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Historical Administration Alumni are scattered throughout the country at various institutions and museums. Click on a graduation year and find out where some of them are now. This list is just a small portion of graduates.

2000-Present 1990-1999 1980-1989 1975-1979  

2000-present

Andrew J. Stupperich(2000) 
Farmer's Museum 
Cooperstown, NY 
Associate Curator of Collections
Charles C. Backus  (2000) 
Reedville Fishermen's Museum 
Reedville, VA 
Executive Director
Elizabeth A. Engel (2000) 
Waukesha Co. Historical 
Society and Museum 
Waukesha, WI 
Curator
James Draper (2001) 
Gerald R. Ford Presidential 
Museum 
Grand Rapids, MI 
Registrar 
Jennifer A. Marvel (2001) 
Dallas Museum of Art 
Dallas, TX 
Cord. of School Partnerships 
and Resources
Leslie S. Mio (2001) 
Birmingham Historical 
Museum 
Birmingham, MI 
Museum Assistant
Genia Hesser (2002) 
Fort Buford State Historic 
Site 
Willsiton, ND 
Site Supervisor 
Nathan Kemler (2002) 
Public Museum of Grand 
Rapids 
Grand Rapids, MI 
Project Curator 
Peter Noll (2002) 
Volkening Heritage Farm 
at Spring Valley 
Schaumburg, IL 
Program Coordinator 
Duane Smith (2002) 
Historic Latta Plantation 
Huntersville, NC 
Executive Director 
Angela Stanford (2002) 
Collections Manager/ Registrar 
Elk Horn, IA 
The Danish Immigrant Museum
Stephanie Taylor (Gaub) (2002) 
Erie County Historical Society 
Erie, PA 
Exhibits and Collections Curator
Andrew Cougill (2002) 
Grissom Air Museum 
Peru, IN
Lindsey MacAllister (2002) 
Museum of Science and 
Industry 
Chicago, IL 
Archival Assistant
Rob Martin (2002) 
Conner Prairie 
Fishers, IN 
Program Supervisor 1886
Amber Majerus (Bevan), (2003) 
National Mississippi River 
Museum & Aquarium 
Dubuque, IA 
Historical Education Coordinator
Jim Sturgill (2003) 
Mahoning Valley Historical 
Society & The Arms Family 
Museum of Local History 
Youngstown, OH
Robin Smith (2003) 
Pines of Carolina Girl 
Scout Council 
Raleigh, NC 
Director, Young Girl Programs
Sharie Mooney (2005)
TrailEnd State Historic Site
Sheridan, WY
Curator/Assistant 
Site Superintendent
Kendra Derrer (2005) 
Far West Heritage Association 
Chico, CA
Merrilee Garner (2005) 
Galena/Jo Daviess Co. 
Historical Society and 
Museum 
Galena, IL 
Patty Kennedy (2005) 
Garfield Farm 
La Fox, IL 
Assistant Site Manager
   

1990-1999

Susan Haake   (1990) 
Lincoln Home National 
Historic Site 
Springfield, IL 
Curator 
Barbara (Biehl) Schafer (1990) 
Historic Bethlehem Partnership 
Bethlehem, PA 
Collections Manager
Mary Beth (Shaw) 
Sheehan (1990) 
Ann Arbor Art Center 
Ann Arbor, MI 
Program Director
Eve Weipert (1990)
 Michigan Historical Museum 
Lansing, MI
Charles Pautler (1991) 
Minnesota Historical Society
Mary Maronde (1991) 
S.H. Weill Performing 
Arts Center 
Sheboygan, WI 
Managing Director
Gregg Larsen (1991) 
Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN 
Curator
Ellen Endslow (1991) 
Chester Co. Historical 
Society West 
Chester, PA 
Curator of Collections
Susan Drinan (1991) 
Atwater Kent Museum 
Philadelphia, PA 
Registrar
Sarah J. Sessions (1992)
U.S. Air Force Museum 
Wright-Patterson AFB 
Curator
Belinda L. Nickles (1992) 
National Road Assoc. 
of Illinois 
Assistant Director
Christine (Dumoulin) 
Johnson (1992) 
Greensboro College/Brock 
Museum 
Greensboro, NC 
Curator
Maureen (Mo) Galvin (1992)
Wright County Historical
Society Buffalo, MN
Curator/Coordinator
Barbara Ulrich-Hicks (1993)
Reno County Museum 
Hutchinson, KS 
Susan Nordmeyer-
Gordy (1993) 
Apple River Valley 
Fort State Historic Site 
Galena, IL 
Site Manager 
Thomas Mehl (1993) 
Selfridge Military Air Museum 
San Base, MI 
Administrative Assistant
Thomas Kroemer (1993) 
Old World Wisconsin 
Eagle, WI 
Program Assistant 
Janet (Clair) Dennis (1993) 
Iowa Living History Farms 
Urbandale, IA 
Professional Sites Supervisor
Susan Blecher (1993) 
U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum 
Washington, DC 
Registrar/Special Exhibits
Wendy Felder (1994)
National African-American 
Museum 
Wiberforce, OH 
Registrar
Lynne Smaczny 
(Mickle) (1994) 
Des Plaines Historical Society 
Des Plaines, IL 
Curator of Collections 
Jennie (Morgan) Bailey (1994) 
Iowa Museum Association 
Des Moines, IA 
Executive Director
Melanie (Vis) Wisse (1995)
Wade House 
Greenbush, WI
Angela (Leonard) 
Morrow (1995) 
Art Institute of Chicago 
Chicago, IL
Kathy (Lindberg) Evavold (1995)
Otter Tail Co. Historical Society
Fergus Falls, MN
Curator of Collections
Shari Caine (1996)
Des Plaines Historical 
Society
Des Plaines, IL
Special Projects Coordinator
Elizabeth(Libbey) 
Coffey (1996) 
Information Technology 
Services 
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 
Data Processing Analyst III
Leon Drake (1996)
Cincinnati Historical Society
Cincinnati, OH
Exhibit Program Coordinator
Michelle (Blomberg) 
Graham (1996) 
Ford Motor Co. Archives 
Dearborn, MI 
Project Archivist
Joseph Kapler, Jr. (1996) 
State Historical Society
of Wisconsin 
Madison, WI
Curator of Domestic Arts
Nancy Brown (1996) 
The Barker Historical 
Museum 
Fredonia, NY 
Curator 
Jeff Murray (1996)
Wade House State 
Historic Site 
Greenbush, WI 
Curator of Interpretation
Jennifer Van Haaften (1997)
Old World Wisconsin 
Eagle, WI 
Curator of Interpretation 
Julie Breu (1997)
Siouxland Heritage Museum
Sioux Falls, SD 
Operations Manager
Susan Carlson (1997) 
U.S. Air Force Museum 
Wright-Patterson AFB 
Registrar
Casey Connell (1997)
Rose Hill Plantation 
State Historic 
Site Union, SC 
Park Manager
Chris Gordy (1997)
Stephenson Co. 
Historical Society 
Freeport, IL 
Director 
Fred Goss (1997)
Greensboro Historical Museum 
Greensboro, NC 
Director
Rachel(Yahn) Hake (1997)
Museum of the Cape Fear 
Historical Complex 
Fayetteville, NC Arsenal Park
 Ed. Coordinator
Kevin Lynch (1997) 
Historic Brattonsville
Charlotte, NC 
Director of Education
Jeannine Pederson (1997) 
Catalina Island Museum, Inc 
Avalon, CA 
Curator of Collections
Dan Schoeneberg (1997) 
Conner Prairie
Fishers, IN 
Historic Area Manager
Melissa Wertman-Brown (1997) 
Buffalo Historical Society 
Buffalo, NY 
Collections Manager/Exhibit 
Researcher 
Brent Wielt  (1998)
Macon County Conservation 
District 
Decatur, IL 
Historic Sites Manager
William Buhlig (1998) 
R.R. McCormick Museum 
Wheaton, IL 
Museum Coordinator
Scott Cross (1998) 
Oshkosh Public Museum 
Oshkosh, WI
Douglas Dammann (1998)
Smithsonian Air & Space 
Museum 
Washington, DC 
Education Coordinator
Karen Franklin (1998) 
National Afro-American 
Museum 
Wilberforce, OH
Maureen Ransom (1999) 
Museo de Antropologia 
Palacio Canton Av. Paseo 
Montejo Merida, Yucatan, Mexico 
Curator
Beth Loecke (1999) 
Iowa Living History Farms 
Urbandale, IA 
Drug Store Supervisor
Tracy (Anderson) Lauer (1999) 
Anheuser-Busch Archives 
St. Louis, MO 
Research Archivist 
Neil Dahlstrom (1999) 
Deere & Co. Archives 
Moline, IL 
Reference Archivist
Stephanie Chontos (1999) 
Detroit Symphony Orchestra 
Detroit, MI 
Archives Project Manager
Jenna Carroll-Plante (1999) 
Canterbury Shaker Village 
Canterbury, NH 
Curator of Collections
Beth A. (Kowalski) 
Lemke (1999) 
Wisconsin Historical Museum 
Madison, WI
Museum Educator 
Mary Turner (1999) 
Illinois Association of Museums 
Springfield, IL
Executive Director

1980-1989

Richard L. Schachtsiek (1980)
Postville-Mt. Pulaski Courthouse,
State Historical Society Lincoln,
IL Site Superintendent
Linda K. McWhorter (1981) 
South Carolina State Museum
Columbia,SC 
Chief Curator of Education
Blair D. Tarr (1981)
Kansas St. Historical Society 
Topeka, KS
Patricia L. Phillips-Marshall (1981) 
NC. Museum of History
Raleigh, NC 
Curator of Furnishings & 
Decorative Arts 
Jeffrey R. Schultz (1982) 
Wade House State Historic Site 
Greenbush, WI 
Director
Janice B. Luth (1982) 
Heritage Village 
Largo, FL 
Director
Ann L. Koski (1982) 
State Historical Society of 
Wisconsin Museum 
Madison, WI 
Museum Director 
John Jaros (1983)
 Aurora Historical Museum 
Aurora, IL 
Director 
Ralph E. Ward (1984)
Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill 
Harrodsburg, KY
Historic Agricultural Specialist
Denise S. Morrison (1984)
 Kansas City Museum 
Kansas City, MO 
Archivist/Registrar
Michael S. Knecht (1984) 
Laurel Arts 
Somerset, PA 
Executive Director
Timothy Talbott (1985) 
Mahaffie Stage Coach
Stop and Farm 
Olathe, KS 
Manager
Thomas A. Reitz (1985) 
Doon Heritage Crossroads 
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 
Manager/Curator
Linda G. Fransen (1985) 
Cottonwood County
Historical Society 
Windom, MN 
Director
William J. Dichtl (1985)
Ohio Co. Historical Society 
and Museum 
Rising Sun, IN 
Director
Christian G. Carron (1985)
Public Museum of Grand Rapids 
Grand Rapids, MI 
Curator of Collections
Deborah L. Postema- 
George (1986)
The Holland Museum,
Holland Historical Trust
Holland, MI 
Curator of Archives
and Research
Chris (Sharpe) Meier (1986)
Arlington Heights Mem. Library 
Arlington Hts., IL 
Administrative Service Coor. 
Lois J. Herr (1986) 
Kansas State Historical Society
 Topeka, KS 
Outreach Coordinator
Rebecca (Means) Harris (1986) 
Historic New Harmony 
New Harmony, IN 
Consultant
Robert A. Mullen (1987)
Missouri Historical Society 
St. Louis, MO 
Collections Manager 
Elizabeth Marston (Brown) (1987)
Elgin Area Historical Society 
Elgin, IL 
Director 
Joan T. Goodbody (1987) 
Michigan Tech. University 
Houghton, MI 
Librarian 
Charles A. LeCount (1987)
 Historic Brattonsville
 McConnells, SC 
Director
Linda (Norbut) Suits (1987)
IHPA Historic Sites Division 
Springfield, IL 
Curator of Collections
Rebecca (Kimminau) 
Matticks (1987)
Hastings Museum of 
Natural and Cultural History
Director
Chris Schuelke (1988)
Otter Tail County 
Historical Society 
Fergus Falls, MN 
Executive Director 
Joy Matthiessen(1988)
Des Plaines History Center 
Des Plaines, IL 
Museum Director 
Lori Cox-Paul (1988)
National Archives and 
Records Administration 
Kansas City, MO 
Archives Specialist
Veronica Kandl (1988) 
Public Museum
of Grand Rapids 
Grand Rapids, MI 
Curator
Sara McFarland (1988)
Cimarron City Library 
Cimarron, KS
Director
Leo Landis (1989)
Living History Farms 
Urbandale, IA
Elaine Webster (1989) 
Smithsonian American
Art Museum 
Washington, DC 
Development Officer
     
       

1975-1979

Martha Jane Downey (1977)
Bishop Hill State Historic Site
Bishop Hill, IL
Site Manager
Andrea(Friedman)
Faling (1978)
Nebraska State Historical Society
Lincoln, NE
Assoc. Dir. Archives/Library
Robert Gerling (1978)
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City, OK
Director of Education
Lisa Hill-Festa (1978)
Nordic Heritage Museum
Seattle, WA
Curator of Collections/Collections
Manager 
William "Sandy" Kreuger (1978)
Masonic Library
Cedar Rapids, IA
Head Librarian
Michele A. (Newton)
Hansford (1979)
Powers Museum
Carthage, MO
Director/Curator
Erik T. Robinson (1979)
Museum of Florida History
Tallahassee, FL
Historian 
 
       
       

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