Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1990s
| 1992Michael Chang and his wife, Hiromi, had a son, Laurent Hirakata Chang, born in October in Japan. Their daughter, Alyssa--also born in Japan--is 4 years old. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Theodore Hamm, M.A., Ph.D. '96, has written Rebel and a Cause: Caryl Chessman and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Postwar California, 1948-1974 (UC Press, 2001). Hamm has written about criminal justice for the Los Angeles Times, The Nation and American Quarterly. He currently teaches in the metropolitan studies program at New York University. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Katya Ledin completed her Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Georgia last year and is now working on tick-borne diseases as an American Society for Microbiology fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention facility in Fort Collins, Colo. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Toshihiro Minohara, a professor at Kobe University in Japan, was the subject of a Los Angeles Times article in December describing his discovery that Japan had successfully broken U.S. and British diplomatic codes before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Decoded documents may have contributed to Japan's decision to bomb the United States, the Times reported. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Michael Chang has joined Fedex Corp. as a managing director for the company's northern Pacific region, a territory that encompasses Japan, South Korea, Guam and Saipan. He is based in Tokyo. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Elizabeth Sanders says that, despite "allof the smart comments I get about being a rhetoric major, I've managed to carve out a professional career for myself since leaving Davis." She moved to Dallas five years ago and now works in telecommunications for NEC America Inc. as the product line manager for the company's call center products. She's also engaged to be married. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Ian Topf has joined the Law Offices of Stuart M. Manroel in San Diego as an associate. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Jan Hauser, M.S., was named an associate of engineering consulting firm Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. Hauser joined the firm in 1998 as director of business development for northwestern Ohio and southeastern Michigan, after working as director of utilities in Adrian, Mich. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Art Russell, a research analyst with financial-services firm Edward Jones, was recognized by The Wall Street Journal in its "Best on the Street" annual analyst survey. Russell ranked No. 4 for his stock-picking skills in the computer industry. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Randy Scott Wong, former managing director of the national nonprofit Motorcycle Safety Foundation, has returned to the real estate industry. He and his wife, fellow attorney Monica Wong, are commercial and residential property developers with offices based in the Encino area of Southern California. They live in Orange County. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Elke Chaudhary, Cred. '93, and her partner, Lisa Key, welcomed their first child in April, a son, Spencer. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Kian Tavakoli is winemaker at Clos du Val in Napa Valley. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Kenneth Wood, M.A.M. '96, is a materials manager for Kerry Ingredients in Union City--one of several Kerry plants in the United States and one that makes chocolate-based ingredients for food companies in the ice cream, baking and nutritional bar industries. Wood also became a father this year. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • Jan Hauser, M.S., has joined engineering firm Finkbeiner, Pettis & Strout Inc. as manager of its Novi, Mich., office. Hauser has worked for the company since 1998, when he joined as director of business development for the Toledo office; he was named an associate of the firm in 2000. The company designs water, wastewater, storm water and transportation systems for communities throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Diane Beeken is coach of the cheerleading squad at Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks. Her team won top honors in one of the divisions at the USA National Cheerleading Competition in Anaheim earlier this year. Beeken, who is also an English teacher at the school, was herself a cheerleader while at UC Davis. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Jill (Everett) Hornbeck and her husband, Neal, had twins--a boy and a girl--in December. They also have a 2-year-old son. Jill teaches interior design classes part time at Las Positas Junior College in Livermore. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Erin Kvistad joined law firm Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel as a member of its business and transactions group. She will be based in the firm's Pleasanton office. Kvistad was named by the East Bay Business Times as one of its top 40 business leaders under 40. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Jean-Paul Arlie, Los Angeles division manager of Vector Marketing Corp., marketer of Cutco cutlery, reached $20 million in sales with the company. Arlie, a Glendale resident, joined the company in 1992. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Tracy Dunn earned her master's degree in counseling from California State University, Sacramento, in 2001 and became a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society the same year. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) • Jean-Pierre Francillette graduated from UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco in 1997. He now works in Sacramento as an environmental professional with EIP Associates, an environmental consulting firm. (appeared in the Fall 2003 issue) |