USD Magazine Fall 2005

Hawaii, as she trains to become a Waldorf school teacher. Husband Jeff surfs when in Hawaii and keeps their dock-building and rock wall business going in Montana when there. Their children are Ellie, 5, and Hayden, 3. [ 1 9 8 8 ] STEVEN HERNANDEZ (M.ED.) works at Potter Junior High School in Fallbrook, Calif., as the athletic direc- tor and chair of the physical educa- tion department. BONNIE MARBLESTONE (M.S.N.) is working on her Ph.D. in nursing at USD. JAMES VALLIANT (J.D.) is the author of The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics , and is a regular political and legal commentator on local news programs, including KUSI and Fox 6. [ 1 9 8 9 ] GINA CAPARELL (B.A., M.ED. ’91) has been teaching first grade at Grant Elementary, a math and sci- ence magnet school. She is divorced with two beautiful children, Michaela, 9, and Andrew, 8. Gina enjoys playing soccer, gardening and watching USD sporting events. KATEY (POTTS) FLANAGAN (B.A.) and her husband, Matt, wel- comed their son, Ryan Patrick, on June 27, 2004. He joins sisters Megahn, 3 1 / 2 , and Kelley, 2. In August 2004 they relocated from San Marcos, Calif., to Temecula, Calif. Katey is tak- ing a leave of absence from her job at Oracle Corp. to be a full-time mom. STUART GRAUER (ED.D.) reports that the Grauer Foundation for Education launched a $6-million cap- ital campaign to make independent, humanitarian college preparatory education permanent in San Diego’s North County. JOE MARSHALL (J.D.) lives in the Dallas, Texas, suburb of Coppel, with wife Julie and three children: Hutton, 14; Kelly, 13; and Ben, 10. He is a shareholder with the firm Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, and practices in the area of commercial bankruptcy and restructure. JOHN NORIEGA (M.ED.) has four daughters: Emily, Angela, Alison and Lisa.

ERIN CLOW

MR. WONDERFUL GETS HITCHED “I married the most amazing man on earth, Steve Altes, on Aug. 20, 2004, on Shelter Island in San Diego. Steve is a rocket scientist with three degrees from MIT, a model who has appeared as a blond man on the Just for Men hair color box, and a professional speaker and writer. He’s the man all little girls dream they will grow up and marry. I win!” — TIFFNI JELLINEK ’93 [ m a t r i m o n y ]

R. CLAYTON WELCH (J.D.) still works in-house for State Farm, han- dling subrogation claims. Otherwise, he spends time surfing and visiting his children and grandchildren in California and Hawaii. [ 1 9 8 7 ] DAVID BOURGOIN (J.D.) has ventured to Antarctica to do a multi- media production for TCR Productions. WILLIAM LAVELLE (J.D.) and his wife, Beth (Badders) LaVelle (B.A. ’87), just celebrated their 16th wedding anniversary. Bill is busy running a three-lawyer, eight-staff law firm in Patchogue, N.Y., and coaching his daughters’ track teams. Daughter Chloe is 10, and daughter Shelby is 7. Beth is teaching her 12th year of ele- mentary art and is planning to open her own art studio next summer. All friends are welcome to visit if they’re on the East Coast.

[ 1 9 8 6 ] PATRICIA CRONE (M.ED.) works with nonprofits that are in the start- up or reorganization mode or are introducing new programs. CRAIG FRIEDBERG (J.D.) estab- lished the Law Office of Craig B. Friedberg, Esq. in 1999, and says its emphasis is consumer protection law and intellectual property law. He married Lauriann Bradford in 1992 and has stepson Joshua, 23, step- daughter Nicole, 18, and son Ian, 13. MARSHA (ORSOLINE) MCDON- ALD (M.A.) is in her 18th year of elementary school counseling, which she says she loves. This year she also began teaching a group counseling class for school counseling students at Chapman University. She also is continuing her ADHD parent support group and enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and her grandchildren.

DEBRA PALMER (M.S.N.) will participate in the development of the first orthopedic nurse practition- er certification examination. She also planned to lead a volunteer medical mission to Guatemala from July 31 to Aug. 7. MIGUEL SMITH (J.D.) has been at Solomon Ward for 17 years and is completing a two-year term as man- aging partner. His practice is real property transactional. He is married with a 15-year-old stepdaughter and a 3-year-old daughter. PHILIP WELP (B.B.A., M.I.B. ’89) has two children, a 5-year-old boy named Cole, and Emily, who is 7. Philip sold his company in July 2002 and moved from San Diego to Phoenix. GAIL (GIULIANI) ZADOW (B.A.) and her family are spending part of their year in Montana and part in

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