Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1980s
| 1982Michelle (Dencer) Scully is the inaugural executive director of Marymount California University’s new extension Lakeside Campus in Lake County. She previously taught biology at Mendocino College. She and her husband, Patrick ’89, have lived in Lake County since 1995, when he joined his family’s pear packing business. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Mark Raine ’82, of El Sobrante, died at age 54 on September 30. He was a paving contractor. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Jim Bertoli and other legal professionals in country rock band Court ‘n’ Disaster released their first CD, Guilty as Charged. The band’s website is cndband.com. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) |
| 1983Bob Slater recently joined the Globix Corp., a provider of Internet services in Santa Clara, as an inside sales consultant. Previously, Slater worked for his family's agribusiness in Clarksburg and developed a professional golf tour. Slater's Web site is located at www.citlink.net/~farm. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Elizabeth Delevie Agmon, J.D., opened her own law firm in Tarzana, specializing in new and used car, truck, RV and boat law. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Jonathan Lachs '83, own the Cedarville Vineyard in El Dorado County. They purchased the 20-acre property in 1995, when Lachs worked in marketing at Hewlett-Packard Co. and Marks worked as a product-development manager at Alza Corp.; they quit their Silicon Valley jobs last year to work full time at their winery. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Paul Hosley now works as associate news and programming director for KCBS news radio in San Francisco. Until last year, Hosley worked as news director at KFBK in Sacramento. He lives in Davis with his wife, Sally (Garbeff) '86, and their three sons. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Fred Hulting created a new software program, NetStat, for Pillsbury Co. The program quickly analyzes the company's massive consumer information database and produces reports that are then available over the Web to employees worldwide. After graduating from UC Davis, Hulting received a Ph.D. in statistics. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Paul Hosley is associate news director at radio station KCBS in San Francisco. He lives in Davis with his wife and three children. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Sue Ellen Wooldridge, an attorney with the Sacramento firm Riegels Campos & Kenyon LLP, was named special assistant to Gale Norton, President George W. Bush's choice for secretary of the interior. Before joining the firm, Wooldridge was one of four specially appointed legal and policy advisers to California's attorney general, and she successfully negotiated on behalf of the state in the settlement of its claims against the tobacco industry, resulting in the largest settlement in the nation's history. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Alex Meisel was named vice president of licensing sales at Art Impressions Inc., an art licensing company. He is responsible for business development in publishing, stationery, toy, craft and computer accessory markets. Meisel was previously the vice president of licensing sales at Portofino America where he also oversaw operations and product development at the Flavia Design Studio. In addition, Meisel co-founded the award-winning children's music publisher KiD'n Together, for which he remains a creative content developer and songwriter. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Richard Axelbaum, M.S., Ph.D. '88, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has patented a flame technique that makes stable non-oxide materials in the nanoparticle range (nanoparticles are a billionth of a meter in size). Axelbaum's technology has potential applications in the electronics, aerospace, defense, medical and sports industries. The smaller particles allow miniaturization of parts, which, for example, could be used to make electronic devices like cell phones and computers smaller and cheaper. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Sheryl King, Ph.D., a professor of animal science at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, received an internship award from the campus's University Women's Professional Advancement group. The internship program aims to enhance career development opportunities for women by pairing them with upper-level administrators who serve as mentors. King set up the university's equine science specialization, supervises the Horse Center and the university's horse-breeding service and coordinates the riding program. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Jeff Meier was called "an urban winemaker" by the San Francisco Chronicle, working as he does for the J. Lohr Winery in the heart of San Jose, using grapes grown in Salinas Valley and Paso Robles. Meier and his wife, Kathi '84, have two daughters, Erica and Emily. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Former UC Davis and New York Jets quarterback Ken O'Brien was selected for induction into the Division II Football Hall of Fame. O'Brien, the Jets No. 1 pick in 1983, played 10 seasons with the team and was selected to play in two Pro Bowls. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Gordon Pennock, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for his contributions to the field. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Stacy Clark, winemaker of Pine Ridge, Stags Leap District, was profiled in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle in November. A resident of St. Helena, Clark told the Chronicle that she also enjoys making soap, gardening, cycling and fly fishing. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Robert Stack, Ph.D., has established the Jumping Frog Research Institute in Angel's Camp. The institute works to protect the threatened species and its habitat. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Bonnie Harwood, a special education teacher, is pursuing a master's degree in special education and will soon begin working on an administrative credential. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Scot Hulbert, M.S., Ph.D. '88, professor of plant pathology at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kans., received a 2002 Commerce Bank Distinguished Graduate Faculty Member Award. He was honored for his excellence in teaching and mentoring students and for his contributions to his field: bioinformatics and host/parasite genetics and cytogenetics. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) |