Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1975Andrew Gelbman, M.S., Ph.D. '82, completed a fellowship in trauma radiology and now practices medicine at Creighton St. Joseph Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Brenda Jew Waters was recently elected to the 17-member board of directors of California Arts Advocates. Waters owns West Coast Connections in Sacramento. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Michael Kerfoot, D.V.M., owner of Bovine Health Services in Bakersfield, was appointed to the California Veterinary Medical Board. The board is responsible for the licensing and regulation of veterinarians and veterinary technicians. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Peter Stekel's first novel, The Flower Lover, was published this spring. This mystery-thriller is the tale of journalist Richard Garcia, who investigates the disappearance of a rare cultivated orchid and discovers an underground operation selling nuclear weapons on the black market. Stekel lives in Seattle and writes frequently about nature, travel, history and entertainment. His story "A Mickey Mouse Picnic Day" appeared in the spring 1999 issue of UC Davis Magazine. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Dennis Stevenson, Ph.D., was appointed director for the Institute of Systematic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden in February. Stevenson and his staff study and document plant diversity around the world, inform the scientific community and the public of their findings and train future botanists. Stevenson is one of the world's leading authorities on cycads, an ancient group of tropical plants that resemble palms but are more closely related to pine trees. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Diane Eidam was appointed executive director of the California Transportation Commission. She had been deputy director of the California Department of Transportation's District 3. The commission is responsible for programming and funding several billion dollars annually for transportation projects throughout California. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Thomas Bonte, a judge pro tempore in small claims and traffic court of the Stanislaus County Superior Court, is a candidate for superior court judge. The election, yet to be held at this writing, will be March 5. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Sterrett Harper, Cred. '76, was elected president of the California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters for 2001-02. Harper owns his own business, Harper Claims Service, and has been married for over 20 years to Joey. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • John Shepard Wiley Jr., a UCLA law professor, wrote two articles on antitrust offenses and tax offenses for the Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice (2001). Wiley has been a member of the UCLA law faculty since 1983. In September he climbed the Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Hans Ostrom, M.A. '78, has written A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia (Greenwood Publishing Group) about the African American author and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Ostrom is professor of English and co-director of African-American studies at the University of Puget Sound. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Marcia Waldorf, a District Court judge in Hawaii, was appointed to the First Circuit Court, pending confirmation by the state Senate. Waldorf, a former state public defender, was named an administrative judge last year. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • David Mazza, a foot surgeon with the Chula Vista Podiatry Group, was elected president of the California Podiatric Medical Association, a professional society for foot and ankle specialists. He will serve through June 2003. Mazza and his wife, Karen, have three daughters and one son. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Cal Piston, M.A.T. '77, professor of mathematics at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., was appointed associate dean of faculty development. Piston has been a professor at JBU since 1982 and now also serves as chair of the Division of Natural Science and director of the Institute for Learning Enhancement. He and his wife, Stephanie '74, have four children. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Philip Satre, J.D., has stepped down as chief executive officer of Harrah's Entertainment but remains chair of the board of directors. Satre led the company's expansion from four to 26 casinos over the past two decades. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Elaine (Osmunson) Ahrendt, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker in Fremont, was voted Best Realtor for the second year in a row in the ANG Newspapers 2002 Bay Area Best poll. She has been a Realtor for 13 years and has been married to UC Santa Barbara grad Eric Ahrendt for 22 years. Her son Trevor is a sophomore at UC Davis, and her son Sam is a senior at Mission San Jose high school in Fremont. She owns a bulldog named Buster. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Robert Brady, M.F.A., is a Bay Area sculptor who also teaches at California State University, Sacramento. His works have been collected by the Oakland Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Ahmad Faruqui, M.A., Ph.D. '79, a fellow of the American Institute of International Studies and vice president of Charles River Associates in Oakland, recently published two books. Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan: The Price of Strategic Myopia (Ashgate Publishing) provides a comprehensive look at Pakistan's national security. Electricity Pricing in Transition (Kluwer Academic Publishing) is an edited collection of papers that includes a special section dealing with California's power crisis. It also contains an essay by Anjali Sheffrin, M.A. '78, Ph.D. '81. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Howard Lind was named managing partner of Oakland law firm Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean. A specialist in real estate, Lind joined the firm in 1978, becoming a partner in 1985. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Wendy Furth was named Southern California's Certified Residential Specialist of the Year for 2002. She has worked in real estate for 18 years and is currently with RE/MAX Olson in Northridge. She lives with her husband, Dave, and cat, Sammy, and enjoys jazz, golf and powerboat racing. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Mohsen Nourbakhsh, M.A., Ph.D. '79, died of a heart attack at age 59 in Tehran in March 2003. Dr. Nourbakhsh held many posts with the Iranian leadership, including the position of finance minister, before being named governor of the Central Bank of Iran. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) |