Celebrating the Achievements of Our Alumni

Luther College alumni have made incredible contributions in many fields, from business and the arts to sciences and beyond. This page highlights the journeys of graduates who have gone on to do amazing things, showing how their time at Luther helped shape their paths. We are proud of every one of them and hope their stories inspire our current and future students.

  • Erin Bayne (HS’88, U’93)

    Erin Bayne (HS’88, U’93)

    An alumnus who got his start studying biology at Luther College ‘s High School and University campuses is now doing… read more

  • Nathanael Bergbusch (HS’13, U’17)

    Nathanael Bergbusch (HS’13, U’17)

    Had you told Nathanael Bergbusch when he was a teen that he was going to be a biologist someday, he would have… read more

  • Sarah Bergbusch (HS’13)

    Sarah Bergbusch (HS’13)

    At the age of eleven, Sarah Bergbusch (HS’13), who describes herself as “fairly reserved,” tried out for a part in her… read more

  • Michelle Beveridge (HS’88)

    Michelle Beveridge (HS’88)

    There’s no doubt about it, Michelle Beveridge is a dynamic change-maker who knows how to get things done. Her activism… read more

  • Brett Bobowski (HS’08)

    Brett Bobowski (HS’08)

    When he was a kid, Brett Bobowski’s parents took him to air shows. He marvelled at the aerobatics of the… read more

  • Wendy Cox (HS’84, U’88)

    Wendy Cox (HS’84, U’88)

    The Globe and Mail’s Wendy Cox has interviewed thinkers as diverse as John Ralston Saul and Sting in her nearly 35-year… read more

  • Daun Daum (HS’64, HSU’67)

    Daun Daum (HS’64, HSU’67)

    Daun Daum (HS’64, HSU’67) has spent his entire life offering hope and second chances to generations of inner-city Calgary youth as… read more

  • Chris Dixon (HS’86, U’91)

    Chris Dixon (HS’86, U’91)

    As Design Director of Vanity Fair, New York based Chris Dixon (HS’86, U’91) aptly describes his work as “the visual side of journalism.… read more

  • Grace (Ganshorn) Drever (HS’92)

    Grace (Ganshorn) Drever (HS’92)

    Some kids breeze through high school with an easy confidence, great grades, and sights set on promising careers in law,… read more

  • Derrick Emsley (HS’08) & Kalen Emsley (HS’07)

    Derrick Emsley (HS’08) & Kalen Emsley (HS’07)

    At only twenty-six and twenty-seven years of age, brothers Derrick Emsley (HS’08) and Kalen Emsley (HS’07) are CEO and CMO, respectively, of tentree, a successful… read more

  • David Faro (HS’89)

    David Faro (HS’89)

    David Faro (HS’89) has lived and worked with some of the most privileged people on the planet. As the former… read more

  • Ben Fong (HS’01)

    Ben Fong (HS’01)

    There’s a saying that if you do what you love, the money will follow. As a small child in Hong… read more

  • Mike Fritzler (HS’88)

    Mike Fritzler (HS’88)

    Drive, determination and passion are three qualities that have guided and directed Mike Fritzler (HS’88) professionally for over twenty-five years, enabling him… read more

  • Desiree Gibson (HS’02, U’07)

    Desiree Gibson (HS’02, U’07)

    Desiree Gibson’s (HS’02, U’07) aspiration to do “some good in the community” has always guided her in her vocation. From medical… read more

  • Randy Haatvedt (HS’72)

    Randy Haatvedt (HS’72)

    A Kidney Lost, A Friendship Gained Randy Haatvedt (HS’72) has never been one to take his blessed life and good health… read more

  • Brad Hertz (HS’82)

    Brad Hertz (HS’82)

    Brad Hertz’s life reads like an action-packed adventure novel, full of nail-biting heroics and an adrenaline-fueled work ethic that has… read more

  •  Annie Hylton (HS’01)

     Annie Hylton (HS’01)

    Given her love of writing, research and interpersonal connection, Annie Hylton’s career as an investigative journalist is an ideal fit.… read more

  • Ann Johnson (HS’92)

    Ann Johnson (HS’92)

    At the age of 30, Ann Johnson was eight years into her career at Luther College, where she taught physical education and… read more

  • Austin Josephson (HS’10, U’15)

    Austin Josephson (HS’10, U’15)

    Bromance & Masculinity: A Celebration After graduating from Luther College High School (LCHS) in 2010, Austin Josephson (HS’10, U’15) attended… read more

  • Helen Leinweber Lawrence (HS’33)

    Helen Leinweber Lawrence (HS’33)

    Luther College’s Oldest Living Alum Helen (Leinweber) Lawrence (HS’33) is the oldest (known) living alum of Luther College, born in… read more

  • Rori Lee (HS’87, U’97)

    Rori Lee (HS’87, U’97)

    “I didn’t choose it; it chose me,” is how Rori (Lawson) Lee responds when you ask her how she became a registered… read more

  • Rob Middleton (HS’78)

    Rob Middleton (HS’78)

    Character & Creative Success Although Rob Middleton (HS’78) and his family usually make an annual trek to Regina, Saskatchewan, from… read more

  • Rachel Mielke (HS’98)

    Rachel Mielke (HS’98)

    Rachel Mielke (HS’98), CEO and Founder of Hillberg & Berk, a successful luxury jewelry line, says it all started back in… read more

  • Makenzie Morgan (HS’02, U’06)

    Makenzie Morgan (HS’02, U’06)

    When Makenzie Morgan (HS’02, U’06) was just seven years old and folding laundry with her family in front of the TV,… read more

  • Joann (McIlwrick) Mundin (HS’90, U’94)

    Joann (McIlwrick) Mundin (HS’90, U’94)

    As the world hunkers down during the COVID-19 pandemic, Luther alumna Joann (McIlwrick) Mundin (HS’90, U’94) is busier than ever.… read more

  • Patrick Neufeld (HS’06)

    Patrick Neufeld (HS’06)

    Patrick Neufeld plays for the Blue Bombers and roots for the Lions. The Luther Lions, that is. The Regina-born Winnipeg… read more

  • Ross Niebergall (HS’81, U’86)

    Ross Niebergall (HS’81, U’86)

    While IBM was launching the world’s first “portable” comput­er in 1975, weighing a modest 55 pounds, a pre-teen Ross Niebergall… read more

  • Nancy Park (HS’92, U’97)

    Nancy Park (HS’92, U’97)

    From L.I.T. to the Winter Olympics Nancy Park (HS’92, U’97) still remembers watching her older brother, Chan Park (HS’89), head… read more

  • Bill Schwarz (HS’60)

    Bill Schwarz (HS’60)

    Skewing Artistic Lines And Defying Conventions Teens tend to get clumped into convenient stereotypes in high school with immediately recognizable… read more

  • Stephen Sharpe (HS’08)

    Stephen Sharpe (HS’08)

    As COVID-19 variants spike, and countries like Italy go into another lockdown, a recently ordained Catholic priest in Italy who… read more

  • Bill Silver (HS’49, HSU’50)

    Bill Silver (HS’49, HSU’50)

    After practicing medicine for over fifty years, orthopaedic surgeon Bill Silver (HS’49, HSU’50) still proclaims with gusto that the best… read more

  • Jayden Soroka (HS’02)

    Jayden Soroka (HS’02)

    Jayden Soroka (HS’02) has worked for more than a decade as a producer, director/assistant director, editor, and animator/motion graphics artist in… read more

  • Bob Steadward (HS’64)

    Bob Steadward (HS’64)

    Founder of Paralympic Movement Bob Steadward (HS’64) knew as a young boy that he wanted to “accomplish something with his… read more

  • Andrew Tran (HS’16)

    Andrew Tran (HS’16)

    The Tran siblings, Andrew, Jenn and Kim, have all followed very different career paths, but what they have in common… read more

  • Jennifer Tran (HS’15)

    Jennifer Tran (HS’15)

    The Tran siblings, Andrew, Jenn and Kim, have all followed very different career paths, but what they have in common… read more

  • Kim Tran (HS’13, U’17)

    Kim Tran (HS’13, U’17)

    The Tran siblings, Andrew, Jenn and Kim, have all followed very different career paths, but what they have in common… read more

  • Phoebe Voigts (HS’76)

    Phoebe Voigts (HS’76)

    Phoebe Voigts (HS’76), Founding Artistic Director of the internationally known Saskatoon Children’s Choir (SCC), grew up singing. “Lutherans sing,” says… read more

  • Tynan Allan Wenarchuk (HS’10)

    Tynan Allan Wenarchuk (HS’10)

    Luther The Root of Success For Tynan Allan Wenarchuk (HS’10), life at Luther College High School (LCHS) didn’t begin in grade… read more

  • Shannon Williams (HS’93, U’98)

    Shannon Williams (HS’93, U’98)

    Throughout her entire career— whether as a social worker, a criminal prosecutor or in her current role as Assistant Deputy… read more

  • Landis Wyatt (HS’89)

    Landis Wyatt (HS’89)

    With an insatiable love of the outdoors and a career in sales and marketing in that industry, never did this… read more