Class of. One Hundred Thirty-First Commencement. December 14, 2013

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1 Class of 2013 One Hundred Thirty-First Commencement December 14, 2013

2 The listing of graduates is based upon information provided prior to printing of the program. The appearance or absence of any name in the program does not constitute recognition or denial of completion of degree requirements nor the conferring of honors. The program is issued as a ceremonial publication and is not an official record of graduates. The awarding of degrees will be based on the outcome of final examinations and final grades. The University apologizes for any errors or omissions.

3 Board of Regents The University of Texas System Paul L. Foster, Chairman... El Paso R. Steven Steve Hicks, Vice Chairman... Austin Wm. Eugene Gene Powell, Vice Chairman... San Antonio Ernest Aliseda... McAllen Alex M. Cranberg...Houston Wallace L. Hall Jr... Dallas Jeffery D. Hildebrand...Houston Brenda Pejovich... Dallas Robert L. Stillwell...Houston Nash M. Horne (Student Regent)... Austin Francie A. Frederick General Counsel to the Board of Regents Senior Administrative Officials The University of Texas System Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D. Chancellor Pedro Reyes, Ph.D. Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Raymond S. Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D. Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Scott C. Kelley, Ed.D. Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs

4 Program Morning Ceremony 9 a.m. Diana Natalicio President of the University, Presiding Concert... The University Symphonic Winds Mark Schuppener, Conductor assistant Professor, Music Academic Procession... Willie Ray Parish, Grand Marshal Professor, Art National Anthem... The Audience and The University The Star Spangled Banner (Key) symphonic Winds Welcome and Introductions... Diana Natalicio, President Presentation of Graduates and Candidates Names... Junius Gonzales, Provost Conferral of Degrees... Diana Natalicio, President The College of Liberal Arts... Patricia Witherspoon, Dean The Graduate School... Benjamin C. Flores, Dean Announcement of Graduates and Candidates Names... Richard Pineda associate Professor, Communication rebecca Rivas Visiting Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance University Faculty Marshals of Students... James Holcomb associate Professor, Economics and Finance Maria-Socorro Tabuenca Professor, Languages and Linguistics Recessional Graduates will recess through the center aisle and out the south tunnel of the Don Haskins Center. Family members may meet their graduate in Lot P-11. Refer to the diagram on page 7 of the program.

5 Order of Academic Procession Morning Ceremony 9 a.m. Willie Ray Parish Grand Marshal of the University Lisa Ann Lyons The University Banner Andrew Michael Clark Graduate School Banner Melissa Ann Martinez Liberal Arts Banner Diana Natalicio President Gary Edens Vice President for Student Affairs Vladik Kreinovich President, Faculty Senate Russell Autry President, Alumni Association Paulina Lopez President Student Government Association Junius Gonzales Provost Howard Daudistel Senior Executive Vice President Benjamin C. Flores Dean of the Graduate School Charles Boehmer Chair, Graduate Council Maria Placencia Chair, Staff Council

6 Members of the Faculty The Graduate School Charles Boehmer, Marshal Benjamin C. Flores, Dean The College of Liberal Arts Cheryl Martin, Marshal Patricia Witherspoon, Dean Faculty of the College Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The Graduate School The College Banner Bearer Scott McDonald Faculty Marshal of Students Raquel Gonzalez de Anda, Liberal Arts Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The College of Liberal Arts The College Banner Bearer Lawrence Cohn Michael Topp Faculty Marshals of Students Benjamin Williams Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The University Librarians Charles Gaunce, Marshal The University Staff Sherri I. Terrell, Marshal

7 Student Seating and Post-Commencement Family Waiting Areas 9 a.m. Ceremony Winter Commencement Saturday, December 14, 2013

8 Program Afternoon Ceremony 2 p.m. Diana Natalicio President of the University, Presiding Concert... The University Symphonic Winds Mark Schuppener, Conductor assistant Professor, Music Academic Procession... John Hadjimarcou, Grand Marshal Professor, Marketing and Management National Anthem... The Audience and The University The Star Spangled Banner (Key) symphonic Winds Welcome and Introductions... Diana Natalicio, President Presentation of Graduates and Candidates Names... Junius Gonzales, Provost Conferral of Degrees... Diana Natalicio, President The College of Business Administration... Robert Nachtmann, Dean The College of Education... Stephen Riter, Interim Dean The School of Nursing...Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Dean The Graduate School... Benjamin C. Flores, Dean Announcement of Graduates and Candidates Names... Adriana Dominguez Director, Audience Development Theatre and Dance elena Izquierdo Associate Professor, Teacher Education University Faculty Marshals of Students... James Holcomb associate Professor, Economics and finance robert Trussell associate Dean, Education Recessional Graduates will recess through the center aisle and out the south tunnel of the Don Haskins Center. Family members may meet their graduate in Lot P-11. Refer to the diagram on page 11 of the program.

9 Order of Academic Procession Afternoon Ceremony 2 p.m. John Hadjimarcou Grand Marshal of the University Risper Jepkemoi Kimaiyo The University Banner Ricardo Vargas Graduate School Banner Jorge Luis Banos Gomar Business Administration Banner Devin Roush Education Banner Kizzy Myisha Parker Nursing Banner Diana Natalicio President Gary Edens Vice President for Student Affairs Vladik Kreinovich President, Faculty Senate Russell Autry President, Alumni Association Paulina Lopez President Student Government Association Junius Gonzales Provost Cynthia Vizcaino Villa Vice President for Business Affairs Benjamin C. Flores Dean of the Graduate School Charles Boehmer Chair, Graduate Council Maria Placencia Chair, Staff Council

10 10 Members of the Faculty The Graduate School Charles Boehmer, Marshal Benjamin C. Flores, Dean The College of Business Administration Eddie Wei, Marshal Robert Nachtmann, Dean Faculty of the College The College of Business Administration The College Banner Bearer Fernando Jimenez-Arevalo Faculty Marshal of Students Anamaria Camargo Salazar Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The University Librarians Sebastian Diaz, Marshal The School of Nursing Yvette Marie Luna-Bowen, Marshal Elias Provencio-Vasquez, Dean Faculty of the College The College of Education Alberto Esquinca, Marshal Stephen Riter, Interim Dean Faculty of the College Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The Graduate School The College Banner Bearer Hendrik Devos, Business Administration Lawrence C. Ingalls, Education Monique Lambert, Nursing Faculty Marshals of Students Maricruz Saenz, Business Administration Zuleika Anne Simone Vargas-Cortes, Education Annie Lee Garcia, Nursing Student Marshals Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The School of Nursing The College Banner Bearer Myrna Anchondo Faculty Marshal of Students Melissa Rose Molina Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The College of Education The College Banner Bearer Ron Wagler Faculty Marshal of Students Ana P. Nuñez Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The University Staff Ernesto Robles, Marshal

11 Student Seating and Post-Commencement Family Waiting Areas 2 p.m. Ceremony Winter Commencement Saturday, December 14,

12 Program Evening Ceremony 7 p.m. 12 Diana Natalicio President of the University, Presiding Concert... The University Symphonic Winds Mark Schuppener, Conductor assistant Professor, Music Academic Procession... Ann Q. Gates, Grand Marshal Professor, Computer Science National Anthem... The Audience and The University The Star Spangled Banner (Key) symphonic Winds Welcome and Introductions... Diana Natalicio, President Presentation of Graduates and Candidates Names... Junius Gonzales, Provost Conferral of Degrees... Diana Natalicio, President The College of Engineering... Richard Schoephoerster, Dean The College of Science... Robert Kirken, Dean The College of Health Sciences... Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean The Graduate School... Benjamin C. Flores, Dean Announcement of Graduates and Candidates Names... Richard Teschner Professor Emeritus, Languages and Linguistics irma M. Lopez, Associate Director Human Resource Services University Faculty Marshals of Students... James Holcomb associate Professor, Economics and finance Harry Meeuwsen director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning david Zubia associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Recessional Graduates will recess through the center aisle and out the south tunnel of the Don Haskins Center. Family members may meet their graduate in Lot P-11. Refer to the diagram on page 15 of the program.

13 Order of Academic Procession Evening Ceremony 7 p.m. Ann Q. Gates Grand Marshal of the University Brandan Garcia The University Banner Katherine Ramos-Carrasco Engineering Banner Adam Emmanuel Sierra Science Banner Diana Natalicio President Gary Edens Vice President for Student Affairs Vladik Kreinovich President, Faculty Senate Russell Autry President, Alumni Association Paulina Lopez President Student Government Association Maria del Carmen Lozano Graduate School Banner Matthew Ryan Gutierrez Health Sciences Banner Junius Gonzales Provost Roberto Osegueda Vice President for Research Benjamin C. Flores Dean of the Graduate School Charles Boehmer Chair, Graduate Council Maria Placencia Chair, Staff Council 13

14 Members of the Faculty The College of Engineering Thomas Boland, Marshal Richard Schoephoerster, Dean Faculty of the College The College of Science Joanne Ellzey, Marshal Robert Kirken, Dean Faculty of the College The Graduate School Charles Boehmer, Marshal Benjamin C. Flores, Dean The College of Health Sciences Stephanie Capshaw, Marshal Kathleen A. Curtis, Dean Faculty of the College Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The College of Engineering The College Banner Bearer Pavana Prabhakar Faculty Marshal of Students Virginia Jimenez Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The College of Science The College Banner Bearer Son-Young Yi Faculty Marshal of Students Taylor Bramblett Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The Graduate School The College Banner Bearer Joseph H. Pierluissi, Engineering Joan Staniswalis, Science Delfina C. Dominguez, Health Sciences Faculty Marshals of Students Joshua Scott Bowen, Engineering Jonathon Eric Stautberg, Science Leah N. Diaz, Health Sciences Student Marshals Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The College of Health Sciences The College Banner Bearer George King Faculty Marshal of Students Brandon M. Dougherty Student Marshal Graduates and Candidates for the Degree The University Librarians Harvey Castellano, Marshal The University Staff Jose R. Huerta, Marshal 14

15 Student Seating and Post-Commencement Family Waiting Areas 7 p.m. Ceremony Winter Commencement Saturday, December 14,

16 distinguished Alumni The University of Texas at El Paso is proud to recognize its 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients presented by the UTEP Alumni Association. The award is the highest honor bestowed upon graduates who have excelled in their professions and sustained a commitment to the University. Our 2013 distinguished alumni are Sally A. Hurt Deitch, Kathy Patrick, Gary Wagner and Robert V. Wingo. SALLY A. HURT DEITCH In less than 18 years, Sally Hurt Deitch worked her way up from a 22-year-old staff nurse in an endoscopy department to CEO of one of El Paso s newest hospitals. Deitch knew she wanted to go into a health care field after graduating from Burges High School, but it wasn t until her freshman year at UTEP that she narrowed down her interests even more. She became fascinated with what her older brother was doing in the UTEP nursing program and decided to follow in his footsteps. Deitch earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Her first job was at Sun Towers, later called Columbia Medical Center and now Las Palmas Medical Center, as a staff nurse in endoscopy and the operating room. As a young, single, energetic nurse in her early 20s, Deitch had the energy and drive to learn as much as she could. By the end of my first year, I had rewritten [her boss s] policies and procedures, I was doing her payroll, I was doing the scheduling, I d done the operational budget, the capital budget; I was doing all these things and, honestly, it was because I didn t know any better, Deitch said. When her boss announced her retirement, the doctors advocated for Deitch to fill in as the director of endoscopy services and the operating room, Deitch recalled. The CEO at the time was skeptical since she was only 23, but he gave her six months to prove herself, she said. She did, and she continued to move up the ladder, working as director of family maternity suites, OB anesthesia, special care nursery and endoscopy; associate director of nursing; and by 1996, chief nursing officer. By then, she also had earned a Master of Science in Nursing from UTEP (1994). She moved to Del Sol Medical Center as chief nursing officer, then moved up to chief operating officer before taking a position as chief executive officer at Edmond Medical Center in Edmond, Oklahoma. UTEP honored Deitch with a Gold Nugget Award for the School of Nursing in Before her 40th birthday, she was recruited back to El Paso to preside over the $150 million project that became Sierra Providence East Medical Center, a 110-bed hospital in far East El Paso. It opened in May 2008 with Deitch as CEO. When she s not actively running 16

17 the hospital, Deitch and her husband, Greg, keep busy parenting their five boys. KATHY PATRICK Kathy Patrick, a partner at the Houstonbased litigation boutique Gibbs & Bruns LLP, has been involved in some of the biggest cases of the last three decades and called the woman Wall Street fears most by Forbes magazine. Born in Rapid City, S.D., Patrick moved to the El Paso area in 1966 when her military father was transferred to what was then Biggs Air Force Base. She applied to several universities as she finished her senior year at Canutillo High School, but chose UTEP because she wasn t ready to leave home only four years after her father died in a house fire. The fact that UTEP offered her a full scholarship also helped make a college education possible for her. Enrolling at UTEP was like opening her eyes to the world around her. My memory is of windows and doors opening, Patrick said. I remember every day thinking that there was so much more to the world than I had ever known. I went to a small rural high school without a lot of resources, and when I got to UTEP, the amount of energy and insight and challenge was just staggering. She started out as a psychology major but switched to history with a concentration in Soviet and Eastern European studies when she learned that psychology majors were required to take statistics. Her program placed a strong emphasis on critical thinking and writing, two skills essential for lawyers that Patrick improved upon tremendously while at UTEP, she said. After graduating with a B.A. in history in 1982, she attended Harvard Law School and earned her J.D. in She began working for Gibbs & Bruns in 1986 after a one-year law clerkship with Judge John R. Brown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Patrick works on high-dollar, high-stakes commercial litigation, including a number of pending mortgage-backed securities cases that will take several years to resolve. So far, she and her firm have negotiated settlements with Residential Capital, or ResCap, a large mortgage originator that went bankrupt, and one with Bank of America for $8.5 billion the second biggest legal settlement in American history. When she s not working, Patrick sings in the praise band at Faith Lutheran Church in Houston, teaches an adult bible study class, and spends time with her husband, Arthur Murphy, and their two teenage sons. GARY WAGNER Gary Wagner s military family moved to El Paso when he was in sixth grade. He graduated from Jesuit High School in 1969 and enrolled at UTEP so he could become an engineer like his uncle. 17

18 My uncle was the only relative that had gone to college, Wagner said. He was held up as somebody that had been able to achieve more because of his education. Wagner had friends who dropped out of UTEP s engineering program because it was too difficult, but he was determined to challenge himself and finish. He graduated in 1973 with a B.S. in electrical engineering. Hughes Aircraft Co. in Los Angeles recruited Wagner out of UTEP, and he took a position there as a field engineer. During his seven years with the company, he took overseas assignments in Germany and the Middle East, and earned an M.S. in business administration in 1977 from Boston University. Upon his return to California, he left Hughes and enrolled in the University of California, Los Angeles Master of Business Administration program, which he completed in He partially attributes his engineering background to helping him secure his next job as an investment manager for Prucapital, a subsidiary of Prudential Insurance Co. There was a bias to people who had engineering backgrounds, he said. The assumption was that somebody with an engineering background has a fairly logical way of looking at things, can get into the details and be very rigorous. All those things are necessary to be a successful investment manager. However, with interest rates at more than 14 percent in the early 1980s, people were not interested in borrowing money. Three years later, Wagner jumped at the opportunity to become an assistant treasurer at Ameron, a publicly traded company 18 that manufactured concrete, steel and fiberglass piping and protective coatings at plants around the world. He worked his way up the management ladder at Ameron, from vice president and treasurer to chief financial officer and then president and chief operating officer. As the No. 2 person in the company, he oversaw its day-to-day operations. His international background served him well during his tenure at Ameron, where he eventually managed the company s worldwide businesses and was the primary contact for its foreign affiliated companies. Wagner retired in October 2011 following the acquisition of Ameron by National Oilwell Varco. He and his wife, Karen, continue to live in Manhattan Beach, California. ROBERT V. WINGO Even though he works with the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial Foundation board in Washington, D.C., has had job offers in New York and has clients from major companies around the country, Robert Wingo feels most at home in El Paso. Wingo, president and CEO of Sanders\Wingo Advertising Inc., moved to the Paso del Norte region in 1960 from Ohio when his military father was stationed at Ft. Bliss. After graduating from Bel Air High School, he served with the U.S.

19 Army from Not long after he returned home from Vietnam with a Purple Heart, Wingo enrolled at UTEP. He became the first in his family to earn a college degree a B.B.A. in marketing in Wingo s first job was as a part-time engineering aide at Braddock Dunn McDonald, a scientific engineering and analysis firm, while a student at UTEP. He learned very quickly that engineering wasn t for him, but the job gave him the opportunity to see how important education was for career success. After graduation, he took a customer service job with Billy the Kid, a now-defunct El Paso boys apparel company. After about a year, he was promoted to assistant to the national sales manager and eventually vice president of advertising for the company that did more than $100 million in annual sales. During that time, Billy the Kid was a client of Sanders Company Advertising, and Wingo worked closely with the company. When Billy the Kid was sold and moved to New York, Wingo had the opportunity to follow, but decided El Paso was a better fit for his family. He joined what became Sanders, Wingo, Galvin and Morton Advertising as executive vice president and owner in The company, now called Sanders\ Wingo, has expanded its operations to Austin and New York, with satellite operations in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Wingo has worked with major companies around the country, including AT&T, Burger King, Mini Cooper, State Farm Insurance and the United States Postal Service. His local clients include Peter Piper Pizza, GECU, the Convention and Visitors Bureau and El Paso Water Utilities. Wingo received the Gold Nugget Award from the College of Business Administration in His wife, Paulette Wingo ( 92, 96), received a Gold Nugget Award from the College of Education in 2009 in recognition of her impact as a teacher, tutor, lecturer and advocate for children. 19

20 Ex alumnos Distinguidos La Universidad de Texas en El Paso se enorgullece en anunciar a los ganadores del Reconocimiento al Ex - Alumno Distinguido 2013, que presenta la Asociación de Ex -Alumnos de UTEP. Este galardón es la distinción de mayor rango que se otorga a los ex -alumnos que han sobresalido en sus profesiones y por su compromiso hacia la universidad. Los reconocimientos al Ex- Alumno Distinguido 2013 se otorgan a Sally A. Hurt Deitch, Kathy Patrick, Gary Wagner y Robert V. Wingo SALLY A. HURT DEITCH En menos de 18 años, Sally Hurt Deitch logró ascender a los 22 años, de su puesto dentro del personal de enfermería en el Departamento de Endoscopia a Directora Ejecutiva de uno de los más nuevos hospitales de El Paso. Después de graduarse de la Preparatoria Burges, Deitch sabía que quería incursionar en el área del cuidado de la salud, pero no fue hasta su primer año en UTEP que logró identificar mejor su carrera. Le fascinaba lo que estaba haciendo su hermano mayor en el programa de enfermería de UTEP y decidió seguir sus pasos. En 1990, Deitch obtuvo una Licenciatura de Ciencias en Enfermería. Su primer empleo fue como enfermera en endoscopia y quirófano en el Sun Towers, conocido después como Centro Médico Columbia y actualmente Centro Médico Las Palmas. Siendo una enfermera joven, soltera y entusiasta en sus tempranos veinte, Deitch contaba con la energía y determinación para aprender todo lo que podía. Para finales de mi primer año, había reestructurado las políticas y procedimientos [de su jefa], estaba a cargo de su nómina y de hacer la programación, había hecho el presupuesto operativo, el presupuesto de capital; estaba haciendo todas estas cosas y honestamente, fue porque no las sabía hacer, comentó Deitch. Cuando su jefa anunció su jubilación, los médicos recomendaron que Deitch ocupara el puesto de Directora de Servicios de Endoscopia y Quirófano y Deitch aceptó. Aunque en ese entonces, el Director Ejecutivo tenía sus dudas pues ella solo tenía 23 años de edad, le dio seis meses para que demostrara sus habilidades, comenta Deitch. Lo logró y continuó ascendiendo, trabajando como Directora de suites familiares de maternidad, de anestesia en ginecoobstetricia, de cuneros en cuidado especial y endoscopia; como Directora Adjunta de Enfermería y para 1996, como Directora en Jefe de Enfermería. 20

21 Para entonces, también se había graduado de la Maestría de Ciencias en Enfermería (1994 ) de UTEP. Se cambió al Centro Médico Del Sol como Directora Ejecutiva de Enfermería, luego ascendió a Directora Ejecutiva de Operaciones antes de aceptar el puesto de Directora Ejecutiva en el Centro Médico Edmond en Edmond, Okla. En el 2003, UTEP reconoció a Deitch con el galardón Gold Nugget por la Facultad de Enfermería. Antes de cumplir los cuarenta años de edad, fue contratada para regresar a El Paso con el fin de dirigir el proyecto de 150 millones que se convirtió en el Centro Médico Sierra Providence del Este, un hospital de 110 habitaciones al este de El Paso. Fue inaugurado en mayo del 2008 teniendo a Deitch como Directora Ejecutiva. Cuando no la vemos trabajando activamente en el hospital, Deitch y su esposo, Greg, se mantienen ocupados cuidando a sus cinco hijos. KATHY PATRICK Kathy Patrick, socia de la firma legal Gibbs & Bruns LLP con sede en Houston, ha estado involucrada en algunos de los casos más importantes de las tres últimas décadas y ha sido llamado por la revista Forbes como la mujer más temida por Wall Street. Patrick nació en Rapid City, S.D. y en 1966 se mudó al área de El Paso cuando su padre que era militar, fue transferido a lo que era en ese entonces la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Biggs. Mientras terminaba su último año en la Preparatoria Canutillo solicitó su admisión a varias universidades, sin embargo, escogió UTEP porque no estaba lista para irse de casa a tan solo cuatro años de que su padre falleciera en un incendio. El hecho de que UTEP le ofreciera una beca completa también le ayudó a hacer realidad su educación universitaria. Inscribirse en UTEP fue como abrir sus ojos al mundo que le rodeaba. Mi recuerdo es de puertas y ventanas abriéndose, dijo Patrick Recuerdo que todos los días pensaba que había mucho más del mundo de lo que había conocido. Fui a una pequeña preparatoria rural sin muchos recursos y cuando llegué a UTEP, la cantidad de energía, conocimientos y retos fue simplemente sorprendente. Comenzó como estudiante en la carrera de psicología pero cuando supo que los estudiantes de psicología necesitaban tomar estadística, se cambió a historia con una concentración en estudios soviéticos y Europa del Este. Su programa se enfocaba principalmente en el pensamiento y la escritura críticos, dos aptitudes que son esenciales para los abogados y que Patrick fue mejorando considerablemente estando en UTEP, comentó. En 1982, después de graduarse con una licenciatura en historia, asistió a la Escuela de Derecho de Harvard y en 1985, obtuvo su título de Juris Doctor. En 1986 comenzó a trabajar para Gibbs & Bruns después de una pasantía de un año con el Juez John 21

22 R. Brown del Tribunal Federal por el Quinto Circuito. Patrick se ocupa de litigios comerciales de alto costo y riesgo, incluyendo una cantidad de casos pendientes de valores respaldados por hipotecas que les llevará varios años resolver. Hasta ahora, Patrick y su despacho legal han negociado acuerdos con Residential Capital o ResCap, un importante precursor hipotecario que se declaró en banca rota, y uno con Bank of America por 8.5 mil millones, el segundo arreglo legal más grande en la historia de los Estados Unidos. Cuando no está trabajando, Patrick canta en el grupo de alabanza de la Iglesia Faith Lutheran en Houston, imparte una clase de estudios bíblicos para adultos y convive con su esposo, Arthur Murphy, y sus dos hijos adolescentes. GARY WAGNER La familia militar de Gary Wagner se mudó a El Paso cuando él estaba en sexto año. Se graduó de la Preparatoria Jesuita en 1969 y se inscribió en UTEP para ser ingeniero como su tío. Mi tío era el único pariente que había ido a la universidad, comenta Wagner. Se le tenía como alguien que podía lograr más gracias a su educación. Wagner tuvo amigos que se salieron del programa de ingeniera de UTEP porque estaba muy difícil, pero él estaba decidido a enfrentar el reto y terminar. Se graduó con una 22 Licenciatura en Ingeniera Eléctrica en La compañía Hughes Aircraft Co. en Los Ángeles reclutó a Wagner en UTEP y allí aceptó un puesto como ingeniero de campo. Durante sus siete años con la empresa realizó proyectos en el extranjero en Alemania y el Medio Oriente y en 1977, obtuvo su Maestría en Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Boston. Luego de su regreso a California, se salió de Hughes y se inscribió en el programa de Maestría en Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de California en Los Ángeles, el cual terminó en Wagner atribuye que su experiencia en ingeniería le ayudó, en parte, a asegurar su siguiente empleo como Gerente de Inversiones en Prucapital, una subsidiaria de Prudential Insurance Co. Había preferencia por las personas con experiencia en ingeniería, comentó. Suponían que alguien con un historial en ingeniería tiene una manera bastante lógica de ver las cosas, puede observar a fondo los detalles y es muy preciso. Todo esto es necesario para tener éxito como gerente de inversiones. Sin embargo, con las tasas de intereses a más de 14% a principios de los años ochenta, las personas no estaban interesadas en pedir dinero prestado. Tres años después, Wagner aprovechó la oportunidad de convertirse en tesorero adjunto en Ameron, una empresa que cotiza en el mercado de valores y que fabrica concreto, acero y tubería y revestimiento protector de fibra de vidrio en plantas de todo el mundo. Wagner escaló los peldaños

23 gerenciales en Ameron, de vicepresidente y tesorero a director ejecutivo de finanzas, y posteriormente presidente y director ejecutivo de operaciones. Como el segundo al mando en la compañía, supervisa sus operaciones diarias. Su experiencia internacional le ayudó durante su trayectoria en Ameron, donde eventualmente llegó a administrar las operaciones de la compañía a nivel mundial y era el primer contacto para las empresas filiales en el extranjero. Wagner se jubiló en octubre del 2011 después de que Ameron fuera adquirida por National Oilwell Varco. Él y su esposa Karen continúan viviendo en Manhattan Beach, California. ROBERT V. WINGO A pesar de que trabaja con el Consejo de la Fundación Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial Foundation en Washington, D.C., tiene ofertas de empleo en Nueva York y cuenta con clientes de importantes compañías en todo el país, Robert Wingo se siente más en casa en El Paso. Wingo, Presidente y Director Ejecutivo de Sanders\Wingo Advertising Inc., se mudó a la región de El Paso del Norte en 1960 proveniente de Ohio, cuando su padre fue destacado a Fort Bliss. Después de graduarse de la Preparatoria Bel Air, prestó su servicio en el ejército de los Estados Unidos de 1966 a Poco tiempo después de regresar de Vietnam con la condecoración Purple Heart, Wingo se inscribió en UTEP. En 1973 llega a ser el primero en su familia en obtener un título universitario una Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas en Mercadotecnia. Siendo todavía estudiante en UTEP, consiguió su primer empleo de medio tiempo como auxiliar de ingeniería en Barddock Dunn McDonald, una firma de ingeniería y análisis científico. Muy pronto se dio cuenta que la ingeniería no era para él, pero este trabajo le dio la oportunidad de ver lo importante que era la educación para el éxito profesional. Después de graduarse, trabajó en servicio al cliente en Billy the Kid, una empresa de ropa para jóvenes en El Paso que ya cerró sus puertas. Poco después de un año, fue promovido a Asistente del Gerente de Ventas a nivel nacional y eventualmente a Vicepresidente de Publicidad para la compañía que logró más de 100 millones en ventas anuales. Durante ese tiempo, Billy the Kid era cliente de Sanders Company Advertising y Wingo trabajaba estrechamente con la empresa. Cuando la empresa Billy the Kid fue vendida y reubicada a Nueva York. Wingo tuvo la oportunidad de seguir a la compañía pero decidió que El Paso era una mejor opción para su familia. Se incorporó como Vicepresidente Ejecutivo a la que después sería Sanders, Wingo, Galvin y Morton Advertising, adquiriéndola en La compañía llamada ahora Sanders\Wingo, ha ampliado sus operaciones a Austin y a Nueva York con operaciones satélite en Atlanta y 23