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You can also share your memories and tributes of UW alumni who have passed in obituaries, including those who have died of COVID-19.
Leah Ceee O. Boomsma has joined the Minneapolis litigation firm of Bassford Remele as a shareholder. Leah practices in complex commercial litigation, bringing more than 10 years of experience in appeals, dispositive motions, and jury trials to her clients.
Liz (Bussey) Fentress (B.A., Communication Arts and Theatre, 1974), Br. Paul Vincent Niebauer (B.S.E., Education and Theatre & Drama, 1975), Suzanne Sturn (B.A., Theatre & Drama, 1974; M.A., Theatre & Drama, 1976), and K.C. Kelly, four Wisconsin natives, met in Professor Sybil Robinson’s acting class in 1971, the last year Theatre & Drama was in Bascom Hall before moving to the then-brand-new Communication Arts Building.
Local Artist, Elmer P. Petersen, 91, of Galesville passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse.
Scott Mori, a distinguished botanist at The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) for nearly forty years, died on August 12, 2020.
Ramona J. Duran M.A. ’76 (8/26/1949 – 5/26/2020) of El Dorado Hills, CA, known to many family and friends as “Roma”, passed away peacefully at her home on May 26, 2020 at the age of 70. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Lawrence (Larry) Duran, and her son Randy and his wife Kei from Tiburon, CA.
Barbara “Bobbie” Leiby (née Conger), of Willow Grove, passed away on June 13, 2020.
Cameron Ackbury is rebuilding his home in Silicon Valley
The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) announced that it will recognize Physical Therapy of Milwaukee and Dr. Sylvestra Ramirez as Focus on the Future Award honoree, to recognize their work to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Sylvestra Ramirez opened her first physical therapy clinic (Physical Therapy of Milwaukee) back in 2013. Seven years later, she has recently opened her 2nd clinic, Physical Therapy of Wales.
Rebecca LeMoine (Political Science MA ’10, PhD ’14) and husband Matthew Taylor welcomed their first child, Bernard Alan Taylor, in June of 2020.