Heléna Klumpp recently joined the law firm Ivins, Phillips & Barker as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Heléna, who has over 20 years of experience as a tax lawyer, is now a member of the firm’s corporate tax and tax policy practice groups. She and her husband, Bill Emery, and their children, Catherine and Joseph Emery, relocated to Vienna, Virginia from Evanston, Illinois, where Heléna had been serving as VP-Tax for Baxter International Inc.
Hope you can all Tune In for All In tomorrow, Wednesday, April 5th to make a donation for All In for Wesleyan campaign. Remember, every donation counts! Let’s represent the class of 1993 well tomorrow.
On April 5, any gift made at www.iwu.edu/all-in will be matched dollar for dollar (up to $100,000!) by Dorothea Bilder ’62, doubling your impact on Illinois Wesleyan! Show your Titan Pride by making a gift and spreading the word using #AllInForWesleyan.
Fox News Oscar Expert Tariq Khan was the top-scoring pundit predicting the Academy Award winners on the website Gold Derby. Khan tied for first place out of 30 of Hollywood’s best-known Oscar experts from major media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, Fandango, Rolling Stone, USA Today and Vanity Fair. Unfortunately, his predictions failed to help his classmate Dean Jukovich win his office Oscar pool.
A link to the story is below.
It’s hard to believe but the Class of ’93 will celebrate its 25th reunion next year! Homecoming is tentatively set for the weekend of October 5-7, 2018, so mark your calendars now and plan to come back to campus for a fun weekend of activities, celebrations, and renewing friendships.
We had a very successful 20th reunion planned by a great committee and are looking for volunteers again. If you would like to help plan the 25th Reunion, please contact Mark Denzler at mdenzler@ima-net.org.
Marie Tarbell Zahorick ’93 finished her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing in 2015 and is attending Purdue University-Northwest graduate school for her Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s degree. She will graduate in summer 2018. She also recertified with her 10-year International Board Certified Lactation Consultant exam in 2015.
Today is the symbolic day that day that tuition dollars are used up and the generous donations of people like you make the rest of the year possible. Donations, endownment and grants support the final 30% of the year. So thank you to all of the Class of 1993 who make a donation to Illinois Wesleyan this year!
David Priess PhD ’93, a former analyst and daily intelligence briefer at the CIA, wrote a Washington Post feature in response to the great public interest in 2016-17 in the intelligence briefings that the president and president-elect get:
Priess also was interviewed by Public Radio International.
Remember to make your gift to Illinois Wesleyan by December 31 to be eligible for 2016 tax benefits. Gifts can be made online, by calling 1-800-689-9743 before December 23, and by check. If sending a check, it must be postmarked by December 31.
Thank you for your support!
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Bill Flick recently wrote about Ted Nichelson ’93, who performed on a restored gold harp outside the Macy’s department store while back in the Twin Cities from Hollywood. This column can be found at the following link.
Jason Chambers ’93 represented the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office at the 2016 IWU Internship Fair on September 26