The UNM Alumni Association hosted a Memorial Day Celebration at the UNM Alumni Chapel recently. The Memorial Day Celebration was designed to recognize alumni who died while serving our country, and alumni, faculty and staff who died in 2007. The Memorial Celebration was a campuswide event.
Photo: UNM Alumni Chapel
During the event Karen Abraham, executive director of the Alumni Association, gave a brief history on the chapel before unveiling the wall of names of the service men and women that died in 2007.
The Alumni Association recognized and honored three alumni who died in service of our country. They included: 1st Lt. Tamara Long Archuleta, BA ’99 and Capt. Thomas J. Casey, BA ’96.
The Alumni Association also recognized alumni, faculty and staff who passed away in 2007 including: Valerie J. Burge, Krzysztof Galicki, Greg Johnston, William Kane, Dara K. Kaufman, James N. Kraft Jr., John Lutz, Marvin C. May, Timothy Moy, Benjamin Sacks, Daniel E. Smith, Sharon Lee Smoker and Terry Yates.
Please inform the UNM Alumni Association if you know any names of other UNM Alumni who have died in the service of their country, but do not appear on the wall.
For questions or comments please call Natalie Armijo at 277-1968 or email, njarmijo@unm.edu. For more information visit the Alumni Web site at: UNM Alumni.
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821; email: scarr@unm.edu