Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1990s
| 1990Alyssa Jenkins was recently elected chair of the English department at Terra Nova High School in Pacifica, where she has been teaching for several years. Her husband, Dan Elefant, is a senior research associate at Vaxgen in South San Francisco, where he works on the AIDS vaccine. Jenkins writes that the couple "secretly hopes that their two sons will attend UC Davis in 13-15 years." (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Environmental consultant David Kupfer, back in Davis in May to serve as master of ceremonies for UC Davis' Whole Earth Festival, was profiled in a Davis Enterprise article that discussed his latest project to write about the history of the modern organic farming movement. He now lives on the San Juan Ridge at Olala Farm. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Claude Lague, Ph.D. '90, was named dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada for a five-year term. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Mike Buck joined the law firm of McDonough Holland & Allen as chair of the firm's Environmental Practice Group. The firm has offices in Sacramento and Oakland. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Christopher Ely, M.A., assistant professor of history at Florida Atlantic University, has written This Meager Nature: Landscape and National Identity in Imperial Russia (Northern Illinois University Press), exploring how artistic and literary representations of nature reflected and shaped Russians' ideas about themselves and their nation during the 19th century. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Shane Loomis and his wife, Jodi, recently had their first child, a daughter, Taylor Lynn. Shane is a consultant with Accenture, a management and technology services organization. The family has been living in downtown Los Angeles since 2000 after a few years in Florida. They can be reached at sloomis@yahoo.com. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Mo Brownsey, a comedian and a teacher at City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State, has written Is It a Date or Just Coffee: The Gay Girl's Guide to Dating, Sex and Romance (Alyson), a humorous look at lesbian dating. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Steve Dunmead, Ph.D., is vice president of technology for the OM Group, producer of metal-based chemicals. He is responsible for new product development, applied technology, innovation and intellectual property. The company is based in Cleveland, Ohio. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Daniel Muller, J.D. '93, was promoted to principal of the East Bay law firm Morgan Miller Blair. Muller represents property owners, homebuilders, public agencies and utilities and other business entities in real estate, contract, environmental and land-use disputes. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Steven Pollack is a crew-member of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, which recently contributed to relief efforts on Guam after a typhoon destroyed homes on the island. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Amy Sutherland married ceramic artist Otis Bardwell in September. She works in the financial aid office of Southern California University of Health Sciences in Whittier, assisting chiropractic and acupuncture students with job development. Navy Lt. Cmdr. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Steven Pollack served on the USS Kitty Hawk, which provided support during the Iraq war. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • James Van Pelt, M.A., had his first short-story collection, Strangers and Beggars, named Best Book for Young Adults from 2002 by the American Library Association. His short stories were also recently reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction, The Year's Best Fantasy and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Michael Buck was promoted to shareholder at McDonough, Holland & Allen, a Northern Californian law firm. Buck is the chair of the firm's environmental section and focuses on regulatory compliance issues. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Craig Piper is an assistant professor and archivist at the Congressional and Political Research Center of the Mississippi State University Libraries and this year co-authored Sonny Montgomery: The Veteran's Champion (University Press of Mississippi), the memoirs of former Mississippi Congressman G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Corine "Cori" Buckley died in July of lung cancer. The Rocklin resident was a CPA for accounting firm Buckley and Endow in Sacramento and was an avid runner and soccer player. She is survived by friends and family. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Julia Couzens, M.F.A., created Fancy, a webbed wire curtain sculpture, for the Tsao Gallery inside the Davis Art Center. Her work has been shown at venues across the country. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Bryan Fisher has been named assistant professor of speech communication at Francis Marion University in Florence, S.C. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Craig Lundgren, J.D., joined a new law firm, Malovos & Mendoza, in Sacramento. Formerly with Livingston & Mattesich, he is a business litigator who specializes in construction law. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) • Sharon Wu Nitsche was recently promoted to ASIC (application-specific integrated circuits) pre-production prototype planner with Texas Instruments Inc. She welcomed her first child, Katelyn Ann, in 2002 and was also promoted to major in the Army Reserves. (appeared in the Winter 2004 issue) |