the history of the University of Illinois Urbana– Champaign.
1980
David Kutchback, BS Ed ’82, of St. Charles, Mo., is CEO of the Metropolitan Employment and Rehabilitation Service (MERS) Missouri Goodwill Industries. Melvin Kennedy, MPA ’83, of St. Louis is on the mediation panel of U.S. Arbitration and Mediation. Rosetta Clare, BS Ed ’84, of Nassau, Bahamas, hosted the 2016 Women on Destiny Conference.
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Gloria Newton LogsThe feature film Loving, which opened Nov. 4, tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial cou- don, BA ’63, married ple sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for violating John Logsdon, BS PA the state’s anti-miscegenation laws by getting married. ’63, two years before interracial marriage Their one-year sentence was suspended, and the couple was legal in Missouri. moved to Washington, D.C. On the Lovings’ behalf, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion to overturn the statute. The result was the United States Supreme Court’s 1967 landmark Loving v. Virginia decision, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. During the same time period at Mizzou, John Logsdon, BS PA ’63, a white man, fell in love with fellow student Gloria Newton, BA ’63, a black woman. At the time, interracial marriage was illegal in Missouri, their home state. Like the Lovings, after graduation the pair moved to Washington, D.C., where they married in 1965, two years before the Loving v. Virginia decision. In November, the Logsdons celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary. Visit mizzoumag.com to read a 2013 article in which John Logsdon recounts the couple’s meeting and their work with the Columbia chapter of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
David Marcou, BJ ’84, of La Crosse, Wis., published Spirit of America volumes 25 and 26 and The Marcous of Prospect Street (DigiCOPY, 2016). Michael Naeger, BS EE ’84, of Woods Cross, Utah, is engineering director at American Nutrition Inc. Mark Samila, BS ’86, JD ’89, of Evansville, Ind., was named lawyer of the year in real estate law by Best Lawyers.
1990
HHJames Gwinner, BA ’90, of Chesterfield, Mo., is a partner at the Larson Shannahan Slifka Group’s St. Louis office. Mark Woods, MA ’90, of
Jacksonville, Fla., wrote Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America’s National Parks (Thomas Dunne Books, 2016). Anthony Campiti, BA ’93, of Dallas was listed in Texas Super Lawyers 2016 by Thomson Reuters. Marjorie Wallace Lewis, JD ’94, of Columbia, an attorney at Brown Willbrand, is president of the Boone County Bar Association. Dewey Clayton, PhD ’95, of Louisville, Ky., received the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award at the American Political Science Association’s annual convention. Mondonna Ghasedi, JD ’99, of St. Louis is an associate circuit judge for Missouri’s 21st judicial circuit.
2000
Sadie Mitchell, MS ’01, of Malvern, Pa., wrote Miracles on Demand (Best Seller Publishing, 2016). Mark Styles, BS BA ’01, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., is a circuit judge for Missouri’s 16th judicial circuit. Kathryn Burns, BA ’02, of Los Angeles was nominated for an Emmy for her choreography work on the TV show My Crazy ExGirlfriend. Paul Dailing, BJ ’02, of Chicago, is the editor of Chicago Lawyer.
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Heidi Hoven Fields, BSN ’02, of Hartford, Ill., provides preventative care services in the family medicine departments at Central Alton Health Center. Mark Stegeman, BS HES ’02, of St. Louis is director of project management at HOK. H M I Z ZO U A LUMNI A SSO CIATIO N ANNUAL MEM BER | HH
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