The following Class Notes were received recently in the UW Oshkosh Alumni Office.

’64 Jerry Gonyo (BS), of Bloomington, Indiana, is the former UWO Arizona Alumni Chapter leader. Gonyo helped host an alumni reception prior to a Brewer spring training game in Phoenix, Arizona, in March. He is planning to start an alumni chapter in the greater Bloomington, Indiana area.

’64 Mary Anne (Gaynor) Hill (BS) and ’71 (MSE), of Oneida, walked the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across northern Spain with her daughter, Megan, to celebrate her 75th birthday.

’66 Gerald Whitburn (BS), of Wausau, was reappointed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. Whitburn is a retired chief executive officer of Church Mutual Insurance Co. 

’68 Kenneth Zettel (BBA), of Tucson, Arizona, is active in his business, Auto Driveaway, at 76 years old.

’71 Lyle Wink (BS), of High View, West Virginia, enjoyed a distinguished career including numerous Federal Aviation Administration management positions, such as FAA Aviation safety inspector, United States member of the International Civil Aviation Organization Operations Panel and FAA Airspace Systems inspection pilot.

’72 Alan Mollerskov (BS), of Mount Pleasant, is celebrating a 45-year career with the Union Grove School District.

’76 James Benson (MSE), of Viroqua, a Marine veteran, went on the Freedom Honor Flight from La Crosse to Washington D.C. with his nephew, Brian Belot. Benson was employed by the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force as an education counselor through 1995.

’78 Sally (Frohman) Sroka (BS), of Wautoma, recently retired from the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office after 20 years as a 911 cispatcher and almost 12 years as a 911 supervisor.

’81 Donald Fass (BS), of Fort Atkinson, retired from the Madison Fire Department after 23 years of service as a firefighter/EMT.

’81 Michael Murphy (BBA), of Abilene, Texas, is the Abilene Regional Medical Center chief executive officer.  He has been in hospital administration for over 30 years. 

’85 Mary Booker (MS), of Pine River, received the Wisconsin Council for Exceptional Children’s Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year Award. Booker is a speech and language pathologist, an innovator with the Early Childhood Program and the leader of the Autism Effectiveness Team in the Weyauwega-Fremont School District.

’86 Sandie Brick-Margelofsky (BS), of Dodgeville, is a senior development officer in the UW-Platteville College of Business, Industry, Life Sciences and Agriculture. Brick-Margelofsky created the UW-Platteville’s Center for Gender and Sexuality and LGBTQ and developed the Veteran Center and Non-Traditional Student Center.

’86 Anthony Ungerer (BS), of Merrill, earned a master’s degree in management at Cardinal Stritch University in 2011. Ungerer operates a FISH Window Cleaning franchise in central Wisconsin. He has three children.

’89 Craig Zastrow (BSN), and ’04 (MSN), of Wausau, is a new clinician at Ascension Medical Group Tomahawk Clinic. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons. 

’92 Tamara (Cook) Dever (BFA), of Austin, Texas, is celebrating 20 years at TLC Graphics, now TLC Book Designs. The company previously created designs for the UW Oshkosh TV station and Taylor Hall.

’93 Lisa (Wolfgram) Philipp (BFA), of Oshkosh, has worked for RR Donnelley, a Fortune 500 integrated communications company, for over 20 years. Philipp works on baby wipe packages, disinfecting wipe labels and various other label and bag designs.

’97 Troy Schoultz (BS), of Oshkosh, is a poet and lecturer at UW-Fox Valley and Fox Valley Technical College. Schoultz also is the editor of Fox Cry Review. He held a poetry reading for the Original Voice at the Coloma Hotel in March.

’99 Michael Frohna (MPA), of Sussex, is the president of Junior Achievement of Wisconsin.

’99 Tammy (Tank) Huebner (BSN), of Shawano, has been a surgical nurse with ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano for 20 years. Huebner created Wee Care Food Pack at Zion Lutheran Church, a program to provide food to families and children in need. She and Paul Huebner have been married 16 years and have three children.

’99 Jason Schreiber (BSE), Of Oconomowoc, a former Titan basketball player, hailed from Kickapoo High School in Viola. Schreiber is in his 10th year as principal at Oconomowoc’s Meadow View School

’01 Tim Cleary (BBA), of Middleton, is the executive vice president and partner at Ideal Builders. Cleary has over 14 years experience in the construction and real estate industry as a business adviser to firms throughout the Midwest.

’02 Blake Buchan (BS), of Brookfield, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and associate director of clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics at the Medical College of Wisconsin. His Ebola work led to Froedert and the Medical College of Wisconsin’s designation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a medical center capable of treating patients with Ebola disease.

’02 Shawn Robinson (BS), of Madison, was recently appointed to the International Dyslexia Association’s National Board of Directors.

’04 Alison (Cesnorar) Fett (BA) and ’07 (MS), of Oshkosh, started Tashi Deley, a talent development consulting firm in Oshkosh. Fett is the former assistant vice president of talent development at Verve, a Credit Union.

’04 Todd Schroeder (MBA), of Stevens Point, is a member of the Portage County Business Council’s board of directors.

’05 Paul Orlich (MSE), of Green Bay, is the Mishicot School District superintendent and high school principal. Previous to this appointment, Orlich served as high school principal and director of instruction for the district. He is a retired combat veteran of the 101^st Airborne Division.

’05 Amie (Schaenzer) Rowland (BA), of Algonquin, Illinois, is an editor for Patch.com.

’09 Brandon Kirkland (BSE), of Neenah, has been the childcare services coordinator at the Neenah-Menasha YMCA for five years.

’09 Bethany Lerch (BA), of Oshkosh, traveled to India with 11 professional counseling peers in January. She is an independent writer and founder of “able to.”

’12 Christian Hess (MBA), of Appleton, has been named president and chief executive officer of Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin. Hess was formerly vice president of market development and sales for ThedaCare.

’12 Jared Sanchez (BBA), of Oshkosh, and his wife, Samantha, welcomed their first child in August.

’13 Tracy Goetsch (BSE), of Aga, Japan, is teaching English as a foreign language to junior high and high school students at three schools in Japan. She enjoys sharing her culture and learning the students’ culture.

’13 Trent Henning (BS), of Monroe, is the executive director of the Green County Family YMCA. Henning has nine years of experience working with youth programs, coaching and building partnerships.

’13 Adam Wolf (BA), of Washington, D.C., currently works for Alliance for Peacebuilding, a civil society membership organization that brings together coalitions that advocate for peace-centered policies in the United States diplomacy, the United Nations, and throughout the world. Wolf also volunteers at several Model United Nations conferences.

 

’14 Briana (Agnello) Mermall (BA), of Menasha, married fellow alumnus Evan Mermall ’14 (BBA), in December. They met at UW Oshkosh.

’15 Anthony Snyder (MBA), of Appleton, is the president of the Appleton-Fox Cities Kiwanis Foundation. He also serves as the chief executive officer of the Fox Valley Workforce Development Board.

’17 Rachel Elliott (BS), of Brookfield, has joined PAK-RITE, Ltd., a manufacturing company and industry leader in the design and manufacture of custom containers for the medical and aerospace markets in Milwaukee. Elliott works in the company’s e-commerce division and will assist in a variety of marketing initiatives.

 ’17 Chris Meuer (BS), of Chilton, is the new recycling and hazardous waste coordinator for Calumet County. Meuer interned with the department last year as a UW Oshkosh environmental studies student.

 ’17 Rachel Roloff (BS), of Oshkosh, is a human resources specialist at VF Outdoor, an outdoor apparel manufacturing company. She is working towards her master’s degree in organizational change with an emphasis in human resources management.

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