In Memoriam

Andrea Dietzel-Luedtke ’12 has been recognized by the Wisconsin Law Journal as one of the 2020 Unsung Heroes. The Unsung Heroes award recognizes legal support staff members who excel in providing exceptional service and assistance behind the scenes at their firms. Dietzel-Luedtke serves as a Paralegal in Reinhart’s Intellectual Property Practice.

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1940s

Miltin L. Keene ’48, Chatham, IL Joyce W. Walker Kirschbaum ’49, Beaver

Dam, WI

1950s

Mary Jean Hlavac ’51, McFarland, WI David C. Berndt ’52, De Pere, WI Robert J. Lacke, ’52, Ottawa, IL Theodore J. Ralph ’52, San Antonio, TX Keith F Faherty ’54, Brookfield, WI Richard L. Hess ’54, Rancho Santa

Margarita, CA Leon “Grant” Loy ’54, Stitzer, WI Stanley C. Walz ’54, Portage, WI Loran C. Eldred ’55, Somona, CA Betty M. Krebs Heer ’59, Monroe, WI Myrna J. Gilbertson Spencer ’59,

Mequon, WI

1960s

Robert C. Hardie ’60, Taylor, WI Mahlen “Mel” C. Friske ’60, Hayward, WI William J. Rice ’62, McFarland, WI John W. Santas ’62, Kalamazoo, MI Mark J. Powers ’63, Durham, NC Gary D. Beerkircher ’65, Waukesha, WI Dennis A. Loftus ’65, Saint Paul, MN Barry G. Woodle ’66, Gilbert, MN Mary E. Johns ’67, Darlington WI Deloris “Dodie” Robertson ’67,

Lancaster, PA Duane C. Woerpel ’68, Prairie Du Sac, WI Kenneth M. Theisen ’68, Geneva, IL Larry D. Strahl ’69, Sun Prairie, WI

1970s

Betty J. Richardson Bumgardner ’70,

Platteville, WI Thomas A. Ferguson ’70, Naples, FL David R. Nee ’71, Fishers, IN Roger A. Dalsoren ’71, Dodgeville, WI Gerald “Jerry” E. Bouzek ’71,

Stoughton, WI Peter L. Hansen ’73, Union Grove, WI Douglas J. Swanson ’79, Waunakee, WI

1980s

Dawn Swiggum Erickson ’80, Mount

Horeb, WI William A. Denkert ’80, Oshkosh, WI Elmer C. Klar ’83, Hazel Green, WI Daniel J. Davis ’86, Cedarburg, WI

1990s

Diane L. Bartels ’91, Belmont, WI Aaron P. Lancaster ’96, Darlington, WI Anthony Tony Worachek ’99, McFarland, WI

2010s

Mitchell G. Billeb ’17, Slinger, WI

2020s

Dylan I. LaMere ’21, Waunakee, WI

Employees

Roy “Sarge” V. Pierce, Platteville, WI Eila B. Butterworth, Platteville, WI Dr. Vernon G. Vradenburg, Platteville, WI

Friends of the University

Wallace G. Huttenburg, Greenville, WI Judith T. Dillon, Plano, Texas Katherine C. Carothers, Asbury, Iowa E. Robert Clair, Platteville, WI Mark “Red Dog” Redfern, Platteville, WI

Some alumni and friends inquire about making a memorial gift. If you would like to do so, please contact Josh Boots at bootsj@ uwplatt.edu or 608.342.3961.

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