| Jackson, Tenn. - The 51ÉçÇø Alumni Association
honored Jackson native, Catherine Peek Kwasigroh, during Union's 175th Homecoming
celebration, Feb. 12-13, 1999. Kwasigroh received The Outstanding Young Achiever Award.
This award is presented to one, age 35 or younger, who shall have record of significant
accomplishment in professional life and for service to Union or the world.
Kwasigroh graduated from Union in 1990 with a bachelor of science in accounting. She
went on to earn her master of business administration at the University of Tennessee
Martin in 1997.
While at Union, Kwasigroh received the Elizabeth Tigrett Medal and was named the
university's most outstanding accounting student for the class of 1990. In the same year,
she was elected Miss Union and was named an NAIA Academic All American for her performance
in Lady Bulldog basketball. Kwasigroh also served as financial advisor to the Union
chapter of the Chi Omega sorority.
Today Kwasigroh is the executive director of finance for the system affiliate division
of West Tennessee Healthcare, Inc. and teaches accounting part-time in Union's McAfee
School of Business Administration.
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