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Class Notes<br />
1948<br />
Alice Carlstedt Nelson’s book, Post-<br />
War Europe Through the Eyes of Youth,<br />
has been published by Vantage Press.<br />
1949<br />
Ted Hawkins has been elected to the<br />
National YMCA Hall of Fame.<br />
1951<br />
Stanley Coin has retired as chairman<br />
of the board of American Bank, Rock<br />
Island. He remains chairman of the<br />
bank’s holding company.<br />
Keith Pearson is listed in the 2001<br />
edition of Marquis Who’s Who in<br />
America.<br />
1954<br />
David Hopley has been inducted<br />
into the Quad City Senior Softball<br />
Association Hall of Fame.<br />
1963<br />
Michael Schnell is pastor at Edgebrook<br />
Lutheran Church, Chicago.<br />
1964<br />
Robert Swieringa, dean of the Johnson<br />
Graduate School of Management at<br />
Cornell University, has been elected<br />
to the General Electric Co. Board of<br />
Directors.<br />
1965<br />
Doug Hillman, professor of accounting<br />
at Drake University, received the<br />
Madelyn Levitt Community Service<br />
Award.<br />
Donald Larson has been recognized<br />
for achieving professional excellence<br />
in education administration by the<br />
Association of Collegiate Registrars and<br />
Admissions Officers. He is executive<br />
director of enrollment services and<br />
registrar at Northern Illinois University,<br />
DeKalb.<br />
1967<br />
Joelene Baker is executive administrator<br />
of Lutheran Social Services of<br />
Minnesota, St. Paul.<br />
David “Mike” Soboroff is program<br />
manager-industrial materials for<br />
the U.S. Department of Energy in<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
1968<br />
William Hintze received the highest<br />
honor bestowed by the National<br />
Association of State Budget Officers. He<br />
is deputy budget director for the State<br />
of Kentucky.<br />
Scott Petersen has been named president<br />
of The Manuscript Society, an<br />
international organization of institutions,<br />
collectors and dealers of historic<br />
manuscripts, documents and autograph<br />
material.<br />
Paulette Langen Wagner is a consultant<br />
with The Morale Associates, Hurst,<br />
Texas. Her presentations to increase<br />
morale in the workplace have brought<br />
her recognition as the “morale fairy.”<br />
1969<br />
Dan Reynolds serves as president of<br />
the board of directors for Prevent Child<br />
Abuse Illinois.<br />
Ruby Simmonds married Rubio<br />
Esannason on March 30, 2002. She has<br />
retired as commissioner of education<br />
for the Virgin Islands Department of<br />
Education.<br />
1971<br />
Brenda Yager has been named<br />
director, family affairs of the National<br />
Transportation Safety Board, Washington,<br />
D.C.<br />
1972<br />
Ruthann Hoffman Baumgardner is<br />
a receptionist and office assistant at<br />
Musco Sports Lighting, Muscatine, Iowa.<br />
James Millman received the mastership<br />
award from the Academy of General<br />
Dentistry.<br />
<strong>Alumniupdate</strong><br />
Familiar faces in the alumni office Four recent graduates have returned to<br />
<strong>Augustana</strong> as members of the development office. From left, Melissa Muehler ’00 is coordinator<br />
of student programs; Eric Rowell ’93 is a development officer working with alumni,<br />
parents and other friends of the <strong>College</strong>; Dan Asleson is a development officer working<br />
with recent graduates and the alumni website; and John Doonan ’92 comes back to campus<br />
as a senior development officer, having worked in the alumni office from 1992 to 2000.<br />
Additionally, Nancy Johnson ’83 and Sue Rector ’79 have recently been promoted—both<br />
are now assistant vice presidents for development.<br />
Lee Selander is executive vice president<br />
for The Northern Trust Co., Chicago.<br />
1973<br />
Julio Garcia is field security director<br />
for the Transportation Security Agency<br />
at the Quad City International Airport,<br />
Moline, Ill.<br />
Dennis Hagstrom is senior pastor at St.<br />
Andrew Lutheran Church, Centreville, Va.<br />
Gail Wise Petersen is director of<br />
Danbury (Conn.) Head Start.<br />
Judy Buckman Splawski is associate<br />
professor of pediatric gastroenterology<br />
at Case Western Reserve University,<br />
Cleveland, Ohio.<br />
1976<br />
Karla Close has been promoted to volunteer<br />
development specialist at Metro<br />
United Way, Louisville, Ky.<br />
Nancy Lindner Loebach teaches algebra<br />
at St. Bede Academy, LaSalle, Ill.<br />
1977<br />
Rocco Carbone III is a teacher and<br />
coach at Kepner Middle School, Denver,<br />
Colo.<br />
1978<br />
Deb Gammon is northeast district<br />
controller for Autonation.<br />
1979<br />
Aaron Backman has been appointed<br />
economic development coordinator of<br />
Mounds View, Minn.<br />
Valerie Ward Vermeire owns Step ’n<br />
Stretch, Lakeville, Minn.<br />
1980<br />
Daniel and Beth McLaughlin Caswell<br />
had a daughter, Laura Lillian, on<br />
November 12, 2001 (Linnea, 14; Rianna,<br />
12; Sarah, 10; Josiah, 8; Ella, 6; Hannah,<br />
4; and Annaliesa, 2).<br />
Joyce Lindahl Elliott received the<br />
master’s degree in special education<br />
from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.<br />
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Class notes<br />
She is a special educator at Louise<br />
White Elementary School, Batavia, Ill.<br />
Aida and Paul Osborn had a daughter,<br />
Lucia, on February 10, 2001 (Benjamin,<br />
3).<br />
Douglas and Angela Suydam ’83<br />
Schaefer had a daughter, Julia<br />
Antoinette, on December 1, 2001<br />
(Madeline, 2).<br />
Steve Yount is head basketball coach<br />
and physical education teacher at<br />
United Township High School, East<br />
Moline, Ill.<br />
1981<br />
Sharon Patterson Becker is Illinois<br />
director credential counselor at<br />
INCCRRA.<br />
Paul and Miriam Backman Lender had<br />
twin daughters, Hannah and Rachel,<br />
on November 14, 2000 (Elizabeth, 16;<br />
Luanne, 15; and William, 14).<br />
Bullish on reading<br />
38 <strong>Augustana</strong> Magazine | Winter 2003<br />
Robert Rosen is a public relations<br />
specialist in the City of Chicago mayor’s<br />
office.<br />
1982<br />
Deborah Moller Blyth is a medical<br />
technologist at Northwest Medical<br />
Specialists, Arlington Heights, Ill.<br />
Timothy Moore is manager of accounting<br />
operations at Rexam Beverage Can<br />
Americas, Chicago.<br />
Kim Nelson is principal scientist at<br />
Cabrera Services, Takoma Park, Md.<br />
Bob and Dianne Lynch Nowak adopted<br />
a daughter, Leilani Rose, born on<br />
August 30, 2001 (Chris, 19; Mike, 16).<br />
Thomas and Tracey Leoni Reardon had<br />
a daughter, Olivia Faith, on August 6,<br />
2001.<br />
Craig Roxas is a solutions architect with<br />
Tellabs, Naperville, Ill.<br />
J. Mark Harrington ’64 knows a thing or two about making sound investments in a<br />
challenging market. As a vice president at A.G. Edwards in St. Louis, Harrington was<br />
among the few who foresaw the downturns in both the technology and broader markets,<br />
thereby helping protect his clients from substantial losses. But one of the most<br />
rewarding investment moves Harrington has ever made wasn’t on Wall Street. It happened<br />
at 1020 North Union Boulevard in St. Louis, at Clark Elementary School.<br />
Early last year, Dr. Tiffany Anderson, principal of Clark School, invited Harrington<br />
for a visit. He’d been there before: the school was only six blocks away for his home,<br />
and he’d already taken part in a fundraiser for playground equipment. Although<br />
the school is nearby, from a demographic point of view it’s in another world from<br />
Harrington’s own neighborhood of older, larger homes just north of St. Louis’s Forest<br />
Park. Almost all of Clark’s students qualify for free and reduced-price lunches, and<br />
the school has to deal with a 50-percent mobility rate.<br />
“After I sat in on some classes, Tiffany told me about the Waterford Early Reading<br />
Program, which has been producing remarkable results.” Unfortunately, Dr. Anderson<br />
had only partial funding to purchase the equipment and software for the program—<br />
when she first came to the school, a leaking roof pushed repair and maintenance to<br />
the top of her priorities.<br />
Impressed by her vision, Harrington signed on. Working with friends and foundations,<br />
Harrington helped raise $206,000 between January and April of 2002, including<br />
a substantial contribution he and his wife, Jane, made to the project. In May, just<br />
before the end of the school year, Waterford was in place.<br />
“I walked up to Clark a couple of weeks later, and an assistant principal grabbed<br />
me and said I wouldn’t believe how excited the teachers were,” Harrington recalls.<br />
“In the first two weeks, there was not a single absence. Over the summer, Tiffany<br />
arranged a ‘Waterford camp’ and 50 kids volunteered to continue working.”<br />
Bolstered by the success at Clark the Waterford program is now being introduced to<br />
students in ten of the 71 elementary schools in the St. Louis district. The need to bolster<br />
early reading is critical—he says 52 percent of third graders in the district score<br />
in the tests’ lowest categories, a rate which increases by 11th grade to almost 70 percent.<br />
“Children from medium and upper income families start school with an average<br />
of 3,000 hours of reading-readiness experiences. Low income children don’t have a<br />
fraction of that. Waterford’s miracle is that it catches these kids and closes that gap.”<br />
Spreading that miracle still farther will take considerable sums of money, and<br />
Harrington says he’s been looking for an “angel” to help make it happen. The children<br />
and teachers at Clark Elementary School might be excused for thinking they’ve<br />
already found theirs.<br />
1983<br />
Caryn and Brad Anderson had a son,<br />
Connor, on November 17, 2001.<br />
Penny Foy Johnson is an information<br />
analyst for Trinity Health Enterprises,<br />
Rock Island.<br />
Paul Karazija is the medical director for<br />
United Health Care, Edina, Minn.<br />
Ann Noppe Noyce is promotions<br />
manager at Kimberly-Clark Corp.,<br />
Neenah, Wis.<br />
Douglas ’80 and Angela Suydam<br />
Schaefer had a daughter, Julia Antoinette,<br />
on December 1, 2001 (Madeline,<br />
2).<br />
1984<br />
Julie Bay and Bruse Herring had a son,<br />
Nathan, on July 20, 2002 (Rebecca, 3).<br />
Kent Gladish is director of marketing at<br />
Haumiller Engineering, Elgin, Ill.<br />
1985<br />
Alan Bollman married Shari Waller on<br />
October 20, 2001. He is tax manager for<br />
Invensys Motor Systems, Wildwood, Mo.<br />
Kevin and June Wriedt Dahlstrand<br />
had a daughter, Erika, on May 3, 2002<br />
(Krista, 2).<br />
Charity DiLiberti is a gifted/differentiation<br />
teacher (K-6) at Currier School,<br />
West Chicago, Ill.<br />
Michael and Jacqueline Johnson<br />
Filippini had a son, Michael Justin, on<br />
August 20, 2002.<br />
Greg King is head football coach and<br />
dean at Sterling (Ill.) High School.<br />
Carolyn Buck Mesick received the<br />
master’s degree in library science from<br />
the University of Iowa, Iowa City.<br />
Naomi Sandquist van Est received<br />
the master’s degree in education from<br />
National Louis University, Evanston, Ill.<br />
Ronald Wastyn has been named coach<br />
of the year for the Midwest Classic<br />
Conference. He is head women’s golf<br />
coach and associate professor of communication<br />
at St. Ambrose University,<br />
Davenport.<br />
1986<br />
Dan Conway teaches computer security<br />
and risk at the University of Notre<br />
Dame’s Mendoza <strong>College</strong> of Business,<br />
Notre Dame, Ind.<br />
LaRea Blomme McMillin is circulation<br />
representative for the Rock Island Public<br />
Library.<br />
John and Beth Miller ’87 Swanson<br />
adopted a son, Caleb John, born on<br />
February 5, 2002 in Korea (Lydia, 5).<br />
Christine Seaberg Tabaka received the<br />
2001 Woman of the Year award from<br />
Discovery Toys, Inc.<br />
1987<br />
Jaime Arndt-Erickson received the<br />
M.B.A. degree from Lake Forest (Ill.)<br />
Graduate School of Management.<br />
Evan and Karen Wirtz Audette had a<br />
son, Brian Anthony, on August 19, 2002<br />
(Nathan, 2).<br />
Dennis and Cindy Rutgens Heidkamp<br />
had a son, Alexander Cole, on<br />
September 18, 2001 (Nina, 4).<br />
In the last issue, Sharon Braun ’87<br />
Deeter was misidentified. The editor<br />
regrets his error.<br />
Laura and Jeffrey Heinrich had a son,<br />
Ernst Daniel, on December 16, 2001.<br />
James and Heidi Brown Huntley had<br />
a daughter, Margaret, on December 27,<br />
2001 (Christopher, 8; Benjamin, 5; and<br />
Jonathan, 2).<br />
John and Dawn Goodmiller Kocher had<br />
a daughter, Rachel Ann, on July 9, 2002<br />
(Ryan, 7; Katelyn, 3).<br />
Wesley and Krista Holmer ’90 Lane<br />
had a daughter, Erika Linnea, on<br />
September 25, 2002 (Anita, 6; Jacob, 5).<br />
Melissa McKelvie is a clinical psychologist<br />
with Clinical Counseling Services,<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio.<br />
Thomas and Gwen Kragness Salvi had<br />
a son, Kevin Albert, on June 5, 2001<br />
(Kenny, 9; Amy, 7; Tommy, 6; and Greg,<br />
3).<br />
Mark and Pam Nielsen Sunderland had<br />
a son, Tyler Perry, on April 3, 2002.<br />
John ’86 and Beth Miller Swanson<br />
adopted a son, Caleb John, born on<br />
February 5, 2002 in Korea (Lydia, 5).<br />
Jack and Diane Holke Sweeney had a<br />
daughter, Rebecca Elizabeth, on July<br />
10, 2001.<br />
Roland and Kristin Burke Winter had<br />
a son, Alexander, on October 14, 2001<br />
(Karina, 3; Karl, 2).<br />
1988<br />
Wendy and Ray Bjorseth had a daughter,<br />
Jena Nicole, on September 5, 2002<br />
(Jacob, 2).
Brian and Brenda Buikema Brandt had<br />
a daughter, Anna, on June 1, 2000.<br />
Bruce Daasch married Janelle Johnson<br />
on July 13, 2002.<br />
Jeanne and Brian Grimes had a daughter,<br />
Kaitlyn Rose, on October 9, 2002.<br />
Eddy and Michelle Therry Hicks had a<br />
daughter, Emily Kathryn, on February 13,<br />
2002 (Kelly Jo, 3).<br />
Jack Livingston has been appointed<br />
director of the environmental studies<br />
program at Slippery Rock (Pa.)<br />
University.<br />
Brian and Kim Ulanski Olms had a<br />
daughter, Madison Corinne, on January<br />
10, 2002.<br />
Dave and Kimberly Rymut Quinn had<br />
triplet daughters, Grace Elizabeth,<br />
Jenna Rose, and Emily Anne, on March<br />
6, 2002 (Julie, 3).<br />
Tim Schmitz, Illinois state representative,<br />
has been selected for the Toll<br />
Fellowship Program, sponsored by the<br />
Council of State Governments.<br />
Amy and David Scott had a son, Eli<br />
James, on January 14, 2002.<br />
Scott and Kelley McLennan ’91<br />
Seafield had a son, Andrew James, on<br />
July 6, 2001.<br />
Thomas Wirth is senior vice president<br />
for US Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio.<br />
1989<br />
Benjamin Ford and Becky Ford Sullivan<br />
had a son, Ian Benjamin, on November<br />
7, 2001.<br />
Doug Holtz is the band director at<br />
LaCrescent (Wis.) High School.<br />
Tim and Annette Weinberg Kanoy<br />
adopted a son and daughter from<br />
Guatemala: Caleb Timothy was born<br />
January 11, 2001, and Bethany Patricia<br />
was born January 12, 2001. Annette<br />
works part time as an Assistive<br />
Technology trainer in Belleville, Ill.<br />
Laura Krause married Brad Townsend<br />
on June 15, 2002.<br />
Mary Catherine Lundeen is a project<br />
archivist for the Evangelical Lutheran<br />
Church in America, Chicago.<br />
Michael Millard is senior scientist at ITT<br />
Industries, Fort Wayne, Ind.<br />
Laura Rashke Rife teaches Spanish and<br />
Bible classes at Unity Christian High<br />
School, Clinton, Iowa.<br />
James and Marla Parks Shell had a<br />
daughter, Emily Nicole, on February<br />
12, 2001.<br />
Brad and Catherine Soyka Turchetta<br />
had a daughter, Sarah Mercedes, on<br />
February 11, 2002 (A.J., 5; Charlie, 4;<br />
Grace, 1).<br />
1990<br />
Robert Brink is chief executive officer of<br />
Young & Rubicam, Lidingo, Sweden.<br />
Garrett and Gretchen Hughes Buhlig<br />
had a daughter, Hannah Jane, on April<br />
13, 2001.<br />
Jenny and Bill Califf had a son, Jackson<br />
Thomas, on May 4, 2002 (Marcus, 3).<br />
Peter and Sandy Danegelis Chiampas<br />
had a daughter, Gracie Margaret, on<br />
March 8, 2002.<br />
Helen and Mitch Edlund had a son,<br />
Aristides Demetrios, on July 16, 2002.<br />
Mitch is an attorney in the law firm of<br />
Shefsky and Froelich, Chicago.<br />
John and Deanna Strang Grivetti had<br />
a daughter, Elizabeth Rose, on October<br />
1, 2001.<br />
Craig and Karin Weeks Irvine had a son,<br />
Joshua, on April 20, 2001.<br />
Jennifer Jones married Allen Johnson on<br />
July 20, 2002.<br />
Wesley ’87 and Krista Holmer Lane had<br />
a daughter, Erika Linnea, on September<br />
25, 2002 (Anita, 6; Jacob, 5).<br />
Brian and Tina Williams Pittner had<br />
a son, Nicholas, on October 7, 2001<br />
(Kenneth, 9; William, 2).<br />
Brad and Katherine Brown Rothermel<br />
had a daughter, Celia, on February 20,<br />
2001.<br />
David ’91 and Lisa Galle Tews had a<br />
daughter, Emma, on February 18, 2001<br />
(Marah, 2).<br />
Lisa Traut is head of the television<br />
department at Neuqua Valley High<br />
School, Naperville, Ill. She is also a<br />
freelance infinit! operator for ESPN and<br />
Fox Sports.<br />
Ken and Amy Haack ’91 Van Santen<br />
had a son, Jakob William, on July 27,<br />
2002.<br />
1991<br />
Shawn and April Shields Brady had<br />
a son, Matthew “Finn,” on February 6,<br />
2002 (Patrick, 4; Luke, 2).<br />
James Bryant is a physician at the new<br />
Riverside Community Health Center,<br />
Manhattan, Ill.<br />
Meredith Dehmer married James<br />
Hohnke ’93 on May 9, 2001.<br />
Daryl and Cynthia Wiedemann ’92<br />
Empen had a son, Nils Thomas, on May<br />
11, 2002.<br />
Michael and Jill Hoffman ’92 Foley<br />
had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on<br />
September 5, 2002. Michael is an emergency<br />
physician at St. Mary’s Hospital,<br />
Madison, Wis., and a flight physician<br />
with Med Flight.<br />
Jim Garwood married Ambica Benjamin<br />
on August 25, 2002. He is president<br />
and chief operating officer for iEnergizer,<br />
Inc., New Delhi, India.<br />
Judith Herrmann has been named<br />
a partner in the law firm of Lane &<br />
Waterman, Davenport.<br />
Dustin and Melissa Mueller Joy had<br />
a daughter, Phoebe Grace, on April 2,<br />
2002 (Chloe, 3).<br />
Kirsten and Steven Karlblom had a<br />
daughter, Brooke, on June 24, 2002<br />
(Addison, 3; Kira, 2).<br />
Rick and Julie Soderdahl ’93 Knafelz<br />
had a daughter, Sarah Grace, on<br />
November 14, 2001.<br />
Vanessa Lund married William Davis on<br />
May 31, 2002.<br />
Terry and Danna Dresselhaus Petersen<br />
had a son, Logan, on November 15,<br />
2001 (Danielle, 4).<br />
Kevin Ragsdale is director of psychological<br />
services for the Lee County (Ala.)<br />
Youth Development Center.<br />
Marigold and Eric Schmidt had a son,<br />
Ethan, on July 24, 2002.<br />
Scott ’88 and Kelley McLennan<br />
Seafield had a son, Andrew James, on<br />
July 6, 2001.<br />
Kelly Skoumal married Bruce Tieves<br />
on September 7, 2002. She finished a<br />
fellowship in pediatric critical care and<br />
currently is the pediatric interns instructor<br />
at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin,<br />
Milwaukee.<br />
Christine Smith is a graduate student<br />
at the University of Colorado, Denver.<br />
She is working as a marketing analyst<br />
intern at Data Trend IS.<br />
Sara and Kevin Stevenson had a<br />
daughter, Marta, on February 14, 2001.<br />
David and Lisa Galle ’90 Tews had a<br />
daughter, Emma, on February 18, 2001<br />
(Marah, 2).<br />
Ken ’90 and Amy Haack Van Santen<br />
had a son, Jakob William, on July 27,<br />
2002.<br />
Eric and Gena Coin Voss had a daughter,<br />
Caroline Coin, on October 12, 2001<br />
(Emma, 8).<br />
Kevin ’93 and Christine Reich Waden<br />
announce the safe arrival of Rebecca<br />
Joy on July 29, 2002, sent from heaven<br />
with blessings from her big brother and<br />
sister, Andrew and Abigail.<br />
1992<br />
Keith and Elizabeth Cadie Ahlstrom<br />
had a son, Joseph Keith, on July 12,<br />
2002 (Keith).<br />
Thomas and Jennifer Baumann Barry<br />
had a daughter, Katherine “Kate”<br />
Kimberly, on September 14, 2002.<br />
Susan Bolek received a national<br />
educator award from the Milken Family<br />
Foundation. She is an instructional<br />
reading specialist at Western Trails<br />
Elementary School, Carol Stream, Ill.<br />
Jeff Carmichael has joined the Starkey<br />
Law Group, P.C., Indianapolis, Ind.<br />
Beth Armstrong Cassens is manager,<br />
external reporting at Weyerhaeuser Co.,<br />
Federal Way, Wash.<br />
Theresa Thulean Davis is director of<br />
day services at the Association for<br />
Individual Development, Aurora, Ill.<br />
Daryl ’91 and Cynthia Wiedemann<br />
Empen had a son, Nils Thomas, on May<br />
11, 2002.<br />
Jeff and Kameron Duy Fischer had a<br />
son, Kyle, on March 7, 2002 (Colin, 3).<br />
Michael ’91 and Jill Hoffman Foley<br />
had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, on<br />
September 5, 2002.<br />
Stephanie and Jason Goodall had a<br />
daughter, Emma Carol, on May 27, 2002<br />
(Katie Jo, 2).<br />
Angela Gradert married Carlos Graza on<br />
June 22, 2002.<br />
Tormod Guldvog is a science reporter<br />
for the Norwegian Broadcasting<br />
Corporation, and the editor of Hypography<br />
Sci-Tech.<br />
David Heitz is assistant metro editor/<br />
special projects for The Dispatch and<br />
Rock Island Argus.<br />
Stacy Hensler is the Milwaukee suburban<br />
representative for the Fellowship of<br />
Christian Athletes, Waukesha, Wis.<br />
Jeffrey Katula is a professor at the<br />
University of North Carolina, Greensboro.<br />
David Klak is associate pastor at First<br />
Lutheran Church, Geneseo, Ill.<br />
Erin Lounsberry is media relations<br />
specialist for Trinity Regional Health<br />
Systems, Rock Island.<br />
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Class notes<br />
‘We’re home’<br />
40 <strong>Augustana</strong> Magazine | Winter 2003<br />
Julio Garcia<br />
It might seem odd that New York City native Julio Garcia ’73 would consider the Quad<br />
Cities area home, in light of the fact he hadn’t even heard of this place until he was 17<br />
years old. But when he returned to this community to take up his new position as a<br />
regional director for the federal Transportation Security Administration, that’s exactly<br />
how it felt.<br />
In the late 1960s, Garcia was attending high school in Harlem when he met Karen<br />
Looze ’60, a substitute teacher who served as a counselor to numerous students at<br />
the school. Three students—Garcia, Nora Diaz and Sylvia Lopez—were among those<br />
Looze urged to go to college. “I didn’t tell them where they should go, but Sylvia and<br />
Nora stayed with my family [in Illinois] so they could visit <strong>Augustana</strong>. Julio never saw<br />
the place and wanted to go anyway,” Looze says. With the help of her family and<br />
scholarships funded by the old Friendship Fair, Looze helped all three enroll in the fall<br />
of 1969.<br />
Garcia recalls it was quite an adjustment from the East River to the Mississippi.<br />
“Dean [Jim] Ribbeck and Swanie [Chaplain emeritus Richard Swanson] counseled us a<br />
lot,” he says, crediting those two, among others, with helping ease the transition. But<br />
even their impact, Garcia says, pales in his experience with that of teacher and coach<br />
Dr. Paul Olsen.<br />
“Ols’ is without question the most influential person in my life. I started out as a<br />
runner but I was injured, and he kept me on as part of the team—like an assistant<br />
coach. He was at the heart of my total experience at <strong>Augustana</strong>, and I wouldn’t have<br />
completed college without him.”<br />
After graduating, Garcia worked for several government agencies before landing<br />
with the Federal Aviation Administration. Until 2001, he was the civil rights and human<br />
relations director for the FAA’s massive Great Lakes Region. But the 9-11 terror attacks<br />
prompted the creation of an entirely new security apparatus for the aviation industry,<br />
and Garcia was selected as one of the nation’s 158 field security directors, with<br />
responsibility for four airports in Illinois and Iowa.<br />
Garcia was given some choice in selecting his assignment, and he chose the Quad<br />
City Airport because his wife, Carolyn, is from this area and her parents still live here.<br />
“After 21 years of living in various parts of the country, we’re home,” says Garcia. It’s<br />
made for a reunion of sorts for the three students who came here 33 years ago. Both<br />
Nora Diaz ’73 Rodriguez and Sylvia Lopez ’73 Rodts are educators in the Quad Cities.<br />
Siobhan Malany is a research scientist<br />
at Structural Bioinformatics, San Diego,<br />
Calif.<br />
Hector and Tracy Clapsaddle Melendez<br />
had a son, Cristian Cruz, on September<br />
10, 2002 (Mia, 2).<br />
Michael and Amy Hall Olson had a son,<br />
Lucas Hall, on April 12, 2002.<br />
Matthew Peterson married Anne Marie<br />
Schipper ’94 on October 5, 2002. He is<br />
in retail and visual design at BSA, St.<br />
Paul, Minn.<br />
Jackie Vittallo Robertson is environmental/safety<br />
manager with Tropicana<br />
Products, City of Industry, Calif.<br />
John and Roxanne Bean Ross had a<br />
son, Andrew John, on May 8, 2002.<br />
Dennis ’95 and Christine Gogola<br />
Schumacher had a son, Gabriel, on<br />
October 8, 2001.<br />
Diana Tabor is a park ranger at Grand<br />
Haven (Mich.) State Park.<br />
Michele Vocu married John Murray on<br />
April 27, 2002. She teaches science at<br />
Mariner High School, Fort Myers, Fla.<br />
Wendy Woldenberg received a Fulbright<br />
scholarship to study art in India. She<br />
teaches art at Auburn Riverside High<br />
School, Seattle, Wash., and owns a<br />
jewelry making business, W2.<br />
1993<br />
Britt Burbridge is a flight commander<br />
in the U.S. Air Force. She teaches the air<br />
and space basic course at Air University,<br />
Maxwell AFB, Ala.<br />
Sean and Jodi Shields Dastur had a<br />
son, Cole Sean, on July 3, 2002.<br />
Mary Johnson Dixson received the<br />
Ph.D. degree in communication studies<br />
from the University of Texas, Austin.<br />
She is now the assistant director of<br />
the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic<br />
Participation.<br />
Scott Garazin married Kathleen<br />
Leimberg on August 11, 2001.<br />
Diane Hajicek and Wesley Peterson<br />
were married on September 1, 2001.<br />
James Hohnke married Meredith<br />
Dehmer ’91 on May 9, 2001.<br />
Reese Hubbard is an account manager<br />
with Federal Mogul, Detroit, Mich.<br />
Michael and Melissa Cole ’95 Iwanicki<br />
had a son, Andrew Michael, on July<br />
29, 2001.<br />
Rick ’91 and Julie Soderdahl Knafelz<br />
had a daughter, Sarah Grace, on<br />
November 14, 2001.<br />
James and Tamara Will Meier had<br />
a son, Derek Matthew, on August 12,<br />
2002.<br />
Jeff and Krista Sommerschield ’95<br />
Peterson had a son, Joshua Jeffrey, on<br />
April 26, 2002.<br />
Jarett and Karen Coughlin Pump had a<br />
daughter, Heather, on March 14, 2001.<br />
Amy and Eric Rowell had a daughter,<br />
Anna Lucille, on June 2, 2002. Eric is<br />
a development officer at <strong>Augustana</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
Scott and Kirstin Engstrom Schinschke<br />
had a son, Joshua James, on April 26,<br />
2002 (Kaleb, 2).<br />
Parr and Robin Heaton ’97 Schoolman<br />
had a daughter, Myah Elizabeth, on<br />
August 6, 2002 (MaKenna, 3).<br />
Jennifer and Matthew Seifert had a<br />
son, Jarred, on March 15, 2002 (Jeffrey,<br />
13; Tyler, 4).<br />
Michael and Kari Arndt Shoemaker<br />
had a son, William Michael, on July 9,<br />
2002. Kari is senior speech language<br />
pathologist at Central DuPage Hospital,<br />
Winfield, Ill.<br />
Karen Smith married Brian Delegan<br />
on July 26, 2002. Karen is a speech<br />
language pathologist at Oak Park (Ill.)<br />
Hospital.<br />
Todd Stebel and his wife, Holly, have<br />
opened an optometry practice, Boise<br />
Mountain Eyecare, in Boise, Idaho.<br />
Thomas Van Osdol is an allergy/<br />
immunology fellow at Children’s Mercy<br />
Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.<br />
Kevin and Christine Reich ’91 Waden<br />
announce the safe arrival of Rebecca<br />
Joy on July 29, 2002, sent from heaven<br />
with blessings from her big brother and<br />
sister, Andrew and Abigail.<br />
Lincoln and Jennifer Vairus Wood had<br />
a son, Gerald Joseph, on February 20,<br />
2001 (Maria, 2).<br />
1994<br />
Michael Bielski married Carolyn<br />
Simpson on July 14, 2001.<br />
Corey Bilkey passed the May 2002 CPA<br />
examination in Illinois.<br />
Matthew ’96 and Kristin Adamson<br />
Dutton had a son, David Jonathan, on<br />
September 29, 2001.<br />
Nichole Egbert married Stefan<br />
Scheibelhoffer on June 15, 2002.<br />
Dave Furlong married Jennifer Dowd on<br />
September 21, 2002.
Devin Jensen is an attorney with the<br />
firm of Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec,<br />
Raleigh, N.C.<br />
Chad and Christy Campbell ’96 Loucks<br />
had a son, Matthew Joseph, on January<br />
31, 2002. Chad is a bank officer at TCF<br />
Bank.<br />
Matthew and Susan Steinhauer ’96<br />
Miller had a son, Connor Matthew, on<br />
August 26, 2002 (Molly, 3).<br />
Susan Heffelfinger Nag received the<br />
Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology from<br />
Finch University of Health Sciences,<br />
Chicago Medical School.<br />
Eric Parthen is executive director of USA<br />
Boxing, Colorado Springs, Colo.<br />
Minda Powers married Bill Douglas on<br />
June 15, 2002.<br />
Alex and Janeen Heiman Paul had a<br />
son, Duncan Taylor, on January 12, 2002.<br />
Kelley and Mike Rivers had a daughter,<br />
Haleigh Nicole, on May 20, 2001. Mike<br />
is a sales representative for Eli Lilly<br />
Pharmaceuticals, San Antonio, Texas.<br />
Anne Marie Schipper married Matthew<br />
Peterson ’92 on October 5, 2002. She<br />
teaches high school biology in the<br />
Minneapolis-St. Paul area.<br />
Edward and Lisa Farran Shover had a<br />
daughter, Rachel Mary, on July 3, 2002<br />
(Nathen, 2).<br />
Joel Southern is an assistant baseball<br />
coach at Western New England <strong>College</strong>,<br />
Springfield, Mass.<br />
Rakesh and Rachel Laferriere ’95<br />
Subramanian had a daughter, Katreena,<br />
on November 13, 2001.<br />
Shawna Kornfeind Westermann is an<br />
internal medicine physician at Iowa<br />
Methodist Hospital, Des Moines.<br />
Daniel Witkowski received the master<br />
of divinity degree from Wartburg<br />
Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. He is now<br />
associate pastor at St. John’s Lutheran<br />
Church, Des Moines, Iowa.<br />
Amber Taylor Young is a staff accountant<br />
at San Diego (Calif.) Gas & Electric.<br />
1995<br />
Todd Banks is a retreat staff member<br />
for Christian Brothers LaSalle Manor,<br />
Plano, Ill.<br />
Aaron ’96 and Åsa Kihlgren Barsness<br />
had a son, Aaron Sebastian, on March<br />
25, 2002.<br />
Becky Condro married Tony Thomas on<br />
September 7, 2002.<br />
Jennifer Conn married Paul Reidy on<br />
September 14, 2002.<br />
Allison Dagley, a speech language<br />
pathologist, participated in a medical<br />
mission to Vietnam to train pediatric<br />
therapists in Ho Chi Minh City.<br />
Bradley ’96 and Carrie Klocke<br />
Dahlberg had a son, Erik Christian, on<br />
March 28, 2002.<br />
Donald ’97 and Darcy Roehrs Earley<br />
had a son, Austin, on October 7, 2001.<br />
Kim Nordstrom Goodley is a supply<br />
management specialist at Deere & Co.,<br />
Moline.<br />
Beth and Richard Hyde had a daughter,<br />
Anna Beth, on December 20, 2001. He<br />
practices at Bowers Chiropractic Center,<br />
Downers Grove, Ill.<br />
Michael ’93 and Melissa Cole Iwanicki<br />
had a son, Andrew Michael, on July<br />
29, 2001.<br />
Paul and Heather Stewart Kieffer had a<br />
son, Colin James, on April 9, 2002.<br />
Brad Kosirog married Katie Swanson<br />
’98 on July 12, 2002.<br />
David and Carmen Patterson ’96<br />
Leverenz had a son, Jack Alfred, on<br />
November 17, 2001.<br />
Mark ’97 and Colleen Koplin Nelson<br />
had a daughter, Jennifer Emily, on<br />
August 25, 2001.<br />
Traci Orasco married Lawrence Jungles,<br />
Jr., on May 4, 2002. She is a soil<br />
conservationist for the USDA Natural<br />
Resources Conservation Service.<br />
Jody Patterson married Gregory Iteen on<br />
October 5, 2002.<br />
Jeff ’93 and Krista Sommerschield<br />
Peterson had a son, Joshua Jeffrey, on<br />
April 26, 2002.<br />
Dennis and Christine Gogola ’92<br />
Schumacher had a son, Gabriel, on<br />
October 8, 2001 (Adam, 1).<br />
Michael and Kristina Olson Sjögren<br />
had a daughter, Eden Nicole, on April 2,<br />
2001 (Rachael, 2).<br />
Gwendolyn Snyder married Kristian<br />
Reninger on June 7, 2002.<br />
Rakesh ’94 and Rachel Laferriere<br />
Subramanian had a daughter, Katreena,<br />
on November 13, 2001.<br />
Matt Taylor has joined the U.S. Navy.<br />
Milanka Petrovich Van Osdol is a<br />
student at the University of Missouri,<br />
Kansas City.<br />
John and Kimberly Watson Walls had a<br />
daughter, Grace Ann, August 19, 2002.<br />
Karen Nordtvedt Wargo passed the<br />
CPA exam in Idaho and is an accountant<br />
at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical<br />
Center, Boise.<br />
Graham and Amy Driskell Watson had<br />
twin sons, Isaac Stanley and Garrett<br />
Daniel, on November 22, 2001.<br />
1996<br />
Aaron and Åsa Kihlgren ’95 Barsness<br />
had a son, Aaron Sebastian, on March<br />
25, 2002.<br />
Peter Begun married Marissa Sule ’97<br />
on June 22, 2002.<br />
Shawn Blobaum married Molly Enger<br />
on November 24, 2001.<br />
Bradley and Carrie Klocke ’95 Dahlberg<br />
had a son, Erik Christian, on March<br />
28, 2002.<br />
Brad and Jera Hull Deal had a daughter,<br />
Julianna Alyse, on April 8, 2002 (Allie,<br />
2).<br />
Matthew and Kristin Adamson ’94<br />
Dutton had a son, David Jonathan, on<br />
September 29, 2001.<br />
Jason Faltinek is e-business marketing<br />
manager for Midwest Express Airlines.<br />
Deborah Fredericks teaches eighth<br />
grade for the Kenosha (Wis.) Unified<br />
School District.<br />
Amy Graves married Daniel Merz on<br />
July 20, 2002.<br />
Lora Hague married Anthony Spalla on<br />
November 25, 2000.<br />
Steve and Rita Stahl Hart had a daughter,<br />
Courtney Lauren, on March 11, 2002.<br />
Dawn Heidemann married Brett Kraus<br />
on June 22, 2002.<br />
Steve and Melissa Matthei Kaempf<br />
had a daughter, Allison Elizabeth, on<br />
November 4, 2001. Melissa has been<br />
promoted to children’s program supervisor<br />
at Illinois Mentor, a foster care<br />
agency.<br />
Kristen Miller Keune is in the Ph.D.<br />
program at the University of Missouri,<br />
Kansas City.<br />
Leanette Schmidt Kolnik teaches<br />
eighth grade at Hebron Middle School,<br />
Woodstock, Ill.<br />
David ’95 and Carmen Patterson<br />
Leverenz had a son, Jack Alfred, on<br />
November 17, 2001.<br />
Chad ’94 and Christy Campbell Loucks<br />
had a son, Matthew Joseph, on January<br />
31, 2002.<br />
Jill and Timothy Meyer had a daughter,<br />
Kathryn Ann, on January 9, 2001.<br />
Matthew ’94 and Susan Steinhauer<br />
Miller had a son, Connor Matthew, on<br />
August 26, 2002 (Molly, 3).<br />
Patrick and Jody Swisher Minor had a<br />
son, Hayden, on December 12, 2000.<br />
Steven Mosshamer is validation coordinator<br />
at Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis,<br />
Ind.<br />
Kelley Murphy is a magazine editor for<br />
Scranton Gillette Communications.<br />
Dan and Jennifer Schmucker Perruquet<br />
had a son, Brandon James, on April 18,<br />
2002 (Hannah, 3).<br />
Elizabeth Petersen married Bjorn<br />
Gylling on July 6, 2002.<br />
Vito Tamburello married Stephanie<br />
Esparza ’97 on September 29, 2001.<br />
Vito is a C.P.A. and senior financial analyst<br />
at Baxter Capital Corporation.<br />
Scott and Catherine King ’97 Tumilty<br />
had a son, Samuel Patrick, on January 6,<br />
2002 (Scott, 1).<br />
Michelle Yocherer married Robert<br />
Swenson on October 27, 2001.<br />
1997<br />
Audrie Bretl Armes’ book of short stories<br />
and poetry, Go Down Dancing, was<br />
recently published.<br />
Paul Asplund is director of software<br />
engineering at CentraLytics, Inc.<br />
Amy Bloom and Kirk VanOpdorp were<br />
married on May 20, 2002. Amy received<br />
the master’s degree in geography from<br />
the University of Utah, Salt Lake City,<br />
and is now in the Ph.D. program there.<br />
Ryan Brodin is associate pastor at St.<br />
Philip’s Lutheran Church, Fridley, Minn.<br />
Sarah Burkley married Zachary<br />
Peterson on October 21, 2001. She is<br />
youth director at Atonement Lutheran<br />
Church, Boulder, Colo.<br />
Jarid and Christinel Peck Cain had a<br />
son, Dale Jonathan, on April 15, 2002.<br />
She received the master’s degree in<br />
elementary education from Western<br />
Illinois University, Macomb.<br />
Kamilla Connor married Charles Laird<br />
on September 16, 2000. She received<br />
the master’s degree in occupational<br />
therapy from Midwestern University and<br />
is now employed by the Northwestern<br />
Illinois Association, Geneva, Ill.<br />
Something to Teach Me, a new book by<br />
Matt Cyr about his work in Haiti, has<br />
been published by EducaVision.<br />
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Thomas Danko and Inga Olsen were<br />
married on June 8, 2002.<br />
Eric Dean has been promoted to<br />
senior marketing associate at Discover<br />
Financial Services, Inc.<br />
Donald and Darcy Roehrs ’95 Earley<br />
had a son, Austin, on October 7, 2001.<br />
Stephanie Esparza married Vito<br />
Tamburello ’96 on September 29, 2001.<br />
Jesse Heath married Jaime Pwanow on<br />
June 15, 2001.<br />
Amy Kile is a journalism graduate<br />
student at Roosevelt University, Chicago.<br />
She is also employed at The Daily<br />
Herald.<br />
Tonya Lensch is associate editor for<br />
Soap Opera Weekly Magazine, New<br />
York, N.Y.<br />
James and Marissa Meyers McClain<br />
had a daughter, Maya, on April 1, 2001.<br />
Tim and Nicole Longfield ’98 McVay<br />
had a son, Alexander Michael, on April<br />
9, 2002 (Anna, 2).<br />
Barbara Mordhorst married Justin<br />
Tehrani on July 27, 2002.<br />
Lindsay Morgan is public relations and<br />
community affairs director at Johnson &<br />
Wales University, Denver, Colo.<br />
Mark and Colleen Koplin ’95 Nelson<br />
had a daughter, Jennifer Emily, on<br />
August 25, 2001.<br />
Heather Parthen married Aaron Eslinger<br />
on June 15, 2002. She is a physical<br />
therapist at Colorado Sport and Spine,<br />
Colorado Springs.<br />
Eric and Jenny Willhouse Peterson had<br />
a daughter, Ellie, on March 21, 2002.<br />
Carrie Provenzale married Patrick<br />
Rader on February 23, 2002. Carrie is a<br />
fundraiser at Mercy Home for Boys and<br />
Girls, Chicago.<br />
Kari Rehberger married Greg Benoy on<br />
April 13, 2002.<br />
Scott Robertson is quality assurance<br />
manager at Episcopal Community<br />
Services, Bemidji, Minn.<br />
Nathan Roe married Kathryn Elson on<br />
December 22, 2001.<br />
Jennifer Roloff and William Welch were<br />
married on August 10, 2002. Jennifer<br />
is a doctoral student at Harvard<br />
University Graduate School of Education,<br />
Cambridge, Mass.<br />
Steve and Kate Goodrich Safris had<br />
a daughter, Ali Emma, on April 27,<br />
2002. Steve is a veterinarian at the Pet<br />
Medical Center of Ames (Iowa).<br />
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Parr ’93 and Robin Heaton Schoolman<br />
had a daughter, Myah Elizabeth, on<br />
August 6, 2002 (MaKenna, 3).<br />
Marissa Sule married Peter Begun ’96<br />
on June 22, 2002.<br />
Wayne Sutton is a counselor in the student<br />
financial aid office at the University<br />
of Illinois, Champaign.<br />
Scott ’96 and Catherine King Tumilty<br />
had a son, Samuel Patrick, on January 6,<br />
2002 (Scott, 1).<br />
Brandon Wainwright married Amy Senh<br />
on June 1, 2002.<br />
Melinda Weaver teaches eighth grade<br />
science at Indian Creek Middle School,<br />
Waterman, Ill.<br />
Michael and Heather Olson Whitman<br />
had a daughter, Karragan Marie, on<br />
December 28, 2001.<br />
Erica Wilhelmsen is a paramedic for<br />
Gold Coast Ambulance and a beach lifeguard<br />
for the Los Angeles (Calif.) County<br />
Fire Department Lifeguard Division.<br />
Julia Dyson Woessner teaches eighth<br />
grade English at Meridian Junior High<br />
School, Byron, Ill.<br />
1998<br />
Marianna Beattie received the D.D.S.<br />
degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa<br />
City, and now practices dentistry with<br />
her brother, Matthew Beattie ’96.<br />
Calley Boultinghouse married Jeffrey<br />
Barnes on July 20, 2002.<br />
Joseph Bovi received the M.D. degree<br />
from Loyola University, Chicago. He is<br />
a resident in radiation oncology at the<br />
Medical <strong>College</strong> of Wisconsin Affiliated<br />
Hospitals, Milwaukee.<br />
David Carlin married Beth Christensen<br />
’99 on June 8, 2002. David is finance<br />
director of the Illinois Republican Party.<br />
Jennifer Carlson attends Northwestern<br />
University School of Law, Chicago.<br />
Adam Carter and Susan Cassettari<br />
were married on August 24, 2002.<br />
Carol DenBesten married Walter Yee<br />
on June 15, 2002. She is an intern at<br />
Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center.<br />
Elizabeth Bertelsen Dornbush is a<br />
compensation specialist at McFarland<br />
Clinic, Ames, Iowa. She is also a graduate<br />
student at Iowa State University.<br />
Ted and Kelley Johnsen Doty had a<br />
daughter, Kelsey Ann, on March 18,<br />
2002.<br />
Chris Earing and Jaime White were<br />
married on June 22, 2002.<br />
Yvonne Gagliano received the master’s<br />
degree in physical therapy from Washington<br />
University, St. Louis, Mo. She is<br />
now a physical therapist at St. Mary’s<br />
Hospital, Kankakee, Ill.<br />
Megan Peterson Hall received the<br />
master’s degree in teaching from Aurora<br />
(Ill.) University.<br />
Karen Halverson married David Otto on<br />
June 29, 2002.<br />
Kristina Hanson and Eric Misfeldt were<br />
married on October 6, 2001.<br />
Jennifer Jacobs received the doctor of<br />
optometry degree from Michigan <strong>College</strong><br />
of Optometry. She is now completing a<br />
residency at the V.A. Northern Indiana<br />
Health Care System, Fort Wayne.<br />
Stephen Joy received the J.D. degree<br />
in law from the University of Illinois,<br />
Champaign.<br />
Travis Kempf married Angela Parchert<br />
on June 29, 2002.<br />
Jessica Kopischke married Jake Seigle<br />
on December 24, 2001. She teaches<br />
Spanish for the Chaska (Minn.) School<br />
District.<br />
Kristin Lindgren Lemmon is an attorney<br />
with Burke, Warren, MacKay and<br />
Serritella.<br />
Russ Lemmon graduated from the<br />
Chicago <strong>College</strong> of Osteopathic<br />
Medicine and is now a resident physician<br />
at MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, Ill.<br />
Michelle McGonigle married Mark<br />
Steen on June 22, 2002.<br />
Eileen McMahon received the master’s<br />
degree in sport sciences from the<br />
United States Sports Academy, Daphne,<br />
Ala. She is working on her doctorate at<br />
the University of Miami (Fla).<br />
Tim ’97 and Nicole Longfield McVay<br />
had a son, Alexander Michael, on April<br />
9, 2002 (Anna, 2).<br />
Grace Miller received the master’s<br />
degree in education from St. Xavier<br />
University, Chicago. She teaches<br />
seventh grade science for Community<br />
Consolidated School District 146,<br />
Chicago.<br />
Mark and Anna Viscioni Ross had a<br />
son, Brennan, on February 12, 2002<br />
(Noah, 2).<br />
Charles and Jen Wrzesinski Rytina had<br />
a son, Jacob William, on April 7, 2002.<br />
Jamie Sanders has been promoted to<br />
regional manager (Chicago) at AT&T<br />
Business.<br />
Diane Sitki married Daren Green on<br />
September 1, 2001.<br />
Karin Stahl married Neil Atkins on<br />
September 21, 2002. She is a nurse at<br />
St. Joseph Medical Center, Normal, Ill.<br />
Katie Swanson married Brad Kosirog<br />
’95 on July 12, 2002. She is an environmental<br />
tech at Fermilab, Batavia, Ill.<br />
Matthew Tews married Angela Crowley<br />
’00 on August 19, 2000.<br />
Rhonda Thomas married Brian<br />
Starklauf on July 6, 2001.<br />
Chris and Jamie Weinstein Timmons<br />
had a son, Peyton Christopher, on July<br />
16, 2002.<br />
Jennifer VanHowe married Scott Avers<br />
on July 20, 2002.<br />
Hillary Wolfe married Jonathan<br />
DeBlieck on September 15, 2001. She<br />
is a registered nurse at Trinity Medical<br />
Center, Rock Island.<br />
Elisabeth Zorn married Joseph Pluskota<br />
on September 7, 2001.<br />
1999<br />
Jeff Andrews married Kristin McCauley<br />
on June 22, 2002. He is an intervarsity<br />
staff worker at the University of Illinois,<br />
Champaign.<br />
Tina Bailiff married Keith Dunker on<br />
June 15, 2002.<br />
Susan Black married Kevin Beth on<br />
September 7, 2002.<br />
Richard Blunk and Bridget McManus<br />
were married on September 7, 2002.<br />
Irma Gustafson Boldt teaches third<br />
grade for the Indian Prairie School<br />
District, Aurora, Ill.<br />
Stacey Bos and Ray Cotty were married<br />
on September 1, 2001.<br />
Michelle Carlson married Eric Peterson<br />
on June 9, 2002.<br />
Beth Christensen married David Carlin<br />
’98 on June 8, 2002. Beth is a mutual<br />
fund accountant for Jackson National<br />
Asset Management, Chicago.<br />
Willis Clayton received the master’s<br />
degree in speech language pathology<br />
from Illinois State University, Normal.<br />
He is a speech language pathologist<br />
with Educational Assessment Systems,<br />
working on a Navajo Indian Reservation<br />
in Shiprock, N.M.
Migdalia Gonzalez married Nils<br />
Holgersson ’01 on October 19, 2002.<br />
Brian Gosnell is assistant finance director<br />
for the Village of Grayslake, Ill.<br />
Brie Hammond received the master’s<br />
degree in communication sciences<br />
and disorders from Western Illinois<br />
University, Macomb. She is a speech<br />
language pathologist for Comprehensive<br />
Concepts in Speech and Hearing,<br />
Cincinnati, Ohio.<br />
Daniel Hoffenkamp is employed at<br />
Ernst & Young, Chicago.<br />
Mike Johnson is project coordinator<br />
for the City of Chicago, Department of<br />
Energy.<br />
Tricia Keefe married Brian Phelan on<br />
July 13, 2002. She received her master’s<br />
degree in curriculum and instruction<br />
from Northern Illinois University,<br />
DeKalb.<br />
Aaron Konrad and Julie Mettemyer<br />
were married on July 6, 2002. Julie is<br />
a speech language pathologist for the<br />
Grant Wood Area Education Agency.<br />
Craig ’00 and Kari Sanderson Legel<br />
had a daughter, Makaylah Paige, on<br />
April 2, 2002.<br />
James and Laura Bergstrand McAnally<br />
had a daughter, Madeline Claire, on<br />
August 1, 2001.<br />
William Miller married Lucy Anello ’00<br />
on August 4, 2002.<br />
Rebecca Roegiers married Brian<br />
Nightingale on September 14, 2002.<br />
Jessica Scobell was selected as<br />
Southern Nevada cross country coach<br />
of the year for 2000 and 2001. She<br />
is a teacher and coach at Cimarron-<br />
Memorial High School, Las Vegas.<br />
Douglas Sondgeroth is an attorney with<br />
Jenner and Block, Chicago.<br />
Michael Tazic teaches at Leyden High<br />
School, Franklin Park, Ill.<br />
Tracy Tholin is auxilliary housing<br />
director/director of housing at Carthage<br />
<strong>College</strong>, Kenosha, Wis.<br />
Cynthia Wyffels VanDamme received<br />
the master’s degree in physical therapy<br />
from St. Ambrose University. She is<br />
a physical therapist at Rock Valley<br />
Physical Therapy, Davenport.<br />
Stephanie Will is an auditor for the<br />
Department of Education, Office of<br />
Inspector General, Sacramento, Calif.<br />
2000<br />
Rebecca Ahlgren married Kevin Knox on<br />
June 8, 2002.<br />
Lucy Anello married William Miller ’99<br />
on August 4, 2002.<br />
Andrea Angelo is a school social worker<br />
for the Henry-Stark Counties (Ill.) Special<br />
Education District.<br />
James Austgen is a graduate research<br />
assistant at the University of Missouri,<br />
Columbia.<br />
Laila Baghdadi has been promoted to<br />
program manager at Maryville Academy,<br />
Chicago.<br />
Jill Bennin and Aaron Sullivan were<br />
married on July 13, 2002.<br />
Kristie Betcher has been promoted<br />
to project director at The Grand Group,<br />
Chicago.<br />
Carianne Bruner is a pharmacy student<br />
at the Medical <strong>College</strong> of Virginia.<br />
Kelley Burke attends Loyola University<br />
School of Law, Chicago.<br />
Anders Carlson received the master’s<br />
degree in glacial geology from the<br />
University of Wisconsin, Madison. He<br />
now attends Oregon State University.<br />
Angela Crowley married Matthew Tews<br />
’98 on August 19, 2000.<br />
Brian Ekdale is a technology resource<br />
technician at Waubonsee Community<br />
<strong>College</strong>, Sugar Grove, Ill.<br />
Coreen France teaches fifth grade<br />
for the Prospect Heights (Ill.) School<br />
District.<br />
Amanda Geiger is a quality management<br />
specialist for the Children’s Home<br />
Society of Florida in Tallahassee and<br />
Panama City Beach.<br />
Amy Geist married Tim Kavanaugh on<br />
April 28, 2001.<br />
Mark Harmon married Elena Karama<br />
on August 24, 2002. He is a technical<br />
analyst with State Farm Insurance,<br />
Bloomington, Ill.<br />
Julia Higgins and Erik Ratchford were<br />
married on June 29, 2002. Julia is a<br />
speech language pathologist at Lake<br />
View Community Hospital, Paw Paw,<br />
Mich.<br />
Catherine Huck received the master’s<br />
degree in communicative disorders<br />
from the University of Wisconsin,<br />
Madison. She is working for a year<br />
in Honduras as a volunteer speech<br />
language pathologist at a home for<br />
orphaned and abandoned children.<br />
Elisabeth Ogilvie (left) and Melissa Hawkins<br />
Melissa’s Mug-up<br />
Most of us have favorite authors. And if we’re lucky, we might find<br />
that one special favorite whose every word brings delight. Just ask<br />
Melissa Hawkins ’86 Hayes. In 1994, she first encountered the works<br />
of Elisabeth Ogilvie, who’s sometimes referred to as the Laura Ingalls<br />
Wilder of Maine for her wonderful descriptions of life on the islands and<br />
coastlands of Maine’s Down East region. Hayes found one of the prolific<br />
writer’s books in her local library, which touched off a passion that led<br />
her to devour virtually everything ever published by Ogilvie.<br />
“I was like an addict,” says Hayes. “I actually experienced some<br />
remorse when I finished the last of her books.” But that was far from<br />
the end for Hayes. Using the Internet, she began tracking down short<br />
stories Ogilvie had published in a variety of magazines as early as the<br />
1940s.<br />
In the summer of 1997, Hayes was introduced to Marilyn Westervelt<br />
by a bookstore owner who knew both were huge Ogilvie fans. That<br />
bit of social alchemy resulted in the creation of a quarterly newsletter<br />
which now links more than 300 fellow devotees around the country.<br />
In 2001, the pair produced a veritable gold-mine for all Ogilvie enthusiasts:<br />
A Mug-up with Elisabeth. (A mug-up is what we prairie folk<br />
would call a coffee-klatch.) The book, published by Down East Books,<br />
was described by reviewer Marilis Hornidge as “Everything a fan could<br />
dream of having…a road map to the books, a taste of Ogilvie’s ‘small’<br />
writings, a glimpse into the writer’s window.”<br />
The book is one of several publishing projects Hayes has taken part<br />
in, and she’s now serving as typist for the 47th book by Ogilvie, who<br />
only writes in long-hand. Her husband, John Hayes ’86, is a teacher at<br />
Manchester (Conn.) High School; John and their three children have<br />
been Melissa’s traveling companions on explorations of the islands and<br />
inlets of coastal Maine. You can find the fruits of her delving into the<br />
life and work of Elisabeth Ogilvie on-line at www.mugup.com.<br />
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Class notes<br />
A honey of an idea<br />
44 <strong>Augustana</strong> Magazine | Winter 2003<br />
Eric Anderson ’99 (right foreground)<br />
When he was a child, Eric Anderson ’99 spent a lot of time on a family farm<br />
near Troy, Kansas. But one part of the farm which was strictly off-limits was<br />
his grandfather’s apiary—Anderson was allergic to bee-stings and his mother<br />
made sure he didn’t go anywhere near the hives. Good thing for her she didn’t<br />
follow him to Kenya, where he spent two years as an agriforestry extensionist<br />
for the Peace Corps near Embu, in the foothills of Mt. Kenya. That’s where<br />
Anderson hit on an idea to help the people he was serving become more economically<br />
independent, while at the same time highlighting their dependence<br />
on the environmental health of the region: bee-hives.<br />
“The biggest need for the people there is cash. Honey is always in demand,<br />
but in Kenya it’s often in short supply,” says Anderson. “And teaching people<br />
to keep bees also helps support sound forestry management. The bees there<br />
are drawn to trees. You cut down the trees and the bees leave. It’s easier to<br />
see why forested areas should be maintained when you’re making a profit.”<br />
Since Anderson had some experience in carpentry from high school wood<br />
shop and odd jobs back in Kansas, he was able to help people build their own<br />
hives at a cost of only about $5. Since even that figure was beyond the reach of<br />
many, he established a sort of revolving loan fund with some money donated<br />
by his home congregation’s branch of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran<br />
Church in America.<br />
But the project came with more than a few stings attached. “I think I was<br />
stung about 150 times before I started to develop an immunity,” Anderson estimates.<br />
“One morning, I just decided to stop taking antihistamines, and I didn’t<br />
go into anaphylactic shock. It got better, eventually.” Anderson, who figures he<br />
helped in the construction of as many as 300 bee-hives while in Kenya, came<br />
home last May and now serves as residence hall director for Carlsson Hall.<br />
Annie Johnson married Steve Bosch on<br />
July 27, 2002.<br />
Erica Johnson is a teacher and counselor<br />
at Pressley Ridge School, Cincinnati,<br />
Ohio.<br />
Jeremiah Johnston and Kristi Peterson<br />
were married on July 27, 2002. Jeremiah<br />
teaches at Sherrard (Ill.) High School;<br />
Kristi is senior human resources service<br />
representative at Deere and Company,<br />
Moline.<br />
Nathan Jokiel married Whitney Moore<br />
’01 on June 15, 2002.<br />
Elizabeth Koch is a graduate student at<br />
the University of Arizona, Tucson.<br />
Craig and Kari Sanderson ’99 Legel<br />
had a daughter, Makaylah Paige, on<br />
April 2, 2002.<br />
Elizabeth Miller married Ron Kloss on<br />
September 22, 2001.<br />
Kristin Mulconrey married Edward<br />
Miller on September 14, 2002.<br />
J. Andrew Newgren married Becky<br />
White on July 13, 2002.<br />
Aaron Newman is an assistant director<br />
for student development and residence<br />
life at Rockhurst University, Kansas<br />
City, Mo.<br />
Derek Port received the master’s<br />
degree from the Arizona School of<br />
Health Sciences. He is an assistant<br />
athletic trainer and assistant professor<br />
at Campbellsville (Ky.) University.<br />
Kristin Rankin is a research specialist<br />
at the University of Illinois, Chicago.<br />
Ruth Vass teaches English at Prairie<br />
Central High School, Fairbury, Ill.<br />
Matthew Wlezen is a web developer<br />
and account analyst at CompuSystems,<br />
Broadview, Ill.<br />
Alexei Zozulya is an accountant at the<br />
Bartlett Agency, Moline.<br />
2001<br />
Marla Bank married Kim Wilkins on<br />
December 1, 2001.<br />
Katy Boultinghouse married David<br />
Wehr on June 29, 2002.<br />
Misty Bowman married John Dowdal on<br />
July 13, 2002.<br />
Jodi Cain is shift supervisor at RocVale<br />
Children’s Home, Rockford, Ill.<br />
Amy Calderone is a graduate student at<br />
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.<br />
Meghan Dreyer married Ben Suman ’02<br />
on June 1, 2002.<br />
Moses Edwards and Twanna Rayborn<br />
were married on June 15, 2002. Twanna<br />
is an underwriter for State Farm Insurance,<br />
Bloomington, Ill.<br />
Katie Flanagan married Matt Stenger on<br />
July 28, 2001. She is an SASS counselor<br />
at the Janet Wattles Center, Rockford,<br />
Ill., and a graduate student at Northern<br />
Illinois University, DeKalb.<br />
Sarah Gahn married Matthew Brady on<br />
May 26, 2002.<br />
Gina Gallo is an environmental geologist<br />
at URS Corporation.<br />
Sarah Heinze is a bilingual speech<br />
language pathologist for Bilingual<br />
Therapies, Chicago.<br />
Nils Holgersson married Migdalia<br />
Gonzalez ’99 on October 19, 2002.<br />
Holly Johnson is employed by<br />
the Swedish Council of America,<br />
Minneapolis, Minn.<br />
Amanda Jones attends the University<br />
of Iowa School of Medicine, Iowa City.<br />
Joel Kaul and Megan deRaismes<br />
were married on June 23, 2002. Joel is<br />
employed at Marshall and Ilsley Trust<br />
Co., Milwaukee, Wis.<br />
Jessica Kittel is a volunteer with<br />
AmeriCorps, Charleston, S.C.<br />
Kim Klosak married Josh Smith on July<br />
6, 2002.<br />
Matthew Kreis attends Loyola<br />
University School of Law, Chicago.<br />
Jerold and Jessica Frank Leichsenring<br />
had a son, Nathaniel Frank, on September<br />
16, 2002.<br />
Sarah Marquis and Olin Morrow were<br />
married on July 20, 2002. Sara teaches<br />
drama at Hamilton Middle School,<br />
Denver, Colo.<br />
Megan Miller attends Midwestern<br />
University Osteopathic Medical School.<br />
Whitney Moore married Nathan Jokiel<br />
’00 on June 15, 2002.<br />
Carolyn Murray is working in<br />
Ichinomiya, Japan, for the JET program.<br />
Chad Nightingale married Elizabeth<br />
Hull on June 15, 2002.<br />
Lisa Nold is a graduate student at the<br />
University of Alabama, Birmingham,<br />
and a certified athletic trainer at<br />
Samford University, Birmingham.<br />
Shannon Ogren received the master’s<br />
degree in environmental management<br />
from Duke University, Durham, N.C. She<br />
is an environmental scientist at EC/R,<br />
Inc. in Durham.
Erin Pande is senior environmental<br />
technician for the DuPage County<br />
Department of Developmental and<br />
Environmental Concerns, Wheaton, Ill.<br />
Melanie Payne is in marketing/sales<br />
at Terrostar Technology Solutions, Rock<br />
Island.<br />
Elizabeth Potter married Craig Isaak on<br />
October 5, 2002. She works in student<br />
development at Cornerstone University,<br />
Grand Rapids, Mich.<br />
Kurt Price attends Palmer <strong>College</strong> of<br />
Chiropractic, Davenport.<br />
Larisa Rumin married Brian Good ’02<br />
on September 7, 2002.<br />
Kristin Schipper attends Notre Dame<br />
(Ind.) School of Law.<br />
Benjamin Sigwarth is a research<br />
technician at Boston (Mass.) University<br />
School of Medicine.<br />
Kim Sinnott is the director of recruitment<br />
at Driscoll Catholic High School,<br />
Addison, Ill.<br />
Veronica Smith is an Illinois Legislative<br />
Senate staff intern through the<br />
University of Illinois, Springfield.<br />
Julie Stump married Timothy Niemann<br />
on November 24, 2001. She teaches<br />
seventh and eighth grade English at<br />
Eastland Middle School, Shannon, Ill.<br />
2002<br />
Darcy Ahrens is a graduate student in<br />
the field of communication disorders at<br />
Bowling Green (Ohio) State University.<br />
Carrie Alexander is a graduate student<br />
at Bradley University, Peoria.<br />
Jill Anderson attends the Mary Grimes<br />
School of Nursing, Ottawa, Kan.<br />
Christopher Annis attends the<br />
University of Illinois <strong>College</strong> of Medicine,<br />
Chicago.<br />
Carrie Armentrout is a financial planner<br />
at American Express Financial Advisors,<br />
Rockford, Ill.<br />
Nathan Atterberry attends the<br />
University of Illinois, Champaign.<br />
Laura Ballinger is a participant services<br />
associate with Hewitt Associates,<br />
Lincolnshire, Ill.<br />
Wendy Bamberth teaches fifth grade at<br />
Drake Elementary School, Chicago.<br />
Jenna Benz-Dean attends the University<br />
of Wisconsin School of Veterinary<br />
Medicine, Madison.<br />
Erik Boehmke is a graduate student at<br />
Baylor University, Waco, Tex.<br />
Melissa Bolen attends Northern Illinois<br />
University, DeKalb.<br />
Lynn Breneman married Joshua Wisong<br />
on June 8, 2002. She is a dental student<br />
at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.<br />
Matthew Bunchman and Elizabeth<br />
Melnyk were married on June 15,<br />
2002. Matthew attends Southern<br />
Illinois University School of Dental<br />
Medicine, Alton; Elizabeth is a graduate<br />
student at Southern Illinois University,<br />
Edwardsville.<br />
Christina Carius is music director for<br />
the LaMoille (Ill.) School District.<br />
Erin Carr attends the University of Iowa,<br />
Iowa City.<br />
Cecilia Chin is a research assistant at<br />
the University of Iowa, Iowa City.<br />
Elizabeth Choporis is program coordinator<br />
for the executive MBA program at<br />
the University of Illinois, Chicago.<br />
Erik Christian married Amanda<br />
Bartolomucci on June 15, 2002. He is a<br />
budget/finance analyst for Peoria (Ill.)<br />
County.<br />
Sarah Cleave is employed at Abbott<br />
Labs, Lake County, Ill.<br />
Nicole Colvin teaches at Tremont (Ill.)<br />
High School.<br />
Julie Constien attends Purdue<br />
University School of Veterinary Medicine,<br />
West Lafayette, Ind.<br />
Melissa Cook is a pricing analyst at<br />
Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, Ill.<br />
Colleen Coppersmith is a marketing<br />
and sales representative at Newell<br />
Rubbermaid, Detroit, Mich.<br />
Sarah Cotter attends the University of<br />
Iowa <strong>College</strong> of Medicine, Iowa City.<br />
John Cravero is a graduate student at<br />
Rush University, Chicago.<br />
Menka Desai attends Ross University<br />
School of Medicine.<br />
Anthony DiIulio married Ann Liska on<br />
June 22, 2002. He attends the Catholic<br />
University of America, Washington, D.C.<br />
Amanda Doyle teaches for the Belvidere<br />
(Ill.) Community School District.<br />
Erin Doyle is a graduate student at<br />
Finch University of Health Sciences,<br />
Chicago Medical School, North Chicago.<br />
Valerie Duncan is a graduate student at<br />
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.<br />
James Earel is a research lab technician<br />
at Massachusetts General Hospital,<br />
Charlestown.<br />
Christopher Edwards is a research<br />
lab technician at Abbott Laboratories,<br />
Abbott Park, Ill.<br />
Jessica Ertmer is a sales/field<br />
marketing representative at Newell<br />
Rubbermaid, Chicago.<br />
Kate Estwing is a booking assistant for<br />
AM Only, Inc., New York, N.Y.<br />
Christina Gamzer is a graduate student<br />
in the physical therapy program at<br />
Northwestern University, Chicago.<br />
Naomi Ganyo married Zachary Menke<br />
on September 1, 2002. She is a planner<br />
for River Action, Davenport.<br />
Emily Garbisch attends Washington<br />
University, St. Louis, Mo.<br />
Krysta Gerndt is a product specialist at<br />
Abbott Labs, Waukegan, Ill.<br />
Brian Good married Larisa Rumin ’01 on<br />
September 7, 2002.<br />
Joe Goolsby is a sales representative<br />
with MetLife, Westchester, Ill.<br />
Corinne Gorskey is a sales and<br />
marketing representative at Newell<br />
Rubbermaid, Philadelphia, Pa.<br />
Katie Hancock is a microparticle product<br />
specialist at Abbott Laboratories,<br />
Waukegan, Ill.<br />
Melinda Hanes is a graduate student at<br />
the University of Iowa, Iowa City.<br />
Kathy Hitz is the band director at<br />
Harvard (Ill.) High School and Harvard<br />
Jr. High.<br />
Brian Holba is a manager trainee at<br />
Sherwin-Williams, Orland Park, Ill.<br />
Patrick Hunt works in the personal<br />
fiduciary support, gifts department, at<br />
Northern Trust Bank, Chicago.<br />
Thomas (Leo) Keller is a park ranger for<br />
the Army Corps of Engineers, Coralville,<br />
Iowa.<br />
Philip Kiraly attends Northern Illinois<br />
University, DeKalb.<br />
Alison Knox is employed at Abbott Labs,<br />
Abbott Park, Ill.<br />
Elizabeth Koch is a graduate student at<br />
the University of Arizona, Tucson.<br />
Bekah Kohl attends the Indiana<br />
University School of Optometry,<br />
Bloomington.<br />
Lindsey Kotz is a sales and marketing<br />
field representative at Newell<br />
Rubbermaid, Washington, D.C.<br />
Rudy Kovachevich is a medical student<br />
at the University of Illinois, Chicago.<br />
Stephanie Krogman is a contract specialist<br />
for the Department of the Army,<br />
Rock Island Arsenal.<br />
Matthew Leonard attends John<br />
Marshall Law School, Chicago.<br />
Michelle Leonard married J.R. Greenwood<br />
on July 20, 2002. She teaches<br />
English at Rock Island High School.<br />
Elizabeth Ludwig teaches pre-school at<br />
The Growing Place, DeKalb, Ill.<br />
Margaret Matthews attends the Illinois<br />
<strong>College</strong> of Optometry, Chicago.<br />
Caroline Meinike is a social work<br />
graduate student at the University of<br />
Illinois, Champaign.<br />
Maranda Meyer teaches seventh grade<br />
language arts at South View Middle<br />
School, Danville, Ill.<br />
Shelly Meyer is a health and defined<br />
benefits business associate at Hewitt<br />
Associates, Lincolnshire, Ill.<br />
Kristina Meyers is a mental health<br />
associate at Bluegrass Personal Care<br />
Home, Lexington, Ky.<br />
Adam Michels is a graduate student<br />
at Southern Illinois University,<br />
Edwardsville.<br />
Kristin Miller is a sales representative<br />
at Newell Rubbermaid, Freeport, Ill.<br />
Stephanie Minkley teaches at St.<br />
Peter’s Elementary School, Skokie, Ill.<br />
Jessica Missavage is a graduate<br />
student at Eastern Illinois University,<br />
Charleston.<br />
Victoria Monti attends Washington<br />
University School of Medicine, St. Louis,<br />
Mo.<br />
Andrea Muschetto teaches English at<br />
Hinsdale (Ill.) South High School.<br />
Michael Navratil attends John Marshall<br />
Law School, Chicago.<br />
Derek Neal is a sports information<br />
graduate assistant at the University of<br />
Illinois, Champaign.<br />
Janet Nehring teaches mathematics at<br />
Forreston (Ill.) High School.<br />
Brent Nicholson is a staff accountant at<br />
Forefront Education, Barrington, Ill.<br />
Michael Nickeas is a physical therapy<br />
graduate student at Northwestern<br />
University, Chicago.<br />
Jennifer Nord is publications coordinator<br />
for The Washington Opera,<br />
Washington, D.C.<br />
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Sarah O’Klock attends the University of<br />
Illinois Veterinary School, Champaign.<br />
Christine Okon teaches at the F.E.<br />
Peacock Middle School, Itasca, Ill.<br />
Megan Rissman Olson is a graduate<br />
student in speech language pathology at<br />
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.<br />
Antonio Ortiz attends Midwestern<br />
University, Chicago, and is a pharmacy<br />
technician at Walgreen’s.<br />
Amy Caudle Oster is a teacher for<br />
Outreach Community Ministries,<br />
Warrenville, Ill.<br />
Jason Palmatier is an associate<br />
pharmacologist at Abbott Laboratories,<br />
Abbott Park, Ill.<br />
Melissa Pilato is a Japanese language<br />
teacher in Niigata, Japan, for the JET<br />
program.<br />
Lisa Reamy married Paul Mattison<br />
on September 21, 2002. She is a tax<br />
accountant with Deere & Company,<br />
Moline.<br />
Kathleen Reif attends the University of<br />
Iowa, Iowa City.<br />
Emily Rockwell married Joseph Kane<br />
on August 3, 2002. She is a product<br />
specialist at Abbott Laboratories, Abbott<br />
Park, Ill.<br />
Michael Russo is an accountant at<br />
Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill.<br />
Patrice Schoolman teaches English at<br />
Central China Normal University, Wuhan.<br />
Jenny Schou is an accountant for DFAS-<br />
RI, Rock Island Arsenal.<br />
Amanda Schueneman is promotions<br />
assistant for radio station 106.7 The<br />
Fish, Chicago.<br />
Megan Seifrid teaches for the Long<br />
Beach Elementary School District,<br />
Oswego, Ill.<br />
Caroline Skaggs married James Sallee<br />
on May 26, 2002.<br />
Randall Sloniker is an assistant<br />
programmer for Royal Buying Group,<br />
Hinsdale, Ill.<br />
Michelle Snyder attends St. Francis<br />
Hospital School of Medical Technology,<br />
Peoria, Ill.<br />
Monica Sottos works in marketing for<br />
The Marthens Co., Davenport.<br />
Kristin Spooner teaches at Quincy (Ill.)<br />
High School.<br />
Derek Strom is a physics and astronomy<br />
graduate student at Northwestern<br />
University, Evanston, Ill.<br />
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Susan Struck is a mathematics graduate<br />
student at the University of Iowa,<br />
Iowa City.<br />
Ben Suman married Meghan Dreyer ’01<br />
on June 1, 2002. He is employed at the<br />
St. Louis (Mo.) <strong>College</strong> of Pharmacy.<br />
Sarah Swenson teaches mathematics at<br />
Hononegah High School, Rockton, Ill.<br />
Jill Taylor is a certified nursing assistant<br />
at Dreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, Ill.<br />
Ann Thomas is a product specialist with<br />
the transplant business team at Abbott<br />
Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill.<br />
Robert Volz attends Rush University<br />
Medical School, Chicago.<br />
Jennifer Weber attends Washington<br />
University, St. Louis, Mo.<br />
Chad Weigle is a credit manager with<br />
Wells Fargo Financial, Schaumburg, Ill.<br />
Heide Westblade attends the University<br />
of Illinois, Champaign.<br />
Marty Wietfeldt is an actuarial analyst<br />
for Kemper Insurance, Long Grove, Ill.<br />
Carolyn Wilson is an administrative<br />
assistant at Stanford University in Palo<br />
Alto, Cal.<br />
Adam Winckler attends the University<br />
of Illinois Dental School, Chicago.<br />
Brandon Wold is an applications<br />
specialist at Cole-Parmer Instrument Co.,<br />
Vernon Hills, Ill.<br />
Elizabeth Woodworth is a graduate<br />
student at the University of Illinois,<br />
Champaign.<br />
Bethany Wotal attends the University of<br />
Illinois, Champaign.<br />
Deaths<br />
(notice received as of October 31, 2002)<br />
Lyal Westerlund ’25 Swenson on July<br />
3, 2002.<br />
Margaret “Peg” Swanson ’30 on July<br />
26, 2002.<br />
Fay Hoffman ’31 on June 20, 2001.<br />
Ruth Laurence ’32 Gustafson on July<br />
30, 2002.<br />
George C. Davis ’33 on August 26, 2002.<br />
Among survivors is his son, T. Scott<br />
Davis ’69.<br />
Elvera Nelson ’33 on July 11, 2001. She<br />
is survived by her brother, Clarence<br />
Nelson ’32.<br />
Lauren A. Lundblad ’34 on July 8, 2001.<br />
Among survivors is his sister, Gertrude<br />
Lundblad ’48 Ness.<br />
Virginia Anderson ’34 Peterson on June<br />
19, 2002. Survivors include her husband,<br />
Harold ’36, and sister, Melnotte<br />
Anderson ’39 Lindstrom.<br />
Frank A. Swenson ’36 on September<br />
16, 2002.<br />
Alfred T. Wright ’36 on September 2,<br />
2002. Among survivors is his wife, Mary.<br />
C. Anders Bengtson ’38 on August 16,<br />
2002. Survivors include his wife, Edla,<br />
and brother, Earl ’43.<br />
Frank A. Johnson ’38 on February 3,<br />
2002.<br />
Helen E. Lindrothe ’38 on February<br />
25, 2002.<br />
Dorothy Munter ’39 Hawley on August<br />
12, 2002.<br />
Howard Randolph Holder ’39 on May 6,<br />
2002. His wife, Clementi, survives him.<br />
Gurth Searle Hubbart ’39 on April 8,<br />
2002.<br />
Laura Jean Hackett ’41 Braaten on<br />
December 29, 2001. Survivors include<br />
her husband, Roger ’44.<br />
Janet Erlandson ’42 Kozel on<br />
September 21, 2001.<br />
Robert J. Maloney ’42 on July 10, 2002.<br />
His wife, Louise, survives him.<br />
Kenneth C. Wagner ’44 on March 7,<br />
2002.<br />
Betty Joan Foster ’46 Dodd on<br />
September 2, 2001.<br />
Kenneth E. Milton ’46 on June 19,<br />
2002. Survivors include his wife,<br />
Althea Nelson ’46 Milton; daughters,<br />
Katherine Milton ’70 Bandy, Christine<br />
Milton ’74 Gaither, and Jennifer Milton<br />
’77; sister, Dorothy Milton ’42; and<br />
brother, John Milton ’52.<br />
Henry Carlson, Jr. ’47 on July 14, 2002.<br />
His wife, Elly Anna, survives him.<br />
Donald Radlund, husband of Elinor<br />
Ryden ’47 Radlund, on October 22,<br />
2002.<br />
Elizabeth Burke Crist ’47 on June 1,<br />
2002.<br />
Irma Harner ’48 Braun in May, 2002.<br />
LeRoy Cappaert ’49 on August 16,<br />
2001. Among survivors is his wife, Lael<br />
Pierson ’49 Cappaert.<br />
Frank S. Reed ’49 on July 17, 2002.<br />
Survivors include his wife, Janice<br />
Carlson ’49 Reed.<br />
Einard L. Strand ’49 on October 3, 2002.<br />
Among survivors is his wife, Virginia<br />
Westin ’49 Strand.<br />
Kenneth W. Krukow ’50 on August 31,<br />
2002. Survivors include his wife, Doris.<br />
Marion Landstrom ’51 Dennett in May,<br />
2002.<br />
Ingve K. Satterberg ’51 on September<br />
3, 2002.<br />
Anne Mourisse ’52 McFarlin on June<br />
23, 2002.<br />
Avis Jae Norling ’54 Swanson on<br />
September 23, 2002.<br />
George E. Arbaugh ’55 on October<br />
6, 2002. Among survivors is his wife,<br />
Donna Gord ’54 Arbaugh.<br />
Harold Freier ’55 on April 24, 2002.<br />
Raymond E. Hallin ’55 on July 1, 2002.<br />
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn<br />
Bloomquist ’54 Hallin.<br />
Arnold S. Nelson ’55 on May 29, 2002.<br />
Among survivors is his wife, Charlotte<br />
Davis ’56 Nelson.<br />
Nancy Wolfe ’56 Anderson on October<br />
6, 2002. Survivors include her husband,<br />
Ronald ’56.<br />
Jeanette Nylen ’56 McLaughlin on<br />
October 21, 2002. Among survivors is<br />
her daughter, Beth McLaughlin ’80<br />
Caswell.<br />
John E. Swanson ’57 on August 3,<br />
2002. Survivors include his wife, Janet<br />
Gunnerson ’57 Swanson.<br />
Philip J. Ollman, Jr. ’59 on June 28,<br />
2002. His wife, Janet, survives him.<br />
Peter N. Gartelos ’64 on August 24,<br />
2002. Among survivors is his wife,<br />
Carole.<br />
C. Alan Randall ’65 on October 21, 2002.<br />
Survivors include his wife, Joan, and<br />
son, Jeffrey Randall ’91.<br />
Karen Jensen ’74 Baugher on July 11,<br />
2002. Her husband, David, survives her.<br />
Ervina Horn ’75 on November 7, 2000.<br />
Shirley Tappendorf ’80 Lee on August<br />
30, 2002. Her husband, Stephen, survives<br />
her.<br />
Jeffrey Pope ’80 on April 7, 2002. His<br />
wife, Mary, survives him.<br />
Robert D. Leonard, Jr. ’01 on October<br />
13, 2002.
On stage<br />
Opera@<strong>Augustana</strong> presents Opera<br />
Showcase, featuring Verdi baritone<br />
Ryan Edwards<br />
April 11 and 12 at 8pm in<br />
Wallenberg Hall<br />
<strong>Augustana</strong> <strong>College</strong> Theatre<br />
presents Picnic, by William Inge<br />
May 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10 at 8pm; May 4 at<br />
2pm in Potter Hall<br />
On screen<br />
Alumni Speakers Series* event at the Oak Brook<br />
(Ill.) Hyatt, featuring Erwin Weber’s video biography<br />
of Conrad Bergendoff, with guest commentary by<br />
Betsey Brodahl April 24 at 7pm<br />
On the table<br />
Band Reunion Dinner, in advance of the Home<br />
Concert in Centennial Hall<br />
March 15 in the <strong>College</strong> Center; Reception* begins at 5pm<br />
(concert at 8pm)<br />
All over campus<br />
Alumni/Commencement Weekend, May 23-25, featuring:<br />
• Reunion activities for the Classes of 1963, 1958, 1953, 1948,<br />
1943, 1938, 1933 & 1928<br />
• Reunion Dinner Cruise* on the Mississippi<br />
May 23 at 6pm<br />
• “Life of Bergendoff” video presentation (see ‘On screen’<br />
above), May 24 at 10am in the Olin Center<br />
Band Lawn Concert May 24 at 2:30pm<br />
on the Bergendoff lawn<br />
<strong>Augustana</strong> Music Festival Concert May 24 at 8pm in Centennial Hall<br />
Alumnito-dolist<br />
NOTE For more information on these items, contact the alumni offi ce at 309-794-7477.<br />
* requires reservation<br />
On Tour<br />
During spring break, Feb. 28 to March 9, the<br />
<strong>Augustana</strong> Choir will be presenting performances<br />
in Des Moines, Iowa; Omaha, Neb.; Topeka and<br />
Kansas City, Kan.; St. Louis, Mo.; Springfi eld,<br />
Peoria, River Forest and Naperville, Ill. The<br />
Symphonic Band will be somewhat farther afi eld,<br />
mounting a tour of England with performances<br />
in York, Warwick, Stratford and London. For<br />
details on either ensemble, call the cultural events<br />
offi ce at 309-794-7307, or visit the Arts section of<br />
www.augustana.edu.<br />
On exhibit<br />
<strong>Augustana</strong> <strong>College</strong> Studio Art Faculty<br />
Exhibition Through March 26<br />
[pictured at left: James Konrad, Hostage<br />
Series: The Awakening, 2002, oil on canvas,<br />
36”x28”]z<br />
27th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts<br />
Exhibition April 4-27<br />
Senior Studio Art Exhibition<br />
May 3-24<br />
On the horizon<br />
The Alumni Board of Directors has<br />
approved a fi ve-year plan which includes an ambitious<br />
array of potential events and programs. Be on the lookout<br />
for:<br />
150<br />
� alumni travel<br />
programs<br />
� events targeting<br />
organizational identifi -<br />
cation (e.g., the March<br />
15 Band Reunion)<br />
relationships between alumni and faculty<br />
� ideas to strengthen<br />
� the initial phases in planning for <strong>Augustana</strong>’s<br />
sesquicentennial<br />
47
Finalshot<br />
Out of the office<br />
Among Thomas Tredway’s closest<br />
friends is Arthur Mampel, a retired<br />
pastor and published poet who lives in<br />
Seattle. Hearing the campus legend that<br />
the president sometimes used his win-<br />
dow as an escape hatch prompted the<br />
following poem, which appeared in<br />
Snapshots (Motecurb Publishing, 1984).<br />
48 <strong>Augustana</strong> Magazine | Winter 2003<br />
Feathers<br />
The leafy footpath points the way<br />
to Founders Hall where Thomas stays.<br />
Trees mark his office,<br />
light and grim;<br />
they shade him when the day’s too bright,<br />
they spread a shadow when he’s thin,<br />
a camaraderie of night.<br />
On salty days when hours flicker<br />
and cool lawns look more inviting,<br />
an exit through the window’s quicker,<br />
so easy feathers go alighting.<br />
This man with ample manner flees<br />
any dull complicity.<br />
Religious to the fleshy core!<br />
A thriving roll into the air,<br />
a restive, winging solitaire.<br />
His mind forever waging war<br />
in search of spiritual repair.<br />
There’s not much of a contest in spotting Dr. Thomas Tredway ’57 heading<br />
out for a run from the Carver Center. The fellow on the left might throw you,<br />
since “Swanie” (retired chaplain Richard Swanson ’54) usually has a beard. To<br />
make a game of it, send your guess of the year this appeared in the <strong>Augustana</strong><br />
Bulletin to acmks@augustana.edu.