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CLASS NOTES
MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT
ANNE MCKEIG ’89, appointed by Governor Mark Dayton to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, was sworn in during a public investiture ceremony on September 15 at The O’Shaughnessy.
“To Governor Dayton, Chi Miigwetch (big thanks) for having faith in a young woman from Federal Dam — born, raised and Minnesota educated,” Justice McKeig said in her remarks. “You’ve made history in allowing me to be the first Native American woman appointed to the state’s highest court — in all of the United States. I’m prepared to demonstrate that your decision was one of great vision and wisdom, not because you chose me, but because you appreciate the role native nations have played in Minnesota’s history.” The Supreme Court now has a female majority for the first time since 1991. 1950–59 PAT SCALLEN SCHAEFER ’58 recently completed a book with her husband, Larry. Creating a Real School documents the creation and first 20 years of the Lake Country School in Minneapolis. Pat and Larry were co-principals until their retirement in 1996.
1960–69 MARY CATHERINE IZRAL, OSM, ’60 celebrated her 75th jubilee in 2016. Sister Mary Catherine entered religious life in 1939 and professed first vows in 1941.
MARY PAT FERRON CANES ’67 was elected to the board of the National League of American Pen Women, an organization for professional women in the arts.
MARIA NHAMBU ’67 (formerly Mary Rose Ryan) is publishing a three-volume memoir with editor Jacqueline Mosio ’67. Africa’s Child, released in April, tells Nhambu’s story of growing up in an orphanage in Tanzania; America’s Daughter, out spring 2017, begins with her years at St. Kate’s. Catherine Murray Mamer ’61 brought Nhambu to St. Kate’s, where she received a scholarship. More at stkate.edu/news-booktrio.
MARGARET ROGERS BARRETT ’68 launched her memoir, Called: The Making and Unmaking of a Nun, in May 2016. Three of the included stories won the Award for Creative Work from St. Kate’s Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women.
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MARIETHÉRÈSE REED ’71
1970–79 MARIE-THÉRÈSE REED ’71 was conferred the rank of Officier in the Ordre National du Mérite (Order of National Merit) on April 28 for her work in developing Franco-American friendship.
1980–89 LISA “WOOD” PALAS GRAHAM ’83 is managing director of operations for Agave Oaxaca LLC, an import and distribution firm in Seattle. She serves on the Board of Directors of Seattle Arts & Lectures, a nonprofit that champions the literary arts. She is also a member of the Capital Campaign Cabinet for Hugo House, a writers’ center.
MADELON NEWELL ALBERT ’86, MAT’87 retired in May. During her career, she served parishes in New Mexico, Georgia, Florida and Indiana. In addition, she taught high school theology classes and was a professor of world ethics at Purdue University North Central.
MARCIA MILLER ’89
MARCIA MILLER ’89 was promoted to partner at SiebenCarey. She works closely with the firm’s trial attorneys to prepare and respond to legal memoranda and briefs, and argue motions at all levels of litigation through the appellate process.
1990–99 JOAN PAULY SCHNEIDER MAT’90 operates a 40-acre retreat called Wellsprings Farm in Annandale, Minnesota.
ANGELINA O. MATEEGA ’92 is working for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Kampala, Uganda. She recently returned to St. Paul to visit with her friendship family from her time as a St. Kate’s student. BRIDGET SCHWARTZ-MANOCK ’92 was promoted to director of public affairs at the Central Arizona Water Conservation District in Phoenix.
CARRIE BARNES ROGERS ’96, 2M’99 received tenure and was promoted to associate professor in the School of Teaching and Learning at Western Carolina University.
2000–09 ANGELA SHARBONNO VOGT ’00 welcomed daughter Aurelia Hathaway Vogt in August 2015.
AURELIA
EILEEN KIELBLOCK M’02 was hired as a regional practice manager at United Skin Specialists in Plymouth, Minnesota.
MINDY DAUGHERTY ’03 was named a candidate for 2016 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. She teaches physical education in Spring Lake Park School District.
JANICE KRANC DUNLAP MAT’03 authored Heaven’s Gate, the first book in a new series called Archangels, released in May 2016.
IN MEMORY w Our deepest sympathy to the families of these alumnae (listed by class year), faculty members, benefactors & trustees:
Geraldine King, former faculty member in the Library and Information Science Program w July 18, 2016. Adela Schifferle, former staff member in the Office of the Registrar w June 16, 2016.
Mildred Hunziker ’39 w April 26, 2016. Violet Bell Robertson J’40 w July 1, 2016. Anna Mickkelson Hackett M’40 w June 18, 2016. Madonna Domeier English M’41 w April 16, 2016. Monica Murphy Hizer ’41 w July 28, 2016. Geraldine Faltesek Elicks ’42 w June 7, 2016. Mary Meger Ambroz M’42 w December 18, 2015. Veronica Morin Schweikert M’42 w August 3, 2016. Mary Ellen Witt Woodmansee ’42 w March 27, 2016. Josephine Hughes ’43 w July 4, 2016. Rosemary Lennon Radant ’44 w April 10, 2015. Virginia Breher Colson Leidheiser ’45 w May 8, 2016. Jane Jensen Rief M’45 w June 23, 2016. Patricia Tomsicek Ryan ’45 w April 1, 2016. Barbara Buhr ’46 w July 9, 2016. Evelyn Greeley Petrie J’46 w April 22, 2016. Rosalie Hammer Hummel ’46 w May 29, 2016. Elizabeth Hemmelgarn Zampedri M’46 w January 29, 2016. Mary Horgan McDonough ’46 w May 14, 2016. Anmarie Schulte Delp J’46 w May 17, 2016. Esperance Wittry, CSJ (Winnifred Wittry) ’46 w May 18, 2016. Margaret Dandois Wente ’47 w April 7, 2016. Genevieve Sebesta Juba J’47 w November 10, 2015.
ANGELIQUE HOWE BASKIN ’04 earned an MBA with a leadership concentration from Aurora University.
KELSEY JOHNSON ’04, MAOL’12 became president of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota in March 2016.
JESSIE HAKES MCMASTERS ’06 welcomed baby Finley Scott McMasters in April 2016.
LINDSEY SMITH ’06, MSN’14 served with the Syrian American Media Society’s global response team
LINDSEY SMITH ’06, MSN’14
in April 2016, providing medical care to refugees stranded on the Greek and Macedonian border. There were roughly 16,000 refugees living in makeshift camps in this area. She plans to return in fall 2016.
REBECCA MCDONALD ’07 welcomed son Cassius Kenrick Smith, born April 2016.
MARCIE SPENCER MOODY ’07 welcomed son Benjamin Lewis Moody in October 2015.
CAMILLE SCHWARTZROCK ’07, MSN’14 published “Collaboration in the presence of cerebral edema: The complications of steroids” in Surgical Neurology International.
RACHEL HICKS ’08 was named to the board of directors for Cultural Jambalaya, a nonprofit that promotes understanding and respect for all cultures.
CASSIUS
BENJAMIN
Leona Steinbeisser, CSJ (Mary Steinbeisser) ’47 w August 4, 2016. Anastasia Trager Elfelt ’47 w July 29, 2016. Elizabeth Winum Garry ’47 w July 28, 2016. Mary Tee Cashman Morris ’48 w April 13, 2016. Rita Hamm Ruchie ’48 w April 8, 2016. Mary Frances Kennedy Hamel ’48 w June 14, 2016. Antonia McHugh McLean ’48, niece of St. Catherine’s first president, Antonia McHugh, CSJ w July 4, 2016. Donna Jensen Kirst ’49 w June 17, 2016. Rosemary Conlin Lentsch M’50 w April 23, 2016. Rosemary Jarvis McHugh ’50 w April 25, 2016. JoAn Mullins ’51 w June 17, 2016. Joan Hedeen Pierce ’52 w July 7, 2016. Mary Ellen Robel Walsh ’52 w July 15, 2015. Catherine Arlene Rouen Keegan ’52 w June 3, 2016. Valerie Rudolph ’52 w July 4, 2016. Adeline Sosniecki Stanoch ’52 w June 6, 2016. Marianne Bell Murphy M’54 w April 8, 2016. Lois Bromaghim Lehman J’54 w July 22, 2016. Eileen Costello Schwartzbauer ’54 w May 1, 2016. Marquita Finley-O’Connor ’54 w May 7, 2016. Andrea Schweizer McGough ’54 w April 26, 2016. Barbara Zezza Smrdel ’54 w July 17, 2016. Mary Joan Halvorson Chalcraft ’55 w July 23, 2016. Kathleen Hanrehan Student ’55 w July 11, 2016. Renee Skarda Lovrien M’55 w July 15, 2015. Janet Sevcik Rhodes ’56 w March 14, 2016.
CHRISTIAN HOUDEK Post-Bac Cert’08 is one of two recipients of a 2016 WEM Outstanding Educator Award for Teacher Achievement, which recognizes exemplary teachers who support, inspire and assist students to attain greater learning.
CHAYO SMITH ’08 completed basic combat training in the U.S. Army. She went on to Officer Candidate School, where she graduated in July 2016, and was commissioned as an Army Chemical Corps officer.
ERIKA KRIECHBAUM DAHL ’09 was married on June 11, 2016.
JULIE GOHMAN MAED’09 published her second book, 10 Sacred Questions for Every Mother: Stories of Joy, Pain & Mind-Blowing Love.
ASHLEY CURTIS JENSEN ’09
ASHLEY CURTIS JENSEN ’09 graduated from Kent State University in May 2016 as a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. She was matched with Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, as a podiatric medicine and surgery resident physician.
KAYLA REED LANGHANS ’09 is a certified nurse practitioner with the occupational medicine team at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, Minnesota. MEGAN POWELL MARCHWICK ’09 was married on May 21, 2016, in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.
KATHRYN KAUFMANN WILSON ’09 was married on June 4, 2016.
2010–PRESENT GRETA SIEVE ’10, MAOT’11 was the professional winner of the New Jersey Marathon in April 2016.
ANNA LANGSTAFF MAED’11 is an upper elementary teacher and teacher trainer at Duhovka Skola in Prague.
KATELYN JOHNSON MANN ’11 was married on May 14, 2016.
KASIE RUST MIX ’11 graduated from Pacific University College of Optometry in 2015, where she simultaneously earned a doctorate in optometry and a master’s degree in vision science.
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Karen Wadsworth, CSJ (Margaret Mary Wadsworth) ’56 w June 19, 2016. Patricia Jane Heili Casey ’59 w July 17, 2016. Doris Van Hout, CSJ (Sister Henry Anne) ’59 w August 5, 2016. Leda Mathias Connor ’60 w July 12, 2016. Joan Pike Rodney ’60 w August 2, 2016. Marjorie Rick McNamara M’60 w July 9, 2015. Sally Steiner Heaney ’60 w May 8, 2016. Moira Conway Eisele ’61 w May 19, 2016. Diana Dempsey Toney ’61 w January 23, 2016. Patricia Flynn Mooney ’61 w June 4, 2016. Jeanne Heiss, CSJ (Mary Jeanne Heiss) ’61 w June 18, 2016. Helen E. Griffith ’62 w April 27, 2016. Sarah Voss, OSB (Leota Joyce Voss) ’62 w July 12, 2016. Joanne Tousignant Murray ’64 w March 27, 2016. Rita Brennan Heimbach ’65 w July 28, 2016. Catherine Chastek ’65 w April 24, 2016. Lenore Corcoran Birch ’65 w April 29, 2016. Jeanette Prokott Webb ’66 w February 14, 2016. June Opatrny Carr ’67 w June 24, 2016. Ann Tonskemper ’68 w April 23, 2016. Mary Katherine Riggs Turning ’69 w June 23, 2016. Patricia Binko, CSJ, ’70 w June 4, 2016. LaLonne Murphy ’72, MAT’95 w May 4, 2016. Hilma Jacobson Jampsa M’73 w March 19, 2016. Patricia Liebsch M’73 w June 2, 2016. Kathleen Noel Ames ’73 w June 9, 2016.
JENNIFER KELLEY SKUPIC ’12 was married on December 18, 2015, on Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii.
ASMA DAHBOUR AM2’13 is principal at Alkhaleej International School in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
FATIMATA DIANDA ’13 is the associate director of international admissions at St. Catherine University. She previously worked as an education advisor and program clerk with Education USA in Burkino Faso.
LAURA KELLY EDIN MAOT’13 was married on May 7, 2016.
BARBARA BISCEGLIA AM2’14 welcomed daughter Annie Susan Bisceglia in March 2016.
SARAH HOWE-LARSON ’14 was married on June 25, 2016.
KATELYN DEUTSCH KOSTICK ’14 was married on June 25, 2016. STEPHANIE PULLMAN ’14 is an achievement coach at Long Beach City College and an intern in the Child Development Department at Cerrito College. Her article “Going Out in the Upper Elementary Classroom,” was published in the spring was a nominee for the 2016
2016 issue of Montessori Life.
KELSEY WILL ’14 received the Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle Award for graduate students at the University of Minnesota. With it, Kelsey was able to present her psychology research at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society of Text and Discourse in Kassel, Germany, in July 2016.
KRISTINA LEROLD BRATSCH ’15 was married on August 6, 2016.
LUCY CONROY KROLL ’15 was married on August 5, 2016.
BRITTANY HILL MASTERS MAED’15 welcomed son David Samuel HEIDI KAPLER MATSON ’15 was married on July 16, 2016.
VANESSA PADUA-EVANS ’16 welcomed daughter Francesca Piper Evans, born in May 2016.
CAROLINE PORTOGHESE MBA’16 Masters in May 2016.
Women’s Health Leadership TRUST award for innovation in healthcare technology. An occupational therapist, she spearheaded a team that developed a robotic arm for wheelchairs that makes day-to-day tasks easier for individuals with MS and ALS.
Christy Schreck Woster M’75 w April 29, 2016. Karla Arndorfer Gomez ’77 w July 20, 2013. Jill Rennecke Finnegan ’78 w April 20, 2016. Harriette Huettl Bach ’80 w June 11, 2016. Tami Klevgaard Hagstrom ’84 w June 7, 2016. Pamela Beall Vincent M’86 w June 3, 2016. Donna Tymesen Cert’86 w June 4, 2016. Charee M. Watters MAOL’87 w June 21, 2015. Mary Beth Lund-Fruen ’89 w February 7, 2016. Karen Herbst Angellar M’95 w April 29, 2016. Nicole Leigh Crowell M’99 w May 27, 2016. Janet K. Thiel-Marxen Post-Bac Cert’15 w March 3, 2016.
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1 Nearly 100 members of the Class of 1966 returned to campus to celebrate their 50-year Reunion.
2 The weekend kicked off with “The Fundamentals,” a play about our first president, Mother Antonia McHugh.
3 Joan Ann Bot O’Neill ’76 (left) and Anna Arens ’15 painted a campus garden scene at Katies and Canvas.
4 The Dolphins synchronized swim team delighted Reunion attendees with a pool show.
5 Christa Salzl Gerlovich ’96 (left) and Jennifer Wesley Schimek ’96 enjoyed sweet treats at the ice cream social.
6 Laura Nelson ’09 led the Class of 1966 into Mass at Our Lady of Victory Chapel.
7 Lorraine Witt Olson ’46 (left) and Mary Ellen Wadden ’46 caught up during their class luncheon.
8 Grace Mary Ederer ’41 was the oldest Reunion attendee at 96 years old!
9 Katie Cat and the photo booth were highlights at the class parties.
10 Molly Tierney LaChapelle ’66 played pickleball in the new Wildcat Training Center inside Butler.
11 Rosanna Hudgins ’91 and her classmates received silver pins from then-president Andrea Lee, IHM.
12 The Class of 1976 broke out in laughter during a photo session with Katie Cat.
For more photos, visit stkate.edu/reunion
See page 40 for Reunion gifts.
SURVEY SAYS!
Last summer, we sent a survey to a random group of alumnae, and in typical Katie fashion, you let your voices be heard. Complete results were not yet tabulated at press time, but early data showed some interesting trends:
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Top 5 ways alumnae stay connected to St. Kate’s
Read St. Catherine University Magazine (69%) Stay in touch with classmates (55%) Visit stkate.edu (42%) Read Twin Cities Notes & Events (39%) Attend campus events (35%)
How are alumnae most interested in engaging with St. Kate’s?
Educational experiences (46%) Social events (42%) Professional development (38%) Volunteer for a worthy cause (37%)
Katies want to hear about…
Alumnae events (75%) Alumnae achievements (70%) Alumnae groups and activities (69%) Reports from the president (60%) Academic department news (58%)
Our alumnae love Facebook!
84% of respondents are active users
See full results at stkate.edu/alumsurvey Katies are generous!
30%
of survey respondents currently support St. Kate’s and plan to continue or increase future giving.
60%
support student scholarships
Congratulations! The iPad winners are...
Cheryl Fida Pace ’75 Gayle Chuckna Kubista ’76 Timothy Haas M’87
