CLASS NOTES

1950s

GENE CHRISTENSON, ’59, Huntington Beach, CA, is retired after spending 47 years in the aerospace industry.

1960s

DONALD NEWELL, ’60, Anoka, MN, retired from General Mills, Inc. and lives in Anoka, MN. GARY JOHNSTON, ’61, Andover, MN, is retired and living in Andover, MN. JOHN GRIEP, ’63, St Paul, MN has been an agent with State Farm Mutual Insurance Company for 50 years. DONALD PHELAN, ’64, Coeur de Alene, ID, is retired, but has received several Heinz technical excellence awards. He has three children. RONALD REINARTS, ’64, san Antonio, TX, is a Pers com Commander after 34 years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force. ERNEST PARSONS, ’64, ROCHESTER, MN, is retired. JOHN BOLSTAD, ’65, La Crosse, WI, retired from Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI. THOMAS ROST, ’65, Davis, CA, is a professor emeritus with the University of California, Davis. DARRYL SJOSTROM, ’65, Oak Park, IL, is a retired businesswoman. BLAINE DIESSLIN, ’66, Ely, MN, is a retired physics math and computer science instructor, Vermillion Community College. ORA OHLEPKAMP, ’66, Mankato, MN, is a retired elementary teacher who taught in several schools. MARY ANN (CHRISTENSON) BEESE, ’67, Albert Lea, MN, is a retired teacher. WILLIAM DEVINE, ’67, Cartersville, GA, retired after 40 years in the food industry. His last job was at Smithfield Foods. DAVID SMITH, ’67, ’71, Ruidoso, NM, is a retired Lieutenant Colonel with the U.S. Army who also is an author, graduate level instructor, and New Mexico Inspector General. He holds a Distinguished graduate degree from Webster University. EDWIN DE SMITH, ’68, ’72, ’80, Casa Grande, AZ, retired after working as a librarian/media specialist and teacher for various schools. His wife, LOLA MAE (PETERS) DE SMITH, ’68, ’78, also retired after teaching various grades throughout her career. SHELDON JOHNSON, ’69, ’75, ’78, Monticello, MN, has spent 44 years in education including six in interim superintendent positions after retiring from Monticello Public Schools. ARTHUR ORTMAN, ’69, Boise, ID, is the owner/president of SagePoint Financial. He is active in senior games competitions and has been invited to compete in power walking and bike racing nationally and internationally this year. JAMES BRUGGERS, ’69, Buffalo, MN, is retired and spends summers in Minnesota and winters in Florida with his wife, Lori. RICHARD HAUKOM, ’69, Rockland, ME, is retired after working for 38 years for The Gillette Company. He also served in the U.S. Army from 1969 – 1971. He spends his winters in Florida.

1970s

BRADLEY HEPP, ’70, Edina, MN, is president of Hepp Risk Consultants, Inc. Donor Insurance Advisors, Inc. PATRICIA MASON, ’70, Bemidji, MN, is a retired music educator who is a conductor with the Bemidji Chorale and an author of her book, “Ghostchild.” She retired from Bemidji State University in 2020. GARY SMITH, ’70, Sugar Grove, IL, is the president of S&S Management Consultants Corporation. GEOFFREY WASCHER, ’70, ’71, Plymouth, MI, is an information technology contractor whose career has taken him to Europe, Saudi Arabia and Mexico as well as many locations within the United States, has retired. KATHLEEN (BARTA) HINES, ’70, Excelsior, MN, is a retired business owner. MARK THOMAS, ’71, ’73, Stillwater, MN, was the CEO and president of Ebenezer Health Services who is now retired. RONALD AADSEN, ’72, Longmont, CO, retired after more than 46 years with the Johnson Space Center on the manned space flight program. He spent 32 years of that time working with the Shuttle Mission Training Facility and 13 years working with the Orion Avionics Integration Labs. FRED BANHOLZER, ’72, Shoreview, MN, retired from 3M after 38 years: 32 years in purchasing and six as a manager. He is an Eagle Scout and Vietnam Veteran-USN. LEROY VETSCH, ’72, Mankato, MN, retired after 42 years of teaching. PATRICIA GOHLA, ’72, Rice, MN, retired after teaching for 38 in various schools. She earned her master’s degree and taught in special education for most of those years. RANDALL GRILL, ’72, Key West, FL, is living in Florida with his wife, Janice. PENNY (SAMUELSON) KINNEY, ’73, Austin, MN, retired from Hormel Foods after 35 years of service. She is widowed. DAVID COMPTON, ’73, Groveland, MA, is the director of sales with Residence Inn by Marriott. CAROL (FREEBERG) SCHWANTES, ’73, Cold Spring, MN, feels fortunate to have had the opportunity to teach in Slovakia, and is back to teaching in the United States. SARAH SEUFERT, ’73, Minneapolis, MN, retired from the Minneapolis Public Schools. KYLE (MACPHERSON) WALLACE, ’74, Wilmington, NC, retired from North Carolina State University. GEORGE JOHNSON, ’75, Richmond, MN, is a retired U.S. Navy LCDR and senior systems analyst. PATRICIA (HADLEY) VERMEERSCH, ’75, Ravenna, OH, is a professor emeritus with Kent State University who retired in December 2019. She retired from her nurse practitioner practice in 2021. CHUCK NELSON, ’75, Wheaton, MN, is retired. MARLIN APPELWICK, ’76, Seattle, WA, recently retired from the Washington State Court of Appeals in Seattle where he was a judge since 1998. Prior to that he served 16 years in the Washington State Legislature.

NORMAN PRUSINSKI, ’78, Prior Lake, MN, is a retired police detective, bank security officer and collections manager. In 1990 he was the Minnesota America Legion Outstanding Law Officer of the Year. He also received the George H.W. Bush Daily Point of Light Award honoree for therapy dog volunteer work. DENNIS VAN BEEST, ’78, Livonia, MI, retired from the U.S. Army and State of Michigan. PAUL HAHN, ’78, St. Petersburg, FL, retired in 2016. SCOTT ANDERSON, ’78, Bradenton, FL, retired in Florida after working in various positions in the insurance industry for 32 years. DANNY SUGGS, ’78, Brooklyn Center, MN, is a football and hockey coach and teacher at Grace High School in Fridley, MN.

1980s

JOHN SMALL, ’80, Watertown, SD, retired from his position as executive director of Prairie Lakes Wellness Center in 2021. CARL WIEMAN, ’81, Owatonna, MN, retired from Bosch/OTC in 2016, and runs a small business and does volunteer work. PAUL HURLEY, ’82, Prior Lake, MN, is the owner of Blackhawk, Inc. and enjoys cooking. VEI KAI, ’83, Laguna Woods, CA, is an engineer with Accenture in Atlanta, GA. DALE GRUNDHOFFER, ’84, Casper, WY, is a DD waiver provider with the state of Wyoming. DIANE SOLEM, ’84, Rochester, MN, retired after 25 years as the controller at Halcon Furniture. TERRY KENT, ’85, Minneapolis, MN, retired earlier this year after a 36 ½-year career with several different companies. He is looking forward to his next chapter. JEFF SPAIN, ’84, St. Louis Park, MN, retired after 27 years in human resources. JOSEPH STAUDENBAUR, ’84, ’88, Madison, SD, recently was recognized at the Longevity Reception for teaching at Dakota State University for 20 years. PATTY KINER-WHITEHURST, ’86, ’95, Elysian, MN, is an elementary school teacher with ISD #2143. Her husband, JOEL WHITEHURST, ’92, was the superintendent of the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown School District until he retired this summer. KIMBERLI HEINO, ’86, ’93, Lakeville, MN, co-owns Communi-Kids Family Daycare, a home daycare. JAMAL AKRAM, ’86, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is a chairman with Tass Aviation, which he owns. He retired from the UAE government job of director of government relation civil aviation. SUSAN (ANDERSON) HORSTMANN, ’86, Greenwich, CT, is a medical office administrator. TOM SCHMITZ, ’86, New Ulm, MN is a park and recreation director for the City of New Ulm who received the Clifton E. French Distinguished Services Award from the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association for his long and outstanding service to the parks and recreation field. TODD VANDERVORT, ’87, Waterville, MN, is the assistant vice president of Corporate Security, Mail and Parking with Travelers Insurance in St. Paul, MN. WILLIAM KOPISCHKE, ’87, Janesville, MN, recently retired after 34 years as a systems developer with Federated Insurance. ALFRED CHINEMA, ’88, Roseville, MN, is a data center engineer with Mfairview Hospitals in Minneapolis. TODD OLSON, ’88, Newport, OR, is an owner/agent with Farmers Insurance. SCOTT SCHINDLER, ’89, Hutchinson, MN, has retired and is the transportation manager for the Midwest regional band Afterthought Band. BRUCE DICKSON, ’89 ’00, Newport Beach, CA, lives in California. STEPHEN SAWYER,’ 89, Solon, IA, is a program manager with the University of Iowa. JANE (BOWERS) HAMMARLUND, ’89, St. Paul, MN, is retired and has moved back to the Twin Cities area from Des Moines, IA. She has been on mission trips to several countries including Cuba, Mexico and Australia.

1990s

LAURA (WARD) ARCHBOLD, ’91, Rochester, MN, is a marketing and communications manager with the Rochester International Airport. JULIE (JOHNSON) BURNS, ’93, Eden Prairie, MN, is the vice president market and consultant relations with MagellanRx. MOIZ (BANO) SIDDIQI, ’95, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, is a consultant in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. JENNIFER (MCNEILL) WILLEMS, ’95, Delano, MN, works in finance for the City of Delano. She and her husband have two children. PAUL STADLER, ’96, Woodbury, MN, is a returns specialist with BSN Sports. THEO BLACK, ’96, Madison Lake, MN, is retired and recently returned to the Mankato area after living around Wayzata for 25 years. COLIN BOGUCKI, ’96, Eagle River, AK, is the owner/photographer of Colin Tyler Photography and Nat Expo Tours who leads photography tours in places such as Cuba, Iceland and Namibia. MARY PAT NALLY, ’97, Camarillo, CA, is an abstract artist who recently completed her online art gallery. MOLLY (SIMONSON) LIBERTO, ’97, Coon Rapids, MN, is a community education manager with Anoka-Hennepin ISD 11. LYNDA KIESLER, ’97, Waseca, MN, has been teaching for 25 years in the Albert Lea schools. She also is an adjunct biology faculty with Riverland Community College. BEVERY (GLASER, nee ANDERSON) BUTLER, ’98, Shakopee, MN is the CIO with JB Benefits & Consulting LLC. DOUG LAHDE, ’99, Somerset, WI, is a quality manager with Federal Foam Technologies and is a trustee on the Somerset Village Board.

2000s

JASON TAYLOR, ’00 Albert Lea, MN, is a sergeant with the City of Albert Lea Police Department. Prior to that he was a patrol sergeant. HEATHER THIELGES, ’01, North Mankato, MN, has been promoted to market leader for the Eide Bailly LLP Mankato office. KYLE HUBERT, ’01, Lamberton, MN, is a police officer with the Cities of Westbrook and Lamberton. ERIC SOLBERG, ’01, Eagan, MN, is a realtor with eXp Realty in Minneapolis. JEFFREY ENGBERG, ’02, Grand Island, NE, lives in Nebraska.

ROBERT JESKE, ’03, ’05, Waseca, MN, is a core faculty/assistant professor with the Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Residency who is president-elect of the MAFP Board of Directors. His wife, KATIE JASKE, ‘04, is a registered nurse in cardio rehabilitation with the Mayo Clinic Health System. OSCAR BALDERAS, ’03, San Diego, CA, is a regional sales director for the West Coast and Latin America with Avery Weigh-Tronix in Fairmont, MN. MELISSA BROWN, ’03, ‘Mountain Lake, MN, is a department manager (produce) with Cub Foods. HEATHER KAISER, ’04, Minneapolis, MN, is a senior manager corporate counsel at Chicago-based CDW an IT company. She remains active with Minnesota State University, Mankato’s foundation in fundraising for scholarships. DAVID NADOLSKI, ’05, Chicago, IL, is a senior account executive with NAMSCORP in Oakbrook, IL, who also co-owns Culinary Cannabis Company, which is scheduled to open this fall. ANDREW ANSEL, ’06, Washington, DC, is the vice president, institutional advancement with Alliance for Justice. Prior to that he was the managing director development for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. JAMES DESCHNEAU, ’06, New Brighton, MN, is firefighter and EMT. SARA (LINDBERG) BASSETT, ’07, Hugo, MN, is a physician relations specialist with CSI – Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. Her husband, COLE BASSETT, ‘07, is the owner/CEO of HIT Hockey. TARA (BARRETT) MACK, ’07, Wausau, WI, is a multinational analyst with Liberty Mutual Insurance. CASSANDRA (BISSONETTE) KOHN, ’08, Owatonna, MN, is the human resources director with the City of Waseca. DARYL LAWRENCE, ’08, East Bethel, MN, is a museum facility manager for the Bell Museum, University of Minnesota, who recently published his first book, “On the Go All the Time.” He also co-authored a grant for the Anoka County Historical Society to digitize thousands of items in the family collection. JOHN BORSENBERGER, ’08, Lakeville, MN, is an Airbus and C-130 Pilot with Delta Air Lines and the Minnesota National Guard. His wife, JESSICA BORSENBERGER, ‘09, is a life science teacher in the Lakeville School District. JESSICA MATHESON, ’09, Chanhassen, MN, was named 2022 SHAPE America National Health Teacher of the Year and MNSHAPE Health Teacher of the Year in 2020. In 2020 she also was named SHAPE America Central District Health Teacher of the Year. She and her husband, KYLE MATHESON, ’09, have three children.

2010s

HANNAH (HUTTNER) HALLAHAN ’10, ’11, Minnetonka, MN, is an enrichment specialist with the Hopkins Public Schools. Her husband, CODY HALLAHAN, ’13, is a school-aged childcare coordinator with Rockford Area Schools. The couple welcomed their third son, Kaden in December 2021. CATE DEBATES, ’10, ’13, Kasota, MN, is the vice president of Coldwell Banker Commercial Fisher Group in Mankato, MN, and received the Coldwell Banker Commercial Global Pathfinder in innovation Award in 2021. ALEIGHA (AHLSTROM) BURG, ’11, Brownsville, MN, is a project manager with Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. Her husband, ALEXANDER BURG, ‘10, is a police officer with the City of La Crosse Police Department. JOSHUA HARTMAN, ’12, Sikeston, MO, is a plant manager with Carlisle Construction Materials. He and his wife have three children. LORI (TRNKA) SANBORN, ’12, New Ulm, MN, is the internship program coordinator and psychotherapist with Great Minnesota Family Services in Willmar, MN. MORIAMO SULAIMAN-IFELODUN, ’12, Ewa Beach, HI, is a U.S. Army Captain in public affairs who also is a certified yoga instructor. She speaks a number of languages and continues to work on learning more of them. TIFFANY (UTKE) HOFFMAN, ’14, Blaine, MN, is a community benefit analyst with Fairview Health Services. APRIL (PARKS) THURMES, ’14, Hastings, MN, is a loan officer with M & M Mortgage in Roseville, MN. SAMUEL ARON, ’15, Woodbury, MN, is a senior quality improvement consultant with M Health Fairview, and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. EVAN MASTERS, ’15, Mapleton, MN, is a pilot with SkyWest Airlines and also a Captain in the Minnesota Air National Guard awaiting C-130 flight training. BLAKE GILES, ’15, Marshall, MN, is a conservation technician with the Lon County Soil & Water Conservation District. His wife, KAITLYN GILES, ‘16, is an assistant director of student success with Southwest Minnesota State University. KAITLYN (FISCHER) PARO, ’16, St. Peter, MN, is a service coordinator with Xcel Energy in Mankato, MN. She married her husband, NOAH PARO, ’16, this summer and they are expecting their first child in September. Noah is a service coordinator with Xcel Energy. ERIKA WINTER, ’17, Plymouth, MN, is a data analyst with UnitedHealthcare. NAWAF ALSUGEAN, ’18, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is a first officer with SAUDIA Airlines. DENIS BOCI-BEAIRD, ’18, Maple Plain, MN, started his own company, I Know Nothing Tech, in 2020 and is graduating with an MBP from Concordia St. Paul. CAROLYN THORNTON, ’18, Burnsville, MN, retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 2012 and returned to school. She’s thankful for Minnesota State University, Mankato’s Twin Cities locations and online classes.

2020s

RACHEL IVERSON, ’20, St. Louis, MO, is a coordinator, student transitions with Washington University. BRITTANY BROCK-CAMPAGNA, ’21, Mankato, MN, lives in Mankato, MN. LUCAS SCHIMEK, ’21, Mankato, MN, is a market manager with Clayton Farms in Edina, MN. TYLER DANIELSON, ’22, Rogers, MN, will be a center base special education teacher in the Anoka-Hennepin School District this fall. KENZIE BURDICK-LEVANG, ’22, Maple Grove, MN, lives in Maple Grove. MAFAZ MOHROOF, ’22, Houston, MN, is a business analyst with Technova.

1940s

Elsie Mae (Abbas) Purdy ’40 Eleanor H. (Larson) Walton ’40 June Murriel (Wilson) Schumacher ’41 Margaret Mary (Simon) Liebrenz ’42 Alta N. (Sorensen) Lambie ’43 Lucille Irene (Kasemodel) Gangestad ’44 Ruth Marian (Swenson) Wood ’45 Inga Borre Kromann-Kelly ’46 Jeanette May (Cook) Martin ’46 Henry Gordon Anderson ’47 Jeanine Phyllis (Stelter) Johnson ’48 June Marie (Proehl) Dobberstein ’49 Alice Marie (Lang) Searles ’49, ’53 Cora Frances (Dickerson) Uecker ’49 Earl Keith Wilkinson ’49, ’55 1950s

Kenneth Rodney Bom ’50 Florence Mabel (Hoiland) Helle ’50 Duane Richard Nelson ’50, ’70 Yvette Deleyr (Prouty) Nelson ’50, ’68 Edward Anthony Putzier ’50 Virginia Frances (Brodt) Schuemann ’50 Mildred Arlene (Nelson) Torgerson ’50 Donald Emil Wiese ’50 Donald Lavern Wright ’50 Lavonne F. (Milbrandt) Barke ’51 Darlene Ann (Childs) Dumke ’51 Phillip Keith Harein ’51 Lovern Gust Nauss ’51 Blanche Mary (Baune) Rohlik ’51 Lyola Catherine (Hansen) Tonner ’51 Helen Irene (Streed) Ginther ’52 Corene O. (Owens) Hamre ’52 Mildred Jean (Cornell) Olson ’52 Carol Yvonne (Prange) Stinchcomb ’52 Erlin Henry Wittenberg ’52, ’61 Donald Duayne Mason ’53 Darlene Ramona (Smith) Smith ’53 Audrey Mae (Vulcan) Tolzmann ’53 Robert Lee Toppin ’53 Margaret Rose Anzevino ’54 Robert James Boda ’54 Jeanne Marilyn (Gehrke) Cordes ’54, ’73 Anne Katherine (Williams) Haefner ’54 Lorraine Alpha (Myli) Lee ’54 Shirley Ann (Wiedman) Peterson ’54, ’75 Mary Louise Voigt ’54 Eugene Richard Auringer ’55 Robert Henry Beck ’55 Patsy Lee (Zaske) Beltz ’55 Wenonah Anne (Nuesse) Berkland ’55 Fanchon Marie (Bleck) Ellwood ’55 JoAnn Magdaline (Hessian) Heinz ’55, ’70 Richard Charles Knudson ’55 Robert Morgan Peters ’55, ’58 John Borland Weeks ’55 John Thomas Campbell ’56, ’58 Ella Marie (Klingenberg) Derickson ’56 Naida Lois (Schilling) Harder ’56 Marie Frances (Healy) Jasinski ’56 Dorothy Lou (McKee) Korngiebel ’56 Edith June (Lawson) Zabel ’56, ’61, ’76 Frances Margaret (Fast) Becker ’57 Ruth Iris (Hauke) Boser ’57, ’77 James Howard Bristol ’57 Warren Herman DeMuth ’57, ’66 Stanley Walter Elems ’57, ’60, ’62 James Joseph Fairbanks ’57 Sherman Ordean Fjalstad ’57 Valerie LaVonne (Anderson) Gratzer ’57, ’60 Dean Alvin Gulbranson ’57 Richard Arthur Hamann ’57 Jeanne Natalie (Olson) Vaala ’57, ’67 Alfred Carroll Zaun ’57 Jerome Charles Benda ’58 Emily Anne (Borchert) Dennison ’58, ’60 Lenna Marie (Janssen) Hanson ’58 Kathryn Ann (Jacoby) Moe ’58 Frederick Martin Pfeiffer ’58 Kathleen Priscilla (Peterson) Pierson ’58, ’94 Janice Mae (Watts) Schnittger ’58 Wallace A. Simpson ’58 Rodney Arthur Snyder ’58 Wilfred Louis Stoxen ’58, ’64 Edward John Bader ’59 Richard Joseph Bengfort ’59 Robert Roland Berkner ’59, ’66 LaDonna Mae (Pederson) Creel ’59 Clayton Lee Dillavou ’59 John Burton Hed ’59 Deanne Lee (Halos) Kindgren ’59 James Santon McKinney ’59 Ann Marie (Heinzman) Moll ’59 Merlin Dwayne Rossow ’59 Kenneth Dale Weiser ’59 1960s

LaVern Murphy Baldwin ’60 David Lee Bruels ’60 Gerald D. Cashill ’60 William Clement Fritze ’60 Roger Lee Groetsch ’60 Emily Marie (Mentjes) Hagedon ’60 Dean Richard Jahnke ’60, ’65 Walter Othneil Jones ’60 Derryl Duane Kline ’60 David Halbert Long ’60 Stephen John Muzikar ’60 Charles Henry Otto ’60 Leo Frank Razidlo ’60 James Joseph Sackett ’60 Richard Herndon Schuneman ’60 Grace Lena (Rudolph) Severson ’60 Richard Allen Walleen ’60 Richard Byron Bellig ’61 Stanley Joseph Effertz ’61 Irene Anne (Morehouse) Ensrud ’61, ’90 Catherine Ann (Hallett) Flannery ’61 Rodney Matthew Frantzen ’61 George Martin Hansen ’61 Joanne Thelma (Hanson) Jensen ’61 Merlyn Willis Johnson ’61, ’64 Valborg (Andersen) Pace ’61 Vern Roger Thomas ’61 Charles A. Utter ’61 David Edward Zins ’61 Karen Ann (Hillson) Ahlstrom ’62 Patrick Marshall Ellis ’62, ’71 Anthony Madden Gould ’62 Ellen Ruth (Berg) Johnson ’62 Jerald Leigh Kluess ’62 Raymond D. Larson ’62 Mary Andrea (Schneider) McClellan ’62 Donovan Irving Merseth ’62 Barbara Jane (Fairbairn) Montang ’62 Sharron R. (Willson) Price ’62 Ivan G. Ratzlaff ’62 Mary Helen (Reichkitzer) Rumpca ’62 Phyllis Marianne (Larson) Smith ’62 LaMar Arthur Courrier ’63, ’74 Jerry Vincent Farley ’63 Joan K. Flood ’63 Ambrose Stanley Kodet ’63, ’64 Vivian M. (Bergeson) Koenecke ’63 James H. Matson ’63 Lyle Lydell McFarling ’63 Stanely Keith Morrow ’63, ’71 Charles Ray Owen ’63 Malcolm Manley Pendergast ’63 Jane Kay (Kollmann) Roberts ’63 Gerald J. Schroedel ’63 Clark Adrian Toland ’63 Lyle Theodor Bosacker ’64 Annette Carolyn (Ewert) Dick ’64 Bradly Clair Edgar ’64 Joanne Marie Flaten ’64 Eva Lorraine (Anderson) Gatchell ’64 David Ellester Guntzel ’64 John David Holland ’64 Sherrill Ann (Arnott) Kraft ’64 Sharon Marie (Zanke) Kruse ’64 Dorothy Diane (Torgerson) Lunde ’64 Wallace Paul Alvin Milow ’64 Betty Rozella (Randall) Nesterud ’47, ’64 Gregory C. Salmonsen ’64 Stanley Howard Thompson ’64 Joan Eldora (Cole) Vaske ’64 Carol Anita (Ellefson) Achterkirch ’65 Ronald Gene Ashton ’65 Larry Eugene Bakken ’65 John David Danielson ’65 Ruth Marie (Dempsey) Egan ’65, ’76 Robert A. Fakler ’65 Roger William Hohnstadt ’65 Helene Ione (Branstad) Iverson ’65 Jim Robert Matison ’65 Maynard Leo Nelson ’65 Colleen Evelyn (Toenges) Politz ’65

Peter Arnold Schneider ’65 James Paul Tetzloff ’65, ’75 Dean Willis Vik ’65 Beverly Ann (Claude) Whitehead ’65 Ross William Andrusko ’66 Sandra Fay (Newman) Block ’66, ’70 Roger Carroll Breckenridge ’66 Sandra Lou (Glaeser) Chapman ’66 Charles Leroy Darth ’66, ’71 William Peter Fox ’66 Robert Winslow Hutchins ’66 Floyd Nels Jacobsen ’66 Karen Ann (Voegel) Johnson ’66 Beverly Jean (Stiles) Krause ’66 Russell Owen Lange ’66 Thomas John McDonald ’66 Linda Mary (Howat) Murphy ’66 Karlene Ann (Nelsen) O'Brien ’66 Michele Susan (Osterbur) Oslund ’66 Dorothy Ann (Anderson) Phillips ’66 Rosalyn Ann (Larson) Polloway ’66 Brina Francine (Snyder) Powers ’66 Diane Angela (Ellgren) Riebe ’66 Margaret Ellen (Griffin) Rork ’66 Charles Albert Siebenaler ’66 Shirley Ann Carol (Olson) Vetsch ’66 Larry Russell Wefring ’66 Arthur Theodore Welte ’66, ’72 Harry David Wetzel ’66 Thomas Edward Hanzel ’67, ’71 Janet Larson (Larson) Johnson ’67 James Jay Kavaloski ’67 George Axel Lindberg ’67 Lyle Milton Pownell ’67 Lester John Schneider ’67, ’70 Sheron Michael Shay ’67 Eileen Marie (Kreamer) Strong ’67 Fred Gene Tanner ’67 Leonard Bernard Wierzba ’67 Maurine A. (Lien) Yonke ’67 Helen Louise (Anderson) Alexander ’68 Mark Joseph Davy ’68 Robert Anthony Frost ’68 Gary Lee Gruenhagen ’68 Delvin E. Grund ’68 Kenneth Lee Hoffmann ’68 Sonja Agnes (Ausen) Honstad ’68 Jerre A. Jordahl ’68 Judith Lee (Schoeb) Kitzmann ’68 Richard David Krause ’68 Janis Kay (Ries) LaFond ’68 Paul Edward Lawrence ’68 Thomas Wayne Lund ’68 Patricia Lorraine (Bartz) Nehowig ’68 William A. Schmitz ’68 John J. Selland ’68, ’89, ’91 Curtis Lee Stange ’68 Donald Frank Vanderhyde ’68 Richard Claire Aaseth ’69 Raymond Paul Bilyard ’69 Steven Ray Burwell ’69 John Stephen Curran ’69 Gary Dean Dockum ’69 Leroy Cleveland Folmar ’69, ’72 Terrie Lee (Solyntjes) King ’69 Richard Virgil Krsiean ’69, ’80 Paul Theodore Larson ’69, ’73 Richard Ramsey Miller ’69 Richard Charles Milne ’69 Robert Henry Qualset ’69 Bruce Charles Schmidt ’69 Steven Eric Westrum ’69 Jerome Francis Zetah ’69 1970s

Allen Eugene Christensen ’70 Rita Elizabeth (Broulik) Dietz ’70 Marcella Theresa (Beuning) Irby ’70, ’86 Shirley A. (Martin) Jensen ’70 Larry Lee Larsen ’70 Thomas Gregory Loucks ’70 Gary Allen McConnell ’70 Beatrice Ann (Searing) McGuire ’70 Gene Warren Nelson ’70 Neta Le (Johnson) Oelke ’70 Margaret Alta (Beck) Olson ’70 Constance Margaret (Andrews) Otto ’70 Eric Jonathan Penn ’70 Gary Arlen Rossow ’70 Jerry James Schroeck ’70 Dawna Jean (Solomonson) Van Otterloo ’70, ’93 Dianne Carlotta (Moen) Wiegers ’70 Theodore Phillip Anderson ’71 Charles Melvin Berg ’71 James D. Bokovoy ’71 Robert H. Cosgrove ’71 Nancy Catherine Deans ’71 Jonathan Fredric Frank ’71 Rona Rae Gstalder ’71, John George Jacobsen ’71 David Virgil Johnson ’71 Michael Alexander Johnson ’71 Gary Robert Kratzke ’71 Susan M. (Wadd) Mundale ’71 Darlene Ann Nelson ’71 Martha Jane (Norris) Saunders ’71 Linda Marie (Johnson) Wilson ’71 James Donald Boege ’72 John Albert Cupkie ’72, ’82 Ralph Richard Heidorn ’72 Warren Paul Henry ’72 Joan Harriet (Thornby) Hultin ’72 Mary Ellen (Busch) Kelly ’72 Albert Gary Kretsch ’72, ’81 David Allen Marietta ’72 Mary Elizabeth (Belina) Marquardt ’72 Patricia Ann (Moushon) Mitola ’72 Dorothy Marie (Cote) Molstad ’72, ’76 Richard Joseph Rotchadl ’72, ’85 Greg D. Rutherford ’72 Thomas George Sand ’72 Myron Lamar Anderson ’73, ’76 Gregory Bartholomew Andrews ’73 David Gordon Ballou ’73 Charles A. Dashow ’73 Kenneth Joseph Kostelac ’73 Keith Norman Leif ’73 Lois Jean (Fisher) Lloyd ’73 Nancy Elizabeth (Gibson) Lohrenz ’73 Danny H. Petersen ’73 Barbara H. (Frazier) Rogers ’73 Rodney Peter Schultz ’73 Max Marvin Siewert ’73 Nancy Lee (Cox) Thomas ’73 Steven Charles Ziesmer ’73 Anne (Meredith) Amundson ’74, ’84 Arthur Benjamin Carlson III ’74 Gretchen Kay (Kielty) Condon ’74, ’79 Milton Roger Dvorak ’74 Deborah Kay (Seydel) Hettinger ’74 Vicki Lee Hudelson ’74 Bernard Joseph Kahnke ’74 Jeffrey Lynn Neuberger ’74 Bradley G. Olsen ’74 Thomas Melvin Roggow ’74 Cornelius Neil Bakker ’75 Judith Mary (Schaffer) Gust ’75 Richard James Hanna ’75, ’84 Charles Andrew Johnson ’75 Terry Lynn (Weed) Johnson ’75 Anthony Dan Mohr ’75 Long Peng ’75 Louis David Rosenberg ’75 Kathryn Marie (Muckala) Serie ’75 Richard Allen Williams ’75 Daniel Joseph Angell ’76 Shirley Joann (Thompson) Grunsted

Fredrickson ’76, ’82 Grant Leland Merseth ’76 Sharon Ann (Dillehay) Mrozek ’76 Don Michael Paulson ’76 Mark Lloyd Sprint ’76 Cheryl Ann (Svoboda) Bastyr ’77 Henry August Boeder ’77 Robert John Butterfield ’77 Thomas Michael Edwards ’77 Maxine (Berry) Gaines ’77 John Frederick Gudknecht ’74, ’77 Evelyn Carol (Nelson) Guentzel ’77, ’95 Blanche Kathleen (Vonderharr) Hagemann ’77 Barbara Ann Jansen ’77 Patria Signie Knappe-Langworthy ’77, ’83 Sara Mae (Higgins) Koepp ’77, ’81 Alyce Ellen (Harvie) Shoenhard ’77 Janice Duschane (DuSchane) Smith ’77 Richard Edward Titus ’77

Thomas Ray Bolstad ’78, ’81 Stephen Michael Edstrom ;78, ’93 George J. Grier ’78 Gregory Alan Hagfors ’78 Curtis Leroy Hanson ’78 Virginia Carole (Penkaty) Kass ’78 Ronald Edmun Lorensberg ’78, ’92 Daniel Franklin Meyer ’78 Barbara Jean Carufel ’79 Lee Alan Cole ’79 Constance Mae (Bickel) Good ’79 Virginia Elizabeth (Ristow) Harris ’79 Harry J. Lichy ’79 Craig Allen Nelson ’79 Vernon Andrew Nordaune ’79 Kathleen Marie (Werner) Pearson ’79 Donald Robert Prust ’79 Verla Jean (Tennessen) Ring ’79 1980s

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Ongoing Support for Mavericks

A former educator is passionate about giving.

By Amanda Dyslin '03, '14

Michael Thursby, the director of Athletic Bands, was having a chat with longtime University benefactor Kenneth Pengelly not so long ago. He casually mentioned that one of his students was short $1,625 to attend the band trip in December to perform at the New Year’s Day parade in Rome. So Pengelly got out his checkbook. “He just stepped up and took care of it, and now she can go to Rome with our group this year,” Thursby said. Over the past 50 years, Pengelly and his spouse, David Engen, have given more than $500,000 to the University. The two were honored at the annual Purple and Gold Gala in September for lifetime giving of more than $500,000.. “David and I have made good investments. Now we can create a legacy, and Mankato is part of that legacy,” said Pengelly from his home in Palm Springs, Calif. “This is our opportunity to help. You just have to ask.” Pengelly was a Minnesota State University, Mankato faculty member for 33 years, teaching library media and children’s literature and retiring in 2001. His giving began while on the faculty, donating to numerous University initiatives, and has continued with various endowments for University programs. “The University is my professional home. It’s a family,” Pengelly said. “I encountered dedicated faculty and staff striving to offer quality education through unique teaching,

Longtime donor Ken Pengelly was a professor at the University for 33 years.

internship guidance and research monitoring during my tenure. I want to honor them.” While far too many to cite, examples of Pengelly’s and Engen’s recent support include: • living trusts that will pour over into a donor-advised endowment through Thrivent Financial upon their deaths. The two major recipients are Opportunity Fund, supporting doctoral and master’s degree programs in the College of Education, and an international pipe organ competition to be held in the Twin Cities. • $10,000 toward tubas and uniforms in the Department of Music. • two Department of Music endowments–one for band scholarships and another for students attending state conferences. “In the planning stages, my spouse and I are drafting a proposal to endow a fund to support the needs of the choral ensembles,” Pengelly said. “Like band, the ensembles reflect University membership from many disciplines, a cross-section of the academic departments. These groups become ‘the face’ of the University as they perform in concert throughout the state.” Pengelly encourages others to seek opportunities to give, in big or small ways, by contacting the University Advancement office. There’s always a need, he said. “There’s a need for all kinds of things. I bought a drone for Michael Thursby to use to train the band in formation,” Pengelly stated as an example. “I’m always coming up with ideas.” Thursby, of course, is extremely grateful for the drone and for everything else. “The simple way to say it is that he’s changed students’ lives,” Thursby said.