Gregg R. Theune

Jean Theune graduated from UWM with a BS in nursing in 1985. She has worked as a nurse for 34 years, as a cardiac data manager at Waukesha Memorial Hospital (‘92-’08), a GE clinical marketing specialist doing research (‘08-’14), a nurse at St. Francis Hospital (‘14-’18) and currently is a nursing case manager at Froedert.

Gregg Thuene worked for 33 years as UW-Whitewater’s university photographer until he retired in 2012. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in a 1974 UW study abroad program in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovered a passion for photography. After returning home, Gregg enrolled at UW-Whitewater where a black-and-white photography course clinched his career decision. In 1976, he transferred to Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema and Photography. Gregg was honored as the first recipient of UW-Whitewater’s Academic Staff Excellence in Service Award in 1985 and has received numerous awards for his photography and graphic design work including first place in the professional division of the People’s Photography Show in Fort Atkinson and first place for best photography and publication design at the UW System Communicators Awards competition.