alumni news
ALUMNI CLASS NOTES 1940s George E. Gourrich ’47, MA ’49 is retired and lives with his wife of
40 years, Dorothy, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Unfortunately, Gourrich suffers from multiple myeloma. They have 3 children, 10 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. His children live in South Pasadena, Calif. and Texas.
1950s Robert S. Gaylord ’56, MS ’61 was re-elected to head the board of directors of the Plateau Area Writers Association, which is a non-profit corporation that helps writers form small critique groups, gives writers an opportunity to receive helpful criticism of their works, and helps writers produce their best work for publication. Gaylord will serve a two year term. Gary MacDougal ’58 recently spoke to an enthu-
siastic group of UCLA Engineering students about careers as entrepreneurs and managers. The following day, MacDougal presented an entrepreneurship lecture to MBA students at UCLA Anderson School of Business. MacDougal, 1979 UCLA Engineering Alumnus of the Year, was CEO of Mark Control’s Corporation where the stock rose from $10 per share to $160 per share (equivalent) during his 18 years at the helm. Lawrence E. Tannas, Jr., ‘59, MS ‘61, founder and owner of Tannas Electronic Displays, Inc., was recently awarded his 15th patent to resize LCDs for avionics and signage and license his technology internationally. The Tannases celebrated by taking their entire family of 18 to Cancun, Mexico for a week during the Christmas holidays.
1960s Harold B. Ray ’63 retired as executive vice president from
Southern California Edison Company (SCE) in 2006, and then accepted an appointment in 2008 as a member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (USNRC) Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The appointment is for a term of four years. Prior to joining SCE in 1970, Ray had been an employee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the predecessor agency of the USNRC. He also was elected president of the American Nuclear Society (2002-2003) and has served on the UCLA Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council.
Wayne Stone ’65, MS ’67, MPH ’74, DEnv. ’78 assisted the Vietnamese
Ministry of Construction to formulate a draft National Action Plan for responding to climate change and sea level rise in the urban development sector, through grant aid support from the Danish government. To finalize the draft action plan, he presided over three regional workshops to receive comments from stakeholders. The workshops were held in Can Tho (Mekong Delta region), Hoi An (central coastal region), and Hai Phong (Northern Red River basin region). Miguel Diaz-Gonzalez ’66 retired from Boeing Aircraft Company in
Seattle after 21 years of excellent service. Bruce A. Deresh MS ‘66, PhD ‘71 retired after 20 years as a director of the MITRE Corp. in 2007, and then formed his own consulting firm, DD&A, in support of the U.S. Marine Corps. His principal contribution was to author the weapon-location requirements for their new multi-mission radar G/ATOR, which is currently being tested. In October 2007, Deresh married Phyllis Krasner, 50 years after their first date as seniors at Jamaica High School in Queens, N.Y. Deresh survived prostate cancer and is currently battling radiation cystitis resulting from the cure. The couple moved from Massachusetts to Dallas, Texas in March 2010 to live closer to their children and grandchildren. Recently, Deresh received a nice call from George Bradshaw MS ’65 and would love to hear from any alumni that remember him. Don Lund ’66 retired after a stint in the U.S. Army and 33 years as
a teacher of mathematics and computer science, with a unique opportunity to do something different. Following three years of required courses, Lund was commissioned as a Deacon in Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and presently serves at Bethlehem in Santa Clarita, Calif. Charles Rumbaugh ‘66 continues his legal practice exclusively as
a private judge, arbitrator, and mediator, and was elected to senior membership grade in IEEE. Michael H. Stafford ’66 (pictured with grandchil-
dren L-R Olivia Garcia, Geoffrey Stafford, and Brendan Klatt) was re-elected to the Del Rey Neighborhood Council Board of Directors last year and is the only original board member remaining. He served as president of the Stafford Society, a nonprofit genealogical research organization. Stafford retired in 2000 after 34 years as a civil engineer with the City of Los Angeles and also enjoyed retirement from the Air Force Reserve after 21 years service as a civil engineering officer.
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