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the past couple of years at WSU, many opportunities have crossed my proverbial desk. I have attended theatre conferences all over the Midwest. I visited London, England, with a group of students, led by Dr. David Bratt of the WSU Theatre and Dance faculty. The following summer | returned to London to study Shakespeare, directing and acting at the Globe Theatre with students from across the country in the Globe Education Program.
Winona State University made it possible for me to experience so many amazing things, and it helped me prepare for my involvement in the Great River Shakespeare Festival (GRSF) for its debut season in Winona this past summer.
I was working with the Theatre Du Mississippi and Great River Review's production of Winona:A Romantic Tragedy, when I joined a conversation between Robert Bruce-Brake and Will Kitchen regarding a Shakespeare Festival that had not yet founda location. Robert, an actor from the Minneapolis area, told Will he needed to meet with the Shakespeare people. He was the stone that started the ripple which became the wave which crashed into Winona.
The Great River Shakespeare Festival has so much potentialfor Winona, the region, andfor Winona State University. It brings positive recognition and attention to the place we call home. More than that, it brings extremely talented and dedicated actors, directors and technical people to Winona. Ourfaculty and staffcan offer help and learnfrom these people.
Our students are great beneficiaries of having this professional Shakespeare company on campus. Students in the arts and in other majors have internship opportunities to learn side-by-side with individuals who are recognized as among the best in theirfield.
As the initial plansfor the Great River Shakespeare Festival were being created, I felt it was importantfor Winona State University to take a leadrole in helping the project come to fruition because it dovetails so well with WSU's quality theatre and dance programs.
I'm asked to be involved in many community organizations and lend my assistance whenever possible. The Great River Shakespeare Festival was one such program where I actively sought a role because ofthe personal interest my wife, Nancy, and I share in enjoying excellent theatrical productions.
I'm proud to serve on the Festival's Board ofDirectors and I'm pleased that so many WSU people have been involved in helping make thefirstyear so successful. Tourism in Winona thrives because ofthe area's natural beauty, recreation opportunities and hospitality. The Great River Shakespeare Festivalfurther enhances what Winona has to offer and solidifies its position as a premier tourist destination in the Upper Midwest.
Dr. Darrell W. Krueger
(Editor's note: Andy Waldron,from Wausau, Wis., graduated in spring 2004 with a BA in Theatre, minor in English; and is working ona second degree, a BS in Communication Arts and Literature Education. He will complete that degree in Spring '05 and plans to relocate to the Twin Cities to pursue a career in teaching.)
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an interviews and audition process in the spring,/ I was accepted into the Apprentice Company. I united with students from Viterbo University, Southern Methodist University, Webster University, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the Guthrie Acting program from the University of Minnesota under the goal of furthering our education in the realm of professional theatre.
"Why would you do an acting apprentice program that doesn't pay anything?" my mom asked. Though she probably said it more delicately, the question was valid. I could find a full time summer job and another part-time one and actually earn money during my time between semesters.
I told my parents it would bea great educational opportunity.
rehearsals regarding our characters, and learned the lines, blocking, and character work. If an unfortunate situation occurred and an actor was unable to perform, an apprentice could step in.
I hadthe pleasure of understudying two amazing actors in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Michael Brusasco (as Cobweb and Snug the Joiner) and Dan Colman (as Mustardseed and Francis Flute). It was also great to work with a talented and inventive director, Paul Mason Barnes.
After detailed text work sessions, we began rehearsals. This wasan eyeopening experience. The ability of the artists to River Shakespeare Festival next season,
“It seems that the one constant in our lives is change.
I have learned that we are presented with amazing teachers, inspirational people and role models.”
I said I would be able to apply the knowledge and skills I gained in school. I would have the chance to work with theatre professionals on the inaugural season of a festival celebrating theworks of one of my favorite playwrights. Finally, I would not be able to live with myself if I let the opportunity pass.
The "carpe diem” approach has always worked for me. My experience met and exceeded the parental appeasementsI created.
The primary task of the Apprentice Company was to understudy roles in one of the two productions. We sat in on all
A Shakespeare history play, "Richard III," will be on the two-program schedulefor the Great
said Mark Hauck, one ofthe producing co-directors. "Richard," he said, would speak to contemporary audiences.
The second play will be the comedy "Much Ado About Nothing." Hauck and co-producers Paul Barnes andAlex Wild
create characters and make choices about movement made the choices. and line delivery was astounding. While my focus was on the actors to which I was assigned, I was struck by the wealth of talent before me.
Thefestival'sfirst season, which centered on the main stage and gardens at Winona State University,featured "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "A Winter's Tale."
Understudying is an odd dichotomy of desire and reality. I prepared asif I would go on, but chances were I wouldn't. On one hand, I would have loved to get on stage and perform. On the other hand, my performance
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Left and below: The talented professional actors ofthe Great River Shakespeare Festival perform in front ofsold-out audiences on the WSU Performing Arts Center Main Stage.
required that something bad happened to the actor. It was an emotional rollercoaster cresting with excited anticipation and plummeting to nervous panic at the thought of actually performing.
An anchor I could always hold onto, when this intense environment became overwhelming, was Shannon O'Brien, another recent WSU graduate. Shannon and I worked ona slew of shows together and it was comforting to work with a familiar face.
An amazing stage manager at WSU, Shannon accepted a position as a stage management intern with the GRSE She was fortunate to work with experienced stage managers, directors and technical staff.
I was fortunate to work with her.
The other primary aspect of the Apprentice Program was "the project." Led by two members of the acting company, we auditioned for, rehearsed and performed Shakespeare's As You Like It. I had a special treat of portraying two rather opposite characters, Duke Frederick and Silvius. The former, an angry powerful man; the latter, a lovesick shepherd. The production was a great success performed in the WSU Main Stage Theatre, on the GRSF set. I got to know the rest of the Apprentice Company members well and learned a lot about how I worked as an actor. of the many responsibilities of the Apprentice Company was to help with various technical and administrative duties. I worked on all facets of the production, from the lights on stage to the trap room under the stage and from the costumes worn to the pillows they sat upon.
A significant experience was taking brochures to various businesses and getting the word out about the productions. Another WSU alumnus, Teresa Woodall, was GRSF's administrative intern in charge of the huge task. She organized the routes we covered and kept track of the 4,500 brochures distributed. I have lived in Winona for five years, and for the first time I truly experienced the downtown area. I was struck by the warmth of each shop, by the willingness of the business people to help and their excitement about what was quickly approaching.
I also had the chance to learn from one of the most influential theatre designers in the United States. Rosemary Ingam isa giant in the field
of costume design. In several of my courses at WSU, we used her book, From Page to Stage.
Rosemary and the other costume staff were a delight to work with. I learned how to do a "tailor stitch" on the bottom of a dress, how to attach clasps, tack fabric, and attuned my hand sewing skills. Rosemary showed me how to distress clothing for the stage.
Alli Engelsma, a WSU theatre major, learnedfar more than I as part of her internship in the GRSF costume and prop shop. She worked on costumes designed by Rosemary, created a variety of realistic props and gained a ton of experience working under the helpful eyes of the staff. This opportunity was truly a unique experience for her as well.
I was also pleased that other WSU students had the chance to work on GRSF's inaugural season. Kevin Kreisel was an administrative and financial intern. Ann Peterson was a sound and technical intern. Together, we worked t will follow us into o hard and learned skilis t careers.
the intense preparations of the festival productions, we also A highlight of the Great River Shakespeare Festival Company's bonding time took needed time to relax and have fi place at Westgate Bo ey. Every other Wednesday after rehearsal, we almost took over the establishment. More than 10 lanes were filled with bowling excitement and Shakespeare Festival staff enjoying casual time with fellow actors and interns.
My time with the Great River Shakespeare Festival was quite a whirlwind of experiences. I listened to some of the greatest theatre practitioners of our time including Ming Cho Lee, Rosemary Ingam, and Jim Edmondson. I saw the Winona riverfront come alive under the stars during opening weekend with the Willy Porter concert. I worked with an amazing company of actors, directors, technicians and designers, whose talent and personality traits were astounding.
I could not have become the theatre practitioner I am todaywithout the variety of experiences I have hadthus far. Over the course of my years at Winona State, I have learned so much from the amazingWSU Theatreand Dance faculty and staff, especiallyVince Landro who made me look at the Bard’s work andthe art of theatre in new ways. The faculty’s
The Great River Shakespeare Festival benefited from the efforts ofseveral WSU students or recent graduatesserving in internship position with the companyfor its inauguralyear. Pictured are Kevin Kreisel, Shannon O'Brien, Alli Engelsma, Andy Waldron and Teresa Woodall.
support for the Shakespeare Festival and for their students has been astounding.
It seems that the one constant in our lives is change. I have learned that we are presented with amazing teachers, inspirational people androle models. Rather than dwell on their departure one must take the memories, the knowledge, the experiences gained and hold on to them. We cannot keep a person in our life forever; we move on without them and keep close the valuable insights they have shared and then share them with others.
Such is the case with the Great River Shakespeare Festival Company. I will hold on to all I've seen, learned and experienced for the rest of my life.
At the start of every show, the actors enteredthe stage and presented what was comically known as the "antiblurb." While its intention was to unify the two productions and hook the audience, it seemed to capture my experience.
Words from the anti-blurbs epitomize the journey I have taken on the road less traveled: "Something familiar— Something risky," "Summer," "Magic— Hilarity," "Faith— Forgiveness," "Love Triumphant." My experience has led me to words that might be included in my own anti-blurb: "new friends, experiential bliss, professional education, and fond memories abundant."
WSU Student Receives a Fulbright Grant
Pamela Graybeal wins the prestigious award by demonstrating clear objectives and a strong commitment to community involvement
For the first time in more than ten years, a Winona State University student received a Fulbright Grant. Pamela Graybeal, a WSU spring 2004 graduate from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is one of approximately 4, 500 students in the United States who applied for the grant. About 1,000 fellowships are awarded each year.
The Fulbright Grant is designed to give recent bachelor of science and bachelors of arts graduates, masters and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists
"Her clear objectives, which included teaching English as a second language, in addition 7 to further study at the ff German university, and her interest in continuing music opportunities for personal development and international experience. Applicants Graybeal's student teachingexperience duringspring Pamela Graybeal (right) works with Plainview, Minn., High School student Samantha Schad, during submit a statement of semester 2004. (photo by Chris Warrington) proposed study, which includes the type of project the student would like to complete andthe host country in which they would like to accomplish their work.
Graybeal chose to teach English as a second language at the high school level in Germany, as well as study German, literature and language at a university. When Graybeal found out she received a Fulbright Grant she was shocked.
"I knew it was very competitive, but it was wortha shot," said Graybeal.
Linda D'Amico, a WSU Residential College professor and director of study abroad, was on the Global Studies Council which interviewed Graybeal to decide if she was an appropriate candidate. Based on that interview, D'Amico recommended Graybeal for the Fulbright Grant.
as a co-curricular activity," said D'Amico, "are some of the strengths which helped Pamela receive this grant."
The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 through an act of Congress, spearheaded by Senator J. William Fulbright. The program aims to increase mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange, and strengthen the ties which unite the United States with other nations. Graybeal hopes to help accomplish those goals.
"I plan to get involved in the school beyond my 10 hour requirement, and I plan to get involved in the community," said Graybeal. "I want to be open minded and learn more about the German culture
and serve as a role model for the positive sides ofAmerican culture."
D'Amico says these types of experiences are valuable for students as they grow professionally.
"Going abroad for students changes their lives," said D'Amico, "and I think this is important to make them global citizens so they havea grasp of the issues in the world today."
Graybeal graduated from WSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in German teaching and a minor in music. She leaves for Germany in September and will return in June of 2005.
"The experience I'll have in the classroom will improve my German and make me a more effective German teacher," said Graybeal.
Graybeal is very excited for this experience and thankful to those who helped her receive this grant.
"I'm very grateful for Dr. Lilian Ramos, foreign language chair, and Nancy Peterson, director of grants and sponsored projects," said Graybeal. "They both worked very hard for me to get this."
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shouldn't stop when you're 23 years old."
James Erickson, retired director of continuing education at Winona State University, strongly believes this is true. Erickson spent 22 years making sure there was always an opportunity for learning at WSU at any age.
"I planned off-campus programs, for credit, with school districts and different businesses throughout the region,” said Erickson.
During those years, he introduced the community of Winona to a new formof life-long learning called Elderhostel.
"Elderhostel fit in nicely with what I was doing in continuing education," said Erickson.
Elderhostel is a not-for-profit organization which provides older adults with learning experiences at an affordable cost. It is America's first travel organization for adults 55 and over. The organization offers more than 10,000 programsa year in approximately 90 countries around the world, and nearly 200,000 older adults take part each year. For example, a person can learn about the ecology of the Everglades or take a more hands-on approach to learning by conducting wildlife or marine research to protect endangered species. However, the Elderhostel program started out on a much smaller scale.
The program began in 1975, when two men in New Hampshire decided it was time to offer older adults who traveled the same type of were formed and began to expand from the East
a convenientlodgingyouth hostels provide for young adults. From that concept, Elderhostels coastwestward.
Elderhostelswere first offeredin Miftmesota in 1978. Erickson learned about the concept after attending a conference about the program.
"After looking at its potential, I found it
interesting to be able to create an educational experience for older adults through a one-week program," said Erickson.
In the summer of 1979, Erickson organized the first Elderhostel at Winona State University. The week-long program was full, taking in 40 people from a Sunday night to a Saturday morning. The participants stayed in WSU residence hall rooms, participated in different classes throughout the week, and enjoyed a couple of evening socials.
The class topics ranged from the arts to the sciences. The Elderhostelers went to class three times a day, and each class was an hour and onehalf long, totaling about 25 hours of class time throughout the week.
"There were no tests or papers and you did not have to account for what you learned," said Erickson. "It's an extremely ideal learning environment. They could just sit there and soak-up information like a sponge."
t Winona State, two professors came back year after year to share their knowledge. Dr. Cal Fremling, retired professor of biology at WSU, taught a different Mississippi River course every summer. Dr. John Donovan, professor of geology at WSU, taught different courses on the production of petroleum and drilling for fuels.
"I don't think we ever offered the exact same course twice," said Erickson. "People could attend more than once and not have the same classes.”
Erickson believes Elderhostel is vitally important to Winona State and the community. For 25 years, it has provided continuing education for a community of learners not often thought of as university students.
“The satisfaction, for me, came when people said they would have never done this type of activity if it weren't for Elderhostel,” said Erickson. “I have been told by many participants that they would never have learned so much if it weren't for this program.”
The program at WSU gradually expanded and evolved into what Elderhostel is today. Three, and sometimes four, week-long programs are offered throughout the year. Some of the classes have moved off campus, to locations such as Lanesboro and Wabasha, so participants can get a more handson approach to learning, and the Elderhostelers now bunk in area hotels. Since Erickson's retirement, Pauline Christensen, Learning Club coordinator, has taken over the program. Although, Erickson's passion for Elderhostel keeps him involved.
“By bringing people from across the country to Winona State, the Elderhostel programs showthe older adults that a university environment isn't scary,” said Erickson. "This can change their outlook towards education and the university structure.”
Elderhostel promotes the value of higher education andthe importance of learning at any age. This can allowWinona State University to continue to live out its mission to provide a distinctive life-long learning environment by responding to the educational needs of the region.
“Learning needs to be an active part of an institution,” said Erickson. "Your resources have to be provided to and shared with all ages."
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needs to be an active part of an institution,” said Erickson. "Your resources have to be provided to and shared with all ages."
RIGHT TRACK
Women's Track team makes an historic appearance in the NCAA national Championship meet
ByAndy Davis, WSU '01
Until this past season, the Winona State University women's track team had not won a meet. During the 2003-04 indoor and outdoor seasons the Warriors won seven.
That is just one measure of the recent success of the team.
The Warriors gave the University of Minnesota-Duluth a run for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference championship in both the indoor and outdoor meets last year, but fell short in the indoor competition by 10 points and in the outdoor by 12.
"We had a goal of winning conference and Jennifer Klatt we were close," Head Coach Kim Blum said. "A few things just didn't go our way."
Other high points for the WSU women's track program this past season included coach Blum being named NSIC Coach of the Year, and senior Tracy Knipple's (Stevens Point, Wis.) historic appearance at the NCAA national track and field meet in Boston, March 12-13.
Tracy became the first Winona State track athlete to make it to the NCAA nationals. Besides Knipple, athletes in seven other events were provisional qualifiers for the tournament.
The Warriors were well-represented on the All-NSIC list as well. Senior Jenny Cuculi (Milwaukee, Wis.) headed the list earning that honor by wining both the 100 and 200-meter dash events in the NSIC Championships. Cuculi
was joined by teammates Gretchen Harty (Fr, New Prague, Minn.), Crystal Teske (Jr, Faribault, Minn.) and Diedra Faber (So, Plain, Wis.) in winning the 4 x 100 relay. Also placing first at the NSIC Championships was senior Jennifer Klatt (Emerald, Wis.) in the hammer throw.
According to Blum, the University of Minnesota-Duluth has perennially been the team to beat in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, and with UMD's departure into the North Central Conference in all sports this fall, Winona State may be the team to beat.
"Now that Duluth is gone, it's kind of bittersweet," Blum said. "We didn't quite get them before, but that means we don't get another chance at them either."
In a team sport, one person cannot be solely responsible for tremendous improvement and a
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turnaround like the one Winona State has made. However, a great share of the credit can go to coaching.
"In a sport like track, you have to base the success on the girls that achieved it," said Knipple. "But if it weren't for Kim, these athletes wouldn't be here."
Blum took over head coaching duties for Christa Matter, who was also an assistant coach on the WSU volleyball team and a faculty member.
"We tried to line things up so that coaches were not working in two sports," said Winona State Athletic Director Larry Holstad.Athletes are practicing and training more weeks of the year now, according to Holstad, and both playing and coaching collegiate sports is more of a year-round activity than it used to be.
"Kim brought with her a passion for coaching track," Holstad said.
When Blum took over the track team there were fewer than 20 athletes in the program. In some sports, 12 or 15 athletes might be a good number. In track, it can be almost impossible to compete against programs that have greater numbers when the competitions consist of around 55 events.
Numbers alone do not lead to a winning team. Blum wanted to attract more and better athletes to the Winona State track program, and she wanted to get the right kind of people.
Now, there are 42 athletes on the WSU women's track team. The athletes can be more specialized in certain events and they do not have to go through a gauntlet of grueling events in a single meet.
There is also a family-like atmosphere within the team, with players rooting for each other and helping their teammates improve. The relationships that are forged between
teammates are not limited to the track.
"Most of us lived in houses and apartments together," Knipple said. "We are definitely a close team. Some of my teammates are probably girls that I'll stay in touch with for the rest of my life, even though we only spent four years together.”
Initially, it was tough for Blum to find top-notch high school track athletes that wanted to come to Winona State. The program was not known as being successful, and one of the major barriers to recruiting efforts was thelack of one key resource for track athletes: a track.
While Winona State University does not have a world-class facility that can hold huge track meets, it does have an excellent fitness center anda staff of track coaches that are committed to getting the most out of every athlete.
"WouldI like to havea giant, beautiful track?" Blum asked hypothetically. "Yes. But we're pretty darn good without one. It would be very nice to be able to host a meet, but we just go out and do our thing. We would rather stay focused on the positives."
And there are plenty of positives to look at.
Last season, the Warriors set Can new records in 30 events, finished second in the conference indoor and outdoor meets and qualified eight women for the NCAA national championships.
improve are the ones Blum is after.
"T recruit heavily," Blum said."You can't just expect good athletes to show up on your campus."
In addition to the resultsand improvement athletes in the program have shown, many recruits are attracted to the team environment at WSU.
"Kim really promotes that atmosphere, buta lot of it is the athletes," Knipple said. "It's a really great group of girls that she brings in every year. She asks current team members for our opinion of the girls after their recruiting visit and she's open to our suggestions and comments."
A strong group of returning athletes for the 2004-05 season will keep the program strong for years to come, but they will have some big roster holes to fill also. Ten seniors, four of whom were NCAA national qualifiers, will not return, andthe loss will not only be felt in meet results.
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Duringa recruiting visit with a prospective student athlete, Blum often shows results of some of her athletes from a before and after perspective. The numbers speak for themselves. Women who join Winona State's track team will improve, andthe athletes that want to
"They've been there every step of process and ! the way in this they're a big reason why these changes are happening," Blum said. "They brought a lot of leadership to the team."
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Winona State recognizes its outstanding alumni andfriends
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du Lac,Wis., receivedthe Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Ernest (Ernie) Buhler (upper middle) of Sierra Vista, Ariz., and Ervin Bublitz (lower right) of -a communityoflearnersdedicated to improving our world."
Each year, between 40 and 60 people are nominated for the awards of distinction byWSU alumni, faculty and friends of the university. The recipients of these awards are selected by the Alumni Board of Directors membership sub-committee.
DistinguishedService Award Recipient Ervin Bublitz
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hopes he creates the same inspiration inhis students that his professors created in him.
He serves his students. He serves his university. He serves his community. Ervin Bublitz, Winona State University Professor of Sociology, has now been honored for his service efforts. Bublitz received a 2004 Distinguished Service Award from the WSU Alumni Society.
"I appreciate the award and feel very grateful," said Bublitz.
Bublitz, a native ofWinona, has many ties to WSU. Eight years after receiving a bachelor of arts degree in economics from St. Mary's University in Winona, Bublitz graduated with a second bachelor's degree and a master of science degree in sociology from Winona State. He went on to earn a Ph. D. degree in sociology at the University of Utah.
Bublitz then returned to his roots in Winona and the university that helped him prepare for his new career as a university professor. He began teaching in the Department of Sociology at Winona State in 1970. Bublitz has taken great joy in his profession. Through his
"My fondest memory at Winona State University was in taking classes from Larry Connell who was head of the department and my mentor," said Bublitz. "He's the one that laid the foundation for me to go on to graduate school and becomea professor."
During his 34 years as aWSU professor, Bublitz spent several of those years as the head of the department. He was also the coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program, the Law Enforcement Program and Law Enforcement Internships. He continues to teach sociology courses and is working to revise the curriculum of family studies in sociology.
"I don't think some professors realize what a great opportunity they have," said Bublitz. "To be a university professor allows you to work with young people in the prime of their life; to mold and nurture them. I often say to myself that professors should cherish and be thankful to work with students."
Bublitz is also a volunteer who has worked to advance the university. He solicits funds for scholarships, which are awarded to students in fields such as sociology, social work and law enforcement. Bublitz says these - aren't going to! companies; however, they are essentia society.
"These people don't go out and mak large sums of money," said Bublitz, "and that's a reason why I support a number 2 of scholarships within the department."
Bublitz also has a tremendous interest | in American art and has spent 50 years of his life visiting thousands of galleries and museums across the country. When he finds an outstanding piece ofwork, he feels it's important to share it with the university to help build an educational environment.
Bublitz solicits funds for art and has donated several pieces of artwork and many art collections. Some of them include the Remington sculpture collection, the Southwest Native American pottery collection and the only public collection of duck decoys in Minnesota. These collections are on display in the WSU Library, and make the facility a true tourist destination, as well as a library.
"I feel that art is inspirational," said Bublitz. "That's true of great music, great art, great religious values and great experiences that involve the inner self. This is the most important aspect of life. In my personal life, I've been inspired by these kinds of experiences. I want other people to be inspired, too."
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DistinguishedServiceAward. Buhler said his accomplishments are a direct result ofhis experience at Winona State University.
"The atmosphere at Winona State set the stage for my professional career," said Buhler. "WhenI left, I told myself that I had to repay those people for the gift they gave me during my educational experience."
Buhler graduated from WSU in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in science and social studies.
"WhenI got out of the Air Force in 1954, I was looking for a place to go to college, and I decided to go to WSU because my two sisters went there," said Buhler. "Most people know, once you get to Winona State you don't leave because the programs andthe faculty are so good."
So good, in fact, that one of Buhler's fondest memories about Winona State University centers around an inspirationalhistory professor.
"I will always remember being in the presence of Mr. Eddie Davis," said Buhler, "who was one of those people that could make history come alive and walk around in front ofyou."
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"[had the best job a person could ask for," said Buhler. "I never had a day I
didn't want to be at work."
Buhler went back to WSU almost a decade after he received hisbachelors degree as a practicum supervisor during the summer months. He decided to work with college students while his middle school students were enjoying their summer break.
"In 1967, we had a huge influx of people going into counselor education," said Buhler, "and since I was right at the doorstep, thecounselor education department chair asked me if I'd like to do it. So, I did."
When enrollment in counselor education started to decline in 1985, Buhler knew his services as a practicum supervisor wouldn't be needed for much longer. However, Buhler's desire to serve his alma mater continued. He and Tim Hatfield, WSU's chair of counselor education, started thinking ofways to help counselors already working in the field improve their skills. The two men created School Counselor Update, a week-long workshop which focuses on personal and professional renewal. It's
the only program like it across the nation. This past summer, the program celebrated its 20th anniversary.
"In those 20 years, School Counselor Update was the single best thing I did throughout the whole year," said Buhler. "Ilooked forward to the workshop year after year."
Buhler endedhis career as a counselor for the Winona Public School District in 1993, he retired as co-director of School Counselor Update in 2002, and he retired his Air Force Academy numbers, after 54 years of service, in the summer of 2004. However, Buhler continues to serve others andthe community every day. For that, he was honored with this year's Distinguished Service Award.
"To be recognized by your peers at any level is anawesome thing," said Buhler. "To get something like this after being away from active counseling for 11 years is just anawesome and humbling experience."
Distinguished Young Alumnus Nathan Gruber
Nathan Gruber knew he wanted to tackle more in his life than just the game of football. However, it was football that introduced him to Winona State University.
In 1990, former football coach Don Wistrcill made a stop at Gruber's high school in Ellsworth, Wis., to recruit potential football players.
"Wistrcill asked us what we were interested in doing," said Gruber, said engineering and he said ‘great, we have a program.'"
Gruber enrolled in the Composite Materials Engineering program at WSU. During his junior year, Gruber worked as a student test engineer at the Composite Materials Technology Center. This experience gave him a hands-on learning opportunity in mechanical testing of plastics and composite materials and composite fabrication techniques, including wet lay-up, press molding, injection molding and filament winding.
"It gave me the opportunity to apply some of the skills I learned in
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his first year on the team, the squad won only a single game. Two years later, the team had a winning record and was making history at Winona State, which is a memory Gruber will never forget.
"In 1993, my junior year, we beat Duluth at home to clinch the conference championship," said Gruber.
Gruber graduated from WSU with a bachelors of engineering degree in composite materials engineering in 1995. He went on to play and coach for the Vienna Vikings in Vienna, Austria. The organization is a semipro football team in the Austrian League of the European Football League. Gruber played multiple offensive and defensive positions while coaching the defensive backfield.
In 1997, Gruber put his engineering degree to work when he accepted a job with IBM in Rochester, Minn. He was hired as a procurement engineer, and was promoted in 2001 to procurement development manager. Gruber provided program
lapsis theworldleader iin outboard and sterndrive marine propulsion technology and performance. Gruber is responsible for $77 million of annual spending for purchased components.
"I manage the performance of the supply base that provides the nonmetallic components on the engine, said Gruber, "for example,packaging, paint and plastics."
Gruber said WSU helped him achieve success in his career by offering scholarships in academics and athletics. He said these scholarships gave him the opportunity to concentrate on his studies by not having to work.
"It really helped me focus my efforts to gain the skills I needed," said Gruber.
Gruber's accomplishments led to a WSU 2004 Alumni Society DistinguishedYoung Alumni Award. This recognition is something Gruber wasn't expecting.
"I was shocked, said Gruber, "and at the same time, honored, flattered and excited that the alumni board of directors felt I was a distinguished young alumnus."
Distinguished Alumna Rita Lewis
1enLewis was in herearly 20s, she served as the state director for the Walter Mondale for President campaign. In 1985, Lewis went to work for a different politician.
"I moved to Sioux Falls, S.D., as the deputy campaign manager for then Congressman Tom Daschle who was running for U.S. Senate," said Lewis.
When Daschle was elected as a Senator for South Dakota in November of 1986, Lewis moved to Washington, D.C., to work on his staff as the economic development director. In this position, Lewis served as a liaison between the Senator, South Dakota businesses and local elected officials working on legislative issues ranging from tax issues to the environment to international trade.
In 1994, Lewis accepted a new challenge as the director of Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Education. As a key legislative aide at the department, Lewis worked with Secretary Richard Riley to successfully pass three major
rewarding part of my career.
Today, Lewis is aprincipal at the
The organization is a lobbying firm which works with groups, companies, organizations and associations to promote their issues before the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Administration. The Washington Group lobbies for the rights of companies, such as Delta Airlines, Microsoft and Bell South.
"I am given the opportunity to really help people,” said Lewis. "At this firm, the first thing I worked on with the U.S. attorneys general was the tobacco settlement."
Lewis wasn't interested in politics as a child, despite the fact that she was immersed ina very political household. Growing up, she lived in a climate where the right to vote was always exercised and family members supported political candidates.
"Once I got to college, I found I was really interested in politics," said Lewis, "and I held internships in San
Lewis expanded her knowledge of politics by serving as vice president of the student body during her career as a student at WSU. She was also appointed by Governor Rudy Perpich to the Minnesota State University Board. Those experiences helped Lewis achieve the success she maintains in her career today.
"Winona State gave me confidence in my ability," said Lewis, "and it helped build self esteem. I think people in Minnesota have a strong work ethic already, but it was reinforced at WSU."
Lewis's accomplishments at Winona State, and in her professional career, helped her achieve the WSU 2004 Alumni Society Distinguished Alumni Award.
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Distinguished Alumnus Carl Miller
From student, to teacher, to professor, Carl Miller has devoted his life to education. Miller received his bachelors degree in biology and physical education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1960. He taught in Mazomanie, Wis., for one year before he took a position as the program director at a YMCA. Three years later, Miller returned to his calling.
"I decided to go back into teaching and coaching which I thought was going to be my lifetime vocation," said Miller," and my best opportunity to do that was at WSU."
Miller received a master of science degree in education and counseling from Winona State University in 1965. He went on to achieve a doctorate in administration of higher education and physiology from the University of North Texas.
Since then, he has spent more than 25 years educating and coaching students, he served as the mayor of Mason City, Iowa, and he helda five-year term on the U.S. Olympic Committee/U.S. Collegiate Sports Council. These are just a few of the many successes Miller accomplished which led to the achievement of the 2004 WSU Alumni Society Distinguished Alumni Award.
education. He says teachingyoung e people and watching them succeed in life is very rewarding.
"I think anything you want to do in life you have to have a passion for or a burning desire," said Miller. "Ifyou don't, get out and do something else. Working with young people has always beena joy for me."
Miller has an extensive background as an athletic director and coach. He's coached sports including wrestling and football. He is also past president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors ofAthletics and is a member of the Hall of Fame of that organization. During his term on the U.S. Olympic Committee/U.S. Collegiate Sports Council, he led about 250 athletes in the collegiate games.
"I was in charge of the United States Athletic Teams for the UniversityWorld Games in Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland," said Miller.
In 1993, Miller left teaching and coaching for a few years and became the mayor of Mason City, Iowa.
"We left behind a lot of blood, sweat and tears in that town," said Miller.
Some of Miller's hard work can be seen in the Music Man Square, a $12 million facility dedicated to the life of Mason City native, Meredith Willson, who is best remembered for writing the Broadway musical, The Music Man.
iT - isalsoamuseum highlightingM Willson's memorabilia.
"I enjoyed being the mayor," said Miller. "For 14 years Mason City beca my town, and it was hard to leave."
Miller and his wife left Mason City moved to La Crosse, Wis., in January of 2004. Miller is now the executive director for the La Crosse County Historical Society, a position which he feels has placed him back into an education role.
"The historical society has a responsibility to do research and writing and to educate young people," said Miller.
This Winona State University graduate has also spent many years of his life volunteering in the community and for different service organizations. He has been the chair of aYMCA and a United Way, and served as a member of the board of directors for several organizations, including First Federal Savings and Loan Assn. in Grand Forks, N.D., and North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa.
What's his secret to finding the time for it all?
"There's a saying... if you want to get a job done, give it to somebody who is busy," said Miller. "You have to learn to organize your time; teaching and coaching taught me that. I always had a game plan on the field, and I always had a lesson plan in the classroom."
Message from the Alumni Director
Create in your mind an image of Minnesota during its infancy in the mid 1800s. Majestic bluffs, the Mississippi River, vast prairie and 10,000 lakes welcomed those who desired to make Minnesota their home. These dedicated and hard working individuals understood that an educated citizenry wasan imperative to serving future generations and this great land. Our forbearers claimed the mission of providing an outstanding educational environment right here in southeastern Minnesota. Winona State Normal School, today known as Winona State University, had at its very conception the mandate to educate and enlighten the masses at a distinctive institution: a community of Learners dedicated to improving our world.
Each year the Alumni Society requests nominations for individuals
who represent the best and brightest ofWinona State alumni and friends. From this group awardees are chosen for the Distinguished Alumni, DistinguishedYoung Alumni and Distinguished Service awards. These selections are based on professional distinction and service to Winona State and the greater world community.
Winona State University has more than 49,000 alumni, each with the skillsand training to make a difference in our world. We want to expand our recognition to included distinction within each of our five colleges, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and the College of Science and Engineering. Additionally, we want to share stories about the outstanding service work and/or career achievements of our alumni in future issues of Currents.
If you know of a Winona State graduate that has been living the Winona State mission to improve our world, please share their story with us. Mail the attached form to the Alumni Relations Office at WSU, P.O. Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987.
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Please, give a brief summary describing how a WSU alumnus is living the university's mission to improve our world.
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Have we got a gift for you!
The Winona State University Community wants to welcome the newest members of your family to the ranks of WSU future Alumni!
If you are a graduate of Winona State University and have a new baby in your family, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at WSU and let us know the details (and send a photo print, slide or digital, if digital, resolution no lower than 300 dpi).
We have a special gift for your new arrival, a purple “Baby Warrior Onesie.” In addition, we will share your good news, with your classmates and friends in the next issue of Currents magazine.
Young alumnifind adventure and the opportunity to serve in the remote and beautiful Yukon region of Alaska
WSU ALASKAN ALUMNI
In addition to those mentioned in the adjoining article, several other WSU alumni living in the 49th state replied to a request to let Winona State and their classmates knowa littleabout themselves. Below are the highlights of the responses:
Al Svenningson, '58 (Fairbanks, AK) has lived in Alaska since August 1967. For 18 years, he was head basketball coach at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Since retirement, he has coached professional teams in Sweden, Denmark and Germany and has run basketball camps and clinics in many European countries as well as the Central African Republic and Australia. Al and his wife, Sandy, continue to do a fair amount of international and domestic travel including summers at their river cabin near Delta Junction. They have two adult children: Tori and Brad. Tori lives in Fairbanks and works at the university in the public relations department. Brad is a grad student at a university in Paris, France.
Jeanne Tridle, ‘62 (Show Low, Az.) and her husband, Joe (WSU, '63) grew up in Minnesota and met while studying at WSU. Both were teachers in the Anchorage School District andlived in Alaska for more than 30 years; on the Kenai Peninsula, in Anchorage and the Matanuska Valley. Joe retired in 1985 from his position as a principal in the Matanuska-Susitna School District in Palmer, Alaska. Jeanne retired in 1989 after 30 years of teaching, and the couple began to spend winters in Arizona and summers on the Kenai River in Alaska fishing for salmon, halibut and rainbow trout. Jeanne says, “We'd bring the fish back to Arizona and treat our Arizona neighbors to Alaskan fish.” In 2003, the Tridles decided to put a price on the Alaska house and wait for a buyer. A buyer came perhaps too quickly, and Jeanne and Joe hurriedly moved out and began the search for the perfect home in Arizona's White Mountains. "We found just the right house in October," Jeannesaid. "Unfortunately, Joe died on April 9, 2004, at the age of 65." Even though Jeanne feels like Alaska is still her home, she is beginning to appreciate the town of Show Low, Arizona. She volunteers at the local library and stays busy with her stained glass and basket-making skills. Jeanne and Joe had one daughter, Gwen.
(Editor's note: Joseph Cynor, aWSU alumnus who taught in Alaska's Yukon Delta, a very remote region ofthat expansive state, wrote a biography to share with his students. That biography, coupled with Joseph's commitment to WSU and connections with other WSU alumni in Alaska provided the startingpointfor this article.
WSU records include 64 alumni living in the 49th state. This articlefeatures a few of them and their stories but is by no means a complete record ofthe important and interesting work and lives ofWSU alumni in Alaska.)
ishing along the banks of the Jump River, hiking and hunting thewoods ofWisconsin, and slaving away amidst the sweet smelling aroma of cow manure, are among Joseph Cynor's most vivid childhood memories while growing up on a dairy farm near Sheldon, Wis.
"High school brought with it a love for basketball and the reality of schoolwork," Joseph wrote. "With lots of practice at manual labor, I set my sights on college. Luckily, I studied enough in school to find myself in a position to attend Winona State University."
Joeseph described studying hard for his WSU classes, but also enjoying his time in Winona hunting, fishing and especially playing pick-up games of basketball for hours and hours until his legs refused to move.
While a sophomore at WSU, Joseph landed a basketball coaching position with a nearby school district.
"That's when things started to fall in place," Joseph recalled. "The combination of my interests in coaching, geology, and a wise college advisor led me to pursue a degree in earth science education."
During the summer following his
junior year at WSU, Joseph went to Maine where he taughta variety of subjects including science, nature, mountain biking, and baseball, and where he caught the "travel bug."
After graduating from WSU in May 2002, Joseph looked to Alaska and the village ofTununak for the perfect blend of travel, adventure, and people.
"The decision to head for Tununak was a no-brainer," Joseph said, "especially when my roommate, Michael Keefe (WSU '02), was also game for the move."
Joseph soon discovered that teaching in the village of Tununak offered more than he originally imagined.
"Our village relies heavily on subsistence living-- living off the land," Joseph said. "My friends have invited me on many subsistence adventures including hunting ptarmigans, setting fishnets under the ice, and picking berries.
"We have no trees on the island, only willow bushes ranging from 3’ to 8’ in
height. Driftwood washed up along the coast and small bushes provide our firewood, although most houses are now equipped witha fuel oil furnace."
One of the main sources of recreation in the area is basketball. Joseph served for two years as the Tununak Coaster boy’s varsity basketball coach.
"We started with five players and are now up to 12," Joseph wrote in February. "We fly to different villages on weekends, play in tournaments, and fly home if the weather cooperates. When traveling to other villages for competition, we sleep on gym or classroom floors. When we cannot fly home because of weather, we attend class wherever we are until the weather clears. Last year, the Kipnuk boy’s basketball team was stuck in Tununak for five days!"
Mike Keefe, Joseph's college roommate, was originally from Antioch, Ill. He graduated from WSU in 2002, majoring in biology and life science (teaching) and also taught in Tununak, Alaska.
Annette (Price) Kittleson, '64 (Anchorage, AK), and her husband, Mike, both graduated from WSU in 1964 with bachelor's degrees in elementary education. They married, and moved to Nome, Alaska, for their first teaching positions. After two years of culture shock, challenges and adventure, they missed city life and chose to move to Anchorage whereAnnette taught first grade for four more years. Mike taught sixth grade before earning a masters degree at the University of Alaska Anchorage and then taught junior high social studies. Mike passed away in 2002 at age 63 after fighting leukemia. Annette still lives in their log home, and is a receptionist at Providence Hospital. Mike and Annette had two children: Nicholas, 33, an attorney, and Emily, 31, a chemical process engineer, both living in Anchorage.
Pam McCarl, '67 (Anchorage, AK) spent her entire 28 years in education in two districts: State Operated Schools, and Anchorage School District. Pam taught self-contained 5th and 6th grades for 10 years, then joined the PACT program to teach gifted students grades K-6. She was president of the Anchorage Education Association for two years. She concluded the last six years of her teaching career in junior high and middle school teaching social studies. Pam and her husband are now retired and enjoy traveling, birding, and fishing.
Linda (Hollon) Duran, '70 (Palmer, AK) graduated from WSU with a degree in Art (Teaching). She has lived in Alaskasince 1990 and has raised two daughters. Linda, who is native American (ChoctawApache), has created a series of fine art dolls called First Nations Portrait Dolls which depict native life in North America prior to contact with European cultures. Each doll is about 12 inches tall and begins with hand-sculpted clay. Her creations are dressed in wools, leathers and sinews and adorned with whalebone, halibut bone, slate and driftwood. She researches the tribe being portrayed and paints the character, strengths and humanity in the faces. She just completed an artist-in-residency where she taught native doll making in the Pribilof Islands.
Janet (Willroth) Strom, '73 (Wrangell, AK) graduated from WSU with a nursing degree. In 1983, she and her husband, Dennis, moved to Bethel, Alaska, where she worked as a school nurse and then a public health nurse. Dennis was the assistant manager of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge until the Fall of 1998. The couple's three daughters graduated from Bethel High School. Theiroldest daughter is now a teacher in the village of Tuntutuliak, about 80 milesdown the Kuskokwim River from Bethel. Their second daughter is a physician assistant in Bethel at the YK Delta Hospital. Their youngest daughter lives in Wrangell and is the mother ofJanet and Dennis’ two grandkids. Janet said they now live on an island and it is beautiful with the snow covered mountains and the ocean all around.
Richard P. Emanuel, '74 (Anchorage, AK) graduated from WSU with a BA in geology and then attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison, earning two masters degrees in geology and water resources management. Richard moved to Alaska in 1978 and took a job with the US Geological Survey. His wife, Julie Dumoulin, is USGS geologist. Richard is now a freelance writer, specializing in science. He maintains close ties with WSU, noting that his father, Joseph Emanuel, is a retired biology professor, and his older brother, Doug Emanuel, oversees laboratories and supplies for the WSU Chemistry Department. Richard and his wife have one daughter, Nicole, age 10.
Patty L. Olson, '74 (Douglas, AK) moved to Juneau, Alaska's capital, in January of 1975, six months after graduating from WSU with a BS in art teaching. Almost immediately, she accepted a job with the State of Alaska and has been a public employee since then. Patty is a senior budget analyst with the Alaska Department of Transportation. She says, "Given that live in one of the most beautiful cities in America, spend a lot of time hiking, fishing and camping. also travel extensively and have seen muchof the State." Patty notes that Jayne Andreen,
"What attracted me to Alaska was the opportunity to experience something different from what I had experienced previously," Michael said, "and the excitement of an adventure."
Another ofJoseph and Michael's WSU classmates, Kristen Hanson, also teaches in the Yukon region ofAlaska. Kristen grew up in Oregon, Wis., a suburb of Madison, and graduated from WSU in 2003 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics teaching.
While in school at WSU, Kristen said she compared teaching salaries in states across the country and noted that teachers in Alaska, where she had always wanted to travel, were well paid. During her senior year, her friends, Joseph and Michael, who had just graduated from WSU, were teaching in
Kristen is loving her Alaska experience and reports that she has learned to cut salmon using an Eskimo "uluaq" knife. She has eaten caribou and moose soup. And, she has enjoyed the "steams."
"Since people don't have running water," Kristen said, "they get water from the river and make steamsin little shanties that are like saunas, though much hotter."
In addition to teaching, Kristen is assistant basketball coach at her school, though she admits she is just learning the game.
"Before college, I was a swimmer and runher," Kristen said. "I played Frisbee all through college and never learned basketball. Last fall, I started playing basketball with the women in my village and they were so encouraging and I had Alaska and stayed in touch with her, relating amazing experiences.
"I got so jealous," Kristen said. "I wanted to be there and have the bush experience, 'the true Alaska experience’ as Michael says."
With help from Vicki Decker and WSU's Career Services office, Kristen interviewed for— and accepted- a teaching
so much fun."
In addition to Joseph, Michael and Kristen, two other WSU 2002 alumni are teachers in the Lower Kuskokwim School District in south west Alaska: Jennifer Schroeder, a special education/elementary education major now teaching in position in Kwethluk, Alaska, about 100 miles from Tununak.
another WSU graduate ('77) is her next door neighbor, and Dale Erickson (WSU '83) lives in Juneau and has allowed Patty to use his cabin on occasion. Patty is amazed at how small the world can seem. She wrote, "| did not knoweither of these individuals until they moved here after me."
Lori A. Veldhuis, '79, (Eagle River, AK) has been in Alaska for 21 years. She has a number of current jobs, including: elementary school nurse, phone triage nurse for Providence Hospital, massage practitioner, healing touch practitioner, medic first aid instructor, and ETT. Lori has four children: Jason, 20, a junior at Wharton School ofBusiness at the University of Pennsylvania; Sarah, 19, a sophomore at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.; Lucas, 16, a junior at Chugiak High School; and Garret, 14, a freshman at Chugiak High School.
Mary Leykom, '80 (Anchorage, AK) graduated with a BA in biology and was hired by the St. Paul District Corps of Engineers to assess proposed projects for compliance with the Clean Water Act. The next year she was hired by the Alaska District Corps to do similar work throughout Alaska. She says it was great fun flying toremote fishing villages on theAleutian Chain, working on theNorth Slope reviewing oil industry development, and attending public meetings in tiny villages on Southeast Alaska's rain forested islands. In 1986, she leftthe Corps to join her fiancé, Jerry Stroebele, in Kotzebue, Alaska, just abovethe Arctic Circle, where he was the refuge manager at Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. Mary and her husband spent 26 days driving their 18 sled dogs from Fairbanks to Kotzebue. They traveled over traditional Athabaskan Indian trails down the Koyukuk River to Inupiat Eskimo country on the Kobuk River. Mary said the trip was between 500 and 600 miles, “and since it was an official government move, we received 8 cents a mile!" In Kotzebue, Mary worked for a commuter airline, a university extension office, and ran the Bureau of Land Management's field office. After five years and two kids, Mary and Jerry moved to Anchorage where she worked for six years at the Alaska Department of Transportation doing environmental work. She recently rejoined the Corps of Engineers and does most of the permit work in the villages in Southwest Alaska including the YukonKuskokwuim Delta area.
Bethel, Alaska; and Melanie Gordon, an elementary education major teaching in Tununak.
Connie (Laverty) Laws, '81 (Anchorage, AK) earned a bachelors degree in nursing from WSU and hasbeen a stay-at-home mom for years. Her husband wasa pilot for the Navy. He retired from the Navy and tooka job in Alaska teaching Naval Science (ROTC). When time allows, especially in summer, they sightsee Alaska. Connie said, "We have been on amazing hikes in astounding beauty, caught red salmon on the Kenai River and Halibut in Resurrection Bay. flew in a small plane and a sea plane. I've been on the Matanuska Glacier, flew over and hiked to glaciers. This spring, landed aboard the aircraft carrier, The USS Stennis, off the coast of Alaska, as a distinguished visitor with the Navy League. toured Denali National Park and enjoyed sightseeing excursions in Resurrection Bay, Prince William Sound, Valdez, Dawson City in Canada's Yukon Territory, Skagway and Juneau.
Julie Arin, '82 (Anchorage, AK) earned her degree at WSU, double majoring in elementary education and speech pathology. She moved to Alaska in 1984 and taught four years in Valdez. She moved to Anchorage in 1989 andhas been working for British Petroleum, Alaska, Inc., for 12 years in the HSE Compliance Group for Drilling, Production and Exploration. Julie lovesAlaska but travels as much as possible. She has great memories of having bicycled in Greece, Italy, Holland, Costa Rica and Alaska and enjoys typical Alaskan adventures such as camping, hiking, biking, fishing and enjoying good times with family and friends.
Georgia (Fox) DeKeyser, '84, (Anchorage, AK) graduated from Winona State's bachelor's of nursing program and moved to Alaska with her husband with the intent of "working for one year and returning to the Midwest." The DeKeyser's have called Anchorage their home for 20 years. Georgia has worked as an RN at theAlaska Native Medical Center, and Alaska Regional Hospital. She attended graduate school at the University of Alaska and earned the dual degrees of Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Georgia works at the University of Alaska as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Georgia and her husband have three children, ages 17, 15, and13.
Judy M. Scherger, ‘90 (Anchorage, AK) was a paralegal major at Winona State. She is now assistant public defender for the Alaska Public Defender Agency where their mission is "to provide quality legal service, consistentwith constitutional guarantees, to indigent persons."
Jenny (Wolner) Rose, '91 (Eagle River, AK) majored in social science and sociology at WSU. She hasbeen married ten years andhas two active boys. She is completing a master's in education at the University of Anchorage in guidance and counseling. She is an adolescent substance abuse counselor and prevention specialist for high risk children. Jenny loves living in Alaska and since her husband is a registered big game guide, "my decor downstairs consists of a life-sized mountain goat, mountain lion, Dahl sheep, caribou, and brown and black bear rugs.
Tracee Farmer, ‘92 (Barrow, AK) majored at WSU in elementary education and special education. She has taught at Fred Ipalook Elementary School in Barrow for ten years, currently teaching first grade. Tracee is a regional director on the NEA-AK Board of Directors representing Barrow, the northern-most community in the United States. Tracee planned to visit WSU this summer and share Winona with her niece who will be a WSU freshman this fall.
Nick & Nicole R. (Larson) Nelson, ‘01 & ‘02 (Wasilla, AK). Nicole arrived in Anchorage about a month after graduating from WSU with her marketing major and minor in management information systems. Within ten days, she was hired at the First National Bank in Alaska, the largest Alaskan owned and operated bank in the state. A commercial loan officer, Nicole has been able to travel to many parts of Alaska including Bethel, Valdez, and Soldotna. "In Bethel was able to spend some time with a family of Native Alaskans," Nicole said, "who taught me how to fish for king salmon, prepare the fish, and introduced me to many of their traditional foods." Nick is the manager of the largest (approximately 300 children during the summer months) Boys and Girls Club in Anchorage. Prior to that, Nick worked at Denali Family Services mentoring troubled youth.
Be a part of‘a very elite group”
Minnesota drivers can help raise money for Winona State University student scholarships when they renew their license plates.
Special commemorative license plates displaying the Winona State logo can be purchased from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The specialplates are a part of the Minnesota Collegiate License Plate Program.
Pastor Jeff Franko, of Central Lutheran Church, and his wife Pam are Winona State University Alumni. The Frankos say they are proud of their alma mater, and having the license plate on their vehicle is a mark of distinction.
"The license plate puts a couple of average citizens like us into a very elite group," said Jeff Franko. "It brings back fond memories of our good old days at WSU."
e Plate cost: $25.00
¢ One-time charge: $10.00
¢ Annual renewal fee: $25.00 (the entire fee goes to the Minnesota Academic Excellence Scholarship Program and is tax deductible)
¢ Applications: Forms available at local deputy registrars or the WSU Alumni Relations office, Somsen 206
The license plates first became available in 1993 after the Minnesota State Legislature created the scholarship program. The bill was authored byWinona Representative Gene Pelowski, Jr., a 1975 WSU graduate and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must graduate from a Minnesota public or nonpublic high school in the academic year in which the scholarship is awarded; successfully complete a college preparatory curriculum and demonstrate outstanding ability, achievement and potential in one of the specified subjects; and be admitted to enroll full-time at the university.
The scholarship shall be renewed yearly for up to three additional academic years if the student maintains full-time enrollment with a GPA of at least
3.0 on a 4.0 scale; pursues studies and continues to demonstrate outstanding ability, achievement and potential in the field for which the award was made; and is achievingsatisfactory progress toward a degree.
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Continuing Connection to Campus
Spencer and Judy (Malmin) Munkel met by chance at "We bothfelt that the WSU experience totally Winona State in 1963 while both were students. Their prepared us to be successful in whatever career choices relationship has persisted for 40 years, just as their we made after graduating from Winona State," The connection to Winona State has endured and grown over Munkels said. the years.
Spencer and Judy married in 1969 as he started his
Spencer grew up in Spring Grove, Minn., and came to career at IBM and she began teaching in the Rochester WSU because his older brother graduated from WSU. School District where she remained for 32 years until Spencer was comfortable with the small campus feel and retiring in 2001. Judy continues to substitute and the friendly atmosphere where many long lasting volunteer in the Rochester School District. Spencer friendships first started.
Judy grew up in Savage, Minn., and came to WSU because she had relatives in Winona, and her parents suggested a small campus not too far from home.
Both Spencer and Judy were charter members in social organizations on campus: Spencer in Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity, and Judy in Alpha Xi Delta sorority. They enjoyed being involved with organizations that promoted academic achievement while focusing on creating fun social activities for students and providing help in the community through service projects.
In spring 1965, Spencer graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science degree in math and a minor in physics and then taught junior high mathematics for two years in Madison, Wis.
Spencer went on to earn a Master of Science
degree in education with emphasis on mathematics from retired from IBM after 23 years of service and later served Mankato State University and then opted for a career as an account executive for the Dean Witter investment position with IBM in Rochester, rather than returning to firm for 2 years before settling in to full-time retirement. teaching. Throughout their careers, Spencer and Judy
Judy graduated from WSU in 1967 with a Bachelor of maintained many of the friendships they made while in Science degree in elementary education and taught for school at Winona State and kept ties to the institution two years in Waseca, Minn. that helped them find each other.
Later, Judy took graduate courses at Winona State and Reminiscing aboutWinona State in the 1960s, Judy the University of Minnesota and completed her master's and Spencer fondly remember McVey's Ice Cream Parlor, equivalency in 1987. study breaks at the Country Kitchen, various dances, Homecoming activities, trips downtown to the Garden
Spencer and Judy Munkel
Gate for SUPER cinnamon rolls, playing cards and interacting with various WSU staff members.
In the early 1990s, the Munkels decided to formally recognize and honor their connection to Winona State University by establishing the Judy and Spencer Munkel Scholarship Fund through the WSU Foundation.
"While at Winona State, I received a scholarship that helped me," Spencer said. "Judy and I decided we were at a point in our lives where we could do something to help others."
Through additional gifts of “By makinggifts to their own and the benefit of the Support WSU students, we IBM employees matching gifts know we are doing
Planned Giving Program Offers
Flexibility to Donors
The Planned Giving program through the WSU Foundation offers many innovative opportunities for alumni, retired faculty and staff, current faculty and staff and friends ofWinona State University to provide critical private support to the university and its students.
In addition to cash gifts-- as easy as writing a check-- individuals often give personal property of long-term capital gain value, such as art, rare books, jewelry, antiques, stamp or coin collections, etc.
Others have given securities (stocks, somethingfor those who will scholarship fund has grown come after us," Spencer and significantly and has helped many Judy said. "We are pleased to program, the Munkels' bonds, mutual funds) or real estate. These gifts require planning.
WSU students achieve their educational goals.
leave a legacy to support causes we value.”
In 2000, the Munkels created a second scholarship fund specifically to help graduates of Spring Grove, Minn., attend Winona State University. In addition, the Munkels are members of the 1858 Founders Society, which recognizes that they have made a provision for WSU in their wills.
"By making gifts to support WSU students, we know we are doing something for those who will come after us," Spencer and Judy said. "We are pleased to leave a legacy to support causes we value. Our hope is that many of the students who receive scholarships at Winona State University will eventually establish their own scholarship awards to help future students."
One of the added benefits for Spencer and Judy oftheir scholarship programs at Winona State is the opportunity to visit with the students who receive their scholarships and their parents at the annual Scholarship Recognition Brunch held each fall.
"Since we know how hectic it can get around midterms we like to send our scholarship recipients some money to take a break, relax and go out for pizza and movie," Spencer and Judy said.
"Winona State University has become a much bigger part of our lives as we get older, and we are excited to be able to help WSU students makea positive difference in their lives," the couple said. "We look forward to coming to the campus, seeing the changes and improvements and reflecting on how it was when we were students."
A large number ofWinona alumni
and friends have made a provision for The WSU Foundation ina will or trust fund, or have named the WSU foundation as a beneficiary in a life insurance program. By making such a provision, these individuals immediately become members of the 1858 Founders Society, a special group dedicated to helping make Winona State University a better place for future generations.
WayneWicka, '93, WSU's Director of Planned Giving and Major Gifts, notes that individuals can easily add a clause to their will to make a provision for Winona State University. By inserting one of the clauses (called a bequest) below in your will, Wicka said, you can be assured that your planned gift will be directed to the WSU Foundation. To expedite your good intentions, here are recommended clauses for making a bequest to Winona State:
The Winona State University Foundation, Incorporated is to receive % of my net residuary estate after the payment of all my debts and taxes.
The Winona State University Foundation, Incorporated is to receive the sum of $
Wicka notes that benefactors can also specify a particular program within the university to which they can designate a planned gift.
Questions about planned gifts to Winona State University can be directed to Wicka via email: Wwicka@winona.edu; or telephone: 507-457-2772.
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inona State University Chair of the Department of Computer Science, Dr. Joan Francioni, received recognition from thePresident George W. Bush for her part in helping achieve the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. The award was given to the Computing Research Association's Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research (CRA-W).
"I feel honored that the work was recognized at the national level and by the President's office," said Francioni, "and I feel encouraged that people see our work as a worthwhile cause."
CRA-W is a committee within the Computing Research Association (CRA) made up of approximately 17-20 people from different academicand industry departments of computer science, computer engineering and related fields. The goal of CRA-W is to increase the number of women involved in computer science and engineering, increase the degree of success they experience, and provide a forum for addressing industry problems that often fall disproportionately on women.
Francioni has been a member of CRA since 1997. She joined CRA-W after recognizing there was a lack of women in the computer science field.
"I have been aware of the small number of women in the computer science field for years," said Francioni. "For example, when I was in graduate schoolthere was only one other female. Out of 12 professors in the computer science department at WSU I am the only woman, and even in the classes I teachthere are relatively few women."
The 2003 Presidential Award cites CRA-W's work providing "hands-on research experiences, mentoring, role models and information exchange to women pursuing careers in the field." The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director, John H. Marburger, III, presented CRA-W representatives with the award at a ceremony in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2004.
to pursue research in computer science.
Carla Ellis, co-chair of CRA-W from Duke University, says Winona State University should be extremely proud of Francioni's contributions to the work of CRA-W in encouraging women undergraduates
"She has led one of the key programs that this award recognizes, namely, the Collaborative Research Experiences for Women project," saidEllis. "Through her involvement in CRA-W, Professor Francioni has had an impact on a great number of women undergraduate computer science majors."
While the work of the committee isn't specifically for WSU, the impact can be felt at Winona State University. The aim of the committee is to increase the number and success of women in computing research and higher education across the country. Francioni's role helps bring awareness regarding the lack of women in computer science fields to WSU's campus, and it also allowsWSU's voice to be heard.
"Serving on this committee," said Francioni, "allows me to put forward some of the concerns and issues faced in small liberal arts colleges at a national level."
In a message from President Bush read by Marburger at the award ceremony, Bush noted new
Professor Joan Francioni receives presidential recognition for her achievements in the field of computer science.
technology was redefining the American workplace and that, "in order to stay on the leading edge we must ensure the participation of people from diverse backgrounds and experiences."
Minnesota Congressman Gil Gutknecht commended Francioni for her commitment to research and helping young people.
"As vice chairman of the U.S. House Science Committee, I understand the need for more women to become involved in science and technology fields," said Gutknecht. "Dr. Francioni is an outstanding example for young women to follow."
CRA-W was one ofjust eight institutional winners of the annual award, given to those organizations identified as leaders in the national effort to more fully develop the nation's human resources in science, mathematics and engineering. In addition to the Presidential Citation, the award also includes $10,000 to be used by CRA-W to further its efforts.
Carl Stange is AdmissionsDirector
A familiar face has accepteda position
as Director ofAdmissions at Winona State University. Carl T. Stange, who had been the assistant director of undergraduate admissions, started his new position on July 1, replacing Doug Schacke who resigned.
Dr. Darrell Krueger, WSU president, said Stange has a great understanding of Winona State.
"I believehis record with the university illustrates his commitment to make WSU the best it can be for our students and staff, Krueger said, "I anticipate continued strength in our admissions program under his capable leadership."
Stange began his career at Winona State University 20 years ago. Winona State has been very progressive during that time, and Stange hopes to continue to help move the university forward.
"Winona State University is currently evaluating and assessing how it plans to stay competitive with limited fiscal resources," Stange said. "I'm excited to work with the New UniversityVisioning Committee and to be involved with their recommendations as we prepare to serve future generations."
Stange also looks forward to working with the university community to identify the strengths in programs, which encourage students to invest in WSU as a place of learning.
"Our unique opportunities with the laptop program, how we apply the seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education, and our commitment to offer undergraduate research opportunities to be competitive inthe workforce of today," Stange said, "are just a few of the many strengths which make WSU an excellent choice for higher education among incoming students."
Stange, originally from Perrysburg, Ohio, holds two degrees from Winona State: a bachelor of arts degree in speech and theater arts and a master of science degree in professional development. He has worked in the WSU Admissions Office since 1984.
Winona State Leads Laptop Wave with New Tablet PCs
Winona State University this summer solidified its position as the nation's leading laptop computer university when it announced the adoption of new tabletstyle laptop computers.
In the largest higher-education implementation of tablet PCs in North America, Winona State University is rolling out more than 4,000 Gateway M275 convertible tablet-style laptop PCs for its students, faculty and staff. New freshmen and returning juniors get the new machines this year. Next year, since all university laptop computers on are two-year leases, all remaining PC laptops will be exchanged for the newer tablet machines.
Students may also choose to lease an Apple laptop computer.
Winona was one of the first "laptop universities" in the nation when its program began in 1998, and now is the first major higher educational institution to standardize on the tablet PC platform.
“We conducted an open bid and had faculty, staff and students evaluate many different models of PCs, including other tablets from competing companies,” said Joe Whetstone, WSU's vice president of information technology. “The Gateway M275 tablet bubbled to the top. It was the overwhelming popular choice of our students and faculty because the convertible has all the features of a Mainstream notebook coupled with pen input.”
The Gateway M275 offers traditional notebook features: a full-size keyboard, wireless technology, plenty of memory and hard drive storage, and a CD burner drive. Unlike many tablet PCs on the market, Gateway‘s M275 is priced starting at $1,799 only $150 more thana similarly configured notebook. The M275 also boasts the largest screen size in the industry (14.1 inches), so students and faculty don’t have to strain to see the screen.
“Students love the all-in-one quality of Gateway’s tablet, which allows them to use it like a notebook or notepad. Faculty like the fact that the tablet eliminates a barrier during classes with its folddown screen,” said Whetstone. “T’ve even had J some professors mention it will be useful in scribbling down physics formulas or annotating presentations in class.”
The new computers come loaded with Microsoft’s oa
Steve Richardson, WSU Vice PresidentforAcademic Affairs used a digital stylus and a tablet PC to sign his name to a document commemorating WSU's cooperation Windows XP Tablet PC with Gateway and Microsoft to Edition bring new tablet PC technology to ne the WSU laptop program. system which has all the functionality ofWindows XP Professional, plus additional functionality allowing for digital pen input.
“Winona State University’s decision to implement tablet PCs is significant for the platform because it’s a shining example of how versatilethe tablet can be from students taking notes in class to teachers drawing mathematical problems on-screen to university staff storing digital signatures on contracts,” said Andrew Dixon, marketing director of the tablet PC division at Microsoft Corp. “The tablet PC is nowa vital tool for all members of the university’s educational community.”
“We've been proud to partner with leading universities that share strong beliefs in how technology can truly assist
Carl Stange Class of 1983, ’02
in providing quality education to students,” said Bridget Winders, vice president of public sector sales for Gateway. “By embracing the tablet PC, Winona State is a perfect example of what Gateway has named the ‘Alpha Campus’ - a representation of how cutting-edge technology is seamlessly integrated into learning, research, administrative and all other aspects of campus life.”
Pat Paulson, a WSU faculty member in the Management of Information Systems and Operations Department saidhe was excited to tap into the power and possibilities represented by the new tablet technology. In 2003, Paulson was the recipient of the WSU Student Senate's eProfessor of the Year Award, which was given to recognize a particular professor who made excellent use of new and emerging technology in the classroom.
WSU's Student Senate President Dusty Finke also liked the idea of the new tablet PCs and said he was pleased that WSU was staying on the leading edge of technology.
Dean of Liberal Arts
Dr. Troy Paino, former WSU associate professor of history, began his new position as the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts on July 1.
"T have felt a lotof support," said Paino, "and it meansa lot that President Darrell Krueger, Vice President Steven Richardson andthe search committee all have confidence in me to do the job."
Vice President ofAcademic Affairs, Steven Richardson, said Dr. Troy Paino Paino is a talented leader.
"Troy brings a wide range of interests," said Richardson, "and a strong sense of the role of liberal arts to the job of dean."
Paino joined the faculty at WSU in 1997 as assistant professor of history. During that time, he directed the Paralegal Program, which included maintaining approval of the American Bar Association, advising approximately 90 students and supervising internships. Paino is most proud of how he has changed the curriculum for the Paralegal Program.
"I tried to make it more of a liberal arts major," said Paino, "to give it more breadth as opposed to just depth."
In 1999, he helped create the Law and Society Program with John Campbell, WSU associate professor of history. Paino co-directed the program from 2000-2004.
Paino's goal is to create meaningful relationships with other WSU colleges in order to expand the students’ education.
"I look forward to supporting the good work that's already happening in the college and what we've already accomplished," said Paino. "We have many creative faculty, andI will figure out ways to support their work."
Paino, of Indianapolis, Ind., has a bachelor of arts degree in history and philosophy, a law degree, a masters degree in American studies and a Ph. D. degree in American studies. \ :
Paino replaced Dr. Joe Gow who now serves as Provost and Dean at the College of Nebraska, Wesleyan.
Larry Holstad named Athletic Director of the Year
When the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced the winners of the GeneralSports TURF Systems Athletic Director of the Year Award (ADOY), Larry Holstad, WSU's Director ofAthletics received the prestigious honor for the Central Region of NCAA Division II athletics
NACDAExecutive Director Mike Cleary said the ADOY Award highlights the efforts of athletics directors for their commitment and positive contributions to campuses and their communities.
“The program brings to light the exceptional jobs done by athleticsdirectors across the country," Cleary said.
Among theselection criteria were: service as an AD for.a minimum of fiveacademic years; demonstration of commitment to higher education and student-athletes; continuous teamwork, loyalty and excellence; and the ability to inspire individuals or groups to high levels of accomplishment.
In making the announcement, NACDA praised Holstad's accomplishments at WSU:
"Since Larry Holstad joined the Winona State University athletics department in 1997 as athletics director, the alumnus and former student-athlete has enriched and developed the Warrior program. Holstad’s tenure has witnessed unprecedented success for Winona football, as the Warriors have appeared in regional playoff competition in two of the last three years. The athletics facilities landscape under Holstad has also realized significant improvement with the addition of a new weight room and women’s locker room. Asa result of Holstad’s efforts, Warrior student-athletes in football, soccer, softball and baseball are no longer limited by the constraints of daylight to dictate practice and competition schedules thanks to the addition of lights to their respective facilities. Holstad currently serves on the NCAA Management Council and as chair of the Athletics Administrators Committee for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. A member of the Minnesota State Title IX Task Force Committee, Holstad is a former regional chair of the NCAA National Football Committee and member of the NCAA Midwest Regional Football Committee. Holstad received his bachelor’s degree from Winona State and went on to earn a master’s from Minnesota State University Mankato."
Larry Holstad
The NACDA, in its 39th year, is the professional and educational association for more than 6,100 college athletics directors, associates, assistants and conference commissioners at more than 1,600 institutions throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada.
AmandaAarestad
Years ofDedication
at Winona State," said Verlie. "Together they instituted an exchange program for students between Winona State and the Laereskole Teachers Training College in Oslo, Norway."
Amanda was one of the WSU professors who was able to travel abroad andteach the Norwegian students.
"Amanda was the first exchange professor to teach at the Oslo College," said Verlie, "and I taught some of the first Norwegian students at Winona State."
Amanda at the Scholarship Brunch in 2002. Amanda supports scholarships and attends at the annual Scholarship Brunch event so she can meet the students who benefitfrom hergenerosity.
For 50 years, Amanda Aarestad dedicated her life to public education; 35 of those years were spent teaching and mentoring Winona State University students. After receiving a bachelor's degree from Moorhead State College, Amanda began her teaching career in rural schools in Norman County, Minnesota, near her home in Halstad. Amanda's career in teaching lead her to many different communities, including Lamberton, Minn., Fargo, N.D., and Minneapolis.
After earning her master's degree from the University of Minnesota, Amanda joined the faculty ofWinona State College in 1940. Amanda's life-long friend, fellow parishioner and WSU faculty co-worker, Verlie Sather, said Amanda hada passion for teaching.
"She was very thorough, very inspirational and expecteda lotof her students because she wanted them to do the best they could," said Verlie. "She liked to be original."
For her first ten years as a faculty member at WSU, Amanda taught the fifth grade and supervised student teachers in the Phelps Laboratory School. In 1950, she began teaching college classes full-time in the Winona State Elementary Education Department. But it was in the 1961-62 academic year when Amanda made one of her many lasting impacts on WSU's education department. She launched an exchange program which continued for 26 years.
"Dr. Nels Minné was the president of the university during part of her tenure
Amanda retired from Winona State University in 1975. She was awarded the distinction of Professor Emertus upon her retirement. But Amanda's love of education didn't stop when she retired. In 1989, she started the Amanda Aarestad Scholarship Fund for education students. She continues to contribute toward the fund.
Linda Wood, retired director of major gifts and planned giving, said Amanda loves Winona State, and education is her life.
"She loved teaching and she loved her students," said Linda. "It's only fitting that Amanda set-up scholarships for students because her commitment to education runs deep."
The first scholarship was given in 1992. Since then, 17 students have been awarded the Amanda Aarestad Scholarship; a gift Amanda is proud to give students who are studying to shape and mold the children of the future.
LASSNOTES:
1900-69
Earl & Phyllis (Rosenberg) Schreiber, '52 & ’71 (Ceylon, MN) have begun their fourth (or fifth?) vocation: cash-crop farming corn and soybeans. Phyllis continues to supervise the child foster care program for Lutheran Social Service in Southwestern Minnesota. Earl has written for 20 years as a weekly columnist and, when necessary, reporter-feature writer for the Martin County Star, while free-lancing for other newspapers.
LeifElstad, 61 (Boulder City, NV) spent 5 years in the US Navy and 33 years with Northwest Airlines, retiring as a 747 Captain. He is presently serving as national director for the largest chapter in the Family Motor Coach Association.
Bob Gray, ’64 (Richland, WA) earned his Ph.D. degree in zoology and ecology from Illinois State University in 1971 and joined the staff of Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories in 1973. After 26 years with Battelle, Bob is now an independent consultant and president of his own company, RH Gray and Associates. Bob received the Distinguished Alumni award in 2004 from Illinois State University.
Joan K. (Gates) Klagge, 65 (Winona, MN) retired after 19 years in the Winona Public School District. She decided to retire because she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family. Her former students have fondly said that Mrs. Klagge will be a child forever.
1970-79
Rita McCauley-Redmond, ’70 (Alexandria, VA) is a top producing realtor in the Washington, D.C., metro area, after teaching and working as a defense contractor for 13 years.
Laura (Heim) Baumtrog, ’74 (Chanhassen, MN) is a staff nurse in One Day Surgery at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn. She served on the ’04-’07 RN Negotiations Contract team, Methodist table, for the Twin Cities. She has two children, Jill and Ryan.
Debra (Erickson) Pannek, ’74 (Coppell, TX) is the director of credentialing and enrollment at EmCare, Inc.
Frederick Beseler, ’76 (La Crosse, WI) has worked for Trane commercial air conditioning systems since graduating from WSU. Over the years he has produced technical, advertising, marketing and corporate communications literature. During the last 14 years he edited a monthlymagazine distributed to Trane commercial sales engineers around the world. He is responsible for commercial systems content at the corporate web site
(www.trane.com). Fredis a frequent contributor to The Tapestry, an Upper Mississippi River regional magazine published monthly at Lansing, Iowa. He is also an alumni member ofWSU’s sesquicentennial steering committee. Fred and his wife, Jane, have three sons.
Diane K. (Papenfuss) Holmay MS, RN, ’76 (Winona, MN) is the administrator for women and children’s services at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare in La Crosse, Wis. She has been nurse liaison for women’s services in Dubna, Russia, opening the Women’s Wellness Center there in 1998, as well as nurse representative to the Ukraine for preliminary assessment and evaluation of priority health needs in two cities in 1999.
Mary (Schmidt) Marklevits, ’76 (RedWing, MN) taught physical education, health education, and DAPE in Cannon Falls, Minn., for 25 years. Previously, Mary taught for three years in Houston, Minn. She was honored by her peers as Teacher of the Year in Cannon Falls for the 2002-2003 school year, and was nominated by them for Minnesota Teacher of theYear.
Mary M. (Muchvich) Elliott, 77 (Farmington, CT) wasa trial attorney in California and has maintained an active membership in the State Bar of California. Now in Connecticut, Mary is a vice president for Chubb and Son, a division of Federal Insurance Company. She is responsible for the Professional Liability Claims department.
Mark Horvath, ’78 (Chicago Heights, IL) and his wife, Nancy, have two children, Alison, 20, and Andy, 18. Mark has been an economics and U.S. Government teacher at Andrean High School in Merrillville, Ind., since 1981. He was named Northwest Indiana Teacher of theYear in 1988. Mark has coached cross country for 17 years, receiving the Lake Athletic Conference Coach of the Year award in 2002. After 15 years as an assistant coach, in 2003 Mark was named boys varsity basketball coach. He has also authored two books about college basketball, for which he became a regional best seller in the Kansas-Missouri area.
Barbara (Baader) & Peter EF Sloan, '78 &’79 (Belvidere, IL). Peter just finished his 25th year in education, the last 12 in administration. All 25 years have been at Belvidere Junior High/South Middle School. His wife, has been at Belvidere High School teaching business and computers for 10 years. They have two children, Cassie and Kristin.
1980-89
Julie K. (Andreen) Lutz, ’80 (Winona, MN) and her husband, Bob, have two children, Amanda, 17, and Rebecca, 13. Julie recently joined the UniversityAdvancement team at Winona State as a development administrative assistant. Before coming back to her alma mater, Julie was a stay at home mom, a mortgage banker, and she worked in the Winona Area Public School district.
Michael Safranek, ’80 (Chicago, IL) has relocated to Chicago, after working 18 years at University of lowa Healthcare, lowa City, lowa. Michael is a staff nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in the Diamond Headache Unit working with various types of headache sufferers.
Tom Sivia, ’80 (Beach Park, IL) is the national aftermarket sales manager at Peer Bearing Company,Wheeling, Ill. He and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 18 years and have two children, 15 & 12.
Marcia L. (Koschade) Solberg, ’80 (Manitowoc, WI) received a doctor of ministry degree in pastoral ministry and worship from Luther Seminary in May 2004 at Central Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minn. She is married to Reverend Steven J. Solberg.
Steven Gwilt, ’82 (Cookeville, TN) is involved in the Inaugural Shakespeare in the Park at the Dogwood Performance Pavilion in Dogwood Park in Cookeville. He is producing and performing the role of Puck in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” He invites WSU friends and classmates to visit the project's website: http://dramacenter.Cookevilletn.org and use the mail link to email him.
Julie Iverson, ’82 (Decorah, IA) is assistant director for admissions & transfer student recruitment at Luther College in Decorah. She is pursuinga certificate in spiritual direction from the Franciscan Spirituality Center of La Crosse, Wis.
MichaelWells, ’82 (St. Petersburg, FL) is the athletic director and head boys basketball coach at Admiral FarragutAcademy in St. Petersburg, Fla. In the 2003-2004 season, Michael directed the team to the Florida High School 2A State Championship. He just completed his 26th year as a head coach accumulating 574 career victories, and being named Florida High School Coach of the Year.
James M. Brothen, ’83 (West Bend, WI) is a materials manager at Cramer Coil & Transformer Co., Inc. in Saukville, Wis.
JeffKuehl, ’85 (Greensburg, IN) moved to California upon graduation. While in Los Angeles, he starred in the film “Night Terror.” For his work in theatre, Jeff was nominated by BackstageWest magazine for a RobbyAward within the category of Best Supporting Actor Winona
in a Drama. In Indiana, Jeffworked with The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Theatre on the Square, The Indiana RepertoryTheatre, and The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. He also is a grant administrator and in charge of the volunteer program at the Columbus Area Arts Council in Columbus, Ind. He is currently serving his term as president of the Decatur CountyYouth Soccer Club. Jeff has been selected to be included in the upcoming edition of “Who's Who in America.”
Joy L. (Tetzlaff) Tobin, ’85 (Milwaukee, WI) and her husband, Michael, have three sons, Michael, 11, Brett, 10, and Evan, 7. Joy is a paralegal in general practice.
Mary R. (Wooden) Gordon, ’86 (Winona, MN) has been promoted to assistant vice president/product manager at Merchants Financial Group, Inc., Winona.
Barbara (Lano) Rummel, ’86 (Edina, MN) and her husband,Mike, have two children, Maria, 9, and Anna, 6. She is a partner at the Lindquist & Vennum Law Firm, focusing her law practice in the area of life sciences, dealing with mergers and acquisitions, finance and general corporate work. Barbara has been chosen for The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's 40 Under 40. Annually, the organization honors 40 business professionals based on their business accomplishments and community service and, of course, they must be under age 40.
Jim & Kim (Pickering) Schmidt, '86 & ’02 (Winona, MN) and their sons, Hunter and Andrew, welcomed a new addition to the family, Benjamin Rost, in June 2004.
Pat Dillon, ’89 (Bloomington, MN) was named executive director of Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc., a private, non-profit economic development organization in Minneapolis, Minn.
JeffFriedman, ’89 (Bainbridge Island, WA) and his wife, Amy, have two children, Jack, 5, and Jenny, 3. Jeff is UNIX Systems administrator at Nordstrom, Inc.
Donald & Cheryl (Mathias) Jackson, ’89 & ’90 (Necedah, WI) have two daughters, Hannah, 5, and Sarah, 1. Donald taught two years of instrumental music in the Florida Keys before moving to Necedah, where he has been teaching instrumental and general music for the past 14 years. Cheryl is an elementary music teacher in New Lisbon, Wis. Donald and Cheryl would like to hear from music department alumni from the late 80's. Their email address is dchjackson@tds.net.
Kurt Johnson, ’89 (White Bear Lake, MN) was elected vice president of the Minnesota State Auctioneer’s Association at its annual conference in Brainerd in January 2004. Kurt has 15 years experience in the auction industry and has carved his niche as the Midwest's premier fundraising and corporate motivational auctioneer, helping his clients 40 Fall 2004
raise more than $20 million collectively. He also writes a monthly column for Auction World, a national publication; and was a featured presenter at the National Auctioneer’s Association Conference in Madison, Wis., in July 2004.
Angela (Brand) Modjeski, ’89 (Winona, MN) has been promoted to assistant cashier/ personal banker at Merchants Bank of Winona.
MichaelVeldman, ’89 (Austin, MN) was named Teacher of the Year 2004 for the Austin Public Schools. Michael has been teaching for 13 years. He represented the Austin district at the state level competition for Minnesota Teacher of the Year 2004.
1990-99
Ibrahim Al-Abdulkarim, ’90 (Saudi Arabia) is an information technology manager at the Riyadh airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ron Helmers, ’90 (Winona, MN) was named high school principal of the year by the Southeast Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals in May of 2004. He has had 18 years of administrative experience and served as Winona Senior High School principal since 2000. He was also an associate principal at WSHS for seven years. In fall 2004, he will become the principal at Caledonia High School in Caledonia, Minn.
Sheila Lambie, ’91 (Cottage Grove, MN) received her master’s degree in education from the University of St. Thomas in 2003. She has beena police officer with the city of St. Paul for the past 10 years.
Peter Krall, 92 (Plymouth, MN) married Lisa Bodin in March of 2003. Peter was promoted to product manager for all insurance products for U.S. Bancorp, St. Paul, in October of 2003. Lisa is a reading basic skillsteacher at Excelsior Elementary in Excelsior, Minn., and is a Ph.D. student at the UofM.
Maryiln Braunreiter, ’93 (Galesville, WI) and her husband, Scott, gave birth to a daughter on May 23, 2004.
Louise (Walch) Kalmes, ’93 (Winona, MN) recently completed the Chartered Mutual Fund Counselor Professional Education program from the College for Financial Planning. She also received the Circle of Champions achievement award from her employer, Waddell & Reed, in recognition of her sales and service.
Christine (deLeon) Lawlor, 93 (Midlothian, IL) is a senior marketing analyst at JCWhitney, Chicago, Ill. She is responsible for planning, analysis, and execution of catalog mailings.
Beverly Sandlin, ’93 (Rollingstone, MN) has recently been named the Winona Area Chamber of Commerce's communication coordinator in Winona.
Ryan Thomas Sullivan, ’93 (St. Paul, MN) married Minori in May of 2004. He is enrolled at The University of St. Thomas for his MBA, anticipating graduation in May 2005. Ryan is also an annuity internal wholesaler for American Express of Minneapolis.
Tammy (Casiday) & Dave Eastep, 94 & '95 (Winona, MN) had a son, Payton Anders, in June of 2004.
Ron Erdmann, ’94 (NewYork, NY) is in the process of casting his latest off-off-Broadway play, “Dan Doyle: Our Shortest, Fattest President,” which is scheduled to open in New York's EastVillage in October. He wrote and directed the play, and he'll be playinga bit part as the owner of an all-you-can-eat restaurant in Iraq.
Ben Schleiss, 94 (Fridley, MN) is a financial advisor at American Express in Minneapolis.
Jason & Anne Smith, '94 & ’96 (Winona, MN) gave birth to a daughter on May 17, 2004.
Mathew J Swigerd, 94 (Austin, MN) and his wife, Kari, have two children, Zach and Abby. Mathew is a buyer of barrier packaging materials at Hormel Foods Corp. in Austin. His National Guard unit, B Company 2-135 Infantry, was activated in October 2003 to serve a tour in the Balkans. He is currently in Kosovo providing a safe and secure environment for Kosovo Albanians and Serbians. They are scheduled to be back home sometime this fall.
Marie (Schwartz) Volbrecht, ’94 (Sioux Falls, SD) graduated in 2000 with a Ph.D. degree from the University of South Dakotaand is a neuropsychologist at a hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. She and her husband, John, had a son, Zachary, in October 2003.
Erik Barthel, ’95 (St. Louis, MO) and his wife,Katherine, were married in June 2003. Erik is a real estate agent with ColdwellBanker Gundaker, St. Louis City, Mo., where he made top listing agent in April 2004.
Tracy (Waelti) Dahl, ’95 (Winona, MN) and her husband, Darrin, had a son, Erik Christian, in June 2004.
Stephanie Bagniewski, '95 (Rochester, MN) is a data analyst in the department of Health Science Research at Mayo Clinic. In June 2004, she participated in and completed the San Diego Rock & Roll Marathon in San Diego, Calif.
Ginnilee P. Berger, 95 (Belchertown, MA) is thenewsstand lead at Barnes & Noble in Hadley, Mass. Ginnilee is going to Worldcon in Boston in September, and may be representing Barnes & Noble.
E Echo Huang, ’95 (St. Paul, MN) is a financial advisor at LPL Financial Services in Bloomington, Minn. She has recently published an article in Asian Page, titled “Eight Principles of Successful Investing,” which can be accessed at the web site: http://www.asianpages.com/finance/051504_f
inance.html. She is also a new member of the WSU Alumni Board. Her husband, Daniel Brown, is a database analyst at West Group in Eagan, Minn.
Greg and Kim (Berndt) Moeller, '95 & '96 (Appleton, WI). Greg is a stormwater specialist/conservation biologist for the Wisconsin DNR in Green Bay, Wis. Kim is a medical malpractice litigation paralegal for the Chicago based firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson.
Amy (Russink) Rumpca, ’95 (Blaine, MN) and her husband, Scott, had a son in May 2004.
Susan (Watrach) White, ’95 (Harvard, IL) is a middle school math teacher in Gurnee, Ill. She has a four year old daughter and two stepsons that she gained from her recent marriage. Susan and her husband recently built a house, and are looking forward to seeing classmates at the 95 reunion.
Melissa (Nehls) Packer, ’96 (Commerce City, CO) is married to Jason. She was recently promoted from 5th grade classroom teacher to director ofcurriculum and instruction at the Montessori School of Denver, Colo.
Daniel Radtke, '96 (Holmen, WI) is an investment representative with Associated Investment Services. He had beena financial consultant with M & I Financial Advisors in the La Crosse, Wis., area for five years before joining AIS.
Matt & Shelley (Smith) Shea, ’96 (Roseville, MN) are the proud parents of Norah Murphy Shea born May 19, 2004. Matt is an attorney at Rider, Bennett, LLP and is a member of the WSU Alumni Society Board of Directors, serving as chair of the Alumni Society's membership committee.
Kathryn (Hauser) Slusher, ’96 (Minneapolis, MN) is the music producer for the Minnesota Public Radio program, “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor." She is also the creative producer of the newly launched radio program, “Pop Vultures."
Kelli (Roepke) Palmquist, ’97 (Canby, MN) married Tad in October 2003. Kelli recently began her own business as a State Farm Agent. Tad is a manager at Accenture, a business/technology consulting firm.
Jennifer (Guse) Pierskalla, 97 (Mankato, MN) married Darren in October 2003. She is working towards her M.S. degree in corrections at Minnesota State UniversityMankato. She also is a probation agent at Blue Earth Co. Community Corrections in Mankato.
Lisa (Schaefer) Sherrington, ’97 (Rochester, MN) married Dave, from London, in 2002. They have a son, Jonathan, born on December 23, 2003. Lisa also has a son, Joshua, 20, and a daughter, Jessica, 18. Lisa has been the district manager for the Junior Achievement Program in Rochester for the past 8 years.
Ali Al-Ahmed, ’98 (Kent, WA) has become an influential figure inWashington for moderation and modernization in Saudi Arabia. Ali founded the Saudi Institute in Washington to lobby for reforms. He is frequently quoted in the national press on Saudi issues, always a voice against radicalism. Most recently he was quoted in Education Week (“Muslim Textbooks Seen as Intolerant,” April 21, 2004). He has been a frequent guest on CNN and other network news programs as an expert on Arab affairs. After 9-11 he was sought as a spokesperson for moderate Muslim thinking. He has been under contract with ABC and at least one other network, to translate tapes purported to be from Osama bin-Laden.
Michael & WendyAlbrecht, ’98 (St. Paul, MN) had a daughter in May 2004.
Matthew & Heidi (Siemers) Howe, '98 & ’99 (Highlands Ranch, CO) have a beagle named Winona. Heidi is teaching 7th grade English at Sierra Middle School in Parker, Colo., and is pursuing her masters from LesleyUniversity. Matt is working forWells Fargo Business Credit in Denver.
Molly (Schwenker) & Matt Krueger, '98 & ’00 (Green Bay, WI) were married in September 2003. Molly is the clubhouse coordinator at Oneida Golf and Country Club in Green Bay, Wis. Matt is a commercialloan technician at M&lI Bank in Appleton, Wis.
Sarah (Oberhofer) Martinez, ’98 (Hartland, WD) and her husband, Ernesto, welcomed their first child, Annabel, on May 4, 2004. Sarah is a graphic designer forVincor USA.
Kristin (Erdman) Peterson, ’98 (Eden Prairie, MN) is a training coordinator at Starkey Laboratories of Eden Prairie.
Jodi Schmidt, ’98 (Willmar, MN) is a paralegal and the Kandiyohi County diversion coordinator at Kandiyohi CountyAttorney's Office inWillmar, Minn.
Shahed Shuman, ’98 (Overland Park, OK) and his wife, Berenice Flores, were married in April 2004. Shahed is a database analyst at Lexis-Nexis Corporation of Oklahoma City. Berenice is a marketing executive for Abbott Laboratories of Mexico.
Mary (Moe) Bakken, ’99 (Highlands Ranch, CO) and herhusband have twin girls, who were born on February 11, 2003. Mary is a legal assistant for Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company in GreenwoodVillage, Colo. Her practice areas are finance law, corporate law, and municipal finance law. Along with various paralegal duties, she also supervises and trains paralegal interns.
Joseph Gawlik, 99 (Schaumburg, IL) is a regional sales manager for Telma, Inc. of Elk Grove, Ill.
Judge Gisslen, ’99 (Minneapolis, MN) is an assistant branch manager at TCF Bank in Plymouth, Minn.
Aaron & Kathryn (Hansen) Martin, ’99 (Rochester, MN) were married in August 1999. Their son, Hayden, was born in October 2003.
Jamie (Ramin) Woodard, ’99 (Houston, MN) andher husband, Josh had a daughter in June 2004.
2000-Present
Melody A. Beneke, ’00 (Altoona, IA) is a paralegal at Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa. She specializes in investments and real estate.
Ryan & Jaci (Cornwall) Hatch, 00 &’01 (Burnsville, MN) married in September 2002. Jaci is an assistant enrollment director at Capella University in Minneapolis. Ryan is a loan officer with FirstTwin Cities Mortgage of Edina, Minn.
Lisa A. Hendrickson, ’00 (Winona, MN) is a PC specialist in the CTS Division at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Jennifer (Besek) Woodward, ’00 (Winona, MN) is an internal sales supervisor at Digital Telecommunications, Inc. ofWinona. Jennifer sits on the Winona Area School board and has two children, ages 2 & 4.
Kimberly Boldt, ’01 (Ridgeway, MN) and Timothy Larsen planned to marry in July 2004.
Jason R. Oldenberg, ’01 (Muskego, WI) graduated Cum Laude from Marquette University Law School in May 2004. He is an attorney at Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman S.C. in Milwaukee, Wis. He practices law in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, and workers compensation. Contact him at JRO@Previant.com or visit www.previant.com.
Lauren Osborne, ’01 (St. Paul, MN) is a local news page designer at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minn.
Melissa (Knudson) Pepin, ’01 (La Crosse, WI) and her husband, Tim, had a daughter, Grace Ann, on June 20, 2004. Melissa is a paralegal at Hale Skemp Law Firm in, and Tim is the manager at Loan Max, both of La Crosse. Christopher & Sara (Brownell) Scovil, 01 (Rochester, MN) were married in March 2004. Christopher is a graduate student at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. Sara works at Mayo High School.
Mike & Rebecca (Skozek) Swenson, '01 & ’03 (Winona, MN) were married in September 2003. Mike joined the WSU Advancement Office as the director of major gifts in May and is working on his master’s degree in educational leadership. Becky worked at one of the premier Special Care Nurseries in the country, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Since moving back to Minnesota in May, Becky has been working in the Pediatric and Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis.
Leigh Bell, 02 (Winona, MN) is an RN in the neurology/neurosurgery department at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Michelle Darst, ’02 (Eden Prairie, MN) has coached for the past year anda half at Valley View Middle School in Edina, Minn. In the summer of 2004, she planned to move to Arkansas to begin working on her masters degree in health science at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Nick Groth, ’02 (Laredo, TX) is a general manager at Fastenal Mexico in Apodaco, N.L., Mexico.
Scott Haraldson, '02 (Stillwater, MN) traveled across much of Europe for more than month during the spring of 2003, and took hundreds of photographs. Since returning to Minnesota he has becomethe manager of Bike Shop Distributors in St. Paul, Minn.. In addition to running the entire ordering/ shipping department for the new company, Scott is putting together a catalog. Whenever he can, he gets his cameras out, occasionally shooting freelance work.
Cynthia (Schubbe) Jones, ’02 (Winona, MN) married Gregory in June 2004. She is an RN at Mayo Clinic. Gregory is the softball coach at Winona State.
Nicholas & Chelsy (Kinneberg) Newman, ’02 (St. Paul, MN) were married in June 2004. Nicholasworks forWalser Corp. of Bloomington, Minn. Chelsy works at Farmington Middle School, Farmington, Minn.
Jennifer (Selby) Westpfahl, ’02 (Eau Claire, WI) is a copy editorfor The Country Today newspaper in Eau Claire, Wis. She and her husband, Mark, are expecting their first child, a girl, in September.
ChrisYarolimek, ’02 (St. Croix Falls, WI) was a staff writer for the Lake Elmo Leader newspaper, a RiverTown Newspaper Group paper in Lake Elmo, Minn. He helped start the paper in 2003, and the two person staffhimself and his editor— won four awards at the annual Minnesota Newspaper Association's Better Newspapers Contest. Chris covered sports and the school board in the Stillwater Area School District, while also taking pictures, doing layout and writing community feature stories. In it’s first year, the paper won several awards. This summer, Chris took a new job as communications consultant at the Scenic Bluffs Community Health Centers in Cashton, Wis.
Tiffany Bauer, ’03 (Hastings, MN) is an international recruiter at International Labor Connection, LLC.
Lisa Busta, ’03 (Stewartville, MN) is a teacher in the Rochester, Minn., public schools.
Christina Chuchna, ’03 (St. Charles, MN) is an RN at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
Nate Cody, ’03 (Menomonie, WI) is a foreman at Accurate Construction in Menomonie, Wis.
Joel Davidson, ’03 (Camanche, IA) is a financial advisor at American Express in Camanche.
Cortnee Den Herder, ’03 (Cottage Grove, MN) is a math teacher at Park High School in Cottage Grove.
Jennifer M. Erickson, ’03 (St. Louis Park, MN) is a reserve teacher at the AnokaHennepin, Anoka, Minn., public schools, and the Wayzata, Minn. public schools. She is also a national testing examiner at Questar Educational Testing Systems.
Lisa Frein, ’03 (St. Louis Park, MN) is in social work at Success Homes in St. Louis Park.
Jonathan Fritz, 03 (Owatonna, MN) isa claims adjustor at Federated Insurance in Owatonna.
Tanuj Gilja, 03 (Rochester, MN) is an analyst & programmer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Mara Havelick, ’03 (Rochester, MN) is a substitute teacher in the Rochester, Minn., public schools.
Lisa Hinck, ’03 (RedWing, MN) is a sales associate at Wild Wings in Lake City, Minn.
Tara (Jacobs) & Milan Homola, ’03 & '04 married in May 2004.
Melissa Instenes, ’03 (Winona, MN) is attending graduate school for Executive Administrative Specialist though the University of Minnesota, taking classes at the University Center Rochester.
Burton Keller, 03 (Maple Grove, MN) is a realtor at Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty in Maple Grove, Minn.
Lindsey (Borresen) Koterba, ’03 (La Crosse, WI) is employed at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital of La Crosse.
Jason Mack, ’03 (Maple Grove, MN) is a project manager at Northstar Fire Protection.
Kasey (Buxengard) Pehler, ’03 (Winona, MN) married Adam in June 2004. Kasey works at the St. Charles Elementary School, St. Charles, Minn. Adamworks at Sugarloaf Ford Lincoln Mercury, Winona.
Laura Putzer, '03 (Eden Prairie, MN) accepted a new position as editor of WoodburyMagazine (Woodbury, Minn.), after spending a year as a copy editor and designer for the La Crosse Tribune in La Crosse, Wis. WoodburyMagazine is owned by BBN Publishing, the same company that produces Minnesota Business Monthlymagazine. As editor of the new magazine, Laura is responsible for all editorial content including story selection, story writing, assigning stories, and all editing and proofing. She also will have input on layout and design, photography and illustration choices.
Kathryn Seitz, ’03 (St. Louis Park, MN) is an RN at NorthMemorial Medical Center.
Rachel Siedow, ’03 (Cottage Grove, MN) is a fitness specialist at Health Fitness Corporation in Eden Prairie, Minn.
Greta Simpson, ’03 (Minneapolis, MN) is a Kids Club recreation leader at Cornelia Elementary School in Edina, Minn.
Jodi Steinkamp, ’03 (Inver Grove Heights, MN) is a paralegal at Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey, Ltd.
TiffanyThomes, ’03 (Winona, MN) is a paralegal at Dunlap & Seeger, PA. in Rochester, Minn.
Lindsay (Thompson) & Adam Gust, ’03 & '04 (Winona, MN) married in June 2004.
Lindsay works at Healthy Inspirations in Winona, and Adam works for the Triton School District in Dodge Center, Minn.
Jessica Anne Treptow-Stellmaker, ’03 (Plainview MN) is attending graduate school at WSU in counseloreducation.
Brian Uhlenkamp, ’03 (Rochester, MN) is in social work in the Rochester, Minn., public school district.
HollyWalters, ’03 (La Crosse, WI) is an in-home counselor for the Family & Children’s Center of La Crosse, Wis.
AyakoYamazaki, ’03 (Astoria, NY) is employed at MultiNet International Inc. of New York, NY.
Marla (Diez) Zabel, ’03 (Rochester, MN) is an ED Operation Assistant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Shannon (Johnson) Ingvalson, ’04 (Rushford, MN) married Casey in June 2004. She works at Fransiscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse, Wis., and St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Casey works at TRWAutomotive inWinona, Minn.
Christon (Volkman) Best, ’04 (Winona, MN) married Christopher in June 2004. She works at Kmart and Home and Community Options Inc., both ofWinona, Minn. Christopher works at Fleet Farm in Winona. Forrest Daily ’04 married Merlinda Sevillo in May 2004.
Bridget Murphy ’04 (Burnsville, MN) is a special education teacher in the Medford public schools, Medford, Minn.
Jason & Marie (Waldo) Passow, ’04 (Winona, MN) married in June 2004. Marie attends Mayo School of Health Sciences, and Jason works at Mississippi Welders Supply Company ofWinona.
Sarah (Broda) Srp ’04 (Rochester, MN) married Frank in August 2003. Sarah is a DCDMMMI teacher in the Kenyon-Wanamingo school district in Kenyon, Minn. Frank is a production control specialist at Crenlo, LLC, of Rochester.
Pat Kronebusch
WSU Alumna and Former State Senator - Memoriam
By Chao Xiong, Minneapolis Star Tribune
(article originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on April 5, 2004. reprinted with permission)
Patricia Kronebusch was a stabilizing influence in her family of 10 and kept leading the way for six years as a state senator and an active volunteer.
Kronebusch, of Goodview, Minn., died April 3 of congestive heart failure. She was 77.
She was the daughter of farmers James and Luella Keller.
She and her family lived in rural Rollingstone, Minn., where she taught religion in grade schools for several years. She received her undergraduate degree from the College of St. Teresa and her master’s in education from Winona State University (1969).
In 1980, Kronebusch, an Independent Republican, defeated DFLer Roger Laufenburger for a seat in the state Senate representing District 34. Laufenburger had defeated her father, James Keller, in his second try for the seat in 1962. When Kronebusch took office, she received her father’s desk in the Senate. At the time, few women gained prestigious public offices.
“Mother was never afraid to be the first woman to try anything,” said her daughter, Anne Kronebusch of Minneapolis. Kronebusch picked upa taste for politics from her father and her time on the District 861 school board. Family members say Kronebusch took a keen interest in education and women’s and human rights during her time in the Senate.
During her tenure, Kronebuschhad lunch at the White House with President Ronald Reagan and authoreda bill that would allow minors to donate their organs with the permission of their parents.
She also objected to the state’s elimination of the Council of the Economic Status ofWomen in favor of a commission. The - measure called for eliminating the council’s public members and including legislators only. In a May 23, 1983, letter to the
Star Tribune, Kronebusch wrote, “If state government is truly interested in addressing the needs of women, we must be open and responsive to the Minnesota public-- not just an elite group of legislators.”
“T don't think there's a person that served with her that can say they had anything but a positive experience,” said former state Sen. Duane Benson, who sat next to Kronebusch.
Friendsand family members said Kronebusch loved jokes and was lighthearted— often leaving plastic bugs in her children’s beds or jokingly offering candy to fellow senators during heated debates. Of the latter, Benson remarked, “It worked.”
Much of Kronebusch’s Senate worktook place when most of her eight children had reached their teens. But she stayed busy juggling public and domestic duties, which included growing and canning nearly all the family’s food each year.
“She was a woman way ahead of her time,” said another of her daughters, Kathleen Kronebusch of Maple Grove. Kronebusch losther reelection bid in 1986. She was active in St. Anne’s Hospice Board of Directors, the Winona Historical Society, the Kiwanis and other groups.
Editor's note: In addition: Pat served on the Winona State University Foundation Board ofDirectors, was elected to Winona School District #861's school board three times, and was involved in many state and local organizations including: Birthright, CommunityMemorial HospitalAuxiliary, the State ofMinnesota HospitalAuxiliaryAssociation, the State RheumatoidArthritis AdvisoryBoard, and the National Federation ofBusiness and Professional Women.
Marian A. Krockow '24/52 (Rushford, MN)
Eva (Jestus) Clark '26 (Chicago, IL) taught in East Grand Forks and many rural one-room country schools in Minnesota. Eva was inducted into the WSU Cornerstone Society in 2000 for her contributions to the WSU Foundation. The Jestus Family Scholarship, benefiting students enrolled in WSU's education program, was established in honor ofJestus family members who have attended WSU. The family tradition of teaching continued with Eva's daughter, Jo Taylor, who has taught for 34 years; Eva's grandson, an English instructor at a junior college, and her granddaughter, a junior high school principal.
Stella Bernice Anderson '27 (Houston, MN) taught in Grand Meadow, Minn., and Mountain Lake, Minn. She attended Temple Business School in Washington, D.C. Stella was then employed at The American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., until her retirement. While inWashington, she studied voice with Margaret Rabold of the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Stella was a member of the Washington Choral society and sang in the National Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir for 23 years. Upon retirement in 1970, she returned to her home in Houston. During retirement, she remained active in church and community activities. She also loved poetry, photography, traveling, the environment, and reading.
Ahna S. (Sunde) White '28/42 (Winona, MN) taughtjunior high in Red Wing, Minn. Ahna was involved in several community organizations. She was a founding member of Nor-Win Lodge No. 505, Sons of Norway. She served as past president and member of the YWCA Board of Directors; past vice chairwoman of the Winona County Republican Party; and member of the League ofWomen Voters.
Stella J. (Evans) Happel '29/66 (Houston, MN) taught in rural schools before coming back to Winona State, when she received her bachelor's degree. She then taught remedial reading at Houston Public Elementary School and retired after 25 years. She assisted her husband in farming throughout the years. A member of the Houston County Historical Society and firewarden for Houston County, she enjoyed reading and writing and wrote a book/guide on teaching reading, Stella's No Nonsense Cookbook, and many articles for the Houston Gazette in a column titled "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow." She worked on writing three family trees and her church's history.
Georgia K. (Kissling) Putney '29 (Winona, MN) taught inWaupun, Wis. Georgia then
IN MEMORIAM
graduated from Wisconsin State University with a teaching degree. She taught second grade at the Eau Claire Public Schools until her retirement. Upon retirement, she moved to Honolulu and pursued her love of singing.
Bernice L (Jensen) Weibel '29 (Schroeder, MN) met her future husband, Del, while in Winona, and the couple didn't marry until 1935 when he returned from the east coast where he was a big band arranger and played piano for the Glen Gray Orchestra. Bernice wasa teacher after graduating from WSU, took a break from teaching to raise two children, Jim and Linda. She returned to theclassroom in the 1950s. While teaching in Richfield, Minn., she completed a B.A. degree at the University of Minnesota. She loved teaching and remained in Richfield as a teacher and librarian for 30 years before retiring at age 65. Bernice loved gardening and was an avid golfer until age 80.
Alice (Olson) Johnson '30/64 (Galesville, WI) taught in several rural schools and retired while employed by the West Salem, Wis., school system. Alicecherished all things in nature, her yard, and flower gardens. She enjoyed camping, a walk in thewoods and sitting around an evening fire. With her husband, Alice operated Johnson's Café in Galesville, Wis., and later the Gamble Store and Gift Shop in West Salem, Wis.
Donald Bohn '32 (AppleValley, MN)
Helen E. (Hammond) McGrath '32/34/59 (Winona, MN) began teaching in Chattfield, Minn., then moved to Winona Junior High School. Helen began 20 years of teaching at Winona State College in 1955 at Phelps Laboratory School, supervising the Junior High. She completed her master of science degree in education in 1959 and received the title of professor emeritus from the State University Board. Helen went on to be an instructor for the College of Education at Winona State College from 1960 to 1975. She was an active member ofA.A.U.W. (American Association of UniversityWomen), D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution), Chautauqua Study Club, Delta Kappa Gamma, and Kappa Delta Pi. Asaa former member of the Alumni Society Board of Directors she served onnumerous committees. In 1990, Helen received the Winona State University Alumni Society Distinguished Service Award.
Margaret (Lee) Thies '32/55/59 (Zephyrhills, FL)
Tinka Christine (Bergrud) Rud '34/70 (Spring Grove, MN) taught in rural lowa schools andAllamakee Community School, Dorchester, Iowa, for more than 30 years,
before retiring in 1981. During the 1991-1992 school year, she was awarded the American EducationWeek Citizens Recognition Award, for service and dedication to education in the Spring Grove area. A member of the Retired Teachers Association and the Spring Grove Garden Club, she had been honored at the 1998 Syttende Mai celebration as Mest Hoyaktet Dame (Most Honored Lady).
Rita (McColgen) Brown '36 (Mazeppa, MN) received her bachelor of science and master's degrees from Mankato State College. She taught school for two years and then was a professional model in Minneapolis and Chicago. An accomplished musician, she played many instruments, danced professionally and sang with the St. Paul Civic Opera for two seasons. She and her husband, Charles, began a vaudeville act which toured in North America and Europe including the Palladium in London, Moulin Rouge in Paris, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen and at the wedding of Princess Grace and Prince Ranier of Monaco. They appeared on a number ofTV shows, including the Ed Sullivan, Gary Moore and Paul Winchell shows.
Bernice (Pittelko) Lanik '36/65 (Winona, MN) taught elementary school in Winona County, for 17 years in Gilmore Valley and at Central School. She was recognized as the Winona County Rural Teacher of the Year.
Carrol 'Cy' R. Larson '36/49 (Houston, MN) taught at several rural consolidated schools in Houston andWinona counties and in the Faribault, Minn., school district. In 1950, Cy becamea rural letter carrier and served 30 years. He was actively involved all of his life in Money Creek United Methodist Church and served on the board as a Sunday school teacher, lay leader and, together with his wife, as youth leaders for many years.
Ruth H. Richards '36 (Hermantown, MN)
Shirley (Sievers) Knopp '40 (Glendale, AZ)
Caroline L. (Pfeilsticker) Kreye '40 (Wabasha, MN)
Eva Lou (Russell) Scott '42 (Northfield, MN) taught elementary school and directed and helped with drama productions in the Mound, Minn., school district. Eva Lou then went on to teach art in the Northfield area schools. At this same time, Eva Lou was pursuing her master's degree in art education at the University of Minnesota. She was active in many organizations in Northfield.
Mavis A. (Gustafson) Hegge '48/54/62 (Arvada, CO)
Harriett (Klas) King '51 (Wabasha, MN)
Agnes (Huseby) Schmelzer '54/65 (Harmony, MN)
Esther I. Tuff '54/56 (Rushford, MN) taught fifth grade in Lewiston and Rochester, Minn. for 11 years. In the late 1960's Esther returned home to Rushford to help on the family farm and to care for her parents.
Shirley (Minkewitz) Wright '54 (Marietta, GA)
Edward S. Staricka '56 (Winona, MN) served his country duringWorld War II in the Army Air Force, during the Korean Conflict in the U.S. Air Force, and retired from the Air Force Reserves with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He taught mathematics at Winona Senior High School until 1968 and owned Modern Oil Burner Service inWinona prior to his retirement.
Erwin R. Schnirring '58/66 (Hastings, MN) served as a public school teacher in Arcadia, Wis., and Dodge Center, Minn. He later had an industrial education position at South Washington County schools, Hastings, Minn. After his retirement from education, he pursued his specialization in drafting as a designer of homes.
David Stehn '59 (Surprise, AZ) worked for Daniel's Hardware at the Winona Mall. In 1987, he and his wife, Calista, moved to Surprise, Ariz. There, he was manager of Big K Ace Hardware until his retirement. David loved to golf and read.
Neil Reynolds Baudhuin '60 (West Bloomfield, MI)
Sister Laureen (Florence Mary) Korth '60 (Rochester, MN) taught in various Minnesota schools from 1972 to 1980. From 1980 to 1995, she was missioned to Charleston, S.C., where she was on the staff of Neighborhood and Echo Houses, working through Catholic Charities for the poor. In 1995, she retired to Assissi Heights in Rochester, Minn.
Robert E. 'Bob' Matejka '62/72 (Prairie du Chien, WI) served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict in the European Theater. He was an educator for 40 years and belonged to the Bloomington American Legion, the Eagles Cluband the Lions Club. He loved to work in the yard with his flowers and enjoyed playing the slots on the boat, traveling, and spending time with his grandchildren.
Margery M. (LaLonde) Merrill '62 (Janesville, WI) taught biology at Janesville High School and Brodhead High School. In 1986, she left teaching to become a cytotechnologist at Gundersen Clinic, La Crosse, Wis. She retired in 1994 andmovedback to Janesville, workingpart-time for the YWCA Basics Program.
Marcella Ann 'Sally' (Patzner) Kohler '64 (Winona, MN) taught fourth grade at Cochrane-Fountain City, Wis., public schools for two years. She then taught for 13 years at the Cathedral Grade School in Winona. Sally was a social member ofWestfield Golf Club of Winona.
James Skorlinski '65 (Fort Myers, FL)
Doris (Homstad) Power '68 (Viroqua, WI)
KennethLuedtke '70 (Barrington, IL)
LeRoyNyquist '71 (Janesville, WI)
Martha Louise (Schneider) Sauer '71/78 (Winona, MN) was a special education teacher in the Winona Public Schools for many years, helping students at both Central Elementary and W-K Elementary Schools. She served asa Sunday school superintendent and teacher, as chairwoman of the Altar Guild and as secretary, treasurer and president of the Women's Guild at St. Martin's Lutheran Church. She was also actively involved in the American Association of UniversityWomen, the Winona Historical Society, the Winona Area Retired Educators and as a volunteer at Community Memorial Hospital.
Lucille Alice (Cole) Halbakken '75 (St. Charles, MN) attended Youth Advisor Training at the University of North Dakota in 1964. She worked at Winona Community Hospital, then St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Her last nursing assignment was at the Whitewater Nursing Home in St. Charles. Lucille was an avid reader, and member of the St. Charles Senior Citizen Center.
Robert Dana Hanson '77/80 (Rushford, MN) received hismaster's degree from Winona State University in 1980. He was a bicycling enthusiast, which included his longest trip of 3,000 miles. Robert wasa history buff and enjoyed classical and Dixieland music.
Lois (Rickert) Roberton '78 (Rushford, MN) worked at Rushford State Bank asa teller and secretary. She was also on the Rushford State Bank board of directors. Lois volunteered for many health and civic organizations. She was also named Mrs. Rushford in the 2002 Homecoming celebration and is listed in the fifth edition of Who's Who ofAmerican Women as a result ofher work in the volunteer field.
AlanWolff '82 (Houston, TX)
Owen Leonard Todd '83 (Winona, MN) was a member of First Congregational Church, Winona, where he served as deacon and church moderator. He worked at Lawrence Transportation, where he was the manager of the Federal Mogul warehouse. Owen was a
longtime participant and coach inWinona sports leagues, especially softball and volleyball.
Mary Jo (Haggerty) Pischke '84 (Rochester, MN) was an inmate services supervisor at the Federal Medical Center for 14 years.
James Laga '86 (LaCrosse, WI)
Jon Leonard Kragness '87 (Saratoga, CA) earned an MBA from San Diego State University in 1989. He was employed by Hewlett-Packard in California as a marketing analyst for five years. Jon also worked at Cisco Systems as a marketing manager for six years. Jon had an entrepreneurial spirit and developed several marketing consulting firms. His latest business enterprise was Precious Metals International. Jon traveled extensively for business and pleasure. Jon hada passion for health and fitness. He loved to discuss business and gain knowledge from everyone he met with an eye toward new adventures.
Donna M. (Jacobson) Zeller '89 (Winona, MN)
Kathleen Elizabeth Lovas '90 (Winona, MN) was employed with Burleigh A. Randolph, Attorney, and then Moen, Sheehan and Meyer LTD of La Crosse, Wis.
Jeffrey 'Jeff' George Hundt '90 (Stockton, MN) enjoyed being on the river, water skiing, boating, challenging his wave-runner and vacationing with his family. He was employed as a computer analyst.
Kenneth Uvodich '90 (Tucson, AZ)
Alan David Toepke '99 (Bozeman, MT) was employed byWinona Knits, Watkins, DNR Trails and Waterways, MCC Crew, Rainbow Ranch (Big Sky), supervisor for Men at Work, and was most recently employed by the U.S. government Midewin Hot Shot Crew containing forest fires throughout the United States. Through most ofAl's experiences, he got to be in the outdoors and go to exciting places with interesting and fun people. Al loved to teach people about the outdoors, how to camp, hunt and fish, while maintaining a respect for nature anda love of the land.
Rowe Baker Alt '00 (Winona, MN)
Penny Lane Roraff Gerdes '00 (West New York, NJ) moved to NewYork City in January 2001 for an internship on the "Sally Jesse Raphael Show." She became the assistant to the executive producer. She later took a job with "Crossing Over with John Edward," where she had the same title, until her illness started in January 2003. She loved her life in NewYork and touched many people's lives.
David Spang '01 (Rosemount, MN)
Hugh Capron -
Virginia and Hugh Capron
Hugh Capron, a faculty member at Winona State University for 39 years, passed away in April 2004 at the age of 87. His life was focused on education and learning. After retiring from WSU in 1979, Hugh and his wife, Virginia, maintained connections with the university and established the J. Hugh & Virginia Capron Scholarship through the WSU Foundation, early in 2004.
Hugh was born June 9, 1917, in Lanesboro, Minn., where he graduated from high school. He went on to Winona State Teachers College and graduated in 1940 with a degree in industrial arts. He
later earned his master of science degree at the University ofWisconsin-Stout and his doctorate of education degree at the University of Florida.
Hugh joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 where, after training at Notre Dame, Harvard and MIT, he served in both the Atlantic and Pacific. After active duty duringWWII, he joined the Naval Reserves where he served as a Lt. Commander until he retired in 1977.
Virginia Dawley was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and grew up in Norfolk where her father worked as a naval architect/engineer. She graduated from Farmville State Teachers College (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Va., in 1942, and prior to marriage, taught for three years in Norfolk County, Va.
Hugh and Virginia married in 1947 at Norfolk, Va., and the couple made their home in Winona.
Hugh trained teachers in industrial arts education and driver education at Winona State. He wrote a reference book, Wood Laminating, and was a member of Kappa Delta Pi, an education fraternity. He also had an extensive personal wood and metal working shop where he spent most of his leisurehours.
Hugh and Virginia were active in many organizations in the Winona area. Hugh was a member of the American Legion, the Winona County Historical Society, where he served as President from 1981 to 1983, and the Masonic Lodge and Shrine. He also served on the City of Winona Planning Commission for a number of years, including two years as
Chairman.
The Caprons were active in First Congregational Church inWinona. Hugh served as Sunday School superintendent and moderator of the church. Both Hugh and Virginia served on numerous boards and committees within the church including the Deaconate and Board of Trustees. Hugh also helped form the Church Archival Committee which he chaired for a number of years.
Virginia lives in Winona and is a member of PEO, Shrine Auxiliary and the Winona Hospital Auxiliary. She was also a member of the WSU FacultyWives from the time it was initiated in 1948 until it disbanded in the late 1960’s. She enjoys needlework, researching genealogy, and bridge. She and Hugh traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada.
The Capron's son, John, attended WSU before transferring to the University of Minnesota where he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. John went on to earn his masters degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan. While working in the automotive industry in Detroit, he met his wife, Diana, also a mechanical engineer. They moved to Lanesboro in 1983 to run the hardware store that had been in the family since 1919. The hardware store closed in 2003. John and Diana now own a manufacturing company and a computer software business.
Margaret Boddy, educator and abortion rights lobbyist - Memoriam
Margaret Boddy was a faculty member in the Winona State University Department of English from 1950 to 1976. Throughout her life, she was an educator, political activist and champion of women's rights.
Margaret lobbied at the State Capitol for abortion rights and joineda classaction suit to get equal pay for women in the state college system.
"The world is a better place because of Margaret Boddy," said Sue Rockne of Zumbrota, Minn., a longtime friend and political activist. "She wasa feisty little woman."
Margaret was born in Ontario, Canada, and was raised in Minneapolis. She received her bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees, all in English, from the University of Minnesota. She died in 2003 at the age of 94. Margaret taught at several colleges before coming to Winona State in 1950. She taught English and was
an advisor to campus clubs and organizations until retiring in 1976.
One of the first women to become a full professor at Winona State, Margaret wasn't paid as much as her male colleagues. In the 1970s, she joined the equal-pay suit against the state college system and helped get raises for female professors. She also challenged the mandatory state retirement age.
In the 1970s and '80s, Margaret lobbied state officials for abortion rights, noting her belief that women should have access to safe abortion procedures.
In 1980, Margaret was honored by the Ramsey County Women's Political Caucus as a "founding feminist" for starting the Winona CountyWomen's Political Caucus in the 1960s.
(Some information for thisarticle originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 8, 2003.)
Margaret Boddy, as pictured in the 1971 edition of The Wenonah.
"You may kiss the bride" is a statement which can now be heard from the center ofWinona State University's campus.
A new addition to campus, the Alumni Gazebo, welcomed wedding nuptials for the first time this past May. WSU Spring 2004 graduates, Brian Northam and Natalia (Nisha) Papaconstandinou, tied the knot in the gazebo May 29. Nisha said the Alumni Gazebo was a perfect place to hold the ceremony.
"It was convenient because we come from different religiousbackgrounds," said Nisha.
Nisha, who grew-up in Athens, Greece, and Brian, a native of Winona, first met seven years ago at Cotter High School where they both were enrolled in college preparatory classes at the Minnesota Math and Science Academy.
The romance continued throughout their college career at WSU. On one coolNovember evening in 2001, Brian proposed in Greek to the woman he loved. He learned the words "will you
both." marry me" from Nisha's brother, Galen.
When the wedding plans began, there was not a doubt in Nisha's mind as to the type of ceremony she wanted.
"I always wanted an outdoor wedding," said Nisha. "I liked the open feeling, the blue sky and the flowers. It just felt so romantic."
The Alumni Gazebo became an option for a wedding site after the couple learned from Brian's mom, Karen Northam, assistant to WSU President Darrell Krueger, that a gazebo was going to be built on campus. The president wanted to start hostingweddings in the facility.
iWt"I knew Brian and Nisha were searching for an outdoor site to hold the ceremony," said Karen, "so I was
delighted to share with them the news that a new Alumni Gazebo was being planned for our campus.”
Nisha
"Getting married on the same campus where we spent researched so manyyears getting to know each other better has significant meaning to us
holding their wedding at the WSU Alumni Gazebo. The couple decided the gazebo-setting at WSU was the perfect place to exchange their vows because of how much they both valued education.
"We looked into other sites for outdoor weddings in Winona," said Nisha, "and when we heard about Winona State's gazebo it rose quickly to the top of our list."
The Alumni Gazebo, constructed in the fall of 2003, is a gift from the classes of 1954, 1958 and 1959. The 20-foot wooden octagon-shaped structure is located between Phelps and Gildemeister Halls. There are benches inside the gazebo, as well as Ethernet ports, andflowers decorate the exterior of the building.
President Darrell Krueger hopes weddings in the Alumni Gazebo becomea tradition on the WSU campus.
"I think it helps tie alumni back to campus," said Krueger. "There are many alumni who have met their
Ge
spouses while attendingWinona State University."
WSU has documented 2,500 to 3,000 alumni who are married to other WSU alumni. Ann Kohner, assistant to the vice president for University Advancement, schedules the events at the Alumni Gazebo.
"The Alumni Relations Department plans on having a sweetheart reunion at the gazebo," said Kohner, "to involve people who have met at Winona State and have gotten married."
She says married alumni will be welcomed back for a special event to see the gazebo for themselves. Kohner believes the gazebo adds to the beauty of the campus.
"| like it because it gives the campus a serene, peaceful feeling," said Kohner.
As the first couple to exchange vows under the Amish-inspired structure, Brian was excited that he andNisha startedthe tradition.
"It is a beautiful place to hold a wedding ceremony," said Brian. "Getting married on the same campus where we spent so many years getting to know each other better has significant meaning to us both."
Winona
WSU President, Dr. Darfell Krueger, Announces Retirement
Winona State University President, Dr. Darrell Krueger, announced his retirement plans as he welcomed the sgart of the academic year on campus. In his annual All-University Welcome address to faculty and staff, Krueger announced that the 2004-2005 academic year is his final year as WSU president. He plans to retire June 30, #005.
Krueger, age 61, began his career at WSU in 1989, as the university's 13th president. Now in his 16th year as WSU's leader, Krueger has the distinction of being the most senior president of a public university in Minnesota. During his time as Winona State University, Krueger has led the institution to earning national recognition as a leading public university. Among his many achievements while at Winona, Krueger established Minnesota's first public Residential College in 1990 in Lourdes Hall; he implemented a campus beautification effort that resulted in removing streets from the center of campus and eMhancing green space andthe campus environment; he oversaw the development and implementation ofWSU's Laptop University program, now the leading such program in the nation; and he was instrumental in the creation of the National Child Protection Traiging Center at WSU which opened last year with the aid of federal funding.
"I have enjoyed my work on campus," said Krueger. "I have enjoyed the beauty of this campus and the focus on practicing sound and fundamental principles and habits to guide all of our activities. I've efjoyed the growth and highquality&chievements, and I have enjoyed being president of a university that has such high expectations set for it by its fougders."
Krueger said he is thankful for the faculty, staff, stud@nts, alumni and administration with whom he's worked throughout the years, and has high hopesgor the future ofWSU.
"This is a good time for me to leave. The New University vision sets the job description for the new president," said Krueger. "I fully endorse the New University and the vision that is outlined in its cogeepts. Winona State will become an even greater university as these concepts are fully implemented."
Krueger plans to focushis retirement years serving his family, community and church.
W. Kf@eger
Darrell
This Donor Honor Roll recognizes gifts given during the FY04 fiscal year (7/1/03-6/30/04). In a report such as this, although every effort has been made to ensure accuracy, it is inevitable that some omissions and errors may occur. If your name does not appear, or should it be misspelled, please notify the WSU Foundation Office so that we can correct our error and offer our apologies. Phone: (800) DIAL-WSU, extension 5518 OR (507)457-5518.
Foundation Message
With a strong sense ofaccomplishment anda great deal of pride, it is a pleasure to share this progress report with you. TheWSU Foundation and the Universitycommunity continue to achieve improved scores, due to a commitment and passion for providing a quality education in an unparalleled manner. Without a doubt, the pride and respect for this institution serves as a Catalyst to power an organization that strives to give the very best.
When studentsand alumni return to Winona State, they are truly amazed by the campus which showcasesa new library, student housing, and soon-to-come, state-of-the-art science building. A leisurelywalk across campus definitely portrays an institution with a well-defined vision as well as the commitment to make a profound difference in the lives of the students.
The past year has broughta collective group of minds together to exchange ideas and thoughts on a New University concept. Without a doubt, WSU is willing to step out of the mold and explore new venues for philanthropy, as well as broadening communication channels to foster greater awareness. In tighter economic times, it is keenly apparent that creativity to tap new funding sources is both necessary and critical to foster the highest quality education. Equally important is the need to increase communication across the alumni body, faculty, and administration and thelocal community to draw support for WSU.
The WSU Foundation continues to gather and provide resources for students in the form of scholarships to pursue their dreams. The annual scholarship brunch held in October is an awesome combination of students, parents, and donors comingtogether to share recognition and give thanks.The heartfelt thanks amongst this group is obvious. It should not go unsaid that without the support and generosity of the donors, this event would not be possible, nor would several hundred students be able to pursue their dream of a high quality education. Sincere thanks is extended to those donors for their continued generosity and support over the years.
The past year has provided me several opportunities to attend WSU events to represent theFoundation. It is truly heartwarming to visit with alumni and friends, as they are impressed with the progress and beauty of theWSU campus. Sharing experiences and being part ofthese events is a rewarding experience.
WSU continues to be ranked as one of the top 100 best buys of colleges in the nation. The new science center, acquisition of Tau Center, and new services and programs are all part ofthe changing facade ofWSU progress. It is clearly obvious to me that the people who make this institution tick are committed to the vision of being a community of learners dedicated to improving our world.
The WSU Foundation has been fortunate to be the recipient of charitable giving from individuals and businesses. It is gifts and generosity such as these that have made a profound effect in the lives of students. We are truly grateful for your kind and generous support and continued dedication to WSU.
In addition to the six annual donor societies, the WSU Foundation created a cumulative giving society called The Cornerstone Society. This provides a lasting tribute to donors who, through their ongoing efforts, have enabledthe Foundation to becomea force in providing support forWSU’s academic mission. The Cornerstone Society honor roll occupies a prominent spot in the main corridor of Somsen Hall and salutes benefactors who have made cumulative gifts of $20,000 or more to the WSU Foundation.
1998
Verlie Sather
Florence Schroth
Thomas Stark Memorial
Helen B. Pritchard
International Business Machines Corporation
3M Company
Ruth Severud Fish
Gordon W. Elliott
Cincinnati Milacron
Development Corporation ofAustin
Northern States Power Company
HiawathaEducation Foundation
ELL. King Jr.
R.W. Miller
Myron Snesrud
Dr. Leonard E Johnston
Dr. William A. Owens Jr
ICI Fiberite
WatlowWinona Incorporated
Ervin Bublitz
EMD Technologies Inc.
Dennis Neville/ValleyWholesalers, Inc.
Phillips Plastics Corporation
Karen and Doug Sweetland
Gordon and Hilda Mahlke Bear
Hal Leonard Corporation
Harry and GenelleVoigt Jackson
Harland and Pauline Knight
The Benjamin A. Miller Family Fund
Pat and Dan Rukavina
US WEST
Orvil and Louise Wobig
1999
Ethel Ascott
Jim and Jean Frankard
Helen B. Imm
Terry L. Lierman
Warren and Dorothy Marley & Family
William E. Prigge
Levi Stermer
2000
Eva Jestus Clark
Robert and Erika Gilbertson
Dr. Jean E. Jederman
Ruby A. and Margaret I. Johnson
Midtown Foods and County Market
2001
Andrea Foss
Howard and Mary Lou Rosencranz
Mary Caldwell Rusche
SAFECO Corporation
Harry P. Schoen
2002
Gateway Computers
Robert B. Hungerford
Ruth T. Kottschade
2003
Bernice Berg
Jeantte & Arnold Bergler
Joseph & Gladys Emanuel
Frank & Kathleen Fox
Darrell & Nancy Krueger
Gil Kraft
Tom Baab
Hiawatha Broadband Communications, Inc.
Ruth E. Johnson
Larry Lunda
Perkins Family Restaurant
Evelyn B. Stephan
Jean Zamboni
Merle and Helen (Oistad) Ohlsen
Albert “Bill” and Marie Posz
Rebecca Rau
James R. and Nancy M. Reynolds
Frank A. Wachowiak
Ardis Prinzing Serafin
Lois A. Simons
Town & Country State Bank ofWinona
Dr. Lewis L. Younger
Floretta M. Murray
Nash Finch Company
Winona County Voiture No. 580 40/8
FredricMademan
Henry Marsh
Merrimak Capital Company
Keith Schwab Family & Friends
JohnVivian
Winona Athletic Club
= 1858 Founders Society
TheWSU Foundation Board ofTrustees has established the 1858 Founders Society to recognize those individuals who have made a provision forWinona State through TheWSU Foundation in the form of a deferred gift—a will, life insurance or a life income agreement. The Society exemplifies the importance ofwill provisions and other deferred gifts to the University and expresses the Foundation’s grateful appreciation to individuals who make a future gift in support ofthe University’s mission.
Ifyou have madea provision for the Foundation but you have not yet notified the Development Office, callWayne Wicka, director ofMajor Gifts and Planned Giving, 507-457-2772. Allinformation will be kept in strict confidence.
The following persons have made future provisions for the Winona State University Foundation through their will, life insurance or life income agreement. The University is grateful to them for their thoughtful forward planning and for letting us publicly acknowledge their generous commitment.
(* Charter Members)
Anita (Sundby) & Glenn Anderson
StanleyA. Arbingast
Ethel Ascott
Charles & Elizabeth Balcer
Elizabeth Balcer
Greg Ballard
Bernice A. Berg
Jeanette & Arnold Bergler
Frances Blanchard
Emma Brandt
Danning W. & Susan R. Bloom
Nancy M. & James R. Brown
Margaret Browning
Douglas O. DeLano
Elizabeth M. DeLay
Catherine T. Dempsey
Ruth Dick
James E. & Ruth A. Erickson
Gary & Ellen Evans
Elizabeth Fjetland
Pat & John Ferden
Theodore L. & Diane E. Fredrickson
W. Jacque Gibbs
Robert & Erika Gilbertson
Reid Gisslen
John & Jacqueline Johnson) Gosse
Harriet L. Green & William E. Green
Dr. Jay Greenberg
Ray & Katharine Grulkowski
Julie Haas
William Hajicek
Robert J. Hartle
Bernice Hills
Robert B. Hungerford
PeterV.N. Henderson
Marilyn G. Hood
Helen Imm
Genelle Jackson
HarryJackson
Joyce M. Jenney
RubyJohnson
RuthJohnson
Ruth Kamin
Gladys Sanford King
NevaKing
Melvin & Lois Kirkland
Ruth Kottschade
* Harland P. & Pauline G. Knight
Gretchen Koehler
Martin Laakso
Kenneth & Karen Landro
Joyce O. Locks
Robert & Ruth Lyngholm
Burl Leo
Terry L. Lierman
Fredric Mademan
Henry Marsh
Kim McCullough
Fern S. McKnight
Eugene J. & Betty Cushman Mielke
Eloise Tuftee Mobley
Ken & Sally Mogren
Judy Munkel & Spencer Munkel
*Floretta M. Murray
Bob & Lois Neis
Ruth Nuetzel
Barbara & William Owens, Jr
Richard L. & Mary Papenfuss
Ken Pedersen
William E. Prigge
Rebecca Rau
Aileen & Robert Rice
Doris Riede
Geraldine A. Ryberg
Bernice Safranek
Gene & Shirley Sage
Harry P. Schoen
Earl & Phyllis Schreiber
Louise B. Schroeder
Joseph Schultz, Jr.
Ardis Prinzing Serafin
Ellen Schwark
Lois A. Simons
Dr. Alma E. Smith
Charlotte & John Speltz
Michael E. Speltz
Rick & Rhonda Stein
Evelyn Stephan
John Stephan
Robert & MaryJo Strauss
Paulette A. (Kesser) Verdick
FrankWachowiak
Maynard J.Weber
Helen & Ulysses E. Whiteis
WayneWicka
LindaA. Wood
MarlysYoungck
President’s Club
The Winona State University Foundation established the President's Club in 2003 to recognize those individuals who have donated an annual gift of $1,000 or more, during a fiscal year, to the unrestricted fund. Unrestricted gifts supportWSU by allowing the flexibility to direct these funds to the area of greatest impact. Unrestricted gifts address priorities and bring immediate benefits to the University as a whole by supporting scholarships, faculty and curriculum development, academic programming, library collections and many other critical needs. Members of the President's Club help Winona State continue its commitment to excellence both in education and service. The following persons have qualified for this annual club.
StanleyArbingast
William Brady
Barry Brown
Joseph and Sylvia Casby
Stephen Covey
George Crawford
Robert & Barbara DuFresne
Bob & Michele Gadola
Wayne Gergen
Lowell & Carol Gran
Gary Janikowski
Rich & Priscilla Kalbrener
Howard & Sharon Kaste
Dean Kephart
Rita Lewis
Jane Neuharth
Steven & Cathy Richardson
Howard & Mary Lou Rosencranz
Mike Russell
Thomas & Dana Schott
Jim & Kim Schmidt
Lois Simons
Michael Speltz
Marc Spieler
Robert & Mary Jo Strauss
Don & Stephanie Supalla
Pam Treacy
New Scholarships Established at WSU During FY 04
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Balow Football Scholarship Fund
Larry A. Ebert Annual Football Scholarship
Conway and Beth Elton Scholarship Fund
Federated Insurance Leadership Scholarship
Carol Kuroski Memorial Scholarship
Lontz/Madland Scholarship
Merrimak Capital Company LLC, Scholarship Fund
Barb Nagel & Isaac Brown Scholarship
Thomas Wayne Schultz Memorial Scholarship
The Slug Award
Human Resources Management Scholarship
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS
J. Hugh & Virginia Capron Scholarship Fund
Class of 1944 Scholarship Fund (60th Reunion)
Class of 1954 Endowed Scholarship (50 reunion gift)
Class of 1964 End. Scholarship (40th Reunion)
Gary & Marilyn Grob Baseball Scholarship Fund
Phyllis Sanden & Robert J. Hartle Scholarship
Carroll & Ruth Hopf Scholarship Fund
Steven & Catherine Richardson Scholarship
Barbara Schilling Scholarship
Warrior Football Scholarship
John N, Weis Scholarship
Winona National Bank Fine Arts Scholarship
Virginia Richter Scholarship
Edward
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Mae Schollmeier Florin
Marian Sumner Kiltz
Other Donors
Anita Sundby Anderson
Charlotte Shannon Drackley
Janet Foster Dvorak
Fern Brakke Meyers
Marie Gernes O'Neill
Helen Eifealdt Stranberg
1941
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Howard Rosencranz
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
John Kunelius
Jeanne Stedman Schoening
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Dorothy Millar Burt
Helen Smith Workman
Other Donors
Arthur Drackley
Helen Flemming
Naomi Lee Hysell
Irene Anderson/Stubbe MacPherson
Marie Deters-Johnson Mahle
Devola Rich Olson
Virginia Reed
Gerda Petersen Stearns
1942
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Verlie Sather
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Olive Rue Brull
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Lois Farstad Aldrich
Charles Balcer
Marjorie Einhorn Duel
Evelyn Anderson Hatfield
Rosewayne Stephenson Thiele
Other Donors
Enid Johnson Apken
Evelyn Wood Boelter
Robert Eastin
Doris Tainter Laska
Winifred Rader Monahan
Carmen Spande Montgomery
Solveig Tiller Nordsletten
F. Joy Seifert Schilling
Sonia Clarke Schnapp
Madella Hagerthy Siirila
Catherine Colbenson Sorom
Leona Halstenrud Stadler
Naomi Deters Warner
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Inez
Ruth Christianson Wheeler
1943
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Martha Steele Estate
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Frederick Abel
Gordon Hansen
Alden McCutchan
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Dorothy Neumann Arko
M. Elizabeth Belgum Balcer
Dorothy Mehus Lovret
Other Donors
Ruth D. Dixon Brandt
Ruth Swendiman Hovden
Cordelia Lundquist
Lulu Davis McNally
Margaret Stockhausen Qualy
1944
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Albert Conrad “Bill’ Posz
Robert Parker
Constance Zabel Stinemeyer Wava Cipra Verdoorn
1939 Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
D. Caryl Spriestersbach Helen Smith Thomas
Other Donors
Sybil Anderson Fillman
Dorothy Baker Hervey
Irene Davis Hodgdon
Kathryn Junkins Olson
Goldie Fawcett Schmidt
Sylvia Davidson Silliman
1940 Capstone Society ($5,000 or more)
J. Hugh Capron
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Donitza Lumovich Kunelius
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Melvin Hicks
1946
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Barbara Somers Luodo
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Carrol De Wald Abel
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Beverly Francis Anderson
Maynard Burt
Betty Cushman Mielke
Alverna Sprick Miller
Other Donors
Raymond Ahern
Bernhard Bartel
Dorothy Carlson Birdsey
Francis Hatfield
Louise Duane Heydon
Rae Olson Jacobson
Zita Miller
Bruce Montgomery
1947
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Beth Tooker Gossard
Wayne Kannel
Charles Reps
Geraldine Ryberg
Other Donors
Kathleen Crotty
Helen Knutson
Anna Sprick Smith
1948
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Eldon Steuernagel
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Tom Baab
Mildred Hoffman Carlson
Marietta Lenton Grabau
Robert Harders
Doris Kling
Judith Ferdinandsen Schenck
Ronald Schenck
Louis Schwark
Shirley Zimdars
Other Donors
Carol Crandall
Lyle Iverson
Anah Goss Munson
1949
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Gerald Fraser
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Wilbur Winblad
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Jean Jederman
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Shirley Butler Austin
Constance Strommer Fox
Bernard Murtaugh
Other Donors
Lowell Boelter
Jack Cook
Lucille Just DeRose
Doris Helland Doely
Bernice Wadekamper Heaney
Donald Heaney
Janice Sabotta Heitman
Marilyn Gilbertson Hood
Marjorie Baker Huper
Evelyn Holmstadt Johnson
Elaine Martinson Koonce
Lorraine Erickson Krenz
Jean Darling Masyga
Clarence Moorhous
Dolores Sorenson Riemer
Sheila Buckingham Rislove
Elaine Sickle Schmidt
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Evelyn Zimdars Petsch
Evelyn Carlson Rydeen
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Norma Grausnick
Charlouise Lehman Hedin
Betty Clements Kienenberger
Doris Skow Kjome
Delma Chellberg Rigelman
Helen Wadewitz Sonneman
Other Donors
Helen Daskoski Norberg
Marietta Thill Trocinski
1945
Keystone Society ($2,500 - $4,999)
Virginia Richter
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Florence Walch Simon
Other Donors
Eleanor Kugler Hutchinson
Genore Brokken Schaaf
Bernice Dugan Thorsen
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
David Christenson
Eva Fleener Iverson
Clarence Johnson
Henry Karle
Wanda Ronnenberg Obenchain
Jay Robinson
Ervin Schmidt
Rosalie Critchfield Seltz
Donald Sweeney
Maurice Vincent
Robert Welte
1951
Capstone Society ($5,000 or more)
Aileen Nelson Rice
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Joseph Casby
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Melda Person Colwell
Richard Fawver
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Darrel Gill
Henry Rollins
Dorothy Nielsen Schulze
Other Donors
Jean Gardner
Mary Jane Dilworth Ihrke
Evelyn JolsonJohnson
Odell Lee
Delone Peterson Loftsgaarden
Lila Mueske McGill
Josephine Howland Morrow
Joyce Peterson
Neil Robinson
Ruth Cyert Schaffner
Mildred Ullom Schuh
Jean Hein Shaw
Robert Stark
1952
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Raymond Casini
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Rudolph Ellis
Arthur Olson
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Robert Dreisbach
Charles Erwin
Lorraine McNary Johnson
Darlene Griebenow Lynch
Joseph Lynch
Lyle Miller
Earl Schreiber
Other Donors
Donald Cieminski
Gordon Danuser
Herbert Hultgren
Dorothy Tukua Jones
Harriet Jorgenson
Myrtle Bernhardt Kime
Kenneth Seebold
Betty Ebert Shaffer
Elaine Hansgen Slattery
Clarice Jackson Smith
Eugene Sturdevant
Lois Smith Theesfeld
Kenneth Tryggestad
1953
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Anita Stang Mettille
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Joan Verchota Fox
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Harry Buck
Robert Fischer
Barbara Luker/McCullough Johnson
Donald Mallinger
Glennice Welcher Morgenson
E. Jerome Ramstad
1950
Keystone Society ($2,500 - $4,999)
Maynard "Mo" Weber
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Charles Mettille
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Raymond Colwell
Marion Haugen Ellis
George Simpson
James Tews
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Frances Kvam Fischer
Douglas Grabau
Marian Brustuen Hammer
Mary Kotlaba Kaplan
George Nissen
Leander Orbeck
Other Donors
Ruth Hauke Boser
Carol Stromberg Burgess
Sylvia Lanning Czyzewski
Edward Glubka
Valborg Hallan
Charles Fox
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Richard Burmeister
Valerie Cieminski-Fielitz
Amy Hemming
Edna Schauer Hobbs
Harry Schoen
Delores Strupp
Mary Kieffer Theis
Other Donors
Victor Grabau
George Klomp
John Streed
1955
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Merle Peterson
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Helen Haakenstad Dotzenrod
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Arnold Boese
Helen Nelson Buche
Lee Krogh
Jacqueline Harbrecht Mahlke
Other Donors
Sondra Stephens Baer
Curtis Connaughty Virginia Bergmann Danuser
Jerome Grebin
Shirley Slaggie Holst Maxine Czapiewski Johnson Henry Lewis Frank Mertes
Verna Graner Sonsalla
Other Donors
Mary Kilkelly Connaughty
Mary Henderson Goss
Lawrence Janikowski
Evelyn Haggerty Goodro Kimbell
Norma Chinander Krier
Martin Lee
Roland Limpert
Rodney Lingenfelter
Frederick Ludtke
Dorothy Norman
Elloyce Johnson Queensland
Robert Wise
Louise Adams Yost
1954
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Gerald Knatterud
Richard Kowles
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Stanley Barr Al Kulig
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Glen Johnson Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Duane Brenno, Jr.
Dorothy Onsgard McCormack
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Thomas Chandler
Evelyn Hall Cole
Doris Kamla Killian
Eugene Lundberg
James A. Martin
James McCloskey
NorbertMills
Verda Strand Nelson
David Patrick
Bruce Rhoades
Robert J. Scott
Richard Sulack
Other Donors
John Angst
Robert Arko
Donald Barber
Robert Bateman
Edythe Beckman
Donald Behrens
Richard Bowe
Shirley Himebaugh Bowen
David Erdmann
Donald Fosburgh
Marcia Best Fosburgh
Judy Bauch Glazier
Gerald Hentges
Barbara Heiden Hoegh
Richard Kamla
James Keeffe
Larry Laugen
Richard Mackey
David Marquardt
Ruth Brosseth McKay
Marlys Gravenish McNamara
Royce Mensink
Elmer Mitchell
Nancy Holman Murdock
Alice Fiegel Nelson
Orrin Paulson
Mary Ann Pickart Preston
Clarence Quanrud
John Quist
Arlan Ross
JoAnn Wilson Runkel
Kathalyn Way Smith
Ann Shepherd Ulum
Charles Vaughan
Coralyn Gerry Worth
Eleanor Evans Zimmerman
1961
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Patricia Heise Enz
Roger Reupert
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Lois Bergsgaard Ballinger
Ralph Ballinger
James Cole
Leif Elstad
Lowell Gran
Thomas Jacobson
David Keller
Gerald McCartney
Kay Morcomb
Helen Hartle Onstad
Michael Petersen
Irvin Plitzuweit
George Tashima
Other Donors
Frances Wolff Bateman
Ruth Wooley Clauson
Ardell Meyer Doering
Julia Emery
John Felsch
John Fend
Joseph Fitzgerald
Audrey Hennessy Gilbert
David Glazier
Harriet Hahn
David Harris
Michael Healy
Darrel Jaeger
Phyllis Johnson
Ruth Luskow Johnson
AlJean Majerus Lawrence
John Maule
Eloise Tuftee Mobley
Marilyn Heinen Myers
Richard Parry
Robert Rogneby
Mernyce Steberg
Leonora Volkert
Marcia Hobbs Wantock
Diane Whittier
Muriel Arnold Wrede
Joanne Sackett Wright
$1400,000.00
$1,200,000.00
Keystone Society ($2,500 - $4,999)
Gary Grob
Marilyn Schroeder Grob
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Caron Clinkscales Nissen
James Nissen
David Rislove
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Clark Borchard
Carole Gilmore Winslow
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Judith Thode Betty
Hugh Blee
Bruce Blumentritt
Diane Gravenish
Roy Henderson
John Jacobs
Anita Peterson Johnson
Robert Mahlke
Earl Solberg
Other Donors
Keith Ault
Jean Passe Bartusek
Laurence Clingman
Gerald Davis
Fred Day
Karen Bening Day
Davis Gilbertson
Gerald Goetz
Karen Aune Golden
Evelyn Duff Grover
Dorothy Murphy Harlan
Patricia Solum Hill
Donald Hint
Lyle Hoppe
Janet Lammo Johnson
Lance Johnson
Harvey Kangas
Charles Kirchner
Frederick Klein
Mavis Aasum Kolman
Rebecca Brungardt Mannion
Jean Moechnig Neste
Ronald Olson
Renata Johnson Peterson
Michael Porter
Elaine Jahnke Rohrer
Dean Rosenow
William Skeels
John Stow
Robert Tryggestad
Keith Tschumper
Myrtle Vietor
Mary Wolfram
Robert Wood
1963
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
LaMarr Beuchler
Marlys Pater Zane
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Robert Lietzau
Thomas E. Mauszycki
Dana Bluhm Reupert
Wilfred Williams
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Mert Barth
LeEtta Wondrasch Blumentritt
Donald Bzoskie
Gerald DeMars
Vera Miller DeMars
Harry Dewald Gaven Grob
Virginia Harris
Arley Ihrke
Lois Kock
Minnesota Hoyt McCartney
James Milanovich
Karen Voth Natwick
Gary Pahl
Richard Papenfuss
Marnae Sereno Ranta
Kay Whetstone
Other Donors
Curtis Accola
Melanie Majerus Ashen
Vivian Cook Bolles
Ronald Butterfield
Cleo Elton Cieminski
Jean Cogdall
Michael Corrigan
Shirley Wermager Eiken
Yvonne M. Roppe Goetz
Rosemary Schade Gray
Ellen Headington Halverson
Kathleen Berg Hauer
Carol Botcher Hayes
Carol Pye Hayes
Lyle Helgerson
Paul Helgerson
Robert Horton
M. Hotz
Russell Johnson
Sharon Keelan-Cusson
Dorothy Funk Kohn
Gordon Marchionda
Marlene Neshiem McCabe
Virginia Shiel Nash
Janice Lanik Pereda
Yvonne Simon Randall
Frederick Reisenauer
David Roesler
William Roth
David Runkel
Roger Schoen
Howard Sheehan
Lynn Sheldon-Sieving
Judy Whempner Srnec
Delos Stapf
Thomas Steidler
Samuel Stelzig
Kent Stever
Glenn Stocker
Peter Tabor
Ronald Tobias
Nancy Blaisdell Trelstad
Rory Vose
Peter Waalkens
Doloris Lippert Wedul
Donald Weinmann
Charles Weisbrod
Judith Feehan Williams
Robert Wolf
John Zimmer
1964
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Ronald Trok
Charles Zane
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Wayne Flaten
Judy Wilsey Schlawin
Judith Lynn Winslow
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Kathleen Albers Allen
Lowell Allen
Lois Russell Grob
Mary Rohr Ihrke
Lucille Lohmann Jacobs
Carolyn Maertens Kosidowski
Barbara Benike Kremer
Ralph Leistikow
Rollo Luell
Bonnie Ramsdell Mutschler
Duane Mutschler
Patricia Pottratz Nystuen
Deniele Schroder Pahl
Gerald Pilger
DuWayne Rauen
Gaylen Severson
Donald Smail
Dwala Krie Smail
James Strande
Jeffry Wolfert
Other Donors
Brenda Anderson
Kathleen Anderson
Katherine Onsgard Beaulieu
Judith Bell
Janice Tungseth Beske
Patrick Curtin
Landis Doner
Dorothy Fregin
Caroline Rudolf Gebhard
Dennis Gebhard
Roger Gustafson
Robert Hill
Benjamin Johnson
Janice Bakkedah! Johnson
Pauline Maricle King
John Kotek
Harriet Rice Lawston
Lyle Papenfuss
Carol Kjos Pipino
Marlene James Schultz
Patricia Sherman
Carolyn Anderson Smith
Kathryn Stork Hollman
David Vail
Rodney Van Vleet
Jean Goihl Waterman
Paul Watkins
Harla Jones Zimmer
1965
Keystone Society ($2,500 - $4,999)
Henry Walski
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Spencer Munkel
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
George Griffith
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Marcia Engen
Paul Engen
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Peter Abts
Lawrence Benish
Herbert Haack
Margaret lverson-Dohn
Jeffrey Kremer
Henry Maly
Mary Stocker Moffitt
John Nystuen
David Rosenau
Elaine Rotty
Betty Engel Sazama
George Seim
Diane Hagen Severe
Harry Sieben, Jr.
James Ullrich
Other Donors
William Allaire
Gretchen Anderson Thoen
Robert Bosman
Robert Briggs
Kent Burleigh
Gus Chafos
Esther Graskamp Clark
David Davies
Herbert Dibley
Katherine Fishbaugher Fine
Lavern Fossum
June Garrison
Robert Ginn
Gail Heller
Michael Hellerud
Richard Holst
Bernice Pittelko Lanik
Michael Leahy
Kae Nissalke Lieberman
Eileen Inman McCormick
Dorothy McLaughlin
Jerry Mensink
Marlene Moechnig Mensink
Darlene Haessig Metzler
Beverly Meyer
John Petronek
Rickey Ravnholdt
Saundra Gulbranson Rohrer
Sandra Rumstick
Charles Santelman
Richard Sather
Peggy Berg Schroeder
James Schultz
George Skemp
Robert Spartz
Constance Strand
Lois Laabs Tesch
Edna Haakenson Thompson
George Waterman
Barbara Sawyer Watkins
Bruce Weinhold
Juletta Northness Wilder
1966
Capstone Society ($5,000 or more)
Ervin Bublitz Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Joan Kangel Madland
Nancy Turner Reynolds
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Bernard Kennedy
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Nancy Barski
Peter Connor
Todd Erickson
Donald Groth
Bergie Lang
George Olcott
Mary Reszka Papenfuss
Douglas Rosenow
Pauline Utzinger
Other Donors
Sandra Kerrins Allaire
Bruce Ause
Gary Bailey
Marilyn Mikulewicz-Baran
Sharon Iverson Bornfleth
Gary Brone
Judee Fuglestad Brone
Nancy Mampel Carlson
Douglas Case
Benjamin Clark
Ron Cronacher
Merlin Duellman
Diane Ebert
John Enger
John Engler
David Gatewood
James Haukoos
Karen Mortensen Haukoos
Walter Hautala
Anna Koch Hooley
Ann Fenney Horswill
Henry
Letourneau Kim
Thelma Kloempken
Barbara Knutson
Kathryn Torvick Lehman
Thomas Leuchtenberg
Catherine LindsayLindsay Patricia NortonLoftus
Lyons
Overhaug Maenke
Lawrence Marchionda
David Milne
Matthew Mistek
Jonelle Millam Moore
R. Doug Morgan
Robert Muras
Mary Lindahl Nelson
Dolores Samuels Patzner
Sarah Paul
Richard Peter
Carole Rogers Randmark
Douglas Ravnholdt
Judith Thompson Sanftner
Lylia Sickle Scrabeck
Thomas Smith
Harry Strusz
Gordon Swiggum
Janet Haack Tlusty
David Wendlandt
Barbara Anderson Westberg
Marjorie Johnson White
Cleon Wilbur
Loren Wondrasch
Elizabeth Gunhus Wood
1967
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Larry Holstad
Walton Madland
Judith Malmin Munkel
James Reynolds
Dana Reps Schott
Thomas Schott
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Jack Rader
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Shirley Senrick Christopherson
Diane Broad Fredrickson
Theodore Fredrickson
Henry Kleis
Susan Rudeen Kleis
Jon Kosidowski
Franklin Kottschade
Larry Olson
Gene Pflaum
Robert Swygman
Mary Kay Modjeski Thompson
Other Donors
Phyllis Severson Anderson
Richard Armstrong
Susan Loeffler Bayer
Dulcie Berkman
Pete Beyers
Ruth Boyum Black
Robert Blahnik
Joyce Evens Bohnen
Gerald Butenhoff
Sara McBride Buxrude
Mary Van Hoff Chapman
Rosemary Dohrn Connor
Verna Iwasaki Croft
Sharon Drwall Dendurent
Kenneth Denny
Dallas Diercks
Edmund Erickson
Jerry Foster
Mary Pottratz Georgesen
Roberto Giaquinto
Eunice Iverson Goodrich
Mary Messenger Graver
Donald Gray
Miriam Towata Green
Janet Nelson Greseth
Margaret Hankes
Dwayne Hanson
Mary Palm Hoffman
John Horton
James Howe
Cheryl Fick Huettl
Henry Huettl
Michael Jewell
Ronald Johannsen
Yvonne Scharberg Jondal
Louis Kanavati
Gary Kautz
Judith Johnson Knutson
Donald Kropp
Judith Mahlke Miller
Sue Ann Kuchenmeister Mullen
George Nash
Norma Christianson Nelson
Janiece Steve Ness
Michael Rivers
Molly Westlie Sacia
Dolores Sande
Robert Sandeno
Joseph Schiestle
Elroy Schulz
Clark Seeman
Larry Senrick
John Simon
Merle Sovereign
Barbara Schmauss Stevens
Orrin Stevens
James Trochta
Judd Watson
Roy Wilsey
1968
Capstone Society ($5,000 or more)
Richard Kalbrener
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Jon Gislason
Lorena Jacobson
Steven Wildman
Virginia O'Neill Wildman
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Robert Bolstad
John Elder
Terrel Hoopman
Karen Miller Krafka
Ted Roberton
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Thomas Cook
Ralph Furst
Loren Gallagher
Jay Greenberg
Edward Hanson
Joanne Kleist Lanik
Beverly Markegard
Michael Percuoco
Harold Remme
John Ross
Claudia Bishop Sajevic
Albert Thompson
James Wason
Raymond Wicks
Susan Greenwood Wilhelm
Other Donors
Linda Watson Ahlers
Mary AndersonAnderson
Sandra Sacia Auseth
Dennis Bailey
Fredric Baranski
Linda Peters Beerman
Carol Benson Bilse
William Block
Byron Bremer
Paul Chick
Richard Clare
Dorothy Blahnik Denisen
Rose Becker Denny
Peter Ecker
Carol Feldmann
Howard Flen
David Forsythe
John Gaspard
Robert Gelder
Jerome Genz
Karen Meistad Gleason
Garen Gossman
Emil Grassel
Mary Scott Grems
Dennis Greseth
Floyd Gulso
Judith Meschke Haase
Eleanor Kester Hanke
Bruce Harem
Kathryn Bell Hart
Roger F. Hartwich
Charles Healy
Raymond Hegtvedt
Anita Torgerson Henderson
Paul Hodge
David Hoppe
Pamela Brockway Hoppe
Dean Ingvalson
Barbara Jabrosky
Robert Jackson
Paul Johnson
Robert Judge
Ellen Bissen Kanavati
Bruce King
Mary Schieber Klankowski
Judy Larson Kuester
Willis Kuse
Michael Lambrecht
Cheryl Volling Larsen
Walter Maeser
Gaylord May
Marilyn McGuire
Judith Wegman Melbo
Eugene Miller
Curtis Peters
Marguerite Rosenow
Catherine Walters Ross
Carol Halverson Rustad
Edward Schlumpf
Frank Siebenaler
Jeanne Morrison Skattum
Theodore Smarzyk
JoAnn Peck Thoe
John Thomsen
Marilyn Thom Wirth
William Urban
Jerry Usgaard
Willie Watts
Mary Dittrich Weaver
Peter Weisbrod
Carole Tangen Wendlandt
Thomas Westberg
John Wharton
Susan Walch Wieczorek
Arlo Wold
Morgan Wright
Richard Yeske
1969
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Robert Junghans
Margot Johnson Roberts Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Roger Borchert
Patricia Boyum Ferden
Raymond Gunderson
Rodger Jehlicka
Shyling Lee
Nancy Novak
Kay Quinn Peltier
Larry Rupprecht
Gary Scharmer
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Richard Anderson
Jo Ann Bartlett
Marvin Berg
James Brodie
Doris Binger Cogelow
Peggy Kropp Dalton
Tim Dalton
Barbara Leavitt Hanson
Lynn Johnson
Richard Knapp
James Knopick
Gary Kochenderfer
Robert McDonough
Annette Richardson Nygard
Ann Rutledge Sawyer
Lawrence Schuette
Sharon Poppe Schulze
Sharon Graner Smith
Robert Witherow
Other Donors
Jean Stevens Anderson
Roy Androli
Jerry Arens
Peter Aulick
Lowell Bartel
James Bartos
Linda Behrens Best
Byron Bohnen
Marlys Dickerman Campbell
Alan Carlsten
Perry Clifford
George Currier
Brenda Reindal Davies
Harold Davies
Thomas Davies
Jane Findlay Dorn
John Doyle
Robert Duellman
Margaret Peterman Elliott
William Evenson
Gene Fairchild
Duane Fakler
Roger Fischbach
Leigh Fossen
Harvey Fossum
Dianne Ling Freshwater
Ronald Gainey
R. Gene Gardner
Timothy Gerenz
Paul Gerlach
Janice Siegel Giaquinto
Norman Gillund
Ronald Gipp
Mary Glubka
Robert Goldstrand
Thomas Goodrich
Genene Smith Gordish
Laura Hellen Haskin
Ross
Patricia
ElaineKalien Thrune
Robert Timmons
Charlotte Tripp
Albert Usset
James Van Alstine
Diane Hinna Von Bargen
Janet Williams
Barbara Winkel
1971
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Elizabeth Morken Elton
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Diane Hanson Stevens
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Sharon Euerle
Kathleen Turek Petersen
Louann Hedbom Smith
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Dana Babbitt
Loren Benz
Carol Budzinski
Francine Corcoran
Richard Davis
Thomas Dunlap
Karen Donehower Engel
Karen Hartley Folden
Janis Graner-Geesaman
Gerald Gunderson
Robert Jacobson
James Kain
Richard Miller
Nancy Neumann
William Ochs
Phyllis Rosenberg Schreiber
Mark Stenzel
Bette Brand VonFeldt
Mary Skalisky Warren
Richard Wayne
Stephen Wellik
Aloys Wieser
Other Donors
Judith Menning Ahlbrecht
Craig Arneson
Ann Spelhaug Arnold
Susan Drajeske Ault
Donald Balfanz
Lois Balk
George Benedict
Ida Eggen Benson
Sandra Skogeboe Bothun
Cindy Kosmoski Bottelson
Colette Carlson
Jerome Carlson
Gerald Christenson
Judith Clark Wharton
Bonita Lewers Connell
Paula Fandrey Deleon
Susan Schroeder Dudley
Virginia Jenkins Esse
Mary Erickson Ferguson
Robert Ganka
Robert Goodwin
Robert Grabau
Barbara Hill
Gregory Hite
Donald Hodkinson
David Hoel
Patricia Flueger Hood
Patricia McElmury Infield
Brian Irwin
James Jabrosky
Rosemarie Jacobson
Sandra Janzen
Victoria McCluske Jensen
Maureen Rodich Johnson
Ruth Reinke Kinsley
Donald Kleiboer
Richard Krueger
Robert Larsen
Deloris Kratz Limpert
Carol Veeck Mather
Marlys McCluskey
Steve McGhie
Kristi Krejci McGuire
Anthony Menden
James Mogen
Genevieve Klinkhammer Molling
Elizabeth Seifert Mott
Bruce Murdock
Linda Williams Nelson
Barry Nichols
Sheila Marschall Olson
Nicholas Panaro
K. Berryman Paulson
Yvonne Passe Peplinski
Thomas Rand
Barbara Ree
Warren Rosin
John Rubash
Michael Ruby
Martha Schneider Sauer
Bradley Schafer
Thomas Schank
James Schlesser
Diane Christiansen Schumann
Suellyn Sherman
Wayne Shustrom
Gary Smith
Richard Stark
Dennis Steffen
MarthaMarvin Steffen
Brenda McRae Swanson
Stephen Thrune
Linda Torgerson Turner
Irene Gaustad Tweito
Sharon Marggraff Van Alstine
David Vickery
Sherry Rowland Vickery
David Wagner
John Walsh
James Wierzba
Mike Wilder
Bernard Ziegeweid
1972
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Stephen Wing
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Lynda Teitge Krueger
Sally Berens Mogren
Calvin Winbush
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Curt Bailey
Lois Adams Berlin
Anthony Bowden
Steven Cahill
Leonard Demarais
Allen Doebert
Diane Dutcher
James Dybevik
Marilyn Mason Foss
John Fox
Richard Henry
Michael Kelley
Jean Dore’ Mills
Irene Kirsch Reps
Ruby Richardson
Renata Radsek Rislow
Roger Runningen
Judith Koski Russell
Gail Schmidt Ryan
Thomas Sheehan
Marie Tolstad
Clark Tuttle, III
Other Donors
David Anderson
Norine Stensgard Ask
Carol Boysen Bedtke
John Bedtke
Jan Galchutt Bernstorf
Adrienne Bloch
Kathleen De Yoe Boettcher
Grace Zwiener Byrne
Shirley Whitworth Carrier
Bruce Closway
John Currie
Patricia Wilson Derby
Patricia Dolan
Monica Geraets Eide
Craig Espe
Wendy Etherton Evenson
Duane Flemming
Diane McNally Forsyth
David Franko
Lydia Ives Franko
Kathryn O'Reilly Gainey
Cheryl Nihart-Tomforde Glander
Kathleen Rolli Grabau
John Heddle
Barbara Broich Hlte
Donna Scherbring Hornberg
Laurence House
Kathrine Swanson Howell
Kathleen Kenney Huffman
Avis Bierbaum James
Roxanne Hanson Janes
Gregory Johnson
Betty Finn Kalmes
Barbara Glasrud White
Nancy Lilla Wille
Donald Wistrcill
Spencer Yohe
Janet Hull Zabel
1973
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Ernestine Miller Henry
Carol Simpson Peterson
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Larry Ebert
Mark Patterson
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Marlene Myran Babbitt
Robert Baia
Kathleen Smith Bork
Karen Costa-Tappon
Betty Frank
Greg Hagen
Lowell Halverson
Vonna Deguise Henry R. Douglas Hubbard
Judene Efta Irvine
Dennis Jerome
Phillip Kronlage
James Lincoln
Mia Martin
Gloria Mondor Matsuura
Ann Cuckie Raschka
Joseph Raschka
Steven Reinhart
Capt. Marlys Tuftin
Wendy Snyder Tuttle
Theresa Walch Walsworth
Terry Westby
Ralph Wolf
Other Donors
Elizabeth Seidlitz Ahlers
Dennis Allen
William Bentson Larry Berland
Sievers
S. Beinhorn Burgart
Shauna Long Kayser
James King
Nonie Chessebrow Kisch
Michael Klomp
Candace Newman Kobler
Teresa Sebesta Kolz
Diane Schiller Krueger
Lois Johnson Larson
Douglas MacLennan
Benjamin Mahle
Sandra Pittelko McCoy
Jean Dahl Menden
Arvid Meyer
James Mott
William Mullen
Carol Judd Olsonawski
Carol Sommer Ossell
Jeanne Foley Parker
Vivian Bobrick Quam
Cindy Quinn
Rebecca Van Auken Reif
Dianne Davis Reinsmoen
Bonnie Peterson Ripple
Donald Roetter
Patricia Roths
Kathleen Boelter Sandbulte
Thomas Schmitt
Donna Schaffer Schrantz
Darryl Smelser
Kathy SoromSmith
Leanne Clausen Snyder
Roland Solberg
Edward Stamy
Karen Olson Steffen
David Steffes
William Sullivan
Thomas Theis
Julie Klomp Titcombe
Ronald Vikre
John Vogel
Sally Schick Vogel
Hjordy Christison Wagner
Paul Wagner
Candice Sopoci Walsh
Cheryl Lehnertz Weaver
Evjen
Felsch Patricia Hatch Felten
Jacobs Fitts
Breimhorst Fullmer Carol Gilbertson Gary Glasrud Theresa Goerke
Karen McHattie Graber Ronald Greenquist Adarsh Hari Josephine Burtness Hefte Mary Ann Bergstrom Heimsness Steven Heiting William Helwig Gail Newhouse Henderson Gladys Lamb Herndon
HoenHoen
Holm Brian Houdek Nancy Bellingham Houdek Craig Hummer
Kaehler Susan Erickson Kahle
Douglas Kronlage
Jerald Lehnert
Deborah Dahl Lund
Marie Martinucci
Lyle Meldah!
James Miles
Patricia Foels Miller
Phyllis Stadler Mohrlant
Marcia Korb Morrill
Susan Simes Myers
Craig Nash
Mary Nipp
Charles Ossell
Jack Peplinski
Dennis Peterson
Kathy Harpel Peterson
Marc Peterson
John Preston
Vincent Pulles
Janae Sandbo Rambow
William Reif
Karen Ries
Calvin Ripple
Gordon Rostvold
Jackie Viesselman Royer
Marilyn Johnson Ruhberg
Mary Goetsch Salo
Thomas Salo
Lloyd Sandbulte
Lavonne Kienitz Sasse
John Scherer
Ann Goodier Schmitt
Cynthia Schwager
Roseann Schauls Shaw
Anna Neumann Siems
Mark Singer
Gerald Skree
Sherry Albers Stechmann
Julianne Tompte Stenehjem
Joseph Stevens
Ronald Sunne
Lou Sweep
Robert Thomas
Dolores Grobe Timm
Holger Vaher
Linda Henke Van Ryn
Randy Walters
Cheryl Weber-Mattes
Glen White
Clarian Richert Wilder
Gerald Wildes
Terrance Wilk
Gregory Williams
1974
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Allan Crawford
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Kurt Casby
Gary Janikowski
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Jerome Bigelow
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Nancy Boyum-Brown
Margaret Cassidy
Margaret Clarkin
Constance Davis
Elizabeth Delay
Fred Fuchs
LuEtt Rahn Hanson
Donna Helble
Paul Iverson
Rita Roelofs Iverson
David Jerde
Judith Ogburn Jerde
Sarah Smith Joslin
Sandra House Maule
Janelyn Lien Navarro
Richard Nigon
RobertNortham
Dennis Paul
Timothy Penny
Joni Kieffer Polehna
David Russell
Roger Younker
Other Donors
Jerry Allen
Kathryn Brenny Armstrong
Russell Ault
Susan Wychgram Babcock
Vivian Jones Batts
Sandy Brandt Bauer
James Beeman
William Bockenhauer
William Bond
Judith Borgan-Weiss
Timothy Cashin
Ann Coates
Barbara Coffelt
Karen Einhorn Cohen
Sue Kyrk Ebbers
Steven Eckert
Donald Higgs
Mark Hofmeister
Kathryn Mueller Holle
Gail Sontag Jambois
Annette Jensen
Dorene Solberg Jensen
William Jensen Dennis Johnson
Phernetton Johnson Wayne Johnson
Jorgenson Connie Matz Krause Nancy Parmenter Ludwig Richard Marquart David Maurek
Richard May
Colleen Casey McMahon
Gladys M. Meindl
Jolyn Snell Mikesh
Ernest Moeller
Theresa Monette
Ruth Moore-Eilers
Thomas Moriarty
Richard Morris
Elaine Mortensen John Niedziejko
Barbara M. Mills Nilles
Arlen O'Brien
Beth Eberlein O'Dea
Norene Warmke Oppriecht
Debra Harwick Orris
John Passe
Peter Passe
Mary Mulesa Pavlock
Daniel Peterson
Karen Weif Placek
Gary Poulin
Barbara Anderson Rahn
Timothy Raymond
Diane Rinn
John Rosell
Jeanette Anderson Ruff
Robert Ryan
Joy Lovell Sandell
Barbara Schafer
Vicki Sieve
Beverly Haakenstad Spande
Patrick Staloch
Dean Stenehjem
Penelope Anderson Stevens
Lynn Deutschman Walsh
Diane Serafin Willcox
Wayne Woxland
1975
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Dean Kephart
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Ronald Morem
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Duane Beeman
Deborah Nickles Benz
Dean Brown
Debra Devens Christenson
Robert Groettum
George Maule
Robert Mims
Jake Muldrow
Bruce Peters
Claran Ramsdell
Lois Kelly Rockney
Sandra Schlesser Schollmeier
James Sillman
Thomas Stoa
Other Donors
Diane Ganske Aegler
Craig Anderson
Susan Hegtvedt Anderson
Robin Thompson Arneson
Rebecca Bacon
Sandra Paton Bailey
Karen Nelson Baker
James Bedtke
Barbara Bentley
Renae Berkner Bock
Deborah Kathan Bushek
Mary Rowe Campbell
Janet Clark
Suzanne Jansen Cordes
Nathan Davidson
Mary Jane Curran Devine
Mary Diercks
Joni Holm Dirtzu
Nancy Lince Eichman
Diane Engel
Linda Papenfuss Fix
Jane Urevig Friese
Mary Fuchsel
Gregory Gabbert
Michael Gabel
Elaine Walske Graf
Richard Graf
Bryclynn Carlson Hartman
Jacqueline Vix Hatlevig
Robert Hatton
Debra Boese Hetrick
Jeffrey Holthaus
Howard Horen
George Horihan
Debra Litka Johnson
Debra Hobert Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Susan Johnson
Bonnie O'Brien Kalmes
Kelly Kieffer
Harold Klenke
Mary Devine Kneissel
David Krenik
Michael Latzke
Shirley Giesen Latzke
Julianne Paulson Loven
Larry Mulenburg
Thomas Murphy
Mary Bissen Murray
Steven Nipp
David Oelkers
Robert Paton
Teresa Bolland Pearson
Gene Pelowski, Jr
Susan Hudgens Pieper
Richard Priebe
Sue Steinbauer Priem
David Pries
Deanna Freeman Quinn
Thomas Quinn
John Reszka
Dennis Riesgraf
Ralph Roemer
Terri MurasRoemer
Lawrence Rogers
Jeffrey Ross
Linda Doner Rossetti
Charles Rue
Mark Salmon
Daniel Samp
Bruce Schmoll
Bradley Schulte
Sylvia Seaton
David Shaw
Jeanne Amell Skree
William Spears
Mary Biwer Sullivan
Harvey TePoel
Elizabeth Krenik Traxler
Cheryl Luth Tuxen
Matthew Vickery
Christie Wallace Noring
James Weidemann
Maureen Weidemann
Kathleen Letourneau
Constance Schild Wilson
Jolie Ehlers Wood
1976
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Mary Schmidt Marklevits
Robert Neis
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Rodney Barkema
Gail Bergaus Bradbury
Nancy Denzer
Brian Fahey
Shannon Liddiard-Micevych
Maria Marcucci
Candace Mixa Marx
William Marx
Terrance McGee
John Murtha
Cynthia Bechly Peck
Michael Polehna
Susan Reynolds
Richard Stirn
Patricia Tolmie
Laurie Rittenour Younker
Jon Zentgraf
Other Donors
Scott Abramson
Gary Andrews
Bruce Bauer
Roberta Arendt Benedict
Lola Berg
Brenda Rose Birkholz
Mickey Bluedorn
Susan Foss Bluedorn
Tonya Wilson Boomer
William Colclough
Betty Darby
Merle Dargus
Patti Tschida Dargus
Denise Abrath Davidson
Nancy Krueger Dorn
Thomas Eggenberger
Jacquelyn Emery
Susan Stepp Frauenkron
Frank Gu
Gary Gulbrandson
Thomas Haase
Curtis Hall
Jana Clarke Hall
Leroy Hall
Gayla Goyer Hallquist
Jeffrey Higgins
Todd Holm
Jan Gautsche Ingbretson
Graham Jacobsen
Patricia Klug Johnson
Delaine Kjos
Luke Klaja
Carmen Klomp
Debra Westhusing Konicek
Becky Saehler Korder
Charlene Bonow Kreuzer
Laurie Schuh Krogen
Thomas Kunz
Diann Handt Lindeman
Kathleen Hansen Lueders
Thomas Marpe
Stella Sexton Mathieu
Larry Menden
Robert Millea
Kathryn Landsverk Nelson
Daniel Neubert
Jeffrey Noll
Lenore Gibbs Noonan
John Odden
Jo Ann Ronningen Oelkers
Barbara Eklund Olson
Debra Dow Ott
Paul Ott
Donna Parkhurst
Donald Potter
Sandra Henn Richert
Carol Hallquist Rife
Christine Kellstrom Rischette
Michael Rode
David Schumacher
Teresa Johnson Shafer
Nicola Hildebrandt Skoog
Estee Stene
Thomas Stephenson
Robert Strauss
Joseph Sullivan
Barbara Dielentheis Tacke
Catherine Todd
Pamela O'Neill Trageser
Judith Sundet VonArx
Cleo Kryzer Wenzel
Ronald Wenzel
Nancy Mohr White
Kathy Danielson Winger
Janice Workman
1977
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Michael Balow
William Brady
James Ridenour
Susan Strilzuk Ridenour
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Pamela Rieke Bauer
Laura Mettille Dreas
Nancy Strelow Goltz
Michael Herzberg
Patricia Tighe Sontag
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Greg Anderson
Susan Heuer Anderson
Gail Broring Boom
Randall Borchardt
Kathryn Baab Buck
Ronald Clark
Marjorie Frost
Mark Gerry
Greg Johnson
Stephen June
Mariska
Janice Lemm Kreiter Steven Landberg
Sandra Pehler
Steven Riles
Lois Rickert Roberton
James Romball
Doris Ruben
Allan Scheer
Richard Schoeneman
Gary Simonsen
Janet Marxen Strey
Diane Vogt Stroot
Bruce Thomas Bradley Turner
Harold Warriner
Christine Wojciechowski
Edward Young Sonia Valiant Zachman
1979
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Ann Streitmatter Bassett
Timothy Bennick
Maureen Adams Dolan
Robert Dolan
John McShea
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Daniel Bork
Reginald Cooper
Amy Wilson Daufenbach
William Graham
Linda Herrick
Dean Jensen
George Liegakos
William Mann
Carol Dahlberg Motske
Geoffrey O'Connor
Steven Olson
Rodney Pritchard
Ellen Fenstermache Rollie
Randy Staver
Richard Stehr
Kent Ties
Debra Wilk
Wendy Kolpin Winders
David Zimmerman
Other Donors
Connie Abernathy-Ness
Brian Barquest
Mary Bartley
Cheryl Bauch
David Broin
Pamela Grose Broin
Deborah Ehlers Christensen
Anne Sobieski Clairmont
Dale Clark
Mark Collins
Barbara Bickford Derflinger
Dorene Olson Devine
Pamela Adelmann Doering
Theresa Duffy
Bruce Feuerhelm
James Folkerds
Joan Haugan Gilhooly
Julie Haessig
John Halverson
Jan Hanvey
Patricia Thompson Hartkopf
Kristi Bogie Haselman
Neil Hedquist
Bruce Henderson
Thomas Herberg
Loren Hewitt
Doreen Higgin-Houser
Barbara Blumentritt Hill
Muriel Hinrichs
Doris Horst
Brian Ihde
Vicki Greeder locco
Glenda Kennedy Jackson
Timothy Janikowski
Dean Johnson
Eleanor Johnson
Jay Johnson
Daniel Judd
James Kelzenberg
Gary Kinney
Gary Kitzmann
Rosemary Reindal Knopff
Glenn Kooken
Annette Wilkening Kuck
Holly Lamb
Marcia Kiedrowski Lee
Lisa Anderson Lewis
Terry Lind
Douglas Lindstrom
Ruth Handelong Long
Marc Lundquist
Ann Catlin Markegard
Michael Markegard
Vickie Pingel Martin
Therese Gerten McBride
Karen McInnis
Larry Meyer
Joseph Miles
Debra Bruning Miller
Richard Miller
Severt Monsen
Mary Jensen Morgan
Gary Nelson
Debra Dummermuth Norton
Nola Blencoe Olson
Kim Paulson
Katherine Shoup Pederson
Cindy Swota Peplinski
John Plamann
As a senior marketing major, I work extremely hard to balance a scholastic, social, and community involved life. I currently maintain a 4.0 GPA, and am extremely involved in the community. When I am not havingfun with all the greatfriends I've made, I am out in the community working to make a difference. I tutor middle school students at a local junior high, and thisfall I will be tutoring incomingfreshmen at Winona State University. I also spend my springs coaching trackfor one ofthe local schools in Winona as well. Likewise, when Iam back home, I also enjoy talking to high school students in the area about the importance ofpursuing higher education. On campus I have also chosen to be very involved. I am the vice presidentofchapter operationsfor the professional businessfraternity ofDelta Sigma Pi, an active member of the National Society ofCollegiate Scholars, and a member ofthe Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society.
Thankfully, receiving a substantial scholarship such as the one granted to me by Federated Insurance creates an atmosphere that enables me to continue to fully concentrate my efforts on scholastic achievement and community involvement. By lifting the burden offinancial payments, Federated Insurance has afforded me the ability to pursue scholastic challenges, as well as be a participant in many community events and programs. Overall, this scholarship means I have the ability to take on endeavors to not only advance myself, but to help advance many young minds in the community. Most ofthese children are simply in need ofa little support and guidancefrom a mentor andfriend, and I have come to find it is an immeasurable honor to become that person.
Myfuturegoals are to continue to help the youth ofAmerica understand how valuable and important an education is, and where it can ultimately take them. Also, I hope to pursue a graduate degree in business to further my own educational background andfuture opportunities. By attaining a high level ofeducational achievement, it is one ofmy greatest dreams to one day be the leader ofa highly respected corporation or business while maintaining an active role in shaping and guidingyoung minds.
Matthew Pufall MarketingMajor
John Price
Richard Randell
Mary Voshell Randol
Robert Rinaldi
Roger Roraff
Brenda Severson Rosenberg
Dolores Rother
Jana Lindberg Schneider
Denyse Pennington Schroeder
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Steven Schuppenhauer
James Skauge
Edward Smith
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Alan Stachowitz
Mary Stenson
Ann Dwyer Tranvik
Larry Wright
Gloria Zabel
Lois Mountin Zoromski 1980 Keystone Society ($2,500 - $4,999)
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Semrad McShea
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Veldhuis
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John Burros
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Klea Anderson Ecker
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James Heideman
Gregory Hoban
Maynard Johnson
Dawn Kindt
Kenneth Lanik
Robert Lembkey, Jr David Letourneau
Cheryl Christofferson McKane
Jeffrey Moll
Maureen O'Brien Briggs
Mark Ryan
Gregg Ryberg
Lynnette Fedorenko Ryberg
Norma Sedlack
Michele Hayek Starkey
Jill Palmersheim Stoner
Grant Tews
Mark Wallace
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Barbara Rathke Ames
Janet Suilman Baker
Linda Alexander Barnett
Susan Cook Barry
Kathleen Mathison Beach
Lois Anderson Berge
Steven Bergsgaard
Frank Biesanz
Frederick Blahnik
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Michael Bourne
Laurie Brase
Carol Riedesel Burke
Wallace Carlson
Jeffrey Chihak
Kent DeYoung
Randy Fabian
Gregory Fellman
Sandra Hawley Finholt
Edward Fornberg
John Gabbert
Lavonne Gates
William Gleason
Norman Grams
Jon Gravenish
Suzanne Gruhlke Greenleaf
Teresa Guindon
Kathleen Fossum Gustafson
Gary Hanson
Debra Ties Harrison
Josephine Hassinger
Timothy Hayes
Virginia Henry
Ariane Ingram Herberg
Debra Hewitt
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Rebecca Borst Hohlstein
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Cecilia Payne Hughes
David Hughes
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Jodie Nelson Jordin
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Shari Klippenstein
Mary Doucet Knutson
Kevin Kopperud
Susan Krage Krageschmidt
Susan Peake Krogman
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Marilyn Leavitt
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Carol Helgeson Machemer
Kathleen Buch Majerus
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Donald McRae
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Desiree Wandersee Morsching
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Linda Larson Naney
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Steven Nelson
Vicki Bates Nelson
Mary Netzer
Mary Ollhoff
Linda Kovalsky Painter
Scott Peak
John Peterson
Mary JohnsonRitenour
Randy Rohrer
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Vicki Olson
Daniel Sadowski
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Theresa Schiller
Joseph Schmidt
Debra Schueler
Nancy Schultz
Pamela Zachman Schwarz
Thomas Shaffer
Thomas Sivia
Robin Randolph Solac
Paul Spafford
Ann Greenslit Stokke
Gary Strehlo
Monica Thesing
Tim Truwe
Delayne Porter Vogel
Kristy Anderson Weise
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Ross Willoughby
Sharon Wick Yorde
James Youngblom
Kim Zak
1981
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Mary Foegen
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Helen Dachelet
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Mary Kay Brandimore
Susan Miller
Craig Scheevel
Paula Aussem Scheevel
Dr. Bruce Wasserman
Dana Schneeberger Wood
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Brian Barker
Susan Unger Barnes
Timothy Fagely
Laura Olson Gathje
Gregory Gorvin
Amy Strachota Haas
Diane Clark Karp
Kirk Kennedy
Mary Neeson Kennedy
Denise Bednarek King
Bradley Kolberg
Colleen DeMuth Liegakos
Carl Nelson
Kathryn Johnson Nieman
Mark Praska
Beverly Seid! Rabenberg
Stephen Sadler
Donna Koelper Saehler
Theresa Becker Sim Michael Stoner
James Weispfenning
Other Donors
Ronald Andro
William Baker
Arthur Barnett
David Blonski
Philip Bostrack
Marianne Blum Briggs
Ellen Butts
Deanna Mercer Capelle
Nancy Aber Chadwick
Amy Moon Charlesworth
Jill Schlake Clarke Marletta Cyphers
Ann Windshcitl Dalhoff
Laurel Hagen Dotson
Marilyn Petz Dubay
Mark Dunlap
Mary Noonan Dunn
Becky Duzan
Margaret Enright
Steven Erickson
Susan Schweiger Fabian
Mary Farrell
Karen Zakariasen Fellman
Leann Gehring Ryan
Julie Radke-Grams
Kenneth Gully
Mark Haesly
Thomas Hall
Mary Collinge Halverson
John Hamill
Mary Falvey Harris
Robert Harris
Jeffrey Hauser
Bradley Helmeke
Brenda Kryzer Hoffman
Ellen Holmgren
Diane Bloomer Hulstein
David Ihns
Pamela Klaudt Ihns
John Jaszewski
Ann SikkinkJohnson
Pamela Kjos Johnson
Gerald Kasdorf
Kathleen Tuma Kennedy
Carol Harbaugh Kiernan
Robert Kreger
Kimberly Smith Larish
Michael Larish
Chris Linde
Joanne Lynch
Julie MacDonald
Michele Matthews Jepson
Gary Melbostad
Terry Meyer
Karen Mierau
Elizabeth Murdoch James
Kate Murphy
Carol Buley Nelson
Chris Neuharth
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Robert Pavic
Kathy Rehovsky Petersburg
Dianne Wells Peterson
Danny Plein
Gail Dehning Prestemon
Karin Pyan
Dean Regnier
James Ressler
Susan Hoppe Reynolds
Lynda Perry Rickoff
Michael Roiger
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George Schneider
Jill Kuledge Scholz
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Cheryl Scholzen Strusz
Daniel Strusz
John Sutton
R. Paul Thicke
Linda Cedarholm Thorson
ScottThorson
Sandra Turner Todd
Priscilla Van Grevenhof
Kimberly Dorothy Wagner
Elaine Wilbur
1982
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Pamela Cannella Treacy
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Howard Kruger
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Anita Miller Bennick
William Harland
Wade Langsev
Barbara Oertel
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Martin Borts
Steven Botcher
Matthew Brooks
Michele Draves
Cathleen Cieminski Faruque
Duane Herberg
Sandy Kutensky Hoy
Jennifer Micke-Kopetsky
Scott Mulholland
Mark Nelson
Susan Loken Nelson
Dean Nihart
Jeffrey O'Connor
Julie O'Connor
Bernard Parker
Katherine Dolby Praska
Thomas Rislow
Curtis Sorenson
Kay Steuernagel Speedling
Cheryl Straight
Marsha Swanton-Plummer
Garth Unke
Constance Doten Weston
Christine Kesicki White
Keith White
Other Donors
Sheri Boettcher Anderson
Katherine Cassidy Arostegui
Paul Ask
Harriett Settle Baker
Joseph Barry
Dorene Delong Bartz
Shirley Klockeman Benedict
Terese Moore Bjornstad
Robert Boesche
Ginny Scherbring Boyum
Marguerite Braendlin
Kevin Buechler
Liane Stevenson Buechler
Rita Hughes Buehler
Rebecca Carlson
Amy Caucutt
Sally Chicos
Mark Comeaux
Daniel Day
Cynthia Dondlinger
Laura McCain Dunlap
Sandra Otto Eastling
Ann Ince Edwards
Melody Egge
Laurie Lien Erickson
Mark Erickson
Roger Erickson
Keith Floen
Linda Johnson Freitag
Karen Rosendahl Fried
Lori Grill Gadient
Alison Johnson Glapa
Marybeth Rausch Gordon
Mary Finn Gripentrog
Carol Gronseth
Carol Michenfelder Gunderson
Jean Hansen Gunderson
Richard Hacker
Douglas Hadac
Gregory Hagen
Jillane Boyum Halverson
Harold Hansen
Charles Haugh
Roslyn Goree Helberg
Therese Focht Hjelmgren
Brent Hoffman
Gerald Imhoff
Julie Iverson
Renee wen
Michelle Gospeter Jacobs
Mary Jo Jensen
Roger Johnson
Mary Keal
Sandy Lundgren Kensy
Michael Kirchhoff
Donald Kolbert
Joyce Lebakken
Cheryl Lonning
David Manahan
Lori Hildebrandt Markman
Lori Sunderman Maser
Dean McCluskey
Charlie McGahey
Michael McGraw
Rebecca Geerdes McGraw
Patricia McGuire
Janet Mills
Lynn Shea Myhre
Dean Nagel
Teri Handt Nelson
Mildred Berg Ness
Ruth Nordby
Kelly O'Neill
Jack Oster
Jay Ostrem
Mark Padesky
Mary Stroben Parham
Timothy Passe
Tom Patten
Karen Carlstrom Pierson
Robert Pierson
James Reinhardt
William Reuhl
Patrick Rian
James Rickoff
James Roberts
Jeanne Shaw Roberts
Denise Sexton Sackreiter
Emi Nishida Sako
Lynn Salmela
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Elise Schendel
Jane Ronneberg Schooley
William Sherry
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Susan Thompson
Frederick Spicer
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Peter Stenson
Jeffrey Stevens
Jennifer Kornmann Stickel
Mary Buck Swegle
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Diane Thomas
Colleen Thompson John Tidball
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Laurie Hanson Timp
Paulette Kesser Verdick
John Waldo
Diane Mountin Wenger Mary Willson
Randall Winter
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Michele O'Rourke Gadola
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Julie Kilber
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Mary Kosidowski
Ellen Pecchia Kosmatka
Carl Kruger
Roger Kumlien
Lynnly Cutting Kundert
Michael Larson
Phyllis Baker Larson
Mary Rowekamp Lee
Kathryn Drazkowski Mahlke
Walter Mahlke
Laure Hill Maki
Hayley Martin
Amy Schuchart Mayer
Jan Payne McCarthy
David Messling
Todd Mestad
Traci Ripley Morken
Laurel Von Holtum Mugg
Lori Kertzman Neitzke
Gene Nelson
Richard Nord
Mari Laack Olsen
Kevin O'Reilly
Felicia Owens
Jenifer Young Passe
Larry Pauls
Robin Peterson
Susan Opsahl Peterson
Jeanne Poppe
Mary Tripp Price
Conni Resler
Yalanda Rishovd
Stephen Robb
David Rowlands
Diane Wilson Rud
Rachel Sampson
Bradley Schmidt
Jodi Palmquist Schoer
Elizabeth Gleason Schultz
Steven Simonson
Bruce Sixty
Katy Smith
Laurie Smith
Susan Bianchi Smith
Boyd Snyder
Todd Sorenson
Timothy Staley
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Donna Strum
Joan Dennis Tam
Diane Tenuta
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Margaret McCormick Thornton
Judy Ulland
Elizabeth Colapietro Vozzola
Jean Jurek
Kevin Wagner
Kathleen Kusler Wellen
Maureen Ann Wheeler
Karen McColley Wilker
Elizabeth Matteson Wirt
Bianchi
Kathryn Smith Blickhan
Alan Boisen
Sandra Shaffer Brooks
Richard Brusewitz
Marie Scotch Bush
Cheryl Wright Carlson
Anthony Cecchin
William Corser
Patricia Martin Croslin
Joann Woelfel Day
Paul Dix
Robin Drake
Valerie Bunne Drey
Steven Ehlers
Shari Landrus Ellingsen
Barbara Norton Enge
Kathleen Maas Frickson
Margaret Murray Funke
Patrick Giguere
John Glynn
Susan Blaisdell Goodew
Darla Sanford Grover
Mary Lofgren Wolter
Kathryn Patek Wychgram
Karen Corning Wydeven
Michelle Cochran Zuzek
Jileen Miner Zyvoloski
1985
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Richard Stein
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Robert Dukes
Steven Machacek
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Mary Hendricks Barnes
Kevin Cappel
John Freund
Tracy Hohensee Gardner
Scott Gutknecht
Mary Tuttle Hastings
Michael Leaf
Kaye Lundberg
Richard Mazzolini
Lori Heckes Murphy
Karen Kline Northam
Tracy Harvey Opfer
Pamela Lhotka Romberg
Jo Miller Stienessen
Joy Tetzlaff Tobin
Michele Welte
Paul Wiese
Ellen Blondell Wunderlich
Patricia Meier Young
Ann Busch Zweig
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Jeffrey Abts
Rebecca Vollmer Allen
Linda Knutson Anderson
Russell Anderson
Brad Angelbeck
Steven Apps
Sharon Asbell
Kimberley Lake Barker
William Barker
Robbin Vachalek Barnes
Thomas Batell
Nancy Blum
James Bremer
Cynthia Burt
Janet Hartfiel Campbell
Kristen Jayne Carlson
Matthew Chandler
Douglas Crowson
Troy Crowson
Mary Zell Dallman
Debra Meyers Dehler
Paul DiGioia
Julie Puetz Einhorn
Patricia Spitzer Emanuel
Maria Faust
Paul Feia
Robert Felegy
Donna Felmlee-Devine
Brenda Root Flintrop
Karen Kofoed Frank
Edith Potthoff Gates
Janice Harem
Lisa Palmer Harreld
Maria Enzenbacher Harshbarger
Christopher Hazelton
Chris Heiderscheit
Daniel Heil
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Bradley Hoban
Susan Prigge Holz
Tracy Dunnum Huebner
Gregory Huff
Victoria Mattke Irwin
Heidi Hjerleid Hovre
Gregory Johnson
Jane Richardson Johnson
Jeanne Keelan Johnson
Richard Joos
Diane Edwards Kane
John Kaplan
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Marsha Fischer Knudsvig
Robert Kuziej
Daniel Langlois
Julie Reimer Latzig
Diane Schmid-Ismail Lausier
Elaine Haan Matthias
Kristina Mazurkiewicz
David McDowell
Carrie Atneosen/McHale Wilkie
Kenneth McQuade
John Mesarchik
Jim Meyer
Barbara Ward Miller
Kirk Moist
Barbara Mueller Myers
Mary Kranz Myers
Deborah Scott Nelson
Kim Nelson
Terry Oelkers
Sondra Pittman Paton
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Todd Peterson
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Julia Rude
Dennis Schreiber
Cloann Wais Schultz
Deanna Sellner
Ann Shellum
Mary Diamond Simon
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Mary Meyer Snyder
Kelley Fetrow Solheld
James Steidler
Ruth Stenzel Suchomski
Yuwatey Suy
Kristin Hansen Tiegs
Colleen O'Neill Timmons
Debora Johnson Trotman
Michael Trotman
Julie O'Neil Vangsness
Brenda Anderson VanNurden
Richard Weaver
Karen Fread Welch
John Wilke
Sherri Schubert Wurster
Ruth Wackler Young
Mardelle Zanoni
Kay Hebert Zellmer
Deborah Ziegeweid
Mary Hermsen Zuckerman
1986
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James C. Schmidt
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Michael Ericson
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Catherine Ellstrom
Robert Gits
Barbara Lano Rummel
Michael Wadley
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Frances Coleman Blair
Michael Blair
Maryann Stone Dennis
Jody Docken
Julie Schroeder Dohm
Michael Dohm
Anne Gilbertson Foegen
Juan Foegen
James Kensik
Thomas Kingsley
Kathleen Croker Kuehl
Robert Kuehl
Theresa Ruzicka Larson
Gretchen Wieczorek Lynch
Jill Rieger McClain
Diane Feneis Moeller
Scott Norris
Steven Olds
Catherine Gilmore Przybylski
Diane Helwegen Schmitt
Leann Reedy Zogg
Other Donors
Lauren Schuett Allburn
Cecilia Koll Allen
Catherine Finch Anderson
Dawn Johnson Ausenhus
Scott Bandel
Christine Bayuk Polzin
Bernard Beaver
Harold Beckala
James Becker
Donna Degise Benden
Ann Tuchtenhagen Breitenfeldt
Jodi Matejka Brom
Daniel Carlson
Julie Gillard Carr
Mary Castner
Douglas Childs
Kathleen Collins
Nancy Crow
Nancy Gustafson Cyr
Timothy Dallman
Marilyn DeSanto
Dan Devine
Karen Johnson Dippel
JoAnn Sorum Drake
Susan Josephson Duden
Richard Eddleston
Pat Espeset
Monica Jirovec Fitzgerald
Mark Friedrich
Melanie McChesney Goettsch
Kathryn Hamann Goldman
Mary Wooden Gordon
Joan Carr Hansen
Ann Johnson Hanson
Brian Haugen
Shelly Schmitz Hayes
Jennifer Hein Hazelton
Colleen Bauer Herzberg
Mark Hesse
Donald Heying
Susan Hoefer
Rhee Hallberg Holley
Amy SchroederJohnson
Kathleen Kaplan
Nancy Pribyl Kaplan
Lori Pfuhl Kirchner
Camille Fleming Kohner
Susan Jensen Krage
Jay Krzmarzick
Vawn Krzmarzick
David Lebakken
Lisa Cota Lowe
Ruth Boberg Manley
Kevin Martin
Elverna Matthees
Jeffrey McCabe
Rhonda Hoag McCabe
Jane O'Connell McGrail
Patrick Mcllheran
Kathleen Arndt Miles
Michael Miller
Jean Hadac Munson
Connie Hanson Ohnstad
Carol Johnson Olson
Kenneth Olson
Lynn Olson
Marybeth Johnson O'Neil
Jeri Ostrem
Mark Ostrem
Kimberly Kelly Passi
Lynn Pearson
Nancy Hyser Penick
Douglas Peyton
Michael Potter
Barbara Rymarkiewicz Ramer
Monica Wirt Raney Russell Rattunde
Langer
Cynthia Rogalsky Loth
Jill Poehler Ruder
Mark Ruehle
Julie Jensen Sammann
Cheryl Marketon Schewe
Theresa Hoffman Schweitzer
Becky Lawrence Severson Doyle Smidt
Melissa Evans Smith
Penny Kruempel Sobczak
Steven Sobczak
Elizabeth Kerr Steidler
Robert Traff
Mark Vanderwiel
Duane Vike
Roberta Dowling Votruba
Peter Wagner
Jodi Peterson Weaver
Joseph Weaver
Joyce Eskra Wendt
Lisa Osborne
Tara Kytta Wilson
Bruce Winter
Kimberly Goebbert Zeldenrust
Cynthia Koshko Zondlak
Society ($250 - $499)
Hoopman Lois Neis Vickie Potter Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Tom Brandt
Mary Cappel
Larry Elvebak
Kevin Fratzke
Joni Gutknecht
Perian Zillmer Heffner
DeAnna Mudd Hollerud
Stacey Knuppel Hurrell
Michael Jacobson
Russell Keating
Shen Loh
Andrea Pierson Mazzolini
Amy Roettger
Karen Angst Scanlon
Timothy Scanlon
Charles Schollmeier
Vicki Andreen Stickels
Cheryl Chiaruttini/Melville Tibbetts
James Weaver
Jeffrey Wilson
Kimberly Krage Wilson
Other Donors Connie Henze Ackermann
Lynn Dimitroff Aldrich
Kim Anderson
Barbara Moseley Arentsen
Joanne Arnold
Stacy Balfour
Shannon Banitt
Kathryn Beaumaster
Karla Becker
Peter Belina
Renee Hilgendorf Belina
Ann Baechler
Sheri Jacobson Blesener
Barbara Walker Borden
Daniel Brannan
Ward Brossoit
Christine Rohweder Brown
Joel Bruels
Robin Anderson Bungert
Sandra Davids
Jeffrey Dehler
Richard Dippel
Ann Schell Dose
Ann Tobias Duchac
Jeanne Dugstad
Beth Little Eichman
Dawn Felber
Roger Foegen
Robert Foreman
Tolly Foster
Stephen Freund
Julie Frye
Mary Gawronski
Theresa Gegen
Sandra Mills Grissom
Bart Haake
Mary Armbrust Haake
Kevin Hammell
Beth Fahning
Kristi Jacobson Hanson
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Rita Rust Hanson
Natalie Lomen Hentrich
Jacqueline Eckman Heying
Shauna Stensrud Hillman
Peter Hogan
Roland Holthe
John Hornung
Elizabeth Corser Ihrke
William lhrke
Montgomery Imming
Janet Meisch Jablonske
Brenda Fay Janning
Ellen Ertel Joswiak
Christine Thaldorf Kafer
Tracy O'Brien Kalthoff
Barbara Jo Brunner Kerns
Carol Koenig
Janet Napier Kuziej
Rosemary Schwoebel Linderman
Lana Linzmeier-Mallek
Mary Konkel Lockwood
Ann Loftness
Cynthia Marek
Dana Holte McMasters
Edward Monacelli, Jr.
Jodi Heikes Muenkel
Patricia Neal
Linda Lee O'Connell
Zoanne Oliphant
Leslie Theroux Palm
Jeanne Palmer-Ahmann
Erik Paulson
Mark Peterson
Daniel Pyan
Jana Diederich Quast
Suzanne Ramthun
John Richie
Stephanie Koppa Rogness
Christina Karpowycz Roth
Thomas Russell
David Sabourin
Beth Wilke Scherr
Julie KuhlmannSchneider
Angela Thomas Scott
James Scott
Annamary Seltz
Susan Siebold
Catherine Sieracki
Kay Silvis
Christine Simonson
Victor Sivore
Amy Duellman Sixty
Stephanie Larsen Smidt
Tracy Murphy Smith
Andrea Bartos Sztajnkrycer
Rose Taylor
Thomas Tillberry
Martha Hushek Troop
Kari Chesness Unke
Troy Unke
Kendall Unruh
Cecile Gadbois Vanderwiel
Karen Wadel
Connie Walker
Timothy Walsh
Lisa Matzke Wantock
Michael Wantock
Marc Weisbrot
Jason West
Susan Koch West
Nancy Bundy Whetstone
Kay Mansur Winters
Sandra Stolp Wood
Kenneth Wright
Julie Wiebusch Zsido
1988
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Maureen Gorman
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Virginia Liebenow Lilla
Susan Rislove
Andrea Schmidt Scamehorn
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Vicki Simpson Decker
Kimberly Pexa Guentzel
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Alison Scarlett Brandt
Heidi Brommer
Gregory Goblisch
Lawrence Huse
Teresa Kueppers Johnson
Jean Ulland Krattley
Timothy Marpe
Orlando Mazzolini
Jeffrey Newkirk
Debby Haslitt Olson
Kevin Six
Theresa Scheetz Stertz
Bradley Swenson
Marilyn Urion
Other Donors
Linda Anderson
Andrew Austin
Debra Carstens Banicki
Lisa Lehmann Barnett
Sheryl Barton
Anthony Billman
Jessica Kotz Billman
Paula Nelson Blair
Mark Broten
Steven Brown
Philip Burfeind
Sara Hein Carlson
Colleen Curran
Nancy Klein Doerr
Timothy Dokken
Sandra Gillen Drache
Laura Allen Eisterhold
Patricia Emerson
John Falvey
Linda Stahmann
Douglas Gesme
Fletcher
Marlys Ross Gesme
Gregory Glaser
Brenda Gerlitz Gray
Brian Hackerson
Kathryn Hall
Timothy Hansen
Chuck Hanson
Mary Connolly Harms
Darla Olson Harstad
Clay Hedrick
Karen Heer
Elizabeth Towle
Ronald Helmers
Ruth Helmers
Michael Hetrick
Robin Boldt Hoeg
Diane Ryks Holland
Kathryn Petersen Hollenhorst
Monte Huntington
Richard Johnson
Jeffrey Juergens
Kevin Kelley
Sandra Nelson Kent
Mary Miskovsky Klabunde
Fredric Knudsvig
Stacy Midthun KohlInhofer
Michael Kosidowski
Bruce Kuglin
Thomas Lambries
Marit Merseth Lang
Debra Leske Las
Judith McNally Leahy
Jill Lein
Corene Lentz
Fabian Luna
Scott Lundberg
Barbara Kertzman Marg
Christine Sharapata McGurn
Kim Peterson McKimmy
Kenneth Metz
Debra Voss Meyer
Dennis Mundy
Lisa Ruehmann Mundy
Jane Allen Nettz
Julie Symes Noble
Brian Olson
Linda West Olson
Bradley Peterson
Leanne Blanchard Peterson
Douglas Plager
Jerine Spinler Plaisance
Sarah Swendiman Prunty
Kathy Rosin Raak
Barbara Rice-Weisbrot
Valerie Harris Rieck
Kathy Roberts
Barbara Brasket Romanelli
Dean Rorig
Kimberly Harper Rorig
Linda Rudrud
Thomas Ruesink
Ann Hoehn Salek
Alicia Roemeling Scheeve!
Wayne Scheevel
Daniel Schultz
Jeanne Henry Schultz
Susan Kircher Sifferle
Mary Jereczek Swart
Christon Taylor
Lori Kiekbusch Thicke
Anthony Tripicchio
Todd Trippel
Ann Malepsy Tubbs
Vicki Crabtree Valente
Russell Vanduine
Joanne Miller Wagner
Todd Walter
Colin Ward
Claudia Wing Weinberger
Shelly Carey Weinmann
Kent Westling
Barbara Whyte
Marti Wilson
Pamela Davis Zollinger
1989
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Katie Dempsey
Scott Ellinghuysen
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Susan Labrec McDonnell
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Tracy Foley Tonsager
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Patrick Adams
Carrie Doolittle
Lois Gorden
Shirley Scheuer Mounce
Joliene Olson
Barbara Parks
Christina Rhea
Lisa March Six
Deana Sonnek
Sharon Yocom
Other Donors
Kari Leppert Adank
Gwen Marshman Ahern
Lisa Ames
Michael Anders
Richard Baker
Linda Bobo Barclay
Joyce Belgum
Dirk Bengston
Candyce Meyers Bittle
Timothy Brandt
Eric Briehl
Kathleen Holmes Broten
Mark Bukowski
Vickie Bush
Wendy Krohnberg Camerer
Maureen Kuske Charles
Deborah Cook
Cynthia Kramer Crowson
Anne Feine Dahlen
Nancy Rotering Dana
Eugene Dankbar
Mark Darow
William Davis
Monica Drealan De Grazia
Gregory Dowler
Jane Tinkler Drennan
Ann Schutte Dunn
Jennifer Anderson
Julie Judd Edmunds
Katherine Elliott
Timothy Everson
Patricia Kusler Fleming
David Floersch
Tami Anderson Forstall
Allen Fritschel
Ann Froehle
Krista Trench Gannon
Joseph Gillard
Greta Palen Goetting
Robert Goodew
Deborah Teigen Hackerson
Thomas Hagerty
Faye Klimek Halama
Daniel Haldorson
Sandra Hall
Angela Ceplecha Hammell
Kathryn Sullivan Hansen
Joyce Rother Hart
Joan Hastings
David Hillman
Sherri Gustafson Himich
Judi Hoffman
Jeffrey Holecek
Michelle Wick Hovey
Michelle May Hueser
Gregory Hughes
Don Jackson
Carol Ebner Jaworski
Jay Johnson
Kristin Dzurick Johnson
Kurt Johnson
John Kangas
Margaret Kohler Kelley
Kathleen Knickrehm-Hines
David Krause
Thomas Krenzke
Diana Kruchten
Michelle Stofferan Mahowald
John Majerus
Carol Peters Malcom
David Mangskau
Peggy Oimoen Marquardt
Caryn Ann Martens
David Matson
Joseph McMahon
Brenda Greenwood McNally
Elizabeth Maehren Morice
Terri Schmiedlin Moulliet
Lisa Maier Mullen
Todd Nesley
Jeff Neumann
Cami Noll Olson
Julie Grubish Palubicki
Thomas Paukert Jr.
Linda Krings Paulson
Rita Pifer-Thieszen
Betty Pora-Golubiec
Beth Luehmann Postier
James Postier
Debra Randall-Anderson
Beverly Henderson Salomonsen
Judy Stevens Sanvik
Colleen Fenton Schneider
Douglas Schober Annette Beerkircher Schoeberle Robert Schuetz Kristine Johnson Smith
Syrmopoulos
Cristin
Julie
Blanche
William Schultz
Jane Harton Schwartzhoff
Karen Venteicher Schwingler
Karen Skugrud
David Smith
Michelle Quinn Smith
Phyllis Rathbun Smith
Robert Snyder
Lantha Gleisner Stevens
Peggy Rasner Tafelski
Dawn Hendrickson Thompson
Tracy Loppnow Vehrenkamp
Martha Vickery
Michele Elliot Vogt
Julie Fitzgerald Walch
Edward Waldo
Jean Hlavacek Waldo
Troy Weise
Nathan Wendland
Lisa Prepodnik Weninger
Katherine Zahasky
1991
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Connie Mettille
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Michael Garvey
Troy Tonsager
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Tamra Wiese Andersen
Jody Wojchik Bahr
Richard
Eric Christianson
Laureen Schutz Christianson
Joseph Horihan
Lowellene Pahl
Julia Ketcham Corbett
Carlson Sorenson
Lana Blue Swanson
Paul Swanson
Other Donors
Kenneth Amdahl
Therese Armstead
Ron Aumann
Kelly Stejskal Averbeck
Tracy Nesley Bachman
Claude Banyai
Peter Barton
Susan Brennan
Margaret Brugger
Rodney Brusse
Marcia Moen Bungum
Scott Burrichter
Keith Buss
Ricky Cardey
Lori Carlan
Linda Cibulskis
Iris Avery Clark
Nancy Cleveland Breems
Jeffery Dietrich
David Domino
Lisa Hanson Dudgeon
Bradley Ellison
Richard Fredrickson
Shawn Gardner
Chad Goerish
Cynthia Sawle Gove
Lois Hackbarth
Kelly Posekany
Christine Macenas Halaska
Kevin Halaska
John Hartman
Kimberly Meyers Haze
Thomas Haze
Marlene Hemann
Joel Janssen
Janet Kuboushek Kazynski
Linda Klapperich
Amy Timmerman Klein
Barbara Clark Kling
Wade Knopf
Michael Knutson
Holly Tews Krier
Amy Ferguson Kunkel
Jill Hansel Laflamme
Jennifer Brey Lamberson
Mathew Lamberson
Traci Iverson Larson
Susann Sexton Laures
Kathie Bottelson Lein
Scott Mahle
Judith Malotka Kozlowski
Chad Maloy
Ronald Manley
Michelle Defrang McGee
Janice Flor McKinney
Patrick McMahon
Lance McMorrow
Carmen Goss McNamara
Shelly Sornberger Merchlewitz
Linda Moore
Todd Myhre
Melissa Hoenk Nelson
Barbara Neubauer
Laura McGovern Newell
Lisa Noller Nix
Merri Beth Jergens Nord
Jody Cournoyer Northouse
Michele Fleming Norton
Michelle Nowlan
Shelley Petersen-Morris
Angela Proehl
Julie Plittstoesse Prondzinski
The scholarships I have beenfortunate to obtain have definitely helped me financially, allowing me to withstand the costs ofbooks, tuition, supplies and everyday expenses. However, they have also been a source ofmotivation and confidence. Knowing that several successful and intelligent men and women have chosen me out ofgroup ofmy peers inspires me to continue to strivefor excellence. I truly believe that motivation and confidence are the most valuable ewan one can receivefrom a scholarship. Myselfand dozens ofother scholarship winners at WSU are very lucky to be helpedfinancially as well as encouraged to study hard and commit to success.
Sarah Brechtl
English
Education Major
Roy Reynertson
Steven Richardson
William Rinken
Kala Hanson Roberts
Karen Gretz Rubado
Jacqueline Bernier Rust
Lois Bekkum Sanwick
David Scharpen
Patrice Vaplon Scharpen
Mary Baier Schell
Bryon Schroeder
Elizabeth Pockat Schuetz
Tad Schwartzhoff
James Sciacca
Cindy Engan Smith
Andrea Stadsvold Smothers
Randy Smothers
Shelley Lee Stevens
Dawn Walton Stevenson
Todd Sukalski
Jane Freund Tessmann
Steven Tessmann
Diane Sellars
Mary Timm
Sandra Zehnder Timm
Amy Loechler Vanwey
Daniel Vrieze
Kara Watts
Michele Wood
Blong Xiong
Mark Yaglowski
1992
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Kimberly Horman Gresham
Richard McGill
Ali Omar
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Amy Lockwood Gutierrez
Randy Michaels
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Marla Dickson Buhs
Dennis Childs
Brian Corbett
Brenda Stilwell Davis
Michele Jacobson DeWitt
Scott DeWitt
Molly Ritter DuBois
Robert DuBois
Jacob Gibbs
Bryan Lemonds
Ann Sandeno Murphy
Susan Klann Owen
Randall Sendek
Other Donors
Stacy Holstad Anderson
John Arndt
Margaret Arney
Patricia Tillmann Buerman
Gayle Johnson Burnikel
Stephanie Burrichter
Catherine Herrmann Campbell
Dena Casey
Sandra Forss Chromey
Patricia Schumann Clancy
Terri Sellentin Crist
Joel Deremo
Jacqueline Dickhut
Christine Didier Dudgeon
Dorothy Duellman
Shannon Daniels Erickson
Barbara Ryan Evans
Heidi Fuchs Evinger
Tracee Farmer
Lori Fuchsel
Gregory Gaarder
Heidi Graham Gardner
Darin Glazier
Jodi Zaske Glazier
John Gobler
Peggy Taubert Graefen
Tracey Steinmetz Gran
Melodie Greenquist
Cheryl Gullicksrud
Lori Overland Haugen
Merrily Hazelton
Diane Hicks
Debra Stiller Hinrichs
Margaret Waters Hongerholt
Letty Pelaez Hornberg
Tricia Pedretti
Tammy Wozney Kester
Kerry Koens
Karen Chadbourn Krause
Tina Brand Kuharski
Suzanne Schmidt
Tracy Lehnertz
Pamela Poeschel Lijewski
Tamie Stahlke Logelin
Sharon Andre Lunsford
Kelly Mann
Sandra Grant Marshall
Joan Troska Maxfield
Kevin McGovern
Alison Scola McLaughlin
Mary McMillan-Urell
Kristi Aase Mecikalski
Lisa Erickson Meek
Jennifer Kycek Minder
Randy Moger
Wendy Lau Moger
Joanne Schaller Morris
Shirley Smith Nelson
Carol Newman
Kristi Valen Nyberg
Terance Olson
Timothy Phillips
Robert Poblocki
Karen Polyard
Kevin Reem
Heather Royer Reinecke
Robert Reiter
Karla Rhodes
Amy Buegler Rinken
Cheryl Tormoen Robischon
Gwen Erickson Rostad
Ann Royce-Myhre
Joseph Rubado
Jody Peacha Rudh
Thomas Schaefer
Thomas Schell
Deanne Schemmel
Stacie Kirtz Schmid
Sally Skoog
Susan Slater
Adam Smith MartinSmith
Daniel Stay
Patti Clifford Stay
Janet Brommer Thewis
Julie Meyer Thompson
Tamara Moxham Tolliver
Scott Ulrich
Eric Vatland
Mary Bellingtier Vrieze
Daniel Wandel
Natalie Page Wandel
James Welper
Ying Xiong
Derek Zaugg
Michael Zinser 1993
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Robert Alama
Jody Ambrosio
Andrew Andersen, II!
James Chapple
Daniel Dreher
Scott Ledebuhr
Liz Minette
JoMarie Eth/Borgesen Morris
Kathryn McNab Parsi
Jodi Rostomily Alama
Bette Smart
Wayne Wicka
Other Donors
Hope Hawley Aikens
Chad Althoff
Tresa Marsh Althoff
Mary Anderson Amundsen
Chad Anderson Christopher Anderson Mary Tandeski Anderson
David Gresham
Theressa Arrick Kruger
Tammy Keeran Omar
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Kirk Bitu
Mark Prondzinski
Boyd Rasmussen
Michelle Bellis Reik
Jody Zaruba Renneke
Terrence Behrens
Sherry Bennett
Christine Boos
Lisa Torgerson Bronk
Jerome Buchman
Carol Bickerstaffe Pack
Dane Peterson
Lyle Peterson
Tracey Dietz Peymann
Paul Pharis
Susan Ellis Anderson David Ansell
Janelle Ansell
Jody Quist Bade Michael Baudoin
Christy Ehlert
Amy Cooper Gibbs
Julie Hennecke Kelly
Jill Gilbertson
Kurt Streed
Debra Bown Torborg
Richard Torborg
Diane Wrobleski
Janet Zarich
Other Donors
Richard Albrecht
Mark Anderson
Michael Anderson
Sherryl Behrens
Kyle Biermeier
Dennis Boxrud
Lisa Peterson Brandes
Stacey Every Brogan
Amy Bertelson
Steven Brown
Todd Cage
Tonya Pelke
Kristine Griffin
Diane Hansen
William Comero
Brent Cory
James Dalluhn
Amy Spinello Dorway
Timothy Dorway
Melissa Schueneman Dunphy
Leah Kaleinani Espinda-Brandt
Sandra Fiore-Gudmundson
Shauna Werner Frohrip
Cynthia Meyer Gerfast
Janeen Peine Gifferson
Peter Gmur
Cass Gordon
Christopher Graff
Gareth Hager
Bradley Harding
Tricia Strasser Harding
Barbara Garbisch Hermanson
Dana Schwartz Hoenigschmidt
Amy Schmitz Holtz
Cheryl Kleind! Jacobson
Amy Bakken Johnson
Amy Johnson-Hass
Debra Millerbrand
Leanne Johnson Kasper
Suzanne Kennebeck
Joanne Jaszewski Klein
Amy Guntharp Kubes
Dennis Laroche
Laura Hoover Lorenz
Darin Lottig
Bruce Mackissock
Molly Malone
Kari Gallagher Marley
Kelly McGuire
Chad McMillin
Paul Melville
Dawn Erickson Meyer
Richard Meyer
Sara Stanchina Meyer
Kathryn Asp Miller
Mary Helgeson Morem
Lisa Holland
David Myhre
Jennifer Neuser
Kurt Niosi
Theresa Szatkowski Waterbury
Karen Mensink Winter
Greg Woodworth
Kendra Larson Wright
Kevin Wright
1995
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Marc Spieler
Colonnade Society ($500 - $999)
Shirley Newberry
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Mehboob Alam
Nicholas Culp
Kaye Anderson Ebnet
F. Echo Huang
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Jeffrey Engbrecht
Lisa Ledebuhr
Gail Angold Ohly
Jeffrey Olson
Andrea Pitkus
Patricia Renaud Trnka
Other Donors
Jennifer Sobotta Achterkirch
Anthony Andrea
Amy Weimer
Erik Barthel
Sarah Bearbower
Patricia Sizemore Benedict
Michele Benson Olson
Gregory Berge
Ruth Berns
Donna Cadenhead
Jennifer Schumacher Carlson
Jeanine Christensen
Lisa Colborn
JeNean Sticha Cory
David Cullen
Edward Dawson
Karen De Mars
Brian Defrang
John Derouin
Teresa Discher
Aaron Egge
Janet Ellis
Joyce Ney Even
Molly Kentner Fedler
Celia Arakaki Fracek
Mary Gerke
Sina Thuo Gibson
Rondi Goellner
John Groh
Jeffrey Gudmundson
Peggy Haggerty
Misha Dille
Brian Heinz
Mary Gherbaz Hemenway
Jon Hogenson
Misha Rumsch Hogenson
Sarah Holstad
Melinda Anderson Holtegaard
Julie Stark Hull
Barbara Dahl Keller
Donald Kerlin
Paul Kern
Barbara Kinczel
Timothy Klausler
Pamela Trea Roberts
Beverly Roche
Janene Roessler
Barbara Ruzek
Erich Schafer
Lori Rahm Schafer
Laura Schank
Tiffany Carstensen Schmidt
Amy Reimer
Julie Bieber Shockman
Robert Siewert
Jean Lucca Skime
Marilyn Smith
Daniel Stein
Brent Thielen
Kristi Busse Tlusty
Debbie Pearson
Amanda Hauschildt Weilandt
Kirk Williams
Wendie Bell-Witzke
Adam Zanzig
David Zaske
Ellen Koch Zempel
1996
Arch Society ($1,000 - $2,499)
Christine Nelson Gerdes
Eric Gerdes
Pillar Society ($250 - $499)
Linda Olson Kukowski
Benchmark Society ($100 - $249)
Diane Dreis Fox
Amy Kempin
Mark Mendell
Chad Semling
Other Donors
John Adank
Marcine Onsgard-Meyer
Kim Kasse Anderson
Adnan Azam
Kevin Bechard
Amy Bradke Beinecke
Cynthia Bork
Bonnie Boron
Carolyn Bruels
Robert Buerck
Kim Carlson
Christopher Carson
John Cates
Martin Christenson
Judy Spence Bailey Couch
Jeanne Clarey Curtis
Jonathan Curtis
Toni Czajka
Sarah Floriano d'Hulst
Jennifer Downing
Timothy Ehlers
Mary Frisk Evans
Mark Gabriel Karen Olheiser Garza Keith Gertsema
Dinger
Truman Gossard Linda Puschell Griebenow Brian Gudmundson James Hall
Family Foot Care Fastenal Company Fifth Street Liquor
First Place Trophies
Fortress Bank Gabby's Bar Gateway Computer Golden Chair
Goltz Pharmacy
Greater Kansas City Community
Foundation
Green Mill/Holiday Inn/Riverport
Gregory's Hallmark Shop
Guthrie Theater
Harley-Davidson Shop of Winona
HBC, Inc.
Herff Jones Photography
Hiawatha Broadband Communications
Holtan's Jewelry and Gift
Federal Saving Bank
Hormel & Co., George A. Hubble House
Inacom Information Systems
J & K Office Products
Jay & Dee's Special T's
Jim's Trailer/Coachwerks
JLC Management Inc.
Keller Construction
Knitcraft Corporation
Kolter Bicycle Shop
KTTC-TV 10-Rochester
Kwik Trip
LaCrosse Radio Group
Lebakkens Rent-To-Own Inc.
Loon Lake Decoy Co.
Mediawerks
Merchants National Bank
Merrimak Capital Company, LLC
Midtown Foods/Country Market
Midwest Wireless
Miller-Hartwig Insurance/Mike Deranek
Minnesota City Customware
Minnesota Orchestra
Mississippi Sports & Recreation
MN Twins Organization
Modern Ready Mix Inc.
Monsanto Fund
Morgan's Jewelers
Music Box Theater
Old Log Theatre
Pepsi
Perkins & Will
Perkins Restaurants
Philipps Bus Service Inc
Piccadilly
Plymouth Playhouse
Prime Steak & Cake
Quality Inn
Radisson Hotel Centerplace
Sammy's Pizza & Deli
Schmidt Goodman
Science Museum of MN
Sheraton Four Points Hotel
Sim Sound Systems
SL Designs
Warrior Club News
The Winona State University Warrior Club would inviteyou to consider membership in the official “booster” organizationfor Warrior athletics. Your monetary contribution ofany amount qualifies youfor membership, and puts you on the list offriends andfans in supporting the continued success of our Warrior student athletes.
The Warrior Club is an incorporated, not-for-profit organization that provides scholarship supportfor WSU athletics. The Club is managed by a volunteer Board ofDirectors, with active participationfrom University administration, coaches and the athletic departmentstaff. The Club’s mission is to promote and advance WSU’s intercollegiate athletic program.
Annual Warrior Club activities include the Warrior Club GolfClassic, held recently at Cedar Valley GolfClub and the 12th Annual Warrior Club Sports Auction being held this year on Saturday, September 25, at the Hiawatha Room ofthe St. Theresa College campus. The Warrior Club is also currently conductinga rafflefor an all-expenses paid tripfor two to Hawaiifor the Pro Bowl next February. WSU’s McCown Gymnasium is also the venuefor possibly the Midwest’s largest holiday basketball tournament. Thirty-two high school boy’s and girl’s basketball teams competefor a title in the Ace Communications/MidwestWireless Warrior Club Holiday Classic held annually between Christmas and New Year's.
In recent years the Club has been able to make annual commitments of more than $90,000for athletic scholarships. While revenue generation has increased significantly over the lastfive years, Winona State University still fallsfar short ofthe maximum number ofscholarships allowedfor each sport by the Northern Sun Conference and the NCAAfor Division II schools. The bottom line is that the quality coaches we have at Winona State University are extremely efficient in their searchfor outstanding student-athletes. Most ofthe Club's membership support comes with our annual Scholarship Drive each spring. However, you can join any time. Please consider making a pledge ofsupport andjoin today or when contacted by one ofour volunteers this spring. Ifyou have any questions about the Warrior Club, you may contact the office ofUniversityAdvancement (507) 457-5020 or the athletic department directly at (507) 457-5210.
Thank youforyour consideration and support ofthisfine institution!
