1980-1989

Posted by admin | | Monday 10 January 2011 8:28 pm

A little bit of this and that from our 1980′s alums.

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Doug Lunsford ’85 has now been married to his wife for 19 years. They have a son who is a junior in high school and a daughter in the 8th grade. He is currently working for U.S. Bank as a collection manager. (9/1/2009)

Ken Wells ’85 stays busy with his four children, Megan (18), Katie (17), Emily (15), and Luke (13). He is currently working in San Francisco, CA as an Assistant Regional Director for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Ken is responsible for the Phoenix and Orange County field offices and oversees the administrative function of hiring, firing, and promoting individual for the SF regional office. (1/10/2009)

Mark Schusterman ’80 is the acting Athletic Director at Gulliver Prep in Miami, Florida. In January of 2009, Mark will be inducted into the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Dave Layman ’82 has been married to his wife, Beth, for 21 years and they have NINE children! Dave is the Vice President and General Manager for Hillyard, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of cleaning solutions and equipment.

Richard Sutton ’82 recently celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary. He has four daughters – a senior, freshman, fourth grader and first grader – and they consume all of this “free time”. Richard works as Vice President for Security Bank of Kansas City.

Kim Brooks ’83 is still running his fire and water restoration business after 15 years. His middle daughter, Katelyn, is now talking about attending Baker next year. Better warn her about the Delts, Kim!

John Chlebak ’84 has been married for 24 years to his wife Lesley (Carr, Baker Tri-Delt) and they call Rowlett, Texas home. The couple’s oldest son will graduate from KU in the Spring of 2008. Their middle son is current an undergraduate at Texas State University and their youngest son is a sixth grader. John is currently the insurance and risk manager for HOOTERS of Texas.

David Davies ’82 and his wife, Sharla, now have three children: Emily, Ian and Leah. David is the Vice President of Stewardship for Gift Planning for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Wade Fothergill ’87 is proud to say that he has the same “sweet, smart, beautiful wife” and three great kids (sounds like Wade’s wife might be checking out BakerDelts.com!!). Wade’s business is going great and he is living the dream.

Todd Wiedemann ’88 and his wife Gina recently celebrated 17 years of marriage together! The happy couple, along with their two sons Jordan (14) and Bryce (8) call South Bend, Indiana home. Todd is currently the principal at South Bend’s John Adams High School, which has about 1,800 students.

Bill Leimer ’84 has been employed with Kraft Foods Global, Inc. for the past 20 years. For 19 of those, he has been married to his wife Nikki. He has a son Adam (27) who is working in various fields of music and video recording and a daughter Amanda who is a sophomore at Southern Mississippi University.

Bradford Lob ’84 recently sold his business in order to take a position with Lodgeworks, a company which owns and operates hotels around the United States! Also, his daughter is now a junior at BU, his son is a senior in high school, and he and his wife just celebrated their 21st year of marriage – wow!

Dave Johns ’89 is currently calling Gardner, KS “home”. He is selling real estate and has taken up coaching, helping out the 3rd and 6th grade Gardner Blazers football teams!