C. Terrence Dolan, MD, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was the recipient of the 2018 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is the highest honor Mayo Clinic bestows on members of the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association. He was recognized as a trailblazer in realizing the potential of data analytics in patient care and laboratory management. Dolan is director of Pathology Laboratories at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa; clinical professor of pathology at the University of Oklahoma Medical School and president of Regional Medical Laboratory Inc. in Tulsa.
Thomas A. Brown, JD, Aberdeen, Washington, recently retired after nearly 50 years in the practice of law.
Joseph M. LaTona, JD, Buffalo, New York, was the recipient of the 2019 Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award from the New York State Bar Association for outstanding work in the area of criminal defense. This award recognizes the professional career of a private practice defense attorney who exemplifies the highest ideals of criminal justice.
Stephen E. Millburg, BA, Birmingham, Alabama, has launched an e-newsletter, The Artisanal Grammarian, about the fun side of grammar. Millburg, a freelance writer and editor, created the Monday through Friday newsletter to share his love of words and his fascination with the weirdness of the English language. It can be found at theartisanalgrammarian.com.
Daniel E. Monnat, JD, Wichita, Kansas, of Monnat & Spurrier, Chartered, was named one of the “Top Ten” Super Lawyers in Kansas and Missouri. He also was again named to the “Top 100” list of Super Lawyers in Kansas and Missouri. It is Monnat’s first appearance on the elite top-10 list and his 13th appearance on the top-100 list. Monnat’s firm also received three “Best Law Firms” Tier 1 rankings in the areas of general practice criminal defense, white-collar criminal defense and appellate practice by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers.
Jeffrey J. Pirruccello, BSBA’74, JD, Omaha, partner at McGrath North in Omaha, was ranked in Band 1 in the 2018 Chambers High Net Worth guide. He was recognized for his extensive experience advising clients on estate and tax planning matters.
James D. Wegner, BSBA’77, JD, Omaha, partner at McGrath North in Omaha, was ranked in Band 2 in the 2018 Chambers High Net Worth guide. Wegner is a co-practice group leader and advises clients on tax planning and business succession issues, and also advises nonprofit organizations and charities.
Robert L. Wilson, DDS, Colorado Springs, Colorado, was named president of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry at its 2018 meeting in Chicago.
Kent L. Zimmerman, BSBA, Council Bluffs, Iowa, vice president of the John Day Company in Omaha, was elected second vice president of the Equipment Marketing & Distribution Association (EMDA). As second vice president, Zimmerman will aid the seven-person board of directors in supervising services to EMDA’s member firms located throughout the U.S. and Canada, and associate members worldwide. EMDA member firms are representatives and distributors of shortline agriculture and outdoor power equipment and related specialty products.
Stephen R. Martin II, JD, Denver, has joined StoneTurn in Denver as a partner. StoneTurn is a global advisory firm that assists companies, their counsel and government agencies on regulatory, risk and compliance issues, investigations, monitorships and business disputes.
Mark E. Ellerbeck, BSBA’91, MBA, Bennington, Nebraska, joined First Westroads Bank in Omaha as president. He also was appointed to the bank’s board of directors.
Dr. Todd R. Robinson, BA’93, MA, Omaha, had his second book of poetry, Mass for Shut-Ins, published by Backwaters Press in August 2018.
Dr. James A. Mello, MBA, Steubenville, Ohio, executive director of Institutional Effectiveness at Franciscan University of Steubenville, was a panelist at the closing plenary panel discussion at the annual meeting of the North East Association for Institutional Research in Pittsburgh in November 2018. The panel, “Data-Informed Decision Making: Challenges, Strategies, and Lessons Learned,” addressed student success, internal and external policy making, and ethical considerations for decision makers in higher education.
Jason W. Ash, BS, Norfolk, Nebraska, partner-plant operations at Weiland Inc. in Norfolk, celebrated the opening of the company’s new 60,000-square-foot headquarters in October 2018. Weiland Inc. has grown from a company that built custom cold storage doors for area meat processors to one of the biggest brands in sanitary doors for food processors in North America.
Robert W. Haake, BA, Norfolk, Nebraska, partner-product development and project management at Weiland Inc. in Norfolk, celebrated the opening of the company’s new 60,000-square-foot headquarters in October 2018. Weiland Inc. has grown from a company that built custom cold storage doors for area meat processors to one of the biggest brands in sanitary doors for food processors in North America.
Dan T. Harbeke, BSBA, Omaha, recently joined Google as area head of public policy and external affairs.
Joslyn Emerson Brown, PharmD, Charlotte, North Carolina, was promoted to administrative director of abdominal transplant at Carolinas Medical Center Transplant Center in Charlotte. Brown will have operational oversight of the liver, kidney and kidney/pancreas programs, including regulatory, personnel and budgeting. Brown joined the transplant center and Atrium Health in 2015 as a transplant pharmacist and her most recent role of program manager included oversight of the pediatric transplant programs.
Carl H. Weiland, BA, Norfolk, Nebraska, partner-new business development at Weiland Inc. in Norfolk, celebrated the opening of the company’s new 60,000-square-foot headquarters in October 2018. Weiland Inc. has grown from a company that built custom cold storage doors for area meat processors to one of the biggest brands in sanitary doors for food processors in North America.
Dr. Justyna Dobrowolska Zakaria, BS, Chicago, was promoted from postdoctoral research fellow to research assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Adam J. Wachal, JD, Omaha, has been elected as a shareholder of the Omaha law firm of Gross & Welch. Wachal’s practice has been primarily focused on civil litigation, insurance defense, insurance coverage litigation and appellate practice.
Alyssa Fuerholzer Wees, BA, Crystal Lake, Illinois, had her debut novel published in March by Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s. The young adult fantasy novel is titled The Waking Forest.
Steven G. Rupert, JD, Wichita, Kansas, was again nominated as a Rising Star in the field of criminal defense and recently joined the law firm of Stinson Leonard Street LLP in its Wichita office.
Anthony J. White, BSBA, St. Louis, launched his first business, Jon Blanco, a startup fashion brand.
Andrew Eggert, MS, Washington, Missouri, was among 109 St. Louis-area educators to receive the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award in November 2018. The awards pay tribute to area educators for their achievement and dedication to the field of education. Eggert teaches English at St. Francis Borgia Regional High School in Washington.
Ashley L. Pavletich, EdD, Bakersfield, California, is teaching research, methods and research, assessment and evaluation in the School of Social Sciences and Education at California State University, Bakersfield.
