Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 1990s
| 1996Katrina (Humphries) Tet and her husband, Daniel '98, had a daughter, Alyssa Marie, last August in Pleasanton. Katrina is taking a break from financial planning to work full time for Alyssa, she says, while Daniel is working in San Francisco as a UNIX system administrator. (appeared in the Summer 2001 issue) • Sandra Uesugi, a faculty research assistant at Oregon State University, and her partner, Rob Williams, are riding a tandem bicycle across the country to raise awareness of a degenerative back disease, ankylosing spondylitis, with which Williams was diagnosed in 1991. The 3,500-mile ride began on Oct. 24 in Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to conclude Jan. 10 with a celebratory banquet dinner in Santa Barbara, Williams' hometown. The two hope to raise $10,000 through individual pledges, corporate sponsorships, fund-raising events and the sale of athletic socks and bicycle jerseys. For more information, visit Web site www.spondylitis.org. (appeared in the Winter 2002 issue) • Steve Praske, an officer in the U.S. Navy, graduated from Touro University Medical School last June and is doing an internship in internal medicine at the Naval Medical hospital in San Diego. He recently married his girlfriend of 13 years, Staci Hawley, who lives in Davis and teaches high school English in Fairfield. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • After graduating from UC Davis, Michael Robbers, M.S., took a position with the German Institute of Food Technology in Northern Germany, then joined MARS Inc. Germany in the research and development group, working on frying and emulsifying objectives. Today he's a member of the company's European engineering group, helping implement new packaging and product design projects in plants in several European countries. He has a 3-year-old daughter and a 1 1/2-year-old son. (appeared in the Spring 2002 issue) • Eve Iversen, M.S., a biology, chemistry, math and technology teacher at Emery High School in Emeryville, recently received a Toyota TAPESTRY grant for $1,000 to implement a "Pigeons in the Classroom" project at Emery. The project, based on a curriculum she developed while at UC Davis, is designed to give at-risk minority students an opportunity to learn by working with animals. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Jennifer King, M.F.A., an actress, director and instructor, was named director of artistic learning for the California Shakespeare Festival in the Bay Area. She was previously director of education and community programs for the Dallas Theater Center in Texas and, before that, associate artistic director/conservatory director for Sonoma County Repertory Theatre. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Laura (Holl) Quanbeck returned to Davis last year when her husband, Cameron, joined the UC Davis medical school's psychiatry department as a forensic psychiatrist. She now works as a clinical social worker at a mental health agency for children and families in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Kara Ueda, J.D. '00, former staff attorney for the League of California Cities, joined Sacramento law firm McDonough, Holland & Allen this spring in its redevelopment and public law section. (appeared in the Summer 2002 issue) • Nefretiri Cooley, alumni publications manager with the UC Davis Cal Aggie Alumni Association and Office of Alumni Relations, was named director of communications for the Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges. After graduating from UC Davis, Cooley earned a master's degree in publications design at the University of Baltimore. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Morris Saffold Jones II completed a Ph.D. in microbiology at the New York University School of Medicine in January and is now a postdoctoral fellow at UC San Francisco. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Sacramento attorney Jeffrey Kravitz, J.D., recently won a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals victory in what the Sacramento Bee called a "David vs. Goliath battle." Kravitz represented Scott Smith, whose company, EntrepreneurPR, had prompted a suit by the publishers of Entrepreneur magazine over alleged violation of magazine's trademark of the word "entrepreneur." (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • Stephan Krotz graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in May and is now in residency at Baylor College of Medicine in obstetrics and gynecology. He plans a career at an academic/teaching hospital, specializing in infertility with an emphasis on the prevention of genetic and congenital diseases. During his time in medical school, he conducted research and published several papers, wrote a presentation for an international meeting and a book chapter on hypertensive disease in twin pregnancies. (appeared in the Fall 2002 issue) • An Aug. 4 Inquirer article profiled the work of Danielle Beckwith and Jennifer Kramer, two recent Villanova law school graduates, who are helping a former child soldier from Uganda who is now incarcerated in a Pennsylvania prison. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • While a UC Davis student, Brian Kempf, now a consultant and the director of the Urban Tree Foundation based in Visalia, designed an innovative system for staking trees. His invention, the "Reddy Stake," is now being produced by a company in Turlock and has been approved by Caltrans for use in tree-planting projects throughout the state. (appeared in the Winter 2003 issue) • A textile piece by Susan Taber Avila, M.F.A., was included in an exhibition titled Bay Area Art V held at Napa Valley College Fine Arts Gallery in November and December. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Amy Caldwell married Robert Allen in August in Berkeley. Amy is a librarian, and Robert is a software architect and director of product development. They live in Vienna, Va. (appeared in the Spring 2003 issue) • Marine Corps 1st Lt. Gregory Buchanan was assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary unit, which provided support during the Iraq war. He is based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Charlotte Gullick, M.A., published her first novel, By Way of Water (Penguin Putnam), in August. An excerpt from the book, which is set in a fictionalized 1970s Mendocino County where she grew up, won grand prize from the Santa Fe Writer's Project. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Tameson McLean, Richard Watts and Michelle Samonek '95, J.D. '01, have all joined Sacramento law firm McDonough, Holland & Allen. McLean specializes in operational, regulatory and litigation matters in health care, Watts specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis on employment and business matters, and Samonek specializes in patent prosecution and litigation. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) • Matt Rosenberg and his wife, Jennifer Rosenberg '96, moved to Southern California after Matt was promoted to director of emergency services for the American Red Cross of Ventura County. Jennifer works as a historian with About.com. (appeared in the Summer 2003 issue) |