1987 REUNION YEAR
Ernest de la Torre, Bus Ad ’87, was named a top 25 interior designer on Elle Décor magazine’s 2011 A-list. The Manhattan-based designer studied at Sotheby’s in London and specializes in projects centered around art collections. Mary (Braunschweiger) Hall, Nurs ’87, received her master’s in nursing administration from Madonna University in Livonia, Mich. She is director of quality management and case management at Doctor’s Hospital of Michigan in Pontiac.
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1988 Charles J. Alexander, Ph.D., Grad ’88, received a $25,000 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award from the California Wellness Foundation for his work increasing and diversifying the health care workforce by helping underserved students stay on track in health and science. He is director of the academic advancement program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Eric E. Balow, Arts ’88, received the Milwaukee County Boy Scout Council’s Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to youth and the community, the highest honor the council can give a volunteer leader. He has trained hundreds of adults to provide scouting programs to Milwaukee County youth and also volunteers with many local community charities and youth awareness programs.
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Thomas E. Graebner, Eng ’89, and Diane (Sapita) Graebner, Arts ’90, celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary at St. Joan of Arc Chapel. More than 130 Marquette students were present. Michael A. Jaskolski, Eng ’89, was ranked in the 2011 edition of Prestigious Chambers USA. He is an attorney with Quarles & Brady LLP.
Martin E. Palczynski, Eng ’90, completed certifications for project management, quality engineering and software quality engineering and earned a Six Sigma Green Belt.
1991 Robert J. Ambrose, Bus Ad ’91, joined the Chicago office of Howard & Howard Attorneys and specializes in commercial litigation with specific experience in business torts, contract disputes, intellectual property, employment matters and professional liability.
Game on Meghan Sheehan, Arts ’99, combines a love for sports with a knack for numbers at STATS LLC, the world’s leading sports information provider. “Though it’s intense to work in the live television environment and there’s a lot of technical know-how in this statistical business, it’s a pretty cool and challenging job,” says Sheehan, who played basketball for the Golden Eagles. She started at STATS as a computer programmer and is now director of broadcast services for the Los Angeles office. That means churning out real-time statistics for thousands of professional and collegiate sporting events every year. Sheehan’s team supports TV clients such as FOX Sports, CBS Sports and other networks, as well as the Associated Press and Wall Street Journal. Her team sends TV crews statistical background and ready-made graphics
Joseph E. Baum, Eng ’91, is a distinguished member of the technical staff at Motorola Solutions, where he is an information security architect for public safety and Department of Defense missioncritical voice and data radio systems. He and his wife, Lisa Heaven-Baum, P.E., Eng ’90, look forward to their daughter, Amanda, starting a graduate fellowship in chemistry at Marquette.
Richard J. Erable, Ph.D., Grad ’91, Grad ’99, received the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award from Franklin College in Indiana. He joined the faculty in 2001 and teaches English, including courses on Shakespeare, the British Renaissance and 18thcentury literature. Lance R. Lange, Law ’91, is managing director of Baird’s equity capital markets team. He focuses on equity transaction business within the industrial and transportation and logistics sectors. Previously he was head of equity capital markets at Lazard.
Jim E. Peck, Jr., Comm ’89, won a National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences–Michigan Emmy for work on the documentary Izzo Goes To Broadway.
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perceptions of positive change among participants. He is assistant provost/vice president for institutional effectiveness and student success at Gateway Technical College in Kenosha, Wis.
in advance of games and crunches numbers on the fly. “For example, if Aaron Rodgers begins a game with 10 straight complete passes, the TV production crew, including the announcers, will begin wondering what is Rodgers’ longest completion streak to start a game in his career, what is the Packers franchise record, etc.,” Sheehan says. “So we query our database as fast as possible to extract the accurate information.” It may take as little as 5 seconds. Although Sheehan is now in a management role, she still supports daily live events. Since 2000, she has helped cover 11 World Series, seven Super Bowls and eight Final Fours. We’re guessing that makes her a trivia whiz. — Nicole Sweeney Etter
Patrick J. Wilson, Arts ’91, launched equityhub.com, an e-commerce website for buyers and sellers of commercial real estate and investment properties.
1992 REUNION YEAR
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1993 Pavel Hajda, Ph.D., Grad ’93, Grad ’97, is a senior process engineer in the municipal group at Symbiont Science, Engineering and Construction Inc. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of water and waste-water treatment, most recently as a senior process engineer with an Illinois consulting engineering firm. Danica (Vanasse) Olson, Bus Ad ’93, Grad ’00, is presidentelect of the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Board of Directors. She has been a member since 2000. She lives in Milwaukee.
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