Former Friendswood graduates Nilofer Azad, MD, and Blake Svejokovsky will be honored by the Friendswood Education Foundation and the FHS Alumni Association at the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Banquet on October 18.

After graduating from Friendswood High School in 1993, Dr. Nilofer graduated from The University of Texas at Austin and attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. She is currently a Medical Oncologist and Principal Investigator with the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. She specializes in the care of colorectal cancer patients and has extensive experience in the design and implementation of oncology clinical trials.

Nilo was the leader of our first State Champion Academic Decathlon Team. She really had it all, said Pepper Smith, who coached the team, and is a longtime teacher at Friendswood High School. She was beyond intelligent; she was competitive; she was committed; and she did everything with such grace, integrity, and humility.

Svejokovsky is a 1981 graduate of Friendswood High School. Svejokovsky graduated from Texas A&M University in 1985 with a degree in mechanical engineering and has been involved in the snack-food conveyor industry his entire professional life. After stints at Frito-Lay and Triple/S Dynamics, he is now a product handling manager with Heat & Control, Inc. in Carrollton, Texas. His name appears on nine U.S. patents.

Azad and Svejokovsky will be honored at the Annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet presented by the Friendswood Education Foundation and the FHS Alumni Association. Two other Alumni also will be honored, including Steven Jamail (1998) and Elaine Eitelbach Penton (1974), and former FISD Superintendent Walter Wilson will be recognized with the Honorary Distinguished Alumni award.

We are so pleased to be honoring these five individuals, who each have had tremendous accomplishments, said Trish Hanks, FISD Superintendent. The impact they have had on Friendswood is one that will last for many years.

The Distinguished Alumni Banquet will be held Thursday, October 18, at the Green Event Center in Friendswood. The reception begins at 7:30 p.m., with dinner and the program at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased at the FISD Administration Building at 302 Laurel in Friendswood. For more information, call (281)482-1267.

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Friendswood grads to be honored at Distinguished Alumni event