Highline Community College

MEDIA RELEASE

FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATELY

DATE: March 27, 2008

CONTACT: Rod Stephenson, (206) 878-3710, ext. 3696, rstephen@highline.edu

Lisa Skari, (206) 878-3710, ext. 3705, lskari@highline.edu

Highline Seeking Outstanding Alumni for Annual Award

Honoree will join list that includes former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice and noted author Ann Rule

DES MOINES, Wash. — What do a police detective, a boss of sauce, and a TIME magazine global health hero have in common?

All have been recipients of Highline Community College’s Distinguished Alumnus Award.

This year’s award will again go to the former Highline student who is making outstanding contributions in his or her chosen field of endeavor. The college is requesting nominations for the 2008 award; nomination forms are due by May 2, 2008.

Former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, who attended Highline in 1968–69, was the first recipient of the award in 1990. Rice currently serves as the Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Affairs. Last year’s recipient was Chris Carrel, Executive Director for Friends of the Hylebos, a non-profit located in Federal Way, dedicated to helping preserve more than 150 acres of Hylebos Creek habitat. Carrel graduated from Highline’s Economics program in 1984. Other recipients and their last known positions include:

1991: Wendie K. Harper, former detective for the Tacoma Police Department

1992: Dr. Michael Hutchins, director and William G. Conway Chair in

Conservation and Science at the American Zoo and Aquarium Association

1993: Joan DuBuque, King County Superior Court judge

1994: Randy Coplen, the Quincy Group

Phyllis Collier, former Boeing manager

1995: Scott Crueger, chief photographer for KIRO-TV

1996: Joan Enticknap, president/COO of HomeStreet Bank

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1997: Veltry Johnson, public information chief for the Washington State

Department of Corrections

1998: Ann Rule, internationally recognized author

1999: Thomas “Tom” H. Nixon, retired senior vice president of KeyBank

2000: Terry J. Acena, Seattle Public School District principal

2001: Dr. William “Perry” Baker, associate professor and biomedical sciences

program coordinator at Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona

2002: Dr. T. M. Sell, professor of journalism and political science at Highline

Community College

2003: Junki Yoshida, CEO of the Yoshida Group

2004: Tricia Crozier, chief administrative officer for King County District Court

2005: Larry Blackstock, director of operations for Northwest Cable News

Maurice Sabado, vice president for technology solutions at Science

Applications International Corporation

2006: Ezra Teshome, agent with State Farm Insurance, TIME magazine global health hero

Nominees should be former Highline students who attended the college prior to the 2003–2004 academic year and who have made significant contributions through community service, noteworthy professional achievement and/or recognized leadership. Nominees will be asked to submit a resume and personal profile that will be reviewed by a campus selection committee. The person selected will be invited to accept the award and participate in Highline’s commencement exercises June 12, 2008.

Nomination forms are available by calling (206) 870-3774, e-mailing rstephen@highline.edu or visiting www.funds4highline.org/da.htm.

Highline Community College was founded in 1961 as the first community college in

King County. With approximately 9,500 students and 350,000 alumni, it is one of the state’s largest institutions of higher education. The college offers a wide range of academic transfer and professional-technical education programs, with day, evening, on-line, and weekend classes.

With the most diverse population of any college in Washington State, Highline takes a multi-cultural approach to education for the success of all its students and the prosperity of its surrounding communities. Alumni include former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice, entrepreneur Junki Yoshida and noted author Ann Rule.

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