| 1989Sara Silverstone, Ph.D., was named associate director for the Center for Excellence in Math and Science for Rochester Area Colleges in New York. The center is designed to help increase the number of math and science professionals in the field. Silverston lives in Brockport, N.Y., with her husband and two children. • Fred Steingraf joined the Nut Tree Family Park in Vacaville as director of sales and marketing. The 75-year-old Interstate 80 landmark recently reopened as a theme park and dining and shopping complex. Steingraf lives in Danville with his wife, Robin ’90, and three children. |
| 1990Suzy Taherian is living in Buenos Aires and working as the controller for Chevron Argentina. |
| 1991Mary Dewhurst Lewis has written The Boundaries of the Republic: Migrant Rights and the Limits of Universalism in France, 1918–1940 (Stanford University Press). Lewis is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, where she teaches in the history department. |
| 1992Matt Baker was promoted to major in the U.S. Air Force and recently graduated from the advanced logistics readiness officer course at Fort Dix, N.J. He currently commands the U.S. Air Force Vehicle Maintenance School on Naval Base Ventura County. Baker lives with his wife and three small children in Port Hueneme. • Scott Carney was appointed deputy director of fiscal services for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He had previously served as assistant secretary of program and fiscal affairs for the California Health and Human Services Agency. He and his wife, Laurie ’93, have two daughters and live in Davis. |
| 1993Terri-Dawn Arnold, writer, producer and director for TDA Entertainment in Roseville, has released a new film, The Two Sisters. The film premiered in July at the Action On Film International Film Festival in Long Beach. • Estella Habal, M.A., Ph.D. ’03, has written San Francisco’s International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement (Temple University Press). The book follows the nine-year struggle to save the International Hotel in the San Francisco neighborhood known as Manilatown. Habal is assistant professor of Asian American studies at San José State University. • Obie Leff, who teaches music and band at Franklin Elementary School in Yuba City, was named Music Teacher of the Year for his tri-county area by the Northern California Music Educators Association. In addition, Leff and his wife, Jill, have created Sing to Learn educational CDs. • Ann Rennick married John Mueller in May. Ann is a community outreach coordinator for the Sound Transit Link Light Rail line in Seattle, Wash. John works for Microsoft on the Internet Explorer team. The couple honeymooned in Spain. • Cara Rose is living in Portland, Ore., and working as the assistant director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Western Partnership Office. Rose writes that she and her partner, Andrew, and chocolate lab, Casey, enjoy the outdoor adventures offered by the area. |
| 1994Kathryn Boor, Ph.D., was named a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in recognition of her scientific achievement and contributions to the field. Currently the director of the Food Safety Laboratory and professor of food science at Cornell University, Boor developed an internationally recognized food microbiology research program. • Heather John was recently married to John Fogarty. The couple lives in Los Angeles, where Heather is a senior editor at Bon Appétit magazine, and John is a vice president at Napster. • Reyes Luna was promoted to interim director of judicial affairs at Cal Poly Pomona. For the previous five years, he had worked in the Residence Life department. • Brad Peterson and Susan (Heyne) Peterson ’93, who were married in 1996, now have three children, Katie, Sarah and Evan, and live in Danville. Brad was recently elected vice president and corporate controller for Swinerton Inc., a general contractor headquartered in San Francisco. Susan worked for eight years as an elementary school teacher and now is an at-home mom and owner of a home staging business, Susan Peterson Staging. |
| 1995John Adams graduated with distinction from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento in May and has joined the litigation department of Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel Inc. in San Jose. Before law school, he spent nine years working as a journalist, most recently as the Sunday sports editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
• Stacy Boulware Eurie, J.D., was appointed to a judgeship in the Sacramento County Superior Court. She had served as supervising deputy attorney general for the California Attorney General’s Office since 2000. |
| 1996Michael David Mandell and Andy Read ’97 are co-founders of Caldecott Properties, a real estate office in Oakland that is noted for its unconventional office design. Reflecting their modern approach to real estate and the properties they sell, their office eschews cubicles and worn furnishings and instead has 22-foot-high ceilings and a triangle shape. • Eric “Mongo” Robbins has written The Casual Conservationist: The Little Green Book of Proven Ideas and Practical Ideals for Leading a Better Life (Windswept Words). In the book, he shares his practices and philosophies for conserving natural resources for people who lead busy lives. In support of that message, he traveled the country this summer to talk with Americans, chronicling the journey
on his blog, www.HowToConserve.com.
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| 1997Rikki (Butler) Davenport accepted a position as curator of education at Drayton Hall in Charleston, S.C. Drayton Hall, dating back to 1738, is the country’s oldest preserved plantation house open to the public. Davenport and her husband, Scott ’94, have a 1-year-old son, Caleb. |
