Class Notes
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1970-1979
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Jim McGee ’72 has just published his second action/adventure novel, The Zebras from Minsk. After a decades-long career as a national security professional, a second career as a novelist fulfills a dream from Jim’s days as a history major at Beloit.
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Beverly Hawkins ’74, a music major, was pleased to run into Max Yount, emeritus music professor, at a concert in Madison. It was nice to have a few moments to visit and they both enjoyed the concert. When she texted the picture to her good friend Bobby Hirschhorn ’74, he wrote back, “He looks fantastic! He never ages.”
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Jon Ball ’76 has finally retired after 43 years teaching mathematics at every level from middle school to university. His life is now consumed by FranklinParkDefenders.org, a group trying to block a plan to build a professional soccer stadium in Franklin Park, a partially wooded 527-acre parkland bordered by the Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts. He welcomes support from all over the country (that means you, Beloiters!), saying, “if they can do this to a National Historic Landmark in an environmental justice community, then no public park anywhere in the U.S. is safe from developers.”
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Eric May ’79 recently had a book signing event in Nice, France for his third book, The Solo Consultant, which is available now on Amazon.
1980-1989
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Chris Nelson ’82 has created two Substack publications in his retirement. “The Cult of Authenticity” is an analysis of the American view of authenticity as found in newspaper articles, etc. “The Literary Stylings of Christian Nelson” consists of a monthly poem he’s written. He welcomes any and all comments on the posts.
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John Dion ’88 has moved to Russell Sage College where he is a marketing professor and director of graduate studies in the School of Management. He recently published “When the Institution Closes: Navigating Job Loss and Identity in Higher Education,” a chapter in Narratives of Upheaval in Higher Education.
1990-1999
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Ken Bailey ’96 started a new job in February as the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms in Washington, D.C.
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Michelle Cull San Antonio ’98 visited David Pollack ’76 in northern New York. Michelle and Dave are old friends, and she credits him with her decision to attend Beloit for the anthropology program.
2000-2009
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Luke Brechtelsbauer ’01 came through Richmond, California on his way to teach harp at Lark Music Camp and had dinner with Erin McCluskey ’01 and Risa Lenore Anderson Dye ’02. Luke lives in New Orleans and works as a musician and performer. Erin and Risa both live in the Bay Area and work as artists and art educators.
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Russell Jaffe ’06, Leland Fischer ’06, Jean Taggart ’06, Sam Peake ’06, Megan Workman Peake ’06, Colleen McGroarty-Seifer ’06, Hannah Graham ’06, and Peter Shinnick ’06, friends from the class of 2006, gathered for a reunion in Chicago.
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Craig Hadley ’06 successfully defended his EdD dissertation Sept. 5, 2025 at Central Michigan University. His dissertation topic explores academic museum leadership using a quan-titative instrument developed by Bolman and Deal. Craig looks forward to graduating in December and getting his nights and week-ends back with his speed-cubing son, Alex, and wife, Laura.
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Taylor Luck ’07 was one of two final-ists for the 2025 Waterston Desert Writing Prize for an excerpt from a book-in-progress on modern Jordan that delves into the lives and livelihoods of Bedouins and the ancient tradition of falcon hunting, which is still going strong in southeast Jordan.
2010-2019
Credit: Ryan Davis Photography
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Emily Vogelhuber ’16 was married to Dr. Daniel Dispensa on May 31, 2025 in Rockford, Illinois, where they happily share a home with two goofy cats. They are very excited to be done planning a wedding.
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Aryssa Harris ’17 has been selected to participate in the 2025 Rappaport Law and Public Policy Fellowship program. The fellowship provides outstanding law students with opportunities to experience the complexities and rewards of public policy and public service within the highest levels of state and municipal governments. Aryssa is a rising 3L at Boston University School of Law and is also obtaining a Ph.D. in Political Science at Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. As a 2L, she was co-president of the Black Law Student’s Association, a Legal Writing Fellow for the 1L writing program, and the Editor-in-Chief for the Boston University Law Review. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, she is spending her summer interning at the Office of the Governor’s Legal Counsel.
2020-2029
- Clare Eigenbrode ’20 graduated in May with a master’s degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins.
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