Alumni Notes

Graduates and other members of the Chadron State College community are encouraged to report their news.

John Letts ‘72 Quincy, Ill., was appointed president of John Wood Community College on Jan. 12, 2012.

Jan (Moss) McNeely ‘73 Clinton, Wash., retired from teaching and coaching from South Whidbey Primary School.

Cheri (Waynar) Mundt ‘74 Papillion, was promoted to serve as executive director of the Immanuel PACE -- Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly --initiative in southwest Iowa.

Kathleen (Gerhard) Gatch ‘86 Gering, become a great grandmother of identical triplets in August 2010.

Randy Jarzynka ‘86 Cairo, is an avid runner and has logged 84,000 miles entering March 2012.

Steven Herdt ‘88 Charlotte, N.C., retired Aug. 1, 2011, from teaching at Providence High School.

Peter Chase ‘88 Amarillo, Texas, was named engineer of the year for his work as a performance contract engineer for Honeywell, Inc.

Michael Halley ‘92 Scottsbluff, is the new principal of Scottsbluff High School.

Diana (Martinez) Griffith ‘93 Guernsey, Wyo., was named the 2011 teacher of the year by Platte County School District No. 2.

Kyle Schell ‘06 Wall, S.D., completed a master’s in animal and agriculture science with rangeland management in December 2011 from South Dakota State University.

Craig Lowe ‘08 Olathe, Kan., passed the Kansas Bar exam and started his own law firm.

MARRIAGES

Jeane (Suhr) ‘02 and Matt Anderson married July 2, 2011 in Gering.

Charles ’04 and Elizabeth (Matthews) Brawner ’06 married Aug. 27, 2011 in Sidney.

Sheena (Sturgeon) ‘05 married Justin Kinnan June 11, 2011.

Travis ‘08 and Joanna (Smurthwaite) Connot married June 7, 2011. The couple resides in Valentine where Travis works with the Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District and Joanna works at Security First Bank.

FUTURE EAGLES

Braxton Palmer to Cheyenne (Palmer) ‘96 and Brett Heath, Colome S.D., Oct. 2011. He was welcomed by older siblings: Cody, Kash, Klayton, Kaydee, and Callie.

David Roy to Kathy (Brumbaugh) ‘02 and Steven Lutter, Parker, S.D., Jan. 3, 2012.

Brecken to Cameron ‘03 and Melissa (Crunk) Soester ‘03, Omaha, Nov. 3, 2011. He was welcomed by older brother Braden.

Tripper Lee to Sara (Wilson) ‘04 and Levi Kosmicki ‘05, Yoder, Wyo., Oct. 4, 2011. He was welcomed by sister Kaycee.

Ivan Michael to Valerie (Barkell) ‘05 and Michael Gloudemans, Moreno Valley, Calif., Oct. 2011.

Grady Michael to Hayley (Rehm) ‘05 and Dustin Beaudette, Scottsbluff, May 31, 2011.

Camden to Cody ‘08 and Sierra (Lamb) Gullickson ‘08 Las Vegas, Nev., on Jan. 17, 2012.

Kenzie to Jennifer Fiscus ‘09 Rushville, on Jan. 6, 2011.

DEATHS

Norma Elkins Jonesboro, Ark., died Feb. 12, 2012.

Clayton Luther ’40 Mesa, Ariz., died Jan. 19, 2012.

Robert “Bob” Carnahan ‘51Casper, Wyo., died Jan. 8, 2012.

Velma Wheeler ‘55 Worland, Wyo., died Oct. 27, 2011.

Calvin Henne MS ‘62 Bridgeport, died Feb. 3, 2011.

Mildred Bishop ‘70 Valentine, died Dec. 13, 2010.

Kim (Jost) Degnan ‘92 Hot Springs, S.D., died March 25, 2011.