Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1973Thomas Goff, J.D., was appointed a senior vice president at Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, heading the corporate reputation and crisis management practices in Los Angeles. He has previously worked as a corporate communications executive for Global Crossing, Lockheed and ARCO, and as a reporter and editor for Fortune, Esquire and New York Magazine. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Shermain Hardesty, M.S. '74, Ph.D. '84, a private consultant in the field of food marketing and agricultural cooperatives, was named director of the University of California's Center for Cooperatives. The center draws on the expertise of the university and other organizations to help develop cooperatives. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Lynn Talbot, professor of Spanish at Roanoke College, and her husband, Michael Squires, professor of English at Virginia Tech, have written Living at the Edge: A Biography of D. H. Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen (University of Wisconsin Press). The two are now compiling and editing the letters of Frieda Lawrence. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Martin Yan, M.S. '77, television chef from "Yan Can Cook," has opened a restaurant in Pleasant Hill--the first of what he hopes will become a national chain. The menu features dishes from a variety of Asian countries. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Lewis Chapman recently joined Xcyte Therapies Inc. in Seattle, Wash., as chief business officer, after having worked in the same position for VidaMed Inc., a medical device start-up company in the Bay Area. He has more than 20 years of experience in the biomedical industry and is responsible for the global development and commercial launch of several biopharmaceutical products for Genentech and Berlex/Schering AG. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • J. Phillip Eves, J.D., has been a district judge for the state of Utah for more than 17 years and writes that he is beginning to think about retiring now that his five children are grown. He and his wife, Karen, have been married for 38 years. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • A story written by Sally Fouhse, a museum accountant in Santa Barbara, was recently published in Chicken Soup for the Volunteer's Soul; it told about her experiences with a 92-year-old volunteer at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum, where Fouhse was associate director. Fouhse also leads hikes and backpacks for the Sierra Club, plays flute and piccolo in local musical groups and hopes to travel to India this winter. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Charley Soderquist, M.S., Ph.D. '78, a long-time campus volunteer and philanthropist and chair of the UC Davis Foundation, received an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Soderquist is a consultant and president of the Technology Development Center, a firm that assists start-up companies in Sacramento, and chair of the board of the UC Davis CONNECT Program, which links entrepreneurs with the UC system. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Greg Sweatt, Russ Wilder '76 and Paul Norton '80 led a group of Boy Scouts on a seven-day trek through Lassen Volcanic National Park, including a hike up 10,457-foot Lassen Peak. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • For the past 20 years, Sue Stauffer has been employed with the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau as creative director, recently completing interior design and signage for the new Sacramento Visitors Center located at 13th and J streets in Sacramento. She also coordinates and provides art direction for the Sacramento Visitor Guide twice a year. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Jan Bridges Bardsley co-produced the 2002 documentary Women in Japan: Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future. She is an associate professor of Japanese language and literature at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Penelope Jennings was appointed interim associate vice president for faculty affairs at California State University, Northridge. Jennings has worked in higher education for more than 20 years, serving as assistant provost before this appointment. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • David Bischel, a registered professional forester, is president of the California Forestry Association. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Dan Robinson, president of Sligo Computer Services Inc., ran for councilmember in Ward 3 in Takoma Park, Md., on Nov. 4. He has lived there since 1985. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Andrew Kluger, chair and CEO of Hawaii Air Ambulance, was elected to the Association of Air Medical Services national board of directors; he serves as the representative for seven western states. Kluger and his company have received a number of awards for their work, including the state’s top emergency medical services award in 2002. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Steve Mertens, M.A. ’77, and Carol (Cuenin) Mertens ’74 are the founders of Oakendell, a residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed teenage boys. It’s located on 124 acres near San Andreas. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • David Bainbridge, M.S., was awarded the Passive Solar Pioneer Award from the American Solar Energy Society in June. He is an associate professor at Alliant International University in San Diego. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Joseph Boitano, a senior vice president and general merchandise manager for Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises since 1999, was given expanded oversight in August of all women’s ready-to-wear merchandise for the luxury chain. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Harold Wood heads the Sierra Club’s John Muir Education Committee and helped organize an e-mail campaign in support of putting naturalist Muir and Yosemite Valley on the California quarter. Last spring, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger picked the Muir design out of 20 semifinalists for the quarter, which will be minted in 2005 to mark California’s 1850 entry into the United States. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Meredith “Merry” Edwards, M.S., was named 2004 winemaker of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. After 25 years of working for other vintners, Edwards launched Merry Edwards Wines in 1998 in the Russian River Valley. Edwards is a pioneer in the industry, having introduced the now-common technique of clonal diversity planting. She has two sons, Ben, 22, and Warren, 16. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) |