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Marquette Honors Distinguished Graduates
During Alumni National Awards Weekend
Released: April 24, 2006
Marquette will honor more than 40 of its distinguished alumni during the University’s annual Alumni National Awards weekend, April 27-29. In addition to seven all-university award winners, each college bestows awards on those demonstrating exceptional achievement. This year’s award recipients include:
All-University Recipients:
Alumnus of the Year Award
J. William Diederich
President and director,Wide World Web International
Alumni Merit Award
Tao Huang
Chief operating officer, Morningstar Inc.
Alumni Merit Award
Colleen A. Lawton
Professor, radiation oncology, and director, residency program, Medical
College of Wisconsin
Alumni Service to the Community
Laurene M. Heybech
Director, Law Project for the Chicago Coalition of the Homeless
Alumni Service to the Community Award
James C. Himmes
Founder and director, Meet the Wilderness
Service to Marquette Award
William T. Gaus
Senior vice president, Marshall & Ilsley Trust Co.
Spirit of Marquette Award
Michelle M. Bria
Executive Director, Journey House
College Recipients:
Helen Way Klinger College of Arts and Sciences:
Distinguished Alumnus Award
John P. Lynch
Senior parner, Latham & Watkins
A Person for Others Award
Anne Garcia McCullough
Nationally known motivational speaker and consultant
Young Alumnus Award
Pascual A. Rodriguez
Principal, Bruce Guadalupe Community School
Association of Marquette University Women:
Mary Neville Bielefeld Award
Maureen Haggerty Warmuth
Vice president and board member, Haggerty Enterprises Inc.
College of Business Administration:
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Gary M. Wells
Chief executive officer, Wells’ Dairy Inc.
Professional Achievement Award
Scott A. Roberts
President, Deerfield Capital Management
Entrepreneurial Award
James R. Imhoff
Chairman and chief executive officer, First Weber Group
Service to Marquette Award
Mary E. Cyrier
Vice president, human resources, Schwarz Pharma Inc.
Young Alumnus Award
Steve J. Nooyen
Founder, We Care Senior Center
Friend of the College Award
Peter P. Bell
Chairman, First Realty Company
J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication:
By-line Award
John C. Barron
Editor-in-chief, Chicago Sun-Times
Communicator of the Year Award
James F. Murphy
Directing animator and chair, animation department, Pixar Animation
Studios
Young Alumna Award
Erin Slattery Black
Costume designer and instructor, New York University Tisch School of
the Arts
James T. Tiedge Memorial Award
Michael R. Neufeldt
Communications specialist, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, and author
School of Dentistry:
Distinuished Alumnus in Dentistry Award
Roland M. Meffert, D.D.S.
Clinical professor, Department of Periodontics, University of Texas
Health Sciences Center- San Antonio
Community Service Award
Steven J. Debbink, D.D.S.
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Milwaukee branch
Honorary Distinguished Alumnus Award
Dennis J. McGuire
Executive Director, Wisconsin Dental Association
School of Education:
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Rebecca C. Anderson
Professor of psychology and director of psychological services, Division
of Transplant Surgery, and associate director of surgical education,
Medical College of Wisconsin
Achievement Award
Charlotte A. Price
Janis M. Serak
Co-founders and co-directors, Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for
Education, Training & Support Inc.
Achievement Award
Ronn Johnson
Executive principal, YMCA Young Leaders Academy
School of Engineering:
Distinguished Alumnus Award
John Rakolta, Jr.
Chairmand and chief executive officer, Walbridge Aldinger Co.
Entrepreneurial Award
William J. Schroeder
President and chief executive officer, Diamond Multimedia Systems
Professional Achievement Award
Cecil Lue-Hing
President, Cecil Lue-Hing & Associates
Service Award
Shaun M. Skelton
Founder and director, Visions in Action
Young Alumna Award
Amy M. Kloempken
Founder, Get Well Gigabytes and legal counsel, Whirlpool Corporation
College of Health Sciences:
Distinguished Alumna in clinical Lab Science Award
Hilton T. Perez
President and chief executive officer, Midland Community Healthcare
Services Inc.
Distinguished Alumna in Dental Hygiene Award
Carol Krainz Nickasch
Dental hygienist, East Castle Retirement Home
Distinguished Alumna in Physical Therapy Award
Helene Steinmiller Fearon
Private practitioner; president, Physical Therapy Provider Network of
Arizona; and principal, Health Care Resources Institute Inc.
Distinguished Alumna in Speech Pathology and Audiology Award
Ann M. Barry
Speech pathologist, Wadewitz School, Racine Unified School District
Distinguished Young Alumnus in Health Sciences Award
Isaam B. Lutfiyya
Director, Madre Angela Dental Clinic
Law School:
Law School Alumnus of the Year Award
Eugene O. Duffy
Shareholder, O’Neil Cannon Hollman DeJong, SC
Sports Alumnus of the Year
Shawn M. Eichorst
Senior associate athletic director, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Howard B. Eisenberg Award
Tanner Brook Kilander
Developer, Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic and attorney
Howard B. Eisenberg Award
Eric A. Montgomery
Assistant general counsel, Bank of America Corp.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Michael R. Wherry
Civil trial attorney
M-Club:
Hy Popuch Award
J. Michael End
Attorney, Grey & End, LLP
Frank R. Galka
Private Practice Dentist
Barney F. Karpfinger
Founder, Edgerton Contractors
College of Nursing:
Distinguished Alumna in Nursing Award
Therese Vega Stromberg
Oncology clinical nurse specialist, Center for Cancer Care, Covenant
Healthcare
Distinguished Alumna in Service to Nursing Award
Virginia Campobello Simonetti
Communicable disease coordinator, Mesa County Health Department
For more information, visit www.marquette.edu/awards.
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