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is sales representative at PPG Industries Inc. ■ David D. Schaefer, DeLeon Springs, FL, is vice president of purchasing for Metra Electronics ■ Jan Gustafson Seitzer, St. Peter, is a retired teacher ■ Mark R. Shinn, Highwood, IL, is a professor of school psychology at NationalLouis University ■ Susan Pederson Slater, Nisswa, is retired as an adjunct professor at Hamline University, St. Mary’s University, and Concordia University-St. Paul ■ Robin Stender, Shorewood, is employed at the VA Medical Center ■ Anne Gotzman Swenson, Andover, is a retired pre-school teacher ■ Paul M. Torkelson, St. James, is a state representative ■ Larae Erickson Ziegelman, Alexandria, is a practical nurse instructor at Alexandria Technical College.
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Class Agent: Paul Heckt
e-mail: 1975classagent@gustavus.edu
Richard A. Kiekhaefer, Lester Prairie, is on the board of directors at First Community Bank Lester Prairie ■ Otto P. Naujokas, Paynesville, is a self-employed insurance agent ■ Nona L. Niemeier, Eagle Lake, is an EMS instructor at South Central College ■ Brian H. Rotvold, Kalamazoo, MI, is retired from United Airlines ■ Charles A. Van Buskirk, Ventura, CA, is a retired insurance executive.
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Class Agent: Bruce Olson
e-mail: 1976classagent@gustavus.edu
■ Barb Davis Augustinack, Apple Valley, is employed at Carlsonwagonlit ■ Lory Dubbels, Minneapolis, is an investment associate at RBC Capital Markets ■ Steven L. Gartland, Golden Valley, is a regional director for Alpha USA ■ Stephanie Kendall, Minneapolis, is employed at Kenexa ■ Elaine M. Lilly, Mankato, is a scientific/medical editor for Writer’s First Aid ■ Tom Schonthaler, Bowie, MD, is employed at Raffa, PC ■ Amy L. Stark, Santa Ana, CA, is a Ph.D. clinical psychologist specializing in court-ordered therapy in family reunification and child custody cases ■ John D. Trawick, La Mesa, CA, is principal scientist at Genomatica ■ Lynne Koester Wathen, Olathe, KS, is associate director of project management at Quintiles.
Their own reunion
These four Gusties from the Class of 1978 couldn’t make their class’s 30th anniversary reunion last October, so they settled for a mini-reunion and brunch at Hell’s Kitchen in Minneapolis on another weekend that month. Pictured from left are Tania Haber Wertz, St. Louis Park, MN; Julie Elmen Gruys, Davis, CA; Scott Hanson, Sheboygan, WI; and Patty Bohan Nolan, Brooklyn Park, MN.
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Class Agents: Al Behrends, Terri Novak Delebo
e-mail: 1977classagent@gustavus.edu
Wendy Berghorst, Excelsior, is a pediatric medical home manager at Park Nicollet Health Services ■ Dave Brueshoff, Apple Valley, is professor of family studies at Concordia University ■ Susan Paisley Brzezinski, Excelsior, is an eighthgrade language arts teacher at Minnetonka Middle School West and was named recipient of a 2008 Minnetonka Teacher Award for ChildCentered Excellence ■ Bonnie Nemoede Denzer, Utica, is academic affairs/assessment coordinator at Mayo Medical School ■ Kathryn Sullivan Distel, Phoenix, AZ, is employed at United Health Care ■ Deanna Jaeger Larson, Fairbury, NE, is a dietary aide at Heritage Care Center ■ Rick Lisell, Plano, TX, retired from General Electric Commercial Finance ■ Ned A. Pehrson, Eden Prairie, is employed at General Electric ■ Steve Schelhammer, Carrollton, TX, is CEO at Phytel, Inc. ■ Doug E. Stensby, St. Peter, is retired from General Electric Company.
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Class Agent: Mike Stanch
e-mail: 1978classagent@gustavus.edu
Bonnie Stein Anderson, Elkhorn, WI, teaches third grade in the Lake
Geneva School District ■ Julie Elmen, Davis, CA, is an academic specialist for the University of California ■ Janet A. Heikes, Hoffman Estates, IL, is supervisor at Metropolitan Family Services.
Records Service, Inc. ■ Lisa Nahabedian Dildilian, Royal Oak, MI, is a payroll supervisor at Staffco Services, Inc. ■ Tim Hoyt Duncan, Northport, NY, is pastor at First Presbyterian Church ■ Kim Degeberg Durkee, St. Paul, is senior human resources manager at Class Agent: Medtronic Inc. ■ Paul A. Durkee, position open St. Paul, is senior consultant with e-mail: 1979classagent@gustavus.edu Delta Environmental Consultants ■ Lori Lindell Abel, Minnetonka, is a Leanne J. Ekstadt, Minneapolis, is a school nurse in the Hopkins School pricing business analyst at Ceridian District ■ Craig R. Anderson, ■ Brian K. Engel, Eden Prairie, is Elkhorn, WI, is general manager at executive vice president at Aon Allied Supply Company ■ Dean Benfield ■ Kathy Failing, White Anderson, Dallas, OR, is an IT direcBear Lake, is a graphic artist and tor for Polk County ■ Mary Ormseth Web designer for Poudre Design Studio, LLC ■ Barbara Froemming, Bergh, Eagan, is office manager at Rosemount Family Dentistry, PA ■ Rochester, is a nurse manager at Mayo Foundation ■ Shawn M. Bonnie Madsen Brueshoff, Apple Valley, is public health Gibbs, Kingston, WA, is an inANNIVE director for Dakota County RSARY dependent business consultant ■ Barbara L. Busch, ■ Lynn Johnson Glantz, Oct. 9– 10 Roseville, teaches biology at Irvine, CA, is a bid/pricing sys2009 the Anoka Hennepin School tems analyst at Toshiba District ■ Missy Miller Carver, American Business Solutions ■ Shorewood, is a senior auditor at the Boofie Longley Graham, Pacific ELCA’s Board of Pensions ■ Jane Palisades, CA, is a principal at Business Talent Agency ■ Gregory Fish Cetrangolo, Land O’Lakes, FL, is president of Design Services, Inc. ■ Granlund, Eau Claire, WI, is an architect with Lien and Peterson Lori Roepke Churchill, Plymouth, is Architects, Inc. ■ Marilyn Schultz bookkeeper at Churchill Dental ■ Hallstrom, South Haven, is owner/ Sue VanSomeren Danielson, Edina, partner at Ron Michaels Consulting is the unilever team lead at Advantage Sales and Marketing ■ ■ Rita Romanowski Hallstrom, Woodbury, is an RN in the operating Bob Dehnke, St. Paul, is a business room at Woodwinds Health Campus development associate at Keais
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