Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1980s
| 1981Paul Vossen, M.S., is a farm advisor, working with fruits and vegetables, marketing and the Master Gardener Program in Sonoma and Marin counties. Vossen also teaches at Santa Rosa Junior College. He lives with his wife, Marisa, and two children in Sebastopol. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Timothy Weibel has established the Advanced Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Medical Center, a private plastic surgery practice in the South Bay area. After receiving a medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, he completed additional surgical training at Valley Medical Center in Fresno, the University of Southern California, St. Louis University and in San Francisco. (appeared in the Winter 2001 issue) • Brian Lewis was appointed to the board of directors of the California School Boards Association, where he will represent school board members and districts in nine counties. Lewis has an extensive background in education advocacy and was an employee of CSBA for 11 years. He is a member of the board of trustees for the Dry Creek Joint Elementary Schools District and corporate communications man-ager for Roseville Communications Co. He lives in Roseville with his wife, Patty, a public school teacher, and their three children, Mitch, Katy and Megan. (appeared in the Spring 2001 issue) • Philip Kearney, a homicide prosecutor with the office of the San Francisco district attorney, was chosen by the United Nations to serve as an international prosecutor in Kosovo. He will prosecute war crimes, genocide and hate crimes in the capital city of Prishtina. While in Kosovo, Kearney will take a sabbatical from the San Francisco district attorney's office, where he has worked since graduating from Hastings College in 1984. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Marie Kitzmiller has joined the Sacramento office of EDAW Inc. as a senior landscape architect. She works on habitat restoration and municipal park projects. Kitzmiller and her husband, Bob Veerkamp '71, live in Auburn, where she settled after graduation. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Mark Markel, D.V.M. '83, chair and professor of the Department of Medical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, received the Walter F. Renk Distinguished Professor Award for his outstanding contributions to the school's mission and academic programs. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Gary Martin, professor and assistant dean for student services at the University of the Pacific's School of Engineering, has published a book titled Welcome to the Professional World: Seven Success Principles for Entering the Workforce. The book is based on Martin's 18 years of experience in the field of career guidance. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Jim Staylor, president of Staylor-Made Communications, was named one of the top 100 media producers in the United States by AV Video Multimedia Producer Magazine. Staylor is also an award-winning writer and has been an actor for 20 years. He completed master's studies in communications at California State University, Fullerton, and is earning a master's degree in instructional design from San Diego State University. He founded Staylor-Made Communications in 1992 to provide video production services for corporate clients. (appeared in the Fall 2001 issue) • Jeff Michael is the weekend news anchor and weekday reporter for KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles and an investigative reporter for Fox Undercover, KTTV's investigative unit. He has won two Emmys for best spot news coverage and two Associated Press awards for best investigative reporting. He has held reporter and anchor positions at news stations in Reno, Nev.; Richmond, Va.; and Miami, Fla., since graduation. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • James Wardlaw, M.S., has been an optometric physician since receiving his doctor of optometry degree from UC Berkeley in 1985. He has a practice in Sparta, Tenn. Wardlaw also has a 120-acre farm where he raises beef cattle, quarter horses, spotted saddle horses and Tennessee Walkers, as well as hay. In addition, he recently had a short story published in Best American Short Fiction and is planning an anthology of his work. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Kenneth Babcock, J.D., executive director and general counsel of the Public Law Center in Santa Ana, was named a distinguished alumnus by the UC Davis School of Law. Babcock himself represents or finds volunteer lawyers to represent hundreds of indigent victims of consumer scams each year. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Richard Kantola, M.S., had his novel Summer River published in August by 1stBooks.com. The book is set on a fictional river in Northern California. Kantola lives in Sacramento with his wife and two daughters. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • David Masiel, M.A. '88, has written a novel based on his experiences working in the arctic oilfields in 1980-89. The book is being published by Random House in the United States under the title 2182 kHz and by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom under the title Chasing Moneymaker. He also published a essay in the Dec. 2 edition of the New York Times Magazine called "Arctic Refuse," about his experiences with pollution in the oilfields; it will be reprinted in a slightly expanded form by the Guardian in London. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Rob McNeill is senior vice president of winemaking at Seagram Chateau & Estate Wine Co., parent company of Mumm Cuvee Napa. He and his wife, Linda, enjoy cooking and pairing dishes with Mumm's sparkling wines. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Donald Dacanay was appointed associate warden at San Quentin State Prison. He has worked at San Quentin for 20 years, beginning as a correctional officer after graduating from UC Davis. His wife, Rochelle Chandler-Dacanay, also works at the prison. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Amy DeMent, performing under the name Amy Gallatin, has just released her fourth bluegrass/folk album, Live in Europe, following a second tour overseas with her band Stillwaters. Her previous album was recorded in Nashville with Grammy Award-winning producer Richard Adler, who has worked with the likes of Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and Alison Krauss. Now making her home in Connecticut, DeMent/Gallatin performs mostly on the eastern seaboard at acoustic music venues. Her Web site is located at www.amygallatin.com. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Mark McDonell, a Santa Rosa certified public accountant, was selected by The Lamy Group to verify the accuracy of sales reporting by tenants of major shopping malls in Northern California. The Lamy Group owns shopping centers throughout the United States. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Kent Murray, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the earth science program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn was given the Distinguished Faculty Research Award in recognition of his outstanding research in the field of groundwater hydrology and environmental geology. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Tom Myers, M.S., winemaker at Castoro Cellars in San Luis Obispo County, was voted 2002 Winemaker of the Year at the California Mid-State Fair, selected by a committee of industry leaders from throughout the county. Myers began his career at Estrella Winery as assistant winemaker in 1978 and was promoted to winemaker in 1982. He became winemaker at Castoro Cellars soon after it was founded and has served in that position for the past 12 years. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Sheryl Lamb Sun, chief of internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, was married in July to Jonathan Howard Blum, an instructor in the microbiology and molecular genetics department of Harvard Medical School in Boston. The two met in medical school in 1981, but, noted a New York Times article, it took 18 years, two bicycle trips in Vermont and compromises in the areas of religion and geography for their relationship to develop into a romance. Resolving the geography issue, Blum gave up his position in Boston, and the two now live in Sunnyvale. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) |