MARRIAGES
| Dolores Madrid, '80, and David Sala |
| John Preeg, '90, and Lisa Smole |
| Virginia Cull, '92, and Dion Lopez |
| Jennifer Shukitt, '95, and Kevin Ivey, '96 |
| Ryan Suttles, '95, and Amy Louise Fellingham, '97 |
| Shannon Matchin, '96, and Chad Slenes, '96 |
| William Cooke, '97, and Valerie Espinoza |
| Brian Paul Henneke, '97, and Kristen Schlesser |
| Mandy Tyk, '97, and Howard Funchess |
BIRTHS
| Michael W. Kellogg, '83, and Gloria Kellogg of Stillwater, Okla., daughter, Jillian Kellogg, Sept. 4, 1997. |
| Randy Young, '84, and Marianne Jacobson Young, '84, of Phoenix, Ariz., daughter, Sarah Nicole Young, June 30, 1997. |
| Ernest Wagley, '87, and Lisa Wagley, '94, of Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, daughter, Sydnie, Sept. 13, 1997. |
| Phyllis Vigil Griego, '88, and Phillip M. Griego, '91, of Rio Rancho, N.M., son, Patrick Phillip Griego, Sept. 15, 1997. |
In Memory
| James Harmon Thompson, '36, of Alamogordo, N.M., Nov. 4, 1997 |
| David C. Dozier, '38, of Dallas, Texas, Oct. 18, 1997 |
| Daniel F. Botkin, '39, San Diego, Calif., October 1997. |
| Joseph Larking Salazar, '42, of Las Cruces |
| Client Hill, '49, of Michigan, Oct. 25, 1997 |
| Jewell M. Limacher, '51, of Roswell, N.M., Nov. 3, 1997 |
| Margaret Miller Moar, '51, of Albuquerque, Oct. 22, 1997 |
| Charles Bandy, '57, of Aztec, N.M., Oct. 23, 1997 |
| Leon Waskiewicz, '58, of Alamogordo, N.M., Aug. 27, 1997 |
| Marvin Burris, '60, of Alamogordo, N.M., Nov. 29, 1997 |
| Jerry P. Townsend, '60, of Albuquerque, Oct. 22, 1997 |
| H. Taylor Hemler, '61, of San Marcos, Texas, Oct. 6, 1997 |
| Richard Dale Farmer, '62, of Albuquerque, Nov. 23, 1997 |
| Lazaro Holguin, '62, of Albuquerque |
| Dr. Karl S. Kunz, '70, of Pennsylvania, Nov. 19, 1997 |
| Dennis Hall, '72, of Mesilla, N.M., Nov. 28, 1997 |
| James Stirman, '72, of Ruidoso, N.M., Dec. 14, 1997 |
| Candy Bussell, '79, of Carlsbad, N.M., Nov. 27, 1997 |
40s
Bill Sturman, '48, is serving a two-year term as chairman for the
southern California region of the Retired Officers Association. Sturman is
a retired Navy captain. He was a public works director for cities and
counties in California after his 30-year Navy career. He and his wife,
Rene Riddle Sturman, live in Riverside, Calif.
50s
Retired Col. Donald R. Perkins, '55, recently returned to work at
the
National Guard Association of the United States in Washington, D.C. In
November 1997, he was employed to oversee the library, archives and gift
shop operations at the guard association's Washington headquarters.
L.B. Porter, '55, of El Paso, Texas, after a lifetime of painting
realistic portrayals of the desert and its people, was inducted into the
El Paso Artists' Hall of Fame. In 1995, Porter was elected to the
Knickerbocker of America.
60s
William A. DePalo, '63, received second place in the Presidio La
Bahia
Award competition for his 1997 book, The Mexican National Army, 1822-1852.
The competition is sponsored by the Sons of the Republic of Texas, whose
awards recognize scholarly works on the Spanish colonial era in Texas.
DePalo is a visiting scholar at the University of New Mexico's Latin
American Institute.
W.E. "Bill" Sheriff, '65, chairman and chief executive office of
American
Retirement Corp., was named 1997 CEO of the Year at NASLI Expo. He is the
first recipient of this award, created to honor those who make
contributions to the senior living industry and display strong
characteristics of good citizenship.
Dan Moriarty, '69, who was warden at the Torrance County Detention
Facility since August 1990, retired at the end of 1997. Moriarty plans to
travel with his wife and continue to live in Albuquerque.
Lee C. Otteni, '69, was named the Bureau of Land Management's
Farmington,
N.M., district manager in May 1997.
70s
Consuelo Juarez, '72, retired Dec. 31, 1997, after 26 years with
the
Deming Public Schools as bilingual director. Juarez plans to spend time
with her family, especially her 10 grandchildren.
Donald Morris, '72, has joined the New Mexico Economic Development
Department as a community development specialist. Morris is the liaison
between small businesses and the department. Morris has more than 25 years
experience in planning, development and research projects and most
recently worked as a special project coordinator for the state General
Services Department.
Nancy Brantley, '73, the first woman commissioner in the 96-year
history
of the Eddy County Commission, was named the Business and Professional
Women's Woman of the Year. Brantley was instrumental in securing funding
and land for the establishment of Cherry Lane Park in La Huerta. She is a
charter member of the Carlsbad P.E.O. and a member of the Assistance
League of Carlsbad and the mayor's WIPP Task Force.
Don Bemis, '75, is a senior technical analyst in the Systems
Engineering
department at the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert, Mich., where he is
responsible for the reactor and related systems.
Lois Hewitt Bemis, '75, is a home educator to 20 children in
science and
mathematics. Bemis has been interviewed on home education by the Detroit
News and other Michigan newspapers. She is secretary of the South Haven
Public Library Board.
Robert E. Castillo, '76, has been appointed as the assistant vice
president for the Texas-New Mexico Power Co. Castillo will be based in
Santa Fe and responsible for the company's New Mexico operations.
Scotty Hendricks, '76, has been promoted to vice president of
commercial
lending at Matrix Capital Bank in Las Cruces.
Greg Maxwell, '78, was named general auditor of Phillips Petroleum
Co.,
Bartlesville, Okla. He has been with the company since 1978.
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Scott Appel, '95, has joined Adcom Communications of Phoenix,
Ariz., as
an
account manager. He will focus on media relations and assist in marketing
activities and conceptual development for the firm's clients. Appel has
seven years of advertising layout and graphic design experience and owned
his own design company.
Thomas Gonzales, '95, has completed the Officer Advance Course at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. |
Joseph Lopez, '95, was hired to teach art at New Mexico's Artesia High School.
Amy J. Robinson, '95, has passed the CPA exam and will be licensed by the State of New Mexico as a certified public accountant. Robinson works for Barraclough & Associates, P.C., Santa Fe.
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Silvia Jimenez, '97, has been hired by NMSU's Cooperative
Extension
Service as program coordinator for community development in Dona Ana
County.
James R. Land, '96, is the assistant head golf pro at Adios Golf Club in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Lisa Golden, '97, has been hired as assistant publications editor
for
NMSU's University Communications/Publications Section. Golden earned a
master of arts degree in creative writing at NMSU, where she completed a
collection of short fiction titled Book of Empty Hands. Previously, she
was managing editor of NMSU's national literary magazine Puerto del Sol.
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Retired officer still protects, serves
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When Debbie Pruitt, '75, first registered for classes at NMSU, she wanted
to major in criminology. Since NMSU did not offer that major in the early
1970s, officials placed her in the closest thing to criminology: the
police science department. The shy girl from Santa Rosa, not knowing how
to change her major, decided to go ahead and take a few police science
classes.
The rest, as they say, is history. "Getting into police science and this line of work was a fluke," she said. Pruitt, 44, served as a patrol officer for the Hobbs Police Department for 20 years. In August of 1997, she became the first female officer to retire from the department. She's now the director of campus security at New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs. |
Pruitt graduated from NMSU in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in police science. She worked for the NMSU Police Department as a student for two and a half years and then, after graduating, in the department full time for 18 months. Her main tasks as an officer, one of the first female officers at NMSU, were writing parking tickets and assisting with security during special events.
"I worked plenty of concerts there," she said.
When Pruitt began with the Hobbs Police Department in 1977, she was only the third female officer on the force. But she never let her minority status, or her physical status, slow her down. "I'm only five feet two, so you'd think that would be a problem," Pruitt said. "Plus, 20 years ago, there weren't too many female officers. But I never had any problems and I learned to talk my way out of trouble."
Now, as director of campus security at NMJC, she has started a police academy and is teaching her first criminal justice course.
And even though NMSU placed her in the wrong major back in the 1970s, Pruitt has fond memories of being a student.
"I just kind of grew up there," she said. "I learned how to do laundry and manage a budget. And that's where I got my start in law enforcement.
"It's been a very rewarding career and I don't have any regrets."
Dan Trujillo, '92
Abby Lewis Seymour, 1910-1997
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Abby Lewis Seymour, '32, a Broadway actress professionally known as Abby
Lewis, died Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, 1997, in her New York City
apartment.
Lewis, originally from Mesilla Park, N.M., received a bachelor of arts degree from NMSU. She was born Camelia Albon Lewis on Jan. 14, 1910, one of six children of the well-known missionary, "Preacher" Lewis. Still working at age 87, Lewis participated in a television skit for Late Night with Conan O'Brian two nights before her death and appeared on an episode of Law and Order that aired on Dec. 17. |
Lewis started her professional career with Walter Hampden's Repertory Co. in 1933. She made her Broadway debut in Hampden's production of Hamlet at the 44th Street Theatre. Her other Broadway credits include Macbeth, The Willow and I, The Chase, A Fig Leaf in her Bonnet and We Interrupt This Program. She was also the veteran of more than 400 radio programs, and her films include Patterns, The Miracle Worker, Dr. Cook's Garden and a current IMAX feature, Across the Sea of Time.
She was married to actor John D. Seymour from 1951 until his death 10 years ago, and is survived by three sisters, a brother, her husband's son and daughter, and seven grandchildren.
| March 2: Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt at the Clovis H.S. Lecture Hall |
| March 3: Eddy at the Artesia Country Club |
| March 4: Chaves at the Roswell Inn |
| March 10: Lea and Hobbs at the Hobbs Country Club |
| March 11: Eddy at the NMSU Carlsbad Branch Gym |
| March 17: Quay and Guadalupe at the Tucumcari High School Cafeteria |
| March 19: Rio Arriba and Taos at the Espanola Northern NM Community College |
| March 23: El Paso at the Airport Marriott |
| March 24: El Paso at the Airport Marriott |
| March 30: Grant, Catron, Hidalgo at the Silver High School Gymnasium |
| March 31: Socorro at the Socorro High School Cafeteria |
| April 1: McKinley at the Civic Center at Red Rock State Park |
| April 2: San Juan at the Farmington Civic Center |
| April 15: Colfax and Union at the Raton High School Cafeteria |
| April 16: San Miguel, Mora, Harding at the Las Vegas PNM Building |
| April 20: Santa Fe and Los Alamos at the Sweeney Auditorium |
| April 21: Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval, Cibola, Torrance at the Crown Plaza Pyramid |
| April 22: Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval, Cibola, Torrance at the Crown Plaza Pyramid |
Moving? Moving up?
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| Sylvia Saenz Franco, NMSU Alumni Association |
| MSC 3AS, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001 |
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