Alumni Notes

Keep Us Posted. Send your news to Betsy Holmquist, The University of Montana Alumni Association, Brantly Hall, Missoula, MT 59812. E-mail your news to support@UMontanaAlumni.org, FAX it to 406-243-4467, or call 1-877-UM-ALUMS (877-862-6867). Material in this issue reached our office by October 26, 2007. Note: the year immediately following an alum’s name indicates either an undergraduate degree year or attendance at UM. Graduate degrees from UM are indicated by initials. Snowbirds/Sunbirds: Whenever you change your mailing address, please contact the alumni office. Let us know where you are and when. Thank you.

’40s

The 60th reunion for the class of 1948 will be held on campus May 8-10, 2008. Contact the alumni office for further details.

John R. “Jack“ Hallowell ’42 writes from Lakewood, Colorado, “I jumped six feet in the air the first time I saw ‘Big Sky Country’ on the new Montana quarter.” This phrase was adopted as the state’s nickname by the Montana Highway Commission in 1961 while Jack was its advertising director. He recalls meeting Pulitzer Prize-winning author A.B. “Bud“ Guthrie ’23, Ph.D. ’49, to ask permission to use the title words from his novel, The Big Sky. “I thought I’d have to go through a lot of legalities to get permission,” Jack stated, “but Bud replied, ‘You just got my permission.’” Jack was off and running with the words that still remain among Montana’s most famous identifiers.

’50s

The 50th reunion for the class of 1958 will be held on campus May 8-10, 2008. Contact the alumni office for further details.

Gene L. Kuhns ’55 writes, “I graduated in 1955 with Al Kelley and congratulate him on his award. Always knew he was smarter than the rest of us foresters. [Al received a Distinguished Alumni Award at Homecoming 2007.] Won’t be able to come to the awards ceremony, but will be thinking about it while watching the sunset on Lake Winneconne in Wisconsin, where my wife, Ann, and I live, since retiring from the Forest Service.”

Dean G. Biesemeyer ’57, M.Ed. ’60, Ph.D. ’74 has written Learning to Love: A Guide to Finding Peace and Love by Discovering How We Function Physically, Emotionally, Mentally, and Spiritually. Dean spent twenty-five years as a psychologist doing therapy, evaluation, consultation, teaching, and directing a clinical center, and seventeen years researching and writing this book. He presently lives in Switzerland and plans to write his next book on emotional energy.

James C. Melik ’58, Moxee, Washington, and Fred Yale ’57, Corinth, Texas, organized a reunion of the 1950s geology grads this past summer. Jim writes, “It was held on August 14 in Greenough Park in Missoula. Twenty-one people attended, including some wives, and Professor Emeritus Bob Weidman of Missoula. It was quite an experience to see classmates that you haven’t seen for about fifty years! We are thinking about having another reunion next year.”

’60s

The last name of Tom Riggert was misspelled in the fall issue of the Montanan. We regret the error.

Helen Guthrie “Gus” Miller ’60, Butte, was one of twelve nominees for the 2007 Women of Distinction Award, honoring women in Southwest Montana. Noted for her “passion for the arts,” Gus has served on the Montana Arts Council, the advisory board of UM’s School of Fine Arts, the Silver Bow Arts Foundation, and the Butte Center for the Performing Arts, where she currently fills the role of vice president.

Michio Kitahara ’61, writes from Partille, Sweden, “Since 2001, I have published five books in Japanese— all of which deal with the relationship between Japan and the West. The UM anthropology department helped me in obtaining materials for one of these books, and I am very grateful. I was on Japanese TV and discussed the ideas expressed in another book for almost fifty minutes with the anchor of the program.”

Sally Carroll Bultmann ’64, husband, Chuck Bultmann ’66, and their four children own and operate Good Things For All Seasons, a bursting-at-the-seams gift shop in Grapevine, Texas. Sally previously worked for Department 56 at the Dallas Market Center. Her enthusiasm for the company’s Christmas villages led her to open her own retail store in 1997. “We’re known for our inventive displays,” Sally says, wishing she’d purchased more of the gigantic skeleton heads featured on a previous Halloween. “We are on a charming old Main Street in a historic downtown area,” daughter Tracey Bultmann Wendt explains. “There’s an old-fashioned steam locomotive that goes through town giving rides every day.” During Grapefest, an annual September wine festival that provided the town’s name, upwards of 250,000 people visit their shop.

Sharon Stiver Gressle ’65 writes from Herndon, Virginia, “I’ve finally decided what I want to do when I grow up. Retiring from the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress as a public policy analyst after thirty-nine years of service, I took a masters of education degree at George Mason University and am teaching eighth-grade civics in the Fairfax County Virginia public school system. As a lifetime member of the Alumni Association, I send my thanks for keeping us up to date on the staff, students, alumni, and activities at the University.”

William C. Spratt ’66, Hobson, retired as senior vice president after twenty years of service with First Bank of Montana.

’70s

The last names of Ken Dunham ’70 and his son John Dunham ’94 were misspelled in the fall issue of the Montanan. We regret the error.

Charlie Briggs ’70, M.A. ’78, Helena, joined Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain as vice president of Adult and Community Services. Charlie has worked nearly thirty years in community and state agencies in Montana, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, D.C. Previously Charlie had a consulting business focused on public policy and funding.

Eric Becker ’71, Bellevue, Washington, is a senior manager at Boeing, where he has worked for twenty-three years. Eric leads the organization responsible for the ordering, production, and distribution of all aircraft maintenance and repair documentation for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft. His wife, Dorena Martin Becker ’72, has been a pre-school teacher for twenty years. The Beckers have two grown children.

Charlene P. Matejovsky ’72, has written Stones & Bones, a children’s book on evolution. Written in seventeen verses, the story was put to music and recorded by the Childrens’ Chorus of Santa Rosa. The book includes a CD of their performance, as well as their recording of “Song of the Meadowlark,” for which Charlene received the Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting from the Great American Song Contest in 2004. Charlene currently serves as interim executive director for the Westar Institute in Santa Rosa, California.

Marshall L. Griffith, M.A. ’74, writes from Colorado Springs, “I had a short story (fiction) published in the Sport Literature Association’s academic publication, Aethlon, fall 2006/winter 2007 edition.”

Robin Frazier Oliveira ’76, Bellevue, Washington, received a $10,000 James Jones First Novel Fellowship award in November for The Last Beautiful Day. Robin’s novel follows the life of Mary Sutter, a midwife at the time of the Civil War, whose desire to become a physician is hindered by tradition, the war, and family entanglements. Robin graduated from UM with a degree in Russian and continued to study Russian at the Pushkin Language Institute in Moscow, USSR. She became a registered nurse and worked as a bone marrow transplant and cardiac care nurse in Seattle. In 2006 she earned an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College. Robin is the current fiction editor for the literary magazine upstreet and an assistant editor at Narrative Magazine. She and her husband, Andrew Oliveira, have a daughter, Noelle, and a son, Miles.

Peter K. Wilke ’79 recently became a Los Angeles-based captain with Delta Air Lines. A former Marine Corps officer, Pete was hired by Delta in 1991 and has served as a flight engineer and first officer on the Boeing 727-200 and as a first officer and captain on the Boeing 757 and 767. Flying to both international and domestic destinations, he has accumulated more than 10,000 hours of flight time. Pete volunteers with Delta Pilots Mutual Aid, a voluntary supplemental disability program, where he has served in a variety of officer positions, including three and a half years as chairman. He is a founding partner of Polaris Benefit Solutions LLC, a Florida corporation providing supplemental disability programs to a wide range of employee work groups. Pete, his wife, Anne, and children, Laura and Peter, reside in Laguna Niguel, California.

’80s 

Dustin Harner ’80 writes, “My wife, daughter, and I moved to Phoenix for a much-needed career boost. Things are going well, but we do miss Griz football. We have, however, found two local watering holes that have the satellite feed for every game. My son, Aaron, is deployed in Iraq right now. The first time he went to the mess hall, there were banners from a number of universities hanging all over the place. On one end, right in the middle, was a set of goal posts. On top of one upright was an old style Griz helmet and on the other a new one. Hanging in the middle was a banner proclaiming the Nat’l Championships in ’95 and 2001. Aaron said he actually got goose bumps seeing that.”

Lisa Bradley Flowers ’82, M.S. ’96, Ph.D. ’07, is director of conservation for the Boone and Crockett Club at the Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Education Center on the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Ranch west of Dupuyer. Lisa, her husband, Thomas B. Flowers ’81, and daughter, Anne Marie, live in Choteau, where Tom is the regional investigator for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

Garet Hil ’84, and his wife, Jan, of West Islip, New York, have initiated the online National Kidney Registry to help with the problems related to incompatible and poorly matched donors and recipients. The Hils became involved as a result of their daughter’s kidney failure last February. Garet writes, “Every time we see our daughter running or riding her bike, we are reminded of the miracle of kidney transplants.” He encourages anyone considering becoming a living donor or facing kidney failure to visit the Web site www.kidneyregistry.org.

Shari A. Muller-Ho ’85, Seattle, is currently Principal Flute of the Orchestra Seattle, the Federal Way Symphony, the Northwest Mahler Orchestra, and the Rainier Symphony Orchestrtra—often featured as a repeat soloist with several of these groups. Shari appears regularly as a recitalist in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest region and has recently performed concerts in China and Hong Kong. She also freelances, maintains a private flute studio, and adjudicates music competitions in Washington and Utah.

’90s

Blair E. Oliver, M.F.A. ’91, has written Last Call, a collection of stories published by World Audience Inc.

UM alum Claire Davis, M.F.A. ’93, author of Winter Range, Season of the Snake, and Labors of the Heart, writes about Oliver's book, “It’s the rarest kind of treat—a collection you’ll want to read and re-read.” Blair is chair of the Arts and Letters Department at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he lives with his wife, Jennifer, and children, Fiona and Owen.

Z. Kent Sullivan ’91, J.D. ’96 is a shareholder of Baxter Bruce & Sullivan, a local, nine-attorney firm in Juneau, Alaska. Kent, who has been with the firm since 2001, was previously a shareholder and associate with Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades in Missoula.

Joan Marie Fox, M.F.A. ’92, Tucson, Arizona, had her story “Hunting at Night” included in Listening to Cougar, a recently published anthology by University Press of Colorado. Joan’s stories and poems have appeared in various literary journals and a novel excerpt was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

Emily Hazelton Wells ’92, her husband, Todd, and children, Evan, six, and Elizabeth, four, have moved from Colorado Springs, to Bend, Oregon. Todd is the director of corporate sales at Sunriver Resort, and Emily works from home for ShopTalk 2000. In July, to celebrate their tenth anniversary, Emily and Todd vacationed in Mexico.

Rich W. Janssen ’93 and his wife, Julie Erps Janssen ’93, live in Ronan with their children, Jake and Jenna. Rich writes, “I graduated in May from Gonzaga University graduate school of business with a master’s in business administration. I continue to work for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes as the division manager of Environmental Protection. Julie is employed by the Ronan School District. We continue to lobby state and national officials for more funding for autism research on a disability that affects one in 150 births and is an increasing epidemic with no known cause or cure.”

Clint Morrison ’93 is senior vice president and chief financial officer of American Federal Savings Bank in Helena. He has been a C.P.A. since 1997. Clint’s wife, Kim Currie Morrison ’93, is a senior business analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The Morrisons live in Helena with their children, Keely, seven, and Keenan, five.

Majel Russell, J.D. ’93, is the principal deputy assistant secretary of Indian Affairs with the U.S. Department of the Interior. Majel previously served as the lead prosecutor for handling criminal cases and enforcing tribal hunting and fishing regulations for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. She next entered private practice in Great Falls and later the firm of Smith, Guenther and Monteau. In 1996 Majel established the Elk River Law Office in Billings, where she worked with the Crow Tribe on a major rewriting of its constitution. Majel also has represented several national organizations in the areas of Indian education, trust reform, and wildlife restoration. “My career has been about seeking to improve the quality of life in tribal communities and improving the quality of tribal governance through modernization and reform,” Majel said.

James E. Brown ’94, works at Doney, Crowley, Bloomquist, Payne, UDA P.C. in Helena, practicing in the areas of energy, estate planning, environmental law, water law, administrative law, governmental relations, and land use. After graduating from UM, Jim worked six years as a congressional aide in Washington, D.C., for U.S. Senators Conrad Burns and Chuck Hagel and for Representative Judy Biggert. He received his law degree from Seattle University in 2004, graduating with top honors. Jim was one of the first students to use UMAA’s Ask-an-Alum program. He writes, “I’m quite proud that I was the student rep in the ASUM Senate that pushed the program through to its inception.”

Colleen Schwanke Martin ’94 and Justin Martin were married September 1, 2007, in Red Lodge. Colleen works in the development office of St. Vincent Hospital in Billings.

Jennifer Kelso Farrell ’98, earned her Ph.D. in English literature at Louisiana State University in August. She is teaching composition and technical writing in LSU’s Engineering Residential College and directs digital portfolio development for the Engineering Communications Studio. Her husband, Justin Farrell ’98, is a port specialist with Louisiana Sea Grant. The Farrells live in Baton Rouge.

Melissa E. Turley ’98 and Christopher G. Stump (pictured right) ’99 were married atop Snow King Mountain in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, September 15, 2007. Melissa serves on the Jackson Town Council and is the program director for the Equipoise Fund, a foundation that supports women and girls in Wyoming. Chris guides for Snake River Angler in Moose, Wyoming. They met as neighbors while attending UM. After graduation, they traveled in Patagonia and lived for six months in Puerto Varas, Chile. The couple writes that they “look forward to their honeymoon somewhere exotic and warm next spring.”

’00s

Kara Berg Cox ’00 and Jeremy Cox, Missoula, were married July 7, 2007. Kara is a guidance counselor in Alberton. Jeremy is a pharmacy student at UM.

Gabriel Pinski ’00 writes from Washington, D.C., “I’m now the manager of foundation and corporate support at Catholic Charities USA, one of the largest social service providers in America, serving nearly eight million families each year.”

Sera A. Bonds ’01, Bolton, Massachusetts, received a 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University’s School of Public Health. Circle of Health International, the organization Sera founded and continues to work with, is highly acclaimed for helping empower women to overcome obstacles in their lives. On July 29, 2007, Sera married Adam Rosenbloom, a medical student at Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, Israel. They are pictured here at the Great Wall in China.

Adam Lee McQuiston ’01 is market president of First National Bank in Missoula. A graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School, Adam is also a member of the Grizzly Scholarship Association board of directors.

Kristi L. Frank ’02 successfully defended her doctoral dissertation this past summer and moved from the Mayo Graduate School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, to Minneapolis. She has begun her postdoctoral research at the Department of Microbiology at the University of Minnesota. Kristi writes, “The education I received at UM was an excellent foundation for my graduate studies, and I often find myself missing my days in Missoula and studying (and napping!) on the couches in the lounge at the Davidson Honors College.”

Lisa L. Wrobel, PharmD ’03, received the 2007 Young Pharmacist of the Year Award from the Montana Pharmacy Association. Lisa is the clinical skills laboratory coordinator at UM and director of the pharmacy technician training program at the College of Technology. The award noted her implementing changes in the COT pharmacy program, her developing online courses for place-bound students, her work in UM’s clinical skills laboratory, and her help in receiving funding for a bio-defense project. The mother of two sons, Lisa also works part-time at Shopko in Missoula.

Jessica Anne Carter ’06 is the assistant director of alumni relations at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.

Births

Ander Harrison Eskew to Erika Harrison Eskew ’95 and Ethan Harrison, October 4, 2006, Sherwood, OR

Hunter Ot Moore to Sheri Otto Moore ’94 and Brad Moore, January 10, 2007, Richey

Ava Grace Yates to Amy Allison Yates ’95 and Ronald J. Yates ’96, M.ACCT. ’98, March 27, 2007, Billings

Taj Orion Gritzner to Valerie Jo Bloxom Gritzner ’99 and Justus Gallatin Gritzner, June 29, 2007, Missoula

Emmett James Hauck and Tyler Anthony Hauck to James T. Hauck ’90 and Carol Nagle Hauck, July 7, 2007, Billings

Fairclough (Fara) Temperance Hayes to Thomas M. Hayes ’99 and Donde Hayes, August 2, 2007, Great Falls

Olive Avignon to Stacy Lee Max ’02 and Jason Printz ’98, August 24, 2007, Missoula

Caelen Jarell Clemmensen to Christian P. Clemmensen ’98 and Stella Clemmensen, August 29, 2007, Missoula

Lillian Marie Johnson to Amy Luck Johnson, M.B.A. ’01, and Todd A. Johnson ’97, August 29, 2007, Missoula

Addison Rae McCollum to Amy Nicole McCollum ’04, and Bill McCollum, August 29, 2007, Missoula

Saphira Frances Kololo to Amy L. La Trielle ’96 and Timothy Lohof ’97, August 30, 2007, Kampala, Uganda

Alexis Angelina Mae to Daniel John Nielsen ’06 and Violet Bradley, September 11, 2007, Ann Arbor, MI

Jeremiah Daniel to Jacqueline Lynn Warga ’07 and Jeremiah Johnson, September 12, 2007, Missoula

Hunter to Emily Grace Hightower ’05 and Louis Matteau, September 15, 2007, Milford, KS

Briella Joy to Wendy Warwick Wilson ’87 and Jeff W. Wilson ’85, September 15, 2007, Missoula

Logan Walter Haynes to Morgan Newell Haynes ’03 and Kara Haynes, September 17, 2007, Missoula

Savanna Ruth to Steven T. Small ’04 and Chelsee Davie, September 22, 2007, Missoula

Lillia Evangelene to Michelle Colleen Keller ’04 and Michael Keller, September 25, 2007, Missoula

Elizabeth Autumn Susott to Ryan P. Susott ’94, and Angel Susott, September 25, 2007, Missoula

Breanna Lea to Andrea Prochaska ’07 and Zach Smith, September 26, 2007, Missoula

Luca B. Khomenko to Bernard V. Khomenko ’99, ’02, M.ACCT. ’04, and Danesa Khomenko, September 27, 2007, Missoula

Moses Ernest Saileer to Lori A. DeTienne ’00 and Jim Curtiss, September 28, 2007, Missoula

Oden Tyghn Fiebelkorn to Jed Lawrence Fiebelkorn, M.S. ’05, and Shannon Fiebelkorn, September 29, 2007, Florence

Jaidyn Dawnal Imes to Melany Marie Imes ’04 and Justin Imes, October 2, 2007, Alberton

Lazarus Jay Loonsfoot to Leia Rachel Loonsfoot ’07 and Vincent Michael Loonsfoot, October 4, 2007, Browning

Sam Daniel to Laura Ann Hickey ’94 and Jess McGee, October 9, 2007, Missoula

NEW LIFE MEMBERS

The following alumni and friends have made a commitment to the future of the UM Alumni Association by becoming life members. You can join them by calling 877-862-5867 or by visiting our Web site: www.UMontanaAlumni.org. The Alumni Association thanks them for their support. This list includes all new life members through August 31, 2007.

Sheldon Hodges Bell ’63, Billings
Kay Juedeman Bollinger ’67, Billings
Janet S. Boyer ’67, Hinsdale, IL
Scott D. Brixey ’95, East Wenatchee, WA
Lara Buchanan ’06, Missoula
Nikki M. Carelli ’99, Woodland Hills, CA
Donna Jean-Marie Caskey ’88, Seattle
Evan E. Chaffey ’57, Providence, RI
Clay S. Crippen ’92, Seattle
Klinton Curtis ’04, Victor
Whitney Curtis ’00, Victor
Angie LaNette Davidson ’07, Kalispell
Stephen W. Dill ’71, Anthem, AZ
Larry D. Epstein ’71, J.D. ’76, Cut Bank
Matthew J. Fauth ’98, Billings
Robert A. Fredrickson ’65, M.A. ’67, Murrysville, PA
Michael J. George ’83, J.D. ’86, Great Falls
Mickey W. Hanson ’90, M.Ed. ’95, Spokane, WA
Rebecca J. Hutton ’82, Colorado Springs, CO
Gene Jessup ’92, Wenatchee, WA
Thomas P. Jones ’86, Portland, OR
Scott M. Jourdonnais ’86, Missoula
Connie Corette Kenney ’61, Butte
Stephen R. Kern, Lacey, WA
Wayne F. Knipping ’67, Gilford, NH
Helen Lambros Kolokotrones ’54, Missoula
Susie Bethell Larimer ’81, Athens, GA
Richard L. Magera ’74, M.S. ’85 Plains
Michelle D. Mann ’96, Missoula
Rachel Elizabeth Mansfield ’07, Troy, MI
Fran M. Manson ’00, Alberton
Mahlon Paul Manson ’96, Alberton
Ronda A. Meech ’90, Spokane, WA
James A. Messina ’93, Takoma Park, MD
Martin C. Meyer ’95, Albuquerque, NM
Anne S. Nickman Millar ’91, M.Ed. ’04, Huntingdon, PA
Brynn Kathleen Molloy ’05, Missoula
Lori Salo Morin ’76, M.B.A. ’81, Pharm.D. ’07, Missoula
Lorna Mikelson Nelson ’63, Bozeman
William R. Newman ’76, Butte
Stacy McKee O’Brien ’93, Sammamish, WA
Chad Olson ’99, Great Falls
Katie I. Olson ’01, J.D. ’06, Missoula
Linda Hemstad Olson ’69, Great Falls
Harry Richard Palin ’65, M.Ed. ’71, Missoula
Stephen H. Palmbush ’72, Chelan, WA
Vincent J. Penoso ’87, ’88, Alexandria, VA
Clair J. Rasmussen, M.Ed ’78, Dixon
Janet R. Rasmussen ’00, Dixon
David B. Roll ’62, Granbury, TX
Dan L. Severson ’71, Stevensville
Marjorie A. Short Sinnott ’51, Clancy
Donald E. Shurr ’75, Missoula
Todd Simms ’86, Fallon, NV
Russell R. Smith ’88, Seattle
Shanna Stevenson Sparboe ’01, M.ACCT. ’02, Billings
Charles M. Stone ’64, M.B.A. ’75, Spokane, WA
Matthew A. Stroth ’07, Rescue, CA
Kathryn M. Sweeney ’95, ’97, Ph.D. ’01, Missoula
Joseph M. Taylor ’00, Rockland, ME
Jessica Vincent ’07, Missoula
Katherine C. Walter ’00, Saco, ME
Leslie J. Westphal ’75, Tualatin, OR
Mary C. Wilcox ’66, Missoula
William H. Wyatt ’01, Lolo

In Memoriam

To be included in “In Memoriam,” the UM Alumni Association requires a newspaper obituary or a letter of notification from the immediate family. We extend sympathy to the families of the following alumni, faculty, and friends.

Donald Kenneth Stevens ’22, San Francisco
Marjorie Mumm Wise ’33, Idaho Falls, ID
Martin T. Hinnaland
’35, Billings
Emmeline McKittrick Lee ’35, Missoula
Orline Coats Hames
’38, San Diego
Dorothea Nelson Heitz ’38, Woodland Hills, CA
Andrew Ludwig Hofmeister ’38, Olympia, WA
Katherine Louise Parkins ’38, Sherman Oaks, CA
John A. VanderArk, M.Ed. ’38, Grand Rapids, MI
Dorothy Campbell Wallace ’38, Fullerton, CA
Jean Sheppard Baucus ’39, Rochester, MN
Walter A. Elliott ’40, Missoula
Aldo J. Forte ’40, Palm City, FL
Rosemary Deegan Stiver ’40, Alexandria, VA
HelenMarie Nielsen Carlson ’41, San Bernardino, CA
John Holland Duncan ’41, Great Falls
June Hammond Gay ’41, Fishtail
Mary Milne Hannah ’41, Bettendorf, IA
Arthur DeBoer ’42, Lake Forest, IL
Helen Peterson Schuette ’42, Cut Bank
William Covington Barnett ’43, Absarokee
Kathleen Flynn McKinnon ’44, Missoula
Mary Brome Bielenberg ’46, Bigfork

John B. Elliott ’46, Oakland, CA
Janice Rhea Kelley Hall ’46, Missoula
Leone Howard Oster ’46, Tucson, AZ
Alan L. Fryberger ’47, M.M. ’52, Cathlamet, WA
Edith Ward Malcom Harper ’47, Big Timber
Sybil Cristiani Matye ’47, M.Ed. ’63, Portland, OR
Kathryn Spacht Throssell ’47, Billings
John R. Wedum ’47, Carmichael, CA
Byron E. ”Gene” Bottomly ’48, La Quinta, CA
Jean Trzcincki Coffman ’48, Miles City
Helen Gillespie Doty ’48, Polson
Eugene B. Gisley ’49, Tucson, AZ
Clyde M. Hughes ’49, Tigard, OR
Herbert Lesueur ’49, Klamath Falls, OR
Steve Matthew Matosich ’49, M.Ed. ’52, Swan Lake
Donale E. Nordstrom ’49, Red Lodge
Louise Christianson Salo ’49, Helena
Norman G. Warsinske ’49, Bellevue, WA
Jack Ellis Coggeshall ’50, Sun Lakes, AZ
Jack A. Young ’50, Missoula
Herbert Louis Anderson ’51, Missoula
Robert Anthony Callaghan ’51, Lake Monticello, VA
John J. ”Bud” Gaffney ’52, Bozeman

Francis E. ”Butch” Gallagher, J.D. ’52, Glasgow
Harley Willis Carter, J.D. ’53, Providence, RI
Allen Lorin Hearst ’53, Missoula
Richard Lawrence McGraw ’55, Minneapolis
George Edgar Stocking ’55, Whitefish
Mary H. Pemberton Weeks ’56, Phoenix
Luanna Page Austin ’57, Olympia, WA
Ronald James Cardenzana ’57, Great Falls
Calvin H. Lund ’58, Port Orchard, WA
William H. Stinchfield ’58, Clancy
K. Alice Tweten Hammer ’59, Grand Forks, ND
Herbert C. Martin ’59, Glasgow
Dormann D. Riemann ’59, Coeur d’Alene, ID
Mary ”Kay” Thompson Matulka ’60, Arlington, VA
JoAnn Brooks Willis ’60, Missoula
Dean Raymond Byrne ’61, Corvallis
Edward L. Tisch, M.S. ’61, Port Angeles, WA
Philip C. McCarvel ’62, Bismarck, ND
Donna McPherson Bowers ’63, Lolo
Darrell L. Clark ’63, Melbourne, FL
Emilie Smith Loring, M.A. ’63, J.D. ’73, Missoula
Lynda Harrison Schwertfeger ’63, Helena
Inga Bear Campbell ’65, Spokane Valley, WA
Susan Foster Korkalo ’65, Livingston
Rod A. Lincoln ’65, M.Ed. ’70, Ed.D. ’81, Cabin City
Frank Valgenti III, M.S. ’65, Bozeman
Frank Altman ’66, Great Falls
Robert F. McNellis ’66, Pullman, WA
M. F. ”Rich” Schiller ’66, Potomac
William M. Weltz ’66, Noxon
Robert Judson Barnett, M.Ed. ’67, Missoula
John R. Palensky ’67, Battle Ground, WA
Lucy Allen Clevenger ’68, Missoula
Anabel Horsman Osborn, M.S. ’68, Lewiston, ID
Ralph R. Hangas ’69, Missoula
Charles D. MacDonald ’69, Alberton
Sharon Becker Kehler ’70, Sidney
Roy G. Lyman, M.Ed. ’70, Missoula
Judith Ann Seidensticker Strong ’70, Great Falls
Richard Edwin Roberts ’71, Superior
Fred Irving Root ’71, Las Vegas
Charles Barney Ward ’72, Centralia WA
Stephen Jack Lowe ’74, Brownwood, TX
Jamie Patrice Gaul ’75, Missoula
Elsie Erickson Bennett, M.Ed. ’77, Missoula
Douglas W. Cleveland ’77, Helena
David William Rossell ’77, Pratts, VA
Michael A. Tomlinson ’80, Beaverton, OR
Robert Alan Wilson ’80, La Pine, OR
Jerry M. Buechler ’82, Omaha, NE
Jo Joyce Philip Dratz ’82, Missoula
Natalie Kay Phillips ’82, Anchorage, AK
Morris J. Braden, J.D. ’83, Billings
Jeffrey H. Fields ’83, Los Angeles
Kenneth ”Mac” McElmurry ’85, Everett, WA
William P. Paul, Ph.D. ’87, Houlton, ME
Joseph Michael Wilson, M.P.A. ’92, Helena
Donald M. Wood, M.P.A. ’92, Spokane, WA
Randolph Boyce Ingram ’96, Polson
Grant Matthew Kemeny, M.P.A. ’99, Colstrip
Kent Riisgaard Gillette ’02, Forus, Norway
Scott John Williams Sr. ’03, Stevensville
Christopher John Schafer ’04, Havre
Christopher F. Hamrin ’10, Wheaton, IL
Sharon Ann McDonald Briggs, Craig, AK
Jack Galt, Martinsdale
James McCrea Haughey, Billings
William Truman Hedge, Winnemucca, NV
Carol Maude Jones, Missoula
Mark Leo Kleffner, Missoula
Ruth G. Lange, Missoula
Irene Trowbridge Livingston, Missoula
Viva Ann ”Ty” MacLeod, Billings
Richard Joseph Maney, Arlee
Jack C. Martin, Laurel
Susan Lea Nose, Missoula
Elizabeth Clairborne Ortenberg, New York
Berta Joseph Piane, Missoula
John Lee Rasberry, Polson
Edwin Rosenkranz, Missoula
Dalene Willig Simmelink, Valparaiso, IN
Benjamin B. Stout, Albany, OR
Wayne Paul Van Meter, Missoula
Barbara Brinck Waller
Gillette, WY
Renee Russell Ward, Missoula
Leola Yates, Spokane, WA