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Stanley Young, '48 History, appointed to the superior court by Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1969, served as grand marshal of the Plumas-Sierra County Fair last August. He also currently serves as chair of the Quincy Town Hall Association.
Philip Anderson, '51 Music, of Jacksonville, Ore., recently celebrated his 60th wedding anniversary with wife Tatiana. He retired from teaching music privately in 1990.
Helen Kimzey Plowman, '52 Music, is the minister of music at the First Congregational Church in Murphys and for the past six years has produced Ironstone Vineyard's “Sounds of the Season” series. She was a founding member of San José State's Opera Workshop program.
Art Abbett, '64 Business, a charter member of the Rancho Bernardo Business Association and U.S. Navy veteran, joined RE/MAX Ranch and Beach as a real estate agent.
Cliff Barrett, '69 Industrial Arts, a retired teacher and coach, is the new chairman of the board of the Santa Cruz County chapter of the American Red Cross. Since 1990, he has been a Scotts Valley Design Review Board member and currently sits on the Scotts Valley City Council.
Victoria Cruz Corrales, '67 Education, retired from the Stockton Unified School District after 39 years of teaching elementary school. She currently works for the school district as a consultant.
Don Cox, '68 Journalism, is a senior reporter at the Reno Gazette-Journal and the author of Stories from the Sagebrush.
Dan Petersen, '62 MA Art, exhibited a series of watercolors at The Harbinger Gallery in Arnold, Calif. He teaches at Modesto Junior College.
Daryl Sattui, '65 Accounting, a fourthgeneration winemaker, opened Castello di Amorosa, in Napa Valley, to the public in April. Built to showcase Sattui's Castello di Amorosa label, the structure is modeled on a Tuscan medieval castle, has 107 rooms on eight levels, and took 14 years to complete. Sattui also owns V. Sattui Winery in St. Helena, which draws more than 400,000 visitors each year.
Irving Schwartz, '65 Engineering, is president/CEO of ILS Associates, a Novato-based firm that provides civil engineering and land surveying services. Before starting the company in 1981, he was deputy director of public works for the County of Marin. Among his key projects: the 245-berth Waldo Point Harbor in Sausalito and Fairfax's street rehabilitation program.
Jaclyn Zoccoli, '66 Kinesiology, is president of Success Connection in Tracy, a company that focuses on developing networking skills and alliances in partnership with Kearney & Associates. She is a member of the American Business Women's Association and the author of Spontaneous Combustion: Developing Profitable Relationships.
Janice Hosking Brazil, '74 European History, is co-editor of Risk, Courage and Women—Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry (The University of North Texas Press, 2007). Proceeds from the book will support WINGS, a nonprofit that provides uninsured women with free breast cancer surgery and treatment. Brazil is a member of Amnesty International and the San Antonio Friends in Hospice program.
Muhammed Chaudhry, '78 Electrical Engineering, is president of the San José Education Foundation. Previously, he held management positions at Dazzle Multimedia and the Clorox Company. He is a board member of the Hispanic Foundation Silicon Valley and vice president of MKA USA.
Darrell Cortez, '78 Administration of Justice, a 29-year veteran of the San José Police Department, is vice president of the California chapter of the Latino Peace Officers Association and a Role Model Program volunteer.
Michael Gray, '74 Accounting, '78 MBA, certified public accountant and past president of the Silicon Valley-San José CPAs, co-authored Secrets of Tax Planning for Employee Stock Options, Stock Grants and ESOPs. The second edition of the manual is now available.
Ed Hemphill, '78 Criminal Justice, is an investigator for the Sonoma County Bureau of Investigations. He began his career in law enforcement in the Berkeley Police Department in 1973 and served in Santa Rosa's Police Department for 27 years.
Dyane Hendricks, '75 Journalism, is the new executive director of the Fremont Symphony Orchestra. Earlier in her career, she served as executive director of The Lawyers' Club of San Francisco and was the manager of fund development and marketing at the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center.
Russell Kaldenberg, '71 Anthropology, retired as Command Archaeologist of China Lake (Calif.) Naval Air Weapons Station after almost 32 years of federal service and now makes his home in Cheyenne, Wyo. Currently he is an anthropological consultant for ASM Affiliates, a cultural management firm. He is the recipient of a Meritorious Service Award for outstanding service to the American government and five-time winner of the Wagonmaster Award, given by the Mojave Desert Heritage and Cultural Association to honor contributions to Western History.
Dale Laitinen, '75 Art, internationally known for his watercolors of dams and highways, exhibited his work at the Calaveras County Arts Council Gallery. It was his 14th solo exhibition since 1993. Before becoming a full-time artist, immediately after college, he spent eight years as an independent, long distance trucker. He teaches outdoor painting workshops in the summer at Kit Carson Lodge and in the fall at Yosemite National Park.
Peter Lescure, '79 MS Civil Engineering, is president and principal civil engineer of Lescure Engineers, Inc., of Santa Rosa, a firm that specializes in water and wastewater solutions for homeowners and small municipalities. Before starting his own company, he worked in the Palo Alto Planning Department and at URS Research Corporation as manager of environmental impact contracts. He is current president of the California Onsite Wastewater Association.
Len Losik, '76 Physics/Mathematics, is president and founder of SanLen Enterprises, a technology company that developed Telemetry Prognostics technology. Before starting his own business, he designed rockets, satellites and ground control stations at Lockheed and later worked at United Technologies and at Rockwell International.
Craig MacDonald, '71 Social Science, contributing editor at Sierra Heritage Magazine, co-wrote and published California Gold Rush Glimpses II: Amazing Tales of People, Life and Times with his father, SJSU Professor Emeritus Franklin MacDonald. It is their second collaboration. For more information, click “books” at www.sierraheritage. com.
Lee Moen, '78 Civil Engineering, is vice president of airport construction services at Mead & Hunt of Santa Rosa. He started his career at Hodges & Shutt and specialized in pavement design, evaluation and rehabilitation. He has recently completed projects for airports in Santa Barbara, San Carlos, Half Moon Bay and Colusa County.
Steve Patterson, '70 Business, is cofounder and chair of the Federation of San Rafael Neighborhoods and a member of Marin County's Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy.
Phil Rose, '71 Business, retired as Los Altos city manager, a post he held for nine years.
Jim Russell, '75 Political Science, former principal at Leigh High School, is principal at Del Mar High School in the Campbell Union High School District. He began his career in education as a teacher in 1977 at Prospect High School.
Rev. Greg Sandman, '75 English, a native of Iowa, is associate pastor at Madonna del Sasso Roman Catholic Church in Salinas. He was ordained in 1980 and previously served at Sacred Heart Church in Salinas, St. Patrick's Church in Watsonville and at St. Mary of the Nativity, also in Salinas.
Lynne Wallace Smith, '73 Public Relations, is a fundraising and marketing associate in the San José office of Breathe California.
Donna Wada, '70 Social Science, retired in June after a 22-year career in education serving the Fremont Unified School District.
Sally Dalke, '84 Music, violinist, was the featured soloist at the final concert of the Livermore-Amador Symphony's season. She began her professional career playing with the orchestras of Opera San José and the American Musical Theatre.
Daryl Dobrenz, '84 Business, '87 MBA, is director of finance, mergers and acquisitions at Oracle Corporation. Previously he worked for 17 years in financial management roles at Sun Microsystems.
Mary McKenzie James, '86 Accounting, retired as executive director of the Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County, a post she has held since 1981. The Housing Authority helps approximately 5,000 local families find affordable housing.
Lauretta McCarthy, '85 MA Education, who teaches third grade at Graham Elementary School, was honored as Newark's 2007 Teacher of the Year.
Dave Olson, '86 Advertising, is an executive at Teleflex Solutions in San José, a company that serves small-to-midsized companies in Silicon Valley.
Mary Stefan, '87 MA Education, is principal of Salinas's La Joya Elementary School in the Santa Rita Union School District.
Anne Williams, '83 MUP, an Alameda County resident, is a founding member of Partners in Education and former president of Pioneer Elementary School's Parent Teacher Club.
Brian Wirth, '81 Journalism, is Lockheed Martin's senior technical editor/writer for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency and Premier Military Satellite programs.
Lin Yang, '87 Electrical Engineering, is co-founder, chairman of the board and chief technology officer of Legend Silicon, a Fremont-based semiconductor company that developed the core technology that enabled the Chinese market to move from analog to digital television.
Suzanne Battaglia, '94 MSW, is a postdoctoral fellow in the field of psychology. In Salinas, she provides assessment and psychotherapy interventions for a population of high-risk children exposed to substances in utero.
Jean Breny Bontempi, '94 MPH, who received her doctorate in health behavior and education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a tenured professor at Southern Connecticut University.
Colleen Chelini, '99 MA Kinesiology, a healthcare consultant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Washington, D.C., received a master's degree in business administration from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Gail Dobson, '96 Music, based in Pacific Grove, brought her Gail Dobson Latin Jazz Sextet to Santana Row in San José for a performance outside Maggiano's in September. She teaches at World of Music in Cupertino.
Kelly Kline, '91 Journalism, is Cupertino's redevelopment/economic development manager. She also acts as a liaison to the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce. Previously, she was downtown/retail manager at the San Jose Redevelopment Agency.
Aundrea Lacy, '93 Journalism/Public Relations, owner of Luv's Brownies, recently published Brownie Points (Agate) and established a scholarship fund for college students that pays 50 percent of a semester's tuition. Lacy started the bakery in 1996, named after a childhood doll. Her brownies received the 2005 International Hospitality Convention's “Best Sweet”/People's Choice dessert award.
Jose Manzo, '99 Hospitality, owner of Le Region market in Los Baños, was appointed to the Los Baños Planning Commission by Mayor Tommy Jones. Manzo spent three years as an Albertson's store manager in San José before starting his own chain of markets.
Mark McCoy, '96 Biological Science, is vice principal of Foothill High School in the Pleasanton Unified School District. He was previously an administrator at Pleasanton Middle School.
Shannon McGee, '97 MA Education, is principal of Willow Glen High School. She began her career as a special education teacher at Gunderson High School and most recently was the principal of John Muir Middle School.
Gavin Moynahan, '94 Public Relations, '06 MUP, is a planner at HMH-Engineers, a planning, engineering and design firm based in San José.
Joe Munoz, '92 Political Science, was named South Bay political director for Paramount Communications, a political consulting and campaign management agency. He is also a board member of the Hispanic Association of Realtors and Affiliates.
Marianne Neuwirth, '96 Speech Communication, earned her doctorate in communication from the University of Utah in 2006. Currently she works at Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning, helping graduate students compose summaries of their research.
Jondra Pennington, '94 MS Psychology, opened a psychotherapy private practice in La Quinta that specializes in anxiety and eating disorders.
Tannus Quatre, '97 Kinesiology, formed a health care consulting company, Vantage Clinical Solutions, that provides management systems and business resources to outpatient healthcare companies on the West Coast.
Will Rainford, '95 MLS, was promoted to associate professor and appointed chair of the graduate Social Work Program at Boise State University.
James Scariot, '95 Management, who received his master's in public administration from Golden Gate University in 2004, is an adjunct professor at Heald College, where he teaches criminal justice. He retired from the Monterey County Sheriff's Office in 2006 at the rank of detective sergeant.
Rick Unger, '92 Humanities, is vice president/ president-elect of the Miracle Mile Optimist Club of Campbell and unit commissioner for two Boy Scout troops.
Rafael Vazquez, '99 Criminal Justice, is an associate attorney at Abramson Church & Stave LLP in Salinas, where he specializes in civil litigation as well as labor, employment and criminal law. Previously he served as deputy district attorney in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office.
Charles Yun, '94 Finance, senior vice president of Comerica Bank, is the new president of Silicon Valley Korean American Chamber of Commerce.
Shelley Ash, '01 MPH, is senior health educator and program coordinator of the Worksite & Community Wellness Program at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. Nayuq (Karen) Beaulieu, '06 Health Science, is a diabetes/community health services coordinator based in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Mark Bestul, '01 Speech Communication, was ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry in the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod and installed as pastor of Calvary Lutheran Church in Elgin, Ill., last June. He is a 2007 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Sindy Hernandez, '04 Radio/Television, co-owns Queen's Shoes & More, located in Watsonville's Crossroads Shopping Center. She has also started a clothing line called “Sindy,” which she describes as “funky wear for girls that's also sophisticated and trendy.” Previously she worked as floor director and on-air reporter at Telemundo in San José.
Kary Huffman, '03 English, and husband Kristofer Huffman, '04 Creative Arts, are happy to report they both found teaching jobs in Las Vegas and have recently purchased their first home. Cindy Ith, '04 Health Science, ran her first marathon last year, the San Diego Rock ‘n' Roll Marathon. She is a recruiter coordinator at Google.
George Kleidon, '06 MA Education, is assistant principal of Waterford Middle School in Stanislaus County.
Adeline Lopez, '03 Health Science, '05 MSW, employed by the California Department of Mental Health, is currently posted at Soledad State Prison as the health educator/psychiatric social worker, serving mentally ill prisoners.
Emmanuel Lopez, '00 Journalism, is a copy editor at The Daily Republic, a newspaper based in Fairfield.
Ernesto Mancera, '06 Criminal Justice, was sworn in as deputy sheriff recruit for the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
Don Nichols, '06 Computer Science, of Campbell, is a software quality assurance engineer at Palm, Inc.
Veronica Ochoa, '00 Liberal Studies, teaches in San Joaquin County and is working on her master's degree in social work.
Debbie Padilla, '00 MA Education, former principal of San Benito High School, accepted the post of principal at Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill. From 2000 to 2004, she was assistant principal at Live Oak High School.
Anita Pagin, '00 Business, is national sales manager at the San José Convention & Visitors Bureau. She previously worked in hotel sales and event management at Wyndham Sunnyvale and at regional Hyatt and Marriott properties.
Gus Pries, '02 Biological Science, who attended dental school at the University of the Pacific, recently opened a dental office in San José.
Brent Slama, '03 History, is an assistant planner for the City of Greenfield in Monterey County.
Robert Antonioli, '53 Business, at age 76, on May 29, 2007, in San Rafael.
Rina Azzarello, Nursing, at age 83, on June 25, 2007, in Santa Clara.
Agnes Bailey, '51 Mathematics, at age 75, on July 21, 2007, in Sacramento.
Chauncey Bailey, Journalism, at age 57, on Aug. 2, 2007, in Oakland.
Donald Bergquist, Business, at age 83, on July 28, 2007, in Monterey.
Elsie Groves Bidwell, '32 Education, at age 95, on June 5, 2007, in Del Rey Oaks.
Marsha Biswell, '62 Interior Design, at age 67, on June 1, 2007, in Palo Alto.
Betty Lester Boyd, '42 Home Economics, at age 87, in August 2007, in San José.
Bonita Brandon, Education, at age 89, on May 16, 2007, in Carmichael.
John Jay Brown, '55 Civil Engineering, at age 74, in August 2007, in San José.
George Bukowski, '69 Social Work, at age 60, on July 10, 2007, in Carmichael.
Betty Bullard, '83 Health Science, at age 76, on May 29, 2007, in Santa Clara.
Doris Arnold Burr, '37 Home Economics, at age 90, on May 16, 2007, in Bakersfield.
Willard Carle Jr., '60 Industrial Technology, at age 75, on Aug. 28, 2007, in Santa Rosa.
Kathleen Carlson, Education, at age 63, on Aug. 31, 2007, in Moraga.
Marla Marie Chandonnet-Charnock, Psychology, at age 56, on Aug. 31, 2007, in San José.
Betty Ross Clasen, Teaching Credential, at age 86, on May 15, 2007, in Monterey.
Marjorie Miller Cook, '42 Music, at age 86, on June 25, 2007, in Fresno.
Robert Cranford Jr., Administration of Justice, at age 53, on June 11, 2007.
Helen Ruff Crawford, '33 Education, at age 95, on June 17, 2007, in Alamo.
Leona Creasy, '37 Music, at age 90, on July 20, 2007, in Arroyo Grande.
Marianne Smith Dean, '65 Elementary Education, at age 77, on July 31, 2007, in Kona, Hawai'i.
Charles Deatrick, Criminal Justice, at age 72, on Sept. 11, 2007, in Novato.
Michael Deaver, '60 Political Science, at age 69, on Aug. 18, 2007, in Bethesda, Md.
Mary Delehanty, '53 Biology, at age 75, on June 6, 2007, in Walnut Creek.
Robert Dommes, Business, at age 88, on Sept. 18, 2007, in Danville.
Irma Dotson, '71 Library Science, at age 84, in August 2007, in Pinole.
Elree Ferguson Eagleson, '39 Art, at age 90, on June 28, 2007, in Seattle, Wash.
Ludford Elvy, Education, at age 80, in September 2007, in Sebastopol.
Hazel Runnels Fullerton, '26 Education, at age 98, on Sept. 8, 2007, in Fresno.
Carolyn Harter Gareis, '57 Education, at age 72, on July 3, 2007, in Sonoma.
Grace Geer, '58 Education, at age 70, on July 16, 2007, in Pacifica.
Jon Hagstrand, '63 MS Sociology, at age 67, on Dec. 2, 2006, in Cottonwood, Ariz.
Barbara Bressani Hansen, '46 Elementary Education, at age 82, on May 26, 2007, in San José.
Joyce Haworth, '56 Education, at age 72, on June 4, 2007, in Los Gatos.
James Hellman, '74 Marketing, at age 56, in Tacoma, Wash.
Clarence Hicks, '58 Civil Engineering, at age 75, on Sept. 15, 2007, in San José.
Carl Hoffman, '49 Education, at age 86, on July 7, 2007, in Modesto.
Walter Holt, Environmental Studies, at age 58, on July 11, 2007, in Stockton.
Bee Huff, Education, at age 82, on July 24, 2007, in Amherst, Mass.
Charles Hughes, '48 Physical Education, at age 83, on July 16, 2007, in Modesto.
Harriet Hyams, MA English, at age 77, on May 18, 2007, in Soquel.
Carol Jacklitch, Education, at age 64, in July 2007, in San José.
Matthew Kalastro, '96 History, at age 39, in August 2007, in San Bernardino County.
Daniel Kelley, '95 Theatre Arts, at age 56, on June, 18, 2007, in Santa Clara.
Rosalie Johnson Kelly, Teaching Credential, at age 77, on June 1, 2007, in Merced.
Mildred Kemp, '43 Business, at age 89, on June 28, 2007, in Aptos.
Norman Kidd, Business, at age 63, on June 1, 2007, in San José.
Raymond Lester, Business, at age 87, on Aug. 26, 2007, in San José.
Sandra Briggs Martinez, Business, at age 63, on June 28, 2007, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Charles Mast, '79 Criminal Justice, at age 51, on Sept. 4, 2007, in Monterey.
Linnea Matthews, Education, at age 93, on Aug. 20, 2007, in San José.
Markham Ross Mayfield, '75 Art, at age 56, on March 27, 2007, in Wichita, Kan.
John McBain, '51 BA Economics, '65 MA Social Science, on June 26, 2007, in Soquel.
Forrest Mills, Business, at age 82, on June 16, 2007, in Clackamas, Ore.
June Misono, '55 Occupational Therapy, at age 73, on May 12, 2007, in Oakland.
Olga Olson, Education/Music, at age 86, on Sept. 13, 2007, in San José.
Ruth Parsons, '70 MLS, at age 89, on July 18, 2007, in Los Gatos.
Edward Peckham, Education, at age 78, on March 28, 2007, in Pacific Grove.
Norman Persson, Teaching Credential, at age 77, on July 16, 2007, in Riverside.
Leona Sue Pickering, '57 Education/Psychology, in August 2007, in San José.
Charles Pittenger, Aeronautics, at age 75, on Aug. 15, 2007, in Soledad.
John Randolph, '58 Education, at age 74, on May 7, 2007, in San José.
Corrine Rizzo, Physical Education, at age 90, on Aug. 12, 2007, in Monterey.
Grady Robertson, '70 Political Science, at age 64, on Sept. 29, 2007, in Watsonville.
Calvin Robinson, '49 Social Science, at age 82, on Sept. 10, 2007, in Chicago, Ill.
Sydney Corell Robinson, MA Counseling, at age 79, on July 16, in Campbell.
Gordon Rye, '54 BA, '61 MA, Sociology, at age 75, on April 8, 2007, in Blaine, Wash.
John Scott, Education, at age 79, on June 13, 2007, in Albany, Ore.
Niels Skanderup, MA Education, on Aug. 10, 2007, in Santa Cruz.
Frederick Smith, '75 Industrial Arts, at age 81, on June 22, 2007, in San José.
Gary Spitzer, '70 English, at age 63, on July 6, 2007, in San José.
Douglas Stevens, Administration of Justice, at age 48, on July 30, 2007, in Gilroy.
Charles Tyler, Business, at age 92, on July 25, 2007, in Folsom.
Donald Vollmer, MS Electrical Engineering, at age 74, on July 17, 2007, in Livermore.
Thomas Wadman, Mechanical Engineering, at age 64, on June 26, 2007, in Valley Center.
Jess Ward, '42, at age 84, on July 14, 2007, in Pinole.
Mel Waterbury, '51 Education, at age 83, on May 6, 2007, in Modesto.
Jane Faries Watts, Art, on July 3, 2007, in Willow Glen.
Michelle Battel Wilson, '77 Interior Design, at age 53, on Oct. 9, 2007, in San José.
Barbara Wyman-Sun, '82 Journalism, at age 47, on June 20, 2007, in San José.
Edwin Hugh Barron, at age 80, on Aug. 27, 2007, in Ojai. Barron served in the U.S. Navy before earning his bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in 1950. He joined the faculty of San José State's theatre department in 1964, teaching voice and diction.
Kevin Corker, at age 54, on Jan. 17, in San José. An international aeronautics expert and highly respected engineering teacher at San José State, Corker was associate dean of research at the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering. He received his bachelor's degree from Loyola College of Maryland and his Ph.D. from UCLA. Following a distinguished association with BBN in Boston, he dedicated many years to the advancement of the field of aeronautical human factors at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.
David Walter Eakins, at age 84, on Nov. 2, 2007. Eakins was professor of history and humanities at San José State from 1962 to 1994. A veteran of World War II, continued from page 27 he got his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. After retirement, he pursued a lifelong interest in art, hosting weekly workshops with fellow artists.
Betty Ann Fowler, at age 84, on Sept. 16, 2007, in Stockton. Fowler was a teacher and educational consultant for 36 years and taught Spanish and methodology at San José State and Cal State Stanislaus.
Sylvia Norviel, at age 44, on Oct. 24, 2007. Norviel worked in the health clinic at San José State. Trained as a nurse at the Capitol Medical Center College of Nursing in Manila, she moved to California in 1991. An avid biker, Norviel rode throughout the U.S., Holland and the San Juan Islands.
Hal J. Todd, at age 84, on Nov. 4, 2007. in Los Gatos. Todd joined San José State in 1964 as a professor in the Department of TV, Radio, Film and Theatre. He received his B.S. in 1945 from the University of Colorado; M.A. in 1950 from Stanford and Ph.D. in 1954 from Denver University. During his 18-year tenure as chair of te SJSU theatre department, he oversaw the education of 25,000 students, including 250 drama majors. Todd worked on more than 400 productions during his 60 years in theatre, a large percentage performed by his students at San José State.
Matthew F. Vessel, at age 95, on Oct.15, 2007. Vessel began his career as a professor of natural history and biology at San José State in 1940 and retired in 1980 as the associate dean of the then-School of Science. He was also chair of the science education department at San José State and gave biweekly radio broadcasts on science topics for San Mateo schools.
Robert L. Webb, at age 89, on Nov. 20, 2007, in Stanwood, Wa. Webb taught criminology part-time at San José State while working as a deputy D.A. at the District Attorney's office in Santa Clara County.
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