Carbondale, IL, is professor and chair in the psychology department at Southern Illinois University.
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Class Agents: John and Paula Larson Penrod
email: 1979classagent@gustavus.edu
Brian Engel, Eden Prairie, has joined Cooper Gay & Cashman as executive vice president and professional liability practice leader I Sandra Schleif, St. Peter, is an investigator for the State of Minnesota.
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Class Agents: Steve Sayre, Kent Stone
email: 1980classagent@gustavus.edu
Stephen Ballard, Fort Collins, CO, is a general dentist I Cindy Carlson Gustafson, Tahoe City, CA, is the California Fish and Game Commissioner I Joyce Thomsen Stransky, Durango, CO, is owner/chiropractor at Back Country Chiropractic I Rick Toppin, Plymouth, has been named president of Corporate Express Canada.
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Class Agents: Steve Heim, Leslie Nielsen
email: 1981classagent@gustavus.edu
Jon Cooper, St. Charles, IL, is inside sales representative for Scholastic Inc. I Laurie Meuser Goodwater, Hutchinson, is a social worker at Burns Manor I Karen Scharmer Hendrickson, Albert Lea, teaches third grade at Hawthorne Elementary I Jay Henry, Mound, is senior vice president of Guy Carpenter I Cindy Jacobson, Eden Prairie, is a partner at Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell & Company I Craig Kozak, Fort Collins, CO, is a flight instructor for Poudre Aviation I Dale Martin, Naperville, IL, is president of Orchard Executive Growth I Roger Mellum, Naperville, IL, is area vice president for Edward Don & Company I Glen Norton, Plymouth, is working at Jensen & Sondrall I Mark Poppe, Phoenix, AZ, is senior traffic engineer for Stanley Consultants I Kris Samelian Potter, Minneapolis, is director of children and family ministry at Mayflower Community Congregational Church I Mike Potter, Minneapolis, is division president at ANNIVE RSARY U.S.Foodservice I Octobe r 6–7 Karen Critzer 2006 Propp, Azle, TX, is a medical/surgery nurse at Harris Methodist Hospital I Jessica Richards-Palmquist, Fort Collins, CO, is a member of PEO I
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’58ers meet on campus Five members of the Class of 1958 met on campus in July. Pictured from left are Bob Peterson, Owen Sammelson, John Dahl, Ellwood Johnson, and Herb Lundeen.
Betsy Schaller, Eagan, is a pension systems services manager at Minnesota Life I Julie Morton Somrock, Duluth, is CFO at Woodland Family Dental Clinic I Jenny Berg Spellman, Westminster, CO, is senior technology project manager for Global Healthcare Exchange I Linda Bjelland Stanton, Waconia, is director of sales/marketing for Tollefson Development I Ken Streiff, Minneapolis, is a deployment manager at Nechama Disaster Response I Craig Utterberg, Buffalo, is a supervisor for the Decorators Service Company I Barb Gerke Weber, St. Peter, is director of operations at Scholarship America.
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Reunions2006 Announcing reunion dates
50 Year Club & Class of 1956 May 26 & 27, 2006
Classes of 1961, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, & 2001 October 6 & 7, 2006 Homecoming & Family Weekend Information will be included in class letters and on the alumni website, and will be sent to reunion classes.
Class Agents: J.C. Anderson, Richard Olson, Ann McGowan Wasson
email: 1982classagent@gustavus.edu
Paul Richard, Allenspark, CO, is a project manager for IBM setting up help desk applications for new accounts and recently combined two of his hobbies into a new website. The new site provides a mechanism for general aviation pilots to arrange home and hangar exchanges I Jeff Somrock, Duluth, is owner and dentist at Woodland Family Dental Clinic.
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Class Agents: Brad Somero, Karin Stone
email: 1983classagent@gustavus.edu
Brenda Wilcox Abraham, St. Paul, is a family and sports medicine physician at HealthPartners I Rick Hjelm, St. Paul, is a partner at
Multicenter Physical Therapy I Terri Jo Heckman Reusch is commander of the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron in Okinawa, Japan I Laura Kuehn Richard, Allenspark, CO, is registrar and marketing director for Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center.
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Class Agents: Carole Arwidson, Ken Ericson
email: 1984classagent@gustavus.edu
Becky Steiner Henry, Mound, is president of Infinite Potential Coaching.
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Class Agent: Susan Johnson Chwalek
email: 1985classagent@gustavus.edu
Peter Blackstad, Lakeville, is president of Blackstad Enterprises, Inc. I Greg Carlson, Eagan, is a research analyst/equities for U.S.Bancorp Asset Management I Lisa Dahill, Bexley, OH, is assistant professor of worship and Christian spirituality at Trinity Lutheran Seminary I Jo Nord is a medical student at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR, and is currently a Fogarty Fellow at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. Her clinical research involves HIV/AIDS and is sup-
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