Fifties

1959

Robert Leach is retired and lives in Dickinson, Texas, with Janet, his wife of 49 years. Leach has two adult children: Laura, a school social worker, who works for an Iowa Area Education Agency, and Steven, who is a nurse anesthetist at a large hospital in Houston. After graduating from Morningside in 1959, Leach earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Nebraska in 1963 before starting a 35-year career working for the state of Iowa in county and state child welfare programs. Leach later worked for the state of South Dakota and became the state’s administrator for Family and Children’s Services. He then moved back to Iowa to take a position in a private religious program for adolescents with moderate to severe behavioral problems and later took a social work position in a north central Iowa Area Education Agency. Leach is an active swimmer and has competed in local and Texas state competition in the Senior Olympics. His latest endeavor is playing the “musical saw” at a local playhouse.

1967

Dr. Horacio Lewis is an associate professor of Spanish and education at Delaware State University in Dover.

Seventies

1972

Sandra (Wood) Trevathan Faltemier serves Brookings County, S.D., on the Brookings Health System Board of Trustees. The system consists of city-owned Brookings Hospital, Brookview Manor Nursing Home, Brookhaven Apartments, Hospice, HEARTH (Helping Elderly Adults Remain in Their Homes), and other regional health services. The Brookings County Commissioners appointed her to a three-year term in January 2008.

Eighties

1980

Larry Kahl is vice president of support services at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Wash. He oversees building projects and has responsibility for seven departments, 150 employees and a $10 million operating budget. Kahl also is a member of the ad hoc faculty at Grays Harbor Community College in Aberdeen.

1983
Thomas H. Warren Sr. was appointed president and CEO of the Urban League of Nebraska in January 2008. The organization is an affiliate of the National Urban League. Warren was previously the chief of police for the Omaha Police Department. He has received recognition for his community involvement, which includes the American Red Cross-Heartland Hero Award, Omaha Public Schools A+ Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Community Service Award, University of Nebraska-Omaha Citation for Alumnus Achievement, and American Bar Association Community Service Award. He is a member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Alumni Hall of Fame and the Omaha Technical High School Hall of Fame and is a 2008 recipient of an African American Achievement Award. He also is a recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Living the Dream Award" presented by Creighton University.

1984

The Rev. Matthew C. Harrison is executive director of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) World Relief and Human Care, the St. Louis-based emergency relief, development and human care arm of LCMS. Project grants from LCMS World Relief and Human Care help people recover from disasters and support self-help ministries in the United States and other countries around the world. Harrison also serves on the boards of Lutheran Services in America and Lutheran World Relief in Baltimore. He has just published a book titled "Christ Have Mercy: How to Put Your Faith in Action" (Concordia Publishing House 2008).

Two Thousand

2000

Tito Parker is a new member of the board of directors for the Community Action Agency of Siouxland in Sioux City. Parker is employed by East Middle School as a youth outreach specialist. 

2002

Emily Jensen is an English as a second language (ESL) private tutor in Tainan City in Taiwan. Her new husband, Shawn Wen-Sheng Ker, teaches junior high geography.

2008

Andrew Mather is middle school youth director at Morningside Lutheran Church in Sioux City.

Annie McInnis is serving a two-year term as Sioux City's unofficial ambassador to its sister city of Yamanashi City, Japan. McInnis will serve as Sioux City's representative at official functions and was hired by the Yamanashi City school board to teach English in three elementary schools and to participate in school activities.