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Alumni Achievements

Here's what some Whitworth graduates are doing with their chemistry degrees:

Class of 2007

  • Eric Fredrickson is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Washington.
  • Krystal Newman is a physician’s assistant at Spokane's Heart Institute.
  • Ashley Gibbs is pursuing a Ph.D. at Harvard University in biophysics.
  • Rachel Mellinger is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of South Carolina.
Class of 2006
  • Jordan Sand is a Jack Kent Cooke scholar, attending University of Washington Medical School.
  • Cory Siebe is a lab assistant at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, in Seattle.
  • Kylie Swisher is enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona.
  • Jennifer Wild is enrolled at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
  • Brittney (Bower) Young is enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the University of Oregon.
  • Jennifer Miller is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Rochester.
  • Peter Jo is working at Hollister-Stier labs.
  • Maghan Runestrand is working as a chemical hygiene officer at Whitworth University.
Class of 2005
  • Lacie Hearst is working as a white-tiger keeper/trainer for Siegfried and Roy at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.
  • Aaron Forbes is pursuing a Ph.D. at Notre Dame University.
Class of 2004
  • Neal Pickering is attending medical school at Western University of Health Sciences.
Class of 2003
  • Summer Gibbs is in the chemical engineering Ph.D. program at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.
  • Kristin Satterfield completed a pharmaceutical chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Utah, and will begin medical school at the University of Utah in fall '07.
  • Rochelle Hinman is in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences/Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.
  • Charles Shawley is in the Ph.D. program in materials science at Washington State University.
  • Rebecca Knuth has enrolled in Medical School at Creighton University.
  • April Gallagher is a pharmaceutical sales rep with Wyeth, Inc.
  • Elizabeth Abbey completed an exercise science master's program at the University of Minnesota.
  • Sarah Coefield has enrolled in Michigan State University's dual Ph.D. program in environmental toxicology and veterinary science.

Class of 2002

  • Joy Whigham Diaz completed a master's in teaching at Whitworth University.
  • Todd Berggren is attending the University of Southern California Dental School.
  • Nolan Brotherton is in the Creighton University Dental School.
  • Hillary Starr completed her M.D. at Loma Linda University Medical School and is now in a residency program in Tacoma.
  • Kiara Cromer is enrolled in the Ph.D. program in clinical psychology at Florida State University.
  • Majid Tanas completed a master's in biosciences at Washington State University and is now enrolled in the Ph.D. pharmacy program at WSU.
  • Oleksiy Ustyugov is in the chemistry Ph.D. program at Washington State University.
  • Mike Van Engelen is in the chemistry Ph.D. program at Washington State University.

Class of 2001

  • Jennifer Bennett attended Washington University Medical School.
  • Chris Culberson completed law school at Gonzaga University.
  • Nathan Whitley completed the master's in teaching program at Whitworth University.
  • Rondi Schei is working for an environmental-analysis company in Moscow, Idaho.
  • Marc Henning enrolled in dental school at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • Josh Akers completed the Pharm. D. program at Washington State University.

Other selected graduates and their activities:

  • Mark Wolf, '94, is a medical doctor and psychiatry resident at Oregon Health Sciences University.
  • Alisa Tongg, '98, is a career counselor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • David Neel, '80, is an associate senior organic chemist with Eli Lilly and Company.
  • Todd Kuniyuki, '91, is a pharmacist with Queen's Hospital.
  • Carolyn Church, '89, is a research assistant with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
  • Dr. Melvin Yamase, '81, is a physician and medical director for Providence Medical Center.
  • John Maxwell, '69, is a professor of biochemistry at California Polytechnic State University.
  • Dale Krageschmidt, '82, is a professor of environmental health at the University of Minnesota.
  • Bobbie Demandante, '90, is a process engineer with Phillips Semiconductor.
  • Steve Gluck, '77, is a research leader with Dow Chemical.
  • Dr. J. Mondy Mathis, '81, is a field veterinary consultant for World Concern.
  • Jon Dueck, '91, is a missionary with the Christian & Missionary Alliance.

 




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