Appleton High School East Class of 1976

This page updated on  03/23/2006

CLASSMATE BIO

Brad Hansen

    + Ian not pictured 

Left the Appleton area for about ten years including joining the USAF to eventually end up back in Appleton owning my parents home on River Drive.  I partied with Chris Stachowiak's mom who lived next door!  Went to UW Oshkosh and earned a degree in computer science and was awarded Outstanding Young Alumni of the Year for 1996.  Married Lisa Hoerning of Green Bay in 1989 and have four five young children: Alec (13), Danielle (11), William (7), Caroline (5) and Ian (5 months).  As anyone with four five kids we have a very active family.  Have been racing sail boats since 1983 and managed to crew for an America's cup winning skipper for four years.  Been on the boards of many non profit organizations including the startup board of the Appleton Boys and Girls Club.  Started an electronics manufacturing company in 1990 and sold out in 1997.  Currently working in Green Bay as VP & Chief Operating Officer of Nsight Telservices, a holding of successful telecommunications companies for 95 years.   See www.bradhansen.com and www.nsight.com for more details.  

2001: I was responsible for the 25 year reunion because I was afraid nobody would step up to the plate and make it happen.  The history has not been good for our reunions and we all really had a close relationship with each other.  I saw Betsy Browne at a party last August of 2000 and we wondered if there would be a 25 year reunion, so the very next day I registered the www.ae76.com web site and began to code and write a web site.  From August 2000 until the end of April (April end being the time I had to announce who the checks had to be made to) I have run this reunion anonymously for the sake of silly fun.  Early on Val LaBonte sent an email to the web site indicating that she knew where Brad Hansen was.  I wrote back anonymously stating that I thought I knew how to reach him, too.  Thanks for watching out for me, Val.   It is fun watching our old classmates find each other after so many years. 

I must say that I am very jealous of John Delie.  For our 20th reunion he ran one ad that stated "let's all meet at the Checkered Flag" and close to 100 students showed up.  Hats off to you, buddy!

My plan is to keep the site going indefinitely so we can all find our pals at any time on this site.  Just be sure to keep me posted with your latest information at FEEDBACK.

Brad