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july - 2007
USF Ulumni Association
ALUMNI
Mission
a p u bl ic at ion by & f or u sf a l um ni a s s o c i at ion m e m be rs
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CONTENTS
The mission of the USF Alumni
Association is to foster a mutually
beneficial, lifelong relationship
between the University and its
alumni; to inspire loyalty and
pride among current and future
alumni and to advocate for
excellence in teaching, research
and public service.
President, Board
of Directors
Jeff Spalding, `87
President’s Message
2 Greetings from Jeff Spalding, `87, President
News Round-up
3 A brief recap of the top news and research
Movers & Shakers
Executive Director
of the USF Alumni Association Board.
John Harper, `76
8
from USF.
(813) 974-2100 or
(800) 299-BULL
4 USF faculty, staff and administrators are making
Q&A
their mark in the community.
AlumniVoice is published four
times annually by the USF
Alumni Association
6 Betty Castor, Executive Director of the Dr. Kiran
Blast from the Past
C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, talks about
the center’s future.
8 A look at USF and the world in… 1974
Share a Memory
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9 Read excerpts of memories from USF alumni over
the past 50 years.
That was Then; 9 Junior Natalie Shultz gives her perspective on
This is Now how college is different today than when her
mother and uncle attended USF.
A Bull in Baghdad 10 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Oliveira, `04, paints
the embattled city Green and Gold.
Membership/Giving
Opportunities
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Submit story suggestions,
comments, photos and
Class Notes to Publications
Editor Karla Jackson at
[email protected]
USF Alumni Association
Gibbons Alumni Center
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave. ALC 100
Tampa, FL. 33620-5455
Phone: (813) 974-2100
Toll-free: (800) 299-BULL
[email protected]
www.usfalumni.org
Alumni Profile 12 For State Representative Peter F. Nehr, `00,
becoming a Bull is a family affair.
Life Member 14 The Alumni Association’s annual tribute to our
Honor Roll lifetime members.
Athletics 19 Your favorite Bulls teams have big things in store.
Class Notes 20 See who’s earned a promotion, opened a business,
written a book, had a baby and more!
Calendar 25 Events and activities coming up at USF in the
next new months.
F E AT U R E S TO RY:
Visit Jeffrey Oliveira in his tour of Iraq
through the embattled streets of Bahgdad.
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JULY 2007 I ALUMNIVOICE 1
president’s message
Hello Alumni,
Please allow me to take a moment of your time to introduce myself: I’m Jeff
Spalding, the 2007- 08 president of your USF Alumni Association Board.
I’m a Class of `87 graduate and a 17-year member of the alumni association.
Since I’ve been away from Tampa for a number of years, I’ve found that
being involved in the association is a great way to reconnect with old
friends, meet new ones and give back to the university that helped me get
where I am today.
When I do get back to campus, I’m awed by the phenomenal change at
USF. Our alma mater has evolved from a “commuter” school to a top-tier state university.
We should all be proud to be USF Bulls. Your alumni association is growing and changing,
too. This new magazine you’re holding is just one of the many new benefits of membership.
It will become even bigger and better in the upcoming months as we chronicle the lives and
careers of so many USF alumni who are doing amazing things at home and abroad.
With all these positive changes comes new challenges for your alumni association. USF
is a young university with a large and diverse alumni base. We must work hard to reach out
to all of our graduates. My goals as president are to:
- Increase the value of your USF degree.
- Share my passion for USF.
- Increase the involvement of my fellow alumni and the future alumni - students.
It all boils down to three words: Passion, Pride and Value. I challenge all USF alumni to
get involved in some way. Whether it’s with a local alumni chapter, a national society or by
attending alumni association events, you can make a difference.
I hope I can count on your support to help improve our university through your participation
with the USF Alumni Association.
Go Bulls!
Your Friend,
Jeff Spalding, `87
Life Member
Charlotte, N.C.
2 ALUMNIVOICE I JULY 2007
news
roundup
Judging by the numbers, USF
has admitted its smartest
freshman class ever. Students
who scored an A-minus average
or better in high school make
up the majority of this fall’s
prospective freshman class.
In addition, USF has invited
hundreds more students to the
Honors College, the university’s
academic crown jewel, than
last year.
More than 5,000 freshmen
admitted to USF so far have GPAs that exceed 3.7, an A-minus average, up
from 3,300 at the same time last year. The average GPA of those freshmen
is 3.8. Of the 8,200 prospective freshmen offered admission for this fall,
about 1,740 were invited to USF’s Honors College, which requires at least
a 3.7 GPA and a 1270 SAT.
USF on iTunes U
The College of Education and USF Health
debuted on the USF on iTunes U website in
the spring. The site opens up a new world
of possibilities for sharing digital content
among students and faculty.
“Soon, USF students will be able to access
a password-protected area of USF on iTunes
U to get course materials, lectures, seminars
and a variety of valuable information related to their studies,” said James
Welsh, at the Florida Center for Instructional Technology in USF’s College
of Education. “This will change the way students access and review
course materials and prepare for tests.”
Check it out at http://itunes.usf.edu/.
Single Women Make Good
Adoptive Moms, USF Study
Shows
A single woman in the United States can raise a child
adopted from China just as well as a married couple,
says a study by a USF professor, countering claims by
the Chinese government that single parenting is bad for children.
China ruled in 2001 that only 5 percent of Chinese children could be
adopted into single-parent families. The policy tightened even more in
May, barring anyone who is single, overweight, depressed, married less
than two years, divorced and remarried less than five years, or over 50
years of age, from adopting a child from China.
College of Education
in Top 50
USF’s College of Education is one of the nation’s
top 50 graduate schools of education, according
to the annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of the nation’s best graduate schools.
The College of Education’s ranking, at No. 48,
included in the magazine’s report on “America’s Best Graduate Schools
2008,” places USF’s college among the top 20 percent of graduate schools
of education. It’s the fourth consecutive year that the college has been
ranked. The previous year, the College of Education’s graduate school
ranked 60th in the U.S. It was one of only two colleges of education in
Florida to be included in the ranking.
Alzheimer’s Vaccine
Patch
Researchers with USF’s Department of
Psychiatry report that a novel, needle-free
vaccine approach is effective and safe
in clearing brain-damaging plaques from
a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. The transdermal, or across the
skin, vaccination, may offer a simpler way of preventing or treating the
devastating neurodegenerative disease with less likelihood of adverse
immune reactions.
The study was published in January in The Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
USF Lakeland Going
High-Tech
If things go as planned, USF-Lakeland could
become Florida’s first public university specializing
in applied technology.
USF psychologist Dr. Tony Xing Tan compared 144 Chinese girls aged 1 ½
to 11 years old who were adopted by 126 single-mother families, with
509 Chinese girls adopted by 415 families with two parents.
The idea, says USF-Lakeland CEO Marshall
Goodman, is to focus resources on teaching and
research in information technology, applied health
and biotechnology, manufacturing technology,
business and education - with an emphasis on producing math and science
teachers.
“Overall, the present study found no evidence that the adjustment of the
adoptees from single-parent families differed from their peers from dualparent families,” Tan said in his study, presented in March at the Society
for Research in Child Development conference in Boston.
With plans underway for a new, 500-acre, 16,000 student campus at the
interchange of I-4 and the Polk Parkway within the next decade, USFLakeland could become a vital link in the emerging high-tech corridor
between Tampa and Orlando.
News Roundup continued page 4
news
roundup
C O N TI N U ED
USF Health Website Goes Global
In order to make its
groundbreaking research
available to a worldwide
audience, the USF Health
Research website can now be
translated into nine different
languages.
In addition to English, the
site can be viewed in Arabic,
Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Korean, and
Japanese. You can see for yourself at http://health.usf.edu/. Scroll
down to the bottom of the page to select a language.
Working on a Vaccine
for Breast Cancer
Researchers are having some success in testing a type
of cancer vaccine that seems to delay and prevent
breast tumors in mice. The strategy holds promise for
the future use of peptide vaccines in women who are
at high risk for developing breast cancer.
Scientists from USF, the Mayo Clinic and the University of Torino
employed substances called toll-like receptor agonists to help a
synthetic peptide vaccine raise the immune system response against
breast cancer tumors. Simultaneously, they used antibodies to blunt
other aspects of the immune system that might interfere with the
effectiveness of the vaccine.
In the Feb. 1 issue of Cancer Research, the researchers reported that
their strategy was effective in preventing spontaneous tumors in
mouse models for breast cancer, even when the vaccine was given
when the mice already had early-stage cancer.
New Funding for
Cardiac Technology
USF’s signature program for
cardiovascular research received
$812,000 from the Walter L. and
Phyllis W. Mason Trust and the
university is seeking matching
funds from the state to raise a total
of $1.6 million.
The funding will be used to purchase
specialized scientific equipment and
technology for researchers at USF Health studying heart disease.
Cardiovascular research is among the College of Medicine’s four
newly created signature research programs, which also include
allergy immunology and infectious diseases, cancer biology
and neuroscience.
movers
shakers
USF Foundation Has New CEO
The USF Foundation has new leadership:
J. Jeffrey Robison began his term as vice
president and chief executive officer of
the USF Foundation June 11.
Robison came to USF from Case Western
Reserve University, where he served as vice president for development. He also served as president of the Florida State University
Foundation for more than a decade. Before that, he was associate
director of university development at the University of Florida
and has spent a significant part of his career at Ohio State University, The Ohio State Development Fund and Ohio University.
Robison holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Ohio
University and a master’s degree in education.
New CEO for Sarasota-Manatee
A former associate dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences at USF Tampa is now
the new vice president and chief executive
officer for USF Sarasota-Manatee.
Arthur Guilford served as interim VP and
CEO since January, after the retirement of Laurey Stryker.
Guilford’s appointment became permanent April 20. He had
served as the associate dean of faculty and program development
for the College of Arts and Sciences at USF Tampa since 2004.
Guilford, a respected scholar and prolific author on the topic of
communication disorders, became a USF faculty member in 1976
after teaching at the University of Michigan and California State
University Los Angeles.
The FSU graduate and distinguished alumnus (1993) majored
in speech pathology and audiology. He earned a master’s
degree in speech and hearing from Tulane University’s department of otorhinolaryngology followed by a doctorate in
physical medicine and rehabilitation in the speech and hearing
science section from the University of Michigan.
Stan Heath Takes on Basketbull
Former Arkansas Razorback Stan Health
is now a USF Bull, taking the helm of the
men’s basketball team as the eighth coach
in the program’s 35-year history.
Heath received a five-year deal worth $3.4
million, or $680,000 a year. He also could earn up to another
$170,000 in incentives per season, which could be obtained
in full by winning the national title.
After nearly a monthlong search, USF athletic director Doug
Woolard landed a coach who has three NCAA Tournament
appearances in six seasons and is coming off consecutive
20-win seasons at Arkansas.
Heath also was in the mix for openings at Iowa and Marshall,
but decided on a chance to coach in the Big East. He is
known as one of the nation’s top recruiters, landing three
Top 15 national classes at Arkansas.
New A&S Dean for USF
St. Petersburg
Frank Biafora is the new dean of the
College of Arts & Science at USF St.
Petersburg.
Biafora, a sociology professor and associate
dean for the College of Liberal Arts at St. John’s University,
recently won a Fulbright Scholars award in Vietnam.
Biafora earned his bachelors and masters degrees from UF
and a doctorate from University of Miami in 1991. He
started his new job at USF July 1.
Stavros Chosen for Board
of Governors
USF trustee and local businessman/
philanthropist Gus Stavros was named
to the Board of Governors, a state panel
that oversees the university system.
Stavros, chairman of PELAM Investments, has been a
generous benefactor of USF. In addition to serving on the
USF and USF Foundation Board of Trustees, he also established
the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic
Education on USF’s Tampa campus.
His appointment runs through January 2013.
Kudos for President Genshaft
The Florida Holocaust Museum honored
USF President Judy Genshaft with the
2007 Loebenberg Humanitarian Award
during its annual “To Life” dinner in
February. The award was established
to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding
contribution to the Holocaust Museum and its mission to
recognize the inherent worth and dignity of human life in
order to prevent future genocides.
In April, Genshaft was presented with the Captain of
Education Award during the annual commencement
ceremony of Hadassah College in Jerusalem. The college
recognized Dr. Genshaft as a leading figure in modern
higher education, who promotes excellence in education,
research and development, diversity and social issues.
Former State Senator Joins USF
Lesley Miller, a USF alumnus and the
university’s first black student body
president, was hired as the new director
of community relations and student
ombudsman in April.
Miller comes to USF after more than 10 years as manager for
Minority Business Development and Governmental Relations
at Tampa General Hospital. He also served in the State House
and Senate for more than a decade and was Senate minority
leader during his 2004 term.
Provost Honored for her
Work, Citizenship
USF Provost and Senior Vice
President Renu Khator was named an
“Outstanding American by Choice”
by U.S. Immigration and Citizenship
Services. Khator, a native of India, is part of an elite group
of foreign-born high achievers to receive the honor,
including Dr. Kiran Patel, USF trustee and philanthropist.
USICS Director Emilio Gonzalez, a Cuban-born USF
graduate, presided at the event.
Browning Named Secretary
of State
Kurt Browning, `82 & `94, was selected
as secretary of state by Gov. Charlie Crist.
He holds a Masters of Public Administration from USF and served on USF’s Public
Administration Advisory Board. Browning, formerly Pasco
County’s supervisor of elections, represented the Florida State
Association of Supervisors of Elections’ interests before the
Legislature for the past decade. In addition to overseeing the
state elections process, the Department of State also oversees
corporations and cultural affairs, the state library and archives
and the office of cultural and historic programs.
New Dean for the College
of Engineering
The College of Engineering welcomes
Dr. John Wiencek, who began his term
as dean July 1.
Dr. Wiencek was chair of the Department
of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University
of Iowa. He completed his Ph.D. at Case Western Reserve
University in Chemical Engineering and was an assistant
professor at Rutgers University, where he earned tenure.
Dr. Wiencek is an accomplished teacher and scholar who
won several national and institutional awards. He has a long
list of peer-reviewed publications and presentations and has
attracted over $7.5 million in research support from external, competitive funding agencies, including the NSF, NIH,
NASA and DOE. His research interests focus on protein
biophysics and novel membrane-based water purification.
developing world. Coming to the Patel Center was
like coming full circle.
Q : How did you begin teaching in East Africa?
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betty
castor
Q&A with
Betty Castor,
Executive Director
of the Dr. Kiran
C. Patel Center for
Global Solutions
USF launched the Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center
for Global Solutions in May 2005, thanks to
a generous gift from Tampa cardiologist and
entrepreneur, Dr. Kiran C. Patel, and his
wife, pediatrician Pallavi Patel. The Center’s
mission is to study the world’s problems from
a global perspective and to develop new tools
to create solutions. Former USF President
Betty Castor was appointed as Executive
Director of the Center in January.
Q : What drew you to be a part of the Patel Center?
A : It was almost happenstance. In the same day,
at the same luncheon, I saw the Provost (Renu
Khator) who inquired about whether I’d have any
interest in joining the Patel Center. It wasn’t something I had thought about. Then about an hour later,
I saw Dr. Patel, and he said, “Are you ready for another
challenge?” I don’t know if they had talked about it
previously, but it seemed like maybe they had.
What really drew me to it was the center’s mission,
because I actually started my career as a teacher in
East Africa and I’ve maintained my interest in the
A : I was in college and was very involved in a
project to send educational supplies to developing
countries. This was at a time in the Sixties when
many developing countries were throwing off
European control and becoming independent. It was
a time of great promise and great hopefulness. The
belief was that education was the essential component
in helping these countries become independent and
self-reliant.
I had a professor who said, “This would be a great
opportunity for you.” And it was. You get out of your
comfort zone and you’re impacted by a culture that’s
very different.
I taught a variety of subjects to African students. I
was their net ball coach. I was also part of a team of
young women who went to the summit of Kilimanjaro. I think the first African woman to summit was
part of our group. So for me, it was idyllic, but the
poverty was overwhelming and only a small percentage of young people could get an education – at that
time it was well below 10 percent.
The nice thing about East Africa was that the
secondary and university education was in English,
which was helpful for those of us who were coming
from America, although many of us were able to pick
up some of the language.
Q : With so many challenges in the world, how does
the Center define its focus and zero in on its priorities?
A : The fundamental issues – water and sanitation
– those were settled before I arrived. Soon after Dr.
Patel announced his initial gift, the USF faculty
came together in a large group and debated what
the overarching issues would be.
When you think about it, water is as important as
anything when it comes to establishing and sustaining a community. And sanitation goes hand-in-hand
with water. It crosses all the disciplines – public
health, engineering, geography, education.
For me, the intriguing part is that in the developing
world, when you think about education, young
women can’t start their day unless they supply the
water. It’s a gender issue. It’s the girls, the mothers,
the women who are responsible for supplying water to
a village or a school. So their day doesn’t start before
they do their chores, which includes gathering water.
Q : What are the Center’s other priorities?
A : First, you have to have clean water, what we call
potable water. Then you can look at the other issues,
like migration and urbanization, people leaving the
rural areas and moving into the cities and coast.
The (other) area is, what does it take to make a
community sustainable? It really depends on the
culture. It’s very different in the developing world.
It’s about whatever commodity
that’s important in that culture.
But for now, we’re concentrating
on potable water and sanitation.
What’s interesting is that it
turns out that the west coast of
Florida is a very good laboratory
for water issues. We’ve had lakes
that have dried up. We’ve had
coastal areas taken over by condominiums. We’ve had streams
that have become polluted. And
we’ve had success in terms of
building one of the largest water
reservoirs in the country, the
Tampa Bay Water reservoir.
newsletter with their findings. It’s another example
of taking faculty work and using it to understand
what’s going on in a global economy.
Q : A parcel of land next to the Gibbons Alumni
Center has been dedicated for construction of the
Patel Center. How is that progressing?
A : We need a few more pledges before we get
there. We have $10 million in the bank, but we have
to raise more funds and find some partners. We’re
trying to identify other groups with international
interests, both within the university and externally,
so that when it’s ultimately
constructed it will have a truly
international emphasis.
Q : How does it feel to be
back on campus after a few
years? Has it changed much
since you were president
(1994-99)?
Q : What do you say to people
who feel like we should focus our energies here
in the U.S. and let other countries solve their
own problems?
A : It’s been very interesting
having to deal with things like
parking and IDs. I have to walk
a little farther to get to my office
these days. But it’s wonderful to
see everyone and there are advantages to having been here before.
I kept in pretty close contact, but there have been a lot
of changes. I can’t wait until the Marshall Center is
complete. I think that will truly be the stamp of change.
A : We live in a global economy. Our resources are
global resources. What happens in one part of the
world will surely, in the broader sense, affect the rest
of the world. A lot of the territorial debates around
the globe are fundamentally about land and water,
then other countries get drawn into that. So helping
communities become sustainable and live in a more
harmonious way benefits the greater good. I think
most people understand that.
Q : In addition to your educational background as a
teacher and President and CEO of the National Board
for Professional Teaching Standards, you also have
an extensive background in politics, as a Florida’s
Education Commissioner, State Senator and County
Commissioner. Now your daughter, Kathy Castor,
is following in your footsteps, first as a County Commissioner and, most recently, as a U.S. Representative.
What advice have you passed along to her?
Q : What is the Globalization Research Network?
A : Kathy is very much her own person. The
interesting thing to me is when I see people I know,
they used to ask, “How are you doing?” Now they
ask, “How’s your daughter doing?” It’s a generational
thing. And a lot of folks tell me what’s going on with
her. They’ll say, “Oh, she’s going to be speaking here in
a few weeks,” and that will be the first I’ve heard of it.
A : That is a consortium started by the Center and
(Academic Director) Mark Amen. It’s a network of
four universities (USF, UCLA, George Washington
University and the University of Hawaii) that
research globalization issues and produce an electronic
1974
A Blast from the Past !
U.S. PRESIDENT: Richard M. Nixon
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME:
(current dollars): $11,197
UNEMPLOYMENT: 5.6%
FIRST CLASS STAMP: .8 cents
IN THE ARTS: Russian ballet
IN SCIENCE: Lucy, a prehistoric
star Mikhail Baryshnikov defects
and joins the American Ballet Theatre;
Patti Smith releases what is
considered to be the
first punk rock single,
“Hey Joe;” Stephen
King debuts
his novel,
Carrie.
biped that becomes a link in the theory
of evolution, is discovered in Tanzania;
Citing safety concerns, the National
Academy of Sciences calls for
a ban on genetic engineering research; Leda
the ninth and
smallest
of Jupiter’s
moons, is
discovered
by astronomer
Charles
Kowal.
AT USF: First reported incident of on-campus streaking occurs; New College in Sarasota joins the Florida university
system and USF Sarasota. IN THE NEWS: Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to resign. He leaves office
Aug. 8, after being charged with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws and refusal to produce subpoenaed
material. He’s pardoned on Sept. 8 by his former vice president and successor, Gerald Ford; Patricia Hearst, the
19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolf Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army on Feb. 5;
Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh dies on Aug. 26 of lymphoma in Maui, Hawaii.
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By Natalie Shultz
Class of 2008
graduated. She was completely lost and totally shocked at all
the new buildings, traffic and people.
College. Parents think they know what it’s
like, but they have no idea.
“USF is definitely not what it used to be,” said my mother,
Dr. Deborah Shultz. “There were no sports and not too many
clubs around, so studying is just what we did.”
Trying to guess the number of times the
“College is so different now, you just don’t
understand,” conversation has occurred at
my family’s dinner table is a futile venture. Now, more than
ever, it’s clear that college is a whole new ball game, and
parents are the enthusiastic, but clueless, fans.
The old-fashioned days of typewriters, hand-written notes and
library card catalogues have given way to modern conveniences
like laptops, email, Internet and the omniscient Google.
My generation has the luxury of instant information that our
parents lacked, but the flip side is that multi-tasking is an
essential survival skill for today’s Bulls, for better or worse.
Today’s students grow up too fast and have too much on
their plates. Between jobs, commuting to and from class,
homework, projects, extracurricular activities, exercising and
trying to keep a decent family and social life, we are just plain
stressed out.
Consider my schedule, for example. On weekdays, I get to USF
at 8 a.m., leave campus to go to work at a law firm in south
Tampa, then return later for my afternoon classes. After that,
there are meetings for student government and other organizations, or my sorority, Delta Delta Delta, some of which last
until 10 p.m. By then, homework is the last thing I want to
think about. And those extra-curricular activities aren’t optional.
Employers look for graduates who put in that extra effort.
On the other hand, my mother, a USF alumna, said her daily
activities consisted of going to class, going home to study, and
maybe helping out at my grandfather’s office on the weekends
- if her homework was done. She was also in a sorority, Alpha
Delta Pi, but she says the time commitment was nowhere near
what I’m expected to put into mine. And she loves to remind
me that her study habits are what earned her straight A’s all
through college.
I knew when I started at USF in Fall 2004 that I had big shoes to
fill. My mom and her brother John graduated from here in 1975
and `68, respectively, with one-way tickets to medical school.
In light of that, my very first B during my freshman year at USF
was traumatic. It was like I had a big, scarlet “B” on my chest. I felt
like a failure. But it turned out to be a huge wake-up call. I came to
understand that sometimes, no matter how hard I try, B’s happen.
Of course, my mom (and many other parents) find that rationale
completely unacceptable. But to my generation, it’s reality.
Mom got a little wake up call herself when she returned to
campus with me for registration, some 30 years after she
The truth is that college today isn’t what it used to be. It’s
faster, more demanding, less personal and super competitive
- much like the real world today. I’m majoring in Magazine
Journalism and the Mass Communications professors often tell
us that only a small percentage of us will actually end up in
our chosen field, because there are more applicants that jobs.
Wish me luck.
Memor y
SAHARE
Excerpts of memories from
members of the USF Alumni Association.
I remember playing on the first varsity baseball team in
1966, and in `67, winning 11 straight games. We also beat
the University of Miami and they were ranked in the Top
5 in the country.
Arthur Richardson `69
Annual Member
I remember all of the good times and friends at Fontana
Hall; golfing at The Claw; Saturday afternoons at Busch
Gardens; beer tours at the brewery; frat parties; studying
in the medical library so I could get some quiet time.
Greg Schmitt, `83
Annual Member
While I was finishing graduate school in the Dept. of
World Languages my mom became very ill. I remember
how supportive the Department was: my head professor,
Dr. Wei Zhu and the adjuncts. My mom passed away,
but I kept all the cards and remembered the kindness of
those around me - particularly my husband-to-be - Michael.
Eve Dobbins `03
Annual Member
Share your USF memory with us! Email
[email protected]
and write “Memory” in the subject line.
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“I’ve left the
greater details
to God and
whatever divine
plan He may
have for my life.”
Look closely at the photos on these pages. Less than 24 hours after
those shots were taken, 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Oliveira, 23, was on patrol
in an armored vehicle that was struck by a roadside bomb.
Fortunately, no one was killed this time.
His unit, the 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment
of the 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas,
has lost 12 soldiers in the past seven months
while serving in Baghdad, where they will be
until at least January 2008.
Oliveira, Class of `04, is circumspect about the
danger he faces as detachment commander of a
heavy armor and mechanized company that conducts
combat patrols in Baghdad’s International Zone,
formerly known as the “Green Zone.”
The 5.6-square-mile area that was Saddam’s
stomping grounds is now the hub of the
U.S. and coalition forces’ operations
in Iraq, and
consequently, a
primary target
for insurgents.
“There’s only so
much armor and
plating that can
protect you,” Oliveira says in an email interview.
“I’ve left the greater details to God and whatever
divine plan He may have for my life. The best
deterrent is sound decision-making and wearing
all the protective gear we have.”
Oliveira, who earned a B.A., Cum Laude, in
Political Science while at USF, joined the Army
because he felt compelled “to do something – to
give back in some small way.”
He was moved by late President John F.
Kennedy’s challenge to Americans some 46
years ago: “Ask not what your country can
do for you; ask what you can do for
your country.”
“Sadly, it’s a
message and a
challenge that has
eluded much of
America’s youth,”
says Oliveira, who
was a student
in the Alumni Association’s select Legislative
Directed Study Program.
“My generation was raised with MTV and the
Internet. Life was great. However, very little about
our lives spoke to the call of public service.”
So when duty called,
Oliveira answered.
He is one of nearly
400 USF alumni who
identify themselves as
members of the military,
according to USF’s Joint
Military Leadership
Center. About 800 USF
students have earned
commissions through
the university’s
ROTC programs.
Being stationed in
the International
Zone – with its
mix of leaders and
politicians of
varied ethnicities
and ideologies
– seems fitting for a
young man who has
always been fascinated
by politics.
“This is a nation with
a complex and storied biblical history,” Oliveira
says of Iraq. “There are many sectarian fractures
here. Iraqis are like Americans in that they all
have differing values, priorities and beliefs.”
And though political theory may be fine for
the academics, the soldiers patrolling Baghdad’s
streets are much more pragmatic.
to do when he returns to the states.
“Of course, I’ll want to spend as much time
as possible with my family and friends,” says
Oliveira, who was raised in Riverview. “I’d
also like to pay Mickey Mouse a visit, drop by
Busch Gardens, visit USF, and
ultimately,
just relax.”
And he’s making
plans for his life
after the Army. “I
recently submitted
a request for
resignation to
return to civilian
life when my
military service
obligation ends
next May. Thus
far, everything has
been approved.
I plan on exploring
options in the
corporate world,
as well as the
public sector,”
he says.
Until then,
Oliveira who
is scheduled to
be promoted to Captain this month - must
concentrate on the task at hand.
“For now, leaving Iraq is only a distant dream,”
he says.
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“My generation
was raised with
MTV and the
Internet. Life was
great. However,
very little about
our lives spoke
to the call of
public service.”
Jeff Oliveira would love to hear from fellow
Bulls. You can e-mail him at
[email protected]
“Our fight is not political,” he says. “It is not
for an ideology. Our fight is for our own survival
and for that of the man to the left and right.”
Few in the battalion were happy to hear that
their tour of duty had been extended as a result
of the recent troop surge.
“We first heard the news on CNN,” Oliveira says.
“I’d be lying if I told you anyone I’ve spoken with
was thrilled about the news. My personal belief
is that there would be stronger support if the
end state were clearly defined and perceived to be
attainable. Right now, the only guarantee is 12
months back home and another 15-month tour.”
He tries to focus instead on the things he wants
alumni
profile
peter nehr
Tarpon Springs businessman
Peter Nehr was enjoying a
pleasant Sunday dinner with
his family about a decade ago
when his sons – Gulf High
school students at the time
- dropped a bombshell.
“We’ve decided we’re not
going to go to college,” they
told their father. “You don’t
have a college education and
you’re doing pretty well
for yourself.”
Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs, was a successful business owner when he decided to
attend USF to set a good example for his sons.
Nehr, now a state
representative for District
48, was floored. It never occurred to him that his
career success might send the wrong message about
education to his oldest sons, Christopher and Brian,
now 28 and 26, respectively.
The boys were thinking of possibly opening a
business, like Nehr did when he bought American
Spirit Flag Shop. He and his wife, Anita Nehr, built
the tiny, debt-ridden store into a successful business
with a quarter-million dollars of inventory. They were
two-time winners of the Tarpon Springs Chamber of
Commerce Business of the Year award.
While it was true that Nehr hadn’t attended college,
his circumstances had been very different than that
of his boys.
Nehr, 55, was born in Austria and grew up in a
family of immigrants. His mother was the oldest
of nine children that his grandfather brought to the
U.S., one by one, as he could afford it, during the
early years of World War II. He imposed certain
conditions upon their arrival.
“He told them, ‘You’ve got one year. I’ll buy your
clothing and food. You get a job, you learn English,
and in one year, you’re on your own. I’ve got more
kids to bring over,’” Nehr explained.
His parents worked hard and lived up to their end of
the bargain, but there wasn’t any money for college.
Nehr put himself through radiology school and
worked as an X-ray tech for several years. He then
went into sales and eventually became a successful
real estate agent. He had a family along the way
– three boys, Christopher, Brian and his youngest,
Clifford, now 24, who has significant mental
disabilities. They bought the flag shop. Getting a
degree was a dream deferred.
Nehr didn’t want it to be that way for Christopher
and Brian. They were bright boys, much like Nehr
was during school. It was important to him that
his sons understand that higher education was
invaluable, both professionally and personally.
“I told them, ‘You’re going to college. That is
non-negotiable. As matter of fact, when you sign
up for college, I’m going to sign up with you and
I’m going to go to college, too.’” Nehr said. “They
thought I was kidding.”
Yet, when Christopher registered at what was then
St. Petersburg Junior College, Nehr, who was in his
mid-forties and running a business 60 hours a week,
signed up right along with him.
“We actually took a couple of courses together. He
wasn’t too happy about having Dad in his classes,”
Nehr said, laughing at the memory.
I told them, “You’re
going to college. That
is non-negotiable. As
matter of fact, when
you sign up for college, I’m going to sign up with
you and I’m going to go to college, too.”
Nehr and Christopher finished their Associate
degrees and enrolled at USF. By then, Brian had been
accepted at the University of Florida.
in 2000 and is now teaching in the Pasco County
School District. Nehr majored in Political Science
and graduated Summa Cum Laude the same year.
Nehr took early morning, evening and weekend
classes, squeezing in homework among his
responsibilities as husband, father and business
“When I first started, I thought Political Science
was about how to win an election. I didn’t realize it
was about the world and wars and geography and
statistics. It was exciting. I truly enjoyed it,” he said.
Nehr, a Republican, has put that degree to good use,
first as a two-term member of the Tarpon Springs
City Council, and now, as a state representative for
the area where he has made his home and built his
business over the past 30 years.
“My grandfather made me promise to him that if I
ever got the opportunity, I would give back as much
as I could to the country that did so much for him
and his family,’’ Nehr said.
Rep. Nehr graduated Summa Cum Laude from USF in 2000 with
a B.A. in Political Science.
owner. Even with all the stress, he thrived in academia.
Nehr and his wife, Anita, are selling the flag shop so
that he can concentrate on politics and she can return
to USF. She is just a few credits shy of earning a
Master’s degree in Math Education. She also wants to
earn an accounting degree.
“I loved the campus. I loved the courses. I loved
everything about it,” he said of his years at USF’s
Tampa campus.
Brian followed his degree from UF with a MBA
from USF’s College of Business in 2005. He’s now
working in sales for McKesson Medical, a health care
services firm that is a Fortune 500 company.
Christopher earned a degree in Elementary Education
“We’re a proud family of Bulls,” Nehr says.
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`98, B.S. Accounting
Brandon, FL
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Association,” we have a
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`79, B.A. Marketing
Lutz, FL
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Alyson I. Noune
Varrick S. Nunez
Casanova Z. Nurse
Kimberly and Shawn O’Brien
Catherine E. O’Connor M.D.
Toshiaki Ogasawara
Leslie Ogden
Mary E. Ojeda
Dr. Elizabeth Y. Okogbaa
Angel Jose Pa M.D.
Robert C. Pacenta
Girija Padmanabh
Leon D. Paige
Kathleen and Arthur Panov
John D. Parker
Matthew M. Parker
George F. Parker Jr.
Amy J. Parry
Surendra B. Parvataneni
L. J. Patouillet
Mary and Leland Patouillet
John R. Patrick
Doreen A. Patterson
Eugene C. Patterson
Scott E. Pautler M.D.
Dennis A. Payne
Lynn P. Payne
Carlos and Carol Pazos
John Pearce
Darryl Pearson
Nathan S. Pendleton IV
William J. Perna
William G. Perret
Karen S. Peters
James C. Peterson
James M. Roney
James P. Rosbolt
Michael A. Rosen
Judith O. Rosenkranz
James A. Rosenquist
Dennis M. Ross
Kimberly A. Ross
Kathryn G. Rowan
Carl T. Rowan
Nancy F. Rubin
Richard G. Rumrell
Anne and Anthony Runion
Casey and Jason Runkles
Solveig and Cory Ruppel
Janice and Michael Rush
Dr. John H. Russell
Jennifer E. Russell
Dr. Charles E. Russell Jr.
John F. Ruzic
Glenn E. Rybacki
Carla J. Saavedra
Mia Sadler
Elizabeth and Michael Saine
Wesley F. Sainz
Nicole D. Salazar
Neetha and Nitin Sallapudi
Betty L. Sanchez
Dana and Kenneth Sanchez
Tonya and Anthony Sanchez
Henry R. Santos
Louis Sarbeck M.D.
Jeannette Sasmor
Rebecca and Neal Sayers
Michael T. Schaefer
Kelley R. Schaeffer
Fred Scheigert
Trustee Alfred N. Schiff
Robert D. Schlechty
Philip P. Schlossnagle
Kenneth C. Schlugar
Nancy F. Schmidt
Kimberly and David Schmidt
Linda L. Schwartzkopf
Samuel E. Scolaro
Jean Ashby Seawell
Laura and Lance Seberg
Robert Sechen
Suzanne Marie Seidl
Pamela Seigrist Andersen
Robert E. Senton J.D.
Richard H. Sessums
T. Terrell Sessums
Charles M. Shanberg
Debra J. Shannon
Patrick O’Farrell Shea
Leo Sheridan III
Donald Sherwood
Joseph M. Shield
Patricia J. Shiflett Ph.D.
Mandell Shimberg Jr.
Stephen Douglas Shipman
Dr. Kennedy Simmonds
Linda O. Simmons
Carol and Earl Simmons
Paige F. Simpson
Nathan P. Sindel
Sharmatie B. Singh
Walter C. Skirven
Thomas Smerz
Barry S. Smith
Sam D. Smith
Donald A. Smith
Celinda L. Smith
Edward B. Smith
James P. Smith
Leslie H. Smith
L. Lisa Smithson
Stephen Sodheim
Julie and James Somers
Douglas S. Sonosky
Vicky and Peter Sorensen
David Soyer
Sara and Jeffrey Spalding
Barbara Sparks-McGlinchy
Stephen A. Spencer M.D.
Tonald E. Spinks
Lynne and Michael Sprenger
Patricia R. Spychala
Brett E. Stanaland M.D.
Sherri and Charles Stargel
Ellen C. Stavros
Gus A. Stavros
Leslie Reicin Stein
Lorinda and Craig Stein
George Steinbrenner III
Arnold Steinhardt
Randy J. Stepp
Elliott W. Stern
Deborah H. Stevenson
Stephanie J. Stiles
Darrell E. Stinger
George Michael Stone
Marybeth and Craig Storts
Jane A. Stovall
George Strawbridge Jr.
Charles J. Styer
William R. Sunter
Roy Sweatman
Shannon Sweatman
Gennie and Michael Swenson
Thayne W. Swenson III
Ronald L. Swonger
Deborah and Peter Tagliarini
Dr. Paul J. Talbot
Deborah J. Tamargo
Thomas N. Tamburro
Scott M. Tappan
Merrily E. Taylor
David Teague
Robert L. Tennant E.A.
Sherry T. Terpening
Stella F. Thayer
John C. Thomas
Charles Thomas
Robert S. Thompson
Gracie L. Thompson
Christopher D. Thompson
Patricia A. Tobin
Cynthia and Andrew Toledo
Janet Tolson
Charles H. Townes
Scott K. Tozian
Noreen Travis
Michael Tree
Dr. Laurier J. Tremblay Jr.
Johnnie H. Trevena
Jerry E. Trimble M.D.
Mary Trimble
Justin M. Troller
Gary Trombley
Bettina Tucker
Patricia and Kenneth
Tucker
Spencer Turner
Dexter G. Turnquest M.D.
Carolyn L Undorf
James A. Valdes
Jessica and Dennis Valenti
Russell E. Varney
Wayne Vasey
Timothy and Victoria
Vaughan
Thomas A. Veit Jr.
James E. Vermillion
Christopher Vermillion
John J. Victoravich
Christopher Viscusi
Cynthia and Luis Visot
Jill Voorhis
Jennifer L. Vozne
Jeff J. Wagner
Heather A. Cormier
Karen and Donald Walker
George M. Wall
James Kipp Wall Jr.
Lawrence and Sharlene Wall
Judy and Lew Wallace
Clara Wansley
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Ian and Jeanne Ware
Elizabeth A. Wasdin
Charles P. Watson
Carol D. Weber
Jody B. Weber
Jim Weber
David C. Weeks
Sharon and Theodore Weeks
Kathryn A. Weese
R. James Welz
Mark P. Wentley
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Kenneth L. White
Elizabeth and Alexander White
M.D.
Betsy R. White-Stewart
Albert Wiesbauer
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Stuart Winograd
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Kenneth B. Wittcoff
Richard K. Wittcoff
Edgar Wolfram
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Eric N. Yates
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Richard D. Yost
Bill Young
Sandra Younts
Jason Zimmerman
Lee Zimmerman
Dina Zumbahlen
Stanley Zylinsky Jr.
*Living Life Members as of April
20, 2007
athletics
Grothe Groomed for Great Things
Whoever invented the phrase “You can’t keep a
good man down” must have been talking about USF
quarterback Matt Grothe. No. 8 is like a stubborn
cowlick – he just can’t be flattened.
graduated from Lakeland’s Lake Gibson High.
He chose USF because he wanted to stay close to
home and be a part of the Bulls evolution into a
football powerhouse.
Grothe was the most productive freshman in college
football last season, racking up 246 yards of total
offense per game, good for 17th in the country, and
24 touchdowns. He finished third in passing yards
per game (198.2) and 10th in rushing yards (47.8).
Bulls fans held their collective breath when his
right fibula was fractured during the Papajohns.com
Bowl win last December, but they can breathe easy
now. During the annual Spring Scrimmage, Grothe
displayed every bit of the fine form that made him
the 2006 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year. With just
over one minute left in the game, he capped off a
39-yard drive to score on a three-yard run, giving
his squad a 7-6 win.
With a new target in prized receiver Mike Ford,
Grothe should have all the tools he needs to lead
the Bulls to new heights.
After a stellar season last year in which he lead the
Bulls to a 9-4 record and the university’s first bowl
win over East Carolina, Grothe is primed for the
2007 season, which opens Sept. 1 against Elon at
Raymond James Stadium.
A week later on Sept. 8, his 21st birthday, Grothe
will play in a nationally televised game against
Auburn. Not a bad way to spend a milestone birthday.
Grothe has been preparing for his time in the
spotlight for as long as he can remember. The son of
Matt and Brenda Grothe of Lakeland, Grothe grew up
only 35 miles from the Tampa campus, idolizing NFL
greats Brett Favre, Troy Aikman and Steve Young.
“I’ve been a quarterback since I was in, like, fifth
grade,” Grothe told ESPN in March. “They asked
what position I wanted to play. I said quarterback.
I have no idea why.”
After being named Florida high school player of
the year twice, he had plenty of options when he
2007-08 USF Bulls
Football Schedule
Sat. 9/1....... Elon
Sat. 9/8....... Auburn (on ESPN or ESPN2)
Sat. 9/22....... North Carolina
Fri. 9/28....... West Virginia * (on ESPN2)
Sat. 10/6....... Florida Atlantic
Sat. 10/13....... UCF
Thurs. 10/18....... Rutgers * (on ESPN)
Sat. 10/27....... Connecticut *
Sat. 11/3....... Cincinnati * (Homecoming!)
Sat. 11/10....... Syracuse *
Sat. 11/17....... Louisville *
Sat. 11/24....... Pittsburgh *
Bold indicates a Home game
* indicates a BIG EAST Conference game
For more details, visit www.GoUSFBulls.com.
classnotes
60s
Belinda Noah, `76, has authored God’s Food
Is your Best Medicine: Holy Bible:
How to Eat for God to Stay Slim and
Maintain Ultimate Health. Dr. Noah
is an attorney in Tampa.
Eduardo Gonzalez, `66, has written his
fourth book, Cuba and the Tempest:
Literature and Cinema in the Time of
Diaspora. He teaches literature and
cinema at Johns Hopkins University.
His other books are Carpentier, el
tiempo del hombre (1978), La persona y el relato
(1985) and The Monstered Self (1992).
Mystery writer and publisher Douglas Greene,
`66, won the George N. Dove Award
from the Detective/Mystery Caucus
of the Popular Culture Association
and American Culture Association.
The Dove Award recognizes
outstanding contributions to the serious study of
mystery and crime fiction.
70’s
Steve Bledsoe, `71, was named director of the
Nassau County State Attorney’s Office. Bledsoe
was previously the deputy director of the Circuit
Court in Duval County and has worked in the
Florida State Attorney’s Office since 1979. He has
served as a division chief since 1981 in each of
the felony circuit divisions. He is a 1978 graduate
of the law school at Loyola University in New
Orleans. Prior to attending school, Bledsoe was
a probation officer with the Division of Youth
Services in Jacksonville.
Catherine Bacos Clinch, `74 & `76, has
James Bronkhorst, `81, is Polk County’s
largest independent restaurateur, with four
restaurants, each with a different theme and
menu. His restaurants are: Christy’s Sundown
and Harborside Restaurant in Winter Haven, and
Harry’s Restaurant and Reececliff Restaurant in
Lakeland.
Mary Glass, `79, is the new director of the
Nancy High, MED `81, was named principal of
Manatee Education Foundation. Glass spent the
past two years in Long Island, N.Y., as a director
for NRT, the world’s largest residential real estate
company. Her background includes stints as a
general manager for Baskerville Advertising in
Sarasota, director of advertising for Chris Craft
Boats in Manatee County and as a member of the
initial marketing team for Schroeder-Manatee
Ranch Inc., the developer of Lakewood Ranch.
Catherine Peek McEwen, `79, is a United
States bankruptcy judge for the Middle District
of Florida, Tampa Division, and was appointed
chair of the Florida Bar’s Federal Court Practice
Committee and judicial chair of the Business Law
Section Bankruptcy/UCC Committee.
Steve Sheinbaum, `79, was named Marshal
Inc.’s vice president of Americas Sales. He
is responsible for driving sales and business
development strategy for Marshal’s Americas
operations. Marshal Inc. is an integrated email
and Internet content security provider. Sheinbaum
is based in Atlanta.
James R. Fisher Jr., MA `76, has written
Colleen (Hillman) Robbins, A.A. `79, had
page editor of The Ledger, Lakeland’s daily
newspaper. Marston has had a long career in
Florida newspapers. In his new role, Marston
will oversee the newspaper’s opinion pages,
columnists appearing on those pages and letters
to the editor.
Teresa Brandt, `75 & `78, performed a rare
arrangement of Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto
No. 4” in a concert with the Chamber Orchestra
of Florida. The chamber arrangement for piano
and string quintet was created in Beethoven’s
time but never officially premiered until recently.
Brandt is a dermatologist by trade but plays piano
“for the love of it.”
written a song, “Mama Forgive Me,” to benefit
her campaign to cure deafness at http://www.
helpmehearmusic.com/. A portion of the proceeds
from the song are donated to Massachusetts
General Hospital earmarked for Dr. Zheng-Yi
Chen’s research into a cure for deafness.
his ninth book, A Look Back to
See Ahead. His other works are:
Confident Selling (1970) Work
Without Managers (1990) Confident
Selling for the 90s (1992) The
Worker, Alone! (1995) Taboo Against Being Your
Own Best Friend (1996) Six Silent Killers (1998)
Corporate Sin (2000) and In the Shadow of the
Courthouse (2003).
Glenn Marston, `80, has been named editorial
her story “Sandbox Warrior” included in the
anthology Bombshells: War Stories and Poems
by Women on the Homefront, edited by Missy
Martin and Jesse Loren.
80s
Mary Baykun, `80, was named Librarian of
the Year by Library Journal for
her successful effort to push the
Maryland legislature for more
funding for its libraries. She
has been director of Maryland’s
Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown
for more than a dozen years.
Nolan Middle School in Bradenton.
She has many years of experience at
Manatee High School as assistant
principal, interim principal, and
home economics teacher.
Rodrigo Jurado, `80 & `81, was appointed
by Gov. Charlie Crist to the Hillsborough
Community College board of trustees. Jurado is a
management consultant for the Profitable Group.
He previously worked as the director of outreach
and development for the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Greater Tampa. The board of trustees administers
HCC in accordance with the board of governors of
the State University System of Florida. His term
runs through May 2010.
Ronald C. Schultz, `74 &`81, published a
memoir Looking Upward: Facing and Reaching
Beyond Spinal Cord Injury, which chronicles his
spinal cord injury at age 22 and his struggles to
cope and succeed.
Lisa Wharton Turner, M.A. `81, was chosen
as the Buckhannon-Upshur (W.V.) Chamber of
Commerce’s Businesswoman of the Year and
was honored in the West Virginia Women’s
Commission’s Celebrate Women Awards for
her business efforts. Turner, director of public
relations and marketing at St. Joseph’s Hospital,
is a member of many boards, including the
Upshur County Child Advocacy Center and St.
Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, and is a member
of the Buckhannon Rotary Club, Upshur County
Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and the
West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness.
She is also a mentor at West Virginia Wesleyan
College.
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Jeannine Mjoseth, `82, was named public
affairs officer for the Institute of Museum and
Library Services, the federal agency supporting
museum and library programs and research.
Mjoseth has nearly 20 years of journalism
experience and worked for the past seven years
in the communications office of the National
Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of
Health.
Jaime Brenkus, `83, published Get Lean in
15, a quick weight loss and fitness plan. Brenkus
is known as the “8 Minutes Abs Guy.” In 2006,
he was named a partner in the 50th Anniversary
of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness &
Sports. He also designed the Perfect Portions
Diet Dish, a patented weight loss program based
on portion control, which was approved by the
former Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop’s Shape
Up America organization. Brenkus worked with
supermodel Kathy Ireland on her videos “Reach”
and “Bodyspecifics,” which was named Health
and Fitness video of the year by the Video Sales
Distribution Awards.
Tony Grier, `84, has published the story of
his life and the birth of USF Bulls
basketball in A Raging Bull: Chasing
the Big Time.
Myrtice Young, `85, won the Bartow Chamber
of Commerce’s highest award, the
George W. Harris Jr. Leadership
Award. The award recognizes those
who have shown commitment to
the Bartow community and embody
the leadership attributes that Harris possessed.
Young is first vice president and marketing
director for C&C Bank. Before joining C&C in
1997, she owned a marketing and consulting firm
and served as director of practice development for
the Carter, Belcourt & Atkinson accounting firm in
Lakeland. She was a member of the Leadership
Bartow Class III and chairwoman of its Leadership
program. She also serves on the Bartow
Chamber’s board of directors, is chairwoman of
the Bartow Regional Medical Center’s community
advisory board and serves on advisory boards for
USF and the Junior League of Greater Lakeland.
Young also volunteers with Junior Achievement.
USF Alumni Association, Gibbons Alumni Center
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave., ALC 100
Stephen A. Watts, `81 & `86, won the
Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Prize for
Scholarly Distinction. The University of Alabama
– Birmingham presents the Ireland Prize award
annually to a faculty member in the schools
of Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences and
Mathematics or Social and Behavior Sciences
for professional and academic achievements and
contributions made to the university and local
community. It comes with a $5,000 award.
Kenneth Blocker, `87, is the new executive
director of business services for Citrus County
schools. Blocker will oversee all the monetary
operations of the school district. He has worked
for seven years as finance director of the Phoenix
House, a drug rehabilitation agency in Tampa.
Joanne C. (Mooney) King, ‘88, has written
a book for parents called Answers. It details
methods for parents to express their love and
advice to their children through simple exercises
and thought-provoking questions. Answers has
been featured on NBC’s “Daytime” show and in
the St. Petersburg Times and Tampa Tribune.
Julie Renee Moore, M.A. `89, won the
Outstanding Library Publication of 2006 for her
article “RDA: New Cataloging Rules, Coming
Soon to a Library Near You!” in Library Hi Tech
News. The article was submitted and chosen by
her peers as CSU Fresno’s Outstanding Library
Publication for 2006.
90s
Elizabeth (Beth) Dugan, M.A. `91, authored
The Driving Dilemma: The Complete Resource
Guide for Older Drivers and Their Families. She
earned a Ph.D. from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro and is now on the faculty
at the University of Massachusetts Medical
School in the Division of Geriatric Medicine.
Published in November 2006 by HarperCollins, Dr.
Dugan has made numerous media appearances
including Good Morning America, Fox News and
Wired to talk about seniors and driving issues.
Roy Otto, MPA `91, received a commendation
from the International City/County
Management Association, an
international association for city
managers. Otto has been city
manager of Greeley, Co., since
August 2005. He is one of 973 government
professionals worldwide to earn accreditation
from the International City/County Management
Association.
Lynn Roberts, `91, was named principal of
Lomax Elementary, where she
will lead the math, science and
technology magnet school after 3
years as assistant principal.
Lyle Castle, Ph.D., `92, was named
Professional of the Year in Heterocyclic Chemistry
by Cambridge Who’s Who. He is editor, CEO and
president of Hetero Corporation and a chemistry
professor at Idaho State University.
Brian Corley, `92, was named Pasco County’s
supervisor of elections by Florida
Gov. Charlie Crist. He was the chief
personnel officer with the Pasco
County Sheriff’s Office. He’s now
pursuing his Masters in Public
Administration at USF.
Dr. Roy Sucholeiki, `87 & `92, opened a
seizure clinic in Aurora, Ill., in
partnership with The Epilepsy
Foundation of Greater Chicago.
Dr. Sucholeiki is the only epilepsy
specialist in the western suburbs.
He is also medical director of Central DuPage
Hospital’s Comprehensive Seizure and Epilepsy
Program.
Patricia DiCarlo, `93, is an associate producer
for the Oprah Winfrey show in Chicago. She
previously was executive producer for WTTG
television in Washington, D.C. At WTTG, she was
honored with an Emmy Award by the National
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for best
television investigation and also won an Edward
R. Murrow award for best spot news coverage of
the 2002 Washington-area sniper attacks.
Jennifer Dewsnap, M.A. `94, was appointed
manager of the South Miami Branch of the
Miami-Dade Public Library System. Dewsnap
has more than 10 years of reference and young
adult experience and more than eight years of
experience as a manager to her new post. She
served as manager of the Sunny Isles Beach
Branch Library for the past two years and
before that as manager of the social sciences,
humanities and young adults department at the
main library for more than four years. Dewsnap
also served on the young adult committee
for the library system, during which time she
was involved with system-wide programming,
outreach, collection development and staff
development.
classnotes
Steven Goforth, `84 & `94, was named vice
president of interactive marketing for Adplex, a
consumer marketing services company based in
Houston. He was executive director of innovation
for Catalina Marketing Corp., a retail marketing
services company, and has worked in a variety of
executive-level positions at companies such as
Fujitsu and American Stores (Jewel-Osco).
Kathy Iwanowski, `94, merges her nursing
background with her bachelor’s degree in studio
arts as an artist-in-residence with VSA arts of
Florida, an international nonprofit organization
celebrating the power of the arts in the lives of
people with special needs. She donates a portion
of her proceeds from her SARAH Project - an
acronym for Sponsorship Advocacy Research Arts
Health - to health-related causes.
Trevor Thomas, `95, is “Mr. Drama,” a
Christian performer and evangelist. He makes
about 180 appearances a year and conducts
drama workshops and seminars at churches and
national and state drama festivals, where he
teaches acting and directing.
Doreen Gauthier, M.A. `96, had the new
library in Lighthouse Point, Florida, named in her
honor in recognition for nearly 30 years of service.
The Doreen Gauthier Lighthouse Point Library is
expected to open in August.
Tonjua Williams, `96, was named provost
of St. Petersburg College. She is
responsible for the college’s future,
budget, planning and supervising
services for more than 26,000
students. In almost two decades
at SPC, Williams has worked as a recruiter,
academic adviser and program coordinator.
Chad Drummond, `97, is vice president of
Engineering at HSW Engineering. He is based
in the firm’s DeLand office, performing work
on environmental, water resources, and civil
engineering projects.
Brian D. Lamb, `98, a former captain of the
Bulls basketball team, was named
chief financial officer for Fifth Third
Bank. Lamb holds Board positions
at the Greater Tampa Bay Chamber
of Commerce, USF Foundation and
USF Alumni Association. He was selected as
the 2006 Minority Business Person of the Year
by the Tampa Bay Business Journal and served
as charter co-chair for Emerge Tampa Bay. Lamb
founded the Eugene Lamb, Jr. Foundation in
December 2003 to raise capital to enhance his
hometown, Midway, Florida, and the recreation
facility that is named after his father.
Lea Umberger, `98, was the costume and
set designer for the world premiere adaptation
of Shakespeare’s “Rape of Lucrece” at the
Washington Shakespeare Company in Arlington,
Virginia. She also was costume designer for “The
Dirty Talk” at Center Stage in New York City.
Jenna Freedman, M.A. `99, coordinator of
Reference Services at Barnard College Library
in New York, was awarded the Elizabeth Futas
Catalyst for Change Award by the American
Library Association. The Futas award, consisting
of $1,000 and a 24 karat gold-framed citation of
achievement, recognizes and honors a librarian
who invests time and talent to make positive
changes in the profession of librarianship.
Robyn Howse Spoto, `99, is a real estate
advertising sales specialist for The Tampa
Tribune. She previously was director of operations
for Garcia Media, an international information
design firm. Prior to that, she was an event
planner and marketing coordinator for the Ybor
City Chamber of Commerce. She earned a MBA
from the University of Tampa in 2004.
00s
Howard C. Carroll, MPA `00, is Hillsborough
County’s first affordable housing officer. He
previously ran a state-sponsored affordable
housing program for the county and served as
Clearwater’s assistant housing director.
Eddie Hamp, `78 & `01, was recently
awarded the Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award
at Hillsborough Community College. Hamp is
senior vice president for Tampa Bay Federal
Credit Union and CEO of its subsidiary, First
Access Service Team.
Brian S. Mathews, `01, was named as one of
Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” in March.
Mathews, an information services librarian and
distance learning services coordinator at Georgia
Tech, was noted for his innovative ideas on how
to make libraries more relevant to technology
savvy users.
Earl Paul, `74 & `01, has published So You
Want To Be A Leader? What Every
College Student Should Know, a
resource guide for college students.
He has spent many years of
working with college students and
volunteering with organizations such as United
Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the American
Society. Dr. Paul currently works in student affairs
and is an adjunct faculty member at Hillsborough
Community College.
Ewa Dworakowski Roman, `01, is a reporter
and producer with WHP television, the CBS
affiliate in Harrisburg, Pa., which is the nation’s
41st largest market. She previously was a
reporter and anchor for WETM in Elmira, N.Y.
She founded the Radio-Television News Directors
Association chapter at USF.
Joey DiMenno, `02, is performing the title role
in the opera “Carmen” by Bizet with the Knoxville
Opera Company this summer. She has performed
with the Opera Studio, an opera outreach
program for the Knoxville Opera Company and
was featured in the Knoxville Opera Winter News
Letter. She has sung for several seasons with
the Nashville Opera Company. DiMenno is also
pursuing her master’s degree at the University
of Tennessee.
Elissa Foster, Ph.D., `02, an assistant
professor of communication at San Jose
State University, received the Southern States
Communication Association’s 2007 Janice Hocker
Rushing Early Career Research Award, which
carries a $2,000 stipend.
Todd Gingerich, `02, was promoted to
associate in the Charlotte, N.C.
office of LandDesign, an urban
planning, civil engineering and
landscape architecture company.
Gingerich joined LandDesign in 2006
after working for an engineering firm in Florida.
Evelyn Hale, `02, was named communication
Tony Umholtz, MBA `02, was named as one
Tanya Abilock, `99 & `06, was hired as one of
& program director for the non-profit
Tampa Bay Business Committee
for the Arts. Evelyn most recently
worked as a legislative assistant for
former U.S. Congressman Jim Davis.
She was formerly a student in the USF Alumni
Legislative Intern Program.
of “Tampa Bay Business Journal’s
2006 30 Under 30.” He is branch
manager for SunTrust Mortgage in
Tampa. He was a kicker for the Bulls
inaugural football season and played
for the Tennessee Titans, New York Giants and
New England Patriots. He has closed more than
$100 million in residential loans and is ranked
13th within the company in new mortgage sales.
two multicultural life coordinators
at State University of New YorkCortland. She served for almost a
year as graduate assistant in the
Office of Multicultural Activities
at USF. Before that, she worked in Washington,
D.C., as a college organizer for the Alliance for
Justice’s First Monday initiative. Abilock was
inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa national
leadership honor society in 2004. A National
Coalition Building Institute Certified trainer,
she is a member of the National Golden Key
Honor Society and was honored with an NAACP
Leadership Award, an Outstanding Senator
Award and a National Collegiate Student
Government Award.
Brian Killingsworth, MBA `02, was named
as one of “Tampa Bay Business
Journal’s 2006 30 Under 30.”
He was also selected for the St.
Petersburg Chamber’s Leadership
St. Pete Class of 2007. Killingsworth
is the director of marketing and promotions for
the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. A former ball player,
he also works with youth baseball, giving hitting
lessons and is involved with the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes, Meals on Wheels and Emerge
Tampa.
Louis Rowland, MED `02, was honored with
the Secondary Section High School
Teacher of Excellence award by
the National Council of Teachers
of English. He is an adjunct English
professor and doctoral student and
teaches at Hillsborough High.
Dominique Goldstein Shapiro, `02, is a
commercial sales representative for General
Binding Corporation, an Acco Brands company in
New York City. She lives on Long Island.
Carol Subiño Sullivan, `02, recently directed
“Arabian Nights,” a concert with the Windfall
Dancers, a modern dance collective based in
Bloomington, Indiana. She is currently in working
toward her Ph.D. in Dance Anthropology and
applying for national grants that would enable her
to study Afro-Mexican dance in Veracruz, Mexico.
Shanshera Banks-Quinn, M.A. `02, is
president of the Florida School
Counselor Association, an
organization that expands the image
and influence of professional school
counselors.
Kevin Carlson, `03, is a photojournalist and
editor for WTSP television in St. Petersburg.
Previously he held a similar position at WBIR
television, an NBC/Gannett-owned affiliate in
Knoxville, Tenn., and before that at a station in
Augusta, Ga.
Alicia Welch, `03, was promoted to senior
account executive at NPC Creative Services. She
is currently pursuing a MBA at USF.
Mellyn Spencer, `90 & `04, was named social
worker of the year by the Heartland
chapter of the National Association
of Social Workers. She is program
manager for intensive clinical
services at Peace River Center, a
community mental health center in Bartow and
Lakeland.
Renee Warmack, `90 & `05, filmed a
documentary, “Ten at the Top in
Tampa Bay,” about women leaders
in government who live in the Tampa
Bay area, including USF President
Judy Genshaft. The film aired in
March on WEDU. Warmack is manager of
special projects for the Children’s Board of
Hillsborough County.
Maria Saraceno, MFA `05, received a 2006
Individual Artist Grant from the Pinellas County
Arts Council in for a community based art project
called “Willful Encounters at a Bus Stop.” The
project was exhibited at Studio@620 in St.
Petersburg and at Edgezones in Miami, where
Miami Herald art critic Eliza Turner named it a
Critic’s Pick. Saraceno was also accepted for
the “Art in the Windows” project in Providence,
Rhode Island in May 2007.
Samantha Andre, `06, is a photojournalist and
editor for WRDW television in Augusta, Ga.
Lara Miars, M.A. `06, is president-elect of the
Hillsborough County Counseling Association.
Jonathan Ohrt, `03 & `06, is president-elect
of the Florida Career Development Association, an
organization that helps people better understand
their career and personal options.
In Memoriam
Russel Adlon, `73, January 27
Glenn Baruch , `93, March 10
Stephan Brown, `92, February 19
Denae Boromei, `99, December 13
Sara Corey Gilbert, `72, April 17
June Henry, `83, November 6,
Rosemarie Kromrey, `72, April 19
Richard Powell Sr., `71, March 17
Jewel Prater, `74, November 3
Michael Rowlson, `73, `75, `80, February 17
Johnny Sims, `77, March 23
Arlene Spain, `65, February 27
Kenneth Speranza, `86, February 18
Joyce Okamoto Stringer, `95, April 4
Roland Vaillant, `77, December 1
Mary Zummo, `67, February 10
Got an Itch to See the World?
HELP US SHAPE OUR USF ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAM!
T
HE USF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION is
putting together an itinerary of trips for
2008. Russia, China, India, Patagonia,
the Panama Canal – those are just a few destinations
we’re considering. Here’s your chance to explore
a foreign land accompanied by a USF expert who
can give you special insight into the area.
But first, we want you to help us decide where
to go. Send your trip suggestions to [email protected].
Please include your name, class year and mailing address so that we can keep
you updated on our plans.
GO AHEAD… Pick a spot and pack your bags!
Fun in
the Sun
FOR
LESS!
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They say there’s no such thing as a free ride.
But why pay full price? Don’t forget – summer
is a great time to take advantage of your Alumni
Association member discounts to:
• Busch Gardens • Adventure Island
• Sea World
• Lowry Park Zoo*
*Show your Alumni Association membership
card for a Lowry Park Zoo membership discount
The USF Alumni Association’s mission
is to connect USF alumni with each
other and USF, support students through
mentoring and scholarships, and increase
the positive public perception of
USF and the value of your degree.
Download your coupon at: www.usfalumni.org.

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