
Ron Hickman, '70 BS Business Administration, founded and manages the insulation division of DeanJRoofing Co. The company, which designed and installed the fire containment system on the exterior window walls of the Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, is expanding into land development and custom home building.
Ethel Ann Barina, '72 BA Social Work, is a counselor at the Turning Point Foundation in Ventura, Calif., where she works with the homeless and with the mentally ill. She lives in Santa Paula.
Jim Farnham, '74 BS Education, is vice president and general manager of Wico Gaming Supply Corp. Before returning to Las Vegas, he spent 16 years in Reno as vice president of sales for Paul-son Dice and Card Inc.
Sandra L. Quinn-Musgrove, '75 BA Political Science, '76 MA Political Science, is an associate professor of political science and public administration at Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio. She is the author or co-author of America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children, Texas State Government: Its Moral Foundations, Auctions for Amateurs, and numerous other books and articles. For the past 12 years she has written a weekly newspaper column on a variety of topics.
Alma Garcia Vining, '76 Master of Education, was chosen as one of the recipients of the 1994 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Awards. She received $25,000 as part of the award. Currently the principal of Lake Elementary School, she has been with the Clark County School District for 23 years. During that time she has taught at Sunrise Acres and Diskin elementary schools and has served as assistant principal at Heard, McCaw, Bartlett, Herron, and Ira Earl elementary schools.
Clifford J. Klinkhammer, '78 MS Counseling, is director of corporate human resources for SuperPawn, a chain of pawn shops that is preparing to expand nationally.