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1992 Stewart Mesher, MBA, has joined the Austin office of Conley Rose, P.C. Mesher, who earned his JD from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, most recently worked as in-house counsel at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Mesher’s areas of legal expertise include technology licensing and development agreements, open source software licensing and intellectual property litigation related to computer hardware and software and electronic devices.
2000 James Stoicheff received his juris doctor last May from the Santa Barbara College of Law, where he was the valedictorian of the class of 2010. After passing the California bar exam, he is working in private practice.
2003 David Doran is presently a student at the Naval War College in the Naval Command and Staff College as well as the Maritime Advanced Warfighting School.
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He is working toward a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies. Previously, Doran served in Afghanistan as a helicopter pilot and company commander. He has also served in Iraq as a cargo airplane pilot and company commander. Most recently, his assignment included commander of the Alaska Regional Flight Center, flying passenger jets out of Anchorage, Alaska. Doran has received two Bronze Stars and four Air Medals. Doran and his wife, Shauna, recently celebrated 10 years of marriage. The couple has four children.
CORRECTIONS Julie Smith, ’08, married Bryan Alexander in August 2010. The couple resides in Montana. The graduation year and wedding date were incorrect in the winter 2010 Class Notes. The listing for Doreen A. Harden-Cato, ’07 EdD, incorrectly stated that she is the former executive director of Seattle’s First Place. It should have read that she is currently the executive director. Seattle University Magazine regrets these errors.
2008 Brandon Jonathan Bruan, along with Fred, ’52, and Dorothy Cordova, ’53, joined Filipino community leaders for the City of Seattle and King County’s proclamation of October 2010 as Filipino American History Month. Members of the Seattle University Filipino Alumni Chapter and SU’s United Filipino Club were present for the reception and ceremony.
Megan (Branch) Rathgeb, ’96, and her husband, Cristian Rathgeb, are overjoyed to announce the birth of their daughter, Noemi Teresa, on April 12, 2010. She joins her big brother, Joaquin Emilio. The family resides in San Francisco and continues to travel to Chile frequently to be with relatives and friends.
John Bianchi, ’02, and Julie Gabelein, ’02, were married on July 24, 2010, in a ceremony overlooking Puget Sound on Whidbey Island, Wash. The wedding party included Mario Bianchi, ’97, Brian Langhorst, ’02, and John Boyle, ’02. Many more alumni attended. The couple lives in Seattle.
Submit achievements, personal and professional news and photos for Class Notes at www.seattleu.edu/magazine/.
McGoldrick Scholars Alumni Reception Riley, Kathryn, Jenny and Robert Gaffney were in attendance at the annual McGoldrick Scholars alumni event. Kathryn, a senior, and Riley, a freshman, are both recipients of the McGoldrick Scholarship.
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