Show f y y$ ' ' v v f '' ' 2 Arehn left 'i flnnl werdt-ptn rAf Mlllt try- - pug 2 America draws lints page 2'i Wilderness studies pakt Outs funding ntkletss page $ gt Gf : vJ : £ : T ‘ficeULlahlX45L) CEU announces honorary V 1 X? o: :S : : v : hurJdaTO taUJZimjJ sav vav : : £ v ' ' ' : V1 V s' CEU names valedictorians for 93 t Dominic A Welch president of the Kcams-TribuCorporation in Salt Lake City and Dr Geno Saccomanno a leading cancer researcher in Grand Junction Co will receive honorary degrees from the college's commencement exercises June 4 Both men are natives of Carbon County ne from Utah Slate University Dr Saccomanno grew up and attended Carbon High School He first planned to become a teacher and graduated with a bachelor's degree in biology from the University Welch graduated from CEU (then Carbon College) in 1951 He earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Utah State University in 1957 and began working for the Utah accounting firm Haskin and Sells In 1961 he was certified as a public accountant He joined the Kearns-TribuCorporation as controller in 1965 He was named general manager in 1976 and was appointed president in 1984 The corporation owns and publishes The Salt Lake Tribune and three other newspapers in Idaho and Nevada ne Welch is also president of the Newspaper Agency Corp a partnership between the Kcams-TribuCorp and the Desert News that prints distributes and handles advertising for both newspapers The company distributes regional issues for USA Today and other publications ne Besides his responsibilities at the two corporations Welch is a member of the board of directors for First Interstate Bank of Utah and Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Utah He is president of the board of trustees of Judge Memorial High School in Salt like City and a trustee for both the University of Utah School of Social Sciences and Westminster College In 1991 he received the “Freedom of Enterprise Award” from the Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants and c "Distinguished Service Award” John W Tucker a former presi- dent of College of Eastern Utah and recently retired chancellor at Ptfdue University will deliver the com- mcnccment address to the 1993 graduating class at CEU in Price on June 4 He and another forma CEU President Claude Burtenshaw will also participate in ceremonies to dedicate two residence halls in their of Utah in 1940 Advised to get more education he earned a medical degree at SL Louis University in 1946 and eventually settled in Grand Junction Co There he initiated the practice of pathology at SL Mary's and the Veterans Administration Hospitals He also developed the laboratory services in many Western Colorado and Eastern Utah hospitals including the Price City Hospital where he served as a visiting pathologist for many years As a researcher Saccomanno developed new techniques to collect sample of sputum from the lungs so cancer could be detected earlier than it showed upon a chest and at a stage when it can be successfully treated In the course of his research he developed at extensive cancer research library and database Both are utilized by physiin cians and researchers world-wid- e the search for a cure for cancer The college will honor two members of its 1993 graduating class as Mall Bryncr of Price and Ryan Reid of Farmington Utah will deliver valedictorian addresses at commencement exercises on June 4 Bryncr is the son of Carol and Lynn Bryncr He graduated from Carbon High School in 1983 He worked for several years in his father's construction business and as an auto body repairman before entering the US Navy in 1987 Bryncr was deployed aboard the aircraft carriers USS Constellation and USS Independence His military service took him to several locales in the Pacific including the Philippines Thailand Hong Kong Singapore Pakistan and Australia He also participated in Operation Desert Shield before being discharged as a second class petty officer in 1991 proBryncr enrolled in the from CEU the after at returning gram shortly Navy He gives credit to his wife Kari for her support and hard work while he completed the strenuous mathematics and physi X-r- ay cal science requirements of his major The couple and their son Zachary will move to Logan this fall where Bryncr will persue a degree in civil engineering from Utah State University Reid is the son of Paul and Peggy Reid of Farmington When he graduated with high honors from Davis High School in 1992 he had earned enough college credit through nced-placement courses to eliminate one year of higher education He attended CEU on a Presidential Scholarship and was an active participant of the forensics program earning a silver award in debate at the Phi Ro Phi National Tournament earlier this quarter Reid also played synthesizer for the CEU band He was nominated as the Outstanding Freshman Student and received a departmental award in English Reid will receive his associate's degree with an emphasis in English at the commencement exercises He will pursue a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Utah this fall He plans to teach English level at the adva- Saccomanno recently retired from his pathology practice but he cone cancer research tinues Two years ago he and his family established the Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation a $25 million endowment that funds scholarships for deserving residents of Carbon County and Mesa County CO Both he and his wife are highly regarded community leaders and benefactors in Grand Junction full-tim- Both men will receive Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degrees from CEU Ryan Raid post-seconda- ry change the name from Carbon Cbllcge to College of Eastern Utah Tucker became president of then- - to reflect the wider role of the col- his bachelor's degree in English lege in the region Tucker succeeded from Bringham Young University Carbon College in 1962 three in changing the name in 1964 in 1951 his master's in education years after the Utah Legislation from Arizona State University in separated the college and Carbon President Tucker’s tenure at CEU educational in School his first One of doctorate is a and marked by an ambitious building 1952 High goals from was to "establish a 'college atmoadministration philosophy program that added six new Harvard University in 1957 He at-- sphere at CEU" His predecessor buildings to the campus in a four- tended Oxfoid University in Great Dr Claude Burtenshaw sought to year period He sought to names that day Dr Tucker is ana- - Britain for live of Salt Lake City He earned philosophy in 1967 post-doctor- al studies in strengthen the faculty and continue building a strong core of academic and vocational courses to benefit the students and communities throughout Southeastern Utah Aflcr leaving CEU in 1970 Tucker became the deputy executive vice president at the University of Utah He moved to Westvillc In (continued on pg 11) |