Class Notes

Notices as of March 2, 2022

1969

Kathleen Torres married John Hepburn. They met when Hepburn taught at Augustana from 1967-1970, and reconnected in the fall of 2019. They live in Scottsdale, Ariz.

1976

Jeffrey Schroeder retired from the Rock Island Arsenal in July 2020.

1980

John Murabito, longtime chief human resources officer and current chief administrative officer of Cigna Corporation, will retire on April 1.

1981

Bill Abolt is a vice president at AECOM, an infrastructure consulting firm. He was named to lead AECOM's energy business in the United States.

1982

Terry Shockley is the narrator for a new podcast by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and USA Wrestling called “Etched In Stone – Stories of Wrestling Legends.”

1984

Susan Schipper Rezin is running for re-election to the Illinois State Senate. She has represented the 38th Legislative District since 2010.

1986

Laura Braendle Huggett was named president and owner of Truity Partners.

1989

Janeen Keller Mollenhauer received the Distinguished Service Award from the Illinois State University Administrative/Professional Council. She is an associate dean for academic support at the ISU Mennonite College of Nursing.

1990

Holly Pohlman Schou was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. Schou teaches at United Township High School in East Moline, Ill.

1991

Tim Fader was named Coach of the Year by the National Wrestling Coaches Association. He is the wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.

1999

Tina Bailiff Dunker was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. Dunker teaches at United Township High School in East Moline, Ill.

2002

Lirim Neziroski was appointed dean of humanities, fine arts, and social sciences at Illinois Valley Community College.

2005

Sarah Goodpaster had a daughter, Autumn Goodpaster, on Dec. 10, 2021.

2009

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Matt Mencarini will help launch Wisconsin Watch’s first statehouse bureau. Mencarini most recently was a member of the investigative team at the Louisville Courier Journal, where he shared in one Pulitzer Prize in 2020 and was on the reporting team that was a finalist for journalism’s highest honor in 2021. The 2020 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news recognized the newspaper’s coverage of hundreds of last-minute pardons and commutations issued by outgoing Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin.

Deaths

Notices as of March 2, 2022

Lois Sommers ’48 Volrath on Feb. 7, 2022.

Dean Stenberg ’51 on April 24, 2020.

Anne Gibbon ’52 Johnson on Feb. 14, 2022.

Helen Teros ’52 Wudel on Oct. 8, 2020.

Marilyn Venell ’56 Hanson on Nov. 4, 2020.

Adele Gress ’56 Skolaski on Jan. 27, 2022.

Thomas Klarkowski ’60 on Feb. 24, 2022.

Albert Neal ’61 on Jan. 12, 2020.

Marilyn Anderson ’66 Reinke on Sept. 28, 2020.

Kenneth Bratt ’71 on June 8, 2019.

Mark Jamrozik ’79 on Jan. 1, 2022.

Judith Dalmasso ’87 on Feb. 3, 2022.

Michael Hayes ’89 on Feb. 1, 2022.