Classnotes
1960s
Scott Nelson ’66 was selected as
Keynote Speaker at the FBI 2019
Pacific Region Information Sharing
Conference on the Iconic Queen
Mary, Long Beach, Calif. comprised
of security safety professionals from
the public and private sectors. The
topic was "From the Battlefield to
the Boardroom." Nelson also recently
presented to USMC, RAND Corp,
FBI, and Seal Team 5 on "Urban
Combat & Violence in America - A
Way Forward."
Patricia Parrish ’67 retired for the
third time in 2019. She says “maybe”
it will be the last time after 53 years
of practicing laboratory medicine.
Her JU degree has kept her employed
and retired from three different
laboratories.
1970s
Dr. John Moye ’73/’77 published
two texts designed to create new
and more effective solutions to
the design and delivery of Higher
Education. The first is "Learning
Differentiate Curriculum Design
in Higher Education." The second
is "A Machine Learning, Artificial
Intelligence Approach to Institutional
Effectiveness in Higher Education."
Both represent learnings obtained
from his career in higher education
research and design, and his
experiences at JU.
Mary Hester ’76 has been selected
for inclusion in the 2019 edition
of Best Lawyers in America® – an
annual list compiled since 1983 and
universally regarded as the definitive
guide to legal excellence. Hester was
selected for the honor in the practice
area of Trusts and Estates Law.
Dr. Eric Arne Lofquist ’76 was
promoted to full professor in
organizational behavior and
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leadership at the BI Norwegian
Business School in Oslo, Norway.
Pete Mann ’76 has been teaching
elementary physical education for
the past 44 years. Mann was on
the Dolphin baseball team and was
involved in intramural sports as well
as Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity.
Ellen Paige ’76 has moved to the
position of director of insurance and
risk management at Jacksonville
University. Paige has been an
employee at her alma mater for more
than 40 years.
Michael Biondi ’77 recently celebrated
22 years with Eastern States Eyewear.
He was promoted to VP of Sales
in June of 2017. In this role, he is
responsible for 27 reps as well as
marketing and promotional programs.
Dr. William Hadyn Roberts, Jr.,
CAPT, MSC, USN (Ret.), ’79, earned a
master certification in environmental
education from the Maryland
Association for Environmental and
Outdoor Education in 2018. In 2017,
he received the Save Our Streams
Award at the National Convention of
the Isaac Walton League of America.
Dr. Roberts works as a Naturalist at
the Anita C. Leight Estuary Center in
Abingdon, Md.
1980s
Becky Bradeen Allenbach ’85
was recently promoted to Deputy
Director of EPA’s Water Office in
Atlanta. In this capacity she oversees
Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking
Water Act implementation in eight
southeastern states.
Deb Boje ’89 was appointed as chair
of the Florida Bar Real Property,
Probate & Trust Law Section
(RPPTL), which is the largest section
of the Florida Bar. During her legal
career Boje has served on the ad hoc
committee that revamped the probate
code, the trust committee that
revamped the trust code, the ad hoc
committee that revamped the Power
of Attorney Act, and currently serves
on the task force that’s revamping the
guardianship code. She is the only
attorney in Florida that has served on
all four committees.
1990s
Jennifer (Parkinson) Cenker ’90 and
her 15-year-old son Gabriel completed
all 2,189.8 miles of the Appalachian
Trail. They started an AT thru-hike
attempt in February of 2017 (hiking the
entire trail within a 12-month period).
Gabriel suffered a foot stress fracture
after 1,300 miles of hiking and they
had to end their thru-hike attempt
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