SPRING 2026 | VOL 40 ISSUE 2

COVER PHOTO: Natalie Bonthius ’17 participates in a cliffside rescue training in Acadia National Park.

ABOUT THE MAGAZINE

  • Natalie Bonthius scales a large cliff front in Acadia National Park. Water is in the background.

  • Ovarian cancer cells under a microscopes and illuminated red, purple, and pink

  • Alexa Brockmueller, Dale Johnson, and Mya Baker sit around a small dining room table. Alexa has a notebook in front of her while Mya has her computer open and hands ready to type. All three are smiling.

  • Student and staff pose in front of an brightly colored exterior wall in Colombia that reads Smile in Medillin

  • Leah Cherry stands atop a cliff with her arms outstretched, a mountain in the background.

Class Notes

Stories and updates from Knights in the News

Joe ’71 and Julie James ’73 Breitbach

Joe ’71 and Julie James ’73 Breitbach, Waverly, celebrated 50 years as owners and operators of Joe’s Knighthawk Restaurant and Lounge, Waverly. Julie has also written and published nine children’s books.

In Memoriam

Remembering our fallen Knights

Joyce Mueller Paxson ’60

Joyce M. Paxson was born on September 11, 1938, to Adolph Mueller and Mary Chambers in Manchester, Iowa. She is preceded in death by her husband William T. Paxson, daughters Katie Paxson and Terri Bennett, and sister Jackie Gibson. Joyce is well-known for her passion and dedication to music.

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