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CLASS NOTES’93 Timothy Gootee is abranch manager at First Bankin Johnston, Iowa. He lives inUrbandale, Iowa.Three finance/real estatemajors were among theDes Moines Area BusinessRecord’s 2011 “Forty under40,” which recognizesup-and-coming businessand community leaders.Congratulations to:’96 Ryan Wedemeyer a loanofficer with West Bank whoresides in Johnston, Iowa.’01 Megan (Jennings) Ruble,a senior account managerat Well¬mark BC-BS in DesMoines, Iowa. She resides inAnkeny, Iowa.’04 Justin Lossner, withR&R Reality MarketingGroup in West Des Moines,Iowa. He resides in Urbandale,Iowa.’97 Todd C.Millang, seniorvice presidentat CB RichardEllis/HubbellCommercial,received “2010Deal of the Year” IndustryImpact Award and was namedBroker of the Year by the IowaCommercial Real Estate Associationduring the ICREA Expoheld Sept. 28, 2010, in West DesMoines. He resides in Urbandale,Iowa.’05 Tyler D.Dingel, seniorassociate atCB RichardEllis/HubbellCommercial,was recognizedat the Iowa Commercial RealEstate Association Expo onSept. 28, 2010, as Broker ofthe Year & Deal of the Year.He also received the 2010 AmyJennings Young Professional ofthe Year award from the YoungProfessionals Connection of DesMoines, Iowa, in recognitionof civic involvement, charitablegiving, social activity andprofessional development. Heresides in Urbandale, Iowa.’06 Luke Gast is a lendingmanagement trainee at FirstCitizens National Bank’s westMason City, Iowa, location.’06 Brent Kramer worksfor Federated Insurance as amarketing representative. Heresides in Lisle, Ill.’07 Eric Dietzenbach is afinancial officer for Farm CreditServices of America in Decorah,Iowa. Dietzenbach lives in St.Lucas, Iowa.’07 Paul Rosenboom waspromoted to asset manager inMidland Loan Services’ RealEstate Solutions Group. Heresides in Kansas City, Mo.’08 Megan (Rausch)McAllister was promoted tomortgage loan originator atAmerican Trust & Savings Bankin Dubuque, Iowa. She residesin Dyersville, Iowa, with herhusband, Chris.’11 Amanda Donovan is asurveillance analyst at KeybankReal Estate Capital in OverlandPark, Kan.DeathsDennis E. Martin, Eldora,Iowa, died Dec. 16, 2010.Martin was in the process ofcompleting his degree in realestate.MBAMarriages’96 Steven Jackson marriedAngela (Diebold) Jackson.Class Notes’99 (Hong Kong) David JungKyun Shin is CEO of the LuckyDragon Group in Seoul, SouthKorea, and Las Vegas.’04 (HongKong) AmyYeung was onthe cover of Mc-Donald’s FamilyMagazine inHong Kong.The magazine featured her in astory about how to balance workand life and how to enjoy bothparenthood and your career.’06 Chris Bengston (GeneralStudies ’01) is senior forecastanalyst on a managed-servicescontract for Guthy-Renker,the company that distributesProactiv. He and his wife live inOlathe, Kan.’06 (Hong Kong) ThottupurathKrishnakumar moved to Torontoafter completing his MBAin Hong Kong where he studiedCanadian taxes, the field inwhich he now works. Krishnakumarsays, “I can proudly tell youthat the MBA has given me thestrength and confidence to makea decision to quit a full timejob with a solid group and startafresh in a totally new country,with totally strange people. … Ihave confidence that I can buildmy own tax business in thiswonderful country. I believe thetime and money invested in UNIMBA was really a good investmentand it will pay back.”’08 (Hong Kong) LawrenceTsui, his wife, Grace, and son,Eugene, moved to Etobicoke,Ontario, Canada, in October2010.Deaths‘04 (Hong Kong) Yomie Yo Mei(Chan) Leung died in October2011.Management/ManagementInformation Systems/Business TeachingMarriages’05 Amy (McDonald) Kaplanmarried Austin Kaplan on Sept.25, 2010. The couple lives inAnkeny, Iowa.’09 Geoffrey Knoop marriedKaytee (Kleinmeyer) Knoop onAug. 27, 2011. He is a humanresources assistant at UnitedFire & Casualty Co. in CedarRapids, Iowa.Births’03 Britne (Haskin) Dietz andCasey Dietz (’04), daughterCamryn Lynn born Jan. 18,34Joseph Thomas (Marketing ’10) andMark Roling (Management ’03) work forCottingham & Butler.Erica Drown (Marketing ’10), CourtneyRoumfort (Accounting and Finance ’10) and BenNess (Finance ’10) work for HNI Corporation.Ryan Powell (Accounting and Finance ’10), JennyNowland (’07) and Lynnette Wagner (Accountingand Finance ’10) work for Cargill.
2007, and son Ethan Arthurborn Aug. 3, 2010. Britne isan underwriter for PrincipalFinancial. Casey is an analyst,marketing, with Wells FargoHome Mortgage. They live inWest Des Moines, Iowa.’04 Sara (Hawker)Breckenfelder, son EvanJohn born Jan. 15, 2010. Shemarried Matt Breckenfelderon Oct. 11, 2008, and worksas an administrative assistantat Regional Medical Center inManchester, Iowa.Class Notes’74 John Bates, president ofBarnes Building Materialsin Cedar Falls, Iowa, wasrecently honored as LumberDealer of the Year at the IowaDealers Association’s (IDA)annual convention. The awardis in recognition of Bates’sservice and commitment tohis customers and for his workon behalf of the lumber andbuilding materials industry.’79 James A. Lingo was electedto the 2011 Hy-Vee Board ofDirectors. Lingo is store directorfor Hy-Vee Food Stores onCollins Road in Cedar Rapids,Iowa.’83 Don Coffin received aGovernor’s Volunteer Awardfor his 20 years of service toEaster Seals Iowa and CampSunnyside. Easter Seals laudedCoffin’s “visionary leadership,compassion and steadiness” ashaving shaped Easter Seals’ abilityto “provide everyone equalopportunities to live, learn, workand play.” Coffin is senior vicepresident and chief lendingofficer of Bankers Trust Co. Helives in West Des Moines, Iowa.’86 Brad Ridnour was hired assenior vice president and nationalsales director for TransamericaWorksite Marketing. Ridnouroversees the company’s nationalsales and distribution initiatives.’87 Tony Evans is client servicesmanager for Tubelite Inc.’s newoffice in Mesquite, Texas.Previously he worked as U.S.Aluminum’s engineering productsmanager after 23 years withVistawall as its national productsmanager and director of clientservices.’88 Scott Eltjes is CEO andpresident of BTC Capital, anaffiliate of Bankers Trust andwas recently named senior vicepresident of Development &Investment Management forBankers Trust. He and his familylive in Norwalk, Iowa.’93 Brian Muench was namedvice president, Investments, atAllianz Life Insurance Companyof North America.’95 Mary (Hoelz) Gordy is assistantdirector of admissions atCollege America in Denver.’02 Mamdoh Al-Habeebcompleted Healthcare InformationTechnology and Master ofScience in Information SystemsTechnology degrees at TheGeorge Washington University.Alhabeeb received a grantfrom the U.S. government tocomplete his education.’04 Mark Sinnott is productionmanager for The CloroxCompany in Spring Hill, Kan.Deaths’92 Christopher WilliamKimball, Urbandale, Iowa,died Dec. 8, 2010. His father,Bill Kimball, served on theUNIBusiness ExecutiveAdvisory Board.ProfessorEmeritus MaryBlanford ofNew Haven,Conn., diedJune 2011.Blanford, anassistant professor of businesseducation and administrativemanagement, taught at what isnow UNI from 1947 to 1982.MarketingMarriages’03 Kristin (Willis) Schmittmarried Kenny Schmitt.Births’91 Richard McNamara & ’91Nancy (Barton) McNamara,son Alexander John born March7, 2011. They reside in Minneapolis.’99 Kari (Tank) Chesterman,son Zachary David born July6, 2010. She and her husband,John, live in Dubuque, Iowa.Class Notes’50 Ardeth (Bennett) Kocourekis moderator of the Synodof Lakes and Prairies of thePresbyterian Church and parttimecommissioned lay pastor forchurches in Martin and Tuthill,S.D. She is an officer of theBennett County Retired TeachersAssociation and local DARchapter and resides in Martin.’50 Pat (Martens) Shepard &’51 Richard Shepard have givenup skiing, but continue to spendtheir summers in Sun Valley,Idaho. They have two daughtersin the Seattle area and a son inthe Sun Valley area. They residein Freeland, Wash.’53, MA ’62 Robert Huckinstraveled to Washington D.C. asa member of Honor Flight SouthDakota, a complimentary trip tohonor veterans of World War II.He lives in Pierre, S.D.’61, MA ’71 Duane Nevenhovenwas inducted into theIowa High School Golf Coaches’Hall of Fame after 22 years ofcoaching, and is also an inducteeinto the Iowa Girls High SchoolAthletic Union BasketballCoaches Hall of Fame. He livesin Aplington, Iowa, where he hasworked 50 years in education.’65 Michael J. Pint, who residesin Naples, Fla., owns The Seasonsat Maplewood, which wonthe Senior Housing Developmentor Redevelopment awardfrom the Minneapolis/St. PaulBusiness Journal. Pint turned theproperty in Maplewood, Minn.,from a down-and-out facility toa 150-unit leader in its class ofsenior living communities. Pintspends his winters in Naples, Fla.and summers in Minneapolis.’68 Bill Peacock & ’67Billi (Bullard) Peacock livein Bellville, Texas. Bill and hisFriesian Holsteiner horse, Beau,were on the 2008 and 2010 U.S.Equestrian Teams. More than 70international single horse drivingcompetitors from over 20 nationsmet this summer in Pratonidel Vivaro, Italy, to contest theWorld Singles Driving Championships.The U.S. Team finished11th overall, repeating its performanceat the ’08 Championshipsin Jarantow, Poland.Curt VanOrder (Marketing ’08)works for Aerotek.Jayne Nelson (Communication ’10), Dana Roberts(Marketing ’10), Adam Shouse (Marketing ’11) andOwen Teeling (Marketing) work for Target.Susan Kohl (MBA ’03), Jay Byington (Financeand Real Estate ’08) and Chris Fisher (Financeand Real Estate ’04) work for Rockwell Collins.35
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