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1971Jim Moore, D.V.M. ’74, received a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teacher Professorship at the University of Georgia. The equine surgeon is one of only two faculty members there ever to receive both the teaching honor and the title of distinguished research professor, which he has held since 2002. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Dan Koenigshofer has been named a senior member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineers. He is vice president for healthcare in the Chapel Hill, N.C. of Dewberry, a professional services firm. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Daniel Koenigshofer is the editor-in-chief of the HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and Clinics, 2nd ed., released in April by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He is vice president for healthcare at Dewberry Engineers’ office in Chapel Hill, N.C. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Robin Ann (Ross) Williams was honored as Michigan’s Diabetes Educator of the Year 2012 by the Michigan Coordinating Body of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is coordinator of an accredited diabetes self-management education program for Family Health Care in Baldwin, Mich. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Chris Jarvi, M.S., a former associate director for the National Park Service, died of pancreatic cancer at his Anaheim Hills home in April. He was 68. During his 2003–10 tenure with the Park Service, he oversaw partnerships with nonprofit organizations. He previously spent 22 years as park superintendent and director of community services for the city of Anaheim. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Karlene Joyce Taylor, Cred. ’72, a former high school teacher who started her own trucking business, died at her Riverside home in March at age 64. She taught at Santa Rosa, Fontana and Arlington high schools before launching K/J Taylor Trucking Inc. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Roger “Terry” Turner, a Davis artist and civil rights activist who joined the 1965 Freedom March with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala., died of complications of pancreatic cancer in April. He was 74. A professor of art and humanities at Woodland Community College for 35 years, he traveled to Mississippi last year on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to study the history of the civil rights movement. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Robert Blanford died in his Roseville home in May at age 64. He had been a park ranger and a state farmland and open space conservation research analyst. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Tom Chadwick, M.S., an environmental engineer for more than 35 years, died in an Escondido senior home in January from complications of Lewy body dementia. He was 71. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Roland James, of Sacramento, died in February at age 80. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a photographer. His 30 years of public service include work for the Oakland Police Department and the state. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Victor Wahl, a Boulder Creek attorney, died in San José in January. He was 62. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Libby Balter Blume was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Family Theory & Review. She is a professor and the director of the developmental psychology undergraduate program at the University of Detroit Mercy. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Robert Ansell, D.V.M. ’73, Clayton, died March 1 at age 74. He was a Navy veteran and Concord veterinarian. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue)
1972David Carle published Drowning the Dream--California's Water Choices at the Millennium (Praeger Publishers, 2000), a book that explores how the importation of water has shaped population growth in the state. After graduating from UC Davis, Carle received a master's degree in recreation and parks administration from California State University, Sacramento. He is currently unit ranger at Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, a position he shares with his wife. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • David Carle will be retiring in October after 27 years of service as a California state park ranger. Carle also teaches biology at the Eastern Sierra College Center in Mammoth Lakes and recently had a book published, Drowning the Dream, California's Water Choices at the Millennium. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Elihu Harris, J.D., was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to a four-year term on the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Harris served as mayor of Oakland in 1991-1999 and, before that, was a member of the California Assembly for 12 years. He is also on the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Alfred Murray was appointed chief of staff to Oakland City Council member Moses Mayne Jr. in May. As such, he serves as council policy analyst and advises on constituent issues. Murray is also the owner of Quality Assurance Legal Services and is a student at the John F. Kennedy University School of Law. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Bill Roberts won a 2001 Maggie Award from the Western Publications Association for an article he wrote for Electronic Business on the history of the Silicon Valley. The article, titled "A Time, A Place, A Mystique," appeared in "25 Years of Innovation," published in October 2000 for the magazine's 25th anniversary. Roberts, a free-lance business and technology journalist, has been a contributing writer at the magazine for three years. He lives in Los Altos. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Mary Schoeser co-authored a chapter in the recently published book Women Designers in the USA 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference (Yale University Press, 2000). Schoeser wrote the chapter "Well-Paying Self Support: Women Textile Designers in the USA" with Whitney Blausen. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Paul Voakes received tenure at Indiana University School of Journalism. He got a master's degree from UC Berkeley in 1974, then worked at Bay Area newspapers for 15 years before getting a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1994. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue)

1971Jim Moore, D.V.M. ’74, received a Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teacher Professorship at the University of Georgia. The equine surgeon is one of only two faculty members there ever to receive both the teaching honor and the title of distinguished research professor, which he has held since 2002. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • Dan Koenigshofer has been named a senior member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineers. He is vice president for healthcare in the Chapel Hill, N.C. of Dewberry, a professional services firm. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Daniel Koenigshofer is the editor-in-chief of the HVAC Design Manual for Hospitals and Clinics, 2nd ed., released in April by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He is vice president for healthcare at Dewberry Engineers’ office in Chapel Hill, N.C. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Robin Ann (Ross) Williams was honored as Michigan’s Diabetes Educator of the Year 2012 by the Michigan Coordinating Body of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. She is coordinator of an accredited diabetes self-management education program for Family Health Care in Baldwin, Mich. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Chris Jarvi, M.S., a former associate director for the National Park Service, died of pancreatic cancer at his Anaheim Hills home in April. He was 68. During his 2003–10 tenure with the Park Service, he oversaw partnerships with nonprofit organizations. He previously spent 22 years as park superintendent and director of community services for the city of Anaheim. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Karlene Joyce Taylor, Cred. ’72, a former high school teacher who started her own trucking business, died at her Riverside home in March at age 64. She taught at Santa Rosa, Fontana and Arlington high schools before launching K/J Taylor Trucking Inc. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Roger “Terry” Turner, a Davis artist and civil rights activist who joined the 1965 Freedom March with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Ala., died of complications of pancreatic cancer in April. He was 74. A professor of art and humanities at Woodland Community College for 35 years, he traveled to Mississippi last year on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to study the history of the civil rights movement. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Robert Blanford died in his Roseville home in May at age 64. He had been a park ranger and a state farmland and open space conservation research analyst. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Tom Chadwick, M.S., an environmental engineer for more than 35 years, died in an Escondido senior home in January from complications of Lewy body dementia. He was 71. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Roland James, of Sacramento, died in February at age 80. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a photographer. His 30 years of public service include work for the Oakland Police Department and the state. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Victor Wahl, a Boulder Creek attorney, died in San José in January. He was 62. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Libby Balter Blume was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Family Theory & Review. She is a professor and the director of the developmental psychology undergraduate program at the University of Detroit Mercy. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Robert Ansell, D.V.M. ’73, Clayton, died March 1 at age 74. He was a Navy veteran and Concord veterinarian. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue)

1972David Carle published Drowning the Dream--California's Water Choices at the Millennium (Praeger Publishers, 2000), a book that explores how the importation of water has shaped population growth in the state. After graduating from UC Davis, Carle received a master's degree in recreation and parks administration from California State University, Sacramento. He is currently unit ranger at Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, a position he shares with his wife. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • David Carle will be retiring in October after 27 years of service as a California state park ranger. Carle also teaches biology at the Eastern Sierra College Center in Mammoth Lakes and recently had a book published, Drowning the Dream, California's Water Choices at the Millennium. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Elihu Harris, J.D., was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis to a four-year term on the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Harris served as mayor of Oakland in 1991-1999 and, before that, was a member of the California Assembly for 12 years. He is also on the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Alfred Murray was appointed chief of staff to Oakland City Council member Moses Mayne Jr. in May. As such, he serves as council policy analyst and advises on constituent issues. Murray is also the owner of Quality Assurance Legal Services and is a student at the John F. Kennedy University School of Law. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Bill Roberts won a 2001 Maggie Award from the Western Publications Association for an article he wrote for Electronic Business on the history of the Silicon Valley. The article, titled "A Time, A Place, A Mystique," appeared in "25 Years of Innovation," published in October 2000 for the magazine's 25th anniversary. Roberts, a free-lance business and technology journalist, has been a contributing writer at the magazine for three years. He lives in Los Altos. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Mary Schoeser co-authored a chapter in the recently published book Women Designers in the USA 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference (Yale University Press, 2000). Schoeser wrote the chapter "Well-Paying Self Support: Women Textile Designers in the USA" with Whitney Blausen. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Paul Voakes received tenure at Indiana University School of Journalism. He got a master's degree from UC Berkeley in 1974, then worked at Bay Area newspapers for 15 years before getting a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1994. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue)

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