CLASS NOTES Villages. Joel Schroeder, London, is director of the M2M program at Inmarsat.
1990 Tracie (Melander) Dury, Sumter, S.C., earned a Master of Science in Education degree specializing in adolescent literacy and technology from Walden U; she is a high school English teacher for Lee County School District.
1991
Ten 1961 Cobbers Meet for 52nd-Year Reunion Inspired by good times at their 50th class reunion and feeling five years was too long to wait for their next reunion, 10 Cobbers from the class of 1961 gathered in Door County, Wis., where Don Just served as visiting guest pastor at Bethany Lutheran in Ephraim. (l-r) front: Gloria (Mathison) Serkland, Don Just, Janet (Rendahl) Hausmann, Elsa (Christiansen) Wilson; back: Don Burton, Jim Serkland, Ron Moen, Dayton Soby, Bob Dryden, Jim Hausmann
1957 Karl Williams and his wife, Shirley, Eagan, Minn., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in July.
Walters, Duluth, Minn., celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in June.
1975
Norman Holen, Minneapolis, entered “Embrace” in a love poem contest sponsored by Garrison Keillor and Common Good Books; Holen was one of 12 winners and read his poem at a presentation by Keillor.
Mark Gronseth, Breckenridge, Minn., received a Master of Divinity degree from Sioux Falls (S.D.) Seminary; he is the pastor of Breckenridge and Fairmount UMC. Dale Stensgaard, Grand Forks, N.D., retired after 35 years as an editor in the daily newspaper business, the last 31 at the Grand Forks Herald.
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Roger Hanson, Denver, and former Minnesota Chief Justice Eric Magnuson made a PowerPoint presentation at the 2013 American Bar Association annual meeting on “Ethics, Appeals, and Challenges for Lawyers”; he also prepared a paper on “Visions of Courts in the 21st Century” with Brian Ostrom of the National Center for State Courts.
1968 Murray Sagsveen, Bismarck, N.D., is chief executive officer of Leadership North Dakota.
1971 Christine (Storm) Anderson, New Brighton, Minn., retired after 25 years teaching elementary and middle school education in Minneapolis Public Schools.
1972 Yvonne (Meyer) Johnson, Menahga, Minn., retired after 25 years as the librarian at Ridgewater College, Willmar and Hutchinson.
1974 Barbara Eiden-Molinaro, Athens, Ohio, is chief operating officer for Rural Action, The Plains. Mark ‘73 and Sharilyn (Nielson)
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Beverly (Andersen) Reed, Spokane, Wash., is vice president of financial development for the YMCA of the Inland Northwest.
1979 Lorna (Ringdahl) Halaas, Sioux City, Iowa, is assistant to the bishop of the Western Iowa Synod, ELCA, Storm Lake.
1982 Elizabeth (Blom) Files, Neenah, Wis., is a business consultant for Alta Resources. Lori (Hilde) Jorgenson, Rockford, Minn., is a senior IT business analyst for Tennant Co., Minneapolis.
1986 Paul Hanson, Sioux Falls, S.D., is president of Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls.
1987 Val Rae (Jorgenson) Boe, Plymouth, Minn., received a Doctor of Education degree in leadership from the U of St. Thomas, Minneapolis.
1988 David Manning, Moorhead, is associate director of finance for Concordia Language
Corine (Knutson) Borrero, Succasunna, N.J., is a youth and family ministry co-coordinator at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Troy Olson, Royalton, Minn., received his Certified Public Accountant license in Minnesota and became a partner in his CPA firm, Riitters Thompson and Olson, Little Falls. Laurie (Lager) Sorenson, Chaska, Minn., was promoted to senior vice president of marketing, communications and sales training/global treasury management for U.S. Bank, Minneapolis, where she has worked for five years.
1992 Kathrine Young, Seattle, is the artistic director for Trejdeksnitis, Seattle’s Latvian folk dance group, which performed at the National Song and Dance Festival in Riga in July; she also is the collections manager at the Puget Sound Navy Musem.
1994 Ericka (Johnson) Anderson, Redondo Beach, Calif., works in accounts payable for International Furniture Marketing, Torrance. Michael Swanson and his wife, Cheri Reese, St. Paul, Minn., own Far North Spirits, Hallock, the northernmost distillery in the contiguous U.S.
1995 Mark Olsgaard, Cham, Switzerland, is executive director of Global HRIS for Actavis. Douglas Wangen, Gooding, Idaho, was promoted to team leader/operations manager at Azumano Corporate Travel, Portland, Ore.
international development education from the U of Minnesota, Minneapolis; she is a research, evaluation and implementation coordinator for Miske Witte and Associates. Matthew Coomber, Davenport, Iowa, was co-chair of the St. Ambrose Conference on Bible and Justice at St. Ambrose U. Shana Heinricy, Albuquerque, N.M., is communications and marketing director for the Media Literacy Project.
1999 Jen Larson Roesler, Minneapolis, is a freelance writer and interviewer at her company, Throughline LLC.
2000 Susan Dahline, New York, is an associate attorney for Bousquet Holstein. Stacy Nielsen, White Bear Lake, Minn., earned a specialist degree in school psychology from Minnesota State U Moorhead; she is a student services assistant for Mounds View Public Schools, Shoreview. Zachary Thompson, Northfield, Minn., is lead pastor for Rejoice! Church, Dundas.
2001 Karen Babine, Fargo, N.D., earned a doctorate in English from the U of NebraskaLincoln; she is an assistant professor of English at Concordia College. Carrie (Strouth) Herrig, Grand Forks, N.D., received a Master of Business Administration degree in human resources management from the U of Mary, Bismarck. Katie (Juhl) LaFleur, Woodbury, Minn., received a Master in Education degree from St. Mary’s U, Oakdale; she is a fourthgrade teacher for Fridley Public Schools. Sarah Nathan, Springfield, Mass., earned a doctorate in philanthropic studies from Indiana U Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indianapolis; she is an assistant professor at Bay Path College, Longmeadow. Nancy Schauer, Backus, Minn., earned a bachelor’s
1996 Amanda (Hams) Crisalli, Scottsdale, Ariz., is a principal actor in a national Courtyard by Marriott commercial. Jenny Johnson, Minneapolis, earned a Master of Arts in Teaching degree with an English as a Second Language licensure from Hamline U, St. Paul, Minn.
1997 Ben Bjorge, Glyndon, Minn., is a clinical research coordinator for PRA International.
1998 Heidi (Knutson) Bradshaw, Moorhead, was promoted to private label product manager at Swanson Health Products, Fargo, N.D. Lisa (Mahowald) Burton, Woodbury, Minn., earned a doctorate in comparative and
Decked out in Cobber Colors Pierce Bradley Trapp, son of Brandi (Doll) ‘08 and Nicholas ‘08 Trapp, was born April 24.