John Dienelt (Col ’65 L/M) was named one of Franchise Times magazine’s “Legal Eagles” for 2012.
Posted 05/09/2012
Don Slesnick (Col ’65 L/M) was named Citizen of the Year by the Kiwanis Clubs of Dade and Monroe in Florida. Mr. Slesnick serves in the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates. He is also a member of the Orange Bowl Committee, a board member of the Coral Gables Art Cinema and a founding member of the Coral Gables Museum.
Posted 01/23/2012
William R. Forrester Jr. (Col ’65) received the Curtis R. Boisfontaine Trial Advocacy Award at the annual Louisiana Bar Association meeting in June 2011. Mr. Forrester is a partner in the New Orleans office of Lemle & Kelleher.
Posted 09/15/2011
Tony Medley (Law ‘65) has achieved the status of Silver Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League. Mr. Medley is the author of three books, UCLA Basketball: The Real Story; Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed; and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bridge. He is also a film critic, accredited by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Posted 06/22/2011
Tony Medley (Law '65) has achieved the status of Silver Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League. Mr. Medley is the author of three books, UCLA Basketball: The Real Story; Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed; and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bridge. He is also a film critic, accredited by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Posted 06/22/2011
Don Slesnick (Col ’65 L/M) has been appointed to serve on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Civic Education in the Nation’s Schools. Mr. Slesnick is the mayor of Coral Gables, Fla.
Posted 01/10/2011
Charles Margetta (Darden ’65) is a member of the not-for-profit resource group formed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets rules affecting how business, banks and the financial industries measure and report their financial health and profitability or losses. Mr. Margetta is a member of Plum & Company, CPAs in Sarasota, Fla.
Posted 08/25/2010
Eric Katkow (Col ’65 L/M) is a former Lawn resident, past president of the Maryland State board of dental examiners and past president of the University of Maryland Dental School Alumni Association. He completed the Columbia Triathlon and the JFK 50 miler. He practices general dentistry in Columbia, Md. with his son, Lawrence Katkow (Col ’94 L/M).
Posted 06/28/2010
David Alan Gibb (Col ’65) was re-elected as president of The Opera Buffs Inc., a California nonprofit that provides grants and performance opportunities to young singers building careers in opera. Mr. Gibb also serves on the board of Long Beach Opera, a 31-year-old company. Based in Los Angeles, Mr. Gibb consults on marketing and communications to law and accounting firms, law schools and nonprofits through his company, Practicable Marketing.
Posted 03/02/2010
Daniel M. Chichester (Col ’65, Law ’68 L/M) is a Stafford Commonwealth attorney in Stafford, Va., and serves as vice president of the National District Attorney’s Association. The association represents 7,000 criminal prosecutors, including district attorneys, state’s attorneys, attorneys general and county and city prosecutors who are responsible for prosecuting criminal violations in the U.S. It seeks to improve and facilitate the administration of justice through involvement with various legislation and the promotion of public service and education. As vice president, Mr. Chichester is involved in the legislative and educational functions of the association. He is serving a three-year term. He has been a Stafford’s Commonwealth’s attorney since 1971. His office has grown from one attorney to an organization of 13 attorneys. He previously served on the NDAA’s board of directors as Virginia’s state director. He also serves as president of the Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys.
Posted 01/14/2010
Calder Loth (Arch ’65, ’67 L/M) received the first annual Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Award from U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne in December. Mr. Loth is a senior architectural historian with Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources, where he has worked since 1968. He is a member of the University of Virginia’s Historic Preservation Advisory Committee. As a longstanding member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Art & Architecture Review Board, Mr. Loth has served as an adviser in the restoration of the Virginia Governor’s Mansion, the Virginia State Capitol and James Madison’s Montpelier estate in Orange County. He is also the author, co-author or editor of many books, including The Virginia Landmarks Register, The Making of Virginia Architecture, Virginia Landmarks of Black History and Lost Virginia: Vanished Architecture of the Old Dominion.
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