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Director of Alumni Affairs named On October 24, 2016, Kristyn King began shifting from her responsibilities as Director of Athletics to become Director of Alumni Affairs at Rockford University. An alumna from the class of 1989, Kristyn has worked at the University for nearly 25 years, 22 years as head women’s softball coach, during Director of Alumni which time she became Affairs Kristyn King ’89. the winningest coach in University history, earned the employee of the year award in 2003, and in 2014, received the Talcott Cross, the highest award that can be presented to an alumna of Rockford University. For more than 30 years, both in her personal and professional lives, Kristyn has developed an extensive Rockford University Alumni network. That network will serve us well as she focuses her unbounded energies, talents and organizational skills in new directions, especially as we work to nurture stronger, more lasting synergies between the University and its Alumni, while putting the finishing touches on our current capital campaign and its athletic component. Over the next two months, Kristyn will assist Vice President Phillips with some department oversight as he develops long-term plans for the administration of our athletic programs.
Cavaliere Shirley Martignoni Fedeli ’57 received the Talcott Cross award at Reunion 2016. * Charlene Jones, Ph.D, ’69 received the 2016 Lifetime Achiever in Education award Oct. 1, 2016, at the St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Gala. Her current position is assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Harris-Stowe State University. Peter Aylward ’73 is in the cast of the film “My Blind Brother,” which opened on Sept. 23, 2016. Gino Cox ’73 has three novels (“The Black Pill,” “Presumed Guilty” and “A Stylish Frame”) now available in paperback and eBook formats. Thomas Muldowney ’74 received the Karl C. Williams award at Reunion 2016. * Claudia Smith Anderson ’76 retired as a judge for Vermilion County in Illinois effective Nov. 30, 2016. Dr. Steven Manson ’78 received an Award of Distinction at Reunion 2016. * (Manson)
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Susan Ouchterloney ’79 was named Alumna of the Year at Reunion 2016. *
Holly Hanson ’81 has been named the director of Roane State Community College’s Cumberland County Center campus in Crossville, Tenn. Rev. Tanya (TJ) Tyler ’81 has accepted a call to serve as interim minister at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Sterling, Ill. She invites all Rockford University friends to visit. David Cascio ’82 was named the chief financial officer at Milwaukee Electronics, Milwaukee, in July 2016. He also was married to Debra Peretz later in the month. The couple resides in Franklin, Wis. Michele Mueller ’85 has spent the last three years as treasurer for the nonprofit group Harvard HARMONY. Michele also has been the lighting designer for the local high school for six years. This past year, Michele and
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