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1980Kathleen Fitzgerald, M.D., participated in the second annual Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum in Dana Point. The forum, sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, teaches neurologists to advocate on behalf of their patients for health-care reforms. Fitzgerald is a neurologist at Cascade Neurology in Springfield, Ore. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Pia Tucker, M.S. ’82, D.V.M. ’87, recently took over the Animal Care Clinic of Woodland after previously working for Westside Veterinary Hospital in West Sacramento. She has been honored as a diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. She and her husband, Russ, have three daughters. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Marjorie Sandor is the author of Portrait of My Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime (Sarabande Books), a collection of 10 linked stories. Sandor, an associate professor of English at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., has received numerous awards for her work. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Dyana Vukovich, M.A., was named the 2004 School Psychologist of the Year by the California Association of School Psychologists. She is the head school psychologist for the Vallejo City Unified School District. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Bruce Markell, J.D., was appointed judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada in July. Markell had taught law at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas since 1999. He previously was a law professor at Indiana University, a visiting faculty member at Harvard University, UC Davis and Emory University law schools, and a Los Angeles bankruptcy attorney. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • K.L. “Dan” Wong, a senior transportation planner with the San Francisco Airport Commission, was recently selected chair of the American Planning Association Transportation Planning Division’s Airports Committee. The committee is exploring ways communities can best plan for the commercial development that is built around airports. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • David Acker, M.Ed., was appointed associate dean for academic and global programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University. He has been a faculty member at the Ames, Iowa, campus since 1995. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Teri Burns was named director of legislative advocacy for the educational lobbying firm Birdsall & Associates in Sacramento. Burns had been deputy superintendent for government affairs with the California Department of Education since 1999. Burns also served 19 years as a member of the Natomas School Board and is now president of the Sacramento County School Boards Association. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Walter Harrison, Ph.D., is president of the University of Hartford and heads the Committee on Academic Performance for the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Harrison helped to institute a plan that will phase in stricter academic requirements for NCAA athletes. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Yvonne Lee was recently honored by the Northern California branch of the Committee of 100, a national Chinese American leadership organization, in recognition of her long career as a political activist. Lee has worked with the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, the NAACP and was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • K.L. “Dan” Wong was appointed to the Federal Aviation Administration’s new Airport Compatibility Planning Committee and was chosen to speak at the 2005 Passenger Terminal Expo in Cologne, Germany. Wong is a senior transportation planner with the San Francisco Airport Commission. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Richmond Breen has been running a landscape design firm in Reno, Nev., for 25 years. Breen, who specializes in custom-designed sculptured stonework and has received numerous awards from the Nevada Landscape Association, recently gave a seminar on stonework at the association’s annual trade show and convention. He is married with three children and he writes that he enjoys running in the mountains, soccer and fly-fishing. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, J.D. ’84, was named to California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal, becoming the sixth woman and the first Filipina American to serve on the court. She and her husband, Mark, have two daughters and live in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Daniel Bernardo was named dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University in Pullman. Bernardo was professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, specializing in production economics, farm management and natural resources. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • David Dodd, head librarian for the city of San Raphael, released his third book on the Grateful Dead, titled The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics (Free Press). (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Timothy Dennehy, Ph.D. ’83, entomology professor and extension specialist, was conferred the title of distinguished faculty outreach professor by the University of Arizona in Tucson. The award, presented at the December commencement, cited Dennehy’s development of innovative programs that enhance agricultural sustainability while reducing pesticide use and preserving environmental quality in Arizona. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Chris Impinna, D.V.M. ’84, was chosen as the new director of the veterinary technology program at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Marilyn Mc-Entyre, M.A., has completed another book of poems, The Light at the Edge (Fithian Press). McEntyre is a professor of English at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Michelle Nichols is a sales strategy consultant and columnist for BusinessWeek Online. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Paul Seligman, M.D., a senior officer of the Food and Drug Association, was promoted to Rear Admiral, Lower Half, as a member of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Seligman is associate director for safety policy and communication in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. He directs the program responsible for the FDA’s Drug Safety Board and the MedWatch Program, and is involved in safety and communications initiatives affecting regulated drugs. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue)

1980Kathleen Fitzgerald, M.D., participated in the second annual Donald M. Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum in Dana Point. The forum, sponsored by the American Academy of Neurology, teaches neurologists to advocate on behalf of their patients for health-care reforms. Fitzgerald is a neurologist at Cascade Neurology in Springfield, Ore. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Pia Tucker, M.S. ’82, D.V.M. ’87, recently took over the Animal Care Clinic of Woodland after previously working for Westside Veterinary Hospital in West Sacramento. She has been honored as a diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. She and her husband, Russ, have three daughters. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Marjorie Sandor is the author of Portrait of My Mother, Who Posed Nude in Wartime (Sarabande Books), a collection of 10 linked stories. Sandor, an associate professor of English at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., has received numerous awards for her work. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Dyana Vukovich, M.A., was named the 2004 School Psychologist of the Year by the California Association of School Psychologists. She is the head school psychologist for the Vallejo City Unified School District. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Bruce Markell, J.D., was appointed judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada in July. Markell had taught law at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas since 1999. He previously was a law professor at Indiana University, a visiting faculty member at Harvard University, UC Davis and Emory University law schools, and a Los Angeles bankruptcy attorney. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • K.L. “Dan” Wong, a senior transportation planner with the San Francisco Airport Commission, was recently selected chair of the American Planning Association Transportation Planning Division’s Airports Committee. The committee is exploring ways communities can best plan for the commercial development that is built around airports. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • David Acker, M.Ed., was appointed associate dean for academic and global programs, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University. He has been a faculty member at the Ames, Iowa, campus since 1995. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Teri Burns was named director of legislative advocacy for the educational lobbying firm Birdsall & Associates in Sacramento. Burns had been deputy superintendent for government affairs with the California Department of Education since 1999. Burns also served 19 years as a member of the Natomas School Board and is now president of the Sacramento County School Boards Association. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Walter Harrison, Ph.D., is president of the University of Hartford and heads the Committee on Academic Performance for the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Harrison helped to institute a plan that will phase in stricter academic requirements for NCAA athletes. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Yvonne Lee was recently honored by the Northern California branch of the Committee of 100, a national Chinese American leadership organization, in recognition of her long career as a political activist. Lee has worked with the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, the NAACP and was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • K.L. “Dan” Wong was appointed to the Federal Aviation Administration’s new Airport Compatibility Planning Committee and was chosen to speak at the 2005 Passenger Terminal Expo in Cologne, Germany. Wong is a senior transportation planner with the San Francisco Airport Commission. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Richmond Breen has been running a landscape design firm in Reno, Nev., for 25 years. Breen, who specializes in custom-designed sculptured stonework and has received numerous awards from the Nevada Landscape Association, recently gave a seminar on stonework at the association’s annual trade show and convention. He is married with three children and he writes that he enjoys running in the mountains, soccer and fly-fishing. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, J.D. ’84, was named to California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal, becoming the sixth woman and the first Filipina American to serve on the court. She and her husband, Mark, have two daughters and live in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2005 issue) • Daniel Bernardo was named dean of the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University in Pullman. Bernardo was professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, specializing in production economics, farm management and natural resources. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • David Dodd, head librarian for the city of San Raphael, released his third book on the Grateful Dead, titled The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics (Free Press). (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Timothy Dennehy, Ph.D. ’83, entomology professor and extension specialist, was conferred the title of distinguished faculty outreach professor by the University of Arizona in Tucson. The award, presented at the December commencement, cited Dennehy’s development of innovative programs that enhance agricultural sustainability while reducing pesticide use and preserving environmental quality in Arizona. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Chris Impinna, D.V.M. ’84, was chosen as the new director of the veterinary technology program at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Marilyn Mc-Entyre, M.A., has completed another book of poems, The Light at the Edge (Fithian Press). McEntyre is a professor of English at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Michelle Nichols is a sales strategy consultant and columnist for BusinessWeek Online. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Paul Seligman, M.D., a senior officer of the Food and Drug Association, was promoted to Rear Admiral, Lower Half, as a member of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. Seligman is associate director for safety policy and communication in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. He directs the program responsible for the FDA’s Drug Safety Board and the MedWatch Program, and is involved in safety and communications initiatives affecting regulated drugs. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue)

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