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  • Dale Acton ’70

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    Dale Acton (’70) has retired as VP-Senior Advisor at Fure Financial. He and Doris (Herrmann ’73) have relocated to Clive, IA.

  • 1970 Lady Gusties Celebrate 70!

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    A group of 1970 classmates who get together regularly, gathered this summer to celebrate their 70th birthdays! They also celebrated the life of their friend, Nancy Preston Endsley, who passed away last December. Pictured l-r back: Beth Englund Anderson, Susan Shearer, Diane Mickleson Brady, Linda Frank Bovy, Linda Gilkey Lichty L-r front: Gail Linnell Ehlen,…

  • Kathleen (Anderson) Gunderson ’70

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    Isabella Klabough, who will be attending Gustavus as a first-year in the fall, posed with her Gustie relatives who gathered at her High School graduation party in Mankato, MN. Isabella will be participating in Volleyball as well as Track and Field at Gustavus.

  • Sandra G (Sandy) (MacKenzie) Madsen ’70

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    Sandra MacKenzie Madsen ’70, “Houlton Elementary School, Hudson, WI, where I lead the Garden Club as a master gardener volunteer was designated as a 2017 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School.”

  • Terese Waters-McCabe ’80

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    Gustavus Alumni

    When, after finishing a trail hike in Haines, Alaska, Terese Waters-McCabe (’80) asked a local hiker for the number of a taxi, she didn’t realize there would shortly be a mini-Gustavus/Minnesota reunion. The small Southeast Alaskan town has no taxi service, but Nancy Hanson Nash (’70) and husband Dwight, longtime Alaskans, offered to give Terese…

  • 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…

  • Jill lindquist Hanson ’70

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    Jill Lindquist Hanson ’70 writes: “Daughter Carlie Hanson ’07 got married in Aruba on October 24, 2015. Just became grandparents to Emory Hanson, born July 3, 2015 in Melboune, Australia.”

  • Bucky Zietz ’70

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Bucky Zietz ’70 writes, “After retiring six years ago I began working part time at Snowbird Ski Resort so now I get to ski 100+ days each winter. I also work part time at Stonebrooke Golf Club so I can play many rounds of golf. To keep my mind active I have written the first…

  • John Holt ’70

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    Gustavus Alumni

    From a pool over nearly 3,000 proposals, John Holt ’70 and 177 other scholars and artists have been selected to receive fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation. Holt’s fellowship will allow him to research and write about Buddhist/Muslim tensions in Sri Lanka and Burma. Holt has written or edited 11 books and scores of articles about…

  • Terri Ulku Behrends-Singer ’71 and Linda Jungck McMahon ’70

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Terri Ulku Behrends-Singer ’71 and Linda Jungck McMahon ’70 joined a group from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for a combination church trip and safari in Tanzania in February. They spent 9 days in Bukoba, TZ (on the western shore of Lake Victoria) meeting with representatives of numerous church programs with the Northwest Diosese of the…