North Central College President Troy Hammond recognized John Thorne ’69 with the Harold and Eva White First Citizen of the College Award at the 2014 Commencement ceremony.
The Harold and Eva White First Citizen of the College Award honors a North Central faculty, staff or student who exemplifies the best of North Central College. Thorne has served as head football coach since 2002 and is North Central’s all-time leader in football coaching victories and winning percentage with a 110-28 overall and 70-14 conference record, and has tied the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin record of consecutive conference football championships with eight.
Hammond said, “[John] leads…he inspires…he encourages…he builds loyalty and character, and encourages Christian service. He sets priorities that place academic achievement and life success above athletic success. And every fall, he shapes a collection of young men of all abilities and backgrounds into a continuing success story.”
Congratulations, John.
For more information please access this link: http://northcentralcollege.edu/news/distinguished-members-north-central-community-are-honored-commencement
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IWU has a relatively new academic tradition that has been very powerful for students! It is known as the Summer Reading Program. This year’s book is titled The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse. Your job is easy! Find a copy of The Madonnas of Echo Park. Read it. Share it with your friends. Save Wednesday September 3 at 11 am for the President’s Convocation at Westbrook Auditorium in Presser Hall. The author Brando Skyhorse is coming to discuss the book. Join everyone at IWU for the “Summer Reading Program”.
Sharon and Richard Jenkins, both 1969 graduates, received the Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts! Please refer to this link for full information.
July 31 is the last opportunity for this fiscal year’s contribution. Please do not let private advanced educational opportunities disappear for future graduates and those who will be the ranks of the Titans in years to come. Our ongoing support is the only means to realize those dreams at the levels we enjoyed in the past. Do it today!
Frank W.
’63
IWU’s fiscal year ends TODAY – July 31 – Thank you if you’ve already made your annual gift!
Now help us find the 47 additional alumni donors we need to reach our participation goal by today. Organizations view alumni participation as the metric that measures alumni satisfaction. It affects IWU’s ranking, bond rating, and ability to earn grants, so make your gift today at iwu.edu/give to keep IWU strong! Every donor counts!
The Illinois Wesleyan fiscal year is ending quickly on July 31. Have you renewed your support yet this year? *
It’s not too late to be added to the list!
We still need 163 alumni to step forward before July 31 to increase alumni participation 1% over last year.
*Check by visiting http://www.iwu.edu/annualreport/.
The first interest I turned to the year I retired was the bookshelf that held my stash of sports books compiled over four decades of inattention. The plan was to start with the most recent editions and read through dozens of volumes back to 1955. That process of selection meant the GLOVE STORIES (2002) would be the first to read.
Following our 2013 Fiftieth Reunion at IWU, I pulled it off the shelf again. Likewise, I reread his columns from The SPORTING NEWS magazine which were salvaged from the recycle bin. Throughout his 32 year career, Dave,a former Titan second baseman, wrote award winning material about some of the most celebrated sports personalities and events of the 20th Century. In addition to being named a National Sportswriter Of The Year he has received dozens of journalism honors from nationally recognized sources.
But his most gifted writing talent is always just sharing the purest and simplest love of sport as experienced by the common ordinary fan found in what my wife describes as “the fifty cents seats.” Years from now GLOVE STORIES will be one of the half-dozen of my sporting books one will find on my son’s bookshelf. His work will surely inspire young players, fans and writers of future generations.
Frank Wanto ’63
Ravello Records is about to announce the release of ‘The Real Beeler’ in October, 2014. This is the second complete orchestral CD recorded under the auspices of Parma Recordings pf music composed by C. Alan Beeler [B.Mus, 1961, Illinois Wesleyan University; M.A. & Ph. D., 1973, Washington University, St Louis]
Professor Beeler retired in 2007 after 37 years of teaching music theory and composition at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. Having amassed a large body of musical compositions in all media, Dr. Beeler has spent his retirement working on preserving as much of it as possible through professional recordings of the best quality. He is now working on a collection of chamber music, some of which is already available on Navona label collections of various composers.
Anyone interested in exploring his works can get them at alanbeeler.com. His e-mail address is alan.beeler@eku.edu
Dwayne in the 2014 IHSA Magazine issue
Dwayne has been named an honorary referee by the Illinois High School Association! Here’s a passage from a recent IHSA article:
Dwayne Foote began his track & field career at Libertyville High School in 1954, running varsity hurdles and on the 4×400 relay team for three years. He broke into coaching in 1967 as an assistant coach at North Chicago, where he ascended to the head coaching role in 1970. He remained at North Chicago until 1983, and during the course of his career coached 10 state champions and eight high school All-Americans, culminating in a third-place team finish at the IHSA Boys State Meet in 1982. In addition, the Illinois Track & Field Times publication named Dwayne the state’s Hurdle Coach of the Year in 1977.
Dwayne was first licensed as an IHSA Track & Field official in 1984 and remains active today on the high school scene and beyond. He has served as the assistant starter at the Pepsi International Meet and was also the Head Umpire at the Keebler International Prep Track & Field Invitational held in Chicago in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He has been assigned to work two NCAA Indoor National Championships meets thus far in his career.
Dwayne has been an integral part of the IHSA State Final crew for 31 years, including 27 years as a timer and four as an umpire, the position he will be working again.
Dwayne Foote
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Libertyville, IL 60048
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