USD Magazine, Spring 2003

1976 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

1968 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

Connie (Salovich) Cutler is in her 15th year at Temecula Valley High School, where she is chair of rhe English department and reaches advanced placement English. In 2001, she was selected Riverside County Teacher of the Year. Her husband of 32 years, John, practices ophthalmol– ogy in Fallbrook, Calif. .. . Charles Geist retired after 25 years at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and now is special assistant to the chan– cellor at the St. Thomas campus of the University of the Virgin Islands.

John Jakubczyk (B.B.A. '81) is president of Arizona Right to Life and treasurer of Ville deMarie Academy. He and wife Perra have 10 children and celebrated 20 years of marriage in January. ... Charles E. Simmons reporrs that daughter Kalila Simmons received her bachelor of arcs degree in political science from Hampton University in May, making them the first father-daughter duo in their family co earn degrees in the same major. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI In September 2000, Dan Bergman Q.D.) accepted a position as vice president of the environmental affairs department at the Dallas/Fr. Worth Internacional Airport. Previously, he served as environmental health direc– tor of San Diego County, deputy direc– tor of health services for California's Contra Cosca County and president of Pyrite Canyon Group, Inc. He reports chat daughters Erica Lewis and Kelli (Bergman) Taylor '96 (J.D.) both are practicing attorneys. ... Tom Grady Q.D.) formed Grady Mediation Services in 2002, and mediates litigated disputes in San Diego... Max A. Hansen Q.D.) practices law in Dillon, Mont. He has been invited co accept election as a Fellow of the American Bar Found– ation. He is the Montana delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates, serving a second term on its technology and communica– tions committee. ... Sally Ann Zoll (M.Ed., Ed.D. '90) is president and chief operating officer of LearnStar, an education technology provider. She recently addressed 150 attendees of Springboard Enterprises' Bootcamp as a member of a panel focusing on identification of the key elements of a growth business. 1977 GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Steve Legomsky Q.D.) recently was commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees co author a report on how best co pcocecc refugees who pass chcough several countries before applying for protection. He is now the Charles Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law at Washington University.

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1971 GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Judge Susan Finlay Q.D.) sits in the Central Division of the San Diego Superior Court, hearing domestic violence cases. She retired from the bench in 2000 and worked for the National Drug Court Institute as an education consultant, prior to accept– ing the assignment. ... Donald Pogoloff Q.D.) received a master's of public health degree from the University of Pittsburgh after law school. After working with a psychi– atric health care provider in Fresno, and writing legislation regarding community mental health centers, he returned to academia and is a profes– sor of public health at Cal ifornia Seate University, Fresno. 1974 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Lance Werner is retiring after a 25-year career with the psychiatry department in the Department of Veterans Affairs. He reporrs chat be has been offered a position with Vermont Supportive Living, where he will be working with developmen– tally disabled children. 1975 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI John Wesley Houston Jr. continues to appear in television and film roles. In addition to a recent role in the tele– vision drama 'The Practice," he is work– ing on a feature film called "Big Fish" starring his brother-in-law, Robert Guillaume.... Janet (Schweitzer) LaPlante is a loan officer at GoodCents Mortgage in Phoenix.