Author: heldke

Nathan Carroll (’95) is a professor in the Department of Communication and Theater Arts at St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota.

John Hallstein  is retired, from several  “different lives”; parish pastor in several parishes, in what is now the ELCA, Lutheran University Pastor (NLCM) at CSU in Ft. Collins, CO,  clinical psychologist at UAF in Fairbanks, Alaska, Clinical Supervisor, Yukon–Tanana Region of the Tanana Chiefs in Interior Alaska, and private practice in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Timothy Colburn (’74) reports that he was the only philosophy major in his class. He received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Brown University but was wooed by the siren song of computer science, and pursued a degree in that field at Michigan State. After spending several years at Honeywell, he took a position as professor…

J.R. Roever graduated in 2001 and went on to receive and M.A. in philosophy and a J.D. from Marquette University. He’s now an attorney for Halloin Murdock in Milwaukee.

Gabe Ormsby (1993) worked for many years in the nonprofit sector. His last job was “equal parts webmaster, database administrator, ‘help desk,’ and general techie at Friends of the Mississippi River in historic downtown Saint Paul.” Recently, Gabe has made the move to higher ed; he now works for the University of Minnesota as a…

Jonathan Olson, who graduated in June 2007, spent the following year working in East St. Paul as   a VISTA volunteer, “helping flesh out the mayor’s ‘second shift’ initiative, doing after school activities for kids.  In my free time after work, I’ve been exploring the city by bike, bus, and foot.  It’s surprising to find…

Don McNeil (’85) is a trial lawyer, working in business litigation. He reports that “I take on some cases for a cause just to keep things a little on the edge. I would imagine the latter is true for most Philosophy majors.”