| 1985Melinda Guzman-Moore, J.D. '88, a partner in the law firm Goldsberry Freeman & Swanson in Sacramento, was elected president of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, the first woman to hold the position.
(appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Mike Hart, the president of the Sierra Railroad Co., was featured in a Sacramento Bee article on Feb. 14 for his work converting locomotives to clean-burning biodiesel and for his plan to build biodiesel power plants. He writes, "Thought that my classmates might be happy that I am finally doing things relating to agriculture!" He and his wife, Angie (Roberts) Hart '86, have four children. His brother, Chris Hart '86, is running the rail company's subsidiary corporation "Golden Sunset Dinner Train" in Oakdale. For information, visit Web site www.sierrarailroad.com.
(appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Amy Lanou, director of the nutrition department at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has written a book on children's health, Healthy Eating for Life for Children (John Wiley & Sons). Lanou oversees the PCRM's cancer project, conducting clinical research, working with cancer foundations and promoting a vegetarian diet.
(appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Thomas Curby-Lucier was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He will be transferring from his current job at U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., to become a detachment commander for Air Combat Command's Training Support Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
(appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Kathryn Doi, J.D., counsel to the secretary of the California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, was named president of the UC Davis School of Law Alumni Association board in May.
(appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Linda Fernandez, assistant professor of environmental and resource economics at UC Riverside, co-edited Both Sides of the Border: Transboundary Environmental Management Issues Facing Mexico and the United States (Kluwer Academic Publishers), sponsored by the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation at UC San Diego. More than 20 authors contributed to the work, covering such topics as law, politics, water, pollution and energy.
(appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Hiroko Kato, M.S. '88, is systems integration manager for the Combat Simulation and Integration Lab of United Defense LP. The company designs, develops and produces weapons-related items used by the U.S. Department of Defense.
(appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Brad Crutchfield was named vice president of Bio-Rad Laboratories' Life Science Group. For more than 17 years, Crutchfield has held positions of increasing responsibility at Hercules-based Bio-Rad, most recently as manager of the firm's biomaterials business.
(appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Grant Keeney has joined Seagate Properties Inc. as director of leasing of 44 Montgomery, a 43-story office building in San Francisco's Financial District. Keeney has over 17 years of real estate experience, most recently with Trammell Crow Co.
(appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Autumn Davidson, D.V.M., an associate clinical professor of internal medicine and reproduction in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, has received the 2003 Hills' Animal Welfare Humane Ethics Award from the American Animal Hospital Association for her work as the director of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Veterinary Clinic. Davidson is also the medical director for the National Labrador Retriever Club.
(appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Patty Deutsche joined Oakland company e-agency as vice president, with primary responsibility for building its public relations practice.
(appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Bettina Bracka Halvorsen was awarded her M.A. in international relations from the University of San Diego last year. During her graduate studies she interned at the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration at the State Department in Washington, D.C. She is now a grant writer for Project Concern International, a public health and development agency headquartered in San Diego.
(appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Alyson Burns-Glover, M.A., Ph.D. '89, professor of psychology at Pacific University in Oregon, has received her university's undergraduate teaching award. Her activities at the school include mentoring psychology students and raising awareness of the cultural adjustments faced by Hawaiian students.
(appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Linda Fernandez was appointed to the California Sea Grant Advisory Board. She is also assistant professor of environmental and resource economics at UC Riverside, where her work focuses on economic incentives for public and private management of natural resources.
(appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Chris Hilen has become "Of Counsel" to law firm Davis Wright Tremaine in San Francisco. Hilen advises clients on regulatory issues in the energy, telecommunications and water industries and represents clients on utility regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions.
(appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Francisco Rodriguez, M.S. '97, has been appointed president of Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. Rodriguez previously worked in administrative positions in the Yuba Community College District and at UC Davis.
(appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Jeff Tyler, M.P.V.M., Ph.D. '89, has received the 2003 American Feed Industry Association Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association for his work as professor of food-animal medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine. Tyler also works at the university's Veterinary Teaching Hospital as food-animal area coordinator and instructional leader.
(appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Patrick Burke died in May at age 42. Mr. Burke, who was profiled in the summer 2003 issue of UC Davis Magazine, was a software development manager at the University of Chicago, owner of Marram Publishing Co. and author of the recently published The Lazy Bachelor's Cookbook. Mr. Burke lived in Chesterton, Iowa, where he enjoyed gardening, carpentry and performing in his church's choirs. He is survived by his wife, Laura Pencook; twin daughters, Katherine and Eleanor; son James; and his parents and four siblings.
(appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Cynthia Bruckner-Lea, a senior scientist from the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Wash., was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering's ninth annual Frontiers of Engineering symposium. She also recently received the 2003 PNNL Woman of Achievement Award.
(appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Enrique Jimenez, M.A., has been named assistant professor of Spanish at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. In 2001 he wrote the book Struggle and Survival of the Pre-Roman Languages of the Iberian Peninsula.
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