PH.D

PH.D
Musical arts degree
Brian Scott Driscoll, formerly of Boardman, has received his doctor of musical arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.
A 1991 graduate of Boardman High School, Driscoll received a bachelor of fine arts degree in music composition from California Institute of Arts and a master of music degree from UCLA, studying with Dr. Thomas Harmon. While at UCLA, Driscoll was organ scholar at All Saints' Church, Beverly Hills. He is currently the director of music at St. James Church in South Pasadena, Calif.
The son of Wade and Sandy Driscoll of Boardman, Driscoll lives in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.
PHARMACISTS
Local women get degrees
Two local women have received their doctor of pharmacy degrees from the College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. They are Michelle L. Gordon and Laura A. Miklos.
Gordon, a daughter of Donald and Debra Gordon, Canfield, received her degree with high distinction. On campus, she was active in the A.W.A.R.E. Drug Education Team, Panhellenic Council, ASP, Rho Chi, and Kappa Alpha Theta social fraternity for women. She also received the Dean's Scholarship and Smith Kline Buchman Patient Care Award. She is a graduate of Austintown Fitch High School.
Miklos, daughter of Russell and Diane Miklos of Canfield, was active in the Academy of Students of Pharmacy, the women's and men's swimming and diving teams, Habitat for Humanity, American Pharmacists Association, and Kappa Alpha Theta social fraternity for women. She is a Canfield High School graduate.
LAWYERS
Pettit College graduate
John J. Lah II, son of Jack and Charlotte Lah of Vienna, recently graduated from Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law, where he received his juris doctor degree.
On campus, Lah was active in the Law Review, Moot Court executive board, and the Student Bar Association Representative. Lah received his undergraduate degree from Hiram College.
HONORS
Nurse leadership award
Linda Warino, executive director of Ohio Nurses Association District 3 here, received the Mary Ellen Patton Staff Nurse Leadership Award at the American Nurses Association's 2004 biennial convention in Minneapolis, Minn. Also, she was elected to ANA's board of directors.
Warino, of Canfield, was recognized for "significant contributions to the professional advancement of staff nurses and improvement of the general welfare of staff nurses." She has served in leadership positions at the local, state and national level, and was the first local unit staff nurse to be elected president of ONA.
Warino, a registered nurse with a bachelor of science degree in nursing and certified in post-anesthesia nursing, is on leave of absence from her job at Forum Health Northside Medical Center.
The ANA said Warino has been able to advance staff nurses' issues by articulating their perspective to other nursing leaders, the media, legislators and the general public.
At the bargaining-unit level, Warino persuaded her employer to help nurses develop professionally by giving them opportunities to take certification exams locally. And at the national level, she helped create a stronger relationship between the United American Nurses and ANA.
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