The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office.

’71 Gary Haltaufderheide (BBA), of Sun Prairie, is enjoying retirement by playing tennis and pickleball and spending time with family and friends.

’71 Stephen Jacoby (EHS), of West Allis, has been enjoying retirement for 11 years, dancing to rock and roll bands in Milwaukee.

’73 Randy Ninmer (EHS), of Monroe, retired after 43 years of teaching at Northside Elementary School in Monroe.

’73 Carl Wegner (BBA), of West Bend, has run Wegner and Associates, an executive recruiting firm, for 38 years. He met his wife ’73 Marlene Wegner (BBA) in accounting classes at UW Oshkosh and their daughters graduated from UWO in nursing.

’73 Jon Hermanson (BS) and ’84 (MBA), of Knoxville, Tennessee, is head of product development at Albahealth. He was awarded his fifth patent on behalf of the company. He is an adjunct professor of management in interdisciplinary studies at Tennessee Technical University and chair of the trustees at First Christian Church in Knoxville.

’81 Rick Gigot (BS), of Sturgeon Bay, joined the staff of Jim Olson Motors of Door County. He will help customers with purchasing and leasing new or used vehicles.

’82 Wayne Gerharz (BS), of Oshkosh, is in his 30th year teaching health education and coaching baseball at Oshkosh West High School. He coached JV football for 35 years before retiring from that this fall. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in February 2016.

’83 Cheryl Neill (BSN), of Cedar Falls, Iowa, has been the director of Home Health/Home Medical for Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare for 27 years in Waterloo, Iowa. She will be retiring in 2017.

’89 Doug Kufalk (BS), of Wisconsin Rapids, is an algebra and geometry teacher at Reedsville High School.

’92 Vicky Siegel (BFA), of Menasha, received Employee of the Year 2015-2016 for elementary teaching in the Kaukauna Area School District. She has taught elementary art for 25 years.

’97 Terry McHugh (BA), of Edgerton, will be replacing the Village of Kroenwetter’s Police Chief Dan Joling, who is retiring in December.

’06 Tyler Christensen (BA), of Scottsdale, Arizona, wrote the movie “House of Purgatory,” which was filmed in Green Bay, about four teenagers who visit a haunted house on Halloween night.

’06 Lauren Young (BSE), of Driggs, Idaho, is the director of curriculum, instruction and assessment at Teton School District 401 in Driggs, Idaho.

’09 Tiffany King (BSN) and ’16 (DNP), of Marshfield, is a nurse practitioner at Ministry Medical Group in the family medicine group.

’10 Hannah Feistel (BBA), of Menasha, is a human resources specialist for Northstar Cooperative Inc.

’10 Zachary Peterson (COLS), of Beloit, a violinist, presented a concert with Bill Cunningham in November at the River of Life United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2014 to 2016.

’12 Jonathan Dudzinski (BBA), of Pickett, a financial analyst, spoke to students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in November about planning their financial future to lessen debt.

’16 Cody Krupp (BS), of Palm Springs, California, is a weekend sports anchor at KESQ News Channel 3 and CBS Local 2.

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