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Campaign Against Hunger and Home- lessness. Her most recent work has focused on building grass-roots sup- port for the Affordable Housing Fund. “In this position, I’ve had the opportu- nity to reach out and involve college students in organizing events around the issues of hunger and homeless- ness, including a new group at USD called S.O.M.E. (So Others May Eat)!” JENNIFER SAMSON (M.ED.) says, “I married my best friend in 2006. We had a beach wedding in June and a church wedding in July. I plan to take a year off from teaching and work part time.” Jennifer and her husband, Shaun, plan to live in Lake Bluff, Ill., and then move closer to Shaun’s work. [ 2 0 0 6 ] TOBIAS HERRERA (B.A.) and his wife, Tracey (Albright) ’04, celebrated the birth of their second child, Madi- son Grace, on Aug. 1, 2006. “We are doing well and can’t wait to get back to San Diego,”Tobias says.

Sandy Phanthasone, who got married in Anchorage, Alaska.

KRISTEN DENNIS (M.B.A., J.D. ’04) is a policy analyst at the White House in the Executive Office of the President. She says she longs to return to the climate (both weather and political) of Southern California. ANDRES GARCIA (B.A.C.) moved to Los Angeles after graduating and worked for a CPA firm that allowed him to travel throughout California. “This job made me realize how much I love San Diego, so I moved back in 2006,”he says. Andres works for a local CPA firm in University City and bought a house in Normal Heights.“You can probably find me at a Home Depot, if not training for my first triathlon!” ETIENNE JAMBOU (B.B.A.) has worked for Google in Dublin, Ireland, since January 2006. LADONNA KIENITZ (LL.M.T.) has her own private practice in Tustin, Calif., and works at the tax law clinic at the Chapman University School of Law. DIMITRIS MAGEMENEAS (M.B.A.) and his family — wife, Jeanette; son, Dominic, 7; and daughter, Calista, 5 —“enjoyed a wonderful summer in 2006, spending many weekends at our beautiful San Diego beaches and two weeks ‘back home’ in Chicago,” says Dimitris. 1ST LT. ANDREA NEWHOUSE (B.A.) is stationed at Camp Pendle- ton, Calif., and was recently deployed with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (special operations capable). LT. J.G. JOSHUA REHFELD (B.S.B.A.) earned his wings of gold on July 28, 2006. He and his wife, Mariella (Bravo) ’03, expect to be sta- tioned at NAS Lemoore, where Josh will fly the F-18 Super Hornet. [ 2 0 0 5 ] MERRILL DIBBLE (I.M.B.A.) is the processing manager for a large almond farm in Bakersfield, Calif. Merrill and his wife welcomed their second child, Daniela, in May 2006 and he says they are enjoying life in Bakersfield. RENEE PROVENCHER (B.A.) is West Coast field organizer and policy organizer for the National Student

In Memoriam

PATRICIA BRASELL (B.S.N. ’81, M.S.N. ’93) passed away on April 1, 2006, of complications from cancer.

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JOSHUA PALMER ’01 [1978-2004] Just minutes before he was killed in a firefight in Fallujah, Iraq, on April 8, 2004, the infantry officer dodged heavy gunfire to rescue a group of soldiers from a rooftop, where they were being bombarded with sniper fire. His mother, Jackie Kennedy, says that witnesses compared his quick reaction in getting them down to “some- thing out of a movie.” She says her son, an international relations major who attended the University of San Diego while in the Marine reserves program, “loved USD, loved education and wanted people to have freedom.” The entire campus community salutes Palmer, along with all the fallen who’ve made the ulti- mate sacrifice in service to their country.

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