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Class Notes
’03
Class Agent Mr. James Bailey 5579 Timberfalls Rd., NW Albuquerque, NM 87114
Television producer and cinematographer Jess Craven received an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, San Francisco/Northern California Chapter. (See article, p. 46) WArmilla Staley Ngomo returned to Southern California after obtain-
ing her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) and residing in the San Francisco Bay Area for seven years. She is an attorney with Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, P.C. in downtown Los Angeles, specializing in civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. She was previously a litigation attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP in San Francisco, a Deputy Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles, and a Law Clerk to the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshal, U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California in Los Angeles.
’06
Class Agent Ms. Jan Williams 13535 Dunton Drive Whittier, CA 90605
Despite the fact that Laura Martinez, mayor of East Palo Alto, was the first in her family to attend college, it was her parents who paved the way for her to reach academic success. “I went through the Palo Alto school system. I was a pretty good student. I had family support—two parents who made education and college a priority,” said Martinez in a recent interview for Palo Alto Online. In addition to her work on the city council, Martinez has dedicated her career to working with youth and promoting education. She is currently the after-school program coordinator for the East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, a charter high school operated by Aspire Public Schools.
’07
Class Agent Ms. Kelsey Marie Wuornos 201 N. Wayfield St., No. 48 Orange, CA 92867
Celina Mancia is the Assistant Director of Development at Whittier College. WTaylor McPartland, president of FilmBreak, an online marketplace that connects filmmakers with investors and fans, spoke at a recent panel on the future of the film industry. The event was sponsored by io/LA, a start-up incubator based in Hollywood. McPartland spoke about how startups and
studios can forge mutually beneficial relationships. “I envision a situation where studios continue to streamline their production processes, focusing more on the profits of summer blockbusters while leaving a vacuum of talented up-and-coming filmmakers whose needs can be addressed by startups, such as FilmBreak.” WFormer Poet athlete Tom Vessella remains busy. He has spent six seasons on the pitcher’s mound in the minor leagues (currently, he is a relief pitcher with the Richmond Flying Squirrels); he completed his graduate program in organizational leadership; and has worked off-season as a substitute high school teacher.
’08
Class Agent CLASS AGENT NEEDED
Band “The Voodoo Fix,” composed of Poets Will Halsey, Scott Parrelli ’10, Abe Rivers and other nonWhittier-ites, released new album Not For Nothing last year, and spent the summer on tour in the U.S. WGabriella Rodriguez lives in Fresno and is a traffic reporter/producer for local ABC-affiliate KFSN-TV.
’09
Class Agent CLASS AGENT NEEDED
Jessica Santoyo is a registered nurse, employed by Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. In June 2012, she completed her master’s program to become a family nurse-practitioner.
’11
Class Agent CLASS AGENT NEEDED
Nadine Rice attends Northern Arizona University,
pursuing a master’s in English, Secondary Education.
’12
Class Agent CLASS AGENT NEEDED
Megan Maguire-Marshall was one of only six winners of the Elks National Foundation 2012 Gunther & Lee Weigel Medical School Scholarship, which she is applying to pursue her advanced degree at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. She was also featured in the summer 2012 edition of the NCAA’s Champion magazine; the article, “Benefits of Sports Go Beyond Cap and Gown,” features an excerpt from her speech at the Purple & Gold All-Sports Awards Banquet this past May. WSam Russell was among the players that comprised Team England, who won their fourth European Lacrosse Championship this summer. (See article, p. 59)
IN MEMORIAM ’37 Catherine (Birch) Rypinski, July 20, 2012. ’37 Ruth Esther (Fisher) Durham, April 2, 2012. ’38 Dorothy (Welch) Ashby, February 4, 2012. ’38 Julia (York) Hockett, April 7, 2012. ’41 Verdna (Herr) Henderson, July 23, 2012. ’41 Inez (McPherson) Winslow, June 30, 2012. ’41 Clarence Pearson, April 3, 2012. ’41 Elizabeth Peck, February 28, 2012. ’41 Ellen (Welsh) Tufts, March 25, 2012. ’41 Dorothy (Winslow) Elder, March 24, 2012. ’42 Eleanor (Railsback) Garren, May 11, 2012. ’42 Paul Joy, June 1, 2012. ’42 Robert Schostag, December 7, 2011. ’43 Eugenia (Brooks) Rodecap, August 25, 2012. ’43 Carol (James) Frank, May 9, 2012. ’43 Alan Magnusson, January 14, 2012. ’44 Mary (Bickel) Shields, July 6, 2012. ’46 Shirley (Hays) Talago, July 7, 2012. ’46 John Spitler, June 16, 2012. ’48 Truman Benedict, May 23, 2012. ’48 Marjorie (Finley) Magnusson, December 23, 2011. ’48 Richard Gripp, October 6, 2011. ’49 Robert Armstrong, July 3, 2012. ’50 Marian (Ainsworth) Osborne, March 25, 2012. ’50 Larry Averill, August 15, 2012. ’50 Margaret (Haworth) Replogle, August 27, 2012. ’52 Dale St. George, date unknown. ’53 Barbara (Depew) Chandler, September 3, 2011. ’54 Arthur Norcross, date unknown. ’55 Tom Konovaloff, September 21, 2010. ’55 Jim Penfield, August 8, 2012. ’56 Helen (Scott) Laurenti, May 11, 2012. ’56 Evelyn (Webbeking) McReynolds, March 29, 2012. ’57 Marjorie Mitchell Cunningham, September 22, 2012. ’57 Natalie (Risitch) Westergaard, January 14, 2012. ’58 Dick Beam, May 3, 2012. ’58 Peter Kempf, June 15, 2012. ’60 Pat (Ashcroft) Watje, August 16, 2012. ’60 Norma Beebower, June 29, 2012. ’60 Daunn Lovejoy, July 20, 2012. ’61 Paul Clough, December 29, 2011. ’61 Jan (Putt) Bays, September 20, 2011. ’61 Jane (Randall) Macia, November 13, 2011. ’61 Joyce (Spaulding) Halvorsen, date unknown. ’62 Wendell Brooks, August 3, 2012. ’63 Stephanie (Butchart) Harrison, June 30, 2012. ’65 Richard Johnson, June 15, 2011. ’66 Karen (Peters) Anderson, May 5, 2012. ’67 Diane (Hillman) Peter, June 7, 2012. ’67 Janet Laughter, December 17, 2011. ’68 Richard Stickney, April 22, 2012. ’71 Helen Gallucci, date unknown. ’72 Lynne Cardinal, June 25, 2012. ’73 Janelle Stueck, May 5, 2012. ’77 Ken “Wilki” Aikens, June 11, 2012. ’08 Rebecca Apley, September 14, 2012.
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