Southeast Merit Award winners

Seven alumni and one faculty member will receive Merit Awards presented by the Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association on Oct. 25 at the Copper Dome Society/Merit Recognition Program during the Homecoming celebration.

Since 1958, Alumni Merit Awards have been presented to Southeast graduates who have brought distinction to themselves and the university.

This year's recipients are:

* Cynthia Boren, Class of '75, of Alexandria, Va., deputy sports editor of The Washington Post.

* Dr. Bernard DuBray, '69, of St. Peters, Mo., superintendent of the Fort Zumwalt School District in O'Fallon, Mo.

* Dr. Julie Harper, '91, of Birmingham, Ala., practicing dermatologist and associate professor of dermatology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and founding director of the American Acne and Rosacea Society.

* Rodney Hudson, '71, of Syracuse, N.Y., a faculty member with the Syracuse University Drama Department.

* Dr. Randal Otto, '77, of San Antonio, professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.

* Jim Piatchek, '63, of Lakeland, Tenn., co-founder and CEO of Senior Advisory Group and The Professional Disturber, as well as a chartered life underwriter, a chartered financial consultant and a chartered mutual fund counselor.

* Dennis J. Kehm, '65, of Festus, Mo., retired circuit judge, 23rd Judicial Circuit, Division 4, in Jefferson County, Mo.

* Receiving the Faculty Merit award will be Dr. Michael Aide, professor of agriculture and chairman of the Department of Agriculture at Southeast.