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Alumni Notes
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
(Towns and cities listed on these
pages are in Nebraska unless noted
or generally understood. All events
occurred in 2009 unless indicated
otherwise. Efforts are made to keep
our news current.)
1941
Archie L. McPherran has published
his fifth book, “Operation
Desert Wind.” Proceeds from
this publication will supplement
the McPherran Scholarship fund
at WSC; the 15th annual recipient
has been announced. Archie
and his wife, Margaret, reside in
Sacramento, Calif. He has retired
as Vice Chancellor at California
State Community College.
1946
Marion (Kriege) Doss lives in
Yuba City, Calif. She retired from
a teaching career in 1987 and
at the age of 83 still serves as a
substitute teacher. When Marion
retired from full-time teaching,
she became an impersonator of
Mother Goose entertaining for
birthdays, at day cares, elementary
schools, fairs, festivals and
nursing homes.
1970
Randy Bates serves as the
athletic director at Norris High
School, Firth. He was chosen
by the American Alliance for
Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance as Central
States Athletic Director of the
Year. Randy was named the
Nebraska Athletic Administrator
of the Year in 2008 by the
Nebraska Interscholastic Athletic
Administrators Association. He
lives in Lincoln.
1976
Jean (Lienemann) Hillyer
has been named the assistant
director of the Mabel Peters
Caruth Learning Resource
Center at the Baylor University
Louise Herrington School of
Nursing in Dallas, Texas. She
joins the faculty as an academic
professional with the rank of
assistant librarian; serving as the
primary contact for reference
assistance
and
computer
searches.
Jean
received
her MLS
with honors
from the
University
of North
Texas. Jean and her husband,
David, live in Coppell, Texas.
Coleen (Paulson) Riedmann
has joined NP Dodge Real Estate
Sales, Inc.,
Omaha
as a real
estate sales
associate.
She is a
member
of the
national
and state
Board
of Realtors. Coleen and her
husband, Mike, are actively
involved in the metropolitan area
of Omaha. They are the parents
of four grown children, Nicole,
Natalie, Jacy and Lucas ‘05.
1977
Brad Weber received the
Donald A. Lentz Outstanding
Bandmaster Award at the 2009
Nebraska State Bandmasters
Association annual convention.
This award is intended “to
recognize an individual who has
made an outstanding contribution
throughout his or her career, not
to honor an individual for only a
given year’s work.” During the
convention Brad was elected to
the NSBA’s Executive Board as
President. He has been employed
as an adjunct faculty member at
WSC since 1984 and serves as
the instrumental music instructor
at Wayne High School, a position
he has held for the past 23 years.
Brad is a summer director for
the Nebraska Masonic All-Star
Marching Band at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. He and his
wife Deb live in Wayne and are
the parents of three daughters,
Melissa (WSC ‘01), Megan
(WSC ‘05) and Micaela (WSC
‘09).
1978
Dennis Wininger, San Francisco,
Calif., has published his first
book, “Proper Walk - My
Journey to Help the Children
of Makindu.” It is the story
of the life-long friendship of
WSC graduates and the Proper
Walk. The Walk was created by
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