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Rudy ’14 and Dani Hillis Porter ’13
welcomed a son, August, on Sept. 27, 2022.
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Joe ’07 and Laura Weber Rheinecker ’07,
their third child, a daughter, Samantha Jo, on January 9, 2020.
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Reg Ankrom '71
will have a three-volume biography about Stephen A. Douglas, who got his start in politics in Jacksonville, published in May. The work covers the politician’s greatest achievements between 1844 -1850.
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Owen Barbknecht '13
is a retail banker at Woodforest National Bank in Jacksonville, Illinois.
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Hayleigh Ray '12
graduated from the University of Florida with her Ph.D. in entomology and nematology. She is currently employed as a teaching assistant at the University of Florida and plans to pursue a professor position
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Jaimie Newby '12
was elected as the 2018-2020 chair of the Small Colleges & Universities Advising Community within the National Academic Advising Association. She also serves as the vice president and webmaster of the Merrill’s Marauders Proud Descendants Association honoring WWII veterans.
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Dr. James Geiselman '10
completed postdoctoral training to receive his diploma from the American Clinical Board of Nutrition. He is currently an assistant professor of allied health at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.
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Andrea Leefers '09
is a guidance counselor at Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Illinois.
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Karen Trusley '06
is an office medical specialist in the Psychology Clinic at Western Illinois University.
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Christopher Miller '05
is vice president of sales and marketing at the ATB Technologies in Chesterfield, Missouri. Courtney Traub is a merchandise planner at ModCloth.
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Lisa Schrock Magliari '04
is a third grade teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School in Keokuk, Iowa.
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Adam Magliari '03
is principal of Keokuk High School in Keokuk, Iowa.
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Mark Dochterman '02
was selected as a 2018-19 President’s Executive Leadership Program Fellow, a professional development program meant to strengthen leadership among the three universities that comprise the University of Illinois System. Dochterman was among a limited number of individuals chosen for the program from a competitive pool of 60 nominations. He is visiting assistant vice chancellor for student engagement for the University of Illinois Springfield.
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Dellann Stutsman '99
was promoted to the rank of Captain on the Auburn Fire and Rescue Department.
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Gail Noll '94
has moved to a new position as financial litigation and bankruptcy program specialist staying with the Illinois Department of Justice. The move comes as her husband, John Milhiser, begins his new role as U.S. attorney for the Central District of Justice.
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Bethany Kershaw '86
retired as the captain of Jacksonville Fire Department in June 2018 after working for the city since 1990.
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Mike Mann '85
is a budget and legislative analyst for the Joint Budget Committee of the Colorado General Assembly in Denver, Colorado. Rick Meidel recently retired from ExxonMobil and joined Crowley Fuels as vice president and general manager, responsible for the performance and day-to-day operations of their Alaska division in Anchorage, Alaska.
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David Fischer '85
was among those honored as CFO of the Year for 2018 by St. Louis Business Journal.
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Robert '78 and Sandee Skoglund Zirchelbach ’79
are pastors at First Presbyterian Church in Adair, Iowa, and Bob also serves as business manager for Mt. Olive Lutheran School in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Reg Ankrom '71
was named the recipient of the Illinois State Historical Society annual awards with the honor of Superior Achievement for his scholarly book, “Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1883-1843.”
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James Alexander '69
earned a medal in the men’s 5k and 10k runs during the Illinois Senior Olympics held in Springfield, Illinois. He will advance to the 2019 National Senior Games to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Bill '65 and Becky Edelbrock Hitt '65
have relocated to The Woodlands, Texas.
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Bill Hitt '63
traveled to Kenya on a two-week trip with Judah Lion Ministries.