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Stories about the Big Ones... …in US counterterrorism …in the National Congress of American Indians …in abstract expressionism …and in trout fishing too!

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On the Cover: Surely the trout are waiting for

you in Cow Creek, east of Pecos,

New Mexico. 49 Trout Streams of New Mexico, a new book by two

UNM alumni, tells you where and how to go after them. Story on page 44.

Photo by Bill Frangos, the “FishGod.”

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12 It’s Better to Give…

BY LAURIE MELLAS Professor Emeritus Shiame Okunor, ’73 BA, ’75 MPA, ’81 PhD, received the Alumni Association Faculty Award in 2005. In turn, he gave its accompanying prize money to a Ghanaian community to build a library.

BY RANDY MCCOACH Former governor of Ohkay Pueblo, chairman of the All-Indian Pueblo Council, and president of the National Congress of American Indians, Joe Garcia, ’85 BSEE, figures prominently in Indian leadership and affairs.

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24 A Creative Thinker in Counterterrorism’s Court BY

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and Afghanistan or the State Department and counterterrorism, Ambassador Henry Crumpton, ’78 BA, thinks innovatively.

Spring 2007, Volume 25, Number 3, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, David Harris, Acting President; Karen A. Abraham, Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations; UNM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Roberto Ortega, President, Albuquerque; Lillian Montoya-Real, President-Elect, Santa Fe; John Garcia, Treasurer, Albuquerque; Angie Vachio, Past President, Albuquerque; Gene Baca, Corrales; Hilary Noskin, Albuquerque; Ruth Schifani, Albuquerque; Judy Zanotti, Albuquerque MIRAGE is published three times a year, in April, August, and December, by the University of New Mexico Alumni Association for the University’s alumni and friends. Address all correspondence to UNM Alumni Relations Office, MSC 01-1160, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001. Send all Album information to the attention of Margaret Weinrod. Send all changes of address to the attention of Records. Send all other correspondence to the attention of Mary Conrad. To comply with the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, UNM provides this publication in alternative formats. If you have special needs and require an auxiliary aid or service, please contact Mary Conrad. Phone: 800-258-6866 (800-ALUM-UNM) or 505-277-5808. E-mail to Mary Conrad: mconrad@unm.edu or alumni@unm.edu. Web address: www.unmalumni.com

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The world is shrinking, if skyrocketing international study figures are any indication. And

Heady: True to Form

UNM students are part of the trend.

32 Richard Diebenkorn: The New Mexico Period BY SARI KROSINSKY Among UNM’s most influential fine arts alumni, Richard Diebenkorn, ’51 MA (1922-1993), created numerous paintings while living in New Mexico. The UNM Harwood Museum of Art is exhibiting 50 of them this summer.

16 Mirage was the title of the University of New Mexico yearbook until its last edition in 1978. Since that time, the title was adopted by the alumni magazine which continues to publish vignettes of UNM graduates.

44 Cold Chicken and Fly Fishing BY STEVE CARR Lunch turned out to be as much fun as fishing for William Frangos, ’82 BABA, and Raymond Shewnack, ’92 BUS, whose new book directs you to some of New Mexico’s best trout streams.

Looking Around: 6 Connections News around campus.

36 Development: Cherry & Silver— Now & Forever

was taken aback by the article (winter 2007) about the demise of President Heady. It brought back many memories of what was, very likely, the most extraordinary year of my life. I vividly remember those days at the university when it was closed down in protest of the Vietnam War. I remember the bayoneting that caused a trail of blood across the quad... I also remember a number of the university’s football team circling the flagpole in order to prevent the flag being taken down by a number of so-called radical students. Most vividly, however, I remember President Heady sitting by himself on the edge of the fountain located on the quad. Some of the students had painted in large letters the word “STRIKE” on the fountain’s structure. President Heady sat, head in hands, a picture of isolation and apparent dejection, and my heart went out to him. I was at the time a middle-aged graduate student and, being somewhat separated from the passion of the time, I was able to relate to his anguish. I did not know him personally but the Mirage article filled in some history of the man— some feeling for who he was. I was not surprised but saddened to realize that he was the person I suspected he was and that he is now gone from those who loved and respected him.

BY MIREYA HERNANDEZ Four recent grads who make annual gifts to UNM tell why.

Edward L. Reindle, ’71 MA Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

40 Athletics: New Coach, New Spirit

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42 Alumni Outlook Honorees, travel, events & insight.

In this issue: 4 David J. Schmidly — UNM’s 20th President

If you would like to comment on something you’ve read in the magazine, please write us. Letters will be published as space allows and may be edited for clarity and brevity. Letters must be signed. It’s helpful if you include your location and degrees. Our address is Mirage, The University of New Mexico Alumni Association, MSC 01-1160, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001. Email: mconrad@unm.edu.

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Named UNM President he University of New Mexico Board of Regents has named David J. Schmidly

20th president of the university.

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Schmidly is an internationally respected zoologist who has published

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eight books on natural history and conservation, as well as more than 100

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scholarly articles. As CEO and president of the 32,000-student Oklahoma

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State University System, he directed operations at campuses in Stillwater,

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Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Okmulgee, as well as the OSU Center for Health Sciences and the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa. Since assuming the OSU

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position in 2002, he spearheaded efforts that raised nearly $850 million in

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private donations and public funds for new scholarships and infrastructure.

begins officially on June 1.

He also implemented strategic and campus master plans for a five-year, $826 million construction program. Among other initiatives, he helped launch a national sensor testing center in Ponca City to develop new technologies for detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear,

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and explosive threats; and land facilities in Ardmore that will explore cutting-edge technologies vital to bio-fuels, bio-processing, and bio-production.

President Schmidly in coming issues of Mirage.

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album Dear UNM… A Letter to the UNM Community from New UNM President David J. Schmidly am grateful to the New Mexico Board of Regents for choosing me as president of the University of New Mexico…. I wanted to take this opportunity to say hello and to extend to each of you an invitation. During my tenure here, I need your input and invite you to join with me in working together to make an historic commitment to excellence: let us become the premiere academic institution that we all know our university can be. During my many visits to UNM over the years, I have always been impressed by the faculty, the staff, the students, the facilities, and the location. Let’s now have the commitment, the energy, and the drive to make UNM America’s flagship university for minorities and women, a place of signature research and scholarship, whose degrees are respected in every part of the world, whose graduates stand tall in every walk of life. We can do it by making diversity, equity, and inclusion central priorities of this institution, as important as any other mission. We can do it by rewarding outstanding faculty with tenure and career enrichment and by improving retention and graduation rates. After all, the goal of any great university must be to help students complete their studies, not merely begin them. I propose that we can achieve great things, but only if we work together, in a structure and atmosphere of shared governance, imbued with mutual respect. I especially look forward to working with the diverse, vibrant ethnic communities of New Mexico. For years now, I have studied and admired the

rich natural and social history of this magnificent region, and its rich cultural heritage. I have come to know you, and to respect and value your culture, your values and points of view. I look forward to learning more and getting to know you better, so that we can develop a shared vision of what this university is, and what it can become. I did much of my scientific research in the Southwest, studying the environment, species, and habitat of this region. My wife, Janet, and I made a decision to live in Albuquerque long before this opportunity presented itself, and I see this appointment as a chance of a lifetime: the prospect of working with you to preserve the rich culture of this state and to embark, together, on a mission to study and celebrate its culture, history, and resources, at what without question is the premiere institution for its study. Much as I’ve come to know and love New Mexico, however, I realize I have more to learn. That’s why I will be conducting a listening tour, holding town hall meetings on the UNM campuses, and at locations throughout the state, so I can learn how best to serve you in this complex and challenging job. I intend to maintain a blog to take your questions and comments on a continuing basis, and I will regularly reach out to the news media across the state. I pledge to each of you that my doors, my eyes, my ears, and my mind will always be open to faculty, to staff, to students, and to taxpayers and their representatives alike. I commit my best efforts for our university and for the people of New Mexico. I look forward to the challenge. Very truly yours, David Schmidly

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Martin F. Salas, ’46 BA, has been awarded the Certificate of Appreciation commemorating completion of more than 50 years of service as a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He retired from the Federal Civil Service in 1977, and now resides in the Belen, New Mexico area. Robert Blackburn, ’52, has written his autobiography in which he says UNM was a great influence in his life. He encourages everyone to write their own for their children. He is retired from Sandia Labs and Douglas Aircraft (now Boeing), and lives in Albuquerque. Albert M. Baca, ’53 BSHP, was recently inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of Fame. He coached and pitched for Arizona’s Desert Storm, and proudly won nine World Series/Championships in 16 years. Al lives in Mesa, Arizona. Robert F. Brodsky, ’57 MA, has published his first book, On the Cutting Edge (University of Nebraska Press), which presents a series of true stories about many of the major programs and projects in the last 60 years of the aerospace arena. He worked at Sandia Corporation, Aerojet, Convair, and TRW, and was on the faculty at Iowa State University and the University of Southern California where he retired in 1996. He lives in Redondo Beach, California. Sr. Helen Jean Reardon, ’57 BSED, writes that her “job” as treasurer has been expanded to both the Cenacle Retreat House in Warrenville, Illinois, where she has been located, and the Cenacle Retreat House in Ronkonkoma, New York.

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State Senate has confirmed three appointments to the UNM Board of Regents: Don Chalmers, who had been serving the remainder of Doug Brown’s term, for a new term; Carolyn Abeita; and student regent Dahlia Dorman. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001725.html#more From Prez to COO/CFO: The UNM

Board of Regents approved an addendum to the employment contract for David Harris, who now serves as acting president. When President Schmidly takes office, Harris will become the university’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Advancement Placement: UNM Acting President David Harris has named Michael Kingan vice president for advancement. Kingan had served in that position on an interim basis since August. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001607.html#more

Leading Leader: Robert Duncan, professor of physics and astronomy and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UNM, and member of the physics faculty at Caltech, has been appointed director of the newly founded New Mexico Consortium’s Institute for Advanced Studies. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001736.html#more

funding connections Robert WOW Johnson! Robert Wood

Johnson Foundation Senior Vice President John Lumpkin and Acting UNM President David Harris have announced the establishment of a national center for health policy at UNM. Started with an initial commitment of $18.5 million, the interdisciplinary center aims to increase the number of Hispanic and Native American scholars who can engage as leaders in the health-policy debate. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001638.html#more

Kid Care: A major, multi-million

dollar investment to help children with disabilities at the UNM Health Sciences Center for Development and Disability (CDD)—including a $1 million investment in professional and parental training for autism and a $750,000 investment in evaluation and diagnosis at the CDD—was recently announced by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5452

honorable connections Very Distinguished! Eleven professors

were recently promoted to the rank of University of New Mexico distinguished professor, the highest rank bestowed on faculty. Distinguished professors are individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievements and are nationally and internationally renowned as scholars. They include: Jonathan Abrams (cardiology), Keith H. Basso (anthropology), Steven Brueck (electrical and computer engineering), Carlton Caves (physics and astronomy),

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Judith Chazin-Bennahum (theatre and dance), Steven Gangestad (psychology), Fred Hashimoto (medicine), Paul Andrew Hutton (history), Ruth Luckasson (education), Tey Diana Rebolledo (Spanish and Portuguese), and Howard Waitzkin (sociology).

http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001593.html#more Fulbright Stars: UNM has sent eight

researchers abroad in 2006-07 as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program. They include: Kenneth D. Carpenter (Japan), Robert Glew (Nigeria), Chester Liebs (Japan), Lorraine Malcoe (Canada), Michael Morris (Spain), Shannon Reierson (Honduras), Gary Scharnhorst (Germany), and Sally Seidel (Sweden). Additionally, three visiting Fulbright scholars will come to UNM. They are: Sagrario Del Carmen Cruz Carretero (Mexico), Roberto Javier Gernandez Alduncin

(Argentina), and Yoshiko Kayano (Japan). http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001596.html#more http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001693.html#more

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Proud Profs: The School of Architecture and Planning has announced the appointment of two faculty members to Regents lecturer and Regents professor. Associate professor Claudia Isaac has been appointed Regents lecturer, while professor Anne Taylor has been appointed Regents professor. Regents professorships and lectureships reward fulltime faculty members for excellence. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001663.html#more Architecture Acme: Two School

of Architecture and Planning faculty members have received awards from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Geraldine Forbes Isais, director of the architecture program, received ACSA’s Distinguished Professor Award, the highest honor ACSA awards, and Tim Castillo, assistant professor, received the ACSA/AIA New Faculty Teaching Award. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001645.html#more Optimal Optical Prof: Regents professor Wolfgang Rudolph, physics and astronomy, has been named one of 58 new fellows of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Rudolph was recognized for pioneering contributions to ultrashort pulse physics and groundbreaking research in femtosecond pulse microscopy and spectroscopy. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001679.html#more Fine Fellow: Vice provost of

graduate studies and Anderson School of Management interim dean Amy Wohlert has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. Wohlert was recognized for her contributions to research in the neuromuscular control of speech production and

album Jim Hulsman, ’59 BSHP, longtime Albuquerque High School basketball coach and athletic director, is presenting his extensive collection of scrapbooks and yearbooks pertaining to Albuquerque High athletes— many of whom became Lobos—to the UNM Center for Southwest Research Special Collections and University Libraries. Nancy Moore, ’61 BS, is a retired educator and a volunteer coordinator and treasurer for Habitat for Humanity in Roswell. VB Price, ’62 BA, and Baker Morrow, ’69 BA, ’97 MA, have had Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest published by UNM Press. The book is a sequel to the duo’s Anasazi Architecture and American Design. It takes a new look at ancient and modern Puebloan gardening and landscape design approaches. A journalist and poet, VB is an adjunct professor at the UNM School of Architecture & Planning, and a lecturer emeritus in the University Honors Program. Ed Yrisarri, Jr., ’63 BSEE, a decorated three-time Korean War veteran, gave a presentation last year on the history of the Korean War to graduating seniors at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas. Now living in Roanoke, Texas, Ed is a Registered Professional Engineer, Control Systems Engineering. Carlos E. Cortes, ’65 MA, ’69 PhD, of Riverside, California, serves as creative/ cultural advisor for two Nickelodeon pre-school TV series, “Dora the Explorer” and “Go, Diego, Go!” He is professor emeritus, University of California, Riverside. Michael C. Currier, ’65 BA, has been inducted into the New Mexico Military Institute’s Hall of Fame in recognition of his eminence in the state and national land-title industry. Michael lives in Carlsbad. John P. Salazar, ’65 BA, has been nominated by President George W. Bush for membership on the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation. The IAF is an independent foreign assistance agency of the US government that provides grants to nongovernmental and community-based organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. John is a director and shareholder at the Rodey law firm in Albuquerque. Richard B. Cole, ’66 BABA, ’68 JD, has rejoined the Keleher & McLeod law firm in Albuquerque.

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professor and chief of epidemiology, as well as head of epidemiology and cancer prevention at the Health Sciences Center.

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Pediatrician Praise: Pediatrics

professor Victor Strasburger was named the 2006 Society for Adolescent Medicine Visiting Professor in Adolescent Medicine and Health, one of the highest honors in adolescent medicine. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5503 Researcher Recognition: Marianne

was awarded the 2006 Established Researcher Award of the Society of Melanoma Research in recognition of her 20-year career in melanoma prevention. Berwick is

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Outstanding Start: The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy recently awarded assistant professor Yubin Miao a research grant to support his studies in melanoma detection. He was one of 13 college of pharmacy faculty in the country selected for the award, made through the AACP New Investigators Program, which supports new pharmacy faculty through start-up funding for research. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5542

Humanism Honored: Brian Gregory Solan, assistant professor of family and community medicine, has been selected as a finalist for the 2006 Association of American Medical Colleges Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the AAMC through the support of the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative.

http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5584 Nurse Leader: College of Nursing

faculty member Carolyn Montoya received the 2006 American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) Leadership Award for her significant contribution to the ACNP and her dedication to nurse practitioners at the local, state, and national level. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5704

Would you like to increase your cash gifts to UNM?

Consider this simple, easy way to make a gift to charity: If you are over age 70 1/2, in 2007 you can gift any amount up to $100,000 of your IRA to a charity like UNM. Since this IRA rollover is not included in your income but can qualify as a required minimum distribution, the gift will be tax-free. We can answer your questions. For more information, please contact the Planned Giving Office at the University of New Mexico Foundation. Bart G. Evans, Manager of Planned Giving 505 277 6543, bartnm@unm.edu

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Found in Translation: Diane Thiel, associate professor of English, has received one of three National Endowment for the Arts International Literature Awards. The award is offered to provide American readers with greater access to quality foreign literary work in translation. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001741.html#more

Rare Relatives: Researchers from the physics and astronomy department, in collaboration with researchers at the Collider Detector at Fermilab and the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, recently discovered rare types of particles that are exotic relatives of the much more common proton and neutron.

Emergent Editor: Anderson School

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of Management associate professor Robert Del Campo was recently named associate editor of The Business Journal of Hispanic Research. The new, peer-reviewed research journal focuses on topics related to Hispanic business professionals as well as those who work with Hispanic business professionals. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001678.html#more Climate Committee: Law professor

has been appointed to serve on a committee of the US Climate Change Science Program. The program integrates federal research on climate and global change. Fort’s committee will review the response and adaptation to climate change with respect to water resources. Denise Fort

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research connections Vision Innovation: When age-related

macular degeneration began to destroy his wife’s vision, physics and astronomy professor Emeritus McAllister H. Hull began looking for a solution. The result is a new technology that adds refractive properties to eyeglass lenses and redirects light to improve the central vision for people affected by the disease. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001750.html#more

Formidable Find: Scientists from the University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University have made a remarkable breakthrough in breast and women’s cancers. Publishing in two top-tier medical research journals, Science and Nature Cell Biology, this team has discovered a novel receptor for the female hormone estrogen. http://hsc.unm.edu/about/ features/2006_12a.shtml Timely Transplant: The pediatric

specialty care unit at UNM Hospitals recently performed its first—and the state’s first— pediatric autologous stem cell transplant, using stem cells from the actual patient. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5435 Kennewick Conundrum: The case of Kennewick Man dragged through the courts for years before a judge determined he could not be defined Native American under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. A recent case regarding repatriation of even older remains and artifacts from Spirit Cave, Nevada, suggests that the Kennewick Man case should be used as a legal precedent. Four UNM anthropologists have written an article suggesting that a precedent in Paleoindian human remains is “inappropriate and unnecessary.” http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001718.html#more

album David M. Hughes, ’66 BA, received the 2006 SCCC Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is professor in the humanities and social sciences department at Schenectady County Community College, New York. Harold T. Reynolds, ’66 BABA, of Albuquerque, has been promoted by KPMG to tax manager. Antoinette Voûte Roeder, ’66 BAMU, ’67 MMUS, has released her first collection of poetry in Weaving the Wind (Apocryphile Press). The Canadian resident now lives in Edmonton, Alberta, with husband Michael Roeder, ’66 BAMU, ’68 MA. George L. Hiller, ’69 BA, is director of international business & education at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon. He also serves on the Board of Governors for NASBITE (North American Small Business International Trade Educators). He is adjunct professor at the University of Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in Richmond with his wife, Laura, ’71 BA. Roger Lujan, ’69 BARC, last fall received the Maureen Walter Alumni of the Year Award from the UNM School of Architecture and Planning Alumni Chapter. He has served as university architect since 1989. Baker Morrow, ’69 BA, ’97 MA, and VB Price, ’62 BA, have had Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of the American Southwest published by UNM Press. The book is a sequel to the duo’s Anasazi Architecture and American Design. It takes a new look at ancient and modern Puebloan gardening and landscape design approaches. A landscape architect, Baker is an adjunct associate professor at the UNM School of Architecture & Planning. Roy Rummler, ’69 MME, is author of The Wrong Bottom Line and How to Change It, which not only reviews how leadership needs to and can be more effective with people, but also contains exercises to assist in that endeavor. The Nampa, Idaho, resident is a retired superintendent and also publishes choir arrangements. Richard D. Woods, ’60 PhD, recently co-authored Spanish-English Cognates (Rowman & Littlefield). His other book, Autobiographical Writings on Mexico: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources (McFarland), received the Jose Toribio Medina Award for an outstanding bibliography in 2006 from the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials. He is retired after 43 years of teaching and lives in Chicago.

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become the first ever student to graduate with a PhD from the UNM College of Nursing after successfully defending her dissertation in early January. She has joined the College of Nursing faculty as an assistant professor. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001659.html#more Poetry Pinnacle: Graduate student

recently received one of the nation’s top awards for poets—the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry. She is one of 50 selected from a pool of 1,056 applications for the two-year, $20,000 fellowship. She was chosen based on poems from her first book, Red as a Lotus.

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http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001630.html#more Capitol Idea! Five UNM students— Deborah Baker, Angelina Gonzalez-Aller, Christopher Miller, Marcus Romero,

and Moanna Wright—are serving as congressional interns in Washington DC. UNM instituted the program in association with the UNM Foundation President’s Club, which is giving the interns a stipend to cover living expenses. The interns work in the congressional offices 32 hours a week and carry a full class-load at UNM via special arrangements with professors. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001557.html#more Successful Repeal: Five UNM School

of Law students successfully completed a long-term drive to amend the New Mexico Constitution to repeal the Alien Land Act, a discriminatory provision of New Mexico’s constitution since 1921. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001570.html#more

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Extraordinary Scholar: Fourth-year

medical student Alana Benjamin was one of five recipients nationwide selected as a 2006 Pisacano Scholar. The award recognizes outstanding medical students who have made a commitment to enter Family Medicine. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5500 Noteworthy Navajo Student: The

recipient of the Robert Young Scholarship for students of Navajo, Marsheena John of the Coyote-Pass Clan, delves into the language passed onto her by her grandfather. UNM’s 36-year-old Navajo Language Program offers opportunities to students from small communities within the Navajo Nation, such as John’s hometown of Tsaile, Arizona. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001618.html#more An A from Form Z: Aric Grauke,

an undergraduate student in the School of Architecture and Planning, has received an award in the annual Form Z Joint Study Awards, an international design competition. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001539.html#more Rave Review: Volume 12 of Red

Mesa Review, UNM-Gallup’s literary magazine, has won the Small College Award in the Southwestern Region of the Community College Humanities Association Literary Magazine Competition. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001529.html#more Borderless Engineers: Professor Chuck Hawkins, Daniel Garcia, Janus Herrera, Jeannette Moore from UNM and Jonathan Begay from Sacred Power Corporation spent a day on the Navajo reservation installing solar-powered electrical systems.

This was the first project for the new UNM chapter of Engineers Without Borders. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001755.html#more Cheers for Cheerleaders: The UNM

Cheer and Dance teams won a national championship in the 2007 Universal Cheerleaders Association and Universal Dance Association Nationals. Shoni Spinelli, Julianne Vallejos, Jennifer Sanborn, and Amanda Wiley teamed up to win the four-girl partner stunt team title, the first of any kind in Lobo Spirit Group history. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001647.html#more

media connections O, My! UNM research associate

professor of psychology Robert J. Meyers was featured prominently in the January issue of O:The Oprah Magazine in an article titled “Hi, my name is Amanda and I might be an alcoholic.” Meyers is cited in the publication for his work on the community reinforcement approach (CRA) to treating alcohol and substance abuse. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001624.html#more

miscellaneous connections Good for Our Image! UNM is

the most recent member of the Imageworks Professional Academic Excellence program (IPAX). The membership will support UNM’s interdisciplinary Film and Digital Media Program currently under design. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001692.html#more

Big Small News: UNM has received

final state approval to offer a graduate degree program in nanoscience and microsystems. The interdisciplinary NSMS degree program is offered jointly by the UNM College of Arts and Sciences and the UNM School of Engineering. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001662.html#more Stay-in-School Strategies: Provost

has released the final report of the Graduation Task Force, identifying the most critical factors affecting UNM graduation rates. The report, submitted by co-chairs Vice Provost Peter White and Associate Provost Wynn Goering, recommends eight major strategies to improve overall graduation rates and promote degree-completion equity.

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design concepts for a full service campus that could eventually support 12,000 students. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001589.html#more Ready to Read: Directly above the

area of the basement fire last fall, Zimmerman Library’s first-floor reference area reopened on January 16. The first-floor books and materials that had suffered soot and smoke damage were sent out of state for cleaning and have now been returned, ready for use. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001634.html#more Border Order: UNM is one of nine research universities in four states that have joined together to form the Southwest Border Security Consortium to promote scientific and policy solutions for issues affecting the US-Mexico border region. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001564.html#more

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the next wave of New Mexico high school seniors who can demonstrate strong academic achievement and a commitment to practice medicine in New Mexico. In its second year, the combined BA/MD degree program is a partnership between the School of Medicine and the College of Arts & Sciences. http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/ index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release &EntryID=5473 Raising Rio Rancho: “Build it and

they will come” understates the need for a UNM campus in Rio Rancho. With the ink dry on the paperwork that transferred more than 220 acres from the State Land Office to UNM, Acting President David Harris gave Roger Schluntz, dean, School of Architecture and Planning, the charge to develop

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of time-consuming, expensive research in Latin American topics may soon be over, thanks to the Latin America Knowledge Harvester and Portal (LAKH) project. The Harvester for Creating Knowledge Streams in the Americas Project, coordinated by UNM’s Latin American and Iberian Institute, addresses the challenge of identifying and maintaining stable and reliable Internet access to library and institutional collections and digitized archives in and about Latin America. http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001594.html#more

album Paul V. McSherry, ’70 BSPH, received the Public Health Service (PHS) Distinguished Service Medal from US Surgeon General Richard Carmona last year. It is the highest award given to a PHS commissioned officer, and recognizes his distinguished 34-year career in the Public Health Service and the Indian Health Service. Carlos Ramirez, ’70 MA, executive director of the UNM-Los Alamos branch campus, has announced his retirement effective August 1, 2007. He has held the post for 17 of the branch’s 25 years. Richard D. Sanchez, ’70 BA, ’71 MA, recently retired as senior physical scientist from the US Geological Survey after 40 years of federal service. He continues research service with the USGS as scientist emeritus and is recipient of the NSF’s Antarctic Service Medal. He lives in Sterling, Virginia. Alexander Schauss, ’70 BA, ’72 MA, has published his 17th and 18th books. Acai: The Remarkable Antioxidant-Rich Palm Fruit (Biosocial Publications) and Obesity: Why Are Men Getting Pregnant (Basic Health Publications). In 2006, Alex received the Linus Pauling Lecture Award from the American College for the Advancement of Medicine. The Tacoma, Washington resident was also accepted as a member of the American Society of Nutrition and a fellow of the American College of Nutrition. Lee Horner, ’71 BBA, is a general agent for Sun Life Financial Services for Arizona, California, and New Mexico. He is a member of the Arizona and California State Bar associations and is relocating from Sacramento to Tucson this spring. He is a charter member of the federal alternative dispute resolution panel for the Eastern District of California. Gerald H. Karmele, ’72 BARC, has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Freestyle Photographc Supplies. He lives in Thousand Oaks, California. Benedicto Naranjo, ’72 BA, ’75 JD, of Grants, has received the 2006 Attorney of the Year Award from the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association. After retiring from private practice, Benedicto became a public servant and activist. He is now an assistant district attorney in the 13th Judicial District. Conroy Chino, ’73 BA, has resigned as New Mexico Labor Secretary to pursue a job opportunity with a Southern California lobbying firm. Steven L. Enewold, ’73 BS, is now Vice Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland. He lives in Burke, Virginia.

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David McCamey, ’74 BS, ’79 PhD, has retired from Procter & Gamble. During his 29-year career, he led analytical sciences groups and R&D projects for Folgers, Crest, Actonel, and other P&G brands. Since 1997, he has specialized in alliance management, supporting P&G Pharmaceuticals’ strategic alliances. He serves on the executive committee, Board of Directors of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals. David lives in West Chester, Ohio.

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Okunor, ’73 BA, ’75 MPA, ’81 PhD, roamed the streets of Accra, Ghana, alone. “I could hear revelers off in the distance having a good time. But I walked and cried, praying to God to let me come to America,” Shiame recalls. “I knew, just like every other young man in Accra knew then, that my chances for an education and better future lay in a trip abroad.” Retired from a 30-year teaching career at UNM, Shiame now wants nothing more than to bring that hard-won education to bear back home. Okunor began short study treks to Ghana in 1994. This June, he and a group of UNM students and others will spend 21 days exploring its cities, towns, and villages. Among sites they will visit is a community library that he and his sister, Naa, founded last year in

Adabraka, a neighborhood of Accra, Ghana’s capital city. UNM faculty, staff, and students have donated more than 50 boxes of books to the project.

One Good Deed Begets Another Known as a soft-spoken educator with a direct, intense approach, Okunor was honored by the UNM Alumni Association with its Faculty Teaching

G H A N A T O U N M T O G H A N A : Shiame Okunor taught at UNM for 30 years, serving as dean of University College, directing the International Center and African American Studies, and founding the Institute in African American Studies and the Charlie Morrisey Research Hall. In 2001 he began taking UNM students to Ghana.

Sul Kassicieh, ’74 BS, ’75 MBA, traveled to Brazil last summer to take part in the Conference on Alternative and Renewable Sources of Energy for the Brazilian Amazon Region. Sul, who serves as UNM Anderson Schools of Management associate dean and chair for economic development, finds that lack of clean reliable sources of energy is a barrier to the region’s economic development and thinks New Mexico could be a good model for improvement. Joan Gentry, ’76 BAFA, ’79 MA, is enjoying retirement in Santa Fe with her husband, Don Kirby. They travel and teach photography workshops throughout the western US. When not traveling, they make traditional fine-art black-and-white photographs in their home darkroom. They are represented by Verve Fine Arts Gallery in Santa Fe. Her website is www.joangentryphotography.com. Anna Redsand (formerly Sally Kruis), ’76 MA, ’80 MA, has had her young adult biography, Viktor Frankl: A Life Worth Living, published by Clarion Books. Anna lives in Albuquerque and can be contacted via www.annaredsand.com.

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Award in 2004. The award recognized his 30 years of outstanding service to UNM and carried a monetary gift. “It was a big deal in my life for the alumni to name me teacher of the year—for people to say, ‘We’ve noticed what you’ve done,’” he says. Touched by the longtime professor’s speech describing his quest to build a library, alumni Stanley Harrison and Virginia and Marsha Hardeman matched the gift. With further donations from Links Incorporated, the National Council of Negro Women, and smaller gifts, Okunor was able to ship the donated books. A group he accompanied this past summer unpacked and shelved them. The library could hold a dozen comfortably, but attracted more than

75 school children every afternoon, Shiame says. “It was designed to be a reference library, but demand was so great that we allowed students to check out books for several days. It was so emotional, seeing the tears in their eyes, seeing the need for them to take books home. They would bring them back the next day hoping to check out others,” he says. The library was temporarily shut when Shiame returned home to Albuquerque in late fall to collect more books, acquire an electronic system, and raise funds for personnel.

New Mexico, New Home One year after Shiame set his sights on the US, he arrived in New York City.

He first pursued a diploma in broadcasting at New York University. While studying at Grahm Junior College in Boston, a professor advised him to relocate to “beautiful and multicultural” New Mexico, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1973. Shiame subsequently earned advanced degrees in public administration and education from UNM. In 1994, he was ordained by the African Methodist Episcopal Church while earning a degree in divinity at Yale Divinity School. Okunor served as the first black academic dean at UNM, in charge of the University College and then the General College. He directed UNM’s International Center and later African American Studies, which he led for 22 years. He founded the Summer Institute in African American Studies and the Charlie Morrisey Research Hall, New Mexico’s leading repository of documents on the contributions of African Americans in the Southwest.

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B O O K S I N D E M A N D : The library that Shiame Okunor established in Adabraka, Ghana, has attracted more than 75 students a day, despite its design for 12. Okunor is hoping for more books and to hire library assistants.

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In 2001, Okunor officially founded the UNM African Field History Project with the purpose of taking others with him to Ghana. “We live right in the neighborhoods in guest houses and mid-size hotels, we meet the people, eat the foods,” Shiame says. “Ghana is a very dynamic place supported by a coalition of countries, capitalists, and private organizations.” In Accra, the capital city of 2 million, members of the group tour the WEB Dubois Research Center, where Dubois’s colorful academic regalia, books, and publications are preserved. Although people from all backgrounds make the trip, it can be especially emotional for blacks, Shiame says.

album “Among the sites we visit are slave castles in Cape Coast and Elmina. The government preserved these places where Africans were imprisoned prior to being shipped to America.” UNM students can earn academic credit for independent study. Research projects have ranged from tracing slave DNA to documenting indigenous women of resistance. Sarah Guggino, ’06 BA, studied political science and international

been done. The shelves are built and books shelved. We really need books for younger children now. We need to raise an additional $1,500 to pay the salaries of two needed library assistants for an entire year,” Okunor says. He will continue with a full life in New Mexico, too. His wife, Ivy, is on UNM staff. In his quest to ease the suffering of the world’s disenfranchised, Shiame not only sails the seas, he traverses the

“It was designed to be a reference library, but demand was so great that we allowed students to check out books for several days. It was so emotional, seeing the tears in their eyes, seeing the need for them to take books home.” —Shiame Okunor relations at UNM. Months away from graduation and unclear about her direction, she was recruited from an African politics class for the summer 2006 visit. “Going to Africa and working on the library made me realize what I wanted to do with the rest of my life,” says Sarah. Sarah plans to return to higher education to earn a master’s in non-profit management. In the immediate future, she plans to fundraise for the library.

Bringing Out the Best Okunor made a career of bringing out the best in American students. Now he plans to finish what he started in Ghana, invigorating education there. “Most of the work on the library has

desert. Each Sunday he drives from Albuquerque to Gallup, New Mexico, to minister at Howard Chapel, where he is the senior pastor—a four-hour roundtrip journey he’s made for the past nine years. Two years ago he convinced the congregation to convert the church into a haven for the homeless and poor, primarily serving Native Americans. Those attending work by his side to prepare and serve hot lunches to the poor and the homeless, following services. Clothing and groceries are allotted when available. Contributing members number less than a dozen, but often the church feeds up to 32 individuals. “I can’t help but make that drive because I never know who needs to eat,” he notes.

JD Salazar, ’77 BA, has been named board vice chairman for the Greater Chicago Food Depository. He is managing principal of Champion Realty Advisors, one of the largest Hispanic-owned commercial-industrial real-estate companies in America. The Burr Ridge, Illinois, resident is president of the UNM Chicago Alumni chapter and a past Alumni Association Board member. Charlie Carrillo, ’78 BA, ’84 MA, ’96 PhD, received the 2006 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship Award. The award was in recognition of Charlie’s teaching and sharing his knowledge of santo-making in New Mexico. Charlie opened his “Saints of the Pueblos” exhibit at the new Acoma City Cultural Center in December. He lives in Santa Fe. Glojean Todacheene, ’78 BSHE, ’84 MA, is the newly elected first Navajo woman to the San Juan County Commission, District 1. She is also a newly elected Shiprock Council Delegate to the Navajo Nation Tribal Council. Glojean retired in 2004 after 26 years in education. Stephan ’Step’ Dobyns, ’79 BA, and Claire Dobyns, ’00 BABA, are working together at Century Bank in Santa Fe. Step is the accounting manager and corporate secretary, and Claire is the chief risk officer. Amy Wohlert, ’79 BS, ’81 MS, has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for professional or scientific achievement and contributions to the profession. Wohlert is UNM vice provost and dean of graduate studies. She was recently appointed interim dean of the Anderson Schools of Management. Bernie P. Gurule, ’80 BSPE, ’85 MSPE, was honored by the Alaska Association of Secondary Principals as the Region V Principal of the Year for 2005-2006. Bernie is currently the academic principal of Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska, a public boarding school with an enrollment of students from more than 100 Alaskan villages and cities. Chris W. Pierce, ’80 BA, ’82 JD, has joined the law office of Gerald R. Velarde in Albuquerque. The name is now Velarde & Pierce. Geoffrey Dennis, ’81 BA, has published his first book, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism. He teaches in the Jewish Studies Program of the University of North Texas and is rabbi of a synagogue in Flower Mound, Texas. He is currently blogging at www.ejmmm2007.blogspot.com.

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Randall McGrew, ’81 BA, writes that after studying for a PhD, he gained considerable training and work in various word processing programs, worked for Microsoft as a Word engineer, and became a help analyst for desktop publishing and email systems, including Outlook and Lotus Notes. Since 2000 he has been retired in Longmont, Colorado, due to disability. He hopes to return to Albuquerque, which “feels like home.” Ralph P. Melbourne, Jr., ’82 BABA, has been named senior vice president by New Century Financial Corporation of Irvine, California, a publicly traded REIT involved in the National Mortgage Business. He resides in Hinsdale, Illinois, with his wife, the former Regina Ann Tibbetts, ’85 BSED. Michelle A. Coons, ’83 BABA, has joined Bank of the West as senior vice president and commercial banking manager for the bank’s Southwest division. She lives in Santa Fe. Cornelius Knott, ’83 BSME, is utilities director for the City of Artesia, New Mexico, but expects to retire in October. Michael Otto, ’83 BS, ’86 MS, ’88 PhD, is professor of psychology at Boston University and president of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. He specializes in the research and treatment of anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders. He resides in Boston. Mirabai Starr, ’83 BA, ’85 MA, instructor of philosophy and religious studies at UNM-Taos, has a new book, Teresa of Avila: Book of My Life (New Seeds/Shambhala), a new translation of and introduction to the famous coming-of-age story of a mystic.

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L O B O S H E R E , T H E R E , A N D E V E R Y W H E R E : These five students have traveled to or from UNM to be part of the global student experience. Left to right: Quonya Huff, of Houston, Texas, is a history major who spent fall 2005 at the University of Wales in Swansea. Mohammed Aldosari, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is studying at the UNM Center for English Language and American Culture (CELAC) to improve his English and enroll as a UNM undergraduate. Albuquerque native Chris Prentice, a senior who will graduate with a BA in English in December 2007, spent fall and spring of 2005-2006 at Sheffield University in England. Another Albuquerque native, Jessica Bryant, spent five months as an exchange student at Universidad de Guadalajara in Mexico before graduating from UNM with a BS in December 2006; she will enter medical school at UNM this fall. Pavlina Peskova, of Prague, Czech Republic, came to New Mexico in the summer of 2006, studied English at CELAC, and began undergraduate coursework this spring.

Martin Eckert, ’84 BABA, has joined Albuquerque Public Schools as director of real estate. Patricia A. Gilman, ’84 PhD, is co-editor of Mimbres Society (University of Arizona Press). Patricia is associate professor and chair of the University of Oklahoma anthropology department in Norman. Nancy DeVries Guth, ’84 MA, earned her PhD in literacy education from George Mason University. She is coauthor of Leading a Successful Reading Program: Administrators and Reading Specialists Working Together To Make It Happen (International Reading Association). She works for the Stafford County Public Schools as supervisor of literacy and humanities and lives in Stafford, Virginia. Nancy writes she is an avid “ultra cyclist,” cycling over 10,000 miles a year and winning the overall points award for the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association for the past five years.

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Jessica, both Anglo and Hispanic in family background, has nothing but good things to say about her five months as an exchange student at Universidad de Guadalajara in west

Jessica’s Choice: Guadalajara When Jessica Bryant, ’06 BS, sits down to talk about her international exchange experience in spring 2006, her characteristic bright smile beams.

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Since the UNM Strategic Plan of 2001 first focused on programming and activities of “national and global distinction and impact,” administrators have invested faculty and staff resources and special funding to expand international instruction, research, and service programs. UNM students, faculty, staff, alumni, and regional community leaders maintain ongoing, constructive dialogues on the critical importance of “internationalization” to both the academic excellence of UNM and the economic prosperity of New Mexico. UNM International Task Force Begun by former Provost Brian Foster in summer 2004 as a sequence of cross-disciplinary roundtable discussions of faculty and staff, the International Task Force has developed into a major forum for information and collaboration on UNM global programming. Associate Provost for academic affairs Paul Nathanson directs the task force. To be added to the group’s Listserv for notices and advocacy announcements, send requests to katpad@unm.edu.

UNM Latin American Outreach Council Since New Mexico statehood in 1912, UNM presidents have talked about UNM’s potential as a “University for the Americas.” Eliseo Torres, UNM vice president for student affairs, has worked closely with New Mexico legislators such as Senator Shannon Robinson to pass state appropriations for UNM recruitment in Latin America and Spain. Torres has now established a UNM Latin American Outreach Council to explore increasing UNM’s educational and service exchange programs with our Latin American neighbors. To be added to the Outreach Council’s announcement list, contact ovpsa@unm.edu. To direct a foreign student to information about UNM international admissions, contact Myriam Muñoz, myriam@unm.edu.

FROM THERE TO HERE: Guanlin Tang (left) and Ashwin Navaday are both graduate engineering students. Guanlin, from Anshan in China’s Liaoning province, is pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering. Ashwin hails from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, and is working toward a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

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Initiatives to develop study-abroad opportunities for UNM students began in concerted fashion in the late 1960s. The then newly established Office of International Programs and Studies (OIPS) began offering a dozen accredited programs abroad, adding options each year, says Jerry Slavin, the department’s founding director. In 2006-2007, through the close working partnership between OIPS and the UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, UNM undergrads had opportunities to study on exchange for credits at more than 75 universities in over 30 different countries. The arrangements for the traditional one- or two-semester international exchange programs are straightforward. According to Ken Carpenter, director of the UNM Student Exchange Programs at OIPS, students in good standing apply well in advance and then pay UNM tuition for full-time studies at their choice of appropriate partner schools—those having direct or consortia reciprocal agreements with UNM. All their regular UNM scholarships apply—including the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship. Likewise, exchange students from partner universities can study at UNM for the cost of tuition at their homeland schools. Examples of partner schools include McGill University, Canada; Universidad de Costa Rica; University of Aberdeen, Scotland; University of Paris, Dauphine; and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Most UNM undergraduates study abroad during their third year. They select foreign universities based on their majors, language proficiencies, and personal dreams.

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Jessica explains that the food and friendly cooks at a central location drew students, teachers, carpenters, merchants, mothers, kids, and grandpas for conversations and debates. Jessica will never forget her most important extracurricular experiences in Guadalajara. Both she and Jacqueline volunteered three days a week at Centro Integral Comunitario, a community health and education center in a low-income barrio, a long public bus ride from the gentile world of La Casa Internacional. They worked often with children, young women, and mothers. Since Jessica was pursuing a pre-med and Spanish concentration back home at UNM, her interactions in this center’s tiny clinic, face-to-face with impoverished and sometimes abused women, influenced her perspectives on medical care and healing. Jessica describes the holistic approach to care and treatment she witnessed there, including a traditional use of herbs. She struggles to explain the meaningful insights she gained while holding a

Michael A. Badillo, ’85 BSME, has completed a master’s degree in systems engineering through the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. He heads the Joint Forces Missile Division at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Corona, California. Dolores Sanchez Badillo, ’86 BA, is the weekend anchor and a reporter for KZSW-TV 27 in Temecula, California. She is also a “Living” columnist with The Albuquerque Tribune. The Badillos reside in Murrieta, California. Deborah Ann Fleming, ’85 BME, is interim director of fine arts for Rio Rancho Public Schools and director of the Kokopelli Group of the Rio Grande Children’s Choir. Vanessa Hadady, ’85 BAFA, has earned her license as a marriage and family therapist in the State of California. She has accepted a position with Sacramento County, where she lives. Orlinda Naranjo, ’85 JD, is now the first judge of the new 419th State District Court in Austin, Texas. She lives in Spicewood, Texas, but maintains a second home in Chama, New Mexico, with her husband.

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Garcia, in a gorgeous grand plaza with splendid Spanish Colonial architecture in the background. One snapshot catches Jessica laughing and bouncing high above her bed in her urban dormitory, La Casa Internacional. Others show Jessica and fellow students and visiting professors from Canada, Spain, Germany, clowning or cooking in her La Casa complex—“a global village on two floors, with a common kitchen.” Jessica shows pictures of herself and classmates from around the globe in staged Latin dance performances. She clicks on photos of magnificent public art by José Clemente Orozco, but it is easy to tell by the sparkle in her eyes that those that trigger her fondest memories are of Jessica in her dorm’s neighborhood with local friends. “What can I say?” pipes Jessica. “It was Felix’s Taco Stand on Avenida Niños Héroes near La Casa where we learned the most about Mexican community and culture. And we learned more everyday useful Spanish there than we could in any classroom.”

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“My UNM exchange in Guadalajara helped me explore not only family roots, but who I am now and who I want to be.” —Jessica Bryant

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Chris’ Choice: Sheffield If you were a UNM Honors Student studying English, where would you want to study abroad? “England, of course! Where else?” says Chris Prentice, a senior completing his degree in December 2007, with his sights on a PhD and a college teaching position. “What I really needed to know was which partner university there best matched my academic interests.” Chris’s decision to study abroad was

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woman’s hand or looking into teary eyes. She learned the significance of warm, personal bonds in the treatment of her future patients. Jessica Bryant says that her UNM exchange to Guadalajara was a dream come true. She had wanted to travel and study in Spain or Central America since high school. With the advice of family, former UNM exchange students, ^ and Robyn Coté at the UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, Jessica picked the right city and university in Mexico and the right credit courses for a personally tailored international exchange. Jessica came back to Albuquerque, finished her duel biology and Spanish degree, and graduated from UNM in December 2006. She applied and was accepted to the UNM School of Medicine, and now works in the UNM department of cell biology and physiology, awaiting the start of her demanding classes and rotations in August 2007. And Jessica is prepared. She explains how getting away and stepping into foreign territory helped her plan and act independently. “In Mexico I built my confidence to manage on my own.” Her community service there solidified her plans for a medical career as a women’s health specialist. “My UNM exchange in Guadalajara helped me explore not only family roots, but who I am now and who I want to be.”

“My international exchange taught me that there is no ‘Natural Order of Things,’ just human constructs.” —Chris Prentice

fairly well fixed by the end of his freshman year in the Hokona Hall honors dorm. According to Chris, the seasoned upperclassmen in the University Honors Program “know the very best programs UNM has to offer” and international exchange was repeatedly a thumbs-up recommendation. Honors Program key advisors like Rosalie Otero and Diane Rawls promoted studying abroad as well. His decision on an English major emphasizing criticism and theory focused his investigations for international exchange. Which partner university in England had the reputation and renowned faculty for the credit courses he needed? Chris chose Sheffield University in the small city by the same name, south of Manchester. Mentors in the UNM English department highly recommended Sheffield, with its solid scholarly traditions, based on the reputations of such literary critics as William Empson. Besides, explains Chris with a smile, “Sheffield’s website had photos of

quaint stone Victorian row houses as its teaching facilities. I saw myself taking Shakespeare classes in just such historic buildings. I was sold.” Chris says the 36 credit hours of coursework he took in the fall and spring semesters of 2005-2006 were extraordinary. He studied literary theory and Shakespeare from “full professors, typically with degrees from such prestigious schools as Oxford and Cambridge.” And what great times Chris had after class at the local pubs, eating meat pies and drinking pale ale with mates from his university dorm— from such exotic realms as Sofia, Bulgaria; Seoul, South Korea; and Richmond, Virginia! “My international exchange taught me that there is no ‘Natural Order of Things,’ just human constructs,” says Chris, who is now the president of the UNM Study Abroad Association. “People conduct their daily lives in other countries in radically different ways. I had read about constructs of reality in academic classes. But I

never could have really understood the concept without living a year in Sheffield—riding double-decker buses through narrow lanes, shoulder to shoulder with both lawyers and laborers. What a revelation!”

The Global Village at UNM The diversity of the student population at UNM has been changing in wonderful ways over the past two decades, and the international look and complexion of students walking the campus this school year is remarkable. East Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Middle Eastern students buy textbooks and Lobo sweatshirts in the UNM Bookstore, and herbal teas, cokes, and burritos at the Student Union. The number of visiting international students at UNM for the 2006-2007 academic year increased to more than 800 students from more than 80 different counties—as faraway as Turkmenistan, Nepal, and Tanzania. All foreign students in degree programs must have demonstrated

English language proficiency on a standardized test. Two-thirds are graduate students, and the top seven countries for those now enrolling are China, then India, Mexico, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Canada. UNM is far from being just a tri-cultural community and campus: it is now a global village. Some international students finance their studies at UNM with the support of their families back home, or they apply for work-study positions as research or teaching assistants. Frequently foreign governments subsidize study abroad for specialized, high-demand degrees. For example, the government of Saudi Arabia is supporting the studies of the married couple Omer Hussain and Sereen Bakri at UNM this academic year, with Omer now pursuing a master’s in special education, and Sereen planning an undergraduate degree in the same area. They will return home with skills extremely valuable to the improving school systems in their country.

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FROM HERE TO THERE: In year three of a dual degree program in finance and marketing, UNM student Alberto Gallegos is studying at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. There he takes courses in international finance and business and in beginning Putonghua (Mandarin).

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Special funds often support international exchange, short-term or faculty-led international seminars, intensive language courses, or independent studies. Here are a few: • Regents’ International Study Grants: www.unm.edu/~oips • UNM Ambassador Scholarships: rcote@unm.edu • Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship: www.iie.org/gilman • HACU-Laureate International Scholarship: www.internationalscholarships.net • US Student Fulbright Program: www.iie.org/fulbright/us

album Dolores Sanchez Badillo, ’86 BA, is the weekend anchor and a reporter for KZSWTV 27 in Temecula, California. She is also a “Living” columnist with The Albuquerque Tribune. Michael A. Badillo, ’85 BSME, has completed a master’s degree in systems engineering through the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, California. He heads the Joint Forces Missile Division at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Corona, California. The Badillos reside in Murrieta, California. Albino Carrillo, ’86 BA, has been granted tenure in the English department at the University of Dayton, a comprehensive Catholic University in the Marianist tradition. Also, many of his best and new poems have been collected in the anthology The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry published by the University of Arizona Press. He resides in Dayton, Ohio. Martin R. Esquivel, ’86 BA, ’89 JD, was a recipient of the William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award from the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government. He has also been elected to the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education. Marty is a shareholder in the Narvaez Law Firm in Albuquerque. Charles J. Vigil, ’86 BABA, has been elected president and managing director of the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque, where he has been a director and shareholder since 1995. He practices in the litigation department with an emphasis on employment law, civil rights, commercial litigation, products liability, and professional liability law. Vigil has also been appointed to serve as the State Bar’s representative in the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. Steven Kaestner, ’87 BA/BS, ’92 MA, won an Excellence in Science Teaching award from Sandia National Laboratories/Lockheed Martin in 2006. Also in 2006 he participated for six weeks in UNM’s Science Institute of the Southwest Summer Research Fellowship Program studying cave bacteria. He currently is science department chair of Albuquerque’s Jefferson Middle School. Cecil F. Stark, Jr., ’87 MAPA, ’06 BSEE, has recently retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory after 34 years and lives in Albuquerque. His son Cameron, ’06 BSEE, has moved to Albuquerque. Greg Trapp, ’87 BA, ’90 JD, of Albuquerque, is executive director of the New Mexico Commission for the Blind.

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Pavlina has, indeed, selected a turnabout of what many UNM students choose for student exchange—such as the Latin, old-world, or ivy university settings abroad that Jessica Bryant and Chris Prentice chose. Pavlina now drives a car back and forth to the acres of campus at UNM on the six-lane I-40 from her personal choice of peaceful student accommodations— a small modern apartment in a “really beautiful spot,” the mesa of suburban Taylor Ranch. Each student’s study-abroad experience is unique and surprising in the way it touches his or her heart, mind, and world view. No matter the flight pattern, with UNM students landing in Sheffield and Hong Kong, or Czech and Brazilian students touching down in Albuquerque, students claim the exchange phenomenon is personally transforming.

Pavlina Lands at ABQ New Mexicans frequently ask visiting exchange students why they are studying at UNM. There are, after all, many choices. So Pavlina Peskova from Prague, Czech Republic, is not surprised by the familiar question. “The environment. The blue skies, yes. But really the open spaces and freedom you feel on this campus, on the west mesa, in the Jemez.” Pavlina explains that in old-world Prague, the universities are typically packed tightly into vertical spaces in tall buildings in the densely built and populated city center. UNM opens out. “At UNM, I love to meet a friend for coffee at the SUB. Then maybe walk across the plaza with my laptop to a quiet place in the huge rooms at Zimmerman Library. And outside at the Duck Pond, it’s nice to read. It’s not so busy like in Prague.” Pavlina attended a language school in Prague last year. She has aspirations of work as an interpreter, perhaps in diplomatic circles back home or with the United Nations. Pavlina came to New Mexico in summer 2006. She visited with one of her father’s professional associates living in Jemez. In the fall, she began taking intensive “Academic Bridge” classes through the Center for English Language and American Culture (CELAC), a division of UNM International Programs. She was accepted into full-time credit coursework at UNM for spring 2007. “New Mexicans and my teachers are so friendly and helpful,” Pavlina says. She plans to stay and earn a UNM degree in modern languages before returning to Prague. She says she’ll continue to enjoy the pizza and salsa dance parties sponsored by the UNM Study Abroad Association.

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A new image of higher education in the United States in the coming decades is beginning to emerge as international travel increases and foreign trade and the globalization of business and industry accelerate. Our younger generations will be interacting and transacting with foreign colleagues and partners more and more in the daily conduct of their careers and lives. And so, cross-cultural and global studies and international programming at universities will become ever more important to the cultural health and economic well-being of our nation and its states. The quality of international programming at an American university and the degree of involvement of its students in this enterprise will be increasingly significant in establishing its national reputation. UNM administrators

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Those precious moments were really just yesterday. The fall and spring semesters of 1973 and 1974 at La Universidad de Nuevo México Centro Andino in Quito, Ecuador bring back powerful and vivid memories to New Mexico State Senator Cisco McSorley, ’74 BA, ’79 JD. Cisco’s extended and customized fifth year of study at what was then a distant branch campus of UNM remarkably shaped the course of his early teaching career— and his lifelong disposition toward international exchange and study abroad. Cisco now champions support of international programming at UNM. The 2007 legislature passed a bill that included funding first proposed by Cisco. The bill provides over $280,000 to support “UNM international education initiatives,” with possible stipends Cisco McSorley for students with need for travel, housing, and other expenses while at far-away universities. Cisco wants today’s UNM students to follow their dreams, as he did, just yesterday. “We must have more of our good UNM students studying abroad,” he says, “making good friends for New Mexico.”

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development of more summer credit programs abroad, intensive language institutes, UNM faculty-led classes abroad, and exchange options. Although from last year to this, the number of UNM undergrads on exchange increased by 30 percent, according to Bogenschild, UNM still trails its regional peer institutions in study abroad participation, with only one percent of UNM students now enrolling. With active promotion of exchange opportunities and increased scholarship funding for students’ expenses, Bogenschild hopes to double the number of UNM participants in study abroad programs over the next five years. “I hope UNM alumni will be strong advocates for added funding for international programming and study abroad at their university,” says Tom. “The offer of a fellowship to support travel and other expenses abroad is often just what it takes to open the eyes of an accomplished but disadvantaged student to a whole world of possibilities.”

Evelina Zuni Lucero, ’89 MA, is the author of Night Star, Morning Star, which won the 1999 First Book Award for Fiction from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. The Isleta resident is chair of the creative writing department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Jon Hughes, ’90 BA, has joined Keller Williams Realty in Albuquerque as an associate broker. Gloria Tristani, ’90 JD, has joined the Washington, DC firm of Spiegel & McDiarmid as Of Counsel. Gloria lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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and community leaders see that further investment in globalization will mean a world of career opportunities for current and future students. UNM students are fortunate. Their international service and study opportunities are increasing. Faculty and staff are working creatively on options. Dale Alverson, medical director of the UNM Center for Telehealth, is developing research and service opportunities for UNM health sciences and medical students in Ecuador. In spring 2007, Pearl Huang of the UNM Taos campus offered a two-week intensive “China Ethnic Culture Study Program” featuring a tour of sites in mainland China. The new director of the OIPS at UNM, Tom Bogenschild, is developing plans for additional UNM credit-approved “platform programming” in Italy in music, the arts, and languages. But as is true with most earthly enterprises, money makes the world go round. Combined federal, state, corporate, foundation, and private funding for international programming at UNM is vital to the continued

Dana Cox, ’88 BA, has joined the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court as a trial court staff attorney. She lives in Albuquerque.

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Why UNM? “The environment. The blue skies, yes. But really the open spaces and freedom you feel on this campus, on the west mesa, in the Jemez.” — Pavlina Peskova

Joseph P. Arellano, ’88 BA, ’01 MBA, has been recalled to active duty in the Navy. He has completed a NATO International Security Assistance Force Mission Rehearsal Exercise in Norway and Navy Individual Augmentation Combat Training in South Carolina. After advanced convoy operations training in Kuwait, he went to Afghanistan to support the NATO ISAF X mission. He and his wife, Elizabeth Davidson Arellano, ’93 BA, live in Santa Fe.

Helen M. Gruener, ’91 BSPH, has for the past 10 years worked for Albertson’s, and was promoted last June to divisional pharmacy manager. Her territory includes Phoenix (west side), Lake Havasu, El Paso, Las Cruces, and Silver City. Helen resides in Cave Creek, Arizona. Michelle Melendez, ’91 BA, has joined St. Joseph Community Health in Albuquerque as community services director. Kent G. Fry, ’92 AAS, ’94 BSEE, is an engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) supporting the Space Shuttle Program in the Crew & Thermal Systems Division. He works with the space environment chambers used in training astronauts and

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You might expect the man behind such dire news to be cynical and despairing. In person, you’ll find he’s an optimist. Even “hard, ugly” scenarios are mitigated by opportunities for understanding and insight. A “glass-full” kind of guy, the Ambassador concentrates on “the positive forces of globalization,” although he also sees globalization— for example, the ease of terrorists’ communicating and coalescing through the Internet—as contributing to today’s terrorist successes. We met at “1600 Hrs at Union Station, WDC” (e-mail directive)…. Like Walter Mitty, I was imagining an undercover rendezvous at Starbucks. When Ambassador Crumpton appeared, probably more relaxed than he’d been in years—his last day on the job had been four days earlier—he was ready for a cup of tea and a chat. Having served 24 years in the CIA before assuming the State Department position in 2005, “Hank”—his codename in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War, Gary Schroen’s First In: An Insider’s Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan, and Gary Berntsen’s Jawbreaker —devised the 2001 US campaign in Afghanistan. Its swiftness and effectiveness saved the US countless lives and dollars. “Henry”—his codename in the 9/11 Commission Report—had repeatedly warned senior CIA officials of Osama bin Laden’s potential threat before the events of September 11, 2001. And Crumpton—Coordinator of Counterterrorism at the US State Department and no longer undercover —introduced a new understanding of global terrorism.

Controversy In developing the strategy against the al-Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan, Crumpton began with a basic premise: it was the opposition tribesmen who best knew the countryside and the enemy. In what would

seem a sensible move, but would also challenge doctrine and practice, he linked tribal leaders with American military and intelligence to devise their attack together. “We listened to our partners,” he says. “It was as much their victory as ours.” It was also not the usual American approach to warfare, which would have employed our conventional arsenal against an enemy of “asymmetrical” means. And it wasn’t adopted without serious qualms on the part of convention’s proponents. The Afghanistan approach involved “looking for common ground, appreciating other cultures, and learning about their needs and preferences,” Crumpton says. Heeding history, he cites Thucydides. “Why men fight often determines who they fight and defines how they fight,” he explains in his narrative of the war. In Afghanistan, “the power of empathy, honor, prestige, hope, and material self-interest [would] complement raw strength and produce a more effective, more enduring victory.” Since Afghanistan, Crumpton has reconfigured those lessons into a fresh understanding of terrorism and its counter. In conjunction with an Australian colleague, David Kilcullen, he has advocated a “micro” focus to fighting terrorists. That means knowing and responding to the history, culture, geography, needs, and motivations behind local terrorist or potential-terrorist groups. Described in detail by George Packer in the December 18, 2006 issue of The New Yorker, the strategy resembles more a counter-insurgency campaign than a war. But while specifically targeted incentives may work to change an enemy’s immediate actions, Crumpton also suggests that long-term political, economic, and social responses to the conditions fomenting terrorism will provide more lasting results. What does it take to buck old ways? The new insights to the war and to

album testing the many tools for shuttle missions. He was recently selected lead project engineer for controls & instrumentation on the James Webb Space Telescope at JSC. Jay Murzyn, ’92 BSCE, has been named an associate of Minnesota-based Short Elliott Hendrickson, a professional consulting services firm with offices in 10 states. The associates program recognizes key professionals who demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, outstanding job performance, and exceptional client service. He resides in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mark J. Fidel, ’93 EMBA, has received the Father Charlie Driscoll Award by Dismas House New Mexico for his volunteer service and pro bono lobbying work for the organization. He and Carol Smith Fidel, ’93 BA, and their son live in Albuquerque. Lisa Gill, ’93 BUS, has received a two-year Literature Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts based on her poems in her first collection, Red as a Lotus (UNM Press). The Moriarty resident is a graduate student in creative writing at UNM. Carmela Vargas Gonzales, ’93 BSED, was named to the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Carmela is a sixth grade teacher at Taos Charter School. Ann Kemper, ’93 BBA, earned her MS in computer information systems in 2005. She is currently employed as a senior system administrator with Lockheed Martin’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services program in Albuquerque. Garth Moore, ’93 BA, is now the senior director of ePhilanthropy with Changing Our World in Washington, DC. He resides in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Reid Nunn, ’94 BUS, has received the prestigious 2006 Milken Educator Award for furthering excellence in education. The award includes a $25,000 prize. Nunn teaches at McCollum Elementary in Albuquerque. Joseph Valdez, ’94 BA, has been selected as a 2006-2008 National Diversity Scholar by the Association of Research Libraries. The program promotes the advancement of librarians of color at the highest academic levels. Valdez also participates in the University of Arizona Knowledge River Scholar Program. He is currently pursuing an advanced degree in library science at the University of Arizona. Paul A. Wolfla, ’94 MA, of Indianapolis, has been elected partner at Baker & Daniels. He practices in general litigation and complex business litigation.

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counterterrorism took root in a creative way of approaching challenges, of thinking—Crumpton’s. “Hank focused on problem-solving and was often thinking outside the box—open to new ways of doing things,” says Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the State Department. “He challenged the department to be creative and flexible in its thinking about terrorism.” The ambassador admits he’s a right-brainer. “I’m more naturally intuitive and have to make an effort in some regards to look at some of the harder, rational aspects of decision-making, but I’m cognizant of that and work at it.” On the other hand, it’s possible that non-linear thinking, like Crumpton’s, jibes better with non-Western cultures. And Crumpton postulates that his affinity for nature and the outdoors has placed him in tune with the “more elemental aspects of life, which cut across any culture.” Some new ways stem from ignored ways. History is reality to Crumpton, and he is mindful of it. In his Afghanistan account, he cites not just Thucydides but Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and even Lawrence of Arabia. “Understanding the passions of men, the fundamentals of conflict as taught by strategists throughout the ages” offers timeless insight, he writes.

Beginnings Hank Crumpton grew up in Warren County, Georgia, with a bent for nature—his father is a forester—and for reading—his mother was a teacher. The Great Books program at Saint John’s College attracted him to Santa Fe in 1974. He stayed there one semester— long enough to acquire a love for rugby—before transferring to UNM. Hank found New Mexico “an eye-opening experience” after his small town, southern upbringing. It’s a “unique, dynamic society,

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with multiple cultures,” he says. “I appreciate everything from its food to its architecture. As a 17-year-old, it captured my imagination.” So did anthropology professor Frank Hibbens’ tales of remote cultures and political science professor Fred Harris’ recounting of hands-on government. While Hank majored in political science at UNM, his knowledge of anthropology surfaces repeatedly in his career. After graduating from UNM in 1978, Hank left for Australia, hoping to break into professional rugby ranks, and playing several months for the Newtown Jets. “I failed totally to make it as a league player,” he laughs. He then wandered through Southeast Asia and Europe, testing the waters of international life. Upon returning to the US, he applied to the CIA.

the military coordinator of the Afghan campaign, telling him, “You know, we’re living our dreams.” Crumpton’s overseas work began in Africa. “I learned more about warfare from African insurgent leaders that I knew and worked with than from anybody in US government in terms of tribal conflict,” he says. Hank met his wife in Liberia, and the couple began and raised their family on the continent. “A supportive spouse is critical and fundamental,” he says, given the stress, travel, and demands of a covert career. “My wife is terrific, strong, courageous. I’m very fortunate.” So, knowing what he knows about the evils and dangers of today’s world, what does he tell his kids about their future? To duck and cover? “Despite concerns about attacks and WMDs,”

“Americans think of intelligence as Orwellian, invasive. It’s more about developing trust, mapping political and economic battlefields. Intelligence in itself is not negative or evil. It’s how it’s used.” —Henry Crumpton Mind you, it wasn’t Hank’s first attempt to join up. At age 11, he had written a letter of inquiry to the CIA. On official letterhead, the agency thanked him for his interest and wished him good luck, but passed him over. Surprisingly, in retrospect, Hank received a second rejection from the CIA, which suggested he pursue further education and try again. After a “couple of months” of grad school at American University, he walked into the CIA office, reapplied, and was accepted. As a boy, Crumpton says, being a spy meant “dreams of traveling overseas, of adventure… My perception now is much deeper. In some respects it has exceeded my boyhood imagination.” He recalls US General Tommy Franks,

Crumpton says, “I’m an optimist and try to share that with my kids and with others… I look at the positive forces of globalization—more people are living under liberal democracies than ever. There’s a growing sense of right and wrong, of global norms…” Rather than losing youthful idealism, Crumpton says he has become more idealistic with the experiences of “marriage, children, conflicts, and relying on teams to achieve objectives… If anything, I am more appreciate of intangibles, of virtue.” “I have a greater appreciation for life and for the Americans and our partners around the world who have contributed so much,” he says. “I’m immensely grateful. While proud, I’m also humbled

Next… Having stepped down from the State Department, Crumpton says he will take his time and explore different options, rethink his priorities, look at the long term. He hasn’t ruled out returning to New Mexico, perhaps to UNM. “The value of education will increase because of our interconnected world and of the growing importance of non-state actors,” he says.

album Erika E. Anderson, ’95 MA, ’01 JD, has been elected the Young Lawyers Division chair member of the State Bar of New Mexico’s Board of Bar Commissioners. She also is a member of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Affiliate Assistance Team and serves on the board of directors for the 1st Judicial District Bar Association in Santa Fe.

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Universities need to treat intelligence as a discipline, he adds, noting then-NSA advisor Condoleezza Rice’s assertion that America “has an allergy to intelligence.” “Americans think of intelligence as Orwellian, invasive,” Crumpton says. “It’s more about developing trust, mapping political and economic battlefields. Intelligence in itself is not negative or evil. It’s how it’s used.” Understanding intelligence better, Americans can “hold government accountable in constructive ways, from an informed perspective.” “Americans will not and should not tolerate any abrogation of due process of law,” he writes in “Intelligence and Homeland Defense,” a chapter in the text Transforming US Intelligence, edited by Jennifer Sims and Burton Gerber. Believing in its need and importance, Crumpton had recruited Sims, one of his professors at Georgetown University, where he earned his master’s degree, to write the book. • • • Meanwhile, the counterterrorism position at the State Department is unfilled. Because of his background, Crumpton had contributed “a uniquely valuable perspective,” says Under Secretary Burns. “He was able to point clearly to the non-military instruments of power, and envision how to apply them against the terrorist enemy. He convinced our leadership of the need to use all instruments of statecraft in the fight against terrorism.” During the 2001-2002 Afghan campaign, Crumpton had taped onto his CIA office wall an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of copy paper with a quote by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton: “Officers wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages. Bitter cold. Long months of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful.” For now, Crumpton says, “That piece of paper is in one of my files at home.” Where it will hang next remains to be seen.

Jennifer Mae Deal, ’95 BABA, has been promoted to treasurer at Gerald Martin General Contractor in Albuquerque. Brenda Saiz, ’95 BA, ’03 JD, has joined Dines & Gross, trial lawyers, in Albuquerque as an associate. Bill Uher, ’95 BA, has joined the UNM School of Law as director of development and alumni relations. Tom Denslow, ’96 BA, was recently named director of development for Care & Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado. He is responsible for fundraising, event planning, and the continued development of the Pueblo, Colorado, office.

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by it all. Thirty years ago I didn’t have that sense of appreciation for the moral and physical courage exhibited every day in service to our nation and communities elsewhere. I took a lot for granted.” The hardest moments of his career? “Telling family members that their husband or son has been killed in action— men who were under my command.” The most rewarding? “Images of people who have been liberated, whose lives have been improved… in Afghanistan, in Africa. Their improved lot improves our homeland security.” Avoiding total altruism, he adds, “There’s also an element of reward in defeating our enemies.” While not all of Crumpton’s career is public record, we do know that he investigated the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off Yemen. He served in several foreign field assignments, two as chief of station. In Washington, he held senior management positions, including a one-year assignment at the FBI as deputy chief of International Terrorism Operations. Before his efforts in Afghanistan, he served as deputy chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorist Center. After the Afghan campaign, he worked as chief of National Resources in the CIA. President George W. Bush appointed him State Department Coordinator of Counterterrorism, with the rank of Ambassador, in 2005.

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David A. Foeder, ’97 BABA, has joined the Infiniti Division of Nissan North America in the Central Region as a district parts and service Manager. He resides in suburban Chicago.

out at closing time. “I’d gather up my books and walk home to my apartment over on Grand Avenue, then I’d study some more, sometimes until two or three in the morning,” he says. “It was all study, study, study for me.” Part of the payoff occurred a few months ago, two days after President Bush’s State of the Union address, when many of the same lawmakers and dignitaries in attendance gathered again in Washington to hear the words of another national leader. Garcia, president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), delivered the 5th Annual State of Indian Nations address at the National Press Club on January 25. Later that evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a press release praising the speech, offering congressional support, and saying, “American Indians continue to be a vital force in our country— people who contribute to every facet of our nation.” The man at the forefront of that “vital force,” leading an organization that represents 250 American Indian tribes, is former Lobo Garcia. Clearly, he has come a long way from being the recipient of the librarian’s boot.

Michelle Linn-Gust, ’96 MS, of Albuquerque, has been recognized for her work in suicide prevention by an award from the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA in Washington, DC.

Place of the Strong People Garcia came to UNM in the late 1970s from his home of San Juan Pueblo in northern New Mexico. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1985 and went to work for Los Alamos National Laboratory. His life in politics began in a small way, negotiating with tribal leaders who had land bordering the national lab, but he quickly became hooked in the ways of policy and procedure. He served two terms as lieutenant governor of San Juan Pueblo, then two terms as governor. One of his first accomplishments was to get rid of the assigned Spanish conquistador name of his home community in favor of the Indian name. Thus, in 2005, San Juan Pueblo became Ohkay Owingeh, or “place of the strong people” in the ancient Tewa culture.

Anthony Acree, ’98 BABA, ’04 MBA, is marketing department promotions manager at the American Society of Radiologic Technologists in Albuquerque. Morris “Mo” James Chaves, ’98 JD, has been appointed the Superintendent of Insurance for the State of New Mexico by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. He lives in Albuquerque. Andrew Kalishman, ’98 BS, ’03 MD, has joined Presbyterian Medical Group in Albuquerque as an emergency medicine physician. Lois Ellen Frank, ’99 MA, is a photographer, American Indian food expert, and chef. She is author of a James Beard Award-winning cookbook, Foods of the Southwest-Indian Nations, and is a partner in Red Mesa, an American Indian catering and food company offering a unique Southwest American Indian cuisine experience using ancient ingredients with a modern twist. She lives in Santa Fe. Barbara C. Lucero, ’99 AASLA/AASTA, has been elected president of the Navajo Nation Bar Association. Barbara is a Navajo Licensed Advocate practicing in the areas of commercial resource and energy litigation and employment and labor law. She currently works for the Modrall Sperling law firm in Albuquerque. Jesse Rutherford, ’99 BA, will have her second book, The Modern Mom’s Guide to Fatherhood: 10 Secrets Your Husband Won’t Tell You (with Hogan Hilling), published by Cumberland House this year. She lives in Encinitas, California. Jessica Taylor Spurrier, ’99 MS, presented a talk, “Good Health, Good Business: Partnering for Wellness and Productivity,” at a conference in Honolulu. She coordinates a statewide worksite health risk and lifestyle assessment program for Hawaii Medical Services Association in Honolulu.

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(When asked if he had a preference between journalistic monikers like “American Indian” or “Native American,” Garcia says, “Oh, I don’t care about the names people give us. It doesn’t matter. I just know what I call myself, and that’s Ohkay. I am Ohkay.”) After two terms as governor, which ended shortly after he had the honor of swearing in New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in January, he was nominated to be chairman of the All-Indian Pueblo Council, a consortium of 19 New Mexico pueblos. “I guess they just didn’t want me to fade away,” Garcia says of his January 29 inauguration.

turnaround for a race of people that survived genocide and forced relocation only to suffer through decades of poverty, crime, and self-defeating social problems. The difference, Garcia says, is the improved quality of tribal leaders and how they have found a way to merge modern governance with the wisdom

leaders at a planning conference in Phoenix. There, he might meet up with his friend Congresswoman Heather Wilson, whom Garcia singled out in his State of Nations Address as a vocal ally of Indian Country. She says in an email that the respect is mutual. “I’ve enjoyed working with Chairman Garcia already on the

“It’s our culture, our language, and our ways that give us strength... Being diverse is important... It’s a profound strength.” —Joe Garcia

Working Knowledge Garcia is a staunch defender of Indian self-determination, and his results-orientated philosophy was well received at the national level. After serving two years as the vice president of NCAI, an organization founded back in 1944, he was elected president in November 2005. It’s a two-year term, and he says he intends to seek a second term. Not that he’s especially fond of Washington. More often than not, he can be found at home in New Mexico. “There’s a big difference,” he says of life in the nation’s capital. “The traffic and everything. … It’s funny, the people there, there’s a general lack of courtesy. People aren’t as friendly; they’re always in a rush.” Still, that’s where the most important work is being done, and like his studies at UNM, that work seems to be paying off. In his State of Indian Nations Address, Garcia says the general state of Indian country is “stronger than it has ever been.” If that’s true—and improved graduation rates, household income, and mortality rates indicate it is true—that represents a remarkable

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of past Indian leaders such as Chief Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, and Po’pay, who lived at Ohkay Owingeh more than 300 years ago and whose statue resides in the US Capitol rotunda. Walking in the footsteps of those American icons is a tall order, and Garcia has accepted the challenge with energy, enthusiasm, and a personal decree that his efforts will bring visible results, not just speeches and posturing. No one in Indian Country has more influence than Garcia, and his accomplishments have been admired and respected by national political leaders. “Garcia has done much to call attention to the concerns of Indian Country, and is providing outstanding leadership at NCAI,” US Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM) says in an email. “He has worked not only to benefit his own pueblo, Ohkay Owingeh, but all of our nation’s tribes and pueblos.” Governor Richardson says, “We are proud that the president of the National Congress of American Indians is a New Mexican.” In May, Garcia and a delegation from the NCAI will meet with congressional

effort to preserve the Native American languages that are an important part of our heritage,” she says. “He has important dual national and state leadership roles, and I look forward to working with him on priorities such as education and health care.” Despite his positive assessment of the current state of American Indians, Garcia says plenty of work remains to be accomplished, but with the rising number of Indian graduates and lawmakers, and the fact that many of these rookie professionals are returning to their home pueblos, problems with health care, economic development, and basic infrastructure have worthy foes in the future leaders of Indian Country. “Involvement and accomplishment at the student level has been a key reason behind our continued growth,” Garcia says. “And when you blend all this modern knowledge with the knowledge of the elders … boy, have you got a powerful knowledge base.”

Strong Supports When asked if he had any advice for today’s Indian students, some of whom might be discouraged when

parents, Peter and Raycita Garcia, and his wife, Oneva. But when the family is back at the pueblo, Garcia suggests to today’s students that they seek the camaraderie of fellow Indians and Indian organizations on campus. “The support systems are there,” says Garcia, who took advantage of the Native American Program School of Engineering (NAPCOE) in his Lobo days. “Camaraderie is key. It helped us get through it.” And as Garcia can attest, “getting through it” can be the beginning of a future where the only limit is the sky— and the library’s closing time.

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album Joyce Troxler, ’99 BA, has entered her second year of family medicine residency at Mountain Area Health Education Clinic in Asheville, North Carolina. She terms herself “homesick Medicine Woman extraordinaire—and Lobo Babe at heart.” She and her family plan to return to northern New Mexico in late 2008.

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they’re torn between midterms and important tribal ceremonies, Garcia stressed that the notion of “existing in two worlds” is a strength, not a detriment to academic success. “There’s a misconception that in order for Indians to succeed, they need to leave home and give up their culture and native ways, and I strongly disagree with that,” Garcia says. “It’s our culture, our language, and our ways that give us strength, and it is possible to work with that diversity. Being diverse is important. It’s not a negative; it’s a profound strength. … Just don’t give up.” Garcia says when he felt discouraged and lonely while attending UNM, he fell back on his family, including his

Luke J. Jacobs, ’00 BUS, is now a Marine fighter pilot in Iraq on his second deployment. Luke is stationed in Yuma, Arizona.

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Natasha Y. Martinez, ’00 BBA, ’06 JD, has joined the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque as an associate in the litigation department where she will focus primarily on labor and employment law.

onor a new graduate or commemorate your own or a loved one’s days at UNM with a personalized brick in front of Hodgin Hall, the UNM Alumni Center.

Each $100 purchase of a brick supports Hodgin Hall’s maintenance and renovation as well as UNM Alumni Association projects. New Grad Special! $75 per brick for graduates within the past 5 years! To purchase a brick, contact the UNM Alumni Association Office at 505-277-5808 or 800-258-6866. Find out more at http://www.unmalumni.com/makegift/bricks.

Evelyn A. Schlatter, ’00 PhD, is the author of Aryan Cowboys, White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000, published by the University of Texas Press. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Spring V. Webb, ’00, BA, ’02 JD, has joined the Keleher & McLeod law firm in Albuquerque where she will work in the area of medical malpractice defense. Kanika Chawla, ’01 BSCH, has obtained her PhD in bioengineering from UC-San Diego and is now a post-doctoral fellow in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University.

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A UNM Harwood Museum of Art exhibit groups 50 Diebenkorn paintings that havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been viewed together for more than 50 years.

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Albuquerque 9, 1952. Oil on canvas, 69 1/4 x 46 inches (175.9 x 116.8 cm). Private collection.

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Richard Diebenkorn, ’51 MA (1922-1993), is not only among

Jamie L. Brannon-Hall, ’02 BUS, ’04 MA, is a teacher in Eek, Alaska, a small fishing village (pop. 280) on the Bering Sea accessible only by bush plane. The school has a population of 70.

the most famous painters to graduate from UNM’s College of Fine Arts, but one of the most prominent American artists of

Lynette Kennard, ’02 AALA, ’05 BABA, of Los Alamos, has joined Barraclough and Associates, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants of Santa Fe, as an accountant.

the 20th century. Though he is well known for his abstract

Amanda C. Sanchez, ’02 BA, ’05 JD, has joined the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque as an associate in the business department.

in New Mexico had on his work.

Soha F. Turfler, ’02 BA, has joined the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque as an associate in the litigation department.

The New Mexico Experience Charles Strong, co-curator of the exhibit and a former student of Diebenkorn, says that four years ago he had the idea that the paintings Diebenkorn made in New Mexico should be shown again in New Mexico. “I was surprised that there had never been an exhibition that focused just on the Albuquerque series,” he says. Mark Lavatelli, ’80 MFA, made a similarly surprising discovery when he was

W E S T E R N W E D D I N G : Richard and Phyllis Diebenkorn pose at their wedding reception, Santa Barbara, California, June 16, 1943.

looking for a topic for his master’s thesis. “I was stumped for a while about what I might write about, and one of the professors mentioned Diebenkorn had attended UNM,” he says. “As far as I could tell, no UNM graduate student had researched that particular period of Diebenkorn’s career.” Lavatelli is one of the essayists featured in Diebenkorn in New Mexico (Museum of New Mexico Press and Harwood Museum of Art), a book of essays and art to be released with the exhibit.

Andres Calderon, ’03 MBA, works for EPA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in Dallas. He was recently awarded an Award for Excellence by the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency as well as an Honor Award by the EPA-OIG for his contributions to the Hurricane Katrina “Lessons Learned” audit report. Juan Lozano, ’03 BA, is director of operations at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Katherine Murray, ’03 BA, ’06 MBA, has joined Loftin Realty of Albuquerque as an associate broker.

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That may soon change. In June, the UNM Harwood Museum of Art in Taos will open “Diebenkorn in New Mexico,” an exhibit bringing together more than 50 of his paintings and works on paper that haven’t been shown together since 1951.

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expressionist paintings, few are aware of the impact his time

Angela K. Bonham, ’04 BS, ’05 MS, is employed at Oregon State University as extension faculty. She is a member of the statewide Family & Community Development Extension program and faculty and staff for nutrition & exercise science in the College of Health & Human Sciences. She lives in La Grande, Oregon. Elege Simons Harwood, ’04 JD, of Santa Fe, has joined Simons & Slattery, to practice family law.

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C O M E T O G E T H E R : These paintings are among the 50-plus created by Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico that will be shown together for the first time at the UNM Harwood Museum of Art this summer. The show will then travel to San Jose and New York.

Diebenkorn was attracted to the focus on New Mexico in Lavatelli’s research. “He was very friendly, very open, very interested in the fact that I was looking at that early work, because most interviewers were interested in either the figurative work or the Ocean Park series,” Lavatelli says.

is sharp, the colors are unusually brilliant, and of course the tri-part culture was an influence on him as it is on most New Mexico artists, including myself.”

“The artwork is less like a noun and more like a verb, so you can see the artwork in time.”

Sky = Ocean Diebenkorn joined UNM’s graduate art program on the GI Bill in 1950 after resigning a faculty position at the California School of Fine Arts. Martin Facey, who worked with Diebenkorn for nearly 20 years, first as a student and later as a studio assistant, says, “He wanted to go somewhere where he could make his work fresh, unencumbered.”

—Martin Facey Though the change of scene was what attracted Diebenkorn, it was also a source of trepidation. “He was worried about leaving the coast and whether he could live away from the ocean,” Strong says. “But then he discovered that the sky was the ocean. So he

Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico Essays by Mark Lavatelli, Gerald Nordland, Charles Strong Foreword by Charles Lovell Clothbound – $50 – ISBN 978-0-89013-498-6 – Publication Date: June 2, 2007 164 pages, 10 x 12, 83 color plates, 21 illustrations Museum of New Mexico Press, distributed by UNM Press

www.unmpress.com – 800-249-7737 The landscape was a significant part of New Mexico’s appeal. “I shared with him a fondness for the light in New Mexico,” Facey says. “The air

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Lavataelli says that Diebenkorn’s experience in New Mexico continued to influence his later work. “He became more open to incorporating indirectly influences of the environment, of

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produced this very intensive, exciting body of work in the two years that he was here.”

the landscape,” he says. “The Ocean Park series is always characterized as alluding to California light, and I think this attitude didn’t necessarily originate in New Mexico, but that tendency was confirmed and enhanced by the New Mexico years.”

The Visual Philosopher Facey, now a UNM professor of art, met Diebenkorn when he took a class with him at the University of California – Los Angeles in 1968, around the time Diebenkorn’s work was beginning to gain national recognition. He says that the leap from regional to national attention was unusual for an artist working primarily in the southwest. “Typically during his generation it was

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album Karyth Becenti, ’05 BA, of Albuquerque, has been promoted by New Mexico Woman Magazine to managing editor. Michael Mack, ’05 MA, of Albuquerque, received the 2006 Disney Teacher Award in recognition of his creativity, innovative teaching methods, and ability to inspire his students. He is a high school math teacher at School for Integrated Academics and Technology (SIA Tech). He received $10,000 and SIA Tech received $5,000. Christopher Malano, ’05 BA, has a position at Pax Romana, a non-governmental organization at United Nations headquarters in New York City.

required that artists go to New York to launch into the national scene.” An important part of Diebenkorn’s influence on American art is his philosophical approach. Facey says Diebenkorn taught him that “art is truth-seeking, a visual way of being a philosopher.” The apparent rawness of Diebenkorn’s style belies an approach grounded in precision, reserve and simplicity, an approach reflected even in his manner of speaking. “He would wrinkle his brow and search for a way of saying something that was accurate, precise,” Facey says. “He would kind of shuffle his feet and say, ‘Martin, let’s try to make this simple.’ You could see him in his brain trying to unravel a knot.” Lavatelli met with the same quiet manner during his interview with Diebenkorn. “He spoke very softly; he tended to be very reticent.”

Constant Change Diebenkorn’s art is also marked by a sense of movement. “The artwork is less like a noun and more like a verb, so you can see the artwork in time,” Facey says. “Diebenkorn would take a rag and then wipe out something and then paint on top – so you have an old idea and a new idea presented as a combination.” “This was a big influence on me, since I like to view my paintings as a verb,” he says. “It’s more like a performance than making work that’s static in time.” Diebenkorn had a similar influence on Lavatelli’s approach. “In much work, I’d say even to this day, I try to mimic the approach – not the style per say, but that idea that the act of painting is a search and a transformative process,” he says. “I don’t come close to his achievement – he’s a great painter – but I try to emulate his painting process and also avoid easy solutions.”

Jacqueline A. Tobias, ’05 PhD, is an assistant professor of teacher education at Augusta State University. She lives in Evans, Georgia. Santiago Aceves, ’06 BARC, is now a project designer with Studio Southwest Architects in Albuquerque. Amber Creel, ’06 JD, is an associate in the litigation department of the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque. Dahlia Dorman, ’06 BA, has been appointed by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as student Regent on the UNM Board of Regents. Dahlia is pursuing a law degree at UNM. Tammy Jasionowski, ’06 JD, has joined the Albuquerque law firm of Salazar & Sullivan where she will focus on medical negligence. Elizabeth A. Mercer, ’06 JD, has joined the Inocente law firm in Albuquerque as an associate. Quintino Mgani, ’06 PhD, is at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, as a WHO/TDR postdoctoral research fellow. Maya Oliver, ’06 BA, is a public relations associate at Rick Johnson & Company in Albuquerque. Cody Rogers, ’06 JD, has joined the Albuquerque law firm of Keleher & McLeod and will practice in civil litigation. Judy Vogt, ’06 BABA, works for KPMG in Albuquerque as an audit associate.

The Diebenkorn in New Mexico exhibit will be shown at the UNM Harwood Museum of Art June 2-September 9, the San Jose Museum of Art October 15-January 6, and the Grey Art Gallery at New York University January 23-April 15. A symposium will be held at the Taos Center for the Arts on August 24, featuring nationally prominent Diebenkorn scholars and authors John Elderfield, Gerald Nordland, Jane Livingston, Susan Landauer, and Mark Lavatelli. s p r i n g

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New grads build a giving tradition.

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GIVING FROM THE G E T - G O : Second-year medical

New UNM grads keep their cherry and silver connections

student Jacob Tellier (above) has been donating to UNM since he

after commencement, giving back each year to programs

completed his undergraduate work in 2004. His annual gifts

that held the most meaning for them as students. Four

have made him a member of the Cherry and Silver Society.

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Cherry & Silver Society members share their choices:

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We apologize for an error in the Winter ’07 Mirage: James M. “Jamie” Alexander and Vanessa R. Frazier worked together at the same law firm but were not married.

education buildings and the new Cancer Treatment Center,” he says.

Laura Krug, ’80 BAE, and Gary Mathews

Attending UNM was a natural move for Jacob Tellier, a native New Mexican and a Lottery Scholarship recipient.

Gilbert J. Romero, ’91 AASCJ, and Melinda D. Shaw

The Insider

Lucille Gernand, ’93 SPT, and David Lopez

As an administrative assistant in

Cynthia Meyer, ’95 BA, and David Chavez

His decision to stay close to home was

UNM’s College of Education, Susanna

easy. “The programs were well suited

Gilbert sees firsthand how alumni

for students looking to get involved in

donations meet students’ needs. A

biology and health sciences,” says

UNM employee for 28 years, she

Tessa Dee Moen, ’01 BA, and Zachary Scott Rigdon, ’96 BA

Tellier, who graduated in 2004 with a

received her master’s degree in

David Qualler, ’01 BABA, and Carly Highfill

bachelor’s degree in biology, a degree

secondary education in 1993 through

Ronald Paquette III, ’01 BABA, and Jennifer Taylor

that specifically requires hands-on

the staff tuition remission program.

experience. “A lot of professors were

Denise J. Lente, ’00 AS, ’04 BS, and Stephen J. Hamilton Jeremy Duvall Miller, ’01 BSCS, and Margarita Brito

Erin Gebhardt, ’02 BA, and Eric Kline

“I know about the needs of our

Kim Halsten, ’02 BA, and John Paul Mora

willing to help out, getting me involved

college and the funds donors can

John Kowalski, ’02 BBA, and Holly Clausen, ’03 BUS, ’05 MS

in the hospital.”

give,” says Gilbert. “As an alumna,

Kory Schancer, ’02 BABA, and Shelly Sweeney

Tellier’s undergraduate experience

I really feel the need to give back.”

led him to UNM’s School of Medicine,

A non-traditional student herself,

Donald Brunton, ’03 BABA, ’05 MBA, and Carina Traub, ’04 BA

where he is now in his second year. He

Gilbert has a special interest in

Amanda Clapham, ’03 BA, and Nich Robinson

plans to leave New Mexico to complete

adult student needs, but is happy

Timothy Alvidrez, ’04 BA, and Felicia Tapia

his residency, but will continue to donate

to see her donations applied to any

whenever he can. “I look forward to

scholarship programs.

Bernadette Benavidez, ’05 BSNU, and Anthony Romero

Greg Johnston

giving more in the future,” Tellier says.

Tiffany Gonzales, ’05 BS, and Adam Otero

“It’s been such a part of my education and I’m proud of that.” Tellier is especially excited about

Kristin Laurent, ’05 BSNU, and David Torrez Sara Trujillo, ’05 BA, and John Trujillo Daniel Robert Sanford, ’06 MA, and Lydia Maria Lopez Erin J. Parks, ’06 BBA, and Brian P. Cappleman

the latest improvement projects that are putting UNM on the map. “I’m more proud of what we’re doing recently, looking to the future and expanding in architecture. Especially in sciences, finishing the new hospital, adding

Susanna Gilbert

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When she isn’t busy with work,

student. “I consider the College of

Gilbert keeps active with UNM in an

Nursing my number one charitable

extracurricular fashion. She donates

priority,” he says. Rayner supports the

her singing talent as a cantor at the

Nursing Legacy Fund, a discretionary

Aquinas Newman Center on campus.

fund of the dean, which paid his expenses

KUNM Public Radio produced her original

to present at a research conference.

radio play, “The List of Don Gregorio.”

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“In the beginning, I just wanted to pay back the money I’d been given,”

The Nursing Student After living in places like Boston,

Rayner says. “Now, I’ve more than paid that back. I’m motivated to help the

New York, and Los Angeles, Rob Rayner

program stay as strong as it was when

is waiting for the day he returns to

I went and give money to keep the

New Mexico. When a banking job

program high quality.”

Christina Spence

brought him to Albuquerque, he

Rayner hopes to return to

started attending UNM part time

New Mexico after earning his PhD

as an undergraduate in the nursing

or upon retirement. “You can really

program. Thanks to the scholarships

get out of the concrete there,” he says.

he received, Rayner was able to quit

“I’m in love with those beautiful

his job and attend classes full time

brown mountains.”

The Athlete Before attending UNM on an athletic

even sure where New Mexico was. Today, it’s a place she’ll never forget.

during his last two years. “It was a

“Where I’m from it’s all mountains.

very good experience,” Rayner says. “I really got the most out of it by not having to work.”

It was a real shock coming to the

Rob Rayner

desert,” Spence says. Recruited from British Columbia,

After graduation in 1992, Rayner’s

Canada, for the UNM women’s golf

career took him to San Francisco,

team, Spence soon adapted to life as

where nursing offered more competitive

a Lobo. A member of the team for

wages. Now living in Seattle, he is

four years, Spence received a full

pursuing a graduate degree in nursing

scholarship covering traveling expenses,

at the University of Washington.

tuition, books, and room and board.

Crediting the aid he received for

was naturally motivated to donate to UNM. Like most graduates, he is particularly supportive of the programs that assisted him as a

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“I made a lot of good friends and had courtesy Rob Rayner

his undergraduate success, Rayner

scholarship, Christina Spence wasn’t

good professors,” says Spence, who earned a BA in English in 2005. Back in Canada, Spence still maintains strong ties to her UNM past. Recently in town to attend her college

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my life, I felt silly sending so little,

straight to a Lobo game after touching

but I wanted to stay involved,” Spence

down in Albuquerque. Now in her

says of her giving to UNM. She hopes

second year of law school at the

to eventually set up a scholarship fund

University of Victoria, she thanks her

for native New Mexicans or women.

UNM education for paving the way

“UNM saved me so much in student

for a legal career.

loans and I got a great education. I

As an athlete and law student,

have a huge place in my heart for

Spence feels doubly aware of the

New Mexico and all the Americans

rigors of college life. “At this point in

I met while out there.”

The Cherry & Silver Society

fter receiving their diplomas, graduates face the challenges of immersion into the job market and repayment of student loans. Still, many manage to

contribute to the university shortly after commencement, and then year after year. The Cherry & Silver Society recognizes these alumni who made their first gifts

to UNM within 18 months of graduation and who have continually given at least

once a year. Started in 2004, the giving society honors and promotes alumni

donations as a key factor in the university’s growth. Members range from current graduate students to alumni of more than 30 years, all with the common goal of keeping UNM’s tradition of excellence intact for future generations. Scattered throughout the country and across the globe, Cherry & Silver Society members are building their own tradition of continual commitment to the University. For more information, please contact Margaret Montoya at 505-277-0689 or mamontoy@unm.edu or www.cherrysilver.unm.edu or UNM Cherry & Silver Society, Office of Annual Giving, MSC07 4260, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.

in memoriam Dorothy Daily Holbrook, ’30 Lloyd D. Wiley, ’33 Lincoln Koch, ’36 Marion Keasler, ’37 William Louis Donaldson, ’40 James Theodore Paulantis, ’40 Frances Martin Storey, ’41 Phyllis M. Woods Lee, ’43 Daniel E. Smith, ’43 May Simms Denham, ’44 Theresa Scavarda Campora-Donlon, ’45 Sammie Lou Hill Rehm, ’45 Antonio G. Jimenez, Jr., ’48 George Mather, ’48 Donald H. Baer, ’49 John W. Chapman, ’49 Betty Gene Caperton Chavez, ’49 George A. Lasky, ’50 Robert Vann, ’50 Byron L. Beddo, ’51, ’53 Frederick Edward Black, ’51, ’54 Jeanette Lein, ’51 Thomas O. Meyer, ’51 Paul O. Peloquin, ’51 Paul J. Romisher, ’51 Donna Ann Ruffin, ’51 Phyllis Summers, ’51 Peter Victor Zagone, ’51 Margaret Van Deurs Calvin Balcomb, ’52 Phillip Edmund Blythe, ’52 Leslie R. Livingston, ’52 Elizabeth Gatlin Medary, ’52 Olga Vaskov Romano, ’52 Jack C. Bolander, ’53 Patrick W. Carroll, ’53, ’77 David R. Snow, ’53 Robert A. Harley, ’54 John Edward Kitchens, ’54 Phyllis Kornfeld, ’54 George Linton Merritt, ’55 Jason M. Rogers-Rodriguez, ’54, ’70, ’75 Samuel Suplizio, ’54 John L. Gafford, ’55 Clarence Walter Friesen, ’56 John “Buster” Malcolm Hiller, ’56 Evelyn Gertrude Lester, ’56 Don A. Pine, ’56 Engle Duane Southard, ’56, ’61 Robert Timothy Elsbrock, ’57 Lorna Bridenstine, ’58 Tom H. Towers, ’58, ’59 Bernice M. Baty, ’59 James Peck Carver, ’59 Helen Kallimani Comer, ’59 Richard M. Snell, ’60 James Anton Sturdevant, Jr., ’60 John E. Tillotson, Jr., ’60 Barbara Lawrence, ’61 Victor D. Brockmann, ’62, ’74 Stanley D. Bussey, ’62, ’64 Harold W. Faire, Jr., ’62 Gail M. Hopkins, ’62 Doyle Kay Morgan, ’62 Kathleen Weber, ’62 s p r i n g

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Ever-hopeful Lobo fans look ahead to a new season.

new coach, new B Y

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All About Alford

Hope springs eternal for Lobo basketball fans. This spring, hope

Coaching Experience • Career Record: 308-183 (.627)-16 seasons • 1992-95: Head Coach, Manchester College • 3-time conference coach of the year • 1996-99: Head Coach, Southwest Missouri State • 1999 NCAA Sweet 16 • 2000-07: Head Coach, University of Iowa • 2-time Big 10 Tournament Champs • 3 NCAA Tournament appearances

arrives in the hiring of former University of Iowa coach Steve

Playing Experience • 1984-87: Indiana University • 1987 NCAA national champions • 2-time All-American • IU’s all-time leading scorer • 1987 Big Ten MVP • 1984: USA Olympic Basketball Team (gold medal) • 1987-1988: Dallas Mavericks (NBA) • 1988-89: Dallas/Golden State (NBA) • 1989-90: Dallas (NBA) For more information: http://golobos.cstv.com/sports/ m-baskbl/spec-rel/032307aaa.html http://www.unm.edu/~market/ cgi-bin/archives/001827.html

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Alford as head Lobo men’s basketball coach. Alford played under Bobby Knight

“My beliefs match up with those of

at Indiana University from 1984-1987

the university: go to class, in a timely

where he captained the 1987 NCAA

matter, and do the job academically,

championship team. From Coach

or they’re not going to play.”

Knight, Alford says he learned the

Alford plans to initiate a student

meaning of the word “consequences,”

presence at Lobo games similar to the

something he hopes to teach the Lobos.

“Hawkeye Nest” he began in Iowa. He

“I want our team to be the hardest working team, the best conditioned

wants “fans to see a team that plays unselfishly, together.”

team,” he said at his introductory press

“I love seeing kids come in from

conference in March, where he stressed

high school and growing into men—

the importance of fundamentals.

spiritually, socially, academically,

And he expects the players to perform as students as well as athletes.

athletically,” he says.

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Welcome to Lobo Country, Coach Alford!

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1. Set Your Priorities