Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1980s
| 1983Work by Davis sculptor Rene Martucci was exhibited at the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis this spring. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Cynthia Stein Ruff is board president of the Pence Gallery, a nonprofit art institute in downtown Davis. Ruff, a full-time volunteer, is the chair of the Cornerstone Campaign, which aims to raise funds to build a state-of-the-art museum on the current Pence Gallery site. Ruff and her husband, Tim, have two sons, 9-year-old CJ and 7-year-old David. Tim is a developer and owner of a commercial real estate company. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Hayman Tam, a mechanical engineering design lead for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. in Sunnyvale, heads an engineering team working with commercial and government satellite programs. Previously, he worked on projects for the Hubble Space Telescope, Lunar Prospector and Gravity Probe-B. He was the recipient of the NASA "Silver Snoopy" award for his work on the Hubble. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Chiara Briganti, M.A., was promoted from associate professor to professor of English at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. A faculty member at Carleton since 1990 who also teaches women's studies, Briganti recently edited essays on domestic space for the journal Signs and has published several articles. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Sacramento poet Catherine French has published her first collection of poetry, Side Show: Poems (University of Nevada Press). Her works have appeared in The Nation, The Iowa Review, Gettysburg Review and other literary journals. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Maryann Fielder has been working in the arts since graduating from UC Davis, including stints as an assistant director of a rural arts center, an artist consultant through the Montana Arts Council and an arts coordinator for a small arts group. She was awarded a Montana Arts Council Fellowship Award for her painting in 1991-92. Fielder now lives in Portland, Ore., where she continues to paint and works with a small manufacturer in the marketing and sales department. She'd like to hear from Aggies in the Portland area at maryannfldr@hotmail.com. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Russ Jones and his wife, Joan, returned to their hometown of Truckee, where they now have their own winery, Truckee River Winery. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Winemaker Fred Scherrer has also started his own winery near Sebastopol, using grapes grown on his family's Sonoma County ranch. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Jayson Harry Chang died of cancer in September 2002 at age 40. After graduating from UC Davis, Mr. Chang earned his teaching credential from St. Mary's College and was a dedicated high school science teacher in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District in Concord for 14 years. He was also an assistant coach for the school football team, statistician for the basketball team, adviser for numerous student clubs and mentor of novice science teachers. Survivors include his wife, Kathy (Saito) '90, his parents and three siblings. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Farhad Amirebrahimi is founder and president of Health Solutions, a health consulting and educational firm. He has written Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain: A Nine-Step Recovery Plan, in which he shares his experience with recovering from chronic pain and disability. For more information, visit Web site www.rapidrecovery.net. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • After graduating, Daniel Carey served a brewing apprenticeship in Bavaria, worked for an equipment fabricator designing equipment and overseeing its installation at over 40 breweries and then worked as production supervisor for Anheuser-Busch. In 1993, he and his wife, Deborah, started their own brewery, The New Glarus Brewing Co. in New Glarus, Wisc., which has won many national and international awards. The couple has two daughters, Nicole, 21, and Katherine, 17. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Janet Gaard, J.D., is a lawyer for the California Attorney General's Office. Gaard recently argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could end statute of limitations for child sexual abuse cases. A ruling is expected in June. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Jack Henderson has worked as a staff research associate in the UC Davis animal science department for the past 20 years. When not working in his chosen field of pesticide safety, Henderson enjoys competing in Scottish Highland games. He and his wife, Lisa, have a 5-year-old son, Robert. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Steve Rieger has been appointed senior account executive for NewCal Industries, a San Francisco and Marin County electronics distributor. Rieger lives in Mill Valley with his wife, Dana Shilling Rieger '83, and their four sons, Dave, J.D., Ari and Robinson. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • John Van Sant, M.A. '86, has been promoted to associate professor of history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Donna Di Grazia, M.A. ’86, associate professor of music at Pomona College in Claremont, won the college’s 2003 Wig Distinguished Professorship Award for Excellence in Teaching. She has been a faculty member at Pomona since 1998. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Lisa Galdos was appointed court executive officer for the Monterey Superior Court. She will direct and oversee all non-judicial operations of the court, including budget, staff and jury services program. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Steven Law was nominated by President Bush to be deputy secretary of labor. He had served as Secretary Elaine Chao’s chief of staff since 2001. Law and his wife, Elizabeth, have two children, Charlotte and John James. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Eric Robison, M.Ad. ’83, is president and founder of IdeaTrek and a business consultant for technology, media and consumer product companies. He was also the executive producer of the 2002 film Far From Heaven. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • President Bush nominated Sue Ellen Wooldridge to be solicitor of the Department of the Interior. She currently serves as deputy chief of staff and counselor to the secretary of the Interior. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) |