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Class Notes Archive 1931-2014

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1978Richard Moreno has completed a new book, Roadside History of Nevada (Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2000), which details the history of the state's six geographical regions. A syndicated newspaper columnist, Moreno is publisher of Nevada Magazine and teaches a Nevada history course at Western Nevada Community College. He lives in Reno with his wife, Pamela, and their two children. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Carol Butterfield was appointed communications practice leader at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a company that provides human resources and benefits consulting to Fortune 500 companies and their counterparts throughout the world. Her work includes researching employee attitudes, assessing leadership, helping accelerate change and advocating for both employees and bosses. Her recent clients include America West Airlines and Premera Blue Cross. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Musa Abu Hassan is an associate professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia, where he teaches courses in communication, media and photography ("the course that I took at UC Davis that was taught by Professor Harvey Himelfarb," he says). After graduating from UC Davis, Hassan received a master's degree from Stanford in 1981 and a Ph.D. from Florida State University in 1993. He adds that he would like to hear from other California Aggie staff members who worked with him in late 1978 and early 1979. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Charles "Chaco" Mohler has been named editorial director of a regional publishing group whose publications include the glossy magazines Las Vegas Magazine, Big Sky Journal, Tahoe Quarterly and Wedding Affair. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Tony Waters, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '95, an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Chico, has recently published a book titled Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan: The Limitations of Humanitarian Relief Operations. Waters lives in Auburn with his wife, Dagmar, and two children. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Pamela Hart has joined San Jose executive search firm JS Robertson as a senior search consultant focusing on the semiconductor industry business segment. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Richard Moreno collected his popular newspaper column "The Backyard Traveler" into a book titled Backyard Travels in Northern Nevada and is donating all proceeds from the sale of the book to the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City. Moreno is also the publisher of Nevada Magazine and author of several Nevada history and travel guides. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Liesa Fenton recently joined the Santa Clara office of Salomon Smith Barney. She has worked in the investment industry for 23 years. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • John Metzer and his ranching operation near Gonzales were featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article in October. Metzer Farms, called "America's waterfowl supermarket" by the Chronicle, has some 6,000 ducks and 3,000 geese of more than two dozen varieties. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Philip Risken is employed by Nextel Communications in Walnut Creek as senior director of engineering and operations for Northern California and Northern Nevada. His wife, Jennifer (Tim) Risken '80, received her teaching credential in June 2000 and is now employed by the Mt. Diablo School District as a fifth-grade teacher at Sequoia Elementary School in Pleasant Hill. They have a 12-year-old son. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Neal Benezra, M.A., deputy director and curator of modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago, was selected to be director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Benezra has also been chief curator and assistant director for art and public programs at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Theresa Canepa was appointed to the Contra Costa County Superior Court bench by Gov. Gray Davis. Canepa was an assistant U.S. attorney in San Francisco, heading the office's Organized Crime Strike Force. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Robert Holman was selected by the Georgetown University School of Medicine classes of 2002 and 2003 to receive the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism award this April. The award is given annually to recognize and support humanism in medicine. Holman has been the director of medical education at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington since December 2000. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Richard Jacobs, an attorney who has also worked as an epidemiologist, joined the law firm Husch & Eppenberger in St. Louis, Mo., working in the firm's environmental and regulatory practice area. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Philip Risken was named area vice president of engineering operations for the Northern California/Pacific Northwest region of Nextel Communications. He was formerly senior director of engineering and has been in the telecommunications business for 18 years. He and his wife, Jennifer '80, live in Walnut Creek. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Genevieve Shiroma was named president of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District board of directors. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Tony Waters, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '95, an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Chico, gave a talk at the International House in Davis in March. He spoke about the refugee problems in the Great Lakes region of east Africa. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Cara Anzilotti, professor of history at Loyola Marymount University, has just published In the Affairs of the World: Women, Patriarchy and Power in Colonial South Carolina (Greenwood Publishing Group), a study of women in early America. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Jack Gualco, Cert. Mgt. '86, received a master of pastoral studies degree from Loyola University, New Orleans. He is on the staff of St. Ignatius Loyola in Sacramento and is president of the Gualco Group Inc., a government relations consulting firm. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • LTC Brian Miller volunteered for active duty with U.S. Central Command one week after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and is currently serving a year of active duty. He supervised a team of military analysts who assessed battle damage for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and worked on the cave complex attack campaign. Miller is currently supervising the Reserve Management Office for the Intelligence Directorate. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue)

1978Richard Moreno has completed a new book, Roadside History of Nevada (Mountain Press Publishing Co., 2000), which details the history of the state's six geographical regions. A syndicated newspaper columnist, Moreno is publisher of Nevada Magazine and teaches a Nevada history course at Western Nevada Community College. He lives in Reno with his wife, Pamela, and their two children. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Carol Butterfield was appointed communications practice leader at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a company that provides human resources and benefits consulting to Fortune 500 companies and their counterparts throughout the world. Her work includes researching employee attitudes, assessing leadership, helping accelerate change and advocating for both employees and bosses. Her recent clients include America West Airlines and Premera Blue Cross. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Musa Abu Hassan is an associate professor at Universiti Putra Malaysia, where he teaches courses in communication, media and photography ("the course that I took at UC Davis that was taught by Professor Harvey Himelfarb," he says). After graduating from UC Davis, Hassan received a master's degree from Stanford in 1981 and a Ph.D. from Florida State University in 1993. He adds that he would like to hear from other California Aggie staff members who worked with him in late 1978 and early 1979. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Charles "Chaco" Mohler has been named editorial director of a regional publishing group whose publications include the glossy magazines Las Vegas Magazine, Big Sky Journal, Tahoe Quarterly and Wedding Affair. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Tony Waters, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '95, an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Chico, has recently published a book titled Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan: The Limitations of Humanitarian Relief Operations. Waters lives in Auburn with his wife, Dagmar, and two children. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Pamela Hart has joined San Jose executive search firm JS Robertson as a senior search consultant focusing on the semiconductor industry business segment. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Richard Moreno collected his popular newspaper column "The Backyard Traveler" into a book titled Backyard Travels in Northern Nevada and is donating all proceeds from the sale of the book to the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City. Moreno is also the publisher of Nevada Magazine and author of several Nevada history and travel guides. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Liesa Fenton recently joined the Santa Clara office of Salomon Smith Barney. She has worked in the investment industry for 23 years. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • John Metzer and his ranching operation near Gonzales were featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article in October. Metzer Farms, called "America's waterfowl supermarket" by the Chronicle, has some 6,000 ducks and 3,000 geese of more than two dozen varieties. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Philip Risken is employed by Nextel Communications in Walnut Creek as senior director of engineering and operations for Northern California and Northern Nevada. His wife, Jennifer (Tim) Risken '80, received her teaching credential in June 2000 and is now employed by the Mt. Diablo School District as a fifth-grade teacher at Sequoia Elementary School in Pleasant Hill. They have a 12-year-old son. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Neal Benezra, M.A., deputy director and curator of modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago, was selected to be director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Benezra has also been chief curator and assistant director for art and public programs at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Theresa Canepa was appointed to the Contra Costa County Superior Court bench by Gov. Gray Davis. Canepa was an assistant U.S. attorney in San Francisco, heading the office's Organized Crime Strike Force. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Robert Holman was selected by the Georgetown University School of Medicine classes of 2002 and 2003 to receive the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey Humanism award this April. The award is given annually to recognize and support humanism in medicine. Holman has been the director of medical education at Virginia Hospital Center-Arlington since December 2000. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Richard Jacobs, an attorney who has also worked as an epidemiologist, joined the law firm Husch & Eppenberger in St. Louis, Mo., working in the firm's environmental and regulatory practice area. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Philip Risken was named area vice president of engineering operations for the Northern California/Pacific Northwest region of Nextel Communications. He was formerly senior director of engineering and has been in the telecommunications business for 18 years. He and his wife, Jennifer '80, live in Walnut Creek. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Genevieve Shiroma was named president of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District board of directors. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Tony Waters, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '95, an assistant professor of sociology at California State University, Chico, gave a talk at the International House in Davis in March. He spoke about the refugee problems in the Great Lakes region of east Africa. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Cara Anzilotti, professor of history at Loyola Marymount University, has just published In the Affairs of the World: Women, Patriarchy and Power in Colonial South Carolina (Greenwood Publishing Group), a study of women in early America. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Jack Gualco, Cert. Mgt. '86, received a master of pastoral studies degree from Loyola University, New Orleans. He is on the staff of St. Ignatius Loyola in Sacramento and is president of the Gualco Group Inc., a government relations consulting firm. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • LTC Brian Miller volunteered for active duty with U.S. Central Command one week after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and is currently serving a year of active duty. He supervised a team of military analysts who assessed battle damage for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and worked on the cave complex attack campaign. Miller is currently supervising the Reserve Management Office for the Intelligence Directorate. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue)

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