Entries tagged with ‘1979’

Charles Skalbeck

Charles Skalbeck ’79 after 42 years and over 26,000 hours aloft, retired from his role as Captain on the Boeing 737NG for Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, GA. Delta Air Lines is the largest airline in the world by revenue and second by passengers carried. In 1979, Charles Skalbeck joined Northwest Airlines as a Flight […]

1974 and 1979 Gusties Gather in Minneapolis

Gusties gathered at the home of Peg (Bronkala) and Lee Skold in Minneapolis, for an early 2019 New Year’s Eve party.  Some of these classmates hadn’t seen each other since college days – good fun was had by all! Pictured Front L to R:  Sandra Wheat Ingaldson ’79, Sue Swanson Kimitch ’74, Cherie Wheat Schweiger […]

Linda Carlyon ’79

Linda Carlyon ’79 is a nursing faculty at North Hennepin Community College in Brooklyn Park, MN. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Renee (Rule) Greer ’79

Renee Greer ’79 was selected to serve as the Chief Nursing Officer of the 2019 World Scout Jamboree to be hosted by Scouts Canada, Scouts Mexico and the Boy Scouts of America. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Mary Jo (Dusek) Briggs ’79

Mary Jo Dusek Briggs ’79 is a Director of Quality at Community Health Plan of Washington in Seattle, WA. Leading a group of talented health improvement and care improvement professionals serving federally qualified healthcare centers and under served populations across WA State. My husband Jeff and I relocated back to Seattle last year after spending […]

Kelly Coleman ’79

Kelly Coleman ’79, of Maple Grove, MN,  is a Distinguished Scientist at Medtronic in Minneapolis and was inducted into the company’s Bakken Society on August 10, 2017. Named for Medtronic founder Earl Bakken, the Bakken Society is an honorary organization established in 1979 to formally recognize Medtronic employees who have distinguished themselves in furthering the […]

Karen (Jones) Wojahn ’79

A group of ’79 education majors gathered in Red Wing, MN to celebrate 40 years of friendship and marked the occasion with a professional photo session.  Clockwise from top: Kim Anderson Schutt, Joy Peterson Sietsema, Deb Vetter, Heidi Palmquist Larson, Karen Jones Wojahn, Mary Anne Carlson Korsch. This news was submitted using our Submit Your […]

Dakota County Public Health

Dakota County Public Health is proud to have 5 Gustie nurses working in the department!  Gustavus nursing alumni and nursing students pictured: Front left to right: Amy Schilman Mimm ’95; Rose Omodt Jost ’63; Bonnie Madsen Brueshoff ’79; Mary Hassinger Retzlaff ’78; Sue Roos Spector ‘77 Back left to right; Lori MacKinnon ’82;  and nursing […]

Hallee Adamsheck ’14

Hallee Adamsheck (2014) graduated this spring with a master of genetic counselor studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Present at her thesis presentation are two proud Gusties, her father, Jeff Adamsheck (1979) and assistant program director, Laura Birkeland (2000). This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd […]

Dawn Krabbenhoft Stapleton ’01

Drs. James Turner ’73, Kevin Bjork ’79, and Dawn Krabbenhoft Stapleton ’01 traveled to Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala for a medical mission trip in January of 2016. Many surgeries were performed over the week, as well as some projects to improve the Hospilito Atitlan. A large team was involved with the mission included past alumni Martha […]

Felipe Bernstein ’79

Felipe and wife, Angelina, in Italy. Felipe Bernstein ’79 shares, “I live in Santiago, Chile and with my wife Angelina. We have 3 daughters and 1 son, and on April 7 2015 I had my first granddaughter named Mila. Currently I am CEO and owner of SOLNET Corp a Consulting and Software company in my […]

Susie Eddy Halvorson ’85

The Eddy/Halvorson family at Graduation 2015. From left are Sandy Nuebel Eddy ’79, Michael Eddy ’80, Sharon Johnson Eddy ’57, Ben Halvorson ’15, Susie Eddy Halvorson ’85, Gus the Mascot. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Steve Sullivan ’79

I attended the Class of ’79 Reunion at Whiskey River, and the Homecoming football game on 10/4/14. Nice! This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Cindy Johnson Leonard ’79

Updates from Cindy Johnson Leonard ’79, “I live in Blooming Prairie, MN Work in Patient Education at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Married to Charlie Leonard We have two children – both are married and they are all Gusties!” This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like […]