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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Let’s DU Lunch Chris Creighton, Drake Head Football Coach InPlay, Des Moines
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 Let’s DU Lunch InPlay, Des Moines
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Drake Alumni and Friends at the Hollywood Bowl Picnic and Concert Los Angeles
ALAN FREDREGILL, LW'75, receives the Law School Alumnus of the Year Award from then Law School Dean David Walker during the annual Supreme Court Banquet. Fredregill has been a partner of Heiman, Edmond, Fredregill, Patterson, Plaza, Dyykstra and Prahl law firm in Sioux City, IA, for more than 30 years. He is a member of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, Iowa State Bar Association, American College of Trial Lawyers, Iowa Defense Counsel Association and American Bar Association.
continued from page 18 Meyer was a four-year letterwinner and served as captain for the Drake wrestling team. He is a member of the Drake University Letterman’s Club and serves on the National Advisory Council for the Drake University College of Business and Public Administration. Rita Harmening Pedersen, LA’81, GR’84, LW’84, is an attorney and abstracter in Jefferson, IA, where she’s been practicing law since 1984 and has served as Greene County Magistrate Judge since 1995. She played on the women’s basketball team from 1977 to 1980, after which she continued to be involved with the program. Pedersen has served on numerous committees for the Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa State Bar Association and Iowa Land Title Association. Pedersen was a Drake Alumni Scholar and recently became a member of
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the Drake National Alumni Scholarship Selection Committee. IOWA LEGISLATOR, ALUMNA LIBBY JACOBS HONORED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE Iowa Rep. Libby Jacobs (R-West Des Moines) was honored for her commitment to public service through her professional and personal endeavors by Drake University’s Pi Alpha Alpha honor society last spring. Jacobs, who earned a master’s degree in public administration from Drake in 1986, received the Distinguished Alumna Award at the Center for Graduate and Professional Studies’ annual luncheon honoring a graduate from the MPA program. She serves as community relations director at Principal Financial Group and is a member of Drake’s Board of Trustees.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Homecoming Parents & Family Weekend 1946 Drake Salad Bowl Football Team Reunion Des Moines
October WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 Let’s DU Lunch Laura Hollingsworth, The Des Moines Register InPlay, Des Moines FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 Francis Marion Drake Society Dinner (honoring annual donors of $1,000 or more) Des Moines FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24 – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Journalism/Times-Delphic Alumni Reunion Des Moines
November WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Let’s DU Lunch InPlay, Des Moines
April WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Let’s DU Lunch InPlay, Des Moines WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 Weaver Medal of Honor Lecture and Reception Des Moines FRIDAY, APRIL 24 – SATURDAY, APRIL 25 100th Annual Drake Relays FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Parents Board Meeting SATURDAY, APRIL 25 10-Year Cluster Reunion Classes of 1998, 1999, 2000 Des Moines 40-Year Cluster Reunion Classes of 1968, 1969, 1970 Des Moines All-Greek Alumni Reunion Des Moines
May FRIDAY, MAY 15 – SATURDAY, MAY 16 Reunion Classes of 1959, 1949, 1939 FRIDAY, MAY 15 50-Year Club Dinner Des Moines SATURDAY, MAY 16 Annual Alumni Awards Dinner Des Moines Law School Commencement
February
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Hooding Ceremony
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 Let’s DU Lunch InPlay, Des Moines
SATURDAY, MAY 16 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement
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