Iowa State University Alumni Association| online edition | winter 2004
WINTER 2004
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VISIONS
Editor: Carole Gieseke
Photography: Jim Heemstra
Design: Designgrid, LLC
Web Design: Kate Bruns
Editorial Assistant: AshLea Anderson
VISIONS is published in January, April, July, and September for members
of the Iowa State University Alumni Association, Alumni Suite, Memorial
Union, 2229 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50014-7164 or e-mail alumni@iastate.edu.
Copyright 2004 by the ISU Alumni Association, Jeffery W. Johnson, president
and publisher.
IN THIS ISSUE
Cover
Story:
Bridges: Designing,
Building, Preserving
Feature
Story:
Celebrating
125 Years
Departments:
Getting Started | By Carole Gieseke
Why I Love
Bridges
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Around
Campus
Traveling abroad
… university budget cuts … and a birthday card that arrived
60 years late.
Alumni
Profiles | By Carole Gieseke
Qimin Liu captures
the pain and isolation of the homeless in his award-winning artwork …
Ken Smith creates unique urban landscapes in New York City.
Association
News
Happy New
Year from the Alumni Association staff … the Foss family of Fairfield,
Iowa, is named Family of the Year … and Roy and Bobbi Reiman and
Doug Brown are honored with the Association’s 2003 Impact Award.
Giving
| By Jason Menke
A family legacy
Sports
| By Mike Krapfl
Fueling the team
Viewpoint
| By Dianne Bystrom and Jane Cox
Carrie would be
proud