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Portrait of Louis Nowra, author, 1981, 2 [picture] /
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Portrait of Louis Nowra, author, 1981, 1 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer from inscription.; Part of the collection: Portraits of Louis Nowra, author, 1981.; Inscriptions: "Louis Nowra 5/2/81, H de Berg"--In ink on verso of print.; Condition: Soiled, scratched.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4728368
Portrait of Louis Nowra, author, 1981, 3 [picture] /
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Portrait of Louis Nowra, author, in front of a tree, 1981 [picture] /
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Portrait of Louis Nowra, author, leaning on a railing, 1981 [picture] /
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Louis Gevers : une carrière dédiée au choix collectif et au bien-être social
No full textNous présentons les principales contributions à l'économie normative de Louis Gevers, récemment décédé. Il a principalement contribué à la théorie du choix social, où ses travaux sur la base informationnelle du choix social ont été déterminants. Il a également contribué à l'analyse théorique et empirique des limites politiques et positives à la redistribution, à la théorie de l'équité et de l'implémentation, à l'évaluation empirique des politiques sociales, et, finalement, aux aspects politiques de l'équité intergénérationnelle. Nous montrons en quoi ces contributions à des champs différents de la discipline procèdent en réalité d'une préoccupation commune.We briefly review the main contributions to welfare economics by Louis Gevers, who recently passed away. His most famous papers are on social choice theory where his work on the informational basis of social choice has been most influential. He also contributed to the theoretical and empirical analysis of the political and positive limits to redistribution, to the theory of fairness and implementation, to the empirical evaluation of social policies, and, finally, to the political aspects of intergenerational equity. We show how all those contributions to different fields were actually connected to each other
Vos (Louis) en Vos-Gevers (Lieve). Dat volk moet herleven. Het studententijdschrift De Vlaamsche Vlagge 1875-1933
No full textBuning L. Vos (Louis) en Vos-Gevers (Lieve). Dat volk moet herleven. Het studententijdschrift De Vlaamsche Vlagge 1875-1933. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 56, fasc. 2, 1978. Histoire (depuis l'Antiquité) — Geschiedenis (sedert de Oudheid) pp. 518-520
Vos (Louis) en Vos-Gevers (Lieve). Dat volk moet herleven. Het studententijdschrift De Vlaamsche Vlagge 1875-1933
No full textBuning L. Vos (Louis) en Vos-Gevers (Lieve). Dat volk moet herleven. Het studententijdschrift De Vlaamsche Vlagge 1875-1933. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 56, fasc. 2, 1978. Histoire (depuis l'Antiquité) — Geschiedenis (sedert de Oudheid) pp. 518-520
Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University
No full textFall 2008 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis UniversityINSIDE:
A Q&A with
John Kavanaugh, S.J.
page 12
Emergency Preparedness
page 16
First Class of Presidential
Scholars
page 19
16
2
Volume 35, Issue 1
Editor
Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92)
Contributors
Clayton Berry
David Chilenski (Cook ’98)
Marie Dilg (Grad SW ’94)
Nick Sargent
“On Campus” news stories
University Communications
Medical Center Communications
Billiken Media Relations
Design
Art Direction: Matt Krob
Universitas is published by Saint Louis University.
Opinions expressed in Universitas are those of the
individual authors and not necessarily those of the
University administration. Unsolicited manuscripts and
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© 2008, Saint Louis University
All rights reserved.
FALL 2004 WINTER 2005
Twenty years ago, I had just begun to
settle in for my first year here at Saint
Louis University when I challenged
our board of trustees and administration team
to create new ways for us to fulfill our mission
of forming women and men for others. We
knew that the Saint Louis University educa-tional
experience was a unique opportunity,
and we were striving to find a new way to
attract students who not only were high-caliber
academic scholars but also had the potential to
become the type of leaders needed to improve
our communities.
Due to the generosity of alumni and SLU
supporters, we were able to establish the Presi-dential
Scholars program, which back in 1988,
awarded the first 10 recipients with full schol-arships
to Saint Louis University. In this issue
of Universitas you will see how that investment
continues to pay dividends for these 10 men
and women and for the communities in which
they live.
I am blessed to have been at SLU long
enough not only to witness the growth of this
first class of Presidential Scholars during their
years at SLU, but also now to see how they
have grown and fulfilled the promise we saw in
them two decades ago. Starting on page 19, you
can read about this “first-class” group — an
emergency room physician, owner of a social
service agency, corporate lawyer, business
analyst, piano teacher, researcher, pediatrician,
manager for a home health care company and
two alumnae serving their families as full-time
mothers.
Although they have settled on careers and
homes that literally are all over the map, the
members of the initial class of Presidential
Scholars — much like the more than 300
Presidential Scholars who have followed them
— show a commitment to service to others as
well as an appreciation for the opportunities
they received here at SLU. Their continued
success is one of the best endorsements for the
next generation of students who apply to Saint
Louis University.
And that’s one of the most important ways
our original scholars are returning the invest-ment
many SLU alumni and supporters made
in them 20 years ago. We have great faculty,
staff, researchers and alumni at Saint Louis
University, but to keep SLU a great university,
we need to continue to attract great students.
All of you already are doing a wonderful job
promoting Saint Louis University as you
achieve success in your professional, personal
and service lives. But I ask you to join your
alma mater’s efforts to attract even more of
tomorrow’s leaders to SLU.
During the last academic year, SLU’s total
enrollment increased 3 percent, and our goal is
to continue to provide more opportunities for
students who are eager to study at SLU. Even
outside of St. Louis, many of you will see in
movie theaters and hear on the radio a new
SLU recruitment campaign, that encourages
students to “Be a Billiken.” Using our Univer-sity’s
unique mascot, the campaign highlights
SLU’s equally unique attributes, which sepa-rate
SLU from other top national schools.
But your help, whether setting up one-on-one
meetings with prospective students in
your city or joining SLU recruiters at a college
fair in your area, can make the difference in
whether a student seriously considers SLU. If
you’re interested in lending some of your valu-able
time to the SLU recruitment cause, please
contact our alumni relations office at alumni@
slu.edu for more information.
I hope you enjoy reading about our 20th
anniversary class of Presidential Scholars as
much as I have enjoyed catching up with these
10 alumni.
Lawrence Biondi, S.J.,
President
SLU’s Presidential Scholarship celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Photo by Jim Visser
{ president’s message } { contents }
8 | The Billiken: From Fad to Icon
Learn how the Billiken came to be
and how he came to SLU in this
article celebrating the unique mascot’s
100 years. — By Nick Sargent
12 | Life, Hope and Homilies
Philosophy professor John
Kavanaugh, S.J., has been raising
tough questions for more than 30
years. Now he gives some answers.
— By Laura Geiser
16 | In Case of Emergency
How well is SLU prepared for a crisis?
A new emergency preparedness team
is making sure the University is ready
for anything. — By Clayton Berry
19 | Primary Scholars
SLU’s inaugural class of Presidential
Scholars arrived on campus 20 years
ago. Find out where these 10 alumni
are today. — By Marie Dilg
2 | On Campus
Homecoming marks the Billiken’s
birthday • New rankings released •
Avian flu research • Heritage Hall •
Art exhibits • Convocation
6 | Billiken News
Basketball schedules • Trost on all-
NCAA team • Volleyball wins big
7 | Advancement News
A conversation with David
Suwalsky, S.J., director of SLU’s
museums and galleries.
24 | class notes
Catch up with classmates.
28 | In Memoriam
Remembering those members of the
SLU community who recently died.
30 | alumni events
Find SLU alumni activities wherever
you live.
32 | Perspective
A recent alumnus discusses the
criminal justice system.
33 | the last word
Letters to the editor.
8 19
12
features depar tments
6
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{ on campus }
To celebrate the Billiken’s 100th year, the University
threw two birthday celebrations to coincide with
Homecoming and Family Weekend, which drew
thousands of graduates and parents to campus Sept. 26-28.
In all, more than 2,500 alumni and friends and 1,200 par-ents
and family members made their way to SLU’s campus.
The schedule of events included class reunions, jazz socials,
campus tours and a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game.
The birthday celebration kicked off in the Family Fun
Area on Saturday, where alumni, parents and students
turned out to make birthday hats, enjoy birthday-themed
activities and eat cupcakes. The Billiken had only one wish
for his birthday party: that all of his friends bring new
children’s books, later donated to a special program at SSM
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. Almost 200
books were collected.
The birthday celebration continued that night, as the
men’s soccer team won its game against in-state rival Mis-souri
State University by a 3-0 margin, with almost 5,800
in attendance. It was the second largest crowd in Hermann
Stadium history.
During halftime, the stadium lights dropped, and a three-tier
cake was brought onto the field. The capacity crowd
sang “Happy Birthday” to the Billiken. As soon as the song
ended, a fireworks display erupted over the stadium.
Homecoming Weekend also featured tours of the new
Chaifetz Arena, the annual golf cart parade, a barbecue,
Mass, brunch and a concert.
“With wonderful events and spectacular weather, we
really celebrated the Billiken’s birthday in style, and we are
already looking forward to next year,” said Meg Connolly
(A&S ’90, Grad ’92), associate vice president for alumni
relations and annual giving.
The 2009 Homecoming Weekend is scheduled for Sept. 25-
27. Call the office of alumni relations at (314) 977-2250 to help
with reunion planning.
Homecoming celebrates 100 years of the Billiken
Scenes from
this year’s
homecoming
This summer, two national
publications recognized
Saint Louis University as
one of the best schools
in the country for under-graduate
education. U.S.
News & World Report’s
“America’s Best Colleges”
ranks SLU 80th out of
more than 260 national
universities in the United States. The ranking placed
SLU among the top five Jesuit universities in the
country for the sixth consecutive year. U.S. News
also gave high marks to the University’s undergrad-uate
engineering and business programs.
The Princeton Review’s 2009 edition of The Best
368 Colleges places SLU in the top 15 percent of
America’s 2,500 four-year colleges. Listings in book
are based on institutional data, school visits and
feedback from students, independent college coun-selors
and parents. However schools are chosen
primarily for their outstanding academics.
SLU earns
U.S. News,
Princeton
Review
honors
Researchers
study avian flu
Saint Louis University School of
Medicine has begun one of the larg-est
avian flu clinical trials in the United
States to test a new vaccine approach to
prevent the disease.
The study tests whether an injection
of an FDA-approved avian flu vaccine
created in 2004 can prime the body’s
immune system so a second shot of a
different avian flu vaccine can protect
against avian flu infection.
Public health experts are concerned
that the avian flu could become the
next influenza pandemic because bird
viruses have started previous outbreaks.
The study will examine the vigor of the
body’s antibody response and the safety
of the vaccines.
SLU is the lead site of the research,
which is sponsored by the National In-stitute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
part of the National Institutes of Health,
and will include up to five study sites.
SLU named a great
place to work
In its “2008 Great Colleges to Work For”
issue, The Chronicle of Higher Education
recognized Saint Louis University as one of
the best universities to work for in the nation.
SLU was one of five institutions of higher
education with 2,500 or more employees
recognized in the following categories:
Teaching
Environment:
Faculty members
say the institution
recognizes innova-tive
and high-quali-ty
teaching.
Tenure Clarity
and Process:
Requirements for
tenure are clear,
faculty members
say.
Housing
Assistance
Programs:
The “Hometown
SLU” program
provides forgiv-able
loans toward
homes purchased
in neighborhoods
near the University.
403(b) or 401(k):
Saint Louis
University offers
an award-winning
retirement plan.
New endowed
chair benefits
ophthalmolo g y
Dr. Anwar Shah, a former
SLU faculty member, has
established an endowed chair
in ophthalmology. Shah began
his relationship with SLU as an
intern and resident in ophthal-mology,
after coming to the
United States from Pakistan as a
Fulbright Scholar in 1955.
After completing fellowships
at Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard Medical School,
Shah became director of retina services in SLU’s department of
ophthalmology. He was a member of the SLU faculty for years,
training numerous ophthalmology residents. In 1980, he built the St.
Louis Eye Hospital, a 160,000.
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CONVOCATION
CELEBRATION
For the first time, in August Saint
Louis University’s annual convocation
to welcome new students and their
families to the SLU community was
held at Chaifetz Arena. Previously
held in St. Francis Xavier College
Church, convocation moved to the
arena this year to allow more faculty
and staff to participate in the event.
{ on campus } Viewing Heritage Hall on the day of its dedication are (from left): Dr. Patricia
Demuth, former coordinator of gerontological nursing at the School of
Nursing; Sister Noreen McGowan (seated), former faculty member and director
of nursing at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital; and Virginia Patton Spe-noga,
former faculty member.
Nursing School marks anniversary
with Heritage Hall installation
When Saint Louis University School of Nursing marked its
80th anniversary by unveiling its Heritage Hall, one sec-tion
was left empty by design.
“Visitors to Heritage Hall will learn of the many greats we have
achieved as an innovator in nursing education. But the best is yet
to come,” said Dr. Teri Murray (Nurs ’79, Grad ’93, ’97), dean of
the School of Nursing.
Located on the second floor of the School of Nursing Building,
Heritage Hall is a three-dimensional timeline of the School of
Nursing’s milestones. It was dedicated Sept. 27.
A seed donation for Heritage Hall was made in honor of Dr.
Joan Carter (Nurs ’58, Grad ’62), associate dean emerita of the
School of Nursing. Alumni and other friends of the School of
Nursing contributed to the historical remembrance.
Faculty from Saint
Louis University’s
Doisy College of
Health Sciences and
the department of
nutrition and dietetics’
Fresh Gatherings
cafeteria are featured
in a book by author
Patricia Corrigan called Eating St. Louis: The Gate-way
City’s Unique Food Culture. The hardcover book
serves up stories and photos of the places, people
and foods that have
come to define and feed
St. Louis. It also features
little-known tales about
local restaurants, food
manufacturers, groceries
and specialty food shops.
Eating St. Louis can be
ordered online at: www.
eatingstlouis.com.
Doisy
College
featured
in book
Rec Center reminder
Whether you’re a member of SLU’s
Simon Recreation Center or
not, alumni may enroll in most of the
center’s fitness classes, including Pilates,
yoga, aerobics, spinning, kickboxing,
bouldering and swimming. Several
dance classes also are offered. There is
a moderate fee for class enrollment, and
all skill levels are welcomed. Classes and
schedules vary, so visit www.slu.edu/
organizations/crcisc for details or call
(314) 977-3969.
As the Billiken
celebrates
his 100th
birthday
Issues of Universitas that feature the
Billiken on the cover (including this one)
NCAA Division I Billiken
teams at SLU
Billiken statues on campus
(plus, there’s a Billiken-shaped
topiary)
Individuals inducted
into SLU’s athletic
Billiken Hall of Fame
Pageviews of SLU’s “What’s a Billiken?”
page (www.slu.edu/billiken.xml) during
the last three months 8 18 2 227 5,397
t h e A R T S a t S L U
SLUMA shows
‘Diebenkorn,
Hockney and
Dine’ works
The Saint Louis University
Museum of Art is present-ing
“Diebenkorn, Hockney
and Dine: Selected Prints
from the Bank of America
Collection.” This iconic trio
of contemporary artists
is represented by more
than 100 of their respec-tive
prints spanning the
period between 1950 and
1986. The works on paper
reveal explorations into the
aesthetics of line, color and
formal complexity. SLUMA’s
hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Wednesday through Sun-day.
For more information,
visit sluma.slu.edu.
MOCRA’s
‘Pursuit of the
Spirit’ marks
15 years
This fall, visitors to SLU’s
Museum of Contemporary
Religious Art can view the
exhibition “Pursuit of the
Spirit,” which draws on art-ists
and artworks selected
from the museum’s first 35
exhibitions. As the museum
celebrates its 15th an-niversary,
the selections are
dedicated to the ongoing
dialogue between con-temporary
artists and the
world’s faith traditions. The
museum is open 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Tuesday through
Sunday. For more informa-tion,
call (314) 977-7170 or
visit mocra.slu.edu.
Campaign
memorabilia
on display at
SLUMA
The Saint Louis University
Museum of Art is exhibit-ing
“Persuasive Politics:
Presidential Campaign
Memorabilia.” Centuries of
presidential memorabilia are
showcased in the collec-tion:
a George Washington
coat button, an “I Like Ike”
cigarette pack and an 1860
Abraham Lincoln campaign
coin are among the more
than 700 campaign items,
ranging from the historic and
stoic to the contemporary
and whimsical. SLUMA’s
hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Wednesday through Sun-day.
For more information,
visit sluma.slu.edu.
Madonna and Child. Frederick
J. Brown (1994-95), oil and
mixed media on canvas.
McKinley campaign pin
with flag ribbon.
Clubs-Blue Ground. Richard
Diebenkorn (1982), etching,
spitbite aquatint, drypoint.
Public Health receives 26.3 million contract from
the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new contract is in addition to last year’s $26.8
million, five-year contract to the School of Public Health to follow the health of children
from St. Louis City and Macoupin County in Illinois.
FIRST CLASS
This fall, Saint Louis
University debuted a new
classroom building at 3721
Laclede Ave. The building,
which was the former home
of Forest Pharmaceuticals,
was completely gutted and
renovated this summer.
Now known as the Laclede
Classroom Building, the fa-cility
boasts 15 classrooms,
a new forensics/anthropol-ogy
lab and several seminar
rooms.
Photo by Steve Dolan
Photo by Steve Dolan
Photo by Kevin Lowder
date opponent place time
Nov. 05 vs. Harris-Stowe State St. Louis 7 p.m.
(ExhIBITION)
Nov. 14 vs. Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis 7 p.m.
Nov. 19 vs. Kent State St. Louis 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 vs. Boston College St. Louis 1 p.m.
Nov. 25 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7 p.m.
Nov. 29 at Detroit Mercy Detroit 1 p.m.
Dec. 02 at Southern Illinois Carbondale, Ill. 7 p.m.
Dec. 06 vs. Savannah State St. Louis 7 p.m.
Dec. 13 vs. Samford St. Louis 4 p.m.
Las Vegas Classic
Dec. 17 vs. USC Upstate St. Louis 7 p.m.
Dec. 19 vs. Liberty St. Louis 7 p.m.
Dec. 22 vs. DePaul Las Vegas 7 p.m.
Dec. 23 Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas 6:30 or
Championship 9 p.m.
Dec. 30 vs. UMBC St. Louis 8 p.m.
Jan. 02 vs. North Carolina A&T St. Louis 7 p.m.
Jan. 08 at Xavier Cincinnati 7 p.m.
Jan. 14 vs. Massachusetts St. Louis 7 p.m.
Jan. 17 vs. George Washington St. Louis TBA
Jan. 22 at Temple Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Jan. 25 vs. Richmond St. Louis 2 p.m.
Jan. 29 at Dayton Dayton, Ohio 7 p.m.
Jan. 31 at Fordham Bronx, N.Y. 6 p.m.
Feb. 04 vs. Duquesne St. Louis TBA
Feb. 08 at Richmond Richmond, Va. 1 p.m.
Feb. 11 vs. Charlotte St. Louis 7 p.m.
Feb. 14 at Rhode Island Kingston, R.I. 1 p.m.
Feb. 1
Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University
No full textFall 2003 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis UniversityT H E M AG A Z I N E O F S A I N T L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y
F A L L 2 0 0 3
By Lawrence Biondi, S.J.
Saint Louis University President
I’m convinced that it must have been a SLU graduate who coined the phrase, “What a small
world.”
I’m sure you’ve all had a similar experience: you’re sitting in a restaurant, standing in line
to check out at a grocery store or even taking in a ball game, and someone around you says
something like, “Didn’t you go to SLU?”
Whatever the opening line, what almost always ensues is a brief conversation between two
people. They may have never met before, but it’s as if an instant connection has been made.
They begin talking like old friends.
Although I realize that this phenomenon frequently happens between
people who share a common identity, I often come away from such experi-ences
convinced that members of our SLU community transcend the
superficialities of just sharing an alma mater or even a fondness for a particu-lar
sports team.
I truly believe our mission and our Ignatian heritage unites us on a deep-er
level. The recent Homecoming festivities only reinforced my belief. As
all of you know, during Homecoming, we welcome thousands of former
students back to campus, putting them in contact once again with each
other and with our current students, faculty and staff.
There were tours of Grand Center, our own home in Midtown, as well as
the new and improved Busch Student Center. There were parties, outdoor
concerts, Billiken soccer, a parade and fireworks. There were golf outings,
class reunions and tailgates. And serving as an appropriate, intimate ending
to the weekend, there was the Golden Billiken Brunch for members of the
classes up to and including the class of 1953.
Alhtough all of these activities are entertaining and help to demonstrate
our appreciation for members of our SLU family, perhaps the most satisfy-ing
element of Homecoming is found in the personal interaction between
longtime friends. For Homecoming is one of the few times during the year
in which generations of Billikens come back to campus to celebrate and
commemorate their shared identity. Alumni reminisce about old times
while also introducing their former classmates to their personal families. We at SLU show off
our campus and introduce our current family of students, faculty and staff, who share their
own thoughts and feelings about the SLU experience.
Alumni often share their own success stories, but more importantly, their stories about fam-ily,
friends and faith. They tell me how the philosophy, ethics and theological components
they once grumbled about now serve them well in their everyday lives.
Conversely, we let alumni know that SLU remains committed to informing and transform-ing
our current students, who, in turn, will transform society in the spirit of the Gospels. I
give assurances that although the nature of higher education has changed, SLU remains true
to its Jesuit, Catholic heritage — just like it has for generations, all the way back to its found-ing
in 1818.
Yes, we truly see the spirit of Saint Louis University revealed and refreshed during our
Homecoming festivities. It gives me great joy to hear about the ways in which members of
the SLU community continue to make a difference for their families, for their communities,
for their professions, for their world. Though it is only one weekend during the year, there’s
undoubtedly an invisible bridge that links generations of Billiken alumni together. We can be
reassured that SLU continues to succeed in preparing its graduates for a lifetime of service to
humankind.
It’s wonderful to see that SLU is indeed “where the heart is” in so many people’s lives.
UNIVERSITAS
Volume 30, No. 1
Editor
Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92)
Assistant Editor
Chris Waldvogel
Contributors
Clayton Berry
Jeff Fowler
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Joe Finlay, 4
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Dave Preston, 26
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New Line Cinema, 18, 20-22
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On the Cover: The new Busch
Student Center courtyard. For
more photos of Busch Student
Center, see page 12.
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FALL 2003
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Home-Court Advantage
Take a peek at the plans for
Saint Louis University’s proposed arena.
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Remembering Father Ong
A look at the life of one of
SLU’s most noted scholars.
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Center of Attention
The renovated and expanded
Busch Student Center is drawing raves.
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Momentum
The Campaign for Saint Louis University
marks its first anniversary.
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Lore of the Rings
A SLU professor is one of the world’s
foremost experts on J.R.R. Tolkien.
C O N T E N T S
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SLU named a
‘Best Buy’ again
Saint Louis University is
the nation’s top educa-tional
buy among all Jesuit
institutions according to U.S.
News & World Report, which
again recognized Saint Louis
University as one of the
country’s best values in high-er
education. Overall, the
magazine also ranked SLU
among the top four Catholic
universities in the country.
In the publication’s
“America’s Best Colleges
2004” issue, SLU is No. 41
on the best values list among
all national doctoral universi-ties.
This is the sixth consecu-tive
year that U.S. News has
highlighted the University as
a leading educational value.
SLU is the top Jesuit institu-tion
on the best value list and
the No. 2 Catholic school,
second only to the University
of Notre Dame. U.S. News
determines best values by
measuring academic quality
with the net cost of atten-dance
for a student who
receives an average level of
financial aid.
U.S. News also named Saint
Louis University among the
top four Catholic institutions
on its ranking of best national
doctoral universities, a group
that includes nearly 250
schools. SLU is No. 78 on
the list, with only Notre
Dame, Georgetown
University and Boston
College ranking higher.
HOMELAND SECURITY: Hundreds of people attended
the first town hall meeting on homeland security featuring
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Oct. 7 at
Saint Louis University. An interactive event with high
audience participation, the forum included (from left) Frank
Sesno, host of Worldtalk and former CNN anchor; Steve
Rohleder, global chief executive for government, Accenture;
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay (Law ’80); Ridge; Dr. Karen
Webb, chief medical officer for Saint Louis University
Hospital; and Col. Tim Daniel, director for the Missouri
Office of Homeland Security. University President
Lawrence Biondi, S.J., gave the opening remarks.
Sword award
to honor Westfall
Saint Louis University will
give its highest honor to
the late George R. “Buzz”
Westfall (A&S ’68, Law ’69).
SLU will recognize the late
political leader with its Sword
of Ignatius Loyola during the
DuBourg Society Dinner
Dec. 7. Mr. Westfall died
Oct. 27. He was 59.
One of the region’s most
influential public figures of
the last 20 years,
Mr. Westfall was
elected St. Louis
County executive
in 1990 and was
re-elected three
times. Noted for
his bipartisanship
and regional focus,
his accomplish-ments
included the establish-ment
of a shelter for battered
women and children.
The Sword of Ignatius
Loyola is named for the
founder of the Society of
Jesus. Symbolic of the
Ignatian vision of service,
sword recipients have given
themselves to humankind for
the greater glory of God.
Louis; Keith F. Muccino, S.J.,
assistant professor of internal
medicine and Catholic chap-lain
at Georgetown University
School of Medicine; and
Robert L. Niehoff, S.J., vice
president for budget and plan-ning
at the University of San
Francisco.
New trustees
join SLU board
Three new trustees have
joined the Saint Louis
University board: L.B.
Eckelkamp Jr., chairman of the
board and CEO of the Bank of
Washington (Mo.) and chair-man
and president of Cardinal
Bancorp and Cardinal Bancorp
II, which owns the United
Bank of Union and Citizens
National Bank of Greater St.
SLU JOINS A10 CONFERENCE
Saint Louis University is joining the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Billikens will begin intercollegiate athletic competition
in the Atlantic 10 during the 2005-06 academic year.
The Atlantic 10 Conference is in its 28th year of NCAA
Division I competition. The league’s members include
Dayton, Duquesne, Fordham, George Washington, LaSalle,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Richmond, St. Bonaventure,
Saint Joseph’s, Temple and Xavier.
Saint Louis University currently is a charter member of
Conference USA. In early November, five C-USA member
schools — Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and
USF — accepted invitations to join the Big East Conference.
Five new schools — Central Florida, Marshall, Rice, SMU
and Tulsa — filled C-USA’s vacant positions.
For more details, visit www.slubillikens.com.
Three new deans
now on campus
Dr. Ellen Harshman (Grad
’78, Law ’92) is the new dean
of the John Cook School of
Business. She succeeds the
retiring Dr. Leroy Grossman,
who was interim dean for one
year. Harshman has served
SLU in several leadership roles
since 1972, including associate
dean of the business school,
director of the career planning
and placement center and assis-tant
to the vice president for
student development. She also
holds the rank of associate pro-fessor
of management and
most recently was SLU’s senior
vice provost. Among her many
responsibilities in this role,
Harshman administered com-
NEWS BRIEFS
By The Numbers
4 National rank of Parks College
of Engineering and Aviation’s
aerospace engineering program,
according to U.S. News and
World Report. Overall, Parks’
undergraduate engineering pro-grams
moved up three spots on
the U.S. News list to No. 27.
498 Residents sponsored by
SLU’s School of Medicine in 50
different residencies, subspecialty
residencies and fellowships rotat-ing
through eight affiliated teach-ing
hospitals and 18 affiliated
health care institutions.
8,742 Phone pledges made dur-ing
fiscal year 2003 for a total for
1 mil-lion
has been raised through
phoning.
In September, SLU sponsored a
two-evening gala event called
“Denim & Diamonds” to
benefit public education,
research and treatment of liver
disease. On Sept. 12, Willie
Nelson headlined “Denim,” a
concert to benefit the SLU Liver
Center and the Julia Spears
Foundation for Liver Disease.
On Sept. 13, “Diamonds” fea-tured
country music artist Naomi
Judd, who spoke at a black-tie
dinner to benefit SLU’s Liver
Center. … Dr. Robert B.
Belshe, Adorjan professor of
infectious diseases and director of
the Center for Vaccine
Development, received the
Clinical Virology Award for
2003 from the Pan American
Society for Clinical Virology. …
Sandra H. Johnson (A&S ’73),
the Tenet Endowed Chair in
Health Law and Ethics is one of
four winners of the 2003
Pellegrino Medal for contribu-tions
to health care ethics. …
Dr. Marla Berg-Weger, pro-fessor
and director of field service
education for the School for
Social Service since 1995, has
been named associate provost. …
Maria Whitehead, a member of
Wake Forest’s 2002 NCAA
Division I field hockey champi-onship
team, is SLU’s new head
field hockey coach. The appoint-ment
is her first head coaching
position. … Dr. Seung H.
Kim, professor of international
business and director of the
Boeing Institute of International
Business, has been appointed to
serve on the Presidential
Advisory Council for the
Peaceful Reunification of the
Republic of Korea.
RESEARCH PLANS: Preliminary plans are under way
for the design and site selection for a new research center at
the Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, part of
an 300 million “Campaign for Saint Louis
University: Where Knowledge Touches Lives.”
pliance with the University’s
accrediting agencies, served as
a liaison with state-wide edu-cational
agencies and oversaw
the libraries, Reinert Center
for Teaching Excellence and
office of institutional study.
Harshman has earned numer-ous
honors during her SLU
career and was named SLU’s
Woman of the Year in 1981.
Dr. Charlotte Royeen, a
national leader in her field of
occupational therapy, is the
new dean of the Doisy School
of Allied Health Professions.
Royeen most recently served
as associate dean for research at
Creighton’s School of
Pharmacy and Allied Health
Professions and professor of
occupational therapy. Prior to
that, she was the founding
chair and professor of occupa-tional
therapy at Shenandoah
University in Winchester, Va.,
and worked for several years
for the U.S. Department of
Education’s Office of Special
Education Programs. Royeen
holds a doctorate from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University in Blacksburg, Va.,
and a master’s degree in occu-pational
therapy from
Washington University School
of Medicine. At the confer-ence
of the American
Occupational Therapy
Association, Royeen received
the 2002 Eleanor Clarke Slagle
Lectureship Award, which is
the highest scholarly achieve-ment
bestowed in occupational
therapy.
Dr. Bjong Wolf Yeigh
joined the Saint Louis
University community July 1
as the dean for Parks College
of Engineering and Aviation.
He came to SLU from Yale
University, where he was assis-tant
provost of science and
technology since 1999. He
succeeds Dr. Charles
Kirkpatrick, who was dean of
Parks College for nine years
and is on the department of
chemistry faculty. Yeigh
received a bachelor’s degree in
engineering science from
Dartmouth College, a master’s
degree in mechanical engi-neering
from Stanford and a
doctorate in civil engineering
and operations research from
Princeton. A former tactical air
intelligence officer assigned to
Fighter Squadron 74, Yeigh
served in the U.S. Navy dur-ing
the Gulf War and for a
total of eight years in active
and reserve duties, leaving with
a rank of lieutenant.
Yeigh
Royeen
Harshman
New technology
VP on board
Ellen Watson is Saint Louis
University’s new vice
president for information
technology services.
Although Watson may be
new to SLU, she is familiar
with the Jesuit mission.
Before coming to SLU, she
was the vice president of
information service at Loyola
University Chicago, a post
she had held since 1999.
Watson boasts 19 years of
experience in her field, hav-ing
served as associate vice
president for information ser-vices
and dean of library ser-vices
at Indiana State
University for four years and
associate provost for informa-tion
resources and technology
at Bradley University for two
years. She received her bach-elor’s
degree from Wellesley
College and her master’s from
the University of Maryland.
Drabble wins
Literary Award
Saint Louis University
Library Associates pre-sented
English author
Margaret Drabble with the
2003 Saint Louis Literary
Award at a ceremony Oct.
21. Drabble, a novelist, biog-rapher,
critic and short story
writer, is the author of The
Seven Sisters, The Peppered
Moth, The Witch of Exmoor
and The Millstone. She is also
editor of The Oxford
Companion to English
Literature. Drabble joins a dis-tinguished
group of authors
honored with this award dur-ing
the past 36 years.
Recipients include such
luminaries as Arthur Miller,
Joyce Carol Oates and
Seamus Heaney. Last year’s
winner was Joan Didion.
Biodefense
research brings
schools together
Anew research center based
in St. Louis will play a
major role in protecting the
American public against
bioterrorism and emerging
infectious diseases. Washington
University School of Medicine
and Saint Louis University
School of Medicine will be
part of a multi-institutional
Midwest Regional Center for
Excellence in Biodefense and
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Research (MRCE). The cen-ter
will be funded by a five-year,
35 million grant from
the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The founding members of the
MRCE also include Case
Western Reserve University,
the University of Missouri-
Columbia and the Midwest
Research Institute of Kansas
City. The new center will
concentrate on expanding cur-rent
research efforts in biode-fense.
For example, the team’s
initial research effort will focus
on poxvirus infections, which
include diseases such as small-pox.
The ultimate goals are to
improve the safety of vaccines
and to develop new therapies.
Kavanaugh wins
press award
Saint Louis University phi-losophy
professor and mag-azine
columnist John
Kavanaugh, S.J., (A&S ’65,
Grad ’66, ’71) received top
honors from the National
Catholic Press Association. His
“Ethics Notebook,” which
regularly appears in America
magazine, earned the Best
Regular Column Award from
Kavanaugh
MIXING IT UP: What’s cooking in the department of
nutrition and dietetics in the Doisy School of Allied Health
Professions? Mark E. Miller, a certified executive chef,
shown here supervising students Christina Bologna (left)
and Diana Kingston, has joined the Saint Louis University
faculty and is teaching future dietitians how healthy foods
can be prepared to taste great. Miller, most recently a chef
at Westborough Country Club, is sold on the University’s
new, one-of-a-kind degree program that prepares students
to become registered dietitians while they receive training for
their culinary arts credential. “Our degree is perfect for stu-dents
who want to work as personal chefs, among other spe-cializations,”
Miller said.
International HIV
trial led by SLU
Saint Louis University is
leading an international
vaccine trial to study a
promising HIV prevention
vaccine in humans. The trial
is being conducted through
the HIV Vaccine Trials
Network (HVTN) of the
National Institutes of Health.
This is the first HVTN trial
to be conducted simultane-ously
in the United States and
abroad — in St. Louis,
Boston (through Harvard
University) and Gaborone,
Botswana — and it signifies a
dedication to transcending
borders in the fight against
HIV. This vaccine has never
been tested in humans. The
trial is looking at the safety
and immune response of an
experimental HIV vaccine
the association, which repre-sents
640 publications with a
combined circulation of nearly
27 million in the United States
and Canada. In honoring him,
the National Catholic Press
Association said: “Father
Kavanaugh examines public
issues through a moral lens and
discusses them thoughtfully
and powerfully.”
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The December 1963 issue of Saint
Louis University Magazine featured a
cover photo of the new Griesedieck
Memorial Hall, which was dedicat-ed
Nov. 30, 1963.
A news item mentioned that
fund raising for Busch Memorial
Center was under way — .1.5 mil-lion
had been raised, and a 3.25 million.
The issue also highlighted the
Midwest Assembly on Outer Space,
a conference co-sponsored by SLU
and held that September. The
assembly brought together a cross
section of leaders in education, gov-ernment,
labor, business, industry,
law, medicine, military and commu-nications
from a 14-state area to
consider the topic, “Outer Space:
Prospects for Man and Society.”
Participants included James E.
Webb, the head of NASA, and U.S.
Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri.
Another article featured an alum-nus,
Robert Burns (Parks ’59), who
was the first Missourian to join the
Peace Corps. Burns was a land irri-gation
specialist in Pakistan.
Quotable UTAS: “It would be
tragic if we were able to pinpoint
rockets in space but unable to deter-mine
where we were going as
human beings.” — Charles A.
Sheehan, Missouri state representa-tive
and speaker at the Midwest
Assembly on Outer Space
Sign of the times: It was reported
that tuition for the 1964-65 school
year for full-time undergraduates
and law students would be 100 over 1963-64 rates. School of
Medicine students were slated to
pay $700 per semester.
SLU nabs C-USA
GPA award again
Conference USA has
named Saint Louis
University as the recipient of
the Institutional Excellence
Award for the eighth
consecutive year. The
award is given to the
member school
with the highest
SLU listed as ‘Best
Place to Work’
For the second time since
2000, Saint Louis
University has made the St.
Louis Business Journal’s “Best
Places to Work” list. This year,
SLU was honored in the “Best
Practice” category — the only
institution so recognized — for
the development of
Hometown SLU, which is
designed to spur development
near the St. Louis campus
while assisting SLU employees
looking to purchase a home in
certain areas near campus.
Since Hometown SLU was
unveiled Feb. 5, 19 people
have applied to the program
and been approved. Full-time,
eligible employees may receive
f
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