After graduation from Heidelberg, Gus worked for AFS (American Field Service International), in their New York City offices for two years prior to attending graduate school at Seton Hall University, where he received a Masters degree in American Studies. He then went on to teach and work as Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Bloomfield College, in New Jersey before pivoting and entering the field of business as a Sales Manager/ Sales Director. It was these positions that moved his family from New Jersey, to Ohio and ultimately to Wisconsin where he resided with his wife Jean Winicki Shanower (1970 Heidelberg graduate) for 34 years. Gus and Jean have two children, a daughter Cori and a son Christian, as well as twin granddaughters. Throughout his life, Gus continued to write poetry, amassing several hundreds of poems, some of which have been published. He also developed a rather fun hobby of building wooden canoes and kayaks, spending many hours in his shop with his good friend and fellow boat-builder, Jim.
Heidelberg '71
After graduation from Heidelberg, Gus worked for AFS (American Field Service International), in their New York City offices for two years prior to attending graduate school at Seton Hall University, where he received a Masters degree in American Studies. He then went on to teach and work as Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Bloomfield College, in New Jersey before pivoting and entering the field of business as a Sales Manager/ Sales Director. It was these positions that moved his family from New Jersey, to Ohio and ultimately to Wisconsin where he resided with his wife Jean Winicki Shanower (1970 Heidelberg graduate) for 34 years. Gus and Jean have two children, a daughter Cori and a son Christian, as well as twin granddaughters. Throughout his life, Gus continued to write poetry, amassing several hundreds of poems, some of which have been published. He also developed a rather fun hobby of building wooden canoes and kayaks, spending many hours in his shop with his good friend and fellow boat-builder, Jim.
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