Alumni News
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Barbara Kingsolver '77 Encourages Writers to Identify Themselves as Political as She Awards 2006 Bellwether Prize
April 28, 2006"The North Carolina Festival of the Book started off with a slam Thursday night as a standing-room-only crowd prompted guards to shut the door of the cavernous... Read More
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Missouri Governor Appoints David Poggemeier '79 to State Board
April 28, 2006David A. Poggemeier, M.D., an emergency room physician at Barnes-St. Peters Hospital and 1979 graduate of DePauw, has been appointed to Missouri's State... Read More
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Janice Pahl Kern '71 to Receive 2006 Spirit of Volunteerism Award
April 27, 2006"The Junior League of Los Angeles (JLLA) has selected 31-year Palisades resident Janice Pahl Kern as the recipient of the 2006 Spirit of Volunteerism Award... Read More
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Kate Murray '00 Will Use Fulbright Award to Study Refugee Resettlement in Australia
April 27, 2006Kate E. Murray, a 2000 graduate of DePauw University, is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for 2006-07. Currently a third-year doctoral student... Read More
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Stephanie Mellenbruch '02 Honors Lilly Scholars in Her Hometown
April 26, 2006Stephanie S. Mellenbruch, a 2002 graduate of DePauw University, presented Jackson County, Indiana's two winners of the 2006 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship... Read More
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Annie Corley '82 Appears in New Jeff Bridges Film
April 26, 2006Annie Corley -- an actress who has shared the screen with Meryl Streep and Tobey Maguire and is a 1982 graduate of DePauw University -- appears in the... Read More
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Lee Hamilton '52 Joins Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Martin Scorsese and Others as 2006 AAAS Fellow
April 26, 2006Lee H. Hamilton, a 1952 graduate of DePauw University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Hamilton is being... Read More
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Barbara Kingsolver '77 Will Discuss Writing for Social Change in NC Festival's Keynote Address
April 25, 2006In her keynote address at the North Carolina Festival of the Book April 27, Barbara Kingsolver, "won't be talking about how it feels to be selected for... Read More
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Shanghai Diners Flock to Web Site Created by Entrepreneur Zhang Tao '97
April 24, 2006"Many people have struggled to find a good place to eat in Shanghai, but few have turned the problem into a highly successful Web site. Zhang Tao is an... Read More
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Kristen Pflum '04 Named Kentucky's Best TV News Reporter
April 23, 2006Kristen N. Pflum, a general assignment reporter at WLEX-TV and 2004 graduate of DePauw University, has been named "Best Television News Reporter" by the... Read More
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Lee Hamilton '52 Treated to Musical Tribute as He Turns 75
April 23, 2006Lee Hamilton -- the former United States Congressman, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission and 1952 graduate of DePauw University -- was treated to a musical... Read More
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Wallace J. Nichols '89 Elected President of International Sea Turtle Society
April 22, 2006"Wallace J. Nichols of Davenport, a researcher with the California Academy of Sciences, was elected president of the International Sea Turtle Society earlier... Read More
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Two Buildings Dedicated in DePauw Nature Park, a "Spectacular Addition" to the Campus
April 21, 2006[Download Video: "Enhancing the DePauw Experience" - 373kb] "At this point, I've lost count of the number of classes and the range of faculty who have... Read More
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Phil Wendel '86 Reflects on His Good Friend, Chicago Bulls Coach Scott Skiles
April 21, 2006A Chicago Tribune article on Chicago Bulls head coach Scott Skiles includes comments from a 1986 graduate of DePauw University. "The type of loyalty Scott... Read More
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Kevin Millsom '93 Named VP at Touchstone Investments
April 18, 2006Kevin C. Millsom, a 1993 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Touchstone Investments, Inc. as vice president, institutional business development.... Read More
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DePauw and the High Tech Business it Helped Launch, Aviation Core Matrix, on Statewide TV Program
April 17, 2006"DePauw played a major role in the creation of the company," Gerry Dick told his statewide television audience on the edition of Inside Indiana Business... Read More
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Todd Steele '90 Appointed VP of Consumer Markets at dunnhumbyUSA
April 17, 2006Todd R. Steele, a 1990 graduate of DePauw University, has joined dunnhumbyUSA as vice president of consumer markets. Steele brings the firm -- an international... Read More
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General Mills CEO Steve Sanger '68 on "Culinary Illiteracy"
April 15, 2006"At a conference last December, Stephen Sanger, chairman and chief executive of General Mills, described the kind of e-mails and calls the company gets:... Read More
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Kudos for Latest Book by Newbery Medal Winner Richard Peck '56, Here Lies the Librarian
April 14, 2006"Nobody messes with kids the way Richard Peck does," begins a Washington Post review of the 1956 DePauw University graduate's upcoming book, Here Lies... Read More
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"My College Coaches Really Helped Me," Laura Haas '83 Tells Ohio Newspaper
April 12, 2006Laura C. Haas, head softball coach and health teacher at Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati and 1983 graduate of DePauw University, "was a four-sport... Read More
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Sara Beth Kiesler '05 Reflects on 'Adopted: When It Fits, When It Doesn't, and Why'
April 12, 2006"Across the nation on the morning of Jan. 26, we learned of 'Seven adopted kids in one family killed in [a] fiery Florida crash,'" begins a column by Sara... Read More
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Indianapolis Museum of Art Features Work of Willis "Bing" Davis '59
April 10, 2006The work of Willis "Bing" Davis -- a Dayton, Ohio-based artist, retired chair of the art department at Ohio's Central State University, and a 1959 graduate... Read More
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Newspaper Profiles County Councilman Richard "Buzz" Horton '73
April 8, 2006"It’s a very exciting time to be involved in the county government," says Richard G. "Buzz" Horton -- a farmer, White County (Indiana) Councilman and 1973... Read More
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'I-Light' Will Bring a Faster, Fiber Optic Network to DePauw Community
April 4, 2006DePauw University students and members of the faculty and staff will be able to access an expanded fiber optic network called "I-Light." Indiana University... Read More
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US Sen. Richard Lugar Pays Tribute to "Great Hoosier Newspaperman and Civic Leader" Jim Barbieri '50
April 4, 2006Indiana's senior United States Senator, Richard Lugar, is paying tribute to Jim Barbieri, "a great Hoosier newspaperman and civic leader." Lugar today... Read More
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Media "Foot-Stomping and Whining" Won't Stop FCC's Crackdown on Indecency, Prof. Jeff McCall '76 Writes
April 2, 2006"For years, broadcast executives have complained that the FCC's enforcement of indecency rules has been too vague and hard to understand. They wanted to... Read More
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Brad Brownell '91 to Lead Wright State's Men's Basketball Program
April 1, 2006Brad Brownell, who coached the University of North Carolina-Wilmington to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament this year and is a 1991 graduate... Read More
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'77 Grad Barbara Kingsolver's "Commitment to Social Justice and Support for Literacy" Noted
March 31, 2006"Writers Barbara Kingsolver, Rita Dove, and David Baldacci on stage together for a music concert? And John McCutcheon too, playing and singing? Yep, that... Read More
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Chicago Tribune's David Greising '82 is Finalist for Peter Lisagor Award
March 30, 2006Two columns co-written by David Greising, chief business correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and 1982 graduate of DePauw University, are finalists in... Read More
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DisneyWar Author James B. Stewart '73 Offers a "Tip of the Hat" to New TV Talk Show Host Michael Eisner
March 29, 2006A New York Times article on this week's debut of the new television talk show, Conversations with Michael Eisner -- which is hosted by the former chief... Read More
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President Wrong on Wiretaps, Says Lee Hamilton '52
March 29, 2006"Former Indiana congressman Lee Hamilton says he believes President Bush erred by ignoring federal law and ordering the secret wiretapping of Americans... Read More
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Rand McNally CEO Robert Apatoff '80 Profiled in Chicago Tribune
March 27, 2006I met my wife, Vicki (Garrison '80), on the first day of our sophomore year at DePauw University," Robert S. Apatoff, president and CEO of Rand McNally... Read More
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Newsweek: Lee Hamilton '52 is "Democrats' Mr. Integrity"
March 26, 2006Writing on Newsweek.com of the new Iraq Study Group commissioned by Congress and co-chaired by former cabinet member James A. Baker III, Eleanor Clift... Read More
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Upcoming Performances of Soprano Mary Ellen Duncan '95 Include Hometown Concert and Carnegie Hall Debut
March 24, 2006"With opera classics and musical theater, three Greensburg natives hope to wow their hometown in April," begins an article in Indiana's Columbus Republic... Read More
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Josh Buis '01 Named Assistant Football Coach at Eastern Michigan
March 24, 2006"After winning the Division II National Championship with Grand Valley State, South Putnam and DePauw University graduate Josh Buis is taking his coaching... Read More
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David Hoover '67 Among Institutional Investor's 'Best CEOs in America'
March 23, 2006R. David Hoover -- chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ball Corp. and 1967 graduate of DePauw University -- has been named one of the "Best... Read More
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Two Distinguished Individuals to Receive Honorary Degrees at May's Commencement
March 22, 2006DePauw University will celebrate the accomplishments of two distinguished individuals -- Judge George H. Aldrich ’54 and United States Senator Evan Bayh... Read More
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James B. Stewart '73 Re-Elected Vice President of Author's Guild
March 22, 2006James B. Stewart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author who is a 1973 graduate of DePauw University, has been re-elected vice president... Read More
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Star: Indiana University Should Consider Brad Brownell '91 for New Men's Basketball Coach
March 22, 2006Brad Brownell, head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and 1991 graduate of DePauw University, is among ten possibile... Read More
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Judson Green '74 Elected to DreamWorks Animation Board
March 21, 2006Judson C. Green, president and CEO of NAVTEQ Corporation and 1974 graduate of DePauw University, has been elected to the board of directors of DreamWorks... Read More
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Legendary Leadership of Gen. David M. Shoup '26 Recalled in Investor's Business Daily
March 21, 2006Gen. David M. Shoup, a 1926 graduate of DePauw University, "was one of just four Marine four-stars to wear the Medal of Honor" and is "still one of the... Read More
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Research of Seven Students and Two Alumni Highlighted at Ecology and Evolution Conference
March 20, 2006The work of seven current students and two recent alumni of DePauw University was highlighted at the Twenty-Sixth Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference... Read More
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Prof. Dennis Trinkle '91 is Nominee for 2006 TechPoint Mira Award
March 20, 2006Dennis A. Trinkle, associate vice president for academic affairs and chief information officer at DePauw University, is a nominee for a 2006 TechPoint... Read More
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Andrew Buroker '84 Elected Vice Associate Chairman of Building Owners and Managers Association Board of Directors
March 20, 2006Andrew B. Buroker, a partner at Krieg DeVault LLP and 1984 graduate of DePauw University, has been elected vice associate chairman of the Building Owners... Read More
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Young Alumni Will Create GOLDen Paths with Current Students, April 17
March 19, 2006Current DePauw students will benefit from the advice and insights of recent graduates during the GOLDen Paths event on Monday, April 17. The GOLD (Graduates... Read More
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Soprano Alison Bates '01 Reaches Semifinals of Metropolitan Opera Auditions
March 19, 2006Alison M. Bates, a 2001 graduate of DePauw University, "will be competing in the semifinals of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions (today)... on the Metropolitan... Read More
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Court Ruling Could Stifle Free Expression on Campuses, Prof. Jeff McCall '76 Argues
March 18, 2006"The U.S. Supreme Court has sent a message to college student journalists: If you want full press rights, then disassociate yourselves from any financial... Read More
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Starbucks President Jim Alling '83 Gives Customers a 'Break' as His Company Plans Record Expansion
March 17, 2006If you took advantage of Starbucks Coffee's offer of a free cup of java Wednesday morning, you can thank Jim Alling, president of Starbucks U.S. and 1983... Read More
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Two DePauw Alumni -- Lee Hamilton '52 & Vernon Jordan '57 -- Among 10 National Leaders Appointed to Study Iraq War
March 17, 2006Two alumni of DePauw University -- Lee H. Hamilton '52 and Vernon E. Jordan Jr. '57 -- are among ten members of a new bipartisan, independent panel requested... Read More
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Barbara Kingsolver '77 to Appear in "Once-in-a-Lifetime" Event at Virginia Festival of the Book
March 17, 2006Barbara Kingsolver, the bestselling author and 1977 graduate of DePauw University, will appear at the finale of the Twelfth Annual Virginia Festival of... Read More