RiverPoint Investments ■ Lynn Holm Blagg, Omaha, NE, is director of core products at First Data Inc. ■ Bonnie Beckstrom Byman, Minneapolis, is employed at US Bank ■ Tracy Koeger Heitner, Eden Prairie, is in sales and marketing for Hot Ice Jewelry ■ Carolyn Borg Krech, Lakeville, is in accounting at Centerpointe Dental ■ Al L. Sundblad, Annandale, is a network services manager at United Health Care ■ Susan Summerfield Swanson, Waco, TX, is a clinic manager at Providence Wound Care Clinic ■ Jeffrey D. Wagner, McCordsville, IN, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Wagner and Associates. Class Agents: Brad Somero, Karin Stone E-mail: 1983classagent@gustavus.edu Mark C. Austin, Appleton, WI, is an
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ophthalmologist at Fox Cities Eye Clinic ■ John H. Biewen, Durham, NC, is a radio journalist and audio program director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and edited a book, Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound ■ Scott C. Gilyard, Medina, is president of Medco Health Solutions ■ Paul Pettersen, Minnetonka, is a pastor at Normandale Lutheran Church ■ Karin Stone, Cleveland Heights, OH, is principal at Stone Strategy Group LLC. Class Agents: Carole Arwidson,
Ken Ericson 84 E-mail: 1984classagent@gustavus.edu Carla Anderson Cox, River Falls, WI is a special education teacher in St. Paul ISD #625 ■ Paula Eisele Duhaime, Maple Grove, is an account manager at UHC ■ David E. Huls, Farmington, is a math teacher at Lakeville ISD #194 ■ Keith O.
Anderson works to protect Dakota and Minnesota grassland
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Patrick Anderson ’77, Sioux Falls, SD, executive director of the Northern Prairies Land Trust in Sioux Falls, helped secure a $1 million grant for a new conservation project to protect unbroken tracts of prairie across the Dakotas and Minnesota. Prairies Without Borders works to protect sections of the Prairie Coteau region—over a million acres of native northern tall grass. The money will be used to buy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grassland and wetland easements, with an emphasis on getting easements on large contiguous tracts of native grassland. The venture seeks to protect 3,106 acres within the Deuel, Grant, and Roberts three-county area. Anderson joined Northern Prairie in 2005 after practicing as a private attorney with an emphasis on environmental issues and as a mediator for South Dakota Farm Mediation Program.
Alumnus songwriter wins McKnight fellowship
Neal Hagberg ’81, well known to regional audiences as half of the husband-and-wife singing duo Neal & Leandra, is one of four recipients of this year’s McKnight Composition Fellowships, funded by the McKnight Foundation and announced by the American Composers Forum in May. These awards, which include $25,000 in unrestricted funds for each recipient, are meant to acknowledge excellence in the field of music composition. The four fellows were chosen from a pool of 77 applicants. The fellowship will allow Hagberg to expand on his earlier solo CD project, It’s Not as Simple as It Seems, using the template of exploring stories of the moral dilemmas of our times— fundamentalism, immigration, homophobia, abortion, treatment of the poor, and how our prejudices cause great suffering to others and ourselves—for a new solo project that will tell the story of one homeless person, from cradle to present, and the twist and turns that propel him into homelessness. “[I hope to] put a human face on the people we walk by every day,” Hagberg says, “as It’s Not as Simple as It Seems attempted to put human faces on the hot button topics of our times.” Support for individual artists has been a cornerstone of The McKnight Foundation's Arts program since it began in 1981. The Foundation believes that the arts cannot flourish or enhance community life without the ideas, energy, and drive of individual artists, and that artists cannot make these contributions without unfettered creative time. A fellowship can help an artist set aside a period of time for study, reflection, experimentation, and exploration; take advantage of an opportunity; or work on a new project. Currently, the Foundation contributes about $1.7 million per year to its statewide fellowships, and additional funds support individual artists in Greater Minnesota. Neal & Leandra were recipients of a 2002 McKnight Fellowship for Performing Arts. The American Composers Forum is committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music. Founded in 1973 as the Minnesota Composers Forum, the organization has grown from an innovative regional initiative into one of the nation’s premier composer service organizations. ACF boasts a worldwide membership of 1,800 artists, organizations, and community members. “So much credit goes to Gustavus,” Hagberg says, “and particularly Chris Johnson ’85, Brian Johnson ’80, Al Behrends ’77, and Dennis Johnson ’60, who championed my first solo CD project, It’s Not as Simple as It Seems, from the outset. Without them, this would not have been possible.”
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McConnell, Foster City, CA, is director of software engineering at C2 Microsystems ■ Katy Kelly Noun, Minneapolis, is president and owner at Black and Red Dog Art.
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Agent: Susan Johnson Chwalek 85 Class E-mail: 1985classagent@gustavus.edu Carol Dalke Agar, Wittenberg, WI, is an RN at the Homme Home of Wittenberg ■ Craig S. Barron, Minnetonka, is a self employed doctor of clinical psychology ■ Cindy Kohls Beaver, Rosemount, is a business systems analyst at Blue Cross Blue Shield ■ Peter S. Blackstad, Lakeville, is president of Blackstad Enterprises, Inc. ■ Nancy Greer Brenden, Eagan, is a creative director at Lifetime Fitness ■ Cheryl Bratt Bungum, Paynesville, is a vocal music teacher in Paynesville ISD #741 ■ Ann Morton Carr, Bloomington, is enrolled in the master gardener program at the University of Minnesota ■ Susan Johnson Chwalek, Monticello, is a school psychologist at St. Cloud ISD #742 ■ Lisa Hopkins Clow, Cannon Falls, is employed at Cannon Falls Medical ■ Donald Coe, Minneapolis, teaches science in the Minneapolis Public Schools ■ Donna Buland Cook, Lakefield, is a physical education, health, and DAPE teacher at Southwest StarConcept Elementary School ■ Patrick S. Coomes, Wahkon, is a physical therapist in the Mille Lacs Health System ■ Robert H. Cox, River Falls, WI, is a general contractor with Phase One Enterprises ■ Joseph G. Crippen, Northfield, is senior pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church ■ Rene Vadnais Cronquist, Brooklyn Park, is assistant director at the Minnesota Board of Nursing ■ Shawn L. Dahl, Charlotte, NC, is managing director of Jefferson Wells ■ Steve D. Dahl, Lakeville, is a self-employed contractor with Steve Dahl Construction ■ William T. Doering, La Crosse, WI, is a systems, catalog, and digital initiatives librarian at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse ■ Brad J. Duhaime, Maple Grove, is VP of technology at Aspect Loss Prevention ■ Bruce Eaton, Rapid City, SD, is a physician in internal medicine at Regional Health Physicians ■ Lynn Wolters Ennis, Faribault, is a program coordinator at EPIC Enterprises ■ Dina Sievertson Etherington, Mound, is a physical therapist at Ridgeview Medical Center ■ Jackie Brudelie Farasyn, New Ulm, is CFO of Mathiowetz Construction Co ■ Jodi Billehus Fedor, Piedmont, CA, is a partner at SSL Law Firm, LLP ■ Sue Clarke Ferguson, St. Louis Park, is director of sales and marketing at Ecumen ■ Kim Christensen Finanger, Edina, works with the ASD program at Edina ISD #273 ■ Marc D. Grauberger, Westminster, CO, is a commercial insurance agent at Cherry Creek Insurance Group ■ Bruce R. Gullikson, Burnsville, is employed at Lifetime Fitness ■ Wendy Gilliand Haagenson, Eagan, is a program supervisor at Opal Services ■ Carron C. Harris, Vancouver, WA, is a vice president of product development at Papa Murphy’s International ■ Lori Engelking Huckle, Eagan, is a real estate agent at Edina Realty ■ Laura Abele Huls, Farmington, teaches social studies in Farmington ISD ■ Deirdre Dahlstrom Hultgren, Maple Grove, is a fashion consultant ■ Mary C. Jacobson, Eagan, is a flight attendant with Delta Airlines ■ Raman Jayapathy, Eden Prairie, is solo practitioner attorney and director of tennis at Bearpath Golf and Country Club ■ Courtney Smith Johnstone,