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Silver Linings

1981
Allison Riley McCagg, ’81 BA, received a doctorate in educational administration from Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

1984
Katherine McIntyre, ’84 MS, was elected mayor of Clear Lake Shores.

1985
Tina Farrell, ’85 MA, was promoted to assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for Clear Creek Independent School District.

Deanna Young, ’85 BS, was named a partner at Sirius Solutions.

1986
Wayne Webb, ’86 BBA, is the CEO of Republic National Bank.

1987
John Muratore, ’87 MS, was named manager of the systems integration office at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Story Musgrave, ’87 MA, was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame with fellow shuttle veterans Sally Ride, Daniel Brandenstein and Robert “Hoot” Gibson in a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Alvin Douglas Payne, ’87 MA, was named vice president of market development at Zilliant Inc.

Susan Swindle, ’87 professional teaching certificate, ’82 MA, is principal of Webster Intermediate in Clear Creek ISD.

1988
Lupita Armendariz, ’88 BA, resigned her position as Webster City councilwoman to accept a position with NASA’s Ames Research Center.

1990
Gayle Modrall, ’90 professional teaching certificate, was named a Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar. Modrall, a librarian at Presbyterian School, will receive a fully funded three-week study visit to Japan.

Chere Wharry, ’90 BA, was honored by the Deer Park Rotary as February 2003 Teacher of the Month. Wharry teaches for Deer Park ISD.

1992
Steve Poulos Jr., ’92 MBA, was named acting manager of NASA Johnson Space Center’s orbiter project office.

Karen Sebung, ’92 professional teaching certificate, ’88 MA, is a student support counselor at Clear Creek High School.

1993
Michael Baird, ’93 MA, was recognized by the Pasadena Police Department for his unsurpassed dedication to the community.

1994
Christann Vasquez, ’94 MHA, is the vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann and CEO of Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital.

1995
Keith Parrott, ’95 MHA, is the vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital.

Kristi LaMell, ’95 MS, ’89 MS, is the assistant principal at Clear Brook High School.

Edwina Lewis, ’95 BA, wrote an essay published in “Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover’s Soul.”

Patricia Porter, ’95 BS, is president of Conflict Connections in Newark, Del. Porter is also a consultant at the University of Delaware.

Mary Agnes Dalrymple, ’95 BA, had her first poetry collection, “Water Tender,” published by Fithian Press.

Robert McGowen, ’95 MS, is the assistant superintendent for Friendswood ISD.

1996
Mel Davenport, ’96 MA, is a professional storyteller who presented a workshop on museum storytelling at the National Storytelling Network’s annual conference, “At the Crossroads,” in Chicago, Ill.

Holly Hughes, ’96 MS, is the assistant superintendent for elementary education for Clear Creek ISD.

Melissa Mares, ’96 BA, is director of development for the College of Optometry at UH.

1997
Jennifer Brumley, ’97 MA, ’96 BA, is the counselor for Canton Junior High in Canton, Texas.

Pam Grable, ’97 BA, is the founder of Brazoswood High School’s Grable’s rasshoppers, an award-winning environmental science club dedicated to the beautification of Brazoswood High School and the community.

1998
William Kerr, ’98 MBA, was named to the newly created position of vice president, professional networks at Independence Blue Cross.

1999
Kristina Michelle Vassallo, ’99 BS, married Russell Shearn Moody on May 24. Vassallo is a physical therapist at Mainland Center Hospital.

2000
Coretta L. Conant, ’00 BS, welcomed a daughter, April, on March 31, 2002.
Victoria Flores-LoCoco, ’00 MS, is coordinator of bilingual and English as a second language programs for Clear Creek ISD.

Don Kenneth Gerry, ’00 BS, is pursuing a master’s degree in marine resource management at Texas A&M University in Galveston, Texas.

Michael L. McLaughlin II, ’00 BS, is employed by Emerald Homes.

Linda Ramos, ’00 MA, was selected to attend the FBI National Academy.

Judy Marie Tate, ’00 MS,is the first African-American woman to support Interna-tional Space Station science activities as a lead increment scientist representative. Tate acts as the liaison between the lead increment scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and the Payload Operations and Integration Center at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., which plans space station science activities.

Jaime Vasquez, ’00 BS, is vice president and senior accountant at Moody National Bank.

2001
Kelly Campbell, ’01 BS, received the 2003 H.E.B. Excellence in Teaching Award –Rising Star (regional).

Millie Fitzwater, ’01 BS, is a legal assistant for Cokinos, Bosien & Young Attorneys.
Juliann Ivory, ’01 BS, teaches physical education at Bay Colony Elementary in Dickinson ISD.

Rose Sklar, ’01 MBA, ’99 BA, is the registrar and director of admissions and records at UHCL. She also received theuniversity’s top staff award, the Hugh P. Avery Prize/President’s Distinguished Staff Service Award.

Debra Kay Yocum, ’01 BS, teaches fifth grade at Atkinson Elementary in Pasadena ISD.

2002
Jane Bawden, ’02 MA, presented “Socioeconomic Position and Life Satisfaction of Lesbians at Midlife” at the annual conference of the Southwestern Psychological Association in New Orleans, La.

Mandy Mather, ’02 BS, married Brandon Davis on June 21, 2003. Mather teaches first grade at Morales Elementary in Pasadena ISD.

2003
Cenaiyda Carranza, ’03 MS, is an urban youth development volunteer in Honduras for the southwest regional recruitment office of the Peace Corps.

In Memory
Leslie Caroline Austin, ’99 BA, passed away in September 2002.

Linda Bates, ’93 MA, passed away in July 2003.

Robert VanDyke Doisy, ’83 BBA, passed away in May 2003.

Charles F. Hilfinger, ’95 BA, ’90 BA, passed away in June 2003.

Mary Burks Marek, ’92 professional teaching certificate, ’91 MS, passed away in June 2003.

Walter Mooney, ’87 BS, passed away in August 2003.

Loreece Lynn Pentecost, ’02 BA, passed away in June 2003.

Jerry Rollins Powell, ’78 MA, passed away in July 2003.

Francis William Ravet, ’77 MS, passed away in October 2002.

Michael Rodriguez, ’94 BS, ’81 MA, passed away in August 2003.

Joy Campbell Schultz, ’96 MA, passed away in April 2003.

Teresa Ann Dodds Smith, ’82 MA, passed away in May 2003.

Linda Marie Stevenson, ’80 BS, passed away in June 2003.