Marriages
Ryan Schreckenghaust ’01 to
Rebekah Sullins ’02, July 27, 2002.
Sarah “Kate” Marek ’01
to Jared Adams, October 18, 2002.
Emily Webber ’99 to Jay Salisbury,March
7, 2003.
Susan Kuntz ’93 to Brian Higgins,April
5, 2003.
Steve Elley ’00 to Jenice Lewis ’96,May
17, 2003.
Tom Musgrave ’86 to Lisa Beason ’90,
May 17, 2003.
Mary Catherine Kelsey ’97 to
Douglas M.Newman,May 31, 2003.
Tiffany Lemons ’02 to Jeffery Mason,
May 31, 2003.
Shannon Cate ’92 to C. L. Cole, June
21, 2003.
Pamela G. Hughes ’89 to
Timothy L. Benton, June 21, 2003.
Jananne Froman ’01 to Jeremy Fiebig
’03, June 28, 2003.
Dan Stevenson ’01 to Jennifer Humburg
’01, July 4, 2003.
Michelle Jordan ’91 to Bryan Schaefer,
July 5, 2003.
Rebecca Rosenberger ’97 to Dan Wagner,
July 12, 2003.
Births/Adoptions
Newborn children of alumni receive a cardinal
beanie toy from the college when the birth/adoption
is reported to the alumni office.
Call in your announcement to 816/781-7700,
ext. 5366, or email honj@william.jewell.edu.
To Cullen Sloan ’96 and Lisa Sloan,
daughter Whitney Elizabeth, April 6, 2000.
To Colleen LaMar Gertz ’95 and Matthew
Gertz, daughter Michaelah Joy, March 19,
2001.
To Brenda Reynolds Decker ’89 and
Karl Decker, daughter Casey Lynn, May 6,
2002.
To Brady Vestal ’96 and Melissa Vestal,
son
Jackson Brady, June 26, 2002.
To Jennifer Dellario Whitmer ’98 and
Michael Whitmer, son Charles Anthony
Dellario Whitmer, October 11, 2002.
To Martha Jordan Meinershagen ’93
and
Adam Meinershagen, son Thomas John,
October 27, 2002.
To Deborah Ward Smith ’89 and Steven
Smith,
daughter Laura Felicity,November 25, 2002.
To Cullen Sloan ’96 and Lisa Sloan,
daughter Olivia Grace, December 2, 2002.
To Sheri Twigg Holden ’89 and USMC
Lt.
Col.Thomas Holden, son Thomas McIntyre,
December 11, 2002.
To Kimberly Mershon Park ’96 and Todd
Park,
daughter Kenzie Ann, December 25, 2002.
To Amon Wooldridge ’98 and Kristin
Kay Wooldridge ’98, son Ian Mason,
December 25, 2002.
To Charles Cornelius ’89 and Dawn
Cornelius, son Charles Samuel “Sammy,”
February 20, 2003.
To Matthew Hazlett ’96 and Melissa
Crawford Hazlett ’97, daughter Gwendolyn
Rose, February 28, 2003.
To Sherri Jackson Demarea ’90 and
Peter Demarea, son Matthew James, March
1, 2003.
To Umeme Battle ’97 and Julie, daughter
Nadia Christine,April 5, 2003.
To Jeffrey Jennings ’93 and Michelle
Barnes Jennings ’92, son Samuel Gregory,
April 11, 2003.
To Donna Vidovich Smith ’94 and Tim
Smith, son Luke Anthony,April 11, 2003.
To Andrew Rieger ’93 and Beth Larson
Rieger ’94, son Samuel Edward,April
19, 2003.
To Marva Dixon Kuribayashi ’88 and
Yutaka Kuribayashi, daughter Mika Jade,May
7, 2003.
To Tracey Bruce Morton ’96 and Jason
Morton, son Nathaniel Robert, May 20, 2003.
To Colleen LaMar Gertz ’95 and Matthew
Gertz, son Nathaniel Thomas, May 29, 2003.
To Randy Oliver ’97 and Rebecca Smith
Oliver ’96, daughter Payton Raeann,
June 5, 2003.
To Tabita Talpes Santos ’02 and Retze
Santos, daughter Sandra Isabella, June 15,
2003.
To Sean Scarbrough ’92 and Elizabeth
“Liz” Lehr Scarbrough ’93,
daughter Katherine Elizabeth, June 29, 2003.
To Rebecca Moberly ’93 and Dan Trent,
daughter Megan Moberly Trent, August 11,
2003.
To Kelly Hayes Laschinski ’90 and
Jeff Laschinski, son Jack Benjamin,August
15, 2003.
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The Alumni Office is updating its records.
If you have an e-mail address and would
like to receive periodic Jewell updates,
please send your e-mail address to honj@william.jewell.edu.
In Memoriam Alumni
An inscribed volume, honoring the memory
of these individual alumni and friends,
has been placed in the college library.
Rosemary Meador Gash ’23, September
8, 1998, of Palm City, Fla.
Virginia D. Rice ’28, July 7, 2003,
of Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Ramona Tripp Livingston ’34, July
25, 2003, of Veazie,Maine.
Robert D.Turpin, Jr. ’37, May 29,
2003, of Sun City,Ariz.
Evelyn Burnley White ’37, May 25,
2003, of Clifton Park, New York.
Clayton K. Harrop ’49, January 10,
2003, of Mill Valley, Calif.
W. Carl Driggers ’51, April 7, 2003,
of Hutchinson, Kan.
Marvin H. Foster ’52, June 10, 2003,
of Smithville,Mo.
Marion C. Lester ’55, July 31, 2003,
of Ozark, Mo.
Richard Brandom ’58, June 11, 2003,
of Sikeston, Mo.
Harold Maddera ’59, May 7, 2003, of
Lakewood, Colo.
Ruth S. Matthews ’68, March 10, 2002,
of Macon, Ga.
Jonathan Paul ’74, January 22, 2003,
of Marietta, Ga.
Janet Greason Spears ’83, July 13,
2003, of Kearney, Mo.
Carol Happel ’87, June 10, 2003, of
Palmyra,Mo.
In Memoriam Friends
Ruth Matthews,February 1, 2001, of Macon,
Ga.
Greg Moore, November 26, 2002,
of Kansas City,Mo.
Reunions
It’s never too early to begin planning
to attend alumni reunions on the Hill.As
reported in the summer special edition of
Notes from the Hill,even last spring’s
severe tornado damage couldn’t dampen
the enthusiasm of members of the classes
of 1933,1943 and 1953,who enjoyed special
reunion events during Alumni Weekend last
spring.
The classes of 1934,1944 and 1954 will
enjoy similar events this year. Mark the
dates May 7 and 8,2004, on your calendar
today, and watch for additional details
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We want to hear from you! Please send your alumni
class notes to the Office of Alumni Relations,William
Jewell College, 500 College Hill, Box 1003, Liberty,
MO 64068.
1940s
Earl Wayne Minor ’40 is
celebrating his sixtyfourth year of ordination.
His family has established the Earl Wayne Minor
Memorial Scholarship at Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville,Ky. This scholarship will
be awarded to students pursuing a career in the
Chaplaincy of the United States Armed Forces.
1950s
John Riley ’50 has been
asked to come out of retirement as an Episcopal
priest to join the staff of St. John’s Cathedral
in Jacksonville, Fla. In essence, he will provide
a chaplaincy to some 700 senior citizens and to
some 60 patients in a convalescent center owned
by the Cathedral. Juarenne Moore Hester ’55
was named “Liberty’s 2003 Civic Leader
of the Year” at the West Gate Division of
the Missouri Municipal League banquet. She is
the Third Ward Councilwoman for the city of Liberty.
Juarenne is vice president of the Corbin Theatre
Company, a non-profit organization formed to bring
theater to Liberty Square; a Clay County Museum
and Historical Society board member; and a Liberty
Hospital Foundation honorary trustee.
Gerald Phillips ’58 was
recently honored with a reception celebrating
his 50th anniversary of ordination. Gerald was
ordained on July 19, 1953, at the Calvary Baptist
Church in White Hall, Ill.
1960s
William Dreyer ’60, current
Trustee at William Jewell College, has been named
Councilor of the Executive Council of Kappa Alpha.
This announcement was made at the 70th KA Convention
in Tampa, Fla. Bill and his wife, Linda Hill Dreyer
’61, live in San Antonio,Texas. J. Stanley
Lemons ’60 is the recipient of the American
Association for State and Local History Award
of Merit for lifelong service to the field. This
award was presented at a special banquet during
the 2003 AASLH Annual Meeting on September 19,
2003, in Providence, R.I. The awards program was
initiated in 1945 to establish and encourage standards
of excellence in the collection, preservation
and interpretation of state and local history
throughout America. Stanley and his wife, Linda
Busserman, live in Greenville, R.I. Jo Ellen Hawkins
Witt ’61 has recently moved Bayside,Wis.
She is the new minister at Roundy Memorial Church,Whitefish
Bay,Wis.
Jim Crain ’67, a Grandview,
MO Alderman,was presented with the state-wide
Public Official Achievement Award at the Missouri
Park & Recreation Association’s annual
conference this spring at the Hyatt Regency Crown
Center Hotel in Kansas City. A video was shown
highlighting Jim’s 22 years as the Grandview
Board of Aldermen’s Liaison to the Parks
& Recreation Commission.
Lawrence E. Dickerson III ’69
has recently published a book entitled Creating
Healthy Communities,The Process of Community Discovery.
He has been elected to a three-year term on the
Board of Directors to the International Community
Development Society. In June, Larry provided community
development training to the Australia Aboriginal
organizations and to communities in various sites
in Australia; in July, he did professional development
training on the Healthy Community Approach for
persons from six continents; and in August, he
did development training with the Indigenous Villages
in Chukotka Russian Far East. Larry lives in Anchorage,Alaska.
1970s
Patricia Zwiebel Petty ’77
and Robert Petty ’76 have
returned to Liberty, where they reside in the
former Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house. Trisha
was recently named Director of Alumni Relations
at William Jewell College and Bob is employed
at Cerner Corporation as a Learning Specialist.
Dr. John W. Richmond ’77 has been named
Professor and Director of the University of Nebraska
– Lincoln School of Music in the Hixson-Lied
College of Fine and Performing Arts. He and his
wife, Jill (Watts ’78), reside in Lincoln,
Neb.
Sally M. Masters ’79
has been promoted to Director of Guidance at Hampshire
Regional High School, Westhampton, Mass. Four
years ago, Sally moved to western Massachusetts
to pursue an advanced degree in school counseling
in preparation for a career change from higher
education administration to guidance counseling.
She received her Certificate of Advanced Graduate
Study from the University of Massachusetts.
1980s
Julie Runtz Welch ’81
was recently honored at the Kansas City Business
Journal’s luncheon for the top 25 Women
in Small Businesses. This annual program recognizes
area businesswomen for their business achievements
and public involvement. Julie is a partner and
CPA with the firm of Meara, King & Company
in Kansas City,Mo.
Larry D.Thompson ’83
is a partner in a new corporation – Vantage
Point Solutions in Mitchell, S.D. The firm provides
consulting and engineering solutions to the small
rural telephone companies.
Karen Edison ’85, associate
professor of clinical medicine, has been named
the new chair of the Department of Dermatology
at the University of Missouri – Columbia
School of Medicine. Dr. Edison will become the
first female chair of the school’s more
than 150-year history. She is nationally recognized
for her efforts to improve telehealth and health
policy. She will continue to serve as medical
director of the Missouri Telehealth Network and
co-chair of the Center for Health Policy. Dr.
Edison assumed those roles after serving as a
Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in Washington,D.C.
Kimberly Durnell Hassler ’83
and John Hassler ’86 have
recently moved from Montreal, Canada, back to
the Kansas City area. John is the Vice President
of Administration and Planning at Teva Neuroscience.
Last year, Kimberly received her M.A. in Educational
Studies from McGill University in Montreal.
Patricia J. Reed ’88 recently
completed her service as music & drama teacher
at Taejon Christian International School in South
Korea, where she had been teaching for 13 years.
After receiving her master’s degree in music
education from Central Missouri State University
this spring, she is preparing for her new music
& drama teaching post with the Saudi Aramco
School in Saudi Arabia.
1990s Wade C.Rowatt ’91, Ph.D.,
recently received tenure in the Department of
Psychology & Neuroscience at Baylor University,Waco,Texas.
Dusty R. Davis ’92 is the new administrator
of the Monterey Park Nursing Home in Independence,Mo.
Sharon Lappin ’92 has
joined the Boyle Engineering Corporation as an
Associate Civil Engineer in its Sarasota, Fla.,
office. Sharon has recently received the distinguished
recognition of being named the Young Engineer
of the Year by the Missouri Society of Professional
Engineers. Sharon now lives in Sarasota.
Tracey Bruce Morton ’96
recently received her National Board of Professional
Teaching Standards certification. She is currently
teaching kindergarten at Bryan Elementary School
in Independence,Mo. Tracy and her husband, Jason,
reside in Independence with their son, Nate.
Amy Buckler ’96 has been
appointed print research assistant for Barkley
Evergreen & Partners in Kansas City.
Umeme Battle ’97 is the
Branch Corporate Account Manager for Enterprise
Rent-A-Car in Overland Park, Kan. He and his wife,
Julie, and their two children live in Kansas City.
Laura Hall Wyas ’97 is
the Social Studies teacher and 8th grade team
leader at Orchard Farm Middle School in St. Charles,Mo.
Cara Townsend ’99 is
now a lobbyist for the Dutko Group.
2000s
Katherine Cafferty ’01
has begun studying for an M.A. in Global Political
Economy at the University of Sussex in England.
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