Now in its 15th year, the Kautz Alumni Masters Forum has brought back to campus more than 50 distinguished alumni from various professions to meet and interact with today’s students and tomorrow’s leaders.
These distinguished UC graduates have served as Kautz Alumni Masters:
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Michael Czinege Bus '75, MBA '76 AMC Entertainment Inc., Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President |
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Jon Pittman DAAP '80, MBA '95 Autodesk, Vice President of Corporate Strategy |
Darrell D. Miller, Esq.
CCM ’85
Visionary entertainment lawyer and managing partner of Fox Rothschild, LLP
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Karen Bankston |
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Bruce Besanko |
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Randy S. Edelman CCM '69, HonDoc '04 Prolific composer and musician |
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Dan Kellogg |
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Patrick Lewis (MA, History) 1968 (PhD, History) 1974 |
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Michael Valentine |
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Charles J. Barnett (MA, History) 1971 Compassionate Healthcare Leadership |
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James R. Newton (MSW, Counseling/Psychology) 1978 Professional Counselor, Police Officer, & CEO |
Shari Barkin, MD
Med '91
Leader in pediatric medicine
Joel A. Roos, MD
Med '89
Expert in emergency medicine and Deputy Chief, Navy Medical Corps
J. Phillip Holloman
Eng '78
Innovator in engineering and efficiency
Reginald A. Wilkinson, EdD
Ed '98
Extraordinary leadership in corrections and rehabilitation
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Ian Bruce Eichner |
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Arnold C. Hanish |
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John R. Miller (Chemical Engineering) 1960 HON, 1983 Energy Company Innovator and Entrepeneur |
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Frederick R. Steiner, PhD |
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Joseph P. Adams |
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Drew Becher |
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David Heiman (Business Accounting) 1967, (Law) 1970 Bankruptcy Law Leader |
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Alan R. Badanes (History) 1979 Reinsurance Industry Specialist |
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Kathryn A. Hollister (Law) 1984 Extraordinary Leadership in Tax Law Industry |
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Susan S. Alexander (MBA, Management) 1977 Crisis Management |
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The Hon. Stephen M. McNamee (History) 1964 United States Senior District Court Judge |
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Kevin R. Roche (Interior Design) 1975 Innovator in Marketing, Branding and Design |
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Richard E. Thornburgh |
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Elroy Bourgraf (Business Administration) 1954 Innovator in emergency patient handling |
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J. Gregory Dees (Philosophy) 1972 Social entrepreneurship |
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Brigman “Brig” Owens (Education) 1965 Professional athlete and youth advocate |
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C. Mack (Broadcasting) 1982 Overcoming challenges in the nation's leading businesses and banks |
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Sandra S. Wiesmann (Secondary Education) 1966 Making a difference in education, nationwide |
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William P. Wiesmann, MD (Chemistry) 1968 Inventor of life-saving products |
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Earl Hamner (Broadcasting) 1948 Visionary entertainment writer |
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James C. Kautz (Political Science) 1953 Worldwide portfolio management |
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Eva L. Maddox (Interior Design) 1966 Designing a better world |
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Otto M. Budig, Jr. (Business Administration) 1956 Visionary developer of road and rail transport |
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Theodore S. Hammer (Architecture) 1969 Leader in the architecture industry |
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Paul W. Marshall (Electrical Engineering) 1964 Multilayered career focused on getting and using information |
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Joseph W. Harbrecht (Marketing) 1967 Communicating in a competitive world |
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Frank T. Leo (Architecture) 1962 Designing total living environments |
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Steven M. Ruben MS (Biological Sciences) 1986, Ph.D. (Molecular & Cell Biology) 1989 Therapies for a healthier life |
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Edward W. Wedbush (Electrical Engineering) 1955 Entrepreneurial investor |
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A. William Forbriger (Chemical Engineering) 1953 Engineering a beautiful world |
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Fred F. Nazem (Physical Chemistry) 1967 Entrepreneur, venture capitalist and architect |
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S. Jay Stewart (Chemical Engineering) 1961 Engineering a safer world |
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Thomas L. Bennett |
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Michael J. Despotes |
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Kenneth E. Glass BS (Mechanical Engineering) 1963, MS (Aerospace Engineering) 1965 Crisis management leader |
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Jerry P. Leamon (Accounting) 1972 Global leader building world-class financial services |
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Craig H. Muhlhauser BS (Aerospace Engineering) 1971, MS (Mechanical Engineering) 1975 Visionary sales leader and global marketing authority |
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Richard M. Schaps (Marketing) 1970 Leader in outdoor and sports signage |
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Dr. Dorothy L. Smith (Pharmacy) 1972 Patient advocate and author |
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Jeffrey P. Williams (Architecture) 1975 Financial advisor to the world's largest corporation |
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August “Gus” B. Doppes, Jr. |
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Hendrik “Henk” J. Hartong, Jr. |
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Colombe M. Nicholas (Law) 1968 Director and manager of international fashion businesses |
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Myron E. Ullman III (Industrial Management) 1969 Global business acumen in a competitive world |
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Edgar H. Schollmaier (Economics) 1956 Innovation leader in sales and marketing |