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Class Notes Archive 1931-2014

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1993Scott Feller, Ph.D., a chemistry professor and natural sciences division chair at Wabash College, has been selected to become dean of the Indiana men’s liberal arts college in July. He taught at UC Davis and Whitman College before joining the Wabash faculty in 1998. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • A second edition of Innosanto Nagara’s ABC board book, A is for Activist, was released in November by Triangle Square Books for Young Readers. A Spanish edition, adapted by Martha Gonzalez of the Grammy award winning band Quetzal, is due out this year. Nagara, founder of Design Action Collective, is married to Kristi Laughlin ’92, an interfaith organizer in Oakland. They have a 3-year-old son. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Mark Nunez, D.V.M., has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Veterinary Medical Board. Nunez is an associate veterinarian at the Veterinary Care Center in Los Angeles. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • Julie Anne Escoto-Munoz, of Sacramento, died at age 43 on October 30. He was a Peace Corps alum and Sacramento County social worker. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) • An e-book by Alan Parris Archuleta, The Gospel of Hemp: How Hemp Can Save Our World, is available on Amazon and other major e-book sellers. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue) • Terri Dawn Arnold earned an M.A. in educational leadership and a preliminary administrative services credential at Azusa Pacific University. She graduated in the top 1 percent of her class and is a new member of Alpha Chi and Pi Lambda Theta honor societies. The former English teacher also holds a M.Ed. from Indiana Wesleyan University. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue) • Sue Westwood received her Certified Public Accountant license in February and now works at Carbahal & Company in Davis. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Adam Inlander is the new executive director of Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Beach. He had held a similar position at Temple Beth Shalom in New Albany, Ohio, since 2007. A native of San Francisco, he is a senior member of the National Association for Temple Administration, and was elected to its board in 2013. (appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) • Christina Fugazi was elected to the Stockton City Council in November. She is a high school science teacher for Venture Academy Family of Schools. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) • Grant Guilford, Ph.D., is the vice chancellor and chief executive for Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand’s top research university. He previously worked at two other New Zealand campuses—as dean of science at University of Auckland and a veterinary professor at Massey University. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)
1994J.R. Campbell, M.F.A. '96, and Melissa English '95 live in Ames, Iowa, where Campbell is an assistant professor in the textiles and clothing department at Iowa State University. The two had a daughter, Willow Rachel Campbell, in June. English is a full-time mom, as well as owner of M.C. English Productions, a clothing design business, which she runs out of her home. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Mary Yaeger, M.F.A. '96, works part time at the Boulder Extension Office of the Southwest Research Institute. In 1998, she received the Fellowship Award in Visual Art from the Colorado Council on the Arts, and some of her textile work appeared in Fashion Show: Art of and About Fashion, an exhibition held in Boulder, Colo. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Kari Grantham Brewer, J.D. '00, and Gary Brewer '99 were married in December at Stanford Memorial Church. Kari recently graduated from UC Davis' School of Law; Gary, a substitute teacher, will start a credential program in the fall. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Channa McNiel was recently promoted to account manager at Deen+Black Public Relations. Working out of the firm's Sacramento office, McNiel manages technology accounts throughout California. She also provides counsel and public relations and marketing support to the UC Davis Connect program, which links entrepreneurs to university and regional resources. McNiel received her master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Christine Smith, M.S. '96, M.B.A. '96, Ph.D. '97, was named one of Technology Review's "100 Young Innovators" in its November/December issue. Former director of a UC laboratory collaboration program, Smith works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in its Industrial Partnerships and Commercialization office and has been part of the leadership team for a new "incubator" center for start-up companies. She was honored by the MIT publication for efforts that "paved the way for productive research collaborations among thousands of people." (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Terri Chung graduated in May from UC Berkeley's optometry school and is now doing a residency in ocular disease at the Albuquerque Veteran's Hospital in New Mexico. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Raphael Klug has started his orthopaedic surgery residency, and his wife, Vanessa Sims-Klug, is an associate attorney with Liberty Mutual in Philadelphia, Pa. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Stewart Reid and Samantha Sennett, who met in Primero student housing their freshman year, were married in May in Hawaii. Sennett is a financial adviser with Modern America Corp. in San Mateo, and Reid is a sales representative with TimesTen Performance Software in Mountain View. They live in Menlo Park. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Robin Walz, Ph.D., is assistant professor of history at the University of Alaska Southeast. He recently published a book, Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Paris (University of California Press). Walz also works as co-editor of the Fantômas Web site, www.fantomas-lives.com. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Steve Wilbur, a children's therapist in San Francisco, raced in the inaugural Ironman California Triathlon at Camp Pendleton in May. He finished 274th out of 1,500 participants, swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles and running 26.2 miles in 11 hours, 27 minutes. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue)

1993Scott Feller, Ph.D., a chemistry professor and natural sciences division chair at Wabash College, has been selected to become dean of the Indiana men’s liberal arts college in July. He taught at UC Davis and Whitman College before joining the Wabash faculty in 1998. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) •  A second edition of Innosanto Nagara’s ABC board book, A is for Activist, was released in November by Triangle Square Books for Young Readers. A Spanish edition, adapted by Martha Gonzalez of the Grammy award winning band Quetzal, is due out this year. Nagara, founder of Design Action Collective, is married to Kristi Laughlin ’92, an interfaith organizer in Oakland. They have a 3-year-old son. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) •  Mark Nunez, D.V.M., has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Veterinary Medical Board. Nunez is an associate veterinarian at the Veterinary Care Center in Los Angeles. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) •  Julie Anne Escoto-Munoz, of Sacramento, died at age 43 on October 30. He was a Peace Corps alum and Sacramento County social worker. (appeared in the Spring 2014 issue) •  An e-book by Alan Parris Archuleta, The Gospel of Hemp: How Hemp Can Save Our World, is available on Amazon and other major e-book sellers. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue) •  Terri Dawn Arnold earned an M.A. in educational leadership and a preliminary administrative services credential at Azusa Pacific University. She graduated in the top 1 percent of her class and is a new member of Alpha Chi and Pi Lambda Theta honor societies. The former English teacher also holds a M.Ed. from Indiana Wesleyan University. (appeared in the Summer 2014 issue) •  Sue Westwood received her Certified Public Accountant license in February and now works at Carbahal & Company in Davis.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) •  Adam Inlander is the new executive director of Temple Bat Yahm in Newport Beach. He had held a similar position at Temple Beth Shalom in New Albany, Ohio, since 2007. A native of San Francisco, he is a senior member of the National Association for Temple Administration, and was elected to its board in 2013.
(appeared in the Fall 2014 issue) •  Christina Fugazi was elected to the Stockton City Council in November. She is a high school science teacher for Venture Academy Family of Schools. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue) •  Grant Guilford, Ph.D., is the vice chancellor and chief executive for Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand’s top research university. He previously worked at two other New Zealand campuses—as dean of science at University of Auckland and a veterinary professor at Massey University. (appeared in the Spring 2015 issue)

1994J.R. Campbell, M.F.A. '96, and Melissa English '95 live in Ames, Iowa, where Campbell is an assistant professor in the textiles and clothing department at Iowa State University. The two had a daughter, Willow Rachel Campbell, in June. English is a full-time mom, as well as owner of M.C. English Productions, a clothing design business, which she runs out of her home. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Mary Yaeger, M.F.A. '96, works part time at the Boulder Extension Office of the Southwest Research Institute. In 1998, she received the Fellowship Award in Visual Art from the Colorado Council on the Arts, and some of her textile work appeared in Fashion Show: Art of and About Fashion, an exhibition held in Boulder, Colo. (appeared in the Spring 2000 issue) • Kari Grantham Brewer, J.D. '00, and Gary Brewer '99 were married in December at Stanford Memorial Church. Kari recently graduated from UC Davis' School of Law; Gary, a substitute teacher, will start a credential program in the fall. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Channa McNiel was recently promoted to account manager at Deen+Black Public Relations. Working out of the firm's Sacramento office, McNiel manages technology accounts throughout California. She also provides counsel and public relations and marketing support to the UC Davis Connect program, which links entrepreneurs to university and regional resources. McNiel received her master's degree from Carnegie Mellon University. (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Christine Smith, M.S. '96, M.B.A. '96, Ph.D. '97, was named one of Technology Review's "100 Young Innovators" in its November/December issue. Former director of a UC laboratory collaboration program, Smith works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in its Industrial Partnerships and Commercialization office and has been part of the leadership team for a new "incubator" center for start-up companies. She was honored by the MIT publication for efforts that "paved the way for productive research collaborations among thousands of people." (appeared in the Summer 2000 issue) • Terri Chung graduated in May from UC Berkeley's optometry school and is now doing a residency in ocular disease at the Albuquerque Veteran's Hospital in New Mexico. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Raphael Klug has started his orthopaedic surgery residency, and his wife, Vanessa Sims-Klug, is an associate attorney with Liberty Mutual in Philadelphia, Pa. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Stewart Reid and Samantha Sennett, who met in Primero student housing their freshman year, were married in May in Hawaii. Sennett is a financial adviser with Modern America Corp. in San Mateo, and Reid is a sales representative with TimesTen Performance Software in Mountain View. They live in Menlo Park. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Robin Walz, Ph.D., is assistant professor of history at the University of Alaska Southeast. He recently published a book, Pulp Surrealism: Insolent Popular Culture in Early Twentieth-Century Paris (University of California Press). Walz also works as co-editor of the Fantômas Web site, www.fantomas-lives.com. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue) • Steve Wilbur, a children's therapist in San Francisco, raced in the inaugural Ironman California Triathlon at Camp Pendleton in May. He finished 274th out of 1,500 participants, swimming 2.4 miles, biking 112 miles and running 26.2 miles in 11 hours, 27 minutes. (appeared in the Fall 2000 issue)

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