In Memoriam

WALTER PAUL KASUBOSKI , known by generations of Ripon College students as Father Wally or Padre Pablo, died July 20, 2022. He was a Ripon native and ordained in the Order of Capuchin Franciscans. He dedicated his life to mission work. Since 1988, his work was focused on the jungle in southeast Panama. His greatest achievement was construction of a dam high in the mountains to provide fresh water to more than 1,000 indigenous residents. Through the years, he hosted many mission trips by Ripon students to help construct this dam.

DORIS FRY CLARK ’40 of Santa Clara, California, died Jan. 3, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in English and speech communication and participated in music and Kappa Delta/ Delta Phi Sigma. She taught high school until she could join the U.S. Army Air Corps where she served as a corporal until 1945. She and her family moved to Chico in 1979 where she opened Venus De Milo Health Spa. After retiring, she enjoyed walking every morning in Bidwell Park with her friends. She volunteered at Enloe Hospital for many years and served as auxiliary president from 2001-2003. Survivors include one son and one daughter.

JOHN X. JAMRICH ’43 of Savannah, Georgia, died Feb. 20, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in mathematics, physics and German and participated in music and Lambda Delta Alpha/ Delta Upsilon. He received Ripon’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1983. He also received degrees from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps before embarking on a career in higher education administration. He served in Iowa and Nebraska, then as the eighth president of Northern Michigan University from 1968 to 1983. He impacted academic programs, autonomous student life and infrastructure. John X. Jamrich Hall is named in his honor. After retiring, he was a consultant and volunteer. An accomplished pianist, he performed at nursing homes and Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Survivors include his daughters.

MIRIAM BIELKE HUTH ’45 of Roswell, Georgia, died April 14, 2022. At Ripon, she studied music and English and participated in Alpha Xi Delta/Kappa Theta. She also was a member of Partners in the Legacy. She earned a master’s degree in Christian education from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She was a music specialist in the Madison, Bangor and Oshkosh, Wisconsin, public school systems for more than 20 years. She was deeply committed to her faith. She shared her talents with children and adult choirs in her church, teaching Sunday school and serving in women’s ministry. She also was involved in the political process. Survivors include one daughter. Her husband, HAROLD E. HUTH ’50, died in 2004.

DORIS CABALLERO VAN AKEN ’45 of Santa Barbara, California, died Feb. 20, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in mathematics and physics and participated in Alpha Chi Omega/Alpha Gamma Theta. While working at a research lab at Bell & Howell, she developed a novel method of measuring lens coatings, presenting a research paper on the subject to the American Society of Optical Engineers. That year, she was the only woman inducted into the society. She also taught college-level physics to officers-in-training in the Army. She volunteered in political campaigns, at hospitals in New York and Chicago, and in the Drug Prevention Office of the County Health Care Services of Santa Barbara. She enjoyed doing watercolors, tennis and duplicate bridge. Survivors include two sons.

WAVERLY RUTH WENDORF PETERSON ’47 of Marshfield, Wisconsin, died March 29, 2021. She attended Ripon and graduated from the Milwaukee Business Institute in 1946. Before marrying, she was office manager for the Wisconsin Gas Co. in Sparta. She later lived in Madison, Beloit and Marshfield. She was an active member of Faith Lutheran Church and enjoyed weekends in northern Wisconsin, big band swing music, reading, gardening, music, dancing, golf, traveling and playing cards and bridge. Survivors include three sons and one daughter.

ELEANOR HEALY ANDERSON ’48 of Racine, Wisconsin, died June 7, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in speech communication and history and participated in Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She taught at Union Grove High School from 1948 until 1961. She enjoyed being outside, gardening, writing short stories and traveling with her husband. They had been to all 50 states and several foreign locations, including Europe, Israel and China. She was a member of Calvary Memorial Church and was involved in Sunday school, camp life, missions and youth group ministries. Survivors include her husband, Henry Anderson; one son and one daughter; and a sister, HELEN HEALY EDINGER ’55. Her uncle was SILAS EVANS, a longtime president of Ripon College.

JOY CULLEN HOLPERIN ’48 of Eagle River, Wisconsin, died June 19, 2022, At Ripon, she majored in biology and chemistry and participated in student government and Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She worked at her husband’s family grocery business and later at her son’s business, TV Tronics, well into her 90s. She was deeply involved in the First Congregational United Church of Christ, teaching Sunday school and serving on various boards and committees. She was a Cub Scout den mother, cancer fundraiser, nursing home volunteer, and library and arts advocate and donor. She enjoyed reading, traveling, playing competitive bridge and fitness. Survivors include her husband, Jim Moon; three sons and one daughter; stepchildren; a nephew, KEITH A. CULLEN ’75; and a niece, CONTANCE E. HOLPERIN ’72. Her first husband, RUSSELL H. HOLPERIN ’48, died in 1993.

ROBERT M. LASKE ’49 of Middletown, Rhode Island, died May 28, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in chemistry and participated in basketball and Sigma Alpha Epsilon/Delta Sigma Psi. He received a master’s degree in international affairs from George Washington University. He was a pilot in the Naval Air Corps, and his assignments included patrolling the Soviet Union border from the Alaska Territory; serving in Japan during the Korean War and in Saigon, Vietnam; patrolling the Mediterranean in Morocco; and working as a communications officer for the USS Forrestal in Norfolk, Virginia, and editor of the Naval War College Review. He attained the rank of commander. He enjoyed traveling, wintering in Pensacola, Florida, and golf. Survivors include his wife, Shirley; one son and three daughters.

MYRON DUDEK ’50 of Bensenville, Illinois, died April 7, 2016. He served in the U.S. Navy in the submarine service for three years during World War II. He then attended Ripon for one year. He was a postal clerk for seven years; a partner in the Dudek-Jensen Insurance Agency in Racine and Milwaukee for 15 years; and administrator of the Central Baptist Home in Norridge, Illinois, for 18 years. He also was active in the North American Baptist General Conference churches in the Christian Education Ministries and their state summer camp programs, as well as numerous community programs. Survivors include his wife, Caroline; one son and two daughters.

SARAH “SALLY” UIHLEIN FITZGERALD ’50 of Mequon, Wisconsin, died Aug. 16, 2021. At Ripon, she majored in philosophy. Survivors include her children.

RICHARD R. MCKEON ’50 of Stuart, Florida, died Feb. 6, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in history and participated in Ver Adest and Sigma Chi/Omega Sigma Chi. He began studies at Ripon but enlisted in the Air National Guard and was called to active duty on April 7, 1952. He served as an air defense specialist and an assistant to the base chaplain. He joined his brother, Robert Jr., in Ossining (New York) Sash and Door, a successful building supply and home improvement business. In the late 1970s, he worked independently to build homes and retired in 1980. He was a master bridge player. Survivors include his wife, Shirley; two sons; and a nephew, TODD NOGGLE ’94.

GERALD L. WADLEIGH ’50 of Geneva, Illinois, died Feb. 23, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in biology and participated in Theta Chi/Alpha Omega Alpha. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked for Travelers Insurance Co. After retiring, he worked at Ace Hardware in Geneva. He was a member of the Scottish Rite, the Fox Valley Shrine Club and the Geneva Masonic Lodge, and he was a Master Mason. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, attending his grandsons’ baseball games and fishing with all of his grandsons. Survivors include one son and one daughter.

PATRICIA KEELEY WINTER ’50 of Downers Grove, Illinois, died Feb. 20, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in psychology and participated in Ver Adest and Alpha Delta Pi/Pi Tau Pi. She was a former co-publisher and business manager of Reporter/Progress Newspapers and Printers, publishers of numerous newspapers. She was active in several clubs and organizations in Downers Grove, including the Chamber of Commerce, Women’s and Junior Women’s clubs, AAUW, DuPage Easter Seals, Special Events Committee, Community grants Commission, and Good Samaritan Auxiliary. She enjoyed traveling and spending winter months in Marco Island, Florida. Survivors include two sons, including CRAIG R. WINTER ’76; and a nephew, ROBERT S. KEELEY ’79. Her husband, CHESTER JOHN “JACK” WINTER ’49, died in 2001.

GERALDINE “GERRY” CAREY ’52 of Lake Bluff, Illinois, died May 20, 2022. She attended Ripon and received her degree from Northern Illinois University. She taught for more than 32 years in California and Illinois, and retired from

North Chicago High School. She was an avid athlete and a championship golfer, a member of the Glen Flora Country Club for 60 years and a proud member of its Hole-in-One group. She also enjoyed spending time at her cottage in Wisconsin and boating on Legend Lake. She visited more than 60 countries and 50 states.

LEE J. HARRER ’52 of Clearwater, Florida, died April 14, 2021. At Ripon, he studied biology, participated in Ver Adest and Theta Chi/Alpha Omega Alpha, and was commissioned through ROTC. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952 until retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 1973. He did a tour in Korea and two tours in Vietnam. In Clearwater, he was a real estate agent/broker. He loved books and collected and sold them. He was a member of First Lutheran Church, Clearwater and was involved in many areas of the church and school. He was a founding member of the Florida Bibliophile Society, a member of Caxton Club of Chicago, Kiwanis, Sons of American Revolution, and The University of Tampa Library. Survivors include one daughter.

DONNA L. WAFFENSCHMIDT DICKIE ’53 died May 9, 2022. After attending Ripon for one year, she worked in clerical positions in the Baraboo area. She then farmed with her husband in the town of Freedom for more than 50 years. She was a member of North Freedom Baptist Church, where she served as pianist, women’s ministry leader, Sunday school teacher and clerk. She enjoyed reading, playing the piano, daily crosswords and playing bridge. Survivors include three daughters.

JOAN C. BUTLER HART ’53 of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, died Sept. 13, 2021. She attended Ripon College and Prospect Hall Business School. She lived in Chicago while her husband, Howard, was in optometry school and Stamford, Connecticut, while he was in the U.S. Army. They then lived in the Milwaukee area. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, rug hooking, quilting, playing the piano, gardening, singing in the church choir, talking with friends, playing bridge and collecting cheese dishes. Survivors include her husband, Howard; one son and one daughter.

NATHAN KITTLESON ’53 of Brookfield, Wisconsin, died May 19, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics, participated in athletics and Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau, and was commissioned through ROTC. He received a master’s degree in orthodontics and a doctorate in dentistry from Marquette University. He served in the Army Dental Corps as a dentist and attained the rank of captain. He and his brother, RUSSELL KITTLESON ’55, established two successful orthodontic practices in the greater Milwaukee area. He enjoyed traveling, outdoor activities and spending time at his lake house. Survivors include his wife, Nancy; two sons and one daughter, including DAVID KITTLESON ’86; and his brother, Russell.

MARY LOU ZENDER LATZER ’53 of San Luis Obispo, California, died March 17, 2022. She attended Ripon from 1949-1953 and majored in Spanish and participated in music, student government, Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Xi Delta/Kappa Theta. She also studied education at California State University-Stanislaus. She had worked as an elementary school teacher. Survivors include two daughters; and a niece, MICHELE CUMMINS KORNET ’95.

PHYLLIS KESSLER SACHO ’53 of De Pere, Wisconsin, died March 7, 2022. She attended Ripon College and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. She was a Miss Green Bay and the 1949 Miss Wisconsin, placing in the top 15 at the Miss America Pageant. For many years, she was the director of the Miss Green Bay Pageant. She was a baton twirler for the Green Bay Packer Lumberjacks from 1949 to 1951, taught physical education at Corpus Christi in Sturgeon Bay and night school at NWTC. She retired as a postmaster after 25 years working for the U.S. Postal Service where she helped to expand service as a national management trainer. She enjoyed singing in her church choir, swimming, attending theatre and visiting Door County. Survivors include three sons.

WILLIAM J. JENSEN ’54 of Altoona, Florida, died Feb. 24, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in mathematics, participated in Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau and was commissioned through ROTC. He served in Germany as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army for two years and was honorably discharged as a 1st lieutenant from the Reserves in 1962. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of WisconsinMadison and spent his career as a sales engineer in industrial refrigeration. After retiring, he traveled around the world. He enjoyed golf, crafts and woodworking, gardening, and playing cards and board games. He volunteered at church, ushered at theaters and worked at golf tournaments, including the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Survivors include his wife, Roberta; and two daughters.

ANN WILSON WOOD ’54 of Santa Barbara, California, died Nov. 18, 2021. At Ripon, she participated in Ver Adest and Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She graduated from the University of Minnesota and earned a credential in early childhood education from the University of California Berkeley Extension. She was a nursery school teacher and director, then parent coordinator for the University Children’s Center at the University of California Santa Barbara until retiring in 1998. She advocated for the education of young children as a frequent speaker and membership in several related organizations. She sang in the Santa Barbara Chorale Society for many years, performed music at La Mesa Community Church, and enjoyed camping at Yosemite National Park with her family. Survivors include three sons and one daughter.

ELIZABETH ELTON MERCHANT ’55 of Rothschild, Wisconsin, died May 22, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in biology and participated in Alpha Xi Delta/Kappa Theta. She attended from 1951-1953. She lived in Germany for two years while her husband served in the U.S. Army. They then lived in Beloit. She moved to Rothschild in 2009. She loved gardening, her cats, doing cross stitch, antiquing, reading and traveling, especially camping and visits to Sanibel Island, Florida, Mazatlán, Mexico, and their cabin in northern Wisconsin. Survivors include two sons and one daughter. Her husband, GEORGE D. MERCHANT ’55, died in 2007.

CHARLES P. STATHAS ’55 of Chicago, Illinois, died Feb. 16, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics, participated in Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau and was involved with ROTC. He received a master’s degree in finance from Indiana University-Bloomington. He served in the U.S. Army at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He started with Morgan Stanley, formerly Dean Witter, in the early 1960s and retired as a vice president/securities analyst in 1997. He had worked in both the Chicago and New York offices. He was a member of the Greek Orthodox Church and enjoyed watching sports and theatre events.

ROGER W. NEWELL ’56 of Rockford, Illinois, died May 28, 2022. At Ripon, he participated in Sigma Chi/Omega Sigma Chi. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was employed for many years in management for Commonwealth Edison. He was an active member of Christ United Methodist Church and volunteered for several community organizations, including One Body. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; two sons and one daughter.

ROBERT D. SCHIELER ’56 of Warrenville, Illinois, died July 20, 2021. At Ripon, he majored in philosophy and participated in Ver Adest, athletics, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Delta Theta/Alpha Phi Omega. He received a master of divinity from Eden Theological Seminary and his doctorate of ministry from Garrett Evangelical Seminary in Evanston. He first served as a young parish minister with his father in Ripon, Wisconsin, was the chaplain and professor at Elmhurst College for 13 years and then senior minister of First Congregational United Church of Christ of Downers Grove, Illinois, for more than 17 years. He wrote the book Revive Your Mainline Congregation. He enjoyed sports, outdoor activities, music, singing and dance. Survivors include one son and one daughter. His wife, CHARMAINE WEYER SCHIELER ’56, died in 2013.

JANET NELSON GRANT ’57 of Richfield, Minnesota, died Nov. 3, 2021. At Ripon, she majored in economics and participated in Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She also studied education at Chicago State University. She taught at various high schools in Chicago and then worked for AT&T. Survivors include her husband, James L. Grant; and one son, DAVID L. GRANT ’85.

JUDITH M. STIKA OSBORN ’58 of Lakeland, Minnesota, died May 26, 2022. She attended Ripon for one year and then graduated from Lyons Township Junior College in LaGrange, Illinois. In Downers Grove, Illinois, she was active in the American Legion Auxiliary, school, church, Brownies and Girl Scouts, and worked for a camping trailer dealer and the Downers Grove Reporter. In St. Paul, Minnesota, she worked for the Ramsey County Historical Society as an administrative assistant and set up gift shops at the Gibbs Farm Museum, Landmark Center and Bandana Square. From 1986 to 1992, she and her husband owned and ran a country gift store in Bandana Square and Woodbury. She enjoyed volunteer work, gardening, reading, sewing, scrapbooking, knitting and quilting. She had two daughters.

ALLEN M. PETERS ’59 of Reedsville, Wisconsin, died June 16, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in physical education and biology, participated in basketball and Phi Kappa Pi (Merriman) and was commissioned through ROTC. He taught biology and physical education and coached for three years at Bowler High School and for more than 30 years at Reedsville High School. At Reedsville, he was head boys basketball coach for 16 years, assistant football coach for 31 years and athletic director for 32 years. He received many coaching honors, including being inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1987. He retired from teaching and coaching in 1998. He enjoyed spending time with grandchildren, traveling to Door County and golf. Survivors include his wife, Barbara; two sons and three daughters.

JON R. WALTERSCHEIT ’59 of Marshall, Wisconsin, died Aug. 9, 2022, At Ripon, he majored in economics, participated in Lambda Delta Alpha/Delta Upsilon, and was commissioned through ROTC. He was both an offensive and defensive lineman for Ripon’s National Championship football team. He retired from the U.S. Army Reserves as an officer in 1967. He worked for AAA for more than 25 years.

He also co-founded a family archery business that grew into an archery distributorship and retail pro shop known as Little Jon’s Archery. The business won distributor of the year in 1994. He also owned and worked a beef cattle farm. He enjoyed the outdoors, bow hunting, and particularly fishing in Canada, the Florida Keys and the north woods. Survivors include one son.

GAIL BRAINARD LANGDON ’60 of Springfield, Missouri, died Feb. 24, 2022. At Ripon, she studied biology and participated in Alpha Chi Omega/Alpha Gamma Theta. She also served in her 50th Reunion committee. She lived in the Chicago area until 1977, when she and her husband purchased Fish ‘n’ Fun Resort in Shell Knob, Missouri. They later moved to Springfield. She was an active member of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Springfield. She also was an avid gardener. Survivors include three sons and three daughters, including MARY LANGDON ROGERS ’89. Her husband, ROBERT E. LANGDON ’58, died in 2010.

CONSTANCE “CONNIE” HOMUTH NEWMAN ’60 of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, died Oct. 27, 2021. She attended St. Olaf College in Minnesota and Sacramento State before earning a degree in English from Ripon College. She worked on the Fond du Lac Public Library Bookmobile for many years. She had been a volunteer at Act Two and Just Fare. She was an active member of Church of Our Saviour, where she had served as a lector and was a member of Tabitha Circle. She was also a member of Light House Investors. Survivors include two sons.

ANINA RADDANT BEARROOD ’61, of Altoona, Wisconsin, died June 5, 2022. At Ripon, she was a member of Pi Tau Pi sorority. She earned a degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She and her husband lived in several places, including California, Minnesota, Arkansas and Arizona, retiring in Wisconsin to be closer to family. She worked for the State of Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for more than 30 years, retiring as director of accounting. She enjoyed international travel, downhill skiing, golf, various crafts and needlework, reading and jigsaw puzzles. Survivors include her husband, Sheldon; two sons; and a brother, ROBERT RADDANT ’66.

JOYCE ANN PROUT KASSON ’61 of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, died April 3, 2022. She attended Ripon from 1957-1959, studied biology and physical education, was a cheerleader and participated in Alpha Chi Omega/Alpha Gamma Theta. She later served on reunion committees and supported the Red Hawks Club and Ripon Booster Club. She received a degree as a registered nurse and worked for Portage County and St. Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point before her retirement. She was an active member of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. She enjoyed reading, tennis and traveling to visit family. Survivors include her husband, PETER KASSON ’59; two sons and one daughter, including RICHARD KASSON ’91 and CONNIE KASSON NEGAARD ’85; and a sister, BARBARA PROUT DIXON ’58.

JOHN M. ACKLEY SR. ’62 of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, died May 16, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics, participated in athletics and Sigma Chi/Omega Sigma Chi, and was commissioned through ROTC. He earned a master’s of business administration degree from Ohio University. He was a business executive and enjoyed cycling, sports and cheering on Wisconsin teams. Survivors include his wife, HELEN STEINMAN ACKLEY ’63; one son and one daughter. BONNIE BUCK BARRETT ’62 of Raleigh, North Carolina, died Dec. 26, 2019. She attended Ripon from 1958-1961, majoring in physical education and participating in sports and Alpha Xi Delta/Kappa Theta. She became a youth soccer coach when her children played and also enjoyed golf and tennis. At the age of 51, she completed her college degree at North Carolina State University, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in accounting and passing the entire CPA exam on her first attempt. She had a successful career as an accountant, retiring in 2006. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading and knitting. Survivors include one son and two daughters.

ELIZABETH “LIZA” BLACK KRAMER ’62 of Westerville, Ohio, died Nov. 3, 2021. At Ripon, she participated in Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She received a nursing degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from Marquette University. She worked as a nurse, nursing home administrator and home healthcare provider. Survivors include one son and one daughter.

JUDITH A. LAWSON MAGDICH ’62 of Dixon, Illinois, died Aug. 9, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in music and educational studies and participated in Alpha Delta Pi/Pi Tau Pi. She was an elementary school music teacher in Addison, Illinois, before moving to Dixon 58 years ago. She was a member of PEO, for which she also was past president; Jaycettes; several bridge clubs; and First Presbyterian Church. She was an English as a second language instructor, a member of the Dixon School Board and a KSB Hospital Pink Lady. She enjoyed golfing and traveling, especially to Hawaii. Survivors include one son and two daughters, including AMY MAGDICH CLEMENS ’86. Her husband, TOMAS M. MAGDICH ’61, died in 2014.

MICHAEL G. MULLEN ’62 of Appleton, Wisconsin, died July 4, 2022. He played basketball for one season at Marquette University before transferring to Ripon. He majored in physical education, participated in basketball, baseball and Phi Delta Theta/Alpha Phi Omega, and was commissioned through ROTC. He was elected to the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991. He served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1962-1964, then taught physical education and coached for two years in Reeseville, Wisconsin, and 28 years in Seymour, Wisconsin. He also played BABA basketball, semi-pro baseball with the Watertown Cardinals, and slo-pitch softball with The Gallery and The Hotel. He enjoyed Wisconsin professional and school sports teams, card games and golfing. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; one son and two daughters.

ROSEMARY DAELLENBACH CHAMPION ’63 of Mission Viejo, California, died June 21, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in music, participated in track and was president of the Alpha Chi Omega/Alpha Gamma Theta sorority. She received a master’s degree in music from the University of Montana. She played in the Missoula Civic Symphony and taught on several Indian reservations in the area. She was the longtime band director at Carlisle Middle School in Guntersville, Alabama. She also taught jazz and private flute lessons. Throughout her life, she directed band, orchestra, choir, musicals, jazz band and marching band and played for weddings and funerals. She also enjoyed being a pilot, skydiver and water skier. Survivors include one son.

MARY LOU COMBS ’63 of Wilmington, North Carolina, died Feb. 14, 2022. She attended Ripon and graduated from the Wisconsin State College Oshkosh. She received her physical therapy degree while serving at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, and was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam War. She served in the Army Medical Corps for four years and obtained the rank of captain. She earned a master’s degree from Ohio State University where she then worked as coach of the women’s basketball team and athletic trainer for the football team. She was chief physical therapist for the Nisonger Center for the state of Ohio; worked for the Orient State Institute for the developmentally disabled; and physical therapist for more than 30 years around Wisconsin. She also was a chaplain. She enjoyed traveling, gardening and her pets.

JAMES H. FALKENRATH ’63 of Locust Grove, Virginia, died Feb. 3, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in mathematics, was a member of Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau, was vice president of his class and was commissioned through ROTC. He earned a master’s of business administration degree from the University of Alabama. He served in the U.S. Army for 21 years, with assignments all over the world. He earned the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star and retired as a lieutenant colonel. He then worked for Honeywell Federal Systems Inc. as a tech support manager, including leading major efforts throughout the Republic of South Korea. He enjoyed watching football, playing golf and traveling. Survivors include his wife, Sharon; one son and one daughter.

MARCIA MACLEISH HIGGINS ’63 of Sarasota, Florida, died Jan. 29, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in history, participated in Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi and served as Class Agent and 45th Reunion Committee coordinator. She was a teacher and later the office manager for Libertyville Vision Center. She was an avid golfer who enjoyed traveling and boating on Green Lake, Wisconsin. Survivors include her husband, JUDSON HIGGINS ’62; two sons; a sister, LORNA MACLEISH ’64; and a cousin, PHILIP K. MCCULLOUGH ’69.

JAMES F. PYLE ’63 of Whitehall, Michigan, died Dec. 2, 2021. At Ripon, he majored in biology and participated in football and Phi Delta Theta/Alpha Phi Omega. He also studied business administration at Michigan State University. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He was a pattern maker for Pyle Pattern and Manufacturing for 30 years until his retirement in 1996. He was a member of the White Lake Eagles and AMVETS. He enjoyed fishing on Lake Michigan, captaining the PYLOT, snowmobiling- both competitively and recreationally, and spending time at the “farm” and at his cabin on the Little Manistee River. Survivors include his wife, LINDA BULGRIN PYLE ’66; one son and two daughters.

WILLIAM K. ANDREW ’64 of Palos Verdes Estates, California, died Sept. 5, 2019. At Ripon, he majored in history, participated in Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau and was commissioned through ROTC. He received a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Missouri, Columbia. He lived in South America for 10 years, and his work there included serving as an assistant engineer on the Guri Dam project in Venezuela while working for the Guy F. Atkinson Construction Co. After moving to California, he was involved with Metrolink, Southern California’s transit system, and worked for CRSS Construction. Survivors include his wife, Edith; and two daughters.

JOHN E. ROMBERG ’64 of New London, Wisconsin, died Feb. 4, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics as well as politics and government, participated in Beta Sigma

Pi and was commissioned through ROTC. He received a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University, Bloomington. He was assigned to the United State Army Mobility Equipment Command, Secondary Items Division, in St. Louis, Missouri, and retired as captain. He worked for Bemis (Curwood) for 34 years before retiring in 2002. For the city of New London, he was mayor for four years, alderman, and member of the New London Family Medical Center Board and Foundation Board. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing and membership in the Twin Hunter’s Club. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann; one son and two daughters.

CATHERINE ZENDER CUMMINS ’65 of San Antonio, Texas, died Jan. 31, 2022. She attended Ripon College from 1961-1962 and the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds a degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in education. She taught for more than 50 years. At San Antonio Academy, she created Early Bird Reading and Reading Masters. She taught more than 15,000 children to read. She also conducted training at schools around Texas. Her nonprofit charity, Ninos de la Calle, assisted impoverished families in Mexico. She served as president and board member of the Coppini Academy of Fine Arts in San Antonio, where she also developed and directed Coppini Kids. She enjoyed traveling, especially to Europe and the Texas coast. Survivors include one son; and one daughter, MICHELE CUMMINS KORNET ’95.

BARBARA ANN “BARB” HODSDON ROGUSKE ’65 of New London, Minnesota, died July 29, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in history and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta/ Kappa Theta. She lived in Atlanta, Georgia, and Burnsville, Willmar and on the Crow River near New London in Minnesota. She was an insurance service representative for Rogers’ Benefit Group. She was a Sunday school teacher for 40 years, led Brownie and Girl Scout troops, and sponsored many children at Agua Viva Children’s Home in Guatemala. After retirement, she volunteered as a reading tutor to second-graders. She traveled to more than 70 countries for pleasure and mission work and was a passionate fan of baseball. Survivors include her husband, FREDERICK R. ROGUSKE ’64; one son and one daughter; and a sister-inlaw, CAROLYN ROGUSKE MACKLEM ’71.

KENNETH VON KLUCK ’65 of Eagle River, Wisconsin, died Feb. 10, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in English and economics and participated in student government, College Days and Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau. He earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He had been a lifelong resident of the Chicago area before retiring in Wisconsin. He was an attorney for 46 years and an artist. He served on many civic, health-related and not-for-profit boards and committees, and was an aficionado of the cultural arts, history, sports cars and Scotch. He enjoyed the outdoors, biking, boating and gardening. Survivors include his wife, Martha; two sons; his half-brother, JAMES ROSELLINI ’72 and his sister-in-law, JANET KAISER ROSELLINI ’74.

DIANCY “DOTS” TAYLOR ADAMS ’67 died Sept. 1, 2021. After attending Ripon, she lived in Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, St. Peters, Missouri, and Dubuque, Iowa, finally settling in Montpelier, Vermont, in 1986. She later graduated from Woodbury College as a paralegal. She enjoyed motorcycles, coffee, old movies and her cats. Survivors include one son and four daughters. ROBERTA “BOBBIE” THOMPSON ’67 of Granger, Indiana, died June 1, 2022. At Ripon, she had a triple major in history, German and drama. She received a master’s degree in history from Bridgewater State University. She taught high school and a few semesters at Cape Cod Community College. She also was a volunteer for the Notre Dame women’s basketball team and Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church. She also was a lifetime member and supporter of the NRA. She enjoyed reading, animals and early American antiques, as well as traveling to Hawaii, Cape Cod, the Bahamas, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and overseas. She was a strong supporter of the Boston Bruins, Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots.

JEFFREY L. GOHLKE ’68 of Viroqua, Wisconsin, died May 3, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics and participated in Phi Kappa Pi (Merriman). He served in the U.S. Army and had a long, distinguished career helping build Milwaukee’s economy and contributing to the success of local businesses. He started at the Department of City Development in 1971 and retired as vice president of industrial development from the Milwaukee Economic Development Corporation in 2001. After retiring in the Viroqua area, he served for six years as Viroqua city administrator and held officer roles at the Vernon Economic Development Association, Viroqua Development Association and the Viroqua Area Rotary Club. Survivors include his wife, Carol; two sons and two daughters.

MELODY MOLAND KANTEN ’69 of Baldwin, Wisconsin, died Jan. 11, 2021. She received a degree in fine arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and was an advertising executive for Colle & McAvoy Advertising Agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She loved animals, living on a farm, downhill and cross country skiing, scuba diving, kayaking and flying. She also enjoyed riding horses, bicycling, walking and creating objects out of wood. Survivors include her husband, Tom.

DAVID A. BUSH ’70 of Edina, Minnesota, and Belleair, Florida, died July 1, 2021. He played football for one year at Ripon College, then worked at restaurants his father owned. He moved to Edina in 1977, was an active member of the Edina Hornet football staff for 41 years and an officer with the Edina Police Department from 1969-1980, and after retiring from law enforcement, had a career in sales. Survivors include one son and one daughter.

CLAUDIA L. KASPEREK ’70 of Chicago, Illinois, died Oct. 29, 2021. At Ripon, she participated in Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She earned a degree in art from the University of Illinois-Chicago and attended graduate school at the University of Chicago. She held administrative positions at various companies before becoming a massage therapist. Survivors include her wife, Susan Prohaska.

KATHRYN “KATHY” WILSON BRIMHALL ’71 of Morristown, Tennessee, died March 26, 2022. At Ripon, she studied anthropology and psychology and participated in Alpha Delta Pi/Pi Tau Pi. She received a degree in anthropology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and received master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Connecticut. She was a professor of sociology and anthropology at Lakeland College near Sheboygan, Wisconsin, before graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine. She practiced psychiatry in Sheboygan and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, before moving to Lexington, Kentucky, and then Morristown, Tennessee. She was a member of PEO, hosted many international exchange students, and enjoyed gourmet cooking, reading, traveling, needlework and crafts. Survivors include her husband, Conrad L. Brimhall; one son, CRISTOPHER “KIT” BRIMHALL ’22, and one daughter.

THOMAS E. STECKBAUER ’71 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, died Nov. 19, 2021. He attended Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and served in the Army National Guard. For most of his career, he worked in food service sales. He enjoyed boating, the Green Bay Packers, his dogs and grilling on his deck. He was a devout Catholic. Survivors include his wife, Judy.

PAUL M. HOFFMAN SR. ’73 of Clintonville, Wisconsin, died May 12, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in physical education and participated in football, baseball and Phi Kappa Pi (Merriman). He earned a master’s degree in education and was assistant defensive football coach at Northern Michigan University. He also coached football at Kansas State University. He worked for the Soo Line Railroad in Escanaba, Michigan, for a time, then in corporate insurance for about 25 years. He ran his own insurance firm, Paul Hoffman & Co., in Chewelah, Washington, and owned a 120-acre beef ranch. He moved back to Clintonville last year and was a member of Christus Lutheran Church. He enjoyed traveling to Mexico, coaching, and watching professional sports teams. Survivors include his wife, Kathryn; one son and two daughters.

JAMES L. “POKEY” REITER ’73 of Shawano, Wisconsin, died April 18, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics, sociology and anthropology and participated in cross country, football and Phi Kappa Pi (Merriman). He earned a master’s degree from Silver Lake College. He was passionate about serving his Menominee Tribe. He was associate director of Ripon Upward Bound, working to get many Menominee youths to look toward college. He also belonged to the National Indian Education Association and Native American Tourism of Wisconsin; served as director of the JOM education program; and was general manager of the Menominee Casino for more than 19 years, winning an award from the National Indian Gaming Association for pioneering and longevity in gaming. Survivors include his wife, Amy; two sons and one daughter.

GREG DRYANSKI ’74 of Norman, Oklahoma, died July 7, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in biology and participated in wrestling. He studied medicine in Poland before completing his doctor of medicine degree at the American University of the Caribbean on the island of Montserrat. He had medical practices in Cleveland, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Norman, Oklahoma, where he worked at a Veterans Administration Hospital. He enjoyed history, fine-scale models, table-top gaming and visiting museums. In retirement, he lectured on topics of military history, particularly the struggles of Poland and its people in the 19th and 20th centuries. Survivors include his wife, Eva; one son and two daughters.

DANIEL J. MINNEMA ’74 of Summerfield, North Carolina, died July 27, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in chemistry and biology and was a member of Beta Beta Beta Honor Society. After working for the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, he earned a Ph.D. in toxicology from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and did postdoctoral work as an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati. He later

worked at a Covance research facility in Great Falls, Virginia, and Syngenta in Greensboro. He enjoyed fishing, boating, science, science fiction, reading, watching old movies, building shelves and teaching. Survivors include his wife, Kristi; and three daughters.

KENT W. “ROCKY” ROBINSON ’74 of Houston, Texas, a former member of the Ripon College Board of Trustees, died July 9, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in economics and politics and government and participated in football and Phi Kappa Pi (Merriman). He received a law degree from Southern Methodist University and a master of business administration from Cox Business School. He began his legal career in 1978 at Andrews, Kurth, Campbell and Jones, now Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he remained until retiring as a partner in 2018. He belonged to numerous professional organizations and served on several local and state boards. He enjoyed coaching his children’s soccer, softball and baseball teams. Survivors include his wife, Deborah; one son and two daughters; a brother PERRY ROBINSON ’79; a sister-in-law, SARAH HEMSTOCK ROBINSON ’89; and a cousin, ROBINSON BUTZ ’73.

KATHRYN JEFFERS ’75 of Iola, Wisconsin, died May 21, 2021. At Ripon, she majored in communication. She was an adjunct faculty member for 25 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Professional and Executive Development. She traveled the country teaching conflict resolution to CEOs, owners and employees. She was the author of The Long Road to Arlington, Return to Base Camp and Don’t Kill the Messenger. She also served with many community organizations and events, including the Food Co-op, Wellness Institute, and Women’s Resource Center. She was a hospice volunteer and a onetime owner of the Amherst Landmark Coffee House. Survivors include her partner, John Knechtel.

SHERYL GUMZ ALBERS-ANDERS ’76 of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, died May 28, 2022. At Ripon, she studied art. She earned a law degree from the University of WisconsinMadison and a certificate in human resources from Madison College. She worked on the family farm, served on the Sauk County Farm Bureau Board, was a founding member of the Sauk County Women in Agriculture-Eagle Bluff Chapter. She was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in a special election and served until her retirement in 2009. She also practiced law, worked in human resources at the Department of Corrections and had a private pilot’s license. She enjoyed sewing and tailoring, traveling, attending races and entertaining friends. Survivors include her husband, Steve Anders; one son and four stepchildren; and seven siblings, including JOLANDE “JONDI” GUMZ ’75 and JOY GUMZ ’78.

MICHAEL H. ZEHFUS ’76 of Spearfish, South Dakota, died May 4, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in chemistry and participated in swimming, Beta Sigma Pi and Phi Beta Kappa. He received a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Chicago and a doctorate in physical biochemistry from Oregon State University. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Pennsylvania and in Madison, Wisconsin; and taught at Ohio State University, Ohio Northern University and for more than 20 years at Black Hills State University. He retired in 2019. He played saxophone in the Northern Hills Community Band, Belle Fourche Cowboy Band and the university’s Concert Band; sang in his church choir; and was an avid outdoorsman and Eagle Scout. Survivors include his wife, Betty; and two children, including TORIN ZEHFUS ’10.

GINNY MICHAELS ABRUZZO ’77 of Libertyville, Illinois, died March 26, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in art and participated in Alpha Chi Omega/Alpha Gamma Theta. She retired in March 2021 after more than 25 years working for the Health Information Management team at Advocate Condell Medical Center. She loved the outdoors, wildlife, Chicago sports teams and gardening. Survivors include her husband, Joseph; two sons and one daughter.

NATALIE S. ADAMS ’77 of Colorado Springs, Colorado, wife of former Ripon College president Bernard S. Adams, died Feb. 13, 2022. In Ripon, she was a founding member of the Green Lake Festival of Music, board member and president of the Ripon South Woods Park Association and a choir member at First Congregational Church. She enjoyed tennis and for one year coached the Ripon College women’s tennis team, leading to a conference championship. After retiring in Colorado, she was a member of Broadmoor Community Church where she was a member of the choir, chair of the Arts Committee and a lay caregiver minister. She also served as president of the Symphony Guild and volunteered at Pikes Peak Hospice. Survivors include one son and one daughter.

MARSHA BLANCHE JONES BURZYNSKI ’84 of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died Aug. 3, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in biology, was a member of Beta Beta Beta Honor Society, was a resident assistant in Tri-Dorms and Bartlett Hall, and participated in track and field. She received a master’s degree in biological sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She worked for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources from 1991 until the time of her retirement in 2021. She played a crucial role in numerous contaminated sediment cleanups in southeastern Wisconsin. She enjoyed gardening, and camping. Survivors include her husband, Thomas.

SHARON REJMAN OGLE ’84 of Green Lake, Wisconsin, died June 5, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in biology, participated in student government and was a resident assistant in TriDorms. She received a master’s degree in speech therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. She was a Wisconsinregistered speech-language pathologist and worked for the Berlin/Green Lake school district in its special needs program. Survivors include her husband, CHRISTOPHOR OGLE ’80, vice president and dean of students at Ripon.

RICHARD “RICK” LEONHARD ’86 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, died July 14, 2021. At Ripon, he majored in politics and government and participated in basketball. He also studied at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He co-founded Viking Masek Packaging Technologies. As CEO, he led a team of 85 co-workers, and in 2020 Viking Masek was recognized as one of the best companies to work for in Wisconsin. The essence of his life was his faith. Survivors include his wife, Julie; and three daughters.

KEVIN R. NORRIS ’89 of Palatine, Illinois, died Jan. 2, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in business management and participated in student government, rugby and Beta Sigma Pi. Survivors include his wife, Linda; and two daughters.

MICHAEL PAUL ’89 of Portage, Wisconsin, died Jan. 25, 2022. At Ripon, he played football. He led the A&W Drive-In in Portage. He also was active in the community, serving as an alderman for the City of Portage and on the Board of Zoning Appeals; coaching Portage Youth Football; and serving in various ways at Grace Bible Church. Survivors include his wife, Ronda; three sons and two daughters.

ROBERT J. GILL III ’93 of Glendale, California, died March 29, 2021. At Ripon, he majored in economics and participated in athletics and Phi Kappa Pi (Merriman). He worked in the high-tech industry in California for many years, then did independent programming. He taught himself the Russian language and enjoyed his family, dogs and sports.

JODI MISSAK FULTON ’00 of Tampa, Florida, died May 16, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in French and educational studies and participated in athletics and Alpha Delta Pi/Pi Tau Pi. She was an artist and a teacher, and had taught children at Metropolitan Ministries Academy in Tampa, a nonprofit organization that served the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless by promoting dignity and instilling self-sufficiency. Survivors include a brother, MICHAEL MISSAK ’01, and a sister-in-law, APRIL RYDZ MISSAK ’01.

ELIZABETH “LIBBEY” VOPAL CATES ’04 of Roy, New Mexico, died Oct. 31, 2021. At Ripon, she studied philosophy. She received a master’s degree in sociology from Colorado State University. She spent her career teaching. She also served her church, United Church of Roy. Survivors include her husband, Hiram; and her mother, Claudia Vopal.

ANDREW BESWICK ’06 of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, died Jan. 26, 2022. At Ripon, he majored in German and psychology and participated in numerous campus activities, including intramurals, Spirituality Association, WRPN, Sigma Nu/Theta Sigma Tau, for which he served as president, EGOR, College Bowl and Choral Union. He studied for a master’s degree in clinical psychology at Cardinal Stritch University. He had worked as an assistant manager at the Oconomowoc Developmental Training Center. Survivors include his wife, JESSICA FUOCO BESWICK ’07; and one son.

ELLEN DUNPHY ’09 of Redwood City, California, died July 4, 2022. At Ripon, she majored in theatre with a minor in communication and participated in WRPN, theatre productions and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. She spent time in the Milwaukee and Chicago theatre communities before settling into the San Francisco scene for the past seven years. She was a company member of the Left Coast Theatre Company. She performed with many theatre companies and advocated for gastric cancer research during the pandemic and her own illness. She also wrote and performed her solo show, “Imaginary Endings,” about the intersection of her disease and her role as a patient. She was an avid traveler, visiting 10 countries and many national parks. Survivors include her husband, Andrew Clinnin.

KEVIN O. HERNANDEZ GODOY ’14 of San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 10, 2021. At Ripon, he studied kinesiology and played football. He graduated from Texas A&M San Antonio in 2018, then earned his master’s degree in special education from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2020. He was a longtime member of Extreme Youth Leadership then worked for nearly four years at Reagan High as a special education teacher, PALS sponsor and assistant football coach. His faith was very important to him and he regularly attended Maranatha Church in San Antonio.

FACULTY AND STAFF

PHILIP B. CLARKSON of Carmel, California, professor of theatre at Ripon from 1963-1972, died April 29, 2022. At Ripon, he was head of the drama department and interim dean. He received the May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award in teaching, and an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 1994. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and also trained at Central School, London, and the University of Paris. He had extensive experience as a director and producer, wrote numerous books and was literary executor to playwright William Inge. He also served Norwich University, Morningside College and SUNY at Plattsburgh. He lived in Carmel Valley for more than 40 years, was active in his church, taught at Monterey Peninsula College, worked in community theatre and led a play reading group for more than 25 years.

STEPHEN F. MOWE of Ripon, Wisconsin, professor of military science at Ripon from 1980-1983 and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, died Feb. 3, 2022. He studied at Wentworth Military Academy, Murray State University, Georgia State University and The Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a U.S. Army helicopter pilot, commander and educator for 24½ years, including service in Vietnam and Iran. He was awarded three Meritorious Service Medals, Army Commendation Medal, Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. After retiring from the Army, he was a professor at Camden Military Academy in Camden, South Carolina, for seven years. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, watching sports, and volunteering in his community and at church. Survivors include two sons and one daughter.

HARALD M. NESS JR., adjunct instructor of mathematics and computer science in 1998-1999, died Sept. 28, 2021. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force, rising to the rank of captain. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Wisconsin State College in Superior, Wisconsin, received graduate meteorology training in the University of Wisconsin-Madison in conjunction with his Air Force service, and obtained a Master of Arts degree from Central Michigan University. After his Air Force service, he taught mathematics at high schools in Hayward and Kohler, Wisconsin, and at the University of Wisconsin Center-Fond du Lac, and was the mathematics department chairman for the University of Wisconsin Center System. After his retirement, he taught at UW-Fond du Lac, Marian College and Ripon College, among other institutions.

PEARL M. TERBILCOX, a food service cashier at Ripon College for many years, died July 17, 2022. She received the Julie Johnson Staff Spirit Award during the Rally athletic awards in 2018. She enjoyed crocheting, solving crossword puzzles, elephants, and anything about Betty Boop. Survivors include two sons.

Adjunct Instructor of Music TODD A. TRUESDALE of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, died Thursday, May 19, 2022, after a brief illness. He received music degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and enjoyed performing and teaching percussion. In addition to Ripon College, he taught at Xavier High School, Neenah High School, Shattuck Middle School of Neenah, Little Chute High School, Oshkosh West High School and Appleton Music Academy. He also performed with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, Manitowoc Symphony, Vento Winds, Wisconsin Symphonic Winds and his hometown band 3 Way Street. He was self-employed through Truesdale Drum Works and also repaired percussion equipment and restored vintage drums. He enjoyed building things, barbecuing, camping and bow hunting. Survivors include his wife, Hannah; and two children.

Ripon College in the news

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•Chris Czerwinski Holicek ’71 of Fish Creek, Wisconsin, president of the

Friends of Peninsula State Park, received an Individual Member HERO award from Friends of Wisconsin State Parks. Her honor was featured

Nov. 19, 2021, in the Door County Pulse newspaper.

•Professor Emeritus of Politics and Government Martin Farrell spoke about President Joe Biden’s first year in office, and Paul Schoofs, professor emeritus of economics and Patricia Parker Francis Professor of Economics Emeritus, continues to give regular interviews with radio station WMDC 98.7 FM of Mayville, Wisconsin.

•Bill Quistorf ’80 of Everett, Washington, chief pilot with the Snohomish

County Helicopter Rescue Team in the state of Washington, is featured on an episode of National Geographic’s “Extreme Rescues.” The “Back from the Dead” episode details a dramatic and dangerous mountain rescue in 2018.

•Travis Nygard, associate professor of art, was featured Feb. 3, 2022, on the television station WLUK Fox 11 News of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The report was about a table hand-crafted in Ripon in 1892-93. The Ripon

Historical Society is raising $3,000 to cover the cost of purchasing the table from a Seattle antiques dealer and bringing the unique piece back to Ripon.

•An interview with Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas was published

Feb. 16, 2022, in the Ripon Commonwealth Press after his appointment to the Wisconsin Arts Board by Gov. Tony Evers. The appointment also was shared by media around the state.

•Brit Dick ’09 of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, was featured March 7 on EmeraldMountainEpic.com. She is a world-ranked ultrarunner, USA

Triathlon All-American and Champion Burro Racer and spoke in advance of several races she planned to complete this summer.

•The announcement of the hiring of Dr. Victoria Folse as the 14th president of Ripon College was widely shared in May by media around the country.

•Umer Hussain, assistant professor of business management, was quoted in an article May 26, 2022, on The Analyst, a digital site about sports.

He was interviewed for “The Untold stories of Qatar and the FIFA World

Cup,” examining controversy about Qatar being the first Middle Eastern country to host the World Cup.

•Soren Hauge, professor of economics, spoke June 16, for Spectrum News 1, a statewide news and information network. He discussed key interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in an effort to tamp down inflation.

Spectrum also has aired features with President Victoria N. Folse and

Head Football Coach Ron Ernst.

It’s a small world for Ripon College alumni

John Rodgers ’69 of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and Celebration, Florida, shares, “We met Charlie ’00 and Kersten Holm Larson ’00 on our daily walk in the neighborhood. It turns out we have been neighbors for quite a while and didn’t realize it until they spotted my ever-present red Ripon College hat.” Above are Carol Rodgers, left, John Rodgers ’69, Charlie Larson ’00 and Kersten Holm Larson ’00.

Philicia King-Spenard ’05 is principal of Ernest A. Becker Middle School in Las Vegas, Nevada. “There’s also a Ripon College connection,” she says. “Former professor Suzanne Katz was a drama teacher at the same school during her time in Las Vegas in the ’90s. What a small world!” Here, in a throw-back photo, she celebrates her first day as principal at the school.

Ripon alumni meet up again and again through the Army

Ripon touchpoints abound for Col. Brian North ’96 and 1st Lieutenant Aubreigh Zimmerman LaFleur ’19.

They met when North, a colonel in the U.S. Army, spoke at a military event on the Ripon College campus when LaFleur was a senior. She was going into the signal corps, as did North, which provides communications support to Army units. North told her to contact him if she ever needed help in the “signal world.”

“Not even a year later, he would be my brigade commander at Fort Hood,” LaFleur says.

“I, too, had been a signal officer when I started as a signal lieutenant 25 years ago,” North says. “I knew that, because we had the same job, we would probably see each other, but I didn’t know she was going to be one of the officers in my brigade!”

As Signal Corps officers assigned to the 11th Signal Brigade, both took part in Warfighter Exercise 21-04, the Army’s largest multinational exercise, in April 2021. It included U.S. Army units from III Corps at Fort Hood, 1st Armored Division from Fort Bliss, 1st Division from the United Kingdom and 1st Division from France. The primary purpose was to demonstrate the ability for the three nations to operate in conjunction to oppose enemy armed conflict.

LaFleur was assigned as platoon leader for the large switch platoon which directly supported the III Corps headquarters, the same job North held at Fort Bragg early in his career. LaFleur led the team of soldiers who installed, operated and maintained the secure internet and voiceover-IP telephone network supporting the large staff and three-star commander overall in charge of the exercise.

After two years in command of the brigade, North left the unit shortly after the international exercise. And the narrator at his final ceremony was — LaFleur! “I am chosen for the majority of change of command and change of responsibilities in our battalion and the 11th Corps Signal Brigade,” she says. “For some reason, they like my voice and keep coming back to me.”

North returned to school on an Army fellowship to complete his Ph.D. in American history at the University of WisconsinMadison. This summer, he reported to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., where he is serving as director of the Army Initiatives Group, the Army’s internal think-tank and strategic planning element.

His wife, Tanya Hennes North ’97, recently completed post-graduate certifications in biotechnology and stem cell research.

LaFleur is now executive officer of Bravo Company and second in command to the company commander. She is married to 1st Lieutenant Justin LaFleur ’19.

North praises the mutual education they received at Ripon. “I credit Ripon with setting my career up, teaching how to think, write, ask the right questions,” he says. “I value the unique educational experience we had at Ripon College and the connections that we had.”

Mixed Media

A CELEBRATION OF THE CREATIVE OFFERINGS OF ALUMNI, FACULTY AND STAFF

•Susan “Suki” Forrest-Lobb Jeffreys

’81 of Phoenix, Arizona, is featured in Women of Courage, vol. 5, published by Professional Woman Publishing in February. The anthology features stories of and thoughts about courage by Jeffreys and other women around the world.

After retiring from a career in corporate information technology, Jeffreys became a life coach and founded Courage Rises life and courage coaching. She is creating a movement where women feel safe to work through fears by understanding their behavior and experiencing the transformational aspects of courage.

•The jazz album “Under the Venus Moon,” featuring songs by Mario Friedel ’88 of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was released Aug. 30, 2021. It features Friedel’s greatest hits from a lifetime of songwriting in new big band jazz arrangements.

Primary vocals are by prominent Wisconsin jazz vocalist Janet Planet. Friedel’s wife, Sherry Thompson Friedel ’87, is a background singer.

The album reached the ballot portion of the nomination process for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album of the year. While the album did not make the final cut, it did place among the top 78 entries out of 10,000 submissions.

•Ken Luber ’60 of Idyllwild, California, has books available on amazon.com. The most recent is the Kindle edition of An Angel, A Dealer, The Deal, released Feb. 15, 2022. It is described as “a novel of love, angels and reincarnation.”

•The second edition of the book, TranSpirations — Guidance for the Head & Heart through Career and Beyond, by Thomas Bachhuber ’71 of Wauconda, Illinois, includes new content on Ignatian Spirituality. The book is a career development and spiritual companion for those in a job, career or retirement transition. It is available on amazon.com.

Bachhuber is a former career center director at the University of Maryland and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and co-founder and president of the board of directors of the Center for Life Transitions Inc. • Jeffrey Ryan ’80 of South Portland, Maine has a new hardcover book out Sept. 1, 2022. This Land Was Saved for You and Me chronicles the establishment of America’s public lands between 1864, when Yosemite was first being considered for protection, and 1964, when The Wilderness Act became law. He cites contributions of well-known figures such as Frederick Law Olmsted, Gifford Pinchot, Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold, as well as several lesser known figures. The book is Ryan’s sixth. The book is available at amazon.com. More information is available at JeffRyanAuthor.com.

•Cetonia Weston-Roy ’15 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has purchased a historic building in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Milwaukee to open her bookstore, Niche Book Bar.

•Jondi Gumz ’75 of Santa Cruz, California, is working on the news magazine Coastal Health & Wellness. The issue includes a study on Earthing, an explanation of Ayurveda from a local practitioner, and a recipe from Chris Wark, who beat stage two colon cancer in 2003 with surgery and dramatically changed his life.

•Daphne Myers Leigh ’05 of New Berlin, Wisconsin, has started a podcast with a friend. They read and break down books, fiction and non-fiction, geared toward the anti-racism movement and include a feature on commonly banned books. “We look for pieces that we, and our listeners, can act on to begin their own journey in anti-racism and activism while broadening our reading spectrum,” she says. The podcast can be found on Google or Apple podcasts or on Spotify, at Starting Small: An Anti-Racist Book Chat.

•Associate Professor of Art Travis Nygard has a chapter in the new book A Companion to American Agricultural History, edited by Douglas Hurt and released June 1. His chapter, “Agriculture and Art,” explores how farming has been depicted in art over the past 200 years, showing that paintings, sculptures, photographs and illustrations have helped farmers understand their role in a changing world. Similarly, consumers looked at art as they bought, cooked, ate, and celebrated agricultural products.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

•Geoff Guevara-Geer ’92, associate professor of Spanish, had an article published in the November 2021 issue of the journal Chasqui, meaning an Inca messenger, in Volume 50, Number 2. “The relación between Hispanics, the Body, and American University: Genre Trouble in Spanglish and Real Women Have Curves” discusses Latina college applicants as they write their Personal Statements, as per 21st-century films.

“Such an article might push us to reconsider how our young applicants view themselves as they write their way into Ripon College,” he says.

•Memuna Khan, professor of biology, and several students published a paper in the August 2021 issue of the journal Northeastern Naturalist. “Do We Impact Neighboring Nests When Managing for House Sparrows on Nest-Box Trails?” featured work by Micaela M. Rivera ’21 of River Falls, Wisconsin; Max Mindiola ’20 of East Troy, Wisconsin; Erin Engstrom ’20 of Madison, Wisconsin; and Caren B. Cooper, an associate professor at North Carolina State University.

Also, her paper “Social polygyny in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)” was published in the December 2021 volume of the Wilson Journal of Ornithology.

•Travis Nygard, associate professor of art history and co-director of the Caestecker Gallery, had an article, “Complex Maya Computations: Math, Time, Astronomy, and Hieroglyphs,” in the Dakota Digital Review, published by the North Dakota University System.

•Karlyn Schumacher ’15, former assistant librarian-access services, wrote a blog post titled, “Starting from Scratch: OER at a Small Liberal Arts College,” for OER and Beyond, posted Oct. 6, 2021. The blog post was about open educational resources.

•Nicholas Eastman, assistant professor of educational studies, and Ethan Hansen ’23 of Raymond, Wisconsin, collaborated for “Classroom Exchanges: Big Data and the Commodification of Educational Communication,” in Education & Culture, the journal of the John Dewey Society.

•A peer-reviewed article by Professor of Spanish Timothy Reed was published in The Coastal Review. “Hauntology and Epistemology in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage” touches on contemporary Hispanic cinema, historical memory and the fantastic.

He also published “Garden Imagery, Hauntology, and the Semiotic in Adelaida García Morales’ El Sur” in the spring issue of Hispanic Journal. It addresses gender roles in Francoist Spain, feminism and trauma studies.