Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
Class Notes are searchable back to our spring 2000 issue. You can browse the notes by decade (click on a decade to view its class notes):
Class notes from the 1970s
| 1972Donald Bell is commander of The Salvation Army USA Southern Territory, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. He oversees all Salvation Army programs in 15 Southern states. He held a similar position in New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga the past five years. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) • Entomologist Mary Louise Flint received the UC Davis Academic Federation’s 2014 James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award. She retired last summer after 31 years as Cooperative Extension specialist in the Davis-based UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. “Her name is synonymous with IPM, pest control alternatives and public service . . . worldwide,” said Michael Parrella, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Nematology. Flint is married to Stephen Meyer ’71, a Sacramento attorney and son of the late former Chancellor James Meyer, for whom the award is named. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) |
| 1973David Bainbridge, M.S., is assistant professor and coordinator of environmental studies at the United States International University in San Diego. He recently published an article in the journal Environmental Management that discusses how human activities have affected the Mojave and Colorado deserts. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Christine Barnes and the editors of Sunset Books released Color for Your Home, a book on decorating with color. Her 1997 book, Color: The Quilter's Guide, featured the work of two other UC Davis alumni, Patrice Sims '74 and Maggie Potter '78. After graduating from UC Davis, Barnes worked as an intern for Sunset Magazine and then obtained a master's degree in journalism. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Apparel designer Ellen Hauptli curated an exhibition titled Asian Persuasion, Contemporary Works with Asian Influence at the Gayle Willson Gallery in Southampton, N.Y. Included in the exhibition were works by some UC Davis alumni: Keiki Fujita '80, Lois Hadfield '72, Carol Nakaso '82 and Carol Lee Shanks '79. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Bob Belmont sold his pest management business in Naples, Fla., in May after 16 years of ownership to merge with Massey Services, headquartered in Maitland, Fla. Belmont is now the pest prevention training and technical director for the firm. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Scott MacKinnon, J.D., is an attorney in Honolulu specializing in real estate. He was named one of The Best Lawyers in America in 1999-2000 and one of "Hawaii's Top Lawyers" by Honolulu Magazine. His name was recently added to that of his firm's: McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • (Elizabeth) Anne Nielsen is living on an island in southern Denmark and working as a reporter for the paper Naestved Tidente. She also recently contributed an article, "Camels in Love," to AardvarkExpress.com, a Web site that features articles for people over 50. Nielsen worked as a reporter for The Davis Enterprise before moving to Denmark in 1974. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Daniel Dooley received a 2000 Award of Distinction in October from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Dooley is a partner of Visalia law firm Dooley & Herr LLP and is a partner in Dooley Farms of Hanford. He is also a member of UC President Atkinson's Commission on Agriculture and Natural Resources and chair of UC Davis' Agricultural Issues Center advisory council. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Michael Gottfredson was appointed executive vice chancellor of UC Irvine in July, the second highest administrative position at the university, after having served as vice president of undergraduate education at the University of Arizona. Gottfredson's wife, Karol (Schmalenberger) is director of K-12 educational outreach for UCI Extension. Their daughter, Katherine '98, is a first-year student at the University of Arizona Law School. The couple's other child, Bryan, is a senior at the University of Arizona. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Christine Barnes is a free-lance writer and author of four books on quilting and home decoration, including the 1999 Sunset book Color for Your Home and a new book on interior design due out this June. Barnes also prints fabric, makes quilts and teaches color workshops for quilters. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Mark Santana was appointed a superior court judge for Maricopa County in Arizona. Santana lives with his wife, Patricia, and their sons, J.R. and Steve, in Phoenix. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Craig Cobb was promoted to vice president of Border Entertainment, a Blockbuster Video franchise operator with stores in Texas and Alaska. Cobb and his family live near Anchorage. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Edward Feldman, D.V.M., received a 2001 Alumni Achievement Award from UC Davis' School of Veterinary Medicine for his accomplishments in canine and feline endocrinology and reproduction. Feldman, a professor of small-animal internal medicine at UC Davis, is recognized internationally as an authority in clinical endocrinology. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Barbara Cuttle Voakes is working as an oncology nurse at Bloomington Hospital in Indiana and as a nursing instructor at Ivy Tech College in Bloomington. She received her B.S. in nursing from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. Before returning to school for her nursing degree, she worked in publishing in the Bay Area for six years and raised three sons. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Douglas Williams, D. Engr., a professor of bioresource and agricultural engineering at Cal Polytechnic in San Luis Obispo, has developed a system to convert manure from the university's dairy herd into methane gas, which in turn powers a turbine that produces electricity. He believes the process could prove valuable to the state, with its large dairy industry and growing energy crisis. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Mike Bellotti, head football coach for the University of Oregon, coached the West team to victory in the 77th annual East-West Shrine Game at Pac Bell Park in San Francisco in January. Nick Aliotti '76, an assistant at Oregon, was also on the West staff, and UC Davis student and Aggie quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan was a player. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Robert Brill, who was introduced to Edgar Allan Poe in a UC Davis class taught by Professor David Robertson, is working on a textbook about Poe's ties to Scotland. The book is based on five years of research and nine trips to Scotland, where Brill has visited the places Poe lived and traveled. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Joel Cleary is an orthopaedic surgeon with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Ft. Harrison, Mont., and is also working on a master's degree in health-care administration. He says that in his "spare" time, he and his wife enjoy the Montana outdoors with their eight children and adds, "I visited the Davis campus last summer during one of my rare visits to California, and I found that, in spite of all the new buildings, there are still lots of things that reminded me of the old UCD." (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Lt. Col. Steve Corum, an Air Guard chaplain with the South Dakota Air National Guard, was deployed to southern France in November in support of Operation Reforge. He says he had a great time visiting the area, including participating in a Veterans Day ceremony in Marseilles with both French and American dignitaries. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) |