I flew back from Denver to watch the CCIW tournament. Pictured are Don Davidson and Steve Laub along with me from the class of ’67. Sheldon Thompson ’71 and Tom Gramkow ’70. Second picture is of Jack Sikma and me at T-Wolves vs. Nuggets game on March 3rd, 2014.
Greetings Classmates! So, what do you think of the new online Class of 1961 Newsletter? Are you as impressed as I am? I love the fact that we now have so many different ways to stay in touch with our alma mater. We of course have the Class of 1961 Newsletter, but we also have the IWU Magazine, the regular Campus Newsletter, the IWU Facebook site, and other social media such as Twitter, Instagram, Google+ and many others. The only problem with all of this progress is that, in my view, there is no longer a need for a Class of 1961 Newsletter Editor, a position which I have held since longer than my memory allows. I say this because the office that publishes the online newsletter to Titan Pride is obviously in close proximity to, and in direct contact with what’s happening at IWU. In addition, it has been well over a year since I received any updates from alumni. These are appropriately going directly to the IWU Alumni Office. Take a look on Titan Pride and you’ll see that the last newsletter published is quite outdated (I hope the Alumni Office removes it as it’s a bit embarrassing for it to be that old and still be there). It’s not that I’m simply riding off into the sunset. I will occasionally be contributing my own personal updates to our online Newsletter and I hope all of you will do the same. Meanwhile, I will have plenty to do with my very busy clinical practice in psychology and my position as an adjunct professor of human development and psychology for the State University of New York. So, here’s wishing all of my fellow classmates a great 2014; perhaps we’ll run into each other at this year’s Homecoming in the fall. Peace out… David Steindorf Class of 1961 Newsletter Editor Emeritus
Karen passed away on November 24, 2011. She will be missed by many.
Here is a wonderful blog commemorating her life
Our deepest sympathies
July 25th, 1928 — March 31st, 2012
Beverly (Burroughs) English, 83, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away March 31, 2012 at home from natural causes. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4, at Charter Funerals, 10250 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Merriam, with remarks by the family beginning at noon. Memorial contributions may be made to Wayside Waifs, 3901 Martha Truman Road, Kansas City, MO 64137. Mrs. English was born on July 25, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, June. She is survived by her husband, Tom of 42+ years; her sons: Paul, Steve, and Tommy Sommers; her daughter, Mary Alice English; and her two half brothers, Phillip and Donald Johnston. Following the visitation, an open house will be held at 704 E. 90th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Our deepest sympathies
THANK YOU for continuing to make Illinois Wesleyan one of your giving priorities. It is YOUR support that makes IWU a truly transformative place for young people.
Tom Burmeister and Ed Clemmings along with John Horton ’81 were three former General Electric executives and IWU alumni who spoke to IWU students during the 2013 IWU Homecoming Celebration and the 90th anniversary of IWU’s Business Administration Department. Clemmings and Horton shared insights with students on corporate life and its demands to be adaptable to change.
from left are Tom Burmeister ’66, Jon Horton ’81 and Ed Clemmings ’66
Had a great year in Raleigh plus trips to Nashville and Iceland. Looking forward to the class’s 50th reunion.
No special news, but am loving retirement! I live in Springfield, Il, and was just thinking about all the fun we had on third floor Pfieffer Hall in 1964-65! Would love to reconnect with some of the girls! Remember Flying Rugs? Remember dumping wastebaskets full of water on those studious second floor girls and then cleaning it all up? Jane W., Sally, Mary Lou , Coral, Joan, Arlyene., Becky Sampson, and…many more whose names my pea brain won’t allow me to remember! Arlyene Huston (Ballard ) Janice Young, Mike Hynbaugh, Marty Spaulding and I have have gotten together about four times in the past few yrs. Sorry there’s no great accomplishments to report!
– Sue
Click the photo to see what exciting memorabilia Meg Miner – University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian – has requested.
Stuart and Linda (Gitzendanner) recently contacted the Alumni Office and wanted to share a blast from the past!
Stuart says, “Attached is a picture of the Homecoming “Chariot Race” for the 1964 IWU Homecoming festivities. This picture came from the IWU archives and happened to be taken at the first turn of the chariot race just as the Theta Chi chariot wheel fell off “due to suspicious sabotage by competing fraternities”.
The people in the picture are two Theta Chi “pledges” – Rick King (67 – a very loyal IWU alum) and Dean Wait (68) with the rider of the chariot Linda Gitzendanner Hines (AOPi – 68).
Linda Gitzendanner Hines (68 – AOPi) and I (Stuart Hines – 67 – Theta Chi) will be celebrating our 45th anniversary in September of 2014. IWU is where ‘we met and fell in love’. “