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Alumni/ae Awards & Accolades
Jeffrey Davidow (M.A. ’67, American studies), the State Department's most senior expert on Latin America, has been elected president of the Institute of the Americas. Before joining the Institute, Davidow was a visiting fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and a visiting scholar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. He has served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1998–2002) and Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America (1996–98).
Stephanie Wendt (D.M.A. ’92) is one of four recipients of a $25,000 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Performing Musicians for 2003–04. Wendt, who studied piano with Lydia Artymiw, has had parallel careers as a concert pianist and as a broadcaster. She has taught on the keyboard faculties of several universities and has performed on international stages.
Michael Levy (Ph.D. ’82, English) became vice president of the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts.
Jon Garon (’85, theatre and psychology) is the new dean of St. Paul's Hamline University Law School. Garon, a national expert on intellectual property, previously was professor and associate dean at Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, Calif.
Miranda Fischbach (’02, strategic communication and Spanish studies) received the prestigious Dr. Willard Thompson Scholarship and the Minnesota President's Award from the Public Relations Society of America.
