Lawrence Magazine Fall/Winter 2022

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STORIES IN THE ROCKS Marcia Bjornerud’s geologic tour of campus INSIDE: NEW CAMPUS ENTRYWAY SHINES BRIGHT

CONTENTS Lawrence Arch Brings Welcoming Entryway to Campus,

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Kicks Off New Traditions

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Stories in the Rocks: A Geologic Tour of Campus

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New Leadership on Campus

16 Kaleidoscope, Tailgate Party, Mascot Highlight

a Festive Relaunch of Homecoming 18 Faculty Find Joy, Fulfillment in the Journey Through

First-Year Studies 22 Students Join Faculty, Alums to Study Microscopic

Odyssey at Northern Lake 24 26 34 36 38 39 40 42 46 78

Campus News Student, Alumni, and Faculty Profiles Scenes From Fall Term Joyner Embraces Interdisciplinary Teaching Viking Voices & Faculty and Alumni Books New Business and Entrepreneurship Major LU Lights Athletics Class Notes The Big Picture

LAWRENCE EDITOR: Ed Berthiaume ART DIRECTOR: Liz Boutelle CONTRIBUTORS: Ed Berthiaume, Marcia Bjørnerud, Karina Herrera ’22, and Sullivan Shubert ’23 CLASS NOTES: Miyoko Grine-Fisher and Claire Hafeman PHOTOGAPHY: Danny Damiani, Bart De Stasio, M. C. Kinney Photography, Christina Weatherford FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS: go.lawrence.edu/profile 920-832-7019 • alumni@lawrence.edu TO SUBMIT IDEAS: Lawrence University • Communications 711 E. Boldt Way Appleton, WI 54911-5690 920-832-7325 • communications@lawrence.edu Opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily represent Lawrence University policy.

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COVER: Marcia Bjørnerud in the Science Atrium under a cycad plant, a species that has been around since the time of the dinosaurs (hence, her dino toy that snuck into the photo). Photo by Danny Damiani.

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Dear Lawrentians, Greetings from campus as we prepare to turn the calendar to 2023 and eagerly await the return of our students for Winter Term.

The excitement that built all through Fall Term— fueled by the ongoing work on strategic initiatives, the investments being made in our campus infrastructure, the announcement of the Lawrence Advantage, the launch of a new business and entrepreneurship major, the rebirth of cherished traditions, and the joy of being fully back together—will carry us into the new term with great enthusiasm. Students will be greeted upon their return with something we’re calling LUgge, the Lawrence version of hygge (“hoo-ga”). Yes, we are leaning into a Wisconsin winter, exploring ways to enhance mindfulness, togetherness, and coziness in this community we so dearly love.

There is an energy on campus right now as we bring the year-long 175th anniversary celebration to a close.

It could be felt when we relaunched the Blue & White Homecoming tradition in October, inviting alumni and families to join with students, faculty, and staff for a weekend of celebration. From the Athletics Hall of Fame dinner and Banta Bowl tailgate party to the student talent show and spectacular Kaleidoscope concert, it was indeed a weekend to celebrate! On a personal note, it was a privilege to share the stage of the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center with our immensely talented students and faculty for the Kaleidoscope finale. I am always amazed by the talent and excellence of Lawrentians.

For those who returned for Homecoming, thank you for joining us. Hopefully you had a chance to meet Blu, our newest Viking, an antelope mascot that taps into our 175-year history. The antelope has been prominent since Amos Lawrence’s family crest first became part of Lawrence. Blu debuted during Homecoming weekend and is now bringing energy and building Lawrence pride at gatherings across campus. We hope more of you will

consider a visit to campus for Homecoming in Fall 2023 as we look for this relaunched tradition to grow.

When you come for that visit, you’ll find positive changes to campus.

Initial investments in our campus infrastructure are already evident, from improvements in residence halls to the new pedestrian bridge over Drew Street. And the beautiful Lawrence Arch, funded by the incredible generosity of Trustee Susan Long Hall ’76 and her husband, David Hall, provides a welcoming new entryway to campus. When the Class of 2026 walked through that arch during Welcome Week, it kicked off new traditions that we believe will endure for generations.

We continue our efforts to strengthen Lawrence’s future; crucially, that means becoming a selective institution that is defined by academic excellence, grounded in the liberal arts, and committed to access and diversity. We are working with the team from Simpson Scarborough to help us focus our priorities and messaging as we prepare Lawrence to thrive in the years ahead.

Speaking of next steps, we recently introduced the Lawrence Advantage, a pledge to meet the demonstrated institutional need of every incoming student from Wisconsin and Illinois via a combination of scholarships, federal student loans, student employment, and grants. It is a signature moment in our efforts to become a full-need institution, funded by more than $95 million contributed over the past eight years by our generous alumni and friends. We are now full-need for Wisconsin and Illinois—our top two states represented among Lawrence’s incoming students—with efforts ongoing to expand.

As the 175th anniversary celebration draws to a close, get your LU 175 gear. T-shirts, coffee mugs, and other merchandise. All available at go.lawrence.edu/lu175gear until midnight on January 7.

This is one of many reasons for us, as a community, to be proud. Paying it forward, after all, has long been a calling card for Lawrentians. Yet we know we have much work to do. In the coming weeks and months, I’ll be joining Alumni-Development colleagues at visits to regional alumni events across the country. I’m looking forward to talking with many you about where we’ve been and where we’re going and why Lawrentians are so proudly embracing our shared journey.

We are at an important moment in Lawrence’s brilliant history. Together, we will make Lawrence stronger and more resilient, ready to meet the needs and expectations of today’s students and those yet to come.

Sincerely,

Laurie A. Carter President

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LAWRENCE ARCH BRINGS WELCOMING ENTRYWAY TO CAMPUS, KICKS OFF NEW TRADITIONS

By Ed Berthiaume

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he newly built Lawrence Arch is now serving as a visible entryway to the Lawrence campus.

The arch and patio, transforming the southeast corner of College Avenue and Drew Street, was celebrated as part of Welcome Week festivities in September, with members of the Class of 2026 kicking off a new tradition that’s expected to be part of the welcoming of first-year students— and the celebrating of graduates at Commencement—every year.

“It is not only a beautiful entryway to the Lawrence campus, but also a visible connection to the Appleton community.”

“This has been talked about for a long, long time,” President Laurie Carter said as the arch was unveiled. “Since arriving at Lawrence, I have envisioned a more visible and welcoming entryway to our campus, one that could be incorporated into our traditional welcome to campus for new students and a farewell to our graduates at Commencement.”

The Lawrence Arch provides that visible entryway on the eastern edge of Appleton's downtown, strengthening the connection between Lawrence and the wider community.

Financial support from Trustee Susan Long Hall ’76 and her husband, David Hall, and Roger Thompson ’67 helped “turn this vision into a reality,” Carter said.

Susan Long Hall said it was after hearing Carter articulate a vision for the arch in May that she and her husband decided to financially support the project. They remembered taking photos with their daughter, Lauren Hall Caponigro ’12, by the

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RIGHT: Trustee Susan Long Hall ’76 and David Hall Photos: Danny Damiani

Lawrence signage near the College-Drew intersection in 2008. And Hall remembers taking photos with her parents in the same location when she was a first-year student 50 years ago.

“In the years to come, we hope many families will take a similar photograph in front of the arch,” Hall said.

Whether for photos or events or new traditions, the Lawrence Arch is now one of the university’s most visible landmarks.

“Building the arch during our 175th anniversary year seems appropriate, doesn’t it?” Carter said. “It is not only a beautiful entryway to the Lawrence campus, but also a visible connection to the Appleton community. It welcomes newcomers and old friends alike.”

Susan Long Hall ’76 and her husband, David Hall, joined President Laurie Carter and Appleton Mayor Jacob Woodford ’13 for a ribbon-cutting at the Lawrence Arch (corner of College Avenue and Drew Street) during Welcome Week. The Lawrence community and invited guests then welcomed incoming students as they walked through the arch on the way to the President’s Welcome in front of Main Hall.

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Marcia Bjørnerud stands in the Atrium connecting Steitz and Youngchild halls under a cycad plant, a species that has been around since the time of dinosaurs. The walls behind Bjørnerud are made of Niagara Escarpment dolostone, which is 430 million years old.

Photos: Danny Damiani

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STORIES IN THE ROCKS: A GEOLOGIC TOUR OF CAMPUS

By Marcia BjØrnerud Although Lawrence’s Appleton campus doesn’t feature any natural outcrops of rock, there are many fascinating geologic stories embodied in stones in the built environment, as well as in the landscape itself.

As we celebrate history—we’re marking the 175th anniversary of Lawrence’s founding during 2022— let’s take a journey in Deep Time.

STOP 1: HIETT HALL 4TH FLOOR LOUNGE We’ll start our tour far back in the mists of the geologic past, with the beautiful stone panels around the fireplace in the 4th floor lounge of Hiett Hall. This is the Morton Gneiss, a high-temperature metamorphic rock quarried in southwestern Minnesota, part of an ancient continental fragment exposed in the Minnesota River Valley. The Morton Gneiss is famous to geologists because it once held the record as the oldest known rock in the world. The oldest parts of this rock formed 3.5 billion years ago, during the Archean eon of Precambrian time, long before the dinosaurs, in fact before there were any plants and animals on land, or oxygen in the atmosphere—and probably even before Earth had settled into the habit of plate tectonics.

The Hiett Hall fireplace

Morton Gneiss was a popular building stone in the first decades of the 20th century, and many buildings throughout the U.S., including the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, were clad in this venerable rock. The panels in the Hiett fireplace once served as the facing stone of the J.C. Penney building in downtown Appleton. When that building was demolished in 2002—the same year Hiett Hall was under construction—faculty in the Geology (now Geosciences) Department asked the owner of the building to donate the polished stone to the university. The slabs were recut and incorporated into the impressive fireplace.

Even from the few panels here, one can infer a significant amount about the early geologic history of the North American continent.

Using a basic geologic concept called the “principle of cross cutting relationships” (the idea that if feature A is cut by another feature B, A must be older than B), it is possible to “read” the sequence of events that formed this rock. Look for inclusions (isolated bits of older rock engulfed by younger igneous rock), foliations (layering defined by aligned minerals), veins (planar intrusions), pegmatite masses (partially remelted areas with large crystals), and boudins (pulled-apart blocks).

If you don’t want to think that hard, you can just enjoy the rock aesthetically!

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The exterior of Main Hall

The Rock, located on Main Hall Green

STOP 2: THE ROCK, ON LAWN NORTHWEST OF NORTH ENTRANCE TO MAIN HALL A Lawrence icon, The Rock was originally brought to campus in 1895 by geology students from a field trip in the New London area—an incredible feat, given that the boulder weighs more than two tons. It inspired equally ambitious pranks and hijinks by many subsequent generations of students who repeatedly moved, buried, painted, and hid it—until 1998, when it finally disappeared from campus altogether. Its whereabouts were unknown for almost 20 years until expert sleuthing by students Sarah Axtell ’17 and Jon Hanrahan ’16 led to the rediscovery of The Rock on a local family farm that was home to two brothers who were students at the time of the “rocknapping.” The family agreed that The Rock belonged back on campus, and it was installed at its current site in 2018. Axtell and Hanrahan told the full story of The Rock’s odyssey in their podcast, No Stone Unturned.

At the time of its homecoming, The Rock was cleaned of the many layers of paint it had accrued, and for a few weeks its natural granitic exterior was exposed for the first time in decades.

Geoscience faculty fortunately examined the boulder before it was painted again and noted its similarity to rocks in Waupaca, Shawano, and Menominee counties that are part of the “Wolf River Batholith,” a complex of mainly granitic intrusions that represent subterranean magma chambers that fed a chain of volcanoes in Wisconsin 1.45 billion years ago. Granites of this same age probably occur in the deep subsurface beneath Appleton and the Lawrence campus (below the layered sedimentary rocks described at the next stop). Long after those granites had crystallized, and the volcanoes above them had eroded away, a Pleistocene glacier must have picked up a chunk and left it near New London, where it caught the eye of members of the class of 1895. For now, we hope, The Rock has no further travel plans.

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STOP 3: MAIN HALL EXTERIOR Dedicated in 1854, Main Hall is Lawrence’s oldest surviving

building and was the first building in Appleton to be added to the National Register of Historic Places (in 1974). The rock used for its distinctive exterior—ivory-colored dolostone, a cousin of limestone—is of course far older, though its origins are somewhat elusive.

A 1953 article in the Lawrence alumni magazine marking the centennial of Main Hall stated that the stone had been quarried from the riverbed immediately below campus, an assertion that also appears in Marguerite Schumann’s 1957 history of Lawrence, Creation of a Campus. This was questioned, however, by Lawrence history professor Charles Breunig in his 1995 book, A Great and Good Work: A History of Lawrence University. Breunig cited documents indicating that the university had paid laborers in the early spring of 1853 to “work at a stone quarry” and “repair the road to the quarry,” suggesting a source away from campus.

University archivist Claire Cannell recently located the original stone mason’s handwritten contract, but it does not mention the origin of the stone.

Breunig speculated that the stone may have come from quarries at what is now High Cliff State Park on the northeast shore of Lake Winnebago, but the rock there is Silurian dolostone, part of the Niagara series, which tends to be more massive, uniform, and barren of fossils (as you will see at Stop 4). In contrast, the stone on the exterior of Main Hall—as well as Brokaw—is flaggy, slightly clayey, and commonly quite fossil-rich.

A variety of fossils can be seen if one examines the rocks closely.

Most of the stones in the building were laid with their bedding in horizontal position, so that beds are seen in cross section, and in these stones, it is difficult to discern fossils. Look for larger blocks

in which the flat bedding planes face outward; on many of these surfaces, fossils of marine organisms can be found. These include brachiopods (also called lamp shells), stems of crinoids (stalked organisms related to starfish), bryozoa (branching, coral-like creatures) and rare trilobites (extinct arthropods—and Wisconsin’s official state fossil).

“Trace fossils”—burrows and crawling tracks—can also be observed on many of these blocks. This particular assemblage of fossils is typical of rocks of Ordovician age (ca. 450 million years old), which form the bedrock in the Fox Cities area. Similar stone is excavated today at two quarries that were operational in the 19th century: one near the town of Mackville north of Appleton and one near the Fox River in Kaukauna, downstream from the city.

It is possible that the Main Hall stone came from one of these, or from a smaller, now-forgotten quarry closer to campus.

STOP 4: SCIENCE ATRIUM The Atrium connecting Steitz and Youngchild halls hosts a number of geologic features spanning a billion years of geologic time.

The walls display the classic look of Silurian dolostone from the Niagara Escarpment, about 400 million-years-old, a bit younger than Main Hall’s rocks. These rocks probably came from quarries in the area between Fond du Lac and Milwaukee. Silurian dolostone is used on the exteriors of many other campus buildings including Briggs, Memorial, and Kohler Halls, Mudd Library, the Quad buildings, and the Warch Campus Center. Rocks at Lawrence’s Björklunden campus are approximately the same age but were deposited close to an ancient reef complex on the Silurian sea floor and contain abundant fossils, especially corals.

The floor of the atrium is made of feldspar-rich gabbro, a coarse-grained igneous rock, in both polished and unpolished slabs. Although we have not been able to locate records of its source, such stone is quarried in northeastern Minnesota, where, 1 billion years ago, magmas welled up in a great tear in the Earth’s crust

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Science Atrium wall

STOP 5: HURVIS CROSSING

Robert Winslow’s “Energy Form” is made of Tennessee limestone/marble.

known as the Midcontinent Rift. Some of that magma erupted at Earth’s surface and formed a thick sequence of lava flows that are exposed today on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, at Copper Falls State Park in Wisconsin, and in the Porcupine Mountains and Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The high density of the gabbros and lavas caused the crust in the region to sag, creating the topographic basin that forms Lake Superior, which holds 10% of all of the planet’s fresh water.

The stone sculptures on either side of the footbridge over Lawe Street are examples of the Shona artistic tradition of Zimbabwe, which has roots as far back as 1200 AD and experienced a renaissance in the 20th century. Geologically, Zimbabwe is a sister to the Lake Superior region—part of an ancient continental shield with rocks dating from the Archean eon. Although we do not know the exact locations where the stones for these sculptures were quarried, the rocks are probably older than 2.5 billion years.

Both pieces were carved from varieties of basalt (although the plaque near the sculpture of the woman with long hair says it is serpeninite).

A sculpture in the southeast corner of the Atrium is labeled “Tennessee Marble,” though it is technically just a black, organicrich limestone. This distinctive rock has been quarried at Clinch Mountain northeast of Knoxville and is of middle Cambrian age (ca. 500 million years), making it a bit older than the stone of Main Hall (and about the same age as sandstones at Wisconsin Dells and elsewhere around this state).

Finally, pay respects to the two cycad plants in the northwest and northeast corners. This gymnosperm species has changed little since the Cretaceous Period 80 million years ago and would have been a favorite snack of herbivorous dinosaurs. The LU campus also hosts at least one representative of another Cretaceous species—a ginkgo tree that stands between Raymond House and Kohler Hall.

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Warch Campus Center stairway

STOP 6: WARCH CAMPUS CENTER As you enter the campus center, say hello to more Silurian dolostone on the exterior of the building, and perhaps add a word of gratitude to all dolostones and limestones—carbonate rocks— for storing 99% of the carbon dioxide ever exhaled by Earth’s volcanoes over geologic time. The precipitation of carbonate rocks in shallow ocean environments, most of it by marine organisms, is the planet’s long-term carbon sequestration scheme. Organisms ranging from scallops, clams, and corals to tiny zooplankton combine calcium ions in seawater with a dissolved form of carbon dioxide to form calcite (CaCO3), thereby locking the gas away in mineral form over geologic timescales. If not for this biogeochemical service, Earth would be a runaway greenhouse planet like its sister Venus. Unfortunately, the process is far too slow to keep up with human-generated CO2 emissions.

But we should all thank carbonate rocks for making Earth such a hospitable place for hundreds of millions of years.

We can use the main Campus Center stairway as an analog geologic time scale. If the entry level is the present day, and the base of the stairs outside the Commons represents the formation of the Earth 4.56 billion years ago, then each step represents about 80 million years. So, as your foot leaves the top step, you’ve already passed the beginning of the Ice Age, 3 million years ago.

One step down, you are in the middle Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era (80 million years ago), when dinosaurs munched on cycads and ginkgoes. Just before you reach the first landing, you are in the Devonian Period of the Paleozoic Era (360 million years ago) when the Appalachians were newly formed. On the landing (step #5), you are in the Silurian (400 million years ago) when the dolostone of the Niagara Escarpment was formed and a coral reef thrived near what is now Björklunden.

Another step down (#6) takes you to the Ordovician (450 million years ago) when the dolostone of Main Hall was deposited, the seafloor teamed with marine organisms, and the first plants began to colonize the land. One more step (#7) and you have passed through the Cambrian (which began 543 million years ago) when black limestone was deposited in Tennessee and golden sandstones in Wisconsin—and animal life burst on the scene in the event called the Cambrian Explosion.

Five more steps down (#12), you have reached 1 billion years ago, in the Middle Proterozoic Era of the Precambrian, when what is now the Lake Superior basin was a seething sea of lava and the rocks of the Science Hall Atrium floor were formed.

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time of the Great Oxygenation Event when free oxygen first arose in the atmosphere (thanks to photosynthesizing microorganisms).

Thirteen more steps down (#44) you are at 3.5 billion years ago, when the Morton Gneiss in the Hiett Hall fireplace formed.

At the base of the steps, you have reached the time of the formation of Earth. Pause for a moment to recover from that journey, and return to the present day. Exit through the doors outside Andrew Commons and descend to the path along the river.

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STOP 7: RIVER PATH As you start down the path, look left at the hillside behind the metal steps that exit from Somerset Room. As a way to control erosion, the slope has been covered with glacially-transported cobbles (they may be partly covered by vegetation in summer but are nicely visible in spring and fall). The variety of rock types reflects the geologic diversity along the path of the Green Bay ice lobe as it flowed down from Ontario, through the Upper Peninsula and into eastern Wisconsin. See if you can identify

BJØRNERUD’S LATEST BOOK OFFERS ANOTHER PATH TO UNDERSTANDING OUR PRECIOUS PLANET

By Ed Berthiaume A new book from Lawrence University geosciences professor Marcia Bjørnerud provides another avenue into understanding the important complexities of the natural world.

Geopedia: A Brief Compendium of Geologic Curiosities, the latest in Princeton University Press’ series of pedias, is a celebration of the fascinating vocabulary—and backstories—in the geosciences.

Coming at a time when climate change crises are heightening the urgency in understanding the earth, Geopedia adds to an impressive volume of work from Bjørnerud that makes her a sought-after voice in geology, tectonics, and related areas of study. It doesn’t come with the scope or weight of her critically lauded 2019 book, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World, also from Princeton University Press, but it offers yet another opportunity for readers to better understand the planet—its history and its future.

With a mix of wit and insight, the book delves into interesting and evocative geologic terms used to describe everything from rock formations to the study of geologic time. With each entry, Bjørnerud weaves an essay that is both fun and informative, creating a travel companion of sorts for anyone wanting to explore the planet. Princeton University Press describes its pocket-sized Pedia Series as “encyclopedic in nature and miniature in form.”

A frequent contributing writer to The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, and other publications and a popular guest on podcasts, Bjørnerud began writing Geopedia during the first year of the Covid pandemic. It was a bit of an escape at a time when everything had gone remote, she said, and it was another chance to make the geosciences more accessible.

The river path, including near the Sustainable Lawrence University Garden (SLUG)

rocks encountered earlier on this tour: dolostones, granites, gabbros, and gneisses.

Now walk eastward along the river path. This natural terrace—it continues west of Lawe Street to the campus garden, the ground level of Briggs Hall and the LU tennis courts—is the flood plain of the Fox River. In general, it is not a good idea to build on a flood plain, which rivers use as “overflow valves” during times of high water. The lower Fox,

“I’m a collector of words and have always been interested in etymologies— interesting words with interesting stories behind them that collectively could tell a bigger story,” Bjørnerud said. “You can either treat it as a chocolate box where you open it randomly and pick out one and take a bite; or if you do actually read the whole book, and it doesn’t have to be read in any order, I think you’ll come away with some sense of the intellectual experience of the geosciences. And a fair amount of geology, too.”

Bjørnerud, the Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and professor of geosciences, has been teaching at Lawrence since 1995. Her 2005 book, Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth, and 2019’s Timefulness drew wide praise. Timefulness, which puts a fresh focus on the relationship between humans and natural history, was named to the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Awards Short List and was selected as a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology.

Haley Hagermann ’14 was the book’s illustrator.

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Collection of rocks outside Youngchild Hall

however, is a highly controlled river, with two dams upstream from campus, one at its outlet from Lake Winnebago in Menasha and the second at Olde Oneida Street.

to the level of Lake Michigan. The elevation difference between Main Hall Green and the river path represents the erosive work done by the river over the past 10,000 years.

Following the path downstream (east) you will encounter informational plaques on “Early people of the Fox River” and “The River in Time,” highlighting the long natural and human history of the river. The Fox’s geologic evolution shaped human settlement in two important ways. First, by glacial happenstance, the headwaters of the Fox River near Portage lie within only a mile or so of a stretch of the lower Wisconsin River, a major tributary of the Mississippi. This means that the Fox River provides a connection between the Great Lakes and the entire Mississippi watershed, which includes 40% of the area of the continental United States. Long before Europeans arrived in North America, First Nations peoples used the Fox as a route for trade. In the 1840s, a canal was built at Portage making it possible for steamships to travel all the way from New Orleans to Menasha.

During this same time, small tributaries to the Fox did their best to keep up with the downcutting done by the main river.

In Appleton, many of these creeks have now been rerouted underground, and their valleys are used as public green spaces including Peabody, Jones, and Arbutus parks. Lawrence’s Banta Bowl occupies the channel of one of these “lost tributaries.”

The second extraordinary attribute of the Fox is its longitudinal profile—the change in elevation with distance downstream.

Most rivers are steepest in their upstream reaches, and their gradients, or slopes, become gentler toward their mouths. The Fox is the opposite: between Portage and Lake Winnebago, it is a lazy, slow-moving river that drops only 36 feet in 110 miles, for a gradient of 0.33 ft/mile or 0.06m/km. But the Lower Fox from Lake Winnebago to Lake Michigan at Green Bay falls 169 in just 39 miles, a gradient of 4.33 ft/mile or 0.83 m/km. The extraordinary water power of the Lower Fox is what first attracted Amos Lawrence, from a Massachusetts textile milling family, to the area.

Now retrace your steps and return west on the river path, carefully crossing Lawe Street. Stop to visit SLUG, the Sustainable Lawrence University Garden—a model for sustainable agriculture, which uses compost from the dining halls to nourish the soil, in a closed loop system that mimics natural biogeochemical cycles. Geoscience students have also used the garden as a test site for a carbon dioxide sequestration strategy in which crushed basalt, a common volcanic rock, is added to soils. Calcium-bearing minerals in the basalt react with CO2 in the atmosphere to form calcite, mimicking the geologic carbon cycle (see Stop #5), and other elements in the basalt help to provide nutrients for plants.

Continue past the back of the Wellness Center to the steps east of Briggs Hall. At the top of these steps, turn right, then immediately left to the mulched area between Sampson House and Youngchild Hall.

STOP 8: ROCK PILE AND GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENT

The reason for the Fox’s unusual profile is that the lower part of the river is a relatively recent addition. Until about 10,000 years ago, at the end of the Ice Age, the Appleton area was under the bed of a great meltwater lake known as Glacial Lake Oshkosh, which was impounded by ice. As the last ice melted and the lake drained, the channel of the modern river was established, and the river began to cut down through the clayey lake sediments

Next to the exterior wall of Youngchild, you will find a treasure trove of rocks from all over North America and beyond—samples collected and studied by geoscience students and faculty but no longer needed. Feel free to take anything that catches your eye—and then stop into the second floor of Youngchild Hall to see if any resident geoscientists are on hand to help identify your rocks. ▪

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Marcia Bjørnerud is the Walter Schober Professor of Environmental Studies and professor of geosciences at Lawrence University.

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NEW LEADERSHIP ON CAMPUS BLITSTEIN NAMED PROVOST AND DEAN OF FACULTY Peter Blitstein, a member of the Lawrence faculty for 21 years, will now lead the faculty as Lawrence’s provost and dean of faculty. He was appointed to the position by President Laurie Carter after serving in an interim capacity since July.

Blitstein previously served as associate dean of faculty, beginning in 2019, and has taught on the History faculty since 2001. He has chaired the History department and multiple faculty committees, led the Senior Experience program, and played a key role in guiding the faculty during the pandemic.

“First and foremost, the work of the provost and dean of the faculty is to champion Lawrence’s faculty so they can do their best work—whether in the classroom, the studio, the laboratory, or the community,” Blitstein said. “I feel a great sense of responsibility in taking on this role to support colleagues with whom I’ve worked for two decades. And I’m excited to lead the academic program at a time when there are great possibilities for innovative changes that will contribute to the success of our students.”

BELL NAMED DEAN OF STUDENTS Dr. Brittany Bell was promoted to dean of students, taking on a senior leadership position in Student Life.

She is focused on student service, including direct supervision of the Office of Student, Engagement, Activities, and Leadership (SEAL); the Diversity & Intercultural Center; and International Student Services, among other areas.

Bell joined Lawrence in 2019 as assistant dean of students. She has led the renovation of the Diversity & Intercultural Center and supported changes to many other student spaces on campus. Earlier this year, she was awarded the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Award in recognition of her impact as an ally and resource for the campus community.

“As dean of students, I’m excited to continue supporting students and providing a better experience for student-related programs and activities,” Bell said. “I appreciate the opportunity to get to know students and learn more about how I can support them and help them be successful here at Lawrence.”

CLARKE NAMED VP FOR STUDENT LIFE Chris Clarke, who came to Lawrence in early 2022 as dean of students, has been named vice president for student life.

He had been in the interim role since July and is a member of the President’s Cabinet.

Clarke oversees many aspects of campus life including Residential Education & Housing, Student Engagement Activities and Leadership, the Diversity & Intercultural Center, the Career Center, the Center for Community Engagement & Social Change, Spiritual & Religious Life, Wellness Services, and Dining Services.

“I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity and excited about what Student Life can contribute to the Lawrence University community,” Clarke said. “The team we have put together in Student Life will help us refocus, revitalize, and reinvent how we approach building our students’ experience. Our mission is to build relationships across campus and make sure we are delivering a dynamic opportunity for our Lawrentians to thrive and flourish while being in a safe, supportive environment.”

KOSHUTA PUTS NEW FOCUS ON FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE Kristi Koshuta has joined Lawrence as its first first-year dean, focused on elevating the first-year experience for Lawrentians. She will work with faculty and staff to strengthen the experience for students in and out of the classroom.

Koshuta, a first-generation graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and a master’s degree in education from UW–Oshkosh, comes to Lawrence following a stint as a manager in Enrollment Services at UW–Green Bay and four years as the director of student transition and success at Piedmont University in Demorest, Georgia. Much of her focus at Piedmont was on improving the student retention rate. Prior to that she spent 15 years teaching math at the high school and college levels.

“What gets me excited is the idea that we’re not talking about a firstyear experience in isolation with academics,” Koshuta said. “We are really thinking about the holistic needs of students.”

That involves working in collaboration with departments across campus, something she has zeroed in on since arriving on campus this fall.

“I’m all about building relationships,” Koshuta said. “I always have been. You keep people by building relationships, and you elevate people by the relationships you build with them.”

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Kaleidoscope, tailgate party, mascot highlight a festive relaunch of homecoming Lawrence University launched a new homecoming tradition in October, a celebration across campus that brought together students, families, faculty, staff, and alumni.

The four-day Blue & White Homecoming Celebration was a nod to the 175th anniversary of Lawrence’s founding and is expected to become an annual fall tradition moving forward. It was the first homecoming at Lawrence in more than 20 years.

The weekend included, among other things, a festive tailgate party in advance of the football game at Banta Bowl, a Kaleidoscope concert at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center featuring nearly 400 Lawrence students, a homecoming dance, and the unveiling of Lawrence’s newest Viking, an antelope mascot.

A TIME TO CELEBRATE: Matt Murphy ’06 was among the alumni joining the tailgate party at the Banta Bowl. He called the timing of the homecoming celebration ideal as the community comes out of the dark days of the pandemic.

“The thing that resonates with me the most right now is how exciting it is for our community to come together,” said Murphy, who serves as president of the Lawrence University Alumni Association (LUAA). “It’s been so long since our community has come together in a meaningful way, and not just the campus community—to be able to invite the alumni community and families to an event that focuses on joy, fun, excitement, being together, and celebrating is so needed.”

THE RETURN OF KALEIDOSCOPE: As part of the weekend, Kaleidoscope was presented at the Fox Cities PAC for the first time since 2017. First introduced in 2006 and traditionally held every two or three years, it was a full-on musical extravaganza, with nearly 400 students in 11 ensembles performing from all over the PAC’s Thrivent Hall—on stage, in the orchestra pit, in the balconies, and in the box seats.

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Featuring bursts of music coming from all directions, nearly non-stop for 50 minutes, it provided a showcase of the myriad talents in the Conservatory. The performance concluded with all of the ensembles gathering together on stage for a finale led by a surprise guest conductor, President Laurie Carter.

Brian Pertl, dean of the Conservatory, told the nearly full Fox Cities PAC that Kaleidoscope is a needed re-connection with live music after so many public performances were paused over the past two years. Being able to showcase the breadth of talent among Conservatory students and faculty in one spectacular performance was a sight to behold.

“It’s a very rare moment in our Conservatory when all of us get to share the stage together and get to enjoy the entire array of all the different kinds of music we make,” Pertl said. Murphy was part of the first Kaleidoscope as a senior in 2006. He said he is thrilled to see it continue.

A MASCOT INTRODUCTION: The arrival of the new mascot, Blu, added some buzz to the weekend. The mascot was introduced following a nearly year-long process led by a Mascot Committee made up of students, faculty, staff, and alumni. While Lawrence’s nickname remains the Vikings, the antelope in Vikings gear will now make appearances at events across campus, athletics and otherwise. Blu ties into Lawrence’s deep history—an antelope is featured on the familiar Amos Lawrence Family Coat of Arms and is part of the Lawrence Athletics logo that was introduced in 2021.

Blu drew enthusiastic applause from students when it took the stage at a student talent show, and it brought a steady stream of photo ops at the tailgate party before it led the Vikings football team onto the field for the game against Cornell. ▪

Students perform The Quest for Understanding to close out the Kaleidoscope concert at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. Photos: Danny Damiani Tonya McClinton and Don Andress work the grill during the tailgate party.

Students enjoy the Fall Homecoming Dance.

Diego Leon, a junior, performs during the talent show.

The new Lawrence mascot runs onto the Banta Bowl field with the football team.

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Faculty find joy, fulfillment in the journey through First-Year Studies

By Ed Berthiaume

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ndrew Mast recalls the moment he came upon First-Year Studies (then Freshman Studies) while researching Lawrence prior to applying for a teaching position in 2004.

He was fascinated by this course that had all the university’s first-year students immersed in the reading and discussion of a selected set of works that spanned disciplines and mediums; sharing an academic experience that would lay the foundation for a liberal arts education no matter the field of study the student was pursuing.

“It blew me away,” Mast said. “I thought it sounded like the coolest class in the world, wished I’d had something like it as an undergrad, and immediately ordered all the books that were being read that year.”

Mast got the job—he is the Kimberly-Clark Professor of Music and director of bands in Lawrence’s Conservatory of Music—and quickly embraced the idea of teaching First-Year Studies. He’ll be at it again this year, one of about 50 Lawrence faculty teaching First-Year Studies during Fall or Winter terms. They’re teaching works ranging from Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard and Plato’s The Republic to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and the study of the periodic table of elements.

It’s not just the students who are in learning mode. One of the joys of First-Year Studies, faculty will tell you, is that they are stretching themselves well beyond their comfort zones, learning alongside their students, sometimes from their students, as they facilitate discussions of an iconic jazz recording or take a deep dive into a play that explores the political and ethical conflicts of the AIDS epidemic.

“I’ve always been interested in and intrigued by the widest array of disciplines, and First-Year Studies seemed to be a great way to fill in some of the holes of my own personal background,” Mast said.

Celia Barnes, associate professor of English, calls teaching First-Year Studies “one of the most rewarding experiences” she’s had in her 12 years at Lawrence. She’ll be teaching the class again during Winter Term.

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“I always learn so much teaching the class, in part because it exposes me to so many texts well afield of 18th-century literature—my area of expertise—but also because it’s a class that’s almost ‘flipped’ from the get-go,” she said. “That is, in order to learn together, my class and I have to teach one another. When we get to the periodic table, my chemistry enthusiasts get to shine; when we talk about Kind of Blue, my Conservatory students can talk a bit about what’s important to notice in the work. It’s a chance for students to teach and learn—and for faculty to do that as well.”

This dance with these diverse works has been part of the firstyear experience at Lawrence since 1945, when then-President Nathan Pusey first introduced the concept. The original reading list included a film and had a laboratory component that required participation in music, art, or creative writing. It has been adjusted, tweaked, abolished, restored, and extensively revised in the years since, with the most extensive revision coming in 1997, with an emphasis placed on introducing the first-year students to the liberal arts while building skills in reading, writing, and speaking.

Throughout, it has been a differentiator for the Lawrence experience.

The syllabus changes frequently—this year saw “Jaya Semara,” a gamelan musical work, added to Fall Term, and Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, added to Winter Term.

One constant through the years has been Plato’s The Republic, a connector for Lawrentians from today and generations past.

A second constant is the faculty participation, teaching across disciplines in ways that take them into new territory.

“I do embrace the idea of teaching subjects beyond my own expertise,” said Kuo-ming Sung, Wendy and K.K. Tse Professor of East Asian Studies and professor of Chinese and linguistics.

“That’s no problem and I always consider this a great opportunity to learn something new.”

Garth Bond, associate professor of English, leads a discussion during a Fall Term First-Year Studies class. Photo: Danny Damiani

Garth Bond, associate professor of English and a former director of the First-Year Studies program, is teaching again this term.

He said he’s particularly taken with the challenge of teaching about Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue even though he has no formal music education. He’s learning, studying, listening right along with his students.

“It’s a great opportunity for Conservatory students to think about how they can bring their specialized knowledge of music into a general conversation; and for me to think about how I can facilitate those discussions,” Bond said. “That process of helping others to incorporate their expertise and specialized knowledge into a more general conversation productively is both a challenge and a joy.”

Fall Term has First-Year Studies students exploring Tretheway’s Native Guard; Plato’s The Republic; the Berenice Abbot photo, Tri-Boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan; Amy Stanley’s Stranger in the Shogun’s City; and “Jaya Semara.”

Winter Term brings Desmond’s Evicted; Tony Kushner’s Angels in America; the periodic table of elements; Jeremy Waldron’s The Harm in Hate Speech; and Davis’ Kind of Blue.

“When I teach Shakespeare or other Renaissance literature, I’m working with texts that I’ve spent decades reading closely and thinking about,” Bond said. “For better or worse, I’ve reached my own conclusions about the most important questions that those texts raise. But when I’m faced with a history of early modern Tokyo or—even more so—the periodic table, I can safely say that

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Marcus Jackson, a first-year student, participates in a discussion with Professor Garth Bond during a First-Year Studies class. Photo: Danny Damiani

I haven’t made my mind up about anything. In fact, I’m often still in the position of having to figure out what the questions are to begin with. It’s that early stage of learning and thinking, trying to figure out what the important questions posed by a work are and how an educated non-expert might try to answer them, that really energizes me.”

And that experience, shared by those nearly 50 faculty, creates a community all its own on campus.

“I think that students feel how our shared syllabus across all sections of First-Year Studies creates a shared experience for each class—and because of the links in that syllabus from year to year

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across the university as well,” Bond said. “It does that for faculty as well, and not only in terms of fostering a shared intellectual community with our students, but also in forging bonds with colleagues across departmental and even divisional lines. I have close friends in the physics and economics departments, in art history and the Conservatory, pretty much across campus. Even at other liberal arts colleges, that’s pretty uncommon—but here at Lawrence, it’s the norm. Part of the reason is that I have so many awesome colleagues, but I also think that the annual practice of coming together and figuring out how we are all going to teach these works from other people’s fields plays a huge role in encouraging friendships and fostering a shared sense of purpose and intellectual community.” ▪

2022–23 FIRST-YEAR STUDIES: THE SYLLABUS A guide to the 2022–23 syllabus, including information on two new works, one in the just-concluded Fall Term and one in the upcoming Winter Term.

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Natasha Trethewey, Native Guard. This collection of poems asks students to see a relationship between private experience and the larger narratives of history.

Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. This is a new work for Winter Term. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book looks at poverty in the city of Milwaukee. It is a work of social science that builds its argument through interviews of people who are trying to find and keep adequate housing.

Plato, The Republic. There’s a reason why this book has been on the syllabus for more than 75 years. No students or instructors will agree completely with the prescriptions for community given by Plato (through his character Socrates), but his questions prompt us to think about what an ideal community should look like.

Berenice Abbott, Tri-Boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan. Taken in 1935, in midst of the Depression as part of the WPA’s Federal Art Project, this photograph rewards close inspection. Students and instructors try to decide on how to characterize Abbott’s complex view of the forces that were changing the face of New York City.

Amy Stanley, Stranger in the Shogun’s City. This work is a biography of a woman named Tsuneno who lived in the first half of the 19th century in Edo, Japan (which would become Tokyo). It sketches for us the reality of life in a growing, modern city, and gives us a look at the demands such a city makes on individuals.

“Jaya Semara” is a new addition to the syllabus. It is a gamelan work from the island of Bali in Indonesia. This style of music is likely different than anything students had heard before, and students were asked to reflect on their own categories of art and beauty (and hopefully expand them). Since Lawrence has an ongoing Balinese Gamelan Ensemble, students could see and touch the instruments for this musical style and come to understand how the piece is constructed.

Tony Kushner, Angels in America. Set in the 1980s, this play offers a searching exploration of the political and ethical conflicts of the AIDS epidemic. As the title suggests, the play works to awaken a larger sense of possibility and wonder.

The periodic table of elements. Students are asked to think about the table not as a passive container for information, but as an innovative visual representation of scientific knowledge. This approach will remind us that our shared ideas about the world are built by finding ways to share and disseminate them.

Jeremy Waldron, The Harm in Hate Speech. This is a book that provides a philosophical and legal framework for understanding the contemporary question of hate speech. There are few questions that inspire such intense classroom debate as the limits to free speech.

Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. This most famous of jazz albums invites students to explore the complex relationship between planned structure and improvised action at the heart of musical performance. If many of the works in First-Year Studies have taken us to questions about community, this final work reminds us of the place of human creativity.

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STUDENTS JOIN FACULTY, ALUMS TO STUDY MICROSCOPIC ODYSSEY AT NORTHERN LAKE

By Sullivan Shubert ’23

Lawrence students Eleanor Meng, left, and Reese Lavajo cruise Trout Lake as they conduct summer research. Photo: Bart De Stasio

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awrence University biology professor Bart De Stasio ’82, senior Reese Lavajo, and junior Eleanor Meng collaborated over the summer with Lawrence alumni to research the incredible migration patterns of the microscopic zooplankton species Daphnia at UW–Madison’s Trout Lake Station in northern Wisconsin.

De Stasio, the Singleton Professor of Biology, began this research more than 20 years ago as a postdoc. He revived the project two years ago with Lawrence alumna Gretchen Gerrish ’98, who became director of Trout Lake Station in A summer research project at Trout Lake in Vilas County included collaborations between, from left, Vilas County in 2019. Meng and Lavajo are Gretchen Gerrish ’98, Eleanor Meng ’24, Reese Lavajo ’23, Bart De Stasio ’82, and Bennett McAfee ’21. adding to data from last summer’s project.

Photo: Christina Weatherford Another collaborator is alumnus Bennett McAfee ’21, who assisted De Stasio with his previous research “She’s awesome,” Lavajo said. “She’s very fun to work with, and shares their lab at Trout Lake for his own zooplankton she’s got a great personality and is always willing to help you in project with Gerrish. whatever you need, and she does a lot on station being both the field station director and working on projects with us.”

Daphnia eat mostly algae, but all their food is at the surface of lakes where they’re vulnerable to predators like minnows and These connections with alumni and other scientists are one sunfish that need light to see their food. Daphnia hide in the of Meng and Lavajo’s favorite parts of working at the station. dark depths during the day or when there is lots of moonlight, Speaking with graduate students around the station or at but every night they ascend the human equivalent of miles in seminars allows them to learn what their own experiences as search of food—a process called diel vertical migration. graduates might be like.

“What they use is the amount of light as a cue to come up, but evolutionarily, what they’ve done is they’ve evolved to use light as a cue to avoid predators,” De Stasio said. No predators mean no migrations.

“There’s a really good community on station, which is really nice,” Meng said. “A lot of people will hang out in cabins, or we have something called Pizza Sundays where one of the grad students will make everyone homemade pizza.”

“There’s a lot of research on the migration patterns that Daphnia do … but there aren’t a lot of studies done on what sizes of Daphnia are at what depth,” Meng said.

Trout Lake Station is state and University of Wisconsin-funded. It’s located at the 3,800-acre Trout Lake in far northern Wisconsin, about 180 miles north and west of Appleton. Meng and De Stasio said with Gerrish in charge, they’re hoping the station’s ties with Lawrence grow even stronger in the future.

Size affects their visibility to predators, and that became a focus of their research project.

Along with studying Daphnia sizes, the project has a side objective, which is where Gerrish comes in. A specialist in underwater videography (it got her featured in David Attenborough’s 2016 documentary, Life That Glows), she and the team are testing new recording technologies that could revolutionize zooplankton research.

“I know Reese and I now have connections up here that’ll last for a long time, both with the permanent staff like Gretchen and with the other interns who are up here … they might even have professors with other connections for you,” Meng said. ▪

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THE LAWRENCE ADVANTAGE: AN INVESTMENT IN OUR STUDENTS

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s part of our pledge to make a selective liberal arts education possible for students from all backgrounds, we are excited to introduce the Lawrence Advantage.

Born from the desire for families to know they have us as partners in investing in their student’s education and fueled by our generous alumni, the Lawrence Advantage will fully meet the demonstrated institutional need of students from Wisconsin and Illinois – our top two states represented among Lawrence’s incoming students.

As the No. 1 liberal arts college in Wisconsin in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges rankings, one of the best colleges in the nation by the Princeton Review, and one of the Colleges that Change Lives, Lawrence University through the Lawrence Advantage, beginning with students admitted for Fall 2023, wants to ensure a path to our College of Arts and Sciences and Conservatory of Music for all students in the WisconsinIllinois corridor.

The Lawrence Advantage, funded by donors who are driven to support the full financial need of Lawrence students and have contributed more than $95.1 million for new and endowed scholarships since January 2014, is the latest step in Lawrence

NEW TENURE-TRACK FACULTY WELCOMED Three new tenure-track faculty joined Lawrence for the 2022-23 academic year.

Sarah Gamalinda, French and francophone studies: Gamalinda earned a Ph.D. in African cultural studies and a master’s degree in French studies, both at the University of WisconsinMadison, and a bachelor’s degree in French language and literature at Amherst College. She was a 2021–22 Andrew Mellon Public Humanities Fellow and was awarded a 2019 Chancellors Pre-dissertator Fellowship at UW–Madison.

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University’s path toward becoming a full-need institution. For a student from Wisconsin or Illinois, the Lawrence Advantage will meet any remaining need not covered by scholarships, grants, federal loans, and student employment through a supplemental Lawrence grant for all four years of their college experience (or five years for students in the BA/BMus double degree program).

Covering this funding gap can be the difference for a student wanting to enroll at their preferred school and not wanting to take on additional debt. The average student debt for Lawrence graduates has already declined by more than $5,000 over the past half dozen years thanks to incredible donor support.

As President Laurie Carter stated, “This is a celebratory moment.

Our generous donors have been so loyal, and this is the payoff.”

Carter called the Lawrence Advantage a major step forward as more students with limited resources will be able to attend Wisconsins No. 1-rated liberal arts college.

“This is being funded by alumni and friends of the university who want to pay it forward,” Carter said. “They are our incredible alumni who have gone on to be innovators and leaders all over the world. They want to give the next generation those same opportunities, the same advantage that comes with a Lawrence education.”

Van Nguyen, economics: Nguyen earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Kansas and recently did independent research at the University of Paris 1 after receiving the Carol Drever Pimental Award. Nguyen, who earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Kansas, has research interests in monetary policy, open macroeconomics, inflation, and welfare.

Marcy Quiason, gender studies: Quiason comes to Lawrence from the University of Kansas after completing a Ph.D. in women, gender, and sexuality studies, with a concentration in political science (international relations and public policy). Quiason earned master’s degrees in both political science and women, gender, and sexuality studies at Kansas, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Kansas in women’s studies and political science.

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FOUR NEW TRUSTEES JOIN LAWRENCE BOARD Lawrence University has welcomed four new members to the Board of Trustees. All are Lawrence alumni.

New trustees include Irene Strohbeen ’78, Chris Anzalone ’91, G. Evan Bravos ’10, and Breanna Skeets ’12. Strohbeen and Anzalone are term trustees serving three-year terms and eligible for re-election for four consecutive terms; Bravos and Skeets are recent graduate trustees serving three-year terms.

Irene Strohbeen ’78: She has owned and operated Irene Strohbeen and Associates since 2009, providing consulting services related to innovation, development of new businesses, and the management of new products.

She spent much of her career with Kimberly-Clark Corp., holding a variety of leadership positions. She has been active with Lawrence on numerous levels, including serving a recent term as president of the Lawrence University Alumni Association (LUAA).

Chris Anzalone ’91: He is an entrepreneur and biotech executive, serving as CEO, president, and director of Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, which is based in Pasadena, California, and has a research facility in Madison, Wisconsin. Arrowhead develops drug treatments for genetically based diseases where proteins are overproduced, including those that affect the liver, lungs, and cardiovascular system. A member of the football team while at Lawrence, Anzalone has stayed active with the university.

G. Evan Bravos ’10: An award-winning baritone, he earned a Best Choral Performance Grammy Award in 2020 as a member of a vocal group that recorded Kurt Sander’s The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. He has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, the West Coast premiere of Cold Mountain at the Music Academy of the West, and Candide at the Ravinia Festival. He has mentored Conservatory students and currently serves on the Conservatory Innovation Collective.

Breanna Skeets ’12: A geology major while at Lawrence, she works as a Financial Center manager at Bank of America in the Denver area. She joined Bank of America in 2016 after previously working in various roles at Wells Fargo and is pursuing her MBA with Western Governors University. Born on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico, she was the founder and president of Lawrence University Native Americans (LUNA) while a student.

McKENZIE RETURNS TO DOOR COUNTY TO LEAD BJÖRKLUNDEN Tom McKenzie ’95 has returned to Door County to lead Björklunden into a greener and more connected future.

The new director of Lawrence University’s northern retreat spent the past 21 years in southern California, working most recently as the development manager for the collective impact initiative promoting access to arts education for all youth across Los Angeles County.

With family roots in the Midwest and deep connections to Door County, returning to Wisconsin was never far from his mind or heart. He performed with Peninsula Players Theatre as a youth. He spent six years after graduating from Lawrence founding and running the Peninsula Pulse newspaper with fellow Lawrentian David Eliot ’95. McKenzie and his wife, Jill, a Sturgeon Bay native, were married in 2004 at Björklunden, and they spent recent summers in Door County with their daughter.

McKenzie said he’s particularly excited about the sustainability work that’s happening with the Björklunden Net Zero project. It gives Björklunden the distinction of net-zero carbon emissions by first reducing and then balancing any carbon emissions with equivalent carbon savings on site, incorporating wind, solar, and geothermal energy sources.

He also wants to build and strengthen those connections, both with the Lawrence community and the broader region. That includes enhancing the experience for Lawrence students who are on site, but also learning about and addressing barriers that might be keeping some students away.

“I want to expand on the idea of Björklunden being an integral part of the Lawrence experience and a valuable piece of what makes a Lawrence education so special,” McKenzie said. “I want it to feel super accessible and open to every student.”

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STUDENT PROFILE

MALCOLM DAVIS RELISHES WORK OF BEING A STUDENT LEADER

By Karina Herrera ’22

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he role of president for the Lawrence University Community Council (LUCC) is not easy, but Malcolm Davis, a senior from Greenville, South Carolina, has welcomed the challenge with open arms.

The presidential baton was passed to Davis, a government and music double major, in March. The position gives him a seat at Board of Trustees meetings, where he acts as a bridge between the university administrators and the student body, giving a voice to student concerns and ideas.

He greeted incoming students as part of the President’s Welcome during Welcome Week.

“As a nationally recognized liberal arts college, Lawrence is committed to fostering excellence and integrity across all spaces and activities, from the banks of Björklunden to the historic classrooms of Main Hall,” Davis told the students gathered in front of Main Hall. “As Lawrentians, we shine bright through all our work by acting with integrity and excellence in and out of the classroom.”

LUCC plays an important role in Lawrence’s shared governance and oversight on campus. Its decision-making helps to shape campus life for students by working with elected class representatives and committee members. Davis oversees LUCC work, including its meetings, oversight of student organizations, and other student-related activities. It operates with a six-figure budget.

Davis has always been active on campus and involved with LUCC. He served on the Committee of Diversity Affairs and organized activities in the Diversity and Intercultural Center (D&IC).

“I knew that with all the work that I had under my belt, I had the experience and knowledge to lead LUCC, and I also wanted to continue to serve the Lawrence community,” Davis said.

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the systems of communication for the student body. He wants to make the information about LUCC more accessible so that Lawrence students feel welcomed to be more involved in the decisions that shape campus life. Except for executive sessions, all LUCC meetings are open to the public; students are encouraged to attend, Davis said.

Davis and his Cabinet members are also working toward creating a monthly newsletter that would contain information about upcoming LUCC events and topics, redesigning their page on the Lawrence website, staying up to date with their social media accounts, and reorganizing some internal regulations to provide a smoother system of operation.

“I feel like that’s just like a really good place where we can utilize getting information out to the student body,” he said. “And with just simple things like—this is your class representative, this is what they look like, and this is how you could get in contact with them.”

And while taking over the reins has been mostly enjoyable work, Davis admits that a challenge has been to balance his responsibilities with his school work and personal life.

The best way to get through everything, he said, is to be intentional with scheduling boundaries, setting aside blocks of time for LUCC tasks, homework, and personal breaks.

Davis told the incoming students at the President’s Welcome that there will be both joy and struggle in the challenges ahead. Embrace it and grow from it, he said.

“I thought I had it figured out when I came to Lawrence, but there were times I struggled to find my way, and I made mistakes along the way,” he said. “Through it all, I leaned on the support of professors, friends, mentors, and family to build me up. These experiences of mine, whether I’m crushing it or simply struggling, have developed me into the person I am right now, sharing my light with you.” ▪

Senior Malcolm Davis speaks at the President’s Welcome during Welcome Week. Photo: Danny Damiani

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Violin virtuoso blends teachi

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ing, performance On Main Hall Green With … is an ongoing series that features Lawrence faculty sharing insights in and out of the classroom. It’s the same six questions with wonderfully varied answers. We’ve showcased more than 40 faculty thus far in the series, found under Profiles on the News page at lawrence.edu. In this installment, we get to know Wen-Lei Gu, a world-renowned violinist who teaches in the Conservatory of Music.

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hether teaching in the Lawrence Conservatory of Music or performing on the most iconic stages in the world, violinist Wen-Lei Gu brings a passionate commitment to excellence.

The associate professor of music has been part of the Lawrence Conservatory faculty since 2006. She has balanced her teaching and studio work with a virtuoso career as a violinist that has included performances at the Philharmonie Berlin, Beijing Concert Hall, and the Smetana Hall in Prague, among others. Gu has performed at the Bach Festival at Carnegie Hall commemorating the 250th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach’s death and at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the Millennium Concert Series.

Gu continues to perform frequently throughout North America, Europe, and Asia as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. That has included local performances with the Fox Valley Symphony and the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra.

A native of China, she made her international debut at age 13 and would eventually attend The Juilliard School for her bachelor of music degree, Mannes School of Music for her master’s degree, and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music for her doctor of music in violin performance.

We caught up with Gu to talk about her passions in and out of the classroom.

IN THE CLASSROOM Inside info: What’s one thing you want every student coming into your classes to know about you?

I thought it might be more helpful for my current students to answer this question from their perspective of me as a teacher; therefore, I asked for their suggestions. Here are a couple of their answers: “In response to the first question about what students expect in your teaching, I think I would say there is never a moment where passion isn’t present. I typically leave lessons with a new and more passionate understanding of whatever repertoire I am playing.” —Ben Campbell “Some things that I think students should know about you and your teaching is that you are very accepting and encouraging at every step of the process. Your teaching makes complicated and often redundant (but necessary!) topics such as technique and music theory understandable in a way that is relatable and personal. —Kathryn Williams

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Getting energized: What work have you done or will you be doing at Lawrence that gets you the most excited?

I have been teaching at Lawrence since 2006. Even after 16 years of teaching here, I’m still super excited and pumped when I start each day of teaching.

Sometimes when I’m coming to school feeling tired or sleepy from taking care of kids at home, as soon as I start teaching, my fatigue miraculously goes away. Teaching is a two-way stream: I give advice and suggestions culminating from years of learning and experience. In turn, I also get stimulated, inspired, and energized by my students. One emotion I often feel is an overwhelming sense of gratitude— gratitude for the talented, motivated, and intelligent students we have and the incredibly wonderful and supportive colleagues whom I admire very much.

Going places: Is there an example of somewhere your career has taken you (either physical space or something more intellectual, emotional, or spiritual) that took you by surprise?

My performances have taken me to some of the world’s most prestigious concert halls such as the Philharmonie Berlin, the Smetana Hall in Prague, Teatro Verdi in Florence, Beijing Concert Hall, and Carnegie Hall in New York. I think, above all, what I cherish the most is the connection I make with colleagues and the audience while performing— to feel the palpable energy in the hall with the audience, to have a dialogue with my colleagues when playing chamber music, to feel weightless, being supported and lifted up by an orchestra, such as at the end of the second movement of the Bartok Second Violin Concerto. The best part about performing is the magical moment when I forget about my small self and give in to something greater.

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OUT OF THE CLASSROOM This or that: If you weren’t teaching for a living, what would you be doing?

I think if I weren’t teaching music for a living, I would still be doing things related to music—performing, writing, composing, etc.

Right at home: Whether for work, relaxation, or reflection, what’s your favorite spot on campus?

My favorite spots on campus are: 1) my studio, because I spend so much time there and have so many precious and fond memories there; and 2) Lawrence Memorial Chapel, because it’s so beautiful and has wonderful acoustics. Besides performing in the Chapel multiple times as a guest soloist with the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra in works of Bartok, Berg, Saint-Saens, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, I also recorded the entire Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano with my wonderful colleague Cathy Kautsky there.

One book, one recording, one film: Name one of each that speaks to your soul?

Or you would recommend to a friend? Or both?

I love reading anything written by Nora Ephron. I love the directness, honesty, and wit in her writing. I have read all of her books. My favorite is probably I Remember Nothing, which is a collection of short essays. She has also written scripts for such movies as Julie and Julia, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and Heartburn.

For movies, I like anything that features Audrey Hepburn. I even named my daughter after her. One of my favorite movies featuring Hepburn is Love in the Afternoon in which she “plays” the cello! Some of my other favorites (not featuring Hepburn) are Ghost, Cinema Paradiso, and To Live.

I listen to music all the time and it’s really difficult to narrow down to one recording. But here is something I listen to quite often: Vladimir Horowitz’s recording of the Schubert Sonata in B flat and Schumann’s Kinderszenen. ▪ Find more On Main Hall Green With … faculty features at lawrence.edu/news/profiles

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SIMONSON FOLLOWS PATH FROM LAWRENCE TO HOLLYWOOD

By Ed Berthiaume

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ric Simonson ’82 had every opportunity to puff out his chest when he returned to Lawrence in June for Reunion 2022, the recipient of one of this year’s Alumni Awards.

A writer, director, and actor whose resume includes an Oscar win (A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, 2005), a Tony nomination (The Song of Jacob Zulu, 1993), an eight-monthplus run on Broadway of a play he wrote (Lombardi, 2010–11), and an ongoing spot in Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theatre, he had plenty of reasons to talk about himself as he joined former classmates for a 40th reunion and was celebrated with the Lucia Russell Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award.

But the former theater major was much more interested in talking about what Lawrence did for him than anything he’s done.

“His knowledge of the industry has made him very popular with the seminar participants,” said Mark Breseman, associate vice president of alumni and constituency engagement and former director of Björklunden. “And the talented artists Eric continues to bring to Door County for the arts festival has made it a must-see adventure.”

While on campus for Reunion 2022, Simonson delivered one of 15 Alumni College sessions available to the more than 700 participating alumni, family, and friends. In a nearly full Warch Cinema, he talked about a journey that began as an actor in Chicago theater circles before he chased his dreams as a writer and director in Hollywood. He talked about how his fascination with film heated up while he was a student at Lawrence in the late 1970s and early 1980s, long before Lawrence launched its Film Studies program.

“More importantly, what Lawrence offered to me was the idea that anything Simonson said he took an introductory film was possible.” course taught by English professor Mark

“I got to Lawrence and everyone was crazy about film societies, especially the international film society,” Simonson said.

“It was the gold standard of film festivals on the Lawrence campus. I just remember these films opening my eyes to all sorts of possibilities of what a film could be and how powerful they could be. And exciting. That’s where it all started.

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Dintenfass that lit a fire in him.

“I was completely inspired and enthusiastic about film,” he said. “I thought this was something I want to do, but I didn’t know how to do it. I didn’t know how to get there.”

“More importantly, what Lawrence offered to me was the idea that anything was possible. I could take everything I learned at Lawrence and use it in some new and original way to guide my path in what I wanted to do.”

He recalled how he and a group of fellow students decided to launch a film contest on campus. With friend Gregg Mierow ’82, he checked out the one camera available at the library, wrote a script, and began filming.

That path has taken Simonson back and forth between Chicago and Los Angeles many times over the past four decades, with side trips to Lawrence’s Björklunden in Door County, where he launched the annual Door Kinetic Arts Festival a half dozen years ago and has been a frequent instructor at the annual summer seminars. The arts festival, brings artists from all walks of artistic life to Björklunden to work, share, guide, and celebrate.

“There was no sound involved because the camera couldn’t shoot sound,” Simonson said with a laugh. “Everything was silent. There were four entries; our film came in fourth. I did not know what I was doing.”

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But he was learning skills at Lawrence that would allow him to find his way.

“I was holding on to the idea that a liberal arts education is important to a well-rounded person,” he said. “You need to be a critical thinker. These things are part of being a good writer and a good director. Being open to ideas and critical about what you want and what you don’t want and what you can do and what you don’t want to do in creating an original piece. That and the idea that I could take my time doing it. The whole idea that learning is a process that doesn’t have a finishing point.

“You have to remain curious to succeed in this business I’m in, and Lawrence gave me that curiosity; Lawrence gave me the idea that you didn’t have to be a child to remain curious and learn something. It’s an ongoing education. I don’t feel like what I’m doing with my life is any different than what I did when I was at Lawrence. I find something that interests me and I really dig into it.”

After graduating in the summer of 1982, Simonson ventured into theater work in Chicago, first as an actor, then as a director. He started learning from the writers.

He began writing plays adapted from books. His first was Bang the Drum Slowly in 1990. It got produced and published, providing a boost in confidence. It would be 15 more years and a move to Los Angeles before he would see his first original play produced. That came with Carter’s Way, commissioned by the Kansas City Repertoire Theatre.

“That really gave me the confidence to keep going,” Simonson said. “And to say to myself, ‘Maybe I have some talent doing this.’”

He had moved to L.A. in the late 1990s; in addition to writing plays, he was finding success chasing film projects, most notably documentary shorts. That led to an Oscar nomination for directing On Tiptoe: Gentle Steps to Freedom in 2000, and five years later the Oscar win for directing A Note of Triumph.

Simonson also had his eye on television.

It was in the late 1990s and early 2000s that television series such as HBO’s The Sopranos, ABC’s The Practice, and Showtime’s Mad Men were showcasing what this new era of television could be. Simonson was intrigued.

“That long form really interested me,” he said. “The way I think of it, and the way a lot of people started thinking of it, is that film is a short story; television is a novel, if you want it to be. Each episode is a chapter. So, television, if you get the chance to do it, you get the chance to let the characters in the story breathe. And that’s what I really wanted to go for. I wanted to get into the writers’ room.”

He’s done that over the past two decades while continuing to stay active in theater.

“Everything I’ve done in theater, documentary films, television, it’s all about telling a story and knowing the structure of a story,” Simonson said.

He’s currently working with producers on a project about the relationship between boxing icon Muhammad Ali and broadcasting legend Howard Cosell. He’s also preparing to direct an opera in Minneapolis, a show that got put on pause by the pandemic.

Juggling projects is all part of the journey. That, too, Simonson learned at Lawrence.

“The way I describe it is if you depend on making your living by fishing off shore, you plant as many fishing poles in the ground as you can with hopes that some of them will catch some fish,” he said. “You never know how many projects you’ll be working on at any given time, but you are always putting out ideas for projects—things you are interested in with hopes that somebody will say, ‘Hey, I want to work with you on that.’ You can’t do it by yourself. I’ve been doing that as long as I can remember.” ▪

“You have to remain curious to succeed in this business I’m in, and Lawrence gave me that curiosity.”

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CLOCKWISE FROM UPPER LEFT: 10,000 Birds performance from New Music Series. Photo: Rauliz Paez Tamarez ’25 Liam Teague performs with the Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and faculty for Fred Sturm Jazz Celebration Weekend. Photo: Danny Damiani Games were part of the fun on Giving Day. Photo: Danny Damiani President Laurie Carter and faculty donned academic regalia for the Matriculation Convocation. Photo: Danny Damiani The Flute Choir was part of Kaleidoscope at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center.

Photo: Danny Damiani Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration on Main Hall Green. Photo: Danny Damiani Students celebrate Halloween weekend with a corn-inspired Cornival party.

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INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING HAS BEEN A PASSION FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES PROFESSOR DANIELLE JOYNER

By Ed Berthiaume

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nterdisciplinary teaching is a mantra for Danielle Joyner.

As a scholar of medieval studies, it sort of comes with the territory.

For those who share Joyner’s scholarly interests, there’s no better place to be in mid-summer than the University of Leeds in Leeds, England, where the International Medieval Congress annually gathers to explore, dissect, and debate topics ranging from art to literature to architecture to philosophy, all through the lens of the Middle Ages.

Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto and art and art history at the University of Utah, returned from Leeds ready to share with students her insights and reflections—get your hands on primary sources, if not by traveling then via museums and libraries; history can not only teach us, it can inspire us; and international travel can be transformative.

Not lost in all of that is the interdisciplinary approach that Joyner has been such an advocate for since arriving on the Lawrence faculty in 2018.

The associate professor of art history at Lawrence University was in Leeds for the festivities in early July, presenting a paper, The Migration of Birds Across Late Antique and Early Medieval Arts, and partaking in a panel discussion, The Mediterranean and Southern France, II: Beyond Braudel—The State of Medieval Environmental History, moderated by Harvard University’s Daniel Smail.

“To get at any aspect of an object made 1,200 years ago, you have to do history, you have to do literature,” she said.

“If it’s a church object, which many of them are, you need to understand the liturgy. I think all of art history is very interdisciplinary, but medievalism especially opens itself up to those different approaches.

“There were more than 2,000 medievalists wandering around,” Joyner said. “It was wonderful.” The congress drew scholars from 61 countries, with more than 600 sessions presented.

“Most people don’t go around thinking about the Middle Ages or medieval art or art history. And, so, the interdisciplinary approach I feel gives students ways of finding connections between the long ago and the now, connections that they maybe never would have thought about.”

It was Joyner’s first visit to the medieval congress held in England—a U.S. version, the International Congress on Medieval Studies, happens each year in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She’s been to that one multiple times, and it’s always robust and interesting, but there was something special about experiencing it in England, where you are immersed in the history, she said.

“Europeans do medieval studies differently than Americans do medieval studies because they live in the ongoing presence of monuments and traditions,” Joyner said. “They are surrounded by all this material culture, architectural remains; their libraries are right there at hand. And because it’s so at hand and so familiar, they tend to ask different types of questions.”

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Joyner saw her students’ eyes open wide last academic year when she joined with colleagues Sara Ceballos, an associate professor of music, and Madera Allan, an associate professor of Spanish, to team-teach Cantigas de Santa Maria, a course focused on a 13th century songbook from Spain that blended art, music, and history. The collaboration between musicology in the Conservatory and Spanish and art history in the College of Arts and Sciences was exhilarating, she said.

“The class was so much fun,” Joyner said. “The students liked it, we liked it. We got to the end and thought, we have to do this again.”

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Associate Professor of Religious Studies COSTANCE KASSOR “It’s really designed as a way to give students the space to slow down a little bit. And our hope is that then they can carry that into the rest of their lives, into the rest of their college career, into their work life after they graduate. And that’ll make them better people, more empathetic people, more creative people, deeper thinkers.”

—“This Professor Teaches a Class on ʻDoing Nothing.’ It’s the Most Popular One on Campus” TIME magazine

VIKING VOICES

Dennis and Charlot Nelson Singleton Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Biology BART DE STASIO “As we have increased frequency of intense storms, we’re going to see more nutrients running in, and that’s going to fuel the growth of these algae.”

Lawrence University President LAURIE A. CARTER “When you look at top CEOs, ask how many were liberal arts majors. English majors, history majors, they’re leading Fortune 100 companies.

Yes, maybe they went to business school or did something else afterward, but that core, that foundation, is in the liberal arts.”

—“Bay of Green Bay’s dead zones could be getting worse, and scientists say climate change is the likely culprit” Green Bay Press-Gazette

—“Shining a Light: Lawrence University’s new president works to put liberal arts education in the spotlight” Insight magazine

FACULTY AND ALUMNI

BOO KS AND WORKS BECOMING GODS: MEDICAL TRAINING IN MEXICAN HOSPITALS Vania Smith ’98

Becoming Gods examines how a cohort of doctorsin-training in the Mexican city of Puebla learn to become doctors. The book tells the story of how medical trainees learn to wield new tools, language, and technology and how their white coat, stethoscope, and newfound technical, linguistic, and sensory skills lend them an authority that they cultivate with each practice, transforming their sense of self. Becoming Gods illustrates the messy, complex, and nuanced nature of medical training, where trainees not only have to acquire a monumental number of skills but do so against a backdrop of strict hospital hierarchy and crumbling national medical system that deeply shape who they are.

DREAM BOOKS AND GAMBLERS: BLACK WOMEN’S WORK IN CHICAGO’S POLICY GAME Betsy Schlabach, associate professor of history Ubiquitous illegal lotteries known as policy flourished in Chicago’s Black community during the overlapping waves of the Great Migration. Policy “queens” owned stakes in lucrative operations while women writers and clerks canvased the 38

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neighborhood, passed out winnings, and kept the books. Vivid and revealing, Dream Books and Gamblers tells the stories of Black women in the underground economy and how they used their work to balance the demands of living and laboring in Black Chicago.

DANGEROUS TO HEAL Rebecca M. Zornow ’10 In a galaxy where the last rare resource is unique humans, Yaniqui knows her ability to heal is priceless. Zornow, a Hal Prize winner, wrote the first scenes as a Peace Corps volunteer in eSwatini to reflect the humanitarian crises she witnessed. NYT bestselling author Matt Forbeck called Dangerous to Heal “an exciting new SF epic filled with vibrant characters facing horrible choices and chasing incredible aspirations that resonate loudly today.”

RETHINKING USERS: THE DESIGN GUIDE TO USER ECOSYSTEM THINKING Michael Youngblood ’87, Ben Chesluk, and Nadeem Haidary Designers, business strategists, and entrepreneurs seek deep understanding of their users in order to envision better products and services. But there is a problem: our conventional conception of users is no longer valid in today’s technologically, socially, and ethically interconnected world. This book and boxed set of brainstorming cards introduces a “user ecosystems” approach to human-centered design that stimulates new possibilities for thinking about users, their complex interrelationships, and the experiences we create for them.

NEW BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP MAJOR BUILT WITH LIBERAL ARTS FOCUS

By Ed Berthiaume Lawrence University has introduced a new business and entrepreneurship major, built through the lens of the liberal arts with a focus on preparing future innovators who will bring social, global, and environmental context to business leadership.

The program, to be available beginning with the 2023–24 academic year, takes an interdisciplinary approach as it centers on global entrepreneurship and the broader impact of business on communities. Constructed within the existing Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) program, the business and entrepreneurship (BUEN) major will open new doors for students attending one of the nation’s leading liberal arts institutions, with focused study across the business spectrum.

“We have taken a liberal arts mindset to building this major, emphasizing the importance of multiple perspectives and big-picture thinking,” said Adam Galambos, the Dwight and Marjorie Peterson Professor of Innovation and associate professor of economics. “Students will have an opportunity to learn the foundational skills in accounting, marketing, financial management, and entrepreneurship, and connect these to the broader roles of business in society.”

Galambos is one of seven faculty members from across multiple disciplines who have worked for the past year to forge a plan that would build on the strength of the I&E program, giving students who want a liberal arts path to a business major a place to land.

The objective is to build a robust major with intellectual integrity that allows students to Galambos understand the role of business within society and develop depth within one of four focus areas—entrepreneurship, arts entrepreneurship, business analytics, and natural resources and energy management.

The academic path through the major will introduce students to foundational business skills through core courses. But where it will Skran separate itself from other programs will be the emphasis on multiple perspectives, the connections across disciplines, and the exploration of critical thinking, said Claudena Skran, the Edwin & Ruth West Professor of Economics and Social Science and professor of government who chairs the I&E program.

“The BUEN major requires students to combine learning critical thinking and problem analysis, but also how to put this knowledge into practice through internships and practicums,” she said.

• The entrepreneurship focus area will appeal to students interested in start-ups and self-employment in business or social enterprises.

• The arts entrepreneurship focus area will appeal to students interested in the business side of music, theater, or studio art.

Senior Kate Oztunc presents during an In Pursuit of Innovation class, part of the I&E program. The business and entrepreneurship major will build on the strength of that program. Photo by Danny Damiani

• The business analytics focus area will zero in on a more quantitative skill set, which ties into Lawrence’s data science curriculum.

• The natural resources and energy management focus area will bring together perspectives from economics, environmental science, politics, and other related fields to understand important contemporary environmental and energy issues, and the role that business can play in tackling them.

Lawrence’s I&E program was launched in 2014. It created an interdisciplinary concentration for students interested in exploring business ventures—both for-profit and non-profit—that would create positive change in the world. It was not intended to be a business program, but a growing number of students in the ensuing years have indicated an interest in an expanded business program designed through that same liberal arts lens.

That led to the formation last year of a working group that included faculty from Economics, I&E, Government, the Conservatory of Music, Psychology, Religious Studies, Global Studies, and Theatre Arts. With encouragement from President Laurie Carter, they set out to craft an interdisciplinary business major that would build on the gains already made through I&E. The proposal was passed in a faculty vote on Nov. 4.

The architects of the major set out to build a program that would blend needed business knowledge and skills with an emphasis on working toward the greater good.

Introductory courses will include Business and Society, Introductory Economics, and Fundamentals of Accounting.

Intermediate courses will focus on perspective and skills with a wide breadth—accounting and finance, marketing, entrepreneurship, and business and the greater good.

Students will then be required to select one of the focus areas that brings a deeper level of engagement and understanding.

The program will include a heavy emphasis on internships, practicums, study abroad, or international field experience.

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Meet the new class

Matthew Stoneking Photo: Danny Damiani

Lawrence welcomed incoming students—383 first-years and 18 transfers—during a Welcome Week that was packed with activities and filled with emotion.

Here’s a look at the incoming class by the numbers:

38: Number of states represented in the class.

31: Number of countries represented.

82: Number of first-year students from Wisconsin.

Rounding out the top five are Illinois (62), Minnesota (32), California (24), and New York (19).

22.7%: Percentage of first-year students who are domestic students of color.

12.1%: Percentage of first-year students who are non-U.S. citizens.

3.53: Average high school GPA of first-year students.

60: Number of incoming students pursuing a music degree in the Conservatory.

32: Number of students pursuing degrees in both Conservatory and College of Arts and Sciences.

STONEKING’S PHYSICS RESEARCH BOOSTED BY NSF GRANT Lawrence University Professor of Physics Matthew Stoneking is the recipient of a six-figure grant from the National Science Foundation, funding that will allow him to expand his research on thermal equilibrium in non-neutral plasmas.

The three-year, $431,200 grant will support, among other things, a full-time post-doctoral research assistant for two years, internship support for Lawrence students, equipment and lab supplies to build a new experiment in Youngchild Hall, and travel support to work with collaborators at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany.

“Receiving the grant is really satisfying because it’s a competitive process, and it means my work has been positively reviewed by my peers in the field,” said Stoneking, an experimental plasma physicist who has been on the Lawrence faculty since 1997. “I have been part of the NSF proposal review process a few times and I know what it’s like and the kind of scrutiny a proposal receives and the limited funding that’s available to fund these projects. It’s gratifying that we can bring some money into Lawrence to give students research experiences and to allow me to continue to be an active contributor to my professional research field.”

Stoneking, who spent most of August at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, has devoted much of his recent professional life to studying the physics of non-neutral plasmas and how they thermally equilibrate.

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Celebrating the accomplishments of the Lawrence Community Psychology professor Peter Glick, along with Susan Fiske of Princeton and Amy Cuddy of Harvard, co-authored a 2002 paper introducing the “stereotype content model” of prejudice.

Two decades later, the paper was honored by the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) for its long-standing influence on the field of social psychology. SESP presented the authors with its 2022 Scientific Impact Award, one of the organization’s highest honors, awarded for a contribution that has “proven highly influential” over 20 or more years.

Peter Glick also was invited to be a keynote speaker at the national convention of the American Psychological Association. He spoke on how stereotypes of masculinity can hinder access to certain academic fields and why subtle adjustments in messaging can make a difference.

Jeff Clark, professor of geosciences, received a Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium grant for UAV research.

Danielle Joyner, associate professor of art history, was elected to a three-year term with the International Center for Medieval Arts Board of Directors.

Doug Martin, associate professor of physics, received a Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium grant to work on open source microscopy.

Peter Peregrine, professor of anthropology, published two books: Archaeological Research, A Brief Introduction, 3rd Edition and The Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects.

Megan Pickett, associate professor of physics, received a National Science Foundation grant with Purdue University for her collaborative work on inclusive physics education.

The Office of Communications won one award in the international 2022 CASE Circle of Excellence Awards and two awards in the CASE District V Awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Danny Damiani, photographer and multimedia specialist, was the recipient of a national honor for a photo he took of a women’s soccer celebration in fall 2021 (above).

The photo also earned Damiani an award in the Photography/ Individual category of the District V Awards. In addition, Garrett Katerzynske earned a District V Award in the Videos: Student Audience category for his video on the unveiling of the Otāēciah sculpture in fall 2021.

Relena Ribbons, assistant professor of geosciences, received a Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium grant for her research on DNA- and RNA-based Explorations of Microbial Communities of Leafy Greens Grown Hydroponically.

Beth Zinsli, assistant professor of art history, curator of the Wriston Art Center Galleries and Museum Studies Interdisciplinary Area program director, was elected the Midwest region representative for the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Board of Directors. She also received a Lang Fellowship Grant award from the Rare Book School.

Monica Rico, Robert S. French Professor of American Studies and professor of history, was elected to the steering committee of the coalition for Western Women’s History of the Western Historical Association.

Jesus Smith, assistant professor of ethnic studies, won the 2022 Excellence in Higher Education Shining Star Award from the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and was named a 2021 Future 15 Young Professional by the Fox Cities Chamber.

Arnold Shober, professor of government, received a grant to promote the study and discussion of civil liberties from the Menard Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation.

MCSII’s mission is to promote the study and discussion of civil liberties in governing, social, and religious institutions through scholarly inquiry, educational activities and community outreach.

Dane Richeson, professor of music, received the Percussive Arts Society’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award in Education.

Nominees must have demonstrated the highest ideals and professional integrity in percussion education and pedagogy with a significant history of exceptional and/or innovative teaching practices.

Michael Clayville and the LU New Music Ensemble won The American Prize in Virtual Performance in the 2022 College/ University Division for their recording and video of Coming Together, recorded and edited remotely during the pandemic.

Terra Winston-Sage, associate dean of religious and spiritual life, received a grant from the Spirituality Mind Body Institute to reimagine on-call student services.

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FALL BRINGS EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN ATHLETICS

President Laurie Carter and Director of Athletics Jason Imperati led efforts to break ground for the new track (see drawing below). Photo: Danny Damiani

TRACK RENOVATION BEGINS WHITING FIELD MAKEOVER Whiting Field is getting a major makeover. The track and field facility is being renovated as the first phase of work in the complex that also houses the baseball and softball fields.

Lawrence President Laurie Carter broke ground at George A. Whiting Memorial Field Oct. 3, and plans call for work on the track complex to be completed by fall 2023.

“The track and field project is one of many ways Lawrence is investing in our future,” Carter said. “Student-athletes and coaches do a fantastic job of elevating the Lawrence brand through their work on the field, courts, and in the classroom. I am thrilled that we are upgrading our athletic facilities in a way that honors their commitment to Lawrence.”

Lawrence is investing $4.3 million to renovate the facility, which opened in 1925. The old track will be completely razed, and the new lighted track will be situated near the site

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of the existing oval. Infrastructure work on the track facility took place this fall with the asphalt and track surface being put in place in 2023. The grass infield will house the throws area and include a space for high jump. The pavilion north of the track will be for long jump, triple jump, and pole vault.

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WELCOMING A NEW CLASS TO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

The entryway is just one part of the makeover inside Alexander Gym.

ALEXANDER GYM IS LOOKING GOOD Venerable Alexander Gymnasium continues to receive a makeover. The 93-year-old building has seen its share of improvements in recent years.

The gymnasium floor received a stunning new design to go with new bleachers and a new scorer’s table, and the lobby now houses the Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame.

The summer of 2022 saw the transformation of other areas of the gym. Windows were reinstalled in the weight room to allow natural light to flood back into that space.

The windows had been covered when the building was renovated in 1985. Lawrence’s new athletic logo is at the center of a rebranding effort throughout the gym.

From the gym entrance to the hallways, spectacular graphic designs featuring the new logo are everywhere.

Upgrades to the weight room and home locker rooms include additional equipment and new wooden lockers.

This Lawrence University Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame class was a long time coming. Elected to the Hall of Fame in 2020, the group of five individuals and one team were forced to wait until October 2022 for induction due to the pandemic.

•C oached by Hall of Famer Gene Davis, the 1967–68 swimming

and diving team put together a perfect 10-0 dual meet record before winning the Midwest Conference Championships.

Peter House ’68 won both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle at the conference meet. John Fease ’70 won the 500 freestyle, and the 400 medley relay team of House, Ken Melnick ’68, Steve Steenrod ’70, and Carl Liebich ’69 also raced to victory.

• A lex Goodson Ruikis ’10 provided the power in the middle of the lineup for Lawrence softball in the first decade of the 2000s. The Plainfield, Ill., native was a stalwart at first base and was a fourtime first-team All-Midwest Conference selection and a three-time All-Great Lakes Region pick.

•H ayley Vatch ’09 was one of the finest distance swimmers in Lawrence and Midwest Conference history. The native of Elmhurst, Ill., was a seven-time Midwest Conference champion and the 2009 Midwest Conference Swimmer of the Year.

• Joe Loehnis ’06 is the only golfer in Lawrence history to earn the title of All-American. An Appleton native, Loehnis was a Golf Coaches Association of America All-American in 2006 to cap a stellar career.

•A ndrew Wong ’06 put together a great career at the plate and in the classroom during his time at Lawrence. The Wauwatosa, Wis., native hit .385 over his final three seasons and finished with a .345 career average. An economics major, Wong was a two-time College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-American.

•S ue Schneider Harrison ’78 was the first great distance runner in Lawrence women’s track and field history. The native of Glendale, Wis., was on Lawrence’s inaugural women’s track and field and cross-country teams. She was a three-time Wisconsin Independent Colleges-Women’s Athletic Conference champion in the mile and two mile and set Lawrence records in both events.

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Chris Braier led Lawrence basketball to a No. 1 national ranking in 2005-06.

Chris Braier ’06 and the 2005–06 Vikings earned a No. 1 national ranking.

WE COUNTED DOWN TOP 25 MOMENTS IN LU ATHLETICS HISTORY In celebration of the 175th anniversary of Lawrence University’s founding in 1847, the Department of Athletics chose the top 25 moments in Lawrence sports history.

Joe Vanden Acker, director of athletic media relations since 1999, led the project, seeking guidance from Rick Peterson, sports information director from 1979 until he moved into Lawrence’s Office of Communications in 1993 (he retired in 2018), and Kim Tatro, longtime coach and former director of athletics.

As it is with any list, the rankings are up for debate. That’s part of the fun.

“I think, in the end, we came up with a list that honored the great history of Lawrence athletics, and it was an amazing walk down memory lane,” Vanden Acker said.

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No. 1: Men’s basketball ranked No. 1 in the nation and posts undefeated regular season in 2005–06; No. 2: Football wins NCAA playoff game, earns berth in 1981 national semifinals; No. 3: Men’s basketball makes run to Elite Eight in 2004 NCAA Tournament; No. 4: Jiayi Ling wins Lawrence’s first NCAA title with 1994 victory in long jump; No. 5: Andy Kazik caps perfect 2002 season with NCAA wrestling title; No. 6: Sara Schye pitches Lawrence to pair of NCAA Tournament wins in 1998; No. 7: Men’s hockey pulls off epic comeback against St. Norbert in December 2013; No. 8: 1967 football team posts perfect season; No. 9: Mallory Koula’s 42-second hat trick in 2011; No. 10: Mike Gattnar wins 1996 NCAA title in epee; No. 11: Keven Bradley’s buzzer-beater preserves perfect season and delivers 2006 Midwest Conference title; No. 12: (tie) Josh Janusiak runs to All-America honors in 2018/1950 cross country team eighth in nation; No. 13: No. 1 Lawrence men’s basketball team hosts 2006 NCAA Division III sectional; No. 14: Kate Leventhal runs to All-America cross country honors in 1981; No. 15: Football beats Ripon in final seconds to secure third straight Midwest Conference title in 1981; No. 16: Men’s basketball breaks 54-year drought by winning 1997 Midwest Conference title; No. 17: Keven Bradley scores final 20 points for men’s basketball in win over Ripon in January 2006; No. 18: Cross country sweeps Midwest Conference titles in 2021; No. 19: Basketball stars Kenya Earl, Brad Sendell chase scoring titles in 2021–22; No. 20: Jim Miller takes 12th at 1978 NCAA Cross Country Championships; No. 21: Remarkable turnaround for women’s basketball in 1987–88; No. 22: Aljay Wren and Nick Maxam team up for 99-yard touchdown pass in 2006; No. 23: Lawrence women’s soccer beats Aurora 2-1 for first NCAA Tournament win in 2001; No. 24: Lawrence football beats Coe 14-10 in 1986 MWC Championship Game; No. 25: Lawrence football makes ABC-TV debut vs. Cornell in 1980.

See details on each at lawrence.edu, including some honorable mentions.

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IMPERATI JOINS LAWRENCE AS NEW DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS The Department of Athletics got a new leader in June when Jason Imperati took over as director of athletics.

A native of Long Island, N.Y., Imperati came to Lawrence from Bowie State University in Maryland, where he served as senior associate athletic director for compliance and equipment management.

“This really felt like home,” Imperati said. “It’s just a wonderful opportunity, and I can’t thank the search committee enough for making this happen. The trust and support everyone has given me has been a beautiful thing.”

Imperati brought a wealth of athletic administrative experience to Lawrence. He worked at Bowie State from January 2020 through May 2022. The 37-year-old Imperati supervised all aspects of the NCAA Division II compliance program at Bowie State and coordinated the recruitment activities of prospective student-athletes with head coaches. He also worked with the office of Enrollment Management to maximize institutional resources and manage and maintain all equipment inventory for the department.

NEW COACHES LEAD HOCKEY, TENNIS PROGRAMS The new academic year brought three new head coaches to the Department of Athletics. Both hockey teams have new leaders heading into the 2022–23 season, and men’s and women’s tennis also has a new head coach.

BRETT WALL is the new men’s hockey coach and came to Lawrence from the Hudson (Wis.) Havoc of the United States Premier Hockey League. A native of Dayton, Ohio, who played collegiately at Lake Superior State University, Wall served as the Havoc’s head coach and general manager since the team joined the USPHL in 2017. Wall succeeds Mike Szkodzinski, who stepped down after 16 seasons.

KEVIN DESSART has taken the reins of the Lawrence women’s hockey team. A native of East Rockaway, N.Y., Dessart came to Lawrence from the University of Colorado, where he coached the women’s club hockey team since 2019. In three years under Dessart’s guidance, the Buffaloes won back-to-back Western Women’s Collegiate Hockey League championships, earning berths in the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championships.

RYAN RUZZICONI already has his first season under his belt as Lawrence’s men’s and women’s tennis coach. Ruzziconi took over the programs in July after coaching women’s tennis at Saginaw Valley State in Michigan since September 2020. He’s a native of Iron River, Mich. In his first season with the Lawrence women this fall, the Vikings finished third in the Midwest Conference and qualified for the league tournament for the third consecutive season.

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CL ASS NOTES CLASS NEWS IN LAWRENCE MAGAZINE! Lawrence magazine features individual classes once each year, alternating even and odd years plus M-D, to allow adequate space for the rich details of your lives. Submit your Class Note using our new directory! Learn more at go.lawrence.edu/prof ile.

MILWAUKEE-DOWNER Jeanne Andre Cox M-D’46 • I worked as Director of Visitor Services at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston until I was 78 years old, have traveled to many places in the world and have made little movies of my travels.

Jane Shonts Horstman M-D’54 • I am still active on a daily basis and drive to my usual activities. I have lived in Western Australia for 53 years and my family live in the Chicago area. I no longer fly to the States so my daughter visits me here, swapping her winter for my summer. I am interested in art and visit galleries in Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. My focus is on Aboriginal art and I have collected quite a few and have an extensive collection including artifacts.

I recently went on a cruise to the Kimberley, north of Perth on the Timor Sea. It is warmer than our current winter (August) and I was able to see a lot of Aboriginal rock art which is over 50,000 years old. I have fond memories of Park House days.

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Coming to Lawrence was a turning point in my life.

I have had opportunities to be a board member for student organizations and participated in the Rabbit Gallery. Since starting at LU I can see the growth in both my academic skills and world view. I am studying abroad Fall 2022, and I feel there is nothing out of reach. Coming from a low-income family none of this would have been possible without the constant support of our alumni through the Lawrence Fund, you are what makes Lawrence great.”

—Cece Spruel

Support students like Cece with your gift to the Lawrence Fund today!

920-832-6517 • go.lawrence.edu/giving

Ann Lapham Kramer M-D’54 P’84 • I guess my most pertinent news is I’m still upright in my 90th year. I live in a continuing care community on 26 acres on a bluff above the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. It is very unlikely I’ll ever be in the Midwest again. I am a widow with two children who live near me in the suburbs. My granddaughter just received her doctor in physical therapy from USC and my grandson is starting in the same program this year. I am extremely proud of them! My cup runneth over?? My love to all who remember Schuie (Marguerite Schuman) and Peabody House (now part of the library).

Lawrence enriched my life, and, for that, I’m eternally grateful.

Patricia Leszkiewicz Brinkman M-D’56 • Doing well. Off to Alaska, then Uzbekistan and then knee replacement. Who knows what will be my next adventure.

Mary Schipper De Mund M-D’60 and Thomas P. De Mund • Spending winters in Davis, CA and summers in Graeagle, CA. Enjoying the mountains in Graeagle but doing less hiking after a hip replacement this past Spring.

Janet Arntz Arundel M-D’62 and Frank G. Arundel • Hello Class of 1962. I am still alive, married to Frank and living in beautiful Sonoma County, the wine country of California. We survived the plague by staying home for the most part and masking when we had to venture out. Our lives are quiet. My big news for the year was the birth of my first great niece, the first baby in many years. I am still in touch by email with Jane, Peggy, Ann and Jeanette occasionally. Jane and I are more regular correspondents. I had a wonderful four years at Downer so I enjoy hearing the news via the bulletin. I wish I could make the trip for the 60th reunion but it cannot be, but I wish all my classmates another 10 years of health and happiness.

Gayle Barenz Othen M-D’62 and John E. Othen • John and I have moved (after 30 years) to 44 Mulberry Court, Picket Piece, Andover, Hampshire SP11 6LX. It was a huge effort but worth it to leave stairs for a bungalow! Life is good.

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Ira Voigt Leidel M-D’64 and Bishop Edwin M. Leidel, Jr. • Diana Holtz Bartels MD’64, Mary Van Gorden MD’51, Ira Voigt Leidel MD’64 and Mary Gibbon Nortman MD’64, met in Black River Falls, Wisconsin for a mini reunion of Milwaukee Downer Occupational Therapists.

The four Occupational Therapist careers included the U.S. Army, helping to establish the Polinsky Medical Rehabilitation Center in Duluth, MN, and working as its Executive Director, being the second therapist certified in Sensory Integration in WI, being the Department Director at Mt. Mary University in Milwaukee, working in psychiatry, rehabilitation, and special education in the school system, as well as public health OT in Darwin, Australia.

Diane Rosedale Odegard M-D’64 • Hello! Thinking of classmates and sending best wishes to all.

I’m still in Grand Forks during the summer and Scottsdale in the winter months. Life continues to be filled with family, friends and of course golf whenever I can fit it in. I’m involved with the University of North Dakota and the many activities there, especially aerospace. Come visit our beautiful campus! I’m sure Lawrence looks lovely.

Nothing better than school! I’ll look forward to news from M-D women.

Eileen Paulson Johnson M-D’66 • It was at President Laurie’s inauguration that I met one of my former elementary school students. She graduated from Lawrence in ’09, did a Fulbright in Austria, and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in French from Michigan State. My PEO chapter is in the process of nominating her for a Scholar Award. We have our fingers crossed that she receives one of the awards. What a coincidence this has been!

LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 1951 Dennis Seymour • I am sad to report that Midge Seymour, my wife for 68 years, passed away in May at the age of 91. She is survived by one daughter and four sons, all in their sixties, plus 15 grand and great grandchildren. We have lived in Southern California since 1960, the past eight years in a retirement community in the San Diego area. I am involved, still driving, volunteer in our church and San Diego maritime museum, wood and metal shop work, swimming, ocean fishing, and taking long walks. I plan to attend an Honors Tour trip to Washington D.C. for World War II veterans this fall.

I declined prior invites because of Midge’s health.

There are only a few thousand of us left, all in our mid-90s plus.

Diana Holtz Bartels M-D’64, Mary Van Gorden M-D’51, Ira Voigt Leidel M-D’64, and Mary Gibbon Nortman MD’64, met in Black River Falls, Wisconsin for a mini reunion of Milwaukee Downer Occupational Therapists.

1954 Kenneth J. Krueger • Greetings to my classmates!

I am happy to report that so far l have avoided the COVID scourge. I still take every precaution and l look forward to being able once again to enjoy concerts , theater and other gatherings without anxiety. Age has slowed me down a bit but l am still enjoying the good retired life here in Southern California!

James K. Lunney • My family helped me celebrate my 90th birthday in June with an extended weekend near Fish Creek in Door County WI. Slowing down, instead of walking 3–4 miles 4–5 time per week, now I walk 2–3 miles and in smaller segments. My wife Maureen (Mickey) of 56 years died unexpectedly in 2017.

James L. Hall and Marcia Bury Hall ’61 • The good news is I just turned 89. I live in the northwoods west of Minocqua. My wife of 58 years is an Alzheimers patient in an assisted living facility.

I live alone with my rescue collie named Rupert.

After Lawrence I spent three years in the navy coming out as a LTJG. I went back to school and obtained a BS in mechanical engineering. I spent most of my career in manufacturing in heavy industry. Would like to hear from any of you who are left. 715-588-7959.

Barbara Bennett Sackett P’87 • In my third year at a lovely retirement home in Hamilton, Ontario.

I am content here, new friends and activities. The best part for me is being on a dinner meal plan …

NO planning, cooking or washing up!

Beverly Hart Branson • I am enjoying winter in beautiful Door County. Watercolor painting continues inside. I was honored and pleased to participate in Artrageous, an event benefiting the women and girls in Door County. My work is on exhibit at The Meadows Gallery in Sister Bay. I wish all to be well and active. Onward.

Shirley Cox Seefeld and Kenneth W. Seefeld • We made the decision to move to a facility with independent living, assisted living, and memory care the end of December 2021. We are in the independent living section, in a villa (which is like duplexes). So far it has worked out well, and we are glad we made the move. Our address is 154 N. Red Stone Rd., #9, Washington, UT 84780 and we are always happy to have company. Health is good, and we keep busy.

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Dr. James W. Boyd and Dr. Sue Ellen Markey • My wife, Sue Ellen, and I attended a 5-day seminar at Björklunden this past summer, taught

by Anthony Padilla, Professor of Piano at the Conservatory of Music. The topic was “Expanding the Musical Canon,” or “stretching our ears.” We listened to long-overlooked composers, including works by women, the African Diaspora, Navajo, Mexican, Latinx and Asian (Indian and Chinese).

This was the fifth summer seminar we have attended. There are a wide variety of seminar topics offered each summer at Björklunden and we highly recommend them. After returning to Colorado, we attended the Bravo Music Festival in Vail and listened to the New York Philharmonic play Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra. Quite a musical summer!

Shirley Carter Delorme • Shirley Carter Delorme is finishing the final stages of her recovery from an attack of shingles. She would not wish a shingles attack on anyone. Shirley is back to driving, having access to her entire home and resuming activities she enjoyed before the attack.

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Russ Clapp • Russ Clapp says he is enjoying living in the retirement home he and his children selected for him in West Palm Beach, FL several years ago. He has given up driving and does not miss it at all.

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CLASS NOTES Bill Blask • Bill Blask writes that he is editor, graphic designer, writer and designer of the Greenville Track Club quarterly newsletter. It goes out to the club’s 1,000 plus members. Bill still runs competitively and says he often gets to the winner’s podium simply by just showing up.

There are not too many octogenarian runners competing these days.

Ruthann Boucher Stolzman • Ruthann Boucher Stolzman reports that she is living in a very nice retirement facility in Los Gatos, CA. She has made new friends there and many are older than she is. Ruthann brought her computer, large printer and an excessive amount of supplies with her. She is still providing printing and desktop publishing to both old and new customers.

Jim Davis • For Jim Davis, pickleball has become his “fun” thing and he plays as often as possible. Jim says the game is increasing in popularity with younger players. This presents a challenge to octogenarian players who must use spin and guile in order to compete successfully.

Jim enjoys meeting new people and the “snowbirds” will begin returning to Florida early this fall. He likes living in Edgewater, south of Daytona, and its three miles of beach where, with a permit, one can drive onto the beach.

Sue Fortney Walby P’00, ’99, ’97 and Peter Walby P’00, ’99, ’97 • Sue Fortney Walby is in her 64th year of giving piano lessons in her home studio. She says she never tires of seeing the improvement her young students make year after year. Sue remains the Director of Music/ Organ for the First Presbyterian Church of La Crosse. Her husband, Peter, is still broadcasting high school sports for eight school districts in the Viroqua area.

Dr. Judy Huffman Sutherland P’88 • Judy Huffman Sutherland is looking forward to a belated birthday luncheon (her birthday was in June) with Helen Lofquist Zimmerman and Janet Dolan Negronida. These three roomed together in various years while at Lawrence.

They are part of a group that have remained close friends since their undergraduate days.

Referred to by some as “The Lawrence Women,” their travel adventures were curtailed by the pandemic but are probably not over yet.

Tom Kayser • Tom Kayser is living in an assisted living facility in St. Paul, MN. Having run a campaign for the U.S. Senate a few years ago, Tom remains keenly interested in the political scene. He enjoys hearing from classmates and can be reached at 651-333-0839.

Jan Krause Gunlogson • Jan Krause Gunlogson moves between her home in Alaska and her daughters’ homes in New Hampshire and Indiana. Both daughters are professors of music. Elisabeth teaches the clarinet at the

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University of New Hampshire and Kirsten teaches vocal music at Butler University in Indianapolis.

Jan gets great joy watching her grandchildren grow and being able to be a part of their lives.

Ulrike Scharmer Duchrow • Ulrike Scharmer Duchrow writes that despite COVID she was able to celebrate her 85th birthday with her husband, Ulrich, their three children, and seven grandchildren. Her present from them was a week of hiking in Alsace, France. Ulrike is pleased that she is still able to hike in the mountains. She and Ulrich spent an enjoyable six weeks at their holiday home in Sardinia, Italy.

Ulrike teaches German to refugees, some from Ukraine, one afternoon a week.

LTC David Mann and Marjorie Lynn Mann • Dave Mann and his wife, Margie, put on their traveling shoes this summer and went on a cruise. They were equipped with surgical masks, recent booster shots and COVID antigen test results. Dave says that traveling in a COVID world can be done safely if you follow the rules and take sensible precautions. Their trip began in Lisbon and moved first along the Atlantic shore to Spain, France, the Netherlands, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Canada before disembarking in New York after 21 days.

David Wege • If Dave Wege did not have bad luck, he would have no luck at all. Dave experienced bouts of COVID in May and then in July despite vaccinations and booster shots. He says he now knows what a novice monk’s life is like. Fortunately, Dave is now fully healthy once again and very glad to be so.

David Wiese • Dave Wiese reports that his seasonal migration from his home in Port Angeles, WA to Gainesville, Florida may finally lie in his past, at least those involving cross country trips. Macular degeneration and other “old guy” maladies eventually take their toll. Dave still enjoys cool summers on the Olympic Peninsula and appreciates his bonsai, large format kindle and the better parts of the internet.

Dr. Elisabeth Wilton • Elisabeth Wilton, in the early months of COVID, made cloth masks for her fellow residents of Vinson Hall where she lives.

She also worked on her memoirs (shouldn’t we all be doing this?). Elisabeth wrote some more poems and considers them her best efforts thus far. Elisabeth gave a talk on her book, Taking Charge, and even sold a few copies. She is booked to travel to her high school reunion in Neenah and hopes to get to England for a family reunion in 2023.

Lee Wolf • Lee Wolf, a Colorado Springs resident since 1980, is still active in real estate. Presently he is working on developing apartment complexes in Colorado Springs and Rapid City, S.D. J. Robert Martin and Pat Twohig Martin ’60 • Bob Martin and his wife, Pat are still in good health, still in their house and plan to stay there as long

as they can. Bob says there are some tasks around a house that one can do. There are others one cannot do and still others one should not try to do.

This latter list of tasks grows as one gets older.

Gerrymandering has moved Bob and Pat into a different congressional district. The boundary between their old and new districts is the street in front of their house.

1960 Dr. John J. Beck and Barbara J. Beck • Barbara and I are at home in rural Sturgeon Bay, WI with 40 hour a week help to meet Barbara’s needs so that I can be out of the house working on the trails or shopping. I miss my classmates, especially my brothers from Wisconsin Alpha of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Our four adult children live in Wisconsin and we enjoy their visits to the homestead with thanks to Zoom between in-person visits. I’m on Facebook but not Instagram or Twitter.

Leonard G. Hall P’88 ’84 and Sally Huffman Hall ’61 P’88 ’84 • Leonard Hall is the proud owner of a robotic lawn mower. One of these days, he’ll buy a cell phone.

Dr. H. Michael Hartoonian P’05 and Patricia M. Thornton P’05 • Hello from St. Paul! Patty and I are spending great time visiting our 8 grandchildren.

Patty is still doing some work for the Concordia Language Villages and other volunteer work around the city, I’m doing some volunteering with the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism, as a Fellow and associate editor of Pegasus, and with the Minnesota Character Council. My last book was, Chased by the Memory, about high school experiences in small town Wisconsin in the 1950s.

We are both in good health and our five children are all doing well, but I suspect that like you, we witness the breathless changes around us with a melancholy sense of wonder, concern, and hope.

Kathleen Karst Larson and Roger Larson • Life at the Heritage Village Retirement facility continues to be an interesting experience. Something new each day. Roger and I have a very eclectic group of residents living here. I am thinking of writing a book, The Adventures at Heritage Village. Roger and I have become avid Lotteria (Mexican Bingo) players. We were also elected King and Queen of their prom. (How about that?) A bit of humor.

While celebrating birthdays of the month, one resident asked the young kitchen helper next to her how old he was. He replied, 26. She replied, “My God! I have clothes older than you.”

Diane Thate Martin • Paul J. Martin • We are still at our house that we built in 1977. Our daughters live within ½ hour of our home and see them often.

Our oldest granddaughter has a Ph.D. in Physical Therapy and the other is a teacher at the University of Kansas while working on her Masters in Art. Our older grandson is working on a degree at NWTC and the younger boy is a junior in high school.

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band and a winter band. It’s still just as enjoyable but more challenging getting to rehearsals and concerts. My husband is busy helping his friends and visiting nursing homes. I read a lot, do puzzles, word searches, and make baby blankets for needy babies.

William J. Richards P’95 • I am approaching 84-years-old and working at home in a vain attempt to keep up with the quotidian life tasks. I remember a pivotal event in my early kindergarten year when the teacher embarrassed me in the presence of the entire class. I do not remember speaking to anyone during school time for the next two years. My recovery has taken a long time. Grateful that I am financially strong and have family.

Rev. R. Scott Sherman • I am now living in the Stuart, FL area. Sold my Vero Beach home just a year ago. Happily sharing my new home in the Pipers Landing community. Wonderful people here especially my beloved Sally plus the senior dog, Riley; the junior dog, Shadow and the “old dog” me. Sally is bright and talented; a swimmer, tennis and golf partner. I often think she would have made a great Lawrentian. We love travel, especially cruising, and travel somewhere every few months.

I recently answered a survey about Lawrence and realized again how much I appreciate my undergraduate years there. I think we all have been very, very fortunate to have begun our adult lives there. I have felt prepared to meet all life’s joys and challenges through the Lawrence experience.

Ronald P. Simon • Here is an update. My wife, Diane, died in 2010—three days after our 25th Wed. Ann. Son, David, and Daughter, Mary, live with me in Chandler, Arizona. She is an oboe player and also repairs them. He plays his French Horn in concerts. I retired in 2012 after teaching Junior High students 27 years. When asked, I would say I taught: Manners, Morals, and Math.

My Bucket List had only three items: Hike the Grand Canyon, take piano lessons, and take a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I am grateful to have managed all three—piano lessons on year 11 and I still do not play all that well, but I have learned much about music, which I believe is God’s gift to mankind. We worship each Sunday.

Arthur E. von Plachecki P’84 and Margot von Plachecki P’84 • Things are good in Sherman, CT. Margot and I celebrated our 61st wedding anniversary in June. I try to stay active as ViceCommander of the Sherman Veterans Association and I am also a member of the Sherman Commission On Aging. As I write this it is difficult to realize it has been 66 years since we first entered Main Hall wearing a green beanie, and the women had to be signed back in the dorm by 9 p.m. and we all started on a life journey on the way to the Burger Bar for that first beer.

1962 Dr. Nancy M. Bodenstein • I have moved back “home” to Port Washington, WI. The weather is much better than in NH and the 1600 foot driveway was too much to deal with. I’m thoroughly enjoying all of the activities available here, including those at the very active senior center.

David J. Fellman P’94 and Renee E. Fellman P’94 • After living for 25 years in Naperville, IL, Renee and I have moved to Darien, IL, about 20 miles east. We are happy to be closer to some family and friends. Our kids remain in NYC, Indiana, and Minnesota.

Dr. John R. Kearney and Lynda Kearney • My wife Lynda, a Physician Associate, and I are still working full time. We live on the Great Sacandaga Lake in the Adirondacks. In the spirit of younger and fresher ideas I have resigned from the boards of the American Board of Eye Surgery, the American College of Eye Surgeons, the Society of Excellence in Eyecare and the Society for Geriatric Ophthalmology. This also gives more time to spend with our children and grandchildren, to travel, work in our garden, entertain and enjoy boating and skiing. Life is wonderful! Every day, I appreciate the tools that Lawrence gave me to encounter life’s Journey. God bless America, Lawrence College and all of my fellow Lawrentians!

—Jack Kearney Thomas C. Strachan III and Susan Brehm Strachan • Today 8/8/2022 Susan (Brehm) and I celebrated our 58th anniversary. Tomorrow we fly to Paris for a Viking cruise down the Gironde river in the Bordeaux region. We expect hot weather and the wildfires will continue to burn in the area. Our children, Elizabeth and Jessica, who live in Sun Valley and in Glen Ellen in the Sonoma Valley are doing well and working hard as a teacher in a private school and as a personal assistant and property manager. Our five grandchildren are attending different levels of high school and one is in college. —Tom Strachan Bruce A. Thoms and Patricia A. Thoms • Back in 2015, our 50th wedding anniversary was approaching. We were repeatedly asked: “What are you going to do for your 50th?” Other than going out for dinner, again, we were stumped! But, a few months earlier, we met a young man who just blew our socks off! He was an Elvis Tribute Artist by the name of Cody Ray Slaughter. Being an old rock ’n roller, as some of you may recall, Pat and I decided to bring Cody to Denver and perform with a live band for the benefit of a local hospice. It was an overwhelming hit, and our first two shows sold out! Since 2015, Cody has returned to Denver six times and sold out all 17 shows! We have raised over $200,000 for the hospice and brought fun to hundreds!

Alexander Wilde and Anne Perotin-Dumon • Anne and I will return to France this fall for our first prolonged stay since October 2019. These have been such eventful years in the world, including the death of dear Lawrence friends such as Susan Herr Engberg ’62. For Anne it will be a return to a society and extended family that have undergone changes as deep as ours in the States—but different. For me the differences offer some relief from the relentless blows here that have undermined so many of the verities we held in our generation. We will be most of the time in Bordeaux.

1964 Virginia Allen • Just to say that after a hiatus of over two years our choir has finally started again.

It is such a joy to make music together and we have all missed it terribly. I really have no idea how professional musicians made it through the pandemic—I, as a retiree and an amateur had many fewer difficulties than they—but they have done so thank goodness. I know that one of our basses was going to graduate school to embark on an entirely different career. Now he’s back at St. John’s with us; whether he’s still pursuing the other life I don’t know but it’s great that he’s back.

All best to other Lawrence people. —Virginia Rev. Grethe Hallberg Barber • Hmmmm, leaning into the ’80s has not been as easy and uneventful as imagined. First, slipped on deck ice and spiral fractured my femur in January. Not nice, tho totally grateful for care from family and hospital staff and friends. Had to cancel pilgrimage adventure to Scotland related to mobility issues (plus I couldn’t find my passport!) But, now seven months later walking okay without a cane: water exercising or hiking five days a week, sandwiched between being a nana of six grandchildren and presiding and serving as a semi retired Episcopal pastor, I am grateful. All is well although unexpected.

Gary L. Bayer P’91 and Nelly Bayer P’91 • I joined the Peace Corps, worked in the mountains of Peru managing construction of potable water projects.

In the process I met future wife, a Peruvian social worker. As a civilian in Vietnam I built schools, roads and managed refugee assistance, Joined State Department and worked in 12 countries as Foreign Service Officer. Presently we live in Peruvian mountains at 12,000 feet altitude overlooking Cusco. I enjoy drawing, painting and some writing. Our son is in the foreign Service and is presently working in Africa.

Barbara Isely Dedo • A significant event for me was the passing of my husband, Richard Dedo, in December of 2021. Dick had enjoyed a long, rewarding career as an orthopedic surgeon before Alzheimer’s Disease robbed him of his intellect, good humor and self-awareness. Now in a new phase of my life, I have embraced the freedom to travel and socialize. In April, I hot footed it to

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Chicago to spend time with family. July brought a superlative travel adventure. My church choir was invited to be the choir-in-residence at Wells Cathedral in Wells, England for a week. Singing in this magnificent Gothic cathedral was an awesome experience. (See Music at St. Paul’s Burlingame on Facebook.)

Thomas T. Goldsmith III • I’ve lived in Malden Massachusetts, a few miles north of Boston, for seven years. My partner Jeri Adams, I, and her lab mix 12-year-old pup, have a roomy house, and survived these COVID years without that illness.

After Lawrence, and my earliest experiences with computers, I worked in and around New York City, then earned an MBA at Harvard Business School. Seven years later fate took me to Sweden where I worked for IBM for 15 years. Then in 1990 I returned to Boston, as I realized my daughter would be having children, and my parents were aging. I’ve been retired for a decade or two now, enjoy life, and think of LU often. Especially when BJ (Al Bjornson ’63) and I are in touch.

Wren Ellsworth Gurney and Donald L. Gurney ’65 • Caught up in the Olympics ... forgot to submit on time ... As elder community residents we were early vaccinated and remain healthy. Don runs daily around the campus and I sweat out an hour of PT 3 times per week. He is the Vice of the Resident Council, managing voter registrations for the Arlington-Alexandria LWV, specializing in registering high school students. I am on the Resident IT Committee and publish the Art Center pages on the Resident Website. Don hopes to continue to register voters in the high schools and residents in Arlington and Fairfax counties and lobbies on the Hill [by phone] for LWV. He has become a daily pickleball player and has registered to play doubles in the local Senior Olympics—a far cry from LU football and 25 years of soccer. Here’s to taming the climate for the future generations and our local gardens. —Wren E. Gurney ’64 Judi Thoresen Howe and George Howe • We had a lovely July visit with our best man and fellow Lawrentian, Hal Quinley, and his wife Ann, at their beautiful home in Pauma Valley, California.

Walter J. Isaac P’88 and Barbara Ives Isaac P’88 • We have had a quiet spring and early summer. Got in one trip to FL in March and enjoyed a visit with Peter and Susie Betzer before enjoying time on the gulf and Atlantic coasts. Barbara and daughter Megan (’88) got to Prince Edward Island in June while Walt road-tripped to the West coast to visit old friends there. We will head to the UK in Sept. for our first overseas venture since before COVID struck. Daughter Megan will be teaching in London for the fall term of her University (Elon) and we will visit her and enjoy some travels from her London base. Hello to all our LU friends. Hope to get back for a Reunion in ’24!

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Jon C. Keckonen P’91 and Ann Leverenz Keckonen P’91 • Ann and I have been doing quite well since the beginning of COVID. From March of 2020 we have been spending most of our time at our cottage in northern Wisconsin. The winter is beautiful with quite a bit of snow which stays white throughout the winter. The summers provide opportunities to hike, bike, and kayak. In September of 2021 we took a trip to Italy spending three days in each of Rome, Florence, and Venice.

During that time, Darlene and Denny Walsh ’64 stayed at our house while they attended a portion of the Ryder Cup which was held near Sheboygan.

In September we go to Germany to visit our daughter, Beth (L ’91), and in October I’ll have 15 days in Japan. Life is good Gwendolyn Law Lane • It has been a year since my husband, Bob Lane, passed away. I have chosen to remain in the wonderful over 55 community of Trilogy in Brentwood, CA. The support of friends and neighbors has been truly outstanding. I am taking some Adult Education classes at the neighboring community college, am a member of a book club, enjoy a variety of activities offered at our clubhouse and sew many blankets each year for the Linus Project. I will not travel too much this fall as I am scheduled for a knee replacement. Call me the Bionic Woman! I think of Bob each day. We were blessed with a wonderful marriage and family.

Patricia Joyce Laybourn and Richard Laybourn • Greetings, I’m writing this from a chair with one splinted leg up and ankle surgery on Monday 8/22.

This age (80) sure keeps me guessing at times on what will happen next. Fainting and falling after a Lifetime class was not on my ‘to do’ list that day. Recovery time will allow me to finish my Storyworth book leisurely, read, photo edit and post on Flickr, learn how to clean in new ways, read a lot, and plan with Richard how to fit the new knee scooter in the car with our luggage, food, and stuff for our annual trip to northern MN. This year we’re adding Sax-Zim bog to front part of trip and staying at a b&b (no breakfast actually) and be gone for two weeks. Heaven!

Pamela Kolb Leadbitter and David M. Shaver • I am thankful for every day I can be out in nature, learn, laugh, and have fun. When I finished teaching reading in summer school to at-risk kindergartners, David and I thoroughly enjoyed a National Geographic Cruise in Alaska from Juneau to Ketchikan where educators shared knowledge about the geography, culture, plants, animals, and photography. It was a “wow” experience! It also was special because David was doing well after back surgery last fall. We then spent a month near Sandbanks Provincial Park where we learned about how to use the APP Merlin to identify bird calls and how to play “NYT Wordle” on my phone. The final delicious icing on the cake was catching up with my children.

Harry N. MacLean and Julya MacLean • Showtime’s Series “Buried” is based on my second book, Once Upon A Time, A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law. The series premiered last October, and two weeks ago was nominated for two Emmys: Best Crime and Justice and Best Cinematography. Julya and I will be in LA for the ceremony the 28th of September. A new documentary is being made of my first book, In Broad Daylight, which as you might recall tells the story of the killing of the town bully in northwest Missouri in 1981. This is set up to be a full length film. I figure I’ll have to get some botox for the “80” lines in my face for the filming. So, the current fascination with True Crime is good for movie and book sales.

Jon M. McGinty and Katherine Spataro McGinty • Kathy and I are still on the farm west of Rockford, but now without critters. The last chickens went to market last year. The last cat died a couple of months ago. Kathy’s working part-time in her daughter’s rental agency. I’m still writing feature articles for Northwest Quarterly Magazine. So far, we’ve avoided COVID. Son, Mike, designs lighting installations for an electrical supply house near Madison; daughter, Joanna, teaches high school biology in Rockford. We visited Larry U. last fall on our way to research an article on the Peshtigo fire, which took place on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire. Sorry I missed the reunion.

—Jon McGinty John D. Miller and Celoris Hackbart Miller ’61 • Celoris and I find ourselves, in our ’80s, still quite active in the musical life of Winnipeg. I retired from the Winnipeg Symphony in ’03 but haven’t yet retired from the trombone. Sometimes I play the bass bone, sometimes the red plastic (great for Dixieland!). I play mainly in a Legion band and a 16-piece jazz band. She does some church music and is in demand as accompanist for recitals and our yearly music festival. Our vocal group,

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the Miller Brew (the two of us, our five children and two in-law children) competed for a number of years in that festival. We are doing a bit of travelling again but are happy to be near our kids (5+5), grandkids (9+2), & greatgrands (2) Go Pack!

Helen Geyler Moore P’85 • I’m living in Inverness, IL and still traveling. I just returned from SE Alaska and am going to Northern Spain and Portugal in October. I had 2 opportunities to spend time with my almost 4-year-old great-grand twins this summer. I wish they lived closer than CA! And, I’m into my 22 year volunteering for hospice.

Dinah Stevens and Alfred Harf • Marriages: Dinah Stevens ’64 and Alfred Harf, Kensington, MD, July 2022. After 10 years of widowhood and nine of retirement, I met a new partner and we shared a year and a half together, traveling,talking, learning, reading, hiking and hanging out with friends and family. In the past three months we have bought a house together in a neighborhood near our previous residences, moved two households into the new house, sold the previous houses and gotten married. It has been a delightful whirlwind.

J. Richard Woy and Jean Lampert Woy ’65 • No big changes here. Jeannie (Jean Lampert) is quite involved with local historic preservation groups in Brookline, and I continue to do some consulting work and play a lot of tennis. In the spring we had a great trip to Italy, visiting Jeannie’s sister and her husband at their house in Tuscany and then spending a week at a beautiful town called Praiano on the Amalfi Coast, walking in the hills and visiting the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum. At the moment we’re just back from a week in Brewster on Cape Cod with my brother Alan, his wife Roxanne, and their daughter and her family with their two boys who love jumping up and down in the big waves at Nauset Beach.

1966 Dr. T. Michael Anger and Ida Anger • Still practicing general pediatrics part time with no ER or night call. Still riding my bike almost every day along the shore of Lake Michigan in downtown Chicago. Our grandkids Maya and Livia each spend a week with us this summer. We have a trip to Iceland scheduled in September. Hopefully see some Northern Lights. I was pleased to hear that Alexander Gymnasium will undergo renovation.

My football classmates may remember that then Lawrence President Curtis Tarr would be in the locker room after games to console or congratulate us. Go Vikings. —Mike Anger Jane Nelson Azzi • I am doing well, having reorganized my financial life, finally getting a copy of my marriage certificate for Social Security. In Minneapolis they issued eight marriage certificates for Jane Ann Nelson in the same decade! Have good memories of Reunion with Corry’s memorial and godparents from both coasts coming up.

Continue to declutter and work on the archives at the paper museum, now called the Atlas Science Center, in Appleton. Missing all my classmates but did see high school ones at a 60th Reunion in the Cities. Be sure to find a reason to come back to Appleton. It’s growing and aging beautifully, as is the campus.

Anthony D. Beadell and Priscilla Larsen Beadell • Well, I guess at this time of life it all comes down to benchmarks. Prilla (Larsen) and I have now been married 55 years, and I have been president and senior portfolio manager at A D BEADELL INVESTMENT COUNSEL for 48 years, now with our son. I am a wannabe artist painting in oil most nights. Most of my great works end up down in the “garden level” of our home to be enjoyed by the growing cadre of mice. Equally challenging has been the book I recently finished: The Consummate Truth in Art and Antiques. Sure to be a best seller if only in my mind. As for future goals, I plan to work til 100 (my mother was 99), and then I will make plans for the rest of my life.

Nancy Beaudway Burmeister • If you want to feel young again, hang out with one of your children.

In June I visited my younger daughter, who is living in Cape Town, South Africa. Despite it being the beginning of their winter, the first week was sunny and warm. We walked around many scenic places and enjoyed many of the independently-owned coffee shops and small restaurants, each with it’s own personality. We didn’t avoid the wine tasting opportunities, either. It was a come-down to return to the U.S. and my reduced assignment job, which I hope I can keep until my retirement savings get back to where they were a year ago.

Henry M. Kaiser • Classmates interested in mental health might be interested in my interview on the NeuroNoodle podcast regarding neurofeedback. See www.youtube.com/ watch?v=IVLc3UCOy7E. Classmates interested in my music—see www.youtube.com/channel/UCFg_ fnt4HXXog7DKE7PkDsg. Classmates interested in my entrepreneurial work, see thomsensinc.com.

I often serve in an Advisory capacity for companies like interbitdata.com and www.3hbiomedical.com.

I am still active professionally in Portland OR ... we have lots of water here, but not many Lawrence Alums.

Patrick R. Kroos and Pamela P. Kroos • Pamela and I are surviving COVID and the changed restrictions to life in Hong Kong. The extra time in seclusion has allowed me to self-publish my autobiography The Tao of the Badger. It was an experience I hold dear to my heart and is for family and friends. We wish the class good health and happiness.

Gregory R. Lee and Nancy Lee • Retired after 52 years in education. Nancy and I will be celebrating 56 years of marriage soon. Three kids and six grandchildren. Still living in Appleton.

Judith L. Meyers • This year has been similar to last year—trying to keep informed about the pandemic and occupied at home to avoid known virus super spreader environments. On a happier note— My active musical life, which always included membership in orchestras, bands, rehearsals, gigs and a lot of commuting (my little car has 325,000 miles on it) had been completely curtailed.

BUT—I’ve been delighted to be able to play a lot of music online—keeping up my spirits, skills and finger dexterity. I ZOOM attended a BALKAN music and dance festival in DOOR COUNTY and, of course told them all about Lawrence, THE CON and Björklunden. There was quite a bit of interest, especially in Björklunden.

1968 W. David Chambers • Left the Yale School of Drama after thirty years, taught at Harvard for two (and re-connected with Carter Eckert), now back at Yale in the undergrad program, but living in Cambridge and an island in Maine. Now finishing a book on a Russian theatre methodology that descends from Stanislavsky to today’s astonishing Moscow avant-garde. I am deeply saddened by the fate of my Russian colleagues who have either fled leaving everything behind or are stuck there forbidden to speak the truth. For different reasons here, I endorse several states seceding and joining Canada. My two grown children are great as is my wife Christine. I try to channel Ted Cloak’s wise humanity in every class I teach.

Eileen J. Chase and William Shefchik • Hello. I’m still in Kansas City, still living in the old Westport neighborhood, still married to William Shefchik, still collecting rocks. Item 1: in fall 2019, Bill and I joined other Lawrentians on a wonderful coach trip in Newfoundland under the leadership of Dr. Marcia Bjørnerud. Item 2—We have joined our 1913 bungalow to the 1912 bungalow next door, although common wisdom declared “The City will never let you do that.” I still have the love of early music which started when Liz Montgomery introduced me to recorder in 1966. I still have the RCA Victor album of Renaissance music which I purchased in Conkey’s Bookstore, fishing the pennies out of the lining of my purse to do so.

Shaun E. Donnelly ’69 and Kathryn Hauser • Enjoying my retiree (and very part-time consultant) life at our Civil War-era farm house in Thurmont, Maryland. After 11 years as a widower, I got married last November to long-time partner Kathryn Hauser. Trying to get my longtime home in suburban Silver Spring ready to put on the market. Part of my consolidation over the past year has been organizing, cataloging, transporting (to Appleton) and donating to the LU Art Center the eclectic African and Middle Eastern art and artifacts my late wife Susan Buesing Donnelly and I collected over 36 years in the Foreign Service.

I enjoyed two weeks on campus in October ’21 as the “Scarff Visiting Professor.” Life is good.

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LEFT: Lawrence University’s first undefeated swim team returned to campus during Blue and White Homecoming weekend for their induction into the Lawrence University Athletic Hall of Fame. The 1967–1968 team recreated their original championship photo at the induction ceremony October 8.

was to Shi Shi Beach on the coast); I still advise Univ. of WA public health grad students on their practicum and capstone projects; I still door-knock for progressive candidates; and l still see Lawrence grads, most recently John Sanders, ’68; Marg Sanders, ’69; Fred Nordeen, ’66; and Rick Rapport, ’65. And, of course, I see my step-daughter, Cassie Martin, ’99 who was recently appointed Executive Director of Special Education for the state of Washington.

Dorothy Rowe Kinnun • Paul N. Kinnun and Paul and I are still enjoying retirement, at our winter home in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas, or our summer home on a lake in Upper Michigan, the best of both worlds. I keep busy with reading, DAR, PEO, and church activities, and definitely do not miss working one bit.

Dr. Jim B. Freim • Time continues to march on, but I’m doing my best to slow the pace. I’ve been doing mountain trail runs last and this year ranging in length from 19 miles to 30 miles. A sign of the times—I was the oldest competitor in all 10 races. But not the slowest. I don’t consider myself old, do you? One race was memorable and forgettable; a 30-miler where the temp should have been 65, not 85! With no wind and punishing sun, I ran out of liquid before the next aid station. And pulled a groin muscle going downhill. I limped to the finish where the medical insisted that I lie down in their tent where I was promptly bitten by four wasps. The scouts motto of ‘Be Prepared’ comes to mind ...

Ann Godfrey Goss Holmes and Ephraim Paul Holmes, Jr. • Since I retired in 2018 from Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, we moved to Montrose, Colorado, to have more sun and less snow. I’ve gotten active in several women’s organizations: The Order of the Daughters of the King, a church-related international organization; Daughters of the American Revolution, where I recently completed a term as chapter regent; and P.E.O., a sorority-type group dedicated to providing funds for women to advance their education. I also remain active singing in the Valley Symphony Chorus and our small church choir. Who says you ever get to retire?

I’m busier now than I ever was when I was working full-time and raising my children.

Peter J. House P’99 and Anne E. Fitzpatrick P’99 • I too am in my “still zone” these days: I still often see my grandkids including the ones posted to Germany with the U.S. State Dept.; Anne and I still get out into the Pacific NW woods for snowshoeing, hikes and backpacking (latest trip 52

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Elizabeth Conrad LaVelle and Gehrig K. LaVelle • We are still here! We have traveled a lot over the years and are mostly armchair traveling these days.

There have been some health issues, but with the help of friends and family we got through them and are doing well. Have been enjoying the back garden, good books, good streaming, and helping promote our historic downtown with Cedar Falls Community Main Street. Life is good. (As my brother, who is seven years older, has become fond of saying, “Every day I wake up on this side of the great divide is a good one.) A good day to all!

Margaret Fechner Ling and Daniel Ling • Hi everyone—after spending several years with increasing pain and mobility issues due to arthritic hips I decided enough was enough. In November 2021 I had a total right hip replacement. In June 2022 I truly became a bionic woman with a new left hip. Feeling great and have finally ditched the cane.

Hope to get back to lawn bowling later this year.

Our daughter, Jen, and son-in-law, Joe, moved back to their house in Henderson, NV, after spending several years in Seattle. Jen came to San Jose to help after both surgeries. I am a lucky mom. Our street has gotten back to normal: 51st annual July 4 block party; women’s book group; craft club. Hope you are well and enjoying life to the fullest!

Kenneth E. Luckhardt • Greetings to all friends from Lawrence, 1964–68. This month I celebrate my 76th birthday and my 54th year in Canada.

Tens of thousands of us resisted any complicity in the Vietnam genocide. Best decision I ever made, especially as I observe the horrific rise of the fascist right in the U.S. I have had a great run in Canada ... as an educator, author, human rights/ social justice activist and now, in retirement, a volunteer with rescue dogs at a local humane society in Toronto. If you like, write me at ken.luckhardt@sympatiuco.ca Lesley McKee and Dr. Charles A. McKee • What’s new in our lives, you ask ... well, um ... We still live in Appleton. We still live in the same house a few blocks from Lawrence. We still attend events and performances on campus. We still participate in protest marches. We are still physically active— especially Chuck who will play any game with

anyone, any time. In fact he has added a pickle ball court to our side yard which he freezes over in the winter to make a hockey rink. We have accomplished a few things since we graduated— four daughters and eight grandkids who are spread all over the country. Most of our traveling is family oriented—MA, ME, FL, UT, CO, WA, Spain ...

Come see us. Our door is always open.

Dr. Baron Perlman and Sandra Perlman • Sandy and I are trying to age gracefully. A summer spent with friends. Quiet has become the new good. A visit to Seattle to visit our elder son had us shaking hands with Mount Rainier when he took us up for a plane ride in his Lancair330. No major vacations, nothing earth shattering. Each day has its own rhythm and meaning. We hope folks are doing well.

Elizabeth Boardway Ribeiro P’03 • Greetings from 18 Muster Court in Lexington, MA. I remain active in Concord tourism, doing walking literary tours and helping with programs and guests at Orchard House, the home of the Alcotts and the Concord School of Philosophy. Face to face (masked) conversations with guests have been rich and challenging in the past two years ... with historical, philosophical, and spiritual queries woven into the mix. If any classmates live in the NE or visit the Lexington/Concord/Boston sites please consider me a walking companion, eager to learn from others and to apply what we learn to the many challenges of here and now. —Fondly, Beth Ribeiro (617-838-8123/eribeiro4@icloud.com) John L. Roberts • We live in Salida, CO, which is a lovely small town at 7,000 ft. altitude. Mary and I are both on our second marriages but have been together more than 27 years. Our son is now a civil engineer for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and his lovely girlfriend works for an NGO. My stepson and wife now have two highly energetic boys, (ages 3 & 5) so we do a bit of grandparenting. My trusty TREK road bike suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure last Spring (after only 16 years) and fearing my knees weren’t far behind, I decided to replace it with an E-bike. My new TREK Domane +7 MIGHT arrive by the end of December! We’re planning an E to W transatlantic cruise in November.

—Best wishes!

Sally Price Sedgwick • I’ve moved to Portland, Oregon, published another book (a vanity poetry book through Amazon called “Talking to Trees through poetry and pictures,” and continue to work with my “business,” Spirit Moxie. The other big change is that now I like to be called by my middle initial “B” which will confuse anyone who remembers me from Lawrence!

Anne DeLong Smith • I have moved out of Las Vegas to permanently live in NW Montana.

My home is in Lakeside, MT on Flathead Lake. I live on a mountain from which I can see the lake and the Continental Divide. My sister summers up here, and my friends from Vegas and my daughters visit also. I have been retired for 28 years. My late husband, Tom Smith, and I traveled by motor home to 48 states, from Florida to Alaska and

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Maine to California. Now I enjoy living in the woods with deer, elk, and bears. I have friends throughout the country so feel very fortunate to have great family and friends.

Robert L. Suettinger and Dimon Liu • Two items of note: 1. Dimon Liu, who accompanied me to the Class of ’68s 50th Reunion, is now my wife. COVID kept us at home for two years, but we’re venturing off to Turkiye in late September.

2. The manuscript I’ve been writing for the past seven plus years—a biography of former Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang—is now with a reputable U.S. academic publisher for editing and peer review.

It should be out next year.

Dr. Earl H. Tryon, Jr. and Carolyn Tryon • As old as I am … I had my yearly physical last week and I am in great physical shape … yea yea yea!!!!

Frederick H. Walsh and Jeanne Walsh • 2022: Like the past 23 years, I’ve been wedded to the laptop, penning curious verses, a weekly diary, and letters to all who care to correspond. After a two-year absence due to COVID, in late May I flew off to London in time for the Queen’s Jubilee & an Underground strike. Lots of tourists and no escape. Two weeks spent elbow bending with old friends at the Nag’s Head or otherwise pubcrawling around the city. It’s a never-ending task.

Someone has to do it. A three week London jaunt is booked for Sept. I never tire of the Old Smoke.

Here my note ends, for now, but the Horsemen are geared up, their mounts have reared up: “On Fire, On Brimstone, Virus, & Styx”. On to November & apocalypse. Watch out!!

1970 Paul B. Bauck and Jean H. Sullivan • Our lifestyle seems to have changed permanently. For other reasons Jean and I already had reduced travel and many other public activities somewhat, but the Coronavirus secured our new reality. We have watched many friends resume traveling and going out to public places only to be infected and reinfected. Not us. However, Paul plays music and is slated to perform at a couple of music festivals.

We read, and continue to do some painting. One of our big moves this year was to install a heat pump in preparation for the expected summer heat. However, after a warm spring, June fooled us and our new appliance was used for heating until late July. As of 8/8 the AC has been on eight times!

That’s life!

Sandy Laufer Blake and Tony Blake • This is the year I have gone back to school, pursuing a Masters in Psychology to become a licensed Marriage & Family therapist. The material is challenging and engaging, sometimes dense and seemingly impenetrable, but I absolutely love studying all the aspects of this area. This has been brewing for almost 20 years as I experienced my own individual therapy, couple counseling, and training to be a Hellinger Constellation facilitator.

Recently, I heard from David Wahler who finished his degree at Mannes and Berklee Schools of Music. He’s well and composing successfully with his beautiful music available on Spotify. It’s always great to hear from classmates on Facebook. Best of health to all.

Sandy Laufer Blake and Tony Blake • I do hope this version makes the cut. In my last submission to Phyllis Pengally, I wrote about losing my hearing five years ago, participating in research studies at USC, and helping to develop a program where USC students from the Thornton School of Music give voice lessons to people with hearing loss. We are now in our second year of the fully funded Arts in Action project and have expanded our lessons from 8 to 12. The end result is a recital and podcast where all students perform, whether with song or the spoken word. My work with the Hearing Loss Association of America and USC have been a lifeline for me as I have recovered from the trauma of losing my hearing. Nothing is impossible.

Chris A. Bowers and Joan Bowers • Very much enjoyed our 50+2 reunion in June, but did miss seeing our classmates who were unable to attend.

Pictures from the June reunion are posted on the Class of 1970 Facebook page. Although there are no “official” single-class reunions after the 50th, I’m thinking our class will plan one on its own. We do enjoy breaking the mold, don’t we?

Edward C. Engle and Royce M. Engle • Greetings friends! Royce and I settled into Chicago six years ago. Our daughters and grandkids live here so here we are! We figure it’s our last move but, hey, we’ve said that more than once before. We both retired rather young in the early/mid-aughts (Royce from a career in the IT world and me from a second career as an actuary). For the most part we’ve found the laziness of retirement pretty agreeable (myself more than Royce). We live in a ninth-floor condo on the Lake, up near the Loyola campus. We have spent a month or two most winters as snowbirds on the Alabama Gulf Coast, and, more recently, Nice, France. Sorry to say I have missed the reunions, but haven’t forgotten my days at LU. Dr. Peggy Hurt Fujimura • I lost my home in 2018 to the Kilauea eruption. Now, after five years back in Utah, I have returned to the Big Island of Hawaii. My daughter, her husband, and two children also have moved to Hilo. I’m loving spending beach and pool time, as well as Bluey, with the grandkids.

William O. Hillburg and Myra Krinke Hillburg • Myra and Bill Hillburg took a sentimental Lawrence journey in June, venturing from our Southern California home for our first major getaway in two years. We started with a week at Björklunden and a fascinating course on the Weimar Republic in inter-war Germany. We followed with a weekend with old classmates at the Class of 1970 50th plus two reunion. Our time in Appleton included a visit to Telulah Park, where we first met at the 1966 Freshman Picnic, and a trip to the nearby

Stockbridge Munsee Reservation, where Native American historians gave us insights into their ancestors who served the Union Cause with Myra’s forebears during the Civil War. John A. Nyman and Patricia Nyman • It was great to see so many of you at Lawrence this summer. I was especially pleased to see and hear about Janine’s film on using psychedelics to treat PTSD. I wish my time in Appleton had been longer so I could have chatted more. Pat and I are finally getting beyond the COVID traveling restrictions and are planning a number of new trips, both bike trips abroad, and road trips in the U.S. We have one planned in Portugal next year and a few in the U.S., mostly to visit our kids and relatives. Apparently, when you retire, you’re NOT supposed to work. I didn’t get the memo, so I’ve been working on a new book, A Theory of Insurance and Gambling. Look for it from Oxford U Press next year.

Linda Scalcucci Saving and Peter E. Saving • Last fall, Linda and Peter Saving sold their Upper Penninsula lake home of 30 years and purchased a condo in suburb of Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls.

They are reacquainting themselves with the what the Milwaukee area has to offer in the summer.

They will still spend winters in Florida, however.

No maintenance, no worries.

1971 Dr. James A. Heinsimer and Dr. Rita Pink • My wife Rita and I have been married since 1979 and have been living in SE Michigan since 1986 when we moved here after my cardiology fellowship at Duke.

Rita is retired from her career as a radiologist but I am still practicing, albeit more like half time.

One son Matt lives in Wykoff, NJ and works as a digital marketing executive for Red Ventures in NYC. His wife, Jules, is a teacher, and they have one daughter age three and a son age one-half.

Our other son Kevin is a urologist in St. Petersburg and is married to Michelle with tw0 girls and a boy.

We live in Waterford, MI on a 90 acre lake with our black lab Murphy. We both feel very fortunate to have lived the lives we have lived. I think back very fondly on my time at Lawrence and wish all of my classmates all the best.

1972 Alan L. Berger and Phyllis Berger • Sorry I missed the reunion. Heard it was great! I am still working full time at CAA, the big talent agency.

I specialize in the news business, so my clients are busy covering mid terms, writing books, making speeches and delivering the news to all the networks and cable companies. And the news never seems to stop. My eldest son got engaged and they are planning a wedding next summer … somewhere. And my other son and daughter are busy working away as head of the music department and as a TV producer. My daughter works at Marvel and is having a blast. Playing golf, running, staying active … got to keep going!

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CLASS NOTES Debra Johnston Buesing • The Class of ’72 50th Reunion was spectacular! I had a wonderful time reconnecting with friends and even making new ones after all these years. There’s truly a special bond between Lawrentians of all ages. I also had an incredible week at Björklunden this past July, taking a class in African-American History from Professor Jerry Podair and alum Joe Patterson.

I learned so much and thoroughly enjoyed staying at this beautiful site on the Lake Michigan coast in Door County. I’ll be returning in October to learn about the U.S. Constitution from alum Tim Crane. I strongly encourage all LU alumni to give Björklunden a try—it is a truly enriching experience.

Steven G. Hall and Karen Hall • Had a wonderful 50th reunion! Thanks to all those who helped pull this off. It was great to reconnect with so many of you. While we have not been able to visit and catch up until now, many of you have been in my thoughts over the years. So, 50 years on and retired (whatever that is supposed to mean) I have only the greatest memories of our Lawrence years.

I hope you are all well, feel challenged, and remain interested in the world around you. My wife, Karen, and I live in Tigard, Oregon and shuttle between there and our Sunriver vacation home near Bend, Oregon. Her three kids and my seven (step) grandkids provide endless benefits. All this and I did not have to do much of the work!

Dr. Cheryl Wilson Kopecky and Rob Kopecky • Our 50th Class Reunion launched the 2022 summer.

Thanks to everyone on the committee and all those attending for making it so much fun. There is talk of another reunion in the near future. Rob and I enjoyed four weeks in Door Co. which included an excellent seminar at Björklunden and the opportunity to see many Lawrence friends who happened to be in the area or were also attending a seminar. Look for the schedule of Björklunden seminars early in 2023 and plan your summer 2023 “vacation with a purpose.”

Ann Martin Leonard • I thoroughly enjoyed our reunion weekend and all the excellent opportunities to reconnect with former student friends, and classmates. It was especially good to get in touch with a few people I hadn’t known that well during my time at Lawrence, but will be able to visit and spend time with in the coming year. The presentation about PTSD and the use of psychedelics was enlightening, and I look forward to seeing the knowledge gained from that research play a bigger role in treating people who are in need of support. I enjoyed learning about filmmaking and what goes on in “the writers’ room”.

Thanks for a great reunion! Winneconne life is good—visitors are always welcome!

Thomas J. Nathan and Colleen Nathan • I am still smiling about seeing so many great friends at our wonderful reunion! Many have agreed that we need to reunite next year, or in 2024 at the latest. All we

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need is the same hospitality room with the patio, a no soliciting sign (kidding ... not), and a schedule of random activities. Just think of what our crazy selves will be like in 2027. We can’t wait that long!

—Tom Nathan Nancy J. Rigg • I advocate for fire-rescue, law enforcement, and military search & rescue teams to be provided with technical swiftwater/flood rescue training, personal protective gear, and specialized swiftwater rescue equipment needed to give victims who are being swept down flood swollen rivers, or who get caught in hurricane, or major storm induced floods, a fighting chance to be rescued alive. Animals often need to be rescued during major floods and hurricanes. This is another area of technical rescue preparedness that I champion. Please remember: never drive across flood-swollen roads. As the National Weather Service reminds us: Turn Around, Don’t Drown.

Ned Sahar P’08 ’06 and Raida Sahar P’08 ’06 • Retired in 2013 after 37 years with the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Spent three years handling Criminal Appeals and then moved to the Civil Litigation Unit, which involved a lot of jury trials in federal court. In 2008 we built a home in the Lake Country area between Milwaukee and Madison.

Raida and I have been blessed with four healthy grandchildren. My daughter Serene ’06 has three rambunctious boys, and my younger daughter Leila ’08 has one lovely daughter. We’ve tried to do as much international traveling as possible visiting places like South Africa, Russia, Spain, Italy, France and South America. We escape our winters to various resorts in Mexico, mostly Cabo San Lucas.

Charles R. Seraphin and Dianne M. Seraphin • Entering the home stretch for the final book in my trilogy about decision-making. This one is called Exit Strategy. It’s a fun guide to writing your own obituary, recommended for every Lawrentian. Look for it during the fourth quarter! —Charlie Seraphin Kathleen Martin Shaw • It’s hard to believe 50 years have passed since we graduated LU! Since then, I have had multiple careers, traveled a great deal and moved more times than I like to count. I spent the majority of my working life as a healthcare consultant specializing in academic medicine (health systems and schools of health professions) around strategy, performance turnaround, and organizational design. I worked with four different consulting firms over 25 years, and spent 90% of

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my time traveling from one client site to another.

It was rewarding and intellectually challenging, and I enjoyed it immensely. In 2012, I left my career on the road and started a new one in university administration, working for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA as their first Chief Data Officer and Vice Provost for planning and decision support. I retired at the end of 2018 and have since sold my homes and moved into a 4 generation household with my 95-year-old mother, oldest sister, a niece and her husband and 23-year-old son. This year, I hope to return to my pre-pandemic level of traveling, with two trips to Mexico, two weeks in the south of France and Paris, summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and Thanksgiving in Spain. Retirement is great! When not traveling, I am the household chef, an opera fanatic, entertain as pandemic allows, and read anything and everything that comes my way.

Charles B. Siekman P’12 and M. Diane Siekman P’12 • Diane and I now have our first grandchild.

Our daughter, Laura D. Hoover, gave birth to our granddaughter, Sylvie Rose Hoover, on July 20th, 2022. She weighed six pounds one ounce at birth.

Sylvie shares her birthday with her father, Taylor J. Hoover. All three are doing very well indeed!

Douglas J. Smith and Carol A. Smith • Our son Kevin is now the CEO for Denver Film, one of the largest independent film festival producers in the country. Their big festival is 12 days in November.

Marilyn Schwinn Smith and Sean O. Smith • I did so want to attend our 50th reunion. We were even “nearby” in Minnesota, but the grandkids’ birthdays coincided with the reunion dates. And then, the household was stricken with COVID. Our lives roughly correspond with just about everyone else’s. I don’t find it so bad. I continue publishing as an independent researcher. Two articles recently came out: one in May, one in July. We have five grandchildren, whom we enjoy, while wondering how we ever parented youngsters. Life changes.

Richard C. Spain and Nancy M. Spain • After 33 years of running our own law firm in Chicago, which my wife and I co-founded with our third partner (now retired), I am happy to announce that our firm, Spain Spain & Varnet P.C., is now a part of Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, a Cleveland-based law firm with offices in 6 cities. Perhaps not the conventional path at our age, we both still love what we do and are invigorated by the new opportunities and challenges which the merger brings.

CLASS NOTES Theodore E. Tollefson and Kristen Tollefson • A SABBATH POEM: REDEMPTION by Ted E. Tollefson At some point, the harvest is over: a last plum or peach is picked a last batch of wild blackberries is found and the last blueberries are gathered by hands that say “thanks” in blue and purple.

Then what? then the real work begins of cleaning, cooking and canning so that jars of compote, jam and jelly can sweeten our path towards next spring when the mystery of new life begins again.

How great and lovely is this work! to pick, cook and preserve distilling life’s nectar in a jar or in words to carry us through darker days and colder nights—one jar, one blessing at a time.

Judith Exner Walseth and David Walseth • I am retired from counseling and living half the year in Tucson and half the year in Vancouver, WA, a suburb of Portland. Still married to David for 51 years. Planning to go to Costa Rica with family to celebrate our COVID delayed anniversary.

Three kids, four granddaughters (9,10,11 and 13).

Trying to stay healthy with new hip and knee. My Lawrence education has served me well though I couldn’t convince kids to go to cold Wisconsin.

Dr. C. Stratton Warden and Sonja M. Warden • Enjoying retirement from Gen Surgery. Splitting time between our Elizabethtown, Kentucky Homestead and St. Pete Beach, FL. Headed to Europe for the first time with the family: Dublin for the Husker game, Paris, then the Danube E-bike river cruise. Kids: Chas, third year VA Law; Rach, killing the investment world in Chicago. BVIs when we can. Love keeping up with old/experienced Vikings. Eating and drinking too much. Not exercising enough. Disappointed the COVID kept me from the Reunion. Still trying to get “Huskers” made into a movie: Anyone know a producer? Ever in the area, come by, we’ll celebrate still being up and around!! Strat

1974 David A. Beavan • I happily and unexpectedly celebrated my 70 trips around the sun. I’m retired, and my current occupation and proclivity is puttering (best job ever!). My two sons are healthy and happy as is my grandson, amazing to watch him grow. Life is good.

Alan R. Blake and Sharon Blake • In the past two years, Sharon and I were delighted to welcome a new son-in-law and step-grandson into our family, followed by our daughter’s graduation from medical school and acceptance into a psychiatric residency program, as well. This spring we were also delighted to welcome a new grandson, and we are now scheduled to begin serving as nannies for the next year! Lots of changes!

Joseph J. Bruce and Thea Ellery Bruce • Joe recently retired, after 44 years as a lawyer and judge.

We live on a small lake, so it’s like retiring to a permanent vacation home. Joe fills time reading, cooking, golfing, fishing, watching the White Sox, drinking coffee on the back porch and taking naps. He started learning the guitar after COVID and now is a really bad guitar player. Thea retired after working as a therapist and director of an agency treating child victims of sexual abuse. She reads mystery novels, does embroidery, treats our dog like a human and avoids watching the White Sox. Our life is pretty simple. We take drives in our Miata and are addicted to British mystery shows on Britbox and Acorn. Our two sons are married and also live in Rockford. We have two granddaughters, 9 & 5. They love to visit us because they can fish, watch Scooby-Do and load up on treats.

Dr. Patricia A. Dean and Donald J. Luken • Daughter Rui, adopted from China 21 years ago and soon to be 22, graduated in May from Loyola University with a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). She has been working as a CNA (certified nurses’ assistant) at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. She passed her national boards and starts a job as an RN at Lurie on August 15. It’s great to have a college graduate with no debt and a job!

Carol Stoneman Dibble and Len Dibble • Home: synchronized swimming, Pilates, water aerobics, gardening, biking, cross-country skiing & happy to still have the ability.

Away: Grand Rapids, Chapel Hill, Lake Toxaway, Muskegon, Swans Island, Maine, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, and coming soon, Athens, Ephesus, Crete, Sicily, Amalfi coast & Rome. Very glad we can travel! Extremely fortunate to have my husband & travel partner of 38 years, our family and friends.

David V. Duperrault and Jane Skubik Duperrault • Salutations from Mountain View, CA! Having mostly retired, I earned a degree in clean energy and climate law and policy. I worked for a year as an energy analyst at the California Public Utilities Commission. Now I am focused on electing leaders who understand that policy should be based on science, evidence and the public interest.

I was in Wisconsin for two weeks campaigning for Brad Pfaff, who won the Democratic primary for Congress in the Third District. I will be back for more campaign work over the next 11 weeks.

Jane and I enjoy getaways to Pacific Grove/ Monterey. We travel often and love seeing our daughter and granddaughter. We hang out with Francine Rudesill and Tom Meyer.

Barbara Braun Griffith and Jeffrey Griffith, Ph.D. • In 2022, Barbara Braun Griffith and Jeff Griffith celebrated 45 years of marriage and 10 years of adventurous retirement. Throughout the past 2 years, we flew to visit family all over the USA and saw fewer people in the Albuquerque Airport than at the local Costco. In 2022, we traveled on our

own for 25 days in the Loire Valley of France, Berlin, Germany, Krakow, Poland, Budapest, Hungary, Vienna, Austria and Prague, Czech Republic. We also traveled with our son, Bob, and his wife, Jocelyn, for 10 days in her home state of Michigan enjoying the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, and the Meijer Sculpture Garden in Grand Rapids. Life is good.

Kristine Robinson Harmon and Alford E. Harmon • Still based in the Twin Cities as we enjoy retirement “vagabonding” around the country in our Montana 5th wheel and promoting boating safety as active members of America’s Boating Club.

Lisa Reese Hendrickson and Andy Hendrickson • I am happily retired from teaching high school Spanish. I keep busy with volunteer service to AFS Intercultural Exchanges and the Multicultural Outreach Program (MCOP of Green County), a grassroots organization that welcomes and celebrates immigrants, advocates for inclusivity, and educates the community about the value of diversity. My husband is retiring in August, and we are resuming our travels. In September we take the Viking Homelands cruise and in December Viking will take us to Australia and New Zealand.

I have reconnected with Lawrence classmates Mary Niebling and Susan Prohaska. Andy and I visited Mary and her husband in Vermont, and Mary and I have visited Susan in Chicago.

Karen D. Hettinger and Konrad Bohnacker • Many Greetings from Freiburg, Germany! I am still happily living here in what my husband and I often call “paradise” as we ride our (non-electric) bikes up and down the hills and mountains in our area.

We are both retired, reasonably healthy, and doing what we can to keep busy and useful. We enjoy our three lovely grandchildren and treasure the time we spend with them. My other projects or hobbies are tap dancing, learning Italian and singing with my women’s vocal quartet. We performed again recently on the Summer Stage of Theater Freiburg.

We have not been back to the U.S. since March 2019 but will meet up with one of my brothers and his wife in Italy this October.

Catherine Roth Holcomb and Roger M. Holcomb • Sitting in a comfy chair at Shell Lake, Wisconsin and enjoying the outdoors. This is an annual trip. Not much to report for the last year—visits with friends and family. Heading to Sweden in September to visit our younger daughter who married a Swede last summer in Stockholm.

Planning to do a Germany tour while we are there.

Hopefully our summer COVID experience means clear sailing for travel. Watch those reunions. Mac brought COVID home from his reunion in June and we had our own spreader event in the family.

Jeffrey W. Jackson and Cheryl Jackson • After retiring as Chief Legal Officer of State Farm Insurance in February, 2017, we’ve traveled frequently. Just before COVID struck the U.S., we were in Morocco for an extended journey. The rest

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of 2020 was a dud. We resumed travel in 2021, visiting South Africa for the fourth time with our older daughter, Kristy. Cheryl and I finally visited Antarctica this year, after the pandemic forced us to cancel the trip in 2020 and 2021. When not traveling, we cook a lot ... having taken cooking classes in Thai and Indian cuisine. Lately, we have taken up Korean cooking. Keeping up with our three adult children takes the rest of our time.

Amy Hoffmann Jarvis and Paul S. Jarvis • I retired last fall after working the past 10 years in Legal Disclosure for a major mutual funds firm in Denver. My husband and I are greatly looking forward to our daughter’s wedding next month (Sept. 2022) in Boston. She recently graduated from Boston University Law School. Our son and his wife live and work in France. Along with our precious Golden Retriever, Bentley, we have granddogs. I’m so happy and grateful to have the time to pursue other interests and to do some more traveling in this country and resume going over the pond.

Stephen H. Jones • Hello. It’s been a while. For the last 12 years, I have worked as an editor/ proofreader, including American Express (legal, marketing), several large European and New Yorkbased law firms (legal), and “boutique” law firms (legal blogs, other website writing). Before that, I was a senior paralegal, corporate litigation, for 13 years at Kaye Scholer LLC, New York. And before that … I wore many hats: waiter, bike messenger, carpenter/cabinet maker, math teacher (special needs students), temp, and assistant publicist at 20th Century-Fox. I continue writing and have had my poetry published in a number of venues, including The New York Times and several anthologies. I still live in New York City.

Heidi Jacobson Knudsen P’07 and Tommy G. Knudsen P’07 • For the first time in nearly three years we are traveling to visit my husband’s family in Denmark at the end of August with a brief stay in Iceland on our way back home. Tommy is heading into full retirement at the end of 2022 after having worked half-time for the last couple of years. Our eldest granddaughter entered K–4 last September at the same grade school that both her mom and I attended. Both of our daughters live here in Milwaukee while our sons are in Portland, OR and Charleston, SC. Having our boys on opposite coasts was never something I wished for but at least we have some decent travel destinations. We welcome visiting classmates!

Dennis J. McFadden and Judith S. Hull • My wife, Judith Hull, and I are—for the time being—living in a small town in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We’ve owned a house here since 1999.

Initially a weekend place, we moved in year-round when we left the Eastern Shore of Maryland five years ago. Neither of us will admit to being retired but our paths are not as clearly defined as they once were. Nor are our ambitions. Like others living beyond the fringes of major metropolitan areas, Boston in our case, COVID seems to have 56

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added to the influx of folks from away, bringing with it rising real estate prices, multiple small breweries, a more diverse population, and in the nearest large town, a Starbucks.

Gerald C. Metscher and Michelle C. Metscher • Retirement has its benefits. 50 years after the Eningen Semester I finally returned! The Eninger Hof and the Gruner Baum are still there! My wife Micki and I took an extended trip from Amsterdam, down the Rhine and Main rivers, along the Romantic Road and into Austria, Hungary, the Balkans, and finishing in Romania.

Simply a wonderful year! We welcomed a new grandson and our son married the love of his life (finally!). Definitely a great way to escape the COVID Era. Deborah Anderson Paprocki and Daniel A. Paprocki, Jr. • I retired in May 2021 from my position as Associate Professor of Spanish at UWM Waukesha. Working at Waukesha for 16 years was a great final chapter in my career that began as a Spanish and bilingual classes teacher in Milwaukee Public Schools. Then after teaching at UW–Madison during my doctorate work it was on to Ohio State, Walsh University (Canton, Ohio), Schreiner College in Texas and Western Kentucky U. The moves for my husband’s work, were great adventures and kept us busy. It felt good to return in 2006 to Wisconsin, close to our aging parents.

No big adventures after retiring. Enjoying long delayed household cleaning and sorting projects and walking.

Robert H. Pihl and Deborah Alvin Pihl • Deborah (Alvin) Pihl and Robert Pihl (both ’74) are enjoying retired life at our 1860s farmhouse in southwestern Ontario, after having worked for decades at Archaeological Services Inc., a heritage consulting firm based out of Toronto. Deb is an enthusiastic gardener, an active community volunteer and member of the local horticultural club, and Rob is engaged with research and writing on legacy archaeological projects. We are busy with family and six grandkids (four in the local area, and two in Nova Scotia), travelling, and relaxing at our cottage in Door County when recurring knee surgery doesn’t slow Rob down. We look forward to celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary next year.

Hope Davis Preston and Norman W. Preston • Norm and I have been in our “forever” home in Portland, OR for a year. We’ve been working on the yard and garden—our forever work! Weddings for both sons this year, to women we just adore.

We visited Kauai in March and ran into Amy and George Steed. It was wonderful to catch up.

Susan Prohaska • I’m still trying to adjust to life without my wife, Claudia, my partner for 45 years who died last fall. I stopped working at the beginning of April and have already eliminated cooking and gardening from the skills I had hoped to acquire during my retirement. I have now settled into attacking the ever-increasing list of books to be read. And I’ve found that reaching the 10,000

steps mark is surprisingly easy—sometimes I make it by Wednesday. I look forward to catching up with folks at the next reunion.

Dr. Margaret E. Schmidt • I finally retired after 21 years at Arizona State University, 7 years at St. Cloud State University, and 14 years teaching grades 4–8 orchestra. Surprises abounded: I was named Arizona Music Educator of the Year at the Arizona Music Educators Conference; a flashmob of 50 current and former students performed a beautiful string orchestra piece; and my colleagues created a music education scholarship in my name. At our 52nd high school reunion in Missouri in June, I enjoyed visiting with Sarah Chalkley Hubbell, Ruth Sherwood Sadasivan, and Greg Schrage—all LU Class of 1974. I am enjoying a much more relaxed schedule, rehearsing with my string quartet, and hiking and going to the gym.

Thomas J. Stewart III and Lori A. Stewart • We have a new grandson, Andrew Jaden Stewart, born on the Ides of March! Our grandson, Jordan, who lives with us, starts his junior year of High School tomorrow (8/10). All our children are gainfully employed. T.J. and Heather have three Australian shepherds between them in three different sizes.

Lori and I celebrated 34 years of marriage in June.

We spent time in Helen, GA this spring. That’s the mountainous New Glarus of the South, for all you Wisconsinites. Our 100 lb. silver lab, Petal, accompanied us on the trip, her 9th vacation trip.

She is spoiled. I have successfully avoided actual paid employment since 2017, although maintaining the “garden” (1.1 Florida acres) keeps me busy.

Cheers!

William B. Strubbe and Kim Strubbe • Busy! My wife, Kim, and I celebrated my retirement and the end of COVID with trips to Alaska, France, Italy, the Danube, Hawaii, Portugal and Spain, all in 12 months! Things I learned: 1) You cannot lose weight on a boat, or in a plane or hotel. 2)People like tips. 3)We are no longer 22. 4) Europeans pay attention to mask rules. 5) It is great to be home again! We are in our condo in Cincinnati, overlooking the Ohio River. Sometimes, our kids are nice enough to visit. We had a 30th anniversary party in December. Chris and Jeanne Sheldon, and Neil and Kathleen Pritz were there! See you next year, if there is money left.

Robert W. Thickens P’06 and Pamela Thickens P’06 • Greetings Lawrentians. Still trying to get my arms around this 70 thing. Life has been good to us. Both kids proceeding well on their careers.

Three grandchildren. Still in Mequon, Wisconsin. I sold the software businesses I started thirty years ago to a venture backed firm who then merged with the largest hospital billing business in the country. They took all of the employees at nice raises. I am still doing some transition consulting.

My hobby is shooting defenseless clay targets with shotguns. They do not shoot back. We will see what the next chapter holds. Good wishes to all.

CLASS NOTES W. Lawrence Topp and Kathy Topp • Greetings from Southern California. I retired as Director of Sales and Marketing from my high-tech company at the end of last year, but filled in part time for a few months training new staff. I now enjoy watching MMA fights, which is my major interest.

Our son, Taylor, was just married on August 6 and the grandparent genes of mine and Kathy are rattling around in their cell nuclei trying to break loose. In September we celebrate 43 years of a great marriage. Our daughter, Allyson, has yet to find Right. FYI, I never saw an obit notice for my dear friend Betsy Hannum ’74, who passed away in May of ’21 from lung cancer. I though some of you may have wanted to know. —Larry Topp Kathy Daugherty Wawer • Is anyone else surprised to be 70? I’m hoping to deal with it by becoming an intrepid traveler as soon as COVID will allow.

First up: Ecuador and the Galapagos. I will also (at some point) be moving out of the house I’ve lived in for 38 years and trying a new location. In other words, I am ready for change after these last few years! My daughters and grandson are continuing to awe me and bring me joy. I wish the Class of ’74 the best and hope you’re all vaccinated!

Ann Wolter and Rich Wolter • Rich and I love living in Denver. My two grandkids (and their parents) live nearby. Rich’s son is in the area, too. We’ve resumed traveling. In the U.S., we’ve seen New England, Hawaii, Savannah, Charleston, New Orleans and NYC, along with annual treks to MN and WI. In May, we went to Provence and Italy with Ron & Kristen Lahner ’73. Going to Spain in Oct. and Patagonia in Feb. My son had the wonderful good sense to marry his perfect woman. They had a ceremony in Naples, FL, so my 95-year-old father could be there, and celebratory bash in NYC. LU friends play a huge role in our lives. Alas, the 700word limit prevents me from naming them all. You know who you are.

1975 Karen Freeman Ortmann ’75 • Hello all, I’m finally starting to enjoy retirement and having time to read. I took a couple of short trips to Virginia and New York. It’s been a busy year with household projects, a lot of painting. Being a Mimi is the best and a real joy. I’m proud to announce the arrival of my second granddaughter, Margaux Zuri, who arrived in mid July. I was able to go to Brooklyn, NY for two plus weeks to meet her and help with the move into their new home.

1976 Clyde Cassel and Joletta Cassel • I have been blessed to attend all of the Lawrence Reunions for the Class of ’76, but one of my favorite visits was last spring when I came down for President Laurie Carter’s inauguration! The campus, and indeed the city of Appleton, is so beautiful at that time of year, and to see some of my classmates that I hadn’t seen in years made it super special! I started my short visit having lunch with two of my closest

buddies at get this ... a soul food restaurant. I had never been to an inauguration ceremony before.

It was a wonderful experience and when President Carter finished speaking there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

John R. Davis and Beth A. Davis • Eight years teaching and coaching high school, two masters degrees, eight years as strength coach for the Chicago Cubs, 28 years running my personal training business, and not slowing down anytime soon. On the family front Beth and I have three adult children, Briana, Meaghan, and Patrick, and four beautiful grandkids, Cora Mae, Ford, Liam, and Aidan. We’ve been back in the Fox Valley since ’92.

Jane E. Dillingham • Hello all! After spending the bulk of my adult life in Chicago, I moved to the Atlanta area just in time for COVID (as of 3/2020).

Timing is everything ... I am now happily living with my sister in a house in Acworth, after so many years as a single, apartment dweller. I’m still working as a psychotherapist, with a sidegig of transcription for multiple university and government research teams, among others.

I find my work very interesting and stimulating.

I am very much looking forward to a visit from Barb Preskill ’76 in October!

William T. Eggbeer P’95 and Jo Ulrich • Life is full! Jo and I are about to start our 7th year in Baltimore. I’m mostly retired, with two significant volunteer commitments—Five Talents, an Anglican affiliated international economic development organization, where I’ve served on the board for over 10 years, and Creative Alliance, a community arts organization here in Baltimore, where I’ve just joined the board. I’ve been making up for lost COVID time with a lot of travel ... a Panama Canal cruise in January, fishing in Alaska, and I’m off shortly on a camping trip in Namibia with friends.

It’s good to be out in the world again! In the time that’s left, I’ve been working on refitting Second Chance, my 2004 Tartan 3700 sailboat.

Dr. Robert G. Gillio and Beth R. Gillio • In the last couple years, I came out of clinical retirement and served at a rural hospital in central PA to help them with pulmonary medicine and population health projects. This highly motivated me to create the Force for Health Network, a program for a person, family and community. It is being launched as a fun self-health and community health improvement game. If any LU person chooses to purchase it, 100% of the profits will go back to the LUAA. Please see www.theforceforhealth.com.

Blessings abound: I’m at Mayo recovering from a treatable but serious spinal surgery.

Dr. David W. Hines, Jr. and Nancy Gazzola Hines • David and Nancy, married for 44.5 years, we survived three children, we have no TV, no COVID-19 yet and have a front yard of perennial plants with no grass. Bee hives next year.

Björklunden seminars about Infectious Diseases have been fun to give.

Dr. Kenneth B. Kolodner and Alison Brown Kolodner • Here are the highlights since 1972!

Yikes! I moved back to Baltimore, MD to complete a Ph.D. in Public Health from Johns Hopkins (1986) where I met my future wife (Alison Brown).

In grad school, I started playing the fiddle & hammered dulcimer and have worked as a touring musician ever since. But for many years, I also worked part-time as a consultant doing medical research, and publishing 100+ papers. Alison is a hospital president. Our daughter (Hillary) is a teacher’s coach in S.F. I have the great pleasure of playing music professionally with our son Brad (banjo, fiddle). I’ve published a bunch of books & recorded 20+ CDs including four with Brad. I still play soccer 3–4 days a week.

Margi Lofton and Michael J. Lofton • We have just finished settling into our new home in Montpellier and are enjoying our views of the Mediterranean and the medieval city center from the city’s newest architectural “folie.” We spend a good amount of time savoring the cultural, culinary and wine offerings and pinch ourselves often as this seems too good to be true! We remain grateful to Professors Gerry Reed and Bruce Cronmiller for nourishing our romance with France that led us to this juncture! We are thrilled to actively support Laurie Carter’s tenure as President of LU and are proud of our alma mater at this important milestone. We hope you are all well and do let us know if you pass this way.

Patricia B. Miller • I’m still working part-time as a market research consultant, which is fun and interesting but eats into my knitting and weaving time. My dogs are old (14 and 12) but healthy. I saw George Stubbs ’75 and his wife Sally in N.C. in April, and I had dinner with our classmate Ann O’Connell and her husband Salim Kabawat when they were in Chicago in July. Michael Glendon is coming here during his annual driving trip through the Midwest in September. My 50th high school reunion is also in September and I’ve got tickets for six folk music and rock concerts in the next few months. So lots to look forward to!

Barbara J. Preskill • I’m retired, living in Chicago and have been catching up with things I missed over the last few years. I had a quick but lovely visit from Michael Lofton in January. In the spring, after a two-year delay, I was able to go on a beautiful river boat trip through Belgium and The Netherlands. I joined in a Zoom book club with Clare McCulla, Susie Koch and Jean Martin. We gathered at Clare’s home in September to celebrate 50 years of wonderful friendship that began when we met that first week on the second floor of Plantz Hall! I’m still enjoying reading and going to the theater as much as possible.

Dr. John R. Ranck II and Andrew Mills Hardacker ’73 • I continue to work on my dissertation update, now over 400 pages with the added information.

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living together since 1989. I’m giving up any travel plans until 2024 in the hope that the pandemic/ travel nightmare will have lessened by then and that I’m still around and able to take trips.

Ginger Gundersgaard Rodriguez • After six years as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Calumet College of St. Joseph in NW Indiana, Ginger Gundersgaard Rodriguez has transitioned to a new role as Executive Director of Grants and Strategic Initiatives. I look forward to spending winters in warm climes, enjoying my grandchildren, and continuing to teach my favorite classes: Great Philosophical Ideas, Intro to Humanities, and the occasional literature course.

Kim D. Sherman and John Sheehy • My composing career continues. I’ve recently completed “Bluestem” a chamber opera, now in preparation for a November workshop in St. Paul. In the “also fun” department, my husband and I are avid scuba divers, and we’ve managed to maintain our yearly habit. Baking is a passion that I share with Kay Kornmeier ’76. She and I have stepped up our game, and had some fun and challenging Zoom-baking sessions. A great way to visit! And delicious. It was also quite rewarding to participate with classmates on the Alumni Committee for LU this past year. Hopefully our next big reunion will be in person!

1978 Deanne L. Amaden and Ibrahim J. Uckung • With both of us now retired, and COVID a better understood factor, my husband and I are looking forward to some travel in the U.S. and overseas.

We continue to enjoy life in Northern California.

Our son is now working in the wine industry in nearby Napa Valley, so we visit there fairly often, and also enjoy many San Francisco Giants home games. I continue enjoying volunteering as a docent at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, Calif. “We Can Do It!” Walter H. Deutsch II and Carol A. Deutsch • I still reside in Somerset, NJ where I grew up with my wife, Carol. Our two daughters are grown and left the house. We are blessed with two grandsons, now ages four and six. I retired from Unity Bank as a Vice President, and stayed involved with the not-for-profits that I engaged with when I held that position. I currently serve as Chairperson of First Night Morris County, the community development organization and presenter of a New Year’s Eve celebration, now the largest in New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic states. I get to use my appreciation for the arts developed during my Lawrence years, as we bring over 40 performances to 14 different venues during a seven hour evening celebration.

Maria Kaiser Dietrich P’10 ’06 and Dr. Kurt R. Dietrich ’73 P’10 ’06 • Enjoying semi-retirement, teaching a handful of piano students and playing services at First Congregational Church

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of Ripon. Active with local League of Women Voters. Venturing out on our first post-COVID international trip. Husband, Kurt, and I went on a tour in Costa Rica in January. Enjoyed it so much that when we got the blurb on the LU trip to CR this fall, we signed up. We’ll visit all different places this time around. Still working on my beginning Spanish skills that were jump-started by attending Spanish camp with Linda Sheffler last fall (Concordia Language Villages in MN— great program!). No one will ever mistake me for a native speaker, but at least I now have some basic ability!

Christine Siewert Edgecomb • I retired from my illustrious (huh) insurance career in 2021 and moved to The Villages in Florida. Life is very good here! If you are in the area, please stop by! In retirement, I have continued to pursue old hobbies and have added a few new activities to the mix, my favorite is playing the ukulele! I belong to a club that meets once a week and is great fun. There’s never a lack of things to do here in “the Bubble.”

I also recently rescued my furry companion, Fox. He’s about three years old. A chihuahua and Jack Russell mix. Love him to pieces!

Dr. Jeffrey S. Edwards P’13 • Still five blocks from the college and so, so happy to be among my lifelong college buddies for all these many years.

It’s cribbage and pizza with friends—what more could you want?

Cynthia L. Estlund and Samuel Issacharoff • My husband, Sam, and I are still living in Manhattan (with a getaway in Connecticut). Still enjoying grandparenting (Julian, age 1, lives a block away with his parents!) and still teaching at NYU Law School. My latest book, Automation Anxiety: Why and How to Save Work, is NOT flying off the shelves. Lucky I still have that day job!

Dr. Basil D. Georgiadis • Started back to my middle school today for another year of Spanish lessons.

Dimitri is making the transition from basketball to offensive line at VA Tech (yeah that’s a lot of food and lifting). He’s loving football and learning from position—coach Rudolph, formerly at Wisconsin.

Sophie is starting at U of Tennessee in the business school. Regards to ’78-ers!

Jeanette Kohr Gowen • Getting ready to go on a Danube River cruise with my daughter, Elise, at the end of the week. Work is hectic, so this will be short! I met a great boyfriend, Victor Miller, last fall. For those that don’t know, Richard Gowen passed away in 2016. I am having lots of fun, still working, and lots of local and out-of-country trips.

Sorry—hopefully I can say more next year!

Janet Aronberg Hersh and Stuart P. Hersh • A quick update on our lives ... Stuart retired 12/2020 (definitely a surreal time to retire following an entire career at the US EPA ... no fanfare!). A few months earlier we sold our home in Wilmette, Il where we lived forever (and a block from where

I had lived since I was nine)! So, we are now in Longboat Key, Florida (a barrier island off Sarasota) during the winters and Whitewater Lake, WI in the summers. While travel has been curtailed of late (other than quick family visits), we have been busy with many volunteer activities and remodeling our abodes. All is good and hope it is with you and yours.

David F. Hill and Linda Ericson Hill ’77 • Soon turning 67 and still working because I enjoy it. Not the level we all did in our younger days, but still enjoy being an entrepreneur. Manage and own a few small companies that keep me busy. Serve on a few not-for profit-boards just to keep engaged as well. Remain very active with both pickleball (play 4–5 days a week) and golf (2–3 days a week). This fall, Linda and I will celebrate our 41st wedding anniversary and spend a great deal of our time with our children and six grandkids. We live seven months in Naples, Florida and five months in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. All are healthy and we look forward to our next reunion.

Tsu Chiang Hsi and Celia Liao • Believe it or not, after five years in retirement, I am starting to pursue study again. I had been an internal executive coach to new and upcoming managers, while I was working for a Fortune 500 company.

I thought it could be very beneficial to leverage my lived experience as a volunteer counselor to others, so I started to study for a Masters in Psychotherapy & Counselling early this year. My multicultural background, having lived in both the East and the West, as well as my age and experience, are assets that I can contribute to the immigrant community here in Australia. After nearly 40 years, it has been a real challenge to get back into loads of reading, and academic essay writing.

Julie A. Manning • Just as most of my friends are retiring or have already retired, I started a new job last Spring. I am a mediator for Brothers Redevelopment in Denver, Colorado. It is a non-profit that works with all aspects of housing for low-income, elderly and disabled people. My mission is to work with landlords and tenants to head-off tenant evictions. It can be heartbreaking, but truly satisfying when successful.

Lynne Curry Morin and Robb Morin • I am now living in Edina, MN after 40 years in Bloomington.

I graduated from the University of Minnesota after leaving Lawrence. I have been retired since 2000, when my employer moved to Florida. My husband of 40 years, shared most of those years in retirement with me, but he died unexpectedly in 2018. I do feel the loss. I share my home now with one elderly cat and live surrounded by many friends in a friendly and active condominium building.

Michael K. Powers and Teri Spires • In Alaska 40 years. Retired. Focused on five tiny grandkids.

We’ve also focused our travels on the history

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wide focus on anti-racism and inclusive excellence is having positive impacts in and out of the classroom, studio, theater, gallery, and lab. A song cycle for tenor, viola, and piano, “Stations of Mychal” (libretto by me, music by Kevin Salfen) about Fr. Mychal Judge had a successful NYC debut on Sept. 10–11, 2021, and has had multiple performances since, with a recording in preparation. I continue to scratch the performance itch by singing when permitted (Messiah at Strathmore, special event parodies, e.g.) and concert narration. Go LU!

Name the five Lawrentians in this photo: And the answer to the question: Scott Myers ’79, Tom Vallone ’79, Bob Loomis ’79, Paul Schwab ’79, and Kurt Amend ’80

of local roads and small towns along iconic American river systems, including the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Red, Colorado and Yukon. Also immersed in genealogical research. This past summer we hosted a family reunion highlighting eight generations of family lives, travels and haunts in Ireland and northern Wisconsin, attracting never-known third cousins from across the country. And almost as enjoyable as staying in touch with dear friends from Lawrence years, I’ve appreciated not experiencing “Sunday night dreads” since retiring three years ago. That’s been nice.

Linda J. Sheffler P’12 and John D. Thompson ’77 P’12 • Six years into retirement, we are still busy.

Thanks to the virtual world, I could continue to tutor for Fox Valley Literacy, take Spanish classes, as well as a LU class (Performing Arts of Bali with Professor Downing). Rehearsing with the community Gamelan gradually resumed. Masked and sanitized, I continued working as an election inspector. Last August, our daughter, Lauren ’12, got married, and we saw relatives including our son, Skylar, who traveled from Seattle. We ventured out of WI in April on a road trip to Big Bend National Park and then through Sweetwater TX to visit Avenger Field and the WASP Museum. An important (and emotional) visit, since my mother was a WASP. Michael S. Sigman and Kelly Krieg-Sigman • Still a “lab rat” for UW–L OT Grads. Twenty years and not yet cured. Wife, Kelly, asks “why don’t you kids just keep him?” A bassist came to our house, because my bass needed a new home. As we chatted, she remembered her 11th grade class trip to Appleton to attend a 1978 spring studio orchestra concert, including the LU Symphony and Matrix, conducted

by Fred Sturm. While this May 20th event was playing in my head, I asked if she remembered a fuzzy-faced string bass player on the Chapel stage, having way too much fun? Of course, she didn’t—44 years is a long time! Later, I visited with Dona Vanderschaaf Winninsky, who recalled playing that same concert! Gotta go. Our rescue bag of fur, “Clyde,” wants me.

Nancy Patton Wood and Graham Wood • By amazing good luck we closed on a remote house in England’s South Downs (near Glyndebourne, opera-loving friends) days before the first lockdown in 2020. In Sussex, we improve things, welcome family and friends, walk to the pub, gaze at stars, puzzle out country ways, learn how to garden on chalk. I write poetry and fiction in my shed. In London, it’s theatre, church lady stuff, restaurants, more family and friends. Last year I had the privilege of officiating at the wedding of Jo Noonan’s ’78 younger son, Will, in Seattle, as I did four years ago for her older son, Paul, in Atlanta. Two beautiful days, with a shining invisible presence. Our own 26-y-o son has goals and a girlfriend. Whew.

James A. Zipple and Kathy Palmer • I am retired.

I’ve lived in Appleton with my wife for the last 32 years. Home beer brewing is a current hobby.

I volunteer with Naturalist activities for the Wisconsin DNR. I also participate as a tutor for a first grade reading program at a local school. Life is good.

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Dr. Eric L. Einspruch • I am the Principal of ELE Consulting, LLC, an independent research and evaluation firm based in Oregon. My most recent book, An Introductory Guide to R: Easing the Learning Curve, is published by Guilford Press (2022).

Julia Pingry Fraser and Robert G. Fraser • I am still working my passion, research on the business value of technology in manufacturing. After 35 years, I’m more excited than ever! I am starting to envision a new world of work and production that’s spectacular and sustainable. Bob and I moved full-time to Venice, Florida in 2021 to support his health needs. Looking for manufacturing software insights or data? Or information about neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and PSP? Or yoga and meditation? Or sandhill cranes and glossy ibis (in the front yard)? Or osprey and wood storks (in the backyard)? Or shark’s teeth (on Venice or Manasota beach)? I’m lucky enough to have it all in my full, rich life.

Sheri L. Greenberger • Greetings—Hard to believe I have been helping people with their dogs for 19 years. Love being my own boss! I went to the 30th anniversary conference in Australia September 2019. A fantastic trip and “good” timing! This year it is in October in Florida. Looking forward to it as we haven’t had one in the states since 2018. I enjoy living in west Michigan. Visitors are welcome.

Nothing exciting to report ...

Kurt E. Amend and Alice G. Wells • In early 2022 work travel resumed: Israel, with Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, in February; trips to Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Gulf in March; Israel again in late May; and more (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Egypt, Morocco) scheduled for the fall.

In late August Alice and I will take on the Tour du Mont Blanc, ~105 miles in 10 days, for which we have been taking weekend training hikes in nearby Shenandoah National Park. Remind me never again to commit to a vacation that requires training.

In April it was a joy to see Scott Myers ’79 and his lovely wife, Luvie, over dinner in Evanston, IL, some 40 years after participating in their wedding.

Jeffrey M. Griese and Jayne Merwin Griese • Jeff retired last September from a 42-year career in consulting, first with Accenture and then ZS Associates. He is officially CHRO Emeritus and still spends a few days a month working with ZS. Jayne is excited for us to enjoy the “retired life” and we hit the road with our Rockwood camper, spending over 80 nights camping and exploring across the west and southwest over the last 10 months.

We enjoyed many of the amazing National Parks our country has to offer. We have also traveled to Hawaii, back to Napa and Sonoma again, and have upcoming trips planned to Europe, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, and Peru! Life truly is good!

Rick Davis and Julie E. Thompson ’81 • In my 7th year as Dean of George Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Mason and CVPA continue to thrive, relatively speaking, and our community-

Gregory P. Linnemanstons and Meg Hoppe Linnemanstons ’85 • My best update is that this year I’ve seen a few of our classmates from ’80, ’79, and ’81! Kurt (Barney) Henrickson ’80 did the trek from Boulder, CO twice to northern WI to

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Virginia Merrifield • Greetings classmates!

Realizing I had completely forgotten to have kids, the last few years I decided I needed to give more to my community and became a CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) instructor as well as Public Information Officer.

Teaching people about disaster preparedness has been incredibly fulfilling as well as fun. I also joined a volunteer unit of the Moraga-Orinda Fire District which has been challenging and rewarding, and this year I was awarded the President’s Silver Volunteer Service Award. In my spare time, I enjoy as much rock ’n roll as I can as well as keep in touch with friends from Lawrence!

James D. Miller and Patricia Bannerman • Enjoying time with our 3-year-old grandson. Retiring at the end of the year and moving to Bluffton, SC. Grateful for my health and still running.

James I. Scheuer and Jennifer L. Scheuer • I was a failure at retirement until the COVID shutdown ended my substitute teaching. I realized I didn’t miss it much so I didn’t go back. Now I get to spend more time with my recently-retired wife, Jeffer. I stay involved in music education as a clinician and judge, and self-publish my musical arrangements and compositions through J.W.Pepper’s MyScore service (jwpepper.com/ myscore/JimScheuer). I also perform as a percussionist in the university band and orchestra in Marshfield, and sing and play piano in a duo with a guitarist doing acoustic versions of classic rock tunes. My hobby is photography, and my photos are featured in a calendar sold as a fundraiser for the Owen Public Library.

Terry Brown Sopotnick and Gregory Sopotnick • I am so thankful to God and truly blessed—my husband Greg and I celebrate our 30th anniversary this year. (He looks forward to retirement from IT this fall.) We’re all in good health including our “20-something” kids, Daniel and Noelle, who are always a joy. I still get to work with wonderful young people in teaching private voice and piano lessons as well as group music classes to home schoolers. At church I enjoy teaching Bible lessons to upper elementary students as well as singing and accompanying our church worship weekly.

Jane E. Thessin • Very happy to be out and about again, and cruising. (Even if I did get COVID on the ship!!!) Kept busy running Zoom sessions for church throughout the down time. Enjoyed seeing some of you during our virtual reunions.

Otherwise, the cat and I are comfortable stamping and sewing.

Rick A. Young and Marie L. Schmidt • Even though I am still employed by Zillow, Marie and I are pulling the plug and selling our house in Houston to move full-time to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

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It’s an area we have loved for years and are thrilled about having the opportunity to make it our permanent home.

1982 L. Durwood Ball, Jr. and Kristina E. Kachele • Durwood Ball (1982) is Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and Editor of the New Mexico Historical Review, a scholarly, nonprofit journal that publishes articles on the history and culture of the Greater Southwest. He lives with his wife, Tina Kachele, and daughter, Lulu Kachele, in Albuquerque.

Dr. Jeffrey W. Bissell and LeeAnn Bissell • I so enjoyed our 40th, catching up with old friends and connecting with a few whom I (unfortunately) didn’t know as well in our student days. There were many highlights—sampling micro brews with Jim Cheng at McFleshman’s, touring Carolyn Campbell’s amazing house van (she tricked it out herself!!), and meeting many LU spouses, including Shelley Drake, David McCarthy, and Steve Sullivan; all felt like old friends. I returned, refreshed, to San Francisco, grateful for all you solid folks. Since then I’ve enjoyed a road trip through the Pacific Northwest, my daughter JJ’s wedding on a Mendocino County farm, and groovin’ to my son Joe’s (stage name Zee Machine) latest musical releases.

Karen Malm DiMario and Dr. Joseph DiMario • I started a new life chapter of retirement, after 26 years from Chicago Medical School, where I served as a Clinical Histology Instructor, Director of Outreach & Equity, and Assistant Dean for Admissions. I am embracing this gift of leisure time with my husband, Joe, my two adult children, granddaughter, Margot, and friends. My daughter, Claire, is a lawyer in D.C. and my son, Alec, also a lawyer, lives in Dublin, CA which now involves frequent coast to coast visits! The highlight of this year was reconnecting with friends and classmates during our Sage Hall “Avenue” during our 40th Class Reunion in June! While the years seem to melt away, it was wonderful hearing about all of the impactful life experiences over those 40 years.

Samuel S. Elkind and Mary P. Elkind • Over four years after moving to Santa Fe from the Atlanta area, I am thoroughly enjoying my work as a fineart photographer. This summer, I mounted my third solo exhibition in New Mexico since moving to the state.

Jennifer Vogel Gettel P’14 and James Gettel P’14 • Hello Lovely Lawrentians! I continue to work as a private voice instructor (Concordia University, WI, WI Conservatory of Music, home studio) and choral musician. The women’s ensemble I direct and sing with, The Collegium Ladyes, is in its 10th year. In fall of 2021, I began to serve as Music Director at All Saints’ Episcopal Cathedral in Milwaukee, a place I love to be and people I love to be with. I have also committed to earning

a certificate with TVF (Total Vocal Freedom), which offers Alexander Technique training specifically for voice teachers and singers. Fascinating work!

—Jenny Gettel Dr. Linda Berger Hellmich and Dr. David M. Hellmich • Dave and I live in Dixon, IL and really enjoy this community. I’m nearly retired (see a few patients) and keep busy with volunteer activities, including serving on the LU alumni board. We spend a lot of time with our three grandkids in MN. My year was unusually full of travel—NYC, Europe, and NC for leisure, and IN, CO, and MN for weddings, funerals and other family events.

Visited Appleton twice (President’s inauguration and reunion). Heading to KY in September for the Bourbon Burn bike ride. In a nod to aging, threw in cataract surgery in the spring. Life has been full and rewarding if somewhat exhausting. It was so great connecting with classmates at the reunion!

Sarah Flom Kiecker • Since retiring from classroom teaching, I’ve been tutoring elementary students and supervising student teachers part-time. My son recently graduated from the U of MN and now works for Sportradar, a sports data company. I help my 92-year-old mother once a week, and feel blessed she is still very healthy and spry. A summer highlight was a week-long hiking trip to Sun Valley, ID with friends. But, my true 2022 highlight was the 40th LU Reunion. When seeing folks there, it seemed as though no time had passed (except for the wrinkles and the “jiggly bits”). I encourage all of you to reconnect with old LU friends. Here’s wishing everyone a happy, healthy rest of 2022!

—Sarah Flom Kiecker Mark A. Kohls and Nancy K. Kohls • Had a fun summer both at the 40th LU Reunion as well as at Hiawatha BSA Scout Camp in the Michigan UP where I taught shooting sports to youth for a month. Awarded 100 marksmanship metals too, so perhaps there will be a future Olympic Biathlon contender in that group! Ran a marathon and 50K this summer and explored three ship wrecks at the bottom of Lake Huron with my son. I am clearly enjoying retirement, now in my second year.

Elizabeth Shoemaker Kortenhof P’20 ’18 and Michael H. Kortenhof P’20 ’18 • It was great seeing so many 1982ers at our reunion and then again at the virtual happy hour. Mike ’80 and I still live in Portland. I’m teaching Pre-K at a small private school with a focus on Progressive Education.

Mike works for the State of Oregon doing environmental work. Our kids are spread across the time zones. Zanna is in Missoula, MT working at the County Fairgrounds coordinating rentals and events, Teddy (’18) is in Kimberly, WI teaching 8th grade science and math, and Joe (’20) is in Boston, MA working at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. If you’re ever in Portland let us know. We love visitors!

Kimberly Peterson Krueger and Thomas J. Krueger Greetings from beautiful Sturgeon Bay, WI. Tom and I relocated here full time upon his retirement from the US EPA in Spring 2022. I am also retired

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from a career in the museum and library world.

Our kids are happily grown & flown. Anna is in Chicago, working for the Oxford University Press.

Ben lives in Madison and works in IT/AV for the UW Medical School. All are healthy. I had the pleasure of visiting with Cindy Carlson Dobberke ’82, Barbara Kloehn Gresik ’82, Carol Johnson Polivka ’83, and Andrea Schauer Hamm ’83 over the summer. Beyond socializing, we are enjoying the non-working life in one of the most beautiful places on earth with our Jack Russell mix, Dexter.

Cheers!

Elizabeth Lutton Luscher and Jeffrey M. Luscher • It was so great seeing all of you who made it to the reunion! I didn’t know many of you very well, so I made it a point to connect more, and I’m so glad I did! As for what else is up with me, my husband and I just returned from a 12-day trip to the Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Tacoma & Bellingham, WA as well as Vancouver, Nanaimo & Victoria, BC. All were beautiful, and we were almost disappointed not to have any rain, coming from SoCal! Speaking of which, if you live in or are traveling to the LA or San Diego area, please let me know and let’s try to get together! —Betty Janet L. Place and Gerald C. Williams • After eight years at the U of SC, where I have been the Director of Public Health Practice, I will be returning to UNC in September. I will be the training director for the Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center, a national program that helps states to provide more equitable maternal health services. This is something near and dear to my heart. I am still playing music and I have become a fused glass artist. I took this up as a pandemic hobby and now I am obsessed. My husband, Gerry, is a vinyl record dealer and a music festival producer. We know there will be so many more opportunities for us once we are back in the Triangle.

Thomas R. Quill and J. Albert Guillama • It was great to see all those able to attend our 40th Reunion last June in Appleton; we picked up right where we left off! Now I’m motivated to join other classmates in retirement and catch up on all the traveling that was put on hold during the pandemic! And, please join us as the Class of 1982 embarks on a program of quarterly Zoom catch-ups—’82 Virtual Vibes! Our next is planned for early November—be on the lookout for more details! Otherwise, all good in Los Angeles—reach out if you’re in the neighborhood!!

Anne Jochimsen Saenz • After retiring from the hotel industry (with a degree from Glion Switzerland) my husband of 38 years and I have moved to the beautiful Northwoods of Wisconsin.

We have the Northfork Flambeau River in our backyard and a golf course in the front. My husband won the senior Pro/Am a few years ago in Grand Rapids, Michigan so needless to say I’m a golf widow. After trying to recover from numerous surgeries I spend a lot of time learning arts and

crafts. Basket weaving is a favorite! I was also born a day tripper so we sightsee everywhere! We also recently enjoyed our trip to Medora, North Dakota and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Good to see everyone at reunion!

Rebecca Devereux Sullivan and Stephen G. Sullivan • We are excited to finally be “shaking off the rust” as we start to get back out into the world and travel again. Happily three of our four kids live within a drive of us and our youngest son, aka “The Caboose,” is heading into his senior year of college so it’s all good. Had a really great time working with the planning committee and subsequently re-connecting with many classmates at our 40th LU Reunion in June. Big kudos to our fearless co-chairs Linda Berger Hellmich and Thomas Boya Quill for brilliantly leading the way and to Chris Mitchell & his inspired “Class of ’82 Avenue”—truly loads of fun. Be well everyone & Go Vikes!

1983 Robert J. Greene and Katherine A. Greene • I retired from the US Air Force Bands program after 20 years of service in 2007, and retired as a senior web developer at BAE Systems in Hudson, NH in 2019. I just finished two terms in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. During these past four years in the House, I’ve served on the Legislative Administration (Vice Chairman), Judiciary and Finance committees. In May 2022, Kathy and I moved to The Villages, Florida where I now hope to be 100% retired.

Allison M. Schultz P’11 and David D. Schultz P’11 • Still enjoying my first grand baby, George, who will be two in April. Got Padi certified as an open water diver on February 4, 2022, on a diving trip with daughter Maggie ’11. Looking forward to her wedding in November, and another dive trip in 2024! (Lord willing and the planet doesn’t self destruct …)Haven’t subbed since the pandemic began, but my county library job ate my life and the school district wasn’t proactive enough on protocols.

1984 Carol Arnosti and Andreas Teske • My husband (Andreas Teske) and I are still at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, doing research in marine science and teaching. This spring I went to sea with my entire lab group and our Danish and German collaborators, our first expedition since the start of the pandemic; we have lots of new samples and data that will keep us busy for the next few years. On the family front, our older daughter is off to college in a few days.

Our younger daughter still has two years of high school, but is beginning to assemble her college list (Lawrence is one of the colleges on it!).

Dr. Thomas D. Brucker and Debra M. Brucker • I still live in the Greater Milwaukee Area, in Brookfield. My wife, Debbie, and I will have been

married 30 years this October. We have two daughters; Elizabeth, who graduated from CU– Boulder in 2019 and lives in Boulder (planning for law school in 2023); and Margaret, who is a Junior at Boulder. I’m still working as a pathologist; after 20 years in private practice (Aurora Health Care), I went to the VA in Milwaukee in 2014. I thoroughly enjoy working at the VA and still love my field— retirement has not yet been a consideration.

Leisure activities include bicycling, attending concerts (rock as well as the symphony), playing saxophone in the community band, and traveling.

Laurie Hovell McMillin and Tracy Scott McMillin • This is my 25th year teaching writing at Oberlin College, where my husband, T.S. McMillin, also teaches. Our two sons are launched—Jack is a sculptor and carpenter, and Liam is a lawyer.

Looking back, I am incredibly grateful for the education I got at Lawrence, working with the late great Peter Fritzell, with Jack Stanley, Mark Dintenfass and many others. I went on the ACM India program in 1982, and I still return to India frequently. When we moved to Oberlin in 1992, I met up with Ellen Sayles ’83, who has become like a sister to me. I’ve been in touch with a handful of LU friends, who continue to be important to me after so many years.

Elizabeth Sheridan Rammer and John W. Rammer • I continue to serve as CEO of Hospitality Minnesota. The impact of COVID continues to be felt though things are getting better for most of our businesses. It’s ironic that 20 years ago I started a monthly dinner club and we celebrated our anniversary in November 2021. Of our 16 members, Lawrentians include Laura Van Nostrand Caviani ’84, Tammie Follett ’85 and Julie Moore Rapacki ’86. It’s an amazing group of women and I am blessed to have such great friends! This October gal pals from the Class of ’84 will gather in Door County to celebrate our milestone birthday (aka 60). I see a Wall to Wall in our future! My husband, John, and I enjoy our cabin on the North Shore of MN as often as we can.

Catherine R. Thome and Barry F. Farrara • In January, after 30 years of breeding hot peppers and tomatoes for several international vegetable seed companies, I retired and I love it. My part time job is walking, swimming, and doing Pilates so I can stay in shape to keep cooking, gardening, weaving, dyeing, and traveling. My job took me everywhere but Asia, so we are planning a month long trip to Japan in April 2024, and hope to eventually get to China and Vietnam. Between now and then we will keep up our twice a year visits to Wisconsin, and travel to a few places on our domestic bucket lists, many of them right here in California.

Tamara Jahn Williams and George N. Williams • We recently moved back to Appleton and it’s wonderful to experience life beyond College Avenue. Before the pandemic, I was an accompanist in the Appleton school district. I’ve even been able to accompany in the Conservatory! Currently I keep busy playing music for church and visiting family in Minnesota.

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CLASS NOTES Robert A. Willis and Kimberly G. Willis • After giving the keynote address at commencement in June of 2021, I shook some hands, shared some hugs and then walked off the Waukesha West HS campus as a faculty member for the final time.

I retired after 35 years of teaching mostly Chem & AP Chem, but also O-Chem and a touch of Bio early on. Since then, I have joined the faculty at Carroll University as an adjunct teacher of Chemistry and have turned my “summer job” of beertending and production work at Raised Grain Brewing Co. into a year round gig. My wife will continue her work in Special Education at New Berlin Eisenhower HS for a couple more years before we ramp up our National Park & hiking pursuits full time.

Dr. Guocun Yang and Sharon Cui • I retired officially in June 2022 after teaching American history for 25 years at Manchester Community College, Connecticut, and chairing the Department of Global Studies for the last 13 years. Sharon and I still live in Storrs, not far from our daughter, Aileen, who resides in Stamford and recently joined Morgan Stanley headquartered in New York City. My future plans include organic gardening, hiking and family travels, including revisiting Lawrence University. Best wishes for Class ’84 and all Lawrentians!

1986 Deborah Blake-Jasso and David E. Jasso • We are still in San Francisco and working and are excitedly looking forward to the day, hopefully soon, when we can move on from our careers (me, non profit development and marketing and my husband, high tech marketing). Our younger son starts at Washington Univ. in St. Louis this fall and our older son is a senior at Willamette Univ. in Oregon.

To celebrate being empty nesters and our 32nd anniversary we are heading to Rome and Sorrento!

Haven’t been to Italy since ’84. Time flies!

Dr. Anne-Marie Feyrer-Melk and Dr. Steven A. Feyrer-Melk • My husband, Steven, and I launched our new Optimal Heart Center & Body Lab in Scottsdale in January, and are enjoying our progressive and creative cardiovascular medical model. With our four daughters gaining their wings, we have enjoyed more horse camping & riding, more travel, more soul-searching about next steps, and more time with friends. Sweet LU Memories to all of you!

John K. Hellermann and Cornelia Wagner • Greetings fellow Lawrentians! I am keeping on with my dog Béla in Portland, Oregon, spending too much time wondering about the role of linguistics in a university as our enrollment continues to decline.

In these times when the polluted environment makes me reconsider travel, I am grateful for the idea of life-long learning that I first considered at Lawrence and the stimulation that revisiting classics on the bookshelf (Stoner, New York Trilogy, Wuthering Heights) provides. Cheers, everyone and best wishes for the coming year. —John 62

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Ann-Charlotte Sandvall Lawyer ’86 and Dr. D. Glenn Lawyer ’88 • We are still living in Luxembourg.

Glenn is Head of R&D at a FinTech and AnnCharlotte acts as independent Director for several Luxembourg investment vehicles. Our daughter, Astrid Lawyer, graduated from Wellesley College this spring, and has just moved to Blacksburg, VA to pursue a Ph.D. in Physics at VA Tech. Our son, David, is a sophomore studying Electrical Engineering at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea. As recent empty nesters we try to spend as much time as possible on the Canary Island La Palma, where we now have a house.

Victoria A. Moerchen, Ph.D. • In a summer filled with a lot of kayaking for mind clearing, and just as I was starting to contemplate retirement, I was offered and accepted a position as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Interesting fact is that I used my liberal arts background to discuss my education philosophy and trends in graduate education in the interview process. Lawrence difference home run, yet again! I’m off for a week before the academic year gets started, and I have a book by Rik Warch on my list to (re)read. Part of me thinks I should maybe add As I Lay Dying, just for nostalgia!

Caroline Neumiller Pfeffer and Jeffrey S. Pfeffer • Living in Deerfield, IL with husband, Jeff, (equity finance). I am involved with the Women’s Leadership Committee of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center as Co President and focus heavily on our annual, major fundraiser/Soirée, each fall. Sons, Benjamin (University of Miami, ’18 & MA ’19, Coral Gables, FL) working in audit for RSM U.S., and David (College of Wooster ’20 Wooster, OH) working for IntelePeer in development and customer interface.

Jonathan D. Richards • I am a judge in Milwaukee County hearing misdemeanor cases. I love my work and try to apply the wisdom they tried to impart to me in the philosophy department as often as I can. My wife, Andrea, and teenage son, Alex, fill my life with love and travel. We have had a fantastic COVID revenge tour. Within the past year we have visited Paris, Honduras, and four national parks. Wishing everyone in the Class of ’86 happiness, health and a few adventures!

Frederick R. Slater and Eileen R. Sliwinski ’87 • In July, Fred retired from a career in computer networking that began with a summer internship at Wisconsin Bell in 1980 and ended, 42 years later, with F5 Networks in Seattle. He will continue playing keyboards for the Massy Ferguson Band (massyfergusonband.com) and teaching mountaineering skills for the Washington Alpine Club (washingtonalpineclub.org). He lives with his wife, Eileen, and his border collie, Fosters (puppy training Class of ’12). —Eileen Sliwinski ’87, Fred Slater ’86, Maurine Spillman Dennis ’86, Joe Green ’86

Kevin A. Walch and Cathy M. Walch • My wife, Cathy, and I moved from the south Chicago suburb of Frankfort (after living there for 27 years) to near Atlanta in 2019 after our two kids graduated from college. We needed to move south for more sunshine! We are in Buford, GA and love the surroundings—lots of golf (year-round) and other outdoor activities. We purchased a condo in Door County, WI and rent it out when we are not there (typically we go up in August for 1 week each year).

Our son Steve, 27, is a musician in New Orleans and daughter, Laura, 25, lives in Milwaukee at an assisted living unit. Would like to hear from any Lawrentians that are in Atlanta area or in D.C. in August!

Dr. Jeffrey A. Walker • Mitzy (resident Sugardoodle) turns four in November. 59 (?!) for me, a few days later! January marks 12 years as Director of Research in University Advancement at UW– Milwaukee. That’s a total of 24+ years as a UW–M employee. I was previously the Assistant Director of Research and, before that, an English instructor.

Time has been on my mind. I’ve finished writing the first novel in what will be a time-travel science fiction trilogy. I’m looking for an agent and will soon dive into drafting book two. Zoom visits with LU friends Jennifer Fenne, Mary Blasing, Pete Meagher, and Tod Wiesman have become a monthly highlight. And my partner and I are talking more and more about retirement relocation.

Ann Schmitt Wendel and Donald R. Wendel • I am now the happy grandma of a sweet 19 month-old boy, Isaac, who lives in Illinois. I still teach private piano and violin lessons at my studio here in Appleton. I especially enjoy encouraging my adult students as they expand their skills and grow in their confidence. In addition, I am celebrating five years of providing Reiki and Sound Healing sessions through my Harmonia Reiki Healing practice. I continue to learn more about this fascinating work and am honored to share its powerful benefits with my clients. I am exploring distance sessions as well, so feel free to get in touch if you’d like some powerful healing sent your way! Be well, everyone!

1987 Julie Benjamin Andrews ’87 • Life has been busy this past year! I love my job in real estate, though 2021 was super challenging in my area. In July, I traveled to Columbia, MO to see my mom for the first time since the pandemic started. Drove out again in September, stopping in Chicago to spend the weekend with Anne Blowers Higginson and Ann Martinson, and had dinner with Susie Troup Sloan and Steph West Maksymiu in November. My older son finished up at UVM in December, my younger son spent his fall semester in Barcelona, and I just returned from 10 days on Kauai. My intention is to spend a month there next year! I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Reunion in June!

CLASS NOTES 1990 Nara Hulbert Detienne P’16 and Thomas D. Detienne ’88 P’16 • Tom and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary this past June with a scuba diving trip to Bonaire. Tom completed his 100th dive (not easy when you live in Wisconsin) and took the Eileen Sliwinski ’87, Fred Slater ’86, Maurine Spillman Dennis ’86, most amazing (old school) selfie and Joe Green ’86 with a Hawksbill turtle—there are approximately 8000 nesting females left in 1988 the world. She swam right at him and he was able to get the picture. All three of our children have J. Stephen Cowles and Cyndy Zimmerman Cowles graduated from college (Our daughters, Natalie ’84 • In March 2022, I was appointed as the LU ’16, Isabel—St. Norbert ’19 and our son, General Counsel for the Howard County Public Reece—UW–Madison 2021). Tom is still working School System in Maryland which serves over in business banking and I am nearing 30 years of 57,000 students. I am learning new areas of law teaching biology. and serving as the Chief Legal Officer for the school system. My wife decided to pursue new Angela Roehrborn Geydoshek and Jeffery W. interests after working in college admissions Geydoshek • After teaching general music full time for over 30 years. She and I have been able to for 28 years I went back to school and became enjoy long weekends together this summer. Our a licensed massage therapist in 2019. You can oldest son, Matthew, graduated from George find me at Bella Lei Salon in Cedarburg and Port Washington University in May 2022, obtained a job Washington. I officially retired this year after with an immigration law firm, and moved into an teaching part time over the last four years. I am apartment in D.C. His younger brother, Michael, already looking forward to the flexibility of being will obtain an AA degree this fall and is a manager able to choose when my vacations will be. For the at a local coffee retailer. first time in my life I am going on a trip in October!

I continue singing and accompanying the choir at Ireta L. Gasner • I’ve been with Start Early St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church in West (formerly the Ounce of Prevention Fund) for 18 Bend. My husband, Jeff, and I are back to being on years. Most of that time I lobbied the Illinois our own. Our daughters, Kristina and Cheyanne, General Assembly in support of investments and are living together in Union Grove. policies to support expecting families, infants, toddlers and preschoolers. I have been the Vice Laurie T. Hines-Ackermann and Timothy G. President of the Illinois Policy Team for four years Ackermann • Hiking, biking, lawyering (not now, leading a very talented team of folks in this necessarily in that order.) Raising three young work. I enjoyed our cluster reunion earlier this women with my hubs, also a lawyer. Looking summer, particularly having the chance to gather forward to some days of travel now that we have and remember our dear friend, Jennifer Johnson this pandemic under control. Speaking Spanish ’87, who passed away in the fall of 2021. every day—thank you, ACM/Costa Rica, Larry U, and J.R.R. Tolkein: “What are we holding onto, Eric S. Langlois and Kanae B. Langlois • I teach, Sam?” “That there’s some good in this world, race cars at the track every chance I get, and do Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.” bird whispering. Life is too short, right?

Eleonore Wiley Houser and Roger Wayne Lisa A. Shirah-Hiers and Scott E. Hiers • Lisa Houser • I am back in the elementary classroom Shirah-Hiers published a book on Amazon in teaching Music in Colorado Springs after 20 August. The book is Eleven Rules: Coping with years of teaching in my Suzuki Piano Studio and Depression, Illness, Fatigue and Life in General and is homeschooling my four children (Liam 22, Ava 20, available as a paperback or Kindle ebook.

Tessa 18, and Bryce 16.). My children are earning their degrees from Colorado Christian University Louis J. Wool • I am teaching law career pathway and Wheaton College. Roger and I celebrated courses at Wheeling High School. I have three 25 years of marriage last month. I am loving more years until I retire from teaching, and I am watercolor painting, calligraphy, and book club as planning on returning probably in the capacity of hobbies. I biked across Iowa in RAGBRAI in July. a special education teacher’s assistant. My loving and faithful dog Tess is 11 years old and continues Chad K. Kemnitz and Kelly Marie Frank Kemnitz • to be the best companion in the world! My hobbies I still “feel” the same as I did at Lawrence (even continue to be biking, swimming, reading and though I need reading glasses). It is crazy that painting. Life is good, and I am grateful for my most of my kids are above college age: Cheyenne education and incredible experience at Lawrence 26, Dylan 25, Lucas 25, Cassidy 23, Morgan 18. I University! enjoy finding new music on XMU Radio and old classics on New Wave. Texting LU alumni about the songs. I thank LU for making me curious about

the world/life/knowledge. I love learning about new things and questioning it all. My wife Kelly, teaches me about life. Lake Country/Oconomowoc is a great place to live.

Samuel Lloyd Kinsey and Kathryn J. Allyn • After thirty years of rent-stabilized bliss on the Upper West Side, my wife Kathryn and I were able to take advantage of a rare NYC buyer’s market to acquire a spacious apartment on Riverside Drive in Hamilton Heights where we now reside with our ginger tabbycat, Beatrix. Although I still sing a bit here and there, I’ve wound that down as a professional endeavor for the most part to pursue opportunities in another collapsing industry. In that connection, I contributed around a half-dozen articles to the recently published Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails and have some irons in the fire with respect to future book projects.

Catherine M. Michmerhuizen and Jason S. McCrea • Jason and I live in Boston and are the owneroperators of McCrea’s Candies. We never imagined what would happen when we started selling caramel 12 years ago. It’s been a wild and fun ride!

What started as a lot of fun with sugar chemistry has become a means to make a difference in our community and to support 25 employees!!! Our two oldest sons live in Portland, Maine, and our youngest just graduated from high school. They are all creative and we feel so fortunate to be in a whirlwind of ideas and projects all the time. Still, they are adults now and we are creating our life after kids, spending a lot of time in Minnesota, outdoors as much as possible.

Christopher E. Moody and Lea Wilke • Greetings!

I am still enjoying retirement & we are looking forward to a trip to Italy in September. Hope everyone is safe and well!

Heather Bush Sanford and Mark Sanford • After 16 years in private practice, I returned to my roots as a school counselor. I recently became the elementary school counselor at Greybull Elementary School (Wyoming). Also this fall, we took my oldest to college. She will be a freshman at the University of Wyoming.

Eric Schacht and Linda Evans • I’m so excited to share the news that I’m a Viking again! After being General Counsel for Wolfram Research for the past 16 years, I am returning to LU as University Counsel. I’m so excited to be part of President Carter’s Cabinet and to do everything I can to support the amazing team she is putting together to make Lawrence “brighter together”.

Jill Edwards Susini and Lionel S. Susini • I am starting my ninth year teaching French at a private high school in Lexington, Kentucky. My husband and I have become empty nesters! My daughter graduated from Brown University and started a new job in New York City. My son will be a sophomore at Brown University. I still see a few friends from Lawrence and I am so grateful for those friendships and great memories!

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Kim Kimberly Holland and T.J. Holland • I have taken my photography from a hobby to professional. It has been a fun and frustrating process. In July, I had my first (small) exhibition which was well received. I love shooting all kinds of photography but macro work has become my new favorite. I feel so blessed to have both my sons less than an hour away in jobs they love.

1992 Carol S. Backstrom and Scott P. Chambers • I am still living in Washington D.C. and working on state Medicaid policy and program initiatives as a consultant. I started working remotely before COVID-19, which allows me to work from my family’s Minnesota cabin during the summers. As I’ve gotten older I’ve grown to love and appreciate my Lawrence friends even more and absolutely adore weekend getaways and even the occasional cocktail at Cleo’s when in Appleton.

Barbara Coe Bedwell and Sten J. Bedwell • I currently reside in beautiful South Lake Tahoe, CA. After 20 years of being a High School Science Teacher, specializing in Chemistry and Physics, last year I transitioned to administration. I am now the Dean of Students and Athletic Director at South Tahoe High School. In addition, I completed my Doctorate of Education in May 2022. My dissertation was titled “Overcoming the Impostor Phenomenon: Strategies Secondary Educators Used to Cope during the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

Kathleen M. Brennan • I continue to consult with philanthropic and nonprofit organizations to make their programs as effective as possible for the people they serve. My partner, Dave, and our two dogs, Swagger and Kody, and I take lots of walks in beautiful Grant Park (Atlanta) which we are fortunate to have right across the street. There is another art show around the corner so I have been painting up a storm, trying to get ready. Next week we leave for a vacation to Maine—fingers crossed that it is less hot and humid there than here in Atlanta!

Abby Vogen Horn and Edward C. Horn • Hello LU Friends! Family: Still in the Lake Country area in Wisconsin. Our oldest son lives nearby which is great. Our 13 and 14 yr. old boys keep us running around with all their sports (soccer, sailing, ski racing, baseball). Heading to 8th grade and Freshman in high school this fall ... way too fast!

Work: I am SVP Operations at Franklin Energy where I have been for 13 years delivering consulting and services for electric and gas utilities across the country. Primarily energy efficiency/ demand response. My husband runs the family engineering/manufacturing business designing and building custom automation equipment.

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Christian B. Jensen • Hi Everyone, I’m an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV). I’ve been serving as graduate coordinator for several years, working to build up our Ph.D. and M.A. programs. It’s very rewarding to be working to provide more and better educational opportunities to a community that has long been underserved with regard to public education.

Elizabeth Anne Pall • Family: Two children, Olivia, 19, a sophomore at Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY, where she is studying molecular biology on a scholarship, and Joshua, 12, beginning 7th grade in advanced courses and getting involved in school sports. + one dog, two cats. Work: I support the DoD, USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH, and currently work in HQ AFRL (the Air Force Research Laboratory), which now includes the USSF (Space Force). Life: COVID impacted me personally when my boyfriend’s father died from COVID complications. I have also had a few health issues—knee surgery and breast cancer, but am surviving and thriving! I still love live music and the outdoors.

Jay W. Roberts and Marcie D. Roberts • In professional news, I recently published my latest book, Risky Teaching: Harnessing the Power of Uncertainty in Higher Education with Routledge Press. I continue to enjoy my role as Provost and Dean of the faculty at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., and stay connected to Lawrence faculty and staff through my work including Monita Mohammadian Gray ’92, Interim Provost Peter Blitstein, and others. On the personal news front, we dropped off our oldest to begin her first year at Hamilton College in New York—we still can’t believe we have a kid in college!

Jill D. Swick • 2022 has been quite the year ...

Started a new job with Oracle in April—hoping for an invite to Larry’s Hawaiian Island of Lanai when we are there in December. Went to London for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with my sister Beth Swick Spatz ’89 and friends Ann and Anne who live in London ... I’m happy to report that after 22 years I was finally able to convince Beth to get on the London Eye! Made a quick trip to LU in June for Professor Corry Azzi’s Memorial. He was my most favorite Econ professor and mentor. We were an odd couple—and I am happy and honored to have called him my friend. I will miss our visits but look forward to my next Nick and Vito’s trip with his lovely wife Jane.

1994 Shanaka Abeywickrama • I moved to Washington, D.C. about 10 years ago to work for the U.S. Navy as the Program Manager for the Afloat Environmental Quality Program that regulates and manages shipboard environmental systems.

After graduating from Lawrence with a degree in Biology, I continued my graduate education in Civil and Environmental Engineering. In my current position as a manager, I use the knowledge from my Lawrence degree to make programmatic and technical decisions so that the U.S. Navy can continue to be a good environmental steward while defending the nation. My partner and I enjoy traveling overseas, and looking after our three dogs.

Karen A. deVries • For the past 4 years, I’ve been living in Colorado Springs, CO where I’m still teaching Philosophy and Religion at UCCS and enjoying it. My partner, Jessi Smith, and I have a son, Xavier, who is starting high school this fall.

Time flies! Looking forward to seeing people at the 2023 reunion!

Le’Trisha Goodwin and Jermaine Goodwin • Greetings Class of ’94! This is Le’Trisha Goodwin (formerly known as Le’Trisha Daniel and Le’Trisha Joe). Though life has brought many changes and challenges, I am grateful for every one. They have served their purpose in my development as a woman, mother, and entrepreneur. I have three sons (Kenneth Jr, Kristopher, and Kaleb) all who support our child development center, A Mother’s Heart Learning Center. This year I turned 50! This is my year of jubilee! On August 10, 2019, I married Jermaine Goodwin. I am grateful for all God has done and continues to do. I pray you have found your place of significance as we navigate the journey of life.

Beth A. Grace • Bethany Grace (Beth Ismil) has completed her Ph.D. in Management, specialization in Human Resources, through Walden University.

Marilyn M. Hein P’92 • Although at 77, I am retired from my full-time counseling position, I still see clients in my part-time counseling practice. I have also written two books. In one book, I used the photos my grandfather took during WWI, and brought history to life by telling his story. Fred Erskine, WWI Veteran. The other book, The Heins Creek Story, takes readers along the trail, stopping at points to talk about the history of the land, the significance of the suckers in Heins Creek, and the story of my great-grandparents, William and Wilhelmina Hein, who settled there with the Native Americans. I have also followed my dream to produce a line of encouragement cards, Hearts Unfolding Cards.

CLASS NOTES Kirsten R. Lies-Warfield and Dr. Patrick R. Warfield • Patrick has taken a new position at the University of Maryland as Associate Dean for the Arts. I finished my Masters degree in audio technology and released an album of my work. After a brush with breast cancer in October, I remain cancerfree with a sunny outlook for the future. After the death of my border collie, also in October, I started fostering dogs again, much to the chagrin of my grumpy old mutt, Sonneck.

Rebecca L. Mezoff and Emily Haire • All that pedagogy training from the conservatory paid off as I’m now teaching tapestry weaving to people all over the world mostly online through my own business. My book, The Art of Tapestry Weaving, was published in late 2020. I currently live in Fort Collins, CO with my wife, Emily. I thru-hiked the Colorado Trail for the second time last year and have my eyes on the Pacific Crest Trail in sections in coming years.

Joan Wittlinger Nyamhondoro • It has been an exciting year professionally and personally! I completed my Education Doctorate in Educational Leadership and added electives in Psychology.

I am looking to get back into higher education administration either in parts of the U.S. or U.K. I have had several visits to and from my daughter living in London. We had a great trip to Italy this summer, it is amazing traveling with an adult child as she paid most of her way and even some of my meals! I was honored to participate in Stephanie Hernandez’s ’92 wedding in Steamboat Springs, CO last fall. I moved back to hometown Green Bay and enjoy being close to family and friends as I continue to work remotely.

Andrea Powers Robertson and John Barron Robertson • Our lives have returned to prepandemic pace. Schools went back to in-person, five days per week in September 2022, allowing me to return to full-time employment as the Director of Major Gifts at the JCC of Milwaukee.

It has a broad mission, encompassing a food pantry, camps, wellness, fitness, aquatics, arts and culture, and early childhood programs. Our kids are about to enter fifth and third grade.

They enjoy school and have many interests from piano and art to soccer, ski-racing, and lacrosse. Barron continues to enjoy the challenges of his role at Master Lock and spends many weekends volunteering on ski patrol. I remain an overcommitted volunteer, but love it. We can’t wait for Reunion!

Shad R. Wenzlaff • Since the 2019 reunion, I said goodbye to a nearly 20 year career in higher education. I now focus my energies with 40+ piano students and occasionally teach an art history course here and there (I lament to add: online).

22–23 marks my second year of my second stint as president of our local MTNA/WMTA chapter.

And recently I started taking cello lessons. It’s humbling to “be a beginner”. The pandemic didn’t curb my travel bug—I enjoyed the Honolulu Art Museum in December, am planning a trip to the

desert southwest this fall, and keep connected with my dear LU friends in WI—if you’re interested in perusing the latest art exhibits in Madison, let me know! Looking forward to June!

Laura Corning Woltman and Garry R. Woltman • September 2022 marks my 28th year teaching Elementary General Music. I continue to teach in the Appleton Area School District. Last spring I received my Masters Degree in Music Education from UW–Stevens Point. Beginning this fall, I am an adjunct instructor at UW–Oshkosh, teaching Elementary Music Methods. My husband and I are proud of our two sons, Nathaniel and David, who are a junior in college and a junior in high school, respectively.

1996 Jennifer Pieters Chamberlain P’24 and John A. Chamberlain, Jr. P’24 • In June 2020, I became the Executive Director of Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS) and a delightful part of the job is uncovering Lawrence alumni-turned-librarians across the state. Our daughter, Lauren, starts her junior year at Lawrence, and Jack and I really enjoy hearing about her own campus experience. This summer, we toured a host of liberal arts campuses with our younger daughter, Elena, and I’m pretty sure we exhausted her with remarks of how each campus measured up to our alma mater.

Graham Kenny • Hello ; ). I am currently a Shipper/Receiver for a Lee Valley Tools store in Ontario, Canada. It is a woodworking/gardening company. Hope you all are doing well. Looking back, I think one of the best things about Lawrence University was the Honor Code. Trump would never have gotten through Lawrence without violating it. The thing I’m most concerned about now is the survival of the U.S. It is becoming more and more unlike the country I thought I knew. Lets support Law and Order, and kick the crooks and liars out of our government. —Graham Kenny Aaron D. Lindberg and Daniel Thomack • The past two years have been a whirlwind—professionally and personally; I’m sure you can relate. In May 2022, I traveled for the first time—inevitably I tested positive for COVID. Luckily, my symptoms were mild, but my husband, Daniel, had a rough go! I was in WI this summer and managed to see family and friends while indulging in my favorite Milwaukee foods. In October, I head back to our alma mater because I was nominated to serve on the Alumni Board of Directors; I’m honored to represent our class. Professionally, I am the Director of Admissions at California State University–Northridge, which is one of the largest institutions within the 23 CSU system.

Dina Marinberg Lipowich and Alex Lipowich • Hello Class of ’96! I live in Arlington Heights, just northwest of Chicago, with my husband, Alex, my 20-year-old son, Alexander, and my 13-year-old daughter, Rachel. I serve as the Chief Nursing Officer at a local Safety Net hospital in Chicago.

Andrew H. Motiwalla and Sandra Motiwalla • I started a new chapter in my career with social impact businesses. I recently joined the African Leadership Group (algroup.org) as Chief Revenue Officer. ALG is the largest technical skill training company in Africa. I lead efforts to connect graduates of their software engineering program with employers in the USA and around the world who are hiring tech talent. Other than that, not much has changed. I continue to live in San Diego, California with my two teenage kids and enjoy open water swimming, cycling, and sometimes even running.

Erica C. Tryon • Hi friends! This past year, my husband, Christian, our daughter (11), son (8) and I moved to Pittsburgh, PA after 13 years in upstate NY. I’m still teaching theatre and will hopefully be performing from time to time in the Pittsburgh theatre scene. Big hugs to everyone!

KrisAnne E. Weiss • I was most recently at Lawrence in summer 2021: I returned to Appleton to sing at Professor Emeritus John Koopman’s memorial celebration, where I both reunited with friends and met Lawrentians of many vintages!

I live in Minneapolis, at the intersection of a lake and a creek, a great location for a fan of critterspotting and outdoor recreation like me. I’m on the voice faculty at Carleton College and St. Olaf College and perform frequently within the Twin Cities’ thriving community of small opera companies and other musical organizations. I like social justice, mutual aid, thrift stores, kettlebells, cats, closing out parties, cutting my own hair, and being an auntie.

Dr. Rebecca J. Whelan • Hi everyone! Big life changes abound: effective July 1, I have left the University of Notre Dame for a faculty position at the University of Kansas (KU). If you’ve never been to Lawrence, Kansas, I highly recommend a visit! At KU, I will be continuing to teach Chemistry and direct a research lab focused on basic science with an eye towards improving human health, with particular interest in early detection of ovarian cancer. In personal news: I’m engaged to a wonderful man who is also a KU Chemistry professor. Life has taken me to some unexpected places and I’m grateful to have this chance to be amazed by it all.

1998 Rachel R. Beck • The church I was working for closed permanently when the pandemic started.

When the uprisings began, I thought: “What if I put time into understanding local politics?” For two years, I’ve been live-tweeting city meetings for people who can’t attend, focusing on policing. I co-produced a voter guide in 2020, am working on local/county implementation of a law regulating militarized equipment, and am leading a voter education/GOTV event this fall. It’s not financially sustainable, but I’ve met people I deeply respect because of how I spend my time. Still doing

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regular hospice volunteering. (Please don’t wait to put your wishes in writing and tell your people you love them!)

Louis Clark IV and Alissa M. Clark • 25 years ago, we entered our senior year thinking that we knew what the future would bring. We hoped it would be together, that it would include kids (she wanted two and I thought a six-pack would be nice), and that we’d raise the kids in Minnesota. For the most part, we’re on plan and happy with all that life has thrown our way. Alissa is home with the kids and this fall, we’ll transition into a new phase with the girls in high school and the little guy entering kindergarten. Addison and Camryn play volleyball and Noah plays with toys. I am still needed, but the question the kids most often ask is, “where’s Mom?” Alissa and I still like each other, and that makes every day better.

Liesel C. Damota and Phil De Croocq • I am living in sunny Arizona with my partner of 18 years, Phil, and our soon to be 9-year-old daughter, Lilikoi.

Lilikoi means “passion fruit” in Hawaiian. We named her on a beach in Oahu while enjoying lilikoi flavored shaved ice. We have a 16-year-old cat named Bucky Toofer, or Bucky for short.

I am a registered nurse and am working towards additional licenses in aesthetics, cosmetic laser, and massage. Future formal studies will include Ayurveda and yoga. My dream is to open a holistic healing spa and retreat center in Brazil.

Melissa Sattin Das and Subrata Das ’95 • At the end of 2019 I completed my graduate school degree with a Master of Science in Health Informatics. I am a currently a business intelligence developer at MaineHealth, and have helped support the COVID effort through data and reporting over the last few years. Subrata and I are enjoying living and raising our kids in Portland, Maine and all that Maine has to offer; after all, we do live in “Vacationland.” Our son, Kiron, will be heading to college this year, intending to study computer science, and our other son, Izzy, will be a high school sophomore. We also have spent a lot of time over the last eight years on the pool deck watching them compete on their school and club teams.

Jeremiah R. Frederick • Jeremiah Frederick is serving as Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Memphis for the 2022–23 school year.

Kerry A. Kruk and Remus Borisov • Kerry Kruk, LPC, ATR-BC, CSAC ’98 Still living in Norfolk, Virginia and working for the City of Virginia Beach (Continuous Quality Improvement). This year is a big one for change: My best friend Remus and I got engaged this past Christmas and are getting married in October!!

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during art making and seeking more fundamental information about how art and creative expression “work” to facilitate change. 2023: honeymoon -> Spain!

Dr. Anu Whisenhun • I am living in Atlanta, GA with my husband and daughter. I am practicing as a Vascular Surgeon and love it. In my spare time, I run and do a lot of traveling with the family. My parents live with me too now. They were unable to make it to my Lawrence graduation so my goal is to bring them and the entire family to Appleton next year.

2000 Nichole Cook Abbott and Barry L. Abbottt •Last year, I left work in private industry for a career in public service. I now work at the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection in the dairy section and have recently achieved my registered sanitarian credential.

Katherine Wroblewski Diop and Aly Diop • My family and I are currently living and working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where my husband Aly and I work for the U.S. Embassy. I serve as the Cultural Affairs Officer and work on programs including Fulbright, Humphrey, as well as topics including women’s empowerment, climate change, youth engagement, and arts and culture.

My husband and I have three children: Karim, a freshman at Howard University, Madeleine, a freshman in high school, and Ayman, 3 ½ years old.

Carol C. Hinz and Paul Verrette • I was quite unexpectedly diagnosed with stage I breast cancer in 2021, and am happy to say that I’m now on the other side of chemo and surgery. Thankfully, I have an excellent prognosis. (Remember to do your self-exams and schedule a mammogram!)

I continue to live just outside of Minneapolis and work as a children’s book editor with Lerner Publishing Group. A career highlight was editing the award-winning picture book Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Floyd Cooper. My husband and I have two sons, ages 9 and 12, who are big fans of dribbling basketballs in the house, especially during dinner time.

Brandy L. Kline • After 17 years in Milwaukee, our family moved to Chicago last October. In June we were finally able to hold a Memorial service for my mom, who passed away in May of 2020—many of my friends might remember her cooking and hospitality. We’re settling in to our fixer upper as my husband transitions back to the office in the loop. I have one theater project on my plate, taking a show from Milwaukee to Off-Broadway this November. The show has been postponed for over two years, so we’re excited to be rolling again. My husband and daughter will join me in Manhattan for a month while I’m on contract! Our daughter starts K4 Preschool this fall and we are enjoying introducing her to big city life.

Katherine Moore Milella and Sam Milella • I finally made the return to education after working for just over two years in health care. I will begin a new adventure as an 8th grade literacy teacher at Les Paul Middle School in Waukesha (anyone want to give me some guitar lessons?), and I am absolutely thrilled! I’m still trying hard to keep up with French and German through travel, tutoring, and keeping in touch with my friends abroad.

Hope you are all doing well!

Dr. James J. Moran and Traci Moran • I recently undertook a career change and am now an Associate Professor within the Integrative Biology and the Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences departments at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. My family and I are enjoying being back in the Midwest.

Dr. Carl A. Polley and Dr. Beryl Yang • From Dr. Carl Polley (2000): This summer I was awarded tenure at Kapi’olani Community College in Honolulu, HI, where I teach courses in Chinese language, literature and culture and in linguistics. My spouse Dr. Man Beryl Yang teaches world music and ethnomusicology at the same college. Our daughter Lilian (8) was recently accepted as a violinist in the Honolulu Youth Symphony, and our son Evan (5) enjoys piano and Minecraft.

Jessica Seaberg Seidlitz and Michael Seidlitz • No new news! Still in Savage, MN working as a Real Estate Agent and Assistant Manager / Broker for the Prior Lake and Shakopee offices of Edina Realty! Kids James (9) and Anna (8) are excited to be starting 4th and 3rd grade in the fall. My husband is a program manager with Delta Airlines and we have had a busy, fun summer! Hope to make to Appleton one of these days to see how much the city and campus have changed!

Victoria Annen Taylor and Kurt J. Taylor ’99 • I am working as the Dementia Care Specialist with the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Dane County. This position provides consultation and support to people who have dementia and their caregivers. I also provide community outreach and education on dementia. My husband Kurt and I, along with our 11-year-old husky mix recently built and moved into a new house on the east side of Madison.

2002 Megan C. Hartmann • Megan lives in Denver, CO, and has gone back to school to pursue a certificate in paralegal studies. She hopes to use her newfound legal knowledge to pursue a second career in environmental/natural resources law.

Nathan S. Heffel and William J. Burrow ’00 • After spending a few years on Colorado’s Western Slope as station manager for three small commercial radio stations, Colorado Public Radio reached out in need of an All Things Considered host - and after a lengthy interview process—I was hired for the job! That meant another large move

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(I’m determined to make it our last!)—back to Denver and the Front Range. We currently live in a suburb just west of the city—Maya, our daughter, just began kindergarten (crazy right?) and I’m settling in as a Senior Host at CPR News. William continues to work from home with Optum. Life is busy and we’re adjusting to the faster pace of the Denver Metro, but we’re happy and overall healthy!

Melanie A. Kehoss and Kaveh Jorabch • Most artists hate deadlines, but the highlight of my year was going into high gear to make new lightboxes for a sudden solo exhibit at McLean Project for the Arts, near D.C. I was delighted that the show garnered a great review in the Washington Post!

Nidhi Podar Mundhra and Brijnandan Mundhra • I’m still living in Mumbai, and just started a Teacher Training Course, which will equip me to start teaching High School kids English Literature.

My daughter is 10 years old now, and since Mumbai schools started offline school, post pandemic, after two years of being shut, I finally have the time to start working.

Jonah C. Nigh and Patrick Herron • My husband Patrick and I competed in a baking competition hosted by Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg! Think Great British Bake Off plus SNL. We had the time of our lives and appreciate all the love we’ve gotten from our LU family. You can watch it for free on NBC’s streaming platform here: www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/baking-it Michelle E. Ryan • Since graduating from Lawrence, I have taught children English in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong. I met my husband in South Korea and we got married during the Hong Kong protests in 2019. I am currently teaching two and three-year-olds English at a local kindergarten. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has never been bad here in Hong Kong, but we continue to live with the never-ending regulations. My husband and I hope that your friends and family are all happy and healthy.

Joslyn E. Vandermause and Aaron Vandermause • Thanks to my excellent education at Lawrence, I’ve enjoyed a rich career in teaching piano for the last 20 years. Despite COVID and recent politics, the last several years have been very good to us.

My husband, Aaron, surprised me with a Yamaha grand piano for my 40th birthday, and it’s been a thrill to share with my students in our home studio. We moved to a newer home in the last year, which has been great for both our professional and private lives. Recently, we purchased our first EV, a Rivian R1T, and I’m amazed at how much I love it!

Last, by some wild miracle, I am pregnant at age 42 for the first time! If all goes well, we’ll celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary with a baby girl.

2003 Anneliese M. DeDiemar and Lacey Capps • Board member of the Connecting Alumni Committee for the Lawrence University Alumni Association (LUAA), Anneliese M. DeDiemar resides in Nashville, TN with her wife Lacey Capps. Anneliese is the Associate Director, Development and Alumni Relations Communications for Vanderbilt University. Anneliese has extensive experience in non-profit and arts marketing in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and continues to consult and present nationally on integrated marketing and communications best practices.

2004 Sara Bergene Bayram • Another year older, maybe wiser? Life continues much the same. Was on campus for President Carter’s inauguration, which was absolutely wonderful. Thoughts of continued good health and happiness for all.

Jennifer K. Burns • Very soon after my last class note submission, I moved back to Minnesota.

I have an AMAZING job as Performance Manager, building ticketing and overseeing the box offices of three theatres downtown Minneapolis. I live with my sister and we helped re-home the most handsome dog, Max. He keeps us in cuddles and bruises from all his pouncing. I guess you could say I am the epitome of “what a difference a year makes.” I am STILL a hugger of Manatees!

Christopher M. Chan • Level Best Books published my book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter, which was nominated for the Agatha and Silver Falchion Awards for NonFiction. My first novel, Sherlock’s Secretary was published by MX Publishing, and it was nominated for the Silver Falchion Award for Best Comedy. MX Publishing also published my anthology Of Course He Pushed Him this summer, and in July 2022 I delivered a lecture on “Chesterton and Autism” at the 2022 Society of G.K. Chesterton Conference in Milwaukee. Level Best Books will publish my novel Ghosting My Friend in early 2023.

Katharine R. Chapman and David Slyter • The last year has been one of big changes for me.

Starting in May of 2021, I left my job at Circle Health Services to get ready for July when I gave birth to a tiny human we named Oliver Marney Roanleigh. In May of 2022, when Oliver was about 10 months old, I married my partner of three years David Slyter and gained a 5-year-old stepson, Zahir. I have continued my teaching career at Case Western Reserve University and increased my full-time status to 70%. And this August, I turn 40 and am very excited to have accepted a part-time position providing Primary Care for patients at Recover Resources, an addiction and mental health services agency.

Allison L. de Garza and Genaro Garza Hernandez • Allison Lauber de Garza ’04 recently moved back to Appleton! Her husband Genaro is working from home as a Graphic Artist/Designer and she will be teaching Spanish at the Classical Charter school in the Appleton Area School District. Her son Logan will be going into 7th grade at Classical school and her three daughters, Bethany Jocelyn and Nadia will be entering 6th and 3rd grades at Berry Elementary. She hopes to get involved again with dance and musical theater once everyone gets settled.

LuzMaria Reyes Heath and Jesse R. Heath ’05 • The Heath family has relocated to Charlotte, NC, after spending three and a half years in Amsterdam. I married another alumni, Jesse Heath ’05 and now have three amazing kids: Thiago (12-y-o), Luca (9-y-o) and Mia Alekssandra (3-y-o). Jesse is an attorney and I have been staying home with the kids while also running a bakery from home. We are still exploring this beautiful place. If there are any alumni in the Charlotte area please let us know!

Nathan P. Jacobs • I am still living in Door County, managing the kitchen of Wilson’s Ice Cream. I just released another new album with my band, the Crypt, this time acoustic music (Embers of Limerance is the album), on which a wide variety of musicians from as far away as Greece and Pakistan are featured. I use my Russian and French skills from Lawrence to communicate with staff at the restaurant and to write lyrics on my albums.

Erica L. Marshall • In October 2020, I welcomed my daughter, Yara. A year later, I joined the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services as a Litigation Attorney. My family & I are settling into our new home that we purchased in April 2022.

Lots of changes but lots to be excited about.

Vered Meltzer • I am still representing District 2 on Appleton’s City Council, and this year I am Council Vice President. I’m also working at Fox Valley Literacy as the Program & Admin. Assistant.

I raised some monarch butterflies this summer and it was an amazing experience!

Amy B. Seeboth-Wilson and Chris Wilson • The further I am from graduation, the more I appreciate all that Lawrence did for me! I spent the last decade working in higher education, nine as UW–Platteville’s Sustainability Coordinator, building significant renewable energy, public transit, and waste minimization investments to meet student demands for accountability. Last year I joined Southwest Wisconsin Technical College as the Director of Grants where I am privileged to support the educational journeys for less traditional and undeserved students.

I serve as the President of RENEW Wisconsin and on the Prosperity Southwest WI board, and live in Platteville, WI with my husband, two sons, and our dog named Primrose.

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CLASS NOTES Lauren A. Semivan and John A. Shimo • John Shimon and I are happy to announce the birth of our son, Owen, born May 5, 2022. My work was recently included in, “With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932” at Cranbrook Art Museum, and “Claiming Space: A Century of Visionary Women” at The Museum of Wisconsin Art. Emma Sweet and Colin P. Powell • Colin and I and our four kids continue to be happy on our farm on the coast of Maine. Colin is working remotely as a software engineer for a startup out of California, and I am home with the kids, ages 4 through 12, homeschooling since the start of the pandemic and loving it. Colin lost his mom, Barb Powell, back in February, but we are otherwise very well.

Some of our favorite family activities include cooking, hiking, mushroom hunting, and reading, and we have developed an unexpected love of F1 racing in the past year as well (didn’t see that coming). We think of you all often and hope you are well.

Karina S. Zeier and Mark Zeier • This year I have been part of the launch of a new postgraduate diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Universidad ORT in Montevideo, Uruguay. The diploma is designed for teachers from around South America and taught entirely in English. We have been designing the program from the ground up and we commenced with our first group of students in April. My role is Professor of the Academic Reading and Writing Workshop. In addition to this new chapter of my professional life, I am also keeping busy as an English teacher and writer, learning golf and tennis, and exploring the hiking wonders of South America.

Jodie Primus Zellmer and Adam Zellmer • We welcomed baby girl Piper Ann Zellmer to our family on March 29, 2022. She is a happy baby who adores big brother Lukas.

2006 Dr. Bonnie E. Alger • This past spring I concluded my tour with the 1st Cavalry Division Band and moved out of Texas. My dog Maurice and I took an epic road trip halfway across the country, stopping in New Orleans, Tampa, Southern FL (Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, and Key Largo), Savannah, and Charleston, SC, before landing in Virginia Beach, where I attended Captains’ Career Course at the U.S. Army School of Music this summer. I was honored to serve as both a Co-Chair and the Alumni Choir director for our 15th Cluster Reunion in June, and excited to reconnect with so many old friends in person!

Katrina R. Elsen and Greg M. Elsen • In between COVID testing and border closures in China, Greg and I celebrated the arrival of our daughter, Harlow Anne, in February while Greg was finishing his Master’s in TESOL.

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James B. Hall and Kristen Gaylord • Kristen and I welcomed our second child, Ruby, to the family in August. I’ve transitioned to work in software development since the pandemic began, and have rediscovered disc golf, fino sherry, Lutoslawski, and municipal parks.

Rachel Gates Katkar and Ravi D. Katkar • I started a new job at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry working with internationally trained dentists. I love working with people from all over the world. It reminds me of our time at Lawrence with such a large international student population.

I am continuing to play cello and trumpet in the Hamline University orchestra as a guest musician.

Ravi Katkar is finishing his Master of Arts in Teaching at Hamline. Our son Ursino, “little bear,” is four years old and enjoys dancing, playing his plastic trombone, and building with KNEX. We were thrilled to meet up with Matt and Elena Kornis and their kids leading up to the Lawrence Reunion.

Emily A. Klavins and Robert W. Klavins ’02 • Emily started a new job as the Executive Director of Greater Hells Canyon Council, a regional conservation organization protecting, connecting, and restoring the Wallowa and Blue Mountains region in NE Oregon.

Dr. Christopher J. Kliethermes • My daughter, Lilly Parker just turned one year old. I just finished an interim role of chief of gynecology for Wayne State University/ Detroit Medical Center. Looking forward to starting a minimally invasive gynecology fellowship and am currently the ObGyn medical student director for Wayne State University School of medicine.

Joseph F. Loehnis and Evan Moss • My wife Evan Moss and I live in Madison, have two kiddos Levi (5) and Sunny (2). I am currently the CEO of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Evan is wrapping up her Ph.D. in Education at UW. Laura K. Muller • Hey there, Larry U-ers! Life keeps rolling right along. I’m currently 8.7 months pregnant and about to blow any day now (Whaaaaaa!!). You veteran parents may justifiably roll your eyes, but to us this is still new and scary.

We were convinced our cat had already provided all the training required in caring for a life form, but we’re beginning to have doubts. Send good vibes and lots of luck, please. Loveyouforeverandalways, —Laura Matthew A. Murphy and Edward Joseph Paterson Graham • We made the “big” move from Manhattan back to Brooklyn in 2020 and love it!

Edward works fully remotely as a software engineer for Fexa, a facilities management software platform. I work partially remotely as a Senior Manager in the Operations Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and also began a three-year term as president of the LUAA Board of Directors this summer. (Blossom, our 11-year-old rescue dog, works to keep us on our toes.)

Peter M. Nore and Arhia Kohlmoos • Arhia Kohlmoos and I live in Cambridge, MA. I’m a principal software engineer at Harvard Business School Online (online.hbs.edu), where I help make a custom EdTech platform. Ar is still painting (arhiakohlmoos.com) and likes writing unicorn postcards to friends and family across the globe: contact her through her website if you would like one. If you are ever in Harvard Square, let’s meet up.

Eric J. Olson • I am currently living in Hawaii and serving as a Chief Information Systems Technician for the U.S. Navy. I enjoy traveling in my RV while back on the mainland and taking photos along the way.

Lou E Perella and Laura Elise Perella • They say “with great power comes great responsibility” but they never stress that “power” is actually a family and the “responsibility” is more fiscal than ethical.

With a fast approaching 5-year-old in my clutches we find ourselves inundated with price tags for gymnastics, swimming, school, clothing, shoes, and whatever garbage Lucy wants that she saw on YouTube. Oh yeah, and we’re building a house.

NBD. It’s funny how life is full circle: to make ends meet I have resorted to solely eating ramen again.

Although, stupid inflation has now jacked the price to $0.39 a pack! But it still takes me back to my LU days in Ormsby. Maybe I’ll burn a bag of popcorn in the microwave for old time’s sake!

Andrea Mudrak Therrien and Joshua Therrien • I recently started my 16th year teaching general music in St. Charles, Illinois. My husband Josh and I have three children: Brooke (10), Peter (6), and Mallory (3), and we live in Geneva, Illinois.

Keegan White and Shannon Madden • My wife Shannon and I welcomed our second daughter, Genevieve, in January 2022. Our older daughter Eliana (2 ½) is showing her little sister the ropes and we are all living very happily on Chicago’s far southwest side. I am looking forward to seeing many of you at the 15th cluster reunion in June!

2008 Dr. David N. Abeling-Judge and Lauren AbelingJudge • David Abeling-Judge (nee: Judge), Class of 2008, was promoted to Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Barton College in North Carolina this past year. He assumes directorship of the undergraduate and graduate programs in criminology and criminal justice this fall as a tenured member of the Barton faculty. He and his wife Lauren welcomed their second child, Eleanor Kerian, last fall. She joined the family just in time for Thanksgiving. They are delighted to report that their eldest, Abigail, loves her new role as big sister, and is excited to start kindergarten shortly.

Alexander P. Cohen • I’m starting a family medicine residency in Arkansas in July.

CLASS NOTES Mallory J. Giesen • My husband Spencer and I are excited to welcome our first child in November 2022! We will be having a little girl and can’t wait to meet her!

(ages 4 and 2). When I am not busy with them, I work for Biogen as the U.S. Medical Director of MS Franchise and Interferons and Pipeline. Hope you are all staying happy and Healthy!

Teresa Hardison • Visiting Geneva next birthday.

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Elizabeth A. Winter and Matthew J. Sulentic • My husband, Matt, and I relocated to Seattle in February of 2022. I am the Director of Academic Services in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the University of Washington.

Mary Gilling Kaempen and Alexander Kaempen • We welcomed our first child, Arthur, at the end of last year.

Maria Giere Marquis and Stephen G. Marquis • Maria has recorded over 80 audiobooks including ones with Audible Studios and Penguin Random House.

Kelsey K. McNellis • I am enjoying my job as a front of house manager at La Mar Cebicheria Peruana in San Francisco. I will soon finish my Masters of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Purdue University and will graduate in December of 2022. My daughter Madolyn is healthy and thriving and just started pre-school. Eager to see what my other class mates are up to!

Drew Ryan • In 2021 I launched a Disney-focused streaming news website, DejaView News.

Alice Schoen Smoniewski and Dr. Jason C. Smoniewski ’09 • We welcomed our son Konrad to our family in August of 2020 and last year we moved near Munich, Germany for Jason’s new position at the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik.

Jennifer A. Stoner • Hello LU friends! Colorado is where I call home. I love the mountains, adventures, and new hobbies. I am excited to share Michael Hunter and I had a pandemic wedding on August 30, 2020 in a beautiful mountain venue in Colorado. On the professional side, I am entering my 12th year in education as a school psychologist under the role of the Director of Mental Health in STRIVE Prep Schools in Denver.

Emily A. Vieyra and Mike Vieyra • My husband and I are converting a duplex into a single family house so we can gain more space but stay in our beloved Milwaukee neighborhood. Our daughter turned three in June and starts K3 (pre-kindergarten) in September. I’ve been at my job for 10 years and enjoy the ease that comes with knowing a workplace inside and out—while I also find new ways to be challenged and grow. This summer I ran my first half marathon and am eager for the next!

Dr. Megan C. Vignos and Joseph Robert Vignos Hello Class of ’08—Megan (Hendrickson) Vignos here with a long over due update. Like many of you I have been busy since leaving Lawrence. I went onto grad school for my Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology with an emphasis in Neuroscience. I got married and have 2 children

2010 Murtaza E. Amiryar • It’s been a decade full of fulfillment for me since I graduated from Lawrence in 2010. I have extensively contributed to international development in South Asia in the banking and consulting industries through designing and implementing over a 100 projects.

I have also built and exited two successful companies, including a business magazine— BusinessDNA—in Afghanistan. I currently run a consulting firm between the U.S. and South Asia that focuses on development of small businesses through management consulting, digital technology adoption, and market development.

Lawrence’s impact on my capabilities has been undeniably significant. Thank you LU! Justin E. Berkowitz • During the 2022–23 season, Justin appears with Haymarket Opera Company in L’incoronazione di Poppea, and returns to Chicago Opera Theater’s mainstage for performances of Albert Herring and the staged premiere of The Life and Death(s) of Alan Turing. Additionally, he looks forward to a few recital and oratorio performances in the Chicagoland area and throughout the country. In addition to his performing, Justin was recently named the Executive Director of the William Ferris Chorale—Chicago’s premiere professional chorale organization focusing on the works of living composers. To learn more about the William Ferris Chorale, visit their website: www.williamferrischorale.org Bradley J. Camp and Mary Camp • Mary and I welcomed our third son Oscar into the world back in April. Life is good up here in the Northwoods.

Nathan E. Lane • Hi friends, It’s been a long time, but Lawrence is in my thoughts recently as I am rounding the bases on an important career transition and I am finding myself thanking my lucky stars for the education and experiences I had at school. After 10 years of trombone playing, making art and causing trouble in Latin America, I’m coming home to roost, trying to reinvent myself as a technology worker, a UX Researcher, in fact. It turns out that those of us with a checkered history in anthropology may qualify for the post and I’m very grateful to been allowed to have done digital anthropology at Lawrence back when such a thing was nearly unheard of. I would love to get in touch on social media!

Melody J. Moberg • I completed my Master of Divinity degree from Seattle University in June 2022. My husband and I bought a house in Chicago! I’m so glad I cut out all that avocado toast! ;-) Dita A. O’Boyle and Michael W. O’Boyle • Mike and I have had a big year! We have expanded our family to include Lydia Parula O’Boyle on Sept. 15 2021. With our addition we moved our family to WI to be closer to family in April. Mike is flourishing as a sturgeon habitat biologist in Oshkosh while I am enjoying raising our two daughters. We look forward to re-connecting to the Lawrence Community.

Dr. April L. Peterson • I earned my Ph.D. in genetics from UW–Madison and plan to start a career connected to reproductive justice and abolition.

Molly J. Preston • I am currently in post production on my first feature film as the writer & director.

We filmed in the summer of 2021 in Appleton and surrounding towns in the Fox Valley. It was wonderful being back in Wisconsin! The film is called Freedom, WI and should be entering the festival circuit in late 2022 / early 2023.

Margaret J. Rogers ’10 and Ryan Rogers • Margaret and her husband Ryan are thrilled to be welcoming their sixth child this fall! Margaret loves being a stay-at-home mom, and Ryan loves serving their parish as a licensed mental health counselor. The Rogers are having a blast growing in their Catholic faith, living minutes from the Emerald Coast, and homeschooling their awesome kids. Plato isn’t on the curriculum yet, but it will be soon!

Lindsay Rachel Schwartz Miiller • Lindsay and her husband Glenn welcomed Hazel Juliet Miiller in April of 2021. It’s been a joy to watch her grow and learn! She’s already obsessed with the cello, so hopefully a future Lawrentian in the making.

Lindsay will be starting her 12th year teaching middle school orchestra in West Fargo, ND. Her first student to attend Lawrence, Matthew Jahnke ’22, is doing his student teaching in orchestra this fall. It has been so cool to pass on the Lawrence torch to her former students. Lindsay continues to conduct the middle group of the Fargo-Moorhead Area Youth Symphonies and play cello in the FargoMoorhead Symphony Orchestra.

April J. Verser • I am entering my third year as a DMA student at Boston University; intending to graduate with a degree in Bassoon Performance in May 2023. I still hold my position as Camp Director with MathPath, a summer program for students who demonstrate high interest in mathematics (www.mathpath.org), and I write math contest problems for various contests, most notably the American Regional Mathematics League (ARML).

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CLASS NOTES 2012 Dr. Cameron D. Blegen and Dr. Maggie Barnes • We welcomed our second child, another boy, on 9/14/2021—Jay Walter Blegen.

Katelin Richter Davis ’12 and David A. Davis ’11 • Katelin Richter Davis is now Director of Development for American Public Media.

Katherine A. Duncan-Welke • I am continuing to pursue transitioning full-time into an iOS developer role, after a few years of independent and open source app development with Swift, and am interested in connecting with individuals who might be looking to fill such a position. If you or someone you know is looking for an iOS developer, I can be reached at kduncanwelke@gmail.com!

Bethany J. Folk-Middlebrook • I’ve landed in Nashville where I am working as a Medical Laboratory Scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s main lab. I’ve just started setting up a rehearsal and recording space in my Music City apartment: when in Nashville … learn to fiddle. My 10 year old pawed pal, Banjo, is ready to fill out the band.

Alison Jordan Heine and Jerry Heine • We welcomed our son Quentin Zachary on February 1.

Samuel R. Lewin and Tiffany Huang • I’m happily living in Philadelphia with my partner and two dogs. I spend a lot of time riding my bike, whining about local politics, and making it easier for people to apply for food benefits. Still very into jazz and improvised music. If you pass through, live in Philly, or want to play music, let me know!

Margaret S. Lupton and David Nauhiemer • On July 14 Maggie Lupton and her husband Dave Nauheimer welcomed their first child James Patrick Lupton Nauheimer. Maggie can’t wait to tell him all about Lawrence and Appleton!

Valerie R. Nelson-Ray and Caleb E. Ray • I graduated with my Executive MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business in May of 2022. Along with my husband Caleb, fellow Lawrentian and Class of 2012, I moved to Denver after Caleb graduated with his dual degree of a JD and Master of Global Policy Studies from UT–Austin in May of 2021. We welcome other Lawrentians to come hiking with us in Denver, along with our rescue pups and three-year-old daughter, Sigrid!

Neel Pate and Anna K. Jankowski • Neel Patel and Anna Jankowski just moved back to Portland, Oregon after a wonderful year in San Francisco (so Neel could complete his radiology training).

Neel is starting a job as an attending radiologist and assistant professor of diagnostic radiology at OHSU and Anna will be working as a women’s health nurse. We look forward to rediscovering Portland and the Pacific Northwest.

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Samantha Nimmer Puckett and Derek Puckett • This October, my husband and I are expecting our first child—a baby boy! I am entering my seventh year teaching at Freedom High School and fourth year as our Varsity Volleyball Coach. Our goal is to teach and coach up to delivery. Our fur baby, a 3-year-old corgi named Leroy (after Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler), is excited to be promoted to “Big Brother”. We are all excited for the major changes the rest of this year is going to bring!

Johnathan R. Vanko • J.R. Vanko and his Fiancé Josh Tomaszewski reside in Royal Oak MI, with their two fur babies Westley and Milla. The pair are currently planning their wedding for Fall of 2022.

Recently, J.R. accepted a role as the Marketing and eCommerce Manager at Elite Sportwear, the company that makes the gymnastics apparel for the U.S. Olympic Team.

Adam E. Readinger and Nicole Finnegan • I married Nicole Finnegan in September 2021, in St. Paul MN, where we live happily with our pup Raven.

Amelia K. Anderson • After living in Chicago for five years, I returned to the Fox Valley in May of 2022 to pursue a new career path at EAA in Oshkosh!

I’m now working in their Publications Department as their Production Coordinator. I am absolutely loving the shift from Museum work (big shout out to my B.A. & M.A. in Art History) to Publications where I get the opportunity to learn a new skill (starting the journey of getting my pilot certificate) and working with people who love what they do!

Margaret H. Schmidt and Reba Velky • Maggie Schmidt started a new position as a Supervising Attorney in the Healthy Together Program at Children’s Law Center in D.C. the Health Together Program is a Medical Legal Partnership that serves families to meet their child’s health needs through legal advocacy. Maggie is excited to use her JD and MPH in this new position. She continues to love living in D.C. and serving on the LUAA Board of Directors.

Ariana Flood Thelen and Tim Thelen • Ariana and her husband Timothy welcomed a daughter Cassandra Kay Thelen in August 2021. Ariana has taken time to reduce her work as a therapist and enjoy being a full-time Mamma, and is very much enjoying it. Ariana still lives near Ann Arbor Michigan, and is looking forward to exploring the area now with fresh eyes and getting back into kid things!

Carolyn R. Tomecek and David G. Christensen • My husband, Dave, and I continue to reside in the western Chicago suburbs where I also teach high school English. In 2021, we enjoyed postponed travels to Hawaii, Greece, and Egypt. I also continue to play violin and run my Chasing the Taste food/travel Instagram for fun. After receiving my MA from Northwestern in English Literature (my thesis was on Proust), I have also continued to take grad classes for professional development.

Most notably, we are expecting our first child in September 2022. We look forward to embarking on this new adventure!

Deana E. Zehren • I have accepted a new job.

Starting in September I will be an English-language multidisciplinary teacher in a private bilingual school in Nice, France. I have been living in the south of France for the last six years.

2013 Cea Stapleton Cordasco and Ian Stapleton Cordasco • Cea & Ian Stapleton Cordasco welcomed their son, Ludovico, in March 2022.

They’re loving life as a family of four (with their pup, Khoshekh), and happy to still be working remote for tech companies from Madison, WI.

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Anna Buchholz Bagiackas and Tom Bagiackas • Greetings! After almost four great years living and working in Germany, Tom Bagiackas and I are returning to the States and are en route to Rapid City, South Dakota, with the U.S. Air Force.

We’re looking forward to the hiking and outdoor exploring that South Dakota has to offer. I rejoined Arts Midwest as the Board & Leadership Liaison and look forward to diving back into the arts scene in the Midwest. Don’t be a stranger if you find yourself in the area and hope you are all well!

Emma R. Brayndick • Michael Friend and I are getting married in October! We met at Lawrence in the swing dance club, and remained friends throughout school and then started dating a couple years after graduation. Mike proposed by carving “Will You Marry Me” on a jack-o-lantern in October of 2020, and two years later we are officially getting married!

Madeline L. Bunke • I recently achieved two very disparate career milestones—appearing on NBC’s Chicago Med and starting a new job as an editor for the long-windedly titled National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME).

Someday I hope to finish the variety of creative writing projects I started during the pandemic.

Come say hi if you’re ever in Chicago!

Thomas H. Chesnutt • Henry moved back to hometown of Encinitas, CA some years ago. Still gainfully employed as a software engineer despite many unsuccessful attempts at becoming lost at sea on a sailboat. Good luck Henry, we know you can do it!

Maire A. Clement ’14 and David I. Harrison • Maire Clement and Davey Harrison welcomed their baby boy Alasdair into the world this past year. Then in July they went into the recording studio again as the duo “The Boston Imposters.”

They are very excited to release their second album in the coming months. More info at TheBostonImposters.com.

CLASS NOTES Catherine M. DeMets and Rudy Molinek • After two years of pandemic postponement, Rudy Molinek (Carleton College) and I finally celebrated our wedding this June in Spring Green, WI, including with several Lawrence friends and family members! Now in my third year of a Ph.D. at UW–Madison, I am enjoying my work in sustainable and just food systems and carving out time to perfect homemade gelato and play with our two basically feral dogs. Sending my best wishes into the Lawrence universe!

Rachel M. Doughty and Patrick J. Doughty • I am finishing up my second year as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the LU Chemistry Department and have accepted a job teaching at the University of Minnesota Rochester. Patrick and I will be moving to Minnesota this August with our two cats, Cashmere and Cinnamon. Patrick has spent the time in Appleton as a brewer at McFleshman’s Brewing Company and is looking forward to the adventure ahead!

Pablo A. Galvan Tello • Alive and well. Hit me up if you are in LA. Meghan G. Keenan and Antonio Washington • The past year has been a busy one. I married Antonio Washington in July. We bought our first house a year ago in Robbinsdale, MN and have a full house with a cat and two young Labradors. This year will be my fifth year teaching at Hiawatha Academies in Minneapolis.

Anna C. Ratliff ’14 and Graham H. Jones ’15 • Anna Ratliff and Graham Jones were married October 16, 2021. We met on Lawrence’s campus in the Fall of 2011 since we were both on Track & Field together!

McKenzie A. Saunders and Jake Saunders • Hello!

My husband Jake and I now reside in Rhode Island, we both are working in higher education at Rhode Island College and Brown University. In January of 2021 we welcomed our son Ciaran who is now 18 months old and the absolute funniest most engaging guy I know. We are also excited to be welcoming a daughter in January of 2023.

—McKenzie Carla A. Schmidt • After Lawrence, I completed service in the US Peace Corps. I was assigned to Jamaica as a Primary Literacy Advisor. Returning from Peace Corps service, I worked as an EMT and pursued PA school. I attended the Wayne State University PA program in Detroit. Recently after graduating, I moved to Boston and am now working at Tufts Medical Center as a Physician Assistant in Primary Care.

Kajsa S. Schneider • Lots of changes this year! My partner, Kevin, and I recently got engaged and are looking forward to a downtown Denver wedding next July. I am excited to be starting my 8th year as the 5–12th grade string teacher at a public charter school outside Boulder, CO and training to become its performing arts department chair

while finishing my Masters in Music Education at CU–Boulder. In addition, after a lengthy battle with the local housing market, we just purchased our first home in our dream neighborhood and look forward to many beers on our patio with our dog, Banjo.

Kevin M. Specht and Elena Specht • This summer, I had my first annual training with the Michigan Army National Guard Band. We played for ceremonies, concerts, farmers markets and a professional baseball game and traveled throughout the state. I attended the Carnegie Hall Music Educators Workshop for the second time, worked as low brass instructor at the Fowlerville High School Marching Band Camp, and ran the marching band camp at Concord High School, where I teach. This was my first summer since 2019 that wasn’t spent away from home all summer for Army training, so it was a delight to spend extra time with my wife, Elena; my daughter, Brianna; and my dog, Tucker.

Schuyler T. Thornton • I am thrilled to share that I’ve joined the orchestra of North American Broadway tour of Les Misérables as flutist! I hope to catch many of you on the road over the next year.

When not at the barricade, you can still find me in NYC! I’m on the faculty at Muhlenberg College as Lecturer of Flute & Director of Flute Ensemble, and maintain NYC as my home base. I’m enjoying my time on the LUAA Board and serving as Co-Chair of the Awards Committee.

Chiao-Yu Tuan • I have been in the San Francisco Bay Area since graduation, working in the tech industry as a software engineer. I have been trying to start a regional club in the area to stay connected with alumni. If you are interested in participating, please reach out!

Kirsten T. Wasilczuk and Steven M. Wasilczuk • Steve and Kirsten Wasilczuk have successfully survived into their 30s.

2016 Zach M. Ben-Amots • Quit my job. Spent three months in Panama and Brazil. Moved in with my grandparents. Got some documentary work in NYC. Going home to Colorado for a while.

Amber E. Bochte • I recently received a promotion and a now the General Manager of Developmental Dance and the Ballet Conservatory in Brookfield Wisconsin. I will be overseeing general dance classes, ballet training and full scale youth productions (Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, etc).

Angela E. Butler • Currently, I am teaching IB-MYP and IB-DP English Language & Literature in West Jakarta, Indonesia. I am in my second year now and it has been wonderful!

Daniel P. Card • Hello, I hope all is well. I’ve been working for VICE for the past five years. During this time, I’ve been promoted from an Assistant Video Editor to a Digital Video Editor for our new department, VICE World News. The pieces that I’ve created been part of have gone all over the internet, most can be viewed on YouTube. Recently, my team and I won a Peabody and GLAAD awards for our Docuseries Transnational, a series about the struggles of the trangender community all around the world. On the side, I was freelance editing for a feature films called Poets Are The Destroyers, The Molok, and Stop-Motion.

Gabriel A. Chapman • Currently living in Milwaukee, WI with Emma Wandro ’15 while she completes her residency in Emergency Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. I wrapped up a Masters in Public Administration from Drake University in 2020, and will be celebrating five years working on the Prospect Management team at the Iowa State University Foundation in September. We have been enjoying walks through Lake Park, exploring local restaurants and breweries, and spending time with fellow Lawrentians.

Alexandra W. Damisch ’16 and John M. O’Neill ’18 • Alexandra Damisch “re-married” John O’Neill on September 5, 2021 at her childhood parish of Saints Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in Glenview, IL with a reception at the Chicago Cultural Center. We had a civil ceremony on September 6, 2020, our original date. And nobody got COVID either time! We live in Wicker Park, Chicago, with our two cats. I (Alex) am a Senior Data Scientist at Doximity. Despite my firm belief that I would never, ever use either my Instrumental Pedagogy or Conducting classes, which I always felt awkward doing, I somehow became Assistant (to the?) Choir Director at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Ukranian Village, the oldest Orthodox church in Chicago.

Galen W. Dods • I have once again graduated from university (though this time was far less fun than the LU one). I finished my MA in bioethics and science policy at Duke, and I recently started at BioMADE (a public-private partnership that is scaling up biomanufacturing in the U.S.).

In the interim, I enjoyed the unemployed life and attempted to decompress from my second academic peregrination. I’ll be moving to the Bay Area or Twin Cities soon and am looking forward to leaving the sweltering South.

William O. Fraser • I am moving to London in the fall to pursue an MA in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University.

Jaime Gonzalez • This summer I made a big life decision and moved to Houston, TX! I still work for LU, but now as a regional admissions counselor.

I’ve also moved into a new apartment with the current love of my life, Hitkarsh Kumar ’18, where we co-parent a super hyper cattle dog named

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Sydnie. I’m enjoying the 90° weather, and we love post-cards, so send us one and we’ll send you one back!

Marcus Glomset, Kaleb Cooperman, Vahaken Mouradian At the Washington Nationals stadium in Washington, D.C.

Paul J. Gutmann • In May of 2022, I earned my M.Mus degree in Opera Performance from Oklahoma City University. I now live back home in the Twin Cities, where I plan to live for the next few years. During this time, I aim to audition for regional and national productions in opera and musical theater, audition for resident artist programs, and gain experience teaching voice, with the goal of eventually moving to New York City. Upcoming projects include two production in Minnesota Opera’s 2022–2023 season, including the world premiere of Paola Prestini’s opera Edward Tulane.

Jonathan P. Hanrahan • Sarah Axtell ’17 and I finally made our move from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh’s North Side, where we have since adopted our beloved Mokey Dog and become co-managers of the neighborhood garden. I’ve traded in my public radio credentials for a spot on the line at Appalachia’s best vegan Polish restaurant, Apteka.

I have more time now for my civic interests, and have joined the boards of our neighborhood organization and our local historical society. Ask me about my e–cargo bike.

Abigail C. Hindson • Hi everyone! I hope you are all well. My biggest update is that this past June I packed up my little blue car and road-tripped across the country to move to San Jose, CA with my partner. I’m starting a new job doing food systems advocacy at a small non-profit called Veggielution. I adopted a kitten, Noodle, and I still have my food-crazed cat Clover. This summer I got to have adventures with Aiden Campbell ’16, Taylor Jamison ’16, and Lena Bixby ’16 that included camping, tubing, gardening, and celebrating love.

Hoping to find some folks to play fiddle with here if you have any ideas! Please do a random act of kindness after you read this and don’t forget to vote! —Love, Abigail Abigail M. LaBrant • After five years in Western NY, my partner and I decided we were ready for a change and moved across the country to Sunny LA! I am still working in research and analytics with Edelman DXI, leading earned measurement for the Starbucks account. My partner took a new job with Riot Games to help build their social analytics team. In the near future, we are looking forward to adopting a dog to adventure with us across the west coast.

Tara C. Marmon • I have been working as an assistant manager at the Historic Vogue Theatre, a nonprofit movie theatre staffed mostly by volunteers.

Charles G. Martin • I am now in the second year of my Master of Divinity program at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., preparing for ordination in the Episcopal Church. This summer, I traveled to the UK with our Schola Cantorum to sing two week-long choral residencies at St. Mary’s Cathedral (Edinburgh) and Westminster Abbey (London).

Zachary P. Martin • Life after Lawrence continues to be an adventure in Minneapolis, MN. Here in the Twin Cities, I’ve managed to find a healthy balance between my personal and professional life. Professionally I just hit my six-year anniversary of working at UnitedHealth Group. I am currently working as a Sr. Product Manager on an innovation team. There is no shortage of problems in the healthcare space, so I plan on continuing to work in healthcare for the foreseeable future.

On the personal front, my focus recently has been on fitness and pushing the envelope. This year I summited my first ever 14K foot mountain (Mt. Bierstadt) and completed a century ride (100-mile bike ride). Here’s to many more adventures!

Joshua M. Moran • Rachel Spielvogel ’16 and I are finally engaged and are getting married next year.

We both currently work at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where Rachel is a PACU nurse and I am completing my internal medicine residency.

Erika S. Roedl and David Spenger • Got married to certified goofball David Spenger in July, so happy Rachel Feltes ’16 could be there! Otherwise, still working on ending capitalism with the International Marxist Tendency (srev.org).

Hannah G. Shryer • I started a new job at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain at the University of Minnesota. I got a puppy named Scout this winter and am spending time weaving on my rigid heddle loom, learning to mountain bike, and camping.

Wesley S. Varughese • I continue to live abroad in Dubai for work, and will be getting married next summer in Chicago. Shoot me a note if you find yourself traveling in the Middle East!

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Alek J. Wasserman • After four years of public school music teaching, I decided I needed a new direction so I opened my own piano lesson studio, Triad Music Academy. It was a big leap, but things are looking pretty good so far! I am fortunate to have been able to move downtown so now I can enjoy more of what Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has to offer. In other fortunate news, with the pandemic winding down (hopefully), the 440th Army Band is seeing more performances.

This summer for Annual Training, I got to go to the beach for the first time. Playing a gig on a Revolutionary War base was something else!

Xue Yan • After six years of working in higher education, I will start pursuing a M.S.Ed degree at the University of Pennsylvania this fall. My husband and I are excited about moving to Philadelphia with our cat, Arthur!

2017 Rachel M. Gregory • Last year I accepted a position as a Sr. Marketing Analyst at Expedia Group, which has brought me back to my hometown in the Dallas area. Coincidentally that same week my now-fiancé, Stephen, proposed at Peninsula State Park in Door County. We will marry in September 2023 in Dallas. Since moving we—like many others—adopted a cat, and after a long hiatus (due to obvious reasons), I am back in the pool, swimming Masters with my dad.

Shaye N. Swanson • After earning my masters from CSULB in 2019, I have been actively composing. Some of the films I have scored include Faith Alone which premiered at multiple international films festivals including Translations Film Festival and KCET’s Fine Cut (2019 & 2020), Road to 50 Miles which won an honorary award at Hollywood Screenings Film Festival (2021), and Self which was selected for SF Indie Fest (2022). I was an artist resident at Dartmouth College where I workshopped my opera Interior, based on the play Intérieur, by Maurice Maeterlinck. I currently work at Kraft-Engel Management, an agency that represents the most prestigious film composers such as Danny Elfman and Alexandre Desplat.

Join other Lawrentians as we explore the world 2018 Emma M. Arnesen • This October will mark three years of living in D.C. working for my Congressman. I moved to a new apartment in Navy Yard this summer and have enjoyed more outdoor dining, museum re-openings, a Capitol Hill book club, and my frequent walks to the U.S. Botanic Gardens. Working in the federal government is never boring, and even now I continue to meet really interesting people! For those of you from the Chicagoland area: I set up a meeting for my boss and The Weatherman, Tom Skilling!

Emmylou T. de Meij • Hi everyone! I’m currently living in my beautiful hometown of Bozeman, MT with my partner. I work at a fintech and am also currently enrolled in a very intensive cybersecurity bootcamp that should finish around the end of this year! It’s definitely stretching my brain a lot, but it’s great to be back in school learning away. Cyber has been a dream for a while now! Outside of work and school, I’ve taken up rock climbing, play piano and sing in a local band, ski, and hike.

Helena Dryjanski • I recently began transitioning and am no longer Elliott, but actually Helena Dryjanski! I’ve been on hormones for a little over two years and couldn’t be happier with my new life.

I miss Lawrence dearly and look back on my years fondly!

Hannah F. Gjertson • I started a new job working in healthcare consulting. Other than the usual mid20s crises, nothing else to report this year. Hope you all are well.

Rachel J. Goldstein • In late February, I began a full time job working for Center For Discovery in Glenview, Illinois. It is a residential Eating Disorder facility for gender-non conforming and girls of adolescent age (11–21). I am a mental health counselor.

Tahsin I. Huq • Dear Lawrentians, Hope all of you are doing well. I am happy to share that after completing my doctoral degree in Financial Economics, I have accepted a position as Assistant Professor in Finance at Eastern Kentucky University. I hope to see you all at the reunion! Till then take care! —Your Friend, Tahsin Ellen R. Jacobson and Corwin Bryce Webster • I’ve moved back to Appleton and am getting married to Corwin Webster this September.

Hitkarsh Kumar • I’m in the fourth year of my Ph.D. program at Rice University, and I just passed my qualifying exam! My dog, Sydnie, turned two in May 2022. I’m dating Jaime Gonzalez ’16, and we just moved in together earlier this year. It’s by far the best thing to have happened to me in the longest time. Every Sunday Jaime and I try out and rate a new pizza place in Houston.

P.S. Send us mail, we love mail!

Join us for one or more of Björklunden’s sponsored alumni trips in 2023. They include: • Roaming Coastal Maine, July 18–24 • Cruising the Danube to the Black Sea, Oct. 10–23 • Australia's Outback to New Zealand's South Island, Dec. 27–Jan. 15, 2024 Also, watch for information on a trip to Northern Scotland Sept. 18–26 that will focus on the fascinating geology of the region.

Find information on these trips at www.lawrence.edu/bjorklunden/ seminars-trips/sponsored-trips

Amanda M. Leonard • Almost a year ago I began a new role within recruiting programs at Gartner.

Since then, I’ve worked with colleagues across the globe optimizing resources and growing as a professional. Other than that, I’ve been exploring all the best hiking trails in my area and celebrating family and friends’ weddings. After three years of living in Connecticut, it finally feels like home.

John M. O’Neill ’18 and Alexandra W. Damisch ’16 • John O’Neill and Alexandra Damisch were married at Sts. Peter and Paul Greek Orthodox Church in September of 2021. Alex is a Senior Data Scientist with Doximity, and John is currently pursuing licensure to teach high school in Illinois. John and Alex recently returned from a long-awaited honeymoon to Greece and the Republic of Georgia, and happily live in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood.

Christian J. Rasmussen • Much like my hero and confidant Naomi Oster, I am not pregnant, or married! Instead, I spend my days walking dogs and pet sitting and playing music with my band ʻThe Immaculate Beings’ in and around the Twin Cities! Not a day goes by where I don’t hear the voice of Oppenheimer in my head saying “now I am become death, destroyer of worlds”. Thanks Larry U! Emily M. Stanislawski • Last November, I made a big leap to the East Coast to take a job at a small STEM Education nonprofit in northern New Hampshire. Through a partnership with Tufts University and the LEGO Foundation, I work to integrate more playful engineering-based learning into classrooms across northern New Hampshire and Vermont. It has been the perfect blend of science and education and play! Outside of work, I have been loving exploring a new area, seeing some moose, and learning all sorts of new things.

I am in shock that we are coming up on five (!) years since graduation. Wishing you all the best! :)

CLASS NOTES 2019 Emily R. Hill • I am engaged to Will Criste ’17.

2020 Britt Beermann • I am pursuing my master’s degree in Library Sciences at UW–Madison in September of 2022.

Adrian R. Birge • This fall I’m starting a Ph.D. program in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois in Urbana–Champaign! I’ll be fabricating semiconductors with the hopes to apply my work to solar cell research.

Danielle J. Dixon and Tyler Yager • I am getting married on 08/20/2022 to my high school sweetheart, Tyler Yager. We bought a house last December in Combined Locks, WI. Also, I am now a teacher and will be teaching first grade at St. Clare in Wrightstown! Hope everyone is doing well!!!

Dora Dujmic • Hi everyone! After graduation from Lawrence I decided to take a gap year but now I’m attending Tulane University School of Medicine.

New Orleans is a super fun place and I’m happy to be getting my MD here. I hope everyone is doing so well!

Quinn M. Fisher • I’m currently working on a political campaign for Illinois State Senator Ann Gillespie in District 27, which is the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Senator Gillespie is a democrat incumbent and I’m working to get her reelected. After the election is over I will be seeking future opportunities in politics/government.

Christopher J. Follina • Myself and Carly Beyer ’21 are getting married in October!

Jasaad M. Graves • I am currently working as an educator with emphasis on special education in my hometown of Columbus, GA. In addition to my work, I also coach high school football and wrestling. I also have started graduate school and expect to graduate in 2023 with my master’s in animation.

Georgia R. Greenberg • Georgia Greenberg has accepted her first teaching job in her hometown of Chicago, IL! She will be teaching fourth grade at Cardenas Elementary this fall and could not be more excited. She wants to thank and appreciate all her Lawrence professors, but especially those in the Education department, as well as her mentor, Stephanie Burdick-Shepherd.

Hannah R. Hayat and Ama Duru • After majoring in Studio Art and pursuing my teaching certification at Lawrence, I am beyond excited to be starting a new position teaching Elementary Art at KIPP Excelencia in the Bay Area this fall after completing my student teaching this past year. I look forward to having my own classroom and sharing my

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passion for art in a new place. I will continue to implement integrated, differentiated, and bilingual instruction in my lessons, while also focusing on multiculturalism given the diverse student body of my school. I look forward to fostering a community in my classroom. I genuinely believe that education is one of the most effective ways to make change in our society!

Mara S. Kissinger and Jessica A. Robyns ’19 • I am officially married to Jessica Robyns! We bought a house with a big backyard in a small town next to Madison. I’ve started a job at a new vet clinic where I love my coworkers and my boss. We’ve also fostered and adopted out four dogs to happy homes. Looking forward to everything to come!

Esmeralda Liz • Getting my masters in animation, living in Chicago, working at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine under some brilliant Nephrologists. Still working on getting out of the COVID madness—hope everyone is healthy and thriving!

Cynfor C. Lu • Hey everyone! Was so good to see so many of you in June! I’m still in Chicago, though in a different neighborhood now, and was recently promoted to Senior Research Analyst at my job. I have re-fallen in love with cooking and am attempting to get back into playing music. Hope everyone is doing well!

Our family has a strong liberal arts bias. Debby and I loved our Lawrence experience. We feel our life path was set as we were challenged by the rigors of a Lawrence education. Our children have all felt a similar connection to liberal arts institutions around the country. We are grateful as parents for the preparation our children have had in the liberal arts academic environment to launch their careers and lives as successful adults. As a family, we have made the decision to create the Fox Family Scholarship at Lawrence to benefit those students in need so that they too might have the opportunity to learn, grow and launch into successful adulthood. Legacy giving has afforded us the opportunity to Pay it Forward in this way and for that we are grateful.

—Debby Burns Fox ’73 and Jeff Fox ’72 Join Debby and Jeff in the Lawrence-Downer Legacy Circle.

Visit legacygiving.lawrence.edu to learn more.

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Maria Poimenidou • Hey everyone! It was great to be back on campus for our graduation and can’t wait for our next reunion. I am currently in Milwaukee starting my second year at Medical College of Wisconsin and preparing for a big qualifying exam in November. I took a couple of weeks off in July to visit my family in Greece and it was much fun! If anyone is in the area, let me know, I would love to hangout!!

Ora R. Raymond • Hi, I hope everybody has been doing well over the past year! Can you believe it’s already been a year since we’ve graduated? As an update, this past year I have been working at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Dermatology Department as a clinical research fellow. My research and time in clinic focuses on patients with alopecia or hair loss.

I hope to see you all soon at our next reunion! :) Please do not hesitate to reach out if you’re thinking about moving to Minneapolis and would like some advice or would like to go for a walk around the lake!

Jesus Sanchez • During reunion, I had to wear a boot and walk with a cane due to getting emergency surgery in May. I am happy to say that I am now no longer required to use both just physical therapy everyday. Career wise, I am now a licensed SUD counselor supporting students at multiple school sites and hosting re-entry programs for adolescents every week. If you are interested in working as a counselor in the Bay Area reach out to me via LinkedIn or Viking Connect.

Maria L. Santos and Alan Mueller • This year has been an exciting one for me! I got married on May 22, 2022 to Alan Mueller, and this August I start my new piano teaching job at Concordia Music Conservatory in Missouri.

Shelby L. Siebers • I am working at the Appleton Area School District as a Cultural Advisor for Native American high school students. This job aligns with my passion of supporting Native American youth in helping them reach their full potential. My students fuel my fire and purpose of giving back to a program that significantly helped me in my development growing up. I am able to raise awareness for Native American culture and history within the Appleton Area School District. Seeing my students and families enjoy all the opportunities put on in the district is something that will never get old.

Natasha L. Statz • Hi everyone!

This last year has consisted of various activities with the “regraduation” for the Class of 2020 being a great addition this past June. I recently finished my fifth term of grad school and will be starting my final term at the end of August, so I will have my Master’s in Forensic Psychology by Halloween!

In other news, I was able to see Elton John in concert the first weekend of August at Soldier Field in Chicago with my brother’s girlfriend, Kiara and it was the best experience. Super thankful for being able to watch such an incredible artist in person. I’m looking forward to attending some LU

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football games this fall and hope to see some familiar faces there!

Phuong Anh Vu • It’s been two years since our Class of 2020 graduation and there have probably been lots of ups and downs for all of us. After graduation, I interned for a sustainable transport project at GIZ—a German development aid agency and then became a staff for a climate and energy program at FES—a German political foundation although I have no command of German language.

Those experiences have profoundly motivated me to pursue a career path in climate and energy.

I’m heading for Finland this Fall for my master’s degree program in Environmental Policy and Law at the University of Eastern Finland with the Finland Scholarship. So hit me up if you visit Finland!

gardening assistant for Inspiration Corporation.

I truly enjoyed my time this summer and I look forward to moving to Madison in September.

Leena M. Meyers • This year, I had two of my photographs selected for the Wisconsin Photography 2022 exhibition, put on by the Racine Art Museum’s Wustum Museum! This exhibition runs every two years and gathers photography from all over the state, running from August 31 through November 26, 2022. As my first post-grad professional museum group exhibition, and it’s a standout accomplishment for me.

Rachel C. Michtom • I’ve moved to Boston to pursue a Masters of Music in Music Education at Longy School of Music!

Emilia A. Jackson • I am excited to announce that I will be beginning a new position as a band director this fall with the Almond-Bancroft PK–12 School!

Justin H. Sankey • Since graduation this spring, I have moved to Rhode Island, and I will be starting graduate school at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography with a goal of obtaining a Ph.D. in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry and a Masters in Marine Affairs.

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Kelsi J. Bryant • Since graduation in June 2022, I spent a few months working as staff at Lawrence University. I worked under Chris Clarke, and the experience was amazing. Directly following my time at Lawrence University, I moved to Baton Rouge. I currently work as a Graduate Residential Coordinator at Louisiana State University and will begin my masters program on Monday 8/21.

Adam E. Readinger ’12 and Nicole Finnegan, St. Paul, MN, September 1, 2021

Elizabeth Sorensen Camara ’15 and Ousmane Camara, Faribault, MN, May 31, 2021

David N. Abeling-Judge ’08 and Lauren, Wilson, North Carolina, a daughter, Eleanor Kerian, November 23, 2021

Ben Dweh • Looking for a job.

Umer Amer ’19 and Namra Umer, Lahore, Pakistan, February 5, 2022

Mary Gilling Kaempen ’08 and Alexander, Palatine, Illinois, a son, Arthur Maurice, December 22, 2021

Danielle J. Dixon ’20 and Tyler Yager, Combined Locks, WI, August 20, 2022

Nathan P. Litt ’08 and Bekka, Appleton, Wisconsin, a son, Nels Paxton, July 28, 2022

Maria L. Santos ’20 and Alan Mueller, Princeton, NJ, May 22, 2022

Dita Rowley O'Boyle ’10 and Michael ’10, Neenah, Wisconsin, a daughter, Lydia Parula, September 15, 2021

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Ryan Paul Erdmann • Hello everyone!

After graduation at Lawrence, I am happy to share that I have been continuing teaching private music lessons throughout the summer whilst staying involved in the gigging community, making music with people I care about. I have also been preparing for my upcoming student teaching placements this fall. I look forward to this amazing opportunity and for what is to come in the future.

Lauren R. Kelly • I am working as a National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) intern at the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum in Washington, D.C. I am enjoying giving building tours of the New Deal era murals and learning hands-on from the museum staff!

Sara M. Klemme • I have accepted a throws coach Graduate Assistant Position at UW–Parkside. At UW–Parkside I am studying to get my masters in Sports Management.

Dylan S. McMurray • Since graduation, I have been working at the not-for-profit Inspiration Corporation this past summer. This was possible through a connection with alumni Hallie Witmer.

Due to my discovered love of outdoor work and gardening through my research with Professor Del Toro at Lawrence, I have been working as a

Catherine M. DeMets ’14 and Rudy Molinek, Madison, WI, June 1, 2022

Nathan Heffel, Beth Zinsli, and Timothy Anne Burnside attending the football game at Blue and White Homecoming Weekend.

Katrina Schuster Elsen ’06 and Greg, Pittsville, Wisconsin, a daughter, Harlow Anne, February 20, 2022 Joseph F. Loehnis ’06 and Evan Moss, Madison, Wisconsin, a son, Dell Wonder, October 10, 2022

BIRTHS AND ADOPTIONS

Lindsay Rachel Schwartz Miiller ’10, Fargo, North Dakota, a daughter, Hazel Juliet, April 07, 2021

Abigail Baldwin Coyne ’02 and Wes Smith, Washington, D.C., a daughter, Sloane Elizabeth, July 28, 2022

Alison Jordan Heine ’12 and Jerry, Arvada, Colorado, a son, Quentin Zachary, February 01, 2022

Valeska Okragly Koch ’03 and Simon, Arden Hills, Minnesota, twin daughters, Rosalind Carol and Helen Jill, February 09, 2022

Margaret S. Lupton ’12 and David Nauhiemer, Evanston, Illinois, a son, James Patrick, July 14, 2022

Erica L. Marshall ’04, Chicago, Illinois, a daughter, Yara Summer, October 22, 2020

Ariana Flood Thelen ’12 and Tim, Jackson, Michigan, a daughter, Cassandra Kay, August 28, 2021

Lauren A. Semivan ’04 and John A. Shimon, Appleton, Wisconsin, a son, Owen, May 05, 2022 Jodie Primus Zellmer ’04 and Adam, Muskego, Wisconsin, a daughter, Piper Ann, March 29, 2022

Margaret E. Miller ’13, Appleton, Wisconsin, a son, Bruno, May 10, 2022 McKenzie Walker Saunders ’14 and Jake, Cranston, Rhode Island, a son, Ciaran Parker, January 28, 2021 LAWRENCE

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IN MEMORIAM DECEASED ALUMNI Dorothy Wilpolt Tuchscherer ’40, Hilton Head Island, SC, July 22, 2022.

Ruth Jeske Huwiler M-D’43, Elm Grove, WI, January 18, 2022.

Janet Cohen Eisendrath M-D’44, September 2, 2022.

Betty Fountain Lane ’45, Bellevue, WA, April 16, 2022.

Jeanne Tyler Larson ’45, Johns Island, SC, May 26, 2022.

Boris E. Cherney ’46, Arlington, VA, April 19, 2022.

Marcia Huff Bennett ’47, Arlington Heights, IL, February 26, 2022.

Howard L. De Master ’47, July 7, 2022.

Betty Wheeler Buchanan ’48, Duluth, MN, June 2, 2022.

James L. Dawson ’49, Madison, WI, August 26, 2022.

Meredythe McCarthy ’49, Elk River, MN, July 3, 2022.

E. Dale Nelsen ’49, La Canada, CA, January 29, 2022.

Thomas B. McKenzie ’50 P’95 ’80, Menasha, WI, April 24, 2022. Family includes Nicole Condon Hayes ’86; Forest G. McKenzie ’10; Jane Mary McKenzie ’80; Thomas W. McKenzie ’95; Margaret Pownall Williams ’76.

Lois Firalyo Sudkamp M-D’53, Sun City, AZ, April 25, 2021.

Marjorie Munson Wunder ’53, Sacramento, CA, October 1, 2021.

Donald Lehman ’55, Stoughton, WI, August 27, 2022. Family includes Deborah Lehman Barcz ’70; Rosemary Freeman Lehman ’55.

Mary Ortlieb Pickert ’55, Washburn, WI, June 24, 2022. Family includes Dr. David W. Ortlieb '55.

Walter J. Larsh ’56, Frisco, TX, April 12, 2022.

Ellen Embury Ray M-D’56, Mequon, WI, June 7, 2022.

Peter R. Dohr ’57, Madison, WI, August 10, 2022.

C. Richard Henckel ’57, Sheboygan, WI, September 25, 2022.

Barbara Lieberum Westhofen M-D’57, Appleton, WI, July 1, 2022.

John W. Franke ’58, Tucson, AZ, March 28, 2022.

Family includes Helen Buscher Franke '60.

Randolph G. Koser ’58, February 5, 2022.

Richard A. Devine ’59, Ossian, IN, June 1, 2022.

Jeanette Schmidt Hess M-D’60, Dubuque, IA, September 15, 2022.

Patricia Hansen Brown ’61, Burlington, WI, May 30, 2022.

Helen Edelhofer Lamers ’61, Satellite Beach, FL, August 25, 2022.

Nancy Wroe Mack Badger ’51, Winnetka, IL, August 1, 2022.

Richard H. Pickard, Jr. '62, Itasca, IL, April 27, 2022.

Barbara Bear Alseth ’53, Chelsea, MI, July 2, 2022.

Kay Milnamow Guerin ’53, Boise, ID, January 17, 2022.

Alan J. Meyer ’53, July 30, 2022.

Nancy Peters Strom ’53, Tucson, AZ, March 12, 2022.

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Joseph F. Patterson, Jr. ’69, Bloomfield, CT, August 17, 2022. Family includes Mary C. Mattke '71.

Richard T. Ramsey ’69, Gatlinburg, TN, April 16, 2022.

Alex J. Meloy '70, Cornelius, NC, May 17, 2022.

Charles R. Keene '71, Fairfax, VA, April 1, 2021.

Family includes Susan Keene Garrison '68.

J. Samuel Ray '71, Blairstown, NJ, August 12, 2022.

James F. Seward '73, Oak Lawn, IL, May 25, 2022.

Owen A. Kuehmsted ’51, Appleton, WI, August 3, 2022. Family includes Mary Lu Polzin De Witt ’53; Arden Polzin Kuehmsted ’51.

Carolyn Troup Atwood Van Laanen ’52, Jacksonville, FL, March 27, 2021.

Robert M. Heavenrich, Jr. ’69, Ann Arbor, MI, July 12, 2022.

Lareen Medler Cerelli ’58, Scottsdale, AZ, February 11, 2021.

Susan Forsberg Bryant ’60, May 12, 2022.

Sally Hubbard Paschal M-D’52, Lynchburg, VA, July 7, 2022.

Catherine Gehrke Benfield ’69, Hudson, OH, August 6, 2022.

Lannice A. Meyer '73, June 1, 2021.

Don W. Churchill ’51, Charleston, WV, September 15, 2022.

James F. Haight ’52, San Diego, CA, April 20, 2022.

Family includes Joyce Herreid Haight '51.

Christopher J. Anderson ’68, Merrimac, WI, June 13, 2022. Family includes Christopher H. Anderson ’02; Martha Anderson Smithback ’75.

Susan A. Blumer ’58, Hayward, WI, August 22, 2022.

Julianne Sawyer Battaile ’59, August 12, 2022.

Helen Schroeder Grant M-D’52, North Prairie, WI, February 8, 2022.

Gary L. Olsen ’66, Brookfield, WI, September 11, 2021.

L. Gary Winske ’56, Green Bay, WI, August 21, 2022.

Marjorie A. Bailey M-D’51, Sun City West, AZ, September 15, 2022. Family includes Joan Bailey Aker M-D’55.

Nan Lowry Duthie ’51, Suamico, WI, May 9, 2022.

Family includes Megan Meyerhofer Fitzsimmons '06; Amy Meyerhofer Richie '10.

Ronald L. Bird ’66, Dayton, OH, October 3, 2022.

Elizabeth Martin Boyd ’62, August 19, 2022.

James S. Reeve II ’62 P’95, Ephraim, WI, July 23, 2022. Family includes Leslie Hansen '95; Nancy Watkins Parish '62; James Spofford Reeve III '95.

David A. Falkenberg '74, South Elgin, IL, August 28, 2022.

Maura Silverman McGinnis ’76, High Falls, NY, December 21, 2021.

Rev. John R. Schmidtke ’83, Saint Louis, MO, May 12, 2022.

Krista M. Skola ’85, San Jose, CA, April 22, 2022.

Family includes Wendy A. Skola-Waldron '83.

Mark C. Rosenthal ’87, Shawano, WI, April 1, 2022.

Family includes Jill Rosenthal Beyer '90; Dr. Anthony L. Gotter '90.

Douglas C. Briles ’94, Woodridge, IL, September 22, 2022. Family includes Aimee Cardamone Briles '95; Cara Briles Zwieschowski ’95.

Margaret J. Bryant ’05, Los Angeles, CA, May 12, 2022.

FACULTY, STAFF, AND FRIENDS Loretta M. Frassetto, Appleton, WI, May 31, 2022.

Ross G. Davis ’64 P’89, Medford, OR, September 1, 2022. Family includes Kathleen Dinham Davis '64; Michael T. Davis '89.

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Rev. Davis L. Fisher ’64, Evanston, IL, July 16, 2022.

Chris J. Hartwig, Appleton, WI, April 28, 2022.

William A. Holzworth ’64, Shorewood, IL, April 18, 2022. Family includes Dr. David G. Holzworth '69.

Marcus R. Heidorf, Sherwood, WI, May 23, 2022.

Dr. John R. Bertram ’65, Madison, WI, June 15, 2022.

Professor Peter A. Fritzell, Appleton, WI, December

Herbert V. Kohler, Jr., Kohler, WI, September 3, 2022.

Judy Michalowski-Wasserman ’65, Sacramento, CA, May 21, 2021.

George W. Mead II P'93 '76, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, July 29, 2022. Family includes Dr. Corday L. Feith '93; Leslie Mead Frisinger '76.

Ralph W. Whitehead, Jr. ’65, Amherst, MA, May 20, 2022. Family includes William T. Whitehead ’69.

Clifford P. Tierney, August 1, 2022.

IN MEMORIAM

HERBERT KOHLER 1939–2022 Herbert Kohler Jr., one of Wisconsin’s most iconic business leaders and innovators, served on Lawrence’s Board of Trustees from 1974 to 2002 before being elected to emeritus status. He died Sept. 3 at age 83.

Kohler’s innovative spirit was felt worldwide for many decades, from his leadership of Kohler Co., to fulfilling a dream of turning Sheboygan County into

a global golf destination, to his advocacy for land preservation, the arts, and education.

The Kohler affiliation with Lawrence has spanned multiple generations. Kohler’s mother, Ruth DeYoung Kohler, served as a trustee from 1945 to 1953 and is the namesake of Kohler Hall, a residence hall built in 1967; and his daughter, Laura Kohler, served as a Lawrence trustee from 2013 to 2019.

GEORGE MEAD 1927–2022 George W. Mead II, a longtime paper industry leader and conservationist, served as a Lawrence trustee from 1966 to 1995 before being elected emeritus trustee. He died July 29 at age 94.

Mead was well known for his longtime leadership of the Wisconsin Rapids-based Consolidated Papers and his influences throughout the paper industry.

As a leader of the Mead Witter Foundation, he left a legacy well beyond the corporate world.

He is celebrated for lifelong efforts to promote best forestry practices, protect woodlands and river ecosystems, support education and public libraries, and nurture the arts across central Wisconsin and beyond.

JOSEPH PATTERSON 1947–2022 Joseph F. Patterson Jr. ’69, a successful New York real estate entrepreneur and one of the greatest players in Lawrence football history, was a former member of the Board of Trustees. He died Aug. 17 at age 74.

Patterson’s legacy at Lawrence runs deep—football exploits that teammates and fans still talk about 50 years later; leadership among Black students that led to the establishment of Lawrence’s first diversity center in the late 1960s; unrelenting advocacy

for cultural improvements and opportunities for students of color on campus; decades of mentoring students; and a history of philanthropy and service to his alma mater.

Patterson was honored by Lawrence three years ago with a Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp Outstanding Service Award, presented when he returned to campus for his 50th-year celebration as part of Reunion 2019. The award honors a graduate who has provided outstanding service to Lawrence.

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Picture Our newest Viking, an antelope named Blu, made its debut during the Blue & White Homecoming Celebration. (See story on p. 16.)

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The Lawrence Arch has become a popular photo spot on campus. See story on p. 4.

Photo: Danny Damiani