IN MEMORIAM

> Emily Naber Spende (MBA) started a new position as territory manager at Flowonix Medical.

2012

> Anisa Hajimumin (MPA) started a new position as the assistant commissioner for immigrant and refugee affairs. > Gail Nosek (MFA) started a new position as communications director for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

2013

> Daniel Bernstrom (MFA) was chosen as a finalist for the 2021 Minnesota Book Awards in the Children’s Literature category. > Wayne Sandberg (MPA) was named the 2019 Outstanding Minnesota County Engineer of the Year.

2015

> Syra Yang’s (MAE) new book, “And, Sometimes Growing Feels Like Losing,” was published.

2016

> Jana Larson’s (MFA) book, “Reel Bay: A Cinematic Essay,” was published. > DeeDee Shogren LeMier

(MBA) (also CLA ’06)

started a new position as extension educator for community economics and tourism development at the University of Minnesota.

2017

> Dessalien Similhomme

(MBA) (also CLA ’13)

started a new position as senior analyst for healthcare analytics at Molina Healthcare.

2018

> Jill Magnusson (MESL**) was named a finalist for the 2021 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

* Master of Arts in Management (MAM); **Master of Arts in ESL (MA in ESL)

Alumni In Memoriam

Hamline Alumni Magazine extends its deepest sympathy to the families of the following alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

We learned of the passing of the following alumni and friends between Spring 2020 and March 1, 2021.

Undergraduate

Helen Comport Olson ’41 Phyllis McCann Caine ’42 Eunice Stroberg Hupfer ’42 Robert A. Turcotte ’42 William G. Girvin ’45 Kenji Oyanagi ’45 Granville Smith ’45 John Kittelson ’46 Gladys Nordenstrom Krenek ’46 Elaine Starz Tonolli ’46 Marjorie Hansen Anderson ’47 Eugene Beimer ’47 Helen Ricker Hondius ’47 Elizabeth Ulvang Maitland ’47 Jean Froemming ’48 Alice Lee Hendrix ’48 Martha Nordenstrom Sather ’48 Jacqueline Fritsche Swanson ’48 Robert B. Benjamin ’49 Patricia Williams Blomberg ’49 Lorraine Dahle Ford ’49 Harold Hanson ’49 Lois Carr Joyner ’49 Delbert G. Leaf ’49 Andrinne Fowler Wharton ’49 Dorothy Cook Amundson ’50 Fern Hammerstrom Baard ’50 Mavis Halverson Brandenburg ’50 James H. Buckley ’50 Mavis Earles Cedergren ’50 Jere Dvorak ’50 Robert T. Holt ’50 Marilyn Lyman McCarty ’50 James R. Rognas ’50 Howard E. Smither ’50 Lloyd M. Thorndyke ’50 Gwen V. Joyner Christensen ’51 Lorraine Covey Goodson ’51 Annice Klundt Hargens ’51 Gordon Hesselroth ’51 Kenneth E. Johnson ’51 Joyce Ferguson Long ’51 William P. Miller ’51 Oscar P. Ostrom Jr. ’51 Joanne Peterson Weiss ’51 Carol Tuttle Alseth ’52 Dick Duerre ’52 Myron R. Fleming ’52 Louis Hoyer ’52 Leonard C. Johanson ’52 Patricia Eckel Nelson ’52 David C. Smart ’52 Gene H. Wandersee ’52 Gordon L. Wilcox ’52 David E. Boobar ’53 Genevieve Martin Carlson ’53 Mary Hansen Dahlgren ’53 Carl A. Johnson ’53 Elaine Lindberg Merrick ’53 Audrey Heinbuch Nash ’53 Ardis Niemann Noonan ’53 Marian Drost Portesan ’53 Orville Rittgers ’53 June Fuller Bender ’54

Dr. Olaf (Ole) Runquist

DR. OLAF (OLE) RUNQUIST, 90, passed away April 28, 2021. He taught chemistry at Hamline for 41 years. He wrote over 50 scientific articles during his career, many in collaboration with Hamline students, and earned a well-deserved reputation as one of Hamline's most beloved instructors.

Ole earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Iowa State University and, eventually, his PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota before coming to Hamline in 1957.

His students meant a great deal to him. Ole often told stories about his old students and his great pride in their accomplishments.

Away from the university, Ole enjoyed his cabin on the Whiteface Reservoir and being outdoors. He often attended opera performances and loved classical music. He was also an accomplished woodworker.

He leaves behind his wife of 69 years, Jane Ann, five children, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. His legacy will live on at Hamline, but he will be sorely missed.

Marilyn Hughes Biebighauser ’54 John A. Fletcher ’54 Donna Groniga Grimshaw ’54 Everett Hickman ’54 Kenneth K. Jensen ’54 Corrinne Johnson ’54 Sally Blue Melroy ’54 Mary Jane Jensen Schreiner ’54 William R. Slivka ’54 Jack F. Thompson ’54 Merrill Dittes ’55 Jerald H. Jackson ’55 (emeritus trustee) Roger W. Jenson ’55 James G. Keenan ’55 Patricia Teegarden Rahnefeld ’55 Barbara Andrews Renken ’55 Arluene Freeman Conklin ’56 Donald E. Day ’56 Richard M. Donlin ’56 John H. Durand ’56 Ethel Edwards Fernlund ’56 Catherine Banks Jacobson ’56 Charlotte Wall Koshiol ’56 Dorothy Moberg Moore ’56 Walton C. Nelson ’56 Janice Kettlewell Quelland ’56 Bruce Sundberg ’56 John W. Terpstra ’56 Joe E. Thompson ’56 Mary Wimmer Wakeford ’56 Sharon Hanlon Benzel ’57 Richard T. Earl ’57 Barbara Grant McCoy ’57 Alice Lyddon Nellestein ’57 Raymond W. Quist ’57 Jeanette Swenman Schmitz ’57 Roland Zacharias ’57 Donald D. Backstrom ’58 Lois Robinson Gruber ’58 Gaye Seemann Hilson ’58 Thorval Moen ’58 Dale H. Slupe ’58 Roy E. Syverson ’58 Nancy Norlund Anderson ’59 Alvin Carstensen ’59 William L. Kunz ’59 Judith Howe Lager ’59 William Lindstrom ’59 Eldon L. Morey ’59 Jean Christenson Rollins ’59 Ronald Werner ’59 Jeannette Bjorkman ’60 Mary L. Jacobson ’60 James Pederson ’60 Claudia Blomberg Tollefson ’60 George W. Way ’60 D. Bruce B. Wise ’60 Carol Anderson Burgess ’61 Harriet Gray Burley ’61 Jean Sower Goff ’61 Michele Johnson Heiberg ’62 Judith Mitchell Lewis ’62 Robert A. Lunde ’62 Charles A. Wennerlund ’62 Charles Pfeifer ’63 Susan Paulson Thomas ’63 Evelyn L. Busch ’65 Charles E. Pomerleau ’65 Robert N. Dunn ’66 Roger F. Clark ’67 Jon S. Conger ’67 Diane Badman Cornell ’67 Robert Junnila ’67 Penny Loos ’67 Bruce G. Myers ’67 Terrence R. Stark ’67 John A. Wertz ’67 John H. Dill ’68 Marilyn Snyder Sweet ’68 Cheryl M. Heuer ’70 Carol A. Meyer ’72 Richard H. Pfutzenreuter ’74 Bibi Gafoormand DeBoer ’75 Jerome R. Smith ’75 Brant R. Beeson ’76 Janet Lekson ’76 Melinda Macy ’76 Bernice Corner ’77 Janet P. Coleman ’78 Gregg B. Scherer ’79 Calvin P. Johnson ’80 Sean J. Rice ’80 Cory Glad ’82 Kenneth P. Sholes ’82 Russell Norum ’83 David S. Olson ’83 Lawrence M. Rocheford ’83 Virginia L. Seay ’83 Jeffrey Carpenter ’84 Beatrice Kotz ’84 James E. Hart ’85 Christopher P. Hoven ’85 Dean R. Cran ’86 Timothy D. Wuennecke ’86 Edimand C. Gilbertson ’87 Steven Cross ’88 Daniel Goode ’88 Thomas H. Pertler ’90 Gary E. Brown ’91 Margaret L. Traiser ’93 John K. Mulliken ’94 David A. Weidenfeller ’98 Mitchell L. Taylor ’99 Mark A. Mitchell ’00 Mary L McKinley ’02 Julia E. Saunders ’04 Vincent P. Trammel ’07 Sabrina J. Mims Benz ’08 Andrew Skjervold ’08 Terrence S. Gannon ’09 Shawn P. Siders ’10 Michael J. Doran ’11 Matthew E. Diehl ’14 Matthew Williams ’14

Alexandra “Sandy” Klas LHD ’08 (hon.)

ON TUESDAY, MAY 31, Hamline University, Minnesota, and the world lost a treasure: Alexandra “Sandy” Klas LHD ’08 (hon.).

The life she lived and the work she did on behalf of others stands as a testament to her generous heart and her commitment to helping people—to doing good. She used her artistic gifts, verbal acumen and interpersonal skills to effectively ameliorate inequities in education and promote opportunities for people living with disabilities. She did everything her way and we all took notice.

Sandy was a true Piper, supporting Hamline not only financially but also with her unforgettable presence. She and her late husband, Robert “Bob” ’52, LHD ’08 (hon.), were both Life Trustees and proud benefactors of Hamline University; Klas Center is named after them. Three of their six children attended Hamline: trustee Bob Klas Jr. ’75, Elizabeth (Klas) Polome ’78 and Tom Klas MBA ’08, MNM ’16.

Sandy will be missed by us all. Graduate

David Blaeser JD ’89 Anne E. Farnham MALS ’93 Patricia McMorrow Johnson

MAE ’96 Jeffrey W. Brown JD ’13 Brandon M. Terrell MFA ’19

Friends and Former Staff

Ernest Betlach (parent of former

CLA student) Richard M. Cisek (trustee’s spouse) Sue Ann Wilkinson Gruver (former graduate school adjunct faculty) Harold Keller (parent of former CLA student) Van S. Lawrence David C. Lukowitz (former CLA faculty) Charles R. (Dick) Moyer (former

CLA faculty) James C. Noonan (friend) Carl B. Potaracke (parent of former

CLA student) Jelani A. Robinson (parent of CLA student) Paul Verret (friend) May M. Williams

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