Outlook Magazine - Fall 2016

CLASS NOTES

Jason Sadler ’94 is an artist for Blue Sky Studios, which produced “The Peanuts Movie.” Sadler was one of five character designers for the movie and also has drawn characters for other Blue Sky Studios hits, including “Rio,” “Rio 2,” “Horton Hears a Who!” and “Ice Age.” Laurie Ann Spoor Thompson ’94, has published her second book and first picture book, “Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah.” She received the 2016 Schneider Family Children’s Book Award by the American Library Association for being “an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for a child or adolescent audiences.” Suzanne (Ocampo) Wittman ’94 is a graphic designer and marketing specialist at Insight Publications in Appleton. 4 Greg Nyen MED ’98 was selected by the Waupaca School Board as the new school district administrator. Joe Fallin ’99 opened his own franchise in Janesville of Firehouse Subs, a Florida-based fast food chain known for its hot subs and firefighting theme. Noah Wilson ’99 is working in Hong Kong at M+, a new contemporary art museum 2000s Jonathan Wilson ’01 resides in South Korea and was recognized in an expatriot magazine in which he is one of “100 expats who made a difference.” Krista Hoglund ’02 was named director of actuarial and risk adjust- ment services at Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc. 5 Caroline Hayden ’03 has debuted her first proper collection: a line of 14 looks and 22 individual pieces spanning bridal and ready-to-wear markets that will launch this fall.

Jeff Labs ’05 is the organizational alignment and development manager at Royal Credit Union Corporate Center in Eau Claire. Rebecca (Murphy) Serdar ’06 is the director of partner marketing at Travel Leaders Franchise Group in Plymouth, Minn. Justin Utpadel ’06, has been promoted to director of operations for Heartland Contractors’ commercial building division based in Chippewa Falls. Russel Griemer ’ 07 works as the managing art director for the children’s book publisher Capstone in Minneapolis. His first children’s book “My Hometown” came out in October 2015. 8 Bryan Horwath ’07 is a business reporter for The Witchita Eagle in Wichita, Kan. Jason Smolarek ’08 is the director of operations for floor plan marketing in Miramar Beach, Fla. AJ Lillesve ’09 is the project manager of Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson Construction. 2010s Brad Konyn ’11 has been promoted to construction manager at McKinstry in Osseo, Minn. 6 David Harris ’12 is an instructional designer at Kaplan Professional Schools in La Crosse. Amy Beal ’13 is the events coordinator at La Crosse Country Club. 7 Kara M. Gugel ’14 was named ban- quet manager for the Hilton Madison and Sheraton Madison hotels by Marcus Hotels and Resorts. Tommy Xiong ’14 works as a produce development associate for Vet’s Plus Inc. in Menomonie. Patrick Jenkins ’15 took first place in the Crazylegs Classic in Madison. Carina (Wilz) Raddatz ’15 is the regional special events coordinator for the healthcare provider ThedaCare.

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Jean Windberg BS ’52, June 19, 2015, Waukegan, Ill. John B. Peyla BS ’54, March 13, 2016, Hugo, Minn. Dr. John E. Rynders BS ’55, April 8, 2016, Shoreview, Minn. Charles Bruemmer BS ’57, October 24, 2015, Menasha. Lyle C. Martens BS ’57 MS ‘62, Dec. 26, 2015, Green Bay. Clifford L. Nielsen BS ’58, Nov. 15, 2015, Menomonie. Brian Jennerjahn BS `64, June 20th, 2016, Appleton. Karen Johnson BS ’61, May 13, 2015, Evansville. Lamont “Monty” Veenendaal BS ’63, Nov. 6, 2015, South Elgin, Ill. Paul D. Kollauf BS ’64, June 20, 2012, Lufkin, Texas. Father Thomas J. McInnis MS ’65, Feb. 7, 2016, Eau Claire. John D. Muchow BS ’67, Jan. 16, 2016, Reedsburg. Mahlon K. Randall BS ’67, Sept. 15, 2015, Post Falls, Idaho. Montie E. Yeager BS ’67, Dec. 28, 2015, Jacksonville, Fla. Herbert P. Solinsky BS ’69, July 30, 2015, Merritt Island, Fla. Wendell C. Ranney BA ’69, MS ’74, Jan. 5, 2016, Menomonie. James F. Pagels BS ’71, Dec. 17, 2015, Tucson, Ariz. Patricia Cowell Danielson BS ’73, May 5, 2015, Viroqua. Ann M. Golubeff BS ’73, Sept. 26, 2015. Evelyn Hass BS ’78, April 2013, Menomonee Falls. James Marschke ’78, June 5, 2016, Gilroy, Calif. Julie Lynn Webster BS ’80, Dec. 8, 2015, Grand Forks, N.D. Charles W. Siftar BS ’83, Feb. 17, 2016, Minneapolis.

Matthew Kuenzli ’09 is to be married to Megan McCullough in Golden Valley, Minn. Amy Park ’09 is to be married to Scott Mattke in Lake Minnetonka, Minn. Alex Jensen ’11 is to be married to Brittany Waltz ’11 in Maiden Rock. Sarah Vauk ’12 is to be married to Ryan Nebel ’13 in Green Bay. 13 Marriages: Sara Kruschke ’08 and Ben Bishop reside in West Allis. Sara is the daughter of Byron and Cheryl (Jochimsen) Kruschke ’74 of Green Bay. 15 Andrew Schauwitzer ’10 and Travis David ’13, Aug. 8, 2015, reside in Minneapolis. 11 Anniversaries: James Cook ’53 and wife Kathryn celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary. 14 Judy Gates ’63 and husband Wayne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April. Arrivals: Bradley Jensen ’03 and Sara Lynn Jensen would like to introduce their son, Bruce William Forrest Jensen. They live in Neenah. 12 Belinda Lewis Prahl ’04 and Nick Prahl ’04 welcomed their second son Marcus in November 2015. 9 Brian Cardarella ’05 and Meghan (Lietzow) Cardarella ’04 would like to announce the arrival of their son, Kipton Richard Cardarella. They reside

Marilyn Weber Miller BS ’89, MS ’96, Nov. 5, 2015, Connorsville. David L. Pope BS ’89, MS ’93, Nov. 28, 2015, Medford. Penny Marie Witkus Poe , BS ’92, Dec. 3, 2015, Suginami-ku, Tokyo. Robert A. Thompson MSE ’96, April 19, 2016, Menomonie. Hugh Denison , 70, of Milwaukee died July 8th, 2016. Margaret “Penny” Swanson , 90, of Rochester, Minn. Died July 11th, 2016. Penny was the widow of the late Chancellor Emeritus Robert S. Swanson. Faculty/Staff Passings: Fred Bartko , 73, of Menomonie, died April 27, 2016. He worked in the Physical Plant until his retirement in 2011. Rose Hall , 90, of Menomonie, died Thursday May 19, 2016. Rose worked for the Campus Card Office, known then as the University ID Office until her retirement in 1988.

Orlan Ray McClellan , 101, of Menomonie, died May 29, 2016. Orlan worked in maintenance at UW- Stout until his retirement in 1980. Donna M. Piersall , 93, of Menom- onie, died Jan. 19, 2016. Donna worked at the university from 1975 until her retirement in 1983. Neal W. Prichard , 82, of Menomonie, died Jan. 1, 2016. Neal taught at UW-Stout for 31 years until his retirement in June of 1993. Gerald Lee “Jerry” Zimmerman , 73, of Menomonie, died June 6, 2016. Jerry taught at UW-Stout until his retirement in 1997. Retirements: Robb Wilson , May, 5, 1994, art and design department. Mary Hopkins-Bes t, Aug. 21, 2015, as dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Abel Adekola , May 5, 2016, as dean of the College of Management. Nancy Beguhn , May 5, 2016, from University Dining Services.

Stephen Greene , May 5, 2016, from Building Maintenance. Carla Greiber , May 5, 2016, from Business and Financial Services. Linda Heath , May 5, 2016, from Library Learning Center. Sue Jasperson , May 5, 2016, from College of Management. Leslie Koepke , May 5, 2016, from human development and family studies department. Steven Leazott , May 5, 2016, from Custodial Services. John Lui , May 5, 2016, from Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institute.

Rose McLean , May 5, 2016, from College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Cynthia Opsal , May 5, 2016, from Merle M. Price Commons General Operations. Janice Rasmussen , May 5, 2016, from University Dining Services. Barbara Severson , May 5, 2016, from Stout Technology Transfer Institute.

Marilyn Kay Hellendrung , 65 of Ridgeland, died Feb. 23, 2016.

Char Coss , May 5, 2016, from engineering and technology. Cheryl Fine , May 5, 2016,

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Marilyn was a UW-Stout alumna ’72 and worked in Business and Financial Services from 1972 until her retirement in 2011.

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Margaret “Penny” Swanson , widow of the late Chancellor Emeritus Robert S. Swanson, passed away July 11, 2016, at the age of 90 at her home in Rochester, Minn. Penny was a 1948 graduate of UW-Stout in dietetics. Bob Swanson, who was chancellor from 1972 to 1988, passed away in 2013 at the age of 88.

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Clarice Jamieson Rigotti BS ’42, April 14, 2015, Sault Ste Maire, Mich. LaVerne Mertz Anderson BS ’46, Aug. 11, 2015, Houghton, Mich. Alice Billiet Ehresman BS ’51, Dec. 11, 2015, Eden Prairie, Minn.

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