CLASS NOTES
ALLISON BYE ’12, BRIANNA POMONIS ’16, CHARLIE BILLADEAU ’11 AND EMMETT LINDQUIST ’16 LEAD THIS YEAR’S HAPPY CAMPERS OF BLAKE’S CAMP ACOMA SUMMER PROGRAM.
Former Faculty Upper School speech and communications teacher Greg Dawson retired from Blake this spring. His immediate plans include spending time in a wilderness area in Canada during July and August, giving friends a tour of the Black Hills in September, driving to the Pacific Northwest and California to visit friends and family in October, and accompanying his grandchildren to Disney World in November. Following that, Greg plans to focus on volunteer opportunities with organizations in the Native American community. This March, Rollie Johnson, who served as Blake’s athletic director from 1997 to 2006, was inducted into the Minnesota Athletic Directors Hall of Fame. He writes, “I make every attempt to visit Blake whenever we make our trips north. Many of the people I worked with over the years are now retired, but it’s still fun to wander the halls and take in a game or two. Our grandchildren are both
(FRONT ROW, L TO R) TOYIN EDISON-EDEBOR ’18, EVA MOTOLINIA ’18, TYLER JACKSON ’16 (BACK ROW, L TO R) CHARLIE ANKENY ’18, JOHN MILLER ’16, MARCUS BERG ’14 AND HANNAH KORSLUND ’16 ARE AMONG THE FACULTY OF LEARNINGWORKS AT BLAKE THIS SUMMER.
enrolled at Blake and our daughter Cassidy [Johnson Steiner ’96] and son-in-law Andrew [Steiner ’96] have been actively involved with Blake over the years.” Highcroft teaching assistant Diana Jones retired from Blake this spring. This summer she traveled to Chicago to help with her daughter’s move to Denver. She also headed to Nashua, New Hampshire, to meet her first grandchild, who was born June 10. She writes, “In September my husband and I are planning a trip to Glacier National Park. That’s when my ‘retirement’ will actually begin.”
In Memoriam Edward Callahan Jr. ’39 former parent, June 2, 2017 Paul Connolly ’09 February 19, 2017 Robert Cote ’52 May 2, 2017 Robert Dunn ’40 March 15, 2017 Robert Fischer Jr. ’66 February 12, 2017 J. Burr Friedlund ’62 December 31, 2016 Robert Gluek ’50 June 13, 2017 Joan Potter Goan ’45 former parent, former grandparent, February 16, 2017 Eileen Lahiff Grundman ’45 January 24, 2017
A. Tracy Guthrie ’51 February 21, 2017 J. Thomas Holzer ’65 July 8, 2017 Anne Dalrymple Hull ’33 former parent, former grandparent, February 1, 2017 Joan Barker Melvin ’43 December 29, 2016 Michael Miller former assistant head of school, April 2, 2017 William Owen ’49 July 7, 2016 Joan Stricker Pease ’49 January 7, 2017
S. Keller Pollock former faculty, former parent, March 12, 2017 Malcolm Robertson ’43 February 28, 2016 Stephen Sandy ’51 November 7, 2016 Libby Siegel former teacher and administrator, former parent, June 19, 2017 John Spencer ’40 March 6, 2017 Brad Walega current coach, June 22, 2017 Roscoe Webb Jr. ’46 June 1, 2017
Robert Pirsig ’46 April 24, 2017
The Winter 2017 In Memoriam incorrectly listed Sarah Bowman’s ’76 date of death as January 12, 2016. Sarah died on October 9, 2016. We apologize for the error. Please inform the Institutional Advancement Office of Blake community member deaths by calling 952-988-3430 or by sending an email to classnotes@blakeschool.org.
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FORMER BLAKE TEACHERS JACK FECHT (FAR LEFT) AND JIM RIEN (FAR RIGHT) WITH FORMER BLAKE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ROLLIE JOHNSON (CENTER) AT ROLLIE’S SON’S WEDDING RECEPTION.