Lincoln (Neb.) - Oct. 30, 2000 - Five distinguished University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni will return to campus Nov. 1-4 for Masters Week, an annual event that honors successful Nebraska graduates.
This year's Masters are Kimberly Erusha, director of education for the U.S. Golf Association Green Section in Far Hills, N.J.; Brian Halla, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of National Semiconductor in Saratoga, Calif.; Barbara Nagle, president/owner of Marketscape Research and Technology in San Diego; Debra Powell, mayor of East St. Louis, Ill.; and Douglass Scott, design director of WGBH Educational Foundation in Boston.
Erusha is responsible for the oversight of educational programs pertaining to the results of its turfgrass and environmental research programs. She received her bachelor's degree from Iowa State University and completed her master's (1986) and doctoral (1990) degrees in horticulture at UNL's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, specializing in turfgrass management.
Halla's company recently introduced the world's first information appliance on a single chip of silicon. Halla, who received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1969, serves on the boards of the Semiconductor Industry Association and the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, as well as on the New York Stock Exchange Advisory Committee.
Nagle is the founder, president, and owner of Marketscape Research and Consulting. Marketscape is a firm that specializes in new product development and counsels companies ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to emerging entrepreneurial firms. Nagle received a bachelor of science in education degree in English from UNL in 1976, with minors in speech and music. She was director of programs for the University of Nebraska Alumni Association from 1977 to 1980.
In 1999, Powell, 35, was elected the first woman mayor of East St. Louis and the city's second-youngest mayor ever. Powell served East St. Louis as a city council member for six years and was a talk show host for nearly 10 years. She graduated from UNL in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in speech communications. An outstanding athlete for the Cornhuskers, she was an All-American in track and was one of the basketball team's leading scorers.
In addition to his work as design director for WGBH (a major producer and broadcaster of public television and radio programs), Scott is also consulting Art Director of Davis Publications, an art education publisher in Worcester, Mass. He teaches graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University of Art. He holds a bachelor of architecture degree (1971) from UNL and a master of fine arts from Yale. He studied the history of graphic design with Louis Danziger at Harvard University.
Masters Week was founded in 1964 by Chancellor Clifford Hardin. The program brings successful alumni into contact with students through class visits, campus tours, and meetings with clubs and organizations. More than 200 alumni have returned to campus as Masters since the program's inception.
NU faculty nominate alumni each winter for the next year's program. Masters are then selected by a committee appointed by the chancellor. Masters Week is sponsored by the Chancellor's Office, the Student Alumni Association, Innocents Society and the Black Masque Chapter of Mortar Board.
The schedules of each Master's activities while on-campus is listed on
the Nebraska Alumni Association's Web site
(http://www.unl.edu/alumni/masters.htm).
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