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News Release
June 18, 2007
Alumni Assn. Leaders Elected; Hooper Honored
The Boise State University Alumni Association elected new officers and
directors and honored one of its members with its fifth annual service award
at the organization’s annual meeting recently.
Tom Beitia, vice president and manager/cash management with Banner Bank in
Boise, was elected president of the Alumni Association. Beitia joins the
following officers elected to one-year positions on the executive committee:
first vice president — Travis Jensen, KMPG LLP accounting firm; second vice
president — Cheryl Behr, Micron Technology; treasurer — Travis Burgess, Eide
Bailly LLP accounting firm; secretary — Andrea Mihm, Sullivan & Reberger;
past president — Susie Schumacher, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
Directors serving three-year terms through 2010 are alumni Paul Basom, Jim
Davis, Toni Hardesty, Debbie Kaylor and Stanley Leis. Serving one-year terms
are Boise State alumni Denise Nygard, Shawna Kovac, Heather Gribble, Lynette
Berriochoa, Angela Lewton and Jon Ruzicka.
Also at the meeting, Boise artist Ward Hooper, a longtime contributor to
various Boise State and community causes, was named the winner of the 2007
Alumni Service Award.
Hooper, owner of Hooper Studios Inc., recently donated his time and talent
in designing a new logo and program for Boise State’s Auction 2007, as well
as three original pieces for the event’s live auction. Hooper was recognized
for his creations of public art for the cities of Boise and McCall and other
charitable contributions. In 2006 he was awarded the Mayor’s Excellence in
Arts Award by the city of Boise.
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Contact: Mark Arstein, Alumni Association, (208) 426-1959,
markarstein@boisestate.edu
Media contact: Bob Evancho, University Communications, (208)
426-1643, bevanch@boisestate.edu
Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in
Idaho, offering more than 190 fields of interest in eight colleges. The
deadline for degree-seeking students to apply for fall admission is July 18.
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