USD Magazine, Winter 2000

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ALUMNI

GALLERY

.. . Virginia (Urban) Kim recen tly received her master's degree in comparative literature from San Diego Scace University and serves on an advisory board for youth at risk. ... David LaPuma recently started a real estate investment company with Robert "Todd" Hoff '87, called Abercrombie Investment Corp. ... Lorraine (Ruiz) Mautner works in geriatric care consulcing and case management. Lorraine and her husband, Craig, have three daughters, Katrina, 12, and 9-year-old twins Marina and Allegra. ... Gabriela (Sandoval) Pena is an accountant and has three daughters with her husband, Daniel. ... Michael Pfeiffer is head coach for the Torrey Pines H igh School varsity boy's lacrosse team, which was ranked 16th in the nation last year. When he's not coaching, Michael runs Excel Sealing and Restoration in Solano Beach, Calif. ... Jaime (Wood) Schipper is a senior human resources manager for Qualcomm and says between career and family she has "very little free time. " ... Jennifer (Long) Schneider has two children, Christian, 6, and Samantha, 5, with husband Brian. Jenn ifer asks ocher alumni in the Denver area to contact her. ... Sheila Spahn-Bethancourt is a senior technical writer for Qualcomm in San D iego... . Chantal Tousignant is a cardio– vascular specialist with Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Chantal and her husband, Manuel Hernandez, have two children, Xavier, 3, and Matteo, 2. ... Tuan Nguyen (M.A. '91) is a Navy lieutenant

who recently reported for duty at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D .C. ... Phung Minh Vu is a dentist and an assistant professor of dental educational services at Loma Linda University. Phung and her husband, T homas Wong, have a 2-year-old, Lauren Alex Wong. ... Nathaniel Ward is a branch manager for Hertz Equipment Rental in Riverside, Calif, where he and his wife, Karin, live with daughter Madeline Rose, 2. ... TeresaWhite recently pur– chased a home in San D iego and teaches at Cubberly Elementary School. Teresa also is working on a master's degree in educational administration.

senior analyse supporting global commercial accounts for MCI Worldcom.... Donna (Cartwright) Plough has been teaching in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District for six years and lives in Manhattan Beach, Calif with husband Tim. The Ploughs have a son, Matthew Logan, who was born June 10, 1999.... Lisa (Bonanno) Sackmaster and husband Michael Sackmaster '88 live in Sc. Paul, Minn. , where he works as a corporate trainer for US Bank. They have two daughters: Amanda, 4, and Megan, 2. .. . Bradley Tetreault moved from Washington, D.C., to Portland, Ore., five years ago and is a vice president for plan– ning/analysis with Hollywood Entertainment. H is wife, Sara (Werner) Tetreault '88, retired after nine years with Polo/Ralph Lauren and is now a "career mom" co son Matthew Ross, 3, and daughter Eleanor Jane, 1. .. . Anna (Martinez) Williams is an English and Spanish teacher in Irving, Texas, where she lives with h usband Mark. T he couple have a daughter, Sara Elizabeth, 1. Her h usband, Grant, is a major in the Mari ne Corps Reserves serving on the NATO staff in charge of air operations in Bosnia and Kosovo. During the Kosovo air war he was involved with the protection of Albanian refugees and the rescue of two U.S. fighter pilots shot down over Serbia. .. . Michele (Hayes) Zajkowski is an account executive with Blair Television in Boston, Mass., where she lives with husband Mark. The Zajkowskis have a daughter, Katharine Grace, 1. GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI Marie LaSala (J.D.) is a sen ior deputy with the Office of County Counsel practicing envi– ronmental and insurance cover– age law.... David Olan (J.D.) changed the name of his firm from The Law Offices of David R. O lan to the Olan Law Corporation and has offices in

and Jenna, 5, with husband Jeffrey. ... E. Gillis Anspacher is the science department chair for Rota High School on the island of Micronesia, where he recently established a marine education center. ... Mary (Tietz) Ball is director of government and community relations for Cox Communication in San Diego. Mary and her husband, James, have a son, Hayden, 18 months. .. . Lauren Birney recently received her doctorate in educa– tion from the University of Southern California and works at Hoover H igh School in San Diego.... Barbara (Ryan) Burns is a court reporter working for San Diego Court Reporting Service. Barbara and her husband, Scott, a civil engi– neer, have two sons, Blake, 4, and James, 2. ... Hector G. Cabanas owns a chain of bakery and dry cleaning scores in Tijuana and Mexicali, Baja, Mexico. Hector and his wife have a daughter, Beatriz, 4.... John Caparell is an attorney in San Diego and has a 3-year-old son, Andrew, with his wife, Gina (Labovitz) Caparell '89, '91 . ... Megan (Delane) Collins owns a coffeehouse in San Pedro, Calif , where she lives with her husband, W illiam Collins, and their son Anthony, 5. .. . Keli (Smith) Harold is director of corporate communications for PBM Produces, a distributor of infant formulas. Keli and her husband, Ron, have a daughter, Abigail Rose, 1. .. . Kimberly (Duffy) Keelin and her husband, John, have a son, Michael, 2, and live in Tustin, Calif.

GRADUATE AND LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI

George Galdorisi (M.A) is chief of staff on a U .S. Navy destroyer. George recently published a novel, The Coronado Conspiracy,

in 1998 with Avon Books. George and his wife, Becky, live appropriately enough in Coronado, Calif.

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CLASS CHAIR Tom Gorman

CLASS CORRESPONDENT Colleen Blackmore Pappas 6910 Blue Orchid Lane Carlsbad, CA 92009 UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Keith Fink is a laboratory tech– nician with the marine and envi– ronmental studies department at USD and lives in San D iego. He's a member of the San D iego Earthworks board of directors and helps produce the annual Earth Fair in Balboa Park. ... Le. Commander Erik Norris is an operations officer aboard the USS Juneau. He and wife Michele Adams make their home in Bonita, Calif They have two children: Emily, 4, and Jack, 2. ... Karen Parker recently returned co California from Arlington, Va., and works as a

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