David Strauss ('52 BA Accounting) purchased a paging carrier, beeper company in Costa Rica. It is Tele-Biper de Costa Rica, S.A. operating throughout the entire country of 19,000 square miles with alphanumeric paying. The company plans to expand into several other countries in Central America.

Quintina (Tina) Bennett (’53 BA) honored by the San Gabriel Unified School District for teaching the second grade at Washington School for 50 years. District Superintendent Gary Goodson announced the naming of “Bennett Hall” in her honor and she was presented commendations by many area politicians in addition to congratulatory letters from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and President George W. Bush. Second graders sang a special song to her, “Fifty Nifty Tina.”

Dan Reinstein (’54 BA) honored by the California Coaches Association with its Official of the Year Award.

Jim Brownfield ('55 BA Physical Education, '65 MA Physical Education) was recently elected as President of the "National Federation of Coaches Association," he also holds the office of President of the "California Coaches Association". He is enshrined in the "National High School Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame" and the "CSULA Athletic Hall of Fame".

Janice Evelyn Jamison ('55 BA Education) retired from Rio Hondo Elementary School after teaching there for 47 years. Because of her love of children, books and reading the school library was renamed Jamison Library in her honor.

Lee Joseph (’55 BA) honored by the California Coaches Association with the Casey Corad Leadership Award.

Elliot Kleinman ('57 BS Mathematics) received a NASA Apollo Achievement Award on July 20, 1969 for his work (development of software) on the Apollo 11's successful space flight that first landed man on the moon.

Raul Salcido (’58 BA, ’73 MA) retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District as a teacher, counselor and administrator after a 44-year career. He was principal of the D. W. Griffith Middle School for 12 years. He was recently re-elected to, and named president of, the El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education in Pico Rivera, CA.

Monica Monaco-Johnson ('59 BA Education) is a teacher at Soulsbyville School District.

George W. Novinger (’59 MA) reports enjoying his “summer occupation” as a ranger-naturalist in the ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest east of Bishop, CA. His “day job” is being owner of the Apple Shed Restaurant and Bakery in Tehachapi, CA.

James R. Hoskinson '62 (BS Physical Education) owns Father & Daughter Landscape Care in Orlando. As a Cal State Student, he was a member of Varsity Football and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Theta Theta Chapter.

H. Don Christian (’63 BA, ’66 MA), Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner who has also worked as an English and social studies teacher as well as an attorney, was profiled in the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

Donald Roland (’64 BS) inducted into the Printing Impressions/Rochester Institute of Technology Printing Industry Hall of Fame. He was given the honor at the 16th annual Gold Ink/Hall of Fame Gala in Chicago, IL. Roland is chairman, president and CEO of Vertis Inc., a leading provider of technology-based marketing and advertising solutions that is located in Baltimore, MD.

L. W. Berrie (’66 BS) published the novel Strike at the Heart: The First Mission – a mix of science fiction, fantasy, and history.

Shirley A. Stearns '66 (BA English) remarried to John R. Stearns on January 16, 1999.

Larry Callahan ('67 BA Educational Administration, '87 MA Educational Administration) was recently named Assistant Principal-Instruction at Rosemead High School.

Thomas Bernard Debley (’67 BA) new director, Heritage Management, at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA.

Jeri Chase Ferris (’67 BA) published her 11th book, Demanding Justice – a Biography of Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Ms. Cary was a free black woman born in 1823. The California Librarians Association called the book “an unusually lively biography.”

Audrey Borschel ('68 MA Music) pastoral associate at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Indianapolis is one of eight doctoral students to author an essay in the recently published "Theology of Preaching: Essays on Vision and Mission in the Pulpit." Borschel's essay is entitled "Find the Common Ground."

Lawrence Fetters (’68, ’75 MA) named Federal Security Director (FSD) at the Los Angeles International Airport. As FSD, Fetters is responsible for a wide range of airport security enforcement and oversight. He was previously the deputy director, member of the Los Angeles Police Department for 30 years, and was assistant security director for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA.

Tokiyo Ochi '68 (BA Physical Education) is Athletic Director at Bassett High School in La Puente. She was recently named California Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

Steven Behar (’69 BA) is the new principal of Sierra Vista Middle School in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District where he has worked for 34 years. He taught math and history until he was promoted to vice principal in 2002.

Shari Hodges (aka Sharon Tronsgard) '69 (BA Music) worked for Beverly Hills Attorneys for 20 years. Recently, she has her book in publication and do public speaking about how to circumvent the legal profession, consumer protection, alternative politics and activist issues. She owns a political radio talk show Station KLAV AM 1230 in Las Vegas.

Helen Marshall ('69 MA Education) is the director of services for the Glendora Welfare Association. She has volunteered at the Glendora Public Library, Recording for the Blind, the San Dimas Sheriff's Station, and was the furniture coordinator for LOVE INC. She donates her time with senior groups and in her spare time enjoys cooking and sewing.

Victor C. Rampulla ('69 BA Public Administration) a member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department since 1967 was recently promoted to the position of Assistant Division Director by Sheriff Lee Baca and assigned to the Office of Administrative Services.

Rick Scarnati '69 (MA Health and Safety) has passed the 1999 examination for subspecialty certification in forensic psychiatry and becomes a Board Certified Forensic Psychiatrist.

Al Turnbull ('69 BA Business Education, '73 MA Business Education) won the Goleta Man of the Year award in 2000. He was described as indefatigable for his continual involvement in an array of civic betterment projects, such as getting more than 40 trees planted on local school campuses.

Miguel F. Cairol (’70 BS) has been named acting dean for planning and special assistant to the president at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) of The City University of New York.

Steven A. Larson ('70 BA Public Administration, '73 MA Public Administration) Director of Personnel for the City of Garden Grove has been named as the new President of the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association. Larson has been a member of the NPELRA's Board of Directors since 1995.

John Petersen ('70 BS) named the 23rd president of the University of Tennessee. Previously, he was the provost and executive vice president at the University of Connecticut. He won many honors in his career in education, and held faculty, dean and chemistry research positions at Wayne State University, Clemson University and Kansas State University.

Jon Blickenstaff (’71 MA) was reelected mayor of the city of La Verne, CA. He was a member of the city council from 1980-1982 and became mayor in 1982. Blickenstaff is a retired school principal.

Clark Colahan ('71 MA) won the G. Thomas Edwards Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA. Colahan is a professor of Spanish at the college.

Judy Papenhausen (’71 BS, ’72 MS) retired as director of Cal State L.A.’s School of Nursing and has been named director of what is to be the School of Nursing at California State University, San Marcos.

Gary Thomas ('71 BS) new assistant superintendent of business services for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. His chief responsibility is balancing a $250 million budget. Previously, Dr. Thomas was superintendent of the Silver Valley Unified School District.

Bob Adkins (’72 BS) is CEO at Neighborhood National Bank in San Diego, a federally chartered institution that provides banking services to underserved, low-income communities. Previously, Adkins held positions as a CPA at PricewaterhouseCoopers and CFO at savings and loan banks.

Darline P. Robles ('72 BA) new superintendent for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Previously, she was chief of the Salt Lake City School District for seven years and had been a teacher and principal in the Montebello, CA school district.

Stephen Bonswor ('73 BS Criminal Justice) a 31-year police veteran, has been appointed acting chief of the Long Beach Police Department. In November 2001 he was named deputy chief of the investigations bureau. Bonswor is active with the Conservation Corps of Long Beach and serves on the advisory board of the Salvation Army of Long Beach. An Irvine resident, Bonswor is married with two adult children.

Robert Gossman ('73 BS Business Administration) has joined the nation's leading quick-service restaurant chain El Pollo Loco Inc. as corporate controller at the Irvine-based headquarters. Gossman will oversee all accounting functions and lead the development and implementation of new financial systems for the Mexican chicken chair. Previously, Gossman served as financial consultant to several regional grocery chains and as regional vice president for Howard Schultz & Associates International.

Martin J. Martinez ('73 BA Political Science) is accepted to the United Nations Panel. He is now on the list of qualified attorneys to receive appointments as legal counsel in regard to the War Crimes Tribunal.

Denny Mosier (’73 BA) is the new director of I&IT Support at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He oversees the help desk, data center, switchboard operators, and division technical and marketing communications.

Connie Watson (’73 BA) was named California’s 48th Assembly District’s “Woman of the Year” for 2005. Watson is the director of the Los Angeles People Who Care Youth Center, which provides counseling, tutoring, parenting education and more. She has spent more than 25 years working to improve social conditions and the mental health of Los Angeles families.

James Bell ('74 BS) named chief financial officer of the Boeing Company. Bell is a 31-year Boeing veteran having been Boeing's corporate controller and previously, the vice president of contracts and pricing for Boeing Space and Communications.

Dr. Merritt V. Hemenway ('74 MA Educational Administration) a member of Bishop Amat High school's class of 1964 - the fourth graduating class - and former principal from 1981-1990, has returned to the Archdiocesan facility as principal effective July 1. Hemenway has served the community in varying roles including principal of Bishop Amat (1981-1990), principal of Cantwell/Sacred Heart of Mary High School (1990-1994) and principal of Santa Margarita Catholic High School (1994-2002). Hemenway received his doctorate in education from Claremont Graduate University.

Susan James ('74 MA History) received her doctorate degree in British history from Cambridge University. She spent 25 years in research about King Henry VIII's fifth and final wife, Kateryn Parr, and recently got the biography published. The book called "Kateryn Parr, the Making of a Queen." She is currently writing an article on Kate Chopin, author of "The Awakening," and is involved in identifying English aristocrats found in paintings.

Ken Lamb ('74 BS) topped the 600 mark in completing felony trials in his role as a prosecutor in the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. District Attorney Steve Cooley called him the "Babe Ruth of trial lawyers." He came to the district attorney's office after a 10-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Arthur T. Leahy ('74 BA Political Science) was recently named the new Chief Executive Officer of the Orange County Transportation Authority.

A. Tuckwilkerson ('74 BA) appointed Los Angeles Junior League Commissioner for the Southern California Tennis Association. He is director of the Smart Shot Tennis Academy, Inc. He is also the head tennis coach at Dominguez High School in Compton and assistant women's tennis coach at Compton Community College.

John Guzman ('75 BA History, '88 MA Computer Education) who teaches probationary youths with special needs, has been named 2002-02 Teacher of the Year for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Guzman, who lives in Whittier, has taught at private schools and adult schools and has worked at LACOE since 1998.John Guzman ('75 BA History, '88 MA Computer Education) who teaches probationary youths with special needs, has been named 2002-02 Teacher of the Year for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Guzman, who lives in Whittier, has taught at private schools and adult schools and has worked at LACOE since 1998.

Julia L. Wu ('75 MA) trustee emeritus with the Los Angeles Community Colleges, was recently nominated by President George W. Bush to the board of trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The foundation awards millions of dollars in college scholarships each year to college students who major in science, math or engineering.

Margaret E. Turner-Evans ('76 MA, '87 MA) honored as a Distinguished Alumnus at the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 29th National Conference on Blacks in Higher Education. She was nominated by Lane College where she earned her bachelor's degree. The honor was targeted to outstanding graduates of historically black colleges and universities.

Sharon Morris ('76 BA) Appointed interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services by Mayor Jim Hahn. Morris had been executive director for the city Department on Disability. Other past roles in city government include deputy mayor and Board of Public Works commissioner.

Thomas Miller ('76 BS) new administrative director of human relations at Community Hospital of Long Beach. He has held previous human resource positions at Tri-City Regional Medical Center, Little Company of Mary, and Saddleback Memorial Medical Center.

Deborah A. Proctor (’76 MS) is the new president of St. Joseph Health System (SJHS). SJHS provides medical services in California, west Texas and eastern New Mexico. Before moving into hospital administration, she held positions in nursing at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange (CA) and taught nursing courses at UCLA.

Gary A. Bogue ('77 BS Business Administration) is a partner on Haight Brown & Bonesteel in Santa Monica. He is now serving on Firm Executive Committee and Chairman of Firm's Risk Management and Insurance Law department. This year, he and his wife, Sherrie, are celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary. They have 4 children together.

Mike Gwaltney (’77 BS) has opened the International Police Museum in Huntington Park (CA). Gwaltney recently retired as a police captain after 33 years with the Huntington Park Police Department. The museum features an extensive collection of uniforms and caps from police departments throughout the world.

Janice Kelley (’77 BA) published Driving With the Top Down, Telling the Stories of Your Life to Awaken Your Creative Spirit and its companion Driving With the Top Down for Kids.

Elvin G. Miali ('77 BS) retiring as chief of the Fountain Valley Police Department in Fountain Valley, CA after 36 years in law enforcement. He was selected as chief in 1986. He was responsible for the implementation of many innovative programs to enhance the community.

John Witt ('77 BS) new commander of the Los Angeles Sheriff's station in Palmdale. Witt, a 27-year veteran of the department, holds the rank of captain and will oversee 160 sworn officers patrolling communities with more than 125,000 people.

Michael Young ('77 MA) named Teacher of the Year for the Antelope Valley Union High School District in Lancaster, CA. Although an English instructor at Highland High School, Young has won acclaim as a successful wrestling coach. Previously he taught for 11 years at Franklin High School in northeast Los Angeles.

Isaac Larian ('78 BS) started a small consumer electronics store with his brother a year after graduation. Larian's MGA Entertainment soon moved into the toy business and MGA's projected revenue for 2004 is $1 billion. The Los Angeles Business Journal recently gave the company its Best Large Company award.

Bruce A. Linsenmayer ('78 BS Criminal Justice) a Commander with the Pasadena Police Department, retired May 20, 2001 after 31 years of service.

Valerie Shaw ('78 BA) reappointed to the Los Angeles Board of Public Works by Mayor Jim Hahn. Public Works commissioners manage the department with more than 5,400 employees. She holds the position of president of the board.

Stuart Wilcox ('78 MA Psychology) has been appointed dean of Institutional Planning and Research at Pasadena City College. He was the associate dean of admissions and records at PCC from 1988 to 2001.

Kathleen Mahaffey Cardinal (’79 BS, ’82 MA) is a special education teacher for the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools in Ontario, California.

Eunice Downing-Jackson ('79 BS Business Administration-Finance) was a marine specialist with Kemper Insurance Group. A member of the Inland Marine Underwriters Association, she served as its Pacific Coast/Southern California liaison from 1984 to 1998. She joined Great American in 1998. Recently, she was selected as one of the spokesperson for the 1999 class of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designees.

Michael Kwan ('79 BS) named captain of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department Walnut-Diamond Bar Station. Priorities for Kwan are alleviating traffic congestion and improving community relations. He will oversee about 150 sworn officers who patrol an area of 137,000 people.

Bob Wieland ('79 BS Recreation) a Vietnam veteran, was recently honored by the Arcadia City Council. Wieland lost both his legs in 1969 while serving in the war. Wieland has become a motivational speaker and has been honored by People Magazine, President Reagan, NFL Players' Association and Cal State L.A. (1986 Alumnus of the Year). From 1982 to 1986, Wieland walked across the country on his hands to raise awareness of the plight of military veterans.

Brian Kito ('80 BS Finance) who has been involved as a volunteer with Koreisha for the past nine years was recently honored as a "pillar of the community" by the senior citizens hot meals program Koreisha Chushoku Kai in Little Tokyo. Kito helped establish the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association as well as the Little Tokyo Koban (an LAPD substation).

Sally Buckley ('81 MA Education, '86 MA Educational Administration) is the new principal at Rosemont Middle School. Prior to her appointment at Rosemont, Buckley served as principal for five years at Glenoaks Elementary School and was also principal of Lincoln Elementary for 11 years.

David Medrano (’81 BA) is Monterey County’s new equal opportunity officer. He will oversee County compliance with laws regarding discrimination and harassment in hiring, contracting and dealings with the public. Medrano was formerly personnel manager of the city of Oceanside, California.

Timothy A. Swann ('81 BS Mechanical Engineering) received TRW's Chairman award, the highest award given by TRW, for innovation in 1996. He has also received ten US patents and has over 35 US patent pending for vehicle occupant safety. He has five research papers published and has worked in Germany and other countries in support of TRW's products.

Adriana Ocampo (’83 BS) has been selected by the California Community College League as one of five recipients of its 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award. Ocampo is a research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she works on the Mars Odyssey project.

Ana Lopez-Stover ('83 MA Special Education) served as principal in the Riverside Unified School District, in the Whittier City School District for six years, and taught in the ABC Unified School District. Recently, she is working as the new director of instructional support services at Fullerton School District.

Deborah Meadows ('86 MA English) her volume of poetry has been accepted by Green Integer Books (Douglas Messerli, publisher, Sun & Moon Press). Meadows has had poems appear in dozens of literary publications, and those collected in the forthcoming book first appeared in: American Letters & Commentary, Chain, Spanish translations in Los Rollos Del Mal Muerto (Buenos Aires) and Azoteas, the newly launched journal of literary arts in Cuba, and Xcp: Cross Cultural Poetics.

Luz I. Sepulveda ('86 BS Nursing) received her M.H.A. from University of La Verne in 1995. Currently, she is working as an Executive Director for San Jorge Children Research Foundation.

Rita Pardue ('87 BA, '90 MA) wrote the children's activity book, The Nothing To Fun Shop. Ideas for the book came from her classes in child development and broadcasting at CSULA. She is an on-air personality on KKLA in Los Angeles.

Juan D. Silvera ('88 BS) named vice president of business development at Latin 3, Inc., a Miami-based interactive agency that caters to Latin American divisions of Fortune 500 companies.

Silva Stepanian ('88 BS) a California Institute of Technology computer system administrator, won the 2003 Medal of Excellence from the Pasadena nonprofit Women at Work. Her outstanding performance at Cal Tech was cited in addition to her volunteer work helping Pasadena Library patrons learn computer-related programs that are used in the system.

David Zuckerman ('88 MA) earned a Ph.D. in communications from the University of Oklahoma and has accepted the position of assistant professor at California State University, Sacramento.

Betsy Chang Ha (’89 MS) has been appointed Director of Quality Improvement for the Center for Health Care Strategies, a Princeton, NJ based policy resource center. Ha will lead national projects to improve the quality of care for Medicaid’s 50 million beneficiaries.

Anthony Carter ('90 BS) published the book Voices of My Father, a memoir about interesting friends and mentors, and about the voice that reminds Carter about his spiritual self.

Wynn Kwok (AKA Quyen Quach)('90 BA Business Administration-Accounting) works as a CPA and Attorney at Law in Alhambra practicing Accounting, Tax Law and Business Litigation. He recently married Talisa Le, who is also an accountant.

Edward Low (‘90 BA) has been appointed by the Irvine, Calif.-based Compensation Risk Managers of California, LLC as its new claims account coordinator for California. Low holds a Self Insurance Administrator Certificate and a Certificate in Workers’ Compensation Claims Administration, and has served with distinction in several previous California workers’ compensation insurance industry positions.

Rob Arias ('91 MA) new superintendent in the five-school South Pasadena Unified School District. Previously, he was assistant superintendent of educational services for the Charter Oak Unified School District.

Maricela Cueva ('91 BS Business Administration) was recently named the new Senior Account Executive at Valencia, Perez & Echeveste, a Public Relations Agency. Cueva also manages the two statewide campaigns Cal Teach and the California Health Interview Survey.

Jean Dalmore Overton (’91 BS) was named by Los Angeles Magazine a “Southern California Super Lawyers’ Rising Star.” She is a partner at Murchinson & Cumming, LLP, where she co-chairs the firm’s Construction Law Practice Group.

Hector M. Ramos ('92 BS Biology) received his MD degree in 1998 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is board certified in family practice after completing his residency at UCSF-Fresno University Medical Center. Currently lives with his wife Katie and two daughters, Gabby and Letty in Fresno, California.

Jean S. Rioux ('92 BA Political Science) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vesalius College (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) in Belgium. As a Cal State L.A. Student, he was a member of Political Science Club, Omega-3 and Associated Students, Inc.

Norma Roque ('92 BA) named special assignment reporter at KMEX-TV (Channel 34) in Los Angeles. Previously, she was a news anchor at a television station in Fresno, CA where she had been an intern. The CSULA Career Center provided the lead for the internship.

Shelia Gail ('93 MA Psychology) is a psychology professor at the Southern University at New Orleans.

Christopher Greco (’93 BA, ’95 MA) has been awarded a teaching assistantship for 2004-2005 by the Department of Music at UCLA, where he is completing his doctoral degree in saxophone.

Kevin P. Johnson (’93 BA) directs the renowned Spelman College Glee Club in Atlanta, which recently completed a national tour.

Omar Magana, MD ('93 BS) completed his residency and accepted a position at the Clinica Medica Familiar de Pico Rivera where he is the only staff physician. Like most of his patients, Magana emigrated from Mexico, spoke no English, and came from poor patients with no health insurance.

Katherine Harris ('94 BA English) presented a paper at a conference for librarians, curators, archivists, publishers, booksellers and academics at the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, March, 2002. The paper, on digital archiving, was published in the conference proceedings. ) She won a $3,000 women's studies dissertation fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. She is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center, and is an active member of the CUNY Women's Studies Advisory Board, English Department committees, student governance and historical groups. She has been teaching writing and literature courses in the CUNY colleges for three years.

Mary Lee Lacy ('94 MS) won the 2003-2004 Excellence in Advanced Practice Award from the Society of Pediatric Nurses. Lacy is a nursing operations manager at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. She was named the winner in part because of her continuing dedication to training and mentoring new nurses.

Charles Chatman ('95 BA) published two books on poetry, The Depths of My Soul and The Voices of South Central.

Patricia Cole (’95 MA) directs the new Speech Language Parent Information Hotline at Goddard Middle School in the Glendora Unified School District. The hotline will address respiratory support, speech issues, and other communication subjects.

Laura Massino ('95 MS Art History) has recently started her own company called Architecture Tours.

Kirk-Ken Mihara ('95 MS Counseling) was a speaker at the Young Okinawans of Southern California's fifth annual Careers Seminars. He currently works as an EOP counselor at UC Santa Barbara.

Sean C. Bouvet (’96 BS) graduated from the Georgetown University School of Medicine with a Doctor of Medicine degree. He will be starting his residency in emergency medicine at the University of Buffalo this fall.

Mitchell Ing (’96 MBA) was reelected treasurer of the City of Monterey Park, CA. Ing is a commercial loan officer with Wells Fargo Bank. He donates his salary as city treasurer to scholarship programs at three high schools.

Harold Scoggins ('96 BS) promoted from Glendale Fire Department captain to battalion chief. Scoggins has been with the department since 1989.

Christine Yap (’96 BS) has created Kids Island Children Enrichment Center in Arcadia, which provides children with a place to play and participate in classes and activities. Previously, Yap was finance director at a car dealership. She got the idea for the center based on her experience with her two daughters.

David Moon ('97 MFA Art) has been appointed chair of the Art Department at CSU Northridge.

Al Vasquez ('97 BS) is the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District's first chief of police and safety. Previous police work included the Glendale Police Department, Orange County Sheriff's Department and Inglewood Unified School District where he was chief.

Charles L. Sawyer-Jackson ('98 BA Social Work) has received his Master's of Degree in Social Work from Barry University. He is currently working at Liberty City Health Clinic as a Social Worker, and appointed as Chair-Elect for Miami-Dade HIV/ AIDS Partnership. He has been nominated for the honor Miami Dade County Social Worker of the Year for 2003. Sawyer-Jackson has volunteered for many HIV/AIDS projects in the Liberty City area and professionally provides clinical social casework for HIV/AIDS clients.

Deborah Greene Nguyen ('98 BS) earned her doctor of pharmacology degree from the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MY. Her research in the field of HIV reproduction has been published in the European Journal of Immunology.

Trent Bahadursingh (’99 MA) is technology director for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. He is responsible for 2,300 computers and related training at 16 schools. Previously, he was coordinator of instructional technologies at the Little Lake City School District in CA.

Laura Loftsgaarden ('99 BA Radio & TV Broadcasting) recently earned two Telly Awards in the commercial division for her public service announcement entitled "The Get Tech Kids PSA". Laura wrote and directed the PSA and it was shot on the CSULA campus and featured the Solar Eagle III. The Telly Awards was founded in 1980, to showcase and give recognition to outstanding non-network and cable commercials.

Darrell Kline ('99 BA Child Development) is participating in the Los Angeles Unified School District's Career Ladder program and is set to receive his teaching credential this year. Kline began working as a teacher's aid at Humphries Elementary School in East Los Angeles while pursuing his degree at Cal State L.A. Kline is now teaching 3rd grade at Humphries.

Dwayne Winstead (’99 BS) worked with FLM Studios in Springfield, VA on a public service announcement about domestic violence. He appears in the PSA wearing a Cal State L.A. T-shirt.

Michelle Yanez ('99 BA) president of the Rio Hondo Community College District Board of Trustees, has been appointed as one of California's four representatives to the national Association of Community College Trustees.

Laura Lynn Mapes ('00 BS) named Fire Marshall/Division Chief with the Union City (CA) Fire Department.

Matthew C. Warren ('00 BA English) has been appointed Fiscal Resource Manager for the Division of Student Affairs at Cal State L.A. Matt worked for the Office of the President as a presidential aide since 1993.

Angel A. Carrillo (’03 BA) was appointed to the Azusa City Council in March. Carrillo is a special education teacher and was a member of the Azusa Human Relations Commission from 2002-2004.

Jennifer Haan (’03 MA) is principal at Del Valle Elementary School in La Puente.

Stefka Hristova (’04 MA) is a teaching assistant at UC Irvine’s Visual Studies doctorate program.

Louis N. Desser '49 (BA Journalism) passed away at the age of 75 in South Pasadena, California. He began his journalism career at age 12 by writing for a community newspaper for his Hancock Park neighborhood. He edited the campus newspaper at Los Angeles City College and Cal State LA He served the Army during World War II. He worked at The Times for 32 years, specializing in coverage of real estate. While he was working there, the real estate section was named best in the nation five times from 1967 to 1989. After retiring in 1989 from The Times, he volunteered with the Red Cross Disaster Assistance Team, the Pasadena Police Department Victims Assistance Program and the Los Angeles Zoo.

Paul Franklin Thomas ('53 BA) coached football and track at Palisades High School from 1964 to 1980. For years after retiring, he continued to enjoy playing volleyball on a beach near his home.

Juliana Townsend Gensley '57 (MA Education) -- January 2, 1999, in Calabasas, at the age of 89.

Carrie Minor Haynes ('57 MA) former principal at Grape Street Elementary School in Watts. During her tenure with the Los Angeles Unified School District, Haynes was a teacher, training teacher, assistant principal, principal and administrative consultant.

Keith A. Wester ('62 MA Education) Emmy-winning and multiple Oscar-nominated production sound mixer, whose work included such films as "Armageddon" and "The Perfect Storm" has died. Born in Seattle, Wester was a ham radio operator by age 13 and was always fascinated by radio and sound equipment. Wester began concentrating on motion pictures in the late 1980's, handling sound mixing for such films as "Sea of Love," "Joe Versus the Volcano," "Thelma Repeatedly nominated for Emmys for his television sound engineering, Wester won the statuette in 1986 for "An Early Frost." Wester was known for his innovation and for mentoring younger engineers.

Robert D. Aggas '65 (BA Geology) -- June 14, 1999, in Washington, at the age of 72.

Robert B. Kennedy ('68 BS Mathematics) He joined the US Navy and received advanced training in aviation electronics. He served as an electronics technician in many aerial surveillance flights over Asia and the Pacific. He worked for I.B.M and North American Rockwell. He also worked for many years at the family's business, Wilshire Escrow Company in Los Angeles. He passed the last eleven months of his life in the Hospice Unit of the Central Texas Veteran's Administration Hospital in Temple, Texas. He passed away on June 2, 2001 of cancer.

David Joel Andrus ('69 BA) -- USC professor and international political activist. He earned his Ph.D. at the USC School of International Relations after a corporate career that included roles as assistant vice president at Security Pacific Bank and president of a subsidiary of Smith-Kline Beckman. He joined the faculty at USC in 1993.

Frank Beemer ('71 BS) -- La Canada Elementary School teacher for 31 years. He was a fifth grade science teacher and the founder and director of the school's Lion's Pride Choraleers. He received many honors including Distinguished Teacher Award from Verdugo Hills Hospital in 1986 and Teacher-of-the Year in 1994.

Patricia Paine Flowers '72 (BA Social Science) --March 23, 1999, in Riverside, at the age of 52. She was a research librarian at Tomas Rivera Library at the University of California, Riverside, for 14 years. Previously she was a librarian at the Ontario City Library, Inland Library System, a consortium library, and the Torrance Public Library. She was a member of the American Library Association and the Inland Empire MENSA.

Adele Hermann Juarez ('72 BA) earned a Ph.D. at Brigham Young University and taught at California State University, Northridge for 20 years. She retired as the CSUN director of international programs.

Douglas Lee Abel ('74 BA) -- coached baseball and football in youth leagues, a passion that stemmed from his participation in Little League as a youngster.

Thomas S. Finnie ('74 BA) -- professor of electronics for 37 years at Chaffey College who retired in 1993.

Suzanne Marie Anderson ('76 BA) -- special education teacher who worked for the Los Angeles County Office of Education, South Bay Union High School District and Redondo Beach Unified School District.

Helen M. Gally ('78 MA) taught fourth and fifth grade in the Pasadena public schools from 1966 to 1980. An enthusiastic community volunteer, she was a docent at the Gamble House in Pasadena and served a term as president of the Docent Council.

Nancy Victoria Hayes ('81 BS) engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Boeing Aerospace Operations, and taught classes in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She was an engineer on the Galileo Orbiter Engineering Team and the Voyager Spacecraft Team.

Albert Tillman emeriti professor, joined the faculty at California State College at Los Angeles in 1955 where he pioneered classes in the field of recreation and leisure studies. He wrote some of the first college textbooks in that field and started the first college-based scuba diving club in the U.S. Tillman retired as Emeriti Professor in 1984 and continued to teach part-time until 1995.