John Koloskie, Jr., Class of 1944, widower of Julia Monell Koloskie, also Class of 1944, is recovering from knee surgery. 

John’s son, Jerry Koloskie, Class of 1975, former assistant athletic director for University of Nevada-Los Vegas, is helping dad deal with the recovery. Today, Jerry is winter-tasting with the family in Sacramento, California.

300,000 Americans have knee replacements every year. Dr. Raymond Acus of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio installed my store-bought right knee several years ago.

Julia’s brother is the late Raymond “Soak” Monell, whose widow is Elaine Hewitt Monell, Class of 1949, of the Dayton, Ohio suburb of Riverside.

Jerry was named UNLV's Interim Athletics Director in 2009, after former UNLV Athletics Director Mike Hamrick accepted the same position at Marshall University, until Jim Livengood was hired as UNLV's Athletics Director. Jerry had been with UNLV athletics department since 1982.

He played baseball for two years at Marietta (Ohio) College before graduating with a bachelor's degree from West Virginia University in 1980. He earned his master's in physical education from Iowa State University in 1981.

Jerry was on the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports Committee from 2004-2008, as Chairmen from 2006-2008.

He and his wife, portrait artist Annette, who live in Henderson, Nevada, have three children: sons John and Jim, and a daughter, Megan, as well as a granddaughter, Kayden. Megan Koloskie is a teacher at Somerset Academy Okey-Las Vegas. Jerry and Annette met at Iowa State when Jerry was getting his master’s degree.

Jerry’s favorite word is “dank.” It was a word made up by marijuana afianadoes to mean awesome. Hmnn . . . J

Well, Jerry does live in Colorado – in Henderson, near Las Vegas. So does Agnes Jean Larry DiLaura, Class of 1950.