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1975Linda Whitney was appointed executive director of the Medical Board of California. She previously worked for a variety of Department of Consumer Affairs’ boards and bureaus, including serving as the chief of legislation for the Medical Board for 11 years. She lives in midtown Sacramento with her husband, Allan Owen ’74. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) • After 10 years as a judge, PAUL ZELLERBACH took office as Riverside County district attorney in January. His 2010 election victory over one-term incumbent Rod Pacheco marked the first time in more than a century that a challenger unseated a Riverside County DA. Zellerbach had spent more than 22 years as a prosecutor before joining the Riverside Superior Court bench. He and his wife, Paige, a dentist, live in Riverside. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) • Jay Kerr, D.V.M. ’77, a veterinarian in the San Ramon area, became president of the California Veterinary Medical Association in July. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • A novel by Hans Ostrom, Ph.D. ’82, Three to Get Ready, is being adapted into a film called Napa. Directed by Michael Kerr and starring Rose McGowan, the romantic thriller follows a female veteran who returns home from Afghanistan and becomes Napa sheriff. Ostrom co-wrote the screenplay and is expected to make a cameo appearance as a bartender. He teaches creative writing, African-American literature and rhetoric at the University of Puget Sound. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Sara Head, an atmospheric scientist and vice president at AECOM Environment, is president-elect of the Air and Waste Management Association. She will serve as president of the international professional organization in 2013. She has spent the past 18 years of her 36-year environmental career at AECOM, consulting on solar thermal and photovoltaic projects in California and Arizona. She also serves as vice chair of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee, and was named a 2009–10 VIP/Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women. Her husband, Larry Young ’73–76 is retired after 25 years as an account executive with industrial chemical distributor Univar. They have two grown children. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Ann Evans recently co-authored The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook (Mirabelle Press, 2012) with award-winning food writer and business partner Georgeanne Brennan. Chez Panisse founder and food activist Alice Waters wrote the book’s foreword. Evans helped found the Davis Farmers Market in 1976. She is also a co-founder of the Davis Food Co-op, former Davis mayor and state government employee, and co-chair of Slow Food Yolo. She and Brennan consult with schools, hospitals and businesses on how to integrate more fresh foods into their menus. Evans lives in Davis with her husband, six chickens and several thousand bees. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Former Davis mayor Ann Evans received a 2012 “Award of Distinction” from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for her work in the sustainable food movement, government, school districts and nonprofit organizations. She co-founded the Davis Food Cooperative and the Davis Farmers Market. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Judith Flohr, M.A. ’79, a professor emeritus of kinesiology at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award from the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine in February. She developed and directs the university’s Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Richard Glasson, a justice of the peace in Stateline, Nev., was named Judge of the Year by an association of Nevada justices of the peace and municipal court judges. He was elected to the Tahoe Justice Court bench in 2000, after 22 years as a trial attorney. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Steve Holmes’ book, The Fallacy of Tree Rings (Papillio Press, 2012), is available on Kindle. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Les Jin is a deputy director for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, a U.S. Department of Labor civil rights enforcement agency. He previously served the Obama administration as a senior counselor at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Gloria Ramirez-Carboni, Cred., M.A. ’78, of Davis, died in her home last November from ovarian cancer at age 60. She was a teacher for nearly 30 years, including 12 years at Emerson Junior High School in Davis. She also was a volunteer at the UC Davis Arboretum, a docent at the Mondavi Center and a nutrition educator. Survivors include husband, Reynaldo, J.D. ’77, and three children. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Doug Dodge retired in 2012 after more than 35 years with the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. He and his wife, Leslie, now travel the country, dancing and teaching ballroom dance. The couple taught ballroom dance on a cruise from Florida to Copenhagen last April. Doug is also a professional leadership coach. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Michael Cocks, of Bluffton, S.C., died at age 64 on November 11. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran and property manager. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Gary Gilliland, an expert on cancer genetics, became president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle in January. He previously was vice president of precision medicine at Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, an executive at Merck Research Laboratories and a professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Harvard Medical School. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)
1976Paul Bosland, M.S. '77, and his wife Judy(Golden), M.S. '78, live in Las Cruces, N.M., where Judy is a senior research analyst for the Office of Institutional Research at New Mexico State University. Paul, a geneticist and chile breeder, is a professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at NMSU. The couple has two children, Emily--a freshman studying marketing at NMSU--and William--a high school freshman. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • John Knox was named chair of the San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable, a professional organization for senior public relations practitioners. He is a principal at Knox Communications. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Judy Johnson, J.D., was appointed chief executive officer of the California State Bar Board of Governors, the first woman to hold the position. Johnson, the bar's chief trial counsel since 1994, was also the first woman president of the Charles Houston Bar Association. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Christian Daughton, Ph.D., is chief of the environmental chemistry branch at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Exposure Research Laboratory in Las Vegas. He has been studying the impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products on the environment, discovering that these contaminants are finding their way into streams and rivers where they may have an impact on aquatic life. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Nanette Gartrell, Ph.D., was elected a fellow of the American Psychological Association for her achievements in the field of psychology. Gartrell is an associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco, where she has worked since 1988. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue)

1975Linda Whitney was appointed executive director of the Medical Board of California. She previously worked for a variety of Department of Consumer Affairs’ boards and bureaus, including serving as the chief of legislation for the Medical Board for 11 years. She lives in midtown Sacramento with her husband, Allan Owen ’74. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) • After 10 years as a judge, PAUL ZELLERBACH took office as Riverside County district attorney in January. His 2010 election victory over one-term incumbent Rod Pacheco marked the first time in more than a century that a challenger unseated a Riverside County DA. Zellerbach had spent more than 22 years as a prosecutor before joining the Riverside Superior Court bench. He and his wife, Paige, a dentist, live in Riverside. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) • Jay Kerr, D.V.M. ’77, a veterinarian in the San Ramon area, became president of the California Veterinary Medical Association in July. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • A novel by Hans Ostrom, Ph.D. ’82, Three to Get Ready, is being adapted into a film called Napa. Directed by Michael Kerr and starring Rose McGowan, the romantic thriller follows a female veteran who returns home from Afghanistan and becomes Napa sheriff. Ostrom co-wrote the screenplay and is expected to make a cameo appearance as a bartender. He teaches creative writing, African-American literature and rhetoric at the University of Puget Sound. (appeared in the Winter 2012 issue) • Sara Head, an atmospheric scientist and vice president at AECOM Environment, is president-elect of the Air and Waste Management Association. She will serve as president of the international professional organization in 2013. She has spent the past 18 years of her 36-year environmental career at AECOM, consulting on solar thermal and photovoltaic projects in California and Arizona. She also serves as vice chair of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee, and was named a 2009–10 VIP/Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women. Her husband, Larry Young ’73–76 is retired after 25 years as an account executive with industrial chemical distributor Univar. They have two grown children. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Ann Evans recently co-authored The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook (Mirabelle Press, 2012) with award-winning food writer and business partner Georgeanne Brennan. Chez Panisse founder and food activist Alice Waters wrote the book’s foreword. Evans helped found the Davis Farmers Market in 1976. She is also a co-founder of the Davis Food Co-op, former Davis mayor and state government employee, and co-chair of Slow Food Yolo. She and Brennan consult with schools, hospitals and businesses on how to integrate more fresh foods into their menus. Evans lives in Davis with her husband, six chickens and several thousand bees. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Former Davis mayor Ann Evans received a 2012 “Award of Distinction” from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences for her work in the sustainable food movement, government, school districts and nonprofit organizations. She co-founded the Davis Food Cooperative and the Davis Farmers Market. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Judith Flohr, M.A. ’79, a professor emeritus of kinesiology at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., received the 2013 Distinguished Service Award from the Southeast American College of Sports Medicine in February. She developed and directs the university’s Morrison-Bruce Center for the Promotion of Physical Activity for Girls and Women. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Richard Glasson, a justice of the peace in Stateline, Nev., was named Judge of the Year by an association of Nevada justices of the peace and municipal court judges. He was elected to the Tahoe Justice Court bench in 2000, after 22 years as a trial attorney. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Steve Holmes’ book, The Fallacy of Tree Rings (Papillio Press, 2012), is available on Kindle. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Les Jin is a deputy director for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, a U.S. Department of Labor civil rights enforcement agency. He previously served the Obama administration as a senior counselor at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Gloria Ramirez-Carboni, Cred., M.A. ’78, of Davis, died in her home last November from ovarian cancer at age 60. She was a teacher for nearly 30 years, including 12 years at Emerson Junior High School in Davis. She also was a volunteer at the UC Davis Arboretum, a docent at the Mondavi Center and a nutrition educator. Survivors include husband, Reynaldo, J.D. ’77, and three children. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Doug Dodge retired in 2012 after more than 35 years with the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. He and his wife, Leslie, now travel the country, dancing and teaching ballroom dance. The couple taught ballroom dance on a cruise from Florida to Copenhagen last April. Doug is also a professional leadership coach. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Michael Cocks, of Bluffton, S.C., died at age 64 on November 11. He was a Vietnam War Army veteran and property manager. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Gary Gilliland, an expert on cancer genetics, became president and director of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle in January. He previously was vice president of precision medicine at Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, an executive at Merck Research Laboratories and a professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator
at Harvard Medical School. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)

1976Paul Bosland, M.S. '77, and his wife Judy(Golden), M.S. '78, live in Las Cruces, N.M., where Judy is a senior research analyst for the Office of Institutional Research at New Mexico State University. Paul, a geneticist and chile breeder, is a professor in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at NMSU. The couple has two children, Emily--a freshman studying marketing at NMSU--and William--a high school freshman. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • John Knox was named chair of the San Francisco Public Relations Roundtable, a professional organization for senior public relations practitioners. He is a principal at Knox Communications. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Judy Johnson, J.D., was appointed chief executive officer of the California State Bar Board of Governors, the first woman to hold the position. Johnson, the bar's chief trial counsel since 1994, was also the first woman president of the Charles Houston Bar Association. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Christian Daughton, Ph.D., is chief of the environmental chemistry branch at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Exposure Research Laboratory in Las Vegas. He has been studying the impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products on the environment, discovering that these contaminants are finding their way into streams and rivers where they may have an impact on aquatic life. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Nanette Gartrell, Ph.D., was elected a fellow of the American Psychological Association for her achievements in the field of psychology. Gartrell is an associate professor of psychiatry at UC San Francisco, where she has worked since 1988. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue)

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