Jean (Haynes) Chauner Caldwell (photo by Jeannine Lintner). Marked for success by Brenda McDonald, MSU Communications Services Jean (Haynes) Chauner Caldwell, '43 Home Ec, left her mark at Montana State College, literally. When she returned to MSU for her 50th reunion in 1993, she was met by her former professor Bertha Clow. "She said to me, 'you really left your mark here.' I thought, wow, I didn't do anything outstanding that would leave a mark. Then she said, 'in 50 years we haven't been able to find a paint that would cover the molasses stain on the ceiling in Herrick Hall.'" Caldwell was on campus recently to celebrate her 60th reunion and remembers well what happened that morning in Herrick Hall. She was a senior majoring in home economics and one of the final assignments was to plan a luncheon. She and her group had planned a menu of lima beans with molasses, and jello. It was 1943 and a new kitchen tool was available, the pressure cooker. "I had seen my grandmother use one and I thought we'd give it a try." The group put their meal together, set their table and went off to inspect what other groups had put together. "All of a sudden we heard a hiss. We ran back to our kitchen and steam was shooting up from the pressure cooker. I took the top off the pressure cooker and then molasses started shooting up, hitting the ceiling and raining down on our table. We thought we had flunked for sure." But Professor Clow told them not to worry. She had them move their table out from under the molasses drips, salvage their lima beans and rinse off the jello. "But oh, those beans tasted terrible. It was like eating hard peanuts." Caldwell came to MSC from good Bobcat stock. Her mother, Martha (Johnson), was an MSC graduate of 1918. She was a member of the first pledge class of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and a member of the sophomore class in 1916 to build the "M." "The boys went up to build the 'M' and at noon the girls came out with lunches. It was such a large project that they got the day off from school." That "M" was the largest block letter in the world for many years. There were always Bobcats in and out of their household. When her mother returned to MSC for her master's degree after her husband's death, the family, including grandparents, moved to Bozeman. In 1931, when Caldwell was nine, there were five MSC students boarding at their home on South Third. "I was on campus a lot growing up because one of the boarders was on the football team and we'd go to watch his games." When it came time for college, Caldwell never thought about going anywhere but MSC and pledging the AOPi sorority. She met her first husband, Edward Chauner, '48 ApSci, in fifth grade at Longfellow School in Bozeman. He, too, went to MSC. "He was in the band, so that's why I became a majorette. It was fun to learn to twirl a baton." Caldwell's children also became Bobcats. Cynthia, '69 Bus, now academic dean for Santa Rosa High School for Girls, Ronald, '71 Bus, director of Aspen, Colorado's newest ski area, Walter, '77 F&TV, director of sales and marketing of Northern Pines and Eagle Bend in Whitefish, and Edward, '82 IME, engineer and ski instructor in Utah. Caldwell and her husband, William, currently spend their summers in Otis Orchards, Wash., and their winters in Mesa, Ariz.