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  • Donald Granberg ’63

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    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

    Ben Brueshoff ’05

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    Ben Brueshoff ’05 is the co-founder of BĒT (the phonetic pronunciation of “beet”), a premium-pour vodka distilled from MN grown sugar beets.

  • Craig A. Nelson ’70

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    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

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    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.

  • Amanda Croonquist ’13

    Amanda Croonquist ’13

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    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).

  • Dan Homstad ’90

    Dan Homstad ’90

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    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

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Nhung Le ’08 is currently studying at Cornell University in the 2-year MBA program.

  • Janene Leimer Lenard ’89

    Janene Leimer Lenard ’89

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    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.

  • Jon Erik Larson ’72

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    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

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    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.