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Alumni Service Award,
October 2007
 Randy
graduated from Wayne State College in 1971 with
a degree in business administration. After graduation
he worked as a financial planner until 1972.
He then accepted a position with Zales Jewelers
and served as a store manager until 1978 when
he purchased a local jewelry store that he renamed
The Diamond Center. This business is now The
Diamond Center - Flowers & Wine.
Randy has been active in the community. He has
served on the city council and planning commission,
served as past President of the Wayne Area Chamber
of Commerce, and served as chairman for the
Business Improvement District on the reconstruction
of Main Street. Randy is a current member of
WAEDI and the Wayne Rotary Club.
He has been involved in the jewelry industry
as past President of the Nebraska, South Dakota
Jewelers Association and is on the Board of
Directors. He is a member of the Jewelers of
America, Jewelers Security Alliance and the
Jewelry Information Center.
Randy has committed his time and support to
Wayne State College as a member of Catbackers,
trustee of the Wayne State Foundation, Executive
Committee member and past President of the Wayne
State Foundation.
Alumni Service Award,
October 2006
 Bruce
graduated from Wayne State College in December
1983 with a major in Chemistry and a minor in
Biology. Following graduation, he accepted a
position with Harris Laboratories as a chemist.
At the end of 1984, Bruce accepted a new position
as a scientist at Dorsey Laboratories (later
known as Sandoz Pharmaceuticals and then
Novartis Pharmaceuticals).
In April 1997, Bruce started his own consulting
business, Data Management Services, Inc. Since
that time, he has performed consulting services
for major pharmaceutical companies, biopharmaceutical
companies, medical device companies and chemical
manufacturing companies throughout the world.
During his life time, Bruce has been involved
with more than twenty-five volunteer, civic,
professional, and religious organizations. He
is a member of five professional organizations.
Bruce has been, and continues to be, involved
with local, state and national politics. He
provides the database work for numerous candidates
each election cycle.
Bruce has been involved with several civic organizations.
He has been inducted into Who’s Who in
Science and Engineering, Who’s Who in
the Midwest, Who’s Who in America and
Who’s Who in the World. He financially
supports the People’s City Mission and
has served on the Lincoln City Charter Revision
Committee, the Mayor’s Community Cabinet
and the Lancaster County Defense Advisory Committee.
Bruce has been a member of the Wayne State Foundation
Board of Trustees for more than fifteen years.
Alumni Service Award,
October 2005
 Jeff
Ingrum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, recieved
the Alumni Service Award during Homecoming activities
this year. Jeff graduated from WSC in 1980 with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. While
attending WSC, Jeff was a member of the Wildcat
football team and was elected team captain in
1979 and 1980. While a student at WSC, Jeff
was active in making physical improvements on
campus. He believes in helping students and
returns to campus to speak.
He and his wife, Terri, own seven
roller skating rinks in Colorado Springs, Denver
and Kansas City. He started the Skating Rink
Inline Hockey Association, Ingrum Printing,
Skate Mall and a television sports production
company, ISPN, which broadcasts all high school
sports and inline hockey to households in the
state of Colorado. He serves on the School District
11 exectuive committee and volunteered for six
seasons as a high school football coach. Jeff
serves as an active trustee of the WS Foundation.
Alumni Service Award,
October 2004
Dr. Ronald Holt II, San Francisco,
California, is the recipient of the Wayne State
College 2004 Alumni Service Award presented
annually to alumni who have enhanced the College
through dedicated service, promotion and financial
support. As a student at Wayne State, Ron was
on the track team; he was an Ambassador and
served as a resident assistant in Morey Hall.
He has continued his involvement with the College
through volunteer and financial support. Ron
set up his first annual scholarship before he
graduated from college. He has served as a trustee
of the Wayne State Foundation for the past four
years and has returned to campus for the past
five years to lecture. Ron is an attending psyciatrist
and sub-chief in the Department of Psychiatry
with Kaiser Permanente Medical Center located
in San Francisco, California. Kaiser Permanente
is a community acute care medical center.
Alumni Service Award,
October 2003
 Irving
"Irv" Hoffbauer was the recipient
of the Alumni Service Award presented during
Homecoming activities this October 4. Irv graduated
from WSC in 1951. While at WSC he was active
in his dorm, serving as monitor at Connell Hall.
Following his college graduation, he taught
at Craig, Neb., for one year before moving to
Des Moines, Iowa, to join the international
accounting firm of Ernst & Ernst. After
35 years with the firm as managing partner,
he took early retirment to establish the firm
of Hoffbauer & Co., CPA, specializing in
taxation and management services in West Des
Moines, with branch offices in Washington D.C.,
and Sarastoa, Florida. Irv is instrumental in
many campus beautification projects. His fond
memories of the Willow Bowl have prompted him
to donate toward replanting of willow trees
and installation of an irrigation system. The
Irv Hoffbauer Plaza, encompassing approximately
10,000 square feet to the immediate south of
the Student Center was dedicated during Homecoming
2003. This plaza will serve many functions,
in addition to being an attractive and functional
passageway between the student center and other
campus buildings.
Alumni Service Award,
October 2002
 Florence
(Kindler) Griffin Ferrin was the recipient of
the Wayne State College Alumni Service Award
during Homecoming festivities this October 5.
After graduating from Ewing High
School in 1937, Ferrin spent a post-graduate
year at Neligh High School before attending
Wayne State College. Her WSC education included
work with the National Youth Program, dean’s
office and registrar’s office. She taught
at Creighton High School in Creighton and at
Clarksville High School in Clarksville, Texas.
“A deserving individual and esteemed member
of the Wayne State alumni community, Florence
has often attributed her success to her education
at WSC. We’re pleased to have this opportunity
to pay tribute to her,” said Deb Lundahl,
alumni director.
Ferrin graduated from Wayne State
College in 1942. She was awarded the “Hero’s
Award” from the American National Red
Cross for assistance given to an accident victim.
She began working in December 1944 for the Red
River Army Depot and retired in 1971. At one
time, she was the only woman Depot Defense Coordinator
in the depot system.
Alumni Service Award, October,
2001
 President
Sheila Stearns presents the Alumni Service Award
to recipient Lawrence "Larry" Manning
during the Hall of Fame Banquet held Saturday
evening in the Frey Conference Suite.
Larry graduated from Wayne State
College in 1936, lettering four years in football
and basketball. He was voted the most valuable
player on the 1935 football team and in a quote
from the 1936 Spizz, "Taking over the quarterbacking
job, Larry's swivel-hips gave us several long,
exhilarating runs."
After college graduation Manning
began a teaching and coaching career in area
high schools before accepting a superintendent
position in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army
from 1943-1946 in the Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes,
Rhineland, and central Europe. After his discharge
in 1946, he again served as superintendent of
schools in Varina, Iowa. In 1947, he moved to
Victorville, Calif. and served as junior high
principal until his retirement in July 1975.
Larry has returned from California
to participate in the WSC Homecoming parade
for many years. Larry and his wife, Geraldine
"Jeri," now deceased, have been long
time supporters of the Class of 1936 Scholarship,
established the Lawrence and Geraldine Manning
Endowed Athletic Scholarship, and have been
members of the Wayne State Foundation Presidents
Society. Manning and his late wife, Jeri, enjoyed
62 years and eight months together, traveling
around in their motor home and enjoying life
to the fullest, until her death April 9, 2001.
Alumni Service Award, December,
2000
Rebecca D. "Becky" Keidel was
the recipient of the Alumni Service Award at
commencement on December 15, 2000.
"Becky has served the college,
the foundation and the community selflessly
for many years,," said Deb Lundahl, WSC
director of alumni relations. "She has
served in leadership positions on the foundation
executive board, and is a very active and enthusiastic
member. We appreciate what she has done, and
are pleased to recognize her many contributions
by presenting her with the Alumni Service Award."
A native of Springview, Keidel
graduated from Key Paha County High School in
1959. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Education from Wayne State College and a Master
of Arts in Education from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. Keidel taught English and
speech at the high school level and was an adjunct
faculty member at WSC. Keidel and her husband,
G. Richard "Dick" Keidel, owned Sav-Mor
Drug s in Wayne, Laurel and Wakefield. They
have owned and operated Trio Travel in Wayne
since 1984.
Alumni Service Award, October,
2000
 Robert
"Bob" Gaeta received the Alumni
Service Award at Homecoming October 6 and 7,
2000 for his dedicated service, promotion and
financial support to Wayne State College.
Bob and his wife, Delores "Dee",
have established the Bob and Delores Gaeta Endowed
Scholarship Awards Program for Native American,
and have been members fo the Wayne State Foundation
Presidents Society," said Deb Lundahl,
director of alumni relations. "Bob has
also been active in organizing and participating
in the annual WSC Alumni Golf Tournament in
Omaha."
Gaeta, an Omaha native, graduated
from Creighton Prep High School in 1962 where
he played football, basketball and baseball.
He attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha
for one year before transferring to Wayne State
College, graduating in 1967 with a bachelor
of arts in education. In 1972, Gaeta entered
the insurance business and in 1982 he became
an independent, self-employed insurance broker.
1999 Alumni Service Award,
October, 1999
Ray Link received the 1999 Alumni Service
Award for his leadership in his class scholarship
and loyalty to Wayne State College.
Link was raised in Carroll, graduated
from WSC in 1937 and spent his career as an
educator and school administrator. He currently
resides in Boise, Idaho.
Link played a significant role
in the establishment of his class scholarship.
He not only contributes personally, but also
has written several letters encouraging his
classmates to do the same.
Ray Link '37 accepts the Alumni
Achievement Award from Dr. Sheila Stearns at
the Homecoming Banquet held at the Frey Conference
Suit. Ray was honored for his lifelong commitment
to education and his diligent service to his
alma mater.
Alumni Service Award, October,
1998
Dr. Ken Halsey presents Joyce '41 and Nic
Windeshausen with their Alumni Service Award
at Homecoming '98. Joyce and Nic are Presidents
Societymembers, WS Foundation trustees, Heritage
Society members and have established two community
scholarships for students from Plainview and
Osmond.
The Wayne State College Alumni
Service Award recognizes Wayne State Alumni
who have enhanced the College through dedicated
service, promotion, financial support, and other
efforts.
Wayne State College faculty, staff
and alumni can nominate those alumni who display
the qualities needed to receive the Service
Award. The staff of the Foundation/Alumni Office
will review the information submitted on each
nominee to determine who shall receive the award.
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