St. Thomas Academy presented Fleming Alumni Veteran Awards to four alumni to recognize their honorable service in the U.S. military and dedication to the academy. The awards were presented during a Veteran’s Day assembly Nov. 11 at the Mendota Heights school, which included an address by Maj. Gen. Richard C. Nash, the adjutant general for Minnesota and head of the Minnesota National Guard.
Award recipients include: U.S. Air Force Maj. Matt Michaud, who is serving as a B-2 Stealth Bomber Pilot and was present to accept the award; the late U.S. Army1st Lt. Eugene Hanousek, who was killed in action Feb. 5, 1945, in France; Marine Capt. Kelly Hinz, who was killed May 2, 2005, in a fatal aircraft crash in Iraq; and U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas (O’Kane) Gramith, who died in an aircraft accident July 17, 2009, in Afghanistan.
The Fleming Medal is named for Capt. Richard Fleming, recipient of the Medal of Honor and the acadmy’s highest decorated graduate (1935).
Oblates tap U.S. leader
Father Louis Lougen, provincial of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the U.S. Oblate Province, was elected superior general of Missionary Oblates worldwide. Father Lougen, 58, spent 17 years as a missionary in Brazil and was novice master in Godfrey, Ill. He will be in the Twin Cities Dec. 3 and 4 as part of his visits to U.S. Oblate districts.
Law school accredited
The University of St. Thomas School of Law received full accreditation from the American Bar Association Oct. 20. The school, which opened in 2001, received provisional accreditation in 2003 and its first full accreditation in 2006. The law school started with 120 students taking classes in Terrence Murphy Hall on the university’s Minneapolis campus. Today, 476 students are enrolled and attending classes in a permanent campus building in Minneapolis.
Ultrasound on menu
The Stillwater Knights of Columbus Council 1632 will host a benefit breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, to help St. Croix Valley LifeCare Center purchase a new 4D ultrasound machine. The Supreme KC Council will match donations at this event. Knights will serve pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage links, applesauce, juice, milk, coffee and more for $6 for adults or $3.50 for children 12 years old and under at the KC Hall, 1910 S. Greeley St., Stillwater.