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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Neal Pickering is attending medical school at Western University of Health Sciences.

• 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.