August 9, 2019
Class Notes
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1940s
In Memoriam
March 8, 2018
1950s
Sympathy
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Delmar Seitz on the death of his wife Jean Seitz on July 20, 2019.
In Memoriam
May 29, 2019
May 5, 2018
June 22, 2019
August 14, 2019
1960s
In Memoriam
July 6, 2019
May 10, 2019
June 18, 2019
March 7, 2019
July 7, 2019
February 10, 2019
June 27, 2019
July 15, 2019
July 26, 2018
July 26,2019
1970s
Updates
sold his real estate appraisal company in Lawrenceville, Illinois, and went into semi-retirement. He continues to appraise and sponsor his son-in-law who is learning the business.
has moved to Elgin, Illinois, and is teaching Upper School French at Elgin Academy.
has been named the new chief executive officer of Cottage Hospital in Galesburg, Illinois.
is chief financial officer at FCC Behavioral Health in Kennett, Missouri, which has completed its second successful year as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic provider. The CCBHC initiative has been co-authored by Senator Roy Blunt, who visited the FCC offices in February 2019.
In Memoriam
June 13, 2019
April 30, 2019
Sympathy
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Heather Harlan on the death of her son Micah Harlan Bacus on February 25, 2019.
1980s
Updates
was inducted into the Illinois Softball Coaches Association Umpire Hall of Fame in February.
retired from the Registrar’s Office at Western Illinois University in June 2019 after 32 years of service.
Congratulations to Robert Cox whose son was married on June 7, 2019.
will be installed as president of the Kiwanis Club in Jacksonville in October 2019.
was promoted to vice president, accounting operations at RLI Insurance Company.
Sympathy
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Ken Miller on the death of his mother Martha Jane Mercer Miller on April 19, 2019.
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Dan Langan on the death of his father Tom Langan on August 23, 2019. He was also the father-in-law of Valerie Velinski Langan ’83, the uncle of Tiffany Carl Flowers ’97 and grandfather of Mitchell Neally ’09.
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Lori J. Schisler on the death of her mother Helen M. Wise on April 15, 2019.
In Memoriam
July 2, 2019
June 16, 2019
April 10, 2019
1990s
Sympathy
Illinois College extends its sympathy to Julie Henry on the death of her mother Ferol Henry on February 3, 2019.
Updates
is the executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
accepted a position as the director of recreation in June 2019 for the Oswegoland Park District in Oswego, Illinois. He was also appointed in May 2019 to serve a two year term on the village board in Montgomery, Illinois.
In Memoriam
July 3, 2019
2000s
Births
Updates
is a licensed clinical social worker working as a psychotherapist in private practice in Normal, Illinois.
is the director of technology at Illinois State University’s Mennonite College of Nursing.
started a new job with Summit Agriculture Group in March 2019.
is the Controller, North America General Accounting and Close at Archer Daniels Midland.
is the associate athletic director at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri, as of June 2019.
has been elected as the mayor of Mt. Zion, Illinois.
accepted a new position as a federal on-scene coordinator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
successfully defended his Ph.D. at the Chicago Botanic Garden in May. The committee commented on the quality and significance of his research findings, a majority of which was conducted on Ghost Orchids in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.
graduated from University of Indiana Kelly Online Business School in May.
In Memoriam
August 15, 2019
2010s
Marriages
December 15, 2018. Megan finished her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis in 2018 and is an account executive for Spectrum Scientific Communications. Aaron is a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150
Updates
is assistant director of academic advising for biological sciences at DePaul University in Chicago as of May. She hosted a webinar panel discussion in May sponsored by the National Academic Advising Association, entitled “Maximizing our Minimal Time: Perspectives and Successes with Advisor Collaboration.” She was recently asked to serve as Common Reading Chair on the Conference Planning Committee for the 2020 NACADA Region 5 Conference in Milwaukee and selected as a presenter at the 2019 Illinois Academic Advising Association Drive-In Conference.
has been promoted to director of consumer
recently began a new role as a social services career trainee with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. She is training to become a human services caseworker.
graduated cum laude from Vincennes University in their physical therapist assistant program and has accepted a job at ATI Physical Therapy in Bloomington, Indiana, and Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana.
is legislative assistant for representative Mike Bost handling the Ag Committee and his education portfolio.
is a music teacher and director of bands for kindergarten through second grade at North Mac Elementary School in Girard, Illinois.
Births
a son, Owen Carter, June 19, 2019.
Faculty & Staff
In Memoriam
Linda worked in the dining hall for 18 years. May 9, 2019
Andy served the Illinois College Campus Services for 8 years as a custodian. June 27, 2019
Jerry was the food service director at Illinois College. July 6, 2019
Pat was “mom” to hundreds of students as a resident director at Illinois College for over 30 years. She retired
in 2012. August 27, 2019
Friends of the College
In Memoriam
August 8, 2019
February 16, 2019
August 4, 2019