Classmate Profiles

To upload your "Classmate Profile," please click on the "Register" button below. 

Note: "Registering" on this site does not commit you to attending the reunion.

Once registered, your profile will be appear in the classmates list on the website. We will upload a "Then" photo of you from the yearbook (if it exists). 

Classmates can message you through your profile on the site, and your general location will be shown on the "Where Are They Now" map.

We'll also be able to send you updates to keep you updated on all reunion happenings.

Julie Jacobs (Rennebohm)

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Now Now
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): I live in Madison with my husband Tom (married 44 yrs) We raised 4 children in Madison, and are now enjoying 5 grandchildren who all live nearby.

I recently returned to UW-Madison to complete my degree after a 40+ year hiatus. It was an amazing experience and I am now a proud college graduate.

Fred Jaeger

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): Graduated from the University of Notre Dame and attended Marquette University School of Dentistry in 1980. I completed and one year general practice residency and have practiced general dentistry since.
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): Married my love Karen Holschuh, and have one son who is currently a senior at the UW-Madison in engineering. Lived in Madison and Middleton since mid 80s.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): Still work and looking to slow down. I have enjoyed traveling, gardening, and hiking and outdoor sports. My favorite is canoe camping in Questico or Boundary Water.
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): Travel, build a canoe, learn to fly and possible build an airplane.

Mark Jaunzems

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Now Now
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): Worked for the DNR and US Forest Service as a botanist and wildlife technician.
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): One child (now 32) from a previous marriage and two teens from a second marriage.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): Still working part time as a botanist doing surveys and species lists.
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): Graduate two more kids, keep skiing, and travel (mostly in the US).

Steven Jenness

Last updated 1 month ago
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Joel Jenswold

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Now Now
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): I retired in 2017 after a career as university faculty member and administrator at Oklahoma State University.
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): I married in 1983 and divorced in 2007. I have 2 gorgeous and witty daughters. A couple of years before I retired I reconnected with my college girlfriend. We are both retired and live just outside East Troy.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): I returned to Wisconsin after retirement. I enjoy most water-related activities. Nowdays that mostly means fishing, and especially fly fishing. I also do some nature photography, hiking, snowshoeing, and biking.
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): No bucket list, really. Perhaps some non-working overseas travel, and definitely more travel in the US and Canada.

Ralph Johnson

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Now Now
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): I have been a lawyer for over 35 years, now with the Madison law firm of Axley Brynelson, which recent merged with Carney Thorpe LLC, the small Janesville firm I had been with. Before that I ran a UAW Legal Services Plan for over 25 years. My office has always been in Janesville, Wi but work around the state. Still enjoy getting people to a better place than when they walked in the door. It is stressful work sometimes, but I am never bored. Before going to law school I spent my 20s doing radio after catching the radio bug at the end of high school. After starting in commercial radio, I landed a gig at West Virginia Public Radio out of college and then went on to spend 5 years as Program Director of the NPR station in Roanoke, VIrginia. I would not have traded that time for anything. Nor the time thereafter.
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): Shortly after moving back to Madison in 1987, I had the good fortune to meet my wife Nancy and we have been married for 33 years. She retired a couple of years ago after serving as a UW Madison Academic Dean for a long time. We have a daughter, Nikki, who is a freelance artist and art therapist living in Chicago.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): I am still real busy working and grateful to have the energy to do it. Enjoy nature, urban adventures, vegetable gardening, being as active as I can, especially riding my bike. We have lived in the Marquette neighborhood in Madison for a long time and love the vibe.
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): I hope to be able to work as long as I want to and especially looking forward to traveling more again with the pandemic subsiding. I am not a big fan of winter weather these days and envision a future with less time in it. My bucket list is mainly to live with gratitude and not take the next day for granted.

Patti Jomo (Terbilcox)

Last updated 1 month ago
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Taddy Kalas

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): B.A., M.A., Ph.D. UW-Madison (my family moved in 1972, and I was determined to stay in Madison!).

First job: Lecturer in French, Baylor University, 1986-1990.

Moved to my current tenure-track job at Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, in 1990. My academic "home" is the French Department, but I also contribute to various other programs: Women's and Gender Studies, Honors, General Education, First-Year Inquiry.
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): Single, no children. Lots of birds!

Moved from Madison to Waco in 1986. Left Waco for Rock Island in 1990.

Academic year 1980-81 in Paris.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): Still teaching at Augustana. No real plans to retire for the moment!

This job has given me some great travel opportunities: two Cambodia Terms, one Amsterdam Term, one summer Faculty-Student Research Fellowship in Paris, and lots of French Summer Programs in Dijon.

Hobbies? My birds, I guess (don't ask how many! I refuse to count!). And I go to as much theatre as I can.
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): I'm still just enjoying my work. Hoping to keep teaching, traveling, and getting together with friends for as long as I can.

Cleaning my office is definitely on my bucket list, though.

Barbara Jo Kammer

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Now Now
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): I graduated from Lawrence University, in Appleton, in 1976 with a B.S. in vocal performance and graduated from Naropa University, in Boulder, Colorado, in 2000 with a M.S. in transpersonal counseling / music therapy.



Working as a music therapist with elders since 2000. Band leader of Barbara Jo & The Hippie Buckaroos since 2012.



Released first solo album in September 2017, "One Song at a Time". Released second solo album in June 2020, "Big Blue Sky In The Morning".
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): Married in October 2005 to Kent Brown. 2 bonus children and 3 bonus grandchildren. 3 wonderful doggies! Grateful to be living in Colorado since 1997 when I moved here to attend Naropa University. My mom, Lois Kammer, is still living in the wonderful house we all grew up in on Sherwood Road with my brother Chris.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): Working as a music therapist with elders in retirement communities (with my bandmates) as well as streaming online "The Barbara Jo Show" once a month. Playing for special events and private parties. I enjoy walking our doggies, working in my rose garden, feeding lots of birds and creatures in our yard.
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): To continue to be of service as a music therapist and band leader for my community.

Mary Katic (Oimoen)

Last updated 1 month ago
Then Then
Now Now
Work life? (e.g., education, first job, occupation): I have been the Dance Instructor and Owner of Mary's School of Dance, LLC in Fitchburg, Oregon and Madison for 44 years. I have had children of our classmates in my dance classes over the years. Then in 2020 due to the pandemic the decision was made to close the studio. I have also worked at Smoky's Supper Club in Madison cooking steaks for the past 53 years! They just closed this past February so now I guess I am officially retired!

I am also a Past President of the Dance Masters of Wisconsin and on the Board of the Chicago National Association of Dance Masters and still involved with both organizations. I received The Wisconsin Dance Council Career Recognition Award in 2018.
Family life? (e.g., spouse, kids/grandkids, friends, places lived): I have been married to Chuck Katic for 48 years. We have two children, John and Christina who are both married. We have two step grandchildren who are in college.
Doing today? (e.g., where do you live, working or retired, hobbies, travels): We have lived in our house in Fitchburg for the past 32 years. Now that we are officially retired we are planning on taking trips that we were not able to do in the past. My daughter and her husband took me to Hawaii in March for my retirement. It had been 35 years since I was there for Hawaiian dance training. It was a trip of a lifetime!
Bucket list? (e.g., plans for the future, travel): Traveling to see relatives and friends and enjoy each other. Life is too short!