Alan R. Kjelland ’72, PhDx’85
After retirement from Alliant Energy in 2005 (after 28 years), in 2012 Alan Kjelland co-founded Mobility 4 Vets Wheelchair Shop, Inc., a 501(c)(3) to help people with mobility needs. The organization accepts donations of mobility equipment (wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, etc.) and refurbishes them for resale at modest prices. Kjelland also served on the Waupaca City Council for nine years, choosing not to run again in 2022. After his retirement, Kjelland also became certified as a Home Inspector and began a handyman service as A & S Home Services LLC.
Kjelland is interested in hearing from other BSEEs who graduated in the same time frame: arksrk@hotmail.com
More Alumni Notes
Sherry B. Clay joins von Briesen’s Madison office as a member of the Trusts and Estates Section. She focuses her practice on estate planning;...
UW alumnus Brett Newski ’09 of the band NEWSKI has released a new LP: Friend Rock, a collaboration with musical influences, featuring members of Na...
Graham Sazama ’07 has earned tenure at Lawrence University of Wisconsin and will be promoted to associate professor of chemistry in Fall 2023. Sazama was introduced to research chemistry at the UW, working in Shannon Stahl’s lab as an undergraduat...
Randy Magen MS’87, PhD’92 (social work) has been named dean of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, in New York City. He had been director of the School of Social Work at Boise State University in Idaho.
Dr. Peter Tiboris ’70, MS’74 has had an illustrious career as a conductor and presenter, culminating in establishing MidAmerica Productions and Mid...
After serving 14 years on the Michigan Court of Appeals, Hon. Jane M. (Buchanan) Beckering, from the Class of 1990, was appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Sylvester (a.ka.. Sundiata) Modupe Broderick PhD’77, born in Sierra Leone, was a beloved colleague in the early days of the Department of African Languages and Literature (AL&L) at UW–Madison. Becoming a professor and then a diplomat, he was 8...
Samantha A. “Sammy” Schwartz, age 31, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 17, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was born on Oct. 30, 1991, in Madison, the daughter of Paul and Patrice (Rehrauer) Schwartz.
Alyssa Kenney , state broadband and digital equity director at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin was selected by Government Technology as ...
Jonah Sacha ’07 was appointed chief of the Division of Pathobiology and Immunology at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR.
Sherry B. Clay joins von Briesen’s Madison office as a member of the Trusts and Estates Section. She focuses her practice on estate planning;...
UW alumnus Brett Newski ’09 of the band NEWSKI has released a new LP: Friend Rock, a collaboration with musical influences, featuring members of Na...
Graham Sazama ’07 has earned tenure at Lawrence University of Wisconsin and will be promoted to associate professor of chemistry in Fall 2023. Sazama was introduced to research chemistry at the UW, working in Shannon Stahl’s lab as an undergraduat...
Randy Magen MS’87, PhD’92 (social work) has been named dean of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, in New York City. He had been director of the School of Social Work at Boise State University in Idaho.
Dr. Peter Tiboris ’70, MS’74 has had an illustrious career as a conductor and presenter, culminating in establishing MidAmerica Productions and Mid...
After serving 14 years on the Michigan Court of Appeals, Hon. Jane M. (Buchanan) Beckering, from the Class of 1990, was appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Sylvester (a.ka.. Sundiata) Modupe Broderick PhD’77, born in Sierra Leone, was a beloved colleague in the early days of the Department of African Languages and Literature (AL&L) at UW–Madison. Becoming a professor and then a diplomat, he was 8...
Samantha A. “Sammy” Schwartz, age 31, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 17, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was born on Oct. 30, 1991, in Madison, the daughter of Paul and Patrice (Rehrauer) Schwartz.
Alyssa Kenney , state broadband and digital equity director at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin was selected by Government Technology as ...
Jonah Sacha ’07 was appointed chief of the Division of Pathobiology and Immunology at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR.
Sherry B. Clay joins von Briesen’s Madison office as a member of the Trusts and Estates Section. She focuses her practice on estate planning;...
UW alumnus Brett Newski ’09 of the band NEWSKI has released a new LP: Friend Rock, a collaboration with musical influences, featuring members of Na...
Graham Sazama ’07 has earned tenure at Lawrence University of Wisconsin and will be promoted to associate professor of chemistry in Fall 2023. Sazama was introduced to research chemistry at the UW, working in Shannon Stahl’s lab as an undergraduat...
Randy Magen MS’87, PhD’92 (social work) has been named dean of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, in New York City. He had been director of the School of Social Work at Boise State University in Idaho.
Dr. Peter Tiboris ’70, MS’74 has had an illustrious career as a conductor and presenter, culminating in establishing MidAmerica Productions and Mid...
After serving 14 years on the Michigan Court of Appeals, Hon. Jane M. (Buchanan) Beckering, from the Class of 1990, was appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Sylvester (a.ka.. Sundiata) Modupe Broderick PhD’77, born in Sierra Leone, was a beloved colleague in the early days of the Department of African Languages and Literature (AL&L) at UW–Madison. Becoming a professor and then a diplomat, he was 8...
Samantha A. “Sammy” Schwartz, age 31, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 17, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was born on Oct. 30, 1991, in Madison, the daughter of Paul and Patrice (Rehrauer) Schwartz.
Alyssa Kenney , state broadband and digital equity director at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin was selected by Government Technology as ...
Jonah Sacha ’07 was appointed chief of the Division of Pathobiology and Immunology at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, OR.