Book Club Meeting, December 3, 2014

Our discussion of “Behold A Pale Horse”  revealed many layers to this mystery.  We discussed the split between Church practices in Rome and those in Ireland in the 8th century, and how those practices affected the roles of women.  The ideas of kinship and relationships between relatives, married clergy, and how manuscripts were regarded, all contributed to our lively and informative conversation.  Sr. Jane Gerard started our discussion, and there were many contributors, some on the themes above, and some discussing the mystery itself.






At the suggestion of Jeanne LaDuke, we agreed that our next book would be Stefan Zweig's “The World of Yesterday”.  This memoir of Vienna stands as a “humane document and a record of European culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”. (Anthea Bell, in her introduction to the most recent translation).  It is available in paperback, electronically, and through your library.  Please join us on Wednesday, February 4, in the Richardson Library, for the next session.

In Memoriam - Leo Newcombe

Leo Newcombe, 93, loving widower of Ann, proud father of 8, and former Vice President and General Manager of the Chicago Sun-Times and Daily News, passed away peacefully on December 10, 2014 in Lincolnshire, Illinois. He was born on September 24th, 1921 in a small farm house in Faribault, Minnesota to Jane and Sumner Newcombe.

His mother taught in a one-room school house and recognized that her son was a whiz in math and started saving money to send Leo to college - which was a good thing because he hated doing farm chores and couldn’t wait to shake the cow manure off his shoes and see what the big city had to offer. In 1938, at the tender age of 16, Leo headed off to the University of Minnesota and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1942. He immediately joined the naval academy and attended the new Navy Supply School at Harvard University. Upon learning this, his mother commented that she had wasted the $500 in tuition fees for college since the scholarly Leo was likely to be one of the first people killed in battle. Leo served as Lieutenant Commander aboard the transport ship USS U. S. Grant (AP-29) in the Pacific Ocean. After the war, Leo attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, earning his MBA in 1947. That year he started work as an accountant at Arthur Andersen LLP in Chicago, received his CPA in 1949, and moved to Field Enterprises in 1952. He started as controller in the corporate division and worked his way up the ranks, culminating with his being named Senior Vice President of Field Enterprises. In 1979, Leo semi-retired and became a part-time professor of accounting at DePaul University. He retired from DePaul in 1991.

During his time in the Navy, Leo was stationed in Seattle, where he met and fell in love with Ann Lombard, the daughter of a Navy physician. They were married in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 1, 1948. Leo and Ann had eight children and moved to Winnetka, Illinois in 1952. They lived in several different locations in Winnetka and Wilmette until 2007 when they moved into Westminster Place in Evanston. Leo and Ann were devout Catholics who loved to walk, dance, play Bridge, and travel (which usually included walking, dancing, playing Bridge, and going to Mass).
Ann was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2005 and passed away in 2011. 

Beloved husband of the late Ann Newcombe nee Lombard; loving father of Raymond, M.D. (Sally), Richard (Carole), Robert (Debbie), Jerome (Kirsti), Mary Ann (Chuck) Veldman, John (Frances), Margaret Mary (Daniel) Sugrue and the late Douglas (Carolyn) Newcombe; 
Dear grandfather of Melissa; Jack and Sara; Laura; Courtney, Peter, Julie, and Katherine; Eric and Annie; Jessica, Patricia, and Andrew Veldman; Jonah; Kevin, Vivian, and Sean Sugrue
Proud great grandfather of Scott and Lillian; Elizabeth and many nieces and nephews.
Caring brother of Lila, the late Marian, Howard, Francis, and Jane.


VISITATION: 4:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Friday, January 2, 2015 TIME PENDING at Donnellan Family Funeral Services, 10045 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, Illinois 60077 

FUNERAL MASS: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Saints Faith, Hope & Charity Church, 191 Linden Street, Winnetka, Illinois 60093 

INTERMENT: Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Calvary Cemetery, 301 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60202 

INFO: (847)675-1990 or www.donnellanfuneral.com

Source: Donnellan Funeral Homes, http://www.donnellanfuneral.com/?pagetype=obitlink&obit_id=1477227

Farewell to Deans Casey and Suchar

FAREWELL TO DEANS CASEY AND SUCHAR

Rachel Marciano

 DECEMBER 03, 2014

Donald Casey and Chuck Suchar

Cortelyou Commons was buzzing with faculty and staff on the afternoon of Nov. 17, as Deans Don Casey and Chuck Suchar prepared to give their farewells before they retire at the end of the year. Each received a Via Sapientiae Award, DePaul's highest honor for faculty and staff, for their tremendous contributions to the university.

"The number of accomplishments these men had a hand in during their time at DePaul is nothing short of extraordinary," says David Miller, interim provost for DePaul and dean of the College of Computing and Digital Media.

Casey first arrived at DePaul in July of 1995 to fill the position of dean for the School of Music. During his 20 years of leadership, the school took great strides both academically and philanthropically. Casey immediately began cultivating relationships with Chicago's music scene, which created an environment that attracted world-class faculty. He raised performance standards and developed a more enriching academic experience for students. The dean also more than tripled the number of available endowed scholarships, which made the music program more accessible to students.

Because of his leadership and influence, several of the school's ensembles are now widely regarded as among the best in the country. Casey even helped initiate "Christmas at DePaul," the annual concert that has become one of the university's most loved holiday traditions. In addition, his encouragement led to the Community Music Division providing musical instruments and instruction to 150 children in the Lawndale neighborhood.

"In all things, DePaul leads with the heart," Casey says about his time at the university. "That's why it's felt like home since the moment I walked through the door. I'm so very grateful that DePaul found me."

Suchar started his career at DePaul as an undergraduate student 50 years ago. Similar to many of DePaul's current students, Suchar brought a unique cultural heritage to the university. "I was born in the Soviet Union, but spent the first four and a half years of my life in a displaced persons camp in Germany," he says. "DePaul was the first major step in achieving my American dream -- of making something of myself."

Since his graduation, he has spent 43 years in various positions throughout the university. In addition to teaching, Suchar held many administrative roles, including director of the University Honors Program, division head of behavioral and social sciences, chair of sociology and anthropology, associate dean and ultimately dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.

As a scholar, Suchar combined his passion for photography and sociology to help pioneer the field of visual sociology. In 1996 he earned DePaul's Excellence in Teaching Award, but his influence branched beyond the classroom and into administration. As associate dean of LAS, he co-founded the Discover and Explore Chicago program, which this year celebrated its 20th anniversary. The program helps freshmen not only adjust to life in Chicago, but also provides them with academic success skills. The curriculum also has been a model for similar programs at universities across the country.

"It's been a tremendous ride, and all I can say is thank you, DePaul," Suchar says.

Source: Newsline Online, December 4, 2014