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• APCG Student Paper Awards.

  - 2006-01-01

  The Awards Committee, under the leadership of Dolly Freidel, presented the following Student Paper Awards at the 68th Annual Meeting held in Phoenix, Arizona, in October 2005. The Tom McKnight and Joan Clemons Award for Outstanding Student Paper was presented to Peggy Hauselt,...

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• Member News

  - 2005-01-01

  PHI KAPPA PHI MEMBERS CHOSEN AS RHODES SCHOLARSPhi Kappa Phi members Michael D. April (U.S. Military Academy), Chauncy S. Harris, Jr. University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, and Trevor C. Thompson (U.S. Naval Academy) were among thirty-two American students to be named Rhodes Scholars. This distinction will enable them to...

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• Owner of Construction Company That Built Tucson, Ariz., Landmarks Dies at 88.

  - 2003-11-25

  By Bob Purvis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 25--Harold Ashton, a prominent Tucson businessman and philanthropist whose construction company built many of Tucson's landmark structures, died Saturday. He was 88. Ashton died of natural causes, his...

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• Mining Foundation of the Southwest honors 2003 inductees

  - 2003-11-01

  The 21st Annual American Mining Hall of Fame Awards Banquet sponsored by the Mining Foundation of the Southwest will be held at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel in Tucson, AZ on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003.This year's inductee, guest of honor and featured speaker at the banquet will be Thomas J. O'Neil,...

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• William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal to Thomas J. O'Neil

  - 2003-02-01

  Thomas J. O'Neil is the recipient of the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medal. O'Neil is cited for his outstanding contributions through his strong leadership of Cleveland Cliffs; his extensive achievements in the ferrous and nonferrous metals industries; his advancement of academic excellence; and his service to the industry through communications,...

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• Nobel Prize Goes to Former University of Arizona Economist.

  - 2002-10-10

  By Inger Sandal, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 10--"Brain drain" cost the University of Arizona a Nobel Wednesday. Vernon L. Smith spent much of his career at the UA, but won the Nobel Memorial Prize...

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• Remarks honoring NCAA champion teams

  - 2002-03-18

  March 12, 2002 Thank you all. Welcome. I like a good, short introduction. [Laughter] Thanks, Chris, for being here. I appreciate you hosting this, and welcome to the White House. We have never had so many champions inside a room in the White House history, so thank you...

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• The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Business Briefs Column.

  - 2001-12-24

  Tdahe Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 24--MARKETING: Several economic development proponents will participate in a panel discussion Jan. 15 as part of the Tucson Ad Federation's monthly meeting, set for 11:45 a.m. at Viscount Suite Hotel, 4855...

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• The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Business Briefs Column.

  - 2001-12-22

  The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 22--MARKETING: Several economic development proponents will participate in a panel discussion Jan. 15 as part of the Tucson Ad Federation's monthly meeting, set for 11:45 a.m. at Viscount Suite Hotel, 4855 ...

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• Briefly in Kansas

  - 1999-07-02

  LAWRENCE -- Interim president named for Haskell -- Dr. Karen Swisher has been named interim president of Haskell Indian Nations University, replacing Dr. Bob Martin, whose last day at the school was Wednesday. Swisher is dean of instruction at Haskell. She didn't apply for the permanent position. ...

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