USD Magazine, Fall 1996

Catherine lialvin Schnieders '84, have a 3-year-old daughter, Jamie.... John Swanke passed the bar exam .on his first try and opened his own law practice in Santee, Calif. He specializes in workers compensation and employment discrimination. John and his wife, Sharon, celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary and have two children: Mike and Erin Elizabeth.... Darity Wesley is senior vice president and general counsel for Dataquick Information Systems in San Diego. He is run– ning for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 5 2nd District this fall. UNDERliRADUATE ALUMNI Mary (Morlino) Balok and her husband, Joseph Balok '85, live in Cathedral City, Calif. Mary writes: "I'm helping our kids settle in and adjust to life in the desert and I'm changing careers right now." ... Trish Dauer lives in Belmont Shores, Calif. She earned a master's degree in social work from Cal State Long Beach, then took a month off work and vacationed in Europe. Trish works in down– town L.A., serving the needs of the mentally ill.... Raymond Hart teaches psychology and sociology in the Antelope Valley (Calif.) Union High School District. He founded a peer counseling program at the high school, which has been helpful for many students. Raymond earned a master's degree in educa– tional psychology, completed his pupil person– nel services credential and is working on a marriage, family, child counseling license. ... Catherine lialvin Schnieders is the pro shop and juice bar manager at The Sporting Club in La Jolla, Calif. She and her husband, Richard Schnieders '83 (J.D. '91), have a 3-year-old daughter, Jamie. liRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI April Josephson (J.D.) earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of Phoenix in Southern California. She and her husband, Donald Mathers, are starting a new business in Rancho Santa Margarita, Ariel Communi– cations Group Inc. She says they are the first local Internet service provider to the foothill communities of South Orange County. 19&4: CLASS CHAIR: Tim Huckaby

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m ike Whitmarsh '85, a seasoned pro on the AVP beach volley– ball tour, thought he knew what it was like to hear a big crowd of fans cheering for his team.A trip to the Olympics this summer in Atlanta opened his ears to a whole new world. "One of my favorite parts was when we would walk onto the court and I0,000 or I 1,000 fans would just go nuts," Whitmarsh says. Whitmarsh and his partner, Mike Dodd, joined two other U.S. teams in the inaugural Olympic beach volleyball tournament.The fans who packed the stands at Atlanta Beach were especially loyal to the Americans. The Southern California duo (Whitmarsh is from San Diego and Dodd is from Manhattan Beach) did more than their share to reward that loyalty. Whitmarsh and Dodd wowed the crowd with a come-from-behind victory over a

Portuguese team to advance to the gold medal match, where they met the legendary team of Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes.The two U.S. teams beamed as they took the court, knowing that a gold medal would simply be icing on the cake in a tournament where the home teams proved to be best in the wortd. The USD graduate left Atlanta with a silver medal and memories that will last a lifetime.While some U.S. athletes opted for private housing away from the buzz of Olympic activity,Whitmarsh spent two weeks in the athletes village on the GeorgiaTech campus. There he mingled in the mess hall, traded pins and enjoyed the attention from others who recognized him without an introduction. "You had to be in the village to experi– ence the whole Olympic feeling," he says. "People actually knew Mike and me!"

19&5 CLASS CHAIR: Maggie Keller Hawblitzel CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Katie (O'Rourke) Delano 425 Yale Avenue Coalinga, CA 93210

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