SEPTEMBER 2000

NEWS NOTES

1957
Martin A. Dyckman (A.B.), an editorial writer with the St. Petersburg Times, has returned to Tallahassee to write from there.

1959
Virginia Kiser Ray (B.S.), retired after 39 years in public education in South Carolina, was honored with "The Order of the Palmetto."

1962
N. Gordon Carper (M.A., Ph.D. '64), a professor of history at Berry College, has received the 2000 Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award.

1964
Mary Carol Warwick (M.M., D.M. '85), a librettist, composer and educator, is composer-in-residence at Houston Community College.
Bert Westbrook (Ed.D.), professor of psychology at N.C. State University, is a Distinguished Undergraduate Professor.

1965
Dr. Edward Scott (B.S., M.S. '66), director of libraries at the U.S. Air Force Academy, has won the Civilian Meritorious Service Medal for support for library staff.

1966
John C. Lenderman (B.A.) is a circuit court judge in St. Petersburg.

1967
Dr. Craig J. Nauman (B.A.), a social sciences instructor at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisc., received a Distinguished Teacher Award.

1968
Charles Couch (M.S.), principal of Astoria Park in Tallahassee, is Region 1 Elementary Principal of the Year.

1971
John Antoon II (J.D.) has been approved by the U.S. Senate to fill a federal judgeship in Florida's Middle District.
John N. Casbon (B.S.) is executive vice president of First American Title Insurance Company in Santa Ana, Calif.
Stephen R. Stankiewicz (B.S.) has joined ECC International Corporation as vice president of business development in Orlando.

1972
Capt. Herbert A. Speir (M.S.) is chief of staff of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C.

1974
Mary B. Coburn (B.A., M.S. '76, Ed.D. '92) is vice president of student affairs at Tallahassee Community College.

1977
Darrell E. Mudra Jr. (M.S.) is in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind.

1978
Renita K. Dixon (B.S.) has started a child-care center in Tallahassee. She's also a pastor of Ecclesia Outreach Ministries.

1979
Nancy M. Houston (B.S.), has joined Booz, Allen and Hamilton's Worldwide Technology Business unit, based in Orlando, as a consultant.

1980
Debra Dabney Austin (M.B.A., S.P.E. '92, Ed.D. '98) is executive vice president at Tallahassee Community College.
Lazarus Rothstein (B.S.) is general counsel and vice president of legal affairs at Daleen Technologies in Boca Raton, Fla.

1981
Everett T. Diggs Jr. (M.B.A.) is president of OperationalRisk.com, a provider of Web-based operational risk management expertise, data and solutions in New York.
Francisco J. Sanchez (B.A.) was nominated by President Clinton as assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs at the U.S. Transportation Department.

1982
Arthur W. Singleton (B.S.) is corporate vice president of Tech Data in Clearwater, Fla.

1983
Art A. Garcia (B.S.) is vice president and chief financial officer of Blue Dot Services Inc. in Sunrise, Fla.
James W. Sabourin (B.S.) is joining America West as vice president, corporate communications, in Phoenix, Ariz.
Robin Saunders (B.S.) is managing director and head of Asset Securitization & Principal Finance for Westdeutsche Landesbank in Dusseldorf.

1985
Kirk W. Halpern (B.A.) is executive vice president of Buckhead Beef, a food service marketer and distributor in Atlanta.

1987
Philip V. Lester (B.A.) has recently co-starred with Marlee Matlin in a Lifetime Television movie, "Where The Truth Lies."
Sam M. McCall (M.P.A.) was selected Public Administrator of the Year by The North Florida Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.
Dr. Elke A. Rundensteiner (M.S.) is associate professor of computer science, at Worces-ter Polytechnic Institute.
Jim Theoharis, has opened Schlotzky's Deli, a new restaurant in Tallahassee.

1988
Jeffrey E. Anspach (B.S.) plans to circumnavigate South America aboard a dual sport motorcycle.
Elizabeth Riley Bennett (B.S.) is founder of Liz & Jane Clothes in Panama City Beach.
Antonio T. Carvajal (B.A.) is a candidate for the Florida House of Representatives from a district in northeastern Leon county.
Judy A. Johnson (B.S.) has joined Sagence as vice president of iSupply Product Management in Newport Beach, Calif.
Stephanie Schoder Lynch (B.S.) is a chief investment officer at The Duke Endowment.
Keith A. Woolery (B.S.) is area manager for North Carolina and Virginia at Brown-Forman Beverages Worldwide.

1989
Richard F. Davis (B.S.) has joined Grubb & Ellis Co. as a senior vice president in Boca Raton, Fla.
Janna Peters Lhota (B.S.) is a partner in the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP.
Ned T. Smith (B.S.) is lead anchor for the Regional Sports Report at FOX Sports Net Florida in Sunrise, Fla.
LCDR David A. Quirk (B.S.) is Operations Officer on the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Vella Gulf in Norfolk.
Alan K. Zucker (B.S.) is IMG director of Athlete Marketing in Cleveland, Ohio.

1990
Jason E. Ashford (B.S., J.D. '93), teaches information technology, business law and legal issues in technology at Macon (Ga.) State College.
Dee Crumpler (B.S.) is running for the Leon County School Board.
John M. De Marco (B.S.) has earned a Master of Divinity degree from Ashbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.
Umar Farooq (M.S.P.) is director/partner of the firm, Planning and Development Consul-tants (Pvt.) Ltd., in Lahore, Pakistan.
Teresa D. Sands (B.A.), is an assistant general counsel to the Sheriff of Palm Beach County.

1991
Linda L. Banister (D.M.) is a music professor at Augusta State University in Georgia.
Elizabeth A. Searcy (B.S.) is director of marketing at SimplyCollectible.com.
Meredith C. Trammell (B.S.) is a litigation senior attorney in the Florida Department of Insurance.

1992
Linda Sharer Anspach (B.S.) plans to circumnavigate South America aboard a dual sport motorcycle.
K. Alan Jowers II (B.S.) is an audit manager with the C.P.A. firm of Carr, Riggs and Ingram in Destin, Fla.
Robert M. McCaffrey (B.A., M.F.A. '99) had an award-winning film as part of The American Pavilion staff at Cannes.
Diane M. Monahan (B.S.) has earned a Ph.D. in communication at Temple University.
Deborah Muse (B.S.) is community relations manager of the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Chris B. Noll (B.S.) is the assistant director at the George Washington University Graduate Career Center.
David S. Silverman (B.A.) will pursue a Ph.D. in communications at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

1993
Trevor S. Conn (B.A.) is one of three lead developers at ComputerJobs. com.
Fercella C. Davis (B.S.), founder and executive director of Dress for Success in Palm Beach County, is now director of affiliate relations at Dress for Success's worldwide office in New York City.
Alina M. Evangelou (B.S.) is an associate in the real estate practice group of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz.
Jeffrey Hopkins (B.S.) is vice president of sales and marketing for echosource.com
Michael Jenkins (B.A.) is coordinator of the daily sports operation of NBC's Miami station.
Mary F. Joyner (B.S.) is senior online marketing manager at ClickChoice.com in Atlanta.
Capt. Michael J. Mills (B.S.) was recently transferred to Pope AFB, N.C., from Ramstein AB Germany.
Sean R. Pirone (B.A., M.S. '95) is a military intelligence operations officer in the 10th Mountain Division at Ft. Drum, N.Y.

1994
Roland J. Alvarez (S.P.E.) has earned an Ed.D. from the University of Sarasota in counseling psychology and is employed with the Hillsborough County School District.
Veronica Bero (B.A.) has appeared on the HBO hit "the Sopranos."
Danette Massengale Dickinson (B.S.) is a supervisor in accounting at the Richmond Times-Dispatch/KRTBN.
Tom M. Kimmes (B.S.) is president and CEO of Gball.com, a Web site targeting golfers.
Brendan McCarthy (B.S.), a financial advisor with the investment firm of Legg Mason, is president of the Brevard Seminole Club.
Melanie McCullough (B.A.) is assistant sports information director at Georgia Tech.
Bryan C. Ramos (B.A. '94) is an associate with the Atlanta law firm of Drew Eckl and Farnham.
Felecia Florin Rawlin (B.S.) has the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.
Sally W. Simpson (Ph.D.) is an associate professor at Tri-State University in Angola, Ind.
Bruce L. Spooner (B.S.) is director of new business development at OpenNetwork Technologies in Clearwater, Fla.
Paul Trowe (B.S.) has been named vice president of business development at Greenleaf Technologies in Austin, Texas.
Capt. Roy L. Vernon Jr. (B.S.) has assumed command of a 63 Paratrooper Medical Company.
Andrew M. Watkins (B.S., M.S. '96) is the director of development and alumni for the Division of Student Affairs at Clemson.
R. Chris Watson (B.S.) will graduate this spring from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry and plans to join a six-doctor practice in Charlotte, N.C.

1995
Sean D. Daniels (B.A.), artistic director of Dad's Garage Theater in Atlanta, was named "one of the top fifteen up and coming artists on the national scene" by American Theater Magazine.
Manuel A. Diaz (B.S.) has joined the staff of North Carolina State University.
Roberta Kelley (M.S.) has received a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' outstanding employee award.
Christine E. Long (B.M.) is on tour with the Broadway musical "Titanic."
Brian Ray (S.P.E., Ph.D. '98) received a General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award.

1996
Katerina E. Bilbao (B.S) is at Michael Wolk Design Associates in Miami.

1997
Rebecca Tucker (B.S.) has completed a dietetic internship at the University of Houston.

1998
Ritesh A. Gupta (B.S.) is the 5 o'clock sports anchor at Channel 6 in Tallahassee.
Carrie J. Winemiller (B.S.) is the new general manager of La Quinta Inn, Tallahassee.

1999
Jennifer C. Vieweg (B.S.) is a public relations assistant account executive in Charleston, W.Va.
Joe R. Gruters (B.S.) is running for the Florida House of Representatives from District 69, which includes Sarasota, Siesta Key and Longboat Key.
Candace Rodatz (B.S.) will represent Florida in the Miss America contest this October in Atlantic City.
Ruthanne Vogel (M.S.) is research services and digital collections librarian at the University of Miami.

2000
Shawn Hughes (M.A.C.C.) is on the executive sales management team of emWare Inc.
Brett M. Reichert has a Fulbright Grant to teach and conduct research in Belgium.
R. Jason Doty has won the Coca-Cola Filmmakers Award.

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