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T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w M e x i c o | A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n

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I L LUMINATING PRES IDENT • ENL IGHTENED WOMAN • BRIGHT IDEAS • CONGRESS IONAL SPARK • LUMINOUS ART

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contentsLooking at:10 Open to PossibilityA new president and first lady for UNM bring a new perspective.

B Y M A R Y C O N R A D

16 Teaching Respect—for People and the PlanetNamed one of the top ten professors of the country by Rolling Stone magazine,

Henrietta Mann, ’82 PhD, was on the ground floor of Native American studies.

B Y S A R I K R O S I N S K Y

20 Come to Think of It…The car of the future, Rubber Bandits—Adrian Chernoff, ’96 BSME,

’99 MEME, ’99 MBA has ideas that may affect our daily lives.

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On the Cover: Aglow for the Holidays: Bedecked

in luminarias, Hodgin Hall housed

the whole university when it was

built in 1892. On the National

Register of Historic Places, it serves

today as the UNM Alumni Center.

Photo by Norman Johnson.

24 Winds ofChange

Jerry McNerney’s brand of idealism

includes action—he ran for

Congress, and won.


Winter 2008, Volume 26, Number 2, THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO:David J. Schmidly, President; Karen A. Abraham, Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations; Mary Conrad, Editor; Kelly Ketner, Echo Creative, Art Director.

UNM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Lillian Montoya-Real, President, Santa Fe; Judy Zanotti, President-Elect,Albuquerque; John Garcia, Treasurer, Albuquerque; Roberto Ortega, Past President, Albuquerque; Gene Baca, Corrales; Alice Hopkins-Loy, Albuquerque; Ruth Schifani, Albuquerque; Angie Vachio, Albuquerque

MIRAGE is published three times a year, in April, August, and December, by the University of New Mexico Alumni Association for the University’s alumni and friends.Address all correspondence to UNM Alumni Relations Office, MSC 01-1160, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001. Send all Album information to theattention of Margaret Weinrod. Send all changes of address to the attention of Records. Send all other correspondence to the attention of Mary Conrad. To comply withthe ADA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, UNM provides this publication in alternative formats. If you have special needs and require an auxiliary aid or service, pleasecontact Mary Conrad. Phone: 800-258-6866 (800-ALUM-UNM) or 505-277-5808. E-mail to Mary Conrad: [email protected] or [email protected]. Web address:www.unmalumni.com

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32 Athletics: Sports CastPhotos capture a few proud moments

of this fall’s sports.

Mirage was the title

of the University of

New Mexico yearbook

until its last edition

in 1978. Since that

time, the title was

adopted by the alumni

magazine which

continues to publish

vignettes of

UNM graduates.

Looking Around:3 Letters

5 ConnectionsResearch, gifts, accomplishments, new buildings, new

faces, and a bit of everything that characterizes UNM.

5 ClassnotesLook for your friends here!

28 Development:The Right Stuff There’s no grass growing under the feet of Shirley

Mount Hufstedler, ’45 BBA, legal maverick and

former US Secretary of Education.

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32 Athletics:Sports CastPhotos capture a few proud moments of this fall’s sports.

44 Alumni OutlookTravel, events & insight.

46 On Location: Edward GonzalesNew Mexico artist Edward Gonzales uses

his paintings to highlight Chicano culture.

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Look At This!4 Aluminating AwardThe Alumni Association creates a bright

new accolade.

38 Woof! Woof! Woof!Thanks to you all for a howling good

Homecoming 2007!

The “Lobo Hand”

Iwas happy to see the pull-out section (fall2007) highlighting the upcoming Homecomingevents, but more excited about the pictures andeducation on the “Everyone’s a Lobo!” handgesture. I would like to share with you some of its history.

Back in 1978-80, UNM had a very spirited andexciting-to-watch group of co-ed cheerleaders.…During one cheer-brainstorming sessionJocelyn Vallejos [now Herig] came up with theconcept of the Lobo hand gesture that barkedout “Everyone’s a Lobo! Woof! Woof! Woof!”and that was the birth of the “Lobo hand” and cheer.

The Lobos have a lot of traditions that havestood the test of time. This one was born just 30years ago and has stayed true to its initial intentof energizing the crowd to be proud Lobos.

Richard Tug Herig, ’84 BBAAlbuquerque

Another Alaska Adventurer

Iwas so excited to see the story about theteachers going to Alaska—Eek, my favoritetown! (“Forth to Alaska,” fall 2007) I just published my first book last October, BetweenBreaths: A Teacher in the Alaskan Bush (UNMPress) about this very thing!

The story is the same, except that theteacher [Donna McGladrey] wrote over 300 pagesof letters home to her family and friends aboutlife, love, frustration, honey buckets, bugs, illnesses, crime, churches, children, classroomteaching, the wilderness, and her experiencesflying to remote places with her on-again-off-again boyfriend. She wrote … in 1958!

Unfortunately, [Donna and her] student-pilotboyfriend hit a snowstorm and disappeared[while flying] from Anchorage to Dillingham(where she had served as the first band instructorthe previous year)….

Donna McGladrey was my mom’s twin sister.I never met her until I wrote the book…

Sandra Mathews, ’88 MA, ’98 PhDNebraska Wesleyan University

Lincoln, Nebraska

Mirage welcomes letters to the editor.If you would like to comment on somethingyou’ve read in the magazine, please writeus. Letters will be published as space allowsand may be edited for clarity and brevity.Letters must be signed. It’s helpful if youinclude your location and degrees. Ouraddress is Mirage, The University of NewMexico Alumni Association, MSC 01-1160,1 University of New Mexico, AlbuquerqueNM 87131-0001. Email: [email protected].

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On a given day, it’s notthe big stuff that makesus say to ourselves there

may be hope in this worldafter all. It’s the examplesaround us of individuals whogo out of their way to helpothers…. who act out of thegoodness of their hearts withoutthought of recognition.Alumni associations tend to

recognize their big stars, thosewith name recognition or in leadership roles. Butwe’ve decided it’s time to honor UNM alumni who,plainly, do good things, just because.The UNM Aluminaria Award celebrates UNM

alumni who make the world a better, brighter place.Their acts may be small but they are inspirational.We take pride in these alumni and want to thankthem—the Aluminarios who make life shine.Do you know a UNM alum whose good deeds go

unsung? Someone who brightens your community?Who lights up the lives of others?Nominate this person for one of our UNM

Aluminaria Awards. We’ll send them our thanks, alongwith a special pin. And we’ll include them in our listof Aluminarios who make their alma mater proud.

Go to www.unmalumni.com/aluminarios to tell usabout your nominee for an Aluminaria Award.

aluminatingaward

The UNM AlumniAssociation has created the Aluminaria Award foralums who brighten ourlives. Take this opportunityto shed light on those who have brightened yours.

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n ew c o n n e c t i o n s headliners: In keeping withPresident Schmidly’s attention to students and diversity, interimvice presidents of two new areashave been appointed. Terry Babbitt

is interim vice president for enrollment management, and Rita Martinez-Purson, interim vicepresident for institutional diversity. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002067.html#morehttp://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002068.html#more

dean scene: Jeffrey Griffith has beenappointed executive dean of theUNM School of Medicine. Previously,Griffith served as chair of thedepartment of biochemistry &molecular biology.http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=6137

administration administrater:Uday Desai has been appointed the new director of the School of Public Administration. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002049.html#more

branching out: Cedric Page has been appointed the new executivedirector at UNM-Los Alamos.Catherine M. (Kate) O’Neill has beennamed executive director of UNM-Taos.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002019.html#morehttp://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002014.html

hono r a b l e c o n n e c t i o n sworld class: Arthur Kaufman, vicepresident of community health and chair of the UNM School ofMedicine department of family andcommunity medicine, was recentlyvoted the recipient of the “FiveStar Doctor” award for excellencein health care.” WONCA is the worldorganization of family doctors.http://hscapp.unm.edu/calendar/output/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.release&EntryID=6116

at the apex: UNM vice president of research and economic development Terry Yates has beenawarded honorary membership in the American Society ofMammalogists. This is the highesthonor the professional society canbestow on its members. Only 84awards have been given since 1912. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002090.html

meaningful mentor: Biology emeritusprofessor and Museum ofSouthwestern Biology directorDonald W. Duszynski, who studies animal parasites, was honored with the American Society ofParasitologist’s Clark P. ReadMentor Award for 2008. The awardis given to “honor an individual whohas demonstrated extraordinaryleadership in the training of youngscientists who have successfullypursued the independent study of parasites or aspects of the host-parasite relationship.” http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002027.html#more

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Benjamin Sacks, ’26 BA, former UNM

history professor, was featured in the

San Diego Union-Tribune for setting the

record straight about which US presidents

have visited San Diego and the Hotel

Coronado. The professor began his research

into the city’s history when he moved to San

Diego in 1973. He now enjoys performances

of the San Diego Opera and reading the

newspaper daily. At 104, he may be the oldest

UNM alum. (The fall 2005 Mirage includes a

story about Professor Sacks and his career.)

John Porter Bloom, ’47 BA, received the

Paul AF Walter Award “for services to the

Historical Society of New Mexico” at its

annual conference in the spring. The event

marked the end of his long service as

secretary of the society. John lives in

Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Richard G. Kurman, ’50 BAED, ’68 MA,

of Santa Fe, New Mexico, had three of his

paintings shown in Florence, Italy, at the

6th Biennale of Contemporary Art.

Joe Boehning, ’53 BSAE, ’61 BAA, has

been inducted into the Albuquerque

High School Athletic Hall of Honor. He

is best known as the architect primarily

responsible for the design of the Pit.

Joe lives in Albuquerque.

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distinguished profs: Five UNM professors—David Craven, Abhaya Datye,

Larry Davis, Linda B. Hall, and Deepak

Kapur—have been promoted to therank of distinguished professor.Distinguished professors are individuals who have demonstratedoutstanding achievements and arenationally and internationallyrenowned as scholars.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002159.html#more

it’s in the name: Two professionalsocieties, the Optical Society ofAmerica and SPIE, have renamedtheir jointly sponsored congressionalfellowship program the Arthur H.

Guenther Congressional FellowshipProgram to honor a former UNMprofessor who died earlier thisyear. Guenther was a research professor of electrical and computerengineering at the Center for High Technology Materials. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002024.html#more

best of the west: History professorPaul Andrew Hutton’s article, “SilverScreen Desperado: Billy the Kid inthe Movies,” published in the spring2007 issue of the New MexicoHistorical Review, is the winner of the Ray Allen Billington Prize.The prize is awarded annually to theauthor and publisher of the bestarticle in the field of Western History.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002206.html#more

pbs success: KNME general managerand CEO Ted A. Garcia has been re-elected to the board of directorsof the Public Broadcasting Service.This will be Garcia’s second three-year term.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002213.html#more

r e s e a r c h c o n n e c t i o n sjawing experience: More than 400broken jaws walk and roll throughthe doors of the University of New Mexico Hospital every year.Most are males, sixteen to fortyyears old, most are uninsured, and most are facing major surgerywith plates and screws to pull thepieces back together...http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002011.html

voting truth: Political science professor Christine Sierra is the primary investigator in a recentstudy on the impact of the VotingRights Act on non-white electedofficials, featured in the July issueof PS: Political Science &Politics, a journal of the AmericanPolitical Science Association.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002156.html#more

under the perception: The “GreatFirewall of China,” used by thegovernment of the People’sRepublic of China to block usersfrom reaching content it findsobjectionable, is actually a“Panopticon” that encourages self-censorship through the perception that users are beingwatched, rather than a true firewall, according to researchersat UNM and the University of California Davis.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002210.html#more

med i a c o n n e c t i o n sUNMlive: A new Web site,http://www4.unm.edu/unmlive/,features free pod-casts of UNMnews, events, interviews, arts, andmore. The university communication

and marketing department createdUNMlive to reach increasingly multimedia-savvy audiences and to deliver free education and “edutainment” to on- and off-campus communities.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002141.html#moreSee more of UNM atwww.unmflickr.unm.edu.

diversity draws: UNM is ranked first among law schools in theSeptember issue of HispanicBusiness magazine. The ranking is for schools that promote andencourage “a diverse communitywhere Hispanic students canthrive.” The School of Engineeringis ranked fifth and the School ofMedicine, sixth.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002177.html#more

s t u d e n t c o n n e c t i o n s for whom the Nobel tolls: Diego

Martinez, Chessa Scullin, and Denis

Seletskiy, all students at UNM, were selected to represent theUnited States as outstandingresearch participants at the 57thLindau Meeting of Nobel Laureatesand Students in Lindau, Germanyover the summer. Martinez wasselected by the US Department of Energy, Scullin by the NationalScience Foundation, and Seletskiyby Mars, Inc.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002036.html#more

spain scholar: UNM student Matthew

Garcia has received a Fulbright US Student Scholarship to Spainwhere he will teach English as aforeign language at a secondaryschool in Madrid and conductresearch on immigration, assimilation, and identity issues.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002157.html#more

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remember this: The NationalScience Foundation has awarded a three-year fellowship to UNMgraduate student Felicha Candelaria

so she can focus on her researchinto memory and how drugs affectthe brain’s mechanism for encodingand retrieving long-term memories.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002179.html#more

step right up! Gregory Arias, Justin

DeVore, and Quinton Smith skippedsummer vacation this year to bethe first-ever New Mexico highschool students to take part in theNational Institute of Diabetes andDigestive and Kidney Disease’sStep-Up Program, sanctioned bythe National Institutes of Health.Since June, the three New Mexicostudents have been working on

research projects with mentors atthe UNM Health Sciences Center.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002088.html#more

f u n d i n g c o n n e c t i o n s top dollars: The University of New Mexico and the UNMFoundation topped $72 million in fundraising for the first time in the university’s history. The gifts help support student scholarships, initiatives to help students volunteer in the community, funds for new construction and renovation, and support for faculty and course development.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002104.html#more

albumAl Vandegriff, ’54 BA, has published his

first novel, Finders Keepers, a story of a

senior citizen pilot ferrying heavy haulers

anywhere in the world. Al retired from

his honey processing business 20 years

ago to build kit planes. He lives in Carlsbad,

New Mexico.

John Cheek, ’57 BSCE, and Pat Gloss

Cheek, ’57 BSED, live in Lacey’s Spring,

Alabama. Jack retired from McDonnell-

Douglas and Pat from teaching 6th graders

for 25 years. Their time is now devoted

to volunteer work and travel.

Robert L. Dineen, ’57 BSCE, ’73 PhD,

first retired in 2000, but returned to work

initially as a consultant and subsequently

on a full-time basis before retiring again in

2005. He managed the development and

installation of engineering-related computer

systems, and now enjoys woodworking in

Huntsville, Alabama, and traveling.

Richard Gomez, ’57 PSPH, is retired

in Albuquerque from the University of

New Mexico Hospital as director of pharmacy,

then coordinator of clinical studies.

Martha Liebert, ’57 MFA, hosted “Key

Ingredients, America By Food” at the

invitation of the Smithsonian Institution at

the DeLavy House Museum in Bernalillo,

New Mexico, in the fall. The exhibit looked

at how food shapes our world. Martha

lives in Bernalillo and is archive director and

program coordinator for the Sandoval

County Historical Society.

JB Nickell, ’57 BSPH, had his own pharmacy

until four years ago. He lives in Lakewood,

Colorado where he works for his son, also

a pharmacist.

Alfonso G. Sanchez, ’57 LLB, still practices

law in Santa Fe and participates in the

Senior Olympics.

Charles Ederer, ’58 BA, and Emily Pineda

Ederer, ’88 BUS, ’91 MA, celebrated their

50th anniversary in August. Charles is a

retired hospital management executive, and

Emily has been a family court clinician with

the Second Judicial District in Albuquerque

for the past 14 years.

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Honor a new graduate or commemorate your own or a loved one’s days at UNM with a personalized brick in front of Hodgin Hall, the UNM Alumni Center.

Each $100 purchase of a brick supports Hodgin Hall’s maintenance and renovation as well as UNM Alumni Association projects.

New Grad Special! $75 per brick for graduates within the past 5 years!

To purchase a brick, contact the UNM Alumni Association Office at 505-277-5808 or800-258-6866. Find out more at http://www.unmalumni.com/makegift/bricks.htm.

A gift for all seasons!

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endowed chair: UNM PresidentDavid J. Schmidly and interim ProvostViola Florez joined ArchbishopMichael Sheehan of the Archdioceseof Santa Fe recently to announcethe establishment of a $2.5 millionEndowed Chair for Roman CatholicStudies at UNM. The chair, thethird endowed chair in the Collegeof Arts and Sciences, will be in religious studies. The others are in biology and English. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002032.html#more

visiting prof fund: The MarjorieMead Hooker Memorial VisitingProfessorship has been establishedas an endowed faculty position inthe UNM School of Architectureand Planning. The gift is from Van Dorn Hooker and his children,John Hooker and Ann Clarke.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002202.html#more

hep help: UNM’S High SchoolEquivalency Program (HEP) hasreceived $405,765 for the first yearof a new five-year funding cyclefrom the US Department ofEducation Office of MigrantEducation. Operated out of College Enrichment & OutreachPrograms, the program will receivemore than $2 million in fundingover the five years.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002145.html#more

cancer research: The UNM HealthSciences Center has received a federal grant of $285,000 from theNational Cancer Institute to studyuterine cancer and the effects of aG-protein known as GPR-30.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002161.html#more

bu i l d i n g c o n n e c t i o n s domenici dedication: Dedication of Phase I of the new 48,000square-foot, $16 million DomeniciCenter for Health SciencesEducation was held recently at the Health Sciences Center. Thestate-of-the-art facility is equippedand designed to advance medicaleducation and training for allhealth sciences at UNM, includingthe UNM School of Medicine, theColleges of Nursing and Pharmacy,Diagnostic and TherapeuticSciences, Public Health, andBiomedical Sciences. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002169.html#more

imagine! College of Fine Arts Dean Christopher Mead and ARTSLab Director Ed Angel were amongthose who pitched the first spadesof earth at the Sony PicturesImageworks groundbreaking at Mesa del Sol recently. The new facility will house a 100,000square-foot digital production facility at Albuquerque Studios. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002039.html#more

field lights: After seven years ofpersistence by student governmentrepresentatives, Johnson Fieldlighting has become a reality.ASUNM helped raise $260,000 from state appropriations in thelast legislative session to cover part of the $720,000 project costs. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002043.html#more

m i s c e l l a n e o u s c o n n e c t i o n s cnm+unm: The Board of Regents ofthe University of New Mexico andthe Governing Board of Central

New Mexico Community Collegehave approved a memorandum of agreement to work together toprovide higher education, careerdevelopment, skill development,and lifelong learning opportunitiesfor the citizens of New Mexico.This signals a new partnershipbetween New Mexico’s flagshipresearch university and the leadingcommunity college in the state. Aspart of the agreement, UNM andCNM will also work together toprovide for the higher educationneeds of Rio Rancho, including jointlyestablishing a Rio Rancho campus.http://www.unm.edu/news/07AugNewsReleases/07-08-14partnership.htm

climate commitment: President David J. Schmidly has added UNM to the growing list of colleges anduniversities that are reducing theirimpact on the environment by signing the American College andUniversity Presidents’ ClimateCommitment, which moves universities into a leadership role addressing climate change and energy usage.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002184.html#more

lobo energy: Lobo Energy, Inc., aUNM subsidiary, has entered into acontract with energy conservationexpert Energy Education, Inc., toimplement an energy conservationprogram at UNM. When fully realized, this program could savesignificant amounts of money now dedicated to utility expenses.http://www.unm.edu/news/07AugNewsReleases/07-08-14eei.htm

city buses students: UNM PresidentDavid J. Schmidly and AlbuquerqueMayor Martin Chavez officiallylaunched the new Lobo Ride Passprogram offered by the City ofAlbuquerque Transit Department,which provides free bus rides for


A C C O M P L I S H E D A T H L E T E S : In September, the UNM AlumniLettermen’s Association inducted its 2007 members into the UNM Athletic Hall of Honor. Left to right are Ashley Lowery (female athlete of the year), SharonJanecka-daughter of Bill Stockton (posthumous inductee), Mark Johnson, MattHenry (coach of the year), Jamie Koch, Weldon Hunter (distinguished service),Mark Henry (coach of the year), Gregory Brown, Jodi Ewart (female athlete ofthe year), Tim Garcia, and Bill Stockton-grandson of Bill Stockton (posthumous).Other honorees not shown are Lars Loseth (male athlete of the year), JohnBridgers (posthumous), and Pauline Manser.

all UNM students during the 2007-2008 school year. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002158.html#more

rest assured: Led by the AndersonSchool of Management, UNM has been named as one of 12 new institutions designated as a National Center of AcademicExcellence in InformationAssurance Education (CAEIAE) by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002073.html#more

native degrees: UNM-Gallup was again ranked third nationallyand first in New Mexico amongcommunity colleges for awardingassociate degrees to NativeAmericans, announced recently for the college year 2005-06. UNM-Gallup awarded 112 associatedegrees to 28 men and 84 women.http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002028.html#more

western wired: Internet to theHogans is a movement to connectnorthwest New Mexico to the

Internet and digital television,expanding access to services likedistance education and “telehealth.”http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002113.html#more

big river rivalry: UNM and New Mexico State Universityrecently announced the formationof the Rio Grande Rivalry. TheLobos and Aggies will compete in 12 sports on a point-based system to determine where theannual trophy will reside for the following year. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002064.html#more

complete student-athlete: The UNMAlumni Lettermen’s Associationawarded 19 scholarships this fall to fifth-year student-athletes. The scholarships allow former student-athletes to complete theirundergraduate education at UNM.The scholarship has been renamedthe George Brooks Fifth YearScholarship after former ski coachand Lobo lettermen GeorgeBrooks, who retired from UNMafter 37 years of service. http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002098.html#more

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albumBruce Hood, ’59 BAFA, retired in 2000 after 42 years of teaching theatre arts, acting,

directing, public speaking, and debate as

well as various higher education roles. He is

emeritus professor after 22 years of service

at Butte College, in Chico, California. He

lives on Alameda Island in the San Francisco

Bay where he enjoys sailing and volunteering

as a docent at San Francisco Maritime

National Historical Park.

Walter L. Baumgardner, ’62 BSHPE, has had several articles published in the

National Broker/Dealer magazine on issues

confronting the securities industry. He

continues to practice law, limiting his

practice to securities fraud, with Musilli,

Brennan Associates in St. Clair Shores,

Michigan. He lives in Dearborn, Michigan.

Sandi Platt Costick, ’65 BSN, volunteerswith three of her canines as a pet therapy

team, visiting patients at UNMH Mental

Health Center in Albuquerque and at

St. Vincent’s Hospital in Santa Fe. Previously

she worked as an NM K9 SAR unit. Sandi

lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Charles L. Maak, ’65 BA, of counsel withParr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless,

has been named a senior statesman in

Chambers USA—America’s Leading Lawyers

for Business, 2007 for his real estate

practice. He was also named to the 2007

Mountain States Super Lawyers for real

estate. He lives in Park City, Utah.

John P. Salazar, ’65 BA, is named inSouthwest Super Lawyers 2007 for his

expertise and experience in real estate law.

He is also named in Chambers USA—

America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,

2007. John is a member of the Rodey

Law Firm in Albuquerque.

Malcolm L. Shannon Jr., ’68 BBA, ’71 JD,has retired after serving the past 15 years

as counsel for General Atomics, and joined

some of his Australian mates to serve as

vice president of US operations for WildHorse

Energy. The solar and wind energy work

he was engaged in as co-director of ILS

Laboratories in the 70s is included in an

exhibition at the Canadian Center for

Architecture in Montreal. Malcolm lives

in Englewood, Colorado.

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looking at david & janet schmidly

“You can’t plot your course and stay on it,” says Janet Schmidly, wife

of UNM’s new president, David J. Schmidly. “You’d miss so much!”

Like pet kangaroo-mice, and lizards in your freezer on one end of the

spectrum and the presidencies of three universities on the other.

Bobby Tamayo

The former president of Texas Tech University and Oklahoma StateUniversity, Schmidly became the 20thpresident of UNM in June 2007. It’s the culmination of a career the cottonfarmer’s son says he never fathomed as he grew up in West Texas.

The first person in his family to go to college, Schmidly says he had no idea what it would be like when

he set off for Texas Tech. “I didn’t even know what a PhD was. I had no real idea what scientific researchwas about. And in two short years after being introduced to a facultymentor, I had a career goal that I never envisioned.”

He was also introduced to JanetKnox, an education and speech major,on a blind date. The couple would be

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Theodore Yaeger, ’72 BS, was recently

appointed associate professor at Wake Forest

University, department of radiation oncology,

Winston-Salem, and medical director of

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir, North

Carolina. He lives in Winston-Salem.

Diane Wilson Goldfarb, ’69 BAED, ’74 MA,

has been elected to a second term as

president of the League of Women Voters

of Albuquerque/Bernalillo County, a

nonpartisan political organization that

encourages informed and active

participation in government.

Rosella Aragon Natzke, ’69 BA, has

retired to a farm in Belen, New Mexico. She

is currently involved in school administration

on a volunteer basis, serving as chairperson,

Board of Christian Education, Christ the King

Lutheran School, in Los Lunas. She had

worked for the US Foreign Service in

Washington, DC with many overseas

assignments, and later was director of

admission in the private Chinese American

International School in San Francisco.

Carole S. Villard, ’69 BA, ’86 AAED, is the

author of a novella, Stripped of Preference

(xlibris.com), an illustrated satire and a

contribution to women’s literature.

Carole lives in Orlando, Florida.

Paul Murray, ’70 BFA, had his photograph

of fall cottonwoods along Bonanza Creek

featured on the cover of the September issue

of Santa Fean Magazine. For the sixth time in

eight years, he had a pastel accepted in the

Pastel Society of America exhibit in New York

City in September. He was featured in an

article on landscape painting in Artist’s

Magazine’s October issue, and won first

place in the landscape category of the 2007

Pastel Journal Magazine’s annual Top 100

competition. The Santa Fe resident was the

2006 UNM Homecoming poster artist.

Richard W. Johnsen, ’71 MA, has just had

published a bilingual children’s book which

he illustrated. It is titled Hip, Hip, Hooray, It’s

Monsoon Day!/¡Ajúa, Ya Llegó el Chubasco.

Before becoming an illustrator, he was a

bilingual public school teacher for 35 years.

He lives in Sahuarita, Arizona.

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L O B O L E A D E R S :

David and Janet Schmidly

enjoy Homecoming 2007 on the

field at halftime. It was the first

homecoming for the Schmidlys,

who moved to Albuquerque over

the summer to take the helm of

New Mexico’s flagship university.

married four years later. “He was the first boy I’d dated who made decisions,” says Janet, who completedher bachelor’s degree in 1966.

Schmidly earned his bachelor’sdegree in biology and his master’s inzoology at Texas Tech, and his PhD inzoology at the University of Illinois. In 1971 he accepted an assistant professorship at Texas A&M University,

remaining with the Texas A&M systemfor 25 years.

“I cannot imagine ever having abetter life than being an academic,”Schmidly says, “having an intellectualinterest, the opportunity to freely pursue it with my own thoughts andideas and then to share it with youngpeople, hear what they think about it,and continue to shape my ideas ...”

One of the decisions the Schmidlysmade was to remain at College Stationwhile their two children—Katherineand Brian—were growing up, not subjecting them to frequent moves. It also enabled Janet to continue her teaching career. She earned a master’s degree in language and learningdisabilities at Texas A&M, and taughtspecial education and at-risk childrenin elementary school, retiring in 1996.

Schmidly was an involved father,Janet says, coaching softball, baseball,soccer, and basketball.

He also involved his kids as heexplored the fauna of the Southwestand Latin America. In some ways,“Dave treated our children like graduatestudents, expecting them to go off and get things done!” Janet laughs. “As parents,” she continues, “youspend money on special trips toDisneyland and places like that. But all our kids talk about now is the crazy field trips we went on!”

When the family left CollegeStation, one of Brian’s friends said he’dmiss seeing the bats in the Schmidlys’freezer, right next to the popsicles.

“If it’s got fur on it and it moves,”Schmidly says, “I’ve studied it!” (Andpossibly frozen it.) Those studiesresulted in nine books, and a species of field mice, peromyscus schmidlyi,being named after him.

Telling TaleThere’s a whale of a story here…

and an example of Schmidly’s veeringfrom the course, and making the mostof the diversion.

The boy from West Texas hadnever seen a whale. While teaching at Texas A&M Schmidly got a phonecall from someone on the Gulf Coastwho said, “There’s a big whale downhere. I thought you Aggies might beinterested. Schmidly was, and he madethe two-hour drive in a “little ol’ pickup.”It was a stranded, 60-foot-long Wright

tPresident David J. Schmidly,on Leadership:

• “The university would be greatly benefited by stability in its leadership.

Everywhere I go I sense that people around here want to be led.”

• “Leadership is about empowering organizations and people to achieve

more than what each individual can. It’s about bringing people together.”

• “My father didn’t know he was a leader, but he really was. People respected

him for his judgment and how he treated people. He is a big hero of mine.

Another hero of mine, a great leader, is my wife. She has this quiet form

of leadership.”

• “I’m a real fan of Abraham Lincoln. I’m also a big fan of Teddy Roosevelt.

One worked behind the scenes and was quiet but had very powerful thoughts

and a vision for the country, and a very simple, succinct way to express it.

The other was a hard-charging, flamboyant, we-can-do-it kind of guy. I’ve

got a little of both of those in me.”

• “There are some coaches who have been great leaders. Tom Landry,

coach of the Dallas Cowboys, was my favorite. He conducted himself as

a real gentleman and yet was intensely competitive.”

• “The most challenging thing is to unite people around a common vision.

In a corporation you can do that because you have a lot of authority.

University presidents don’t have a lot of authority, so you have to use other

skills. You have to have a true vision for a place and create a picture of it, so

that people can see their role in making it happen.”

• “Because I’m a hard charging guy and want to see things happen, I tend

to [say] ‘Let’s make some changes and move on down the road.’ I’ve learned

that it’s better in an academic setting to lay out more gently what you want

to do, to listen to people, to develop patience.”

• “The university leads through empowering people. An educated person

is potentially the most empowered person in the world.”

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whale, Schmidly says, the first onerecorded in the Gulf of Mexico.

While the trip spawned a newAggie joke—“Have you heard about theAggie prof who went to get a 10-tonwhale in a half-ton pickup?”—it alsosparked Schmidly’s interest in marinemammals in the Gulf. His subsequentresearch showed just 16 known species,which seemed low to Schmidly. In1980, he started the Texas MarineMammal Stranding Network to recordstranded species. “We started findingall these rare and unusual whales anddolphins,” he says. The network led toaerial and ship surveys, with sightingsof 32 different marine mammals, and a book about them.

In 1992, the Schmidlys left CollegeStation so David could head up theGalveston branch of Texas A&M,renowned for its maritime programs.Janet missed her teaching so muchthat she commuted to College Stationduring the week, returning to Galvestonover weekends. For the first time,Schmidly began to think about a career as a university administrator.

Students FirstFour years later, the president

of Texas Tech approached Schmidlyabout serving in the administrationthere as dean of the graduate school.

The Schmidlys moved to Lubbock. “I love graduate education,” Schmidlysays. “Nothing but positives. Almostevery day I dealt with these brightyoung people trying to publish, to finish their theses and dissertations…”

Young people energize both Janetand David Schmidly. No conversationwith either Schmidly goes by withoutmention of them. While the success ofstudents is foremost to the universityendeavor, the presence of studentsalso enlivens it.

“They spark me,” says Janet.“They’re bright and energetic, makingtheir paths into the future.” She ranksenjoying young people–as well asenjoying food!–high among the qualifications for a university First Lady.

With West Texan bluntness, herhusband states, “It makes me feel good to be around young people.”

Schmidly’s own experience as auniversity student foretells the picturehe would like to create of the studentexperience at UNM. “The faculty had alot of time for students. I knew everyprofessor in the zoology department atTexas Tech pretty well. And they knewme, and they encouraged me [becauseI was] sincere about wanting to learnand be good in their field.”

He also looks back admiringly atthe department he chaired at A&M.

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Victor Moss, ’71 JD, a Denver attorney, is

author of Beware the Wolves: A Soviet

WWII Story (UNM Press). The book details

his father’s amazing survival from a Nazi war

camp and his mother’s decision to stay in

her hometown despite dire warnings from

the Stalin regime. It is listed in the Top Four

Best-Selling Books by the Denver Post.

Ivy Rutzky, ’73 BAFA, had a show of

her pastel landscapes in May and June

at the Mehu Gallery in New York City

where she lives.

Alfredo Vigil, ’73 BS, ’77 MD, of Taos, has

been named by New Mexico Governor Bill

Richardson as the new cabinet secretary of

the New Mexico Department of Health. He

had been chief executive officer of El Centro

Family Health, a non-profit primary care

organization in northern New Mexico.

David C. Serna, ’74 BA, was recently

selected by Southwest Super Lawyers 2007

as one of six Albuquerque attorneys in the

field of criminal defense and the only

Albuquerque attorney in the field of DWI

defense. He was selected by Albuquerque

The Magazine in 2006 as one of the

Top Lawyers in Albuquerque, based on

a lawyers’ poll.

Margaret Davidson, ’75 BA, ’86 MA,

is a coeditor (with Ron Briley and James

Barbour) of Dreaming Baseball, a novel by

James T. Farrell published by Kent State

University Press. She resides in Dallas.

Catherine T. Goldberg, ’75 JD, has been

selected by Southwest Super Lawyers 2007

as one of the Top 25 Lawyers in New

Mexico. Also, she is listed in Chambers

USA—America’s Leading Lawyers for

Business 2007. Goldberg is with the

Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque.

Melissa Miller, ’75 BAFA, is the subject

of Melissa Miller by Susie Kalil (University

of Texas Press). This is the first major

publication of her work and includes over

100 color images of her paintings. Miller

lives in Austin where she is associate

professor of art at the University of Texas.

V O I C I N G O U R S T R E N G T H S : At his inauguration in October,UNM President David J. Schmidly urged all the university’s supporters toshare their pride in the accomplishments of the university.

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“All of us shared one real passion,” he says. “That was doing good thingsfor our students. There was a real bondin that academic unit between the faculty and the students. That was thegreatest strength we had and we wereable to build off that and really movethat program forward.”

Watching the students pass by hisoffice window, Schmidly muses:

“The real mission is to educatethese bright, talented young—andincreasingly older—citizens and to

empower them to have just anabsolutely great life… to understandthemselves, to understand the role ofpeople in this world, to understand whatvalues are, to have some perspective onthe world, to be able to interpret theworld factually and honestly, and to makeinformed judgment. When you do thosethings, the rest of it comes along.”

In BalanceSince his days as department chair

at Texas A&M, Schmidly’s motto hasbeen adelante, Spanish for forward oronward. He applies it now to advancingthe university’s goals, but it suits hisprofessional progression as well.

In 2000, the president of TexasTech decided to resign and urgedSchmidly to apply for the job. He did,and, as he says, “the rest is history.”Schmidly led Texas Tech for two yearsbefore accepting the presidency ofOklahoma State University.

“I’ve always been a person peoplehave turned to and said, ‘We’d like foryou to be our leader,’” Schmidly says.

“He has vision and energy, andwants it all done yesterday,” says Janet,who sees part of her role as balancingher husband’s Type A style. “I can stopand enjoy the roses,” she says.

The Schmidlys have moved into a home they bought in Placitas yearsbefore the possibility of leading UNMeven arose. Out where he “can see the mesa, can see the mountains,”

Schmidly makes a point of walkingevery day for at least an hour and ahalf. (That’s between 70,000 and100,000 steps a week, or about 40 miles, he says. But who’s counting?)

“It’s really good-down time for me,”says Schmidly, who doesn’t take his cellphone with him on his walks. “I thinkand strategize and some days just lookat the beauty around me. It’s good for myhealth, both mentally and physically.”

Schmidly also takes a deep breathon his half hour drive into work eachday. “When I’m driving in the morning I think about the day,” he says. “I try to reflect on the kind of person I wantto be that day. I remind myself thateverything that happens today is notgoing to be like you want it to. Don’t be short tempered. Don’t lose yourpatience. Be a good listener and try totreat people like you would want themto treat you. I try to set in my mind amental picture of how I want to getthrough that day.

“On the drive back I evaluate thatday—well, I felt pretty good about this,not so good about that. It’s my effort atself-improvement. It’s very importanttime to me.”

As First Lady, Janet says she findsit challenging to balance her personaland public life. The mother of two andthe grandmother of nearly three, she is also the only daughter—and thecaretaker—of her 96-year-old motherwho moved to Albuquerque when the Schmidlys did.

But Janet says she applies a benchmark in deciding what event toattend. “Who’s going to know where I was 10 years from now?” If the choice is between her granddaughter’srecital and a Lobo game, the answerseems clear.

Onward and Upward“We’re taking off on a grand

adventure—together,” PresidentSchmidly told students in a New MexicoDaily Lobo editorial at the start of the2007-2008 academic year.

The Schmidlys themselves begantheir grand adventure 40-plus yearsago. But every turn along the way represents a new possibility, andPresident Schmidly’s installation onOctober 7 symbolized just that.

New Mexicans tend not to boastabout their accomplishments, or perhaps they don’t realize what theyhave accomplished. In his inauguraladdress, Schmidly recounted many ofthe university’s points of pride, rangingfrom its highly ranked programs andstellar faculty to its unique populationand beautiful setting.

He appealed to New Mexicans andthose who love UNM to brag a bit, tolet others know of the treasure in ourown back yard.

“Let’s begin thinking of theUniversity of New Mexico in a newway,” he said, “and then let’s join


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“The real mission is to educate these bright,

talented young—and increasingly older—

citizens and to empower them to have just

an absolutely great life…” —David Schmidly

iSchmidly Steps It Up for Students

In his first months at UNM, President Schmidly has kept student success—

emphasizing recruitment, retention, and graduation—on the front burner.

He has...

• Created a division of enrollment management, with its own vice president,

combining admissions and recruitment, scholarship, financial aid, and the registrar.

• Created a division of institutional diversity, with its own vice president,

to provide strategic leadership for increasing and maintaining diversity.

• Integrated athletics with academics by making the athletic director a

vice president and moving athletic advisors under the oversight of the provost.

• Created a Gateway Partnership with CNM for students who are not fully

prepared for the academic rigors of UNM. Students will live in UNM dorms, use

UNM facilities, take part in Lobo activities, etc., but will take courses at CNM.

When they are ready, they will then transfer seamlessly into UNM classes.

• Begun establishing a campus in Rio Rancho to serve Westside students. Initially,

the campus will be served by UNM and CNM, with some classes also offered

by NMSU.

• Established a recruiting and community outreach office in Hobbs, New Mexico

(with a gateway program with NMJC) to attract students from the southeastern

part of the state, with plans to establish future offices in Texas as well as

southern California.

• Increased the viability of branch campuses throughout the state in order to

make higher education more accessible to students outside Albuquerque.

• Worked on plans for a Learning Center, which will act as a student hub for

one-stop advisory and financial aid access, and will include satellites of the

ethnic centers and athletic advisors.

• Made his presence known among students. The Schmidlys are constantly

attending student events.

For more news about President Schmidly’s accomplishments in his first

125 days at UNM, go to http://www.unm.edu/president/

together to shape its reputation, rather than letting others do it for us…I’m here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen:we’re good, we’re darn good. You knowit, I know it, so now, let’s go out andtell the rest of the world!”

Together with the Schmidlys, UNM is moving ahead.

President Schmidly’s website atwww.unm.edu/president/ containscopies of his speeches, goals, letters,and more.

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albumSheila R. Ortego, ’75 BA, ’81 PhD, is

president of Santa Fe Community College.

She is also publishing her first novel through

Sunstone Press, The Road from La Cueva, to

be released next year. Sheila lives in Santa Fe.

Angela Vachio, ’75 MA, ’02 HonD, is

now chair of the UNM Health Sciences

Center Community Affairs Advisory Council.

She has been executive director and

co-founder of PB&J Family Services in

Albuquerque. She has served as UNM

Alumni Association president. Angie lives

in Cedar Crest, New Mexico.

Beverly R. Bendicksen, ’76 BS, ’81 MBA,

has joined Bank of the West as private

banking manager. She lives in Placitas,

New Mexico.

Stephan Foster, ’76 BSPH, has been

promoted to professor at the University

of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. He is a

vice-chair for the department of clinical

pharmacy. Stephan lives in Atoka, Tennessee.

Stephen E. Livingston, ’76 BBA, has been

promoted by Meyners + Co. to director in

the tax department in Albuquerque.

Fadil Santosa, ’76 BSME, has been named

the next director of the internationally

recognized Institute for Mathematics and

its Applications, based at the University of

Minnesota, effective July 1, 2008. He has

been professor of mathematics there

since 1995.

James Waylon Counts, ’77 BA, ’81 JD,

has been elected to a three-year term as

Chief Judge of the 12th Judicial District

Court (Otero and Lincoln Counties). He

lives in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Nancy Salem, ’77 BA, is the new editor

of New Mexico Business Weekly. She lives

in Albuquerque.

Leslie McCarthy Apodaca, ’78 BA, has

received the Quality of Life-Lawyer Award

from the State Bar of New Mexico. She is

with the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque

where she is the practice group leader for

the business litigation group.

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John Shay, ’78 BS, publishes Headzup,

the world’s first “catch and release” editorial

cartoon for video-enabled cell phones.

Headzup.tv was recently selected the

premier political cartoon for GoLeft.tv,

the new progressive television. John lives

in Bellevue, Washington.

Lois Vermilya, ’78 MA, has been selected

by ZERO TO THREE, the National Center for

Infants, Toddlers, and Families, to participate

in the Leaders of the 21st Century

Fellowship Program. She sits on the Early

Childhood Action Network (ECAN) that

advises the New Mexico Children’s Cabinet

and legislature. She is director of the UNM

Family Development Program.

Nancy Andrew, ’79 BAMU/BAFA, was

the artistic director of the National Flute

Association’s annual convention held in

Albuquerque in August. Currently, Nancy

is professor of flute studies at the University

of Oregon.

Stephanie Catasca, ’79 BA, ’85 MBA, has

been elected by the New Mexico Cancer

Center Foundation to its board of directors

as treasurer. She is a director with Atkinson

& Co., in Albuquerque.

Elizabeth Tillar, ’79 BA, ’84 MA, was

named Teacher of the Year at Southern

New Hampshire University–Laconia where

she teaches philosophy, ethics, world

religions, and writing. She received a PhD

in theology from Fordham University in

1999. She resides in the White Mountains

of New Hampshire.

Edward R. Ricco, ’80 JD, was selected by

Southwest Super Lawyers 2007 as one of

the Top 25 Lawyers in New Mexico. He is

with the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque.

Lynn Amos, ’81 BAFA, recently started

her own business doing web and graphic

design, marketing, and copywriting for small

businesses. She lives in Peekskill, New York.

Eric Loucks, ’81 BS, has been hired by

Los Alamos National Bank as a financial

officer. He lives in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

A surprisingly playful attitude

has guided her through these roles.

“I just dance through life,” she says.

Teaching ResponsibilityRolling Stone magazine has

recognized Mann as one of the ten

leading professors in the nation.

Respect seems to be the cornerstone

of her pedagogy—teaching students

respect for other peoples, fellow

students, and the planet.

She’s acutely aware of the

responsibility that comes with guiding

students. “When you hold the future

of the world in your hands, you’ve

got one time to do this,” she says.

Part of that obligation to the future

is helping students learn to take care

of the world we live in.

“Because we have not lived as

responsible caretakers of this earth, we

have to deal with such issues as global

warming,” she says. “We need to be

much more aware of the decisions we

make today and the impact they will

have on future generations.”

S T AY I N G G R O U N D E D : Professor of Native American StudiesHenrietta Mann shares her sense of the sacred with her students.

Henrietta Mann, ’82 PhD, brings a blend of contemporary

consciousness hip enough for Rolling Stone and traditional

enough for a tribal elder to everything she does. Cheyenne woman,

teacher, mentor, advocate, academic administrator, writer, spiritual

leader, Henrietta is currently special assistant to the president at

Montana State University-Bozeman and interim president of

Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal College in Weatherford, Oklahoma.

She has remained in touch with

many of her students, following their

contributions as lawyers, educators,

and community members. “That has

been rewarding – to see students go

into the communities and make a

change in this world.”

In the BeginningHenrietta began her career in

higher education as a lecturer in

Native American studies at the

University of California-Berkeley

department of ethnic studies, in

1961-1962. She says she came in on

the ground floor of Native American

studies as the discipline was getting

its start in California, largely as a result

of activism.

“There were students of color who

were really just beginning to open the

pipeline to students that came from

different cultures,” she says.

Since then, Native American studies

programs have sprung up at colleges

across the country, with degrees

ranging through the doctoral level

and students from every culture.

The programs have grown in diversity

as well as size.

“Native American studies programs

are as diverse as we are as the first

people for this land,” Henrietta says.

Resources in the field have also

expanded. In the early days at Berkeley,

“we had to rely upon experience and

oral teachings,” Henrietta says. Now,

students have access to textbooks

written by Native Americans, as well

as buildings housing programs and

study areas.

“Native American studies programs

provide in the world of academe safe

havens for Native American students,”

Henrietta says.

While more academic resources

have become available, experience still

plays an important role. Henrietta says

that personal experience in Native

American communities complements

traditional academic sources like

textbooks. “It gives a much broader

look and a perspective that’s more

complete than if you just use one or

the other,” she says. “We–each of us–

have a different view of reality.”

With that principle in mind,

Henrietta is careful to point out that

she speaks from her own point of view,

and not for Native Americans generally.

Prayers across TimeHenrietta stresses the importance

of incorporating spirituality in every

aspect of life. “Spirituality is so

personal. It can be so private.”

“Most Native American tribes feel

that you cannot separate humans from

that spiritual dimension,” she says.

“Everything we do is a prayer.”

Henrietta prefers to look at

spirituality rather than religion.

“Religion is a word that is used to

describe organized churches,” she

says. The values of Native American

spirituality—generosity, love, respect,

humility, patience, and kindness—are

to be practiced not only on a Sabbath

day, but every day, she says.

“Henrietta is deeply committed

to Indian values,” says Sandra Begay-

Campbell, ’87 BSCE, an engineer at

Albuquerque’s Sandia Labs and former

UNM Regent, who has considered

Henrietta her mentor and friend for

nearly 30 years. “She taught me how to

stay grounded, how to keep my values,

and to understand the needs of Indian

people and how I could help.”

“She carries herself as someone

does who knows why they’re here on

earth,” Sandra says.

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we make today and the impact they will have on

future generations.” —Henrietta Mann


Henrietta would like to visit every

sacred site in the world to pray and

give thanks for life. “From a Native

perspective—my perspective—all earth

is sacred,” she says. “There are sacred

places on every one of the continents.”

She paints a vision of each sacred

place as a chain across time linking the

prayers of each generation. “It’s just

my voice being added to the multitude

who have been there before me, and

those who come after me,” she says.

Among the sacred sites she has

visited is Stonehenge, which she made

a pilgrimage to in 2003 to pray for peace.

“I do not know if we’re going to ever

realize in this generation what peace is

all about,” she says. “The search for

peace seems to be an elusive quest.”

Elusive though that quest may be,

Henrietta has remained determined in

her pursuit of it. “I want my great

grandchildren to inhabit a world that

is as beautiful and stress-free as I

can make it for them.”

One of Henrietta’s hardest prayer

experiences came on November 13, 2001,

when she visited the ruins of the World

Trade Center to pray for the lives lost,

for those who lost loved ones, and for

the city. Fires were still burning in the

rubble. It was an intense experience

that reminded her of what her great

grandparents must have lived through

during the Sand Creek massacre, and

which Henrietta says she hopes never

to repeat.

“We all share in this,” she says.

“Their pain is our pain as a country.

Sitting here I can still feel the pain

of the country.”

Her daughter joined her at ground

zero, forming another link in the

chain of prayer. “It’s comforting to

know that my daughter will carry

on those prayer traditions,” she says.

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albumSharon McElvain, ’81 BFA, had a photographic exhibit, “Leap of Faith,” at

New Mexico Tech’s Macey Center during the

summer. She and her husband, Guy, live on

Rancho Corazón in Lemitar, New Mexico.

Elena Salazar, ’81 BAED, ’90 MA, is nowprincipal of Cibola High School in Los

Alamos, New Mexico.

Mark Elison Hoversten, ’82 MA, is nowthe dean of the University of Idaho College

of Art and Architecture in Moscow, Idaho.

Frank Sedillo, ’82 BBA, ’87 JD, has beeninducted into the Albuquerque High School

Athletic Hall of Honor. Frank is an

Albuquerque attorney.

John M. Brant, ’83 JD, is listed inSouthwest Super Lawyers 2007 for his

expertise and experience in the area of

professional liability: defense. He is with

the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque.

Lynn Kelly, ’83 MA, teaches special-needschildren at La Casita pre-school in Santa Fe,

New Mexico. She expects to retire from

her 38-year teaching career, but not

until next year.

R. Nelson Franse, ’84 BUS, ’87 JD, is recognized in Southwest Super Lawyers

2007 for his expertise and experience in

the area of professional liability: defense.

He is also listed in Chambers USA—

America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

2007. Nelson practices law at the Rodey

Law Firm in Albuquerque.

John Larson, ’84 BBA, ’87 MBA, is currentlyon an American Society of Mechanical

Engineers Congressional Fellowship

assignment with US Representative (NM)

Heather Wilson in Washington, DC. He is

the Congresswoman’s military legislative

assistant and focuses on military, foreign

policy, and intelligence issues.

Peter A. Sanchez, ’84 BBA, has joinedAtrisco Companies in Albuquerque as CEO.

Daniel Viramontes, ’84 JD, has beenappointed by New Mexico Governor Bill

Richardson as District Judge in the 6th

Judicial District. Previously, he was in private

practice and also served 17 years in the

District Attorney’s Office. He lives in

Deming, New Mexico.

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come to think of Acclaimed inventor, innovator, and futurist Adrian Chernoff, ’96 BSME,

’99 MEME, ’99 MBA, says that even from a young age, he has had the

ability to see things not only as they are, but also as they should be.

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“When I was a kid,” he says, “I would play with toys, and I’d say, ‘This stinks. Why doesn’t it do that?Why can’t it do this?’”

“There’s a great scene in that movie ‘Big’ with Tom Hanks where he’ssitting there in the boardroom, and theexecutives have this new product – anaction figure that turns from a buildinginto a robot – and he says, ‘I don’t get it. … Couldn’t it be a robot that

turns into a bug with giant claws or something?’”

It was that line of thinking – theability to see things in their futurestage of perfection – that led theGeneral Motors Corporation to recruitChernoff in 2000, just one year after hegraduated from UNM with twin master’s degrees. They told him: Here’sa car. Show us how it “should be.”

H O W I T S H O U L D B E :

Adrian Chernoff’s mind doesn’t

stop with the given; it constantly

churns with new ideas and ways

to make the old better. The

“skateboard” he created for

General Motors runs on hydrogen

and houses its entire propulsion

system in its six-inch thick plank.


And that’s exactly what he did.Then he did the same thing with

rubber bands.

AUTOreinventedThe annual North American

International Auto Show in Detroit is where automakers from around the world converge to unveil their latest production models and “concept” vehicles.

General Motors was especiallyexcited about the 2002 event becausethe company was prepared to debut a vehicle called the AUTOnomy, andmedia analysts from the automotiveindustry and far beyond were anxiousto get a peek.

The familiar custom with unveilingsis to have a sexy model pull a silk sheetoff a car while striking up music orreleasing balloons in something akin toa pep rally. But with the AUTOnomy, ina carefully choreographed spectaclebathed in blue light, the “reinvention of the automobile” slowly descendedfrom the ceiling and gently toucheddown on a rotating stage. The lightingand backdrops were like somethingborrowed from the Academy Awards.

It was a jaw-dropper.The AUTOnomy was the brainchild

—the “baby”—of Adrian Chernoff, and he had a fair guess as to what the gathered media must have beenthinking when this contraption hit thestage: “What the heck is that? That’snot even a car.”

The device appeared to be nothingmore than a giant skateboard – just a flat plank, about six inches thick. The only concession to conformity was the four rubber tires housed in the usual places.

However, if the doubters lookedclosely enough, they would havenoticed several “docking” points onthis skateboard, and as the crowdwatched, the actual body of the vehiclemade its way down from the ceilingand then clicked into place atop the skateboard.

And there it was: the car of the future.

“Everybody watched as it cametogether, and that’s when the frenzybegan,” says Adrian. “The mediareports were amazing. People weresaying it was the most incredible innovation in the automotive industryin 50 years.”

What made the vehicle so enticingwas that its fuel supply was hydrogen,not gasoline. Its entire propulsion system was housed in that six-inch-thick plank, and its only emission was pure water.

“It was an incredible time,” he saysby phone while taking a break from

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With 59 patents in six years, including the “car of the future,”Adrian Chernoff, ’96 BSME,’99 MEME, ’99 MBA, moves ahead to new ideas.

Courtesy Adrian Chernoff

Kurt Wihl, ’84 JD, has been re-elected to a

three-year term on the executive committee

of Keleher & McLeod in Albuquerque. His

practice involves matters of general and

complex civil litigation and real estate disputes.

Donald Wunsch, ’84 BS, has been

elected a fellow and senior fellow of the

International Neural Networks Society.

He is the Mary K. Finley Missouri

Distinguished Professor of Electrical &

Computer Engineering at the University

of Missouri–Rolla.

Robert Masterson, ’85 BA, ’87 MA,

has accepted a position as professor of

English at Concordia College, in Bronxville,

New York. He has a book forthcoming,

Artificial Rats & Electric Cats (Camber Press,

NY) about living in the People’s Republic

of China in the mid-80s. He resides in

Yonkers, New York.

Thomas D. Powers, ’86 BAA, ’90 MARC,

recently completed work on Intel’s $3 billion

Fab 32 high volume 300mm manufacturing

facility in Chandler, Arizona, as project

architect for CH2MHill. Tom lives in

Tempe, Arizona.

Charles J. Vigil, ’86 BBA, has been

recognized in Southwest Super Lawyers

2007 for his expertise and experience in

the area of employment and labor law at

the Rodey Law Firm in Albuquerque. He

also received the Distinguished Bar Service

Award from the State Bar of New Mexico

in recognition of his long-term commitment

to State Bar services and significant

contributions to the legal profession.

Gina Penick McLean, ’87 BA, has worked

with at-risk students for Lawrence County

Schools in Tennessee for five years. Three

years ago she developed a new positive

alternative school called The Achievement

Academy. Students with serious behavior

problems or zero tolerance offenses are

placed there. They are later transitioned

back to their regular school setting.

Gina lives in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Helen B. Padilla, ’87 BBA, ’92 MA, ’97 JD,

is now director of the American Indian Law

Center in Albuquerque.

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some consulting work in New York. “It was just after 9-11, and thoughthere’s nothing positive about 9-11,there was a feeling of transformationgoing on, a feeling in the air that wewere getting our hopes back.”

Clear SightIt’s strange that Adrian would hold

such a place of distinction in the historyof the automobile; he says he neverhad much of an interest in cars.

“My dad would encourage me tolearn about engines and help himchange the oil,” he says, “but I didn’ttouch cars.”

However, the spirit of innovationshadowed Adrian throughout his life as he amazed his Albuquerque teachersat Osuna Elementary, Hoover MiddleSchool, and La Cueva High.

“I never really had a sense of what I wanted to be,” Adrian says, “but Ialways knew that I felt creative andthat I could see things differently.”

He says he’s never had a sense of being uncomfortable or fearful when faced with something foreign and unfamiliar.

“It’s easier to come at somethingyou don’t know anything about,” hesays, “because you can see certain distinctions that other people mightmiss because they ‘live’ in that universe, whereas when you come in as an outsider, you can see thingsmore clearly. It makes it more fun.”

“[Adrian] had a different perspective;he wasn’t conventional in his thinking,”says Gerald May, who mentored Adrianas an instructor in the engineeringdepartment after stepping down as the university’s president in 1990. “Hewasn’t the type who was satisfied tojust study and do the homework. It was clear then that he was destined forsomething beyond routine engineeringwork, and I’m not at all surprised at hisaccomplishments.”

May says Adrian would often visithis office just to chat—about ideas,about the future, and about how

engineering can be a vehicle for radical change.

“He was always looking for a betterway to do things,” May says.

“He took my entrepreneur’s class,” says Bill Gross, professor andengineering dean emeritus. “He hadthat twinkle in his eyes, and his internalradar was always spinning—looking toidentify other possibilities, other waysto accomplish things. I’m sure that contributed greatly to his success atGeneral Motors.”

From Grill to TailpipeA little more than a year after

Adrian’s career as a Lobo student cameto an end, General Motors came calling,saying they wanted to recruit him for ahand-selected team. The goal of theteam’s project, and Adrian’s ultimateresponsibility as the chief architect,was so clear and simple that it could besummed up in three words: “reinventthe automobile.”

For such a task, GM needed someone who could question everyaspect of a vehicle’s composition,

from the grill to the tailpipe, and make improvements as they went.They chose Adrian, who became theonly member of the team from outsideof the automotive industry.

He says the project was like a resurrection of the gas-turbine-poweredFirebird 1 nearly 50 years earlier.

“That was the first vehicle to bringtogether research and developmentwith design,” Adrian says. “With that,they reinvented the automobile.”

The AUTOnomy – and its laterincarnations the Hy-Wire, the

CARousel, and the Sequel – is poweredby hydrogen fuel cells, sorts of batteriesthat produce electricity by mixinghydrogen with oxygen. The cars alsoutilize drive-by-wire technology inwhich systems like steering and brakingare directed by electrical signals insteadof mechanical joints and linkages. Thereare no pedals. The driver accelerates,stops, and steers by twisting, squeezing,or turning a hand-grip. The car canreach speeds of 100 mph and has arange of about 100 miles before itneeds a fresh fuel supply.

General Motors says it plans tohave a production model ready by the year 2015, but other countries are ahead of the curve. For instance,the public bus system in Reykjavik,Iceland, leaves nothing but pure, whiteclouds of water vapor in its wake.

Such a future for American carsseemed to be nearing reality after the2002 auto show in Detroit, and Adriansays he grew hoarse from grantingcountless requests for interviews(including a televised chat with news anchorman Dan Rather). But

before the media descended that day,he says he was soaking in the spectaclewhen he found himself eavesdroppingon two representatives from ExxonMobile who were studying an informational display about the future of hydrogen power.

“One of them turned to the otherand said, ‘If this happens, what are we going to do?’” Adrian says. Shortlythereafter, Adrian says, Exxon Mobileinvested over $100 million in hydrogenenergy research.

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“It’s easier to come at something you don’t know anything

about because you can see certain distinctions that other

people might miss because they ‘live’ in that universe,

whereas when you come in as an outsider, you can see

things more clearly. It makes it more fun.”


Moving OnAdrian parted ways with General

Motors after five years and 51 USpatents. He says it was difficult to watchhis “baby” being adopted out, pickedat, and dissected in various divisions in various countries who had varyinglevels of interest in hydrogen power.

“It’s hard to express what it’s likewatching your baby become someoneelse’s,” he says. “It’s one thing whenyou have four or five people workingon an idea, but then when you get 20, 50, 200, 500 people, things change drastically. It became more corporate. The creative aspect wasbeing lost. They started changingthings just so they could use existingparts instead of manufacturing newparts, like they should.”

These days, Adrian is on his own.His new company, based out ofBoulder, Colorado, is called IdeationGenesis, “an exploratory and ideadevelopment firm,” according to hisweb site, adrianchernoff.com.

He says he has no shortage ofwork, but like everyone else who has started a new business, there’salways a lingering sense of risk and trepidation.

“It’s no different than any otheridea,” he says. “Sure, there’s a scarypart, but there’s also the excitement of creating something new, somethingtangible. … You have to have faith inyourself and every idea that you have.You have to be led by intuition.”

One of Adrian’s current side-venturesis the re-launch of one of his simplerinventions: a rubber band that has atear-resistant label attached to it. The product is called Rubber Bandits,and it was a winner of an inventioncontest sponsored by Staples, the business-supply company. RubberBandits were sold exclusively atStaples stores across the country fortwo years.

Brand AdrianToday—this very day—Adrian’s

mind is doubtlessly preoccupied with

something new, but at the time of thisinterview, he was consumed with aconsulting job that involved helpingbusinesspeople and fellow innovatorsachieve a seemingly impossible task:creating a vocabulary for the vague and esoteric world of ideas and human thoughts.

“Ideas are abstract things that happen in our brains,” he says. “They are part language, part pictures,part feelings, but for the most part, our ideas are only logical and sensiblein our own brains. Communicatingthose ideas, and their import, is another matter.”

“Imagine there’s a group of people in a large conference room, and youneed to describe a new idea; say you need to describe a design for afrontal-impact system for cars. How do you communicate that idea? I helppeople use analogy and other tools toeffectively present their ideas,” he says.

Adrian says he misses the “passionand excitement” of his days at GeneralMotors, but he’s happy and excited tobe venturing out on his own, and thatdespite the notoriety that came hisway as a result of his work on thehydrogen-powered car, his “claim to fame” has yet to come.

“Today it’s all about building thatpath to Brand Me,” he says. “It’s a journey, a continuing journey, and I’m blazing that trail every day.”

Despite his forward-looking agenda,it’s clear he still has plenty of room inhis vast mind for fond memories ofpast accomplishments.

“The most telling, proudestmoment for me,” he says, “was whenRick Wagoner, the chairman and CEOof General Motors, was at a mediaevent, taking the Hy-Wire for a testdrive with Michigan Governor JenniferGranholm. As he rolled past, he spottedme through the half-closed windowand said, ‘Quite an accomplishment for a guy from New Mexico,’ and thenhe accelerated and drove away.”

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Sharon Schultz, ’88 BUS, has been named

executive director of the Tourism Association

of New Mexico. She is marketing operations

manager for New Mexico State Parks and

lives in Albuquerque.

Antonio “Tony” Franklin, ’89 BSED, ’93 MS,

has been honored by Leadership Greater

Galesburg Class XIV with the Distinguished

Leader Award for 2007 in recognition of

a community member who exemplifies

leadership qualities. Tony is county director

for University of Illinois Extension—

Knox County office.

Mary A. Johnson, ’89 MA, ’94 PhD,

has joined JR Realty in Albuquerque as

an associate broker.

Kimball Lane, ’89 BS, is the new chief

development and marketing officer of

Lincoln Child Center in the San Francisco Bay

area. She continues to run her consulting

and executive coaching firm in Oakland.

Craig Deering, ’90 MARC, has joined RTKL

as principal in the firm’s Washington, DC

office and will work in the firm’s Workplace

Studio Group. Craig lives in Arlington,

Virginia.

Tina Deschenie, ’90 MA, received a

fellowship to attend the Stanford

Professional Publishing Course last July. The

Farmington resident is the editor of Tribal

College Journal, a national magazine based

in Mancos, Colorado. She has been an

educator and administrator in American

Indian education for over 20 years.

Roberta S. Batley, ’92 BA, ’95 JD,

has become a shareholder in Little &

Gilman-Tepper, in Albuquerque. She is

New Mexico Board Recognized Specialist

in divorce and family law and is listed in

Best Lawyers in America.

Joseph Mills, ’92 MA, and his wife,

Danielle Tarmey, have written the second

edition of A Guide to North Carolina’s

Wineries (John F. Blair, Inc.) that profiles

64 wineries in the state. They live in

Winston-Salem.

LeManuel Lee Bitsói, ’93 AALA,’95 BS,

has received her EdD in higher education

management from the University of

Pennsylvania. She continues as director of

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US Congressman

Jerry McNerney

changed his life

course in hopes

of changing the

country’s direction.


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minority training in genomics/bioinformatics

in the department of molecular and cellular

biology at Harvard.

Joe Trumm, ’92 BSCE, ’94 MS, has

opened Trumm Engineering in Albuquerque,

specializing in water resources engineering,

wastewater process design, and planning.

Karen J. Erickson, ’93 BUS, has transitioned

from freelance writing and editing into more

scientific work as the technical editor for

ARES, a national engineering and research

firm in Albuquerque. In July, she joined a

select team working in Washington, DC

for four months on a space exploration

project for NASA.

Sandy Fye, ’93 BA, is the author of

Historic Photos of Albuquerque (Turner

Publishing, 2007), a 10 x 10 large format

that tells the pictorial narrative of the city

in culled-from-the-archives photos. Sandy

lives in Albuquerque.

Alma Garcia, ’93 BA, has received a

$25,000 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s

Award (2007), given annually to women

writers who demonstrate excellence and

promise in the early stages of their career.

She lives in Seattle and is working on her

first novel, tentatively titled Shallow Waters.

Kathy Kimball, ’93 BSNU, ’01 MSNU, is

a nursing director at a community hospital

in Loveland, Colorado, where she oversees

the wound care program. The clinic is

considered a model for outpatient wound

care by nurse practitioners. The healing rates

are about 17-20 percent higher than the

national average. L O O K I N G T O T H E F U T U R E : Wind engineer and mathematicianJerry McNerney has taken his ideals and ideas to Congress, servingCalifornia’s 11th district.

“It was the single most amazingthing I’ve ever seen in my life,” saysBob. “Jerry kept his presence of mind.He didn’t even stagger.”

Since the time he could first set his own course, Jerry McNerney hasfollowed an unwavering personal compass,along a sometimes unpredictable path. It led him to relinquish a WestPoint-primed career because he couldn’t see himself leading troops intoViet Nam in a war he opposed. It ledhim to the dedicated pursuit of useablewind energy at a time when those whoespoused renewable energy sourceswere considered fringe elements. Mostrecently, it led him to a race against anentrenched Republican Congressmanand subsequently to a US Congressionalseat representing California’s 11th district.

Politically Oriented“The McNerneys have always been

politically oriented,” says Jerry’s sister,Rosemary Winkler, who in the early’50s took little Jerry and his twin

brother, John, for show and tell atFatima School (formerly HeightsCatholic School) in Albuquerque.“They thought it was important to beinvolved, to vote. Our Uncle Richardsaid he didn’t know there was a difference between Catholics andDemocrats until he was 13!”

From that standpoint, it didn’t surprise Jerry’s family and friendswhen, in 2004, he began the first of two races against CongressmanRichard Pombo, who had representedthe San Joaquin Valley for nearly twodecades. Nor did it seem implausiblethat Jerry’s son Michael had initiatedJerry’s candidacy when he learnedPombo was running unopposed.

“When the opportunity came up,”says Rosemary, “Jerry threw himselfinto it, saying, ‘I have to go all the way.’”

“I felt such a strong need to beinvolved,” says Jerry. “I felt the countrywas going in a bad direction.

Nonetheless, Jerry was not the prototypical politician. In fact, he wasn’t a politician at all.

Jerry McNerney, ’73 BS, ’75 MA, ’81 PhD, was sliding headfirst,

on his back, over a 10-foot drop-off along a narrow path in the

Sandia Mountains. Ahead of him hiked his long-time buddy Bob

Ross, engaged in his half of a philosophical discussion about—

what else?—mathematical exponents. By chance, Bob turned to

see Jerry just as he pulled his knees up hard, went into a back roll,

flipped over, and landed on his feet in the streambed below.

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Mathematician to PoliticianAs teenagers, Jerry and John had

spent a year at Albuquerque’s St. PiusHigh School, before their parents sentthe duo to St. Joseph’s MilitaryAcademy in Hays, Kansas. Althoughthe experience didn’t excite Jerry, theopportunity to do something great as a military leader did. After graduatingfrom high school, Jerry sought andreceived a commission to West Point.

But the lure of glory diminished as Jerry’s introspection regarding theViet Nam War increased over the nexttwo years. In 1971, his moral compassimpelled him to leave West Point. Hisdad, John McNerney, ’49 BSCE, aretired bird colonel in the Army, wasdistressed, says Rosemary, making thedecision even more telling for Jerry.

At that point, Jerry returned toAlbuquerque and enrolled at UNM,where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in mathand developed a love of philosophy.But after a decade of theory, Jerry sayshe felt the urge to do something moretangible, and began his career as a consultant in wind energy at SandiaLabs. There he became convinced ofthe need for—and hooked upon thepursuit of—alternate energy forms,especially wind energy.

In 1985, Jerry, his wife, Mary, andtheir three young kids moved toMassachusetts where Jerry worked as a senior wind engineer with US Windpower. Subsequently the company, along with the McNerneys,relocated to the San Francisco area.

Jerry and Mary, a nursing student,had met at a UNM ballroom danceclass, and were married in 1977. Mary stayed home to raise their twosons and one daughter, who today are scattered across the country ingraduate school. Son Michael, 29, studies law at American University;Windy, 27, is working on a doctorate

in neuroscience at Notre Dame; andGreg, 25, studies biophysics at UC Davis.

Rosemary describes her brother as“typically Irish,” in that he doesn’t talkabout his devotion to his family. But,she says, “he would do anything forthem.” Jerry says he looks forward tothe two nights a week he is able toleave Capitol Hill for dinner withMichael. Less comfortable with the DC scene, Mary holds down the family home in Pleasonton, California.

In 1994, Jerry began working as anenergy consultant for PG&E, FloWind,the Electric Power Research Institute,and other utility companies. Before his election to Congress, he had createda start-up company with plans to manufacture wind turbines. He recentlyreceived a patent for an algorithm that will make wind turbines run moresafely and effectively.

“Jerry—his whole persona—symbolizes tackling the problem ofenergy for the future,” says his friendBob. “He’s not just a politician who haspicked up on global warming or energy,who takes someone else’s word for it.Jerry is one of the scientists who istelling us about it.”

Having determined to opposePombo—whom he dubbed “Big Oil’sbest friend— Jerry threw himself into the 2004 race, garnering nearly

40 percent of the vote. Two years later, a 14 percent swing vote fromRepublicans gave Jerry the win.

Life on the HillOn the job in Congress, Jerry has

helped pass landmark energy legislationthat he says “will lead our nation toenergy independence, make us moresecure, create new, good-paying,American jobs, reduce energy costs toconsumers, and fight global warming.”

That legislation included a bill (HR 2304) Jerry wrote and introducedto increase research and developmentfunding for “cutting edge, 21st centurygeothermal technology.”

While the driving force of Jerry’scampaign was clean energy, he is alsopassionately opposed to the war in Iraq.In July he led a bipartisan, all-freshmenCongressional delegation on a trip tothe embattled nation. He returned stillsupporting a “reasonable” timetable to begin troop withdrawals, which he believes will “give the Iraqis theincentive they need to step up andtake control of their country.”

Back at the daily grind of Congress,Jerry is energized by advocates of various causes who try to persuade himof their views. “People have a real passion, and want my support,” he says. “They have 15 minutes to

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O N T H E H I L L : In Congress, Jerry McNerney says he enjoys the input of constituents impassioned by their causes. His own causes includerenewable energy and opposition to the war in Iraq.

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present that. I try to understand what they’re advocating.”

As Jerry spends more time on theHill, he says the system seems lesschaotic than it did at first, and that he is learning to be more effective.Still, like most new Congressmen whocome to the Capitol with items on theiragenda to accomplish, he says theswitch from being the lead voice of adistrict to being one among 435 otherscan be frustrating.

Asked how Congress would be different if it were comprised of a multitude of Jerry McNerneys, Jerrylaughs. “I supposed it would be morerational. There’s a lot of demagoguerythat goes on here. I like to considerarguments, to vote on what seemsrationally to be the best thing.”

Perhaps that’s the mathematician inhim coming out. Or perhaps, as Jerrysuggests, that rational urge propelledhim into math in the first place.

Not to say that folks aren’t civil inCongress. On the contrary, Jerry says,“People are respectful and courteouson the floor and in hearings. There’s alot of flowery language, like callingeveryone ‘my good colleague.’”

Or perhaps Jerry, who his sistersays is “competitive but warm,” justbrings out the best in people whorespond to him in kind.

Finding BalanceWhether dealing with colleagues

or constituents, Jerry appears to havestruck an effective balance. Scientistand politician. Passionate and rational.Maverick and player. And a Democratin a previously Republican district.

On August 1, The Stockton Recordwrote about McNerney:

He’s pursued an interesting, unique agenda: part science, math, and alternative energy and part anti-Iraq war and noticeably pro-veteran coupled with a desire tohelp 11th district residents directly. …

The nitty-gritty of political campaigning will challenge hisintegrity and priorities. Democraticparty leaders will prod him to dosome things that might be distastefuland mean-spirited. How McNerneyreacts and copes will reveal evenmore about the man San JoaquinCounty voters helped send to Washington.

Fair enough, Jerry concurs. As heapproaches a new campaign in 2008

that promises to be “tough,” he says heis looking “for a way to get throughwith grace, dignity, and respect for thepeople of our district and country.”

At best, the campaign trail willafford Jerry the opportunity to addressthe young people of his district. Amongall his activities as a Congressman,Jerry says he most enjoys “being part of inspiring and challenging our next generation to be reengaged in science, international affairs, technology, history, and the arts.”

His advice to his own young constituents parallels that which he says he would give to incomingfreshmen at his alma mater. It also mirrors his own muse: “The countryneeds you. Find your passion. Go allout to achieve your goals.”

“The country needs you. Find your passion. Go all

out to achieve your goals.” —Jerry McNerney

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Margaret Benny, ’94 JD, was appointed to the Maricopa County Superior Court

Bench, Family Court Division, as a court

commissioner. Previously, she was an

assistant attorney general representing

Arizona Child Protective Services. Margaret

lives in Mesa, Arizona.

Todd Dunivan, ’94 BA, ’96 MBA, has beenpromoted to center business manager at

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque.

Holly R. Hlava, ’94 BS, has received nationalrecognition from The Pampered Chef for

being among the top 20 personal recruiters.

Holly works in the Albuquerque office of the

American Heart Association as the corporate

market director.

Ed Manzanares, ’95 BA, is now athleticsdirector at New Mexico Highlands University

in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Eric Martinez, ’95 BA, has been appointedaccount executive at Cooney, Watson &

Associates, a public relations, marketing,

advertising, and video production firm

in Albuquerque.

Tobias “Toby” McBride, ’95 BS, recentlyaccepted a position as contaminants

specialist in the natural resource damage

assessment and restoration branch/

Environmental Contaminants Division of

the US Fish and Wildlife Service Office

(Sacramento, California). He and his wife,

Ellen Roots McBride, ’96 BS, and son live in Sacramento.

Connie Jimenez Trujillo, ’95 BSCHE, ’01 MBA, ’05 BSN, ’07 MSN, is joining

Theresa Okoro, ’01 MSNU, at the New Mexico Quickcare in Las Vegas,

New Mexico, doing full-scope midwifery.

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Express admiration that Shirley Mount Hufstedler, ’45 BBA, still

practices law at 82, and she remarks, “Old ducks can still quack.”

Her brisk demeanor indicates the keen intellect that has allowed her

to practice law for more than 50 years, enjoy a tenure as the only

female appellate judge in the country, and become the first US

Secretary of Education.

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An Uncommon WomanHufstedler is passionate about

law, but her great work ethic is the

foundation of her career. “I grew up

during the Depression,” she says. “I

learned how to get a job for myself

when I was 11 and have been working

ever since.” Her bachelor’s degree in

business administration prepared her

for the financial aspects of practicing

law. She met her husband, Seth, at

Stanford Law School, where they were

both at the top of their class. They

married in 1949, the year they graduated.

After graduation, they became a power

couple in the California legal world.

In 2002, the State Bar of California

awarded the Hufstedlers the Bernard

E. Witkin Medal, presented to “legal

giants who have altered the landscape

of California jurisprudence.”

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Kathy Cordova Felker, ’97 BA, has been

promoted to managing consultant for

IBM Business Consulting Services. Kathy

lives in Houston.

Kevin D. Kinzie, ’97 BA, has been

promoted to administrator of the Bernalillo

County Department of Substance Abuse

Programs in Albuquerque. He oversees the

Bernalillo County Metropolitan Assessment

and Treatment Services facility.

Matthew J. Martinez, ’97 BA, of Ohkay

Owingeh, has been awarded an Andrew

W. Mellon Faculty Fellowship of $32,250

for his research on tourism and economic

development in northern New Mexico.

He currently teaches in the department of

indigenous studies at the Institute of

American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Matthew

serves on the UNM Alumni Association board.

Malena McLaren, ’97 BAME, ’99 MAMU,

assistant professor of clarinet at

Northwestern State University of Louisiana,

won second place in the research presentation

competition at the International Clarinet

Association ClarinetFest in Vancouver.

She lives in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Patrick Conlon, ’98 MS, has published

an article in the August 2007 issue of the

journal Men in Nursing, entitled “Diabetes

in Primary Care.” Patrick lives in Downers

Grove, Illinois.

Tobie Webb, ’98 BS, is serving as a joint

interim leader of the UNM Development

Office’s corporate and foundation relations

(CFR) program. She will be the interim

director of CFR external relations.

Carlos Fierro, ’99 JD, was recently honored

by the New Mexico State Bar as an

Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year. He

is in the process of opening a consulting and

law practice with offices in Washington, DC

and Santa Fe.

Jimmy D. Nguyen, ’99 BS, ’03 MD, has

completed his neurology residence at the

University of Arizona, and begun a second

residency in anesthesiology at the University

of Texas, San Antonio, in order to pursue

neuro-anesthesiology and neuro-critical care.

“Legal giant” ShirleyMount Hufstedler, ’45 BBA, had what it took to make it in (what was) aman’s world.

L I F E A D V E N T U R E R : It took

guts and determination to begin

her own legal practice in 1950,

but Shirley Mount Hufstedler—

who served as judge of the US

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit,

and later, as US Secretary of

Education—had both. The same

qualities were useful in riding a

Tibetan yak at 16,600 feet. Shirley

and her husband, Seth, are avid

hikers and mountain climbers.

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The couple began private law

practice in 1950 in the Los Angeles

firm Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble.

Although Hufstedler practiced law

alongside her husband, she did not

stand in his shadow. She was a respected

attorney, specializing in appellate

litigation, in a time when career

women were uncommon and female

attorneys rarer still.

“No law firm would hire me

because I was female, so I started my

own practice,” Shirley says. “Only

seven women were admitted to the

California Bar in 1950. That didn’t

begin to change until women became

involved in the civil rights movement.

I talked to lots of people about women

in law, but [the women] had to make

up their own minds and do it through

their own experience.”

Career Advancement—and Carpooling

The arrival of their son, Steven,

presented new challenges to

Shirley’s career, but she remained

characteristically undaunted. She

drove her son to school every morning

and carpooled for other moms and

their children, but endured some

discrimination for having a career.

“My son had very bad allergies,” she

recalls. “Other mothers sent their

kids to school with colds, which often

put my son in the hospital. They said

the only reason his allergies were so

bad was because I worked outside

of the home.”

Shirley didn’t spend time musing

about having it all—she faced reality

and worked hard. “I gave up little

things like leisure because there wasn’t

time for any,” she says. “That’s just

the way it was. But my husband has

been very supportive for 58 years,

and you can’t do better than that.”

In 1961, Hufstedler was appointed

Judge of the Los Angeles County

Superior Court—one woman among

119 men. Two more significant

appointments followed: Associate

Justice of the California Court of

Appeal in 1966; and Judge of the U.S.

Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, in 1968.

Her accomplishments throughout the

1960s and 70s included analyzing judicial

systems and designing the first system

to weight appellate court caseloads.

This was the most rewarding time

of her entire career, disgruntled peers

not withstanding. “I had a wonderful

relationship with my colleagues and

had very interesting and challenging

cases,” she says, “but being appointed

the only female federal appellate jurist

in the country was like nominating

Typhoid Mary for the Dairy Queen.”

To Capitol HillHufstedler resigned from her

lifelong post on the bench in 1979

when President Jimmy Carter asked

her to become Secretary for the newly

established Department of Education.

“It was a horrifically difficult job,” she

says. “I worked 18 to 20 hours a day,

seven days a week.” She staffed the

department with first-rate people,

integrated 126 programs, established

a general counsel’s office, and testified

before Congress frequently.

Hufstedler says that her greatest

accomplishment as Secretary of

Education was to build a department

so efficient that newly elected

President Ronald Reagan couldn’t

dismantle it. Reagan had pledged to

eliminate the department as part of

a cost-savings plan, but was unable

to do so with a Democratic House

of Representatives.

Giving BackIn 1981, Hufstedler returned to

private practice with Hufstedler &


“I had a wonderful relationship with my colleagues and

had very interesting and challenging cases,but being

appointed the only female federal appellate jurist in

the country was like nominating Typhoid Mary for

the Dairy Queen.” — Shirley Mount Hufstedler

Kaus. She also was a visiting professor

and guest lecturer at universities

around the world, did pro bono work

for the Lawyers’ Alliance for Nuclear

Arms Control, and was chairman of the

US Commission on Immigration

Reform. She began serving on the

boards of national corporations and

foundations. Between 1967 and 1981,

Shirley received 20 honorary degrees,

including doctoral degrees from

UNM and other universities.

She established an endowed

Presidential Scholarship for UNM

engineering students in 1985. The

gift was in memory of her brother,

Kenneth Mount,’53 BA, a civil

engineer. “The gift was also made in

appreciation of what I had received

from UNM,” she says.

In 1985, Hufstedler & Kaus merged

into the multinational law firm

Morrison & Foerster, where Hufstedler

is now Senior of Counsel. The

American Bar Association bestowed

a medal, its highest honor, upon her

in 1995. She is the first woman to

receive this award. In September,

she received a Lifetime Achievement

Award from The American Lawyer

for her pioneering role in the legal

profession and commitment to

public service.

Shirley doesn’t put in the punishing

hours she used to, but still works six

hours a day. She enjoys the leisure

time that was so unknown to her

decades ago. She also follows the

careers of her former law clerks,

and mentors young attorneys.

Shirley Hufstedler was fortunate to

have made her career in an era when

professional women were just

beginning to realize the choices and

challenges open to them. Being the

only woman among a sea of male

colleagues didn’t unnerve her; she

believes it strengthened her already

intrepid nature. “To do what you want

to do,” she says matter-of-factly, “you

have to realize that things are not

always going to be easy.”

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Sylvanna Falcon, ’00 MA, has joined the

faculty at Connecticut College in New

London as the Lenore Tingle Howard Class

of 1942 assistant professor of sociology. Her

areas of specialization include race-ethnic

relations, racism/anti-racism, globalization,

transitional feminism, gender human rights,

and globalization in the Americas.

Lonnie Juarez, ’00 BBA, has been promoted

to CPA, audit and consulting senior manager

at REDW The Rogoff Firm in Albuquerque.

Lonnie lives in Los Lunas, New Mexico.

Lucas Lujan, ’00 BS, ’05 BS, works at PA-C,

Los Lunas and Belen Health Center. He

resides in Albuquerque.

Jamie Melin, ’00 BA, is an urban specialist

at Real Estate Advisors, a commercial real

estate firm in Albuquerque. She focuses on

the commercial leasing of office and retail

space in the downtown, Nob Hill, and Old

Town markets.

Marti M. Morales, ’00 BS, has received

her PhD in biology at New Mexico State

University. The NMSU Alumni Association

named her NMSU’s Outstanding PhD

Graduate Student 2007. She has gone on

to a post-doctoral position at the University

of Michigan.

Martina Will de Chaparro, ’00 PhD, is the

author of Death and Dying in New Mexico

(UNM Press, 2007). Martina challenges

American death stereotypes, focusing

scholarly attention on the fringes of US

and Latin American history in the American

Southwest. She teaches at Texas Woman’s

University in Denton and lives in Dallas.

Steven J. Yingling, ’00 BS, has obtained

his doctorate of chiropractic degree from

National University of Health Science. He

now owns Quality of Life Center in

Warrenville, Illinois, where he practices

chiropractic, acupuncture, hypnotherapy,

and nutritional counseling.

Jason P. Anderson, ’01 MBA, has

been promoted to Southwest division

administration manager at Bank of the

West in Albuquerque.

aEndowments 101An endowed fund is a gift that lasts in perpetuity, providing support in the areas of the

donor’s interest. Endowed funds may support scholarships, general needs of the University,

or any UNM school, college, or program. Donors may fully fund an endowment with a

one-time lump-sum gift; fund it over a three-year pledge period; or fund it through a

bequest or other deferred gift. Donors may establish endowments through cash or any

gift vehicle recognized by the UNM Foundation, including securities or real property,

pooled gifts of friends, memorial contributions, or continuing gifts to endowment

accounts. Donors may help develop guidelines governing the use of their endowments.

For more information, please contact the UNM Foundation office at 505-277-4503,

1-800-UNM-FUND (866-3863), or www.unm.edu/foundation.


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sports We hear about the big

sports and their stars.

We take equal pride in

myriad other Lobo sports

and the student-athletes

who give them their all.

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Todd A. Astorino, ’01 PhD, recently

married Jodi Edelmuth. They reside in

San Marcos where he is an assistant

professor of kinesiology at CSU-San Marcos.

Jaime M. Clark, ’01 BBA, has been

promoted by KPMG LLP to audit manager

in Albuquerque.

Antoine Predock, ’66, ’01 HonD, has won

the Lifetime Achievement Award in from the

Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum. The

Albuquerque architect has also won the

American Institute of Architects Gold Medal

and the Rome Prize. Currently, Predock is

working on the following projects: the

Canadian Museum for Human Rights in

Montreal, the National Palace Museum in

Taiwan, and a proposal for the World

Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in

Yakutsk, Siberia.

Maggie Toulouse, ’01 BA, ’05 MA, has

been appointed Bernalillo County Clerk to

fill the unexpired term of the former clerk.

Johelen Carleton, ’02 MD, has joined the

staff at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester,

New York, to do a vascular-surgery fellowship.

Shawn Warrick, ’02 BUS, has been

promoted by Citi Cards to training manager

in the collections department. He lives in

Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Andres K. Calderon, ’03 MBA, spends

his free time playing with his four-year-old

son, Isaiah, remodeling/upgrading his

craftsman-era bungalow in the Winnetka

Heights district in Dallas, and writing

restaurant reviews and ethnic interest

articles for Cliff Dweller magazine.

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Albuquerque Manzano product Jeremy Johnson became the

first native New Mexican to win a conference cross country

championship for the Lobos since John Baker in 1964. This is

the first year since 1988 that both men’s and women’s cross

country have placed in the top three of the conference.

Junior Gayle Tripp recorded her 1,000th career dig this season.

Volleyball has attracted more than 1,000 fans to each of its past

seven consecutive games.

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Senior diver Carrie Quinn has qualified for the NCAA

Diving Zones in March 2008. The swim team placed second

at the inaugural American Swimming Association Open

Water Swimming Collegiate National Championships.

Senior keeper Mike Graczyk is a

preseason All-American and the UNM

career leader in shutouts, with 28.

As Mirage went to press, the Lobos

were ranked 22nd in the nation by

ColegeSoccerNews.com. The soccer team

has had the highest winning percentage

in Division I for the past three years.

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Brian M. Cavaluzzi, ’03 BBA, has received

a master of professional accountancy degree

from the University of South Dakota. He has

relocated to Orlando, Florida, to work as a

corporate staff accountant for Wyndham

Vacation Ownership, a timeshare subsidiary

of Wyndham Worldwide Hotel.

Ana Deardorff, ’03 BA, earned a certificate

in teaching English as a second language

(TESOL) from Trinity College, London, at

Sheffield Hallam University. She has returned

to… “her homeland—green chile and

electric sunsets,” and works in Santa Fe,

New Mexico, in architectural drafting

and design.

William A. Dodge, ’03 PhD, is the author

of Black Rock: A Zuni Cultural Landscape

and the Meaning of Place (University Press

of Mississippi), an interdisciplinary study

of the community and cultural landscape

near Zuni Pueblo. Bill is the senior cultural

historian for Van Citters: Historic

Preservation, in Albuquerque.

Jake Dopson, ’03 BBA, has been promoted

to supervisor in the audit department at

Pulakos & Alongi, in Albuquerque.

Sally Kelly-Rank, ’03 PhD, has been

selected for promotion to Lt. Colonel with

the US Air Force where she has served

13 years on active duty. She is currently

at Bolling Air Force Base, assigned to the

US Air Force Office of the Surgeon General,

in Washington, DC.

Sophie Martin, 03 MBA, is Albuquerque

managing director of the National Dance

Institute of New Mexico.

Katherine Carraro Murray, ’03 BA,

’06 MBA, has joined Loftin Realty of

Albuquerque as an associate broker.

Jade Rennels, ’03 BBA, now works for

Esparza Advertising in Albuquerque as a

media buyer.

Jennifer Elliott Vosburgh, ’03 BSNU,

’06 MSNU, of Albuquerque, currently

works at UNMH as a nurse educator and

part time for the UNM College of Nursing

as a clinical/community instructor.

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UNM men’s golf coach Glen Millican

and sophomore Brandon Putnam

assess the situation at the 2007

William H. Tucker Invitational,

where the team finished seventh.

Millican, ’98 BBA, ’00 MBA, has

guided the Lobos to four MWC

titles in six years as head coach.

Jill Trujillo’s, ’90 BA, women’s golf

team concluded the fall with a

10th place finish among the nation’s

top teams at the Hooters Collegiate

Match Play Championship.

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Angela D. Chavez, ’04 BA, has been

admitted to the UNM School of Law

after spending three years working in

communications and Democratic Party

politics in Albuquerque.

Ryan Hatch, ’04 BAME/BA, is entering

the graduate program in choral conducting

at UCLA. Since graduation, Ryan has

been teaching choir, most recently at

Albuquerque’s Cibola High School; under

his direction, the program has grown

from approximately 80 students to nearly

360, and two new choral classes have

been added.

Carla Moncayo, ’04 MAAC, is a recipient

of a 2007 Sandia National Laboratories’

Employee Recognition Award. Winners are

distinguished by their commitment and

efforts to enable others to succeed. Carla

works in accounting services. She lives

in Albuquerque.

Richard Normandie, ’04 BUS, is employed

as the environmental planner at the

USAF Academy in Colorado Springs.

He will be commissioned as an Officer

in the Air Force Reserve.

Michael Padilla, ’04 MAPA, has received

a 2007 Sandia National Laboratories’

Employee Recognition Award. Winners are

distinguished by their commitment and

efforts to enable others to succeed. Michael

is a team leader in Sandia’s media relations

office. He lives in Albuquerque.

Diana Aranda, ’05 BS, recently completed

the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation’s award-

winning Everglades ecology internship in

West Palm Beach, Florida. Diana will begin

working on dual master’s degrees in coastal

zone management and marine biology at

Nova Southeastern University in Fort

Lauderdale, Florida.

Desirée Kosciulek, ’05 BA, is currently in

South Africa as a Rotary Ambassadorial

Scholar pursuing an MA in development

studies at the University of Witwatersrand in

Johannesburg. She writes she will participate

in the Rotary AIDS Hike 2007 from

Johannesburg to Durban.

menDecember1 at Mississippi 1 p.m.4 at NMSU 7 p.m.8 at San Diego 1 p.m.15 Texas Tech 2 p.m.19 NMSU 7 p.m.23 Weber State 1 p.m.27 at Hawaii 10 p.m.

January2 at UTEP 7 p.m.5 at Wyoming 4 p.m.12 San Diego State 7 p.m.15 at TCU 7 p.m.19 Air Force 4 p.m.22 Utah 7 p.m.26 at BYU 4 p.m.

February2 at UNLV 8 p.m.5 Colorado State 8 p.m.9 Wyoming 7 p.m.13 at San Diego State 9 p.m.16 TCU 7 pm.20 at Air Force 7 p.m.23 at Utah 12 noon26 BYU 8 p.m.

March4 UNLV 7 p.m.8 at Colorado State 3:30 p.m.13-15 MWC Tournament

at Las Vegas

All times MSTFor more information, go to GoLobos.com.

womenDecember2 at NMSU 3 p.m.

Comcast Lobo Shootout7 Norfolk State 8 p.m.8 Consolation 6 p.m.

Championship 8 p.m.15 Arizona 7 p.m.18 Stanford 7 p.m.21 NMSU 7 p.m.30 at UTEP 2 p.m.

January9 Wyoming 8 p.m.12 at San Diego State 3 p.m.15 TCU 6:30 p.m.19 at Air Force 2 p.m.23 at Utah 7 p.m.26 BYU 2 p.m.

February2 UNLV 7 p.m.6 at Colorado State 7 p.m.10 at Wyoming 3 p.m.13 San Diego State 7 p.m.17 at TCU 1 p.m.20 Air Force 7 p.m.23 Utah 1 p.m.26 at BYU 6 p.m.

March4 at UNLV 9 p.m.8 Colorado state 2 p.m.11-15 MWC Tournament

at Las Vegas

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woof!woof!woof!A H O W L I N G G O O D H O M E C O M I N G 2 0 0 7

Alumni activities began onWednesday, September 26 at the annualAppreciation Lunch for Campus Faculty

and Staff held in the Grand Ballroom of the Student Union Building. AlumniAssociation President Lillian Montoya-

Rael greeted more than 300 alumni.The winners of the annual Campus

Decorating Contest were announcedafter a slide show presentation of the22 participating departments. TheUNM Accessibility Services Department

took top honors. Student King andQueen candidates campaigned in theSUB lobby throughout the day as voting took place around campus.

The traditional Heritage Club Dinner

was hosted Thursday evening at theEmbassy Suites Hotel. The HeritageClub is an annual gathering of alumniwho have been out of the University 50 years or more. The Class of 1957was greeted by UNM Executive VicePresident David Harris and inducted intothis prestigious group. Members fromthe Class of 1947 were also present tocelebrate their 60th Anniversary.

Friday was one of the busiest dayson campus with a variety of events forboth students and alumni. The Class

of 1957 met for brunch at Hodgin Halland shared memories of pranks, sportsevents, and cherished faculty, amongothers. The students kicked into highgear with a pep rally and continuationof the annual Cherry/Silver Games atJohnson Field, where members of theHomecoming Court were announced.Over 20 alumni reunions kicked offlater in the afternoon and evening,

including the Alumni Reunions receptionheld in the SUB. Johnson Center

celebrated its 50th Jubilee by hosting a reception for HPER alumni, coaches,and faculty. The event was followed byUNM vs. TCU Volleyball Game and acake-cutting ceremony presided overby UNM President David J. Schmidly andvice president for athletics Paul Krebs.(The Lobos won, 3-0!). The studentshosted their annual Student/Alumni

Dance in the SUB ballroom later in the evening.

The traditional All University

Breakfast was packed again this year as more than 180 alumni and guestsgathered early Saturday morning tohonor recipients of the Alumni AssociationZia Awards and the Mortar Board Lobo

Award. This year’s Zia Award recipientsincluded Monica Armenta, Brian Burnett,

Steve Bacchus (posthumous), Leonard

DeLayo, Jr., Sandra Begay-Campbell, andChuck Wellborn. The illustrious LoboAward went to Viola “Vi” Florez. Alumniand fans showed their Lobo spirit byattending the annual Southwest Tailgate

and Silent Auction before the UNM vs.BYU football game. The auction raisedover $11,500 to support the UNMAlumni Association Scholarship Fundand programs. The UNM Alumni and

Student Marching Bands performed atthe entrance to the tailgate, generatinglots of cheers from Lobo fans. StudentsJenn Wren and Louis Jeantete werecrowned Homecoming Queen and King

during halftime activities. Despite acourageous battle on the football field,the Lobos fell to BYU, 31-24.

“Everyone’s a Lobo! Woof! Woof! Woof!” resonated throughout

campus during the University of New Mexico’s 82nd Homecoming

celebration. Alumni, faculty, staff, students, and Lobo fans learned

how to make the Lobo hand sign and shout out their pride at

each event and during the game.

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Jennifer J. Evans, ’06 BBA, has been

promoted to staff accountant at Pulakos

& Alongi in Albuquerque.

Colleen Guengerich, ’06 BA, is the

economic development executive director

at the Socorro County Chamber of

Commerce. She resides in San Antonio,

New Mexico.

Samantha Phillips Talmadge, ’06 BAME,

of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is entering

the graduate program in vocal performance/

opera studies at Yale University.

marriagesRhonda Rodgers, ’96 BA, and Guy Tann, ’96 BA, ’00 JD

Alicia G. Black, ’97 BA, and Steve DuganSuzanne Emil, ’97 BSCE, ’04 MD, and Rick Gonzales, ’99 BS

Nancy Lomax, ’00 BARC, ’07 MARC, and Justin Smith, ’02 BA

Vanessa G. Rodriguez, ’00 BBA, and Jeremy W. Spencer, ’00 BBA

Todd Astorino, ’01 PhD, and Jodi Edelmuth

Denise Chanez, ’01 BA, ’06 JD, and Timothy Atler, ’06 MA, JD

Stephanie Doran, ’01 BSNU, and James Madrid

Kevin Ledwith, ’01 BBA, and Mildred Castaneda

Matthew Talmadge, ’01 BAME/BA, ’03 MAMU, and Samantha Phillips, ’05 BAME

Maggie Toulouse, ’01 BA, ’05 MA, and Allan Oliver

Elyssa Baca, ’03 ASRA, ’03 BS, and Tom Rutherford, ’70 BBA, ’82 JD

Jennifer Evans

H A N D S P E A K : All around UNM, Lobo supporters signaled “Woof! Woof! Woof!” for Homecoming 2007.

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Cash SponsorsLiberty MutualUNM Division of Student Affairs—Eliseo Torres, Walter Miller

Gifts in Kind770 KOB-AM106.1 – The Sports AnimalAlbuquerque City Transit, Lamar Bright Ideas Citadel Southwest RadioGarcia’s Tents Lithexcel National Distributing

Auction DonorsA Taste of Italy RestaurantABQ Convention & Visitors Bureau

ABQ Marriott Pyramid HotelABQ Museum of Art & HistoryMarie Addison, A Baby BoutiqueAlbuquerque Little TheaterAlbuquerque Thunderbirds

All Sports TrophiesApple CanyonAshton’s SalonAvila RetailBarbara OrtegaBarbara’s Therapeutic MassageBetty’s Bath and Day SpaBien Mur Indian Market CenterUS Senator Jeff BingamanBow Wow BluesBueno Brand Food ProductsCannon’s Sweet HotsCharlene Chavez TunneyChez D’OrClampitt Paper

Clean, Inc.Cliff’s Amusement ParkComfort Foods/Desert GardensCookies by DesignCountry ClutterCreamland DairiesDaniel L. DeFazio, DDSDebbie-John, Inc.Dee’s Cheesecake Factory

Defined FitnessDesign Atelier, Janis LaFountainDion’s PizzaUS Senator Pete DomeniciDurango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad & Museum

El Rancho De Las GolondrinasEntourage SalonFairfield Inn/Albuquerque HiltonFleet FeetFour Hills Country ClubFrank Frost PhotographyFriend of the Alumni AssociationFriend of the Alumni AssociationGardenswartz Team Sales

George ChewGraphic ConnectionGreat Wall Chinese RestaurantThe Grove Café & MarketHinkle Family Fun CenterHispaniaeHyatt Regency AlbuquerqueHyatt Tamaya HotelIl Vicino

Inn of the Mountain GodsCasino & Resort Isleta Eagle Golf CourseIsotopes Baseball ClubJewish Community Center-JCCJiffy LubeKelly Jo DesignsKelly’s Brew PubKim Jew Photography StudioKNME-TV 5KRQE TVLa EsquinaLe Café MicheLiberty Gym IncLos Cuates Del Norte New Mexican Foods

Lynn Garlick RetablosManning FloristMelba Floral StudioMercedes Benz of AlbuquerqueNancy Herring & Matthew Segura

National Institute of Flamenco Arts

National Restaurant SupplyNew Mexico BioPark SocietyNew Mexico Look/Lobo StoreNew Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation

New Mexico Symphony Orchestra

Now We’re CookingOptometry Office of Contact Lens Associates

Portrait InnovationsRainbow Ryders, Inc.Roger Cox & AssociatesJune RomeroRoute 66 Dry CleanersSaigon RestaurantSandia BMWSandia Golf ClubSandia Peak Ski Area/Sandia PeakTramway/Santa Fe Ski Area

Santa Fe OperaSavory FareScaloSign & Image Factory

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Homecoming 2007Thank You’s and AcknowledgementsThe UNM Alumni Association would like to thank and acknowledge the following individuals and

sponsors for making this year’s homecoming a huge success.


p R O YA L Q U A R T E T : Lobo royals Louie and Lucy flank Homecoming KingLouis Jeantete and Queen Jenn Wren at Homecoming 2007.

Bobby Tamayo

Bobby Tamayo

woof!Sport Systems Stone Age Climbing GymTamarind InstituteTaos Ski ValleyTen Thousand WavesTomato CaféTrish JacquezTux and TailsUNM Alumni AssociationUNM Women’s Basketball

UNM BookstoreUNM Center for the Arts/ Popejoy Hall

UNM Championship Golf Course

UNM Communications and Marketing

UNM Football Athletic Complex

UNM Foundation

UNM Men’s GolfUNM Women’s GolfUNM Lobo Athletic DeptUNM Men’s BasketballUNM Men’s TennisUNM President’s OfficeUNM PressUNM Recreational ServicesUNM Ski TeamUNM Men’s Soccer

p W I N N I N G S M I L E S : The traditional All University Breakfast waspacked in honor of the Alumni Association’s Zia Award and Lobo Award winners.From left to right are award recipients Brian Burnett, ’78 BSCE, ’80 MSCE;Monica Armenta, ’85 BA; Interim Provost Viola Florez (Lobo Award); Leonard DeLayo, Jr., ’71 BAED; Charles “Chuck” Wellborn, ’63 BA, ’66 JD;Sandra Begay-Campbell, ’87 BSCE; Jane Bacchus for Steve Bacchus, ’66 BBA,’68 MBA, posthumous; UNM Alumni Association President Lillian Montoya-Rael, and UNM President David J. Schmidly.

t L O B OD E C O R A T I O N S :A campus decoratingcontest motivated 22 UNM departmentsto “put on the dog” inhonor of homecoming’s“Everyone’s a Lobo”theme. UniversityMarketing andCommunicationsintern Chris Elliotthelped decorate theUNM Visitors Center.

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Lydia C. Rockwell, ’04 BA, ’05 MBA, and Simon R. Goldfine, ’03 BA, ’04 MBA

Nicole Terrazas, ’04 BBA, ’06 MBA, and Orlando Dominguez

Belin Tsinnajinnie, ’04 BS, and Leona Brooke Sam, ’04 BSCE

Cameron M. Clark, ’05 BA, and Sharon Jaramillo

Tisha Leach, ’05 BSNU, and Stephen SmithShannon Dishman, ’07 BSEE, and Rafael Flores

Ashley Ferran, ’07 BS, and Davis DeLayoNathan Marquez, ’07 BBA, and Stephanie Headrick

in memoriamCharles Milton Tansey Jr., ‘36Mary Louise Bezemek Cloughly, ‘38Robert Orville Burke, ‘39Roy H. Jones Jr., ‘40Josefina Velasquez, ’40, ‘50David P. Hale, ‘41Edythe M. Pierson, ‘41William Barry, ‘42Thomas Devaney, ’42, ‘44Charles E. Barnhart, ‘44Halsey Hines, ‘44Frances Wilson Berry, ‘47Jane Ann Oldrup, ‘47Rhodes F. Arnold, ‘48John P. Logan, ’48, 63Lillian Michael, ‘48Joe Barron Rice, ‘48WE Rice, ‘48Diego R. Sedillo, ‘48Winfred C. Buskirk, ‘49Christine DiLisio, ‘49Frank Lynn King Jr., ‘49Edwin Earl Mitchell, ‘49Thomas J. Plunkett, ‘49Dorothy Louise Skousen Black, ’50, ‘59Thomas C. Closson Jr., ‘50Concha Aunon Johnson, ‘50James Weir Jr., ‘50Earl William Carr, ‘51Robert A. Evans, ‘51James N. Goldstein, ‘51William R. Gregg, ’51, ‘52Arthur S. Riffenburgh, ‘51Beverly Dodge, ‘52Florence McCarthy Rehm, ‘52Victor Castillo, ‘53Bruce H. Henderson, ‘53Doris J. Johnson, ‘53Robert Manson Bunker, ‘54William ‘Ken’ Officer, ‘54James Ray Barnhill, ‘55

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UNM Women’s SoccerUNM SwimmingUNM Theatre & DanceUNM Women’s VolleyballUrban AcademyWeems GalleriesWells Fargo BankWrights Indian ArtZinc Wine Bar and Bistro

Homecoming Committee Steve ArchibequeSteve CarrTravis ComerLisa DelgadoPatricia DominguezJennifer Gomez-ChavezAndrew GonzalezNancy HerringMarjori KrebsRyan LindquistMatt MaezDanny MiloLaura MontoyaDebbie MorrisFrieda Archuleta StewartLeslie VenzuelaDanny VigilSusan WilsonCate Wisdom

Reunion CoordinatorsDonna Balduini, Class of ‘57Marlena Bermel, College of Nursing

Susan Brake, Marching Band Alumni

Tracy & Brian Denton, UNM Spirit Group

Debbie Dobson, College of Arts and Sciences

Margaret Duran, College of Education

Kim Feldman, UNM Alumni Lettermen

Andrew Gonzalez, College Enrichment Program

Rich Grainger, Anderson School of Management

Rosemary Gregory, College of Nursing

Jennifer Mason, University Honors

John Miller, School of Architecture and Planning

Danny Milo, Young Alumni Debbie Morris, Past Student Government Leaders

Judith Stauber, Foundation for Jewish Life on Campus

Steven Zoncki, School of Engineering

Homecoming 100 ClubAll Sports TrophiesKaren and Price BaylessJim & Yvonne BeckleyJohn & Suzette BrooksTom CheronesGeorge ChewPatrick Conway, LA Chapter

Bob and Betsy MurphyDorothy & Larry RainosekTommy and Cindy RobertsGary McCabe Ross, DDSBob Stamm

Other AcknowledgementsAmerisuitesEcho Design, Kelly KetnerEmbassy SuitesEnterprise Rent-a-carKirk Gittings, poster artistHomewood SuitesDavid Kelly and UNM Jazz BandLobo LouieLobo LucyThe March CompanyDonese MayfieldLillian Montoya-Rael andCarlos Rael

Printworks, Kathi BowlerThe Rev. Ned RossBobby Tamayo, PhotographyZia Graphics IndustriesUNM Athletic ConcessionsUNM Athletics, Paul KrebsUNM BookstoreUNM Center for the ArtsOvation Series

UNM Daily LoboUNM Dean of Students OfficeUNM Lobo Club, Larry RyanUNM Marching BandUNM Office of InstitutionalAdvancement

UNM Parking and Transportation

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p F U N & L A U G H T E R : Getting together with old friends promptsplenty of chuckles at the Alumni Reunion.


W O R T H T H E W A I T :Alumni Association executivedirector Karen Abraham andUNM executive vice presidentDavid Harris share in BarbaraBrown Caton’s, ’57 BAA, pleasureas she is inducted into theHeritage Club, for UNM grads of50 or more years ago. q

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oof!UNM Physical PlantUNM President’s OfficeUNM Public Affairs/Campus News

UNM Spirit GroupUNM Student Activities UNM Student Union

CateringUNM Student HomecomingCommittee

UNM Ticket OfficeUNM Trailblazers

VolunteersBrandon AltmanJoe, Florence, and Andrea Archibeque

Shannon Armijo Darlene ArmijoMary Jo ArmijoEsther BashamSummer BrownCEOP Student VolunteersWayne ChewHiram CookLarry & William CrockettMiranda EasthamTara EdwardsYvonne GallegosGerry GerkenAdriana GonzalesPam HarringtonBob KellyMonica LiceaXinyi LiuJiaxin LiuMark MaesDon McClellanAaron MoraKristen MorenoMonica NateraIsrael ParraAndres PerezSherry ReederKeith Ricci

Sarah RobinsonChris SchulerMatthew Segura and Andrew

Jake SemlerFrancine StewartPatrick StewartTom TunneyBill Wallace

Alumni Relations StaffKaren AbrahamNatalie ArmijoDonna BalduiniElaine ChewMary ConradKim FeldmanChristian JohnsonLaura KelleySue MacEachenGina MaesRyan MatuszeskiBarbara OrtegaRoberta RicciCharlene Chavez TunneyMaria WolfeCandice LopezCandace Ruiz

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albummore memoriamTad S. Clements, ‘55Geraldine Joan Jo Drake, ‘55John W. Kepner, ‘55John Hogan Stewart, ‘55William S. Cole III, ‘56John Buster Hiller, ‘56Jules R. Primm, ‘56Jack A. Cole, ‘57Herbert Lee Galles, ‘58Paul LeRoy Garcia, ‘59John Bryce Lane, ‘59James Joseph Walker, ‘59Marcel C. Chambellan, ‘60Deanna R. Adams, ‘61Michael Alarid Sr., ’61Bruce R. Erdal, ‘61Mildred Irene Johnson, ‘61John J. Newman, ‘61Leona Bauman, ‘62Irwin L. Hoffman, ‘62James Lambert Krone, ‘62Laura Jane Elder Pogue, ‘62Ben Montoya, ‘64Nicholas R. Pica, ’65, ‘68Stephen P. Bacchus, ’66, ‘68Catharine S. Bush, ‘66Charlie L. Myers, ‘66Jan Kelt Pettis, ‘67George A. Morrison, ‘68Gerald Ray Viers, ‘68John Harry Zoller, ‘68Consuelo A. Valdez, ‘69Jim Kraft, ‘69Daniel Charles Cadieux, ‘70Charles Harriman, ’70, ’71Mary Rising Higgins, ’70, ‘88William R. Prescott, ’70, ‘78William ‘Bill’ Shell, ‘70Opal Maxine Friedberg, ‘71Laska Yurchak, ‘71Maurice M. Bloom Jr., ‘73Paul La Prairie, ‘73Ronald G. Boyd, ‘74Donald John Bush, ‘74Roberto Reyes, ‘74Kent O. Buckingham, ‘75William Philips Stoddard, ‘75Lorraine Anne Davisson, ‘76Lee Roy Duran, ‘76Frank Harold Cates, ‘76Robert Bartholomew Ryals, ‘77Richard “Eric” Tonigan, ‘77Nancy Eberhard, ‘78David “Juke” Strunk, ‘78Darrel R. Fields, ‘79Billy L. Morris, ‘79Mary Frances Brougher Garman, ‘80

t A U C T I O N A M B I T I O N : Bidders for auction items at the Southwest Fiesta before the homecoming game boosted proceeds tomore than $11,500 in support of UNM AlumniAssociation scholarships and programs.

D A N C I N G W I T H T H E L O B O S : Studentsand alumni finished reunion night with a dance inthe SUB ballroom. q

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now&nextBy Lillian Montoya-Rael, ’89 BA, ’98 MBAPresident, UNM Alumni Association

I had the honor of representing

all of you at theinstallation of UNMPresident DavidSchmidly in October.It was a joyful occasion, combiningacademic tradition

with a bit of New Mexico culture. TheAlumni Association helped sponsor theevent, a way of demonstrating the

importance we place in a strong relationship with the President, benefiting both the university and alumni.

President Schmidly wants to put UNM first statewide, and so hasbeen traveling around the state withmembers of his team, including ourAlumni Association executive director,Karen Abraham. For some of the communities, the visit was a first by a UNM president, and he was heartilywelcomed. When he visits your community, I encourage you to attendthe local event so that you too can have the opportunity not only to meet the President but to share what UNM has meant to you.

At the October Regents meeting, an institutional bond was presentedthat would designate $1.5 million forHodgin Hall renovations. This historicbuilding is 115 years old. While it hasbeen updated through the years, itsinfrastructure has some major needs. Thestate legislature has also designatedfunds that will allow us to showcase the talents, work, and history of alumniin the building. I hope you will expressyour support of the bond and of ourefforts to make Hodgin Hall a welcoming and useful Alumni Center.

I’m confident this will be an exciting new year for our university,and I hope your own will follow suit.

Make it a Great New Year!

going places2008 UNM Alumni

Travel Program

February 27-March 9Australia Discovery

April 24-May 2Essence of India

May 25-June 5Alumni College—Greece

July 14-27Ukraine on the Dnieper River

September 19-27Enchanting Ireland

October 11-19Best of Tuscany & the Italian Riviera

November 12-19Rome Escapade

Trips and dates are subject tochange. For additional information,contact Charlene Chavez Tunney at the Alumni Relations Office at505-277-5808 or 800-258-6866.

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on the horizonfor unm chapters

December 1 Chicago Chapter Hot Chile Nights Pot Luck

December 8 Los Angeles Chapter Tour at Getty Villa in Malibu

December 8 Austin Chapter Holiday Event

December 9 San Diego Chapter Holiday Lunch & Social @

Chevy’s Mexican Restaurant

February 13 San Diego Chapter Lobos @ SDSU Men’s Basketball:

Social and Supper at McGregor’s Grille and Ale House

February 24 Austin Chapter Lobo Day & Annual Meeting

March 11-15 Mountain West Basketball Tournament—Las Vegas, Nevada

March 30 DC Chapter Lobo Day Event @ Ft. Belvoir

April 6-15 Los Angeles Chapter College Fairs

April 12 San Diego Chapter Art Alive:

Social and Lunch at Water’s Café at noon

Tour of SDMA at 2 pm

April 12 Austin Chapter Annual Anne, Karin & Bill Birthday Bash &

Wildflower and Eagle-Watching Tour

May 3 Los Angeles Chapter Lobo Day Event

Events, dates, and times are subject to change. Please contact the Alumni

Relations Office at 505-277-5808 or 800-258-6866 for additional information.

albummore memoriamLP Lucero, ‘80Jackie Murray, ‘81Roslyn Lyn Taylor, ’82, ‘88Ward Beryl Meston, ‘84Frances Kaufman Leiding, ‘84Ronald W. Ford, ’85, ‘89Lynn Nichols, ‘85Kathleen Mary Balke, ‘86Robert Cotitta, ‘86Laura Elaine Milne, ‘86Michael Payne, ‘86Ioannis Constantinidis, ‘87Carol M. Edwards, ‘87Patricia Jo Kramer, ‘87Jack Mastenbrook, ’87, ‘90Dulcinea “Candy” Baca, ‘88Renee A. Black, ‘89Jeffrey David Jordan, ‘89Betty Ann Peterson, ‘89Gail Lynette Mersereau Szenasi, ‘89Steve Paul Anthony Garcia, ‘90Stephanie D. Salazar, ’91, ’02, ‘04Len Cox, ‘92Lora Michelle Norton, ‘95Sherese Elizabeth Adamson, ‘96Kodi Rae Maes, ‘96James L. Romero, ‘96Christopher Lee Mullins, ‘97Diana P. Taschner, ‘00Richard W. Becker, ‘01Timothy B. Eyring, ‘02Cynthia A. Young, ‘06Renee C. Collins Gonzales, ’07 Paul A. Tenorio, ‘07

John Joseph Bergen, professor emeritusGerald “Jerry” Allen, former medical resident

Michael Albert Hickey, former medical resident

Pamela Burgy Minzner, former facultyTimothy David Moy, faculty

We regret that we wrongfully listed Alonzo C. Atencio as deceased in the fall issue of Mirage. It was his son, Alonzo Atencio, who had died.

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warm up together!

UNM Young Alumni2007-2008 Winter Schedule of Events

December 4 UNM vs. NMSU Basketball Game Viewing

7 p.m., Fox and Hound, Albuquerque

December 13 Welcome New Grads Wine & Cheese Reception

5:30-7 p.m., UNM Hodgin Hall

December 14 Graduation Reception

Following Commencement, The Pit

January TBD Snow Day Activities

February TBD UNM Career Builder Series

Alumni welcome to participate!

http://www.career.unm.edu

February 5 UNM Career Expo 2008

9 a.m.-3 p.m., UNM SUB Ballroom

Register for most events at www.unmalumni.com/calendar.

L O B O M I G R A T I O N : Local young alumni joined those who traveledfrom afar before the October UNM-SDSU football game in San Diego. Leftto right are Randy Nunez, ‘96 BA; Andrea Pino, ‘07 BBA; Candace Medina;and Ryan Montoya, ‘06 BBA.

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After growing up in a neighborhoodthat “chided children for taking homea book,” New Mexico artist EdwardGonzales, ’71 BFA, is now giving backto education through his artwork.

Edward works on several differentseries of paintings and posters. Manyof his educational and family paintingsare turned into posters for theschools of New Mexico.

“The idea of these (bilingual)posters is to understand howChicano culture plays an important

role in education,” Edward says.“The entire familia is involved.”

An Albuquerque elementary school was named after Edward in2004. This honor came “out of theblue” for Edward. “I was shockedwhen I was chosen,” he says, “butdelighted as well. The fact that theywould take a living artist and say we like what you are doing and it’simportant to us gives me a lot ofencouragement for creating more in the educational area.”

In 1989, Edward moved to Santa Fe where he was involved with the outdoor ContemporaryHispanic Market. He lobbied for the event to take place alongside the Traditional Spanish Market.Gonzales became the chair of theContemporary Hispanic Market. In 1990, 60 artists participatedon Lincoln Avenue. Today, theContemporary Hispanic Market features more than 140 artists.

Illustrations for The Farolitos of Christmas — Gonzales did the

illustrations for Rudolfo Anaya’s children’s book, The Farolitos of Christmas.

You Are Always in My Heart — Gonzales created this illustration

for the cover of Rudolfo Anaya’s Farolitos for Abuelo, a sequel to

The Farolitos of Christmas.

A Grandfather’s Love Means So Much — Gonzales displays the

importance of family in this bilingual poster series.

I Pledge Allegiance* Juro Fidelidad — “I call these literacy paintings,

they have to do with education and literature,” says Gonzales.

Grandmother’s Wisdom — Her Love for Learning Still Inspires Us Today.

Gonzales has an African American friend whose grandmother grew up

in Albuquerque speaking Spanish and English, giving him the idea for

this African American bilingual poster. “I thought it was a good idea

because our language is universal,” he says. “Anyone of any color

can learn any language.”

Farolitos for Abuelo Illustrations — Farolitos for Abuelo is a sequel

to Rudolfo Anaya’s children’s book, The Farolitos of Christmas, which

Gonzales also illustrated.

Edward Gonzales — Gonzales sits in his art gallery located in Corrales,

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