Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1977Kathleen Low has published a new book, Casanova Was a Librarian: A Light-hearted Look at the Profession (McFarland). For more information, visit www.casanovawasalibrarian.com. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • James Ward, M.S. ’81, was admitted last fall into the honors program at Roger Williams Law School in Bristol, R.I. After working in international agriculture for several years, then in finance, banking and technology, Ward is now in his second semester and says he is thoroughly enjoying fulfilling his long-held dream. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • Charity Kenyon, J.D., a media and First Amendment lawyer with Sacramento law firm Riegels, Campos & Kenyon, was selected for the American Inns of Court’s 2007 Professionalism Award for the Ninth Circuit. The award is presented annually to an individual whose life and practice display sterling character, unquestioned integrity and dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Tim Wright, M.F.A., had several of his plays produced this past summer across the country and in places as far removed as New Zealand, where his Pied Piper of Hamlin was performed at Golden Bay High School. (appeared in the Winter 2008 issue) • David Katz served as math tutor at Carlmont High School’s motivation center to ensure that students passed the California State High School Exit Exam. While there, Katz created the Carlmont Tutoring Connection, which used the best students to tutor others on campus. The Tutoring Connection has since become the Young Einsteins Society, a teen tutors group and club for which Katz serves as program director. (appeared in the Spring 2008 issue) • Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Donald Koch as director of the California Department of Fish and Game. Koch has worked for the department for 30 years. Most recently, he was adviser to the directorate, representing the department in Klamath River negotiations. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Paul Mariuzza, Cred. ’78, is retiring after 26 years of federal service as a teacher for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. For the past 17 years, he has taught health and physical education while coaching varsity girls’ volleyball and tennis as well as serving as the football quarterback coach at the Yokota High School in Japan. Mariuzza, his wife and 15-year-old son are relocating to Pinole this August. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Sacramento certified public accountant Gregory Burke, a director in the firm of John Waddell & Co., was elected chair of the California Society of CPAs for 2008-09. With 32,000 members, CalCPA is the nation's largest state association of certified public accountants. (appeared in the Fall 2008 issue) • David Katz is the host of Teen Issues Today -- a monthly program on San Francisco cable TV that explores the concerns of teenagers. Katz is also program director of The Young Einsteins Society!, a group of teenage tutors for grades K-8. (appeared in the Fall 2008 issue) • Gary Novack, Ph.D., president of PharmaLogic Development Inc. in San Rafael, was named to the board of directors of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. PharmaLogic provides services to the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries during the drug development process. (appeared in the Fall 2008 issue) • Mark Mandeles, M.A., has written the book Military Transformation Past and Present (Praeger Publishers). He is currently president of a defense consulting firm, the J. de Bloch Group. He has also written two other books and co-authored three books. He lives in Fairfax, Va. (appeared in the Winter 2009 issue) • James Ward, M.S. '81, won the John Templeton Foundation Essay on Freedom and Free Enterprise competition, a major national legal essay award. As a law student at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, he is a member of the honors program and the Gallogly Family Inn of Court, and he served as an executive board member for the Multi-Cultural Law Students Association. (appeared in the Winter 2009 issue) • Stuart Webber was appointed the department head of Trinity Lutheran College's business program in Everett, Wash. He also teaches economics, accounting and business courses at the college. Webber lives in Seattle with his wife and daughter, while his son attends Pacific Lutheran University. His e-mail address is stuart.webber@tlc.edu. (appeared in the Winter 2009 issue) • Derrick Bang recently wrote the book Security Blankets: How “Peanuts” Touched our Lives (Andrews McMeel). Bang is the Davis Enterprise arts and entertainment editor. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • David Katz is now the full-time program director of the Young Einsteins Society! Teen Tutors Group of San Mateo. The group tutors elementary to middle school students. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • Gary Novack, Ph.D., has been selected president of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation, a two-year volunteer position. He is also president of PharmaLogic Development Inc. in San Rafael. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • Guy Halgren was elected in April to a fourth three-year term as executive committee chair at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton. He is the first chair elected to four terms since the law firm was founded in Los Angeles in 1927. Since Halgren stepped into the management role in 2001, Sheppard Mullin has grown from a California firm with four offices and $149 million in gross revenue to an international firm with 11 locations, including New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanghai, and annual gross revenues of $361 million. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Susan Matcham, J.D., was appointed to a Monterey County Superior Court judgeship by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in April. She had been an assistant city attorney for Salinas since 2007. Previously, she was a partner at Caballero, Matcham and McCarthy from 1982 to 2007, a staff attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance from 1979 to 1982, and a staff attorney for the Agricultural Labor Relations Board from 1978 to 1979. (appeared in the Summer 2010 issue) • Lauren Kaplan was named the 2010 Teacher of the Year by the Solano County Office of Education. She is a speech and language pathologist for the county, where she has taught 3- to 14-year-old children with special needs for the past 29 years. She is active with the local teachers association and the California Speech/Language/Hearing Association, and she provides training for speech and language students at Sacramento State University. She lives in Vacaville with her husband of 23 years, Andre Fowler. (appeared in the Fall 2010 issue) • Todd Strumwasser is the vice president of medical affairs for Swedish Health Services in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Southern California’s medical school in 1981. (appeared in the Spring 2011 issue) |