St. Olaf College
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
ST. OLAF COLLEGE SPECIAL EDITION OF THE 1968 VIKING YEARBOOK St. Olaf College Class of 1968 – presents – The 1968 Viking Update in Celebration of its 50th Reunion JUNE 1 - 3, 2018 Autobiographies and Remembrances of the Class stolaf.edu 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield, MN 55057 Advancement Division 800-776-6523 Editors Professor Emeritus David Wee '61, Northfield, Minnesota St. Olaf Student, Joshua Qualls '20 Design and Production Tonja Larson Clay '94, Northfield, Minnesota Printing Park Printing, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota Table of Contents Autobiographies and Photographs . 9 Our Other Classmates . 319 In Remembrance . 321 Index . 351 HELP US REMEMBER Most of us entered the world in 1946, give or take a few months. We were the products of war-weary parents who themselves had been children of the Depression era. But the end of the war signaled a period of economic growth and development that put the United States on track to be the world’s richest and most powerful nation. We grew up in a time of plenty and our parents continued to expand our families for almost two more decades. Thus we became the “baby boomers” – a term first seen in an article in the Washington Post in 1970 – and therefore we were named and classified. We had power from the get-go, in terms of sheer numbers, wealth, and educational achievement. We have been described as a swallowed pig moving through a boa constrictor, changing the shape and perspective of the host. Our generation was seen as living in a Norman Rockwell world. But that image was deceptive. The prewar world of our parents was based on white male privilege, and as we grew, many of those assumptions were challenged. In our teen years the norms which previously applied began to be challenged, as civil rights and then women’s rights moved into the spotlight. While the intentions were good, the process was messy, uneven, and often violent. Detroit and parts of Los Angeles burned and civil unrest marked much of our youth. And then came Vietnam – certainly the most disruptive event of our young adulthood. And the effects went far beyond the actual combat. We began to distrust our leaders and government, even undermining the concept of authority. We came of age during a period in which basic assumptions about America and its values were being questioned and revised. But, like every other generation, we got on with the business of living: working, marrying, creating families, and adapting to the new realities that seem to now come with incredible regularity. We, who used typewriters, saw our children use word processors. Buttons replaced dials and buttons have now given way to voice commands. Records became discs which eventually also disappeared as the “cloud” played our music and films. As we enter our 70s, there is more equality and opportunity, but they exist in a splintered and fractious political and social environment. And yet we, like people everywhere, continue to experience the simple joys of family and friendship. And as we gather to acknowledge the past 50 years, with many diverse stories, we can be grateful for all the ways in which we have experienced life and celebrate with those who have made the journey with us. 4 Class Of 1968 Reunion Committee REUNION CO-CHAIRS Nancy Grundahl Boo Midness David Sand REUNION REUNION REUNION COMMUNICATIONS GIFT COMMITTEE PROGRAM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS CO-CHAIRS CO-CHAIRS Steve Grundahl Kirk Anderson Julie Sprague Omland Bryce Huemoeller Janice Haraldsen Bolin Kathie Waterman Staby Meredith Lee Lana Ingvalson Gilster Lynne Peterson von Trapp Rick Munsen COMMUNICATIONS GIFT PROGRAM COMMITTEE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Susan Bowman Berglund Karen Beetham Gayle Anderson Kathleen Croft Born Inge Bickel Osborne Mike Bolin Philip Gilmer Gary Carlson Jay Conway Steven Jorstad Karen Carncross Watkins Jane Drasites Ronald Kuhlmann Barb Carson Anderson Margret (Peggy) Dwyer Sell Warren (Skip) Chapin Ann Lindgren Jorstad Susan Edwards Grimes Jon Christianson Martha Marshall Knoll Beverly Elving Kvamme Steve Dale John Mayer Nancy Finch Burns Thomas Diedrich Katherine Paap Hanson Ardis Holstad Cox Ann Gustafson Braaten Mark Pederson Thomas Jeffers Kathy Jensen Jones Bruce Piltingsrud David Johnson Beth Larson Loken Robin Ruud Carlson John Johnson Richard Maursetter Susan Stan Marilyn Klasse Nelson Clifford Romme Jodell Steinke Rockenstein Robert Leland David Stark Lynne Tepley Martinson Rana Limbo Susan Tracy Peterson Judith Livdahl Wulff Barney Molldrem Mary Ostenson Broude Susan Palmer Pamela Schultz Hille Carole Syverson Fandrey Donald Webber Dick Werner 5 Autobiographies – and – Photographs Mary Abbe Hintz Assuming that, as some wag once observed, all the world’s a stage and we are but bit players, I am — like most of you — at the beginning of Act 3 . Recapping Act 1: Southern Minnesota farm girl (Albert Lea) arrives at St . Olaf on scholarship, is mystified by ubiquitous Norwegian sweaters and suburban ethos . Majors in English, dips into philosophy, absorbs all the education she can handle, learns the meaning of “ethos,” and graduates with only the vaguest of aspirations . Gets M .A . degree from University of Wisconsin, marries St . Olaf boyfriend, teaches for seven years . Then, realizing God really does not want her to grow old as a suburban high school English teacher, the girl bails . Works at University of Chicago Press, starts writing art crit for alternative press, moves to Twin Cities, gets divorced, shakes off old life . Act 2: Working as P R. honcho at Walker Art Center, girl meets and later marries U of Mn . nuclear physicist-photographer-surfer Norton Hintz . Loves WAC but, after four years, bails for art critic/ reporter job at Minneapolis Star Tribune . Loves the fast pace and constant challenges of writing about museum and gallery shows, culture, money and art bureaucracy . At age 43 farm girl has son, Mark Hintz, in 1990; his dad, Norton, is 67 . Despite the burden of geriatric parents, Mark matures into a smart, savvy indie kid who graduates from Reed College (2012) and works at a tech firm in Manhattan . Act 3: Having sold her daylight hours for 47 years, farm girl retires in autumn 2016, still savoring the privilege and pleasure of working with fun, smart, witty colleagues at the Star Tribune for 32 years . As her husband had died earlier in 2016, age 93, farm girl decamped to Paris to clear her head for three months . Now back in the Twin Cities, she’s indulging in long lunches with friends, spending happy days at her little St . Croix River cottage, and sketching out Act 3 . Life is good . Though still ambivalent about suburbia, she now has a closet full of high-style Norwegian sweaters . And she still owns the farm . 9 Carol Jean Allis Married an Ole upperclassman . Graduated . Learned to think for myself . Became a Democrat . Got divorced . Taught school . Wrote poems . Tried marriage again (more than once – still trying to get it right .) Best accomplishment – raising two amazing boys who became gentle, kind, caring, loving partners and fathers . Wrote poems . Worked in public service most of my life – Minnesota House of Representatives, City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County Medical Center, Cook County, etc . Helped create laws back when political parties talked to each other . Finally got to write for a living – media relations, public outreach, crisis communications . Wrote speeches for a Vice President, governors, mayors . Wrote poems . Greatest heartbreak – losing my youngest son to opioids, prescribed for seven back surgeries . Learned that pharmaceutical companies lie . Oldest son thrived – became Renaissance Man and Best Father ever . Beautiful grandchildren – sparkling firebrand of a girl who will be the best nurse ever, and a 10-year-old dreamer who’s already an engineer . Lived in the city . Lived in the suburbs . Lived in the country . Lived on the North Shore . Wrote poems . Learned how to live alone – rewire a lamp, fix a snow blower, get rid of bats (without killing them) . Helped create crisis communication plans for massive disasters . Published a book of poems for ordinary people . Survived a heart attack . Survived a broken heart – many times . Now married to retired history professor and Berkeley radical . Loved and enjoyed incredible friends; lost loved ones – many four-footed . Read thousands of books; watched thousands of movies . Cooked wonderful dinners with friends . Traveled to Barcelona, Venice, Grand Marais (the best) . Currently transcribing love letters between my grandfather and his first love – the most romantic thing I’ve ever read – hope it will be the best book ever . Watched history being made . Learned the world is a wonderful, hellish, terrible, beautiful place . Greatest gift from St . Olaf – roommate and lifelong friend Judy Kenady Whalen, who is still my BFF, and has stood by me with love and without judgment all these years . 10 Judith (Judi) Andersen Sateren St . Olaf has been a significant part of my life since graduation . I took a position in the Nursing Department right out of graduate school, thinking I would teach for two years, and ended up with a forty-year career . I was on staff in the Psychiatry Service at the Minneapolis VAMC during much of that time, which was always interesting and challenging . My husband Mark and I are celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary this year . Our daughter Annie, a St . Olaf grad, has two boys and lives near us in south Minneapolis . Our other daughter, Stacy, has two girls and lives in Denver . It’s a great place to visit in summer and winter . Some of our best times have been at our cabin near Barnum, Minnesota, which we have owned since 1986 . Shortly after we bought the cabin we were surprised to discover that Lana and Eric Gilster had the cabin across the lake from us! Since my retirement from St .