Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1990s
| 1997Hilary Mark married Aaron McCarty in September 2004 in a ceremony on Treasure Island, attended and officiated by fellow UC Davis graduates. Mark teaches fourth grade in Palo Alto, and McCarty works in bioscience in South San Francisco. The couple enjoys occasionally taking their puppy, Yolo, to Davis for the Saturday Farmers’ Market. (appeared in the Fall 2005 issue) • Joshua London’s book Victory in Tripoli: How America’s War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation was published in September by John Wiley and Sons. London lives in Washington, D.C., and has written on politics and public policy for various publications including regular contributions to the Washington Examiner. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Ariel Rogson, J.D., has been named a shareholder in the Portland, Ore., law firm of Marger Johnson & McCollom PC. A former employee of Logicon in San Pedro and the Aerospace Corp. in El Segundo, Rogson focuses his practice primarily on computer software technologies. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • John Carter, M.F.A., received the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, a Rema Hort Mann Foundation grant and a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council residency in 2005. His work is being featured in an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The show, Whitney Biennial: Day for Night, will be held through May 28. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Steve Cassal, M.A., Ph.D. ’03, died of a heart attack in December 2005 at age 52. Dr. Cassal was a postdoctoral fellow and popular lecturer in UC Davis’ University Writing Program and, in 2000, was recognized as an outstanding graduate student teacher. The Bay Area resident also worked as a freelance journalist and drama critic. Survivors include his wife of three years, Leslie Ballan. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Capt. Michael McCoy is an attorney for the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, assigned to Saddam Hussein’s defense team. The Fullerton native, who enlisted in the Air Force immediately following the Sept. 11 attacks, was profiled in an Orange County Register article noting that he works 13-hour days to ensure a fair trial for the former Iraqi dictator. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Greg Price and Suzanna (Martinez) ’06 of West Sacramento welcomed the birth of their daughter, Audrey Louise, in April. Greg is an account manager at Miles Treaster & Associates, and Suzanna is a teacher at Bridgeway Island Elementary School. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Erin (Jones) Walters graduated in May with a master’s degree in urban planning from San Jose State University. Since the birth of her daughter, Elle Jacqueline, in 2004, she works from home as a full-time mom and as a part-time planning consultant. Walters and her husband, Blair, a corporate attorney, have been married for five years. The family lives in Willow Glen. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Scott Lay, J.D. ’00, was selected as the new president and chief executive officer of the Community College League of California, a nonprofit organization serving California’s 72 community college districts. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Kelly Neary has accepted a tenure-track position in the biology department of Mission College in Santa Clara. Neary, whose emphasis will be anatomy and physiology, will teach full time in the fall, in addition to conducting research with the California Institute of Medical Research and working with an Internet start-up company. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Allison Quaglino, M.S. ’01, married Michael Guttentag in July in Santa Monica. Quaglino is completing a Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of Southern California. Guttentag is an associate professor of law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Christina Stroup graduated from the Ben-Gurion University–Columbia University Medical School for International Health. The school trains physicians in global health, preparing them to practice medicine in varied cultural settings and clinical conditions. As part of her education, Stroup completed a clerkship in India. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Pablo Garza married Debbie Michel ’00 in October. The wedding party included maid of honor Erin Matern ’00, D.V.M. ’04; bridesmaid April Covington ’99, D.V.M. ’03; best man Jonathan Watson ’97; groomsman Steve Weber ’96; and groomsman Bryan Hale ’94. Garza works in the California State Assembly as a consultant to the Business and Professions Committee, and Michel is a legislative analyst at the League of California Cities. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Tammy Grimm became court program coordinator for S.H.A.R.P. (Self Help Assistance & Referral Program) in the superior courts of Glenn, Butte and Tehama counties. The program offers legal assistance to self-represented litigants. She also works to promote awareness of chronic systemic lupus erythematosus, an auto-immune deficiency disorder she contracted in 2002. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Liana Hamilton Hans was named a principal at Triage Consulting, a San Francisco health-care consulting firm. She and her husband, Mike, had a son, Ryan Hans, in January 2006. The family lives in Oakland. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Air Force Maj. Conrad Huygen, J.D., recently returned from the Middle East after being deployed to the Combined Air Operations Center where he provided legal advice on the use of air power over Iraq and Afghanistan. He writes, “It’s good to be home!” (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Greg Price is an accredited professional for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System—the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of green buildings. Price is an account manager for Miles Treaster & Associates, an office furniture product and service firm in West Sacramento. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Angelo Williams has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger state director of government relations and external affairs for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Actor Jeffrey Carlson has landed a recurring role on All My Children. His character, Zarf, an international rock star, is the first transgender character on daytime television but the second role for Carlson focused on sexual identity. Two years ago, he played a cross-dresser in the Broadway musical Taboo, based on the life of pop star Boy George. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • Carrie (Ward) Gafni and Matthias Gafni ’98 welcomed their first child, Grace Camille, in November. Carrie is in her eighth year of teaching and works for the Travis Unified School District. Her husband is the assistant city editor for the Vallejo Times Herald. The couple lives in Fairfield. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) |