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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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