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Distinguished Alumni of 2005
Patricia Newby-Richter – Class of 1967
After her 1967 graduation from D. C. Everest, Patricia Newby-Richter spent several years in the travel industry. From 1971-73 Pat and her husband, Joe, spent time in the Philippines with the United States Peace Corp. They again returned to the Philippines as missionaries in 1984 to work in agriculture and organize a church. For the last 12 years, Pat has been the office manager for Farms International, a program that provides revolving micro loans to Christians in poverty to start income-generated projects and become self-supporting. This work has taken the Richter’s to several countries of extreme poverty and sometimes danger, including Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Thailand. More than 25,000 families have been helped by the revolving loan program, which has its headquarters above the Richter’s garage in Knife River, MN. Pat and Joe have been married for 36 years and share four children and 5 grandchildren. Pat says the best part of her life after high school has been marrying her high school sweetheart.
Charles Geurink – Class of 1962 
Following graduation from D.C. Everest High School in 1962, where he
earned All-Conference and State awards along with letters in both wrestling and
football, Chuck Geurink earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1966 from
the University of Wisconsin-Stout. After
teaching architectural technology for several years, Chuck joined the Madison,
Wisconsin, architectural design and construction firm of Marshall Erdman and
Associates in 1977. His
responsibilities over those 28 years included serving as a project director,
regional manager of the Dallas, Texas, region for three years, and currently
serves as Senior Vice-President with responsibilities for business development
of this national company. Locally,
he developed healthcare facilities for the Marshfield Clinic including the
Wausau Center and the St. Michael’s expansion in Stevens Point.
He has also been the principal in charge for the development and building
of healthcare facilities throughout the U.S.
He is currently a member of the University of
Wisconsin-Stout Foundation and an active alumni and Stout S-Club member for his
college alma mater. For eight years
he served as president of the foundation for Covenant Lutheran Church in
Stoughton, as well as serving on other committees and doing volunteer work.
He continues to be a church volunteer and community supporter. Chuck
is proud to be an eternal Evergreen and credits his love of design, construction
and sports to his high school teachers, his strong family traditions and
educational foundation. Of
particular influence were his high school teachers and especially coaches, Mr.
Steihm and Mr. Curtain. Chuck has
been married to his wife, Jeanie, 41 years and share two children and 4
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