Jerry Koloskie, Class of 1975, and Annette Koloskie celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a cruise on Lake George on the edge of the Adriondack Mountains.

Jerry is deputy athletic director at the University of Albany in New York, a position he once held with the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Running Rebels during their national championship run in basketball.

Jerry's father is John Koloskie, Jr., Class of 1944, widower of Julia Monell Koloskie, also Class of 1944.

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 and portrait artist Annette’s children are John, Jim and 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.