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Walt Kichefski was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, came to Miami in the mid 1930's, and would become one of the university's most recognizable figures for over 50 years. He played two-way end in 1936, '38 and '39, serving as captain and making honorable mention All-American during his briliant senior year.  Following graduation, Kichefski played professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers.  In 1943, he entered the coaching field at the University of Miami as line mentor, then played with the pros once more in 1944, before rejoining the Hurricane coaching staff to help drill the team which won the Orange Bowl Classic over Holy Cross, Jan. 1, 1946, the thrilling game the Hurricanes won after the final gun had sounded.

    Walt handled many coaching and other duties for the Hurricanes: end coach 1946-57, offensive line coach, 1958, assistant head coach to Andy Gustafson, 1959-63, administrative assistant and defensive end coach under Charlie Tate, 1964 through Miami's first two games in 1970, interim head coach and acting athletic director following Tate's resignation, and defensive end coach under Fran Curci, 1971-72.  He also served as Director of Recreation for the University's South Campus.  During his 30 years of coaching Hurricane pigskinners, Kichefski gained a brilliant reputation as one of America's foremost end mentors.  Four of his pupils, Ted Hendricks, Bill Miller, Frank McDonald and Ed Weisacosky became All-Americans.  Hendricks was one of the rare few in the United States ever to receive the award three consecutive years, while Miller was a two-time All-American.  The jovial Kichefski became assistant athletic director after retiring from coaching in 1972, and served as Director of the Athletic Federation, the forerunner to The Hurricane Club.  He was the main liaison between the University and various groups at the school, including the Hall of Fame, the Gridders Club, the "M" Club and other campus organizations.. Known as "The Gator Hater", Kichefski was inducted into the UM Sports Hall of Fame in 1969

Cristina Khuly is a Cuban-American sculptor, actress, environmentalist, and film director and producer based in New York. She was born in Miami, Florida on January 20th, 1970. She is best known for making the 2008 documentary, “Shoot Down.”

Khuly’s early career was in acting and modeling in the United States and abroad. From 1989-1999 she appeared in numerous print and screen advertisements including for Vogue, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, New Woman, Brides, Cosmopolitan and Glamour, and was in fashion campaigns such as ESPRIT, Valentino, Lilly Pulitzer and Benetton. She was featured in commercials for Meji ice-cream, Kirin beer, Honda's Vita in Japan, as well as for the cosmetics brand Clinique.

In the mid 1990’s, Khuly pursued an education in fine arts, studying at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI, and Florida National University. She received her BFA in Sculpture from the Florida International University in Miami in 1994. She worked in sculpture, painting, industrial design, graphic design and film and has won various awards for her art, including an Award in Sculpture from the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts in New Castle, PA, the New York Foundation for the Arts' Felissimo Design Award, and was the Miami Beach Art in Public Places "Electrowave Shuttle" Competition winner.

Her sculptural works have been displayed in gallery spaces and museums, including the Cooperstown Art Association in Cooperstown, NY; the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts in New Castle, PA; the Carnegie Mellon University's Hewlett Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA, and the Florida State University's Museum of Fine Arts in Tallahassee, FL. She has also produced commissioned works such as "Flight," which is on view as a permanent installation in Downtown Miami, Florida since 2002.

Khuly is Creative Director of Entertaining Ideas, which she co-founded in 2005 with her husband, Douglas Eger. Khuly has directed and produced films, including investing in the 2007 documentary film, “War/Dance,” which went on to win a number of awards and an Oscar nomination and making a short film about the Cuban sculptor Enrique Gay García. Khuly directed, narrated, and financed the 2008 documentary “Shoot Down,” which is about the events that took place on February 24th, 1996 around two aircraft operated by the Miami-based anti-Castro organization “Brothers to the Rescue” that were shot down while trying to enter into Cuban airspace. As the documentary shows, the details of the incident are still disputed to this day due to political interests and tensions. The “Brothers to the Rescue” incident resulted in the death of four men, including Khuly’s uncle, Armando Alejandre Jr, which created a deeply personal connection to the topic of the documentary. As Khuly says in a 2007 Miami Herald interview regarding making the film, “I was walking over the graves of dead relatives.''' Despite the political nature of the film, it was received by a wider audience. Currently, Khuly works on land conservation projects in Upstate New York with her husband.