on June 12, 2021.
and her husband, Adam, welcomed a daughter, Sloane Penelope Galvan, on Jan. 8, 2022.
started as a subcontract administrator in the aerospace and defense industry with United Launch Alliance.
Jennifer Travis Quast聽鈥01
has been promoted to director of brand marketing for kid鈥檚 portfolio (Pebbles & Honeycomb) at Post Consumer Brands.
Bill Cunningham聽鈥96
retired from the US Army after 24 years of service and now resides in O鈥橣allon, Illinois. He is employed at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in St. Louis, Missouri.
Lara Drummond White聽鈥95
works for realtruck.com as a category merchandiser.
Carrie McCrary Ward聽鈥91
was named by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to the Illinois Forensic Science Commission. Ward is the chief executive officer of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, where she works with legislators at the state and federal level to improve the policies and resources available to survivors of sexual assault.
Kris Williams Houser聽鈥91
received the industry-respected Certification in Fund Raising Management (CFRM) designation through the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI University.
Selena Elledge聽鈥91
was promoted to director at Sikich LLP in Springfield.
Luiz Guimar茫es聽鈥91
took on the role of regional director of services and innovation at ERM.
Chris Skinner聽鈥88
retired from Jersey Unit #100 after 34 years of teaching and 33 years of coaching.
Jim Spradlin聽鈥82
retired as GROWMARK鈥檚 chief executive officer in 2022 .
Seena Larkins-Friend聽鈥81
retired at the end of January 2022.
Suzanne Stone Hembrough聽鈥78
retired from 41 years of teaching science kindergarten through graduate school.
Dan Foth聽鈥77
was promoted to director of the Certified Public Manager Program and local government specialist at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Heather Harlan聽鈥76
began a new position as a health educator with Columbia/Boone County Health Department focusing on adult mental health and opioid response.
Janet Williams Chipman聽鈥75
has received First National Bank of Arenzville鈥檚 Blue Diamond Community Service Award for 2021 for her volunteer work in the community and her dedication to education.
Dan Weinberger 鈥74,
his deli located in Grapevine, Texas, was named best Deli in Texas by Smart News. This is the third time Weinberger鈥檚 Deli has been named best in Texas, once by Eat This Not That and MSN.
Jim Spizzo聽鈥74
was recently awarded first place and a cash prize in the architecture category in the 2021 juried exhibit sponsored by the Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas, for his photo 鈥淚nfinity: The Way Out.鈥 Jim has also received honorable mentions by juries for his photography in the annual Minimalist Photography Awards, as well as in other exhibits at the Midwest Center for Photography. In the past few years, Jim鈥檚 photos have been selected by juries for inclusion in a dozen exhibits in Chicago; Wichita; Scottsdale, Arizona; and online. He was invited to do a show at the Pharmacy Gallery in Springfield as a guest artist in September.
Jean Guilmartin聽鈥73
retired from Raytheon Company at the end of 2021 after spending 20 years there.
Keith Bradbury聽鈥73
has been named to the Lincoln Land Community College Foundation Board of Directors.
Robert Lapp聽鈥72
retired from surgical nursing in February of 2021.
Reg Ankrom聽鈥71
has published the second of a three-volume biography about 19th century U.S. Sen. Stephen A. Douglas, 鈥淪tephen A. Douglas, Western Man.鈥 The book is part of what Lincoln historian Douglas Egerton called the 鈥渄efinitive life of Douglas.鈥 IC鈥檚 Sigma Pi literary society made Douglas an honorary member in January 1858.