Class Notes Archive — 1970s

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We inadvertently omitted at least one name from our spring issue in which we remembered UW-Green Bay’s first graduating class in 1970. We should have listed Sue (Allen) Giese ’70 modernization processes, with that class — she was, after all, the second person to cross the stage, processing in alphabetical order. Giese recalls that she was the first graduate to have attended all four years at the UW Center in Green Bay. A writer for the Bay Badger student newspaper, she remembers that bad weather moved the first commencement indoors, and away from the new campus, to the gym at the Deckner location. Another memory from that day involves a “very warm and gracious” Chancellor Edward Weidner posing for photographs with graduates at the Shorewood Club reception. Giese went on to earn her master’s degree in community human services in 1993. Her son, Anthony Giese, graduated from mom’s alma mater in May 2000.

Robert Kahl ’72 environmental control, has retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sea lamprey control program after more than 30 years.

Richard Pigeon ’72 managerial systems, is a senior vice president, commercial relationship manager, for Johnson Bank’s northeast division. Pigeon is a former president of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Risk Management Association and a longtime volunteer for the American Cancer Society.

John Dederich ’73 the Marine vet who lost both legs in the Vietnam War, earned a managerial systems degree from UW-Green Bay and later served as manager of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena for 30 years, died earlier this year at the age of 64. Dederich was a major advocate for veterans’ causes and, as president of Friends of Brown County Veterans Inc., was instrumental in having the monument erected near the Arena in 2003.

Rick Chernick ’74 managerial systems, CEO of Camera Corner/Connecting Point, was chosen by The Rotary Club of Green Bay to receive its 2010 Free Enterprise Award.

Frederick Heide ’74 humanism and cultural change, just published an article, “The Agnostic Metaphor in Psychotherapy: Should Clients ‘Battle’ their Blues?” in the American Psychological Association journal, Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. He is an associate professor at Alliant International University in San Francisco.

Angela Bohmann ’75 modernization processes, heads up the compensation and employee benefits practice group of the Leonard Street and Deinard law firm headquartered in Minneapolis. She has received repeated recognition over the past decade as being one of the most prominent lawyers in her state and across America with a special emphasis in employee benefits.

Bill Chaudoir ’75 science and environmental change and regional analysis, was elected secretary of the board of directors for the Door County Economic Development Corporation.

Anthony R. Thiesen ’75 science and environmental change, has been re-elected to another term on the Green Bay City Council. He has represented his East Side neighborhood on the Council and as a Brown County supervisor for 26 years.

Greg Larsen ’76 managerial systems, was named president of the 2010 board of directors for the nonprofit organization On Broadway Inc., Green Bay.

Janson Mancheski ’76 human adaptability, received national accolades for the first of a series of novels. The Chemist, published in 2008 by Bridgeway Books, won an award for best fiction novel in a contest sponsored by the American Mensa Society. Mancheski is currently working on the second in the novel series. The murder mystery takes place close to Mancheski’s roots (Green Bay). Mancheski is a practicing optometrist in Green Bay and Shawano, and the former team eye doctor for both the Green Bay Packers and the UW-Green Bay Phoenix teams. Interested readers can find the book at national chains and Amazon.com.

Paul Tower ’78 master’s in environmental arts and sciences, was the recipient of UW-Green Bay’s first Alumni Earth Caretaker Award last spring. As president and CEO of Applied Filter Technology, in Snohomish, Wash., a firm that helps to make biogas energy from green wastes such as lumber byproducts and landscaping trimmings, Tower is an advocate for “green” technologies. He was recognized at the spring conference of the UW-Green Bay Environmental Management Business Institute. The full story can be found at www.uwgb.edu/inside (click on “Alumni Rising”).

Marjorie (Thyssen) Mau ’79 communication and the arts, opened the St. Norbert College Baer Gallery season with the exhibition “Re-Presenting Place,” a selection of recent paintings and drawings.

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