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Here We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoHere We Have IdahoThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho MagazineThe University of Idaho Magazine

WINTER 2004 • VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1

University Interim PresidentGary Michael

Vice President for University AdvancementJoanne Carr

Director of UniversityCommunications and Marketing

Bob Hieronymus

Alumni Association PresidentScott Green

University of Idaho Foundation PresidentJ. Patrick McMurray

EditorJeff Olson

Magazine DesignJulene Ewert

IllustrationsNathan Nielson

Julene Ewert

Class Notes EditorTim Helmke

Writers and ContributorsKathy BarnardLeslie EinhausDonna EmertRay DoeringBlake Hall

Nancy HilliardJeff JonesBill LoftusBecky Paull

Photographsas credited

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educational institution.© 2003, University of Idaho

Here We Have Idaho magazine is published three timesa year, in January, April and August. The magazine isfree to alumni and friends of the university. ❚ Sendaddress changes to: PO Box 443147, Moscow, ID 83844-3147. ❚ Send information, Class Notes andcorrespondence regarding alumni activities to: TimHelmke, Alumni Office, PO Box 443232, Moscow, ID83844-3232. ❚ Send editorial correspondence to:University Communications and Marketing, PO Box443221, Moscow, ID 83844-3221; phone (208) 885-6291;fax (208) 885-5841; e-mail uinews@uidaho.edu.

Letter PolicyWe welcome letters to the editor. Correspondenceshould include the writer’s full name, address anddaytime phone number. We reserve the right toedit letters for purposes of clarity or space.

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8 Salud!Vandal vintners crush a mean grape

Features

12 Streams of ConsciousnessEnvironmental learning ripples from UI’s McCallOutdoor Science School

16 The Relevance of the AncientsDoes the wisdom of the Ancients still touch our lives?

20 Mastermind in Tech ProblemsBring on the toughest

22 Do the MathOne professor meets up with threegenerations of students

28 Sun Valley VandalsLiving under a high blue sky

32 Leonard PerryPuts his spin on Vandal basketball

ON THE COVER:Viticulturist Stacie Woodall ’02 photographed by Pam Benham

Departments3 Calendar of Events4 Campus News7 Quest

23 Class Notes35 Vandal Sports36 To Be Considered

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The Doors of IdahoLet us know where these doors lead. The first correct answer will win a free UI T-shirt.

E-mail jolson@uidaho.edu or write to University Communications and Marketing, PO Box 443221, Moscow, ID 83844-3221

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14 Spring semester classes begin

28 University of Idaho Day at theIdaho Legislature

30 Silver and Gold Day celebration at the PGAPhoenix Open, Phoenix, Ariz.

6 Vandal Scholarship Fund Winterfest ’04,Twin Falls Turf Club

11-12 UI visits Anchorage, AlaskaNew student and alumni gathering

25-28 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival27 Weiser-Payette Alumni Chapter Silver

and Gold Dinner

7 Vandal Night at the Sonics, Seattle, Wash.

10-13 Big West Basketball Tournament

15-19 Spring Break26 Vandal Friday

2 UI Alumni Golf Tournament at theCoeur d’Alene Resort

2-4 Alpha Gamma Delta International 100th

anniversary celebration

5 United Nations dinner with UI studentssponsored by New York Alumni Chapter

7 Silver and Gold Day tree planting

23-25 Moms’ WeekendDelta Delta Delta chapter 75th anniversarycelebration

30 Engineering Design ExpoMars Rover Challenge

30-2 Class of 1944, 1954 and Golden I Reunion

8 UI Idaho Falls Commencement

10 UI Boise Commencement

12 UI Coeur d’Alene Commencement

13-14 Alumni Hall of Fame Celebration

15 UI Moscow Commencement

20 New York Alumni ChapterSilver and Gold Dinner

21 Texas Alumni Chapterat Texas Rangers baseball

From the President

The primary questionI am asked as I

travel around the state isabout the status of thesearch for a newUniversity of Idahopresident. I’m happy toreport that we are ontrack.

Working with aprofessional search firm, the searchcommittee should be able to recommendfinalists for the position by the end ofJanuary. The candidates could interviewas early as February, and the IdahoBoard of Education could select a newpresident by March.

We have made progress the past sixmonths. The administrative team herehas worked hard to put our house inorder for new leadership. We have left aclear footprint for the nextadministration. I am proud of what wehave accomplished and have thoroughlyenjoyed my time as interim president.The best part of this job is working withpeople who think and learn and explorefor a living.

I still marvel at the depth and varietyof programs at the university. Who knewthat the merlot my wife, Mert, and Ienjoy at dinner was the result ofextensive research at the University ofIdaho? The scientists and growers ofIdaho’s wine industry are featured in thisissue of Here We Have Idaho.

Also featured is the UI’s new sciencecamp for the state’s fifth and sixthgraders. Sponsored by private and grantdollars and conducted on the shores ofPayette Lake at our McCall FieldCampus, the camp is the perfect way toengage our youngest citizens in theexcitement of science. It will beinteresting to see how many of theseaspiring scientists end up pursuing theirdreams at the UI.

Thank you for your support over thepast months. My hope is that in thespring issue of Here We Have Idaho, I’llbe able to introduce the new leader ofour great institution.

Gary MichaelInterim President

For more information on UI alumni chapter events,go to www.supportui.uidaho.edu on the Web.

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TODAY@IDAHOFor more on these stories and for dailyUI news, go to www.today.uidaho.edu

A breakthrough for spacetechnology has been achieved by theUI Center for AdvancedMicroelectronics and BiomolecularResearch. A research team hasdesigned a new radiation-hardenederror-correction microchip. Itconsumes less than 15 milliwatts ofpower, runs at 100 times less energyand operates more than twice as fast ascurrent chips. The chip has beendelivered to NASA for use in futurespace missions.

Jenny Sue Anchondo, acommunication student and KappaKappa Gamma member from Coeurd’Alene, was selected HomecomingQueen. Roger Brandon Beaty, abusiness student and member ofAlpha Kappa Lambda, fromAnchorage, Alaska, was namedHomecoming King.

The University of Idaho Press’sbestseller by Linda Lawrence Hunt,“Bold Spirit: Helga Estby’s ForgottenWalk Across Victorian America,” wasselected by the American BooksellersAssociation as one of the top 10University Press books for fall 2003.

Dave Smith from Clancy, Mont., isthe 2003 UI Dad of the Year,thanks to the winning essay submittedby his daughter and UI student StacySmith. “I can say that being around aguy that is always so happy andthrilled by the little things in lifemakes a big difference in your ownoutlook on life,” wrote Stacy.

Enrollment at UI has hit anotherrecord high. Fall semesterenrollment totaled 12,894 studentstaking classes at UI sites throughoutthe state.

UI ThroughThe Years

SpecialCollections andArchives in thelibrary basementis a hidden, or atleast hard-to-find,treasure of UIhistory. Now, it offers an onlineUI historical timeline, whichfeatures some of the historicalphotographs in the collection.You can view the timeline atwww.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/timeline.htm.

Gordon Law and Peter Haggart, KUID-TV.University of Idaho. #2-185-1.

Gerald Louis (Jerry)Kramer (Class of1958.) #3-1846b.

Library, University of Idaho.(1957) #1-122-001.

1960 KUID-TVstarted closed-circuitbroadcasting toclassrooms;broadcasting to thepublic on September6, 1965.

1961 Mines Buildingopened.

1962 “Beacon forMountain and Plain”published.

1957 Jerry Kramerwins MVP at theShrine Game; isdrafted by Green Baythe following year.

November 2, 1957Library dedicated.

1959 Doctoralprogram introduced.

Boise AdultEducation Centeroffers a program ofresidence courses.

Pumping BiodieselUI researchers have earned a

$950,000 grant to boost public educationon biodiesel fuels made from oil crops,such as canola or mustard seed andreused vegetable oils.

Working with Iowa State University,UI will work to move biofuels researchfrom the laboratory into classrooms andboardrooms across the nation.

The effort will identify barriers tocommercializing biodiesel and addressthem through publications, displays,educational materials, Web sites andworkshops across the nation.

“The significant issue is to help thepublic and industry better understandthe advantages, ease of using andeventual benefits of biodiesel fuels,” saidUI’s Charles Peterson, the project’sprincipal investigator.

A Classy GiftThe idea of graduating classes

providing a gift to UI was popular in the1930s, and recent classes have broughtthe tradition back. The class of 2001created a legacy scholarship. The class of2003 has gone even further to honortradition.

Their gift to UI is a “TraditionMarker” – an all-weather interpretivepodium that details the lore of HelloWalk, the Presidential Grove and theAdministration Lawn design. Themarker was installed along Hello Walk inearly December.

As soon as the marker was installed,students on their way to classes stoppedto read about the 90-year-old traditions.

The fund-raiser began with a requestfor the graduates to donate $20.03 inhonor of their year. Some ended upgiving as much as $100.

CAMPUSNEWS

Students stop to read the Administration lawntradition marker — a gift from the class of 2003.

The BioBug, which runs on 100 percent biodiesel,is just one of UI’s biodiesel research efforts.

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A Star is NamedUI’s youngest mule clone has become a star — Idaho Star to be exact. That was the

name chosen from the hundreds of suggestions that came in from around the countryduring a naming contest this fall. Eight persons submitted the winning name,including seven Idaho school children.

Idaho Star and his identical brothers Utah Pioneer and Idaho Gem appear to benormal and healthy foals, according to the Project Idaho researchers who created themule clones.

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1963 Fourteen receive firstAlumni Hall of Fame awards,January 21, 1963.

KUID-FM started broadcasting.

1967 Vandal high-jumper SteveBrown first person in NorthAmerica to clear seven feet.

Jazz Festival begins.

1970 May 5, 1970, NROTCbuilding firebombed.

1972 Women's Centerpresents first program.

Students doing a radio broadcastUniversity of Idaho. #11-R7.College of Mines Building.

University of Idaho. (1960's) #11-M19.

Steven Louis Brown;University of Idaho highjumper. #92-1539.

University of Idaho campus, obliqueaerial view from over ASUI-KibbieDome. (1976) #1-3-38.

1976 ASUI-Kibbie Domenamed winner of nationaloutstanding structuralengineering achievementaward.

1977 Bachelor’s degree inComputer Science approvedby Regents.

1980 Science ExperienceCenter in Idaho Fallspurchased by UI Foundationto become University Place,a center for higher educationin Idaho Falls.

1981 Silver and GoldDay established by AlumniAssociation.

1982 Asian AmericanComparative Collectionestablished in Laboratoryof Anthropology.

1983 Margaret RitchieSchool of Family andConsumer Sciences joinsCollege of Agriculture.

University HonorsProgram established.

1987 “This Crested Hill,” acentennial history, published.

School of Music named afterLionel Hampton, first in U.S.for a jazz musician.

1989 Time capsule opened atCentennial Celebration.

1998 Vandals beatSouthern Mississippi 42-35 atfirst bowl appearance.

2002 College of Scienceand College of Letters, Artsand Social Sciencesestablished.

Transforming the UCCWhat do students and faculty

remember most about the UniversityClassroom Center? The roof leaked, thewind blew into classrooms and it was atechnological dinosaur.

Well, the UCC may be down, butdon’t count it out. A $12.2 millionrenovation project is underway totransform the facility into a teaching andlearning center with a number of state-of-the-art classrooms.

On a cold winter day, students say thebuilding brought a new meaning to theterm “breezeway.” Now, the hallways willbe enclosed.

The project is funded primarily withstate funds through the new bondingsystem approved by Idaho lawmakers lastspring.

Born on July 27, Idaho Star is the youngest of three mule clones created at UI. More information on thecloning project is available at www.uidaho.edu/cloning. Kids can learn more at the Clone Zone,www.uidaho.edu/clonezone.

First annual UI Silver and Gold Dayin Hailey, Idaho. (1981)#40-SIL17.

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“What I term alpha predators includes agroup of animals that will kill and eat ahuman. There is a short, special list of

these ‘alpha predators’ that includes lions,tigers, polar bears, the Anaconda snake,

cougars and the Great White Shark. Thesespecies are very important to us. They

exist, in part, to remind humans that wedon’t sit at the apex of creation.”

— David Quammen, natural resourceswriter, speaking at UI Wildlands Issues

Colloquium on Oct. 8.

“Our enemies will defeat us if our owndeeply held values are notsafeguarded.”

— Supreme Court Justice Ruth BaderGinsburg, speaking at the Sept. 18College of Law Bellwood Lecture.Ginsburg commented on the judicialsystem’s struggle to balance civil rightsand the desire for security as a result ofthe war on terrorism.

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For Your HealthA group of UI scientists is trying to

make us all healthier.The researchers are included in a

consortium of Northwest scientists thatreceived a $50 million grant to create aRegional Center of Excellence forBiodefense and Emerging InfectiousDiseases Research.

“We are proud to participate in thisprogram,” said Richard Heimsch, interimdean of College of Agricultural and LifeSciences. “The selection shows theUniversity of Idaho has researchers withthe expertise and the facilities to pursuescience of national importance.”

The UI’s role will includedevelopment of vaccines and immune-system stimulants to fight naturallyoccurring and introduced disease agentsidentified as bioterrorism risks. The workalso will include a project to track theexpression of genes in disease agents as

they colonize their hosts.Other institutions

participating in the regionalcenter of excellence includethe Fred Hutchinson CancerResearch Center,Harborview Medical Center,Institute for SystemsBiology, VA Puget SoundHealth Care System and theNational Institute of Allergyand Infectious Disease’sRocky MountainLaboratories in Hamilton,Mont.

The grant also illustratesthe growing medicalresearch efforts at UI. TheNational Institute of Allergyand Infectious Diseases andthe National Center forResearch Resources awarded

UI scientists nearly $30 million during thepast three years for research on infectiousdiseases, evolutionary biology and regionalmedical research.

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ILLUSTRATIONS BY NATHAN NIELSON

Hot StarIdaho is the Gem State, and its

signature stone is the star garnet.University of Idaho geologists say theconcentrations of iron, magnesium andmanganese in the red almandine garnetstell a tale of their creation.

It’s a hot story. The schist bed inwhich the crystals grew basked intemperatures of about 1,000 degrees.A team of UI and Ball State Universitygeologists studied garnets from theEmerald Creek area using petrographic,electron microprobe and crystal structureanalysis.

The chemistry and crystallography ofthe garnets showed manganese levelswere highest at the gems’ cores, whiletheir rims were richest in magnesiumand iron.

Calcium levels, too, were highesttoward the garnets’ outer edges.

This chemical zoning suggests acomplicated heat-growth history, whichis not understood yet.

Brendan Twamley of the UniversityResearch Office presented the team’sfinding with Kirsten Nicholson of BallState at the Geological Society ofAmerica’s November meeting in Seattle.

Counting on DronesIn wildlife biology, some of the most

dangerous and difficult jobs involvetrying to accurately census elk and otherbig game animals.

Mountainous terrain, difficultweather and other factors present highrisks for biologists and pilots who try toget up close and personal with theanimals to count them.

A team led by Pete Zager, an IdahoFish and Game Department researchbiologist and UI affiliate professor of fishand wildlife resources, hopes to minimizethe risk to people in the process.

“We have to fly low and slow,” Zagersaid, and that cuts the margin of safetyrazor thin.

The answer: pilotless aircraft orunmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Theyalready have found uses as diverse as firefighting, farming, forestry and militaryapplications. Equipped with videocameras, the craft can spot animals inhazardous terrain. UAVs also canconduct more routine flights, logging thelocations of animals equipped with radiocollars.

Challenges include the initial expenseand capturing the detailed imagesrequired to gather accurate data. Andthen there are the flying conditions thatare no easier for UAVs: skimmingmountain slopes and treetops in weatherthat can change rapidly.

Pest PatrolFrom the tiny mustard seed, organic

farmers may find new faith inagricultural innovation.

UI soil scientist Matt Morra believesthat chemicals found in plants as diverseas cauliflower, mustard and Canola canturn the tide against a sea of troublesomeweeds and other pests.

Australians, after all, buy YandillaMustard meal as the cure for the slugsthat plague gardeners.

As a natural pesticide, meal frommustard, canola or rapeseed showspromise for controlling weeds,nematodes, fungi and other pests.Organic farmers take particular interestin the potential benefits.

Another benefit of making meal morevaluable may make biodiesel researchersat UI and elsewhere very happy becausethe cost of the oil pressed from the seedsdrops. That could mean lower fuel pricesat the pumps, something that couldmake consumers happy, too.

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By Bill Loftus

Photographs by Pam Benham

Move over potatoes. Down on the farm, Idaho grapegrowers and Vandal vintners are cultivating a grape boom.Idaho is becoming a stomping ground for quality wines.

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As Idaho agriculture navigates its ownshifting currents of trade, many view thestate’s wine industry as a journey towardfuture prosperity. And the number ofIdaho wineries is growing.

Roger Jones ’60, Carmela’s ownersince 1997 and one of Idaho’s bestknown agricultural entrepreneurs,decided to join the game, and fulfill alifelong goal as well. “I always wanted toown a winery,” Jones says simply whilesitting in the morning quiet of thewinery.

Of course, for Jones, the man namedoutstanding marketer of 2000 byagricultural marketing professionalsacross North America, simple is acomplicated concept. Outside thewindow, a caterer and wedding partyorganizers bustle in preparation for theafternoon ceremony ahead.

Carmela includes a nine-hole golfcourse that skirts both winery andvineyards and an RV park across thestreet. On this August morning, Jonesgreets staff members and tradesassessments of an elaborate dinner for 70the preceding evening that feted both theresident chef’s and winemaker’s skills.The dinner paired six Carmela wineswith a six-course dinner.

It would come as no surprise to thosewho know Jones and his businessacumen that the wine business wouldintrigue him. A University of Idahobusiness graduate, he cultivated hisknowledge of agriculture and his homestate to produce a fruitful business careerspanning nearly half a century.

Jones and his winemaker, NeilGlancey, expect Carmela to bottle 11,000cases this year, the largest productionamong the state’s independent wineries.

The long-range plan calls for the GlennsFerry winery to double production.Idaho’s rising reputation for qualitywine, and figures that show residents aredrinking more wine, buoy his optimismabout reaching that goal.

Nearly 100 miles to the west nearCaldwell, the state’s largest and oldestwinery, Ste. Chapelle, produces about150,000 cases a year, three-quarters ofIdaho’s total wine production.

Stacie Woodall ’02, who now works asa viticulturist for beverage giant and Ste.Chapelle owner Canandaigua Wine,earned her master’s degree from UI andproduced a study of the wine industry’simportance to the state. She reportedthen that the state’s 11 wineriesgenerated $15 million in sales throughtheir tasting rooms and wholesalers basedon production of 165,000 cases of wine.In 2003, Idaho’s total grew to 18wineries.

She sees wine and grapes as a growthindustry. “I think they’re just going tokeep growing and growing. We’ve addedfour new wineries just since I finished mystudy. Everyone is really excited, andthey’re working together.”

The Magic and Treasure Valleys ofsouth central and southwestern Idahowill remain the heart of grape growingand wine production. Still, new vines aresprouting as far north as the ClearwaterRiver valley near Lewiston. Moscow’sCamas Winery is among the state’s mostsenior. More northerly still is the Pendd’Oreille Winery at Sandpoint.

Woodall monitored the progress ofsouthwestern Idaho’s crop and helpedsupervise harvest of nearly 5 millionpounds of grapes, a crush of 2,450 tons.

Idaho consumers buy much of the

Above top: Roger Jones ’60, fulfilled a lifelongdream when he purchased Carmela Winery in1997. Above bottom: Stacie Woodall ’02, is aviticulturist for Canandaigua Wine which ownsIdaho’s Ste. Chapelle Winery.

The Carmela Winery in Glenns Ferry overlooks neat rows ofwine grapes strung across a gentle hillside and the SnakeRiver. Across the river, steep slopes fall toward the ford called

Three Island Crossing that once challenged Oregon Trail travelers.

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state’s production before it can evencross the border. Jones of Carmelabelieves developing the Idaho market iscritical for the state’s wine industry.

Washington, which now is home to250 wineries, some 175 of them in theColumbia Basin, provides a model forthe future. The link between the olderWashington and Idaho’s fledglingindustry is that its growth and reputationrely on quality wines. “The Basin has hadsome real good wine in the last 10 years,and it’s won a lot ofmedals. Now we’rewinning a lot ofmedals, too,” he said.

And, as RogerJones’ instincts atCarmela Winerysuggest, tourism andwinemaking gotogether. Woodall’seconomic studyfound that travelers spent an average of$139 during a trip to Canyon Countywineries, most of it on wine but about$42 in other businesses.

Her move into the vineyard was alogical transition. Woodall’s employer,New York-based Canandaigua Wine, alsoowns wineries in Washington whereWoodall spends much of her time.

Her No. 1 priority during the growingseason is to collect data to prepare cropestimates. The wineries use the estimatesto ensure enough tanks and barrels are

on hand, to guard against shortages ofneeded varieties, and at times to helpgrowers avoid surpluses. Canandaiguaowns wineries, not vineyards, so sheworks with 12 growers in Idaho.

She begins her season before the firstbuds break, helping growers decide howto trim their vines. Throughout thesummer, Woodall helps them track theprogress of growth and of pests. Withmonths until harvest, a lot can happen.Natural conditions pose the biggest

challenge. There areinsects to watch forand other threats.

Among thosethreats is Botrytis, afungus that attacksthe ripening grapeberries. It is a mixedblessing, cuttingyield but addingsweetness. Through

the ages, winemakers have come to knowit as noble rot. Another disease, sour rot,is caused by a complex of organisms, andit is just bad news. Woodall now knowsto use her nose to detect it by its vinegarsmell.

Reading between the vines, Woodallsees more sweet than sour ahead forIdaho’s wineries. “I think it would behelpful to have another big winery comein to contract for more grapes,” sheadded.

Not all grapes are grown for wine, of

“They say it can’t be anygood because it’s from Idaho.So you’ve got to show them.

Show me the product;show me it is better.”

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located a scientist at Parma to follow upon and expand that work.

Now Fallahi is even more excitedabout another crop, table grapes. Idaho’sgrowing season produces excellentquality grapes. Equally important, thecrop ripens in the lull between fadingCalifornia table grape production andthe arrival of Southern Hemisphereimports from Chile and elsewhere.

His work at the Parma Research andExtension Center drew hundreds to afruit tasting field day in September. Heexpected hundreds more to attend awinter meeting organized by the IdahoTable Grape Association.

“Any place where we can grow winegrapes, we can grow table grapes,” Fallahisaid. “They make an excellent alternativecrop.” The next step will be to encourageenough table grape production to helpIdaho build its reputation in themarketplace.

Jones of Carmela has a similar goal —to earn respect for Idaho’s wines.

Globally, winning recognition takes

decades. His experience growing andselling Idaho potatoes internationallyproves the point. Jones said, “You saypotato, they say Idaho. If you say wine,people will say France, California, maybeItaly or Europe. Even South America,where they’ve been making wine for 150years, doesn’t come to mindimmediately.”

Still, he’s ready to start locally withIdaho’s own markets, particularly BlaineCounty and Sun Valley, a hundred milesto the northeast. “When you go to placeslike that and you say I have an Idahowine, they think it’s kind of like a joke.They say it can’t be any good because it’sfrom Idaho. So you’ve got to show them.Show me the product; show me it isbetter.”

Jones said his experience in Idaho’slargest city convinces him he can meetthat challenge. “I can go to Boise nowand compete with anybody. Now theyknow Carmela wines and that it’s anIdaho winery.” I

course, and future production mayexpand to provide fruit for the table.

Esmaeil Fallahi, UI research professorof pomology, helped support the state’sgrowing industry with wine grape trialplantings at Parma. Since then, theUSDA Agricultural Research Service

IDAHO WINE FACTS• Approximately two-thirds of all

Idaho wines are consumed within thestate’s borders.

• One in eight winters threaten Idahovineyards with winterkill.

• Wine grapes are the fourth largestfruit industry in the state.

• In 2001, there were more than 1,000acres of wine grapes in Idaho. Forcomparison, California has about750,000 acres of wine grapes.

• The first wineries in the PacificNorthwest were located in Idaho.

• Idaho’s vineyards, which range up to3,500 feet in elevation, are thehighest in the Pacific Northwest.

• In 2001, 75 percent of the winegrapes in production in Idaho weregrown in Canyon County.

• In 2001, a typical 35-acre vineyard inIdaho required a total capitalinvestment of $743,560.

• The leading varietals produced in theGem State are Chardonnay, Rieslingand Cabernet Sauvignon.

• Southern Idaho experiences dailytemperature variations of 30 to 40degrees, often swinging from 100 to65 degrees in the same 24-hourperiod. These swings balance thesugars and acids in wine grapes.

• The American grape is hardierthan the European and canwithstand midwinter temperaturesof -20 degrees.

Compiled by Jeff P. JonesSources: www.shafervineyards.com,www.winesnw.com, www.idahowine.org,www.nass.usda.gov andwww.info.ag.uidaho.edu.

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On a crisp October morning, the shouts and laughter of more than 50 fifth and sixthgraders welcome the first real autumnday to central Idaho.

Nine students stand on a dock onPayette Lake and take the firstmeteorological measurements of the day.Their teachers and parent chaperonesnervously glance upward at the gray skywondering whether their day will beinterrupted by rain. Meanwhile, two girlspass the time before their morning fieldscience class by jumping rope, proving itis possible to jump rope while wearing abackpack and hiking shoes.

Graduate student Jeanette Gara takesthe reins of the “dinner bell” — a bellthat once rode atop a Union Pacificsteam engine — and signals the end ofplay. As the students quietly line up atthe classroom door, another day is

beginning at the UI’s McCall OutdoorScience School, or MOSS.

The MOSS mission may be bestsummarized on the plaque beneath thebrass bell, which was a gift from theUnion Pacific Railroad Company to theUI College of Forestry in 1952. Theplaque reads, “From the railroad thatopened the West to the youth chargedwith conserving its resources for thefuture.”

Steven Hollenhorst, resourcerecreation and tourism departmentchairman, notes that the field campus

originated as a place fortraining foresters. “We’re notusing the field campus toeducate foresters anymore, butwe are using it to prepareeducators to teach about ournatural world.”

Now in its third year, theMOSS program brings fifth-and sixth-grade students fromschools across the state tospend a week learning howscience is used to monitor theEarth’s environmental systems— and the learning is definitelyhands-on.

“What kind of clouds doyou see?” asks UI graduatestudent Katie Wilson. Thenine sixth-graders from St.Stanislaus Tri Parish School inLewiston consult their cloudcharts and start calling outnames. The studentseventually agree on cloudtypes and move on to theweather station to maketemperature and precipitationreadings.

Later in the day, thestudent group records theirreadings on the blackboard inthe field campus classroom sothat all of the students canmark them down in their fieldnotebooks. The exerciseemphasizes the cooperative nature ofscientific study, and thus, the need foraccuracy. The other students depend oneach group’s readings.

Last fall, nine UI graduate studentsspent 10 weeks at the field campus ascourse instructors, learning what it takesto teach environmental science in thefield. One graduate student is assigned toeach of the six student groups along withtheir schoolteacher and at least oneparent. During the week, each groupconducts scientific observations in a lake,stream, marsh, meadow and sage brushenvironment. Students also spend a fullday hiking through the Ponderosa pineforest system, to study fire ecology and

Environmental Learning Ripples fromUI’s McCall Outdoor Science School

By Ray Doering

Photographs by Pam Benham

The dinner bell at the McCall Outdoor ScienceSchool calls students to class.

Students conduct scientific observations stream-side, and discuss how water moves down throughthe hills and how conditions work their way intothe streams.

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bird habitat.The McCall Field Campus sits on

property along Payette Lake between theCity of McCall and the state park. Theproperty is owned by the IdahoDepartment of Lands and is leased on along-term basis to UI, which owns thebuildings.

Hollenhorst points out that thescience school has benefited significantlyfrom its close cooperative relationshipwith the state park. He said ParkDirector Dennis Coyle has activelysupported the MOSS program and hasmade important contributions to thecurriculum.

The real impact of the school can beseen in the field. After a short van rideand a climb down the bank, themembers of Carol Bickford’s sixth-gradeclass at St. Stanislaus are sitting quietlyon the rounded pebbles along a smallstream. In an ice-breaking exercisedesigned to test their powers ofobservation, graduate student TravisDickson has the studentsseeing, hearing and smellingwhat is around them, andthen writing about ordrawing what theyexperience.

The students share theirdrawings and read a fewsentences out loud. Theirteacher and two parentsfind a comfortable spot onthe bank in the emerging sunshine andlisten to the students’ answers, the waterrunning over the rocks and the birdsongs echoing in the woods.

The program’s focus on fifth- andsixth-graders during its formative yearshas been partly by design and partlythrough logistical necessity. Hollenhorstnotes that this age group is advancedenough to understand the more technicalaspects of the program. Of course, therealso is the youthful curiosity and

enthusiasm they bring to the program.On the practical side, Hollenhorstexplained that these are the last yearsthat students are in a single classroomsituation. This allows teachers to taketheir full classes to the field campus. Theprogram seeks to teach the teachers aswell as the students.

“We want the teachers and thestudents to take their experiences back totheir schools and build excitement forscience,” Hollenhorst said. “Our studieshave shown that students have a greaterinterest in science after their experienceshere. The same holds true for theirteachers and the parents who volunteertheir time here.”

Back at the stream, the scientificobservations are aboutto begin. Dickson askshis group, “Is a stream agood indicator of howhealthy the earth is?”They discuss how watermoves down throughthe hills and howconditions in theatmosphere and thehillsides will work their

way into the stream.“The whole program is based on

recognizing and monitoring what we callthe Earth’s vital signs,” Hollenhorstobserved. “If we understand how naturalsystems are linked together, then we canuse science to take indicators of thehealth of our environment. The long-term goal is to provide a base ofknowledge for our students so that theycan become better citizens and makemore informed decisions about natural

resource issues as adults.“Many of the students are becoming

monitors of environmental vital signs intheir own communities,” he added.“Some are taking part in an online globaldatabase that is collecting observationscontributed by children all over theworld.”

At the stream, students conductingscientific observations don rubber glovesand goggles as they begin testing thewater’s temperature, pH levels,conductivity and turbidity. Chemicals aremixed to test the level of dissolvedoxygen. While three students conducttheir observations, the rest of the groupwaits their turn. They will conduct theseries of observations three times andthen average the results. Thus they areintroduced to the rigors of science.

“One important aspect of theprogram is to familiarize students withthe protocols of science,” Hollenhorstexplains. “It is important for students tounderstand the work that lies behindscientific findings reported in themedia.”

As the observations continue alongthe stream, Dickson notices a growingimpatience among the students waitingtheir turn. He announces that there willbe time allotted for a stone skippingcontest after the last set of observations.Immediately, the search is on for the bestskipping stone. Sometimes the protocolsof science must recognize the playfulnessof youth.

Similar activities take place in each of

Streams of ConsciousnessStreams of Consciousness

“Our studies haveshown that students

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How MOSSCame to Be

Three years ago, Clara Bleak ’46 wanted

to do something new in the area of

environmental science education. That

something new became the UI’s McCall

Outdoor Science School. This year, her

$50,000 gift was instrumental in the

expansion of the program to 10 weeks.

“There would be no McCall Outdoor Science School

without Clara Bleak,” says Steven Hollenhorst, chair of the

resource recreation and tourism department and director of

the MOSS program. “Her initial contribution got the whole

thing started.”

Since the school began operations, it has been able to

attract government and foundation contributions, including

grants from the Christensen Fund and the federal

Environmental Protection Agency. Further operating expenses

come from per-student fees charged to participating schools.

Hollenhorst said schools participate in a variety of fund-

raising activities to support student participation. He said two

rural districts with limited resources were able to send

students with the support of the Idaho Forest Products

Commission.

“We are at the limit of our resources now,” Hollenhorst

added, “and we are looking at new ways of building financial

support for the facility upgrades that will allow us to expand

the program year-round.”

the environmental areas. Graduatestudent leaders listen carefully to thereactions of their students. At the end ofeach week, the grad students comparenotes, offer constructive criticism andlook for ways to do it better next week.According to Hollenhorst, this is howthe MOSS curriculum has evolved overthe past three years.

“Adaptive management, that’s thename of the game,” he said. “We havemoved away from a canned curriculumto one that is more related to this site.”

These skills will be particularlyimportant as program planners seek toexpand their offerings to junior high andsenior high students while also lookinginto a year-round program. After a two-week first year and a three-week secondyear, this year’s program ran 10 weeksand ended Nov. 15. As the McCallweather gets colder, this year’s instructorsexperienced their first indications ofwhat it will be like to develop a wintercurriculum for the site.

Meanwhile, the stream group isarriving back on campus. Two bucketsfilled with stream water will be taken tothe classroom for the invertebrate lab.Different samples from the other groupssoon will be arriving for additional labsessions.

Dinner, clean-up and a team-buildingactivity also are on the schedule, followedby an evening program that will includeperformances by each of the groups thatreinforce the lessons of the day. Staffmembers have made sure that ingredientsfor s’mores were procured. No sciencecamp would be complete without them. I

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By Donna Emert

So one morning Plato is slowlypacing the Academy floor,recovering from the festival of

Dionysus (god of wine and partybehaviors), where he may have brokenhis vow of moderation in all things.

It’s too dark to read the sundial. Heshoots a bleary glance at the lunarcalendar, which loses about 10 daysannually. He pinches the bridge of hisnose as he registers the need for time-keeping devices that functionindependent of planetary rotation.

It’s a rainy day in Athens, 367ishB.C.E. Coffee will not be introduced toGreece until the Ottoman Empire. Notsoon enough.

The great teacher’s robes aredecidedly in a bundle. He prepares hislesson — another oral exam, a dialectic,an innovative teaching method passed onfrom Socrates. He begins to recover hischaracteristic clarity of mind as he looks

it to get a fuller picture of the people inthe ages we are interested in.”

“Know thyself.” —Socrates

The point of understandingcultures and ideas older than our

own, or at the very least, one fabulousperk of this endeavor, is that we learnabout ourselves in the process.

“The study of ancient history,literature and philosophy — including thestudy of ancient languages — challengesus through encounters with distant andoften radically different lives andcommunities,” notes Stephan Flores,Honors Program director. “Such studyalso obliges us to reflect upon our owncommitments and identities.

“We examine our relationshipsbecause it is essential to our lives as acommunity,” Flores continues. “Socrates’assertion that the ‘unexamined life is not

As we hurtle away from dead languagestoward binary code, does the wisdom ofthe Ancients still touch our lives?

The Relevance

forward to invigorating discussion. Hewill ask the hard questions: What is thenature of reality? How do we know? Andthe extra credit: Why are we here?

Since the beginning of recordedhistory, great minds have pondered theBig Questions. But is the wisdom of theAncients still relevant today? And if so,how does it touch our lives? Here, sixUniversity of Idaho doctors ofphilosophy knock these oft-askedquestions around.

“It is difficult to answer questionslike this without resorting to clichés,”said recently retired Classics ProfessorCecelia Luschnig. “There is, of course,the old chestnut about those who do notknow what happened before they wereborn will always remain children — fromCicero — or those who do not learn fromthe past are destined to repeat it —Santayana, I think. Ancient thought runsfrom the trivial to the profound, fromthe brutal to the humane. We study all of

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worth living’ can be understood as acondition for participation in thedialogues that are essential to ademocratic society.”

“Human beings do face similarproblems throughout the ages,” addsKathryn Paxton George, professor ofphilosophy. “In the NichomacheanEthics, for example, Aristotle asks, ‘Whatis the good life? What is the best life?’People usually refer to wealth, power andfame as definitions of the good life. TheGreeks that we read now tend to say thatwealth, power and fame certainly aregood things, but it’s not all there is to thegood life. Aristotle says a bad man can’tbe happy; you have to cultivate goodness.It isn’t enough to be successful; you haveto be moral.

“In the Ethics, contemplation is thehighest good, an intrinsic good, good initself, not as a means to something else,”George said. “The happy life is not thelife of pleasure or the life of honor, thatis, to be admired by your friends andcountrymen. It’s the life of thinking.That’s how we’re supposed to realizeourselves as human beings.

“If a student understands that peoplehave been asking questions about whatthe good life is for a very long time — sostrikingly similar to the way we do — and

have faced the same kinds of problemswe do, I would think that a studentwould gain a depth of understanding ofwhat it is to be human.”

“I think therefore I am.”—Rene Descartes

In Aristotle’s view, to be fullyhuman is to pursue knowledge,

become a good person and a goodcitizen, to exercise moderation in allthings and to cultivate self control inorder to accomplish these tasks, amongother things. As he put it, “The soul is inharmony when reason — in cooperationwith the passions — rules over and checksthe appetites,” explains George.

Today, as in ancient times, the humanpropensity for violence is a denselycomplex historical, sociological,psychological and philosophical issue.Yet 2,400 years after Aristotle, knowledgeand self-control still are recognized assome of the handiest tools in the kit ofgood citizenship.

To the modern reader, Aristotle’sreference to the passions, the appetites,and reason may sound oddly like the Id,the Ego and the Super Ego. “Yes,”confesses George with some hesitation,

“Freud is mostly warmed over Greekideas of the soul. That might not be thebest way to say it. I don’t know what mycolleagues in psychology would say aboutthat,” she says with a smile, “but it’squite obvious that this is appropriated.”

“Traveler, there is no path.Paths are made by walking.”

—Mahatma Gandhi

It’s no secret that Ancient ideas andinsights tend to trickle down and

mutate through the ages, reoccur andmorph across cultures. As a culture andas individuals we infinitely mix andmodify ancient wisdom with other BigIdeas. . . . . Professors of philosophy are notimmune to this process.

“Sometimes I jokingly call myself aBuddhist Unitarian,” says ProfessorNicholas Gier, recently retiredcoordinator of religious studies at UI.“I also believe in God. Many peoplebelieve you are either an atheist or abeliever… but there are innumerableoptions in between. What the study ofphilosophy does is open up options forpeople.”

Last spring, Gier received the Awardof Highest Honor from Soka University

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in Japan for his 25 years of exceptionalresearch on Buddhism. A comparativephilosopher by nature and habit, he seesthe ancient ideas of the Buddha lateremerging in Western philosophy. “Wehave a wonderful, homespun tradition inAmerican philosophy that is very close tomany of the Asian thinkers; Pragmatism,defined by William James and JohnDewey, has led us to all sorts ofachievements.”

He illustrates: “The Buddha says, ‘Donot accept what I have said to youbecause it has been said in the past,because it has been handed down bytradition, because it is in the HolyScriptures, because it is said by a famousor holy monk. But if you find that itappeals to your sense of discriminationand conscience as being conducive toyour benefit and happiness, then acceptit and live by it.’”

“That’s Pragmatism,” says Gier.“That’s the American spirit.”

Every philosophical discipline, eachschool of thought within it and everytext, rule and finding arising from it, isfodder for endless debate on translation,meanings, morals and content. In thesearch for truth it seems, there is no lackof riches and no single answer.

Luschnig has been mining the stories

of ancient Greek and Latin texts formore than 40 years. The ancient writersembraced controversial themes ofaesthetic, personal and political duty,and social injustice. She finds muchthere that is applicable today.

“Particularly I have worked on theGreek tragic poet Euripides,” saysLuschnig. “I cannot imagine my lifewithout him. Recently I have beenworking on the ‘Medea,’ in which awoman, abandoned by her husband anddenied the protection of the city-state,resorts to violence of the mostfrightening kind.

“In the drama, she has used everykind of argument, from persuasionthrough empathy, to the kind of logic inwhich the Athenians at that time (5th c.B.C.E.) prided themselves, to pleading asa suppliant. All fail her because she is awoman and a foreigner, about to becomea homeless refugee wandering the roadswith her two children, everyone’svictim.”

The drama and Luschnig ask: “Whenreason fails, when the vaunted laws ofsociety and the justice they claim do notapply, what choice does a person have? Ibelieve that this play, written nearly 25centuries ago, can help us understandwhat terrorism is and why it happens.

Students often ask me, ‘Do these playshave anything to say to us?’ The answeris ‘Yes. Everything.’”

Many ancient thinkers focused onhow we should best live life, exploringdeeply the relationship between thecitizen and the state. The Ancients alsowere among the first to systematicallyemploy empirical methods andmathematical proofs. While Greek andLatin now are considered deadlanguages, the ancient language ofmathematics endures.

“When you talk abut Euclid (300B.C.E), you’re talking about a personwho believed you could set down a set ofmathematical precepts, or postulates, andbased on those postulates, everythingshould be built in a logical fashion,” saysMonte Boisen, UI chair of mathematics.“That basic approach forms thecornerstone of how we have createdmathematics throughout the centuries.

“I think some people may believe thatmathematics died with the Greeks,” headds, “but mathematics is a living,breathing discipline that has undergoneas much change in recent years as anyother subject. For example, chaos theory.Some examples in nature are what wecall chaotic: some very small change inthe initial values of the phenomenon

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have enormous impact on the outcomes.‘The butterfly flutters its wings andcauses a hurricane.’ These things are verydifficult to model mathematically, so awhole new branch of mathematics had tobe invented to deal with that.

“Mathematics continues to struggle tofind ways of expressing truth in what wefind in science and physics andchemistry. Finding an ultimatedescription of how the universe works isstill very much the impetus formathematics.”

Philosophy as a Verb

“I certainly think the wisdom of the Ancients remains as current as it

ever was,” says UI philosophy ProfessorMichael O’Rourke. “The type ofphilosophy I do embraces the language ofbinary code. I am interested inunderstanding the nature of language,and the languages of modernmathematics and computer scienceprovide a fruitful testing ground forhypotheses about linguistic significance.

“As a philosopher, you need to besensitive to new and different contextswithin which your ideas apply, and thesetwo areas certainly supply such contexts.

Philosophy is a dynamic business,responding and growing along with thehuman condition.”

Since the age of Euclid, Plato,Aristotle, Euripides and Buddha, wehave gathered a lot of data, some ofwhich we’ve put to use. One measure ofthe vast distance between us and Platocan be taken in artifacts like thecalendar, now evolved to Palm Pilottechnology, and the atomic clock.

While technological advancementsoffer a good measure of our growingknowledge, our uses for them does notalways reflect an equally expandingwisdom, notes Luschnig.

“In my class on Greek tragedy we werediscussing the ‘Oresteia,’ a trilogy aboutthe system of vengeance, or feud killing.The Athenians, who already knew theconcept of the ‘blood price’ in earliertimes, found this still a problem. Theplay is resolved by setting up their firsttrial by jury.

“Discussing this play and our owntype of punitive killing or capitalpunishment, which was already indisrepute in the fifth century B.C.E., werecognized that the Greeks sawthemselves as a rational people. And we,of course, think of ourselves as rationalpeople, no age or culture more so. A

student brought up the fact that recentlya woman of 70 had been impregnatedand borne a child by artificial means.Clearly he found this unnatural andbizarre. Our conclusion was that beingtechnologically advanced does not makeyou more rational.”

Like the Ancients, we persist in ourinquiries, asking flawed questions andreadjusting our assumptions as weacquire more knowledge. To question isto take part in the ancient humandialectic.

“As I see it,” says O’Rourke, “we dophilosophy when we engage in abstractanalysis of concepts, and we do this moreoften than we might think. Humans arephilosophical creatures, for better orworse, and so philosophy will remainrelevant to us as long as there is an us.”

Author’s Notes:Author’s Notes:Author’s Notes:Author’s Notes:Author’s Notes:Professor Gier points out that Plato wascritical of Dionysian and other orgiastic rites,making the opening scenario highly unlikely.The notion of Plato physically possessing acalendar of any kind is also improbable. Theauthor retains these devices in order toplayfully present Plato within the sociologicaland technological context of his era.

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MASTERMINDIN TECH PROBLEMSSays: ‘Bring On the Toughest’

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Bring them on world — all thetoughest problems technology hasto offer. UI’s 44-year-old Albert

Carlson, computer science doctoralstudent, is up to the challenge.

In fact, solving tough problems is hisform of fun, says Carlson. Already, hehas solved many that have improvedpeople’s lives. He has invented train doorcontrollers and computer security tools,expanded digital communicationcapacities, and invented air pressuresensors that control hospital beds,irrigation systems and diesel engines. Hehas worked in military intelligence,contributed to high-definition TV andcell phone technology, created planeparts, hearing aides, intravenous sensorsand parts of air filters on smokestacks.

Carlson, also known as “Chips,” is amicrochip designer and systems engineerwho customizes technology solutions andseeks unconventional ways to fixproblems. His resume lists at least 20companies for which he has taken ontheir toughest challenges, foundsolutions and then moved on to the next.

“I look for people’s needs andpathways to them — it can involve a

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product, a tactic or ways to makeartificial intelligence more useful in ourdaily lives,” says Carlson. Most recently,with a team of UI researchers, he helpeddevelop and patent CipherSmith, aninnovative tool chest for computers todeflect hackers and crackers. (Seesidebar.)

Once finished with his doctoral thesisin computer security, he’d like to explorehow the brain works and perhapsdevelop artificial pathways for diseased ordysfunctional sections. He’d like toexplore language and knowledgedevelopment, and continue to play withcodes and ciphers, which he’s done sinceage 12. He wants to figure out how tomake things cheaper, smaller and faster,and deal with the by-product of heat inchips. Perhaps he even will attempt todesign sensors for certain microbes to

detect diseases.“Give me the unsolvable problems,”

he adds, “because the other stuff’s notnearly as interesting... I rely on others topresent the problems and then I analyzethe boundaries, rules and conventionalwisdom, and come up with a newapproach.”

Take for instance, when Carlson wasin the sixth grade and he had anexperiment percolating in his mom’skitchen. It went awry, and she found1,500 caterpillars dangling from herkitchen ceiling — all in the name ofunderstanding metamorphosis. Hisextraordinary team-building ability firstbecame evident when he sparked amutiny at his teenage Model U.N.experience. “They told us to lobby hardfor our causes — and did I ever,” saidCarlson.

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However, as an adult, his innovativeand unconventional ideas have paid offin automated networks, systems andtechnology advancements.

Carlson returned to formal academeafter military service and corporate life inChicago, Ill. He had earned a bachelor’sdegree in computer engineering from theUniversity of Illinois-Champaign Urbanain 1981 and began taking UI’sengineering outreach courses in 1991from his workplaces. He completed hismaster’s degree that way, and since 2001,he has taught computer science and datastructures on the Moscow campus as heearns his way to his doctorate.

His current faculty mentors, RobertHiromoto, chair of computer science,and Richard Wells, electrical andcomputer engineering, agree Carlson’slearning sometimes gets out in front ofthem. Wells says, “Al’s proposedencryption scheme for a security system isso complex it will involve a new methodof mathematical analysis in order toreally understand it.”

Hiromoto enjoys “Al’s enormousintellectual capacity to formulate,understand and solve problems. Hisfamiliarity with advanced electronicdevices, and his development ofCipherSmith most likely was born out ofhis creative processes.”

Carlson’s colleague, Liz Wilhite, whonow directs technology transfer at theSpokane Intercollegiate Research andTechnology Institute, says “Al blossomedat UI where he found kindred minds anda freedom to think and dream radicallydifferent. At the same time, UI hashelped him mature in his scholarlypursuits.”

Despite Carlson’s racing mind,ferocious curiosity and patentableoutcomes, he says his major asset isfamily.

“I came from an original family of 19kids, six born to our parents and otherswho were adopted or fostered. I’m nowmarried to my childhood sweetheart, andwe had four children who are the centerof our lives.” He proudly produces the44,000 names of ancestors on hiscomputerized genealogy, along withhundreds of pages of family biographies.Sunday night at the Carlson home is a re-enactment of his youth, with as many as20 people around the dinner table,followed by a rollicking card game.

The Carlson family fishes, rockhounds, fossil hunts and engages in

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scouting and church activities. They evenstudy together at UI. Wife, Tina, is asophomore in art education; daughter,Ariana, takes fisheries and physics; sonsRobert and Alan have taken or will takeadvanced placement courses while atMoscow High School.

After they graduate, the family maylive in Minnesota where the fish areaplenty. “We could be known for ‘fish ‘nchips,’” quips Tina. Or, they could land

in Golden, Colo. and teach, research andrun their own company. It’s good todream, they say.

“Whatever we do, it won’t be for themoney,” says Carlson. “I just want mykids to be proud that their dadcontributed to the world in some way. I’llgo wherever my curiosity takes me.”

It’s worth watching to see whatproblems next will entertain Chips.

Protecting computer privacy nowrequires “007” countermeasures

to deflect hackers and crackers whohave learned how to break intosystems, listen on the network wire,crack codes or modify programsmeant to protect data.

The computer security inventionCipherSmith, developed by a UIstudent computer science team,blends the aggressive tactics ofstudents with the “elegant encryptionmethods” of its lead investigator.

Doctoral student Albert Carlsonled computer engineering studentsDarin Evans, Philip Gregg, ThomasDuBuisson, Justin Cassidy and post-doctoral fellow Liz Wilhite in thetactical assault. They wanted to stunthe intruders and bring them to theirknees, they said.

“Snoopers will only receive useless,obscured messages withCipherSmith,” says Carlson. “Itspeeds up and changes how theinformation is transmitted so that anintruder can’t keep up, and itbecomes a practical impossibility todecode the message.”

By inserting a chip or softwareinto existing computers, networkrouters, switches and traditional orcellular phones, the resulting productdeflects hacking or cracking on allcommunication media. It isparticularly useful for industries thatremotely control and monitorequipment such as utilities, powergrids, nuclear plants, transportationsystems, online transactions ande-commerce, routers, militarycommunications, manufacturing and

medical applications.Conventional secureware on the

other hand, detects intrusion, buildsfirewalls, provides anti-virus, auto-response and notification functions,monitors and quarantines affectedparts of the systems or protects Webservers and operating systems.

Contrarily, one feature ofCipherSmith uses four of the eightnetwork cable wires to shuffletransmission of information atunpredictable times, says Carlson.“For optical networks and othermedia, we can switch keys, changeencryption and trigger a variety ofrandom tactics all on-the-fly.”

Intruders would have to crack somany algorithms in just the rightorder to decode a message that “theyhave a better chance of winning thePowerBall than of decoding a singlepiece of a message,” says Wilhite, ateam member who now heads tech-transfer at the Spokane IntercollegiateResearch and Technology Institute.“And that won’t help them with thenext piece - the equivalent of winningthe PowerBall again next week.”

CipherSmith doesn’t significantlyimpact the data stream orcommunication system performance,say its developers. For instance, onemegabyte of information can be“hidden” per second with the presentsoftware version.

Industry has expressed interest inthe product at its first public debutthis fall. CipherSmith’s eventualcommercialization can bring royaltiesto UI and the student inventors.

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By Ray Doering

Combine a chance conversationbetween a UI undergraduate andher grandmother with a UI

professor who keeps all of her studentrecords and what emerges is a familyreunion of sorts as three generationscompare notes about their mathprofessor.

Aubrey Comstock, a childdevelopment/family relations and earlychildhood education major, wasdiscussing her spring semester courseswith her grandmother, Dorothy Todd,when her description of Gail Adele’s“Early Childhood Math” class soundedfamiliar.

“She remembered taking a mathcourse in order to be certified to teachkindergarten,” Comstock said. “When Itold her the professor’s name she said thename ‘Gail’ sounded familiar.”

Comstock described the conversationin an e-mail to her professor. Right awayAdele recalled the student from nearly 30years ago.

“I remember her [Dorothy] distinctly,”said Adele, a UI mathematics professor.“I was in my second year teaching at theUI, and she was an older student comingback for certification.

“She stood out in the class,” Adeleadded. “She had a lot of ideas from herteaching experience that she shared withthe class. I was still putting the coursetogether, and it was good to hear fromsomeone with classroom experience.”

Adele thought there might be anotherfamily connection, so she consulted her

grade book file. She has kept every gradebook since she started teaching at UI in1974.

“I thought I also had taught her son,and I remember being quite amazed atthe time that I taught two generations,”Adele said. Sure enough, her grade bookrevealed that Dorothy’s son, Aubrey’sfather, Jerry Todd also spent a semesterin Adele’s classroom.

A 1982 graduate in masscommunications, Jerry describes himselfas the “wild card” in this story. “I onlytook one math class, and it was this one,”he said.

As for the Todds, the UI has certainlybeen a family affair. Dorothy’s husband,Harry, was assistant manager of the UIstudent union until his retirement in1982. Dorothy began her undergraduateprogram in the late 1960s and graduatedwith her daughter, Charlotte ToddDevlin, in 1971. She went back for hermaster’s degree while her son, Jerry, wasan undergraduate.

As granddaughter Aubrey eyesgraduation the question on everyone’smind finally was given voice. “Are youready for a Ph.D.?”

DO THE MATH —One ProfessorMeets Up withThree Generationsof Students

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UI math Professor Gail Adele (left) had a summer reunion with Dorothy Todd, Jerry Todd and AubreyComstock. Dorothy, Jerry and Aubrey represent three generations from the same family who took a UImath class from Adele.

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30sDoug Guy ’37 enjoys playingbridge three or four times aweek, checking his e-mail dailyand spending time withElizabeth, his wife of 55 years.

50sRaymond Taylor ’56 washonored with the AmericanSociety of Mechanical EngineersYeram S. Touloukian Award.

60sJack Lemley ’60 received theDistinguished AlumniAchievement Award from NorthIdaho College for his record ofsignificant achievement in hisprofession.

Jack W. Gustavel ’62 wasappointed to Avista Corp.’sboard of directors.

Loren Butler ’63 had his article“The Long and Winding Road”published in the spring 2003issue of The Magazine of SigmaChi.

Dennis O’Leary ’64 retired in2003 after 39 years in secondaryand elementary education.

Steven Bruce Harold ’65 worksfor Simplot in Manitoba,Canada, and helped oversee theconstruction of a new plant inCanada.

John F. Ferguson ’69 retiredfrom the Roseburg, Ore. publicschools as an elementary bandand vocal music teacher.

Cindy Hauge Ferguson ’69continues to work as anelementary band and vocalmusic teacher with theRoseburg, Ore. public schools.

70sNick A.Vlachos ’72wrote a play,“The Bed,” thatwas performedJanuary 11-13,2003 inDecatur, Ill.

Tom Carter ‘72 is the seniorpastor of the First BaptistChurch in Dinuba, Calif. Histenth book, “They Knew How toPray: 15 Secrets from the PrayerLives of Bible Heroes,” waspublished in June 2003.

Bob Moreland ’72, ’73 has beena special education teacher for29 years. He also has done workwith the Sheriff’s Reserve inEly, Nev.

Dennis Hopwood ’73 wasappointed vice president ofhuman resources for StandardInsurance Co. in Portland, Ore.

John Taylor ’74 was the winnerof the fourth annual Three OaksPrize in Fiction for his storycollection which will bepublished in the 2004 season.

Paul Krausman ’76 was featuredand presented information onthe Public Broadcasting Systemtelevision show “WesternPredators,” shown throughoutthe West during recent months.

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Tom Zimmerman ’79 waspromoted to director of Fireand Aviation Management forthe southwest region for theU.S. Forest Service inAlbuquerque, N.M.

Agnes Sowle ’79, ’82 hasbeen appointed county attorneyfor Multnomah County inPortland, Ore.

80sAllen Jones ’86, ’88 recentlyreceived his Ph.D. in civilengineering from the Universityof Washington. He now is onthe faculty at South Dakota StateUniversity, heading up thegeotechnical engineeringprogram in the Department ofCivil and EnvironmentalEngineering.

Shawn McIntosh ’87 co-authored a mass communicationtextbook with publishers Allyn& Bacon called “ConvergingMedia: An Introduction to MassCommunication.”

Les MacDonald ’87 has beenappointed the City of Moscowdirector of Public Works.

Kristen Dayle Diffenbach ’88received her doctorate in exerciseand sport science from theUniversity of North Carolina atGreensboro.

Matthew Faulks ’88, ’00has been appointed a specialassistant United Statesattorney by U.S. AttorneyThomas E. Moss.

Reva Nickelson ’89 is theacting department managerof sustainable environmentalprotection at Idaho NationalEnvironmental and EngineeringLaboratory.

90sMelissa Fuentes Dannenberg ’91is the manager of HPS AmericasCustomer Satisfaction withHewlett Packard in Boise andwas awarded a MVP award inOrlando, Fla.

Keith Lee Morris ’92, ’94 hadhis novel “The Greyhound God”published by the University ofNevada Press.

Rachel Reese ’93 joined ZGAArchitects as their marketingdirector in Boise.

Brian Bradburn ’84, ’90 toJeanine Bussiere ’84

Allen Jones ’86, ’88 toAmy Jones

Meyla Camille Bianco ’90 toJared James Johnston

Chris Codd ’95 toJoy Schadel ’97

Meghan Ireland ’96 toRaymond Schieferecke

Todd J. Hall ’97 toLynda Aparicio

Brook Edwards ’97 toElias Meyer ’98

Sarah M. Berch ’98 toJoseph Lynch

Matt Petersen ’98, ’00 toEmily Corkill ‘00

Casey Lynn Leary ’00 toRyan Edward Ries

Jennifer Brun ’00, ’03 toRyan Schindele

Cynthia Yee ’00, ’03 toJeremy Wallace ‘01

Rae Harrell ’02 toKite Faulkner ’02

Chung-Wei Olive Lin ’03 toBrandon Lambert ’03

MARRIAGESMatt Yost ’93 was selected toparticipate in the NatureConservancy expedition inChina last winter. Yost guideswilderness and fishing trips inIdaho’s backcountry as well asworking part time for IdahoRivers United in Boise.

Patrick Brennan ’93 serves asadministrator for the HouseCommittee on GeneralGovernment in the Oregon StateLegislature. He has worked inlegislative administration since1999.

Michael Arnzen ’94 has beenpromoted to associate professorof English at Seton HillUniversity where he currentlyteaches creative writing in theMA program for WritingPopular Fiction.

Robert L. Lohrmeyer ’94 hasbeen named dean of the Schoolof Technology at Lewis-ClarkState College in Lewiston.

Michael Edwards ’94 graduatedfrom the University ofWashington MBA program in2003 and was awarded theOutstanding Student ServiceAward by the MBA faculty. Hehas joined Deloitte and ToucheLLP as a consultant.

Jing Wang Edwards ’95 works asdirector of financial reportingfor Pacific Northwest Bank inSeattle.

Connie Lovoi ’96 was named thenew chief financial officer forKootenai Electric Cooperative inHayden.

Todd J. Hall ’97 received hismaster’s in urban planning fromthe University of Washington inJune 2003.

David Weinstein ’97 is the newassistant provost at MillersvilleUniversity in Pennsylvania.

Tavis McNair ’98 has returnedhome after a tour of duty withthe Marine Corps in Baghdad,Iraq.

Michelle Yates Mandis ’98recently presented at theAmerican Chemical Society’sNorthwest Regional meeting inthe Radioactive WasteRemediation category. Shereceived her Washington StateProfessional Engineering license.She also earned a CertifiedHazardous Materials Managerlicense in March 2003. Sheworks for PortageEnvironmental, Inc.

Idaho Vandals at Seattle Sonics BasketballSunday, March 7

Join the UI Alumni Association and enjoy a Seattle Sonics NBA basketball game in Key Arena at Seattle Center.

The gathering will include a UI pre-game reception with your alumni friends and guests. Special discount ticket prices, pre-game snacks and beverages will be available.

Pre-Game Social 4:30 p.m. • Tipoff at 6 p.m.

Contact UI Alumni Office, (208) 885-6154 or e-mail alumni@idahovandals.com for further details.

SEATTLE SONICS

John A. McConnell ’99 waspromoted to lieutenant in theU.S. Navy based on sustainedsuperior job performance andproficiency in his designatedspecialty.

00sKent Sorenson Jr. ’00 is thedirector of applied research atNorth Wind, an Idaho Falls-based full-service environmentalconsulting firm.

Vonia Jackson ’00 recentlyreceived her national credential asa registered environmental healthspecialist/registered sanitarian bythe National EnvironmentalHealth Association. She isemployed at South CentralDistrict Health as theenvironmental health specialist forGooding and Lincoln counties insouthern Idaho.

Sarah Scott ’01 began work withCal Inc. doing environmentalconsulting and construction.

Curtis Chambers ’02 completed21 weeks of training at the OregonPolice Corps Academy and is nowemployed as a police officer inRedmond, Ore.

Annie Paffendorf ’03 is the newVCS marketing assistant for theCoeur d’ Alene Chamber ofCommerce.

Andrew J. Long ’03 is serving inthe U.S. Peace Corps inTanzania, Africa as an educationvolunteer.

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Lindsey Ann to Kevin ’91 andDonna Lincoln

Elizabeth to Peter ’93 and CarylKester ’94 Soeth

Emily Grace to Stan and Angie’98 Hammond

Karsen Elizabeth to Ross ’98 andKari Gunter ’00 Granier

20sEva J. Nixon ’26, Mesa, Ariz.,Jan. 18, 2003

Annabelle Nero Belknap ’27,Clarkston, Wash., Jan. 30, 2003

Leon L. Weeks ’28, Bellevue,Wash., Sept. 9, 2002

Frances E. Cummins-Ready ’29,Eugene, Ore., April 4, 2003

30sEdna Mae Waide ’32, Lewiston,March 29, 2003

W. Frank “Tony” Warner ’32,Twin Falls, Jan. 20, 2003

Howard B. Stowell ’32, SaltLake City, Utah, Jan. 6, 2003

Eunice Hudelson deNeufville’33, May 20, 2003

Frank Taft ’34, Challis, May 30,2003

Blanche Taylor Nicholson ’34,Boise, April 29, 2003

Bernard A. Nelson ’34, Boise,Jan. 8, 2003

Norman L. Iverson ’36, Tacoma,Wash., March 30, 2003

Mary L. Gype ’36, Kent, Wash.,July 23, 2002

Andrew Earl Alden ’36, Boise,Aug. 5, 2003

Bertha Randall ’37, Bremerton,Wash., Oct. 19, 2002

Esther Lillian AdriansenMouchet ’37, Lewiston, March22, 2003

Ludeen W. Jergensen ’37, SaltLake City, Utah, July 8, 2002

William Brown ’38, Moscow,July 22, 2003

James English ’38, Coeurd’Alene

Robert Edward Miller ’38,Dayton, Wash., Dec. 11, 2002

Allee C. Givens ’38, Boise, April25, 2003

Wayne K. Yenni ’39, Lewiston,Jan. 10, 2003

Wilbur Sam Garten ’39,Sandpoint, March 26, 2003

40sCorbin “Nip” Neville ’40,Wallace, Aug. 17, 2003

John C. Robertson ’40,Gooding, Nov. 29, 2001

Otto Tronowsky ’40, Glendale,Calif., Sept. 27, 2002

Erich Korte ’40, Boise, April 15,2003

Orda Hoskins-Glodowski ’41,June 5, 2002

Lyle Forgey ’41, Spokane, Wash.

Ralph Eugene Bowler ’41,American Falls, July 9, 2002

Burton O. Clark ’42, Nov. 16,2002

Ruben O. Hart ’42, Kalispell,Mont., Nov. 1, 2002

George H. Hackney ’42, LongBeach, Calif., Feb. 9, 2003

John F. Neely ’43, Moscow,Oct. 30, 2002

Josephine C. Shelton Gordon’44, Twin Falls, Nov. 27, 2002

Constance J. McCluskey ’45,Spokane, Wash., March 28,2002

Richard Grant Gardner ’46,April 17, 2003

John Thomas “Tom” Waller’46, Nampa, April 4, 2003

Richard Nelson ’47, Riverside,Calif., Feb. 1, 2003

Elizabeth Glenn Schubert ’47,Gooding, Feb. 3, 2003

Grace Elizabeth Ann Robinson’48, March 27, 2003

Courtland B. Smith, ’48, IdahoFalls, March 27, 2003

Betty Lou Jones Green ’49,Seattle, Wash., July 20, 2003

50sRoger F. Maxwell ’50, Olympia,Wash., Nov. 25, 2002

William Ross Woodland ’50,Billings, Mont., Sept. 16, 2002

Jack E. Gillette ’50, Mesa, Ariz.,March 16, 2003

Richard Gordon Allen ’51,Boise, March 28, 2003

Don Lee Hutchinson ’53, April12, 2003

Lester Vern Slater ’53, April2003

Robert R. Lee ’54, Rexburg,Sept. 27, 2002

Patricia Ann Hines ’55,Ketchikan, Alaska, Sept. 21,2002

Kian A. to Eric’89 and FafaAlidjani ’96DeBord

Blake to Toddand MelissaFuentes ’91Dannenberg

William Stewartto John ’92 andLisa Jolley ’94Gibb

MasonBenjamin toSteve ’99 andMiskeeGendall ’98Blatner

Alexander Yito Michael ’94and Jing Wang’95 Edwards

Charles Jamesto Charles ’00and Dana ’00Peterson

FUTURE VANDALS

Sophia toGeorge ’98 andNatasha ’00Griffith

AbigailCatherine andChristopherTodd to Todd’92 and CassieVosika ’94Dompier

Braden to E. Scott ’98 andJarilyn Throne ’98 Kim; andAndrea and Carl to Peter ’98and Tanda Ash ’96 Tomchak

Ethan, Zachary and Jacob toBrian ’93 and Melanie Savage‘93 Sanderson

Aidan and Jackson to Travisand Colleen Hall-Headley ’94

John Christopher and KatieMarie to Chris ’98 and AnnieCzarniecki ’96 Colson

Will Carter and McKennaCline to Kelsey and MollySweetland ’97 Thompson

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORUpham Memories

Seeing the picture of thefreshman class of 1967getting doused with waterin front of Upham Hallbrought back a flood ofwonderful memories ofliving in Upham. It alsobrought back vivid imagesof the evening we took thatpicture. The tradition ofthe “freshman picture” hadlong been forgotten untilthat evening when I ralliedsome friends together tomake it happen. That wasme calling out “1-2-3,”while the photographer,Erich Korte, readied thecamera. We had but onechance to get it right, andErich did a great job. Co-conspirator Ed VanWinklehad his car running at thecurb, and we were able tomake a hasty getaway beforeour drenched victims couldcome after us. We hadaccess to a darkroom thatnight and had copiesavailable for everyone a

short time later. By then, anyhostile feelings had passed,and they were captivated bythe picture.

There is an axiom that ifyou can remember the 60s,you weren’t there. Not so atIdaho. It was a special time,and I wouldn’t trade a minuteof it.

Sincerely,Mike Berriochoa ‘71Pasco, Wash.

Tri-Cities Mix-upI just received the Fall

2003, issue of “Here WeHave Idaho.” I always enjoyreading the articles in thisjournal. It’s very well doneand a great medium forhelping us alums keep upwith what’s going on atIdaho.

On page 5, ComingEvents, I noticed a mistakethat I just couldn’t leavealone. I see that on Nov. 30,the Lady Vandals basketballteam will be taking onPortland State at the Tri-

Cities Coliseum in Richland,Wash. Oops! The last time Ilooked, the Tri-CitiesColiseum is still inKennewick, Wash. There’snot much wrong withRichland, you understand,but personal, professional,and community pride justwon’t let me leave this alone.

My Vandal Pride isabsolutely thrilled that theVandies are going to play inthe Tri-Cities. The clothes inmy closet that aren’t blackand orange for the KennewickLions, are black and gold forthe Vandals.

Dennis BoatmanVia e-mail

Alaska Connection I enjoyed your article

“Alaska is Hot” in the latestissue of the UI magazine. Iwas particularly interested toread that so many studentscome to UI from RobertService High School inAnchorage, because I alsograduated from Service High.

Another faculty member inthe Division of Statistics,Tim Johnson, graduatedfrom Bartlett High inAnchorage, so it seems thatwe have a facultyconnection to Alaska highschools also.

Chris Williams Professor andInterim Director Division of StatisticsVia e-mail

CorrectionsFall 2003 issuePage 7: The Idaho

Business Leader of the Yearaward is presented by theAlpha Kappa Psiprofessional businessfraternity at Idaho StateUniversity.

Page 21: UI alumnusand former Regent of theUniversity of Idaho JohnD. Remsberg’s name isspelled incorrectly.

Page 22: UI alumnaHelen Dittman Beirne’sname is misspelled.

Earl L. Erdman ’55, Clark Fork,April 8, 2003

Donna Lee Scharbach ’55,Lewiston, Sept. 26, 2002

Mary Giles ’55, Sonoma, Calif.

John C. Benzin ’56, Woodburn,Ore., April 19, 2003

Roger Clemens Ulbricht ’56,Missoula, Mont., Jan. 24, 2003

Doris V. Kinman ’57, Potlatch,April 30, 2003

Richard N. Clauson ’59, Feb. 4,2000

60sCaroline Steinmann Valentine’60, July 3, 2003

Donald M. Taylor ’60, Phoenix,Ariz., Dec. 27, 2002

Trevor R. Baugh ’60, Boise, Jan.29, 2003

Catherine “Kit” ScatesBarnhart ’61, Coeur d’Alene,Aug. 21, 2003

Warren B. Holt ’62, Hemet,Calif., April 23, 2002

Robert W. Galley ’64, TwinFalls, March 24, 2003

Marvin Gene Fallon ’65,Jerome, March 31, 2003

Frederick Eugene Freeman ’66,Boise, Feb. 4, 2003

Ross Armitage ’67, Kendrick,May 2, 2003

70sMerle Lee Malmberg ’70,Feb. 3, 2003

Jack Emerson ’70, ’76, SpiritLake, Aug. 8, 2003

Janice Rae Helbling Jones-Hill’72, Lewiston, July 26, 2003

Susan Burcaw-Moerschbaecher’72, Bend, Ore., Aug. 2, 2003

Neil Foote ’72, April 6, 2002

David Bruce Gray ’72, Hayden,Jan. 28, 2003

Carol Mahler AndrewsGutierrez ’79, ’83, Coeurd’Alene, Aug. 16, 2003

80sAldrich Oz Bross ’80, Deary,April 22, 2003

Lance Wasem ’97, Bellevue,Wash.

00sSeth Dotson ’02, Hood River,Ore., May 31, 2002

Kristopher Allan Weed ’03,Seattle, Wash., Sept. 1, 2003

In Memory Continued BE AVOLUNTEER

Alumni Board seeksnew members

The UI Alumni Association,which represents more than70,000 alumni, is seekingregional representatives for itsboard of directors. Thevolunteer positions are for:• Northern California region• Southern California region.If you are interested in learningmore about this opportunity, orwould like to be considered forappointment, contact theUI Alumni Office at(208) 885-6154 oralumni@idahovandals.com.

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UI ALUMNI HALL OF FAMERecognizes UI alumni who have

achieved national or internationaldistinction by their accomplishmentsand leadership. These distinguishedUI graduates will be recognized andinducted into the Alumni Hall of

Fame, during 2004 Commencementweekend on May 13-15 in Moscow.

James V. Hawkins ’59Reginald Reeves ’52

Robert G. Cowan ’59Albert W. Franzmann ’71

SILVER & GOLD AWARDRecognizes living alumni who have a

distinguished record of achievement andservice in their specialized area of

endeavor, thus bringing honor andrecognition to the university.

Richard Rock ’94Douglas V. Hawkins ’66Edward W. Hawkins ’74

Charles E. “Chuck” Poulton ’39Greg H. Bower ’71

Rod Gramer ’75

JIM LYLE AWARDRecognizes individual or couple whohas shown long-term dedication andservice to the university and AlumniAssociation through volunteerism.

Pat McMurray ’70Leonard “Nick” Purdy, Jr. ’62

Helen McKinney ’39David W. Farnsworth

If you would like more information or wish to nominate someone for an Alumni AssociationAward, contact the UI Alumni Office at (208) 885-6154 or alumni@idahovandals.com.

Deadline for nominations is August 1, 2004. More information is available under AlumniBenefits at the UI Alumni Web site, www.supportui.uidaho.edu.

Alumni Association Awards 2004

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“This is a wonderful place to be,especially if you are an outdoors person,”says Don Atkinson, ’56Don Atkinson, ’56Don Atkinson, ’56Don Atkinson, ’56Don Atkinson, ’56. “This is reallythe jumping off point.”

Leisure is very much a part of the lifeplan for the 800-plus University of Idahoalumni who live within 50 miles of SunValley.

In 20 minutes from his accountingoffice, Alumni Board Member PeterPeterPeterPeterPeterBecker ’83Becker ’83Becker ’83Becker ’83Becker ’83 can be on the ski slopes. Inanother direction — 45 minutes from hisoffice — Becker can spend a day lakesidewith his children and wife Ruby. He alsoenjoys mountain biking and golf.

Becker stays active as an alumnus. HisSigma Nu pledge class organizes a golftournament every year. “The ties youhave at UI follow you around your wholelife,” he says.

Becker, who grew up in Genesee, hasspent 16 years in Hailey. As a member ofthe Alumni Board, he has a chance tovisit northern Idaho on a regular basis tomeet with family and catch up with oldfriends.

Becker enjoys periodic homecomings,but would never trade his accounting gigin the Wood River Valley for cattleranching on the Palouse. “I remember incollege working on the farm when it was10 below zero. I knew then I wanted anindoor job.”

Ten years ago, Chris Williams ’87 Chris Williams ’87 Chris Williams ’87 Chris Williams ’87 Chris Williams ’87traded in an accounting career in SanFrancisco, Calif., to manage WilliamsMarket in Ketchum. “It is a good serviceto provide. Plus, the Wood River Valley

held a certain mystique for me,” he saysfrom his office overlooking the groceryaisles and colorful organic producesection — a hit with customers.

It’s not all work for Williams, though.He makes time for alpine and Nordicskiing in the winter and mountain bikingin the spring and summer. He’s alwaysbeen an active soul. At UI, he was amember of the track and cross-countryteams.

What propels these alumni to be soactive? Everything points to the sun. Thearea receives more than 280 sunny days ayear — an environment sure to boost themind and body.

“I feel so blessed

to have landed here.”

“It’s a creative place to live and work,”admits Jim McLaughlin, ’71Jim McLaughlin, ’71Jim McLaughlin, ’71Jim McLaughlin, ’71Jim McLaughlin, ’71 an architectoriginally from Mountain Home, whoseclients include actor and California Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Wrigleyfamily of gum-making fame.

His red wire-frame specs reflect hisstylish sensibilities while alsodemonstrating his attention to detail. Inhis office, the walls are filled withcomputerized replicas of buildingprojects. “I’ve always told my kids, ‘Pick aprofession that is your passion becauseyou will be doing it for a long time.’”

McLaughlin has owned the samearchitectural firm in Sun Valley since1975. He also receives regular kudosfrom his peers. In 2003, McLaughlin wasnamed one of the Best and BrightestAmerican Architects by Building StoneMagazine.

It takes McLaughlin two to five yearsto design and build many of his projects.Most are high-end residential homes,with a smattering of commercial projects,including the award-winning NewZealand fishing lodge, Blanket Bay,selected as the No. 2 resort in the worldby Harpers Hideaway.

Natural materials, such as stone andwood, are signatures of his work. “Eachproject means a lot to me,” he says. “Partof my heart is in each of them.”

Gail Severn’sGail Severn’sGail Severn’sGail Severn’sGail Severn’s heart belongs to art.Severn owns “one of the state’s mostprominent exhibit spaces forcontemporary art,” according to ArtIdaho Magazine.

After graduating from UI in 1974,Severn moved to the Wood River Valley,securing a job at the Sun Valley Centerfor the Arts founded by art patrons Billand Glenn Janss.

It wasn’t long before the young artist,who once studied with famedphotographer Ansel Adams, struck outon her own. “My parents (Shirley KnoxSevern ’48 and Russell Severn ’46) alwaystold me, ‘Your business will not have asmuch a chance for success if you don’town the property. You need to fullyinvest in the community to succeed.’”

Heeding their words, Severn openedher own gallery — bearing the familyname. After more than 25 years, it isholding its own among the whirl of 14other galleries in Ketchum. In recentyears, she has hosted several UI events atthe gallery and works with faculty and

Don Atkinson Peter Becker Chris Williams

By Leslie Einhaus

SUN VALLEY PHOTO BY STEVE PLATZER COURTESY SUN VALLEY/KETCHUM CHAMBER AND VISITORS BUREAU

The Wood River Valley beckons poets and painters;architects and anglers; snowmobile enthusiasts andbusiness folks; socialites as well as skiers.

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staff on projects in the area.As a “people person,” she enjoys the

role of managing an exhibit space ratherthan being a full-time artist stuck in astudio — only the muse to keep hercompany.

“I feel so blessed to have landedhere.”

Recalling her semester exchange atthe University of Hawaii to study glassblowing, the Nampa native says, “Iwanted to experience the world —something broader than Idaho.”

She continues to do that — even now— as a gallery owner bringing the worldto Idaho in the frame of artistic vision.

After high school, Don AtkinsonDon AtkinsonDon AtkinsonDon AtkinsonDon Atkinson wasdetermined to attend the U.S. NavalAcademy in Maryland. To get a jump-start on his studies, he enrolled at IdahoState University. It was a big mistake, hesays. “On the weekends, everyone wasgone.”

His father then suggested attendingUI. After some reluctance, he agreed. “Iremember my dad taking me to the frontdoor of the SAE house and asking thebrothers, ‘He’s part of a legacy. Wouldyou have him?’”

Plans for attending the naval academydissolved — rapidly. Don was meant towear silver and gold. “Attending UI wasthe greatest thing that ever happened tome,” he says.

His degree in accounting served himwell in the family’s supermarket business.Two of the main grocery stores inKetchum are owned by UI alumni. Thethird is the staple Albertson’s, foundedby Joe (J.A.) Albertson, a mentor ofInterim President Gary Michael, whoserved as chair and C.E.O. ofAlbertson’s, Inc.

Don has retired now, and the chain ofsupermarkets has been passed downsuccessfully to the next generation. Don’ssons Chip and Whit own and managethe markets in Ketchum, Hailey andBellevue.

During his childhood, Don lived inPicabo, a tiny community about a half-hour drive east of Sun Valley.

He recalls a vivid memory of huntingjackrabbits with his Dad, the Purdys andErnest Hemingway in the rural domainof Picabo. With an abundance ofjackrabbits in the area, the hunters suitedup and took to the field. “There weremillions of jackrabbits out there —literally,” Atkinson says.

“It’s about persistence.

I’ve stuck with it and made

it work. And I know that

anything I accomplish

is because of what

I learned at UI.”

Many would be jealous of these UIalumni — traversing the countryside withone of world’s most talented writers whohad a way of always hitting the mark withaccuracy and perfection — no matter thetool or trade.

Nick Purdy’sNick Purdy’sNick Purdy’sNick Purdy’sNick Purdy’s life as a farmer, rancherand entrepreneur is far from average; it’sfirst rate. His contributions to rural

Idaho are immense and varied — variedas the landscape one views traveling fromsouthern Idaho to the tip of thepanhandle.

When the PC buzz first hit in the’80s, Purdy helped equip farmers withcomputers. He managed thedevelopment of a Sun Valley subdivision,owns a ranch supply business, raisedbarley for Budweiser and designed a dustcontrol sprinkler system for feedlotsacross the country.

Purdy ’62 has started more than 20businesses with each garnering a fairshare of success. “It’s about persistence,”he says. “I’ve stuck with it and made itwork. And I know that anything Iaccomplish is because of what I learnedat UI.”

When Purdy arrived at UI, he wasready for some gridiron action. “Ithought I was this hot-shot footballplayer,” he grins. “It lasted about aweek.”

Purdy is the quintessential Westerner— blue jeans, button-down shirt, cowboyboots. He’s a man of the land — energeticand full of ingenuity.

The energy and fortitudinous natureof his character came from his father,who earned an honorary degree from UIin 1978. Bud Purdy, in his mid-80s, ridesa horse every day, working alongside hisson, Nick, on the ranch.

“The ranch is the anchor ofeverything,” Nick says.

Purdy owns 4,000 acres of deededland and leases 2,000 acres along with25,000 acres of Bureau of LandManagement and state lands.

The family’s land has been thebackdrop for a series of Marlboroadvertisements featuring the rugged

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The steppe and sagebrush country ofsouthern Idaho suited ErnestHemingway’s well-known writing

style — sparse and succinct. Shaded with itspowder tones, the landscape exudesfreedom, comfort and a sense ofinspiration. It is this place that sustainedone of the world’s best writers through hisfinal years of life.

To some UI alums, Hemingway was ahunting partner; others a family legend andone man’s ultimate hero.

Hemingway came to the Wood RiverValley for the first time in 1939. In room206 of the Sun Valley Lodge, he pennedportions of “For Whom the Bell Tolls.”

Two of Hemingway’s good friends wereBud PurdyBud PurdyBud PurdyBud PurdyBud Purdy and the late Chuck AtkinsonChuck AtkinsonChuck AtkinsonChuck AtkinsonChuck Atkinson’41’41’41’41’41. Both were pallbearers at the writer’sfuneral.

Bud received a Spanish shotgun from“Ernie,” who often accompanied the menon bird hunting expeditions near Picabo.Chuck’s son, Don, tells stories about hisDad and Hemingway, and how the kids –Don included – did “all the dirty work –retrieving the birds from the field.”

Skip ’53Skip ’53Skip ’53Skip ’53Skip ’53 and Bee PierceBee PierceBee PierceBee PierceBee Pierce have attendedmany parties at the Hemingway house inKetchum. Bee’s sister, Puck, marriedHemingway’s oldest son, Jack. “Mary alwayshad birthday parties for Ernest even after hepassed away. She invited friends and familyto stop by and celebrate with her,” Bee says.“Skip and I got acquainted with the familyat those gatherings.”

Erv Johnson ’53 of BoiseErv Johnson ’53 of BoiseErv Johnson ’53 of BoiseErv Johnson ’53 of BoiseErv Johnson ’53 of Boise resembles thefamous writer – so much so he decided tostar in a traveling road show documentingHemingway’s life. “Even when I don’t havethe props, people say I resemble E.Hemingway.”

In 2002, Johnson presented UI Presswith a collection of books and magazines byand about his alter-ego, a donation for theHemingway Review, published by theuniversity press.

From 8 to 5, Marty Peterson ’68Marty Peterson ’68Marty Peterson ’68Marty Peterson ’68Marty Peterson ’68 headsup governmental affairs at UI Boise andmoonlights as a Hemingway scholar.

Peterson currently is working as co-chairof the Idaho Hemingway HouseFoundation, established to restore andoperate the writer’s home in Ketchum.Peterson also was instrumental in bringingthe International Hemingway Conferenceto the Wood River Valley in 1996.

Peterson’s favorite piece of Hemingway’swriting is the short story “Big Two- HeartedRiver” that he re-reads at least once a year.Peterson recalls being approached by a manwith an armful of the author’s memorabilia,including Hemingway’s short stories thatincluded “Big Two-Hearted River.” Flippingthrough the story, Peterson spotted marginnotes by Hemingway that read: “This is thebest thing I ever wrote.”

Recalling the moment, he laughs, “Boy,do I have good taste.”

Idaho is a place of inspiration forliterary elites. Peterson notes, “It could besaid that the modernist movement ofliterature was born in Hailey with the birthof Ezra Pound and died in Ketchum whenErnest Hemingway took his last breath.”

Idahoans never forget a friend.Hemingway’s memorial contains the

words that he wrote for an Idaho friend’seulogy in 1939:

“Best of all he loved the fall/The leavesyellow on the cottonwoods/Leaves floatingon the trout streams /And above the hills/The high blue windless sky/Now he will bea part of them forever.”

Hemingway’s Last Home – UI alumniembrace a legend

Gary Cooper, Bud Purdy, Ernest Hemingway, Mrs. and Mr. John Powell, Ruth Purdy and Rudy Etchen.

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cowboy on the range. The land was firstestablished in 1883 by Nick’s greatgrandfather.

“I have been in many places in theUnited States,” Nick notes. “I haven’tfound a nicer place to live than Picabo.”

A fellow resident of Picabo, MichelleMichelleMichelleMichelleMichelleFrostenson ’95 Frostenson ’95 Frostenson ’95 Frostenson ’95 Frostenson ’95 commutes to Sun Valleyeach day to the Chamber of Commercewhere she’s the finance manager. In heroffice, she proudly displays a photographof the university campus. “I want each ofmy three children to attend UI.”

Frostenson spent more than a decadein Moscow. At the time, she was a singlemom, and tackling a degree wasn’t easy.

“But if you put the effort forward, italways pays off,” she says.

Frostenson plans to put that sameattitude to work on Bald Mountain thiswinter as she learns to downhill ski.“Wintertime is so beautiful in the WoodRiver Valley. It’s truly a winterwonderland. There’s no other way todescribe it.”

On Christmas Eve, the WilliamsMarket is festive and full of customerspicking up last minute items — wine andhors d’oeuvres — before celebrating theholiday season with family and friends atthe ski lodge and on the slopes.

“It’s hopping mad here on theholidays,” Williams says. “There’s a buzzin the community. It’s a good feeling.”

There’s a buzz a-brew during thesummer months, too. Sun Valley boasts16 hours of daylight in the heart ofsummer. It’s bright and ambitious — likethe UI alumni who live here day-to-day inthe resort town that attracts Hollywood’shottest and Idaho’s finest. In this area ofIdaho, Mountain Time is more than atime zone; it’s a state of mind.

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Gym rat. Gentlegiant. Class clown.

To those who know the other side ofLeonard Perry, those are the words thatcome to mind when describing UI’sthird-year basketball coach. Words thatare far from the foot-stomping,glowering, prowling countenance Vandalfans see courtside at the CowanSpectrum.

“I still call him ‘Little Leonard,’ ” sayshis mother, Stephanie Perry from herDallas, Texas, home.

‘Little Leonard’ stories abound fromPerry’s childhood days, days spentsplitting time between his mom’s housein Dallas and his dad’s in Chicago —between Dallas’ football state of mindand Chicago’s basketball mania.

“We’d take and drop him off at theBoys Club or the YMCA,” says Leonardsenior, “and he’d be there from daylight‘til dark. He was a gym rat.”

Perry’s early days, though, were spenton football fields rather than basketballcourts. His Texas uncles were insistenton telling the younger Perry thatbasketball was a “sissy sport.” Eventually,Leonard Sr.’s passion for basketball tookhold. Leonard Jr. began to spend moreand more time on the hardcourt. Oncehe turned his attention to basketball, itbecame a passion – possibly fueled by thedesire to someday get the best of his dadin one of their countless games of one-on-one.

Although it has been some 20 years,Leonard Sr. remembers vividly the day hefirst lost to Leonard Jr.

“When he beat me, he threw the ballup in the air. ‘I gottcha Dad. I gottcha,’ ”says Leonard Sr. “The kid was so happy.”

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Today, Perry’s basketball intensitydissipates when he is off the court. Theother Perry emerges. The one his wife,Christina, says is called the “GentleGiant” by neighborhood children; thehousehold comic; the persona that drewher in when both were UIundergraduates.

“I thought he was goofy,” ChristinaPerry said as she recalled her firstmemories of her husband and hisnonchalance about being chronicallytardy for class. Nevertheless, there wassomething about him.

His first call to her was to ask her ifshe would watch as the Vandals played atWashington State. She couldn’t rally anyof her friends for the drive to Pullman,so she didn’t go either.

“He was very disappointed I didn’t goand watch,” she said. “That’s how he wasgoing to impress me.”

His chance came a little later, and theelectricity of their first date remains.

“He was charming,” Christina recalls.“We’ve been together ever since.”

He knows the hard-scrabblelife of growing up in theprojects; watching his

mother struggle to make hisand his sister’s world the

best she could.

While his social life flourished, andhis basketball skills helped push theVandals into the upper echelon of theBig Sky Conference, academics suffered.Mightily. He admits to skipping virtuallyall of his classes his last semester. Hewouldn’t graduate that spring — or for afew springs to come.

His college playing days were over,and without a degree Perry spent thenext few years working at a local videostore. Granted, he advanced to managerbut — despite his love of movies — hisheart wasn’t in it. He wanted to coach; tobe a part of the game again. For that tohappen, he needed his degree. For thatto happen, he needed some forgivenessfrom teachers and mentors at UI. EnterDene Thomas, then UI vice provost andnow president of Lewis-Clark StateCollege.

With Thomas’ assistance, a new Perryemerged in the classroom. He was ontime. He sat in the front of the room. Heasked questions. He graduated.

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Perry knows of what he speaks as hetries to instill among his players the valueof an education. And he doesn’t acceptexcuses — not for missing class orpractice, or having the attitude that lifeowes you.

In short, when he returned to theUniversity of Idaho in the spring of2001, his attitude was that of 32-year-oldhead coach.

“The message that I try to send is,‘Don’t be afraid of your intelligence,’ ”Perry says. “I fought it for a long timebecause it just wasn’t the cool thing todo. It wasn’t cool to be in school andmake straight As.

“That was probably the dumbest thingI’ve ever done. To be able to use yourintelligence in an academic setting is atremendous gift to have. You can changethe world with it.”

That’s what Perry did.He knows the hard-scrabble life of

growing up in the projects; watching hismother struggle to make his and hissister’s world the best she could.

“There were long stretches where wedidn’t have much at all,” Perry said. “Welived in some really tough neighborhoods,but my mother always provided for us.We may have had soup for Thanksgiving,but it was really good soup.

“We had what we had, and it wasgreat. I don’t look back on it and say,‘Boy, this was messed up.’ I had a greatchildhood.”

“To be able to use yourintelligence in an academicsetting is a tremendous giftto have. You can change theworld with it.”

That attitude has carried through tohis everyday life now. It is evident in theway he relishes life and in the gusto ofhis robust laugh that rolls down theKibbie Dome halls when someone orsomething strikes him as amusing.

“There is so much laughing to bedone,” Perry says. “If you can laughreally, really hard every day, at least once,it will make you feel so much better. It isthe best medicine.”

Sports always have been a big part ofPerry’s life. He remembers his motherclamoring down the sideline with hertrademark cowbell as Perry would scoretouchdown after touchdown for his PopWarner football team. He remembers

growing up the darling of the family. Heremembers air-balling the opportunity ofa lifetime when he failed to keep up withhis classwork and didn’t graduate fromUI.

“When I had children and I wasbroke, it dawned on me the direction I’mheading is leading to tragedy — it’s goingto be a bad, bad Shakespeare play if Idon’t turn it around,” he said.

Back to the UI campus he went,intent on finding a way to complete hisdegree. He did — with honors.

“I’ve always known if I put my mindto something, I could do it,” he said.“Sometimes it’s just a matter of having

your back to the wall a little bit.”No longer is that the case. Prior to his

being hired at UI in the spring of 2001,he was listed as one of the five up-and-coming coaches in the nation by SportsIllustrated. He is intent on returning theVandals to their glory days. He does itwith vast hours of preparation, relentlesspractices, a willingness to learn the verybest approaches to the game and apassion and enthusiasm about teachingthat would make his UI professorsproud. They might be amazed when hesays teaching is what, for him, givescoaching life.

Every year, he has his players answer

Leonard Perry basketball intensity shows on and off the court. Some fans spend more time watching Perrythan the game.

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Enjoy watching the nation’s finest golfers in thecompany of your friends from the University ofIdaho. This is our third annual Phoenix Opengathering ; they prove to be a great time forVandals. Enjoy a gathering and luncheon with UIalumni and friends, and then watch PGA golf.

Scottsdale TPC Golf Course, adjacent to thePrincess Resort. All day spectator pass isavailable for advance purchase.

For additional information and specifics:Hugh Cooke, UI Alumni Office, (208) 885-5106or hcooke@uidaho.edu.

Leonard Perry• Born: June 14, 1968

• Wife: Christina

• Children: Leonard III, CametriDeon, Keisha Ann, Kayla Corrine,Justin Leonard

• 1994 - UI graduate, B.S. (GeneralStudies, English emphasis)

• 1982-86 Kimball High School(Dallas, Texas)

• 1986-89 McLennan CommunityCollege (Waco, Texas)

• 1989-91 UI point guard, 1990 BigSky champion, NCAA tournamentteam

• 1991-93 UI student assistant

• 1993-94 UI administrative assistant

• 1994-98 Utah State Universityassistant coach

• 1998-2000 Iowa State Universityassociate head coach

• March 20, 2001 hired as UI headcoach

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questions that give glimpses into whothey are. One is, ‘What is yourfavorite thing about Coach Perry?’ ”

Rephrase it and turn it to him:What is your favorite thing aboutyour team?

“They allow me to teach, which iswhat I love doing,” he said.“Teaching is like medicine: It doesn’ttaste good all the time … but boy is itgood for you.

“The opportunity to teach. I reallyappreciate that from them.”

Football Jolt — Holt returns ashead football coach

Nick Holt may be just the guy to put awinning jolt into Vandal football. Hecertainly has the credentials — in the lastsix years, he’s been to six bowl games as adefensive coach with USC andLouisville.

Holt was selected head coach forVandal football in December, while heand the USC Trojans were preparing fora Rose Bowl appearance and possiblenational championship. But theopportunity to become a head coach waseven more important to Holt.

“This is a great opportunity,” Holtsaid. “This is what I’ve been working forfor 17 years. You get in this professionand you say, ‘Someday I’m going to runmy own program and be my own guy andhave my own philosophy.’ I’m excitedabout the opportunity.”

It’s a homecoming for Holt and hisfamily. He coached at UI from 1990-97under John L. Smith and Chris Tormey.

Vandal Volleyball ScoresNCAA Tournament Invitation

Idaho volleyball turned an end-of-season winning streakinto post-season recognition. The Vandals won 12 of theirlast 14 matches to post a 19-11 record. They wererewarded with an invitation to the NCAA VolleyballTournament — their first post-season activity since 1995.

Idaho was matched against Hawaii, the number two-ranked team in the country in the first round of NCAAaction and lost in three games.

The Vandals were led all season by middle blockersAnna-Marie Hammond and Sarah Meek. Both werenamed to the Big West All-Conference First Team whilesetter Mandy Becker earned honorable mention honors.

His wife, Julie, was UI women’sbasketball coach for four years.

Memories of those days were a bigdraw for Holt.

“It’s a great town,” he said, “but it’sthe people. It’s the tradition. It’s theVandal family. It’s a really special place.People don’t realize that until they comehere and they stay a few years. It growson you.”

Silver and Gold Dayat the 2004 PGA

Phoenix OpenFriday, January 30, 2004

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