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2009 Alumni Fellows
Seven Washburn University graduates will be honored as Alumni
Fellows at a luncheon at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 16,
2009 at the Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center. The cost is
$14 for members of the Alumni Association and $17 for
non-members. Reservations are due by Oct. 8 and may be
made by calling (785) 670-1641, e-mail wualumni@washburn.edu.
College of Arts and Sciences
David Chavez, ba ’88
Hometown: Topeka
Current residence: Olathe, Kan.
Current occupation: Founder and chief executive officer of LatinPointe Inc., an Hispanic branding agency
Honors and accomplishments: 2007 National Hispanic Hero Award from the U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education Foundation and the Topeka MANA 2007 Award for Arts and Entertainment; executive producer of two Latino-themed prime time network television specials in both English (ALMA Awards, ABC Network) and Spanish (Premios Deportes, Univision Network); executive-produced the Latino Inaugural Gala in Washington, D.C., and is producing the Congressional Caucus Gala and an Alex Reymundo Comedy Special for Showtime and Comedy Central.
Professional and community service: Board member for Skywalk Memorial; advisory board member of the Academy of Tejano Musicians and Diversity Affluence; member of the National Association of Independent Producers and the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Washburn memory: “I credit Ping Enriquez, in university relations, and Dale Cushinberry, in minority affairs, for teaching me about success and what it means to represent my community and ethnic background.”
Paul Etzel bs ’71
Hometown: Topeka
Current residence: La Mesa, Calif.
Current occupation: Professor of astronomy, San Diego State University and director, Mount Laguna Observatory
Additional education: Master of science in astronomy from SDSU and doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California-Los Angeles
Honors and accomplishments: Authored more than 90 research publications; recipient of more than $1.3 million in competitive grants for research from the National Science Foundation, NASA, the O.P and W.E. Edwards Foundation, AT&T and Research Corporation for Science Advancement; panel member for grant proposals to NSF, NASA and RCSA; manuscript referee for numerous professional journals.
Professional and community service: Washburn Endowment Association board of trustees; member of the board of San Diego County Chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association, San Diego Area Lighting Advisory Group and Mount Laguna Fire Safe Council
Washburn memory: “Professor Stan Alexander stressed the importance of computational procedures to reduce and analyze astronomical data, which developed my keen interest in electronic computing and gave me a marketable skill.”
Marianne Webb, b music ’58
Hometown: Topeka
Current residence: Carbondale, Ill.
Current Occupation: Distinguished university organist and professor emerita, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Additional education: Master of music degree, University of Michigan; Fulbright grant for graduate study in Paris, France
Honors and accomplishments: Edward A. Hansen National Leadership Award from the American Guild of Organists National Council; Distinguished Service Award from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, which also named the pipe organ in Shryock Auditorium the Marianne Webb Pipe Organ and established the Marianne Webb Special Collection in the Morris Research Library; Avis Blewett Award from the St. Louis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Professional and community service: Presented recitals and workshops nationally under Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists Management; lifelong involvement at all levels in the American Guild of Organists; adjudicator for many prestigious competitions; consultant to churches in the Midwest; organist in the Lutheran Chapel of St. Paul the Apostle
Washburn Memory: “Being chosen for and initiated into Nonoso after receiving the Nonoso Sophomore Cup a year earlier.”
School
of Law
Paul Hoferer, jd ’75
Hometown: Kansas City, Kan.
Current residence: Topeka
Current occupation: Attorney, Lathrop & Gage; retired vice president and general counsel for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Additional education: Southern California Institute of Business and Management
Honors and accomplishments: 2006 Excellence Award from the National Association
of Railroad Trial Counsel; 2000 Paul C. Garrett Award for Meritorious Service to the
Association of American Railroads General Claims Conference
Professional and community service: Washburn School of Law board of governors;
testified on behalf of railroad industry before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee; 2002-03
president of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; 2006-07 chairman of the Association of American Railroads Punitive Damages Working Group; Topeka Youth Project board of directors
Washburn memory: “During my senior year, law Professor Bill Treadway told me he had heard Santa Fe Railroad might be hiring a new trial lawyer in their Topeka office and put me in contact with their general counsel for Kansas, the late Jean Reeves. That contact led to a 33-year legal career with Santa Fe.”
School
of Business
John B. Wood, bba ’73 and jd ’78
Hometown: Topeka
Current residence: Bronxville, N.Y.
Current occupation: Partner Thompson & Knight LLP, where he leads the New York City commercial real estate legal group
Additional education: Master of business administration in accounting and finance, University of Kansas; Certified Public Accountant
Honors and accomplishments: Fellow, American Bar Foundation; author and co-author of treatises and books on leasing; National Commercial Neutral, American Arbitration Association National Neutral Arbitrator; named to Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in Real Estate; Eagle Scout
Professional and community service: Member, Board of Legal Advisors and chairman of the commercial leasing program of the Practicing Law Institute; instructor, New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate; serves on various boards and sponsors www.leasingnyc.com
Favorite Washburn Memory: “Finding my wife of 32 years hidden in the Law Library stacks. I dedicated my first treatise, to ‘the best thing I ever found in the Washburn Law Library….Teri Wilford, now Wood!’”
School
of Nursing
Cynthia (Cramer) Hornberger, bsn ’78
Hometown and current residence: Lawrence, Kan.
Current occupation: Professor, Washburn School of Nursing
Additional education: Master of science in medical-surgical nursing; master of business administration; and doctorate in nursing, University of Kansas
Honors and accomplishments: Excellence in Nursing Research Award from Eta Kappa Chapter At-Large; Paul Harris Fellow from Topeka South Rotary; Excellence in Teaching Award 1994, 1997, 1999, 2008; Leadership Kansas; State Nurses Association President’s Award 2005 and 2007
Professional and community service: While dean of the Washburn School of Nursing 2000-09, the master’s program was established and enrollment in the baccalaureate program nearly doubled; on boards of Brewster Place and Kansas Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross; member of the KSNA Council on Education; past president of the Kansas Association of Colleges of Nursing
Washburn memory: “Dr. Alice Adam made such an impression on me that I didn’t apply to any other nursing programs. I was in awe of the exceptional nursing faculty who modeled the best in professional nursing.”
School
of Applied Studies
Michael Mustain, ba ’76
School of Applied Studies
Hometowns: Topeka and Kansas City, Kan.
Current residence: Basehor, Kan.
Current occupation: Director, test and evaluation division, Department of the Army, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; intelligence research specialist responsible for the implementation of threat in operation tests for new Army and joint service acquisition programs
Additional education: Master of business administration, Baker University
Honors and accomplishments: Department of the Army Modeling and Simulation Award; Training and Doctrine Command Commander and Performance Awards
Professional and community service: Lifetime member of Washburn Alumni Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans
Washburn memory: “My memories of WU continue to make me smile. The most interesting academic experiences were the many opportunities to engage one-on-one with Dr. Karl Menninger in our criminal justice seminars and lectures. I learned to embrace creative thinking toward resolution of issues. I tried to attend all the sporting events. The basketball games in Whiting Field House were always a great atmosphere, especially when we played Emporia.”
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