Alumni

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University alum Erik Weber ’07 has been named a Presidential Management Fellow in the Federal Transit Administration in Washington, D.C.  Through the fellowship, Weber works with the United We Ride agency, which focuses on helping communities provide safe, affordable and easy access to public transportation. “My work revolves around human service transportation issues, especially those of lower-income, disabled and older Americans,” said Weber. “These transportation-disadvantaged populations require more specific attention because they may not have the same access to standard transit services that are available in their communities.” For 29 years, the Presidential Management Fellows Program has been used by federal agencies to attract outstanding graduate students from a wide variety of academic disciplines to public service. The two-year fellowship offers extensive formal classroom training and rotational assignment opportunities. “Former Fellows at FTA have rotated within the administration or the department or gone outside of federal government altogether,” Weber said. Weber took the position in Washington, D.C., after being offered a teaching position in Austria through the prestigious Fulbright Program. He is fluent in German and has taught German to high school students through Kentucky Educational Television. Weber graduated from Transylvania cum laude with a double major in political science and mathematics and a minor in music and said both his majors have served him well. “I took the political science into graduate school to get my master’s in public administration, but throughout that program, and now in

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Angela Logan Edwards, a 1991 graduate of Transylvania University and a partner in the Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, LLP law firm, has been named the 2009 Outstanding Young Lawyer for the Kentucky Bar Association. The award, in recognition of Edwards’ civic activities, legal accomplishments and community involvement, will be presented at the KBA’s annual convention next week in Covington. The award is designed for Kentucky lawyers 40 and younger, or lawyers who have practiced law for 10 years or less. Edwards received her J.D. from the University of Kentucky and has been with Woodward, Hobson & Fulton’s Louisville office since 1996. She practices in the areas of commercial and ERISA litigation. She counsels clients with business disputes and represents employee benefit plans, claims administrators and employers with benefits issues. She is the chair of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group, serves on the Diversity Committee of the Louisville Bar Association and on the firm’s Diversity Council. She began her career as a law clerk for the Honorable Jennifer B. Coffman, United States District Court judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.   In 2006, Edwards received a Distinguished Service Award from Transylvania for her outstanding service to the University and she was elected to Transylvania’s Board of Trustees the same year. A member and former president of the Alumni Executive Board, Edwards has been an active member of the Transylvania Alumni Louisville Chapter. Each year, she assists

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania bestowed its top awards to distinguished alumni and friends during its recent alumni weekend awards luncheon. Carol Ann Goff Tanner ‘64, received the Irvin E. Lunger Award, which is presented for unique and exceptional service to Transylvania; John N. Williams Jr. ‘74 and Lucy S. Williams ‘74, both received the Morrison Medallion, which is presented to graduates for outstanding service to Transylvania and its programs; Mamata G. Majmundar ‘95, received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award for extraordinary involvement at Transylvania; and William R. Stamler received the  Transylvania Medal for outstanding service to the university. Carol Ann Goff Tanner ’64 Elected to Transylvania’s Board of Trustees in 2004, Tanner has been unrelenting in her service and support for her alma mater since she was elected to the alumni executive board in 1968. She has since served on the Board of Visitors and the steering committee of the $9.2 million Brown Science Center renovation. Transylvania recognized Tanner with the Certificate of Appreciation in 1999 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2004. A former high school mathematics teacher and tour guide at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Tanner lives in the Charlottesville, Va., with her husband Robert, where she volunteers for a variety of church, civic, philanthropic and school-related activities. As a student, Tanner was president of Chi Omega and Panhellenic Council. She was a member of Lampas leadership honorary, the Holleian Society, the Transylvania Choir and the women’s basketball team. John and

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—During Transylvania’s recent Alumni Weekend celebration, alumni Debra Balles ’79, Raymond Cooper ’77, Doug and Gayle Hutcherson ’69 and Rick and Jannie Nallinger ’74 received the University’s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to Transylvania, and Peggy Gordon Elliott Miller ’59, Eugene Scruggs ’59, Richard Waddell ’64 and Malcom Warford ’64 received the Distinguished Achievement Award for excellence in their profession or community service. Debra Balles, Transylvania’s controller, has served on reunion committees and is a member of the Bluegrass Alumni Chapter Board, the Transylvania Women’s Club and the Tri Delta Centennial Committee. Appointed controller in 1984, Balles has served on many committees and co-chaired the Finance Committee of the Quality Enhancement Plan in 2000. She brings three decades of experience to the Financial Resources Committee of the 2009-2012 Strategic Plan.    Raymond Cooper is a former Alumni Executive Board president and volunteers with the admissions, alumni and development and career development offices. A real estate broker and developer, Cooper has been president of The Myers Y. Cooper Company in Ohio since 1987. His real estate developments include CVS stores in Cincinnati and Atlanta and shopping centers in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. He serves on board of The Springer School, a private school in Cincinnati devoted to educating children with learning disabilities, and as a member of the Ohioana Library Association in Columbus.  Other civic activities include assisting with initiation of the curbside recycling program for Cincinnati residents and

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