Class Notes
1958
Joel Brende of Prairie Village, Kan., published The James Tapes: Book One, offering a rare glimpse into the psyche of a patient with multiple personality disorder.
1961
Jean Wuamett of Escondido, Calif., published The Antiques Talk, about growing up on her family’s century farm in Owatonna, Minn.
1969
Berit Midelfort of Minneapolis was selected as a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
1973
Joyce Johnson of Chevy Chase, Md., was appointed to the US Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, reappointed to the University of Maryland Medical System Board of Directors, and serves as the chief medical advisor (contractor) to the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs.
1974
Kevin Keith of Coralville, Iowa, has retired and been granted emeritus associate professor of practice status from the University of Iowa.
Robert Schultz of Salem, Va., won the Soho Photo Gallery’s International Portfolio Competition. His exhibition of 18 works, titled One Root, features portraits of American Civil War soldiers and mourning family members developed in the flesh of leaves. It was exhibited in July and August.
1975
David Hovde of Mulberry, Ind., published a book, The History and Archaeology of Fort Ouiatenon: 300 Years in the Making.
Steve Mineck of Elmhurst, Ill., is retired from a career in the aviation field.
Gerald Saboe of Bulverde, Texas, received the 2024 John A. Tamisiea Award from the Aerospace Medical Association.
1976
Tom Stark of Madison, Wis., along with his wife, Kathleen, published a children’s book, Dragon Love.
1979
Christopher Cudworth, of North Aurora, Ill., published a new book, Nature Is Our Country Club.
Les Ellis of Onawa, Iowa, retired as a market analyst from United Hardware Distributing Company.
Mary (Burbridge) Kreger of Apple Valley, Minn., retired as superintendent of the Rosemount–Apple Valley–Eagan school district.
Jim Lovell of Eagan, Minn., retired from the Iowa Clinic after a 30-year career as an interventional cardiologist.
Kevin Volden of Johnsburg, Ill., retired from a long career in regional and corporate sales management.
1980
Rodger Hoover of Burke, Va., retired after almost 39 years in federal government contracting.
1982
Brian Leeper was elected north central regional governor of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and has also been appointed coordinator of inclusion for the College of Arts and Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.
Val and Cindy (Vanderford) Penney live in the Iowa City area. Val is semi-retired following a career in insurance and finance.
Julie (Meyer) Schulte of Brooklyn Park, Minn., retired after a career in software development.
1983
Patti Lu (Evensen) Goettsch of Inver Grove, Minn., retired from a 40-year career teaching in the Inver Grove Heights Minnesota Public Schools.
Andrew Torgerson of Fort Myers, Fla., retired from the roofing construction industry and founded American Roof Inspection Services.
1984
Doug Knutson of Minneapolis will be inducted into the Burnsville High School’s 2024 Hall of Fame class for his noted career as a photographer.
Jeep Kust of New Berlin, Wis., is a seventh-grade US history teacher and track and cross country coach at Pilgrim Park Middle School.
1985
Nancy (Nygaard) Johnson of Golden Valley, Minn., retired in 2023 after nearly 38 years in IT at Lutheran Brotherhood/Thrivent.
Steven Reeves of Creston, Iowa, earned a master of applied science degree from Johns Hopkins University.
1986
Robert Hanzlik of Anoka, Minn., retired after 21 years at Sandia National Laboratories.
1987
Ann Harrington of Minneapolis is director of institutional relations at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts.
Loran Storts of Decorah works in human resources for Toppling Goliath Brewing Company.
1988
Callista (Bisek) Gingrich of McLean, Va., has been appointed to the Ave Maria Mutual Funds Catholic Advisory Board.
Phil Hull of Warrensburg, Mo., accepted the Presidential E. Award from the US Department of Commerce on behalf of the University of Central Missouri, where he is director of the International Center. The award recognizes the year-over-year increase of international students at UCM.
1989
Dawn Mathson of Arden Hills, Minn., retired after 30 years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Teri Staloch of Minneapolis is the superintendent of Robbinsdale Area Schools.
1990
Jennifer (Birgerson) Boettger of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is executive director of donor relations at the University of Missouri.
Sara (Eckheart) Roberts of Boone, Iowa, is a community engagement coordinator at YSS in Ames, Iowa.
1991
Karen Ryberg of Baldwin, N.D., is deputy director of the US Geological Survey South Dakota Water Science Center and recently published an article in Nature, “Why Snow Is Crucial for Water Supply and What Will Happen When It Becomes Scarce.”
1992
Todd Pyka of Trempealeau, Wis., is the Ryan White case manager/ID at Gundersen Health System/Emplify Health in La Crosse, Wis.
1993
Stacey (Sayko) Brady of Mocksville, N.C., earned a doctorate in ministry from United Lutheran Seminary.
Thor Davidson of Wheaton, Ill., is the district governor for Rotary International.
1994
Craig Murphy of Burlington, Iowa, is a lieutenant colonel with the US Army Reserve.
Sarah (Ruble) Sladek of Midlothian, Va., owns XYZ University. Sarah authored six books and co-produced six episodes of the Jobs of Tomorrow docuseries streaming on Tubi. Recently, she was one of 52 business leaders invited to the White House to meet with senior presidential advisors.
1996
Marti (Zacher) Crosby of Excelsior, Minn., earned an MA in counseling psychology from the University of St. Thomas and is a mental health clinician at CARE Counseling in Minneapolis.
Beth (Olson) Haddinger of Rogers, Ark., earned an EdD in educational leadership from the University of Arkansas.
Jessica Kettles published a children’s book, God Says.
Dan Kraft of Saint Augusta, Minn., is a physician with Centracare Health in St. Cloud, Minn.
1997
Lynne Carlson Voss is director of market strategy and research at Noridian Healthcare Solutions in Fargo, N.D.
Joy (Fritz) Paffenroth of Sherwood, Wis., made her conducting debut at Carnegie Hall in April.
1998
Phil Hood of Cambridge, Wis., is vice president for advancement at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis.
Ann (Bossard) Smith of Decorah earned a doctorate in educational leadership from Western Illinois University.
2000
Steven Hudak of Colleyville, Texas, was awarded the Distinguished Chair in Urology for Urologic Reconstruction at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.
Lauri Lillie of Northfield, Minn., is founder and owner of Workplace Bullying Project.
Scott Vial of Marshalltown, Iowa, retired from the US Army as lieutenant colonel, following 27 years of combined military service. He is a homeland security contractor for LMI.
2001
Mollie Busta Lange of Tomah, Wis., was one of 50 artists recognized by the Wisconsin Arts Board during their 50-year celebration.
Sue (Buckheister) Hanson of Milton, Wis., earned tenure and was promoted to professor of anatomy and physiology at Carroll University. Sue also published three laboratory manuals.
Anne (Teare) Lange of Waterloo, Iowa, is the business office manager for the Waterloo Community Playhouse/Black Hawk Children’s Theatre.
Kristen (Albright) Pearce earned an MBA and serves as senior director of operations at Ellie Mental Health–Minnesota.
Anita Smallin of Annandale, Va., is assistant director at Pimmit Hills Senior Center in Falls Church, Va.
Sarah Stadler serves as pastor at St. John Lutheran Church of Cedarbrook outside of Aitkin, Minn.
2004
Byron Anway is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. His solo art exhibition, Landscape and Memory, will run at Kiechel Fine Art in Lincoln from October 18 to November 30.
Sarah (Braun) Ekenberg of Chanhassen, Minn., is founder and CEO of Maakr.
Katie Konrath of Minneapolis is director of growth marketing with Cirrus Systems.
Dustin Nash of Allentown, Pa., is associate professor of religion studies, chair of the religion studies department, and director of the Jewish studies program at Muhlenberg College.
Katie (Miller) Stobbe of Livermore, Calif., is the director, corporate insights for Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose.
2005
Erin (Radke) Flaherty of Rochester, Minn., is division chair—development, external relations, and communications—at Mayo Clinic.
2006
Veronica (Alzalde) Wells of Boone, N.C., is an outreach and public services librarian with the Special Collections Research Center at Appalachian State University.
2007
Tyler Finley of New York is a project coordinator with the CFA Institute.
Adam Loy of Northfield, Minn., is associate professor of statistics at Carleton College.
Anna (Amundson) Oksnevad of Crystal, Minn., is director of client success at Aim360 Marketing.
2008
Ryan Fordice of Chicago is director of spiritual care at Unity Hospice of Chicagoland.
Kacie (Clement) Garver of Boone, Iowa, earned an adult-gerontology clinical nurse specialist post-master’s certificate from the University of Detroit Mercy and is a clinical nurse specialist with UnityPoint Health in Des Moines, Iowa.
Ethan Grev of Chaska, Minn., is vice president of Allianz Life Financial Services.
Nina (Catterall) Schultz of McFarland, Wis., is a licensed CSR with McConnell Agency–American Family Insurance.
Kate Vaske-Wright of St. Paul, Minn., is a medical director at Family Tree Clinic in Minneapolis.
2009
Janet (Brenton) Boyes of Decorah is a dentist at West Side Dental.
Justin Madsen of Inver Grove, Minn., is senior director, investor relations at Target Corporation.
Cody Ryberg of Winston-Salem, N.C., is assistant director of global abroad programs at Wake Forest University.
2010
Brianne Thicke of Rosemount, Minn., is an accountant at Gemini.
2011
Grant Borden of Savage, Minn., earned an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and is IT manager at MN Air in Bloomington, Minn.
Kim Horner earned a doctorate, specializing in immigration policy, at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. This fall, she started a two-year postdoc in political science at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.
Alex Olson of Seattle is senior HR business partner for artificial general intelligence at Amazon.
Melissa (Larson) Schori of Northfield, Minn., is an academic administrative assistant at St. Olaf College.
2012
Phillip Bray of Bellevue, Wash., is an addiction psychiatry fellow at the University of Washington.
Brenna Everson of Minneapolis is a Salesforce and communications consultant at Brenna Everson Consulting.
Kelsey (Hunerdosse) Lode of Ankeny, Iowa, is a challenging behavior and autism team consultant at Heartland Area Education Agency in Johnston, Iowa.
2013
Matthew Dalthorp of St. Louis, Mo., earned a bachelor’s degree in interior design from Maryville University and is an interior designer at FGM Architects.
Lindsay Sheridan of Alexandria, Va., is marketing manager, NSO, Fortas, and new music at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
2014
Eric Klein of New Richmond, Wis., is executive director at Luther Park Bible Camp.
Brittany (Leemon) Mitchell of Madison, Wis., is a grants coordinator at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Elliott Nolte of St. Paul, Minn., is a ministerial intern at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.
Sam Wettach of Onalaska, Wis., is an agricultural runoff management specialist at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Erik Wingate of Minneapolis is systems administrator at Foresight MSP.
2015
Tyler Crowe of Minneapolis is a physician at Hennepin Healthcare.
Kyrie (Dailey) Lopez of Westminster, Colo., is a physician’s assistant at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.
Kayla (Herman) Nassiri of Naperville, Ill., is manager–talent business partner at Littler.
Brianna (Hopp) Zutz of Rochester, Minn., is associate professor in nursing at Luther College.
2016
Jesslyn Hendrickson of La Crosse, Wis., earned an MD from the Medical College of Wisconsin–Central Wisconsin and is a resident physician in family medicine at Gundersen Health System/Emplify Health.
2017
Betsy Fawcett of Washington, DC, is an education finance associate at WestEd.
Trever Schwichtenberg of Boston earned a PhD in chemistry from Oregon State University and is a senior scientist at NewFields.
2018
Su Su San of Jersey City, N.J., is a mental health counselor at Vibrant Emotional Health.
Emily Starman of North Mankato, Minn., earned a DDS from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, followed by a pediatric dental certificate from the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry.
2019
Alexandria Atal of Des Moines, Iowa, is lead case manager at the Beacon.
Abigail (Korenchan) Conzett of St. Paul, Minn., earned an MA in educational leadership from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Janet (Irankunda) Satern of St. Cloud, Minn., is assistant dean of students at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University.
Emma Veum of Eagan, Minn., is an emergency room tech at Fairview Southdale Hospital.
2020
Madison Devine of Front Royal, Va., earned a DVM from the Atlantic Veterinary College on Prince Edward Island and is in residency.
Maddy Kroeger of Urbana, Ill., earned an MD with research distinction from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and is an obstetrics and gynecology PGY-1 resident physician at Carle Foundation Hospital.
Linh Luong of La Crosse, Wis., earned an MS in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and is a quality engineer for TE Connectivity.
Maren Olson of Oslo, Norway, earned a master of philosophy degree in health economics, policy, and management from the University of Oslo and is a research coordinator for the university.
Amber Sorenson of Mason City, Iowa, is an annual giving and donor relations specialist at MercyOne North Iowa Foundation.
2022
Rachel Clennon of Minneapolis is a public policy intern at the Minnesota Social Service Association in St. Paul, Minn.
Mickey Lorento of Ames, Iowa, earned a master of special education degree from Northern Illinois University and is an orientation and mobility specialist at Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Abbey (Gapinski) and Preston Shultz live in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where Abbey is a kindergarten teacher and head softball coach at Lisbon Community Schools and Preston is a technical communicator at P&K Midwest.
Yashica Zuniga of Chicago is a marketer at the Archdiocese of Chicago.
2023
Ethan Braun is a seasonal fisheries technician with American Southwest Ichthyological Researchers in Albuquerque, N.M.
Jadyn Gasper of Valley Springs, S.D., is a research specialist at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D.
2024
Olivia Luster of Janesville, Wis., is a marketing and communications specialist at GOEX Corporation.
Grace Parrott of Iowa City, Iowa, is a physical scientist with the US Geological Survey in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Austin Wesenberg is a fisheries technician with the Department of Fish and Game in Dillingham, Ala.