Milestones
Michael A. Fahey ’75
Minnesota’s 1st Judicial District Serving as the Carver County attorney for 20 years, Michael Fahey ’75 had followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather—both former Carver County attorneys—but he had not taken that final step of becoming a judge like his father. Four times a finalist for a vacancy, he had begun to think it would not happen. The fifth time proved a charm. In 2007, Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed him to the bench in Minnesota’s 1st Judicial District. Fahey was ready for the opportunity to continue his community service, thanks to influences from Saint John’s University during his undergraduate days as a government major. “Professors like Fr. Jeremy Murphy stressed the importance of studying, being prepared and wellversed in the subject area,” says the Carver County native. Fahey often returns to campus for football games and to run on the wooded trails, which relieves the courtroom stress. He also refers frequently to a poster of Benedictine values—dignity of work, taking counsel, listening, respecting others, justice, hospitality—that hangs in his chambers. “It reminds me of my purpose,” he says.
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’00 Melissa & Joel Torborg, girl, Lilah, Oct. ’11 ’00 Wesley Fletcher & Cody Zilverberg, girl, Lydia, Sept. ’11 ’01 Colleen (Probst ’01) & Chris Chambs, girl, Abigail, Aug. ’11 ’01 Kelly & Vince Jones, boy, William, June ’11 ’01 Victoria & Jeff Jurek, girl, Grace May ’11 ’01 Bridget (Brown ’03) & Nick Leonard, boy, Louis, Jan. ’11 ’01 Jil & Jedadiah Peterson, boy, Ian, Oct. ’11 ’01 Kelly & Derrick Schroeder, girl, Katherine, July ’11 ’01 Ann & Chris Skuza, boy, Parker, Sept. ’11 ’01 Megan (Qvale ’02) & Dan Stepaniak, girl, Ellen, July ’11 ’01 Gina (O’Neill ’02) & Alex Wesley, boy, Quinn, Jan. ’10 ’02 Katie (Vandendriessche ’02) & Mike Cass, girl, Emily, July ’11 ’02 Katie (Knewtson ’04) & Brooks Deibele, girl, Vivienne, Sept. ’11 ’02 Leah (Haehn ’03) & Nick Sanner, boy, Isaac, Nov. ’11 ’03 Crysta & Russell Boe, boy, Henry, Aug. ’11 ’03 Crystal & Russell Boe, girl, Eden, Dec. ’09 ’03 Amanda (Gustafson ’05) & Andy Burns, girl, Lydia, Feb. ’11 ’03 Kate (Johnson ’03) & Luke Doubler, boy, Andrew, Sept. ’11 ’03 Rosemary & David Gallagher, girl, Molly, July ’11 ’03 Wendy & Dan Kosel, girl, Greta, June ’11 ’03 Sadie (Vagher ’02) & Joel LaFrance, boy, Gus, June ’11 ’03 Alexis & Nathan Meyer, boy, Evan, Aug. ’11 ’03 Heather & Dustin Upgren, girl, Claire, May ’11 ’03 Rawney & Luke Zauhar, boy, Mac, Sept. ’11 ’04 Laura & Nathan Burr, boy, Tucket, Nov. ’11
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Erin (Troutfetter ’04) & Alex Jude, girl, Etta, Sept. ’11 Angela (Wiering ’04) & Jeff Kaczrowski, girl, Meredith, Apr. ’11 Andrea (Stack ’04) & Brad Koltes, boy, Nolan, Nov. ’11 Leah (Laurich ’04) & Jake Omann, girl, Mila, Oct. ’11 Lisa (Wienhold ’04) & Brandon Overman, girl, Adelyn, June ’11 Amanda (Fricke ’04) & Peter Simone, girl, Julia, Aug. ’11 Alissa (Keene ’04) & Josh Theis, girl, Lydia, Aug. ’11 Julie & Nick Thielman, girl, Olivia, July ’11 Allison (Vacek ’06) & Andy Weaver, boy, Micah, July ’11 Mandy & Ryan Weinandt, boy, John, Apr. ’11 Kristin & Joe Zimmer, boy, Shane, Sept. ’11 Theresa (Guentzel ’05) & Matt Reichert, girl, Audrey, Nov. ’11 Rachel & Mike Boyack, girl, Cora, July ’11 Kristen & Jeff Bye, girl, Leah, June ’11 Jen & Doug Gleisner, girl, Haley, May ’11 Laura (Zwach ’07) & Scott LaVoy, girl, Madalyn, Mar. ’11 Megan & Adam Gosiak, girl, Bailey, July ’11 Anna (Scheil ’07) & Morgan Skidmore, girl, Anaelyse, Aug. ’11 Sarah & James Bockwinkel, twin girls, Emelia and Adelaide, Apr. ’11 Natalie (Arel ’08) & Nathan Justin, boy, Caleb, Oct. ’11 Emily & Steven Luitjens, boy, Gabriel, Nov. ’11 Anna (Lynch ’09) & Ryan Sandquist, girl, Lucille, June ’11 Anna & Brett Willhite, boy, Paden, May ’11