October 15, 2009 Alumni News
In the News
During the worst economy since the Great Depression, the roof fell in on December 29 at a Rosauers in the Spokane, Wash., area. Instead of laying off the store's 120 employees during the four-month roof repair project, Jeff Philipps, class of 1977, who is president and CEO of Rosauers Supermarkets, along with his management team, decided not to do the practical thing but to do the right thing for their workers. They relocated some to other stores and paid 90 percent of salaries, plus health benefits, for all 120. Philipps is serving as this year's "Pacesetter" chair for the Spokane County United Way fund campaign. He recently shared with the media some of his childhood experiences that inspired him to save jobs, and how his 120 grateful employees are now "paying it forward" through extreme generosity to United Way. See the story and his "Wise Words for Troubled Times" here: http://www.spokesman.com/
Adrian Soucek, class of 2005, now lives in Seattle, Wash., where she works as the development manager for the Seattle Chinese Garden Society (http://www.seattlechinesegarden.org).
In Memoriam
Thomas E. "Tommy" Rodgers, who attended Carroll in 1947-50, of Glasgow, Mont. (and most recently of Great Falls, Mont.), died on October 3, 2009. After attending Carroll College and the University of Washington, he established a number of Glasgow businesses. For more on his life, read: http://billingsgazette.com/
Gloria Huse (left), class of 1963, of Sidney, Mont., died on Sept. 24, 2009. After earning her Carroll nursing degree, she worked at the Great Falls Deaconess Hospital as an emergency room and surgical nurse. Gloria became head of the surgical nursing department before returning to Sidney in 1972. She worked as an RN at the Sidney Memorial Hospital and the extended care facility, then devoted herself to the family farm she shared with her husband. For more on her life, read: http://www.sidneyherald.com/
Carroll Assistant Professor of Theology Brian Matz (right) announced that, on October 5, 2009, while he was in Leuven, Belgium, he was awarded a second Ph.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. What's more: since he also had earned an S.T.L. a few years ago, the Leuven university also awarded him a new ecclesiastical doctorate, the S.T.D. In all, Matz holds three doctoral degrees: his first Ph.D. in early Christian studies from Saint Louis University, followed by last week's Ph.D. in social ethics from K. U. Leuven and the concurrent ecclesiastical degree in Catholic theology from the Faculty of Theology at the K.U.Leuven, issued on behalf of the Vatican. He may be the first Carroll faculty member to hold three doctorates. Dr. Dr. Dr. Matz tells QNS, "What is interesting here, in fact, is that I am not Catholic, and so it is unusual that I would have been able to earn this degree at all." Lots more on his application of his theological studies to real-world economic and political issues is available for perusal in the press release online: http://www.carroll.edu/
Associate Professor of Theology Christopher Fuller has published a chapter titled, "The Magi Story through the Eyes of Pasolini: A Bakhtinian Reading," in the recently published New Perspectives on the Nativity (New York: T&T Clark, 2009).
Carroll Associate Professor of Education and champion racewalker Dr. Jonathan Matthews is mentioned in a recent AARP article involving his favorite sport, available to read here: http://bulletin.aarp.org/
