Ripon College Class of 1989

15 Year Reunion, June 25-27, 2004

2004 Fund Raising Goal for the Class of 1989

$9174 Raised - 61%

$5826 Needed - 39%

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$15,000

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Pat "Wally" Schmidt recently reformed his own business, Schmidt Financial, Inc., after spending 4 years as a partner with Virchow Krause & Co. Pat specializes in business valuation and litigation support. Pat is also an adjunct professor of finance in the MBA program at the University of St. Thomas. Believe it or not, Pat actually teaches in a classroom at the Mall of America. Pat lives in Plymouth, MN with his wife Stephanie and their 2 kids - Megan (7) and Colin (4). Visit Pat at www.schmidtfinancialinc.com John O'Toole & Drew Peterson - John just got back from visiting me in India. We both broke away from work and took a 1000 mile car trip around south India. Villages, Temples, National Parks, wild animals, palaces, forts, the ocean, the jungle...lots of adventures Joe Anderson and Isaac(2) in front of yet another unfinished project. Mom took the picture to make a point about the work that needs to get done. Drew Peterson and the kids (Hadley, Breck, Casey) and dog Winnie in India. Dassara is a festival of harvest....you do a blessing (Pooja) of your things at that time...we had our car blessed by our driver that day. Tropical climate--like Panama. Things are good Marc Healy and his wife Heidi Taken in August 2002 - Tammy Liska Jahns, '89; Dick Jahns, '91; our daughter Jordyn (then 5 yrs) and son Cade (then 2). Darlene and Ron Gerick at the 2004 University of Michigan MCIT Dinner Major Cliff Serwe '89 is joined by Riponites Major Mark Hirschinger ('87) and Lieutenant Colonel Joe Endrizzi ('87) in the heart of the Sunni Triangle in Iraq! Cliff is in a unit that's kind of the Schneider Trucking of the Army. We started the war by providing the fuel required for the attack into and through Iraq. Now we move all the repair parts and supplies to the combat divisions. Mark commands an aviation maintenance unit and Joe is a surgeon at a Combat Support Hospital. Sam Temple is now married and living with his wife, Rivkah, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The marriage was Sunday, December 14, 2003 in Vancouver. Kay Aaseby is a Procurement Manager for McCain Snack Foods in Appleton, WI.. She lives in a fixer upper in Menasha. Daughter Maya is 14 and in 8th grade playing Volleyball and Basketball. Maya is also a great student. Carolyn Agacinski writes: Besides moving, I had a busy summer traveling, training for the Danskin triathlon. Now I've been taking a breather from all of the summer activities to get stuff done around here. I'm doing a lot of investigating and research on deciding what my next career move will be. Sarah Almquist is hanging out at the lake in Chaska, MN with Laura (3) and Claire (1) Claire is happy to have 3 big heart surgeries behind her and is feeling great. Husband Charley is driving the boat or the golf ball -- looking forward to chasing pheasants with the dogs. Joe Anderson lives in St. Paul, MN with his wife Michele and 17-month old son Isaac (I’ll send pics if you ask). Joe is the part of the broadcast team for the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network, and continues to underachieve as part of the Bumper to Bumper show on KFAN Radio and the FAN Radio Network based in the Twin Cities. Joe fixes things that break in his house, changes diapers, and is on a never-ending quest to locate and capture Jim Hurd. You can reach Joe at tarkyreggie@msn.com for pictures. Jon Anderson writes: Karen (my wife) and I have three children ages 10 (Brianna), 6 (Sam) and 2 (Madelyn). We live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. My partners and I are beginning our fourth year in business. We own an insurance managing general underwriting business (Summit Reinsurance Services - www.summit-re.com) that specializes in reinsuring HMOs against catastrophic medical claims. It isn't sexy but it pays the bills. I have no personal life other than following my kids around to their various endeavors. Cal Bergman and Claire Schulz Bergman '92 will be running the Chicago Marathon on October 12th. They both were finishers of Grandma's Marathon in Duluth this past June too. They run a smooth 10-minute mile pace for any Chicago area classmates wanting to find them among the 40,000 runners to cheer them on! Running strollers are not allowed so Caroline (4½) and Adam (2) will stay at home in Madison. Cal is also finishing his PhD in Higher Education Administration at Madison, hopefully before our 20th reunion! Scott Chambers lives in Middletown, CT and was married last year to Sonja Mello. Jenn Dewey is the genius behind Jenn’s Jewels, based out of New Orleans, LA. She is developing corporate Acorn jewelry for a number of hospitals in the San Francisco area. Visit her website at www.jennsjewels.com. Jim and Scottie (Nichols) Girouard recently moved into a new house in Wauwatosa and welcomes any and all to drop in! Scottie recently completed her MA in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and now heads the HR/OD department of the software company where she's worked the past five years. Jim now is a stay-at-home dad with Casey (7) and Samantha (almost 5), although he still works part-time at the Medical College of Wisconsin bookstore (which he formerly managed). Dahna Grieze lives in Chicago, IL and has started a new gig with GE Medical Systems as a Health Care Services Account Manager. She also recently hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail as part of her introduction to Southern culture. Annie (Burchmore) Mies has a new gig with General Mills in the Twin Cities. Annie is an Advertising Production Coordinator with access to some really cool Cheerios T-shirts. Annie, husband Jeff, and daughter Margaret (4½ ) live in Apple Valley, MN. Kerstin (Timm) Palumbo lives in Elmwood Park, IL with husband Peter. They have finally finished a major renovation (including the repositioning of a fire hydrant) and are busy with work. Kerstin is running Mint Masters, Inc. located in Franklin Park, IL. Mint Masters is the premier manufacturer of die struck medals, medallions, coins, key tags and lapel pins made in the United States. Pat Schmidt is still a partner with Virchow, Krause & Co., specializing in business valuation. Pat moved last fall from Edina, MN to Plymouth, MN. Pat has two kids, Megan (7) and Colin (3). Dr. Collen Townsend has surrendered her license as a Minnesotan and moved to sunny Napa, California. Colleen is working as a family physician in a private, non-profit community health center. Kathryn Schultz writes: I'm still working for the State Department on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. My focus is on India, Pakistan, and North Korea. Related to that, I also work on regional security concerns in East Asia and South Asia broadly, and thus also deal with confidence-building measures and conventional arms control initiatives in those regions. I'm also still putting my music minor to work as director of music at my church and through singing in a semi-professional chamber choir. I went on tour with the latter to Bosnia and Croatia in April. I stayed a few extra days along the Dalmatian Coast and also took a day trip to Montenegro at the recommendation of fellow classmate Krista Calhoun. I highly recommend that part of the world! Beautiful scenery, amazingly warm and resilient people, rich history and culture. I'd go back in a second.