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Saint Louis University Billiken soccer player Dan Flynn
No full textSLU Billikens men's soccer player, Dan Flynn. (1973) [Scan of photo from SLU Sports Information Office, Photographer unknown
J. R. Flynn, Race, IQ and Jensen
No full textSerre Jean-Louis. J. R. Flynn, Race, IQ and Jensen. In: L'Homme, 1981, tome 21 n°3. pp. 144-145
Author Stephen Flynn Discusses Resiliency
No full textCenter for Homeland Defense and Security, PRESS RELEASESOn September 25, Author Stephen E. Flynn stopped by the Center’s National Capital Region campus to speak with CHDS Master’s degree students about his latest book, answer questions and discuss..
Saint Louis University Billikens 1969 soccer team
No full textThe 1969 Saint Louis University Billikens Championship Soccer Team. First row (left to right): Jack Galmiche, John Pisani, Mike Seerey, Chuck Zoeller, Gene Geimer, and Jim Leeker. Second row: Steve Frank, Joe Hamm, Bill McDermott, Ed Neusel, Tim Flynn, and Jim Niehoff. Third row: Assistant coach Val Pelizzaro, Trainer Bob Albus, Al Trost, Don Copple, Pat Leahy, Gary Rensing, Head coach Harry Keough, Manager Pat Maloney. (1969) [Scan of image published in the 1970 Archive Yearbook, page 178
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Slouching Toward Zion and More Lies
No full textRobert Flynn has gathered twenty-three stories that have hope, faith, and love as their common denominator. They are funny, political, and more than a bit prophetic as well as being superbly crafted. Included in the collection are “The Rest of the Story,” wherein the author retells select Biblical stories and parables supplying heretofore expurgated details with an exquisitely agonizing truth; “Ten Mistakes God Made,” which treats with candor religious politics, elitism, and the unexplained nature of what makes us believe; “The Trouble with Eve” and “Redemption,” which are at heart stories of how one grapples with, avoids, questions, and finally resigns to—love; and “Chicken Soup for the Damned,” a fable corporate biography retelling of the Savior’s story. “Flynn’s prose cuts like St. Michael’s sword slicing through the smug heart of a believer too comfortable in his faith. He is to southern Baptists what Flannery O’Conner is to southern Catholics. He is raw, woolly, and wild-eyed, and very necessary.”—Jill A. Essbaum, Concordia University, author of Heave
Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University
No full textSummer 2010 issue of Universitas: the magazine of Saint Louis University.Alumni
assist in
Haiti
Page 8
100 years
of business
education
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Alum melds
movies and
the military
Page 16
New
restaurants
in Midtown
Page 18
A recap of SLU’s
May ceremony
Page 2
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Edi tor
Laura Geiser (A&S ’90, Grad ’92)
Contributors
Clayton Berry
Marie Dilg (Grad SW ’94)
John Gilmore (A&S ’88)
Nick Sargent (Grad Cook ’10)
“On Campus” news storie s
University Communications
Medical Center Communications
Billiken Media Relations
Cov er Photo
Steve Dolan
De sign
Art Direction: Matt Krob
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F A L L 2 0 0 4 W I N T E R 2 0 0 5
This month, colleges and universities
across the United States are honoring
their graduates. All of whom are
smart, accomplished people, I’m sure.
But you are distinctive. You are a Saint
Louis University graduate. You experienced
the power of Catholic, Jesuit education.
And, therefore, your future will be mark-edly
different from those of your peers.
What separates you from all these
other graduates?
You do more than think — you feel. Your
SLU education opened your minds, and it
opened your hearts. For you, service is more
than a résumé builder. It is a way of life.
The true measure of Jesuit universities
— of Saint Louis University in particular
— is not simply what you have done. It is who
you have become and what you will do with
the rest of your life.
To the physicians, nurses, therapists and
other health care professionals: Your SLU
education has prepared you to do more than
treat the illness. It has prepared you treat the
patient. You will not only take care of your
patient’s pain. You will feel it.
To the future CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and en-trepreneurs:
Your SLU education has taught
you that business is about more than the bot-tom
line. It is about making sure that that the
people at the bottom do not get left behind as
you climb the corporate ladder.
To the scientists and engineers: Thanks to
your SLU education, you know the search
for discovery is more than test tubes, wind
tunnels and microscopes. For you, the world
is your laboratory, and your research will im-prove
lives and will make our planet a better
place in which to live.
To the teachers, lawyers, social workers and
public servants: You are ready for more than
success in the classroom, the courtroom, the
clinic and the halls of government. You are
ready to use your God-given
talents to help countless other
men, women and children real-ize
success in their own lives.
To the creators, the commu-nicators
and the thinkers: You
are more than the individual
subjects you have studied —
from history, to art, to ethics.
You are the sum of all of your
studies, allowing you to focus
on the big picture. Indeed, you do more than
see problems. You solve them.
To all of our graduates: You came to Saint
Louis University hoping to make a difference
in the world someday. Today, I can say with
confidence that you will make a world of
difference — no matter where you go, or what
you do.
Your rigorous SLU Judeo-Christian
education has given you the knowledge,
values, principles and the skills — and most
importantly, the moral compass — to make
ethical decisions. You have been formed,
and hopefully transformed, to become the
leaders of character and compassion that
our world needs so desperately at this time
in history.
In exchange for all of these wonderful gifts
and blessings, you are called to something
greater than rewarding careers. You are called
to lead lives of significance. And in the end,
that is the real reward of SLU’s Catholic,
Jesuit education.
Lawrence Biondi, S.J.
President
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Hope for Haiti | 8
Several SLU alumni lived the Jesuit mission
through varied earthquake relief efforts.
— By Marie Dilg
Local Ripples to Global Waves | 12
The John Cook School of Business
celebrates 100 years of business education.
— By John Gilmore
From the Front Lines to the Front Row | 16
Alumnus Phil Strub helps Hollywood
make accurate films about the military.
— By Marie Dilg
Midtown Menus | 18
Thanks to several new restaurants, SLU’s
neighborhood is a dining destination.
— By Nick Sargent
2 | On Campus
2010 commencement • Center for
Sustainability • Casa de Salud •
U.S. News rankings • Professional
Studies dean named • Arts at SLU
6 | Billiken News
New men’s soccer coach •
Fall sports schedules
7 | Advancement News
A Q&A with Dr. Philip
Alderson, vice president for
health sciences and dean of
the School of Medicine
23 | class notes
Catch up with classmates.
36 | In Memoriam
Remember those members
of the SLU community
who recently died.
38 | alumni events
Find SLU alumni activities
wherever you live.
40 | Perspective
An alumnus shares lessons
he’s learned while coaching
a homeless soccer team.
41 | the last word
Letters to the editor
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On May 15, I had the pleasure of addressing our graduates
at commencement. This year, I reminded our newest alumni
about their special role as Saint Louis University graduates
and what is expected of them as they go out into the world.
After I delivered my remarks, it occurred to me that this
message doesn’t just apply to our new alumni — it applies to
all of them. Indeed, even though your commencement may
have been many years ago, I am sure these expectations will
resonate with you. What follows is an excerpt from my ad-dress
to the SLU class of 2010.
Photo by Steve Dolan
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Photos by Chad Williams
Joseph
Ibrahim
More than 5,000 family and friends packed into Chaifetz
Arena to celebrate Saint Louis University’s 2010 com-mencement
on May 15.
University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., welcomed the class
of 2010 and explained why SLU graduates are distinctive from their
peers across the country.
“Your Catholic, Jesuit education has offered you something far
greater than knowledge,” Biondi said. “It has given you wisdom.
Thanks to your SLU experience, you have the ability to not only
learn, but to discern.”
Before they were sent on their way, the new SLU alumni heard
from Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio (or Vatican
ambassador) to the United States. During his commencement
address, Sambi shared the message of peace he has brought to coun-tries
around the globe as a Vatican diplomat for more than 40 years.
“With war, everybody loses, in the present, and in future genera-tions,”
Sambi told the crowd. “Peace would be a victory for everyone.”
Sambi received an honorary degree during the ceremony, as did
Boys Town executive director emeritus Father Valentine “Val” Peter
and civil rights pioneer Sister Mary Antona Ebo, F.S.M. (Doisy ’62,
PH ’70). (For more on Ebo, see page 25.)
The Most Rev. Robert J. Carlson, the archbishop of St. Louis,
delivered a benediction prayer to close the ceremony. Prior to the
ceremony, Carlson said it was a fitting role for him because he had
helped open the 2009-2010 academic year by presiding over the
Mass of the Holy Spirit in September.
“Bless our 2010 graduates as they complete their studies and
move on to share their knowledge and learning with a world so in
need,” Carlson prayed at commencement. “We pray for their suc-cess
in finding gainful employment and a life full of happiness.”
More than 2,300 students graduated from Saint Louis University
this year. — by Clayton Berry
t h e A R T S a t S L U
SLUMA’s ‘Urban
Wanderers’ exhibit
includes auction
In partnership with Stray Rescue of St. Louis, the
Saint Louis University Museum of Art is presenting
“Urban Wanderers” (formerly “Arf Nouveau”) through
Aug. 29. More than 40 area artists painted, photo-graphed,
illustrated and sculpted their interpretations
of abandoned or abused dogs or cats saved by
Stray Rescue. The exhibited art is available for silent
auction at www.blacktie-stlouis.com/auctions. In ad-dition,
the dogs and cats used their paws, tails and/or
noses to create “personalized” works of art that also
are displayed and available for online auction. Actress
Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H fame, a supporter of Stray
Rescue, also created her own stray-inspired art for the auction. All proceeds
will benefit Stray Rescue of St. Louis. SLUMA’s hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. For more information, visit sluma.slu.edu.
Cupples’ butler’s
pantry dedicated in
honor of donors
Last fall, the gallery known as the but-ler’s
pantry of Samuel Cupples House
was dedicated in recognition of the
generosity of Warren L. Lorella and Dr.
Jacob A. Kress (Dent ’51). Lorella be-gan
collecting Staffordshire china in 1940. In 1995 he donated 19 pieces
of Staffordshire to Maurice McNamee, S.J., then director emeritus of the
historic mansion. Since then, Lorella and Kress have continued their gifts
of the collectible English china. The extensive collection of English blue
ware was produced around 1820, with much of it exported to America,
often decorated with scenic views of U.S. landmarks. The collection is on
display at Cupples House 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For
more information, visit cupples.slu.edu.
SLU Theatre season
announced
Saint Louis University Theatre has
unveiled its 2010-2011 season. It begins
with John Cariani’s fanciful romantic
comedy Almost Maine, Oct. 1, 2, 8, 9 and
10. The season’s musical offering is the
Tony Award-winning Cabaret, featuring
music and lyrics by John Kander and
Fred Ebb. It plays Nov. 12, 13, 19, 20 and
21. The season’s third show, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shake-speare,
will be presented Feb. 19, 20, 26, 27 and 28. The season con-cludes
with the new comedy Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl, April
29 and 30, and May 6, 7 and 8. All shows begin at 8 p.m., except Sunday
performances, which begin at 2 p.m. For more details on the season or to
purchase season tickets, call (314) 977-3327.
‘Recent Acquisitions’ exhibit at SLUMA
The SLU Museum of Art is presenting “Recent Acquisitions” through Sept.
26. The exhibition includes works by artists Alice Neel, Philip Pearlstein,
James Rosenquist, Markus Lüpertz, Max Uhlig, Eero Gudmundur, Mario
Merz and Yoshitomo Nara, among others. SLUMA’s hours are 11 a.m. to 4
p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. For more details, visit sluma.slu.edu.
A selection of Staffordshire china
donated by Lorella and Kress.
A scene from this spring’s
production of Anything Goes.
Chill, one of the dogs
that inspired artwork for
“Urban Wanderers.”
WORLDLY WORDS: Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week
brought two noted speakers to campus in March. Raymond Joseph, the
Haitian ambassador to the United States, told students that his nation
needs their help in recovering from January’s catastrophic earthquake. In
addition, Nigerian lawyer and women’s rights advocate Hauwa Ibrahim de-livered
the week’s keynote address on gender equality and empowerment.
Alberici Foundation gives 5 million grant
from the Alberici Foundation to establish the new Center for
Sustainability — a first among the nation’s 28 Jesuit colleges and
universities.
The center’s mission is to develop creative, collaborative solu-tions
to today’s pressing environmental challenges. It also will
have a special focus on sustainability issues in urban areas.
Starting in fall 2010, the center will offer a master’s degree in
sustainability — the first of its kind in the Midwest. Students
in the interdisciplinary two-year program will explore advanced
green practices in business, engineering and urban planning to
prepare for one of the fastest growing industries in the United
States.
The Center for Sustainability also will focus on research. Of
the 1 million has been directed to
create the Alberici Fund for Innovation in Sustainability, a seed
grant program to grow green-related research projects.
Another priority for the Center for Sustainability is public
education. Twice a year, the center will offer “Energy Mat-ters,”
a six-week lecture series for business professionals
looking to advance
their knowledge of
energy efficiency and
sustainability.
Snapshots from SLU’s
commencement, including
speaker Archbishop Pietro
Sambi (top center).
Photos by Steve Dolan
Photo by Chad Williams
Photo by John Lamb Photo by Donna Lochmann
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U.S. News ranks health
law program No. 1
For the seventh straight year, SLU’s
health law program was named the
best in the nation by health law scholars,
according to U.S. News & World Report.
The top ranking appeared in the maga-zine’s
“Best Graduate Schools 2011” issue.
In addition, SLU’s geriatrics program
was ranked No. 13 this year. And SLU
also ranked in the top 25 schools nation-ally
for its programs in international
business (18), supply chain management
(20) and entrepreneurship (21).
PAUSING TO REMEMBER: Relay for Life participants gather for a moment
of reflection in April at Robert Hermann Stadium, where luminarias honoring cancer survivors and
those who lost their battle with cancer lit up the night. A record 1,900 participants raised more
than 750,000 since participation began in 2004.
Photo by Chad Williams
News Briefs
Sandra Johnson (A&S ’73) is the interim dean of the Saint Louis
University School of Law. Johnson succeeds Jeffrey Lewis, who
has returned to full-time teaching in the law school after serving
as dean for 11 years. Currently professor emerita of law and
health care ethics, Johnson joined SLU’s faculty in 1978. She
has served as interim dean of the law school once before and
twice was the school’s associate dean for academic affairs. She
was University provost from 1998-2002. The University will con-duct
a national search to fill the dean position by summer 2011.
Dr. Gerard Fowler (Law ’84), associate professor of higher edu-cation,
is the interim dean of the College of Education and Public
Service. He succeeds Dr. John Watzke, who left SLU to become
dean of education at the University of Portland. Program director
for higher education administration, Fowler joined SLU’s faculty
in 1971. He has served as vice president for student develop-ment,
associate academic vice president and interim director
of athletics. A search committee will identify candidates for the
dean position.
SLU officials joined local leaders on May 4 for the grand opening
celebration of a new business incubator in the historic Ville
neighborhood on St. Louis’ near north side. The project is a
collaboration between SLU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and
Habitat for Neighborhood Business, a program founded by Doug
Brown (Cook ’66), a retired executive from Enterprise Leasing.
Fortune magazine recognized Saint Louis University as one of its
five top schools for entrepreneurs among U.S. schools that
teach entrepreneurship. Chosen from the 2,264 U.S. colleges
and universities with entrepreneurship programs, the magazine
gave SLU a competitive edge for its “small but practical program
where every course is co-taught by a practicing entrepreneur.”
For the third consecutive year, SLU has made the President’s
Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. And
for the first time, SLU was listed with “distinction” — a more
exclusive list that includes no other schools from the St. Louis
area and only four other Jesuit institutions. The national honor
roll recognizes the exemplary service efforts of 736 colleges and
universities in the United States.
SLU is launching a Center for World Health and Medicine
that will be staffed by ex-Pfizer scientists to target medical
problems that are common in the developing world, as well as
other unmet medical needs. Pfizer decided last year to refocus
and consolidate its research efforts, a decision that will displace
approximately 600 pharmaceutical scientists, representing a
significant loss for the region. “While this event represents a
major challenge for the St. Louis region, it also represents an
opportunity to add a cohort of highly skilled scientists dedicated
to research in areas consonant with the University mission,” said
Dr. Raymond Tait, SLU’s vice president for research.
Thomas H. Brouster Sr., chairman of Missouri banking for
National City Bank, is the new vice chairman of SLU’s board
of trustees. In 2009, SLU named the building that houses
the School for Professional Studies in his honor. In addition,
SLU recently elected four new members to its board: Barry
Beracha, director of Hertz Global Holdings Inc., who is return-ing
for his second term as a SLU trustee; Albert C. Black Jr.,
president and CEO of the Dallas-based On-Target Supplies and
Logistics Ltd.; George Brill (Parks ’85), founder and CEO of the
St. Louis-based Talisen Technologies; and Virginia McDowell,
president and COO of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc.
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ceremonies held the two days
before commencement
5,532 Graduation announcements
sold through SLU’s Barnes
and Noble bookstore
6,264 Commencement program
books printed
BY THE NUMBERS: At SLU’s 2010 commencement
17,775 Total guests who attended
the precommencement and
commencement ceremonies
40,000 Servings of dessert ordered
for the precommencement
receptions (in addition to 5,000
lbs. of cheese cubes)
Casa de Salud
wellness clinic opens
One year after two clinics serv-ing
Latino immigrants in the
St. Louis region closed their doors,
Casa de Salud, a new health and
wellness center, celebrated its grand
opening in April.
Bob Fox (Grad ’76), who chairs
Casa de Salud’s board of directors
and is founder and chief executive of-ficer
for NewSpace Inc. as well as a member of Saint Louis University’s board of trustees,
spearheaded the drive for Casa last year after La Clinica and Accion Social Comunitaria
closed. He asked University President Lawrence Biondi, S.J., if SLU would sponsor a
new wellness service for the Latino community, and Biondi embraced the opportunity.
SLU converted a building at the corner of Compton and Chouteau avenues into a
health care center, which it rents to Casa de Salud for $1 a year. Casa is staffed by five
paid employees, dozens of undergraduate and graduate volunteers from SLU and Wash-ington
University in St. Louis, as well as more than 100 volunteer physicians, nurses and
community members.
The physicians offer basic episodic care, such as treating a sore throat or other minor
injury or illness. Those treated at Casa de Salud are referred to other existing health care
institutions that are designed to provide ongoing medical care.
Fox and Biondi (center, with scissors) flanked by
community leaders at the ribbon cutting for Casa de Salud.
commencement in spain draws crowd
From Bulgaria to Brazil, 16 different countries were repre-sented
at SLU Madrid’s commencement May 14. The 55 un-dergraduates
and one graduate student represented the College of
Arts and Sciences, the John Cook School of Business, the School
of Nursing and the Graduate School. More than 600 guests at-tended
the ceremony, which took place in the auditorium of the
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, down the street from SLU’s
Madrid Campus. Ramon Pereira (Cook ’86), director general of
Franklin Templeton Investments in Madrid, was the commence-ment
speaker. He and four of his siblings attended SLU.
giancola is
Professional
Studies Dean
Dr. Jennifer Gianc-ola
(A&S ’93,
Grad ’97, ’99) is the new
dean of SLU’s School
for Professional Studies. The appoint-ment
followed a national search. Giancola
joined SLU in 2001. She was interim
dean since January. Previously, she was
an associate dean as well as chair of the
school’s organizational studies program.
During Giancola’s administrative tenure,
enrollment has grown by more than 80
percent, and today the school has more
than 1,400 students.
SLU’s role in U.S. soccer history
highlighted in documentary
A new documentary from KETC-TV Ch. 9 highlights the
legendary soccer players from St. Louis — and Saint Louis
University — who helped make soccer a national pastime in the
United States.
A Time for Champions premiered in June. The documentary
charts the influence of St. Louis’ immigrant community, amateur
leagues and college teams on the development and increased
popularity of soccer in the United States.
The story is told through
archival footage, still photos
and interviews with baseball
legend Yogi Berra, NBC sports-caster
Bob Costas, U.S. Soccer
Federation president Dan Flynn
(Cook ’78), former SLU players
and members of the 1950 World
Cup U.S. team.
A special preview of A Time
for Champions for Billiken
soccer alumni took place on
campus in May.
Photo by Kevin Lowder
Photo by Ángel Garcia
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Father Frank Flynn MSC, AC, AO
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Professor T.T. Flynn Index: University of Tasmania Collection
No full textIndex to a letter from Louis F. Bisdet to Professor E. R. Guiler describing his memory of Professor Flynn, who lived in the same boarding house as Bisdet, Pressland
House, Melville Street, in 1931. Prof. Flynn was a fine, well groomed man, always
wore a black bowler hat. His wife, who he never mentioned, was admired by the
ladies of Hobart. His son Erroll, was often a great worry to him.
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