CLAS S NO T E S
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Gregory Sanders, Class of 1975,
of Venice, Fla., retired after 21 years working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a computer scientist. Dr. Sanders’ work focused on metrics and techniques to evaluate machine translation systems, as well as the evaluation of computer systems in automatically identifying and recounting events in video recordings. This work was awarded Department of Commerce Silver and Bronze Medals. During this time, Dr. Sanders also served as author or co-author of more than 20 scientific publications.
Kemi Curry Price, Class of 1978,
of Phelan, Calif., is applying her nine-year passion for genetic genealogy to solving crimes. In the state of New Mexico, she helped solve the first cold case using genetic genealogy and has assisted in two cold cases with the Bernalillo County Second Judicial District. Dr. Price is a site medical director for AltaMed Health Services in Pico Rivera, Calif.
Leann Williamson, Class of 1985, of Lawrenceville, Ill., marked her 28th year of teaching in 2020, all with Community Unit School District #20 in Lawrenceville. She was also accepted into the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a member of the Alliance Chapter NSDAR in Champaign, Ill., as well as an associate member of the Francis Vigo Chapter NSDAR in Vincennes, Ind. Patrick Leitgeb, Class of 1986,
Julie Allison, Class of 1991, of
David Phipps, Class of 1987, of
Jack Pugh, Class of 1991, of
Mattoon, Ill., is the owner of Phipps Wealth Management LLC in Mattoon.
Class of 1980, of Roxana, Ill., retired.
Carrie Hug, Class of 1984, of
Alexandria, Va., works for the federal government in Washington, D.C.
MIL LIKIN MAGA ZIN E
1990, of Springfield, Ill., is legal counsel for Teamsters Local Union No. 916 in Springfield.
Chicago, published the article “Financial Lessons for Small Businesses — Taught by a Pandemic” in Brainz Magazine. The article includes stories from her time at Millikin, including memories of Dr. David Marshall’s accounting classes. She is the founder of Watch Her Grow, a company providing expert financial services to women-owned businesses.
Patricia Folkerts Paustian,
of Springfield, Ill., is director of special education and central region network capacity coach for school improvement for the Illinois MTSS Network in Sterling, Ill.
Robert Scherschligt, Class of
of Baldwinsville, N.Y., retired as audit partner after more than 33 years with KPMG. He plans to use retirement to reconnect with friends and colleagues, dote over his 6 1/2 year old daughter and visit his adult children who work in the nursing profession in Chicago and Raleigh, N.C.
1980
Cynthia Knight, Class of 1985,
Christopher Bullock, Class of 1990, of Mt. Zion, Ill., is vice president/ general manager of Capitol Radio Group in Springfield, Ill. He oversees the operation of seven radio stations.
Warrensburg, Ill., is EMS clinical coordinator at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Jack oversees more than 600 EMS providers, staffing 31 first response and ambulance transport agencies. He holds certifications as a trauma nurse specialist, emergency communications registered nurse and emergency medical technicianparamedic and lead instructor.
Amy Neuendorf Besser, Class Joseph Guin, Class of 1988, of Hawthorn Woods, Ill., rebranded his firm, Guin Financial, as Compass Financial Partners to coincide with his 30th year in business.
of 1994, of Decatur, was promoted to chief financial officer of Decatur Foundry in July 2020. Decatur Foundry is a gray and ductile iron foundry with more than 100 employees.
Alisha Doeden Betka, Class of
1998, of Champaign, Ill., was named the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s 2021 Nurse Educator Fellow. The fellowship awards well-qualified faculty at institutions of higher learning in recognition of outstanding commitment to nursing education, scholarship and the profession. Betka received a doctorate of nursing practice degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2019. She is a visiting clinical instructor in the College of Nursing on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois.
