UW College of Health Sciences Honors Top Alumni |
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Nov. 17, 2005 -- The University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences is presenting Alumni of the Year awards to outstanding graduates of each of the divisions within the college. The awards recognized alumni who have made extraordinary contributions to their professions and to the university.
Award winners are Mary Kay Goetter of Cheyenne, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing; Donna Marburger of Laramie, Kinesiology and Health, and also the College of Health Sciences' Alumna of the Year award; Diane Noton of Encampment, Medical Education and Public Health; Dave O'Malley of Laramie, Social Work; Catherine Ross of Jackson, Communication Disorders; and Linda Wells of Jackson, School of Pharmacy.
Goetter, a 2004 nursing school graduate, is recognized for excellent nursing care and her contributions to the field of maternal/child health care. Her thesis work received an Outstanding Master's Thesis award from UW's Graduate School and she received the Scientific Award of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. She also is an articulate national advocate for the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Marburger received a B.S. degree in physical education teaching from UW and a Ph.D. from the University of Northern Colorado. A longtime faculty member of the Department of Physical Education, now the Division of Kinesiology and Health, she conducted research in history and sociology of sports. Marburger established the Ruth Campbell/Louise Thouin/Donna Marburger Scholarship for UW students, remains active in community activities and municipal projects and is a benefactor of the College of Education, Wyoming Public Radio and University Libraries.
Noton, a Platte Valley Medical Clinic physician and a graduate of the Residency Program in Casper, is chairman of the Admissions Committee of WWAMI, the state's medical contract program, and member of the Wyoming Board of Medicine. Noton also promotes superior medical education to benefit the citizens of Wyoming and is a UW College of Health Sciences benefactor.
O'Malley is a 1973 UW graduate who recently retired from the Laramie Police Department. He has been an advocate and spokesman for the Matthew Shepard Foundation since 1998, supporting equal justice and consideration for all individuals.
Ross has provided wide-ranging externships for division students and has taken an active role in faculty research projects. As president of the Wyoming Speech Hearing Association, she has helped tighten the relationship between the association and the division and initiated the association's student scholarship program for UW students. She also directed the association's fund raising activities that benefitted the UW Health Sciences Center.
Wells earned a master's degree in mental health and a Ph.D. in chemical dependency and also received a Certificate in Business Management from the Harvard School of Business. She was one of the first women pharmacists to lead in the practice of managed care pharmacy that has an important role in the delivery of health care. While developing her own successful business, she remains a UW College of Health Sciences Advisory Board member and is on the School of Pharmacy Advisory Committee. Wells also provides resources for many UW students to attend annual Academy of Managed Care Pharmacists national meetings.
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2005
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