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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" DaltonRobert "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
Lea Clausen shakes hands with Daryle Johnson who received the Alumni Achievement Award.

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
A. Thomas Schomberg received the Alumni Achievement Award presented to him by Dr. Sheila Stearns, President on December 17, 1999.

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 Chythia Schomberg
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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