USD Magazine Summer 2015

S T I L L S T O K I N G T H E F L A M E S O F I N Q U I R Y .

20 / THE BEST AND THE BR IGHTEST We continue to shine the spotlight on USD’s most inspirational professors: Get to know Law Professor

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Miranda McGowan; Engineering Professor Susan Lord; Professional and Continuing Education Professor Malachi Walker; Librarian Hugh Burkhard and Theater Professor Evelyn Diaz Cruz. They are very different people, but each of them is very much at the top of their game.

E X C E L L E N C E I S N O T A S P E C T A T O R S P O R T .

CLASS NOTES 28 / Holding the Line

Joan B. Kroc School of Peace alumni Yusuf Mzee Gawany ’07 and John Patterson ’13 are working in Liberia to stop the spread of Ebola.

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31 / Backing Into Apologetics Karl Keating ’75 (JD), ‘91 (MA), has just stepped down from the helm of Catholic Answers, the largest lay-run apostolate of Catholic apologetics in the United States. 36 / Loss and Recovery Co-founded by Mayra San Juan ’07 (BBA), the USD alumnae- led nonprofit Chula’s Mission aims to help girls who’ve lost their mothers. 40 / Impactful Investments Tim Bubnack ’91 (BBA), managing partner of private equity firm Huntington Capital, espouses socially conscious invest- ment principles.

ALUMNI UPDATE 26 / The Dazzling Dozen Alumni Honors 2015 was a night to remember for all attendees of the annual event, which celebrates the personal and professional achievements of USD’s most accomplished and note- worthy graduates.

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