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PATRICK E. MURPHY, MBA ’71
was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Marketing and Society Special Interest Group of the American Marketing Association. The award recognizes those who have contributed a significant body of work in developing and advancing research in the areas of marketing and society, public policy, and marketing ethics. Pat has been a marketing professor at the University of Notre Dame since the mid 1980s. His articles have won “best paper” awards from the Journal of Advertising, Journal of Macromarketing, and the European Journal of Marketing. He and his wife Kate have three sons and live in Granger, Ind. PETER POTOCKI ’71 was named Man of the Year by the Pelham Civic Association, a volunteer organization in Westchester County, N.Y., that is dedicated to helping the youth, elderly, disabled, and needy. Peter is owner of Metro-Chem Inc. in South Kearny, N.J. He is a Pelham trustee and has served as commissioner of Pelham Recreation. Peter and his wife Kathy founded the Danny Fund 17 years ago, which provides support for families of children with catastrophic illnesses. The Potockis have two children.
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ROD JOHNSTON ’72, a PGA
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DEE ROBBINS ’74 has worked
master professional, retired at the end of 2011 after 28 years as the head golf pro at Portage Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Rod and his wife Sandy have a daughter and live in Akron.
tional Services Agency. She has worked for the agency for 14 years, most recently as a teacher and special education supervisor. She and her husband Brad live in Midland, Mich. MATT GILKE ’84 recently opened Cobblers Back Road Country Store in Lake Geneva, Wis. He lives in Darien.
at Black Hawk College in McNEAL JACOBSON Moline for more than 25 years. She ’85 CATHERINE ’85 was promoted to president serves as lead instructor for the reading of Froedtert Health in Milwaukee last discipline. Dee lives in Rock Island. July. She is responsible for day-to-day of the health system, VINCE WIELAND ’76, a Peoria ’76 Police lieutenant, was elected operations including the hospitals, medical group, finance, and strategy. She and her to the Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center, one of six regional husband ERIC JACOBSON ’89 live in Brookfield, Wis. with their three children. information sharing systems funded LORI BUTTS JONES ’85 is a librarian by the U.S. Department of Justice. Vince has been a member of the center at Hall Elementary School in West Aurora. She earned a master’s degree since 1993 and will serve a three-year in library and information science from term on the executive committee. He is a member of the Bradley Parents’ Dominican University in 2005. Lori Board. Vince and his wife Mickey have and her husband Kenneth have two children and live in Naperville. three daughters and live in Peoria. WIL BURNS ’80 was appointed director of the Energy Policy and Climate program at Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Alameda, Calif.
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MICHELLE SULLIVAN BAHR ’84
was named special education director for Midland County Educa-
university president ALBERT WALKER, MA ’70 MA ’76
became president of Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis in October. Previously, Albert was president of Bluefield State College in West Virginia since 2002. He has held a number of teaching and administrative roles in education, including as a teacher and principal in Peoria District 150. He also worked as vice president for academic affairs at Harris-Stowe and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Elizabeth City State University and Kentucky State University. Albert holds a doctorate from Indiana University. He and his wife Kulwinder live in St. Louis.
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PATRICIA SKOPAL NORGARD ’87
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Karen Mueller Bryson ’88 MA ’90 recently authored
LINDA IRWIN MOORE ’65 MA ’66
PATRICK E. MURPHY, MBA ’71
earned her master’s degree in education in July from Viterbo University in LaCrosse, Wis. She teaches third grade in Wisconsin Dells, where she lives with her four children.
The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell, published by Zeta Comics. This is Karen’s sixth published book but her first for children. She holds a master’s degree from Saybrook University. Karen lives in Florence, Ariz. SCOTT FUHRMANN ’88 is vice president of business development for Ascent Solutions LLC, a Las Vegas information technology provider. He has worked for the company for 20 years, telecommuting from his home in Appleton, Wis. Scott and his wife Janelle have two children.
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BRIAN GARMAN ’90 MSME ’93
was recently promoted to engineering manager at Caterpillar, where he is responsible for turbo-
PETER POTOCKI ’71
Karen Mueller Bryson ’88 MA ’90
*RED NAMES, see photo.
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