Arts
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| Jen Miller ’02 established a career as a freelance writer, composing
articles for publications like the Philadelphia Inquirer and, most
recently, publishing a travel guide for New Jersey’s south shore. |
| Scott Leonard ’87 found professional success in the early ’90s as a
member of the a cappella group Rockappella, the house band on the
popular PBS children’s show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
Leonard also has produced four solo albums. |
| Connie May Fowler ’82 is a novelist, memoirist and screenwriter. She is
the author of five critically acclaimed novels. Her 1996
semi-autobiographical novel, Before Women had Wings, was adapted into
an Emmy-winning film of the same name starring Oprah Winfrey and Ellen
Barkin. |
| Amy Hill Hearth ’82 is a bestselling author. Her first book, Having Our
Say: The Delaney Sisters’ First 100 Years, sold more than 5 million
copies, landing on the New York Times Bestseller List for two years,
and was dramatized into both a Broadway play and an award-winning film.
She co-authored a book with the first female speaker of the house,
Nancy Pelosi, titled Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters. |
Jack Jenkins ’61 and his late wife, Sally Jenkins ’61, formed a singing
duo that appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, did shows in Las Vegas and
toured with Guy Lombardo.
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Business
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| Adam Jones ’04 is a senior consultant in PricewaterHouseCoopers’ Sports Advisory Practice. |
| Christopher D. Willman MBA ’01 is president and chief executive officer
of Bank of Florida—Tampa Bay. Prior to joining Bank of Florida, he has
held positions as vice president of lending for Gold Bank, vice
president of commercial real estate lending at Colonial Bank and
lending officer in the commercial mortgage division at SunTrust. |
| Peter Cammick ’79, MBA ’89 is senior vice president of Network Dynamics
Inc., a company he co-founded years ago as Myriad Network Service. |
| William Carlson ’88 is president of Tucker/Hall, a prominent Tampa
public relations firm. He has consulted European and Latin American
conglomerates, fast-growing technology companies and Fortune 500
corporations. |
| Craig Sturken ’66 is CEO of Spartan Stores Inc., a Michigan-based chain
of supermarkets and drugstores. A publicly traded company, Spartan
Stores is the nation’s tenth largest grocery distributor. |
Alfred Austin ’47 is responsible for building the largest business
district in the state of Florida, Westshore. As CEO of Austin
Companies, Austin has been at the forefront of real estate development
in the Tampa Bay area.
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Civic Service
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| Rita Pavan Peters ’93 is chief of the sex crimes division at the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office in Tampa. |
| Virginia M. Hernandez Covington ’76, MBA ’77 is a former Tampa federal
prosecutor who was appointed to Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal
in 2001 by Gov. Jeb Bush. She served on that court until receiving her
commission as a United States District Judge on September 10, 2004. |
| Bismarck Myrick ’72 earned the Silver Star, Purple Heart and four
Bronze Stars for heroism in Vietnam. He was inducted to the U.S. Army
Hall of Fame and has served as U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, Lesotho and
South Africa. |
| Robert “Bob” Martinez ’57 was mayor of Tampa from 1979 to 1986, the
first Hispanic governor of Florida (1987 to 1991) and President George
H.W. Bush’s “Drug Czar” (director of the National Drug Control Policy),
a cabinet-level position he held until 1993. |
Dick Greco ’56 served as mayor of Tampa from 1967-1974 and again from 1995-2003.
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Sciences
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| Bascom Bradshaw ’97 is a doctor of osteopathic medicine in the U.S.
Army, currently serving as the director of health services for a
military base in Doha, Qatar. The Aerospace Medical Association
presented Bradshaw with the 2007 award for Army Aerospace Medicine
Specialist of the Year. |
| Jason Harris ’95 is an assistant professor of health physics at Idaho
State University, where he works on the development of radiation
detectors, which are used in homeland security. |
| Maria Okuniewski ‘94 works at the Idaho National Laboratory - known as
the lead national lab for nuclear energy - and does material research
in nuclear reactor design. |
| Julie Wood ’78 is senior criminalist at the Maui Police Department's
crime lab, which she has led for 12 years. Wood regularly weighs and
tests drug evidence to ensure the accuracy of what suspects were
charged with possessing. |
Szabolcz de Gyurky '71 worked in NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab at the
California Institute of Technology for 25 years and is a recipient of
the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal. He has written millions of
lines of computer code used to direct $200 million satellites, which
helps scientists understand interactions between the ocean and the
atmosphere.
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Sports
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| Dirk Bockel ’04 competed in the men’s triathlon, representing his
native Luxembourg, at the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China. |
| Tino Martinez ’11 played major league baseball for the Seattle
Mariners, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Devil
Rays from 1990-2005. He is a four-time World Series champion. |
| Greg Kraft ’86 is a professional golfer and is ranked one of the top earners on the PGA Tour. |
| Mickey Farrell ’84 is the director of operations for Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. |
| Freddie Solomon ’75 played football for the Dolphins and 49ers in the
late 1970s. During his time with the 49ers, Solomon played in and
helped win two Super Bowls with the team. |
| Lou Piniella ’69 is a former major league baseball player for the
Orioles, Indians, Royals, and Yankees and current manager of the
Chicago Cubs. He is a three-time World Series champion. |