1940s
EDWIN D. DURYEA, EDD ’48, is the author of The Academic Corporation: A History of College and University Governing Bodies, by Garland Publishers.

1950s
JAMES STUART CAMPBELL, AM ’51, taught for 35 years at San Bernadino College in California and founded the Redlands Community Theater in 1949 where he directed many of his plays.

1960s
VIRGINIA BOARDMAN FERGUSON, AM ’64, is the head librarian at Selwyn House School in Quebec, Canada.

Currently in the business world of high technology, LINDA COOK HICKMAN, AM ’65, has been working and living in London for over thirteen years, after coming for a “temporary” teaching assignment as a visiting professor in International Business.

BILL McMILLIN, AM ’65, serves on the Newark, CA School Board and the Mission Valley Regional Occupation Program and Special Education Boards. In 2000, he was president of the Alameda County School Board Association and served on the California School Board Association delegate assembly.

HAROLD J. McWHINNIE, EDD ’65, an artist living in Kensington, MD, is developing a library of books in art education from 1885-1950.

JUDITH D. JONES, MAT ’66, has been teaching high school biology in Chapel Hill, NC since 1984. She was honored as North Carolina Outstanding Biology Teacher and has earned National Board Certification in Adolescence and Young Adulthood Science.

Professor of Educational Psychology and Guidance at the State University of Malang, Indonesia, MR. MOENANDIR, AM ’66, researches multi-cultural counseling.

LOREN C. SINGH, AM ’66, is a technical writer at Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in San Jose, where she develops workbooks and visual material for technical training classes in computer networking engineering.

An author of mathematics, THEONI PAPPAS, AM ’67, has written several books and calendars entitled, The Joy of Mathematics, The Children’s Mathematics Calendar, Magic of Mathematics, The Adventures of Penrose- The Mathematical Cat, and Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales. Many of her books have been translated into foreign languages, including Chinese, Italian, Turkish, Finnish, Slovakian, Korean, Portuguese, and Japanese. She has been a two-time recipient of the National Science Foundation Grant in mathematics and is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the California Mathematics Teachers Association, and the American Federation of Teachers.

DONALD K. SHARPES, AM ’68, is an adjunct professor of Education at Arizona State University. His new textbook, Advanced Educational Foundations for Teachers, the History, Philosophy, and Culture of Schools, will be published by Routledge Falmer this year.

JAMES L. WIESE, AM ’69, recently accepted an appointment as executive director of the Northland Lutheran School Association in Kansas City, MO.

1970s
SCOTT LUBBOCK, AM ’70, is a counselor at and founder of a new “listening service” called All Ears in Eugene, OR. He is trained as a drug and alcohol counselor and has opened a listening service to support people who simply want to be heard.

A marriage and family therapist, MARY NOYLES, AM ’72, has yet to retire at the age of 75. She has been teaching and practicing therapy since 1948.

BARRY E. STERN, PHD ’72, was appointed by Michigan Governor John Engler to serve as the director of policy and planning for the new Department of Career Development. This department oversees all federal and state job training programs, employment services, welfare-to-work, community colleges, secondary career-technical education, vocational rehabilitation, employment statistics, and adult education.

CHETT BREED, AM ’74, associate professor of English at Truman State University in Missouri, recently took a sabbatical to visit SUSE’s STEP program. He plans to use the program as a model for Truman’s Master of Arts in Education internship program. He continues to teach literature for young adults.

BILL KLINE, PHD ’74, retired as professor and director of Language, Literature, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico.

STANLEY CUMMINGS, PHD ’75, has stepped down as president of the Ocean Institute in Dana Point, CA. In July 2001, he begins a second career as head of school at the Annie Wright School in Tacoma, WA. Annie Wright is a K-12 independent school with an unusual configuration: grades K-8 are co-ed, and grades 9-12 are all-girls, half of whom are boarders.

At the Universidad de Caldas, Colombia, LUIS GUSTAVO GONZALEZ, AM ’77, is a teacher of American Literature and is the head of translation for the university. He was recently promoted to a full tenure professorship after 24 years of teaching and administration. His first book is entitled On Dostoevsky in Brothers Karamazov: A Critical Analysis and Review.

JAMES BEEBE, PHD ’78, has been a professor in the doctoral program in leadership studies as Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA since he retired from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 1996. In early 2001, AltaMira Press published his book, Rapid Assessment Process, an introduction to intensive, team-based qualitative research. He has aggressively worked to use technology to facilitate his teachings, has received national recognition for his course on leadership and technology, and was the recipient of a Global Technology Corps grant for travel to South Africa in August 2000.

Retiring after twenty-six years as a school administrator, JOSEPH R. HARROP, AM ’73 and PHD ’78, is currently the dean of education at Simpson College in Redding, CA.

1980s
After successfully leading the Oakwood School in Greenville, NC through its first four years, BARBARA BROWN PACKER, AM ’81, returned to the West Coast to assume leadership as head of school at Oak Hill School. It is a K-12 independent college preparatory school in Eugene, OR.

ROY G. CHEW, PHD ’84, was recently appointed president of the Grandview Medical Center, a two hospital teaching system in Dayton, OH.

LISA LAUMANN, AM ’85, is deputy director for programs at Save the Children Federation’s Pakistan-Afghanistan Field Office. She finished her PHD in Education through the UCLA Social Sciences and Comparative Educational Program in 2000.

TONI J. SULKOWSKI, AM ’88, is principal of a newly constructed K-3 elementary school, Bower Hill Elementary School, in Pennsylvania, which serves 607 children. This is the second new school she has opened.

1990s
JONATHAN DAVID JANSEN, PHD ’91, is dean of the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

KEN YEAGER, AM ’86 and PHD ’91, is a council member of the San Jose City Council for District 6. He has served as trustee of the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District, president of the Rose Garden Neighborhood Association, chairman of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Committee, and chairman of the Airport Curfew Monitoring Committee. He co-founded BAYMEC, the gay and lesbian political advocacy group, and has served on the mayor’s Education Task Force.

A research associate at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute, NANCY BROWN, PHD ’92, is working to develop and contribute to a web site for teens called “We’re Talking.” The site, www.pamf.org/teen, aims to provide young people with medically accurate information and resources about their health.

FELIPE S. IBARRA, AM ’92, was appointed principal of Oakland Technical High School in August 2000. He completed a one-year military assignment in Bosnia in 1998 and was promoted to colonel in the US Army Reserve in February 2000.

In November 1999, LIZ DUFFY, AM ’93, became executive director of the Ball Foundation, an operating foundation that partners with a small group of districts and charter schools to help them develop enduring capacity for change. At each partnership site, foundation staff help create the structures and practices necessary to increase student achievement and ensure continuous improvement. She and her husband, John Gutman, welcomed their first child, Lucy Duffy Gutman, on October 25, 2000.

President of Aliso Viejo Cityhood 2000 Committee, in Southern California, CARMEN VALI, PHD ’94, serves to guide the business and best interests of the community through the day-to-day challenges they face. She was previously a project coordinator for a racial tolerance education project for People for the American Way and is currently a planning and development consultant.

ANNE BEAUFORT, PHD ’95, is associate director of the program in writing and rhetoric at SUNY Stony Brook. Her recent book is entitled, Writing in the Real World: Making the Transition from School to Work, published by Teachers College Press, 1999.

DAVID COHEN, AM ’95, is in his third year of teaching at Mission San Jose High School in Fremont, CA.

VAN N. TON, AM ’95, is vice president at Knowledge Universe, a market leader in applying technologies to education. She was recently selected as one of 14 women nationwide to be a leadership fellow of the International Women’s Forum, an organization of women who have made significant contributions to their field.

After receiving his degree, RON GLASS, PHD ’96, joined the faculty at Arizona State University West in Phoenix. He has been honored with his campus’ Excellence in Diversity Award in 1998 and with the university’s Dondrell Swanson Advocate of Social Justice Award in 2000. He heads a comprehensive assessment and systemic school reform project for the Phoenix Union High School District. This district serves the predominantly poor, minority and non-English speaking areas of the city, with twelve schools and more than 22,000 students. In January, he was honored with a Martin Luther King, Jr., Living the Dream Award from the city of Phoenix at its annual MLK Day Celebration.

After graduating from Stanford, MIKE MIDLING, PHD ’96, worked at an SRI “spinoff” company doing research on public policy in training and education. He also worked for a year as a consultant to USAID and as AID’s education officer in Africa. He is interested in education and training research and would enjoy being overseas in Asia.

MELISSA BEARD, AM ’97, recently began a new job as a fiscal analyst with the Washington State House of Representatives.

TANYA PINE CAPUANO, AM ’99, is a business development manager at Hewlett Packard. She and KHIRA ADAMS GRISCAVAGE, AM ’99, started a new “I Have A Dream” program in San Francisco, which provides after-school enrichment activities and one-on-one mentoring to 60 third-graders in the Mission District. They will be working with this group of children as they progress through school and hopefully reach college in 2010. ABBY ROVNER, AM ’98, is the project coordinator for this program.

KATHERINE STINGER, AM ’99, is enjoying her second year teaching the 5th grade science, English and history core at Nichols School in Buffalo, NY.

2000s
JENNIFER FONG, AM ’00, received the Presidential Award for Math and Science Teaching at a ceremony in Washington, DC in March 2001. As a recipient, her school will receive $7,500 to enhance its math and science program.

SETH HALVORSON, AM ’00, is in the PHD program in Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL OSMOND, AM ’00, is finishing his first year of a PHD in Culture, Curriculum, and Change at the University of North Carolina School of Education.

CHRIS WALSH, AM ’00, is vice president for business development at Angel Engineers, a company based in Sunnyvale, CA.