Alumni News
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GREG VANNEY is director of marketing and communications at Valley City (N.D.) State University.
Tim Olsen ’79 and Kevin Bailey ’80 got together for the Horribly Hilly Hundreds bicycling event in Blue Mounds, Wis., in June. They rode the 200-km course (126 miles) with 11,381 feet of climbing. Dan Olsen ’80, not pictured, was directeur sportif.
1981 SALLY (OAKES)
and LAIRD EDMAN live in Orange City, Iowa. Both work for Northwestern College. She is director of counseling services, and he was awarded an endowed chair in psychology. TONDA (CHRISTEN) KIRTON was named ’Hood magazine’s teacher of the year. LAURIE PROBST is library director for Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. LYNN SCHMIDT DOLAN is a medical doctor in internal medicine for Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group in Brookfield, Wis.
DIANE (BANDEL) PADRUTT teaches music for the Marshall (Wis.) Public Schools.
Valley Hospital. She is a PRN staff registered nurse and he is a staff physical therapist.
MARY SUNDET JONES is a consultant and strategist for TPG Companies in West Des Moines, Iowa.
BRUCE PERRY is worship and music coordinator for Grace Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
BECKY (ALDRIDGE) YOCKEY is assistant store manager for Barnes and Noble Booksellers in Kansas City, Mo.
1982 JIM WHITESELL is an
JIM POTTER of Apple Valley, Minn., is a self-employed consultant. LIZ (NERSTAD) and NEIL ROWLEY live in Northfield, Minn. She is an administrative assistant for student financial services at Carleton College. He works in marketing for Aging Services for Communities. SHARON (EHREDT) STUESSY is senior accountant for the Wisconsin Department of Administration in Madison, Wis. MARK THOGERSON is a senior adjunct professor in the biology department at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. RANDEEN TORVIK RAGAN is a self-employed personal trainer. LEE VALENTA is president of Life Sciences at Optum Inc. in Eden Prairie, Minn. ELAINE (POESCH) WALKER is office manager for the Buchanan County Conservation Board in Hazleton, Iowa. SUSAN (LAYTON) and TIM WILLIAMSON live in Plains, Mont. Both work for Gunnison
assistant men’s basketball coach at St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y.
1979 DEBORAH (BERGH) ARCILLA is the office manager at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora, Ill.
LAURA (DAHL) POPKES of Grand Marais, Minn., is manager of clinical services for McKesson Medical-Surgical.
1980 CAROL (CLAUSON)
and MIKE BERGAN ’84 live in Dorchester, Iowa. She teaches in the South Winneshiek elementary and middle schools. He serves on the Iowa Task Force on Early Childhood Assessment. He is also the director of HAWC Partnership for Children.
DEANN POSSEHL is associate vice chancellor for enrollment management at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
1985 JON HARKNESS is a
patent attorney at Geiser Law PLLC in New Hope, Minn. SALLY (ROLLOFF) ORR is the product manager for Core 4 Technologies in Bloomington, Minn.
CHRIS CUDWORTH is senior copywriter for Straight North in Downers Grove, Ill. DAVE JENSEN and his wife, Jane, opened the Decorah Trolley Company, which provides transportation for special events. They are also owners of the De Novo Barn, an Amish-built post-and-beam barn rental venue. He is a radiologist for Radiology Consultants of Iowa.
Luther alumnae Erin Makela ’09 and Jean Patrick ’83 met each other at Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults in July. Patrick was beginning her final semester while Makela was starting her first.
1983 JIM ANGSTMAN is a
commercial realtor for Gibbs Lamb Drown Commercial Real Estate Advisors in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. CHRISTIE ROSHEIM earned a master’s degree in nursing from Graceland University.
1984 ERIC BUNGE is
managing director of Northern Stage, a professional theatre company in White River Junction, Vt. JOHN FLAHERTY is a level-one instructor and head football coach for Burlington Community School District in Iowa.
DUANE HOVICK is director of finance for Fulfillnet Inc. in Green Bay, Wis.
Kristi (Tollefson) Wolf ’84, and sisters Jodi (Tollefson) Bjerke ’94 and Kari (Tollefson) Espinosa ’84, published Deane and Daughters: Calling Us Home. It includes their treasured collection of recipes along with family traditions.
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