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Show Dine 40s Wayne Bundy, ’38, received the 1991 Edward R. Murrow Award from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He is a founder and is now executive director of the Rocky Mountain Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Albuquerque, N. M. He was honored for “outstanding contributions to public radio” for helping with the problems of smaller, individual stations and for encouraging the stations to grow. Dr. Bundy started in radio in 1937 at KLO in Ogden. He began public broadcasting at Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. He taught at the University of Michigan and at New Mexico, Arizona and Idaho universities. Dr. Bundy received his doctorate at the University of Michigan. He and his wife, Louise, live in Albuquerque, NM. 1H E 40s John A. Dixon, *43, was honored at the “We Believe in Heroes” luncheon sponsored by the Utah Chapter of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Dr. Dixon was honored for laser research and application and for his role in building the University of Utah Medical Center and McKay-Dee Hospital. Dr. Dixon was dean of the University of Utah Medical School. Kent L. Foutz, ’48, was appointed professor of marketing in the Dahl Kemper School of Business at Gannon University in Erie, Pa. He is married to Joan Pyper Foutz. tet 50s Glen Soren Larson, ’50, was chosen 1991 Farmington Citizen of the Year by the Centerville-Farmington Rotary Club. Ralph W. Mitchell, ’50, was promoted to vice president and trust officer at Ogden Personal Trust. He was assistant vice president. He holds degrees from the University of Utah and the University of Southern California. Leland R. Erickson, ’53, was appointed vice president and commercial loan officer at the Ogden Business Financial Center. He was vice president and manager of the center. He also has degrees from Brigham Young University and Pacific Coast Banking School. Mary Halverson, *55, received the Clinical Practice Award from the Utah Nurses Association. She is a registered nurse at McKay-Dee Hospital Center. She has taught prenatal classes there for 18 years and she started the single mother’s prenatal class. She also holds degrees from University of Utah and Brigham Young University. Darrell White, °57, retired as Box Elder School District Superintendent, after a 31-year career in education. He was a former principal of Roy High School. He was appointed head of the school employee’s insurance program with the Utah School Boards Association. He received an associate’s degree at Weber State and holds degrees from the University of Utah and Utah State University. EBS 60s Steve Porter, 63, was promoted to vice president of the Ogden-based United Savings Bank, Western Mortgage and Uniwest Service Corp. He was director of education and training and senior compliance officer. He joined the firm in 1976. Mr. Porter received his master’s degree in business administration from Texas Tech University at Lubbock, Texas. Ross Robson,’64, joined the evaluation team for the NASA Excellence Award for Quality and Productivity. Mr. Robson is director of the Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing at Utah State University. He is director of Utah State’s Partners in Business program. He is associate dean of the College of Business and associate professor of human resources at Utah State. Brian R. Florence, ’65, was named 34 “1990 Distinguished Lawyer” by the Utah Bar Association. He was president of the bar in 1984-85 and commissioner for six years. Russel Germer, ’69, was selected as Utah’s Outstanding Elementary Teacher of the Year in Arts Education. Mr. Germer has taught music at Bonneville Elementary in Salt Lake City for the past four years. He graduated from Weber State in instrumental music. Thomas R. Grimm, ’69, was named one of Utah Business’ 1989 Top Ten Business Leaders. Mr. Grimm is founder and former president of Price Saver’s Discount Wholesale Warehouse recently absorbed by the Pace warehouse chain. He was named one of Weber State’s 100 outstanding alumni. He and his wife, Sandy, are parents of four children. Suzanne Moss Richins, *69, passed the Healthcare Executive Exam and was approved for membership in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Weber State and a master’s degree in business administration from Utah State University. She has been director of surgery at McKayDee Hospital for six years. DSFer 10s Timothy W. Blackburn, ’70, is a recent new shareholder with Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. He is one of 85 lawyers representing the company. He was with Browning, Blackburn and Kunzler until its merger with Van Cott, Bagley. His practice is in commercial law, litigation, real property and personal injury. Glen Sederholm, ’70, was made vice president of United Savings Bank, Western Mortgage and Uniwest Service Corp. in Ogden. He was manager of student, auto and second mortgage loans. Mr. Sederholm was president of the American Institute of Banking and is a member of the U.S. League of Consumer Lending. State. Mr. Smith completed business courses through L.D.S. Business College, the American Institute of Banking and Robert Morris Associates. Tom Allen, ’71, Utah’s state auditor, was presented the 1991 Outstanding CPA Award by the Utah Association of CPAs. He was 1990 Outstanding Financial Executive and received the national Donald L. Scantlebury Memorial Award for improvements in government auditing and fiscal management. He was one of 1980's Outstanding Young Men in America. Robert J. Carver, ’71, was appointed director of the returns processing and accounting division for the Internal Revenue Service office in Washington, D.C. He received his degree in banking and finance at Weber State. He has been a manager with the IRS in Ogden, Utah; San Francisco and Fresno , Calif.; Dallas and Austin, Texas and Andover, Mass. Mary Spencer, ’71, was awarded a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities to participate in the 1990 program of Summer Seminars for Teachers at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. In 1988 she received the Most Influential Teacher Award. Ms. Spencer is college prep English teacher at Layton High School and concurrent enrollment English teacher for Utah State University. She holds a master’s in English and literature from USU. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. US. Air Force Maj. Richard M. Atwater,’73, has been included in the 23rd edition of “Who’s Who in the Midwest.” Maj. Atwater is a 27-year career veteran intelligence officer with the Air Force. He is executive officer and intelligence production manager at the Joint Intelligence Transportation Center at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Jeff K. Thredgold, *73, was named senior vice president and chief economist for KeyCorp, a New York bank holding company. He has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Utah. Mr. Thredgold is an adjunct professor of finance at the University of Utah. Bart Wolthius, ’73, is governor of District 542 of Rotary International. Dr. Wolthius was Ogden’s mayor for four terms and city councilman for two terms. He graduated from the California School of Dentistry. Dr. Wolthius came to Utah from the Netherlands when he was 10. Pamela Wood, ’71, has been accepted for enrollment in the Master of International Management program at The American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Ariz. Kent Bodin, ’72, won gold medals in both the slalom and giant slalom ski races, in the 1990 International Police Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr. Bodin is a criminal investigator for the Ventura County Public Social Services Agency, Ventura, Calif. Steve Harris, °72, was promoted to director of Total Quality Management of Space Operations at Thiokol Corp. He has been in engineering management at Thiokol since 1971. Dick Smith, 70, was appointed vice president and manager of the Redwood office of the Bank of Utah. He worked for West One Bank and the former Continental Bank & Trust in Salt Lake City. He earned his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance from Weber Dr. Fred B. Skrepcinski, ”72, recently earned his master’s degree in public health at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He has a bachelor’s degree in zoology from Weber State. He also holds a doctorate in dentistry from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Skrepcinski will be working for the U.S. Public Health Service, in Albuquerque, N.M. Ralph Hartsock, 72, was appointed assistant catalog librarian for music and media at the University of North Texas. He recently completed writing, “Otto Luening: a Bio-Bibliography.” The work is 35th in the Greenwood Press series, “Bio-Bibliographies in Music.” Mr. Hartsock lives in Carrollton, Texas with his wife, Janet Fox , of Brookville, Pa. Lowell Marriott Harrop,’73, received the Shared Values Award, the highest honor given to employees by AT&T. He was nominated by more than 250 employees in the Utah Public Accountants for 1990-1991. Mr. King is a systems auditor for Weber County Human Services Administration. Capt. Arthur Aragon, Jr., ’75, assumed command of the 259th Military Police Company, White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Susan P. Broschinsky, *75, participated in December of 1989, in Handel’s Messiah, sponsored by the University of the Teton’s Music Conservatory, in Jackson, Wyo. She was active in the music department at Weber State. Mrs. Broschinsky lives in Rock Springs, Wyo. and is married to Dan Broschinsky, °76. J.E. (John) Herndon, ’75, was promoted to director of the sales and acquisition staff for Phillips Petroleum Co.’s exploration and production group in Houston, Texas. Mr. Herndon has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Weber State. He was an area landman in Lafayette, La., a senior contract representative in Bartlesville, Okla., and a land and acquisition representative in Alaska. He joined Phillips in 1986. Robin Kent Nalder, 75, recently received a law degree from Ohio Northern University. Donald Lee Reed, ’75, was promoted to assistant vice president and manager of human resources and accounting, in the operations department at First Security Corp., Ogden. He has a master’s degree from Utah State University. Navy Petty Officer Ist Class Warren B. Johansen, 76, was among reservists called to active duty to support Operation Desert Storm. He was called to action while serving with the Reserve Naval Mobile Construction Battalion-17 in Port Hueneme, Calif. office of AT&T’s National Center of Consumer Products. national accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Bitton, who is with the Salt Lake City office, recently completed a two-year assignment in the firm’s New York City office, doing research for accounting firms worldwide. Scott M. Hadley, ’78, is a new shareholder in the law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. He is representing the company in Ogden in litigation, real property, bankruptcy, municipal and family law. He holds a law degree from Brigham Young University. Craig A. Hill, ’78, was named director for temporal affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Central America Area in Guatamala, Mexico. He was controller for the church in Chile and finance manager in Mexico City. Douglas B. Thomas, ’78, earned a law degree from the University of Utah in February. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from the U of U. He is an associate with the law firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy. Joel A. Dickson, ’79, was named vice president of regulatory affairs and utility business development for the San Dimas-based Southern California Water Co. He was rate analyst and director of gas supply management for Mountain Fuel. Kurt Moore, ’79, won the Utah Long Drive Golf Championship last summer at the Nibley Park Golf Course and beat the state record for the longest drive with a 393-yard shot. Moore excelled in basketball at at Weber State. Kevin Nelsen, ’79, joined Flameco as contracts manager. He was contracts manager at the Tactical Division of Thiokol Corp. Mr. Nelsen earned his master’s degree in business administration at the University of Phoenix. Debra Jacob Jones, *73, is a social worker at Woodland Health Center in Brookfield, Wis. She and husband Robert Jones have two daughters. Clark Baron, *74, was selected as Utah’s “Outstanding High School Teacher” for 1990. He was Utah’s 1989 “Teacher of the Year.” He teaches electronics, technology and math at Provo High School and is educational consultant for local industrial corporations. He has a master’s degree in education from Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Joyce Payne, of Brigham City, have six children. Ronald B. King, ’74, was elected Charles Luke, ’76, was promoted to manager of product safety and toxicology at Schering-Plough HealthCare Products, Memphis, Tenn. He was senior clinical research associate at Schering. He will conduct safety evaluations of new products and toxicology research. He was a former senior research toxicologist for Pennwalt Corp. in Rochester, N.Y. Dr. Luke received his master’s and doctorate in toxicology from Utah State University. president of the Northern Chapter of Val Bitton, ’78, is one of 100 people the Utah Association of Certified nationwide selected to work for the Keith S. Alder, ’80, was appointed field director in the Boy Scouts of America, Inland Northwest Scouting Family. He received the 1986 “Young Men in America” award for his work in the Boy Scouts He has served as district executive in Rock Springs, Wyo. and as district executive in Portland, Ore. He has received 70 merit badges. He and his wife, Cindy, have six children and live in Spokane, Wash. 35 |