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1970s

JESSE A. ANTE (B.S. 1970 ME)

of Fremont, California (far left in photo), retired from Pacific Gas & Electric in 2000 and now works for the California Public Utilities Commission. His job, he writes, is to "encourage utilities to build transmission lines to access renewable, ‘green' energy by 2011." He skipped last year's homecoming to attend his daughter Jennifer's wedding.

PHILIPPE R. APRA (M.S. 1976 CE)

of Paris, France, is cofounder of Kappa Group International Consulting Engineers, consultants in energy engineering and project management.

Ilesanmi Adesida (M.S. 1975 EECS, Ph.D. 1979 EECS)

, the Donald BiggarWillett Professor of Engineering, was named dean of the College ofEngineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Hejoined the Illinois faculty in 1987 and holds appointments in thedepartments of electrical and computer engineering and materialsscience and engineering. A native of Nigeria, Adesida has beenrecognized worldwide for his extensive and innovative work insemiconductor processing and microelectronic devices. At Illinoishe is also director of the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory andthe Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology.

Leonard Adleman (Ph.D. 1976 EECS)

of Los Angeles, professor of computer science at the University of Southern California's Viterbi School of Engineering and professor of molecular biology at USC College, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1977 Adleman co-developed an algorithm that became the foundation for an entire generation of technology security products and earned him and his collaborators the A.M. Turing Prize. Adleman was the recipient of Berkeley Engineering's 1995 Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science.

Evan Aurand (B.S. 1975 EECS)

a San Jose engineer who worked at Memorex, Fairchild, Adobe, and Excite before devoting himself to music and musical equipment, died recently of a heart ailment at the age of 52. He played guitar for Little George blues band and jammed regularly at the Road House in Sunnyvale and JJ's in San Jose. He was a vintage amplifier expert and engineered sound systems for Eddie Money and the Sons of Champlin, among others.

STEVE BECK (B.S. 1971 EECS)

and EECS professor Carlo Sin held an on-campus demonstration in February of their Noor Project, a colorful, animated light-emitting diode sculpture that uses complex geometry to derive an ever-changing display of ancient Middle Eastern patterns like those found on tiled mosaics at mosques. Beck, a visiting fellow and executive in residence at UC Berkeley's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, says he hopes that Noor, which means "light" in Arabic and Farsi, will help bridge cultural gaps between the West and Middle East. www.stevebeck.tv

JEFFREY W. BUCKHOLZ (M.S. 1977 CEE)

of Jacksonville, Florida, recently received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Florida and celebrated 19 years as president of his company, J.W. Buckholz Traffic Engineering. He's also an adjunct professor at the University of North Florida.

LARRY BURNS (Ph.D. 1978 CEE)

is chief scientist and president of research and development and strategic planning for General Motors, where he's worked since 1969. Last year, Burns received the ASM International 2007 Medal Award for the Advancement of Research, which honors an executive active in the use of metals and other materials. He is an expert on GM's next-generation cars, including their experimental hydrogen-powered vehicle, their Hybrid 2Mode and the new E-Flex Fuel Cell variant, which uses fuel cell propulsion technology and a lithium-ion battery to provide up to 300 miles of petroleum- and emissions-free electric driving.

THOMAS W. BUTLER (B.S. 1973 ME)

of Issaquah, Washington, got his master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington, then went to work at Boeing, where he was elected a technical fellow after working there for 30 years. twbutler@comcast.net

John Barnsdale (BS 1972 EECS, MD 1976)

After graduating from Cal I went to Medical School at UCLA, followed by internship and an Anesthesia residency. I now live and practice in Auburn just east of Sacramento. I hope to resume studies in Berkeley at CDSP in the next year or two as I go part time in my practice. Hope to Cal in the Rose soon, GO BEARS!!!

Imad Bitar (B.S. 1974 EECS)

of Santa Monica was named vice president of Northrop Grumman's Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory, which provides defense and intelligence services. Bitar, who joined the company in 1982 as a member of the technical staff, has focused his recent work on the engineering, development and fielding of critical tactical command and control systems for the U.S. Army.

Rudolph Bonaparte (M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1981 CE)

is president and CEO of GeoSyntec Consultants, a national engineering and environmental sciences firm. He is living in Atlanta with his wife Anna and their three children Sarah, Alex, and Maria.

Roger Van Brunt (M.S. 1977 EE)

is principal engineer at RF Micro Devices in Scotts Valley, California. He is married with one 16-year-old child and enjoys running, gardening, and travel.

PARTHASARATHI “PARTHA” CHAKRABARTI (M.S. 1970 CEE, Ph.D. 1973 CEE)

directs structural engineering at Zentech, Inc., in Houston as partner and vice president of engineering. He visits India every year with his wife, Tapashi, and enjoys photography and astronomy.

Mark Capron (B.S. 1976, M.S. 1981 CE)

of Oxnard, California, is a professional civil engineer with six patents who has served with the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps, the Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, and Ventura Regional Sanitation District. He is an activist on environmental issues such as air quality, methods of slowing global warming, and minimizing traffic congestion. The

Terence Choy (B.S. 1974, M.Eng. 1977 ME)

of Lawndale, California, designs Hot Wheels toy cars for Mattel Toys.

Jean Corte (M.S. 1977 CE)

is secretary general of the World Road Association in France.

Howard D. Elliott (B.S. 1970 IE)

is a retired part-time management consultant in Cincinnati, Ohio. E-mail:

Norman Eng (B.S. 1974 CEE)

of San Jose has worked in the nuclear power industry since graduating from Berkeley. He was married in June 1982 and has two children, 15 and 19. His oldest son is a second-year cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

Chris Erickson (M.S. 1978 ChemE)

of Thousand Oaks , California , was recently promoted to director of systems engineering and software in the Rocketdyne Division of Boeing. He and his wife Sabrina have two daughters, Liv, age three and a half, and Anneliese, 17 months.

Patrick Farrell (B.S. 1974 EECS)

was appointed provost and vicechancellor for academic affairs at the University ofWisconsin-Madison, where he joined the mechanical engineeringfaculty in 1982. He previously served as director of the EngineResearch Center and then as associate dean for academic affairs andexecutive associate dean of the College of Engineering.

Frank R. Finch (M.Eng. 1977 CEE, Masters of Science 1977 Management Science )

president of engineering consulting firm Greenhorne and O’Mara, Inc., in Laurel, Maryland, was named the company’s CEO in November. He has more than 30 years’ experience in engineering consulting and construction.

Tim Finnegan (B.S. 1978 EE)

of Fallbrook, Calif., writes, "After graduating in EECS, I worked for HP and then Next Computer with Steven Jobs. In 1993, I started Workstation 2000 (

Sidney Forbes (B.S. 1974 ME)

received his master's in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Tennessee , Knoxville.

James French (B.S. 1978, M.S. 1982 CE)

is principal geotechnical engineer at MACTEC Engineering and Consulting in Oakland.

ALBERT S. GLENN (B.S. 1974 ME, M.S. 1976 ME)

is an assistant U.S. attorney doing criminal prosecution in Philadelphia.

BARBARA J. GROSZ (M.S. 1971 EECS, Ph.D. 1977 EECS)

has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2008 for her pioneering research in human–computer communication. She is interim dean at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Higgins Professor of Natural Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, at Harvard.

Robert J. Gravano (M.S. 1975 CE)

of Fresno, Calif., is president of Advanced Structural Design Inc.

Dr. Steven Gregoritch (B.S. 1977 EECS/NE)

writes, "Since graduation, I have earned a PhD in physical chemistry at Notre Dame, and my M.D. from Indiana University. I treat cancer patients with radiotherapy in South Bend, Ind."

Bob Guletz (B.S. 1970 CE)

was recently named director of management services for Harris & Associates, an engineering and management consulting firm in Concord, Calif. E-mail:

Sunil Gupta (M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1980 CEE)

of Walnut Creek, California, is president and CEO of OLMM Consulting Engineers, a structural engineering company based in San Francisco. He writes, “Our firm has designed highly acclaimed projects, such as the new Contemporary Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind and the base-isolated San Francisco Main Library.”

KEITH D. HJELMSTAD (M.S. 1979 CEE, Ph.D. 1983 CEE)

was named vice president and dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University's Polytechnic Campus. Hjelmstad was formerly professor of civil engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he also served as associate head of the department and associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Engineering.

SCOTT R. HUNTSMAN (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1985 CE)

of Walnut Creek, California, was promoted to director of engineering services/senior principal engineer for TRC Engineering, Inc. Based in Oakland, he oversees geotechnical engineering at the Oakland, Mountain View, San Ramon, Fairfield, Fullerton and Manteca offices. shuntsman@trcsolutions.com

Ethlyn Ann Hansen (M.S. 1972 CE)

of San Rafael, Calif., is an honorary member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers. She received the Theodore M. Matson Award for outstanding contributions in the field of traffic engineering.

Joan (Drummond) Higgins (B.S. 1978 ME)

of Villa Park, Calif., writes, "My son just completed his freshman year at Cal. I have two other sons, and . After a 10-year hiatus, I returned to the work force last year."

Cary Hillebrand (M.S. 1979 ME)

of Cherry Hill, N.J., is involved with process control and information technology for water and wastewater applications and project design, management, and business development.

Wayne Hjelmstad (B.S. 1970 EECS)

of Colorado Springs writes, "After working 31 years in aerospace, I retired. I live the life of leisure. I golf two to three times a week and have more time for family and travel."

Keith D. Hjelmstad (M.S. 1979 Civil Engineering, Ph.D. 1983 Civil Engineering)

Keith D. Hjelmstad has been named Vice President and Dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, effective July 1, 2008. Hjelmstad has been a professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois since 1983 and has served as Associate Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering.

Tom Horiye (B.S. 1978 EE)

of San Jose is director of product and test engineering at Sipex Corporation. He has been married 21 years. His wife Terri works and volunteers at the schools of both their boys, Anthony, 17, and Ryan, 12.

Douglas P. Howie (M.S. 1975 EECS)

is working with mobile Internet protocols and the NS-2 simulator developed in part at Berkeley. He lives Gavle, Sweden. E-mail:

Revis W. James III (B.S. 1979 EECS, M.S. 1981 NE)

of San Ramon is program manager of the Strategic Science and Technology Program at the Electric Power Research Institute.

RICHARD C. JARED (B.S. 1970 EECS)

of Martinez, California, retired in 2002 from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he was a project engineer and head of the Electronics Engineering Department.

SUNG-MO "STEVE" KANG (Ph.D. 1975 EECS)

was appointed the second chancellor of UC Merced, the first Korean American to lead a major research university, according to the newest UC campus's news office. Previously, Kang served as dean of the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz for six years and as professor of electrical engineering and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

KA K. KWONG (B.S. 1978 CEE)

lives in Hacienda Heights, California. He’s president of K.K. Kwong & Associates Consulting Structural Engineers, Inc., and cofounder of Pacific Online Limited.

Edward Kavazanjian (D.Eng. 1978 CEE)

of Tempe, Arizona, was namedinterim chair of the Department of Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ArizonaState University. He joined the ASU faculty in 2004 after 20 yearsin industry, including working on the English Channel TunnelCrossings and a $600 million bridge across the Gulf of Corinth inGreece. He is co-author of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyguide on seismic design for landfills and the Federal HighwayAdministration guide on geotechnical earthquake engineering forhighways.

Hsing-Hsien Kung (Ph.D. 1975 Eng. Physics)

is a partner at Acorn Campus of Cupertino. A native of China, he moved with his family to Taiwan before the 1949 Communist takeover of the mainland and then to Texas in 1967 to earn his master's degree. He has been involved in three successful startups and now works with organizations like Monte Jade, Cupertino Rotary, the United Way and the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute at De Anza College to integrate Asian Americans into every aspect of Silicon Valley life.

RICHARD T. LANSU (M.S. 1970 CE)

of Chicago is now vice president of Walker Parking Consultants, the largest parking consulting firm in the nation. He joined the company as a structural engineer in 1987 and served as director of operations until his recent appointment.

CHOK-KAU B. LEE (M.S. 1974 NE)

writes, "I am working in Mountain View and living in Cupertino. Anyone in my class want to get together?" blee@ca.wai.com

MICHAEL S. LEONARD (M.S. 1979 CEE)

is owner and principal of MLA Engineering, PLLC, a structural engineering consulting firm specializing in seismic improvements to existing buildings. He lives on Bainbridge Island in Washington state.

ROBERT L. LOEW (B.S. 1972 CEE)

of Fremont, California, writes, “After 30 years in engineering and business, I switched careers into public education, teaching high school math. It’s extremely rewarding.”

PAUL LUBOCK (M.S. 1979 ME)

is cofounder of SenoRx Inc. in Aliso Viejo, California. In May, the Food and Drug Administration approved the company's multi-lumen radiation balloon, an innovative new tool for treating breast cancer using precisely placed radiation seeds. Among the company's other devices is a fine probe for taking minimally invasive biopsies.

REINHARD LUDKE (M.Eng. 1976 CEE)

of San Anselmo is senior vice president of Creegan + D’Angelo Engineers and was elected president of the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California. Born in Germany and raised on a rural farm in Seneca County, New York, he writes, “I am a country boy from New York State, now one of the national leaders for structural and earthquake engineering.”

Glen Langstaff (BS 1977 ME/NE)

Glen is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Alpha Research & Technology, an aerospace company in the Sacramento, CA area that supplies airborne electronics to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense. Before that he was President and Chairman of IMDEC Inc., a designer and intergrator of food processing and packaging systems for domestic and overseas food processing companies. Glen is married to Sue (Albright) Langstaff (AB Genetics 1978) who is a widely recognized sensory expert in the US wine industry.

Chokkau Binky Lee (BS 1972 Electrical Engr from SFSU, MS 1973 NE from UCBerkeley, Ph.D 1979 NE from UCLA)

I am working in Mountain View and living in Cupertino. Anyone in my NE class of 72-73 want to get together?

Sang Lee (M.S. 1972 ME, M.Eng. 1974 ME)

of Arcadia, Calif., writes, "Whenever I visit the Berkeley campus, all my memories come alive. It has been 30 years, but it is like a few years ago. As I reminisce about what had happened 30 years ago at the same buildings or the same streets, I wonder where my old friends are. Where are you guys? Send me an e-mail."

Jane C.S. Long (B.S. 1975 CE, Ph.D. 1983 MSE)

is dean of the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno. E-mail:

JAMES L. MANNOS (Ph.D. 1972 EE)

of Los Altos, California, in June was appointed president of San Jose-based Silicon Optix, which manufactures programmable video processors. Mannos has more than 30 years of executive and engineering experience, most recently as chairman, president and CEO of WISchip International, a company he cofounded.

THOMAS M. MCGAUGHEY (M.S. 1973 CEE)

is currently project engineer for design of the terminal expansion at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California.

Thomas R. Wolf, MD (MS 1972 EECS)

I always draw on my great experiences and education at Cal even now in clinical Neuro-ophthalmology. I lecture the Mayo Clinic (Scottsdale) and Barrow Neurological Institute neurology residents, and practice clinical neuro-ophthalmology in Phoenix, Arizona. Never a dull moment, also working with Mayo Clinic Aerospace Medicine in their Vestibular Lab studying effects of hypoxia and gravity on the Vision, and maintaining flight currency as a Comanche pilot.

Robert B. McCullough (B.S. 1977 CEE)

of Dallas writes, "I found a career in construction at Cal. After graduation, I married Ann Eavaly and took a job in Hawaii with a large construction company. We moved around a bit and settled in Texas, where I started my construction consulting company, McCullough & Associates. We evaluate delay and impact claims on large construction projects. My son is 16 and just came back from the Boy Scout World Jamboree in Thailand."

Sanjay Mehrotra (B.S. 1978, M.S. 1980 EECS)

of Los Altos Hills, executive vice president and chief operations officer of SanDisk Corporation, has been named president of the Sunnyvale-based storage technology manufacturer and will continue as COO. Cofounder of SanDisk in 1988, Mehrotra's 26-year career in the semiconductor industry includes engineering and engineering management positions at Intel, Seeq Technology, Integrated Device Technology and Atmel.

Mark Meltzer (B.S. 1972 EECS)

of Palo Alto writes, "I studied law after Berkeley and am working as vice president, general counsel for a medical device company in Silicon Valley. I started skydiving while a freshman at Cal and just can't quit the adrenaline rush. Exited with 80 fellow skydivers from a DC 9-21 airliner at 14,000 feet last July at the World Free Fall Convention. I still love electronics, like to tinker and have several U.S. patents, including use of correlators to distinguish RFI from bio-signals in medical devices."

Anthony Moroyan (M.S. 1977 EE)

of Los Altos Hills is chairman of Viasphere, International, Inc., which manages venture capital funds to help incubate high-tech startups.

Steven Naumann (M.S. 1977 CEE)

writes, "I went to law school and became a trial attorney in Houston. Thanks to that move, I could attain the American dream!"

Robert Nelson (B.S. 1974 ME)

is a mechanical contractor specializing in HVAC. He returned to UC Berkeley to work on Stanley Hall's air conditioning in 1992 and writes, "That work has all recently disappeared!"

MICHAEL G. OLIVA (M.S. 1975 CEE, Ph.D. 1980 CEE)

was named Distinguished Educator of the Year for 2007 by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute of Chicago. He is associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

John Oneto (M.S. 1970 EECS)

of Campbell , California , is a retired computer engineer from Amdahl Corporation/Fujitsu.

Grant E. Hoag, P.E. (B.S. 1979 CE)

is providing municipal utility financial planning services as the manager of financial services for Brown and Caldwell Engineers. He finished his MBA in 1982 and lives in Irvine, Calif. E-mail:

GEORGE PALMER (B.S. 1974 EECS)

was appointed vice president of operations for Sunnyvale, California, semiconductor company SiBEAM.

HOWARD S. PINES (M.S. 1977 ME)

of El Cerrito, California, recently retired and says he now has more time for reading, writing and volunteer activities.

John Palmerton (M.S. 1971 CEE)

of Vicksburg, Mississippi, died of lung cancer in February at age 64. He had a 30-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and owned Geosynthetic Applications Simulations. He played violin with the St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra of Louisiana and was an active member of First Baptist Church of Vicksburg, where he sang in the choir and played handbells.

Wayne A. Paulsen (B.S. 1970 ME)

of Redwood City, CA, is working in engineering management at Genentech. He still is the consummate sports fan and woodworker, and he "hopes to escape the rat race soon." E-mail:

Richard Prima (B.S. 1974 CE)

is public works director for the city of Lodi, Calif.

THOMAS RALEIGH (M.S. 1971 EECS)

works in research and development at Telecordia Technologies in Piscataway, New Jersey.

RICHARD RUBY (B.S. 1977 Eng. Physics, M.S. 1977 EECS, Ph.D. 1984 EECS)

of Menlo Park, California, holds more than 50 patents for major inventions, including the thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator (FBAR) technology used in cell phones. He's married with three children, one at UC Santa Cruz and one at UC Berkeley. He still plays the violin.

James Riley (M.S. 1977 EECS)

of Kirkland, Washington, is working at Calypso Medical Technologies as a senior staff engineer. He writes, "My colleagues and I are developing a guidance system for radiation therapy based on magnetic tracking of implanted devices."

ARUN SARIN (M.S. 1978 MSE)

received the Global Indian of the Year Award last January, part of the 2009 Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence, presented by India’s prime minister in Mumbai. Since graduating from UC Berkeley, Sarin has served as president and CEO of AirTouch Communications and CEO of Infospace and Vodafone Group Plc; he was appointed to a three-year term at the Bank of England’s Court of Directors in 2005.

MARINAS SCHEFFER (M.S. 1972 CEE)

is president of Scheffer Andrew LTD, a 70-employee consulting firm of planners and engineers based in western Canada.

SYLVIA D. SUMMERS (M.S. 1977 EECS)

was appointed CEO and member of the board of directors of Trident Microsystems, a digital TV technology provider headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Trident designs, develops and markets digital media for high-definition and LCD televisions.

Bruce Sabacky (Ph.D. 1978 MSE)

was appointed chief technologyofficer of Altair Nanotechnologies, a supplier of advanced ceramicnanomaterials. Sabacky will continue as vice president of researchand development and, as chief technology officer, will directoverall science strategy and technical development for the Reno-based company.

William Seager (B.S. 1970 Eng. Physics)

of Coronado, California, is retired after many years of teaching, mostly high school physics, mathematics, computer programming and chemistry. He was elected to the Coronado School Board in 2004.

Mike Selna (B.S. 1970 CE)

is deputy assistant chief engineer of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.

Gerald Serventi (B.S. 1975, M.Eng. 1978 CEE)

of Alameda has worked for the Port of Oakland since 1978 and is now director of engineering. He oversees design, construction and environmental work at the airport and seaport.

Michael Shears (M.S. 1977 CE)

of England, is deputy chairman and COO of Arup Group, an international firm of consulting engineers. He is chairman of Ove Arup & Partners International. He was awarded his Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2001 for services to the United Kingdom government.

James M. Short (Ph.D. 1976 ME)

works for the U.S.Navy and is assigned to the Office of the Secretary of Defense.Last summer, he received a Meritorious Civilian Service Award, thethird highest award granted by the Navy to civilians.

Charles Slayman (B.S. 1979 IEOR)

was CTO of an Internet company until last year. He is now a consultant and teaches Web technologies at De Anza College and the University of Phoenix online. He lives in Cupertino, Calif. E-mail:

Jonathan Stanley (M.Eng. 1974 ME)

of Oakland was named chief executive officer of the U.S.S. Hornet Museum, a nonprofit museum aboard the historic landmark aircraft carrier, which is permanently docked at the former Naval Air Station in Alameda. Stanley, a retired engineer and U.S. Naval Academy graduate, has worked for the past 30 years in engineering consulting and software applications.

Eric Strid (M.S. 1976 EECS)

of Portland, Oregon, has been honored with the Southwest Test Workshop Lifetime Achievement Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The award recognizes his more than 25 years of outstanding technical contributions to the field of radio-frequency wafer level measurements, including development of the Pyramid probe for testing semiconductor devices. Strid cofounded Cascade Microtech in 1983 and has served as its chairman and chief executive officer since then. Previously he was principal engineer with Tektronix, Inc., and TriQuint Semiconductor.

Arun Sudhakar (M.S. 1972 CE)

formerly of Concord,CA, died September 11, 2002. An employee of Pacific Gas and Electric, he is survived by his wife Neeli and children.

JAMES E. TOMKINS (M.S. 1973 ME)

of San Luis Obispo, California, is an engineering consultant on new nuclear power plants in Texas and Maryland.

DENA R. TRAINA (B.S. 1979 CEE, M.S. 1980 CEE)

writes, “After 17 years in Ohio, my husband and I are back in California.” She is office manager for Kennedy/Jenks Consultants in their Reno office, and her husband, Samuel J. Traina (B.S.’78, Ph.D.’83 Soil Science), is vice chancellor for research at UC Merced.

Glenn Y. Tango (B.S. 1974, M.S. 1976 CE)

is runninga family mechanical construction company. He lives in Waipahu,Hawaii, and still enjoys watching Cal beat Stanford in the BigGame. He E-mail:

Russell Trahan (Ph.D. 1977 EECS)

of New Orleans is dean of engineering at the University of New Orleans . He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from then Louisiana State University before attending Cal. After receiving his Ph.D., he returned to UNO and served on the faculty for 27 years and as chair of electrical engineering before being appointed dean.

Chuen-Horng Tsai (M.S. 1975 Nuclear Engineering, Ph.D. 1981 Nuclear Engineering)

Dr. Chuen-Horng Tsai was sworn in as the Minister and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Council in Taiwan on May 20, 2008, under the new administration of the R.O.C. government. Dr. Tsai, 58, has devoted most of his career life to teaching and research in the fields of nuclear engineering and nuclear materials. Before joining AEC, he was distinguished professor of the National Tsing Hua University. From 1982 to 2008, Dr. Tsai worked and served at NTHU as associate professor, professor, chairman and director of nuclear engineering programs, dean for the office of student affairs and dean for the college of nuclear science.

GERALD F. WIECZOREK (B.S. 1971 CEE, M.S. 1972 CEE, Ph.D. 1978 CEE)

of Herndon, Virginia, works on landslide hazards for the U.S. Geological Survey. He has published about 120 articles on the subject, many of them available online.

GAIL WINTON (B.S. 1971 CEE)

retired in 2005 after more than 30 years as a civil engineer in both public and private practice. She writes, "I am now enjoying my retirement with my husband, Frank, also a retired civil engineer. I spend my time golfing, doing home improvement projects, traveling and taking care of my new granddaughter. Our daughter is a landscape architect, and our son is a deputy sheriff. I am ever hopeful that someday Cal will get to the Rose Bowl again! GO BEARS!!!"

Louis De Waal (M.S. 1972 CE)

of Cape Town, South Africa, is chairman of Hawkins Hawkins & Osborn consulting civil engineers. He is also chairman of Table Mountain Cableway Co., past president of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, and a Paul Harris Fellow. E-mail:

Arthur E. Watkins (B.S. 1972, M.S. 1974 CEE)

of Fair Oaks, California, started a firm specializing in water and wastewater treatment projects.

Gail [Hatfield] Winton (BSCE 1971 civil engineering)

After 30 plus years as a Civil Engineer in both Public and Private practice I retired in 2005. I am now enjoying my retirement with my husband, Frank, also a retired Civil Engineer. I spend my time golfing, doing home improvement projects, travelling, and taking care of my new granddaughter. We have a daughter who is a Landscape Architect and a son who is a Deputy Sheriff. I am ever hopeful that someday Cal will get to the Rose Bowl again! GO BEARS!!!

Pedro Woo (B.S. 1970 EE)

writes, "I am running a consumer electronics manufacturing company in Hong Kong that designs and develops innovative high-tech consumer products. The Sharper Image is one of our customers."

ROBERT M. YAMAMOTO (B.S. 1977 ME)

of Sacramento is manager for the High Average Power Laser Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

BOND M. YEE (B.S. 1972 CEE, M.S. 1973 CEE)

is director of Parking and Transportation for San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. He’s worked for the City and County of San Francisco since 1982 in areas including residential permit parking, red light camera enforcement, the Third Street Light Rail Transit Priority Project and SFgo, a real time, intelligent transportation management system. Under his watch, the city demolished and removed the Embarcadero Freeway, the Terminal Separation Structure and the Central Freeway, projects he says helped to revitalize several dormant neighborhoods.

Michael D. Zywokarte (M.S. 1971 CE)

of Washington, D.C., is president of MDZ Associates Inc. E-mail:

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