Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1975Dan Furlong is a senior engineering consultant for Fireman's Fund Insurance in Novato. He recently received the John Meyer Award, a peer-nominated honor that recognizes his contribution to his company and its customers. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Liz Warren, M.D., has retired from her work in medicine due to arthritis. The Sacramento resident will now be teaching tax classes for H&R Block. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Linda Mabalot died of cancer at age 49 in May. Ms. Mabalot, an activist and filmmaker, founded the Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival, held each year in Los Angeles, and headed Visual Communications, a nonprofit media production and advocacy group. In her work, Ms. Mabalot helped develop the careers of Asian American directors, including Justin Lin, director of Better Luck Tomorrow. Survivors include her mother, Rosalina; and her sisters, Dora Linda Douex and Natividad Mabalot Andres. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Costa Dillon, superintendent of the National Park Service's Albright Training Center at the Grand Canyon, writes that Rhino Home Video has released a 25th anniversary DVD of his movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Dillon's credits also include Killer Tomatoes Eat France and Happy Hour. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Susan Ford Glasson and her husband, Richard Glasson, live in Lake Tahoe where Richard is judge of the Tahoe Township Justice Court, and Susan heads a real estate appraisal firm. Their daughter, Meg, graduated this year from UC Berkeley, and their son, Max, attends the University of Washington. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Willard Hom has been director of research and planning for the chancellor's office of California Community Colleges in Sacramento since 2001. He and his wife, Helen, have two sons, Wilson and Jason. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Doug Jung has won a 2003 R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine for a device that makes geothermal energy production safer and more environmentally friendly. Jung is president of Two-Phase Engineering & Research Inc. in Santa Rosa. Stephen Wong '91, M.S. '94, assisted in the development of the product. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Irene Richman, J.D., died in September 2003 at age 61. She served in the Peace Corps in the '60s in Panama before moving to Portland and becoming a clinical social worker in private practice. Survivors include her son, Aelfric Wolf, and two grandchildren. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Doug Dodge, his wife, Leslie, and their two girls have moved to Harlowton, Mont., where he is the district ranger for the Musselshell Ranger District of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Dodge had spent the previous 15 years in Bishop as the assistant field manager for the Bureau of Land Management. Upon leaving California, he was presented a certificate of appreciation by the state Legislature for his service to the people of California and his dedication to the land. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Carlos Gutiérrez, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at California State University, Los Angeles, was honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science with its 2003 Lifetime Mentor Award for his work with minority students. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Ralph Rhea is a software project manager in the electric power utility industry in the Sacramento Valley. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Brenda Jew Waters, publicist for the Sacramento Gold Country Chamber Orchestra, received a 2003 Directors Award from the California Arts Council. The award recognizes individuals for their commitment to arts in the state. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Tom Lamoree was recently inducted into the University of California Men’s Volleyball Club Hall of Fame. He was a U.S. Volleyball Association player for 14 years and is now a sixth-grade teacher in Woodland. At UC Davis he played for Gary Colberg, now director of intramurals and club sports at UC Davis who was also inducted. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Jim Stimson received an Emmy Award for writing from the Northern California chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for his work on a half-hour program on breast cancer. The program was produced by KCRA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Sacramento where Stimson is an assistant news director. This is his second Emmy from the chapter; he was previously honored for set design and lighting. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Gary Lamberti received the 2004 Rev. James A. Burns, C.S.C., Graduate School Award for Excellence in Graduate Education from the University of Notre Dame, where he is a professor and assistant chair of biological sciences. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Geraldine Kretzmer died in August 2004 at her Davis home at age 83. A published poet, she established a cooperative nursery school in San Pablo, served on the Contra Costa County grand jury, and volunteered with many art and environmental organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Survivors include her husband, Scott; daughters, Kate Kretzmer and Leslie Gordon; and three grand-children. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Willard Dere,, M.D. ’80, was appointed senior vice president of global development and chief medical officer for Amgen Inc., the world’s largest biotechnology company, headquartered in Thousand Oaks. Dere joined Amgen in 2003 after serving as vice president of research and development at Eli Lilly and Company, and as a clinical associate professor at Indiana University School of Medicine. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Les Jin recently completed his fourth year as staff director for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Previously, he served the Clinton administration for six years as general counsel for the U.S. Information Agency, which was responsible for educational and cultural exchange programs. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Philip Satre,, J.D., was elected to the board of directors of the Sierra Pacific Resources power company in Las Vegas. Satre had recently retired as chair of the board of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., during which time he oversaw the firm’s expansion from a small casino chain to one of the world’s biggest gaming companies. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Christine Dickey works in Toyota’s U.S. headquarters in Torrance as color and trim manager for the American market. She is responsible for identifying and developing colors to fit the vehicles and their target customers. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) |