Joe Dalum EMP-54 makes his first hole-in-one.

Steve Adams moved back to Houston from Chicago in September. Steve is now the president of the operating division of Cardinal Health Pharmacy Services, for which he was the CFO during our time at Kellogg.

Don Aven left Edward Jones at the end of 2005 and started a firm with some guys on Wall Street called XShares securities. They are an exchanged traded fund firm, and their first family of funds is called HealthShares, which includes 20 separate funds that are based on sub-sectors of the healthcare industry. They trade on the NYSE and you can see them every day in the paper. Don was able to be on the stage at the NYSE to ring the bell on Jan. 23. Don works in New York City during the week and spends weekends with his three children in St. Louis.

Percy Cui sends his regards from Beijing and welcomes visitors. He is still with FedEx Kinko's, running its China operation.

May was an exciting month for Joe Dalum. At Erin Hills (named the best new course of the year by Golf Magazine), Joe got his first hole-in-one, and it was the first one at that golf course (located in Erin, Wis.). It was Hole 16, 155 yards. Also, Joe was recently elected chairman of the board of directors of Notre Dame Middle School, an all-girls middle school located in Milwaukee's Hispanic neighborhood whose mission is to help young, underprivileged girls attend college preparatory high schools and eventually college. Rana Altenburg also serves on this board.

Pete Dankwerth moved to St. Paul, Minn., last July and is the vice president of finance for Ecolab's global supply chain.

Mike Kennedy is now the head of sales and marketing for a division of Bombardier. He and his family returned from London a while back and live in the Milwaukee area.

Rebecca Liebert is doing great things at Honeywell. She and her husband, Keith, bought a house in Phoenix, where she is based, but they still have their home in Pittsburgh. Rebecca is also spending lots of time in Asia with her Honeywell team.

Jason Oakley is now general manager over one of Ingersol Rand's operating divisions.

On April 26, Gary Smalley became a dad. Wife Loren gave birth to beautiful Isabella, who weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 19 inches.

Mark Smith is still in Nashville and working for Cummins, but now he heads finance and strategy for Cummins Components Group, which has revenues of close to $3 billion. Mark is also sponsoring a current EMPer.

A gathering of the EMP-54 Wisconsin Group recently took place at Bar Louie — Milwaukee! Maureen Bryan, Joe Dalum, Lora Rosenbaum, Dirk Wouters and Rana Altenburg christened the newest Milwaukee establishment. Charlie Kinas and George Baus even joined the group by phone. While it's no Evanston, the Milwaukee location does have an outdoor patio. Visitors are always welcome!