Lawrence Reunion 2010

Each June on the heels of Commencement, a second — but no less spirited — celebration bursts across the Lawrence University campus. Between June 17-20, 789 alumni and guests, representing the classes of 2000, 1994-96, 1985, 1974-76, 1970, 1960 and the “Goldens” from classes graduating more than 50 years ago, took their campus by storm to catch up with old friends, to reminisce about the Lawrence of old and to experience the many changes that have taken place since their days in the classroom. This year’s Reunion Weekend visitors were the first to enjoy the Warch Campus Center as a base of operations. They attended classes, visited with retiring faculty, celebrated the achievements of classmates, danced under the stars and posed for photos. It was almost as if they had turned back the hands of time …

SIX HONORED WITH ALUMNI AWARDS
Joel A. Blahnik ’60
Lucia Russell Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award
Blahnik served as an instrumental music educator, clinician and lecturer in Wisconsin public schools for more than 30 years. A composer, Joel’s works have been performed and recorded nationally and internationally. He co-founded the Prague Youth Wind Ensemble Festival and the Czech Music Alliance. He helped establish Alliance Publications, Inc., a desktop publishing company to help further Czecho-Slovak music. In addition, he is a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain on the Great Lakes. Since 1975 he has served as the Chambers Island Lighthouse caretaker and historian.

Paul W. Schmidt ’70
Lucia Russell Briggs Distinguished Achievement Award
Schmidt served as deputy general counsel and acting general counsel at the Immigration and Naturalization Service. He was instrumental in implementing the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Schmidt practiced business immigration law in Washington, D.C., and later served as the chair of the board of immigration appeals. Currently he is an immigration judge, one of only 200 such positions in the country. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Performance Award from the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Paul has written for several publications including the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is also an adjunct professor at George Mason School of Law.

J. Thomas Hurvis ’60
Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D’18 Outstanding Service Award
Hurvis served as a 12-year member of the Board of Trustees and on the Class of 1960 40th Reunion Steering and Gift Committees. He helped develop Lawrence’s “Focus On” event in Chicago, designed and placed information about Lawrence in Time Magazine and has participated in many outreach efforts to enhance the college’s visibility. He and his wife, Julie Esch Hurvis ’61, have supported an endowed professorship in the Department of Theatre Arts, the Lawrence Fellows program, the Posse Program, the Richard and Margot Warch Campus Center and Hurvis Crossing.

Joseph M. Kortenhof ’50
Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp M-D’18 Outstanding Service Award
Kortenhof served Lawrence for 10 years as an Alumni Trustee. He chaired his 50th Reunion Gift Committee and helped secure the college’s first Reunion Class Gift of more than one million dollars. Joseph also served as the Class of 1950 60th Reunion Steering Committee member. He and his wife, Althea Hunting Kortenhof ’51, are active alumni volunteers and generous supporters of the college.

Andrea Powers Robertson ’94
Marshall B. Hulbert ’26 Outstanding Young Alumni Service Award
Robertson served on the Class of 1994 Reunion Steering Committee for its 5, 10 and 15-year Reunions and as Class Secretary since 2008. In addition, she has been an international student host parent, career contact, Viking Gift Committee member and More Light! campaign volunteer. From 2005 to 2008 Andrea planned and hosted the Welcome to Our City fall event for young alumni and is considered a go-to person for alumni events in the Chicago area.

Erin E. Stahowiak ’94
Marshall B. Hulbert ’26 Outstanding Young Alumni Service Award
Stahowiak served as a director of the Lawrence University Alumni Association from 2002 to 2005 and served on its programs committee. She has been active in Reunion planning, participating in the Class of 1994 5th Reunion Steering Committee and chairing her 10th Reunion Steering Committee. Erin planned and hosted Welcome to Our City events in Chicago from 2001 to 2004. She has been a regional event volunteer, alumni phonathon caller and career contact. Last December, she participated in Shadow Chicago, an event that allowed a current Lawrence student to shadow her at her job as a senior planner for the McDonald’s Corporation.

Class Photos

Row 1 bottom, left to right: Nichole Cook Abbott, Heather Nabbefeld, Jeff Ramsey, Randy Mangelsen, Rob Dummert, Jen Totoritis-Searl, Jenny Kapelanski Haydysch, Beth Schwindt, Jessica Fogle-Brazaski, Alyssa Sanan
Row 2: Barry Abbott, Jessica Seaberg, Colleen Ayers, Melissa Kozlik Baraboo, Justin Staker, James Hansen, Jenna Stone, Sara Racine, Tyler Ratajczak, Beth Schneider Ratajczak, Katie McKee
Row 3: Laura Knudson, Megan Walsh, Amanda Manning, Jennifer Mallory, Erin Haight Chudacoff, Jennie McConaghy, Stacy Shelly, Cara Helmke, Monica Bayley, Nicole Bice, Bethany Lichty Ow, T.J. Ow, Jessica Brainard
Row 4: Teresa Hayne Dunleavy, Joshua Nichols, Reid C. Bowers, J.T. Maschman, Ben Roney, Josh Powell, Michael Rogosheske, Becky Nawrocki, Josh Hobson, Bryn Borgh Olsen
Row 5: Becky Doyle-Morin, Mark Conard, Bjorn Hanson, Stephen Smith, Ross Nelson, Steve White, Robyn Cutright, Gina Collins

Row 1, left to right: Lauren Wetzel Hanaman ’94, Deborah Bucan ’95, Jennifer McKenney Smith ’95, Amy Moyer ’96, Cathy Statz ’96
Row 2: Michelle Speiser ’95, Erika Pape Biemann ’94, Chuck Chagas ’95, Roger Hanson ’95, Jason Lowery ’94, John Maclay ’94, Rosie Cannizzo ’96, Andrea Powers Robertson ’94, Erin Stahowiak ’94, Lauren Gatti ’94
Row 3: Angela Clark Brauneller ’94, Jennifer Kosloski Plamann ’95, Michael Shiffler ’96, Erik Johnson ’96, Aaron Haas ’94, Scott Fuller ’95, Jeff Davis ’94, Kelly Ritland Davis ’94, Rebecca Wadsworth Blythe ’94, Rolph Blythe ’94
Row 4: Matt Smith ’95, Jason Christensen ’94, Matt Drilias ’95, Claudia Riechelmann Malik ’96, Alejandro Ozerkovsky ’96, Aaron Howe ’94, Jeremy Hoialmen ’94, Meg McCaskey ’94
Row 5: Bob Kojcinovic ’95, Darren Opel ’95,Elise Azuma Opel ’94, Kristin Gribble Houtler ’94, Paul Hanoski ’94, Dawn Kral-Kueter ’94, Joan Wittlinger Nyamhondoro ’94, Shannon Barry ’96, Heidi Yockey Kramer ’96, Colleen Rortvedt ’95, Maggie Phillips Reeve ’96, Jamie Spofford Reeve ’95, Erik Eckblad ’95,
Sarah Emanuelson Cochran ’95
Row 6: John Kotarski ’96, Krishna Tyagarajan ’96, Luther Ranheim ’96, Rich Canaday ’96, Chet Bannerjee ’96, Steve Skelcy ’96, Jonathan Howe ’96, KrisAnne Weiss ’96, Kerry Walsh ’96, Laura Andersen ’96, Ellen Parker Bliske ’95, Dawn Ransom Magnusson ’95, MaryBeth Mahony ’96
Row 7, left to right: Alli DeZurik-Otto ’94, Rhea Fiedler Saffar ’94, Dave Gottesman ’96, Jack Chamberlain ’96, Jennifer Pieters Chamberlain ’96, Sarah Litchfield Severson ’96, Amy Downing ’95, Eric Westphal ’96, Andrea Morrill Yawney ’96, Heidi Konkel ’96

Row 1, left to right: Lee Salawitch, Nancy Felker Nack, Brian Dockery, Lisa Johnson Dockery, Cindy Chamberlain Smith, Tammie Follett, Lisa Schmidt Mierzwa, Lisa Muller Johnson
Row 2: Terry Drennan, Gillian Earnest, Margaret Haywood, Pam Sandborg, Liz Van Buskirk Deckman, Tanja Scribner Felton, Allison Wilms Neumeister
Row 3: Resli Ellen Costabell, Ross Hyslop, Margie LaVelle Gater, Jane Egge Jeruc, Ted Holroyd
Row 4: Renee Goral Boldt, Glen Johnson, Stephen Miller, Chris Sarnowski, Nancy Anderson Schoenwetter, Matt Mason
Row 5: David Zeiss, Bruce Westenfelder, Jeff Johnson, Kurt Krebsbach, Dave Melbye, Todd Hausmann

Row 1, left to right: Rick Fessler ’74, Carol Anderson Fessler ’76, Kathy Pfefferkorn Hainstock ’74, Kathy Newlin Pedersen ’74, Michael Johnson ’74, Deborah Maclean Glancy ’74, Rick Hearn ’75, Susan Hanna ’75, Julie Haight Rose ’75, Pamela Cooper ’75, Kathy Kosloske Orth ’75
Row 2: Earl Patterson ’76, John R. Davis ’76, Jane Johnson Salance ’75, Karen Freeman Ortmann ’75, Quincy Rogers ’76, Paula Jackson Currie ’76, Jerry Percak ’76, Charlene Guss ’76, Joe Troy ’76, Priscilla Campbell Brown ’76, Gail Colman ’75
Row 3: Laura Bornhoeft ’76, Pat Miller ’76, Kathleen Quinlan ’76, Michael Glendon ’76, Rick Bressler ’76, Joe Baierl ’75, Terry Nilles ’74, Lilias Jones Jarding ’74, Nan Fey ’74, Mark T. Nelson ’74, Danica Sarkovic Houle ’75, Lynn Libera ’75, Patricia Chapple ’76
Row 4: Lynne LaJone ’76, Julie Phelps Stier ’76, Barb Goodman Holtz ’74, Jan Daniels Quinlan ’74, Ed Langer ’76, Patricia Lawson ’76, Pamela Brown Day ’75, John Ranck ’76, Margi Briggs-Lofton ’76, Michael Lofton ’76, Sarah Ousley Will ’75, Susan Lohrenz Rennane ’75, Mary Ann Pannier ’75, Clyde Cassel ’76
Row 5: Joe Bruce ’74, Matthew Brockmeier ’76, Andrew Christiansen ’76, Paul Nelson ’74, Tom Cartwright ’75, Gregg Schrage ’74, Doug Hubbell ’74, Sarah Chalkley Hubbell ’74, Ann Carpenter Kay ’74, Miriam Zachary ’74, Judy Little ’75, Chris Eager ’75, Brian Farmer ’74
Row 6: Carol Stoneman Dibble ’74, Thomas Brown ’75, Tom Cape ’74, Ellen E. Douglass ’74, Robert Currie ’74, Mary Lynn Campbell Toycen ’75, Mary Dinauer ’74, Jack Hult ’74, Beth Johnson Hult ’75, Martha Davis Pohl ’75, Susan Parker ’75, Anthony Newell ’76
Row 7: Gail Sonnemann ’74, Crin Hero Ephraim ’74, Rick Chandler ’74, Kathy Buksa Welhouse ’74, Carol Flint ’74, Jay LaJone ’75, Cathryn Thurow ’75, Lane Kirchner ’75, Elizabeth Krueger Mancosky ’75, Elizabeth Coddington Norton ’75

Row 1, left to right: Kay Kraeft, Betsy Davidson Pusey, Linda Ohlander Jessen, Lynn Walter Scott, Sue Scidmore Stromberg, Anita Hansen Horton, John J. Beck, Jeff Bowen, Marilyn Mollenhauer Liebert, Nancy Shepherd Schloemer
Row 2: Myrna Rongsted Manz, Margi Iten Murphy, Janice Godschalx Swenson, Helen Buscher Franke, John Battin, Art von Plachecki, Hal W. Lindfelt, Joel Blahnik, Ginny Netz Schumann
Row 3: Tom Schulz, Dick Roeper, Ken Haeberle, Betty McNeil Haeberle, Judy Larsen Jentzen, Kathy Karst Larson, Glen Peterson, Don Schildt, Marilyn Low Schmitt
Row 4: Ron Traver, H. Michael Hartoonian, Rick Ramsey, Joan Paddock Steck, Don Niemi, R. Scott Sherman, Gretchen Hildner Bearce, Hannah Gale Pinkerton, Tad Pinkerton
Row 5: Mike Gilboy, Len Hall, Bob Bishop, Doug Logan, Doug Millard, Chuck Gobel, Ted Steck, Tom Hurvis

Row 1, left to right: Linda Brown, Geoffrey H. Garrett, Mike Matheson, Lon B. Isaacson, Dale Schuh, Marcia Smith-Wood, Carolyn Martin Keith, Judy Pugh Meyer, Barbara Brownawell Mojonnier, Kathleen FitzPatrick, Denise Dyer Haight, Sally Swanson Stulken, Thomas Gomez, Julie Guth, Martha Esch Schott
Row 2: Nick Candee, Sam Ray, Tom Vanderhyden, Rod Buchen, Susan Sonneborn, Ellen Stoehr Newton, Christine Gillet-Stewart, Ann Bellin Thomas, Susan Kraeblen, Janine Sagert, Mary Freeman Borgh, Linda Scalcucci Saving, Brenda Barsamian Richardson, Nancy Zinner Frykman, Carol Jegen, T. James Snodgrass, Jeff Riester
Row 3: Bill Hillburg, Jennifer Roeser Seefeld, John Laing, Herb Ormsbee, Sue Mahle, Margy Ziman Hickerson, Jackie Ozanne Wille, Phyllis Russ Pengelly, Jeff Leach, Greg Exarhos, Kay Knudsen Esposito, Susan Anderson Wise
Row 4: Tim Meyer, Myra Krinke Hillburg, John Fease, Walter Stitt, Jay Zemlicka, Pete Saving, Fred T. Meyer, Chris Bowers, John Borgh, Paul Mueller, Kris Jensen Bryan, Ellen Houck Busch, Gail Thompson-Hadley
Row 5: Bill Swendson, Richard King, Phil Anderson, Paul Schmidt, Jon Scott Torgerson, Bill Pengelly, Karl Hickerson, Nancy Winbigler, Frank Marino, Dan Vogel, Charlie Gallmeyer, Barbara Rauh Hesselbein, Frances Pfaff Schlesinger
Row 6: Joseph F. Patterson, Paul K. Driessen, John Mojonnier, Tim Abendroth, John Nyman, Paul Rechner, Bruce Campbell, Scott Kerr, Margaret Stalick Sanders, Mary Rae Chemotti, Tom Richardson

Row 1, left to right: Elizabeth Forster Glidden, Earl Berry, Martin Spalding, Joan Queenan McClellan, Robert Campbell, Virginia Scott Heinemann, Barbara Morris MacNaughton
Row 2: Bill Thompson, Don Jabas, Mary Jayne Brown, Bill Beringer, Mary Lamers Grist, James Grist, Joe Kortenhof
Row 3: Anne Lackie Andersen, Marijean Meisner Flom, Barbara Genrich Hunger, Harlan Hunger, Mel Storm, Tom McKenzie, Chuck Knoedler

Row 1, left to right: Robert Schneider ’48, Chuck Merry ’57, Elizabeth Forster Glidden ’50, Earl Berry ’50, Martin Spalding ’50, Joan Queenan McClellan ’50, Robert Campbell ’50, Virginia Scott Heinemann ’50, Barb Morris MacNaughton ’50, Phil Weber ’55
Row 2: Betty Foulke Jabas ’48, Mary Jayne Brown, Bill Beringer ’50, Mary Lamers Grist ’50, F. James Grist ’50, Joe Kortenhof ’50, Althea Hunting Kortenhof ’51, Brian Beck ’59
Row 3: Anne Lackie Andersen ’50, Marijean Meisner Flom ’50, William C. Stiles ’57, Barbara Genirch Hunger ’50, Harlan Hunger ’50, Mel Storm ’50, Chuck Knoedler ’50, Tom McKenzie ’50
Row 4: Gladys Osborne Hall ’47, Midge Lott Abrams ’47, Phil May ’57, Bill Thompson ’50, Don Jabas ’50, Bo Newman Olson ’47