The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office.
’53 Anita Hartman (EHS), of Shawano, received her 50-year pin for Delta Kappa Gamma. She retired in 1994 after 41 years of teaching.
’56 and ’60 Alice (Mortimer) Kinley (EHS), of Oshkosh, celebrated her 99th birthday in September. She retired after teaching for 39 years.
’63 Jack Magnin (EHS), of Lena, was inducted into the Oconto Falls School District Wall of Fame. He spent 58 years as an educator.
’65 Jeanie James (LS), of New York, N.Y., retired in 2008 after 24 years as archivist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
’68 Wayne Wiegand (LS), of Walnut Creek, Calif., published Part of Our Lives, which delves into the heart of why Americans love their libraries. He is F. William Summers professor emeritus at the School of Information at Florida State University.
’73 William ‘Billy’ Dettlaff (LS), of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., has been doing research and writing a definitive history of the golf profession. He plans to self-publish a book in mid-to-late 2016. He spent his career in the newspaper business and then as a golf professional, retiring in 2009.
’76 Rob Richardson (EHS), of Racine, is serving as the chair of the Village of Mt. Pleasant Community Development Authority.
’77 Kay (Upham) Bille (EHS), of Bradenton, Fla., published her second book Fifteen Love Stories Under the Florida Sun. She worked in Florida as a speech pathologist on an as needed basis.
’77 David Poeschl (EHS) and ’82 (MA), of Waupaca, will retire from Waupaca School District as the district administrator at the end of the 2015-2016 school year.
’79 Ken Bailey (LS), of Sheboygan, is a lifelong cartoonist and has self-published superhero comic books for years.
’82 Michael Casper (LS), of Fond du Lac, received the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award. He is the writer and editor of the Scene newspaper and on-air personality for the Great 98 radio station.
’82 Charles Plueddeman (LS), of Oshkosh, participated in the 2015 Death Valley Ride to Cure Diabetes and helped raise nearly $8,000.
’82 Robert Snyder (LS), of Platteville, had two expanded essays on documentary film director Pare Lorentz published by the Library of Congress/National Film Registry.
’83 Judy Turba (MSE), of De Pere, is the executive editor of Abbey magazine and co-director of the Norbertine Center of Spirituality at St. Norbert Abbey.
’85 Joy Smith (LS), of Lakeland, Fla., collaborated with author David Lee Summers to create an audio book edition of her time travel adventure stories featuring Sugar Sweet, the hero in Sugar Time Stories.
’86 Christopher Forbes (EHS), of Oshkosh, is the new director of bands for Albany Community Middle School and Albany High School.
’89 Matthew Hupperts (LS), of Denver, Colo., owns and operates a ski and bicycle shop. He was part of the “Three Generations of Art” exhibit displayed at the Walter E. Olson Memorial Library in Eagle River.
’90 David Johnson (LS), of Stockton, Calif., earned his master in counseling psychology from National University in California.
’91 Tamie (Knoll) Hopp (LS), of Black Hawk, S.D., joined National American University as the director of alumni and foundation services.
’92 Karen (Lord) Cove (EHS), of Sherwood, has published a science fiction novel set in 2096 entitled Return Policy: the Unfolding. She is a retired elementary school teacher.
’94 Jay Jones (LS) and ’00 (EHS), of Poy Sippi, joined Thrivent Financial as a financial representative with the organization’s South Wisconsin Regional Financial Office.
’96 Scott Blader (LS), of Wautoma, was named Wisconsin District Attorneys Association’s Prosecutor of the Year. He is the district attorney for Waushara Country.
’96 Brian Vogt (EHS), of Yorktown, Va., was honored at a recent Packers game as part of Operation Fan Mail. He works as a modeling and simulation officer at the Army Capabilities Integration Center at Fort Eustis.
’97 Paula Hella (EHS) and ’05 (MSE), of Appleton, presented “The Real Happy Hour” at the Day4Hope conference in Kimberly. She works for UW-Extension as a family living educator.
’98 David Nelson (MBA), of Appleton, joined Vets Plus Inc as president.
’98 Amy Reed (EHS) and ’07 (MS), of Oshkosh, was named the Wisconsin Special Services Teacher of the Year. She has taught at Kimberly High School for 12 years.
’99 Teri (Kemppainen) McKean (LS), of Skokie, Ill., was named associate director of clinical services for the youth services division of Heartland Human Care, a division of Heartland Alliance.
’01 Roberta Jansen-LaBorde (EHS) and ’06 (MS), of Kaukauna, was hired as an eighth-grade English language arts teacher for the Kaukauna Area School District.
’01 Steven Ramig (EHS), of Madison, was hired as the executive director of development and alumni engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
’03 Melissa (Tamminga) Lamers (EHS), of Beaver Dam, was hired as a sixth-grade English and language arts and social studies teacher at Van Brunt Elementary School.
’05 Clint Carlson (LS), of New Delhi, India, was accepted into the graduate program at Western Governor’s University, pursing a master’s of education degree in learning and technology.
’06 Deborah Anderson (MPA), of Oshkosh, was featured in the table of experts for innovation in healthcare. She is the vice president of product strategy and development for Network Health.
’07 Brad Knecht (EHS), of Plymouth, joined Sheboygan Falls High School as a physical education instructor.
’07 Alisha (Lowman) Lowden-Sarauer (N), of Neenah, joined the medical staff of Appleton Medical Center as a nurse practitioner.
’07 Lukas VanLankvelt (B), of Appleton, joined BLC Community Bank as a credit officer.
’08 David Flagel (LS), of South Bend, Ind., was hired as assistant director of the University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center. He also will teach courses in the Department of Biological Sciences.
’09 Bridget (Schad) Bonde (B), of Kiel, was promoted to corporate secretary and a member of Bank First National senior management team.
’09 Edward Ikert (EHS), of Rockland, assumed leadership of the Army Reserve Company based at the Onalaska Armory and now commands the 327th Engineer Company Vertical Unit.
’09 Angela (De Groot) Reynolds (LS), of Kaukauna, was married in February in Hawaii and had her first child in August Hunter George, he was three months premature but is doing well.
’10 Emily Akright (N), of Waupaca, departed on a nine-week journey to be a surgical ward nurse aboard the Africa Mercy as part of the Mercy Ships program.
’10 Zachary Peterson (LS), of Beloit, was the featured performer for Treble Clef. He is a violinist in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
’11 Jean (Westerhaus) Bartz (LS), of Rio, was promoted to lead resident relations coordinator at Steve Brown Apartments in Madison.
’11 Thaddeus Kubisiak (MPA), of Spencer, was appointed county manager/administrative coordinator for Adams County.
’13 Hannah Baugnet (EHS), of Little Suamico, was hired as an eighth-grade math teacher for River View Middle School in Kaukauna.
’13 Jeff Robinson (LLCE), of Waupaca, started a new business August Aerial Imagery in which he uses a drone to take photos and videos for real estate.
’14 Chris Vander Pas (EHS), of Little Chute, was hired as middle and high school choir teacher for Lomira School District.
’14 Lyndsay Zuleger (EHS), of Kaukauna, was hired at Tanner Elementary School as a 4K co-teacher and special education teacher.
’15 Andrea Bekkers (MSE), of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., is employed as a mental health practitioner and works to obtain a license in professional clinical counseling in Minnesota.
’15 Trevor Carlson (LS), of Marshfield, is enrolled in the police academy at North Central Technical College.
’15 Lance Fritz (EHS), of Coloma, was hired as a physical education teacher at Adams Friendship Middle School.
’15 Andy Kieckhafer (EHS), of Oshkosh, was hired as a kindergarten and first-grade special education teacher for Tanner Early Learning Center in Kaukauna.
’15 Andrew Meverden (LS), of Birnamwood, is the head varsity football coach for Bowler High School.
’15 Cindy Peterson (EHS) of Pound, was hired as a kindergarten teacher for Oconto Elementary School.
’15 Lawrence Rabon (LS), of Milwaukee, wrote a guest column for Milwaukee Times, in which he talks about succeeding despite life’s obstacles.
’15 Megan Thiel (EHS), of Sheboygan, joined the Sheboygan Falls School District as a kindergarten teacher.
’15 Jon Tomaszewski (EHS), of Crivitz, was hired as a social studies and world history teacher at Williams Bay High School.
’15 Daniel Zamost (MSE), of Neenah, was hired as the guidance counselor for Tanner Elementary School and Park Community Carter School in the Kaukauna School District.
ABBREVIATION KEY
COLLEGES
• AAS — Associate of Arts and Science Degree
• B — Business
• EHS — Education and Human Services
• LLCE — Lifelong Learning and Community Engagement
• LS — Letters and Science
• N — Nursing
GRADUATE DEGREES
• DNP — Doctor of Nursing Practice
• GMBA — Global Master of Business Administration
• MA — Master of Arts
• MBA— Master of Business Administration
• MPA — Master of Public Administration
• MS — Master of Science
• MSE — Master of Science in Education
• MSN — Master of Science in Nursing
• MST — Master of Science in Teaching
• MSW — Master of Social Work
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