2000 Alumni Award Recipients William "Bill" Duke is the Department Chairperson for Film, Television and Radio at Howard University and has more than 30 years' experience as a producer, actor and stage and film director. (Dutchess Community College, NY) Karen Kane's accomplishments range from the professional to the personal. Not only is she the founder and designer of Karen Kane, Inc., a sportswear firm that was launched in 1979, but she is the busy mother of two young boys. (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, CA) Rich Karlgaard is publisher of Forbes magazine. In 1992, he joined the organization to help start Forbes ASAP, a bimonthly that covers the major trends and implications of the Digital Age. (Bismarck State College, ND) Awilda Marquez served as Assistant Secretary and Director General of the US and Foreign and Commercial Service of the US Department of Commerce during the Clinton administration. (Harford Community College, MD) Samuel O. Massey is a Colonel with the United States Air Force, but he is much, much more. His accomplishments cover every sphere of activity he has associated himself with since he began his college career at Holmes Community College in Mississippi. (Holmes Community College, MS) Jon Nakamatsu was the first American in 16 years to win gold at the prestigious Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997. (Foothills College, CA) David R. Pierce was President of AACC for ten years, raising the visibility of community colleges exponentially. Kevin V. Saunders is a world champion wheelchair athlete and motivational speaker whom you may meet in the Academic Marketplace. A victim of an explosion in South Texas, Saunders' doctors doubted he would beat the odds and live, let alone become an athlete. (Del Mar College, TX) Richard M. Scrushy serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of HealthSouth Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama. When Scrushy enrolled in Jefferson State Community College, he rarely had money for lunch, but that the faculty treated him as if he was "somebody," and he began to believe that he was. (Jefferson State Community College, AL) Lt. Cmdr. Doug Verissimo is stationed with the Navy Flight Demonstration Squad of the US Navy. In 1999, he was elevated to Lead Solo Pilot of the famed Blue Angels. (Cape Cod Community College, MA)
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