THE LORAS COLLEGE MAGAZINE | VOL. 59 | NO. 1 | WINTER 2010

Class Notes | Spring 2011
Tom Holme (’83) has been named fellow of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science at Iowa State
University. Holme is professor of chemistry
at the University. He was awarded for
distinguished contributions to chemistry
education through developing assessments
as a researcher and as the director of the
American Chemical Society Examinations
Institute.
Michael J. Cornelis (’84) was elected as
the chairman of the Bakery Equipment
Manufacturers and Allieds (BEMA) executive
committee and board of directors on
June 19, 2010. Cornelis is the vice president
of Sasa-Demarle. He has been an active
member of BEMA since 1985 and has served
the organization as a member of the board of
directors for six years.
Michael Jansz (’85) was sworn in as the
newest associate judge of the 13th Judicial
Circuit at the LaSalle County Courthouse
in Ottawa, Ill. Admitted to the Illinois bar
in 1988, Jansz is an associate with
Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan
and Reagan, P.C. He first worked as a
LaSalle County assistant state’s attorney
until 1990 when he joined the Herbolsheimer
firm. From 1996-98, he was president of the
LaSalle County Bar Association. In 2009, his
peers named him an Illinois Leading Lawyer.
Ann Oberg (’85) has joined the Allied
Health Sciences staff at Mid-South
Community College in West Memphis, Ark.
She now serves as program specialist/faculty
for the new Pharmacy Technician certificate
program. Oberg has worked in hospital, government
and long-term care pharmacies. She
most recently coordinated the pharmacy
technician program and taught at National
American University (NAU) in Sioux Falls,
S.D. Oberg is well-known on a national level
as an item writer for the Pharmacy
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Technician Certification Exam (PTCE), a
reviewer of pharmacy technician textbooks
and as a speaker at pharmacy technician
conventions. She is involved in national
pharmacy associations and is the current vice
president of the American Association of
Pharmacy Technicians (AAPT).
John Steger (’85) has been named the
special teams coordinator and inside
linebackers coach at Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale. Steger spent the
past 11 seasons at University of Minnesota-
Duluth, leading the Bulldogs to four playoff
appearances and the 2008 Division II
national title as the defensive coordinator.
Raymond Cavanaugh (’86) has been
appointed as an associate judge of the 9th
Judicial Circuit, which includes Knox,
Warren, Fulton, McDonough, Hancock and
Henderson counties in Illinois. Cavanaugh
received his juris doctor in 1990 from The
John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Ill.
Ric Arand (’89), head football coach for
Lena-Winslow High School, recently led his
team to a Class 1A Illinois State Football
Championship. The Panthers tied a state
championship game record with seven
rushing touchdowns in a 47-14 pounding
of Tuscola. The win was the first state
championship in school history in any sport
for the Panthers.
Karen Enright (’89) has been elected to the
board of governors of the Illinois State Bar
Association. The 25-member board directs
the operations and activities of the statewide
organization. Enright is a founding partner of
the Chicago law firm of Winters Enright
Salzetta & O’Brien, LLC. She is a successful
attorney who has tried numerous cases
involving complex medical and personal
injuries. Enright received her juris doctor in
1992 from The John Marshall Law School in
Chicago, Ill.
Thomas Flagel (’89) released a second edition
of his book, entitled, The History Buff’s
Guide to the Civil War. The book was
released by Cumberland House Publishing,
Inc., on Sept. 1, 2010.
Paul Mierkiewicz (’89) has been named
Loras College’s 25th head football coach.
Mierkiewicz recently finished a successful
10-year head coaching run at Hastings
College in Hastings, Neb., where he guided
the Broncos to a 65-41 record.
1990s
Jerry McBride (’90) won a second term for
the DuPage County Board (Republican
Party) with 63 percent of the vote in the
District 4 race. McBride was first elected to
the county board four years ago.
Ted Borelli (’92) was named advertising
director for the Telegraph Herald in
Dubuque, Iowa. Borelli was previously
senior print sales manager at Gazette
Communications in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
where he had worked for 15 years. During
his time at the Gazette, Borelli was promoted
several times, with titles including: major
accounts specialist, retail advertising supervisor,
team coach manager and classified
advertising manager.
Michael P. FitzPatrick (’92) has been
promoted to vice president—Asbury office
manager in the Retail Banking Division of
American Trust & Savings Bank in
Dubuque, Iowa. FitzPatrick joined the bank
in 2007.
The Rev. Dennis Quint (’92) has been
assigned pastor of the Basilica of St. Francis
Xavier in Dyersville, Iowa, and also St.
Paul’s Catholic Church in Worthington,
Iowa. Quint was ordained by The Most
Rev. Jerome Hanus, O.S.B., in 1996. Quint’s
first assignment was at St. Jude Catholic
Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he
spent three years. He then spent one year at
Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Dubuque,
Iowa, before being assigned to St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church in Parkersburg, Iowa, where
he served parishioners in Reinbeck,
Parkersburg, Dike and Grundy Center for
the past 10 years.