Class Notes Archive 1931-2014
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Class notes from the 2000s
| 2000Jeff Eastham, M.S. ’04, was a member of the U.S. National Ultimate Frisbee team that defeated Australia to earn a gold medal at the 7th World Games, a multi-sport event held every four years by the International Olympic Committee. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • James Wiley accepted a business systems analyst position with Philips Medical Systems in Bothell, Wash. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Jeff Seley died in August 2005 at age 29 from trauma suffered when he was run over by a golf cart. Mr. Seley was an attorney for Sacramento firm Porter Scott Weiberg & Delehant and assistant basketball coach for his alma mater, Rio Americano High. He had been in Palm Desert for a bachelor party and had spent the day of the accident golfing with several friends. (appeared in the Winter 2006 issue) • Jessica (Ladny) Evans and her husband, Robert, welcomed their second child, a son named Dylan Kenneth Michael, in January. Dylan joins big sister Elizabeth Ardis. The family lives in Show Low, Ariz. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Shaye Harrington, J.D. ’05, has joined the litigation department of Sacramento’s largest law firm, Downey Brand. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Kevin Ho is working on a master’s degree in design at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He plans to work in China after his 2007 graduation. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • In June, Matt Leonard and his wife, Katie, will be bicycling from San Francisco to Los Angeles as part of AIDS/LifeCycle. The event is intended to raise funds for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and to promote awareness of the disease. For more information, visit Web site www.aidslifecycle.org/103. (appeared in the Spring 2006 issue) • Noah Cuttler, J.D. ’03, recently took a position as the state regulatory affairs liaison with the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, a Washington, D.C.-based trade association representing the satellite industry. When he is not working, he is training for his first triathlon, the Gulf Coast half-ironman, to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • Courtney Deane married Dan Klink in August in Palos Verdes Estates. A number of Deane’s UC Davis classmates were in attendance, including bridesmaid Megan (Daley) Alsop, Diane (Babros) Vanek, Allison (Pratt) Turner, Angie (Lopez) Navarrete, Kim (Parker) and Geoff Matranga ’01, Susan Mills and Jaime (Sigillo) and Scott Dever. The newlyweds honeymooned in Maui and currently live in Redondo Beach where both work at Deloitte & Touche in Los Angeles. (appeared in the Summer 2006 issue) • After five years of teaching junior high math, Jennifer Budmark is moving to a continuation high school to teach math with an emphasis on preparation for the high school exit exam. She and her husband have two children, 2 and 8, and live in Antelope. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Jennifer Chong has written To the Nines: A Practical Guide to Horse and Rider Turnout for Dressage, Eventing and Hunter-Jumper Shows (Alpine Publications). The book includes photography by Deborah Ravinsky ’99. Chong also graduated from Harvard Law School in 2005 and is now a lawyer at Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP in San Diego. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Meredith (Hampson) Lundy and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their first son, Brendan Michael, in July. The family lives in Lewis Center, Ohio. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Stephen Routh, Ph.D., received tenure and was promoted to associate professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Loren Chandler, a Vacaville resident, died in August 2006 at age 68 after a long illness. Mr. Chandler was a U.S. Navy veteran, who had served in the Vietnam War. He is remembered as a devoted grandfather and a poet who shared his passion with his many friends. Survivors include his wife, Rita; and his children, John, David, Richard, Jennifer and Joseph; his daughter-in-law, Cindie; and six grandchildren. (appeared in the Fall 2006 issue) • Cecilia Mansilla, a technology risk consultant for a firm in San Francisco, appeared on Survivor during a controversial season that saw the teams divided by race. Mansilla was voted off the show during episode three. Born in Peru, Mansilla currently lives in Oakland. (appeared in the Winter 2007 issue) • Katey Walter, M.S., was presented with one of two annual Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards in December. She received the 2006 Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering for her research on modeling climate change. Walter received her Ph.D. from the University of Alaska Fairbanks earlier this year and is continuing her work as a postdoctoral fellow in biogeochemistry at the university’s Institute of Arctic Biology. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • Lorrell Walter was recently named director of public relations for Friends of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y., a nonprofit organization with a mission of conservation, recreation and education. She is also active in the community, serving on the board of directors for Wanderers’ Rest Humane Association and as co-president of the Syracuse Ad Club. She and her husband, Jim, live in Chittenango, N.Y., with two dogs, two cats and a fish. (appeared in the Spring 2007 issue) • Kelly Culwell, M.D., is completing her degree requirements for a master’s degree in public health from Northwestern University this summer. Culwell will then start a new position as research assistant professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health with a 24-month assignment to the Promoting Family Planning Team at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. She will be moving to Geneva with her husband, Kent, and little dog, Jackson, this August. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Kylie (Ware) Heintz and her husband, Tim, welcomed their first child, Samuel Vincent, in January. Heintz works as the public relations manager at Barracuda Networks Inc. in Mountain View. (appeared in the Summer 2007 issue) • Noah Cuttler, J.D. ’03, participated in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s 2007 Man & Woman of the Year campaign. With the help of over 40 volunteers nationwide, “Team Cuttler” raised more than $62,000 for blood cancer research, education and patient services. Cuttler works as director of regulatory affairs for the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association, advocating on behalf of DIRECTV, EchoStar and the satellite industry. (appeared in the Fall 2007 issue) |