Fall 2006 Quarterly

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Fall 2006 • Vol. LXII, No. 4

Managing EditorSteven L. Waldhauser ’[email protected]

Alumni EditorsRandall M. Stuckey ’[email protected]

Barbara Larson Taylor ’[email protected]

DesignSharon [email protected]

Contributing WritersSara Baer ’08, Al Behrends ’77, Barbara Fister,Rob Gardner, Teresa Harland ’94, Tim Kennedy’82, Jonathan Kraatz, Donald Myers ’83, TimRobinson ’65

Contributing PhotographersAnders Björling ’58, Jonathan Kraatz, TomRoster, Tim Robinson ’65, Sharon Stevenson,Stan Waldhauser ’71

The Gustavus Quarterly (USPS 227-580)is published four times annually, in February, May,August, and November, by Gustavus Adolphus College,St. Peter, Minn. Periodicals postage is paid at St.Peter, MN 56082, and additional mailing offices. It ismailed free of charge to alumni and friends of theCollege. Circulation is approximately 34,000.

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Chair, Board of TrusteesRuss Michaletz ’74

President of the CollegeJames L. Peterson ’64

Vice President for Institutional AdvancementBrenda Moore

Director of Alumni RelationsRandall M. Stuckey ’83

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T H E G U S T A V U S Q U A R T E R L Y4 From the President

5 On the Hill22 Calendar: What’s happening on campus

24 Commencement 2006A photo gallery

28 Gustavus Library Associatespresented with GreaterGustavus AwardDecades of service recognized

30 The ‘eyes and ears’ of theChrist ChapelExploring the Chapel Apprentice program

32 SportsTennis teams take top national honors �

Athletes of the Year � NCAA PostgraduateScholars � Women’s golf second at NCAAchampionships � Gustavus in top ten ofDirector’s Cup � New broadcast home for Gustiesports � Individual and coaching honors

30 LegacyNew gift supports Björling Music Scholarships �

Class of ’56 matches Class of ’06 gifts �

Educating future miracle-makers � Recognitionevents schedule

33 Alumni NewsHomecoming Weekend schedule � DistinguishedAlumni Citations � Service and retirementawards

Contents

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Graduate AndersPeterson ’06 celebratesfollowingcommencementexercises. More photosstarting on page 24.

Photo by Tom Roster

On these pages . . .The new west entry of Old Main on a bright fall morning.Photo by Anders Björling ’58

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Gustavus Adolphus College Board of Trustees

Gary F. Anderson ’63 Interim Seminary PastorHugo, Minn. Luther Seminary, St. Paul

Jon V. Anderson Bishop, Southwestern Minnesota Synod,New Ulm, Minn. Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,

(ex officio) Redwood Falls

Rodney L. Anderson Pastor, Eden Prairie, Minn. St. Andrew Lutheran Church

Thomas M. Annesley ’75 Professor of Pathology, Ann Arbor, Mich. University Hospital, University of Michigan

Al Annexstad Chair, President, and CEO, Excelsior, Minn. Federated Insurance, Owatonna

Tracy L. Bahl ’84 Chief Executive Officer, Greenwich, Conn. Uniprise, a United Health Group Company, N.Y.

Mark Bernhardson ’71 City Manager, Bloomington, Minn. City of Bloomington

Stephen P. Blenkush ’80 Pastor, Milaca, Minn. Zion Lutheran Church

Gordon A. Braatz Associate Pastor/Psychologist,Minneapolis, Minn. Central Lutheran Church

David J. Carlson ’60 Retired PhysicianEdina, Minn.

John E. Chadwick ’79 President, Bloomington, Minn. The Chadwick Group, Inc.

Kelly Chatman Pastor,Maplewood, Minn. Redeemer Lutheran Church, Minneapolis

Jerome King Del Pino ’68 General Secretary,Franklin, Tenn. General Board of Higher Education and Ministry,

The United Methodist Church, Nashville

Jann Eichlersmith ’85 Assistant General Counsel, Richfield, Minn. The Scoular Company, Minneapolis

Bruce W. Engelsma CEO and Chair of the Board,Long Lake, Minn. Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc., Minneapolis

Ardena Flippen ’68 Corporate Compliance Officer,Chicago Provident Hospital of Cook County

James H. Gale ’83 Attorney at Law Washington, D.C.

Tania K. Haber ’78 Senior Pastor, St. Louis Park, Minn. Westwood Lutheran Church

Paul L. Harrington Senior Pastor,Rosemount, Minn. Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley

Pat Haugen ’70 Client Executive,Sioux Falls, S.D. IBM Global Services

Alfred Henderson ’62 Financial Adviser,Chanhassen, Minn. American Express, Edina

George G. Hicks ’75 Managing PartnerEden Prairie, Minn. Värde Partners, Inc., Minneapolis

Thomas J. Hirsch ’64 Vice President, Edina, Minn. JEBCO Group, Inc., St. Paul

Ronald A. Jones Retired Partner and Consultant,No. Barrington, Ill. Hewitt and Associates, Lincolnshire

Linda Bailey Keefe ’69 Vice President, Atlanta, Ga. NAI Brannen Goddard

Daniel A. Kolander ’68 Senior Pastor,Marion, Iowa First Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids

Barbara Eckman Krig ’52 Retired EducatorExcelsior, Minn.

Russell V. Michaletz ’74 Deloitte Touche LLP, MinneapolisEdina, Minn.

Marilyn Olson Assistant Director for Colleges and Universities Chicago, Ill. Division for Vocation and Education(ex officio) Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Martha I. Penkhus Registered Nurse, Mankato, Minn. Immanuel St. Joseph’s Hospital

James L. Peterson ’64 President,St. Paul (ex officio) Gustavus Adolphus College

Jason T. Sawyer ’93 Past President, Gustavus Alumni Association, andPlymouth, Minn. (ex officio) Vice President for Sales, Cronin & Co., Minneapolis

Beth Sparboe Schnell ’82 Chief Executive Officer, Corcoran, Minn. Sparboe Companies, Wayzata

David B. Spong ’64 President, Gustavus Association of Congregations, Chanhassen, Minn. and Interim Pastor, Hope Evangelical Lutheran

(ex officio) Church, Minneapolis

Karin Stone ’83 Senior Vice President Cleveland Heights, Ohio and Director of Corporate Marketing,

National City Corporation, Cleveland

Sally Turrittin Co-Owner,Long Lake, Minn. Prime Mortgage Corporation, Minnetonka

Chia Youyee Vang ’94 President and CEO,Minneapolis CHIA Consulting, Inc., St. Paul

Daniel K. Zismer ’75 Executive Vice President,Duluth, Minn. Essentia Health, Duluth

Trustee EmeritaPatricia R. Lund Retired Chair of the Board,

Edina, Minn. Lunds, Inc., Minneapolis

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Much of this issue of theQuarterly is built around thenotion of celebration. Thereare stories of distinguishedalumni and their contribu-tions—about their “lives ofleadership and service to soci-ety,” as it says in our missionstatement. There are storiescelebrating people who havemade a difference in the well-being of the College and thestudents it serves so very well.

You’ll read about celebrations of commencement, of great teaching, and very specialGustavus highlights such as the Nobel Conference and Christmas in Christ Chapel. And ofcourse we regularly celebrate student achievements on Honors Day. We celebrate ourSwedish heritage. We celebrate with great music, great hospitality, and of course with greatfood. We have so very much to celebrate. I think we could do it more often than we do.

Many years ago, at another institution, a wise trustee challenged me with the question,“What is it that you want to celebrate in five years?” His interest was not in celebrations, ofcourse. It was about pushing us to imagine a new future and then to create a path to getthere.

Lately, I’ve been imagining future celebrations—big ones—some that I hope you willread about here in the Quarterly at some point, and some in which I hope you might have apersonal share. As we begin to set long-term direction and strategies with our current plan-ning process, I imagine many things, like celebrating a new and unprecedented level of stu-dent engagement in learning here on campus. I can imagine a high level of global compe-tency in every one of our graduates. I can see us celebrating Gustavus as a premierinstitution in the teaching and practice of leadership. I can see new approaches to support-ing students in their faith journeys. And would it not be great to celebrate new endowedchairs for brilliant professors, funding for full student access to research and special projectwork with an engaged faculty, solid scholarship support for every single student who needsand deserves it, and a highly attractive campus that’s energy-efficient and shaped by inno-vative approaches to long-term environmental sustainability?

We do need to stop periodically to celebrate individual and institutional accomplish-ments, large and small. And we certainly ought to celebrate on a regular basis who we areand what we do. But it’s also critical, I think, to constantly imagine future celebrations—big ones—those that signal important objectives met, goals accomplished, dreams realized.We are thinking a lot about the future these days. And if we can think, plan, and work to-gether with a shared vision, all of us in the Gustavus community can certainly anticipatecelebrating great achievements well into that future.

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by Rob Gardner

Editor’s Note: The Edgar M. CarlsonAward for Distinguished Teaching,the College’s highest faculty acco-lade, was established in 1971 bythe Gustavus Board of Trustees tohonor former president EdgarCarlson for his years of distin-guished leadership and in recogni-tion of his commitment to academ-ic excellence. Each year a memberof the Gustavus faculty is selectedto receive this award for demon-strating exceptional skills and effec-tiveness as a teacher. It has be-come tradition for the previousyear’s winner to introduce the newhonoree during the commencementexercises. Theatre professor RobGardner’s remarks follow.

Choosing the Carlson winner isa difficult task, because there

are many worthy teachers atGustavus. However, there is nodoubt that this year’s winner is adeserving one, regarded as excep-tionally skilled and exceptionallyeffective by students and col-leagues alike.

Here are some comments fromstudents: “A wonderful teacher.”“An excellent teacher.” “The mostcompetent and creative teacher I

have had so far at Gustavus.” “Thebest teacher I ever had.”

And comments from col-leagues: “Admired and respectedby students and colleagues alike.”“A remarkable record of excellenceas a teacher, researcher, and facul-ty leader.” “One of the best teach-ers I have ever known.”

What makes this person an ex-cellent teacher? Comments fromstudents, colleagues, and the manhimself (for it is a man) suggestfour things:

First, preparation. As one ofhis colleagues attests, “His prepa-

ration for class is characterized bylong hours of work, lectures im-peccably written and delivered,and an appropriately assigned andpromptly graded body of home-work.”

Second, organization. Studentafter student comments on thisteacher’s remarkable ability, in lec-tures, research projects, and con-versations, to take complex tasksand subjects and break them intoclear sequences and comprehensi-ble elements. According to one,“He has a remarkable talent for

OnthehillCampus news: 6 College fairs6 Kruger receives

FacultyScholarlyAchievementAward

7 Gallo visits asRydell Professor

7 Rosenthal votedSwenson-Bunnrecipient

8 2006 NobelConference

9 RememberingMyron Falck

9 Gustavusfeatured atchoir festival

10 Admission goestest-optional

12 Briefly13 Bookmarks13 Choir companion

tour announced14 Faculty

Development:Presidentialcollaborativegrants

16 Gilbert receivesCovenant Award

17 Gustavus WindOrchestra tourscentral Europe

20 Photography andpermanentcollectionworks onexhibit

22 Calendar of events

2006 Carlson Award Winner Paul Saulnier:

“Prepared, organized, enthusiastic,caring—and a pretty funny guy”

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being able to make difficult prob-lems manageable.”

Third, inspiration. This isclearly a teacher who loves hissubject and loves teaching it—and his enthusiasm is infectious.Listen again to his students: “It iseasy to tell even after only onelecture that he has a deep love forwhat he teaches and teaching it-self.” “His lectures are always in-teresting, thought-provoking—they make you want to learn.” “Heinspires you . . . in new and inno-vative ways that allow you to con-nect the specific knowledge togeneral principles.” “He taught usto think, to learn, to be betterstudents.”

Fourth, mentoring. Gustavus,he says, is truly about the students.And his attitude is readily appar-ent to them and to his colleagues.Says one colleague, “Students areeager to take a course from him,not because they think it will beeasy, but because they know theywill learn a great deal from a men-tor who is extremely knowledge-able, who will hold them account-able to learn and to achieve, andwho will be there for them when-ever and however they need help.”

Prepared, organized, enthusias-tic, caring—and a pretty funnyguy—these are the characteristicsof Professor of Physics PaulSaulnier.

Paul received his bachelor ofscience degree in physics and elec-trical engineering, magna cumlaude, from the University ofHartford, graduating in threeyears. After working for two yearsin the aerospace division ofGeneral Electric, where at the ageof 21 he served as lead project en-gineer for a $2 million researchand development program, he re-turned to academia and has never

looked back. He received his M.S.and Ph.D. from the University ofDelaware, then spent two years atCarroll College in Wisconsin beforejoining the Gustavus faculty in1993.

At Gustavus he has taughtnearly all the courses in theDepartment of Physics, rangingfrom general physics to quantummechanics, as well as a JanuaryTerm course on the “History andArt of Science Fiction Film” and aFirst Term Seminar that exploresthe relationship between scienceand science fiction.

His research program is de-scribed by colleague ChuckNiederriter as “incredible and awe-some.” Since obtaining externalfunding to implement an advancedoptics teaching laboratory, he hasdeveloped three research pro-grams, one concerned with thestudy of light propagation in high-ly scattering media, another withinvestigations into Riccati differ-

ential systems, and a third, in col-laboration with biologists, on thesubject of swarms in nature. Incarrying out these programs, Paulhas worked with more than 30 dif-ferent undergraduate research as-sociates, many of whom have goneon to successful careers of theirown. Listen again to ProfessorNiederitter: “Always the teacher,Paul uses the research lab experi-ences of his students to teachthem about the life of a scientist(and life in general).”

Paul himself has said, “If I justwanted to ‘do physics’ or ‘earnmoney,’ Gustavus is not where Iwould be, for I certainly could havechosen other career paths thatwould have offered me more ofeach of these. I am at Gustavus be-cause I feel a strong personal senseof service. Here I have the oppor-tunity to serve students, colleagues(both inside and outside of thephysics department), my profes-sion, and my own curiosity.” G

Kruger recognized forscholarly achievement

P sychology professor Mark Kruger has been named recipient of the2006 Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award for work that is, in the

words of introducer Michael Hvidsten, mathematics professor who waslast year’s award recipient, “at the nexus of music and the mind.” Startingwith a study of the biomechanics of playing the trombone, Kruger hasdone pioneering work with physicists and musicians (including long-time collaborator Mark Lammers, Gustavus research professor) in howthe mind learns to coordinate the intricate set of motions needed to playan instrument with the auditory feedback needed to play that instrumentwell. Among his many papers and presentations in the past 10 yearsare studies of music performance physiology, student practice habits,and the psychology of music performance. He was invited to presenttwo papers—one on language use in autobiographical memory formusic performances and the other a comparative study of air support inbrass instruments—in August at an international conference in Italy.

First awarded in 1986, the Faculty Scholarly Achievement Awardwas reestablished in 2004 and is now announced during the annualHonors Day convocation. G

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Coming your way?Gustavus Adolphus Collegewill be represented at anumber of major collegefairs in the comingmonths. Please encourageprospective students withwhom you are acquaintedto stop by to visit!

August20 Seattle21 Portland, Ore.27 Milwaukee, Wis.28 Madison, Wis.29 Appleton, Wis.

September10 Chicago11 Bloomington, Ill.12 Rockford, Ill.

13–14 Minot, N.D.18 Rice Lake, Wis.18 Bozeman, Mont.18 Livingston, Mont.

18–19 Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn.

19 Kansas City, Mo.19 Ashland, Wis.19 Billings, Mont.20 Minocqua, Wis.20 Wausau, Wis.20 Lewiston, Mont.20 Great Falls, Mont.21 St. Louis21 Wisconsin Rapids,

Wis.21 Cut Bank, Mont.21 Bismarck, N.D.25 Mitchell, S.D.26 Milbank, S.D.26 Watertown, S.D.27 De Pere, Wis.27 Sioux Falls, S.D.28 Marinette, Wis.28 Vermilion, S.D.29 Oshkosh, Wis.30 Denver


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October1 Orange County,

Calif.1 Des Moines, Iowa2 Sioux Falls, S.D.3 Elgin, Ill.3 La Crosse, Wis.3 Eau Claire, Wis.3 Brookings, S.D.3 Huron, S.D.4 Minneapolis8 Aspen, Colo.9 Colorado Springs,

Colo.9 Franklin, Wis.

10 Kenosha, Wis.11 Hoffman Estates,

Ill.11 Louisville, Colo.11 Hartland, Wis.11 Shawnee Mission,

Kan.12 Denver12 Verona, Wis.14 Chicago14 Greenwood Village,

Colo.15 Milwaukee, Wis.

16–17 Las Vegas17 Custer, S.D.18 Spearfish, S.D.19 Rapid City, S.D.22 Omaha, Neb.22 Lincoln, Neb.23 Des Moines, Iowa

24–25 Minneapolis29 St. Louis29 Omaha, Neb.30 Kansas City, Kan.

November3–4 Seattle

4 Chicago5–6 Portland, Ore.

For further information onthe above fairs, or to getinformation on everycollege fair at whichGustavus will berepresented, call AlanMeiers at 800/487-8288.

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Dr. Robert Gallo, who is rec-ognized for his role in iden-

tifying the HIV virus as the causeof AIDS, spent two weeks in resi-dence on the Gustavus AdolphusCollege campus during theSpring 2006 semester as theCollege’s Rydell Professor. Aspart of his residency, he co-taught a seminar in virology andalso delivered three public lec-tures on campus, including akeynote address at the College’sMAYDAY! Peace Conference onApril 19.

Gallo has been director of theInstitute of Human Virology atthe University of Maryland since1996 and previously served atthe National Cancer Institute inBethesda, Md., for 30 years. Hisprofessional interests have fo-cused on the study of the basic

biology of human blood cells,their normal and abnormalgrowth, and the causes of abnor-mal growth related to leukemia,insufficiency, or immune defi-ciencies. His stature and reputa-tion in the fields of virology andimmunology led to his serving

twice as a presenter at theCollege’s Nobel Conference,first in 1992 on the topic of“Immunity: The Battle Within”and again in 1998 for “Virus:The Human Connection.”

As part of his residency, Galloco-taught a seminar course forbiology majors, “The Biology ofViruses,” with GustavusAssociate Professor of BiologyJohn Lammert. His public lec-tures focused on the origin, evo-lution, and major biological fea-tures of the HIV virus; thetiming of the AIDS outbreak in1981 from the standpoint of re-cent scientific advances in molec-ular biology and immunology;and the overconfidence andcomplacency of society and med-ical science in industrializedcountries in dealing with thepandemic. His final lecture, thekeynote address for the College’s26th annual MAYDAY!Conference, focused on the un-folding crisis of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Rydell Professorship atGustavus is a scholar-in-residenceprogram designed to bringNobel laureates, NobelConference presenters, and simi-larly distinguished scholars to thecampus as catalysts for enhancinglearning and teaching. It was es-tablished in 1995 by Drs. RobertE. and Susan T. Rydell ofMinnetonka, Minn., to give stu-dents the opportunity to learnfrom and interact with leadingscholars. Gallo is the ninth schol-ar to be in residence at Gustavusas a Rydell Professor. G

Rydell Professorship brings AIDSresearcher to campus

Robert Gallo

Political science professorhonored by student body

A lisa Rosenthal, assistant professor of political science, has beenrecognized by the student body of Gustavus Adolphus College

with the 2006 Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.The award, nominated by students and selected by vote of theStudent Senate, has been presented annually since 1990 at theCollege’s Honors Day convocation.

Rosenthal, who joined the Gustavus faculty in 2004, teachescourses in feminist political theory, the history of political thought,constitutional law, and ethics and public policy. A graduate of BeloitCollege, she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University ofWisconsin.

The Swenson-Bunn Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence honorsthe memory of two Gustavus students and members of the StudentSenate, Greg Swenson and Holly Bunn, who were killed in a car acci-dent in 1989. G

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ErratumWe incorrectly reported inour last issue (Summer2006) that junior CarlaSmith had won third placein the poster presentationsession of the NationalBlack Graduate StudentConference held in LasVegas in March. In fact,while she had collaboratedwith a fellow student on apresentation that was en-tered in the poster compe-tition, her award resultedfrom placing third in theundergraduate paper com-petition, which gaveGustavus student entries a1-2-3 sweep in that divi-sion.


by Tim Robinson ’65

It’s hard to imagine changes thathave affected our lives more inthe past 100 years than those inthe field of medicine. Every daywe read about some miraculouscure for a condition that wouldhave been fatal just a few yearsago, and we seem to take forgranted that this will continue tobe the case in the future And, ifsomething goes wrong, we ex-pect not only that modern medi-cine will develop something tofix it, but also that the cost willbe covered by our employer’shealth-care plan or Medicare—certainly not by us.

The 2006 Nobel Conference,to be held on October 3 and 4,will deal with both of these as-pects of medicine—the promiseof medical research and thechanging nature of the health-care system—and their implica-tions for our lives.

Not that long ago parentswere happy if even a majority oftheir children lived long enoughto have children of their own.The leading causes of death wereinfluenza, pneumonia, diphthe-ria, smallpox, whooping cough,and tuberculosis—diseases thattoday have practically vanishedfrom the public consciousness.Some of the changes that led tothis were simple, like IgnazSemmelweis’ suggestion thatmedical caregivers should washtheir hands, but most involved

radically different treatments, likeantibiotics, that came about asthe result of ingenious basic sci-entific research.

The whole healthcare deliverysystem has also changed, just asradically. Gone are the days ofthe solo practitioner who madehouse calls and perhaps main-tained a small private hospital.Has the highly-regarded familyphysician simply become a pro-duction unit in a giant corporateenterprise? Are the days of em-ployer-sponsored health cover-age coming to an end as well?

The success of medical inno-vation has produced a paradoxi-cal situation: As research extendslife expectancy and makes radicalnew cures possible, it may bethat we won’t be able to affordthese procedures or that we’ll beforced to make difficult decisionsabout who will have access tothem. The economic and ethicalquestions facing both the med-ical community and society atlarge are likely to be magnified asbaby boomers move toward re-tirement age.

At the beginning of this 21stcentury, medicine is held in highesteem by the public and is beinglooked to for solutions to a vari-ety of societal problems. But it’sclear that the traditional struc-ture of this industry is undertremendous pressure and willpresent a very different picture inthe not-so-distant future.

As is our tradition at theNobel Conferences, we will ex-

amine these issues as well as thehard science. We will highlightthe search for the “magic bullet.”We’ll hear about the promise ofgenomics, and how to makeprimitive cells turn into lung tis-sue, a field known as “tissue en-gineering.” We’ll hear aboutnanotechnology applications inmedicine. We’ll also learnwhether we should be worriedabout the prospect of worldwideepidemics. And, since Minnesotais home to first-rate medicalpractice and research, we will fea-ture some of this research in spe-cial discussion sessions and dis-plays of innovative products.

Physician-researchers J.Michael Bishop (Nobel Prize1989), Michael Osterholm,Dame Julia Polak, and JamesOrbinski, along with bioengineerJennifer West, economist HenryAaron, and philosopher DanielCallahan, will lead us into discus-sion and enlightenment on asubject that touches each of ourlives: medicine and what wemight expect “tomorrow.”

Tickets for the 2006 NobelConference may be reserved bycalling the Office of CollegeRelations at Gustavus (507/933-7520), by returning the form onthe insert in this magazine, or byvisiting the College’s website(www.gustavus.edu/nobelcon-ference).

Tim Robinson ‘65, professor of psy-chology at Gustavus since 1969, isdirector of the Nobel Conference.

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Fall 2006 � 9

Myron R. Falck, emeritusprofessor of music at

Gustavus Adolphus College anddirector of bands for 34 years,died on Saturday, March 13,2006, at the St. Peter HealthCare Center after a brief illness.He was 83 years old.

Born in Black Creek, Wis., in1922, Falck began developing anappreciation for music at an earlyage. He specialized in the tuba,baritone, and string bass andplayed with U.S. Army bandsfrom 1942 to 1946. Followinghis military service, he returnedto Wisconsin, obtaining his un-dergraduate degree from the for-mer Milwaukee State TeachersCollege in 1948 and teachinghigh school music in Wisconsinpublic schools. He went on toearn a master of music degreefrom the Eastman School ofMusic, Rochester, N.Y., in 1952before joining the faculty atGustavus in 1954. In 1965 hewas awarded a doctorate in

music theory from the EastmanSchool of Music.

Falck’s teaching assignmentsat Gustavus were varied, but heserved as director of theGustavus Band, the College’stouring wind ensemble, andtaught instrumental conductingthroughout his 34-year career.He also taught orchestration; in-strumental technique; instru-ment classes in woodwind, brass,and percussion; counterpoint;music theory; and music historyand appreciation classes, also su-pervising student teachers. Hewas promoted to full professor in1971 and chaired theDepartment of Music for threeterms.

In 1975 Falck was appointedto a term as music coordinator ofthe Minnesota State Arts Council,which had been established in themid-1960s to advance the arts inthe state. As coordinator he head-ed a 10-member advisory panel ofprofessional musicians and music

teachers that screened proposalsfor matching funds for music pro-grams.

Falck retired from theGustavus faculty in 1988 butcontinued to reside in St. Peter.He is survived by his sister, MarieAlexander; brother, FranklinFalck; and several nieces,nephews, and cousins. A memo-rial service at Gustavus is beingplanned. G

Longtime Gustavus Band leader dies

Myron R. Falck

Gustavus Choir to appear at Christiansen Festival

T he Gustavus Choir, led by Gregory Aune, is among five MinnesotaLutheran college choirs that will perform together in two concerts

on Sunday, November 19, 2006, at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis to cel-ebrate the living legacy of the “father” of American a cappella singing.

The birth 135 years ago of F. Melius Christiansen will be commemo-rated by internationally known touring choirs from Gustavus, AugsburgCollege, Concordia College (Moorhead), Concordia University-St. Paul,and St. Olaf College. It will be the first joint appearance by these fiveensembles representing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America(ELCA) and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LC-MS). Each choirwill perform individually, directed by its own conductor, and as a com-bined choir under the direction of guest conductor Kenneth Jennings,professor emeritus and former director of the St. Olaf Choir and interimconductor of the Gustavus Choir in 1994–95.

Two identical concerts will be presented, the first at 2 p.m. and thesecond at 6:30 p.m. All seats are reserved and may be acquired throughthe Orchestra Hall box office (800/292-4141 or 612/371-5656).

The concerts are sponsored by the F. Melius Christiansen Star of theNorth Festival Concert Series affiliated with the American ChoralDirectors Association (ACDA) of Minnesota, and will highlight the orga-nization’s two-day annual fall convention program. The performanceswill directly benefit the scholarship fund of the F. Melius ChristiansenEndowment Fund that supports continuing education and graduatestudies of young and aspiring choral directors in Minnesota.

Music to be performed at the concerts will include works of F. MeliusChristiansen, including choral favorites of thousands of choral concertgoers such as Beautiful Savior, Wake Awake, O Day Full of Grace, Psalm 50,Praise to the Lord the Almighty, and Lost In The Night. G


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E ffective for students applyingfor admission to Gustavus

Adolphus College for the Classof 2011, submitting an ACT orSAT score will be optional. Thisnew approach places emphasis oncollege-preparatory courseworkand initiative, as well as involve-ment, leadership, and service.

The Quarterly sat down withMark Anderson ’66, who has di-rected the admission office atGustavus for more than 20 years,to pose some questions aboutthe rationale for the decision andthe benefits for students and theCollege. Anderson was namedvice president for admission andstudent financial assistance thispast spring following the retire-ment of Owen Sammelson ’58,former vice president for admin-istration.

The Gustavus Quarterly (GQ):What prompted Gustavus tomove to a test-optional admis-sion policy?Mark Anderson (MA): Makingstandardized college-entranceexams optional will better serveprospective students and theirfamilies by evaluating each stu-dent on overall achievement andnot a one-day exam. . . . We lookfor students who have preparedthemselves for the rigorous chal-lenges of the academic programat Gustavus. Test scores—low orhigh—are not always accurate inpredicting a student’s academicsuccess.

GQ: How does this benefitGustavus?MA: Promising students with ahigh GPA and strong college

preparatory coursework whomay have otherwise not consid-ered Gustavus because of theirtest scores will now be more like-ly to explore the College andapply. Also, Gustavus expects tosee an increase in applications, ashas nearly every other institutionthat has instituted a test-optionaladmission policy. And, withmore applications comes greaterapplicant variety—leading togreater admission selectivity andthe opportunity to build an evenbetter incoming class.

GQ: How does the Gustavus ap-plication process compare toother institutions?MA: Currently, 24 of the top 100liberal arts colleges (according toU.S. News and World Report’srankings) are test-optional.Gustavus will be the first liberalarts college in Minnesota to havea test-optional admission policyand will join the ranks of Bates(ME), Mount Holyoke (MA),Franklin and Marshall (PA), andBowdoin (ME) colleges.Recently, Lawrence University(WI) and Knox College (IL)have also chosen to make testscores optional for admission.

GQ: What went into the decision?Who was involved?MA: The Gustavus AdmissionOffice has been researching ad-mission procedures as part of theongoing effort to enhance theadmission experience forprospective students and advanceGustavus’ competitive position.

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Our Office of InstitutionalResearch compiled data fromgraduates of the last five yearsshowing the relative importanceof various predictors of academicsuccess (see pie chart). Facultymembers, administrators, theFaculty Senate, counselors atfeeder high schools, college col-leagues, and professional organi-zations have been consulted andhave been very positive to thischange in policy.

GQ: Are Gustavus’ admissionstandards changing?MA: No; as always, the emphasiswill be on college preparatorycurriculum and resultant gradepoint average, which are provento be the best predictors of fu-ture academic success. Having atest-optional admission policyreaffirms the importance of a stu-dent’s long-term preparation forcollege inside the classroom, nota single, marathon test given ona particular Saturday morning.

GQ: How does this benefitprospective students?MA: Students who have demon-strated their preparation for thechallenge of Gustavus’ curricu-lum—through their high schoolrecord and achievements—willcontinue to be admitted toGustavus even though the testscores will be an option. As in-tense test anxiety and the result-ing multi-billion dollar testpreparation industry grow wildly,Gustavus can better serve stu-dents by alleviating the pressureof mandatory standardized testsand responding to the bias ofstandardized test preparation.

GQ: Will some students benefitmore than others with this policy?MA: Students with exceptionalability and strong test scores willcontinue to be admitted and re-

warded based on their entire ap-plication—including their highschool transcript, involvementand interests, writing ability, andrecommendations. Students whodo not feel their test scores accu-rately reflect their academic abili-ty and potential will have achoice to submit their scores—giving them some say in the ad-mission process.

GQ: Why should any student takethe ACT or SAT?MA: Gustavus admission coun-selors will advise prospective stu-dents to take standardized testsso they may fully explore theiroptions and to prepare them forlater standardized tests such asthe GRE and MCAT.* However,these students will benefit fromthe knowledge before taking astandardized test that they mayvoluntarily submit the results toGustavus.

GQ: Will test scores be requiredfor any applicants?MA: While no applicants for ad-mission will be required to submitstandardized test scores (with theexception of the TOEFL for in-ternational students), scores willbe considered when awarding thePresident’s Scholarship, our topacademic scholarship. Comparedto Gustavus’ other academicscholarships, President’s appli-cants will continue to demonstratetheir exceptional ability throughadditional steps: a scholarship ap-plication, an interview, an essay,and submission of test scores.

GQ: How does this affirm andpromote the mission of theCollege?MA: Gustavus offers a liberal artseducation to students of high as-piration and promise—qualitiesthat don’t lend themselves tobeing measured neatly by stan-

dardized testing. Important at-tributes for success at Gustavus—such as commitment, motiva-tion, creativity, leadership, andmaturity—are better evaluatedby considering a student’s entireapplication. Additionally, thispolicy continues Gustavus’ tradi-tion of innovative education,along with Writing Across theCurriculum, Curriculum II, theFirst Term Seminar, and the 4-1-4 calendar.

* Bates College, the pioneer of test-optional admission policies which hasbeen test-optional for more than 20years, has conducted extensive re-search on the policy’s effects. Its land-mark study (www.bates.edu) showslittle difference in college academicperformance and graduation rates be-tween test-score submitters and non-submitters. There are only minor dif-ferences in the career outcomes ofeach group, with exceptions in thefour fields where students must takestandardized tests for admission tograduate programs (medical, law,M.B.A., or Ph.D.). Therefore,Gustavus believes students planningto pursue additional education be-yond their B.A. should familiarizethemselves with the structure and ex-perience of standardized testing.

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FACULTY PROMOTIONS – Five membersof the Gustavus faculty were for-mally granted tenure during chapelservices on April 21 and promotedto the rank of associate professor.They are Jeff Dahlseid ’90, chem-istry and biology; June Kloubec,health and exercise science;Jillian Locke, political science;Rebecca Taylor Fremo, English;and Barbara Mattson Zust ’76,nursing.

The Office of the Dean of theFaculty also announced the pro-motion of three faculty membersto the rank of full professor: DenisCrnkovic, Russian studies; MichaelJorgensen, music; and PaulSaulnier, physics.

PHI BETA KAPPA INDUCTEES – Fifty-onestudents were elected to Phi BetaKappa during ceremonies held atGustavus in May 2006. Phi BetaKappa is generally considered tobe the most selective and presti-gious of all college honor societiesand election to membership one ofthe highest honors available to

undergraduates in the liberal artsand sciences, with fewer than onepercent of college students acrossthe nation in any given year earn-ing membership. Elected to theCollege’s Eta chapter (all graduat-ing seniors unless otherwise indi-cated): Megan Aageson, JohnAlbertson, Karin Anderson (jun-ior), Daniel Belgam, ErinBettendorf (junior), SaraButwinick, Emily Eddy, SamanthaEngh, Krista Erdahl, Lindsay Fox,Connie Gardner, David Garfunkel,Amy Gratz, Pierce Griffin, JustinHaaheim, Jennifer Harry, GretaHaugland, Katherine Haynes,Violeta Hernandez Espinoza (jun-ior), Meghan Hogdal (junior).Krysta Huseby, Sharon Jaffe,Audrey Joslin, Emily Kehm,Matthew Lindner, ChristopherLofgren, Amy McKeehan, YoshiLudwig (junior), Justin Paul,Kelsey Payne, Elizabeth,Petersen (junior), MichaelPhillips, Trevor Potter, MichaelPurdham (junior), ChristineRasmussen, Alison Rethwisch

(junior), Megan Richards (junior),Dorea Ruggles, Brady Rutman,Sarah Schueffner, Daniel Sellers,Julie Severson, Rosemary Shultz,Anne Sitorius (junior), AnnaSorenson, Christopher Sorenson,Christopher Thorson, Linh Vu(junior), Michelle Weber,Matthew Whittaker, andAlexander Zupan (junior).

GOLDWATER SCHOLAR NAMED – AlexZupan, a junior mathematicsmajor from Monona, Wis., hasbeen awarded a Barry M.Goldwater Scholarship. TheGoldwater Foundation sponsorsthe prestigious scholarships, whichprovide up to $7,500 per year foreducational expenses to sopho-mores and juniors who intend topursue research careers in mathe-matics, the natural sciences, orengineering. Around 300 areawarded annually across the na-tion.

RETURN TRIP TO IOA – AndreaCarlile, a junior from Chatham,

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Ill., made it to the semi-finalround of the 134th InterstateOratorical Association NationalContest held at the University ofWest Florida, Pensacola, in April.This is the second consecutiveyear that Carlile qualified for theIOA’s prestigious national contest,which is the oldest annual inter-collegiate competition in NorthAmerica. Each state may qualifyonly two representatives for thecontest, and Gustavus had notqualified a speaker in more than20 years before Carlile first quali-fied last year. She has also serveda term as the at-large student rep-resentative on the Pi Kappa DeltaForensics Honorary NationalCouncil.

NEW BOARD MEMBERS SEATED – Fivenew members were seated whenthe Gustavus Adolphus CollegeBoard of Trustees met in June2006. The board made JasonSawyer ’93, Plymouth, Minn., vicepresident for Sales at Cronin & Co.of Minneapolis and past presidentof the Gustavus AlumniAssociation, an ex officio member.Also joining the board wereArdena Flippen ’68, Chicago, cor-porate compliance officer forProvident Hospital of Cook County;the Rev. Paul L. Harrington,Rosemount, Minn., senior pastorat Shepherd of the Valley LutheranChurch in Apple Valley; Ronald A.Jones, North Barrington, Ill., re-tired partner and consultant forHewitt and Associates ofLincolnshire, Ill., and parent of aGustavus graduate, Mark Jones ’00;and Chia Youyee Vang ’94,Minneapolis, president and CEO ofCHIA Consulting, Inc., in St. Paul.G

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bookmarksChaplain Brian Johnson ’80 and education professorCarolyn O’Grady have collaborated to edit The Spiritof Service. The book represents a conversation inprogress—an attempt to understand how to help un-dergraduates integrate service and spirituality in theireducation for the purpose of social justice. The essaysselected for inclusion—all written by Gustavus facul-ty, staff, or alumni—reflect upon the divide within ac-ademic culture between responsible, rigorous, intellec-tual competence and those facets of humanexperience relating to faith, spirituality, service, andcommitment to social justice and in some casessharply differ on what role, if any, service-learning, so-cial justice, and faith should play in guiding work inhigher education. Several contributors give candid ac-counts of their own teaching experiences, sharing theimportance of connecting learning to life.

Brian T. Johnson and Carolyn R. O’Grady, eds., The Spiritof Service: Exploring Faith, Service, and Social Justice inHigher Education (Bolton, Mass.: Anker PublishingCompany, 2006; board cover, $39.95)

Emerita professor Gretchen Koehler has published apamphlet-sized self-help guide titled The Little Bookof Stress Management. It is aimed at helping readersto examine their lifestyles for places where adjust-ments, modifications, or changes can positivelyaffect their health. Thirty simple stress-managingexercises are introduced and described in thebooklet.

Gretchen Koehler, The Little Book of StressManagement: What You Need to Know and Do(St. Peter, Minn.: 2006, paper, $10.00)

The above-mentioned books are available through the Gustavus Book Mark (phone 800/847-9307, or log onto <www.bookmark.gustavus.edu>).

Companion tour with the Gustavus ChoirGustavus Choir Concert Tour to Portugal and Spain

January 15–28, 2007with Gustavus hosts Russ and Jan Ledin Michaletz ’74 ’74

Join Jan and Russ for a two-week fine arts tour to the Iberian Peninsula. Share some sightseeing with and attend three concerts by the Gustavus Choir.

For more information, contact [email protected] or call 800/726-6198.


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by Barbara Fister

What do wind energy,Hmong linguistics, and a

ceramic art installation have incommon? Each of these is a2006 summer project funded byPresidential Student/FacultyCollaboration Grants.

This summer, physics profes-sor Chuck Niederriter and stu-dent Jared Sieling have beenstudying ways that energy gener-ated from wind power can bemost effectively stored. ProfessorNiederriter has been involved indeveloping wind power for theCollege for several years; now hewants to explore the best ways tosave up energy to use on lesswindy days. Sieling is happy tobe involved because he’s con-cerned about the environment—and he knows that hands-on ex-periences will round out hiseducation as a future physicist.

Toshiyuki Sakuragi, associateprofessor of Japanese studies, hasteamed with students Bao Xiongand Mai Lee Vang to explore thecognitive dynamics of linguisticsby conducting field work intometaphors and classifiers used inthe Hmong language. ForSakuragi, this research offers anopportunity to apply new linguis-tic concepts to a language thathas received little attention but isundergoing dramatic change. Histwo student research partners notonly have an opportunity to learnmore about linguistics but alsowill be helping to understandand preserve a culture that is animportant part of their identities.

Art professor Lois Petersonand student David Goldstein arecreating a ceramic tile mural outof hand-cut white clay to bemounted on the front of thechoir loft of Christ Chapel. It isdesigned to enhance personal re-flection in a contemplative pieceof art. By working together, anexperienced artist and a youngerone will share the creativeprocess of conception, design,and the practical problem-solv-ing required for a major art in-stallation.

For several years, studentshave learned alongside faculty inintensive projects like these. E-mail interviews conducted dur-ing the summer with twoGustavus graduates reveal theyoffer rich learning experiencesthat complement the classroom.And the faculty with whom they

worked say the learning goesboth ways.

“Real Research, RealScience”Neuroscientist Mike Ferragamoencouraged Kim McArthur ’04to dive into lab work by re-searching the neural representa-tion of sounds in a particular sec-tion of frogs’ brains during a2003 summer project. At first,Kim thought the lab equipmentlooked as if belonged at NASAMission Control. But she soongot comfortable enough to makeprogress. She admits, “Therewere some things about the lab-oratory and the procedures that Ididn’t really understand until myfirst year of graduate school, buthey! I was participating in real re-search, real science.” The grantallowed her to spend time daily

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on the project during the sum-mer without compromising herdemanding coursework. “In thescience classroom, you’re gener-ally learning about things thathave already been researched,picked apart, rearranged, and di-luted down. That’s necessary in ascience classroom, because sci-ence is so big—you can’t learnevery nuance and detail, and youcan’t earn each piece of knowl-edge for yourself. There isn’tenough time in the day, let alonein a single 50-minute class peri-od. In an active research labora-tory, you can be an explorer. Youpick the question. You design theexperiment. You make new ob-servations and collect new data,and then you make the discover-ies.”

McArthur not only learnedtechnical skills but she alsogained an appreciation for thescientific process that she de-scribes as “sometimes elegant,sometimes clumsy, always satisfy-ing.” It was good preparation forher current graduate work inneuroscience at WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis. “Younever really know if you’ll enjoy agiven career path until you’ve ex-perienced it first-hand, and myexperience at Gustavus con-firmed for me that this was whatI wanted to do with my life.”

“Knee-Deep in LiteraryCriticism” But student-faculty research isnot limited to the sciences—oreven to students who have cho-sen a particular career. ScottNewstok, assistant professor ofEnglish, admits it’s harder to cre-ate collaborative projects in thehumanities than in the sciences,but he argues, “It is precisely insuch fields that we find the po-tential for the greatest intellectu-al rewards.” As a faculty member

and student partner focus to-gether on a particular issue, theyboth gain expertise and can en-gage in “surprisingly productivedialogue that resembles nothingso much as the stimulating con-versations in which the best liter-ary scholars engage.” And bothparticipants benefit. “The stu-dent gets the opportunity to pur-sue graduate-level work while theprofessor benefits from having adeeply informed reader of workthat is most often too specializedfor departmental colleagues toapproach. A small liberal arts col-lege provides the ideal environ-ment to support such conversa-tions.”

Marissa Wold Bauck had noplans to become a Shakespearescholar and was initially intimi-dated by the thought of taking aShakespeare course required ofEnglish majors. But she foundherself fascinated by the waysrace featured in American read-ings of Othello. The issues sheraised in her paper turned out to

parallel questions her professorwas investigating, so with a 2004grant they teamed up to form atwo-person summer seminar.They began at the NewberryLibrary in Chicago. “This was anincredible experience,” Bauck re-ports. “Who would havethought that spending beautifulsummer days in a library, knee-deep in literary criticism, couldbe so much fun? The breadth ofresources at the Newberry wasastonishing; I was able to readoriginal, centuries-old books andcould find virtually any informa-tion I needed. The trip to theNewberry was the perfect way todive in to the project.”

Thereafter, Newstok andBauck met daily to process theirthoughts, questions, frustrations,and insights. “This experiencewas completely different fromtaking a class. Students oftenhave to do research for a termpaper, as I did for theShakespeare seminar, and while it

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David Goldstein ’08 (left) iscollaborating with artprofessor Lois Peterson on aceramic installation for thechoir loft of Christ Chapel.Molded clay parts yet to befired are on the table beforethem.



seems extensive at the time, it’snothing compared to being ableto spend two straight months,often at least 40 hours a week,researching one single topicyou’re genuinely passionateabout—it’s really quite a luxury.And the more you delve into thetopic, the more passionate youbecome!” As with McArthur, theprocess itself was eye-opening forBauck. “One of the many greatthings about this opportunity isthat you have the time to devel-op a thesis that is uniquely yourown, and rather than dabbling incriticism about which you knowhardly anything, you’re able togain some authority within thosecritical voices.”

Taking Research PersonallyMcArthur and Bauck were bothchosen to present their researchat conferences; both collabora-tions have resulted in publica-tions in scholarly journals. Butcollaborative research opportuni-ties allow more personal kinds ofdiscovery as well. “I realized thatI could do science,” saysMcArthur. “Sounds silly, but al-though I had been planning tobecome a neuroscientist for sev-eral years, I didn’t really know ifI could do it. Could I reallycome up with original questionsand hypotheses? Could I reallygather and analyze new data?Could I really present my resultsto an audience? Yes, I could, andI did. And I’m still doing it now,as a graduate student.”

Bauck had a similar experi-ence. “My research has had ahuge impact on the way I viewrace—its portrayal in Americanmedia and entertainment, its im-pact on American society . . . Icertainly view American history

and the sometimes explosiveissue of race in a completely dif-ferent way.” She also discoveredthat research in the humanities istruly a collaborative process. “Isometimes refer to it as the bestsummer job I’ve ever had! I wasable to go to the NewberryLibrary; I had the time to devel-op an idea and conduct the re-search necessary to do the thesisjustice; I could meet regularlywith a professor specializing inthe area I was interested in. Allthese things were possible be-cause of the grant.”

McArthur agrees it is a valu-able learning experience. “Evenfor those who aren’t interested inresearch as a career, there’s cer-tainly an enormous satisfaction incompleting an original project.In every field, research is the op-portunity to participate in an on-going global conversation, and Iwould encourage every studentto take that opportunity.”

Barbara Fister, an academiclibrarian at Gustavus since 1987,also serves as a coordinator of theFaculty Development Program.

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Covenant Award goes tonaturalist Jim Gilbert ’62

J im Gilbert ’62, who re-tired in 2005 as execu-

tive director of theLinnaeus Arboretum andcampus naturalist atGustavus, was honored byGustavus Adolphus CollegeAssociation ofCongregations at its con-vention on campus in Aprilwith the 2006 CovenantAward. The award recognizesindividuals who have made distinctive contributions that strengthenthe partnership between Gustavus Adolphus College and member con-gregations of the Association.

Consulting naturalist for WCCO radio and host of Nature Notes, aSunday morning program that documents natural changes as theyoccur in Minnesota, Gilbert also is co-author of the MinnesotaWeatherguide Calendars, writes a nature column for several localnewspapers including the StarTribune, and has written two books onthe topic of nature in Minnesota. He returned to his alma mater in1998 after a long teaching career in the Hopkins, Minn., school dis-trict to head the arboretum and serve as campus naturalist.

Jim has been one of the most popular speakers in the Office ofChurch Relations’ Partners in Education program for many years. Hehas spent many Sundays speaking with Association congregations onhis perspectives on the world as a naturalist and a man of faith. Hecontinues to teach “Interpreting the Natural Landscape” for theEnvironmental Studies program at Gustavus. G

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by Al Behrends ’77

Editor’s Note: In January 2006,the Gustavus Wind Orchestraand Conductor Douglas Nimmoembarked upon a concert tour ofselected sites in central Europe, re-turning to many of the churchesand concert halls at which the en-semble had performed during its1994 concert tour in the same re-gion. Director of Fine ArtsPrograms Al Behrends ’77 accom-panied the group and providedthis memoir of the trip. Text initalics is taken from journals keptby some of the student musicians.

On January 15, 2006, 24hours after their departure

from Gustavus, the members of

the Gustavus Wind Orchestra ar-rived in the Bavarian LutheranMission Center inNeuendettelsau, Germany. Theywere set to step into history andretrace the steps of the orches-tra’s ground-breaking 1994 con-cert tour in Germany, Poland,the Czech and Slovak Republics,Hungary, and Austria. One daylater, Pastor Edmund Ratz, theArchbishop of Russia and Bishopof St. Petersburg, greeted themas they closed their opening con-cert in the Church of St.Gumbertus in Ansbach. Thebishop (a native of the area) wasvery pleased that an AmericanLutheran college was interestedin presenting a concert tour inthe area and thanked the stu-dents for sharing their “extraor-

dinary gifts with the people.” On Tuesday, the group trav-

eled east into the CzechRepublic and on to Prague. Abreath-taking walking tour (interms of both the scenery andthe temperature!) introduced theGusties to St. Vitus Cathedraland Prague Castle, Franz Kafka’shouse, the St. Charles Bridge, St.Nicholas Church, and Prague’sOld Towne Square, one of themost striking city squares in all ofEurope.

The evening’s concert wasperformed in St. Juda and SimonChurch in the center of the OldTowne. The beauty of the space,the enthusiasm of the filledhouse, the arrival of the compan-ion tour of parents, alumni, andfriends, and great acoustics

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helped make the concert a won-derful success. The excitementand reaction from the audience,which included one special guestinvited by the wind orchestra—Dr. Erazim Kohák, former pro-fessor of philosophy atGustavus—prompted one St.Peter native living in Prague tosay that she had never seen somany smiling Czechs in oneplace!

From Prague, the GustavusWind Orchestra traveled on tosouthwestern Poland and thearea of Bielsko-Biala. The visitand performances coincided witha week of ecumenical celebra-tions in the region. On Friday,the young Americans traveled tothe small town of Oswiecim, bet-ter known to the world as the lo-cation of one of the most horrificexamples of inhumanity inhuman history: the concentra-tion camps of Auschwitz andBirkenau.

The silence among the studentsas we experienced this visit best de-scribes the effect on the students. To

walk through the death chambers,alongside the crematory, barracks,the loading platform, and theendless rows of barbed and electri-fied wires bring the horror of thattime to us. Silence and disbeliefwere evident on each face. It is aplace we will never forget.

For the evening concert back inthe city, we were welcomed by theCatholic parish of Kety for its firstecumenical project and the firsttime such music would be per-formed in this sanctuary. Ourschedule allowed us to set up andrehearse in the sanctuary prior todinner and the arrival of parish-ioners for the 6 p.m. Mass sched-uled in the sanctuary.

As the service finished, we ex-pected some of the nearly 400 gath-ered to leave, but no one moved asthe priest finished the final prayersof the service. Others began to ar-rive as we scrambled to find addi-tional programs for the concert.The mayor of Kety, two parishpriests, and Pastor Jan Byrt, ourLutheran host, gathered to wel-come us. More than 700 weregathered, filling every seat andstanding wherever possible. Theperformance went very well and

the audience gave standing ova-tions after a number of selections.At the end of the concert and theencore, the parish priest asked us tostay as more speeches were deliv-ered and more photos taken at theend of this extraordinary event inthe parish. A wonderful eveningcame to an end as the band wasinvited to a reception in the parishhall to discuss the events of the dayand speak with the dignitariesand other members of the audi-ence.

Following our next evening’sconcert at the Lutheran churchin Bielsko and special music atSunday Mass in Sczyrk, the windorchestra was back on the roadand headed into Slovakia. Aheadwas the city of Stará Turá, whichhad so graciously welcomed theensemble in 1994. The warmthof the reception of food andmusic as we entered the parishhouse next to the old churchmore than compensated for thesub-zero temperatures outside. Itwas like returning home after along absence. Many of the hostfamilies and audience membersfrom the 1994 tour turned outwith a traditional welcome of


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An SRO audience heard theorchestra at its return visitto the Evangelical LutheranChurch in Stará Turá.Standing at the extreme leftis orchestra alumna JohannaJohnson ’05, who is workingwith the ELCA GlobalMission Service in Slovakia.

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In Bratislava with DeputyChief of Mission LarrySilverman of the U.S.Embassy, Slovakia: from left,Al Behrends ’77, director offine arts programs and tourmanager; David Fienen,chair of the GustavusDepartment of Music andfeatured organist for thetour; Douglas Nimmo,professor of music andconductor of the GustavusWind Orchestra; Silverman;and Tom Emmert, professorof history and leader of thecompanion tour for parents,alumni, and friends.

cakes, served by young womenin traditional Slovak dress, andmusic, presented by the commu-nity’s brass band. Among thewelcoming delegation wasGustavus Wind Orchestra alum-na and former principal oboistJohanna Johnson ’05, who isserving with the ELCA’s GlobalMission Service in Slovakia.

At the church that evening,walking into the legend of the1994 tour was a bit intimidatingfor some of the young musicians,but the dress rehearsal went welland the Gustavus Wind Orchestrawas ready for the concert. As weentered the crowded sanctuary tobegin the concert, the tower bellswere ringing to celebrate the con-cert and to mourn 40 members ofthe Slovak army killed in an acci-dent in the previous week. The pas-tor opened with prayer and askedus to stand for silence as we recog-nized the national day of mourn-ing of the Slovakian people. Everyseat on the main floor was takenand nearly 300 packed the bal-conies for an audience that thepastor estimated included over1,100

The Gusties responded with oneof the finest performances of thetour. They were rewarded with anextended and emotional ovationfor their performance of EricEwazen’s A Hymn for the Lostand the Living and DavidGillingham’s new work, Light ofMy Soul, a work based on the tuneof the very familiar “BeautifulSavior.” The pastor’s prayers for asafe journey and a request for aquick return to Stará Turá werefollowed by Nearer My God toThee, the same encore performedin 1994. More tears and a stand-ing ovation followed this work,which is a treasure to the people ofSlovakia. It is said that legendsare made over time, but this groupof young musicians stepped into

history as they made their wayfrom the sanctuary, across thecourtyard in the cold Siberianblast sweeping across Slovakia, tothe parish hall. They may havebeen chilled by the weather outside,but the conditions inside theEvangelical Lutheran Church ofStará Turá could not have beenwarmer or more welcoming.

The ensemble traveled on toBratislava, Slovakia’s capital city.The audience, which includedthe Deputy Chief of Mission atthe U.S. Embassy in Bratislava,Lawrence R. Silverman, and hisfamily, and our host, PastorJarmila Petrulova (whose daugh-ter had been born earlier thatday), filled the sanctuary longbefore the ensemble made itsway to the stage, and continuedits applause long after the per-formance ended.

The group’s arrival inSalzburg coincided with the cele-bration surrounding the 250thanniversary of the birth of theWolfgang Amadeus Mozart.After a morning concert in anarea school and a visit to the fa-mous salt mines, the GustavusWind Orchestra returned to thecity for an afternoon and eveningof festivities.

At 8 p.m., the hour of Mozart’sbirth, church bells in a smalleroutlying town began to ring, fol-lowed by the larger bells inSalzburg. Anticipating the mo-ment, we waited in the square forthe bells of the Dom Kirche tobegin. Suddenly the steeple eruptedwith sound, startling in intensity,beginning with the highest trebleand gradually adding one bellafter another until it reached themassive bass bell of the cathedral.The incredible sound continuedfor several minutes and could befelt as well as heard. We giggledwith the knowledge that we, asAmerican musicians, were privi-

leged to be in that city at that mo-ment for the celebration of ourlifetimes. The celebration for thecity’s favorite son had officiallybegun and we were part of it.

With one final concert inHeidelberg, the band’s adventurewould be complete and the prepa-rations would begin for the returnto the States. As we looked backover the previous 18 days, it wouldbe difficult to point to one spectac-ular moment that defined thetour. Each member of the ensemblewould have a special moment oran experience or new acquain-tance. Each would find a personalchange in some wonderful way.We had been promised an unfor-gettable experience of performanceand travel in central Europe andpeople had delivered. After 12years of the tales of the tour of1994, the Gustavus WindOrchestra was ready to add newchapters to the story. That tour hadbecome a legend in the long historyof the ensemble. As one of themembers declared after the concertin Stará Turá, “Now we are apart of the legend.”

Al Behrends ’77 is in his 30th yearwith the College and is director offine arts programs and tour manag-er of the Gustavus Wind Orchestraand the Gustavus Jazz Lab Band.

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by Donald Myers ’83

F rom September 11 toNovember 5, the Hillstrom

Museum of Art is hosting the ex-hibition Architecture of Silence:Cistercian Abbeys of France(Photography by David Heald),which features works by the na-tionally known Heald, chief pho-tographer at the GuggenheimMuseum in New York. Healdspent a decade photographingmedieval Cistercian abbeys in

France, and the resulting large-format, gelatin silver prints thatare the basis of the exhibitionwere described by critic MartinFiller, writing in the New YorkTimes, as “hauntingly beautiful.”

The images have a hushed,spiritual quality that is in keepingwith the architectural monu-ments of the Cistercian monasticorder, which rose to prominenceunder St. Bernard of Clairvaux(1090–1153). Bernard wasadamant in his proscription ofextraneous ornamentation anddecoration in churches andmonasteries, which he felt dis-tracted the monks and otherworshippers from meditating onGod. Bernard’s artistic dictum,“no decoration, only propor-tion,” summarizes the austerebeauty of both the Cistercianstructures and David Heald’sphotographs of them. Heald’sNave Looking East, Fontenay, forinstance, shows the severe butpleasing, regular progression ofunornamented columns andarches down the nave of theabbey church in Fontenay, incentral France.

Architecture of Silence wasshown earlier at the ClevelandMuseum of Art and is accompa-nied by a publication of the samename, a book that was chosen bythe New York Times Book Reviewas one of the best architecturebooks for the year 2000. The ex-hibition was organized and is cir-culated by ExhibitionsInternational, NY. Its appearance

at the Hillstrom Museum of Artis supported by a generous grantfrom the Carl and Verna SchmidtFoundation.

In conjunction with this ex-hibit, the Museum will sponsor alecture by Toby Jurovics, curatorof photography at theSmithsonian American ArtMuseum. Jurovics, who was for-merly a photography curator atthe Princeton University ArtMuseum, will present a lecturetitled “Landscape and Place inContemporary Photography.”The lecture is free and open tothe public, and will be held inWallenberg Auditorium of theNobel Hall of Science on Sunday,September 24, 2006, at 3:30 p.m.

On view concurrently withthe Architecture of Silence exhibi-tion will be Highlights andRecent Acquisitions of theHillstrom Museum of Art, featur-ing numerous works donated toor purchased by the Museumwithin the last year or so, as wellas several works that were alreadyin the collection. Among the do-nations is a 1961 oil painting ti-tled Antiques, Route 9-W, byLouis Bouché (1896–1969),given by his daughter JaneBouché Strong throughKraushaar Galleries, Inc., of NewYork. Bouché is considered apainter of the “American Scene,”a term that derives from the titleof a 1907 collection of essays byauthor and analyst of Americanlife Henry James (1843–1916).As applied to the visual arts,

Hillstrom Museum of Art featuresexhibitions of photography,works from permanent collection


David Heald, Nave LookingEast, Fontenay, 1990;included in the exhibitionArchitecture of Silence:Cistercian Abbeys ofFrance.


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“American Scene” refers toartists who attempt to find whatis “American” in life and art,often in opposition to Europeanartistic tendencies such as ab-straction. Antiques, Route 9-Wplays with the viewer’s concep-tions of art, and what might firstbe seen as the park of a classicalRoman villa is soon recognized asthe grounds of an antique storein the American countryside.

Bouché’s one-time studiomate Alexander Brook(1898–1980) is the artist of a1942 lithograph titled In theStudio, a gift from friends of theRev. Richard L. Hillstrom ’38 inhonor of his retirement fromThrivent Financial for Lutherans.That print is the second work byBrook in the collection, and bothwill be shown in the exhibitionwith works by Brook’s one-timewife, artist Peggy Bacon(1895–1987). In the Studio is animage of Bacon at rest during asession of posing for her hus-band, who frequently used her asa model in his works.

Other donations on view in-clude The Offering, a 1934 litho-graph by French-born artist JeanCharlot (1898–1979), donatedby Gene and Ann (Komatz ’51)Basset; an undated drawing,Nude Woman, by Swedish-American artist Elof Wedin(1901–1983), donated by GloriaKittleson in honor of the Rev.Richard L. Hillstrom; and a largewatercolor titled Lone Bulb,1988, by Catherine Davis Means’74. Means, who has achieved ahigh level of recognition in hersignificant career as an artist, hasbeen represented by the GalleryHenoch in New York, and thedonation came from gallery di-rector George HenochSchechtman and his wife, NancyHicks. (Hicks’ brother GeorgeHicks ’75, who helped arrange

the donation, is a member of theGustavus board.)

Dr. David and Kathryn(Rydland ’71) Gilbertson donat-ed funds toward the purchase ofartworks, among them the 1939lithograph Midnight Alarm byRegionalist artist Grant Wood(1892–1942), also on view. TheGilbertsons, along withHillstrom, were the donors offunds to purchase four hand-col-ored prints by Wood, as reportedin the Summer 2005 issue of theQuarterly. The Gilbertsons havealso promised as future gifts tothe Museum two additionalWood lithographs, his first print,the 1937 Tree Planting Group,and his penultimate print, the1941 December Afternoon. TheMuseum plans eventually to ac-quire examples of all nineteen ofWood’s prints.

A recent purchase by theMuseum, of Wood’s SultryNight (1937), is part of this ef-fort. This lithograph was printedin a much smaller edition thanmost of Wood’s prints. AmericanAssociated Artists (AAA), thegroup responsible for commis-sioning and distributing prints byWood and many other artists ofhis era, often shipped artworksthrough the mail. Sultry Night,which depicts a nude farmerwashing his tanned body withwater from a trough, wasdeemed by the U. S. PostalService to be obscene, and AAAwas warned that the print couldnot legally be mailed, so the edi-tion was curtailed.

One of the works from thecollection being highlighted inthe exhibition is an ink and washdrawing by social artist and polit-ical cartoonist William Gropper(1897–1977), titled TheWanderer. The drawing, given tothe Museum by Hillstrom in2003, is the subject of another of

the Museum’s recurring FOCUSIN/ON exhibits, which engagethe expertise of campus membersacross the curriculum in collabo-rative projects to consider a par-ticular work from the collectionin depth. Elizabeth Baer, profes-sor of English, whose researchand teaching focus on Holocaustand genocide studies (with specialemphasis on gender and geno-cide) and memorialization andrepresentation of the Holocaust,will co-author with the Museumdirector an extended didactic ex-hibition text for The Wanderer.

Both Architecture of Silenceand Highlights and RecentAcquisitions of the HillstromMuseum of Art will be on viewfrom September 11 throughNovember 5, 2006, with anopening reception during theNobel Conference on October3, 2006, 6–8 p.m.

Donald Myers ’83 is director of theHillstrom Museum of Art and an in-structor in art history at the College.

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Louis Bouché(1896–1969), Antiques,Route 9-W, 1961, oil oncanvas, 26-1/4 x 22 inches,gift of the artist’sdaughter, Jane BouchéStrong.


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August24–Sept. 4

Gustavus at the Fair: Collegebooth in the EducationBuilding at the MinnesotaState Fair, staffed 9 a.m.–9p.m. Wear your Gustie gear tothe Fair and stop by ourbooth!

September6 Opening Convocation of

145th academic year, ChristChapel, 10 a.m.

11 Gustavus Library Associates’Membership Tea, hosted byJim and Susan Peterson ’64’65, Folke Bernadotte MemorialLibrary, 10 a.m. Open to thepublic without charge.

11–Nov. 5Artist Series: Architecture ofSilence: Cistercian Abbeys ofFrance, photography by DavidHeald, Hillstrom Museum ofArt. Open to the public with-out charge; regular museumhours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.,Mon.–Fri.; 1–5 p.m., Sat. &Sun. Nobel Conference recep-tion: Oct. 3, 6–8 p.m.

11–Nov. 5Art Exhibition: RecentAcquisitions of the HillstromMuseum of Art. Open to thepublic without charge; regularmuseum hours and receptionlisted above.

13 Gustavus HeritagePartnership Luncheon, C.Charles Jackson CampusCenter banquet rooms; 11:30a.m. By invitation; for moreinformation, contact the Officeof Gift Planning (800/726-6192).

30 Athletics Hall of FameBanquet and Induction,

Alumni Hall, 6 p.m.Reservations required; see in-formation in Alumni section orcontact the Office of AlumniRelations (800/487-8437).

October3–4 Nobel Conference© 42:

“Medicine: Prescription forTomorrow,” Lund Arena,opening at 9:30 a.m. onTuesday. For ticket informa-tion, contact the Office ofCollege Relations (507/933-7520), see registration forminserted in this magazine, orvisit the Nobel Conferencewebsite (www.gustavus.edu/nobelconference/).

3 Music: Nobel ConferenceConcert: “Physicians, Healers,Quacks, and Madmen,” featur-ing the Gustavus SymphonyOrchestra, Warren Friesen,conductor, Christ Chapel, 8p.m. Open to the public with-out charge.

6–8 Homecoming and FamilyWeekend: Receptions and din-ners for anniversary classes inMankato and the Twin Citieson Friday evening; reunionevents on campus on Saturday(see schedule in Alumni sec-tion). Family Weekend con-certs on Oct. 8, 1:30 p.m.Contact the Office of AlumniRelations (800/487-8437 orwww.gustavus.edu/alumni/).

7 Artist Series: Neal & Leandra,“At Home Again,” JussiBjörling Recital Hall, 7:30p.m. Ticket required; contactthe Gustavus Ticket Center(507/933-7590).

13 Artist Series: “The Music ofJapan: The Past into theFuture,” featuring voice,piano, and bamboo flute, Jussi

Björling Recital Hall, 7:30p.m. Ticket required; contactthe Gustavus Ticket Center(507/933-7590).

14 Founders Society Luncheon,C. Charles Jackson CampusCenter banquet rooms; 11:30a.m. By invitation; for moreinformation, contact the Officeof Gift Planning (800/726-6192).

November3 Music: Gustavus Symphony

and Gustavus PhilharmonicOrchestras, Warren Friesen,conductor, Jussi BjörlingRecital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Opento the public without charge.

4 Our Story Conference, spon-sored by the Pan AfrikanStudent Organization, AlumniHall, 10 a.m. Registration re-quired; contact the DiversityCenter (507/933-7449).

4 Artist Series: Tonic Sol-Fa inConcert, Jussi Björling RecitalHall, 7:30 p.m. Ticket re-quired; contact the GustavusTicket Center (507/933-7590).

9, 10, 11, & 12Theater: An Experiment withan Air Pump, by ShelaghStevenson, directed by RobGardner, Anderson Theatre, 8p.m. (Nov. 9, 10, & 11) and 2p.m. (Nov. 12). Ticket re-quired; contact the GustavusTicket Center (507/933-7590).

10 Music: Gustavus and VasaWind Orchestras Fall Concert,Douglas Nimmo, conductor,Christ Chapel, 7:30 p.m. Opento the public without charge.

10–Jan. 21, 2007Artist Series: Aerial Images:Recent Paintings by BruceMcClain, Hillstrom Museum ofArt. Open to the public with-


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out charge; regular museumhours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.,Mon.–Fri.; 1–5 p.m., Sat. &Sun. Opening reception: Nov.10, 7–9 p.m.

11 Music: Gustavus andAdolphus Jazz Ensembles,Steve Wright, director, JussiBjörling Recital Hall, 7:30p.m. Open to the public with-out charge.

12 Music: Gustavus WoodwindEnsembles, Ann Pesavento,director, Jussi Björling RecitalHall, 3:30 p.m. Open to thepublic without charge.

19 Music: F. Melius Christiansen135th Anniversary FestivalConcert, featuring fiveMinnesota Lutheran collegechoirs including the GustavusChoir, Orchestra Hall,Minneapolis, 2 p.m. and 6:30p.m. For ticket informationand reservations, call theOrchestra Hall box office(800/292-4141).

19 Music: Gustavus PercussionEnsembles, Bob Adney andPaul Hill, directors, JussiBjörling Recital Hall, 1:30p.m. Open to the public with-out charge.

20–21 Lecture: Esther Sternberg,M.D., chief of Section onNeuroendocrine Immunologyand Behavior, NationalInstitute of Mental Health,and author of The BalanceWithin: The Science ofConnecting Health andEmotions, Alumni Hall, 7 p.m.(Nov. 20), Jackson CampusCenter Heritage Room, 7 p.m.(Nov. 21). Open to the publicwithout charge.

December1, 2, & 3 Christmas in Christ Chapel:

“An American Odyssey,” ChristChapel, 3:30 p.m (Dec. 2 & 3only) and 7:30 p.m. Ticket re-quired; see registration forminserted in this magazine, orcontact the Office of CollegeRelations (507/933-7520).

7 Festival of Saint Lucia, ChristChapel, 10 a.m. LuciaLuncheon sponsored byGustavus Library Associates,featuring storyteller and chil-dren’s author Lise Lunge-Larson, Alumni Hall, 11 a.m.Reservations required forluncheon; contact the Office ofCollege Relations (507/933-7520).

8 Artist Series: Michael Johnsonin Concert, Jussi BjörlingRecital Hall, 8 p.m. ticket re-quired; contact the GustavusTicket Center (507/933-7590).

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Additionalschedules,informationand updates

SportsUp-to-date sportsschedules may befound on the WorldWide Web, through theGustavus homepage(www.gustavus.edu).For a printed scheduleof any or all of theGustie varsity athleticsquads, download fromthe Web or send a self-addressed, stampedenvelope to TimKennedy ’82, sports in-formation director,Gustavus AdolphusCollege, 800 W. CollegeAve., St. Peter, MN56082-1498. Also, youcan listen to selectedGustavus athleticsbroadcasts over theInternet throughRealAudio! Broadcastsmay be accessedthrough a link onGustavus athleticswebsite, where abroadcast schedulemay also be found.

The ArtsTo receive a more com-plete fine arts sched-ule or more informa-tion on fine arts eventsnoted in the calendar,contact Al Behrends’77, director of finearts programs, byphone (507/933-7363)or e-mail([email protected]).Tickets for theatre anddance performancesare available twoweeks in advance ofthe performancethrough the GustavusTicket Center(507/933-7590).

On the hill

Grant Wood (1892–1942), MidnightAlarm, 1939, lithograph, 11-7/8 x 7inches (image), gift of Dr. David andKathryn (Rydland ’71) Gilbertson, on viewSeptember 11–November 5 as part of theRecent Acquisitions of the HillstromMuseum of Art exhibition.

9 Music: Vocal Jazz andChamber Singers, GregoryAune, conductor, Jussi BjörlingRecital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Open tothe public without charge.

10 Music: BRASSWORKS! ScottMoore, conductor, JussiBjörling Recital Hall, 1:30 p.m.Open to the public withoutcharge.

10 Music: St. Ansgar’s Chorusand Birgitta Singers, GregoryAune and Travis Sletta, con-ductors, Christ Chapel, 3:30p.m. Open to the public with-out charge.


‘A hot time in the old gown . . .’

Seniors beat the heat at Commencement 2006

The third-largest graduating class in the history of Gustavus Adolphus College—596 students—was thankful for little things on Sunday, May 28: a short program,lightweight gowns, and the alacrity of Interim Dean of the Faculty Mariangela Maguireand Dean of Students Hank Toutain in announcing names as the class traversed thestage under a baking sun on a 90+ degree day. Physics professor Paul Saulnier wasannounced as the 2006 recipient of the Edgar Carlson Award for DistinguishedTeaching, Matt Forbes ’06 delivered the senior address, and nearly 600 new alumnicelebrated their graduation. Scenes from the day fill the next few pages.


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Top left: Matt Forbes ’06, Bloomington,Minn., was selected to speak for his class during thecommencement exercises.

Right: Faculty Marshal Judy Gardner leadsthe academic procession ontoHollingsworth Field.


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Abbott-Northwestern HospitalBenfield GroupCorporate Executive BoardCourage CenterDeloitte & ToucheFairview University HospitalFederated InsuranceGillette HealthcareGlobal Marketing VenturesHealth East Care SystemHennepin County Multicultural ServicesKimberly-Clark Corp.

Larson AllenMacy’sMayo ClinicMerckMinnesota VikingsOffice of the Minnesota State AuditorSt. Paul TravelersSouth Metro Human ServicesThrivent FinancialUnited HealthcareU.S. Department of Veterans’ AffairsWells Fargo

Among the Graduate Schools:University of AlaskaUniversity of the AmericasUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California, BerkeleyCalifornia State University, FullertonCase Western Reserve UniversityUniversity of Colorado at BoulderGeorge Washington UniversityUniversity of IllinoisIndiana University–BloomingtonLuther SeminaryMarquette UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts–BostonMichigan State UniversityUniversity of MinnesotaPennsylvania State UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUniversity of Missouri–RollaUniversity of North Carolina–Chapel HillOregon State UniversitySan Francisco State UniversityUniversity of WalesUniversity of WashingtonWashington University, St. LouisUniversity of WisconsinYale Divinity School

A quick survey of the Class of 2006 conducted on the day before their commencement revealedthat over 62 percent were already “permanently situated” (i.e., employed full-time, continuingtheir education, in the military, or involved in volunteer or service organizations), with 140employed in career positions and another 113 accepted to graduate or professional schoolprograms.

Among the employers hiring 2006 graduates:

Selected Service Positions:Admission PossibleAmericorpsLutheran Volunteer CorpsELCA Global MissionsMinnesota Conservations CorpsTeach for America

Whither the Class of 2006?


In the mid-1970s, GustavusAdolphus College was seeking toimprove its standing through

recognition from Phi Beta Kappa, the na-tion’s oldest and most prestigious academichonor society. But the Gustavus library’s re-source collection was a sticking point, citedas falling short of the society’s standards.The 1970s had not been kind to collegeand university libraries in general, with sup-port falling off due to both inflation and

budget retrenchment. Gustavus needed anew idea to boost its library’s resources—not just a temporary infusion of cash but along-term commitment to funding.

Into the picture stepped Patricia Lindell,wife of the College’s newly arrived 11thpresident, Edward Lindell. She had an ideafor a friends-of-the-library group thatwould reach beyond even the College’sstrong alumni base. And she had a “mod-est” goal of raising $1 million for library


GREATER GUSTAVUS AWARDGOES TO GUSTAVUS

LIBRARY ASSOCIATES

The 2006 GLA board sat long enough for a photo at its summer planning meeting at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in June.


holdings. To get started, she enlisted thehelp of Rhoda Lund, a former RepublicanNational Committee member who had theprestige, connections, and organizationalskills to make things happen. GustavusLibrary Associates (GLA) was born in1977. Lindell, Lund, and a dedicated teamof College staff met with the St. Peter com-munity and friends in the Twin Cities andcriss-crossed the state for coffee parties,style shows, and membership teas thatraised awareness for the importance of astrong College library.

At a banquet on the Gustavus campus inMay 2006, nearly 30 years later, founderPatty Lindell and current GLA presidentSandy Williamson accepted the GustavusAlumni Association’s highest award, theGreater Gustavus Award, for “having no-tably advanced and aided GustavusAdolphus College.” GLA today boasts anactive membership of nearly 400 and hasraised in excess of $2.5 million for books,other resources, and a student-researchscholarship program. The group has won anumber of national awards for excellence inprogramming and fundraising, includingrecognition from Friends of LibrariesU.S.A. (FOLUSA) and three John CottonDana awards, and has earned a national rep-utation as a model for successful volunteerinvolvement and support in education.Even those not familiar with the aforemen-tioned achievements will likely be aware of

their immensely successful galas—15“Royal Affairs” have been staged by GLA inthe past 29 years, all providing visibility andfinancial support for the Folke BernadotteMemorial Library.

“It has been an amazing journey,”Lindell noted in accepting the GreaterGustavus Award. “All of us who are or havebeen a part of this had our lives enriched byworking for something we cared for and be-lieved in, and in so doing we made new andlasting friendships. And, we made theCollege greater than it otherwise ever couldhave been.” G

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Upcoming Gustavus Library Associates

Events

Membership TeaSeptember 11, 2006

Fall Author DayDate to be announced,

check at www.gustavus.edu/gla/.

Festival of St. Lucia Luncheonwith guest Lise Lunge-Larson

December 7, 2006

Easter Bunny BreakfastMarch 23, 2007

A Royal AffairNovember 10, 2007

GLA co-founder Patty Lundell (left) and currentpresident Sandy Williamson, who accepted theaward for their colleagues past and present atthe Alumni Banquet in May.



“I love being in the chapel.It’s a comforting, spiritually fulfilling placefor me,” says Dorea Ruggles ’06. A numberof students who feel this type of connectionwith Christ Chapel have had the opportuni-ty to be more involved in chapel lifethrough “Apprenticeship of Christ Chapel,”a unique program that helps to mentor stu-dents and aid them in the discovery and cul-tivation of their faith.

Chaplain Brian Johnson ’80 developedthe idea for the apprentice program after at-tending a meeting of professionals to dis-cuss vocational calling. Among the concernsof the participants were the need for a long-term program that would teach knowledgenot taught in traditional institutions and the

critical importance of mentor-student rela-tionships. After meeting with several stu-dents who had expressed anxiety about dis-covering their calling and incorporatingreflection into their worship routines, theOffice of the Chaplains decided an appren-ticeship program might help to incorporatepeer ministry and faith discussions intocampus life.

Chaplain Johnson describes apprentice-ship as a means to learn and practice “mat-ters of professional ethics, commitment tothe common good, enculturation into anetwork of professionals, and space to con-sider the relationship with the infinite.” Helikens the apprentice program with the earlyChristian community formed by Jesus’ dis-

Chapel ApprenticesThe ‘eyes and ears’ of the Christ Chapel

by Sara Baer ’08

Gathering all 40 Apprentices of Christ Chapel in one place at one time may require a miracle, but about half showed up for this photo.

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ciples. Although many colleges have peerministry programs, Gustavus AdolphusCollege is the only college to have a pro-gram that incorporates the idea of appren-ticeship with peer ministry.

Gustavus alumna Barbara NordstromHanson ’60 and her husband, John, donat-ed money to the chapel endowment fundto help start the program. Barbara Hansonexplains that her reasons for supporting theprogram were “strengthening the influenceof the church on student life at Gustavus aswell as the growth of the faith life ofGustavus students.”

The program started in 1996 with twoapprentices, Callista Brown Isabelle ’00 andBrent Voight ’00. As a first-year student,Isabelle was interested in ministry opportu-nities. “My experiences as an apprentice so-lidified and affirmed my interest in the sem-inary,” states Isabelle. Isabelle went on toattend Yale Divinity School and returned toGustavus to serve as vicar in 2005–06.

The chapel apprentice program teachesstudents to integrate their faith with otherinterests and passions. They have the oppor-tunity to learn leadership and coordinationskills by participating in service opportunitiesand group discussions. The apprenticeshipprogram also serves as a support networkfor involved students. Their discussions arean outlet for students to explore how faithaffects their vocation and life goals.

During the 2005–06 academic year, 40students participated in the four-year pro-gram. The participants were a diversegroup of students coming from differentreligious denominations who specialized ina variety of academic areas.

Students are encouraged to explore newways of thinking about faith issues and bereceptive to new ideas. The relationship be-tween the apprentices and the chapel is recip-rocal. “The apprentices serve as the eyes andears of the chapel,” Isabelle explains. “TheChaplains’ Office explores new routes basedon the observations of the apprentices.”

Apprentices participate in monthlymeetings where they discuss issues relatedto the church and make observations basedon what they see and hear around campus.These meetings allow students to diagnoseproblems and brainstorm solutions, or shareconcerns and hopes about faith issues andthe chapel. The apprentices also take part ina series of themed retreats. In the past,these themes have included the Sabbath,social justice, and clearness. The studentsare involved in different activities depend-ing on the theme of the retreat. For exam-ple, during the Sabbath retreat, the appren-tices practiced relaxation techniques.

Although all apprentices are active par-ticipants in the chapel, the goal of the pro-gram is not to train students for roles in theclergy. Chaplain Johnson stresses that theprogram is not intended to teach specificskills, but to encourage students to developother interests and passions, while combin-ing these interests with their roles in thechapel. He points to Dorea Ruggles, whograduated in May 2006 with a physicsmajor, as a great example. Ruggles con-ducted an independent study of chapelacoustics, which allowed her to combineher interest in acoustical science with hercommitment to the chapel. She says thatparticipation in the apprentice program

helped her gain organizational and com-munication skills. The most enjoyable as-pects of the program for her were workingwith chapel staff and participating in the re-treats. Says Ruggles, “The retreats allowyou to take time out of your schedule in in-tentional ways.”

Eric Boyum, a biochemistry and molec-ular biology major who graduated withRuggles in May, joined the program as asophomore because he wanted a chanceparticipate more actively in the chapel. Hisexperience as an apprentice influenced himto express his faith through volunteering.He was a Collegiate Fellow and was also in-volved in community service projects, in-cluding Pound Pals and Study Buddies.What he appreciated most about being anapprentice was the flexibility of the activi-ties. “There is no fixed program,” saysBoyum. “Everyone’s experience as an ap-prentice is unique, just like that person.”

Luke Royer is a religion major whojoined the program as a sophomore. Nowentering his senior year, he is a student em-ployee in the Office of the Chaplains and isinvolved in Gustavus Youth Outreach,Proclaim, Men’s Christian Fellowship, BigPartner/Little Partner, and ChapelVolunteers. Royer organized a concert lastDecember that raised over $7,000 forLutheran World Relief, an organizationdedicated to fighting poverty. After gradua-tion he plans on going on to seminary.Royer joined the apprentice program to be-come more involved in the chapel and faithlife at Gustavus. He states that this program“is welcoming to anybody, regardless oftheir background.” He believes that theprogram is a great way for students to de-bate important issues that are usually re-served for administrators. Debates allowstudents to feel more connected to thecampus, hear and express opinions, andpromote change.

The apprentice program offers a hands-on approach to learning by providing stu-dents with opportunities to interact withothers and discuss faith issues. Studentslearn to incorporate faith with their otherinterests and skills, and reflect on how faithinfluences other aspects of their lives.

Sara Baer ’08, an international managementmajor from Hamel, Minn., is starting her thirdyear as a student employee in the Office ofCollege Relations.

Apprentices meet regularly—individually and in groups—with chaplains’ office staff. From left areDorea Ruggles ’06, Pastoral Associate Kari Lipke ’98, Jonathan D. Carlson ’06, Chaplain Rachel Larson,Ben Richter ’07, Angie Rosenow ’07, and Vicar Callista Brown Isabelle ’00 (who was herself an appren-tice during her student days).

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TM Sports notes


The Gustavus men’s team wrapped up a verysuccessful season with a third-place finish at

the NCAA men’s championships, while the womenposted a fifth-place finish at the national women’stournament.

The men’s team advanced through the NCAAregional with convincing wins over Coe (7–0) andCarthage (7–0). At the NCAA tournament, CoachSteve Wilkinson’s squad topped Swarthmore 4–0in the quarterfinals, but then lost to Middlebury4–0 in the semifinals before defeating Williams4–3 in the third-place match. The Gusties finishedthe season with a record of 35–5.

The women’s team opened NCAA tournamentplay with a convincing 5–0 win over Wheaton inthe second round, but then bowed out with a 5–1loss to eventual national champion Emory in thequarterfinals. Coach Jon Carlson’s squad finishedthe year with a mark of 28–5. G

Tennis teams posttop nationalfinishes

Above, the 2006 MIAC champion men’s tennis team.

Below, the women’s tennis team, also 2006 MIAC champions.


Hailey Harren, a junior cross country runnerfrom Cold Spring, Minn., and Bobby Kroog,

a senior soccer player from Bloomington, Minn.,are the sixth annual recipients of the GustavusAthlete of the Year awards. They will be honoredat the Gustavus Athletics Hall of Fame Banqueton Saturday, September 30, in Alumni Hall on theGustavus campus.

Harren becamethe second Gustiewomen’s crosscountry runner tocapture the na-tional individualtitle when sheplaced first at theNCAA Division IIICross CountryChampionships lastNovember. She fin-ished first in six ofthe seven races she entered last fall, bringinghome All-MIAC, All-Central Region, and All-America honors. Harren’s only non-win was arunner-up finish in the University of Minnesota’sRoy Griak Invitational, which boasted a field of327 runners in the Division III race. Harren wasnamed MIAC Runner of the Year, as well as theHonda National Division III Runner of the Year.She was recently named a First TeamCoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American.

Kroog, the cen-tral midfielder onthe soccer team,led the Gusties inscoring with 14goals and 3 assistsfor 31 points. Hewas co-captain andcatalyst of a teamthat posted arecord of 17–3–5overall and ad-vanced to the na-tional champion-ship match of the NCAA tournament beforefalling to defending national champion MessiahCollege 1–0. The Gusties were co-champions ofthe MIAC with a mark of 7–1–2. A four-year

starter and three-time all-conference selection,Kroog was named the 2006 MIAC Player of theYear. He also received First Team All-Region andThird Team All-America honors. Kroog finishedhis career as the fifth-leading scorer in the pro-gram’s history with 36 goals and 8 assists for 80points.

Harren and Kroog were selected from a groupof 22 candidates (9 men and 13 women). To becandidates for the Gustavus Athlete of the Year,student-athletes had to have been selected oneof nine Athletes of the Month during the schoolyear or put on the ballot by their head coach asa result of being selected their team’s most valu-able player. The winners are selected by a vote ofthe Gustavus head coaches.

The 13 finalists for the Gustavus FemaleAthlete of the Year were: Lisa Brown, LakeCrystal, Minn. (first year, outdoor track andfield); Chandra Daw, Duluth, Minn. (senior,nordic skiing); Joyce DeWitz, Good Thunder,Minn. (junior, softball); Kelli Groff,Bloomington, Minn. (senior, golf); HaileyHarren, Cold Spring, Minn. (junior, cross coun-try); Lauren Hom, Stevens Point, Wis. (junior,tennis); Tara Houlihan, Sioux Falls, S.D. (senior,tennis); Kourtney Joyce, Wadena, Minn. (senior,cross country and track and field); AudreyLenoch, Pine Island, Minn. (senior, softball);Marla Menne, White Bear Lake, Minn. (senior,tennis); Bri Monahan, Hutchinson, Minn. (jun-ior, basketball); Lyndsey Palen, Rochester, Minn.(senior, tennis); and Andrea Peterson, VadnaisHeights, Minn. (junior, ice hockey).

The 9 finalists for Gustavus Male Athlete ofthe Year were: Caleb Bousu, Burnsville, Minn.(senior, soccer); Loren Collins, Dallas, Texas(senior, tennis); Ben Hanson, Minnetonka, Minn.(sophomore, swimming); Jered Hokenson,Watertown, Minn. (junior, track and field); JonKeseley, St. Louis Park, Minn. (junior, ice hock-ey); Tony Konicek, Rochester, Minn. (junior,baseball); Bobby Kroog, Bloomington, Minn.(senior, soccer); Tanner Miest, New London,Minn. (junior, track and field); and Erich Ziegler,Crystal Falls, Mich. (senior, nordic skiing). G

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by Tim Kennedy ’82

Baseball – Coach MikeCarroll’s squad finished third inthe MIAC with a league mark of14–6 and qualified for the MIACplayoffs for the second consecu-tive year. The team just missedthe school record for wins in aseason, finishing with on overallmark of 28–12. Tony Konicek (jr.,Rochester, Minn.), Aaron Madson(sr., North Mankato, Minn.), JoshSpitzack (sr., West Concord,Minn.), and Shea RoehrKasse(soph., Jackson Hole, Wyo.) werenamed to the all-conference team.

Softball – First-year headcoach Jeff Annis wasted no timein directing the Gusties toward thetop of MIAC as his squad finishedsecond in the MIAC standingswith a mark of 19–3. The teamalso set a school record for winsin a season, posting an overallrecord of 31–9. The Gusties lostin the MIAC playoff champion-ship game to St. Thomas and justmissed receiving an NCAA tour-nament bid. Audrey Lenoch (jr.,Pine Island, Minn.), Joyce DeWitz(jr., Good Thunder, Minn.), JulieMahre (soph., Lino Lakes, Minn.),and Rachael Click (fy., Rochester,Minn.) were named to the all-conference team. Click was alsonamed MIAC Rookie of the Year.

Men’s Golf – The Gustiesearned their 22nd consecutivebid to the NCAA championshipsand posted a 14th-place finish.Coach Scott Moe’s played well allspring, winning the team title atits own Bobby Krig Invitationaland finishing second at theBuena Vista Invitational. JonHagedorn (sr., Blue Earth, Minn.)and Erik Tone (jr., Willmar, Minn.)were named All-America scholarsby the Golf Coaches Associationof America.

Women’s Golf – TheGusties recorded their finestspring season in the history ofthe program, posting a second-


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place finish at the NCAA champi-onships along with winning theWartburg Invitational and theMinnesota Women’s CollegiateGolf Association StateTournament. Kelli Groff (sr.,Bloomington, Minn.), KimbraKosak (fy., Grand Rapids, Minn.),and Breanne Staples (jr.,Windom, Minn.) were named All-America Scholars by the NationalCollegiate Golf Association.

Men’s Tennis – CoachSteve Wilkinson’s squad won its18th consecutive MIAC title andwent on to finish third at theNCAA championships. The Gustiesfinished with an overall record of35–5 and lost only one match toa Division III opponent all season.

Women’s Tennis – TheGusties won their 15th consecu-tive MIAC title and finished fifthat the NCAA championships. CoachJon Carlson’s squad finished 28–5overall and10–0 in the MIAC.

Men’s Track and Field– Coach Tom Thorkelson’s squadpeaked at the MIAC outdoorchampionships, placing third outof 11 teams with a total of 102points. Tanner Miest (jr., NewLondon, Minn.) and Andy Klaers(soph., Delano, Minn.) qualifiedfor the NCAA championships.Miest placed 8th in the 110-meter high hurdles and Klaersfinished 11th in the discus.

Women’s Track andField – The Gusties posted astrong second-place finish atMIAC outdoor championships andthen went on to finish 19th atthe NCAA championships. At theMIAC meet, Kourtney Joyce (sr.,Wadena, Minn.) won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a meetrecord time of 10:52.87, and LisaBrown (fy., Lake Crystal, Minn.)won the javelin. At the NCAAmeet, Joyce finished ninth in thesteeplechase, Brown won the na-tional championship in thejavelin, and Ashley Cronen (jr.,Kandiyohi, Minn.) place fifth inthe 800 meters. G

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T he Gustavuswomen’s tennis

doubles team of TaraHoulihan (Sioux Falls,S.D.) and LyndseyPalen (Rochester,Minn.) successfullydefended theirDivision III doublescrown with a 5–7,6–3, 6–4 win overDePauw’s Liz Bondiand Amrita Padda atthe 2006 NCAA Division III Women’s TennisChampionships in Santa Cruz, California.

Houlihan and Palen finished the year with a markof 26–1. The duo posted a record of 46–5 over

the past two seasons.Houlihan and Palen

are only the fifth dou-bles tandem to claimback-to-back nationaltitles in the 25-yearhistory of the DivisionIII championships.Gustavus is now oneof six schools withtwo Division III dou-bles titles. G

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Gustavus student athletes RoyBryan (tennis) and Ben Sherer

(baseball) have been selected toreceive NCAA PostgraduateScholarships for the spring sportseason. Sherer and Bryan were theonly male student-athletes from aMinnesota Intercollegiate AthleticConference institution selected toreceive the $7,500 award this pastspring.

Over the last three years,Gustavus ranks fourth in the nation(tied with Carleton with eight honorees) for themost postgraduate scholars among all NCAAschools (Division I, II, and III). Emory andStanford have the most postgraduate scholars with15 each, while Missouri has had 10 recipients.Bryan and Sherer are the 17th and 18th Gustavusstudent athletes to receive NCAA PostgraduateScholarships in the history of the program.Indoor track and field sprinter Jack Henkemeyer(see photo on p. 37) received a postgraduatescholarship during the winter season, giving theGusties three postgraduate scholars during the2005–06 school year.

Bryan, a native of Edina, Minn., posted arecord of 20–8 at #5 singles and paired with his

brother Andy for a 22–7 mark at #2doubles this past season. He wascaptain of a Gustavus team that fin-ished third at the NCAA champion-ships and posted a mark of 35–5overall. Bryan, a three-year letter-winner, was a two-time all-confer-ence performer. He finished his ca-reer with a mark of 52–18 in singlesand 59–19 in doubles. A biologymajor with a 3.90 grade point aver-age, Bryan will attend medicalschool at the University of

Minnesota next fall.Sherer, a native of Bismarck, N.D., is a three-

time all-conference performer and 2004 MIACPlayer of the Year. He recently finished his seniorseason with a .308 batting average, while lead-ing the team in fielding with 162 putouts, 8 as-sists, and no errors for a perfect 1.000 fieldingpercentage. Sherer ended his career as one of thetop hitters and fielders in the program’s history.He ranks second all-time in career hits (183);third in RBI (109), doubles (41), and at-bats(507); fourth in runs scored (112); and seventhin batting average (.361) and home runs (14).He is also the all-time leader in career putoutswith 699 and in career fielding percentage at

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.987 (he committed only 9 errors in747 chances during his career). Abiology major with a 3.96 gradepoint average, Sherer will spend thisnext year interning as a medical re-searcher before beginning medicalschool in the fall of 2007.

Earlier in the spring,Henkemeyer, a native of Plymouth,Minn., and a six-time all-confer-ence selection as a sprinter for theGustavus men’s indoor track and field team, wasselected as one of 58 student-athletes fromacross the country participating in winter sportsto receive a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.Henkemeyer was the only student-athlete (maleor female) from an MIAC institution selected toreceive the $7,500 award in a winter sport.

Henkemeyer set three school records duringthe indoor season and, this past March, placedsixth in the 55 meters, fifth in the 200 meters,and sixth in the 400 meters at the indoor cham-pionships. While he received his NCAAPostgraduate Scholarship for his efforts in indoortrack and field, he has also been a standout dur-ing the outdoor season, earning all-conference

honors four different times as amember of the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400meter relay teams. In the classroom,Henkemeyer compiled a 3.82 gradepoint average with a double majorin political science and psychology;he plans to pursue a master’s de-gree in international relations atAberystwyth University in Wales.

The NCAA awarded 58 postgrad-uate scholarships of $7,500 each to

29 male student-athletes and 29 female student-athletes from all three divisions (I, II, and III)who participated in spring sports and a like num-ber to student-athletes participating in wintersports.

To qualify for an NCAA postgraduate scholar-ship, a student-athlete must have an overallgrade-point average of 3.200 (on a 4.000 scale)or its equivalent and must have performed withdistinction as a member of the varsity team inthe sport in which the student-athlete was nomi-nated. The student-athlete also must intend tocontinue academic work beyond the baccalaure-ate degree as a graduate student. G

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Senior women’s tennis playerLyndsey Palen (Rochester,

Minn.) has been named the 2006national NCAA Division III recipientof the Intercollegiate TennisAssociation (ITA)/Arthur Ashe Awardfor Leadership and Sportsmanship.

The Ashe Award, one of the mostprestigious in collegiate tennis, goesto a player who has exhibited out-standing sportsmanship and leader-ship as well as scholastic, extracur-ricular, and tennis achievements.Palen (see photo on previous page)is the fourth Gustavus women’s ten-nis player to receive the honor, fol-lowing Mary Sutherland Ryerse ’90(1990), Lisa Broughten ’98 (1998),and Erica Hanson ’00 (2000).

Palen and doubles partner TaraHoulihan (Sr., Sioux Falls, S.D.)picked up their second consecutiveNCAA doubles crown May 22 at theNCAA Division III Women’s TennisChampionships in Santa Cruz, Calif.

A four-time IntercollegiateTennis Association (ITA) All-Americaselection, Palen was a member offour MIAC championship teams aswell as four teams that reached thequarterfinal round of the NCAADivision III Women’s TennisChampionships. Palen accumulated a70–16 record in singles (28–0 inMIAC play) and an 89–20 record indoubles play (32–1 in MIAC play) infour years at Gustavus. G

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Ben Sherer

Outfielder TonyKonicek

(Rochester, Minn.)recorded one ofthe finest seasonsin the history ofthe Gustavus base-

ball program and he was awarded several signifi-cant post-season awards as a result of his ac-complishments. Konicek received the Max Molockaward from the MIAC Baseball Coaches as theleague’s Most Valuable Player, and he was alsonamed the Division III Midwest Region PositionPlayer of the Year by the National CollegiateBaseball Writers Association (NCBWA). In addi-tion, Konicek became the first player in the pro-gram’s history to receive First Team All-Americahonors from the American Baseball CoachesAssociation.

Konicek led the MIAC in batting average(.484), hits (59), doubles (16), home runs (8),

runs batted in (48) and total bases (101) andmade only one error in 88 chances as the team’scenterfielder. Konicek’s batting average, whichranked fourth in all of Division III in 2006, is thethird-highest single-season average in team his-tory, while his RBI total of 48 ranks second-bestall-time. Konicek was also ranked nationally inslugging percentage (seventh, .828), runs battedin per game (tenth, 1.41), doubles per game(24th, 0.47), and home runs per game (46th,0.24). He was particularly impressive in clutchsituations as he hit .500 (35 for 70) with runnerson base and .596 (28 for 47) with two outs inthe inning. Konicek recorded 22 two-out RBI andleft only 12 runners stranded in more than 125plate appearances.

Konicek helped the Gusties to a 28–12 recordoverall and a third-place 14–6 mark in the MIAC.Gustavus fell to St. Olaf in the first round of theMIAC baseball tournament. G

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The Gustavus women’s golf team posted a sec-ond-place finish at the NCAA championships,

which took place at Mission Inn Golf Club inHowie-In-The-Hills, Fla. The Gusties began thefinal day of the four-day tournament five shotsbehind DePauw (Ind.) and 59 shots behind even-tual champion Methodist (No. Car.). The teamrallied on the back nine and tied DePauw withtwo holes to play. Gustavus senior Kelli Groffbirdied the 18th hole to put the Gusties up by ashot and the one-shot advantage held upthrough the final threesome.

Final individual results for Gustavus includedKelli Groff (Sr., Bloomington, Minn.) tying team-

mate Rachel Roberg (So., Rice Lake, Wis.) for13th place. Groff posted a 72-hole total of 87-78-84-77–326, while Roberg tallied a total of81-79-82-84–326. Kimbra Kosak (Grand Rapids,Minn.) finished in 23rd place with a total of 82-83-85-84–334, followed by Breanne Staples (Jr.,Windom, Minn.) in 27th at 85-82-87-84–338,and Alana Reetz (Sr., Milaca, Minn.) in 29th at86-83-80-91–340.

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Gustavus senior Kelli Groff hasbeen named MIAC Golfer of the

Year by the MIAC women’s golfcoaches. Groff, a three-time all-con-ference performer, won the individualtitle at the MIAC championships lastyear and finished second this year.

The Bloomington, Minn., nativefinished 13th at this year’s NCAAchampionships and helped theGusties to a second-place team fin-ish. Groff compiled a 79.7 stroke av-

erage in 11 tournaments during thefall and spring seasons. She claimedmedalist honors at the MidwestClassic, the Wartburg Invitational,and the Minnesota Women’sCollegiate Championships.

A second team All-America se-lection, Groff was also a NationalGolf Coaches Association All-America Scholar and a MinnesotaIntercollegiate Athletic Conference(MIAC) Scholar Athlete. G

Kelli Groff named MIAC Player ofthe Year in women’s golf

Women’s golfer Kimbra Kosak (GrandRapids, Minn.) was selected to par-ticipate as a member of Team USA inthe inaugural USA-China FriendshipCup, July 27–29 at Oak Valley GolfClub in Beaumont, Calif. TheAmerican team consists of eightmen and four women—all truefreshmen during the 2005–06 aca-demic year.

Kosak received the nod afterbeing tabbed as Division IIIFreshman Golfer of the Year by theNational Collegiate Golf Association(NCGA). Kosak was also named tothe NGCA All-Region IV squad.Kosak’s 83.3 18-hole stroke averageranked second on the team to seniorKelli Groff. Kosak posted six top-tenfinishes during the 2005–06 season,including tying for medalist honorsat the Cobber Open in Septemberand in a dual with Wartburg in April.Kosak added a runner-up medalistfinish at the Division III MidwestClassic in late September.

The USA-China Golf Council host-ed the match-play event. The bien-nual Friendship Cup will be played inBeijing in the summer of 2008 justprior to the beginning of theSummer Olympics, and will return tothe United States in 2010. G

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Runners-up in the 2006 NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championship: from left, Alana Reetz, BreanneStaples, Kelli Groff, Kimbra Kosak, Rachel Roberg.

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The Minnesota Intercollegiate AthleticConference Track and Field Coacheshave chosen Gustavus head coach TomThorkelson as the 2006 Women’sOutdoor Track and Field Coach of theYear. Thorkelson led the Gustavuswomen to a second-place finish at theMIAC championships. The Gusties post-ed eight top-three finishes in the meetand scored over 100 points (115) atthe conference meet for the fifth con-secutive year. This is the second timeThorkelson has been named MIACWomen’s Outdoor Track and Field Coachof the Year; he was also honored in2001. G

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Thorkelson isMIAC Women’sOutdoor Trackand Field Coachof the Year

F irst-year Lisa Brown (Lake Crystal, Minn.) captured the na-tional title in the javelin throw at the 2006 NCAA Division III

Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which were held atBenedictine University in Lisle, Ill.

Brown, who entered the meet seeded 16th in a field of 18throwers, bettered her own school record of 136' 11" by nearly 18feet. She is the second national champion in the past three sea-sons for the Gustavus women’s track and field team, as KristinPetersen ’04 captured the national title in the discus throw at the2004 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

It was a memorable season for Brown, who had not everthrown the javelin prior to coming to Gustavus. She peaked at theend of the season as she broke the school record eight different times in the final four meets of the year.At the national meet, Brown set a new school record in five of her six throws. Her winning mark of 154'6" at the national meet was 23' 4" better than the first time she broke the mark just four weeks prior tothe NCAA meet! G

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F our Gustavus student athleteswere among those named to

the Spring Academic All-Americateams announced by the CollegeSports Information Directors ofAmerica (CoSIDA) in conjunctionwith ESPN The Magazine. SeniorJack Henkemeyer (Plymouth,Minn.) was named to the Men’sTrack and Field/Cross Country ThirdTeam, junior Hailey Harren (ColdSpring, Minn.) was named to theWomen’s Track and Field/CrossCountry First Team, senior Ben Sherer (Bismarck,N.D.) was named to the Baseball Third Team, andsenior Roy Bryan (Edina, Minn.) was named tothe Men’s At-Large First Team.

Henkemeyer, a sprinter on the track team,was a six-time all-conference performer whoholds three school records. In the classroom, hecompiled a 3.82 grade point average with majorsin political science and psychology.

Harren, a standout performer on the crosscountry team (see photo on p. 33), won theNCAA Division III individual championship last

October and was awarded the HondaCup as the NCAA Division III CrossCountry Female Runner of the Year.In the classroom, she has accumu-lated a 3.77 grade point averagewith majors in political science andmanagement.

Sherer, a first baseman on thebaseball team (see photo on p. 35),was a three-time all-conference per-former and the 2004 MIAC Player ofthe Year. The biology major graduat-ed with a 3.96 grade point average.

Bryan, a captain of the men’s tennis team(see photo on p. 34), posted a record of 20–8 at#5 singles and 22–7 at #2 doubles with hisbrother Andy. The Gusties posted a record of35–5 overall and finished third at the NCAAchampionships. Bryan compiled a 3.90 gradepoint average with a major in biology.

Gustavus now ranks 14th among the morethan 700 institutions in the College Division ofthe Academic All-America program (NCAADivision II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA) innumber of Academic All-Americans with 56. G

Four named to CoSIDA AcademicAll-America teams

Jack Henkemeyer


A t its meeting in June,the Gustavus

Adolphus College Board ofTrustees gave the go-aheadto proceed with construc-tion of a new football sta-dium as part of a long-standing campusexpansion/realignmentplan that will eventuallylocate a new academic fa-cility adjacent to the li-brary where the currentfootball field is sited.

The new football fieldand stadium will be builtin the space west of LundCenter previously occupied by the College’s base-ball diamond and football practice field. Duringthe past summer, Myrum Field, the College’sbaseball field, was relocated to the northwestcorner of the campus, between LinnaeusArboretum’s northern reach and the SwansonTennis Center. Ground preparation has begun forthe football facility. Barring unforeseen construc-tion delays, the varsity baseball team will playon its new home field starting in the spring of2007, and the Golden Gustie football team willplay the inaugural game at the College’s new sta-dium in the fall of 2007.

Championship football coaches—Lloyd

Hollingsworth ’36, Jack “Jocko” Nelson ’50, LeeKrough, and Dennis Raarup ’53—will be honoredwith plaques to be mounted on pillars at themain entrance of the new stadium. The entrancewill also feature a plaque recognizing donorscontributing more than $1,000 to the stadiumcampaign, as well as an area celebrating the longand storied Gustavus football tradition.Additional support for the project is welcome.Individuals wishing to support the recognition ofa championship coach may still be listed asdonors at the $1,000+ level. Contact theCollege’s Office of Institutional Advancement at800/726-6192 for more information. G

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The Athletics Department has entered into anagreement to broadcast Gustie sports events

with Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting of New Ulmon KNUJ AM (860) and KRDS FM (95.5) for the2006–07 school year. The new agreement bringsabout a significant change for the Gustavus ath-letics broadcasts, as Gustie games have been car-ried on KRBI Radio in St. Peter for more than 30years.

“After very thoughtful consideration, wemade a business decision to enter into an agree-ment with Ingstad Brothers Broadcasting,” stat-ed Athletic Director Al Molde. “We are very grate-ful for the strong relationship we have had with

KRBI over the past 30 years; however, this newopportunity will allow us to significantly extendour listening area, as well as increase our adver-tising base to support the broadcasts.”

Approximately 40 events will be broadcastduring the year. The Saturday afternoon footballand men’s basketball games will be carried onKNUJ AM out of New Ulm, while the evening bas-ketball games will be broadcast on KRDS FM outof Montgomery. The first broadcast for the2006–07 school year will be the Gustavus foot-ball game at Willamette University in Salem,Ore., on Saturday, Sept. 9. G

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The National Association of CollegiateDirectors of Athletics (NACDA) and theUnited States Sports Academy have an-nounced the final totals for the2005–06 Directors’ Cup, and Gustavusfinished 10th out of 435 competingNCAA Division III institutions. TheDirectors’ Cup, which is the only all-sports competition in intercollegiateathletics, is awarded to four-year insti-tutions in the NCAA and NAIA with thebest overall athletic programs. InDivision III, standings are based onnational tournament finishes in 25sports, with points awarded based onthe number of teams participating ineach specific national championship.

Gustavus totaled 544 points withnational finishes in ten sports, includ-ing men’s soccer (2nd, 90), men’sswimming (11th, 66), women’s icehockey (4th, 25), women’s nordic ski-ing (24th, 13), women’s golf (2nd, 90),men’s golf (14th, 48), men’s tennis(3rd, 83), women’s tennis (5th, 70),women’s outdoor track and field (19th,54), and men’s outdoor track and field(66th, 5). Gustavus is one of onlyseven institutions in Division III tohave posted top-10 finishes in four ofthe past five years (Williams, College ofNew Jersey, Emory, Gustavus,Middlebury, UW–La Crosse, andWashington University).

This section was compiled by TimKennedy ’82, who has been sportsinformation director at Gustavus since1990.

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Gustavus Adolphus College

A gift to Gustavus Adolphus College inexcess of $1 million from Walter L.

Youngquist ’42 of Eugene, Ore., has estab-lished an endowed music scholarship namedin honor of his wife, Elizabeth PearsonYoungquist ’42. The Elizabeth PearsonYoungquist Music Scholarship will be award-ed under the Jussi Björling Scholarship pro-gram, with preference for students focusingon piano, cello, or organ, who have financialneed, and who have met program criteria.

Elizabeth Pearson graduated fromGustavus in 1942 with majors in music,English, and speech, marrying Walter in1943. While a Gustavus student, she participated in theGustavus Band, the Cathedral (Gustavus) Choir, theChoral Club, and debate and worked on the staff of theGustavian Weekly, earning membership in Alpha PhiGamma, the national honorary journalistic society. Musichas been a significant part of her life, according to her hus-band—from teaching music and English in the Atwater,Minn., school system early in her career to providing ac-companiment on an “unsecured” piano on a rolling shipdeck somewhere between the Strait of Magellan andMorocco when Walter was teaching in the World Campus

Afloat program(now Semester atSea) in 1978. Herparticipation in andcontinuing love formusic is reflected inthe designation ofthe new scholar-ship.

TheYoungquists hadpreviously estab-lished endowmentssupporting the ge-ology program at

Gustavus. In 2001 Walter, among the preeminent petrole-um geologists in the nation during his long career as a uni-versity professor, industry geoscientist, and energy compa-

ny consultant, established a scholarship forstudents studying geology at the Collegeand an endowed fund to support student re-search projects, field study, and equipmentpurchase in the geology department.

The Jussi Björling Scholarship programhonors the legacy of the great Swedish oper-atic tenor for whom the College’s JussiBjörling Recital Hall is named. BjörlingScholarships are the primary financial aidgrants recognizing and encouraging musicalexcellence and are awarded annually, on thebasis of auditions and interviews, to selectedhigh school seniors who have extensive and

outstanding music performance experience in solo and en-semble settings and who show promise of further develop-ing their artistry at Gustavus. Björling Scholarships are re-newable for each year a student-musician qualifies andcontinues participation in music ensembles and lessons.The Elizabeth Pearson Youngquist Endowed MusicScholarship will assist fifteen or more Björling Scholarshiprecipients in its first year. G

New gift supports Björling MusicScholarship programWalter Youngquist ’42 honors wife and her love of music

Elizabeth Pearson Youngquist’42, as a Gustavus senior.

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From 1956 to 2006To commemorate the occasion ofthe 50th anniversary of theirgraduation from Gustavus, fourmembers of the Class of 1956offered to match the first $1,000of the senior class gift of theClass of 2006. The four met thestudent interns who worked withthe 2006 Senior Class Gift Projectto present a ceremonial check,which boosted the class gift totalto $3,672.88. Pictured from leftare Jayme Brandanger ‘06, AnnMalkovich ‘06, Clyde Allen ‘56,JoAnn Lundborg ‘56, CarolynBrusseau ‘56, Bob Erdman ‘56,and Ty Haschig ‘06.

Contact informationFor information,

please contact Gift Office staff at 800/726-6192 or 507/933-7512, or

by e-mail at <[email protected]>, or ask a staff member to contact you

by visiting <www.gustavus.edu> and clicking on “Giving to Gustavus” and

“Contact the Gift Office Staff.”



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by Heidi Jo Wilking Pearse ’87

Have you ever had a “wake-upcall?” A serious wake-up call,

where you realize things differently?Not just an “I really wish I had fer-tilized my lawn in the fall!” but an“Oh, my, I never really thoughtabout it that way!” kind of a wake-up call. I want to share with you a

true story about a wake-up call of my own this year. Afterreading this, you may be moved to act.

Every August my family reunites at a lake resort innorthern Minnesota. During times like these we are all sograteful to have a family that laughs together, plays together,and misses each other when we’re apart. But soon schoolstarts in September, things get underway, and reality sets in.

One morning a couple of weeks into the school year, mysister called me to say that they were rushing their four-year-old to Minneapolis Children’s Hospital to do tests on a pos-sible brain tumor. By evening, their daughter was nearlyblind, and in the middle of the night, surgeons worked to

remove a tumor that hadtaken over 30 percent of herbrain in just a few shortmonths. The next morning Itook a flight to be with themin the Pediatric Intensive CareUnit.

The next day we foundout that my niece had a veryrare, very aggressive, form ofbrain cancer that has un-known beginnings. Withintwo days there were 16 doc-tors and specialists workingwith them to determine a planof action. As we sat by herbedside, we were numb, tired,and full of questions; wecouldn’t help but be thankful

that at least we were in one of the best medical communitiesin the world.

The pediatric oncologist, who told us the news, whoshared with us the best plan of action, who encouraged mysister and her husband, was a peaceful man whom we grewto trust immediately. He explained new cutting-edge thera-

pies and spent countless hours explaining in detail every-thing that he knew. I kept thinking, “How lucky we are tohave him . . . how lucky we are to be in this place.”

The pediatric oncologist who is still caring for my nieceis Dr. Bruce Bostrom, who happens to be Bruce Bostromfrom the Gustavus Class of 1974! When he and I sat bed-side on the second day, discussing Gustavus, it was like asurge I have never felt before! I love Gustavus, which ispretty obvious to most people. I enjoyed my studies, my re-search, the choir, and working there as staff after graduateschool. I have always made financial contributions to theschool because of my fondness for the place and people. Ithink I was a pretty “average” Gustie, and mostly I think ofGustavus students as nice kids with good heads on theirshoulders who want to do well.

Then that day in September at Minneapolis Children’sHospital, it hit me that this particular Gustie grad was savingmy niece’s life! That the money I send to my alma materevery year is used to train some of the world’s brightestminds, to purchase some of the most cutting-edge researchequipment, to hire some of the best professors in theirfields. It was a wake-up call to me that Gustavus isn’t just agreat school that I love . . . and the reality of how importantfinancial contributions are hit home.

The staff call my niece the “Miracle Child” at the RonaldMcDonald House, where my sister and her family stayedduring my niece’s six weeks of radiation. The surgeonmiraculously removed the entire tumor during the surgery,which is nearly impossible because it started at the very cen-ter of brain. There are no tumors on her spine, and therewere no cancer cells even found in her spinal fluid. And Dr.Bostrom is still using new therapies to try to regenerate theoptic nerve so that she may gain some eyesight. She is nowfive, cancer-free, enrolled in preschool, and learning Braille.She is full of joy and laughter, and a wonder to us all.

So I will end by asking you to send your donation toGustavus, or to increase your giving if you are a regulardonor. Drop the change in the donation box the next timeyou go to McDonald’s. Say yes with a pledge the next timesomeone asks you to sponsor him or her for a fundraiser.You have no idea how your life will change if you ever meeta Dr. Bostrom. I hope you never have to meet someone likehim in circumstances like ours, but believe me when I tellyou that Gustavus is educating our future miracle-mak-ers!

Heidi Jo Wilking Pearse ’87 is a class agent for the Class of 1987.This article was taken from a recent class letter she wrote.

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Educating our future miracle-makers

Upcoming recognitionluncheon events

Gustavus Heritage PartnershipSaturday, September 23 (by invitation) –

a celebration of thanks for those whose gifts last beyond their own lifetime.

Founders SocietySaturday, October 14 (by invitation) –

a celebration of thanks for those whose gifts during their lifetime

are beyond the cost of a Gustavus education.

Heidi Jo Wilking Pearse ’87


alumniGustavusAlumniAssociation

The mission of the AlumniAssociation is to facilitateamong former students lifelongrelationships with Gustavus andwith each other that will enablealumni to actively advance andengage in the mission of theCollege.

Officers

Jan Ledin Michaletz ’74President

Randall Stuckey ’83Executive Secretary

Kelly Waldron ’84Treasurer

Board Membersterm expires Fall 2006

Liesl Batz ’90, Minneapolis;Daniel Currell ’94, St. Paul;Viviane Foyou ’02, Morgantown,WV; Janet Eiffert Hoomani’62, Raleigh, NC; JamesMalmquist ’53, Scandia; JanLedin Michaletz ’74, Edina;Jason Sawyer ’93, Plymouth.

term expires Fall 2007

Ann Wilsey Gesme ’86,Deephaven; Jeff Heggedahl’87, Atlanta, GA; Kristin MillerPrestegaard ’99, St. Paul;Ronald White ’75, Eden Prairie;Mary Sutherland Ryerse ’90,Spokane, WA; Betsy Starz ’02,Maple Grove; Richard Swenson’64, Minneapolis.

term expires Fall 2008

Cathy Edlund Bussler ’00,Chanhassen; Scott Gilyard ’83,Maple Grove; David Johnson’84, Eagan; Janna King ’76,Minneapolis; Paul Koch ’87,Plymouth; Peter Nyhus ’60, ParkRapids; Richard Olson ’82,Edina.

Class news and information tobe included in the Alumnisection of the Quarterlyshould be sent to:

Alumni Relations OfficeGustavus Adolphus College800 West College AvenueSt. Peter, MN 56082-1498

phone • 800/487-8437e-mail • [email protected] • www.gustavus.edu

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Aina Abrahamson, Thousand Oaks,CA, attended the East Africa Reunionat Gustavus.



Irving Ahlquist, Fairfield Bay, AR, isorganist at Peace Lutheran Church �

Mary Almen Barthelemy, LafayetteHill, PA, is preparing to move to aLifetime Care Community.

41 Class Agent:Charles Lusk


Bessie Hobart Chenault, Austin, TX,enjoys reading, writing, and talkingon the phone with friends, includingthose in Africa � Walter Gonska,Riverview, FL, celebrated the birth ofhis first great-grandchild last year.

42 Class Agent:C. Eddie Johnson


Charles Covey, Fairfield, CA, lives inthe Paradise Valley retirement com-munity � Ruben Pedersen,Minneapolis, is a partner of con-science sustaining mem-bership in AmnestyInternational and aboard member atLutheran Health CareBangladesh.

43Class Agents:Elmer Anderson, S. Bernhard Erling


Lowell Bernard, Orlando, FL, lives atthe Orlando Lutheran Church Towersand is active in church and social or-ganizations � Howard Olson, SunCity Center, FL, gave three lecturesin February at a Luther Hostel spon-

sored by the Florida Bahamas Synodand published a book of African folk-tales � Leslie Peterson,Menomonie, WI, traveled with five ofhis granddaughters to Tanzania thissummer.



Leonard Pikal, Brownton, has beenactive as a farmer and served chari-table organizations and conservationand cooperative boards.

46 Class Agent:Arlene Sorenson Higgins


Phyllis Anderson Gillson, Alamosa,CO, is active in music at church �Melva Lindstrand Jacobson,Willmar, lives at the BethesdaHeritage Center and celebrated her50th wedding anniversary with herhusband, Carroll, on August 18 �Juliet Anderson Moris, Norfolk, NE,lives in the Meadows RetirementCenter.

47 Class Agent:Bob Wieman


Phyllis Peterson Odland,Richfield, and Marvin’46, celebrated their80th birthdays with acruise around Hawaii.

48 ClassAgent:Lorrie Johnson Leaf


Marilyn Thommen Dawson,Huntsville, AL, plays bridge and vol-unteers at the hospital � J. Lyman


Gusties from the decade of the ’30s celebrate anniversaries Four graduates from the ’30s returned to campus to celebrate with membersof the 50 Year Club. From left are Ruth Vikner Gamelin ’37 (69th anniver-sary), Frank Gamelin ’38 (68th anniversary), Hildur Anderson Swenson ’30(76th anniversary), and Ruth Snyder Larson ’33 (73rd anniversary).

Last March Pete LeVander ’37 celebrated his 90th birthday with family and friends. Pictured from left are Dyan LeVander’74, Jeff Anderson ’80, Kirsten LeVander Dawson ’64, Barry Anderson ’76, Pete LeVander ’37, Sue Meyer Anderson’80, Hap LeVander ’62, Mona Anderson Gerike ’82, Roland Thorstensson, Elaine Torrey Holmen ’59, Bob Holmen ’59,and Pete Olsenius ’34.

Class of 1941 – 65th AnniversaryFrom left: Norman Magnuson, Blanche Isenberg Pergol, Marian SwansonJohnson, Mignon Carter Johnson, and Earl Carlson.

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Gustavus Century ClubCongratulations to four Gustavus graduates who belong to the GustavusCentury Club, 100 years of age and older. Listed below are their names

and birthdates:Adele Regner Stearns ’22.............105.......................June 5, 1901Hulda Schroeder ’25....................104 ..................August 14, 1902Leon L. Scheman ’29 ...................101 ..................August 28, 1905Pearl M. Johnson ’28...................100........................May 6, 1906


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Hall Sr., Pinehurst, NC, traveled lastspring to France and Wales.

49 Class Agent:Pete Erickson


Fran Quist Hedlund, Paynesville, en-joys spending time with her 6 chil-dren and 13 grandchildren.

50 Class Agent:Gloria Martell Benson


Elly Barnes Dahlstrom, LakeOswego, OR, cruised to Helsinki, St.Petersburg, Oslo, and Copenhagenthis summer � Earl Gustafson, St.Paul, has published a book titled TheSwedish Secret—What the UnitedStates Can Learn from Sweden’s Story,published by Syren Book Company �Orv Iverson, Woodside, CA, is direc-tor of the Ninth Air Force Association� Doris Jacobson Speckeen, SingerIsland, FL, traveled last year toJapan and China.

51 Class Agent:Dorothy Johnson Lutz


Donn Larson, Duluth, wrote The Willand the Way, How a Generation ofActivists Won Public and PrivateAchievements for their Community

and Region � Elmer Luke, MapleGrove, was inducted into theMinnesota State High SchoolCoaches Association Hall of Fame �Rhoda Smith Nelson, Kaneohe, HI,lives in a retirement center in Hawaiiand spends summers at their cabinin Wisconsin � Don Osell, Cohasset,divides time between Minnesota andFountain Hills, AZ, and spends timetraveling and volunteering �Marilyn Street Turner, Santa Rosa,CA, took her twin 16-year-old grand-daughters to Kauai.

52 Class Agent:Barb Eckman Krig


Donald Peterson,Roswell, GA, has a sonand two grandsonscurrently attendingGustavus and trav-eled this year toAntigua, the 84th coun-try he has visited.

53Class Agents:Thomas Boman, Marv Larson


Tom Atcherson, Iowa City, IA, washonored at a concert in April atUniversity of Iowa with music he haswritten and the presentation of “Playwith Minds: The W. T. Atcherson

Class of 1946 – 60th AnniversarySigri Gunderson Hecht and Marvin Odland.

Marvin Holt ’33, Plymouth, was awarded medalsof service by the French government for militaryactivities in Normandy during WWII and by Koreafor the same in the Korean War. MinnesotaCongressman Jim Ramstad, the commanding gen-eral of the Minnesota National Guard, and thecommander of the Wayzata American Legion werein attendance for the presentation last February.


Homecoming&FamilyWeekend2006

Friday, October 65 p.m. 1981 Class Party – Best Western, Mankato6 p.m. 1996 Class Party – Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis

1961 Class Dinner – Radisson Hotel, Plymouth7 p.m. Homecoming Coronation – Alumni Hall

Saturday, October 79 a.m. Fun Run – Three Flags (5K run around Campus Drive)9 a.m. Seminar: Terrorism – Banquet Rooms

10 a.m. Morning Praise and Memorial Service – Christ Chapel10:30 a.m. 1971 Class Lunch – Alumni Hall

Parent Seminar – Presidents Dining Room 1991 Tailgate Picnic – The Dive2001 Class Lunch – Lind Interpretive Center

11 a.m. 50 Year Club Football Luncheon – Campus Center Banquet Rooms1961 Class Luncheon – Campus Center Banquet Rooms1966 Meet and Mingle – Faculty Lounge, Campus Center1986 Tailgate Picnic – Eckman Mall by Old Main1996 Tailgate Party – NE corner of Hollingsworth Football Field

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Homecoming Luncheon – Evelyn Young Dining Room11:30 a.m. Homecoming Parade – Pittman to Norelius around Campus Dr.

1 p.m. 1971 Nurses’ Reunion – Linner LoungeFootball Game vs. Bethel – Hollingsworth FieldWomen’s Soccer vs. Macalester – Soccer Field15th Annual Gustavus Tennis Gala – Swanson Tennis Center

1:30 p.m. Discover Linnaeus Arboretum with Naturalist Jim Gilbert ’62– Lind Interpretive Center

3 p.m. Weekend Movie – Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man’sChest – Wallenberg Auditorium

3:30 p.m. 1981 Class Post-Game Party – Lind Interpretive Center4 p.m. 1966 Class Party – Shoreland Country Club

1971 Class Post-Game Party – Westwood Marina Bar & Grill1986 Post-Game Party - Eckman Mall by Old Main1991 Happy Hour – The Dive2001 Post-Game Gathering – Patrick’s

5 p.m. Homecoming/Family Weekend Banquet – Campus BanquetRooms

5:30 p.m. 1976 Class Party – Alumni Hall 7 p.m. Chicago Comedy Company – Evelyn Young Dining Room

Weekend Movie - Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man’sChest – Wallenberg Auditorium

7:30 p.m. Neal & Leandra Concert – Björling Recital Hall, tickets required9 -11 p.m. Sky Watch – Olin Observatory

10 p.m. Weekend Movie - Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man’sChest – Wallenberg Auditorium

Sunday, October 88 a.m. Morning Coffee and Sunday Papers – Courtyard Café

10 a.m. Holy Communion Worship Service – Christ Chapelfeaturing the Choir of Christ Chapel and the GustavusPhilharmonic Orchestra

11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jazz Brunch – Evelyn Young Dining Room featuring the Gustavus Jazz Ensembles

1 p.m. Weekend Movie – Wallenberg Auditorium1:30 p.m. Music Performances – Christ Chapel

Gustavus Choir, Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, Gustavus WindOrchestra, Lucia Singers, Vasa Wind Orchestra

4:30 p.m. Diversity Center Banquet – Campus Center Banquet Rooms

Reservations for Homecoming/Family Weekend are requested byFriday, September 22. Call the Alumni Relations Office at 800/487-8437, e-mail [email protected], or register online at the alumni events section ofthe Gustavus website at www.gustavus.edu.

October 6, 7, & 8



Festschrift,” a collection of scholarlyarticles and essays by Tom’s formerstudents and colleagues � RobertBarke, Madisonville, LA, neededsome home repairs after HurricaneKatrina and is grateful for all thepeople who came to help the arearestore some normalcy � DanielBorg, Sterling, MA, traveled to NewZealand last March � W. GaylordFernstrom, Scotch Plains, NJ, andJeannette ’57, took a cruise toAlaska this summer � Lois BrattGenis, Marblehead, MA, winters in

Florida � Fran Johnson Hummel,Golden Valley, traveled to EasternEurope with the Gustavus WindOrchestra companion tour inJanuary.

54 Class Agents:Forrest Chaffee, HelenForsgren Hokenson


Mary Jane Monson, Minneapolis,works for Hennepin CountyAccounting.

55 Class Agent:Dick DeRemee


Marilyn Anderson Stephan, Berkley,MI, is mayor of Berkley, MI � DonSwanson, Robbinsdale, was the sub-ject in columnist Doug Grow’s col-umn in the June 17 issue of theMinneapolis StarTribune. As retiredteacher and coach at MinneapolisPatrick Henry High School, Swansonwas featured for his persistence withcity council members, school offi-

cials, and residents living near theschool that led to the installationand lighting of a $20,000 sign pur-chased in 2001. � SonnyWanstrom, Aitkin, winters inArizona, volunteers in outreach pro-grams for kids, plays tennis, and isactive in church and the retirementcommunity.

56 Class Agents: Carolyn Jens Brusseau,JoAnn Johnson Lundborg


Joan Krantz Braun, Madison, WI,and Russell ’58, have a granddaugh-ter starting at Gustavus � TomEngquist, Prior Lake, has been serv-ing as interim director of theAmerican Swedish Institute MaleChorus � Paul Johns, MountProspect, IL, is pastor at RedeemerLutheran Church � Jan SamuelsonOlmanson, St. Peter, has a grand-daughter who is a student atGustavus � Marlene IbbersonSatre, Winthrop, retired as a teacher,and traveled this year to theCaribbean, Mexico, and Arizona.

57Class Agents: Nancy Reiter Grimes,Clem and Marlys MattsonNelson


Annmarie CederbergBlomstrand, Lund,Sweden, enjoys living inthe interesting city ofLund with its old cathe-drals, the university, anda rich musical life � MaryKendall Dick, Edina, teachesprivate voice lessons and coaches aSweet Adeline chorus and quartet.

58 Class Agent:Owen Sammelson


Robert Christenson, ColumbiaHeights, is a consultant at InCommerce Solutions, Inc. andCumconsults, LLC � Carol LundGarone, Andover, MA, will go on aReformation tour this fall toGermany and Switzerland � JamesMcPherson, Princeton, NJ, serves onnumerous boards for historic preser-vation, Civil War museums, andAbraham Lincoln projects, and is re-searching a book on Lincoln as com-mander in chief � Patricia MillerPeterson, Cook, traveled this year toSt. Petersburg, Russia, and dividestime between Minnesota and Tucson,AZ � Bob Peterson, St. Peter, spentthe winter in Destin, FL, and is plan-ning a trip to South America � SallyClausen Taylor, Olympia, WA, divides

The wife and children of the late Doniver Lund, longtime history professor at Gustavus (taught 1946–1986), gathered oncampus recently to mark the placement of a grandfather clock commemorating his service to the College in the renovatedOld Main. Pictured from left are Ruth Lund Neely ’75, Elgene Lund, Reneé Lund Braun ’72, Tom Lund, and RebeccaLund Otterness ’69.

Class of 1951 – 55th AnniversaryFront row: Russell Paulson, Dorothy Johnson Lutz, Arden Halk Sanstead, Joan Craven Benson, Elmer Luke, MarlysAkerson Chase. Second row: Bill Robertz, Marilyn Barnes Robertz, Dorothy Conrad Gaard, Ed Benson, Robert Larson,John Norman. Back row: Art Gaard, Don Berg, Ray Lundquist, Stan Benson.

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time between Washington andArizona � Morna Pell Traffas,Wyomissing, PA, retired from H & RBlock.

59 Class Agents:Wilt Croonquist,Carol Johnson Heyl


Joyce Miller Biagini, Maplewood,divides time between Minnesota andCosta Rica, volunteers at the ComoPark Carousel, teaches part-time ESL,and traveled most recently to Serbia-Montenegro and Kosovo � DeoneNordquist Cartford, Wautoma, WI,and Larry ’59, enjoy spending timein Wisconsin and Arizona and withtheir three grandchildren. They trav-eled this year to Eastern Europe andcruised to Tahiti � John Edman,Bluffton, SC, retired as director ofthe Center for Vector-Borne Diseaseat University of California, Davis �Pat McLane Olson, Minneapolis, andhusband, Richard ’58, enjoy beingactive in the lives of their grandchil-dren.

60 Class Agent:Dennis Johnson


Virginia Nelson Anderson,Janesville, WI, is hospitality chair ofthe Janesville Area RetiredEducators, secretary of the HomeMakers, treasurer of the GoodFellowship Group, Bible study leaderwith Mary Circle, delivers Meals onWheels, attends concerts, plays, anddinners, and entertains friends. �John Bergstrom, Mesa, AZ, enjoystravel, golf, volunteering at the localart center, and writing � JuleCarlson Cameron, State College, PA,has traveled recently toAustralia/New Zealand and SouthAfrica and is planning a trip toSweden � Nancy Dege Gerhard,Santa Ana, CA, traveled this springto China � Jackie McKenna Gimse,Dundas, led the St. Olaf student se-mester to the Middle East � NancyBenson Griffith, New London, en-joys spending time with grandchil-dren and participates in the Race forthe Cure � Rosemarie AndersonKohler, Vista, CA, volunteers at thesenior center and plays golf � ClayMcCoy Jr., Winter Park, FL, wasnamed the University of Florida’sfirst Citrus Research and EducationCenter Distinguished Professor. Theprofessorship recognizes outstandingcontributions and excellence in re-search, teaching and extension. �Allan Moberg, Tampa, FL, is ownerof Moberg Studio � James J. Olson,Mendota Heights, volunteers as a re-

searcher and genealogy desk workerat the Minnesota Historical Societyand traveled this summer to Russia,Estonia, and Finland � PaulTidemann, St. Paul, celebrated his25th year as pastor at St. PaulReformation Lutheran Church; healso plays French horn in theNortheast Orchestra and is treasurerof the Cammack Marshall Fund � JoJensen Tollefson, New Brighton,completed parish nursing courseswith Concordia College and traveledthis year to Tanzania � Anne KiltyWiberg, Des Plaines, IL, and Mark’58, enjoy retirement, spending timewith two grandsons, and volunteer-ing in Chicago for the performingarts.

61Class Agent:Virgene Grack Sehlin


Nita Swanson Anderson, NewBrighton, and Roger ’60, keep busywith six grandchildren and traveledthis year to Alaska andMexico and are plan-ning a trip toNorway and Swedenin September �Veryl Becker,Glencoe, sold his dairycattle and continues to raise

Three generations of Wahlstrom memoriesThree generations of the Dumdei family lived in Wahlstrom Hall during theirstudent days and got together for a photograph before Wahlstrom’s demolitionlast summer. Pictured from left are Jackie Gilbert Dumdei ’51, Gene Dumdei’51 (required housing as a WWII GI attending college on the GI Bill), PaulaDumdei Rock ’77, and her son, Jeffrey Rock ’08.

Krigs present inaugural Bobby Krig Invitational trophyThe Gustavus men’s golf team won the first annual Bobby Krig Invitational played at Le Sueur Country Club and Ridges atSand Creek in Jordan, and Bobby’s widow, Barb Eckman Krig ’52, and their son, David Krig ’82, were in attendance topresent the trophy. Bobby Krig ’53 was a lifetime supporter of the Gustavus golf program, as a team member, coach, anduntil his death, a key volunteer for the golf program and the annual summer men’s golf tournament that benefits the pro-gram. Pictured front row are Jordan Hawkinson ’08, Barb Krig, David Krig, and Coach Scott Moe ’95. Back row are EricTone ’07, Mark Stuckey ’08, Jon Hagedorn ’06, and Clayton Johnson ’06.

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calves and heifers � David Dowd,Duluth, is a funeral director atDougherty Chapel � Karen LacherDowd, Duluth, is a dog breeder andtrainer at Otter River Kennels �Lillian Hanson Edman, Bluffton, SC,lives in the Sun City Hilton Head re-tirement community in SouthCarolina � Sally Enstrom, St. LouisPark, is an active volunteer at theMinneapolis Institute of Arts � PaulK. Hanson, Billings, MT, is interimpastor at Hope Lutheran � EloiseJohnson Hayman, St. Peter, is plan-

ning a trip to England � LoreneJohnson Johnson, Fairfield Glade,TN, and Ron ’59, spend time travel-ing to visit family and friends � R.Bruce Kobs, Excelsior, is a self-em-ployed dentist � Joanne Linnee,Winona, took an Elderhostel trip thisspring to New Hampshire � MarceeMuller, Tecumseh, NE, is president ofthe Nebraska United States BowlingCongress Association and enjoysbridge and supporting Husker sportsteams.

62 Class Agent:Sandra Luedtke Buendorf,Jan Eiffert Hoomani, Ben Leadholm


Ed Blair, Payson, AZ, is a retiredLutheran pastor and was elected tothe Payson Town Council � LindaJohnson Blanding, Los Altos, CA,traveled this year to New Zealand �Gordy Edberg, Langley, WA, is an ar-chitect at Edberg/ChristiansenArchitects � Sharon Maurer Edberg,Langley, WA, is a part-time fundrais-

ing consultant � Audrey KylanderKramer, Chanhassen, workspart-time at the Marsh,traveled recently toCosta Rica, and wentskiing in Colorado andhorseback riding inWyoming and Montana �Lynda Hamlin Murray, EdenPrairie, is traveling to Iceland,Norway, and Sweden to researchfamily genealogy � Rolf Nelson,Minneapolis, was elected presidentof the National Elder Law Foundation

Class of 1956 celebrates 50th Anniversary

Front row: Donna Lindquist Chommie, Jan Sammuelson Olmanson, Lucy Fogelstrom DeRemee, Mimi Johnson Eisele, Mary Gruse Jennett, Char SwanssonErickson, Helen Sandgren Munson, JoAnn Johnson Lundborg, Carolyn Jens Brusseau, Joan Lindall. Second row: Beverly Matson Gustafson, Charmaine NelsonFlen, Lorraine Youngquist Anderson, Carol Lindberg Musser, Nancy Lea Roberts, Melba Johnson Gevik, Beverly Johnson Anton, Faye Reber, Lois LedinAnderson, Kay Rethwill Moline. Third row: Faith Walfrid Lindell, Kent Musser, Ray Norling, Dick Erickson, Roger Delgehausen, Tom Engquist, Bob Villesvik.Fourth row: Carlton Anderson, Don Hausken, Dick DeRauf, Don Roberts, Bob Keech, Lee Carlson. Back row: Bob Erdman, Gene Flaten, George Heiber, RogerMunson, Clyde Allen, Alan Westberg.

Front row: Dick Chilkott, Barbara Carlson Ulven, Joan Krantz Braun, Ruth Chell Oliphant, Marian Overlie Knudtson, Marlene Ibberson Satre, Ruth HansonHaberman, Vonnie Anderson Casserly. Second row: Phyllis Sletten Dalager, John Bonderson, Jo Cipra, Mona Amundson Burns, Barbara Brunkow Timmer, LauraLundorff McMichael, Luella Gesme Chell. Third row: Corrine Rhyne Holm, Sid Puppe, Jim Kittlelsen, Alden Backman, Clemmer Wait, Barbara Ford Olson, ReubenCarlson. Fourth row: Carl Swanson, Joann Gould Knapp, Jim Knapp, Stephen Ekobena, Jim Chell. Back row: Charles Colberg, John Annexstad, LeRoy Sanders,Glen Jacobson, Jerry Bengtson, Ted Anderson.

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in Washington D.C. at the founda-tion’s annual meeting in April;Nelson, an attorney, is Minnesota’sfirst Elder Law Specialist � MargaretHelvig Sediva, Fullerton, CA, is sub-stitute teaching and traveled lastwinter to Israel � Ted Stoneberg,McCordsville, IN, is emeritus profes-sor of psychology at AndersonUniversity School of Theology �Karen Hawkinson Summers,Bellingham, WA, is minister at largein her presbytery and traveled toNicaragua and Australia.

63Class Agents:William Lahti, Paul Tillquist


Eunice Holm Fultz, Shoreview, andDon ’61, volunteer as the congrega-tional coordinators for the St. PaulArea Synod and Iringa Diocese-Tanzania Partnership � DonaldGranberg, Salt Lake City, UT, isemeritus professor of sociology atUniversity of Missouri � Mike Holm,Westchester, OH, is marketing direc-tor for the midwestern region of theAmerican Institute for CharteredProperty and Consulting Underwritersand the Insurance Institute ofAmerica � Karen Lindborg Jonaitis,Tucson, AZ, volunteers in the com-munity, church, and Tohono ClubPark � Nancy Johnson Knoell,Brooklyn Park, traveled to the GulfCoast this year to assist in hurricaneclean-up � Bonnie Lewis McClees,Issaquah, WA, is still an active CPAand traveled this year to Californiaand Minnesota � Charlene LundahlNorris, Fairmont, and Lyle ’62,spend the winter in Arizona, serveon the senior staff during the sum-mer at the YMCA of the Rockies, andspend the spring and fall inMinnesota � Claudia HaydenSchroeder, Flagstaff, AZ, is an activevolunteer � Janet Ryan Tidemann,St. Paul, is part-time visitation pas-tor at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church� Carol Webster, La Mirada, CA, issemi-retired but still teaches a mathclass at Fullerton College and super-vises student teachers for the mathand education departments atCalifornia State University, Fullerton.

64 Class Agents:Linda LeonardsonHallman, JoannaCarlson Swanson


Marjorie Rawhouser Crosby,Sewanee, TN, was living in SouthMississippi when Hurricane Katrinahit, leaving 12 feet of water and 6inches of mud inside her home, andprompting her to move to Tennessee

� Kirsten LeVander Dawson, ArdenHills, is a chemical dependencycounselor at Totino-Grace and Cretin-Durham Hall High Schools � RichardDornfeld, Rosemount, taught lastyear at Community of Peace Academyand substitute teaches at RosemountHigh School � David Garms, Fairfax,VA, is an international consultant �Marcia Johnson Lindseth, Prescott,WI, traveled in the past year toChina, Germany, Colorado, and NewYork City and is retiring as part-timecurriculum and assessment directorfor the Prescott School District �Rose Ann Skoog Parks, Plymouth,spent four months visiting the west-ern national parks from Southweststates to the Pacific Northwest �Carla Johnson Stoneberg,McCordsville, IN, retired as a hospicenurse and started a business, LifeLegacies, to help people write theirlife stories � Miriam Borg Teeter,Palo Alto, CA, retired from teachingfourth grade at the Henry Ford School.

65Class Agents:Bev Nordskog Hedeen,Linda Larson McNary


Sue Widstrom Gamelin, Jamestown,NC, and Tim ’63, are co-pastors atEmmanuel Lutheran Church � MaryWood Menz, Jacksonville, FL, is di-rector of human resources at HyattRegency Jacksonville � Iris BensonSmyth, Arlington, MA, works part-time as a geriatric nurse practitioner� James Uecker, Plymouth, retiredas chief underwriting counsel at OldRepublic National Title Insurance.

66 Class Agents:Sharon AndersonEngman, JoyceHenrikson Ramseth,Mary Strand Slinde


Julia Hagen Accola, Rochester, isenjoying retirement � James Allan,Martinez, CA, retired as director ofoperations at the U.S. TransportationCommand, Scott Air Force Base �Ardis Nelson Archer, Oakville,Ontario, retired as anurse; she is active inthe church choir andhand bell choir andenjoys golf andspending time withher grandchildren �Caroline Sandin Basley,North Prairie, WI, spends time withher three grandsons, travels, andteaches college art classes � CherylDowney, Santa Monica, CA, is execu-tive director of the CostumeDesigners Guild � Vicki NelsonJohnson, Maple Grove, is active with

Reunion tee timeSeveral members of the Golden Anniversary Class of 1956 started their re-union weekend with a round of golf at Shoreland Country Club. Pictured fromleft are George Hieber ’56, Harleen Hieber, Dick DeRemee ’55, LucyFogelstrom DeRemee ’56, Jim Knapp ’56, JoAnn Johnson Lundborg ’56,Dick Lundborg ’55, and Clyde Allen ’56.

AthleticsHallofFameSeptember 30, 2006

Gustavus will induct new members into its Athletics Hall of Fame at a banquet at 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 30, in Alumni

Hall, following the St. Olaf football game. Selection of athletes isbased upon athletic achievement while a student at Gustavus

and honors graduates with outstanding athletic accomplishmentand significant contribution to the field of athletics.

2006 Inductees

Dick Kumlin ’55, basketball (posthumously)John Jambeck ’62, swimming

Dan Prochnow ’78, golfJohn Huepenbecker ’80, football

Debbie Jungwith Borman ’87, volleyballTina Pulido Draper ’87, gymnastics

Jerri Ree ’88, basketballStacey Rodman ’89, swimming

Deanne Sand Johnson ’89, tennis

2005 inductees Mary Mansour ’85 and Jay Rooker ’85, who wereunable to attend last year’s award banquet, will also be inducted.

Banquet tickets are $12 per person. Reservations are requestedby September 25. Call the Alumni Relations Office

at 800/487-8437, e-mail [email protected], or registeronline at the alumni events section of the Gustavus website atwww.gustavus.edu. Tickets for the banquet will be held at a

registration desk near Alumni Hall. Tickets for the football gamemay be purchased at the gate.

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travel, golf, gardening, and grand-children � Rachel Gilbertson Lind,Mendota Heights, retired as a staffnurse from Regions Hospital �Esther Peterson Martens, Excelsior,retired as a teacher � StephenOtto, Appleton, WI, retired from theAppleton Public Schools � PhilRogosheske, St. Cloud, supervisesstudent teachers at St. Cloud StateUniversity and coaches nordic skiingat Cathedral High School � RuthMoody Tsu, Hood River, OR, is a

part-time consultant with a teacherdevelopment group.



Patricia SnuggerudDewees, OrmondBeach, FL, receiveda master’s degreein special educa-tion and is em-

ployed at Chiles Academy � MaryHedner Tatyrek, West Linn, OR, is achildren’s tour leader for thePortland Urban Tour Group.

68 Class Agents:John and Kris LundbergMoorhead, PaulaNavarro


Angie Kuper Christmann, SantaCruz, CA, retired from the adminis-tration at University of California,

Santa Cruz, and volunteers in theareas of local land preservation,mental health services, and stageproductions � Barbara Veker Elnes,Edina, is a substitute teacher in theEdina and Hopkins School Districts� William M. Johnson, Richfield, isa programmer analyst at the PublicEmployee Retirement Association �Maryann Pommeranz Kaul, Comfort,TX, is an RN at LaHaciendaTreatment Center � Janice NelsonNapier, Fairfield, CA, is principal atAmy Blanc Elementary School and re-ceived a master’s degree in educa-tional administration at ChapmanUniversity � Jean Magnusson Nye,Chicago, IL, is an associate in min-istry at Faith Lutheran Church �Thomas Wickstrom, Ishpeming, MI,works part-time at Bethel LutheranChurch.

69 Class Agents:Dave and Jane NormanLeitzman


Beverly Kroening Dopita, Park City,UT, enjoys skiing in the winter andgolf in the summer � Lynn SchaeferHolmes, Nisswa, is a pharmacy tech-nician at Target Corp. � RuthJohnson, St. Peter, is retiring fromthe Minnesota House ofRepresentatives � Margo WaylandNeilson, San Francisco, CA, teachesat North Shoreview Montessori �Susan Weber Wickstrom,Ishpeming, MI, divides time betweenMichigan and Green Acres, FL.

70 Class Agents:Karol Klint Greupner,Lindy Turner Purdy


Alice Stohl Roufa, Webster Groves,MO, is district visual manager atBrooks Brothers � Bill Santee,Milford, MA, is a civilian employeefor the U.S. Army � Pat GabrielsonThomas, Tyler, is coordinator for theSouthwest Adult Basic EducationConsortium � Nina Malo West,Cleveland, teaches third grade in theSt. Peter ISD.

71Class Agent:Bruce Johnson


Joyce Karnitz Bailey, Belle Plaine,was honored for teaching35 years of languagearts in the NewPrague Area Schools� Kathy HokansonBengtson,Northfield, is directorof Northfield Home Careand supervisor of the Northfield

Seminary reunionSeveral Gustavus graduates attended the 45th anniversary reunion of the Class of 1961 from Augustana Seminary, RockIsland. The reunion was held in early April at Spirit in the Desert Lutheran Retreat Center in Carefree, AZ. Pictured fromleft are Roger Dahlin ’57, Roger Anderson ’57 and his wife Beverly Duncan Anderson ’58, Glenn Leaf ’57, TedGranquist ’57, Orv Lind ’57, and Arne Walker ’57.

Nelson receives Jefferson AwardMary Nelson ’61, Chicago, IL (second from left) was a 2006 recipient of a Jefferson Award presented at a banquet hostedby Chicago’s NBC 5 on April 13. Jefferson Awards are presented to individuals who work to make a difference in their com-munities, on behalf of others, and without expectation for reward. Nelson is founding president and CEO of New BethelLife, Inc., an organization advancing Chicago’s West Side. New Bethel Life has built more than 1,000 units of housing,served some 12,000 clients each year, placed 7,000-plus residents in living-wage jobs, and brought over $110 million ininvestments into the West Side. With Nelson are from left: Lee Fahrenz ’87, Nelson, Lalvessa Hodges Lumpkin, AllisonRosati ’85 (co-anchor NBC 5), Becky Anderson Fahrenz ’87, Warner Saunders (NBC 5), Diane Hammargren Anderson’63, and Jim Anderson ’60.

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Hospital Hospice program � DaleIsaacson, Dassel, is warehouse su-pervisor at Saunatec � Roger Menk,Bloomington, is head of operationsat CenterPoint Energy � WardMerrill, International Falls, was se-lected as Minnesota CommunityEducator of the Year and retired as ateacher and community educationdirector in the Blackduck ISD �Linda Mellingen Santee, Milford,MA, is a stability specialist atGenzyme Corp. � Lynne MattkeSchulz, St. Louis Park, is a substi-tute teacher for the Anoka-Hennepinand Wayzata school districts � GaryTidrick, Roanoke Rapids, NC, is di-rector of purchasing at Patch RubberCompany � Nat Peterson Torkelson,Tulsa, OK, is director of cardiovascu-lar services at Hillcrest MedicalCenter � Buster West, Cleveland, isa senior financial services represen-tative at Principal Financial Group �Linda Janisch Ziegler, Burnsville, isa part-time basic skills teacher forfourth- and fifth-grade reading andmath in the Eagan/AppleValley/Rosemount ISD.

72 Class Agents:Todd Dokken, MelanieOhman Thornberg


William Green, Fridley, is interimsuperintendent for MinneapolisSchools and was featured in theJune 19 issue of the MinneapolisStarTribune. � Suzi FranzenHansen, Mansfield, MA, is activitiesdirector at a senior center and par-ticipated in the Pan Mass Challenge192-mile bike ride for cancer re-search � John Headlee, Rockford, isan assistant professor in the EDDprogram at St. Mary’s University �Jamesetta Alexander Newland,White Plains, NY, has been appoint-ed editor-in-chief of The NursePractitioner: The American Journal ofPrimary Health Care � MarlysSorenson Segaar, Paynesville, teach-es third grade in the Paynesville ISD.

73Class Agent:Matt Peterson


Barry Lane, Ramsey, is director ofadult learning programs forBloomington ISD #271 � LindaDangel Sieracki, Palos Park, IL, is amedical technologist at theAdvocate Christ Hospital MedicalCenter � Deborah Jean Templin,New York, NY, performed recently inSinging for the Cows and GuidingLight.

74 Class Agents:Robert Linner, Jan Ledin Michaletz


Tim Colburn, Duluth, is professor ofcomputer science at University ofMinnesota, Duluth � JohnHasselberg, Minneapolis, is chair ofthe management department atCollege of St. Benedict and St.John’s University and completed aterm as chair of the joint faculty as-sembly � Chris Mathieu, Anderson,SC, is owner of a KOA campground �Dennis Trooien, White Bear Lake, isCEO and primary owner of DENNISProperties.

75Class Agents:Paul Heckt


Mark Helgeland, Thief River Falls, issenior pastor at Redeemer LutheranChurch � Diane C. Johnson, Cicero,IL, celebrated 25 years as pastor atGethsemane Lutheran Church �David McConnell, Lake Elmo, ismanager of estimating at UFE, Inc.and drummer for the country band,TarNation � M. L. McElroy, Enon,OH, is the primary care coordinatorat the Dayton VA Medical Center �Marilyn Paulson, Bloomington, is anemployee occupational health nurseat Park Nicollet Health Service �Kris Peterson Petrie, South St. Paul,is a systems analyst at theDepartment of Corrections at theState of Minnesota.

76 Class Agents:Ginny Kirkegaard Leppart,Bruce Olson


Candice L. Anderson, Shoreview, isdirector of nursing at SunriseAssisted Living and received amaster’s degree in health ad-ministration fromUniversity of Phoenix �Barb Davis Augustinack,Apple Valley, is a corporatetravel consultant at TQ3Navigant Travel � MatthewBarnes, Plymouth, is a family physi-cian for North Clinic � Jim Chalin,Minneapolis, is controller at CretexConcrete Products North � MelanieWilliams Frank, Wilmington, NC, isa clinical oncology researcher atPharmaceutical Product Development

� Gail Prinz Hennek, Ramsey, is aretired elementary school teacher �Tom Holm, Bloomington, is an actu-ary for Towers Perrin � DeAnnSmith Klun, Maple Plain, is band di-rector at Orono Middle School �Leonard Klun, Maple Plain, is gen-

eral manager of the microelec-tronics division at HEI � TerryBrandt Lane, Ramsey, is USAnational director for Moms inTouch International � Ginny

Kirkegaard Leppart, EdenPrairie, teaches third grade at Cedar

Ridge Elementary � Thomas Motter,Seal Beach, CA, is president of theNTI Group � Dennis Murphy,Fridley, is director of marketing at GEConsumer Finance � Judith TynjalaMurphy, Fridley, is senior vice presi-dent of investor relations at US

Class of 1962 Reunion Leadership Group meetsMembers of the Class of 1962 Reunion Class Gift Leadership Group met on campus June 2 & 3 to coordinate their classgift and begin planning for their 45th anniversary reunion, to be held May 25–27, 2007. Starting in 2007, the 40th and45th anniversary classes will join the 50th anniversary class and the 50 Year Club in celebrating their reunions in the spring.

Pictured in the front row from left are Jan Swanson Swanson, Sharon Mauer Edberg, Roz Johnson Anderson, JanEiffert Hoomani, Gail Lindsey Breen, Ruth Johnson Leadholm, Audrey Kylander Kramer, Jan Swanson Sammelson,and Sandy Luedtke Buendorf. Back row are Kermit Swanson, Pete Lindell, Ben Leadholm, Al Henderson, Terry Skone,Rolf Nelson, Matt Eckman, and Kay Estesen Mowbray.

Class of 1963 section matesSection mates from Wahlstrom Hall 308 gathered on Madeline Island in Juneas guests of Mary Carlstrom Strand and report they had just as much fun to-gether as they had when they first met in 1959. Pictured from the Class of1963 are Mary Carlstrom Strand, Louise Nelson Johnson, Joyce GulstrandAmdahl, Barb Lundell Benson, Karen Pierson Tommeraasen.




Bancorp � Leanne Baker Ogburn,Nashville, TN, is a partner withDozier Consulting Group � TomSchonthaler, Bowie, MD, is a con-sultant for ePartners, Inc.

77Class Agents:Al Behrends, Terri Novak Delebo


Chuck Boline, Eden Prairie, is direc-tor of IS at Liberty Diversity

Industries � Glynda Gustafson,Minneapolis, works in human re-sources at Wells Fargo � MichaelMalmquist, Salt Lake City, UT, is anattorney and head of the environ-mental, energy, and natural re-sources group at Parsons, Behle &Latimer � Jon Young, Eden Prairie,is owner and leader of the bandTemporary Heroes, owner of HeroicProductions, a company that pro-vides audio, lighting, and video forany production, and was featured inthe May 2006 issue of Eden Prairiemagazine.

78 Class Agent:Mike Stanch


John Bergstrand, Eden Prairie, is alearning technologies specialist inhuman resources at Best Buy � AnnYoungdahl Boline, Eden Prairie,teaches at Maple Grove Senior High.

79Class Agents:position open


Sandra Shaw Kerrigan, Olympia, WA,is a nurse for the State of Washington.

80 Class Agents:Steve Sayre, Kent Stone


Liz Shaver Berg, Lancaster, CA, istrading and operations manager atAssociated Securities Corp., PAC LifeCompany � Scott Swanson, Waco,TX, is a self-employed financial serv-ices representative.

81Class Agents:Steve Heim, Leslie Nielsen


Jeanne Peterman Anderson,Nicollet, teaches elementary art forthe Mankato Area Public Schools �Lori Rutter Anderson, Edina, isowner of AndersonMarketing Solutions, Inc.� Jean Andreasen, St.Paul, is general man-ager for Pasture LandOrganic DairyCooperative � MaryHolte Bauer, Waupaca, WI,is a student at Luther Seminary �Mary Rolf Bodin, Roseville, is part-time kidney transplant coordinatorat University of Minnesota MedicalCenter � Pamela L. Carlson, CoonRapids, is an attorney for the Stateof Minnesota Office of AdministrativeHearings � Susan Seiwert Conner,Riverside, IL, was listed as a “SuperLawyer” for medical malpractice de-fense litigation in Chicago magazine� Lia Ferrell, Cincinnati, OH, is alegal secretary at the Legal AidSociety � Brian Fragodt, Andover, ispastor of Our Saviour’s LutheranChurch in East Bethel � DavidHakensen, Minnetonka, is vice pres-ident of public relations for PearsonEducation � Kim Luke Hakensen,Minnetonka, is merchandise managerand buyer for Dana’s � MarkHilding, Sorrento, FL, teaches mathat Eustis High School � SusanHolappa, Grand Junction, CO, is anattorney in private practice � JulieMauston Kemp, Omaha, NE, teachesaccounting and marketing in theMillard ISD � Douglas Knick hasjoined the Luther College faculty asan assistant professor of education� Sandy Lewis, Falls Church, VA, isa manager for the U.S. StateDepartment � Brian Marquardt isan active duty officer in the U.S.Army stationed in Germany �Carolyn Peterson Schulze,

Golf team hostsDuring the past two spring breaks, Bill and Sharon Hansen Johnson ’64 ’65 (above right and third from right with thewomen’s team after they finished second at the NCAA Div. III National Championship in May at Howie-in-the-Hills, FL)hosted and housed the Gustavus men’s and women’s golf teams in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. The Johnsons report, “Gettingto know these outstanding student-athletes and their coaches is one of the most enjoyable things we have ever done!” Billtraveled to Minneapolis in July for the annual fundraiser for the men’s and women’s golf programs at Le Sueur CountryClub and posed (below, fourth from left in front) with members of the teams.

Re-elected to Thrivent boardRichard Lundell ’65, Excelsior, Minn.,was recently re-elected to a four-yearterm on the Thrivent Financial board ofdirectors. Lundell, who has also servedon the Gustavus Adolphus College Boardof Trustees (2001–2006), first joinedthe Lutheran Brotherhood (laterThrivent Financial) board in 1999. Hewas nominated for the position by twoThrivent chapters as well as the ThriventFinancial board of directors. Lundellserves as president of R.C. Lundell Inc.He held a number of positions withLutheran Brotherhood during a 31-yearcareer, including general agent, attor-ney, treasurer and compliance directorfor Lutheran Brotherhood Securities Corp., director of advanced underwriting, re-gional sales director, and vice president of agencies, among others.



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Bettendorf, IA, is an early learningteacher in the Clinton PublicSchools.

82 Class Agents:J.C. Anderson, Richard Olson, Ann McGowan Wasson


Ellen Almen-Dale, Plymouth, is aninternational travel counselor at AAAMinneapolis � J.C. Anderson,Edina, is partner/attorney for GrayPlant Moody Law Firm � SuzanneBoda, Excelsior, is vice president ofin-flight services at NorthwestAirlines � Connie Jo PiehlJohnston, Rochester, is a nursingeducation specialist for the MayoClinic � Amy Linner Quarberg,Stillwater, is a hospital supervisor atWoodwinds Hospital and designs andsells handmade jewelry at<www.amysheartventures.com> �Sonja Jensen Wastvedt, NewWilmington, PA, teaches fourthgrade in the Wilmington AreaSchools.

83Class Agents:Brad Somero,Karin Stone


Q. Amin Ahmed, Palm BeachGardens, FL, has been promoted totransportation department managerat Stanley Consultants, Inc. � ChrisColeman, Littleton, CO, is a businessarea manager at Coors BrewingCompany � Lori Jo ChmelikColwell, Rochester, is the nursingcontinuous improvement specialistat the Mayo Clinic � Brian L. Emch,Tokyo, Japan, is area manager/Japanand Korea for The Toro Company �Kim Beyer Fragodt, Andover, is di-rector of music at Our Saviour’sLutheran Church in East Bethel �Bob Gazzola is a family practicemedical doctor with special interestsin sports medicine, dermatology, pe-diatrics, and obstetrics for MankatoClinic at Daniels Health Center, St.Peter � Dave Gustafson, ArdenHills, is co-founder, president, andCEO of Information SecurityTechnology � Jonathan Heller,Poughkeepsie, NY, works at DutchessCounty Probation � Paula PsickHemming, Minneapolis, is coordina-tor/instructor of professional lifecoach education at Alfred AdlerGraduate School � Terri JoHeckman Reusch is commander andcolonel of the 18 Aero MedicalEvacuation Squadron at the KadenAir Base in Okinawa, Japan.

84 Class Agents:Carole Arwidson, Ken Ericson


Mike Bishop, Plymouth, is insurancemanager for The Mosaic Company �Karen Clodfelter Blandford, RoundRock, TX, is a Creative Memories con-sultant and part-time library assis-tant for the Leandor ISD � SusanAstrup Lundquist, Rochester, is apart-time executive recruiter forTarget � Steve Parry, Stillwater, isvice president of Midwest sales forApplied Medical.

85 Class Agent:Susan Johnson Chwalek


Shawn Dahl, Raleigh, NC, is riskmarketing strategist for SASInstitute and a member of the NorthCarolina Master Chorale � EricHulstrand, Eden Prairie, is lead pas-tor for Trinity Lutheran Church ofMinnehaha Falls.

86 Class Agents:Melinda Moen Batz, Dan Murray, Sara Freeman Rekow


Wes Beedon, Roseville, is vice presi-dent of credit review for Excel Bank� Kathy Larson Bergquist,Rochester, is home-schooling theirthree children � Sue SchultzBratrud, Victoria, is an administra-tive assistant at Mount OlivetLutheran Church � Jackie HuntChristensen, Minneapolis, receivedone of three Paul M. SilversteinCommunity Service Awards from theStruthers Parkinson’s Center inGolden Valley during ceremonies onMay 11. She also received word thatshe will be honored with theMillicent Kondracke “Milly” Awardfrom the Parkinson’s Action Networkfor demonstrating strength of spiritand steadfast devotion toParkinson’s disease advocacy and ed-ucation, to be awarded inWashington, DC, in September at theMorris K. Udall Awards dinner �Susan King Christenson, Red Wing,is a stay-at-home mom �Preston Euerle, St. Cloud, ispresident of R.A. Morton &Associates � LoriGustafson Frisk, Duluth, ismanager of IT applications atALLETE/ Minnesota Power �Babette Gordon, Chesapeake, VA,received a master’s degree in envi-ronmental law from GeorgeWashington University � SaraHansen, Des Moines, IA, is an editorfor Meredith Corporation � Lisa

Wegner Hollingsworth, Ridgeley,WV, is a warden for the FederalBureau of Prisons � John Latusek,Dike, IA, is lead engineer at JohnDeere � Jody Johnson Leyda,

Hudson, WI, works in the trans-portation department for

Chrysler � Laura AndersonLong, Dunedin, FL, is an in-dependent beauty consult-ant for Mary Kay � Scott

Luhmann, St. Louis, MO, is anassistant professor at Washington

University School of Medicine in theDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery �Juliana Lutz, Chicago, IL, is a nursepractitioner at University of Chicago� John McCally Jr., Milwaukee, WI,

is vice president of marketing at Mo’sRestaurant/Global RestaurantSystems � Mitch Olson,Bloomington, is a dentist in privatepractice � Cindy Salmela Reh, SanDiego, CA, is VP of onsite engineer-ing at Vektrel � Erika Runge-Zins,St. Michael, is a self-employed courtreporter � David Russeth, Madison,WI, is owner/operator of Big DealBook Store � Penny PetersonVizina, Sault St. Marie, MI, is an op-tometrist for the Sault Tribal HealthCenter � Chris Ziebell, Austin, TX,is managing partner and board mem-ber of Emergency Service Partner andis medical director and chief of staffat Seton Northwest Hospital

Holly House housemates from the Class of 1966 gathered last June in HiltonHead, SC, at the home of Ray and Kathy Johnson Olson ’66 ’66 and had agreat time at the beach, golfing, and just talking. Pictured clockwise fromfront left are Char Peterson Senske, Judy Lauer Pede, Sue EnglandHendrickson, Kay Olson Erickson, Susan Schoening Gustafson, MaryStrand Slinde, Mary Dahms Bierbrauer, and Kathy Johnson Olson.

Baldus receives Principal of theYear awardDennis Baldus ’71, Victoria, hasbeen named Hennepin Division MiddleLevel Principal of the Year by theMinnesota Association of SecondarySchool Principals. Baldus is the princi-pal of Pioneer Ridge Freshmen Center,one of the few schools in Minnesotadesigned exclusively to meet the tran-sition needs of ninth-grade students.The award recognizes Baldus for hisleadership abilities and his commit-ment to students. Since graduatingfrom Gustavus, Baldus has served as ateacher, coach, athletics director, andassistant principal.




Department of Emergency Medicine� Chris Zins, St. Michael, is a terri-tory sales manager for Intercomp.

87 Class Agents:Lee Fahrenz, SteveHarstad, Paul Koch, HeidiJo Wilking Pearse


Steve Bloom, Lakeville, is owner ofPRAGMATEK consulting group andstarted Social Venture Partners ofMinnesota to help at-risk youth �Terry Haley Bloom, Lakeville, raisesllamas, is at home with her two kids,and is on the board of GustavusLibrary Associates � ElizabethBeach Bryant, St. Louis Park, is anattorney at Clugg, Linder, &Dittberner, Ltd. � Butch Leyda,Hudson, WI, is a family practicephysician at Hudson Physician’sClinic � Nancy Richards Loffhagen,Edina, is a part-time office manager,health insurance specialist, and mar-keting sales specialist for her hus-band, who is a State Farm agent �Roz Johnson Peterson, Lakeville, isexecutive vice president of D & TProperty, Inc. � Mary HopkinsWeber, Reston, VA, is senior projectmanager in the speech solutions di-vision at Convergys Corp. � MikeWoizeschke, Eden Prairie, is an ele-mentary teacher in the Eden PrairieISD � Todd Zabel, White Bear Lake,is owner of Technology AdvisoryGroup, LLC.

88 Class Agents:Gail Chase Ericson, Dave Pieper


Lisa Egnell Walker, La Palma, CA, isa stay-at-home mom � PennyNoeska Johnson, Linden, NC, is astay-at-home mom � ErikLundquist, Rochester, is resident di-rector at Merrill Lynch � SvenThierhoff, Oberursel, Germany, isvice president international atNational Geographic.

89 Class Agents:Scott Anderson, Mike Dueber,Francine Pawelk Mocchi


Julie Beddow-Schubert, LaCrescent, received a doctorate in ed-ucation from Hamline University andis director of curriculum and instruc-tion at La Crescent Public Schools �Mike Dueber, St. Paul, is founder ofDueber Consulting � Laura OlofsonFilby, Waterford, MI, is a traumanurse in the pediatric emergencyroom at Fulmont Hospital � GusLeonard, Marina, CA, received theHenderson Award from theInternational Association forLanguage Learning Technologies �Kris Nelson-Noble, Deer Grove, IL,is a trainer for the WisconsinRegional Teen Institute for theUniversity of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireContinuing Education Departmentand is on the board of the local

Honored for achievements in education and programmanagementBarbara Day ’75, Endicott City, MD (center), has been inducted into theLincoln High School Hall of Fame in Sioux Falls, SD, in recognition of morethan 25 years of work with social services and refugees benefiting LincolnHigh School and the citizens of Sioux Falls. She spent 10 years teaching adultsand children both overseas and stateside in public and private institutions and18 years directing a variety of administrative operational programs, services,and management initiatives at local and national levels. Day had earlier beenrecognized with the Sioux Falls Education Association Civil and Human RightsAward, and in 1999 Lutheran Social Services had honored her with theirLifetime Service Award.

Day, who currently manages the domestic refugee reception and placementprogram as Domestic Resettlement Section chief, Office of Admissions, Bureaufor Population, Refugees, and Migration at the Department of State inWashington, DC, is pictured here with her two daughters—also Gusties—Ingrid Greenlee ’09 (left) and new graduate Erin Greenlee ’06.

Gusties prominent in greater Swanson family Gusties from the Swanson family and friends gathered for a photo at an event last March. Front row from left: David Swanson ’69, Thomas Swanson ’73, RobertFransen ’72, Susan Swanson Foster ’67, Deborah Backstrom Swanson ’73, Susan Engelsma Wilcox ’73, Brian Swanson ’00, Gail Severson Swanson ’72, RuthUlrich Fransen ’73, and Eric Oldre ’99. Back Row: Thomas Swanson ’02, Jamie Henderson ’02, Karin Foster Vavrichek ’97, Laura Smith Lesinski ’00, AngieHendrickson ’00, Chris Lesinski ’00, Julia Parenteau ’01, Matt Torfin ’00, and Emily Dunsworth ’01.


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YMCA � Kay Nolan Nowell, St.Michael, teaches biology, anatomy,and environmental science at St.Michael/Albertville High School �Ann Olson Scott, Edina, is businessdevelopment director at MedtronicCardiac Surgery � Brad Sorenson,Santa Rosa, CA, is vice president ofoperations for Boston Scientific �Kristen Osterberg Tangen, Lincoln,NE, teaches French at LincolnSoutheast High School � TracySchurtz Thompson, Lakeville, isbenefits director for ApogeeEnterprises.

90 Class Agents:Tod Deming, Bruce Ensrud


Jenn Anderson Logas, Carrollton,TX, is training manager at Munsch,Hardt, Kopf & Harr � RobertBerdahl, Minneapolis, is performingin The Musical of Musicals—TheMusical at the Chanhassen DinnerTheatre � Shelley Clifton-Soderstrom, Chicago, IL, is assistantprofessor of theology and ethics atNorth Park Theological Seminary �Brian P. Hanson, Chaska, is a mort-gage broker for Cherry CreekMortgage � Don Nygard, Wetumpka,AL, is captain/OIC of field trainingfor the U.S.Air Force/HQ AFROTC �Bob Pilon, Minneapolis, is executivevice president of marketing, sales,and business development for GTUrological, LLC. � Sue CourrierReed, Flower Mound, TX, is vicepresident of Benfield Group.

91Class Agents:Kimberly Osland,Christopher Tillquist


Linda Miller Albrecht, Mapleton, isa manager at Wolf Etter & Co � JodiGandrud Ballandby, Willmar, is a

special educationteacher in theWillmar SchoolDistrict � KariLindellBennett,

Woodbury, is astay-at-home mom �

John Burkhartzmeyer, Maple Grove,is vice president of equity derivativetrading at Pali Capital � ElizabethJohnson Fridinger, Woodbury, is astay-at-home mom � John Gaunt,Minneapolis, is an assistant profes-sor of fine art at Minneapolis Collegeof Art and Design � Lynn StephensGiovannelli, St. Louis Park, is a prin-cipal residential real estate develop-er at Miles Development � TimGust, Luverne, is owner of NationSet� Jason Hedeen, Plymouth, is chief

operating officer at ProvidenceCapital � Lorinda Olsbo Hedstrom,Detroit Lakes, is a pharmaceuticalsalesperson for Eli Lilly in their os-teoporosis division in the BrainerdLakes, Alexandria, and Bemidji terri-tories � Cheryl Knutson Helget,Prior Lake, is a marketing researchanalyst for Young AmericaCorporation � Chris Norrish Lacy,Chaska, teaches and coaches in theChaska School District and wasnamed Section 2AA GymnasticsCoach of the Year � Sarah FordeMonnens, Ham Lake, is productionartist for Peterson, Milla, Hooks �Joel Tomlinson, St. Paul, is a costanalyst at Gillette Children’sSpecialty Health Care � DougWheeler, Inver Grove Heights, is anIT consultant at N-Tier Consulting.

92 Class Agent:Annie Marshall


Michael Clare, Tampa, FL, is an or-thopedic surgeon at the FloridaOrthopedic Institute � DavidJahnke, Corpus Christi, TX, is pastorat First Presbyterian Church � DanJames, Oakdale, is director of pro-gram development/wheelchair forthe U.S. Tennis Association � PeterKitundu, Des Moines, IA, is an attor-ney in the Office of General Counselfor Nationwide � Jason Knudtson,Belmont, MA, is a fellow in surgicalcritical care at Beth Israel DeaconessMedical Center/ Harvard MedicalSchool � Bret Newcomb, Madison,WI, is president of NewcombConstruction Company � ChristopherWischmann, Temecula, CA, works forAinsworth Engineered.

93Class Agent:Craig Anderson, Kristen Lamont


Rob Congdon, Sartell, is a prostho-dontist at Centrasota Center �Tammi Wenstrom Congdon, Sartell,is an internal medicine physician atCentraCare Clinic � MichelleBerggren Kilroy, Duluth, teachesfourth grade in the Cloquet Schools� Rachel Sinke Malsom, Savage, isa counselor at Prior Lake HighSchool � Rolf Olson, Arlington, VA,is a foreign service officer for U.S.Department of State � Trent Taylor,Grand Rapids, MI, received a law de-gree from University of Michigan andis an attorney at Miller Canfield.

Hibbing connectionAllen Lipke ’70 (third from left) has taught at Hibbing High School for 34years now and modestly admits that he is “responsible for encouraging manyof my students to attend Gustavus.” He and his wife, Jennifer, are picturedhere at the high school graduation of incoming student Jacquelynn Williams’10, along with some among the current crop whom he’s influenced: from left,Williams, Jennifer Villas Lipke ’71, Lipke, Erica Larson ’09, Dan Johnsrud’09, Matthew Jester ’09, and Eric McClellan ’09.

Named dean of the faculty atSimpson CollegeSteve Griffith ’75 has been named vicepresident and dean for academic affairs atSimpson College, a liberal arts college ofabout 1,500 full-time students located inIndianola, IA., and affiliated with theUnited Methodist Church. Griffith, whotaught in the Department of Theatre andDance at Gustavus from 1979–2006, beganhis duties at Simpson on July 1. He is cur-rently completing his doctorate in highereducation policy and administration fromthe University of Minnesota.

Hoffman receives communityservice awardPaul Hoffman ’76, Appleton, WI, re-ceived the Walter L. RuglandCommunity Service Award at a banquetlast April for “his wholehearted com-mitment to community improvement.”Thrivent Financial for Lutherans under-writes the award and the event wassponsored by the CommunityFoundation for the Fox Valley RegionInc. and the Post-Crescent. As chair-man of Hoffman LLC, an architecturaldesign and construction firm, Hoffmanseeks out projects allowing his employ-ees to make a difference and encour-ages his employees’ community service

efforts. Demonstrating a breadth of philanthropy, Hoffman has led several suc-cessful United Way, White Heron Chorale, Attic Theatre, and Boy Scouts ofAmerica fundraising campaigns and has mentored business and nonprofitleaders.

Hoffman and his firm were lauded for his “green” buildings, which are envi-ronment-friendly. His firm’s headquarters is designed to maximize natural day-light and use of recyclable materials and to minimize the consumption of non-renewable energy.




94 Class Agents:Renae Munsterman,Anita Stockwell Ripken,Gretchen Anderson Zinsli


Lisa Clark, Minneapolis, is an aca-demic adviser at Capella University� Carrie Close, Silt, CO, teaches inthe Garfield School District � TracyOtterness Helgerson, New Prague,teaches sixth grade in the NewPrague Area Schools and is pursuinga master’s degree in education fromSt. Mary’s University � JasonNiemi, Visalia, CA, is pastor at ChristLutheran Church � Justin Pals,Littleton, CO, is president ofPowerKure USA, Inc. � ShannonSpringston Rosati, Plymouth, is amaster black belt at GE CommercialFinance � Xavi Torres, Liberia,Guanacaste, Costa Rica, is confer-ence services manager at the FourSeason Resort Costa Rica atPeninsula Papagayo.

95 Class Agents:Sara Tollefson Currell,Amy Seidel


Nathan Carroll, Bloomington, IN,received a Ph.D. in communicationand culture/American Studies fromIndiana University and is assistantprofessor in communication and the-atre arts at College of St. Scholastica� Eric Persson, Taby, Sweden, isvice president of business develop-ment for Axel Johnson AB � NicoleCrosby Smit, Mapleton, is self-em-ployed in business development �CL Swatland, Pune, India, is pro-gramme manager for World Associationof Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

96 Class Agents:Shawn Mayfield, Allie Vogt Newman


Kevin Bastyr, Somerville, MA, is aresearch engineer at Bose � EricBjorklund, Minneapolis, is a princi-pal consultant at CSC Consulting �Tina Peterson Bross, HamLake, is reading re-covery teacher forAnoka-HennepinISD #11 � MarkBunkowske,Minneapolis, is asoftware engineer forSpanlink Communications � JoshCargill, Otsego, is a carpenter forAaronwood Finish Carpentry � TanyaSchmidt Cervantes, ColoradoSprings, CO, is a stay-at-home mom� Thomas H. Ehrich, Chicago, IL, isa graduate student at NorthwesternUniversity � Jason Hiltner,Minneapolis, is principal engineer at

Acist Medical � Joel Johnson, SiouxFalls, SD, assistant professor of gov-ernment at Augustana-Sioux Falls,has had his book manuscript, titledThe Mediocre Soul: Liberty andIndividual Development in ModernDemocracy, accepted for publicationby the University of Missouri Press,which has it scheduled for publica-tion in Spring 2007 � LauraNorman Koga, Lake Balboa, CA,teaches at Campbell Hall and is pres-ident of the National Council ofJapanese Language Teachers �Aaron Lee, Madison, WI, is a cus-tomer service representative at SarisCycling Group � Thuan Ly,Minneapolis, is an orthopedic sur-geon at the Carolinas Medical Center� Jessica Hendrickson Oslowski,Monticello, is health integration ad-viser for HealthPartners, Inc. �Adam Palazzari, Lafayette, CO, is aphysician at Broomfield Pediatrics �Jeffrey W. Ross, Wauwatosa, WI, isa physician for Medical College ofWisconsin � Ed Sbertoli, Clinton,IA, is a special agent for the State ofIowa Department of Safety �Miriam Vos, Los Angeles, CA, is co-ordinating a new middle school pro-gram at First Lutheran School.

97 Class Agents:Melissa LeVesque-Piela,Josh Peterson, JonSwanson, Stef Tucker


Kathryn Anderson, Portland, OR, isa youth services consultant atOregon State Library � BrianBeckstrom received his M.Div. de-gree from Luther Seminary, St. Paul,in May and was ordained in ChristChapel and called to be associatepastor of Community of GraceLutheran Church in Peoria, AZ. �Amy Dragland-Johnson, Plymouth,is promotion manager at S.C.Johnson & Son � Joshua Johnson,West Henrietta, NY, is an opticalmetrologist at ITT � Melissa StirnJohnson, White Bear Lake, is a fi-nancial analyst at Ehlers &Associates � Alicia JohnsonManley, Brooklyn Park, is a trainingspecialist, HR training for TargetCorporation � Bradley Nuss,Zumbro Falls, is vice president andCFO for Nuss Truck Group Inc. �Christopher Roberts, Rochester, is aprogrammer for CTC, Inc. � DaphneGries Roberts, Rochester, is a stay-at-home mom � Vihra Sotirova,Terryville, CT, is a postdoctoral fellowat University of Connecticut HealthCenter after receiving a Ph.D. therein biomedical sciences with concen-tration in genetics and developmen-tal biology � Scott Tricker, Omaha,

Puppets on paradeMerlajean Nielsen Gartland ’77, Lakeville, was featured in Dick Youngblood’sSmall Business column in the April 26 Minneapolis StarTribune. Gartland isthe proprietor of Merlajean’s Parading Puppets, a collection of 300 puppetcharacters covering 90 stories she presents at schools, churches, daycare cen-ters, and libraries. Parading Puppets emerged in 1987 as a new way forGartland, who for many years had taught preschool and kindergarten, to en-gage her students. After many requests for her shows from Twin Cities areaschools, Gartland began her business. Gartland’s husband, Steve ’76, is aLutheran pastor in Lakeville. For more information, visit<www.mjpuppet.com>.

Author of new book ofcelebrity faith storiesAmy Hammond Hagberg ’83 is theauthor of a new book series that fea-tures well-known sports, film, TV, andmusic celebrities talking candidlyabout life in the spotlight—and inGod’s light. How Do You Know He’sReal? Celebrity Reflections on TrueLife Experiences with God (DestinyImage, 2006) is the first installmentof a planned three-book series. It con-tains 34 profiles about Christiansblessed with professional career suc-cess—among them Charlie Daniels,Gloria Gaynor, John Schneider, GaryBurghoff, and Jonny Lang—who sharetheir very personal stories.

Hagberg is a frequent contributor to numerous magazines such asHomeLife, Living with Teenagers, Christian Singles, Sports Spectrum, andthe Minnesota Christian Chronicle. She also writes a monthly entertainmentquestion-and-answer on <www.christianeducation.ca>. She lives and writesfull-time in the woods of Buffalo, Minn. For more information, visit her web-site, <www.amyhagberg.com>.



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NE, is national sales director forLandscapes Unlimited, the world’slargest builder of golf courses. He iscurrently completing certification tobecome a fully licensed golf profes-sional with the PGA of America �Tom Vandegrift, Portland, OR, is asenior engineer for Qualcomm, Inc.� Reba Williams, Iowa City, IA, isan assistant nurse manager forUniversity of Iowa Hospitals andClinics.

98 Class Agents:CloEve AndersonDemmer, Gigi WaitDobosenski, Erin Tripp


Adrian Anderson, Libertyville, IL, issenior research analytical chemist forAbbott Laboratories � JocelynBauer, Alexandria, VA, is a researchanalyst at SAIC � Amy Black,Rancho Cucamonga, CA, is senior HRmanager for Target � Nicole HayesCrawford, Tempe, AZ, received amaster of fine arts degree in theatrefor youth and education fromArizona State University � EricForstrom, Playa Vista, CA, is an as-sociate in civil litigation at Pierce &Weiss LLP � Kirstin SletteHaaheim, Chicago, IL, is a graduatestudent in bassoon performance atNorthwestern University � JennySmith Hoernemann, New Prague,teaches fourth grade in the PriorLake-Savage School District � KarenLantz Holt, Saranac Lake, NY, is astudent in bakery and pastry arts atPaul Smith’s College � Ryan Holt,Saranac Lake, NY, is an anesthesiolo-gist at the Adirondack MedicalCenter � Lisa Hinds Jemtrud,Savage, is a trade practices managerat the Better Business Bureau �

Melissa Johnson, St. Paul, graduat-ed with a master’s degree in youthand family ministry from LutherSeminary � Michie Kawashima,Nara, Japan, completed a Ph.D. insociology at University of California,Los Angeles with a dissertation ti-tled, “Crossing the Line: Medical andLife World Considerations inJapanese OB/GYN Consultations” �Dan Kelly, Alexandria, VA, receivedan MBA from George MasonUniversity and is director of commu-nity and new program developmentfor National Industries for the Blind� Sarah Krohn, Coon Rapids, re-ceived a master’s degree in socialwork from University of St.Thomas/College of St. Catherine andis a social worker for AndrewResidence � Alison LeCocq Carda,Mora, is a stay-at-home mom.

99 Class Agents:Philip Eidsvold, Jesse Torgerson


Erin Frick Finnes, Kasson, receiveda master of nurse anesthesia degreefrom Mayo School of Health Sciences� Wade Gustafson, Apple Valley, islead of competitive intelligence forTarget Corp. � Jayme BarteltJackson, North Mankato, is programcoordinator for the Blue EarthCounty Sexual Violence ResourceCenter � Debbie Lang, Minneapolis,is an attorney practicing criminal lawat Caplan Law Firm � NathanMeyer, Minneapolis, is an adminis-trative assistant at UrbanworksArchitecture and is director of part-nerships and school outreach at TheBakken Library and Museum �Jaimie Tabako Oakden,Bloomington, IN, is development co-

Salmon kingFor much of the year, Roger Rogotzke ’80 is a mild-mannered business tech-nology teacher at Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Middle School in Fairfax, MN.However, for several weeks in the summer he’s Captain Roger, master of one oftwo family-owned, 32-foot fishing boats dragging 300-foot nets for wildPacific salmon in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.

Fishing side by side with his brother, father, son, niece, and friends on thetwo Rogotzke Fish Co. boats, Roger has had a hand in bringing more than10,000 pounds of Alaskan king salmon (and a good quantity of sockeyesalmon as well) to market each summer for more than 15 years. And his com-pany has now begun supplying the Gustavus Dining Service with all-natural,toxin-free salmon. Dining Service Director Steve Kjellgren ’86 ordered a firstshipment in 2005 and will contract for several hundred pounds for the comingyear.

Fishing in Bristol Bay is not for the faint-hearted. Storms can create 30-footwaves, making it nearly impossible to navigate. “It’s tough doing much whenall you can see is water on all sides,” Rogotzke says of such conditions. “Thewaves are like cliffs. It’s all I can do to try to keep the boat from flippingover.” In one particular storm in 1991, a powerful tide pushed them awayfrom shore for six hours and then back toward shore for another six hours,while waves crashed around them. But the thrill of fishing in Bristol Bay whenthe salmon are running has kept them coming back.

The fishing Rogotzkes are often awake for 15 to 20 consecutive hours whenthe salmon are running. “Catch a couple hours of sleep and you’re up workingagain. It’s a rush.” They’re proud of the quality of salmon that they bring tomarket—fish notably free of pollutants and toxins coming from one of thelast pristine ecological habitats on earth. And Kjellgren, who has made an in-tentional effort to purchase natural products for the Gustavus Dining Serviceusing the most direct route from the producer, boasts, “It doesn’t get muchshorter than boat to kitchen!”

NightingalePaula Glynn Lammers’87 is making a name forherself as one of themore versatile vocalistsin the Twin Cities area.Paula, who teaches voicein high schools, colleges,and her own studio,sings in several genres,from opera to jazz. Shereleased her first CD,Blanket of Blue, lastyear to high praise fromjazz critics, and her trio opened the Grand Marais Jazz Festival this past May.In addition, she appears regularly on Stillwater’s Minnesota Zephyr as part ofa vocal quartet that entertains diners aboard the vintage train with nostalgictunes from the ’40s and with the River City Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece bigband that plays at local venues and for private events. If that weren’t enoughexercise for her vocal cords, she also has been a member of the MinnesotaOpera chorus for the past four years. You can hear sound samples and checkout her CD on her website, <www.paulalammers.com>.

Koch named Smith Barney V.P.Paul Koch ’87, Plymouth, has beenpromoted to senior vice president –wealth management at SmithBarney. In this position, he will pro-vide investment services to high net-worth investors, foundations, smallbusiness owners, and corporations,focusing on wealth management,retirement planning, estate plan-ning, and portfolio management.Koch has been employed by SmithBarney for five years, most recentlyas financial adviser.



ordinator at the Indiana UniversityCenter for Student Leadership �Mandy Prorok, Saitama, Japan, isteaching English in Japan throughthe JET program � Corey Robideau,Victoria, is commercial lending offi-cer/AVP for First Minnesota Bank �Caitlin Christensen Sanderson,Golden Valley, is an interactivemedia planner for MRM Worldwide �Candace Fuller Schissel, St. Paul, isan infectious disease epidemiologistfor the State of Minnesota � LauraSonnee, Woodbury, is a sales spe-cialist for Securian Financial Services� Tammy Williams VanDeGrift,Portland, OR, received a PhD. incomputer science and engineering atUniversity of Washington and is anassistant professor at University ofPortland.

00 Class Agents:Corey Bartlett, Bonnie Dahlke


Carrie Stefaniak Bertsch,Farmington, is account manager forStrategic Marketing Partners �Crystal Campbell Burns, PortWashington, NY, is a financial ana-lyst for RBC Capital Markets � KeldaFurbush Choc, Boulder, CO, is aPh.D. student in physical chemistryat University of Colorado at Boulder� Jennifer Tracy Gross, Plymouth,received a master’s degree in kinesi-ology from University of Minnesota� Amber Jannusch, Neenah, WI, isa Ph.D. student in communicationstudies at University of Iowa �Sarah Lampi Kidwell, St. Paul, is di-rector of client services at NonprofitSolutions, Inc. � Heather Kuttner,Eden Prairie, is ethanol business an-alyst for Cargill, Inc. � HeatherLarson, Aspen, CO, is program coor-dinator, society of fellows for TheAspen Institute � Joseph Miatech,St. Louis Park, has been chosen as aHammer Residence CommunityPartner for his volunteer work withHammer Residence, a residence foradults and children with develop-mental disabilities located inWayzata � Joel Paetznick, Weston,WI, is an actuary for WausauInsurance � Megan Reich, NewYork, NY, is a nurse anesthetist atCornell Hospital � Anna-MarieBergstrom Rieffer, Eagan, is a self-employed daycare provider �Jessica Vickerman TeBrake,Rosemount, is senior specialist/mar-keting planning for Target Corp. andreceived a master’s degree in busi-ness communication from Universityof St. Thomas.

01 Class Agents:Cassie Carver Larson, Hal DeLaRosby


Molly Grisham Altorfer, St. LouisPark, is director of communicationsfor the Jewish Community RelationsCouncil � Brandon Bussler,Chanhassen, graduated fromUniversity of Minnesota of Dentistryand is assistant dentist at NorwoodDental in Norwood � Alex Ka HoChan, White Bear Lake, is an adver-tising compliance analyst forSecurian � Matthew Copple,Jefferson City, MO, is a graduate stu-dent at Kirksville College ofOsteopathic Medicine �Amy Dolin,Minneapolis, is mar-ket development in-tern for Medtronic �Jill Chaffee Erdman,Savage, is an underwriterfor Wells Fargo Financial � AngelaDeGreeff Follett, Minneapolis,earned her Ph.D. in chemistry fromUniversity of Minnesota and hasjoined the legal firm of Fish &Richardson as a technology special-ist in organic, inorganic, and envi-ronmental chemistry supporting thepatent prosecution group � KatieGalloway, Minneapolis, is working incorporate giving and environmentalsustainability for Aveda Corporation� Jason Haaheim, Chicago, IL, isprincipal timpanist for the CivicOrchestra of Chicago and is an appli-cations engineer at NanoInk �Nicole Henrich, Blaine, is a physicaltherapist for NovaCare Rehabilitation� Kim Johnson, Vernon Hills, IL, isa relocation associate for SirvaRelocation, Inc. � Martin Kaduc,Port Chester, NY, is director of rev-enue management for EOS Airlines �Kristen Larson, Minneapolis, re-ceived a master’s degree in urbanand regional planning fromUniversity of Minnesota � CammiePiper Meerdink, Champaign, IL, is ahealth care technician in the emer-gency department at the ProvenaCovenant Medical Center and isworking toward an RN degree �Shefalika Agarwal Naik, Milwaukee,WI, is systems analyst for Froedtert& Community Hospital � ShellyWroge Norman, Suisun City, CA, isproject assistant for WesternInstitute for Food Safety andSecurity at University of California,Davis � Ed Rudberg, Eden Prairie,received a master’s degree in marineaffairs and policy at University ofMiami � Noelle Skalko,Hohenbrunn, Germany, is a graduatestudent in Munich, Germany �Jonathan Skovholt, St. Paul, is a

Boman co-founds GeezerJockmagazineSteve Boman ’87, Edina, has co-founded GeezerJock, a magazine andwebsite for active men and women 40and older. GeezerJock is a serioussports and fitness magazine for adulteveryday athletes, covering all thesports people play and also offeringrelevant tips on training, nutrition,and health. Started less than two yearsago with the help of some Chicago in-vestors in the publishing business,GeezerJock’s circulation has grown to75,000 and advertisers include severalmajor national companies.

Eight years ago as a newspaper reporter in Chicago, Boman shared a desk,beer, and conversation with Notre Dame graduate Sean Callahan, whomBoman describes as the “more literate sports-page guy.” In addition to beingone of the best sandlot football combos in the area, the two also shared abook idea for active, older people, and that idea evolved into a publication.Boman ran track and cross country at Gustavus and currently stays active byplaying tennis and jogging. Check out <www.geezerjock.com>, or e-mailBoman at <[email protected]>.

On top of the worldBeth Stolberg ’87 and her friend, Tom Hedgecoth, recently returned from atrip to China that included a visit to Lhasa, Tibet. They’re pictured standingbefore Potala Palace. “Visiting the top of the world was not as long an experi-ence as being on top of the hill in St. Peter,” Beth notes, “but it was definite-ly an education all unto itself.”



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patent examiner at the U.S. PatentOffice � Katie Nordstrom Thune,St. Paul, teaches special educationin the St. Paul ISD � Darren Zanon,Ithaca, NY, is studying for a Ph.D. inaerospace engineering at CornellUniversity � Jacob Zdon, St. Paul,is a graduate student in publichealth at the University ofMinnesota and is an intern for theMinnesota Department of Health.

02 Class Agents:Katherine MedberyOleson, Karen Warkentien


Mike Adkins, Burnsville, teaches atTrinity School at River Ridge and is agraduate student in Catholic studiesat University of St. Thomas � LeahKnutson Anderson, Dilworth, is anRN in the neonatal intensive careunit at MeritCare � Jenni Bean-Lopez, Orlando, FL, is a certifiedearly childhood teacher and works atClemson Montessori Schools � DaveBenson, Omaha, NE, is a financialand investment consultant for WellsFargo Bank � Jen Brandenburg,Duluth, is a Ph.D. pharmacy studentat University of Minnesota � BobBurns, Port Washington, NY, is direc-tor of education for Coldwell BankerResidential Brokerage � AngelaMuck Davis, Omaha, NE, is studyingphysical therapy at University ofNebraska Medical Center � ScottDavis, Omaha, NE, is a technicalwriter for CSG Systems � Julia SteinDittberner, Oklahoma City, OK, is astudent at Oklahoma City UniversitySchool of Law � Kjirsten HolmquistEverling, Minneapolis, is a programmanager for Ryan Partnership �Brady Finnern graduated fromConcordia Seminary and is pastor atSt. John Lutheran Church in NorthPrairie, WI � Ali Fugleberg, EdenPrairie, is patient placement coordi-nator at Children’s Hospital �Sharene Gossen, Boise, ID, is aphysician assistant in rudocrinologywith Dr. Richard Christensen �Jenny Grabow, Plymouth, is a dentalstudent at University of Minnesota� Michael Hom, Minneapolis, is adentist at BrookPark Dental �Kristin Marie Johnson, St. Paul, isoperations manager at NorthwestAthletic Club � Erika CarlsJohnston, Lauderdale, received amaster’s degree in life science teach-ing from Minnesota State University,Mankato and teaches science atVessey Leadership Academy �Kristin Johnson Knutson, Hopkins,is operations manager at NorthwestAthletic Club in Bloomington �Leigh Kunelius, Caledonia, is em-ployed at Trane � James Matheson,

Minneapolis, is assistant director ofdevelopment at the HumphreyInstitute of Public Affairs � LeahNelson, Savage, received a master’sdegree in teaching and learning fromSt. Mary’s University � Allison Opaygraduated from Tulane UniversityMedical School in New Orleans and isdoing her residency in family medi-cine at the University of Minnesota/St. John’s Hospital � Megan Ploog,Hopkins, is a graduate student innursing and health care systems ad-ministration at University ofMinnesota � Phil Royer is an ESLinstructor for Bell School of Englishin Japan � Erica Schmidt,Minneapolis, is a registered nurse atAbbott Northwestern Hospital �Toby Stalter, Alexandria, VA, is acongressional analyst for theEmbassy of Japan in Washington, DC� Katie Thompson, St. Paul, re-ceived a master’s degree in educa-tion from University of St. Mary’s �Thomas Valentini, Duluth, receiveda master of theological studies de-gree from the Candler School ofTheology, Emory University � SarahWatson, Brookline, MA, is a pharma-cy student at Massachusetts Collegeof Pharmacy � Ryan Wickum,Burnsville, is a lead team under-writer at Wells Fargo Mortgage �Jaime Quam Winchell, CannonFalls, teaches fourth grade at CannonFalls Area Elementary School �Angela Ziebarth graduated fromUniversity of South Dakota MedicalSchool and is a resident in obstetricsand gynecology at University ofWisconsin-Madison.

03Class Agents:Jenny Lingle Beer, MikkelGusenius, Jade BakkeRowland,Leslie Wilcox


Lori Anderson, Buffalo Lake, is a bi-ology instructor at RidgewaterCollege � Sarah Bakken, Edina,works in internal communications atTarget Corp. � Carla Bishop,Minneapolis, is a pharmaceuticalsales associate for Sanofi-Aventis �Jesse Brekke, St. Louis Park, is anaccount executive at First ChoiceGlobal Marketing � Doug Burman,St. Francis, is owner of Day StarGazebos, Inc. � Eric Butorac,Rochester, along with tennis partnerChris Drake, captured another ATPChallenger pro doubles title inBogata, Columbia, moving Eric’sworld doubles ranking to 114, aheadof both Roger Federer and JamesBlake. � Joshua Carter, AppleValley, is a publicity specialist atTarget Corp. � Nicole Cullip,Plymouth, is sales project manager

Catching up with ’89Six Gusties from the Class of 1989 gathered for lunch at Sidney’s restaurantrecently to catch up. Front from left: Katie Klock Hines, Sara Hansen, KathyRausch; back: Melissa Johnson Kalal, Kristen Frost-Tibben, and HeatherMiller-Cink.

Anderson named president ofPatterson DentalScott Anderson ’89, Eagan, wasnamed president of Patterson DentalSupply, Inc., in June. Anderson previ-ously served as Patterson’s vice presi-dent of sales and prior to that as vicepresident of marketing.

In 14 years with Patterson DentalSupply, Anderson has held a number ofexecutive positions including brandmanager, national equipment manag-er, San Francisco branch manager, andMinnesota branch manager. He hasalso been elected to the board of direc-tors of the Dental Trade Alliance, thetrade association of dental manufac-turers, distributors, and laboratories.

Saldanha honored withtwo academic awardsColin Saldanha ’88, Lansdale,PA, is recipient of two aca-demic awards, for research andteaching, from LehighUniversity, where he is assis-tant professor of biology. In2005 he received the Eleanorand Joseph F. Libsch EarlyCareer Research Award.Saldanha’s research focuses on

how the adult brain rewires itself under natural and pathological condi-tions. In 2006 he received the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Awardfor Excellence in Teaching. Saldanha teaches courses in integrative andcomparative biology, comparative physiology, developmental neurobiolo-gy, and specialty courses. He also trains undergraduates, graduate stu-dents, and postdoctoral trainees in the scientific method through super-vised individual projects in the laboratory. He has authored more than25 peer-reviewed publications, and more than 30 conference abstracts,and is a regularly invited speaker at other colleges and universities. Heearned a master of arts degree, a master of philosophy degree, and aPh.D. in biopsychology at Columbia University.



for Ecreativeworks � Anndi Daleskecompleted an MFA at TulaneUniversity and is working for theGary Rosenthal Collection inKensington, MD, as well as designingsets for the St. Mark’s Players onCapitol Hill � Jessica LundquistDoty, East Grand Forks, is an RN inthe surgical ICU at Altru Hospital �Elisabeth Eisenmenger, Chaska, is asenior business analyst at MarshallField’s � Jack Evans, St. Paul, is astudent at William Mitchell Collegeof Law � Alison Gilmore, Woodbury,is an elementary teacher in InverGrove Heights � Lindsey PriceHanson, Maple Grove, is AmeriCorpsprogram director at Rise Inc. �Katie Hendrickson, Mankato, is a fi-nancial aid assistant at South CentralCollege � Jeremiah Jazdzewski, St.Louis Park, is a graduate student inenvironmental engineering atUniversity of Minnesota � BethJorgenson, Wauwatosa, WI, is an in-tensive care nurse at Children’sHospital of Wisconsin � AnnaFelkey Lovas, Hopkins, is employedby Pharmaceutical ProductDevelopment-Medical Device � NickLovas, Hopkins, is a youth directorat Westwood Lutheran Church in St.Louis Park � Kallie Lundmark, St.Louis Park, is a design associate atRoom and Board � Emily JohnsonMamun, Prior Lake, is a communica-tions specialist at United Health Careand a graduate student in library sci-ence at College of St. Catherine �Rob Mark, Maple Plain, received amaster’s degree in electrical engi-neering and is a Ph.D. student atUniversity of Minnesota � SarahGrimsby McQuade, Inver GroveHeights, was highlighted in an arti-cle in the StarTribune as part of a“How I Got My Job” feature �Bethany Mueller, Chelan, WA, isstaff coordinator in the ecumenicalrenewal center at Holden Village �Josh Omang, Chaska, is a teacherand coach in the Chaska ISD and re-ceived a master’s degree in educa-tion at St. Mary’s University� DanielPlagens, Minnetonka, is a regionaldirector at Ameriprise Financial �Jay Reding, Sioux Falls, SD, is a lawstudent at University of St. Thomas� Kristen Rosborough,Bloomington, is a graduate studentin education at University of St.Thomas, girls varsity tennis coach atBenilde-St. Margaret’s, and a tennisprofessional at the NorthwestAthletic Clubs � Krista Schaefer,Burnsville, received a master’s de-gree from University of Minnesota �Kristina Harter Schwartz, MoundsView, works in the Roseville AreaSchools � Marnie Stenson Steele,

Boulder, CO, graduated from BoulderCollege of Massage Therapy and is acertified massage therapist; sheteaches at Trail Ridge Middle Schoolin Longmont � Lauren Swanstrom,St. Paul, is development and commu-nity relations associate at Women’sAdvocates, shelter for women andchildren � Alanna Talty, Richfield,received a master of architecture de-gree from Columbia University and isworking on establishing a small-scale waste-to-energy facility tobenefit the community on 125thStreet in Harlem; she works in theoffice of Paul Segal AssociatesArchitects in New York � MatthewThomsen, Las Vegas, NV, is a lawstudent at Penn State DickinsonSchool of Law � Andrew Walter,Fall River, MA, received a juris doctordegree from the Roger WilliamsUniversity Ralph R. Papitto School ofLaw in May � Anna Weisbecker,Mendota Heights, is a student atUniversity of Minnesota MedicalSchool � Lindsay Zumbrunnen,Minneapolis, is a senior account rep-resentative for Benfield, Inc., and re-cently participated in a two-monthrotation in the London office.

04Class Agents:Amanda Frie, CrystalGildea, Signe Jordet,Marnie Nelson, JoshWilliams


Kurt Bauerly, Otsego, is generalmanager of e-rides � StefanieBriggs, Dickinson, ND, is a reporterfor The Dickinson Press-ForumCommunications Company � AbigailCarlson, Baltimore, MD, is in medicalschool at Johns Hopkins School ofMedicine � Ami Cervin, GoldenValley, is events and promotions co-ordinator for the Greater Twins CitiesUnited Way � Abbie PetersonDeYonge, Marshall, is a lean special-ist for Park Nicollet Health Services� Jon Farnsworth, St. Paul, is a lawstudent at University of St. ThomasSchool of Law and is working in thegeneral counsel’s office at Ameriprisethis summer � Justin Finseth,Fountain, is a laboratory technicianat Mayo Clinic � Ann Fossum,Plymouth, is a GIS technician atEastview Cartographic � AdamHennen, White Bear Lake, is an au-ditor at Olsen, Thielen & Co � KatieHoeschen, is visitor center coordi-nator for Dakota County � KatieHoffman, Omaha, NE, is a medicalstudent at Creighton UniversityMedical School � Sean Hogan, InverGrove Heights, is a program coordi-nator at Target Corp. � KateHueller, Bloomington, is a human

Kelliher heads Minnesota HouseDemocratsMargaret Anderson Kelliher ’90,Minneapolis, became the new leader ofMinnesota House Democrats last June, re-placing Matt Entenza. Kelliher was electedrepresentative of District 60A in 1998 andis serving her fourth term. A political sci-ence major at Gustavus, Kelliher has a mas-ter’s degree in public administration fromHarvard University’s Kennedy School ofGovernment. In 2004 she was honored as aToll Fellow, a prestigious fellowship that isawarded by the Council of StateGovernments to just 40 leaders nationwide.

Researching domesticityThe University of North Carolina Press has pub-lished a new book by Jane Simonsen ’93, as-sistant professor of interdisciplinary studies atthe Honors College of the University of CentralArkansas at Conway. Making Home Work:Domesticity and Native AmericanAssimilation in the American West,1860–1919 discusses the value of domesticlabor among both white and indigenouswomen, arguing that as both cultural work-ers and domestic laborers insisted uponthe value of their work to “civilization,”they exposed the inequalities integral toboth the nation and the household.

Fox 9 News Top TeacherKay Nolan Nowell ’89, St. Michael, science teacher at St. Michael-AlbertvilleHigh School, is recipient of a 2006 Fox 9 News Top Teacher award. She is oneof nine recipients statewide of the Twin Cities television station’s teachingaward. Each winner of the 2006 Fox 9 Top Teacher awards also receives aparty for up to 100 people from Subway Restaurants to use at their discretion.

Kay, pictured (left) with FOX 9’s Tom Butler and Megan Fleegel, the studentwho nominated her, is responsible for bringing the “College in the Classroom”program through St. Cloud State University to St. Michael-Albertville andteaches college-level human biology. She’s the teacher representative ofAcademic Standards and Professional Development for the MinnesotaDepartment of Education.


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resources assistant at WinstartMortgage Partners � ThomasHutton, West Concord, is working ona master’s degree in occupationaltherapy at College of St. Catherine �Krystal Kegler Ide, Ramsey, is an RNat Mercy Hospital and BethelUniversity � Kirsten Kaufmann,Roseville, is a graduate student inthe pediatric nurse practitioner pro-gram at University of Minnesota anda nurse at Children’s Hospitals andClinics � Emily Kofoed, Watertown,teaches English at Watertown-MayerHigh School � Garrett Kolpin,Madison, WI, is a computer sciencegraduate student at University ofWisconsin-Madison � Amy Koskela,Eden Prairie, is account manager forUnison, Inc. � Tony Kouba,Minneapolis, received a master’s de-gree in health services, research,policy, and administration fromUniversity of Minnesota School ofPublic Health � Kristin Kyllo,Albert Lea, is a graduate student inteaching at Hamline University �Alyssa LaVoie, Nevis, works in thePark Rapids ISD � Michael Lang,Bloomington, is national fleet salesdirector for e-ride Industries �Betsy Lueck, St. Louis Park, is amanager at Enterprise Rent-A-Car �Seth Midura, Crystal, is owner ofGrassroot Landscaping � LauraMoses, Minneapolis, is assistant as-sessment editor at PearsonAssessments � Amy Ness,Rosemount, is asset manager forArrow Electronics � Sarah Nihart,Mapleton, is editor at the MapleRiver Messenger � Joe Palmer,Mankato, is an analytical chemist forAlternative Technologies, Inc. �Barry Park, St. Paul, is a flight in-structor at Airlike Flight Training �Signe Peterson, Edina, is a designerand production specialist forAugsburg College � Christian Quie,Omaha, NE, is a commodity trader atCargill � Natalie Rosengren,Minneapolis, is office manager forUltra Creative � Becky Popa Ryan,Forest Lake, graduated with a mas-ter’s degree in education fromWinona State University and is K–5science and K–8 technology teacherat St. John the Baptist School inExcelsior � Matt Smith,Minneapolis, is employed at CintasChemicals � Katie Swenson,Champlin, is a graduate student insocial work at Augsburg College �Lisa Swenson, Plymouth, is a mentalhealth practitioner and behaviortherapist for the Minnesota AutismCenter � Pat Tatro graduated fromU.S. Army Ranger School andPathfinder School and is currently aninfantry platoon leader in C Co 2-

135th which is deployed in Iraq �Karin Leonard Torrey, Roseville, isemployed by Plato Learning � DavidViljaste, Edina, is an account execu-tive at Loffler Companies � SarahVolz, Rochester, is a graduate stu-dent at West Virginia School ofOsteopathic Medicine � JaymeWilking, St. Peter, is a family-basedservice provider for Nicollet CountySocial Services � Theresa Wind, St.Paul, is a graduate student in interi-or design at Art InstituteInternational � Melissa Wulf,Omaha, NE, is staffing manager atSnelling Personal Services � ChrisZachar, Madison, WI, is a law stu-dent at University of Wisconsin.

05Class Agents:Kevin Hansen, KatrinaKleinwachter, AnneMichaletz, Becky Neitzke,Jessica Nelson, AnneShipley, Liz Zappetillo


Melissa Aasen, Brooklyn Park, isemployed at Restart, Inc. � EmilyAyers-Johnson, Champaign, IL, isan RN at Christie Clinic � KatieBalcom, Minneapolis, works at 3M �Megan Beltz, Fairfax, teaches fifthand sixth grade at Cedar MountainElementary � Josh Carlson,Greenfield, teaches percussion les-sons at MacPhail Center for Musicand Wayzata High School and is per-cussion coach for Minnesota YouthSymphonies; he also plays profes-sionally with the Duluth SuperiorOrchestra, Organ Donors, and varioustheaters and churches � JenCleveland, Chanhassen, is a licens-ing representative for ACAInternational � Beth DeLaRosby,Norton, MA, is a graduate student atSpringfield College � Hilary RobertsGenck, Kent, CT, is a psychiatrictechnician at Bridges Extended DayTreatment Program � KatherineGroves, St. Paul, is a grant raiser atAdmission Possible � RachelHanson, Excelsior, is an inventoryanalyst at C. H. Robinson � BethanyHirst, Omaha, NE, is a dental stu-dent at Creighton University �Courtney Hollenhorst, Shoreview,works in technical support at SecureComputing � Laura Johnson,Mankato, teaches music at RiverbendAcademy � Richard Kanavati, RiverFalls, WI, is a business analyst atFirst Mark Services � StefanieKangas, Portland, OR, is a dentalstudent at Oregon Health & ScienceUniversity � Gwen Koenig, EastLansing, MI, is a graduate student incounseling at Michigan StateUniversity and presented a researchproject, “Identifying Similarities and

Edlund earns service award and visit with PresidentAnna Hansen Edlund ’92, Carver, received the President’s Call to ServiceAward and a visit with President George W. Bush on the tarmac next to AirForce One during Bush’s February 2 visit to Minnesota. Following her visit withPresident Bush, Edlund rode in the official motorcade to the 3M plant inMaplewood, where Bush spoke about technological innovation.

Edlund received her award for her volunteer work with the non-profit chil-dren’s group “Funky Minds,” which she founded. Funky Minds, located in thehistoric Funk Bank building in Carver, is a safe place for Carver children to cre-ate, learn, and have fun; a place where teachers, principals, parents, andteens offer a legacy of reading, projects about giving, and reaching out to-wards others. Building relationships between community-based organizations,educational institutions, business, governmental agencies, and faith-based or-ganizations is part of the plan at Funky Minds. Read more at<funkyminds.org>.

Mothers’ brunchMembers of the Class of 1994 meet for an annual brunch in April. Gatheringthis year at Belinda Pinney Hollman’s home in Maple Grove, they celebratedthe birth of five new babies over the past year. Pictured in the front row, fromleft, are Staci Johnson Bauer, Stephanie Anderson Shaffer, Belinda PinneyHollman, Angie Peterson Pitzl; in the back row are Lynette MoechnigMatzke, Nicole Libor Gnotke, and Tara Grunig Perre.



Differences Across Court-ReferredClient Populations in PsychologicalStatus and Use of Services,” at theAmerican Psychological Associationdivisional meeting � KarolinaKonczyk, St. Paul, is a law studentat William Mitchell � Jenny Kramer,Minneapolis, is interning at

Weber/Shandwick Worldwide � KentKramer, Marine on St. Croix, is anunderwriter at Country Insurance �Linda Lee, Franklin, OH, is a youthworker at the Talbert House/NorthStar � Julie Miller, Minneapolis, isa certified athletic trainer atNovaCare Rehabilitation � TomNelson, Woodbury, is a lab techni-cian at University of Minnesota �KaLeah Norman, Minneapolis, is aSpanish instructor at UniversityLanguage Center � Kate Riggs, St.Peter, is an editor for the CreativeCompany in Mankato � SheilaRodel, Mankato, is a personal trainerat the YMCA in Mankato � SarahSchock, Minnetonka, is event man-ager for Marriott Southwest � AndySmith, Whitewater, WI, teachesEnglish at Wonderlund ElementarySchool � Jeff Stewart, Yankton, SD,is manager at Tradehome Shoes �Josie Thulien, Madelia, is a graduatestudent in teaching life science atMinnesota State University, Mankato� Jenny Vigoren, Madison, WI, thissummer received a U.S. Departmentof Education FLAS fellowship to at-tend University of Wisconsin’sSummer Arabic and Persian immer-sion program and in the fall will bean intern at l’Association ServiceSocial Familial Migrants in France �Andy Waller, Shakopee, has beensubstitute teaching in the ShakopeeISD � Emily Wenzel, Richfield, is aninterviewer and recruiter for ProStaff.

06Class Agents:Anders Eckman, MattForbes, Jessica OlsonKatie Parks, MolliePeterson, Matt Swenson


Jeremiah Cherwien, Lauderdale, is anetwork administrator for SPECTRUMCommercial Services � ToshaChristoffer, Braham, is a legal assis-tant for Balogh Becker Ltd. �Anders Eckman, Maple Plain, is anassociate at GF Parish Group � GretaHaugland, Inwood, IA, is a financialplanning analyst for Target Corp. �Erica Hedstrom, St. Paul, is an in-formation editor at Login, Inc. �Dhiraj Karmacharya, St. Louis Park,is a financial adviser for North StarResource Group � AdamLangenfeld, Champaign, IL, is amedical and Ph.D. student atUniversity of Illinois � AnnMalkovich, St. Louis Park, is an in-side sales specialist for GibbTechnology Sales � Trista Munk, St.Peter, is health and wellness coordi-nator for The Spoke bike shop.

Places third in international speaking contestKristin Naumann Mannix ’94, associate director at Diversity Council inRochester, MN, entertained the audience at the District 6 Toastmasters SpringConvention in Minneapolis last May with a speech titled “Reach Your Peak”and took home third-place honors for her effort. She is pictured (second fromright) with her trophy and, from left, Jeannette Bauch, District 6 lt. governorof education; Theo Black, District 6 governor; and Pat Croal, District 6 lt. gov-ernor of marketing.

Presenting a speech that uses lessons from hiking, Mannix, a member of theRochester Chamber Toastmasters club, held attention in the packed room asshe strapped on her 54-pound backpack, which represented the 54 poundsthat she has lost so far as part of her own personal goal. She had won threeprior contests at the Club, Area, Division levels to qualify for the District 6contest.

District 6, which includes most of Minnesota (excluding some parts in north-western and southwestern counties) and the northwestern area of theProvince of Ontario, comprises more than 250 clubs and 4,500 members.Toastmasters International is a non-profit organization founded in 1924 tofoster effective thinking, listening, and speaking. Today, there are more than211,000 members in 90 countries benefiting from their participation in whathas become the world’s largest organization devoted to communication andleadership development.

Meet in MontanaThese eight Gusties enjoyed a mini-reunion in Helena, MT. From left: Sheryl Horton ’00, Brian Choc ’00, Kelda FurbushChoc ’00, Mike Bukowski ’99, Bipasha Barua ’01, Virginia Lindgren ’02, Jim Moechnig ’99, and Naomi Bowman ’99.

Pencil winnerBill Eckloff ’95, St. Louis, MO, re-ceived a Bronze Pencil in the de-sign category at the 2006 OneShow, the premier internationaladvertising award show held atLincoln Center in New York City inMay. Eckloff, who works for theRodgers Townsend agency, washonored for his work on a non-profit promotional project,“Common Threads,” developed forthe St. Louis Black RepertoryTheater. A poster from the seriesis shown above. About 60 OneShow, One Show Design, and OneShow Interactive winners were se-lected from nearly 17,000 totalentries from 55 countries.


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WeddingsRobert Peterson ’74 and Cindy

Peterson, 6/3/06, Broken Arrow,OK.

Terry Pederson ’76 and LorrieNiemann, 5/26/06, Prior Lake,MN.

Brian Bostrom ’77 and Jill Ferhark,6/17/06, St. Paul, MN.

Gail Schlichting ’78 and PaulGraves, 1/1/06, Littleton, CO.

Mae Beth Lindstrom ’83 and DavidWold, 5/6/06, Slayton, MN.

Babette Gordon ’86 and KevinKellner, 3/26/05, Chesapeake,VA.

Mike Woizeschke ’87 and HeideWoizeschke, 6/20/04, EdenPrairie, MN.

Julia Nephew ’88 and Eric Bergman,8/7/04, Glen Ellyn, IL.

Clara Westberg ’90 and Karl Rusch’91, 6/3/06, St. Paul, MN.

Darcey Price ’91 and JaySchoenebeck ’80, 6/3/06, NewPrague, MN.

Becky Pearson ’94 and Jim Owens,10/29/05, Woodbury, MN.

Cory Civilla ’95 and Lori Warren,4/8/06, Oklahoma City, OK.

Shannon Sutton ’95 and SteveHelland, 5/20/06, Bloomington,MN.

Rachel Henderson ’97 and MarkKing, 5/18/06, Laurel, MD.

Lisa Mueller ’97 and KyleChristensen, 4/21/06, Montvale,NJ.

Vihra Sotirova ’97 and Dan Colosi,10/1/05, Terryville, CT.

Kari Bergeland ’98 and JayKopischke, 7/30/05,Minneapolis, MN.

Melissa Johnson ’98 and AdamNelson, 8/21/04, St. Paul, MN.

Dan Kelly ’98 and Karen Kulbe,8/20/05, Alexandria, VA.

Meghan Allen ’99 and MatthewEliason, Somerville, MA.

Candace Fuller ’99 and KarlSchissel, 10/23/05, St. Paul,MN.

Jarrod Johnson ’99 and DeannaDiPizio, 10/1/05, Dallas, TX.

Crystal Laurvick ’99 and AaronO’Connor, 4/1/06, Joondanna,W.A., Australia.

Nathan Meyer ’99 and Sonali Rajan,4/8/06, Minneapolis, MN.

Kelda Furbush ’00 and Brian Choc’99, 4/1/06, Boulder, CO.

Erica Hanson ’00 and Tim Swanson,2/4/06, Chanhassen, MN.

Kristel Lee ’00 and Roque Arcilla,Duluth, MN.

Carrie Stefaniak ’00 and JeffBertsch, 5/27/06, Farmington,MN.

Jennifer Tracy ’00 and Jason Gross,3/25/06, Plymouth, MN.

Jill Chaffee ’01 and Jason Erdman,5/6/06, Savage, MN.

Samantha Edwards ’01 and ChadFuller, 9/10/05, Savage, MN.

Lindsay Johnson ’01 and AndrewThul ’01, 9/24/05, Chaska, MN.

Bjorn Knudson ’01 and ToniMitchell, 4/8/06, Apple Valley,MN.

Cameron Piper ’01 and JohnMeerdink, 4/9/05, Champaign,IL.

Dave Benson ’02 and Amber Banark,6/17/06, Omaha, NE.

Erika Carls ’02 and BrendanJohnston ’05, 7/16/05,Lauderdale, MN.

Kristin Marie Johnson ’02 andSteve Knutson, 5/21/05, St.Paul, MN.

Leigh Kunelius ’02 and Randy King,6/3/06, Caledonia, MN.

Angela Muck ’02 and Scott Davis’02, 5/16/06, Omaha, NE.

Cory Quammen ’02 and SandraValnes, 6/11/05, Durham, NC.

Alison Routh ’02 and Jesse Nelson,4/8/06, Kerkhoven, MN.

Anna Battisti ’03 and JasonArnebeck, 8/19/05, Duluth, MN.

Alison Doppelhammer ’03 andAlexander Gorsevski, 6/3/06,Boulder, CO.

Kristina Harter ’03 and MattSchwartz ’04, 11/6/04, MoundsView, MN.

Jessica Lundquist ’03 and BrianDoty, 12/31/05, East GrandForks, MN.

Meghan O’Neil ’03 and BrandonLerch, 1/14/06, Arlington, VA.

Jennifer Snyder ’03 and BenjaminMartinez, 5/14/05, Apple Valley,MN.

Kelli Swanson ’03 and Doug Matzek,5/6/06, St. Paul, MN.

Erica Wenger ’03 and Doug Burman’03, 7/16/05, St. Francis, MN.

Candice Cosens ’04 and RodneySikel, 6/10/06, Shakopee, MN.

Adam Hennen ’04 and GinaPustovar, 4/29/06, White BearLake, MN.

Pat Tatro ’04 and Heidi Hulke,Madelia, MN.

Kimberly Thompson ’04 and JoshHolien, 4/6/06, St. AnthonyVillage, MN.

Emily Ayers-Johnson ’05 and AdamLangenfeld ’06, 6/24/06,Champaign, IL.

Miriam Bullard ’05 and NathanRauk ’05, 4/29/06, Minnetonka,MN.

Melanie Jeseritz ’05 and CoryNetland, 1/28/06, Wood Lake, MN.

Laura Johnson ’05 and MatthewStelter, 11/19/05, Mankato, MN.

Backpack quarterbackNick Eyde still had the urge to play some football after graduating fromGustavus in 2001. Just days after commencement, he had contacted severalEuropean teams through their websites and edged out two former Division I-AAquarterbacks in a race to secure a passport. He flew to Hohenems, Austria, on aFriday and played for the Cineplexx Blue Devils the next day. His experiencesduring the past six seasons were chronicled in a feature on Sports Illustrated’swebsite, SI.com, in April.

American football is fairly low on the sports popularity scale in Austria andItaly, where Eyde has been happily living his dream. “When I tell people what Ido, they say, ‘Oh, rugby?’” he says. But the atmosphere is similar to the collegegame: mascots, halftime shows, and crowds of 3,000–6,000 fans cheering on ateam comprising local talent, diehard former collegians, and a few NFL never-weres.

A series of one-year contracts has taken Eyde from Hohenems to the RomeDucks, the Civitanova Yankees, the Reggio Emilia Hogs, the Innsbruck TyrolianRaiders, and now the Bolzano Giants, a Serie A team in the Italian leaguewhose season runs from April to July. A high school quarterback who playedwide receiver at Gustavus, he says that his ability to improvise on the run hasmade him attractive as a quarterback to teams in leagues in which many playershold other day jobs and can’t always make it to practice. Each team is allowedonly five foreigners on its roster, and most players see time on both offense anddefense. Asked to compare relative strengths, Eyde allows that “the strongestteams in Italy and Austria can contend with the top teams in [the NCAA’s]Division III.”

Eyde is content for now to spend six months each year in Europe with his liv-ing and travel expenses covered by his team, occasionally taking odd jobs tomake extra cash (such as serving as a translator for David Letterman’s produc-tion crew at the Turin Olympics). During the offseason in the United States, he’smade ends meet with stints as a substitute teacher in Michigan, a dodgeball refin Minneapolis, and a human resources assistant in Los Angeles.

“To me, this is more than just about football,” says Eyde, who considered anoffer from Arena 2 last fall but decided to stay in Europe and write a book abouthis experiences. “It’s about a passion to be part of something beyond the grip ofan ordinary life. Sure, I’ve sacrificed a great deal of normalcy and am subject toa lot of strange looks when I talk about what I do, but such is life.”

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BirthsClare, to Wally Burchill ’83 and

Patricia Burchill, 8/5/05.Nathan, by adoption from People’s

Republic of China, to KathyLarson Bergquist ’86 and TomBergquist ’83, born 5/8/04,adopted 3/26/06.

Anton, to Julie Pinomaki ’86 andDaniel Pfarr, 8/3/05.

Leo, to Linda Ieleja Gerstman ’87and Gary Gerstman, 2/6/06.

Kate, to Mike Woizeschke ’87 andHeide Woizeschke, 4/20/05.

Henry, to Jodie Carlson ’88 andMatthew Huron ’87, 4/7/05.

Madison, to Lisa Egnell Walker ’88and Paul Walker, 7/5/05.

Ava, to Jay Gutierrez ’88 and TracyGutierrez, 6/8/06.

Greta, to David Van Brunt ’88 andCarrie Van Brunt, 9/2/05.

Rowan, to Lisa Braun Dubbels ’89and Brock Dubbels, 4/7/06.

Tyler, to Rona Allen Hamann ’89and Robert Hamann, 3/2/06.

Alexandra, to Cheryl FrenchKjellstrom ’89 and JanKjellstrom, 2/4/05.

Knut, to David Linne ’89 and TinaLinne, 10/5/05.

Jayden, to Rob Alexander ’90 andGeorgi Alexander, 5/24/06.

Kaylynn, to Kristin OberstarBaumgard ’90 and GaryBaumgard, 12/30/05.

Brynn, to Lori Ostrom Crabtree ’90and Todd Crabtree, 4/5/06.

Parker, to Amy Jackson Davis ’90and Jerome Davis, 6/29/05.

Ava, to Robert Lund ’90 and RhondaLund, 4/30/06.

Ambrosio, to Susan Cramer Medina’90 and Ambrosio Medina,4/9/06.

Luke, to Michael Muedeking ’90and Kari Muedeking, 9/13/05.

Baylee, to Don Nygard ’90 andAmanda Nygard, 3/19/06.

Cole, to Sue Courrier Reed ’90 andBob Reed, 12/30/05.

Jacob, to Tonia Von Ohlen ’90 andScott Grubbs, 11/14/05.

Alice, to Kirk Wrede ’90 and KrisiRaymond, 1/25/05.

Henry, to Lisa Reinicke Chapon ’91and Sidney Chapon, 8/1/05.

Justin, to Steve Schramm ’91 andKate Schramm, 2/24/06.

Maia, to Ginya Truitt Nakata ’91and Theodore Nakata, 8/22/05.

Grant, to Pam Stuedemann Warren’91 and Steve Warren, 11/22/05.

Lillian, to Susan Larson Allen ’92and Erik Allen ’92, 1/1/05.

William, to Teri Bailey Anderson ’92and Scott Anderson, 6/9/05.

Avery, to Alanna Cotch ’92 and RobCalhoon ’91, 6/17/05.

Ava, to Jessica Peterson DiSano ’92and Kevin DiSano, 4/27/06.

Karina, to Sheryl Russeth Elvestrom’92 and James D. Elvestrom’92, 9/29/05.

Kaden, to Kirk Hillquist ’92 andTracey A. Hillquist, 9/1/05.

Dietrich, to David Jahnke ’92 andHyun-Hwae Kim, 10/25/05.

Julia, to Karla Kilian ’92 andThomas Ripplinger, 5/23/05.

Liam, to Amy Reinsch Saldanha ’92and Kenneth Saldanha ’93,4/17/05.

Casey, to Margy Jones Campion ’93and Tim Campion ’91, 5/20/05.

Rowen, to Nick Carlson ’93 andAllison Maxim Carlson, 9/11/05.

Marcus, to Tammi WenstromCongdon ’93 and Rob Congdon’93, 12/8/05.

Abbe, to Kirsten Lipke Johnson ’93and Darryl Johnson, 6/9/05.

Caleb, to Michelle Berggren Kilroy’93 and Peter Kilroy, 2/22/06.

Ella, to Shannon O’Neill Kratochvil’93 and Andrew Kratochvil,2/14/06.

Olivia, to Rachel Sinke Malsom ’93and Jesse Malsom, 4/11/06.

Anders, to Rolf Olson ’93 and LauraGarcia Olson, 5/18/06.

Braylon, to Trent Taylor ’93 andWendy Taylor, 7/10/04.

Henry, to Brian Towne ’93 andMichelle Towne, 3/24/06.

William, to William Voelker ’93 andVirginia Voelker, 2/9/06.

Jack, to Becky Van SchootenBuchanan ’94 and ChrisBuchanan, 2/3/06.

Travis, to Mark Domschot ’94 andKaty Domschot, 1/4/05.

Claire, to Karrie Whipple Duncan ’94and Donald Duncan, 2/16/06.

Claire, to Tracy Otterness Helgerson’94 and Matthew Helgerson,2/17/06.

Anna, to Jacob Knaus ’94 and HeidiKnaus, 1/28/05.

Evan, to Kristine Hinds MacLean’94 and Scott MacLean ’94,12/21/05.

Katherine, to Mary CrippenMiklethun ’94 and DavidMiklethun, 4/21/06.

Siblings visit in South AfricaAs he neared the end of his Peace Corps service in rural education in theMpumalanga province of South Africa, Kevin Quealy ’03 enjoyed a visit lastJanuary from his sister, Shannon ’07, and brother, Tim, who attendedGustavus as a first-year student. Kevin (left) and his siblings are pictured atthe uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in South Africa.

Sunkist floats, anyone?In May 2002, while living in Prairie View Residence Hall, Joe Beer and Nick Arth began their annual Sunkist float traditionto celebrate the last day of classes. Now in its fifth year, the Sunkist Float Party continues to be a popular event amongformer Gusties, with the Beers even making a surprise appearance this year driving in from Denver, CO, to Plymouth, MN,for the big night. Pictured from left are Paul Rohde ’03, Chris Vaubel ’03, Nate Bergengren ’03, Isaac Johnson ’02,Jenny Lingle Beer ’03, Arshad Bachelani ’02, Joe Beer ’03, Nick Arth ’03, Joe Erickson ’03, Monica Paulson ’03, andAdam Smith ’03.


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Avery, to Matt Miller ’94 and SharonMiller, 4/4/06.

Amaya, to Anastasia Norton ’94 andMatthew Scherer ’93, 12/12/05.

Matthew, to Jenny Bisek Otterness’94 and Pete Otterness ’94,5/20/06.

Brendan, to Britta SwansonPeterson ’94 and Dan Peterson’94, 2/25/06.

Amelia, to Matthew Pettis ’94 andChristy Pettis, 3/12/05.

Madeline, to Melissa Schmit ’94 andDennis Schmit, 7/2/05.

Erika, to Deb Boelter Dahlby ’95and Jeff Dahlby ’95, 4/8/06.

Abigail, to Eric DeMaster ’95,12/7/05.

Samuel, to Stacy McMurtryFreimuth ’95 and RobertFreimuth ’95, 5/3/06.

Lillian, to Traese Schulz Kuhl ’95and Mitchell Kuhl, 4/4/05.

Jenna, to Roxy Wagener Myhre ’95and Derek Myhre, 2/24/06.

Abigail, to Ross Nelson ’95 andCharlotte Nelson, 11/29/05.

Jack, to Kari Bisbee O’Connell ’95and Chris O’Connell, 12/7/05.

Ellie, to Tedd Parker ’95 and SaraParker, 12/12/05.

Nels, to Nels Pierson ’95 and NicolePierson, 10/8/05.

Griffin, to Lisa Martin Stone ’95 andPaul Stone, 3/26/06.

Owen, to Stephen Strege ’95 andAimee Strege, 5/8/06.

Meredith, to Mark Umbreit ’95 andJennifer Umbreit, 10/11/05.

Samuel, to Michelle Randall Ament’96 and Brian Ament, 7/11/05.

Langley, to Libby Mensing Esterle’96 and Kenneth Esterle,4/10/06.

Jade, to Jonelle Rehse Intihar ’96and Todd Intihar, 4/4/06.

Aymara, to Denise Willey Johnson’96 and Ryan S. Johnson ’96,1/2/06.

Quinn, to Shean McManus ’96 andLaura McManus, 2/17/06.

Evan, to Rebecca Crosbie Meyer ’96and Nathan Meyer, 1/23/06.

Keaton, to Amy Schoeneck Rother’96 and Joshua Rother ’96,2/8/06.

Elizabeth, to Heidi JacobsenSimons ’96 and Michael Simons,3/23/06.

Lucia, to Heather Duggan Anderson’97 and Kyle Anderson, 9/10/05.

Ryan, to Mary Babel ’97 and BobTzucker, 5/3/06.

Abigail, to Betsy Dornan Bauler ’97and Eric Bauler, 6/30/05.

Morgan, to Neil Bentley ’97 andAlison Bentley, 12/10/05.

Greta, to Sarah Marzolf Christensen’97 and Matthew Christensen,2/24/05.

Maxwell, to Holly Wangsness Dau’97 and Jacob Dau, 4/20/06.

Liv, to Carrie Swanson Enstad ’97and Chris Enstad ’96, 1/20/06.

Grady, to Alison Rucinski Goodwin’97 and Geoffrey Goodwin ’96,3/27/06.

Alexander, to Joshua Johnson ’97and Michele Johnson,11/27/05.

Caroline, to Heather SenskeKinkeade ’97 and JoshuaKinkeade ’96, 3/29/06.

Bronwyn, to Bradley Nuss ’97 andRebecca Nuss, 5/9/06.

Jonah, to Lee Peterson ’97 andDanielle Peterson, 4/6/05.

Reagan, to Jennie Wald Phillips ’97and Kimo Phillips, 1/4/06.

Gage, to Kristi EdmondsonSamaddar ’97 and KrisSamaddar, 1/4/06.

Jordan, to Carrie Bauer Schliep ’97and Fredrick Schliep, 3/2/06.

Sophia, to Kate Blanchard Shiroff’97 and Jason Shiroff, 3/3/06.

Lucille, to Erin Johnson Turner ’97and Jonathan Turner ’97,2/4/06.

Rebecca, to Lauren Hockert Ciarochi’98 and Joel Ciarochi, 2/24/05.

Maxwell, to Jenny SmithHoernemann ’98 and CoryHoernemann, 2/13/06.

McKenna, to Angela Colt Hultgren’98 and James Hultgren ’97,10/31/05.

Lewis, to Lisa Hinds Jemtrud ’98and Troy Jemtrud, 3/25/06.

Hazel, to Alison LeCocq Carda ’98and Chad Carda ’98,12/17/05.

Jeremy, to Corey Sanborn ’98 andJessica Sanborn, 10/4/05.

Jacob, to Sheila Schonrock Schultz’98 and Bob Schultz, 4/23/06.

Ezra, to LaDawn OsmundsonSeverin ’98 and Mike Severin,4/24/06.

Natalie, to Andy Widen ’98 andTeresa Widen, 5/27/06.

Jaiden, to Aleida George Zollman’98 and Ryan Zollman,8/15/05.

Enoch, to Aimee Hall Anderson ’99and Matthew Anderson ’97,6/17/05.

Braden, to Kristy Howell Antilla ’99and Bradley Antilla, 11/9/05.

Warner, to Nathan Bannick ’99 andDanielle Bannick, 1/28/05.

Gusties in GuatemalaCaught by the camera as they hiked to the top of Pacaya volcano in Guatemala were these Gusties and a friend.Classmates had ventured to the Central American country to connect with Monica Paulson ’03, who was just finishing twoyears of Peace Corps service in Guatemala. Pictured from left are Paulson, Sarah Martyn, Aaron Crowell ’03, PhillipGraeve ’03, and Amanda Young ’03.

Graduates of Tulane med schoolKyle Allen and Allison Opay, both Class of 2002, graduated from the TulaneUniversity School of Medicine on May 13.



Evelyn, to Rebecca LaZerteBiederman ’99 and JasonBiederman ’00, 10/7/05.

Svea, to Britt Miller Carlson ’99 andAdam Carlson ’00, 5/9/05.

Elizabeth, to Emily JohnsonColeman ’99 and PatrickColeman, 1/18/06.

Abraham, to Naomi Bowman Graves’99 and Jason Graves, 9/25/05.

Walker, to Lisa Froemming Hennen’99 and Jonathan Hennen ’99,8/14/05.

Rece, to Kate Untiedt Illies ’99 andRob Illies ’89, 3/21/05.

Evan, to Shane McClinton ’99and Michaelyn McClinton,10/7/05.

Maia, to Kari Smith Rankin ’99 andGregg Rankin, 3/1/06.

Twins, Ryan and Connor, to KariPedersen Severson ’99 andDavid Severson, 3/21/06

Twins, Ethan and Mason to SarahRomsdahl Anderson ’00 andKarl Anderson, 4/6/06

Callie, to Melaina ThorsonBjorklund ’00 and EricBjorklund ’96, 2/20/06.

Henry, to Heidi Wegner Ha ’00 andKhoa Ha, 7/18/05.

Greta, to Brady Hahn ’00 and StacyHahn, 6/7/06

Reid, to Jason Henderson ’00 andAmy A. Henderson, 8/15/05.

Isabelle, to Heather Wilson Sehnert’00 and Colin Sehnert ’00,4/20/06.

Seth, to Lisa Davis Young ’00 andTimothy Young, 3/7/06.

Paker, to Margo Boie Moreno ’01and Daniel Moreno, 4/27/05.

Connor, to Christopher Okey ’01and Jessica Okey, 5/23/06.

Lucy, to Emily Youngman Ross ’01and Kevin Ross, 3/9/06.

Dominic, to Mary Beth CallahanSchaefer ’01 and Matt Schaefer’00, 1/30/06.

Annie, to Lisa Veenhuis Schoen ’01and Jesse R. Schoen ’98,1/20/06.

William, to Jamie Schultz Bryson’02, 6/2/05.

Finn, to Keely Johnson Pearson ’02and Mickey Pearson ’01, 4/13/06.

Ethan, to Laura Hanson Spanier ’02and Chad Spanier, 7/5/05.

Ford, to Lindsay TownsendYoungdahl ’02 and EricYoungdahl ’95, 2/20/06.

InMemoriamMarion Jacobson ’32, St. Maries, ID.Ralph O. Erickson ’35, Haverford,

PA, on March 24, 2006. He was aretired biology professor atUniversity of Pennsylvania andhad researched the limestoneglades of the Ozarks where a na-tive variety of clematis wasnamed for him. He is survived byhis wife, Elinor, two daughters,and brother Willis ’45.

Anna Marie Sandahl Swenson ’37,Shreveport, LA, on March 7,2006. She was previously em-ployed by Gifts of Nature and issurvived by three children.

Grace Palmer Peterson ’38, ChisagoCity, MN, on June 4, 2006. Shehad worked at Zion EvangelicalLutheran Church and is survivedby three children including Jon’66 and Martha Bevan ’69.

Stanley N. Mortenson ’40, St. PeteBeach, FL, on October 26, 2004.He practiced law for 36 years,served as a municipal judge, andis survived by his wife, Darleen,one daughter, and one son.

Christian N. Swenson ’40,Shreveport, LA, on February 24,2006. He was professor emeritusat Bethany College in Lindsborg,KS, and is survived by three chil-dren.

Louis Benson ’41, Watertown, MN,on May 29, 2006. He is survivedby his wife, Adeline, and fourchildren including Donald ’63and Susan Rettke ’68.

Les Lindell ’42, Rosemount, MN, onJune 24, 2006. He was retiredprincipal of Farmington HighSchool and is survived by twodaughters, including KristineLindell-Madson ’77, and a son,John ’81.

Chester Tomich ’42, Arlington, VA,on April 3, 2006. He was a re-tired program specialist with theU.S. Department of Labor.

Naomi E. Hokanson ’43, St. Paul,MN, on March 26, 2006. She wasa retired high school librarian inSt. James, Stillwater, St. Paul,and Roseville schools.

Arline Hart Jones ’43, New Berlin,WI, on December 7, 2005. Shewas active in numerous commu-nity organizations and is sur-vived by her husband, Walter,

Kathmandu trioAmit Bohara ’04 (right) played host when two friends, Kate Hoeschen ’04 (left) and Lonnie Ellis ’03, visited Nepal re-cently. The three met up in Kathmandu and traveled around the country together for two weeks. Highlights of the trip in-cluded elephant rides, a near-death experience with a rhino, and meeting Amit’s family.

Gusties gather . . . in IraqTwo Gustavus grads from the Class of 2004 recently ran into each other at AlAsad, Iraq. Second Lt. Patrick Tatro (right) is an infantry platoon leader in CCompany 2, 135th Infantry Battalion, part of the Minnesota National Guard.Doug Pugh is a platoon commander of a transport platoon in CombatLogistics Battalion 7 of the U.S. Marines. Tatro and Pugh both escort convoysall over western Iraq.


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and three children, includingSusan Turgeon ’70.

Robert Herhold ’46, Palo Alto, CA,on April 18, 2006. He was re-tired pastor of Christ the KingLutheran Church, Palo Alto, andis survived by his wife, Muriel,two sons, and two daughters.

Marilyn Spencer Schwarz ’47, DesMoines, IA, on June 16, 2006.She was a retired music teacherof Woodlawn Elementary School,serving the Des Moines PublicSchools for 42 years.

Earl Berndtson ’49, Minneapolis, onJuly 9, 2006. He was a retiredELCA pastor and is survived byhis wife, Pauline, and onedaughter.

Donn Escher ’50, Brooklyn Center,MN, on March 15, 2006. He wasretired director of employee rela-tions for the State of MinnesotaDepartment of Education and issurvived by four children andgranddaughter Danielle ’08.

Robert A. Sjostrom ’51, EdenPrairie, MN, on April 23, 2006.He was a retired English teacherand coach at St. Louis Park ISD#283 for 33 years and is survivedby his wife, Helen, and two chil-dren.

Carolyne Huldeen Dull ’52, St.Louis Park, MN, on March 16,2006. She was a retired nurseand is survived by her husband,Duane, and four children.

Harold L. Horton ’52, Hopkins, MN,on February 19, 2006. He was re-tired division vice president forNational Car Rental and is sur-vived by three children includingLeslie Nordberg ’76 and NancyLarson ’78 and grandchildren in-cluding Eric Nordberg ’03, JoniNordberg ’06, Emily Larson ’04,and Heidi Larson ’05.

Elsie Bergquist Seymour ’52,Minneapolis, MN, on June 12,2006. She is survived by her hus-band, Paul, and four children in-cluding John ’75.

Weldon M. Nelson Jr. ’54,Jamestown, NY, on April 15,2006. He was retired vice presi-dent of finance and secretary/treasurer of DowcraftCorporation and is survived byhis wife, Janis, and three chil-dren.

Donald Churchill ’55, Appleton, WI,on June 22, 2006. He was retiredfrom Appleton Papers and is sur-vived by three daughters includ-ing Robyn ’83 and sister BarbaraStangler ’57 .

Ruth Hanson Haberman ’56, onJuly 27, 2006. She was a retiredchaplain and is survived by two

sons including David Westlund’80, daughter Karen WestlundKirby ’86, and one brother.

Harvey Golberg ’57, on July 12,2005. He was a retired teacherfor Owatonna ISD #761 and issurvived by his wife, Joyce, andthree sons including Kent ’80and Scott ’81.

Donald Farringer ’63, RedwoodFalls, MN, on June 18, 2006. Hewas a former educator, schooladministrator, businessman, and

most recently the night auditorfor the Dakota Inn. He is sur-vived by his wife, Gloria, andtwo daughters.

Richard Lofgren ’65, St. Cloud, MN,on July 31, 2006. He was em-ployed by Orion Optical Lab andis survived by his wife, Gail, twosons, father Carl ’40, brothersDennis’ 70 and Randall ’75, andsister Lori Amundson ’81.

Mark G. Leonardson ’66, GrandLodge, MI, on April 6, 2006. He

was senior purchasing agent forAbbott Laboratories and is sur-vived his sister, Sonia Maurer’58.

Kathryn Armstrong Bonner ’67, onFebruary 9, 2006. She was abusinesswoman and is survivedby her husband, Michael, andfive children.

Chuck L. Boline ’68, Rochester, MN,on March 24, 2006. He was a re-tired English and speech teacherfor the Rochester School District

2004 grads take a hikeFive Gustie friends met in Ft. Collins, CO, last April to hike Horse Tooth in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. From leftare Sarah Timmerman ’04, Ntxuam Vang ’04, Amy Koskela ’04, Martha Diedrichsen ’04, and Andrea Hodapp ’04.

Toast to the Class of 2006The Class of 2006 was formally welcomed into the Alumni Association with a toast at the Senior Fiesta, an outdoor eventthat kicked off Senior Week activities. Participating in the toast were, from left, new class agents Anders Eckman, KatieParks, Jessica Olson, Matt Forbes, Matt Swenson, Mollie Peterson, and Alumni Director Randall Stuckey ’83.



and is survived by his wife,Connie, two children includingEric ’01, and sister Judy Larson’66.

Noell Nelson Reed ’69, NorthMankato, MN, on July 12, 2006.She was executive director of theSummit Center in Mankato, andis survived by her husband, Joel,one son, one daughter, twostepchildren, and two brothers.

John Ewalt ’79, Tacoma, WA, onJuly 8, 2006. He was retired re-gional marketing director forOppenheimer Funds Managementand is survived by three sonsand two daughters.

Ken J. Muth ’82, Dellwood, MN, onJune 7, 2006. He worked as acomputer and management con-sultant. He is survived by hiswife, Carol (Salmon ’83), and twochildren.

Jeanette Wayne Pospesel ’82,Wayzata, MN, on May 22, 2006.She was a teacher at The WholeLearning School and is survivedby her husband, Dean ’81, andthree children.

Charles Parnell ’87, Shorewood, MN,on July 12, 2006. He was ownerof ParTek Supply Inc. and is sur-vived by his wife, Amy (Peterson’89), two daughters, and twosons.

Alicia Golembeski ’02, Boulder, CO,on July 22, 2006, accidentallywhile hiking. She was a doctoralstudent at the University ofColorado and is survived by herparents.

Jeanna Rogers, on June 5, 2006.She had worked as a custodianat Gustavus since 1993.

Angeles Valberg, on June 26, 2006.She was a custodian in the li-brary and Uhler Hall at Gustavus,1991–92 and 2000–2006, and issurvived by one daughter andone son.

(Correction) Eric Lund ’81,Minneapolis, MN, on April 4,2006. He was an information ar-chitect for Amcom Corporationand is survived by his wife, GayeMelton, three daughters, parentsJohn and Suzanne (Anderson)’53 ’53, one sister, and brothersMark ’83 and Peter ’87.

Service and retirement recognitionThe Gustavus Alumni Association honored faculty and administrators with service and retirement awards at a banquet last May.

25 YearsFront row from left: JeffreyRosoff, professor of mathematicsand computer science; JohnLammert, associate professor ofbiology; and Rick Orpen,professor of music. Back row:Michael Haeuser, professor,academic librarian, and collegearchivist; and Mark Kruger,professor of psychology.

35 YearsFront row: Greg Mason, professor of English; and LarryPotts, professor of chemistry. Back row: Kathie Martin,interlibrary loan manager; and Rob Gardner, professor oftheatre and dance. Not pictured: Ron Rietz, professor ofmathematics and computer science.

40 YearsAllan Splittgerber,

professor of chemistry.

RetireesFront row: Owen Sammelson ’58, vice president for

administration; and Al Pearson, associate professor ofeducation. Back row: Carol Moline, study abroad adviser.

Not pictured: Ruth Giles, adjunct professor of music.

30 YearsJohn Holte, professor of mathematics andcomputer science; and Candace Witte,assistant director of dining services. Notpictured: Judy Douglas, coordinator of alcoholand drug education; and Linnea Wren,professor of art and art history.


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My Gustavus education left me with theassurance that my life had a purposethat was directly related to my faith,”says Karen Bossart Rusthoven ’66, who

was recognized with a Distinguished AlumniCitation in education at the Gustavus AlumniAssociation banquet held on May 27at the College. “For me, my work ineducation has always been my ‘call-ing.’ My professional journey has beena journey of faith. Having experi-enced, at Gustavus, the power of edu-cation to transcend the ordinary andto lead us to new heights of beautyand truth, it has been my life’s workto offer all children such an educa-tion.”

Rusthoven co-founded a charter school,Community of Peace Academy, on the east side ofSt. Paul, Minn., in 1995. The academy’s learning en-vironment is based upon her belief that human rela-tionships must be the focus of education, and thatall else derives from the relationships formed. Shemaintains that you can’t talk about academic excel-lence until you deal with the “human piece”—howindividuals behave, how they treat each other.

In 2003, the school was one of 10 in the UnitedStates to receive a National School of Charter Awardfrom the Character Education Partnership inWashington, D.C. A year later, the U.S. Departmentof Education chose Community of Peace Academy asone of eight exemplary models to be profiled in abook titled Successful Charter Schools.

After teaching in public schools for six years fol-lowing her graduation from Gustavus, Rusthovenhad accepted a position in 1976 as a family-schoolliaison at a Catholic school, where she discovered avery different atmosphere from that existing in thepublic system, one in which everyone was equallyesteemed. Serving 16 years as a parochial teacherand principal, she became convinced that theCatholic school model offered something of valuethat could be adapted to public education: a princi-ple of ethics and caring for others—“peacebuild-ing”—that is universal to all religions. Communityof Peace Academy is the outcome of that belief.

While the academy’s enrollment is at least 90percent students of color (more than 65 percentHmong, 20 percent Black of which about 3 percent

are recent immigrants from Africa, and another 5percent Hispanic), Rusthoven, now the school’sprincipal, maintains that the emphasis is on ethicalrather than multicultural education. “What we try todo here,” she says, “is teach an ethic of caring, andan ethic of community, and an ethic of conflict pre-vention that is kind of universal.”

Community of Peace Academy initially servedprimary grades K–5 but expanded to include K–12by 2002 to meet families’ demand as students gotolder and did not wish to leave the “peace” envi-ronment.

With her success in applying values and ethicsto public education, Rusthoven is now a frequentpresenter at educational conferences. She is also inthe process of writing a book about her work.

Distinguished Alumni Citation – Karen Bossart Rusthoven ’66

The value of peacebuilding

Distinguished Alumni Citation

Alumni Awards and Citations

Karen Bossart Rusthoven ’66

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Susan Semple-Rowland ’77 has been work-ing for 20 years to identify a gene mutationthat causes blindness in infants at birthand to develop an effective gene therapy to

restore sight. And now it appears that her lab at theUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, has made a break-through that will lead to overcoming this type ofblindness.

For her persistence in working toward her goals,and her belief that she would eventually succeed,Semple-Rowland has earned a 2006 DistinguishedAlumni Citation in neuroscience, which she accept-ed at the alumni banquet held on May 27, duringCommencement Weekend.

Semple-Rowland has specialized in the study ofretinal disease in the avian model of Leber congeni-tal amaurosis type 1 (LCA1, an inherited diseasethat affects human infants at birth and the chickenmodel at hatching). Chickens are an ideal animal

model for LCA1 as they have the same highly de-tailed retinal structure as primates and are subjectto a hereditary vision loss very similar to humanswith LCA1. After years of trial and error in buildinga virus capable of delivering the corrective gene tothe retina and fine-tuning the temperature, humidi-ty, and handling process, she and her lab colleagueshave perfected a viral therapy for the avianmodel—chickens usually born without sight can seewhen treated in embryo.

“Treatment of the genetically blind animalswhile embryos in the eggs with a lentiviral vectorcarrying the normal gene encoding guanlyate cy-clase-1 restores vision to the animals,” saysSemple-Rowland, “What is so exciting is that the

treatment we have developed has a real shot ofbeing effective in humans.”

Semple-Rowland is now a full professor of neu-roscience, director of the neuroscience IDP graduateprogram, and investigator for the McKnight BrainInstitute at the University of Florida. She joined theuniversity faculty in 1981 after taking an M.Sc. de-gree in psychobiology from the University of

Pittsburgh in1979. Sheearned her Ph.D.in neurosciencefrom Florida in1986 and fol-lowed with threeyears of post-docwork in ophthal-mology before

returning to the department of neuroscience, whereshe was granted tenure in 2000 and now directs herown lab. She has earned Exemplary Teacher Awardsfrom the UF College of Medicine twice—in 2003 and2006.

“We can do amazing things in animal models,”Semple-Rowland says about her research, “but thiswork can’t be done quickly. That’s the hardestthing—knowing there are people who need thesetreatments now. But we work as fast as we can.You’ll see the first treatments for some of these ge-netic eye diseases soon, especially after thegroundwork for an approved therapy is laid and thetherapy works.”

Distinguished Alumni Citation – Susan Semple Rowland ’77

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O ne of the 2006 Distinguished AlumniCitation recipients was not able to bepresent on campus in May to accept hisaward in international relations. Per

Magnus Ranstorp ’85, who is chief scientist at theCentre for Assymmetric ThreatStudies at the Swedish NationalDefense College and a seniorhonorary research associate andformer director of the Centre forthe Study of Terrorism andPolitical Violence at theUniversity of St. Andrews,Scotland, is scheduled to returnin October to accept his recog-nition at theHomecoming/Family Weekend banquet and will alsomeet with students in several classes during thatweek.

At the same time, a 2005 citation recipientwhose schedule prevented him from accepting hisaward last year was able to claim it in 2006. TheHon. G. Barry Anderson ’76, associate justice ofthe Minnesota Supreme Court since 2004, was pres-ent at the alumni banquet held duringCommencement Weekend to be recognized for hisaccomplishments in the field of law.

After being introduced by his uncle, Bernhard“Pete” LeVander ’37, Anderson paid tribute to thevalue of his liberal arts education at Gustavus. It’snot about buildings and other facilities, he said.“Ultimately, the best education is a teacher at oneend of the log, and a student on the other. . . . You

learn to evaluate data and evidence; you learn tothink and write.” He found that Gustavus was aplace that understood academic integrity. “I can as-sure you that, when I showed up on this campus inthe fall of 1973, I had lots of opinions on lots of is-

sues, and they didn’t match the opinions of anybodyin the history and political science departments. . .. But they were perfectly willing to see that I was inthe process of learning what it takes to be an activeparticipant in our society—not testing whether ornot some student of theirs was going to be able tospit back what they were told. That is a faculty.”

A partner in the law firm of Arnold, Anderson &Dove PLLP of Hutchinson and Minneapolis,Anderson was city attorney of the City ofHutchinson for more than 15 years before beingnamed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 1998and to the Minnesota Supreme Court six years later.

Distinguished Alumni Citation

Alumni Awards and Citations

G. Barry Anderson ’76

Distinguished Alumni Citations – Per Magnus Ranstorp ’85 and G. Barry Anderson ’76

A postponement and a late acceptance


by Bjorn Gangeness ’04

Two years after graduation and some Gustieshave launched careers, some are returning from thePeace Corps, and some have a coop full of chickens intheir back yard. I belong to the last category, with alot of meaningful experience to share but not a lot ofmaterial wealth to show for my efforts.

Calling the past two years diverse for me wouldbe somewhat understated. I held two unpaid intern-ships with environmental non-profits, worked in theproduce department of a natural foods cooperativegrocery, and apprenticed myself to a permaculturefarmer turned ecoforester. Much can be gleaned fromeach encounter, but nothing really compares to get-ting one’s hands dirty and cutting down massive firtrees outside of Vancouver, British Columbia.

I filled my years at Gustavus with environmentalactivism, Swedish, music, and chemistry, but I real-ized after graduating that none of those subjectsalone could gain my full attention while fulfilling agrowing sense of calling to work for the health ofearth and its people in my vocation. Growing my ownfood seemed important to my journey. I had nevergardened in my life, but knew of a network of farms associated with a program called Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF).These loosely associated farms follow diverse principles and support just about every kind of husbandry imaginable, but almost all arerather small and depend on the work of volunteers to succeed.

The farm I chose to dedicate five months of my life to is called Seven Ravens Farm. The farmer, Michael, and his wife and twodaughters live and work year-round on the land. The summary of his work in the WWOOFing catalogue mentioned permaculture, eco-forestry, woodworking, timber-framing, and tree-nurserying. This place would potentially fulfill my desire to learn vegetable garden-ing and other homesteading skills while living in a beautiful place like the west coast of Canada. My fate was sealed with a phone calland a plane ticket.

The flight, bus-ride, ferry-crossing, and ride-hitching finally brought me to the farm’s driveway. Meeting the family face to faceand seeing the land first-hand was somewhat overwhelming. This was the place where I was going to spend five months of my lifesweating into the soil, milling lumber, and sculpting wood into various household items. The first night I wrote in my journal, “I’m atthe beginning of considerable undertaking. It is both exciting and intimidating. I keep asking myself, ‘Is this truly the life I want tolive?’ Surely, it is, for at least six months. This experience promises to teach me much about a broad range of subjects, not the leastof which is myself and of living well.”

I was quickly given jobs that became routine for me during my stay on the farm. A flock of hens and a rooster needed foddering,gardens needed tending and trees pruning, a farm-stand needed maintaining. After a few weeks I became a portable-mill hand lug-ging large green lumber into piles. A seed-saving company also needed help and I learned much about that business as well.

The farmer and I grew close, and I gained a few very valuable friends during my stay at the farm. All of my experiences powerfullycomplemented those relationships, and I left the farm reflecting on the sweet memories I had gained. Though homesteading is not inmy near future, the lessons I learned will strengthen my drive to participate in a more sustainable world.

Bjorn Gangeness ’04 has now returned from his apprenticeship on Seven Ravens Farm in British Columbia and will be gaining a scholar’sperspective on sustainable agriculture and policy this fall when he starts a master’s degree program in science, technology, and environ-mental policy at the University of Minnesota.

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arts oncampusBritta Peterson ’08, Jennifer Jacobson ’07, Matt Dittes’07, and Nicole Farlee ’07 were captured at the spring2006 dance concert, “Pushing the Limits.” Photo by Stan Waldhauser ’71.


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