USD Magazine, Fall 1999

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MARRIAGES Alisa Marblastana 'BB (J.D.) married Donald Urban in January and moved to Minneapolis, Minn., where she is licensed to practice law. ... Lari Hears '90 wed Randy Yeary on Nov. 7 at the Pelican Hill Country Club in Newport Beach. Lori is the director of mar– keting for C.M.H. Corporation, and Randy works for the Bureau of Reclamation. The couple honeymooned in Australia.... 'l'Dni Raanay '89 married Tom Ruggiero on Sept. 12, 1998, in West Hills, Calif. Toni also wel– comed her first child, Nicholas, on June 23. ... Jim Marrison '91 and Niki Raspalich '92 were wed on May 8 with more than 25 USD alumni in attendance. The couple live in Carlsbad, Calif., where Jim is vice president of insurance broker William King & Associates, and Niki is a product marketing manager at Genesys Telecommunications Labs. ... Kimberly Ostwald '91 married John Fitzpatrick on April 24. The couple live in Palm Desert, Calif., where Kim works in sales for Paychex and John works for American Golf.... Jana Rolla '91 wed Jon Balousek Feb. 27 in Sts. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco. Jane works in sales for Kemet Electronics and her husband works for Beyond.com. ... Rabin ScaH '91 married Jim Lyon on Sept. 12, 1998, in Breckenridge, Colo. They live in Phoenix.... Denise EHari '92 married Doug Cain on Sept. 5, 1998, in St. Helena, Calif. The couple live in San Francisco.... Mall Gallagher '92 married Callean Cassity '92 on Dec. 19, 1998, in The Immaculata Church. The cou– ple live in Austin, Texas, where Matt recent– ly wrapped up an M.B.A. Colleen works as a paralegal for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld.... Ned Ghisalli '92 married Heidi Giradat '92 on July 18, 1998 in Denver. Nick is a lawyer who recently earned a pilot's license, and Heidi works in advertis– ing.... Rebecca Janik '92 married Nat Hampson on Oct. 4, 1997, in Newport, R .I. The couple live in Boston, where she works for the Leukemia Society.... Eric Magnuson '93 wed Jennifer Andrews in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., in April 1998. Eric is the advertis– ing director for Austad's Golf in San Diego and is busy training for his fourth lronman Triathlon. ... Cathy Bargusan '94 wed Darren Gonzales in The Immaculata Church on Oct. 10, 1998. The couple live in La Costa, Calif., and both work for accounting firms in the San Diego area.... Stephania Curran '94 wed Rett Summerville on Jan. 23. She's a product manager for Wells Fargo in San Francisco. ... Monica Daley '94 wed Bob

199& CLASS CHAIR Bryan Walsh

moved to the institutional mortgage-backed securities and CMO trading side of the La Jolla-based Fixed Income Securities firm. He had been on the firm's "buyside." ... Robyn Kenyan lives in New York City and is the public relations coordinator for Capital Publishing there.... Shana Knight was select– ed by his peers at Louise Black Intermediate School as Teacher of the Year. He teaches students with learning disabilities in Weslaco, Texas, a rural farming area on the Texas– Mexico border and reports, "My experiences as a teacher have been even more challenging and rewarding than words can describe." He is a member of the Teach For America Corps.

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Joy Deutsch 12604 Carmel Country Road, No. 20 San Diego, CA 92130 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Nicola Alexander earned a degree from Villanova University School of Law in May 1999 and is working as a clerk for the Hon. Jane Cantor of New Jersey Superior Court. She reports, "I miss my years at USD and I wish everyone well." ... Jay Deutsch recently began work as a regional sales manager for the Western United States with Luxottica Corporation, based in Milan, Italy. She will be working with the managed vision care division, known as EyeMed.... Tapitha Krazanis interned for a federal judge in Manhattan this past summer and is in her second year at Cardozo Law School in New York City. ... Navy Lt. j.g. Elizabeth McNamara recently completed flight training in Corpus Christi, Texas. She is now a Naval aviator. ... Stephania Shanks, who earned a master's degree in social anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, begins a doctoral program this fall in social anthropology. She recently received the

199& CLASS CHAIR Michael Corrales

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Elizabeth Himchak 11334 Capilla Road San Diego, CA 92127 e-mail: ehimchak@acusd.edu

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Michelle (Mitchell) Darvaas is an account executive with Lincare, Inc., in San Diego. She's also a law school student and lives with her husband, ScaH Darvaas '98 (J.D.), in San Diego. ... Lynn Hiiar worked for a few months in the World Trade Center and recently founded her own business, Sphere Trading, with fellow 1998 graduate Jase Pinell. Lynn traveled through the Panama Canal and Caribbean in January. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Erin Hurley (J.D.) passed the California State Bar and is working as an associate with Rimac & Martin in San Francisco.... David Karrana (J.D.) recently joined brother Jell Karrana '96 (J.D.) and friend Narbarla Cisneros '96 (J.D.) as partners in the Law Offices of Cisneros & Kerrane. The down– town San Diego firm handles immigration and criminal defense cases.... Brad Kowalczyk (L.L.M.) was named president of the Alan Leist Planning Group, a financial consulting company in Utica, New York. He and wife Karen have three children, Emily, Brad Jr., and Claire. ... Clemans Pauly (J.D., L.L.M.) is a counselor and attorney with Rodriguez, Langstadt & Aguero in Coral Gables, Fla. He specializes in immigration law and married Melani Black in May 1999.

Overseas Research Scheme Award for International Postgraduate Students.

G DUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Michael Ruha (M.A.) is a buyer for women's shoes with Nordstrom in Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego. He just celebrated his 30th birthday by hiking the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland.

1 9 97 CLASS CHAIR Greg Johnson

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Colleen Engel-Johnson 10062 Paseo Montril #509 San Diego, CA 92129

UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI James Ackerson is a sales associate with ABC Radio Networks in New York City.... Kally Haward was recently transferred from the Oakland location of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to the company's Beverly Hills, Calif., location.... Lucinda Inzunza is a biolo– gy teacher at Bonita Vista High School in Chula Vista, Calif. ... Alan Michael Kana just

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