UC Davis Magazine

The brothers of Chi Phi 1970

'70 Susan (Glassman) Eby has been a librarian with the San Jose Public Library for 22 years. Anita Gentry, M.A., Ph.D. '78, has written a mystery novel, Night Summons, published by St. Martin's Press. In the book, Athena Dawes, a detective-in-training, investigates the murder of a psychology student at a quiet university much like UC Davis.

'72 Ray Davis, Ph.D., recently stepped down as chair of the health services administration department at the University of Kansas. He had been chair for 15 years after founding the department in 1982. He will remain a faculty member and continue his research on Medicaid-managed care strategies. Michael M. Grubb was named vice president of operations and provider network management for Healthsource South Carolina Inc. in Charleston. Grubb joined Healthsource after working for Kaiser Permanente in Hartford, Conn., as senior vice president for the Northeast Region. Mary Ann Harbar, Cred., has written three books of sheet music with a companion compact disc for Mel Bay Music Publications: Cabaret Violin, Gypsy Violin and Fiddling Around the World. Stephen L. Kashiwada, M.S. '82, has been appointed state water project deputy director of the California Department of Water Resources by Gov. Wilson. He has been with the department since 1978, most recently as acting deputy to the chief of the Division of Engineering. He lives in Sacramento with his wife of 23 years, Keiko Jean; they have two children, Stephanie, a junior at UC Davis, and Jeffrey, a junior at John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento.

'73 Janice I. Levet has been a Spanish teacher at El Dorado High School in Placerville for the past 20 years. She created the school's advanced placement program in Spanish and serves as faculty consultant to the College Board and the Educational Testing Service in their yearly evaluation of AP language exams. In addition to her career endeavors, she hiked the entire 3,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail--Mexico to Canada--by herself. She also joined the American Women's Himalayan Expedition and regularly runs marathons. Michael R. Mehlhaff is the director of the U.S. Army graduate program in anesthesia nursing at Tripler Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was recently elected president of the Hawaii Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

'74 Steven J. Howell was appointed judge of the Butte County Superior Court by Gov. Pete Wilson. He had been judge of the South Butte County Municipal Court. James T. Rutledge, Ph.D., has joined Medsep Corp., a Southern California-based manufacturer of blood filtration systems, as the director of sales for the eastern half of the United States. He will be working out of the Washington, D.C., area.

'75 Amandalei Bennett is a program and contract manager for the state of Washington's Medicaid managed-care program. David L. Biles, M.A. '81, received a fellowship from the Academy of General Dentistry, earned by completing more than 500 hours of continuing education courses and passing an exam. Biles has a cosmetic and general dentistry practice in Santa Cruz where he lives with his wife, Dianne, and two daughters. He writes "I look back on my years at UCD as some of the most enjoyable times in my life and hope that my two daughters, Alison and Elisa, may someday decide to attend UCD." Steve Holmes is teaching computer applications at McClatchy High School in Sacramento and serves as the unofficail "computer guru" who fixes the computers and writes instructional programs. Gary A. Lamberti is a biology professor and director of the graduate program in environmental biology at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He was recently elected president of the North American Benthological Society, an organization of 2,000 professional aquatic scientists. His research focuses on the ecology of streams and rivers, and he recently edited Methods in Stream Ecology (Academic Press). He and his wife, Donna, live in South Bend, Ind., with their son, Matthew, born in April. Rob MacKenzie, M.A. '77, has written two self-help books, Setting Limits and Setting Limits in the Classroom (Prima Publishing), which focus on effective ways of disciplining children.

'76 Peter Marks, wine director at Draeger's Supermarkets in Menlo Park and Los Altos, has been inducted into the Vintners Hall in London as a Master of Wine. He joins only 11 other Americans who have received the British honor for wine expertise, which is conferred on those who pass a rigorous four-day exam. Marks lives with his wife, Liz, and their two children, Adrienne and Christopher, in Mountain View.

'77 Charles F. Chandler returned to school after an eight-year hiatus and graduated with an M.D. degree from Washington University in 1988. He completed a surgical residency at UCLA in 1994 and is now an assistant professor at UCLA. "Most important," he writes, "my wife, Rebecca, and I have three rascals: Rachel, 9, Natalie, 7, and Michael, 1."

'78 Scott N. Canali is the vice president of marketing for Unify Corp. He lives in Cupertino. Catherine R. Beeler Clark is a home-schooling mother of four who recently completed her term as local chapter president of the League of Women Voters. During her term as president, the chapter had the second highest growth in the United States for its size category. She and her UC Davis roommates will reunite this year to celebrate their 40th birthdays. Alan L. Goldberg's first book, Acquired Brain Injury in Childhood and Adolescence: A Team & Family Guide to Educational Program Development & Implementation, was recently published by Charles C. Thomas Publishers. After 12 years as a rehabilitation neuro-psychologist, he is now in his second year of studies at the University of Arizona College of Law. He still maintains a small practice and is an adjunct faculty member in the psychiatry department at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. He hopes to ultimately focus his career on disability law, employment law, health law and social policy issues. Rob Hoyer has worked for E.O.S. International, a computer software company, since 1985 and has been their top sales representative for most of the last 11 years. He works from his home in Bend, Ore., where he lives with his daughter, Alena. Hoyer can be reached at rhoyer@eosintl.com. Dawn E. Stephens received her Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley in 1993 and has been an assistant professor at the University of Iowa since 1994. She specializes in sport psychology, and her research focuses on youth sports with an emphasis on aggressive and cheating behaviors.

'79 James Carlton, Ph.D., director of the Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program at Williams College, was awarded a Pew Fellowship in conservation and the environment. The $150,000 award, recognizing him as one of the top ocean scientists and conservationists, will be distributed over the next three years to further his work in ocean conservation. Kenneth H. Fox was recently hired by Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minn., to establish and direct new academic and community programs in conflict resolution. He is responsible for developing courses and community partnerships to help address conflict at personal, professional and community levels. Fox joined Hamline after serving as assistant to the vice provost and dean of students at Portland State University in Oregon. Mary Ann Kollenberg recently spent two years in the U.S. Peace Corps serving as an environmental project officer on the Island of Dominica in the Eastern Caribbean. She currently lives in Lincoln and owns a consulting business. Ann Rashmir, D.V.M. '86, a professor at Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, received the 1996 Merck AgVet Award for creativity in teaching. Rashmir uses the Internet to provide veterinarians, veterinary students and horse owners with information on the diagnosis and treatment of equine lameness.


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