Valpo alumni are doing amazing things across the country and around the world — in their professional and personal lives. They’re leading industries, contributing knowledge, and serving in a multitude of ways. These class notes offer a glimpse into their activities, accomplishments, and milestones. If you have news to share with your fellow Valpo alumni, please share it below.
Published Fall/Winter 2017
Hans Tolpingrud
Hans Tolpingrud ’06 received his master of divinity from the North American Lutheran Seminary at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on May 14, 2016. At graduation, Hans also received the William D. Henning Award for Expository Preaching. He is currently serving as vicar of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Yorktown, Texas, and is a candidate for ordination in the North American Lutheran Church.
Tyler Lowell
Tyler Lowell ’06 is the managing partner of C.A. Fortune, a full-service consumer products sales and marketing agency specializing in the natural/organic, specialty/ conventional, and bakery/deli trade channels. Headquartered in Chicago, C.A. Fortune has vastly expanded beyond its initial upper-Midwest roots in 2013, employing more than 300 associates in seven offices across the nation. Tyler’s career in grocery management began with internationally renowned supermarket leader Aldi.
Jason Hallman
Jason Hallman ’06 was featured in Design News as one of “15 Engineers Who are Transforming the Auto Industry.” Jason is an engineer for Toyota and is responsible for advanced development of future crashworthiness performance. One way in which he is improving automotive crashworthiness is through the development of better crash dummies. Using a computational model called THUMS (Total Human Model for Safety), Jason is simulating what happens to vital organs during a crash. Beyond Toyota, he was involved in the implementation of Federal Vehicle Motor Safety Standard 226, which mandated a way to prevent occupants from being ejected from vehicles during a rollover. Jason has also served as an editor for SAE’s International Journal of Transportation Safety and has authored more than 40 articles, papers, and abstracts on injury biomechanics and vehicle safety.
Ashley Seale Grindlay
Ashley Seale ’06 Grindlay, with the assistance of Allison Clark ’07 and Cassidy Kuhlmann ’05, organized a reunion for alumni of the men’s and women’s swim teams of 2003–2007 and their families. The group rented two neighboring houses on the Ohio River near Louisville, Kentucky, in August 2016.
Published Winter 2019
Joshua and Stephanie Hart Buchs
Stephanie Hart ’06 Buchs and Joshua Buchs ’06 welcomed Abigail Kay Buchs, born July 17, 2017. Abigail joins sisters Katherine (5) and Elizabeth (3).
Published Spring/Summer 2017
Ashley Seale Grindlay
Ashley Seale ’06 Grindlay and Kevin Grindlay welcomed Raya Hope Grindlay, born Oct. 7, 2015.