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Ashley Musser '11 is working in Springfield, Illinois, as an Editor for The State Journal Register.

Danny Weber '10 recently began law school at Drake.

Kim Gratzke '08 is a sales specialist for Caption First, Inc. in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Kyle O'Keefe '08 currently lives in Verona, WI and works at a hospital software company called Epic, where he is a project manager and oversees the implementation of the software in hospitals and clinics.  He specifically work in radiologys departments.  Kyle says that "Epic is a really amazing place to work and I can thank my liberal arts education for getting the job." 

Michelle Anstett '07 works for the Register-Mail in Galesburg as the education reporter. She is getting married in November.

Beth Brennan '07 working for a UK company that is owned by the international company Reed Elsevier. She writes copy for fifty weekly business to business newsletters that feature clients such as Symantec, HP, AT&T and M&Ms. She is engaged to be married and she started graduate school in the spring of 2008 at Benedictine University in Lisle.

Chadd Kaiser '07 is working as a grant writer as well as a PR and marketing subcontractor for non-profit organizations through Regale, Inc. in Elgin, IL.

Johnathan Skidmore '07 is a member of the research editorial team at BG+H Publishing in Chicago.  He interviews CEOs and presidents of major companies and writes articles for trade magazines.
 

Dan Beck '06 is teaching first year and junior English and Modern Literature and Film at Galva High School. He is also an assistant football coach.

Kaitlin Horst '06 is currently a Keyword Specialist at JupiterImages, an international stock photography company with a site located in Peoria, IL. When she's not at work, she is busy being the Assistant Speech Coach at Woodruff HS, and is deeply involved within the theatre community.

David "Ric" Jones '06 entered law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, FL in the Fall of 2007.

Karen Krautwurst '06 is a consultant at State Farm Insurance in Bloomington, IL ,and she "surprisingly, [is] having a blast at it."

Laura Lopez '06 is in law school, working on her J.D. degree, at DePaul University College of Law.  Laura was a Political Science major with an English minor at Monmouth College.

Andrea Madden '06 is an admissions advisor for Colorado Technical University Online.

Josie (Melton) Chaffer '06 is currently working as a Home and Community Based (HCBS) and Supported Community Living (SCL) Supervisor for Community Care, Inc. out of DeWitt, IA.  She works with a caseload of individuals with MR, developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and mental illness.  She got married in September 2007.

Talitha Nelson '06 is working as a pre-kindergarten teacher at Playful Kids Learning Center in Madison, WI. She is currently engaged to be married.

Kelly (Winfrey) Seaman  '06 is teaching English at Woodruff High School in Peoria, IL. In September of 2006, she and Eric Seaman '05 were married.

Eric Seaman '05 is beginning graduate school in English at Bradley University in the fall of 2007. In September 2006, he and Kelly Winfrey '06 were married.

Rebecca Danaher '04 is a staff reporter for the Beloit Daily News.

Betsy (Mahrt) Elver '04 is a reading teacher at Shelbyville CUSD #4 in Shelbyville, IL; she "recently got hitched to Mr. Jerome Elver '05" and she is in her "second year at Moulton Middle School wowing the young ones with [her] immense knowledge of the English language and world literature."

Jessica Heinen Gray '04 after working at a law firm for three years, Jessica was laid off in December 2010.  She now works part-time as a freelance writer while being a stay-at-home Mom for her two-year old special-needs daughter.

Ryan Schrodt '04 is a project coordinator for Kendall/ Hunt Publishing in Dubuque, IA.

Autumn (McGee) Scott '04 has received her master's degree in College Student Personnel from Western Illinois University. She  is a residence life coordinator for Campbell Hall at University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA. She married Dustin Scott '03, Art, this June in front of Wallace Hall on the MC campus.

Mathew Underwood '04 has completed his M.A. in Classical Studies, and he is a teacher of Latin and English at Lenape Regional High School District in New Jersey.

Jon Flink '03 is currently working on both an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte and an M.A. in Education from Adams State College in Alamosa, CO, which he will be completing in May 2007.  He is working as a special education paraprofessional at Ortega Middle School in Alamosa, CO.

Jason Kerr '03 is completing his third year in the Chicago Tribune's sports department as a staff reporter/editorial assistant. He has a 16-month old son, Danyl, and plans to begin graduate school soon for broadcast journalism.

Rebecca Disrud '02 is beginning her fourth year of graduate work in the Ph.D. program at Indiana University, Bloomington, in the departments of English and Comparative Literature.  She is also working on a minor in musicology and teaches courses in literature and the arts.  Rebecca was recently married to Jason Lindquist, Ph.D. candidate in English.
 

Keegan Lannon '02 began his master's degree at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in Fall 2006.

T. J. Boynton '02 is doing a Ph.D. in English at University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana.

Justin C. Morrow '02 teaches English at Metamora Township High School. This past winter Morrow achieved a master’s degree in reading instruction. He has since begun a second graduate program, TESOL. It is Morrow’s goal to complete this degree by this coming spring and to then begin a doctoral program. His ultimate aim is to serve entrance-level collegiate readers. He and his wife, Laura Jo, have a son, Micah.

Anna (Schlemmer) Koester  '01 received an M.A. in Education and teaches high school English and Spanish in the Hazelwood School District in Missouri; she says that she loves her job and "learn[s] something new all the time while teaching." In 2004, she won the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award for her district.  She and her husband Mike have recently welcomed a son, Kyle Francis, into their lives.

Sarah Grabowski Class of 2000 lives in Moline, IL and works as a desktop publisher/ word processor for Bi-State Regional Commission in Rock Island, IL.

Bradley Ryner Class of 2000 has completed his Ph.D. in Renaissance Drama at the University of Delaware. He is currently a visiting assistant professor at Arizona State University.

Jay Dickerson '99 is the editor of the Galena Gazette in Galena, IL. He and his wife Hillary (Lee) Dickerson live with their three daughters in Galena, Illinois. He received an honorable mention award for his column "Ruby's Born" and a second place award for "In-Depth News Writing" from the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association's 2006 contest. He also received an honorable mention award from the Illinois Press Association for the same column, and a first place award for "Best Promotion of the Public's Right to Know" for stories on the Illinois Open Meetings Act and a lawsuit against the Jo Daviess County Board. His noir parody "The Man With the Secret Brain" was featured in a collection of short stories, Superlative Tales, published in Fall 2006. In the 2007 Illinois Press Association Better Newspaper contest, he earned second place in news reporting for his story entitled "Murder in Galena." The newspaper he edits, The Galena Gazette, was second in its class. Also, in the 2007 Northern Illinois Newspaper Association contest, he earned first places in the feature photo, photo series and Web site categories. The Gazette was second in its class in that contest as well.

Alison McGaughey '99 has recently begun a new position as publications editor in the University Relations Office at Western Illinois University. She is also a weekly columnist for the Galesburg Register-Mail. Last year she won an award from the Illinois Associated Press for the column, taking third place in the state in the Register-Mail's circulation-size category. She plans to begin pursuing her master's degree in English at WIU in Fall 2007.

Jennifer Streets Wood '99 has an M.S. Ed in Counseling and works part-time  as a school counselor for JFK Catholic School and part-time as a therapist for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois. She works full-time raising her two young children. She says that "My English background has helped tremendously.... I loved getting my BA at Monmouth. The English department was awesome, but I'll always think of it as being Dr. Willhardt (sr) and that bunch."

Jane Carlson '98 is the Education Reporter for The Register Mail in Galesburg, IL. She is married to Chad Simpson '98.

Chad Simpson '98 received his M.F.A. in fiction from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2005 and is a visiting assistant professor in English at Knox College, Galesburg. He received a Tennessee Williams Scholarship to attend the Sewanee Writers' Conference this past summer. He also attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference on a Work-Study ("Waiter") Scholarship. Recent stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Sun, The Rambler, Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction, Red Wheelbarrow, and 5_Trope. Chad is the author of a chapbook of short fiction, "Phantoms," published in April 2010 by Origami Zoo Press.  In October 2010, he received the Philip Wright Green-Lombard Prize for Distinguished Teaching at Knox College.  He lives in Monmouth with his wife, Jane Carlson '98, who is Director of Development Services and Prospect Management at Monmouth College. He keeps a blog at http://sadchimpson.blogspot.com.

Gina Marie Tillman '96 currently owns a small publishing company in Las Vegas, NV.

Korine (Steinke) Wawrzynski '96 recently completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.  She currently is the Coordinator for Undergraduate Research in the Provost's Office at Michigan State University. She states that "One of the most valuable skills that I learned through my English coursework at MC was how to write well.... The critical thinking and writing skills developed through my English coursework at MC have served me well throughout my graduate studies and in the field."

Robin Bradford '95 has a M.A. in English from Indiana State University, a M.S. in Library Science from University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, and anticipates her J.D. from Indiana University - Indianapolis in May 2008. She is currently a Collection Development librarian at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.

 

	Amy Bradshaw '95 graduated cum laude last May from University of Wisconsin Law School and she is currently practicing health law with Quarles & Brady LLP. "I use my English degree every day as I analyze and write about the law, among other things," Amy explains.
	Darren Hibbard '95 completed his M.A. in English Language and Literature from Western Illinois University in 1998, and he is in his second year in the PhD program in the College of Education at the University of Illinois-Urbana after teaching high school for seven years.
Jeff Day '94 co-founded Shady Shakespeare Company (www.shadyshakes.org) after graduation and slowly began to do more and more theater.  He directed an original script at the Edinburgh International Theatre Festival and decided at that time to pursue an advanced degree in what he states has always been his deepest love.  He has also taken advanced creative writing classes at Stanford, focusing primarily on short fiction.  Jeff states, "Though I didn't take full advantage of my opportunities while at Monmouth, I nonetheless felt extremely prepared moving into the real world and the compliments I receive on my writing I attribute to the acute and solid guidance I received from Dr. Watson." Jeff earned an MFA in Directing program at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL.  He is now pursuing at Ph.D. at Texas Tech University.
	Wender Raymond Hacker '92 is self-employed at Words by Wendy as a Communications Professional in Loveland, OH.
	Penny Rowan '92 received a Master of Sceince in Education from W.I.U. and is currently employed by the Illinois Youth Center (State of Illinois) as an Educator in Kewanee, Illinois.
	Bradley Nahrstadt '89 attended the University of Illinois College of Law.  He graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law with a juris doctorate degree in 1992.  Since 1992 he has worked for the litigation firm of Williams Montgomery & John in Chicago, Illinois, first as an associate and then as a partner.  His practice has concentrated on the defense of commercial, product liability and complex insurance law cases.  He explains that he has put the research and writing skills he learned as an English major to good use in the last fifteen years.  He has authored over three dozen articles that have appeared in some of the top legal journals in the country, and he has also written or co-written four course books used by the Institute for Paralegal Education and the National Business Institute as well as four chapters in books published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and the Defense Research Institute.  Early this year he served as the general editor of the Illinois Product Liability Practice book published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.  In 2006 he was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.  Since 2002 he has served on the Monmouth College Board of Trustees.  He states, "I am married to a wonderful woman (who is also an attorney--at British Petroleum) and have two great kids, ages 12 and 10."
	Elizabeth Baumann Riggs '89 is a teacher and webmaster for Twin Rivers Unified School District, Sacramento, CA.
	Robin Jarvis '84 is currently the Principal at R.L. Jarvis & Associates, San Antonio, TX, and working on an MS in Leadership, recently deciding to leave HEB to start a consulting business and help with the care of an elderly family member.
	Kathleen Clark Kimmel '78 employed by Caterpillar, Inc., as a Global Purchasing Supervisor.  She is married to Brian Kimmel, '76. They have three grown children, who live in San Franciso, Chicago and Phoenix.  Kathleen's brother is the author, Jack Clark, recently lauded for his mystery "Nobody's Angel". Previous books are "Westerfield's Chain" and "On The Homefront", by Kathleen's mother Mary Jo Clark, as told to Jack Clark.
	Michael Deam '76 has an MS in Advertising, and has been the co-owner of a small marketing services agency. Creative Elements Inc, since 1995.  Prior to that he was a creative director at an ad agency, an advertising manager at a Fortune 500 company and a copywriter.  He has been married for twenty four years to his wife Karen, and they have two children, Jillian, 18 (a freshman in college) and Grant, 16 (a sophomore in high school). Michael explains, "My English degree at Monmouth not only made me a much better writer, but also prepared me well for graduate studies at the University of Illinois."
	David Boyd '75 is a self-employed insurance agent for PM Financial Group in Dublin, Ohio.  He attributes his success in part to Monmouth College:  "My major has been extremely valuable to me since graduation.... Writing/speaking skills acquired then and since have proved essential and rewarding. I consider myself extremely versatile and well prepared to handle all that life throws at me, largely due to my educational experiences. Monmouth and its outstanding professors were invaluable in this process."
	Jerri Picha '75 works for Hallmark Services Corporation in Naperville, Illinois , as a Corporate Facilities manager.  Jerri also serves as Trustee for the Warrenville Public Library District and on the Board of Deacons at Know Presbyterian Church in Naperville, IL.
	Debra Dickens Whitaker '74 is a Principal Consultant with the Illinois State Board of Education, Chicago, Illinois.
	Zenobia (Pugh) N. Jefferson  '73 has a MS Ed. in Education and Interdisciplinary Studies from Western Illinois University, and she teaches in the Chicago Public School System. She was recently appointed APIP(Advanced Placement Incentive Program) Coordinator and she is currently training for the ministry by pursuing her M.Div. at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
	Michael Kramer '73 is editor and publisher of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and of Chicago Lawyer, and has spent more than thirty years in publishing.  He lives in Grayslake, IL with his wife Ann (Doherty) Kramer, who was also an English major; they have been married for thirty three years as of 2007.
	Brian Donovan '72 lives in Barrinton, NH and is retired after twenty seven years of teaching English in public high schools.  He says, "Fly fishing, organic gardening, music, and crafts fill my time."
	Ed Greene '72 is a news and weather anchor for KCNC-TV / CBS4, the CBS affiliate station in Denver, CO.  He has been in radio and television for over thirty years in Denver. When asked how an education in English has influenced his life, Ed had this to say: "doing the weather for a large TV audience - in Denver where we can have hundreds of thousands of viewers each night - and the opportunity I had of filling in on the  CBS Network morning news program: The Early Show, where millions can be watching - not only do you have to know the science of meteorology, but you must be capable of imparting that knowledge to your viewing audience in a non-technical, non-scientific way that is totally understandable and will make complete sense. That is where the English Education becomes important. In addition to the above, you need to speak properly, correctly and concisely to get your point and information across to your viewer. You also have a limited amount of time in which to do just that, so you must possess the tools of the English language which enable you complete these tasks in a brief but intelligent and effortless manner.  And this comes from the many facets of English education.  Not only the standard lessons of the language, but also by reading all sorts of different books and seeing and understanding how others use the language.  The more you are able to absorb from a variety of sources simply enhances your everyday performance as well as the one relating to your employment."
	Lynnell (Kahler) Edwards '71 has an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, and she is currently the Language Arts Department Chairperson at Davenport Central High School. In February of 2007, she married Alan Havercamp, an attorney with the Scott County Attorney's Office.  They honeymooned in Italy and have a trip planned to Ireland in 2007.
	Mike Mimnaugh '71 heads the Human Resources Department at Sony Corporation of America. He explains that "Simply stated, for me the English Department curriculum offered the opportunity to explore the world through literature. I could read something of a contemporary nature or go back in time to your area of specialty…the choice was mine…that was then and remains today appealing in one’s educational process.  Secondly, the faculty members within the Department engaged in and promoted lively debates on characters, themes, methods, motives etc.  It was terrific, and the subject of business could wait until later in one’s life."
	Rebecca (Reedy) Ogilvie '69 received a Certificate in Early Childhood Education from Kendall College, Evanston, IL.  She is a Resort Guest Services Manager for Chimney Corners Resort, Inc. in Frankfort, MI. Her daughters Anne Christy Ogilvie McCreary, Class of '90, and Kathryn Leigh Ogilvie Halm, Class of '93, both graduated from Monmouth. Her husband Bruce and she celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary during the summer of 2007 with a party hosted by their daughters and their husbands and their three grandchildren. Also in attendance were her roommate from Monmouth, Jan Marie Weshinsky (Prindle) Schons '69 with her husband, Carl, and forty other guests.
	Sandy (Wade) Kershaw '67 has taught high school English and theater. She later became an editor of several newsletters for various non-profits. As a freelance writer, she has also written articles on family life, etc. and Christian education for various magazines. Two years ago she was a co-author of the book At the Feet of Ordinary Women. Currently she is writing a history for a local organization. Several pieces she has written have won awards credited to the submitting organization. She also does public speaking.
	Patty (Wilson) McCoy '67 taught secondary English for five years after graduation, including two for the DOD (U.S. dependents) in Okinawa. After that, she had a career in property / casualty insurance claims. When she retired, she was a claim litigation specialist, a position she "loved and was able to achieve partly because of my English language skills, in this case the ability to communicate cogently, plainly and briefly(!) in an industry not particularly known for that!  But I could also read and decipher complex policy language -- most likely a result of my studies in Middle English literature." After her retirement, she has organized her graduating high school class including coordinating their 40th reunion and sending out a biannual newsletter. Patty has had other adventures: "In the 80's, my husband and I built a schooner, on which we were going to sail away forever. We left in '87, traveled / lived (on the boat) down the west coasts of Mexico and Central America. Stopped in Panama in late '89 to work, make some money to head to the South Pacific. I worked for the Public Affairs office at the US Naval Station, writing award applications and -- a lot more fun -- columns about 'doings' at the station for the Tropic Times, the American language newspaper in 'the zone.' We were there for 'Operation Just Cause,' the American action that took out Noriega. That first night, Apache helicopters flew about only a hundred feet above our masts -- without lights. The second day, the Navy sent a truck to pick me up (we couldn't travel anywhere on our own,) to spend several days / nights at the Station riding herd on the media (a mind-boggling challenge). She explains her happiest (academic) memories at Monmouth:  "The semester I spent studying Renaissance literature and history / working at the Newberry Library on the near north side in Chicago -- there were about 12 of us there, from various schools in the conference.... It was wonderful.  And on the same par: Adele Kennedy's senior poetry seminar (held in her home,) Jeremy McNamara's Shakespeare classes, Rev Weeks' comparative religion class, and Tom Fernandez's speech classes (I think I took every class he taught...)."
	Kathy Aschenbrenner '66 lives in Irvine, CA and she is a self-employed English tutor teaching English as a second language to students from first grade through adults as well as helping junior high and high school students with essay writing.
	Barbara (Trubeck) Clark '66 is an Academic Resource Center Coordinator at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois. After graduation from Monmouth College, Barbara earned her M.A. in American Literature from the University of Denver.
	Louisa Magzanian '64 After graduating in 1964, Louisa spent two years with the Peace Corps teaching English at the only high school for married women. From 1967-1989, she worked at National Geographic Society and wrote filmstrips, promotional material, and educational films. For the past several years, she has been working part time for an intergenerational non-profit organization, Interages, that provides programs at local elementary schools. Her primary focus has been planning curricula on geography.
	Judith (Lips) Stoffer '62 has an MA and did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Delaware, and Bank St. College. She retired in 2005 from the Colonial School District in New Castle, DE after more than thirty years of teaching (the last two as a reading coach for other teachers). Most of her teaching was in elementary schools although some was in preschools and some was in teacher training.  Children's literature and children's language development continue to be strong interests.   She now volunteers to read weekly in an inner city daycare facility.
	Jim Blischke '59 has done graduate work toward an MS in Economics.  He is a commissioned lay pastor for First Presbyterian Church in Monahans, TX.  From 1959 - 1992 he worked at various Midwestern insurance companies, primarily planning, writing and producing direct mail campaigns to sell life and car insurance.  He wrote corporate annual reports and PR releases.  Also he managed the market and statistical research department for a large statewide trade association.  From 1992 to 1995, he and his wife owned and managed an independent retail bookstore in Midland, TX. From 1996-2003, he was a fundraiser for public radio and TV stations in Odessa, TX. He has written book reviews and feature articles for local newspapers and local and regional magazines.
	Janet Fishburn '58 worked as a director of Christian Education and had three daughters. In 1970 she enrolled in an American Religious Studies program at Penn State and became a Ph.D. in that field in 1978. The Rev. Dr. Janet Fishburn was subsequently a seminary professor in American church history and Christian education for seventeen years. She speaks of the influence of her undergraduate English degree from Monmouth College: "Among the English courses that influenced my doctoral dissertation and subsequent research were two courses in Victorian Studies --Victorian poetry and Victorian prose-- taught by Eva Cleveland.  My dissertation was a study of the social gospel movement set in Victorian America.  It was the influence of Garvin Davenport in history that led me to recognize that historians must attend to culture and context and that context includes religion, art and architecture."  She states, "My strong liberal arts background from Monmouth College set me up for life." She adds, "Thank you, Monmouth College."
	John Niblock '58 explains that he has used his work in Speech and English all of his career: as a newspaper reporter;  Army adult education English teacher; college PR type; writer and editor for the Southern Regional Education Board, regional education laboratory, and Learning Institute of North Carolina; and administrator of several nonprofits. John says that "Even now, as a septuagenarian, I think "it is the spelling, not the years, I am uncertain about". Now, as Editor and Advertising Sales Manager with The Produce News, he writes and edits a monthly tabloid, Floral Marketing, which is a supplement to The Produce News. Each month, John produces about 30 articles and attends several trade shows. Living in Florida, and working for this Oradell, New Jersey publication requires lots of work via phone and email.  John values the liberal arts education he received at Monmouth College.  Not only did it allow him employment in a field that didn't exist when he graduated, but, has also provided a job he enjoys now, over fifty years later. For fun, he has written a one-act play, a short story, and two unpublished novels. "Monmouth gave me a rounded, liberal education that allowed me to have a rich and varied career.  Thank you, Monmouth!"
	Hank McNally '53 went from graduation to Fort Sam Houston as a medic during the Korean War in a training company on injured and wounded evacuations, that doubled as a marching band, as an oboist.  He wrote copy for the Army radio station for a show called "Club Cutup," which primarily played soft jazz for the Brook Army Hospital patients, with some character copy to provide some humor (hopefully, he says) to the soldiers who were hospitalized.  After leaving the Korean conflict, Hank went to New York City to study theatre at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (and later the Hagen/Berghoff Studio). He did a walk on role for the Equity Library Theatre, and a couple of seasons of summer stock.  While assistant technical director for the Alley Theatre in Houston, he met Joyce Randall, a former graduate student at Indiana University, and an aspiring actress and director who he eventually married. He went to Denver and "Thanks to the major in English," he picked up a job doing advertising and sales promotion for a mutual fund company in Denver. He credits the English major for his professional opportunities and success: "the English major, combined with other experience, got me a job as Director of Advertising and Sales Promotion for the mutual fund branch of American General Insurance Company." He and his wife Joyce started a theatre, The Company Onstage, in Houston.  The Company Onstage celebrate their 30th season this year.
	Roger McCaig '50 received his M.A. in English Literature from the University of Chicago, his Ed.D from Wayne State University, and is the Director of Research Emeritus of Grosse Pointe Schools (2006). He is married with two adult children. In 1970, Dr. McCaig developed the first wide-scale national plan for the curriculum and assessment plan for student writing. He has authored several books and is currently a speaker and workshop leader for several educational agencies and institutions, and is the Consultant at Grosse Pointe (MI) Public Schools.
	Marilyn Clark) Brownlie '50 received her M.Ed. in Literature and Library Science from Boston College after leaving Monmouth College. She has retired from the Cambridge Public Schools after serving as a school librarian.  She had a English major with Spanish and History minors while at Monmouth, and she explains that "My English major gave me a great background for library science, and also for working in an elementary school with a large ESL program."
	Shannon (Reed) Emmons '50 has an MA in Counseling and is now retired and living in Sierra Vista, AZ. She thanks Professor Owens for her writing skills, and explains: "My advisor in graduate school assured me he always read my papers first because it was such joy to find a student who could write a simple declarative sentence which always made sense and occasionally made him laugh."
	Ruth (Forsythe) Robinson  '50 received an MA in Special Education from San Diego State University; she is a retired Resource Specialist. In retirement, she is active in AAUW and church activities and she is busy with her grandkids and four great-grandkids.  She says that she has two granddaughters in college and she "wish[es] they were at Monmouth." She adds, "A major in English gave me a great background for teaching, plus some writing skills that came in handy for IEPs!  I remember fondly Dr. Owen's love of Browning, and Berniece Fox' talent for teaching creative writing."

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