Mitchell Class Notes Fall 2015

CLASS NOTES

FALL 2015 wmitchell.edu/alumni

1

CLASS NOTES

1975

JONATHAN R. MOTL

was appointed

by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock as commissioner of political practices.

1981

MARCY S. CRAIN has

been appointed Anoka County’s chief deputy county attorney.

1987

KEVIN M. KLEMZ

PHYLLIS C. MARION

is the senior vice president, chief legal officer and secretary of Tornier Inc.

was inducted into the American Association of Law Libraries Hall of Fame in 2015.

1988

ANNE M. HONSA

has received Board Certification in Family Law Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

1993

CATHERINE A. LAWRENCE joined

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity as vice president of resource development.

DANIELLE M. SHELTON WALCZAK

is director of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s diversity and inclusion department.

2002

JAYNE J. BEEHLER

wrote Drop the Puck, It’s Hockey Season, a children’s book that teaches young readers to be good sports.

1999

SANDRA S. SMALLEYFLEMING joined Ross

Orenstein & Baudry as partner.

JENNIFER L. MORTEL

was named of counsel at Bowden CYR.

CLINTON M. CAMPION LINDA K. HOPKINS

became a Certified Information Privacy ROBERT T. LUND is Professional under president and CEO the auspices of of SFM Mutual the International Insurance Company Association of Privacy in Bloomington, Minn. Professionals.

STACEY J. MANNING

is an assistant county attorney in Osceola County.

1996

has been named Anchorage District Attorney in Anchorage, Alaska.

2000

1983

MARY L. KENDALL

was appointed to the office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior, by President Barack Obama.

1985

STEVEN M. BELL

serves as the general counsel, CFO and a director of Multiband Corporation in St. Paul, Minn.

GREGG A. JOHNSON,

senior shareholder and partner at Heacox, Hartman, Koshmrl, Cosgriff & Johnson in St. Paul, was named a 2015 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Workers Compensation

by Employers Minneapolis.

1

CLASS NOTES

KURT R. MATTSON

has opened Union Legal Research, based in Phoenix.

The company provides legal research, writing, and marketing services to attorneys, law firms, and other organizations nationwide.

1990

I. DANIEL COLTON

has joined the Regulatory Affairs Group at Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis as a partner.

CINDY L. DAVIS is a

partner in the firm of Anderson, Helgen, Davis & Cefalu.

STEVEN J. TERRY was named Attorney of the Month in June 2015 by Attorney at Law magazine.

1997

ROBERT W. MAIRS

joined Mairs & Powers, a St. Paul Investment Firm, as general counsel and assistant to the chairman.

REBECCA B. SANDBERG is general

counsel and secretary at Two Harbors Investment Corp.

VALERIE R. SIMS,

an attorney with Heley, Duncan & Melander, has earned certification as a Minnesota State Bar Association Board Certified Civil Trial Law Specialist.

1998

SETH D. GILBERT

has been named the Northeast Iowa Community College and Iowa State University’s Center for Industrial Research’s account manager for the Dubuque area.

DENNIS J. SMITH

was elected to the Minnesota State House of Representatives in District 34B representing Maple Grove and Osseo.

2005

ERIK M. DRANGE

received the 2015 Corporate Counsel Award: Public Company-Large from the Business Journal.

He is corporate counsel in 3M’s litigation and preventive law department.

2003 CARL V. NOWLIN JACOB T. ERICKSON

was named among the 10 Best Attorneys for the State of Minnesota by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys and the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys in 2014.

ALLISON L. O’TOOLE

was named interim chief executive at MNsure.

was selected as St. Anthony Villager of the Year in St. Anthony, Minn.

2006

DANIEL H. KRUSE

was appointed vice president and actuary of individual annuity products at Securian Financial Group.

ANDREW TITUS is

an attorney at Titus Law Office in Worthington, Minn.

2004

ARTHUR G. BOYLAN

joined Anthony Ostlund Baer & Louwagie as a shareholder.

2007

SAMUEL J. EDMUNDS

has been named a Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association.

DANIEL P. PREINER

was promoted to corporate compliance officer at Securian Financial Group.

CLASS NOTES

is senior counsel for Securian Financial Group.

ANNE B. RUCKER is the founder of Bogart’s Doughnut Co. in South Minneapolis.

2008

2009

has been selected to participate in the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural Leaders Lab program for 2015-2016.

was hired as a financial adviser at RBC Wealth Management in Duluth. His primary focus is multigenerational wealth management.

MICHAEL T. STEINERT

JOSHUA A. BOBICH

ROBERT D. BUBALO

2012

JOHN M. SCHMID

joined the real estate team at Moss & Barnett in Minneapolis.

2013

STEPHANIE L. CHANDLER has joined

Larson King as an associate.

SCHWANNE K. KILGUS

and Matthew M. Karabinos were married in April 2015 in Williamsport, Penn.

LUCIE S. O’NEILL

joined the Dakota County Attorney’s Office as an assistant CHRISTINE M. BRIGHT county attorney in MARWEDE is an the civil division on associate attorney and June 15, 2015 after the first woman to a year and a half of join Haberkorn Law clerking for Judge Offices in Aitkin, Minn. Caroline H. Lennon ‘89 in the First PATRICK D. NEWMAN Judicial District. joined the creditors’ CAREY VOSLER is a remedies and client manager at bankruptcy team at Thomson Reuters.

Moss & Barnett.

2014

OLAJUMOKE O. KASSIM

is a patent attorney who was named an associate at Patterson Thuente IP in Minneapolis.

2015

TOU XIONG is an

attorney who works as a legislative clerk with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency.

IN MEMORIAM 1952

1958

90, June 5, 2015.

Survived by wife, Janice; daughters Cynthia (John), Laurie (Randy), and Claudia (Dave); son Jeffrey (Margot); 11 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

83, May 22, 2015.

Survived by wife, Cheryl Lynn; children Tim (Winnie), Pat, Mark, Jim (Julianne), Lisa (Gary), Jill (Bill), Mikki and Katie (Rik); grandchildren, Kenny, Philip, Bella, Ally, Nick, Jason, Erin, Noah, Rachael, Oliver, Eli, Danii (Kevin), Jake, Paris, Frenchi, Cali (Ryan), Emily, Micki, Dylan, Alec, Imala, Nygel; great-grandchildren, Jayden, Julian, Korynn, Jameson, Hunter and one more expected soon.

CARL A. FOSNES,

1957

ROBERT H. PAPPENFUS,

KENNETH F. DANIELS,

87, April 15, 2015.

Survived by wife, Marian; children David (Sandy) Pappenfus, Jhane Pappenfus, Mary Jo (Dave) Uhlenkott, and Thomas (Christine) Pappenfus; grandchildren Daniel Uhlenkott, Rachel Pappenfus and DOUGLAS M. Crystal (Ben) Salmi; MCMILLAN, great-grandchildren 81, May 29, 2015.

Bella Salmi and Survived by sister Emmalyn Salmi; Joan (George) Jarrett; sisters Mary Ann children Doug Jr, Polipnick and Carlyn Bill, Chris (Shawney).

(Al) Ellering.

Doug will be missed by the love of his life, Jan, and her children,

1959

Michael, Shannon, Todd (Dee) Andersen and Heather (Tim) McNeely and grandchildren.

1961

ROGER C. HENNINGS,

82, June 17, 2015.

Survived by wife, Sue; three daughters Terri J. (Gerhard Manz) Hennings of Freiburg, Germany, Tracy (Mike) Prendergast, and Jennifer (Lee) Marsh; sons Michael (Tammie) Ridderhoff and Jonathon “Jon” (Heidi) Hennings; 19 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

1964

RICHARD J. LANGLAIS,

80, May 4, 2015.

Survived by wife, Jan; children Jean Langlais, MaryLynn (Dan) Saande, Catherine (Abdollah) Rahimi, Sue (Dave) Steveken; grandchildren

Cassondra Saande, Matthew, Sarah and Joey Rahimi, Tommy and Johnny Steveken; brother John Langlais; brother and sister-inlaw Sharon and Jim Kadlec; and many nieces and nephews.

(Wendy) and Ryan Cliff, Colleen, and (Shannon) Mitchell; Joyce and Al; dog brother Dennis Scarlet; cats Jake Mitchell; sister and Maxine; and Shirley Godfrey; a lifetime’s worth grandchildren Austin, of grateful but Aliana, and Nixon heartbroken friends.

Mitchell; and many nieces and nephews.

1987

JOHN C. NICHOLS,

1966

FREDERICK E. RAFFETY,

JAMES O. REDMAN,

68, May 9, 2015.

Survived by wife, Cynthia; daughter Elisa; son Sam and daughter-in-law Emily; sister Nancy Carlson (David); sister-in-law Linda Jacobs; and beloved cousins Julie and Tom Currie.

78, April 18, 2015.

Survived by wife, Judith; children David (Marla) Raffety and Katherine (Kenneth) Harper; four grandchildren, EM2 Andrew Raffety, USN, Leah Raffety, and Emma and Joshua Harper; brothers Richard (Rita) and Michael (Liliane); DIANE M. JOHNSON, and numerous nieces 70, April 16, 2015. and nephews.

Survived by mother, Marion; brother Shawn; sister-in-law Marie; nephews ALAN L. MITCHELL, Hayden and Carver; 69, March 14, 2015. niece Madeline; Survived by wife, aunts and uncles Barbara; sons Chris Corliss and Ralph,

1979

1975

55, April 28, 2015.

Survived by sisters Pamela (Gregg) Nelson, Anne Nichols; sons Jim and Josh.

1988

PETER “PETE” J. GRUNDHOEFER,

54, December 4, 2014.

Survived by wife, Mary; son Jackson Faith, and birth son Michael KlockeSullivan; father, Marv (Judy); siblings Tom (Jane), Joe (Jodi), Mary (John) Langan, and Mike (Libby).

He is also survived by many “Southern cousins,” special nieces, nephews, and countless friends.

wmitchell.edu/alumni

2

IN MEMORIAM

1991

LAWRENCE E. NICHOLS,

55, April 8, 2015.

Survived by sons Ryan and Jack; their mother, Patty; mother, Rosemary; siblings Joe (Rose), Anne (Mike) McQuillan, Charles (Sue), William (Sue), Meg (Joseph) Mindrup, Matt; sister-in-law Lori; many nieces and nephews.

LAWRENCE W. ULANOWSKI, 51,

February 11, 2015.

Survived by children Amy and Holly; mother, Veronica Ulanowksi; brother Michael (Karen); sisters Mary Brown and Deb (Ed) Wu; half-brother Bill; and many nieces and nephews.

Spence, Gayle (Gayla Hudson), and Greg (Erica); Prunty–Ann (Bert) Clough, Percy (Pat) Flanagan, and Lois (Tom) Egan.

He is also survived

by Ari’s family and many cousins of the Suehring and Prunty families.

2004

PATTON C. PRUNTY,

2001

CHRIS M. HEFFELBOWER,

40, June 3, 2015.

Survived by husband, Adam; daughters Sophia and Juliet; parents David and Maureen Mulloy; sister Katie (Darin) Capalungan; niece Gwendolyn; grandparents Tony and Frances Frigo, and Marge Farmer.

38, April 15, 2015.

Survived by wife, Arianna Halper Prunty; sons James Patton Prunty and Asher Carney Prunty; parents, Pat and Edward; loving brother Cullen (Darien, Lainey and Caleb); in-laws, David Halper and Barbara Halper; grandmother, Margaret Suehring; aunts and uncles, Suehring–Pam

875 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105-3076 3

CLASS NOTES

01371 2015-05