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Class Notes Archive 1931-2014

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2004Emilio Soltero, Ph.D., is teaching a cartooning class at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Camille Sumner and Michael Shultz ’94, Ph.D. ’00, were married at Lake Tahoe and live in Davis. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Caz Taylor, Ph.D., was awarded the 2004 Southwood Prize by the British Ecological Society for the best paper published in the society’s Journal of Applied Ecology. The paper, which explored various methods of eradicating Spartina, an invasive plant causing ecological problems in Northern California, was co-authored by UC Davis professor Alan Hastings. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Hong Zhang, M.F.A., had an art exhibition at the Kansas Union Gallery in Lawrence in October. The show featured Zhang’s charcoal drawings of household objects made of flowing black hair. Zhang and her husband, John Kennedy, also welcomed their first child, a girl, in October. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Second Lt. Jorge Regan is deployed as a California Army National Guard platoon leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His unit is commanded by Maj. Ken Koop ’92. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Joaquin Feliciano, Ph.D., and Maggy Krell, J.D. ’03, were named volunteer co-directors of the 2007 Northern California AIDS Challenge, a four-day, 325-mile bicycling event that raises money for Central Valley HIV/AIDS service providers (see www.norcalaidschallenge.com). They’re hoping to attract 100 riders and raise $175,000 in donations. Krell works for the Sacramento district attorney’s office, and Feliciano is with the UC Davis Washington Program. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Joshua Hart, M.A., Ph.D. ’06, was one of five postdoctoral teaching fellows selected by the Lawrence Fellows in the Liberal Arts and Sciences program out of more than 600 applications across the country. He will serve a two-year appointment with the program, which will provide mentoring, teaching and research opportunities in preparation for careers at liberal arts colleges. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Wesley Jones has written Mousecatraz: The Walt Disney World College Program (E.J. Communications), recounting personal stories by current and past cast members who work at the vacation resort. Jones is finishing work on a Master of Arts degree in sport management at the University of San Francisco and was recently on tour with dancer Michael Flatley’s Celtic Tiger world tour in a consulting capacity. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Eric Kupers, M.F.A., received a Dance USA/Irvine Foundation grant in support of the recent premiere of Anicca by his Undressed Project ensemble. The site-specific dance, designed to challenge body image prejudice, was performed in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hawaii and incorporated a naked community chorus. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • John Winslow, along with Gabe Bruck, has launched an Internet customized trail mix company called Barking Buffalo. Located at www.barkingbuffalo.com, the company allows customers to choose from 24 ingredients to create a mix with the flavor and nutrient combination they’d like. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • George Bruque is currently in his second year at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He volunteers his time at a medical clinic in an underserved area and just returned from Ecuador this summer. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Kevin Jones and Kimberly Omer were married in July in Orange County. Jones is in his second year of medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, and Omer is in her second year of teaching at Holder Elementary School in Buena Park. The wedding party included Sarah Allen ’03, Desiree Evans-Claassen ’03, Amanda Piper ’02, Elisa Noble ’03, Jeremiah Jarvis ’04 and Joshua O’Neill ’03. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Ashley Raasch has been accepted into the Peace Corps and in September left for Paraguay, where she will work as an agroforestry volunteer. After a stay with her host family, Raasch will serve for two years in the community, where she hopes to “make connections with people who come from a completely different world than I do.” (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Olowo-n’djo Tchala, through his shea butter business, has raised nearly $400,000 in development funds for his native country of Togo in West Africa. His company, Alaffia Sustainable Skin Care, produces fair-trade shea butter products, such as lotions and soaps, for retailers in the Puget Sound area. He also runs a community project that donates bicycles to the children of Togo. Tchala lives in Olympia, Wash., with his wife, Rose Hyde, and two daughters. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Eric Kupers, M.F.A., and his Dandelion Dancetheater performed a new dance and theater work titled DROP in San Francisco in August and September. Kupers is the recipient of an emerging choreographer grant from the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, given to support the creation of new dance work in the Bay Area. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue) • Anthony Pinata received an M.F.A. degree, specializing in printmaking, from the University of Connecticut in 2006 and is now pursuing an M.A. in Italian literature there. A practicing visual artist, Pinata is also participating in an art exhibition titled Cultural Identity at the National Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria, this year. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue) • Galen Williams and Sarah Detrick were married in September near Bend, Ore., and honeymooned in Kauai, Hawaii. The couple met in their Biological Sciences 1A class as undergraduates. Detrick currently works for Liberty Mutual Insurance in the claims department, while Williams works for Legacy Health System as a research assistant. They live in Portland, Ore. (appeared in the Spring 2008 issue) • Carissa Marie Beecham, J.D. ’07, and Matthew Ryan Lechowick, who met as undergraduates at UC Davis, were married in Marysville in May. Beecham is an associate attorney at Best, Best & Krieger LLP in Sacramento. Lechowick is a designer at Stantec Architecture in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Dan Forootan is the CEO of Sacramento-based StreamSend, an e-mail marketing firm. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Susan Lyons, M.A., founded a nonprofit organization, Clínica Verde, last spring. Clínica Verde is a health clinic for poor women and children in a rural area of Nicaragua and a prototype of environmental sustainability. The clinic aims to look at health care holistically, addressing elements of sustainability that extend to education, social welfare, community and self-agency, while the facility is being constructed according to the highest environmental standards. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue)

2004Emilio Soltero, Ph.D., is teaching a cartooning class at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Camille Sumner and Michael Shultz ’94, Ph.D. ’00, were married at Lake Tahoe and live in Davis. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Caz Taylor, Ph.D., was awarded the 2004 Southwood Prize by the British Ecological Society for the best paper published in the society’s Journal of Applied Ecology. The paper, which explored various methods of eradicating Spartina, an invasive plant causing ecological problems in Northern California, was co-authored by UC Davis professor Alan Hastings. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Hong Zhang, M.F.A., had an art exhibition at the Kansas Union Gallery in Lawrence in October. The show featured Zhang’s charcoal drawings of household objects made of flowing black hair. Zhang and her husband, John Kennedy, also welcomed their first child, a girl, in October. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Second Lt. Jorge Regan is deployed as a California Army National Guard platoon leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His unit is commanded by Maj. Ken Koop ’92. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Joaquin Feliciano, Ph.D., and Maggy Krell, J.D. ’03, were named volunteer co-directors of the 2007 Northern California AIDS Challenge, a four-day, 325-mile bicycling event that raises money for Central Valley HIV/AIDS service providers (see www.norcalaidschallenge.com). They’re hoping to attract 100 riders and raise $175,000 in donations. Krell works for the Sacramento district attorney’s office, and Feliciano is with the UC Davis Washington Program. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Joshua Hart, M.A., Ph.D. ’06, was one of five postdoctoral teaching fellows selected by the Lawrence Fellows in the Liberal Arts and Sciences program out of more than 600 applications across the country. He will serve a two-year appointment with the program, which will provide mentoring, teaching and research opportunities in preparation for careers at liberal arts colleges. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Wesley Jones has written Mousecatraz: The Walt Disney World College Program (E.J. Communications), recounting personal stories by current and past cast members who work at the vacation resort. Jones is finishing work on a Master of Arts degree in sport management at the University of San Francisco and was recently on tour with dancer Michael Flatley’s Celtic Tiger world tour in a consulting capacity. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Eric Kupers, M.F.A., received a Dance USA/Irvine Foundation grant in support of the recent premiere of Anicca by his Undressed Project ensemble. The site-specific dance, designed to challenge body image prejudice, was performed in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hawaii and incorporated a naked community chorus. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • John Winslow, along with Gabe Bruck, has launched an Internet customized trail mix company called Barking Buffalo. Located at www.barkingbuffalo.com, the company allows customers to choose from 24 ingredients to create a mix with the flavor and nutrient combination they’d like. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • George Bruque is currently in his second year at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He volunteers his time at a medical clinic in an underserved area and just returned from Ecuador this summer. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Kevin Jones and Kimberly Omer were married in July in Orange County. Jones is in his second year of medical school at Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, and Omer is in her second year of teaching at Holder Elementary School in Buena Park. The wedding party included Sarah Allen ’03, Desiree Evans-Claassen ’03, Amanda Piper ’02, Elisa Noble ’03, Jeremiah Jarvis ’04 and Joshua O’Neill ’03. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Ashley Raasch has been accepted into the Peace Corps and in September left for Paraguay, where she will work as an agroforestry volunteer. After a stay with her host family, Raasch will serve for two years in the community, where she hopes to “make connections with people who come from a completely different world than I do.” (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Olowo-n’djo Tchala, through his shea butter business, has raised nearly $400,000 in development funds for his native country of Togo in West Africa. His company, Alaffia Sustainable Skin Care, produces fair-trade shea butter products, such as lotions and soaps, for retailers in the Puget Sound area. He also runs a community project that donates bicycles to the children of Togo. Tchala lives in Olympia, Wash., with his wife, Rose Hyde, and two daughters. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Eric Kupers, M.F.A., and his Dandelion Dancetheater performed a new dance and theater work titled DROP in San Francisco in August and September. Kupers is the recipient of an emerging choreographer grant from the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, given to support the creation of new dance work in the Bay Area. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue) • Anthony Pinata received an M.F.A. degree, specializing in printmaking, from the University of Connecticut in 2006 and is now pursuing an M.A. in Italian literature there. A practicing visual artist, Pinata is also participating in an art exhibition titled Cultural Identity at the National Academy of Sofia, Bulgaria, this year. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue) • Galen Williams and Sarah Detrick were married in September near Bend, Ore., and honeymooned in Kauai, Hawaii. The couple met in their Biological Sciences 1A class as undergraduates. Detrick currently works for Liberty Mutual Insurance in the claims department, while Williams works for Legacy Health System as a research assistant. They live in Portland, Ore. (appeared in the Spring 2008 issue) • Carissa Marie Beecham, J.D. ’07, and Matthew Ryan Lechowick, who met as undergraduates at UC Davis, were married in Marysville in May. Beecham is an associate attorney at Best, Best & Krieger LLP in Sacramento. Lechowick is a designer at Stantec Architecture in Sacramento. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Dan Forootan is the CEO of Sacramento-based StreamSend, an e-mail marketing firm. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue) • Susan Lyons, M.A., founded a nonprofit organization, Clínica Verde, last spring. Clínica Verde is a health clinic for poor women and children in a rural area of Nicaragua and a prototype of environmental sustainability. The clinic aims to look at health care holistically, addressing elements of sustainability that extend to education, social welfare, community and self-agency, while the facility is being constructed according to the highest environmental standards. (appeared in the Summer 2008 issue)

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