2004 Distinguished Alumni
2004
Distinguished Alumni Luncheon Images
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Roger H. Boltz, DDS
Associate of Science
Mesa College, 1961
Roger was raised in Grand Junction and graduated from Mesa
College in 1961. He served as the Associated Student Body
President 1960-61. After graduation, Roger attended Northwestern
University Dental School in Chicago and earned his Doctor
of Dental Surgery degree in 1965. After graduation from Northwestern,
he served his country on active duty in the US Navy for 4
½ years with service in Virginia, California and South
East Asia. After 26 years of duty with the US Naval Reserve
he retired with the rank of Captain. He is a life member of
the Naval Reserve Association and a member of the US Navy
Memorial Foundation.
Roger has practiced general dentistry in Windsor, CO, since
1971 and currently resides in Fort Collins, CO. He has received
Fellowships in both the American and International College
of Dentists and is a member of the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
In 1977 he was conferred with and recognized as an Honorary
Alumnus of the University of Colorado Dental School. He has
also received recognition awards from the Colorado Dental
Association and the Colorado State Board of Dental Examiners
for service to the profession and the citizens of Colorado.
He is the past President of the Colorado State Board of Dental
Examiners and the past President of the Central Regional Dental
Testing Service that administer clinical dental examinations
for licensure for 12 states. He is a member of the American
Association of Dental Examiners and has served as a clinical
dental testing examiner for 19 years. He is currently serves
on the American Dental Association Joint Commission on Dental
Examinations as Chairman on the Research and Development Committee
and as a member of the Examination Development Committee.
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Doralyn Brodak Genova
Associate of Arts
Mesa College, 1976
A third generation Mesa County native, Doralyn graduated
from Grand Junction High School in 1959, attended Mesa College
from 1960 to 1961 and married Myron L. "Mike" Genova
in 1964. They have three sons Anthony, Nicholas and Dominic.
In the 1970's Doralyn returned to Mesa College as a nontraditional
student graduating in 1976 and later running her own business,
Data Supplies. In addition to running her business, during
the 1980's Doralyn was civically active. The citizens recognized
her community dedication, electing her Mesa County Commissioner
in 1988. She had the honor of being only the second woman
elected to this position in Mesa County's history. She will
have served 16 years on this board when her term ends in 2005.
Doralyn's work with State and Federal officials helped establish
the Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area in 2000. Doralyn
has served on Club 20's board of directors, Colorado's Medical
Services Board, the Governor's Interregional Council on Smart
Growth, the Colorado Emergency Planning Commission, Grand
Valley Regional Transportation Committee, and the Mesa County
Economic Development Council. She also served as President
of 16 Western District Counties and Secretary of Colorado
Counties Inc. Doralyn's community involvement includes membership
in the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce and Mesa County
Historical Society.
Doralyn's dedication to her community has garnered her numerous
awards and recognition over the years. She was "Westpeoples"
Woman of the Year in 1986, Mesa County Democrat of the Year
1988 and was the first recipient of Club 20's Dan Noble Award.
She has also received awards and recognition from the University
of Colorado, Rocky Mountain Program/Center for the Improvement
of Public Management, National Emergency Management Institute/Disaster
Emergency Preparedness, Governor's Conference on Library and
Information Services, and Mesa County Friends of 4-H.
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J. David Mitchell
Associate of Science
Mesa College, 1956
David spent 30 years of a long and distinguished career with
Rockwell International where he was a corporate Vice President
for 13 years.
David; a native of Rifle, Colorado; earned his BS in Electrical
Engineering at the University of Colorado after his graduation
from Mesa College. He is also a graduate of the Executive
Development Program at the University of California at Irvine,
and is a registered professional engineer.
He was chairman of the Coalition for Intelligent Manufacturing
Systems (CISMS). He was also a member of the board of directors
of Product Data Exchange Using Step (PDES, Inc.) and a senior
member of both the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He was a
senior member and past national president of the Precision
Measurements Association (PMA). He served on the board of
directors of the Robotics Institute of America and is a past
member of the Manufacturing Management council of the SME.
He has also provided leadership and support for many other
Government, Industry, and University Science and Advisory
Committees and is past international president of the National
Conference of Standards Laboratories International (NCSLI).
He is an expert in manufacturing technologies and has made
direct testimony to the US Congress on automation and robotics
and in 1980 received the William A. Wildhack award for 'significant
contribution to the field of measurement science'. Additional
distinctions and awards include a listing in Who's Who; Distinguished
Manufacturing Engineering Award-SME, 1979; Distinguished National
CAD/CAM Award-National Society of Professional Engineers,
1982; and Fellow-Institute for the Advancement of Engineering,
1988.
David has been a strong advocate of innovative management
methodologies and improved education systems. He has authored
over 50 papers and articles covering a broad range of technical
and management subjects in the fields of quality assurance,
metrology, automation, computer integrated manufacturing and
advanced manufacturing technologies.
He married Yvonne L. Glasgow of Grand Junction in 1955 and
they have 3 children and 4 grand children.
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David P Svaldi, PhD
Associate of Arts
Mesa College, 1968
While Dr. Svaldi earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University
in 1983, his undergraduate studies at Mesa College (1966-68)
and the University of Northern Colorado (BA 1970; MA 1972)
built a strong foundation for his future success in higher
education beginning with a 4-year teaching position at Washburn
University. In 1976 he accepted a graduate fellowship at Northwestern
University where he taught and coached a National Championship
Debate Squad. Between 1979 and 1995 he taught and coached
intercollegiate debate at several institutions, completed
his Ph.D., and published an award-winning book, Sand Creek
and the Rhetoric of Extermination, and several articles.
In 1986 Dr. Svaldi and his family moved back to Colorado
and began a productive relationship with Adams State College.
In addition to educating students in the classroom, he was
active in faculty and student governance and selected to serve
in several leadership roles including Faculty Trustee of the
State Colleges in Colorado. In 1996 he was selected out of
a national pool, for a one-year Fellowship from the American
Council of Education to study higher education leadership.
Upon his return he was appointed Vice President for Academic
Affairs at Adams State College and currently serves as Provost.
Dr. Svaldi is proudest of the many outstanding debate students
he has worked with who have gone on to highly successful careers
in law and education.
Most of the credit for any success Dr. Svaldi has had must
go to his family. His late parents, Anthony and Agnes, expected
his success and his 3 brothers (Marvin, Vincent and Dennis)
all graduated from Mesa College showing Dave the way (and
also all completed advanced degrees). Greg, Mary, Linda, his
daughter Andrea, Virginia, Fletcher and Chantine also provided
support. Special thanks to his fine, caring instructors at
Mesa including Morton Perry, Dan Showalter, Dan Roberts, Margaret
Coleman and others.
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Diana J. Wilkie, Ph. D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Mesa College, 1982
A Grand Junction native, Dr. Wilkie received her Bachelor
of Science in Nursing from Mesa College in 1982, followed
by a M.S. in 1984 and a Ph. D. in 1990 from the University
of California in San Francisco. Her career began at the La
Villa Grande Care Center and St. Mary's Hospital. She is a
registered nurse in the states of Colorado, Hawaii, California,
Washington, and Illinois. Dr. Wilkie has since pursued a career
in nursing education and research.
Dr. Wilkie is a professor and the Harriet H. Werley Endowed
Chair for Nursing Research in the College of Nursing at University
of Illinois at Chicago. She also taught at the College of
San Mateo, UC San Francisco and the University of Washington
and has been a visiting professor at the University of Sao
Paula (Brazil), Emory University and the University of Winnipeg
(Canada). A prolific writer, she has authored 80 publications
including articles, chapters and a book. She has presented
more than 250 scientific and professional talks at international,
national, regional or local conferences. She has been the
recipient of over $3 million in education and training grants.
Her internationally recognized research on cancer pain and
end-of-life care has been continuously funded since 1985.
She has been awarded 31 grants worth $8.9 million from prestigious
organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the
National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Nursing
Research, the American Cancer Society, and the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. Two developments from her research, the
computerized PAINReportIt and PAINRelieveIt programs, have
potential to dramatically improve pain assessment and management
in health care settings.
Dr. Wilkie has been honored many times for her work. She
was appointed to a five-year term as the American Cancer Society
Professor of Oncology Nursing. She was elected as a Fellow
in the American Academy of Nursing. The University of Washington
presented her the Outstanding Public Service Award and the
National Hospice Foundation gave her the First Annual Research
Award. The University of Detroit's Mercy McAuley School of
Nursing recognized her with the 10th Annual Distinguished
Nurse Scholar Award. At the American Association of Cancer
Education Annual Meeting she received the Rosalynn Davilene
Carter Presidential Prize for Best Paper.
She is a member of many professional organizations related
to nursing, pain and cancer research and is the founding President
of the Nursing Pain Association. Her contributions to the
community include participation with the San Francisco Regional
Cancer Foundation, Washington State Cancer Pain Initiative,
the American Cancer Society, and the Chicago End of Life Care
Coalition. Dr. Wilkie actively supports ethnic diversity and
has mentored 22 high school or college students from minority
groups as they explored research careers in the health professions.
Dr. Wilkie also is an entrepreneur, being a Founder and the
Chairman of eNURSING llc, a small business established in
1999 to create, develop, test, and distribute evidence-based,
electronic tools that support and facilitate patient-centered
health care.
Her husband of 18 years is Davis Lawrence, a talented musician
and
photographer.
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