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Gustavus alumni tired geologist for Marathon Oil and is survived by his wife, Patricia, and three daughters. Verna Lindgren Howard ’51, Woodburn, OR, on December 27, 2007. She was a retired optometrist and is survived by her sister, Ruth Carlson ’45. M. Charles Anderson ’51, Minneapolis, MN, on November 21, 2007. He was employed in sales at National Life of Vermont and is survived by his wife, Lois (Ledin ’56). Peter Zimmermann ’52, Munich, Germany, in November 2007. He was a retired freelance television journalist and is survived by his wife, Cristina, four sons, and one daughter. Janet Neidt Björling ’58, St. Peter, MN, on January 4, 2008. She was owner and manager of Swedish Kontur Imports and is survived by her husband, Anders ’58, three daughters including Susie Heim ’83, three brothers, and one sister. Richard Bratt ’58, Holden, MA, on November 20, 2007. He was a retired product engineer for Norton Company and owned the Bratt Corporation, manufacturer of the Bratt’s Bat, a weighted baseballbat training aid. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and three
daughters, including Cheryl Bungum ’85 and Sandra ’89. Richard Thorpe ’59, Campbell, CA, on June 2, 2005. He was retired from MSI Insurance and is survived by his wife, Karen (Lange ’58), three daughters, and one son. Bruce Anderson ’63, Two Harbors, MN, on December 3, 2007. He was former Lake County attorney and is survived by his sister, Carol Larson ’59. Frank Crassweller ’68, Duluth, MN, on October 18, 2007. He had been a social studies and history teacher for Duluth Public Schools. Sue Dorosh Erickson ’69, Oconomowoc, WI, on December 12, 2007. She was a music teacher for the Waukesha Public Schools and is survived by her husband, Gary, one son, and one daughter. Cheryl Liepolt McDowell ’71, Kent, CT, on October 19, 2007. She was children’s librarian and art teacher for the Kent Memorial Library and is survived by her husband, Bob, and one daughter. Jeffrey Dobbs ’78, Long Lake, MN, on October 24, 2007. He was founder and CEO of Pro Staff and is survived by his wife, Kay, two daughters, and one son.
Wayne Poppe ’78, Excelsior, MN, on December 6, 2007. He was a certified public accountant and is survived by his wife, Joyce (Slater ’79), one daughter, and a brother, Mark ’81. Gregory Klint ’79, St. Paul, MN, on November 18, 2007. He was a corporate attorney for Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi for more than 20 years and is survived by his wife, Tami, one son, and four daughters. Rich Insley ’07, Lake Elmo, MN, on November 25, 2007. He is survived by his parents, Thomas and Carol, and his brother, Aaron ’08. Gerald Lewis, Santa Rosa, CA, on December 20, 2007. He was Gustavus emeritus professor of music who taught violin, viola, music theory, and conducting and led the Gustavus Orchestra from 1970 until his retirement in 1988. He is survived by two daughters and one son. (See also p. 7.) Phil Swenson, St. Peter, MN, on December 17, 2007. He retired from Gustavus in 1998 as Lund Center building supervisor and is survived by his wife, Dee, one son, and two daughters including Kris Glidden ’81.
Erratum We misidentified 2007 First Decade Award winner Alex Hill’s wife in the Winter 2007–08 issue of the Quarterly (p.45). She is in fact Sarah A. Peterson Hill ’97. Our apologies to the Hill and Peterson families.
Hiking in Scandinavia
In the spring of 1732, Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who is credited with establishing the binomial genus/species naming system we use today, set out on a journey to Lappland in northern Sweden and Nordland in Norway. Join Gustavus Professor of Scandinavian Studies Roland Thorstensson and two graduates now living in Uppsala, Sweden—Daniel Lundberg ’98 and Julia Paraskova ’99—July 20–Aug. 2, 2008, to trek the areas Linnaeus visited and wrote about in his journals. For brochure and more information, contact Roland Thorstensson at rollo@gustavus.edu or 507-933-7423. This trip is designed to fit the capabilities of people of sound health and reasonably good physical condition. Photo by Anders Björling ’58
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