NEWS NOTES AUGUST 2001

1956
Charles G. Ashley (B.S.) retires as head of Georgia School Boards Association.

Thomas A. Waits (B.S.) received from FSU the Industry Recognition Award for outstanding dedication to the faculty and students of the Dedman Department of Hospitality.

Danny F. Whipple (B.S) received the Preston Greene Legacy Award during Music Florida 2000 for outstanding contributions in music ministry.
1957
Nancy Cubbon Sheridan (B.A., M.S. '67) was a member of the People-to-People Ambassador delegation for Reading and Literacy to Cuba.

David W. Whipple (B.S.) received the Preston Greene Legacy Award during Music Florida 2000 for outstanding contributions in music ministry.
1958
Barbara Davis Blum (B.S., M.S. '59) is on the board of directors of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland, Calif.
1961
Betty L. Siegel (Ph.D.) won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Atlanta Business Chronicle for serving education, business and the community.
1964
Dr. Riley H. Lunn (B.A.) was named Outstanding Alumnus by the University of Tennessee's College of Dentistry.

Mark Wilcox (B.S., M.S. '69) has retired from Broward County's J.P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs and as a colonel in the Air Force Reserves.
1965
Margaret "Margo" O' Connor Hall (M.A., S.P.E. '90) will be the first woman principal at Leon High School in Tallahassee.
1966
Michael D. Annis (M.A.) has joined Foley & Lardner from Annis, Mitchell, Cocke, Edwards & Roehn PA in Tampa.
1968
Clifford L. Colnot (B.M.E.) has made a career of breaking musical genre boundaries as a composer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator and educator.
1969
James L. Main (B.S.) is on the director's committee at Holland & Knight LLP in Jacksonville.

Dr. Mark S. Wrighton (B.S.) is a new member of the American Philosophical Society.

Judge William L. Gary (B.S., J.D. '71) is in his second two-year term as chief judge in Leon County.
1970
Sally Dee Millward Kest (B.A., J.D. '72) received the Orange County Bar Association's 2001 William J. Trickel Jr. Professionalism Award.
1972
Herbert W. Brownett (B.S., M.B.A. '73) is the 2001 recipient of CFMA's Joe Quigley Award, a national award to an outstanding construction financial professional.

Philip L. Doughty (Ph.D.) is director of evaluation for a Pacific Region Teacher Education via Technology Project for the U.S. Department of Education.

Joanna Barren Hayes (B.S.) was named The Most Distinguished Alumnus in the Public Schools by the College of Education Alumni Association of FSU.
Philip B. Parker (B.A.) is senior account executive at Publication Studio and The Newsletter Factory.

Mulatu Wubneh (M.S., Ph.D. '76) is an adjunct faculty member for the two-week senior leader seminar being held by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in Libreville, Gabon. He will lead discussions among senior civilian and military officials from Africa, Europe and the United States.
1973
Eduardo E. Arrocha (B.A.) has joined Grey Worldwide Argentina as its new president/CEO in Buenos Aires.
1974
Susan P. Conner (M.A. '74, Ph.D. '77) is vice president and dean of Florida Southern College in Lakeland.
1975
James H. Ammons II (M.S.P., Ph.D. '77) is chancellor of North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C.

Dany M. Ray (B.S.) received the Coverdell Award for Excellence recognizing outstanding American educators.
1976
William G. Capko (B.S., J.D. '79) is shareholder of Lewis, Longman & Walker P.A. at the West Palm Beach office.

Jonelle St. John (B.S.) is on Motient Corporation's board of directors in Reston, Va.

Dr. M. Jean Keller (B.S., M.S. '77) was named the 2001 J.B. Nash Scholar by the American Association for Leisure and Recreation in Denton, Texas.

Katherine Taylor Urban (B.A.) is executive vice president, Operations, of Amadeus North America.

David W. Wilcox (B.S., J.D. '79) has joined the real estate and corporate services departments of Kirk Pinkerton in Bradenton.
1977
Linda C. Alexionok (B.S.) is full-time president of Guaranty National Bank's holding company, Evergreen Bancshares Inc. of Tallahassee.

Rick Hollahan (B.S.) was appointed to an executive position of XcelleNet Inc. to strengthen its marketing and information technology systems functions in Atlanta.

Philippe C. Jeck (B.S.) received the 2001 Child Advocacy Award from the School District of Palm Beach County for outstanding advocacy.
1978
Doug M. Guetzloe (B.S.) received the Founders Award for outstanding achievement as chairman of Ax the Tax, a citizens taxpayer group.
1980
John D. Willis (B.S.) is vice president of one of the world's largest consulting engineering firms (URS Corp).

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