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incorporates archival photographs, maps, and other images to tell this story based on the real-life adventures of Norwegian Erling Storrusten, whom Preus interviewed in Norway. BARBARA SCHULTZ is the supporter care officer for United Christian Broadcasters in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. ALAN ULRICH is CFO for the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority in Tamuning, Guam.
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JOHN BAILEY is CFO at Golden Gate Petroleum in Martinez, Calif. LORENZO CREIGHTON works for MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas, focusing on the company’s efforts in developing markets in the eastern United States.
MARILYN JOHNSON is senior investment writer for Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa.
REBECCA HANNA teaches fourth grade at South Winneshiek Elementary in Ossian, Iowa.
JAN (JONES) WALLECK of Overland Park, Kan., retired from teaching after 35 years.
CARL STECKER of Savannah, Ga., is director of Diakonia with Global Mission, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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GARY ALSHOUSE is managing partner of Muzak Focus Four in Pelham, Ala. DAVID OLSON is an underwriter with Zurich North America in Minneapolis.
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STEVE AMUNDSON is professor of music and conductor of St. Olaf Orchestra in Northfield, Minn. He has composed 17 original works and produced several arrangements. There have been nearly 750 performances of his pieces, including by the Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston Symphonies, as well as by the BBC Philharmonic of London.
LINDA (MOUCHA) DAVIS retired from the Western School District in Barry, Ill., where she taught K–12 art for 35 years. She, her husband, and 15 rescued cats are restoring their 120-year-old brick home in Pittsfield, Ill.
MARK ROWE is the manager of Huawei Technologies in Atlanta.
NAOMI JACOBS is a professor of English at the University of Maine in Orono.
CHRISTINE (MOUILLE) HAMMACHER of Sipplingen, Germany, teaches French for Inlingua.
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KEITH ELLINGSON teaches elementary physical education at McKinley Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa.
DAN PLOENZKE is an account executive for Strategies Ltd. in Appleton, Wis. TERESA (KASTAD) and MARK STEEGE ’82 live in Rochester, Minn. She is an early childhood special education teacher for the Rochester Public Schools. He is the chief financial officer for Titan Ventures. ANDREA (NELSON) STREUFERT is the international programs officer for the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law in London, Ontario, Canada. LISA BRITZMAN is a self-employed farmer and ceramic artist in Glen Huon, Tasmania, Australia.
JOAN (ENGELSTAD) BOISSONNAULT is orchestra director at Heim Middle School in Williamsville, N.Y. CHERYL (ROBERSON) CARRUTHERS is supervisor for information and technology with the Area Education Agency in Marshalltown, Iowa. KEVIN COSTELLO of Madison, Wis., is a water treatment technical specialist with Hydrite Chemical.
ERIC HOLEY is founder and owner of a pottery business called Dancing Cat Arts. He makes and sells bowls, vases, wine chillers, and other useful and beautiful objects. His work can be found at Agora Arts in Decorah.
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JACKIE (HANSON) and JIM HUTCHINS ’76 live in Sleepy Eye, Minn. She is a homemaker, writer, and artist. He is an optometrist at Lifetime Eye Care Center.
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TOD BROMAN retired from teaching and is the activities director for West Central Valley High School in Stuart, Iowa.
MARGIE (SWIGGUM) LITTLE is a long-term care behavioral health coordinator for Mercy Care Plan in Phoenix, Ariz. STEVE HEXOM is the operations director and morning personality on KBUR Radio for Pritchard Broadcasting in Burlington, Iowa. He is also the longest continuous RAGBRAI rider-reporter. He has reported on RAGBRAI since 1980 and is among a select group of riders who has ridden every day of RAGBRAI for the past 33 years.
KIRSTEN (BRAATEN) and BRUCE WILDER live in Albuquerque, N.M. She is director of lay ministries and small groups, and he is senior pastor at Faith Lutheran Church. He was appointed to the board of directors of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation, founded in 1914 by Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac (required reading in the former Freshman Studies Program at Luther!).
joint and multinational environments. The center also includes the Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, Squadron Officer College, International Officer School, and Support Squadron.
CHARLIE BUSCH is the project manager for CIGNA Healthcare in Denver. She is also the president of the Washington Park Neighborhood Association and was featured in the article “Busch Finds Her Small Town in the Heart of the City” for Profile magazine. NANCY (HERMEIER) HERSHFIELD is the assistant dean of development and alumni relations at De Paul University College of Law in Chicago.
SCOTT HANSON was named major general and is the commander of the Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education and the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. The Spaatz Center directs Air Force officer professional education, as well as research and outreach that produces leaders for
JOAN MEYER is the financial aid director at La’ James College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. JIM WHITESELL is the associate head men’s basketball coach for the St. Louis University Billikins.