Keeping track - Northern Michigan University · 2016-03-23 · 34 HORIZONS Brian Roebke '84 BS was...
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32 HORIZONS NMU Alumni Association member NMU Alumni Association lifetime member ’40s Laraine (Giuliani) Tracy '44 BA has published several books in her 26 years of retirement from teach- ing in Bloomington, Minn. She continues to write personal essays for friends and family and has recently written "Why College?" for a writer's workshop she conducted. ’50s Robert Bell '53 BS of Marquette has retired from civil service with the United States Air Force. ’60s John Argeropoulos '60 BA of Marquette has recently written a chapter titled, "Trees of Self- Realization and Self-Defeat," which appears in a newly released book by Dr. Will Keim, who is a national- ly known authority on college stu- dent development. The book, Welcome to the Time of Your Life: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, has been adopted as the textbook for the University of Mississippi Freshman Year Experience with other schools to follow. John is an NMU professor emeritus of coun- seling and career development. Roger Bernard '66 BS and his wife, Sharon (Elliott) Bernard '64 of Canon City, Colo., are pleased to have visited his grandniece, Emma Bernard, a sophomore attending NMU. Roger is retired from General Motors Truck and Coach. ’70s Raymond Skwiers '71 BA retired after 36 years of teaching Spanish and English at East Detroit High School in Eastpointe. Thomas Schwab ‘72 BA, ‘74 MA of Waukegan, Ill., is enjoying his passion of coaching travel youth baseball. In this year’s Spring Baseball Fever League he coached his grandson Tyler’s team to a 17-1 season, and helped him earn the honor of athlete of the year. Connie Cooper- Eltman ‘73 BS was named Social Worker of the Year for the Upper Peninsula by the National Association of Social Workers Michigan Chapter. She is a mental health and sub- stance abuse therapist at Catholic Charities of the Upper Peninsula, in Marquette, and for the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians at Watersmeet. She periodically serves as adjunct faculty for the School of Social Work in the master’s program for Michigan State University. Tony Marasco '73 BS retired after 37 years in education, the last six years as West Bloomfield School District's assis- tant superintendent for human resources and labor relations. [email protected] James Krznarich '74 BS retired after 35 years of teaching in the Upper Peninsula, with the last 21 Keeping track Northern Generations Dr. George Whitfield, retired NMU music professor (1988), holds his first great grandchild, Lucy Buchinger. Also pictured are Lucy’s father, Michael Buchinger ‘08 BS, of Kodiak, Alaska, and her grandmother, Stephanie (Whitfield) Buchinger ‘82 BS of Alpena, Mich. Not pictured are other alumni including her mother, the former Katie Kreis ‘08, and grandfather, Andrew Buchinger ‘79 BS. Lucy’s maternal great grandmother, the late Mary Rose Whitfield, was an adjunct instructor in the NMU English Department. The photo was taken at the Marquette home of Uncle Lantz ‘81 BME and Aunt Cindy ‘79 BS Whitfield.
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NMU Alumni Associationmember
NMU Alumni Association lifetime member
’40sLaraine (Giuliani) Tracy '44 BAhas published several books in her26 years of retirement from teach-ing in Bloomington, Minn. Shecontinues to write personal essaysfor friends and family and hasrecently written "Why College?" fora writer's workshop she conducted.
’50sRobert Bell '53 BS of Marquettehas retired from civil service withthe United States Air Force.
’60sJohn Argeropoulos '60 BA ofMarquette has recently written achapter titled, "Trees of Self-Realization and Self-Defeat," whichappears in a newly released bookby Dr. Will Keim, who is a national-ly known authority on college stu-dent development. The book,Welcome to the Time of Your Life: 21Lessons for the 21st Century, hasbeen adopted as the textbook forthe University of Mississippi
Freshman Year Experience withother schools to follow. John is anNMU professor emeritus of coun-seling and career development.
Roger Bernard '66 BS andhis wife, Sharon (Elliott)
Bernard '64 of Canon City, Colo.,are pleased to have visited hisgrandniece, Emma Bernard, asophomore attending NMU. Rogeris retired from General MotorsTruck and Coach.
’70sRaymond Skwiers '71 BAretired after 36 years of
teaching Spanish and English atEast Detroit High School inEastpointe.
Thomas Schwab ‘72 BA, ‘74 MA of Waukegan, Ill., is
enjoying his passion of coachingtravel youth baseball. In this year’sSpring Baseball Fever League hecoached his grandson Tyler’s team toa 17-1 season, and helped him earnthe honor of athlete of the year.
ConnieCooper-Eltman ‘73 BSwas namedSocial Workerof the Year forthe UpperPeninsula bythe NationalAssociation of
Social Workers Michigan Chapter.She is a mental health and sub-
stance abuse therapist at CatholicCharities of the Upper Peninsula, inMarquette, and for the Lac VieuxDesert Band of Lake SuperiorChippewa Indians at Watersmeet.She periodically serves as adjunctfaculty for the School of SocialWork in the master’s program forMichigan State University.
Tony Marasco '73 BS retiredafter 37 years in education,
the last six years as WestBloomfield School District's assis-tant superintendent for humanresources and labor relations. [email protected]
James Krznarich '74 BS retiredafter 35 years of teaching in theUpper Peninsula, with the last 21
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Dr. George Whitfield, retiredNMU music professor (1988),holds his first great grandchild,Lucy Buchinger. Also picturedare Lucy’s father, MichaelBuchinger ‘08 BS, of Kodiak,Alaska, and her grandmother,Stephanie (Whitfield)Buchinger ‘82 BS of Alpena,Mich. Not pictured are otheralumni including her mother,the former Katie Kreis ‘08, andgrandfather, Andrew Buchinger‘79 BS. Lucy’s maternal greatgrandmother, the late MaryRose Whitfield, was an adjunctinstructor in the NMU EnglishDepartment. The photo wastaken at the Marquette home ofUncle Lantz ‘81 BME and AuntCindy ‘79 BS Whitfield.
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years in the Ironwood Area SchoolDistrict.
Dean Ramsay '74 BS ofApple Valley, Minn., retired
from Travelers Insurance [email protected]
Michael Graham '76 BS is directorof strategic planning at KG Partnersin Ann Arbor.
Charles Abbey '76 MA ofClemmons, N.C., was recently pre-sented with the North CarolinaBluebird Society's DistinguishedService Award in recognition ofover 25 years of service as a volun-teer bluebird trail monitor of up to100 bluebird nesting boxes. Theboxes are intended to supportdeclining numbers of EasternBluebird in northwest NorthCarolina and over the past 10 yearshave averaged over 200 EasternBluebirds fledged annually.
Patricia Gagnon '77 BS, '89 MAErecently retired from NegauneePublic Schools after 30 years ineducation.
Tom Izzo ‘77 BS, head coach ofmen’s basketball at Michigan StateUniversity, will be honored with theLifetime Achievement Award inSports from the National ItalianAmerican Foundation. With acareer record of 364-146, heearned the title of MSU’s all-timewinningest coach. He is also thelongest-serving active men’s bas-ketball coach in his conference, theBig Ten. Izzo recently declined anopportunity to coach the NBA’sCleveland Cavaliers in favor ofremaining at Michigan State.
Barbara Urbanski '77 BSNrecently retired after 33 years
as a registered nurse. Barbaraserved for the last 20 years withthe Department of Anesthesiologyat the University of MichiganHospitals. She worked as a clinicalnurse specialist and administrativecoordinator for the adult acutepain service.
Robert Keck '78 BS is the directorof risk management and employeebenefits for the Oneida Nation inGreen Bay, [email protected]
Carol (Anderson)Goldsmith '79 BSwon a PeabodyAward for her workon "Chronicle: Paul'sGift," a documentaryon organ donation.The Peabody Award
is the oldest, most prestigious honor inelectronic media. Carol is an anchor andreporter for WYFF-TV in Greenville, S.C.
’80sStephen Lowney '80 BS wasrecently named to the 2011
The Best Lawyers in America. Hehas been selected by his peerssince 2005 for inclusion on the list.Stephen is an attorney in theLansing office of Foster, Swift,Collins & Smith, P.C.
Jeanette Flores '81 BS was recentlynamed to the 2011 The BestLawyers in America. She has beenselected by her peers since 2008for inclusion on the list. Jeanette isan attorney in the Tampa office ofGrayRobinson, P.A.
Paul Williams '81 BS is chief of theSpringfield, Mo. PoliceDepartment. He recently made themove to Springfield after morethan 28 years with the Tulsa, Okla.Police Department.
Thomas Maier '83 BS of DeLeonSprings, Fla., is asenior electricalengineer atSparton Elec-tronics. Tom sayshe misses Mar-quette, especiallythe trout fishing.
World Champion BaristaMike Phillips ’02 BFA was crownedthe winner of the 2010 World BaristaChampionship (WBC), held in June inLondon, England. He also became thefirst U.S. barista to take home the topprize since the annual event began in2000. Phillips earned the right to compete on the world stage by win-ning first at the national level. Heaccomplished the same feat in 2009and finished third at the WBC.
“It was an extremely humbling experi-ence,” said Phillips, who has worked more than four years forIntelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Chicago. The WBC is billed as “the preeminent international coffee competition.” Champions from morethan 50 nations each prepare four espressos, four cappuccinos andfour original signature drinks to exacting standards in a 15-minute performance set to music. Judges from around the world evaluateeach performance on the taste of beverages served, cleanliness, creativity, technical skill and overall presentation.
Phillips said he developed an interest in specialty coffee in Marquettewhile studying digital cinema at NMU. “I spent a lot of time at DeadRiver [Coffee Shop] and learned a lot there that I started applying onmy own. As I moved around in search of work, I continued to take itseriously on a home level, grinding my own beans and making different drinks. Eventually I decided to jump ship on the film thingand pursue full-time work as a barista.”
To see Phillips’ performance, go to http://www.livestream.com/worldbaristachampionship2010
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Brian Roebke '84 BS wasinducted into the Kaukauna
High School Athletic Hall of Famefor his longtime support of athleticsin Kaukauna, Wis. Brian is the edi-tor of the Times-Villager newspaper,also in Kaukauna.
Charles Jarman '85 BS ofCheboygan County was
presented with the AgriculturalCommunicator of the Year awardfor promoting the understanding,appreciation and support of
agriculture through exemplarynews reporting. Charles is a photographer for Weekly Choice, anewspaper distributed in over 40communities in northern lowerMichigan.
Michael Sherzer '85 BS is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Olivet College. He previ-ously served 25 years as an officerwith the Battle Creek PoliceDepartment, retiring earlier thisyear as lieutenant.
Patricia Samar '85 BS, '89 MA ofPort Huron started Getaway GirlGreetings, LLC, a woman-to-woman greeting card line. Ten per-cent of net profits from www.get-awaygirl.com are donated to non-profit organizations.
’90sChristine (Grinsteiner) Ruleau '92BS was awarded the 2009-10Outstanding Person in Educationaward for her contributions as amath teacher and work with thelocal union. Christine is a mathteacher at Stephenson Area PublicSchools. [email protected]
Scott Beattie '93 is associate coachfor the Tri-City Americans hockeyteam in Washington. Scott playedhockey at NMU and helped theWildcats win an NCAA title in1991. He was inducted into theNMU Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.
Victoria LaFave '94 BS recentlyhad her story, "Dad's Secret Ritual,"published as part of the book,Chicken Soup for the Soul: ThanksDad. Victoria is a freelance writer,as well as marketing coordinatorfor Diocese of Marquette CatholicSchools. [email protected]
Kathleen Heideman '94 MA ofMarquette was named a 2011Fellow of The Helene WurlitzerFoundation of New Mexico. Shewill receive a residency in Taosfrom January to April. This fall, sheis serving as artist-in-residence atthe Necedah National WildlifeRefuge. Kathleen's work appears in
the current issue of Fringe and theOctober issue of decomP. [email protected]
Joseph LaPorte'95 BS ofManistee is tribaladviser to theOffice of theDirector ofNationalIntelligence.
Joseph is director of public safetyfor the Little River Band of OttawaIndians and head of theInternational Association of Chiefsof Police, Indian Section.
Michael Laurila '95 BS has beenpromoted to the position of patrollieutenant with the Marquette CityPolice Department. He has beenwith the department since 1996.
Michael Grentz '96 BS is a partnerwith the Marquette office ofAnderson, Tackman & Company,PLC. Michael is a certified profes-sional accountant and has been anauditor for 11 years with anemphasis in governmental audits.
Timothy LeQuier '96 BS is districtconservationist of the MountPleasant Field Office for the NaturalResources Conservation Service.
William Sheltrow '97 BS is a part-ner with the Marquette office ofAnderson, Tackman & Company,PLC. William is a certified profes-sional accountant and has beenpracticing at the firm for 12 years.
Kelsey Mann '98 BFA haswork published in Titmouse
Mook vol. 1, a compilation of comicstrips and other works from variousartists in the comic book and illus-tration fields. Kelsey is a story artistfor Pixar Animation Studios.
’00sRyan Grim '00 BS is patrol sergeant with the Marquette CityPolice Department. He has beenwith the department since 2001.
Nicholas Sharkey '02 BS ofChandler, Ariz., is a database
Shannon (Paulus) Brunette '02BS and Matt Brunette '04 BSare both teaching chemistry andphysical sciences at different highschools north of Green Bay, Wis.Shannon writes that she tells“endless stories about my yearsat NMU. Hockey games, home-comings, rocks and minerals fieldtrips with Dr. Regis, karaoke atFlanigan’s with the chemistryprofessors...” But her favoriteNMU story is “being in the classwhere I met my husband—Quantitative Analysis with Dr.Wickenheiser—and how we allthought Matt was crazy. He wasan import from Tech, but he gotbetter after a while. The lastthing we did, literally, before weleft Marquette was get married.We still say going up to visit is"going home." This summer theytook their two boys, Jonah andElliot, on their first hike upSugarloaf.
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administrator for the Phoenix Sunsbasketball [email protected]
Heather Kowalczyk '04 BS ofDearborn is a police officer for theCity of St. Clair Shores.
Alexander Gualdoni '05 BSrecently assumed command of B Company, First Battalion 125thInfantry in Saginaw. BravoCompany is known as the mostbattle-hardened Infantry Companyof the three line companies in thebattalion.
John Rowe '05 BS andEmilee (Werda) Rowe '07BS, of Marquette welcomed
their first child, Layla, in June.
Matthew Suksi '05 MS ofHuntersville, N.C., is an instructional designer for Lowe'sHome [email protected]
Alan Johnson '06 BS of Salem,Wis., has started his own informa-tion technology consulting firm,Key IT Solutions, [email protected]
Andrew Cisneros '07 BS has trans-ferred to the transaction servicesgroup at PricewaterhouseCoopers,LLP in New York after working asan auditor for two years.
Dustin Collins '07 BS was re-signed for the 2010-11 season withthe Ontario Reign hockey team.
StephenHolbrook '07 BS isa recent graduateof the Federal LawEnforcementTraining Center,U.S. Border PatrolAcademy in
Artesia, N.M., after 11 weeks oftraining. Stephen is stationed in RioGrande City, Texas.
Christopher Gokey '08 BS isa recent graduate of the
United States Navy OfficerCandidate School and is currentlyin flight training at Naval AirStation Pensacola in Pensacola, [email protected]
Richard Golden '08 BS ofPlymouth, Mass., is account
manager and business consultantwith W.B. Mason Company, Inc.Richard was part of the group whowon first place for his business planin the inaugural NMU NewBusiness Venture Competition. [email protected]
Keith Shelton ‘09 BS is asports reporter for the
Escanaba Daily Press. Last summer, he married SarahGottschalk ‘08 BS.
’10sZachary Nichols '10 BS ofBrighton was cast in one of 38 rolesas a football player in a new KurtRussell movie, “Touchback,” filmedin Michigan. Zachary beat out morethan 1,200 football players whocame from across the country for ashot at a role. Nichols played for theWildcats from 2006-09.
MarriagesJacklyn Molise '99 AB to ScottSyrjala '05 BS.
Edwin Ylitalo '00 AB, '01 BS toJanelle Huhta.
Todd Gauthier '03 BS toElizabeth Raisanen '03 BA.
Michael Seppanen '06 BS toCarolina Villasenor.
Christopher Nelson '07 BS toAnna Peterson '09 BSW.
Sarah Van Ess '07 BS, '09 MPA toStephen LaCrosse.
Emily Egbert '08 BA to ThomasLambon '06.
Jamie Martin '08 BS to MalinaHoehn '10 BS.
Scott McLain '08 AAS, '10 BS toErika Niebler '10 BSN.
Hayley Eliason '09 BSN toMatthew Pap.
DeathsArnold Vispi '31 Cert., '34 BS,Aug. 23, 2010, Ironwood.
Eileen (LaFave) Neault '38 BS,Sept. 10, 2010, Richland.
Nina (Heilala) Bengtson '41 BS,Aug. 21, 2010, Ishpeming.
Edith (Levine) Susan '41 BS, Aug.15, 2010, St. Louis, Mo.
Donald Uitto '49 BS, Aug. 10,2010, Negaunee.
Arthur Allen '53 BS, June 2, 2010,Thompson.
Helen McCabe '59 BME, Sept. 11,2010, Amherst, N.H.
Delvin Anderson '60 BS, '64 MA,June 1, 2010, Kalamazoo.
Trudy DuNard '64 BS, Aug. 15,2010, Cypress, Calif.
Heidi (Kell) Finstrom '64 BS, Sept.15, 2010, Ann Arbor.
Henry Bertagnoli '67 MA, Aug. 8,2010, Marquette.
Donald Bowers '70 MA, June 24,2010, Rochester, Minn.
Jill (Brundage) Redenius '70 BS,April 9, 2010, Hartland.
Joseph Murphy '71 MAE, May 5,2010, Ashland, Ore.
Donna Jaeger '72 BS, Sept. 13,2010, Fond Du Lac, Wis.
Idajean (Stanton) Argetsinger '73MAE, July 14, 2010, Marquette.
Ashley Dennis ‘07 BS marriedZachary Stenerson ‘09 BS.They met in the dorms in 2003.They live in Fargo, N.D., whereAshley is an engineering assis-tant for Moore Engineering andZach is getting his teachingdegree at North Dakota StateUniversity.
Thomas Penglase '73 BS, June 22,2010, Marquette.
Mary St. Pierre '77 BME, Aug. 4,2010, Escanaba.
Sara Lynn Kuhn '79 BA, July 17,2010, Clarion, Pa.
Mary (Gerlach) Williams '79 BSN,Aug. 29, 2010, Marquette.
Patrick Barnett '80 BS, Aug. 18,2010, Marquette.
Helen Carlson '81 BSW, July 21,2010, Marquette.
William Kamppinen '84 BS, Aug.4, 2010, Omaha, Neb.
Henry Scholtes '84 AT, Sept. 1,2010, Traverse City.
Linda (Ward) Halvorsen '85 AS,'95 BS, Aug. 12, 2010, Marquette.
Barton Mellinger '87 Dipl., Aug.19, 2010, Ann Arbor.
Linda Osstyn '89 BS, July 21,2010, Cadillac.
Gertrude Rytilahti '90 AS, Aug.31, 2010, Ishpeming.
Patsy Giese '91 Cert., July 15,2010, Negaunee.
Darrel Wernholm '94 AT, June 5,2010, Marquette.
Paul Courser '98 BS, July 2, 2010,Lansing.
Ambrose Tappe '06 BS, Sept. 3,2010, Maple Grove, Minn.
FriendsWilliam James, retired NMU plant operations worker, July 13, 2010,Ishpeming.
Virginia Eastman, former NMUBookstore clerk, July 19, 2010, Flint.
Staff Sgt. Matt West ‘97 BSwas killed August 30, 2010 inAfghanistan. He was anExplosive Ordnance DisposalSpecialist in the 62nd ExplosiveOrdnance Company, based inFort Carson, Colo. He receivednumerous medals, including theBronze Star. He was originallyfrom Gaylord. He leaves behindhis wife, Carolyn, and threeyoung children.
