ROBERT D. HILL, PHD '87, was recently appointed chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he has been a professor since 1989. Oxford Press published his recent book Cognitive Rehabilitation in Old Age, which highlights his interest and scholarship in life span education.

Along with teaching at Chico State University, EDWARD F. WILLIAMS, AM '87, is working on his doctorate at the University of San Francisco. His biggest supporters are his wife and three children.

VAN SCHOALES, AM '88, is beginning his third year as the founding head of a new urban elementary charter school affiliated with expeditionary learning outward bound. They are in the process of designing a new permanent building at the old Denver airport (Stapleton) and currently have waiting lists for most grades. He misses long runs by the dish in the Stanford hills but likes the ever-changing weather on the Front Range of the Rockies.

As coordinator of the education department in ASIES, a non-profit NGO in Guatemala, REGINA CAFFARO MORENO, AM '89, coordinates programs for rural area children to gain access to education. She previously worked for UNESCO, as did her husband, ROBERTO MORENO, AM '90. He is currently serving as secretary for the University of the Valley of Guatemala Foundation.

LYN FAIRCHILD, AM '91, is a 10th grade English teacher at a private school in North Carolina. She is also co-founder of an educational design firm that will provide experiential education, curriculum, and consulting to inspire spiritual awareness and personal growth in students. Their first book of curricula, due out in 2001, is entitled Soulful Teaching: 77 Ways to Nurture Spirit in the Classroom.

JONATHAN JANSEN, PHD '91, has been appointed dean of education at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

NANCY BROWN, PHD '92, a research associate at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, was just awarded an AIDS Research Program grant to evaluate an HIV prevention program for injection drug-using women in Santa Clara County. She also began offering a human biology class on adolescent sexuality at Stanford University during the Spring of 2000.

Currently teaching 5th grade in Walnut Creek, CA, CYNTHIA MURPHY GOIN, AM '94, was the primary writer for the California Distinguished School Award this year. Her school was nominated and selected to receive this honor. Last year she and Karl Goin were married.

Shortly after graduation from Georgetown Law School, PATRICIA FOUDY, AM '95, married Peter Cyr. She is working as a law clerk on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the field of special education law.

MICHELLE T. SHINSEKI, AM '96, has co-edited a book about Generation Y, The Secret Life of Teens (Harper San Francisco). She recently left an associate editor position at William Morrow & Co. and is now working at iVillage.com as a channel producer.

CHERYL GORE-FELTON, PHD '97, is an Assistant Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.

BARBARA KATZENBERG, PHD '97, works for a start up company focused on population health management. She looks systematically at the health problems of a particular population and provides solutions designed to keep people healthier, particularly people with chronic problems.

INGRID ROBERSON, AM '00, is an associate researcher at the Graduate School of Education at UCLA for the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.

OBITUARIES

ELIZABETH KERTEN TURNER, AM '84, passed away on January 10, 2000 after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband and three children.

KENNETH E. YOUNG, PHD '53, is still active at age 78. He is currently the chairman of the board for The Evans-McCan Group, a non-profit organization that produces documentary films. Elderhostel recently honored him for his role in developing the Elderhostel Network of Institutes for Learning in Retirement.

Since retiring, FRED L. GARDIOL, AM '53, has been busy traveling around the world with his wife and spending time with his daughter and three grandchildren.

SALLY L. PHILLIPS-ALTMAN, AM '57, retired from the Eureka Union School District in 1996 and since then has traveled to Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia.

BARBARA HELSINGIUS, AM '63, returned home to her native Finland upon graduation, but not without some American influences. Originally a PE teacher, she became hooked on American "folk" music and switched careers. She has become a successful singer and songwriter, as well as a free-lance editor with Radio Finland.

Currently in her 34th year as the head of the foreign language department at Lake Forest Country Day School in Illinois, MARY JO RICHTER KAPSALIS, AM '67, states that her most amazing accomplishment was taking middle school students on a 2 week trip to France. . .and enjoying it!

After 20 years in the math and computer science department at Stephens College, MARKITA PRICE, AM '68, has retired. She will continue to teach computer science courses at the University of Missouri- Columbia, and will also be active with the American Cancer Society and her church.

Although DONALD R. LIGGETT, PHD '70, is retired, he has not slowed down. In February 2000, his book Sports Hypnosis was published by Human Kinetics. His techniques have been used by sports organizations all over the world, including the Stanford Football team and the 1998 Malaysian Commonwealth Games team.

In June 1999, JACK A. GRAHAM, AM '71, retired after 40 years of teaching American history (37 of those years were in Hempfield Area High School in Greensburg, PA). He now enjoys traveling in his 5th wheel RV trailer.

G. JEREMIAH RYAN, AM '73, is currently president of Raritan Valley Community College in New Jersey. Previously, he was president of Quincy College in MA. Dr. Ryan has over 28 years of experience in higher education.

JIM CUSHING, AM '76, recently attended the Stockholm Challenge as a finalist within the new economy category. He is interested in on-line educational projects for preschool through 8th grade. One of his most personally rewarding experiences was during the completion of his Master's: he set up an independent study project at the Bing School that lowered the entrance age of children to infants and toddlers.

MARGARET CURRY REED, AM '76, is deputy superintendent of a mid-sized K-12 public school system, and she is completing a doctoral program at the University of California at Riverside in administration and policy. Her dissertation topic is the relationship between leadership and transformation change.

SUSANNA DAY CREELY, AM '77, has been a stay-at-home mom since the birth of her children in 1991 and 1993. Previously she worked with EDS and IBM in areas of technical management and hosting national seminars.

After 6 years as principal of Foothill High School and 2 years as director of educational services for the Los Gatos/ Saratoga District, IRIS BERKE, PHD '80, is now principal of the newly reopened Branham High School in San Jose, CA.

WILLIAM J. WEIDNER, AM '84, is serving as director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Texas Pan American, a NCAA Division I institution. He has previously held positions at Ashland University, Ohio State University and Stanford University in areas of athletic directing.

As of July 2000, DENISE E. MURRAY, PHD '86, has been appointed professor of applied linguistics at the National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research and director of the Adult Migrant English Program Research Centre at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. This appointment follows 9 years as chair of linguistics and language development at San Jose State University.