Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1960s
| 1969Construction and real-estate lobbyist Rex Hime, J.D. '72, president and chief executive officer of the California Business Properties Association, was profiled by the Sacramento Business Journal in December in an article that marked the 30th anniversary of the association and Hime's 30 years of work in and around the state Capitol. He, his wife, Gwyn Bicker '87, and their two children live in Loomis. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Gidley was named commanding general of the National Guard's 40th infantry division in April. Gidley joined the military in 1970, serving in the Vietnam War as a helicopter pilot flying rescue missions and in the Gulf War as a leader of medical troops. He is now in charge of 12,500 soldiers in 130 units, most of them based in California. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Rex Hime, J.D. '72, president and chief executive officer of California Business Properties Association, was appointed to the newly created state Recycled Water Task Force, which will make recommendations for increasing California's water supply through the use of recycled water. Hime is also chair of the UC Davis Chancellor's Club. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Donald R. Bridgewater, M.P.V.M., died in Denver in July 2002 at age 67. After serving as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Veterinary Corps and briefly operating a large-animal veterinary practice, Dr. Bridgewater joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working in Cody, Wyo., Denver, Colo., and Davis, and was instrumental in the control and eradication of various livestock diseases. He retired in 1997 in Northglenn, Colo., where he had lived since 1969. He is survived by his wife, Mary Lynn; his son, Russell, and his wife, Polly; his daughter, Donnalynn Hunter, her husband, Tom, and their six children. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • At the request of UC Davis Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, Thomas Miller, Ph.D. '74, served as UC Davis' representative at the inauguration of Jo Ann Gora as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. The scientific leader of protein microarrays at PerkinElmer Life Sciences in Boston, Miller has developed over 50 commercial assays and has overseen planning and operations in research divisions at four different companies. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • James Fuller, D.V.M. , associate professor of oral biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, died of cardiac arrest in July 2002 at age 59. A prominent neurophysiologist as well as a veterinarian, Dr. Fuller conducted research on the motor control of eye, head and neck movements in mammals. Survivors include his wife, Linda. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Rex Hime, J.D. '72, president and chief executive officer of California Business Properties Association, was named to serve on the newly created State Recycled Water Task Force, which will provide recommendations for increasing the state's water supply through the use of recycled water. Hime was also named vice chair of the California Exposition & State Fair board and chair of the UC Davis Chancellor's Club, a support group for the campus. Hime lives in Loomis. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Dorothy Caiger Senghas, M.A., died of pancreatic cancer in December 2003. Mrs. Senghas was on the library staff at UC Davis, Simmons College and the University of Vermont. She also served as president of the ACLU of Vermont. She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Robert Senghas, three children, four grandchildren and a sister. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Michael Leong has been named assistant to the regional director in the National Labor Relations Board's office in Oakland. He and his wife, Kathy, have two daughters, Erin, 23, and Misha, 20. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Arnold Meagher, M.A., Ph.D. '75, has published his memoirs, Ireland, My Ireland: Memories from the Heartland. A native of Ireland who came to the United States in his early 20s, Meagher works in communications and technical and proposal writing. He lives with his wife, Jackie Devlin '66, M.S. '73, in Eufala, Ala. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Bob Owens was re-elected to a second term as Lassen County superintendent of schools. His wife, Kathy, and his daughter are both teachers, and his son is a senior at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Merideth Bowen Shamszad of Oakland has published a book titled The Naked Heart: How I Painted My Way Through Breast Cancer, based on her own experience. She and artist Bibiana Lai also began a new company, Lifecasting, which helps other women use art and torso casts to celebrate their bodies and heal from the trauma of breast cancer. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Helen Crawford, M.A., Ph.D. ’74, professor of psychology at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, received the 2003 Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Scientific Excellence from the International Society of Hypnosis. She researches the neurophysiology of hypnosis and pain control, as well as genetic determinants of hypnotic susceptibility, and has current projects with scientists in Israel, Austria, Romania and Spain. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Dennis Carlton co-published a book about the Caribbean island of St. Barths that has reportedly been well received by native islanders. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Daniel Desmond, M.Ed. ’74, a youth development advisor for UC Cooperative Extension, received a food and science policy fellowship in May. Fellows serve for one year and work on a range of issues, including youth diet and school nutrition. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Delaine Eastin, past state superintendent for public instruction and a former assemblymember, now teaches administrative leadership and public policy courses as a visiting faculty member in the doctoral education program at Mills College in Oakland. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Melanie Reitzel Ashworth has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize in nonfiction for “A Personal History in Color,” which was published in October in the North American Review. Ashworth, an R.N. lactation consultant at Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, is hoping to pursue an M.F.A. degree at San Francisco State University. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Rex Hime, J.D. ’72, is the chair of the California Exposition & State Fair board of directors. Hime, a Loomis resident, is also president and chief executive officer of the California Business Properties Association, a lobbying organization representing the commercial, retail and industrial real-estate industry. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • After a 30-year career with the U.S. Public Heath Service, Bureau of Medical Services, Michael Breckinridge retired and is now a tribal employee at Pleasant Point Health Center in Perry, Maine. His public health service included assignments in New York, Puerto Rico, the Ft. Peck Reservation in Montana and the Passamaquoddy Reservation in Perry. He and his wife, Cathy, have three daughters. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Helen Crawford, M.A., Ph.D. ’74, was named professor emerita by Virginia Tech University. The title, conferred upon distinguished retirees from the university faculty, recognizes Crawford’s near 20 years of research and teaching in cognitive psychology, hypnosis and pain control. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) |