier National Park as a backcountry ranger and biologist, 11 of those at the remote Belly River station. Dave has sighted more than 150 grizzly bears and was a member of the team that dealt with the bears responsible for the infamous “night of the grizzlies” killings in 1967. Since 1980 he has taught mammology, ornithology and wildlife management at Southwestern Oregon Community College near his home in Powers, Ore., and worked as a wildlife biologist and botanist at Oregon’s Siskiyou National Forest. Each summer Dave returns to Glacier to conduct field courses for the Glacier Institute.

Mark P. Brown ’72, M.B.A. ’97, vice president, financial consultant and assistant branch manager for the Butte office of D.A. Davidson & Co. has been promoted to co-manager of the office.

Joe Frank Purcell ’72 is director of advertising for Distribution Sales & Management magazine. An emeritus member of UMAA’s House of Delegates, JF represented UM at the inauguration of New York University president John Sexton in September and helped with alumni events at last fall’s Griz-Hofstra football game. JF and his wife, Fran, live in Oceanside, N.Y., and have two sons, Jason and Matthew.

Gregory C. Jergeson ’74 is a new member of the Montana Public Service Commission, representing PSC District 1. Greg and his wife, Barb, have two daughters, Cassie, a sophomore at UM, and Stefanie, a senior at Chinook High School, who plans to enroll at UM this fall.

Stephen C. Owens ’74 received the Governor’s Award for Civic Engagement for helping restore the William K. Kohrs Memorial Library and the Rialto Community Theatre in Deer Lodge. He was also noted for his work maintaining the historical perspective of Deer Lodge and Powell County. A co-founder of the Powell County Community Foundation, Steve works for McKesson Medication Management.

Lawrence C. Busch ’75, Tehachapi, Calif., writes, “You could have knocked me over with a feather when I opened the Fall 2002 Montanan to see a picture of my mother.” Larry’s mother, Marguerite McGreal, was one of the UM students in the illustration for the story “Death of the Yearbook.” Larry continues, “She remembered her years at UM with great fondness, graduating with a degree in 1944 in physical education. Many thanks. It will be a memory that I will cherish and a Montanan that I will keep.” President and CEO of Integrity Investments, Larry is an honorary co-chairman for the business advisory council of the National Republican Congressional Committee for California.

Edwin M. Cook ’75 is executive director of the Arizona Prosecuting Attorney’s Advisory Council, responsible for training state, county and municipal prosecutors. A designated public lobbyist at the Arizona legislature, Ed is also vice president of the National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators. He and his children reside in Phoenix.

Karin L. Ekanger ’76, Henderson, Nev., is an educational consultant for Pearson Learning Group, an educational publishing company.

Kevin R. Smith ’78 married his high school sweetheart, Rosemary Brill Smith, on Oct. 19, 2002. Self-employed, Kevin is writing a civil war romance. He and Rosie plan to move from Bloomington, Ill., to Atlanta in May.

Thomas P. Barnett ’79 seldom missed a televised Griz game the past three years at McDuffy’s, a sports bar in Tempe, Ariz., just down the street from the Sun Devil Stadium. On Oct. 19, the Griz game ran up against the televised Arizona State University game. Tom reports that the ASU fans were “puzzled why the bar had Montana’s game on a big screen and the ASU game on a small TV next to it. The answer,” he conveyed, “is because McDuffy’s takes care of us regulars!” Tom continues, “The ASU fans were amazed at how many games we [Griz fans] watched there . . . and thought our stadium was awesome also.”

’80s

Daniel E. Shapiro, M.F.A. ’80, New York City, received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship to complete the translation of “Cipango,” a poetry collection by Chilean poet Tomas Harris.

Stephen C. Stuebner ’81 finished his seventh book, “Cool North Wind: Morley Nelson’s Life with Birds of Prey.” The father of sons Quinn, 5, and Drew, 3, Steve lives in Boise where he’s run his own independent writing business for 22 years.

Mark Bakeman, M.S. ’83, and Sharleen Pendergrass Bakeman ’84 own and manage Ensight Technical Services Inc. of Longmont, Colo. Mark leads projects relating to animals protected under the federal Endangered Species Act, designs habitat conservation plans and “plays a fair game of tennis.” Sharleen has written “The Canyon Wall,” a novel set primarily in a canyon west of Missoula, due out this spring, and admits, “Mark regularly beats me at tennis.”

Charles “Czar” Czarniecki, M.B.A. ’83, celebrated his 50th birthday with a buddy jump out of an airplane at 14,000 feet. He and his wife, Barb, celebrated their 26th anniversary in September with a sunrise hot air balloon ride. Chief of the 30-person Systems Engineering Policy Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, Col. Czarniecki began his 28th year in the Air Force on New Year’s Day, 2003. His son, Cameron, is a sophomore at the U.S. Air Force Academy; daughter Vicky is a freshman at Colorado University in Boulder.

Shelley Nelson Kirilenko ’83, M.A. ’88, lives in Bethesda, Md., with her husband, Andrei, and son, Luke Nelson Kirilenko, born August 21, 2002. Shelly has written “A.B.D.,” an academic satire/mystery novel, and a screenplay, “Light and Dark.” She and Andrei produced a short film based on the screenplay. Shelley writes, “The writing muse struck after I got my Ph.D. in German at the University of Pennsylvania. There were enough characters in that department to provide plenty of material.”

Ginger McDermid Allen ’84, Fort Meyers, Fla., and Randy G. McCormick ’76, Naples, Fla., have formed a partnership between their organizations to teach the Florida Master Naturalist Program, an environmental education program for the general public. Ginger is a senior biological scientist at the University of Florida; Randy is the education coordinator at southwest Florida’s Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Daniel B. Horne ’85 turned 40 last year and celebrated with a five-day reunion at Lake View House in the Adirondacks. Among family and friends who attended were several good Griz buddies from the 1980s and an errant black bear. Pictured bottom to top, left side are Jim Thompson ’83, Fort Belvoir, Va.; Mary Arens Horne ’84, Girard, Ohio; Doug Marsh ’83, M.S. ’87, Batavia, Ill.; and Dean Marsh ’83, Kalispell. Right side, bottom to top: Terry Jones ’83, Montgomery, Ill.; Dan Horne ’85, Girard, Ohio; and Chuck Zacky, M.F.A. ’83, M.S. ’87, Laguna Hills, Calif.

Joseph E. Thaggard ’85, J.D. ’89, was appointed a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Great Falls. He previously served 12 years as an assistant Montana attorney general.

John L. Scott, M.B.A. ’87, managed his son Robb’s little league all-star team, helping them earn a berth in the 2002 Little League World Series. An assistant coach for his daughter Ellen’s fast pitch softball team, John and his family traveled with her team to the 2002 National Softball Association Super World Series. When not attending ball games, the Scotts reside in Clemmons, N.C.

Michael J. Darcher, M.A. ’88, M.F.A. ’88, Tacoma, Wash., was honored by the Pierce College District faculty for his innovation and dedication to the teaching profession. A short story author and writing teacher at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Michael also organized the sudent literary arts magazine.

Bradley A. Larson ’88, Nampa, Idaho, is the senior programmer analyst for the state of Idaho’s Department of Environmental Quality.

Leonard M. Schaff ’88 earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology at National University in San Diego. Leonard works in a casino near San Diego and is an assistant women’s basketball coach at Cuyamaca College. “The basketball team is struggling,” he writes, “but I enjoy it none the less.”

’90s

John F. Harrison ’92, M.P.A. ’98, Washington, D.C., is one of four UM class of 1989 ROTC commissionees selected to attend the 2002-2003 United States Army Command and General Staff College class at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Major Harrison writes, “All of us [Ronald W. McNamara ’89, Fort Irwin, Calif., Garnet Derby ’89, Vicenza, Italy, and Edward J. Byrne ’92, Fort Irwin, Calif.,] are active-duty with the rank of major. We were all commissioned together as second lieutenants. This is certainly the most UM graduates from a single class to be selected to attend the prestigious U.S. Army School.”

Charlene Nelson Schildwachter ’92 started the public relations, marketing and communications business, Creative Solutions. Charlene has more than 12 years in the communications arena. She and her husband, Gregory Schildwachter, Ph.D. ’ 97, reside in Boise, Idaho.

Laurie Smithson Schneider ’92 is a financial consultant with D.A. Davidson in Missoula. Previously Laurie was a teacher and coach in Missoula and the Bitterroot Valley.

Edward M. Tinsley ’92, a new Lewis and Clark County Commissioner, is serving his second term as the National Committeeman for the Montana Democratic Party. Ed and his wife, Sue, their children, Eleanor and Samuel, and dogs, Boomer and Baxter, reside in Helena.

Julie ’93 and Richard W. Jassen ’93 live in Ronan where Rich is director of the Environmental Protection Division for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Julie coordinates the Upward Bound and Gear Up programs at Salish Kootenai College. Rich writes, “We have two children, Jenna, a future Lady Griz, and Jake, who has autistic spectrum disorder. We both cheer on the Griz and lobby our state and federal governments for more autism research to help cure this disability.”

J. Chris Lorentz ’93 and Jean E. Totebusch Lorentz ’93 announce the August 20, 2002, birth of Eric Kelly Lorentz. Eric joins sister Elizabeth Anne at the Lorentz home in Seeley Lake. Chris is the Blackfoot River recreational manager for the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department.

Justin L. Knowles ’95 and Tiara Christopher Knowles ’96 live in Tucson, Ariz., with their son, Roman Bridger, born June 2, 2002. Justin received his medical doctorate degree from the University of Washington on June 8, and is currently an emergency medicine resident at the University of Arizona.

Cheyan M. Towne ’95, Peru, Ind., is national director of promotions for Kindervision Inc. In 2001 Cheyan received her M.B.A. in marketing from the University of Akron. She has also worked in direct mail and brand marketing in Las Vegas.

Douglas J. Bucklin, Ph.D. ’96, an associate with Parsons Behle and Latimer in Salt Lake City, practices intellectual property law relating to biotechnology. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Jennifer Zellmer ’98, Missoula, announces a reunion for the University College and Academic Advising Peer Advisors, Supervisors and Student Supervisors to be held during Homecoming 2003, Oct. 3, 4. E-mail Jen at jenniferzellmer@hotmail.com or contact the University College and Advising Program at 406-243-2835 for more information or to register for the reunion.

Brendon L. Burchard ’99, M.A. ’01, San Francisco, has written “The Student Leadership Guide” in conjunction with UM’s Center of Leadership Development. Brendon is donating a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the book to the University Center in hopes of building a stronger leadership program for UM students. Brendon is also a human performance consultant and conducts personal coaching sessions and leadership presentations.

Rachel B. Kennon ’99 is a natural resource specialist for the Forest Service in Panguitch, Utah. In 2002 Rachel received a Master of Science degree in forestry from Virginia Tech.

’00s

Miles B. Waggener, M.F.A. ’01, Prescott, Ariz., won the 2002 Washington Prize for his full-length poetry manuscript, “Phoenix Suites.” A Richard Hugo Scholar while at UM, Miles is a writing instructor at Prescott College and editor of its literary journal, Alligator Juniper.

New Life Members

Brian L. Adams ’99, Helotes, Texas

Jaime L. Adams ’99, Helotes, Texas

Brice A. Adams ’99, Naples, Fla.

Jeanne Mathews Bender ’65, J.D. ’85, Billings

Ronald J. Bender, M.Ed. ’70, Billings

Kevin J. Carroll ’98, Missoula

Stacey Hargesheimer-Carroll ’92, Missoula

Judy Johnson Fredenberg, M.P.A. ’82, Missoula

Kevin R. Fredenberg ’81, Missoula

Edward L. Gunderson ’57, Mill Valley, Calif.

Cheryl Litschauer Hall ’76, Missoula

Rock J. Hall ’83, Missoula

Oscar C. Hauge, J.D. ’56, Aiea, Hawaii

Gary Hood ’98, Pharm.D. ’00, M.B.A. ’02, Kent, Wash.

Kelli L. Keeley ’01, Missoula

Donald W. Kinney ’64, Fredricksburg, Texas

Brian L. Knaff ’67, Las Vegas

Linda Harman McCulloch ’82, M.Ed. ’90, Helena

William N. McCulloch ’82, Helena

Joseph F. McDonald ’58, M.Ed. ’65, Ed.D. ’82, Ronan

Adam L. McQuiston ’01, Missoula

Keli W. McQuiston ’00, Missoula

Janice Nagy-Heitzman, Arlee

Teresa O’Neill ’87, Portland, Ore.

Daniel L. Rothlisberger ’66, J.D. ’69, Woodbridge, Va.

Kathryn L. Sherry ’88, Missoula

John W. Stipe ’59, Spokane, Wash.

Kay LeFevre Stipe ’59, Spokane, Wash.

Alex M. Subrayan, M.B.A. ’92, Missoula

Ronald D. Venn ’86, Bellevue, Wash.

In Memoriam

To be included in In Memoriam, the Alumni Association requires a newspaper obituary or a letter of notification from the immediate family. We extend sympathy to the families of the following alumni, faculty and friends.

Zoe Dawes Barthelmess ’26, Spokane, Wash.

Leonard W. Brewer ’28, Missoula

Earl E. Eck ’30, Missoula

Robert James Brown ’32, Irvine, Calif.

Dalton Henry Simmons ’32, Walla Walla, Wash.

Betty Foot Henderson ’33, Sacramento, Calif.

Robert Matsen ’33, Portland, Ore.

Joseph Abraham Forzley ‘34, Cascade

J. Stanley Hill ’34, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Dorothea Swartz Reynolds ’34, Salem, Ore.

Linwood E. “Monte” Reynolds ’34, Salem, Ore.

Florence Bingham Vargo ’34, Missoula

Bernice Kitt Ellinghouse ’35, Missoula

Grant Pierce Raitt ’36, Billings

Stephen C. Wilkie ’36, M.S. ’38, Healdsburg, Calif.

William E. Denty ’37, Deer Lodge

Donald Arthur Harby ’37, Missoula

Evelyn Hughes Murphy ’37, Polson

Joseph S. Persha ’37, Lakeside

Edward A. Schmoll ’37, ’65, Missoula

Bernice Dotseth Bell ’38, Great Falls

Archie P. Minde ’38, Libby

A. John Alexander ’39, Twin Falls, Idaho

Donald Forrest Claypool ’39, Kalispell

Mary Eleanor Galt ’39, Omaha, Neb.

Martin Logan Huggins ’39, Kalispell

William E. Moore ’39, Butte

Jeannette McMahon Zeihen ’39, Butte

Gordon H. Bryan ’40, Missoula

Torrey Benton Johnson ’40, Kirby

Eugene Fay Landt ’40, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.

Arthur J. Pearson ’40, Williamsburg, Va.

J. Boyd Price ’40, Reno, Nev.

Ira F. Beeler, J.D. ’41, Billings

Louise Rostad Campbell ’41, Deer Lodge

Kathryn Russell ’41, Rochester, N.Y.

Ruth Cooney Chilton ’42, Helena

Jean Nelson Davidson ’42, Seattle

John Paul Dratz ’42, ’46, Missoula

Maribeth Kitt Lynn ’42, Gibbon, Neb.

Robert H. Ottman ’44, Altus, Okla.

Jean Elliot MacDonald ’45, Missoula

Betty J. Barry ’47, Vail, Ariz.

Marpha Hunter Cockrell ’47, Des Moines, Wash.

Margaret Clark Stancil ’47, Indian Wells, Calif.

Edward Gerald Thomas ’48, M.Ed. ’51, Billings

John C. Stevens ’49, Palo Alto, Calif.

Frank Allen Weedman ’49, Helena

Robert Bruce Young ’49, Cascade

Lawrence E. Ryan ’50, M.Ed. ’55, Payson, Ariz.

Charlotte Spain Grabow ’51, Bozeman

Richard D. Keith ’51, Olympia, Wash.

Frank N. Lundberg ’51, Camarillo, Calif.

William R. Neel ’51, Vancouver, Wash.

Wallace James Dobbins ’52, M.Ed. ’58, Tucson, Ariz.

Peter Gene Huchala ’52, Seattle

Lee Z. Johnson ’52, Boston

Richard Don Lichtwardt ’52, Fairfax, Va.

Walter Sam Murfitt ’52, ’56, J.D. ’57, Helena

Clinton James White ’52, Polson

John Jacob Hoffman ’53, M.A. ’61, Lakewood, Colo.

John L. Adams, J.D. ’54, Billings

Jack M. Dollan ’54, Whitefish

Elaine N. Flint, M.A. ’54, Green Valley, Ariz.

Delbert M. Mulkey ’54, Paris, France

Raymond S. Halubka ’55, Billings

David Charles Collier ’56, Phoenix

Ruth M. Franz Sliter ’56, Bigfork

Cletus G. Smith ’56, Libby

Richard M. Bergsing ’57, San Carlos, Calif.

Ronald Lundquist ’57, M.B.A. ’67, Grants Pass, Ore.

Sandra S. Christensen ’58, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Donald W. Lundahl ’58, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Thea Williams Tidyman ’58, Hayden Lake, Idaho

Beverly St. John Tucker ’58, Casper, Wyo.

Gary K. Hanson ’59, Kalispell

Curtis A. Stadstad ’59, M.A. ’69, Orem, Utah

George Edward Evans ’60, Kalispell

Fredrick O. Barrett ’61, M.Ed. ’71, Moore

Lorelee Olson Guanell ’61, Butte

Cheryl Pomphrey Wagner ’61, Ronan

John Dennis Cronin ’62, Missoula

Violet Kennedy Van Hoose ’64, Kennewick, Wash.

Curtis E. McMarrell ’65, Eureka

Roseanne Lowney Ylinen ’65, Prosser, Wash.

Donella Morton Smith ’66, M.Ed. ’72, Hot Springs

Glenda Dodd Hamblin ’67, Deer Lodge

David L. Hamilton ’67, San Diego

Douglas M. McDonald ‘67, Troutdale, Ore.

Walter C. Derby ’68, Missoula

Ronald C. Leland ’68, Helena

Ron H. Beck, M.Ed. ’69, Magrath, Alberta

Marcella Margaret Burke ’69, Helena

Thomas J. Heaney ’69, San Jose, Calif.

Terry “Rip” Radcliffe, M.A. ’69, Billings

Richard R. Seitz ’72, Missoula

Gerald D. Slater ’72, M.Ed. ’73, Ronan

Bill E. Ingraham ’73, Kent, Wash.

Michael T. Stewart ’73, Hamilton

M. Barbara Crase ’74, ’75, Santa Monica, Calif.

Bruce D. Cunningham ’74, Billings

Ronald B. Howell ’76, Anchorage, Alaska

Terry J. Conway ’77, Laramie, Wyo.

Lowell W. Young, M.Ed. ’77, Plentywood

Christine Scoggins Boyd ’78, Morrison, Colo.

Ronan G. O’Donnell ’79, Helena

Edward Leon Brown ’82, Arlee

Ronald E. Stoolman ’88, J.D. ’92, Kent. Wash.

Coral Rose Villarin ’89, Missoula

Betsy Brown Nystul, M.A.S. ’91, Kansas City. Mo.

Greg S. Olsen ’94, Reno, Nev.

Shannon Burton ’96, Thompson Falls

Kenneth James Mahler ’96, Arlee

Chad E. Stewart ’97, Lolo

Shonda Lynn Ede ’98, San Diego

Lavon J. Plute ’98, Florence

Carolyn Rose Brooks ’02, Arlee

Holly K. Mueller ’03, Missoula

Stephen E. Ambrose, Bay St. Louis, Miss.

Priscilla Chadduck, Bellevue, Wash.

Joan Christopherson, Arlee

David H. Dinwoodie, Charlo

Edward B. Dugan, Missoula

Leslie Fiedler, Buffalo, N.Y.

Sally Ann Freeman, Federal Way, Wash.

Marina Kanevskaya, Missoula

Ferol Prestwich Leese, Stevensville

Mary Charlotte Word Mathers, Miles City

Martha M. Sheffler, Irvine, Calif.

Ned Smartt, Missoula

Lawrence J. Topel, Missoula

Michael E. Wachtel, Oshkosh, Wis.

Bonnie Wolgamot, Great Falls

BIRTHS

Casey Lee Peiffer to Kari Galle Peiffer ‘94 and Scott Peiffer, April 10, 2002, Kalispell

Audrey Moore to Christopher L. Moore ’92 and Katherine Moore, October 3, 2002, Reston, Va.

Isabell Faith Gatzemeier to Russell O. Gatzemeier ’87, M.B.A. ’91, and Susan Petersen Gatzemeier ’93, October 27, 2002, Chelan, Wash.

Lauren Chiesa Anderson to Gregory M. Anderson ’88 and Paula Chiesa Anderson ’88, November 3, 2002, Phoenix

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