{"id":49090,"date":"2010-11-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/08\/unmc-honors-11-individuals-at-alumni-reunion\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T19:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:18:17","slug":"unmc-honors-11-individuals-at-alumni-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/08\/unmc-honors-11-individuals-at-alumni-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"UNMC honors 11 individuals at Alumni Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><b><i>Philanthropist Ruth Scott and four current faculty members among honorees<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Eleven individuals &#8212; including four current faculty members and philanthropist Ruth Scott &#8212; received awards <span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">during this year&rsquo;s University of Nebraska Medical Center&rsquo;s Alumni Reunion in Omaha.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The awards included five distinguished alumnus awards, three early career achievement awards, and three honorary alumnus awards. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The winners and their awards included:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Honorary Alumnus Awards<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Nursing Alumni Association &#8212; Ruth Scott<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Medicine Alumni Association &#8212; John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Pharmacy Alumni Association &nbsp;&#8212; R. Desmond Gibson, Ph.D.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Distinguished Alumnus Awards<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Medicine Alumni Association &#8212; Myrna Newland, M.D., 1964, and Robert Wigton, M.D., 1969<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Nursing Alumni Association &#8212; Linda Hemminger,&nbsp;R.N., M.S.N., 1985<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Pharmacy Alumni Association &#8212; Sidney Stohs, B.S.P., 1962, M.S., 1964, Ph.D.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC School of Allied Health Professions &#8212; Dan Chambers &ndash; BS, MPAS, PA-C, 1976, 2001<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Early Career Achievement Awards<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Medicine Alumni Association &#8212; J. Scott Neumeister, M.D., 1995<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Pharmacy Alumni Association &#8212; Sara Burda Alvarez &ndash; Pharm.D., 2002<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">UNMC College of Nursing Alumni Association\/Nursing Excellence Award &#8212; Michelle Kowalczyk &ndash; B.S.N., 2004, M.S.N., 2010<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Ruth Scott<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Ruth Scott and her husband, Bill, are deeply rooted and invested in the Omaha community where they have lived for nearly 55 years. They contribute to its progress, health and vitality in a quiet but exceptional way.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">When the Scotts learned of the nursing shortage across Nebraska and nationwide, they wanted to be part of the solution. Ruth&rsquo;s passion for nursing and the health of others inspired their decision to make the lead gift to the Center for Nursing Science at UNMC.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">The Scotts&rsquo; generosity has benefited key UNMC priorities in education, research and patient care. Recently, Ruth and Bill have provided the lead gifts for the construction of the Sorrell Center for Health Science Education and the Harold M. and Beverly Maurer Center for Public Health as well as development of the Student Plaza.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">In 2009, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents presented Ruth and Bill Scott with its most prestigious award, the Regents Medal, for their extraordinary contributions to the university&rsquo;s academic programs, scholarships and facilities. Ruth Scott earned a bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1952. She taught school in Lincoln and later founded the Omaha Bridge Studio.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>John Gollan, M.D., Ph.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">A native of Tasmania, Dr. Gollan earned his medical degree from Adelaide University in Australia and his doctorate degree from the University of London. His distinguished academic career has included stints at the University of California, San Francisco, Harvard Medical School and Adelaide University.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">In 2001, he returned to the United States when he was named the Henry J. Lehnhoff Professor and chairman of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine. He was appointed dean of the UNMC College of Medicine in 2003, a post he held until stepping down in 2010.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">An active investigator, Dr. Gollan has been funded by the National Institutes of Health with a major research interest in hepatic transport and metabolism. He has held leadership positions in a number of professional organizations, including serving as president of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Association for the Study of the Liver.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>R. Desmond Gibson, Ph.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"color: black\">Dr. Gibson was the third dean of the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy. He held this position from 1961 to 1972. As dean, Dr. Gibson developed the plan to move the pharmacy college from Lincoln to Omaha. He established the college as a national leader in curriculum development, becoming just the third college of pharmacy in the nation to issue the Pharm.D. to all of its graduates.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"color: black\">A Kansas native, Dr. Gibson received his B.S. and &nbsp;M.S. degrees from the University of Kansas and his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1954.&nbsp;Dr. Gibson worked at the Southwestern State College School of Pharmacy in Weatherford, Okla., prior to joining the faculty of the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy in 1957. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"color: black\">He and his wife, Lois Marie, had three children.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Myrna Newland, M.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Newland received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota in 1962 and her medical degree from the UNMC College of Medicine in 1964.&nbsp;Upon completing her residency and fellowship in the department of anesthesiology, she began her career at UNMC as an instructor in the department of surgery in 1968. Dr. Newland joined the department of anesthesiology in 1972 and became a full professor in 2001, a position she currently holds.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Newland is currently the director of the Equity Office at UNMC and chairs the ombudsman team for UNMC. Her activities include leading faculty development at UNMC. Her teaching activities include facilitating problem-based learning cases for first-year students and coordinating the weekly mortality and morbidity conference in the department of anesthesiology.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Newland is married to James R. Newland, M.D., emeritus professor of pathology at UNMC.&nbsp;They have three children.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Robert Wigton, M.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Wigton grew up in Omaha and attended Central High School. After graduating from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965, he returned to UNMC for medical school, residency and a Master of Science degree in physiology. Since completing residency in internal medicine, he has been an attending physician and pursued interests in teaching, patient care and research.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">At UNMC, he has been associate dean for graduate medical education since 1976 and also was associate dean for academic affairs and chief of the section of general internal medicine.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">As author of more than 150 research publications and book chapters, he has received national recognition for his research in medical decision-making and medical education. Dr. Wigton enjoys studying medical history, particularly the history of the College of Medicine. He is married to Deborah Adkins, M.D.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Linda Hemminger<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span>Maj. Gen. Hemminger retired in 2009 as the mobilization assistant to the Deputy Surgeon General in the U.S. Air Force headquarters at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. <\/span><span style=\"color: black\"><\/p>\n<p><span>A native of Pierre, S.D., Maj. Gen. Hemminger entered the Air Force in 1975. In 1978, she transferred from active duty to the Air Force Reserve. She was promoted to captain in 1980, major in 1986, lieutenant colonel in 1991, colonel in 1995, brigadier general in 2002 and major general in 2006.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span>In 1985, she received her master&#8217;s degree in nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. During her nursing career, she has served as unit commander, chief nurse, staff development officer, flight nurse, family practice nurse practitioner, intensive care nurse and obstetrical clinical nurse. <\/span><span style=\"color: black\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Since her retirement, she lives in Adair, Iowa, with her husband.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Sidney Stohs, Ph.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Stohs received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree in 1962 and his Master&rsquo;s of Science in Natural Products and Biochemistry in 1964 from the University of Nebraska.&nbsp;He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1967.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Stohs had a very distinguished career as a professor, department chair and assistant dean at the UNMC College of Pharmacy from 1967 to 1989. From 1990 until 2003, he served as dean of the Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions.&nbsp;He is currently associated with Kitsto Consulting, Frisco, Texas, which specializes in nutrition and wellness, toxicology, research design, and organizational analysis.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">A prodigious researcher, Dr. Stohs has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles in scientific and professional journals. He has served on a wide range of boards and committees for the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Dan Chambers <\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">Chambers received his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from UNMC in 1976 and his Master of Physician Studies degree in 2001. He currently works as a clinical coordinator for the physician assistant program at the Des Moines University Clinic.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1968 to 1972 serving as a flight surgeon medic.&nbsp;He flew over 50 missions and was awarded the Air Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation with Valor, and the Air Force Accommodation Medal.&nbsp;Chambers retired from the Iowa Army National Guard in 2000 after more than 21 years of service.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">He is a founding board member and currently serves as vice president of UNMC&rsquo;s Physician Assistant Alumni Association. He also serves on the advisory board and on several committees for the Des Moines University Area Health Education Center.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>J. Scott Neumeister, M.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">A native of Lincoln, Dr. Neumeister earned his bachelor&rsquo;s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1991 and his medical degree from UNMC in 1995. He completed his internal medicine residency at UNMC and joined the faculty in 1998.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">He is a favorite among medical students and residents, receiving six teaching awards over the past decade. &nbsp;Dr. Neumeister maintains a massive teaching load. It&#8217;s estimated that he spends in excess of 1,000 hours annually in formal teaching settings. Each day, he is involved in small group sessions, typically involving three or four students.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 10pt\">He uses case studies to help make his points and gives daily quizzes to make sure medical students keep up on their readings.&nbsp;One way Dr. Neumeister keeps current is by taking the practice exam for second-year residents. He&#8217;s taken it 11 times and calls it &ldquo;a cheap way to get ideas for teaching and to keep up on relevant topics.&rdquo;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Sara Burda Alvarez, Pharm.D.<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Burda Alvarez graduated from the UNMC College of Pharmacy in 2002 and completed a pharmacy practice residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bethesda, Md., in 2003. She worked as a clinical pharmacist in the Weinberg Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins until 2006.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">In 2006, she accepted a position as assistant director of pharmacy services for Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., where she manages a team of 50 pharmacists and technicians.&nbsp;She also is a clinical instructor and clerkship director for the University of Washington Department of Pharmacy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Dr. Burda Alvarez is a founding member of Phi Lambda Sigma, a pharmacy leadership society. She has received the Mortar and Pestle Professionalism Award from the American Pharmacists Association and the Barbara Manchester Osborne Outstanding Woman Leader Award.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><b><u>Michelle Kowalczyk <\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">Kowalczyk graduated from the UNMC College of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in 2004.&nbsp;She spent the next three years working as a travel nurse specializing in cardiology.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">In 2007, she went to Tanzania to volunteer and found a passion in a small village called Rau. She was instrumental in creating the Knock Foundation. Through the foundation, she helped supervise the completion of a community\/children&rsquo;s center in Rau and developed a healthy living seminar, which focuses on life skills and HIV\/AIDS.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">In 2010, Kowalczyk received her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the UNMC College of Nursing. At the end of December, she will return to the United States to begin working as an acute care nurse practitioner at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.&nbsp;She plans to pursue her doctoral degree in the next five years while focusing on international health and global development.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: normal;margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><i><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 10pt\">Through world-class research and patient care, UNMC generates breakthroughs that make life better for people throughout Nebraska and beyond. Its education programs train more health professionals than any other institution in the state. 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