Santa Clara University

Class notes

Undergraduate Alumni

34Cyril Lentz and his wife, Irene, have been married 65 years. He retired from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1972.
43Victor Kramer writes that he is enjoying retirement.
53Lowell Gordon retired in 1987 from Century Construction Co. and has spent most of his time since living in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, with his wife, Mary Jo. He spends a lot of his time painting. He and Mary Jo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June with five of their children and 10 grandchildren.
61Sam Sebastiani MBA '66 and his wife, Vicki, proprietors of Viansa Winery in Sonoma, were chosen as the Private Conservationist of the Year on April 15. They were honored for their work in restoring the county's largest wetlands, home to hundreds of species of birds.
64Mario Baratta MBA '83 was elected director for District 13 of the American Society of Civil Engineers in November 2002. He represents Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco.
65Fred Lentz has helped start a nonprofit college counseling center in La Habra called Advance! Ron Lohbeck works for RBC Dain. He is senior vice president and portfolio manager and will celebrate 35 years in the stockbrokerage industry in September.
67Daniel Hanley MBA '69, J.D. '74, has been married for 30 years. He has two sons, Brian and Sean. Daniel has been in private law practice since 1974.
68Craig Needham is a founding partner in Needham, Davis, and Young, LLP, and chairman of the board of trustees of Lincoln Law School of San Jose. He specializes in plaintiffs' personal injury and wrongful death issues. Suzanne Rosenblatt is living in Hancock Park, working as a psychotherapist. She just retired from the board of directors of Project Angel Food, a nonprofit meal delivery program to help HIV/AIDS patients.
69Justin Smith is the board president of Rosemary's Children's Services, a foster and residential service for troubled teen girls.
72Jim Catalano is the founder of PatientCam, an Internet-based hospital patient viewing service. He lives in Salinas with his wife of 30 years, Susan. Their son, James Catalano, is a 2003 SCU graduate.
75Kathy Maloney is a clinical pharmacologist. She lives in Chapel Hill, N.C., with her husband, Kevin Koch, and their son, Mark, who is in high school.
77Sharon Root is a co-founder and owner of Computer Magic Training in San Jose, which has offered personalized computer training for corporate groups and individuals since 1998. Patrice Wiggins teaches American literature and English at Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance.
81Sarah (Wood) Berg and her husband, Ken, welcomed their third child, Caroline Marie, on Jan. 23, 2002. She joins sister Erin and brother Kenny.
82Don and Nancy (Sanguinetti) Franzia announce the birth of their second daughter, Stephanie Ann, on March 2. She joins big sister, Cristina Alessandra, 4. Nancy says she wonders if she will win the "oldest mother" award at the next reunion. Stephen Giovanisci is a general and pediatric dentist in Montrose. After seven years of solo practice, he is expanding his office and bringing in an associate. He and his wife, Cathy, and their children, Nicole, Chris, and Joey, live in Tujunga.
83Kelly Johnson is a technology specialist with the Glendale Unified School District and lives in La Cañada with her son and two daughters. Jim Laccabue and his wife, Cristin, live in Los Gatos with their three children, Michela, 7, Megan, 5, and Hayden, 2. Jim works in business development for SupportSoft, a software company in Redwood City.
84Charles Costello married Elizabeth Cunningham on Sept. 1, 2001 in Berkeley. The couple lives near Tilden Park.
85Chuck Carlise is a partner and head chef at Rick's Grill, a restaurant in Alameda. He and his wife, Andrea J.D. '90, live in Alameda with their two children.
86Betsy (Syme) and Kerry Bradford live in the Bay Area with their daughter and three sons. Joan M. O'Reilly and her husband, Michael, are "busy raising future Broncos," Jack, Danny, Brian, and Conor.
87Kathleen (Campini) and William Chambers announce the birth of their twins, Michael Todd and Molly Katherine, on Jan. 10. The family lives in Sacramento. Virginia Mahoney and her husband, Shaun, welcomed their fourth child, Cathleen Christine, in April 2002. She joins Lauren, Patrick, and Jack in the family home in Albany, N.Y. Robert Mazzetti and his wife, Merrie (Morris), welcomed son Cordell Michael to the family on Oct. 28, 2000. Older sister Siena is 6. Rob is an investment representative. Cecilia (Saqueton) Muraki '90 and her husband, Charlie, announce the birth of their first child, a son, Kai Yoshio, on March 18. The family lives in Portland, Ore. Jon Meyers was recently appointed chief executive officer of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California, located in Los Angeles. He is living in Arcadia with his wife, Wendy, and three sons. Janet Sigel Robertson has a daughter, Jessica, 3, and a son, Jason, 1.
88Dan Mangelsdorf is managing partner of SDI Communications, a management consulting firm. John Melby is food and beverage manager at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco. Daniel Stevens and his wife, Katie, celebrated the birth of their first child, Benjamin Michael, on July 20, 2002. Carrie (Brennan) Wilhite and her husband, Bradley, welcomed son Dillon Bradley on Sept.1, 2002. Dillon joins big sisters Brennan, 4, and Peyton, 2. Diane (Gilkeson) Ziliotto and her husband, Oliviero, announce the birth of a daughter, Giuliana Renata, on Dec.12, 2002. According to mom, the baby's older brother, Stephen, "thinks she's pretty cool except when she's crying." Diane works as an academic reference librarian at Westmont College in Santa Barbara.
89Aimee Conroy and her husband, Dan Nelson, became the proud parents of triplets, Sarah, Liam, and Claire, on June 14, 2002. Craig Depole and his wife, Annie, welcomed daughter, Genevieve Ann, on Aug. 15, 2002. She has an older brother, Leo, who is 2. Charm (Barber) Hartland is a marketing operations manager at Cisco Systems, Inc. where she has worked for 10 years. She lives in San Jose with her husband, Andrew, and two sons, Connor, 6, and Tyler, 3. Monica (Yarnot) Richards MBA '98 and her husband, Mark, announce the birth of their second daughter, Charlotte Nicole, on April 3. Charlotte joins her older sister, Genevieve, and many pets at home in San Jose. Monica is a full-time mom and part-time marketing consultant.
90Rob Bourland and his wife, Kathy, celebrated the birth of their first child, Sydney Hope, on Jan. 11. Rob is a sales manager at Mercury Interactive and Kathy teaches kindergarten in Cupertino. The family lives in San Jose. Katie Hunsaker Hesseltine welcomed daughter, Paige Katherine, on May 13, 2002. Katie lives in Tustin with her husband, Dave, and older daughter Holly. Katie is a stay-at-home mom. Freeman Michaels has retired as an actor and is working as a teacher at Verbum Dei High School in Los Angeles. Freeman continues to maintain real estate investments on the side. Craig Tanner and his wife, Nathalie, welcomed their son, Nathaniel Charles, on April 12. Steven Von Dohlen is a deputy district attorney in San Luis Obispo. He and his wife, Tricia, have three children: Tommy, 8, Alex, 5, and Bailey, 1. Marc Weibel plays guitar for a San Francisco-based band PC Munaz and the Amen Corner. Their CD is titled, "A Good Deed in a Weary World."
91Anne (Powers) King and her husband, Tim, celebrated the birth of their son, Peterson James, on April 9. He joins his big sister, Gillian Charlotte, 2. The family lives in Seattle. Timothy Moran and his wife, Patricia, celebrated the birth of their second son, Aidan John, on Aug. 26, 2002. The family lives in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Anneke Matray and his wife, Tracy, welcomed a second son, Hayden, on July 6, 2002. Older brother Jake is 6. Michelle (Schuman) Mullaley and her husband, Patrick, live in Virginia and welcomed their first daughter, Shannon Elise, in June 2002. Michelle is working toward a doctorate in clinical psychology at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
92Malia D. Beaulieu and her husband, Patrick, welcomed their third child, Caroline Rose, on June 19, 2002. Pat works for NeuroPace, Inc., a company trying to make a device that can be implanted to treat epilepsy. Sean and Kiersten (Johnson) Cahill '94 welcomed their first child, Brandon Seamus, on Oct. 17, 2002. Kiersten is taking time away from teaching kindergarten to stay at home. Sean completed his master's degree in engineering at Stanford and is pursuing a doctorate. He is working for a medical device company in the San Diego area. The family lives in Temecula. Ryan O'Connor married Stephanie Marie Devine on Sept. 7, 2002, in Ojai. The wedding party included Garrett Jamison and Brian Perkins. Ryan is vice president for Nova Information Systems in Los Angeles and recently finished his first Ironman triathlon in Lake Placid, N.Y.
93Rebecca Fleming earned a master's in molecular biology from St. Louis University and recently married Chris Fleming. They both work for QIAGEN, Inc. in Valencia, where Rebecca is a technical service scientist. Erin Kiesel and her husband, George Kiesel '91, live in Modesto where George works as an information technology manager and Erin is a family physician. Their daughter, Grace, is 3 and son, Nicholas, is 1. Jeff McCabe and his wife, Kristi, celebrated the birth of a daughter, Micah Claire, on April 2. Philip Sandifur and his wife, Shelley, welcomed their first son, Chase Philip, on Jan. 17. Philip is the equity fund manager for Jaguar Ventures and assists in the management of his family's business, Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. in Spokane, Wash. Shelley is a national master trainer for yoga and kickboxing. Lupe (Guzman) Wyatt and Joe Wyatt J.D./MBA '98 welcomed daughter, Kathryn Amanda, on Dec. 22, 2002.
94Gordon Gibbs and Erin (Reilly) welcomed their first son, Dominic Reilly Gibbs, on March 9. Jennifer and Mike O'Brien '96 welcomed their third child, Colin Michael, on Dec. 29, 2002. He joins his big sisters Annie, 4, and Claire, 2 at home. Mike worked on the PIXAR movie, "Finding Nemo." Michael Totaro and his wife, Jennifer Allen, announce the birth of their second daughter, Emma Catherine. The couple shares a two-physician family practice in Oroville.
95Eric Olson and his wife, Kristin, announce the birth of a daughter, Greta Eileen, on April 9. Eric is the chief of staff to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo in Washington, D.C. Susan and Christopher Peterson '92, have two sons, Jack and Nicholas. Sharon M. Raimondo and her husband, Rich, welcomed son Joseph William to their family on March 9. Sharon is the training coordinator for a foster youth advocacy program, Court Appointed Special Advocates, in Sacramento. Sarah Rogers joined a Coldwell Banker residential brokerage in Old Pasadena and has earned two real estate industry designations.
96Suzy Pollack married Tom Loftus on Aug. 9, 2002 in San Francisco. The wedding party included Latanya Johnson and Denise (Thiebaut) Hureston. Suzy is a law student at the University of San Francisco and Tom works in television production and editing. The couple lives in San Francisco.
97David Blanar lives in London and recently started working as creative project manager for Crown Business Communications in Notting Hill. Auli'i Ellis has reached the $2 million career sales milestone as district manager of Vector Marketing's San Francisco office. Mandi Kelton and her husband, Joel Middleton '96, welcomed their second daughter, Grace Audrey, on July 11, 2002. She joins big sister Claire. Alison Lacy married Stephen Stroot on Aug. 10, 2002. Sandra Tobias earned a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from Purdue University in December 2002. She is now at the University of California, San Francisco.
98Katie (Matthews) Allen married Kenneth Allen on Sept. 7, 2002 in Milwaukee. Katie is a clinical social worker who works with teenagers, and Ken is a professional beekeeper. The couple lives in Portland, Ore. Meg (Veeder) and Mike Lynch '96 announce the birth of their first child, Trevor Ryan, on April 14. Michelle Mills married Jonathan Scheid in South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 9, 2002. Their wedding party included Vickie Mills '96, Virgi (Ron) Blaine, Kelly Hannibal, Scott Drain, Chris Hintz, Ben Blaine, Geoff Fong, Philip Livengood, and Doug Tsai. Jonathan is the director of marketing and research at Assante Asset Management Inc. in San Jose and Michelle is a fourth-grade teacher in Morgan Hill. The couple honeymooned in French Polynesia and lives in San Jose. Stephanie (Collins) Mitzenmacher and her husband, Michael, welcomed their second daughter, Jacqueline Rose, on Jan. 30. Daughter Michaela is 2. The family lives in Lexington, Mass.
99Brent Gonzalez is the operations supervisor at the Home Depot Center on the Cal State Dominquez Hills campus. The complex includes a 27,000-seat soccer stadium, 8,000-seat tennis stadium, 20 tennis courts, and a track and field stadium. Wendy Nice and Beau Barnes were married on Nov. 7, 2002, in Maui, Hawaii. The wedding party included maid of honor Emily Somervell, bridesmaids Erin Findley '98 and Amy Abts '98, best man David Dwyer, and groomsmen Tucker Sabo and Sean Tomlinson. The couple lives in Campbell.
00Traci Giordano married Mike Silva '97 on March 1 on a yacht in Traci's hometown of Maui, Hawaii. Neil J. Myres, captain in the United States Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade, was stationed in Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. April Valenzuela is an eighth-grade teacher in Atherton.
01Jeff Ladine recently returned from volunteering as a missionary in southern Sudan. He lived in the village of Mapuordit in the Diocese of Rumbek where he taught biology, chemistry, and physics at a local secondary school. Now back in Sacramento, he looks forward to training in emergency medicine, either as a paramedic or firefighter. Michael Paye works for the commercial construction company Rudolph and Sletten and lives in the Bay Area.

 
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