USD Magazine, Spring 2002

~ ALUMNI GALLERY

'

Class Notes

Harlequin Hisrorical novels were just translated for the Czech Republic, the 11 ch foreign country co publish her books. Her first non– fiction book, Papa Was a Boy In Gray: Memories of Confederate Veterans by Their Living Daughters, recencly was released. 1966 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Richard Nelson is a foreign service officer at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, Greece. After graduating from USD, Richard served three years in the Peace Corps in Brazil and then had a fam ily construction business in Los Angeles for 25 years. He joined the Foreign Service after worki ng as an adm inistrative officer for the Peace Corps in Cape Verde, Africa.

'Team Guido' Cashes in on TV Reality Show Celebrity

1961 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

Sister Patricia Hanson provides spiritual direction at the La Providencia Spiritual Renewal Center in Alpine, Calif, which includes workshops for people of all faiths.

1961 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

IKE THE DOUBLE-CROSS– ING, DESPICABLE TELEVI– SION REALITY SHOW VILLAINS WHO GRACED THE

respondents for the "Rosie O 'Donnell Show," a shot at hosting their own cable talk show and a legion of fans who shower them with their trade– mark Chardonnay wine. "It's like I say, everyone knows who Alexis Colby was on the TV show 'Dynasty' because Joan Collins made her such a great villain. But no one remembers Krystle Carrington, because she was the good girl," says Bartek, 48, who, when he's not trotting the globe in reality shows, is a real estate broker in southern California. AWeb poll of the show's fans ranked "Team Guido" - the moniker he and Baldassare used

Patricia (Young) Williams continues to enjoy her business, Patrycakes, which does catering, personal assisting and caring for the elderly. Her eldest daughter, Reina '9S, was married ro Thomas Ladd Robinson in March 2001 at the Grande Colonial in La Jolla. Her youngest daughter, Andrea, works in the J. Smith National Forest in Crescent Ciry. As a new class corre– spondent, Patricia would love ro hear from her classmates at patry– cakes@ixpress.com. 1965 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Sarita Doyle Eastman is a physician in the Carmel VaJley area, north of San Diego, specializing in developmental and behavioral pedi– atrics.... Mary W. Schaller's

tube before him - think "Survivor's" Richard Hatch - Bill Bartek '75 knows the value in being the TV guy you love to hate. While Bartek and life partner Joe Baldassare's third place finish last fall on the CBS reality show "Amazing Race" netted them only $10,000 - a pittance com– pared to the $1 million first prize - the reputation they developed as bad boys during the six-week global treasure hunt earned them stints as car-

1976 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Hope (Kirk) Hernandez

is busy volunteering with church mi nistries, traveling, dancing and remodeling her house with husband Bernardino.

26

USD MAGAZINE