University of Tampa - Moroccan Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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. AMONG ALUMNI Paul W. Danahy, Jr. 1948-1951 Judge, District Court of Appeal; former member, Florida House of Representa- tives; former University of Tampa Trustee. • • Ted DeLaVergne, Jr. 1976-1978 (M.B.A.) Senior Vice President, Exchange Bank Trust Company of Florida; Chair- man of the Board, Tampa Port Author- ity (1980-81); University of Tampa Fellow. Dennis F. Pupello, M.D. 1957-1961 Director of cardiac surgery, Tampa General Hospital; clinical associate professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascu- lar surgery, University of South Flor- ida College of Medicine. Charles E. Chuck Smith 1954-1956 President, Harbour Island Develop- ment Corporation; frost Chairman, Tampa Sports Authority; past Chair- man and now member of the Down- town Development Authority; University of Tampa Trustee. William A. Gillen 1932-1933 Senior partner, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal Banker, P.A.; pres- ident, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce (1968-69); Captain (1966- 68) and King (1970-71), Ye Mystic Krewe of Caspar ilia. Freddie Solomon 1971-1975 Wide receiver with 1982 Super Bowl Champion San Franciso 49'ers; volun- teer with National Kidney Foundation in Northern California WHO'S WHO 27

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WHO'S WHO . . . Alfred S. Austin 1946-1948 President and Chairman of the Board, Tampa Preparatory School; past Presi- dent, American Heart Association of Tampa and Easter Seal Society of Tampa; chairman of Univ. of Tampa Forward Fund; University of Tampa Trustee. Kenneth A. Barnebey 1950 Chief Corporate Officer, American Agronomics Corporation; past Presi- dent and Chief Executive Officer, Tro- picana Products, Inc. Malcolm E. Beard 1940-1941 Florida State Senator; University of Tampa Fellow. James M. Ingram, M.D. 1937-1939 Prof, and Chairman, Dept, of Obstet- rics Gynecology, College of Medi- cine, U.S.F.; past President, Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society; for- mer University of Tampa Trustee; Uni- versity of Tampa Fellow. James M. Kelly 1954-1958 Executive Vice President and Senior Trust Officer, First National Bank of Florida; chairman of the Board of Trustees, St. Joseph's Hospital; Uni- versity of Tampa Trustee. Bob Martinez 1954-1957 Mayor, City of Tampa; president, Cafe Sevilla Spanish Restaurant; Univer- sity of Tampa Trustee. 26 WHO'S WHO

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WHO’S WHO. . . Dr. Isele has taught, concerted at the organ, and directed choral groups for years, but he admits that his first love is composing. I'm a composer who happens to teach, conduct, and perform. He smites then adds In a more serious vein, Composing is what 1 do con- sistently. I guess to conduct and play or sing my com- positions Is the ultimate means of self expression. His energies now are directed toward the November 1984 premiere of Taking it off! For composer Isele. that's enough of a challenge for now. Dr. Fred Punzo In Plant Hall's science laboratory 117, Associate Professor of Biology Fred Punzo makes a small incision through the cuticle of the large, wooley spider. He collects the hemolymph, or the blood. of the arach- nid with a micropipette. This is the beginning of a demanding research pro- cess that is helping to delennine the evolution of spi- ders. Through a scries of chemical separations tech- niques, he first isolates the carbohydrates in the blood, then the ripids, proteins, and free omino acids. Once this has been done, only the inorganic salts remain in the bottom of this test tube. I have been Interested in spiders because there is very little fcctual material on arachnids — arthropods with four pairs of legs. Most of the work has concen- trated on insects, Dr. Punzo notes. Dr Punzo has concentrated on Florida spiders and those from the desert Southwest, home of many more primitive sp’.ders on the evolutionary ladder. Trcp- door spiders and tarantulas from the Southwest and the wolf spiders of Florida are primitive. They are capa- ble of manufacturing silk, but rather than employ webs to catch their prey, they track it down. The elaborate web-spinning comes later in the evolutionary chain, the biology professor explains He aims to include as many students as possible in assisting and participating in his research. Dr. Punzo's research has led to a series of papers, three in 1983. which oppeared in Comparitive Bio- chemistry and Physiology. Dr. David C. Isele David Isele’s talent for composing comic opera first surfaced in 1981 when Opera Buffet. his musical spoof celebrating the delights of food, drink, premiered to overflowing Dome Thectre audiences during U.T. 's 50th anniversary year. Dr. Isele and co-composer Gwyneth Walker are working together for a second time to produce “Taking it Off! We considered do- ing asequelto Opera Buffet, using the same charac- ters. The two composers’ paths first crossed in 1977, but a collaboration between the two did not occur until 1979 when Dr. Isele happened to mention that he was interested in writing a comic opera, an idea which in- ticed Dr. Walker, too. Dr. Isele Is a relative newcomer on the comic opera scene, he is a nationally recognized composer of liturgi- cal music, much of it written for the church on the Notre Dame campus. His Notre Dame Mass. com posed in 1974 is published byG.LA. Publishing Com- pany in Chicago The Lamb of God from his Holy Cross Mass, remains his most popular work and is now published as a separate piece. Although he was composing at age six. It was not until he axis in graduate school majoring in organ, that Dr. Isele seriously considered turning to composition. Dr. J. Duane Locke Dr. Duarte Locke is the University's poet-in- residence Although nearly unknown here except toon elite group, he is highly regarded in European art cir- cles os the founder of the Immanentist school of poetry, the art of the superconscious. ‘7 started too late.. states Dr. Locke, pointing out most poets begin when they ore 18. he started at 40. Desp.te this late start. Dr. Locke has amassed an impressiue list of accomplishments, which include hav- ing over 600 poems and 11 books of poetry published as well os countless numbers of poetry awards. The poet’s life began on a farm in Georgio and while still a child he moved to Tampa. Here he attended the local schools and then U. T. where he intended to be on accountant. After U. T.. Dr. Locke attended U.F. where he earned his doctorate in literature. Dr. Locke first fried his hand at the art of poetry to help motivate a friend, who was having difficulty in disciplining himself to write. By the end of the first year. Dr. Locke had published30 poems: and his friend only 2. It