| Gary Patrick Hill, '87, and Heather Ann Momsen |
| Raymond Fas, '90, and Jennifer Oursler |
| Whitnet Johnson, '68, and Debra Taylor of Albuquerque, son, Noah Taylor Johnson, March 11, 1998 |
| Cynthia Silva Burbach, '81, and John Burbach of Denver, Colo., son, Brian Willian Burbach, June 26, 1998 |
| Tracee McCombs Porter, '85, and Randall C. Porter, 85, of Wellington, Nev., daughter, Mckenna Marianne Porter, Feb. 14, 1998 |
| Suzanne Diggs-Munson, '92, and Ray Munson of Roswell, N.M., daughter, Katarina Suzanne Munson, Dec. 25, 1997 |
| Sylvia Saenz Franco, '95, and Lawrence Chaves of Las Cruces, son, Joseph Matthew Saenz Chaves, June 10, 1998 |
| In Memory |
| William R. Hanks, '42, of Rogers, Ark., April 6, 1998. |
| Horace G. Woodburn, '46, of Las Cruces, May 10, 1998 |
| Joseph H. Forsyth, '48, of Las Cruces, May 8, 1998 |
| James A. Leger, '48, of Las Vegas, N.M., May 27, 1998 |
| Crispulo Armendariz Diaz, '50, of Las Cruces, June 2, 1998 |
| Clayton Milton Stephens, '53, of Silver City, N.M., June 28, 1998 |
| Ruth Hubbard Hulsey, '63, of Las Cruces, May 22, 1998 |
| Jeffrey Charles Sekula, '66, of Knoxville, Tenn., May 6, 1998 |
| Troy Norman Brooks, '66, of Portales, N.M., June 30, 1998 |
| Max Madrid Jr., '70, of Las Vegas, N.M., April 20, 1998 |
| Kenneth Williams, '70, of Melrose, N.M., April 1998 |
| David K. Flagstead, '74, of Littleton, Colo., Feb. 10, 1998 |
| Kyle Kannady, '85, of Ruidoso, N.M., May 1998 |
| Kimberly D. Williams, '88, of Carlsbad, N.M., April 25, 1998 |
| Linda Jean Saar, '88, '93, of Las Cruces, July 1, 1998 |
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Jerome Shaw, '49, of La Jolla, Calif., returned to NMSU on May 16,
1998 to
receive an honorary doctorate during commencement ceremonies. Shaw was
honored for his entrepreneurial accomplishments and for his excellence in
education at NMSU. Shaw is a member of the Dean's Advisory Board for the
College of Engineering and a member of the NMSU Klipsch School of
Electrical and Computer Engineering's Academy. He also is a supporter of
the Goddard Hall renovation project and member of the College of
Engineering Goddard Society.
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Richard Carter, '63, began Rosehill Water Co. Inc., a water company serving new residential subdivisions in the Houston, Texas area. Carter is president of the company.
Reuben Vigil, '63, retired July 3 from Kirtland Air Force Base after 13 years with the base and 20 years with the U.S. Forest Service.
Calvin B. Parnell Jr., '64, received the 1997 Distinguished Service Award from the National Cotton Ginners Association. The award was presented at the association's annual meeting in February in San Antonio, Texas. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions to the U.S. cotton ginning industry and to the ginners association.
Bud Hettinga, '65, was appointed as the state game commissioner of the southwest quadrant of New Mexico. Hettinga is a Las Cruces businessman and general contractor with 30 years of industrial construction and agriculture experience.
Hugh Boyt, '68, was named as Santa Fe Energy's new president and chief operating officer, effective April 1. Boyt has been with the company since 1983 as district manager. He has served as the company's senior vice president for production since 1990.
Lou Medrano, '69, has been appointed as chief civil engineer at Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers Inc. Medrano, a registered professional engineer and land surveyor in New Mexico, formerly served as secretary of the New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department.
Cody Leser, '78, was recently a Manager of the Year finalist in
Orange
County, Calif. Leser also was promoted to Western Regional Manager for
Novell Corp. This is his third year with the company.
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Nancy McMillan, '79, was recognized by the Social Workers of
Southern New
Mexico for building an umbrella alliance for nine services. Among some of
the services she has worked with are Casa de Peregrinos and the Community
Action Agency's Homeless Program. McMillan describes social workers as
"the hope of the world."
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Brenda M. Shannon, '82, accepted the position of director of
internal
auditing at NMSU, effective June 1. Shannon served as an accountant II in
NMSU's Business Office since 1988 and taught accounting in the Department
of Accounting and Business Computer Systems. Shannon is a certified public
accountant and has extensive experience with financial
systems and fiscal monitoring.
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Nancy Meyers, '82, '88, has been named executive director of the
Dona Ana
County Arts Council. Meyers had served as director of annual programs with
the Memorial Medical Center Foundation in Las Cruces.
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Calvin Chavez, '83, was appointed district supervisor for the Office of the State Engineer in Las Cruces. Chavez was formerly with the Water Rights Division of the Office of the State Engineer in Santa Fe.
Timothy John Droelos, '83, graduated from the University of New Mexico in May with his Ph.D. in engineering.
Albrech Eugen Carver, '85, graduated from Clemson University with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering.
Tracy Stuart, '87, is Santa Fe St. Michael High School's new athletic director. Stuart also is the school's varsity football coach.
Dee Gidney, '89, was named to the International Who's Who of Professionals. Gidney is a senior vice president of Texas Bank in San Angelo, Texas.
Ron Lucero, '89, is celebrating his fifth year in business as co-owner of Nabes Coffee Bar and Newsstand in Las Cruces. Nabes has become just what Lucero had envisioned Ð a neighborhood place. LuceroÕs brother, David, is co-owner.
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Catherine Lazorko, '96, is the new public information officer for
the
City
of Las Cruces.
Sam and Sean Manuel, ex-'96, former NMSU Aggie football players who were drafted in 1996 by the San Francisco 49ers, are in the May 11 issue of People magazine. The brothers are part of the magazine's "Seeing Double" feature that profiles nine sets of famous fraternal or identical twins.
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Valerie L. King, '98, joined Dona Ana Branch Community College as student services specialist in DABCC's student development office. King will guide students through the admissions process and inform them of the community college's various services.
Gaven Kuykendall, '98, has been accepted into the professional veterinary medical program at Colorado State University for the fall 1998 term. Kuykendall was one of 130 students selected for the program out of 804 applicants.
Michelle White, '98, joined National Public Radio as a summer 1998 intern. White is a production assistant for NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday program.
Admissions counselor sets up shop
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Lara Trujillo, '95, '97, is heading up NMSU's recruitment efforts in the
state's largest metropolitan area. Trujillo is the admissions counselor in
NMSU's Albuquerque Office of Admissions, which officially reopened in
mid-April after two years of being closed.
Trujillo is providing admissions counseling and outreach services to high schools in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and the surrounding counties of Torrance, Sandoval and Valencia. Trujillo said there already has been a good response. "My main goal right now is to make sure the office is visible," she said. |
Trujillo also is revitalizing the Alumni Admissions Volunteer Program, which is designed to get volunteer help from NMSU alumni in the Albuquerque area to assist in NMSU's recruitment efforts. The program includes student mentoring and community outreach.
A native of Santa Fe, Trujillo said she is familiar with northern New Mexico. Trujillo earned her undergraduate degree in journalism and mass communication and her master's in education administration.
Trujillo can be reached at the NMSU admissions office in Albuquerque at (505) 323-8774. The office is in the Indian Moon Building, 9301 Indian School Road NE, Suite 206.
Tanya Bossley
Jessie Diann Smith, 1931-1998
Jessie Diann Smith, '55, the first woman to receive a bachelor of
science degree in electrical engineering from NMSU, died May 30, in
Mountain View, Calif. She was born July 28, 1931, in Mason City, Iowa.
Smith, known to many by her middle name, was called a woman of
firsts. In the 1940s, she built her own radio transmitter and receiver.
Her license, WOBDU, was a female first in Mason City.
After receiving her degree, she married Kenneth Smith. The two met
at NMSU's Physical Science Laboratory, where they both worked. After
working for Ampex Corp. and the birth of their two children, Smith chose
full-time homemaking.
In 1972, after almost three years of braille education courses,
Smith became certified in literary braille by the National Library of
Congress. As a member of the Braille Transcription Project of Santa Clara
County, Calif., she helped produce math, physics and engineering textbooks
for university students. From 1983-1997, Smith was a computer-assisted
braille specialist.
Smith was inducted into the Sociedad de Ingenieros at the 40th
year reunion of NMSU's class of 1955.
Tanya Bossley