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A Dream c ome True’ Philanthropists Patricia and Phillip Frost make possible FlU’s forthcoming signature art museum building.

Also in this issue: A revolution in molecular Educator redefines Drug dealers, cops manufacturing urban education and Ricky Ricardo Show your school pride every time you hit the road.

Whether you’re a member of the FIU Class o f ’03 or ’7 3 ...or you drive around in a luxury sedan or an SU V .. .the new Florida International University Golden Panthers license plate is for you. With the Golden Panther on your vehicle, you’ll show your school spirit every time you drive.

It’s now easier than ever to receive a Golden Panther plate through the FIU Golden Panther License Plate Replacement Program. Go to www.fiu.edu/fiuplate and follow the instructions to order your plate. This is not part of your annual vehicle reg­ istration process— no additional charge will be incurred until your next license plate renewal. At that time, if you choose to keep your FIU plate, a fee of $27.50 will be assessed to benefit FIU scholarship funds.

Show Your True Colors

I A L U M N I ATI ON

FIU alumni, friends and supporters—show your pride for the Blue & Gold with your FIU Golden Panther license plate. FIUMAGAZINE Fall 2003 volume 10 Fl o r id a I nternational U niver sity

from the AVP, Alumni Relations from the Editor

Since joining FIU four Looking back on 2003 FIU MAGAZINE months ago, I have been thus far, I am reminded of Division of University Advancement incredibly impressed by this the “interesting times” my Editor/Director of Communications Todd Ellenberg, ’91 very special university. It’s parents used to speak about. Assistant Editor wonderful to be part of the These too are interest­ Karen Cochrane most exciting young uni­ ing times. The post-9/11 Director of Publications versity in the country— world is dramatically dif­ Bill Stahl with a truly phenomenal group of alumni. ferent from more “innocent” bygone times. Writers Our 100,000+ alumni are incredibly impor­ The events of our day give pause to reflect on Todd Ellenberg Karen Cochrane tant to the future of the institution, and the the state of humanity. Alexandra Pecharich Office of Alumni Relations is committed to Perhaps that’s why art seems especially Designers reaching out to all of you. We will be engaging important. Art is a reflection of one’s times, but Aileen Sola Kerrie Kirtland and communicating with you on a regular basis it usually rises above the mundane. History also Photographers and will soon conduct a study to determine shows us that freedom is a necessary condition Gloria O’Connell what services and benefits you want from the for art to flourish. Therefore, it is appropriate Ivan E. Santiago Michael H. Upright FIU Alumni Association. We hope to develop that FIU, a bastion of free expression, is a thriv­ lifelong relationships with our alumni—from ing center of the arts. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY current students who join the Student Alumni Our cover story traces the remarkable 2003-04 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD Association through graduates who left campus President history of The Art Museum at FIU, one of our Gayle A. Bainbridge ’75 years ago—and develop traditions and community’s cultural jewels, and the magnifi­ President-Elect programs that will serve you and help build cent Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum that Ty N. Javellana ’88 ’98 pride for our University. will grace University Park by 2005. Parliamentarian It is a privilege to be working with you, and This issue of FIU Magazine marks a new William R. Trueba, Jr. ’90 I look forward to meeting you at a beginning for this publication. It features Secretary Raul Perez Ballaga ’97 football game, a campus activity or one of our greatly expanded alumni coverage, is being sent Treasurer alumni events. to all alumni and will be published quarterly. Jose M. Perez De Corcho ’93 It is just one element of an unprecedented Members at large In the spirit of Blue and Gold, commitment to serve the needs of our Sergio Abreu ’94 100,000+ alumni—-one of the greatest assets of Irma Becerra-Fernandez ’94 Jorge Bofill ’78 our University. We hope you enjoy it, and we Jose C. Bofill ’90 look forward to hearing from you. George B. Brackett Jr. ’76, ’77 Slenda C. M. Chan ’94 Bill Draughon Raymond del Rey ’97 Ralph A. Espinosa ’89 ’94 Associate Vice President Andrew Juska ’87, ’03 Alumni Relations Lisa Peniche, ’90 Todd Ellenberg ’91 Justo Luis Pozo ’80 Jose R. Riguera ’86 Editor Estelle Vera ’88 Susan Webster ’87

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on the cover departments from the VP, University Advancement

03 In Brief There is phenomenal talent and creative energy among our 100,000+ 20 Alumni alumni, the vast majority 20 Rosanna Fiske ’94: of whom live and work A spin doctor in any language in South Florida. The untapped possibilities that 22 Deborah Egurrola ’99, ’02: exist within our collective power are endless. Tops among CPAs Alumni pride in FIU mirrors our own pride— 24 Class Notes in our students, faculty and alumni—as Golden Panthers everywhere receive increas­ 26 Lifetime FIUAA Members ing recognition for their accomplishments. 28 VIP: Ail great universities have one thing in Very Important Panther common: an engaged alumni body that is Adolfo Henriques ’76, proud and supportive of its alma mater. With CEO of Union Planters Bank a re-energized Office of Alumni Relations and a renewed commitment to reaching out and reconnecting with all members of the FIU family, we hope our alumni will help us to further develop the university. Please know that were here for you. Let us know what you Coming into its own: would like from us and how we can strength­ The Art Museum at FIU en our University. The Art Museum at FIU boasts a We also look forward to the continued sup­ big reputation — and, soon, a new facility to match, the Patricia and port of our many friends and advocates Phillip Frost Art Museum, throughout the community. We cannot achieve our ambitious programmatic growth and fund­ raising goals without the active participation of the community. FIU is an essential asset to South Florida’s vitality and future, and we are grateful for your assistance in building the great public university our community deserves.

Nanotechnology: Lisa Delpit: Danny Pino ’96: Howard Lipman a revolution in Noted educator calls for drug dealers, cops Vice President, University Advancement molecular new approach to urban and Ricky Ricardo manufacturing education. The 1996 alumnus is winning acclaim for his FIU is building a center wide variety of starring of excellence in this hot roles on the stage and area of research that is television. revolutionizing electron­ ics, materials, biological systems and communi­ cation technology.

www.fiu.edu/orgs/fiumag lic- and private-sector partners to work with governments, industries and universities throughout the hemisphere. In addition to increasing cooperation on energy issues among the nations of the hemi­ sphere and supporting Department of Energy initiatives, CETA will train a new generation of professionals in the energy policy and technology fields, including many members of minority groups who are underrepresented in these fields as well as foreign students who can advance energy-related industries in their native countries. M i

Research awards hit all-time high FIU launches center to ment and installation management of par­ FIU secured more than $75.5 million in develop hemisphere’s ticipating countries. grants and awards in fiscal year (FY) Ali Ebadian, HCET director, founded 2002-03 — an all-time record for the energy resources CETA and will manage and oversee its University. The latest figure represents an Center for Energy and Technology operation. He said that the center was FIU 18 percent increase from last year’s figure. of the Americas and HCET sign President Modesto A. Maidique’s vision ^ 'W P “We rebounded in $5 million contract to help Western and its feasibility was initially discussed at a I \ % L J I nuclear cleanup and Hemisphere militaries with meeting between Maidique and U.S. I T ^ p < environmental manage- environmental cleanup Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham prior ■ ment areas, and The Center for Energy and Technology of to September 11, 2001. increase from we are now coming on last year’s figure the Americas (CETA), a new interdiscipli­ “Secretary Abraham talked about U.S. energy strong in biomedical nary center supported by federal and private security and alternative sources of energy and biotechnology funding,” says Thomas funds, has its first client thanks to a four- supplies from the Western Hemisphere so Breslin, vice president of Research, refer­ year, $5 million contract signed between we won’t be so dependent on Middle East ring to the sharp increase. “NIH funding FIU and the U.S. Army. Designed to foster sources,” Ebadian said, noting that the is virtually the same as our Department military-to-military information exchanges new center is the first in the country to of Energy funding. This is a sign that that promote collaboration on environmen­ combine technical and policy know-how in the University is now generally aligned tal issues and the enhanced use of renewable the energy arena. with the national funding agenda of the energy sources within the Western federal government.” Hemisphere, the contract is in keeping with CETA will not conduct basic research but, rather, will evaluate, optimize and transfer A total of 673 proposals were submitted CETA’s mission to enhance the energy secu­ in FY 2002-03, but because of multi-year rity of the United States. technologies for niche applications. m • ^ Through the participation of facul­ awards, a total of 719 grants and con­ The contract will be managed ty experts from FIU’s Latin tracts were counted toward the $75.5 jointly by CETA and the American and Caribbean million figure. Hemispheric Center for Center and Director Eduardo “The faculty are increasingly successful on Environmental Technology Center for Energy and Gamarra, CETA will work on the national scene,” notes Breslin. “They’re (HCET). The program will Technology of the Americas Cooperation fo r Increased Security and Quality o f Life policy and regulatory issues that involving more students in their research assist in identifying environmental have impeded foreign investment and are responsible for bringing even issues facing military installations of and technology transfer in Latin more tax dollars back into the state. The Western Hemisphere countries in which the America and the Caribbean. CETA will also growth in proposals is a good indicator exchange of information, expertise and les­ engage the expertise of the FIU colleges of of additional growth in contract and sons learned would benefit the environ­ Business Administration and Law and its pub­ grant funding.” SIS 4 FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03

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the country is quite an honor and an accom­ plishment considering the program is only three years old,” said Jose de la Torre, dean of the Chapman School. The rankings, which are based on the quality of teaching and research, the measure of each school’s intellectual capital and other key fac­ tors, result from the opinions of 219 corporate recruiters and 11,518 students at 88 business schools. More than 300 schools in the United States and the rest of the world are graded in the study poll. The Chapman School also received a top rank­ ing last year from America Economia, a premier FIU establishes European Kincaid explains, will make securing research pan-regional business journal, which rated the funding from European agencies that much School among the top 50 international MBA presence with Madrid Center easier for FIU. FIU researchers will conduct schools for Latin American students. H i FIU has partnered with the governments of their work in partnership with faculty at Miami-Dade County and Madrid to establish roughly a dozen public and private universities a groundbreaking academic center in the within the Community of Madrid. Fernando New Pines Center Spanish capital. The center’s physical space, a Gonzalez Reigosa, former dean of building boosts FIU refurbished office suite, was donated by the Undergraduate Studies and the founding dean San Pablo-CEU University Foundation. of the FIU Honors College, who resides in Broward Programs Madrid, heads the Center. FIU’s presence in Broward County, where the The idea for the Center quickly took root last University has offered courses for 30 years, year when Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, president recently took a bold step forward with the open­ of the Community of Madrid, made FIU his BusinessWeek ranks ing of the FIU Broward-Pines Center. FIU is first stop on a visit to the United States. leasing the new building in Pembroke Pines in “President Maidique broached the subject, International MBA Program the Academic Village that houses the city’s char­ and President Ruiz-Gallardon said that he was among best in the U.S. ter high school, a county library and a branch of very much in favor and would be BusinessWeek ranked the Broward Community College. More than a year happy to support it,” explains International MBA program at ago, the University brought together its Broward Douglas Kincaid, vice provost for FIU’s Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., programs, then operating at two other locations, International Studies. FIU contact­ Graduate School of Business and began sharing temporary space at the Pines ed Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas among the best in the U.S. in Center. The move to its own two-story building and other county officials, who its “2002 Best B-Schools will make possible a greater number of course expressed interest in matching the Guide” published last year. offerings and a larger on-site staff. monetary support, about $100,000 The magazine placed the pro­ annually, that the Community of gram in the third-tier group Madrid agreed to provide. along with programs from “The Center will support FIU’s American, Fordham, George activities in Spain, which are many and Washington, South Carolina, Tulane, diverse,” Kincaid says. These activities include Rutgers, Syracuse and others. FIU’s joint research projects, study abroad, exchange Chapman School was one of only three and cooperative-education programs. Florida schools appearing in the ranking, the others being the University of Florida’s Three issues of common importance to South Warrington School and the University Florida and Greater Madrid comprise the of Miami. centers initial research agenda: immigration, economic development and information tech­ “Having our full-time International MBA nology. Having a physical address in Spain, program ranked among some of the best in FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03

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Select master’s and doctoral degree programs Three trustees who served on the former are being offered, along with a number of Board - Chairman Armando Codina, Vice bachelor’s degree programs and certificate Chairman Paul Cejas and Alvah Chapman - and continuing education programs. declined to be considered for appointment to Additional credit and non-credit programs the new Board. will be added over time and personal enrich­ The appointments made by Gov. Bush: Adolfo ment classes will be offered through the Henriques ’76, chairman/CEO of Union Office of Lifelong Learning. Planters Bank-Florida, FIU alumnus and The Pines Center is located one mile west of regent under the former university governing the 1-75 Sheridan Street exit. For information, system, who was elected chairman by the new go to www.fiu.edu/orgs/broward. Board; Sergio Pino, founder, director, president and CEO of Century Partners Group, the par­ ent company of his numerous business invest­ New FIU Board of Trustees ments; Claudia Puig, vice president and gener­ announced al manager of Hispanic Broadcasting Earlier this year, Gov. Jeb Bush and the state Corporation, which owns some of the top- Board of Governors made their appoint­ rated Spanish-language radio stations in ments to FIU’s new Board of Trustees. The Miami; Rafael Calderon, former president of new FIU Board looks much like its prede­ Costa Rica and currently the managing partner cessor, with three notable additions: media of Calderon & Associates law firm; Albert executive Claudia Puig, real estate developer Dotson, Sr., chairman and CEO of consulting Sergio Pino and FIU Faculty Senate Chairman firm Puryear, Inc., and member of the FIU Marcel Escoffier. Foundation Board of Trustees since 1983; and Patricia Frost, retired public school principal The appointments were made following the whose affiliation with FIU dates back to 1984. approval of a constitutional amendment in November 2002 that reconfigured the way The appointments made by the Board of Florida public universities are governed. Governors: Betsy Atkins, president and CEO Sugranes, member of the FIU Foundation Under the new system, each university of Baja LLC, an independent venture capital Board of Trustees since 1995; and Dr. Herbert retains a local Board of Trustees that works firm: Miriam Lopez, president and CEO of Wertheim, former chairman and vice chair­ with a statewide Board of Governors to TransAtlantic Bank; David Parker, managing man of the FIU Foundation Board of steer the institutions. director, The Archstone Partnerships; Rosa Trustees who served as co-chair of FIU’s last

Resnick wants your search to be successful The trials and tribulations of creating a perfect search engine

For millions of Internet users, Marc Resnick is a “They’re pretty much all the same,” says Resnick Oracle. He hopes that together the group will hero in the making. An associate professor of of the more than one dozen better-known gener- design truly user-friendly search engines with­ Industrial and Systems Engineering, Resnick al-information search engines available. “You in the next five years. wants to help create the perfect search engine. kind of have to guess” how best to proceed In the meantime, Resnick recommends that when faced with the query box. “We need to “What got me interested is the fact that users choose one engine for all their needs and design search engines for people with no training they’re hard to use,” says Resnick, 34, who invest 30 minutes to learn to use it properly. and no desire to learn.” a few years back worked on upgrading space “Just that half hour might save shuttle launch systems. “I have trouble using Enter Resnick, who is exploring several ideas to you 20 or 30 hours in fruitless ,.. them myself.” help hone searches. One has to do with the cre­ searches,” Resnick says. HI ating of a personal profile that would be Resnick has plenty of company: 71 percent of stored, for privacy reasons, on the user’s own respondents in a 2000 survey said they were computer. Another idea involves trying to frustrated by search engines, and another model how users conduct their search tasks. study conducted the same year found that only 21 percent of respondents could locate what “Unfortunately, I haven’t come up with a they were looking for every time. The question solution yet. I’m still looking at the prob­ remains: Why does something intended to save lem,” says Resnick, who is working with us time and trouble instead serve as such a others in the field, including designers at great source of aggravation? such firms as Microsoft, Netscape and FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03

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urban community. Recent research conducted by FIU professors, for New School example, on the incidence of childhood lead poisoning in low-income of Public Health neighborhoods and the high rate of new AIDS cases in South Beach, Established have suggested concrete ways to tackle those problems. The Stempel family and the Starr Foundation each made a donation of In recognition of work $1 million toward the founding of the new school, which brings together conducted by a pro­ a number of previously existing departments. Those gifts qualify for state fessor of Public matching funds to bring the initial endowment to $3.5 million. Health who passed — away last year and his Stempel earned a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley and family’s generous financial contributions to the University, FIU has hon­ joined FIU’s Department of Public Health in 1991. Responsible for developing ored his memory with the naming of the Dr. Robert R. Stempel School of most of FIU’s epidemiology courses, Stempel had experience as a Peace Public Health. The entity is one of just two such institutions in Florida and Corps volunteer in Malaysia, a Foreign Service reserve officer in Vietnam and the only in South Florida. a disease control specialist in New York City and San Francisco. “The creation of this school for me, our faculty, students and community The creation of the Stempel School “is part of the grand strategy of FIU represents an extraordinarily important moment,” said Ronald Berkman, in the 21st century,” said FIU President Modesto A. Maidique during a dean of the College of Health and Urban Affairs, within which the new dedication ceremony in May. Maidique further noted that health is a school is located. Berkman explained that a research-oriented school of teaching and research priority area within the University’s strategic plan public health remains critical to supporting the needs of the local poor, as well as for several academic units. H i

Capital Campaign, which raised more than as dean of FIU’s College of Arts and and the American Cancer Society. He has $200 million. Sciences. Dunlap succeeds Art Herriott, who received numerous recognitions for his work, served as dean for 13 years and has returned including a 1993 R & D 100 Award for The Board of Trustees includes Clayton to teaching duties. Innovations in Science and Technology from Solomon, president of the Student Government Research and Development Magazine. Association at FlU-University Park (UP) and “I look forward to partnering with faculty Marcel Escoffier, chairman of FIU’s Faculty and staff and serving as a liaison to higher He held a number of leadership positions at Senate and associate professor of Management. administration. My door will always be USC, including six years as chair of the As the chairman of the FIU Foundation open,” said Dunlap, who liked the “take- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Board of Directors, Donald E. Lefton serves in charge, go-after-it” attitude present in his and he collaborated in the design and fund­ an ex officio advisory capacity to the Board. interview meetings with FIU faculty, higher ing for a new 150,000-square-foot Graduate FIU President Modesto A. Maidique is an ex administration and the Board of Trustees. Science Research Center. He also helped officio member and secretary of the Board. “Having been a faculty member for 32 years, build the nanoscience center at USC I’m well aware of where the strength of an through support from the National Science As part of its final meeting last December, the educational institution lies.” Some of Foundation and assumed leadership for the former Board awarded the title of “chairman Dunlap’s goals include targeting undergradu­ South Carolina Biomedical Research emeritus” to Armando Codina. The board ate and graduate education, increasing exter­ took the action in honor of Codina’s energetic Infrastructure Network. nal funding for research and training, and and talented leadership during the board’s 18- Dunlop assumes his new role on the heels participating in development work for pro­ month existence. of a period of major growth for the college. grams and scholarships within the college. During Herriott’s tenure as dean, the col­ Dunlap holds a B.S. in chemistry from lege achieved extraordinary benchmarks: From South Carolina to FIU Beloit College and a Ph.D. in chemistry enrollment grew 125 percent; eight new Dunlap named new from Indiana University. He was a National doctoral programs were initiated as well as dean of Arts and Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at three terminal MFA programs; external Sciences the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. grants in support of research increased 800 percent (from $2.5 million to $20 million); R. Bruce Dunlap, the for­ He was hired at USC in 1971 as the first mer Fred M. Weissman biochemist in the Department of Chemistry. and 60 percent of the 500 current faculty Professor of Chemical During his 32 years at USC, he has pub­ were hired. Dean Herriott led the success­ Ecology at the University lished more than 150 refereed journal articles ful proposal for FIU to be approved to of South Carolina (USC) and associate direc­ and his research has received nearly $5 mil­ establish a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the tor for Administration of the USC lion in support from the National Institutes nation’s oldest and most prestigious aca­ Nanocenter, assumed responsibilities Aug. 1 of Health, the National Science Foundation demic honor society, in 1990. FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 7

FIU Foundation spearheads The ever-changing landscape major marketing, branding Campus construction forges ahead initiative for University Construction activity on both campuses contin­ ues to bring FIU’s physical environment in line The FIU Foundation, in conjunction with with its impressive academic achievements. Division of University Advancement, has University Park, in particular, has seen a flurry launched an important initiative to enhance the of activity. University’s profile. Befitting its status as an educator of out­ Longtime member of the Board of Directors and standing future designers, FIU’s School of current chairman Donald E. Lefton championed Architecture in December moved into a dis­ the contracting of a marketing company to help tinctive new home. The 94,000-square-foot In a renovation project that will provide criti­ FIU effectively promote its increasingly impres­ building, located on the northwest side of cally needed space and increased services, the sive accomplishments. campus, was conceived as five structures, Ernest R. Graham University Center is cur­ “There are few, if any, major universities without each devoted to a specific function: office rently undergoing a $5.2 million, 31,000- a marketing firm,” said Lefton, founder and vice space; studio space; a lecture hall; gallery square foot expansion. Work should be com­ chairman of the Continental Companies. “As we space to showcase student work; and a pleted by June. prepare to enter a major capital-fund campaign, model shop for building scaled versions of Under construction on the west side of cam­ which with current state budget cuts is more student designs. important than ever, I think it is critical that we pus is a new recreation center. The 50,000- The vision of internationally renowned architect go beyond our own in-house marketing efforts.” square-foot facility will include two hardcourts Bernard Tschumi was realized in the $15.5 mil­ for recreational basketball, volleyball and bad­ The Foundation in March brought in the lion Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture minton play as well as two multi-purpose exer­ national consulting firm of Art & Science Building, named for the former U.S. ambassa­ cise rooms and space for fitness machines and Group, which has extensive experience with dor to Belgium, a local business leader who has other equipment. the marketing and branding of academic been one of the schools and University’s institutions. Representatives have performed strongest supporters. On the Biscayne Bay Campus, a $3 million analyses of the University’s marketing initia­ renovation and expansion of the Wolfe The four-story $17 million Health and Life tives and are interviewing key internal and University Center will add more than Sciences (HLS) building, in the campus’s external constituencies. 14,500 square feet to the facility. The work northeast quadrant, has 100,000 square feet of is scheduled to commence in the spring and The company is expected to recommend a plan space dedicated to research labs and faculty be completed within 12 months. And con­ to the Board early next year. Upon its approval, offices for the Department of Biological struction will begin in early 2004 on the FIU will implement the plan with assistance Sciences and the School of Health. BBC’s much-anticipated Marine Biology from Art & Science. Additionally, the rooftop boasts an aquatic- building. Designed by one of Miami’s fore­ research center for use by Biology, and the first “The research phase remains an important first most architectural firms, Spillis Candela, the floor has clinical facilities that School of step in the University’s critical retooling of its 57,000-square-foot, three-story building will marketing efforts,” said Ray Marchman, chair­ Health students will eventually utilize to offer house state-of-the-art classrooms, offices and man of the Board’s marketing committee. occupational, physical and speech therapy laboratories into which seawater will be “The Foundation will continue its support as services under the direction of their professors. piped from an 80-foot well reaching beneath the University implements changes and intro­ A related building has broken ground nearby. the bedrock of Biscayne Bay. duces a public rollout next year.” The 83,000-square-foot Management and The project will generate marketing and brand­ Advanced Research Center (MARC), located ing strategies as well as preliminary materials for south of the Graham Center, boasts a wood- the upcoming capital campaign, which does paneled auditorium that serves, among other not yet have an official start date. functions, as a lecture room for students in the College of Business Administration’s two inter­ The need to trumpet FIU boils down to compe­ national master’s programs, which are head­ tition, Lefton explained. “We are competing for quartered on the second floor. The five-floor students. We are competing for funds. structure houses, among other departments, “Perception is key. Our achievements are won­ the University’s research administration and derful. People are just not aware of them.” the fund-raising and alumni relations offices. With the addition of Everglades Hall, which opened last year, FIU now has 2,200 residential hall beds. Plans are moving forward on a new residence hall with 826 beds, which will open Fall 2006 and will primarily house freshmen. Nano Tech Nology: A REVOLUTION IN MOLECULAR MANUFACTURING FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03

FIU developing centers of excellence in cutting-edge discipline

Bigger is better. For the greater “Nanotechnology today has the same New York, and is a member of the part of history and for much of soci­ potential to change the world that micro­ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. electronics have shown over the last four He came to FIU in 2000 to develop ety (particularly Western) that decades,” said Vish Prasad, dean of the CeSMEC, one of the very few facilities maxim has rarely been challenged. FIU College of Engineering, whose unit is in the nation where materials can be But in more recent times, in certain conducting most of the University’s subjected to pressures of many million fields, there has been a shift toward research in the field. “Its future impact on atmospheres (the Earth’s core is 3.6 smaller. And perhaps that shift is no electronics, communication technologies, million atmospheres) and temperatures biological systems and materials is far up to several thousand degrees (the cre­ more pronounced than in the field of beyond anyone’s imagination.” ation of plasma) and then studied with technology. the most sophisticated x-ray and spec­ Today, miniaturization is a primary EXTREME CONDITIONS troscopy instruments. YIELD NEW NANOMATERIALS concern in conceptualization and The most well known example of In March 2001, FIU officially high pressure transformation of a materi­ design and has entered a realm that launched its entry into nanotechnology al is graphite to diamond. While pressure once was the stuff of science fiction. R & D with the inauguration of the alone can create entirely new classes of Components can be produced that Center for the Study of Matter at materials, high pressure combined with are so small they can’t be seen by the “IN TERMS OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, WE’RE naked eye - they require the space- age magnification of an atomic LOOKING AT REVOLUTIONARY WAYS WE CAN CONSERVE microscope. It’s the world of nan­ ENERGY AND MAKE NEW TYPES OF REACTIONS.” otechnology, a realm so minute that high temperatures has the ability to it’s measured in nanometers - a bil­ Extreme Conditions (CeSMEC), which totally change chemical bonds and the is dedicated to studying the behavior of nature of otherwise familiar elements lionth of a meter, which is about one materials under extreme levels of temper­ and compounds. one-hundred-thousandth the diame­ ature and pressure. “In terms of industrial applications, ter of a human hair. “We’re manipulating materials at the we’re looking at revolutionary ways we can The basic tenet of nanotechnolo­ atomic, molecular level,” said Surendra conserve energy and make new types of reactions,” Saxena said. “If we start with gy, introduced in 1959 by Richard Saxena, professor of Earth Sciences and nanomaterials and apply these processes, director of CeSMEC, excusing himself Feynman, is that nearly any chemical­ we may get totally new materials. .. .We’re for a moment to confer with one of the ly stable structure that is not deemed trying to synthesize nanodiamonds because Center’s machinists on the custom they have great industrial applications; dia­ impossible by the laws of physics can design of a part for an instrument in one monds have high thermal conductibility. be constructed atom by atom. of their state-of-the-art labs. “These new For example, instead of using silicon on Some 40 years later, nanotechnol­ nanomaterials - new physical states of [computer] chips, you could use diamond, ogy is the rage in science and tech­ matter - have novel properties.” and heat problems would vanish. Saxena, a distinguished professor of nology, - and at Florida International “We’re trying to synthesize other physical sciences, has been manipulat­ nanomaterials and use them for different University internationally renowned ing materials for several decades. He is applications. The number of materials is scientists are spearheading ground­ a veteran of NASA, Sweden’s University so vast, and we’ve only explored a couple breaking research in the field. of Uppsala and the City College of of percent of all materials.” J, continued nAROTECHnOLOGV: a revolution in m olecular manufacturing

Researchers Eric Crumpler and Anthony McGoron are developing nanoparticles for the precise delivery of medications within the body.

The storage medium for Renu’s DVD is bacteriorhodopsin, a protein first discovered in the late 1970s.

PROTEIN AS A DIGITAL “When bacteriorhodopsin A major Japanese corporation is STORAGE MEDIUM absorbs light, it undergoes struc­ an investor in BioFold and will Venkatesan Renugopalakrishnan (Renu), tural changes - it goes through a manufacture and market the pro- Wallace H. Coulter Chair in Biomedical cascade of states,” explained Renu, tein-based DVD under the name Engineering, is using a synthetically an internationally recognized Tsunami 2004. manufactured protein as a next- expert in protein structural biology Renu and his team are studying generation means of digital and engineering. “It flip-flops from other applications of bacteri­ storage that dwarfs current one state to another just as it does orhodopsin for flat-screen monitors, technology. in a binary-switching mechanism.” high-defmition television, optical Renu and his team at Like existing DVDs, as well as switching and photographic film as an BioFold Inc., a California- other disc-based storage systems, a alternative to conventional silver- based firm that he founded in laser will be used to read and write on the new based film. Photography giant Kodak has shown 1999, in collaboration with FIU DVD. In addition to the vastly increased stor­ an interest in his research in this latter area. and other corporate labs are age capacity, the new DVD will have access working on a DVD that speeds much faster than existing systems and BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING can store an astounding comparable speeds of reading and writing data. AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL 198 gigabytes of data - In addition to DVDs, the technology could be Nanotechnology has entered medicine, and nore than 10 used for computer hard drives. there are research efforts at FIU to harness times the capaci­ Renu has more than 28 years of research in molecular-sized particles to fight human disease. ty of existing protein engineering. He joined Harvard The possibilities remind one of Fantastic Voyage, DVDs, which Medical School as an assistant professor in the 1960s science fiction film in which a team of store information 1985 and eventually rose to full professor. He scientists are miniaturized and sent into the optically on a metal­ is the author of over 200 papers in biophysics bloodstream of a patient to relieve a blood clot. lic (transition metal and biochemistry and holds many patents, “When we administer medications, it is oxides) surface. including five that make up the core intellectu­ generally done systemically; there’s no way to The storage medium al capital for BioFold Inc. localize them in any way, shape or form,” for Renu’s DVD is bacteri­ Renu, who joined FIU in September 2002, explained Eric Crumpler, assistant professor orhodopsin, a protein dis­ is developing three laboratories at the University with the FIU Biomedical Engineering Institute covered in the late 1970s that will, among other things, develop methods (BMEI). “The technology has developed to a that thrives naturally in to manufacture the product, which is expected point of controlled release, to miniaturizing it salty marshes. to enter the consumer market by next year. where we can use the elements of particle A

Scanning electron micrograph of nanospheres

Scanning electron micrograph of cell growth on polymer fibers

Scanning electron micrograph of polymer fibers

chemistry to direct these medications to pre­ icine imaging. Upon arrival at the tumor Engineering. Research under his lead­ ership at Carnegie Mellon University cisely where we want them.” site, the particles would be activated by Crumpler and fellow researcher Anthony an external energy source, releasing the and IBM Research demonstrated the McGoron, also a BMEI assistant professor chemotherapy drug. Crumpler also feasibility of nanoscale magnetic whose expertise is imaging and drug delivery, noted that they are studying ways to devices and other innovations using are working on developing nanoparticles that encapsulate drugs in materials that can nanotechnology for data storage. He could be targeted to specific sites in the body bind to specific areas in the body. has filed for 32 U.S. and international and then activated at that site. patents and has authored more than 50 “One of the features I’m interested in is to BUILDING A CENTER scientific articles. combine therapy and imaging,” McGoron said. OF EXCELLENCE At press time, FIU had received a “If you administer a drug, you hope it goes Two other nanotechnology scien­ multimillion-dollar gift of equipment where you need it to go. If it’s a controlled- tists recently joined the College of from Motorola Corporation that will release drug, you can modify the release with Engineering as associate professors: enable it to develop a complete heat or ultrasound or some other external appli­ Wonbong Choi, a leading scientist nanofabrication facility to create nano­ cation. You use imaging to see that the drug gets at Sumsung Corporation who invented electromechanical systems (NEMS). A to the site where it is needed, then activate it to the vertical carbon nano-tube transistor, a 10,000-square-foot facility being built on the initiate the therapy. It’s a better way to deliver device with tremendous implications for the ground floor of the University’s Engineering drugs to the site where we need them so they future of nano-electronics, has joined the Center will include “clean room” laboratories to don’t affect organs we don’t want to target.” Department of Mechanical and Materials house the new equipment. In addition, FIU is The two researchers have been working with Engineering. He has received or applied for 30 one of the lead organizers of the IEEE-spon­ particles with magnetic properties that can be patents and published more than 50 journal sored International Conference on Nanoscale manipulated externally so that they can be articles. He is now working on the develop­ Devices & System Integration that will be held directed to the organs where the medicine is ment of a carbon nano-tube field emission dis­ next February in Miami and will attract promi­ needed. In the case of a cancerous tumor, for play, direct e-beam lithography, fuel cell and nent scientists from throughout the world. instance, the medicinal magnetic nanoparticles carbon nano-tube memory devices. He and “We are committed to establishing a center would be directed to the tumor using external Renu plan to collaborate to develop new bio- of excellence in nanotechnology at the magnetic guidance. Magnetic resonance imag­ nano devices. University,” said FIU President Modesto A. ing (MRI) can be used to track their journey or, Sakhrat Khizroev, a highly recognized Maidique. “As a rapidly growing research univer­ as in the case of the current research, if the par­ research scientist in the field of nano-magnetic sity and with the outstanding faculty team we ticles are further labeled with a radioactive recording at Seagate Research, has joined the have assembled, we look forward to becoming a material, they can be traced using nuclear med­ Department of Electrical and Computer national leader in this cutting-edge field.” 9* profile

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renowned educator calls fo r n ew a p p r o a c h to urban education FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 13

"We must take into account the culture of the children"

It is a measure of her sense of humor income students — to establish relation­ good schools can make a big difference no and quiet confidence that Lisa Delpit, “Miami ships and create initiatives. matter what the child’s background,” she director/eminent scholar of FIU’s is the The Center has also held an inaugural continued. Center for Urban Education and perfect Visiting Eminent Scholar Series that If there are some who disagree with Innovation (CUEI) and winner of a brought leading authorities in urban edu­ her, there is a growing chorus of voices that environment 1990 MacArthur “genius” fellowship cation to FIU and is sponsoring a major considers her ideas a breath of fresh air. award, has not erased a cartoon render­ for an national conference next year. “I can think of no other educator ing on her office blackboard. It features honest “Miami is the perfect environment for whose research has so profoundly influ­ a stick figure and the words “blah, blah, conversation an honest conversation on how we teach enced the education of urban students, blah” emanating from the figure’s on how multicultural children in urban class­ particularly students of color. Lisa’s work mouth. When asked about its origin, we teach rooms,” Delpit said. With more than is characterized by her keen insight, bril­ Delpit smiled. 19,000 teachers and nearly 380,000 stu­ liant analysis of complex issues and her multicultural “I was having a meeting in here one dents, MDCPS is a cultural melting pot; passion and commitment for ‘other peo­ children day, and my daughter Maya, who had had 90 foreign language groups are represent­ ple’s children,”’ said Jacqueline Jordan a half-day of school, was in here writing in urban ed within the nation’s fourth-largest Irvine, Candler Professor of Urban on the board,” she said. “I just happened classrooms.” school system. Education at Emory University. “In addi­ to look up and see it.” Delpit believes that urban children of tion to her notable writings, Lisa is a While her daughter may not be - Lisa Delpit color are best served by teachers willing to superb teacher, educator and mentor.” impressed with what her mother has to learn more about these students and their Delpit’s writings include Other People’s say about educating our children, it seems cultures and willing to readjust their teach­ Children, winner of the American that everyone else is. ing methods based upon the children they Educational Studies Association’s Book An educator of national and interna­ are teaching — an approach that is reject­ Critic Award, Choice Magazine’s Eighth tional renown, Delpit is known for her ed out-of-hand by some educators. Annual Outstanding Academic Book expertise on the education of children of “When we find settings in which chil­ Award and a “great book” designation by color and the perspectives, aspirations and dren aren’t doing well, then I think we Teacher Magazine-, The Real Ebonics pedagogical knowledge of teachers of have to look beyond just doing the same Debate: Power, Language and the color. She is the former holder of the things over and over again and expecting Education o f African-American Children-, Benjamin E. Mays Chair of Urban the results to be different,” she said. “The and The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Educational Excellence at Georgia State adage that I hear all the time is, ‘I don’t see Language and Culture in the Classroom. University in Atlanta. color, I just see kids.’ On the surface, that In addition to her MacArthur fellow­ Delpit has an interest in teaching and sounds very positive, but what it really ship, Delpit has received a number of learning in multicultural societies, having means is, ‘I’m going to keep doing the other awards, including the Harvard spent time studying these issues in Alaska, same thing the same way.’ We must take University Graduate School of Papua New Guinea, Fiji and in various into account the culture of the children. Education 1993 Alumni Award for urban and rural sites in the United States. “There are other issues — and this is Outstanding Contribution to Education She received a B.S. degree from Antioch what most people blame lack of success in and the Antioch College 2003 Horace College and an M.Ed. and Ed.D. from school on — like poverty, single-parent Mann Award for winning “some victory Harvard University. households, drugs, violence, welfare. My for humanity.” Along with CUEI Associate Director position on that is that those are not “I particularly enjoy, and I’m really Joan Wynne, Delpit has been meeting things you can change as a teacher. Let’s being sincere here, being a part of this with educators in FIU’s College of focus on things you might be able to university,” she said. “I have not Education and the Miami-Dade County change or that you can change in your worked for a university before in Public Schools (MDCPS) — including behavior that might have a different which the local community and school superintendents of regions that have effect. There is sizable evidence now that system felt so positively about the poorly performing schools that serve low- good teachers, the right pedagogy and institution.” fel When the 40,000-square fo o t Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum opens at University

Park in 2005 — groundbreak­ ing took place Nov. 16

— fans o f the campuss current one-room gallery\ known as The Art Museum at FIU, will feel like gourmands run amok. Used to enjoying fine cuisine in small doses, soon they will be feasting their eyes nonstop.

7 cant believe it, but it's happen­

Hans Hofmann, Out of this World, 1945, gouache on paper ing, ” says Patricia Frost, one half of the couple whose munificence and long-standing vision have helped bring the rnuch-anticipat- ed building to the brink o f reality. “This is a dream come true. ” COMING into its FlU’s Art Museum boasts a big reputation and, soon, a new facility to match Own Roy Lichtenstein, Untitled, from the Stockholm Portfolio, 1973, edition 100 of 300, silkscreen

oasting several unique features, the $11 mil­ lion structure will stand as a gorgeous exam­ B ple of contemporary museum design (see accom­ panying story). Equally significant, its comple­ tion will serve as the high point of a truly distin­ guished 26-year history for The Art Museum. “The building will be wonderful to have, and I fought to have it,” says Director Dahlia Morgan, who has pined for such a new home for nearly two decades but has managed admirably with much less. “I’ve never felt our size precluded the highest level of intellectual and aesthetic achievement, but the extra space will allow us to do so much more.” Currently operating with a mere 2,000 square feet of exhibit space and a few small offices in a corner of the oldest academic building on cam­ pus, Morgan has presided over an era in which the museum has gained full institutional accred­ itation, acclaim for its exhibitions, a fiercely EXTRA devoted following of serious art aficionados, thousands of pieces of high-quality donated art­ SPACE IS work and a unique universitywide affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution, the only uni­ GOING TO versity art museum to boast such a lending and educational agreement. ALLOW US “I’m very impressed with what the museum has been able to accomplish,” says Betty Perry, TO DO SO widow of FIU’s first president, Charles Perry, MUCH and a longtime supporter of the arts at FIU. Perry cites Morgan’s academic background MORE.” and personal dealings with both artists and the community as keys to the museum’s excellent -Dahlia Morgan reputation. “I don’t even think you’d be talk­ ing about a new museum if it weren’t for Dahlia,” she says. Carol Weldon, who like Betty Perry has gen­ established by Dorothea and Steven Green, kind never before seen in Miami. Many recall erously contributed to funding the building attracts hundreds of people to hear the biggest Morgan’s organizing original shows featuring sur­ construction, likewise gives Morgan kudos. names in the art world. realism and the avant garde, themes not com­ “Dahlia has done a wonderful job. She has “The series is probably one of the most amaz­ monly associated with the South Florida art scene worked like crazy for years. She has a natural tal­ ing in the country,” says Martin Z. Margulies, an in the 1980s. She opened the doors to the area’s ent for getting things done.” internationally recognized art collector and local first exhibits of painter Marcel Duchamp, sculp­ Part of Morgan’s success lies in overcoming real estate developer. “I’m shocked Dahlia can tor Louise Bourgeois, photographer Alfred the museum’s location in off-the-beaten-path even get some of them,” he says of the heavy­ Stieglitz and others. southwest Miami-Dade County. An art histo­ weight guest speakers. The list includes French The museum also has become known for rian, she regularly takes the museum “on the artist Francoise Gilot, famed architect/designer mounting homegrown shows based on local road” by giving lectures in Fisher Island and Michael Graves, art critic Robert Hughes, past collections. Back in 1995, Morgan curated a at other locales frequented by art devotees. director of the Louvre Pierre Rosenberg, landmark exhibit of works by sculptors Joan Many of these are philanthropic-oriented col­ Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lawrence Miro and Isamu Noguchi, for which lectors who make possible the museum’s free Small, Swiss curator Harald Szeemann and Margulies loaned dozens of his priceless public programs. scores of others. Morgan has met these luminar­ pieces. The collector — whose monumental Even as she goes out into the community, ies through her travels to the prestigious Venice stone and metal sculptures, on long-term loan however, Morgan has worked diligently to create Biennale and other international art shows. to the University, comprise the bulk of its a powerful draw to campus. Her acclaimed Also capturing attention for the museum, par­ popular Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park Critics Lecture Series, funded by an endowment ticularly in the early days, were exhibitions of the — has hesitated to share his artwork with continued other institutions to the same extent he has The Art Museum at FIU. “I know that Dahlia is going to present it well,” says Margulies, who receives requests to borrow objects Emile Antoine Bourdelle, Hercules the Archer, 1909, bronze from his extensive and eclectic collection from muse­ ums around the country and even abroad. “I also know, within monetary constraints, she is going to put out a very fine publication,” he adds of the exhibition cata­ logues Morgan produces to accompany the shows. Of additional note are the museums exhibitions of excellent work (items are commonly purchased off the walls) by students associated with the Department of Visual Arts and regular install­ ments of its highly regarded American Art Today series, now in its 23rd year. Taken together, Morgans instincts and activities have paid off: Upwards of 115,000 visitors annually tour the museum and the outdoor sculpture park, both of which Morgan and her staff actively market to local tourism and convention organizations and to schools. The current Art Museum was begun in 1977 as a small visual arts gallery that ran student shows and brought in exhibits from New York. Then a professor at FIU, Morgan took over the helm in 1980 with an eye to turning the little gallery— at the time approx­ imately 1,000 square feet — into a “Major Cultural Institution,” a title the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs grants to qualified organizations.

Architect and patron: the making of the Frost Museum The planning of FIU’s new museum building at University Park has brought together

From left: Yann Weymouth, Patricia Frost, Dahlia Morgan and Director of Facilities Planning & Construction Bob Griffith From left: Bob Griffith, Executive Vice President of Business & Finance Paul Gallagher FIU President Modesto A. Maidique and Patricia Frost confer at a planning session. “We have been blessed in that Tampa-based global firm of have spent months discussing Visual Arts — will stand along what everyone associated with the new Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum, who details of the long-awaited edifice. FIU President Modesto A, Maidique building has given so much,” says is charged with creating a signature “It’s an exciting focal location,” envisions as the “Avenue of the Arts,” museum Director Dahlia Morgan. structure, and Patricia Frost, who, Weymouth says of the lakeside parcel a tree-lined path intended to celebrate “Yann and Pat, especially, have spent along with her husband, is the lead on which the museum will be situated, FIU’s creative endeavors and heighten countless hours and untold energy in donor to the aptly named Patricia between the Management and the University’s cultural profile making sure the final result is not only and Phillip Frost Art Museum. Advanced Research Center and the “Hopefully, this will be the jewel of truly functional but also captures the Weymouth and Patricia Frost, along Wertheim Performing Arts Center. The the campus,” says Frost of the build- imagination.” She is speaking of Yann with Morgan and the University’s three buildings — and a planned ing. She is a former Miami-Dade Weymouth, design director for the Facilities Management personnel, fourth to house the Department of County Public School principal and a FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 17

By 1983, fast working toward her goal, presentations and performances geared to the situated on a lake and a short distance from the Morgan managed to establish a full museum University community, the museum hosts edu­ 107th Street entrance and the parking garages facility. She had expanded the museum’s mis­ cational programs for elementary and high — should make it easy for most people, whether sion to include not only the exhibiting of art­ schools and offers popular family days with the associated with FIU or coming from outside, to work and the organizing of public programs goal of fostering an interest in art among young­ get to there. but also the cataloging and preserving of the sters. (The Frost Art Museum will further devel­ With groundbreaking fast approaching, permanent collection, which today numbers op that commitment with a Family Discovery Morgan is quick to thank those instrumental in 7,000 pieces and is noted for its growing Center aimed at making art accessible to stu­ making the new building possible. She counts body of work by Latin American and 20th- dents through grade 12 as well as other special­ the influential “Friends of the Art Museum” as century American artists. Morgan’s friend­ ized audiences.) a driving force and credits the museum’s major ships with collectors, both local and out-of- As the only art museum in southwest Miami- donors, among them B Landon Carlin and state, have been central to acquiring many of Dade, Morgan takes seriously a responsibility to Francien Ruwitch, for their vision. Her highest the items. That comprehensive commitment serve the local area. She has approached city offi­ praise she reserves for FIU President Modesto eventually led to full accreditation by the cials in Sweetwater, which borders the A. Maidique, who likewise expresses excitement American Association of Museums. Morgan’s University Park campus, in efforts to reach the about the building. coveted Major Cultural Institution status surrounding, heavily Nicaraguan-American “I have long shared Dahlia’s dream of a free­ soon followed. population and has strategies in mind for gener­ standing, architecturally distinctive art muse­ Rem Cabrera, chief of cultural development ally increasing foot traffic. All of which leads um,” Maidique says. “The University’s friends, at the Department of Cultural Affairs, empha­ back to the new building and its capacity to sup­ so many of whom have had special relationships sizes the difficulty of obtaining the designation port more exhibitions, more outreach programs with our museum for 20 years, have once again and declines even to discuss the specific require­ and more art-related events than ever before. come forward to make something magnificent ments, lest anyone think it easy. “Let’s put it this The desire to engage a larger audience extends happen. We are truly grateful.” way,” he says, “we’ve got about 1,200 cultural to, or perhaps even begins with, the University Caught in a rare moment of reflection — final groups in Miami-Dade County. The museum family, Morgan adds. “Students, faculty and planning sessions with the project’s world- [at FIU] is one of 18” that has earned the title. staff will be strongly encouraged to visit the gal­ renowned architect and the important business (The Wolfsonian-FIU, the Miami City Ballet leries throughout the school day, browse the of raising programming funds leave little time for and the Florida Philharmonic are others on the museum shop, enjoy lunch in the cafe and study such luxuries as sitting back — Morgan sees a list.) Cabrera adds that the museum’s programs, in the meditation garden,” she says. “This brilliant future for her long-awaited Frost Art “recognized for their superior qualities,” remain should be a celebration of art and all that it Museum and can imagine but one eventuality: “It a large factor in its success. brings to the different facets of life.” The new has to be the dynamic heart of the campus.” In addition to the lectures and a popular museum’s positioning near the center Wednesday evening program of artist-led tours, of campus — beautifully \ longtime art collector — she and in Paris and the National Gallery of Phillip, a medical doctor who is chair­ Art in Washington D.C. and current man of the board and CEO of the ly has commissions with the pharmaceuticals company IVAX, Ringling Museum in Sarasota and The overall blueprint, donated a 153-piece American the Metropolitan Museum of Art in which includes a museum shop and abstract art collection to the New York. based lighting expert cafe as well as classrooms and Smithsonian in the 1980s — and For the three-story, 40,000-square- is helping with the job, a feasible administrative offices, takes its cues served on the FIU Foundation board foot Frost Art Museum, Weymouth has but delicate one given the subtropi­ from an intensive building program until her appointment by Gov. Jeb dreamed up several distinctive features cal sun’s potential threat to works study that Morgan commissioned Bush to FlU’s Board of Trustees. that he hopes will “indicate a way for­ on paper. from a top company last year. The Weymouth has praised Frost’s ward in museum design in Florida.” He Driving the design from a prag­ document established the criteria, dedication to the project, and she in has drafted an impressive glass-atrium matic standpoint are the site’s based on a construction budget of turn compliments his talents. “He is entrance that visitors will remember crescent shape and Morgan’s about $11 million, for all features of not only a creative person who appre­ for its immediate, clear view to the lake directive that Weymouth create a the museum and set the parameters ciates museum structures,” she says and native trees behind the building. collection of galleries versus the within which Weymouth and the FIU “but understands the needs of the To bring indoors a bit of South alternative museum model of loft- staff must work. University community and its donors.” Florida’s famous and abundant sun­ style interior with moveable walls. Outside, the building will feature a Weymouth was among five shine, he has developed a program At least five galleries are in the sculpture deck that will cantilever over finalists invited to share their ideas that incorporates natural lighting — works, each planned for the partic­ the lake and beautiful gardens that will for the museum in what amounted the very condition under which most ular size and kind of items it will enhance the building. to a two-year search. He has artwork is created. He adds, “I cannot exhibit: intimate spaces for smaller “ It’s going to be a marvelous gift worked with the famed architect even think of an art museum in Florida works on paper, soaring 26-foot to South Florida,” architect I.M. Pei on projects for the Louvre that has done this.” A London- ceilings for larger pieces. Weymouth predicts. ■ DANNY PINO '96 FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 19

Drug Dealers, Cops & Rickv Ricardo “Trust me, I would rather be in Miami moted to the homicide department in the “More than that is the challenge of pulling enjoying the warm tropical sun,” FIU Philadelphia police department. He is the it off and making somebody believe you’re alumnus Danny Pino ’96 wrote in a partner of lead character Lilly Rush somebody else. That’s what’s most fulfill­ recent email, “but this is the glamorous, (played by Kathryn Morris), the lone ing, that constant challenge.” dreamy, amazing price I have to pay for Alumnus female detective on the squad who is Pino landed a theatre scholarship to being in this crazy business.” plays assigned to “cold cases,” unsolved crimes attend FIU. At the University, he played That “crazy business” has taken Pino shelved for several years that become leading roles in plays including The from the balmy comfort of his native diverse active again. Taming o f the Shrew, Fiddler on the Roof, Miami to settings in New York City, “I am very excited to be part of this The Marriage o f Bette and Boo, and She London, Los Angeles and points beyond leading project,” Pino said. “The cast is superior, Stoops to Conquer. and thrust him in the company of an the producers and creative team are excep­ “Danny was a charming and talented unlikely bunch of characters ranging from roles on tional and the network is an exciting place actor,” said Theatre professor Wayne a classic Hollywood star to sleazy drug TV and to be.” Robinson. “We are very proud but not dealers and corrupt street cops. Earlier this year, Pino was seen as surprised at his success.” If it sounds like a motley bunch, it’s stage Armadillo Quintero, a sociopathic drug Following his 1996 graduation, Pino just a career hazard, part of the business dealer, on The Shield, the critically received a scholarship to attend the grad­ that Pino loves with a passion. It’s the acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning uate theatre program at New York company Pino keeps to pursue his rapidly series on the FX Network. University (NYU), one of the best in the burgeoning acting career on the stage and “It was really, really fun - really chal­ country. television. Since last fall, Pino, a graduate lenging,” said Pino, whose open and ami­ After NYU, Pino appeared in produc­ of FIU’s Theatre program, has bounced able nature belies his ability to believably tions by the New York Shakespeare between Los Angeles and New Zealand portray the likes of Quintero. “It was cer­ Festival, Lincoln Center Theatre and the for major roles in a television series and a tainly a challenge...you have to come Williamstown Theatre Festival. His first “biopic.” from a place of truth [to be convincing].” television role was as Clay on the WB TV Last May, Pino starred as Desi Arnaz In the spring, Pino was in front of sitcom Men, Women and Dogs, which in Lucy, a CBS television film about cameras again in a leading role of the pilot aired in fall 2001. The show was not Lucille Ball. Arnaz, the Cuban-born for Steven Bochco’s new series, NYPD renewed beyond its 13-episode run, but musician, actor and husband of Ball, is 2069. Unfortunately, the show was not Pino considered it an important step in best remembered for his role as Ricky picked up by FOX as was originally his professional evolution. planned. “I didn’t see myself necessarily as a sit­ Ricardo in the television series I Love ®8- rs^ cr^ crf 3 O com kind of actor,” he commented. “But Lucy. Pino had to learn how to play conga o & S “It’s humbling, frustrating and inspir­ drums and guitar for the role. People C3-. Q. $ ing at the same time,” he said. “You never the series was an education on how to sur­ <§ ST D magazine praised his “smooth, relaxed want to let your guard down, the next big vive in front of the camera and make it O C 3 performance” in the movie. thing could be around the corner. I’m your friend.” S' gf 5 After the WB series, Pino returned to “That was an opportunity to play a Q. 3 ^ trying to find the next thing that will r ° ° . challenge and inspire me. It keeps you on the boards in London’s West End in the character that was so influential as an CO American icon and as a Cuban-American 3 s CD a > your toes. ... I feel sort of flattered to be a summer of 2002 for a 10-week run of Up Sg $ icon,” Pino said during a recent phone working professional actor.” For Grabs, a play starring Madonna, who S ' 3 q . conversation from Los Angeles. “He was SL 8? 5 The road from Miami to Hollywood personally selected him for the role. o the first Latino and the first Cuban in S' o S". began as it does for many actors: on a Even with a couple of television series, Hollywood to make it as a comedian actor public school stage. In Pino’s case, it was a a starring role in a telefilm and a few plays and as a producer. sixth grade musical in which he played an under his belt, Pino feels like he’s just get­ Pino’s latest role is on the new CBS elderly professor who lost his glasses. The ting started. series Cold Case, which airs Sunday nights love of acting touched him immediately. “I don’t feel like I’ve necessarily and is produced by major Hollywood “It’s obviously a way to use your imag­ achieved anything yet,” he opined. “I say producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Pino plays ination and escape from your own way of that in the most humble way possible. Scotty Valens, a detective recently pro­ thinking and developing,” he explained. There’s a lot more for me to attempt.” 20 FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 ALUMNI Alumni Association Board President Gayle Bainbridge '75 (center) with Gayle A, Bainbridge ’75 Alumni Association President-Elect Ty Javellana ’88, ’98 (left) and family

Tournament. With 15 boats trolling for the Alumni Association Annual Message from biggest catch, participants had a chance to FIUAA President get acquainted in an exciting setting. The Meeting highlighted by Dear Fellow Aiumni, Greek Alumni Reunion, another first that we installation of new board Serving as president of your Alumni hope to turn into an annual tradition, The FIU Alumni Association Annual Meeting proved to be an equally entertaining gather­ Association has reinforced for me what I sus­ in June brought together about 100 members ing and an excellent networking opportunity. pect many of us have known for a long time: for some serious association business and an And during Homecoming Week, we brought FIU remains one of the most dynamic uni­ entertaining evening of networking. versities in the country. In response to the together even more of our members at the association’s current theme, “Come Back and annual Torch Awards ceremony and dinner The primary focus was the introduction and See Us Shine,” thousands have returned to dance, a wonderful occasion to honor alumni inducting into office of the newly elected campus to witness the continuing evolution who have distinguished themselves and board of directors, which will lead the associ­ of our beloved alma mater. Building con­ brought honor to the University. ation’s activities for the next year. The 2003- struction, the addition of new academic pro­ Now that we are in football season, every­ 04 officers are president: Gayle A. Bainbridge grams and increasing enrollment all under­ one has the perfect excuse to come back to ’75, partner, USI Florida Kolisch Insurance; score the University’s vibrancy. The latest dis­ campus. How can we better demonstrate president-elect: Ty N. Javellana ’88 ’98, presi­ tinctions conferred by outside organizations our support for FIU’s impressive rise than dent, Javellana Financial Group, LLC; parlia­ and the noted accomplishments of our grad­ by showing our spirit in the stands! mentarian: William R. Trueba, Jr. ’90, attor­ uates further attest to the heights we are ney, Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman & reaching. Bongini P.L.; secretary: Raul Perez Ballaga In addition to celebrating these achievements ’97, attorney, Cohen Fox, P.A.; and treasurer: and promoting them to the larger communi­ Jose M. Perez De Corcho ’93, president, ty, the Alumni Association Board of Financial Insurance Brokers, Inc. Directors also takes great pride in fostering Gayle A. Bainbridge ’75 camaraderie among our members. This past President The 2003-04 members at large, some of year we held the first Aiumni Fishing FIU Alumni Association whom have served previous terms, include

When Rosanna Fiske ’94 was 9 years reporter after graduating from FIU with a old, she decided she wanted to become a degree in Journalism. journalist. “I would be in the darkroom with “I say to my students, if you really don’t ^ my dad as he was developing pictures of think public relations has a huge influence presidents and other hugely important peo- on what you see, watch and do, really take GG pie,” says this daughter of a photojournalist a look at what you’re seeing, watching and who traveled the world with his family. “I used doing because half of the stories that we see to think, ‘Wow, to have that kind of accessi- on television are introduced to the media by bility into so many different people’s lives someone in public relations,” says Fiske, sit­ would be kind of neat.’” ting in the Coral Gables offices of Years later, Fiske, an award-winning pub- Communique Group, the full-service public lie relations ace, FIU alumna and adjunct pro- relations firm she founded with Lourdes Diaz rf} fessor in Advertising and Public Relations, in 1998. Fiske switched careers after being ^ has made a name for herself in a field that, offered a marketing job at double her ^ while it doesn’t afford the same accessibility, reporter’s salary from one of the sources she offers the variety she came to love as a interviewed regularly. “The core of public FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 21

FIU Alumni Association members Roldan Torres '85 FIU Alumni Association members enjoy tours of The Art Museum Former Alumni Association President Ralph Espinosa with ’89, ’94 and board members Jose Riguera ’86 and Jose Bofill ’90 at FIU led by museum Director Dahlia Morgan (left). Bill Draughon, exec. dir. and assoc, vice president, Alumni Relations

Sergio Abreu ’94; Irma Becerra-Fernandez ’94; Draughon says he looks forward to working develop programs and future business plans Jorge Bofill ’78; Jose C. Bofill ’90; George B. with others to strengthen membership in that address those needs”). the FIU Alumni Association. Some of his Brackett Jr. ’76, ’77; Slenda C. M. Chan ’94; “When you look at how far FIU has come proposed strategies include enhancing out­ Raymond del Rey ’97; Ralph A. Espinosa ’89 in a relatively short amount of time, it’s on a reach efforts and developing new events ’94; Andrew Juska ’87, ’03; Lisa Peniche, ’90; sharp ascending level,” he commented. (“We can’t expect our alumni to always Justo Luis Pozo ’80; Jose R. Riguera ’86; “This is a university I want to be a part of come to us; we have to go to them”); Estelle Vera ’88; Susan Webster ’87. and help grow.” engaging current students and expanding programs/services for them (“It’s a fact that the quality of a student’s experience while From UF to FIU at a university greatly impacts their level of First Annual Greek Alumni Draughon on Board as participation with the university after grad­ Reunion is a Success! New Associate Vice President uation”); retooling current communications More than 275 former fraternity brothers for Alumni Relations with alumni (“We need to have a compre­ and sorority sisters attended the First Saying that he was attracted by the University’s hensive, integrated communication strate- Annual FIU Greek Alumni Reunion held “vibrancy and diversity,” Bill gy”); enhancing existing and in July at the Big Fish restaurant in Draughon has joined FIU as associ­ developing new strategic downtown Miami. alliances, partnerships and ate vice president of Alumni As one attendee commented, “Awesome Relations. sponsorships (“We hope to partner with others to help turnout, good atmosphere and of course The nine-year veteran of the develop FIU traditions, many interesting re-unifications. Way to go!” University of Florida Alumni among other things”); and During the course of the night many old Association (he was director of heightening focus on market friends reconnected and reminisced about Administration and Programs) called research and program evalua­ FIU days gone by. Conversations moved the chance to enhance and further tion (“We need to know what from remembering mixers and parties to develop FIU alumni relations a our alumni are interested in current life developments such as marriages, “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity. and need so that we can babies and new jobs.

relations is not only to inform the public, but a chance to reacquaint herself with all that she informational and educational needs of these also to persuade or change public opinion, not loved about the field. diverse communities. necessarily just communicate it.” “When you are in a bigger agency and you As she considers her diverse ethnic back­ Fiske has done it well, developing successful grow in that agency, you spend a lot less time ground (“I’m a Cuban Spaniard Chinese Jewish bilingual communications programs for local, doing the actual work and more time just manag­ woman, and I don’t think many Cuban Americans national and international clients. She handled ing people and budgets and business develop­ can claim that,” she says with a laugh), innate public relations for Charles Schwab’s online trad­ m ent,” she says. “I really, really missed the strate- interest in the world’s cultures and life with a hus­ ing launch into Latin America and American gizing with clients.” band who grew up in nine different countries, Airlines’ 1997 pilot strike. She was vice president Last year, the Multicultural Communications Fiske is still awed by this most recent accolade of Ketchum Public Relations Worldwide in Miami Section of the Public Relations Society of acknowledging her multicultural expertise. when she took a leap of faith and launched her America honored her with the 2002 D. Parke “It has been pretty fabulous to join the compa­ own firm at the urging of a client. In the 12 years Gibson Pioneer Award, a prestigious honor pre­ ny of previous winners such as Ofield Dukes, who prior to that, she had earned a reputation as a sented to a public relations practitioner for was a member of Martin Luther King Jr.’s inner cir­ leader in multilingual, integrated communications increasing awareness of public relations within cle and still remains a counselor to the King fami­ in local, U.S. Hispanic and Latin American mar­ multicultural communities and participating in ly,” she says. “To be recognized by my peers in this kets. For Fiske, striking out on her own gave her the promotion of issues that meet the special manner has been amazing and humbling.” ■ 22 FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 ALUMNI Greek alumni: (from left) Carmen Roca, Victor Romano '02, Greek alumni: (from left) Fernando '95 and Maggie Menendez, Cedric McMinn ’01 and Maggie Jimenez ’00 Marisel ’96 and Jeff '97 Lieberman, Victor ‘97 and Michelle ’95 Torres

A planning committee of current staff and “He arrived [at FIU] with considerable talent alumni organized the event. The committee and skill and, more importantly, a passion to is looking to plan other events for the FIU write,” Dufresne recalls. “All we had to do Greek alumni and is in the process of creat­ was turn him loose. Even as a student, he ing the FIU Greek Alumni Chapter. stayed up all night writing while his room­ W mates played video games in the parlor. Florida International University College of Business To assist in planning or to become a member, Nothing interfered with his work.” Administration (CBA) alumna Deborah Egurrola ’99, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at ’02 had a lot to be proud of when she received the 305-348-3334 or email [email protected]. Lehane’s undeniable writing abilities notwith­ highest score in Florida on the May 2002 Uniform standing, his professors in the Creative CPA Exam. Now, she has even more reason to be excited: Hers was the top score in the nation. As a Writing Program did agree that one story in result, she has been awarded the prestigious FIU Alum’s the collection he submitted as his theses was American Institute of Certified Public Accountants weak, when compared to the others, and (AICPA) Elijah Watt Sells Gold Medal. Book, needed reworking. The AICPA award was created in 1923 to honor Mystic River, “We asked him to rewrite [it],” Dufresne Elijah Waft Sells, a founding partner of Haskins Now a Major says, adding that even the first version “was & Sells, the predecessor to Deloitte & Touche. It still damn good, mind you.” That story even­ is presented to the CPA candidates who attain Motion Picture tually grew into Mystic River. the highest combined grades whentaking all FIU Creative Writing four sections of the Uniform CPA Exam at one alumnus Dennis Lehane Lehane’s other novels includes Darkness, administration. ’01 received prominent Take my Hand, Sacred, Gone Baby Gone and Egurrola graduated summa cum laude from the billing in the credits for the new star-stud­ Prayers for Rain (to which Paramount CBA in 1999 with both a B.B.A in Management ded, Clint Eastwood-directed film that hit Pictures holds film rights), all of which feature Information Systems and a Bachelor of Accounting from the College’s School of Accounting. She theaters nationwide on Oct. 8. Lehane the same pair of Boston private investigators. earned a Master of Taxation from the College in penned the book, Mystic River, a psychologi­ His latest book, Shutter Island, which like 2002 and currently is working toward a Juris cal thriller, on which the movie of the same Mystic River deals with new characters, was Doctorate from Yale Law School. She plans to pur­ name is based. released earlier this year. sue a career in federal regulatory matters for both the public and private sectors. The story deals with three boyhood friends reunited following the murder of one of the “Dr. Rolf Auster, my professor at the CBA, inspired Catching the Big Ones: trio’s adult daughter. Starring in the big- me to combine my dual interests in accounting and First Annual Fishing Tournament screen version of the tale are heavy-hitters the law,” said Egurrola. "Being a CPA helps me a Huge Success highlight the link between the law and its practice.” Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Tim On June 22, 2003, the FIU Alumni : The Uniform CPA Exam is administered each May Robbins and Sean Penn. Critics have called and November and taken by more than 120,000 the film “a masterpiece” and “a movie so Association marked another first when it j candidates. Egurrola is one of only five candidates powerful you won’t be able to forget it.” hosted its first Annual Fishing Tournament. I who earned the Gold Award from among a pool of The teams departed from Monty’s in | more than 50,000 who sat for the examination last Prof. John Dufresne still remembers celebrat­ Miami Beach, where the boats were regis­ I May. Three other FIU accounting students from the ing with Lehane at a local pub following tered by event organizers Jose Bofill ’90 and ’ last two graduating classes also scored in the top word that the then-graduate student’s first Jose Perez de Corcho ’93. i ten on the Florida CPA exam. They are: Adrian novel, A Drink Before the War, had been Valencia, who graduated from FIU with a Bachelor accepted by a publisher. That success, The event included teams from US Lee, ! of Accounting (1997) and a Master of Accounting Dufresne says, had a lot to do with Lehane’s Marine Max and others. Each team consist­ i (1999; Tian Shu Chu, who received a Master of i Accounting (2000) and Jose Miguel Iglesias, who incredible drive, and the best-selling author ed of four anglers and prizes were awarded ] currently is in the College’s Executive Master of himself claims to have gone through a dozen for largest dolphin, aggregate dolphin and Science in Taxation program. WM drafts of the book before striking pay dirt. largest kingfish. FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 23

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Showing off their catches (from left): Luis de La Aguilera, Enjoying a whale of a day: (from left) Kevin Wu, Top educators: (from left) Elena Jakubowicz ’Of, Eva Hernandez '92, ’00, Jose Perez de Gorcho ’93, Oscar Bustillo Jr., Felix Garcia Ty Javellana ’88, ’98, Tony Pornprinya and Pablo Guerra Matthew Welker ’76,77, ’89, Mona Bethel Jackson ’01, Janet Hupp ’75, ’83

More than 15 boats and 60 participants The following FIU alumni garnered the gratified when our alumni, the primary competed for cash and prizes. The prize awards: product of our mission, receive recognition winners included: tournament winner “Top for their outstanding work.” • Principal of the Year: Anglers,” with Captain Tony Perez receiv­ Janet Hupp ’75, ’83 More than 25 percent of the new teachers ing a check for $1,000 and a hand-crafted Miami Palmetto Senior High hired each year by the Miami-Dade County sculpture created and donated by Gary Public Schools are FIU graduates. Last year, Traczyk; the largest dolphin was caught by • Teacher of the Year: the college attracted more than $6.5 million Angler Alan Machado, who received a Eva Hernandez ’92, ’00 in external grants and funding. W check for $500 and a trident rod holder Mae Walters Elementary School donated by Tigress; largest kingfish and Lady Angler Winner, Pamela Mullins, • Rookie Teacher of the Year: aboard “Pickup Line,” who received a Elena Jakubowicz ’01 j Q j d SEND US The English Center check for $250; and Junior Angler Winner Your Latest Information and Photos and second place largest dolphin, Taylor • Assistant Principal of the Year: Mullins-Flores. There were many other Do you have a new email address? Matthew Welker ’76, ’77, ’89 prizes and awards. Telephone number? Has your mailing Dr. Michael Krop Sr. High School The event was preceded by a Saturday night address changed? We need your Captain’s Party and followed by a Dock Party Mona Bethel Jackson, the principal of updated information so that we can at the Weigh-in, with barbecued ribs and Richmond Heights Middle School and a share the good news with you about the chicken for all participants. current doctoral student at FIU, was also latest FIU happenings - and so that you named Runner-up to Principal of the Year. can share your good news with us! A special thanks goes out to the sponsors of this fabulous event: Marine Max; Tigress Commenting on the award, Hupp said, The fastest way to notify us of changes is Outriggers and Gear; Financial Insurance “It’s an honor but it’s not about just one to do it online. Just visit the FIU Alumni Brokers; Bofill & Vilar, P.A.; and Bacardi. person ... it’s about a team of people work­ Relations web site at www.fiualumni.com ing together, all of us being on the same and click on “Address Update” and/or All proceeds of the tournament will benefit page and sharing the vision of educational “Class Notes." It’s that easy. FIU scholarship funds. The event was a excellence. A lot of my education [at FIU] tremendous success, and plans already are In future issues of FIU Magazine, we’ll be was cooperative, a lot of it was in the field. being discussed for next year’s tournament. running photos of Golden Panthers That cooperation helped me in good stead showing their “true colors” all around the to learn how to work with people, cooper­ globe. We’re inviting FIU alumni to send ate and reach consensus.” FIU Education Alumni Win in photographs of themselves showing Four “Best Of” Awards Hernandez, was honored at Spring their FIU spirit. FIU T-shirts, hats or blue- Commencement exercises with its Alumni and-gold outfits are desired. Send the from Miami-Dade County Service Medallion, reflecting the photo along with a brief note including Public Schools University’s strong support of the local edu­ your name, class year, where you’re liv­ It was like sweeping the cation and its commitment to produce ing and what you’re doing professionally. major awards at the Oscars. quality teachers for Florida’s classrooms. If you’d like to send a digital image, send FIU College of Education alumni garnered four “We are proud that our alumni teach many it to [email protected]. If you’d like major awards presented by the Miami-Dade of our community’s children, and we are to send a print photograph, send it to Public Schools earlier this year — a reflection of committed to providing the finest pro­ Sean Kramer, assistant director, Alumni the college’s excellence and impact on the local grams to educate tomorrow’s teachers,” said Relations, FIU, University Park, MARC school system. Linda Blanton, dean of the college. “We are 510, Miami, FL 33199. 24 FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03

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CLASS NOTES He is a life member of the Veterans of mer pilot with Continental Airlines and Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the Air Eastern Airlines, started the business with his 1970s Force Association, the Retired Officer wife Susan, a pilot for Northwest Airlines. Association and the FIU Alumni Association. The couple reside in Franklin, Kentucky. Pamela Marie Moeler ’72, is a special edu­ cation teacher in the Oologah School System Jessica Irene Carroll ’79, ’82, ’92, has Nura P. Gonzalez ’84, ’01, was the chief clin­ in Oklahoma. She received her master’s from taught at Miami-Dade Community College ical dietitian at Cedars Medical Center for 10 Oklahoma State University. since 1984 and serves currently as an inter­ years and now teaches the dietetic aide pro­ im associate dean. gram at Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Carole Bernstein ’73, is president of Get Center in Miami-Dade County. Smart Educational Superstores. Roberta Kressel ’79, has been named execu­ tive vice president of Human Resources for Dawn O’Flannery Walzak, ’86, vice presi­ Regynald Washington ’74, has been elected BankUnited. dent of Tishman Hotels, was selected by chairman of the National Restaurant Travel Weekly Magazine as one of the top Association. He is vice president and general 1980s 40 young industry leaders influencing manager of Disney Regional Entertainment, changes in the travel and tourism industry. based in Glendale, CA. Jeanne A. Becker ’80, has Walzak serves on the board of industry been named a director of Ana M. Guillen ’75, owner of the account­ advisors to FIU’s School of Hospitality & the South Florida chapter of Tourism Management. ing firm Guillen and Associates, is presi­ The Gift of Adoption Fund. dent of the Dade County Enrolled Agents The organization provides Marcia Diaz de Villegas ’87, Association. She also is president of the cash grants or interest-free is director of marketing and non-profit organization Friends of the loans to help qualified fami­ public relations of Miami Dade County Commission on the Status lies adopt a child. She is Children’s Hospital in of Women. president of Becker Miami. The hospital’s mar­ Janet Hupp ’75 ’83, is principal of Miami Consulting Services, Inc., a public relations keting department recently Palmetto High School in Miami, were she and marketing consulting firm based in Coral won awards from also served as assistant principal of curricu­ Gables and established in 1988. Healthcare Marketing Report and the Florida Hospital lum, teacher/department chairperson and Ronald Lee Bierman ’80, is president and school-based chairperson over the past 25 Association for its “Dreams” print and tele­ CEO of Lower Keys Medical Center. vision ad campaign. years. Under her leadership, Palmetto High Additionally, he serves on the board of direc­ was recently named one of the nation’s “Top tors of the South Florida Hospital and 100 High Schools” by Newsweek. Earlier Paul Jacob ’87, is vice president for Healthcare Association and the University of Advertising with Bell South. this year, she was named Principal of the Miami’s Advisory Board for its MBA in health Year by the Miami-Dade County Public administration program. Gabriel Gabor ’88, is director of School System. Communications for NBA Latin America. Alicia G. Moreyra ’80, is the administrative Gersie Hannah Arnold ’76, is the activities Maria Amalia Volker ’89, teaches in Douglas director for the division in charge of lan­ County high schools in Castlerock, CO. director at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior guage arts/reading programs in the Miami- High School. Dade County Public Schools. She also co- 1990s Doris Bass ’77, is retired from the FIU Elders directs the consortium for America Reads! Institute, where she taught psychology with five local universities, including FIU. She Lidia Mayra Benitez-Gonzalez ’90, is the courses, conducted training workshops for has taught for nearly 30 years at all levels assistant principal at Whispering Pines the South Florida Center on Aging and from primary grades to university-level Elementary. courses. worked as a trainer and facilitator in the field Raul Bermudez ’90, has been promoted to of grief and bereavement. Dawn Tarnofsky-Ostroff ’80, is president of vice president of Charter Sales and Marketing for The Moorings in St. Petersburg, FL. Delmi B. Gunawardena 77. ’90, is an UPN Entertainment Network. Bermudez has held several positions with the assistant professor of literacy at Cleveland Diane Delella ’81, has been promoted to company since 1998. State University. She is currently on the executive vice president and chief financial board of trustees of Esperanza, Inc., a non­ officer of MetroBank in Miami. Michael Baglino ’92, has performed in profit organization that supports Hispanic movies and national commercials and is cur­ students through work-service programs Jeff Mylton ’81, was promoted to senior vice rently the lead singer for Michael Matone and and scholarships. president of Commercial Banking for First the Masters of Jazz, performing at casinos, Charter Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina. clubs and most recently for President George Dominique H. Carvonis ’78, a hotel owner in Mylton specializes in commercial real estate W. Bush at the Minneapolis Target Center. Haiti, is working to raise $3.5 million in cash and corporate lending. and equipment for necessary upgrades to the Rita Ferro '92, is vice president of not-for-profit Haitian Community Hospital in Bert Medina ’83, is general manager of International Sales for ESPN, Coral Gables. Port-au-Prince. Univision’s Chicago television station, the company’s largest station. Georgette Menocal Guerra ’92, received her James S. Rosa ’78, has served in the U.S. master’s degree in elementary education Air Force for 24 years, including two tours in Bill Sablesak ’83, has launched SableAir, an from Nova Southeastern University. She is the Pentagon and in Operation Desert Storm. aviation consulting company. Sablesak, a for­ certified in educational leadership and serves FIU MAGAZINE FALL 03 25

as the assistant principal at Olympia Heights Bingham LLP, practicing in the field of energy Ed Redlich ’01, has been named vice presi­ Elementary. and public utility law. dent of ComReal Miami, Inc. He also was recognized as the top producer in 2002 for Annie Roques-Hernandez ’92, graduated Rebeca Barbra ’98, is a Direct Marketing leading the commercial real estate side of from the University of Miami School of Law account executive for Royal Caribbean the firm. Currently, Redlich is pursuing his in May 2003. International, Miami. Certified Commercial Investment Member designation. Cristina McNenny Albernil ’93, has been an Alan Lips ’98, has been promoted to partner art teacher in the magnet arts program at of the Miami Beach accounting firm Gerson Melissa Viana ’01, was recently promoted to Norland Middle School and Palmer Trinity Preston & Co., PA. account executive for Burger King’s advertis­ School, where she most recently served as ing division in Miami. chair for the Department of Visual Arts. She Javier Francisco Canut ’99 is an active is a professional artist and has exhibited in member of the American Red Cross. He Toni Arce ’02, is assistant corporate buyer in South America, Spain and the United States. teaches lifeguarding skills, first aid and CPR. the Burdines division of Federated Department He is currently employed by the City of Dania Stores in Miami. Arce focuses on the pur­ Albert Corrada ’93, started his own full-serv­ Beach as a marine safety officer. chasing and managing of the dress acces­ ice accounting firm, Albert Corrada, CPA, PA, sories areas of all Burdines stores. in Coral Gables. Edson Mena ’99, a financial analyst for Lennar Corporation in Miami, is attending Noemi Martinez ’02, is the volunteer coordi­ Martin J. Jacobs ’93, is an associate profes­ Duke University where he will graduate with nator for Habitat for Humanity in Miami. sor in and chair of the Department of an MBA in 2004. Adolescent, Career and Special Education at Pilar Vasallo ’02, is vice president of J.E.M. Murray State University in Kentucky. Mary Morla ’99, graduated from Stetson Quality Printers, Inc. The company has just University with J.D. and MBA degrees in expanded its operations. Lily Diaz Azel ’94, is president of Children’s May 2003. Psychology Associates in Weston, the largest Carlos Berrio ’03, senior project estimator pediatric multidisciplinary psychology and 2000s for Austin Commercial, is part of the devel­ rehabilitative practice in South Florida. opment team of the Miami International Nicole De Lara ’00, is press secretary for Airport’s North Terminal Program (NTP). The Gabriel Jimenez ’94, has been reappointed the Florida Speaker of the House. chair of the Hispanic/Latino Lawyers NTP is a $1.5 billion project led through Committee of the North Carolina Bar Shivani Desai ’00, is Basketball Operations Miami-Dade County for use by American Association. Jimenez also recently formed coordinator for the Airlines. Jimenez Law Offices, PLLC. Miami Heat. Richard Candia ’03, has been named assis­ Eduardo Arista ’95, president and founder of Princell Hair ’00, is news director for KCBA- tant vice president of Government Relations Arista Law, a boutique law firm in Coral TV in Los Angeles. for the University of Miami. Prior to joining Gables, has been admitted to practice before the University of Miami, Candia was the the United States Tax Court. Steve Massena ’00, is the chief of director of Government Relations for FIU for Information Systems for the U.S. Air Force six years. Paul Satty ’96, is assistant principal at Lyons and is stationed in Hawaii. Massena main­ Creek Middle School in Coconut Creek, FL. tains more than 500 workstations and 14 Monique Catoggio ’03, was recently promot­ servers, manages all of the telecommunica­ ed to director, Alumni and Partner Relations, Jose Baldan ’97, recently was appointed in FlU’s College of Business Administration second lieutenant in the Army. Baldwin was a tion needs of the squadron and advises upper management on all IT issues. and Chapman Graduate School of Business. member of the Army Reserve prior to receiv­ Catoggio is responsible for building the col­ ing his new post. Phoebe Moll ’00, is an account executive lege’s Alumni Chapter, Dean’s Alumni Circle Judith S. Berson ’97, was selected a with BBDO Worldwide Advertising, and its corporate partners. New York. “Woman Worth Knowing” by the City of Vickie Melendez ’03, is production assistant Miami Beach’s Committee on the Status of Amy Robin Wiesenberg 00, is a registered for CBS’ Evening News with Dan Rather. Women. dietician at Jackson Memorial Hospital and teaches at FlU-Biscayne Marc Poliquin ’03, has been named global Christine Elisabath Geschwill ’97, is pursu­ product leader, directors and officers liability, ing a career in project management for a Bay Campus. second vice president, for General Electric in company that focuses on the renovation and restoration of historic buildings in the Miami Lauren Colon ’01, was promoted to Human Coral Gables. Beach area. Resource Services manager for onboard duty-free concessionaire Starboard Cruise Juan Felipe Wills ’03, has been promoted Kim Hogan ’97, has joined Bode Trading Services, a subsidiary of Louis Vuitton Moet to vice president in the Technology Corporation as its chief financial officer. Bode Hennessey in Miami. Infrastructure department of Citigroup Latin is a Miami-based export company and pur­ America in Miami. Wills is responsible for chasing agent. Hal R. Pitts ’01, lieutenant in the U.S. Coast the technology infrastructure portion of Guard, is commanding the construction of Voice Engineering and Voice Operations Lyle Larson ’97, a graduate of Georgetown the new FIR Coast Guard Cutter, a 225-foot- Management in the Latin America and Law School, is now partner with Balch & long vessel. Caribbean region. M U MACiAZI N I FALL 03

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The following individuals are Lifetime Members of the FIU Alumni Association. FIU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION We salute these alumni for their strong dedication and commitment to Florida International University. For information on Alumni Association membership, LIFETIME MEMBERS call 305-348-3334 or go to www.fiu.edu/docs/alumni-join.htm.

Brian D. Abramson '96, '96 Carlos B. Cabrera, Esq. '97 Romulo A. Espinosa '87 Edgard Hernandez ’00 Marjorie S. Acker 79. '96 Rafael Cabrera, Jr. '82 Rafael A. Espinosa, CPA 89, ‘94, ‘8 Jorge L. Hernandez '82 Paula I. Ackley '77 William J. Cachinero 89 Vivian F. Espinosa, CPA 89, ’94 Annette M. Herrera '92 Bobby J. Addison '01 Maria I. Cadenas, CPA 83 Vivian Faerman '73 Paula Hershenson 78 Mark W. Adkins 80 Debra L. Calabro Andres I. Falcon '85 Walter G. Hessling '76 Maria H. Alam '83. ‘96 Dominic M. Calabro, Sr. ‘78 Joseph F. Featherston '80 Joan L. Hicken '93 Ellen B. Alderman 82 Armando Camejo ‘89. ‘94 Lori A. Feldman '95 Abby Hidalgo-Gato '92 Manuel Almuina '86 Teresita Camejo '01 William H. Ferguson '78, '88 Dianah Hill 92 Sondra Alperin 80 Manuel Caminas '77 Nury M. Feria '76 John D. Hollinger '81 Judy Altman '77 Ana R. Caminas, CPA '74 Manuel E. Fermin ‘90. '90 Marlys J. Holm '78, '86 Cecilia M. Altonaga '83 Mark A. Campagnolo ‘80 Lourdes R. Fernandez '97 Eduardo V. Hondal 88, '00. 00 Judith G. Anderson 79 Miriam C. Campo ‘95 Edward F. Fernandez '74 Francis A. Hondal 87, ’94 Janet S. Antonacci '80 Philip J. Campo '95 Irma B. Fernandez, Ph.D. ‘94 Virginia M. Hoover ’73,1 7 Abraham S. Anzardo 98 Maryellen Canfora 79, 81 Flernando Fernandez, Jr. '75 Albert Hoskin 75. 78, ’75 Stewart L. Appelrouth 80 James J. Canty '98 Maria D. Ferreira Fernandes Betty G. Hubschman ’93 Gail Appelrouth '77 Robert D. Caplan ‘85 Anthony M. Ficarra ‘78 Michael A. Hubschman Joseph Arbolaez '94 Michael Capote '98, '98 Juan R. Figuereo '81 Ulysses J. Hudson ’92 Miguel A. Argueta '90 Joseph S. Carvelli, II ‘75 Sharon Fine ‘99 Lisa C. Hudson '93 Blanca R. Armenteros-Polo '86, '8 Joan D. Casanova '00 Albert Fine Alice K. Hui 77 Gene D. Arnold '76 Robert P. Castillo ‘00 Joyce C. Fine, Ed.D. '83. 91 James D. Huie 78 Tahir Awan 87 Carlos B. Castillo, Esq. 88 Heatherlee Finn '99, '99 Ann Hutchinson '85 Daniel Azel ’96 98 Manuel J. Castro ‘93 Jack Fintz ‘94, ‘95 Jack H. Hyde '78 Francine M. Azel '95 Monique Catoggio '03 Lowell D. Fisher '81 Maria Elena Ibanez '78 Melba H. Badali, RN 84. 78 Kathleen A. Cegles, PT '76, '76 Michelle Fishman '99 Jose M. Iglesias, Jr. 99 Wade Bader '92 Phillip H. Chait '83 Oliver Fleites, Jr. '90 William E. Imhof '74, 74 Michael A. Baiamonte '86 Arthur E. Chapman '73, '73 Rosemarie Flick '83 Brenda Imhof Jeffrey S. Bailey Beverly Childress '78 Luis F. Flores, Jr. ‘88 Olga Issenberg '76 Gayle A. Bainbridge A.A.I. 75 Dennis J. Chin, CPA ‘81 Frank R. Flowers ‘81 SreedharV. Iyer. Ph.D. '92, '94, '97 Edward T. Baker '89 Pyong H. Cho ‘81 Kevin Fox ‘83 Laura Jack '78 Jo Anne C. Bander ‘80 Margaret A. Christy 75 Michael T. Fredericks Edward C. Jarosz '81 Silvia C. Bannister 95 Barbara A.H. Cilik '76,79 Muriel Friedman 73 Tyrone N. Javellana '88, '98 Walter A. Barna 81 Hugh A. Cook 77 Charles F. Fritz 81 John L. Jefferis '79 Zoraida A. Barreiro ‘98 Clyde G. Corley '84 Ronald C. Frydrychowski '76. 77 Thomas B. Jelke, Ph.D. '90, '93 John N. Barrett ‘81 Donald D. Corn '74, ‘74 Karen A. Gaines '82 Carole Johnson Paul E. Barrett 97 Ivette Cortes-Bailey ‘94 Jerry A. Galindo '97 Shalley A.M. Jones 83 Maria DJ.C. Barrios ‘97, '01 Alison A. Cotterell '93 Yves P. Gallet 77 Samuel H. Joyce 82 Mehran Basiratmand 83. 88 Shar Crader '96 Ana M. Garces Dapena 99 Kent C. Jurney, Sr. '73 Doris Bass 74 77 Marta A. Cruz '97 Elector D. Garcia ’73, ’79 Andrew J. Juska 78, '03, ’78 John M. Baxter '99 Armando Cruz, Jr. ‘82, '82 Alfredo J. Garcia ’82 Randy Kassewitz Ricardo J. Beato '78 Edward J. Cuervo ‘94 Jose M. Garcia 93 Ira M. Katz ’85. 91 Carlos A. Becerra 98. 01 Timothy R. Cummings '97 Raphael B. Garcia ‘75 Emily J. Katz '75,'80 Alina E. Becker ‘75 Alexander Currais '82 Gloria I. Garzon '87. ’87 Maureen B. Katz 76 Claude C. Beebe. Jr. '79 Marion G. Currow '88 Jairo Garzon ’85 Lilia R. Kelley 98 Mayra E. Beers ’95 John A. Dancho ‘76 Elizabeth L. Geletka ’92 . 01 Craig L. Kelley ’85 Frederick J. Beers ’76, 77 George E. Daubert. Jr. 79 Miguel A. Germain ’78. ‘79, 80 June Kemp 76, ‘78, 80 Robert Bell ’81 Newall J. Daughtrey '75 Karen A. Gievers. Esq. ’75 Adrienne M. Kent 74 David G. Berry 92 Diane P. Davis 92 Noel Gil 92 Jeffrey C. Ketzle ‘94 Philip S. Birmelin 90 Rafael M. de Armas '87 Rosalie I. Gioino ’75 Frances G. Koestline 79 Richard J. Blohm 73 Liliam del Riego 98 Adityavan Gir ’88 Joanne H. Koger 88 Michael R. Blynn 76 Martha Delcastillo '78, ‘81 Joseph J. Girouard ‘76 Emmy L. Koshar ’97 Jorge Bofill '78 Ricardo R. Diaz 01 Pete Gonzalez ’93 Sean P. Kramer 95 Frank J. Bolanos ‘78 Alberto S. Diaz '73 Orlando C. Gonzalez 99 William A. Kritchman ’78 Lourdes M. Bonderud 77 Angela L. Diaz. PT ‘90 Alicia E. Gonzalez ’74 Marian Kronengold 76 Denis L. Bonderud 77 Nancy L. Dion ‘74, '74 Miriam Gonzalez 99 Eleines Kubat 01 Doria V. Bonham-Yeaman '83 Joseph J. DiPasquale '93 Maria E. Gonzalez, CPA 90, ‘92 Mark A. Kucker ’73 Ronald L. Book, Esq. 74 Ann M. Doyle '78 Frank Gonzalez. CPA 90 Edward G. Labrador, Esq. 84 Robert H. Bosselman, R.D. 82 George W. Draughon Eddy Gonzalez, Jr. ‘88 Davida A. Lack 78 Maria E. Brackett 74, 78 Peter Dubowsky, Esq. 89 Juan P. Gonzalez-Sirgo. Esq. ‘90 Barbara Lagoa. Esq. 89 George B. Brackett. Jr. 76, 71, 77 Robert A. Dummett '79 Norma M. Goonen ’74, '74 MaryJ. Laing 93 Patricia E. Bradley ‘74 Sofia N. Durkee 90 Gerald C. Grant, Jr. ’78, 89 Stephanie J. Laios '91 Michael H. Braid ‘73 C. David Durkee. Esq. '90 Christine C. Grice ’79, '79 Nicole R. Lancaster 95 Jorge L. Bravo 91 Eloisa M. Echazabal 79 Louis K. Gualda, III 94 Genevieve 0. Larsen '74 H. K. Bressant 94 Robert Edlin ‘91 93 Sylvia Gurinsky '90 Frank Lastra 86 Pamela S. Britton '76 Michael Eisman ‘76 Manuel Gutierrez 83 Lorn Leitman 73 Ronald E. Britton '76 Leonor M. Elgarresta 83 F. D. Haddad Marisel Lieberman 96. 99 June M. Buckle 77 Shelton T. Elks 76 90 Vernon Hanson Steven E. Liebowitz, Ed.D. 77 William L. Budd ‘75. 75 George W. Ellis Jack B. Hart 99 Irving M. Lifshitz ’79 Lisa Burt 94 B.Acc Ruth A. Ellis ‘92 Mary A. Hayek 75, '78 Sara and Howard Lipman Carol C. Butts 82 Evelyn B. Enrione. Ph.D. ‘78 Joanne C. Hayek 76 Irene C. Lirakis ’74, 77 Onelio M. Cabeza 88 Pitchie S. Escarment 00, '00 Dennis R. Headberg ’78 Jay A. Litt ’73 Jodi L. Cabrera Emeline C. Espinet 88 John R. Heller ‘92 Melissa Tapanes Llahues 00 Luis E. Llanes '98 Jose M. Paneda '86 Manuel J. Rodriguez 80 Frank M. Souto '74 A. W. Loehr, Jr., Ph.D. 75. 77 Ana C. Paneda '88 Joaquin F. Rodriguez 11 Brent A. Spechler, RPT 78 Joanne J. Logg '83. '92 Martha M. Pantin 77, '81 Angela C. Rodriguez 97 Rebecca Sproul '91, '91 Diana A. Lopez 95 Panagiotis S. Papaspyrou '84 Jose R. Rodriguez ’92 Jean L. Stanway '98 Thomas A. Lopez '80 Kishor M. Parekh '86 Albert V. Rojas ‘74 Gordon E. Stein '79 Andres W. Lopez 74 Ronald R. Parish 77 Annette M. Rojas '93 Giovanna M. Stincer '83, '01 Juan A. Lopez 79 Robert T. Parraga '87 Manuel J. Rojas, Jr. '90 Eduardo M. Suarez '90 Raul R. Loredo '95 Valerie L. Patterson, Ph.D. '81. '85 Anne M. Roldan '78 Luis 0. Suau ’87 Jorge A. Loredo, D.O. ’96 Jose R. Paz, M.D. '75 James S. Rosa, USAF '78 Susan M. Swink '97 Dagoberto Lorenzo, Jr. '88 Edward L. Peabody '76 Ralph Rosado '96, '96 Bart Syatauw 87 Leonardo H. Loureiro '95 Francisco J. Pena '99 Norman L. Rosenblatt '77 Mary L. Tanke ’75 Vernon A. Love 81,'96 Orestes Pena '97 Rhonda Rosenof '80 Griselda M. Tealdo-Perez '91 Evelyn Macia, CPA 78 Alexis P. Perdomo '92, '94 Kimberly L. Ross '92 Steve J.Tello 79 Michael E, Manes '82 Yvette M. Perdomo '98 Angelica C. Ruiz '00 Elisa A. Thronton ’93, '93 Maria Mari, CPA 79, '80. 89 Raul 0. Perez '97 Ann B. Rundquist, CPA '80 Marisol Torres '98 Leonor C. Marrero '82 Gilbert Perez '97 Angela Russo '76 Marilyn S. Trager 74 Maricel Marsan '76, '76 Guillermo I. Perez ’80 John F. Ruzic, III 76 Lourdes M. Tundidor '94 Hector Martinez '88 Gustave Perez 77 Colleen A. Ryan Hector Tundidor, Jr. '92 Carlos M. Martinez '87 Juan C. Perez 96 William J. Sablesak '81, 83 Sharelle A. Turner '74. '87 Carmen A. Martinez Kristina Perez '89 Angela A. Sacher '89 Richard G. Tuttle, Jr. '87 Mary M. Martinez-Tuttle '88, '90 Manuel C. Pernas '88, '94 Diego Saenz '88 David K. Twigg '73 Patrick J. Mason 74 Deborah B. Perry '93 Alan B. Sakowitz, Esq. '77 Donald H. Udelson 77, '81 Albert F. Mastrianni '85 Betty L. Perry '74 Ines M. Sanchez '00 00 Sylvia Urlich '74 Harold B. Mazin '75 Mary Lou Pfeiffer '96 Livio A. Sanchez '82 Luisa M. Valcarcel ’78 Kenneth H. McCraney Gail A. Phillips '85 Jorge A. Sanchez '94 lleana M. Valdes ’87 Patricia A.M. McDougle '77, '88 Douglas P. Phillips ‘85 , '93 Carlos G. Sanchez 00. 01 Lissette S. Valdes-Valle ’92 Amanda Mcgehee '84 Maria M. Phillips '89 ‘93 Philip L. Sanchez '88 Steven J. Van Noppen 81 John B. Mckibbon, III '75 Harry S. Pickering, III '75 Alberto M. Sanchez '97 Peter J. Van Voorst Vader ’77 Claudia A. McLaughlin '96 Rebecca D. Pienn '92 Manuel Sanchez, CPA '83. '83 Herman Velasco '92, '95, '96 Anne M. Mcreynolds '79 Harry Pilafian 74 74 Ivonne S. Sanchez-Ledo. Esq. ’8£ Gloria M. Velazquez, Esq. '88 Paul P. McReynolds, Sr. '80 Daniel G. Pino '96 Gonzalo D. Santana ’87 Luis 0. Vera '80. 85 Linda K. Mctague '79, '79 Karen E. Pividal '85 Concepcion C. Santana ’89. 92 Orestes Vidan '80 Luis A. Mechoso '94 Peter C. Polivka '79 Maydel Santana-Bravo ’91 Augusto L. Vidaurreta '80 Madge K. Medford '77 Ricardo Porras '90, 92 Reydel Santos, Esq. ’83 Rendueles Villalba '78 Carlos M. Mendiola '98 Julio E. Portuondo. Jr. '95 Robert A. Sarnack ’84 Juan M. Villamil 75 Ana G. Mendoza '02 James H. Post 82 Donna M. Schaeffer ’80. '83 Manny Villamor Patricia T. Merritt 80, '88 George L. Powers, RN '74, '80 Maria L. Scharf 79 Gustavo E. Vilomar ’91 Barbara A. Micheletti '91 Beverly A. Prosper '85 William H. Scharrer. Jr. ’74, ‘7 8.1 Martha I. Vina ’94 Carlos A. Migoya, Ph.D. '74, 76 Jorge Pubillones '86, 90 Carrie A. Schechter ’01 James M. Viola '84 Marilyn E. Miller Rangel '83 Angela T. Puentes, Esq. '98 Peter W. Schoen ’82 Thomas E. Visney '84 Bobbi C. Miller-Canyon '75, '75 Walter M. Puterbaugh 78 Thomas K. Schroeder ’76 Arturo Vives, Jr. '97 Richard W. Milone '81 Bertika M. Quintero '98 Richard F. Schroeder ‘75 Valerie Vogel '74, 78. '82 MariaElena Miranda '88, '98 MarkJ. Rafuls 88 Alton E. Scott '81 Beverly A. Walker-Johansson '83 Joseph S. Miranti '75 Pablo R. Ramirez 84 Bradley M. Seabrook 79 Jeffrey D. Wartman.M.D. '78 Carlos M. Modia '82 Alberto E. Ramirez '97 Juan C. Serrato '91 Jerome C. Washington '87 Steven V. Moll '76 Antonio F. Ramos '98. 00 Monte M. Shafer '79 Nancy K. Webster 75 Kenneth R. Monroe, USA (Ret.) ‘73 Jose A. Ramos, Jr. '88 Lisa Sharf '98 Susan E. Webster, Ph.D. '87 Barbara K. Montes '81, '92 Grover C. Reid Rashmi Sharma '94 Susan R. Weitz '79 Richard A. Moore, Esq. '74 Paul Rendulic. Ph.D. '94 Paul A. Shashaty '97 Barbara A. Welch '93 Alicia M. Mora 75 Joanna E. Revelo '93 Albalina V. Sheely '86 Fay Whitman 73 Evelyn C. Morales, CPA '82 Deborah A. Reyes '82 Suzanne E. Sheffield 80 Gleva H.G. Wiepking '98 Jennie R. Morris 74, '78 Alicia M. Reynolds 77 Michael Shelley. Esq. ’90 Pearl Y. Williams '78 Darryl W. Morrison '95, ’00 Robena A. Richardson 97 Ida S. Shermak 75 Paul B. Winkeljohn 90 Maureen H. Moztarzadeh '95 Eduardo del Riego '82 Edward F. Shindle '76, ‘79 Dennis S. Wiseman '91 Vera I. Mullery '92 Kevin J. Riggott '89 Howard M. Shore ‘91 Mark N. Witham Mireya A. Muniz '77 Ivonne Riguera '97 Karen J. Siegall Mary V. Witham-Crespo 78 Anthony J. Nadaskay '78 Jose R. Riguera. Esq. '86 Thomasina D. Simpson '76 Michael A. Wolfe '75 Murari P. Nambiar '82 Timothy H. Riley '96 Vera M. Sincavage 74 Naamon G. Wright '95 Sara Narbecki '81 Marisol Riley Charles R. Singletery '74 Dana Yancoskie '91, '96 Della J. Nelson 83 Luisana Rincon ’97 Ana M. Sippin '76 Doria V. Yeaman '83 Chester P. Newcomb 80 Antonio I. Rionda '90. '02 James V. Sirman '74 Carol A. Yngve '74, '81 Avis V. Notice-Harrison '81, 84 Bonnie Rionda '81 Dashiell M. Smith '76 Frederick A. Young ‘82, '83 Conleth S. O’Connell, Jr. Ph.D. '84 Eduardo R. Rivas ‘78, '80 William R. Smith 82 Albert J. Zanetti 79. 80 Maria M. Ojeda '92, 96 Michelle B. Roberson 98 Patrick B. Smith 78 Juan C. Zapata 94 Natsuaki Okano '85 William A. Roberson ’78 Alice L. Smith 77 Marjorie A. Zigo 74 Javier Olmedo 96. 00 Charles E. Robinson '74 Per J.l. Soderman ‘93 John E. Zvijac Sindi L. Ordenes '00 Donald N. Rodely '79 Theodore M. Sokolowski. CPA ’8 Lori J. Zyne '76 Francisco A. Oses 94 Ralph Rodriguez '87 Iris Y. Solis 84 Alexander G. Zyne 79 Carolina Padilla '99. '99 Isabel C. Rodriguez 82 Harold A. Solomon 77 Besteiro Palomeque 76 Luis E. Rodriguez '95, 98 Henry F. Sori '88 '88 Rosalba M. Palomeque Jose E. Rodriguez '92 Jose A. 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