Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1974Ross Jennings, an associate professor of accounting at the McCombs School of Business, was elected to the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Texas at Austin. The academy recognizes tenured faculty members who have made significant contributions to education, particularly at the undergraduate level. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Emily Vasquez, an attorney with Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, was chosen Humanitarian of the Year by the Sacramento County Bar Association. Vasquez was recognized for her charitable work with the Health Education Council, an organization that provides health education programs to at-risk children and adults in low-income and under-served communities. Vasquez specializes in labor and employment litigation. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Kent Lacin, M.F.A., is the owner of Kent Lacin Media Services, a commercial photography studio in Sacramento. He has been practicing photography in Sacramento for more than 30 years and has been the subject of three articles in national magazines for both his commercial and fine art photography. He recently was included in the Graphis Advertising Annual 2000. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Michael Garcia was elected presiding judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court, heading the county courts and serving as its chief administrative decision-maker and spokesman. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Jay Hestbeck, Ph.D. '83, was named the director of the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, N.D., where he is responsible for USGS biological research activities in the northern Great Plains and other areas of the western United States. Hestbeck previously worked at USGS's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland and the Massachusetts Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • DeAnne Julius, M.A., Ph.D. '75, was appointed as a non-executive director of Lloyds TSB Group. She was previously a member of the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee and chair of the Banking Services Consumer Codes Review Group. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Stephen Peithman, who heads the community relations office at American River College in Sacramento, was named a fellow of the American Association of Community Theatre for his contributions to community theater. Peithman is a founding member of the Davis Comic Opera Company, co-founder of Stage Directions magazine, host of the weekly radio program "Musical Stages" on Capital Public Radio, an instructor and author. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Jacqueline Schultz, a theatrical producer, was named Arts Executive of the Year by the Arts and Business Council of Sacramento. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Emily Vasquez, a partner in the Sacramento law firm Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, was appointed to the Sacramento County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis. Vasquez immigrated to the United States as a child with her farm-worker parents. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • David Ichikawa was named chief business officer of Sagres Discovery, a biotechnology company in Davis. Ichikawa has worked in the biopharmaceutical industry for 20 years, most recently as a vice president with Chiron Corp. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Larry Bell, M.S. '75, a consultant, has received the Institute of Food Technology's 2002 Industrial Scientist Award. The institute noted that Bell, who has developed several patents for processing and packaging fresh-cut vegetables, "more than any other individual over the past 20 years . . . has been responsible for the development and emergence of the fresh-cut produce industry." He and his wife, Linda (Walker) Bell '72, live in Pacific Grove with their daughter, Alissa, a junior at Pacific Grove High, and two cats and a bunny. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Stephanie Kim Digardi is a registered nurse, working both in an acute hospital setting and as an independent legal nurse consultant. She is president-elect of the Greater Sacramento Area Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants and is also working on a master's degree in negotiation and conflict management at California State University, Dominguez Hills. She is married and has two children, Christopher and Erick Smith. The family lives in Napa. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Jann Donnenwirth, M.S. '93, program director for UC Davis Extension's Center for Human Services, has received the 2002 President's Award from the National Eligibility Workers Association for her contributions to the professional development of county human service agency personnel who determine eligibility for many federal and state services. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • James Barkovich was elected to a four-year term as secretary-general of the World Federation of Neuroradiological Societies, an organization of 21 such national and regional societies. Barkovich is professor of radiology, pediatrics, neurology and neurosurgery in residence at UC San Francisco and director of the UCSF Imaging Center. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • John Nesbitt, M.A., Ph.D. '80, had his most recent western novel, Black Hat Butte, published by Leisure Books. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Barbara Renick is an independent consultant in Ellensburg, Wash. She was previously assistant to the tribal chair of the Coyote Valley Tribe in Northern California and, for the state, served as director of Indian services. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Reno Cruz is president and CEO of packaging-equipment manufacturer Klockner KHS and works from the company's headquarters in Milwaukee. His daughter Kimberly graduated from UC Davis in 2002. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Mark Gailey of Chico returned to teaching as a high school resource specialist teacher after serving as assistant and head principal for several elementary schools. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Steve White, J.D., was appointed a judge to the Sacramento Superior Court. Previously, he was state inspector general of the California correctional system and, from 1989 to 1994, was Sacramento County district attorney. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Terald Zall published Beyond the Argonauts, a history of the Rideout family in Butte County and surrounding counties during the 19th and 20th centuries. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) |