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Homecoming 2003 Alumni Awards

Outstanding Alumni Award:

Paul Staudenmaier, GWC '55
Paul Staudenmaier graduated from George Williams College in 1955 and went on to a long career with the Boys and Girls Club organization. He was executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Duluth for 20 years and now, in retirement, is active with the Paul Staudenmaier Boys and Girls Club of Duluth Foundation, which was named in his honor when he retired.

 

Juanita Guidry Copeland, GWC '73
Juanita attended George Williams College at the Downers Grove campus and received her bachelor of science degree in 1973. After graduation, Juanita's careers included corporate training and management development for Fortune 500 companies such as American Express and McDonald's. She became a hazardous waste compliance officer within the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). A subsequent promotion led Juanita to assume responsibilities for Environmental Justice and the Native American tribal programs coordination for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.

 


Distinguished Alumni Award:

Armand Ball, Jr., GWC '60
Armand Ball earned his master's degree in group work administration from George Williams College and went on to a life-long career of working with camps and service organizations. Currently, Ball is a consultant with Alpha Beta Consultants in Florida, where he and his wife work with camps and organizations both in the US and abroad in areas of camp management, financial development, marketing, personnel, and risk management.

 

David W. Parke, AC '48
David Parke earned his bachelor's degree in science at Aurora College. His continued schooling and residency led David to a license to practice ophthalmology in the states of Ohio, Maryland, and Connecticut. Parke has worked as a consulting ophthalmologist for the Connecticut State Board of Education and Services for the Blind since 1992. He is a consultant and director of Low Vision Rehabilitation at Masonic Healthcare Center, an active staff member at Yale New Haven Hospital, and a professor of ophthalmology at Yale University School of Medicine.

 


Outstanding Graduate School Alumni Award:

Daniel Bridges, AU '98
Daniel Bridges received his Master of Arts in Education Leadership (MAEL) from Aurora University. He has been the principal of Harold G. Fearn Elementary School in North Aurora since 2000. Bridges has been selected to assist in the design, construction, and programming of a new middle school to be built on Deerpath Road in Aurora. There, he will serve as principal and will oversee the extension of the immersion school model to the secondary school.

 


Roger K. Parolini Lifetime Achievement Award:

Howard Towne, AC '53
Anna May Towne, AC '50
Anna May and Howard Towne graduated from Aurora College in 1950 and 1953, respectively. The couple spent nearly 30 years helping poor and indigenous adults, families, and children in the Philippines. In their missionary work, the Townes managed a rural development project and training center that addressed agricultural alternatives, cooperative economics, health, and hygiene.

 

 

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