Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1980s
| 1983Steven Zipperstein, J.D., was named vice president of legal and external affairs, general counsel and secretary at Verizon Wireless, which is headquartered in Bedminster, N.J. He is responsible for the company’s legal, regulatory, compliance and federal and state public-policy matters. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Cyril Juanitas studied law at Georgetown University and public policy at Harvard University and is now working as an executive in the technology field. He and his wife, Laura ’84, live in Davis. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Kathleen Snodgrass, J.D., died in April 2004 of cancer at age 56. Ms. Snodgrass was the co-founder of one of the top lobbying firms in Sacramento and was a well-known philanthropist. Before entering the lobbying field, she had worked as a Sacramento deputy district attorney and as legal counsel for then-Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Survivors include her husband, Woody Pascoe, her parents, two sisters and a brother. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Hector Bedolla, vineyard manager for Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Vineyards, was elected to the executive board of the California Association of Winegrape Growers last October. He and his wife, Juanita, have two daughters, Stephanie and Camila, and reside in Healdsburg. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • James Ponder, D.V.M. ’85, operates the Aromas Animal Clinic, a mobile veterinary practice in the Monterey Bay area. In addition to making house calls, Ponder is trained in veterinary acupuncture. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Stephan Zweifel has been promoted to full professor of biology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Fred Hulting, senior technology manager for General Mills Inc. in Minneapolis, Minn., was named a fellow of the American Statistical Association in August for promoting statistical methods in industry. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Alan Kelley, M.D., a family practice physician in Redmond, Wash., was profiled in September by the Seattle Times for his efforts to immunize thousands of children in the Sudan and other impoverished countries. He founded the nonprofit Medical Teams Worldwide six years ago. One of his four children, Lorraine Kelley, a medical student, frequently travels with him on the humanitarian trips. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Oscar Ho, M.F.A., opened a new exhibit celebrating his career in art at the Para/Site gallery in Sheung Wan, China. Ho served as curator at the Hong Kong Arts Centre from 1988 through 2001, participating in a wave of avant-garde art that examined social and political issues. (appeared in the Spring 2005 issue) • Janet Keeter, former deputy city manager of Lodi, began work in August as the new city manager for Orinda. City councilmembers selected Keeter, who has 20 years of city management experience, from among 50 applicants as the most capable to revitalize the struggling downtown area. She and husband Stephen plan to move from Lodi to the Bay Area. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • Alan Kelley, M.D., received the UC Davis School of Medicine 2005 Humanitarian Award. Kelley, who practices family medicine in Redmond, Wash., has traveled the world, providing food and medical supplies to people in Sudan, Haiti, Nicaragua, Kenya, the former Soviet Union, Guatemala and Congo. He also runs his own nonprofit organization, Medical Teams Worldwide, which leads groups of 10 to 15 people on humanitarian trips to Third World countries. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • Rebecca Kuga recently obtained her marriage and family therapist license and opened a psychotherapy office in Novato. Kuga offers individuals, couples and adolescents assistance with issues of self-esteem, life transitions, and substance abuse and recovery. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • Daniel Pearl was named director of the Northwest Book Festival. Pearl has also assumed the position of editor with The Forerunner, a Seattle publishing house. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Julie Wycoff Rogers and Paul Rogers were killed by an intruder in January 2006 at their home in El Cerrito at the respective ages of 47 and 48. As students, the couple worked for ASUCD—Mr. Rogers as president in 1978–79 and Ms. Rogers as advocacy director during the same period. Mr. Rogers was a lawyer specializing in venture capital and start-up companies, and a lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Ms. Rogers was also an attorney and a former member of the El Cerrito Planning Commission. Survivors include three children. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Rich Collins owns California Vegetable Specialties, a farming company that specializes in endive—a leafy vegetable grown in darkened chambers from chicory roots and used in salads and hors d’oeuvres. The company annually produces over 30 million heads of the increasingly popular vegetable. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • James Meehan was promoted in May to the position of senior deputy district attorney for Alameda County. Meehan has served as a deputy district attorney since 1986 and specializes in death-penalty prosecutions. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Chiara Briganti, M.A., has written Domestic Modernism, The Interwar Novel, and E.H. Young (Ashgate Publishing) with co-author Kathy Mezei, a professor at Simon Fraser University. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Bobbi JG Weiss has been a freelance writer for the past 16 years with clients that include movie studios, publishers and comic book and game companies. She has also written Writing Is Acting: How to Improve the Writer’s Onstage Performance (Heinemann), a how-to book that uses acting-oriented exercises as a basis for improving storytelling and communication skills. She lives in Crestline. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Brian Crisp was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He returned from Iraq, where he served with the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. He is currently chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Evans Army Hospital in Fort Carson, Colo. He has been married to Tracey (Nakano) Crisp ’83 for 22 years. They have two children and live in Colorado Springs, Colo. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Kym Fabel was named program manager for the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce. In her new position, Fabel will oversee chamber events and communications. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) |