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W. Stephen Saunders N’66, ’68 of River Forest, Ill., has been named chairman of the board of the Jane Addams Hull House Association. He continues as founding principal of Eckehnoff Saunders Architects. Steve’s twin daughters have graduated from Washington University. One is headed to veterinary school and the other to a doctorate in biology. Thomas P. Bleck, M.D. ’69, is the associate chief medical officer, in charge of critical care, at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, and a professor of neurological sciences, neurosurgery, internal medicine, and anesthesiology at Rush Medical College. He and his wife, Laura, have been married two years and are living in Evanston, Ill.
1970s Since 2004, Dr. Paul C. Seel ’72 has served as a medical director at United Resource Networks, a division of United Healthcare, where he has been involved in developing an innovative program managing chronic kidney patients on a national scale. He has more than 20 years of large group practice experience in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Paul graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School (Mary Hitchcock) and holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.
Stan Mefford W’71, NB ’74 has accepted an adjunct professorship with DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management. Stan will be teaching business administration and project management courses. A resident of Allen, Texas, Stan also has accepted the senior manager position with Ericsson’s North American Supply Chain Division. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is a provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. Stan is also the incoming CSSAA president. Sharon and Mark E. Bracich ’76 own and operate San Juan Outfitting from their ranch in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado (Pagosa Springs). They both retired from the Air Force in 2006. Mark’s children are also Culver graduates: Jason ’01 of Chaplin, Conn., and Jessica Bracich ’02 of Santa Fe, N.M. Robert R. Stead ’76 of Ada, Mich., has accepted a position as general counsel at Gordon Food Service, Inc., one of his longtime clients. Bob will continue his association with Barnes & Thornburg in an of-counsel capacity.
Four CMA regimental commanders are now attending the U.S. Military Academy. They are, left to right, Charlie Phelps ’08, Tommy Ott ’09, Blake Hunnewell ’10, and Alex Canacci ’10.
1980s Henry G. Burnett ’81 of New York City was nominated as a “best partner” by ATL Career Center. A litigation partner in Crowell & Moring’s International Dispute Resolution Group, Harry was cited as “a stand-up guy who doesn’t take himself too seriously.” The skiing exploits of Portland, Ore., lawyer Richard H. Rizk ’81 were featured in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin in January 2011. Rich is heavily involved with ski-related activities, and earlier this winter received the Safety Person of the Year Award from the Far West Ski Association, which covers 13 states and 51,000 members. Rich developed a winter safety speaker-awareness series that addressed winter driving and other issues. Army Lt. Col. G. Wesley Millner Jr. N’82, ’84 has returned from Yemen, where he was working with the Royal Navy special warfare unit within the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense. As deputy chief forward for G32-Aviation, West was responsible for support of CENTCOM and Gen. Petraeus. The main effort was operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but also the support for the Saudis, Egyptians, and others in 23 countries. In January, Wes took a position in Atlanta heading up project management for a real estate firm.
R. Douglas Herge ’74 is no longer plant manager at W.C. Russell Moccasin Co. in Appleton, Wis. While there he met both President Bushes, Norman Schwartzkoff, Chuck Yeager, Tom Selleck, NRA directors, and some of the best hunters and wildlife conservationists in the world. Doug also has gotten back into pheasant hunting in South Dakota.
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Anne Reilly Fahim SS’72, ’74 recently completed design of a four-dimension theater at Madame Tussaud’s in New York City. In 2007, she converted a waterworks building to a performing arts center. She enjoyed visiting with several Culver schoolmates during the year.