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Alumni Association Hall of Fame 2007 |
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Ten distinguished Shaker graduates have been inducted into the Alumni Association Hall of Fame. The new inductees are: B. Holly Broadbent, '45, led a team of researchers in 2004 as they searched for answers about normal human development and its connection to health and long life. Their job was to locate more than 4,000 people from Cleveland who had had head-to-toe X-rays of their bodies as children. The information the Bolton-Brush Growth Studies gathered provided important insights about head development, which has aided orthodontists and maxillofacial surgeons in correcting skeletal problems in facial formation and helped researchers who study human growth and development. Anne Cochran, '77, has been capturing hearts on tour and on PBS with Jim Brickman, ’79, for a decade. Whether it’s while singing at Carnegie Hall with Mr. Brickman, at Madison Square Garden, or at the NBA Women’s Finals, Ms. Cochran invariably brings audiences to their feet with hits like “After All These Years” and “Someone is Missing at Christmas.” Her albums include Lucky Girl, This is the Season, All My Best, and Cover Girl. Derek Green, '81, is an executive vice president at National City Bank, where he was appointed chief credit officer for the Northeast Ohio region in November 2005. He is responsible for credit administration in the region that encompasses the Cleveland and Akron markets, a $4.2 billion loan portfolio. Mr. Green earned a bachelor's degree in business analysis from Indiana University and a master of Business Administration in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Clifford Gyves, '87, currently serves as the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Liaison to the National Guard Bureau, where he assesses requirements and orchestrates counterintelligence support to the Air National Guard. Lt. Colonel Gyves has coordinated and conducted counterintelligence operations in Latin America and the Caribbean and is the author and creator of articles and films on such topics as homeland security and transnational terrorist networks. His official decorations include the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Air Force Achievement Medal. Geoffrey Mearns, '77, is the thirteenth dean in the 110-year history of the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He has also been a partner in the Cleveland offices of Baker & Hostetler LLP and Thompson Hine LLP. Before entering private practice, he was a prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, serving as Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and as chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. From 1997 to 1998, as Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General, Dean Mearns participated in the prosecution of Terry Nichols, one of two men convicted for bombing the Oklahoma City Federal Building. Carol Pineau, '77, is a journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on Africa. Her documentary, Africa Open for Business, was voted BBC Documentary of the Year and won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. Ms. Pineau has interviewed both heads of state and rebel leaders, covering many of the world's major hot spots. From the battlefields of the Eritrean/Ethiopian war, she reported live for CNN on what was at the time the world's biggest war. From Belgrade, she covered the NATO bombings, and from East Timor, she reported on the newly independent country's first elections. Ms. Pineau also reported live on the first-ever genocide conviction at the UN Tribunal for Rwanda, did exclusive reports from a secret military base in rebel-held Eastern Sudan, and was one of the first journalists into Nigeria after the fall of the military dictator. Dan Polster, '69, is a United States District Judge for the Northern Ohio District. He was appointed by President Clinton and began his judicial service in August of 1998. He served as a federal prosecutor in Cleveland for 22 years, first as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice: Antitrust Division, and then for 16 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, handling a wide variety of fraud and corruption cases. Judge Polster is a graduate of Harvard College (A.B. cum laude) and Harvard Law School (J.D. cum laude). Kenneth Rainin (1938 - 2007), '56, was a businessman and philanthropist who supported scientific research, the arts, and many other charitable causes. At the age of 25, he founded Rainin Instrument Company, a distributor of laboratory instruments and supplies, including pipettes, which are used to draw and transport liquid. Mr. Rainin improved their design to market pipettes that are the standard in laboratories around the world. He later turned his talents for innovation to ventures including optics, food manufacturing, wine production, and the hospitality industry. Joe Solo (formerly Douglas Klein), '84, produces, writes, composes, and designs much of the music in our lives. His company, Solo Productions, Inc., has created scores for films, jingles, and games. Mr. Solo has worked with such artists as Macy Gray (“Sweet Baby” and "Glad You're Here") and Cradle of Filth (Orchestral Tribute). He also has worked with Atlantic Records, Michael Jackson, Walt Disney, CBS, NBC, the Sci-Fi Channel, MTV, HBO, F/X, Sony Records, EPIC Records, ESPN, Paramount Pictures, and Time Life Books. Robert Zimmer, '70, as a successful entrepreneur, has used his unique experience to create ventures that merge exciting business opportunities with underserved community needs. His accomplishments include founding the East 4th Street Local Development Corporation, now known as the Historic Gateway Neighborhood, a non-profit organization that has laid the groundwork for redevelopment around Jacobs Field and the Quicken Loans Arena. Mr. Zimmer is also president and founder of The Baseball Heritage Museum.
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