Fall 05 (pdf) - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

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75 Frank Boschi (LS) earned a doctorate in higher education
administration from Montana State University, Bozeman, in
August.
Jeannie (Steiner) Hannemann (EHS), ’94 MA, is founder
of Elizabeth Ministry International, an outreach to women and
their families during childbearing years. She recently began an
executive position as senior mission director for Relevant Radio.
She also is a regular radio show host and guest on several Relevant
Radio programs.
76 Linda Godfrey (EHS) has coauthored a book with
Richard Hendricks titled Weird Wisconsin, Your Travel Guide to
Wisconsin’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets, published by Barnes
& Noble.
77 Theodore Pierce (EHS) is completing a master’s degree
in instrumental education at VanderCook College, Chicago. He
also performs with Dorf Kapelle New Century Dance Orchestra
and other local bands and combos. His wife, Ellen (Jakus) Pierce
(EHS),’78, is choir director at Reedsville High School. They live
in Chilton and have two daughters in college.
78 Brian McCarthy (B) is senior project director at Missouri
Enterprise in Kansas City, Mo. He is pursuing a master’s degree in
engineering management at the University of Kansas. He and his
wife, Paula, have two sons and live in Lenexa, Kan.
80 Beverly Martin (N) completed a master’s degree in nursing
from Wichita State University in 2003. She has been working
as a psychiatric nurse practitioner.
Ingrid Olson (N) has become a certified hospice nurse, after
taking the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative
Nurses, accredited by the American Board of Nursing Specialties.
She works at Upland Hills Health in Platteville.
81 Tim Jahnke (B) was promoted to group president, Home
and Family Group, of Newell Rubbermaid Corporation, Atlanta.
Previously, he served as senior vice president of human resources.
Jeremy Mathers (LS) served as lead author of a paper in the
veterinary science journal Avian Diseases. The article examines
exposure to some feed antibiotics, and how it can block the uptake
of resistance-coding DNA. He is senior manager in product support
microbiology at Alpharma Inc.’s Animal Health Division,
Chicago Heights, Ill.
82 Gloria Smith Blackwell (B), ’89 MBA, became a widow
on Jan. 17, 2004, when her husband, Harry M. Blackwell, died
after a lengthy illness. Retired from Kimberly-Clark since 1998,
she lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
83 Michael Endrizzi (LS) owns an information security
company in Minneapolis, Minn.
Cindy (Hull) Laabs (N) received a master’s degree in nursing
from Arizona State University in May. She is a neonatal nurse
practitioner.
Helene Mock (LS) works as a neuro-feedback technician and is
studying to become trained in neurologic music therapy. She also
performs music with the Academy of St. Giles under the direction
of Joe Baldassarre of Boise State University’s music department.
Their performances involve medieval and Renaissance music on
percussion, recorders and cornetto.
Connie (Propp) Walker (LS) is news director of WUNC, a
public radio station, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Timothy Walters (B) has been stationed in Germany since
1992, as a U.S. Army officer and is the chief of a joint staff group.
He is responsible for operational and strategic level planning and
support provided by the Defense Logistics Agency to the United
States and allied military forces and other government agencies
throughout Europe, Russia, the Caucasus and Africa.
84 Dave Kelley (LS) is a motivational speaker, humorist and
trainer for the collegiate market. He recently had an article published
in the Student Activities Journal, the official publication of the
Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities.
Joye Moon (LS), an Oshkosh artist, recently jurored an exhibit
with the Visual Arts Society of Texas. She traveled to Florida, Colorado,
Spain and France this year to work with fellow artists. Visit
her watercolor and collage exhibit at www.joyemoon.com.
85 Randall Bennett (LS) chairs the Wisconsin State Bar’s
Intellectual Property Section Board. He earned a law degree from
UW-Madison in 1988. He is the legal services director for Plexus
Corp., Neenah.
86 Lawrence S. O’Brien II (LS) is vice president and director
of the public relations group of Bader Rutter and Associates
Inc., Brookfield.
87 Scott Bartol (EHS) is an elementary school principal in the
Berlin School District. He previously taught at both the elementary
and middle schools in Berlin.
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Kim Beck, MA, celebrated his 50th birthday
by completing his first marathon in Longford,
Ireland, which is only 10 miles from where his
great-grandfather, Patrick Dunleavy, was born.
88 Lynette (Kreuser) Anderson (EHS)
wrote and published a textbook for third-grade
students in the Kenosha schools. The book,
Kenosha: Harboring the Past, Present and Future,
has been nominated by the Wisconsin State
Historical Society for Book of the Year.
Sheryl (Jansen) Rycerz (LS), ’95 MBA, is advertising
revenue manager for the Bradenton Herald in Bradenton, Fla., a
Knight Ridder publication. She previously worked for the Duluth
News Tribune.
89 Mark G. Dilley (EHS) enrolled in the graduate program
for educational leadership and policy analysis at UW-Madison
after 15 years of secondary-level teaching and coaching.
Brian Lovett (LS), former editor of Turkey & Turkey Hunting,
served as editor for The Turkey Hunters, a compilation of stories
from America’s top outdoors writers. He resides in Oshkosh with
his wife, Jennifer.
Thomas Pamperin (B) was promoted to president/chief
executive officer at Premier Community Bank of Marion and its
holding company, MSB Bancorporation Inc.
Wenda (Will) Roycraft (B) joined Associated Bank–Fox
Valley Region as vice president in business banking.
Rochelle (Rutz) Rogan (EHS) and her husband, Mike,
welcomed their first child, Christian Jeffrey, in March 2004.
Christian is the first grandchild for UW Oshkosh graduates Russ
Rutz (EHS), ’69, and Sue (Wozny) Rutz (EHS), ’71, and the
first nephew of UW Oshkosh graduate Ryan Rutz (EHS), ’03.
Nick Watson (B) was promoted to information technology
director for Medtronic’s Image Guided Surgery business in Boulder,
Colo.
90 Bruce Schultz (LS) was promoted to dean of students at
the University of Alaska-Anchorage.
Robert F. Schumacher (LS) relocated from Salt Lake City,
Utah, to Davenport, Fla., where he is an independent contractor
with RFS Productions. He works in video and on feature-length
films. His clients include Disney, AVW and Fox Sports.
Ron Willis (LS) ran the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon
Oct. 9 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team
In Training. He ran in honor of friend and former Kenosha News
coworker Rosemary Poplar, who died in March after a two-year
battle with cancer. Willis lives in Kenosha.
92 Greg Haag (LS) coauthored the film script Hail Mary,
which recently won second place in the Wisconsin Screenwriter
Forum screenwriting contest. He is writing three other scripts.
Mary Lynn (Hughlett) Leipski (LS) is a software developer
for Quad Graphics. She and her husband, Mark, have two
children, Ashley, 5, and Justin, 1. They live in Waukesha.
David Penepent (LS) was elected president of the Finger
Lakes Funeral Directors’ Association. He is manager/funeral
director of the Herson Funeral Home in Ithaca, N.Y. He and his
wife, Susan, have three children. He has completed a master’s degree
in organizational management at the University of Phoenix.
Alumni and friends enjoyed a tour of Leinie Lodge in Chippewa
Falls during an alumni reception May 26 hosted by Tom Kell, ’71,
and Pam (Lewis) Kell,’72.
Heidi (Mathweg) Wallace (LS) became the first event director
in Wisconsin to achieve placement in the National Founders
Club for Spa Destinations, a company that teaches people how to
pamper themselves in their own home. She also is a medical social
worker at Columbus Community Hospital.
Thomas Weber (LS) is operations supervisor and technical
coordinator at Time Warner Cable, Milwaukee. He has been with
the company since 1993.
93 Jane (Maas) Crawford (EHS) relocated from Oconto to
Minnesota due to her husband’s new position as youth director at
Zion Lutheran Church, Buffalo, Minn.
Sheree (Harke) Garvey (EHS) completed her first year as
associate principal at Roosevelt Middle School, Appleton. She is
married to Donald Garvey (B), ’96, and has two children.
Brian Kargus (LS) and his wife, Amy, welcomed their second
child, Sam, in January. Their first son, Mike, is 6.
Tim A. Olson (B), ’98 MBA, took a new position as controller
at ThedaCare in Appleton.
Suzanne (Weber) Porath (EHS), MSE ’99, is a middle
school generalist at the International School of Aruba, Dutch
Caribbean, with her husband, Chris Porath, who is the school’s
technology coordinator.
94 Matthew Crawford (LS) is the director of admissions
at Anoka-Ramsey Community College in Cambridge, Minn. He
earned a master’s degree in student personnel administration from
Concordia University. He previously worked at the Milwaukee
School of Engineering and Concordia University.
Susan (Hoppe) Kirkham (B) is an instructor for the Center
for New Learning and the Department of Speech Communication
at UW Oshkosh.
94 Karen (Hegberg) Larsen (LS) married Kenneth Larsen
on May 7. She is a sales representative at Badger Press Inc., in Fort
Atkinson.
Nathan Moon (LS) is a senior attorney with the Office of the
State Courts Administrator in Florida. In July, he was selected as
lead staff to the Florida Supreme Court’s Steering Committee on
Families and Children in the Court.
95 Joel Bateman (LS) is a detective for the Oak Creek Police
Department Investigative Bureau. He also serves as an entry team
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