2005 Matthew Good
(’05 BA, Spanish; ’12 MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Arlington High School. Noted: April 29, 2013
2005 David Eng
(BA, Kinesiology) was a member of the Canadian wheelchair basketball team that captured the gold medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. He averaged 7.4 points per game for Team Canada. Noted: April 29, 2013
2005 Paul Aslin
(’05 BBA, Marketing; ’11 MS, Health Care Administration) was a member of the inaugural class of the Leadership and Management Institute Healthcare Fellows with the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals. He is chief operations officer of Clinical Care Associates at Wise Regional Health Systems in Decatur. Noted: April 29, 2013
2004 Allison Vo
(BSN) is director of the oncology service line at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Noted: April 29, 2013
2004 Alesha Niedziela
(MArch) is executive director of the American Institute of Architects, Fort Worth chapter. She previously worked at WKMC Architects in Dallas. Noted: April 29, 2013
2004 Brent Lakatos
(BS, Software Engineering) won three silver medals for his native Canada in the 2012 London Paralympics. His medals came in the wheelchair 200-, 400-, and 800-meter events. Noted: April 29, 2013
2004 Os Flores
(MS, Information Systems) is deputy chief for the East District of the Arlington Police Department. He has been with the APD since 1998. Noted: April 29, 2013
2004 Piper Davis ’04
(BA, ’08 MA, English) is a learning specialist in the McNair Scholars Program at UT Arlington and a Ph.D. candidate in English at Texas Christian University. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Yodchanan Wongsawat
(’03 MS, ’07 PhD, Electrical Engineering) is an engineering professor at Mahidol University in Bangkok. Noted: April 29, 2013
1987 Paula Morone
(MA, Interdisciplinary Studies) is assistant director of special education for the Arlington Independent School District. Noted: April 29, 2013
1987 Pam Hadley
(BGS, General Studies) teaches pediatrics at Southwestern Adventist University in addition to her duties as a UT Arlington clinical nursing instructor. She is also a registered nurse on the clinical resource team/ER at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. Noted: April 29, 2013
1986 Paul Yeoham
(BBA, Finance) has joined the board of directors of Vystar Corp., which owns SleepHealth and produces Vytex Natural Rubber Latex. He is a founding partner of Progress Equity Partners, a private equity investment firm in Dallas that acquires majority control of well-managed, entrepreneurial, service-based businesses. Noted: April 29, 2013
1986 Jay Minmier
(BS, Electrical Engineering) was elected vice chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors. He is president of Nomac Drilling in Cleburne and has more than 25 years experience in the drilling industry. Noted: April 29, 2013
1986 Ken C. Hall
(BS, Civil Engineering) is the global technology leader of water supply services at CH2M HILL, a project delivery company. He is based in the Fort Worth office. Noted: April 29, 2013
1983 Theron Bowman
(’83 BS, Biology; ’91 MPA, ’97 PhD, Public and Urban Administration) was named deputy city manager for the city of Arlington in October 2012. He had been the city’s police chief since 1999. Dr. Bowman oversees neighborhood services, which include the police, fire, parks and recreation, and code compliance departments as well as the library system. Noted: April 29, 2013
1982 Lauri Lawrence
(’82 BA, English) was named a “Great Woman of Texas” by the Fort Worth Business Press. She was events manager for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art from 2000 to February 2012. She serves on the boards of Jewel Charity Inc., the Van Cliburn Foundation, and the Texas Ballet Theater. Noted: April 29, 2013
1980 Peggy Palmer Francis
(BSN) received two honors for nursing excellence in 2012: the Texas Nurse Practitioner of the Year award, presented by the Texas Nurse Practitioners, and the Nursing Leadership Award, presented by the Medical Center Rotary Club of San Antonio. She is a nurse practitioner at Urology San Antonio, a private practice of 27 physicians. She directs the practice’s Center for Urinary Control and co-directs its Center for Female Sexual Medicine. Noted: April 29, 2013
1980 Theresa Daniel
(’80 MSSW; ’80 MA, Urban Affairs; ’02 PhD, Public and Urban Administration) was elected Dallas County commissioner in November. She took office in January. She is an adjunct professor of urban and public affairs at UT Arlington and also managed program evaluation and accountability in the Dallas Independent School District. Noted: April 29, 2013
1979 Albert Chen
(MS, Engineering Mechanics) is senior vice president in the Los Angeles office of Thornton Tomasetti, an international engineering firm. Noted: April 29, 2013
1978 Brian Spitzberg
(BA, Speech) received the Monty Award, the top academic honor at San Diego State University, where he is Senate Distinguished Professor in the School of Communication. He has taught at SDSU since 1989. Noted: April 29, 2013
1978 Mike Smith
(BS, Mechanical Engineering) is the director of proposals and specialty contracts at Palmetto GBA, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Based in Columbia, he supervises a 60-member staff. He previously was chief information officer of TrailBlazer Health Enterprises in Dallas. Noted: April 29, 2013
1978 Clif Nelson
(BS, Criminal Justice) is interim fire chief in Colleyville. He has 34 years experience in public safety and was fire chief in Grand Prairie from 1996 until January 2013. Noted: April 29, 2013
1974 Lillie Biggins
(BSN) was named to the 2013 board of trustees for the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. She is vice president of operations for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Chivalai Temiyasathit
(’03 MS, ’08 PhD, Industrial Engineering) is an assistant professor in the International College at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in Bangkok. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Scott Scarborough
(PhD, Business Administration) is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Toledo. Previously he served as senior vice president and executive director of the University of Toledo Medical Center. He has been with the University of Toledo since 2007 when he became senior vice president for finance and administration. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Sandy Punnakitikashem
(’03 MS, ’07 PhD, Industrial Engineering) is a professor at Mahidol University in Bangkok. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Mark Melton
(’03 BBA, Accounting; ’03 MS, Taxation) received the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation award of excellence in December. He is an associate with Hunton & Williams. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Evan Heckmann
(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Highland Park High School in Dallas. Noted: April 29, 2013
2003 Marilyn Hammer
(BSN) is an assistant professor in New York University’s College of Nursing. She received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for her research in glycemic status and infections in autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients. Noted: April 29, 2013
