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Names In Court Records

October 05, 1988 1 min read
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Following, from court documents released last week by the U.S. District Court, Western District, in Charlotte, N.C., are the names of persons who paid for education-related degrees from three bogus universities. Of the 100 individuals cited in the records as paying for education degrees, those listed are the only applicants who did not show an address in another country.

The listing indicates the bogus institution that awarded the degree and the date it was issued, according to the court records.

American National University, Phoenix, Ariz.

Jesus D’Silva Alamo, address unknown, PhD/Guidance Counseling

Patricia J. Bingaman, Honeybrook, Pa., BS/Early-childhood Ed., 5/17/83

Paul Ebenezer Burris, address unknown, PhD/Education

Norma J. Coombe, address unknown, MA/Education

Laura Belle Dillon Early, Atlanta, Ga., BA/Elementary Ed., 11/30/81

John Herbert Eikenberry, Safford, Ariz., PhD/Educational Admin., 11/23/82

Edna Beulah Mae Harris, Lincoln, Del., BS,MA/Postsecondary Ed., BS: 9/3/82

Katherine McEachern, address unknown, MA/Educational Admin.

Mary Alice Osborn, address unknown, MA/Education

David Alan Philip Pierce, Portsmouth, N.H., BA/Business Managmt,MA/Library Science, BA:2/4/83

Carol D. Ramos, West Palm Beach, Fla., PhD/English Ed., 7/19/82

Carlos Borges Rios, address unknown, PhD/Educational Admin., 5/3/82

Robert August Ruck, Smithtown, N.Y., PhD/Philosophy, 5/20/82

Barbara Ann Kinney White, Santa Cruz, Calif., PhD/Education

Carl G. Wilkinson, West Haven, Conn., PhD/Education

North American University, Stuart, Fla.

Ronald Kent Costa, Walpole, Mass., PhD/French, 4/8/83

Richard D. Ferriera, Turlock, Calif., PhD/Business, 5/2/83

Robert J. Fordiani, Dalton, Pa., PhD/Educational Admin., 6/1/82

Ahmed Adamli Mohammed, Atlanta, Ga., BS/Educational Psych.

Charlie James Nichols, Nicholasville, Ky., MA,DA/Music Education, MA:9/29/82, DA: 7/28/83

American National University, Miami, Fla.

Sister Francesca Holly, Lakewood, N.J., MA/English Education, 5/21/82

A version of this article appeared in the October 05, 1988 edition of Education Week as Names In Court Records

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