Class Notes Dennis Schick Ph.D. ‘76 was appointed publicist for the Bookcase for Every Child project, whose mission is to provide young children in America with a quality personalized bookcase and starter set of books, and to assist other literacy programs. Schick served as executive director of the Arkansas Press Association in Little Rock for 25 years. Prior, he taught advertising, journalism, and marketing for 16 years at SIU, Texas Christian University, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Texas. David Eubank ‘77 has worked as a camera assistant for 34 years on television shows and movies such as “Jurassic Park 3,” “Hidalgo,” “Master and Commander,” “Dinner for Schmucks,” and the upcoming “Oz: The Great and Powerful.” Eubank won an engineering plaque for outstanding achievement in engineering development from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at the 62nd primetime Emmy awards in 2010. Capt. Bill McKown ‘77 is executive director of the Terre Haute (Ind.) International Airport. The Riverside, Calif., native spent 35 years in the military. In addition to piloting some of the first missions off carriers in Desert Storm, McKown has served in roles ranging from squad commander to air boss aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. Former FBI profiler Mary O’Toole M.A. ’77 published Dangerous Instincts: How Gut Instincts Betray Us. The book teaches how to evaluate others based on everyday dialogue and interactions. After the senior profiler for the FBI retired in 2009, she was inspired to write the book to pass on useful information she acquired in the field to the general population. O’Toole has worked on
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several high-profile cases, including the Green River Killer, the Zodiac serial murder case, the Unabomber, the Columbine shootings, and the Elizabeth Smart and Natalee Holloway disappearances. Learn more about her at www.maryellenotoole.org.
1980s J. Michael Gibbons ‘80 joined Alvarez & Marsal in Washington, D.C., as the firm’s managing director of Global Forensic and Dispute Services. Gibbons is former chief of computer crimes investigations for the FBI. As a special agent, he oversaw all cybercrime investigations globally. He has more than 20 years of experience in the cyber security arena and has been an advisor for three large U.S. federal agencies. Cindy Sinclair ‘80 of Petersburg, Ill., has been a stage manager for “American Idol,” and has managed awards shows and specials, including the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants, the Grammys, the Dove awards, the CMA musical festival, and the Opry. Sinclair says the best part of her job is “lobster tail for lunch at American Idol! Seriously, I love working with talented, creative people that I am blessed to call friends. We laugh out loud every day but always get a tough job done. I also enjoy the excitement of delivering a live show to millions of people. Scary at times, but what a rush!” Edward Collins ’82, J.D. ’86, vice president and assistant general counsel for The Allstate Corp., received the 2012 Alumni Achievement honor from the College of Liberal Arts at Southern. Collins, of Gurnee, Ill., began his career with Allstate as an intern in the company’s law and regulation department. He is leader of Allstate’s Public Policy group and national director of ProtectingAmerica.org, a nonprofit coalition of first responders, emergency-management
professionals, building code experts, business leaders, and others who work to offer public-policy solutions that better prepare and protect the United States from massive natural catastrophes. Matthew Goeckner ’82, ‘82 earned the President’s Outstanding Teaching Award for the 2011-2012 academic year, one of the University of Texas at Dallas’ highest accolades for faculty. Goeckner runs the International Center for Advanced Materials Processing, which works on all ranges of plasma science, from fundamental fluid theory to plasma applications. David Marzullo ‘83, a former federal Drug Enforcement Administration agent, was hired as the public information officer for the St. Louis police. Marzullo, who retired after 26 years with the DEA, is the first law enforcement officer chosen for the job in some years and the first one to come from outside the department. Tom Orland’s documentary “Jesuit Missions: Nepal, 2011” was a bronze winner at the 33rd Annual Telly Awards, his eighth. The competition drew more than 12,000 entries from all 50 states and five continents. Orland, a 1983 cinema and photography graduate, credits then-student teacher Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”) with helping him develop “a love of documentaries and good causes.” Orland of Winfield, Ill., started Tom Orland Productions in 1986. He has written, produced, and directed videos for a number of companies and organizations. For a Marshall Fields’ training video, Orland cast an undiscovered Steve Carell and “takes full credit for Mr. Carell’s success.” Learn more about Orland’s work at www.tomorlandproductions.com. Jeffrey Hild ’84, of Naperville was named to the Legal Marketing Association Board of Directors for 2012-13.
The board supervises the direction and affairs of LMA, a nonprofit association of almost 3,000 legal-marketing and business-development professionals in 48 U.S. states, Canada, and 15 other countries. He is a 20year LMA member, former president of LMA Midwest, and the director of marketing for the Chicago law firm Arnstein & Lehr, LLP. Vivian Sobchack Ph.D. ‘84 received the 2012 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, the highest professional honor in her field. The UCLA professor emeritus earned early recognition for her pioneering work on science fiction and horror films in books such as “The Limits of Infinity: American Science Fiction Film 1950-1975” (1980), “Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film” (1987), and “The Address of the Eye: A Phenomenology of Film Experience (1992), which challenged then-current orthodoxies in film theory. Jeffrey Elwell Ph.D. ‘85 is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga. Prior, the former journalistturned-playwright-turned-professor served in multiple roles at Auburn University at Montgomery, including special assistant to the chancellor for strategic initiatives, chief academic and student affairs officer, dean of graduate studies, and professor of dramatic arts. Elwell has written, directed, and produced more than 50 plays. Carl Kinnison M.S. ‘85 is director of the Law Enforcement Academy at Southeast Missouri State University where he also teach-
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