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tion as vice president of pharmaceutical research STILLWATER — and development Since Lisa Shafer for Upsher-Smith walked across the Laboratories of stage to receive Maple Grove. her Stillwater High But it was a walk to School diploma in the principal’s office 1991, she’s made after being kicked out strides in the battle Shafer of class at Stillwater against neurodeJunior High, and generative diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS and a poem called “Winners and Parkinson’s. She’s earned a Losers” that steered Shafer toPhD in neurobiology and ward a path of service. She’s carried the verse anatomy; her research has been widely published. She’s around for years. It was givworked for medical research en to her by then-Assistant giants 3M and Medtronic, Principal Steve Studer, who and enjoys her present posi- apparently had a talent for re-
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channeling youthful energy. “I was screwing off and being disrespectful for quite a period of time,” Shafer recalled. “I had to sit with [Studer] during the lunch hour, which was an hour and a half. He said, ‘You’re going down the wrong path. You’ve got more, if you can figure out how to use it.’ He made me realize that I was not using my creativity for benefit, but instead for disruption. I appreciated him taking the time with me. I’ll never forget it, and I’m extremely grateful.” The Stillwater graduate was surprised at being selected for the Stillwater Area
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High School’s Distinguished Alumni award, saying it was a generous honor from family friends who nominated her. Shafer grew up in Stillwater, attending Stonebridge Elementary School — which she called “foundational” in igniting her curiosity — and frequenting Pioneer Park with her family. The park remains her favorite place in town; she and husband Tony Goldenstein held their wedding reception there. Her passion for neuroscience was sparked by an article she saw in the Pioneer Press while an undergraduate at the University of Minnesota.
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