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Richard McConaghy, B.B.A. ’50, retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander. He lives in Pennsylvania and is a manufacturer’s representative for Protec Cooling Towers Inc. of Miami. At UM he belonged to the fraternities Sigma Nu and Delta Sigma Pi.

Sonia Pressman Fuentes, J.D. ’57, returned to Antwerp, Belgium, in September for the opening of the Red Star Line Museum, named for the fleet of ships that carried Jewish refugees like Fuentes and her family from Antwerp to New York to escape Nazi Germany. Her story was documented by several newspapers in Sarasota, Florida, where she lives.

Bernard S. Rosenblatt, A.B. ’58, was elected as the Knoxville Museum of Art’s chairman of the board. A board member since 2005, he previously served as chair-elect, chair of the strategic planning committee, and chair of the education committee. He retired in 2005 as executive director of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance. Rosenblatt has a theatre arts degree from UM, a master’s in speech and drama from Stanford, and a Ph.D. in theatre arts/education from the University of Missouri.

Allan R. Bonilla, A.B. ’62, had his first book published: I’m in the Principal’s Seat, NOW WHAT? The Story of a Turnaround Principal (Corwin, 2013). With more than 40 years’ experience as an award-winning educator, including 14 years as a middle school principal in Miami-Dade County, Bonilla is now a leadership coach and a faculty member of the National Principals Leadership Institute in New York City. He and his wife live in Austin, Texas.

Roger Shatanof, M.Ed. ’64, recently self-published A Principal’s Diary: Memoir of a Big City Principal after serving for 34 years as a teacher and principal in the Miami-Dade County Public School system before retiring in 1995. Previously he was a navigator-bombardier in the U.S. Air Force.

Bob A. Sheridan, B.S.Ed. ’66, a boxing and MMA commentator, recently broadcast his 950th World Title Fight with Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a member of the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame board of directors.

Sam Daley-Harris, B.M. ’69, M.M. ’75, is founder and president of RESULTS education fund, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, and the Center for Citizen Empowerment and Transformation. In 2013 Camino Books released the 20th anniversary edition of his book, Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and Government, with a new chapter on the Citizens Climate Lobby, on whose advisory board Daley-Harris sits. The foreword is by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Edith A. Fiore, Ph.D. ’69, an author and clinical psychologist specializing in hypnoanalysis, recently self-published her first historical novel, Mistress of the Two Lands: A Novel of the Female Pharaoh.

Aida Levitan, A.B. ’69, was named to the board of directors of U.S. Century Bank in Miami.

Robert Loughlin, B.B.A. ’69, is president/CEO of Techtron Trading Corp., a commodity brokerage firm in Palmetto Bay, Florida. He is also writing a screenplay set in the Florida Keys.

Bruce S. Rubin, A.B. ’69, founder of RBB Public Relations, received the 2013 Bill Adams Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Relations Society of America Miami.

Kennneth J. Moses, B.M. ’72, M.M. ’74, associate dean for undergraduate education at the Frost School of Music, retired this past May after more than 40 years at the school, where he previously served as director of the Band of the Hour and director of admission.

Jonathan T. Lord, B.S. ’73, M.D. ’78, was appointed to the board of directors for both Vigilant Biosciences and Mako Surgical.

Enid Shomer, M.A. ’74, of Tampa, won the 2013 Florida Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing. The award, in its fourth year, is overseen by the Florida Humanities Council and presented at the governor’s mansion. Shomer, the first female recipient of the honor, was selected from 13 nominees by a five-person panel. The author of fiction, poetry, and essays is a lecturer in the University of Tampa’s Master of Fine Arts program. National Public Radio named her debut novel, Twelve Rooms of the Nile (Simon and Schuster, 2012), one of the six best historical novels of 2012.

Patricia A. Redmond, A.B. ’75, J.D. ’79, director of Miami Law’s Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic, was inducted for a one-year term as president of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Andrew Smith, J.D. ’77, joined Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation in New York City as senior vice president, legal.

José Abreu, B.S.C.E. ’78, former director of Miami-Dade Aviation Department and former Florida Department of Transportation secretary under Governor Jeb Bush, was hired as senior vice president of Gannett Fleming, responsible for strategic growth and business development initiatives at the Miami-based global infrastructure firm.

Kenneth R. Benoit, M.M. ’78, had his piece “Mosaics,” composed for tuba and woodwinds, performed at a Southeastern Composers League Forum in 2013.

James S. Cassel, J.D. ’79, is co-founder and chairman of Cassel Salpeter & Co. The Miami-based investment banking firm won the “Sector Deal of the Year: Consumer Services” category in the 7th Annual M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards for its role in the restructuring and $30 million sale of Silver Airways (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines) to Victory Park Capital.

David M. Hinkes, A.B. ’79, co-wrote Selling By Objectives: The Handbook for More Profitability in the 21st Century, which is in its third edition.

Beryl Solla, M.F.A. ’80, professor of art, won the 2013 PVCC Distinguished Service Award from Piedmont Virginia Community College, where she has taught since 1999. Faculty, staff, and students nominated her. Her gallery openings, free movie nights, and annual light-themed exhibition have drawn thousands of community members to campus.

Gregory Hiczewski, M.B.A. ’82, has been chief financial officer of UBMD Internal Medicine at the University at Buffalo, the largest campus in the State University of New York system, since 2011.

Michael S. Rosen, M.B.A. ’84, a UM President’s Council member and senior VP of new business development for the Forest City Science + Technology Group, received the inaugural Cures Within Reach Patient Impact Legacy Award from the Midwest BioScience Industry.

Santiago Corrada, A.B. ’86, M.S.Ed. ’91, formerly the chief of staff for the city of Tampa, is now president and CEO of Tampa Bay & Co., Hillsborough County’s official tourism agency.

Laird A. Lile, LL.M.E. ’87, was elected president of Naples High School’s School Advisory Council.

Jerome Ravenna, B.B.A. ’87, earned a Doctor of Education degree in organizational leadership from Nova Southeastern University in 2012. He was accepted to Barry University’s Podiatric School of Medicine for this year.

Rhonda Smith, B.S.N. ’87, M.S.N. ’89, a nurse practitioner, retired from Jackson Memorial Hospital after 30 years in 2013; she spent 19 years in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Married for 35 years with two grandsons, she stays active with the Oncology Nursing Society, going to the gym, gardening, reading, and photography.

Buckley J. Hugo, B.M. ’89, is the father of a teenager with autism. He founded Midcoast Advocacy in 2008 to help families of children with special needs obtain educational support from school districts. He also works in the music publishing business and lives in Portland, Maine.

Brian Itzkowitz, B.B.A. ’89, president and CEO of
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, was named 2013 Nonprofit Executive of the Year by Arkansas Business. The magazine cited the 17 new retail outlets that have opened and the spike in the number of Arkansans who have received career services and job placements through Goodwill since Itzkowitz took its helm in 2008.

Jackie Nespral, A.B. ’89, who has been with NBC for 21 years, was named Best TV News Anchor of 2013 in the “Best Of” issue published by Miami New Times newspaper.

Gerald T. Roden, J.D. ’89, an attorney with the Roden Law Firm, was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to serve on the Board of Volunteer Florida, which leads initiatives throughout the state that use volunteerism as a strategy to meet needs. He lives in Vero Beach, Florida, with his wife and son.

Scott Bernstein, B.B.A. ’91, is a management analyst for the U.S. Army at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, New York, the only active duty military installation in the New York City metropolitan area.

Christopher Parks, B.S. ’91, M.D. ’94, board certified in internal

medicine and pulmonary medicine and one of fewer than five interventional pulmonologists in the state of Georgia, has joined the Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center.

Jonathan D. Bonchick, M.B.A. ’92, co-founded the company Viridian Spirits, LLC, which recently sold its brand Lucid Absinthe to Hood River Distillers. Viridian had lobbied the U.S. government to end a 95-year ban on absinthe, an alcoholic beverage, which it did in 2007.

Michael R. Goldstein, J.D. ’92, managing partner of The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm and a co-founder of the Florida Brownfields Association who provides pro bono mentoring in environmental redevelopment and grant assistance, has received a brownfields leadership award from the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals.

L.A. Perkins, B.B.A. ’92, opened her own firm, L.A. Perkins Law Firm PLLC, in Boca Raton, Florida, this past May, after practicing law for 16 years. The firm specializes in the areas of trademark and copyright law, employment law, and business disputes.

Marlene Quintana, B.S.C. ’93, J.D. ’96, was named a 2013 fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Mara G. Stern Bloom, J.D. ’94, is executive director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center and sits on a number of boards. She is a 2013 MGH 100 honoree, which recognizes 100 individuals and groups nationwide who have helped advance the fight against cancer. She and her husband have two children.

Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, M.B.A. ’94, J.D. ’97, a colonel and flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, received a retirement ceremony this past April at the Homestead Air Reserve Base to honor his 21 years of national service. At retirement, he was the Air Force’s highest-ranking Haitian-American officer.

Christina Tangora Schlachter, B.B.A. ’94, author of Critical Conversations for Dummies (Wiley, 2013) and co-author of Leading Business Change for Dummies (Wiley, 2012), was a Denver Business Journal “40 Under 40” winner in 2013. In 2008 she founded the She Leads Leadership Institute in 2008 and is now managing partner and co-founder of Wesera Leadership Group.

Tonny Van de Pieterman, B.B.A. ’94, oversees 1,000 players as director of tennis operations at Point Set Tennis in Oceanside, New York.

Michelle Diffenderfer, J.D. ’95, was selected to serve a two-year term as a member of the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Initiative, which aims to reduce threats to coral reef resources in the region.

Shane M. Graber, B.B.A. ’95, M.B.A. ’97, was honored during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 2013 South Florida Distinguished Young Leader Awards.

John B. Pascarella, Ph.D. ’95, is dean of the College of Sciences and a professor of biology at the Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

Jaret L. Davis, A.B. ’96, J.D. ’99, was honored during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 2013 South Florida Distinguished Young Leader Awards.

Terrence Cheng, M.F.A. ’97, was named associate provost and assistant vice president for Academic Affairs at Brooklyn College-CUNY. Previously he was associate dean in the School of Arts and Humanities at Lehman College-CUNY. He lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and two daughters.

Abel L. Iglesias, M.B.A. ’97, joined Miami-based Professional Bank as chief lending officer.

Alexis D. Kurtz, B.M. ’97, a project manager and acoustic consultant in Virginia, was named to Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine’s 2013 “40 Under 40” honorees list. Among her recent projects: the broadcast studios of American University’s WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C. Kurtz presented “Sustainable Acoustics from Theory to Practice” at the 2012 InterNoise conference. She is married with two children.

Pedro A. Jimenez, J.D. ’98, a Miami native who worked in the New York office of Jones Day law firm for seven years, was named partner-in-charge of the firm’s recently opened Miami office.

Jennifer Jurado, B.S. ’98, Ph.D. ’03, head of the Broward County Natural Resources Planning and Management Division and a scientist who was instrumental in launching a multi-county initiative to address the effects of climate change, was one of 12 “Champions of Change” honored by the White House this past April.

Bill Wachsberger, B.S.C. ’98, rejoined The Baltimore Sun as design director in May 2013. He had previously worked at the publication from 2004 to 2009.

Doron C. Ofir, B.S.C. ’00, M.F.A. ’02, head of Doron Ofir Casting, has been the casting director for more than 100 reality productions, including The Profit and RuPaul’s Drag Race. LA Weekly dubbed him the “King of Reality TV Casting.”

Lance M. Barry, M.A. ’01, has joined the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber as its manager of public relations.

Eris Thomas, B.B.A. ’01, was promoted from president to CEO of Coral Gables Executive Physicians, the practice she runs with her husband, internist Robert H. Thomas, B.S. ’88, M.D. ’91, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. They live in Coconut Grove with their two children.

Nathalie Day-Tolentino, B.H.S. ’01, self-published her children’s book, titled Little Black Girl Dream a Big Dream for Me! in 2012.

Wakaba Stephens, B.B.A. ’01, is an accountant and a bodybuilder in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was thrilled to represent the U at last December’s Diamond Head Classic when men’s basketball beat the University of Hawaii 73-58.

Maryann (Tatum) Tobin, A.B. ’01, M.F.A. ’04, Ph.D. ’09, and Nathaniel Tobin, J.D. ’06, welcomed their first child, Genevieve Mary Tobin, in March. Maryann was in Phi Delta Kappa International’s 2012-2013 Class of Emerging Leaders.

Joshua Johnson, B.S.C. ’02, is a radio newscaster for KQED, a public media outlet in San Francisco.

Miranda Mulligan, B.S.C. ’02, is executive director of the Northwestern University Knight Lab, hired in July 2012. Before that she was a digital design director for BostonGlobe.com and Boston.com.

Jesse Fishman, B.M. ’03, a senior AV systems designer with architectural, engineering, technology design firm Westlake Reed Leskosky in Cleveland, Ohio, was promoted to associate.

Olga Martinez, B.S.C. ’03, M.A. ’05, launched originalsds.com, an online shop for the design and stationery studio she started in 2009.

Vance Aloupis, B.B.A. ’05, J.D. ’08, is the statewide director of The Children’s Movement of Florida and a commissioner
for Volunteer Florida, the Governor’s Commission on Community Service. He lives in Aventura, Florida, with his wife and
daughter.

Rachel A. Canfield, A.B. ’05, an attorney in Miami, was named to the Friends of the New World Symphony executive committee.

Marko Cerenko, J.D. ’05, joined the Miami law firm of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L.

Diego Arredondo, B.B.A. ’06, joined the Coral Gables law firm of Concepción Martinez & Bellido as an associate. He was previously an assistant district attorney in Kings County, New York.

Dana Bonner, B.B.A. ’06, of Ship Bottom, New Jersey, joined USA Swimming, the sport’s national governing body and service organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as a marketing manager.

G. Jay Hall, A.B. ’06, M.B.A. ’08, was promoted to banking officer at BB&T, where he has worked as a marketing specialist since 2011.

Jose A. Hernandez-Solaun, M.B.A. ’06, was honored during the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s 2013 South Florida Distinguished Young Leader Awards.

Zachary Eisenstein, B.S. ’08, was admitted as a fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Shaun Brown, B.F.A. ’09, is an actor with recurring roles in two HBO shows: Bruce in True Blood and Zach in The Newsroom.

Bradley Goodwin, B.B.A. ’09, created an L.A.-based comedy group called The Canes of Comedy with Ethan White, B.B.A. ’09; Jared Quay Campbell, B.S.C. ’11; Tommy Lee, B.S.C. ’11; and Eddie Mauldin, B.S.C. ’12.

Marshall T. Holland, B.S. ’09, graduated from Southern Illinois School of Medicine and was accepted to a neurological surgery residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.

Christopher Kitterman, B.S.B.E. ’09, earned his D.O. degree from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and is in a pediatric residency at Palms West Hospital in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Megan A. Walters, B.S. ’09, graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and was accepted to an orthopaedic surgery residency at the school and its affiliated hospitals in Springfield.

Brittany Schweizer, A.B. ’10, showed her charcoal drawings of blues legends for “The Sights and the Sounds of Early 20th Century Blues Music” this past June in Orlando, Florida, where she lives.

Katie Podein, J.D. ’12, a law clerk at Yang & Wang, P.C. in Los

Angeles, and founding partner Tommy Wang, J.D. ’09, M.B.A. ’10, celebrated his intellectual property law firm’s first anniversary in October 2013 with local ’Canes: Natalie (Boyajian) Daghbandan, J.D. ’10; Nema Daghbandan, J.D. ’10; Matthew Eandi, B.S.C. ’07, J.D. ’11; Jacquelyn Temple, J.D. ’11; Ramon Trujillo, J.D. ’08; and Tina Vo, J.D. ’08.

Justin Drazin, B.S.C. ’11, earned a master of science in sustainability management from Columbia University while writing his
first children’s book, Albert and the Amazing Pillow Monsters, about a young boy overcoming his fear of the dark. His self-published book won a Mom’s Choice Award Gold Medal for Best Children’s Picture Book of 2013 and the Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for Best Bedtime Story 2013.

Margo Guernsey, M.F.A. ’11, founder of Time Travel Productions LLC, is making her first feature-length film documentary, Councilwoman Castillo, about a hotel housekeeper elected to public office in 2011. Her Kickstarter.com campaign raised more than $20,000 for the project.

Romy Portuondo Remior, B.B.A. ’11, began her Mary Kay business part-time in 2011. Now full-time, she has earned four career cars and recently became the cosmetics company’s youngest pink Cadillac-driving sales director in South Florida. The Havana-born Miamian is on the board of the Cuban American National Council and is involved with Roots of Hope, a nonprofit devoted to empowering Cuban youth.

Lara Rosenbaum, A.B. ’11, a third generation art dealer, has opened a contemporary gallery at the St. Regis Bal Harbour.

Veronica Scott-Fulton, D.N.P. ’11, was hired in June 2013 as vice president of Operations and Patient Care Services at the Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.

Stephanie Vendetti, B.B.A. ’11, founded Freckles Social Media Agency in New York City. Her How To Be a Redhead co-founder, sister Adrienne Vendetti, B.B.A. ’09, is director of business operations.

Erica Beyl, B.Arch. ’12, is an intern architect at Konstant Architecture Planning in Skokie, Illinois.

Harland J. Gunn, A.B. ’12, was signed by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons in 2012.

Daniel B. Harris, LL.M.T. ’12, is an associate in the commercial/ corporate section of law firm ShuffieldLowman in Orlando, Florida.

Christopher Poore, B.B.A. ’12, and Ron Rick, B.B.A. ’12, opened a Miami franchise operation of the UM-launched business College Hunks Hauling Junk/College Hunks Moving company.

In Memoriam*

Senior Trustee, Past Orange Bowl President

At right: Nicholas A. “Nick” Crane, B.B.A. ’51, J.D. ’53 Photo courtesy Lisa A. Crane, B.B.A. ’87

The son of a chicken farmer, first-generation college graduate Nicholas A. “Nick” Crane, B.B.A. ’51, J.D. ’53, attributed much of his success to his alma mater, which he gave to generously. Crane, founder and president of Neff Machinery, served for 27 years on the University of Miami Board of Trustees, 15 of those as a senior trustee. He worked on seven committees, chairing the Athletic Advisory committee for three years. He also served on the UM Hospital Board of Governors and the visiting committees of five schools and colleges. He was in the George E. Merrick Giving Society and donated to many initiatives, among those, the School of Business Administration, from which his children—Lisa A. Crane, B.B.A. ’87, and Nicholas A. Crane Jr., B.B.A. ’79—graduated and whose Della Crane Classroom is named for his late wife. Crane, who died on September 30 at age 90, was a past president of the Orange Bowl Committee, the Rotary Club of Miami, and the Executives’ Association of Greater Miami. Donations may be made in his name to UM President’s Initiatives, miami.edu/presidentsinitiatives.

Integrity-Inspired Legal Scholarship

“Lawyer’s lawyer” Mitchell Bloomberg, J.D. ’75, died on May 24 after an 11-year battle with cancer. From member of the University of Miami Law Review to trial attorney with the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office to partner in the law firms of Fine Jacobson, Adorno & Yoss, and Hinshaw & Culbertson, Bloomberg was a highly skilled litigator who exemplified integrity and passion, say his colleagues. They have established The Mitchell R. Bloomberg Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund at Miami Law for a third-year student who best demonstrates those traits.

 

The Art Deco Architect

His triumphs line world-famous Ocean Drive and Lincoln Road. As Miami Beach’s Art Deco District preservation architect and an original member of the Historic Preservation Board, Les Beilinson, B.Arch. ’69, helped save and revitalize Art Deco style, restoring more than 200 hotels, including the Española Way Hotel, Essex House, the Marlin, Edison, Breakwater, Park Central, Century, Shore Park, Traymore, Tiffany, Betsy Ross, Ritz Plaza, and Imperial. On the mainland he worked on the Lyric Theater, the Opa-locka and Coral Gables city halls, the Old Fire and Police Station in Coral Gables, and Merrick Manor, among others. Most recently, his firm completed a historic renovation of the landmark Hialeah Park. Beilinson died on June 13 of complications from surgery. He was 66.

 

 

We diligently research each name in the “In Memoriam” section. If you spot an error, please notify us at [email protected] so we can correct our records.

Cecile Alexander Weiss, A.B. ’38
Sidney Forrest, A.B. ’39
Charles G. Hodges Jr., B.B.A. ’41
Rebekah Parham Shelley, A.B. ’41
Peggy Lee Naus, B.Ed. ’42
Jeanne Atcheson Thompson, A.B. ’42
Helen Marie Crist, A.B. ’44
Helen C. Dayton, A.B. ’44
Geraldine D. Rasmussen, B.M. ’47
Payton Keith Bailey, B.B.A. ’49
James Bassett Gwin, A.B. ’49, M.Ed. ’54, Ed.S. ’70
Burton Harrison, A.B. ’49, J.D. ’52
Sheldon Klahr, B.B.A. ’49
Mack A. Roper, B.S.E.S. ’49
John T. Wells, B.S.E.S./B.S.M.E. ’49
Arleen Saks Wohl, A.B. ’49
Albert F. Yenkelun, B.S.E.E. ’49, B.S.M.E. ’50
James Bassett Gwin, A.B. ’49, M.Ed. ’54, Ed.S. ’70
Burton Harrison, A.B. ’49, J.D. ’52
Sol Charloff, B.B.A. ’50
Ralph W. Christensen, B.S. ’50
Robert L. Decker, B.M. ’50
Frank W. Harned, A.B. ’50
Rema E. Herzbrun, A.B. ’50
Thomas C. Johnson, A.B. ’50, J.D. ’52
Robert J. Reilly, A.B. ’50
William Saenz, B.S. ’50
Marshall I. Stein, B.B.A. ’50
Greene Wix Unthank, J.D. ’50
John Russell Weber, B.S.M.E. ’50
Jack Del Bello, B.Ed. ’51
William L. Bolyard, A.B. ’51
Arnold Fishgold, B.B.A. ’51
Julia Fox Hullar, M.A. ’51
George L.K Hunter, B.S. ’51, M.S. ’52
Thomas J. Jordan, B.B.A. ’51, J.D. ’53
Dexter G. Manzer, B.Ed. ’51
Richard K. Mazeau, A.B. ’51
George Ovath, A.B. ’51
George David Parrish, J.D. ’51
Pearle H. Schultz, M.Ed. ’51
Paul Herman Haeger, B.S.M.E. ’52
William Arthur Murphy Jr., B.S. ’52, MS ’53
Oakley Grant Smith Jr., J.D. ’52
Andres L. Almoina, A.B. ’53
Joseph Schultz, B.Ed. ’53
Kelly C. Thomas, B.S. ’53
Gerald Stanley Wolff, J.D. ’53
John I. Willmott Sr., A.B. ’54
Ronald H. Seiden, B.B.A. ’55

Morton Erstling, B.B.A. ’56, J.D. ’59
Bobby Jack Reeves, A.B. ’56
Elaine Glaser Stein, B.Ed. ’56
Wynne Anne Wells, B.Ed. ’56
Mortimer S. Cohen, J.D. ’57
Jack Allen Furman, J.D. ’57
Mary Gaither Varnell, B.S.N. ’57
Arthur I. Wohlgemuth, B.Ed. ’57, M.Ed. ’60
Paul Kenneth Burdine, B.S.E.E. ’58
Charles Goldy Jr., B.S.M.E. ’58
Leonard L. Levenstein, J.D. ’58
Harold F. Moran, B.Ed. ’58
Stanislav Zimic, M.A. ’58
William Joy Bednarcik, B.B.A. ’59
Clifford Comfort Sr., A.B. ’59
Gordon K. Gilson, B.B.A. ’59
Michael L. Hance, B.B.A. ’59
Victor J. Martinez, M.D. ’59, J.D. ’90
James R. Riker, B.B.A. ’59
Barbara T. Willhoeft, B.Ed. ’59, M.Ed. ’71
Lloyd E. Sineath, B.B.A. ’60
Roscoe O. Whiddon, M.D. ’60
Norma Gibson Maness, A.B. ’61, M.A. ’63
Robert E. Newell, B.B.A. ’61
Frank E. Tankersley, B.B.A. ’61
Joseph C. Abell Jr., B.B.A. ’62
Larry W. Meneely, B.S.M.E. ’62
Daniel E. Connell, B.B.A. ’63
Rodney P. Dunaway, M.D. ’63
Allan R. Goldenberg, B.S.E.E. ’63
Lloyd W. Johnson, B.B.A. ’63
Frank A. Smith Jr., B.B.A. ’63
Matthew W. Steele Jr., M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’66
Sandra Ann Harshaw, B.Ed. ’64
Hubert W. Hill, B.B.A. ’64
Joel H. Copenhagen, B.Ed. ’65, M.Ed. ’70,
Donald M. Klein, J.D. ’65
Rodney B. McCombs, B.B.A. ’65
William P. Quantz Jr., B.Ed. ’66
Marc Lipsitz, J.D. ’67
Howard Jay Magram, B.B.A. ’67
Rafael Prida, B.Ed. ’67
James Emmett Riddle III, B.B.A. ’67
Joanne F. Wolf, B.Ed. ’68
Robert Wayne Altemus, B.B.A. ’69
Les Dennis Beilinson, B.Arch. ’69
Sandra Beck Levine, A.B. ’69
Larry Shore, A.B. ’69
Jacquelyn Conway Vari, B.Ed. ’69
Robert A. Ades, A.B. ’70, J.D. ’73

Thomas Lawrence Newman, J.D. ’70, LL.M.T. ’76
William Raymond Tranter, B.B.A. ’70
J. Peter Kichline, B.Ed. ’71
Ludwig N. Ladas, B.Ed. ’71, M.Ed. ’73
James W. Varnedoe, M.A. ’71
Jean Elizabeth Wass, M.M. ’71
Arthur Jay England Jr., LL.M.T. ’72
James Edwin Fulton Jr., Ph.D. ’73
Henry Peter Michaels Jr., A.B. ’73
Clara Raeanne Randall, A.B. ’73, M.A. ’77
Terry V. Percy, M.Ed. ’74, J.D. ’77
Robert Michael Ringelheim, B.S. ’74
Wallace E. Roddenberry, LL.M. ’74
James David Keegan, J.D. ’75
German Munoz, M.A. ’75, Ph.D. ’81
Alyson Fogel Pilzer, B.F.A. ’75
Robert H. Meyer, B.M. ’76, M.M. ’78
Steven M. Adase, B.B.A. ’77
Janis Risbergs Jr., A.B. ’77
Sheryl Fishman Berrin, M.Ed. ’78
Gary D. Carothers, MBA ’79
Stephen A. Giaratano, B.Arch. ’81
Amy Beth Karan, A.B. ’82, J.D. ’86
Joseph F. Wapinsky, A.B. ’82
Dorothy Ann Warren, B.C.S. ’82
Laurie J. Carroll, A.B. ’83
Lawrence P. Coassin, J.D. ’83
David A. Trushin, B.B.A. ’83
Roger G. Owen, Ph.D. ’84
John Pittman, Ed.D. ’84
Kathryn Elizabeth Whitaker, M.B.A. ’84
Gerisue Jacobs, J.D. ’85
Terry G. Smith, M.D. ’85
Ruby Horgan, ’86
John W. Field, J.D. ’88
Charles P. Hokanson, M.B.A. ’89
Gloria C. Paul, B.B.A. ’91
Michael A. Pane, J.D. ’92
John R. Anderson, A.B. ’96, J.D. ’99
Clayton J. Joffrion, LL.M.I. ’96
Andrea Sue Muhar, M.D. ’97
Ricky David Duckett, D.M.A. ’98
Suzanne Victoria McSwain, A.B. ’01
Gary C. Rose, M.B.A. ’01
Emily DuPree Dosch, A.B. ’08
Walter G. Earnest
Gertrude E. Faillace
Clarence T. Froscher
Nancy A. Mugford
* As of September 30, 2013

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CPS Energy is bringing new energy, like Centennial Solar Farm, to San Antonio. Photos by Vincent McDonald/CPS Energy

For Doyle Beneby, M.B.A. ’97, being bullish on alternative energy deep in the heart of oil country isn’t a paradox; it’s just good business sense.

The Texas-sized CEO (he’s 6’5”) is bringing seemingly immovable forces—environmentalists and fossil-fuel-friendly executives—to negotiations in the Lone Star State’s second-biggest city. In the process he’s making serious strides toward meeting San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro’s challenge to pump up the use of low-carbon fuels by 2020.

As the head of CPS Energy, the nation’s largest combined municipal utility company (gas and electric), Beneby has fast gained a reputation for supporting traditional low-impact energy sources like wind and solar as well as fossil fuels that are cleaner and safer than their predecessors.

To that end, CPS Energy recently spent $500 million to buy a clean-burning natural gas plant, a move that should enable its 35-year-old coal-burning facility to be retired about a decade ahead of schedule.

“Rather than spend a half-billion dollars retrofitting an old plant, we chose to invest in newer technology with renewable energy and natural gas options,” explains Beneby, who was named 2012 Utility CEO of the Year by the Solar Electric Power Association. “As a municipal utility, we can take a longer view and make strategic decisions looking out over the next decade or two. Because we don’t have to answer to a quarterly earnings call, our investment decisions are driven by choices that benefit our company and customers over the long run.”

Some of those long-range benefits, he notes, include fewer regulations and lower environmental impact.

The strategy has drawn national and international players. Beneby brokered a deal with two South Korea-owned firms to build a solar-power field with the capacity to service 80,000 homes. The plan includes the creation of solar-cell company Nexolon’s first American manufacturing plant, expected to bring at least 800 new jobs and $38 million in annual payroll to San Antonio.

Since Beneby joined CPS Energy in August 2010 from private Chicago-based utility company Exelon, where he served as energy division president, at least eight clean-technology energy operations have set up shop in San Antonio, potentially adding more than 2,000 area jobs. With this kind of buzz, the city may become known as the nation’s alternative-energy capital, and Texas could break into the top five solar-producing states.

Still, Beneby says he never intended to become a leader in clean energy. At each turn, though, it just seemed to be the right move, particularly when it came with the bonus of attracting businesses and jobs.

But, warns the Miami native and former engineer for Florida Power & Light, “It can’t be all innovation. You have to do the basics well, too, and I’m fortunate to be working for one of the best utilities in the business.

“If CPS Energy does all of these other things, but the grid goes down and people lose power for a day, then we haven’t done our job well,” Beneby continues. “I’ll admit, though, it is fun having both responsibilities. Articulating a vision and now highlighting my new hometown, San Antonio, as a model for what the industry can do—that is fulfillment.” —Robert Strauss

CPS Energy’s CEO Doyle Beneby, M.B.A. ’97

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