Alumni Society News Spring 2005 Commencement G
eary Broadnax, president of Dovarri, Inc., a businessproductivity optimization software company, addressed over 600 graduates and their families at the university’s 38th commencement
Student representative Diana Leal addresses her fellow graduates at the Spring 2005 Commencement.
Calendar Ketelsen Academic Institute June 1 - June 28 Educational Talent Search June 1-3, 6, 8, 17, 24 and 29 Houston PREP, Pre-Freshman Enrichment Program June 6 - July 15 Upward Bound June 13 – July 13 New Faculty Orientation August 12 Fall Classes Begin August 22
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ceremonies last month in Minute Maid Park. Broadnax currently serves on the UHD President’s Advisory Council and has served as a member of the Red Rose Ball Committee. He is a recipient of the Crystal Eagle Award from the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston. Student representative Diana Leal received a Bachelor of Science in microbiology. She told fellow graduates “to live your dream.” Leal started her UHD experience as an eighth grader in Houston PREP, a summer preparatory program in mathematics, science, engineering and technology. She was accepted as a freshman directly into UHD’s Scholar’s Academy. The program for high achieving students exposed her to undergraduate research and a multitude of career opportunities. She later qualified for two professional internships at Kraft Foods – first in Chicago, then in New York City. Leal will continue her education in a master’s program and currently works at Laboratory Corporation of America, examining organic samples. With 44 master’s degrees being awarded, this is the largest class of master’s graduates since UHD first offered post-baccalaureate degrees in 1999. About 35 percent of the graduates are from the College of Business; 32 percent from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; 25 percent from the College of Public Service; and about 8 percent from the College of Sciences and Technology.
Generous Friends of Community Support $100,000 to $400,000 The Gordon and Mary Cain Foundation Houston Endowment Inc. The 100 Club, Inc. $50,000 to $99,999 El Paso Corporate Foundation $10,000 to $19,999 The Simmons Foundation $5,000 to $9,999 Charles & Betti Saunders $1,000 to $4,999 Asia Chemical Corporation, Inc. Chantal Foundation E & M Foundation, Inc. International Hotel Supply Wea H. & Catherine C. Lee Pearson Education Southwestern National Bank Emily and James, ‘90, Stafford The Woman’s Club of Houston $100 to $999 American Marketing Association-UHD Chapter Timothy C. Andrade, ‘95 Anonymous Arzalta Inc./Tu Musica en la Plaza Chester B. Benge, Jr. Diane Carpenter, ‘82 Joan Cobb, ‘03 Nicola Thompson Drake, ‘94 Rita Newman, ‘89 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston Adrienne Booker Wilson, ‘86 $99 and below Deborah Blount, ‘00 Theresa Boston Sharifa N. Glass Ann S. Jennings Huandong Jiang, ‘04 Molly K. Johnson PingHsiu Lee, ‘98 Michelle Moosally Carlyn Melissa Rath, ‘98 Tommy R. Shelton Jr., ‘03 Richard P. Smith, ‘96 Red Rose Ball 2005 Many thanks to the generous donors who helped to make Red Rose Ball 2005 an outstanding success for the UH-Downtown scholarship program! Nancy & Mark Abendshein Gail & Louis Adler Susan K. Ahern Jay Aiyer, Houston Community College Trustee Stanford & Joan Alexander Amegy Bank of Texas
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Chaney & Jo Jean Anderson Christina & Terry Axtmann Barnes & Noble Chris Birchak Mr. & Mrs. Jack S. Blanton, Sr. Gordon & Ermy Bonfield Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. David M. Bradley Burlington Resources Lee A. Callaway Dr. Dorothy F. Caram CenterPoint Energy Champion Technologies, Inc. Chase Donna F. Cole William V. Conover II Dr. Charles Cook, Houston Community College Steven P. Coy Christine De La Garza Deloitte Jessica deValentino Estrada-Hinojosa & Co. Vicky Estrera William Gilbert Jay & Susie Gogue, University of Houston Patricia Golemon Becky M. Gorham Greenwood-King Properties Antonio R. Grijalva Julia Guerra Adrian Gutierrez Joe & Merrill Hafner, Jr. Kathleen Haney Carol & Thomas Harper III HEB Tournament of Champions Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Heyne III Artie Lee Hinds Houston Chronicle Houston Medical Imaging David L. Huckin Elizabeth Hwong John W. Kemper James L. & Kathryn Ketelsen John Kirksey Landry’s Restaurants, Inc. Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Michael G. Meza, M.D., ‘89 Marisol Moreno Robert Mosbacher, Jr. Charles T. Newton, Jr. Kenneth E. Oberhoff Maconda B. O’Connor, Ph.D. Thomas I. O’Connor III David A. Ott, M.D. PageSoutherlandPage LLP Robert A. Peiser Ernest & Marietta Pekmezaris Beth Pelz George & Dora Pincus Cathy K. Ragsdale Everett Reeves Barbara & Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Wilhelmina E. (Beth) Robertson
Regina Rogers Carl Ruthstrom Michele J. Sabino Christopher & Courtney Sarofim Kenny Schwartzberg Robert H. Sheridan Smith Custom Builders Arthur L. Smith Wilhelmina R. Smith Student Services, UHD Ralph A. Sturges & Co., L.L.C. Steve Sucher Tellepsen Builders, L.P. Leigh Van Horn Eugene & Susan Vaughan Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Weekley Molly Woods Spencer & Madyln Yantis ALUMNI ANNUAL FUND $100 to $250 David Robert Boyle, ‘93 Angela South Claflin, ‘87 Dicarlos Davis, ‘86 Terri Lynn Dunlap, ‘81 Stephen C. Estes, ‘87 Delmaude A. Farrell, ‘87 Michael Fitzgibbon, ‘89 Lisa Gillespie, ‘93 Gregary & Sonya, ‘88, Goings Kendall Ross Guillory, ‘01 Randal Scott Howard, ‘87 Sara Jane Howell, ‘90 Mary Kenney, ‘88 Jason Kwok, ‘02 Dena Louise Ladner, ‘93 Dale Lee, ‘92 Louise Lindsey, ‘88 Rodolfo E. Lopez, ‘94 Denny Matranga, ‘03 Kenneth Elton Neeley, ‘86 Diane Kathleen Nemer, ‘03 Jenny Nguyen, ‘00 Joseph Obi, ‘89 Adeniran Oshobu, ‘87 & ‘93 Gary T. Palmquist, ‘93 Sandra F. Priska, ‘04 Barbara Ann Quattro, ‘91 Melvin Deloyd Robinson, ‘02 L. Lorraine Ross, ‘95 $99 and below Henry Paul Amadio, ‘01 Krishna Avant-Cooper, ‘95 Martha Cecilia Aya, ‘04 Grace B. Barcelo, ‘92 Rebecca Boutté, ‘99 Joyce Bowman-Bennett, ‘80 David A. Brandenburg, ‘03 Lamar Brown, ‘87 Patricia Castaneda, ‘03 Jess R. Castilleja, ‘93 Margot A. Charles, ‘87 Yesenia Chavez, ‘00 Eric Chen, ‘03 Winnie Cheng, ‘01 Brenda L. Collier, ‘98 Aaron, ‘02, & Natalia Condray Roland B. Contreras, ‘78 Caren Crook-Bay, ‘96 Melinda Dever, ‘94 Janet B. Diaz, ‘03 Loretta Dieudonne, ‘99 Jorge Duarte, ‘94 Harriet Eisenstein, ‘04 Andrea Faniel, ‘03 Mahmud Farooque, ‘95 John P. Frese, ‘82 Christina Friloux, ‘95 Diane Fuller, ‘94