Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1960s
| 1962John "Jack" Corey, M.S., received an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Corey, an authority on the remediation of subsurface contaminants, manages the lead laboratory for the Department of Energy's Subsurface Contamination Focus Area at the Savannah River Technology Center. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Roy Saigo was named president of St. Cloud State University, Minnesota's second-largest university. He had been chancellor at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Bob Foster, M.A. '74, former football coach at UC Davis and defensive coordinator at the University of Oregon, was lured out of retirement to serve as linebacker coach for UC Berkeley. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Lowell "Skip" Nault recently retired from the Ohio State University after 36 years of service. At the time of his retirement he was associate director of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and professor of entomology. He now plans to spend more time with his children and grandchildren in New York and Oregon, fly fishing, caring for his saltwater reef tanks and playing tennis. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Leon “Lee” Siegel, D.V.M., has organized the Nature Knowledge Workshop for the Sierra Club for 20 years; it consists of daytime nature walks and evening programs led by biologists, plus concerts and yoga/meditation, in the Cleveland National Forest. After 40 years of veterinary practice, Siegel retired due to Parkinson’s disease. He lives in San Diego. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Roy Saigo, the president of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, has received a Professional Leadership Award from the Minnesota Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans. Saigo, who has been president of the 16,000-student university for four years, was recognized his work in creating partnerships to deal with the complex issues of diversity. He and his wife, Barbara, have three grown children and two grandchildren. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Lee Skinner, D.V.M. ’64, retired after 35 years of veterinary medicine practice and is now cultivating wine grapes. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • J. Neil Rutger, M.S., Ph.D. ’64, received an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Rutger, a rice geneticist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has helped to develop rice varieties that have added billions of dollars to the California economy. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Harry Minor died in July 2005 at home in Columbia, Mo. After serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Brazil in 1962–1965, Dr. Minor went on to work with the nation’s ministry of agriculture and as a visiting professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Port Alegre in the 1970s. In 1978 he joined the University of Missouri, from which he retired in 2000 as an associate professor of agronomy. Dr. Minor worked for over 30 years as an international consultant in Central and South America, Asia and Africa with numerous international organizations, including the United Nations. Survivors include his wife, Marian, four children and four grandchildren. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Roy Saigo, president of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, plans to retire in June. Saigo, president of SCSU since 2000, is considering an invitation from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to work on international education. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • The Community Anti-Racism Education Initiative in St. Cloud, Minn., recognized St. Cloud State University President Roy Saigo in April for his dedication to the pursuit of equity and social justice. Commissioned by Saigo to create a positive racial identity and culture at SCSU and in the St. Cloud community, C.A.R.E. also named the first recipient of the Dr. Roy Saigo Award. Saigo, whose accomplishments include bringing more domestic and international students and faculty of color to the university, is retiring after seven years as president. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Richard “Doc” Quinn, D.V.M., died in November 2007 at the age of 76. Dr. Quinn was a member of the 82nd Airborne and moved to Davis after his tour of duty to pursue his veterinary studies. After graduation, he opened his own large- and small-animal practice in North Highlands. He later moved to San Diego where he owned small animal hospitals in La Mesa and Chula Vista before retiring in 1981.Survivors include his four children, Joe, Mary Lou, Susan Bird and Jane Quinn Cambell; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. (appeared in the Spring 2008 issue) • HARVEY PINE recently wrote two plays, Love Gone Wrong , an anti-war piece, and Hell Froze Over, a romantic comedy dealing with religion. Before retiring in 1994, he worked for the Los Angeles County Fire Department as a hazardous materials specialist. He currently lives in Sandpoint, Idaho, with his wife, Anita. (appeared in the Summer 2009 issue) • Viola Hildebrand, M. A., Cred. ’64, died of congestive heart failure at a Davis retirement center in July after her health declined from Alzheimer’s disease. She was 89. After receiving her master’s degree, she taught art at Sacramento and Davis high schools. When her husband, zoology professor Milton Hildebrand, began teaching human sexuality courses, she studied to become a professional sex therapist. She counseled people in family planning and problem pregnancy, conducted therapy groups for UC Davis women at her home and taught summer-session sexuality courses. In addition to her husband of more than 65 years, survivors include three children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • Carl Abbot Jr., a retired food scientist, died last July in Idaho at age 75. After graduating from UC Davis, he worked for Dole Fruits and Nuts as a microbiologist conducting research on nuts and was in charge of quality control. In 1977 he married Mary Grady in Reno, Nev., and a few years after his retirement in 1998, the couple moved to Lake Cocolalla, Idaho. Mr. Abbot enjoyed building furniture, traveling, hunting and reading. Along with his wife, he is survived by seven children, Ed, Linda, Lori, James, Jennifer, Jim and Roy; 12 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; sister, Lila Olson; and his aunt, Evalyn McIntire. He was preceded in death by his son, Ron. (appeared in the Winter 2010 issue) • Roy Saigo, president emeritus of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, was recently selected in an online poll by the St. Cloud Times as one of the region’s “10 most influential people of the decade.” Following his 2007 retirement as university president, he spent a year as a distinguished academic fellow for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. He currently writes, speaks and consults for higher education institutions. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Peter “Joe” Callizo, M.A., a botanist and conservationist who planted hundreds of oak trees at the Wantrup Wildlife Sanctuary in Pope Valley, died last December at a Napa hospital. He was 74. He worked for more than 20 years as caretaker of the Wantrup preserve and served on the board of the nonprofit Land Trust of Napa County, which owns the 730-acre savannah. He also was a frequent lecturer and field trip leader for the Napa Valley Museum, Napa County Historical Society, California Native Plant Society, Sierra Club and, more recently, Preservation Napa Valley. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Theodore “Ted” Poppinga, D.V.M., a Colusa veterinarian, died in January after a long illness. He was 86. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Sheldon “Shel” Smith, M.A., of Los Gatos, died at age 82 on November 27. He was a Korean War Navy veteran and retired NASA’s Ames Research Center scientist. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Gary Wilson, of Bakersfield, died at age 73 on October 12. He was owner of Wilson Ag farm company. Survivors include his wife Patricia (Pensar) ’61. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) |