Class Notes

Class Notes

The Class Notes section is dedicated for alumni to share information about their accomplishments and milestones. Class Notes are a way for alumni to spread the word about a promotion, award/honor received, career move, wedding, birth announcement, etc. All Class Notes are posted online and are considered for publication use in all alumni relations publications. Click here to submit a class note!

1986

1986

Brian Bagger ('86)
Brian Bagger ('86) lives in Norfolk, Neb., where he continues to do volunteer work for the Orphan Grain Train, which provides humanitarian relief and aid both locally, nationally and around the world.

1985

1985

Dale Johanson ('85)
Dale Johanson ('85) has been elected to the office of Central Region Vice President of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC). The Central Region includes the eight states: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Johanson’s...

1984

1984

Ann Badgett ('84)
Ann retired from the Air Force Reserves after 24 years at the rank of Lt. Colonel. She currently works at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix as Team Lead RN.

1980

1980

Tracy Kochenderfer ('80)
Tracy recently stepped into the role of President of the Miss Omaha Organization - a local 501(c)(3) non-profit preliminary to the Miss America Organization. She has been involved with this since 1992 in several capacities. The Miss America Organization is one of the nation’s largest providers of...

1973

1973

Monty J. McClean ('73)
Monty McClean, '73, continues to keep busy in his retirement. He works at his church as a receptionist and at the AARP Information Center.

1973

1973

Gail Egbers ('73)
Gail recently entered phased retirement from Pacific Lutheran University after 25 years as a librarian at Mortvedt Library. She will be working a greatly reduced schedule until May 2020.

1969

1969

Ruth Boettcher ('69)
In July 2017, Ruth retired as a pastor in the ELCA, most recently serving at St. John's Lutheran Church in Schuyler, NE for 11 years. She served also in the community, including a task force that comes to fruition this fall in the build of a home through the Schuyler Extension of Columbus (NE)...

1969

1969

Walter F. Taylor, Jr. ('69)
Walter retired from Trinity Lutheran Seminary on December 31, 2016. The latest issue of the journal Currents in Theology and Mission [Vol. 46, No 2 (2019) contains Festschrift articles dedicated to him. The link is http://www.currentsjournal.org/index.php/currents/index .

1963

1963

Bill Nelsen ('63)
Rev. Dr. William (Bill) Nelsen is currently serving as the Interim President at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was asked to take on this assignment as a member of the Registry for College and University Presidents, an organization of former college and university...

1955

1955

Ruth Ann Fullner ('55)
I am almost 83. I stayed actively employed in Nursing for 45 years. The first four years were at Immanuel, the original hospital. After that I spent four years at the VA hospital in Omaha, Nebraska and 30 years at the VA in Phoenix, Arizona. I also spent two years in a private hospital in Tempe,...

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