Keep us posted! You can send life updates to Louis Levin in the Camp Nebagamon office (louis@campnebagamon.com) or directly to Keylog editor Brad Herzog (brad@bradherzog.com).
Ken Lewis (Prospect, KY 61, 75) is a liquor retailer and entrepreneur who owns the New Riff distillery in Newport, KY, known for its rye whiskey blends… Brian Herzog (Highland Park, IL 78-83, 85-89) and Chad Goldenberg (Hopkins, MN 78-83, 85-89) are partners in a business called Hotel Staffing Solutions, headquartered in Northbrook, IL… Brad Herzog (Deerfield, IL/Pacific Grove, CA) has published a new book, DETOUR: A Cross-Country Drive Through America’s Wrong Turns, which includes a few pages about a familiar 77 acres in Wisconsin. You can read more about it here… Justin Karbel (Detroit/Stamford, CT 79-83) is Managing Director of Land n Sea, a New York-based apparel manufacturer, where he has worked for 20 years… Jay Sternberg (Bethesda, MD 82-86, 89-90, 95) lives in Maryland with his wife and two sons. For the past five years, he has served as Vice President of Marketing for Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit serving America’s military families… Jill Kiersky Marcus (Chicago 89-95) started a new job as Assistant Professor, Family Medicine at Rush University in Chicago… Kim Swenson (Superior, WI/Hong Kong 89-97, 01) is the communications lead in corporate real estate at HSBC in Hong Kong.
Amber Burvall (San Diego 99, 12-19) is a lactation consultant at Sharp Healthcare and also runs a private practice visiting new moms at home. She also started her own handmade swimwear and lingerie business called Surfmade in San Diego… Robby Balikov (Chicago/Bloomington, IN 01-06, 08-11) is currently getting his MBA at Indiana University’s Kelley Business School…Recently engaged Max Sapiro (Englewood, CO/Park City, UT 02-07, 09-12) owns a couple of stores called Double Diamond Shoes – one in Park City and one in Vail, Colorado… Jaime Hensel (Atlanta/Minneapolis 05-09, 11-13, 17) has accepted a job with the pain and palliative care department at Children’s Minnesota… Luca Bacci (Highland Park, IL/Minneapolis 06-07, 09-12, 14), who was recently married, is territory manager for KEEN footwear… Walt Fromm (Kansas City/Minneapolis 06-12, 14-15, 17, 19) is co-founding The People’s Canvass, which is a progressive organization that is set to be the biggest deep canvassing operation in the country.
Bailey Aro Hutchence (Duluth 08-10, 12) and Joe Hutchence (Duluth 07-12) who met at camp a dozen years ago, recently launched a new business called Cedar Bound, which offers buildable cabin kits nationwide… Margeaux Settinerri (Lake Hawea, New Zealand 13-16) is happily trapped near the New Zealand city of Wanaka, where she has been working as a canyoning guide for the past three summers. When she’s not canyoning, she is helping organize local festivals and developing her meditation practice… Todd Ahlers (Chicago/Winter Park, CO 16-18) spent the summer fighting wildfires for the Cedar City Hotshots based out of Cedar City, UT… Zach Sullivan (Duluth 16, 18) has been creating adventure bags for biking and other outdoor activities… Kate Bennett (Columbus, OH 17-19 ) is finishing up her final months at Mount Carmel School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio, including clinical training in the ICU with COVID patients… Matthew Wihelm (Wausau, WI/Burnsville, North Carolina 17-19) has been teaching at Arthur Morgan School, a partial boarding middle school in Burnsville, North Carolina.
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Our productive alumni:
Bill Reichert (Cincinnati/Dubai 78-83, 85) and Olga Khlusova – Thomas
Andrew Oshman (Dallas 85-88) and Amy Oshman – Nola
Brian Neil (Denver 95-00, 02-04) and Jessica Neil – Max
Daniel Abrams (Deerfield, IL 99-05, 07-08) and Rhonda Abrams – twins Jennie and Quinn
Peter Stein (Memphis/Durham 98-02, 11) and Lizzy Stokes-Cawley – Eli
Elisa Noble (Minneapolis 09-11) and Luke Noble – Jack
Kathryn Korchak (Gallagher) (Lake Nebagamon/Minneapolis 09-11, 15) and Kostiantyn Korchak – Vira
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We are sad to report the following deaths:
Bud Meissner (St. Louis) 33-34.
Harris Frank (St. Louis) 36-37, 40-42
Leo Bearman (Memphis) 45-54, 56
Tom Gidwitz (Chicago/Nantucket, MA) 63-67
Sue Weisner (Superior/Englewood, FL) 67-69. *Note: In 1969, as director of what was then known as the craftshop, Sue was camp’s first female head of program.
Gordon “Gordy” Westlund (Lake Nebagamon/Superior) CN head caretaker from 1973-95