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Alumni Achievement
Award
May 2008 - Alumni Achievement
Award
 Dr.
Terri Monk, Durham, N.C., a professor
in the Department of Anesthesiology at Duke
University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., was
presented with the Alumni Achievement Award
at spring graduation on May 3. She delivered
the commencement address at the baccalaureate
ceremony.
Terri earned her bachelor of science
degree at WSC in 1973. She received her medical
degree from the University of Nebraska and completed
a residency in anesthesiology at Baylor College
of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Prior to her
move to Duke, she was a faculty member in the
Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University
in St. Louis, Mo., and at the University of
Florida in Gainesville, Fla.
Dr. Monk is a founding member
and past president of the Society for the Advancement
of Geriatric Anesthesia and serves as a representative
to the American Geriatric Society's Secion of
Surgical and Related Medical Specialties. She
also serves as the chairperson of the Special
Interest Group for the Generation of Anesthesia
Standards.
December 2007 - Alumni
Achievement Award
 Dr.
Jerry Krause of Spokane, Washington,
and a 1959 graduate of Wayne StateCollege, received
the Alumni Achievement Award at the winter commencement
ceremony. He serves as the director of men’s
basketball operations at Gonzaga University.
Jerry had a 17-year career as head coach at
Eastern Washington University, he was inducted
into the EWU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.
Prior to becoming head coach at EWU, Krause
was an assistant at the University of Northern
Colorado for three years, and coached at Loveland
High School in Colorado and Adair-Casey Community
High in Iowa. Krause was a long-standing member
of the NCAA Rules Committee, was on the Board
of Directors of the National Association of
Basketball Coaches (NABC) and served on the
Selection Committee of the National Basketball
Hall of Fame. Jerry has written more than 30
books on coaching basketball, produced 31 instructional
videos, six
DVD’s, two CD’s and serves as a
consultant to many athletic organizations. He
is the most widely published coach in basketball
history, surpassing the legendary Clair Bee.
December 2006 - Alumni
Achievement Award
Morland (Mac) McManigal Fairfield,
Calif., was presented the
Wayne State College Alumni Achievement Award
at the commencement ceremony held on Dec. 15.
Mac is a 1952 graduate of Wayne
State College. He has been in the insurance
business for 48 years, 46 of those years were
in management.
McManigal has the dual distinction of being
the first National Association of Life Underwriters
president to hold the
Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter
designation and the only person to serve two
terms as president of the California
Association of Life Underwriters. He was the
first recipient of the association’s Distinguished
Service Award in 1992. Upon his retirement from
State Farm, Mac became a consultant with Western
Reserve Life (WRL) and retired as executive
director of ORBA Financial, WRL’s western
branch in Sacramento, California.
McManigal is the only person in the insurance
industry to serve four prestigious industry
organizations in leadership positions: president
of the National Association of Life Underwriters;
president of Life Underwriters Training Council;
charter member
of the General Agents and Managers Foundation
board; and vice chairman of the American College’s
21st Century Endowment Campaign.
December 2005 - Alumni Achievement Award
Michael E. Bousquet, a Lincoln businessman and
a 1970 graduate of WSC received the Alumni Achievement
Award at the winter commencement ceremony held
in Rice Auditorium on the Wayne State campus
December 16. He and his wife, Vicki serve on
the board of trustees of the Wayne State Foundation.
Mike also serves as treasurer of the WS Foundation's
exectuive committee.
Mike is president and chief executive officer
of REAMS Sprinkler Supply Co. The company has
nine stores in five states including three in
Nebraska: Lincoln (the home office), Omaha and
Grand Island; Sioux City, Des Moines and Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; Lenexa, Kansas; Nixa, Missouri
and Sprinkdale, Arkansas.
Following graduation from WSC, Mike began as
a partner in E. J. Bousquet and Sons and was
also owner of ABC Income Tax. He was named distributor
of the year for Rain Bird, Hunter and Weather-matic
Irrigation companies and is a certifited landscape
irrigation auditor.
Mike and Vicki have been longtime supporters
of WSC, including providing underground sprinkler
equipment for the campus.
May 2005 - Alumni Achievement Award
 Ronald
"Ron" W. Hunter, an Omaha
attorney and a 1953 graduate of WSC, received
the Alumni Achievement Award at the Spring Commencement
ceremony held in the Wayne State College Willow
Bowl.
Ron attended the University of Nebraska College
of Law following graduation from WSC. Among
the highlights of his law school years was when
the Nebraska law school team, of which Ron was
a member, defeated heavily-favored Georgetown
University in the finals of the National Moot
Court Championship in New York City in 1953.
His team was the only Nebraska team to win the
national championship in the last 50 years.
Ron served as a special agent in the Counter
Intelligence Corp. He worked counterespionage
cases and became chief of control of top-secret
clearance investigations by about 100 agents
in northern California. He wrote a book about
the American communist Party that was used to
train agents and for which he received the Army
commendation award.
In 1964 he started a law firm in Omaha. He
was elected president of the Western Heritage
Society in Omaha in 1975, a position which he
held for nine terms. Under his leadership the
society was able to transform the abandoned
Union Station into a museum, which is becoming
a world-class museum.
December 2004 - Alumni Achievement
Award
Adrian Minks, center, receives
the alumni Achieve Award from President Richard
Collings and Vice President for Development
and Executive Director of the Wayne State Foundation
Phyllis Conner in recognition of her many accomplishments
in the business profession. Adrian (Johnson)
Minks is the vice president of corporate services
for the Omaha Public Power District, Omaha.
She received her bachelor of science
degree Summa cum Laude from WSC in 1968. She
joined the Information Services Division of
Omaha Public Power District. in 1988, and subsequently
served as executive assistant to the president
and division manger of Customer Sales and Service.
In January 2002 she was promoted to her current
position with OPPD.
She serves on the board of trustees
of the Wayne State Foundation, and on the boards
of directors of the YWCA Omaha, the University
of Nebraska-Omaha Alumni Association, and the
Institute for Career Advancement Needs. She
and her husband of nearly 30 years, Jon R. Minks,
are members of the United Way Bridge Builders
Society. She is a past board member of Family
Housing Advisory Services and North American
Technician Excellence. Adrian is a native of
Little Sioux, Iowa, and a graduate of West Harrison
Public Schools.
December 2003 - Alumni Achievement
Award
 Michael
"Mike" Riedmann, Omaha, is
a 1976 graduate of WSC with a bachelor of science
in business administration.
"Mike's outstanding accomplishments,
work ethic and dedication to his community provides
our students with a model for success,"
said Curt Frye, interim WSC president.
He is the president of NP Dodge
Real Estate Sales, Inc. in Omaha, a position
he has held since 1994. He has served as president
of the Omaha Board of Realtors and the Nebraska
Board of Realtors. In 2003 he received the Outstanding
Service Award from the Omaha Board of Realtors.
Serving the community has been
an important part of Mike's career. A member
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Bridge
Builders Society of the United Way of the Midlands
and as a leadership contributor to the Boy Scouts
of America. Riedmann is a member of the Corporate
Achievers class of 2003 for the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society and 2003-2004 team captain
for the American Heart Association. He serves
on the board of directors for Easter Seals of
Nebraska.
December 2002 - Alumni Achievement
Award
Robert “Bob”
Eihusen, Grand Island, was the recipient
of the WSC Alumni Achievement Award in recognition
of his many accomplishments in the business
profession. A native of Grand Island, Eihusen
is a 1974 WSC graduate, with a bachelor of science
degree in industrial management. A member of
Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity, he served
in the Air National Guard from 1971 to 1977.
Since graduating from Wayne State,
he has been employed at Chief Industries, Inc.
in Grand Island, serving in various capacities
in the corporation. He was named president of
the company in 1991 and chief executive officer
and chairman of the board in 1993.
Eihusen has traveled extensively
in conjunction with his responsibilities in
the company. He was instrumental in Chief Industries’
sale and erection of the largest loading/unloading
port facility project in Egypt; the purchase
of the company’s grain bin plants in England
and France; and the negotiations and funding
for the purchase of the company’s ethanol
plant and its subsequent expansions to bring
that plant up to its 60-million gallon capacity.
He was also instrumental in the acquisition
or formation of several other divisions/subdivisions
of the company.
May 2002 Alumni Achievement
Award
 Harold
Hultman, a 1940 graduate of Wayne State
College, is the recipient of the 2002 Alumni
Achievement Award.
A native of Lyons, Hultman has
had a long and distinguished career in education
and business. He served as principal and athletic
coach in Millard from 1941 until World War II.
From 1944-’46, he served in the U.S. Naval
Reserve.
After the war, Hultman returned
to the Millard Public Schools, where he was
superintendent from 1946-’47. He was elected
to the Millard Public School board of education
in 1947, and served as a board member for 23
years.
Following that, Hultman began
a career with Central Securities Company. He
joined Piper Jaffray Hopwood Securities, where
he opened and co-managed an office in Omaha
until 1968. He accepted a position of vice president
with the firm where he remained until 1988.
Hultman was consistently one of Piper Jaffray’s
top 50 salespersons throughout the years he
was with the firm, and received an award of
excellence from the company.
Hultman has also been active
in community and civic organizations. In 1988,
Hultman and his wife, Virginia retired and moved
to Bella Vista, Ark. where they currently reside.
“Harold embodies the remarkable combination
of an astute and successful businessman with
a genuine desire to help his fellowman and make
the world a better place,” said Deb Lundahl,
WSC director of alumni relations.
May 2001 Alumni Achievement
Award
 Robert
"Robb" Dalton, a 1975graduate
of Wayne State College, was the recipient of
the Alumni Achievement Award presented at WSC
commencement ceremonies on May 5, 2001. Dalton,
who graduated Summa cum Laude with a bachelor
of science in communications and history, is
president of Fireworks Television located in
Beverly Hills, Calif.
After more than two decades in the television
industry, Dalton's experience has included conceptual
development, physical production, international
co-productions, sales, acquisitions and even
station management. As president of Fireworks
Television, he spearheads the company's Los
Angeles office in the development, finance,
production and sales of original programming
to U.S. broadcast and cable networks. "Robb's
exceptional accomplishments are an inspiration
to our current students," said Deb Lundahl,
WSC director of alumni relations. "It is
our privilege to extend this award to such a
distinguished and worthy individual."
"Wayne State College's positive, nurturing,
hands-on environment gave me more than an education,"
said Dalton. "It gave me the confidence
to go out into the world and take on life's
challenges." Dalton was born in Wayne,
lived in Laurel until the age of 16 and moved
to Sioux City, Iowa graduating from Trinity
High School. He resides in Malibu, Calif.
May 2000 Alumni Achievement
Award
Lea Clausen shakes
hands with Daryle Johnson who received the
Alumni Achievement Award.
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Daryle Johnson received the
Alumni Achievement Award at the May 6, 2000
commencement at Wayne State College. The Alumni
Achievement Award is "given torecognize
Wayne State alumni who have attained outstanding
achievement in their career and through community
service. It is given at commencement to be an
inspiration to our new graduates and Daryle's
success should certainly inspire them,"
said Lea Clausen, Wayne State Foundation executive
director and vice president of development.
December 1999 Alumni Achievement
Award
A. Thomas Schomberg
received the Alumni Achievement Award presented
to him by Dr. Sheila Stearns, President
on December 17, 1999.
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A Thomas Schomberg received
The Wayne State College Alumni Achievement Award
during Winter Commencement excerises. President
Sheila M. Stearns presented the Award. Schomberg
has been involved in sculpting since his childhood
in Iowa and has pursued a central theme of describing
the time and environment in which he lives.
A.Thomas and Cynthia
Schomberg in their studio in Evergreen,
Colorado.
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The Alumni award is given to someone who has
attained outstanding achievement in their career.
Through sculpting, Tom has not only done that
but he managed to reflect the beauty of the
human spirit and the strengths of the human
soul." said J.B. Tyson.
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