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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Giving Back: Dr. Anila Jain & Roger Frazee Pg. 16 Life Member Honor Roll Pg. 19 Nancy Bercaw: Brain in a Jar Pg. 44
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14 Music Man John Janick, MBA `03, got his start in the music industry working from his college dorm room. Now he leads one of the world’s largest talent management agencies, Interscope Geffen A&M, and credits his MBA from USF for helping him to take his career to the next level.
16 Giving Back: Dr. Anila Jain, `81, & Roger Frazee, `71 Dr. Jain was one of the first USF Ambassadors back in the early 80s. She and her life partner Roger Frazee, CPA, have always maintained a strong relationship with our alma mater as dedicated supporters of USF, particularly of the SarasotaManatee regional institution. They both served terms as president of the USF Alumni Association and regularly advocate on behalf of USF with Florida legislators. These proud Bulls are an excellent example of how alumni can make a lasting impact on USF.
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Alumni Voice is printed with bio-renewable ink at Interprint, a TEC-certified Green printing facility.
Hundreds of alumni have made the commitment as Life Members of your USF Alumni Association in the past year because they understand that their support will now help strengthen USF forever. This year’s list also includes each Life Member’s individual number.
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44 He Kept a Brain in a Jar USF Hall of Fame swimmer Nancy Bercaw, `86, comes back to campus later this month to talk about the book she wrote about her late father, former USF professor and neuroscientist, Beauregard Bercaw, and his lifelong professional, and ultimately personal, battle against Alzheimer’s Disease.
DEPARTMENTS 2 President’s Message 3 USFAA Board of Directors 4 Executive Director 6 News Roundup 10 Where’s Rocky? 31 Bulls Eye: USFSP: Roadhouse Graphics
32 Blast from the Past 33 That was Then, This is Now 34 Chapters & Societies 38 Employ-A-Bull 39 Class Notes 45 Calendar
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president’s message Hello Alumni, I have a question for you: What’s your number? Mine is 1019. I am the 1019th person to commit to being a Life Member of your USF Alumni Association. Hundreds of you have joined me in this commitment over the past few months and for that, I thank you. I thank you for making a lifelong commitment to USF and its continued success. By becoming a Life Member, you join an army of thousands of alumni and friends who make up the heart and soul of Bulls Country. So what is your number? You can find it next to your name in the Life Member Honor Roll that begins on Page 19. I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural USF Fast 56 Awards dinner earlier this month. It was a fantastic experience to have such an incredible blend of success, innovation and Bull Pride together in one room. If you’re not familiar with this new program, you should know that USF will now annually recognize and honor the 56 fastest growing Bull-owned or led businesses. With hundreds of nominations, it was motivating, a bit humbling, but not surprising, to see so many successful alumni putting their passion to the test and succeeding in their life’s work. You can see the full list of inaugurees at USFalumni.org/fast56finalists. I can’t wait to see which companies will be in the 2014 class of USF Fast 56. Speaking of successful Bulls, I think you’ll enjoy reading in this issue about MBA alumnus, John Janick, who is leading one of the largest talent management agencies in the world, Interscope Geffen A&M. He got his start in the music industry in college and is now one of its major players. I wonder how many of you remember Hall of Fame swimmer and author, Nancy Bercaw, who is profiled on our Athletics page. She has written a warm and touching book about her late father, Dr. Beauregard Bercaw, a former USF professor and neuroscientist, and his lifelong battle with Alzheimer’s, which was both professional and ultimately, personal. Next month thousands of new USF graduates will join the ranks of alumni, just as a few select others will receive their acceptance notifications into USF. Regardless of whether you graduated 50 years ago, or if you are starting USF this year, your USF Alumni Association is here to connect students and alumni to this great and growing university. There is truly something for everyone, whether it’s Homecoming, networking, mentoring or assisting with advocacy or scholarships, we are here to help you find a way to stay connected to USF. Once a Bull, always a Bull. As my term comes to an end, I would like to say that it has been my honor and pleasure to serve as your 2012-2013 USF Alumni Association president. I look forward to seeing you soon on campus or at an event. When I do, don’t be surprised if I ask you, “What’s your number?” Go Bulls,
Kimberly Choto, `92 & M.A. `02 Life Member #1019
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Alumni Voice® USF Alumni Association Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, ALC100 Tampa, Florida 33620 alumni@usf.edu USFalumni.org Alumni Voice Editorial: Karla Jackson, jacksonk@usf.edu or Rita Kroeber, rkroeber@usf.edu Advertising: Rita Kroeber, rkroeber@usf.edu or 813-974-6312 Design: State of Mind Design, LLC Contributors in this Issue: Jennifer Dodd Karla Jackson, `88 Nancy Markiewicz Meghan Palmer, `13 Tom Scherberger Alumni Association Contact Information Executive Director: Bill McCausland, MBA `96 Membership: 813-974-2100 or 800-299-BULL Alumni & Student Programs: 813-974-2100 General Alumni e-mail: alumni@usf.edu Giving/Scholarships: Ron Sherman, `74 rsherman@usf.edu USF Bulls License Plate: www.BullsPlate.org Alumni Association website: USFalumni.org Letters to the editor are encouraged. Please write to Karla Jackson at jacksonk@usf.edu or mail to the address at the top of the page. Views expressed in Alumni Voice do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the USF Alumni Association, the University of South Florida or the editorial staff. ALUMNI VOICE (USPS# 025203) Number 24 Alumni Voice is published quarterly in the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall as a benefit of membership in the University of South Florida Alumni Association, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455. Periodical Postage Paid at Tampa, FL. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: University of South Florida Alumni Association, Communications Department, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455. New Address? Moving? Update your official USF alumni record at myUSFbio.org or email your information to alumni@usf.edu. You also may remove the magazine label and send it with your correct address to Alumni Voice, USF Alumni Association, 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620. © 2013 All rights reserved.
Your 2012-13 USF Alumni Association Board of Directors These fellow alumni volunteer their time to work with your USF Alumni Association leadership and staff to fulfill our promise to you: to connect alumni and create meaningful ways for you to help USF succeed. Front row, from left: 1 Betty Otter-Nickerson, `76; 2 Christi Womack-Villalobos, `92; 3 Kimberly Choto, `92 & M.A. `02; 4 Lisa Provenzano-Heugel, `93, `96, & M.S. `07; and 5 Merritt Martin, `04 & MPA `06. Middle row, from left: 6 Lee Winter, `85; 7 Mary Harper, `97, M.Ed `01 & Ph.D `07; 8 Audrey Hirst, `89 & M.S. `94; 9 Ed Hoeppner, `81; 10 Donna Brickman, `81; 11 Jon Smith, MBA `07; 12 Richard Hedley, `93 & M.Acc `95; 13 Michael Peppers, `85 & M.Acc `90; 14 Manley Jaquiss, `86; 15 Michael Griffin, `03; and 16 Brad Kelly, `79. Back row, from left: 17 Jeff Reynolds, `91; 18 Ken Griffin, `96 & MBA `98; 19 Randy Norris, `79; 20 Monty Weigel, `76; 21 Bill McCausland, MBA `96; 22 Rich Heruska, `99; 23 Brian Campbell, `93; 24 Sean Grosso, `05 & M.A. `08; 25 George Pappadeas; 26 Andrew Mayts, `93; 27 Carl Abeleda; 28 Tony Umholtz, `99 & MBA `02; and 29 Andrew Coe, `95 & MBA `00. Ex-Officio members not pictured: USF System President Dr. Judy Genshaft; USF Foundation Board Chairman Gordon Gillette, `81 & M.S. `85; and USF Senior Vice President of Advancement and Alumni Affairs Joel Momberg. 17
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From the Executive Director Bill McCausland, MBA `96 Executive Director, USF Alumni Association
A Look Back; Then Ahead
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aving recently marked my first year as executive director, I reflect with great fondness on the many proud Bulls I have had the pleasure of working with as we collaborate to evolve the mission of your USF Alumni Association. Our momentum has shifted and picked up speed, and yet our energy remains steadfastly focused on supporting the university, connecting with students, engaging alumni and protecting our great alma mater. Your USF Alumni Association is a different organization than it was when I arrived 14 short months ago. Different in the awareness of our purpose, different in the way we are perceived, and most importantly, different in how we work to help you strengthen your relationship with USF. That’s the reason why we exist. To the volunteers who give so generously of their time to keep the association moving forward in a positive, professional direction – people such as our current board chair Kimberly Choto, board secretary Jon Smith and board member Andy Coe – I thank you for your commitment to the cause. To those alumni outside of the Tampa Bay area who keep the Bull Pride alive across the country – like Janet
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Foster in Los Angeles and Greg Morgan in Chicago – thank you for keeping the faith. Our chapters and societies are growing in both size and influence locally and nationally. Finally, to the hundreds of alumni volunteers who have helped in so many ways, thank you for sharing your love for USF. Your USF Alumni Association truly appreciates all that you do. As the ranks of USF’s alumni grow with each passing commencement, I become ever more confident that our new focus serves our university well. We are clear in our purpose to find new ways for each of you, as proud Bulls, to stay connected to each other and to our alma mater. You can help USF be strong and resilient in the face of the future. As we move ahead, let us always remember our core philosophies: Bulls Make an Impact Bulls Stay Together Bulls Share Their Pride Bulls Protect USF Yes, there is a lot to accomplish to meet our ambitious goals. But we are USF Bulls; we don’t fear a challenge. I ask you to stand with us to help ensure that future generations of Bulls have a proud legacy to follow. We were students once; we will be alumni forever. I am honored and grateful for the opportunity to lead you in this important mission.
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Alumni Awards Nomination Deadline is April 30
USF Licensed Technologies Selected for National Innovation Expo
The Rolling Dance Chair and the SkateCase have been selected to be showcased as part of the national 2013 Innovation Expo at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Va., June 21-23, 2013. The University of South Florida licensed technologies are two of only six inventions chosen in the first round of exhibitors. The rolling dance chair, conceived by USF dance instructor Merry Lynn Morris, is a motorized mobility device that, unlike a regular wheelchair, can be controlled using only torso muscles, freeing the user’s arms and hands. The chair allows the user to move in a fluid motion, offering more freedom to dancers with disabilities and supporting their artistic freedom. The technology is the result of collaboration between USF’s College of Engineering and College of The Arts and was recently licensed to Vertec, Inc., a development and manufacturing company that supplies custom, high-tech components for industrial, medical and military applications. As an independent student inventor at USF, Alexei Novtizky created the SkateCase, an innovative design that allows skateboarders to store small electronics and personal items inside the skateboard, and turns the skateboard into a more useful mode of inexpensive, clean transportation. Novtizky partnered with USF, and since graduating has founded Looshes Labs, LLC, to commercialize his technology. The SkateCase was nominated as Innovation of the Year at the 2013 BizTech Awards being held last month in Tampa.
Do you know someone who deserves to be nominated for a USF Alumni Award? Each year, an honoree is selected for each award: Distinguished Alumnus Award – Recognizing a USF alumnus who has reached the pinnacle of success in his or her career or profession. Donald A. Gifford Alumni Service Award – Recognizing an individual who has provided countless hours of service to USF, either through committee work, volunteer hours or other means. Class of `56 Award – Recognizing an individual who did not graduate from USF, but has proven to be a friend of the university by rendering distinguished service over an extended period of time. Outstanding Young Alumnus Award – Recognizing an alumnus 35 years old or younger for his or her career accomplishments and engagement with the university. To nominate yourself or someone else for one of these prestigious awards, please visit USFalumni.org/alumniawards to fill out an online nomination form by 5 p.m. on April 30.
USF SCAD’s Ideas Breathe New Life into Bradenton Riverwalk
Everyone who enjoys downtown Bradenton’s newest showpiece – the Bradenton Riverwalk – can thank University of South Florida students for some of its most enjoyable aspects. School of Architecture and Community Design Assistant Professor Shannon Bassett’s Urban Architecture and Landscapes design workshop class contributed imaginative concepts. “Over 50 percent of their designs and ideas were actually implemented by the project’s construction architects Kimley-Horn and AssociContinued on page 9
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Thanks
Your USF Alumni Association thanks our guests and sponsors who made the Bulls Around the World Caribbean Gala such a rousing success. Your generosity supports student scholarships and helps to strengthen USF. Make sure to join us next year!
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Copy Control Management Liberty Mutual Pepin Distributing Premier Beverage USF Federal Credit Union
Bulls Club Angie Brewer Myra Cooley Mike Griffin Mary & Dan Harper Lisa Provenzano Heugel Ed Hoeppner/Julie Gillespie Dr. Anila Jain & Roger Frazee Dr. Mona & Kailash Jain Brad & Jan Kelly Elizabeth Marshall Sigma Nu/John Greer
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ates,” Bassett said. “That was such a wonderful experience for all of us.” This 1½-mile stretch along the Manatee River, on downtown Bradenton’s north edge, showcases a lot of innovative thinking. Open around the clock, the riverwalk features a great lawn, 400-seat Mosaic Amphitheater, botanical walk, family fun zone, pavilion and event area, fishing pier, tidal discovery zone for observation of the ecosystem along the river’s edge, shaded outdoor living rooms, flex lawn for exercising, beach volleyball section, kayak and canoe launch, day dock, skate park and much more.
USF St. Petersburg has New Regional Chancellor
Dr. Sophia T. Wisniewska will serve as the new regional chancellor for USF St. Petersburg beginning July 1. Dr. Wisniewska, chancellor of Penn State Brandywine since 2005, is a scholar of Russian language and literature and has extensive experience in key leadership positions in the Penn State System, including her current position where she serves as chancellor of Penn State Brandywine. Additionally Dr. Wisniewska served for six years as dean and chief executive officer at Temple University Ambler. While at Penn State and Temple University, Dr. Wisniewska created innovative academic programs and forged strong relationships with community leaders that strengthened both institutions. “I believe Dr. Wisniewska has the experience and vision to continue the tremendous progress we have witnessed at USF St. Petersburg,” says USF System President Dr. Judy Genshaft. “Her commitment to scholarship, teaching and community engagement will enrich both USFSP and the broader community.”
Planned Gift Benefits USF Sarasota-Manatee College of Hospitality and Technology
Robert Purzycki, of Ipswich, MA, an expert on travel, tourism and the cruise industry, created a deferred gift of $650,000 to support operations and scholarships for graduate students in the USF Sarasota-Manatee College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership (COHTL).
Purzycki, a 1968 USF Geology alumnus, and his late wife, Jeanne, were world travelers and avid cruisers who spent their careers training professional travel agents, hotel administrators, airline managers and members of the travel, hospitality and cruise industries in innovative sales, marketing and customer service techniques. Together, they authored five books on the industry before her death in 2011. “The education I received at USF, nearly a half-century ago, has constantly guided and helped me navigate through the various tangents that have come my way while pursuing careers,” Purzycki said. “I’m proud to support the COHTL program, giving future students a chance to live their dreams.”
2013 Bulls Football Schedule
Your USF Bulls’ 12-game slate is highlighted by an eight-game conference schedule and nonconference match-ups with Miami and Michigan State. USF’s two other non-conference games against McNeese State and FAU will kickoff at 7 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium, while all other kickoff times will be determined by television at a later date. Here’s the complete line up: Sat., Aug. 31 McNeese State (7 p.m.) Sat., Sept. 7 at Michigan St. Sat., Sept. 14 FAU (7 p.m.) Sat., Sept. 21 BYE Sat., Sept. 28 Miami Sat., Oct. 5 Cincinnati* Sat., Oct. 12 at UConn* Sat., Oct. 19 BYE Sat., Oct. 26 Louisville* (Homecoming) Thurs., Oct. 31 at Houston* (ESPN) Sat., Nov. 9 BYE Sat., Nov. 16 Memphis* Sat., Nov. 23 SMU* Fri., Nov. 29 at UCF* (ABC/ESPN or ESPN2) Sat., Dec. 7 at Rutgers* *Conference games; home games in BOLD SPRING 2013 | ALUMNIVOICE
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Take Rocky on your next trip and send your photos to: Karla Jackson at jacksonk@usf.edu or to her attention at the USF Alumni Association, 4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC100, Tampa, FL 33620-5455.
Rocky tagged along on Jamie and Emily Grullon’s European honeymoon in November. They’re pictured here at the Colosseum in Rome. Jamie graduated in May 2012 and Emily in August 2011. Congratulations newlyweds!
Former USF Women’s Soccer player Toni Johnson, `07, of Fort Lauderdale, competed in a 12-mile Tough Mudder obstacle course in November and brought Rocky along for the fun. Good job, Toni!
Bob Johnson, `76, and Karin McConnell Johnson, `74, show their Bull pride on a trip to Zion National Park in Utah in February. The Johnson’s are a proud two-generation Bulls family, with daughters Laura Johnson, graduating from USF in `97, and Natalie Johnson in `04. 10 10
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Carissa Giblin, `95 & MBA `02, took Rocky on a dive of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
Marni Hoffman, `92, went to Jerusalem with Rocky’s “cousin” in October.
Life Member Jammie Faircloth, `95 & M.Ed `01, on the left, and her sister, Jennifer Dick, `02, took Rocky snow tubing in Indiana, in an area called “True North.” They wore their Bulls gear and ran into some fellow Bulls during their trip.
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Rob and Gabriela Kantor, `94 & `99, respectively, brought Rocky along on their year-long family adventure to Spain. They’re pictured here in front of the Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo in Toledo, Spain.
Rocky helped Mike Joy, `83, and his Eagle Scout son Patrick, backpack 103 miles at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, NM and summit Mt. Baldy’s 12,441 feet. Way to go!
Rocky accompanied J. Michael Jones, M.A. `98, his wife Lynn, and their son Brant, on a journey to the 14,000 foot summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. Mauna Kea is the highest point in the Hawaiian islands and houses the world’s largest collection of observatories for optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomy.
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Rocky spotted Patricia Counts King, `74, wearing her Bulls shirt at the Celebrity Mascot Games held in Orlando in July. The games raise funds for New Hope for Kids, a charity that helps children deal with tragedy and grief.
Rocky joined other celebrities, from left, former L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tom Neidenfuer, actress Judy Landers, and John Saputo, owner of Gold Coast Eagle Budweiser Distributing, at the Dick Vitale Pre-March Madness VIP Reception, held in February at Mercedes-Benz of Sarasota. The event was a fundraiser for pediatric cancer research.
Matt Smith, `01 & M.S. `03, took Rocky to see the wrestling matches at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Rocky “got the point� when he accompanied Sheila Carpenter-van Dijk, `96, and husband Jos, on their visit to the Louvre in Paris last fall.
Stephen Simon, `11, took Rocky snowboarding during a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah in January.
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Feature John Janick
John Janick, MBA `03, has a knack for finding the music industry’s next big thing.
Music an M F By Karla Jackson, `88
rom the outside, it may look like working in the music industry is all about mingling with famous people, attending swanky award shows and chartering private jets to exotic locales in search of talent. From the inside, where USF MBA alumnus John Janick sits as president and chief operating officer of Interscope Geffen A&M, he’ll tell you that making your mark in the music industry requires long hours, an ear for innovative new sounds and a head for business. “Being famous and going to the Grammys and going to parties is a great thing, but it is also a lot of hard work,” says Janick, 34, who typically attends the music industry’s biggest awards show every year, but shuns its legendary red carpet.“There’s a lot of work behind the scenes that goes into what
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everybody sees and hears.” Janick moved into his role at Interscope Geffen in October 2012 after a long and successful career that started when he was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Florida. “I loved discovering music and turning people onto music they hadn’t really heard before,” he recalls of his college days traveling around Florida to see underground bands in Ybor City, Fort Lauderdale and elsewhere. Inspired by what he discovered, Janick and a friend decided to start a record label, Fueled by Ramen, which they ran from their Gainesville dorm room, while balancing the demands of school. “It was a very organic thing,” Janick says. “We started with a few thousand dollars and never really went to a bank or anything.We
built it from the ground up. Every dollar we made we put back into the company.” Hence the name: Fueled by Ramen, or FBR. “It was about being in college, investing every dollar back into the label and being fueled by the cheapest food you can find: ramen.” One of FBR’s first successes was helping to develop Arizona hard rockers Jimmy Eat World, followed by the label’s first really big break out artist, pop punk band Fall Out Boy. “We sold, over a two-year period, 250,000 albums and we helped build a base for them,”
The first two artists he signed were Cee Lo Green and Bruno Mars. “Between the two of them, they were nominated for something like 10 Grammys that year,” he says. Both artists have since gone on to worldwide acclaim. When the opportunity to run Interscope Geffen A&M came up last year, Janick felt ready to “step out of my comfort zone” and take on the challenge of handling one of the biggest talent management brands in the world, with artists such as Lady Gaga, Eminem and The Rolling Stones, just to namedrop a few of them.
Janick says of Fall Out Boy.“On the next album, they went on to sell 4 million copies around the world and they became a big worldwide artist.” With his label blossoming, Janick wanted to make sure he had the business skills and credibility he would need to become a success in an often cutthroat industry.That’s why he decided to enroll in USF’s MBA program. “Looking back at it, I think maybe the label would’ve progressed faster if I wasn’t doing my 12-plus hours a week of school, but it ended up being great,” he says. During the MBA program he was tasked with creating a business plan that took FBR to the next level. “I had to figure out how I was going to grow the label, find the funding and analyze the business, which was great.With a million other things to do running a label, I don’t think I would’ve done that otherwise.” He finished his MBA in 2003.As FBR continued to evolve, Janick moved the label to New York City to collaborate with Warner Music Group. “After being in New York for a few years, I decided to try something different and restart Elektra, a brand that had a great history, and try to do something new and fresh with it.”
He and his wife Mia and son Beaux escaped the northeast just before Superstorm Sandy hit and have come to love their new home in Los Angeles, especially the weather. Janick was in the Grammy audience in L.A. in February to see Fueled by Ramen artist fun. win awards for Best New Artist and Song of the Year. “I felt like I left [FBR] in a good place,” he says.“I’m a founder so I always want it to do well, and I still work with some of the artists on publishing so I am connected through that.” Now it’s time for him to look ahead. “I’m focused on trying to do a good job at Interscope Geffen A&M,” he says.“Hopefully I’ll be here for a long time figuring out as the music industry changes how we’re going to be ahead of the curve and remain one of the more successful labels.” Janick’s musical tastes are as eclectic as ever, with everything from Interscope artists Imagine Dragons and Lana Del Ray, to other labels’ artists like Mumford and Sons and Tame Impala, in rotation on his iPod. “I like things that are a little bit left of center,” he says, sounding a lot like the hungry young man of 16 years ago, always in search of a new sound.
From left: Fall Out Boy drummer Andy Hurley, Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars
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Giving Back: Dr. Anila Jain & Roger Frazee
We’re Fanatics When It Comes to Our Bulls Dr. Anila Jain and Roger Frazee tagteam their support of USF as passionate advocates and generous donors.
Dr. Jain in 1981 as a USF Ambassador
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r. Anila Jain ’81 and Roger Frazee ’71 both attended the University of South Florida as undergraduates. He, raised in nearby Palmetto, attended thanks to the GI Bill and double majored in Accounting and Finance. She – born in India, raised in Manatee County, and taught the importance of education by her Fulbright scholar mother (also a USF alumna) – immersed herself in the college experience, including being one of the first USF Ambassadors and joining the Kappa Delta sorority, which she now serves as the chairman of its Foundation Board of Directors. A recipient of the American Medical Women’s Association’s National Community Service Award, Dr. Jain credits USF with giving her a well-rounded education and a balanced approach to life that helped her through both graduate and medical school. She also points out that her most enduring USF relationship – of some 34 years – is with Joe Tomaino, the founding executive director of the USF Alumni Association, who told her, “When you graduate, don’t forget your university.” It’s certainly a lesson she took to heart and has acted upon ever since. Eventually these two proud Bulls settled into careers in Manatee County and became actively involved in the local chapter of the USF Alumni Association, advocating not only for the Tampa campus but also for the establishment of the Sarasota-Manatee campus. “There is such a need for higher education in this area, and USF Sarasota-Manatee alumni stay here when they graduate, unlike other campuses,” Dr. Jain says. “Roger and I are proud that we both served on the first Brunch on the Bay committee and celebrated our 19th annual fundraiser brunch in 2012.” In the years since, each has served as chapter and national Alumni Association president as well as on various USF organization boards. For these two, the work has always been a shared passion—and a team effort: “It didn’t matter who held what position; we did everything together,” Roger says. Advocacy is a common theme across all of the ways these two professionals serve, and they encourage every alum they meet to be strong advocates for their alma mater. Roger, who has been recognized for his services to the university with the Alumni Association’s
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Donald A. Gifford Alumni Service Award, was among those instrumental in bringing to USF the electronic advocacy system that flooded Florida representatives’ and senators’ offices with 50,000 messages of support for higher education funding during last year’s legislative session. “When you have more than a quarter of a million alumni united in a single cause, that’s a force to be reckoned with,” he says. Dr. Jain also contributes generously to USF through outright and deferred gifts. In fact, she has established multiple endowed funds to support the USF System in various ways. Two of the funds are dedicated to USF Athletics. “We’re fanatics when it comes to our Bulls,” Dr. Jain says. “We support USF Athletics because topnotch teams give you political power in Tallahassee and that equals funding,” says Roger. The Drs. Anila, Mona, and Kailash Jain Endowed Fund in Women’s Health allows USF Health to research and improve women’s health initiatives. It’s a cause close to Dr. Jain’s heart, as she comes from a family of physicians and is active in medical missions. Two separate Dr. Anila Jain & Roger Frazee/ Dr. Mona & Kailash Jain Endowed Funds support scholarships through the Alumni Association and at USF Sarasota-Manatee, because, as Roger explains it, they “love seeing a student’s eyes light up” when they realize the future opportunities that a college education will open to them. The funds also bear Dr. Jain’s parents’ names, she says, to honor them for teaching her “the importance of education in following your dreams.” Her mother, Dr. Mona Jain, and father, Kailash, are also proud members of the USF Alumni Association. Dr. Jain’s personal accomplishments and dedicated service have been recognized with USF’s Distinguished Alumni Award, among many other community service and professional honors. But it’s about the work and the community impact for Dr. Jain, not the accolades. Describing her approach to philanthropy, she says she’s always been guided by her grandfather’s advice to “do whatever you can to make a difference,” whether that’s giving of your money, your time or your talents. “No matter the amount or form of your gift,” she says, “it will make a difference in the lives of USF students.” ®
Congratulations to the 2013 USF Fast 56 Bull Businesses These fine business leaders, who serve as a testament to the power of hard work and a quality education, were recognized at an awards dinner held in their honor on April 12. To view the entire inaugural list of the 2013 USF Fast 56, please visit USFalumni.org/fast56finalists.
The Top 10 1. Arehna Engineering Inc. Sonia Florence, `97 and Jessica McRory, `03 & M.S.`04 2. 3.
SecurTest, Inc. - iReviewNow Company Christine Millwee, `86 and Steven Millwee, `86
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OhMyGov Inc. Richard Hartman, `88 & Ph.D `02
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Life Member
Honor Roll Recognizing the thousands of alumni who have made the commitment as Life Members of your USF Alumni Association.
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e gratefully acknowledge the 2,594 Life Members of the USF Alumni Association by presenting their names in the Life Member Honor Roll. The honor includes all Life Members as of December 31, 2012.
We also recognize and honor our Life Members who are part of our Circle of Excellence. This honorary society recognizes Life Members who generously support the USF Alumni Association through additional annual gifts or an established U Club endowment in support of the mission of the USF Alumni Association.
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Endowment of $25,000+ The following Life Members are part of a unique and prestigious group of alumni and friends who have made a significant impact on USF through a generous endowment of $25,000+
Timmer Ahrens, #2140 Vicki Ahrens, #2139 Angela Brewer, #594 James Brewer, #850 Wilson Craft, #608 Roger Frazee, #500 Daniel Harper, #1954 Mary Harper, #1953 Ricky Jacobs, #1901 Anila Jain, #132 Kailash Jain, #1060 Mona Jain, #631 Roy Jewell, #755 Glen Nickerson, #1795 Betty Otter-Nickerson, #1796 Jeffrey Reynolds, #810 Patricia Reynolds, #809
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Diamond Level Gold Level Donors of $1,000+
Donors of $250 - $499
Katherine (Leach) Andrews, #460 Stephen Blume, #1832 Rick Brandt, #289 Victor Connell, #1356 John Harker, #683 Ben Heugel, #1421 Jennifer Leavengood, #1833 Joseph Lewkowicz, #1738 Linda Lewkowicz, #1739 Eric McLendon, #249 Lisa Provenzano-Heugel, #1420 Shaun Robinson, #1749 Paula Stuart, #1970
Jeffrey Abraham, #1872 Emily Adams, #730 Barbara Alfano, #1787 Gregory Ashley, #1089 Dennis Bickel, #2168 Jenny Cater, #1965 Lawrence Collins, #318 Karen Fedyszyn, #2333 Katharine Freeman, #668 Kathleen Gaston, #937 Jane Gradwell, #1317 Jeffrey Greenberg, #264 Bonnie Jefferis, #140 Brad Kelly, #971 Janet Kelly, #1395 Paul Marton, #1307 Leonard Miller, #79 Elliott Stern, #901 Michael Thompson, #1812 R. James Welz, #421
Emerald Level Donors of $500 - $999
Rachelle de Moya, #1538 Alejandro Figueroa, #674 Laura Heruska, #826 Richard Heruska, #825 Carol Hodges, #2136 Gary Hoog, #1099 Steven Mazza, #110 Jack Plagge, #732 Nancy Schneid, #1374 Jon Smith, #1858 Susan Smith, #2029 Bettina Tucker, #128 Emma Turner, #2166 Theodore Whitford Jr., #1664
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Silver Level Donors of $1 - $249
Warren Abel, #1928 Melanie Adams, #518 Nancy Alfredson, #520 Lorraine Angelino, #1453 Douglas Bell, #1086 Victor Bowers, #2539 Margaret Brancolino, #2337 Donna Brickman, #1403 Michael Brickman, #1404 Isabelle Brown, #47 Lorie Brown, #1470 John Bunch, #2336 Kathleen Bunch, #2335 Scott Burkett, #109 Walter Carpenter III, #2268
Joyce Carroll, #1227 Carla Codd, #1528 Danny Cooper, #2500 Fran Darrach, #1598 Matthew Diaz, #2357 Clifford Donley, #2582 Jay Germano, #843 Carl Gingola, #838 Chad Grissom, #2122 Israel Guzman, #921 Cynthia Harper, #588 John Harper, #587 Katherine Hay, #1385 Andrew Hines, #186 Daniel Intriago, #1527 Regina Kizer, #1071 Kimberly McCartin, #2148 Anne McCausland, #2332 William McCausland, #2331 Francis Meddleton, #1890 Cynthia Miller, #153 Joyce Morales-Caramella, #977 Lawrence Murphy, #1615 Catherine Nelson-Murphy, #1594 Karen Peters, #604 Richard Reichle Jr., #105 Matthew Richardson, #1723 Gwendolyn Ridley, #278 Andrew Riviears, #1284 Nancy Rockstroh, #1637 Ellen Rosenblum, #1308 Erma Ruffkess, #1717 Robert Salicco, #1159 Dale Siler, #2058 Christopher Ugles, #2053 Mark Wentley, #910 Diane White, #2465 Jason Williams, #1653 Susan Wittpenn, #1219 Ann Wolfe, #2406 Marion Yongue, #270 Lee Zimmerman, #1082
Life Members
Freda Abercrombie, #774 Amir Abou-El-Naga, #41 Brian Acken, #918 Diane Acken, #919 Jennifer Adams, #468 John Adams, #467 Marisa Adams, #697 Robert Adams, #426 Adam Adkins, #1643 Jean Aertker, #134 Deborah Agoos, #244 Chuka Agugua, #1828 Cynthia Aguilar, #2257 Sandy Aguilar, #2256 Rickey Akins, #601 Karen Alayon, #1972 Roberto Alayon, #1971 Licia Albanese, #229 Sharon Albers, #1806 Ronald Aldrich, #649 Brandon Aldridge, #847 Bernie Alessandrini, #1266 Jo-Ann Alessandrini, #1265 John Alexander, #133 Elaine Aljasir, #102 Ross Allen, #1481 Terry Allison, #18 Michael Allocco, #2408 Tamara Almond, #341 Eric Almquist, #2587 Diane Altwies, #1269 The Honorable F. Dennis Alvarez, #1599 George Alvarez, #529 Janet Alvarez, #2543 Jose Alvarez, #2542 Karen Amidei, #2233 Steven Amidei, #2232 Cynthia Amor, #458 Jack Amor, #457 Christian Anderson, #619 Jeffrey Anderson, #1569 William Andree, #108 Lindbergh Andrew, #559 Robert Andrew Jr., #895 April Andrews, #1078 Laura Andrews, #667 Robert Andrews Jr., #461 Margaret Andronaco, #990 Christopher Angelo, #2512 Petchalot Angelo, #2513 Lisa Annaheim, #2170 Victoria Antoinette, #2121 Peggy Apgar Schmidt, #1117 Carole Apple, #1873 Wayne Apple, #1874 John Appleby, #314 Scott Arnold, #1118 Hays Arnold III, #1565
Linda Arrington, #359 Donald Arscott, #1977 Austin Asgill, #300 Janice Ash, #1692 Ronald Ash, #791 Leslie Astell, #2177 Diana Astorquiza, #2152 Harold Astorquiza, #2151 Raquel Astudillo, #2011 Benjamin Atkins, #2297 Barbara Atkins-Guarino, #1355 Cole Atkinson, #2493 Andrew Aubery, #2182 Emmanuel Auguste, #1424 Jeffery Austin, #565 Margaret Austin, #19 Michelle Austin, #1030 James Austin Jr., #1029 Leslie Avchin, #1929 Norma Avchin, #1930 Mark Awmiller, #1682 Michael Axon, #1008 Carol Ayers, #1172 James Ayers, #150 Raymond Ayres II, #983 Sara Baden, #60 Eliot Bader, #1199 Eric Bailey, #2441 Gina Bailey, #2442 Jay Bailey, #375 S. Nathaniel Bailey, #999 Stephen Bailey, #1506 Louis Bainbridge, #718 Michelle Bainbridge, #719 Kenneth Baker, #1951 Richard Baker III, #1417 Cecil Baker Jr., #1155 Rajappan Balagopal, #343 Eugene Balter, #1315 Susan Balter, #1316 Valerie Bame, #2528 Ruth Bannhard, #1992 Jessica Barber, #2398 Laura Barber, #800 James Bardin, #978 Nancy Bardin, #979 Warren Bare, #1577 Charles Barker, #2201 Rosemary Barkett, #231 Jonathan Barlow, #798 William Barnes, #566 Scott Barnett, #422 Gregg Baron, #1916 Nancy Baron, #1917 Cindy Barringer, #616 Phil Barringer, #615 James Barry, #1718 Cameron Barthle, #2260 Kenneth Basel, #2393 Khari Batchelor, #1311 Bruce Bates, #3
Philip Bates, #2226 Alan Batt, #2567 Charles Baumann, #2069 Linda Baumann, #2070 William Bausch, #2195 Augusto Bayro, #1744 Andrea Bazzigaluppi, #1998 Dore Beach, #2173 Joanne Beaudet, #1798 Michelle Beaudet-Smith, #446 Suzanne Becker, #2264 William Becker Jr., #2265 Heidi Bekiempis, #685 Vincent Bekiempis, #684 Elizabeth Bell, #486 Risa Bell, #1624 Susan Bell, #1927 Kathleen Bellamy, #1685 William Bellamy, #1686 Celeste Bello, #1800 Joseph Belluccia, #1095 Jeffrey Belvo, #1124 Shaye Benfield, #884 Aviya Bensky, #1763 Keyton Benson, #880 Benjamin Benvenuti, #349 Jynine Benvenuti, #350 August Berg, #1384 Aaron Bergacker, #1042 Tracy Bergacker, #1043 Blair Bergen, #14 Suzette Berkman, #1721 Elisa Bernard, #1905 Scott Bernard, #912 Brad Bernstein, #157 Suzette Bernstein, #158 Paul Berry, #2356 Charles Bess, #1328 William Besselieu III, #2115 Nicole Best, #2432 Timothy Best, #2291 Kathleen Betancourt, #55 Robin Bethune, #1733 William Bethune, #1732 Patricia Bever, #2535 Patrick Beyer, #913 Margaret Biebel, #1609 Franklin Biggins, #67 Theodore Bill, #722 Brad Bjornstad, #1937 Mary Black, #387 Wynne Black, #388 Donald Blaha, #2541 Kendall Blair, #1263 Oakley Blair, #793 Brian Blakley, #2374 Warren Blanchard, #61 Judy Blanco, #834 Victor Blanco, #782 Dennis Blankenship, #1949 H. Kirby Blankenship, #180
Jennifer Blount, #1753 John Boeren, #2280 Marrene Boeren, #2281 Sherri Bogue, #1553 David Bohl, #299 John Bolle, #1122 Michelle Bombaugh, #2207 Alan Bomstein, #1181 Beverly Bondarew, #1474 Jesse Bonds, #127 Timothy Bonds, #1077 Leon Bonta, #1699 Stirling Boomhower, #2134 Charles Booras, #577 James Booth, #1674 David Borkan, #822 Francis Borkowski, #91 Kay Borkowski, #92 Darrell Borne, #1343 John Borreca, #584 Erika Borsos, #2548 Richard Bosaaen, #2174 Victoria Boswell, #1834 David Boucher, #1687 Tracey Boucher, #1688 Steven Boulton, #1085 Frances Bowen, #2222 Tyler Bowen, #2221 Louis Bowers, #2380 RoseAnne Bowers, #2379 Bruce Boyd, #379 Janis Boyd, #844 Sara Boyd, #378 Thomas Boyer, #1205 Stephanie Boyle, #122 Susan Bracken, #2400 William Bracken, #2399 Gregory Bradford, #853 Michael Bradford, #1110 Jennifer Bradley, #1938 Melville Bradley, #687 Kristen Brady, #637 Angela Brammer, #2305 Patrick Brandon, #2119 Carrie Brang, #1701 Cynthia Brannen, #1396 Jamie Branson, #927 Yoshie Branson, #928 Edward Braun, #479 Ann Bretnall, #510 Robert Bretnall, #509 Scott Bridges, #1550 Gary Briggs, #1969 Dana Bright, #2435 Mark Bright, #823 Bobby Brinkley, #987 Brandi Bronleben, #1696 Gary Brosch, #96 Deirdre Brown, #2537 Elizabeth Brown, #692 Melvin Brown, #339
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Life Member Honor Roll Shekeria Brown, #1362 Norman Brown III, #773 Richard Broyles, #1904 Walter Brugger, #12 Darlene Bruner, #1380 Fred Brunjes, #1119 Craig Brunstein, #1570 Lisa Brush, #532 Ryan Brusko, #654 Sivilai Brusko, #655 Victoria Bruzese, #286 Jeffrey Brzoska, #1829 William Buckley, #200 Laurie Budd, #70 Gerald Buhr, #282 Arthur Bullard, #2103 M. Katherine Bullard, #2104 John Bullock Jr., #2573 William Burchenal Jr., #2160 Kathy Buresh, #1392 Carol Burg, #2343 Patrick Burley, #1889 Darryl Burman, #1989 Jennifer Burns, #1710 Deborah Burr, #628 Fern Burr, #627 Robert Burress, #2113 Cheryl Burstein, #1990 Gerald Busch, #1200 Linda Busch, #1201 Patricia Bussell, #2006 Joseph Busta, #162 Patricia Byrnes, #1318 Marissa Byrum, #1622 Louis Caballer, #1161 Tiffany Cacciatore, #1955 Judiann Cacioppo, #272 Heather Cain, #1333 Matthew Cain, #1332 John Calfee, #2547 Lynn Calhoun, #908 Mark Callahan, #439 Denery Camacho, #2323 Steven Camp, #330 Brian Campbell, #841 Marshall Campbell, #1746 Sean Campbell, #2049 Margarita Cancio, #502 Janet Canfield, #670 Craig Capo, #1941 Jared Capouya, #1324 Sandra Capuano, #466 Janet Caragan, #1465 Christine Caraway, #1482 Salvatore Cardillo, #1244 Betty Carlin, #2078 William Carlin, #2079 James Carlson, #1203 JoEllen Carlson, #1202 Jon Carlson, #1515 J. Mack Carneal, #1107
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Edward Caron, #1064 Susan Caron, #1063 Erin Carpenter, #1757 Paul Carpenter, #1490 Robert Carpenter, #1758 Jennifer Carpenter Jensen, #1094 John Carpenter Jr., #465 Sheila Carpenter-Van Dijk, #1272 Sylvia Carra-Hahn, #380 Betty Carroll, #640 Richard Carroll, #1695 Thomas Carter, #612 William Carter, #271 Deanna Carter-Blackburn, #506 Ryan Caruso, #1160 Jennifer Casatelli, #1225 Colin Caspersen, #1542 Jose Castellanos, #1087 Betty Castor, #161 Nelson Castro, #1626 Vicki Castro, #1625 Philip Catalano, #704 Mark Catchur, #2204 Mary Catchur, #2205 Jane Cavallucci, #1839 Lauro Cavazos, #222 Erika Chambers, #1778 Tonya Chambers, #2430 Patricia Chancey, #240 Suzanne Chandler, #1054 Danielle Chandonnet, #665 Craig Channing, #1897 Kristen Channing, #1898 Daniel Chapman, #1379 Colleen Chappell, #799 Diane Chase, #489 Lee Chase, #488 Scott Chase, #1388 Janet Chaves, #1103 Donna Cheesebrough, #1289 Michael Cherill, #944 Catherine China, #2577 Maureen Chiodini, #597 Kimberly Choto, #1019 Michael Christman, #369 Jonathan Cistone, #402 Elizabeth Clark, #1237 Lauren Clark, #1236 Nita Clark, #2290 Pamela Clark, #865 Sarah Clark, #867 Stephanie Clark, #1946 Tami Clark, #1148 James Clark IV, #1235 John Clarke, #1799 Thomas Clarke, #2581 Elsie Clary, #948 Warren Clary, #947 Jody Clayton, #2259 Don Clementi, #1039
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Geraldine Clemons, #1478 Carline Clerge, #2287 Charles Closshey, #294 Jennifer Closshey, #293 Andrew Coe, #2293 Matthew Coe, #1407 Andrew Cohen, #2320 Daniel Colantuono, #103 Vicki Colbert, #2102 Johnnetta Cole, #212 Stephen Cole, #2437 Michael Cole II, #1651 Kimberly Coleman, #1275 Lori Coleman, #501 Mauricio Collada, #340 Daron Collado, #1463 Barron Collier, #849 Karen Colteryahn, #2591 Gary Cone, #267 Brian Confer, #1252 James Congelio, #1079 Gregory Conley, #1546 Chris Conn, #964 Charles Conner, #2228 Nancy Conner, #2229 James Conway III, #1646 Jason Cook, #966 Juanita Cook, #1544 William Cook, #1361 Myra Cooley, #992 Mack Cooley Jr., #993 Brian Cooper, #1373 John Cooper, #374 Robyn Cooper, #2086 Charlotte Cooper Tinsley, #2478 Charles Copeland, #578 Pamela Copeland, #579 Catherine Cornett, #453 Kathryn Corrigan, #1936 David Corry, #325 John Coryn, #1847 Ana Cosme, #2144 Catherine Costabel, #1742 Harold Costello Jr., #1367 Theodore Couch, #176 Theodore Couch Jr., #2071 James Council, #1184 Harrison Covington, #179 Gena Cox, #1537 Constance Cozier, #1261 John Cozier, #1260 David Craig, #557 Rebecca Craig, #2047 Robin Craig, #1340 Timothy Craig, #1339 Susan Crawley, #1911 Thomas Creed III, #986 Janis Crews, #1168 Robert Crews II, #1337 Angela Crist, #1576 The Honorable Victor Crist, #1575
Ruthann Cross, #1751 Georgann Crotty, #1994 James Crotty, #1993 Charles Crouse, #440 Kristie Crouse, #441 Benjamin Crum, #2531 Janella Crum, #2532 Gilbert Cuadra, #118 Susan Cuadra, #106 Emma Culbertson, #1606 Margo Culbertson, #1605 Linda Cullerton, #1041 William Cullerton, #1040 The Honorable Faye Culp, #1607 John Cunningham, #1189 Kristin Cunningham, #1190 Elias Cura, #376 Mirtha Cura, #377 Patricia Curioso, #1588 Rudy Curioso, #1587 Daniel Curtis, #442 Nancy Curtis, #2340 Cheryl Dafeldecker, #813 Catherine D’Alessandro, #101 David D’Alessandro, #100 John Dalley, #204 David Dalton, #490 Ryan Daly, #1683 Clarence Daniel, #1618 Adam Daniels, #2554 Harold Daniels, #1908 Loretta Darche, #2254 Jennifer Darley, #1464 Linda Darling, #1459 John Darling Jr., #1460 Margaret Davenport, #1295 Brian Davies, #505 Toni Davila, #1015 Albert Davis, #248 Baron Davis, #306 Brandon Davis, #1647 Kendra Davis, #1116 Mark Davis, #472 Shirley Davis, #1623 Steven Davis Jr., #1883 Dewey Davis-Thompson, #1406 Stephen Davis-Thompson, #1405 Gregory Dawkins, #1894 Richard De Aguero, #130 Benjamin Debrocke, #629 Heather Debrocke, #630 Dawn Deeter-Schmelz, #2381 Jennifer deFreese, #1855 Robert deFreese, #1856 George Dekeles, #2436 Julie Dekker, #1073 John del Charco, #770 Tamara del Charco, #771 Marci Delaney, #989 Thomas Delaney, #324
Jan Delesline, #2580 John Delesline, #414 Christopher Delgado, #1997 Rajiv Dembla, #679 Andrew Denka, #368 Manuel Dennis, #2051 Daniel Dennison, #1935 Nancy Dennison, #1934 Jeffrey Denny, #1111 Jason Dent, #2427 Franklin Depalma Jr., #609 Nima Desai, #1743 Andrea Desrosiers, #1909 Mark Deusch, #2339 David Devlin, #450 Robin Devlin, #451 Derek Dewan, #583 David DeWeese, #1961 Anudeep Dharkar, #788 Melissa Diaz, #2116 Monique Dibbs-Vallee, #757 Merrell Dickey, #2298 Karen Diebel Sessions, #2155 Thair Dieffenbach, #93 David Dignam, #1656 Laura Dignam, #1657 Joshua Dillinger, #433 Denise Dimbath, #1539 Jim Dine, #223 Nicole Dion, #2208 James Ditto III, #2462 Daniel Dobrowolski, #2552 Angel Docobo, #528 Jodi Dodge, #1669 Terri Dolph, #1604 Christopher Donaldson, #855 Michael Donohue, #751 Teri Donohue, #750 Jorge Dopico, #595 Katherine Dorf, #2120 Michael Dorsey, #713 David Dorton, #519 Katherine Dotson, #2064 Randall Dotson, #2347 Vicki Dotson, #2348 Diana Doughty, #1133 Danita Downey, #1175 Bruce Downing, #136 Karen Dozier, #408 Judith Draculan, #1857 J. Kevin Drake, #1425 Mary Draper, #2423 Dorothy Drapp, #2203 John Drapp, #2202 Robert Dressler, #182 Stephen Dressler, #797 Deborah Drewes, #1513 Margaret Drizd, #2000 Tina Dry, #97 Sara DuCuennois, #1334 Christopher Dudley, #591
Albert Duerr, #1280 Kathleen Duerr, #1281 Catherine Duffy, #899 Siobhan Dumas, #1035 Troy Dunmire, #1198 Ernestine Dunn, #1301 Patricia Dunn, #599 Larry Dupree, #2499 Robert Durfee, #297 Donald Durrance, #1843 Patricia Dury, #27 Craig Dye, #724 Paula Dye, #1793 Daniel Eagan, #1386 Malissa Eagens-Rolph, #728 John Eagle, #694 Karen Eagle, #693 Joshua Ebner, #1840 Margaret Eddings, #2141 Carol Edelson, #42 Walter Edgerton, #2584 Michael Edmondson, #1242 H. Marie Edmonson, #652 Osatohanmwen Edo-Osagie, #493 Anthony Edwards, #2559 Lynette Edwards, #1319 R. Deabra Edwards, #1325 Pamela Egger, #758 Ronald Egger, #759 William Eickhoff, #80 Jacqueline Eisenhauer, #1391 Diana Ekonomou, #905 Joan Ekstrom, #1772 Brenda Elarbee, #154 Mary Elfter, #1558 Katherine Elkahly, #1641 David Eller, #887 Elizabeth Elliott, #362 Nathan Ellis, #1081 Glenn Elmblad, #1988 Renata Engel, #522 Gene Engle, #2239 Patricia Engle, #2240 James English, #1756 Cynthia Enlow, #1859 Sandra Enoch, #1601 Mary Erickson, #124 Debra Eriksen, #2089 Kenneth Eriksen, #2088 Diane Erwin, #333 William Esposito, #1764 Christopher Estel, #2375 Donna Estevez, #1401 Ernest Estevez, #1402 Carly Evans, #1501 Charles Evans, #50 Kenneth Evans, #1446 Lisa Evans, #51 Mary Evans, #1775 Walter Everton, #835
John Ezzell, #1273 Rena Ezzell, #1274 Lissa Fahlman, #2492 Jammie Faircloth, #406 Christine Fanning, #2196 John Fantone, #737 Linda Fantone, #736 Edward Farrior, #2342 Joseph Faulk, #1399 Jason Faulkner, #761 Phyllis Fee, #981 Jamie Feheley, #553 Adam Feinberg, #1571 Patrick Feldman, #2133 Lawrence Ferguson, #1358 Carol Fernandez, #2520 Frank Fernandez, #2519 Lea Anne Fernandez, #1750 Patrice Fernandez, #512 Joann Ferra, #1011 Henry Ferrara, #332 Jennifer Ferraz, #2288 Michael Ferraz, #2289 Scott Ferrell, #2474 Mary Figg, #33 Michael Fimiani, #647 Barbara Fincher, #1786 Karina Findlay, #1860 Fabio Fiore, #32 Nicholas Fiorentino, #961 Joseph Fisher, #1147 Margaret Fisher, #568 Penelope Fisher, #975 Rose Fisher, #1297 Steven Fisher, #523 Maura Flaschner, #1132 Kurt Fleckenstein, #1169 Darin Fleming, #675 Arthur Flemming, #177 Jeffrey Flemming, #410 Rodel Flores, #1823 Gregory Flynn, #360 Jane Flynn, #645 John Flynn, #644 Kathleen Flynn, #1164 Myrna Flynn, #361 Paul Flynn, #174 Dana Foerster, #2312 Larry Foerster, #2313 Con Foley, #1659 Elizabeth Foley, #1658 Leonara Folsom, #459 Edmund Foody, #1419 Edward Ford, #1443 Kenneth Ford, #1483 Scott Ford, #2236 Jose Forns, #364 Susan Forns, #363 Michael Forrett, #974 Louise Forsman, #302 Dennis Forstner, #2447
Michael Foss, #2187 Jamie Foster, #1504 Jennifer Fowler, #1120 M. Elizabeth Fowler, #265 Margaret Fowler, #1207 Jeffrey Fox, #1472 Liana Fox, #125 Sara Fox, #1473 Harrison Fox Jr., #160 Sandra Foxworth, #2209 Carol Francis, #1072 Karen Frank, #779 Donald Frashier, #1691 Debbie Fratus, #2067 Laura Fratus, #495 Raymond Frazier, #1024 Edward Fredere II, #563 Anthony Frederick, #2578 Michelle French, #1466 Rick French, #474 Peter Frenquelle, #28 John Friend Jr., #933 Jeffrey Frishman, #2540 Caleb Fritz, #2318 Sarah Fry, #534 Arthur Fuente, #714 Kristin Fuente, #715 Enrique Fueyo, #803 J. William Fulbright, #211 Levota Fuller, #2294 Robert Fuller, #2569 Wayne Fuller, #866 Carolyn Fulmer, #58 Cheryl Furr, #1293 William Futch, #1033 Mary Futrell, #230 Diane Gaddis, #2344 Erin Gaddis, #1712 James Gaddis, #1711 Chevette Gadson, #2199 Michael Gagliardo, #1310 Mary Gaier, #2426 Steven Galbraith, #858 Mariya Galchenko, #1426 Cynthia Galiette, #371 Peter Galiette, #370 Tony Gallina, #496 Steven Gallo, #2557 Joseph Galluzzo, #744 Jesse Gamble, #1108 Darren Gambrell, #1218 Ivan Garcia, #2009 Juan Garcia, #2410 Freddie Garcia Jr., #443 Julian Garcia Jr., #1574 Roger Garner, #2538 Patrick Garrett, #403 Timothy Garrigan, #49 Gary Garrison, #494 Philip Gartrell, #1649 Sheila Gartrell, #1650
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Life Member Honor Roll Glenn Garvey, #882 Robert Garvy, #743 Kendall Gay, #575 Melissa Gay, #576 Dennis Geagan, #259 Gayle Geagan, #260 Lisa Gear-Smith, #1415 Joseph Geck, #1766 Jane Geders, #2154 Heather Geisler, #2095 Justin Geisler, #2094 Allen Genaldi, #824 Judy Genshaft Ph.D., #1697 Gary Gerard, #1067 Kathryn Gerardo, #393 Rebecca Gerberding, #2303 Thomas Gerberding, #2302 Theresa Gerke, #1192 Eric Gershman, #1804 Diana Gertsch-Campbell, #1747 William Gibbs, #159 Carissa Giblin, #1000 Dale Gibson, #956 Lea Gibson, #1566 Harrington Gibson Jr., #2081 Michael Giel, #2143 Brenda Gigante, #2526 Paul Gigante, #2525 Gerald Giglia, #610 Robert Gilbride, #2461 Jeffrey Gillespie, #1777 Julie Gillespie, #1776 Nicole Gillespie, #1445 Richard Gillespie III, #1444 Gordon Gillette, #1830 Paula Gillette, #1831 Audrey Gilmore, #656 Jeffrey Gilmore, #104 Richard Gilson, #848 Seth Gissen, #1794 Benjamin Gittleman, #1881 Shannon Gittleman, #1880 Jennifer Givens, #658 Mark Givens, #657 Shale Gladfelter, #2130 Brett Glauser, #1529 Shawn Gleason, #1633 Elizabeth Gload, #1789 Ross Gload Jr., #1788 Steven Goforth, #923 Shelly Goforth-White, #930 Susann Golby, #1497 Adam Goldberg, #1341 Seth Goldberg, #806 Paul Golden, #1698 Alan Goldsmith, #2252 Michele Golomb, #1809 Randy Golomb, #1808 Armando Gonzalez, #1038 Jennifer Gonzalez, #1348 Shannon Gonzalez, #1349
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Steven Gonzalez, #469 Henry Gonzalez III, #535 Andrea Gonzmart, #1485 Richard Gonzmart, #689 Derek Good, #1191 Jason Good, #955 Larry Goodman, #1080 Judy Gordon, #1136 Robert Gordon, #1135 Angela Gorgei, #1418 James Gossett, #1736 Greg Gotling, #1952 Allison Graham, #1948 Daniel Graham, #2059 Twila Graham, #2073 Cathleen Gramling, #1884 Sarah Granados, #478 Beverley Grant, #2 John Grant, #1 Sue Grassin, #2241 Merit Greaves, #2101 Gil Gredinger, #1306 Andrew Greeley, #234 Aaron Green, #2285 Aria Green, #1353 Beth Green, #1476 Bradley Green, #1985 Ivan Green, #1475 Jason Green, #1461 Kristin Green, #1986 Steven Greenbaum, #1995 Bruce Greene, #114 Jennifer Greene, #1704 William Greenlees, #480 Cathy Greer, #1247 John Greer Jr., #1246 Jennifer Griffin, #1616 Kenneth Griffin, #686 Michael Griffin, #973 Sarah Griffin, #1980 Steven Griffin, #1979 Ward Griffin, #972 Mary Elizabeth Grimberg, #1234 Richard Grimberg Jr., #1233 Derek Grimes, #2444 J. Michael Groff Jr., #1222 The Honorable Raymond Gross, #710 Sean Grosso, #2407 Matthew Grosz, #317 Laura Grow, #2262 John Guarino, #1354 David Gula, #1331 Debbie Gula, #1330 Kathleen Gulley, #1045 Amanda Gunberg, #2362 Jennifer Gunberg, #1914 M. James Gunberg, #636 Chad Gunter, #1226 Cynthia Gurey, #117 Mark Gurlea, #760
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Michael Gurucharri, #638 David Gutcher, #504 Robert Gutierrez, #1048 Amanda Guy, #1841 Michael Haber, #2138 Pamela Haber, #2137 Andrew Hafer, #765 Eileen Hafer, #766 Cynthia Haffey, #1427 Eugene Haines, #1727 Nabil Hajje, #2568 Donald Haley, #2314 David Hall, #2570 Jody Hall, #1611 Kimberly Hall, #959 Rosalind Hall, #547 Gregory Hall Jr., #1612 Richard Hallstrand, #285 Gregory Hamaker, #1447 Andrea Hamel, #1771 Robert Hamel, #1770 Andy Hamilton, #558 David Hamilton, #915 Francis Hamilton, #968 Kenneth Hamilton, #2127 Samuel Hamilton, #2090 Scott Hamilton, #702 Mary Jo Hand, #669 Myung-Joo Handelman, #1114 James Haney II, #888 Jeffery Hannett, #1923 Stephanie Hannett, #1922 Susan Hansche, #896 Jay Hansen, #2473 Nikolina Hansen, #2472 Dean Hanson, #2370 Regina Hardee-Ferrell, #2475 Barbara Harken Monsour, #2361 Rodney Harlach, #1489 Lizz Harmon, #769 Brett Harper, #1640 David Harrell, #1589 Charles Harris, #592 Ernie Harris, #2402 Jack Harris, #1716 Jeffery Harris, #328 Mary Harris, #967 Rodger Harris, #69 Bret Hart, #1322 Janice Hartley, #1708 Ronald Hartley, #1707 James Hartsfield, #274 Karen Hartsfield, #275 James Harvey, #2027 Sonya Harvey, #2028 Tamara Harvey, #1724 John Harvill, #22 Kanae Hatta, #1984 Dianne Haun, #358 Richard Havens, #449 Garrett Hawk, #1811
Joseph Hawkins, #634 Kenneth Hawthorne, #1805 Miriam Headley, #1552 Richard Headley, #1551 Ramona Heath, #2215 Stanley Heath, #2214 Christina Hedley, #2326 Richard Hedley, #2325 Joseph Hegleh, #2308 Nisreena Hegleh, #2309 Michael Heid, #1381 Jeffrey Hengel, #2087 Thomas Hennessy, #1492 Alberto Hernandez, #705 Heidi Hernandez, #2218 Martin Hernandez, #2217 Sonia Hernandez, #960 John Herndon, #138 Danielle Herrmann, #338 Gregory Herrmann, #337 Henry Hershey, #115 Christina Heruska, #2346 Christopher Hester, #2157 Steven Hester, #820 Tiffany Hickman, #2251 David Hicks, #690 Yuri Higgins, #1863 John Hildebrand III, #1983 Stephanie Hildreth, #911 David Hilfman, #263 Janice Hill, #507 Parrish Hill, #2486 Raymond Hill, #148 Zunia Hill, #2487 Jack Hill II, #269 Justin Himmelberger, #1760 Lauren Himmelberger, #1761 James Hinck, #1065 Julie Hinck, #1066 Daniel Hinson, #1440 William Hintz Jr., #2083 Brent Hirschy, #1585 Audrey Hirst, #985 Julie Hirst, #1323 Richard Hjerpe, #621 WayWay Hlaing, #1554 Julius Hobbs, #82 Thomas Hochadel, #428 Ruth Hochman, #29 Sharon Hodges, #1526 Edward Hoeppner, #2023 Sharon Hoeppner, #2024 Heather Holbrook, #2004 Randall Holcomb, #1231 Clinton Holder, #1797 Jack Holland, #304 Jeannie Holliday, #1276 Ernest Hollings, #225 Erica Hollingsworth, #2495 Robin Hollins, #852 Casie Holloway, #1368
John Holloway, #23 Janet Holroyd Wilson, #1455 Dennis Holt, #2508 Elizabeth Holt, #2509 Loretta Holtkamp, #816 Michael Holtkamp, #815 Jennifer Holtz, #2190 Skip Holtz, #2189 Anton Hopen, #2108 Lisa Hopen, #2109 Kristin Hopkins, #2471 Mae Alice Hopkins, #336 Sean Hopwood, #2411 Polly Horne, #1592 James Horne Jr., #1593 Frank Horrell, #409 Gary Houghtalin, #437 Maria Houmis, #2440 Nicholas Houmis, #2439 Jean Howard, #2550 Johnny Howard, #2043 Wanda Howard, #917 Celia Howe, #1865 Joseph Howe, #1864 Jaclynn Howell, #1568 John T. Howell, #754 John Howell, #1567 Marjorie Howell-Quartey, #1891 Michael Howsare, #347 Alison Hubbard, #1968 Barbara Hubbard, #237 Craig Hubbard, #236 Jason Hubbard, #1967 Andrew Huggins, #1248 James Hugh, #897 Jeffery Hughes, #1138 Yolande Hughes, #2503 Joy Hugick, #2243 Catherine Hugues, #746 Richard Hugues, #745 Jonathan Hull, #821 Scott Humanek, #1357 Jill Hume, #1846 Marie Hunniecutt, #1279 Zenaida Hunter, #2107 Randall Hunter Jr., #2106 Deron Hurley, #1876 Shirley Hurley, #1877 Jane Hussar, #1018 Marc Hutek, #748 Kristina Hutto, #1802 Peyton Hyslop, #2536 Guillermo Inchausti, #315 Danielle Intriago, #2428 Pam Iorio, #1868 Anna Ippolito, #64 Shirley Jackson, #914 Cynthia Jacobs, #688 Wayne Jacobus, #2324 Cheryl Jaeger, #1608 Alacia Jaggi, #2355
Anthony James, #1940 Tina James, #1183 Janet Jameson-Szolosi, #734 Thomas Janer, #238 Jill Jaquiss, #2179 Manley Jaquiss, #2178 Lisa Jardine, #596 Angela Jarvie, #2310 Joseph Jaskiewicz, #2518 Kristin Jay, #1719 Donna Jellison, #723 Mary Ann Jenks, #1027 Ronald Jenks, #1026 Richard Jennette, #2267 Barbara Jensen, #46 Joan Jernstrom, #1900 Christa Jerome, #2035 Jonathan Jett-Parmer, #1165 Beverly Jewesak, #1573 Timothy Jewesak, #1572 James Jimenez, #827 Dan Johnson, #869 Kerry Johnson, #416 Martha Johnson, #89 Robert Johnson, #2184 Stephanie Johnson, #664 Steven Johnson, #1055 Susan Johnson, #874 Thomas Johnson, #389 Tina Johnson, #868 Paul Johnson III, #2223 Connie Johnson-Gearhart, #525 Lindsy Johnston, #863 Stephen Johnston II, #862 Jennifer Joiner, #1740 Teresa Joiner, #1773 Sarah Jolly, #268 Jeffery Jones, #98 John Jones, #86 Patricia Jones, #1531 Shari Jones, #2153 Timothy Jones, #2061 Arthur Jones Jr., #1532 Mary Jones-Freis, #129 Cheryl Jordan, #1854 James E. Jordan, #747 James W. Jordan, #1170 Kimberly Jordan, #1867 Steven Jordan, #1853 Bradley Joseph, #940 Mary Joseph, #2366 Jill Joyce, #2030 Robert Joyce, #2453 Brooke Juan, #1250 Barbara Julian, #1944 Frank Julian, #1943 Marc Jump, #898 Rodrigo Jurado Jr., #247 The Honorable Charles Justice, #1722 John Kaddis, #401
Jennifer Kaelin, #2446 Ryan Kaelin, #2445 Hans-Christian Kahlert, #883 Rebecca Kaiser, #1596 Zacharias Kalarickal, #2438 Robert Kalbach, #574 Jacqueline Kalbas, #1224 William Kalbas, #1223 Allan Kalik, #257 Jennifer Kalik, #258 Ginger Kalinski, #1346 Kenneth Kalunian, #35 Bruce Kamelhair, #2279 John Kamenar, #2283 Charles Kane, #932 Cynthia Kane, #2527 Ivy Kaprow, #2368 Marc Kaprow, #2367 Joshua Karren, #1639 Emily Karsina, #2497 Natalie Kasey, #1488 Kevin Kasubinski, #1283 Bonnie Kearns, #1689 Conrad Kearns, #1125 Sharon Keefer, #873 Connie Keehn, #2150 Brian Keenan, #1903 Dana Keenan, #356 Ruth Kegel, #1271 Kendra Keller, #2022 Kevin Keller, #673 Michael Keller, #2021 Benjamin Kelly, #2563 Jennifer Kelly, #2258 Kristine Kelly, #2261 Bradley Kendell, #2270 Brenda Kenny, #1432 Joseph Kenny, #1431 Susan Ketterer, #2534 Dawn Kettner, #2382 Devyn Kettner, #2383 David Key, #1068 Julie Key, #1069 Jeremy Kibler, #1193 Kaycie Kibler, #1194 Hao Kien, #1885 Carlton Kilpatrick, #717 Hyejin Kim, #2420 Robert Kincart, #792 Karen King, #2448 Mary King, #2551 Peter King, #2328 Thomas King Jr., #1791 Kristofer Kirchen, #1807 Scott Kirchner, #551 Tricia Kirchner, #552 Lashonda Kirkland, #988 Margaret Kirkland, #2391 Lisa Kirschten, #1730 Cathy Kirstein, #2533 Lorie Kittendorf, #1468
Jerre Kittle, #1156 Tassey Kittle, #1157 Ross Klaskow, #2455 Christopher Kluis, #1714 Tosia Kmiec, #1543 Thomas Knaus, #639 Cheryl Kobres, #2275 Bruce Koehler, #2476 Christopher Koehler, #837 Dianne Koenig, #357 Douglas Konselman, #429 Diane Koplar, #2413 Kevin Koplar, #2412 Glenda Koshy, #871 Jason Koshy, #870 Melanie Kouroupis, #1106 Jakub Kowalczyk, #1820 Kenneth Kralick, #65 Kevin Krause, #1031 Stacey Krause, #1032 Clayton Kreis, #1314 Rose Kreis, #1313 Brian Krenn, #135 Alicia Krukoski, #1810 Tahlman Krumm Jr., #1678 Elizabeth Krystyn-Fueyo, #802 Anthony Kuntz, #1177 Leena Kurian, #2075 Sanjay Kurian, #2074 Ronald Kurz, #817 Gail LaCour, #613 Samuel Laden, #2502 Erin Laipply, #2010 John Lake, #1449 Nancy Lake, #1448 Martha Lakis, #2276 Archbishop Lakovos, #210 Georgia Laliotis, #931 Brian Lamb, #542 Mary Landsberger, #527 Richard Lane, #68 Melanie Langston, #334 Michael Langston, #943 James Lanier, #561 Samuel Lanza, #312 Michael LaPan, #1277 Pamela LaPan, #1278 Kimberly LaPorte, #2231 Wayne LaPorte, #2230 Richard Larsen, #321 Donna Larson, #1518 Eric Larson, #1477 John Larson, #1517 Thomas Latto III, #1613 Rhea Law, #976 Patrick Lawlor, #1393 Deborah Layton, #1167 Neil Layton, #1166 Ronald Lazo, #1703 Sabrina Leandre, #2377 Victor Leavengood, #808
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Life Member Honor Roll Philip Lecceardone, #1487 James Lee, #90 David Leever, #1514 Paula Leftwich, #2188 David Lego, #2594 Aurelia Leinartas, #807 Annabel Lennard, #998 Earl Lennard, #997 Hernan Leon, #515 Leticia Leppert, #2191 Kim Lersch, #1451 John Lersch III, #1452 Robert Leslie, #76 Lauren Leslie-Hynan, #1036 Kenneth Lettre, #1523 Robin Levin, #152 Mark Levine, #589 William Levy, #2242 Amy Lewis, #2193 Cheryl Lewis, #2481 Donald Lewis, #1870 John Lewis, #2192 Lisa Lewis, #397 Michael Lewis, #398 Scott Ley, #1976 Willard Libby, #207 Ann Liguori, #1619 Ann Lindell Sheppard, #1715 Gregory Linden, #425 John Lindsey, #2216 Cindy Lineberry, #1390 William Litton, #307 Kristen Livengood, #1530 Steven Livingston, #1185 Bette LoBue, #872 Cornelia Logan, #2484 Joseph Lomascolo, #875 Suzanne Lomascolo, #876 Carol Long, #2457 John Long, #2456 Lynda Long, #1505 Ward Longbottom, #1752 Donna Longhouse, #2212 Denise Loos, #1338 Angela Lopez, #2278 Liana Lopez, #2330 Melissa Lopez, #1299 Sandra Lopez, #2277 Yvette Lopez, #1617 June Lorah, #1458 Gabrielle Lorino, #2443 George Lorton, #543 Sandra Lorton, #544 Tiphaine Louradour-Hwang, #1974 Ann Lovitt, #1140 Richard Low, #1583 Steven Lowe, #929 Jennifer Loxton, #2013 Travis Loxton, #2012 Lisa Lubowiecki, #2469
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Marc Lubowiecki, #2468 Victor Lucas, #1028 Dean Luethje, #2566 Clara Lugo, #2349 Deborah Lum, #1725 Carleton Lum III, #1726 Kyle Lundquist, #366 Steven Lyons, #381 Jessica Lyublanovits, #1975 Joseph MacDougald II, #1479 Katrina MacGregor, #783 Nathan Macht, #1779 Frederick Mack, #1638 Frederick Mack Jr., #672 James MacKay, #1146 Ian MacKechnie Jr., #1555 Cecil Mackey, #168 Glenn Maclean, #471 Mark Magan, #1457 Frank Maggio, #395 Lora Maggio, #396 James Magill, #691 Richard Magill, #342 Michael Magruder, #1305 Stephen Maher, #2556 Rashed Mahmud, #560 Helen Mahony, #1824 Sarah Majirsky, #1499 Joseph Malec, #485 Jennifer Malin, #768 Robert Mallett, #1610 A.K. Bobby Mallik, #1344 Timi Maloney, #1288 Allison Malouf, #740 Jason Malouf, #739 John Manning, #2117 Michael Manning, #1433 Tanya Manning, #2118 Elizabeth Manzano-Boulton, #1084 Henry Marcet, #811 Jorge Marcet, #2092 Robert Margeson Jr., #1636 Cherryl Marlan, #139 Vicki Marsee, #2352 Donald Marsee Sr., #2353 Robert Marshall, #1958 John Marshall III, #2237 William Marshall Jr., #1563 Catherine Martin, #2234 Dean Martin, #2003 John Martin, #646 Lara Martin, #2142 Stephen Martin, #2235 Susan Martin, #143 William Martin, #1002 Dushan Martinasek, #1013 Mary Martinasek, #1014 Kevin Martinez, #1134 Merritt Martin-Lindstrom, #2327 Aileen Martino, #1098
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Joann Martino, #511 Donna Masi, #625 William Masi, #626 Randall Mason, #676 Diana Massimini, #1057 Michael Massimini, #1056 Lacey Mastorides, #1851 Nicholas Mastorides, #1850 Derek Mateos, #2124 Shelby Mathias, #1556 Ruben Matos, #828 Linda Mattos, #487 Jon Mauro, #1590 John Mauthner, #1186 Robert Mautz, #194 George Mavros, #1627 Renee Mavros, #1628 Thomas Mawhinney, #13 David May, #455 Debbie May, #456 Russell Maynard, #524 James Mayo Jr., #2183 Andrew Mayts Jr., #1871 Roy Mazur, #738 Michelle Mazuros, #1509 Brian McAllister, #1321 Jean-Anne McAllister, #1582 Thomas McAllister, #1581 David McCall, #1815 Dialne McCall, #1816 Patricia McConnell, #373 Richard McConnell, #372 Shamus McConomy, #1621 Stephen McCormack, #831 Carol McCoy, #44 Carson McCoy, #1262 Gertrude McDaniel, #2422 James McDaniel, #2421 Margaret McDeed, #2365 Scott McDeed, #2364 Kimberly McDonald, #2066 Dayla McElroy, #1128 Catherine McEwen, #66 Kathryn McGarry, #113 Murray McGarry, #112 Brian McGauran, #2479 Casey McGauran, #2480 Christine McGee, #548 John McGee, #549 Kathryn McGee, #707 Carol McGlaughlin, #2546 Jack McGriff, #513 Jennifer McHerron, #1999 Levi McIntyre, #1121 Brianna Mckee, #2401 Robert McKee, #924 David McKeithan, #417 Jodi McKeithan, #418 Cleveland McKenzie, #1439 Joseph McKenzie Jr., #1672 William McKown, #886
Scott McLam, #1123 Sara McMurry, #391 Timothy McMurry, #390 Kerry McNab, #245 Larry McNabb, #721 Heidi McNaney-Flint, #39 Karl McNish, #1759 Margo McVicker, #1437 Lisa Mead, #903 Craig Meadows, #1429 Brian Meaton, #1256 Christina Medbery, #1044 Harold Medero, #878 Leo Mediavilla, #2524 Marlyn Meeks, #796 Robert Meeks, #795 Wilda Meier, #266 H. Frank Meiners Jr., #1025 Jerry Meinhardt, #1350 David Meinhart, #2363 Jenny Meirose, #2271 Merle Mendis-Dennis, #2052 Mario Mendola, #2014 Elizabeth Menendez, #1005 Marian Menezes, #1888 Sandra Menke, #1886 Mary Mercer, #2038 Sandra Mercer-Lynch, #1713 Brigid Merenda, #1533 Jason Merenda, #1534 David Mereness, #1524 Auberde Merilan, #2185 Lynne Merriam, #296 Ashley Merrill, #308 Robert Messinger, #833 Lauren Metcalf, #2219 Michael Metcalf, #611 Walter Metcalf, #2220 Greg Metcalfe, #1491 Alisha Meyer, #2163 Christian Meyer, #2371 Corey Meyer, #2162 Eileen Meyer, #2372 Fred Meyer, #2263 Judith Meyer, #295 Kirsten Meyer, #1630 Otto Meyer, #1629 Rudolph Michaud, #196 Diana Michel, #600 Stephen Michelini, #43 Bernard Middendorf, #767 Dennis Miklavic, #2521 David Miller, #1729 James Miller, #2129 Karen Miller, #1728 Nancy Miller, #725 Lesley Miller Jr., #427 Edward Mills, #906 Andrea Milrad, #384 Jack Milrad, #385 Lynnis Mincey, #1438
Anthony Minerva, #1093 Elena Minicucci, #1342 Carol Minshew-Speyerer, #785 Andrew Mintzer, #708 Laura Mintzer, #709 Manlio Miriel, #2284 Franz Mitchell, #2576 James Mittenzwei, #2025 Joanne Mittenzwei, #2026 Cheryl Mixson, #1679 Nancy Mizrahi, #320 H. Lee Moffitt, #30 Deborah Momberg, #1694 Joel Momberg, #1693 Karen Monsen-Hoogs, #653 Roger Monsour, #2360 April Monteith, #1422 Michelle Monteleon, #1434 Tracy Montgomery, #1498 Brenda Moore, #531 Dee Dee Moore, #1298 James Moore, #775 Jason Moore, #151 Jennifer Moore, #2501 Jessica Moore, #2077 Jo Ann Moore, #814 Michael Moore, #2449 Paul Moore, #1545 Richard Moore, #2076 Shirley Moore, #776 Jennifer Moores, #2416 Scott Moores, #2415 Curtis Moreau, #1662 Leslie Moreau, #1663 Jorge Morejon, #700 Lori Morejon, #701 Donna Moretti, #1541 Joseph Moretti, #1540 Elise Morgan, #994 George Morgan, #2590 Russell Morgan, #503 Lynne Morneault, #934 Holly Morris, #2132 Lillian Morris, #15 Linda Morris-Henry, #2334 Paul Morrison, #155 Steven Morrison, #1360 Frank Morsani, #172 Edward Mortellaro, #351 Linda Mortellaro, #352 Stephanie Morton, #854 Jeffrey Moscow, #2490 Louisa Moscow, #2489 Brentin Mosher, #2419 Patricia Mosley, #1208 Luis Moss, #2135 Olin Mott, #1801 Victor Motto, #1913 Nakhle Moubarak, #1387 Pamela Moulton, #1257 Charles Mudd Jr., #1924
Henry Mueller III, #1471 Roberta Muir, #73 Sisy Mukerjee, #1142 Sudip Mukerjee, #1141 Raymond Mulholland, #438 Kym Mullins, #1520 Dennis Mullis, #2511 Leslie Muma, #1220 Pamela Muma, #1221 Brian Mumme, #1413 Gilbert Munoz, #2248 David Murdock, #454 Michael Murphy, #1899 Sean Murphy, #1115 Donald Murphy II, #2085 Raymond Murray, #144 Stephen Murray, #1925 Susan Murray, #1926 Casey Muse, #1502 Stephanie Muse, #1503 Adrian Musial Jr., #1803 La Veda Myers, #322 Marlo Myers, #1667 William Myette, #2227 Michael Mysels, #1648 Fernando Narvaez, #2211 Mark Nash, #1211 Michael Nash, #62 James Nault, #562 Terry Nealy, #546 Samuel Neel, #203 Merrie Neely, #1197 Tara Nelan, #1462 Thomas Nelson, #2269 Tia Nelson, #1216 William Nelson, #1217 Diane Nettles, #651 Timothy Nettles, #650 Eric Neuman, #298 Stephanie Newby, #2498 Eric Newman, #400 Lyris Newman, #399 William Neylan, #1304 Samuel Nirenberg, #1645 Amol Nirgudkar, #778 John Nixon, #123 Tonya Nixon, #1882 Mark Nonnenberg, #881 Michele Norris, #787 Randy Norris, #786 Alyson Noune, #842 Michael Novilla, #1050 Varrick Nunez, #970 Casanova Nurse, #1062 Dianne O’Brien, #1352 Kimberly O’Brien, #536 Shawn O’Brien, #537 Timothy O’Brien, #1351 Catherine O’Connor, #404 Jennifer O’Connor, #1292 Kenneth O’Connor, #1291
William O’Connor, #1991 Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, #2057 Toshiaki Ogasawara, #202 Leslie Ogden, #889 Thomas O’Horo, #1931 Mary Ojeda, #436 Jay Oklu, #2036 Elizabeth Okogbaa, #741 Timothy Oladokun, #392 Thomas O’Lenic, #1326 Jason Olivero, #2131 Christine Olney, #1896 Ronald Olney, #1895 Kent Olsen, #1187 Stephanie Olsen, #1188 Steven Olsen, #253 Donald Oneal, #949 Martha Oneal, #950 Tommy O’Neal, #607 William Oram, #45 Alex Oros, #623 Heidi Oros, #622 Ashlee Orozco, #2404 Christopher Orozco, #2403 China Orr, #699 Annette Osborn, #2507 James Osborn, #2506 Vincent Osborne, #75 Robert Osburn, #1416 Marc Ostroff, #1595 Colleen O’Sullivan, #1661 Maria Otto, #804 Matthew Otto, #1003 John Ouellette, #1959 Judith Ouellette, #1960 Elizabeth Overstreet, #2055 Michael Overstreet, #2056 Adrian Owens, #963 George Oxx Jr., #1902 Robert Pacenta, #447 Girija Padmanabh, #26 Kenneth Page II, #1016 Leon Paige, #671 William Paladine, #2351 Louis Paladino, #2418 Luanne Panacek, #1143 Arthur Panov, #660 Kathleen Panov, #661 Paul Pare, #2296 Mitesh Parekh, #2485 Timothy Pariso, #2593 George Parker, #121 John Parker, #643 Matthew Parker, #1104 Stephen Parker, #2198 Samantha Parker-Hopkins, #2110 Leslie Parkins, #1996 Amy Parry, #407 Surendra Parvataneni, #958
Kiran Patel, #1369 Janice Paton, #1671 Scott Paton, #1670 L. J. Patouillet, #4 Leland Patouillet, #84 Mary Patouillet, #85 John Patrick, #550 Doreen Patterson, #335 Michael Patterson, #1400 Stephen Pauley, #1557 Scott Pautler, #951 Carla Pawich, #1383 Dennis Payne, #242 Lynn Payne, #1012 Carlos Pazos, #680 Carol Pazos, #681 Daniel Peachee, #1312 John Pearce, #21 Darryl Pearson, #284 Michele Pedulla, #1228 Vincent Pedulla, #1229 Nathan Pendleton IV, #904 Eric Penvose, #1153 Taylor Penvose, #1154 Michael Peppers, #1774 Kimberly Perez-Schneider, #1836 William Perna, #394 William Perret, #419 James Peterson, #491 Natalie Peterson, #2015 Norman Peterson, #2206 Paul Peterson, #2589 Robin Peterson, #2588 Theresa Peterson, #383 Wayne Peterson, #382 Trudy Pettibone, #1061 Sandra Pettit, #539 Robert Pettyjohn, #279 Harry Pfister, #2505 Winifred Pfister, #2504 Ada Pfotenhauer, #1254 Phillip Pfotenhauer, #1253 Shawna Phelps, #2001 Rudy Philippus, #2319 Amanda Phillips, #1838 Richard Phillips, #2080 Robert Phillips, #344 Sharon Phillips, #2041 Wayne Phillips, #1837 Gretchen Piccote, #1329 Frank Pidala, #2560 Scott Pierce, #1034 Frantz Pierre, #1813 Dana Pigg, #1174 Smitha Pillai, #1792 Greg Pine, #909 Julian Piper, #1734 Scott Piper, #1950 William Piper Jr., #1586 Mary Pippin, #1737
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Life Member Honor Roll Steven Plaisted, #413 Kristen Plastino-Arnold, #1564 Thomas Plesich, #2098 John Pletcher, #423 Michelle Plotka, #1782 Kenneth Plunkitt, #1176 Gary Poe Sr., #1765 Nicole Poff, #2007 Patrick Poff, #1259 Ronald Poindexter, #564 Margaret Poling, #2255 Lesly Pompy, #280 Nancy Popick, #2097 Scott Popick, #2096 Sue Porter, #2045 Terry Potter, #1204 Joseph Powell, #726 Mary Powell, #463 Mary Lou Powell, #1825 O. Eugene Powell, #464 Penelope Powell, #1347 Helen Powers, #1660 Walter Prather, #1521 Victor Prebor III, #1875 Christopher Prentice, #2306 Kristen Prentice, #2307 Susan Prestridge, #1942 Ross Preville, #1179 Jade Primus, #2390 Antony Pro, #2194 Kathleen Prossick, #2046 Brian Pruett, #573 Nicolas Psomiadis, #1456 Teresa Puckett, #147 Amanda Puentes, #1366 Carlos Puentes, #1365 Christopher Pugh, #2488 Sue Pugh, #2562 Bhargava Puligandla, #2396 Richard Pylant, #1408 Erika Pyner, #1286 Jo Ann Quinn, #2561 Stanley Raab Jr., #2039 Jack Rader, #1195 Mary Rader, #1196 Judy Raffone, #301 James Ragsdale, #1579 Laurie Ragsdale, #1580 John Ramil, #605 Naida Ramil, #606 Jennifer Ramil McCoy, #1700 Michael Randolfi, #2555 Margaret Rangel, #1982 William Raspberry, #224 Erik Rauch, #1450 Jonathan Rausch, #1300 Kenneth Ravencraft, #2515 Daniel Ravicher, #752 Chitra Ravindra, #706 Teresa Rawe, #1818 James Rawe Jr., #1817
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John Rawnsley, #2158 Richard Raymond, #119 Martha Rea, #291 Timothy Rea, #290 Gregory Read, #1973 Robert Read, #2213 Scott Reading, #1762 Jill Reagan, #2417 Ronald Reagan Sr., #586 Scott Rebane, #1171 Curtis Reece, #1382 Charles Reese, #839 Judith Reese, #840 John Regar, #83 Erin Reich, #2210 Carol Reid, #1842 Amy Reily, #2592 Ronald Reinhart, #497 Alexander Reiss, #1006 Martina Reiss, #1007 Jennifer Rendahl, #1600 Jan Resch, #2311 Elizabeth Reschke, #2345 Karen Reuben, #1210 Robert Reuben, #1209 Lillian Reyes, #2454 Sueanne Reynolds, #1915 Sarah Ribeiro, #1866 Frederick Rich, #1956 Lynn Richard, #287 Robert Richard, #288 Debra Richichi, #2032 Joseph Richichi, #2031 Valerie Riddle, #2388 Cherice Ridgeway, #1731 Brenda Ridl, #2583 Jim Rinaldo, #598 Arthur Ringness, #1302 Elizabeth Risch, #617 Robert Risch, #618 Oscar Rivas, #716 Pedro Rivera, #1092 Teodoro Rivera III, #2034 William Rizzetta, #805 Mary Roberson, #2354 Cynthia Roberts, #2350 Jonathan Roberts, #677 Richard Roberts, #1957 Bonnie Robertson, #920 Leslie Robins, #34 Adam Robinson, #309 Burke Robinson, #1389 Dean Robinson, #499 Doreen Robinson, #1827 Eric Robinson, #1826 Harold Robinson, #952 Reginald Robinson, #1410 Sonny Robitaille, #790 Yvette Robitaille, #789 Raymond Rocha, #902 Oliver Rodrigues, #1158
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Deborah Rodriguez, #1377 Delma Rodriguez, #2048 Eileen Rodriguez, #329 Jerard Rodriguez, #1336 Mary Rodriguez, #56 Roger Rodriguez, #1376 William Roese, #2018 Gamwell Rogers, #2238 James Rogge, #1215 Ruth Rogge, #1214 Jacquelyn Rogow, #326 Gini Rollins, #78 Quinton Rollins Jr., #77 Brian Rolph, #727 James Roney, #473 R. Chandler Root, #1282 James Rosbolt, #1047 Michael Rosen, #430 Richard Rosengren, #1469 Judith Rosenkranz, #310 James Rosenquist, #191 Kimberly Ross, #642 Jeffrey Rothenberg, #2042 Carl Rowan, #232 David Rowe II, #1131 Marcella Rua, #1375 Nancy Rubin, #1112 Jodee Rucker, #1423 Michael Rudd, #1790 Douglas Rudig, #1285 Richard Rumrell, #319 Anne Runion, #582 Anthony Runion, #581 Casey Runkles, #996 Jason Runkles, #995 Cory Ruppel, #830 Solveig Ruppel, #829 Bradley Rush, #2286 James Rush, #1290 Janice Rush, #781 Michael Rush, #780 John Russell, #1070 Charles Russell Jr., #424 John Ruzic, #484 Christina Ryan, #1706 Maryann Ryan, #1251 Patrick Ryan, #1705 Glenn Rybacki, #939 Austin Ryder, #1113 Carla Saavedra, #935 Renan Saavedra, #1632 Marie Sabol, #2434 Thomas Sabol, #2433 Mia Sadler, #48 Elizabeth Saine, #251 Michael Saine, #250 Wesley Sainz, #483 Phillip Saladino, #2016 Nicole Salazar, #585 Amber Sale, #2376 Magda Saleh, #1878
Mohamad Saleh, #1879 Neetha Sallapudi, #892 Nitin Sallapudi, #891 Jennifer Salmon, #1088 Gregory Salyer, #1668 Anthony Sanchez, #856 Betty Sanchez, #277 Dana Sanchez, #1097 Kenneth Sanchez, #1096 Tonya Sanchez, #857 Karina Sanderson, #2165 Shomari Sanford, #2321 Henry Santos, #593 Darren Sapashe, #1939 Beverly Sapp, #2316 Kevin Sapp, #2317 Louis Sarbeck, #24 David Sarich, #2266 Eileen Sarris, #2145 Jeannette Sasmor, #107 Jolyon Sasse, #1206 Joshua Saunders, #1467 David Sawicki, #1655 Neal Sayers, #1100 Rebecca Sayers, #1101 Michael Schaefer, #659 Kelley Schaeffer, #1075 Fred Scheigert, #81 William Scheirer Jr., #1602 Lauren Schellman, #1484 Alfred Schiff, #969 Robert Schlechty, #313 Philip Schlossnagle, #470 Kenneth Schlugar, #946 David Schmidt, #1020 Nancy Schmidt, #698 Dennis Schnur, #1675 Dawn Schocken, #2496 Wolfgang Scholl, #2093 James Schreck, #1892 Renee Schreck, #1893 Laurie Schroeder, #1920 John Schueler, #2450 Linda Schueler, #2451 Scott Schullo, #1442 George Schultz, #2224 Virginia Schultz, #2225 Lisa Schultze, #1372 Linda Schwartzkopf, #508 Ellen Scofield, #2549 Samuel Scolaro, #420 Daniel Scott, #1684 Thomas Scott, #2572 Shannon Seal, #2068 Therese Seal, #1964 Christopher Seavey, #2516 Jean Seawell, #355 Jeffrey Sebeika, #2529 Lance Seberg, #818 Laura Seberg, #819 Robert Sechen, #59
Kenneth Seibert, #1597 Suzanne Seidl, #545 Scott Seigel, #1178 Pamela Seigrist Andersen, #305 Ada Seltzer, #1268 Robert Senton, #1059 W. Doughlas Sessions Jr., #1620 Richard Sessums, #462 T. Terrell Sessums, #165 Brad Settel, #2452 Nirav Shah, #2099 Rajani Shah, #2246 Vipul Shah, #2247 Charles Shanberg, #712 Deborah Shannon, #1130 Debra Shannon, #111 Timothy Shannon, #1129 Patrick Shea, #74 John Shearer, #2125 Nancy Shearer, #2126 James Sheffield, #1511 Karen Sheffield, #1512 Craig Sheftell, #1294 Jessica Shellard, #2369 Dave Shepler, #1238 Barry Sheppard, #2091 Leo Sheridan, #346 Ron Sherman, #1359 Albert Sherman II, #1230 Donald Sherwood, #514 Joseph Shield, #1053 Patricia Shiflett, #261 Hinks Shimberg, #169 Dong Shin, #2040 Byron Shinn, #2466 Joanne Shinn, #2467 Stephen Shipman, #16 Sarah Shoffner, #2389 Perry Sholes, #2054 Rachael Shumaker, #2397 Gail Sideman, #1180 Michael Sierra, #1239 Fred Sikorski, #1371 Joy Sikorski, #1370 Jane Siling, #1642 Wendy Silverman, #2571 Jennifer Silverstein, #412 Kennedy Simmonds, #228 Brenda Simmons, #1614 Carol Simmons, #1090 Cheryll Simmons, #1255 Earl Simmons, #1091 Linda Simmons, #386 William Simmons, #1232 Barry Simons, #2186 Michael Simpson, #1212 Paige Simpson, #1083 Vicki Simpson, #1213 Kelly Sims, #1634 Lori Sims, #1635
Shalonda Sims, #1287 Nathan Sindel, #957 Sharmatie Singh, #890 Lizabeth Sismilich, #2128 Walter Skirven, #984 Stephen Skrzypkowiak, #1785 Deborah Smalbach, #1397 Neal Smalbach, #1398 Thomas Smerz, #1037 Ashley Smith, #2146 Barry Smith, #635 Cara Smith, #1819 Celinda Smith, #1049 Daryn Smith, #1258 Devern Smith, #1906 Donald Smith, #530 Edward B. Smith, #720 Edward F. Smith, #2002 Ellyn Smith, #2147 James Smith, #239 Jessica Smith, #1769 Leslie Smith, #832 Marshall Smith, #1768 Robert Smith, #1414 Sam Smith, #1004 Stephen Smith, #1962 Tara Smith, #2384 Gilbert Smith Jr., #2301 Herman Smith Jr., #2072 L. Lisa Smithson, #729 Eric Smolin, #2378 Kenneth Snead, #1296 Richard Snyder, #1494 Michael Sobzack, #2171 Sandra Sobzack, #2172 Stephen Sodheim, #208 Nicole Solana, #1603 James Somers, #1022 Julie Somers, #1023 Joseph Sonnenberg, #1673 Douglas Sonosky, #731 Lois Sorensen, #1137 Peter Sorensen, #8 Vicky Sorensen, #9 David Soyer, #205 Lisa Spagnuolo-Oklu, #2037 Barbara Spahr, #1584 Jeffrey Spalding, #925 Sara Spalding, #926 Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy, #345 Ryan Spellins, #2299 Homer Spencer, #1665 James Spencer, #1919 Stephen Spencer, #836 David Speyerer, #784 Tara Spieler, #2530 Tonald Spinks, #907 Lynne Sprenger, #354 Michael Sprenger, #353 Carol Springer, #2514 Angela Spurlin-Horwitz, #1411
Patricia Spychala, #1010 Kristina Stadtherr, #1264 Lydia Stage, #1345 Shawn Stambaugh, #2292 Brett Stanaland, #624 Susan Stanton, #1270 Charles Stargel, #141 Sherri Stargel, #142 Sean Starowesky, #2167 Ellen Stavros, #241 Gus Stavros, #411 Vicki Stecher, #2200 Barbara Steele, #1182 Jacqueline Steele, #762 Karen Steidinger, #2385 Craig Stein, #695 Leslie Stein, #273 Lorinda Stein, #696 Alan Steinberg, #1978 Michael Steiner, #1480 Arnold Steinhardt, #206 Randy Stepp, #431 Brian Stevens, #1548 Jamie Stevens, #1536 Patrick Stevens, #1535 Deborah Stevenson, #292 Michael Stewart, #2062 Ashlee Stidham, #2464 Stephanie Stiles, #71 Darrell Stinger, #283 George Stone, #94 Craig Storts, #540 Marybeth Storts, #541 Jane Stovall, #633 Marsha-Ann Strand, #1921 George Strawbridge, #166 William Streator, #1152 Jennifer Strykowski, #1848 Brian Stucker, #1428 Alan Stull, #2245 Diane Stull, #2244 Diane Stumph, #2409 Charles Styer, #900 Amado Suarez, #2586 Natalie Suarez, #1327 Gregory Subero, #2491 Mark Sullivan, #2341 Frederick Sumner, #2159 Randall Sumner, #1507 William Sunter, #1058 Samuel Surratt, #2510 Catherine Suttle, #1852 Roy Sweatman, #432 Shannon Sweatman, #682 Colleen Swenson, #1145 Gennie Swenson, #602 Michael Swenson, #603 Thayne Swenson III, #1144 Ronnie Swopes, #1150 G. Michael Swor, #2197 Juliana Szakacs, #1912
Shelly Tabar, #2253 Deborah Tagliarini, #434 Tom Tagliarini, #2044 Paul Talbot, #678 Deborah Tamargo, #521 Thomas Tamburro, #327 Rony Tanis, #1335 Scott Tappan, #281 Lance Taylor, #1652 Merrily Taylor, #1109 Pamela Taylor, #2579 Robert Taylor, #1493 Tracy Taylor, #2100 Von Taylor III, #1631 David Teague, #126 Joe Teague, #1486 Gene Temple, #1981 Robert Tennant, #941 Zenjiro Terasaki, #2082 Sherry Terpening, #580 Stella Thayer, #311 Melissa Thebeau, #2414 Charles Thomas, #146 Denise Thomas, #2008 John Thomas, #801 William Thomas, #2470 Christopher Thompson, #303 Donald Thompson, #991 Gracie Thompson, #1009 Lora Thompson, #1849 Michael Thompson, #1561 Robert Thompson, #526 Sophie Thompson, #1562 Thomia Thompson, #1151 Keith Tickell, #2494 Mark Tighe, #1644 Michael Tinsley, #2477 Patricia Tobin, #753 Richard Todd, #2065 Andrew Toledo, #554 Cynthia Toledo, #555 Janet Tolson, #256 Joseph Tomaino, #1918 Sherrill Tomasino, #1409 Cindy Tonjes, #2180 Larry Tonjes, #2181 Denise Toole, #1748 Nancy Toole, #1500 Arthur Torre, #2482 Justin Torre, #2483 David Touchton, #2019 Mary Ann Touchton, #2020 Charles Townes, #226 Scott Tozian, #556 Karl Tramer, #2175 Veronica Tramer, #2176 Todd Traub, #1046 Noreen Travis, #980 Michael Tree, #198 Donald Trelease, #2459 Maureen Trelease, #2458
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Life Member Honor Roll Laurier Tremblay Jr., #31 Johnnie Trevena, #877 Gerald Trimble, #735 Mary Trimble, #52 Justin Troller, #1021 Gary Trombley, #246 Richard Tron, #1435 Susan Tron, #1436 Kenneth Tucker, #53 Patricia Tucker, #54 Spencer Turner, #120 Robert Turner Jr., #2033 Dexter Turnquest, #533 Kathryn Tushaus, #1127 Henry Uhlenbrauck Jr., #2460 Lawrence Ulvila Jr., #2274 Keith Umbaugh, #2084 Anthony Umholtz, #2164 Wendell Underwood, #1720 Carolyn Undorf, #641 Jamiel Vadell, #2169 Jim Valdes, #331 Dennis Valenti, #845 Jessica Valenti, #846 Jose Valiente, #1267 Lourdes Valiente, #2431 John Vallee, #756 William Van Houten Jr., #1249 Sanel van Wyk-Pierre, #1814 Cynthia Varney, #1245 Russell Varney, #445 Pia Vasconi, #2017 Wayne Vasey, #217 Timothy Vaughan, #481 Victoria Vaughan, #482 Thomas Veit Jr., #590 Victor Velasco, #2463 Christopher Vermillion, #851 James Vermillion, #255 Gregory Vestri, #1861 Jean Vestri, #1862 John Victoravich, #965 Louis Villarosa Jr., #2575 Deborah Vincent, #2282 Clyde Vinson, #2050 Cynthia Visot, #954 Luis Visot, #953 Gregory Vitale, #2585 Jeanne Viviani, #477 Jill Voorhis, #254 Kimberly Votery, #1364 Jennifer Vozne, #885 Mark Vrahotes, #1702 Carri Wacker, #1412 Charles Wagner, #2161 Jeffrey Wagner, #492 Jodi Wagner-Zallis, #1510 Albert Waksman, #2123 Ginger Wald, #1303 Selinda Walden, #1126 Heather Walders, #794
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Matthew Waldron, #1309 Benjamin Walker, #1559 Donald Walker, #36 Karen Walker, #37 Renee Walker, #1560 George Wall, #982 Lawrence Wall, #662 Sharlene Wall, #663 James Wall Jr., #452 Judy Wallace, #860 Lew Wallace, #859 Matthew Wallace, #2114 Edith Wallace-Green, #235 Amy Walsh, #2156 Jeffrey Walter, #1767 Corinne Walters, #2373 Diane Wandel, #2273 David Wandel Jr., #2272 Clara Wansley, #63 Bruce Ward, #1243 Katrina Ward, #879 Suzanne Ward, #1516 Ian Ware, #476 Elizabeth Wasdin, #1074 Evelyn Watkins, #1947 Nancy Watkins, #2394 Robert Watkins, #2395 Sherry Watkins, #1549 Charles Watson, #777 K. Amelia Watts, #2392 Patricia Weaver Chulick, #252 William Webb, #2338 Carol Weber, #498 James Weber, #945 Jody Weber, #942 David Weeks, #916 Sharon Weeks, #11 Theodore Weeks, #10 Kathryn Weese, #772 H. Monty Weigel, #1495 Stephen Weihman, #2300 Link Welborn, #1745 John Wells, #2249 Kimberly Wells, #2250 Steven Wentz, #2522 Deborah Werner, #733 Denny Werner, #1709 Helen Wertel, #1822 Jacqueline Wertel, #1821 M. Brent Wertz, #1783 Mary Wertz, #1784 James West, #1522 Angela Westbrook, #1933 Carol Westfall, #2545 John Westfall, #2544 Douglas Wetherill, #1932 Jacqueline Wexler, #233 Jeanne Whalen, #1907 Janet Wheeler, #1591 Mary Wheeler, #2424 Scott Wheeler, #2425
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Nicole Whitaker, #1741 Alexander White, #1051 Andrew White, #1363 Elizabeth White, #1052 Gary White, #1519 Harold White, #1149 Ken White, #648 Samantha White, #2304 John Whitehair, #2405 John Whitehead III, #2005 Cheryl Whiteman, #1845 Thomas Whiteman Jr., #1844 Betsy White-Stewart, #538 Judith Whitman, #1654 Albert Wiesbauer, #95 Elizabeth Wilder, #2565 Robert Wilder, #2564 Alveria Williams, #2574 Amber Williams, #444 Belynda Williams, #1105 Calvin Williams, #1525 Derek Williams, #893 Elizabeth Williams, #1681 Helena Williams, #894 Hopeton Williams, #2359 Kenneth Williams, #1680 Lee Williams, #2060 Carl Williamson, #1378 Christopher Willman, #1754 Karla Willman, #1910 Tammy Willman, #1755 Adriana Wilsey, #2112 Michael Wilsey, #2111 Jennifer Wilson, #938 Todd Wilson, #1454 Stuart Winograd, #367 Kurt Winslow, #2105 Don Winstead Jr., #1001 Lee Winter, #1162 Misty Winter, #1163 David Winterhalter, #2553 Michael Wisniewski, #1963 Cynthia Withers, #2387 Ernest Withers, #2386 David Witte, #1966 Nicole Wittlin, #1835 Debra Wohlers, #1394 Philip Wolf, #2322 Jerry Wolfe, #1508 Kevin Wolfe, #2523 Edgar Wolfram, #20 Christi Womack-Villalobos, #1320 Janet Wood, #2149 Tonya Wood, #1102 Keven Woodard, #763 Kimberly Woodard, #764 Mark Woodard, #1869 Katherine Woods, #2063 Phillip Wooley, #2315 Allen Wright, #2517
Carolyn Wright, #2358 David Wright, #1496 Richard Wyatt, #2558 Eric Yates, #632 Shelley Yingst-Smithgall, #703 Russ Yoder, #1241 Yolanda Yoder, #1240 Mark Yonchak, #116 Frederick Yonteck, #1780 Patricia Yonteck, #1781 Richard Yost, #861 Bill Young, #516 Robert Zeitlin, #2329 Jessica Zeller, #1677 David Zeller Jr., #1676 Jeffrey Zientara, #1139 Derek Zimmerman, #2429 Jason Zimmerman, #1076 Dina Zumbahlen, #864
( Circle of Excellence donations are placed in the Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence. Recognition is based on giving to the Executive Director’s Fund for Excellence and the Alumni Endowment. The honor roll reflects each Life Member’s Circle of Excellence donor designation as well as their individual ordinal Life Member number. This number serves as a source of pride in commemorating a Life Member’s unique place in this prestigious group. We have made every attempt to ensure the accuracy of our honor roll. Please accept our sincere apologies for any omissions or errors.
Bulls Eye: USFSP
Roundhouse Creative Finds its Heart at USF St. Petersburg
By Tom Scherberger, USF St. Petersburg
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ndrew and Brooke Lee are wedded to the USF St. Petersburg Graphic Design program in more ways than one. They met as classmates, fell in love, married and were members of the program’s first graduating class in 2004. Now they are running their own design firm, Roundhouse Creative, in St. Petersburg and are giving back to the program that gave them so much. Last year, the couple, pictured above, took on Joseph Nunez, right, as an intern. When he graduated at the end of the spring semester, they hired him. Now they have their second intern, Deveraux Harrington, `13. “We needed some help and we wanted to reach out and give back to USF,” Andrew says. They both benefitted from internships as students: he worked at a small studio and she worked at a magazine in Clearwater. “That was incredibly helpful,” Andrew says. When he graduated, Andrew recalls, he was hired at the studio where he worked, just as Nunez was last year.
“I’m thrilled that we’re able to give back to the program that helped get us to this very exciting place in our careers,” Brooke says. “Each intern that we’ve worked with has really impressed us – and reaffirms our belief in the importance of the Graphic Design program to not only USFSP, but to St. Pete as an arts community.” They started Roundhouse four years after graduating. Brooke, who grew up in Sebring, was working at Florida Trend magazine and Andrew was “getting more freelance work than I could handle by myself.” So they joined forces and created Roundhouse, working at a small studio near downtown St. Petersburg. They soon outgrew that space. In December they celebrated the opening of their new studio at 1980 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg’s first net-zero commercial building, which means it will generate as much or more electricity as it uses. Andrew grew up in Riverview and had taken classes at USF Tampa but “hadn’t spent much time in St. Petersburg before that.” A professor steered him toward USFSP. He remembers seeing a school of dolphins swim by the library. “I thought, I could spend some time here! It’s a fantastic campus.” They also fell in love with St. Petersburg. “It’s the hub of the region for art, culture, good food. The net-zero building really ties into the city’s forward thinking brand. It reaffirms that we should continue to be here and invest in our business because we think St. Pete is a special place,” he says. He also enjoys returning to the campus, whether to judge an art competition, shoot video for the USFSP website or to speak to classes. He finds students nervous about the shaky economy, and offers encouragement: “There are a few industries that seem immune to the economic troubles and I believe web-related content development and app is just growing so rapidly. We started Roundhouse Creative during the absolute worst economic times. I feel really encouraged by the fact that we have been able to grow year to year and we see an upswing in the future. The success we’ve enjoyed was propelled by the education we received at USF St. Pete.” ®
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Blast from the Past
And They Say the Harlem Shake is Silly‌ Students did the Twist, the Locomotion, the Freddy and who knows what else when it was time to get down on the dance floor in 1964, in the photo at right. The dance pictured above, held in 1968 outside the old University Center, was called the Spring Syndrome, because the idea was that it was supposed to help curb the urge to skip class when the weather turned nice. Source: USF Photograph Collection, USF Special Collections, USF Library Tampa
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Enjoy these excerpts of memories from members of the USF Alumni Association. Email your favorite USF memory to jacksonk@usf.edu or post it on our Facebook page.
My favorite memories from `67-`71: Dances at the U.C., Alpha Hall and gym. I met my husband at one of them. Oral interp classes with Mr. Galati and Dr. Popovich; friends from Gamma 5 West; hoping someone would be there to open the door to the stairwell when curfew was missed; standing in line to register for classes; the list could go on and on. Marina Richardson Blystone, `71 I grew so much as a person from the experiences I had as a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and being a resident assistant in Delta Hall 2 West. Step show on the hill and Greek Week were the best parties. RA meetings at Chinesegut Hill were the best “camping” activity and prepared me to lead my residents to safety when we had a fire drill during finals week. Janet Fowler, `88 Every year during the Engineering Expo, the military would set up and allow us to repel down the Kopp Engineering building. Each year, I would get better and better, overcoming my fear of heights. Richard Jordan, `98 I remember living in Alpha, now Kosove, on the fourth floor. Sometimes we would get eggs and throw them out the window to watch them fry on the sidewalk. I enjoyed riding in the Safe Team carts and the time our whole floor went midnight canoeing. I love USF and always will. Lescott O’Larry, `02
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That was Then; This is Now A Tiara and a Title: The 2013 Miss USF Pageant By Meghan Palmer, `13
When you think of a beauty pageant, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s a sparkly tiara or that coveted sash that proudly bears a title. Maybe it’s the clichéd “world peace” phrase you hear so often. When I went to support one of my sorority sisters at the Miss University of South Florida scholarship pageant last year, I did not expect to be so charmed by the event. The contestants were all so talented and beautiful, and more importantly, they were all proud Bulls who wanted to make our university better. That’s when I decided that in 2013, I was going to compete for the Miss USF title. As some of you may remember, there used to be a Miss USF pageant years ago. Miss America 1999, Nicole Johnson, was the first Miss USF in 1996. The event faded over the years, until 2008, when Student Government decided to revive it. Today’s pageant consists of two parts: a Mr. USF and Miss USF competition. Judging for both the male and the female pageants is based on the same criteria, but this year Miss USF became an official qualifier for the Miss Florida pageant. Jessica Lee, director of programming for USF Student Government, said the process involved several meetings and heavy paperwork to meet the criteria and come up with the contestant contract for the Miss USF participants. “Luckily, we had a lot of support from the Alumni Association. It is a rule that any local qualifier pageant winner in the Miss Florida system receives a $500 scholarship, and that scholarship money was donated by the Alumni Association. They really made this transition possible,” said Lee. Because of my limited pageant experience, I was extremely surprised when I realized just how much work goes into preparing for a pageant. We had a thick contract to fill out, a talent to prepare and a personal platform to develop. My talent was a sassy jazz dance and my personal platform focused on advocating for increased individualized speech lessons and communication skills among mentally challenged children so that they can express themselves and have more of a say in the direction of their lives. Those two things took a lot of work and that was just the start of it. I had to get into top physical shape, since one of the judging categories is lifestyle and fitness. I had to find a beautiful evening gown to wear. I had to learn how to walk and pose on stage. I had to read up on all things current and political for my interview with the judges, which counts for 25 percent of your overall score. And I had to do all of that while keeping up with my classes and job. For the last two months before the pageant, I transformed into the best pageant version of myself that I could manage. To be honest, I never expected this experience to teach me so much about myself, my passion for USF and the Miss America system. The women who compete in the system are incredibly intelligent and hard working. Whether they are college students or recent graduates in the working world, they all dedicate themselves to implementing their personal platforms and inspiring young girls all over the state and country. I am thrilled to say that after all of my hard work, I was crowned Miss University of South Florida 2013 on Feb. 28. It was one of the most exciting things I’ve ever experienced. I will proudly represent USF this summer at the Miss Florida pageant. Until then, I will be busy implementing my Miss USF platform to help disabled children find their voices and also doing whatever I can to instill Bull pride throughout the USF System. Go Bulls! SPRING 2013 | ALUMNIVOICE 33 ®
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Members of the New York USF Alumni Chapter held their own version of Gasparilla back in February in the Big Apple. This chapter serves alumni in all five boroughs of New York City, northern New Jersey, western Connecticut, and the southern parts of upstate New York. That’s how Bulls stick together, no matter where they live. The Atlanta USF Alumni Group hosted a dinner in February for nine USF Ambassadors who were in town for the CASE Affiliated Student Advancement Programs conference. Chapter leader Louis Struikman (in the back in the green shirt) is pictured here in front of at the famous Vortex Bar & Grill with the Ambassadors and other USF alumni from Atlanta. The evening ended with a brief tour of the Little Five Points area and some new friendships. Another great example of how Bulls stick together. 34
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USF Alumni Association President Kimberly Choto, right, presented senior Biomedical Sciences major Terrence Alleyne with a $1,500 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship at the 26th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon held in January in the Marshall Student Center Ballroom. Not pictured is fellow recipient Tatiana Thelusmar. These scholarships are made possible by your membership in the USF Alumni Association.
Alumni from the College of Arts and Sciences gathered for dinner at the Vinings Inn in February to reconnect and reminisce. Pictured here are Dr. Larry Flegle, left, and Nicolas Karagosian from the college.
The College of Behavioral & Community Sciences and the College of Nursing hosted their first tailgate event in February before the USF vs. Louisville men’s basketball game. Pictured from left to right are: Helen de la Parte, CBCS Dean Julie Serovich, Catherine Batsche and David Shern.
The Greater Tampa Alumni Chapter kicked off its annual USF Night with the Tampa Bay Lightning event on Feb. 21 with a pregame happy hour at Splitsville Channelside. Pictured from left are: Joe Fabel, Denise Neumann, Audrey Hirst, Altren Neumann, Bret Hart, Julie Hirst-Hart and Kim Fabel. Alumni who purchased tickets from the GTAC received a special dual-logo Bulls-Bolts ball cap. Go Bolts! Go Bulls!
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The Geology Alumni Society held its annual banquet in February at the Gibbons Alumni Center. Pictured above are Mel Rodriguez, a recipient of the 2013 Richard A. “Skip� Davis Jr. Fellowship, with Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Richard A. Davis. Denise Davis was also a fellowship recipient. Proceeds from the banquet fund the scholarship endowment, another great example of how Bulls make an impact at USF and beyond. At right, Dr. Len Vacher received the USF Geology Alumni Society Award.
The Hernando Bulls Watch Party held a watch party for the USF vs Miami football game at the Spring Hill Hooters. Pictured from left to right are: Randy Holm, Kara Floyd, Cheryl Concklin, Judy Gerhart, Danielle Spiese, Andy Taylor and Kevin Floyd. This is how Bulls Share their pride through thick and thin.
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No matter where you live, you’ll always be a Bull! The USF Alumni Association has alumni chapters all over the country. We also have college and special-interest societies for likeminded alumni. It’s easy to get involved. Just email the contact person of the group you’d like to visit. Societies Ambassador Alumni Jackie Wertel jackie.wertel@gmail.com Anthropology Alumni Brian McEwen bmcewen@cachillsborough.com Architecture Alumni Adam Fritz adam@cgharchitects.com Association of Filipino Students Alumni Society Aileen Aqui afsalumnisociety@hotmail.com Black Alumni Shomari Sanford shomari1906@yahoo.com College of Business Alumni Maegan Fader Maegan@usfcobalumni.org Education Alumni Freda Abercrombie aber2@aol.com Engineering Alumni Robert Andrew usf.engineer@yahoo.com Entrepreneurship Alumni Jennifer Sineway jennagator@aol.com Geology Alumni Bruce Nocita bnocita@smeinc.com Honors Alumni Dan Ravicher ravicher@gmail.com Kosove Alumni Justin Geisler justingeisler@hotmail.com Library and Information Science Society William (Bill) Harris wharris3@mail.usf.edu Marine Science Alumni Bruce Barber bbarber@terraenv.com
MIS Alumni Brian Day Bjday@us.ibm.com
Highlands Charles Devlin cdevlin@devtechsales.com
Music Society Keith Sanz usfmusicalumni@gmail.com
Jacksonville/St. Augustine Brian Rush James.B.Rush@uscg.mil
Nursing Alumni Edwin Hernandez ehernan5@health.usf.edu
Manatee/Sarasota Jay Riley jayriley@sar.usf.edu
Pharmacy Alumni Patti Shirley pshirley@health.usf.edu
Miami-Dade Carlos Rodriguez USFmiamialumni@gmail.com
Public Administration Alumni Mike Rimoldi mike@rimoldiconstruction.com
Greater Ocala Russ Fascenda usf-alumni-ocala@pobox.com
Public Health Alumni Patti Shirley pshirley@health.usf.edu
Orlando Katie Giglio Kgiglio@usf.edu
Social Work Alumni April Steen steenmsw@yahoo.com
Palm Beach Scott Teich scott.teich@raymondjames.com
Theater Alumni Kimberli Cummings Kbdiva901@aol.com
Pasco County/New Tampa Kimberly Choto kchoto@success-sciences.com
USF St. Petersburg Bryan Bejar bryanbejar@gmail.com
Pensacola/Spanish Fort/Mobile Nick Kessler nickess@aol.com
Women’s and Gender Studies Zoe Fine usfwgssociety@gmail.com
John Spurny usfpensacola@hotmail.com
Florida Chapters Brevard Todd Bonanza bonanza298@aol.com John Carpenter j-carpenter2@ti.com Barbara Lyn barbara@barbaralyn.com Broward Ruth Rogge R_rogge@yahoo.com Alan Steinberg usfbrowardalumni@hotmail.com
Beau Suthard bsuthard@coastalplanning.net
Fort Myers Carrie Abes usfbullgirl30@gmail.com
Medicine Alumni Christina Brown-Wujick cbrown7@health.usf.edu
Hernando Robert Neuhausen usfhcac@gmail.com
Pinellas Brenda Kenny bdkenny@tampabay.rr.com Polk Randy Dotson randy.dotson@gmail.com St. Lucie Frank Pennetti franker@adelphia.net Tallahassee Phil Canto pcantompa@gmail.com Greater Tampa John Lore USFTampaAlumni@gmail.com
National Chapters Atlanta Louis Struikman usfalumniatlanta@gmail.com Austin Brad Heath gobulls@austin.rr.com Boston USFBostonBulls@gmail.com Charlotte Ryan Franco USFAlumniCharlotte@gmail.com Chattanooga/Cleveland, TN Erin Bell and Bryan Bull ChattanoogaBullsAlumni@yahoo. com Chicago Greg Morgan WindyCityBulls56@gmail.com Columbus, OH Jason Griffin columbususfalumni@gmail.com D.C. Regional Alex Guecia usfbullsdc@gmail.com
New York Cassie Hanjian cjhanjian@yahoo.com Philadelphia Adam Feinberg usf.tri.state.alumni@gmail.com Phoenix Jillian Papa jillianpapa@gmail.com Portland, OR Matt Hromalik m_hromalik@hotmail.com Raleigh, NC Bob Cohn bob.cohn@mssb.com St. Louis, MO Mark Greenspahn greenspahn@launchbevco.com San Antonio, TX Ruben Matos captram02@yahoo.com San Diego Carlos Sayan USFBullsSanDiego@gmail.com San Francisco Jenna Broughton USFBullsSF@gmail.com
Dallas Jamie DeVriend jdevriend@gmail.com
Corporate Affinity Group
Denver Chris and Ashley Gilbert denverbulls@gmail.com
Lockheed Martin – Oldsmar Brent Lewis brent.a.lewis@lmco.com
Greenville, SC Brittany Link GreenvilleUSFAlumni@hotmail.com Houston Alan Goldsmith alshmaly@flash.net Michael Peppers mike.peppers@comcast.net Indianapolis Rasheite Radcliff rasheite@gmail.com Los Angeles Janet Foster usfbullsnla@yahoo.com Nashville Melinda Dale nashvilleusfbulls@live.com
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Nancy Markiewicz, PHR, is the director of Human Resources for the University of South Florida Foundation/University Advancement.
Likely Reasons You Didn’t Get That Job Interview
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f you’ve ever wondered why you weren’t invited to interview for a job for which you applied, I’m going to share with you some possibilities. First of all, I’m assuming that you read the job requirements and at least met the minimum qualifications. Because if you didn’t, that’s the reason why! I can’t recall how many times I’ve yelled at my computer asking why applicants waste everyone’s time applying for jobs when they don’t meet the minimum qualifications. That said, please know that I am grateful for all the applicants who invest the necessary time and effort it takes to review, prepare and apply for a job. So instead of criticizing, I’m going to critique the shortcomings of cover letters and resumes that irk me and are often the reason why applicants aren’t asked to interview. Hopefully, if you are guilty of one of these oversights, you can be honest with yourself and use this as a lesson for the future. Your Cover Letter Your cover letter is the first impression that you give to a recruiter, HR representative or hiring manager so I’m going to believe you want it to be your very best. Its purpose is to draw the interest of a prospective employer to read your resume. It’s critical that you produce a professional, neat and, most importantly, customized cover letter, written specifically for the posted job opening. It is obvious to me (and a turnoff) when an applicant doesn’t care enough to prepare a thoughtful, professional cover letter, or worse, doesn’t submit one at all.
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A generic cover letter will quickly land a resume in the not-interested file. I have received cover letters addressed to the University of Florida or Southern Florida when applying for a job at USF. Major gaffe! I’ve seen job seekers applying for an accounting job but the cover letter and resume indicate their background is in the communications field. Clearly, the message I’ll take away here is: This individual is not passionate about working at USF, is randomly applying for job openings, and doesn’t appear to be so great in the communications field either. It goes without saying that typos, grammatical errors or sloppy cover letters and resumes are deal breakers. If you don’t care enough to carefully review your paperwork for accuracy or neatness, then I will probably assume that the job you’re applying for really isn’t all that important to you. A recruiter once said, “a typo on your resume is like showing up to the interview with a hole in your shirt; you might have a perfectly reasonable explanation, but it doesn’t make you look good.” Take the time to perfect your cover letter and resume. Length of a cover letter is tricky but important. It shouldn’t be too long or too short. If you know who the hiring manager is, address the letter to him or her, but never address it to “Dear Sir” or “To Whom it May Concern.” If in doubt, either address it to “Hiring Manager,” “Human Resources” or just leave the salutation blank. Your Resume Everything I said about cover letters also applies to your resume. In addition, make sure your name, address and email address are included and easy to find – preferably at the top. Use a basic but modern standard font and no graphics. By all means, ask a friend or professional colleague to proofread your resume and cover letter for you. Your resume format – chronological or functional - isn’t all that important as long as it includes the essentials. If you want to include an objective at the top of your resume, that’s fine, as long as it is brief and narrowed to a specific field or career path. Some recruiters prefer when an applicant provides a brief summary profile of their career or positioning statement that describes more specifically who you are or what job you want. (Google “sample positioning statements for a resume.”) Bottom line: Put yourself in the employer’s seat when preparing your resume and cover letter – think about what they want and need, and then succinctly and honestly tell your story; explain how you can meet their needs and would fit into their organization. You might be highly qualified for any job in your field but what you need to convey in your resume and cover letter is why you are the right fit for this particular organization and what you can do for them. Keep these things in mind and you’ll find that you will get those invitations to interview. Good luck!
classnotes Don’t be shy Alumni! We’d like to include your news and photos in Class Notes. Send in your information to: jacksonk@usf.edu or you can mail your information & photo to: Karla Jackson USF Alumni Association Gibbons Alumni Center University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC100 Tampa, FL 33620-5455
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Otis Anthony, Sociology & Africana Studies `73, has joined Big Brothers Big Sister of Tampa Bay as director of partnership development. Dana Beyerle, Mass Communications
`78, has joined the Business Council of Alabama as manager of communications. Beyerle was chief of the capital bureau for the Gadsden Times, the TimesDaily in Florence, and the Tuscaloosa News, the New York Times regional newspapers in Alabama, from January 1990 until the TimesDaily was sold in March 2009. He continued as bureau chief for the remaining two newspapers after their sale to the Halifax Media Group in January 2012. Beyerle was on the staff of and contributed to the Tuscaloosa News’ news coverage of the April 27, 2011, tornadoes that struck Alabama. The stories resulted in a Pulitzer Prize awarded the Tuscaloosa News staff in 2012. Beyerle received seven Chairman Awards, the highest award in the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group from the New York Times Co. chairman, and other awards, and was a stringer for the New York Times. From 1985 to 1990, Beyerle was bureau chief for the United Press International offices in Huntsville, covering the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster investigation at the Marshall Space Flight Center, and in Montgomery. He covered Alabama and Auburn football and was a reporter for the Decatur Daily from 1979 to 1985. In the 1970s, Beyerle worked at the Tampa Tribune and Plant City Courier in Florida.
David Muransky, Management `72, was named as the Hallandale-Aventura Rotarian of the Year for the third time. Dr. Muransky has been a practicing chiropractor for 35 years, with offices in Aventura, FL. He has also held numerous positions on the Hallandale Rotary board of directors. Harlan Schafir, Accounting `74, was
the 2012 recipient of the Michaeline A. Doyle Award from the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations. He was recognized for his leader-
ship and contributions to the PEO industry. Schafir is a partner and chief visionary officer of Human Capital Concepts in Indianapolis, IN, and a member of NAPEO’s board of directors. He also chairs the association’s Health Care Task Force, which has been working to sift through the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to develop NAPEO’s approach to help its members navigate the new health care landscape. Schafir has been a NAPEO member since 1997, holding numerous committee and leadership positions throughout his tenure. He has more than 20 years of experience in the PEO industry and is the founder of one of the first PEOs in the state of Indiana.
Shelley Tomlinson, Social Work `79 & M.A. Criminal Justice Administration `12, was recently appointed as the circuit operations manager for Circuit 13, Community Corrections. Tomlinson began her career with the department in June 1983 as a Correctional Probation Officer in Circuit 13. She has been promoted through the ranks to correctional probation senior officer, circuit drug specialist, correctional probation specialist, correctional probation supervisor, and correctional probation senior supervisor.
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Micki M. Caskey, M.A. Special Education `80 & Ph.D Interdisicplinary Education `97, received the John H. Lounsbury Award for Distinguished Service from the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) at its 39th Annual Conference in Portland, OR. The award is given to individuals who have demonstrated a level of service, integrity, and leadership in middle level education that warrants special recognition. Dr. Caskey spent more than 20 years with the Hillsborough County School
District in Tampa, where she was a middle school and high school teacher and specialized in working with students with special learning challenges. Additionally, she served as a professional development trainer and curriculum integration specialist for the district. In 1998, she accepted a professorial position at Portland (OR) State University’s Graduate School of Education where she plays a major role in state and national initiatives that benefit middle grades students. Dr. Caskey has been an author and co-author of a multitude of books, chapters, articles, and papers. For more than five years she served as editor of Research in Middle Level Education Online, the research journal of AMLE. Among her many presentations over the years, Dr. Caskey was the invited presenter of the William Alexander Memorial Lecture at the 2011 AMLE conference in Louisville, Kentucky. A nationally recognized researcher, Dr. Caskey is a leader and active member of the American Educational Research Association Middle Level Education Special Interest Group.
Doug Currier II, History `87, recently joined Upson County, GA, as its planning and zoning director, responsible for long-range planning, zoning administration, building inspections and business license operations. Currier was most recently the city planner for Newberry, SC, for six years. Following graduation from USF, Currier began his career in urban planning, working for the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Tampa Bay Water and the City of Dade City, FL. He has been an active member of the American Planning Association since 1990. He is married to Dr. Sue Golabek , Social Sciences `84, and is currently succeeded at USF by his niece, Amy Holden, a senior, and nephew Jeffrey Golabek, a freshman.
Three proud USF alumni were inducted into the 2013 class of the Hillsborough County Women’s Hall of Fame. They are Juel Smith, Ph.D `87, 3rd from right, Dottie McKinnon, `84, center in the red scarf, and Deanne Roberts, `74, who was inducted posthumously. Former USF President Betty Castor, a HOF Charter Class member, is pictured second from right. Congratulations to these outstanding examples of USF Bulls making an impact in their community! SPRING 2013 | ALUMNIVOICE
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The USF Small Business Development Center (SBDC) joined Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s trade mission to Barranquilla, Colombia, in December to help Tampa Bay businesses get a foothold in the country. Pictured from left to right are: Eileen Rodriguez, director of the SBDC at USF; Mayor Buckhorn; Maria Crummett, USF associate vice president for Global Affairs; and Maria Yepes, SBDC trade consultant. Amy T. Giordano, Biology `88 & MPH `91, is a clinical research manager at USF. Based in the Morsani College of Medicine, Giordano works in the Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Clinical Research Unit. A Florida-licensed medical technologist, Giordano has more than 10 years of basic research experience with the College of Medicine’s Departments of Physiology and Biophysics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Additionally, she has 16 years of clinical research experience in neurology, psychiatry, internal medicine, and gynecology. Prior to joining USF, Giordano collaborated with David Vesely, M.D., at the James A. Haley VA Hospital. They have 22 peer-reviewed publications based on research in Vesley’s cardiac peptide labs. Shane Gunderson, Communication `89, gradu-
ated from Florida Atlantic University with a Ph.D in Comparative Studies in December 2012. He has worked for the Broward Office of the Public Defender as director of client services for 23 years. He completed his Master’s degree in Public Administration at FAU in 2000. Gunderson has published two book chapters, six journal articles and has presented his research at 12 national and one international conference. His dissertation is titled “Social Movement Momentum, Intellectual Work and the East Timor Independence Movement.”
Tom Honsa, Social Sciences `86 & M.A. History
`97, is a history teacher at Bradenton’s Lakewood Ranch High and adjunct professor at State College of Florida and Eckerd College. He recently added two additional publishing credits to his resume. His article “Johnny Dollar on the Suncoast,” about Sarasota’s role in the last Old Time Radio drama, was
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featured in SRQ magazine and “Dr. Benson’s Cold War Prescription - How a Cartoon Series Presaged America’s Cold War Lifestyle” is in the latest edition of The Journal of Popular Film and Television.
Candace Frankland, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences `92, has joined Doyle Wealth Management in operations support, where she will assist on special projects.
Craig Latimer, Industrial Arts-Technology Educa-
Jennifer Hatchcock, Finance `99, bought Lee’s Grocery Store in the historic Tampa Heights neighborhood as an investment property shortly after graduating from USF. She took over the business in October 2011 and recreated it to serve an upscale clientele, with craft beer, wine, gourmet pizza and more. The store has become an important part of Tampa Height’s revitalization efforts.
tion `85, was sworn in as Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections on Jan. 7. Latimer served as the chief of staff to the Supervisor of Elections since January 2009. Prior to that, he worked as a law enforcement officer for 35 years before retiring as a major from the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office in 2008. Latimer is on the boards of the Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Bay Area Youth Services, Tampa Catholic Board of Trustees and is an honorary Commander for the 6th MDG at MacDill Air Force Base.
Vincent Lodato, Criminology `82, earned certified
consultant status with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), an international professional organization that promotes the field of sport, exercise and health psychology. Lodato is the executive director of the National Sports Performance Institute of Tampa. He serves as a consultant for three major league baseball organizations and focuses on the demands of professional sports, management of stress, goal-setting on and off the field and the transition through each level of professional baseball. He also assists athletes through injury recovery and rehabilitation. In addition, Lodato works extensively with athletes at the college, high school and club levels.
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Tammy Ashe, Sociology `94, has joined Academy
Prep Center of St. Petersburg as development manager.
Bob Batz, Accounting `96, was named to the
Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the 30-39 category. He is managing director at Kirkland Russ Murphy & Tapp in Clearwater.
Shane Fletcher, Public Relations, `96, has joined
Lorna Kibbey, MBA `93, of Kibbey Leadership So-
lutions, accepted a position to serve on the National Advisors for Chapters of the American Society for Training & Development for a three-year term. The chapter is charged with providing strategic direction and leadership in the development and support of training and development chapters and members.
Jonathan Lewis, Political Science `95 & MPA `98, was named the 2012 Outstanding Public Administrator by the Suncoast Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. Lewis became the North Port City Manager in May 2011. He is a credentialed manager through the International City/County Management Association and a full member in good standing with that association. He is the past president of the Florida City/County Management Association. Prior to his move to North Port, he was the deputy city manager for the City of Palm Bay, Florida.
Phara McLachlan, Management
Information Systems `99, was profiled as one of the Tampa Bay region’s next generation of leaders by 83 Degrees online magazine. McLachlan is chief executive officer of Animus Solutions, a management and technical consulting firm with clients such as Citigroup and Quest Diagnostics. In 2009 she was an American Business Awards finalist for Executive of the Year in the field of Business Services and in August 2012 she was selected as a finalist for Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Business Woman of the Year Awards.
21st Century Financial, Inc. in Tampa as a financial advisor. Prior to joining 21st Century Financial, Fletcher held various positions at Edward Jones, JP Morgan Chase and AT&T. Fletcher also holds a 2-15 license for Life, Health and Annuity Insurance within the State of Florida and also holds a Series 6 securities license. Fletcher and his wife Jocie and their two children reside in Tampa.
Heather Wertz, Civil Engineering `94 & MBA `98, was promoted to vice president at Hamilton Engineering & Surveying Inc. She was previously a project manager.
Heather Frankel, Criminology `94, is the first vice
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president of the Tampa Heights Civic Association, a historic Tampa neighborhood that is undergoing urban renewal. She also is a Realtor with Charles Rutenberg.
Carmen Alvarez, History `00 & Accounting `03, was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the 30-39 category. She is a certified public accountant and founder of the Alvarez CPA Group.
Paul Andrews, M.A. Criminal Justice Administration `08, retired as a lieutenant from the Pinellas Park Police Force in February after 25 years with the department. He was honored at a retirement dinner on Feb. 4. Andrews is currently a Coordinator at the Criminal Justice Academy at St. Pete College. Erika Arteaga Cruz, M.D., MPH `07,
recently published an article in Saude Em Debate, a magazine of the Brazilian Center of Health Studies. Based in Quito, Ecuador, Dr. Cruz is involved in many heath projects throughout Latin America. She serves as a health technical advisor for FENOCIN (Confederation of National Indigenous, Peasants and Afrodescendants Organizations of Ecuador) health projects officer for Socialist Belgium Solidarity-NGO, and co-coordinator of the Ecuadorian Section of the Social Medicine Latin American Association.
Keisha Cutler, MPH `04, is the assis-
tant director for the Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH), a health coalition that targets children in Hampton Roads, VA. She works with the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk. Prior to her appointment with CINCH, Cutler served as the regional health disparities coordinator for the Northeast North Carolina Partnership for Public Health. When she’s not protecting the health of children in Hampton Roads, Cutler is honing her speaking skills with Toastmasters International. She joined the organization in 2006.
April Czerepak, English `05, was spotlighted in The Ledger’s “Heart of Polk” column for her work as a volunteer with SPCA Florida in Lakeland. She began volunteering with the animal shelter in December 2011 and typically works three days a week, in addition to working full-time as a language arts teacher at Ridge Career Center in Winter Haven. Czerepak and her husband have seven dogs. William Dailey, Political Science `08 & MPA `11,
was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the Under 30 category. He is a mentor coordinator for Take Stock in Children, a program of the Hillsborough Education Foundation.
Claude M. Dharamraj, M.D., MPH `00, was
named Physician of the Year by the Pinellas County Medical Association. The award was presented by Florida Department of Health Surgeon General and Secretary John H. Armstrong, M.D. on October 25. Dr. Dharamraj is the director of the Pinellas County Health Department. Her tenure with the department began in 1984 as a clinic pediatrician. In 1990 she was promoted to assistant director and director in 2006.
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classnotes T. Hampton Dohrman, Accounting `05, was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up & Comer list in the Under 30 category. He is the first director of Creative Pinellas and founder of a consulting firm, Hampton Arts Management. He also was named as one of the 10 Most Intriguing People in Tampa Bay by the Tampa Bay Times.
teer for Habitat for Humanity and Ronald McDonald House for Charities. Her hobby is travelling abroad. She has visited England, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Amsterdam, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Joel Playford, Management Information Systems `06, was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the 30-39 category. He is vice president of software development for myMatrixx.
Theresa Domenico, Political Science `00, joined McCumber Daniels Buntz Hartig & Puig, P.A. as an associate, practicing law in the areas of insurance defense litigation, nursing home litigation, medical malpractice, general litigation and civil trial practice. Joe Fontana Jr., MBA `08, was named to Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the Under 30 category. He is a banker with Cornerstone Community Bank. Kenny Griffin, M.Ed `09, joined USF’s College of
Public Health as an academic advisor/recruiter. A native of Plant City, Griffin earned a B.S. in History Education from Florida A&M University before earning his Master’s in Educational Leadership from USF. Previously, he taught social studies and reading for Hillsborough County Public Schools. Later, he served as the student services coordinator at Everest University in Tampa and assistant director of admissions at the Center for Allied Health in Brandon.
Blake Guthrie, Mass Communications `04, is the
associate manager of events for the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg. Guthrie will oversee game day and event operations for all Florida-based events, including the MEAC/SWAC Challenge, Old Spice Classic and the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl. He previously was a sales and partnership manager at the Tampa Bay Sports Commission.
Caitlin Kennedy, Finance `08, was named to the
Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up & Comer list in the Under 30 category. Kennedy is a business banking relationship manager for SunTrust Bank.
Heather Lajoie, Mass Communications `07, was
promoted to traffic manager at ChappellRoberts, a full-service public relations and advertising firm based in Ybor City. She was previously operations coordinator.
Addy McConomy, Special Education `08, earned
National Board certification in teaching. She is a special education teacher at Palmetto High in Williamston, SC. This is her fifth year teaching.
Lynette Menezes, Ph.D Public Health `03, is the
assistant vice president for international affairs for USF Health and the assistant dean for international affairs in the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. As assistant vice president, Dr. Menezes is the entry point for institutions seeking affiliations with
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Former USF President John Lott Brown’s daughter, Judy Brown, left and his widow, Catharine Brown, right, visited the USF Tampa campus in January and posed for this photo with Dr. Brown’s portrait in the Gibbons Alumni Center. Dr. Brown was president from 1978-88. He passed away in January 2011. USF Health and works to ensure that international efforts are relevant, meaningful and optimized across USF Health. As assistant dean, Dr. Menezes directs international efforts with the Morsani College of Medicine and guarantees the quality and effectiveness in the college’s international programs. She has been a faculty member of the Division of Infectious Disease and International Medicine since 2004.
Damien Munnings, Finance `00 & MBA `02, has joined Ferrari Search as an account manager. He was previously a finance operations and analysis manager for Kforce Professional Staffing. Tim Ousley, Finance `03, recently joined Brandon Honda as Finance Director. He has 10 years of experience in auto financing. He was previously a finance manager at Tampa Honda Land. Cindy Paramadevan, Political Science `04, is a market research analyst manager for Amglo Kemlite Laborartories, Inc. Her responsibilities include evaluating competitive conditions, current and emerging trends and industry-specific solutions for the company. She previously was employed with Callahan Martinez, LLC and Holland and Knight, LLP. Paramadevan earned a graduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Birmingham Business School in Birmingham, England. During her study abroad, she received a summer internship at the law firm of Miranda Correia Amendoeira & Associados in Lisbon Portugal. Paramadevan has volunteered at Shriner’s Hospital for Children, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and the USF Patel Charter School, as well as serving as a certified Guardian Ad Litem. She is an active volun-
William Rapp, M.Arc `03, was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the 30-39 category. He is a principal architect for Junto Design Studio. Daniel Scott, Marketing `00, MBA `02 & M.S.
Entrepreneurship in Applied Technology `06, was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the 30-39 category. He is a professor at USF St. Petersburg, co-founder of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation Alliance, Gazelle Lab and Alorum. He is also a trustee of Awesome St. Petersburg, an organization that gives $1,000 grants for things that make St. Petersburg awesome.
Jay Taylor, Political Science `04 & MBA `08, is founder & CEO of Leverage Digital Media, a Tampabased digital marketing agency that specializes in search engine marketing and custom web development for small and medium-sized businesses. Camille Thompson-Clowney, Marketing `07, is the new public relations manager for ScienceLogic, Inc. a Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ IT management and monitoring company in Reston, VA. Ryan Toth, Civil Engineering `00 & MBA `08, was named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2012 Up and Comer list in the 30-39 category. He is an operations manager with The Beck Group. Alicia Welch, Marketing `03 & MBA `07, has
joined Vistra Communications as marketing communications manager. She previously was a marketing manager for Glenn Rasmussen P.A.
Hunter Zager, MPH `06, is one of seven regional
emergency response advisors for the Florida Department of Health. She is assigned to the Tampa Bay Region. As a regional advisor, Zager collaborates with eight county health departments in Tampa Bay on preparedness and response. She is responsible for covering a wide range of events including hurricanes and natural disasters, anthrax threats and other emergencies. Special events such as the Super Bowl and Republican National Convention (RNC) also fall within her jurisdiction. In 2012, Zager was involved in a year-plus of planning to prepare the
local health and medical system for expected and potential impacts from the Republican National Convention. She was primarily charged with patient movement and wrote the Aerial Point of Embarkation Plan which entailed relocating large numbers of patients by air.
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Maria Avalos, MPH `12, was se-
lected to lead the Nutrition and Health Division for Hillsborough County Head Start. Originally from Colombia, Avalos was raised in Texas before relocating to Florida in 2009. Most recently, she served as the health and wellness manager for the West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging. In this position, she directed health promotion, falls prevention, and disease management programs in a five-county service area. As general manager for nutrition and health, Avalos oversees a team of 10 health professionals and administrative staff.
including household water filter distribution, vector control, and case detection and management. He also handles case investigations and the training of local staff.
Nick Vojnovic, MBA `12, is president of Little
Greek franchise development. He was previously president of Beef O’Brady’s from 1998-2010.
Sasha Wallace, Marketing `11, is the public relations director for Ad 2 Tampa Bay, Tampa Bay’s association for young advertising professionals.
In Memoriam Mary Patricia Biemer, `81, 11/16/2012 Lori Lee Crotts, M.A. `93, 1/31/2013 Frank S. Howard, `99, 9/27/2012 Collin Jane Rahal, `09, 3/3/2013 Michael Hayward Sweat, `73, 2/22/2013
Maria Campana, Finance `11, has joined Independent Financial Partners as an administrative assistant.
Ahresh Edjlali, Public Health `12, began a physician’s assistant program at the University of St. Francis in Albuquerque, New Mexico in January. Brittney Evans, Art `11, was promoted to interactive art director at FKQ Advertising + Marketing. Brittany Marshall, MPH `12, was the
recipient of the 2012 American Public Health Association (APHA) Outstanding Student of the Year Award. The honor was presented in October at the APHA annual meeting in San Francisco. Marshall was recognized for her leadership and accomplishments as president of the Florida Public Health Association Student Section and chair of the American Public Health Association Student Assembly, positions she held while attending the University of South Florida College of Public Health. Since graduating with a Master of Public Health in Global Health Practice, Marshall enrolled in a Doctor of Public Health program at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Ft. Worth. Additionally, she is a board member with the Texas Public Health Association Student Section for 2012-2014.
Andrew Romaner, MPH `10, is completing his second year as a technical advisor with the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program. The initiative is funded by The Carter Center. His duty station is based in the Eastern Equatorial State in the remote county of Kapoeta East. The region is exclusively inhabited by a pastoralist tribe called the Toposa. Romaner supervises the delivery of program interventions to the Toposa population, SPRING 2013 | ALUMNIVOICE
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athletics He Kept a Brain in a Jar By Karla Jackson, `88
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Nancy Bercaw, `86, during the Hall of Fame recognition at Raymond James Stadium
f all the amazing memories writer recalled. “I would sit with him and he would just and world traveler Nancy Bercaw, do math calculations and not talk to me … and `84, amassed during her adventurI would think, ‘Why is he saving his mind when ous life, her days as a scholarship athlete he’s not saving it to talk to me?’” at USF are among the sweetest. Not only As her father descended into dementia, was she part of the first athletics team to Nancy wrote about her memories of him and the bring home a national championship to experience of losing a loved one gradually to a USF – in swimming – it was also a time disease often referred to as “the long goodbye.” when Bercaw and her father, former USF Her journal evolved into a book, Brain in a Jar, professor and neuroscientist Dr. Beaudescribed as “an American-gothic tale of love, regard Bercaw, bonded as father and grief, genetics, obsession, adventure, fear and daughter. courage,” in the forward by former U.S. Senator “It was a very special time for us,” Bob Kerrey and former Speaker of the House says Bercaw, now living in Vermont with Newt Gingrich. Published by Broadstone Books, her husband Allan Nicholls and son David, it was released April 2. 8. “We would go to CDBs for lunch at least “It was just a way to hold on to the memoonce a week. And he came to all the swim ries of my dad as he was losing them. As he was meets with his camera. He took great picdeeply progressing into the disease, I would lie in tures of all of us. … I would hang out with my bed in the evenings and write down everyhim at the veteran’s hospital. He’d put a white thing I could remember about him so that he coat on me and we’d go on rounds. He wanted would still be with me,” she says. “Then as he got me to understand suffering and not be just the closer to dying … and publishers were interested, privileged kid of a doctor.” I thought, “This is a great story to share because Memories are important to Bercaw, 47, people are reluctant to talk about this disease. who lost her beloved father in April 2012 to the There’s still shame attached to it. There’s no cure very illness he battled for his entire professional and there are a whole bunch of us who might be life. For the scientist who kept a brain in a jar next up to bat.” on his desk, the fight against Alzheimer’s was If that does happen to her, Nancy plans to personal. His father had the disease and, because take a different approach than her father. Her life of their genetic similarities, Dr. Bercaw was terhas been rich with adventure, from her days in rified of developing it himself, and worried that the Peace Corps in Kenya, to covering her fellow he’d passed it on to Nancy, who bears a strong swimmers at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, to takresemblance to her late father and grandfather. ing her son to see the Temples of Ankgor Wat in That fear consumed Cambodia, as well as many of the other locales him even before the her father had visited decades earlier. She will not disease did, Bercaw spend her days fretting and doing math calculasaid. tions. “One of the les“The end of the book is a letter to my son,” sons from my father Nancy explains. “I wanted to be re– not a lesson that he ally clear to my son why he shouldn’t intended to teach, I worry about me if I can’t remember don’t think – was that Nancy and her father things. It’s going to be OK. It’s a love Dr. Bercaw he spent so much letter to him based on lessons learned time worrying about Book Reading & Signing from my father. the loss of his mind “I inherited my father’s appearWho: Nancy Bercaw, that he was almost ance … I may inherit Alzheimer’s Disauthor of Brain in a Jar paralyzed by fear. ease. But I also inherited his love of When: April 27 at 4 p.m. He sort of lost his travel and adventure. And I wouldn’t Where: Big East Room, Lee Roy Selmon heart in his effort to change a thing. I’ve had an amazing Athletics Center save his mind,” she life and I had an amazing father.” Free; open to the public ®
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April 30 USF Alumni Awards nomination deadline, 5 p.m. Visit USFalumni.org/alumniawards for details and a nomination form. Starting from the left , the 2012 USF Alumni Award Winners are Nikole Collins-Puri, `01, Outstanding Young Alumnus; Dr. Roger Monsour, D.O., Class of `56 Award; Angie Brewer, `82 & M.S. `84, Donald A. Gifford Service Award; and Leslie “Les” M. Muma, `66, Distinguished Alumnus Award. May 2 USF College of Business Society Cinco de Mayo Networking Social, 6 p.m., Tampa Club, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 4200. RSVP at USFalumni.org/cincodemayo 3 Commencement Open House for Grads and Families, 3-5 p.m., free, Lee Roy Selmon Athletic Center, USF Tampa 4 Commencement Open House for Grads and Families, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.and 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m., free, Champions Choice, USF Tampa 17
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