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1963Bob Ross, a teacher at Davis High School, was one of 10 teachers in the Sacramento region recognized by Sacramento Magazine in its April issue. Ross has developed a new course, "Human Geography," an interdisciplinary class supported by the National Geographic Society that examines geography in terms of political, cultural and economic influences. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Carol Wall, M.A. '65, Ph.D. '71, vice chancellor of student affairs at UC Davis, announced her plans to retire at the end of the academic year after serving for more than 40 years at UC Davis. "I like to imagine that I shall reclaim the introverted, contemplative and rather compulsive person that I remember being before being swept up in the administrative life," she said. "I will read more, spend time with friends and family, again pursue photography and birding with dedicated attention, volunteer my services to worthy causes and, I hope, have a great deal of fun." (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Mary Schiedt, a longtime volunteer for nature-related endeavors, was named 2001 Volunteer of the Year by the Yolo Basin Foundation. A former research technician at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Schiedt has done bird banding for the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control Department, been education chair of the Yolo Audubon Society and a scientific aide for the state Department of Fish and Game, among other work. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • John O'Connor, M.S., professor of art at the University of Florida in Gainesville, had a solo exhibition at the Alexander Brest Museum of Art at Jacksonville University this fall. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Kay Gullikson Mehren, D.V.M. '65, has retired from her position as senior veterinarian at the Toronto Zoo after 29 years. She and husband Peter '64, M.A. '72, worked in Kenya with the Peace Corps for two years before she became the first intern in zoo animal medicine at the San Diego Zoo. She plans to continue working with the American College of Zoological Medicine, for which she is a charter diplomate, and other zoo and wildlife groups. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Michael Irwin, a research professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has won the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Science’s Faculty Award for Global Impact. He was honored for his contributions to the management of insect pests of soybeans and insect vectors of crop diseases, especially for developing countries. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Stuart Young, Ph.D., died in December 2003 at age 78. He served on the faculty of the pathology department of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University in 1964Ð89. He specialized in comparative neuro- and ophthalmic pathology, writing many papers on the subjects. Dr. Young is survived by his wife, Irene. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Peter Snustad, M.S., Ph.D. ’65, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Snustad is a professor of plant biology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and co-author of a widely used textbook titled The Principles of Genetics. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Herbert Stone has been honored with an “outstanding alumni” Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his accomplishments in the food science industry. Tragon Corp., his marketing research and sensory testing company, has conducted business in more than 25 countries. Stone also serves as an adjunct and visiting professor in China. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Howard Glaesner, D.V.M., has written a memoir, They Have Feelings Too, with true stories of animals he treated over 36 years, beginning in veterinary school and at his practices in Los Gatos, San Francisco and San Diego. Now retired, he lives in Henderson, Nev., with his wife, two dogs, two cats and a tortoise. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Bill Geer, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of biology at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., died in February at a Knox County, Ill., nursing home. He was a noted expert on fruit fly genetics. Among numerous honors, he was selected 1990 Illinois Professor of the Year. Survivors include his wife, Judy; children Susan, of La Grande, Ore., Kurt, of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla., and Kelly, of Galesburg, Ill; and his twin sister, Betty Breeden, of Elko, Nev. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Richard Van Konynenburg, M.S. ’65, of Livermore, died from a heart attack in Seattle in September at age 70. His 30-year career at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory focused primarily on nuclear materials research. By his 2006 retirement, he had begun researching a possible cause and treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome. Survivors include a brother, Franklin ’61, and two stepsons, including Leigh ’00. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • David Erickson, ’63, of Santa Rosa, died Feb. 1 at age 84. A Korean War Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient, he was a retired consultant and food chemist whose six patents included one for the Swift Butterball self-basting turkey. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue)
1964Beverly (Matthews) Efishoff, Cred. '65, is principal at Pueblo Vista Elementary School in Napa, where she has worked for 15 years. The school was named one of five state Title I Achieving Schools in May for its exemplary work educating disadvantaged children. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Carol Whiteside was appointed to the Sierra Health Foundation's board of directors. Whiteside has worked in public service for more than 25 years, including stints as director of intergovernmental affairs for Gov. Pete Wilson from 1993 to 1997 and as mayor of Modesto from 1987 to 1991. She is also founder and president of the Great Valley Center in Modesto, a nonprofit organization that works with other organizations and local governments to promote the Central Valley's economic, social and environmental well-being. Whiteside lives in Modesto with her husband, Superior Court Judge John Whiteside, and has two sons, Brian and Derek. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Marylee Hardie received an Award of Distinction in October from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Hardie has been a strong supporter of UC Davis and its programs for 35 years. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • James DeMartini, D.V.M. '66, Ph.D. '72, received the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's 2001 Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by the school. DeMartini, a professor of pathology at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, was recognized for his distinguished contributions to ruminant infectious disease research, to veterinary pathology and to veterinary medicine education. He is an internationally recognized researcher in retrovirus infection and immunity of small ruminants. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Signe Zoller, M.S. '88, winemaker for Meridian Winery in Paso Robles, helped produce a brochure titled "7 Things Every Gal Should Know About Ordering Wine" after the winery conducted a survey that found a much smaller percentage of women than men felt they were "very knowledgeable" about wine. Zoller, a stay-at-home mom who returned to UC Davis to get a master's degree in enology, told the San Francisco Chronicle, "I was nearing middle age before I got over my trepidation about wine." (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Warren Roberts, M.S., '69, superintendent of the UC Davis Arboretum, received an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his three decades of work developing the campus arboretum and making it an educational resource for the community. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • John Osborn completed his yearlong term as president of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. He still enjoys participating as a clinical professor in the Department of Surgery at the UC Davis School of Medicine and has a private practice at the Plastic Surgery Center in Sacramento, specializing in cosmetic procedures. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue)

1963Bob Ross, a teacher at Davis High School, was one of 10 teachers in the Sacramento region recognized by Sacramento Magazine in its April issue. Ross has developed a new course, "Human Geography," an interdisciplinary class supported by the National Geographic Society that examines geography in terms of political, cultural and economic influences. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Carol Wall, M.A. '65, Ph.D. '71, vice chancellor of student affairs at UC Davis, announced her plans to retire at the end of the academic year after serving for more than 40 years at UC Davis. "I like to imagine that I shall reclaim the introverted, contemplative and rather compulsive person that I remember being before being swept up in the administrative life," she said. "I will read more, spend time with friends and family, again pursue photography and birding with dedicated attention, volunteer my services to worthy causes and, I hope, have a great deal of fun." (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Mary Schiedt, a longtime volunteer for nature-related endeavors, was named 2001 Volunteer of the Year by the Yolo Basin Foundation. A former research technician at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Schiedt has done bird banding for the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control Department, been education chair of the Yolo Audubon Society and a scientific aide for the state Department of Fish and Game, among other work. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • John O'Connor, M.S., professor of art at the University of Florida in Gainesville, had a solo exhibition at the Alexander Brest Museum of Art at Jacksonville University this fall. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Kay Gullikson Mehren, D.V.M. '65, has retired from her position as senior veterinarian at the Toronto Zoo after 29 years. She and husband Peter '64, M.A. '72, worked in Kenya with the Peace Corps for two years before she became the first intern in zoo animal medicine at the San Diego Zoo. She plans to continue working with the American College of Zoological Medicine, for which she is a charter diplomate, and other zoo and wildlife groups. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Michael Irwin, a research professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has won the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Science’s Faculty Award for Global Impact. He was honored for his contributions to the management of insect pests of soybeans and insect vectors of crop diseases, especially for developing countries. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Stuart Young, Ph.D., died in December 2003 at age 78. He served on the faculty of the pathology department of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University in 1964Ð89. He specialized in comparative neuro- and ophthalmic pathology, writing many papers on the subjects. Dr. Young is survived by his wife, Irene. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Peter Snustad, M.S., Ph.D. ’65, was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Snustad is a professor of plant biology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and co-author of a widely used textbook titled The Principles of Genetics. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Herbert Stone has been honored with an “outstanding alumni” Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his accomplishments in the food science industry. Tragon Corp., his marketing research and sensory testing company, has conducted business in more than 25 countries. Stone also serves as an adjunct and visiting professor in China. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Howard Glaesner, D.V.M., has written a memoir, They Have Feelings Too, with true stories of animals he treated over 36 years, beginning in veterinary school and at his practices in Los Gatos, San Francisco and San Diego. Now retired, he lives in Henderson, Nev., with his wife, two dogs, two cats and a tortoise. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Bill Geer, Ph.D., a professor emeritus of biology at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., died in February at a Knox County, Ill., nursing home. He was a noted expert on fruit fly genetics. Among numerous honors, he was selected 1990 Illinois Professor of the Year. Survivors include his wife, Judy; children Susan, of La Grande, Ore., Kurt, of Indian Harbor Beach, Fla., and Kelly, of Galesburg, Ill; and his twin sister, Betty Breeden, of Elko, Nev. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Richard Van Konynenburg, M.S. ’65, of Livermore, died from a heart attack in Seattle in September at age 70. His 30-year career at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory focused primarily on nuclear materials research. By his 2006 retirement, he had begun researching a possible cause and treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome. Survivors include a brother, Franklin ’61, and two stepsons, including Leigh ’00. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • David Erickson, ’63, of Santa Rosa, died Feb. 1 at age 84. A Korean War Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient, he was a retired consultant and food chemist whose six patents included one for the Swift Butterball self-basting turkey.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue)

1964Beverly (Matthews) Efishoff, Cred. '65, is principal at Pueblo Vista Elementary School in Napa, where she has worked for 15 years. The school was named one of five state Title I Achieving Schools in May for its exemplary work educating disadvantaged children. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Carol Whiteside was appointed to the Sierra Health Foundation's board of directors. Whiteside has worked in public service for more than 25 years, including stints as director of intergovernmental affairs for Gov. Pete Wilson from 1993 to 1997 and as mayor of Modesto from 1987 to 1991. She is also founder and president of the Great Valley Center in Modesto, a nonprofit organization that works with other organizations and local governments to promote the Central Valley's economic, social and environmental well-being. Whiteside lives in Modesto with her husband, Superior Court Judge John Whiteside, and has two sons, Brian and Derek. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Marylee Hardie received an Award of Distinction in October from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Hardie has been a strong supporter of UC Davis and its programs for 35 years. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • James DeMartini, D.V.M. '66, Ph.D. '72, received the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's 2001 Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by the school. DeMartini, a professor of pathology at the Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, was recognized for his distinguished contributions to ruminant infectious disease research, to veterinary pathology and to veterinary medicine education. He is an internationally recognized researcher in retrovirus infection and immunity of small ruminants. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Signe Zoller, M.S. '88, winemaker for Meridian Winery in Paso Robles, helped produce a brochure titled "7 Things Every Gal Should Know About Ordering Wine" after the winery conducted a survey that found a much smaller percentage of women than men felt they were "very knowledgeable" about wine. Zoller, a stay-at-home mom who returned to UC Davis to get a master's degree in enology, told the San Francisco Chronicle, "I was nearing middle age before I got over my trepidation about wine." (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Warren Roberts, M.S., '69, superintendent of the UC Davis Arboretum, received an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for his three decades of work developing the campus arboretum and making it an educational resource for the community. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • John Osborn completed his yearlong term as president of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons. He still enjoys participating as a clinical professor in the Department of Surgery at the UC Davis School of Medicine and has a private practice at the Plastic Surgery Center in Sacramento, specializing in cosmetic procedures. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue)

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