Class Notes 1990s continued F. Michael Brown writes, “Alyson and I were married on the 9th of July, 2005. I’m currently enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching program at Hamline University, and was a student teacher this fall at St. Paul Arlington High School.”
Teal Bathke Harada writes, “My husband, Matthew, and I are delighted to announce the birth of our daughter, Eleanor Catherine Harada, on April 17. Jackson is 2 now, and adores little Ellie.” Keren Gudeman was honored as the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s Coach of the Year in her role as head coach of the women’s soccer team at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. It was Gudeman’s first year as coach of the Carleton Knights, and she took a team that had won just three games a year ago and led them to the most successful season in Carleton history, marking a 12-5-3 overall record and an 8-2-1 record in MIAC play. The team made it to the MIAC championship game, where they fell to Concordia in a penalty kick shootout.
Northwestern University in June 2006. I completed my Ph.D. in EE and she finished up her MBA. We’ve settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I’m working as a researcher with Sandia National Laboratories.”
Alexis Schad Lomen writes, “Andrew and I welcomed our second child this summer. Madeira Elizabeth was born July 5 and joins her big brother, Aiden, who is almost 5. I am continuing my work on my second degree in Horticulture. I am still not sure what degree I am going to end up with… We live in Saint Paul with our new neurotic dogs.”
1996 Matt Gollinger mgollinger@hotmail.com Minette Loula mloula@courts.state.nh.us
The SPA Nordic Ski Team held its third annual Peter Westra Memorial Sprints at Trollhaugen Ski Area in Dresser, Wis., December 1. Volunteers at the event included, from left, Mark and Mary Westra, Michael Thompson, Sarah Jensen, Roger Jensen, Page Knudsen Cowles, Bob Hollenhorst, Ruth Westra, Peggy Scholz, John Scholz, Rick Lessard.
Andrew Youn launched One Acre Fund, a non-profit farming organization in Kenya, approximately one year ago. The organization was recently asked to submit a full proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of just 47 agricultural organizations invited to do so from an initial 1,300 first-round proposals.
1997 10th Reunion October 12-14, 2007
Dena Citron Larson dena.larson@genmills.com Jeff Jarosch jefforama@aol.com Alex Pekker writes, “In August I completed my Ph.D. in mathematics (number theory,
1995 Kris Weum kris.weum@gmail.com Katie Kirschbaum katiekirschbaum@ hotmail.com Aaron Gin writes, “My wife, Sarah, and I graduated from 36
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The Class of 1996 celebrated its Reunion at O’Gara’s Bar and Grill in Saint Paul. Pictured, row one from left: Lukas Bergstrom, Alex Schutz. Row two: Hannah Meyers Mody, Elizabeth Callahan, Joe Krawetz, Ben Reed, Johanna Keifert. Row three: Gene Suh, Tom Nelson, Travis Prunty, Eric Johnson, David Ong, Paul Ginder, Brian Fairchild, Kristen York, Ben Polk, Daniel May, Lucy Morgan, Lisa Sharrock, Angela Hendrickson, Maureen Garrett. Row four: Adam Whitney, Rob Pottle, Paul Swenson, Spencer Gerberding, Matt Schultz.