Dave Kindred ’63 was recently featured in an IWU article about the Memoir he wrote, Leave Out the Tragic Parts: A Grandfather’s Search for a Boy Lost to Addiction. Read more here.

Dennis Kleidon ’66, Professor of Art Emeritus of the University of Akron and CEO of Kleidon & Associates, will show recent abstract paintings in a virtual solo exhibit at the Walter Wickiser Gallery in New York City. The show can be viewed on line at the gallery website here.  It includes twenty paintings and runs January 2 – February 8. As a virtual show, it can be seen by everyone without travel which includes international circulation.

Dennis Kleidon ’66

Dr. Jon Suzuki ’68 was appointed to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Immunology Devices Panel and Medical Advisory Committee, which is evaluating COVID-19 vaccine applications, interpreting clinical trial data and ultimately, approving vaccines for use.

Dr. Suzuki holds clinical professorships at the University of Maryland, University of Washington and Nova Southeastern University. He is also on the faculty of the U.S. Navy Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and is currently providing seminars for the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force on COVID-19 immunology.  A faculty member of the Misch Implant Institute for over 20 years, Dr. Suzuki is a world renowned periodontist and immunologist. He also serves as chairman of the FDA’s Dental Products Advisory Panel.

Rick King ’67 was recognized by the Florida State University College of Social Work among its 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients at a virtual event. Read more here.

Richard King is pictured on the far right.

Gilbert “Gil” Dorsey ’62 is the recipient of the 2020 IWU Loyalty Award.

Dorsey graduated from Illinois Wesleyan with a major in Insurance. Immediately following graduation he joined Procter and Gamble as a Field Advertising Representative and later a Case Food Salesman. He is retired from The Eureka Company in Bloomington, a division of A.B. Electrolux of Sweden.

Over his 34 year career at Eureka, Dorsey served as President, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vice President of Product Planning, Product Manager, and various sales office related positions. He traveled multiple times to Stockholm, Sweden and extensively on business and pleasure throughout the World and USA. He also served six years in the Army Reserves and Illinois Air Force National Guard.

Dorsey has been very active as an alumnus and has a long history of service to the University. He has served on the Illinois Wesleyan Board of Trustees since 1992 and currently holds an Emeritus position. He served as Chairman of the search committee responsible for hiring President Richard “Dick” Wilson. As a Trustee, he headed the Campus Life Committee, served on the Executive Committee as Vice President, and a Trustee of the Rupert Trust benefiting IWU Nursing. Dorsey is an avid Titan fan and supports IWU Athletics and enjoys all Illinois Wesleyan activities.

He participates in the Bloomington-Normal community where he is an active member of Calvary United Methodist Church, currently leading a men’s study group. Since 1986, he has been a member of the Bloomington Kiwanis Club, serving as President and as a member of other committees. In the past, he served on the BroMenn Hospital and Foundation Boards, Red Cross Evening of Stars Committee, Past President, and later Interim Director of the McLean County Chamber of Commerce.

Submit a note of congratulations to Gil Dorsey here .

After retiring from teaching composition and literature for 30 years at Geneseo High School and Black Hawk College, Gayle began a new career researching, writing, and giving Power Point programs about local history. In 2004 she wrote a chapter in the history book Grand Excursions on the Upper Mississippi River about 19th century logging in Wisconsin and the rafting of logs to Upper Mississippi River sawmills. In 2020 she published Artist Edwin Willard Deming, A Biography (1860–1942); From Childhood a Passion to Paint Native American Traditions. Growing up on a Geneseo, IL prairie farm, he became acquainted with Winnebago children, whose families in the winter came down from Wisconsin to hunt and fish near the Deming farm. This experience influenced him to dedicate his life to capturing in his art Native American Indian traditions. In addition to the Sioux, Crow, and Blackfeet, his friends included artist Fredrick Remington and President Theodore Roosevelt.

Gayle Bruch Rein, BA IWU 1962 and MA in Expository Writing from U. Iowa. After retiring from teaching composition and literature for 30 years at Geneseo High School and Black Hawk College, she began a new career researching, writing, and giving Power Point programs about local history.  In 2004 she wrote a chapter in the history book Grand Excursions on the Upper Mississippi River (U of Iowa Press)  about 19th century logging in Wisconsin and the rafting of logs to Upper Mississippi River sawmills.

In 2020, she (age 80)  published Artist Edwin Willard Deming, A Biography (1860–1942 : From Childhood a Passion to Paint Native American Traditions. Growing up on a Geneseo, IL prairie farm, he became acquainted with Winnebago children, whose families in the winter came down from Wisconsin to hunt and fish near the Deming farm.  This experience influenced him to dedicate his life to capturing in his art Native American Indian traditions. In addition to the Sioux, Crow, and Blackfeet, his friends included artist Fredrick Remington and President Theodore Roosevelt.