USD Magazine, Winter 2001

ALUMNI ~ GALLERY

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Rita (Perko) Norton started her own Internet company rwo years ago, photovation.com, which designs custom birch announce– ments. Her business allows her to stay at home with her 1-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Richard Fields (LL.M.) was appointed a superior court judge for Riverside County in April, the first African American judge in the county's 107-year history. CLASS CORRESPONDENT Colleen Blackmore Pappas 6910 Blue Orchid Lane Carlsbad, CA 92009 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Michael Grant graduated from Tulane with an M.B.A. in May and moved back to San Diego to work with Business Valuation Services. Michael and wife LitaMarie have an 18-month-old daughter. ... Kimberly (Stevens) Johnson moved to St. Louis in September with her husband, Michael, with whom she runs a general contracting business. The couple have a 2- year-old daughter, Taylor, and a 6-month-old son, Jacob. ... Mary Jane (Kaplan) Marusich has moved back to Southern California with her husband and rwo sons... . Mary (Stollenwerk) Matthesen recently was promoted to soft– ware development project man– ager for American Management Systems. She and husband Shep recently celebrated the birch of their first child, Samantha Avery, Aug. 8.... Jennifer (Kinnally) Merriman bought a new home • 1989• CLASS CHAIR Tom Gorman

in Montclair, Calif., and started an e-business for event planning, catering and gifts called Merriman & Wiley Co., in honor of her mother, Earlene Wiley, who passed away last year. ... Neal Puckett has a solo law practice in military criminal defense, traveling the world assisting military members facing disciplinary and administrative actions. ... Sandra (Seaburg) Rowley is a court reporter in San Diego and has rwo daughters; Paige, 6, and Laina, 3.... Deborah (Helsper) Sandy (M.B.A. '99) wed Jon Sandy, economics professor at USD's School of Business Admini– stration, and recently accepted the position of director of finance at Scripps Green Hospital.... Lolly (Roman) Sangster and husband Chris Sangster '90 will be moving back to San Diego this year from Charlotte, N.C., where Chris works as a family and marital therapist and Lolly is a programmer.. .. Laura (Fowler) Zionts is an assistant professor in special education at Texas A&M University. MarkWayne Dundee Q.D., M.A.), a senior partner with Buck Consultants, received a federal appointment to the U.S. Department ofTreasury, Bureau of Debt/U.S. Savings Bond divi– sion. Mark also is the author of several treatises on retirement benefits and serves on the govern– ing boards of the L.A. County museums, Pepperdine University, Catholic Healthcare West and Glendale College. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI

10th wedding anniversary last year and has four children: Madeleine, 6, Frank, 5, John, 4, and Gabrielle, 1. ... Sean and Suzanne (Bolton) Southard '91 recently moved back to San Diego shortly after giving birth to their son, William Frederick, on April 1. Sean is an attorney for Allen Matkins, specializing in real estate law.. .. Michael Stuart was made a naval flight officer in 1992 and traveled extensively through the Western Pacific. Michael and wife Lisa have rwo children, Elizabeth, 10, and Cassandra, 3. John Grimley Q.D.) is a cam– paign manager in London for New Europe, which opposes British participation in the Euro-the European single cur– rency. John is on break from his work with CeoCommunications, a partnership of former Bush White House members who pro– vide strategic communications services to businesses. CLASS CORRESPONDENT Glenn Hickok 5060 La Jolla Blvd., No. 3A La Jolla, CA 92109 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Jean (Merrill) Christensen is the band and choral director for Mira Mesa High School, and was one of 15 band directors in the nation who directed music dur– ing the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Jean's 75 students prac– ticed rwo years for the trip.... Marc Duggan has a real estate business where he sells both residential and commercial prop– erty throughout San Diego.. .. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI CLASS CHAIR Rick Apel

CLASS CHAIR Estela Lopez

CLASS CORRESPONDENT April (Flores) Goodjohn 7187 Willet Circle Carlsbad, CA 92009 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Mara (Stankovich) Aloi is on the faculty of emergency medi– cine at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Mara and her husband have rwo sons, Nicholas, 2, and Luke, 6 months. ... Kris (Stewart) Baily and her husband, Dan, have rwo children, Connor and Allyson. ... William Berger is on a one– year fellowship at the University of California San Francisco in radiology and plans to move to Austin, Texas, later this year to begin private practice with the Austin Radiological Association in July. William and wife Laura have rwo children, Lauren, 3, and Henry, 1. .. . Robert Coberly Jr. worked for 10 years in commer– cial real estate in Las Vegas and Los Angeles before forming his own company, Capital Realty, in Pasadena, Calif. ... Michael Fahey and his wife, Maryanne, will be celebrating their rwo-year anniversary in March at their Anaheim, Calif., home, where Michael works in sales for Dreyer's Ice Cream... . Alexander Gambrel is director of merger and acquisitions and is in-house counsel for MPM Technologies ... Carl Starrett II (J.D. '93) is an attorney with Anderson & Kriger in La Mesa, Calif., and lives in Rancho San Diego with wife Mary (Farrar) Starrett, who works in human resources for Jack in the Box cor– porate headquarters. The couple have a 3-year-old daughter, Michelle. ... Tamala Lynn (Bradley) Slykas celebrated her

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