Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1970s
| 1978RICHARD MORENO traces the colorful history of Nevada’s state capital in his latest book, Carson City (University of Nevada Press), published in March. A former publisher of Nevada Magazine, he teaches journalism at Western Illinois University. (appeared in the Summer 2011 issue) • A new book by Lynda Frese, M.F.A. ’86, Pacha Mama: earth realm, combines 35 of her artworks with writers’ essays, prayers and poems about living harmoniously with the planet. The book was published over the summer with a grant from the Awards to Louisiana Artists and Scholars program. She holds an endowed art professorship at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where she has taught for 25 years. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Anne (Wilson) Warner was named interim executive director of the Pan African Sanctuary Alliance in June. She is a conservation zoologist with more than 20 years of experience working in some of the nation’s major zoos, including the Oregon Zoo and the Oakland Zoo. She also serves on the steering committee of Zoos and Aquariums Committed to Conservation and the board of Uganda’s Kasese Wildlife Conservation Awareness Organization. She and her husband, Cliff Warner ’77, live in Portland, Ore. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Lynn Kitchen, M.D., an infectious diseases physician, researcher and professor who helped identify the cause of AIDS, died in June in Washington, D.C., at age 56. During 2004–10, she was deputy director of the Military Infectious Diseases Research Program at Fort Detrick, Md., where she received an Army civilian award for her contributions. She was a former faculty member at Tulane University Medical Center, Marshall University School of Medicine and West Virginia University School of Medicine. She also served as chief for infectious diseases at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Huntington, W.Va., epidemiologist at Charleston Area Medical Center in West Virginia, and as a volunteer physician in Guatemala, St. Lucia and Guyana. Her research as a fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health’s cancer biology department earned a citation in a 1987 Nature commentary on “The Chronology of AIDS Research.” Survivors include her brothers, Jeffery and Erik; and stepmother, Stephanie. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • John “Hap” Rutherford, D.V.M. ’80, died unexpectedly in May at his home in Half Moon Bay. He was 61. A Navy veteran, he worked for several veterinary practices and ran Main Street Veterinary Hospital in Half Moon Bay. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Patricia; sons, Michael and John ’01; daughter-in-law Mara Rutherford ’01; grandson, John; and sisters, Patricia Keresteci and Johanna Kraly. (appeared in the Fall 2011 issue) • Juli (Spikes) Jensen was named Sacramento County agricultural commissioner/sealer of weights and measure last fall. She most recently served as agricultural commissioner for El Dorado and Alpine counties, but spent most of her career as a Sacramento County deputy commissioner. She enjoys spending time with her family, jumping her horse, and raising, training and showing English setters. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Composer/guitarist Steve Mackey’s latest CD, Lonely Motel: Music From Slide, won a Grammy award for Best Small Ensemble Performance in February. He is chair of the music department at Princeton University. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Stephen Verigin was promoted last November to Pacific region manager and senior vice president at GEI Consultants. An expert on dam and levee safety, he joined the firm in 2006. He is a member of the National Committee on Levee Safety, established by Congress in 2008, and previously served as president of the Association of Dam Safety Officials and acting chief deputy director for the California Department of Water Resources. (appeared in the Spring 2012 issue) • Former Aggie football teammates Steve Green and Gary Prentice were delighted to run into each other last spring at the 2011 California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships in Clovis. They have a combined 60 years in education—Green teaches English and coaches football and track at Vacaville High, and Prentice, who was helping at the shot put ring, is a counselor at Clovis High School. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Steven Koike, M.S., a UC Cooperative Extension plant pathology farm advisor in Monterey County, received the 2011 Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Research from the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The award recognized his work on the diseases and problems that affect coastal crops such as cool season vegetables, strawberry and ornamental plants, as well as his food safety research. (appeared in the Summer 2012 issue) • Karen Caplan and Jorge Steiner reconnected after 35 years. Their two companies, Frieda’s Specialty Produce in Los Alamitos, and Proficol in Bogota, Colombia, are in discussions about marketing tropical fruits and vegetables in the U.S. together. (appeared in the Fall 2012 issue) • 1978 Napa winemaker Doug Shafer co-authored a memoir, A Vineyard in Napa, with Andy Demsky. Shafer was 17 when his father, John Shafer, a publishing executive, bought the family vineyard; in 2010, Shafer Vineyards received an Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional award from the James Beard Foundation. The book also covers the work of winemaker, Elias Fernandez ’84. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Scott Guild, a certified public accountant and popular Humboldt State University business instructor, died suddenly in his Eureka home in September at age 56. A longtime resident of Humboldt County, he belonged to the Eureka Rotary Club, served on a local school board and coached a number of his son and daughter’s sports teams. A partner in a Eureka accounting firm, he was pursuing a master’s degree in accounting with a goal of teaching college full time. (appeared in the Winter 2013 issue) • Patricia Frazier Sherwood, of Fair Oaks, died last August from cancer. She worked in the insurance industry as a systems analyst. Survivors include her husband, Richard ’77. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • Tomas Villalobos, died in his Escondido home after a battle with metastatic melanoma of the eye. He was 56. An artist, he worked as a substitute teacher in five school districts. (appeared in the Spring 2013 issue) • After 12 years as publisher and editor of Tahoe Quarterly, Charles “Chaco” Mohler, resigned in February to become vice president of Destination Media Solutions. He produces television and digital media and seeks new markets for the Tahoe City company. He co-founded Tahoe Quarterly, which has won numerous ADDY awards from the American Advertising Federation and has twice been a finalist for the Western Publishing Association’s Maggie Award for best regional magazine. He lives in Truckee with wife, Melissa, and younger daughter, Taysa. Elder daughter, Makaiah, is a freshman at Georgetown University. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • David A. Hall died in March while recovering from surgery at a hospital in Millinocket, Maine. He was 69. A U.S. Air Force veteran, he worked for Boeing and returned to his hometown of Lincoln, Maine, after retiring. (appeared in the Summer 2013 issue) • Richard Moreno wrote Myths and Mysteries of Illinois: True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained (Globe Pequot Publishing). It is his third book about Illinois. The former Nevada Magazine publisher has written 10 books covering the history and curiosities of Nevada. He is director of student publications and teaches journalism courses at Western Illinois University. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Sister Nancy Teskey, Ph.D., a science faculty member at Holy Names University in Oakland for 34 years, died at an Oakland care center in July. She was 70. A 49-year member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, she received the university’s 1999 Outstanding Faculty Award. (appeared in the Fall 2013 issue) • Dan Curran has had his first novel published, The Golden Gift (The Adventures of Baxter Heavytread). The epic fantasy fiction work is available as an e-book through Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Curran is a senior airline captain based in Miami. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) |