BENNIE CONNECTION
8. Over 60 alums and friends descended on St. Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Friday, Feb. 12, to enjoy the annual Mingling & Music event hosted by the CSB/SJU Music Department and CSB and SJU alum offices. 9.
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ennies, Johnnies, former faculty and B prospective students and their parents from the Chicago area joined President Mary Dana Hinton, Chicago admission representative, Sarah Abraham Murnane ’89 and Bennie staff for the Chicago Alumnae event at the Metropolitan Club at the Willis Tower. Pictured here from front (L-R): Mary Lou Backes ’64, Chloe Smith ’15, Mary Dana Hinton, Lisa Wolf Wittig ’05, Jane Kathman. Second row: John Dagen SJU ’85, Chris Bankers Runkle ’99, Stephanie Palubicki ’78, Kate Green ’09, Mary Lamberty Hughes ’61, Hannah Klinnert ’15, Anne Sumangil ’99. Third row: Tim Murnane ’87, Jen Deglmann ’14, Jeanine Henry ’84, Sarah Abraham Murnane ’89, Agnes Miller Flynn ’68, Lindy Browne Burns ’08, Sara Burnett ’95, Diane McGee Roberts ’69, Ross Drever ’93, Michael Kathman.
On March 31, Bernadette Martens Chapman ’99 10. and her husband, Clayton Chapman, hosted the Omaha alumnae event at The Grey Plume, which the couple owns and where Clayton is the chef. Nearly 40 alumnae along with prospective students and their parents enjoyed a night of CSB updates and Bennie connections. Pictured in the front row (L-R): Mary Dana Hinton, Anne Sumangil ’99, Bernadette Martens Chapman ’99, Anna Selmecki ’02, Oliva Irwin ’15. Second row (L-R): Sara Taylor Barada ’04, Courtney Grady West ’97, Angela Taylor Langenfeld ’99, Katie Wilken Hejl ’85, Cece Bartek ’91, Maggie Bartek McCaslin ’84, Jenn Jerabek Hasslen ’97. Third row (L-R): Kayla Becker Johnson ’13, Sue Carpenter McHale ’80, Norah Swartz Morris ’97, Mary McHale ’77, MaryBeth Frankman Rossiter ’78, Molly Phillips Meyer ’82. Not pictured: Marian Zeiner Henderson ’65, Rachel Istas Prudhomme ’06, Suzanne Wetzel ’00, Kris Kubicek Engler ’01. 11. 2 016 REDTalks presenters, front row (L-R): Tyler Thompson ’16, Jon McGee ’84, Bridgette Powers ’09, Taylor Van Denburgh ’09, Eric “Pogi” Sumangil ’01. Back row (L-R): Anna Cron ’16, Megan Towle ’16, Glen Werner ’93, Tom Sibley (math professor), Amy Campbell Bissonette ’80, Tom Brossart ’14. 12. L isa Wersal ’78 has a gathering at the beginning of each year for her Bennie/Johnnie classmates. This year, they gathered on Saturday, Feb. 20, to celebrate their 60th birthdays. Pictured are Barb Baker ’78, Mike Speedling ’79, Lisa Wesal ’78, Roger Hess ’78, Roseanne Strobel Buckley ’78, and Tom Buckley ’78.
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