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

’60 Gordon Rieden (BS), of Crivitz, received the Crivitz Business Association Award for exemplary community contributions. Rieden is a retired superintendent of the Crivitz School District and former consultant for Crivitz Youth Incorporated.

’66 Reid Schoonover (BAE), of Clintonville, is a potter currently represented at several art galleries in the U.S. Schoonover was one of eight potters invited to participate in a Tokkuri Show (Japanese sake bottle) at The Island Gallery in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

’69 Robert Keller (BS), of Kaukauna, received the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa at the UW Oshkosh spring commencement.

’70 Hugo Hartig (BM) and ’72 (MST), of Beaverton, Oregon, taught music theory and history at Carroll University for 35 years prior to his retirement in 2011.

’70 Hans-Peter Kohlhoff (BS), of Oshkosh, is a realtor associate broker for Keller Williams Fox Cities.

’73 Leslie Kaschner (BS) and ’75 (MSE), of Scottsdale, Arizona, is a senior consultant for Franklin Covey.

’77 Dawn (Marrier) Auclair (BSN), of Oshkosh, has been named the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s 2017 nurse of the year. Auclair has worked 40 years in nursing.

’78 Brian McCarthy (BBA), of Shawnee, Kansas, is an adjunct professor at the University of Kansas.

’81 Brenda (Brookman) Megna (BSN), of Waukesha, is a hyperbaric registered nurse at ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital.

 ’83 Mary Dresser (BS), of Coon Valley, Wyoming, was named office volunteer of the year for the Mississippi Valley Conservancy. Dresser donated more than 400 hours of volunteer time to the conservancy’s land protection team in 2017 and has since been hired as full-time conservation assistant.

 ’83 Brenda Lee (Schuett) Lau (BS), of Venice, California, was inducted into the Oconomowoc High School Wall of Fame for her extensive work writing, directing, producing and collaborating in the television and film industry.

’89 Amy Kienast (BS), of Westland, Michigan, received a master’s degree in technology studies degree from Eastern Michigan University.

’90 Jan (Kohlbeck) Scoville (BS) and ’92 (MSE), of Peshtigo, is the dean of regional learning at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay. She oversees the Marinette and Sturgeon Bay campuses as well as six regional learning centers.

’90 Jon Strupp (BBA), of New Brighton, Minnesota, is the author of King of the Oilers–The Story of the USS Chiwawa AO-68, a book about the fleet oiler helping to tip the balance in the Allies’ favor during World War II.  Strupp is an operations service representative for Wells Fargo Bank.

’90 Paula Verrett (BS) and ’14 (MSW), of Neenah, has worked for the National Alliance on Mental Illness Fox Valley since 2012 and serves as the program director for the organization’s Iris Place Peer Run Respite Center.

 ’90 Pat Zietlow Miller (BS) and ’00 (MS), of Fitchburg, wrote the children’s books Wide-Awake Bear and Be Kind, both published in 2018.

 ’92 Lesley Perry Murphy (BSE), of Janesville, was inducted into the Janesville Sports Hall of Fame. In high school, Perry Murphy was one of the most decorated high school runners in city history and competed in track and field, cross country and basketball.

’94 Jennifer (Pitman) Warner (BA), of San Diego, California, is the senior manager for Sony Electronics in San Diego and is returning to school to earn her MBA.

’95 Paul Secor (BS), of Titusville, Florida, is president of the Titusville Chamber of Commerce.

 ’02 Eric Kiefer (BS), of Glendale, has been plant manager of the North Shore Water Commission since 2007.

 ’03 Britnie (Koranda) Rewey (BBA), of Tomah, is the honorary chairperson for this year’s Tomah Area Cancer Support Cancer 5K. Rewey, a cancer survivor, has worked for 11 years at Tomah Memorial Hospital as a human resource generalist.

 ’04 Jeffery Cram (BS), of Tomah, was appointed District 3 representative for the city of Tomah. He works in IT at Meca Sportswear.

’05 Clint Carlson (BS), of Watertown, moved to Istanbul, Turkey. Carlson teaches Digital Design 1 and Digital Design 2 at Istanbul International Community School, courses that teach media literacy and skills to promote altruism and humanitarian work through the latest technological advancements.

’05 Jonathan Wos (BFA), of Oshkosh, was the guest speaker at the Trailways All-Conference Art Show at Johnson Creek High School. Wos is the owner of Wos Art.

’06 Sarah (Kieper) Garvey (BS) and ’07 Michael Garvey (BS), of Fond du Lac, welcomed their second daughter, Allison, in February.

’08 Alexander Konen (BSE), of Shawano, appeared in the play “Church Basement Ladies” at the Mielke Arts Center in Shawano. Konen teaches English, speech and theater courses at Shawano Community High School. He is also a track coach.

’08 Melissa (Mader) Sell (BSW), of Oshkosh, married Stuart Sell in November 2017. Melissa is a social worker for Winnebago County.

’09 Matthew Franson (BA), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an associate with Ward Greenberg Heller and Reidy LLP.

’10 Alex Abendschein (BA), of Manhattan, Kansas, is the new marketing manager for Sodexo at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

’10 Anne Niederkorn (MBA), of Ripon, published her first book, Small Town Girl… Livin’ in an 80s World: The Life and Times of a Polish Catholic Kid.

’10 Garret Pelischek (BS), of Menasha, has been hired as a talent acquisition specialist at Wells Fargo Advisors in Appleton.

’11 Abbie Woodruff (BS), of Sacramento, California, graduated from Arizona State University with a master’s in urban and environmental planning. She works for CDM Smith as a water resources planner doing environmental impact statements and reports.

’12 Crystal (Dziadosz) Brown (BFA), of Cudahy, is a bakery supervisor at Walmart in Muskego.

’12 Chad Piwoni (BS), of Kewaskum, is a representative for Port Washington State Bank. He also is the president and coach for the Kewaskum Gridiron Youth Football Club.

’12 Amy Richards (BA), of Washington D.C., graduated with a master’s in public policy from Georgetown University, where she works as a multimedia specialist.

’14 Cymone (Jones) Cowling (BS), of Neenah, finished a master’s from Lakeland University with a 4.0 grade-point average. Cowling is a school counselor at Maplewood Middle School in Menasha.

’14 Joshua Klug (BAS), of Merrill, is the new Merrill Fire Chief. He is an 11-year veteran of the Merrill Fire Department.

’15 Tracy (Warren) Miller (BSN), of Fond du Lac, married Eric Miller on March 23. She is an emergency preparedness and trauma program coordinator at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh.

’15 Kurt Wondra (MBA), of Greenville, business analyst II at Skyline Technologies, presented “Beyond the Techniques: Tools to Get Stuff Done” as a session speaker for the 11th-annual Wisconsin Business Analyst Development Day conference in May.

’16 Charles Nelson (BS), of Green Bay, joined the Shiocton Police Department as an officer.

’17 Brett Baehman (BS), of Oshkosh, is an editorial assistant for The Fond du Lac Reporter and the Oshkosh Northwestern. He also is the head middle school football coach at Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh.

’17 Kayla Berg (BS), of Gilbert, Minnesota, is the planner for Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in Minnesota.

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