Jeff Brown celebrated 25 years with Walmart Corporation in April, 2015.  He is enjoying his partial retirement living on Mirror Lake in Lake Delton WI. Jeff also recently celebrated publishing “Two On A Leash”, a short story about his blind dog and the dog’s glasses.  It is available through Amazon and Kindle.

Bill Hertel reports that he has published a second original Christmas carol through Northwestern Publishing House, Milwaukee, WI. There Was a Babe Born in Bethlehem is written for unison children’s choir and includes an optional part for flute. It is available in a downloadable format from http://nph.net and includes an accompaniment MIDI and MP3 file. His first two-part composition, He Came Down from Heaven, was also published in a downloadable format by NPH in 2013. Bill continues to teach privately and plays piano and organ for church services. He also arranges keyboard and harp duets for himself and his wife Janet (Hudson ’69) to play together during Christmas Eve worship services. Bill and Janet reside in Dixon IL.

Operatic Bass-baritone, WILLIAM POWERS ’64  will again take on the role of
“King Philip” in Verdi’s masterwork DON CARLO for the Wichita Grand Opera.
Performances on September 25th and 27th with an international cast.

Since winning the Metropolitan Opera Auditions in 1970, Bass-baritone William Powers, a student of the legendary George London, has been hailed by both audiences and critics for his riveting performances of the four villains of The Tales of Hoffman, Mephistopheles (Faust), Iago (Otello), Blitch (Susanna), the title role in Boris Godunov, and over 100 roles with the Opera Companies of New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Paris, Bilbao, and Vienna, and dozens more worldwide. After great performances as Baron Scarpia (Tosca) and the title role of Don Pasquale, Mr. Powers returns to the WGO as King Philip in Don Carlo. Mr. Powers’ career has included world premieres of Penderecki’s Paradise Lost for Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Harbison’s The Great Gatsby for the Metropolitan Opera, among others.

THANK YOU to all of our fiscal year 2015 donors! Illinois Wesleyan University‘s alumni participation rate has increased for the third year in a row thanks to the generosity of donors like you! Your support helps to ensure IWU is stronger and more affordable for current and future generations of Titans. You’ve done well, and you’ve done good! Go Titans!

An exhibit of prints by Dorothea Bilder ’62 is on display at

the DeKalb Area Women’s Center Galleries through Sept. 27.

Marilyn Nickerson Huster and Julie Oehlsen Kendrick, both members of Alpha Gamma Delta and IWU class of 1964, recently explored Iceland and Greenland. Six months later, they spent three weeks in the Antarctic.

Earlier in the year James was invited to Roanoke, Virginia, to give a lecture on Kenya to the Roanoke Sister Cities Association, and the next day he gave a lecture on African Art at the Community High School, an all arts high school.

Bill Patterson’s trip to Florida in 2014.

Bill saw fellow alumni Bob Rojakovic ’66, Sandi Hineman Rojakovick ’67,

and Dave and Ellen Petrick from ’67.

Actor Richard Jenkins ’69 nominated for an Emmy!

Congratulations Dick Jenkins! Jenkins is nominated for an Emmy for lead actor in a limited series for his role in HBO’s Olive Kitteridge. Dick once again is being recognized for his talent as an actor. I don’t know about other IWU grads, but I never miss an opportunity to watch Dick perform! Please access this link for more information Jenkins nominated.