Alvena

Alvena Vajda Sečkar (1916 – 2012) was an American painter, children's book author, and social activist. The child of Slovakian immigrants to the United States, much of her work deals with the immigrant experience in Appalachian coal mining towns.

Alvena (Suhl) Storm (1902 – 2003) was the American Professor Emerita of Geography at San Diego State University (1926-1966) and a founding member of the department, serving as department chair. She was considered an expert in the geography of the Western United States.