NEWS NOTES
1959
Benedict S. Balser Jr. (B.S.) is Big Brother of the Year in Palm
Beach County.
1960
Sidney A. Stubbs Jr. (B.S.) is 2001 chairman of the Economic
Council of Palm Beach County.
1961
Jeffrey B. Schleifer (B.M.) is owner of Development Marketing,
an international internet marketing company in Harrisonburg,
Va.
Betty L. Siegel (Ph.D.) received the Administrative Leadership
Award of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
and is one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians for 2000 in
Georgia Trend Magazine.
1967
Carolyn S. Griner (B.S.) plans to retire from NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Xavier W. "Bill" Proenza (B.A.) won the Francis W.
Reichelderfer Award of the American Meteorological Society.
1968
Malcolm W. Chase Jr. (Ph.D.) received the Award of Merit of the
American Society of Testing and Materials for exceptional contributions
in the standardization of testing and procedures.
1970
Frank A. Kreidler (B.S., J.D. '73) was recently presented the
Harriette Glasner Freedom Award by the Palm Beach County Chapter
of the American Civil Liberties Union for dedication to civil
liberties and the Bill of Rights.
Marjorie J. Meyer (B.A.), president of Prime Site Inc., is vice
chair, Community Associations Institute in Alexandria, Va.
1971
Judge John Antoon II (J.D.) is U.S. district judge in the middle
district of Florida.
1973
John L. Phillips (B.S.) is senior vice president and controller
of First National Corporation, a holding company for First National
Bank.
Clifford E. Napolitano (B.S.) is a DC-9 captain for Northwest
Airlines.
1974
Howard A. Kusnick (B.S.) is on the board of directors of the
Broward Alliance, the economic development and retention organization
for Broward County.
Roshan L. Shikarpuri (B.S., M.Acc. '76) was appointed by Gov.
Jeb Bush to the Regional Planning Council.
1975
George H. Haygood (B.S., M.S.P. '76) is manager of economic development
at Santee Cooper, the state-owned electric and water utility
in South Carolina.
1976
David L. Helms (B.S.) is sales and use tax advisor to the deputy
commissioner for audit, Massachusetts Department of Revenue,
in Boston.
1977
Philippe C. Jeck (B.S.) received the 2000 Humanitarian of the
Year Award from the Jupiter Tequesta Hobe Sound Association of
Realtors.
1978
Harold K. McGinnis (M.S., Ph.D. '82) has joined the Marietta,
Ga., engineering, architecture and planning firm of Mayes, Sudderth
and Etheredge.
1980
Judy L. Hellmich (B.A., M.A. '85) is working at Grand Canyon
National Park.
Charles E. Porter (B.S.) is president of Mellon Private Asset
Management.
Mike Rucker (B.S.) is director of weather operations at WTXL,
Channel 27, in Tallahassee.
1981
Rick A. Bishop (M.B.A.) has joined Deloitte & Touche firm
as a partner in the Tampa office.
Bob N. Wesley (J.D.) was elected Public Defender in the Ninth
Judicial Circuit in Orlando.
Wayne L. Helsby (J.D.) has been appointed by the Florida Supreme
Court to its Commission on Professionalism.
Jonathan R. Michaelsen (M.F.A.) is associate professor in the
department of theatre and dance at the University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa.
Richard G. Rodic Jr. (B.S., M.B.A. '82) is senior vice president
and controller of Ryder System Inc. in Miami.
1983
Stephen J. Padalino (M.S., Ph.D. '85) has been named New York
Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of
Education.
1984
William Haney III (M.S., Ph.D. '88) joined the Brenau University
faculty as associate professor and chair of the business administration
department in Gainesville, Ga.
1985
Brad Scott (M.S.) is offensive coordinator at Clemson University
in Clemson, S.C.
1986
Parker C. Emery (B.S.) was promoted to senior director, Strategic
Alliances, of VTEL Corporation's Solutions Group.
M. Sam Lester (B.A., J.D. '89) has joined Farmers & Merchants
Bank's management team.
Kathy Johnson Maus (B.S., J.D. '91) is vice chair of the Young
Lawyers Committee of the 22,000-member Defense Research Institute
in Chicago.
1987
Sharon M. Cooper (B.S.) has been named executive director of
the Council for Sustainable Florida.
Darrin K. Holloman (B.S.) is city president of AmSouth Bank in
Tallahassee.
1989
Rudolfo "Rudy" Gomez (J.D.) is on the Work Discrimination/Employment
Law Committee of the Hispanic National Bar Association in Miami.
1990
Victoria Carr-Rodriguez (B.S.) is Forest Grove Middle School's
Teacher of the Year in St. Lucie County, Fla.
1991
Rich A. Behrle (B.S.) is real estate manager of the Bressler
Companies, in Winter Park, Fla.
John R. Ridge (B.S., M.S. '92) is a manager within the health
care division of the Chicago office of Tucker Alan Inc.
J. Scott Thompson (B.S.) is vice president, business development,
at A D S Finan-cial Services Solutions in Quincy, Mass.
Richard Valuntas (B.S.) is an associate at Beasley, Leacock,
& Hauser P.A. in West Palm Beach.
Jennifer J. Wilson (B.A.) is account manager for Harte-Hanks
Ltd, a database technology and services firm in London.
1992
Marc M. Crocquet (M.B.A.) is director of purchasing at Nova Southeastern
University.
Courtney R. White (B.S.) has been named a Fellow of the Society
of Actuaries.
1993
Edward Rawls Jr. (B.S.) is an inspector at the Florida Department
of Corrections.
1996
Rochelle A. Birnbaum (B.S., J.D. '00) is an associate attorney
at Hopping Green Sams & Smith in Tallahassee.
Lori L. Franklin (M.S.) is a media specialist at Green Springs
Elementary School in Olathe, Kan.
Ronald A. Stunda (Ph.D.) received the Outstanding Manuscript
Award at the Academy of Accounting and Finance Conference in
Maui, Hawaii.
1997
George Manning (M.M.) is special events coordinator at State
University of New York College at Cortland.
1998
Kerri L. Cahill (M.S.P.), earning a Ph.D. in forestry at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, has received a Cunningham
fellowship.
2001
Ivy J. Dyckman ('01) is Florida French Teacher of the Year of
the American Association of Teachers of French.
APRIL/MAY 2001
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