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1963
Pius XI Alum featured in the New York Times!
1962
Mary Alice Stollak (Nedobeck) ’62 is a 2005 Double Grammy Award winner (“Best Choral Performance” and “Best Classical Album”) for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience. She is a recipient of the Maynard Klein Award for Lifetime Achievement and Dedication to the Choral Art, given by the American Choral Directors Association-Michigan. She also was awarded the YWCA Diana Award for her contributions to the arts in mid-Michigan. In 2006, she received the East Lansing Educational Foundation Theda Assiff Award for distinguished community service. She was a 2008 finalist for the Lansing State Journal “Woman of the Year” award.
John Schaffner was recently elected to his local Board of Education, a school district which is the 10th largest in the state of Iowa.
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1960
Alumni Tony Schwanda and Dick Bozak (photo at left) got together at Tony's place in Gulf Shores, AL. "It was at a perfect time as we were planning a Super Bowl party and Mardi Gras was just getting into full swing! Retirement in the south is great!"
1968
Patrick Redmond has accepted a short-term position as an adjunct faculty member teaching graphic design in the Department of Art & Design of the newly-formed College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He has also provided the book review "AGI: Graphic Design Since 1950" about the "Alliance Graphique Internationale" in the "Executive Read" column, Business Section, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sunday, April 13, 2008. Patrick is former president of the Minnesota Chapter of AIGA. He is also proud to announce that his first grandchild was born in early April. For more info about what Patrick is currently working on, please visit his website at
http://www.patrickredmonddesign.com/