Class Notes
Notices as of May 6, 2025
1968
John Wennstrom sang bass in the chorus for “Andrea Bocelli's Christmas Concert on CBS,” Christmas Eve 2024.
1975
Gary Anderson retired after 45 years of private optometric practice.
1978
Dag Blanck, the director of Augustana's Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center and the director of the Swedish Institute for North American Studies at Uppsala University, received the 2025 Stora historiepriset, one of Sweden’s most prestigious awards for history.
1979
Pete Morton is co-founder and senior economist at Conservation Economics Institute.
Sherri Behr '88 DeVrieze (Photo: Todd Welvaert/QCBJ)
1988
Sherri Behr DeVrieze was honored as a Woman of Influence for 2025 by the Quad Cities Regional Business Journal. She is coordinator of the UnityPoint Health-Trinity Military Program.
2011
Brian Tuinenga is a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice.
2016
Suzie Geisler is a licensed clinical professional counselor working as a therapist at Hope Haven, the only homeless shelter in DeKalb County, Ill. She also serves on the DeKalb County Collaborative for Young Children and its Birth-to-Eight Mental Health Committee. This collaborative works to create communities that support the development, school readiness and future success of young children.
Madison Cloman '25 and Alexandra Jones '16
Amanda Schar '19 and Zach Pierce
Alexandra Jones, a clinical supervisor and professional faculty member at Augustana, attended the National Black Association of Speech Language and Hearing with Madison Cloman '25, a communication sciences and disorders major. Jones was nominated for the 2025 Clinician of the Year.
Madeline (Mae) McCarty Ruzek had a son, Arlo, in August 2024. She works in Alzheimer's research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2019
Amanda Schar married Zach Pierce on Feb. 22, 2025.
2021
Alexander Michalak is a physician assistant in neurocritical care at Saint Luke's hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Deaths
Notices as of May 6, 2025
Dorothy Whitehurst ’50 Horton on April 13, 2025.
Norma Graefe ’54 Kent on Dec. 18, 2022.
Dale Whiteside ’56 on April 14, 2025.
Gary Maxwell ’63 on Jan. 5, 2025.
James Young ’63 on April 3, 2025.
Janet Anderson ’64 Vedell on April 20, 2025.
Rose Mary DeJovine ’71 Munson on Dec. 1, 2022.
Douglas Snell ’72 on April 3, 2023.
Ronald Knuth ’84 on April 2, 2025.
Karen Losnedahl ’93 Erickson on March 21, 2025.