Archive for January, 2016

Marley Clark ’14

Marley Clark ’14 , originally from Glencoe, MN, is an area sales manager for Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles in Philadelphia, PA. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Mike Tews ’12

Mike Tews ’12 recently became a Territory Account Manager for Avaya for MN, SD, ND, and NE, and continues to live in Minneapolis. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Donald Granberg ’63

Donald Granberg ’63, recently published a book entitled The Monty Hall Dilemma: A Cognitive Illusion Par Excellence. The book deals with the famous “Three Door” problem that originated with the Let’s Make a Deal television show and became controversial when Marilyn vos Savant wrote about it in four PARADE Magazine columns. Granberg’s contribution was to […]

Ben Brueshoff ’05

Co-founder Ben Brueshoff '05 at right. Ben Brueshoff ’05 is the co-founder of BĒT (the phonetic pronunciation of “beet”), a premium-pour vodka distilled from MN grown sugar beets. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Craig A. Nelson ’70

Dr. Craig A. Nelson ’70 shares, “I had my aortic heart valve replaced with a “St. Jude Holy Cow Valve,” on Oct. 19, 2015. Everything at Mayo/Rochester was wonderful and I’m almost finished with cardiac rehab and ready to get traveling again. Still working part-time doing interviews for the U.S. Census Bureau, and living in the […]

Melissa Wygant Mokry ’12

Melissa Wygant ’12 married William Mokry Jr. on January 16, 2016 in Colorado. It was a wonderful day filled with dancing and catching up with family as well as friends from graduate school and Gustavus. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please […]

Amanda Croonquist ’13

Clean sweep for Gustavus! All three Croonquist children attend Gustavus Adolphus College. Amanda ’13 (left) and Jacob ’18 (center), helped move in their youngest sister, Rachel, ’19 (right). This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Dan Homstad ’90

Dan Homstad ’90 has joined the law firm of Kassius Benson Law. P.A., Minneapolis, MN. Dan has entered the private criminal defense bar after 15 years in the public defender’s office and 8 in the prosecutor’s office. Dan represents clients charged with serious felony and misdemeanor crimes, DWI and Implied Consent matters, and juvenile court […]

Nhung Le ’08

Nhung Le ’08 is currently studying at Cornell University in the 2-year MBA program. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Paul Almen ’91

Attorney Paul Almen ’91 joined the firm of Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A. is January 2016. His practice focuses on the area of construction law, construction defect law, and real estate litigation, assisting sureties, owners, associations, contractors, architects, engineers, and subcontractors with a variety of matters.

Janene Leimer Lenard ’89

This fall there were five Gustavus Alumni working at Skyview Middle School in Oakdale, Minnesota. Left to Right: Erica Olson Schaps ’04, Grant Boulanger ’97, Erin Azer ’94, Brett Latterell ’94, Janene Leimer Lenard ’89. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please […]

John McCally ’86

John McCally ’86 appeared on local show Twin Cities Live in December to promote his new television show, Hockey Moms, a reality show featuring four families whose lives revolve around their children’s participation in hockey. The show is the latest creation of McCally and partner Randy Lee ’84. Together, these longtime friends form the backbone of […]

Jon Erik Larson ’72

Jon Erik Larson ’72 writes, “J-Term 2016. I am in the first week of teaching a class entitled “Monopoly, Competition & Environmentalism in the U.S. Power Industry” for the Economics & Management Department at Gustavus. The course is based on my experiences as an investment and, later, merchant banker in New York. The course is […]

Krista Brockberg ’15

Krista Brockberg ’15 works as a registered nurse at Methodist Hospital in the Family Birthing Center along with two other 2015 Gustie nursing grads, Michayla Nelson and Heidi Korin. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!