2018 Hall of Fame Inductees
School of Business
Tania Seger, BS Accountancy ’87, MBA ‘96
Tania Seger - Video
Tania is vice president and chief financial officer for Monsanto’s North America commercial business unit, which covers business analysis and long-range planning, credit and manufacturing for the U.S., Canada and Latin America North. Prior to joining Monsanto in 2008, Tania worked for Solutia and Ameritech Mobile Communications. Tania is a certified public accountant and a member of the St. Louis Federal Reserve’s Agribusiness Industry Council. Tania is an active alumni member in the SIUE School of Business providing presentations on career development and participating in industry networking events for students. She also enjoys volunteering her time with Operation Food Search and KidSmart.
College of Arts & Sciences
The Honorable David R. Herndon, BA Government ‘74
David R. Herndon - Video
David has served as U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois since 1998. His federal tenure followed seven years as an associate judge in the Third Judicial Circuit, Madison County, Illinois. Prior to that, Herndon worked as a trial attorney, specializing in plaintiff’s personal injury cases, with an emphasis on FELA litigation, for 14 years. He earned a law degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1977. Judge Herndon served as Chief Judge from 2007-2014 and currently serves as chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Security. He was inducted into the Trial Lawyers’ Hall of Fame in 2017.
Dr. Roderick Nunn, BM Jazz Performance ‘93
Dr. Roderick Nunn - Video
Roderick serves as executive vice president and head of education and employment for the St. Louis-based Concordance Academy of Leadership, a national organization that works to reduce recidivism for returning citizens. He also is an adjunct professor in the doctor of management program at the University of Maryland University College. Roderick previously served as president of St. Louis Community College-Forest Park. Under his leadership, the college won several national, state and local awards for excellence and innovation in workforce development. He also led workforce development for three governors in Missouri and Illinois.
School of Dental Medicine
Dr. Patricia “Tish” Nihill, DMD ‘82 Dr. Patricia “Tish” Nihill - Video
Tish served as a faculty member in the School of Dental Medicine from 1984-2000. During this time, she completed the gerontology certificate program at SIU and earned a prosthodontic certificate and master’s degree at Northwestern University. Tish has also served as a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry and the University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, where she served as the Division Chief of Comprehensive Care until her retirement. In retirement, she volunteers at the Chicago Dental Society Foundation clinic in her hometown of Wheaton and teaches part time as an adjunct faculty member at Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Illinois.
School of Education, Health and Human Behavior
Dr. Fredna Carlson Scroggins, EdD Instructional Process ‘81
Dr. Fredna Carlson Scroggins - Video
Fredna retired from St. Louis Community College at Meramec, where she was a professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and served as department chair for 10 years. Before joining St. Louis Community College, she taught in the teacher education program at Blackburn College, Westminster College in Salt Lake City and Missouri Baptist University. Prior to teaching in higher education, Fredna taught 3rd and 5th grade in Bethalto. She was named to Who’s Who in America’s Teachers and received the Missouri Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Meramec Faculty Lecture Award. Fredna is a member of the SIUE Meridian Society and serves on the board of the Friends of Music.
School of Engineering
Angela L Heise, BS Computer Science ‘96
Angela L Heise - Video
Angela is president of the Civil Group at Leidos, where she is responsible for providing solutions to U.S. Cabinet-level civil agencies and major elements of the public and private sector across the globe. Focus areas include air traffic automation, energy and the environment, federal infrastructure and logistics, information technology and cybersecurity, and transportation security. She previously served as vice president of commercial markets for Lockheed Martin-Commercial Cyber. Angela is an alumna of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. She was named to Washington Exec’s Top 25 Executives to Watch in 2018.
School of Nursing
Lisa Klaustermeier, BS Nursing ’93, MS Nursing ‘01
Lisa Klaustermeier - Video
Lisa is chief nursing officer (CNO) at Anderson Hospital in Maryville, a position she has held since 2009. She has been instrumental in mentoring staff and students, expanding and improving patient care service lines, providing leadership to more than 400 nurses and other staff members, and leading performance improvement programs. She is an adjunct faculty member in the SIUE School of Nursing and a member of American Organization of Nurse Leaders, American Nurses Association and Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders. She is a member of the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon Chamber of Commerce and American Cancer Society board of directors. Lisa received the Bunker Hill High School “Wall of Honor” in 2016.
School of Pharmacy
The School of Pharmacy will induct its first member in 2019 on the tenth anniversary of its first graduating class.
Graduate School
Dr. James D. Campbell, BA Sociology ’68, MA Sociology ‘70
Dr. James D. Campbell - Video
James earned a PhD in sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia (UMC). He began his career as an instructor at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He recently retired as professor emeritus from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UMC. James was a pioneer in developing innovative curricula for medical students that incorporates the social and behavioral sciences. He played a key role in developing and implementing an innovative longitudinal inter-professional experience at UMC, as well as developing videos that are used widely for training in educational institutions and public health departments. Jim and his wife, Anne, were instrumental in creating the Central Missouri Kidney Association.
