Stratton Siblings Receive 2017 Alumni Service Award

Siblings Margy Stratton-Norman ’84 and Rick Stratton ’92 were recognized as the recipients of the 2017 Alumni Service Award and were honored by the USM Alumni Association in May.

Margy was recognized for the numerous roles she has played at USM, including class agent, USM Fund co-chair, Parents’ Association volunteer, and Athletic Hall of Fame Committee member. In the greater Milwaukee community, she has worked tirelessly to champion many causes ranging from the Wisconsin Humane Society to the United Way. She is also the founder of Milwaukee Reads. This fall, Margy will begin her term as President of the USM Parents’ Association.

Rick has served on the USM Alumni Board, where he chaired the USM Fund committee and the networking committee. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees, and is a co-chair of USM’s Our Common Bond campaign. Rick is the founder of Great States Software, a web software company that produces Feed.Us, a web-based application used to publish content to websites and applications. Before Feed.Us, Rick started three previous internet companies and spent much of his early career working in art and design.

In addition to their contributions through volunteer and leadership positions, Margy and her husband, Greg Norman, and Rick and his wife, Keri Sarajian, are members of USM’s Leadership Society, honored for their roles as generous benefactors of the School. Margy and Greg have three children at USM (Ellie ’19, Mimi ’21, and Annie ’25) as do Rick and Keri (Beckett ’25, Jocelyn ’27, and Cameron ’30).