President Barack Obama with Three ENMU Grads

In 2008, President-elect Barack Obama visited with ENMU grads at the home of Deborah Sawyer in Ohio. Pictured are (l-r): Ricky Redmond (family friend); Deborah M. Sawyer, president of Environmental Designs International, ENMU M.S. microbiology major (1982); Betty Pride Sawyer, mother of three ENMU grads: Leslie, Deborah and Gregory; William Berkely (family friend); President Barack Obama; Leslie Joy Sawyer, ENMU M.A. communication major (1982), Ohio Commission on Higher Education; and Dr. William Gregory Sawyer, ENMU M.A. communication major (1978), Vice-President for Student Affairs at California State University Channel Islands.