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                                       1970s

                                       Stephen Harnden ’77 is a crazy
                                       Wildcat fan and books his schedule
                                       around UA games. He was recently
                                       named Best in State for Wealth
                                       Advisors, Top 400 Advisors
                                       Nationwide, Top 1200 Nationwide,
                                       and Best in Business by Forbes   Beth Stoops ’83 was named   Kristie Kolacny Fowler ’86 (left)
                                       Magazine, the Wall Street Journal,   vice president for curriculum and   is the head professional at Tubac
                                       Phoenix Business Journal and   learning solutions at Graduate   Golf Resort and Spa, where Lara
                                       Barron’s.                    School USA.                 Mack Tennant ’89 (second from

                                       1980s                        Jon Hultgren ’84 and his law   left), Kris Hoos Franklin ’89
                                                                                                (fourth from left) and Janet Ruma
                                                                    partner, Stanley Hammerman,
                                       Mary Holman ’80 has received   of Hammerman & Hultgren PC,   Moore ’87 (right) came to compete
                                       Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women’s   in Phoenix, were included in the   in the senior women’s Trans Miss
                                       prestigious Carolyn Helman   2018 issue of Southwest Super   National amateur tournament. Golf
                                       Lichtenberg Crest Award in honor   Lawyers. Their firm specializes in   coach Kim Haddow ’89 (Masters
                                       of her professional achievements.   commercial, insurance subrogation   1983-95; second from left) and
                                       Mary serves as executive vice   and retail collections and has been   Lynne Cote ’89 (second from
                                       president and director of private   representing creditors since 1977.  right) joined them for a fun two-
                                       banking for the National Bank of                         day reunion. Lara and Kris won
                                       Arizona, where she also is a mentor   Nancy Huntly ’85, a Utah State   their flight, and the group shared
                                       helping to lead and guide women   University professor, was named
                                       within the organization. She also   a Fellow of the Ecological Society   lots of great memories and laughs.
                                       serves as president of the National   of America, the world’s largest
                                       Bank of Arizona’s Women’s    community of professional
                                       Financial Group, a resource to help   ecologists. Nancy, who joined USU
                                       women with financial planning,   in 2011 after serving as a program
                                       business services, networking   director at the National Science   Jason Gilbert ’89 recently
                                       opportunities and peer-to-peer   Foundation, is a professor in USU’s   completed his assignment as the
                                       mentoring.                   department of biology and serves   U.S. naval attache to the Republic
                                                                    as director of the USU Ecology   of India and, in April, returned
                                       Carmen J. Portillo ’81 ’90, after 27   Center. She also leads USU’s NSF-  to the U.S. to complete his last
                                       years at the University of California,   funded Climate Adaptation Science   assignment after 30 years of U.S.
                                       San Francisco, as a professor in   graduate specialization program   Navy service.
                                       the School of Nursing, joined Yale   and has chaired the USU College of
                                       University as the executive deputy   Science’s public outreach program   Tracy Keenan ’89 was profiled by
                                       dean and professor in the School of   for the past six years.  the Defense Logistics Agency for
                                       Nursing.                                                 Women’s History Month. She is the
                                                                                                deputy director for the Defense
                                                                                                Logistics Agency Energy Americas
                                                                                                in Houston.
                                                            Congratulations to Sarah Sellers, nurse
                                                            anesthetist at Banner – University Medical   1990s
                                                            Center South, Tucson, who finished the
                                                            2018 Boston Marathon in second place with   Thomas Fulghum ’95 was
                                                            a running time of 2 hours, 44 minutes, 4   named the chairman of the
                                                            seconds. She was among seven American   Immigration Law Committee of
                                                            women in the top 10. In first place was   the North Carolina Board of Legal
                                                            Desiree Linden, the first American woman   Specialization.
                                                            to win the race since 1985.
                                                                                                Phil Weaver ’95 is proud to
                                                            Photo: From left, Nicole DiMercurio, Rachel   announce the completion of his
                                                            Hyland and Sarah Sellers approach the 24-  first semester of the inaugural
                                                            mile marker of the Boston Marathon.    online Yale University PA Program
                                                            / Scott Eisen/Getty Images photo    Class.




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