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  • Ethan Armstrong ’09

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    Gusties in New Orleans to celebrate the wedding of Ethan Armstrong ’09 and Anna Conroy on 11/12/16.

  • 1967 and 1968 Chieftains (Chi Iota Kappa) gather

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    Chieftains of 1967 and 1968 Gather in the Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole in September 2016: Front Row:  Ken Biederman ‘68, Bob Karli ‘67, Ron Malmquist ‘68, Larry Ortloff ‘68, Arv Zenk ‘68, Todd Jacobson ’68.  Back Row:  Paul Nerothin ‘67, Tom Toftey ‘67, Larry Trued ’67.

  • Joel Walters ’80 named head of the Missouri Department of Revenue

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    Gov. Eric Greitens named Joel Walters ’80, a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, as the new head of the Missouri Department of Revenue Tuesday morning.  Walters currently serves the global business auditing firm’s tax leader on inbound tax practices where he helped non-American businesses operate within American tax schemes. He previously worked as the corporate finance director for Vodafone, overseeing…

  • Three Gusties in Cuba

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    On a recent Yoga Retreat in Havana, Cuba, Kathryn Day ’78 and her sister, Barbara Day ’75 ran into a 3rd Gustie in their small group of 20!!  Left to right:  Isabel Cifuentes ’96, Kathryn Day and Barbara Day.

  • Alan Brew ’89

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    Dr. Alan Brew ’89 is the new executive director of the Sigurd Olson Institute  Dr. Brew holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999) as well as holding an M.A. from UNC, and a B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College.  Dr. Brew’s professional career can be characterized as centered…

  • J-term Gusties in Seattle

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    J-term students as well as local alumni who showed up to volunteer at Mary’s Place on Jan. 15, as part of their January term class. We had a fun day of helping out around the place as needed including playing and doing arts and crafts with the kids in the playroom. The people from left…

  • Gustie Get Together

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    Deborah Jean Templin ’73 met up with fellow Gustie, Jon Erik Carlson ’72 in Manhattan, NY.

  • Smyth – Broeckert wedding

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    Adam Smyth ’14 and Samantha Broeckert ’14 were married on October 8, 2016.  The couple resides in Burnsville, MN.

  • Hockey alumni at Smyth wedding

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    Many Gustavus hockey alumni attended the wedding of Adam Smyth ’14 and Samantha Broeckert ’14 on October 8, 2016.  Pictured are several attendees who were all part of the hockey team with Adam.  Back:  Andy Pearson ’15, Mason Wyman ’17, Sam Smith ’15, Adam Smyth ’14, Darren Lapic ’16, Jack Walsh ’15, Cory Ellis ’15. …

  • 1991 Gustie gals

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    In October nine ladies from the Class of 1991 had a reunion in northern Minnesota.  Pictured: Front row:  Becca (Briggs) Kansas, Amy (McCrea) Morrell, Emily (Grimstad) Bauernfeind, Nicole LaVoi, Lynn (Stephens) Giovannelli Back row: Kerstin (Johnson) Erickson, Kathy (McCune) Parten, Georgi Speliopoulos, Lisa (Tollman) Perbix