In Memoriam Thelma Saxby ’76 Bobby Luis Trujillo ’76, ’80 Michael Stephen Baca ’77 Mary Ann Beck ’77 John Kenneth Silver ’77 Deborah Anne Young ’77 Shelly Ann Green ’78, ’93 Margaret Donnelly Hino ’78 Gene E. Runkle ’78 Susan Martz Wayland ’78 Gordon Beardsley ’79 Peter Gregory Gooden ’79 Cecil Augustus Lynn ’79 Leisa A. Sedall ’79 1980 - 1989 Michael Edward Casillas ’80 Douglas Eldon Mitchell ’80 Hurley Benally ’81 Maurine Goehring ’81 Hildegarde Brewster Bird ’82 Margaret Alley Seymour ’82 Debra Sharleen Johns ’83 John Franklynn Mares ’83, ’88 Ruth Moller Monteverdi ’83, ’84 Emilio Jose Otero ’83 Mary D. Poole ’83 Julia Anne Kelly ’84 Steve A. Tomasi ’84 Edison Richard Wato ’84 Jeannette Cochran ’85, ’93 Carlos Espinoza ’85 Joan Gilberry Coke ’85 Mark Lawrence Kendrick ’86 Elizabeth Ortiz Palmer ’87 Jerome Anthony Maes ’88 Robert John Roe ’88, ’96 Jane Marie Curtis ’89 1990 - 1999 Anselmo F. Arellano ’90 Jeff Thomas Horan ’90 Anne Elizabeth Kelso ’91 David Brian Dehoff ’92, ’94 Sandra A. Sedillo ’92 John Paul LeDoux ’93, ’95 O. Jerome Bustos ’94 Elizabeth Jordanayne Knecht ’94 Loren Tommy Dils ’95 Alison Therese Kleven ’95
Gigi Desser Bayley ’96, ’97 Herman James Chee ’96 Anna K. Mesiti ’98 Molly Ellen Froats ’99 Jane Margaret Pollard ’99 2000 - 2009 Elizabeth Kathryn Ruiz ’00 Chris Carl Platero ’01, ’03 Steven Bryan Young ’01 William Nelson Talley ’02, ’07 Rosa Honoria Belanger ’03 Leason Alan Cherry ’04 Judith Murphy ’04 Kristina Michiko Rohman ’04 Yanga Kalambay Dijiba ’05 Brian James Rupp ’06 Sergio A. De Haro ’09 2010 - 2019 John T. Babineaux ’11 Catlyn M. Davis ’12 Jerry L. Surveyor ’13 Ruth Fay Cain ’14 Chau M. Nguyen ’15 Audrey Lena Tom ’15, ’17 Neal A. Apodaca-Joffe ’18 FACULTY AND STAFF Leason Cherry Kenneth F. Crumley Michael Dougher Rolf J. Kolden Jimmie L. Reed Deborah Rifenbary Eric Andrew Rombach-Kendall Scott Wilkinson OTHER ALUMNI Beau J. Becenti Otis F. Bryan Leslie R. Ferguson Maxine Gleasner Barbara Sue Leyendecker Anna Kathleen McCormick Nelson A. Naro Larry A. Verdugo
Manon K. De Roey (’14 BA), Albuquerque, competed in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics respresenting Belgium in women’s golf. Rhiannon L. Samuel (’14 BA), Albuquerque, executive director of Viante New Mexico, was named one of Albuquerque Business First’s 2021 Women of Influence. Samuel D. Saunders (’14 BBA), Albuquerque, won the L&J Golf Championship, hosted by Jenning Mill Country Club in Watksinville, Ga. Chanel R. Wiese (’14 BBA, ’18 MBA), Albuquerque, was named one of Albuquerque Business First’s 2021 Women of Infuence in recognition of her leadership in launching the Somos Unidos Foundation. Noe Astorga-Corral (’15 BA, ’19 JD), a lawyer with Sutin, Thayer & Browne, has become licensed to practice in the Navajo Nation. Astorga also heads Sutin’s Committee on Equality, which works to tangibly empower marginalized Noe Astorga-Corral communities in New Mexico. He is fluent in Spanish. Django Lovette (’15 BA), represented Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics in the high jump and finished in 8th place. Julie A. Morrison (’15 BA), Albuquerque, was recognized with the Gerald W. May Outstanding Staff Award for her significant contributions to UNM in the Physics and Astronomy Department. Xochitl Torres Small (’15 JD), Las Cruces, N.M., was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary for rural development. Ryan Inzenga (’16 MBA), Zachary, La., has joined Luba Workers’ Comp as vice president and underwriting manager. Aaron P. Rivera (’16 BA), Corrales, N.M., ProView Networks sports announcer, is the new play-by-play announcer at Fort Marcy Ballpark, calling home games for the Santa Fe Fuego. Amalia Sanchez-Parra (’16 BS, ’21 PhD), Albuquerque, was named one of UNM Advance’s 2021 Women in STEM award winners. Troy S. Lawton (’18 BA, ’21 JD), Rio Rancho, N.M., has joined the Montgomery and Andrews law firm in Santa Fe, specializing in federal taxation law, buisness law and legal writing.
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