The Alumni department will present three University graduates with honors at its seventh annual Profile in Achievement awards banquet today. Gail Fullerton, Class of ’55, Lyle Hohnke, Class of ’70 and William Sullivan, Class of ’79, will receive the Alumni Fellows Awards, the highest alumni award given by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Fullerton was the first person to receive a Ph.D. from the University sociology department and went on to teach at Drake University and Florida State University before joining San Jose State University.
Hohnke received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in biology and later went to work for Pfizer Central Research and the University of Connecticut Health Center, becoming the vice president for research. Presently, Hohnke works in the venture capital field as a partner with Javelin Capital Fund, based in Birmingham, Ala.
William Sullivan received a master’s degree in German and is a travel writer who primarily writes about the state of Oregon. He is known for his hiking guides and his travel journal, “Listening for Coyote,” published in 2000 by Oregon State University press.