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Alumni Achievements

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their history degrees:

• Lyndsey Downs, '02 (history and political science double major), graduated from the Seattle University School of Law in 2006 and is a law clerk in the Thurston County Superior Court.
  
  
• Heather McCummins, '03, is a park interpretive specialist for California State Parks; she also serves on the board of directors of the California Council for the Promotion of History.
  
  
• Justin Tkach, '03, is a senior analyst for Jane's Strategic Advisory Service, the consulting arm of Jane's Information Group.
  
  
• Kelsey Rice Bogdan, '03 (history and English double major), is earning a doctorate at Harvard Divinity School.
  
  
• Nichlas Fox, '04, works for the White House Conference on Aging.
  
  
• Danelle Feddes, '05, is earning a master's degree in history museum studies through the Cooperstown Graduate Program, Class of 2008.
  
  
• Jasmine Wilson, '05, is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
  
  
• Kyna Herzinger, '05, is a graduate student in public history and library science at the University of South Carolina.
  
  
• Kelsy Brown, '06, attends Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
  
  
• Tiara Horan, '06, teaches in the Sumner (Wash.) School District.
  
  
• Erin McPherson, '04, is a cultural resource assistant for the National Parks Conservation Association's Center, "State of the Parks."
  
  
• Josh Dietzel, '06, teaches in Bangkok, Thailand.
  
  
• Gwendolyn Haley, '96, is youth services supervisor for the Spokane County Library District.
  
  
• Jennifer Pifer, '92, is senior producer for CNN, in Atlanta.
  
  
• Tricia Tedrow, '91, is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, in Haverhill, Mass.
  
  
• Keith Blodget, '90, is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army.
  
  
• David Kennaly,'88, is an archives technician with the Department of the Army, Army Heritage and Education Center, associated with the U.S. Army War College.
  
  
• John Sowers, '88, is senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church, Spokane.
  
  
• Jill K. Gill, '86, is an associate professor of history at Boise State University.
  
  
• Keith Blodgett, '90, served as a U.S. Army field artillery officer for nine years.  He was an officer in the 1st Armored Division & 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), and he currently manages recruiting operations in Arizona.
  
  
• Tracy Ekhardt, M.D., '96, is an attending pediatric intensivist.
  
  
• Bruce MacIntyre, '69, is an attorney for Perkins, Coie, L.L.P., a Seattle-based law firm with more than 600 attorneys in 15 offices worldwide.
  
  
• Christina Anderberg, '03 (double major in history and education), teaches history, sociology, economics, and government in Panama City, Panama.
  
  
• Bill Beard, '74, is the president of Beard Group, Inc., Real Estate Development.