SAINT JOHN’S MAGAZINE
is the alumni magazine of Saint John’s University. It is published twice a year, in the spring and fall, by the SJU Office of Institutional Advancement.
EDITOR Dave DeLand ddeland@csbsju.edu 320-363-3013
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Lori Gnahn
CONTRIBUTORS
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Departments
My Perspective View from Collegeville Service to the Church In Sight Johnnie Sports Transforming Lives Class Notes Alumni Connection Inspiring Lives
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Jessie Bazan SOT/Sem ’17 Raj Chaphalkar ’08 Buck Dopp ’72 Dana Drazenovich Michael Hemmesch ’97 Ryan Klinkner ’04 Tom Mahowald ’86 Frank Rajkowski
PHOTOGRAPHY Rafael Alvarez ’23 Libby Auger D3photography.com Dan Borgeson Caitlin Harvey ’19 Michael Klonowski ’21 Nathan Lodermeier Guytano Magno Thomas O’Laughlin ’13 Nicole Pederson ’17 B.J. Pickard Capri Potter ’23 SJU photo archives Wayne Torborg Diane Tredik
UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST Peggy Landwehr Roske ’77
EDITOR EMERITUS † Lee A. Hanley ’58
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