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1960s Barbara Floyd ’61 (biolog y), founder of The Country Register newspaper chain, retired this year from actively publishing in Arizona, Washington, Oregon and Nevada. Two of her longtime employees bought the four Country Registers and The Antique Register of Arizona. She licenses publishe r s for T he Countr y Register, which is available in 44 states and four provinces of Canada. This niche newspaper is for specialty shops and events and can be found online and in advertising shops. She lived most of her life in Arizona, but was born and raised in Breckenridge. www. countryregister.com and www. theantiqueregister.com Stuart Uggen ’65 (instrumental music education) ’69 (special education/psychology) received his Ph.D. from UND in teaching and learning in 2002. He retired as assessment coordinator with Fargo Public Schools in 2007. He’s been a street missionary in Fargo, Twin Cities, and Bremerton, Wash., since retirement. He lives in Bremerton with his wife of 47 years Susan (Shield) Uggen ’67 (elementary education). He has two children, Steven ’93 (philosophy) and Kristine Walock and six grandchildren.
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Robert “B.A.” Schoen ’69 (mass communications) was n a m e d 2 012 Man of the Year by the Baldwin (N.Y.) Foundation for Education, where he’s been a board member since 1996. In addition to being a school board member, a past president of the group Reform Education Finance Inequities Today, and a board member of the Long Island Education Coalition, Schoen is also a passionate advocate of amateur wrestling. He wrestled for Baldwin High School and MSUM.
1970s Julie Henderson ’73 (mass communic ations) is professor of public relations at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She’s been faculty adviser to the UW Oshkosh PRSSA chapter since 1993, during which time her teams have earned 23 national competition awards, plus numerous other chapter and individual recognitions at the national level. She also served as national faculty adviser to the 10,000-member PRSSA from 2009-11. The name of
the UW Oshkosh PRSSA chapter was officially changed to Dr. Henderson Public Relations Student Society of America. The formal process to change the name was initiated by the student officers; national boards of both the PRSSA and the PRSA approved their request. Larry Morrison ’74 (biology) was elected vice president of the Minnesota Optometric Association at its annual meeting award banquet in Minneapolis. Morrison practiced with his son, Dr. Michael Morrison, and Dr. Becky Mcllonie at Morrison Eye Care in Detroit Lakes and
Sailer Receives Best Aviation Writing of the Year Award earned the Best Aviation Writing by a Minnesotan for the Year 2012.
Author Paul M. Sailer ’69 (history) followed a successful campaign to have Hill City, Minn., native Major Don M. Beerbower, elected to the Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame in 2000, by writing a detailed biography of the man for which Sailer
Alumnews Fall 2012
Sailer’s book, The Oranges Are Sweet, portrays Army Air Corps Ace Beerbower from his family roots to his untimely death on a combat mission over Northern France. Sailer worked from multiple sources to produce this vivid picture of a young Minnesota lad turned WWII Ninth Air Force fighter pilot. Sailer, no newcomer to aviation, having served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot, did his homework to
create a manuscript that would entertain the most avid WWII aviation buff. The result of Sailer’s effort is a heavyweight hardcover book with more than 200 photos, maps and artwork. Sailer received his award at the annual Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame awards banquet in April. The book is available from local b o o k s to re s o r from the author at: lodenbks@ gmail.com.