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IN EARLY OCTOBER, I was a member of theAmerican delegation to the TransatlanticDialogue in Barcelona, a four-day forum spon-sored by the American Council on Education,the European University Association, and theAssociation of Universities and Colleges ofCanada. With ten university leaders repre-senting each of the three organizations, thetheme of the meeting was “access, fundingand affordability.”

Much of the discussion was dedicated tofunding, an increasingly important issue inan environment of dramatically increasedoperational costs. There were several presen-tations on diversifying revenue streams withstrategies such as: the development of newdegree programs to meet market demand;industry- and government-sponsoredresearch; licensing and commercialization ofthe products of faculty research; fees for serv-ices; and, non-degree professional develop-ment and training programs.

When undertaken in a careful and thought-ful manner, all of these revenue-producingstrategies can serve as productive and appro-priate sources of funds. For American col-leges and universities, these revenues can beof great help in controlling costs for studentsand their parents, in essence subsidizing theeducational programs of the university andrelieving to varying degrees the reliance ontuition income.

But throughout the four days, there wassomething very troublesome brewing in myhead as I participated in the discussions.

The Barcelona forum helped bring into starkrelief for me a concern that is simultaneouslya threat and an opportunity: the role that mar-ket forces play in shaping (and perhaps distorting)the contours of the American college and university.

There is no question that we in higher edu-cation must be responsive to market needs foran educated work force, and for the innova-tion and creativity necessary for global eco-nomic competitiveness. And we must beequally responsive to our students’ education-al and professional goals.

However, as I noted in my last essay inDrake Blue, colleges and universities inAmerican society also have a fundamentalpublic purpose: we educate our students forengaged citizenship in a participatorydemocracy; we serve as the place where thevital issues of the day are argued and clari-fied; we preserve and enhance our culture;and, in a liberal democracy, as HaroldShapiro pointed out in A Larger Sense ofPurpose, we have a powerful responsibility asconstructive critics of the status quo, as aforce to move our society forward.

The worry is that these core responsibilities ofthe university are not “revenue-producing,” atleast not in a direct manner. And if they arenot revenue-producing, what are the chancesthat we can sustain them over the long term?I am certainly not the first to raise this ques-tion. Robert Zemsky and his colleagues askin Remaking the American University: Market-Smart and Mission-Driven, “. . . what happens

when markets dominate mission?” andDerek Bok argues in Universities in theMarketplace that institutions are “jeopardizingtheir fundamental mission in their eagernessto make money. . .”.

At the same time, students themselves areincreasingly driven in their choices by marketforces; nearly 80 percent of college freshmenin an annual survey indicate that their pri-mary reason for going to college is “to get agood job.” As a result, those academic fieldsthat do not represent in students’ minds aclear track to “good jobs” and high salariesare at risk of being under-enrolled, and thusunder-funded or eliminated (see Engell andDangerfield’s Saving Higher Education in theAge of Money).

In the case of colleges and universities,market forces—while reflecting important pri-orities that we must address—may well threat-en the very soul of our institutions, and thusreduce our capacity to serve both our stu-dents and the public good. There is no easysolution to this dilemma, but at DrakeUniversity we are firmly committed to the

integrity of our core mission. Needless to say,the resources necessary to address both ourstudents’ personal aspirations and the healthof our nation can be meaningfully enhancedby a significant increase in our endowmentand in contributions to the Drake Fund,enabling us to reduce our historical relianceon tuition. As alumni and friends of DrakeUniversity, I ask that you do everything thatyou can to support us in meeting criticalnational needs for an educated and engagedcitizenry—needs that are not always manifest-ed in market demand.

From thePresident. . .

Dr. David E. Maxwell, president

“We have a powerful responsibility as constructive critics of the status quo, as a force

to move our society forward.”

DepartmentsCAMPUS 4Drake Announces $34-million Housing, Retail Plan • Drake Student Finds Rare TurtlePopulation • “Eco House” Plants Seeds of Environmentalism on Drake Campus • Rave Review for Drake FM Radio Station • Pharmacy Chapter Places Second in NationalCompetition • Drake Senior Wins Top Prize in Bill Riley Talent Search • NationwideFoundation Funds New Career Seminar Series • Student Newspaper Finishes Above theFold in National Contest • Drake’s Student Bar Association Receives National Award

8 FACULTYLanguage and Art Topics of Annual Stalnaker Lecture • Pulliam Joins IowaAfrican American Hall of Fame • College of Pharmacy Faculty Earn Grant fromCommunity Pharmacy Foundation • Center for Global Citizenship Sends FacultyMembers to Nicaragua

SPORTS 16Bright(ening) Up • Books and Bulldogs • PGA Scores Hole in One for DU • Running Man • Running Women

18 ALUMNINew Alumni Directory in the Works • Reunion Classes to Hit Campus • Friends ofDrake Arts Present The Bard in Brief • Law Grad Takes First in National WritingCompetition • Drake Grad Writes Band History • Calling All Alumni Triathletes

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PresidentDr. David E. Maxwell

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Director of Alumni & Parent Programs

Barbara Dietrich Boose, JO’83, GR’90

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10 BEYOND PRESCRIPTIONSAND PILLS

Drake’s College of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences Instills the Conceptsof Innovation and Entrepreneurship

21TOP DOGYoung Alum Stakes His Claim on the Trading Floor

19 ALL RISEDrake Law Alumna Makes History in the Courts as Iowa’s First Female Chief Justice


President David Maxwell.The central community area

will be formed by three five-story buildings between 30thand 31st streets, adjacent toCarpenter Avenue, the maineast-west pedestrian corridorbetween 34th Street — homeof Drake's Greek houses —other off-campus housing andDrake’s main campus. Thispath will be enhanced withstreetscape improvements tocreate an energetic and safepedestrian mall at the edge ofthe village.

Work on the developmentwill begin during winter 2006-2007 with occupancy expectedin fall 2008.

DRAKE STUDENT FINDS RARETURTLE POPULATION

Hank Vogel, astudent in theDrakeUniversityUndergraduateScienceInstitute’s sum-mer researchprogram, dis-covered a newpopulation ofrare Blanding’sturtles during arecent survey ofreptiles and

amphibians at ChichaquaBottoms Greenbelt in north-east Polk County. Blanding’sare classified as threatened inthe state of Iowa, meaningthey are at risk of becomingextinct. It is illegal to collector kill them.

“I reached into the trap forthe turtle and right away Isaw it was a Blanding’s. It hada bright yellow neck with alot of yellow spots on itshead,” Vogel said. “It was areal surprise. I would neverhave guessed it would havebeen there.”

“There was just the one,but because it was a yearlingand Blanding’s turtles arepretty sedentary you can betthat there’s an older maleand female and perhapsother nestlings nearby,” saidKeith Summerville, assistantprofessor of environmentalscience at Drake, soon afterthe find. He was right — thenext week, Vogel foundanother young Blanding’s.

“Finding a population ofBlanding's at ChichaquaBottoms tells us that thelarge restored landscape isreally working to providehabitat for declining species,”Summerville said.

Vogel measured the ageand size of each turtle (year-

lings, the first 6inches and thesecond 4.5 inch-es) and quicklyreleased it.

The DUSCIsummer researchprogram enabled30 Drake stu-dents and a highschool student from Ames to conduct research projects alongsideDrake faculty.

The Anderson Gallery welcomedartist Yoji Matsumura, whose Lostand Found exhibit — described asmaking new art out of the world’sold news — was exhibited. Thevideo art of Jeremy Drummondmoved into the Anderson Gallery

during the second half of thesemester and remains on displayuntil Dec. 13. The Writers and

Critics Series kicked off its seasonwith Kass Fleisher, a writer of fic-tion and nonfiction. Other guestsof the series included TimothyCorrigan, director of cinema stud-ies and professor of English,German and art history at theUniversity of Pennsylvania; NationalPoetry Series Award winner JulianaSpahr; and filmmaker, performerand writer Lee Ann Brown. TheDrake Law School hosted a widevariety of speakers, includingAssistant Federal Public DefenderAngela Campbell, Deputy PolkCounty Attorney Nan Horvat andJudge J.D. Stovall, as part of thePublic Service Speaker Series,while Jack Balkin, Knight Professorof Constitutional Law and the FirstAmendment and director of theInformation Society Project at YaleLaw School kicked off the Law

School’s Distinguished Lecture

Series. Music on campus includedperformances by the DrakeSymphony Orchestra, the DrakeChoir and the jazz ensembles.Friends of Drake Arts hosted abehind-the-scenes open house.Drake Theatre presented produc-tions of Nickel and Dimed andThe Boyfriend. The Drake John

Pappajohn Center for

Entrepreneurial Studies welcomedJohn Jackovin from Ontuet.com,who gave the keynote address onlaw and ethics at the College ofBusiness and Public Administration’sannual Entrepreneurship Day.

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DRAKE ANNOUNCES $34-MILLIONHOUSING, RETAIL PLAN

A new development to be builtjust west of the Drake campuswill create 7,000 feet of retailspace for street-level neighbor-hood businesses and upperfloors for state-of-the-art stu-dent suites that will house upto 500 students.

Drake University andHubbell Realty leaders recentlyannounced plans for the $34-million housing and retaildevelopment to be built at 30thStreet and Carpenter Avenue.

The development designcalls for a mix of one-, two-and four-bedroom units,where each student has a pri-vate bedroom and shares acommon living and kitchenspace. The housing will be tar-geted primarily at junior andsenior undergraduate studentsand graduate students in thepharmacy program and theDrake Law School.

“The project will not onlybring upperclass and graduatestudents into the heart of theDrake experience, but add con-siderably to the economic andsocial vibrancy of the Drakeneighborhood— connectingour students to the communityin ways that are mutuallyenriching,” said Drake

An architectural rendering of Drake’s new housing and retail space project.

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Life Lessons

From left to right: Erin Mitchell, Darcie

Vandegrift and Phillip Williams.

SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR TEACHES THE VALUE OF PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE

STUDENTS IN DARCIE VANDEGRIFT’S

Social Stratification class learn that the studyof society can, and should be, a hands-onendeavor. Each of her students work eighthours every week with an organization, learn-ing its culture while focusing on a specificproject tied directly to their classroom lessons.

“My students work and explore how communities adapt and grow and keep a focuson human dignity at an individual level,” saysVandegrift, an assistant professor of sociologyin the Department of Culture and Society. “It’svery different from volunteer work. They arethere to learn as well as give.”

These students have studied re-entry pro-grams for ex prisoners, planted trees in low-income neighborhoods over Relays weekend,raised awareness about sweatshops andworked to pass legislation outlawing humantrafficking in Iowa.

“My job,” explains Vandegrift, “is to give stu-dents a sense of power and the information

that enables them to be agents of change. Mygoal is to teach them that the instincts theyhave are good and they should follow them.”

FOLLOWING HER LEAD: Vandegrift recog-nized early in her own education that thedetached life of an academic carefully monitor-ing the world as an outsider was not for her.And it’s this philosophy on life that she carriesinto her classroom and shares with students.

“I was always interested in social justice andhow to bring change to the world,” she says.“Sociology is often a largely academic study,which is important, but I needed to be activein making a contribution and offer thatopportunity to my students.”

So while Vandegrift has actively pursuedacademic knowledge, she has dedicated atleast as much energy into putting that knowl-edge to work in the real world. She’s workedin Costa Rica with indigenous women andwith non-governmental organizations and

monitored the effect of tourism on rural com-munities. She’s spent time in Russia research-ing the effect that globalization has had onpost-Communist Russia and last summer spenttime with several other Drake faculty membersin Nicaragua visiting farming cooperatives andmeeting with representatives from each of thecountry’s political parties.

But more important, says Vandegrift, isteaching students the value of putting theirstudies to practical use — a concept sheimplements within the framework of Drake’sefforts to encourage global citizenship.“Along the way, these students develop skills inresearch, marketing, publicity and collaborat-ing with different groups. I see them applyingtalents that they sometimes didn’t even knowthey had,” she explains. “It’s very important tomake a contribution to the common good. Itmakes you feel like a whole person.”

— Tim Schmitt


“ECO HOUSE” PLANTS SEEDSOF ENVIRONMENTALISM ONDRAKE CAMPUSDrake University’s “eco house”opened its doors to six studentswho will live in a setting thataids in making environmentallysound choices such as recy-cling, conserving water andelectricity as well as compost-ing and carpooling. Residentsof the “eco house,” located at1161 26th St., will also organizean environmental projectinvolving Drake’s campus and neighborhood.

“I am looking forward to liv-ing in this house,” saidElizabeth Bales, a senior phar-macy major. “I am passionateabout living smart and this

house will help teach me newways of doing that.”

Students were selected to livein the house based on a varietyof qualifications, includinggrades and campus involvement.

“Students don’t have to beenvironmental science majorsto live in the house,” saidDavid Courard-Hauri, Drakeassociate professor of environ-mental science and facultyadviser for the house.

The eco house was once hometo the Drake ROTC programand was most recently used asoffice space. The residence hasbeen completely renovated andfurnished with a water-efficientdishwasher as well as other energy-efficient appliances.

RAVE REVIEW FOR DRAKE FMRADIO STATIONAlumni from across the countryare praising the School ofJournalism and MassCommunication for launchingDrake’s FM radio station —KDRA-LP — in late August.

The station, also known as“94.1 The Dog,” broadcasts fromMeredith Hall weekdays from 4p.m. until 4 a.m. and all day onSaturday. The rock-based top-40radio station is programmed andstaffed by students in the SJMC.Programming consists primarilyof music, but also features play-by-play sports along with drive-time news and information.

“This is a radio stationdesigned for Drake students, byDrake students,” said MorganBrigman, operations manager.

KDRA-LP broadcasts 80 watts,allowing coverage extendingabout four miles from campus.Listeners outside the area cansample the station’s programmingat www.941thedog.com.

PHARMACY CHAPTER PLACESSECOND IN NATIONALCOMPETITION

Hard work and dedication of stu-dents in the Drake University PsiChapter of Phi Delta Chi onceagain led to accolades in thenational competition for theThurston Cup. Following a first-place overall national award lastyear, the Drake chapter of PhiDelta Chi, a professional pharmacyfraternity, placed second overallnationally in the 2006 competition.The Emory W. Thurston GrandPresident’s Award (ThurstonCup) is presented to the chapterthat has promoted the professionof pharmacy and Phi Delta Chi tothe fullest extent during the pre-ceding year.

In addition to this prestigiousaward, the Drake chapter wasalso honored with a first place

award for scholarship, a secondplace award for professionalismand service and a fifth place awardfor publications. Drake studentswere also recognized with a 100percent achievement award forthe second consecutive year.

DRAKE SENIOR WINS TOP PRIZEIN BILL RILEY TALENT SEARCH

Amanda Hardy, a senior oboeperformance major at Drake,won the senior division of theBill Riley Talent Search at theIowa State Fair, excelling overmore than 130 other contest-ants, ages 13 to 21, for the topprize of $7,500, provided byIowa Farm Bureau.

Hardy performed Pasculi’s“Grand Concerto for Oboe” dur-ing the final round of competi-tion. Hardy has studied withJennifer Wohlenhaus, doublereed teaching artist at Drake, forthree years.

“It’s unusual for an oboist towin the Bill Riley Talent Search,”Wohlenhaus said. “The winner isusually a violinist, pianist or dancer.The oboe isn’t a virtuoso instru-ment but Amanda has excellentskills. She’s a great student andthis is a well-deserved award.”

“I think Drake has a fabulousmusic department that providesmany performance opportuni-ties for students like myself,”Hardy said.

NATIONWIDE FOUNDATIONFUNDS NEW CAREER SEMINARSERIES

Nationwide Foundation, thephilanthropic arm of NationwideInsurance, recently donated$15,000 to Drake University tosupport and fund a new CareerSeminar Series for business andjournalism students. This donationwill help fund Drake’s CareerSeminar Series.

“Nationwide’s gift comple-ments our mission of bringing

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ALUMNI AND STAFF GATHERED IN BLUE to welcome Drake Day atthe Iowa State Fair on Saturday, Aug. 12. Volunteers staffed Drake’sbooth that saluted the University’s 125th anniversary with a history display. Visitors received athletics schedule cards and a 10-pack of postcards featuring historical Drake photographs. TheDrake booth also featured computer-generated historical Drakescenes with which visitors could be photographed free of charge.

Category of the ABA’s annualawards. All ABA-accreditedschools were eligible for thenational award and 25 schoolsapplied. George WashingtonUniversity placed first.

“It’s a huge honor for ussince only two schools were rec-ognized,” said Brooke Timmer,LW’06, president of Drake’sSBA in 2005-06.

The officers of Drake’s SBAfill many roles in the repre-sentation of the Law School’sstudent body. SBA membersalso serve on committeesorganized for the purpose ofmaking the law school a betterplace for students, faculty,alumni and supporters.

“We do a lot of philanthro-py,” Timmer said. “And wetouch every single part of thestudent experience at Drake,from making sure the fridgesin the Law School work tohelping hire a new CareerServices director.”


the real world into the classroom.Our students look forward to theprofessional expertise Nationwiderepresentatives will share in theupcoming year,” said CharlesEdwards, dean of the College ofBusiness and Public Administrationand the School of Journalismand Mass Communication.

In the Nationwide CareerSeminar Series, students willgain hands-on experience bywriting resumes and cover letters,developing their interview skillsand more. Students also willlearn the importance of gettingprofessionally launched into thebusiness world.

STUDENT NEWSPAPER FINISHESABOVE THE FOLD IN NATIONALCONTEST

The Associated Collegiate Pressrecently recognized DrakeUniversity’s student newspaper,The Times-Delphic, as one of thenation’s top college publications.

The paper’s 2006 DrakeRelays edition received a secondplace award in the ConventionBest of Show category at theNational College PublicationsWorkshops, sponsored by theAssociated Collegiate Press, inWashington, D.C. in August.

“We were in with a pretty biggroup of heavy competitors,”said Erin Delahanty, whoserved as The Times-Delphic’seditor in chief when the Relaysissue was written.

Baylor University’s newspa-per took first place in theACP’s contest, while New YorkUniversity came in third. TheTimes-Delphic, which consistent-ly receives top honors innationwide college newspapercontests, received first place inthe contest in 2004.

Delahanty said the 86-pageRelays edition was the culmina-tion of many months of hardwork and planning. More than30 writers contributed contentto the publication, whichincluded a special six-pagepullout section in celebrationof Drake’s 125th anniversary.

Kathleen Richardson, facultyadviser for the paper, said theRelays issue was “the crowningachievement of the school yearfor The Times-Delphic staff,” andthat she was “proud of all thepeople who spent a tremen-dous amount of time andeffort into producing a publi-cation that people enjoyedlooking at.”

DRAKE’S STUDENT BARASSOCIATION RECEIVESNATIONAL AWARDThe Student Bar Association atDrake University earned nationalrecognition from the AmericanBar Association/Law StudentDivision, placing second in theBest Student Bar Association

BEN COHEN AND JERRY GREENFIELD OF BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAMhosted “An Evening of Social Responsibility, Radical BusinessPhilosophy and Free Dessert for All” at the Knapp Center on Oct. 3as part of the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series.The duo discussed the creation of their $160-million ice creamempire with social responsibility and creative management as cor-nerstones of the business. The entire crowd was then treated tofree ice cream. The spring Bucksbaum Lecture will feature BobCostas on April 19, 2007.

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DRAKE UNIVERSITY RANKEDFOURTH in the overall rankingsof 143 Midwest Universities,Master’s category, published byU.S.News & World Report maga-zine in the 2007 edition of“America's Best Colleges.”Drake also advanced to seventhplace in the “Great Schools,Great Prices” ranking, up fromeighth place last year.

This year’s rankings show 61percent of Drake studentsreceiving grants based on

financial need. Drake studentsalso receive tens of millions ofdollars in scholarships basedon academic merit, which arenot calculated in this category.

“We are delighted that wecontinue to be ranked byU.S.News & World Report — andby our peers — as one of thevery best in the Midwest,” saidDrake University PresidentDavid Maxwell.

Drake also continues to beranked No. 2 in reputation for

academic quality — the high-est ranking in its category ofany Iowa college or university.


LANGUAGE AND ART TOPICS OFANNUAL STALNAKER LECTURE

Phillip Chen, associate professorof art and design, discussed therelationship between verbal andvisual language when he present-ed the Luther W. StalnakerLecture in September.

The lecture, titled “Thinkingin Images,” addressed the “visualand verbal languages” that Chensays are essential to his printsand paintings.

An associate professor in theDepartment of Art and Designsince 1995, Chen teaches coursesin drawing and printmaking andresearches most actively in thearea of printmaking, with anemphasis on intaglio, lithogra-phy and relief techniques. Hehas exhibited nationally andinternationally and his work isincluded in numerous museumcollections that include The SanFrancisco Museum of Fine Arts,The Des Moines Art Center, TheArt Institute of Chicago, TheCarnegie Institute Museum ofArt and The Brooklyn Museum.

Chen’s research in this areahas been supported by theIllinois Arts Council, TheNational Endowment for theArts and, most recently, TheLouis Comfort TiffanyFoundation, which awarded himthe Tiffany Foundation BiennialAward last year from amongmore than 400 nominees.

PULLIAM JOINS IOWA AFRICANAMERICAN HALL OF FAMEDolph Pulliam, FA’69, director ofcommunity outreach and devel-opment at Drake University, wasinducted into the Iowa AfricanAmerican Hall of Fame in anAugust ceremony at Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.’s CarverCenter in Johnston. Pulliam waslauded for his work in the broad-cast industry and social services.

“I’ve never experienced any-

thing like this and I've had anumber of honors over the years,including being honored as amember of an NCAA Final Fourteam,” Pulliam said. “It was anevening I will never forget.”

Nine members of Pulliam’sfamily, many of whom were visit-ing Iowa for the first time, attend-ed the ceremony.

“They were truly amazed at thiscommunity,” Pulliam said. “Myolder brother, Roger, who is vicechancellor at the University ofWisconsin-Whitewater, said, ‘NowI see why you like Iowa so much.It’s because Iowans like you.’”

COLLEGE OF PHARMACYFACULTY EARN GRANT FROMCOMMUNITY PHARMACYFOUNDATION

Faculty in the College ofPharmacy and Health Scienceshave been awarded a $46,978grant from the CommunityPharmacy Foundation for a project titled “Assessment of aTool to Prepare Pharmacists toProvide Medication TherapyManagement Services.”

Primary investigators are JohnRovers, associate professor ofpharmacy practice and MichaelMiller, assistant professor ofpharmacy administration. Co-investigators are AssociateProfessor of Pharmacy PracticeCarrie Koenigsfeld and assistantprofessors of pharmacy practiceAngela Tice, Karly Hegge, Sheryl

Gutierres, Matthew Cantrell andSally Haack.

CENTER FOR GLOBALCITIZENSHIP SENDS FACULTYMEMBERS TO NICARAGUA

The Drake University Centerfor Global Citizenship provideda grant to support sending fivefaculty members from a diversecross-section of the campus community to Nicaragua for aneducational exchange spon-sored by Augsburg College’sCenter for Global Education.

Kathy Fejes, professor of edu-cation; Eric Johnson, assistantprofessor of education; JanMarston, director of the DrakeUniversity LanguageAcquisition Program; DarcieVandegrift, assistant professorof sociology, and Judith Allen,associate professor of psycholo-

gy all participated in the pro-gram from June 24 throughJuly 2.

The Drake group was part ofa 19-person contingent thatattended a training sessionentitled “Educating for GlobalCitizenship” in the capital cityof Managua as part of theCenter for Global Education’seffort to provide cross-culturaleducation opportunities.

After attending the confer-ence in Managua, Drake facultymembers also traveled exten-sively throughout the country,including trips into rural areasto visit farming cooperatives.Because this was an electionyear for the country, the facultymembers were fortunate tomeet with a representativefrom each of the nation’s political parties as well.

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DRAKE MEDALS OF SERVICE were presented to Don Moon, associ-ate professor emeritus of education, and Robert Woodward, pro-fessor emeritus of journalism. Melissa Weresh, associate profes-sor of legal writing, was honored with the Madelyn M. LevittDistinguished Community Service Award, and the Madelyn M.Levitt Employee Excellence Award was presented to staff mem-bers Paul Kline and Tom Tronick.

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KATHLEEN RICHARDSON, JO’76, GR’01, LW’02, STANDS INTHE MIDDLE OF HER OFFICE WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED,her fingertips only a couple feet from opposite walls.“This is the headquarters of the Iowa Freedom ofInformation Council, right here in Meredith 114,”she says with an ironic grin.

Since 2000, the small office has served as a repositoryof information for reporters, publishers and anyoneinterested in protecting the free flow of information.

“A lot of citizens call as a last resort when theyhave nowhere else to turn,” she says. “I primarilydeal with people concerned with local governmentwho want to know how their money is being spentand want to have an active voice in government. I’dlike to think that people are more knowledgeableabout the importance of open public meetings andaccess to information because of what we do.”

COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS HAVE LONG BEEN APART OF RICHARDSON’S LIFE AND WORK. Shecredits the professors she had as a Drake studentwith helping her understand the importance ofinvolvement with the community.

“Studying with professors like Bob Woodward,who had us go out and interview farmers and retiredminers, gave us a real sense of place and knowingwhere we belong,” she explains. “I try to instill that inmy students as well.”

A St. Louis native, Richardson moved to Des Moinesin the 1970s to attend Drake. Since then, her rela-tionship with the University and the city has contin-ued to evolve.

She met her husband, Doug Wells, JO’76, a staffphotographer for The Des Moines Register, while theywere both at Drake. And, after a Register internshipthat led to a job at the paper as an editor coveringnational and international news stories for morethan 20 years, Richardson returned to Drake to pur-sue a graduate degree and law degree. She beganteaching and in 2001 turned her attention to theprofession full-time back where she started her edu-cation in journalism.

“Drake gave me my first career and my second aswell,” she says. “The University changed my life in alot of ways and I try to keep in mind that I can havethat same impact on people I deal with.”

— Tim Schmitt

COMMITMENT TO STUDENTS, COMMUNITY AND CRAFTDEFINES THIS JOURNALISM PROFESSOR

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Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Instills the Concepts of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Such exercises are commonly used toteach pharmacy students empathy forpatients with cataracts and arthritis.But with its focus on developing anentrepreneurial spirit among students,Drake’s College of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences also uses these activi-ties to demonstrate that opportunitiesexist for new products that may helpmake life better for the students’future patients.

“The pharmacy profession has astrong history of entrepreneurshipthat has helped society,” says BradleyTice, associate professor of pharmacy.“We want to introduce the skills neces-sary to bring new products and ideasto market.”

In the past, pharmacists have identi-fied, developed and brought to marketproducts from life-saving medicationsto materials completely unrelated tohealth care. Coca-Cola, Gatorade, Dr.Pepper and Wrigley’s chewing gum, forexample, were all developed by, or withthe assistance of, pharmacists.Examples of this innovative spirit with-in the profession are apparent acrossthe Drake campus as well. Fitch Hall isnamed after Fred W. Fitch, an eccentriclocal businessman who responded to aneed and created dandruff shampoo.The Morgan E. Cline Hall of Pharmacyand Health Sciences is named after the1953 Drake pharmacy graduate whointroduced health care advertising, anidea that now permeates society andpopular culture.

Innovators such as these were oncethe norm in the profession rather thanthe exception. Looking back to the late1800s and early 1900s, the NormanRockwell image of a pharmacist wasthat of a highly knowledgeable personwho used his information to identify,assess and solve problems and thendevelop solutions, often in the form of

new products or medicines. At the same time, most pharmacieswere owned and operated by the phar-macist, which instilled a drive to suc-ceed as the business owner’s livelihoodwas at stake. This combination of pro-fessional characteristics instilled anentrepreneurial spirit that drovechange and innovation and built theimage of pharmacists as a valuable con-tributor to society.

The most recognized form of entre-preneurship within the profession isthe independent ownership of a phar-macy. And while this is one form, entre-preneurship in its entirety is a muchbroader concept. It is the process ofcreating value by bringing together aunique package of resources to solve aproblem and take advantage of anopportunity. It is an attitude of “I caneffect change,” “opportunity is every-where” and “there are better ways.”

“In this profession, entrepreneurshipcomes down to the level of helping

individual patients,” says Tice. “We seepockets of the entrepreneurial spirit inthe profession now, but as a whole theprofession has been trying to move to amodel of service orientation.”

“Pharmacy has, as a profession over-all, changed in the eyes of consumersand also in the eyes of students,” saysRenae Chesnut, associate dean for aca-demic and student affairs. “The thingthat concerns many in the profession isthe number of pharmacists who thinkof their work as a job, not as a profes-sion and don’t become engaged withtheir careers.”

REKINDLING THE INNOVATIVE SPIRIT

This landscape creates an opportunityfor the development of entrepreneurialtraining in the profession and academ-ic institutions to rekindle the innova-tive spirit for which the profession wasonce known.

The College of Pharmacy and HealthSciences is taking full advantage of this

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Peering through goggles smeared with Vaseline and Corn Flakes, orremoving foil wrappers from HersheyÕs Kisses while wearing oven mittsmay seem like exercises in futility, but for students in the Drake Collegeof Pharmacy and Health Sciences these are learning opportunities.

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opportunity, embarking on a strategic initiative to become nationally knownfor developing entrepreneurial leadersin the pharmacy profession. The col-lege has launched several undertakingswith the goal of instilling a spirit ofchange and innovation in tomorrow’spharmacy leaders

One aspect of this commitment to theconcepts of leadership and innovation and advancing the community of phar-macy is the development of the DELTARx Institute within the college.

The goals of the institute, first con-ceived in 2005, are to encourage indi-vidual entrepreneurship and make theprofession more accepting of new con-cepts and ideas that help advance theprofession and improve patient care.Faculty worked to develop the program,which offers access to a variety ofonline tools, articles by industryexperts, and profiles of entrepreneursin the field through a comprehensiveWeb site.

“Most pharmacists are professional andcare about patients and with additionalknowledge and inspiration provided bythe DELTA Rx Institute, they can put theircare into action,” says Chesnut. “It doesn’tmatter what practice setting pharmacistsare in, they need refueling of their entre-preneurial spirit to stay engaged, advancethe profession and provide better care fortheir patients.”

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EMBRACING COLLABORATION

Most importantly, perhaps, is the reshap-ing of the pharmacy curriculum to includean emphasis on entrepreneurship. Thegoal is to encourage students to think ofthe field in a new way by learning to iden-tify problems and opportunities and takeaction. Through the program, studentswrite business plans, participate in finan-cial management simulations and makerecommendations for increased efficiencyin community practice settings.

A collaboration between the COPHSand the College of Business and PublicAdministration has resulted in the devel-opment of a minor in entrepreneurshiptargeted specifically for pharmacy stu-dents, available in the fall of 2007.

These new efforts complement pro-grams within the College of Pharmacyand Health Sciences that have existed forsome time that offer students the oppor-tunity to expand their education. Thanksto a collaborative effort with the Collegeof Business and Public Administration,students can pursue a master’s level busi-ness or public administration degree in

tandem with their pharmacy degree thatcan be completed in six years.

Additionally, students in the Collegeof Pharmacy and Health Sciences areencouraged to work with the JohnPappajohn Entrepreneurial Centerwithin the College of Business andPublic Administration to help achieveentrepreneurial goals and developleadership skills.

One such student, Lindsey Stephens,secured a grant in her final year of studythrough the Pappajohn EntrepreneurialCenter that helped her fund a businessthat provides osteoporosis screening.This business venture led to changeswithin the profession and created oppor-tunities for personal and professionalgrowth that even Stephens did not fore-

see (see accompanying story on page 13).Furthermore, faculty members and

Drake alumni have already embraced theentrepreneurial spirit. For example,Richard Hartig, PH’73, has continuallygrown his family’s chain of pharmacies,Hartig Drug Stores, which has nowachieved a 100-year history. Recognizingthe importance of entrepreneurship inthe profession, Hartig recently endowedthe College of Pharmacy and HealthSciences with a gift to support facultymembers in developing community phar-macy entrepreneurship.

This entrepreneurial spirit among fac-ulty is exemplified by Tice, whose soft-ware company, RXInterventions, L.L.C.,is dedicated to giving pharmacists theability to document the patient carethey provide and integrate and analyzethe data to improve patient care andquantify the value they bring to thehealth care system.

LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE

Through these efforts by Drake and theCollege of Pharmacy and Health

Sciences, and through the examples offaculty and alumni, students are learningabout the opportunities that entrepre-neurialism holds for the profession.

“They are excited by the possibilities,but overwhelmed at the same time,”explains Tice. “That’s what these effortsare for, to provide support to them, pro-vide examples of how others have suc-ceeded and provide them with the toolsto do so as well.”

Chesnut agrees, and adds that the timeis right for such an effort.

“As we talk to practitioners, faculty andstudents, there is a lot of excitementabout the DELTA Rx Institute and what itmight do for the profession of pharma-cy,” she says. “The profession is ready fora movement of this nature.”

“It doesn’t matter what practice setting pharmacistsare in, they need refueling of their entrepreneurialspirit to stay engaged, advance the profession andprovide better care for their patients.”

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THROUGH INNOVATION AND COMMITMENT,PHARMACY OFFERS THIS DRAKE GRAD

UNLIMITED CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.

Making it work

LINDSEY STEPHENS DIDN’T WANT TO BECOME APHARMACIST. In fact, it wasn’t even hersecond choice. But for someone whoonly entered the profession for lack ofother ideas, this Centerville, IA, nativeand 1998 grad has excelled in the fieldand adapted the profession to suit herown interests.

“I was on vacation the summer beforemy senior year of high school and myparents asked me what I wanted to studyin college and I didn’t really know whatI wanted to do,” Stephens says. “So whenmy mom suggested pharmacy as a profes-sion that is good for women, I said, ‘OK,I’ll be a pharmacist.’”

ADVANCING POSSIBILITIES: After enteringDrake’s College of Pharmacy and HealthSciences, Stephens learned there was

more to her newly chosen professionthan she imagined.

“I discovered that I could truly helppatients in other ways, and that therewas room for creativity and new ideasthat allowed me to advance the profes-sion as well as my career,” she explains.

INITIATIVE PAYS OFF: While still in her finalyear of study, Stephens secured a grantthrough Drake’s John PappajohnEntrepreneurial Center to help fund abusiness that provided Osteoporosisscreening.

After graduating, Stephens and a part-ner established a wellness center thatconducted screenings for osteoporosis aswell as cholesterol, glucose, blood pres-sure and other things. The business tookoff faster than she anticipated.

“It just started to snowball,” she says.“As more and more people saw theopportunities — both in revenue andpatient education — more and morepeople became involved.”

Within a short time, the CEO ofMedicap Pharmacies contacted Stephensand asked her to establish and lead theosteoporosis-screening program for thecompany. She joined Medicap in 1999— less than a year after graduating from college.

“A lot of students focus on the poten-tial for huge salaries in pharmacy,” saysStephens. “But pharmacists need to treatthis as a profession rather than a well-paying job or there won’t be any well-paying jobs. Basically, we have to showour worth.”

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Approximately 450 first-year Drake students spent their first weekend on campus performing

community service work at various sites on and near the Drake campus as part of welcome

weekend activities. The projects ranged from picking up litter in Drake Park to assembling

boxes of educational materials for elementary school teachers and interacting with residents

of the Brookdale Ramsey Village Retirement Center.


BRIGHT(ENING) UP

Drake formally dedicated thefield at the newly renovatedDrake Stadium in honor of theUniversity’s greatest athlete,Johnny Bright, with a specialpregame ceremony before the

Bulldog’s homecoming gameSept. 30.

The Field Turf football fieldat the stadium will be known as“Johnny Bright Field.” Bright,who finished fifth in ballotingfor the 1951 Heisman Trophy, is

the only Drake player inductedinto the National FootballFoundation College FootballHall of Fame.

Members of Johnny Bright’sfamily were on hand and cere-monies included a special videotribute.

Bright’s running and passingwizardry enabled him to leadthe NCAA in total offense in1949 and 1950, setting an NCAArecord of 2,400 yards in 1950 fora per game average of 266.7yards, which also was an NCAArecord. He also set the NCAAcareer total offense record of5,983 yards. Bright concludedhis collegiate career playing inthe East-West Shrine All-Stargame and the Hula Bowl.

Bright set 20 Drake records infootball, basketball and trackfrom 1949-51.

BOOKS AND BULLDOGS

The Drake men’s basketballcoaching staff, along with theplayers, are helping supportreading with the BulldogBasketball Reading Program.

Under the supervision ofassistant coach Chris Davis, theprogram is off to a fast start withmore than 38,000 students par-ticipating from more than 80Des Moines and central Iowaarea schools.

The Drake basketball programworks with the principal’s office,classroom teachers and the readingspecialist at each school to helpstudents reach their reading goals.

“The kids get motivated forreading and we also expose themto a college basketball game as areward for hard work. In thespring our players get invited toassemblies at several schools,”

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EARLY HOMECOMINGDrake footballers got an early homecomingwhen they returned to Drake Stadiumafter a full year away. The building wasrenovated just in time for the 2006 DrakeRelays last April.

A crowd of 10,107 turned out to see theBulldogs host Northern Iowa — the mostfor a Drake football game in the 20-yearhistory of Division I-AA at the school.

UNI proved an unruly guest, spoilingDrake’s return to the stadium with a 48-7 rout.

Family members of Drake’s greatest football player, Johnny Bright, were on hand as the

playing field at the newly renovated Drake Stadium was dedicated in his name.


said assistant coach Davis.“Drake works hard to provide

an exceptional learning environ-ment to achieve quality andvalue in education,” said Drakehead basketball coach Tom Davis.

The Bulldog Basketball ReadingProgram is an excellent opportu-nity to motivate students inachieving their reading goals.

Each student who participatesin the program will receive onecomplimentary ticket to a Drakemen’s basketball game for the2006-07 season, which beganOct. 31.

PGA SCORES HOLE IN ONE FOR DU

The PGA of America is donat-ing $100,000 to Drake on behalfof Iowan and U.S. Ryder Cupplayer Zach Johnson, BN’98,the PGA of America announcedthis fall.

The donation is to help funda “Golf: For Business & Life”program at the universities ofAmerican team members.

Johnson, 30, was born in IowaCity, grew up in Cedar Rapidsand played golf at Drake. Heled the Bulldogs to the 1997and 1998 Missouri ValleyConference team champi-onship, along with berths in the1996, 1997 and 1998 NCAARegionals. He received a degreein business management fromDrake in 1998.

“Drake University is ecstaticabout Zach’s accomplishmentsas a professional golfer and weare honored to accept this con-tribution on his behalf.” saidDrake Athletic Director SandyHatfield Clubb.

RUNNING MAN

Former Drake distance runningstar Jason Lehmkuhle finishedseventh in the 25th annualMedtronic Twin Cities Marathon,host of the USA Marathon

Championship in late September.Lehmkuhle ran the event in2:19:03, clocking a 5:18 pace.

Lehmkuhle, 28, ofMinneapolis, was ninth at the2004 U.S. Olympic MarathonTrials and has a best of 2:16 inthe distance.

He has run three marathons(Chicago, Olympic Trials, WorldChampionships). In September,Lehmkuhle placed fifth at the USA20K Championships in a time of59:55, and he was second at theCow Harbor 10K in 29:05.

As a senior at Drake, Lehmkuhleset the Missouri Valley Conferenceoutdoor 10,000 meter record of28:44.91 in 2000, while winning theMVC individual cross country titlein 1999.

He has been a member of TeamUSA Minnesota since 2001.Lehmkuhle finished ninth at the2004 U.S. Men’s OlympicMarathon Trials. In 2005, he wasa member of three U.S. Worldteams including the U.S. WorldCross Country 12K team, the U.S.World Marathon team and theU.S. World Half Marathon team.

RUNNING WOMEN

Paced by three runners finish-ing among the top five, theDrake women’s cross countryteam won the team title in theSimpson College Buxton Openin Indianola this fall.

The Bulldogs scored 28points with host Simpson plac-ing second with 29 followed byGrand View at 96. Iowa CentralCommunity College failed tofield a complete team.

Sophomore NicoleBraunsdorf led Drake by plac-ing second in the 5,000-meterrace in 20:21. Senior teammateAmy Garrett was third in 20:44followed by Drake first-year stu-dent Katie Phelan who wasfourth in 20:48.

Perhaps none fit that billing more than Jim Markert, BN’85,GR’87, who wore his vintage pale blue Bulldog jersey, hisname fading and peeling between his massive shoulders.

“Oh yeah, I could go,” he says, sitting next to his wife andchildren during the Drake homecoming game on the last dayof September, “for maybe three plays.”

Markert’s recognition of limits imposed by age did notdampen his or his fellow ’81 teammates’ enjoyment of their25th anniversary reunion weekend.

The 1981 squad posted a 10-1 record under Chuck Shelton,sealed a Missouri Valley Conference Championship and provideda generation of Bulldog fans with memories for the ages. Sevenmembers of the team went on to play professional football.

“There are so many memories — and most of them youcan’t print,” jokes Bryan Gordan,’83. “It was just so much fun.It was a real special time and it has been great seeing theseguys again.”

A few of the Bulldog legends could not attend. Sadly, fourmembers of the squad have died, including Amero Wear, ’81,the gifted running back who broke Johnny Bright’s single-sea-son rushing record as a member of the ’81 Bulldogs.

“We decided it was time for us to get together again,” MikeWilliams,’82, says. “We’re not that old, but we’ve lost someguys. We graduated before e-mail and all that. We wanted toget back in touch. It’s been a blast.”

— Daniel P. Finney, JO’97

Back inBlue

THOUGH IT’S BEEN A QUARTER CENTURY SINCE MOST OF THEM STRAPPED ON PADS, THE MEN OF THE

HUGELY SUCCESSFUL 1981 DRAKE FOOTBALL TEAM LOOKED AS IF THEY COULD TAKE THE FIELD.

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NEW ALUMNI DIRECTORY IN THE WORKS

The Drake University NationalAlumni Association is collabo-rating with PCI: the data com-pany, to create a special 125thanniversary edition Drake alum-ni directory. Made availableonly to alumni, the directorywill be a bound book that willinclude class year, home andbusiness addresses, phone/faxnumbers and e-mail addresses.The directory will be organizedin four sections: alphabetical,class year, geographical andoccupational listings.

PCI representatives are cur-rently contacting alumni to veri-fy and update the informationfor listings and to give grads theopportunity to purchase a copyof the directory. The finishedpiece is scheduled for comple-tion in May 2007.

REUNION CLASSES TO HIT CAMPUS

The classes of 2001-2003 will usethe Relays weekend festivities as abackdrop to gather for their firstcluster reunion. Committeemembers are busy planningevents for the five year reunion aswell as a 20-year cluster for theclasses of 1986–1988, both to beheld April 27–29.

Drake will induct the class of1957 into the 50-Year Club dur-ing the May 11 commencementweekend as well as honoringmembers of the classes of 1947and 1937. Law School membersof the classes of 1957, 1967, 1977,1987, 1997 and 2002 will reuniteon campus June 8–10. Moredetails for all of Drake’s classreunions will be mailed in 2007.

Any grads interested in join-ing the reunion planning funshould contact the Office of

Alumni and Parent Programs at1-800-44-DRAKE, x2500.

FRIENDS OF DRAKE ARTS PRESENT THE BARD IN BRIEF

A trio of Drake faculty and alum-ni recently presented all 37 ofWilliam Shakespeare’s plays — in less than two hours — to apacked Sheslow Auditorium as a fundraiser for Friends ofDrake Arts.

Led by John Burney, dean of the Drake College of Arts and Sciences, the group of ambitious thespians presentedmodernized, summarized andabridged scripts in the produc-tion The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).

Burney, who has performed in the play twice before, recruiteda duo of Drake alumni to helphim execute the fast-paced andsometimes slapstick performance.

Tom Geraty, AS’84, who serveson the executive committee ofFriends of Drake Arts, has actedin numerous plays in Chicagoand Des Moines.

Joseph Leonardi, who studiedtheatre at Drake in the ’90s andworked as an actor for manyyears in San Francisco, recentlyreturned to Des Moines andfounded the Repertory Theatreof Iowa.

LAW GRAD TAKES FIRST IN NATIONAL WRITING COMPETITION

Amanda Knief, LW’06, recentlyreceived the top prize in theAmerican Bar AssociationCommission on Domestic Violence2006 Law Student Writing Contestfor the submission of her papertitled, “Gender Bias in Asylum Law:Recognizing Persecution AgainstWomen and Girls.”

The writing competition wasestablished to encourage andequip law school students to workon cases involving domestic vio-lence. The competition is open to

all students at ABA-accredited lawschools who have written a paperthat furthers the legal needs ofdomestic violence victims and their children.

“I originally wrote the paperfor the International HumanRights seminar taught by profes-sor Hunter Clark in fall 2005,”Knief said. “I am especiallyproud of this paper because itcombines two legal areas that areimportant to me: internationalhuman rights and women’srights. I hoped the competitionwould give me the opportunity toshare my passion for advocatinghuman rights with others. I amhonored to have my paper cho-sen to contribute to the nationaldiscussion about the needs of vic-tims of domestic violence.”

Knief’s winning article was pub-lished in the fall 2006 issue of theWomen Lawyers Journal. In addition,she received a cash prize and acommendation from the ABACommission on DomesticViolence. Knief is a judicial lawclerk for the Fifth District Court inDes Moines.

DRAKE GRAD WRITES BAND HISTORY

“When the University opened in1881, the catalog described a cur-riculum in voice and piano … Still,no written account of Drake’sband can be traced until TheDelphic announced: ‘the band boysare learning to play some finepieces,’” writes Thompson Brandt,FA’75, in the introduction ofDrake University Bands, 125 Years

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J-SCHOOL HONORS SORIA AND RIPSON Journalism grads SandraSoria and Sheldon Ripson were named the 2006 alumni of theyear at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s annu-al event. Soria, who graduated with a major in magazine journalismin 1982, is executive editor of Country Home magazine. Under herleadership Country Home has reached a circulation of more than1.2 million and was a finalist for the prestigious National MagazineAward in 2005.

Ripson, who graduated in 1983 with a broadcast news empha-sis, has been a television reporter, anchor and news director in sixcities. He has served as news director of KPLR-TV in St. Louissince 1998. KPLR received Regional Emmys for Best Newscast inboth 2004 and 2005.

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DRAKE LAW ALUMNA MAKES HISTORY IN THE COURTS AS IOWA’S FIRST FEMALE CHIEF JUSTICE.

All Rise

Marsha Ternus, LW’77, leads an ordinary life. Or soshe says even after being appointed the first femalechief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.

MAKING HISTORY: Although Ternus is making history bysucceeding outgoing Justice Louis Lavorato, LW’62,to her, she’s just doing her job. “It’s really not some-thing that’s paramount in my mind. For me, it does-n’t matter if I’m the first (female) or the fiftieth,”she says. “In terms of the public, I am happy that myappointment can serve as inspiration for young girlsin that they might see me as a role model. I appreci-ate what this says to young women.” And she appreci-ates what it says to her two daughters, even what itsays to her son.

TAKING LIFE AS IT COMES: But Ternus didn’t have a grandplan. In fact, she was so undecided in terms of acareer path that she majored in home economics sim-ply because clothing and textiles were familiar to her.“Growing up I made a lot of my own clothes. I likedthe creativeness of clothing design and I enjoyed the

science and chemistry aspects of textiles,” she says. After graduating Ternus gave up clothing and textilesand instead accepted a position at a bank. But thereshe was bored. “I wanted a career that was intellectu-ally stimulating, a career that was intellectually chal-lenging,” she says. That’s when she decided tobecome a lawyer.

She earned her law degree with honors, Order ofthe Coif, and worked in private law practice. Later, in1993, she was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court.“I thought I would be well-suited to the work of ajudge,” Ternus says. “I very much enjoy research andwriting. I enjoy problem solving.”

AN AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENT: Although modest, she ishonored to have been offered such an opportunity.“I was kind of amazed,” Ternus says. “(BecomingChief Justice) wasn’t something I ever anticipatedgrowing up or even while in law school. I never hadthat ambition. I just wanted to do well, and this, tome, is a by-product of that.”

— Abbie Hansen, JO’01

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participate in the InternationalTriathlon Union/ Hy-Vee WorldCup Triathlon in Des Moines,June 17, 2007. Des Moines is thefourth U.S. city to host a WorldCup triathlon since the competi-tion began. It will include anelite competition with a totalprofessional purse of $700,000and an amateur competitionwith age group and team eventsoffering more than $40,000 inprizes and gifts.

Ptak, director of nationalaccounts for TEKsystems, hascompeted in 13 triathlons.Nolan, the U.S. sales managerfor Canadian furniture manu-facturer Amisco, has competedin 11. Both were lured into thesport by fellow Drake grad andtriathlete Tom Phillips, JO’96.Ptak and Nolan both plan toparticipate in the spring ama-teur competition and wouldlike to encourage as manyalumni as possible to join themas “Team Drake” either in thecompetition or as spectators.

alumniupdateJanuaryTHURSDAY, JANUARY 25Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyDallas, TX

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27Drake National AlumniAssociation Board Meeting Des Moines

FebruaryWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14Let’s DU LunchDes Moines

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15Drake University 125th Birthday PartyNaples, FL

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 — SUNDAY, MARCH 4Drake University 125th Birthday Party

Missouri Valley ConferenceMen’s Basketball TournamentSt.Louis, MO

MarchTHURSDAY, MARCH 8Drake School of EducationAlumni Awards DinnerDes Moines

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 — SATURDAY, MARCH 10Drake Supreme Court WeekendDes Moines

THURSDAY, MARCH 8 — SATURDAY, MARCH 10Missouri Valley ConferenceWomen’s Basketball TournamentDrake Campus • Des Moines

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14Let’s DU Lunch with MikeTousley, CEO of Weitz CompanyDes Moines

of Excellence. Brandt’s rich pieceis the basis of a featured exhibit ondisplay through the end of the fallsemester in Cowles Library’s JamesM. Collier Heritage Room.

The band history, also accessibleon the Heritage Collection Website, includes numerous archivalphotographs and sound files toaccompany Brandt’s article.

Brandt, currently dean ofhumanities and social sciences atHighland College in Freeport, IL,played principal clarinet for threeyears in the concert band andwind ensemble while at Drake. He has written numerous otherhistorical articles including “Sousain North Dakota” (North DakotaHistory: Journal of the NorthernPlains, 2000) and “Harry S.Truman’s Musical Letters” (NewYork: Edwin Mellen, 2001).

CALLING ALL ALUMNITRIATHLETESDrake alumni Bryan Ptak, JO’96,and Nolan Mitchell, AS’95, wantto encourage fellow alumni to

AprilWEDNESDAY, APRIL 4Let’s DU LunchDes Moines

FRIDAY, APRIL 27Drake Parents Association Board MeetingDes Moines

FRIDAY, APRIL 27 — SATURDAY, APRIL 28Drake RelaysFive-year cluster reunion, classes of 2001, 2002, 2003Des Moines

SATURDAY, APRIL 28TH20-year cluster reunion, classes of 1986, 1987, 1988Des Moines

MayFRIDAY, MAY 11Drake National Alumni Association Board MeetingDes Moines

FRIDAY, MAY 11Drake 50-Year Club DinnerDes Moines

SATURDAY, MAY 12Drake Annual Alumni Awards DinnerDes Moines

Visit www.drake.edu/alumni fordetails regarding alumni eventsand services, to update your con-tact information, to share newsand more.

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LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS gathered Sept. 23 for theLeland S. Forrest Society held each fall to recognize donors mak-ing leadership contributions of $2,500 or more to the Law School.Pictured is Sara Walker, LW'83, and Bill, LW'79, and Lauri Bates.

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For Cliff Larson III there’s no place like work. The commodity trader is on the Minneapolis trading floor forfour hours a day, five days a week. And when he’s not inthe pit, Larson, BN’02, is managing his father’s firm, TheCliff Larson Company, which handles orders of localstrading on their own behalf. At 26, he trades the secondlargest number of contracts on the floor. “My father wasthe alpha male in the pit in the late ’80s and early ’90s.Now I’m almost there,” he says. “I don’t want anyone tobe more in control of a situation than I am, so I find away to make each trade work.”

Larson grew up in the business and has been in the pitsince he was 18. If he had to choose his dream job, he’sdoing it.

THE RUSH OF RISK: “Everything is settled up at the end of the day. It’s a rush. It’s like playing poker with guys 10years older than you. It’s a thrill every time,” says Larsonwho recently landed on Trader Monthly’s “30 Under 30”list, which recognizes traders in their 20s who’ve earnedoutsize returns based on peer respect, stature within thebusiness and trading accomplishments.

Larson’s experience on the floor coupled with hisseat on the Board of Directors of the MinneapolisGrain Exchange more than qualified him for inclusion.“What we do is serious. You have to believe in yourselfenough to take big risks, yet have enough temperanceto hold back; there’s a fine line between being cockyand being averse to risk.”

DEFINING SUCCESS: His biggest fear is that people willjudge him based on whether he has a profitable day,week, month or year. To Larson, success is a subjectiveterm. “Success is beyond the realm of how much moneyyou make. I’m probably average — averagely successfulbecause I love my work. But if life is about balance, I’mlikely not successful; I struggle to find things that makeme as happy as work does.”

— Abbie Hansen, JO’01

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CLAIM ON THE TRADING FLOOR


Picture 1: Drake alumni and friends gathered at the Hollywood Bowlfor a picnic and concert. Picture 2: Stephanie Petersen, BN’01, ErikJohnson, BN’00, Margit Johnson, BN’98, Betsy Doonan, BN’01, JoyMcAdams, BN’99, at the Drake 125 alumni event in Minneapolis,MN. Picture 3: Alumni, family, and friends enjoy a picnic beforeDrake’s homecoming game Sept. 30. Picture 4: Joan Middleton,ED’63, GR’67, (center) visits with Robert Manheimer and professorEric Anderson at a reception celebrating the fifth anniversary ofDrake’s Middleton Center for Children’s Rights. Picture 5: LindaGrandquist, Drake first lady Madeleine Maxwell, and DianeSchroeder, ED’84, GR’85, at the Let’s DU Lunch event in DesMoines. Picture 6: Gearing up for the game against the Panthers at the UNI tailgate party on Drake campus.

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For more information or to make a contribution, contact Director of Annual Fund Programs Pam Pepper at 1-800-44-Drake, x4558 or go to www.drake.edu/alumni and click “Support Drake.”

ONE PERSONreally can make a dif ference

especially when your gift is matched by THE COLLIER CHALLENGE

James Collier, ED’70, loves Drake and the newest way thisgenerous Drake grad has chosen to show his appreciationfor the University is by offering a $125,000 challenge toinspire others who care about Drake to make a meaningfulcontribution to Drake. Through his gift, The Collier Challengewill match dollar-for-dollar:

• All new $1,000 gifts to the President’s Circle.

• All current members of the President’s Circle who increase their previous year’s support will have the amount of their increase matched.

Individuals who make unrestricted gifts totaling $1,000 or moreto The Drake Fund between June 1 and May 31 are members ofthe President’s Circle.

An active and passionate philanthropist, James Collier,ED’70, puts Drake at the top of his charitable endeavors,particularly in the fine arts and education. Collier makesleadership level gifts to The Drake Fund including gifts tothe Friends of Drake Arts. He received Drake’s AlumniLoyalty Award in 2006.

Office of Alumni and Development2507 University AvenueDes Moines, Iowa 50311-4505

MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE, Drake’sleadership level giving society, honoredDrake’s past while welcoming a group ofsinging, smiling young prospective stu-dents during the annual Francis MarionDrake Society Dinner held Sept. 30 oncampus. Picture 1: Former and currentDrake presidents, their spouses and familymembers (from left) Robert Ray, BN’52,LW’54, and Billie Hornberger Ray, ED’50;David and Madeleine Maxwell; Michaeland Jan Ferrari; Wilbur Miller; MuffyHarmon and Henry A. Harmon, LA’62,son of former Drake President HenryHarmon. Picture 2: Russell Samson; Carlaand Bryan Moon, ED’84, GR’94; and JeanSamson, GR’92. Picture 3: PresidentMaxwell and a group of “future Drakealumni” with an Old Main birthday cakepresented the evening’s finale.

Next year’s dinner will be held duringhomecoming weekend which will takeplace Oct. 6-7.

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