USD Magazine Summer 2015

ALUMNI UPDATE

2015 Alumni Honorees (left to right, below): Stephen K. Nasman ’71 (BS); Emiliano Gallego ’00 (BS/BA), ’11 (MSEL); Barbara A. Driscoll, PhD ’78 (BA); Victoria J. Nasman ’74 (BA); Lee C. Sorensen ’07 (MA); Jim Parsons ’01 (MFA); Janine Mason ’86 (BA), ’11 (MA); Karen P. Hewitt ’89 (JD); Henry “Hank” J. Acquarelli ’69 (BS); Josh Johnson; Sandra Solem ’84 (MSN), ’02 (PhD); Matthew “Matt” J. Reno ’80 (BBA).

lumni Honors 2015 drew from every era of USD history for an evening of celebration and inspiration. The recipient bios in the program told only part of the stories to the more than 400 guests in Shiley Theatre. The 12 recipients were recognized for individual achievements, but taken as a whole they comprise a mosaic reflecting the university’s spirit: the College for Men alumnus who quit a lucrative corporate job to become a teacher; the nurse who cares for wounds that can’t always be seen; the entrepreneurs and profes- sionals who did well in their careers and do good in their communities. “I’ve heard people call USD a small university,” said Charles Bass, director of the alumni association and the evening’s master of ceremonies. “Intimate, for sure. But there is nothing small about it. This is a university of high ideals and big ideas, high hopes and big hearts.” A 2015 A l umn i Hono r s a huge suc c e s s f o r t he un i ve r s i t y [ c e l e b r a t o r y ] THE DAZZ L I NG DOZEN

LAUREN RADACK

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