Peter Smith:  

After BHS, college at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, grad school at University of Minnesota, marriage to Susan Magill in 1972. Married for 41-plus years until Susan died of cancer on January 28, 2013 in our home in Dubuque -- which ironically was my mother's 101st birthday. Her ashes are in our family plot in Berlin. Post graduate school, 10 years at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; 13 years at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; and almost 19 years at University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa. Susan and I worked as a professional team until her death. When I'm not at UD, I try to spend some summer and ski time at our home in Gorham, Norwegian Wood (a la Beatles), or at our cottage, Bjorkheim (home in the woods), on Washington Island off the east coast of Wisconsin's Door County. As you can see, there's a strong Norwegian heritage at work. You can't grow up at 399 Norway Street without it having some effect. In May 2016, I remarried a wonderful woman from Berlin who I first met eating sushi at Norwegian Wood. Michelle Nadeau and I were married in a shorts and golf shirt ceremony in Dubuque, and recently returned from a trip to Italy and a rented villa in Tuscany. We have a ...Expand for more