Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1980s
| 1983Paul Hosley was recently named news director at KGO NewsTalk 810 radio in San Francisco. He had been associate news director at KCBS All News radio in San Francisco. Hosley and his wife, Sally (Garbeff) ’85, live in Davis where she is a tennis instructor. They have three sons. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Maj. Michael Spears is a senior intelligence adviser currently on a year’s assignment in Iraq, assigned to a unit on the country’s border with Iran. He is part of an 11-member team composed of experts in a variety of fields. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Susan Harloe, M.F.A., has co-founded a San Francisco-based theatre group, Word for Word. The company has been transforming short stories into performance works for the stage since 1993, performing literary works by over 80 authors, and has been awarded numerous honors by the Bay Area Critics Circle since 1997. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • Michael Spears, who is currently serving in Iraq as an adviser to the Iraqi Security Forces, was recently promoted to lieutenant colonel. Spears is based out of the Washington D.C. area, where his family currently lives. He can be reached at michael.spears@us.army.mil. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • Chaim Poran, M.S., Ph.D. ’85, has been serving as the director of infrastructure at the Millennium Challenge Corp. since 2005. Established in 2004 as a U.S. government corporation, MCC works to reduce global poverty through the promotion of sustainable economic growth. Poran has been involved in such areas as transportation, water and sanitation, energy, information and communications technology, education and health infrastructure, and urban development. For more information about the corporation, visit www.mcc.gov. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Sherrie Smith-Ferri was honored with the Generations of Women Moving History Forward award at a celebration in Ukiah sponsored by the American Association of University Women of Ukiah, the National Women’s Political Caucus of Mendocino County, the Saturday Afternoon Club and Soroptimist International of Yokayo Sunrise. She was honored for her role in working to preserve and enhance local history. Smith-Ferri has been the director of the Grace Hudson Museum and Sun House in Ukiah for 10 years. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Hayman Tam was named manager of the ground mechanical design department at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. in Sunnyvale. The group is responsible for the design of specialized equipment used in the assembly, testing and transport of both government and commercial satellites. Members of the design team include Denise Ohara ’99, Donald Parkison ’03, Jagdeep Shergill ’04 and Nick Parry ’04. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • James MacLachlan, Ph.D., UC Davis professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology, received a 2007 Alumni Achievement Award from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in recognition of his scholarly dedication and accomplishments as a professor and researcher. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue) • A competitor at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and a five-time Olympic Trials qualifier, Linda Somers-Smith, J.D. ’86, has once again qualified for the Olympic Marathon Trials, which will be held in Boston this April. She is one of only two women to have qualified for six Olympic Trials. Somers-Smith lives in Arroyo Grande. (appeared in the Spring 2008 issue) • Roger Trott, M.S., has recently published his first novel, Getting in Tune (Coral Press). The story concerns a young guitarist who takes his band on the road seeking success. Trott lives in Lincoln, where he is a consulting economist, focusing on environmental and natural resources issues. After graduating from UC Davis, Trott played in rock bands for several years, providing much of the material for his new novel. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Farhad Amirebrahimi is the author of Rapid Recovery from Back Pain: A Nine-Step Recovery Plan (Health Advisory Group), which is now available to read online at www.rapidrecovery.net. The book is based on New York University's treatment program, along with Amirebrahimi's personal experience and strategies used by Olympic athletes. Amirebrahimi lives with his wife and two children in the San Jose area. (appeared in the Fall 2008 issue) • Anne (Westgate) Ahlman has written Naked Elbows: A Physical Therapist's Reflections on Patient Care, Intuition, and Healing (Gannett Healthcare Group). It is a medical narrative that looks at the personal and professional stories surrounding patient care. Currently, Ahlman works as the editor of Today in PT and as an outpatient physical therapist in the San Francisco Bay Area. (appeared in the Winter 2009 issue) • Felice Farran started Litter Free Lunch (www.litterfreelunch.com), a company in Naperville, Ill., that sells cloth napkins to help families reduce the amount of waste created from children’s lunches. (appeared in the Spring 2009 issue) • Michael Spears was recently selected as the deputy commanding officer for the 501st Military Intelligence Brigade, Korea. Spears is currently assigned in the Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Chief, Army Reserve as the Chief, Force Integration Division. He will assume his new post in June. (appeared in the Spring 2009 issue) • JANE STANFIELD, M.S., started the business Where Is She Going, which helps people plan vacations revolving around performing volunteer work. She also wrote a workbook, Mapping Your Volunteer Vacation, that helps people plan their own vacations. She was inspired to embark on her new career after quitting her job in 2005 and volunteering in eight different countries by 2006. She recently contributed a chapter for The Voluntary Traveler, which will be released in September. She lives in Lakewood, Colo. (appeared in the Summer 2009 issue) • James Nolan wrote Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing: The International Problem-Solving Court Movement (Princeton University), examining the global spread of a new breed of courts that attempt to solve offenders’ problems. Nolan is a sociology professor at Williams College in Massachusetts. (appeared in the Fall 2009 issue) • Craig Shimasaki wrote the book The Business of Bioscience: What Goes into Making a Biotechnology Product (Springer Science+Business), based on his experience starting and developing life science companies and products. He is the owner of the BioSource Consulting Group, a strategy consulting firm for people interested in starting a biotechnology company. He and his wife of 31 years, Verna, have two daughters, Alyssa and Lori, and one son-in-law, Adam. (appeared in the Winter 2010 issue) • Deeana Jang, J.D., was honored at the 30th National Immigration Law Center dinner in December for her work with low-income immigrants. As the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum policy director, Jang works to improve health care for Asian Americans, native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. She helped secure federal legislation to protect immigrant rights to benefits, status and independence from abusers. (appeared in the Spring 2010 issue) • Ted Litty was appointed senior policy advisor to the assistant administrator for recovery for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (appeared in the Spring 2010 issue) • Lori Rothman, M.S., edited “Just About Right” Scales (ASTM International), a book on a sensory evaluation technique. She conducts consumer research for Kraft Foods in Glenview, Ill. She and her husband, Mark Knickelbein, ’79, Ph.D. ’83, live with their two sons in Oak Park, Ill. (appeared in the Spring 2010 issue) |