National Academy of Arbitrators. He is still fully active as an arbitrator, but divides his time between New York and a home in County Cork, Ireland. Minnesota Robert Martin, Minnesota ’95 and his wife welcome their son Steve, born on July 15, 2010. Missouri William H. Long, Missouri ’77 was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri’s 7th congressional district in 2010. Kenneth E. Kempf, Miami ‘69 was selected as the 2009 National Disabled Veteran Outreach Program Specialist of the Year by the American Legion and received his award at their National Convention
Disabled American Veterans (twice), and the American Legion (twice).
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Jeffrey L. Wax, Miami ’01, has practiced law at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., in St. Louis, Missouri, since 2008. His work includes commercial and real estate litigation with a focus on condemnation/eminent domain issues. Jeff attended law school at Washington University in St. Louis. He married Jessica Stein Wax in 2006, and their daughter, Eliana, was born in 2008.
North Carolina State Mark Brooks, North Carolina State ’03 married Elizabeth Cary Eaton on June 12, 2010, in Raleigh, NC. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree in Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization from North Carolina State University in May 2010. Northern Illinois After 23 years of owning his own cleaning company (175 buildings and 35 employees), Scott Curry, Northern Illinois ’75 sold it to another entrepreneur. He and his wife Renie have three children, Ryan, Jason, and Kaelene.
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George Nicolau, Michigan ’48 received a Life Time Achievement Award from the Peggy Browning Fund. Nicolau, who served as a B-17 Navigator in the 8th Air Force during WWII and was the president of the Michigan Chapter shortly after the war, is a nationally known arbitrator George Nicolau, Michigan ‘48 and mediator. He has been the contract arbitrator for Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the Major League Indoor Soccer and their respective player associations, as well as the arbitrator in disputes between most major airlines, their pilots and flight attendants. In the 1950s through 1970s, he was a union attorney, a member of the Peace Corps Staff, the head of New York City’s Anti-Poverty program, Executive Director for the Fund for the City of New York and the Institute for Mediation and Conflict Resolution. In 1987 he was president of the
J. David Nelson, Northwestern ’63 was profiled in the book, “Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World,” and was also featured on a Harvard Business School blog, “Does Leadership Really Matter in Non-Profits.” He was named a Purpose Prize Fellow, and in 2008 received the Alumni Service Award from the dean of the Kellogg School of Management.
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Northwestern State Tran Woods, Northwestern State ’03 produced a benefit concert in Atlanta for the Atlanta affiliate of Susan G. Komen for a Cure. Ohio State Steve Stivers, Ohio State ’88 is the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 15th congressional district. Stivers previously served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 16th district. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Ohio National Guard and served active duty in Iraq as Battalion Commander until December 2005. ‘”Hate Can Wait” is the first in a series of children’s books and other materials based on emotions by John Ordosch,
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