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Spring 2011
Alumni Updates ~ Class notes from the 80s
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Mark Hartzheim
Mark Hartzheim, '89, Minocqua, is a broker associate with First Weber Group. He was previously a designated broker with Rynders Development Company. He has been a Minocqua Town Board supervisor since 1996.

Vincent Barker, '88, Appleton, is a colonel is the U.S. Army Reserve. He was promoted in October and is currently assigned as the assistant chief of staff G4 at the 85th Support Command in Arlington Heights, Ill.

Marilee Ramesh
Marilee Ramesh
, '87, Salem, Va., (pictured above) an associate professor of biology at Roanoke College, was recently featured on the cover of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences scientific journal with a team of researchers who are studying the genome assembly and annotation of mushroom DNA. Marilee began the research while on sabbatical as a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill then continued the work at Roanoke with two undergraduate assistants.

Tim Lee, '84, Davie, Fla., is an urban forester in Davie and supervises the landscape division. In 2010 his Urban Forestry division was named the state's Outstanding Urban Forestry Program. UWSP provided excellent training for a career in forestry, writes Tim.

John McCormick
John McCormick,'84, Minneapolis, Minn., (pictured above) is senior vice president, finance, and chief financial officer of Lifetouch, Inc., a leader in school photography and yearbook publication. He is married to Lisa.

Perry Cook
Perry Cook, '83, Stevens Point, (pictured above) was selected for Waukesha South High School's Wall of Fame. A professor of education at UWSP, he was named Wisconsin's Outstanding Teacher Educator of the Year by the Student Wisconsin Education Association. He has also taught in Redlands, Calif., and at the University of North Dakota. He holds a doctoral degree from UW-Madison.

Wesley "Jay" Worth Jr., '81, Fond du Lac, has worked in the insurance field in the Fond du Lac area since 1982, first in claims and more recently in information technology. He received the UW-Madison project management certificate in 2006. He and his wife, Kate, have two children in college.