Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1976Betty Ingell, M.H.S., was named Special Education Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators in November for her work as director of special education and health services for Manteca Unified School District. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Craig McNamara, owner of a walnut orchard near Winters, created the Farming, Agriculture and Resource Management for Sustainability (FARMS) Leadership Program in 1993 to teach high school students about farming and the environment. It has since served as a model and overseer of six FARMS programs statewide. McNamara lives on his farm with his wife, Julie, and their three children. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Gerald Mitchell was named one of the "100 Best Minds in Marketing Today" by Advertising Age. Mitchell is executive vice president of The Right Start Inc., a specialty retailer for infants and children through age 12. Mitchell lives in Thousand Oaks with his wife, Edara, and their 8-year-old son, Garrett. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • David Schultz was voted best optometrist by readers of the Santa Barbara Independent, a news and entertainment paper. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Peter Quesenberry, D.V.M. '78, M.P.V.M. '91, received a 2001 Alumni Achievement Award from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. A veterinarian and administrator of World Concern, an international charitable organization, Quesenberry was recognized for his impact on the lives of humans and animals through teaching and training in epidemiology, agriculture and public health. Since 1980 he has worked to improve the quality of life for disadvantaged people in Asia. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Bill Regan, winemaker for Foppiano Vineyards in Sonoma County, was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle's food section in May. Regan also brews beer and plays rock guitar music, which has earned him the title of "rock 'n' roll winemaker" from his friends and fans. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Tom Stutz, M.S., head winemaker and production manager for Mirassou Vineyards in San Jose, was named "Winemaker of the Week" by the San Francisco Chronicle in May. Stutz has also worked in the Champagne region of France and at Hanzell Vineyards in Sonoma County. He lives in San Jose with his wife, Karen, and their two sons, Kenton and Timothy. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Alice Scott was appointed deputy director of consumer relations and outreach for the Department of Consumer Affairs by Gov. Gray Davis in January. Here she serves as liaison between the department and consumer groups. Scott, who lives in Elk Grove, is also president of Alice Scott Media Consultants and a public relations and marketing instructor at UC Davis Extension. She is a former reporter/producer for KCRA-TV in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Judy Johnson, J.D., executive director of the State Bar of California, was named a distinguished alumna of the UC Davis School of Law. She is a former deputy district attorney in the consumer fraud unit of the San Francisco district attorney's office and former staff attorney of the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Robin Kulerman Kalota is a first vice president for Mellon Private Asset Management in Newport Beach. She completed an M.B.A. from California State University, Northridge, in 1985 and has been previously employed in investment management positions for the UC pension and endowment fund in Berkeley and a private investment firm in Houston. Her husband, Steve Kalota, is president and founder of Expertech Consulting Inc. in Irvine. He is an internationally recognized expert in the design, construction and operation of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking process for gasoline production from heavy oils. He has traveled to more than 25 countries and throughout the United States assisting refining companies with technical aspects and troubleshooting of this technology. The two recently celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Craig McNamara, owner of Sierra Orchards in Winters, received an Award of Distinction from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. McNamara helped structure a biologically integrated orchard system that became the model for the UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Nan Turner lives in New York City and works at Liz Claiborne in New Jersey designing the Crazy Horse brand sold in JC Penney stores. She writes about her experiences on Sept. 11 and says, "In the days that have followed, it has been especially heartening to hear from many friends from UCD. Reconnecting with friends and sharing experiences has been the most emotionally comforting activity, especially facing the uncertainty of the future." (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Peter Marks is curator of wine at the recently opened Copia: the American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa. The center is devoted to exploring the interrelationships of food, wine and the arts and was the idea of Robert and Margrit Mondavi, whose recent $35 million contribution to UC Davis will help further that exploration with a wine and food institute and a performing arts center on campus. Marks was previously chief wine merchant for Wine.com and director of wine for Draeger's Markets. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Mark Safarik,, an FBI profiler and supervisory special agent in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Va., received the prestigious Jefferson Award from the University of Virginia for excellence in research and publication. He has been conducting research on the sexual homicide of elderly women for the past six years, and his third article on this subject will be published in May. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Roy Berns, M.S. '78, a color scientist for the Rochester Institute of Technology, was profiled in The New York Times April 11 edition for his work analyzing artworks for museums. He is working with the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Museum of Modern Art in New York to develop a digital imaging system for paintings to help museums more accurately select pigments for repairs or restoration or to digitally recreate a painting in its original colors. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Carol Henderson, faculty associate and research scholar in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rutgers University-Newark in New Jersey, has written a book, Culture and Customs of India (Greenwood Press). Henderson has been conducting research in India, mostly in its desert state of Rajasthan, and is studying the impact of globalization and economic liberalization on agriculture, village and town life. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • April Halprin Wayland's first book for young adults is coming out this fall. Girl Coming in for a Landing (Knopf) is a novel of 103 poems about teen life. Wayland has written several children's books; her poetry is published frequently in Cricket magazine and has appeared in several anthologies. She also teaches writing at UCLA Extension and has produced a tape and CD, It's Not My Turn to Look for Grandma and Other Stories. She lives in Manhattan Beach. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Amy (Williams Scott) Lowe is working on her M.S. in photography at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara. She has worked since 1975 in counseling and paralegal fields and has one son, Charles. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Richard Rimmer was appointed deputy director of the California Department of Corrections by Gov. Gray Davis. Rimmer, a 19-year veteran of the department, is now responsible for more than 120,000 parolees under supervision of more than 3,000 staff. He and his wife, Barbara '73, live in the Sacramento area. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • James Alexander and his family--wife Leonor, son Phillip and daughter Elizabeth--are living in Pago Pago, American Samoa, where he is production operations manager for the Samoa Packing Co. (producers of Chicken of the Sea products). The family had lived in Ecuador for 17 years, the last 10 running their own tuna canning business. He would like to hear from college friends at jalexander@sampac.com. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) |