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FSU baseball cleared the bases to honor true champions of Seminole strength and spirit — Strozier Library incident survivors, support staff and first responders, including the FSUPD officers whose bravery and training saved lives during a campus shooting in November. The team and fans cheered to show support for their Seminole family and student Farhan “Ronny” Ahmed, who showed off a jersey he received from the team during the on-field recognition.

Photo by Ryals Lee

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Cover: Florida State University has spurred Seminole success around the world as graduates take their talents and passions to points across the globe.

Photo courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory

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Spread: Florida State inaugurated its 15th president during a formal investiture ceremony March 17 at Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. President John Thrasher (B.S. ’65, J.D. ’72) took a moment to share his excitement over serving his alma mater, a university he says made his achievements possible. He went on to celebrate the 164-year history of FSU and looked forward to accomplishing the university’s Top 25 goal, expanding research and becoming more student-centered.

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VIRES is the first torch in the university seal and represents strength of all kinds: physical, mental and moral.

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University News Ten Questions Association News Seminoles Forever Class Notes In Memoriam Parting Shot

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Worldwide Tribe FSU Alumni Making a Global Impact

In Good Company

Florida State Alumnae Entrepreneurs

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Eternal Flame

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Flambeau's 100th Anniversary

A Garnet and Gold Affair D.C. Noles Celebrate 50 Years

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THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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VISIT alumni.fsu.edu/events for updates and all upcoming alumni events.

Florida State alumni will be on the seas Sept. 18–21 to watch FSU’s Friday night football game. Registration is closed, but check our website for photos from the Disney Dream! Not able to go to sea or come to Tallahassee?

Watch the Seminoles all season long with your local Seminole Club® or Chapter: alumni.fsu.edu/gamewatching.

64th Annual

Kickoff Luncheon

Friday, Aug. 21 Donald L. Tucker Civic Center

The FSU Alumni Association will kick off the football season with thousands of fans and the team!

Join fellow Seminoles at the Alumni Center for a Happy Hour for the following games this season: • Friday, Sept. 11: FSU vs. USF • Friday, Oct. 9: FSU vs. Miami • Friday, Oct. 16: FSU vs. Louisville • Friday, Nov. 13: FSU vs. NC State (Homecoming)

Young Alumni Awards Dinner

Friday, Oct. 16 Alumni Center

Homecoming

Save the date for Homecoming, Saturday, Nov. 14, as FSU takes on the NC State Wolfpack. Join us for our traditional lineup of events, including the Homecoming Parade, Happy Hour and Saturday awards breakfast.

For alumni fall football event information and updates,

visit: alumni.fsu.edu/fhq.

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Allan Bense, Chair Leslie Pantin, Vice Chair Kathryn Ballard Edward E. Burr William Buzzett Joseph L. Camps Emily Fleming Duda Susan Fiorito Joseph Gruters Mark Hillis Bob Sasser Brent W. Sembler Jean Tabares

THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Committee S. Dale Greene, Chair Gordon J. Sprague, Immediate Past Chair Thomas V. Hynes, Chair Elect Steve Pattison, Vice Chair Craig T. Lynch, Treasurer Ruth Ruggles Akers, Secretary Tom Jennings, Vice President for University Advancement Scott F. Atwell, Association President Jean C. Accius Leon Carl Adams Blythe Adreon Samuel S. Ambrose James J. Bloomfield Flecia L. Braswell David Brobst Stephen T. Brown Robert Cox Tracie Domino Kyle R. Doney John E. Doughney IV Sandra Dunbar Mark S. Ellis Claire Gallo Samantha K. Garrett Michael G. Griffith Ritesh A. Gupta Jennifer M. Guy Marion Taormina Hargett Maura Hayes Clay Ingram Connie E. Jenkins-Pye Jack McCoy Eric Muñoz Max Oligario Tamara Wells Pigott Susan Sarna Michael J. Sweeney James F. Thielen Heather C. Turner

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THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Allan Bense, Chair Susie Busch-Transou, Vice Chair Edward E. “Ed” Burr FOR MEMBERS OF Joseph L. Camps STATE UNIVERSITY THE FLORIDA Rosalia “Rosie” Contreras ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Emily Fleming Duda 1030 West Tennessee Street Tallahassee, FL 32304 850.644.2761 | alumni.fsu.edu

FSU’S STAR POWER EVIDENCED BY STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS When Florida State received word in April that Daniel Hubbard had been named a 2015 Truman Scholar, we celebrated on many fronts. The Tallahassee native was among at least 46 FSU undergraduates receiving prestigious fellowships this year, and also a military veteran. Hubbard fused a pair of FSU goals: to become a place where students routinely win national awards and where returning veterans flourish academically.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Katie Hilton DESIGNER: Jessica I. Rosenthal COPY EDITOR: Ron Hartung CONTRIBUTOR: Andrew Faught

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STAFF: Scott Atwell Ryanne Aviña Louise Bradshaw Chloe Campbell Valerie Colvin Dia Combas Kathleen Harvey Helm Katie Hilton Dawn Cannon Jennings Adam Kabuka Jenn Mauck Michael McFadden Austin Moser Lisa O’Malley David Overstreet Whitney Powers Jessica I. Rosenthal Jessica Tanca Jennifer Tobias Aimee Wirth The FSU Alumni Association extends a special thank you to FSU Athletics, Heritage Protocol, the FSU Photo Lab and others for allowing us to use their photographs in the magazine.

Photo by Matthew Paskert

PUBLISHER: Scott Atwell

Since opening the Office of National Fellowships in 2005, FSU has groomed its undergraduates to vie for more than 60 prestigious scholarships available each year, including the Rhodes, which anointed three Seminoles in a recent four-year span. This year’s bounty featured multiple winners of the Fulbright along with Molly Gordon’s Goldwater Scholarship and Hubbard’s Truman, the only one awarded to a Florida student.

You may have heard FSU brag over the past several years about the increasing talent of incoming classes.

That’s an evaluation of the input. These national fellowships are an objective measure of the output.

Hubbard was a star medic in the Army, where he became interested in the causes of military suicide. At FSU he had access to the laboratory of Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology Thomas Joiner, one of the nation’s leading experts on suicide. Now at age 27, Hubbard will use his $30,000 scholarship for graduate school and the ultimate quest for a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.

FSU student Daniel Hubbard, 2015 Truman Scholar

FSU set a goal for becoming a leader in the fellowship arena and the nation’s most veteranfriendly campus. The Office of National Fellowships and the Veterans Center are tactics to achieve these goals. Daniel Hubbard and his fellow award-winning students are points of pride for Seminoles everywhere.

Scott Atwell President & CEO FSU Alumni Association THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS

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TOM McALPIN (B.S. ’81) CRUISE CONTROL

Virgin, the record company that spun off a global empire of airline, railway and space travel, is sailing into a new horizon — the 22-million-passenger cruise industry. Visionary leader Sir Richard Branson announced the news in December and revealed that his chief executive would be FSU accounting graduate Tom McAlpin, who says the new company “will deliver a unique lifestyle experience — for the young and young at heart.”

McAlpin is reprising his role as a cruise line architect. In the 1990s he joined Disney as head of finance, where he negotiated deals for a new terminal, Castaway Cay private island, personnel and ships. His success ultimately led him to the helm as president of Disney Cruise Line.

The cruise business has a large barrier to entry (ships are priced between $600 million and $1 billion), but Virgin is backed by billion-dollar investment partner Bain Capital and will most likely be based out of Florida — the cruise capital of the world.

“We’ve taken a more scientific approach than anyone in this industry has ever done before, and we have actually made design changes based on consumer feedback,” says McAlpin, who has served on the FSU Foundation Board of Trustees and College of Business Board of Governors. “Virgin is successful because it listens to its customers.”

McAlpin is focusing the product on two demographics (unnamed for competitive reasons).

Once the ship designs are greenlighted, they will take at least three years to build.

“The Virgin brand is known for turning existing industries and tilting them, challenging them,” says McAlpin, 55. “This will not be your grandmother’s cruise line.”

Photo by Danny Gabriel

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

FSU AT A GLANCE Highlights Cutting-edge genetic research

We are the champions FSU

women’s soccer won

FSU unveils new Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine

the 2014 NCAA championship, a first in program history

Lady Noles Best value

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FSU Law School ranked No. 1 in Florida, No. 32 nationally by Business Insider

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Florida State’s ranking as one of the nation’s best public universities, according to The Business Journals

New name, same great school

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Fine Arts FSU’s “Best Colleges for Vets” national ranking by Military Times

Formerly known as the College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance

FSU remains one of the best values in the nation — lauded as No. 15 among large colleges in 2015 for outstanding academics and affordable cost, according to Kiplinger's Personal Finance

Elite Eight No. 15

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FSU women’s basketball entered the NCAA Tournament with its highest-ever ranking as a No. 2 seed and reached the Elite Eight for the second time in program history

No room for debate

Nine in a row

The FSU Forensics team won the Florida Intercollegiate Forensics Association State Championship for the ninth consecutive year

New Garnet and Gold Scholar Society members inducted

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Global Seminoles Nearly 2,000 students studied abroad at FSU in 2012–13, placing Florida State at No. 18 among U.S. universities

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No. 8 Online leaders According to U.S. News & World Report, the College of Education’s online graduate

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No. 2 in the nation. Among public institutions, the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice’s online graduate program was listed No. 4; the School of Information’s online master’s degree in IT No. 13; and the College of Business’ online graduate programs No. 16 programs rank

RESEARCH Biology Taking a bite out of venom For thousands of people a year, a snakebite requires quick action and antivenom.

But there isn't one cure-all — as in real estate, location matters. Research by Mark Marges, a biology doctoral student in Associate Professor Darin Rokyta’s laboratory, found that snake venom varies for rattlesnakes (but not coral snakes) by geographic area. His findings, published in the journal Genetics, will be important for the development of effective antivenom and conservation efforts.

Read more: gonol.es/BIOvenom

Chemistry Nanomaterials from start to finish The nanomaterial metallofullerene can be useful for anything from converting sunlight into energy to providing MRI contrast agents. Research co-authored by FSU chemist Paul Dunk (B.S. ’06, Ph.D. ’12) and an international team, which included FSU Professor and Nobel Laureate Harold Kroto, used the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Facility at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to discover how these materials are formed. By doing so, doors open to use metallofullerenebased applications in other ways from biomedicine to renewable energy.

Read more: gonol.es/CHEMnano

Communication Trust in the 21st century When hiring virtual workers, employers must determine trustworthiness in the absence of meeting face to face. Shuyuan Mary Ho, assistant professor in the College of Communication and Information, built a software application to assess a human’s disposition and identify potential dangerous behaviors. The product’s marketability will be tested this year.

Read more: gonol.es/CCItrust

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Engineering Breaking it down William Oates, professor of mechanical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, has developed a theory explaining when and why certain materials will change their structure. Oates studied ferroelectric materials, which are often used in ultrasound imaging. Noted in the journal Smart Materials and Structures, Oates’ research allows engineers to approximate nature’s impact on materials in less time with better predictive power.

Read more: gonol.es/ENGchange

Professor William Oates

Human Sciences Sarah A. Johnson

Setting sight on the horizon Astronauts may have the clearest view of the world … except when they return to Earth and often experience temporary or protracted vision changes. Michael Delp, dean and professor in the College of Human Sciences, partnered with Russian colleagues to explore these vision problems. The team’s research, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, found that space travel may severely impair the body’s ability to regulate blood rushing to the brain, thus causing the impairments. The collaborative team of FSU and Russian researchers is looking to future experiments for more answers and potential solutions.

Read more: gonol.es/CHSvision

Berry good news

Dean and Professor Michael Delp (second from right) with Russian Academy of Sciences colleagues at the Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow.

According to research by Sarah A. Johnson (M.S. ’08, Ph.D. ’13), assistant director of FSU's Center for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging, one cup of blueberries per day could reduce risks associated with cardiovascular disease.

Johnson, whose research was published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, discovered that this small, tasty addition could negate the negative cardiovascular effects of menopause.

Read more: gonol.es/CAENRAberries

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UNIVERSITY NEWS Medicine Weighing teen perceptions Obesity isn’t just a physical issue, according to a study by FSU College of Medicine researchers Angelina Sutin and Antonio Terracciano.

The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, looked at the role of psychology in obesity and found that teens who mistakenly perceive themselves as overweight are more likely to become obese in young adulthood.

Understanding and addressing these psychological causes will thus be important to address obesity issues.

Read more: gonol.es/COMobesity

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Dividing and conquering cancer FSU researchers, including Raed Rizkallah (Ph.D. ’08) in the College of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, have discovered TOPK — an enzyme that modifies hundreds of proteins simultaneously during cell division. By collaborating with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rizkallah identified the enzyme. Understanding how it works could lead to therapies that only destroy cancerous cells. Researchers will now focus on how TOPK is activated and then regulated in cancer cells.

Read more: gonol.es/COMcancer

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Oceanography Getting to the bottom of the problem There are 6 million–10 million gallons of oil on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to John Widmer Winchester Professor of Oceanography Jeff Chanton.

The oil comes from the April 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon spill. In collaboration with FSU Associate Professor of Geography Tingting Zhao and supported in part by the Deep-C Consortium headquartered at FSU, Chanton created a map of the oiled sediment on the sea floor. While water has cleared, the research published in Environmental Science & Technology found that oil trapped on the sea floor is likely to become difficult to decompose and will affect the Gulf for years to come.

Conservation to the max When it comes to saving endangered marine animals, government agencies and conservation groups must prioritize where to spend money. FSU Assistant Professor of Oceanography Mariana Fuentes’ research, published in Ecological Applications, has led her to develop a system that allows groups to look at several issues and determine the action that will give the maximum benefit, taking into consideration political, social and monetary costs.

Read more: gonol.es/EAOSconserve

Read more: gonol.es/EAOSoil

Letting go of carbon When a glacier goes from frozen to melting, it impacts more than sea levels. FSU Assistant Professor of Oceanography Robert Spencer published an article in Nature Geoscience in which he found that the organic carbon released from melting glaciers will increase 50 percent over the next 35 years. Spencer worked with colleagues from Alaska and Switzerland to come up with scientists’ first estimate on the topic. The team is now looking to clarify the exact impact of that carbon release on marine ecosystems and much more.

Read more: gonol.es/EAOSglaciers

See photos and video of FSU research: fsuresearch.tumblr.com

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If someone had told James K. Arinaitwe, when he was facing unspeakable hardships in rural Uganda as a boy, that he would one day not only graduate with two degrees from a major American university but work under the same roof as a former U.S. president, he might have burst out in a rare peal of laughter.

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But such a life became reality for Arinaitwe (B.S. ’09, M.P.H. ’11), one of countless people from around the world whose sometimes unlikely journeys led them to Florida State University and, once their skills were honed, back into that wildly diverse world, its opportunities and rewards there for the grasping.

In Arinaitwe’s case, there was almost no chance, as a child in western Uganda’s Kashari County who walked barefoot to school every day — a nine-mile round trip — that he would attain anything beyond the most basic education. It was also clear that, once his father, a farmer, had died from AIDS, his mother from cancer and his siblings from preventable diseases like measles and

malaria, there was little likelihood young James would go anywhere except into a rebel militia, a possibility he considered.

But Arinaitwe was no ordinary child. When he was 11, he took a 300-mile bus ride to Kampala, Uganda’s capital, determined to land a spot in a decent school. He did so after making his case to none other than the nation’s first lady, Janet Museveni. Later, when he was 20 and volunteering with the nonprofit Solar Light for Africa, he met another volunteer, Cheryl A. Rainey (Ph.D. ’08), a Tallahassee-based psychotherapist.

“She saw me working on the roof,” Arinaitwe recalled.

“She said to me, ‘You have so much zeal, so much energy. What do you want to do with your life?’”

After he said that what he wanted more than anything else was to earn a degree in the United States, Rainey offered to sponsor Arinaitwe’s move across the Atlantic and his admission to Tallahassee Community College. He became a straight-A student, and as valedictorian delivered a commencement speech to 2,000 people. He transferred to FSU as a junior and, thanks to Mary Coburn (B.A. ’74, M.S. ’76, Ed.D. ’92), the vice president for student affairs, received a full scholarship.

“I would never have imagined to be at FSU — not only that, but with a free ride,” Arinaitwe said, still marveling at the memory. He delved into his classes with evident glee, and was so adept at academic tasks that he ended up tutoring football players and others in mathematics and economics in the university’s Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement.

“Some of my students have gone on to be business people now,” said Arinaitwe, who volunteered also at the Center for Leadership and Social Change.

“Do you know the confidence it brings to an African young man that I can be able to train future American leaders? Think about that!”

Arinaitwe credits Mark Ziegler (M.S. ’89), College of Communication and Information professor, as an inspiration for his evolving sense of courage, and he notes as a highlight of those years a summer internship at The Carter Center in Atlanta. “Can you imagine the goosebumps I felt meeting President Jimmy Carter, the global humanitarian, the former president of the U.S.?” he said. “Right now, as I say it, tears come to my eyes. Who am I?”

He ultimately earned a bachelor’s degree in computational biology and a master’s in public health and public policy, both from FSU — along with a second master’s in 2011, in sustainable development, from the SIT Graduate Institute in Washington, D.C. Arinaitwe then returned to Uganda and bought 20 acres on which to resettle his grandmother, uncle and cousins. Since then, he has lent his talents to several organizations, including BRAC, formerly the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee; Global Health Corps, in New York City; the Educate! NGO in Kampala; and LabourNet in Bangalore, India, his current assignment, where he works as an Acumen Global Fellow. His plan is to return to Uganda permanently and leave his mark there.

His difficult childhood and its seemingly limited possibilities did not “mean that I don’t have potential, or that it had to define my life,” Arinaitwe, 32, said from Bangalore, “or that I can’t make a difference in people’s lives.”

Nadir Atash at a 2013 benefit dinner for the women and children of Afghanistan.

Photo courtesy of the Embassy of India and Nooristan Foundation

Afghanistan

Mohammed Nadir Atash (Ph.D. ’82), from Kabul, Afghanistan, lost his father, an army general who was imprisoned and killed after the Soviet invasion of 1979. By that time, Atash had already been at FSU for a couple of years, after attending the American University of Beirut and receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. In Tallahassee, Atash studied for a Ph.D. in education research.

He then turned his attention to using his skills elsewhere, particularly to aid his compatriots.

There was a crucial need in Afghanistan for greatly expanded educational opportunities in Nooristan Province, in the eastern mountains, where in 1999 he founded the Nooristan Foundation. Its focus was on building schools and roads and providing electric power and water for remote communities.

Atash set up training programs for teachers and established a pipeline for educational materials and school supplies, which were woefully lacking.

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AFRICA

1.James Kassaga Arinaitwe (B.S. ’09, M.P.H. ’11)

2014 Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, 2015 Acumen Global Fellow Uganda; Bangalore, India

2.Erik Hersman (B.S. ’02)

Co-founder, BRCK and Ushahidi; Founder, iHub Nairobi, Kenya

3.Mokgweetsi Masisi (M.S. ’91)

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Vice President, Republic of Botswana Botswana

4.Nicole Roerick (M.F.A. ’11)

Dance Instructor, Cairo American College Cairo, Egypt

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5.Mohammed Nadir Atash (Ph.D. ’82)

Founder, Nooristan Foundation Afghanistan

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10.Lisa A. Urkevich (M.M. ’90) Associate Professor and Department of Music and Drama Chair, American University of Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait

6.Alex Lennartz (B.A. ’02)

International Relations Instructor, Shenzhen Academy of International Education Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

7.W. Stephen Long (B.S. ’00)

English Department Chair, Beijing No. 4 High School International Campus Beijing, China

8.Steven J. Mudder (B.S. ’95)

Shareholder, Director & General Counsel, PT Sarana Menara Nusantara, Indonesia; Shareholder and General Counsel, Protelindo Towers B.V., The Netherlands; and Pan Asia Tower, Myanmar

AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA

11.Mark Gilbert (B.S. ’78) U.S. Ambassador New Zealand & Samoa

CENTRAL AMERICA

12.Tom Kenna (B.S. ’82)

President, Panama Canal Railway Co. Ancón, Panama

EUROPE

13.George Aase (B.S. ’84)

CFO, P3 Logistics Parks, Main Location: Zürich, Switzerland Office: Prague, Czech Republic

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(B.S. ’79, J.D. ’84) Executive Director, International Bar Association London, England

15.Christopher Mullins-

ALUMNI BY THE NUMBERS:

18.Kimberly Munro

(B.A. ’07, M.S. ’09) Co-Project Director, Cosma Field Team (PADCA) Nepeña Valley, Peru

Silverstein (M.S. ’07) Adviser, Scottish National Party in Parliament London, England

16.Leonor Rodriguez Manso (B.S. ’13)

Spanish Women’s National Basketball Team Spain

17.Robin Saunders (B.S. ’84)

Founder & CIO, Clearbrook Capital Partners LLP London, England

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Africa: 86 Asia: 431 Australia & Oceania: 57 Canada: 216 Caribbean: 105 Central America: 426 Europe: 300 South America: 71 In photo 11 Gilbert inspects the Royal New Zealand Honor Guard. Photo by Ola Thorsen Photo 1 by Henry Chim. Photo 2 by Philip Walton. Photo 4 by Charley Bates. Photo 17 by Harry Borden. Photo 18 by Jeisen Navarro-Vega. Photo 19 courtesy of U.S. Embassy Caracas.

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“My experience at FSU helped me a lot in my work in terms of education,” said Atash, whose specialty was in statistics and measurements. “I realized when I went back to Afghanistan that education was the cornerstone for achieving peace, stability and democracy. I tried to do whatever I could, in a small measure, to improve that process.”

Erik Hersman (B.S. ’02) was born in Portland, Oregon, but he grew up in Sudan and Kenya.

Later, after earning a bachelor’s degree in business management with a minor in economics from FSU, he returned to East Africa to help companies and individuals become connected to the Internet and each other.

Atash also advised government officials on how to improve their decision-making, using data, deep research, statistics and empirical evidence. “In the culture of Afghanistan, that was something new,” especially in a government that was “weak and corrupt,” he said, with limited resources, personnel and census data.

“I really wanted to understand how businesses worked, so I actually cared what I was learning about,” said Hersman, who commuted by motorcycle to FSU two or three times a week from Port St. Joe — 100 miles each way — and ran a T-shirt factory out of his home.

“All those things I was involved in,” Atash said, “I had learned at FSU.”

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Erik Hersman Photo by Philip Walton

Hersman, who had served in the Marines before going to FSU, was 27 when he graduated. He considered going for a Master of Business Administration, but decided that it would be useful to him only if he went to work for someone else, which he had no intention of doing.

Once he had settled again in Kenya, where his parents had served as missionaries, Hersman helped to create Ushahidi.com, a crowdsourcing website whose initial purpose was to track incidents of violence after the country’s elections in 2007. Ushahidi has evolved into a worldwide platform that gathers information on calamities such as tsunamis and earthquakes, Hersman said, as well as election monitoring and other initiatives.

Hersman’s team in Nairobi also developed BRCK, a self-powered mobile device that acts as a Wi-Fi transmitter in areas that have no electric power or where outages are frequent — a significant problem in rural parts of Africa. CNN recognized BRCK as a promising startup on its 2014 edition of “CNN 10: Startups.”

As if that were not enough, Hersman and his colleagues set up Innovation Hub, a community for “technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers” in the Nairobi area, its website says.

In addition, Hersman writes a blog called AfriGadget, which is about high-tech mobile and web technology, and made Time magazine’s list of 50 best websites in 2008.

Looking back, the knowledge Hersman gained at FSU about running a business — or, in his case, several — was crucial.

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FL OR IDA PR E PA ID Starting is Believing

Spain

Of course, it is not always the lure of academics that propels students into FSU’s orbit. For Leonor Rodriguez Manso (B.S. ’13), an accomplished professional basketball player from Spain’s Canary Islands with a stellar record on the country’s national women’s team, the road to Tallahassee was paved six years ago by a meeting with an American player who had been on the FSU team and who was playing professionally in Spain. Brooke Wyckoff (B.S. ’01), who is back at FSU as an assistant coach, persuaded the 17-year-old Rodriguez to go for a basketball scholarship at FSU. “I ended up being delighted with FSU because, since I was from so far away, it was important to feel as though I was in a family,” said Rodriguez, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in dietetics.

“The coaches showed concern for us, the level of performance was great, and the climate was just like in the Canary Islands.”

Ellis with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the 2013 International Bar Association Conference.

Photo by Tim Licence

In her junior season alone, in 2011–12, Rodriguez led FSU in 3-point shooting, a percentage that was the eighth-best in the university’s history. The highlight of that season, according to the Seminoles’ website, was her game-winner with 1.1 seconds left in a matchup at North Carolina State University in January 2012. “Rodriguez’s 25-foot three-point bomb broke a 64–64 tie to give the Noles the road victory over the Wolfpack,” the site says. As a senior, she led FSU in scoring in 14 games.

Immediately after graduating, Rodriguez, who has played for the Spanish women’s national basketball team in six European tournaments since 2006, returned to her native land and was placed under contract to the top-ranked Perfumerías Avenida team, based in Salamanca. Her successes led to her being named one of the country’s most influential women last year by Mujerhoy magazine. Even as she maintains a full schedule of training and games, Rodriguez is pursuing a master’s degree in sports nutrition at the University of Cádiz.

“For me, FSU was a great opportunity and a great blessing,” she said, “because thanks to them I was able to pursue a degree toward my career while at the same time making my dream come true — to keep playing basketball.”

England

The way Mark S. Ellis (B.S. ’79, J.D. ’84) sees it, he never would have had the life he has — especially his role as executive director of the International Bar Association, based in London — had he not attended FSU and developed a keen interest in international law and forged connections crucial to his future.

“I can say without hesitation that the entire range of what I do right now is related to the time I spent at Florida State University,” said Ellis, who grew up in Fairfax, Virginia, and earned from FSU a bachelor’s degree in economics and a juris doctor. “There’s always a special connection.”

Primary among the contacts he made in Tallahassee was Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, who was dean of the College of Law and went on to become president of both the American Bar Association and Florida State. D’Alemberte was impressed that Ellis had been granted a Fulbright scholarship to work at the Economic Institute in Zagreb, Croatia. What Ellis called a “wonderful conversation” in D’Alemberte’s office evolved ultimately into an invitation for Ellis to become executive director of the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, an ABA program established in 1989 that helped to provide new

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legal and judicial systems, constitutional reforms and legal education in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

“Mark helped emerging countries, organized an international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, aided war crime investigations and did things that were truly extraordinary,” said D’Alemberte. “He is recognized worldwide as a highly regarded expert in international human rights and humanitarian law.”

Ellis held that post for 10 years, while simultaneously taking on numerous other tasks overseas, including as legal adviser to the Independent International Commission on Kosovo. In 2000, he moved to London to lead the International Bar Association, a group composed of 203 bar associations and 40,000 lawyers from 194 countries. Ellis earned a Ph.D. in law from King’s College, London, in 2010, the same year he began serving as an adjunct law professor at FSU. Among other honors, Ellis is the recipient of FSU’s Distinguished Graduate Award and the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He also serves on the board of directors for both the FSU Alumni Association and FSU College of Law. “I had remarkable professors, a number of whom became mentors and who guided me on this path, which led me to a real focus on international law,” Ellis said. “I hold firm to those principles.”

Peru

Kimberly Munro’s (B.A. ’07, M.S. ’09) interest in the history of South America — a legacy of childhood trips to Peru and Chile to visit relatives — prompted her enrollment at FSU, where her focus crystallized into a fascination with the anthropology of indigenous faiths.

Munro, born in Houston 31 years ago and raised in Coral Springs, Florida, recalled an especially inspiring class on anthropology and religion that was given by the late Bruce Grindal, which she said “really got me to combine the two different

disciplines,” and another by Professor Glen Doran, professor and former Department of Anthropology chair.

Munro received a bachelor’s in anthropology and religious studies and a master’s in geographic information sciences. She has been involved in several archaeological endeavors in the highlands of central Peru, most recently in the upper Nepeña Valley, where in 2013 she developed a project that incorporated the use of satellite imagery, interactive mapping technology and computer analysis to search for the routes of pilgrimages by Pan-Andean religious cult members from as long ago as 800 B.C. She is working toward a doctorate at Louisiana State University that will explore the evidence of those ritual pilgrimages in Peru.

Top: Munro studied Iglesia Hirca, a hilltop fortress located above Cosma, which is from Peru’s Early Horizon Period (900–1 BCE). Photo by Craig Dengel Above right: Craig Dengel (M.S. ’09), assistant field director, looked on as Munro pointed out walls and floors from one of the 2014 test units. Photo by Laura Dengel Above left: In Peru, Munro’s team surveyed Cosma with Karecoto mound in the background. Photo

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“Everything I do right now goes back to my undergraduate days and my double major in anthropology and religious studies,” said Munro.

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Gilbert, who earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from FSU, played for the Chicago White Sox in 1985 and went on to work for firms such as Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. That kind of experience, he said, was invaluable when he was tapped for the ambassadorship after 29 years in the business world.

For Mark Gilbert (B.S. ’78), whose father owned a furniture store in Pompano Beach, Florida, and who in 2013 was nominated by President Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, FSU persists as the single most important factor in his preparation for an accomplished career, primarily as an investment banker.

“It is an incredible honor not only to represent the president but to represent your country,” said Gilbert. “The job is fabulous, but I’ve never worked harder in my life.”

The crux of that training, Gilbert recalled by phone from Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, was something he learned while playing baseball for the Seminoles at FSU. His coach, William “Woody” Woodward (B.S. ’66, M.S. ’70), a former major-league player, brought Pete Rose to campus for a celebrity tournament “and asked him to spend a couple of days with me because he thought I would benefit.”

Beyond the usual requirements of diplomacy and statecraft, Gilbert’s tasks include developing trade and business relationships between the U.S., New Zealand and Samoa, especially among young entrepreneurs.

Gilbert, the leadoff batter as well as a switch hitter, took away an important lesson. “One of the things he said to me stuck with me all my life,” said the ambassador, now 58, going on to recount Rose’s contention that in the highest echelons of baseball a batter receives very few great pitches, or sometimes maybe only one per game — but that’s the one, Rose said, for which a player has to be ready.

Gilbert aboard Air Force Two with Vice President Joe Biden.

Photo by David Lienemann

“It’s about always being prepared for what you’re going to be facing every single day, for every single meeting, for whatever you’re going to be doing,” said Gilbert. “That’s something I learned while I was at FSU that really changed my life.”

Nick Madigan writes for The New York Times and edits books and magazine articles. He lives in Palmetto Bay, Florida.

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G D Company In

Florida State alumnae entrepreneurs

By Barbara Ash

From undergarments to cupcakes, onesies to giftware, real estate to fashion and more, Florida State has produced a variety of high-profile women entrepreneurs who are building creative, successful companies and changing the business world.

Great entrepreneurs are often thought of as innovative, hardworking, passionate, persevering — able to reshape ideas, understand customer needs and care deeply. “Many of these characteristics are typical of women, who are often the caregivers — they care for their families, nurture them, protect them and are often selfless in the process,” explained Susan Fiorito, chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Information Systems, Jim Moran Professor and an entrepreneurin-residence in the College of Business.

A burgeoning number of enterprising FSU alumnae represent a national trend among women whose innovative ideas have filled unmet needs and been catalysts for launching thriving businesses. “The 2014 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report,” commissioned by American Express OPEN, showed that startup activity by women is on the rise, with the daily rate of new women-owned businesses up from 602 in 2011–12 to 1,288 in 2014.

Sara Blakely (B.S. ’93) is a famous example of an alumna who recognized a need (hiding an unflattering line under her white slacks) and invented a product that sparked a multimilliondollar revolution in women’s undergarments.

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Donna Abood, a 1981 marketing major recognized nationwide as a powerhouse in commercial real estate in South Florida.

Started by Blakely in 1998, Spanx Inc. today is valued at more than a billion dollars, with annual revenues of $250 million, and earned her a spot on the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful Female Entrepreneurs of 2014.

“Learning to think like an entrepreneur will help you in every aspect of your life,” said Blakely, a communication studies graduate committed to fostering entrepreneurship among women. “And most importantly, you will be ready when your aha moment comes. Owning your own business means owning your future and gives you a tremendous opportunity to help others.”

ERIN LANG: BABY BOOM Like many great ideas, Erin Lang’s inspiration for a new business came to her in the middle of the night. She was changing her infant’s diaper and fumbling with the snaps on his footed onesie, unable to align them properly and trying hard not to twist his little leg in the process. Exhausted and frustrated by the time she was able to lull her son back to sleep, she knew there had to be a better way.

It was then that the concept for ZIPaboo was born.

Jean Bates, Lucy & Leo’s Cupcakery co-founder, who earned her MBA in 2008 and was a finalist in Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” wedding edition.

Erin Lang, a 2001 graduate of the FSU College of Business and Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, officially launched ZIPaboo at the 2013 Golden Globes and was featured on “Access Hollywood.”

Jan Greenwood, who received her Ph.D. in counselor education in 1972, co-owns Greenwood/ Asher & Associates Inc. and has developed the educational search firm into a global brand.

Julianne Johnson, a 2013 entrepreneurship and professional sales graduate branching out from residential real estate to nurture a growing jewelry-making business.

“I think the best product ideas have been born from simple needs that are not being met,” said Lang, a 2001 FSU graduate who majored in entrepreneurship. “The traditional pajamas worked, but were inconvenient. It wasn’t until I became so frustrated by the snaps that I thought of ZIPaboo.

It seemed so simple and obvious to me.”

Kate Pankoke, a 2010 apparel design and technology major and “Project Runway” All Star whose Chicago-based luxury bridal line, Elaya Vaughn Bridal, has gained international prestige.

For now, Lang is enjoying the short-term rewards of traveling, learning about new markets and networking with other entrepreneurs. She also is keeping her eye on her primary goal. “The longerterm reward will come when ZIPaboo becomes a household brand, and I have a successful team working to build that brand.”

Photo by Stephanie Wind Photography

The morning after that diaper-changing episode, Lang took a sample onesie to a seamstress and had prototypes made until she had exactly what she wanted: a footed onesie with a zipper accurately placed to make it quick and easy for parents to change the baby without tugging at legs and struggling to align snaps. She officially launched ZIPaboo at the 2013 Golden Globes Boom Boom Room, the gifting suite for expectant celebrity parents, and gained a following after being invited to host the baby shower for Lisa Ling of OWN’s “Our America” series.

Laura Johnson, a 1984 alumna with a degree in studio art, who launched Coton Colors in Tallahassee in 1995 and whose Tapers & Toppers ceramic designs made it onto Oprah’s 2015 Favorite Things list in the March issue of O magazine.

Erin Lang

Lang likes knowing that her rewards will be directly linked to her efforts, and she’s looking forward to the day she can offer employment and opportunities for success to others.

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Photo by Gabriel Hanway

JAN GREENWOOD: SEARCHING OUT SUCCESS Jan Greenwood (Ph.D. ’72), whose expertise is in education, spent many years in a large executive search firm. In a corporate setting, she found it difficult to focus on higher education because the fees aren’t as substantial as those collected from Fortune 500 companies. In 2004, after planning for several years, Greenwood and her business partner founded Greenwood/Asher & Associates Inc. Based in Miramar Beach, it’s now one of the leading executive search firms in higher education worldwide, helping fill positions from Washington State University to the City University of Hong Kong.

Jean Bates

JEAN BATES: ICING ON THE CAKE What Jean Bates (B.S. ’97, M.B.A. ’08) calls her “light bulb moment” came when she and friend Paula Lucas walked into a cupcake shop while vacationing in London.

“The shop was exquisite and very tiny, and we looked at each other and decided we had to open our own cupcakery in Tallahassee,” explained Bates. “The country was in a recession, we were in a not-so-abundant job market, and we thought people needed a sweet, inexpensive treat to celebrate themselves. That’s how Lucy & Leo’s came to life.”

The business made a splash when it opened in 2009, and today Bates and Lucas own two popular Tallahassee brick-and-mortar locations plus a traveling food truck and cater special events. “Our target market,” Bates said, “are people who value made-from-scratch products, can afford them and who seek out great products from locally owned businesses.”

“All the pieces of your career and life go into leading you down the entrepreneurial road.

Florida State certainly added to that, significantly,” Greenwood said. “Don’t look at challenges as problems. Look at them as opportunities. How you look at things can lead to coming up with creative solutions and entrepreneurship.”

JULIANNE JOHNSON: MAKING A CHANGE Julianne Johnson (B.S. ’13) needed a present for Mother’s Day in 2014 when she came across coins her family had gathered on trips to the Bahamas. It struck her that a bracelet made of the coins would make a perfect gift. The gift was a hit with her mom, who posted the bracelet on Facebook, and friends asked Johnson to make one for them.

Within two weeks, she and her business partner launched Sea La Vie Accessories and found themselves in need of additional coins after a local boutique placed its first retail order. These days, eight stores from Deerfield Beach to Stuart and Anna Maria Island sell the one-of-a-kind pieces, and Johnson has begun incorporating coins from around the world, hoping she can get enough to fill the growing demand.

Sea La Vie Accessories bracelets Photo by Jack Bates Photography

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Johnson, of Jupiter, Florida, recently emailed Entrepreneur-in-Residence Jim Dever in the FSU College of Business to thank him for helping her gain the confidence and know-how to start her own jewelry-making business. Dever, who previously owned a string of hugely successful companies in West Florida, gladly passes on

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY

“We not only learned from his experiences, but he gave us the opportunity to learn from our own, and this taught me so much more than a textbook ever could,” Johnson said. “Through trial and error, failure and success, I became an entrepreneur.”

“... this taught me so much more than a textbook ever could,” Johnson said. “Through trial and error, failure and success, I became an entrepreneur.”

Recognizing entrepreneurs’ value to the economy, Florida State has expanded its efforts to create a culture of entrepreneurship across campus through entrepreneurs-in-residence.

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A $4.25 million gift in 2011 — from Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation, through The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship in the College of Business — allowed FSU to set its sights on being recognized nationwide as “The Entrepreneurial University.”

The university can now call on an impressive roster of successful alumni to inspire and foster entrepreneurial thinking among students.

By expanding the study of entrepreneurial practices across disciplines, Florida State gives all students, regardless of their field of study, the opportunity to learn fundamental business practices and enhance their career potential. The end goal is a culture change that promotes the transition from invention and creativity to the marketplace and encourages budding entrepreneurs to think big, take risks and enjoy the rewards of business ownership.

Julianne Johnson

KATE PANKOKE & LAURA JOHNSON: DESIGNING WOMEN For Kate Pankoke (B.S. ’10), who started out as a child selling jewelry at her parents’ garage sales and in high school sold accessories to her classmates, becoming an entrepreneur was inevitable.

“I simply can’t help it; it is in my blood,” she said.

“It’s a good fit for me because I am a control freak, which would be a very hard fit in corporate America. I have always had a very clear vision of what I wanted, and entrepreneurship allows me the freedom to go after my dreams.”

Photo by Heather Talbert

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his knowledge to enterprising students as part of FSU’s efforts to provide students deliberate exposure to role models. He was the first entrepreneur-in-residence hired by FSU thanks to a gift to The Jim Moran Institute by Jan Moran and The Jim Moran Foundation.

SEMINOLE Essentials Following their hearts, instincts and dreams, FSU’s women entrepreneurs have produced a formidable line of products.

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In a Zip Zippered easy-change onesies: ZIPaboo zipaboo.com

Tasty Treats Homemade, scrumptious cupcakes: Lucy & Leo’s Cupcakery lucyandleoscupcakery.com

Dishing It Out Brightly colored, handcrafted gifts: Coton Colors

by Laura Johnson

Wedded Bliss Luxury bridal wear: Elaya Vaughn Bridal by Kate Pankoke

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Photo courtesy of Coton Colors

Photo by Jack Bates Photography

Change It Up Bracelets featuring global coins: Sea La Vie Accessories sealavieaccessories.com

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Laura Johnson

Entrepreneurs can point to numerous reasons for choosing the path they did. But when it comes down to it, many, like Pankoke, say they love the freedom to do what they love doing the way they want to do it and being in control of their professional destiny.

Pankoke, who has made a name for herself in fashion with Elaya Vaughn Bridal, takes the same view. “It’s important to make sure your company is focused on something that you are truly passionate about,” she said. “The biggest challenge I first encountered when I started my company was learning to respect myself as a boss. I needed to learn to fear myself.

To wake up and get to work on time for fear of upsetting myself…. It is a strange mentality, but I’m sure that every entrepreneur knows exactly what I mean. It is not easy, and it can be lonely at times, but at the end of the day, it is so gratifying when it is your company.”

DONNA ABOOD: BUILDING A BUSINESS Donna Abood (B.S. ’81), who built her brand and distinguished herself in real estate, is at the point in her 34-year career where she can begin enjoying one of the ultimate rewards of entrepreneurship: the sale of her business. From the start, Abood viewed her increasingly valuable company as an asset to draw upon in the future. She has worked hard to ensure it is a solid investment. “As a selfemployed individual, no one is putting money aside for me, so this is my retirement fund,” said Abood, who in 2013 was inducted into the FSU College of Business Hall of Fame, the college’s top honor.

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Donna Abood

Blessed with enviable financial freedom and energy, Abood can revel in her past successes and set goals for her current position as managing director and principal at Avison Young. At the pinnacle of her career, she is happy to be among those who set the standard for excellence, standing shoulder to shoulder with those she considers the most talented in her industry, and still able to dream big.

Or, as Spanx founder Sara Blakely puts it, to own her own future.

Photo by Cristina Diaz

“I like not being subjected to obstructions or restrictions and can take Coton Colors to where I want it to go,” said Laura Johnson (B.A. ’84). Her retail/ wholesale company now employs 50 people, its market extends across the country to more than 3,000 retailers and it has been among Inc. magazine’s 5,000 fastest-growing businesses three years in a row. “I like being able to surround myself with creative people I can depend on and want to see the business succeed. The best part is getting to do something I love every day.”

Formed in 1989, her Coral Gables-based commercial real estate firm Abood & Associates became the largest privately held, locally based commercial real estate firm in Miami-Dade County before merging in 2002 with another company to become Abood Wood-Fay Real Estate Group, an affiliate of Colliers International South Florida. In late 2014, having amassed a remarkable portfolio of managed properties, close to 6 million square feet of property for lease and sale, employing more than 70 people with revenue of $12 million, Abood and her partner sold the company to the expanding Canadian commercial real estate firm Avison Young.

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Clockwise: While in Baltimore to oversee response and rebuilding in the aftermath of riots, Gov. Hogan took a helicopter ride to survey the damage. The governor met with students at the Empowerment Academy in Baltimore. The first family joined him onstage Jan. 21 during his inauguration as the 62nd governor of Maryland.

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TEN QUESTIONS W

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Gov. Larry Hogan (B.S. ’78)

The Baltimore riots in April thrust a novice politician into the national spotlight. Larry Hogan was on the job as Maryland governor for only three months when the unrest struck his state’s largest city. A government major who’d made his career in real estate, Hogan quickly staked out his turf as chief executive, moving the governor’s office to Baltimore temporarily and earning praise for his efforts to heal the torn city. Shortly after his January inauguration, VIRES® reached out to Hogan with Ten Questions to learn more about his life and career.

 What’s the best advice your father has given you? To not spend my entire career in politics, but to have a career in the private sector. I spent 30 years founding, building and growing a group of small businesses, and only now am I serving in my first elective office. I had the chance to have a successful career in the private sector, which has been helpful. Coming from the business side as opposed to just being a public official or a politician has given me a clear perspective about how government decisions affect people in the real world.

 A Maryland native, you moved to Florida in high school. Why did you decide to attend FSU? I went to Tallahassee and fell in love with the campus. I was a big fan of all the sports teams. I wanted to major in government, and FSU had one of the best government programs of any public institution. It’s also in the state capital, and I had the exciting opportunity to intern for the state legislature while I was earning my degree. I’m proud to be a Seminole.

 As a Republican candidate in a heavily Democratic state and with limited direct spending, how did you win the governorship? Well, it was the biggest upset victory in the entire country. We were outspent 5 to 1, by $16 million, in one of the bluest states. We won 20 out of 23 counties by a margin of 35 percentage points. It was because we built a large grassroots, bipartisan organization made up of Republicans, Democrats and independents who were frustrated with the direction of the state and were fed up with politics as usual in our state capital of Annapolis. They were looking for a change.

 How did your time at FSU help you most in your career? The overall educational experience at Florida State was terrific. I got my degree in government and political science, and while I was there, I interned with the minority leader of the Florida House. Here I am, all these years later, as governor of another state.  When you left public service to go into the private sector, you didn’t imagine returning. Why did you? I was a small-business man and a Marylander who was frustrated with the direction our state was headed. I decided that someone needed to step up and do something about it. So even though I had never held elective office before, I decided to run for governor so I could change Maryland for the better.  What did you take with you from the commercial real estate arena into politics? I spent the majority of my career as a negotiator and a facilitator, trying to find common ground between two parties. That has proven very helpful in state government, in negotiations with the legislature and in trying to see both sides of an issue and bringing parties together. My focus is on trying to bring all people — regardless of their party affiliation — together to come up with real, commonsense bipartisan solutions. So those business skills have proven very helpful.  What did you learn when your father, a Maryland congressman, cast aside politics to become the first Republican to vote for Richard Nixon’s impeachment? My dad was also the only Republican to vote for all three articles of impeachment. I learned more about integrity in one day when my dad read his vote than most people learn in a lifetime. He taught me that you should always do what is right over what is politically expedient.

I’m proud to be his son.

 You are an advocate for bipartisanship.

Why has it been difficult to attain in U.S. politics, and how do you hope to change that dynamic? It is one of the things that frustrates me the most, and it is something I heard nearly every single day on the campaign trail. People are angry at Democrats and Republicans and are frustrated with all of the partisanship and fighting, particularly in Washington, but also at the state level.

We need to put aside the partisanship and come together, put people above politics, and come up with common-sense solutions.

I’ve always found it’s important not to care which side of the political debate the ideas come from; just come up with the right solutions and fix the problems.  First lady Yumi Hogan, a first-generation Korean-American, is an artist and teacher. How does she plan to share those experiences in her new role? I’m really proud of the first lady. She’s the first Asian first lady in Maryland history, and she’s also the first Korean-American first lady of any state in the history of the United States. She’s an artist and an art professor who cares very deeply about arts education, so we have an advocate in the Governor’s Mansion who will shine a spotlight on the arts.  What are your fondest memories of FSU? I loved everything about going to school there; it was one of the best experiences of my life. I guess the thing that stands out the most for me was attending football and basketball games. I enjoyed the camaraderie of my friends and classmates and taking part in the whole college experience. Wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. Cheering on the Seminoles in football was probably the thing I remember the most, and I still root for them just as avidly today as I did back in college. Go Noles!

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Eternal Flame FSU student paper celebrates 100 years

By Gerald Ensley (B.A. ’80), Tallahassee Democrat

It’s been a pioneer, a thorn to the establishment and a Lazarus. It’s been a weekly, a daily, a twiceweekly and a thrice-weekly publication. It’s been on campus, off campus and now, perhaps fittingly, back on campus.

For decades, it was FSU students’ chief source for campus, local and state news. It carried a double major in controversy and irreverence. It wrote theses against social injustice and unfair academic policies. It cast a critical eye over big-time sports and reveled in art and culture. It celebrated streaking and championed the downtrodden. It launched the careers of hundreds of journalists, writers and broadcasters.

But the important thing is the Florida Flambeau has endured for 100 years as the Florida State University student newspaper.

Now known as the FSView & Florida Flambeau, the newspaper celebrated a milestone Jan. 23, 2015: the 100th anniversary of its first issue. The now-weekly newspaper marked the occasion with a commemorative issue and a reception for current and former staff members — at which current President John Thrasher (B.S. ’65, J.D. ’72) said he hoped the newspaper would endure another 100 years.

“It’s amazing to be part of something with so much history,” said Setareh Baig, the 2014–15 editor-in-chief. “In the past, students elected the editor because the newspaper had a lot of weight.

It still holds a lot of weight. It’s an integral part of campus.”

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A winding road to the centennial The Flambeau was founded as a students-only newspaper in 1915, when FSU was still the Florida State College for Women. In 1972, after years of battling with university officials over editorial control, it became an independent newspaper, whose ranks included many non-students.

It has always been distributed free. When it was a student paper, it was financed by FSU. Since independence, it has survived on advertising revenue — often struggling to stay afloat.

In fact, the Flambeau ceased publication for seven months in 1998 because of financial difficulties.

It was purchased by rival campus newspaper FSView and resurrected as the FSView & Florida Flambeau. In 2006, the newspaper was purchased by the Tallahassee Democrat and its parent Gannett Company Inc.

At its height, in the early 1980s, the Flambeau published 40,000 copies a day, Monday through Friday. Today, publishing on Thursdays, it prints 10,000 to 15,000 issues per week. It also maintains fsunews.com, which it updates daily.

The Flambeau spent decades on campus, first in the Longmire Building and later in the Student Union.

Since independence, it has been in two locations on South Woodward Avenue and another on West Brevard Street. Last summer, the FSView & Florida Flambeau temporarily moved into the Democrat building. In early February, it consolidated its operation in the FSU Student Union, where it has had business offices since 2006.

Above: Staff member working on a draft of the Flambeau, circa 1960s Opposite: From the headlines — Coeducation: May 4, 1945; Westcott fire: April 28, 1969; Flambeau independence: Sept. 12, 1972; Ted Bundy: Feb. 20, 1978; Charlie Ward (B.S. ’93) Heisman: Dec. 13, 1993; and the first issue: Jan. 23, 1915.

“I’m just glad the (Flambeau) name is still there,” said author and FSU English professor Diane Roberts (B.A. ’79, M.A. ’80), who began writing for the Flambeau as a student in 1980 and continued through 1993. “(The name) is a ghost to remind us of the old days.”

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The Florida Flambeau Timeline Professor Tommie Wright

Jan. 23, 1915.

Publishes first issue.

1915 Flambeau staff shown in the Flastacowo yearbook

Doug Alley

Oct. 10, 1950. Student Doug Alley (B.S. ’50, M.S. ’53, Ph.D. ’67)

publishes eight-line poem in Flambeau; FSU music professor Tommie Wright sets it to music, creating the “FSU Fight Song.”

Steadfast voice of opposition The weekly newspaper was launched in 1915 by its first editor, senior Ruby Leach, who’d complained to Democrat Editor Milton Smith that his newspaper didn’t carry enough FSCW news. Smith hired Leach to write two columns a week for the Democrat — which soon convinced FSCW President Edward Conradi that the school deserved its own publication.

The name was chosen by student Lucille Freeman, who opened a dictionary to the F’s and ran her finger down the page until it stopped on “flambeau,” a flaming torch.

FSCW students pulling the Flambeau Flier in 1939.

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Initially, the content was heavily controlled by faculty members. But after World War I, the students began flexing their journalistic muscle. In the 1920s, the paper became a voice for women’s suffrage and feminism, and it protested censorship and hypocrisy. One of its first controversies was questioning why some faculty members didn’t attend mandatory chapel services.

Sept. 19, 1972.

Flambeau, issued five days a week, publishes first issue as independent publication.

Jan. 12, 1998.

March 16, 1992.

July 13, 1998.

FSView founded as weekly newspaper.

Financially struggling Florida Flambeau ceases publication.

FSView purchases Florida Flambeau; the paper is published twice weekly as FSView & Florida Flambeau.

Into the 1930s and 1940s, the Flambeau continued as a voice for feminism and gender equality. It led one editorial charge that won female students the right to smoke, wear pants (covered by coats when outside) and leave campus unaccompanied.

The Flambeau’s community activism began in 1960, when editor Virginia Delavan (B.A. ’61) supported Tallahassee’s lunch counter sit-ins. Delavan was arrested at one civil rights demonstration and ran a blank front page after another, rather than submit to administrators’ censorship of her story.

By the 1970s, the Flambeau was the voice of the protest era. It supported civil rights and creation of FSU’s Black Student Union. It championed the rights of workers, from immigrant agriculture laborers to striking black workers at Tallahassee’s Elberta Crate Co. It was an ardent supporter of anti-Vietnam War activism, railing against attempts to shut down a Students for a Democratic Society chapter and covering every rally by radical Jack Lieberman. It was a cheerleader for counterculture music, art and recreational habits.

The newspaper sneered at attempts by President John Champion to censor the campus literary magazine.

It criticized President Stanley Marshall’s efforts to curtail student protest. It laughed at concerns about streaking, pushed for coed dorms and voiced frequent contempt for fraternities and sororities.

Aug. 1, 2006.

Tallahassee Democrat purchases FSView & Florida Flambeau.

Jan. 23, 2015.

FSView & Florida Flambeau celebrates 100th anniversary.

A price for activism?

Such clashes did not always serve it well: The battle with Marshall over editorials critical of his administration led to the newspaper’s independence in 1972 — trading an annual $150,000 university stipend for a $9,000 debt the first year.

“A lot of people worked for nothing,” said former General Manager Rick Johnson (B.A. ’69, M.A. ’73, J.D. ’90), now a Tallahassee attorney, “but there was enough anger to keep us going for two years (until it began to turn a profit).”

In 1992, the Flambeau’s contempt for Greek organizations led to the founding of the FSView, a more establishment-friendly and Greek-oriented weekly that quickly captured half of the Flambeau’s advertising market. In 1998, the Flambeau was forced to close for seven months — before being rescued by its merger with the FSView.

“The Flambeau I knew was a product of its time. It believed it had an obligation to question authority and challenge power — and do it in the most provocative way possible,” said Sid Bedingfield (B.A. ’83), the Flambeau’s editor-in-chief in 1980–81, who went on to a long career with CNN and now teaches at the University of Minnesota. “(Later), the Flambeau’s eagerness to raise uncomfortable questions — and poke fun at the Greek community Vires 37

Dyckman, pictured in the 1957 Tally-Ho yearbook

Flambeau Memories

by Martin Dyckman (B.A. ’57)

There was no course credit for working on the Florida Flambeau, but for me it was the functional equivalent of a major.

The student paper was my family from my enrollment in 1953 to my graduation in 1957.

West Hall — Smith Hall now — was where I slept, but the Flambeau was where I lived, found lasting friendships and learned that responsible journalism means taking risks.

It was certainly a risk when our performance critic, the brilliant music student David Ward-Steinman, reviewed a faculty recital

by Ernst von Dohnányi and wrote that the world-famous pianist and composer was showing his age (79). Some of the music professors considered truth no defense to such impertinence from a student, but when they put the issue to a vote, the majority refused to ask the Flambeau to stop reviewing faculty concerts.

We courted more serious trouble with our opposition to racial segregation, the issue that dominated Florida politics from the moment the Supreme Court ruled in May 1954 that “separate but equal” — an oxymoron if ever there was one — was unconstitutional in public education.

The Flambeau was still on campus, housed in Longmire next to student government, published twice weekly, funded primarily from student fees, and precariously dependent on the fragile patience of Westcott administrators who cared less for what we thought than for what the Legislature and Board of Control did.

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The universities were strictly segregated.

Many, if not most, FSU students supported the status quo. So did President Doak S. Campbell and his deans, whatever their private views might have been.

Most Flambeau staffers, however, were people who didn’t stand up when the band played Dixie. We were, in a word, troublemakers.

Four years before I enrolled, Campbell had defended student body president Reubin Askew (B.S. ’51) — a future governor — from a Board of Control member who was furious that Askew had invited an interracial student government organization to hold its next meeting at FSU. But Campbell also put the kibosh on the invitation and forced two Flambeau editors to resign over a column that maintained blacks were already quietly enrolled at FSU and the University of Florida.

So the question wasn’t “Is it news?” but rather “Dare we print it?” when, during my freshman year, a black student from Florida A&M University was ordered out of the audience at an Opperman Music Hall jazz concert.

We ran the story but held back the photograph we had of him.

“I’m just glad we didn’t print the picture,” Editor Bruce Galphin (B.A. ’54) said on returning from a tense hour in a dean’s office.

A year later, the Interfraternity Council signed Duke Ellington and his band for the Greeks’ annual ball.

This was huge news. It would be the first time any blacks came to one of Florida’s white campuses in a non-menial role, a historic crack in segregation’s iron curtain.

But we were urged to suppress the story.

A dean and the IFC president said they

were afraid of what might happen if the Legislature found out.

“Print the story,” one of them finally suggested. “Just don't say he’s black.”

We agreed to print the story straight without crowing about what it meant.

It stayed in my memory that we never wrote that Ellington and his band were black. But when I looked up the Flambeau on microfilm a few years ago, there was Ellington’s picture next to the story.

The Legislature must not have noticed.

The Tallahassee bus boycott, a major chapter in the civil rights revolution, dominated my senior year. Our coverage and commentaries were sympathetic; so were some other students and professors.

The politicians were irate.

President Campbell came close to shutting us down, but we didn’t know that.

Nearly 50 years later, doing research for a book, I found the then-secret minutes of Gov. LeRoy Collins’ advisory committee on race relations. Campbell, a member, told his colleagues that he might have silenced the Flambeau but for useful spies on our staff. He said they were tipping him to what we were hearing about the boycott and had destroyed an invitation from FAMU students asking FSU students to participate.

He didn't say who the spies were. I might guess, but I’d rather not know.

Three years later, during Tallahassee’s lunch counter sit-ins, the Flambeau was finally forced to censor itself. I was no longer there.

Dyckman was news editor of the Flambeau in 1956–57 and worked 46 years for the St. Petersburg Times, where he retired as an associate editor.

— grew increasingly unpopular. Perhaps the paper’s demise was inevitable, but I think the community suffered for it.”

Indeed, Roberts holds that the Flambeau’s greatest value was as a thorn in the side of the powersthat-be.

“The (Flambeau) was an important independent voice — non-corporate, non-beholden, never scared,” Roberts said. “It is the duty of journalists to scrutinize — and maybe pick on — the people in power.”

Baig now has a staff of eight full-time writer/editors, and as many as 18 freelancers per semester.

“The Flambeau was, in a large sense, my journalism school,” Dyckman said. “I thought and still think it’s very important to have a campus newspaper that provided commentary on campus, state and national affairs.”

As the Flambeau has done for 100 years.

Ensley, a senior writer for the Democrat, started his career in journalism at the Flambeau in 1978 before joining the Democrat in 1980.

Flambeau staff review the Dec. 2, 1960, issue.

Moni Basu, CNN correspondent

Professor Diane Roberts

“The Flambeau had a reputation for being radical; I don’t think we’ve lost that,” said Baig, a senior who wants to pursue a career in newspapers. “I encourage (staffers) to be forward-thinking and questioning.”

Launching pad for journalists Whatever its politics, the Flambeau always has been an incubator for journalists. From the 1950s to the late ’60s, FSU had a journalism school. But for most of its existence, the Flambeau staff has been drawn from non-journalism majors, who learned by doing.

Moni Basu (B.A. ’82, M.A. ’83) began in 1983 after earning a master’s degree in international relations. She went on to be an award-winning Iraq war reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is now a CNN correspondent. When she turned in her first Flambeau story, editor Eileen (née Drennen) Townsend (B.A. ’83) handed her a book on journalism and said, “Don’t come back until you’ve read the chapter on leads.”

“I learned to report, to write, to edit at the Flambeau; I learned every facet of the print business,” said Basu, editor-in-chief from 1986–88.

“Without the Flam, I suspect my journalism would be rather soulless. Without the Flam, I would not even be a reporter today.”

A Few Other Notable Flambeau Alumni Pulitzer Prize winners Doug Marlette (B.S. ’71) and Bob Sanchez (B.S. ’59, M.S. ’62)

Pensacola News Journal Editor Emeritus and preservationist J. Earle Bowden (See page 60.)

English jurist David Bedingfield (B.A. ’77) Freelance arts writer Steve Dollar (B.A. ’83)

New York Bar editor Michael Moline (B.A. ’81) Miami Herald writer Carol Marbin Miller (B.S. ’81) Associated Press reporter Jim Vertuno

Martin Dyckman, an award-winning reporter and editorial writer, and author of three books about Florida politics, joined the Flambeau as a freshman in 1953 and remained through his 1957 graduation with a degree in American studies.

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A Garnet and Gold Affair D.C. NOLES GALA

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In 1965 Florence Ashby (B.M.E. ’57) and a group of Noles founded the FSU Alumni Association’s Seminole Club® of Greater Washington, D.C., to connect Florida State alumni. On April 25, D.C. Noles gathered for A Garnet and Gold Affair to support FSU and celebrate the club’s 50 years of Seminole service and success.

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John Trosset (B.S. ’07) reminisced while looking at decades of club photos.

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This eye-catching photo from the Seminole Club® of Greater Washington, D.C., circa 1992–93 was a spirited blast from the past.

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Allen Van Brunt (B.F.A. ’77, M.S. ’95), former club treasurer, was recognized for 17 years of service to D.C. Noles, and Ashby was honored for her outstanding service to thousands of D.C. alumni.

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President John Thrasher (B.S. ’65, J.D. ’72) thanked D.C. Noles for supporting the Seminole family and FSU, including current leaders Howard Shores (M.S. ’08), club president, and Peri Farbstein (A.A. ’08, B.S. ’11, B.A. ’11), club vice president and Gala Host Committee chair.

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FSU Alumni Association President and CEO Scott Atwell welcomed President Thrasher and alumni in D.C.

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D.C. Noles (left to right) Sam Sanchez (B.S. ’08), club immediate past president, Mark Kandra (B.S. ’05, M.S. ’06), Alex Sanchez (B.S. ’06) and Carlos Monje (B.A. ’07).

Gala photos by Mark Burrell Photography

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Enriching the Lives of the SEMINOLE FAMILY

ASSOCIATION NEWS

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SEMINOLE CLUBS® & CHAPTERS The association’s more than 80 Seminole Clubs® and Chapters enjoyed a spring packed with volunteering, leadership building and celebrating their many accomplishments.

1. The Seminole Club® of Greater Washington,

5. Club of the Year honorees — Richmond

D.C., cleaned up and shared #FSUFlagEnvy at Eastern High School, as clubs volunteered around the U.S. for Seminole Service Day on March 21.

Seminole Club®, Seminole Club® of New York City, Manatee Seminole Club® and (pictured) Tampa Bay Seminole Club® — were recognized during the Clubbie Awards and on field at the April 11 spring football game. View a list of all 2015 Clubbie Award winners: alumni.fsu.edu/clubbies.

2. Seattle Seminole Club® took part in a food

drive at Rainier Valley Food Bank for Service Day. View more photos: gonol.es/2015Service.

6. The Seminole Club® of New York City’s 3. The Seminole Club® of North Texas President

Gabe Kirkpatrick (B.S. ’98, M.S. ’00) engaged in a Leadership Weekend breakout session, which brought together club leaders to learn new skills and share ideas.

4. Seminole Club® and Chapter leaders

gathered in Tallahassee for Leadership Weekend activities, including a reception, breakout sessions and Clubbie Award recognition.

Second Annual Nole York City Networking reception included special guest (center) Nada Usina (B.S. ’93, M.S. ’94), leader of Russell Reynolds Associates technology sector across the Americas and co-leader of the firm’s global digital convergence and mobile practice, as well as global sports practice.

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EMERITUS ALUMNI SOCIETY FSU emeritus alumni, those who graduated at least 50 years ago, gathered in Tallahassee for this year’s Emeritus Alumni Society Reunion, April 9–11.

1. (Right) Emeritus Alumni Society Board Chair

3. President John Thrasher (B.S. ’65, J.D. ’72)

Richard Kurras (B.S. ’52) passed the gavel to (left) incoming Chair Jack McCoy (B.S. ’56, M.S. ’58).

welcomed emeritus alumni — a group he will join during the Emeritus Alumni Society Golden Reunion for the Class of 1965 on Nov. 13–15.

More details to come: alumni.fsu.edu/reunion.

2. Commitment to Excellence Awards

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honorees: (far left) past FSU Alumni Association and Seminole Boosters Board member Melvin Pope Jr. (B.S. ’57); The Women for FSU founding member and FSU Foundation trustee Florence Ashby (B.M.E. ’57); and (right) early leader of FSU athletics William “Billy” Parker (B.S. ’51), former Seminole Boosters Board chair and FSU Alumni National Board past president.

Retired FSU history professor James “Jim” Jones (second from left) received the Dean Eyman Distinctive Service Award for his dedication to FSU.

4. (Left) Peggy Bruce Everett (B.A. ’63) and

(right) Nan Casper Hillis (B.S. ’76) gave a shoutout to Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters.

5. Everett donated her Osceola and Renegade

painting to the Emeritus Alumni Society. Any proceeds from the painting will go toward the Emeritus Society Student Veteran Academic Excellence Scholarship.

CIRCLE OF GOLD The FSU Alumni Association inducted its newest Circle of Gold members, honored for their service and achievements while personifying the university’s tradition of excellence, April 11 at Miller Hall.

1. President Thrasher with emeritus alumni and

2. Inductee Billy Close shared the meaning of

former Circle of Gold inductees (center) Pat Smith (B.A. ’54) and (right) Betty Lou Joanos (B.S. ’57, Ph.D. ’85).

receiving an education from FSU thanks to his mother’s sacrifices.

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3. The newest Circle of Gold inductees include

(left to right): The Women for Florida State University co-founder Stella Cottrell (B.A. ’71); retired FSU football Associate Head Coach/ Defensive Ends Coach Jim Gladden; Assistant Professor and Director of Service Learning and Mentoring in the College of Criminology & Criminal Justice Billy Close (A.A. ’85, B.S. ’88, M.S. ’92, Ph.D. ’97), former FSU track and field

athlete; and Adjunct Professor of Musicology Ruth Ruggles Akers (Ph.D. ’04), FSU Alumni National Board secretary.

4. Russ Morcom (B.S. ’69, M.S. ’69), former

Seminole Boosters Inc. chair, FSU Foundation trustee and Circle of Gold inductee, congratulated Cottrell, pictured with her daughter-in-law (center) Ginger Cottrell (B.S. ’12). Photos by Steve Chase

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GARNET AND GOLD TO CIRCLE OF GOLD: Recognizing Outstanding Alumni & Friends

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ASSOCIATION NEWS 1 STUDENTS & YOUNG ALUMNI The Student Alumni Association prepares Florida State students to become young alumni through hosting and engaging students in university events. After graduation, young alumni remain connected to the Seminole family through FSU Alumni Association networking events.

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1. SAA members volunteered alongside Tallahassee Seminole Club® for

Seminole Service Day to clean up the local Ronald McDonald House.

2. Students cooled off with the Thrashers at the annual President’s Ice Cream

Social in April. The event was hosted with the support of SAA leaders, including (left) SAA Leadership Council member Mitchell Geezil. Photo by Alvaro Gabaldon 3. (Far right) SAA and Senior Class Council member Michelle Boughan joined a

group of soon-to-be Seminole alumni in the tradition of dipping class rings into Westcott Fountain as part of the Class of 2015 Ring Ceremony presented by SAA and Student Affairs.

4. Young alumni gathered in Tampa to take in a spring training ballgame with

Tampa Bay Seminole Club® and Pinellas Seminole Club® members at March’s Young Alumni Networking event.

5. Tampa Bay Seminole Club® President and FSU Alumni National Board

Director Max Oligario (B.S. ’99) presented FSU a $40,000 check for scholarship endowments at the Young Alumni event.

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NOLES IN NYC & NAPA Seminole spirit soared on both coasts this spring with Noles in New York City and Noles in Napa. See page 4 for this fall’s upcoming events!

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1. FSU alumni celebrated FSU at Noles in New

5. Noles gathered for a private tour and cocktail

York City with President and first lady Thrasher.

presented a $17,000 check from the Seminole Club® of New York City to the Thrashers for the FSU-NYC Sept. 11 Scholarship Fund.

reception at Chimney Rock, including (left to right) Leonor (B.S. ’80) and Tom Hynes (B.S. ’80), FSU Alumni National Board chair elect; Beth and Larence Park; and Ruth Ruggles Akers (Ph.D. ’04), FSU Alumni National Board secretary and Circle of Gold inductee. (See page 43.)

3. (Left to right) New York Nole Samantha

6. Food and wine tastings were enjoyed by

Amazan (A.A. ’03, B.A. ’07) was joined by Kimberly Hankerson, FSU College of Business assistant dean of development, and fellow NY Noles Christina Amazan (A.A. ’10, B.A. ’11) and Tiffany Lettsome (B.S. ’12).

Noles, including (clockwise): Tom Jennings, vice president for university advancement; Dawn Cannon Jennings (B.S. ’95), director of alumni programs and outreach; FSU hospitality instructor Libby Lewis (B.A. ’88, M.S. ’98); Whitney Powers (B.S. ’09), associate director for alumni programs and outreach; Monica Brinkley (B.S. ’85); Kevin (J.D. ’92) and Helena Malchow (J.D. ’92); and their host. View more alumni photos: flickr.com/FSUalumniassociation.

2. Jesse Wexler (B.A. ’06), club president,

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4. Luscious green wineries and rolling hills were

the backdrop for Noles in Napa.

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Show your SEMINOLE PRIDE anywhere and everywhere!

FSU Alumni Association Members: Purchase exclusive alumni apparel, tailgating accessories and more from the FSU Alumni Reward Zone!

Log on to alumni.fsu.edu/member to purchase items.

From the moment you fall in love with FSU to the time you’re a student, then a young alumnus to emeritus status, the Seminole spirit lasts for life. We are all Seminoles Forever.

TRADITION Our tradition. We’re just one big family!

– Alfredo Lazo (B.A. ’91)

What makes you proud to be a Seminole?

“Attending and being involved with

EDUCATION I use my education every single day to help mold the future — thanks

FSU through the years has blessed me with many valued and long-lasting friendships with fellow Noles.”

– Dr. Tom Haney (B.A. ’64), Circle of Gold inductee

to this university. Noles make a difference and that’s

“There’s an indescribable, yet

something to be proud of!

so simple, feeling of home and

– Samantha Crumpler (B.S. ’14)

belonging at FSU.” – Tessa Noell (B.S. ’08)

“FSU made me feel like family from the first time I spoke with someone in admissions. Going to FSU is probably the best decision I’ve ever

EVERYTHING Everything! Florida State is my heart!

– Isidro Iturralde (B.S. ’05)

made in life.”

– Dan Hamm (B.S. ’74)

“FSU has been my larger and caring family since my first day on campus in 1953!”

– Betty Lou Whittle Joanos (B.S. ’57, Ph.D. ’85), Circle of Gold inductee

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What are your favorite memories of Florida State? Share your photos and stories with #SeminolesForever!

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Thank You to Our New Life Members The following alumni and friends are recent* Life members of the FSU Alumni Association. Their support creates opportunities for our students, alumni and members who are and will always be #SeminolesForever.

Find out more about alumni membership: alumni.fsu.edu/join.

Joan C. Palmer (B.A. ’49) Sally A. Hugli (B.S. ’57) Philip R. Sticksel (M.S. ’59, Ph.D. ’66) Martha A. Davis (B.A. ’60, M.A. ’63) Natalie H. Hill (B.S. ’60) Marcia V. Davis (B.S. ’61) Elizabeth C. Traub (B.S. ’61) Paula D. Welch (B.S. ’63) Paula O. Fortunas (B.A. ’65, M.A. ’67) and Timothy Fortunas Jon R. Wallace (B.S. ’66, M.S. ’67) and Vivian Wallace Peter M. Kennedy (M.A. ’67) Joan T. Neeld (B.S. ’67) and Paul H. Neeld John H. Trott (B.S. ’67) and Rebecca A. Trott Anne A. McKnight (B.A. ’69, M.S. ’72) and Richard B. McKnight Michele M. Murphy (B.S. ’69) Sara R. Whitacre (B.S. ’69) Fred W. Hartford (Adv.M. ’72, Ph.D. ’80) and Sue Hartford Laurie M. Grubbs (B.S. ’73) Murk L. Smitherman Jr. (B.S. ’73) and Kathy A. Smitherman Curtis M. King (B.S. ’74) and Rosaria C. King Nancy D. Stutts (M.A. ’74, Ph.D. ’79) Neva L. Cooper (B.S. ’75) Peter J. Austin (B.S. ’76) Gregg W. Gutowski (B.S. ’76) and Cynthia B. Gutowski (B.S. ’79) Clara J. Martin (B.S. ’76) Paul J. Micale (B.A. ’76) and Shannon Micale Robert A. O’Connor (B.S. ’76) and Melanie M. O’Connor Zanith L. Toomes (M.S. ’76) Susan E. Allen (B.S. ’77) Mary E. Burke (B.S. ’77) and John D. Burke (B.S. ’78) Francis J. Nardozza (B.S. ’77) and Anne M. Nardozza

Jennifer A. Doak (B.S. ’78) and Daniel A. Doak (B.S. ’78) Todd L. Green (B.S. ’78) Donald C. Myers (B.S. ’78) Harriett D. Stripling-Hunter (B.A. ’78, M.A. ’91) and Robert A. Hunter Deborah S. Bookman (B.S. ’79) and Stuart M. Bookman Bruce M. Deterding (B.A. ’79) and Linda E. Deterding Sharon F. Harris (B.S. ’79) and James S. Harris Sandra S. Martin (B.S. ’80) and John R. Martin Thomas J. Dudley (B.S. ’81) and Valeria Dudley John G. Covington (B.S. ’82) Maura Hayes (B.S. ’82) Stanley M. Weston (B.S. ’82) Sheryl E. Albright (A.A. ’83, B.S. ’85) Lou E. Combs (B.S. ’83) and Joe D. Holt William C. Lloyd (A.A. ’83, B.S. ’86) and Stephanie A. Lloyd Susan P. Lynch (B.S. ’83) and Michael Lynch Kelly M. Wood (B.S. ’83) and Raymond Wood Marla E. Russell (B.S.N. ’84) and David A. Russell Kevin M. Sherlock (B.S. ’84) Lisa J. Conoly (M.S. ’86) and Mike W. Conoly Keith A. Harris (B.S. ’86) and Molly J. Harris (B.S. ’89) Kimberly K. Holland (A.A. ’87, B.S.N. ’89) Alberto J. Cabrera (B.S. ’88) Michael R. Fabec (J.D. ’88) Marcita V. McCray (A.A. ’88, B.S. ’89) Jeffrey A. Modarelli (B.S. ’88, M.P.A. ’92) and Stephanie S. Modarelli Jill S. Stults (B.S. ’88) and Deron W. Stults Michelle M. Anderson (B.S. ’89) Reynaldo Rodriguez (B.S. ’89) and Julia K. Rodriguez (B.S. ’87) Susann E. Rudasill (M.S. ’89) and Michael C. Rudasill Sheila L. Barnes-Williams (B.S. ’90) and Marcus D. Williams (B.S. ’06, M.S. ’10) David A. Benn (B.S. ’90) Kimberly W. Biggs (A.A. ’90, B.S. ’92) and Michael A. Biggs (B.S. ’93) Heather L. North (B.S. ’90) and Timothy O. North Barrie L. O’Brien (B.S. ’90) and Denny R. Lamoureux Paul C. Braswell (B.A. ’91, M.S. ’94) Mark H. Cunningham (B.S. ’91) Willie R. Hodges (B.S. ’91) and Kristi N. Hodges

Christopher P. Tracy (B.S. ’91) Lance M. Lumbard (A.A. ’92, B.S. ’94) and Lisa P. Lumbard (B.S. ’93) John R. Napoli (B.S. ’92) Michael R. Cavendish (B.S. ’93) and Michele L. Cavendish (B.S. ’93) Mark D. Chin-Lenn (A.A. ’93, B.A. ’94) and Kevin S. Pfeiffer Joyce E. Nickelson (B.S. ’93, M.S. ’95) and Reg Albritton Debbie A. Ashley (A.A. ’94) David R. Bailey (A.A. ’94) and Brandy Bailey Brian H. McMillan (B.S. ’94) Kirk T. Rostron (B.A. ’94) Matthew K. Schlichenmaier (B.S. ’94) and Kristy L. Schlichenmaier Coleen E. Stinson (B.S. ’94, M.S. ’96) and Scott M. Stinson Merry M. Sutton (B.A. ’94) John-Paul A. Wise (B.S. ’94) April K. Salter (B.A. ’95) and Chris Fagiano Kendra D. Briggs (B.S. ’96) and Joe D. Briggs (J.D. ’07) Mary W. Groce-Madison (B.S.N. ’97) and Tommy Madison Toni M. Mobley (B.S. ’97) and Terrian L. Mobley Matthew L. Ronchetto (B.S. ’97, B.S. ’99) and Mandolin L. Ronchetto (A.A. ’96, B.S. ’99) Marcia D. Thornberry (B.S. ’97, M.S. ’00) and Robert L. Thornberry Christian A. Castro (B.S. ’98) and Janitza Castro Ronald J. Cottman (B.S.N. ’99) and Tricia J. Cottman (B.S. ’00) Bradley A. Crawford (B.S. ’99) N'Keiba J. Estelle (B.A. ’99) and Shayla Estelle Justin L. Hof (B.S. ’99) and Jessica Hof Sarah C. Latham (M.S. ’99, Ph.D. ’04) Justin C. Nee (B.S. ’99, B.S. ’06) Brandon D. Boyd (B.S. ’00) and Erin Boyd Brett J. Lewellyn (B.S. ’00) and Sibyl Lewellyn Jason H. Mikes (B.S. ’00) and Heather Mikes (B.S. ’00) John A. Spear (B.S. ’00) Christopher J. Weinke (B.S. ’00) and Amy H. Weinke (B.S. ’00) Jennifer E. Creech (B.S. ’01, M.S. ’04) Laura A. Alvarez (A.A. ’02, B.S. ’03) and Kevin A. Alvarez (B.S. ’02) Michele Burt (B.S. ’02) and Christian S. Burt

Murray L. Baker (B.S. ’03, M.D. ’08) and Heidi M. Baker (B.S. ’04) Mary E. Goldsmith (M.P.A. ’03) David L. Harwood (B.S. ’03) Daniel L. Morgan (B.S. ’03) and Iona L. Morgan Faunamin Foster (B.A. ’04, B.S. ’04, M.S. ’06) Jessica M. Hanson (B.S. ’04, M.B.A. ’08) Simmie A. Raiford (Ph.D. ’04) Leslie M. Sanders (B.S. ’04, M.D. ’09) and Todd J. Sanders (B.S. ’04) Christopher S. Stevens (B.A. ’04) and Kelsey L. Stevens (B.S. ’06, M.B.A. ’12) Jonathan J. Underwood (B.S. ’04) Joseph L. Kearney (B.S. ’05) and Mary Smyrnioudis Ashraf M. Khan (B.S. ’05) and Kaylyn Khan Patrick S. Regan (B.S. ’05) and Tatiana F. Regan Kerry K. York (B.S. ’05) Kyle Reed (B.S. ’06) and Jessica Reed Christina N. Ripley (B.S. ’06) and Matthew A. Ripley (B.S. ’08) Kirk J. Jirak (B.S. ’08) and Mary Thielen Jeremy D. Reeder (B.S. ’09) and Tasha Reeder (B.S. ’07) Daniel J. Munzner (M.S. ’10) and Kimberly Munzner Lisa P. Primiani (B.S. ’10) Dustin R. Daniels (B.A. ’11, B.S. ’11) Aviram Assidon (B.S. ’12) Lavigne A. Kirkpatrick (B.S. ’12) and Thaddeus Kirkpatrick (B.S. ’80) John M. Sorrells (M.S. ’12) Chelsea E. Moyle (B.S. ’13) Krystyn E. Pecora (M.S. ’13) and Piero A. Pecora Carolina Perez-Siam (B.A. ’13) and Frank Perez-Siam Christopher Showalter (M.B.A. ’13) and Renee Showalter Matthew R. Berning (B.S. ’14) Rosalia E. Contreras (B.S. ’14) Jeremy Kong (B.S. ’14) and Lynn A. Kong Friends Colton S. Peirce Laura Russell and Byron Russell Ernest Summers *This list includes individuals who joined the FSU Alumni Association as Life members between Jan. 1, 2014, and March 31, 2015.

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EMERITUS Jerry Byrnes (B.S. ’56) received an Emeritus Membership Certificate from Charlotte (North Carolina) SCORE, a nonprofit that helps small businesses get started, for his more than 25 years of volunteer service.

Gordon Gaster (B.S. ’56), Circle of Gold inductee and former FSU Foundation Trustee and FSU Alumni Association National Board chair, received the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy’s 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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JEFF GALLOWAY (M.S. ’71) 1972 Olympian Jeff Galloway was teaching an FSU extension course in beginner running in 1974 when he devised a theory: Runners have the best chance of finishing a marathon, without injury, by taking strategic walk breaks.

In 1984 he put forth his method in “Galloway’s Book on Running,” North America’s bestselling running book.

Galloway says FSU, where he earned a master’s in social studies education, was critical to his rise in running. “I had the feeling at Florida State that I could take on anything.”

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Mike Martin (B.S. ’66), FSU baseball coach, Circle of Gold inductee and Bernard F. Sliger Award recipient, was honored by Tallahassee Memorial Hospital with the naming of The Mike Martin Family Playroom for his donations to the Children’s Center COPE Program.

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Sandra Cleveland Aspen (B.S. ’71) was appointed to the Controlled Substances Advisory Committee

by Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell.

J. Emory Johnson (B.S. ’72), J. Emory Johnson Interior Design Consultants Inc. owner and on Florida’s Board of Architecture and Interior Design, was named the 2014 Louis S. Tregre Award recipient by the Council for Interior Design Qualification.

Johnson is a founding chair and member of the College of Fine Arts Advisory Board and former FSU Alumni Association National Board vice president.

“Walk breaks help stop the progressive buildup of stress on muscles and potential injury sites, and they preserve energy resources,” says Galloway, who lives in Atlanta. “My method has revolutionized the pursuit of long-distance training.”

He’s the official training consultant for runDisney, advising thousands of runners who participate in Walt Disney World and Disneyland races. He’s also written 27 other running books.

Beverly Helms (B.A. ’66, M.S. ’70, Ed.D. ’82) served as president of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society for Key Women Educators from 2012–14 and is now immediate past international president.

Steve Parton (B.S. ’70, J.D. ’74), former general counsel for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, joined GrayRobinson P.A.’s Tallahassee office as a shareholder, where he will establish a new insurance regulatory practice.

Galloway (center) training in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.

Galloway has been running for 56 years — competing in a marathon every month. In the 37 years since he started taking walking breaks, he hasn’t suffered a running injury.

Tom Woodruff (B.S. ’65), Circle of Gold inductee, of Woodruff Injury Law, skied at Telluride, Colorado, placing first in his division, and went on to ski at the Nature Valley NASTAR National Championships 2015 in Colorado in March.

Alice L. Kershaw Luckhardt (B.S. ’72) and her husband, Greg, were honored as Martin County Historic Preservationists for October 2013 to May 2015.

John DeYoung (M.M. ’57), retired Bartow Adult Concert Band director, was inducted into the Halls of Fame of the Florida Music Educators’ Association and the Florida Bandmasters Association.

Lanis Pinchuk (B.S. ’59) received an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Colorado Boulder during 2014 spring commencement.

Bob Richardson (B.S. ’63) is a shareholder at Wiltshire, Whitley, Richardson & English P.A., which celebrated 25 years of business in Southwest Florida.

Gloria Moore (B.S. ’72), founder of the Renewglobal Alliance for Innovative Sustainable Enterprises and one of the first black graduates of FSU’s thenSchool of Home Economics Education, was a 2015 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellowship semifinalist for her company’s commitment to improving life outcomes for black men and boys.

Lonnie Groot (B.S. ’73, J.D. ’76), Stenstrom, McIntosh, Colbert & Whigham P.A. of counsel and city attorney for Daytona Beach Shores (Florida), participated in the Seminole County School District’s “Teach In” at Lyman High School, where students learned about careers, educational objectives and professionals’ lives.

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John Rogers (B.A. ’73, J.D. ’88), Florida Retail Federation senior vice president, was elected to the Bethune-Cookman University Board of Trustees.

Larry Campbell (B.S. ’65), longtime Leon County (Florida) sheriff (see page 62), was honored posthumously with the naming of the Sheriff Larry Campbell Administration Building.

Bob Sasser (B.S. ’73), Dollar Tree CEO, will head the company as it purchases and combines with Family Dollar.

Meg Crofton (B.S. ’74, M.B.A. ’75), 2013 Grad Made Good, retired June 1 as president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ U.S. and France operations.

Dennis Dix (B.S. ’74) was named the executive director of the Hernando/Citrus Metropolitan Planning Organization in Florida.

Mark Nolting (B.S. ’74) was featured in the Miami Herald for his expertise in adventure as the founder of the Africa Adventure Co., which has organized safaris since 1986.

Barrett “Barry” Smith (B.S. ’75), FSU Hall of Fame inductee, former NFL player and current promotional products consultant at Geiger, was named president of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors.

Diahann W. Lassus (B.S. ’76), Lassus Wherley president, was named to the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants inaugural CPA list for her continuing impact on the accounting profession in New Jersey and beyond.

Lynne Y. Lummel (B.S. ’76) was promoted to executive vice president/chief transformation management officer in the newly created Transformation Management Office of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, where she will work with senior leadership initiatives to meet future needs.

Sharon Snodgrass Pennekamp (B.S. ’76, M.S. ’78) and four other Seminoles spanning five decades — Andrea Stanfield (B.A. ’89, M.S. ’07), Rebecca Post O’Brien (B.A. ’96, M.A. ’97), Stephanie Padro (B.S. ’08) and current student Alexis Bass — were initiated as members of Kappa Kappa Gamma and selected to attend the group’s National Leadership Academy last September.

Gail Stansberry-Ziffer (B.S. ’76), vice president of public relations at the communications company Ziffer Stansberry, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Dee Andrews (M.S. ’77, Ph.D. ’80) retired from the Department of Defense after 34 years in the civil service, including having worked for all four military services and completing his time as a member of the Senior Executive Service.

Terry Anne Kant-Rauch (B.S. ’77, M.S. ’79), owner of Kant Realty of North Florida LLC, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Kyle Riva (B.S. ’77), FSU Business School Board of Governors, Seminole Boosters Board and FSU Real Estate Center Board member, launched Alexander Investments International Inc., a luxury multifamily residential real estate development company, and will serve as the firm’s CEO and president.

Ed Burr (B.S. ’79), president and CEO of GreenPointe Holdings LLC and FSU trustee, was elected the 2015 chairman of the Jacksonville Civic Council.

Mark Ellis (B.S. ’79, J.D. ’84), International Bar Association executive director (see pages 17 and 20), FSU Alumni Association National Board director and 1998 Grad Made Good, gave the 2014 Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Klatsky Lecture on Human Rights and showcased “eyewitness,” an app that will allow citizen observers to record, document and report international crimes from their cell phones.

Steven Geller (B.A. ’79, J.D. ’82), GreenspoonMarder Law shareholder, was recognized as a 2014 Florida Super Lawyer.

Tim Koenig (A.A. ’79, B.S. ’80, J.D. ’83), immediate past president of the Monroe County Bar Association and Keys representative for the Florida Bar Board of Governors, was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to a seat on the 16th Judicial Circuit Court covering the Florida Keys.

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Jere Humphreys (M.M. ’76), Arizona State University professor of music, taught a graduate music course at the University of Michigan in summer 2014.

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W. Tim O’Keefe (M.B.A. ’74, D.B.A. ’78) was appointed dean of the University of West Florida College of Business.

Alena King Lawson (B.S. ’77), retired Gainesville Police Department lieutenant and former commissioner for Newberry (Florida), was honored by the city with the naming of the Alena King Lawson Computer Lab at the City of Newberry Community Center.

JOHN ABEL

(B.A. ’87) One in three older people die with dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

But John Abel hopes to be instrumental in improving their lives.

A graduate of FSU’s music therapy program — one of the country’s oldest and most esteemed — he strums his guitar and sings, working to stir up memories in patients. Up to 10 percent of the residents also have MP3 players with their generation’s music.

Cricket Mannheimer (A.A. ’79, B.F.A. ’81, M.S. ’94), teacher and artistic director at Tallahassee Dance Academy, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Abel is a music therapist at three Atlantaarea nursing homes operated by A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab. Music, it turns out, works as few other interventions can.

Cari Roth (B.S. ’79, J.D. ’83) joined the Tallahassee office of Dean Mead business law firm as of counsel in the government relations, lobbying and administrative law practice group.

“It evokes a feeling of nostalgia that can make them remember other things about their past,” says Abel.

1980s Annette Boyd Pitts (B.S. ’80, M.S. ’81), Florida Law Related Education Association Inc. executive director, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Lona Robertson (B.S. ’80, M.S. ’86), associate dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas, was one of 22 fellows of the Food System Leadership Institute to be recognized at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Landgrant Universities for her work.

Music can also motivate patients during physical therapy.

“They might dance a little bit while walking down the hall, or move their arms a little more or shake their body while they’re sitting,” Abel explains.

“I knew I wanted to play music, and I knew I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives,” he says. “Florida State’s music therapy program really turned out to be a nice marriage.”

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Connie E. Jenkins-Pye (A.A. ’81, B.S. ’83, B.S. ’84, M.S.W. ’85), FSU Black Alumni president and Tallahassee Police Department case manager, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Kathleen McGrath (B.S. ’81), Madison Street Academy of Visual and Performing Arts teacher, was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Steve Bissonnette (B.S. ’82, M.S.P. ’84), Lakeland (Florida) assistant director of community development, became president of Volunteers in Service to the Elderly.

Joyce Morgan (A.A. ’82, B.S. ’83) received her doctoral degree in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University in Orlando, Florida.

Pamela D. White (B.S. ’82) was named the executive director of equity and access in the Department of Human Resources at Virginia Tech.

Liz Joyner (M.S.W. ’83), executive director at The Village Square, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Kim Barnhill (B.S. ’84, M.S. ’87, M.PH. ’08) was appointed deputy secretary for County Health Systems for the Florida Department of Health.

Doreen Spadorcia (J.D. ’84, M.A. ’84), vice chair of The Travelers Companies, and Jeff Cruey (M.S. ’05), divisional president of specialty property and AgriBusiness at Great American Insurance Group, were named in Insurance Business America magazine’s Hot 100 list for 2015.

Tom Desjardin (A.A. ’85, B.S. ’86, M.S. ’89), former senior policy adviser for Maine Gov. Paul LePage, was named the state’s commissioner of education.

Laurye Messer (B.S. ’85, M.S. ’11), adjunct instructor of history at Tallahassee Community College, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Thomas Penders (B.S. ’85, M.S. ’97), cultural resources manager for the 45th Space Wing, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, founded Archaeologists for Autism.

Mark Auerbacher (A.A. ’86, B.S. ’87) was promoted to shareholder in the Miami office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.

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John Carbone (B.S. ’86) was promoted to deputy chief of police at the Clinton Police Department in Connecticut.

Kirk Coker (B.S. ’86), former FSU quarterback, joined Advanced Systems Design Inc. as director of operations, federal division in St. Petersburg.

Blair Cox (B.S. ’86) became a business development manager on the leadership team of GCR Inc., a multidisciplinary consulting firm with a focus on the aviation industry.

Jorge Pérez (B.A. ’86, M.B.A. ’88, Ph.D. ’97) was named vice provost for institutional effectiveness at Kennesaw State University, where he also serves as professor of information systems.

Mark E. Stein (B.A. ’86) is a partner in the newly formed Mark Stein Law in Aventura, Florida, which focuses on intellectual property law.

Octavius “Ocky” Clark (B.S. ’87), former FSU track star and current Winter Springs High School (Florida) dean of students and track coach, retraced his grandfather’s steps and raised funds for the school’s athletic facilities by walking from WSHS to Doak Campbell Stadium as part of “Strides for Students.”

Rick Cunningham (B.S. ’87), Broward County (Florida) Public Schools administrator, was named the 2014 Outstanding Administrator of the Year by the Commission on Adult Basic Education, as well as the 2013–14 Florida State Administrator of the Year by the Adult and Community Educators of Florida.

Mike Rittberg (A.A. ’88, B.S. ’90) was promoted to general manager of Verve Music Group and will oversee the company’s operations, artist development and release schedule.

Penelope Deutsch (B.S. ’89) became a trainer of mentor and tutor volunteers for AMIkids Crossroads in Charlotte County (Florida) on behalf of the Children’s Home Society.

KEVIN CARR

(B.S. ’90, M.P.A. ’93) The entrepreneurial beginnings for Kevin Carr trace back to his days as an academic adviser for Florida State track, tennis and golf student athletes.

“That grew into an interest in wanting to explore the business side of sports,” says Carr, who in August launched PRO2CEO, a Tampabased consulting firm that helps athletes and artists transition into business careers. CEO Carr co-founded the firm with his brother, Keith (A.A. ’88, B.S. ’90, M.P.A. ’93).

From 2001 to 2014, Carr was vice president of social responsibility and player programs for the National Basketball Association and NBA Development League, providing transition, career and life coaching tips to athletes.

“I worked hand in hand with everyone from emerging stars to the LeBron Jameses of the world,” Carr says.

He credits FSU with giving him essential skills to build on his successful career.

1990s Sean Farrell (B.S. ’90), Air Force colonel, became commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida, where he is responsible for preparing Air Force special operations forces for missions worldwide in support of Army, Navy, Marine and allied special forces and U.S. Air Force counterparts.

“That was my first opportunity to coach and lead and develop people in a very strategic way, to prepare them to be successful in another arena,” says Carr. “Had I not gone to Florida State, I definitely see my life being in a very different place.”

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John Fiveash (B.S. ’82), Lewis, Longman & Walker P.A. senior counsel, was appointed to the American Association of Port Authorities Law Review Committee.

Timothy Beard (B.S. ’86, M.S. ’87, Ph.D. ’98) was selected by the Pasco-Hernando State College District Board of Trustees to become the college’s fourth president, effective this summer.

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Mike Zimmer (B.S. ’80) and George Oyarzun (B.S. ’81) purchased Unique Producers Serve, a production grip and lighting company in South Florida, and worked with Sony pictures and Netflix on “Bloodline.”

Rubin Patterson (B.S. ’83) wrote “Greening Africana Studies: Linking Environmental Studies with Transforming Black Experiences,” which explains how black communities in particular are harmed by local environmental degradation and global climate change.

Lisa A. Urkevich (M.M. ’90), American University of Kuwait associate professor, Department of Music and Drama chair and 2015–16 Harvard University visiting scholar, published the first comprehensive study on the music of the Arabian Peninsula, “Music and Traditions of the Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.” (See page 16.)

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Marcia Fine (B.S. ’66) won the ONEBOOKAZ writing contest in the Adult category for “The Blind Eye: A Sephardic Journey.”

Ron Stone (B.S. ’69, M.S. ’70, Ph.D. ’75) wrote “Touch Just One Life,” a tribute to educators and supporters of public education.

Bob Caso (B.F.A. ’86), actor and producer, produced his first feature-length film, “In Between Days,” at locations in Brevard County, Florida.

Mark Luprecht (Ph.D. ’86) edited “Iris Murdoch Connected: Critical Essays on Her Fiction and Philosophy.”

D.S. Lliteras (B.A. ’74, M.F.A. ’77) wrote “Viet Man,” a Vietnam War combat story from the perspective of a hospital corpsman/combat diver in the 1st Recon Marine Corps.

Christie Koontz (B.S. ’80, M.S. ’81, Ph.D. ’90), College of Communication & Information research associate in information studies, coauthored “Marketing and Social Media: A Guide for Libraries, Archives, and Museums” with colleague Lorri Mon. Jack Moser (Ed.S. ’80, Ph.D. ’87) wrote “Who Cares? I Do,” a book of poetry.

Mary Jane Ryals (B.A. ’80, M.A. ’89, Ph.D. ’94) wrote the mystery novel “Cutting Loose in Paradise.”

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Tara Ochs (B.A. ’97) played civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo in the 2014 Golden Globe and Academy Award Best Picture nominee “Selma.”

CLASS NOTES Aaron S. Moorhead (B.F.A. ’09) co-directed the horror/romance movie “Spring” and was named one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch.

Nicole Spencer (B.F.A. ’09) is the swing/dance captain on the Broadway U.S. tour of “Dirty Dancing — The Classic Story on Stage.”

Tanya Perez (B.A. ’97) had roles in “Orange Is the New Black” and “Madam Secretary,” roles she described to The Daytona Beach News-Journal as helping her thrive.

Holly Swanson (B.A. ’97) wrote the screenplay for “The People’s Joe,” a documentary about former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno.

Lauren “L.L.” Collins (B.A. ’00) wrote “Twisted Souls” and “Twisted Paths.”

Tom Kahre (B.A. ’12) was a sound engineer for Erica Campbell’s (part of the group Mary Mary) solo album “Help,” which won a 2015 Grammy for best gospel album.

Rheeda Walker (M.S. ’00, Ph.D. ’02) was the principal investigator of a new research study, “Perceived Racism and Suicide Ideation: Mediating Role of Depression but Moderating Role of Religiosity among African American Adults,” which was published in the journal Suicide and LifeThreatening Behavior.

Joanna Brooks (B.F.A. ’01), digital media producer at EventStreams, had her thesis film, “Giselle,” nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Production Design at the 2014 SCADemy Awards.

Jason W. Lee (Ph.D. ’02) edited “Policy and Governance in Sport: Issues, Organizations, and Practical Application” with Robin Hardin.

Chris Alender (B.F.A. ’98) will have his feature directorial debut with an untitled sci-fi movie with producer JJ Abrams and Abrams’ company, Bad Robot, for Sony Pictures.

James A. Grymes (M.M. ’98, Ph.D. ’02) received the 2014 National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category for “Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust — Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour.”

NaTonia Monét Harrison (B.F.A. ’05, M.P.H. ’08) played the featured role of Consuela in the European tour of “West Side Story” from May 2012 to April 2014.

Lisa Zagoria (B.A. ’06) was the casting director for Diana Son’s “STOP KISS,” which played at The Pasadena Playhouse in November.

Robert Buccellato (B.S. ’13) wrote “Florida Governors: Lasting Legacies.”

Zach Ogle (B.F.A. ’13) wrote and directed “Death Has a Son,” for which he won the Jury and Audience Awards for Best U.S. Short Film at the 2015 Nevermore Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina.

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Anne H. Holt (M.A. ’90, Ph.D. ’05), author and historic preservationist, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Amy Johnson (M.S. ’90) has been named the state librarian and director of the Division of Library and Information Services in Florida.

Karen Minert (B.S. ’90, Ph.D. ’02), lead teacher at The Success Academy at Ghazvini Learning Center in Tallahassee, was one of three finalists for Success for Educators’ Envisioneer teacher ambassador role and a top-five finalist for District Teacher of the Year.

Jose Lezcano (Ph.D. ’91), professor of music at Keene State College, appeared as a soloist last November with the Portsmouth Symphony, conducted by John Page, in Joaquin Rodrigo’s guitar concerto, “Concierto de Aranjuez,” at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

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Mokgweetsi Masisi (M.S. ’91) became the new vice president of the Republic of Botswana (see page 16), where he was previously the prime minister of education and skills development.

SEAN PITTMAN (B.S. ’90, J.D. ’94) For Sean Pittman, a Tallahassee corporate law attorney and government consultant, being elected second vice chair of the Orange Bowl Committee amounts to more than shepherding the future of one of the nation’s premier college sporting events.

J. Marshall Shepherd (B.S. ’91, M.S. ’93, Ph.D. ’99), the University of Georgia Distinguished Athletic Association Professor in the Social Sciences, director of the atmospheric sciences program and host of The Weather Channel’s “Weather Geeks,” received the 2015 Association of American Geographers Media Achievement Award, and moderated the Champions of Change for Climate Education and Literacy event at the White House.

None of it would be possible, he says, without the support he received at FSU. “Florida State changed my life,” Pittman says.

“As a guy who grew up in the projects, the university taught me that I could be more and I could dream further than it seemed possible.”

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Rose Pringle (M.S. ’92, Ph.D. ’00), associate professor in the University of Florida College of Education, received the John Shrum Award from the Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education and the Mary L. Collins Award for Excellence in Teacher Education from the Florida Association of Teacher Educators.

Sharon Torregrossa (B.S. ’92) joined Jason’s Deli of Southwest Florida as sales and marketing manager.

John Crossman (B.S. ’93), Crossman & Co. president and FSU Center for Real Estate Foundation executive board member, was elected to the Florida A&M University Foundation’s 2015 Board of Directors.

Patrick Martin (J.D. ’93) joined the Miami Labor and Employment practice group.

Heather Mitchell (B.S. ’93), vice president for resource development at Tallahassee Community College, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Canita Peterson (A.A. ’93, B.S. ’93, M.Accg. ’94), Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. shareholder and Tax Services Department director, was named one of Florida’s Top 10 Public Accounting Professionals for 2014 by the National Academy of Public Accounting Professionals.

Todd Clarke (B.S. ’94) was promoted to new vice president and general counsel for Southeast Toyota Distributors and JM Lexus, businesses of parent company JM Family Enterprises in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

The role, which puts him on track to become bowl president in 2018, also gives him a chance to shape committee “legacy” projects, including promoting youth recreational activities and refurbishing inner-city playing fields in South Florida.

“These projects change not just one life, but thousands of lives over the course of time,” says Pittman, who values giving back. He also endowed the Sean Pittman Leadership Award and Scholarship at FSU’s law school, which annually provides a scholarship to a student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership with significant contributions to the support of African-American students.

Paul Moura (A.A. ’92, B.S. ’93) was promoted to president of SkillStorm, a national technology services company, and will oversee operations as the organization expands Onsite Technology Services and Cloud Workforce Solutions platforms.

Matthew Lucas (A.A. ’94, B.S. ’95), previously a circuit judge for the 13th Judicial Circuit in Tampa, was appointed to the 2nd District Court of Appeal by Gov. Rick Scott.

Joy Lyn Bateman (B.F.A. ’95) owns Art in Motion Dance Company, which performed at the New Prague International Dance Festival in 2013 and won the City of Prague Award for the group’s commitment to classes throughout the festival and diverse mix of dances and genres.

TJ Tate TJ Tate (B.S. ’91) was named director of seafood sustainability for the National Aquarium, where she will develop education programs to educate fishermen, restaurants and consumers on sustainable seafood options. Tate also won the 2015 Seaweb Seafood Champion Vision Award.

Richelle Gentile (B.A. ’92) was named trust relationship manager for The Private Client Group of U.S. Bank Wealth Management in Dubuque, Iowa.

Peggy Thrasher Law (M.F.A. ’95) directed and reconstructed works for “Clear the Floor,” a retrospective dance concert featuring original choreography created in Athens, Georgia. She also performed in it, along with FSU alumnae Jennifer G. Fenn (B.S. ’86, M.F.A. ’95) and Amanda F. Martin (B.F.A. ’99).

Amanda Clements (B.A. ’96), promotions manager at VISIT FLORIDA, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Dana Crosby-Collier (J.D. ’96) joined ShuffieldLowman, where she will practice real estate and land use and government law.

Grant Duwe (M.S. ’96, Ph.D. ’02), research director for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, was awarded the Practitioner Research Award from the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Corrections and Sentencing for his work in developing an instrument to predict recidivism for Minnesota prisoners.

Karla Ellis (J.D. ’96) served as a coach for the FSU College of Law’s Black Law Students Association team, which won first place in the National Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition in March.

J.R. Harding (Ed.S. ’96, Ed.D. ’99), an international disability expert, was elected to the Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers operating board.

Jean C. Accius (A.A. ’99, B.S. ’02, M.S. ’03), director of health and longterm services and supports at AARP and FSU Alumni Association National Board director, was featured in the Washington Business Journal for completing Leadership Maryland, a professional leadership development program.

Aaron Brooks (B.A. ’99), Marine Corps officer, served as an emcee for the 59Twenty Music Festival in Meridian, Mississippi, which raises money and awareness for The Care Lodge, a domestic violence shelter.

Jessica Ticktin (A.A. ’99, B.S. ’01) was elected circuit court judge in Palm Beach County, Florida, beginning January 2015.

Alison Voorhees (A.A. ’99, B.A. ’02), Capital City Bank advertising manager, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Ryan Young (B.S. ’99) joined CNN’s Chicago bureau as a national correspondent.

Pablo Quesada (J.D. ’96), SMGQ Law founding partner, was appointed by The Florida Bar to serve on the 11th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, which continues the investigation of possible lawyer misconduct referred by Bar discipline attorneys, for a three-year term beginning February 2015.

2000s

Michael Swartz (B.S. ’96, M.S. ’97) was promoted to rehab clinical manager at Lake City Medical Center in Florida. His company, Extreme Party Rental, was also featured in a Tourist Attractions & Parks article about the best new inflatables.

Irma Cruz-White (M.S. ’00, Ph.D. ’03), assistant professor and mathematics facilitator in the Chipola College School of Education, was recognized as an outstanding faculty member.

David Lucoff (B.S. ’97) was named director of digital sales at Lincoln Financial Media in Miami.

Wayne Martin Messam (B.S. ’97), former FSU wide receiver and FSU Black Alumni 2012 Outstanding Alumni honoree, was elected mayor of Miramar, Florida.

Matthew Herring (B.S. ’98) was named the new police chief of Port St. Joe, Florida.

Brian Otte (B.S. ’98), director and head of sales at ProfitStars, co-founded Guarded Networks Inc. in 2000. The company sold as SilverSky to the London-based defense company BAE Systems for $232.5 million.

Roberto Vargas (J.D. ’98), Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs P.A. shareholder, was recognized as a South Florida Legal Guide Top Lawyer.

Oscar Braynon II (B.S. ’00), state senator from Miami Gardens, Florida, will be the next Senate Democratic leader in Florida, beginning in November 2016.

Allison Harrell (B.S. ’00, M.Accg. ’01) was named a shareholder of Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. W. Stephen Long (B.S. ’00) was appointed English Department chair at Beijing No. 4 High School International Campus in Beijing, China.

(See page 16.)

Brian Palmer (M.F.A. ’01), Jacksonville University associate professor of dance and chair of theater and dance, was recognized as the university’s 2014 Professor of the Year — the first fine arts professor to win the award in 22 years.

Scott Knapp (B.S. ’02) was named partner in Broad and Cassel’s Fort Lauderdale office.

Melissa Kuipers (B.S. ’02) was named senior policy advisor and counsel at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in Denver.

Kelly Preteroti (B.A. ’02) was elected a principal of the national law firm Ober|Kaler effective January 2015.

TRACIE HLAVKA (M.S. ’02) Tracie Hlavka had earned a political science degree from the University of Washington when, lured by the world of technology, she pursued a master’s in computer science from FSU. “Whenever you figure out what your passion is, go for it,” she says.

She’s now director of software engineering at the startup Porch.com, which connects homeowners and renters with service professionals based on customer endorsements. The Seattle company has made headlines, including a partnership with home improvement retailer Lowe’s.

“We have a good business plan and we’re executing it,” says Hlavka, who joined Porch in January 2014 after holding a similar post with Blue Nile, an online diamond retailer. “What we’re trying to do is provide transparency to the home improvement industry.”

Hlavka oversees 20 engineers, a fivefold increase from last year. While technological fields aren’t known for their large numbers of female employees, she welcomes the opportunity to be a role model.

“Being at Florida State gave me confidence that I can actually do this,” she says. “I definitely came out of that experience with the technical bedrock to build my career.”

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Photo courtesy of Porch.com

Emilia Quesada (J.D. ’96), SMGQ Law founding partner, was appointed by NAMWOLF’s Board of Directors to serve as co-chair of the Insurance Practice Area Committee, which promotes the value of highly skilled, minority-owned and womenowned law firms that specialize in the insurance industry. She was also featured in Law360’s Minority Powerbrokers Q&A series.

CLASS NOTES

CLASS NOTES Katie Trott (B.S. ’02), CNL Commercial Real Estate vice president of brokerage services, Tampa Bay Seminole Club® board member and on the FSU Real Estate Conference Executive Committee, was named a Tampa Bay Business Journal 2014 Up and Comer.

Cameron Armstrong (M.S. ’07) accepted the position of assistant dean for undergraduate curriculum and student affairs for the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University.

Gregory R. Bel (J.D. ’07) was named a partner at Piedra & Associates P.A. law firm in Coral Gables, Florida.

Emily Cargill (M.F.A. ’07), Emily Cargill and Dancers artistic director and YourYoga founder and owner, was selected as a 2015 Small Plates Artist — a curated series of short dance courses presented in collaboration with Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education and Zoetic Dance Ensemble.

Audra Pittman (Ph.D. ’07), executive director at the Council on Culture and Arts, was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Leahy performing surgery aboard the USS George H.W. Bush.

Tracy de Lemos (B.S. ’08), Sharma Eminent Domain Lawyers attorney, was named to the Commercial Real Estate Women 2015 Board of Directors as director of sponsorships.

Photo courtesy of the USS George H.W. Bush's Public Affairs Office

JADA LEAHY (M.D. ’09)

Andy Noble (M.F.A. ’08) received tenure and was promoted to associate professor in the Department of Dance at Sam Houston State University.

Few doctors practice in a workplace quite as remarkable as the Navy’s USS George H.W. Bush.

But that’s what Lt. Cmdr. Jada Leahy has been doing since July 2014, when she became general surgeon for the Nimitz-class supercarrier’s more than 5,000 crew members.

She also manages orthopedic, gynecologic, neurologic and critical care conditions.

“I have the honor of working aboard one of the finest warships in the world’s greatest Navy,” says Leahy, who will finish her carrier duties in July and relocate to Naval Hospital Pensacola as general surgeon. “I am able to serve those who serve.”

A naval career seemed preordained for Leahy, whose father was active duty and brother is a member of the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. She also credits Florida State with “imparting a sense of civic duty and humanism.”

“It is my job to educate young men and women in healthy life decisions and lead them through the struggles of disease and illness,” Leahy says. “It is the true FSU College of Medicine spirit and drive that remind me of these duties every day.”

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Diane Cahill Bedford (B.F.A. ’03, M.F.A. ’10) joined Texas A&M University as a clinical assistant professor of dance.

Elizabeth Higgins (M.F.A. ’03) joined the faculty at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, as an assistant professor of dance, where she premiered her work “Between the Extremes” as part of the Arts Collective Dance Company Concert.

Janay Blackburn (B.S. ’09) was selected as Teacher of the Year by her peers at the Early Childhood Center in Jackson County, Florida.

Mark Neifeld (B.S. ’09), event manager at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, was the event manager for the College Football Playoff’s inaugural national championship game.

2010s

Stephen Michael Kalifeh II (B.S. ’03, M.Accg. ’04), Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. shareholder, was appointed to the Tallahassee Market Advisory Board for Hancock Bank.

Maggie Cloud (B.F.A. ’10) was nominated for a 2014 New York Dance and Performance Award (Bessie) in the category of Outstanding Performer for her work in “Passagen” by Pam Tanowitz.

Scott McCorvie (B.S. ’03) was hired as vice president of acquisitions for CNL Financial Group, which was founded by James M. Seneff Jr. (B.S. ’68).

Brett Cyphers (B.S. ’10) was appointed executive director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District by the organization’s governing board.

Sara Klein (M.A. ’05), teacher and school programs manager at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, was named the National Art Education Association’s 2015 Western Region Museum Art Educator of the Year.

Kelly-Ann Fasano (B.S. ’10, M.A. ’12), director of development and communications at Elder Care Services Inc., was named by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Peter Lamar (B.S. ’05) was hired as a vice president in the debt capital markets group at William Blair & Co., a global investment banking and asset management firm.

Amber Tynan (B.A. ’05), director of development at Southern Scholarship Foundation (SSF), and Barbara Moro (A.A. ’05, B.S. ’08, M.S. ’08, M.P.A. ’12), director of student affairs for the North Florida SSF campuses, were named to the Tallahassee Democrat’s list of the 25 Women You Need to Know 2015.

Nathan Scott (B.S. ’10), FSU Libraries assistant for security, received the 2015 American Library Association Paul Howard Award for Courage for his bravery during the Strozier Library shooting last fall.

CLASS NOTES Sheree Woods (M.A. ’10) joined Florence City Schools (Alabama) as a dance/choreography teacher.

Alexandra Aparicio (B.S. ’11, J.D. ’14) was named an associate at Broad and Cassel in Tallahassee.

Sarah Harkness-Sebastian (M.F.A. ’11), assistant professor of dance at Santa Fe College in Gainesville (Florida), completed a second residency at the Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts at Piedmont College in Clayton, Georgia.

Sarah Hawes (M.A. ’11) was named the community relations director for the Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida.

Patrick Patterson (B.S. ’11) was promoted to project manager in the Florida Division of Hoar Construction.

Nicole Roerick (M.F.A. ’11) accepted a position as a dance instructor at the Cairo American College in Egypt, a K–12 American International School. (See page 16.)

Jamie Melaragno Schuler (B.F.A. ’11), 3 Law Dance/Theater dancer, was part of a Soundsuit performance, known for masking the body to force the viewer to look without judgment, as part of “Nick Cave: Sojourn” at the Denver Art Museum. rd

Kosuke Okoshi (M.S. ’14) accepted a position with the Japanese Olympic Committee (see pages 16 and 17), which is preparing to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Mackenzie Willis Johnson (M.S. ’13), a Ph.D. candidate in curriculum and instruction at FSU, was recognized by Chipola School of Education as a Teacher Ed Grad Made Good.

Misty Geer (M.B.A. ’14), Halliburton accounting supervisor, received the 2015 Women to Watch Award – Emerging Leader from the Society of Louisiana CPAs. Daniel Herrera (B.S. ’14) joined A.T. Kearney, a global management consulting firm, as a business analyst.

Friends Brian Kelley, member of the Florida-Georgia Line and former FSU baseball player, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2015 for music.

Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants catcher and former FSU baseball player, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2015 for sports.

Katherine Sokol (B.F.A. ’11) was a guest foreign instructor at the Hong Kong CAMY Academy of Dance from May 2014 to January 2015.

Elaine Sutter (M.Accg. ’11) was promoted to senior, Tax Services at Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A., and Matthew Walker (B.S. ’12) was promoted to senior, Assurance Services.

Taylor Harmon (B.S. ’12) joined Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A.’s Assurance Services Department as a staff member.

Logan Saltsman (B.A. ’12) joined the CPA firm Shinn & Co. as director of marketing.

Trent Williams Jr. (M.F.A. ’12) became a visiting assistant professor at the University of Florida’s College of Fine Arts.

JoAnna Blake (B.F.A. ’13) became a dancer for Royal Caribbean last year, traveling to numerous countries on Explorer of the Seas based out of Bayonne, New Jersey, and performing three different productions each week.

Mark Hays Jr. (B.S. ’13, M.Accg. ’14) joined Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A. as a staff team member in the Tax Services Department.

Mary Kassabaum (B.A. ’13) became the Tallahassee-based legislative assistant for Florida Sen. Wilton Simpson.

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BRYANT JOSEPH (B.A. ’14) Bryant Joseph is giving new meaning to eating on the run.

Joseph co-founded Renegade Runner, which since January has teamed with Seminole Dining to deliver vendor selections by golf cart to 125 locations across campus.

Orders are placed through an app — available to Apple and Android users — into which you input your order and credit card information.

“We have seen a steady increase in usage week over week,” Joseph says. “We’re definitely seeing regular customers emerge.”

Renegade Runner spun off from a stadium version that debuted in spring 2014 and let Seminole fans order food from their seats during football and baseball games. He hopes the technology can expand to other higher education institutions.

Joseph, a communication major, created both programs with former FSU student Connor Grady.

“Entrepreneurship is about figuring out ways to connect otherwise disparate areas or skills to solve existing problems and connect them in a new way,” he says. “FSU gives you a wonderful ecosystem of various people with various backgrounds. That inspired me and showed me there are real opportunities out there.”

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IN M EMORIA M 1930s Frances H. (née Hurlin) Newton (B.S. ’35) Frances T. Parks (B.A. ’35) La Luce P. (née Planck) Williams (B.S. ’35) Eleanor M. (née Murrill) Sparkman (B.S. ’36) Helen S. (née Shatkowsky) Bialolenki (B.A. ’39) Ruth E. (née Eyman) Clyatt (B.S. ’39) Barbara S. (née Swanstrom) McKenzie (B.A. ’39) Jean Henrietta (née Jacoby) Newberger (B.S. ’39) Mary J. “Jeanne” (née McMullen) Parrish (B.A. ’39)

1940s Evalena R. (née Rader) Cates (B.S. ’40) Mary S. (née Skevakis) Dobarganes (B.A. ’40) Sarah M. (née Quincey) Miller (B.A. ’40) Avis L. (née Lyman) Norton (B.A. ’40) Helene W. (née Webb) Scott (M.A. ’40) Mary C. (née Caldwell) Hartsfield (B.A. ’41) Lenore C. (née Cohen) Gundersheimer (B.A. ’42) Ruth E. (née McClain) Lippincott (B.A. ’42) Nell B. (née Bryan) Maltby (B.S. ’42) Margaret T. (née Thornton) Petris (B.S. ’42) Ella L. (née Wakefield) Sicard (B.S. ’42) Amanda B. (née Zewadski) Smith (B.S. ’42)

Myra S. (née Swindell) Wright (B.M. ’42) Portia S. (née Spalding) Ackerman (B.A. ’43) Carolyn H. (née Huffman) Cannon (B.S. ’43, M.S. ’60) Frances D. (née Deviney) Livie (B.M. ’43) Lucy R. (née Roumillat) McLeod (B.A. ’43) Myra R. (née Rubin) Rosen (B.A. ’43) Nonnie E. (née Elkins) Zeigler (B.A. ’43, M.S. ’67) Elizabeth A. (née Johnson) Harless (B.A. ’44) Martha O. Leach (B.S. ’44) Carmen C. (née Crespo) Stecher (B.S. ’44) Billie M. Sweat (B.S. ’44) Nell M. (née McElya) Vandriel (B.S. ’44) Mardie G. (née Garris) Biggers (B.A. ’45) Catherine B. (née Buttram) Brinkman (B.A. ’45) Mary F. Clopton (B.S. ’45) Thelma C. (née Corpening) Copeland (B.S. ’45) Mary L. Fernandez (B.S. ’45) Mary R. (née Goodwin) Giger (B.A. ’45) Eloise G. (née Goulding) Levy (B.S. ’45) Ruby K. (née Karns) Lytle (B.S. ’45) Jean C. (née Corry) Munroe (B.A. ’45) Frances T. (née Traxler) Greiff (B.A. ’46) Emily B. (née Bridges) Gunter (B.M. ’46, M.M. ’47)

J ESSE E AR LE BOWDEN (B.S. ’51) Known as much for his work in journalism as for preserving his adopted hometown, Pensacola News Journal Editor Emeritus Jesse Earle Bowden died Feb. 15, 2015, at age 86 in Pensacola. Through words, images and land, he left a legacy that will be preserved for years to come.

A Florida native from Altha, Bowden had his start as a sports editor for FSU’s Florida Flambeau student newspaper and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1951. It was the start of a successful career in which he was a respected writer, cartoonist, historian and preservationist.

Above: Bowden viewed his editorial cartoons at the University of West Florida’s WUWF gallery in 2014. Photo courtesy of the Pensacola News Journal/pnj.com

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After serving as a military journalist in the U.S. Air Force, he joined the News Journal in 1955, earning the rank of editor in 1966. His passionate work resulted in the establishment of the Gulf Islands National Seashore in 1971. Bowden also established the Pensacola Historic District and was a founding member of the Pensacola Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission. His dedication earned him honors as the 1984 Florida Preservationist of the Year by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation.

Bowden retired in 1998 but continued to share his love for Pensacola and journalism.

Madge O. (née Overstreet) Harlan (B.A. ’46) Renee H. (née Hedgecoth) Henry (B.S. ’46, M.S. ’66) Maureen P. (née Petty) Owen (B.A. ’46) Irene G. (née Gross) Berkowitz (B.A. ’47) Mary F. “Faye” Ledbetter (B.S. ’47) Naomi M. Vaught (B.S. ’47, M.S. ’56) Jacqueline F. (née Fosdick) Bronson (B.S. ’48) Evelyn M. (née Johnson) Darden (B.A. ’48) Dorothy O. (née Oetjen) Green (B.A. ’48) Mary H. (née Hill) Herbert (B.A. ’48) Jewel D. (née Dees) Poppell (B.A. ’48) Ezekiel S. Carter (B.S. ’49) William H. Hopkins Sr. (B.S. ’49) Elizabeth W. (née White) Mixson (B.S. ’49) Peggy J. Mock (B.S. ’49) Elizabeth S. (née Sager) Rose (B.S. ’49) Violet W. (née Walters) Skinner (B.S. ’49) Hubert M. Williams (B.A. ’49, M.A. ’51)

1950s Frances M. (née Munnerlyn) Bailey (B.S. ’50) Chris Banakas (B.S. ’50) Martha H. (née Hewett) Chandler (B.A. ’50) Sue B. (née Bush) Enger (B.S. ’50) Martha F. (née Olliff) Frobos (B.S. ’50) Charles T. Green (B.S. ’50) Joe-Ann B. (née Barnes) Jarrell (B.S. ’50) Harry W. Kendall (M.S. ’50) Dale W. Langston (B.S. ’50) Joseph V. Lewis (B.S. ’50) Shirley F. (née Futch) Meredith (B.A. ’50) Elizabeth M. Milton (B.A. ’50) Julia Owens-Voyles (B.S. ’50) A.D. Richbourg (B.S. ’50, M.S. ’67) Margaret E. (née Eiselstein) Turner (B.S. ’50) Claude C. Vaughn (B.S. ’50) Carolyn W. (née Weatherford) Crumpler (B.A. ’51) Carla F. (née Floyd) Doerr (B.A. ’51) Marion E. Doro (B.A. ’51, M.A. ’52) Laura Ostwald (B.S. ’51) James William “Bill” Yon Jr. (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’53) Adam R. Zawada (B.S. ’51, M.S. ’57) Barbara C. (née Cochran) Griffin (B.S. ’52) Max Halperen (M.A. ’52, Ph.D. ’59) Louise S. (née Spaeth) Kloeppel (B.S. ’52) Marianna A. (née Arcuri) Moody (B.S. ’52) Dorothy S. (née Sisson) Perricone (B.S. ’52) Rosemary Trefethen (B.S. ’52) Frank J. Vrenna (B.S. ’52) Lloyd A. Fish (B.M. ’53) Betty D. (née Callicott) Hendry (B.S. ’53) Betty B. (née Bock) Herndon (B.S. ’53) Janet P. (née Pierce) Hoppe (B.S. ’53) Dwight L. Marsee (B.S. ’53) Frances C. (née Cawthon) McIntyre (B.A. ’53)

Doloris J. (née Taylor) Smith (B.S. ’53) Robert I. Velzy (B.A. ’53, M.S. ’54) Jane Parkman Bowles (B.M. ’54), Emeritus Alumni Society past president, died Nov. 13, 2014, at age 82.

Cecil H. Dunn Jr. (B.S. ’54) Harrell C. Fountain (B.S. ’54) Evelyn M. (née Amundson) Fremont (B.M. ’54) Kenneth A. MacPike (B.S. ’54) Daniel W. Miller II (B.S. ’54) Pencie W. (née Wester) Pelt (B.S. ’54) Jerry W. (née Wood) Smith (B.S. ’54) Eleanor H. (née Hicks) Smithgall (B.S. ’54) Frances R. (née Rumbley) Stewart (B.S. ’54) Don Weed Jr. (M.S. ’54) Louis A. Winkler (M.S. ’54) Virginia S. (née Steen) Kirby (B.S. ’55) Sylvia M. (née Rabb) Padgett (B.S. ’55) Wilton B. Reynolds Jr. (B.S. ’55) Charles E. Van Middlesworth (B.S. ’55, M.S. ’59) Stephen C. Walker (B.S. ’55) Lynn M. (née McNab) Younger (B.S. ’55) Karl R. Allen Jr. (B.A. ’56) Diana L. Altman (B.A. ’56) Margaret C. (née Cary) Biggs (B.S. ’56) Ralph M. Taylor Jr. (M.M. ’56) Forrest Altman (Ph.D. ’57) Eschol S. Darden Jr. (B.S. ’57) Diane D. (née Moulpied) Davis (B.S. ’57) Doris M. Holt (B.S. ’57) William B. Koller (B.S. ’57) Love S. (née Scarborough) Leicht (B.S. ’57) Marjorie F. (née Fields) Lewis (M.A. ’57) Virginia H. (née Howard) McDavid (M.S. ’57) Samuel R. Moates (B.S. ’57) Karl B. Mohr (B.M.E. ’57, M.M.E. ’59, Ph.D. ’69) Kenyon B. Segner III (B.S. ’57, M.S. ’59) Roy H. Solomon (B.S. ’57) Georgia P. (née Pittas) Vice (B.S. ’57) Raymond W. Wagner (B.S. ’57) Barbara B. (née Browne) Williams (B.S. ’57) Ruel L. Bradley Jr. (B.S. ’58) James W. Browning Sr. (B.S. ’58) Gerald J. Deley (B.S. ’58) Catherine D. (née Dunn) Franklin (B.S. ’58) Shuford M. Futch Jr. (B.S. ’58) F. Stuart Gould III (B.S. ’58) James W. Hill Sr. (B.S. ’58) Mary Kate (née McKeown) Kelton (B.A. ’58) Ann K. (née Kelly) Levy (B.S. ’58, M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’85) Joan M. (née Engel) Miller (M.S. ’58) Arthur B. Parkhurst (B.S. ’58) Donald B. Ramsey (B.S. ’58) Rosemarie R. (née Mandl) Rodeck (M.S. ’58)

FR ED STA NDLEY For 50 years, Fred Standley — well known for his course on “Banned Books in America” — opened minds and books at Florida State. Standley, English professor emeritus and Faculty Senate president emeritus, died Dec. 22, 2014, at age 82.

From 1963 to his retirement in 2013, Standley published numerous articles and books advocating for multicultural voices in literature. He also pushed for equal treatment of women in academic issues, was an ardent supporter of faculty and mentored countless students.

For his service, he received the Daisy Parker Flory Professorship, Distinguished Service Professor Award, Friends of Strozier Library Distinguished Service Award and FSU Torch Award. Two FSU awards are named in his honor: the Fred L. Standley Award for Outstanding Teacher, and Friends of Strozier Library Fred L. Standley Award for the Academic Librarian of the Year.

A native of West Virginia, Standley received his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia College in 1954, a master’s of divinity from Garrett Theological School in 1958 and a doctorate at Northwestern University in 1963.

His widow, Jayne (B.M. ’66, M.M. ’69, Ph.D. ’76), is a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music Therapy and the Ella Scoble Opperman Professor of Music at FSU. Right: Standley received the Mores (respect for customs, character and tradition) Torch Award in December 2013 from Garnett Stokes, then executive vice president for academic affairs.

John N. Shadgett (M.S. ’58, Ed.D. ’67) Alita T. (née Tomlinson) Stephenson (B.S. ’58) Grace L. (née Lennon) Chester (M.S. ’59) Casper I. “Chick” Cicio (B.S. ’59), former gymnast and FSU Hall of Fame inductee, died Jan. 19, 2015, at age 86.

Charles L. Jewett (B.S. ’59) Chestley C. Kennedy (B.S. ’59) Richard A. Montague (Ed.D. ’59) John E. Montgomery Jr. (B.S. ’59) Mavis J. (née Jimmerson) Moseley (M.S. ’59) Paul C. Perry (B.S. ’59) Martin I. Potter Jr. (B.S. ’59) Jean R. (née Ragans) Tuten (B.S. ’59)

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1960s James W. Arnold (B.S. ’60, M.S. ’76) Robert E. Baden (B.M. ’60) Donald R. Boone (M.S. ’60) John D. Burns (M.S. ’60) John I. Cobb III (B.A. ’60) Edith H. (née Hansen) Day (B.A. ’60, M.A. ’63, Ph.D. ’73) Paul E. Eide (B.S. ’60) Joseph J. Gusic (B.S. ’60), member of FSU’s first NCAA National Championship team — men’s gymnastics in 1951, died Jan. 31, 2015, at age 82.

Gerald F. Looney (B.S. ’60) Frank L. Springer (B.S. ’60) Paul B. Weiss (M.S. ’60, Ph.D. ’63) Robert B. Beardsley (M.S. ’61) Elaine P. (née Pardue) Chang (B.S. ’61, M.S. ’62) Thomas L. Hawkins (B.A. ’61) Lee F. Jerane (B.S. ’61) Barbara S. (née Skipper) Johnson (B.S. ’61) Dorothy C. (née Cronin) Sacher (B.A. ’61) Stephen N. Shacoski Jr. (B.S. ’61) Patrick J. Shannon (M.S. ’61) Joseph B. Tedder (B.S. ’61) Barbara Bunn Vereen (B.A. ’61) Mack L. Whitaker (Ed.D. ’61) Martha W. (née Watkins) Downs (B.S. ’62) Jim L. Frampton (M.S. ’62) Gene J. Giuliani (B.S. ’62) James E. Hines Jr. (B.S. ’62) Helen S. (née Stewart) Kennedy (B.S. ’62) Jean B. (née Beasley) Myers (B.S. ’62) Ralph S. Oglesby (B.S. ’62) Henry W. Rollins Jr. (B.S. ’62) Nancie L. Sill (B.A. ’62) Raymond L. Thacker Jr. (B.S. ’62, S. ’89) Wallis L. Walker Jr. (B.S. ’62) Patricia E. (née Evans) Ward (B.M. ’62) William S. Wightman Jr. (B.S. ’62) Calvin C. Crawford (B.S. ’63) Gary E. Darby (B.S. ’63) Mitchell D. Franks (B.A. ’63) Claudia M. (née Mathews) Kehler (B.S. ’63) William E. Lever (M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’68) Muriel R. (née Wiselogel) McDonald (B.A. ’63) Robert B. Pacetti (B.S. ’63) Emily B. (née Burnett) Shirey (B.S. ’63) William C. Skillman (M.S. ’63) John R. Willis (M.S. ’63) Laura K. (née Keel) Wolfe (B.S. ’63) John E. Akers Jr. (M.S. ’64) Charles M. Carroll III (B.A. ’64) Richard L. Chappelear (B.S. ’64) Louise H. (née Hartz) Hickson (B.S. ’64) Joyce H. Jones (B.S. ’64) Samuel B. Schulken Jr. (M.M. ’64, Mus.D. ’70) Norbert Thonnard (B.A. ’64)

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Roslyn O. (née Oglesby) Thonnard (B.S. ’64) Drake H. Tilley Sr. (B.S. ’64) Laurence O. “Larry” Campbell (B.S. ’65), Leon County sheriff since 1996 (see page 50), died Dec. 24, 2014, at age 72.

Joseph A. Cimon (M.A. ’65, Ph.D. ’70) John H. Corina (Mus.D. ’65) Lucy A. (née Campbell) Council (B.S. ’65) Jule S. (née Shuler) Dubner (B.S. ’65) Larry H. Flory (B.S. ’65) Blanche (née Ferguson) Foss (B.S. ’65) Robert B. Gramling Jr. (B.S. ’65, M.S. ’68, Ph.D. ’75) John H. Johnstone (B.S. ’65) Eugenia L. (née Lee) Lott (M.S. ’65) George H. Lucktenberg (Mus.D. ’65) Jerry W. McLendon Sr. (B.M. ’65) Christian Meffert (B.S. ’65, J.D. ’69) George L. Meffert Jr. (B.S. ’65) Louise (née Eastman) Stackpole (M.S. ’65) Stuart E. Warnock (B.S. ’65) Jeffrey K. Barton (B.S. ’66) Robert L. Brooks (B.S. ’66) Jack T. Cannon Jr. (B.S. ’66) Margaret A. (née Ansley) Noguez (B.S. ’66) Sandra K. Trimble (B.S. ’66) James C. Wilson (B.S. ’66) Donnie H. Duce (B.S. ’67) Thomas M. Houston (M.M. ’67, Mus.D. ’72) William A. Jackson (B.S. ’67) D. Brian Kuehner (B.A. ’67, J.D. ’73) David J. Riley (M.M. ’67) Kathy B. (née Beck) Stevenson (B.S. ’67) Jimmie M. Summerlin (B.S. ’67) Eric B. Tilton (B.S. ’67, M.B.A. ’71, J.D. ’76) Norman Braswell (B.S. ’68) Mark H. Browne (B.S. ’68) Donald L. Devane Jr. (B.S. ’68) Donald C. Eubanks (B.S. ’68) Edward C. Lewis III (B.S. ’68) Marie B. (née Blais) Lundstrom (B.S. ’68) William J. McIntyre (Ph.D. ’68) Josephus M. Pigott (B.S. ’68) Thomas A. Roby (B.S. ’68) Michael S. Thomas (B.S. ’68) Virginia “Karen” Walker (B.S. ’68) Eloise N. (née Nolin) Warren (B.S. ’68) William B. Abernathy Jr. (B.A. ’69) Norman L. Breyer (Ph.D. ’69) Eugene A. Buzzi (M.S. ’69) Michael J. Dewberry (B.A. ’69) Douglas L. Fuller (B.S. ’69, M.S. ’74) Arthur Jonas (M.S. ’69) Arthur F. Mainwood III (B.S. ’69, M.S. ’71) James W. Mercer Jr. (B.S. ’69) Dorothy M. Nettles (M.S. ’69 Jon C. Prothero (M.S. ’69, Ed.D. ’72) Herbert C. Rand (M.S. ’69, Ph.D. ’78) Crecencio M. Rico Jr. (B.A. ’69)

Jimmy D. Sapp (B.A. ’69) Judith B. (née Brisbin) Simonson (M.S. ’69) David L. Stentz (B.S. ’69)

1970s Samuel A. Fleshman (M.S. ’70) Alan J. Friedman (Ph.D. ’70) Mildred M. (née Messersmith) Gray (B.A. ’70) Joseph Mastrovito (B.S. ’70, M.S. ’72) Nancy A. Morris (M.A. ’70) Virginia T. (née Tinker) Pyle (M.M. ’70, Mus.D. ’72) Paul D. Tavolieri (B.S. ’70, M.S. ’72) George C. Anderson (B.S. ’71) James R. Bradford (B.S. ’71) Annabeth D. (née Dickerson) Carter (M.S. ’71) Susan D. (née Dreier) Culverhouse (B.S. ’71) Karen J. Dell (M.S. ’71) Danny F. Farley Sr. (B.S. ’71) Ware Gardner (B.S. ’71) David W. Henne (M.M. ’71, Ph.D. ’79) Barbara K. (née Sloat) Holloway (B.S. ’71) France J. (née Holliday) Hyatt (M.S. ’71) Jose R. Martinez (Ph.D. ’71) Gabriel Mazzeo Jr. (J.D. ’71) Melinda I. (née Rider) Newton (B.A. ’71) Lois E. (née Ebling) Pierce (M.S. ’71) Shawn A. Postlethwait (B.S. ’71) John W. Riedel (B.S. ’71) Stephen L. Shettle (M.S. ’71) O. James Shuck (B.S. ’71) Edward J. Svec (B.S. ’71) Dana O. (née Owens) Underwood (B.S. ’71) Richard R. Barrington (B.A. ’72) Jacquelin I. (née Inabinet) Fleming (M.S. ’72) Mildred B. (née Brown) Hart (B.S. ’72, M.S. ’79) Roddrick L. Moorer (B.A. ’72, M.S. ’73, M.P.A. ’76) Charles M. Umnuss (M.B.A. ’72) Dorothy K. (née Kitchens) Bishop (M.S. ’73) Susan Deasy (M.S. ’73) Charles “Merrill” Moody (B.S. ’73) Timothy A. Taylor (B.S.W. ’73) Sadie M. (née Pulley) Turley (B.S.W. ’73) David W. Boggs (B.S. ’74) Neil H. Butler (J.D. ’74) Mary E. (née Wood) Catledge (B.S. ’74) Donald G. Cunningham (M.S. ’74, Ed.S. ’76, Ph.D. ’80) Judy P. (née Pitman) Field (B.S. ’74, M.S. ’90) Elizabeth L. (née Sandefur) Gilliland (B.S. ’74, M.S. ’77) D. David Jones (B.S. ’74) Margaret J. (née Judge) Lannutti (M.S. ’74) Deborah A. (née Mahon) Patrick (B.A. ’74) Charles M. Place Jr. (B.S. ’74) Martin J. Campbell (J.D. ’75) William E. Dowling (B.S. ’75) L. David Dukelow (B.S. ’75) Daniel R. Johnson (B.S. ’75) Charles W. Lamb (Ph.D. ’75) Nathaniel G. Lundigran (Ph.D. ’75) Norman F. O’Rourke (J.D. ’75) Roger R. Hurst (B.S. ’76)

Warren J. Ingram (M.A. ’76) Murray L. Oppenheim (M.S. ’76) Kenneth A. Plante Sr. (M.A. ’76, M.S.P. ’77, J.D. ’84), former Florida senator, lobbyist and director of legislative affairs for Jeb Bush, died March 1, 2015, of ALS. William E. Wallace (B.S. ’76) Melissa C. “Missy” (née Dahl) Aiello (B.M. ’77), president and CEO of Junior Achievement of South Florida, died Nov. 22, 2014, at age 60.

Brad W. Bynum (B.S. ’77) Peter C. Doherty (M.P.A. ’77, Ph.D. ’91) Gregory A. Geiger (B.S. ’77) Angela E. (née Granberry) Kurtz (B.S. ’77) Fred A. McCormack (J.D. ’77) Michael D. Morris (B.A. ’77, B.A. ’80) Michael R. Sorrell (B.S. ’77) Joel W. Armstrong (B.S. ’78, M.S. ’79) Lynn F. (née Felts) Fair (Ed.S. ’78) Margot H. Hutchinson (B.A. ’78) Catherine C. (née Case) Brunson (A.A. ’79) Louise B. (née Blowers) Campbell (M.S. ’79) Charles E. Hoare (B.S. ’79) Matthew B. Monsees (B.S. ’79) Virginia L. Porter (B.S. ’79)

1980s Marlys J. Eichhoefer (B.S. ’80) Cynthia M. (née Mitas) Moore (B.S. ’80) Randall E. Morrison (B.S. ’80, M.S. ’80) Joe F. Jones III (M.A. ’81, Ph.D. ’83) Michael M. Mullen (M.B.A. ’81) Jeffrey L. Samolinski (M.S.P. ’81) Hollie L. (née Skelton) Sanders (A.A. ’81, B.S. ’82) Jeffery R. Shows (B.S. ’81) William A. Stallworth (B.S. ’81) Denise B. (née Bates) Enos (B.A. ’82, M.A. ’84) Tom Heerema (B.S. ’82) William H. Hughes III (B.A. ’82, J.D. ’86) Carol W. (née Clemons) Kapaun (B.S. ’82) Berry R. Lawson Jr. (B.S. ’82) Julie H. (née Higgins) Saunders (B.S. ’82) Remizer C. (née Cooper) Seals (A.A. ’82, B.S. ’82) J. Michael Wrigley (M.S. ’82, Ph.D. ’86) Emmett C. Denny (M.S. ’83) Anne P. (née Preston) Lett (M.S. ’83) Carole K. (née Kennedy) Mayes (B.A. ’83) Arturo A. Nava Jaimes (Ph.D. ’83) Louise V. Thomas (B.S. ’83) William I. Booker (Ed.D. ’84) Bruce P. Hellmann (Ph.D. ’84) Christopher S. Pringle (A.A. ’84) J. D. Thorn (Ph.D. ’84) Elizabeth L. Adkins (B.S. ’85) Bruce E. Fassett (B.S. ’85) David R. Fritz (B.A. ’85)

PAT R ICIA S. MELTON Patricia S. Melton, wife of former FSU Alumni Association President and CEO Jim Melton (M.S.P. ’75), died Nov. 10, 2014, at age 70. She was a 35-year veteran of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and retired in 2009 as state bureau chief of training. Pat helped host hundreds of association events and made the first major gift in the campaign to build the current Alumni Center on campus. The association extends its condolences to Jim, Julie (A.A. ’88, B.S. ’90, B.S. ’99) and Charlie.

Jan L. MacDonald (M.S.W. ’85) Thomas W. Ohlson (B.A. ’85) Robert B. “Bobby” Boeneke (B.S. ’86) Sheri L. (née Leighton) Brackett (B.S. ’86) Laura L. (née Sittig) McLaughlin (A.A. ’86) Martha J. Register (B.S. ’86) William J. Boss Jr. (B.S. ’87) Cynthia D. (née Ooten) Milne (B.A. ’87, M.S. ’89) Susanne E. Price (B.S. ’87) Penny L. Servies (B.S. ’87, M.S. ’87) Sherilyn E. Smith (M.S. ’87) Linda A. (née Gutenkauf) Avery (M.S. ’88) Tessa (née Little) Basford (B.S. ’88) Katherine E. Duncan (B.S. ’88) Helen D. Jackson (B.A. ’88, B.S. ’93) George M. King (M.S. ’88, Ph.D. ’92) Eldred L. Williams Jr. (B.A. ’88, M.A. ’90) Karyn P. (née Piver) Goodman (B.S. ’89) Barbara J. (née Grimes) Herskovitz (B.S. ’89) Nancy J. Rothenberg (Ph.D. ’89)

1990s Lee D. Bowen Jr. (Ph.D. ’90) Perry D. Cain (B.S. ’90) Shirley M. (née Mathis) Eikeland (S. ’90) Linda J. (née Grimes) Cox (Ed.D. ’91) Mark F. Moynihan (B.S. ’91) John Paul “J.P.” Powers (B.S. ’91) Ricky L. Wyatt (M.S. ’92) Christopher W. Garko (B.F.A. ’93) Cecil W. Moody (B.S. ’93) Mike W. Crosby (B.S. ’94) Karen E. (née Saunders) Forsyth (B.A. ’94, M.S. ’95) William C. Hewitt II (B.S. ’94) Brian S. Mand (Ph.D. ’94) Greg M. Sisler (B.S. ’94) Pamela D. (née Bridgewater) Toure (J.D. ’95) Barbara A. (née Walker) Harger (Ph.D. ’96)

Above: Melton proudly sat on an Alumni Center bench during an event dedicating it to her husband, Jim, in 2008.

Vickie M. (née Smith) Miner (B.S. ’98) Barbara J. Cooper (B.S. ’99, M.S. ’01)

2000s John E. Galvin (Ph.D. ’00) Courtney L. Tater (B.S. ’00) William F. “Hugh” Whitehouse IV (B.S. ’00) Kevin A. Gregson (B.S. ’01) Steven E. Duncan (B.S. ’02) Marcus A. Hobbs (B.S. ’02) Alan M. Stromberg (Ph.D. ’02) Danielle M. “Diem” Brown (B.S. ’03), MTV reality cast member and entertainment reporter and founder of MedGift, which provides support to people with medical conditions, died Nov. 14, 2014, after a long battle with cancer.

Joanne R. Green (B.S.W. ’03, M.S.W. ’06) Erika M. Kubik (B.S. ’03, M.P.A. ’14) Tammy T. Woods-Dunaway (B.S. ’04) Pamela A. (née Vilandry) Novak (B.S. ’06) Christopher W. Serio (M.S. ’07) Stacy M. (née Russ) Byrd (B.S. ’08) Robert R. Little (M.S.W. ’08)

2010s Stacey A. Minkey (B.S. ’11) William J. Petruzzi (M.S. ’11) Shawn A. Ryster (B.S. ’12, M.S. ’13) Mark S. Waghalter (B.S. ’12)

Faculty/Staff Carolyn A. Bridger Peter J. Gielisse John T. Ho Carolyn J. (née Gitzen) Schluck

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