1950s

Thomas K. McCarter ’55 ’57 of Las Cruces was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Journalism Award by the national headquarters of the Reserve Officers Association. He was honored for his work in the publication of the Las Cruces chapter newsletter, The Mesilla Valley Officer. McCarter is a retired Army Reserve Lt. Colonel, the ROA Chapter president and was editor of the newsletter for 10 years.

Tommy Donham ’57 of Albuquerque has celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary with Martha Sue (Bledsoe). Donham retired from Sandia National Laboratories after 37 years of service.

James Scott ’58 of Alamogordo, N.M., was inducted into the White Sands Missile Range Hall of Fame for his service. Scott began his management career at WSMR in 1964 and retired in 1990.

1960s

Kaye Miller ’63 of Las Cruces was recognized as being in the top 100 GMAC realtors in the United States based on production and sales during 2003. Miller works at Steinborn Inc. Realtors, and before entering real estate, spent 30 years with the Las Cruces schools as a teacher and advanced education facilitator.

Larry Rios ’65 of Las Cruces has written a book, Speak Basic Spanish in No Time. The book, published by Que Publishing, teaches basic conversational Spanish using audio files. It includes more than 2,500 translated phrases to help the reader learn by hearing correctly pronounced Spanish words. Rios retired as Budget Officer at White Sands Missile Range in 1998, and now owns and operates an English to Spanish/Spanish to English translation service at www.sayitinspanish.com.

Ralph D. Rogers ’65 of Amarillo, Texas, has retired from Utility Engineering Corporation. At the time of his retirement he was director of procurement services for the company.

Don Gadberry ’65 ’68 of San Antonio, Texas, was named the San Antonio Independent School District’s 2004 Teacher of the Year.

Larry Stolarczyk ’65 ’70 of Raton, N.M., was presented with an R&D 100 award from R&D Magazine on Oct. 14 in Chicago, Ill. His company, Stolar Horizon, won for developing an innovative mining technology system that can aid in the detection of coal seams. The award is one of 100 that R&D Magazine gives out each year to recognize the world’s top 100 technological and scientific advances.

Lynette Baughman ’66 of Sequim, Wash., won a Golden Wings Award for her third mystery novel, Lost Almost, which was set in Los Alamos. Her fourth mystery, Vegas Centennial, was published in May 2004.

Henry F. Narvaez ’68 of Albuquerque received the Attorney of the Year Award from the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association. Narvaez owns his own firm, the Narvaez Law Firm, P.A., and has practiced for approximately 29 years, primarily specializing in defense litigation.

1970s

Everett Crawford ’70 of Mesilla Park, N.M., has been elected president of the Independent Community Banks of New Mexico. Everett is a long-time member of the ICBA and has served in previous leadership roles both at the state and national level.

William P. Osborne ’70 of Grandview, Mo., has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Missouri.

Dan Arvizu ’73 of Chicago, Ill., has been nominated to the National Science Board by President Bush. Arvizu is executive director for energy technologies at the University of Chicago and previously spent 21 years working at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque. Arvizu serves on the Department of Energy’s National Coal Council, chairs a Congressional chartered blue ribbon panel on the future of the technical work force and currently serves on the board of directors of the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation.

Mark Fesmire ’78 of Rio Rancho, N.M., has joined the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division as its new director. Fesmire holds engineering licenses in New Mexico, Texas and Michigan, has spent the last five years working on water issues for the New Mexico State Engineer’s Office, and has worked as an attorney in Texas.

Janel Leatherman ’78 of Norfolk, Va., has been elected secretary of the Garden Writers Association, an organization of professionals communicating about horticulture, gardening and the environment. She is on the board of directors of the National Association of Produce Market Managers and is employed by the City of Virginia Beach, Va., as manager of the year-round farmers market.

Bob Asprey ’79 of Huntsville, Ala., was named one of Spacenews’ “100 people who have made a difference.” A book called Moonrush by Dennis Wingo was also recently dedicated to Asprey.

Pam De La O ’79 of Santa Fe, has been appointed principal of Sweeney Elementary School in Santa Fe. De La O has served as assistant principal at Ortiz Middle School in Santa Fe since 2002, and has worked for Santa Fe Public Schools since 1982 in positions including elementary teacher, after-school program area supervisor and elementary support teacher. She has a bilingual endorsement from the state of Texas.

Sam DesGeorges ’79 of Taos, N.M., has been appointed office manager of the Taos Bureau of Land Management Field Office. DesGeorges has held various positions in rangeland management, realty, fire and wildlife management. Prior to his new assignment, he served as the assistant field manager for the BLM Division of Multi-Resources.

Brad Lewis ’79 of Las Cruces has been appointed bureau chief of entomology and nursery industries in the Agricultural and Environmental Services Division of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. Lewis worked as an entomology specialist for the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science in the College of Agriculture and Home Economics.

1980s

Susan Brown ’80 of Las Cruces, director of the Center for Learning Assistance at New Mexico State University, received the Ralph B. Crouch Memorial Award for her outstanding contributions to the NMSU community.

Dag Sewell ’85 of El Paso, Texas, has earned a Master’s of Divinity and doctorate in pastoral ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Sewell has accepted the dual position of director of the El Paso Center of Howard Payne University and president of the International Baptist Bible Institute.

K.C. Herbel ’87 of Agua Dulce, Calif., has published a new novel for young readers, With a Jester of Kindness: The Jester King, Book 1.

Keith Myers ’87 of Rockville, Md., is presently a doctor at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Myers joined the Army in 1994 and attended the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., graduating with a medical degree in 2002.

Richard Fourzan ’88 of Gallup, N.M., is the new principal of Tohatchi High School on the Navajo Indian Reservation north of Gallup. Fourzan was assistant principal and English teacher at Gallup High School. He spent seven years teaching ESL in San Antonio, Texas, and he was an educator in Mexico City and Las Cruces.

James Head ’88 of Albuquerque has joined the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission as an engineer, where he will perform design reviews and field inspections on new and existing dams that are under state jurisdiction. Head was previously an engineer with the California Department of Water Resources Division of Dam Safety.

Mark Fidel ’89 of Albuquerque, an associate at the law firm Modrall Sperling, has been appointed to fill an open seat on the New Mexico Supreme Court’s Judicial Information Systems Council, which establishes policy and guidelines for the state courts’ information systems.

1990s

Ted Lovato ’90 of Santa Fe, was promoted to northern regional coordinator for the Juvenile Justice Services section of the state of New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department. Lovato has been employed with with Juvenile Probation and Parole for the past 14 years, the last 10 as chief of the First Judicial District. Most recently he served on the State Juvenile Advisory Committee and the Santa Fe Regional Juvenile Justice Committee.

Joseph F. Varro Jr. ’90 of Albuquerque is vice president with DSRM National Bank, which is owned by Valero Energy Corporation.

Evan Guiterrez ’92 of Los Alamos, N.M., was awarded Outstanding Teacher of the Year at Laguna Acoma High School’s graduation in May 2004. This is the second time he has received this award.

Laura Reich ’92 ’96 of Sacramento, Calif., received her law degree from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.

Stephanie Stowe ’92 of Irvington, N.Y., wrote a play that ran at the Bank Street Theatre in New York City Sept. 24-Oct. 17, 2004. The play was titled “Yardbird,” and featured Emmy and Obie winner Marilyn Sokol, Christopher Cole and Lisa Sheridan. Costume designer for the play was Richard “Shawn” Dudley.

Ruben Gonzalez ’94 of El Paso, Texas, was named to the El Paso Times’ 52 under 40: Business. He is vice president of project development at SamCorp, a construction and construction management company.

Chris Youngblood ’94 of Albuquerque won the 2004 Professional Leadership Award from the New Mexico Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies. Youngblood is president and CEO of Chavez-Grieves Consulting Engineers Inc. in Albuquerque and has been with the company for 11 years.

Anji Morgan-Thornton ’94 ’03 of Las Cruces was named to the El Paso Times’ 52 under 40: Arts and Entertainment. She teaches at Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas.

Jamie Estrada ’95 of Arlington, Va., received his MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in May 2004. He works for Intel Corporation.

Carl Glusick ’96 of Grapevine, Texas, is a screening manager with the Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security. He currently works at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Ocean Munds-Dry ’96 of Santa Fe has joined Holland & Hart as an associate. She will be a member of the natural resources group and minerals practice group.

Greg Watterson ’97 of San Benito, Texas, graduated from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., in September 2004 and is now a special agent in Brownsville, Texas.

Kirk Carpenter ’99 of Farmington, N.M., has been named the new principal at Aztec High School in Aztec, N.M. Carpenter has been the school’s assistant principal for the past five years and has been head baseball coach during the past 12 years. He has been named Coach of the Year four times.

Steve Clay ’99 of El Paso, Texas, was named to the El Paso Times’ 52 under 40: Education. Clay is principal of MacArthur Elementary School in El Paso.

2000s

Lori Lee Gibson ’00 of Carrizozo, N.M., graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in May 2004. Prior to attending law school, she taught school in Truth or Consequences, N.M., and Las Cruces.

Beth Senger ’00 of El Paso, Texas, was recently recognized in the El Paso Times’ 52 under 40: Community Service, a weekly feature about El Pasoans who are making a difference. Senger is CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso.

Cal Baca ’01 of Santa Fe has been named operations manager for the University of New Mexico’s Extended University in Santa Fe. He is in charge of delivering distance education courses through two-way conferencing, ITV and live classes. He will be getting married in February 2005 to Jacqueline Hange ’02 in Spencer, Ohio.

Vanessa CdeBaca ’01 of Santa Fe was named queen of the Fiesta de Santa Fe. CdeBaca works as a paralegal for the New Mexico Department of Health.

Rebecca Dominguez ’01 of Albuquerque was named the new athletic trainer at Belen High School. Dominguez worked for the past three years at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, as a graduate assistant athletic trainer.

Janelle Boss ’02 of Alamogordo, N.M., has joined Meyners + Company LLC of Albuquerque as a staff accountant in the tax department.

Douglas Pope ’02 of Carlsbad, N.M., was voted as Carlsbad’s favorite policeman. Pope joined the police force in 2002 and graduated from the law enforcement academy in January 2003.

Valerie Fioravanti ’03 of Ridgewood, N.Y., will participate in the 2004-2005 Fulbright U.S. Student Program to study creative writing in Italy. Fioravanti will travel to Italy to research a novel centered upon the experiences of two Brooklyn-born, Italian-American women as they question and explore heritage, nationality, tradition and disposition. The novel will investigate how Italian and Italian-American cultures and family life converge and diverge.

Jessica R. Haber ’03 of Tijeras, N.M., completed U.S. Navy basic training with honors at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Haber’s eight-week program consisted of instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.