VIRES Spring 2014 by FSU Alumni Association

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PLUS: WELCOMING HOME VETERANS AND REMEMBERING FSU’S

LOST LEADERS AND LEGENDS

The Moment

Saturday, April 12, 2014

1:58 p.m. Iconic professor and FSU Alumni Association Ambassador Dr. Tommie Wright is saluted with a standing ovation after performing his most famous composition, the “FSU Fight Song,” at the conclusion of the Spring Circle of Gold Induction. It was his final FSU performance. Wright died May 8 at the age of 95, the end of an unprecedented career in which he touched the lives of more FSU students than anyone in history. Photo by Steve Chase

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A refined Seminole logo is painted on Bobby Bowden Field the day before the 2013 BCS National Champions took the field for the Garnet and Gold Spring Game. The update is meant to strengthen FSU’s iconic brand, while keeping in place the values and unconquered spirit of Florida State. For more information, visit Seminoles.com/ignitiontradition. Photo by Mike Olivella (B.S. ’75, J.D. ’77)

Cover: Big things happen in Hollywood, in many cases involving FSU alumni on camera and behind the scenes. Ready for its close-up, the back of the iconic “Hollywood” sign pictured here stands 45 feet tall. Photo by Ted VanCleave

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VIRES® is the first torch in the university seal and represents strength of all kinds: physical, mental and moral.

Contents

Departments

Features

Catching Up With ... University News Ten Questions Follow, Like, Comment Association News Class Notes In Memoriam Parting Shot

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Behind the Scenes FSU Alumni in Hollywood

Welcoming Home Seminoles Positioning FSU to Best Serve Those Who Have Served Our Country

Framed Marion Johnston Wylly Examines the Economic, Cultural Value of Art and the Underexposed World of Art Theft

Undergraduate Overachievers

FSU’s Undergraduate Research Program Discovers Talented, Passionate Students

Southern Hospitality

Preparing for the Future with Planned Giving

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THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Allan Bense, Chair Kathryn Ballard Edward E. “Ed” Burr Joseph L. Camps Stefano J. Cavallaro Emily Fleming Duda Joseph Gruters Wm. Andrew Haggard Mark Hillis Leslie Pantin Margaret A. “Peggy” Rolando Brent W. Sembler Gary Tyson

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Executive Committee Gordon J. Sprague, Chair S. Dale Greene, Chair-Elect Thomas V. Hynes, Vice Chair Allen D. Durham, Immediate Past Chair Susan Sarna, Secretary Steve Pattison, Treasurer Tom Jennings, Vice President for University Advancement Scott F. Atwell, Association President Jean Accius L. Carl Adams Blythe Adreon Ruth Ruggles Akers Samuel S. Ambrose James J. Bloomfield Flecia Braswell David Brobst Stephen T. Brown Robert Cox Tracie Domino Kyle Doney John E. Doughney IV Sandra Dunbar Mark S. Ellis Richard Erickson Samantha K. Garrett Marion Taormina Hargett Connie Jenkins-Pye Richard Kurras Craig T. Lynch Joda Lynn Cailin Mallory Eric Muñoz Max Oligario Tamara Wells Pigott Michael J. Sweeney James F. Thielen

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THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Allan Bense, Chair Susie Busch-Transou, Vice Chair Edward E. “Ed” Burr FOR MEMBERS OF Joseph L. Camps STATE UNIVERSITY THE FLORIDA Rosalia “Rosie” Contreras ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Emily Fleming Duda 1030 West Tennessee Street Tallahassee, FL 32304 850.644.2761 | alumni.fsu.edu

PUBLISHER: Scott Atwell EDITOR: Katie Badder DESIGNER: Jessica Rosenthal

FROM THE PUBLISHER Spring 2014 was a season of loss at FSU — the loss of a president, a governor and a legendary professor. But this isn’t a column about loss; it’s about the legacies left by Eric Barron, Reubin O’D. Askew and Tommie Wright. Everyone in the FSU community was stunned when President Barron (B.S. ’73) announced in February that he was leaving for the same job at Penn State (see page 15). Some were angry that our own alumnus would leave his alma mater at such a critical juncture; but if inspiration and direction are what we want from our leaders, then Barron delivered in bulk. During his presidency FSU attained its highest ranking among publics (40th) and charted a realistic course to reach the Top 25. We obtained pre-eminent status in the state (plus the additional $15 million per year in funding it provides) and launched a billion-dollar capital campaign. Athletics posted its best years in history, and we took steps to become the most veteranfriendly campus in America. Penn State didn’t steal our president; it hired a most successful FSU graduate.

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Gov. Askew’s legacy of honesty and fairness is so transcendent it may never be equaled in politics (see pages 62 and 63). Twice named the most distinguished alumnus in our history, the 1950 class president lived an extraordinary life of service to our state and nation, and academic programs at both FSU and UF are named in his honor. During the days of civil unrest, Askew was often attacked for his belief in and support of school integration. Once, he shot back at a heckler: “The difference between you and me is that I’m trying to overcome my prejudices and you’re not.”

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Askew always taught us to lift our gaze.

DIGITAL DESIGNER: Louise Bradshaw

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STAFF: Scott Atwell Katie Badder Louise Bradshaw Valerie Colvin Dia Combas Robby Cunningham Meagan Flint Sue Fulford Kathleen Harvey Helm Dawn Cannon Jennings Jenn Mauck Michael McFadden David Overstreet Whitney Powers Jessica Rosenthal Jessica Tanca Mandi Young The FSU Alumni Association extends a special thank you to FSU Athletics, the FSU Photo Lab and others for allowing us to use their photographs in the magazine.

With a class roster that included more than 58,000 FSU students over a 59year span, Tommie Wright’s impact will resonate far into the future. As long as our Seminoles field athletic teams, Wright will be remembered each time a student spells out the bridge of the “FSU Fight Song.” With all due respect to Don McLean’s “American Pie,” the music didn’t die with Tommie’s passing. At the battle’s end, he is still great! With each of these stories I’m reminded of a book by preacher Max Lucado titled “Outlive Your Life.” It’s about leaving a legacy. Barron, Askew and Wright could have been chapters. We should strive to follow their example.

Scott Atwell President & CEO FSU Alumni Association THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS

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JIM TOWEY (B.S. ’78, J.D. ’81) MOTHER OF ALL MUSEUMS It was a hearty resume that landed Jim Towey on the FSU Alumni Association’s list of 100 Most Distinguished Graduates, compiled in 2009. The Jacksonville native has been a senior adviser to the president of the United States, a key aide to a congressional leader, Cabinet member for a Florida governor and now a university president. But his most transformational appointment was serving as legal counsel to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, which included a two-year stint volunteering at her seminary in Mexico and caring for dying AIDS victims. “Regardless of what your faith is — and you may have none at all,” says Towey, “you probably admired Mother Teresa and what she lived.” As president of the Roman Catholic-based Ave Maria University outside Naples, Fla., Towey wanted to establish a lasting legacy to the late Nobel Prize-winning nun and missionary, who was beatified in 2003, the third step toward Catholic sainthood. “One day I was speaking to our freshmen and I realized they were 2 years old when Mother Teresa died and probably knew little about this remarkable woman,” says

“We think this museum will reintroduce her to people,” says Towey, “and also inspire new generations to follow in her footsteps.” Just as the Catholics’ newest pope, Francis, is challenging his church to serve the poor, the Ave Maria project includes opportunities for some of the university’s 1,200 students to serve on mission trips to Mexico, Calcutta and even the migrant worker fields bordering their own campus. “Mother Teresa used to say that we are to love until it hurts, and we are to serve our neighbors in need. We want our students to discover the freedom that comes with taking their mind off themselves and putting it on the needs of others.”

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Towey takes a moment to reflect at Ave Maria’s Mother Teresa museum.

Towey, a 2003 FSU Alumni Association and ODK Grad Made Good who then secured a $2 million grant to build a Mother Teresa museum on Ave Maria’s campus. The exhibition hall opened in April featuring 30 panels identical to the ones used in Calcutta’s Mother Teresa museum, as well as personal artifacts and correspondence.

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LOS ANGELES — This is the city. Five hundred square miles of imagination and manipulation, a sun-splashed back lot of dreams landed and lost. At the epicenter lies Hollywood, a 110-yearold industry and town, the undisputed capital of the entertainment universe. It’s home to an economic engine of blockbuster magnitude, directly employing a quarter million people and pouring $50 billion into the local market each year.

“Almost everyone touches it in some way,” says Steven Sears (B.A. ’80), a successful writer, producer and Hollywood fixture for more than three decades. “When we go to the FSU film screenings, it’s copresented by the Business School. I get in conversations with people with a business degree working with a particular company, and they will link that company immediately to the entertainment industry. It’s a natural part of the conversation.” When Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts (aka the Film School) was born in 1990, legislators hoped it would raise homegrown filmmakers who’d help the Sunshine State become Hollywood East. But today, close to half of them head to the Hollywood hills.

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More than 3,000 Florida State University graduates call SoCal home. And while it can only be estimated how many are involved exclusively in the region’s most famous calling card, the connections most likely reach Kevin Bacon-like proportions. 8 Vires

No other place understands star power like Hollywood, but people who work behind the camera are just as powerful as their on-screen idols. Writers, producers, directors — the beginning of the creative food chain — constitute a commodity of talent that is prerequisite for entertainment success. Alan Ball, who was just a few credits shy of graduating from FSU’s theatre program when he went pro in 1980, is estimated to have built a net worth of $55 million. His star shot across the Hollywood sky after he won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Screenplay (“American Beauty”) and before he launched back-to-back Emmy Award-winning series on HBO (“Six Feet Under” and “True Blood”).

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Saul’s boss talked him through the negotiations, and later he landed a milliondollar script deal for 1995 Film School grad Ron Friedman (“Gullible’s Travels”). Today, Saul works for the famed APA Talent and Literary Agency and can get just about any studio executive to return his phone calls. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that one of his clients is named Ball — Wes Ball (B.F.A. ’02), who Saul predicts will become not only the most famous Ball in Hollywood but the most famous FSU grad. “Wes has that X factor times 10,” gushes Saul, who signed the phenom right after screening Ball’s FSU thesis film. “I’m not looking for a job for him; I’m looking for an experience.”

Creative talent like Ball’s commands its own brand of representation, and that’s where Ryan Saul (M.F.A. ’95) has found his calling. “I don’t have a lot of patience and I have a bit of an attitude,” says Saul, 43, whose entrée into the literary agent world would never have happened without his FSU pedigree. Years ago as a lowly, unlicensed assistant, Saul was not supposed to be pitching scripts, but fellow alumnus John Webb (M.F.A. ’96) had penned a screenplay called “Fake ID” and Saul mentioned it to colleagues. “I had to go in and tell my boss, ‘For some reason these people think I’m an agent,’” Saul remembers with a laugh. “That’s the bad news. The good news is that I sold the script.”

In September, Ball makes his majormotion-picture directorial debut with the screen adaptation of James Dashner’s postapocalyptic book “The Maze Runner.” Fans are already clamoring for any morsel of information about Ball’s vision for the movie, after the FSU grad went viral with an eightminute, animated short titled “Ruin.” “When you try to become a director, it’s really about understanding the tools at your disposal to tell a story,” says Ball, who modeled the “Ruin” scenes inside a computer and even donned a special motion-capture suit that helped animate the actor. Vires 9

“That’s why I became interested in sound, digital effects, animation, lighting and camera and jumped around to all these little jobs so I could understand the language.” Ball grew up in a map-dot Florida town called Lake Como, near Palatka, a place so remote it boasts a family nudist resort. The closest movie theater was an hour away, and his fascination with movies came from HBO and VHS tapes. Photo by Seth Joel Photography Inc.

No one in his FSU Film School class would be surprised by Ball’s penchant for animation and digital effects, which he used in his thesis film, “A Work in Progress.” It earned him a student Academy Award. “Film school was about finding out who I was as a storyteller,” says Ball. “It was a playground to find myself, as cheesy as that sounds. They gave us all the tools we needed to do stuff … to succeed and fail, which is just as important. You can’t do that in a professional environment because if you do you’re dead.” Ball, married to his high school sweetheart, is living a charmed life at age 33. Two days after he was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct “Maze Runner,” the studio purchased his feature-length idea for “Ruin,” which is next on his directorial dance card.

CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS There’s a battle underway to see who will be the next Seminole to follow Burt Reynolds and Robert Urich (B.A. ’68) onto Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Traylor Howard (B.S. ’89) starred in two long-running network television series, including “Monk”; Megan Boone (B.F.A. ’05) plays a lead character in the NBC series “The Blacklist”; and Valerie Cruz (B.F.A. ’97) has racked up a lengthy list of credits, including a role in the new Fox series “The Following.” Then there’s Kelsey Scott (M.F.A. ’99), who this year was thrust into the glare of the Hollywood spotlight with a supporting role in “12 Years a Slave,” which captured the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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“There’s an elevated level of pressure,” Scott says of the recognition, “everything from your next project to the expectation that things are smooth sailing from now on, which is not the case. I think every actor starts over every single day. It looks very glamorous from the outside, but there’s a lot of paddling beneath the surface that you don’t really see because you’re not supposed to. It’s supposed to have that gloss on it.” A stage performer since age 6, the Atlanta native struck a deal with her late mother that first required her to earn a “useful” academic degree before chasing the actor’s life. Scott made good on the deal, graduating in broadcast journalism from Florida A&M University before enrolling in FSU’s Film School, where she learned the art from top to bottom. “When I first moved to California from FSU, I was ready to be the multi-hyphenate,” says Scott, “the actor-writer-director-producer, which is what I was doing in grad school. I learned really quickly that it made me seem unfocused or indecisive, so I intentionally stopped acting for a while so I could build up my career in these other places and be taken seriously.” That stop included writing. Scott penned the screenplay for the feature film “Motives” and a sequel by the same name, and also returned to Tallahassee for two years as a screenwriting professor in the Film School. But her favored “child” is acting, and Scott believes her mom is a guardian angel leading her back to what she calls her “home.” Two years ago the audition for “12 Years a Slave” was being staged in New Orleans, and the hefty airfare was a stretch. “Up until the last few minutes, I wasn’t sure I was going to hand over the credit card. And I thought, ‘You know, if I can’t take a risk on myself, how can I expect other people to do it?’” Scott made the trip but thought she bombed the audition for a small, two-line part. She was on her way home when the director called her back — to read for a larger role. “Playing it safe only gets you so far,” says Scott, now 39. “I could have stayed right here and never been a part of this.”

commemorating the anniversary of a plane crash that killed the entire Marshall University football team. That planted the seed of a screenplay for the feature-length movie “We Are Marshall,” starring Matthew McConaughey. “I was 24 when I sold it and 25 when we started making it,” Linden recalls. “The first day of ‘We Are Marshall’ was the first time I had ever been on a movie set. It was incredibly exciting.”

Opposite (top to bottom): Literary agent Ryan Saul strikes a familiar pose. Wes Ball on the set of “Maze Runner.” This page (top to bottom): Kelsey Scott (right) on the set of “12 Years a Slave.” Jamie Linden walks the Vanity Fair red carpet with girlfriend Zooey Deschanel. Linden directs Channing Tatum and others in the film “10 Years.”

Linden’s own story reads like a movie script.

THE NATURAL FSU’s Hollywood success stories emerge from every discipline. Just ask Jamie Linden (B.S. ’01). When the second-generation Seminole was on track to earn his business degree in only three years, his parents encouraged him to find a second major so he could enjoy the full FSU experience, as they had done. Linden spent his senior year as a communication major. “My parents will tell you I was a bit listless growing up,” says Linden, who returned to campus in May as a commencement speaker. “I was definitely not one of those kids who knew what they wanted to do with any sort of confidence.” After spending his first year in Hollywood as a script reader, writing the producer’s synopsis for hundreds of screenplays, Linden was bounced from his job. With time on his hands, he wrote a comedy script that he sold to Warner Bros. — a deal that included an option to write one more. He pitched an idea that had fascinated him since reading an article in the student newspaper FSView,

He came to Hollywood on a lark and won $5,000 on the “Price is Right” game show, enough to cover living expenses for his first few months in town. Today, his writing credits include the screen adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ book “Dear John” and the feature film “Ten Years,” loosely based on his Orlando high school reunion, which he also directed. Linden’s “to do” list includes an animated script for Disney Pixar, the rewrite for a Jodie Foster movie and a new deal for adapting the kids’ comedy book “Noggin,” which he will also direct.

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“The day I sold that first script I had only $8.67 in my checking account,” Linden remembers. “I was at the end of my rope, and my life changed overnight. It was sort of an amazing turning point. And the fact that I’ve been able to do this for 10 years — I still pinch myself.”

IT’S A BUSINESS Los Angeles may be the City of Angels, but the devil is in the details.

Producer Jonathan King in the offices of Participant Media.

As executive vice president of production for Participant Media, Jonathan King (M.F.A. ’92) stands watch over three to six films per year with combined budgets reaching $100 million. Participant is a financing company, and King likens his role to that of a general contractor on a building site. His projects have ranged from small foreign language films like the Oscar-nominated “No” to epic productions like Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning “Lincoln.”

“I like putting together a slate of movies every year, making sure we’re meeting the mandate of the company,” says King, “which is to make entertainment that inspires, educates and motivates social change.” Participant’s owner and financier, eBay baron Jeffrey Skoll, has created a movie company with a mission to align films with social action efforts. King, who earned an undergraduate degree in history and political science from Stanford University, thought he’d have a career in public policy or government — and he does, in a way. “Sometimes a movie doesn’t make a hundred million dollars at the box office but, because of the efforts of people in our company who focus on real-world impact, it makes a difference.” Discovering new talent is a recurring source of satisfaction among producers. Ali Bell (B.F.A. ’99) lights up when talking about how she discovered the rookie writers of her new film “Draft Day,” starring Kevin Costner. “Being with them the first day of shooting and getting to see the looks on their faces, how excited they were, is something I’ll never forget,” says Bell.

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Bell is head of production and development for Ivan Reitman’s Montecito Picture Co., the creative force behind “Animal House,” “Stripes” and “Ghostbusters.” For “Draft Day,” she penciled herself into the starting lineup. “As producer you find the script, you attach the director, you help the director cast the movie, you make the deals and you oversee the budget. You are really the one that has to make sure that the train stays on the tracks so the director and actors can go to work every day and deliver on those scenes.” Her 15-hour days are paying off. The Hollywood Reporter tabbed Bell one of the industry’s upand-coming executives and, to top it off, she personally screened “Draft Day” for the FSU football team the night before their national championship game.

THE SEMINOLE FAMILY Although they come from different eras and disciplines, FSU alumni who work in Southern California’s entertainment business embrace their common experience. Linden shoots hoops with a cadre of fellow FSU grads. Wes Ball shares an office with alumni Justin Barber and T.S. Nowlin, whom he hired to finish the “Maze Runner” script. King and Scott serve on the Film School’s

Left: Writer/Producer Steven Sears. Below: Ali Bell and actor Chadwick Boseman on the set of “Draft Day.”

Dean’s Council of Alumni. And Saul teaches a distancelearning class for FSU film students, complete with practical tips about the movie business and life in Hollywood. “We’re slowly building our own FSU Film School mafia,” says Bell. But mostly, they’re just proud. “When I was in Sarasota as part of the second Film School class, it was a 100-percent work in progress,” says King. “I’m proud of what it turned into, and it’s rewarding that in a small way we were part of shaping that.” Sears, who has a cult following as one of the creative geniuses behind the “Xena: Warrior Princess” series, has been a longtime judge of the College Television Awards, better known as the Student Emmys. “I remember when I first started doing it, the person in charge would tell us to be generous with the schools that could not afford access,” Sears remembers, “to try and not compare them to the big schools like USC, UCLA and AFI.” “Now when I judge, the admonishment is to not compare these other colleges to USC, UCLA and FSU. The first time she said that, I just sat back and said, ‘This is awesome.’”

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

Above: Kasha at Merck Research Laboratories in 1939. Right: A celebration of Kasha’s life was held in April at FSU. Below Right: Kasha in 1966 playing the guitar, which he redesigned for improved sound.

FSU CELEBRATES CAREER, CONTRIBUTIONS OF KASHA A renowned biochemist known as much for his musical invention and civil rights advocacy as his scientific discoveries, Michael Kasha was a revered figure at Florida State. While his death was nearly a year ago, Kasha’s influence on the FSU community was so powerful that many gathered this April to celebrate his career and contributions. “Dr. Kasha had that rare talent of acuity, the ability to see things more clearly than the rest of us, and the initiative to discover how they could be made better,” said Interim President Garnett S. Stokes.

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Kasha joined FSU’s Chemistry Department in 1951 and for 20 years led the Institute of Molecular Biophysics, which is housed in a building named in his honor. He continued to teach into the early 2000s, then went on to mentor graduate students. He ultimately earned induction into the National Academy of Sciences (the first Floridian), the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

But the reach of this Lawton Distinguished Professor and professor emeritus extended far beyond the classroom and scientific field. He helped organize faculty fundraising for FSU and Florida A&M students arrested for picketing Tallahassee’s segregated theaters in the 1960s. He was also a community activist who worked to protect lakes in the city. And, maybe most surprising to some, he created the Kasha Guitar — which led to a Rolling Stone article. “He pursued things other people didn’t have time for; he was creative, very intellectually curious,” former FSU President Stanley Marshall said in the Tallahassee Democrat. “He was a giant in so many ways and will be sorely missed.”

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FSU CONTINUES PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH FSU is in search of a new president after the departure of Eric Barron (B.S. ’73), who became president of U.S. News & World Report No. 8-ranked Penn State University. The university gathered to wish a fond farewell to Eric and Molly Barron in early April. Eric Barron created a path for FSU to enter the Top 25 of public universities, which was set into motion when Florida State achieved preeminent status during his tenure. He also moved the university closer to its goals through fundraising. “Eric has done such a great job over the past four years,” said FSU Trustee Mark Hillis (B.S. ’64). “We wish him well, and he will undoubtedly do a great job at Penn State.” FSU Provost Garnett Stokes took over as interim president. Sally McRorie, vice president for faculty development and advancement, was appointed interim provost for the duration of the search process. FSU Board of Trustees Chair Allan Bense (B.S. ’72, M.B.A. ’74) discussed Stokes’ new role: “Dr. Stokes is uniquely qualified to continue the momentum of Florida State’s rise in rankings and fundraising initiatives as well as the research and creative activities that support the academic mission of the university’s 41,000 undergraduate and graduate students during this transition.”

Thirty-six hours. More than $130,000. That’s the result of the generosity of FSU faculty, staff, alumni and friends during this year’s online giving campaign, the Great Give, held in April. The FSU Alumni Association gathered support during the campaign for the Reubin O’D. Askew Young Alumni Awards program. (See this year’s award recipients on pages 36 and 37.) Nearly $5,000 was donated to the Askew fund, which will go toward supporting the program and recognizing future recipients. The award takes on special significance this year as we honor the memory of Reubin O’D. Askew. (Read more about former Gov. Askew on pages 62 and 63.)

TOBACCO-FREE CAMPUS

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The FSU community can breathe a little easier this year. For the health and wellness of the campus community, all university property is tobacco-free as of Jan. 1. The goal is to create a healthier campus and provide support to smokers who want to quit. The change is also part of FSU’s initiative to become a Top 25 university and one of the healthiest college campuses in the U.S.

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For more information on the search for FSU’s 15th president, visit presidentialsearch.fsu.edu.

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THE RINGLING’S DECEPTIVELY GOOD EXHIBIT

This summer, FSU’s Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota will put a spotlight on the art world with an exhibition on “Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World,” organized by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C. The exhibit will showcase some of the most infamous scandals and ingenious forgers of the 20th century. As one of our alumnae researches the world of art theft (see pages 26–31), The Ringling will give you a chance to explore another side of the complex world of art from now through Aug. 3 at the Museum of Art. For more information, visit ringling.org.

DEDMAN SCHOOL REJOINS FSU’S COLLEGE OF BUSINESS The Dedman School of Hospitality is internationally acclaimed and, starting July 1, will be one of a select number of hospitality schools where students will earn a bachelor’s degree from an AACSB-accredited business college. Dedman School will be rejoining the FSU College of Business, allowing students to have a “rigorous business foundation, along with their solid hospitality education, giving them an advantage in the hospitality industry,” said Caryn L. Beck-Dudley, dean of the College of Business. The move will also allow the hospitality program to expand and work with hotel, restaurant and retail space at the business college’s proposed new location in the Arena District. “Odalisque” forged by Elmyr de Hory in the style of Henri Matisse.

Find out how one Dedman graduate is giving back to FSU on pages 46 and 47.

Photo by Robert Fogt

TMH, FSU ESTABLISH GENERAL SURGERY RESIDENCY PROGRAM

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FSU and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare plan to create a general surgery residency program in Tallahassee, the first of its kind in Northwest Florida. The program’s inaugural director will be Wade Douglas, who graduated from the Program in Medical Sciences at FSU in 1992. “Because many physicians end up practicing in the vicinity where they completed residency training, we see this as an outstanding opportunity to keep more of Florida’s talented medical school graduates caring for patients where they are needed — in our home state,” said John P. Fogarty, College of Medicine dean.

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NOBEL PRIZE RECIPIENT ASSISTS FSU GLOBAL OUTREACH PROGRAM FSU is reaching across the globe from the comfort of Tallahassee through GEOSET — Global Educational Outreach for Science, Engineering and Technology. The system, which aims to foster creativity and provide a free resource of educational materials, allows FSU students, faculty and staff to record interactive media presentations. Francis Eppes Professor of Chemistry and Nobel Prize recipient Harold Kroto works with colleagues and students to expand GEOSET’s reach.

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“[I]t is critical that children everywhere have access to the same high quality of information so that they can work together to solve some of the very serious problems facing us all,” said Kroto in an article on newswise.com. “In that regard, GEOSET is at the forefront of an educational revolution.”

COACH BOWDEN RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE As Seminoles crossed the stage and joined the ranks of alumni this May, Bobby Bowden, former FSU football coach, received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from FSU. Bowden, in encouraging FSU’s newest alumni on the next steps they face, stated that “The mind unlocks all barriers,” encouraging students to overcome obstacles and focus on their character through it all. Vires 17

FSU and the Student Veterans Center just felt like home to the Virginia native. “It gave me a good group of people that I could go to with any issues I was having in terms of transitioning from the military to civilian life,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing that I can pinpoint. It was people that had a shared experience with me.” Today, Eady is a grant analyst for the university. His days consist of helping faculty members navigate the proper channels to get their research funded.

Positioning FSU to best serve those who have served our country By Chay D. Baxley (B.A. ’13)

It was during his deployment to Afghanistan in 2011 that Kevin Eady (B.S. ’12) decided he was ready for a new adventure. He had given 13 years to the Marine Corps, serving in a variety of capacities, and it was time for a change. While on leave from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003, he decided to travel to Tallahassee. Eady had always felt a certain pull to Florida State’s campus. “I fell in love with the place,” remembered Eady. “I did two years at FSU prior to leaving the military. I knew I wanted to come back and finish my degree. I wanted to do other things.” 18 Vires

Eady has often contemplated pursuing his master’s degree. In the meantime, he’s exploring his options and enjoying the opportunity to continue being a part of Florida State. Serving FSU Veterans As of fall 2014, approximately 300 student veterans and 600 veteran dependents will call FSU’s winding brick walkways home. As word spreads of the new legislation that will make it more affordable than ever for veterans to

attend school in the Sunshine State, and of the university’s pro-veteran initiatives, those numbers are only expected to rise. And, in the last few years, the terms “veteranfriendly” and “Florida State University” have become almost synonymous. Though the university’s mission to become the most veteran-friendly campus in the nation took root under the leadership of former FSU President Eric Barron (B.S. ’73) with a major push in 2011, it certainly did not diminish after his departure. “A catchphrase we like to say is, ‘We’re working to educate, motivate and commemorate veterans past, present and future,’” explained

college. We like to look at that as welcoming them home, not just to school.” The next transition is tricky for any graduating senior — integrating into the “real world” workforce. That’s why, before and even after graduation day, the Student Veterans Center can help.

Left: A rendering of FSU’s future Veterans Legacy Complex. Above: FSU veteran alumnus Kevin Eady. Photo by Scott Holstein

Assistance wasn’t always so accessible, however. After officially opening their doors Nov. 11, 2011, Francis and his team put into motion what those on campus now come to expect. And they’re thrilled that the bar has been set so high. “We went from doing a great job offering benefits,” explained Francis, “to having a comprehensive program that spans from the time a veteran gets admitted, to post-graduation, into having a veterans alumni society. None of those things existed before we started here.”

William “Billy” Francis (B.A. ’86), director of FSU’s Student Veterans Center. For Francis, a retired Air Force commander and former fighter pilot, that slogan can take on a variety of meanings. In its most basic form, it’s about making veterans feel accepted. “You transition twice,” said Francis. “You transition the first time from the military into

The next chapter in this continuously expanding tale is an exciting one, characterized by infrastructure and ingenuity. Designs for what has come to be known as the Veterans Legacy Complex are underway, and it’s only a matter of time and capital before this dream becomes a reality. The new construction will house the three physical aspects of veterans affairs on campus — past, present and future. Vires 19

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The veterans past component will be a research center and archive open to the public and anyone interested in scholarly discourse on the history of warfare. The complex will also house the Student Veterans Center, or veterans present, as well as the Reserve Officers' Training Corps for veterans future. The project has met with initial enthusiasm, and fundraising is underway to meet the lofty $23 million price tag. “All three of these buildings — veterans past, present and future — would be connected in a single location on campus,” said Francis. “The synergy that would be created through that physical proximity would be very unique, one of a kind in the nation. It would entrench and permanently establish us as the leader in the nation for veteran support and success.” For Florida State’s future veteran population, the Legacy Complex will be home base. Drawing on the Journey “Artistic” and “creative” aren’t adjectives often applied to veterans. Somehow, though, it’s hard to imagine Rachel Mims as anything else. Mims was medically discharged from the U.S. Army after serving for more than a decade. In return for her service, the Army introduced Mims to many awe-inspiring vistas, cultures and experiences. For a time, Germany, Israel, Texas, Oklahoma and North Carolina were all home to this wide-eyed 20-something. But like many of today’s rising veterans, Mims joined the Army at one of the most tumultuous times in recent history — just weeks before Sept. 11, 2001 — and she was nowhere near prepared for what the future had in store for her. “I don’t think I fully understood what the outcome of that situation was going to be,” recalled Mims of 9/11. “I was only 20 years old, and I was very naive before the military. I don’t think it really occurred to me until I was in basic training and our drill sergeant was telling us that as soon as we got out of basic, we’d be going straight to war.” Though she loved the discipline the military instilled in her, she admits that a piece of her individuality was lost to her rigid daily routine.

“For a long time, which is amazing to me now, I could not do any art,” said Mims. “It took a couple years in the military.”

Above: Veteran Rachel Mims helps others through art therapy. Photo by Scott Holstein

Now that she’s a graduate student in Florida State’s art therapy program, artistic limitations are no longer an issue for Mims. She’s able to entrench herself in the creative process — enjoying the journey as much as the end result. “I used to call myself a painter, and I still really love to paint, but I have developed a passion for what is called art journaling,” explained Mims. “That’s a mix of doing the visual expression and doing the written component of journaling. One of the best things about art journaling is that there are no rules. You can pretty much do whatever you want and it’s correct. To me, that’s very freeing.” As an art therapist, Mims is looking forward to helping other veterans find that same freedom. Veteran Support It takes some people a lifetime to be comfortable in their own skin. Hubert “A.J.” Riall (B.S. ’07, M.S.W. ’13) isn’t like that. If you came across him, you’d like him. Chances are he’d share a quick, amusing tale about life in young fatherhood and ask you about your day. Vires 21

also had — and I hate using this word — but I had to cope with the PTSD aspects of coming home. I had to learn how to be a student and how to be a civilian again. It was real hard. There were some haunting experiences that stayed with me.” After his third deployment, something changed for Riall. Not only was he forced to re-evaluate his goals, but tragedy had also stricken his family — taking the lives of his father, brother and uncle in a single month. Fortunately, Riall was able to use these difficult experiences to gain clarity and evaluate his future opportunities.

Above: FSU veteran alumnus A.J. Riall and his family. Photo by Scott Holstein

But civilian society hasn’t always been so easy for Riall. After 12 years of service in the U.S. Army and three tours in Iraq as a combat soldier, he had some readjusting to do. “When you go from living with these guys every day, day in and day out, they become your family,” explained Riall. “Once you’re separated from them, there’s a lot of anxiety.”

Below: Student Veterans Center Director Billy Francis (center) enjoys the moment as Interim President Stokes places graduation cords on a new veteran alumna.

Before being medically discharged in 2012, Riall had intended to make the Army his career, and Florida State was a part of that vision from the beginning. When he received his bachelor’s degree in criminology in 2009, he re-enlisted for his third tour — departing just hours after his wedding day. “When I got home,” said Riall, “my buddies were gone and here I was on Florida State’s campus surrounded by a bunch of kids, a bunch of strangers. I felt very out of place as a student, but I

“When I got back,” explained Riall, “I decided to get a master’s degree in social work. That basically stemmed from the idea that if I couldn’t work with soldiers, I’d work with veterans.” After learning to transition and move forward with the help of FSU, Riall is able to encourage other veterans to do the same. After graduation, he relocated with his family to Biloxi, Miss., where he accepted a position as a clinical care coordinator for the Veterans Administration. After pursuing various degrees at Florida State for more than a decade, Riall has seen the full spectrum of FSU’s veteran services, as well as the progress the university has made in recent years. He appreciates the new era of open dialogue and support. “You go to Billy Francis or his team there with an issue and they attack it — they find answers to it,” said Riall. “That’s what’s so spectacular about everyone there at Florida State. I don’t think I ever heard ‘No’ on anything. It was always ‘Let’s see what we can do’ and then we figured it out. And that’s outstanding.”

This year the FSU Alumni Association’s Emeritus Alumni Society, consisting of graduates who received their degrees from FSU at least 50 years ago, is raising money for student veteran scholarships. To help honor and support our veterans at FSU, donate online at alumni.fsu.edu/emeritus-scholarship, or mail a check payable to FSU Foundation, with a notation of F07819 (Emeritus Society Student Veteran Academic Excellence Scholarship), to 2010 Levy Ave. Bldg. B, Ste. 300, Tallahassee, FL 32310. For more on the Emeritus Alumni Society, see page 35. 22 Vires

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Three-time FSU graduate Marshall Shepherd has been as busy as a spelling bee contestant trying to ace “m-e-t-e-o-r-o-l-o-g-y.” Shepherd’s watch as president of the American Meteorological Society has coincided with the release of national and international reports on climate change, putting the University of Georgia professor on speed dial for the White House, the U.S Senate, CNN, CBS’ “Face the Nation” and The Weather Channel. Shepherd, who spent 12 years as a research meteorologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, currently serves on science advisory boards of Climate Central, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA, and has authored more than 70 publications in high-impact journals, edited volumes and international/federal reports.

 Climate has been changing for millennia, so what’s the worry now? For the first time in history we have a human steroid on top of natural climate change. As an analogy, major league baseball power hitters have always hit home runs naturally, but in the steroid era we know there were longer home runs and more of them. So on top of that natural ability to hit home runs, there was something different. Since 1850 — for the first time in history — there’s something fundamentally different about our atmosphere because we learned how to burn fossil fuels. Increasingly, it’s clear there’s a human fingerprint on it.  What are some of the present-day issues? People paid more for basic foods like cereal and bread in 2012 because of drought that affected the Midwest, and vegetable prices may spike because of current drought in the West, and when there is an active hurricane season, oil rigs in the Gulf have to be evacuated and the cost of oil goes up. Canadian doctors have come to the U.S. to learn how to treat Lyme disease. They never had Lyme disease, but the vector that carries it is now moving into Canada as the climate warms.  What did we learn about the president’s report on climate change last month? It wasn’t the president’s report. The U.S. government in the late ’90s established by law that we will assess the state of the climate every four years. That was the third version of the national climate assessment. The report takes the previous four years and looks at peer-reviewed science literature before synthesizing it into the current best thesis. (See page 51 for FSU grad Janice Huff interviewing President Obama.) 24 Vires

 Any surprises in it? It’s been rock-solid consistent, but this report indicated that sea level is rising faster than we predicted it would. People always ask us if we’re overestimating, but you almost never hear of underestimating — so that was significant. Florida and other coastal regions are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise associated with glacier melting in the Arctic and Antarctic.  Why is the military interested in climate change? Our top brass in the Pacific says it’s perhaps his biggest threat — and that’s a region that includes North Korea. Consider what happens as the sea rises: Most naval facilities are at or below sea level; the opening of the Arctic Ocean is going to create another route for a threat to enter North America; many island nations around the world may be inundated, and parts of Africa and the Middle East will have challenges to food productivity and water supply that will have people migrating to developed nations. That’s going to create sociopolitical conflict. I was on a National Academy of Sciences panel on national security, and I can tell you the military doesn’t plan for hoaxes. They’re very concerned. Photo by Richard Hamm

 What is the difference between weather and climate? Weather is your mood and climate is your personality. We may be in a bad mood, but that may not say much about our overall personality. Likewise, even though the Eastern part of the U.S. had a cold winter, much of the world was warmer than normal.

Marshall Shepherd (B.S. ’91, M.S. ’93, PH.D. ’99)

 Why should we worry about Arctic ice? As the Arctic region starts to melt, much of that is fresh water, and as we start to mix that into the saltwater ocean, it changes the ocean currents. Also, the warming Arctic impacts jet stream patterns. Both changes affect weather we experience as far away as Florida and Georgia. For example, rainfall intensity is increasing and overwhelming stormwater management systems. Drought and heat wave patterns are becoming stuck.  We had a cold winter, so how can there be global warming? Global warming is just one symptom of climate change, the same way a fever is just one symptom of the flu. There’s also intensity and frequency change of hurricanes, how often we are getting more drought, the intensity of rainfall. Some of it is natural, but a good portion of it likely has a human fingerprint on it.  Why has there been resistance to the science? Noted author Upton Sinclair said, “It’s difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.” On top of that, people’s scientific literacy in this country is at an eighth-grade level, and if you’re not a scientist it’s natural to try to simplify things.  What can be done? That’s where politics and controversy come from — in the solutions. It is not a left or right issue, but a human one. I try to stick to the peer-reviewed science and what that science tells us. But generally you have three options: mitigation — those strategies where we have to back off or reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; adaptation — like building sea walls around major cities and retrofitting apartment complexes in Philadelphia with air conditioning; and geo-engineering — such as changing the earth’s temperature with things like simulated volcanic eruptions. You can see there will be winners and losers from an industrial standpoint.

Dr. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia Athletic Association professor and director for program in atmospheric sciences, talks climate change at TEDxAtlanta. Photo by David S. Holloway

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Below: Marion Johnston Wylly Photo by Glenn Beil

marion johnston wylly examines the economic and cultural value of art and the underexposed world of art theft By Nick Madigan

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She argues that the theft of artistic works has turned into a global industry worth as much as $6 billion a year, fueling everything from terrorism to drug running. In her dissertation, “Motives of Art Theft: A Social Contextual Perspective of Value,” Wylly quotes an “art sleuth” as saying that crimes in the realm of artistic works, including stolen antiquities and traffic in forgeries, are the third-most-lucrative criminal activity in the world, behind only drugs and arms-trafficking. Of the art stolen every year, usually only about 2 percent is recovered. To make matters worse, most countries — with the clear exception of Italy — lack laws that would effectively deal with the theft of art or establish meaningful penalties for art thieves, most of whom earn nothing close to the works’ market value if they try to dispose of them,

Wylly says. Unfortunately, she goes on, the theft of art has acquired a somewhat glamorous patina, so “the public does not recognize the seriousness” of its effects on the cultures of plundered nations, or of the dissipation of artistic patrimony. Because of that absence of gravity, she writes in her text, “elected politicians are reluctant to spend taxpayers’ money on the resources needed to combat such crimes.” Wylly, mother of three boys and wife of a pilot, came to her subject after years of immersion in the art world. She grew up in Lloyd Harbor, a town on the north shore of Long Island, and recalled in an interview “being dragged to every museum” in New York by her mother, a psychologist, and her father, who sailed as chief engineer on the N.S. Savannah. “I’ve always had a passion for art,” she explains, “and I thought at a young age that I’d be interested in museum work.”

Spread: The return of the “Mona Lisa” to the Louvre, January 1914. Photo by French Photographer, 20th century, Private Collection, Roger-Viollet, Paris, courtesy of The Bridgeman Art Library

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While earning a handful of degrees — a bachelor’s in art from Muhlenberg College, a master’s in art education from Long Island University and a certification in nonprofit management from Duke — Wylly worked in a succession of jobs that deepened her knowledge of art. She developed education programs and taught art history and appreciation at the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, N.Y., and at Methodist College in Fayetteville, N.C. She then spent several years at the Fayetteville Museum of Art, eventually rising to assistant director. More recently, Wylly has been operating an art consulting business from her family’s base in Dothan, Ala., with a focus on helping cultural projects obtain financial support through grants. In late 2005, she began working on her FSU dissertation and — after a long break to heal from a withering case of Lyme disease — she defended it in January. Professor David Gussak, chairman of the university’s Department of Art Education, called her presentation “masterful.” “It is a wonderful sample of grounded theory research and a very interesting read,” Gussak posted on a Facebook page he runs called “Rambling the Crossroads of Art Therapy.” “I am so very proud of her.” Before choosing FSU, Wylly researched various programs around the country, and FSU’s arts administration and art education Ph.D. program was the perfect match for her. “I was thrilled when they accepted me,” she says, adding that, like other students pursuing academic goals, her tenure at FSU included many diversions, not least raising a family and her “unfortunate bout” with illness. “Fortunately, my dissertation committee never gave up on me, and I am indebted to their supportive pursuit of academic achievement and research,” she says. The opportunity she was given at FSU, Wylly adds, “demonstrated how the university and the Department of Art Education are on the forefront of academic inquiries in these and many other areas.” In exploring the topic, Wylly learned to her surprise that, as she put it, “there really isn’t a lot of research into art crime,” and that the dearth of indepth information about the subject was affecting all sectors of the art world. The FBI’s Art Crime Team wasn’t even established until 2004, the year before she began at FSU. And, while the stats are

hard to confirm at times, only 20 to 30 percent of all thefts in the U.S., including from private homes, organizations, galleries, churches and archeological sites, are even reported to the appropriate agency. She discovered that the art market worldwide generates about $200 billion a year, of which the United States’ share is roughly 40 percent. That includes illegal sales of stolen or plundered art. “There’s a fine line between legitimate and illegitimate sales,” says Wylly, who in her project zeroed in on thefts of art, rather than on looting, forgery, fraud or destruction. Art thefts are in the public eye more than ever. This year’s movie “The Monuments Men” features the true story of a group of museum directors, curators and historians who go behind enemy lines during World War II to retrieve thousands of works of art stolen from museums and collectors in France, Belgium and other Nazioccupied countries. The Nazis’ plunder also figured prominently in the recently uncovered story of Cornelius Gurlitt, whose apartment in Munich was found in 2012 to contain more than 1,300 works of art by, among others, Chagall, Delacroix, Matisse, Klee, Munch, Renoir, Rodin and Picasso. “Between 1933 and 1945,” Wylly says, “20 percent of Europe’s art was displaced. Hitler was doing this for the political value of art. He wanted to eliminate a culture, to show his supremacy.” While most thefts of art are carried out for less grandiose reasons, many large museums and other cultural institutions have shown themselves to be as involved in stolen art as Hitler’s henchmen. For years, some museums strenuously resisted the notion that they should return works of plundered art to the countries from which they came. In 2002, Wylly writes in her dissertation, a group of major cultural institutions that included the Louvre, the Hermitage, the Metropolitan Museum, the Guggenheim, the Museum of Modern Art, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Prado in Madrid issued a declaration opposing wholesale repatriation of cultural artifacts, although some works have indeed been returned.

Above: Wesley and Marion Wylly with Macedonian artist Gligor Cemerski, whose artwork is on display. Below: The entrance to the Louvre — the Louvre Pyramid.

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Above: Art theft researcher Wylly. Photo by Glenn Beil

For two decades, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles condemned the theft of art and lectured on the ethics and legalities of collecting ancient pieces, Wylly writes. “Nothing would justify buying an object that we strongly suspected was stolen,” the museum’s former director said. And yet an internal memo showed that the Getty paid $10.2 million for three objects dug from ruins near Naples decades after Italian law had made it illegal to do so, according to Wylly’s research. “Another memo showed that the Getty acquired more than 300 antiquities from a private collection without a documented ownership history,” she writes. “These acquisitions occurred eight months after the publishing of the revised acquisition policy that vowed the Getty would only purchase objects that were part of an established and welldocumented collection.”

Many thefts of art occur during heists so brazen that they make headlines around the world. In February 2009, as Wylly points out, armed robbers stole $163 million worth of art from a private museum in Zurich. The works, Claude Monet's “Poppy Field at Vetheuil,” Edgar Degas' “Ludovic Lepic and his Daughter,” Vincent van Gogh's “Blooming Chestnut Branches” and Paul Cezanne's “Boy in the Red Waistcoat,” are welldocumented and almost impossible to sell secretly. “If a thief cannot sell the artwork, it has no economic value,” Wylly writes. “In the market, the more well-known and financially valuable the painting stolen, the harder it is to sell. As the years pass, thieves often get desperate, anxious to unload an albatross no one wants to buy.” She cites the case of a drug dealer in the early 1980s who could not find anyone to buy a stolen

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Rembrandt worth $1 million, and who then sold it to an undercover FBI agent for a mere $23,000. “When undercover police in Norway sought to buy back ‘The Scream,’ Edvard Munch’s stolen masterpiece known around the world, the thieves agreed to a deal for $750,000,” Wylly says. “The painting is worth $75 million.” In a similar vein, 12 paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 were collectively worth an estimated $200 million at the time, leading experts to contemplate the evolution of stolen works of art as commodities, “traded over and over again on the black market, at less than 10 percent of [their] auction value, for guns or drugs,” transactions perpetrated almost exclusively by organized crime syndicates. In that context, Wylly addresses the stratospheric prices now commanded by some artists’ work as having prompted the involvement of criminals eager for higher payouts than ever. “The current market offers numerous examples of artworks at prices that seem to defy economic principles,” she writes. “Members of the criminal world have also noticed this apparent discrepancy in the economic value of art.” Wylly suggests that the billions of dollars being churned out every year in art crimes, including the movement of stolen antiquities and the traffic in forgeries, should alert authorities everywhere to the need for new laws and procedures that would help to not only secure works of art where they belong but track them down once they are stolen. Titles or deeds for art works — similar to those used for cars and houses — would help to establish ownership and provenance, she argues. Until the late 1970s, she says, works of art were not even singled out in theft reports.

The findings of this study, Wylly writes, “contribute to the overall knowledge of art theft and illicit art trade” and provide a base of information for future studies. She says the

Public perceptions of the problem are skewed by art heist films such as “The Thomas Crown Affair,” which Wylly says “characterizes the problem of art theft as a high-society game,” the glamorous perpetration of an apparently victimless crime. In that dramatized view, the art thief is not as much a criminal as a well-educated individual “engaging in a high-stakes cat-andmouse contest.” News reports about thefts usually highlight the loss in terms of monetary value, instead of cultural loss, which carries a far greater impact on society. “Each piece lost represents a partial loss of our heritage,” says Wylly. It is no small matter that some countries, notably Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, have lost many of their cultural icons because of military conflicts and strife between opposing religious sects, which tend to destroy what means most to the enemy. However the issue is framed, it’s clear that there is considerably more research to be done on the topic of art theft. Wylly’s dissertation, she says, will act as a “springboard to other topics,” as there is a much bigger picture to paint — and maybe a book to write. Nick Madigan writes for The New York Times, The Miami Herald and other publications. He and his family live in Palmetto Bay, Fla.

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Regardless, Wylly goes on, the economic principles of supply and demand are active in the world of art crime, with technological advancements pressed into service. Quoting other academic sources, she says that technology has “made it easier to loot, smuggle, and sell antiquities,” and that “looters employ global tracking devices, smugglers bribe low-paid customs officials, and sellers post items on eBay and clandestine chat rooms.”

data also provide “information to stakeholders so that they may actively influence changes in procedures and policy implementation as a prevention of art crimes.”

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ASSOCIATION NEWS FSU’S CIRCLE OF GOLD INDUCTEES SHINE From baseball to hospitality, law to academia, this spring’s Circle of Gold inductees all stood out from the crowd for their dedication to and representation of FSU. On April 12, four shining examples of FSU alumni and friends who, through their service and achievements, personify the university’s tradition of excellence were inducted into the association’s Circle of Gold. In a celebration worthy of their accomplishments, the association recognized FSU Director of Baseball Operations Chip Baker; The Florida Bar Foundation Medal of Honor recipient, attorney Bruce Blackwell (B.A. ’68, J.D. ’74); FSU Foundation Trustee Anne Hamilton (B.S. ’79); and distinguished FSU instructor Mark Zeigler (M.S. ’89).

1. FSU A.D. Stan Wilcox spoke with Circle of Gold guests, including (left) inductee Zeigler and (center) Sally Karioth (M.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’77). 2. Scott Atwell, FSU Alumni Association president and CEO, pictured with (left) Tom Woodruff (B.S. ’65), former board chair, and (right) Tommy Waits (B.S. ’56), former Emeritus Alumni Society president. 3. Gordon Sprague (B.S. ’65), FSU Alumni Association National Board of Directors president, introduced (left) Baker, who manages a summer camp that has produced more than 100 future Seminole baseball players. 4. Blackwell is a former FSU Alumni Association 4 National Board president. 5. The newest Circle of Gold inductees: (left to right) Baker, Zeigler, Hamilton and Blackwell. 6. Stella Cottrell (B.A. '71), center, with fellow alumnae and Circle of Gold guests. 7. FSU Alumni Association Ambassador Tommie Wright honored guests with his presence at Emeritus Weekend, including (center) Don Stone (B.S. ’56) and (right) Waits, before playing the “FSU Fight Song” one last time at Circle of Gold a week later. (See page 1 for a photo of his final performance.) Photos 1-6 by Steve Chase

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50+ YEARS IN THE MAKING While campus may be a little different from what they remember, Florida State still holds many memories for emeritus alumni — those who graduated at least 50 years ago. This April, they returned to campus for Emeritus Weekend to revisit their beloved university and catch up with former classmates. The Emeritus Alumni Society and FSU Alumni Association welcomed them back for college and athletic tours, university updates and award recognitions.

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1. In addition to spring’s Circle of Gold inductees, three emeritus alumni were inducted into the esteemed group: (left to right) Billie Jones (Ed.D. ’72), Richard Kurras (B.S. ’52) and Janet Wells (B.S. ’42). 2. Emeritus alumni gathered for breakfast to learn about FSU’s initiatives and successes. 3. Interim FSU President Garnett Stokes joined the group for Emeritus Weekend. 4. Emeritus alumni enjoyed the time to reminisce with former classmates. 5. The Emeritus Alumni Society recognized four individuals with Commitment to Excellence Awards: (left to right) Don Alford (B.S. ’57), Nancy Sheridan (B.A. ’57, M.S. ’67), Ron Hobbs (B.A. ’62, M.S. ’67) and Marjorie Wessel (B.S.W. ’52). 6. Guest speaker Gordon Holder (B.M.E. ’68), retired U.S. Navy admiral, shared his experiences with the audience. 7. During Emeritus Weekend, alumni took a look back at memorabilia from Florida State’s past. 8. From left to right, Natalie Hobbs Hill (B.S. ’60), Roger Hobbs (B.A. ’65, M.B.A. ’70), Ginny Gifford (B.A. ’63), Russ Gifford (B.S. ’63) and Ron Hobbs posed for a photo at the Emeritus recognition reception.

SAVE THE DATE!

Class of 1964 alumni are invited to join us Homecoming weekend this fall to reunite, reminisce and rediscover Florida State! During the Emeritus Reunion, these alumni will be inducted into the Emeritus Alumni Society. For more information, visit alumni.fsu.edu/reunion.

Also, mark your calendars for next spring’s Emeritus Weekend, April 9–11!

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young alumni with the Reubin O’D. Askew Young The FSU Alumni Association is proud to honor six ed Thirty Under 30 recognition program. A distinguish Alumni Award, as part of the third annual class of rsity. unive contributions to profession, community and panel of peers selected the recipients based on their the Askew Award on page 15. Read more on this year’s Great Give donations to

CARISA CHAMPIONLIPPMANN (B.S. ’08)

Champion-Lippmann is the inaugural student in a medical, law and master of public health joint degree program at Nova Southeastern University. She began as a White House intern working on health care initiatives and continues to advocate for quality patient care in underserved areas, including through the development of national legislation for health policy. Champion-Lippmann received the 2013 American Osteopathic Association Presidential Memorial Leadership Award for her leadership and commitment to the profession.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION THIRTY UNDER 30

LAYLA DOWDY (B.S. ’05, M.S. ’07)

Dowdy is a lead communications manager at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. She develops and implements communication plans and policies for the Space Technology Mission Directorate to promote NASA’s technology portfolio and engage key stakeholders. She began as a CoOp intern at the Kennedy Space Center, where she organized space shuttle events, engaged media and visitors, and cultivated agency partnerships. She has also earned her M.B.A. from the Florida Institute of Technology.

KEVIN GARVEY (B.S. ’06, M.S. ’07)

Garvey is the chief engineer for spacecraft assembly, integration, test and launch. He was instrumental in launching numerous satellite systems and fielding a firstof-its-kind intelligence capability that garnered acclaim across government agencies. A founding member of an interagency mentoring and training group for junior government officers, he helps others network, gain career guidance and collaborate. Garvey also volunteers at local schools in science, technology, engineering and math through seminars and speaking engagements.

RACHEL DAVIDSON (J.D. ’11) Jonathan Bernstein Consulting Corp., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

CAMILO GIRALDO (B.S. ’13) Legendary Inc., Sail Real Estate, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

TENISHA PATTERSON (B.S. ’07, M.S. ’08) Definitive Sports Representation, Charlotte, N.C.

BOBBY ADELSON (B.S. ’07) Department of State, U.S. Embassy, London, U.K.

KRISTIN DEL TORO (B.S. ’07) Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition of Florida, P.A., Lutz, Fla.

JERROLD M. JACKSON (B.A. ’06, M.S.W. ’08) Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.

JESSE PEPPERS (B.S. ’05) U.S. Marines, Beaufort, S.C.

TANYA ANIM (B.S. ’06, M.D. ’10) Florida Hospital, Maitland, Fla.

KARLA DHUNGANA (M.S. ’09, PH.D. ’12) The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.

WONKAK KIM (M.M. ’09, MUS.D. ’12) Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tenn.

DONALD POST (B.S. ’07) USF Health, Tampa, Fla.

NAOMIE BAPTISTE (B.S. ’06) Solar Turbines, A Caterpillar Company, San Diego, Calif.

FAITH DOLES (B.S. ’07) Orange County Public Schools, Winter Garden, Fla.

CHRISTOPHER LAPRADE (B.A. ’07) The Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

ILYA POZIN (B.S. ’05) Pluto TV, Los Angeles, Calif.

SHAYNE MIFSUD (B.A. ’05) DreamWorks Animation, West Hollywood, Calif.

HOYT L. PRINDLE III (B.S. ’07) Florida Business Development Corp., Tampa, Fla.

CLINTON MITCHELL (B.A. ’06) Diplomatic Enterprises LLC, Rockville, Md.

MYRON ROLLE (B.S. ’08) FSU College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Fla.

VINCENT M. BOCCHINO JR. (B.S. ’06)* University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. CARISA CHAMPION–LIPPMANN (B.S. ’08) Nova Southeastern University, Tamarac, Fla. JACOB CREMER (M.S.P. ’10, J.D. ’10) Smolker Bartlett Schlosser Loeb & Hinds P.A., Tampa, Fla. KRISTEN DANIELS (B.S. ’06) Hospital Corporation of America, Franklin, Tenn. 36 Vires

LAYLA DOWDY (B.S. ’05, M.S. ’07) NASA, Arlington, Va. PATRICK DOWNES (B.S. ’06, M.S. ’08) Tenet Healthcare – Hialeah Hospital, Coral Gables, Fla. KELLY–ANN FASANO (B.S. ’10, M.S. ’12) The Zimmerman Agency, Tallahassee, Fla. KEVIN GARVEY (B.S. ’06, M.S. ’07) Department of the Air Force, Manassas, Va.

G.C. MURRAY JR. (J.D. ’11) Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, Fla. JO-ANNA NIEVES (B.S. ’05, J.D. ’09) The Nieves Law Firm, Oakland, Calif.

KIRBY ROSS (B.S. ’07) The Miami Music Museum Inc., Miami, Fla. JESSICA WENTE (B.S. ’08) Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, Fla. * Posthumous recognition

WONKAK KIM (M.M. ’09, MUS.D. ’12)

Kim is an assistant professor of clarinet at Tennessee Tech University. A Korean-born clarinetist, he has released several internationally acclaimed CDs and performed live in notable venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Seoul Arts Center. At FSU, he received the Presser Music Award for demonstrating excellence and outstanding promise for a distinguished career in music. Kim is a regular guest artist and teacher at the Juilliard School and other renowned institutions worldwide.

SHAYNE MIFSUD (B.A. ’05)

Mifsud, who began as an advertising intern with Universal Orlando, is the director of brand strategy and new business development at DreamWorks Animation. At Universal, he launched The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, oversaw campaigns for the grand opening of Universal Studios Singapore and spearheaded licensor relationships for theme parks around the world with entertainment companies such as Warner Bros. and Marvel Entertainment. Mifsud, who has an M.B.A. from Rollins College, now oversees partnerships on five continents.

MYRON ROLLE (B.S. ’08)

Rolle, a Rhodes Scholar, left the NFL to pursue his dream of becoming a neurosurgeon through FSU’s College of Medicine. He founded Our Way to Health, which aims to fight obesity among Native American children, and is working on aid projects for developing countries. In 2009, he founded the Myron L. Rolle Foundation, which supports health, wellness, educational and other charitable initiatives throughout the world to benefit children and families in need.

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From student scholarships and graduation to alumni networking and receptions, the FSU Alumni Association and Student Alumni Association have been working to connect and strengthen the Seminole family.

STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS 1. Amanda Paul at the President's Senior Toast. 2. Carolina Echeverri, pictured with Scott Atwell, FSU Alumni Association President and CEO, was one of four students who received 2014 Frink/Longmire Scholarships from the FSU Alumni Association and Student Alumni Association at FSU’s Leadership Awards Night in April.

NETWORKING NOLES

3. Young alumni networked at ProfessioNole — Hiring and Connecting Seminoles receptions this spring in Jacksonville and Orlando, where the alumni association partnered with The Career Center to share information on recruiting trends, services and the value of Noles hiring Noles.

NOLES IN NYC Alumni were invited to FSU Alumni Association and Seminole Boosters events during Noles in NYC: Sight, Sound & Motion, which included an NFL draft-watching party. 4. Alumni enjoyed a cocktail reception in Greenwich Village before a Film School screening. Vires 37

Seminole leadership, service and community extends well beyond graduation. Our more than 80 Seminole Clubs and Chapters are led by volunteers who organize game-watching parties and community service events, attend leadership conferences and work to connect FSU alumni and friends.

SEMINOLES SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES Seminole Clubs and Chapters gathered with FSU alumni and friends around the country to serve their communities on Saturday, March 22, for the FSU Alumni Association’s Third Annual Seminole Service Day!

More than 35 clubs and chapters in at least a dozen states gave their time and shared Seminole spirit as they cleaned up beaches, homes, highways and even dogs, organized events, fed the hungry, built homes, registered as marrow donors and much more. View a full list of projects at alumni.fsu.edu/seminoleserviceday.

1. As part of “Operation Recovering Hero,” the Seminole Club of Clay County joined forces with Orange Park High School students and USA National Miss Pre–Teen Laurel Stiekes. 2. For four hours, volunteers created nearly 250 get-well and appreciation cards for ill, injured and wounded military men and women. 3. Lonnie Pryor, 2009–12 FSU star fullback and current Tampa Bay Buccaneer, assisted the club and Stiekes in making the meaningful cards. 4. Seattle Seminole Club members cleaned up Lake Washington’s shoreline habitat. 5. Boxes of food were prepared for Hosea Feed the Hungry by the Atlanta Seminole Club. 6. Lake-Sumter Seminole Chapter volunteers took a break from building with Habitat for Humanity to pose for a team photo. 7. The day went to the dogs for Jacksonville Seminole Club volunteers, who washed service dogs involved with K9s For Warriors. 8. A little sun and a lot of work went into San Diego Seminole Club’s South Mission Beach cleanup. 9. The Seminole Club of North Texas gathered to do some heavy-duty cleaning along Lake Grapevine for Seminole Service Day. 10. Volunteers with Charlotte Seminole Club helped The Relatives Crisis Center celebrate Safe Place Week.

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ASSOCIATION NEWS CLUB LEADERSHIP TAKES CENTER STAGE Club and chapter leaders gathered in Tallahassee in April for the annual Seminole Club Leadership Conference. The conference was an opportunity for the leaders to meet up, share ideas, attend workshops and enjoy the Spring Game at Doak Campbell Stadium.

1. FSU Alumni Association’s club leaders in front of the Pearl Tyner House. 2. Club leaders gathered in the Cottrell Conference Room at the Alumni Center. 3. Tables were set up around the Alumni Center to present opportunities to club leaders as part of a “Campus Connection” lunch. 4. Richard Joye of S.C. Midlands Seminole Club looked over Student Alumni Association materials. 5. Boston Seminole Club President Nicole Visyak (B.S. ’07) learned more about campus offerings during the weekend. 6. Workshops and discussions informed leaders of association activities and provided ideas for their clubs. 7. Karol Vargas (B.S. ’05, M.A. ’09), Miami Seminole Club; Tim Morris (M.S. ’07), Seminole Club of Greater Orlando; and Nicole Kasak (B.S. ’02), Atlanta Seminole Club, enjoyed the weather during leadership weekend. 8. From left to right, Sean Pettey, Frank Maggio (B.A. ’98), Walt Bower (B.S. ’08, M.S. ’10) and Brian Seidel (B.A. ’07) of Sarasota Seminole Club enjoyed club camaraderie at the Seminole Boosters “Gathering of the Chiefs” dinner. 9. Club leaders were given a hands-on look at FSU’s new uniforms at a Seminole Boosters program, as a Manatee Seminole Club volunteer tried the helmet on for size. Photos 2–7 by Steve Chase

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ASSOCIATION NEWS ALUMNI TAKE TO THE SLOPES Making a move from the high seas to the mountaintops, the FSU Alumni Association and Seminole Boosters invited alumni and friends to hit the slopes at the inaugural Seminoles at Ski in Park City, Utah, Feb. 27–March 2. The trip included stops at Utah Olympic Park’s Legacy Center, a social on historic Main Street, a familyfriendly skate and plenty of time to ski.

1. From left to right, College of Business Dean

Caryn Beck–Dudley, FSU Alumni Association President and CEO Scott Atwell, founding Utah Seminole Club President Richard Clark Jr. (B.S. ’79) and FSU Vice President for University Advancement Tom Jennings were among the guests for Seminoles at Ski. 2. Families enjoyed a Seminole Skate. 3. Seminoles were on top of the world, or at least on top of the mountains, at Park City Mountain Resort wearing their championship attire! 4. Florida State fans gathered for an Après Ski and Seminole chop.

SAVE THE DATE Join us this fall for the 63rd Annual Kickoff Luncheon! See the 2013 national championship football team in their new uniforms and help us celebrate the start of a new season.

August 22, 2014 | 11:30 a.m. Donald L. Tucker Civic Center Member tickets go on sale July 8, 2014. More information: alumni.fsu.edu/kickoff

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ndergraduate UOverachievers Evolution of Florida Tourism Through

Heather Raya; Dr. Michael Neal; Florida

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FSU’s undergraduate research program discovers talented, passionate students By Elizabeth Bettendorf

Over the past century, what exactly attracted tourists to Florida has evolved. Florida has a diverse tourism history and tracking this history is not a straight forward process as different trends overlapped and evolved together to create the tourism industry present today. Utilizing the FSU Card Archive, my project shows the major shifts in the tourism industry of Florida through postcards. By analyzing the postcards and grouping them by date, I established six different collections that each represent a major shift. A sample of the postcards I used are to the right, each ranging in both publication date and style.

4. Appeal to Youth

Just a short decade after Florida tourism expanded to inland attractions, a new trend started to appear: younger people were starting to visit Florida. As seen in these postcards, Florida’s beaches were used to attract young adults. Sandy beaches, women in bathing suits, and popular cars are evident in the postcards. This time period in Florida’s tourism history, starting in the 40s and still seen today, marked the official move away from a traditional southern culture and into an originally Florida reputation

1. Place for the Sick

Starting in the 1800s, Florida was for the ill. The warm climate and fresh air appealed to those with a variety of ailments, the most common being respiratory problems. The postcards collected to represent this first stage are simple in design, focusing on green vegetation with the iconic palm tree in emphasis. They advertise Florida’s overall climate, showing off blue skies and green trees. These postcards are before the boom of the tourism industry, so they lack specific locations or glamour. Instead, they are very general and display Florida’s natural resources.

2. Transportation

After the Civil War, railroads started to cover the United States. As seen in the postcards, this railroad boom did not exclude Florida. Across the state, people were connected to the various cities of Florida by railroad. The new accessibility of Florida led to a new industry: tourism. All of the postcards have railroads above water. Railroads, of course, were not only located in Florida, but the combination of ocean and the tracks make these cards specific to the developing Florida image.

5. Walt Disney World

October 1, 1971 is an enormous moment in Florida’s tourism history. On this day, Walt Disney World opened and let the first of millions of tourists walk through its gates. Since opening day, Walt Disney World has grown as the biggest tourist attraction in the country. The postcards show some of the variety that makes Walt Disney World so popular. Walt Disney World expanded on the Cypress Garden’s move to inland Florida by creating a “world” of attractions to keep tourists in Florida longer. This idea of creating a multi-entertainment industry to appeal to all members of the family is seen also in Universal PaulStudios Dirac and was a Professor of Physics at Florida Sea World. These amusement parks, especially Walt Disney State University from 1972 until his World, have become the backbone death in 1984. to Central Florida’s economy. Among other discoveries,

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3. Cypress Gardens: Moving Inland

Cypress Gardens opened in 1936 in Winter Haven, Florida. The creator, Dick Pope, was originally criticized for his decision to make an inland amusement park when Florida was known for its relaxing atmosphere near the coasts. Despite the critics, Cypress Gardens was a huge success. Cypress Gardens was just the beginning for inland tourism in Florida. These postcards all illustrate some of the many attractions that started to appear across the state during the 1930s and after. Of course, the coastal appeal of Florida did not lessen with a move inland, but instead Florida’s tourism industry was expanded and diversified.

of attractions: beaches, amusement parks, and now the nightlife that accompanies big cities.

Citations

“FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY, KEY WEST EXTENSION,” FSU Card Archive “7 Mile Bridge, Key West, Florida,” FSU Card Archive John Hinde Limited, “Colorful Cypress Gardens, Florida,”FSU Card Archive “Wish You Were Here In Florida With Us,” FSU Card Archive John Hinde Limited, “A Colorful Beach, Florida,” FSU Card Archive Disney, “Mickey & Minnie,” FSU Card Archive John Hinde Limited, “Bal Harbour, Miami Beach,” FSU Card Archive John Hinde Limited, “Tropical Miami, Florida,” FSU Card Archive "Cypress Gardens, Winter Haven." The Palm Beach post (1984) (2007): 4.H. Print

"Sunshine Paradise: History of Florida

Eighteen-year-old Joseph Guerrera first tried his hand at research while a high-school student in Clearwater, Fla. As a member of an environmental dive team, he spent two years studying endangered elkhorn and staghorn coral in the Florida Keys. When he arrived at FSU last fall, he was thirsty for more ocean research. “I’m a chemistry major, but I’ve always had an interest in the ocean and oceanography,” recalls Guerrera, who is already working with FSU researchers studying currents at the bottom of the DeSoto Canyon in the northern Gulf of Mexico. His quest to engage in meaningful research is widespread at Florida State. In April, Guerrera was one of more than 200 students who presented at FSU’s 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Faculty, students, scientists and high-level administrators crowded into the new Honors, Scholars and Fellows House on Landis Green to see undergraduates present original research and creative projects.

Paul Dirac’s “Shoebox Collection” is an assortment of roughly 200 pages of seemingly miscellaneous, handwritten mathematics work. It has been estimated that the artifacts date back to Dirac’s time as a graduate student at the University of Cambridge. The collection is currently housed in Special Collections in the Florida State University library system and will soon be uploaded to the new Florida State University Digital Library.

he formulated the famous Dirac equation, which describes the behavior of 6. Big Cities byfermions, the Water and he predicted the existence of From Miami to Boca Raton, the expansion and appeal ofDirac antimatter. big also shared the Nobel cities in Florida is a growing industry. Prize in ThePhysics postcards show for 1933 with Erwin Schrödinger. Thanks big cities scenes both during the day to and at night. A his mathematical brilliance and tireless majority of the big city postcards also feature water, this work ethic, keeping in theme with the Florida reputation his contributions that has been to physics became fundamental to building ever since the 1800s. Today’s theinfield of quantum mechanics. tourism industry Florida is a conglomeration

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Analyzing the “Shoebox” Papers of Paul A.M. Dirac

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Seventy-four pages from the “Shoebox Collection” were analyzed and sorted into groupings based on content. Motifs that define groupings include the listing of permutations of a fixed number of elements, the assignment of values to different summation expansions, and cubic polynomials with no quadratic term.

The papers in context The seventy-four pages analyzed so far are thought to have been produced in the 1920s, around the time that Dirac began studies at the University of Cambridge. Never before examined by the academic community, the papers offer new insight into the mathematical acumen of the genius at a young age.

The above scan shows difficulty of reading some pages

The 2014 Symposium highlighted FSU’s Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), open to first- and second-year students. They’re required to enroll in a one-year colloquium course, serve as a research assistant to a professor or research mentor, then present their projects at the annual event. Ultimately, many of these students aim to publish in peer-reviewed journals or present at national conferences — just like graduate students and faculty members. “Research helps students think with greater complexity and flexibility, which helps them develop the character and tenacity to stick with a problem,” says Joe O’Shea (B.A. ’08), director of FSU’s Office of Undergraduate Research. “Engaging more students in research is a strategic investment that will help elevate FSU's reputation and ranking and attract better students and faculty to our institution.” A Truman and Rhodes Scholar with a Ph.D. in education from the University of Oxford, O’Shea first conducted research as an FSU undergraduate majoring in philosophy.

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turning point, a health problem and the experience of transitioning into Westminster Oaks.

He points out that all of the problem-solving and collaborating that goes into undergraduate research — including presenting findings in front of an audience — helps students become highly competitive in a tough job market.

Canellas was drawn to the research because of relatives who have developed Alzheimer’s disease.

“When you look at employers today, they are often less interested in major or content knowledge,” he says. “They want people who can look at a problem or situation, figure out what’s going on and then pose solutions.” As a result, academic research at the undergraduate level has become a big draw, raising FSU’s profile and attracting top students seeking research opportunities not just in the sciences but in the humanities as well. “These research students wrestle with the great challenges our world is facing,” says O’Shea. “We are helping create the type of problem solvers and community leaders our world so desperately needs.”

MIA CANELLAS AND SARA GOMEZ: MEMORIES AND AGING When Sara Gomez interviews residents at Westminster Oaks, an upscale retirement community in Tallahassee, she often thinks of her maternal grandmother, who helped raise her while her mother worked. “She’s one of my best friends,” says Gomez, a public relations major in the FSU College of Communication and Information, who grew up in Colombia and later moved with her family to Florida. Gomez and a team of undergraduates are assisting with research conducted by Angelina Sutin and Antonio Terracciano, assistant professors in the FSU College of Medicine. The study examines the influence of memories on aging in the elderly. Undergraduate researchers like Gomez and Mia Canellas — a sophomore nursing major from Westin, Fla. — interview Westminster Oaks residents. They first administer a cognitive test. The student researchers then ask each participant to share a memory: one from childhood, a major life

For Gomez, memories of her grandmother make the work especially intriguing.

Taylor Williams and Sara Gomez

“She would always tell me stories about how she met my grandfather,” Gomez recalls. “Or she would give me advice about guys. But it was her stories I will always remember.”

EMMET HARRINGTON: CALCULATED HISTORY The 200 pages of mathematical Emmet Harrington equations scrawled by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Paul Dirac left sophomore Emmet Harrington feeling more than a little bit awed. “The guy was a complete genius, and to be able to look into the work he did as a student was pretty eye-opening,” says Harrington, a math major from Palm Beach who is working alongside Kathy Clark, FSU assistant professor of mathematics education. Harrington recalls first seeing the yellowing pages of Dirac’s miscellaneous mathematical musings while seated in the Special Collections Department of FSU’s Strozier Library. Harrington’s research project, “Analyzing the Shoebox Papers of Paul A.M. Dirac,” attracted its share of attention at FSU’s 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Its appeal had a lot to do with the fact that Dirac, a theoretical physicist who made important contributions to the development of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics, spent his last decade at FSU. It’s believed that Dirac scribbled the “Shoebox” equations while at Cambridge University in the 1920s. The papers have not been thoroughly analyzed, says Harrington, who is helping to organize them “based on mathematical content” and digitize them in hopes of making them more accessible to scholars around the world. Vires 43

HEATHER RAYA: A SNAPSHOT OF TOURISM For FSU freshman Heather Raya, a Jacksonville, Fla., native with a passion for Disney, the undergraduate research experience has been life-changing.

Heather Raya

“I had planned to major in sociology, but I loved my research so much that I’ve changed my major to history,” says Raya, 19, who researched “The Evolution of Florida Tourism Through Postcards” under Michael Neal, an FSU associate professor of English. By examining thousands of postcards in FSU’s archive, Raya tracked “trends that have overlapped and evolved together to create the tourism industry present today.” Analyzing the postcards and grouping them by date, she established “six different collections that each represented a major shift in Florida’s tourism business.” Her research examined Florida’s early reputation as a haven for the sick, its railroad boom and the midcentury growth of inland tourist attractions.

McKeen is studying the civil war between Bashar al-Assad’s government forces and the Free Syrian Army, and is helping track human rights abuses and war crimes. She uses “citizen-recorded media” such as YouTube to determine whether war crimes or human rights abuses have taken place. “We’re gathering evidence from the residents of Syria about the chaos outside their doors,” says McKeen. The validation of human rights abuses is a starting point for Amnesty International to research an event further and provide evidence to an international court.

HERBERT JOHNSON: CLEANING UP SPILLS FSU senior Herbert Alexander Johnson spent his 20s as a cook before tapping into his desire to go back to school and become a scientist. It took getting laid off during the recession to get serious about microbiology and biochemistry.

“When I was in high school, I thought only people who excelled at science could do research,” she says. “But then I came to FSU and found that even a history major can do it.” Herbert Johnson

COURTNEY McKEEN: WAR AND SOCIAL MEDIA Courtney McKeen

Courtney McKeen’s research journey opened her eyes to the ongoing Syrian war and its fallout: military clashes, citizen protests and terrorist attacks. “I didn’t really understand how bad it was until I started uploading videos every day,” says McKeen, a sophomore, who worked with a team of undergraduate researchers led by Amnesty International and William Moore, an FSU political science professor. FSU’s Citizen Media Evidence Partnership (C-MEP) is a pilot project that began in fall 2013 and has grown to include more undergraduate researchers.

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“I saw older guys in restaurant kitchens who had become drug users and alcoholics. I didn’t want that to happen to me,” he says. Now, Johnson works as a research lab technician with FSU’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science and the Deep-C Consortium. Though not in UROP, Johnson is so interested and thoroughly involved in research that he was asked to make presentations at both the 2013 and 2014 undergraduate research symposiums. “Basically the research is about the microbial response to the BP oil spill,” Johnson explains. Johnson, a 2000 graduate of Tallahassee’s Leon High School, says he became interested in his current research because of his deep connection to Florida’s coastal environment.

“Much of the food I grew up eating came from the Gulf of Mexico,” he says. “I always loved fishing and hiking.” He’s already lined up a summer internship working with a researcher in EOAS, which has connected him with many mentors. Johnson is also part of the Florida–Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, a program funded by the National Science Foundation that provides support needed to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. At FSU, the chapter is run by the Office of Undergraduate Research. “Research as an undergraduate was really significant for me because once I started getting it under my belt I started making connections,” he says. “I got to network and meet professionals in my field, even if they worked in different scientific disciplines. It all came together.”

LUKE EVANS: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE Luke Evans dreams of becoming an actor, but his approach is more scholarly than most: He’s a theater major who’s fashioning a career that embraces “both the traditional and abstract.” Evans, a sophomore from Pensacola, Fla., has been assisting Daniel Sack, an assistant professor of theater studies at FSU, in his research on the history of live art — “really performance art” — from the 1950s to the present. Luke Evans

“I’ve learned so much about the different types of theater through my research,” Evans says. “Theater is a much more academic subject than people give it credit for.” “Undergraduate research as a practice and a tool to help students learn has been expanding across the country over the last decade,” says O’Shea. A generation ago, if a student wanted to do research while an undergraduate, the opportunity was available only to those aggressive enough to seek it out. “That still happens a lot,” he explains. “I’ve had students tell me they never would have gotten involved in research without UROP.” Students participating in UROP are provided with lists of faculty members and corresponding research projects and then are matched up through a selection process that includes interviews. Sutin, whose research on Florida’s aging population attracted a team of six undergraduate researchers, attended the symposium to watch students explain their work. “Because of their unconstrained curiosity they are phenomenal to work with,” she says. “They don’t have a singular focus yet, and they aren’t so enmeshed that they’re not willing to ask naïve questions.”

He is also interested in site-specific theater, “defined as any theatrical event that does not take place in a theater,” he wrote in a proposal for an FSU Mentored Research and Creative Endeavors Award he recently received. This can include performances in spaces such as residences or retail buildings, Evans explains, noting that he is “specifically interested in theater in nature.”

Joe O'Shea

Engaging more “ students in research is a strategic investment that will help elevate FSU's reputation and ranking and attract better students and faculty to our institution.

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- Joe O’Shea (B.A. ’08)

Those questions create emerging researchers out of rising FSU students and forge a path into future research, breakthrough findings and career opportunities in all fields. “It's clear,” says O’Shea, “that our students can compete with students at the best universities in the world."

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In 2011, as a master’s student in Florida State University’s College of Business, Cassandra Rayne Gross reached a turning point. Her position in food service was coming to an unexpected end. Devastated, she was torn between continuing to work in a field that had been the focus of her education or moving in a new direction. Cassandra needed career advice, and Jane Morgan was just the person to give it. Jane (B.S. ’82) and her husband, George, have been helping Florida State students for years. In 2005, Jane By Kimi Wilcoxon established the Zuknick Morgan Family Scholarship at the Dedman School of Hospitality. In 2009, Cassandra received that scholarship. But it was more than the financial help that made a lasting impression on Cassandra; it was Jane’s mentorship that changed her life. “Jane spent time talking with me and shared her own experience about accepting opportunities outside of what she expected for her career,” explained Cassandra (B.S. ’10, M.B.A. ’12). “Jane taught me that it wasn’t a failure to transition into a new career track, but rather an achievement to identify what is meaningful and to propel oneself in the needed direction.” Cassandra added, “I don’t know if she realizes just how powerful that one conversation was in my life. But I suspect it is not only me who she’s helped.”

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Jane worked to put herself through college, including at a restaurant. It was that job where she was encouraged to consider FSU’s hospitality program (now the Dedman School). After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in hospitality administration, she spent years building her career in the Tampa Bay area as a hospitality industry consultant for a national accounting firm. Through the years, the Morgans have moved several times due to George’s career in the health care industry, but they always considered Florida home. Jane has never been too far removed from FSU either, as a supporter of Women for Florida State University; part of the Dedman School’s alumni organization, The Society of Hosts; and an FSU Foundation Board trustee. The hospitality that Jane experienced at Florida State is a big part of her reason to give back to help current students. George, a USF graduate, has also given his time to FSU, serving on the College of Medicine Sarasota Regional Campus Community Advisory Board. Both recognize that their education has been a pivotal element of their success.

Last year, the couple decided to revalue their estate and update their bequest to FSU. That process resulted in an additional $3 million they could donate to the university. “It was really quite a pleasant situation, being able to make an additional gift to FSU,” George said. “It’s rooted in love for the university and what it has contributed to our lives. We see giving as our responsibility.” The substantial increase in the value of their gift allowed the Morgans to seriously consider the impact they could have on FSU programs, faculty and future students. One third of the new commitment will establish The Jane and George Morgan Endowment for Faculty Development to support College of Business efforts to recruit, retain and reward the best faculty. This commitment follows years of active support inspired by the visible impact their previous contributions had on the college, including on students like Cassandra. “One of the college’s strengths is the dedication and passion of its faculty and staff to see its students succeed,” said Jane. “This gift was really a continuation of our friendship with the college.” The remainder of their bequest is split between the College of Medicine’s Sarasota Regional Campus and the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance in support

of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, also in Sarasota. For the Morgans, these programs were natural choices. “We spent 20 years living outside of Florida, moving frequently with George’s career,” said Jane. “When we finally moved back to Sarasota, we were surprised to find the university’s presence in our backyard. We are fortunate that Sarasota is like ‘Tally South.’”

P HI L AN T HRO PY

In 2007, Jane and George began to consider how they could further support the university through their estate plans. “Leaving a bequest to FSU allows donors to provide a future benefit to their alma mater while meeting current personal and financial goals,” George explained. As a result, they made a charitable bequest to establish The Jane E. and George D. Morgan Endowment for the Dedman School of Hospitality at Florida State University.

For the College of Medicine’s Sarasota campus, the Morgans’ gift will create The Jane and George Morgan Endowment for Excellence. George’s background in the health care industry helped him to appreciate the medical school’s innovations. “FSU’s students get trained in the community physician environment, which is where most of them will practice one day,” he explained. But the Morgans knew that, as a newer program, it would be years before program graduates could offer their support. Through their gift they wanted to inspire others in the area to appreciate and support this community asset. Their decision to establish The Jane and George Morgan Endowment for Excellence in the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance at the FSU/ Asolo Conservatory is likewise built on their relationship with the school, where the Morgans are student sponsors and Jane is an advisory board member. “It’s rewarding to be a part of such an elite program,” said Jane. “Out of the thousands who audition, there are no more than 12 students chosen to study each year, and it feels great as a supporter to develop these relationships with the students and watch their training.”

Above: Cassandra Rayne Gross and mentor Jane Morgan. Spread: Jane and George Morgan in Sarasota, Fla. Photo by Cliff Roles

Jane and George recognize that their bequest puts them in a unique position to highlight the power of giving. “It’s important to share gifts to inspire others,” said George. For Cassandra, the Morgans’ personal and financial support left a lasting, immeasurable impact. “It gave me the courage to step outside of my comfort zone and take a smart risk to further my own personal and professional development.” If you would like to consider leaving a legacy gift, or for more information on revaluing your existing bequest, please contact the Office of Planned Giving at 850.644.0753 or plannedgiving@foundation.fsu.edu. Vires 47

Class Notes indicates FSU Alumni Association Membership 1950s Joe Allen Rice (M.A. ’54, Ph.D. ’67) had his play “The Forgotten Men Who Invented Texas” staged at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters and has presented “First Feminist, Second President” to heritage societies with wife Lynn Rice (B.M. ’55). 1960s Sidney A. Stubbs Jr. (B.S. ’60) received the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches’ Outstanding Public Service Award and had the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Professional Award renamed in his honor.

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (B.M. ’60, M.M. ’62), Francis Eppes Distinguished Professor of Composition, was featured in the PBS AllStar Orchestra series episode “The New World and its Music” and named a 2014 Trailblazer by the Oasis Center for Women and Girls.

CLASS NOTES

▲ Sidney A. Stubbs Jr.

Stephen R. Montague (B.M. ’65, M.M. ’67) completed a Performing Rights Society Foundation commission for the 2014 UK New Music Biennale and an orchestral work for the Birmingham Royal Ballet to premiere in 2015. William S. Curry (B.S. ’67) had his latest book, “Government Abuse: Fraud, Waste and Incompetence in Awarding Contracts in the United States,” published in April.

SMARTBOX, SMARTER SNACKING While successful entrepreneurs are known for thinking outside the box, Brandon Stallings (B.S. ’12) is banking his success — and your health — on what’s inside the box. As founder and CEO of SmartBox, Stallings is seeking to reinvent the office break room with high-tech, cashless vending machines that offer nutritious snacks. The boxes also have a screen that allows buyers to access an item’s nutritional value. So far, he’s installed about 100 SmartBoxes around Jacksonville. “No. 1, people need a healthier choice — food that stays in your stomach longer, with real nutrients and real flavor,” he says. “But we also aim to modernize your break room by having a machine with a touch screen, where you can even send us suggestions on what kind of snacks you’d want to see.” Stallings got the idea to enter the vending industry as an FSU sophomore and management major, when his father bought him a dozen machines that he installed in Tallahassee-area schools. The venture was time-consuming: Stallings, who was a full-time student, had to visit the machines regularly to make sure they were working. Stallings says his education “taught me how to juggle a lot of things and improvise on the fly.”

Carole J. Martin (B.S. ’67) was elected chairperson of Wyoming Service Dogs and reappointed by Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead to serve on the Wyoming Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology.

That’s when he came up with the idea for SmartBox, which has a computer interface that alerts him to malfunctions. Stallings converted the machines into SmartBoxes and has since watched the Jacksonville-based business grow more than eight-fold.

Carry Edward Spann (Ph.D. ’69) is in the fourth printing of his book “Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns,” which has resulted in hundreds of presentations across the U.S.

Healthy vending represents only 3 percent of the industry so far, Stallings says, but the industry is changing.

Leslie S. Waters (B.S. ’69, M.S. ’70), mayor of Seminole in Pinellas County, was named one of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida’s 2014 Women of Distinction.

“It’s basically asking for attention,” he says. “People see this brand-new machine with clever technologies and healthier options, and it makes them feel less guilty.” The smart money, he hopes, is on SmartBox. Vires 49

1970s William W. Gallogly (J.D. ’70) received The Florida Bar President’s 2014 Pro Bono Service Award for the 4th Judicial Circuit. Doby Flowers (B.S. ’71, M.S. ’73) was recognized as a 2014 Trailblazer by the Oasis Center for Women and Girls for her work as a champion of civil rights. ▲ Doby Flowers

Winquist had been a radio rat at student station WVFS since her sophomore year, falling in love with the business after running into a local station conducting a live remote on campus. Today, her silky-smooth voice is transmitted from Austin, Texas, to Radio Margaritaville’s Channel 24 on SiriusXM, which boasts more than 25 million subscribers. “I grew up loving music but not knowing how I would turn that love into my job.” As music director, she makes decisions on the station’s complete playlist, often hearing from the chief executive. “Jimmy emails pretty frequently with artists he likes, saying, ‘This is what I’m listening to now.’” Winquist, who also broadcasts live from several Buffett concerts each year, minored in sociology at FSU. Her knowledge of groups comes in handy with Buffett’s whacky legion of fans — Parrotheads — known for their tropical attire and charitable work. “He’s got the best fan base in the world,” says Winquist. “Since the beginning, I’ve been blown away by how loyal and friendly and fun they are. Their whole thing is partying for a purpose.” 50 Vires

Stephen D. Blades (B.A. ’72) was named the Louisiana Heart Hospital Medical Group’s first CEO.

CLASS NOTES

“I don’t know what my life would be like now if I didn’t pick up the phone that day,” says Kirsten Winquist (B.S. ’04), music director and lead disc jockey for Jimmy Buffett’s Radio Margaritaville. The Safety Harbor, Fla., native was 23 and a recent graduate of Florida State’s communication program when Buffett dispatched his team to find a young female voice for the Internet station, suggesting they phone colleges in Florida.

Photo by Charlie Pearce

PARROTHEAD IN PARADISE

Susan B. Asselin (B.S. ’72, M.S. ’74), Virginia Tech professor of special education, received the university’s 2013 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.

Lonnie N. Groot (B.S. ’73, J.D. ’76) judged the American Collegiate Moot Court Association South Atlantic Regional Qualifying Tournament and the 2014 High School Mock Trial State Finals. William “Bill” W. Jablon (M.S. ’74), recently retired headmaster of Maclay School in Tallahassee, received the Southern Association of Independent Schools’ 2013 Distinguished Service Award. D.S. Lliteras (B.A. ’74, M.F.A. ’77) wrote “Flames and Smoke Visible,” which was featured on C-SPAN BookTV. Cydna K. Bougae (B.S. ’75) was appointed a clinical assistant professor at NYU’s Tisch Center for Hospitality.

Diahann Lassus (B.S. ’76), president and CIO of Lassus Wherley, was named to the inaugural CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council and featured on CNBC’s “30 Seconds to Know.” Lynne Y. Lummel (B.S. ’76), senior vice president of distribution and repertory at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, was a 2013 Billboard Women in Music honoree.

BACK TO THE BASICS

Peter J. Manso (B.S. ’76), Edwards Wildman’s Intellectual Property Group partner, was named to the BioFlorida Board of Directors.

Kim Kiel Thompson (B.S. ’81, M.A. ’84), Fisher & Phillips LLP attorney, was listed in Georgia Super Lawyers 2014 for her work in immigration law.

Susan Hassmiller (B.S.N. ’77, M.S. ’79) received the American Red Cross’ Harriman Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service and was elected to the Institute of Medicine.

Kenneth J. Burke (B.S. ’82), the No. 1 wealth manager in Central Florida since 1996, was ranked No. 23 on Barron’s 2013 list of top financial advisers in Florida.

Franklin “Buster” Hagenbeck (M.S. ’78) received the 2014 Distinguished Graduate Award from West Point, where he served as a superintendent from 2006-10.

Janice Huff (B.S. ’82), was one of eight television meteorologists chosen to interview the president of the United States upon the release of a new report on climate change. Huff, a 2002 Grad Made Good, is chief meteorologist for WNBC in New York and served 16 years on the weekend edition of “The TODAY Show.”

1980s

Luis Montanez (B.S. ’07) and Roberto Torres (B.S. ’05) have set out to become the new face of cool.

Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson

▲ Janice Huff

The pair, who met while rushing the Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity at FSU, co-founded the Black & Denim Apparel Co., a high-end clothing line targeted to males ages 25 to 45. “We like to use the word ‘timeless’,” says Montanez, who majored in information technology. “Jeans and denim are in every person’s wardrobe, and it transcends generations. As well as black, which is something that you can dress up or you can wear down. Putting those two together is what we feel gives Black & Denim ‘The Look.’”

Louis Dessau (B.S. ’80) received the University of South Carolina 2013 Advisor of the Year Award and helped launch both a Global MBA and Internal Business of the Americas program. Steve Jaffe (B.S. ’80), Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman partner, was honored along with his wife, Steffani, with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s Hope Award for their longtime support.

Stacey C. Cannington (A.A. ’82, B.S. ’83) was named community relations coordinator for Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. in Florida. ▲ Stacey C. Cannington

CLASS NOTES

The brand has a special cachet because all garments are made in the U.S. Analysts initially told Montanez and Torres that making their products at home would be cost-prohibitive. But the duo proved the skeptics wrong.

Jack Moser (Ed.S. ’80, Ph.D. ’87) published his fifth poetry collection “The Wonder of It All — Poems.” Lesli DeVito (B.F.A. ’81, M.F.A. ’83) was a featured artist at the Hotel Indigo in St. Petersburg, Fla., for her Americana acrylic artwork.

“That really makes me proud, that people appreciate that we’re trying to revive this aspect of American manufacturing,” Montanez says. They were able to incorporate the company in 2008 with only $1,500 among the two and a fellow co-founder. They raised nearly $40,000 more through crowdfunding and received a $25,000 business grant from the MillerCoors brewing company. Torres, who majored in finance and accounting, has returned to speak to FSU College of Business students as part of “7 Under 30,” highlighting entrepreneurial alumni who started businesses before they were 30 years old. The biggest challenge? “Trying to keep the Black & Denim identity,” according to Montanez, “but still be conscious of what’s hot each season.”

Joy Fisher (B.S. ’81) was promoted to president of Clodico Inc., a company she helped found, which produces environmentally friendly cleaning products.

Luis Montanez and Roberto Torres

Craig Lynch (B.S. ’81), Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP partner in Charlotte, N.C., was named vice chair of the National MS Society, for which he has volunteered for more than 20 years. ▲ Craig Lynch

Sheila Bolin (M.S. ’83), CEO and president of The Regal Swan Foundation, received the 2013 John Muir Conservation Award for the nonprofit’s research and conservation efforts. Sarah “Milinda Jay” Stephenson (B.A. ’83, Ph.D. ’08) had her latest novel in the “Love Inspired” imprint, “Her Roman Protector,” published by Harlequin.

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Kevin D. Gordon (A.A. ’84, B.S. ’86), provost for St. Petersburg College’s three satellite campuses, was featured in The Power Broker digital magazine for his leadership in St. Petersburg. ▼ James F. Mulato

Lu Vickers (B.A. ’87, M.A. ’89, Ph.D. ’97) received a $25,000 creative writing fellowship in fiction from the National Endowment for the Arts. Stacey D. Kolka (A.A. ’88, B.S. ’90) was promoted to senior manager, tax services, at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. Lily Afshar (Mus.D. ’89) released her first chamber music recording, “Musica de Camera,” and had her guitar arrangements featured on the CD “One Thousand and One Nights.” Penelope Deutsch (B.S. ’89) was appointed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to the Children’s Services Council for Charlotte County. 1990s Kellie Flannery (B.S. ’90) was named president and CEO of the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce in February.

DECK THE HALL WITH SEMINOLES

After helping to lead the Seminoles to a national championship in 1993, he was every bit the impact player for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which won the Super Bowl in 2002 with Brooks at linebacker. In a 14-year pro career, he tallied 1,715 tackles, 13.5 sacks and 25 interceptions. He retired after the 2008 season. Upon learning of his selection, Brooks shared his thoughts on Twitter: “Thought of tonight is JOY, HUMILITY, and gratefulness, I’m in the Hall of Fame Now.” In August, he will be inducted alongside Walter Jones, an FSU offensive tackle who played for 13 seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. Both were selected in their first year of eligibility. They will join Fred Biletnikoff and Deion Sanders as Seminoles represented in the Hall of Fame. Brooks played in 11 Pro Bowls, was a five-time firstteam All Pro and was the Defensive Player of the Year in 2002. In Tallahassee, Brooks finished his Seminole career with 274 tackles, five interceptions and 8.5 sacks. In 2010, FSU retired jersey No. 10 in his honor. Brooks is now co-owner and president of the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League. He spends much of his time doing charity work and stressing the importance of education. He is the founder of the Brooks Bunch charity “to provide educational opportunities for youth that will instill, inspire, broaden and develop cultural and social vision outside of the walls in which they live.” 52 Vires

CLASS NOTES

Derrick Brooks (B.S. ’94, M.S. ’99) is adding another distinction to his hallowed athletic career: Pro Football Hall of Famer.

Ann Mezadieu (A.A. ’90, B.S. ’91) was hired as director of human resources for Daszkal Bolton LLP, a top 15 accounting and advisory firm in South Florida.

James F. Mulato (M.B.A. ’84), president and CEO of EADS North America Test and Services, was named 2013’s Outstanding Technology CEO by the Orange County (Calif.) Technology Alliance. Ronald C. Thomas Jr. (M.S. ’84), Full Sail University assistant professor, was elected chair of the Libertarian Party of Volusia County, Fla., representing Daytona Beach and the surrounding area.

David F. Hendry (B.S. ’85, M.S. ’02), Tallahassee Police Department veteran, was named police chief at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Bradley M. Saxton (B.S. ’85), Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman P.A. attorney, taught an Advanced Bankruptcy Course session at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Christopher K. Hansen (B.S. ’86) joined Ballard Partners, a government affairs firm, as a partner in its Tallahassee office. Susan Graham Mayo (B.S. ’86) was chosen as one of the 2013 Pathfinders by the Salt Lake Chamber Women’s Business Center. John O’Grady (B.S. ’86) was sworn in as the police chief of Mount Dora, Fla. John L. Abel (B.M. ’87) was hired as a music therapist at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, allowing the organization to offer a Music Therapy program for senior care. Samuel Queirolo (B.S. ’87, J.D. ’90) was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014 for his work in real estate law at Quarles & Brady LLP in Tampa.

Mark Edgar Stephens (B.F.A. ’90) was the assistant director of “Aladdin and His Winter Wish” last December at The Pasadena Playhouse in Southern California. Fletcher S. Crowe (B.S. ’91), historian, proposed the location of the oldest fortified settlement in North America at an international conference at FSU. Steve Fontaine (B.S. ’91) joined ZenCash as vice president of services. Michael V. Leggiere (B.A. ’91, M.A. ’92, Ph.D. ’97) had his book “BLUCHER: Scourge of Napoleon” published by University of Oklahoma Press. J. Marshall Shepherd (B.S. ’91, M.S. ’93, Ph.D. ’99), American Meteorological Society president and University of Georgia professor, was on a White House panel to discuss extreme weather and the Polar Vortex, along with Stephanie B. Abrams (B.S. ’02) of The Weather Channel. H. Mark Sims (B.S. ’91) was promoted to deputy public defender for the 14th Judicial Circuit in Jackson County, Fla. Nikesh R. Patel (A.A. ’91, B.S. ’93), energy attorney, was added as partner of Mercer Thompson LLC, which expanded to the Washington, D.C., area. Chris Bradley (B.F.A. ’92) was named group creative director at Code and Theory, a digital agency that designs products, content and brand campaigns across platforms. Christian C. Burden (B.S. ’92, J.D. ’95), Quarles & Brady LLP lawyer, was named in The Best Lawyers in America 2014. Jimbo Jackson (B.S. ’92, M.S. ’03), Fort Braden (Fla.) School’s principal, was named “Person of the Year” by the Tallahassee Democrat.

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

Donald M. McCathran Jr. (A.A. ’92, B.S. ’94) was appointed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to a judicial position in the Hernando County Court.

She may be the first female homicide director for the State Attorney’s Office in Florida’s 10th Judicial District, but you’ll pardon Hope Pattey (J.D. ’99) for not dwelling on the distinction.

Amanda H. Murphy (B.S. ’92) was elected to the Florida House of Representatives for District 36 in Pasco County, Fla., in October.

Randall S. Hansen (Ph.D. ’93) restarted his company’s award-winning “Quintessential Careers” blog for job seekers and careerists.

▼ Jim Cummings

Jim Cummings (B.S. ’94) was named the new director of preconstruction at J. Kokolakis Contracting Inc. in Tallahassee. R. Scott Callen (B.S. ’95, J.D. ’98) joined Adams and Reese LLP as a partner in the firm’s Tallahassee and Tampa offices and a member of the Special Business Services Practice Group.

Lisa Griffin Hodgdon (A.A. ’93, B.S. ’94), of counsel with Broad and Cassel, earned an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the organization’s highest marks for competency and ethics.

Chris M. Howell (B.S. ’95) joined Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. as a senior manager in assurance services.

Carlos A. Kelly (B.A. ’93), Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt P.A. stockholder, was elected vice president of the Southwest Florida Museum of History Foundation Board.

Gerald D. Sullivan Jr. (B.S. ’95), U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, assumed command of the 21st Operational Weather Squadron, Kapaun Air Station, Germany. Ken Franklin (B.S. ’96), U.S. Navy commander, assumed the position of commanding officer of the PCU Colorado (SSN 788) in Groton, Conn. S. Andy Norman (A.A. ’96, B.S. ’97), GMF Construction in Lakeland, Fla., was recognized by ENR Southeast (Engineering News-Record) as a Top 20 Under 40. April M. Novotny (A.A. ’96, B.S.N. ’98), registered nurse, was named director of emergency services for Lakeland Regional Medical Center in Florida.

▼ Russell L. Perkins Russell L. Perkins (M.A. ’93) became a shareholder at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. William J. Simonitsch (B.A. ’93, M.A. ’94), K&L Gates LLP partner, was installed as president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association for a one-year term and named to the 2014 Lawyers of Color’s Third Annual Power List. Barbara C. Willis (B.S. ’93, M.P.A. ’96, Ph.D. ’03), assistant superintendent for Leon County Schools, was featured in the Tallahassee Democrat as one of “25 Women You Need to Know.” Christine Woodworth (B.S. ’93), director of digital communication and social media for Sonic DriveIn, was named one of Working Mother magazine’s “Advertising Working Mothers of the Year.”

“At any moment, you might get a call that there is a homicide someplace, so you have to drop everything and go to the scene,” says Pattey, one of six prosecutors in her unit, which covers Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties. “It can be difficult to deal with at times, and it’s quite grueling. But the reward in the end outweighs that part of it.” For Pattey, job satisfaction comes in bringing justice to the families of first-degree murder victims. It’s work that she’s wanted to do since serving as a court clerk at age 16. The mother of two was appointed in 2013, after working her way through the misdemeanor division. She became a homicide prosecutor in 2011. As head prosecutor, Pattey oversees a caseload that at last count tallied 48. She will try up to five cases a year, immersing herself in evidence at least four weeks before trial. They’re skills she honed at FSU, where Pattey enrolled in the trial practice and trial evidence seminar taught by Charles Ehrhardt, emeritus professor of law. “I am not a prosecutor who believes that every person deserves to go to prison or deserves to get the death penalty,” she says. “I believe that justice comes in all shapes and sizes.”

Hubert “Hubie” Payne (B.S. ’96) was named vice president of Analog Engineering Operations at Texas Instruments Inc., where he will oversee a worldwide engineering team. Samantha Strickland (B.S. ’96, M.S. ’99) was awarded an Emmy from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Commercials for her Community South Credit Union (Fla.) video “Fish for the Future.” Brent Brummer (B.S. ’97, M.S. ’02) was promoted to vice president of claims at Florida Family Insurance. Micah P. Dunford (B.S. ’97) was appointed a personal lines sales agent for homeowners and personal auto coverage at BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co.

Photo by Ernst Peters/The Ledger

John M. Crossman (B.S. ’93), recent FSU College of Business Hall of Fame inductee, received the Certified Retail Property Executive designation, the highest certification possible by the International Council of Shopping Centers.

There’s too much work to do.

CLASS NOTES

Jessica J. Bohan-Perrino (B.S. ’93) was honored by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals for her work with a national scholarship named for her: the 2014 BCSP-Jessica Bohan Technician, Technologist and Supervisory Scholarship.

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Jennifer M. Guy (B.S. ’97) was named chair of the March of Dimes Florida Chapter Board. Colby Lindsay (B.S. ’98) joined Finley Engineering Group as comptroller for the company’s growing bridge design and construction engineering firm. Frank J. Maggio (B.A. ’98) completed the Disney Marathon in his garnet and gold in celebration of FSU’s third football national championship. Roberto M. Vargas (J.D. ’98), Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs P.A. shareholder, was named a Top Lawyer in the 2014 edition of the South Florida Legal Guide.

SAVORING THE SOUTH When it comes to Southern fare, even registered dietitian Carolyn O’Neil (B.S. ’76) has her guilty pleasures: “Fried chicken and macaroni and cheese. But,” she adds, “I like to do it the smart way.” The Atlanta nutritionist has written “The Slim Down South Cookbook,” which challenges perceptions of regional foods as fatty. In 120 recipes, O’Neil demonstrates that Southern gourmands can have their cake and eat it, too.

As for mac and cheese, O’Neil suggests using “super-duper sharp” cheddar cheese, and less of it, to give the classic comfort food a robust flavor that’s forgiving on the physique. Fried chicken can be served skinless and pan-fried, with a batter made from wheat flour — tips that cut fat by at least 20 percent. O’Neil, a James Beard Award-winning food reporter for CNN for 18 years, now writes a weekly column, “Healthy Eating Out,” for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Her book, released in January, includes submissions from FSU alumni and Southern personalities. Southern food is actually “a broad harvest of healthy ingredients” from the region’s agrarian roots, she says. But healthy habits come from the dining experience, too. “It’s also the mindfulness of savoring flavors,” O’Neil says. “And in the South, we do like to linger longer.” 54 Vires

Lane B. Williams (B.S. ’02, M.Accg. ’09) was hired as a senior manager of assurance services at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. Justin Edenfield (B.S. ’03) and S. Michael Kalifeh (B.S. ’03, M.Accg. ’04) were promoted to directors of tax services at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. ▲ S. Michael Kalifeh

Brad E. Whitehead (B.S. ’98) was named by Florida Gov. Rick Scott as Union County (Fla.) sheriff, replacing Whitehead’s father, Jerry, who died in December. Alex Brauer (B.S. ’99), Bailey Brauer PLLC founding partner, was recognized in the 2014 Texas Rising Stars list published by Thomson Reuters’ legal division. Amanda L. Chapman (J.D. ’99) was promoted to shareholder in the Orlando office of Greenspoon Marder, a full-service business law firm. Sean M. Ellis (B.A. ’99, J.D. ’02), Roetzel & Andress LPA partner in Fort Myers (Fla.), was elected president of the Real Estate Investment Society.

CLASS NOTES

“People who lose weight and then keep it off really do embrace the splurge foods that they crave,” she says. “You should embrace that splurge and get to know it, but know where to spend, kind of like shopping for an outfit. If you blow it all on the shoes, you’ve got nothing left for the dress.”

Jeff Whitley (B.A. ’02) joined Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP’s Raleigh, N.C., office as part of its litigation team.

2000s Sean P. Kennedy (B.A. ’00) won a 2013 Emmy for producing a documentary series for History.com titled “Remembering 9/11.” Tenikka L. Jones (B.S. ’01) was elected shareholder at Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, where her primary area of practice is complex commercial litigation. Marci E. Britt (B.S. ’02, M.S. ’03) joined the Tampa office of Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, as an associate. Derek W. Buchanan (B.S. ’02, M.A. ’03) was appointed director of policy and budget at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Zachary M. Gill (B.A. ’02) was named partner in the law firm of Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz P.A. S. Ashley Kistler (M.A. ’02, Ph.D. ’07), assistant professor of anthropology at Rollins College, was awarded Florida Campus Compact’s Engaged Scholarship Research Award. Grasford W. Smith (B.S. ’02), Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs senior counsel, was chosen as a “Top Black Professional in Business and Industry for 2013” by Legacy Palm Beach magazine.

Sarah A. Jarvis (B.S. ’03) was promoted to assistant vice president, Compliance, Life Insurance Division, at Pacific Life Insurance Co. Bernard “Ben” Schott (B.S. ’03) joined the law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt P.A. as an associate in the real estate practice area. James L. Spradlin (B.S. ’03), chief executive at Strong Films, won the Orlando American Advertising Federation’s Best of Show for the second year in a row. John W. Asbury (B.A. ’04, M.A. ’10) celebrated the debut of “Civil War 360” on the Smithsonian Channel in Washington, D.C., as a cast member. Jennifer R. Dixon (J.D. ’04), of counsel with Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed P.A., received an AV Preeminent rating from MartindaleHubbell, the organization’s highest marks for competency and ethics. Melissa Mallory (B.A. ’04) published her first novel, “Forgiveness That Brought Me Love.” Benjamin Baer (B.S. ’05, B.S. ’09) was hired as the assistant controller for the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine. Nathan Boyles (B.S. ’05, J.D. ’07), Okaloosa County commissioner, was selected among 40 influential business leaders under 40 in 850 — The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida. Julian D. Dozier (B.S. ’05, M.A. ’06) was promoted to senior manager of assurance services at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A.

Derek W. Eisemann (B.S. ’05) joined Syprett Meshad in Sarasota (Fla.) as an associate attorney, where he will focus on personal injury matters and other civil litigation.

Laura McDonald Dennis (B.S. ’08, J.D. ’11) joined Radey Law Firm as an associate with a focus on administrative, litigation and appellate law for regulated industries.

Jessica L. Field (B.S. ’05) was appointed deputy Cabinet affairs director at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Natalie C. Simone (A.A. ’08, B.A. ’09) joined communications 21 (c21®), a full-service marketing, public relations and interactive firm, as an account manager.

Tom Kay (J.D. ’05), Alachua Conservation Trust executive director, accepted the National Land Trust Excellence Award on the organization’s behalf. Jeffrey Ross (B.S.N. ’05), U.S. Navy, filmed a special report on Remote Area Medicine in Wise, Va., with ABC News and fellow alumnus Peter Kulis (B.S. ’94, B.S.N. ’97), U.S. Air Force.

Deric Waite (M.S. ’08, M.S. ’10) was appointed manager of card services at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. ▲ Deric Waite

Jeff Bell (B.S. ’06) opened his third Pita Pit location in Pensacola, while creating job opportunities and participating in community revitalization.

RISKY BUSINESS

Ricky Fannin (B.S. ’07), co-founder of The CHASTE Company, launched his first product in a line of crafted spirits.

“It could keep going, but there is a substantial risk involved,” says Rice, managing partner at New Yorkbased Tangent Capital and a regular commentator on Fox Business. “How many people can afford big losses right now? You want to be protected.”

Joshua L. Fruecht (B.S. ’07), city clerk for Haines City (Fla.), was voted vice president of the Polk County Clerks Association. Andrew Layden (B.S. ’07), BakerHostetler attorney, was elected to a three-year term as a member of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association Board of Directors. Bartholomew M. Motes (J.D. ’07) joined Concepción Martinez & Bellido law firm as an associate in its Litigation Practice Group. Shannon O’Neil (B.S. ’07, M.S. ’08) published her novel “Killer Shine,” which helps spread Fanconi anemia awareness by donating a portion of the proceeds to the Kidz 1st Fund. Josef A. Rill (B.A. ’07, M.A. ’08) was named director of business and auxiliary services at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota. Stephen M. Andrews (B.S. ’08, M.Accg. ’09) was hired as a senior accountant at James Moore, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants.

Brian S. Walgamott (M.A. ’08) was promoted to manager, tax services, at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. Jeremy E. Johnson (B.S. ’09) and his wife are using land in Uganda to start an orphanage, health center, early childhood learning center and other projects for children and families.

CLASS NOTES

As American investors celebrate a booming stock market, Bob Rice (B.A. ’76, J.D. ’79) isn’t so bullish.

Jon Rees (B.A. ’09) was appointed deputy legislative affairs director at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Andrea J. Sell (M.S. ’09, Ph.D. ’11), assistant professor of psychology, became a faculty member at California Lutheran University in 2013.

Dangerous during a hot market, Rice says, is the traditional 60/40 stock/bond split that has long shaped investor portfolios: “Stocks are fully priced by almost every measure, and bonds are so low that they don’t give you any income.” But Rice is posing solutions in his latest book, the Wall Street Journal bestseller “The Alternative Answer: The Nontraditional Investments That Drive the World’s Best-Performing Portfolios.” A self-professed “low-risk sort of guy,” Rice is urging investors to consider options that include master limited partnerships, hailed as “recession resistant,” and long-short mutual funds, which protect investors by betting for and against stocks at the same time.

2010s Tracy de Lemos (B.S. ’08), Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman P.A. attorney, was appointed to the Winter Park Library Board of Trustees and as co-chair of two Commercial Real Estate Women Network committees.

Sarah M. Boyce (B.S. ’10) released her novel “Heritage,” the third installment in a popular young adult fantasy series.

▲ Sarah M. Boyce

Rice has been promoting alternative investments for 25 years, in a career as varied as his portfolio. He was a prosecutor for the U.S. Justice Department, then went on to Wall Street to work on early generations of swaps and derivatives. He also founded a 3-D technology start-up in the late 1990s. These days, Rice is helping others realize their financial potential. “The secret to long-term wealth is to avoid losing what you already have,” he says. “It’s not that important to outperform the market on the upside. It’s very important to outperform it on the downside.” Vires 55

Jennifer L. Schmidt (B.S. ’10, M.Accg. ’11) joined Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. as a tax services senior.

EYE ON THE STORM At 8,500 pounds, the Global Precipitation Measurement Observatory is no small chunk of space hardware. Gail Skofronick Jackson (B.S. ’86) helped create the state-of-the-art satellite, which can alert governments to dangerous weather stemming from global climate change. Casting a roving eye toward Earth from 250 miles above, GPM provides three-dimensional views of precipitation all the way to the surface. “We’ll have precipitation estimates everywhere in the world every three hours,” says Jackson, GPM project manager for NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, which built the satellite. “That’s really good for predicting floods, droughts, landslides and hurricane tracking.”

While Jackson’s role is to direct the satellite’s scientific work, she draws on her FSU experiences to impact the effort. “I can understand what’s going on with the instrumentation and how to make changes to enhance the science,” says Jackson, one of the first women to complete FSU’s electrical engineering program. “It’s really a welcome addition to have that background.”

Tiffany L. Justice (B.S. ’11) joined Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest, where she will embark on a year of full-time service to a community in need in Tacoma, Wash. ▼ Drew Goldfarb

Bonnie A. Miller (B.A. ’11) ran the 2013 ING NYC Marathon on behalf of the American Lung Association.

Drew Goldfarb (B.S. ’10) was named the host for Fox Sports Florida broadcasts of Florida Panthers home games, effective the start of the 2013-14 NHL season.

Katherine B. Munday (B.S. ’11) was promoted to associate accountant at James Moore, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants.

Kavisha Zaveri McCranie (B.S. ’10) was promoted to tax services senior at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A.

Elaine Sutter (M.A. ’11) joined Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. as tax staff. Sarah B. Woods (Ph.D. ’12) received the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s 2013 Dissertation Award for her FSU research. Umar Karaman (M.D. ’13), urology resident at LSU Health, received the 2014 Rising Star Alumnus of the Year Award from Gulf Coast State College.

CLASS NOTES

The satellite was launched into orbit in February. GPM’s remote sensing abilities offer distinct advantages over past climate change models, Jackson says. GPM measures the actual drop sizes of rain and snow falling anywhere on the planet.

Robbie S. Stokes Jr. (B.S. ’10) screened his Kickstarter-funded documentary “I Talk to Strangers” for FSU students.

Matthew D. Norris (B.S. ’13) and Angela Roberts (B.S. ’13) were hired as staff accountants at James Moore, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. Katie Richardson (B.S. ’13) was hired as a corporate communications specialist at Adventist Health System in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

It was while she was enrolled in an FSU course on disaster management that Jackson’s career plans solidified.

Samuel S. Nole '76

MY BOOK IS A BESTSELLER

“The professor showed an image of a hurricane taken from space,” she recalls. “It was in that class at that moment that I knew I wanted to do remote sensing. Ever since I was a junior at FSU, I’ve worked toward that goal, and here I am.”

Savannah S. Nole '97

FSU

I GOT A BIG PROMOTION

▼ Katelyn Pankoke

Katelyn Pankoke (B.S. ’10), founder and creative director of Elaya Vaughn Bridal in Chicago, showcased her first Oscars gown at the 2013 Academy Awards. 56 Vires

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I N M E M O R IAM 1920s Lillian B. (née Brown) Shafer (L.I. ’29)

1930s Sybil C. (née Corbett) Bennett (B.S. ’32) Mary W. (née Willis) Martin (B.A. ’32) Helen L. (née Linnemeier) Watson (B.A. ’33) Nellie E. (née Williams) Coleman (B.A. ’34) Hazel C. (née Goza) McLeod (B.A. ’35) Louise M. (née McCall) Goodwin (L.I. ’36) Sarah B. (née Palmer) Proctor (B.A. ’36) Anne N. (née Norris) Tomyn (B.A. ’37) Natalie H. (née Hackel) Haas (L.I. ’38) Mildred P. (née Porter) Hankemeyer (B.A. ’38) Geneva N. (née Nelson) Webster (B.A. ’38) Verner C. Chitty (B.S. ’39) Beulah M. (née Mitchell) Culberson (B.A. ’39) Margaret N. (née Nevitt) Fugate (B.A. ’39) Joyce C. (née Clifton) Nahoom (B.S. ’39) Ruth F. (née Fisher) Rugaber (B.A. ’39)

1940s Janice S. (née Simmons) Blair (B. ’40) Eleanor D. (née Mullins) Christeson (B.M. ’40) Jane R. (née Reagin) Congleton (B.A. ’40) Clifton B. (née Van Brunt) Lewis (B.A. ’40) Laura B. (née McCaughan) Whyte (B.A. ’40) Laurene B. (née Bulkley) Drane (B. ’41) Mary O. (née Pinckney) Merrick (B.S. ’41) Marjorie H. (née Harris) O’Neal (B.S. ’41) Elizabeth B. (née Blair) Smith (B.A. ’41) Irene C. (née Cone) Waldroff (B.S. ’41) Mae H. (née Hampton) Watt (B.S. ’41) Clara W. (née White) Chew (B.A. ’42) Lois G. (née Gunn) Cotten (B.A. ’42) Harriet C. (née Collins) Dillingham (B.A. ’42) Susan (née Venning) Etter (B.A. ’42) Mary B. (née Brown) Ostlund (B.A. ’42) Patricia S. (née Shannon) Adams (B.S. ’43) Katheryn M. (née Mattox) Brewer (B.S. ’43) Naomi M. (née Mallory) Dennard (B.A. ’43) Alice P. (née Price) Gaventa (B.S. ’43) Mary G. (née Garrett) Kuestemeyer (B.A. ’43) Frances M. (née McClure) Leopold (B.A. ’43) Mary G. (née Guthery) Lloyd (B.S. ’43) Bess R. (née Rumph) Lux (B.A. ’43) Alice L. (née Johnson) Rayburn (B.A. ’43) Nancy W. (née White) Stainback (B.A. ’43) Marion S. (née Swanson) Wattenbarger (B.S. ’43) Ruth B. (née Garrison) Wright (B.S. ’43) Betty M. (née Miller) Lee (B.A. ’44) Mary E. (née Reddick) Sparling (B.S. ’44) Jane G. (née Garrison) Trolinger (B.S. ’44) Jeanne K. (née Kendall) Chapman (B.S. ’45) Dorothy Y. (née Young) Mann (B.S. ’45) Helen R. (née Ross) Pink (B.S. ’45) Margie P. (née Platt) Reeves (B.S. ’45) Juanita C. (née Cooper) Wilson (B.S. ’45) Mary (née Hecht) Wolf (B.S. ’45) Nancy W. (née Wheeler) Aldenderfer (B.A. ’46) Margery E. (née Carter) Bell (B.S. ’46)

Sara F. (née Friscia) Capitano (B.S. ’46) Bettye U. (née Usher) DeLoach (B.S. ’46) Ruth H. (née Haddox) Raith (B.S. ’46) Bette M. (née Hemphill) Tougas (B.S. ’46) Anne H. (née Hunter) Bugg (B.A. ’47) Daphne R. (née Rowe) Caldwell (B.M. ’47) Eleanor B. (née Brown) Carter (B.S. ’47) Mary J. (née Jones) Hargrove (B.A. ’47) Joyce C. (née Carlton) Payne (B.A. ’47) Amarene T. (née Thompson) Griffith (B.S. ’48) Lois P. (née Preston) Hilleary (B.A. ’48) Shirley T. (née Townsend) Hughes (B.M. ’48) Ann M. (née Mustaine) Jernigan (B.A. ’48) Blanche B. (née Bosanquet) Knowles (B.A. ’48) Harriet S. (née Sturgis) Bolt (B.A. ’49) Lois B. (née Brinkmann) Brill (B.A. ’49, M.A. ’50) Claude E. Edwards (B.A. ’49) Sarah R. (née Routon) Fortson (B.A. ’49) George H. Harris (B.S. ’49) Mary C. (née Mayhuse) Miller (B.A. ’49) Frances V. (née Venters) Nash (B.S. ’49) Virgil D. Oswald Sr. (B.A. ’49) Nita J. (née Fussell) Schultz (B.S. ’49) Nell D. (née Duncan) Stahl (B.S. ’49) Dorothy C. (née Crammond) Williams (B.A. ’49)

1950s Addie F. (née Folks) Alexander (B.S. ’50) Emily G. (née Gahr) Baldridge (B.A. ’50) Eloise O. (née O’Farrell) Brown (B.S. ’50) Thomasine C. (née Campbell) Callaham (B.S. ’50) Louie M. Clark Sr. (B.S. ’50) Vernon R. Clifton (B.A. ’50) Patton Dart Dees (B.S. ’50) Lois D. (née Delavan) Fleming (B.A. ’50, M.S. ’65, Adv.M. ’69, Ph.D. ’87) Henry T. Foley Jr. (B.M. ’50, M.M. ’53) Ann S. (née Sheppard) Gordy (B.S. ’50, M.S. ’72) J. Harold Lee (B.S. ’50) Ann H. (née Hatfield) Norton (B.S. ’50) Janet L. (née Little) Rodeheaver (B.S. ’50) Suzanne B. (née Brown) Shomaker (B.S. ’50) Sarah J. (née Jackson) Thomas (B.S. ’50) Sarah B. (née Bossidy) Threlkeld (B.S. ’50) Reubin O’D. Askew (B.S. ’51) Susan C. (née Caldwell) Cavanagh (B.A. ’51) Ardath A. Danford (B.A. ’51, M.A. ’52) Mary J. (née Johnson) Elebash (B.S. ’51) Floester H. (née Hanna) Halada (B.S. ’51) Graham L. Heath Jr. (B.A. ’51, M.A. ’60) Juanita M. (née Moore) Hicks (B.S. ’51) Charles S. High (B.A. ’51, M.A. ’52) Norma M. (née Martino) Hoffman (B.S. ’51) Betty C. (née Cottrell) Hull (B.S. ’51) Cecil C. Knowles (B.S. ’51) Wilhelmina S. (née Stockwell) Kretschmar (B.S. ’51) Bruce H. Lloyd Sr. (B.S. ’51) Warren L. Prentice (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’56) Edward F. Shaver Jr. (B.S. ’51) Nancy J. (née Jackson) Thompson (B.S. ’51) Gavina A. (née Alvarado) Carrera (B.S. ’52) Ruth M. (née Merriwether) Conner (B.S. ’52)

Susan M. (née Miller) Cowles (B.A. ’52, M.A. ’68, Ph.D. ’71) Eugene L. Fitchner (B.S. ’52) Charles R. Gillis (B.S. ’52) Charles R. Gorsuch (B.S. ’52) Lorraine N. (née Nottage) Mahan (B.M. ’52) Marina S. (née Sikes) Mosher (B.S. ’52) Berna K. (née Kardonsky) Phelps (B.S. ’52) William H. Roetzheim (B.S. ’52, M.S. ’53) Jean G. (née Ghiotto) Sours (B.S. ’52) Inez A. (née Arnold) Timmons (B.S. ’52, M.S. ’60) Robert J. Trowbridge (B.S. ’52) Joseph L. Yon (B.S. ’52) Martha H. (née Hall) Ambrosio (B.S. ’53, M.S. ’55) Gloria J. Anderson (B.M.E. ’53) Van Ness R. Butler Jr. (B.S. ’53, M.S. ’70) Marian F. (née Faulkner) Chastain (M.S. ’53, Ph.D. ’55) Helen B. (née Brown) Harding (B.S. ’53) John W. Lattner (B.S. ’53) Haven E. (née Wilson) Poe (B.S. ’53) Anne M. (née Monroe) Poidevant (B.S. ’53) M. Joan (née Webb) Pryor (B.S. ’53) Lurline G. (née Greene) Richardson (B.S. ’53) Jackie D. (née Dickerson) Starns (B.A. ’53) Lewis F. Symmes (B.S. ’53) William J. Winburn Jr. (B.S. ’53) Marjorie S. (née Bright) Horne-Gilbert (B.S. ’54) Mack R. Murray (B.S. ’54) John W. Silcox Jr. (B.S. ’54) Roland F. Sittermann Jr. (B.S. ’54) Martha N. (née Nobles) Taffe (B.S. ’54) Robert D. Britt Jr. (M.S. ’55) James M. Crews (B.S. ’55) Thomas C. Cundy Sr. (B.S. ’55) Bertha H. (née Holm) Denisch (B.S. ’55) Orlaine L. Hartman (M.S. ’55) JoAn H. (née Higgins) Holt (B.S. ’55) Marie S. (née Schorman) Lee (B.A. ’55) Sylvester W. Rickards (B.S. ’55) Connie M. Taylor Jr. (B.S. ’55) Lester B. Taylor Jr. (B.S. ’55) Nancy R. (née Rainey) Turner (B.S. ’55) Jean R. (née Rohme) Wells (B.M.E. ’55) Donna M. (née McNab) Davis (B.S. ’56) Corlis J. Driggers (M.M. ’56) Lawrence E. Edenfield Jr. (B.S. ’56) Vernon G. Edgar Jr. (B.S. ’56, M.S. ’58) Shirley M. Larson (B.S. ’56) Donald E. Smith (B.S. ’56, M.S. ’63) Thomas M. Batchelor Jr. (B.S. ’57) Louise M. (née McCain) Boyce (M.A. ’57) James C. Gerhard (M.S. ’57) Robert A. Gray (B.S. ’57) Gary W. Nahrstedt (B.A. ’57) Brian D. Nicholson (B.S. ’57) Upton D. Officer (B.S. ’57) Ronald A. Pursell (Ph.D. ’57) Robert L. Smith Sr. (B.S. ’57) Morris T. Suggs Jr. (M.S. ’57) Robert C. Wert (B.S. ’57) Marguerite C. Worley (B.S. ’57) Larry H. Beaty (B.S. ’58)

Marianne Donnell (M.A. ’58) John L. Ehrenzeller (M.S. ’58) Hope D. (née Davis) Gedeon (B.S. ’58) Martha C. (née Chandler) Hartsfield (B.S. ’58) Naomi A. Peel (B.S. ’58) Charles A. Richardson (B.S. ’58) Daryl T. Rubsam (B.S. ’58) Annella K. (née Kelley) Schomburger (B.S. ’58) Arlene S. (née Sargent) Sundy (B.S. ’58) Fredrick N. Bowers (B.S. ’59) Sara J. (née Johnson) Brown (M.S. ’59) Beulah W. Clark (B.S. ’59) Jamie G. (née Chaplin) Cook (B.S. ’59) Andrew J. Crew (B.M.E. ’59) Marvin E. Haynes (B.S. ’59) Thomas L. Loeb Jr. (B.S. ’59, M.A. ’68) J. Ralph Mazur (B.S. ’59) Lucy A. McDaniel (B.S. ’59) Carolyn H. (née Carter) Pierce (B.S. ’59) Jack H. Schuster (B.S. ’59) Betty W. (née Woodham) Stokes (B.S. ’59) George T. Wajdowicz (B.S. ’59, M.S. ’60, Ph.D. ’73) William O. Williford (M.S. ’59)

1960s Sandra M. (née Morrison) Artuso (B.S. ’60) Oliver J. Bailey (B.S. ’60) Cora A. (née Sadler) Burnham (B.S. ’60) Robert E. Dean (B.S. ’60) John R. Fitch (B.S. ’60) Stewart B. Fox Jr. (B.S. ’60) Marilyn M. (née McDugald) Hornquist (B.S. ’60) Roy H. Johnson (Mus.D. ’60) Charles A. Lambert (B.S. ’60) Shirley L. (née Laughridge) Salisbury (M.S. ’60) Harold P. Schmitt (B.S. ’60) Richard H. Armbruster (B.S. ’61) Matthew H. Bird (B.A. ’61) Marion M. Bronson (B.S. ’61) Homer J. Custead Jr. (B.A. ’61, M.A. ’65, Ph.D. ’74) Carolyn J. Gaines (B.A. ’61, M.S. ’62) Archie B. Johnston (B.S. ’61, M.S. ’62, Ph.D. ’65) Wallace L. Lisenby (B.S. ’61) Charles R. Moore (B.S. ’61) Kenneth S. Nipper (B.S. ’61, M.A. ’62) Harold Schmertmann (B.S. ’61, M.S. ’62) Peter B. Shaw (B.S. ’61) Wayne P. Sipe (B.S. ’61) Alice M. (née Miles) Barbee (B.M. ’62) Alice M. (née Matthews) Browne (B.S. ’62) Edith S. (née Simmons) Hannah (B.S. ’62) Robert S. Jett Jr. (B.S. ’62) William M. McKnight Jr. (M.S. ’62) Michael W. O’Brien (B.S. ’62) William H. Ruckle (M.S. ’62, Ph.D. ’63) Maynard W. Schryver Jr. (B.A. ’62) L. Rose Arnold (M.S. ’63) John Robert Baggett Jr. (B.S. ’63) Patricia C. (née Casey) Benedict (B.S. ’63) Dona L. (née Leonard) Dunn (B.S. ’63) J. Michael Mann (B.S. ’63) Thomas T. Pittenger Jr. (B.S. ’63) Don M. Updegraff Jr. (B.S. ’63) Vires 57

Born in Pittsburgh during the Depression, insurance executive Thomas Cundy rose from humble beginnings to earn one of the nation’s highest awards. Cundy, 80, died Jan. 5 at his Miami Beach home. He was raised in the small town of Bellevue, Ky., by his mother and grandparents, who imbued him with integrity and perseverance. Success didn’t come easy; he helped the family get by through selling magazines door to door in the second grade and picking up coal at train yards to keep their stove burning. But he earned a big break from an unexpected source. A sports complex built in his hometown by the Works Progress Administration provided the chance for him to learn tennis at age 10 with his mentor, Roger Klein. “[Winning the Kentucky state high school tennis tournament] afforded me the opportunity for a college education that my family couldn’t afford,” said Cundy in a company video. That success resulted in a tennis scholarship to Florida State — the first place he would sleep in a real bed. Cundy lettered all four years and led the Seminoles to their best tennis season ever with a 15-2 record in 1953. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association went on to honor him in 2006 with its Achievement Award for his professional success and contributions to society. After he earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from FSU in 1955, Cundy was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps and earned the rank of captain while in the reserves. Afterward, he started a job in insurance — selling more than $1 million worth in his first 10 months. In 1958, he went on to found Fort Lauderdale-based Cundy Inc., which became one of the leading privately held employee-benefit consulting firms in the country. During his more than 50-year tenure, he was a member of the insurance industry’s Million Dollar Round Table. He also remained supportive of FSU programs, including as a Foundation Board trustee from 1984–93. His perseverance amid adversity and commitment to excellence through his remarkable achievements earned him the venerable Horatio Alger Award in 2000. This honor put his name among an elite group of recipients, including Maya Angelou, Ronald Reagan and Denzel Washington. Several of Cundy’s children and grandchildren went on to attend FSU. He instilled in all of them the values and drive that made him such a success. He is survived by his wife, Jane; sons Thomas Jr., David (B.S. ’84) and John “Jay”; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his stepdaughter, Susan Strong.

Photo courtesy of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association

THO M AS C. CUNDY (B.S. ’55)

Louis E. Valentine (B.A. ’63) Coleen B. (née Bunker) Ash (B.S. ’64) Albert D. Brooks (B.S. ’64) David F. Dickson (M.S. ’64, Ph.D. ’66) Laura L. (née Potter) Herndon (B.A. ’64) Francis S. Mahaley (B.S. ’64) Linda C. (née Collier) Morrison (B.S. ’64) Wallace S. Odom (B.S. ’64) Robert H. Padgett (B.S. ’64) Roger A. Smith (B.S. ’64) Maxine A. Thurston-Fischer (M.S. ’64, Ph.D. ’87) Frances B. Walston (B.S. ’64) Carol E. (née Eberts) Weber (B.S.N. ’64) Susan W. (née Worley) White (B.A. ’64) Virginia S. (née Smith) Williams (B.S. ’64) H. Allen Williams Jr. (B.S. ’64) Fletcher F. Carter (Ph.D. ’65) Robert M. Chambers (B.S. ’65) Mark O. Ellerbee (B.M. ’65) William D. Gentry (B.A. ’65, M.S. ’67, Ph.D. ’69) Thomas W. McArthur (B.S. ’65) Betty T. (née Chaves) Wilson (M.S. ’65) John R. Fawcett Jr. (Ed.D. ’66) Robert D. Frederick Jr. (B.S. ’66, M.B.A. ’71, M.S.P. ’75) Raymond W. Goodman Jr. (M.A. ’66) Le Brone C. Harris (M.A. ’66, D.B.A. ’70) Winston E. Nolan Jr. (B.S. ’66) Jon T. Russell (B.S. ’66) Kenneth S. Stake (M.S. ’66) William E. Stewart (Ph.D. ’66) Roger L. Wallace (M.S.W. ’66) Joseph D. Walther (M.S. ’66) Neal A. Wiegman (B.A. ’66, M.A. ’67, Ph.D. ’69) Richard E. Yinger (M.S. ’66, Ph.D. ’71) Doris A. (née Veasey) Dye (B.S. ’67) Thomas F. Easterling (B.S. ’67) Dwight L. Gustafson (Mus.D. ’67) Frederick D. Hollis III (B.M.E. ’67) James M. Ledbetter (M.S. ’67) Lawrence R. Nelson (M.M. ’67) Darrell G. Phillips (Ph.D. ’67) William G. Pullen (M.A. ’67) Elizabeth S. (née Sanders) Romanus (M.S. ’67) Eldon K. Abbott (M.S. ’68) Arthur L. Basford (M.S. ’68) Eldred D. Biggs III (B.S. ’68) Inez B. (née Bowles) Chrzanowski (B.M. ’68) Kay D. (née Hobbs) Hall (B.S. ’68, M.S. ’71) Bonita E. (née Ensey) Leavitt (A.A. ’68, B.A. ’72, M.S. ’73) Joan M. O’Neil (B.S. ’68, M.S. ’76) William G. Reynolds III (B.S. ’68) Ann L. (née Lindsey) Rossi (B.S. ’68) Dorothy A. Squires (M.S. ’68) Shirley J. Adema (M.S. ’69) Phyllis J. (née Jones) Applegate (M.S. ’69, Ph.D. ’71) Joan D. (née Densmore) Cannon (B.A. ’69, M.S. ’76) Michael W. Chambers (B.S. ’69) Arthur W. King (B.S. ’69) Paul E. Monroe Jr. (B.S. ’69) Mary K. (née Macy) O’Neal (B.S. ’69) Arthur D. Pollock III (B.A. ’69, M.S. ’71, Ph.D. ’72) Vires 59

Daryll R. Purvis (B.S. ’69) Marvin E. Souther (B.S. ’69) John F. Teagle (B.S. ’69) Glenn T. Von Dem Bussche (B.A ’69) Donna M. (née Blair) Watson (B.A. ’69) Ronald H. Zill (B.A. ’69)

1970s Philip S. Balch (M.S. ’70, Ph.D. ’73) James M. Colbert (B.S. ’70) Charlene R. Garraway (B.S. ’70) Donna D. (née Doench) Gillis (B.A. ’70) Charles P. Johnson (M.A. ’70, Ph.D. ’74) Ella L. (née Glenn) Morris (M.S. ’70) Elmer L. Norman (M.S. ’70) Cheryl A. (née Snipes) Smith (B.A. ’70) William A. Stacey (Ph.D. ’70) Catherine D. (née Clark) Stevens (B.S.N. ’70) Jane A. Wadsworth (M.M. ’70) John D. Abstein (B.A. ’71, M.A. ’72) Nelda M. (née Morgan) Anderson (J.D. ’71) Charles L. Brinkley (B.S. ’71) William J. Griffis Jr. (B.S. ’71) Donna K. (née Kirkpatrick) Homewood (M.S. ’71) Francis M. McManus (M.S. ’71) Jo A. (née Murdock) Melvin (B.S. ’71, M.S. ’83) Diane E. (née Zook) Pollak (B.A. ’71) P. Randall Prosser (B.S. ’71) Truett A. Ricks (Ph.D. ’71) Roberta (née Williams) Seymour (B.S. ’71, M.S. ’73) Susan A. Atwater (B.A. ’72) Sharlene L. Bryant (B.S.N. ’72) Sidney M. Crawford (B.A. ’72, J.D. ’74) Andrew J. Crew (M.M.E. ’72)

Garnet L. Dukes Jr. (M.S. ’72) Leonard C. Erickson (M.S. ’72, Ph.D. ’74) Nancy J. Fordyce (B.S. ’72, M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’78) Joseph J. Franzello (B.A. ’72) Gary S. Gray (B.S.W. ’72) Emmett H. Heidt III (B.S. ’72) Carey L. Hill (B.S. ’72) Carlton E. Kilpatrick Jr. (M.S. ’72) James E. Peeples Jr. (B.A. ’72) Constance E. Reinig (B.A. ’72) John M. Schleppenbach (Ph.D. ’72) Herbert W. Talley Sr. (B.S. ’72) Jolly G. Toole Sr. (M.S. ’72) Chester A. Aikens (B.S. ’73) Kenneth I. Burke (Ph.D. ’73) Gregory G. Costas (B.S. ’73) J. Stephen Crook (B.A. ’73) Leonard D. Dahlberg Jr. (B.S. ’73) Nancy F. (née Farris) Goodheart (B.S.W. ’73) Columbus Johnson (B.S. ’73, M.S. ’80) Terry A. Maxhimer (B.S. ’73) Rebekah J. (née Johnson) Robertson (B.S.N. ’73) Catherine C. Bashshur (M.S. ’74) Julie H. (née Hammack) Madden (B.A. ’74) Virginia R. (née Richardson) Morgan (Ph.D. ’74) Elaine P. (née Pettengill) Rigby (M.S. ’74) Thomas H. Townsend (B.A. ’74) Charlotte C. (née Curry) White (Ph.D. ’74) Ronald E. Cotterill (M.S.P. ’75) Richard S. Davis (B.S. ’75) Randall D. Everett (B.A. ’75, M.P.A. ’77) Jennifer L. McDougall (B.A. ’75) Gary K. Baker (M.F.A. ’76) W. Mark Brinkley (B.S. ’76) Thomas L. Neilson (J.D. ’76) Donald W. Malone (B.S. ’77) Don R. McElreath (B.S. ’77) Douglas A. Romanella (B.S. ’77) Ann K. Shea (B.A. ’77) Dale F. Ward Jr. (B.S. ’77) Sylvia F. White (M.M. ’77, Ph.D. ’78)

VINCENT M. BO CC HIN O J R. (A.A. ’03, B.S. ’06) Always giving of his time and committed to serving others, Lt. Vincent “Vinny” M. Bocchino Jr. was well known at FSU for his work with Dance Marathon and contributions to student organizations. For the past six years, he served as an emergency management coordinator with the University of South Carolina Division of Law Enforcement and Safety. Bocchino died April 27 in Columbia. “Vinny was one of the most selfless, giving students to ever walk the FSU campus,” said Mark Zeigler, FSU research associate and instructor. “Even eight years after receiving his degree, faculty remember his work in the classroom and his tremendous contributions to student life. He loved Florida State, and Florida State loved him.” A Florida native, Bocchino graduated from Martin High School in Stuart, Fla., before receiving his bachelor’s degree in public relations from Florida State in 2006. He went on to earn his master’s degree in higher education administration in 2008 from USC, where he served as a residence hall director. While at FSU, he served numerous organizations and was a member of several honor societies, including the Student Judicial Board, First-Year Experience Peer Leader, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, Garnet and Gold Key Leadership Honor Society and Omicron Delta Kappa. He was also heavily involved in FSU’s Dance Marathon, ultimately as the overall director in 2006, raising nearly $300,000 — all “For The Kids.” He continued to share his passion and service as an annual volunteer with the USC Dance Marathon.

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Harold D. Wright (M.S. ’77) John C. Amato (B.A. ’78) Margaret E. (née McNamara) Critendon (B.S. ’78) Charles F. Gilbertson (B.S. ’78) Laurita F. (née Fell) Gore-Riggs (B.S. ’78) Charles J. MacAndrew (B.S. ’78) Bruce N. Chaloux (Ph.D. ’79) Brenda F. (née Seabrook) Combs (B.S. ’79) Robert P. Kriegner (M.A. ’79) Allen M. Mercer (B.A. ’79) Rhonda B. Seeber (M.S. ’79) Julie D. (née Patch) Shepherd (B.S. ’79) Constantine A. Sismanidis (M.S. ’79) C. Geoffrey Vining (J.D. ’79)

1980s

“Vinny represented the best of all Dance Marathoners, with an electric smile, magnetic personality and genuine care for all those he met,” said his college Dance Marathon adviser, Bill Mattera, now at LSU. “His passion for FTK spanned his entire adult life, and the USC and FSU communities are forever changed by his commitment to our cause.” Bocchino received several awards while at FSU for his contributions, leadership and service. He was named the FSU Undergraduate Humanitarian of the Year for 2005–2006 and received the Seminole Student Award in 2006. The FSU Alumni Association honored Bocchino posthumously as part of this year’s Class of Thirty Under 30 (see page 36), which recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of FSU’s young alumni to their profession, community or university. Bocchino was previously honored as an Officer of the Year and received the Peer Appreciation Award for the USC Division of Law Enforcement. In his position, he worked with first-responders in The Midlands, S.C., as well as game-day operations for USC. To honor his work and celebrate his life, family and friends gathered with his fellow law enforcement officers at Williams Brice Stadium.

Laurie Helseth Ashley (B.S. ’80) Dennis J. Birk (B.A. ’80) Edward L. Bryant (A.A. ’80) William L. Howell (Ph.D. ’80) Suzanne U. (née Usher) Kostrova (B.S. ’80) Patricia A. (née Simmons) Miller (Ph.D. ’80) Marilyn K. (née Whittaker) Thompson (B.S.N. ’80) Allan S. Horowitz (B.S. ’81) Sherry D. Painter (Ph.D. ’81) Elizabeth S. Schwarz (B.A. ’81) Joseph J. Cozzolino (B.S. ’82) Deborah S. (née Kohr) Leslie (M.A. ’82) Gary E. Lloyd (B.S. ’82) Jan M. McManus (M.S. ’82) Richard S. Walker (B.A. ’83) Michelle M. Alexander (M.A. ’84) Annette H. (née Herndon) Batchelor (M.S. ’84) Theodore B. Doyle (B.S. ’84) Stephen R. Ponder (J.D. ’84) Vernelle B. (née Brewer) Allen (M.S. ’85) Samuel L. Baird (B.A. ’86) Anthony J. Bryant (B.A. ’86) Esther P. (née Page) Hill (Ph.D. ’86) Janet K. (née Kelley) Lawrence (M.S. ’86) Bruce D. Bell (B.S. ’87) Bette P. (née Petros) Phillips (M.S.W. ’87) Raymond L. Verheul (B.S. ’87) Tanya P. De Blij (B.S. ’88, M.S. ’91) John P. Griffith Jr. (B.S. ’88) Linda J. (née Roberts) Altman (B.S. ’89) Mary T. (née Gentry) Blackburn (A.A. ’89) Paige K. Lang (B.S. ’89) Terry B. Ooten (B.S. ’89)

1990s Richard M. Bonyata (B.S. ’90) Thomas W. Corwin (M.S.W. ’90) David A. Horbert (B.S. ’90) Karen M. Amison (B.S. ’91, M.S. ’99) Louie L. Wainwright Jr. (B.S. ’91) Sharon A. Myers (Ph.D. ’92) Neil L. Eitson (B.S. ’93) Kevin B. Heiberg (M.S. ’93) Daniel J. Jaye (B.S. ’93) Barbara K. (née Boen) Lineberry (B.S. ’93) Rene D. Acuna (B.S. ’94) Jamie N. (née Cichon) Rogers (B.S. ’94) Amy E. Parcelewicz (B.M.E. ’95) Thomas B. Pirtle (B.S. ’95) Keith A. Conley (B.S. ’96) Deborah E. Roser (J.D. ’96) Michael C. Frederickson (B.M.E. ’97) Robert E. Williams II (B.S. ’97) Jessica Zayne (A.A. ’97) Brian K. Lord (M.S.W. ’98) Marc A. Venuti (B.S. ’98) Nancy K. Pope (S. ’99)

2000s Gary R. McElrath (B.S. ’01) Elizabeth M. Tarver (B.S. ’01, M.F.A. ’13) Cheryl L. (née Dye) Tharp (B.S. ’01) Todd L. Williams (B.S. ’02) Vincent M. Bocchino Jr. (A.A. ’03, B.S. ’06) Robert K. Moore Jr. (B.S. ’04) Heather L. Hayes (B.S. ’05) Tina L. Smith (B.S. ’05) Kimberly A. (née Semelroth) Speck (M.S. ’05, S. ’05) Ryan C. Spencer (B.S. ’05) Jessie E. Lee (B.S. ’07, M.B.A. ’09) Shay D. Moorman (J.D. ’08) Lauren C. Crook (B.A. ’09)

2010s Cullen G. Chambers (B.S. ’11) Stephen M. Nobles (M.D. ’11) Jason A. Mann (B.S. ’13)

Faculty & Staff Theodore H. Kuehne III Tommie Wright

He is survived by his parents, Vincent Michael Bocchino Sr. (B.S. ’77) and Jane Lopilato Bocchino (B.S. ’80); sister Charlotte Bocchino (B.S. ’09); grandparents Pete and Phyllis Lopilato and Rose Marie Bocchino; and girlfriend Brittoni Reynolds, in addition to many aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his paternal grandfather, Vince Bocchino. Vires 61

"Gov. Askew was a true trailblazer, a rare individual who focused not just on doing the right thing, but also motivated others to value the public trust and bring honor to public service." Allan

Bense (B.S. ’72, M.B.A. ’74), FSU Board of Trustees chair

Former Gov. Reubin Askew, who guided Florida through the civil rights era into the modern age, died March 13 at age 85. A 1951 FSU graduate and former student government president, Askew was twice named FSU’s all-time greatest alumnus. Once an obscure legislator and state senator from Pensacola, he was named in a Harvard University study as one of the greatest governors of the 20th century. Tax reform, racial justice and honesty in government were the hallmarks of Askew’s two terms as chief executive, which included delivering the keynote address at the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach. Askew served at every level of American government, including a Cabinet-level post as U.S. trade representative during the Carter administration from 1979 to 1981, and in 1984 became the first Floridian to make a serious, but unsuccessful, bid for the presidency. Askew served as a professor at each of Florida’s state universities, and academic programs at both Florida State University and the University of Florida bear his name. He is fondly remembered here by some of his many friends and colleagues.

REUBIN O’D. ASKEW (B.S. ’51) | 1928–2014

5 “The Governor and Donna Lou enriched the lives of all of us on campus. He will always be the Governor.” Donald J. Weidner, FSU College of Law dean

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“He has exhibited a kind of morality in office that causes people to have faith in the governor’s office to a higher degree than we have seen in a long, long time.” Dempsey Barron (B.S. ’56), former state Senate president from Panama City, in 1978

“Reubin Askew became governor of a state that was run out of a smokefilled room and turned it into a model of open government.” Don Gaetz, Senate

“Reubin Askew defined leadership, service, honesty and grace. It was a privilege to know him and have him be a part of Florida State.” Scott Atwell, FSU

Alumni Association president and CEO

president and a Republican from Niceville, to the Miami Herald

“He really made history. He was truly a progressive in every positive sense of the word. He was key in transitioning the state from the Old South to its new identity.” Susan MacManus (B.A. ’68, Ph.D. ’75), political scientist who once shared her office at the University of South Florida with Askew, in the Washington Post

“I have met presidents, potentates and secretaries-general — but I have never met anyone who could match (Askew) in his measure of integrity.” Jim Bacchus (J.D. ’78), former Askew aide and U.S. congressman, in the Tallahassee Democrat

Askew, known as “Rube,” had his first job as an FSU Alumni Association field officer. It was during this job that he met his future wife, Donna Lou, at an event. He went on to be a longtime volunteer with the association’s Emeritus Alumni Society. Due to his continued dedication, the FSU Alumni Association’s highest honor for young alumni, The Reubin O’D. Askew Young Alumni Award, is named in his honor. (See this year’s recipients on pages 36 and 37.) Read more about Askew and his years of service to FSU and the FSU Alumni Association at alumni.fsu.edu/askew. 1. The civic activities portion of Askew’s handwritten alumni association form, received Aug. 22, 1961. 2. Askew ran a successful campaign for the Florida Senate in 1961, seen here on the right at an event with (left to right) Donna Lou and then-incoming FSU President Gordon W. Blackwell with his wife Elizabeth. 3. A photo of Rube from the 1951 Tally Ho. 4. An excerpt of a letter from Askew to former FSU President Doak S. Campbell in August 1956. 5. Donna Lou and Reubin at Homecoming, Oct. 20, 1956. 6. Askew is greeted at the 2009 Emeritus Reunion by (left) Miriam Arnold (B.S. ’49, M.S. ’72). 7. Askew in 2012. Photo by John Pendygraft/Tampa Bay Times 8. Rat caps were a rite of passage for freshmen during Askew's time on campus. Vires 63

PARTING SHOT Photo by AP Photo/Steve Cannon

THE FINAL WALK HOME Donna Lou Askew (B.S. ’55), the elegant and graceful former first lady of Florida, says goodbye to her husband and fellow Seminole, Reubin O’Donovan Askew. 64 Vires

Photo by Mike Olivella (B.S. ’75, J.D. ’77)

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