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Jay Dirksen graduated from General Beadle High School in Madison, South Dakota. During his high school career Dirksen won the State Class B Championship in the mile.

He attended South Dakota State University and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Physical Education in 1968 and a Masters in 1969. He took a position as the men's cross country and track coach at South Dakota State University. He also began a women's cross country program during his time at S.D.S.U. In 1977, he became the assistant men's track coach at the University of Illinois. He took a position as the head womenâ's track and field coach at the University of Missouri in 1982. After just one year at the University of Missouri, Dirksen moved on to become the head cross country coach and assistant head track coach in charge of distance runners at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He spent 29 seasons at University of Nebraska-Lincoln retiring in 2011.

Jay Dirksen married Diane Stewart in 1972. Together they have two children, a son, Derek, and a daughter, Kristi.

• South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University wrestler
Position: 165/174 weight class
Hometown: Marchfield, Wisconsin
High School: Marshfield High School
Major: Natural Resource Law Enforcement

SDSU Wrestling Roster

• South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University wrestler
Position: 197 weight class
Hometown: Philip, South Dakota
High School: Philip High School

SDSU Wrestling Roster

Born July 7, 1895 in Sully County (SD) to Benton and Harriette L. (Hunt) Doner, David “Dave” Benton Doner became known as “Mr. State College” because he spent almost his entire life (42 years) in association with SDSU, dedicating his efforts to its furtherance.

He had four brothers (Ralph D., John C, Harold H, and Howard M) and one sister, Ruth L. (John) Evans. On April 24, 1918, he married Edna Pearl Beals, with whom he had three children: Valeria (Paul) Marcil, Dean Doner, and Keith Doner. Edna Doner died in 1975.

In 1913, David Doner arrived at SDSC, a member of the first four-year class to be graduated from its School of Agriculture (for high school age students). In 1918, his freshman college year was interrupted by WWI. In 1919 and 1920, he taught agriculture to returning soldiers at SDSC. In 1920, he became assistant secretary of the College, while working on his B.S. degree, which he received in 1928. From 1922 to 1953, he was the SDSC Registrar; in 1953, he became director of Admissions and Records. In 1932, he became the Dean of Men. From 1936 to 1961, he was Secretary of the alumni council, where he was editor of the Alumnus. From its inception in 1945 until 1964, he was the Treasurer of the SDSC Alumni Foundation, which awarded him “Distinguished Alumnus” in 1964. He retired in 1964 and lived Apache Junction, AZ. In 1973, SDSU awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Humanities.

David Doner was also active in the community: supervisor of the Boy Scouts training program; member and President of the Brookings (SD) School Board; Sec-Treasurer of the SD State Associated School Boards; District Governor and International Trustee of Kiwanis; and Chair of the finance committee to raise funds to build the Crippled Children’s Hospital and School in Sioux Falls.

David Doner died in September of 1978. / During his career, he served nine SDSU Presidents and signed 12,693 of the diplomas awarded by SDSU. At his final commencement in this role on June 7, 1964, the last diploma he signed was the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree awarded by SDSC to Ray C. Cunningham of Ames, IA. Ray Cunningham (then of Conde, SD) had met David Doner at “the train depot, got me a room and a job and took me under his fatherly wing,” when David first arrived at SDSU from his family’s Potter County farm in November, 1913.

• South Dakota State University

James Norman Dornbush was born February 16, 1928, at Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Isaac Henry and Beatrice (Yocum) Dornbush. He grew up and graduated from high school at Pollock, South Dakota. He received his bachelor's degree from South Dakota State College in 1949, and then taught for two years at State. On August 7, 1952, Jim married Maxine Biggar in Brookings. He served in the U.S. Army from July 18, 1952, until September 7, 1953. He earned his master's degree in public health and sanitary engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1959 and his doctorate in environmental and sanitary engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1962. In 1964 the Dornbush's returned to Brookings where Jim was a professor in the Civil Engineering Department at SDSU. He did extensive research and consultation in water pollution control and sanitary engineering.

Jim was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Rotary International, the Elks, and several professional organizations.