Classmate Profile
Use the "Comments" section to tell us what you've been doing for the past 40 years... what have been your proudest moments, what lessons have you learned, what is most important to you now, or what dreams are yet unfulfilled on your bucket list. Come back and make changes whenever you like.
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Jim Bergeson


Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 3 |
Occupation: | Retired |
Comment:
After graduation, I attended Normandale Community College for a year and then joined the Navy to “see the world”. When the Vietnam War ended, I qualified for an early release and finished up college at Gustavus. I was then hired by Kodak and transferred to Ohio where I met my wife of over thirty+ years. Six relocations later we landed in Des Moines and I joined IBM so that we could stay in this great place for raising a family. We are now snowbirds spending our winters in Phoenix and summers in Des Moines. Our oldest son lives in Des Moines with his wife and our granddaughter. Our other son is a career officer in the Navy and is married with our second granddaughter. Our daughter was teaching at a Lutheran seminary in Hong Kong but is now back in the U.S. and will become a Lutheran pastor soon. Favorite activities include hiking, fishing, travel, snow skiing and volunteering. |
Mary Bergh (Navratil)


Marital status: | Single |
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Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | Retired |
Michael Bernick
Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | VP-Finance & CFO |
Bill Bernstein

Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 3 |
Occupation: | Sr. Field Service Engineer |
Comment:
Hello fellow classmates, |
David Bloomquist
Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | retired |
Lon Blumenberg
Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 3 |
Occupation: | Sales |
Ute Boecker (Boeckler)


Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 4 |
Occupation: | Paraeducator |
Comment: 4 grandchildren |
Vicki Bonk (Roser)


Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 1 |
Occupation: | native plant habitat advocate, artist, office admin |
Comment:
Peace! Will be far-out to see SLP 60's classmates gathered together. Thanks reunion organizers. 40 years is a long trip. Hoping yours was mostly good and/or a learning experience. Will highlight some roads traveled since SLP. Went to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design - got into Earth Art. Lived in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania at the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, served as Art Director, met my husband and our son was born there. A decade later, back to Minneapolis. Have enjoyed learning about the vital importance and beauty of native plant communities, an interest spurred by work at the Mpls. Nokomis Naturescape. This effort led to the Minneapolis Monarch Festival (monarchfestival.org). Am fortunate to share life with 2 good-hearted souls, Richard and Liam. We share interests in nature and art. A big change coming - Liam begins college this month. Currently, I bike commute to part-time work at a neighborhood wellness center. Keep the faith! |
Bob Brill

Marital status: | Married |
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Children: | 2 |
Occupation: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel - Travel Leaders Group |
Comment: 45 years seems impossible - but then I walk past a mirror. Aaargghhh! After High School, I went to the U of M and then Yale Law School. I married a British gal and have been married for 40 years. We have two children - our son and his wife are living in Ohio and our daughter lives in London - and we have three wonderful grandchildren. Where has the time gone? It will be great to see you all. I hope we have name tags - great big ones. |
Carol Brockman
Marital status: | Single again |
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Occupation: | Medical Data Base Assistant |