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Tag: 1979

  • David Schauer ’79

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    Gustavus Alumni

    David Schauer ’79 is still the Sibley County Attorney. On February 11, 2014, David completed 26 years as county attorney and started his 27th year the next day. He started with Sibley County in 1982. David also has a private law practice. Last year, after a 7 year absence, he returned to the Boundary Waters for…

  • Patricia Heal Forde ’79

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Patricia Heal Forde ’79 received her Master of Music degree from Kent State University on May 11, 2013.

  • Gustie Alumni at Pace Analytical Services

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    Erin Wilken

    GAC alumni employed by Pace Analytical Services, Inc. gather for a group photo at work. This is the largest number of Gusties Pace has ever had on staff! From left to right: Adam Haugerud ’02 Environmental Studies, Economics minor, Kabor Xiong ’10 Sociology/Anthropology, Biology minor, David Randall ’10 Chemistry, Alice Schwantes ’10 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Andrea…

  • Karen Ohm Eckenrode ’79

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    Erin Wilken

    Karen Ohm Eckenrode ’79 is now the Membership/Data Systems Manager at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Hopkins, MN.

  • Wendy Johnson ’79

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    Megan Myhre

    Wendy Johnson ’79 was one of 5 artists jury-selected to participate in the 2012 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum outdoor installation exhibition “Dirt-O-Rama” (May-October, 2012). Her installation was titled “Earthly Coat”. It was a 7-foot tall, needle-felted, accessible wool coat that stood outdoors on the Arboretum grounds for the length of the exhibit. Wendy decorated it with needle-felted images…

  • Steve Sullivan ’79

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    Erin Wilken

    Steve Sullivan Joins Houston Office of Independent Executive Compensation Advisor Pearl Meyer & Partners Will Focus on Expanding Services Delivered to Healthcare Market NEW YORK, February 14, 2012 — Independent executive compensation consultancy Pearl Meyer & Partners announced today that Steve Sullivan has joined the firm as a Vice President in the firm’s Houston office,…

  • Alumni in the Gustavus Summer Institute of Nursing

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    Erin Wilken

    Lynnea Piotter Myers ’05 and Heidi Pettis Meyer ’98 were the co-directors for the inaugural Gustavus Adolphus College Summer Institute of Nursing. The Summer Institute welcomed nursing alumni back to campus for a panel on nursing roles. In the photo below: (L to R: Jennifer Lammert ’86, Barbara Zust ’76, Margaret Swanson ’71, Diana Neal-…

  • 1978 Dormmates

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    Megan Myhre

    Old 1978 dormmates, Scotty Johnson, “Rube” (Rob) Anderson, Jim Johnson,  and Steve Ledin, met up at the Northeastern Bar in Cloquet, MN on 18 Aug 2012. Jim retired in May 2012 from the FAA after 20 years as an air traffic controller and is an ’empty nester’ with his wife Nancy Miller Johnson ’79 in…

  • Wendy Johnson ’79

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    Erin Wilken

    Wendy J. Johnson ’79 was one of five artists accepted into the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 2012 outdoor exhibition “Dirt-o-rama” (June 6-October 14, 2012). Wendy’s creation was a 7-foot tall, accessible needle- and wet-felted wool coat she titled “Earthly Coat.” Her artistic statement for the piece: “It’s a perfect circle of life: As soil beautifully clothes…

  • Kelly Coleman ’79

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    Erin Wilken

    Kelly P. Coleman ’79, PhD, DABT, Maple Grove, MN, has been named a Distinguished Scientist at Medtronic where he serves as the company’s chief toxicologist. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Toxicology at the University of Minnesota.