Author: aerick13

  • Class Officer Spotlight: John Moorhead ’68

    Written by Bill Laumann ’66 In 1968, the Gustavus hockey team won their third straight conference championship. The captain and team leader of that team was John Moorhead. When he arrived on Campus as a recruited ‘puckster’ from Minnetonka HS, the future of the hockey program appeared grim. There had been no hockey program at…

  • Class Officer Spotlight: Rebecca Ihnen ’16

    Written by Cathy Villars Harms ‘85 The featured Class Officer for this quarter is Rebecca Ihnen.  Last newsletter we shared the story about Owen Sammelson ’58 and how he has successfully reached participation rates over 60% in his class with his personal touch. Now we learn about a plan to engage one of our newest…

  • Class Officer Spotlight: Owen “Sam” Sammelson ’58

    By Jane Norman Leitzman ’69 An Adirondack chair beside a garden of flowers seems an appropriate setting for this humble Gustavus pillar, Owen Sammelson ’58. Known by many in our community as “Sam,” this man has had much to do with charting the course of alumni giving. When my daughter Karla went to work for…