﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?><Search><pages Count="80"><page Index="1" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="2" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[PHOTO BY AMBRE ALEXANDER]]></page><page Index="3" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[University of Delaware MessengerVolume 23, Number 1 April 2015SECTIONSOur Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Our Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Our Campus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Our UD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Our Alumni & Friends . . . . . . . 43 Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 New Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74FEATURESAdélie Penguin ChicksSome things never change.At left, undergrads in 1945 socialize in their residence hall and below in 2012.A UD professor and a PhD student set out to determine the factors that affect the weight of Adélie penguin chicks, revealing surprising results.STAR CampusThe University released a revised master plan for the Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus this past November. Learn more about the past, present and future of the expansion to the UD campus.26WEB EXTRASA Lasting Legacy— read more about the University’s achievements as part of the Pathto Prominence at at www.udel.edu/ udmessenger.Read aboutinspirationalUD womenand addyour storyof a woman who has inspired you at www.udel.edu/udmessengerKeep up with the latest developments on STAR Campus at www.udel.edu/starCatch up on Blue Hen lacrosse, look ahead to Blue Hen football and followall varsity sports news at www.bluehens.com1945 photo courtesy of University Archives. 2012 photo by Evan Krape.16Promise & Progress 35As the UD community commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Women’s College, the Messenger proudly presents the history of women at UD.Finding Dreadnoughtus 44 Alumnus Ken Lacovara made history last fall when he revealed the discovery of a new supermassive sauropod dinosaur species unearthed in southern Patagonia, Argentina.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 1]]></page><page Index="4" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[FROM OUR PRESIDENTOver the pasteight years, I’vehad the profoundprivilege to leadone of the greatinstitutions ofAmerican highereducation. Andwhat makes theUniversity ofDelaware standout is as simple asit is complex. It’s you—the talented and dedicated students, faculty, alumni, staff, friends, partners and parents who comprise UD and believe so deeply in its future. It has been an honor to get to know you and your passion for the University.While this issue of the Messenger marks my last as president, the University of Delaware will always hold a special place in my heart. Together we have accomplished much – facing challenges, crafting solutions, maximizing opportunities and ensuring the future of this noble institution. It truly has been an honor to serve as your president, and I look forward to seeing all that this extraordinary University will continue to achieve.Indeed, our success begins with our people, and in this issue, we celebrate them—the UD students and faculty who are helping to change the world.We celebrate our pride—especially that of ourwe celebrate our institution—one and educated so many.alumni and friends who invest in our University through engagement and philanthropy.We celebrate our progress—the strides taken from a proud past toward an even more vibrant future. Most importantly, that has inspiredYou will see some changes in this issue of the Messenger to align with this feeling and direction. By highlighting our students, our faculty, our campus, our alumni and friends and, of course, our UD, we focus on the heart of this University.The passion, pride and progress that are synonymous with UD are also at the core of our feature spread in this issue, Celebrating the Women of UD. In this moving piece, you will not only learn about the 100th anniversary of the Women’s College, but you will also take a journey along a comprehensive timeline of the important roles women have played in the University’s history.Thank you for being part of our history, and for allowing me to be a part of yours.In celebration of UD,1Patrick T. Harker President, University of Delaware2 University of Delaware MessengerKATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="5" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[#UDAW1Fr Sa SuWeekend Blue Hens EventsThe University of Delaware invites you to attend the5,000607th annualon June 5-7, 2015The weekend includes:Dela-brationKids Fun RunWeekend Stay in Residence HallsReunion CelebrationsCampus Programs & EventsState of the UniversityRegister TodayRead on for more details about this in-demand, weekend-long alumni extravaganza!Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 3a/ude.llumenidweue.kwenwdw••dwnwewk.uedeel.wedu/inmula]]></page><page Index="6" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[#UDAWMain EventsCampus Programs & EventsDela-brationJoin thousands of Blue Hens for the alumni party of the year! Dela-bration is your opportunity to enjoy friends, live music and dancing in the heart of campus. Now a giant, open air event on the North Green, Dela-bration is the event formerly known as Mug Night.Make a weekend of it and relive your college days by staying overnight in a residence hall or local hotel.Register TodayStay the WeekendExpand your mind and learn something new at Alumni Weekend’s array of programs. Take a tour of campus, the new STAR Campus or the ISE Lab. Discover the craft beers of theregion at Dela-Brews 101, go behind the scenes at UDairy Creamery, play in the Kids Zone at the Early Learning Center and take your picture with YoUDee and Baby Blue.4 University of Delaware Messengera/ude.llumenidweue.kwenwdw••dwnwewk.uedeel.wedu/inmula]]></page><page Index="7" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Register#UDAWTodayBlue Hen 5K & Kids Fun RunGo for the gold, set a new personal best or just enjoy a stroll with friends during the Blue Hen 5K. Future Blue Hens (ages 11 and under) are invited to race in the free Kids Fun Run.Class ReunionsState of the UniversityJoin University leadership for a lively discussion about our past year’s successes and the challenges ahead. The event will include remarks from University of Delaware Alumni Association (UDAA)President Ken Jones, BE80, and Anne Giacoma Barretta, AS83, the incoming UDAA president, as well as class-gift presentations by this year’s reunion classes. Enjoy this reception in one of UD’sCelebrate reunions with the Classes of 1965, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 at class parties on campus throughout the weekend. All reunion classes— including the Classes of 1985, 1980, 1975 and 1970 are encouraged to informally gather at Dela-bration or on Main Street. Reunion fundraising efforts will be celebrated at the “State of the University.”newest buildings on campus—the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory. This event is free and open to the public.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 5a/ude.llumenidweue.kwenwdw••dwnwewk.uedeel.wedu/inmula]]></page><page Index="8" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Blue Hens Talk About AW 2014OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDS“I had an amazing weekend and cannot wait for next year. I will spend the next 12 months telling all my fellow alumni that they must attend in 2015!”Jason Newmark, AS99“UDAW shows me that the passion that I have for my alma mater is shared by so many others. I will bleed blue and gold forever.”Eric Oppenheimer, BE13“It was a great way to reconnect with UD and take pride in allthe impressive growth and improvements to the campus. Seeing old friends and old activity sites brought back a flood of wonderful memories!”Les Rapkin, AS64“If you haven’t experienced Alumni Weekend at UD, you are missing out! It is the easiest, most fun way to get together with college buddies. You are guaranteed to have a blast!”Pam Stock Frigo, BE84“Alumni Weekend is the closest thing to actually traveling back in time to your college days.”Kyle Gleason, AS09“Staying in the dorms with Blue Hen alumni from so many class years is an experience unto its own. It is the best part about Alumni Weekend – making the most of memories with new Blue Hens young and old.”Paul Puszkarczuk, AS04Spread the word! On social media, use #UDAW and #BlueHensforever.Register Today6 University of Delaware Messengera/ude.llumenidweue.kwenwdw••dwnwewk.uedeel.wedu/inmula]]></page><page Index="9" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR STUDENTSPHOTO BY JAMES WHITE, ANR16Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 7Laura Manser, ANR16, visits a hummingbird preserve during Winter Session as part of a Wildlife Conservation study abroad trip to Costa Rica, focusing on tropical biodiversity.]]></page><page Index="10" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR STUDENTSWinning simulationEngineering students invent device to improve nursing educationA tracheostomy—the opening in the windpipe that provides an airway for breathing through a tube rather than through the nose and mouth—is generally performed in an operating room, under general anesthesia.At UD, it’s done in a classroom. Not a traditional classroom, by any means; rather, a classroom where health care professionals develop communication and treatment skills through interactive scenarios with theatre students as their patients.In 2013, the Healthcare Theatre Program developed two patented products for patients/actors—a Tracheostomy Care Overlay System and an Overlay Chest Compressor. Last year, a group of innovative engineering students took this technology one step further.SimuTrach, an enhanced learning device for the care of tracheostomy patients, was developed as a senior class project in 2014 by biomedical engineering students Brad Biggs, Devon Bond and Nick Campagnola, mechanical engineering students Ed Doll and Nate Hott and electrical engineering student Francis Rivera. The device offers a number of benefits over the use of manikins for tracheostomy training, including reduced cost, increased portability andease of use.“It also offers an improved educational experience for the student and increased communication with the patient, and it enables the instructor to get a complete picture of the student’s performance,” Campagnola said.Nursing students demonstrate SimuTrach on Healthcare Theatre actor Neil Redfield, AS14, during a visit from Laerdal Medical last year.What began as a class project has quickly grown into a viable, marketable product.Last summer, the students met with representative from Laerdal Medical, a company that provides educational and therapy products for lifesaving and emergency medical care.aBy fall, SimuTrach had been selected as 8 University of Delaware Messengerthe first-place technology innovation winner by the 15th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH 2015) Scientific Content Committee, which referred to the overlay system as “exceptional work.”“This project is a great example of what UD students can do,” said Jenni Buckley, assistant professor and mechanical engineering senior design course instructor. “They brought the idea all the way from a clinician’s concept sketch to really mature, functional prototypes.They designed and ran clinical trials, which showed the effectiveness of the systems in training nurses, and they submitted the results for publication in a medical journal. Then they finished it all off by pitching their design to a major medical simulation company.”SimuTrach is currently on its third prototype, with each version offering improved features and functionality, from the lung sound to the skin feel.The team is now working on branding, pricing, identifying partners and creatinga marketing plan. They have identifiedup to 5,000 potential customers for the device in the U.S. alone, including nursing institutions, respiratory therapy clinics and medical practices. z“This project is a great example of what UD students can do. They brought the idea all the way from a clinician’s concept sketch to really mature,functional prototypes. ”—Jenni Buckley, assistant professor of mechanical engineeringKATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="11" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="12" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR STUDENTSArtist abroadUniversity funds art student’s experience of a lifetimeJoy. Dejection. Then profound gratitude. Cristian Vitale, AS15, experienced all of these emotions and so much more after being invited to participate in one of the largest art exhibitions in South America.“The invitation was such a rare opportunity for someone my age, but there was no way I could have afforded to accept it,” said Vitale, a fine arts major from Newark, Delaware, who was one of a small handful of students in the world invited to attend the fourth End of the World Biennial, a contemporary art exhibition in Argentina.Seeking financial assistance, Vitale reached out to the College of Arts and Sciences. “I know the University invests a lot in its students,” he says, “and I was hopeful they could help me with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”They did.“Given many of the other international artists invited to represent their countries are mid-career artists, this was really quite an extraordinary opportunity for Cristian,” says Joann Browning, theatre professor and senior associate dean for the arts inthe College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). “The college is committed to enhancing student learning andengagement, and we wereglad to support Cristian on this discovery learning journey.”Vitale left for Argentina on Sunday, Nov. 16, and returned nearly one month later. His experience abroad was funded by generous support from the CAS Office of the Dean, Office of the Provost, Department of Art and Office of Undergraduate Research.“As all the artists and curators were tossed into this project and unfamiliar country, we created a community in which everyone made genuine efforts to help one another,” Vitale said. “I soon realized the incredible impact of bringing together these exhibitions lies in the connections that we make to build broader ties across the world.”During his time abroad, Vitale worked with renowned Italian art curator Vittoria Biasi on a project that explored the “condition of man.” His project examined “sacred spaces we create after experiencing death.”Drawing from elements of Buddhism and inspiration from Michelangelo,Vitale sculpted over 4,000 hanging fingers. Using a hidden source of light, his exhibition aimed to “create a moment in space where it seems that divine light is raining down onto us.”Vitale developed the concept shortly after losing his mother to cancer three years ago.“When she passed, the University became my family,” he says. “If it weren’t for school— for my friends and professors and for the work that has kept me focused and allowed me to channel my emotions and creativity—I don’t know what I would have done.”Three days after returning from Argentina, Vitale embarked upon another journey to Cambodia as a Plastino Scholar.He is now getting ready to exhibit his work at the 2015 Venice Biennial in Italy.“I still can’t believe how lucky I am to be in this position,” he says. “I am so thankful for the University to help me on this path, and I look forward to one day being able to help other students who need it.” z—Artika Casini, AS05The David A. Plastino Scholars Fundwas established in 2006 through a generous gift from David Plastino, AS78. The fund was created to help outstanding University of Delaware undergraduate students realize their dreams by supporting them in self-designed, off-campus learning experiences that create a difference in their lives and in the lives of others.10 University of Delaware MessengerAt left, “Extensions,” Vitale’s sculture of 4,000 hanging fingers. Above, Cristian Vitale in Argentina working on the platform area of “Extensions.”PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHRISTIAN VITALE]]></page><page Index="13" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[MBA student Matt Kay has opened the new East Coast Float Spa, and his clients feel like they are floating on air.Kay’s spa offers therapeutic floating, in which each client enters a tub of water containing more than 1,000 pounds of Epsom salts. This dense mixture allows the client to float effortlessly in the water, inducing a state of deep meditative relaxation and alleviating physical discomfort.Kay discovered therapeutic floating as a natural pain reliever and alternative to painkillers after a serious car accident left him with chronic pain.Now, Kay helps others to access the physical and mental benefits of floating, known scientifically as restricted environmental stimulation theory or REST.Opened in September in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the East Coast Float Spa features three “float rooms” and is one of fewer than 15 spas in the country with such facilities.“This is an environment that removes all of the noise and distraction from the world,” Kay said. “You achieve a levelof relaxation physiologically that you can’t in any other way. This can helpheal physical pain as well as really be beneficial for mental health.”Kay worked with UD’s Horn Program in Entrepreneurship to create his business, participating in the Startup eXperience and VentureOn programs and utilizing media resources at the Venture Development Center to create promotional videos and print material.Now that the East Coast Float Spa is in action, Kay feels the proudest of his work when he receives positive feedback from clients.“Being able to really help people is what I’m most passionate about and what interests me the most,” he said. “That’s why we do this.” z— Sunny Rosen, AS14Floating on Air: Matt Kay, BE15MNew PhD program pioneers ‘Big Data’ solutionsThe University of Delaware’s new PhD program in Financial Services Analytics (FSAN) has gotten off to a strong start.The unique program, a collaborative effort between JPMorgan Chase & Co., the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics and the College of Engineering, teaches students to become experts at researching and analyzing large swaths of electronic information, known as “big data” in the business world.“I love how UD was able to merge finance, data mining, statistics and other areas to create the FSAN program,” said Leonardo De La Rosa Angarita, a current FSAN student. “This is also reflected in the diversity of the students. We come from different fields, and it is wonderful how we are able to complement each other in so many different ways.”Long Chen, another FSAN PhD student, said, “After I joined the program, I expected to learn about a broad range of disciplines to fill my toolkit, and that isexactly what we are doing—taking courses from the areas of finance, statistics and computer science. Although the program just started, I can tell we are heading in the right direction.”Bintong Chen, Director of the FSAN program, said that students are trained as researchers and professionals who play key roles in interdisciplinary teams, applying their knowledge and skills to convert vastamounts of data into meaningful information for businesses and consumers.Bintong Chen added that the first semester put students’ skills to the test, “due to the intensity and breadth of the core classes designed for the program, ranging from very technical subjects, such as machine learning and data mining, to very business-oriented topics about financial institutions.”Students are interacting with JPMorgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank during the spring semester to identify topics for their research projects and potential summer internships.“I always wondered what would happen if engineers and economists would speak the same language, if professors would be more open to the world outside the walls of their offices and if industry would get more interested in what we study in our classrooms,” said Eriselda Danaj, another student in the program. “It is challenging and I love it.” z— Sunny Rosen, AS14OUR STUDENTSVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 11THINKSTOCK.COMPHOTOS COURTESY OF MATT KAY]]></page><page Index="14" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="15" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR FACULTY PHOTO BY THE NEWS JOURNAL/SUCHAT PEDERSONYasser Payne, associate professor of Black American Studies, is regarded both on the streets and in thecampus community for his innovative and unconventional research methods. As part of a study to exploreviolence and structural opportunities in Wilmington, Del., he trained a team of 15 researchers—all black, someex-felons—in doctoral-level research methods and statistical analysis; their findings showed black, urbanVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 13 neighborhoods and their residents are more resilient than the way they are often portrayed and perceived.]]></page><page Index="16" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR FACULTYA New Home for Aquatic RobotsBlue Hens can be found all around the world, and so too can UD’s aquatic robots—deployed on missions from Antarctica to the Arctic, Canada to the Caribbean and California to Cozumel.The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment now has a new home for these world travelers. Opened this past fall, the Robotic Discovery Laboratory (RDL) will consolidate the college’s environmental robotics capabilities and bring together a variety of research technologies.Housed on UD’s Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes, Del., the RDL connects the research of multiple faculty members under one umbrella to carry out a broad range of missions—fostering collaboration, coordinating operational logistics and facilitating the management of large data sets.The robotic fleet includes more than a dozen systems, including unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The UUVs can map and measure, record video, capture photos and side-scan sonar images. The UAVs, or flying drones, can be used to survey coastlines, marshes, beaches and more.Current robotics projects include searching for downed American aircraft from World War II in the Pacific Ocean, assessing the impact of physical processes on penguins in Antarctica (see page 16), quantifying dredge impacts on scallop harvesting in the mid-Atlantic and managing environmental resources at Assateague Island National Seashore.The RDL is the first of several environmental technology projects under consideration for expansion to UD’s Newark campus. Future efforts will focus on increasing UD’s capacity in unmanned systems, environmental monitoring and sensor development. Industry collaborations are key to this effort andhelp to provide experiential learning opportunities and internships that keep students at the forefront of their desired field of study. zPhilanthropy at WorkUD alumni, friends andindustry partners have beeninstrumental in supportingthe RDL’s growing fleet. Lastyear, philanthropiccommitments from Charlesand Patricia (Pat) Robertson,AS72M, and support fromcorporate/industry sponsors,such as UTEC Survey,Kongsberg-Maritime and Teledyne Gavia, among others, enabled the college to diversify its environmental robotics fleet.“We focus our giving on education, the sciences and technology because those are the causes we believe in. UD researchers are really digging into what’s going on under the ocean using the latest technology. So it’s satisfying for us to support an entire project—the personnel, the hardware, everything—and see it prosper,” said Charles Robertson.To learn more about these initiatives, contact TJ Cournoyer, CEOE director of development, at tjc@udel. edu or visit www.ceoe.udel.edu/robotics.14 University of Delaware MessengerIMAGES COURTESY OF MARK MOLINEEVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="17" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR FACULTYPlatelets on demandPlatelets are an expensive biomedical commodity. These microscopic cells, which come to the rescue when our blood vessels need to be repaired, cannot be frozen. They are stable for only three to five days at room temperature. Donated natural platelets are often in short supply, and their use comes with the risk of disease transmission.But researchers from the University of Delaware have shed new light on the mechanism of platelet formation, paving the way to accelerate and enhance their production using stem cells.A paper detailing the breakthrough appeared as the cover story in the journal Blood last September, and a provisional patent application has been filed on the process.Ironically, a key factor in the team’s success was exploiting what was previously viewed as “cell junk.”Lead author Terry Papoutsakis, the Unidel Eugene du Pont Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, explained that platelets are produced by megakaryocytes, large cells in the bone marrow whose microparticles were “until recently viewed as inconsequential cell debris.”“We now know that they play a significant biological role in platelet formation,” Papoutsakis added.He and his research team found the enhanced generation of pre-platelets and platelet-like particles under shear stress correlated with physiological observations—in healthy adults, both acute and prolonged exercise leads to elevated platelet counts.Now, Papoutsakis and his team are using these findings to design and develop the technologies to produce platelets on demand. This bioreactor technology is at the core of the University’s patent, which would produce platelets, pre-platelets, platelet-like particles and megakaryocyte microparticles for transfusion medicine, using stem cells as starting material.Unlike platelets themselves, the microparticles can be frozen, which will enable them to be stored and then used for production of platelets on an as-needed basis.“Knowing that these microparticles have a biological function opens the door to other applications, including genetic therapies,” Papoutsakis says. He credits UD doctoral student Jinlin Jiang, EG16PhD, with the breakthrough.Jinlin JiangReviewers of the paper, titled “Shear Enhances Thrombopoiesis and Formation of Microparticles that Induce Megakaryocytic Differentiation of Stem Cells,” referred to the findings as “very exciting,” “highly novel” and even “game changing.”The paper was co-authored by Jiang and Donna Woulfe, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.Jiang and Chen-Yuan Kao, EG20PhD, also a doctoral candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering, are co-inventors on the patent.The Papoutsakis lab at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute focuses on systems biology, metabolic engineering and experimental and computational genomics with applications in stem-cell biology and prokaryotic biology.“The incidence of a disease known as ITP, which stands for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, is on the rise,” says Papoutsakis. “ITP is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets. We’re hopeful that our discovery can break the vicious cycle of this disease as well as other conditions that cause reduced platelet count and cause life-threatening bleeding.” z—Diane Kukich, AS73, 84MVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 15KATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="18" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR FACULTY16 University of Delaware MessengerPenguin ChicksWeight and Climate ChangeWhen Megan Cimino, EOE15PhD, and Matthew Oliver, associate professor of marine science and policy in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, set out to determine the factors that affect the weight of Adélie penguin chicks, they were expecting the results to point to specific food sources.“The ability of a penguin species to progress is dependent on the adults’ investment in their chicks,” said Oliver, principal investigator on the research project. “Penguins do a remarkable job of finding food for their chicks in the ocean’s dynamic environment, so we thought that the type and size distribution of food sources would impact chick weight.”Instead, the study revealed that weather and overall atmospheric climate seemed to affect weights the most. In particular, local weather—including high winds, cold temperatures and precipitation, such as rain or humidity— had the largest impact on penguin chick weight variations over time. For example, westerly wind and air temperature can cause a 7-ounce change in average chick weights, ascompared to 3.5-ounce change caused by wind speed and precipitation. A 7-ounce decrease in chick weight could be the difference between a surviving and non-surviving chick.Since 1950, the average annual temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula has increased 2 degrees Celsius on average, and 6 degrees Celsius during winter. As the West Antarctic Peninsula climate warms, the Adélie penguin’s habitat is changing from a dry, polar system to a warmer, sub-polar system with more rain.Cimino explained that while penguins do build nests, they have no way of building nests that protect the chicks from the elements. This leaves penguin chicks unprotected and exposed while adult penguins are away from the nest. Precipitation, while not considered a key variable, can cause chick plumage to become damp or wet and is generally a major factor in egg and chick mortality and slow growth.“It’s likely that weather variations are increasing the chicks’ thermoregulatory costs; and when they are cold and wet, they have to expend more energy to keep warm,” she said.PHOTOS COURTESY OF MEGAN CIMINO]]></page><page Index="19" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[The wind can also affect themarine environment, shecontinued, mixing up the watercolumn and dispersing the krill, apenguin’s main source of food,which may cause parentpenguins to remain at sea forlonger periods of time and cause chicks to be fed less frequently.“This is an interesting study, because it calls into question what happens to an ecosystem when you change climate quickly: Is it just large-scale averages that change the ecosystem or do particular daily interactions also contribute to the change,” Oliver said.The UD oceanographers reported their findings recently in an article in Marine Ecology Progress Series, a top marine ecology journal. Cimino was the lead author.She and Oliver returned to Antarctica this winter to continue working with physical oceanographers from the University of Alaska and Rutgers University, through funding from the National Science Foundation. During fieldwork, the researchers tagged Adélie penguins with satellite transmitters to help the research team understand where the penguin parents find food, primarily krill—small shrimp-like crustaceans.The team also installed radar stations that continuously measure ocean surface currents and used autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) called gliders to measure the water temperature and salinity near Palmer Station, as well as the amount of phytoplankton beneath the water’s surface. Combining data from the robots and radar stations will allow the scientists to see if winds, tides or internal waves can affect the stability of the water column.Connecting the dots between the phytoplankton— microscopic plants—and the krill that feed on them, along with the penguin feeding habits, may help scientists start to paint a picture of what’s happening with the native Antarctic species. “It’s important for us to understand what’s going on, especially as conditions are getting warmer and wetter, because it may give us an idea of what may happen to these penguins in the future,” Cimino said.About the TeamOther co-authors on the paper include William Fraser and Donna Patterson-Fraser, from the Polar Oceans Research Group, and Vincent Saba, from NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. Fraser and Patterson have been collecting data on Adélie penguins since the late 1970s, creating a strong fundamental data set that includes statistics collected over decades, even before rapid warming was observed.The work reported here is supported in part through funds from the National Marine Fisheries Service, NASA and the National Science Foundation. zChickens and Heat StressPenguins aren’t the only species affected by climate change. Far closer to home—and far more popular at dinner—are chickens.America consumes a considerable amount more chicken than beef or pork, according to the USDA. In fact, the U.S. is the world’s largest poultry producer. However, that all could be threatened as hot weather creates significant challenges for poultry flocks around the world.So what does that mean for our food supply?UD College of Agriculture and Natural Resources professor and genome scientist Carl Schmidt is working to answer that question. Funded by a $4.7 million, five-year grant through the USDA’s Climate Change Initiative, he and his colleagues are examining heat stress in chickens.“The game is changing since the climate is changing,” said Schmidt in a 2014 interview with the Los Angeles Times. “We have to start now to anticipate what changes we have to make in order to feed 9 billion people,” he added, citing global-population estimates for 2050.Studying chickens in Africa, South America and on UD’s own farm, he is working to identify particular variances in the population of chicken genes that could help them survive heat stress, with the goal that industry might attempt to breed these variances into their production lines.“The basic thought is that with climate change, it’s not so much the fact that the average temperature is going to go up a couple of degrees; it’s more the anticipation that there will be more heat waves, they will be hotter and they will last longer,” he explained. “And that is a problem for poultry production.”—Karen B. Roberts, AS90OUR FACULTYVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 17]]></page><page Index="20" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="21" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR FACULTYUD professor named Mangone ScholarJoel Rosenthal, assistant professorof chemistry and biochemistry, was selected by the University’s Francis Alison Societyto receive the 2014 Gerard J. MangoneYoung Scholars Award.The award recognizespromising andaccomplished youngfaculty. The recipient ischosen by fellow facultymembers who have received the Francis Alison Award, the University’s highest competitive faculty honor.“Prof. Rosenthal is a scholar par excellence and is most deserving of the Mangone Young Scholar award,” said Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair in Plant and Soil Sciences and chair of the Francis Alison Society. “He is a rising star in his field, having been the recipient of major research accolades, and is equally accomplished as a dedicated teacher and mentor. We are most fortunate to have him as a faculty member at the University of Delaware.”Delaware governor delivers annual Soles LectureIt’s entirely possible that no one in Delaware history has done more to inspire others to careers in public service and to civic engagement than Jim Soles, the state’s governor told an audience at the University on Oct. 14.Gov. Jack Markell spoke at the Roselle Centerfor the Arts, delivering the fourth annual JamesR. Soles Lecture on the Constitution andCitizenship to an audience that includednumerous colleagues and students of the lateprofessor. Dr. Soles, who died in 2010, was a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations for more than 34 years.“Jim Soles possessed an extraordinary passion for our democracy,” Markell said.Markell recalled his own first meeting with Dr. Soles 40 years ago when the professor was waging an unsuccessful campaign to unseat Pete du Pont as Delaware’s congressman. Dr. Soles deeply impressed Markell with his enthusiasm for government service and the process of running for office.Rosenthal’s research group is active in the fields of energy, catalysis, chemical synthesis, electrochemistry and photochemistry. His research program has made important breakthroughs in the field of carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion, with implications for alternative fuel production and renewable energy.“Prof. Rosenthal has established a vibrant and productive research program at the University of Delaware. In his first four years at UD, his group has already published 14 peer-reviewed publications, with several others under review or in preparation,” Murray V. Johnston, professor and department chair, wrote in a letter of support for the Mangone award.Rosenthal joined the UD faculty in 2010 after serving as a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his doctorate in inorganic chemistry.About the awardThe Mangone Young Scholars Award is named in honor of the late Gerard J. Mangone, who joined the UD faculty in 1972 and created the UD Center for the Study of Marine Policy, renamed in his honor in 2003.Dr. Mangone, University Research Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, received the Francis Alison Award in 1983. In 2010, he received an honorary degree from UD. He died on July 27, 2011. z—Ann Manser, AS73“His life’s work is, I believe, a model for strengthening the democracy that our Constitution created,” Markell said.Today, he said, the United States faces challenges in maintaining a society where citizens want to participate in democracy, through government service, volunteering, working for community groups and exercising their right to vote. To encourage that civic engagement, Markell cited the areas of education and civil rights as continuing challenges.“I have no doubt that the public’s mindset can change,” he said. “But it’s going to take all of us to foster the kind of engaged citizens—people whowant to become part of something bigger than themselves— that Prof. Soles inspired.”The annual lecture that honors Dr. Soles also commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on Sept. 17, 1787.U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, AS65, delivered the inaugural Soles Lecture in 2011. Other speakers have been U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, BE75M, andU.S. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware. z—Ann Manser, AS73Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 19EVAN KRAPEEVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="22" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR FACULTY20 University of Delaware MessengerEric FurstHONORS & ACHIEVEMENTSMaciek Antoniewicz, DuPont Young Professor in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, won the B&B Daniel I.C. Wang Award.Treasury Historical Association in Washington, D.C.Adrienne Lucas, assistant professor of economics, achieved the 27th position among the top 100 young economists globally active since 2009.Beth Morling, professor of psychological & brain sciences, has been named State of Delaware Professor of the Year.Donald Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been selected as the 2015 medalist for the Geochemistry Division of the American Chemical Society.Norman J. Wagner, the Robert L. Pigford Chair and Alvin B. and Julie O. Stiles Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,hasbeenelectedtothe National Academy of Engineering. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.David R. Wunsch, director of UD’s Delaware Geological Survey, received the 2014 American Geosciences Institute’s Outstanding Contribution to the Understanding of Geoscience Award. zTitus AwokuseTitus Awokuse, department chair and professor of applied economics and statistics, has been named to the 14-member Nigerian National Agricultural Policy Committee to help the country develop a strong policy roadmap and advise its agriculture ministry.Vicki Cassman, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in art conservation, received the Sheldon and Caroline Keck Award for Excellence in Teaching from the American Institute for Conservation.Eric Furst, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was awarded a 2014 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.Catherine Grimes, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been nameda Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts.Farley Grubb, professor of economics and history, was invited to speak to the U.S.Beth MorlingAllen Prettyman, director of the Nurse Managed Health Center and assistant professor of nursing, received the 2014 Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation.Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy, received the American Physical Therapy Association’s Mary McMillan Lecture Award.CAREER AwardsFaculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards are one of the National Science Foundation’s most competitive awards for junior faculty members who exhibit high-quality research and novel educational initiatives. The Messenger is proud to recognize the following faculty recipients:Benjamin Carterette, associate professor of computer and information sciencesMichelle Cirillo, assistant professor of mathematical sciencesFeng Jiao, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Tobias Kukulka, assistant professor of marine science and policy Ioannis Poulakakis, assistant professor of mechanical engineeringJoel Rosenthal, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry Angelia Seyfferth, assistant professor of plant and soil sciencesFaculty FellowsThe University celebrates our faculty members who have been elected Fellows in the following associations:AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: Charles Riordan, deputy provost for research and scholarship andprofessor of chemistry and biochemistryNorman Wagner, Robert L. Pigford Chair and Alvin B. and Julie O. Stiles Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringHarold White III, professor of biological sciences and chemistry and biochemistryAMERICAN ACADEMY OF NURSING:Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, associate professor of nursingJudith Herrman, professor of nursingINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES ECONOMICS AND TRADE:Lee Anderson, professor emeritus and past Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine StudiesALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION:Nayantara Bhatnagar, assistant professor of mathematical sciences Joel Rosenthal, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistryDOUG BAKER EVAN KRAPEDANIELLE QUIGLEY]]></page><page Index="23" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[NOTABLE GRANTSDisease-fighting moleculesUD professors are one step closer to understanding disease. Through a five-year, $11.2 million federal grant, UD scientists will build a network of biomedical researchers who will examine new ways to study cancer and other serious diseases.The grant, from the National Institutes of Health’s Centers of Biomedical ResearchExcellence (COBRE) program, supports seven junior faculty members working on five research projects, said principal investigator Joseph M. Fox, professorof chemistry and biochemistry. Two of the five COBREprojects are focused on specific disorders, Crohn’s and Huntington’s diseases. Another is focused on developing a molecular library that will be screened broadly for drug lead identification, and two other projects are focused on developing underlying technologies that will accelerate the discovery process.“These projects are tied together under the concept of ‘molecular discovery to improve human health,’” he said. “Through this center, we will be discovering new molecules that can be used to study, and ultimately to treat, human disease.”Designing biomaterialsBiomaterials, which come in contact with parts of the body for an extended time, are generally defined as substances that have been engineered to interact with living systems in a way that can direct medical therapies or diagnoses.Think contact lenses and dental fillings, in the simplest sense.At UD, faculty use their understanding of chemistry, biology, physics and other fields to design and make new biomaterials. Through a five-year, $5.85 million grant, the University will extend this interdisciplinary research program.Directed by Tatyana Polenova, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, the grant will support research on biomaterials for uses such as tissue regeneration, tissue engineering and drug delivery.The most recent grant is funded by the National Institutes of Health and is part of the NIH’s Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) program.This COBRE project began with a grant in 2003, won a competitive renewal from the NIH in 2008 and will now enter its third five-year phase, which will continue until 2019.Strengthening biomedical researchDelaware INBRE, the Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, will continue its collaborative efforts to increase biomedical research capability, improve disease outcomes and drive economic growth through its statewide network, thanks to a five-year, $18.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.The goal of INBRE is to grow statewide research capacity through collaborations in research, professional development, equipment and infrastructure purchases and mentoring.“Delaware has incredibly talented professionals with an enterprise-oriented attitude,” said Steven J. Stanhope, associate vice provost for research at the University andprincipal investigator of Delaware INBRE. “We have broken down barriers between institutions and created model systems for how to develop partnerships. Our researchers are really unmatched in their abilities to partner across our great collaboration state.”This is the second renewal for the Delaware INBRE program, which represents a collaboration with six statewide research institutions—UD, Wesley College, Delaware Technical Community College, Delaware State University, Christiana Care Health System and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.The grant will fund two rounds of 12 investigators who are focusing on research in cancer, cardiovascular health and neuroscience, along with the purchase of additional research equipment. Half of the INBRE investigators are women, and the IDeA program aims to increase diversity among its participants. zThe University of Delaware is a premier research institution, committed to developing solutions and inventing new technologies. Sponsored research is a national investment in the work that we do, enabling our faculty and students to address the grant challenges and great debates of our time. Here, we spotlight some notable grantsin the field of biomedical science.Joseph FoxCathy Wu and Steven StanhopeOUR FACULTYVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 21KATHY F. ATKINSONKATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="24" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[A Lasting Legacy:The Path to ProminenceAs the Messenger went to press, President Patrick Harker announced plans to step down as the 26th president of the University of Delaware to become president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, effective July 1.Under Harker’s leadership, the University of Delaware launched the Path to Prominence, a strategic plan predicated on excellence in undergraduate, graduate and professional education, environmental leadership, global engagement, diversity and service to the community. Implemented and embraced by the University community of alumni, students, parents, friends, faculty and staff, the Path to Prominence resulted in a University that is thriving and positioned for even greater success in the future.Prioritizing aggressive and strategic faculty hiring brought more brilliant minds to UD and dramatically increased sponsored research. Record-high enrollments, including the largest, brightest class in UD’s history in fall 2014, reflected the University’s in-demand status. And with an eye on the next century of growth, UD acquired the 272-acre former Chrysler assembly plant and began development of the Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus, the largest land addition to the Newark campus in our history.Under the Path to Prominence, the University also:• Expanded the Commitment to Delawareans, adding a financial aid component to ensure that a UD education remains an affordable, accessible option for First State families;• Opened the first new sciences building on campus in two decades—the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory—to focus on learning and building interest and enthusiasm for the sciences. UD has already seen increased retention in STEM majors since the ISE Lab’s opening;• Established numerous research centers, as well as the Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships, to stimulate invention and entrepreneurship and to translate UD research into economy-driving technologies;• Undertook major capital projects, including the ISE Lab; the Louis L. Redding and Eliphalet Gilbert Residence Halls; the new Academy Street Residence and Dining project; a campus bookstore; and upgrades to campus athletics facilities, including an addition to the Bob Carpenter Center and a major renovation of the Carpenter Sports Building;• Welcomed the Nurse Managed Health Center, the Delaware Physical Therapy Clinic and the GoBabyGo! Research initiative to the new Health Sciences Complex as part of the STAR Campus. Partner organizations such as the Delaware HealthSciences Alliance and the Delaware Rehabilitation Institute also opened dedicated space in the building.• Boosted alumni engagement with events such as Alumni Weekend, which grew from 1,100 participants in its inaugural year in 2008 to more than 5,000 today; and• Witnessed unprecedented philanthropic support, as fundraising climbed more than 140 percent—from $26.4 million in 2008-09 to $63.9 million in 2013-14. Donor support has helped fund initiatives like the David A. Plastino Scholars Program, which allows students to “follow their passion,” and the Horn Program in Entrepreneurship, made by possible by Charles, AS75, and Patricia Horn, which gives students the chance to conceive, validate and launch a high-growth start-up.The strong and thoughtful leadership of President Harker, combined with the passion and dedication of our constituents, has resulted in remarkable strides for the University of Delaware. With this solid foundation, and the ongoing partnership of our alumni, parents, students, friends, faculty and staff, the University is well positioned for the next chapter in this great institution’s history.To read more about Patrick Harker’s impact on the University of Delaware and the strides taken during his tenure, visit our web edition www.udel.edu/udmessenger. zOn March 13, 2015, the University of Delaware Board of Trustees selected Nancy Targett, dean of the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, to serve as interim president, effective July 1. The board also named a Presidential Search Committee to identify the institution’s next president. To learn more visit http://www.udel.edu/002507.22 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="25" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Deborah C. Andrews, professor of English, Shopping: Material Culture Perspectives, University of Delaware PressTimothy Gager, AS83, The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan, Big Table PublicationsDave Granville, AS77, Monsters and Homework, Tate PublishingRobert L. Hampel, professor of education, Paul Diederich and the Progressive American High School, Information Age PublishingJan-Christopher Horak, AS73, Saul Bass: Anatomy of Film Design, University Press of KentuckyJeff Joireman, AS92M, 96PhD, How to Publish High-Quality Research, American Psychological AssociationArthur L. Joyce, AS80, El Pueblo de la Tierra Cielo: Arqueologia de la Mizteca de la Costa, Centro INAH OaxacaBetween the CoversNew books by faculty and alumniJulianna Johnson Liscio, AS13,Erasing Faith, Julie Johnson (self-published on amazon.com)Tara Moore, AS06PhD, Christmas: The Sacred to Santa, Reaktion PressRoger W. Moss, AS72PhD,Athenaeum Profiles: A Not-for- Profit Education, Oak Knoll PressKathryn Kelly Pincus, AS88, Long Hill Home, KoehlerbooksBarbara Proud, AS78, First Comes Love: Portraits of Enduring LGBTQ Relationships, self-publishedFrancis Strazzella, AS73,90 Minutes In Nairobi, self-publishedSusan H. Swetnam, AS72, 74M,Books, Bluster and Bounty: Local Politics and Intermountain West Carnegie Library Building Grants 1898-1920, Utah State University Press. This book has been awarded the Idaho Library Association’s Idaho Book of the Year Prize.Timothy Tobin, AS90, Your Leadership Story: Use Your Story to Energize, Inspire and Motivate, Berrett-Koehler PublishersJeanne Murray Walker, professor of English, Helping the Morning: New and Selected Poems, WordFarmCarl Evan Wittbecker, ANR74,Stranded in 1967 Vietnam— Recollections of an Irregular Army Guy, CreateSpace zHave you written a new book? Send the information to TheMessenger@udel.edu and we’ll include it in the “Between the Covers” section.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 23]]></page><page Index="26" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="27" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR CAMPUS PHOTO BY EVAN KRAPE“The University of Delaware has a proud legacy of being a teaching university and, accordingly, acknowledges faculty who are distinguished by their contributions of teaching excellence and mentorship of students,” reads the bronze plaque at the entrance of Mentors’ Circle. Featuring bricks inscribed with the names of the University of Delaware’s Excellence-in-Teaching Award and Excellence-in-Advising Award recipients, Mentors’ Circle was dedicated in 2001.]]></page><page Index="28" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[The University of Delaware released a draft of a revised master plan for the Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus this past November. Envisioned to become a center of innovation, focused on leading research in areas such as health science, cybersecurity and alternative energy, the STAR Campus will provide educational and professional opportunities for UD students while fueling job and economic growth within the state.YesterdayFive years ago, UD purchased the 272-acre property that had been the site of Chrysler’s Newark Assembly Plant. When the plant closed in 2008, there was little chance that another large employer would take Chrysler’s place.The empty site threatened to be a drag on the region’s economy for decades to come. But out of this dramatic shift emerged an opportunity— one that, as President Patrick Harker said at the time, only comes along once in a lifetime. UD seized that opportunity.TodayThe University has opened the Health Sciences Complex, the first University facility on the STAR Campus, home to the Nurse Managed Health Center, the Physical Therapy Clinic and the Delaware Rehabilitation Institute.More than 300 patients a week come to these centers, as word spreads in the community about their high quality of care. Our research labs are focused on the kind of work that can change lives for the better.“We cleared a million square feet of the site. We recycled 140 million pounds of steel, 50,000 tons of concrete, 40,000 light bulbs and almost 4 million pounds of copper, aluminum and stainless steel. We incorporated much of the old Chrysler administration building, including a mural of the vehicles produced there, into our new Health Sciences Complex.”—President Patrick HarkerPAST PRESENT DIANE KUKICHKATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="29" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[FUTURE VisionThe GoBabyGo! lab gives kids with disabilities the mobility they need to socialize, learn and grow. And the BADER Consortium is improving orthopedic rehabilitation for wounded troops and others with missing limbs. Elsewhere on the site, we continue researching and perfecting our grid-integrated vehicle system. And, working with others, we’re bringing top-notch resources to the STAR Campus to become leaders in the cybersecurity field.TomorrowThe future of STAR is based on our 3+1 Strategy— combining our strengths in health and life sciences, energy and the environment, and security & defense with the site’s infrastructure and location.The latest draft of the master plan focuses just on the 65 acres in the northeast corner, anchored by the train station and the Health Sciences Complex.“We had a couple of principles in mind when we sketched out this plan. First, we don’t want to be just landlords. The STAR Campus is all about fulfilling our three-part land-grant mission of scholarship, research and community service.”—President HarkerAll future tenants will offer educational, research or intern experience to UD students. The focus is on seeing a density of people—especially those from different fields—interacting with each other, talking about their latest projects over a cup of coffee. While Skype and conference calls are good for getting business done, they’re not very useful in making new connections. That has to happen in person. The University is developing this site to benefit not only our students and faculty but also the entire region. Fully built out, that 65-acre corner of the STAR Campus would contain about 51⁄2 million square feet ofspace for research, community service and commercial enterprises—roughly equivalent to all of downtown Wilmington. zOur vision will take shape over the next 50 to 100 years. We are building something truly incredible at the University of Delaware. To learn more visit the STAR Campus website at udel.edu/star.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 27EVAN KRAPE KATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="30" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR CAMPUS28 University of Delaware MessengerFarewell to Rodney and Dickinsona “a mmFor generations of UD students, the JohnDickinson and Caesar Rodney Residence HallComplexes were at the center of thefreshman year experience. These memories are now bittersweet as the University announced plans in November to close both complexes in May 2015, at the end of spring semester, eliminating the entire West Campus.” Dickinson Complexes’ infrastructures and systems will continually be susceptible tofailure,” said Alan Brangman, vice president for facilities, real estate and auxiliary services at the University.“We will continue our commitment to maintaining the buildings with 100 percent service and attention through the end of May, when they will be shuttered.”Constructed in 1966, each complex houses over 700 students. The residences have historically housed freshmen, at a time in their lives when they establish early and lasting social connections. This factor, combined with the fact that the buildings’ layouts make them conducive to socializing, have made them popular residences with Blue Hens.“I don’t know anymore the 18-year-old I once was the September day I walked into Dickinson D dorm. I do know the 42-year-old I am now and how that single year shaped my life and forever will. In that year on that floor, I met threebest friends who would become my forever family,” said Melanie Wartenberg, AS94, in response to the announcement.While the loss of such iconic buildings is a loss for UD alumni, the transition will be beneficial for current and incoming students.“For nearly 50 years, Rodney and DickinsonPassionate UD alumni responded swiftly on social media to pay tribute to the buildings where they began their time at UD. “There was something special about West Campus. It wasthe unique layout of those floors and the tight sense of community, the collective feeling of all being in the same West Campus boat together. We all knew someday Rodney and Dickinson’s time would come, but the memories will live forever!” said Darren Kane, BE95, writer and editor of Glory Days at Delaware and MugNight.com.Plans to close Rodney were discussed with the University’s Board ofTrustees andreported by TheReview last spring. UD officials then determined that Dickinson would also be shuttered, as both are reaching the end of their useful lives as high quality housing.“Due to their age, the Rodney andEVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="31" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[1967 20141968 2014residence halls have served UD students well, providing strong social and academic communities, comfortable housing and positive experiences building lifelong friendships,” said Kathleen Kerr, executive director of residence life and housing at the University. “However, moving students out of Rodney and Dickinson is in the best long-term interests of our students and campus community in terms of sustainable growth and campus engagement. We are strengthening and expanding our ‘first-year neighborhoods’ and ensuring students will be able tomore easily connect with others as well as to campus resources and staff.”Construction is nearing completion for a new Academy Street Dining and Residence Hall Complex (ASDR) and a renovated Harrington Complex, both set to open in fall 2015, providing brand new housing for freshmen. ASDR will feature a large lounge area similar to Dickinson’s, plus a 50,000-square-foot dining hall able to seat 1,180 diners, one of the largest dining halls on the East Coast, according to current plans. Harrington will have updated finishes in the residential spaces and a revitalized commons with a fitness area, food market, several lounges, quiet and group study space and air conditioning.“Overall, the housing changes we are making next fall, coupled with the addition in 2013 of Louis Redding Hall and Eliphalet Gilbert Hall, are helping to facilitate a more cohesive, integrated campus experience,” said Kerr.According to officials, the West Campus buildings will be shuttered but not immediately demolished.“While we have no immediate plans for the use of West Campus buildings, we are considering potentialopportunities,” said Brangman. “We will ensure the buildings’ future fits within the University’s strategic plans and will be sensitive to the needs of our neighbors and the city of Newark.” zmmIn honor of the pivotal role that the Rodney and Dickinson complexes played in the lives of so many UD alumni, the University will host a “Farewell to West Campus” event this June as part of Alumni Weekend.Farewell to West Campus LuncheonSaturday, June 6Tennis Courts (outside of Rodney E) 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.$7 per personJoin fellow Rodney/Dickinson alumni for lunch as we commemorate these iconic residence halls.Alumni will have opportunities to take photos and leave legacy notes, sharing their memories of Rodney and Dickinson.Visit www.udconnection.com/alumniweekend to register.SAVEtheDATEOUR CAMPUSVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 29COURTESY OF THE DIGITAL YEARBOOK COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESEVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="32" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="33" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR UD PHOTO BY MARK CAMPBELLProud UD students cheer on the men’s basketball team as part of the Cockpit, a Blue Hen program that includes events, promotions and giveaways for UD students to foster UD pride and provide a fun and engaging atmosphere to root on their peers and create a home field advantage like no other.]]></page><page Index="34" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR UDThe Engaged UniversityThe Carnegie Community Engagement ClassificationFrom our nationally recognizedLori’s Hands program, in whichstudents provide in-home supportto people with chronic illness(founded by Sarah LaFave, HS11,when she was a student), to thework of professor Yasser Payne, inwhich he trains residents ofhigh-crime Wilmingtonneighborhoods in researchmethodologies so they may helpdetermine underlying causes of violence in their communities, the University of Delaware is deeply committed to making the world a better place.As a result, the University received the Community Engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an Act of Congress, the Carnegie Foundation defines community engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutuallybeneficial exchange of knowledge andresources in a context of partnershipand reciprocity.”“This year’s Simon Award winners are outstanding models for how higher education across the country can and must innovate to prepare our graduates for success in today’s increasingly complex and interdependent world,” said Marlene M. Johnson, NAFSA executive director and CEO.UD joins Mount Holyoke College, North Central College, the University of San Diego and the University of Virginia in its successat “making significant, well-planned, well-executed, and well- documented progress toward comprehensive internationalization— especially those using innovative and creative approaches.”UD was recognized for a comprehensive approach to international education guided by the 2008 Path to Prominence strategic plan, which called on the campus community to “foster knowledge and awareness of the economic, environmental, political, cultural and social issues that face the world, and the skills to address them.”The winning application cited Delaware’s progress since that time, including the establishment of the Institute for Global StudiesWhen UD embarked upon its Path to Prominence strategic plan in 2008, we set out to become “The Engaged University,” an institution renowned for promoting public service and applying its research and human talent to address the grand challenges of our time.UD has maintained a long and vibrant tradition of public service. Just this year, we were recognized with two honors cementing this deep commitment.More than 300 unique community partners and over 375 examples of community projects were identified during the development of the University’s application for the elective classification, which was submitted to the Carnegie Foundation in April 2014.The University is one of 240 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the 2015 designation.NAFSA’s 2015 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive InternationalizationNAFSA: Association of International Educators has named the University of Delaware as one of five higher education institutions in the U.S. to receive the 2015 Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization.Students participating in a University of Delaware Alternative Break (UDaB) program.(IGS) in 2009, the reorganization of the Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS), and the re-opening of the Wright House, creating a campus hub for international activities.Long known as a leader in study abroad, the University also shared details of new, innovative programs such as the English Language Institute’s CAP Cohort Model, UD World Scholars Program, DelawareDiplomats, Globex Fund, UD Africa, Fulbright Initiative, and expanded opportunities for undergraduate global engagement, including micromesters, internships and service learning fostered by membership inthe Clinton Global Initiative and the Taillores Network. z32 University of Delaware MessengerStudents from the Governors School for Excellence attend an event held by UD’s Confucius Institute showcasing Chinese culture and the arts.PHOTOS BY EVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="35" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Men’s soccer earns first CAA regular season titleThis past fall, the men’s soccer team braved blustery conditions at Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium to defeat Elon 2-1 and earn its first ever Colonial Athletic Association regular season championship.“Winning the CAAwas one of our goals whenwe started last summer,and keeping thatchampionship mentalitywas key for us,” said University of Delaware Head Coach Ian Hennessy.Hennessy attributes the team’s success not only to his incredible players, but also to the support the team received from the Blue Hen community.“Over 22,000 fans have come to watch our home games over the last two years. This growth in attendance has paralleled our success on the field,” said Hennessy.The regular season championship earned the team the No. 1 seed in the post-season CAA Tournament. They battled to the final round where their post-season ended in a loss to James Madison University on Nov. 16. But the players and coach still celebrate their successful season and look forward to going even further in 2015.“Being so close to achieving all of our objectives this past year has not only increased our desire to achieve them, but also it made us recognize our mistakes so we can be able to solve them and become a better team,” said Guillermo Delgado, HS17, a midfielder who earned All-American honors for the second straight year and was the team’s leading goal-scorer. zOUR UDBefore the championship game, the University of Delaware officially dedicated Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium. The Grants’ historic gift of $1.5 million funded extensive renovations to the facility with the input of a press box and new bleachers. Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, President Patrick Harker, UD Athletic Director Eric Ziady, Stuart Grant and Hennessy all spoke at the pregame ceremony.Delaware field hockey: Back-to-back championsThe UD field hockey team celebrated its second consecutive Colonial Athletic Association Championship last fall with a 2-1 victory over James Madison University, becoming the first conference team to win consecutive CAA trophies since Old Dominion University accomplished that feat from 2010-11. The title is UD’s fourth since joining the league in 2002.“It was a true conference championship game. Two great teams competed, and it could have gone either way,” said Head Coach Rolf van de Kerkhof. “We played great defense in the second half, which was truly the difference maker. I’m excited for our team, as they’ve grown in every game along the way.”The second-seeded Hens had a strong showing against the fourth-seeded Dukes, including the 11th goal of the season for Esmée Peet, BE17, off a penalty corner; a game-winning goal by Michaela Patzner, AS16, in the second half; and three saves for goalkeeper Emmeline Oltmans, AS18, for her 10th win of the season.Blue Hens junior midfielder Allie Mikelson, AS16, was named the Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.The championship win earned UD the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Kent State University in the first round. But the Blue Hens are looking forward to a new season, with hopes for another championship. Peet is confident that 2015 will be a year to remember.“The last two championships have created a great excitement and a positive energy for the team. Everyone came back from winter break ready to go with a lot of motivation, and I think as a team we are ready to take the next step and achieve bigger goals. This spring we will work a lot on our individual development and become even closer as a team. I can’t wait for my third season at Delaware and to win another championship,” said Peet.The UD field hockey team will kick off the 2015 season this summer. A formal schedule will be shared this spring on www.bluehens.com. zVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 33MARK CAMPBELLMARK CAMPBELL]]></page><page Index="36" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR UDCautious optimism at 10th annual economic forecastEconomic experts from around the industry shared their perspectives at the University’s 10th annual Economic Forecast conference in February.Michael Farr, CNBC contributor, president of Farr, Miller and Washington, LLC and author of The Arrogance Cycle, warned of becoming too complacent during times of economic recovery.“In literature, tragedies always begin on sunny days,” Farr said, reading from The Arrogance Cycle. Feeling like “you can’t lose,” he continued, can lead to poor decision-making.Farr warned that current economic issues like rising living costs, wage stagnation and inadequate retirement savings cannot be ignored.Despite these realities, Farr sees reasons for optimism, including positive demographic trends, like an increasingly educated population.“When you are buying stocks, you are buying a long-term call on the future of America,” Farr said. “Don’t bet against this country.”Discussing America as well as the international economy was Jay Bryson, managing director and global economist for Wells Fargo. Bryson provided an economic outlook for what he calls “an interconnected world.”Bryson predicted modest growth in both the Eurozone and in China as the former recovers from a recession and the latter strives to maintain unprecedented market growth.The recent decline in gas prices also garnered part of the discussion, with Bryson noting that this decline will help push consumer spending higher in 2015, but may weaken incentives for alternative energy innovation.The conference’s final speaker—president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis—James A. Bullard, shared his fellow conference members’ cautious optimism.“I do think there’s considerable momentum in the U.S. economy,” Bullard said.Bullard added that, while low interest rates help drive momentum, a zero interest rate is unwise because the economy has now “normalized.”“We can rationalize low interest rates,” Bullard said. “We can’t rationalize zero interest rates.”UD’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics partners with Lyons Companies to present the annual conference, which features three presentations and a panel discussion. z—Sunny Rosen, AS1434 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="37" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="38" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="39" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="40" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="41" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="42" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="43" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="44" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="45" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSPHOTO BY EVAN KRAPEBaby Blue and Blue Hen alumni celebrate at last year’s Alumni Weekend. This year’s event features Dela-bration, an open air event for all alumni and reunion class celebrations. Learn more and register at www.udel.edu/alumniweekend.]]></page><page Index="46" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSFearlessGoing off the gridin search of DreadnoughtusIf traveling through six airports, driving four hours down a dirt road, and rafting over a raging glacier stream to get to the office sounds a little extreme, UD alumnusKen Lacovara understands. “Remote and unexplored,” though, are just the characteristics Lacovara looks for when selecting a field site to hunt for dinosaur fossils.44 University of Delaware MessengerPHOTO DREXEL UNIVERSITY]]></page><page Index="47" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSLacovara, EOE98PhD, who earned his doctoral degree in geology, is an associate professor in the department of biodiversity, earth and environmental science at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He gained the world’s attention last fall when he revealed the discovery of a new supermassive sauropod dinosaur species unearthed in southern Patagonia, Argentina.Dreadnoughtus schrani is the most complete skeleton ever found of a supermassive dinosaur. In life it would have measured 85 feet long and weighed 65 tons, as much as 13 African elephants or more than seven Tyrannosaurus rex.The 77-million-year-old creature belongs to a group of large plant eaters known as titanosaurs. It was unearthed during fieldwork from 2005-2009, along with a smaller, less complete skeleton found at the same time.FINDING A SUPERGIANTTo find dinosaur fossils, paleontologists use geological maps to search for sedimentary rocks of the right age, located in dry, arid environments.“In pictures, it always looks like paleontologists work in deserts. This is not because these creatures lived indeserts, rather it is because where you have deserts today you have good exposure of the rock, which is necessary to locate fossils,” Lacovara says.Serendipity plays a part, too, in whether the samples found are well-preserved, worthy of study or new to science.Most dinosaur fossils have been found in the western United States, China and Patagonia. Lacovara, a paleontologist with a background in geology and sedimentology, selected southern Patagonia because geological maps indicated the location contained vast swaths of Cretaceous age sediments.It took four field seasons, each two months long, and a team of volunteers and students to excavate the 16-ton skeleton from approximately 150-200 tons of rock that was removed. Horses initially were used to bring supplies in and to transport dinosaur fossil bones out, some weighing hundreds of pounds, before a path was cleared to provide automobile access. Dozens of people assisted with logistics, permitting, insurance, shipping and more.“In the field you are never comfortable, you are always hot or cold, tired or hungry. But when you hammer at the rock with a chisel [and reveal] something that no human has ever seenPHOTO KEN LACOVARAin history, you know that you’ve made an unassailable contribution to the stock of reality. It’s addictive,” says Lacovara, who previously worked on successful projects in the Egyptian Sahara and the Gobi Desert of China.Lacovara enlisted collaborators at Drexel’s Academy of Natural Sciences and Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh to help his research team prepare and preserve the fossils. Thousands of hours were spent etching away millions of years of sediment and stabilizing the bones with special epoxies and chemicals, then digitizing the skeleton using a 3-D laser scanner.Three-dimensional digital modeling, he says, is the future in paleontology, particularly for studying giant dinosaurs, because it eliminates the weight of the bones; the data doesn’t decay over time like bone specimens can, and information can be ported around the world with the click of a button.The 3-D laser scans also provide new insight into the animal’s physiology, particularly the function and force of its muscles—information that is generally lacking for sauropods. Future research will include working to understand the dinosaur’s musculature, growth rate and biomechanics, as well as its relationship to the environment.CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGEPlaster jacketed dinosaur bones at Estancia Bon Accord (a ranch), awaiting transportation to the port.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 45]]></page><page Index="48" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSDreadnoughtus weighed 65 tons and was 85 feet long. That’s about 13 times the weight and 2.5 times the length of a Tyrannosaurus rex.Lacovara stands in the curve of the tail section.The tail is over 30 feet long (about as long as a school bus); huge muscle scars indicate it was used as a weapon.COMPOSITE IMAGE: KENNETH LACOVARA AND VALENTINA FELDMANTHE SCIENCE OF THE SUPER-SIZEDWhile scientists today can still observe and study blue whales, the biggest creatures to ever occupy the ocean, the largest creatures to walk on the land are extinct.Before Dreadnoughtus, scientists have only known these land giants from very fragmentary remains. The most complete skeleton found prior to Dreadnoughtus was 26 percent complete. Dreadnoughtus is over 70 percent complete and includes 145 bones.Lacovara calculated the animal’s mass using measurements from the femur and humerus, both of which were found at the field site. Having found both allows him to estimate the animal’s weight with confidence. Another Patagonian giant,Elaltitan, previously held the title of the dinosaur with the greatest reliably calculable weight at 47 tons.The discovery will push biological frontiers by providing paleontologists important clues on how big land animals can get.“For the first time, we can see a near complete skeletal anatomy of one of the most massive creatures to walk the earth.ILLUSTRATION BY JENNIFER HALLIt’s just the early stages, but I think we will learn more about the physiology of supermassive land animals from Dreadnoughtus than we have from any of these creatures in the past,” said Lacovara.HOW MANY DREADNOUGHTUSWERE THERE?Lacovara named the dinosaur Dreadnoughtus after Dreadnoughts— huge, impervious battleships from the early 20th century. The species name, “schrani,” honors American entrepreneur Adam Schran, who supported the research.But just how many Dreadnoughtus lived during this time period?According to Lacovara, the Cretaceous period was a bountiful time in Earth’s history with high temperatures andA member of the excavation team next to the hip and femur. The femur (the discovery piece) is 6 1⁄2 feet tall and weighed over 1,000 lbs.46 University of Delaware MessengerINSET PHOTOS OF EXCAVATION SITE, THIS SPREAD BY KEN LACOVARA]]></page><page Index="49" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSOne neck vertebra is over 1 yard across, about the length of a baseball bat.Above, excavation team members stand with a cervical vertebra at the site in Patagonia.The upper arm bone (humerus) is almost as tall as Lacovara. (See image on title page) Above, see how Lacovara compares in length to the tibia.carbon dioxide levels that would have led to high levels of plant production and abundant food resources.Dreadnoughtus was not fully grown when it died and scientists are unsure how big it might have gotten. Some animals, like humans, grow for a specific amount of years, while others, like leatherback sea turtles, growcontinuously. Lacovara suspects large dinosaurs may have continued growing throughout their lifetime.“We really don’t know at this point, but it raises many questions. Large dinosaurs often are known from a single specimen. It’s not clear whether the size variation we observe relates to differences between species or simply different life ages of the individuals collected,” he says.How Dreadnoughtus died, however, is easier to decipher. River deposits and storm deposit sediments found in the earth surrounding the giant sauropod indicate that the animal succumbed when a nearby river overflowed its banks, turning the surrounding flood plain into quick sand.Global warming has increased theimportance of studying Mesozoic ecosystems, particularly those of the Cretaceous Period, because fossil ecosystems offer the only tangible evidence of what continued global warming might produce in the future.The dinosaur fossil was returned to South America earlier this year, to the Padre Jesús Molina Regional Museum, a small museum in the Santa Cruz province, Argentina.Lacovara admits that watching the subject of a decade’s work depart the Port of Philadelphia brought mixed emotions, but says he is heartened by the fact that a 3-D printed version of Dreadnoughtus is planned for display at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. z—Karen B. Roberts, AS90 Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 47]]></page><page Index="50" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[PHOTO BY EVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="51" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSPaying It Forward:Internships for UD students Grace T. Leong, AS88The University of Delaware has played a pivotal role in Grace Leong’s career, and now, as the managing partner of a successful New York City public relations firm, she is paying it forward.As an undergraduate at UD, Leong, AS88, won the Hal Kierce Award as the year’s top public relations student. D-A-Y/Ogilvy Public Relations executive Barbara W. Hunter created the award to honor a deceased co-worker. When Leong graduated, she joined Hunter at D-A-Y/Ogilvy in New York City. A year later, when Hunter founded her own agency, Leong followed her to the new Hunter Public Relations.It was a move that would lead to many career opportunities for UD students.“One of the reasons I was able to secure my first job is that I had internship experiences as a student at Delaware—experiences that are so important as a steppingstone into a career,” Leong says. “I always said that if I had the opportunity, I’d help other students in that same way.“So I was a fan of UD, my boss [Hunter] was a fan of UD, and we began offering internships to UD students. You can’t help every student trying to break in to public relations, and you can’t always give money, but bringing students into the workplace and giving them that experience is something that’s really easy to do.”Over the years, more than a dozen UD students benefited from Summer and Winter Session internships at the agency’s New York City headquarters, and some went on to begin successful careers there. When Hunter retired in 2000, Leong bought the firm.For Hunter PR’s 25th anniversary in 2014, Leong created the Barbara W. Hunter Internship to provide a selected UD intern with a cash stipend to help offset the cost of living in New York City.“With the stipend, the UD student who carries the distinction of being the Barbara W. Hunter intern can experience New York and its culture, because that’s part of the PR business,” Leong says. “I always wanted to go one step beyond for Delaware kids.”Grace Leong with husband, Todd, EG86The first Barbara W. Hunter intern will work at the firm this summer.Hunter Public Relations has about 110 employees in offices in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Toronto. It provides marketing communications services to well- known consumer products companies and brands, with clients that include Kraft Foods, Mondelēz, McNeil Consumer Health Care, Diageo, Hasbro and 3M. z—Ann Manser, AS73Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 49KATHY F. 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With his full beard and Amish-style hat, he has long been a distinctive figure at the museums he leads in Nevada, but now he also can be recognized by viewers in the 151 countries where Pawn Stars airs, dubbed into 32 languages.“This has been completely surreal,” says Hall-Patton, who attended UD’s graduate program in museum studies from 1976-77. “As a museum director, you’re generally totally unrecognizable. Now, my wife and I can’t go out to eat without being recognized, and people email me from all over the world.”None of this would have happened, he says, without his education at the University of Delaware.In 1976, as Hall-Patton was completing his senior year as a history major at the University of California at Irvine, he stopped by a professor’s office and began talking about the uncertainty of his post-graduation plans. The professor, he says, “rummaged around in a desk drawer and handed me a pamphlet” about museum studies at UD.Hall-Patton says he immediately recognized museum work as a field that would suit his interests. He applied to the program, was accepted and drove his pickup truck across the country that August to Newark.“It was a wonderful program, and it was perfect for me,” he says. “I wanted to run museums, not be a curator, and the UD program offered great classes and brought in top experts in the field to speak to the students. It really helped me understand the whole philosophy of museum work.”Financial issues led him to take an internship at a museum back home in California instead of finishing the program, he says: “I wish I had gotten my master’s degree, but there’s no question that my time at UD put me in the field I’ve been in for 37 years. Without Delaware, I absolutely wouldn’t be where I am today.”He also might not look exactly like he does today. On weekends at UD, Hall-Patton and his roommate would often visit flea markets in Dover, where he took a liking to the hats he saw the Amish merchants wearing. He says he couldn’t afford them at the time, but several years later he bought hisfirst authentic hat from a store in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and he’s adopted the style—he already had the beard—ever since.After working at a variety of museums, Hall-Patton came to Las Vegas 21 years ago to create the Cannon Aviation Museum, part of Clark County’s system of three museums. For the past eight years, he’s been the director of all three facilities.He was known in the area for his professional work and his appearances on a local-access TV station, promoting the museums to residents and tourists, when the History Channel came calling in 2009. Pawn Stars, which specializes in assessing and appraising unusual items that are brought into the shop, had an old military uniform the owners needed an expert to examine. Hall-Patton told them that he’d do some research and go on camera to discuss the uniform’s history and authenticity but that he wouldn’t put a monetary value on it.“That’s not what I do,” he told the show’s producer. “Well,” he recalls the man saying, “we’ll try you anyway.” Since then, he’s appeared in short segments on about 30percent of the episodes. He generally receives an email about the item he’ll be asked to discuss (“usually with a bad photo attached”) and then begins his research. He says he has contacts across the U.S. on whom he can call for expert advice, and his personal library of 20,000 books is invaluable. He then drives to the pawnshop for his segment of the show, which he says is always unscripted.“They never know what I’m going to say, but they know that by the time I get there to start filming, I’ll know what I’m talking about,” Hall-Patton says. “I call myself ‘the cleanup historian’ because I don’t have a specialty. If something interests me, I’ll go out and research it. I’ve always done that for myself, and now I do it for the show.”Although the pawnshop owners provide plenty of humor, and Hall-Patton projects a genial image, he takes his role seriously. He feels that he’s representing the museum profession on the show, as well as educating viewers about history, and those are his two passions.Meanwhile, he has no plans to quit his day job at the museum complex, and he and his wife, Colleen, a professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, still try to enjoy a private life.“I’m about the unlikeliest celebrity you could ever run into,” he says. “I’m pretty boring, I don’t follow sports or politics. I really only know history.” z—Ann Manser, AS73Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 51]]></page><page Index="54" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSLEGACYANNA GREEN, AS16For Anna Green’s family, Blue Hen pride runs wide and deep.Twenty-five of Anna’s relatives, spanning three generations, call the University of Delaware their alma mater—one brother, two aunts, three uncles and 19 cousins!“When I was researching colleges, my family obviously had a big influence on me. Having so many alumni in the family, and growing up in the state of Delaware, I couldn’t go wrong here,” said Anna. “Seeing how successful my family members have been after graduating, and hearing their incredible stories—that I continue to hear to this day—makes me realize how lucky I am to be here, and that I get to share in those memories.”From Georgia, Virginia and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic states, Anna’s family often makes the trip back to Delaware Stadium for Blue Hen football. “Every home game we set up a tent in the Gold lot, right by the stadium. My aunts have parking spaces, and I bring my friends so we can all tailgate together. My entire family grew up around Delaware, so we live and breathe Blue Hen pride. And football is one way we definitely stay connected.”In addition to the proud UD alumni in her family, Anna shares her current UD experience with cousins and fellow students, William Ryan, BE17, and Joseph Echevarria, BE18.“As of right now, there are three of usattending UD, and I think that will continue in our family; there’s such a long line of us. I have a lot of younger cousins, and many in high school looking at colleges, and we’re such a big influence. I think that really impacts their decisions.”As younger members of the Green family consider UD as their university of choice, Anna is focused on her studies and her future. A junior who spent the 2015 Winter Session studying abroad in Quito, Ecuador, Anna is a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority and was a recipient of the Howard L. Robertson Sr. and J. Jesse Selinkoff Memorial Scholarship in 2013 and 2014. She plans to pursue either medical or dental school after graduating from UD.“More than anything else, I chose UD because of the value of the education,” said Anna. z— Christopher Hannigan, AS14This new recurring feature celebrates the students, faculty, staff, parents and alumni who come from a long line of University of Delaware graduates. Known as legacy families, they are tied together in the Blue Hen spirit.To nominate someone to be featured, email themessenger@ udel.edu.52 University of Delaware MessengerPHOTO BY KATHY F. 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I thank you for helping us build a better UD, not just by the distinction of your achievements, but by the power of your service and the wisdom of your counsel. I thank you for constantly renewing your relationship with the University, for showing us the strength in community, for living ourmission every day in your commitment to excellence, and for helping us graduate young men and women whom we hope to recognize with an honor like this a few years from now.”2014 honorees are pictured below. To read more, visit www.udel. edu/002506UDAA Outstanding Alumni AwardsThe University of Delaware Alumni Association named Shanté Stargell Hastings, EG00,and Shawn Duff, BE08, the 2014 recipients ofthe Outstanding Alumni Award at Homecoming last fall. Presented annually, this award is given to alumni who have participated in exceptional volunteer work on behalf of the University and/or the UDAA.“Shanté and Shawnare both great examplesof what it means to beBlue Hens Forever,” said UDAA President Ken Jones, BE80, following a halftime ceremony at the Fightin’ Blue Hens football game during which the award recipients were honored.To nominate a Blue Hen for the Outstanding Alumni Award, visit www.udconnection.com. zThe University and the UD Alumni Association honored outstanding alumni this past fall for their remarkable achievements and dedication to the University.Pictured with President Harker are the newest recipients of the Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement: (front row, from left) Emmanuel Caulk Jr., Wesley T. Proctor, Michael R. Seidl and James H. Baxter IV; (second row, from left) M. Brandon Jones, David L. Margalit, Norine Watson, Harker, Mark L. Strazzer and Cedrick A. Johnson. Not pictured is Scott A. Barber.Left to right: Kenneth Jones, Shanté Hastings, Provost Domenico Grasso, Shawn Duff, President Patrick Harker. Hastings and Duff are the 2014 winners of the UDAA Outstanding Alumni Award.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 53KATHY F. ATKINSONEVAN KRAPE]]></page><page Index="56" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Angels in theOUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSThis is a story of connections. Of hope. Of the networks we make and of the angels we meet.Chris Potter believes in angels.Diagnosed with leukemia in 2009 and soon in remission, Potter learned his cancer returned two years later, faster, more aggressive, almost fully resistant to treatment. He attempted a “hideously brutal” salvage therapy that summer, but the high-dose drug treatment failed. By November, his doctors advised him to return to his family and spend the remainder of his days with his wife and three children. And so, at age 41, Chris Potter came home, sat in his living room and prepared to die.It was there, in his Pennsylvania residence, that he learned of a new drug trial in Massachusetts. “There’s one spot left,” the nurse at the Boston hospital told him. “Can you be here tomorrow?”He flew to Boston, qualified for the treatment and started the trial that very day. When he finished the IV drip, the doctor smiled and said, “OK, Mr. Potter, we’ll see you next week.”“Next week,” he asked. “How? I live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.”ALUMNI ANGELSKnowing that he lived 375 miles from Boston, Potter’s friends, relatives and doctors all suggested he look into Angel Flight East (AFE), a non-profit organization run byUD alumna Ellen Williams, AS84, which connects people in need of critical medical treatment with pilots who volunteer their skills and planes to provide free air travel. “Healing should be about getting better... Not getting there,” the organization’s tag line reads.For the next four months, AFE pilots flew Potter to Boston each week, where he received the novel drug therapy that would save his life.“There is no typical AFE patient,” says Williams, the organization’s executive director.“We fly people, young and old, who have any number of illnesses or conditions,” adds Adam Zucker, AS85, volunteer pilot and president of the AFE Board of Trustees.With two full-time and two part-time staff members at their Blue Bell, Penn. headquarters, the organization helps coordinate between 300 and 400 medical missions a year within a 28-state area. The 400-plus volunteer pilots who work with AFE—including more than two dozen Blue Hens—use their own planes to fly patients to their destinations, covering all expenses (from $500-$800 per flight) themselves.Williams likens the organization to a travel agency. To Potter, they’re angels.“My life was saved by modern medicine,” he says, “And Angel Flight East.” z—Artika Casini, AS05EXPANDING OUR REACHAngel Flight East (AFE) is in the early stages of building its UD network through a possible partnership with the B+ (“Be Positive”) Foundation.Established by Joe McDonough, AS83, in memory of his 14-year-old son Andrew, the foundation funds childhood cancer research and provides financial assistance to families in 240 hospitals around the country. Each spring, UD students participate in a 12-hour dance marathon to raise money for B+.McDonough often speaks on campus about the foundation, and last fall, Rachel Zucker, AS18, listened as he spoke in the Trabant University Center. “I wanted to help,” she explained.And she did. That night, she called her father, Adam Zucker, AS85, volunteer pilot and president of the AFE Board of Trustees,and told him all about the foundation.“Rachel planted the seed for developing a connection [withThe B+ Foundation],” said Zucker.While a partnership between B+ and AFE is still in itsinfancy—no formal collaborations have been established as yet—all envision working together to enhance and strengthen their collective impact.“If we’re flying a patient with financial difficulties, it would be great to tell them about B+ and the ways in which they might be able to help,” said Zucker. “Likewise, if patients need specialized treatment somewhere distant, we want Joe [McDonough] to spread the word about what we do. We really complement each other well.”54University of Delaware MessengerPHOTO BY KATHY F. ATKINSON]]></page><page Index="57" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[AirfieldOUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSEllen Williams, AS84, and Adam Zucker, AS85Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 55]]></page><page Index="58" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[OUR ALUMNI & FRIENDSFROM OUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONIt has been an incredible honor to serve as president of the University of Delaware Alumni Association for the past two years. During this time, I have witnessed first-hand the dedication and generosity of our UD alumni community. You have energized me with your engagement and inspired me with your philanthropy. Thank you.Indeed, alumni engagement and philanthropy have been a top priority for UD leadership and volunteers. Alumni Weekend attendance has more than tripled in the last six years. Philanthropic contributions have increased by 57% since 2010. The number of alumni who serve as advisors toour deans and leadership, mentor our students, and provide them with jobs and internships has increased dramatically. We are also doing more to take UD to alumni right where they live, through regional clubs and events.Our momentum is undeniable. I hope you will be a part of this community as we continue to move forward and do even more for UD and our alumni!In closing, thank you for allowing me to serve as your president. I look forward to cheering on Anne Giacoma Barretta, AS83, as she takes over as president on July 1.Kenneth C. Jones, BE80 President, UD Alumni AssociationREGIONAL ALUMNI CLUB & AFFINITY EVENTSBaltimoreMay 9 – Dare to Care – The Moveable FeastJuly 11 – Baltimore Orioles v. Nationals Baseball GameBostonAugust 20 – Boston Red Sox v. KansasCity RoyalsChicagoMay 3 – Dare to Care Ronald McDonald House DinnerJune 5 – Dela-bration Nation Alumni Weekend EventJuly – Chicago Cubs Baseball Game Kent and Sussex CountyMay 3 – Beach Cleanup andHappy HourLancasterJune 14 – Fulton Theatre, Wizard of Oz August 15 – Barnstormers v. York Revolution Baseball GameLehigh ValleyJune 21 – Iron Pigs v. ScrantonWilkes-Barre Baseball GameLos AngelesJune 5 – Dela-bration Nation Alumni Weekend EventNew Castle CountyJune – Welcome to the Neighborhood Crab CruiseAugust 1 – Philadelphia Union Soccer Tailgate and GameNew York CityMay 13 – NY Botanical Gardens Tour and ReceptionJune 20 – NY Yankees v. Detroit Baseball GameNorthern New JerseyApril 25 – Meadowlands Races and UD PicnicJuly 25 – Alumni Night at the NY Red Bulls Soccer GamePhiladelphiaApril 21 – Blue Hens Health Care Professionals Networking eventMay 9 – Men’s Crew Tailgate, Dad Val RegattaMay 12 – Blue Hens AttorneyNetworking nightPittsburghJune 14 – Pirates v. Phillies BaseballGamePhoenixJune 5 – Dela-bration Nation Alumni Weekend EventReadingJuly 18 – Reading Fightin Phils v. NewBritain Rock Cats Baseball GameRichmondMay 29 – Ardent Brewing CraftBeer eventAugust 6 – Richmond Squirrels v. New Hampshire Baseball GameSan DiegoMay 22 – Dare to Care – Habitat for Humanity ProjectJune 5 – Dela-bration Nation Alumni Weekend EventSan FranciscoJune 5 – Dela-bration Nation Alumni Weekend EventAugust 16 – SF Giants vs. Nationals Baseball GameWashington, DCMay 9 – Nationals v. Braves Baseball GameMay 17 – Family Outing Tour & Picnic at the National ZooJuly 18 – New Student Send-Off Picnic For details and to register forany club events, please visit www.UDconnection.com/clubs.56 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="59" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Hens & FriendsThe Messenger’s on-the-scene photo spread highlighting UD events and the alumni, friends, parents, faculty and students who attend.BLUEVice Presidential ReceptionOct. 14, 2014 Washington, D.C.Vice President Joseph Biden, AS65, hosted a reception at his Naval Observatory residence in Washington, D.C. for members of the Class of 1965 Reunion Committee, leadership members of the Washington, D.C. Alumni Club, and friends, faculty, leaders and supporters of the University. Biden celebrates his 50-year reunion as an alumnus this year. Photos by Mark CampbellVice President Biden with the Class of 1965 Reunion Committee, (from left): Judy and Ed Stein, Carolyn Alexander, Barbara Vann, Rayzee and Fred Berko and H. Martin HalvorsenVice President Biden addresses the gathering.Ed Sannini, BE78, Coni Frezzo, BE78, and Ken Jones, BE80Daniel Gerber, BE11, Megan Rudolphi, BE13, William Kinberg, BE85, Lauren Ceaser, BE08 Eric Wiscount, EG16 Kyle McLean, EG11, and David Christopher, BE01Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 57]]></page><page Index="60" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Hens & FriendsClub Spotlight:Pittsburgh Alumni ClubWith more than 600 alumni in the area, the Pittsburgh Alumni Club organizes fun and interesting events for Blue Hens in the region. Here, members and attendees enjoyed outings to the Wigle Whiskey Distillery and the Phipps Conservatory. Photos by Meg Huber, AS12BLUE58 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="61" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Hens & FriendsGratitude GalaMarch 4, 2015More than 400 grateful UD students gathered in Trabant University Center to write thank you letters to the generous donors who support UD scholarships and education. Photos by Wenbo FanBLUEVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 59]]></page><page Index="62" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[]]></page><page Index="63" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[1950sCharles F. Hummel, AS55,of Wilmington, Del., had the Winterthur endowment leadership post named in his honor.Speros P. Nemphos, AS55M, 57PhD, of Clinton, Mass., a retired chemist, was inducted into the Norristown Area High School Hall of Fame.William (Bill) K. Brown Jr., AS56, of Brooklyn, N.Y., has been elected to a three-year term as a director/ council member of The Lambs Inc., America’s first professional theatrical club, founded in 1874.1960sJohn E. Wallace Jr., AS64, of Sewell, N.J., retired associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, received the Civility in Government and Politics Award by the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy.George Martin, BE68, of Birchrunville, Pa., who is the founder of Martin Law, has been named to the 2015 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.1970sFred Stites, ANR71, of Townsend, Del., and his family were selected as 2014 New Castle County Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year.David Hofer, EG74, of Newark, Del., has been selected as a Water Environment Federation Fellow for lifetime professional achievement in the water environment field.Michael C. Ritter, BE74, of Chadds Ford, Pa., has been named CEOof the newly merged Flagship Credit Acceptance and CarFinance Capital.Ann Palmer, EHD76, of Annapolis, Md., was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the National Health Council.Diane M. Bernhard, AS77, of Philadelphia, Pa., was recently named “Best in Philly 2014” by Philadelphia Magazine as a five-star professional wealth manager.R. David Charles, EG78, 81M, of Newark, Del., has been selected as the 2015 Delaware Engineer of theYear by the Delaware Engineering Society for his work in identifying the “tilting” pillars supporting the I-495 bridge in Wilmington.Jeffrey R. Cuskey, AS78, of Pebble Beach, Calif., senior procurement specialist/counselor with the Monterey Bay Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), presented “Government Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses” at the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.Susan Garrett, AS78, of Simsbury, Conn., has been appointedsenior vice president, human resources business consultingat MassMutual, where she leads MassMutual’s business partner organization and directly supports the company’s retirement services business.Rosemarie LeNoir, AS78, of Wilmington, Del., has been appointed director of development for Newark-based pet therapy organization, PAWS for People.David A. Riegner, EG78, of Shelby Twp., Mich., was recently hired by the Quinn Law Group PLLC after earning a juris doctor (magnacum laude) from the Ave Maria School of Law. He concentrates his law practice on the preparation and prosecution of patents in the mechanical technologies.Debra Rodgers, EHD78, of Flourtown, Pa., senior vice president of Global Risk Management with Aramark, was presented the 2014 distinguished leadership award by the Insurance Society of Philadelphia.John Stapleford, AS78M, of Newark, Del., has been appointed president of the Caesar Rodney Institute, a nonprofit free-market research and education organization, where he will manage the staff and direct day-to- day operations.Harold G. Black, BE79M, of Bethlehem, Pa., has been selected president of The Bach Choir Board of Managers, where he has beena member since 2003, serving as chair of the Guarantor Committee, Marketing Committee and co- chair of the 2013 Gala, as well as assistant treasurer on the Finance Committee.Meg Porfido, AS79, of Boulder, Colo., was appointed to the board of directors of Rally Software,a leading global provider of enterprise-class software and services to drive agility. She will also serve on the board’s audit, compensation, nominatingand corporate governance committees.Timothy E. Winstead, HS79, of Lewes, Del., is now director of public safety at Delaware TechnicalCLASS NOTES News from our alumniThe UD Messenger encourages alumni to send us any news you want to share with your fellowBlue Hens. A new job, a promotion, a personal or professional award ... they’re all accomplishments we want to announce.Email a note or a press release toalumnet@udel.eduPlease include your graduation year and college or major.Also get the word out using the online community just for UD alumni. Go to www.udconnection.com, register for the password-protected site, and post any news you want to share. It will be posted on the site and will also be considered for inclusion in an upcoming Class Notes section of the Messenger.Share Your News!COLLEGE LEGENDANR—Agriculture and Natural Resources AS—Arts and SciencesBE—Lerner College of Business and Economics EG—EngineeringEOE—Earth, Ocean, and Environment EHD—Education and Human Development HS—Health SciencesAA—associate in arts or science degree M—master’s degree PhD/EdD/DPT—doctoral degrees H—honorary degreeVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 61]]></page><page Index="64" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CLASS NOTES Community College. He retiredfrom the Delaware State Police with the rank of captain after 27 years of service.1980sRita M. Landgraf, EHD80, of Wilmington, Del., secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, was named 2015 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay.Kevin McQuade, EG80, of Yorkville, Ill., has been promoted to CEO of Styrolution, a leading, global styrenics supplier witha focus on styrene monomer, polystyrene, ABS Standard and styrenic specialties.Pamela J. Scott, BE80, of Newark, Del., has been elected president of the Reading Assist Institute Board of Directors. Scott is an assistant general counsel at Pepco Holdings Inc., where she is regulatory counsel for Delmarva Power & Light Co. and Atlantic City Electric Co.Jill Brewster, BE81, of Lancaster, Pa., has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of finance with the Benecon Group. She previously held positionsas vice president of finance and corporate controller.Karen Fletcher, EG81, 82M, of Wilmington, Del., vice president of DuPont Engineering, Facilities Services & Real Estate, and chief engineer, was elected to the board of directors for the National Action Council for Minoritiesin Engineering, Inc. (NACME) in 2014 and also serves on NACME’s Development Committee. Fletcher has served on the University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) board of trustees since May 2013.Michael T. French, BE81, of Newark, Del., is now managing director of Belfint, Lyons & Shuman, P.A., a certified public accounting and consulting firm with offices in Delaware and Pennsylvania.Steven Leath, ANR81M, of Ames, Iowa, who is the president of Iowa State University, was given the title of Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Association, which is the association’s highest award.Anne Gaffney, AS82PhD, of West Chester, Pa., was recently named the recipient of the 2015 Eugene J. Houdry Award of the North American Catalysis Society.Philip A. Reitnour, AS82, of Malvern, Pa., recently appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank to promote his app, Emergencee, which helped the app gain hundreds of thousands of users in one night.Mark B. Skurla, BE82, of Wheaton, Ill., has returned to Westell in the role of senior vice president of worldwide sales.Jennifer Aiken Fulton, AS83,of West Chester, Pa., has been awarded a doctorate in social work (DSW) from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice.Neil Horden, EG83, of Wauconda, Ill., has joined the Editorial Advisory Board of Mission Critical Communications magazine, a publication that addresses wireless voice and data solutions forpublic safety and mission-critical operations.Maureen Sgambati, AS83, of Upper Saddle River, N.J., has been awarded the 2014 New Jersey Monthly Magazine “Five Star Home Professional Award,” an award that fewer than 2 percent of all real estate professionals in New Jersey have earned.Richard S. Kahlbaugh, AS84,of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., president & CEO of Fortegra Financial Corporation and formerly independent lead director of Campus Crest Communities Inc., has been appointed executive chairman and interim CEO to Campus Crest Communitites Inc.Paul E. Minnick, HS84, of Lewes, Del., was recently named chief62 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="65" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CLASS NOTESAL DECESARIS, AS95Al DeCesaris, AS95, has never run a marathon. But on December 9, 2014, he completed a 1,935-mile run in honor of his niece, Jenna Heck, who was born with Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS), a rare neurological disorder with no cure.His “Running the Coast for a Cure” charity run began on Sept. 8 in Lubec, Maine, and concluded 93 days later in Key Largo, Florida.With the support and encouragement of friends old and new, he created cross-country awareness about the disease, raised funds to further the efforts to find a cure, and brought hope to his niece and countless others.“I do this for Jenna and other children like her,” DeCesaris says. “It’s a way to let them know that there’s someone out there fighting for them.”A lawyer by trade, DeCesaris carves out time every year to raise awareness for SWS, a disorder associated with discoloration of the skin, glaucoma, seizures and cerebral malformations.Last year, he completed a cross-country bicycle journey to raise money and awareness for the disease. Since 2006, he and his family have operated the Celebrate Hope Foundation and have raised more than $1 million for the cause.“This experience has been incredibly gratifying,” he says. “It is, by far, the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.” z— Artika Casini, AS05Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 63AMBRE ALEXANDER PAYNE]]></page><page Index="66" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CLASS NOTESMEGAN SZABO, AS03Megan Szabo had her sights set on a career as a doctor when she began her freshman year at UD in 1999. She had a love of science and no interest in following in her parents’ footsteps as educators.“My mom was constantly telling me that I’d make agreat teacher, but I wasn’t that interested,” says Szabo, who is Delaware’s 2015 Teacher of the Year. “But then I walked over to Newark High one day and watched my dad, who was teaching a really cool social studies class that day, and it just sparked something in me.”She switched her major from biological sciences to biology education “and never looked back,” she says. A specialization in the College of Arts and Sciences, the secondary scienceeducation program emphasizes content as well as teaching- methods courses and field experience in middle- and high- school classrooms.“I’m really glad that I learned so much science at UD, and not just limited to biology,” says Szabo, who teaches seventh- and eighth-grade science at Postlethwait Middle School in Camden, Delaware. “It prepared me very well.”Szabo loves her younger students’ energy and enthusiasm. She channels those attributes into fast- paced, hands-on educational activities that don’t give her students time to get bored with a subject. They do three or four lab activities each week, she says, and in an average 49-minute class period, she rarely talks for more than 10 minutes without taking a break to have students write or do some other active-learning exercise.“For me, teaching them how to be a scientist is just as important as teaching them science, [and] the best way for my students to really learn science is to experience it themselves,” she says.At Postlethwait, where she has taught since 2005, Szabo is a team leader, head coach of the Science Olympiad team and a “Next Generation Science Standards” lead teacher.Teacher of the Year finalistsMegan Szabo was selected as the state’s Teacher of the Year from among 20 K–12 teachers nominated for the honor. The group consisted of the top teacher in each of Delaware’s 19 districts and in the state’s charter schools.Other finalists who are UD alumni, and their school districts, are: Ryan Buchanan, AS01, Smyrna; Jamett L. Garlick, BE87, Christina; Susan Moyer, HS81, New Castle County Vo-Tech; Lea Ann Skipper, EHD99, 04M, Colonial; Elyse Starr, EHD05M, Polytech; and James M. Wheatley, EHD08, Woodbridge. z—Ann Manser, AS73operating officer at Bayonne Medical Center, Bayonne, NJ.James A. Gise, BE85, of Wilmington, Del., has been promoted to SVP and team leader in the Middle Market Commercial Lending division at WSFS.James Glancey, ANR85, of Middletown, Del., was named winner of the 2014 New Castle County Farm Bureau’sDistinguished Service to Agriculture award.Lizanne Magarity Pando,AS85, of Blue Bell, Pa., has been appointed director of marketing and communications for the World Meeting of Families, where she will be responsible for the day-to-day marketing effortsfor the upcoming international conference and papal visit.David DeWalt, EG86, of Danville, Calif., chairman and CEO of FireEye, was recently featured in a 60 Minutes special about cybersecurity.Harry (Skip) F. Faust III, BE86,of Lewes, Del., a licensed Realtor with Coldwell Banker, was recently named a Five Star Real Estate Agent after being recognized as the company’s No. 1 Delaware agent for 18 consecutive years.Alan Flenner, EG86, of Camp Hill, Pa., corporate counsel in Gannett Flenning’s Legal Department, has been reelected as chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Municipal Law Section for a second one-year term.James F. Hurst, BE86, of Chicago, Ill., has joined Kirkland & Ellis LLPas a partner in the Litigation and Intellectual Property Practice Groups.64 University of Delaware MessengerRON GOUGH]]></page><page Index="67" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Andrea Pohland-Davis, AS86, of Wilmington, Del., is now the New Castle County chaplain of Delaware Hospice.Kevin Barner, EG87, of Annapolis, Md., has joined the Washington D.C. office of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice area.Michael T. Kochie, AS87, of Atlanta, Ga., was named director of sales and marketing at Loews Atlanta Hotel.Christopher T. Metz, BE87, of Delray Beach, Fla., was named president and CEO of ArcticCat Inc., a manufacturer of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles based in Thief River Falls, Minn.Nancy Reinhard, AS87, of Miami, Fla., has been appointed acting chief financial officer at Doral Financial Corporation. Reinhardalso remains the principal accounting officer of the company.Lori Plavin Salganicoff, AS87, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., was recently appointed executive directorof the Chestnut Hill Historical Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the historical, architectural and cultural resources and open spaces of Chestnut Hill.David Wolfenden, BE87, 01M,of Wilmington, Del., is managing director of Wheeler, Wolfenden & Dwares, which recently received top honors as one of 10 firms across the country designated “Best of the Best Under $5 Million” as a result of INSIDE Public Accounting’s 24th annual Survey and Analysisof Firms.Melody T. Booker-Wilkins, AS88, of Milford, Del., is now the economic development director for Sussex County, Del.Nancy H. Ferguson, EHD88,of Media, Pa., was unanimously promoted to principal of Wayne Elementary School by the Radnor Township, Pa., School Board. Ferguson was previously assistant principal of the school.William F. Meehan III, AS88M, of Rehoboth Beach, Del., was elected to the Board of Trustees at the Rehoboth Beach Public Library. He will serve a five-year term.Valentine A. Brown, AS89, of Woodbury, N.J., immigration law partner in Duane Morris LLP’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group in Philadelphia, was named Pro Bono Partner and will direct pro bono initiatives at the firm.Donald Ostmann, AS89, of Newark, Del., completed the 2014 Marine Corps Marathon with his son in Washington, D.C., in October while wearing a Delaware Blue Hens shirt.CLASS NOTES 1990sScott Carter, AS90, of San Diego, Calif., has been named chief operating officer at ID Analytics, which provides patented analytics into consumer risk management and consumer behavior.Kirk Malloy, EOE90M, 93PhD,of Encinitas, Calif., was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Organovo Holdings Inc., a 3-D bioprinting company that designs and creates three-dimensional human tissues for use in medical research and therapeutic applications.Thomas A. Mogan, AS90, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., formerly director of student development at Villanova University, has been appointed associate vice president/dean of students at Boston College.J. Peter Wolf III, AS91, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., has been appointed seniorVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 65]]></page><page Index="68" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CLASS NOTESvice president, general counselat Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage bio-pharmaceutical company developing nucleic acid therapeutics for cancers and rare diseases.Jeffrey Hurley, EG94, of San Francisco, Calif., has joined the Gannett Fleming team, wherehe will serve as deputy project manager on the Caltrain project, which will create a modern, electric railroad between San Francisco and San Jose, Calif.Felicia I. Ladin, BE94, of Lansdale, Pa., has been named senior vice president and treasurer at Albany Molecular Research Inc.Matthew Kwiatkowski, EHD95, of Georgetown, Del., after 18 years in Baltimore County public schools, has accepted the position of director of instruction at Delmarva Christian High School in Sussex County, Del.Michael Volpe, AS95, of Hillsborough, N.J., who was principal of Hillsborough Elementary School, was selected for the position of human resources director with the Hillsborough school board.Rachel M. Wilner, EHD95,of Malvern, Pa., was recently promoted to senior vice president, regional vice president for the Delaware and Chester County region of TD Bank.Matthew G. Strine, EHD96, of Shippensburg, Pa., assistant superintendent of the Shippensburg Area School District, was selected as one of 26 members of Phi Delta Kappa’s class of 2014–2015 Emerging Leaders in Education.James Collins Jr., BE97M, of West Chester, Pa., has been appointed executive vice president of DuPont and a member of the company’s Office of the Chief Executive.Michael J. Stigliano, EOE97,of Rye, N.Y., is now the head of East Coast sales of VigLink as the company expands.John Choi, EG98, of Ridgefield Park, N.J., an intellectual property lawyer, became the managing attorney of John H. Choi & Associates LLC and focuses his practice on patents, trademarks and copyrights.Keith Mullins, EG98, of Haddonfield, N.J., has been named vice president of Gannett Fleming Transportation Operations Practice.Christy Payne, AS98, of Elkton, Md., was recently awarded the 2014 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times “I Love My Librarian” award.Jennifer Cleveland McEntire, ANR99, of Frederick, Md., has joined the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) as VP of science operations.Sommer L. Ross, AS99, of Collingswood, N.J., has been promoted to partnership of Duane Morris, LLP. Ross practices in the area of business reorganization and financial restructuring.2000sWilliam J. Beneduce, AS00, of Randolph, N.J., has been named a member of Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., and focuses onall facets of environmental law, including compliance, regulation and litigation.James D. Glen, BE00, of Millburn, N.J., has been named a principal and portfolio manager of Prudential Real Estate Investors for its core U.S. real estate fund.Charles “C.R.” McLeod, AS01,of Wilmington, Del., joined the Delaware Department of State as chief community relations officer.66 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="69" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CLASS NOTESHENS OF A FEATHERNews involving several alumniThe University of Delaware congratulates the following alumnae who were recognized as “Top Women in Business” in the December 2014 issue of Delaware Today magazine.Nancy Bercaw, AS75Co-owner, The Station Gallery in Greenville, Del.Bridget D. Buckaloo, HS86, 01MDirector of Women’s Health Services, Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Del.Margaret (Peggy) DelFabbro, BE83CEO of five-generation family-owned industrial contracting company, M. Davis & Sons Inc.Kristin L. DeMesse, AS74Director of Licensed Products at Winterthur MuseumRysheema J. Dixon, AS09CEO of RD Innovative PlanningKaren A. Fletcher, EG81, 82MChief engineer and vice president of DuPont engineering, facilities services and real estateMolly K. Keresztury Giordano, AS07Director of development and marketing for the Delaware Art MuseumMelissa M. Joseph, AS84President and owner of Delmarva Temporary Staffing Inc.Maureen McGarry Sierocinski, EHD87Product delivery executive, Bank of AmericaMichele L. Whetzel, BE84Chair of the Board of Trustees, Delaware Fund for Women zschool principal at Beth Am Temple, a Reform synagogue in Pearl River, N.Y.Joshua Shaver, BE07, of Wilmington, Del., was named Securian’s 2014 Gold Field Director. The award recognizes the topfield director in the Securian Financial Network based onthe accomplishment of specific performance standards and production. Shaver is a financial advisor and field director at Diamond State Financial Group and graduated magna cum laude.Daniel Tibbetts, AS07, of Ardmore, Pa., joined Society Hill Dental in Philadelphia, providing comprehensive, cosmetic and implant dentistry.Matthew J. Fadale, AS08, has joined the Providence Police Department after working as a deputy sheriff for three years with the state of Rhode Island.David Grieco, AS09, of Joppa, Md., received a master of science from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.2010sJordan L. Fischer, BE10, of Downington, Pa., attorney with Archer & Greiner P.C., was recently selected for the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s Board Observer Program, where she will learn about public interest legal services through a pairing with the Board of Directors of the Friends of Chester Arthur School in Philadelphia.David A. Plouffe, AS10, of San Francisco, Calif., was hired as senior vice president for policy and strategy for Uber. Plouffe is the former campaign manager for President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign and was later appointed senior advisor to the president.Gary Stevens, ANR02, of Wilmington, N.C., has been named to the national sales team for Alsum Farms & Produce, where he will be responsible for procuring and servicing national retail, food service and wholesale grocer accounts.Robert Stever, BE02, of Sorrento, Fla., has joined the investor relations team for Prologue Capital Management LP, where he will be responsible for investor relations in the United States.Dan Hechtkopf, AS06, ofMiami Beach, Fla., a luxury real estate specialist for South Beach International Realty, has been named director of luxury sales at Douglas Elliman’s Miami Beach office.Barry Shainker, AS06, of New Rochelle, N.Y., graduated from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR),a seminary, in New York on May8, 2014 with a master of arts in religious education. On July 1, 2014, he began serving as religiousVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 67]]></page><page Index="70" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CLASS NOTESCaroline Womer, AS10, of Bloomsbury, N.J., recently accepted a position as corporate legal specialist with JPMorgan Chase. Ms. Womer also got engaged to Jeffrey Reick of Long Island City, N.Y. in December.Keith A. Delaney, BE11, of Hockessin, Del., has joined Newark- based Santora GCP Group as a tax accountant.Kevin Flammia, AS11, of Cambridge, Mass., now a second- year MBA student at Harvard Business School, has co-founded a menswear brand called R.F. Madison.Emily MacDonald-Korth, AS11, of Coconut Grove, Fla., hasbeen named one of the top 20 emerging leaders under 40 in South Florida, where she created the Art Preservation Index rating system to take the guesswork out of buying art.Kyle Suib, AS11, of Washington, D.C., has been named onboardingand implementation managerat cloud-based awards software company, OpenWater, where he will assist with the onboarding of new clients and work with them one-on-one as they implement their awards program.Kevin F. Ward, BE12, of Coatesville, Pa., has joined the tax accounting group of Duane Morris LLP in the firm’s Philadelphia office.Chris M. Daube, EG13, 14M, of Salisbury, Md., has been named structural designer at the Caesar Rodney Institute.Elena N. Delle Donne, EHD13,of Wilmington, Del., WNBA All-Star with the Chicago Skyand Delaware 87ers goodwill ambassador, returned Feb. 17to the Bob Carpenter Center to make an appearance for the Lyme Disease Association’s LymeAid 4 Kids. z68 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="71" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[CommitmentsdAlyssa May, EG10, to Bret Wienke, EG10, Sept. 28, 2014Rebecca Novorro, ANR06, to StephenBranosky, BE06, Oct. 11, 2014Whitney Conroy, BE09, to Matthew Beksel, EG08, Aug. 2, 2014Dana Rodgers, HS09, 11, to Eric Abramowitz, HS09, 11DPT, Aug. 31, 2014Rebecca Seery, HS07, to Matthew Rhine, BE07, June 22, 2014Karen Katz, AS06, to Keith Poppiti, EG98, Nov. 17, 2013Jennifer Hopkins, AS01, to Edward Waldov, BE01, May 18, 2014Kathryn Burrows, EHD08, to Sean Riley, Erin Gallagher, BE02, to Brian Salamone, BE02, AS08, Dec. 6, 2014 Oct. 25, 2014Una Kim, AS09, to Matthew Petroff, EG09, Sept. 20, 2014Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 69]]></page><page Index="72" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[COMMITMENTSMelinda Kiss, AS09, to Robert Flecker, BE09, June 6, 2014Jennifer Fanning, HS09 toGreg Corcoran, AS08, May 17, 2014Lindsay Melone, BE11 toRyan Walsh, BE11, Oct. 4, 2014Nellie Pattavina toChris Harkins, BE00, April 12, 201470 University of Delaware MessengerJoanna Farley, AS09, married Christopher D’Antonio, AS09, May 24, 2014. Among those attending were, from left, first row: Tiffany Brady, BE09, Danielle Caby, BE08, Jennifer Barkley Patel, EHD09, Sara White Anderson, AS09, Anup Patel, AS08, Christopher, Sasha Broadway Winterling, Joanna, Sara Igoe, AS09, Sarah Bajwa, ANR09, Jessica Eisenbrey, AS09, Bradley Wright, EG11, Kerri O’Neill, AS09 and Christine Sutkowski, EG11; back row, Adrian Pearson, AS09, Leanna Shannon, AS09, Benjamin Hancock, AS09, Christopher B. Anderson, AS09 and brothers of the groom Nicholas D’Antonio and Joseph D’Antonio.]]></page><page Index="73" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[COMMITMENTSEmily Picillo, AS07, to Gregory Carlson, BE07, Sept. 20, 2013Jessica Garcia, AS08, to Drew Ginsberg, Sept. 6, 2014Moira Conway, AS01, to Hans Holter, June 28, 2014Lauren Piccolo, BE05, to Anthony Territola, Aug. 29, 2014Julie Acciarri Ciarrocchi to Keith Herrington, BE83, May 8, 2014Jessica Heckert, AS01, to Scott Dalessio, Oct. 12, 2014Stacey A. Wynne, BE01, to John W. Powell, Jan. 25, 2014Rachel Kessman, AS10, to Bradley Heringer, June 8, 2014Attention, newlywedsCommitment announcements and photos for the Messenger should be submitted to the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, alumnet@udel.edu, within one year. Please include the date of the ceremony and the full names and graduation year(s) and college(s) of the couple.To be considered for publication, please note that we can accept only digital photos in which the original imageis a high-quality jpeg, at least 300 dpi and at least 2-by-2.5 inches, preferably in color.The Messenger will publish as many photos as possible, but due to space limitations and reproduction-quality requirements, we are not able to publish every photothat is submitted. If we are not able to use a photo, we will announce the marriage in the “Commitments” section of Class Notes. As part of the University’s ongoing sustainability efforts, we will publish only one group photo per issue.We invite you to continue to share such photos, and others, with your fellow alumni at our online community, www.UDconnection.com.Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 71]]></page><page Index="74" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[NewAdditionsMadison Nicole, born May 22, 2014, to Stacy Kaplan Conner, AS01, and Dave Conner, EHD03, 05M, of Quakertown, Pa.Matthew James,born May 10, 2014, toLauren Novello Mercerand Steven Mercer, EHD04, of Smyrna, Del.Mason James, born July 22, 2014, to Jessica Kaether O’Shea, AS02, and Michael O’Shea, BE02, of Hawthorne, N.J.Justin Michael, born Sept. 17, 2014, to Kelly Donohoe Statham, AS03, and Jeff Statham, BE02, of Wilmington, Del.Sybil Isla, born July 10, 2014, to Jessica Jennings Smith, AS03, and Jeffrey Smith, AS02, of Bear, Del.Alexander, born Jan. 11, 2014, to Jennifer Sprout Forster, HS06, and Andrew Foster, EG06, of West Chester, Pa.Madelyn Elizabeth, born Dec. 15, 2014, to Christine Hunt-Denbow, HS97, and Scott Denbow, AS11, of Wilmington, Del.Myles James, born Dec. 10, 2013, to Amy Fountain, BE96, and Michael Fountain, AS91, of Milton, Del., with big brother Mason.Sara Amelia, born March 7, 2014, to Mayra Susana Sarmiento-Leon, EG06PhD, and German Andres Mancera-Mendez, EG06M, of San Jose, Calif., with big brother Caleb.Nathaniel James, born May 10, 2014, to Stephanie Kistler, AS07, 14M, and Matthew Kistler, BE06, of Downington, Pa., with big sisters Elizabeth and Sophia.72 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="75" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Sarah Elyse, born May 22, 2014, to Lisa Knorr Stover, AS04, and Dan Stover of Schwenksville, Pa., with big sister Julia.Wren Lillian, born May 24, 2014, to Kathryn Hines, AS00, and Jason Wiener, of Georgetown, Ky., with big brother Evan.Jake, born March 5, 2014, to Jessica Stagitis Weaver, EHD05, and John Weaver, of Wilmington, Del.Alessandra Marie, born July 24, 2014, to Adrianna Hromin Motisi, BE03, and Nicholas Motisi, BE03, of Pine Brook, N.J.Liam Michael, born April 4, 2014, to Alison Evans Wolfe, AS09, and Michael Wolfe, AS09, of Dagsboro, Del., with big brother Dean.William, born Sept. 1, 2014, to Danielle Deinert, BE10, and Andrew Deinert, BE11, of Smyrna, Del.Josetta Michaela, born Dec. 23, 2013, to Christina Blundo and Joseph Blundo, HS01, of Oradell, N.J.Ethan John, born Jan. 6, 2014, to Nicol Tentromono Alexander, ANR91, EHD98M, and Brad Alexander, of Wilmington, Del.Nathan Joshua, born Sept. 10, 2014, to Shelley Lewis and Michael Lewis, AS97, of New York, N.Y.Harper John, born April 2, 2014, to Amanda Lucciotti and R.J. Lucciotti, BE01, of Bristow, Va.Madelyn Claire, born Sept. 25, 2014, to Michelle Manella, ANR07, of Hamilton, N.J.Swayer Dashiell, born Aug. 21, 2014, to Jessica Karpinski EHD05, of New York, N.Y.Evan Levi, born Feb. 17, 2014, to Jennifer Levin Szychter, EHD05 and Jared Szychter, BE05, of Villanova, Pa.Francesca Evelyn, born March 10, 2014, to Melissa Ferguson Pennachi, AS04, and Anthony Pennachi, of Bear, Del.NEW ADDITIONSBirth announcements and photos for the UD Messenger should be submitted to the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, alumnet@udel. edu, within one year. Please include the birth date and the parents’ graduation year(s) and college(s).The Messenger will publish as many baby photosas possible, but due to space limitations and reproduction-quality requirements, we are not able to publish every photo that is submitted. To have your photo considered for publication, it must meet these minimum requirements:• Photos must be in color.• PhotosmustfeaturebabieswearingUDorBlue Hen attire.• We can accept only digital photos. The original image file must be a high-quality jpeg, at least 300 dpi and at least 2-by-2.5 inches. If a larger file is available, please send that and we will reduce it as necessary.Even if we are unable to use a photo we receive, we will announce the new arrival in the “New Additions” section of Class Notes.Attention, parentsVolume 23, Number 1 • 2015 73]]></page><page Index="76" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Mildred Simon Cook, AS33, 64M, of La Porte, Texas, Sept. 19, 2014Vivian Casperson Flagg, AS34, of Wilmington, Del., Jan. 9, 2015Gail Antoine O’Sullivan, AS36, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 20, 2014Theodore P. Govatos, BE38, of Milford, Del., Nov. 7, 2014James C. Stewart, BE38, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 27, 2014William T. Pritchett, AS41, of Lewes, Del., Dec. 4, 2014William H. Walker, ANR41, of Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 25, 2014Carl H. Allen, AS43, of Monroe, N.J., Sept. 5, 2014Charlotte Tatnall Halloran, AS43, of West Grove, Pa., Sept. 9, 2014Rita M. Harney, AS43, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 12, 2014Dorothy Swartz Hewitt, AS43, of Florence, Ky., Oct. 13, 2014Agnes Long Mumford, HS43, of Selbyville, Del., Nov. 17, 2014Jean S. Brumbaugh, EHD45, of Oak Park, Ill., Feb. 20, 2013In MemoriamFrank L. Serpico Jr., HS55, of Fountain Hills, Ariz., Oct. 21, 2014G. Edward Gearhart, EG56, of Austin, Texas, Oct. 24, 2014Dorothy Brugge Loewenthal, EHD56, of Marietta, Ga., Nov. 16, 2014Hugh J. Porter, AS56M, of Morehead City, N.C., Dec. 11, 2014John F. Abbott, AS57, of Maryland Heights, Mo., Oct. 29, 2014John L. McCloskey, EHD57M, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 16, 2014Jay D. Tuthill, EG57, of Salem, N.J., Nov. 9, 2014Anne Fusser Boyd, EHD58, of Stamford, Conn., Aug. 25, 2012Angelo A. Rosselli, EG58M, of Milpitas, Calif., May 26, 2014Elaine A. Stueber, HS58, of West Orange, N.J., Dec. 27, 2014Carolyn Gordy Swett, HS58, of Unionville, Pa., Nov. 20, 2014Nancy Hall Conner, AS59, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 13, 2014Joseph A. D’Andrea, EG59, of Stamford, Conn., Sept. 8, 2012Gerald M. Katz, BE59, of Baltimore, Md., Oct. 27, 2014William P. Miller Jr., BE59, of Mount Laurel, N.J., Dec. 12, 2014Francis G. Moses, AS59, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 5, 2014William R. Sparks, AS59, of Camden Wyoming, Del., Jan. 30, 2011Elinor J. Tanck, AS59M, of Sunnyvale, Calif., Oct. 24, 2014Elaine Gonzalez Elkis, AS60, of Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 17, 2014William A. Hudson, EG60, of Newark, Del., Sept. 15, 2014Ronald P. Speakman, AS60, of Warminster, Pa., Sept. 8, 2014Edward J. Ward, EG60, of Englewood, Fla., Oct. 15, 2014James J. Behen III, EG61, of Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 24, 2014Kathryn Flood, EHD61, of Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 14, 2014Stewart E. Hild, BE48, of Watertown, N.Y., July 12, 2014Edward G. Miller, EG48, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 28, 2014Daniel J. Troy, EG48M, of West Grove, Pa., March 15, 2014Ann Wendell Winsor, AS48, of Arlington, Mass., Oct. 9, 2014Jeanetta Reneberger Bicking, AS49M, of Gwynedd, Pa., Oct. 25, 2014Robert L. Nathans, AS49, of Coronado, Calif., April 27, 2014Louis Bernath, EG50PhD, of Houston, Texas, April 10, 2014Robert Kirkland Jr., BE50, of Walled Lake, Mich., Aug. 30, 2013Beatrice Matthews Mathewson, AS50, EHD72M, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 29, 2014Francis T. Mooney, BE50, of Wilmington, Del., July 3, 2014Ann Kuhn Purnell, EHD50, of Salisbury, Md., Dec. 24, 2014H. Irvin Salmons Jr., EG50, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 3, 2014David C. Trimble, EG50, of Wilmington, Del., Nov. 16, 2014Lorentz E. Zwilgmeyer, AS50, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 19, 2014Ruth Stevenson Adkins, EHD51, of Milford, Del., Nov. 13, 2014Frederick H. Chapman, EG51, of Lewes, Del., Oct. 2, 2014William H. Groetzinger III, EG51, of Marco Island, Fla., March 17, 2013Clarence T. Harkness Jr., BE51, of Newark, Del., Oct. 1, 2014James H. McNeal Jr., BE51, of Boca Grande, Fla., Nov. 17, 2014Carl M. Sautter, BE51, of New Holland, Pa., Nov. 19, 2014John F. Shearer Jr., BE51, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 26, 2014Nancy Moore Stewart, EHD51, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 27, 2014William P. Tammany, ANR51, EG59, of Virginia Beach, Va., Nov. 10, 2014Earl B. Tull, ANR51, of Seaford, Del., Nov. 19, 2014Jane Marshall Coleman, EHD52, of Willow Street, Pa., Sept. 25, 2014Raymond W. Kee, BE52, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 15, 2014Robert W. Maull, AS52, of Glen Mills, Pa., Oct. 15, 2014Donald J. Morton, ANR52, of Falmouth, Maine, July 15, 2014Judith Feinberg Wilk, EHD52, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 4, 2014Charles V. Williams, EHD52M, of Smyrna, Del., Sept. 15, 2014R. Warren Boyer, AS53, of Avondale, Pa., Nov. 2, 2014Arthur T. Devlin, AS53M, of Crystal River, Fla., Oct. 13, 2014Caroline Cook Hisey, EHD53, of Middletown, Del., Nov. 26, 2014Edward J. Janoski, AS53M, of Havertown, Pa., Nov. 14, 2014Harry E. Mayhew Jr., EG53, of Bear, Del., Oct. 19, 2014Lewis W. Wright, HS53, of Fairfax, Va., Dec. 9, 2014Robert J. Bieringer, AS55, of Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 19, 2014FacultyPolly Bray, a lecturer in the theatre department from 1975–1982; Dec. 23, 2014.Robert G. Dean, former Unidel Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and the College of Marine Studies at UD from 1975–82, February 28, 2015.Steven K. Dentel, a professor of civil and environmental engineering who joined the faculty in 1983; a teacher, researcher, adviser and mentor, he was the founding adviser of UD’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, Feb. 18, 2015.Lawrence P. (Larry) Donnelly, a professor of economics who joined the faculty in 1968; served as department chair from 1976–89; was appointed associate provost for international programs and special sessions in 1990; returned to teach in the Department of Economics from 2000 until his retirement in 2007, Jan. 6, 2015.Otilia Hoidal, AS79, 85M, an instructor in foreign languages and literatures who taught Spanish, business and medical Spanish from 1978–96 and led scores of students on cultural exchange trips to Costa Rica and Spain, Jan. 24, 2015.Fred A. Masterson, who taught and did research for 39 years in the Department of Psychology; retired in 2006, Nov. 23, 2014. z74 University of Delaware Messenger]]></page><page Index="77" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[John B. Frey, BE62M, of Mahwah, N.J., Sept. 13, 2014Robert S. Grant, EG62, of Pasadena, Md., Aug. 19, 1931Eleanor Fleming Roberts, EHD62M, AS68PhD, of West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 27, 2014John J. Woodward Jr., ANR62, of Lincoln, Calif., Nov. 1, 2014Michael M. Harris, ANR63, BE66M, of Seaford, Del., Dec. 18, 2014Roger H. Schnee, EHD63M, of Newark, Del., Dec. 20, 2014Marilyn Hay Villanueva, BE63, of Richmond, Va., Sept. 30, 2014Marita Willard Watts, EHD63M, of Bel Air, Md., Nov. 1, 2014Richard S. Evers, HS64, of Tucson, Ariz., June 6, 2014Marjorie Norbeck Pedrotti, AS64, EHD86M, of Newark, Del., Aug. 29, 2014Ralph A. MacDonald, EHD65M, of Colora, Md., Oct. 26, 2014Isabelle Pring Seibert, AS65M, of Sarasota, Fla., Nov. 13, 2014Stuart C. Green, HS66, of Mount Pleasant, S.C., May 16, 2013Richard A. Stoudt, EG66, 70M, of Reading, Pa., Oct. 23, 2014James E. VanEpp, BE66M, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 26, 2014Stanton A. Warren, BE66M, of Lewiston, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2014Carol Van Wyck White, HS66, of Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 5, 2014A. Joe Benjamin, BE67, of West Chester, Pa., Sept. 19, 2014Virginia Kitson Markowski, EHD67, AS70M, of Bonita Springs, Fla., Nov. 13, 2014Charles P. McVaugh Jr., AS68, 70M, of Landenberg, Pa., Nov. 29, 2014John W. Ottinger, BE68, of Frederick, Md., Dec. 10, 2014Judith Attwill Wickersham, EHD68, 73M, of Norristown, Pa., Dec. 28, 2014K. Roland Bergner, ANR69M, of Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 18, 2014Barbara Houchin Bowman, AS69, EHD75M, of Meridian, Idaho, Sept. 26, 2014Paul J. George, BE69, of Wilmington, Del., Oct. 15, 2014Eleanor Nathan Isaacs, AS69M, EG87M, of Rancho Mirage, Calif., Nov. 28, 2014Merle A. Roemer Jr., AS69, of Lewes, Del., Nov. 23, 2014David L. Atwell, AS70, of Rockland, Maine, Oct. 26, 2014Donald R. Commiskey, EG70, of Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 28, 2014Charles J. Hicks, BE70M, of Oxford, Pa., Nov. 30, 2014George R. Lynam Jr., ANR70, of Middletown, Del., Oct. 18, 2014Sharon E. Smith, EHD70, of Cape Coral, Fla., Dec. 16, 2014Clara Archer Cooke, EHD71, of Lincoln, Maine, Dec. 5, 2014Cathleen Twardowski Earl, EHD71, 76M, of Ocean View, Del., Jan. 1, 2015Patricia Bunn Mooney, EHD71, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 21, 2014Cheryl Harrison-Kelly, EHD72, of Cedar Key, Fla., Dec. 31, 2013Frank M. Timinsky Jr., BE72, of San Diego, Calif., Sept. 24, 2011William R. Abbott, EG73, of Pemberton, N.J., Dec. 2, 2014Rubyann Cornelius Durante, AS74, of Martinez, Ga., Dec. 24, 2014Thomas R. Kardash, AS74M, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 17, 2014Bruce W. Speakman, AS74, of Newark, Del., Dec. 13, 2014Florence Senger Christensen, AS75, of Naples, Fla., Oct. 10, 2014Lawrence J. Fischer, AS75M, of Columbia, Md., Sept. 20, 2014Laurence I. Levinson, AS75, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 21, 2014Peter A. Swanson, AS75, of Herndon, Va., June 24, 2014Dean M. Allen, AS76, of Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 2014David H. Lemmon, HS76, of Lewes, Del., Sept. 22, 2014Ralph C. Shivone Jr., EOE76, of Wilmington, Del., Dec. 29, 2014Steven L. Bush, AS77, of Rogue River, Ore., Dec. 20, 2014Richard A. Colbert, ANR78, BE86M, of Newark, Del., Nov. 29, 2014Florence Weimheimer deNagy, EHD78M, of Federalsburg, Md., Nov. 24, 2014Lawrence W. Newton, BE78, of Palm Springs, Calif., Oct. 26, 2014Richard M. Robb Jr., EHD78M, of Alcoa, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2014Elizabeth S. Bobb, AS79, of Suffolk, Va., Oct. 20, 2014Ralph S. LaBarge, EG79, of Gambrills, Md., Aug. 20, 2014Jeffrey C. Taylor, HS79, 83M, of Newark, Del., Nov. 17, 2014Eugene F. Ochar, EOE80, of Wilmington, Del., Nov. 22, 2014Mark A. Niemkiewicz, EG81, of Coopersburg, Pa., June 26, 2012Michael F. Squillante, BE81, of Allenhurst, N.J., Nov. 8, 2014Lisa Shannon Hylton, HS83, of Rockville, Md., Nov. 27, 2014Charles R. Rochester Jr., EG84, of Somerville, Mass., Sept. 25, 2014Jennifer Rittenhouse Reed, AS85, of Elkton, Md., Oct. 8, 2014Ronald A. Wallace Jr., ANR85, of Marco Island, Fla., Oct. 13, 2014Michael J. Solon, BE86, of West Chester, Pa., Sept. 7, 2014Kimberly A. Macheski, AS87, of Doylestown, Pa., Feb. 10, 1965Jane E. Sugarman, AS87M, of Greensboro, N.C., Nov. 10, 2014Gary A. Feder, AS88, of Apex, N.C., Nov. 17, 2014John M. Nawrocki, ANR88, of Wilmington, Del., Jan. 12, 2015Antonia Ferrara Bevis, AS89, of Wilmington, Del., Sept. 27, 2014Shirl Grabenstein Sotak, AS89, of Avondale, Pa., Dec. 5, 2014William M. Castoran, BE90, of Alexandria, Va., Sept. 3, 2014Christine Terpenning Foster, AS92, of Hockessin, Del., Nov. 28, 2014Laura Horst Seltzer, AS02, of Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 7, 2014Dane E. Barse, EHD04EdD, of Vineland, N.J., Sept. 30, 2014Samantha Watson Monaghan, BE06, of Phoenixville, Pa., Dec. 16, 2014Thomas J. Bogush, BE08, of Bear, Del., Sept. 1, 2014Danielle A. Johnson, AS14, of Aberdeen, Md., Nov. 17, 2014 zIn January 1940, when William Plummer, AS42, was a University sophomore, his father sent him a letter addressing his “D” average. “Whether you measure up to your opportunities depends entirely upon you, but it is self-evident that unless you can do a better job than what this report shows you are doing, you are not going to be able to continue in college,” the senior Plummer wrote.Jeni Rice, ANR78, first read her grandfather’s letter after her father passed away in June 2014. She and her sisters laughed at the idea that their dad, who most will remember as a respected family doctor in West Chester, Pa., was not always a strong student.Rice credits her father’s poor performance in his early UD career to a lack of passion for his economics major. “Once he knew what he wanted to do— and I think that’s true for anybody—things changed,” she said.UD was a place Plummer called home, and nearly 30 years later, Rice did the same, enrolling here in 1974. “He was very proud that at least one of his children went to the University of Delaware,” said Rice. After graduating from UD, Dr. Plummer, a lifelong Quaker, served in the Civilian Public Service before pursuing medicine.At his memorial service, patients spoke about a physician who would have made house calls if needed and forgo a bill, depending on their financial circumstances. “The way he valued other people was always there,” Rice said. “That carried through in his practice, in his family life and with his friends.” z— Rachel Nass, AS14Volume 23, Number 1 • 2015 75]]></page><page Index="78" isMAC="true"><![CDATA[Commencement 2015The University of Delaware will host its 166th Commencement on Saturday, May 30, 2015.UD will welcome Dave DeWalt, EG86, chairman of the board and CEO of FireEye Inc., as this year’s guest speaker. With more than 25 years’ experience in the technology sector, DeWalt has held a series of leadership positions in some of the industry’s most successful companies and has helped to dramatically increase shareholder value through a series of CEO-led industry changing major acquisitions.He was named one of the 25 most influential executives in high technology by the readers of the industry publication CRN and was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council (NSTAC) in 2011. DeWalt is the author of Making M&A Work and is a frequent guest on international business programs, appearing regularly on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN andFox Business.Before earning a bachelor of science in computer science and electrical engineering from UD, he won a school-record three East Coast Conference wrestling titles, advanced to the NCAA championships three times and was the first wrestler to be inducted into the Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame. zVol. 23, No. 1 • April 2015EditorialKaren Aniunas, AS88, 92M John BrennanKelly Graf Artika Rangan, AS05 Deborah HayesMonica TaylorExecutive EditorsEditor WriterVice Presidentfor Communications & Public AffairsVice Presidentfor Development & Alumni RelationsArt, Design and ProductionMolly Chappell Daniel Wright Molly ChappellArt DirectorClass Notes & Production Online ProductionPhotographyKathy F. 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