Rochester Review
January-February 2010
Vol. 72, No. 3
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Jimmie Reyna ’75 Honored by Mexican Government
Jimmie Reyna ’75, a partner in the international law section of the Washington, D.C., office of Williams Mullen, has received a 2009 Ohtli Award from the government of Mexico, the highest honor awarded to non-Mexicans. The Ohtli awards—ohtli means “pathway” in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs—recognizes people who have helped to advance the Mexican and Latino communities abroad. Reyna is a past president of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
Dorian Denburg ’76 Elected President of National Association
Dorian Denburg ’76, general attorney at AT&T, was elected president of the National Association of Women Lawyers at its annual meeting in July. An expert in law related to public and private rights-of-way, Denburg is the past vice president of the organization, founded over a century ago to advocate for women’s legal equality and women in the legal profession.
Richard Meltzer ’69 Appointed Policy Director for House Speaker
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California has appointed Richard Meltzer ’69 as her policy director. Meltzer was most recently a principal at Washington Council Ernst and Young, and had served as a transition coordinator for Pelosi in 2006, when she assumed the speakership after the election of a Democratic majority to the House.
Athletics Administrator Jackie Blackett ’81 Receives National Award
Jackie Blackett ’81, an associate athletics director at Columbia University, was one of eight women named Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators this fall. Now in her 19th year at Columbia, Blackett was honored for her work as campus liaison for student-athletes. At Rochester, Blackett was a three-time MVP on the women’s track and field team, and after graduation, she coached the women’s track and field and cross country teams.
