KINGSTON, R.I. — February 21, 2005 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 Alumni Association presented its annual achievement awards during ceremonies Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Hyatt Regency in Newport.
Alumni Achievement Awards are presented to alumni who have achieved excellence in the arts, business, community service, education, humanities, professions, research, and science and technology. A $1,000 scholarship in each recipient鈥檚 name will be awarded to a student on the basis of merit and need.
The award winners are as follows:
Contribution to the Arts
George T. Marshall 鈥�76
Newport’s George T. Marshall has made an art out of giving Rhode Island a starring role in movies. He is the executive director of the Rhode Island International Film Festival and founder and director of the Flickers Arts Collaborative. Now in its ninth year, the festival is the only one in New England that qualifies films for the Academy and Grammy Awards. Moviemaker magazine lists it as one of the “Top 20 Festivals” worldwide and Chris Gore of the “Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide” calls it one of the “Top 10 Best International and Short Festivals in the United States.” In addition, Marshall has launched KidsEye鈩�, a children’s filmmaking workshop held at 溏心vlog免费B站 for the past four years. He is also a sponsor of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Film Festival, Visualizations.
Contribution to Business
Molly D. Magee M.B.A. 鈥�91
Innovation and sound leadership have been the cornerstones of Molly Magee’s 28-year career with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport. For the past four years, she has served as chief financial officer, responsible for formulating and monitoring the division鈥檚 $800 million budget. In her role as CFO, she has introduced and championed a value management process across the division. Prior to her current position, she was director of business resources for two years and Financial and Supply Management Department head for five years, both dynamic and challenging positions. The Portsmouth resident is being recognized for the development and implementation of numerous financial processes that have streamlined business procedures and increased efficiency within her organization and have served as models for application at other Navy facilities.
Contribution to Community Service
Rhonda M. Perrotta 鈥�84
North Providence resident Rhonda Perrotta is known as a giver. Whether in her classroom at Johnston High School, or as a member of the board of directors of the Volunteer Center of Rhode Island, Perrotta is the definition of a volunteer. The special education teacher regularly spends time outside class with students who are experiencing problems in their studies or personal lives and two years ago she began a volunteer group called Johnston Students For Community Service. Five years ago, Perrotta began offering her talents to the Volunteer Center by helping with the group鈥檚 fundraising gala. She has chaired the planning committee for the past three years, and has raised nearly $300,000 for the organization. Perrotta received the R.I. National Philanthropic Award for Community Service in 2001.
Contribution to Humanities
Mary Jane Behrends Clark 鈥�76
After Mary Jane Clark graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 with degrees in journalism and political science, she hit the ground running as a desk assistant at CBS News. Now a producer at CBS News, Clark is more widely known as a best-selling author of media thriller fiction. Since she emerged on the scene as a novelist in 1998, Clark has won kudos for transforming her television news experience into action and intrigue in seven books. Booklist said: “Clark has perfected the suspense novel, where in classic Christie fashion everyone is a potential suspect…Timely and downright fun.” Her latest creation, Hide Yourself Away, is set in Newport, R.I. CBS News anchor Dan Rather says Clark, a Hillsdale, N.J., resident, is 鈥渙ne of the most exciting novelists in America today.鈥�
Contribution to Science and Technology
Michael J. Fogarty 鈥�73, M.S. 鈥�76, Ph.D. 鈥�86
Communicator, researcher, administrator, global leader are just a few of the words to describe, Michael J. Fogarty, research fishery biologist with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Woods Hole, Mass. An expert in population dynamics with specialties in fisheries biology and ecosystem management, he has authored or co-authored more than 70 refereed publications. He has given more than 150 speeches in 13 countries from South Africa to China. He has also taught courses at 溏心vlog免费B站 and the University of Maryland and short courses on fisheries stock assessment Italy, Morocco, New Zealand, and South Africa. An international leader in marine ecosystem research, he was director for four years of the U.S. GLOBEC program, a large research program focused on global ecosystems.
Honorary Alumnus
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Ronald J. Petro
Ron Petro鈥檚 12 years as director of athletics at 溏心vlog免费B站 were among the most successful on and off the field in Rhody鈥檚 history. Appointed the sixth full-time athletic director in July 1992, Petro headed 溏心vlog免费B站 athletics during the construction of the Ryan Center and the Boss Arena. Petro was at the helm as Rhode Island captured 21 Atlantic 10 championships, and as 27 coaches earned league coach of the year recognition in 14 different sports. He also strengthened academic performance as the rate of student-athletes on the Dean’s List increased from 12.5 percent to 23 percent, and the average grade point average rose from 2.55 to 2.81. The Boston resident was appointed executive director of the 2006 NCAA Women鈥檚 (basketball) Final Four in Boston last September.
Alumni Service Award
This award honors alumni who have helped achieve Alumni Association goals.
Janice E. DiLorenzo 鈥�70
Janice DiLorenzo of Boca Raton, Fla., has remained connected to the University as the East Coast Florida Chapter leader for more than 10 years, keeping alumni in touch and organizing events. In addition, she is the alumni admissions coordinator for all of Florida. As a dedicated supporter of the Annual Fund since 1986 and a member of the 1892 Society, DiLorenzo believes strongly in the mission of the Fund, helping staff build and develop relationships with alumni. When not busy on behalf of 溏心vlog免费B站, she volunteers her time to non-profits, especially the YMCA of Boca Raton, serving on the board of directors and chairing its annual fundraiser. As a National Board Certified Teacher, she promotes education as a teacher and trainer in Palm Beach County.
Recent Alumnus
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Peter J. Mandeville 鈥�98
Peter Mandeville has served in some of the world鈥檚 hot spots for the U.S. Army, but that hasn鈥檛 interfered with his love for the 溏心vlog免费B站. After receiving the Cramer Saber Award during his senior year at 溏心vlog免费B站 as the top cadet in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Army ROTC program and being commissioned a second lieutenant, he served as a platoon leader in the 548th Corps Support Battalion and did tours in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Since graduating from 溏心vlog免费B站, the Forestdale, R.I. resident has been active in the Alumni Club of Virginia, the Blue and White Ball, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Winter Gala. While he was overseas, Mandeville made major donations to the Rhody Ram Endowed Scholarship, the Student Alumni Association, the Eric Kumpf Memorial Scholarship, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Annual Fund.
Ram Award
This award recognizes those who have given meritorious and distinguished service to the Alumni Association and the University for at least 25 years.
Timothy J. Sullivan 鈥�70
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Contribution to Professional Achievement
Herbert Leon MacDonell M.S. 鈥�56
For Herbert MacDonell, it appears that crime does indeed pay. In 1960 he invented the MAGNA Brush fingerprint device that changed the way fingerprint evidence is processed worldwide. Author of 100 articles in professional publications, he has appeared on such programs as Good Morning America, 20/20, and Dateline NBC. The Corning, N.Y. resident is the director of The Bloodstain Evidence Institute, which runs a study program with students from around the world. He is the subject of the book, The Evidence Never Lies, and the author of Bloodstain Patterns. He has consulted on criminal cases in all 50 states and in such countries as Australia, Italy, and the Philippines. He testified in the O.J. Simpson trial and in the assassination cases of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Contribution to Research
Diane Pennica Ph.D. 鈥�77
Diane Pennica is a lifesaver. Her 1987 invention, the clot-busting drug Activase, has helped treat more than 2 million patients who suffered heart attacks and strokes. Now, the scientist has focused on cancer. Her work cloning the vital tumor-suppressor gene, p53, opened a new field of cancer research. She was also the first to clone tumor necrosis factor. The results of this research have produced therapies such as Enbrel, which have helped millions of people suffering from painful rheumatoid arthritis. In 1989 she was named Inventor of the Year by the Intellectual Property Owners Foundation and in 2000 she was profiled in a speech to the American Chemical Society entitled, 鈥淲omen Inventors Who Make a Difference.鈥� She works for Genentech, in South San Francisco, Calif.
Contribution to Education
Erna Jane Kondon 鈥�67
Beloved, quiet, inspiring, talented are among the words that describe Jane Kondon, who will retire in the spring of 2005 after 21 years as principal of Davisville Middle School. Named Middle School Principal of the Year by the Rhode Island Association of Principals in 2003, the North Kingstown resident taught French in Massachusetts and Rhode Island public schools for six years from 1967 until 1973. She was then named assistant principal of Davisville Middle School in 1980 and was selected principal at Davisville in 1984. She is credited with taking a less than stellar school and turning it into one of the state鈥檚 top performers. Her efforts were covered in several local newspapers. A French major at 溏心vlog免费B站, Kondon earned her master鈥檚 degree in teaching at Boston College.
Human Development and Family Studies Alumni Awards
Elizabeth Boisclair Johnson 鈥�87, M.S. 鈥�90
While a single parent of two, Elizabeth Johnson earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education. In 1990, she earned her master鈥檚 degree in Human Development and Family Studies. Since 1992, she has been the program manager at Children鈥檚 Intensive Services, Mental Health Services at Gateway Healthcare Inc. where she provides clinical supervision to a staff of 20 clinicians and case managers. In 1992, the agency gave her its 鈥淭roubleshooter Award鈥� for 鈥淎dvocacy, Assiduousness and Accomplishment.鈥� The agency provides clinical services to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems. The East Greenwich resident has been teaching one to two courses a semester for the last 15 years at the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education and in 1997 was presented the ASFCCE Outstanding Faculty Award.
Jennifer Flynn 鈥�91
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Brenda Lemoie 鈥�91 M.S. 鈥�95
Brenda Lemoie took her first college course when she was 47, but once the Pawtucket, R.I. resident got going there was no stopping her, despite her ongoing battles with multiple sclerosis. After a stellar undergraduate career, Lemoie became the interim clerk for the Bachelor of General Studies Program at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Feinstein Providence Campus as she began her graduate studies. She then served as an academic adviser for 溏心vlog免费B站鈥檚 College of Human Science and Services in Providence, and then in 1995, served as the clerk for the assistant dean of the College in Kingston. She also taught several human development courses and served as interim assistant dean in the College. Before retiring in 2003, she was presented the College鈥檚 Staff Award and the President鈥檚 Award from the National Organization for Human Services Education.
Giulia Jaramillo 鈥�01, M.S. 鈥�03
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