Currents Magazine Online Spring 2006  

  
  

 

Class Notes

1900-1969

1970-1979

1980-1989

1990-1999

2000-Present

Donor Honor Roll

 
 
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1970-1979
Steven Cahill, '72 (Moorhead, MN). Governor Pawlenty has appointed Steven J. Cahill a District Court Judge for the Minnesota Seventh District, with chambers in Moorhead. He had been engaged in the private practice of law in Moorhead from 1976-2006. He has also served as a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association Board of Governors/Assembly since 2001. Following graduation from WSU, he received his J.D. degree from William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul. Steve, his wife, Jeri, and two sons live in Moorhead.

Scott Hannon, '72 (Winona, MN), Director of Public Affairs for Winona Area Public Schools, was recognized by MASSP for 20 years of service.

Joan (Ryan) Broadwater, '74 (Winona, MN) is a Reading Specialist for grades 1-3 for Winona Area Catholic Schools.

Richmond McCluer, Jr., '76 (Winona, MN). Three Minnesota magazines, in their annual peer-based survey of Minnesota lawyers, have named him as a criminal law Super Lawyer. The 2005 survey by Minnesota Law and Politics, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Twin Cities Business Monthly performs the polling, research and selection of Super Lawyers in a process designed to identify lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. An independent research team evaluates prospective candidates on more than a dozen indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement as a supplement to the balloting and blue ribbon panel review. Civic service and pro bono activities are also considered.  McCluer is also an adjunct professor at Winona State University, where he has taught criminal law and procedure for 16 years.

Carol (Hallquist) Rife, '76 (Germantown, TN) moved with her husband, Steve, and son, Rob, to Memphis, TN, in July 2004 so Steve could work for Fed Ex. They are learning how to cope with heat, humidity, and mosquitoes after living for 25 years in the Pacific Northwest but are enjoying the blues and especially the BBQ! After working for 28 years as a Medical Technologist, Carol is taking a break from the laboratory as she contemplates retirement.

Joyce (Curley) Black, '78 (Elkhorn, NE), UNMC College of Nursing Associate Professor, has been appointed President of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. The organization is focused on public policy, research and a new form of pressure ulcers called deep tissue injury.  She has been involved with the NPUAP since 1998, and has served in various roles. She is a member of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society, the Wound Healing Society, the Midwest Nursing Research Society, American Nurses Association, Nebraska Nurses Association and numerous other nursing and academic nursing organizations. She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from WSU, and a master's and doctoral degree from the UNMC College of Nursing.

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