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1973
UGRD Engineering '73
Russell, Paul
Paul Russell '73, MBA '82 was appointed senior vice president of engineering at ArrayPower, a Silicon Valley-based power electronics company.
Russell has more than 25 years of experience in technology development for companies in the solar, aerospace and defense industries. Prior, he served as senior vice president of engineering for concentrated photovoltaic solar systems provider Amonix. Additional experience includes multiple executive positions with Northrop Grumman and Space Systems/Loral, as well as systems engineering roles with Ford Aerospace.
submitted Jun. 24, 2012 1:15P
UGRD Arts & Sciences '73
Rogers, Thomas
Thomas Rogers ’73 of Moraga was appointed to the Alameda County Superior Court by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Rogers has been a chief deputy district attorney, and previously a deputy district attorney, for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office since 1976. Most recently he has headed the office's Oakland-based Northern Division, overseeing the inception of all major prosecutions in that part of the county.
submitted Jan. 12, 2011 11:52A
GRD Leavey/MBA '73
Reis, Alvaro
Alvaro A. Reis M.B.A. '73 is retired, traveling, and participating in the OSHER Program at SCU as well as spending time at SCU events.
submitted Mar. 30, 2010 2:20P
'73
Pichon, Risë
Risë Pichon ’73, J.D. ’76 was honored with the Santa Clara Law Social Justice and Human Rights Award in October 2011 in honor of her work for equality and human rights during her career.
In April, Pichon was named among this year's 100 Women of Influence by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Read the full interview at
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/print-edition/2012/04/06/women-of-influence-rise-jones-pichon.html.
Pichon has been a California Superior Court judge of the County of Santa Clara since 1998. She is currently the assistant supervising judge of the Superior Court’s Criminal Division, the chairperson of the Superior Court Jury Standards Committee, and is a member of a number of other court committees. She previously served as a judge of the Municipal Court from 1984 to 1998 when the trial courts unified, and as a court commissioner from 1983 to 1984. She earned her J.D. from Santa Clara Law in 1976 and a B.S. in mathematics from SCU in 1973. She served as supervising judge of the Palo Alto Court Facility from 2006 to 2009; supervising judge of the Sunnyvale Court Facility from 1999 to 2001; presiding judge of the Municipal Court from 1999 to 2001; and is currently serving her second term by election on the Santa Clara County Superior Court Executive Committee. She was appointed by the California Supreme Court to the California Commission on Judicial Performance and served from 1999 to 2007, including service as chairperson from 2002 to 2004. She was appointed to the Judicial Council of California by the chief justice of the California Supreme Court and served from 1994 to 1997. She is a member of The California Judges Association, the American Bar Association, the American Leadership Forum and the American Inns of Court, William A. Ingram Inn, and she currently serves on the board of directors of the St. Thomas More Society as its president, and is a member of the advisory board for the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at SCU.
submitted Mar. 2, 2012 2:57P
UGRD Leavey Business '73
Pereira, Michael
Michael Pereira '73, retired NFL vice president of officiating, joins Fox Sports as a multi-platform NFL rules analyst. Before his retirement, Pereira did weekly reviews of controversial officiating calls for the NFL Network. It was one area where the NFL Network outshined the league's other broadcast partners. Pereira will be situated in a control room each Sunday at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles, giving him visual access to all games played. If circumstances warrant a rules interpretation or explanation, he'll be available to interact with studio analysts and game crews from stadiums around the country, either on- or off-camera. A team of Los Angeles-area football referees, each assigned to a different game, will be assisting Pereira.
submitted Jul. 7, 2010 1:45P
'73
Morrow, James
James Morrow MBA '66, Ph.D. '73 is chairman, president and CEO of Green Energy 1, Inc., a designer, developer, owner, and operator of waste to energy technology and solar plants for the generation of electricity and production of potable water worldwide.
submitted May. 10, 2010 4:29P
'73
Miller, Jeffrey
Jeffrey A. Miller ’73, MBA ’76 has been elected to SCU’s Board of Trustees. Miller has more than 35 years of high-tech experience in semiconductors, hardware, and software companies. Prior to establishing the business-consulting firm JAMM Ventures, Miller was a venture partner with Redpoint Ventures, mentoring CEOs of portfolio companies. He was previously chairman and CEO of Documentum, an enterprise document-management software company that became one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the country under Miller's leadership. He spent the early years of his career at Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, also holding senior marketing and general management executive positions at Adaptec and Cadence Design Systems. He serves or has served on the boards of Lithium, MarkLogic, McAfee, Accept Corp., Data Domain, Datameer, ServiceNow, Unicru and American Prairie Reserve. He was previously co-managing director of SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Society.
submitted Jun. 18, 2012 9:04P
'73
McCauley, Steven
Steven McCauley '73 is chair of the physics department at Cal Poly, Pomona.
submitted Jun. 11, 2009 3:05P
GRD Ed./Couns Psych./Pastoral Min. '73
Maydonovitch, John
John B. Maydonovitch M.A. '73, chief executive officer of San Jose-based MCE Inc., is receiving the Xavier University Founders' Day Award for 2011. Maydonovitch is a 1970 Xavier graduate and member of the University's Board of Trustees. He feels blessed to have had mentors throughout his academic and professional career, like his calculus professor at Xavier who encouraged him to pursue computer engineering and attend Silicon Valley-based Santa Clara University for graduate school in the early 1970s. Maydonovitch says his timing could not have been better as he got a foothold in the booming high-tech industry, spending 21 years in systems engineering and executive management positions with Hewlett-Packard Co. before following his passion to lead small high-tech companies.
submitted Oct. 21, 2011 2:33P
'73
Lunceford, Thomas
Tom Lunceford '73 is teaching history at Washington High school in Fremont, Calif. He writes, "new roommate: CJ Lunceford, 86 years young!"
submitted Apr. 30, 2010 12:45P
UGRD Arts & Sciences '73
Lim, Richard
Richard Lim ’73 has been appointed by Hawaiian Governor-Elect Neil Abercrombie to serve in the Cabinet as the Director of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Lim has over 25 years of banking and inverstment experience that he gained as a co-founder of the marchant banking firm Sennet Capital and a former president of City Bank. He has also been deeply involved in public bcommissions, including Island Insurance, Hawaii Technology Development Venture Board, and the Hawaii Institute for Pulbic Affairs.
submitted Dec. 1, 2010 2:20P
'73
Langford, Doug
Doug Langford '73 works as a dentist and rancher. He is a board member of Fairchild Medical Center, Madrone Hospice and the president of United Scholarships Inc. He also serves on the Siskiyou County Dental Task Force, which serves the indigent and uninsured children of the United States.
submitted Jun. 11, 2009 1:56P
UGRD Arts & Sciences '73
Kane, Thomas
Dr. Thomas Kane ’73 writes: “Medical Director of the Queens Joint Center, Founder of the Kane Orthopedic Institute, still surfing in Hawaii after 26 years here.”
submitted May. 16, 2011 11:35A
GRD Law '73
Guinan, Clark
Clark "Gus" Guinan J.D. '73 has retired after 39 years practicing law, the last four years as the city attorney of Burlingame. Gus and his wife, Signe, live in Berkeley.
submitted Mar. 11, 2013 10:11A
UGRD Arts & Sciences '73
Gerrity, Kathleen
Dr. Kathleen Gerrity ’73 celebrated her 25th year of business ownership at the Boulder Creek Veterinary Clinic. Employees include her twin sons, Joey and Mario.
submitted May. 16, 2011 11:07A
UGRD Arts & Sciences '73
Fox, John
John Fox '73 writes: "I am a Foreign Service Officer for the US State Department, now on assignment to the US Army War College in Carlisle PA as a Professor of International Relations."
submitted Apr. 27, 2012 5:36A
GRD Leavey/MBA '73
Charney, Howard
Howard S. Charney MBA ’73, J.D. ’77 has been elected to SCU’s Board of Trustees. Charney is an engineer, serial entrepreneur, patent law attorney, and a 35-year veteran of Silicon Valley's high-tech industry. As senior vice president at Cisco, he contributes to the networking company's strategy and direction, advises customers on implementing critical Internet technologies, and communicates Cisco's vision to key audiences worldwide. He was one of the four founders of 3Com Corporation, and the founder of Grand Junction Networks, which invented Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching, and which was purchased by Cisco in 1995. In addition to his SCU degrees, he received a bachelor's and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He sits on the boards of several technology companies, and is on the advisory board for SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Society.
submitted Jun. 18, 2012 8:58P
UGRD Arts & Sciences '73
Cardinalli, Carolyn (Antonini)
Carolyn Antonini Cardinalli ’70, M.A. ’73 retired from teaching Spanish at Amador High School in Pleasanton, Calif., in July 2011. She and husband John live in Pleasanton. Both are retired, travelling and helping babysit two grandsons, John Daniel Cardinalli 3 1/2 years and Kevin Cardinalli 1 1/2 years.
submitted Jan. 11, 2012 10:33A
UGRD Leavey Business '73
Burson, Bob
Bob Burson '73 has published 3 books this year. Two novels and a non-fiction book on accounting and finance. The books are available on Amazon and Bob also has a website at www.rtburson.com where you can find his books and blogs ( a chance to talk back!)
Contact Bob
http://www.rtburson.com
submitted Apr. 8, 2010 4:38P
'73
Bogner, Larry
Larry Bogner '73, MBA '77 reports that he recently retired after more than 30 years as a civil engineer, the last 16 at Napa County's Public Works Department.
submitted Jan. 6, 2010 1:04P
1974
GRD Law '74
Vogt, Bob
Bob Vogt J.D. ’74 is co-producer of BottleRock at Napa Expo, held May 9-12 this year. It's "the biggest rock festival to ever happen in Napa Valley," as the Napa Valley Register writes in their recent profile of Vogt.
submitted May. 7, 2013 9:35A
UGRD Arts & Sciences '74
Trucco, Terry
Terry Trucco ’74 has launched a web site featuring news and reviews of New York City hotels called Overnight New York
www.overnightnewyork.com. A long-time travel writer, Terry lived overseas for nearly a decade in Tokyo and London and has reviewed hotels for
The New York Times, Travel & Leisure and
The International Herald Tribune, among other places. Written specially for the Web, Terry's reviews- 87 and counting at this writing- capture the look and feel of each property and alert readers to red flags like musty showers, tiny rooms and the $10 glass of orange juice. In addition to reviews, the site includes a twice-weekly blog of news, tips and cultural events relating to New York and its lodging establishments. Terry lives in New York with her husband Steve Lohr, a reporter for
The New York Times, and their 15-year-old daughter Nikki, a high school sophomore.
submitted Feb. 16, 2011 12:06P
'74
Stephan, Barbara (Beard)
Barbara Beard Stephan ’74, M.A. ’78 writes that she has recently assumed the position of Clinical Director at Windhorse Integrative Mental Health in San Luis Obispo, Calif. She is delighted to be working in an environment that is in line with her view of psychology—honoring humanistic and relational ideals, as well as an integrative/holistic approach to healthcare.
submitted Feb. 24, 2013 2:21P
UGRD Arts & Sciences '74
Stege, John
John Stege '74 joined Global Trust Bank in Mountain View as Vice President, Business Development, in June 2009. He and his wife Laura just finished the San Jose Rock and Roll Half Marathon October 4th. He also is the drummer for The Sparkletones, a 50's Rock & Roll Revival Band. Laura and John live in Aptos, Calif.
Contact John
www.myglobaltrustbank.com
www.sparkletones.com
submitted Oct. 19, 2009 3:37P