Alumni Updates

Submit your own updates

1930s

Deceased

  • Grace H. Lovell '32, Tucson AZ, May 10, 2006.
  • Grace Louise Mayes '32, Rockford, April 16, 2007.
  • Kenneth R. Imig '34, Bloomington, July 3, 2007.
  • Eugene Ellis Downing '37, MS '42, Mount Pulaski, July 6, 2007.
  • Roberta V. Siler '37, Muncie IN, April 2, 2007.
  • Carroll Hubble '38, MS '41, April 22, 2007
  • Mildred Kerr '38, Orion, April 5, 2007.
  • Dorothy R. Rimington '38, Freeport, May 7, 2007.
  • Margaret Bruce Stein '38, Sarasota FL, April 9, 2007.
  • Paul N. Odell '39, Piasa, April 6, 2007.

1940s

  • Paul Sancken '48 and Edith Harms Sancken, Henry, celebrated their 60th wedding
    anniversary August 3.

Deceased

  • Lun-Shin Wei, MS '55, PhD '58, professor emeritus in food science and human nutrition, May 15, 2007.
  • Donald Kaufman '50, Big Spring TX, May 3, 2007.
  • Geraldine M. Lehmann '40, Lake Zurich, July 9, 2007.
  • Faye M. Parkinson '40, Carmichael CA, April 10, 2007.
  • Evelyn Fox Pope '40, Battle Creek MI, February 19, 2007.
  • Irwin H. Reiss '41, Sullivan IN, April 11, 2007.
  • Jerry B. Lloyd '42, Girard, June 2, 2007.
  • Robert Maddock '42, St. Joseph, May 14, 2007.
  • Harold Reiterman '42, Jacksonville, August 11, 2006.
  • Donald Ross Johnson '43, Marietta GA, March 24, 2007.
  • Ernest V. Stevenson '43, Bloomington, June 7, 2007.
  • Harriett E. Bedinger '45, Danville, June 22, 2007.
  • John D. Alexander '47, MS '51, Champaign, August 11, 2006.
  • William F. Johnstone '48, Ithaca NY, May 5, 2006.
  • Alfred Harms '49, MS '50, PhD '65, Champaign, August 19, 2006.

1950s

  • Philip Pemberton MS '50, and Mildred Pemberton, Savoy, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 1.
  • Dale '59 and Jane Helms, Belleville, received the fi rst National Grange Family of the Year Award in January 2007.

Deceased

  • Renee L. Monkemeyer '52, Newark, April 14, 2007.
  • James Lewis Norman '52, Danville, June 25, 2007.
  • Robert Grant Fields '53, MS '54, Normal, July 17, 2007.
  • Robert L. Kinser '53, DVM '61, Carlinville, July 5, 2007.
  • Dr. Gilbert Manning '54 MS, Spokane WA, June 15, 2006.
  • Thurman D. Yohnka '54, Fond du Lac WI, April 29, 2007.
  • Wayne H. Dolk '56, Princeton, May 6, 2007.
  • Harry E. White Sr. '56, EdM '61, Sheldon, March 20, 2007.

1960s

  • Owen Palmer Lee '64, Woodbridge VA, honored with the University of Illinois Loyalty Award at the Illinois Alumni Club of Greater Washington, D.C. during their annual awards brunch on May 6.
  • John Teuscher '63, '66 MS, Pittsfield, elected to the Farmers State Bank Board of Directors.
  • Norman R. Pace PhD '67, Boulder CO, professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, received the Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Microbiology.
  • Mitchell L. Sogin '67, MS '71, PhD '72, Falmouth MA, professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence RI, received the USFCC/J. Rogers Porter Award from the American Society for Microbiology.

Deceased

  • Leaton D. Perkinson '60, Marion, May 9, 2007.

1970s

  • Guy Johnson '71, PhD '76, Kalamazoo MI, elected a 2007 Fellow of the Institute of Food
    Technologists.
  • Jim Sullivan MS '73, PhD '75, Fenton MO, president of International Ingredient Corp., elected chairman of the American Feed Industry Association at their May 2007 board of directors meeting.
  • Nancy Karasek '77, MS '84, Burr Ridge, joined Cole Taylor Bank as group senior vice president, human capital.
  • David Shragel '77, Galesburg, named vice president and principal agriculture banker for Wells Fargo's Western Illinois,
    Eastern Iowa Division.
  • Warren Goetsch '78, '81 MS, and wife Peggy '78, '86 EdM, Williamsville, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on August 15, 2006.

Deceased

  • James W. Trisler '72, Fairmount, August 15, 2006.
  • Hal Bach '73, Springfi eld, August 21, 2006.
  • Debra Benton '74, Houston TX, June 28, 2006.
  • Christopher B. True '75, MS '82, Bartlett, May 21, 2007.
  • Dale E. Johnson '79, Paxton, June 24, 2007.

1980s

  • Matt Benson '82, Indianapolis IN, named North America Market Sell and Business Services leader with Dow AgroSciences.
  • Fred Genthner PhD '83, Pensacola Beach FL, selected as a U.S. Department of State Embassy Science Fellow.
  • James R. Martin '86, Pontiac, accepted into the 2008 SoyLeader class, a two-year program for soybean developers. He is an agent with Midwest Insurance and a third-generation LaSalle County farmer.
  • Rod Stoll '89, Savoy, resigned his position as director of the Illinois 4-H Foundation in August and joined Farm Credit Services of Illinois as vice president of public relations.

1990s

  • Melissa Madsen '90, Boone IA, named one of the fi rst Agri-Sciences Commercialization Fellows by the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative at Iowa State University.
  • Michael J. Blaud '92, Bethany, elected to Heritage Grain Elevator Board of Directors for a three-year term.
  • Pat Harrington '95, MS '97, Mattoon, promoted to vice president, director of farm services in the trust and wealth management division of First Mid-Illinois Bank.
  • Meg Cline '96, Champaign, promoted in July to director of principal gifts/planned giving adviser with the University of
    Illinois Foundation.
  • Rick Leitz '99, Ankeny IA, named the trait integration lead for soybean breeding at Monsanto.
  • Lynne A. White '99 and '04, DVM '06, Schaumburg, accepted the position of assistant director of the Scientific Activities Division of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

Marriages

  • Matthew Ritter PhD '07, to Megan Wheaton, Bondurant IA, September 2, 2006.
  • Kenneth Ramsay '91, to Kim Kastl, Roscoe, June 2006.
  • Jim Anderson '92, to Donna Ginther, Altona, February 23, 2007.
  • Jill North '98, MS '03, to Michael Craft, Urbana, November 18, 2006.

2000s

  • Jason Wrage '03, DVM '07, Roseville, joined the professional staff of the Roseville Veterinary Clinic.

Marriages

  • Lauren E. Ligman '00 to Brad B. Bilotta '00, Buffalo Grove, October 7, 2006.
  • Scott Andrew Dierker '01 to Christine Rogers, Pekin, February 10, 2007.
  • Jeremiah Fleming '02 to Julie Riker, Olney, December 29, 2006.
  • Brittany Morrell Walters '05 to Nathan Webb, Pekin, October 7, 2006.
  • Lia M. Andrae '02, PhD '06, to Steve Nightengale '02, Osco, August 12, 2006.

New Additions

  • Amy Ludwig Rouse '00, Champaign, and husband Patrick '01, a son, George Ludwig Rouse, May 24, 2007.
  • Marla Schnitzler Todd '02, Champaign, and husband
  • John '01, a son, Jeremiah Virgil Todd, November 8, 2006.

Friends of ACES

Deceased

  • James Corbin, professor emeritus in animal sciences, Urbana, May 1, 2007.