Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1973Mark Fantozzi became manager of the structural engineering department for Siegfried Engineering Inc. in Stockton. Fantozzi has nearly 30 years of experience in designing special structures, including satellite earth stations and ground-control facilities. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Thomas Harbour was named director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s fire and aviation management program. Harbour has been with the Forest Service since 1970, leading teams in fighting the country’s largest fires. He now lives in Falls Church, Va., with his wife, LaRee. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Layton Damiano received the Vaca Arts Council’s Marianna Pokorny Award for his support of cultural arts in the Vacaville area. Damiano’s involvement includes membership in the Vacaville Arts Advisory Committee, the Vacaville Museum, the Solano Community Symphony and the North Bay Opera Guild. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Rick and Nancy (Honerlah) Murphy live in San Francisco with their youngest son, Sean, 17. Their two older children, Erik ’06 and Amy ’07, are both students at UC Davis and Aggie lacrosse players. Rick is a founding partner in the Oakland-based civil litigation firm Drath, Clifford, Murphy and Hagen, and Nancy is a docent at the San Francisco Zoo. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • After 20 years in the Marine Corps, Clifton “Randy” Weyeneth and his wife, Sandy, minister to Marines bound for Iraq from Camp Pendleton through an organization called The Navigators. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Chris Holter of San Francisco died in December 2004 at age 53. Mr. Holter organized youth centers in Iowa and taught math and science at the Independent Learning School in San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles to work in the film industry. After producing the Warner Bros. animated feature Marco Polo–Return to Xanadu in 2004 he moved back to San Francisco, where he was active in the arts, including the Frameline Film Festival and the Film Arts Foundation. He is survived by his mother, Ora; his brother, David; and his longtime companion, Ron Merk. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Carey Laine received his doctorate in psychology from the Professional School of Psychology in Sacramento. Laine now works as a professor at Yuba College and as a psychological assistant with plans to obtain his license. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • Eugene Steffey, Ph.D., was one of three recipients of a 2005 Alumni Achievement Award from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Steffey, professor of anesthesiology at the school, was recognized for his research and artful clinical practice, which are improving the safety of anesthesia and recovery rates for animals. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • John Andrews, Ph.D., became president of the American Phytopathological Society in August. A professor of plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Andrews succeeds UC Davis Professor Jim MacDonald. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Andrew Kluger was elected to a second term on the Association of Air Medical Services board of directors. Kluger is chair of the board and chief executive officer of Hawaii Air Ambulance in Honolulu. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Jody Gomber, M.A., Ph.D. ’75, retired in the fall after a 30-year career in Canadian public service. Her positions included prison psychologist with the Canadian Penitentiary Service, housing analyst with the treasury board and director general of drug strategy and controlled substances with Health Canada. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Paul Nielsen, M.S., Ph.D. ’81, was elected to the board of directors for PAR Technology Corp., an information technology firm that serves the restaurant and hotel industries as well as the U.S. government. Nielsen is the director and chief executive officer of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. He is also a 32-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Henry Wirz is president and chief executive officer of SAFE Credit Union, where he has worked since 1979. Wirz is also chair of the board of Credit Union Direct Lending, the largest auto lending company in California. His son, Andrew, is a current student at UC Davis. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Mike Byrne was named 2006 Livestock Man of the Year at the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco in April. Byrne is a fourth-generation cattle rancher, continuing his family’s 175-year-old Klamath Basin operation. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Phillip Ellis has joined global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited as the firm’s global energy practice leader. Ellis lives and works in London. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Douglas Light, Ph.D. ’81, and his U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service codling moth team received an award for superior efforts in technology transfer at an ARS award ceremony in February. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Jeffrey Miller, Ph.D. ’77, has written 100 Caterpillars: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica (Harvard University Press) with co-authors Daniel Janzen and Winifred Hallwachs. Miller is an insect ecologist, macrophotographer and professor in Oregon State University’s Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Gajendra Singh, Ph.D., has received the Massey-Ferguson Educational Award from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Singh, vice chancellor of Doon University in India, was honored for his contributions as a leader and teacher of agricultural engineering. He is the first individual outside the United States to receive the award. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Curt Edwards, vice president of the San Diego office of Psomas, an engineering firm, received the Said Khoury Award from the World Federation of Engineering Organizations. He was honored for his contributions to natural disaster relief, having assisted with more than 10 post-earthquake investigations during the past 15 years, as well as helping with the investigation of damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Dean Vogel, Cred., was recently elected vice president of the California Teachers Association. He currently serves as the secretary-treasurer of the 340,000-member association and will begin two years as vice president in June. Vogel is also a counselor in the Vacaville school system and was named Advocate of the Year by the California Association of School Counselors in 2006. A Vacaville Unified School District educator since 1973, he has taught every elementary grade. His wife, Nancy Hiestand ’69, Cred. ’70, ’79, M.A. ’81, teaches at Fairmont Elementary School. The two live in Davis and have three daughters and five grandchildren. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) |