Brothers celebrated the Fourth of July at Lake McConaughy.
Front row, from left: Ted Maline '17, Braden Dvorak '17, and
Clay Rathman '17. Back row: Colton Lyons '17,
Andrew Hansen '17, and Jake Wietfeld '18.
Following retreat planning, the executive team
went tubing down the Niobrara River.
FARMHOUSE FRATERNITY
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ALUMNI UPDATE
Raymond D. Vlasin, Ph.D. '51 remains active
in consulting on both community and economic
development and in civic matters. He lives in
East Lansing, Mich. Email: r.vlasin@att.net
Gary L. Toebben '67 was awarded an
honorary doctorate of business from Pepperdine
University on December 8, 2018. He gave the
commencement address to the business school
graduates. Gary and his wife, Janice, live in
Pasadena, Calif., and have four children and nine
grandchildren. Email: garytoebben@gmail.com
Jon A. Camp '68 retired in May 2019 from the
Lincoln City Council after serving five, four-
year terms. Jon was the longest serving member
of the council's history. He will remain active in
redevelopment and ownership/management of
properties in Lincoln's historic Haymarket, of
which his firm was in the original development.
Email: jonchamp@lincolnhaymarket.com
Richard E. Crom '73 is looking forward to
retirement in late 2019. Richard is an exempt
organization specialist for the IRS. He lives in
Richmond, Va. Email: richard_ann_crom@
verizon.net
John A. Novotny '74 is a consultant for the
Columbus Community Hospital and a national
Red Cross disaster worker. He enjoys taking
international medical mission trips and has
three grandchildren in Omaha. John and his
wife, Nila, live in Columbus, Neb. Email:
janovot@megavision.com
Scott G. Kurz '84 is the physiology laboratory
manager at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Animal Science. In November
2018, he was awarded the Outstanding
Employee Award in the Institute of Agriculture
and Natural Resources at UNL. Scott and his
wife, Pam, have two sons, who both graduated
from Elkorn High School. Jeremy is a junior
at UND, studying accounting. Nathan is a
freshman natural science major at UNL and
plays the baritone in the Cornhusker marching
band. Email: scott.kurz@cox.net
Daniel A. Simon, Ph.D. '86 won a 2018
Nebraska Book Award for his book, Nebraska
Poetry: A Sesquicentennial Anthology, 1867-
2017. He is editor in chief of World Literature
Today magazine at the University of Oklahoma.
Email: dsimon@ou.edu
Jamie T. Karl '93 was recently hired by the Ohio
Manufactures Association as the new managing
director of communication services. He was
vice president of public affairs and policy at the
Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry
for the previous 12 years. He lives in Dorchester,
Neb. Email: jamietkarl@gmail.com
Brett C. Stohs '98 works with law students at
the University of Nebraska College of Law as the
director of the Weibling Entrepreneurship Clinic.
The law college is only a few blocks away from
the chapter house. Email: bstohs1@gmail.com
Mitchell J. Minarick '00 started a company that
is building an online agricultural marketplace
connecting investors with farmers and producers.
He and his wife have been foster parents, and
Mitchell is currently a FarmHouse chapter
advisor. Email: minarick@gmail.com
Jordan Hohwieler '12 graduated from the
University of Nebraska College of Law
last spring. Jordan lives in Lincoln. Email:
jordanhohwieler@gmail.com
Gavin R. Kenney '12 and his wife, Leah,
welcomed their first daughter, Brielle, on June 4,
2018. In October 2018, Gavin changed jobs and
now works as a sales representative for Wilbur-
Ellis. The family lives in Kearney, Neb. Email:
grkenney@hotmail.com
