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Classmates Decoded
Classmates Decoded Ever wonder about those strange designations we use throughout Northwestern to identify alumni of the various schools of the University? Here's the complete list. AF Air Force Commission CB Chicago Business CPS Center for Public Safety (formerly the Traffic Institute) D Dental EB Evanston Business G Graduate (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) GD Graduate Dental GJ Graduate Journalism GL Graduate Law GM Graduate Medicine GMcC Graduate McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science GMu Graduate Music GS Graduate Speech GSESP Graduate School of Education and Social Policy, Education H Honorary J Medill School of Journalism KGSM Kellogg Graduate School of Management or Graduate Business L Law M Medicine McC McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Mu Music N Nursing Nav Naval Commission S Speech SCS School of Continuing Studies SESP School of Education and Social Policy, Education Tns Transportation Center WCAS Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts
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Class Notes 1960s A. Kent Gravett (S60) of Claremont, Calif., climbed the north face of Mount Everest in Tibet in 1998 and plans to climb Everest for a cleanup expedition next year. He visited Cambodia in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and, through grants from UNESCO, held teacher training sessions and completed a curriculum revision in the fall at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. Judy S. Markowitz (SESP60) of Bloomington, Ill., was reelected to a second term as mayor of Bloomington in May. Carol Norling (WCAS60) of LaGrange, Ill., was featured as a gallery collection artist at the 33rd annual Channel 10 TV fundraising for Milwaukee Public Television in May. Sheldon E. Harkness (CB61) of Elk Grove Village, Ill., is semi-retired but still works part time at CIB Marine Bancshares' e-commerce department in Mount Prospect, Ill. John M. Smurlo (CB61) of Hutchinson, Fla., retired as president of Westgate Enterprises Inc., a residential construction, management and maintenance company. He was nominated to be the Florida state adviser to President Bush and the congressional Republicans by the Republican National Committee. Myron M. Cherry (L62) of Lincolnwood, Ill., managing partner at the law firm of Myron M. Cherry & Associates in Chicago, was appointed in January to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Douglas R. Gracey (M62) of Rochester, Minn., is chair of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He wrote Flying Lessons, Ambulances and Other Air Force Vignettes (Writers Club Press, 2000). Dorothy Lee (G62) of Bloomington, Ill., wrote a novel, The Revision (iUniverse-Pioneer Press, 2001). Paul Y. Thompson (McC62) of Franklin, N.C., retired in June as associate dean for research and administration at the University of Florida's College of Engineering and associate vice president for research and graduate programs. He and his wife, Gayle, now live on a farm near Franklin. Sandramarie McDonald (Mu63) of St. Augustine retired in July after almost 30 years as a faculty member at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and as associate superintendent of schools for St. Johns County, Fla. She entered the divinity program at Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, also in July, to begin training for the Presbyterian ministry. Philip Branson (KGSM64) of La Canada, Calif., chair of First American Home Buyers Protection, a home warranty company in Van Nuys, Calif., earned a master's degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., this year. He serves as an officer of Barnabas Partners Foundations, assisting startup ministries here and abroad. James Brush (Mu64, GMu71) of Las Vegas, was a music teacher in the Bremerton School District in Bremerton, Wash., for more than 30 years before moving. He wrote a musical composition, Bremerton Centennial, for the 100th anniversary celebration of the city of Bremerton that was performed last fall by the Bremerton Symphony. Esther M. Doyle (GS64) of Huntington, Pa., is professor emerita of speech and English at Juniata College in Huntington. She received a doctorate of humane letters from Juniata in May. Karen Szymanski Bauer (Mu65, GMu66, 98) of Hinsdale, Ill., professor of music at North Park University in Chicago, teaches voice-related courses and is designing a graduate program in voice. In May she visited South Korea, where she held eight master classes in vocal performance, including two choral workshops, and taught at universities in Seoul and Kwangju. In July she taught voice for the Operafestival di Roma in Rome. Dennis Zacek (GS65, 70) of Chicago is the artistic director of the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, which won a Tony Award this year in the regional theater category. Roy Elveton (G66, 67) of Northfield, Minn., is a professor of philosophy at Carleton College in Northfield. He edited and translated The Phenomenology of Husserl (Noesis Press Ltd., 2000), consisting of six essays from European scholars on early 20th-century German philosopher Edward Husserl. Laurence C. Kozlicki (J66) of North Barrington, Ill., acquired GeoDigital Technologies Inc., where he is president and CEO. The company provides asset management and inspection services to utilities worldwide and fire mapping for the U.S. Forest Service. Edward K. Uhlir (WCAS66) of Chicago, formerly project design director for the city's Millennium Park, was named director of land acquisition planning for CorLands, a subsidiary of the Openlands Project in Chicago. Tongchat Hongladaromp (GMc67) of Bangkok is president of Thai Petrochemical Industry in Thailand. Harold G. Levine (WCAS67) of Davis, Calif., was named dean of education at the University of California this year. He had been a professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles. Carolyn D'Eath McConnell (WCAS67) of Kirkland, Wash., received a doctorate in French literature from the University of Texas at Austin in May. Her husband, Bob McConnell (McC67), is CEO of Cypress Microsystems in Bothell, Wash. David D. O'Neill (L67) of Berkeley, Calif., is president and CEO of the Center for Health Design in Lafayette, Calif. The center is a nonprofit organization that promotes quality in health care. Howard Tyner (GJ67) of Evanston is vice president/editorial of Tribune Publishing Co. He received the George Beveridge Editor of the Year Award from the National Press Foundation in February in Washington, D.C. John L. Ward (EB67) of Evanston is a clinical professor in the management and strategy department at Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management and the co-director of Kellogg's Center for Family Enterprises. With Randel S. Carlock he co-authored Strategic Planning for the Family Business: Parallel Planning to Unify the Family and Business (Palgrave, 2001). Susan Schmidt Bies (G68, 72) of Germantown, Tenn., executive vice president of the First Tennessee National Corp. in Memphis, was nominated by President Bush to fill one of two openings on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Mary Lavo Ford (GSESP68) of Boston was named executive director of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, a provider of rental housing assistance. She had been the mayor of Northampton, Mass. Laurence J. Kline (CB68) of Indian Head Park, Ill., is a partner with the law firm of Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey and Milligan in Chicago. He is past chair of the Chicago Bar Association's trust law committee and author of Disinheriting Uncle Sam: An Estate Planning Guide for Illinois Residents (Vireo Publishing, 1999). Dorothy "Deedee" Sosey Mackin (SESP68) of Mount Pleasant, Mich., retired this year as marketing director of WCFX-FM in Mount Pleasant and divides her time between Annapolis, Md., and Michigan. Gary Mecklenburg (WCAS68) of Winnetka, Ill., president and CEO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, announced in January the corporate reorganization of Northwestern Memorial Corp. to become Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. He also serves as chair of the board of trustees of the American Hospital Association. Howard Vernof (WCAS68, M75, 76) of Lincolnwood, Ill., is head of the division of general internal medicine at Evanston Northwestern HealthCare and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Northwestern's Medical School. He also has an internal medicine practice at Glenbrook Medical East in Evanston. Gail Melady Evans (WCAS69) of Woodlands, Texas, is executive director of distance education at the University of Houston, where she serves as professor of business law at the College of Business. Ann Kelley Happ (J69) of Elk Grove Village, Ill., is director of public relations for the Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills Chamber of Commerce. Her husband, Lawrence Happ (McC70, GMcC72), was named president of Designcraft Corp., an industrial design prototype company in Elk Grove Village. Mark Lamos (S69) of Sherman, Conn., directed Handel's Acis and Galatea at the Chicago Opera Theater in June and directed The Great Gatsby at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in fall 2000. |
