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Alumni News — 70s
Ralph Desmarais PhD'70 is a diverse author,
having penned The Taming of the Working Class, Tales from a
Yank in Clinton's Arkansas, and Intimacy & Depression
(Awe-Struck E-Books). In the latter, Desmarais puts the story of
his own depression into the context of the lives of others who have
faced the battle. He writes and teaches in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The latest excellence-in- education honor that Bob Hatch
'70, MA'72, PhD'78 has garnered is the
University of Florida's Teacher of the Year Award, and last
November, he received the Joseph H. Hazen Education Prize from the
History of Science
Society. The Gainesville resident is an associate professor in the
Program for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Natural Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects,
and Designers (W.W. Norton & Company) has earned Judy
(Judie) Juracek '71, MFA'74 a 2003 Golden Pen
Award from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT).
She's a New York City scenic artist and designer. Bobbie
(Roberta) Owen '71, MFA'74, USITT's interim
VP of communications and a professor of dramatic art at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented the award in March.
UW-Madison Professor of Theatre Technology Dennis Dorn '70
provides another Badger connection as USITT's vice president
of commissions.
The third book by James Rhem MA'71, PhD'79
of
Madison came out this spring: Aaron Siskind (Phaidon).
Part of the Phaidon 55 series on modern photographers, this book
is the first to reproduce any of Siskind's color work. Rhem
was the guest curator of an exhibition of the photographer's
work that opened at the Madison Art Center in September.
Class of 1972, did you know that Evelyn Hill '72
went on to become the Most Reverend Dr. Evelyn Hill, a
bishop in the Old Catholic Church? Now retired, she's moved
to Orlando and intends to create a home studio for painting and
sculpting. Hill remains a consulting bishop, but won't let
that keep her from her travel plans.
“Cargill Malt welcomes Bill Ladish ['72]
as Midwest account executive for its specialty malt business,”
read a recent news release, and we were intrigued. The scoop? In
his new role, Ladish, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, will service regional
brewers, brew pubs, and microbrewery customers for the Minneapolis-based
malt firm.
Spreading the Risks: Insuring the American Experience
(Posterity Press) — a book co-created by Robert Moore
PhD'72 and John Bogardus, Jr. — was the cover
story of the May/June 2003 issue of Contingencies magazine,
published by the American Academy of Actuaries. Built on thirteen
years of research, it traces the origins and growth of insurance.
Moore, of Vienna, Virginia, is also on the board of visitors for
the UW's Dictionary of American Regional English
project.
The Madison Advertising Federation (MAF) gave Domenica
“Mini” Schiro '72 its 2003 Silver Medal
Award this spring for her many contributions. During her service
as its 1988–89 president, the MAF established a scholarship
program that has become a national role model for encouraging
post-secondary education. Schiro, of Middleton, was an editor of
the Badger yearbook and a UW varsity cheerleader.
Cal State-Fullerton math Professor David Pagni PhD'73
has been called “one of the most respected math educators
in the world” by Solomon Garfunkel, the executive director
of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. As if that
weren't nifty enough, Pagni has received a $20,000 cash prize
in this year's California State University Wang Family Excellence
Awards. His work focuses on improving the way math is taught in
area schools.
Whom did the Rural Sociological Society honor with its Distinguished
Rural Sociologist award in 2002? It was UW Professor Emerita Doris
Peyser Slesinger PhD'73, who served as the first female department
chair in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences from 1987
until 1991. She retired in 2001 and resides in Madison.
The American Pharmaceutical Association thinks Duane Kirking
'74 is pretty grand, awarding him its 2003 Research
Achievement Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences for his work on
improving the appropriateness of medication use. Kirking is a professor
and the chair of the Department of Social and Administrative Sciences
in the pharmacy college at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Intermountain Health Care, a system of hospitals, physicians, and
health plans headquartered in Salt Lake City, has a new chief financial
officer: Bert (Albert) Zimmerli '74, MBA'75. He was
previously with the Methodist Hospital system in Houston.
John Shepherd MS'75, PhD'81 has an
exciting 2004 in store for him. As a Fulbright scholar in Argentina,
he'll teach ecology to grad students at the National University
of Comahue and work with Argentine scientists in Lanin National
Park. Back home at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, Shepherd
teaches ecology, biology, botany, evolution, and scientific inquiry.
Chiropractor Edythe Bayrak Heus x'78 has
co-created an exercise regimen — and has co-written a book
called ProBodX (Proper Body Exercise): The Path to True Fitness
(HarperCollins) — that are based on linking nervous system
response to muscular response in order to stretch and strengthen
the body. Heus is the founder and director of Blueprint, an exercise,
nutrition, and athletic performance center in southern California.
Hearty congratulations, Lorna Gruen Nagler '78!
She's the new president of Catherines, a Memphis, Tennessee-based
chain of 475 retail stores
specializing in plus-size women's fashions. Thank you to Nagler's
spouse, William Nagler '77, for sharing this
news. The couple lives in Germantown, Tennessee.
Karolee Hogden Church Sowle MS'79 has been
promoted from chief nursing officer to chief operating officer at
Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, California. Also
an associate clinical professor at UCLA, she's been named
the Outstanding Chief Nurse Executive by Tenet Healthcare for the
third time.
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