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GCU
Alumni
Class Notes
1971 to 2011
1970s
John Lantz, B.A. in History,
’71,
is retired from the military
and is currently self-employed,
residing in Arkansas. Lantz
began surveying land while he
was still in the military in 1973
and has been the sole proprietor
of his business since 1996. He
met his wife, Susan, while both
were still students at GCU,
and they married in 1970. They
have eight children, two of
whom occasionally help with
their father’s land surveying.
The Lantzes also have 18
grandchildren.
Kenneth Greely, B.S. in
Mathematics, ’78,
is recently
retired, having previously
worked for multiple companies,
including Northrop Grumman,
Raytheon and Texas
Instruments. He currently
resides in Arizona and actively
supports projects related to
the successful deployment of
those in the military. Greely was
a member of the VP47 Squadron
C out of Washington state. For
three years, he helped search
for submarines off the coast of
Washington. Greely met his wife,
Alice, in 1981 and they have four
daughters.
1980s
Alice (Waddell)
Harper, B.A. in
AppliedMusic:
Vocal Music, ’81,
lives in Washington
state, where she is the CEO and
physician of a naturopathic
practice. She began her career
as the owner and operator of PRN
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1987 to 2002.
1990s
Ronald Gaschler,
B.S. in Business
Administration:
Marketing, ’99,
is a director at
Ashford University. He recently
was appointed to the Professional
Standards Committee for the
National Association of Colleges
and Employers.
2000s
Kevin Arndt, B.S. in Athletic
Training, ’00,
has been an
adventurer since receiving his
degree from GCU. Arndt taught
at an international school in
South Korea and is currently
furthering his journey into Baku,
Azerbaijan. He taught secondary
mathematics in Azerbaijan at
another international school.
Keslie Kattau
Halonen, B.A. in
Communications:
Public Relations,
’03,
recently was
awarded the Keller Williams
Culture Award for sales and is
currently the realtor and owner
of the KKH Squad within her
brokerage. Her husband, Nick
Halonen, choir director at Trevor
Browne High School in Phoenix,
is part of Grand Canyon’s Hall of
Fame Class of 2014. They have
two children, Isaiah and Lilyana,
who plan to walk with the GCU
graduating classes of 2030 and
2031. She remembers when they
would play “OOZE ball” on campus,
a modified game of volleyball
played on the flooded lawn.
Robson Cassefo, M.B.A., ’08,
took the skills he learned from
his time at GCU back to his home
in Latin America. He began his
career as the owner of a company
in Brazil that imported and
distributed medical equipment
to local institutions. Cassefo is
the sales manager for a medical
equipment manufacturer.
2010s
Donna Johnson, M.E. in
Education Administration, ’10,
is one class away from receiving
her doctorate in Education:
Organizational Leadership and is
so excited for the opportunities
before her. Grand Canyon “just
makes it possible.” Johnson
teaches multiple subjects in the
Clayton County School District
outside Atlanta. She believes that
“life is what you make it” and is
thankful for how God used her
education from GCU as a blessing
in her life.
Terri Anderson-Schlader, M.E.
in Special Education: Cross
Categorical (IR), ’11,
recently
received a promotion to teach in
the Social Learning Classroom
at Huron Middle School in
South Dakota. She received
a technology grant from the
state to integrate progressive
technology into the classroom.
Because many of her students are
visual learners, she looks to “level
the playing field for learning”
by using new technologies to
bring up test scores and overall
academic levels. Anderson-
Schlader and her husband have
two children, one of whom is
disabled but “perfect the way he
is.” Their other son, 13, received
his black belt in taekwondo last
year and is the youngest person in
the state to receive that honor.
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