’80
Cynthia Seelhammer, Queen Creek, Ariz., was recognized by the Arizona City/County Management Association with the Jack De Bolske Award, their highest honor.
’81
Anthony Sjogren, Sartell, is second vice chairman of the St. Cloud Federal Credit Union’s Board of Directors.
’82
Andre Sundgaard, Stillwater, is senior vice president of property management at the Minneapolis office of Cassidy Turley. Sundgaard recently served as senior vice president of business development at Cushman & Wakefield/NorthMarq.
Joseph Tarvin, Minnetonka, was hired to Pragmatek’s Vocollect sales and consulting Team.
’83 ’98
Glenn Miller, Brooten, is vice president of integration/operations at American Solutions for Business. Miller spent 19 years at Fingerhut, and most recently worked as a sales manager for CHR Solutions of Houston, Texas.
’84
Mark Barth and his brother Dan Barth ’89, St. Cloud, purchased D.B. Searle’s. The Barths also own nearby Pioneer Place on Fifth and the Veranda Lounge.
’84 ’85
Gregory Vandal, Sauk Rapids, was appointed to the Stearns-Benton Workforce Council.
’85
Jeffrey Bertram, Paynesville, was recognized by the Stearns County Board of Commissioners for nine years of service on Stearns County Planning Commission. He was recently appointed to the County Shoreline Review Panel by the Board and also serves on the Paynesville City Council.
Dwight Boyum, Rochester, is an editorial writer for the Post-Bulletin daily newspaper. Boyum has been a copy editor for the Post-Bulletin for 22 years. He also has worked for the Fargo Forum,
the Brainerd Dispatch, the International Falls Daily Journal and the St. Cloud Times.
John Hornibrook, Seatac, Wash., is system chief pilot/managing director of line flying at Alaska Airlines after 21 years of service with them as a line captain.
William Trunk, Washington, D.C., published his first book “Follow My Dream,” a collection of monthly email letters sent to family and friends where he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Albania from 2007-09. Trunk is a finance manager for the American Red Cross.
’86
Clifford Borgerding, Avon, is Stearns County Volunteer of the Year. Borgerding has worked to develop and expand the Lake Wobegon Trail and connections to the trail. Borgerding also was involved in the formation of the Camp Ripley Minnesota Veterans Trail.
J. Daniel Cairns, Rice, was named a 2012 Blue Partner by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota for sales and service excellence. Cairns works for Northwestern Mutual.
Bonnie Henrickson, Lawrence, Kan., was inducted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame. Henrickson was a standout on the St. Cloud State women’s basketball team from 1981-85. Henrickson was inducted into the St. Cloud State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.
Julie (Younger) Roeder, Clearwater, was designated an Allstate Premier Service Agent for 2012.
’86 ’98
Karen (Leyendecker) Imholte, St. Cloud, is a winner of the St. Cloud Sidewalk Poetry Contest. Imholte’s poem, “If I Were,” will be printed on a sidewalk in St. Cloud.
’87
Scott Christensen, Savage, was appointed controller and chief accounting officer of Universal Hospital Services, Inc. • Leonard Kirscht, Rogers, is vice president of business banking serving KleinBank’s northwest market.
Thomas Offerdahl, Sartell, is the Sartell Citizen of the Year for his volunteer work. Offerdahl works for and is an active member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Sartell.
John Perkins, Columbia, Mo., performed as principle trumpet in his 14th season with the Skippensburg Festival Orchestra and played with the Missouri Symphony. Perkins is also a member of the Pinnacte Brass Quintet and the Show Me Brass of Columbia and is a staff reviewer of recordings for the International Trumpet Guild Journal.
Timothy Tormoen, Columbia Heights, is director of Volunteer Programs and Outreach at the University of Maryland.
’87 ’90
April Williams, Minneapolis, wrote the short fiction “GQ” published by Sic Semper Serpent. This story is included in the first edition of the literary magazine “The Fugue.”
’88
Brian Belski, St. Paul, is chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets. Belski will be part of the Equity Research Team and work out of both the New York and Toronto offices.
Timothy Hennagir, St. Joseph, is managing editor at The Monticello Times. Hennagir spent the last six years as the editor of the Blaine Spring Lake Park Life.
’89
Michelle (Nordby) Kangas, Baxter, is registrar at Central Lakes College (CLC). Kangas has been a senior customer service specialist at CLC since 2004 and from 1997-2004 was a cashier.
Dave Kleis, St. Cloud, is mayor and chairman of the St. Cloud Area Planning Organization Board (APO). The APO is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for the St. Cloud area.
Brian Ryks, Wrenshall, is executive director of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich. Ryks was executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority for more than 10 years.
