Alumni Blog

Month: April 2011

  • Ava Lambrecht ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Ava Lambrecht ’08 is working as an Operations and Administrative Assistant at St. David’s Center for Child and Family in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

  • Paul D Hanson ’61

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    Erin Wilken

    Before our long anticipated 50th reunion, I should confess to my fellow members of the class of l961 that I am spending the spring semester at St. Olaf as the Martin E. Marty Visiting Professor of Religion and the Academy. I promise to do penance in front of the Gustavus statue upon arriving with my…

  • Chris Stavenger ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    Chris Stavenger is a PA-C at Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Fargo, ND.

  • Ron Ackerman ’68, Gary Rettke ’65, Al Muehlhausen ’69, and Dave Johnson ’66

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    Erin Wilken

    At the recent NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament in March in Philadelphia, 4 former Gustie Wrestlers from the MIAC Championship Wrestling Team of 1965 re-united. From left to right: Ron Ackerman ’68, Gary Rettke ’65, Al Muehlhausen ’69, and Dave Johnson ’66

  • Justyn Dow ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Justyn Dow, class of 2008, is a singer/songwriter based out of Minneapolis. On February 15, 2011, he released his debut album, titled Dim Light Shining. The name came from a band he and four other Gusites formed during their tenure on top of the hill. The EP is currently available for purchase on iTunes. On…

  • Kristin Garland ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Kristin Garland, class of 2006, is a current M.A. candidate in Sport Management at the University of Minnesota. She has been named a prestigious Fulbright Scholar and is the 2011-12 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship exchange program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Garland is…

  • John Blair ’66

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    Erin Wilken

    John D. Blair ’66, married Grace Allison on March 5, 2011r in Lubbock, TX, where he is the Gracie G. and William B. Snyder Professor in Management in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Grace moved from Dallas and is the host of her internet radio show “Be Your Own Superhero.” John’s…

  • Allison Hawley March ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    Allison Hawley March ’03 is managing editor for Rainbow Rumpus children’s magazine (www.rainbowrumpus.org), and works in communications for the Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Performance Improvement.