Katherine (Strachota) Burden, Bus Ad ’89, retired from her position as senior vice president for Northern Trust in Chicago after 22 years of service. She and her husband live in Lake Forest, Ill., with their three children: Thomas, 10, Michael, 6, and Jonathan, 4. Michael A. Jaskolski, Eng ’89, and Kevin M. Long, Eng ’89, Grad ’92, Law ’92, were named in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 for their work at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee.
through the power and discipline of the arts. She lives in Chicago with sons Riley and Kayden. Patrick W. Laws, Arts ’93, is general manager and secretary/ treasurer of the Pella Mutual Insurance Co. in Pella, Wis.
1994 Stars Under 40 list by City Hall, a monthly New York political newspaper. He works for U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm. Jennifer Lay-Riske, CJPA ’94, was nominated for a national Emmy in the category of Outstanding Regional News Story–Spot News for producing a story about Burr Oak Cemetery for Chicago’s WMAQ-TV. The story won a regional Emmy.
1991
Stephen M. Leahy, Ph.D., Grad ’94, is an associate professor of world history at Shantou University in Shantou, China. He also teaches in Hong Kong.
1992
Julie (Purdum) Ottman, Arts ’94, is magistrate of the juvenile court of Davidson County in Nashville, Tenn.
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Cynthia (Hey) Miller, CJPA ’92, is director of public relations and campus initiatives at Indiana University. Previously she was director of marketing and communication for the university’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
1993 Kristin (Jackson) Hardy, Arts ’93, is director of development at Reading In Motion, a nonprofit agency helping at-risk students read at or above grade level within the first years of school
son Landon in 2007 and son Lincoln in 2009.
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Jason R. DeRusha, Comm ’97, is weekend news anchor at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis, where he has been a reporter since 2003. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife, Alyssa (Bannochie) DeRusha, Bus Ad ’98, and two children, Seth and Sam.
Nicholas T. Curran, Arts ’94, Grad ’96, was named to the Rising
Dr. Jennifer (Peelen) Thomas, Arts ’89, received her master of public health degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin in May 2011. She is a pediatrician and breastfeeding medicine specialist at Lakeshore Medical Clinics in Franklin, Wis.
Robert W. Lynch Jr., Comm ’91, received a 2011 Adjunct Faculty Teacher Excellence Award at Lone Star College–North Harris in Houston.
1997
1995 Donna R. Hiers, Eng ’95, Grad ’06, received risk and information systems control certification from ISACA. The program recognizes individuals for their knowledge of enterprise risk and ability to manage risk through the development and implementation of controls.
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1989
Jennifer R. Hackel, Comm ’97, is on a two-month assignment in Singapore as a senior recruiter for Johnson Controls. She lives in Milwaukee with her dog, Wookie, and is a champion of the Marquette Works program at Johnson Controls. Mark J. Haushalter, Arts ’97, is a legal commentator on criminal and cyber law for CNN/Headline News, Dr. Drew, Dr. Phil, and Los Angeles’ Fox 11 News, KTLA News and CBS2/KCLA9. Katherine (Maloney) Perhach, Arts ’97, Law ’00, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 for her work at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee.
1998 Brian P. Cousineau, Comm ’98, and his wife, Gabriela Lopez, celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in 2011. They had
Angela M. Ewald, Comm ’98, won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding New Approaches in Children’s Daytime Programming for her work on the PBS show SciGirls. She has been a writer/producer for ABC, the Food Network, the Travel Channel, Discovery and DIY and has spent 10 years producing national PBS children’s programs. Lynn A. Friedrichs, Bus Ad ’98, is a partner at Deloitte & Touche in Tampa, Fla. Kathryn E. Janicek, Comm ’98, won the Illinois Broadcasters Association Silver Dome Award for Best Use of New Media and was recently nominated for two Emmy awards. She is a daypart manager and executive producer at Chicago’s NBC 5. Bobbi N. Roquemore, Comm ’98, was one of three recipients of the 2011 Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship, awarded by the firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. The scholarship includes a salaried summer associate position in one of the firm’s offices. She is in her second year of law school at Loyola University New Orleans and is the articles/symposium editor of the Loyola Law Review.
After coming back from the Fr. Pilarz forum, I realize how lucky I am to go here. Stu dent J im Love o n T w itter
Bernard J. Kearney, III, Arts ’95, Grad ’97, was named in The Best
Lawyers in America 2012 for his work at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee.
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