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Diann (Colburn) Spencer galenaspencers@gmail.com
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Class Representative Mario Rodriguez mmrazr@verizon.net
W.J. Mark Knutson, M.Div., Portland, Oregon, pastor of Augustana Lutheran Church, was elected to a second term as chair of the board of the Northwest Health Foundation, a major advocate for unheard voices and a champion of social justice, equity and healthy communities and households.
’87 ’88 ’89 Charles Duval, T.C. ’88, Santa Monica, California, hiked through a rain forest in Belize in January.
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Class Representative Franc Camara franc_classrep@hotmail.com Class Representative Debbie (Elliott) Sellers debsell06@gmail.com Class Representative Janet (Ambuehl) Gardner gardnerrj@roadrunner.com Class Representative Julie Donaldson-Prince jprince007@sbcglobal.net
TIES REMEMBERED: June 2016 Thousand Oaks Community Gallery Celebrate the legacies of late Cal Lutheran art professors emeriti John Solem and Jerry Slattum in a show hosted by and featuring art by alumni.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Lea Lamp ’74 at Leainaz48@gmail.com or Jerry Sawitz ’74 at sawi1@aol.com
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Barbara (Hague) Augsdorfer, Chandler, Arizona, joined the University of Phoenix in December as production editor in the School of Advanced Studies.
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Loving Art, Loving Us
KAREN BORNEMANN ’70 SPIES Karen Bornemann Spies has been named the 2015 Service to Alma Mater award recipient by the Cal Lutheran Alumni Board of Directors. This honor recognizes Spies’ instrumental role on the university’s Board of Regents, including serving four years as chair. Through her leadership, the university approved its 2012-2017 Strategic Plan, which placed Cal Lutheran on a path of sustained growth, successfully expanded the campus to include the William Rolland Football Stadium and Ullman Commons, and enhanced women’s intercollegiate athletics with the addition of a women’s golf program. Cal Lutheran was just being built when Spies made her first visit in the late 1950s. Later, she felt drawn to a life of service and wanted to attend a small school with Lutheran roots. “Cal Lutheran was tailormade for me,” she said. “The people I met, whether fellow students or professors, took special interest in me.” One of those people was her future husband, Al Spies. They met as freshmen and married shortly after graduation. Spies would go on to serve as an educator, vice principal and award-winning author of children’s books. She and her husband returned to Cal Lutheran to celebrate their 30th class reunion in 2000, then encouraged family members to join them in funding the Spies-Bornemann Center for Education and Technology. The couple also contributed to the Swenson Center for the Social and Behavioral Sciences. As regent emerita, Spies remains involved with building the university’s future. “Go with what really calls you,” advises the mother of two and grandmother of four to current Cal Lutheran students. “You’ll see all sorts of paths open up, whether personal or spiritual or professional.”
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Tony White ajwhite90@gmail.com
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Dan and Tami (Mauriello) Stoffel stoffel.dan@gmail.com tami.stoffel@gmail.com
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