年度杰出校友

见见2018年度杰出校友, honored for service and achievement that embody the spirit of their alma mater.


Don Hall ' 68

Don Hall is the founder of Wellsource Inc., a health promotion company that helps corporations manage wellness programs for their employees. Wellsource已经与超过1家公司合作,世界各地的000个组织, 包括耐克, 英特尔, 和范德比尔特大学. He is the author of four books and is founder of a second company, LifeLong 健康. Hall has conducted health ministry workshops for many camp meetings and churches and in each union conference in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. 和他的妻子, 帕特丽夏, 他开发了卫生部的项目, 包括八周健康计划, 生活体重管理, 和终身健康. Hall has a bachelor’s degree in religion with a minor in chemistry from 沃拉沃拉大学 and a doctor of public health degree from Loma Linda University. 他和他的第一任妻子, 菲利斯·米勒,68年, graduated together from WWU and “spent 43 wonderful years of married life together.她帮助找到了Wellsource, and together they traveled around the world, biked through much of Europe and the states, 徒步数百英里. Phyllis died tragically while hiking in California near Donner’s Pass. “从那时起, the Lord helped me find another wonderful companion, 帕特丽夏, 威尼斯人彩票直营一起度过了美好的9年时光,霍尔说。. He has two adult children and four grandchildren.

贝弗利·巴克尔斯78年

Beverly Buckles is dean of the School of Behavioral 健康 at Loma Linda University, vice president of Behavioral 健康 Education for LLU Adventist 健康 Sciences Center, a founding leader of the LLU Behavioral 健康 Institute, and founding chair of the LLU Department of Social Work and Social Ecology. She also founded the LLU 国际 Behavioral 健康 Trauma Team, which has made more than 60 trips to respond to disasters in more than 40 countries. Buckles is actively involved in implementing psychological first aid and assists health systems and NGOs to prepare for and respond to disasters. She is an expert in behavioral health education, 政策, and services in California and has been recognized throughout the state for dedication to international crisis preparation and response and for development of curricula and evaluation measures for mental health professionals. Buckles has a bachelor of social work degree with a second major in home economics from 沃拉沃拉大学, a master of social work degree from Eastern Washington University, and a doctor of social welfare degree in social policy from Adelphi University.

汉斯·弗莱彻,83年和85年的

Hansel Fletcher is assistant dean for the office of 研究生 Student Affairs for the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, 他还是教授, 研究生项目主任, and vice chair for the Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Fletcher’s research has attracted more than $14 million in research funding. He serves on several study panels for the National Institutes of 健康 and is an associate editor for the Molecular Oral Microbiology journal. Fletcher is involved in the development of Historically Black Colleges and Universities throughout the world. He helped to launch the Jamaica EXCEED (Excellence in STEM Experiential Education) program in collaboration with LLU, 牙买加侨民, 牙买加教师协会, 和教育部. Fletcher has an associate degree from Northern Caribbean University, a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in biology from 沃拉沃拉大学, and a doctorate in microbiology and immunology from Temple University School of Medicine. He completed postdoctoral training and was a research associate at the Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University before being recruited by LLUSM. He and his wife, Pauline, have two adult children.

克里斯蒂安和亚历克莎·夏尔马

Christian and Alexa Sharma are cross-cultural missionaries with Adventist Frontier 任务s. They served for seven years in an area of the world unfriendly to evangelism. 在那段时间里, 他们学会了当地的语言, compiled 365 pages of research about the culture, 并与当地人建立了联系. When they left that country they “left behind several nurtured plants, 珍贵的新苗, 还有许多福音的种子, with the promise that God would continue to send the rain,Alexa说。. Christian has a bachelor’s degree in theology from WWU, and Alexa has a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. They are currently resting and refocusing in the United States, Alexa说, where they “have a renewed appreciation for our religious freedom and access to inspiring materials.” Christian is developing multimedia resources for sharing the gospel in the language of their mission culture, and Alexa is writing a book and composing songs about God’s miraculous guidance during their assignment. 夏尔玛一家有两个孩子.