President’s Report – SJAA Newsletter  – April 2024

Larry Fritz, President – Class of ’73

Larry Fritz (President) ~ Dave Patterson (Vice President) & Jerry Still

New SJAA Leadership
The San Juan Alumni Association recently elect-ed new leaders who will serve the association for the next two years. The newly elected include:
  • Larry Fritz, ’73 – President
  • Dave Patterson, ’74 – Vice President
  • Gayle Rasmussen Gaylord, ’64 – Treasurer
  • Pat Schmid, ’68 – Recording Secretary
  • Rich Giusti, ’65 – Financial Secretary
  • Robert Nielsen, ’58 – Board Member
  • Rick Engvall, ’73 – Board Member
  • Jerry Still, ’60 – Board Member
  • Patti Burden, ’64 – Board Member
  • Lynn Townsend-Adams, ’73 – Board Member

In January 2024, the new officers and board members decided to celebrate the election and the new year with a few friends and a potluck (below).

Seated L to R: Patti Burden, Gayle Rasmussen Gay-lord, Barbara Morarity-Van Dyke, Bob Nielson, Eltha Tremp-Hannum, Warren McWilliams, 1951
Standing: Sara Shadrick, Rick Engvall, Pat Schmid, Dave Patterson, Teena Stern (Legacy Exhibit Archivist), Jerry Still, Sara Nielsen (Bob Nielsen’s daughter), Lynn Townsend Adams, Larry Fritz, Janet Spell-man McWilliams. 


Photo by Gary Putnam, ‘62


A message from our Past President of the San Juan Alumni Association, Dick Cowan