A Message From CSU President Ronald M. Berkman · 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dear Fellow...

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Tonight we celebrate the 26th anniversary of the Distinguished Alumni

Awards, hosted by Cleveland State University and the Cleveland State

University Alumni Association.

On this very special occasion, we honor 10 individuals who do the University

proud through their professional and personal successes. These alumni are

excellent ambassadors for Cleveland State, the quality education provided

here, and the importance of higher education in general. They are wonderful

examples of how a CSU education impacts lives and how CSU alumni

impact the world. Congratulations to them all!

Over the years, this annual celebration has grown stronger and richer

in tradition; with tonight’s honorees, 202 outstanding alumni have been

recognized. They, and all our alumni, are the foundation upon which this

great University rests.

Thank you for joining us at CSU’s alumni event of the year. We are especially

grateful for the financial support of the companies and individuals whose

generosity has ensured the success of this event.

Congratulations to our 2016 Distinguished Alumni. Enjoy the celebration!

Sincerely,

Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D.

A Message From CSU President Ronald M. Berkman

Cleveland State University Alumni Awards

Ronald M. Berkman

A Message from CSUAA President Katherine Jennings

Katherine Jennings

2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards

Dear Fellow Alumni and Friends,

Welcome to our 26th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards program.

Tonight we honor 10 of our most accomplished alumni, representing

the University’s Colleges and School of Nursing. These men and women

earned their degrees through hard work and determination and now

excel in their careers and their lives. They exemplify commitment to the

community, their professions and the University and are highly deserving

of the recognition we bestow upon them.

Cleveland State University is fortunate to have a worldwide alumni base

that is Viking strong at 120,000-plus members – and growing. As I begin

my two-year term as president of the Alumni Association, I look forward

to meeting and working with as many alumni as possible. Your support –

whether it’s volunteering, attending events, mentoring students, making a

financial contribution or just reading our communications and checking

our website (csualumni.com) – will help keep CSU and your Alumni

Association strong and growing.

Thank you for your support for this event, our University, and our

students. Together, we can ensure a pipeline of distinguished alumni far

into the future.

Sincerely,

Katherine Jennings, EMBA ’09

Special Projects Manager

Integrity Reality Group



Program

EmceeEd “Flash” Ferenc, BA ’75

Public Information Officer, Cleveland Municipal Court

Dinner

RemarksKatherine Jennings, EMBA ’09

President, CSU Alumni Association

Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D. President, Cleveland State University

Award Presentations

Monte Ahuja College of Business

David J. Fornari, BBA ’76/MBA ’80 Retired Partner and Energy Consultant

Deloitte Consulting LLP

College of Education and Human Services

Zachary G. Green, MEd ’83 Professor, Practice and Leadership Studies

University of San Diego

Washkewicz College of Engineering

James D. Heckelman, BSEE ’62 Founder

Dan-Mar Company, Inc.

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Bonnie E. Raquet, MA ’73 Retired Corporate Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Cargill, Incorporated

School of Nursing

Susan L. Tullai-McGuinness, BSN ’86/MPA ’90 Adjunct Faculty

Case Western Reserve University and Ursuline College

College of Sciences and Health Professions

Ann M. Frangos, MS ’77 Retired Assistant Vice President

AT&T

Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs

Grace Gallucci, MSUS ’04 Executive Director

Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Kenneth C. Ricci, JD ’86 Principal

Directional Aviation Capital

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College

Krista G. Freeman, BS ’11 Ph.D. Candidate

Carnegie Mellon University

George B. Davis Award for Service to the University

Annette Garner Butler, JD ’70 Assistant Law Director

City of Cleveland

For more than two decades, Ed “Flash” Ferenc was part of one of the

most popular radio programs in the nation, the “Jeff and Flash Show,” later

known as the “Buzzard Morning Zoo,” on WMMS Radio in Cleveland.

His radio career began at Cleveland State University, working at campus

radio station WCSU. When the news director from WHK/WMMS called

WCSU looking for an intern to write news copy, he jumped at the opportunity.

Mr. Ferenc gained a following among listeners when he’d “flash” into the

studio, handing news copy to the show host just as a record was ending. The

nickname “Flash” stuck and soon he was delivering the news on air.

His career soared when he teamed with Jeff Kinzbach for “Jeff and Flash.”

The show skyrocketed WMMS’ rating share and Cleveland became known

as the city of rock and roll. When the station changed owners, Jeff and Flash

said goodbye to listeners on April 15, 1994.

Today, Mr. Ferenc works as a public information officer for the Cleveland

Municipal Court. He also hosts a daily labor radio program, “America’s

Workforce,” on WERE.

His real dedication, though, lies with his work to cure multiple sclerosis. His

twin daughters, Rachael and Stephanie, were both diagnosed with MS so

he founded a charity called Motivate My Sister, which has raised close to

$150,000.

Program Emcee Ed “Flash” Ferenc


Ed “Flash” Ferenc BA ’75

David J. Fornari is an executive with over 40 years of business

experience in management consulting and hands-on corporate

management. He has successfully led and grown profitable businesses and

consulting practices, providing high quality and innovative and strategic

services to clients.

He retired from Deloitte Consulting LLP after 31 years, including 22 years

as an Energy Consulting Partner with 10 years as the Global or U.S. Energy

and Resources Consulting Leader. As a Deloitte Eminence Fellow, he was

a frequent speaker and author on energy and resources strategy and

management.

Since retiring, Mr. Fornari has served CSU as an Executive-in-Residence

at the Monte Ahuja College of Business, member of the College’s Visiting

Committee, and graduate student mentor.

He and his wife, Anne, also a College of Business graduate, are strong

supporters of the University. A two-time alumnus, he earned his bachelor of

business administration in 1976 and his master of business administration

in 1980. He lives in Kirtland Hills.


David J. Fornari


Zachary G. Green is a Professor of Practice and Leadership Studies

at the University of San Diego and an executive coach with the World Bank

Group. He is also the co-founder of IMAGO Global Grassroots.

He was formerly a senior scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy

of Leadership, University of Maryland, where he led a four-year dialogue

process with emerging leaders of Northern Ireland in advance of the Good

Friday Accords. As a teacher in the Shaker City Schools, he used his CSU

counseling degree to launch the nationally recognized Student Group on

Race Relations, which continues into its third decade.

A trained clinical psychologist, he specializes in strategy development,

organizational transformation, and identity based-conflict negotiations. He

has coached, consulted, and conducted training sessions for numerous

corporations, educational institutions, public advocacy groups, and

government agencies, nationally and internationally.

Dr. Green earned a master’s degree in education from CSU in 1983, as well

as a bachelor's degree in psychology from Case Western Reserve University,

and a master’s degree and doctorate from Boston University. He is a

member of the Cleveland State University Foundation Board of Directors and

lives with his husband and sons in San Diego.



Zachary G. Green

James D. Heckelman is the founder of Dan-Mar Company, Inc. in

Norwalk, Ohio. As President and Chief Executive Officer for over 40 years,

he led the firm in developing custom electronic products for the

medical, automotive, military, mining and automotive industries. He holds

nine patents.

Mr. Heckelman’s career began at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky,

where he designed and developed instrumentation for nuclear reactors

and served as head of Instrument & Controls.

He honed his skills as a participant in the College of Engineering’s

cooperative education program, earning a bachelor of electrical

engineering degree in 1962. He also holds a master’s degree in

engineering from the University of Toledo.

He is a director emeritus of Cvista Bank. He and his wife established the

James D. and Margaret F. Heckelman Endowed Scholarship Fund in the

Washkewicz College of Engineering. They live in Norwalk.


James D. Heckelman


Bonnie E. Raquet served as Corporate Vice President, Corporate

Affairs, at Cargill, Incorporated in Minneapolis from 2000 until her retirement

in 2011. She led operations in 60-plus countries, including government

relations, media, communications, brand management, marketing services

and corporate responsibility.

She joined Cargill in 1982, serving as legal counsel until 1997; then

managed the Government and International Relations office in Washington,

D.C. for three years.

Ms. Raquet was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and the U.S.

Trade Representative to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee for Trade.

She is a member and vice-chair of the United Nations-related World Food

Program-USA, and serves on the Global Advisory Council of TechnoServe,

Inc., an international economic development organization. She is board chair

of the Luther Seminary Foundation, board vice-chair of Valparaiso University,

and a board member of Thrivent Financial, a Fortune 500 company.

In addition to her 1973 master’s degree in history from CSU, she holds a

bachelor’s degree in history from Valparaiso University and a JD from the

University of Minnesota Law School. She lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.



Bonnie E. Raquet

Susan L. Tullai-McGuinness retired from Case Western Reserve

University in 2013 as an Associate Professor but continues to teach there

and at Breen School of Nursing at Ursuline College. She also has served as a

community health clinical instructor for CSU’s BSN program.

Her career includes working as a public health nurse, teen project

coordinator for Family Planning of Lake County, an administrator of the

Visiting Nurse Association of Cleveland’s private duty program, and positions

with University Hospitals’ Home Health Agency.

She serves on the Ohio Nurses Association Health Policy Committee, the

Environmental Health Caucus, and writes for Ohio Nurses Review. She is a

member of the American Nursing Association’s Advocacy Institute, the Ohio

Environmental Council, and the Alliance of Nurses for Health Environments.

She also serves on Lake Health’s Board of Directors. In 2012, she ran for the

Ohio House of Representatives.

She holds an AD in nursing from Lakeland Community College, BSN ’86 and

MPA ’90 from CSU, MSN in community health nursing from Frances Payne

Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, and Ph.D. from

CWRU. She lives in Painesville Township.

School of Nursing

Susan L. Tullai-McGuinness


Ann M. Frangos retired from AT&T as Assistant Vice President –

Credit and Collections, where she was responsible for accounts receivable

management for commercial accounts worldwide. She oversaw operations

in seven call centers across the United States and in three international

centers in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and India.

During her 36 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, she

held a variety of positions in credit and collections, finance, accounting

operations, budgeting, long-range planning, and operations research. She

also served as Director-Human Resources, where she was responsible for

directing the EEO and Affirmative Action programs. Prior to joining AT&T

(then Ohio Bell), she taught high school mathematics.

A native Clevelander, Ms. Frangos’ interest in higher education was

sparked when she attended a summer math camp at CSU as a teen. She

earned a bachelor’s degree from Baldwin Wallace University and a 1977

master’s degree from CSU, both in mathematics. She supports CSU’s

Math Corps program.

A Westlake resident, she serves on the Board of Directors of the YWCA

Greater Cleveland, where she holds the position of vice-chair and

chair-elect.



Ann M. Frangos

Grace Gallucci has been the Executive Director of the Northeast Ohio

Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) since July 2012. NOACA is the

metropolitan planning agency for Greater Cleveland.

Over the past 25 years, she also has been an adjunct professor and lecturer

at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Northwestern University,

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; the University of

Illinois at Chicago, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs; Kent State

University, Department of Political Science, and Levin College.

Ms. Gallucci’s career also includes five years as Deputy Executive Director

and Chief Financial Officer for the Regional Transportation Authority of

Northeastern Illinois in Chicago; and 15 years with the Greater Cleveland

Regional Transit Authority, including five years as Executive Director, Office

of Management and Budget.

She earned a master of science in urban studies from Levin in 2004 and

lives in Cleveland.


Grace Gallucci


Kenneth C. Ricci is a Principal of Directional Aviation Capital, which

owns a number of enterprises including Flexjet and Constant Aviation. A 35-

year aviation industry veteran and pilot, he flew Governor Bill Clinton when

he ran for president in 1992.

Mr. Ricci was honored as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and

received the Harvard Business School’s Dively Entrepreneurship Award. He

also was the youngest recipient of the prestigious William Ong Award for

extraordinary achievement in the general aviation industry and was named

one the most influential people in aviation by Aviation International News.

In 2015, he received the Aviation Week Laureate Award, a benchmark of

industry excellence, recognizing his innovation in aircraft remanufacturing.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he received his JD at Cleveland-

Marshall in 1986. He serves on the Board of Trustees for Notre Dame, the

Smithsonian Institution and University Hospitals, as well as on the C|M|LAW

Board of Visitors.



Kenneth C. Ricci

After earning her bachelor’s degree in physics in 2011, Krista G. Freeman

was accepted into the prestigious Ph.D. program in physics at Carnegie

Mellon University (CMU) on a research fellowship. She is now beginning her

fifth year at CMU, has earned a master’s degree in physics, and is expected

to graduate with a Ph.D. in 2017.

Her interdisciplinary research in physical virology has brought her to

laboratories in Sweden and Switzerland and she spent two months working

in the Physical Chemistry Department at Lund University in Sweden. She is

eagerly anticipating a research trip to France in December. Her research has

been recognized with a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the

National Science Foundation, and an invitation to attend the 2015 Lindau

Nobel Laureate Meeting which brought together 70 Nobel Laureates with

672 young scientists from 88 countries.

Ms. Freeman continues her involvement with CSU through interactive

“Physics Fridays” outreach lessons at Campus International School, run by

the Society of Physics Students. She recently shared her insights with CSU

students and faculty during an invited seminar.


Krista G. Freeman


An engaged alumna and esteemed attorney, Annette Garner Butler's

distinguished career includes service as an Equal Opportunity Specialist for

the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare’s Office of Civil Rights;

eight years as an associate attorney with the prestigious law firm Guren,

Merritt, Sogg and Cohen; 24 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the United

States Attorney’s Office; a hearing officer with the Cuyahoga County Board of

Revision; and Judge on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Since

2014, she has been the Assistant Director of Law for the City of Cleveland.

Ms. Butler has generously shared her time and energy with CSU for some 30

years. She was a member of the University’s Board of Trustees from 1982-1989,

including two terms each as vice chair and treasurer, followed by 23 years as a

member of the Cleveland State University Foundation Board of Directors. She

remains active with the Foundation as an Emeritus Director since 2012.

She is a life member of the Cleveland-Marshall Law Alumni Association, and

a former member of the Law Dean’s Roundtable and the Fenn Academy

Oversight Board in the Washkewicz College of Engineering. Most recently, she

was a member of CSU’s 50th anniversary planning committee.

She also has served her community with pride as president of the Federal Bar

Association, first elected president and first woman board chair of the City

Club of Cleveland, president of both the Cleveland Heights-University Heights

Library and the Shaker Heights Library, founder and past president of the

Black Women Lawyers Association, and more.

Her many awards include the Urban League of Cleveland’s Woman of the Year.

Ms. Butler earned her undergraduate degree in sociology from Case Western

Reserve University and her JD from CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

in 1970. She lives in Cleveland.

George B. Davis Award For Service to the University


Annette Garner Butler

Annette Garner Butler

The Dan-Mar Company, Inc.

David J. Fornari

The Frangos Group/USA Parking Systems, Inc.

Derek Green

Dr. Zachary Green

James D. Heckelman

Ray McGuinness & Susan Tullai-McGuinness

The Ohio Educational Credit Union

Peter A. & Bonnie E. Raquet

Kenn & Pamela Ricci

Squire Patton Boggs

Thompson Hine LLP


Cleveland State University Athletics

Cleveland State University Board of Trustees

Cleveland State University Foundation




Division of Enrollment Services




Office of The Provost

Office of Research

School of Nursing

Student Affairs

University Engagement


Jessica & Kevin Bales

Behnke Associates, Inc.

Timothy Brimus

Nikki Byrd

DDR Corporation

Drury Hotels

Allison Flowers

Hill International

Mark Holtzblatt

Chris & Melissa Jaskolka

Katherine Jennings

Carolyn Lekan

Liberia Economic Development Initiative

Steven & Barbara Percy

Paul & Catherine Rodjom

Kellie Rubesne

Kathryn & Stephen Schultz

Dr. Beth Brandt Sersig

Christy Spoa

Kurt & Karen Steigerwald

Howard Thompson

Ivana & Steve Vucenovic

Donald E. Washkewicz

Margaret W. Wong & Assoc. Co. LPA

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS AND DONORS (AS OF SEPTEMBER 15)

GOLD

TABLES

DONORS


EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Katherine Jennings, EMBA ’09, President

Howard Thompson, MPA ’92, Immediate Past President

Sarah Flannery, JD ’02, Secretary

Lakita Owens, MA ’09, Treasurer

Brian Breittholz, Executive Director, CSU Alumni Association and Assistant Vice President, Alumni Relations

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DIRECTORS

Kevin Bales, BBA ’06

Joseph Borsuk, BA ’87

Nikki Byrd, BA ’00

Justin Byrne, BBA ’04

Pennilane Carlisle, MA ’11

Joan Curran Darkortey, MBA ’14

Kelly Falcone-Hall, BA ’92/MA ’95

Linda Feagler, BA ’79

Allison Flowers, BS ’01

Brian Gyurko, BA ’96

Theodore Henry, MBA ’98

Chris Jaskolka, BBA ’14

Melissa Jaskolka, MBA ’13/JD ’13

Alana Jochum, JD ’10

David Kachmarik, BS ’85

Regina DiTommasso Klein, JD ’12

Collette Laisure, BBA ’93

Carolyn Lekan, BA ’99/MBA ’04

Ryan McBrayer, BS ’11/MAES ’13

Hilary Michael, JD ’09

David Petro, MBA ’91, Past President

Deborah Riczo, MEd ’91

Catherine Rodjom, BBA ’82

Kellie Rubesne, JD ’97

Lauren Rudman, MA ’08

Kathryn Schultz, MS ’92

Christy Spoa, BA ’56

Kurt Steigerwald, BA ’86/MA ’88

Mona Stronsick, MA ’93

Ivana Vucenovic, BA ’04

Dennis Wessel, BS ’72

William Wilson, BA ’95

CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES

Black Alumni

Jacqueline Easley-Crayton, BS ’05

Education Alumni

Dorann Block Taylor, MEd ’75

Engineering Alumni

Dennis Wessel, BA ’72

MBA Alumni

James Garrison, MBA ’10


1932-1933 *Theodore Hartman, ’30 BELE

1933-1934 *Joseph S. Kopas, ’31 BELE

1934-1935 *Leonard P. Bidlake, ’33 BMCE

1935-1936 Edward A. Reps, ’33 BSCHE

1936-1937 *Ellsworth Fountain, ’34 BSME

1937-1938 *William Miller, ’34 BMCE

1938-1939 Elmer Wager, ’37

1939-1940 *Robert Steel, ’36 BSME

1940-1941 *Clayton W. Wright, ’34 BMCE

1941-1942 *Alan T. Smith, ’35 BBA

1942-1943 *Eleanor Bouquard-Vargo, ’40 BBA

1943-1944 *Harold A. Harriger, ’38 BA

1944-1945 *Norman Oches, ’36 BMCE

1945-1946 *William F. Bland, ’40 BSE

1946-1947 *Earle H. Daringer, ’43 BBA

1947-1948 *Harold Dreher, ’35 BBA

1948-1949 *William Easton, ’41 BBA

1949-1950 *Charles R. Day, ’45 BA

1950-1951 Clyde H. Haynes, ’44 BEE

1951-1952 *George R. Kingsbury, ’BMLE

1952-1953 *Madison Dods, ’34 ENGR

1953-1954 *Robert Waltemade, ’44

1954-1955 *James Mason, ’43 BBA

1955-1957 *William Pugh, ’41

1957-1958 *Alfred Hose, ’35 BCHE

1958-1959 *Walter O’Konsky, ’32 BELE

1959-1960 *Richard Verba, ’41 BMCE

1960-1961 *Donald Goodwill, ’34 BMCE

1961-1962 *Donald F. Susat, ’37 BBA

1962-1963 Nicholas DiCello, ’49 BBA/’53 JD

1963-1964 *Paul G. DuBois, ’48 BSE

1964-1965 *Philip Perry, ’48 BELE

1965-1966 *John R. Lowe, Jr., ’49 BMCE

1966-1967 *Jay W. Collins, ’40 BA

1967-1968 *William Quallich, ’53 BBA

1968-1969 *Edward Hrdlicka, ’38 BMCE

1969-1970 *J Maurice Struchen, ’43 BBA

1970-1971 *John T. Patton, ’55 BA/’58 JD

1971-1972 *John S. Lamppert, ’48 BBA

1972-1973 *H. Martin Huge, ’38 BSE

1973-1974 *Kenneth D. Hughes, ’48 BBA

1974-1975 Dale D. Powers, ’60 JD

1975-1976 *William J. Franz, ’27 BBA

1976-1977 *Dr. Leonard R. Stone, ’47 BELE

1977-1978 *Albert J. Knopp, ’61 JD

1978-1980 Susan Bond Traylor, ’63 BA

1980-1981 *Frank Gallo, ’43 MSCE

1981-1982 George Alan Plain, ’63

1982-1983 *Lee J. Mull, ’75 BA/’80 JD

1983-1984 Laurence D. Jadrych, ’69 BBA

1984-1985 George Uveges, Jr., ’70 BBA

1985-1986 *George B. Davis, ’41 BBA/’81 MBA

1986-1988 *Danferd C. Avis, ’51 BBA

1988-1989 Andis D. Udris, ’78 BA/’88 MBA

1989-1990 Larry C. Glasscock, ’70 BBA

1990-1991 Ronald A. Bender, P.E., ’61 BCE

1991-1992 Elaine S. Koskie, ’82 MBA

1992-1993 *John “Chips” J. Sutula, ’53 JD

1993-1994 Richard J. Schindler, P.E., ’63 BELE

1994-1995 Denise D. Grcevich, ’86 BBA/’92 MBA

1995-1996 Myron “Mike” Filarski, ’71 BA

1996-1997 Fred Rodgers, Jr., ’81 BCE

1997-1998 Joseph V. Pease, Jr., ’79 BBA

1998-1999 Janet L. Kramer, ’83 MBA

1999-2000 Kate L. Brown, ’95 MPA

2000-2001 Robert M. Torok, ’72 BBA/’89 MBA

2001-2002 Kate L. Brown, ’95 MPA

2001-2002 Robert M. Torok, ’72 BBA/’89 MBA

2002-2003 Ronald A. Perger, ’96 BA/’99 MA

2003-2004 David C. Sacco, ’74 BS/’86 MED

2004-2005 David J. Vegh, ’98 MBA

2005-2006 Sam Thomas III, ’73 BBA/’97 JD/’99 MA

2006-2008 James C. Brazytis, ’94 BA

2008-2010 Anthony S. Bakale, CPA, ’82 BBA

2010-2012 David Sobochan, CPA, ’00 BBA

2012-2014 David Petro, MBA ’91

2014-2016 Howard Thompson, MPA '92

*Deceased

CSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PAST PRESIDENTS


2015 Mr. Bruno Biasiotta, BBA '85

Dr. Floun'say Caver, MPA '00

Mr. Anthony Colnar, BSME '42

Mr. Michael Gibbons, JD '81

Mr. Peter Lilienthal, MEd '70

Dr. Jo Manette Nousak, BA '75

Ms. Daria Roebuck, BBA '80

Mr. Brant Russell, BSN '98

Dr. Wayne Zachary, BA '73

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Timothy J. Cosgrove, BA '83/JD '87

2014 Dr. Paul J. Gemperline, ’78 BS/’82 Ph.D.

Mr. Andrew Jackson, ’82 BBA

Mr. Richard Janus, ’77 MA

Mr. Kenneth P. Jayjack, ’82 BSIE

Mr. Sam McNulty, ’97 BA

Ms. Elizabeth Pugh, ’78 JD

Ms. Cynthia Struk, ’83 BSN

Mr. Murray Winland, ’93 MEd

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD

Mr. Anthony S. Bakale, ’82 BBA

2013 Ms. Nickie J. Antonio, ’80 BSEd/’92 MPA

Ms. Rebecca A. Bompiedi, ’84 BChE/’90 MSIE

Ms. Susan L. Collier, ’76 BA/ ’86 BSN

Ms. Teresa K. Demchak, ’70 BA/’76 JD

Mr. Joseph C. Krysh, ’80 BBA/’81 MBA

Dr. Robert A. Mengerink, ’74 MEd

Mr. Thomas F. O’Toole, ’79 BA/’87 MA

Dr. John C. Vitullo, ’84 Ph.D.

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD *Mr. Louis Stokes, ’53 JD

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT Mr. Kabir Singh, ’97 MBA

PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE Mr. Martin J. Sweeney, ’88 BA

2012

Mr. William J. Centa, ’77 MBA

Mr. Thomas E. Hopkins, ’82 MA

Ms. Erin Dee Huber, ’09 BS/’11 MS

Mr. Larry H. James, ’77 JD

Dr. Daniel J. Keenan, Jr., ’05 Ph.D.

Ms. Sheila A. Niles, ’84 BS

Mr. George J. Palko, ’88 BS/’93 MBA

Dr. Ruth D. Peterson, ’69 BA/’73 MA


Mr. Timothy F. Hagan, ’75 BA

2011

Ms. Nancy M. Albert, ’85 BSN

Ms. Madeline A. Cain, ’85 MPA

Dr. Araron T. Ellington, ’94 BA/’08 Ph.D.

Mr. Ian N. Friedman, ’97 JD

Ms. Linda M. Kane, ’79 BBA

Ms. Maria Keckan, ’79 BA

Dr. Beth Brandt Sersig, ’79 BS/’80 MS

Mr. Joseph A. Williams, ’70 BSME


Mr. Richard P. Stovsky, ’83 JD

FORMER DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD RECIPIENTS


2010 Mr. John J. Boyle III, ’02 MUPDD

Ms. Tanisha R. Briley, ’05 MPA

Mr. Saji T. Daniel, ’90 BBA

Ms. Catherine S. Koppelman, ’78 BSN

Mr. David M. Paris, ’78 JD

Ms. Miriam Solomon Plax, ’75 BA

Dr. David G. Watterson Jr., ’72 MA

Mr. Terrence V. Zuk, ’64 BSIET

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Ms. Irene A. Holyk Rennillo, ’83 JD

2009

Mr. Craig A. Black, ’75 BSEE/’76 MSEE

Father Kevin M. Conroy, ’06 Ph.D.

Ms. Carol G. Emerling, ’55 JD

Dr. Andrius Kazlauskas, ’81 BS/’86 Ph.D.

Mr. Robert L. Norton, ’73 BBA

Mr. Andrew F. Puzder, ’75 BA

Mr. Christopher S. Ronayne, ’97 MUPDD

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Gary S. Adams, ’83 JD

2008

Mr. Gregory L. Brown, ’91 BA/’04 MS

Dr. Robert A. Cutietta, ’75 BA/’78 MS

Ms. Georgia A. Froelich, ’80 BA/’84 JD

Mr. James A. Harmon, ’01 MEd

Dr. Roshanak Hakimzadeh, ’87 MS

Dr. Christine S. Moravec, ’88 Ph.D.

Mr. Ellis Z. Yan, ’82 BBA

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Anand “Bill” Julka, ’74 MS

2007 Mr. Eugene P. Baxendale, ’77 BSIE

Mr. Anthony J. Coyne, ’84 MS/’87 JD

Mr. Stephen F. Kirk, ’79 MBA

Dr. Elaine B. Richardson, ’91 BA/’93 MA

Dr. Danielle N. Ripich, ’77 BA/’78 MA

Ms. Lisa Suarez-Caraballo, ’92 BS/’02 MEd

Mr. Christopher W. Vasil, ’70 BA/’75 JD


Mr. Charles R. Emrick, Jr., ’58 JD

2006

Mr. Edson R. “Ted” Arneault, ’78 MBA

Mr. Edward A. Bernetich, ’72 BS/’78 MEd

Dr. Michael A. Centanni, ’73 BES/’83 JD

Dr. Ralph A. DiFranco, ’73 BA

Mayor Frank G. Jackson, ’77 BA/’79 MS/’83 JD

Mr. James G. MacMillan, ’89 BME

Hon. Terrence O’Donnell, ’71 JD

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Ms. Sheryl King Benford, ’79 JD

2005 Dr. Steven G. Belovich, ’83 MS/’87 DREng

Ms. Mary C. Grimm, ’80 BA/’89 MA

Mr. William J. Hunt, ’69 MA

Dr. Benjamin W. Kearney, ’93 MA/’00 EdD

Ms. Charlene W. Mancuso, ’82 BS/’93 MPA

Ms. Cynthia A. Moore-Hardy, ’90 MBA

Mr. James A. Thomas, ’63 JD

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. P. Kelly Tompkins, ’81 JD



2004 CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Ronald B. Adrine, ’73 JD

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Mr. Robert B. Jaquay, ’78 MPA/’81 JD

Mr. Charles H. “Chip” Joseph, ’97 JD

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Ronald R. Ledin, ’69 BSME

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Dr. Kofi Lomotey, ’78 MEd

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Mr. David R. Reines, ’72 BA/’81 MBA

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Dr. Catherine M. Rokicky, ’89 BA/’90 MA

2003 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT *Dr. Jack E. Crow, ’62 BES

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Kenwood H. Hall, ’74 BEE

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Patricia A. Hemann, ’80 JD

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Ms. Valarie J. McCall, ’95 BA/’97 MPA

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP *Mr. Bertram L. Wolstein, ’53 JD

2002 EMERGING LEADERSHIP Ms. Vicki Eaton Johnson, ’92 MPA

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Dr. Deforia S. Lane, ’81 Master of Music

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Mr. Dennis J. Roche, ’70 BA/’74 MSUS/’85 MAFIS

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Dr. Margaret R. Taber, ’58 BEE

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Donald E. Washkewicz, ’72 BME

2001

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Dr. George Y. Baaklini, ’80 BSCE/

’81 MSCE/’91 DREng

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Mr. Alvin M. Barkley, ’42 BBA/’47 JD

*Mr. Donald H. Marcus, ’96 BA

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, ’91 Ph.D.

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Mr. Randell McShepard, ’98 MA

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Raymond L. Pianka, ’73 BA/’77 JD


2000 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Mr. Keith E. Brown, ’89 BA

Ms. Emily A. Lipovan, ’90 BA

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. James C. Mastandrea, ’70 BBA

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Mr. William M. Denihan, ’97 BA

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Mr. K. Mark Kevesdy, ’92 BEd

Mr. George J. Palko, ’88 BCE/’93 MBA

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Dr. Dezso J. Ladanyi, ’42 BCHE

Mr. Fred Lick, Jr., ’61 JD

1999

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Ms. Pamela A. Daiker-Middaugh, ’88 JD

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP *Mr. Daniel R. McCarthy, Sr., ’54 JD

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Steven W. Percy, ’79 JD

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. C. J. Prentiss, ’69 BA/’77 MEd

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Mr. Lloyd G. Trotter, ’72 BBA

1998EMERGING LEADERSHIP Ms. Carmen R. Adams, ’86 BCE/’92 JD

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Maria Isabel Boss, ’77 BA

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Dr. Christopher Fox, ’71 BA

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Ms. Jana V. Stone, ’92 MACT

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Gary C. Suhadolnik, ’73 BIE/’95 MBA

1997 SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Grace Kilbane, ’77 MS/’82 JD

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Mr. Alex Machaskee, ’74 BBA

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Maureen O’Connor, ’80 JD

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Mr. Paul N. Patton, ’96 MPA

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD *Mr. Roland L. Rainone, ’40 BBA



1996 CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Rosemary L. Bognar, ’84 BBA

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD *Mr. Edward J. Jayjack, Sr., ’49 BME

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Ruthanne L. Lennox, ’89 BA

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Ms. Katie M. Robinson, ’73 MEd

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Dr. Nche P. Zama, ’82 Ph.D.

1995

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Gregory F. Clifford, ’80 JD

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Michael L. Climaco, ’71 JD

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Dr. Kathleen H. Crowther, ’90 MSUST

Dr. Stephen R. Sroka, Sr., ’67 MEd

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Ms. Kathryn M. Oko Powers, ’84 BEd/’93 MEd

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP *Mr. John J. “Chips” Sutula, ’53 JD

1994

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Col. Henry Gariepy, ’72 MS

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Linda S. Gipson, ’92 MBA

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD *Mr. Gerald H. Gordon, ’71 BS/’72 MA

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Linda Rocker, ’83 JD

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Hon. Melody J. Stewart, ’88 JD

1993 GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Ronald A. Bender, ’62 BA

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Ms. Jane L. Campbell, ’80 MA

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Dr. Donna Y. Ford-Harris, ’84 BA/’88 MA/’91 Ph.D.

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Frances Hunter, ’88 MA

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT *Mr. Timothy J. Russert, ’76 JD


1992

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Mr. Joseph Bergant, II, ’84 MEd

Mr. James A. Sipos, ’83 BA

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD Mr. Larry C. Glasscock, ’70 BA

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT Ms. Mary C. Grimm, ’80 BA/’89 MA

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT Hon. Lesley B. Wells, ’74 JD

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Hon. George W. White, ’55 JD/’97 LLD

1991

GEORGE B. DAVIS AWARD *Dr. Danferd C. Avis, ’51 BBA

EMERGING LEADERSHIP Mr. Edward Leigh, ’81 BA

Mr. Scott C. Finerman, ’87 JD

CIVIC ACHIEVEMENT *Dr. Nona M. Burney, ’75 MA/’81 JD/’97 Ph.D

LIFETIME LEADERSHIP Hon. Ann McManamon, ’50 JD

1990

Dr. Patricia A. Ackerman, ’74 MEd

Mr. Monte Ahuja, ’75 MBA

*Mr. Joseph E. Andry, ’74 BBA/’75 BS

Dr. Danute Bankaitis-Davis, ’80 BS/’81 MSCHM

Ms. June Gibbs Brown, ’71 BBA/’72 MBA

*Hon. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., ’73 JD

Ms. Alcillia J. Clifford, ’83 MEd

*Mr. William H. Compton, ’41 BEE

*Dr. Daniel D. Drake, ’71 MEd

Mr. J. Edward Easler, II, ’72 BA

Mr. Jose C. Feliciano, ’75 JD/’84 MBA

Mr. John J. Ferchill, ’65 BEE

Mr. Myron Filarski, ’71 BA

Mr. George L. Forbes, ’62 JD

Mr. Timothy F. Hagan, ’75 BA

Dr. Margaret J. Raub Hunt, ’80 MAMTH

Dr. Paul S. Malchesky, ’77 MSCHE/’83 DREng

*Mr. Leon M. Plevin, ’57 JD

Dr. Dorothy C. Salem, ’72 BA/’73 MA

Mr. Richard J. Schindler, ’63 BEE

Mr. Kenneth J. Semelsberger, ’72 MBA

Mr. Carl L. Stern, ’66 JD

*Mr. Louis Stokes, ’53 JD

*Mr. J Maurice Struchen, ’43 BBA

*Mr. Thomas S. Watson, Jr., ’70 BBA/’76 MBA

*Deceased



OFFICE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS STAFF

1964 SOCIETY

Brian Breittholz

Executive Director, CSU Alumni Association

Assistant Vice President, Alumni Relations

John McCreery

Senior Director, Alumni Relations

Kathleen Piper, BA ’06/MEd ’15

Manager, Alumni Relations

Emily Cole

Coordinator, Alumni Volunteer Programs

Yolanda Lee

Administrative Assistant

Paul All

Courtney Bradac

Greg Jakubisin

Parker Keating

Alice Kim

Donnetta Monk

Kevin Moran

Amanda Pacanovsky

Kathleen Piper, Advisor


CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

Nancy W. McCann, Chair

Timothy J. Cosgrove, Vice Chair

Steven W. Percy, Treasurer

Linda M. Kane, Secretary

DIRECTORS

Anthony S. Bakale

Ronald M. Berkman, Ph.D.

John J. Boyle III

Dwayne Bray Sr.

Richard Buoncore

Jerome Davis

Matthew Dolan

Diane M. Downing

G. William Evarts

Daniel Fashimpaur

Sarah C. Flannery

Richard Fleischman

Sally Florkiewicz

Myles Gallagher

Leah S. Gary

Zachary Green, Ph.D.

Matthew K. Hlavin

Cornelia C. Hodgson

Thomas E. Hopkins

Andrew Jackson

Richard A. Janus

Kenneth P. Jayjack

Katherine Jennings

Ariane Kirkpatrick

Len Komoroski

Thomas J. Kuluris

Joseph J. Levanduski

Bracy Lewis

James C. Mastandrea

John J. Matejka

Steven A. Minter

Bernardo Moreno

Michael Niederst

Daria L. Roebuck

Enid B. Rosenberg

Robert J. Rosing

Joseph M. Shafran

Terry L. Silver

Ronald Unkefer

Jeffery J. Weaver

DIRECTOR FOR LIFE

Michael Schwartz, Ph.D.

EMERITUS DIRECTORS

Richard A. Barone

Annette G. Butler

Anand “Bill” Julka

S. Lee Kohrman

Morton Q. Levin

OFFICERS, NON-DIRECTORS

Berinthia R. LeVine, Executive Director

John N. Petrus, CPA, Assistant Treasurer

Bridget C. Sukys, Associate Director

VISITING COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES Rebecca Bompiedi

David J. Fornari

Vickie E. Johnson

Robert J. Love

John J. McCann

Mary Lou Stricklin

Jeffrey M. Davis

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE

Mark Holtzblatt, Ph.D.


CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Bernie Moreno, Chair

Morton Q. Levin, Vice Chair

Stephen F. Kirk, Treasurer

Thomas W. Adler, Development Officer

Todd C. Davidson

David H. Gunning II

Dan T. Moore III

June E. Taylor

Deborah A. Vesy

Paul T. All, Student Trustee

Sierra G. Davidson, Student Trustee

Robyn N. Gordon, Community Board Member

Len Komoroski, Community Board Member

Nancy W. McCann, Community Board Member

Linda McHugh, Community Board Member

David M. Reynolds, Community Board Member

Joseph D. Roman, Community Board Member

Mark A. Holtzblatt, Ph.D., Faculty Representative

Nigamanth Sridhar, Ph.D., Faculty Representative

William J. Napier, Ph.D., Secretary


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