Alumni News
1997 BRIAN DECKER
earned a master’s degree in business administration from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. AMANDA (ALCOCK) FREESE was selected to participate in the 2013 National Association for Music Education In-Service Conference for her proposal “ ‘I can . . .’: How targeted goals can enhance music education.” She is a general and vocal music specialist at Francis Marion Intermediate School in Marion, Iowa.
NORI (GREENLEE) and ROSS HADLEY ’95 recently opened the Good Foot family shoe store in Decorah. They have owned Amundson’s Clothing since 2007. ERIC NELSON is operations executive at HealthEast Care System in Woodbury, Minn. WAYNE REAMES was elected by the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel to its fellowship organization. He is an attorney at Belin McCormick in Des Moines, Iowa. NICOLE (EICHHORST) SWANSON is the client relation manager for Infinity Real Estate in Rochester, Minn. LAURIE (KOLLARS) WALTER teaches dance for young people at ArtHaus in Decorah.
Luther faculty, alumni, and friends from Decorah gathered in Nosara, Costa Rica, earlier this year. Here, they were preparing for a howling monkey ATV trip. Left to right: Mark Lovelace ’96; Ross Hadley ’95; Lea Donhowe Lovelace ’97; Nori (Greenlee) Hadley ’97; Matt Tills ’98; Laura (Hart) Tills ’97; Amanda Hamp ’01; Matt Simpson, Luther associate professor of philosophy; Sarah Magner; Dave Magner.
1998 JON ANDERSON is an
assistant professor of music at Wayne State University in Detroit. BETH BJORLO is channel marketing manager for Ingersoll Rand in Tyler, Texas.
SUSAN (DOORENBOS) and MATT BUTZ live in Minnetonka, Minn. She is a physician’s assistant at Allina Health Care. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota and is a project consultant at UnitedHealth Group.
master classes, and taught flute students and chamber music ensembles.
AMY LARKIN is a customer service specialist at West Music Company in Coralville, Iowa. SAQIB NADEEM was featured in a Chicago Tribune article in July about his business, Paradise 4 Paws. His business provides luxury pet accommodations near airports. In June, the U.S. Small Business Administration named Nadeem its Illinois Small Business Person of the year. CARL REFSAL is the human resource manager at Factory Direct Appliance in Lawrence, Kan.
Luther may be the site of a dance marathon next spring as part of the Children’s Miracle Network, which raises money for children being cared for by University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. Last April, members of the Luther College Marathon Executive Board visited Loras College in Dubuque to observe a dance marathon being held there. At the event, the group met Dr. Erin VanLaningham ’96, who was taking part. Pictured are, left to right, Chloe Gumpert ’14, Sam Weinberg ’15, Laningham, Libby Logsden ’15, and Clay Walker ’15.
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GABRIEL SCHEER earned a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Washington. He is the principal partner for ReVision Labs in Seattle. LORIE SCOTT received a Fulbright grant to teach and perform at several universities in Taiwan during spring 2013. She performed chamber music concerts with host faculty, gave lectures on American music, taught
Primarily hosted by National Taiwan Normal Unviersity (Taipei), the project also included events at four other universities in Taiwan and Hong Kong. One highlight of the trip was a visit to Taichung, Taiwan, where she met with MARK DANNENBRING ’73, professor of flute and head of the woodwind department at Tunghai University. STEPHANIE (BEY) and BEN STEINES ’97 live in Decorah. She teaches mathematics at Decorah High School. He is the auditor for the Winneshiek County Treasurer’s Office. NICKY WINKE is an attorney at Jacobson, Bristol, Garrett, and Swartz in Waukon, Iowa. She also owns Winke Law Office in Lansing, Iowa.