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

’64 Ron Friedel (BS), of Brown Deer, was a full-time lab instructor in geology at UW Oshkosh from 1964 to 1966 and worked in geosciences at UW-Milwaukee from 1969 until retirement in 2000.

’68 Larry Stadler (BS), of Sun Lakes, Arizona, is a retired AIG claims manager.

’70 Diane (Bunda) Doden (BS), of Appleton, is semi-retired, works part time at Kohl’s and is a volleyball official.

’71 George Schraufnagel (BS), of Little Chute, is the pastoral minister at St. John Nepomucene Parish in Little Chute. Schraufnagel has been a deacon for 35 years.

’71 Christine (Hoopman) Tower (BS) and ’73 (MS), of Oshkosh, retired from UW Oshkosh and Marian University. Tower enjoys traveling and time with family.

’73 Craig Culver (BS), of Sauk City, co-founder of Culver’s restaurants, celebrated the 34th anniversary of the chain, which boasts over 655 restaurants in 24 states.

’75 Janice (Schmoeckel) Mayton (BSN), of Wausau, retired after 43 years of nursing.

’77 Janet (Shallow) Cook (BSN), of Lena, celebrated her 40-year employment anniversary as a registered nurse with Atrium Health Care in Oconto Falls.

’77 Danae Davis (BS), of Milwaukee, is the executive director of Milwaukee Succeeds, an organization dedicated to success for every child in every school … cradle to career.

’79 Randy Hennig (BS), of Washington, D.C., is a founding editor in the Voice of America’s worldwide English language radio broadcasting initiative. Hennig hopes to enhance reporting of the most important world news events to the global on-air and online listening audience.

’80 Kim Robinson (BS), of Milwaukee, celebrated his retirement after 37 years with the Milwaukee Police Department. Robinson continues to be a freelance photojournalist.

’80 Karen (Merker) Weis (BS), of Milwaukee, retired in 2014 and moved to a loft in the Historic Third Ward.

’80 Phil Whitebloom (BBA), of Elkridge, Maryland, is sales director for North America with Enensys Technologies, which designs and manufactures equipment and software enabling efficient video delivery over broadcast and telecom networks.

’81 Paul Farese (BS), lives in Oceanside, New York.

’84 Terry (Marsicek) Lieske (BS), of Milwaukee, retired from the Whitnall School District after 34 years of teaching.

’84 Scott Neitzel (BS), of Verona, left his position as the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration secretary and is taking a break before deciding on his next career move.

’84 Ted Tornow (BS), of Clinton, Iowa, is completing his 35th year in professional baseball management with the Clinton Lumber Kings. Tornow and his wife, ’86 Ruth (Ostenso) Tornow (BSN), recently celebrated their anniversary.

’85 Tina (Kempf) Bettin (BS) and ’89 (MSN), of Marion, was inducted into the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). Bettin has worked for Thedacare for 18 years.

’86 Paul Whitenack (BFA), of Plymouth, Minnesota, is the manager of building science with Kraus Anderson Construction. Whitenack previously served as a consultant in the six-year restoration of the exterior enclosure of the Minnesota State Capitol.

’87 Montgomery “Monty” Greene (BS), of Two Rivers, retired after 12 years as school resources officer at L.B. Clarke Middle School.

’89 Jennifer Crow (BS), of Houston, Texas, retired after 30 years teaching in the Houston Independent School District.

’89 Mary Jo “MJ” Netzer (BS), of Rothschild, is a librarian at the Marathon County Public Library’s Stratford branch.

’96 Cynthia (Myers) Holmes (BA), of Darien, earned a Society for Human Resource Management-Certified Professional designation.

’97 Shelley Dietz (BBA), of New Franken, married Kelly McNiff ’00(BS) and ’04 (BSE), after 15 years as partners.

’98 Eric Halfman (BBA), of Beaver Dam, is a field sales manager for John Deere. Halfman is married and has two children.

’98 Michael Pica (BSE), of Wautoma, completed his 18th year as a physical education teacher with the Wautoma Area School District. Pica has coached football, baseball and boys basketball.

’98 Mike Vaughan (BBA), of Winneconne, is a business banking relationship manager at Fortifi Bank.

’01 Cathy (Doran) Cluff (BS), of Oshkosh, is the sales director for the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau.

’02 Stephan Wucherer (BM), of Weyauwega, is director of orchestras at the Lineville Intermediate School in the Howard-Suamico School District.

’03 Erin Krebs (BME), of Appleton, won the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Award for Jazz Artist of the Year and was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2018. A former music teacher, Krebs now gives private lessons and focuses on her vocal career.

’05 Kevin Jones (BBA), of Oshkosh, is co-owner of Adashun Jones Real Estate.

’06 Jennifer (Rabas) Damask (BS) and Kevin Damask ‘06(BA), of Madison, were married in August.

’07 Matt Hipp (BA), of Greenville, entered the Army’s warrant officer candidate program and expects to graduate in September.

’07 Patrick O’Brien (BBA), of Marquette, Michigan, is the Upper Peninsula district director for the Boy Scouts of America. O’Brien and his wife are expecting their third child.

’07 Ayse (Twit) Reyering (BS), of Brooklyn, New York, is a television and digital post producer who has worked on various programming, including Netflix, HBO, NBC Sports, Spike, A&E and History. Reyering recently received an Emmy nomination for her Netflix series with David Letterman.

’09 Jamie (Masterson) Rogers (BFA) and Craig Rogers ’09 (BFA), of Richland Center, both art teachers, painted a mermaid n Noah’s Art, a chalk art festival in the Wisconsin Dells.

’12 Joshua Hernday (BM), of Appleton, is the instrumental ensembles director at Silver Lake College of the Holy Family in Manitowoc. Hernday also is concert manager and board member of the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra and founding music director of the Neenah Community Orchestra.

’12 Andrew “Drew” Kopitzke (MS), of Neenah, is an undergraduate admissions counselor at UW Oshkosh. Kopitzke has worked at UWO for nine years.

’13 Leonard Caty Jr. (BLS), of Kaukauna, works in shipping and receiving for Metal Storm in De Pere.

’13 Katie Danielson (BSW), of Madison, is a graduate student at UW-Madison.

’13 John Pahlas (BFA), of Darlington, is making a 12-15 foot eagle sculpture to be featured on the Great Sauk State Trail. Pahlas won best in show at the 43rd-annual Green Lake Fine Arts Fair.

’13 John Rank (BSL), of Oshkosh, helps at-risk college students at Fox Valley Technical College find volunteer opportunities within the Fox Valley.

’14 Dennis Plantz (BLS), of Ripon, is the Berlin police chief. He has a 33-year career in law enforcement.

’15 Peter Michalski (BS), of West Bend, is a chemist and microbiologist with Rockline Industries, a wet-wipe manufacturer.

’15 Kaitlin (Marquardt) Phillips (BSE) and Scott Phillips ’16 (BS) of Oshkosh, were recently married. They met at UWO and had their engagement photos taken on campus. Kaitlin is a teacher in the Rosendale-Brandon School District.

’16 Natalie (Snyder) Anderson (BSE), of Rosendale, is a second-grade teacher for the Waupun Area School District and was married in June.

’16 Joe Tribbey Jr. (BAS), of Superior, is the director of the Emergency Response Training Center at Lake Superior College. Tribbey is a 17-year veteran of the Superior Fire Department.

’17 Abigail Boville (BS), of Tampa, Florida, works for Metlife Health Fitness.

’17 Robyn Elliott (BA), of Brookfield, is a communications graduate assistant with UW-Parkside’s athletic department.

’17 Erik Moon (BBA), of Rosendale, is the business director for the Omro School District.

’17 Stephanie (Nabbefeld) Williamson (BS), of Menasha, is a residence director at Hallmark Place, an independent senior living community in Kimberly.

’18 James Menger (BS), of Omro, is a Grafton Police Department officer.

’18 Samantha Walvort (BSE), of Sheboygan Falls, traveled to Tanzania, Africa ,with the Growth International Volunteer Excursions program. She taught English lessons and helped with local infrastructure projects.

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