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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: Oct. 20, 2004
UNO Alumni
Association to issue Service, Legislator Awards
(OMAHA, NE)
The UNO Alumni Association issued its Outstanding Service Awards during the
organization's annual Chairman of the Board Dinner Tuesday, Oct. 19.
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The
dinner is held in appreciation of the efforts of the 27-member UNO Alumni
Association Board of Directors and Association staff. Association Chairman of
the Board Stephen Bodner hsoted the dinner at Oak Hills Country Club. Bodner,
a 1975 UNO graduate, is senior vice president, commercial banking, for U.S.
Bank.
Outstanding Service Awards honor faculty, staff, alumni or
friends who have shown continuous, outstanding service to the Alumni Association
and/or university. Receiving 2004 Outstanding Service Awards will be Richard
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Pictured, from left, Richard Hancock,
Steve Bodner and Paul Kosel. Not pictured, Kevin Naylor.
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Hancock, Paul Kosel and Kevin Naylor.
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Richard Hancock and Paul Kosel
Richard Hancock and Paul Kosel have been instrumental in assisting
the Alumni Center satisfy the security and parking needs for the many events
held each year at the W.H. Thompson Alumni Center and for the university's
Information Center. Hancock is a lieutenant with UNO's Campus Security and
Kosel is an assistant manager in the same department.
Hancock and Kosel also
have assisted the Association with its intrusion and fire alarm systems. "Whether it's been security equipment, parking lot questions or
emergency assistance, they and their staffs have always been courteous,
responsive and enthusiastic in their support of alumni operations," says Greg
Trimm, director of alumni facilities.
Kevin Naylor is past chairman of the Association's Board of Directors.
In 2003 he spearheaded the Association's institution of a new strategic plan to
reflect its original mission of 1913 while positioning it for the 2000s.
During his tenure as chairman the Association also: raised
$429,289 in unrestricted donations, 10 percent more than was raised in 2002;
established the Outstanding Nebraska Legislator Award; signed a partnership
with Nelnet to offer its members student loan consolidation; hosted the second
of two forums at which the alumni associations of the four University of
Nebraska campuses discussed issues affecting the university; commissioned,
along with the University of Nebraska at Kearney Alumni Association, a victory
bell commemorating the longtime football series between UNO and UNK.
Naylor has been a member of the UNO Alumni Association Board of
Directors since 1999. A 1978 UNO graduate, he is assistant vice president of
human resources development at Union Pacific Railroad. He is the son of Kirk
Naylor, who became president of Omaha University in 1967 and who oversaw OU's
merger with the University of Nebraska system in 1968.
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