1950s
Julio Fonseca (M.Ed. ’59)
has written three books: The
Best Two, A Beautiful Harvest, and The
Blessed Pathway, all published
within the past year.
Carolyn Moran (’54) has been named Washington
County, Texas, Chamber of Commerce Woman of the
Year. Moran and her husband, Dan
Moran (’53),
are members of the UH-Brenham Alumni Club.
1960s
C.F. Kendall
II |
C.F. Kendall II (’60)
has been named CEO of the 100 Club. Kendall is
a past board chair of the Houston Alumni Organization
and a former regent. He is with the law firm
of C.F. Kendall II & Associates, PC.
John N. Molbeck Jr. (’68) has been named
chief operating officer and president of HCC
Insurance, Inc.
Mike Weingart (’63),
president of Carlson Wagonlit Travel/World Travel
Agency, has been elected president of the Houston
Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association.
1970s
Niels Aalund |
Niels Aalund (’79) has joined West Gulf
Maritime Association as vice president of maritime
affairs.
Clyde Arnold (’71, M.A. ’73) has
been appointed provost and vice president for
academic affairs at Northern State University.
J. Raleigh Bailes (’70) has been appointed
to the board of directors for Petro Resources
Corporation.
Mike
Brem |
Mike Brem (’79, M.B.A. ’81, J.D. ’90)
has been named partner in the law firm of Schirrmeister
Diaz-Arrastia Brem, LLP.
Cynthia Oliver Coleman (’71) will be featured
in the Extraordinary Women Engineers Project
book, Changing Our World: True Stories of Women
Engineers.
Ignacio Gomez-Tobar (’74), regional vice
president and general manager of the Four Seasons
Hotel Miami, delivered the first Eric Hilton
Distinguished Lecture of 2006 at the UH Conrad
N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management.
Kenneth J. Guidry (’77) has been named
chairman of the Bauer College of Business Accountancy
and Taxation Advisory Board.
William M. Handal (’70) has been named
senior vice president of eastern drugstore region
operations for Walgreen Co.
Gary W. Maler (’71) has been named the
fifth director of the Real Estate Center at Texas
A&M University.
Robert E. Meadows (J.D. ’77) has been
elected managing partner of the Houston office
for King & Spalding, an international law
firm.
Gray H. Miller (’74, J.D. ’78) has
been approved unanimously by the Senate Judiciary
Committee to serve as U.S. district judge for
the southern district of Texas.
Michael L. Nichols (O.D. ’77) has been
appointed by Governor Matt Blunt to the Missouri
State Board of Optometry. Nichols’ appointment
is subject to Senate confirmation for a term
ending on June 30, 2010.
Gordon
Quan |
Gordon Quan (M.Ed. ’73), former Houston
City Council member, has opened a San Antonio
branch of the Houston-based firm Quan Burdette & Perez,
PC.
Steve Smelley (’78) has been elected to
the Fort Bend Independent School District board
of trustees.
Terry E. Swift (’79) has been named chairman
of the Swift Energy Board of Directors.
Thomas Weatherford (’70) has been appointed
to the board of directors for Mellanox Technologies,
Ltd.
Ray Whittington (Ph.D. ’78) has been named
dean of DePaul University’s undergraduate
College of Commerce and its Kellstadt Graduate
School of Business.
James Worrall (’78) has been appointed
assistant vice president, contract sales, for
SYSCO Corporation in Houston.
