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Class Notes Carol Ann Burton ’70 is the president of the Glendale Chapter of the National Charity League, Inc., a mother-daughter charity group. She is a past president of the Board of the YWCA of Glendale and is currently serving her second term on the board as a co-chair of fundraising. She also volunteers as a clinical associate professor of OB/GYN at USC Medical School. Her youngest daughter is a senior at Marlborough. Timothy Safford ’73 CHS ’75 lives in Philadelphia where he is a rector of christ church. He is married to Lynn Karoly, and they have two children, Hanna and Sarah. Sam Farmer ’80 covers the NFL for the Los Angeles Times and lives in Glendale with his wife Paige and their two children. Anna Pehoushek ’80 and her husband Al are enjoying life with their son John. The family traveled to Vancouver for the Olympics. Anna is a principle planner for the City of Orange, leading the city’s longrange planning activities. Recently, Anna and her son John drove by Chandler to see where Anna and her brother, James Pehoushek ’79, went to school. Marshall MacCready ’81 and his family own AeroVironment, a Monrovia-based company, involved in green technology. With the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, funds will be available for the company to pursue electric and hybrid car technology projects. AeroVironment currently develops remotecontrolled miniature military aircrafts and charging systems for electric vehicles. The firm was selected by Nissan North America to supply electric vehicle home charging stations for Nissan’s Leaf electric vehicle and will work with Chevrolet to develop the company’s new electric car, the Chevy Volt.
Joe Mathews ’87 is the co-author of a new book, The California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It, published in June 2010 by the University of California Press. He is also the author of The People’s Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy. Joe is an Irvine senior fellow at the New American Joe Mathews Foundation and his work appears in the Washington Post, The New Republic, Poilitico, Scientific American Online, Conde Nast Portfolio, The Sacramento Bee, The San Francisco Chronicle and Fox and Hounds Daily. Joel Lavin ’88 and his wife Anna have two children, Lila and Solomon, and the family is living in Eugene, Oregon. He recently became an administrator of Roosevelt Middle School also in Eugene, Oregon. John Lovin ’88 is a veteran and served as a Captain in the US Army Infantry Stryker unit stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington. His family is thankful he returned from Iraq without injury. John, his wife and son Jack now live in Seattle, Washington. Erika Person Werner ’88 is singing in the opera Rigoletto with the Opera Company of the Highlands in New York. Future engagements include her debut with the Yard Dance Company in Martha’s Vineyard in August and a recital with her husband, Eric, in September in Philadelphia.
Bonnie Glassco ’86 and her husband Doug welcomed new baby Robert Cooper into the world. Congrats Bonnie and Doug!
Panney Wei ’88 was recently recognized by three organizations for her work as a life-coach, motivational speaker, author and TV radio host. She was named one of the 2010 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business, designated as one of the Taiwanese Project.org’s “100 Passionate People” and nominated for the Arts & Literature for the Asian Heritage Awards by the Asian Heritage Society. Panney is also applying for her own talk show on Oprah’s OWN-TV channel. The show’s concept is helping people transform their lives and creating positive change from the inside out. In addition to her busy career, in June, Panney and her husband Christopher welcomed baby Talia into the world. Panney is blogging about her journey into motherhood at apanneyforyourthoughts. blogspot.com, where she shares parenting tips, hilarities and special moments. Congratulations Panney and Christopher! Panney Wei
Bo Gustafson ’86 lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon with his wife and three children. He works for Vestas International, a wind technology company.
Greg Gustafson ’89 lives in Redondo Beach with his wife and their newborn son. Greg works for Martifier Solar, an international producer of solar equipment.
Jim Gruettner ’87 and a friend opened up Marengo on Union, a restaurant in San Francisco that features wine, whiskey and sliders. For more information visit marengosf.com.
Melissa Jones ’89 married Dan Harper last November, and the couple lives in Glendale with their two pugs, the Colonel and Big Moe. She is currently a Production Executive for Starz Media in Burbank. Melissa and Dan attended the Chandler Alumni Wine Tasting last spring and were able to reconnect with “some familiar faces from the Chandler days!”
Chris Rising ’83 participated in the 2010 Battle of the Bowl V, a flag football fundraising event at the Rose Bowl, which raised over $130,000 for the 11,000 children and families served by the Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services. Chris was among several former Pac-10 College and NFL players to play in the Bowl. The football game pitted the Benefactors against the Patrons; Chris’ team, the Patrons, won 34 to 33. At halftime about 25 children and friends were invited onto the Rose Bowl field to participate in a passing and field goal kicking contest.
Jim Gruettner and his business partner
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