Class Notes — 1970s

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Margaret Maes ’73 humanism and cultural change, is executive director for the Legal Information Preservation Alliance in Bloomington, Ind.

Dr. Christian Akiwowo ’74 managerial systems, was inducted into the Wisconsin Soccer Association’s Hall of Fame, March 21 at the American Serb Hall in Milwaukee. Akiwowo came to UW-Green Bay as an international student from Nigeria and was a standout on the Phoenix soccer team. He received UW-Green Bay Hall of Fame recognition in 1994 and was recognized in 2004 with UW-Green Bay’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Akiwowo is a clinical psychologist. In 1994, he founded Alájobí Rehabilitative Services — an Illinois licensed, not-for-profit child welfare and community mental health agency providing therapeutic/residential services for abused and neglected children in state custody. It’s also a community mental health service provider. He is an educator and practitioner with over 25 years experience working with children and families.

Rick Chernick ’74 managerial systems, the CEO of Camera Corner Connecting Point of Green Bay, was one of the nation’s top 25 technology executives of 2008 as selected by CRN Magazine. Chernick has taken what was formerly a small camera store founded by his father in the 1950s to a $38 million technology business with 100 employees.

Lynn (Stahl) Seidl ’77 communication and the arts, has been teaching middle school choral in the Luxemburg-Casco school district since 1990. She is on the Wisconsin School Music Educators (WMEA) State Executive Board and serves as the Northeast Region vice president. She is a WCDA past president and is past chair of the Wisconsin School Music Association’s (WSMA) Middle Level Honors State Project.

Michael Cerkas ’78 business administration, is an IT performance manager at PAi in De Pere. PAi provides business services to the financial services industry with 401(k) administration and payroll solutions tailored for small businesses.

Chris Kolb ’79 human development, works for Argonne National Laboratories in Argonne, Ill., as a health physics technician, monitoring and measuring radioactivity during and after experiments being done with materials from nuclear reactors.

David Metzner ’79 science and environmental change, calls Texas home and is a geophysicist at EnCana Oil & Gas.

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