Entries tagged with ‘1973’

1970s “R Baldy” Golf Tournament

The “R Baldy” annual golf outing was held in the Brainerd Lakes area in September 2019.  The outing is named after Steve Baldwin ’74 and Ross Handhal ’75, both deceased and both founding members of the group which started this fall event in the mid-’70s in Vail, Colorado.  Great golf but most of all great […]

Marcia Stephens ’73

Marcia Stephens ’73 retired in March 2016. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Kristine Haataja ’73

Gusties Meet in Russia. In September 2018, Kristine Haataja ’73 from Napa, CA and Suzanne Tank ’76 from Potomac, MD met on a Roads Scholar tour of St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. “There were only 18 people on the tour, so it was pretty amazing to meet another Gustie!” This news was submitted using our Submit […]

Brad Swanson ’73

Brad Swanson ’73 is now retired from law practice and banking. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Wallace Obinger ’73

Wallace Obinger ’73 is a reverend at St. Paul Area Synod-ELCA in St. Paul, MN. He last served as pastor at Luther Memorial in South St. Paul, MN, and is enjoying retirement. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Linda Bergstrom ’73

Linda Bergstrom ’73 is an associate professor emeritus at University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Brad Swanson ’73

Brad retired on May 1, 2017. He is enjoying the opportunity to travel and see more of family. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Brenda Footh Duyan ’73

Brenda Footh Duyan ’73 writes, “Five Gusties gathered in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in October to celebrate our life-long friendships of 40 + years. Quaking Aspen, walks in Breckenridge, Vail gondola ride, Leadville Mining Museum, laughs, lunches, hot tub, capped by 10 inches of snow. Gustavus, first floor Valley, brought us together. We remember.” This […]

Gustie Get Together

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

Jon Erik Larson ’72

Mark Matuseski ’73, Steve Balach ’73, Lee Youngdahl ’75 and Jon Erik Larson ’72 spent what is proving to be an annual Gustavus mini-reunion exploring the battlegrounds at Gettysburg in late October. Jon Erik is still a good half foot shorter than the other participants. Plans are to explore Yorktown next year. This news was […]

Gratia Hokanson Johnson ’73

Gratia Hokanson Johnson ’73 retired in June 2014, from 29 years of school nursing at NRHEG (New Richland, Hartland, Ellendale, and Geneva) Public Schools. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Dawn Krabbenhoft Stapleton ’01

Drs. James Turner ’73, Kevin Bjork ’79, and Dawn Krabbenhoft Stapleton ’01 traveled to Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala for a medical mission trip in January of 2016. Many surgeries were performed over the week, as well as some projects to improve the Hospilito Atitlan. A large team was involved with the mission included past alumni Martha […]

Steve Balach ’73

Steve Balach ’73 writes, “I am in my tenth year of teaching ESL in Loudoun County, Virginia. My spare time is devoted playing guitar, focusing on classical and occasionally playing at local house concerts. In mid-October, fellow Gusties Mark Matuseski ’73, Lee Youngdahl ’75, and Jon Erik Larson ’72 joined me for a weekend reunion […]

Kristine Haataja ’73

Kristine Haataja ’73 has been appointed to the Napa County Mental Health Board. The Board is responsible for reviewing and evaluating the mental health needs of the community, auditing services and facilities that receive county funding, and advising the county Mental Health Director and Board of Supervisors regarding any aspect of County Mental health programs. […]