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SRA PROMOTES EVARTS AS VICE PRESIDENT


BOB EVARTS
vice president,
SRA International Inc.

SRA International Inc. (SRA), a provider of information technology services to clients in U.S. federal government organizations, has appointed Bob Evarts to the position of vice president. He joined SRA in 1990 following his 21-year career in the U.S. Army. At SRA he has served as project manager, deputy director and since 1999, the director for the St. Louis Operations. In addition to receiving the 2002, SRA Corporate Leadership Award, Evarts is the first person at a regional office to be appointed to this position. Under Evarts leadership include offices in Trenton, NJ, Hampton Roads-Tidewater, Va., and St. Louis, to directly support national security, information security, critical infrastructure assurance, and homeland security. SRA employs more than 2,500 serving clients from its headquarters in Fairfax, Va. with offices across the country.

SHALOWITZ BECOMES PRESIDENT OF METRO ST. LOUIS BAR ASSOCIATION


HOWARD SHALOWITZ
president,
Bar Association of St. Louis

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis has installed Howard Shalowitz, attorney, as president. He has served on the Board of Governors of the Association since 1995, and was chair of its Lawyer Referral and Information Service from 1992 to 2002. Shalowitz serves as a volunteer lawyer for Legal Advocates for Abused Women and the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts. Shalowitz began his own private practice after completing his law degree at Washington University in 1987.

CLAYCO PROMOTES WARDEN TO VICE PRESIDENT


P. KIRK WARDEN
vice president,
Clayco Construction Co.

P. Kirk Warden, AIA, has been promoted to vice president at Clayco Construction Co. He has served as Clayco’s director of design development and as a project executive for Clayco Sports since joining the company in 1997.

“Kirk has more than 24 years of architectural design and project management experience, and we value the work he has completed for Clayco over the past six years,” says Robert Clark, chairman and CEO of Clayco.

Currently, Warden is the project executive for the Baltimore Ravens’ new 200,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and training facility in Baltimore County, Md.

TWO PROMOTED TO VICE PRESIDENT AT HOK


NANCY COLEMAN
vice president,
HOK Inc.

Nancy Coleman and Debra Handy have been promoted to vice president in the St. Louis office of HOK (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum) Inc.

Coleman is a member of HOK’s Healthcare Group. Her most recent project is Southeast Regional Treatment Center in Madison, Ind., serving as interior designer.


DEBRA HANDY
vice president,
HOK Inc.

Handy serves as office manager and human resources representative for the North Central Region offices of HOK.

IRWIN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE


GEORGE IRWIN
president, Lighting Service Inc. chair, educational committee for the International Association of Lighting Management Companies

Lighting Service Inc. announced that George Irwin, president, has been appointed chairman of the Educational Committee for the international Association of Lighting Management Companies (NALMCO). Since 1995, Irwin has served the organization in various capacities, including vice president of the central region, program chair, treasurer and board member. He currently serves as vice president and board member for the organization.

Irwin will work with contractor and associate members to develop technological, educational and safety programs for members, along with future convention content.

NALMCO, established in 1953, is the industry’s association for lighting professionals throughout the U.S. and Canada. Lighting Services Inc. is a charter member of NALMCO.

BERGMANN NAMED ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT CANNON DESIGN

Cannon Design has promoted Thomas Bergmann, AIA, to associate principal.

Bergmann joined Cannon Design in 1994 and has provided design leadership on numerous assignments for higher education and healthcare clients.

He served as project architect for the $320 million expansion and renovation program at BJC Healthcare/Washington University Medical Center and recently was honored by Modern Healthcare and the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health.

GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN NAMES THREE NEW PARTNERS

Attorneys Wendi Alper-Pressman, Ruben Chuquimia and Bradford Cytron have been named as Partners at the law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in Clayton.


WENDI ALPER-PRESSMAN
partner,
Gallop, Johnson & Neuman

Alper-Pressman joined Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in 2001. She is a member of the firm’s Banking and Financial Institutions and Creditors Rights and Bankruptcy practice groups. Her practice is concentrated in bankruptcy, reorganization and debtor/creditor relations.


RUBEN CHUQUIMIA
partner,
Gallop, Johnson & Neuman

A member of the firm’s General Business Law, Emerging Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities Law practice groups, Chuquimia has been with Gallop, Johnson & Neuman since 1996.


BRADFORD CYTRON
partner,
Gallop, Johnson & Neuman

Cytron joined Gallop, Johnson & Neuman in 2000, and is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Law and General Business Law practice groups.

DR. BOYLE NAMED DEAN OF SIU SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE


DR. ANN BOYLE
dean, Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Ann Boyle, of the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine at Alton, has been named dean of the school. She was formerly associate dean of the program. Dr. Boyle was named acting dean last year after Dr. Patrick F. Ferrillo Jr. accepted the position of dean at the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine. At the time of his departure, Ferrillo had served as dean of the SIU dental school for 16 years.

Dr. Boyle joined the SIU/SDM in 1995, serving as associate dean since her arrival. She came to SIUE from Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry in Cleveland, where she had served as Chair of the Restorative Department and then as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

CASS COMMERCIAL BANK PROMOTES VALLINA TO VICE CHAIRMAN


JOHN VALLINA
chairman of the board,
Cass Commercial Bank

John Vallina has been elected vice chairman of the board of Cass Commercial Bank and permanent secretary to the board of directors. Vallina was president of Cass Bank. Prior to joining the bank in 1992, he was senior vice president and senior loan officer at Lemay Bank and Trust Co.

WILSON NAMED PRIDE MANAGEMENT CO-CHAIR


SCOTT WILSON
president, S.M. Wilson & Co.
co-chairman, PRIDE

The nation’s first and oldest voluntary construction industry labor-management organization, PRIDE, has named Scott Wilson as management co-chairman. He joins Joseph Rinke as owner co-chairman, representing buyers of construction services and Gerald Feldhaus, labor co-chairman, representing the St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO.

Wilson replaces Robert Elsperman, P.E., who recently completed five years of volunteer service as PRIDE co-chairman. He is president of S.M. Wilson & Co. and current chairman of the St. Louis Associated General Contractors organization. (AGC).

Founded in 1972, PRIDE, is an acronym for Productivity and Responsibility Increase Development and Employment.

RUFFINO TO HEAD CLAYCO CONCRETE GROUP

Salvatore Ruffino is bringing his more than 23 years of construction experience to Clayco Construction Co. Joining Clayco as a vice president, Ruffino will head the company’s Concrete Group and spearhead the expansion of the firm’s self-performed concrete work.

Ruffino comes to Clayco from Alberici Constructors, where he was project manager/director responsible for nearly $2 billion of new construction throughout the Midwest and on the East Coast. Ruffino is best known in St. Louis for his work on the SAVVIS Center and Edward Jones Dome, formerly the Kiel Center and TWA Dome, respectively, as well as Ameristar Casino St. Charles, and the BJC/Missouri Baptist Medical Center.

GEORGE NAMED UMSL CHANCELLOR


THOMAS GEORGE
seventh chancellor,
University of Missouri–St. Louis

Scientist Thomas F. George has been named the seventh chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, succeeding Chancellor Blanche M. Touhill, who retired Dec. 31, 2002, and Interim Chancellor Donald H. Driemeier. George is expected to assume his new position at UMSL on Sept. 1, 2003.

As chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Dr. George will oversee all academic and administrative operations of the campus, which had a Fall 2002 enrollment of 16,660 students and an extended non-credit student population of nearly 100,000. He will report directly to University of Missouri System President Elson Floyd, who oversees the four-campus system.

For the past nine years, he has served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. Floyd chose George from a slate of finalists developed by a 19-member campus search committee composed of faculty, staff, students, alumni and supporters of UMSL. Douglas Smith, professor and director of the Center for Business and Industrial Studies, chaired the search committee, which, in addition to university officials, included Urban League president Jim Buford; KCI Enterprise president & CEO Karen Carroll; Suelthaus & Walsh, P.C. chairman Ken Suelthaus and RCGA president and CEO Dick Fleming.

In addition to his role as campus and community leader and fund-raiser, George is a professor of chemistry and physics and an active researcher in the development of theories and mathematical techniques on computers to describe phenomena in chemical/ materials/laser physics, with applications to nanotechnology. He earned his master’s degree in 1968 and doctoral degree in 1970 in theoretical chemistry from Yale University, followed by postdoctoral appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley.

Known at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point as the “students’ chancellor,” George has been highly engaged with students, faculty and staff and has provided ready accessibility to constituents both on and off campus. Prior to coming to Stevens Point in 1996, he served for five years as provost and academic vice-president of Washington State University. He and his wife Barbara are accomplished musicians–he a jazz pianist and she a harpsichordist. The Georges have chosen to live on campus at the chancellor’s residence.

JARRELL CONTRACTING PROMOTES FOUR

(top left) RICK CLARY, senior vice president, Charles E. Jarrell Contracting
(top right) VINCE CUTELLI, vice president, Charles E. Jarrell Contracting
(bottom left) MICHAEL JARRELL, P.E., senior vice president, Charles E. Jarrell Contracting
(bottom right) TERRY HELMSING, vice president, Charles E. Jarrell Contracting

Charles E. Jarrell Contracting has announced four promotions. Rick Clary and Michael Jarrell, P.E., have been named senior vice presidents. Vince Cutelli and Terry Helmsing have been promoted to vice president.

Clary joined the company in 1989 and has developed the service controls division for Jarrell Contracting.

With the firm for more than 10 years, Jarrell’s responsibilities include professional services, estimating and conceptual design.

Cutelli has been with Jarrell for more than seven years and remains a senior project manager.

Helmsing has been with Jarrell since 1994 as a sales engineer and project manager.
 

 

 


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