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

’56 Janet (Beyer) Jurgensmier (BS), of Sarasota, Florida, is a retired high school teacher.

’60 Harold “Jock” Seal (BS), of Suamico, retired at the age of 80 as president and former owner of HS Group, a human resources, testing and consulting business established in 1967.

’69 John Shuh (BA), of Ames, Iowa, received the Iowa State University Honorary Alumni Award. He started teaching at the university in 1997 and was named Distinguished Professor in 2003.

’70 Edward Weber (BS), and ’74 (MSE), of Little Chute, and his wife, Ruthie, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Feb. 24.

’71 Suzanne (Walters) Doemel (BS), and ’81 (MSE), of Oshkosh, is in her 47th year of teaching.

’71 Jeff Dworak (BS), of Kewaunee, was added to the Build the Future Foundation Wall of Fame as an outstanding graduate of Kewaunee High School.

’72 Duane Ernst (BS), of Trinity, Texas, has retired to his lake house where he is the captain of his boat and enjoys working in his workshop.

’75 Michelle (Trudeau) Clark (BS), of Meridian, Idaho, retired from the medical technology field. The highlight of her 35-year career was being published twice in Lab Medicine Magazine.

’75 Joseph Harris (BS), of Sea Girt, New Jersey, plans to move to St. Pete Beach, Florida in summer 2018.

’76 Robby Richardson (BS), of Mount Pleasant, is a volunteer chair of the Mount Pleasant Community Development Authority. Richardson has been involved in the Mount Pleasant-based Foxconn manufacturing facility project for the past year.

’79 David Galassie (BBA), of Columbia, South Carolina, has written his second book, Neenah and Menasha: Twin Cities of the Fox Valley. The book shows the history and growth of the two cities as well as picture postcards from his own personal collection.

’79 Sally Wilke (BS), of Winterset, Iowa, is awaiting the August release of Waiting for Good News, a book about support and wisdom when serious illness strikes.

’82 John Parmley (BS), of Crystal Lake, Illinois, has spent over 20 years in the cyber security field. Parmley recently changed roles and is now chief executive officer of an Israeli cyber security company that is expanding into the North American marketplace.

’86 Becky Coel-Roback (BS), of Los Alamos, New Mexico, manages the Off-Site Source Recovery Program that recovers disused sealed radioactive sources in the interest of national security at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

’86 Michael Karns (BFA), of Redding, California, is the owner of Boundary Waters Screen printing. Karns was awarded first place for manual textile screen printing by Impressions Magazine. He has been doing custom art for nearly 30 years.

’86 David Zur (BS) and wife Kathy (Harris) Zur ’86 (BS), of Park City, Utah, started an environmental consulting partnership called DK Environmental.

’87 Teresa Basiliere (BS), of Oshkosh, was named Winnebago County’s newest judge. Basiliere has practiced law locally for 27 years.

’95 Catherine (Schmidt) Williams (BFA), of Necedah, recently had her portraits featured at VIVA Gallery in Viroqua. Williams was one of 24 artists who had their work on display.

’97 Jonathan Nagy (BA), of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been named chief deputy of the Correctional Law Litigation Section in the Indiana Attorney General’s office. Nagy was previously the chief deputy of the Government Litigation Section.

’97 Carol Wedig (BBA), of Kaukauna, is the vice president of continuous improvement at Secura Insurance, where she has worked for more than 16 years.

’02 Tim Lambert (MSE), of Green Bay, is a licensed professional counselor at the Oneida Nation in the behavioral health department. Lambert has authored two books:  If Only I Could Have Said Good-bye and Finding Hope Under a Tree: The MOTIVATED Approach to Coping with Depression.

’04 Katherine “Kayte” Kaminski (BA), of Bozeman, Montana, is an assistant dean at Montana State University. She will graduate with her doctoral degree in adult and higher education administration in May.

’08 Vanessa (Virbitsky) Zink (BA), of Colorado Springs, Colorado, recently returned to Olympic City, and changed communications careers from sports to local government. Zink is a senior communications specialist for the City of Colorado Springs.

’15 Dawn (Price) Myers (BSN), of Appleton, has joined ThedaCare in delivering senior care to patients in nursing homes and assisted living facilities throughout the Fox Valley.

’16 Andrea Ewald (BA), of Glendale, California, is working for Nickelodeon in Los Angeles.

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
• EdD — Doctor of Education
• 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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