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J. Patrick Lennon, ’90, a
partner in Honigman Miller
Schwartz and
Cohn LLP’s
Kalamazoo
Real Estate
Dept., has been
elected chair
of the Urban Land Institute-
Michigan (ULI), Western
Region. He was also appointed
to the ULI-Michigan Executive
Committee, which is comprised
of leaders in the real estate
profession throughout the state.
Lennon has been recognized
in Best Lawyers in America and
in Chambers USA: America’s
Leading Lawyers for Business as
an “Up and Coming” attorney.
Sherrie Farrell, ’97, has been
named managing member of
Dykema Gossett
PLLC, Detroit.
Prior to joining
Dykema, Farrell
worked as a
journalist and
public relations practitioner.
She served as a national
coordinating counsel and as a
national discovery counsel for
a Fortune 25 manufacturer in
asbestos and other toxic tort
litigation, and as counsel for a
national retailer in consumer
collection and credit matters.
In addition, Farrell serves as
chair of Dykema’s diversity
committee. In 2011, she
received the Robert Millender
Visionary Award from the MSU
College of Law’s Black Law
Students Association.
Michael Heberling, PhD
’91, president of Baker College’s
Center for
Graduate
Studies, Flint,
has been named
vice president of
the Council of
College and Military Educators
(CCME). Previously he was
a senior policy and business
analyst at Ateon Corporation
in Dayton, OH. He retired as a
lieutenant colonel after 21 years
of service in the U.S. Air Force,
having logged 1,500 hours of
flying time with the B-52H
Stratofortress Bomber. His last
assignment was with the Air
Force Institute of Technology
at Wright Patterson Air Force
Base where he served on the
faculty as a program director
and department head.
Rachel Touroo, ’03, staff
veterinarian for animal care
at the Virginia
Dept. of
Agriculture
and Consumer
Services,
Richmond, has
been named the senior director
of the Veterinary Forensics
Dept. at the American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, Gainesville, FL.
In 2011, Touroo began her
career in animal welfare as a
research assistant at the animal
behavior welfare group at MSU
and also worked as an associate
veterinarian in Bethesda, MD.
John Thomas, ’78, retired
senior vice president of Booz
Allen Hamilton,
Detroit, has been
named president
of the board of
directors for the
International
Council on Systems
Engineering. Prior to spending
20 years with Booz Allen,
Thomas served as a technician
and then officer with the U.S.
Air Force, retiring from the
U.S. Air Force Reserves in 1998.
He was also an engineer at the
National Reconnaissance Office
and engineer/program manager
at E-Systems Corporation. In
addition, Thomas is a soughtafter
spokesperson to both
professional, lay groups and
media for systems engineering.
D.C. Coston, ’76, North
Dakota State University’s vice
president for
agriculture
and university
extension, has
been named
president of
Dickinson State University,
Dickinson, ND. He was
previously associate director
and chief operating officer of
Oklahoma State University’s
Agricultural Experiment
Station, Stillwater, and was
the interim associate director
of the Oklahoma Cooperative
Extension Service. Coston
also served as a faculty member
and administrator at Clemson
University, SC, and was a
faculty member and extension
specialist at Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg.
Megan Muter, ’00, has
been hired
as marketing
manager at
BauerLatoza
Studio, Chicago.
She serves on
the board of directors for the
Chicago Chapter of the Society
of Marketing Professional
Services. She is a judge for
the National Marketing
Communication Awards and
a consultant on the Certified
Professional Services Marketer
accreditation exam. Muter also
sits on the planning committee
for Chicago CANstruction, a
charity committed to ending
hunger through the Greater
Chicago Food Depository.
Heather Lorenzo, ’93,
interim vice president of medical
affairs at Meritus Health,
Hagerstown,
MD, has been
promoted to
chief medical
officer. She
has also
served as the company’s chief
medical information officer
and physician advisor to Care
Management. She completed
her residency in internal
medicine at the Wright-
Patterson Air Force Base,
OH, and became the associate
program director for Internal
Medicine Residency at the
David Grant Medical Center
at Travis AFB, CA. She has
worked at numerous Maryland
hospitals including Shady Grove
Adventist, Inpatient Specialist
and Montgomery General.
Dorene Allen, ’81, Midland
County probate and family
court judge, has
been named
chairwoman of
the Michigan
Committee
on Juvenile
Justice by Gov. Snyder. Allen
has served on the Michigan
Permanency Forum and was the
treasurer and secretary for the
Judicial Conference, State Bar
of Michigan Committee. She
has held numerous positions
within the Michigan Probate
Association. In 2011, she was
awarded the Women In Law
Award by Lawyers Weekly.
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