Class Notes
Received as of July 3, 2023
1968
Rick Sandway married Mary Beard on Jan. 28, 2023, in Ascension Chapel.
1977
William Farrow was appointed by the board of Cboe Global Markets as lead director. He has served on the board since 2016. He is the owner of Winston and Wolfe LLC, a privately held technology development and advisory company.
1984
Beth Venn was named executive director of Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts at the University of Wyoming.
1986
Meg Grenke Knapper retired from teaching after 36 years of service in the Davenport Community School District.
John Swanson is the pastor for Hope Lutheran Church in Milton, Wisc.
1993
Rafael "Ray" Estrada has announced his campaign to run for Congress as the Republican candidate in Illinois' 17th District.
1995
Charlie Kyle is the new superintendent for Burr Ridge (Illinois) School District 180.
1998
Jennifer Gruening Burge received her Doctorate of Education from Bradley University.
Ivory Clark is the 2023-2024 principal for Summit School, a private special education program in Elgin, Ill.
Deidre Erlenborn Dobbels is a clinical assistant professor of speech-language pathology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.
2000
Nathan Ament is vice president for enrollment and dean of admission at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.
2002
Michelle Leonard Greenwood received the 2023 Educator of the Year award from the Rock Island-Milan School District #41.
2004
James Juliano published his debut novel, "Dead Eleven," with Dutton Books.
2008
Jen Windmiller was promoted to senior associate director of athletics at Bethany College in Bethany, W.V.
2010
William Hatchet had an art exhibit on display, managed by Quad City Arts, in the Airport Gallery at the Quad City International Airport.
2011
Jordan Conerty was named head of school for Champaign's Academy High. He is also an instructor in the University of Illinois' Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
2012
Sam Latham married Catherine Johnson on May 27, 2023.
2013
Amelia Garza graduated from Loyola University Chicago's Quinlan School of Business MBA Baumhart Scholars Program.
Deonna Sekikawa Klobe is an instructional designer and corporate trainer for WellBe Senior Medical in April 2023.
Emily Margosian and her husband, Andrew, had a son, Oscar Margosian Sirota, on Feb. 6, 2023.
Ashley Heppner Richter is the executive director for the United Way of Lee County.
2016
Marie Brzezinski received her M.S. Education in School Counseling from Western Illinois University. She is the MS/HS counselor in the River Ridge School District in Hanover, Ill.
Stephen Dempsey defended his Ph.D. thesis in chemistry at the University of Minnesota in February 2023 and started work as a postdoctoral researcher studying the chemical recycling of waste plastics and composites at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., in April.
Sara Ruzevich married Matt Innocenti on Nov. 19, 2022. She is the senior family advocate and forensic interviewer with the Will County Children's Advocacy Center.
2017
Victoria Lason Harrod had an article published in the Scientific Reports section of Nature.com on May 20, 2022.
2019
Shelby Burroughs Garrison graduated in May with a Doctorate of Audiology from Illinois State University. She is working at Audiology Consultants P.C. In Davenport, Iowa/Moline, Ill.
Max Maharry graduated from Washington University School of Law in May 2023. He is an associate attorney in the real estate group at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP in Chicago.
2020
Kate Black is working for the Community Foundation in Rockford.
Gregory Middleton had an article published in the Scientific Reports section of Nature.com on May 26, 2023.
Natalia Pinto is currently a fourth-year dental student.
2023
Carly Davis is a reporter with the Adams Publishing Group in Wisconsin.
Deaths
Received as of July 3, 2023
Kenneth Soderstrom ’44 on May 13, 2023.
Dagmar Peterson ’47 on Oct. 29, 2018.
Nils Hanson ’49 on April 26, 2023.
Peggy Lundberg ’52 Walter on July 1, 2022.
Richard Alberding ’53 on June 18, 2023.
Irene Pearson ’53 Jinks on June 5, 2023.
Beverly Frankenberg ’53 Johnson on April 28, 2023.
Carol Rausch ’56 Albright on May 20, 2023.
Katharine Evans ’57 Anderson on Feb. 2, 2022.
Carol Broline ’57 Kawamoto on July 22, 2022.
Leon Linquist ’57 on June 19, 2023.
Elaine Stone ’62 Peterson on June 24, 2023.
David Nestander ’63 on April 27, 2023.
Darwin Cook ’65 on Feb. 26, 2023.
Robert Hein ’65 on June 2, 2023.
Dennis Peterson ’66 on May 8, 2023.
Billy Stuteville ’68 on Jan. 16, 2023.
*Delores Hall ’69 Kindschuh on April 30, 2023.
Ann Hutchinson ’73 on May 27, 2023.
Don Rothweiler ’73 on Oct. 12, 2022.
Alan Jenkins ’74 on Dec. 13, 2022.
Michael Calhoun ’75 on Jan. 5, 2023.
Mary Doyle ’76 on April 23, 2023.
Thomas Hartwell ’82 on May 18, 2023.
Joseph Suarez ’86 on April 23, 2023.
*Steven Ator ’89 on April 3, 2023.
Nicole Oliver ’96 Lohmar on Nov. 15, 2022.
Austin Schoeck ’16 on April 30, 2023.