Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1980s
| 1985Steve Wilhelm is a fellow with the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University. He is studying methods to encourage tuberculosis patients to adhere to their treatment regimen. He lives in the Silicon Valley with his wife, Carole Wunderlich '84. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Bob McBarton was named director of business development with the Large Market Corporate Travel Group at American Express, which he joined in 1990. He and his wife, Felicia, and their daughter, Megan, live in Antioch “in a house full of loopy pets,” he says. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Catherine Nichols-Washer was named superintendent of the Manteca Unified School District after serving as interim superintendent since May. She oversees a staff of about 1,900 teachers and support personnel in the 23,000-student district. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Danielle (Teuber) Onstot, M.S. ’89, and her 10-year-old daughter, Gianna, have been on three medical missions to Mexico and two trips to Romania with the Smiles Foundation. She currently practices pediatrics in Ventura County. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Francisco Rodriguez, M.S. ’97, president of Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, was one of six people age 40 and under called “worth following” in the January issue of Comstock’s Magazine. He lives in Woodland with his wife, Irma, and their two children. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Sheila Small is a Realtor, living in the East Bay with her husband, Dave, and their dog, Jessica. She can be reached at sheila.small@cbnorcal.com. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Bor-Wen Wu, M.S., is the founder and president of DesigneRx Pharmaceuticals, a new biotechnology firm in Vacaville. The company is focusing on a drug for the treatment of liver cancer. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • David “Laze” Lazerson died in January 2004 at age 40 when his private plane crashed after a midair collision. Mr. Lazerson, who lived in Tehachapi, was the deputy director for the Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base and an accomplished aerobatic pilot who performed in air shows around the country. Survivors include his wife, Kelly, and his two daughters, Claryce and Samantha. (appeared in the Spring 2004 issue) • Bradley Fenwick, Ph.D., chief science adviser and chief scientist for research, education and economics in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and professor of infectious disease pathology at Kansas State University, was named vice president for research at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Carl Fritzsche was promoted to manager for emergency response for Chevron Texaco Global Marketing. He lives in Alameda and enjoys sailing on San Francisco Bay in his free time. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Robert Ruxin, a psychiatrist with South Sacramento Kaiser, is heading up the psychiatry department at a new satellite facility in Elk Grove. A captain in the Army Reserves, Ruxin also recently served a three-month tour of duty in Iraq working as a psychiatrist with the U.S. Army 113th Medical Company (Combat Stress Control). His wife is Tamra (Ho) Ruxin ’87. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Caitlin Cavalier Stein and her husband, Albert Stein, welcomed fraternal twin boys, William and Albert Jr., in January. The family lives in San Francisco. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Craig Stowers, J.D., married Monique Boyle in March. He is a founding owner and partner in the Anchorage and Fairbanks law firm Clapp, Peterson and Stowers, and Boyle is an air traffic controller in Anchorage. They met after Boyle served as a juror at a trial for which Stowers was the defense attorney. (appeared in the Summer 2004 issue) • Like his father and grandfather before him, John Koryu Akita, is the priest of the Sotozen Buddhist Temple in Shizuoka City, Japan. He and his wife, Nami, also conduct English and hula classes for young people. They have a 9-year-old daughter, Karin. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Melinda Guzman-Moore, J.D. ’88, to the California State University board of trustees in July. She is a partner in the law firm Goldsberry Freeman Guzman & Ditora and lives in Fair Oaks. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Jonathan Lee obtained his Certified Financial Planner certification in May. He is a financial adviser with Merrill Lynch in Minneapolis. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Alfred Ruiz married Sandy Fernandez at the Carmel Mission in June. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Khaled Salah, D.En., was killed in his home by Israeli soldiers during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus in July 2004. Dr. Salah taught electrical engineering at An-Najah University. He lived in an apartment house that an armed militant used for cover against pursuing Israeli forces. Dr. Salah’s 16-year-old son, Muhammed, was also killed in a firefight that ensued. (appeared in the Fall 2004 issue) • Patty Deutsche, vice president of an integrated marketing communications firm in Oakland, was the Republican challenger to state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, in the election Nov. 2, which was also her birthday. She received 16 percent of the vote in the predominantly Democratic district. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) • Brian Sailor has been promoted to chief financial officer of Aeroflex/Metelics, a semiconductor manufacturer in Sunnyvale. (appeared in the Winter 2005 issue) |