UTEP 2019 GOLD NUGGET AWARD RECIPIENTS
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Salvador Balcorta
College of Health Sciences | Bachelor of Social Work, 1980
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Paul Dipp
College of Business Administration | BBA Management, 1977
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Carolyn Moody Drake
School of Nursing | BSN, 1975
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Edward Drusina
College of Engineering | B.S. Civil Engineering, 1974
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D. Frank Hsu, Ph.D.
College of Science | M.S. Mathematics, 1975
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Maggie Morales-Moody
College of Liberal Arts B.A. French, 1985 | College of Education | B.S. Elementary Education, 1986
M.Ed. Educational Administration, 1994
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Lisa Lavigne Saucedo
College of Business Administration | MBA, 2015
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Patricia "Patty" Tiscareño
College of Liberal Arts | B.A. English Literature, 2004
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Dorothy Truax
College of Liberal Arts | B.A. Sociology, 1973
SAM ARMIJO, PH.D.
College of Engineering
B.S. Metallurgical/Materials Engineering, 1959
Sam Armijo, Ph.D., is currently president of JSA Associates Inc., a nuclear systems and engineering consulting firm advising the Electric Power Research Institute and the Exelon Corporation. He is also chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s International Experts Group, which provides technical advice on the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear site.