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Jackie & Ray Ganas, girl, Jamie, Sept. ’11 Jeanne & Neal Binsfeld, adoption girl/boy, Lansing and Jack Donna & Phil Villavicencio, girl, Lila, Aug. ’11 Betsy (Jacobs ’89) & Sam Cutrara, boy, Theodore, May ’10 Jessica & Tim Bromelkamp, boy, Jonah, Jan. ’11 Ann & Jon Reissner, twins, girl/boy, Constance and James, Apr. ’11 Carmen & John Devney, boy, John, Mar. ’11 Liz & Chris Ortmann, boy, Walt, Dec. ’10 Atusko (Kitanaka ’97) & Mark Schlough, girl, Mona, May ’11 Laura (Stork ’02) & Matt Beirne, girl, Claire, Sept. ’11 Melissa & Dan Nosal, girl, Abby, Mar. ’10 Colleen (Hicks ’95) & Chris Gregg, boy, Henry, Dec. ’10 Ann & Christopher Hill, girl, Paige, Nov. ’11 Tessia & Pat Melvin, boy, Declan, June ’11 Raegan & Toby Miers, girl, Cheyanne, May ’11 Elizabeth & Brian Bowman, girl, Charlotte, June ’11 Karen & Andrew Kaus, girl, McKinley, Apr. ’11 Ann & Pat Kell, girl, Maggie, Mar. ’11 Holly & Christopher Koshiol, boy, Wesley, Jan. ’11 Jackie (Olson ’96) & Matt Peterson, boy, Ryan Patrick, Feb. ’11 Laura & Mark Smith, girl, Claire, Aug. ’11 Marti & Corey Brenner, twins boy/girl, Emmett and Kate, June ’11 Sally (Swanstrom ’98) & Peter Raih, boy, Jack, Nov. ’11 Jenny Hsu & Brian Hertzog, twins girl/ boy, Phoebe and Isaac, July ’11
’98 Robin & Pat Marushin, girl, Zoe, Oct. ’11 ’98 Amy & Nate Omann, girl, Evelyn, Aug. ’11 ’98 Kerri & Eric Werner, boy, Reid, Jan. ’11 ’99 Stephanie & Patrick Bostrom, boy, Finnegan, Dec. ’10 ’99 Michaela Ohnesorg & Ryan Bromenschenkel, girl, Emilia, Nov. ’11 ’99 Lindsay & Michael Dingman, girl, Annelise, Sept. ’11 ’99 Kristin (Kuhlmann ’99) & Samuel Francois, girl, Elizabeth, Sept. ’11 ’99 Carin & Brian Kelly, boy, Myles, May ’11 ’99 Anne & Steve Kimble, girl, Reagan, June ’11 ’99 Jen (Carling ’99) & Jeremy List, boy, Tyler, May ’11 ’99 Cindy & Casey Scheidt, girl, Kennedy, June ’11 ’99 Monica & Luke Schwankl, girl, Genevieve, Nov. ’11 ’99 Brittany & Joel Swenson, girl, Mallory, Aug. ’11 ’99 Jennifer & Scott Welle, girl, Madeline, Sept. ’11 ’00 Holly & David Bakker, boy, Jon, Aug. ’11 ’00 Anna Marie & Tom Bushlack, girl, Audrey, Apr. ’11 ’00 Lisa (Neu ’00) & Tony Kapinos, boy, Mathias, June ’11 ’00 Jessica & Trent Kirchner, boy, Carter, Oct. ’11 ’00 Kelly & Chad Krueger, girl, Korbyn, July ’11 ’00 Jennifer & Brian O’Neill, girl, Brigid, July ’11 ’00 Talia (Soukup ’02) & Michael Roder, girl, Alice, Sept. ’11 ’00 Christina & Ryan Tietz, girl, Gracie, Aug. ’11
Timothy J. Baland ’66
Minnesota’s 7th Judicial District After six years writing and translating poetry—and realizing he would not be able to send his newborn son to college on his limited income—Tim Baland ’66 went to law school. He practiced for nine years before Gov. Rudy Perpich appointed him District Court Judge in Minnesota’s 7th Judicial District. Shortly after, Baland stopped by the Abbey Church, where he prayed for wisdom, humility and courage in taking up his new duties. “My ability to do justice and also try to do the right thing was anchored in the totality of my experience at Saint John’s,” he says. Baland retired in 2006 after 22 years on the bench. He served two terms (in 2005 and 2006-08) as an international judge in Kosovo with the United Nations and was president of the Kosovo Independent Judicial and Prosecutorial Commission from 2008-10 that picked a new chief justice, new attorney general and about 330 prosecutors and judges. The English major from Rice Lake, Wisc., now regularly presents Law & Literature seminars for lawyers, judges and other professionals.
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