Alumni Blog

Month: July 2014

  • JJ Akin ’11

    JJ Akin ’11

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    Classmates, teammates, and roommates gathered in Roseville for Jade Kotila’s ’11 wedding on July 11. Front row (l to r): JJ Akin ’11, Tyler Melhorn ’11. Back row (l to r): Luke Olson ’11, Alex Muntean, Zach Umbreit ’11, John Juran ’11, Cody Wright ’11, Jade Kotila ’11, Nick Strachota ’11, and Dan Meinz ’11.

  • Scott Hagen ’84

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    Scott and Laurie (Berge) Hagen ’84, ’84 recently moved to Sparta WI, where Scott was transferred by the Army to work at Fort McCoy. Scotty says, “Its great to be back in the Midwest and look forward to reunion weekend. We also look forward to our son, Matthew’s ’14 wedding next year.”

  • Nicole Wilker Shaw ’07

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    Nicole Shaw ’07 joined Thomson Reuters as a Strategic Licensing Associate in September 2013.

  • Blake Davis ’89

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    Blake Davis recently retired as the Assistant Director for the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, D.C. and relocated to Boca Raton, Florida where he is now Vice President of Operations for the GEO Group.

  • Gusties at the BBB

    Gusties at the BBB

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    Sharing a picture of Gustie co-workers – “Standing behind the BBB”. This picture was taken at the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota’s headquarters in Burnsville. We realized we were all Gusties – AND that the four of us represent four decades from GAC – cool! Jeff Pedersen ‘84 Ryan Luecke ’08 Becky…

  • Todd Kremmin ’12

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    Todd has accepted admission for graduate studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Department of Geological Sciences for Fall 2014. Moved from The Woodlands, Texas to Duluth, Minnesota. “It was bittersweet to say goodbye to the wonderful people I worked with while at Anadarko Petroleum the past two years. UMD offers a tremendous…

  • Ava Lambrecht Suzuki-Lambrecht ’08

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    Ava Suzuki-Lambrecht ’08 is now working for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

  • Susan Johnson Fox ’74

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      Late Boomer aka Bloomer-my Late “bloomer” Boomer – my kids are 16 and 18. Yes, I was 46 years old with the last child now a sophomore in HS. Daughter a Sophomore at Gonzaga University in Spokane WA. Duh she was not interested in our infamous winters…couldn’t even get her to tour MN! How…

  • Chad Olinger ’85

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    Chad Olinger ’85 is group leader for Applied Modern Physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In addition to leading a group performing quantum communications, quantum sensing, magnetic resonance imaging and radiography, Chad engages in solar wind research, meteorite studies, nuclear weapons prompt diagnostics and has worked extensively in nuclear nonproliferation and arms control. Outside of…