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!

5/4/2022

5/4/2022

Class of 1985 Members
Midland alumnae and Tri Phi sorority sisters from the class of '85 celebrated the wedding of alumna June Andriano's son, Nick. Celebrating the newlyweds were Penny Banks Sander '85, Jill Deines Hedlund, June Mundy Andriano, Tara Knudson-Carl, and Susan Pfabe-Wiggans!

4/28/2022

4/28/2022

Larry Sydow
'66
Larry L. Sydow has written a science fiction series. The Parallel Missions series reveals that violence begets violence and peace begets peace. Through a series of worldwide adventures, two couples from parallel universes share experiences beneficial to both worlds. As they travel across the globe...

12/17/2021

12/17/2021

Rudy Ross III
'70
Rudy retired after 35 years in education as a secondary principal in the St. Paul Public Schools in St. Paul, MN. After graduating from Midland, Rudy was drafted and served in Vietnam as Naval Officer and retired as a Navy Captain (2006). He attended the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN (...

12/17/2021

12/17/2021

Brad Hamilton
'92
Brad Hamilton retired from head coaching after 22 years as the Head Baseball Coach at Bondurant-Farrar to have more time with his family.

11/29/2021

11/29/2021

A. Scott Flynn
'90
In 2021, Gerald Otte-Blair Middle School was awarded the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award. The award was presented to Sustainability teacher Scott Flynn in Washington D.C. by Deputy Education Secretary Cindy Marten In August 2019, OBMS began composting all cafeteria food...

11/22/2021

11/22/2021

Bill Nelsen
'63
Bill Nelsen and Darrell Jodock, professor at Gustavus Adolophus College, have been working over the past two years on a book concerning the growing diversity in America and how communities and congregations can come together in love of neighbor and embrace diversity and not fear it. The book,...

7/29/2021

7/29/2021

Christopher M. McMahon
'94
Christopher M. McMahon has accepted a position as Deputy Prosecutor for Douglas County, in the juvenile division. He previously worked at TD Ameritrade for 23 years providing oversight of information security for the Institutional Retirement division. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from...

5/3/2021

5/3/2021

Melissa (Fitzke) Welding ('07) and Brett Welding ('08)
Brett and Melissa are pleased to announce the birth of their second daughter Carly Marie born on February 1, 2021.

3/3/2021

3/3/2021

Robert Schanke
'62
Robert Schanke, who taught theatre at Midland 1970-76, and his daughter Julie Lyford have written a new book together. Katy Has Two Grampas identifies the grandparents in the story as gay and as married, taking the diversity in children’s picture books to a new level. LGBT+ representation in...

3/1/2021

3/1/2021

Isabelle Uhl-Chmeil
'19
Isabelle Uhl-Chmeil was recently admitted to the Masters in Nursing Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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