| 1958 |
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| Lawrence Golin, registered as a physical therapist in the state of Michigan. Married to Jane Lee Kimbrell in 1962. Served as medical missionary at Memorial Christian Hospital in Bangladesh for 32 years. Currently international director for ministries to the disabled under the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, Harrisburg, PA. |
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| 1965 |
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| Charles Neff received Gold 50-year pin in Masonry from Alpena-Hopper Lodge 199 in June 2007. |
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| Rene Wojcik is retired from Schlumberger IPM after 16 years. He will continue to reside in Midland, TX. |
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| 1969 |
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| John Lonskey worked 33 years as a civil engineer for the state of Michigan/MDOT. I retired in 2002 and am enjoying that greatly. Also have a couple grandkids that are fun. I would be glad to hear from old friends. Grass Lake, MI. |
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| 1970 |
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| Christopher Lenicheck retired from Science Applications International Corp. as a senior emergency management consultant for 15 years. Publications include the US House of Representatives “Emergency Operations Plan.” I retired from the US Army where I was an ordnance officer specializing in explosive ordnance disposal and qualified for the Master EOD Badge. I served in the US, Europe, and South Korea. I currently reside at Lake Monticello, VA, near Charlottesville. I am vice commander of Post 2003 of The American Legion. |
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| Jim Newell: I am mostly retired and have invested myself in cycling. I do 18–20 miles each day and swim 400 meters. I have a website that you may browse: www.jim.bike123.com/Pg1F.html. I feel great! I exchange emails regularly with Jim Harvey, also a bike enthusiast. |
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| 1971 |
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| Victor G. Brunamonti, retired from Dept. of Navy as senior component and test engineer, lives in Bloomfield, IN. |
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| George Ingram retired from DaimlerChrysler after 36 years, last assignment was product planner for the Mexican market. |
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| 1972 |
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| Aubrey Freeman adjunct instructor at Kaplan University. He is teaching an online class in effective writing. Aubrey is still with Unisys in the Twin Cities as a technical writer. |
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| 1973 |
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| Chuck Paterka retired from DaimlerChrysler after 34 years as supervisor, compliance & strategy group, vehicle certification programs. Chuck has spent his entire career in the vehicle emissions certification area. Chuck and his wife, Judy, live in Ann Arbor. |
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| 1974 |
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| Michael Crampton retired in 2005 from General Motors controls, conveyors, robotics, welding (CCRW) group. |
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| 1977 |
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| Mark Mitchell accepted a position as medical director for the Southern Region for Keystone Healthcare Management Group: physician recruiting, scheduling, credentialing, enrollment, insurance, and billing services for hospital clients in the eastern US. |
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| 1978 |
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| Brenda Honkanen Pearman retired from JDS Uniphase, product line manager for 10 Gb/s optical transceivers. Moved to Springbrook, WI. |
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| Kathleen White Valenzuela, lands and realty specialist. The “real estate agent” of the Forest Service, generally serving Northern California and Hawaii, closer to home in Anderson, CA. |
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| 1980 |
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| Steve Kusnit, with Ensemble Chimes Global as a partnership manager at Southwest Airlines in Dallas, TX. Prior to that, business analyst/project manager with Comensura Workforce Solutions. |
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| 1981 |
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| Bob Gilreath: Liz (Giddens) ’80 and I celebrated our 26th anniversary in June. Two second-generation Tech students: Rob graduated in May from Tech. Our second, Paul, is a junior at Tech. Our caboose, Sarah, is a sophomore in high school. Still live in the area (Hubbell). I work for the telcom dept. at Tech, and Liz is an RN in the ER at Portage Health in Hancock. |
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| David Meyers returned from a one-year deployment in Iraq. I was the commander of an Army facilities engineer team, for Camp Speicher, a base located near the city of Tikrit. Provided and maintained facilities to support the missions of the US Army and Coalition forces located at the camp. We worked 14 hour days‚ 7 days a week, although the days were long, they went by very fast. All of the members of my team returned to the United States without injury. All in all, a very successful tour of duty. |
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| Chris Orr is the morning anchor at KNBN TV NBC in Rapid City, SD. Also the station’s assignment editor, managing the news department. He continues to own Rapid Weather and the Meteorology Training Center and is a board-certified consulting meteorologist. |
| 1982 |
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| Donna Belusar, CFO, IBM Americas Global Financing. |
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| 1983 |
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| Dana Evans married Douglas Owens on 6/2/07 in Prescott, AZ. |
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| 1984 |
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| Col. Phil Swinford: I am currently serving in Baghdad, Iraq, with the 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) Military Transition Team as the senior advisor. I deployed in early March 2006 after training at Fort Riley, KS, and expect to redeploy by April 2008. My family resides in Haymarket, VA, and I expect to return there and take an assignment in the capitol region. |
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| 1985 |
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| Cary T. Keller, PE has taken a position as a concrete technology instructor at Alpena Community College in Alpena, MI. |
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| 1986 |
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| John Aide quality specialist in the tooling, equipment, and construction department at Chrysler LLC, my employer of 10 years. Look for our exciting new product on the streets! |
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| 1987 |
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| Carrie and Andy Genova were married on 10/20/06. |
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| Thomas Murphy assistant chief engineer for General Motors Powertrain and resides in Sterling Heights, MI. |
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| 1988 |
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| James Kitchen, supplier quality engineering manager for Automotive Components Holding. Certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Quality Engineer. |
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| Pete Moutsatson Lt. Col., US Air Force since 2004 and lives in Navarre, FL. |
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| 1989 |
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| Tom Cook and wife, Shalimar; first child, Ian Patrick Cook, in January 2007. |
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| Randy Mattzela: Lisa, Connor, Spencer, Olivia, I have a new addition, Janie Marie, whom was officially adopted on 6/1/07! She is now a member of the Lonestar Mattzelas. |
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| Jeffrey Russell transferred to the Chicago area to accept a promotion at Quaker/Tropicana/Gatorade (QTG-PepsiCo) corporate headquarters. Team responsible for rolling out TPM principles throughout the organization. |
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| Dave Tobias worked 5 years at Ford in Dearborn, now back at Tech finishing up my PhD in Env. Engg., living in Lake Linden and enjoying the 4 seasons of the Keweenaw: shoveling, sweeping, swatting, sweating. |
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| Nancy Vandermey at JPL in Pasadena as a science planner for the Cassini mission to Saturn. I volunteer at the Feline Conservation Center in Rosamond, and do their website www.wildcatzoo.org. Taking my 5th trip to Africa, with husband of 1.5 years, Eric, going to South Africa and Botswana. |
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| 1990 |
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| Jim Carroll is in his 10th year as the public address announcer for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. Carroll was the stadium announcer for the Huskies football team in 1989 and 1990. |
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| Elise Margaret Pratt was born on 2/11/07, to Justine Lokanis Pratt and Cory Pratt ’91. She joins her siblings, Celeste and Jasper. |
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| Jeff Tafel: I have a new position with the International Facility Management Association. As director of councils and communities of practice, I am responsible for directing and leading these special interest groups who represent facility managers from the same industry with the same interest. There are currently 15 global councils. |
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| 1991 |
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| Christine Diehl Boehm graduated with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Louisiana State University. Now a resident at Penn State’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA. |
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| Jason and Kelly Docsa, birth of their second child, Hope Abigale Docsa. She was born 5/3/07. |
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| Albert Gorup: Started a website for the APO alumni: www.apo-el-alumni.org, and I invite all the APO alumni to join in. Look up addresses of fellow alumni, see pictures of student days, and read articles about events from our undergrad life. It’s a bold step in creating an Internet presence for alumni relations, and I’m excited to see it grow. |
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| 1993 |
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| Jason Hansen: My wife, Carrie Zollner, (not a Techie) and I recently adopted a 13 year-old girl. We let her pick her own name, and she decided on Samantha April Hansen. |
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| Jill Krans: Keira Anne Krans born 8/30/2006. |
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| 1994 |
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| Ken and Leslie Johns are the proud new parents of Jessica Marie Johns born 6/1/07. |
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| Erik Robert Moffitt born 7/31/07. He joins his brother Alexander (born 2002) and sister Isabel (born 2004). Parents Bob and Stephanie Moffitt. |
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| Jennifer (Duthler) Schoenherr: Samuel Louis Schoenherr born 6/19/07. This is our first child and hopefully future Michigan Tech alum! |
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| 1996 |
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| Melisa Crichton-Anderson: The wedding was everything I imagined! Jason Anderson and Melisa Crichton-Anderson 7/16/07. |
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| Britt (Forrer) Daiss: Leo Albert Daiss joined our world 10/11/06 in time for our anniversary (10/12) and Dad’s birthday (10/13). He’s the happiest little guy. |
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| Luke Aiden Gamet born 3/11/07 to Carla (Schilling) Gamet and Brian Gamet. |
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| Michelle (Mars) Kraenzlein and Joel Kraenzlein ’97 and have two future Tech graduates: Lucas born 9/19/00 and Emily born 4/25/05. |
| Molly (Alberts) LeBel: completed her MBA at Notre Dame in May 2007. Working at Columbus Children’s Hospital as an administrative fellow/business process improvement analyst in Columbus, OH, with her husband, Layne ’94, and 3-year-old son, Mason. |
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| Rebecca (Steele) Mehregan: 4 children are Jessica, Alex, Lia, and Joshua. |
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| Ryan Till works for Anning Johnson Co. in Las Vegas, NV, as an estimator and project manager. He lives in Henderson, NV, with Marcy (Appleyard) Till, Marissa, age 3, and Rebecca, age 1. |
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| 1997 |
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| Jonathon D. Colman associate director of digital marketing for The Nature Conservancy in Arlington, VA, where he leads the strategic marketing and promotion of their web site at www.nature.org. Married Marja S. Huhta, 11/17/06, on Piha Beach on the North Island of New Zealand. |
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| Addison Hailey Steward born 2/20/07 to Brian and Tina ’98 (Korby) Steward. |
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| 1998 |
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| Emma Jane Becker was born 8/6/05 to Andy Becker and Becky (Hecksel) Becker in Grand Haven, MI. |
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| Kimberly (Loomis) Cottrell: Gwendolyn Jaida Cottrell was born on 5/17/07. |
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| Matthew L. Kramer married Kristen Liebau on 10/29/05. |
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| 1999 |
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| Melissa (Cheney) Boniface: Mary Elizabeth Boniface (8/19/02) and Zoe Christine Boniface (8/12/05). |
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| Laken Cassandra DeVries born 10/18/06 to Schuyler DeVries and Julie (Alling) DeVries. |
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| Christian Matthew Groendyk, 1/18/05, born to Jason Groendyk and Stephanie Groendyk in Phoenix, AZ. |
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| Robin K. Harrington and T. Scott Galloway got engaged 7/3/07, and an April 2008 wedding is planned. |
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| Claire Elise Haverland was born on 4/13/07. Parents are David and Erica Haverland. |
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| Ross Hubbard: Son Roman Douglas |
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| Tammie Paoli: Fisheries biologist for Wisconsin DNR in Peshtigo. I manage the yellow perch sport and commercial fisheries in Green Bay, brown trout sport fishery in Green Bay, and northern pike along Green Bay’s west shore. My husband Joe ’02 and I live in Marinette, WI. He is a manufacturing engineer at Karl Schmidt Unisia. |
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| Tracy (Winkel) Prokopetz: identical twin boys born 1/13/06, Jadon Ryker & Jaron Riley. |
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| 2000 |
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| Emerson Grace Bacak born 3/21/06. Abbey (Harbert) Bacak and Joel Bacak. |
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| Kristy (Fox) Jones: Lucas Andrew Jones, born 1/31/07. |
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| Ciara (pronounced Keira) Elise Kennedy born 5/2/06 to proud parents Diana (Johnson) Kennedy and T. Ronan Kennedy. |
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| Kimberly (Jones) Short: Matthew Wayne Short born 3/30/05, Abigail Elizabeth Short born 12/27/06. |
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| Matt Weiss and Melinda Johnson were married on 6/9/07. |
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| 2001 |
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| Olivia Bartlett and Jesse Drake are planning a wedding near Lake Superior in September 2008. They reside in Middletown, CT. |
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| Jarret, Kristi, and Connor welcomed the addition of Annalyn Evangeline Gill to their family on Friday, 6/8/07. |
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| Ariana Grace Jelenc born on 5/10/06 to Justin Jelenc and Tatum (Northam) Jelenc. |
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| Ben Kroeger is an associate engineer; environmental, health and safety & security for Robert Bosch LLC in Farmington Hills, MI. Living in Plymouth with his wife, Mary. |
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| 2002 |
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| Meredith Wilson and Jeremy Dunn were married on 7/21/07 in Devon, PA. |
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| Melissa (Hollopeter) Powers: After just over three years with the Kansas Forest Service, I moved back to the northwoods this past May to take an inventory specialist position with the Minnesota DNR’s resource assessment office. In addition to continuing to work with the national USFS Forest inventory and analysis program, I now supervise summer interns, perform aerial sketchmapping of forest insect and disease problems, will be learning to take aerial photos, complete air photo interpretation, monitor ozone damage in vegetation around the state... The list goes on. I doubt the job will ever get boring. :) |
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| Jacey (Dobberstein) Radel: My husband Brad ’01 and I have returned to Alpena, MI, with Lafarge North America, the company we have both been with since graduation. Brad is the purchasing manager for the plant, and I am the new resource recovery coordinator. We moved with the company down to Paulding, OH, from Alpena, where we began our careers, and now we finally get to come back to our home away from home. We are also expecting our first child this Christmas Eve, so stay tuned for the birth announcement and pictures... |
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| James Salliotte and Amanda (Wilmoth) Salliotte were married on 11/20/04 in Virginia Beach, VA. Have two future Huskies at home. Andrew James was born on 4/14/05, and Madilyn Delaney was born on 11/15/06. |
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| 2003 |
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| Bradley Burns born 4/29/06 to Brent and Catherine (Horsch) Burns. |
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| Christina (Pienkos) Gardner and Andy Gardner ’02 and announce the birth of their little Husky, Noah James, born 10/18/06. |
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| Travis Pegg and Kathleen Cummings would like to announce their engagement. Wedding is scheduled for October 2008. |
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| 2004 |
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| Kevin Baker and Erin Burns were married 4/8/06 in Fair Haven, MI, at the historic Vernier Hotel and Restaurant. The Vernier is halfway between our hometowns, Anchorville and Algonac. Although we grew up only seven miles apart, we never met until we were at Tech for several years. |
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| Kari (O’Dell) and Gregory Carter were married in Escanaba, MI, on 11/5/05. |
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| Greg Maino and Marika Dalton ’06 married on 7/21/07 in Houghton. |
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| Elizabeth Allec-Dupret and Thomas Van Dam ’03 were married on 1/4/07, in Ochos Rios, Jamaica. |
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| Sara (Flessert) and Jacob Huggard ’05 were married on 5/19/07 in Ludington, MI. |
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| Jeffrey Jost: I was promoted to development engineer for medium wheel loaders at Caterpillar’s Peoria proving ground. |
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| Joshua Schlegelmilch: Amelia Madeline, born 11/22/06. |
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| 2005 |
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| Jessie Francis: I am a programmer/analyst for Sentry Insurance in Stevens Point, WI. I develop and maintain the automated continuous integration code process. |
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| Thomas “Tomcat” Powell got married to Sarah Wilson on 3/31/07. |
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| 2006 |
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| Damien Thomas and Kellie Dorais ’07 were married 6/30/07, in Detroit. |
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| Mike Vance and Katie Becker were married 9/2/07. |
