USD Magazine, Spring 2004

1978 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

1974 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI

raising children Ryan, 18; Jarod, 16; and Jaclyn, 12. ... Lynne Kuhn continues to reach piano at her pri– vate studio in Escondido, Calif., and has been an adj unct faculty member at Palomar College since I980. She is coordinator for rhe Applied Music Program in the Palomar College Performing Arts Department.. .. Kris Sorenson (B.A. '8 1) has been a budget analyst since August 2002 and has a home in Ridgecrest, Calif. He has decided ro resume his studies for the priesthood this fall at the Fresno Diocese. He anticipates being ordained as a parish priest by 2007. ... Michael Taylor has three boys and a girl, ages 19, 18, 13 and 11. He owns Columbia Specialty Company in Paramount, Calif., which is a disrriburor and fabricaror of industrial piping. He lives in La Verne, Calif. ... Deborah (Lawrence) Tully (M.Ed.'80) recenrly accepted a position at Whirworth College as direcror of degree completion in education. She assists adults who work full-rime and are attempting to complete college degrees while obtaining reacher certification. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Susan Winters-Brown (M.Ed.) works four days a week as a program specialist for rhe Tulare County Office of Education, and is assigned to five school disrricrs. On her day off, she volunteers as a music instruc– tor in her son's first-grade class. She also is a gourd artist, and sells her art at local galleries and shows.

shoveling snow.... Wilson Shepherd has been retired from Solar Turbines, Inc. for IO years and is "enjoying life to rhe fullest" riding his I I-year-old horse in the Blue Ridge mountains three or four days a week. "Thanks for making all this possible," he writes. 1971 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Jim Hennessy published his second novel for the young adulr marker in June. Shanes Game is set in San Diego. He also has writing credits on eight produced films, mostly family adventures shown on HBO Family, Srarz and ocher cable nerworks. Additional information on his work is available at www.jameshennessy.com. Jim also has been in rhe financial services industry for 25 years. 1971 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Rich Roncaglia was elected presi– dent of rhe San Diego Natural History Museum Board ofTrusrees fo r a second year in October. In rhe role, he became chief executive offi– cer of rhe Society of Natural History. He also is managing director for the Private Client Group at U.S. Bank. 19 73 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Timothy Hermsen (M.S. '75) continues to provide mental health services to combar veterans and their families in eastern Washington stare. He is in private practice and con– tracted with rhe Washington stare Department of Veterans Affairs, the only scare-sponsored pose-traumatic stress disorder program of its kind in the country.. .. William Jache has been in rhe San Diego Sheriff's Department for 23 years and is in the bomb and arson unit. In addi– tion, he has been a U.S. Navy reservist for 29 years in an explosive ordnance disposal mobile unit.. .. Thomas Miller reports oldest daughter Meredith is a junior at USD, and rhar she has accepted an internship in Sen. Dianne Feinstein's San Diego office. .. . Denis Peirce has been owner of Denis Peirce Flies, a wholesale distributor of fly fishing flies and accessories for rhe last I0 years. He is a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of California, hosts a weekly radio show and writes an outdoors column for the Union, a newspaper in Grass Valley, Calif.

Richard Ghio and wife Patti have three daughters, Jenna, Karie and Angie '79. He is co-owner of Anthony's Seafood Group and is chairman of the San Diego Port Tenants Association. He is active in the San Diego County Cursillo for Christ and the University of San Diego High School Athletic Club. 197S UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Lynn (Sresovich) Belleggie is a reading reacher in Temecula, Calif. She has worked in first-grade class– rooms for 13 years and has spent the last rwo years as a Tide I literacy reacher. She has rwo children, Jamie and Michael. ... Gilbert Carrasce is a renured law professor at Willamette University in Oregon, where he reaches constitutional law and civil rights litigation. He recenrly filed a brief amicus curiae supporting affirmative action in the United Scares Supreme Court on behalf of the Hispanic National Bar Jerahian reaches private violin and viola lessons and is the leader of a group called the Classic Sering Quartet, which performs for weddings, parries and ocher social occasions. He also serves as concert– master in the New City Sinfonia, a community orchestra. 1976 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI W.J. Ham retired from rhe Stare of Texas in 1999, and was ordained a deacon in the Diocese of Austin in 199 I. He is a volunteer chaplain with the Austin Police Department and volunteers for the department's civil defense battalion.... Robert Kellam is retired and travels full– rime in his recreational vehicle.... Randall Klotz founded his own law firm, Klotz and Associates, APC, in 2002. The firm provides legal services to local and international clients in rhe areas of business and real estate. Randall and wife Laurel (Potter) Klotz '77 live in La Mesa, Calif., with their rwo children, Nicholas, 11 , and Jennifer, I0. Laurel works as a counselor for rhe Grossmont College Office of Professional Training, and has a small private practice. Association and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.... G. Kenneth

Jane (Otto) Bowen has been a homemaker since she and her hus– band started a family in rhe 1980s. Her children are in college and one has graduated. She is training her yellow Labrador retriever for com– peririve agility and obedience trials. ... Virginia Fellows reports that her business was selected for the Alpine (Calif.) Leadership and Public Service (ALPS) Business of rhe Year in 1997. She continues to be dedi– cated to small businesses and indi– viduals.. .. Daniel Gatto and Charles Pope '79 are founders of Garro and Pope, LLP, an accounting firm in downtown San Diego. Their pracrice includes 30 employees, including six USD alumni. Dan lives with his family in Encinitas, Calif., and Charlie with his in Del Mar, Calif. ... Paul Marshall, who owns a consrrucrion company, joined BusinessLink USD and is excited about rhe possibility of some of his four daughters attending USD. .. . Merlin Mundy retired from accounting and now is pursuing interests in archaeology. ... Barbara (Clay) Odom retired from the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2001 after 33 years of serv– ice. Since retirement, she has volun– teered in the community doing dia– betes education and works part-rime as a consultant on various community projects and committees. She is an active member in Bethel AME Church in San Diego. ... Florence Shulte-Ligon and Earl Ligon '74 O,D,) have four children, ages 12, 11 , 6 and 2. Their children attend rhe School of the Madeline in San Diego and Florence and Earl are very involved in activities at the school. 1979 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Lori Ann Barnett-Lowe is mar– ried and has rwo daughters, Laura and Catherine. She is an educational psychologist, as is her husband. .. . Patricia (Baker) Heberle (M.Ed.'83) and Bill Heberle '78 have a daughrer, Annie, who currently is a USD freshman. Son Bobby is a sophomore at Arizona Stare University. "Our 9-year-old, Maggie Rose, currently rules rhe house," they write. ... Jaymie (Bernstein) Kershek (M.Ed.'81) is reaching preschool part rime at Sr. Andrews School in Encinitas, Calif., while

1980 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Mary Beth Akemann has spent 14 years as a home health case manager at Kaiser Permanente. She plans to retire in about seven years. ... Virginia (Bau) Huley is enjoying a great marketing career in Manhattan. She has three children, rwin boys, 9, and a daughter, 8. "Every rime I see the logo for USD, I am reminded of my art classes and when char logo was chosen," she

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