WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Fall 2014

SHOCKER PROFILES

Our Royal Shocker

Renowned mezzo-soprano and Shocker alumna Joyce DiDonato ’92 said she wasn’t nervous before performing the national anthem Oct. 29 at Game 7 of the World Series.

A Best Lawyer

Ross Hollander ’73, a proud Shocker who served as president of the WSU Alumni Association in 2007-08, has been listed, along with three other attorneys from the Wichita and Topeka, Kan., offices of Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC, in Best Lawyers in America, 2015.

Colonel Hatfield

B. Karen Hatfield ’79, a medical technology graduate, has been promoted to the rank of colonel, U.S. Army, in a ceremony held this past August in Eastover, S.C.

Prize Conductor

“Energetic, committed, eminently practical” are among the judges’ comments about Jonathan Griffith ’74, winner of the 2014 American Prize in Conducting.