Classes of the 1950s
Robert Don Nassimbene (DDS ’54) retired after 60 years of enjoying caring for his patients.
Marvin Reed (DDS ’59) has been retired for more than 20 years and is living in northern Virginia.
Robert Dean Thomen (DDS ’59) retired in 2007. He has been married for 66 years and has three children, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He enjoys volunteering at Project Cure and wedding videography.
Classes of the 1960s
Kenneth Cox (DDS ’69) and wife, Sharon, are celebrating 51 years of marriage with two children and six granddaughters.
Jerry Fankhauser (DDS ’69) fully retired in 2014. He is involved in volunteering in his community, staying in shape, yoga, golf, traveling and scuba diving. He and his wife, Leslie, have been married for 50 years.
Donald Jump (DDS ’69) retired from dentistry in December 2017. His son Tim Jump (DDS ’00) owns and operates the dental practice in Bolivar, Mo. Donald enjoys occasionally seeing patients while covering for one of the three dentists in the practice. Dentistry has been his passion and he misses his patients. He and his son Jeff now operate a cow-calf farm with 800 acres and 160 mother cows.
Larry Kuhlman (DDS ’69) is celebrating 50 years of marriage with Marilyn Laham (BSDH ’68). They have three children and four grandchildren. Larry retired in 2014 when his son-in-law, Chris Majors (DDS ’98), acquired his practice. Larry and Marilyn are now enjoying retirement with travel, fishing, golf and their grandchildren’s activities.
Dean Mason’s (DDS ’69) wife, Corlie, passed away in 2014.
George Smith (DDS ’64) is staying active with tennis, biking, reading and fishing.
Classes of the 1970s
Kirk Collier (DDS ’79, OMFS ’84) is practicing oral surgery in Prairie Village, Olathe and Lenexa, Kansas. He enjoys spending time with his family, traveling and racing cars.
Michael Cottrell (DDS ’79) is the chief dental officer at the Rosebud Indian Health Service Hospital in Rosebud, South Dakota.
Roger Bise (DDS ’79) retired from plastic surgery practice in 2017 after 29 years. He is now involved in travel and classic car collection and restoration.
Eugene Curtis (DDS ’74) retired in 2015, and he and his wife moved to Florida to enjoy retirement.
Thomas Fankhauser (DDS ’74) sold his practice in Wichita and retired. He has since moved to Texas to be near his son and daughter-in-law and has started golfing again.
Classes of the 1980s
Rob Dakin (DDS ’84) is headed to Kenya for the fifth time in July to work in the clinic he has helped set up in one of the poorest areas in Nairobi. Rob has had the chance to work in Albania, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Liberia and Fiji. He is past president of the Wichita District Dental Society and currently serves as secretary of the Kansas Dental Association.
Dean Elledge (DDS ’83, AEGD ’13) won the dentist of the year award from the Wichita District Dental Society.
Allen Reavis (DDS ’84) sold his practice Atchison Dental Associates after 34 years of practice. Allen is still working full time for the new owner, Kyle Huntington (DDS ’03).
Don Vespa (DDS ’84) had a son, Nickolas, born January 2018. Don lives and practices in Florida.
Classes of the 1990s
Renato Aves (DDS ’94) has two daughters, Ally (17) and Izzy (9), and is an oral surgeon at the Tampa Bay Institute of Oral Surgery and Dental Implants, which has five locations in Florida.
Marc Orjansen (DDS ’96, PERIO ’98) and his wife, Sara, have taken over leadership of the Belize Mission Project since the founder retired. The project, in its 28th year, is looking for dentists, hygienists and assistants to join the Orjansens for a week either Oct. 18-26 or Oct. 26-Nov. 3. To find out more email: marc.belizemissionproject@gmail.com.
Classes of the 2000s
Rachael Graue (DDS ’07) opened a pediatric practice, Parkville Pediatric Dentistry, in October 2018.
Joseph Laudie (DDS ’09) owns a practice in Emporia, Kansas. He has four children and loves his profession.
Amanda Whiting (DDS ’09) welcomed twin sons, Jackson and Whitley, in November 2017.
Classes of the 2010s
Emily Carter (DDS ’12) and her husband, Noah, welcomed their fourth child, Lael, in February 2019.
David Koepsel (DDS ’11) married Alysia Heideman in December 2018.
David (DDS ’10) and Emily (DDS ’12) Mattingly welcomed their third child, Adah, in December 2018.