USD Magazine, Winter/Spring 1997

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is a self-employed special event consultant, and has worked on the Infiniti Open in Los Angeles and other tennis events. His wife, Annette (Roy) Davis (M.A. '90 ), is teaching at the College of the Desert and Cathedral City High School. ... Gregory liruhha is self– employed as a dentist in Anchorage, Alaska. ... Gregory Meyer was promoted to vice presi– dent and manager with Bank of the West in San Francisco. ... Tllresa [Senini) Pon and Bill Pon have been married for 10 years and have two sons. The couple moved to O regon in 1996. .. . Donald Stukes is manager of purchasing for Ablestik Laboratories in Rancho Dominquez, Calif. H e lives with his wife, Clinetta, in Lomita.... Tammy [Anderson) Trantham lived in Germany for four years, and now resides in Greenville, S.C., where she is a project assis– tant and office manager for Century Contractors. ... Portia Webster is establishing a hermitage at H oly Trinity Monastery in A rizona.... Kathy [Whitaker) Wilson worked for 10 years in the mortgage banking busi– ness, and now stays home to take care of her three children: Jack, 3, David, 1, and Andrew, 3 months. UNDERGRADUATE ALUMNI Donna Brown is a human resources specialist with GE Capital in Stamford, Conn. , where she lives with her husband, David, and their son, Philip... . Jennifer [Payton) Brown is a senior manager with the R iverside, Calif., office of Ernst & Young. ... John Hannigan (M.A. '87) owns the G randstand Pub and G rill in Tigard, Ore., where he lives with his wife, Gina.... Catherine [W"1SZ) Heiner worked for America West Airlines and Baxter H ealth– care. She currently is raising her three chil– dren: Brent, 6, Stephanie, 4, and Jennifer, 1. ... David Hunt has been teaching in Europe for five years at the International Schools of Prague and Berlin... . John McDonald and h is wife, Katherine, have three children: Michael, 5, Ian, 3, and G race, 10 months.... Denisa Miller moved to San Francisco to work as director of sports marketing for Dream Sports Inc. ... Don Pannier was promoted to district sales manager for W.W. G rainger, the nation's largest industrial and commercial equipment manufacturer. ... Lisa Perrine was promoted 19&& CLASS CHAIR: James Pierik CLASS CORRESPONDENT: Shannon Smith 53 16th Street H ermosa Beach, CA 90254

COMFORTABLE SURROUNDINGS

.& s you step into the office of Bill Maheu '82, you can immediately tell he surrounds himself with everything important to him. There are pic– tures of his wife, Jane (O'Drain) Maheu '81, and their three children. His degree from the University of San Diego hangs on the wall, next to commendations from the com– munity and from professional associations. And his office location, in the center of the building, means he is constantly surrounded by the people he leads. "I like the officers to know they can come in here and yell at me if I need to be yelled at," says Maheu, a captain with the San Diego Police Department and com– mander of the Western Division, headquar– tered just a few blocks from USD. "The best part of my job is the camaraderie of seeing the officers and being around them." Maheu, a native of Las Vegas, joined the police department in 1980, before he fin– ished college. He has since worked in divi– sions as diverse as patrol, undercover nar– cotics, investigations, hostage negotiations, and the S.W.A.T. team. His ability to be flexible and to thrive on change probably was solidified during his last year at USD. "I was newly married, working the grave– yard shift as a patrolman, and going to school," Maheu recalls. "I would get off

work at about 7 a.m. and then go to class. It wasn't unusual for me to finish up a homicide investigation right before going to school." Now Maheu often works 12-hour days, and is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. He meets regularly with community members, political leaders, advisory boards, volunteer groups and his own staff of 230 officers and support personnel to make sure the police and the community interact successfully. "Our division covers just about every cultural, economic and social group that can be found in San Diego," Maheu says. " My responsibility is to get those people involved in working on solutions to community problems." As a rookie, Maheu expected his stint with the police department to last only a few years, perhaps until he found another career he liked better. He now reflects that he has had a number of different careers within the police department, each better than any career he can imagine outside of police work. "I've had great jobs and jobs that others told me they would never take. But I've had fun in every one of the them," Maheu says. "There are tough times, but there are thrills and excitement in this line of work. Every job is what you make of it."

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