A university celebration

UNT celebrated Alumni Appreciation Day, Honors Day and University Day April 28.

During Alumni Appreciation Day events, UNT honored exceptional alumni, chosen by their respective departments, schools or colleges. Twenty alumni and university supporters were honored this year.

During the Honors Day ceremony, UNT honored students, faculty and staff for academic excellence, service and high-quality teaching. This year, Jesús Bautista Moroles, an internationally renowned sculptor and UNT Distinguished Alumnus, was the guest speaker.

University Day is a carnival-like celebration of UNT's history. The community enjoyed games, food and music on the Willis Library Mall.

Alumni appreciation day

University alumni awards were presented at the annual Alumni Awards Dinner.

Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award

• Harold L. Davis ('47 M.S.) is the retired chair, president and chief executive officer of Gamco Industries Inc. in Big Spring. He attended UNT from 1940 to 1943 before entering the Marine Corps, and he returned to earn his master's degree in physical education.

• John Howie ('68) of Dallas is senior partner with Howie & Sweeney LLP, Attorneys at Law. He earned his B.B.A. degree from UNT. Howie served on the President's Council and is also in the Kappa Sigma Hall of Honor at UNT.

• William O. Hunt ('60, '64 M.B.A.) of Dallas has served as chair of the board and director of Internet America Inc. and Intellical Inc. since 1995. He also served as chair of the board and director of MarketCityUSA.com since 1999. Hunt earned his B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in management from UNT. He won the Green Glory Award in 1994.

• Kenneth W. ('60) and Shirley L. Murphy ('73) live in Irving. Ken Murphy is president, chief executive officer and chair of Mail Box Capital Corp. He is also the president of Swiss-Irish Enterprises Inc. He earned his B.B.A. degree from UNT. Shirley Murphy is the retired director of Mail Box Inc. and the vice president of Swiss-Irish Enterprises Inc. She earned her B.S. degree from UNT. The Murphys have established a UNT scholarship in their names.

• Hilda G. Tagle ('71 M.S.) is the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas in the Brownsville division. She served as local administrative judge for the district and county courts at law of Nueces County from 1995 to 1996 and as judge of the 148th Judicial District Court in Corpus Christi from 1995 to 1998. She earned her master's degree in library science from UNT.

Green Glory Award

• Joe Cannon ('56) of Mexia is a lawyer with Cannon and Simmons. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from UNT. He is listed in Who's Who in American Lawyers and served as chair of the board of directors of the State Bar of Texas from 1979 to 1980. He serves on the board of directors of the North Texas Exes.

• Ira Lon and Mary Massey Morgan have served on the UNT President's Council and established a scholarship for physics in their name. Lon, a physicist and entrepreneur, is the founder of International Isotopes Inc. He has served on the College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board. Morgan is a former assistant in music at First Baptist Church in Austin and former music teacher with the Fort Worth public schools. She studied music education at UNT in 1949 and has established a music award in her name.

• William W. and Margot M. Winspear of Denton were members of the UNT Board of Visitors and Music Liaison from 1990 to 1994 and were co-chairs of the Friends of Vladimir Viardo from 1993 to 1994. Both have won the Honorary Alumnus/Alumna Award and are active in community organizations. Bill is chair, president and chief executive officer of Associated Materials Inc. The Winspear Performance Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center is named in their honor.

Honorary Alumnus/Alumna Award

• Neil Slater of Denton is director of the One O'Clock Lab Band and serves as chair of the UNT division of jazz studies. He has assisted in establishing several UNT jazz studies scholarships. He received the President's Award in 1996.

• Bill E. Utter has been the owner and chair of Bill Utter Ford of Denton since 1956. He has also owned Bob Utter Ford of Sherman since 1971. He is active in community organizations and has served on the President's Council at UNT.

Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna Award

• George Sherman Derr ('61) of Dallas is retired from Ernst and Young, where he worked for 33 years. He earned his B.B.A. degree from UNT and has served on several UNT organizations, including the Alumni Association and the President's Council.

• Jane LeVieux ('89 M.S., '91 M.Ed.) of Dallas is a psychotherapist and registered play therapist. She earned master's degrees in child development and family studies and in counselor education from UNT.

President's Citation

• Robert A. Nickell ('68, '82 M.B.A.) of Irving is a self-employed investor. He earned B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in finance from UNT and has assisted the Professional Development Institute and the College of Business Administration Advisory Board.

• Donald Cullen Potts ('63) of Dallas is president and chief executive officer of Capital Institutional Services Inc. He earned his B.B.A. degree from UNT. Potts served on the board of directors of the College of Business Administration Advisory Board, the President's Council and the UNT Foundation Inc.

• David H. Sewell ('60) is a cardiac and thoracic surgeon in Kingsport, Tenn. He earned his bachelor's degree in biology from UNT.

Ulys Knight Spirit Award

• Ken Dickson ('66, '68 M.S.) of Aubrey is a UNT Regents Professor of biological sciences, an environmental scientist and a part-time farmer. He earned his bachelor's degree in education and his master's degree in biology from UNT.

• The late Topsy Roberson Wright ('50) worked in investments and property management before her death in 1998. She earned a B.S. degree from UNT and served on the Board of Regents. She was involved in several UNT organizations and received the President's Citation in 1993.

HONORS DAY

About the guest speaker

Jesús Bautista Moroles, a UNT Distinguished Alumnus (1996) who received his bachelor of fine arts degree from UNT in 1978, is an internationally renowned sculptor whose artwork is featured in museum collections and city parks across the country. Moroles uses granite to explore the connection between man and nature. Permanent collections of his work are found at the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Dallas Museum of Art, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Recent collections of his public art include the column fountains at the Irving Arts Center, the Vail Sculpture Plaza in Vail, Colo., the Fountain Plaza at Johnson Community College in Overland Park, Kan., and the Spirit Inner Column at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin. Moroles was born in Corpus Christi and now lives in Rockport.

HONOREES

Awards presented to students by academic departments:

College of Arts and Sciences

Biological sciences

Mohammad Aghassibake

Sanober Anwar

Jennifer Graham

Christina Hay

Chemistry

Karina DeFina

Wentong Li

Robby Petros

Communication studies

C.C. Carter

Cheri Durrett

Mark McBroom

Karen Ptacek

Paul Schrodt

Tiffany Vandewall

Computer science

Bruce Stephen Rogers

John Martin Rogers

Terry Wayne Tuck

Dance and theatre arts

Amberlee Anderson

Paisley Baker

Jose Gonzalez

Rodney McKenzie

Julie Trocquet

Economics

Jennifer J. Cherrnay

Timothy H. Pickavance

Engineering technology

Charles Bittle

Cory Allen Brinkman

Johnathan W. Gray

Toshihiro Kamiya

English

Heidi Kirch

Brett Weaver

Foreign languages and literatures

Christopher Howell

Kimberly C. Jenkins

Candace Scott

Geography

Marie Hale

Virgil Woods

History

Kelly Eugene Crager

A. Christian Klemme

Dennis Gene Tittle

Journalism

Shane Bevel

Amanda Driggers

Jeff Fielder

Raul Hinojosa

Jocelyn Janota

James Lozada

Amy San Miguel

Rochelle Mortensen

Mathematics

Ross Bryant

Celeste Carroll

Dominic Cecava

Valerie Clayton

Jerry Day

Brie Finegold

Pawel Hanus

Tamani Howard

Rhonda Huettenmueller

Jason Keith

Deane Newborg

Michael Thompson

Andrew Yingst

Philosophy and religion studies

Nathan Dinneen

Physics

Jenny Ruth Beal

Roberto Failla

Patrick N. Nicholson

Political science

Rhonda Callaway

Briana Finley

Marcus Johnson

Dawn Miller

John Ryan

Angelique Shingler

Psychology

Jennifer King

Heather Meyer

Patti Price

Radio, television and film

Mark Dobson

David Fender

Colby McAda

Caryn Murphy

Speech and hearing sciences

Brad Jeffery

College of Business Administration

Accounting

Casey Don Griffis

Crystal Lynn Lundy

Vicky Powell

Scott Wrenn

Jennifer Young

Business computer information systems

Thomas B. Adamson

Yuping Bi

Ho-Chang Chae

Yu-Tong Chia

Hyon Song Chong

Srimoti Moitra Chowdhury

Goulnaz I. Iliassova

Janice Chen-Hsin Lin

Jae-Sung Sim

Finance, insurance, real estate and law

Dameion D. Baker

Monica L. Benzmiller

Ryan W. Crandall

J. Christopher Ziebold

Management

Leslie Joyce Burgoyne

Jamie D'lynn Davis

Stacie Renea Luna

Tami Len Manning

Andrea Rae Olson

Angela Yvonne Williams

Kelli Ruth Worrell

Marketing

Trevor J. Calligan

Courtney Kloss

Elizabeth Walden

School of Community Service

Anthropology

Leonardo Falcon

Applied gerontology

Kim Mathis

Alison Raborn

Brian Winters

Behavior analysis

Debi Alvey

Jorge Reyes

Criminal justice

Douglas York

Emergency administration and planning

Adrian Marshall

Marshall Young

Public administration

Sandy Jacobs

Rehabilitation, social work and addictions

Nikishia Brinkley

Christine D. Carter

Carol Jean Roane

Sociology

Laine Faust

Stan C. Weeber

College of Education

Counseling, development and higher education

Allen Clark

Kinesiology, health promotion and recreation

Krista Davey

Susan Lee

Diana Patterson

Teacher education and administration

Jennifer Aldrich

Marlee Clant

Kimberly Hines

David Scott Jensen

Kendra Keierleber

Randy King

Sheila Maher

Raquel Oxford

Diann Rozell

Lorraine Shimizu

Karen Whitaker

Technology and cognition

Juline Elaine Mills

School of Library and Information Sciences

Jodi L. Kearns

Eric D. Roman

School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management

Deborah Ann Bell

Thuy Dam

Amy Halman

Baldomero Ibarra

Shefali Kumar

Taeko Ozaki

College of Music

Frank Basile

Stacey Lee Bilich

Jonathan Evan Brooks

Sam Chong Jin Chung

Karla Curtis

Graham Elliot Figg

Karen Kenaston

Masako Narikawa

Elainie Lillios Ovington

Karendra Ramnunan

Rebecca S. Ringer

Jeeyen Son

Sara Sheffield

Yumiko Sunami

Deborah Williamson

Cynthia Wolverton

School of Visual Arts

Sara Andrew

Paul Booker

Jana Hill

Eunyoung Hwang

Keely Turnipseed

Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

Linda Camp Keith

Ashley Tyndall-Lind

Recognition awards presented by organizations or committees:

Athletic Awards

Susan Beene

Krista Davey

Mark Miller

Reggie Norman

NT Community Awards

Faculty

William McKee, professor of applied economics

Staff

Elisabeth Warren, director of housing

Student

Shawnda Underwood

Outstanding International Student Awards

Raluca Banea

Charalabos Kalpakidis

Outstanding Teaching Fellows

Frances Anne Kennedy

Isaac Sakyi-Addo

Lisa Louise Uhlir

President's Award

Residence Hall Association

President's Writing Awards

Lidija S. Canovic

Melissa Howell

National Awards

Marcos Flores

Leian Chen

Priyanka Agarwal

Manoj Unni

Debra McIlvain

Angela Lynch

Special Recognition Award

Ron Fink, professor of music

Student Association 'Fessor Graham Award

William T. Waller, professor of biological sciences

Student Association Honor Professors

Jeff Bradetich, associate professor of music

Kimi King, assistant professor of political science

Peter Lane, lecturer in history

Emile Sahliyeh, associate professor of political science

Richard Tas, associate professor of merchandising and hospitality management

Student Organization Distinguished Service Award

National Residence Hall Honorary

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

Paula Adams

Debra Alvey

Judith Anderson

Kimberlee Ashley

Catherine Atkinson

Karla Avila

Thomas Black

Krissy Brawner

Georgianne Burlage

Rhonda Callaway

Gia Chandrasekaran

Alana Cordes

Christina Coultas

Alicia Creel

Jennifer Cropp

Rebecca Curlett

Janis Dumas

Sandy Fisch

Theresa Franks

Candice Florence

Maria Giordano

Curtis Golsch

Lisa Gould

Shauna Graham

Dominque Gray

Johnathan Gray

Sabrina Haenselmann

Christina Hay

Ashley Holbert

Lynsay Houchen

Sandy Jacobs

Kimberly Jasensky

Bradley Jeffery

Courtney Kloss

Chia-Yuan Ku

Harold Lowe

Rodney McDanel

Kenneth McKinney

Juline Mills

Bryan Milner

Shaneka Morris

Samuel Myers

Ayodeji Ogundele

Taeko Ozaki

Lisa Parker

Jordan Pinson

Jamaica Raith

Robyn Rennie

Jorge Reyes

Isaac Sakyi-Addo

Susan Scott

Hilary Senn

Thankam Sunil

Corey Tidwell

Dustee Tucker

Keely Turnipseed

Shawnda Underwood

Michael Whitmore

Traci White

Scott Wrenn

Michelle Yates

Michelle Youngblood

Lisa Zottarelli

Other featured articles in this issue:

• State senator to address graduates
• Professors use Texas Tobacco Lawsuit Settlement grant to design smoking prevention CD
• New design makes debut
• Employees recognized for generosity
• Nelson Hartman appointed
• Art professor earns fellowship at Yale Center
• Program encourages high school athletes
• UNT again named 'Best College Buy'
• Professor Ana Cleveland honored
• Faculty Senate sets meeting
• Fashion design students to show creations