Dave Workman ’80 has a half-hour radio show every in the Chicago area, with the youngest entering her second year of college this fall. Brent has had a family medical practice in Algonquin since 1987, practicing for much of that time with classmates who were at Knox for their first year of medical school at Rush. ❯ Scott Luthy is one of my best reporters, but he claims he doesn’t have much news to report, at least related to Knox. He attended a niece’s wedding in May in Napa, and had a great time with family in addition to sharing in celebrating his niece’s big day! He also connected with Kate Sorensen Blunk ’77 via LinkedIn, who actually lives less than two miles from him. Yay, social media. And, he participated in a focus group for Knox on fundraising communications and had the opportunity to meet several alums from different years. Turns out one of them (from the Class of 1981) is a good friend with one of his former managers! They are also parents of a recent alum, who cajoled them into coming to the session! So, the lesson is, get out there and mix it up, and don’t forget to respond to my nagging e-mails to tell me about it. Class Correspondent: David Bates 174 Haversham, Houston, TX 77024-6248, 713-7220815, dbates@gardere.com
1979 Wow…what a weekend! So this little article will focus on the 4th annual FIJI/Phi Delt reunion and golf outing. Norm Hillner (FIJI) and Bob Szyman (Phi Delt) have done a fantastic job hosting this event for the last four years. Friday night is the individual get-together for each fraternity. The FIJI party was at Norm Hillner’s garage. (It was lightly raining, so we had to move it indoors.) There were about 22 FIJIs in his spacious garage, which is decorated with all things Chicago sports, as well as Northwestern memorabilia. We had guys from Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, and Virginia in attendance. Some names familiar to the Class of ’79 include Jim Mocogni, Tom Bannos ’80, Joe Morrison, Chuck Barstow, and, of course, Norm and me. Saturday, we had a beautiful day for golf at Glen Ellyn Golf Club. The FIJIs once again triumphed over the Phi Delts and took home the overall winners trophy. The ’79 Phi Delts in attendance were Bob Szyman, Joe “Howie” Hagemaster, and Steve Laudel. After a great day of golf, we retired to one of the banquet rooms for dinner and libations and reminiscing about the great times we had and the fellowship we experienced. In total, there were about 40-50 fraternity brothers who showed up for this glorious event. We even got a visit from mayor of Galesburg and FIJI Brother…John Pritchard ’78. I again want to thank Norm and Bob for organizing this weekend; it is truly a great time. For those of you reading this who are FIJIs or Phi Delts, start planning for next year. We usually shoot for the weekend after Father’s Day. ❯ The other news I wanted to share is about my best friend and classmate, Eric Jackstadt. He has done an awesome
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job of raising two young men who now serve our country. His older son, Daniel, is in the Army and going through military intelligence training, while younger son, David, goes to school and is in the National Guard. I’m kinda like their distant unrelated uncle, and I’m so proud!! So that is it for this installment of the Class of ’79 news and views. Friend me on Facebook or write me an e-mail telling me about your life. I’d love to hear from you. Class Correspondent: Brian Cox 618-406-7014, bjcox5257@att.net
1980 Hello and greetings! Yes, we do exist and hope to be better participants from now on. We appreciate our classmates who sent updates—so many that we exceeded our word limit! If you don’t see your update here, our apologies; it will be included in the spring 2016 magazine. ❯ Before we share your reports, we’d like to bring you up to date on what we’ve been up to. ❯ Roy Brandys: I have been in Austin for almost eight years. I have three wonderful children. Lyndzee runs a fantastic sushi restaurant in Austin called Uchi. Dylan is a sophomore at Colorado Christian University in Denver, after spending half a year in Athens. Tyler will attend Texas A&M and just returned from a two-month trip to East Asia. I have been a civil rights lawyer for most of my career, the last nine of which have been devoted exclusively to representing landowners in eminent domain cases. I wish I got back to Knox more and look forward to Homecoming this year. ❯ Joe Moore’s recap of his life since Knox: After graduation, I took a year off to work in John Anderson’s independent presidential campaign, moved from Evanston to Chicago, and went to law school at DePaul. After law school, I worked 61/2 years as an attorney for the City of Chicago, where I had the good fortune to argue two cases in front of the Illinois Supreme Court. In 1991, I was elected to the Chicago City Council and have represented the 49th Ward (Chicago’s Rogers Park community) for the last 24 years. I’m now third in City Council seniority, something I never would have imagined when I was first elected, but it’s a job I love, representing an amazing community. Along the way, I got married and had two boys, whom I’m very proud of. Nathan, 25, works in Washington, D.C., for a tech firm that designs websites and manages databases for elected officials, candidates for office, and nonprofits. Zachary, 18, starts at Northwestern University’s School of Engineering this fall. Sadly, my first marriage didn’t work out, but my ex and I remain on good terms and co-parent well together. I remarried in 2008. Wonderful and talented wife Barbara works as the executive director of Democratic Municipal Officials, a national organization of Democratic mayors and city council members. ❯ Our Knox ’80 classmates are also doing well, as the following shows. ❯ From Susan Naomi Bernstein: “I co-coordinate
the Stretch Program at Arizona State University, Tempe. My recent publications include articles in Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Discourse and Service Learning 14.1 (Fall 2014), and Community College Moment 15: Self and Other (Spring 2015). Additionally, my team won a 2015 national grant from the Conference on College Composition and Communication to study firstyear college writing, technology, and blended learning. The fourth edition of my book, Teaching Developmental Writing, was published by Bedford/St. Martin’s in 2013, and I also write the blog Beyond the Basics (http://goo.gl/YIjur2) for the Bedford/St. Martin’s website Ideas for Teaching Composition. I live in Tempe with Stephen Cormany, my spouse of 31 years, and our orange tabby cat, Destiny. ❯ Dave Cratty reports that he and his wife now have a second grandson, Hayden. His older brother, Hunter, is learning to swing a golf club. Dave retires in three years and enjoys what he calls his “low-drama lifestyle.” ❯ Kathy Knosher Harden reports: “Rich Harden and I celebrated the 35th anniversary of our wedding on the steps of Old Main this June. We have been in Champaign, Illinois, since leaving Knox. Rich is an attorney, and I’m an assistant editor of The Journal of Nutrition. Daughter Colleen Harden Aziz ’10 and son-in-law Hamed Aziz ’08 had a son, Naseer Emad Aziz, on January 27, 2015. We are thrilled to be grandparents and really enjoy our time with Naseer (perhaps the Class of ’36?). ❯ And, of course, Dave Workman advises: “I thought now would be a good time to let my fellow alums who have been worried about me know about my life, since I haven’t written in 25 years. First of all, I’d like to congratulate Roy on doing such a fine job as our class correspondent. The class participation from the last publication was especially noteworthy. Wife Beth and I have been in Logansport, Indiana, since 1989. We have two sons who graduated from DePauw and reside in Indianapolis. Daughter Katie is a senior at Purdue. I have been fortunate to keep in touch with many of my fellow Siwashers via e-mail and social functions. Roy and I met up in Austin last fall. I visited Bob Alvarez and Mike Quirk earlier in the year. Mike has some very, very serious health issues, and I’m sure would love to have some mail from his Knox friends. Pictures might help him with the notes/letters. His address is: The Fountains of Shiloh, 1201 Hartman Lane, Room 221, Shiloh, IL 62221. ❯ Dave went to the 2015 NCAA Championship game in Indianapolis with fellow Siwash hoopsters Dan Calandro ’77, Gary Jacobson ’77, Tim Bopp ’78, and John Reilly ’78. Tina Pasquinelli ’78, Dan’s wife, Janet, and the Calandros’ two sons made up the better half of our contingent. Met up with Mark Umlauf ’81 and wife Karen at the game, as they were there to see nephew Frank ‘The Tank’ Kaminsky play for Wisconsin. I talk with Steve ‘City’ Holmes every week. He is great except for the significant receding hairline problem. I talk with Danny ‘Stick’ Edwards ’81 almost every other week. He is great and actively involved in his