Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 9, 1994 TAG: 9406090141
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: W-7 EDITION: METRO
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Lionberger Construction is a Roanoke-based commercial and industrial general contractor. Star Building Systems, headquartered in Oklahoma City, is a nationwide manufacturer of pre-engineered metal building systems.
\ C.C. FU of Roanoke has received Ingersoll-Rand Company's 1993 Patent Excellence Award for his invention of a new pneumatic-percussion rock drill. Fu, a senior engineering consultant for the company's rock drill division, is based at its Roanoke plant. The new product, Ingersoll-Rand's Quantum Leap series of down hole drills, was introduced in 1992.
Fu holds master of science and doctoral degrees from the University of Minnesota. He joined Ingersoll-Rand in 1963 and was a senior development engineer from 1986 to 1994.
Fu is one of the first inductees into the company's Technical Career Ladder, a program that allows engineers to gain professional advancement in technical fields as a counterpart to managerial advancement.
\ DEBORAH DUMMITT, formerly of Roanoke, has been promoted to branch officer for Commerce Bank in Newport News. Dummitt, a graduate of Northside High School and Radford University, joined the bank in 1988.
\ BRENDA HAMLIN of Salem recently was certified as a certified medical assistant. Hamlin, who graduated from Dominion Business School, works for National Optical in Roanoke.
\ DR. CHARLES D. GILLILAND of Roanoke recently was elected to fellowship in the American College of Physicians, a professional organization of internists, and to the board of trustees for the Virginia Society of Internal Medicine.
Fellowship in the American College of Physicians is the result of peer nomination and a recognition of scholarly and professional achievements.
Gilliland, who practices at Lewis-Gale Clinic, is a clinical associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Virginia and a member of the Roanoke Academy of Medicine, the Medical Society of Virginia, the American Society of internal Medicine and the American Medical Association.
\ STEPHANIE BIRD of Salem recently was named the 1994 Young Careerist by the Mountain Region Business and Professional Women.
Bird is assistant director of admissions at Hollins College. The award reflects Bird's career achievements.
\ LEVON P. TURPIN recently was elected Chapter Woman of the Year by the Salem area chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
Selection for the award is based on career, educational advancement, community involvement and participation in the association.
Turpin is a billing clerk for Azko Coatings Inc.
\ LAURIE E. GIBBONS has been named a Certified Fund Raising Executive by the National Society of Fund Raising Executives.
The status indicates a high standard of tenure, performance, education, knowledge and service in a not-for-profit organization. Gibbons is president of Junior Achievement of Southwest Virginia.
\ GWYN & HARMON, REALTORS, BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS was recognized as the first place Better Homes and Gardens office in Division Six for Residential Volume Real Estate Sales for 1993 and second for number of units sold.
\ AIA BLUE RIDGE, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, recently announced 1994 chapter honors, recognizing members and nonmembers for their significant contributions to the profession of architecture and the built environment. Winners from the Roanoke Valley are: allied artist, Eric E. Fitzpatrick, artist/painter; craftsmanship, Bruce Cody, Architectural Wood Inc.; and distinguished service to the profession, Oliver J. Stein, AIA emeritus.
Richard S. Kazabee and Erica Frances Sunshine, both of Roanoke were the professional winners for the 1994 Student/Associate/Young Architect Award.
\ HOUSECALL HEALTHCARE recently raised $250 for its Indigent Fund by dunking co-workers for $1. The fund is used to purchase necessities such as medications and medical equipment for citizens who cannot afford them. HOUSECALL Healthcare, a home health company, offers nursing or therapeutic service that can be rendered in the home.
\ EDWARD A. WORKMAN, a neuropsychiatrist and pain medicine specialist in Roanoke, has been named to the editorial board of Pain Digest, an international medical journal.
Workman is in private practice, as well as co-director of psychiatric research at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem.
\ CECELIA GALMISH and MILDY TILLER, both of Roanoke, recently received the Certified Professional Service Representative designation from the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Virginia and the District fo Columbia.
Galmish is an employee of Richardson, Johnston & Wynn; and Tiller is an employee of Erie Insurance Group.
\ CHRISTLE N. MORRIS of Roanoke was recently promoted to consumer credit officer at the First Union Roanoke Operations Center. She first joined Dominion Bank in 1984 which later merged with First Union.
\ WANDA P. SEARS, a personal financial planner with IDS Financial Services Inc., has been named as IDS Master Planner.
\ JON M. DABAREINER, a personal financial planner with the local office of IDS Financial Services, Inc., was recently appointed to IDS' President's Advisory Council and will attend the annual conference in Athens, Greece, in September. He qualified to join the council based on superior performance and client service.
\ E.L. DERRING, president of PWH Corporation in Manassas and native Roanoker, is retiring. Previously he was an assistant administrator and then administrator at Roanoke Memorial Rehabilitation Center. He also was associate director at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
\ ROGER WEDDLE, son of Gladys Weddle of Roanoke, recently received the Nalley-Graves Award for placing first in the staff essay event at the Virginia Society of Radiologic Technologists annual meeting in Richmond. He is a staff technologist and assistant clinical instructor in the radiologic technology school at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredricksburg.
\ JULIA ALLEN, daughter of Wade H. and Alice H. Horton of Catawba, is the 1994 recipient of the Brown, Edwards & Company Accounting Achievement Award.
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