1970s

Terrence McDonnell, BSC ’70, won his fifth Emmy Award in May for his work as senior producer of the ABC series “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” In March, McDonnell was presented the TV Guide Award for the same series.

Robert Potts, BSIT ’70, MS ’71, corporate director of safety and environmental management at Dannon Co. in Fort Worth, Texas, is assistant administrator of the management division/practice specialty of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

John Woyansky, BA ’70, is an organizational transformation consultant for the U.S. Army in Fort Lee, Va. He is working on a project to create a global logistics system.

Susan Blome Sutherland, BSHEC ’71, of Monterey, Calif., creates clothing and accessories for retail stores in the United States and Japan. She also teaches fabric-painting classes and is a member of International Training in Communications.

Stan Zabetakis Jr., BS ’71, sold his painting business and completed a doctorate at the University of Florida. He resides in Boca Raton, Fla., and friends can contact him at szphd@hotmail.com.

Allen Merriam, PHD ’72, a professor of communications at Missouri Southern State College, recently published the book “People of the Millennium: A Selection of Persons-of-the-Year from A.D. 1000 through 1999.” The work represents 30 years of research.

Nancy Petenbrink, BSED ’72, MED ’76, is director of the Office of Employee Assistance at Florida International University. She spent 16 years in California implementing various employee programs for Chevron, the City of West Hollywood and Anheuser-Busch.

John Schneiter, BFA ’72, is vice president at Brewer & Lord, one of the largest and oldest insurance agencies in the New England area. He lives in Plymouth, Mass., with his wife, Joeleen Ubbing Schneiter, BSED ’72.

Herbert Howard, PHD ’73, received the Broadcast Education Association’s Distinguished Education Service Award for 2000. Howard, who retired in 1999, served 40 years on the faculty at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, both as a professor of broadcasting and communications and as associate dean for graduate studies and research. He plans to continue a limited teaching schedule as a professor emeritus.

Walter Brasch, PHD ’74, is the author of “Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the Cornfield Journalist: The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris,” published in August by Mercer University Press. Brasch, a syndicated columnist and professor of journalism at Bloomsburg University, has received the Herb Caen Memorial Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

June Johnson, BSED ’74, who taught at Fisher Catholic High School in Lancaster, Ohio, for 22 years, is an English teacher at East Clinton High School in Lees Creek, Ohio. She and her husband, Raphael Johnson, BSED ’74, live in Sabina, Ohio.

Beverly O’Donnell, BA ’74, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is director of development at the Consortium for Worker Education.

Michael Ehler, BSC ’75, is the chief assignment editor at WXIX-TV, and his wife, Deborah Allmandinger Ehler, AA ’75, works for Boy Scouts of America. A grandson, Austin, was born Jan. 12, 2000. The couple live in Greenhills, Ohio.

Ralph Fuhr, BSJ ’75, is managing director at the Cleveland and Columbus offices of Keane Inc., a $1 billion firm that helps companies plan, build and manage application software.

Pat Pallat Sekel, BSHSS ’75, MA ’79, is the director of special programs at Round Rock Independent School District in Round Rock, Texas, and the regional media spokesperson for the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities.

Stephen Downs, BS ’76, received a master’s degree in education from LaSalle University in May 1999. His wife, Carol Riley Downs, BSED ’75, was elected school board director of the Central Bucks School District in Doylestown, Pa., where they reside.

Robert Lemon Jr., PHD ’76, is chair of the art department at Marshall University. He lives in Huntington, W.Va., with his wife,
Julia Lemon, BSED ’70.

Andrew Sabados, BSCE ’76, is regional sales manager at Contech Construction Products, directing sales in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Louisiana. He lives in Little Rock, Ark., with his wife, Carol, and three children.

Rick Rose, BSED ’77, is a guidance counselor at the Adult Education Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Michael Kraft, MBA ’78, is the district manager at Circuit City in Apex, N.C., where he lives with his wife, Laurie.

Nicholas Latkovic, BBA ’78, quality control manager at USG Corp. in Greenville, Miss., recently earned a master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University. His wife, Rhonda Latkovic, BBA ’78, is a store manager at JCPenney in Columbus.

Joseph Mullins, MFA ’78, designed and developed the West Virginia Veterans Memorial located in the State Capital Complex in Charleston, W.Va. Mullins, a sculptor who lives in Charleston, said he is “extremely privileged and, frankly, quite lucky” to have been chosen to design a project of such magnitude for the state. He has since been commissioned to develop a memorial to honor West Virginia women veterans.

Susan Burgstiner, MA ’79, is the owner of Marketing On Demand, a telecommunications marketing consulting company in Littleton, Colo. Her clients include AT&T Broadband, High Speed Access Corp. and the National Cable Center and Museum. She previously served as president of the local chapter of the Cable and Telecommunications Advertising and Marketing Society.

Timothy Neal, BSED ’79, is coordinator of sports medicine at Syracuse University. He and his wife, Anne, live in Liverpool, N.Y.