Births

Teri Brooks, '82, and Jeffrey Brooks, '85, twin sons, Gregory Steven and Conrad Jeffrey, May 1, 2000
Barbara Ohler Mesa, '86, and Gilbert G. Mesa, son, Estevan William, Jan. 6, 2000
Edward E. Wilcox, '88, and Kristen L. Wilcox, son, Zachary Edward Wilcox, April 27, 2000
Mike Antiporda, '90, and Deena Antiporda, '93, son, Logan Michael Antiporda, Dec. 21, 2000
Tracy Gross, '92, and Jeffery Gross, daughter, Avery Elizabeth Gross, May 22, 2000
Barbara Rutledge Dillaway, '92, '94, and Manson P. Dillaway, '93, son, Louis Peter Dillaway, Sept. 22, 2000
Julie Brown Hughes, '95, and Jeff Hughes, daughter, Jillian Marie Hughes, Sept. 1, 2000
Dagny Mathewson Power, '95, and Christopher J. Power, '96, son, Thomas Joseph Power, Sept. 22, 2000

Marriages

Mary Thurmond Keith, '63, and Paul W. Zickefoose
Michelle Sanchez, '88, and Keith Ripney
Kimberly Kay Bagley, '89, and Caleb J. McClure
Jerry Hamilton, '91, and Catherine Gontko
Nyree Dawn Pippin, '94, and Jason H. Cox
Donovan Perez Pallanes, '95, and Audri Nicole Mitchell
Nikki Hartman, '96, and Mike Criscolo
Ocean Munds, '96, and Randy Dry
Sean Patrick Seay, '97, and Tina Worth
Benjamin E. Ruehle, '00, and Amanda Dawn Hodges, '00

In Memory

Agnes Koehler, '30, of Lakewood, Colo., Nov. 15, 2000
Lawrence Lewis Little Sr., '33, of Clovis, N.M., Nov. 8, 2000
Louis J. Reiland, '33, of Santa Fe, Oct. 8, 2000
Col. Edwin Miller, '40, of Roswell, N.M., Nov. 4, 2000
Anthony Yurcic Jr., '41, of Las Cruces, Nov. 18, 2000
Damacio "Dino" E. Nogales, '49, of El Paso, Texas, Oct. 14, 2000
Paul Trujillo, '49, of Espanola, N.M., Nov. 26, 2000
Avis L. Wilson, '49, of Williamsburg, N.M., Nov. 6, 2000
Walter Hugh Campbell, '57, of Las Cruces, Nov. 11, 2000
Howard Price, '59, of Artesia, N.M., September 2000
Ellen Hendrix Dodds, '64, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec.16, 2000
Anthony Hugh Smith, '68, of Albuquerque, Oct. 5, 2000
Edwin C. "Tito" French, '70, '75, of Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 26, 1999
Ron Koch, '73, of Albuquerque, Dec. 19, 2000
Earl Scott McKinney, '75, of Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18, 1999
Gilbert P. Quintana, '80, of Lubbock, Texas, Nov. 30, 2000
Teddy J. Martinez, '91, of Las Cruces, Nov. 2, 2000
Ronald Lewis Kirkpatrick, '00, of Sterling Heights, Mich., Dec. 4, 2000

Aggie Whirl Class notes:

40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 00s

40s

Abe M. Pena, '49, of Grants, N.M., and his wife, Viola R. Pena, a graduate of Mt. St. Joseph Ohio, were presented a "Recognition Award for Meritorious Service in Hosting Cibola County's Community Programming and Historical Contributions for the Past 10 Years on Enchanting New Mexico Television 10" on June 16, 2000. Some 302 TV interviews with historical content have been donated to the Rio Grande Historical Collections at NMSU.

50s

Canuto "Newt" Sanchez, '53, of Santa Rosa, N.M., board member of the Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, has been instrumental in starting the center. He is a long-time businessman of Santa Rosa. He has owned a service station, a motel and is currently owner of the Dairy Queen.
Ronald J. Solimon, '53, of Albuquerque, is the new president and CEO of Indian Pueblos Marketing Inc. He will oversee IPMI's nonprofit and for-profit components.
Dee Jay Brown, '55, of Texico, N.M., was elected to the board of directors of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau, the state's largest agricultural organization. The eastern New Mexico farmer is a long-time member of the Curry County Farm and Livestock Bureau board of directors, a position he will maintain following his election to the statewide agricultural panel. As a New Mexico Farm Bureau board member he joins elected farmers and ranchers from all areas of the state who implement organizational policy and prescribe long-range goals for the association.

60s

Andrew Nunez, '62, of Hatch, N.M., has retired as legislative liaison with NMSU's College of Agriculture and Home Economics. He was recently elected state representative of district 36 in northern Dona Ana County. Nunez served at NMSU first in the 1970s as director and project coordinator with International Programs, then in 1991 as legislative liaison.
Kay Elkins, '64, and Merle Elkins, '73, of Cloudcroft, N.M., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A reception was held in their honor at their son's home in Carlsbad. Their children hosted the event.
Jesse L. Gonzales, '65, of Las Cruces, received his doctorate in education during the December graduation ceremonies at NMSU. He is superintendent of Las Cruces Public Schools.

Benson

Doug Benson, '66, of Manhattan, Kan., received the 2000 Commerce Bank Presidential Faculty and Staff Award for Distinguished Services to Minority Students. The award is funded by the William T. Kemper Foundation and the Commerce Bancshares Foundation. The Kansas State University professor serves as the co-chair of the Racial/Ethnic Harmony Week observance, as a member of the American Ethnic Studies governance board and co-adviser to the Hispanic American Leadership Organization. Eluid Martinez, '68, of Santa Fe, will retire as commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and return home to Rio Arriba County. Before going to Washington, Martinez was a leader in New Mexico water management. He served as state engineer, as secretary of the New Mexico Interstate and Stream Commission and as a member of the state Water Quality Commission.

Boyd

Kerry Boyd, '69, of Santa Fe, was part of the program for the annual meeting at the Fall 2000 Commercial Investment Network. He was invited to be on the program because of his knowledge of agriculture and his success in marketing ranches. The CIN Network is composed of brokers and agents who specialize in the sale and marketing of industrial, business, commercial, investment and agricultural properties.

70s

Timothy J. Miller, '70, of Farmington, N.M., is a new staff member at Citizens Trust and Investment Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citizens Bankshares Inc. Formerly he was with Lincoln Financial in Los Angeles, serving clients in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
B. Kay Brilliant, '71, of Santa Fe, is the new director of the National Education Association-New Mexico. Brilliant taught in the Tucson school district for 27 years and was a senior policy analyst and program consultant with the union's Western Regional Office.
James Nelson Hoskins, '71, of Grants, N.M., was appointed to the board of trustees of the miners hospital of New Mexico. Called the Miners Colfax Medical Center, the hospital is located in Raton. Hoskins is an electrician for Santa Fe Pacific Corp. Lee Ranch Coal Mine in San Mateo, where he has worked for 16 years.
Dan Ware, '71, '79, of Las Cruces, the state adviser to the New Mexico FFA Association, was presented with the "Distinguished Service to Agriculture Citation," the highest award from the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau. He received this award during the association's 2000 annual meeting in Las Cruces. He was also involved in fund-raising activities for the FFA and coordinating the largest state FFA career development event.
Michael J. Trowse, '72, of Ohatchee, Ala., was appointed lead engineer for the deployment of the NMD Communications Network and the in-flight interceptor communication system. This involves the production of antennae and fiber optic cabling, the construction of facilities and the replacement of equipment throughout the country and overseas.

Archuleta

Adelmo "Del" Archuleta, '73, of Albuquerque, was one of two recipients of the National Community Service award presented by the American Consulting Engineers Council at its annual fall conference in San Diego, Calif. The award honors a professional engineer's service to the community. Merle Elkins, '73, and Kay Elkins, '64, of Cloudcroft, N.M., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. A reception was held in their honor at their son's home in Carlsbad. Their children hosted the event. Brenda Evens Hart, '74, of Houston, has accepted a position with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston as administrator of education and risk analysis.

Patricio G. Quintana, '74, of Las Cruces, provost emeritus of Dona Ana Branch Community College, has been named a recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the New Mexico Highlands University Alumni Association Homecoming Committee. The award cites Quintana's contributions to the development of the institution located in Las Vegas, N.M.
Maj. David L. Stock, '74, of Bloomfield, N.M., was one of two grand marshals for a Veterans' Day Parade hosted by most of the veterans organizations in San Juan County and the city of Aztec, N.M. Stock served in Vietnam February 1968 through February 1969 and is a highly decorated veteran. Stock flew more than 950 combat mission hours and earned a battlefield commission as a first lieutenant.
Wade Coplen, '75, '81, of Arlington, Va., was recently selected as an Understanding Teaching Instructional Specialist with the Department of Staff Development for the Montgomery County, Md., Public Schools. Coplen joins a cadre that delivers a course developed by Research for Better Teaching Inc., and is available to more than 9,000 teachers. For the past 10 years, Coplen has served as an instructional support teacher and elementary assistant principal.

Padilla

Orlando T. Padilla, '76, of Deming, N.M., was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business Magazine. Padilla has been with General Motors since 1976. He played a big role in establishing a plant in Shanghai and is director of the company's Public Policy Center. Allan L. Paul, '76, of Alamogordo, N.M., completed two Ironman class triathlons. The first was in July 2000, the Ironman USA in Lake Placid, and the second in August 2000, the Ironman Canada. Michael R. Gabaldon, '77, of Albuquerque, has been named the new deputy director of operations for the Bureau of Reclamation, which is part of the federal Interior Department.

Gabaldon and the bureau director share responsibility for planning and executing operational program functions.
Robert M. Gallagher, '77, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was selected as president of New Mexico Oil and Gas Association in January 2000. As president, he is the chief executive of the association made up of 250 member companies. Prior to joining NMOGA, Gallagher was appointed by President Clinton to serve as a principal adviser for oil and gas to the secretary of energy.
Mike White, '77, of Dexter, N.M., was re-elected as first vice president of the N.M. Farm and Livestock Bureau at the organization's 83rd annual meeting in Las Cruces.
Larry Bell, '78, of Santa Fe, was named director of the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish at the game commission's September meeting in Albuquerque. Bell has been with Game and Fish since 1978 when he began training in Raton.
Terri Flickinger, '78, '82, of El Paso, Texas, was selected as Socorro Independent School District's Secondary Teacher of the Year for 2000-2001.
Woods E. Houghton, '78, of Carlsbad, N.M., was named Eddy County's Outstanding Ag Person of the Year. The award was given at the Eddy County Farm and Livestock Bureau's annual meeting in October. Houghton is acting program director and extension agricultural agent. Houghton was also nominated for Eddy County Citizen of the Year. Greg Maxwell, '78, of Kingwood, Texas, is now the vice president and controller of Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. He was previously general auditor for Phillips Petroleum Co. and finance manager of plastics for Phillips Chemical Co. Beth Hellwig-Olson, '78, of Spokane, Wash., is the dean of student services at Gonzaga University, a Jesuit school in Spokane, Wash. Previously, Hellwig-Olson worked at the University of Colorado as the director of student life. Kathryn R. Hood, '79, of El Paso, Texas, has been promoted to treasurer of El Paso Electric Co. Hood has been with El Paso Electric for 18 years.

80s

Michael W. Altum, '80, of Santa Fe, was promoted to senior vice president of loan administration at First State Bank. Altum has been with First State Bank since 1989 and has worked in the banking and financial services industry since 1980.
Alan C. Barron, '82, of Plano, Texas, is the director of engineering for Lucent Technologies Micro-Optical Electronics Division in the Dallas office.
David Dohmann, '82, of Albuquerque, has been promoted to creative director at Wright Edge Corp. He is also chief copywriter for Results, a monthly marketing guide and campaign planner for Tel-Edge, a Wright Edge division. Dohmann has been with the company for 14 years.
Mike Hanagan, '82, of San Antonio, N.M., was named the Ag Teacher of the Year by the New Mexico Ag Teachers at the association's meeting in July. In the six years Hanagan has taught in Artesia, N.M., his ag students have won five State Leadership Sweepstakes Awards and two Production Sweepstakes Awards.

Honeyfield

Scott W. Honeyfield, '82, of El Paso, Texas, has prepared studies and designed many major civil engineering projects for east Texas and Panhandle area communities since joining Parkhill Smith & Cooper Inc. (PSC) in 1982. He is the project manager in the firm's Amarillo office. Allan Lemley, '82, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., is a customer service representative for the Carson National Forest near Taos. Patrick Rooney, '82, of Louisville, Col., released a CD titled "Melting Sun." Rooney played in the NMSU Jazz Band while he was a student. Irene Savanyo, '82, of Ranchos de Taos, N.M., is a supervising computer specialist for the Carson National Forest in Taos.

Bill Sharer, '82, of Farmington, N.M., was elected to the state senate. Sharer received his Army commission from New Mexico Military Institute and served in the New Mexico National Guard while finishing school.
Janice Stevenson, '82, of El Paso, Texas, is the new district ranger at the Quemado Ranger District, Gila National Forest. Stevenson will be responsible for managing the Quemado District located on the north end of the forest. Stevenson has a 20-year forest service career that started at the Coronado National Forest where she worked under the cooperative education program as a wildlife biologist.
Evangelina G. Martinez, '83, of Anthony, N.M., a teacher at Davenport Elementary, has been a teacher for 35 years. Martinez made Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities and Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2000. She was recently nominated as Teacher for the Day in the El Paso Times.
Jackie Kerby Moore, '83, of Albuquerque, is manager of Sandia Science & Technology Park. Moore recruits tenants to the park and secures funding for this research park facility. She is also active with United Way and Camp Fire Boys and Girls in the Albuquerque area.
Judge Glen Ellington, '84, of Los Alamos, N.M., became chief counsel for the state Taxation and Revenue Department. Ellington will oversee the legal division of the tax department.
Libbye A. Morris-Belgrade, '85, of Sterling, Va., is a free-lance writer and editor in the Washington, D.C., metro area and is founder of the Sterling, Va., Writer's Group.
Joseph M. Lujan, '85, of Albuquerque, is on the board of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce and the Independent Insurance Agents of New Mexico. Lujan is also active in coaching youth sports. Earlier this year he was recognized by New Mexico Business Weekly as one of their 40 under 40.
Wayne Moore, '85, of Animas, N.M., FFA chapter adviser at Animas High School, has been awarded the New Mexico Department of Agriculture Education's NMAETA Outstanding Young Member Award. Moore has participated in state and national FFA and Agricultural Education Teachers Association activities since 1996.
Joseph W. Neale, '85, of Overland Park, Kan., started his new assignment as electrical startup manager at the Tuas A Power Station Stage II Development in Singapore. The project consists of the construction of an 800 megawatt combined cycle power plant. Neale's son just started at NMSU, making him a fourth-generation Aggie.
Adrienne D. Tadian, '85, of Peralta, N.M., was named senior account administrator by Retirement Strategies LLC. Tadian is a certified public accountant. Before joining Retirement Strategies she was lead consultant in the defined contribution area for a pension administration firm in Albuquerque.
Arnold V. Cordova, '86, of Albuquerque, has been promoted to vice president of membership at the Association of Commerce & Industry of New Mexico. Cordova has been membership director for three years and has produced record-setting membership growth.
Annette V. Hayden, '86, of Santa Fe, has been promoted to principal of Barraclough & Associates P.C., Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. Hayden has been with the firm since 1989.
Randy Worley, '86, of Cottonwood, N.M., has been hired as general manager of the New Mexico Alderman-Cave's Roswell, N.M., mill. Worley has extensive experience in many areas of New Mexico agriculture.
Robert Torres, '87, of Las Cruces, an associate professor of agricultural and extension education at NMSU, received the 2000 Regional Food and Agricultural Sciences Excellence in College and University Teaching Award from the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. The award is the highest teaching recognition that a faculty member can receive in agriculture.
Mark E. Martinez, '88, '90, of Des Moines, Iowa, has been promoted to business manager of Kemin's Ruminant Division. Martinez will be responsible for Kemin's commercial operations in the ruminant industry. Prior to this promotion, Martinez was regional sales manager in the same company.
Loretta Griego, '89, of La Madera, N.M., is the new Dona Ana County health care facilitator/planner. Griego will serve as the liaison for the county's Health Program Department, county commission and the Health Advisory Council. Paul Lenko, '89, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has joined Mayo Clinic Scottsdale as a project manager in its Information Services Department. Mayo Clinic Scottsdale is one of three Mayo Clinic campuses.

90s

Mike Antiporda, '90, of Carlsbad, N.M., joined the Westinghouse Waste Isolation Division in Carlsbad. Antiporda works in the Communications Department of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's management and operations contractor. He has worked on WIPP related projects for the last seven and a half years.
James Dickey, '90, of Las Cruces, has joined the staff of Memorial Medical Center as director of managed care and physician relations. Dickey, who has 10 years of health care experience, has served as director of business development for HEALTH SOUTH Rehabilitation Hospital in Albuquerque and in the managed care, marketing and planning department of St. Joseph Healthcare in Albuquerque.
Michelle Hedrick, '90, of Corrales, N.M., was named Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Professional of the Year. Hedrick is a safety and environmental engineer at the Directed Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico. This award is for the laboratory's 10 nationwide sites.
Cristina Moody Lenko, '90, of Scottsdale, Ariz., has joined URS Dames & Moore as a public involvement specialist. She is assigned to Valley Connections, part of the mass-transit authority for Phoenix and Maricopa County, Ariz. Her responsibilities include coordination of public information for the City of Tempe related to the Valley Light Rail project.
Kathleen Romero Kemp, '90, of Albuquerque, has been named membership sales manager at the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau. Previously she served as an account manager at Norstan Communications.
William Andrews, '91, of Riverside, Calif., is Porterville Community College's new president. Before serving at Riverside, Andrews was vice president of instruction at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo from 1995 to 1998. From 1991 to 1995 he was the director of planning, research and development at South Orange County Community College.
Jacob Armijo, '91, of Belen, N.M., was hired by First State Bank as assistant vice president and manager of the bank's Belen branch. Previously Armijo worked for Norwest and Sunwest banks.
Eileen Patterson, '91, of Los Alamos, N.M., a technical writer-editor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, won a laboratory award (the LA Award) in December 2000 for aiding fellow employees who were victims of the Cerro Grande fire in May. Patterson and two other members of the Communications Arts and Services Group organized fund-raising activities for group members who lost their homes or suffered severe fire damage.
John Sloan, '91, of Las Cruces, was hired as an agri-business loan officer at State National bank. Sloan has an extensive background in the agri-banking industry with more than 10 years of experience.
Jon K. Stanford, '91, of Albuquerque, has joined Modrall Sperling Roehl Harris & Sisk P.A. as an associate in the Natural Resources Department. Olsen will focus his practice on natural resource law and litigation.
Dave Weidauer, '91, of Rio Rancho, N.M., was promoted to office operations manager at Sandia Federal Credit Union. He will oversee performance and management at Sandia Area's four branch offices. Weidauer joined the credit union in 1988.
Jean Beaupre, '92, of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the Johnson Medal for Research and Development, the highest honor for research and development given by the Johnson & Johnson Co. Beaupre received this award for work on the harmonic scalpel (an Ultrasonic blade), which stops bleeding as it cuts. Though Beaupre did not invent it, he did find a way to make complex curves run efficiently, which had been considered impossible by the industry.
Olivia Carrasco, '93, of Las Cruces, has been named public relations specialist for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. Carrasco will be responsible for writing news releases and publications, organizing and photographing special events and other media-related tasks.
Michael Scanlon, '93, formerly of Las Cruces, was named editor of the Ruidoso News. Scanlon was business editor of the Las Cruces Sun-News for nearly four years.
Katy Enriquez, '94, '95, of Las Cruces, has been selected to head a new service provided by the NMSU Police Department. The Police Department will send out e-mail bulletins to subscribers containing crime prevention tips. Lt. Enriquez has been an officer at NMSU for more than five years. She has received specialized training in crime prevention measures and strategies.
Christopher W. Hickman, '94, of Los Lunas, N.M., recently won the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Darrell C. Partin, '94, of Chester, Va., was recently the choral director at the Petersburg Music Festival.
Sandy Cassen, '96, '98, of Las Cruces, is one of two NMSU agents for the Torrance County Cooperative Extension Service. Cassen began work on Sept. 5, 2000, as the county's home economist.
Elias Estrada, '97, of Deming, N.M., is a new commercial insurance account executive for First Security Insurance at its Las Cruces office.
Lisa McCormack, '97, of Eagle River, Ark., a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, received the Airlift/Tanker Association Young Leadership Award at a symposium in Anaheim, Calif.
April C. Padilla, '98, of Las Cruces, is the program coordinator/AmeriCorps director at Mesilla Valley Youth Foundation Court Youth Center in Las Cruces.
David E. Ramos, '98, of Greenville, Del., is an engineering specialist at Orbital Engineering Inc. Ramos is part of an electrical and instrumentation design team.
Raquel Vigil, '99, of Espanola, N.M., was recently hired as a media buyer for Shonkwiler-Marcoux Advertising in Las Vegas, Nev. Vigil has been with the agency for a few months.

Correction The winter 2000 Aggie Panorama contained incorrect information about the current employment of Distinguished Alumna Kay Cargill Jenkins, '77, '86, from the College of Health and Social Services. She is an attorney with the law firm of Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond in El Paso, Texas. Jenkins, who focuses on medical malpractice defense and health law, earned her associate's and bachelor's degrees in nursing from NMSU and worked as a professional nurse before earning her doctor of jurisprudence degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.