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1935
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1936
Larry Conti
has been
inducted into the St. Mary's Athletic Hall of Fame and has
celebrated 40 years of coaching and being affiliated with St.
Mary's High School.
(8/08)
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1938
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1941
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1942
Gino Covello who flew 55 missions as
the ball turret gunner in the belly of a B-17 Flying Fortress
during some of the fiercest aerial combat of World War II
was featured in a May 29, 2008 Record article about the visit to
Stockton of B-17, B-25 and B-24 bombers.
(5/08)
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1945
John Arbios has been inducted into the SM Athletic Hall of
Fame. (9/07)
Mary Tener
Hall is living in an Air Force Retirement Community in San
Antonio, Texas, where she takes classes at the University of
Texas and volunteers in two local libraries.
(9/07)
Wendy Reilly Hancock
was recently elected treasurer of the Stockton Beautiful Board.
(9/07)
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1946
Sr. Marie Molini, O.P. was inducted into the St. Mary's
Hall of Fame.
(9/07)
Hall Toso has been inducted into the St.
Mary's Athletic Hall of Fame.
(9/07)
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1950
Father Paul Bernardicou, S.J. is the
rector of the Jesuit Community at Loyola University. Previously
he was the chair of the Theology Department at USF.
(8/08)
Barbara Oranges (Comaskey) resides in
Rancho Mirage, California with her husband Carl, who holds
patents on slot machines with advertising displays.
(12/07)
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1951
Rose Mary Whitenton was featured in the Daily News of
Washington for her selfless dedication to others, even in
retirement.Rose Mary
received her associate's degree at Delta College and then
attended USC majoring in nursing and becoming and RN then spent
the next 25 years working as an intensive care and emergency
room nurse. In Kalama she leads the Kalama Girl Scouts troop and
sits on the board of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program in
Longview. (11/07)
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1952
Richard Valverde has been named to the 2008
SM Athletic Hall of Fame Class
(6/08)
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1953
Walter Payne has been
named to the 2008 SM Athletic Hall of Fame Class
(6/08)
Joe Rishwain lives in Stockton with his
wife Connie. He practices law in Stockton with his son
Doug '85. Joe and Connie are 2006 inductees to the St. Mary's
Hall of Fame.
(8/08)
Sister Patricia Simpson, O.P.
is the Prioress General of the
Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, serving as the administrative
leader responsible for the community of 155 sisters.
Sister Patricia’s professional experience includes being an
administrator for Saint John Vianney School in Rancho Cordova,
California; Saint Isabella School in San Rafael, California and
San Domenico Lower School in San Anselmo, California.
From 1988 to 1997, Sister Patricia served as director of the
office of the Permanent Diaconate and vicar for religious for
the Diocese of Sacramento. During these years, she was a member
of the Lay Personnel Board for the Diocese and on the Committee
for Women’s Issues. She was also a member of the National
Association of Permanent Diaconate and received the Bart O’Leary
Award for outstanding service to the association.
(8/08)
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1954
Art Chapman is the owner of Chapman
Adjusting Company in Stockton. He has been named tothe
2008 SM Athletic Hall of Fame Class with his brother David
(6/08)
David Chapman has been
named to the 2008 SM Athletic Hall of Fame Class with his
brother Art (6/08)
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1955
Bob Chinchiolo
has been named to the 2007 Athletic Hall of Fame Class at St.
Mary's. He continues to be active in supporting Catholic media. (9/08)
Robert "Bob" Panella is the owner of
Panella Trucking, a Stockton based trucking company that hauls
goods ranging from general freight to agricultural products that
employes of 400 drivers.
(8/08)
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1956
Rev. Michael Guinan is a
priest and is teaching at the Franciscan School of Theology in
Berkeley. He recently authored the article "Christian
Spirituality: Many Styles—One Spirit" published in Catholic
Updage.
(8/08)
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1957
Diane Gini is a vice president of Collins Electrical
company. Diane has been an active member of Mothers Against
Drunk Driving. She has been named a member of the 2007 SM Hall
of Fame. (8/08)
Amerigo Giovannoni has retired as the owner of Terra L/S
and is living in Stockton iwth his wife Mary.
(5/08)
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1958
Vince Augello
attended Delta, University of San Francisco, and University
of the Pacific where he graduated with a BA in Economics.
He continued his education in the Pacific Coast School of
Banking at the University of Washington where he graduated in
1982. Vince retired in 1994 from Wells Fargo Bank as a
Senior Vice President & Regional Manager. He has served on
the Advisory Board and has been a significant participant
supporting both scholarships and athletics at St. Mary’s.
Vince is married to Rosalie and has two married daughters and
one grandson. He has been named to the St. Mary's Hall of Fame.(4/08)
Brenda Pedro Liles and her husband Victor now reside in New
York to be near their oldest grand-daughter whose husband is in
Iraq. Victor is working on his PhD in History in order to teach
at the University level. Brenda is writing children’s books.
(8/08)
Rico Serbo is an associate professor of voice at the
University of Michigan. Professor Serbo began his professional
life at the San Francisco Opera. Subsequently, he was engaged as
principal tenor with the Theater de Stadt Koblenz and the
Staatstheater am Gaertnerplatz in Munich. Mr. Serbo has
performed with most of the major opera houses in the world and
has performed with almost every American opera company. He most
recently taught at the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence
University in Wisconsin and is the artist-in-residence at the
Bay View Music Festival
(8/08)
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1959
Dennis Green, retired as a senior partner
of Mayall, Hurley, Knutsen, Smith & Green. He is a highly
respected attorney throughout California. He and his wife Judy
('59) are now enjoying retirement.
(8/08)
Duane Isetti, serves on the
Board of Directors of the San Joaquin Regional Transit. District. Director Isetti has served on the
Board since 1999. A longtime resident of Stockton, he is
currently the Executive Director of the Pacific Athletic
Foundation at the University of the Pacific. Director
Isetti previously worked for New York Life. He also
coached football and taught at Franklin and St. Mary's High
Schools in Stockton. Director Isetti has served on the Stockton
City Council and continues to serve our community on a number of
boards and committees. Duane has been inducted into the St.
Mary's Athletic Hall of Fame.
(8/08)
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1960
Fr. John Bitterman, S.S. who was ordained for the Diocese of
Stockton in 1969 and joined the Sulpician Order in 1982 has been
named the new director of St. Charles Villa run by the Sulpician
Order. Previously, Fr. Bitterman has held a number of
assignments, including rector of Emmaus Spirtituality Cener in
Lusak, Zambia, and was most recently a professor at St.
Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California.
(8/08)
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1961
Ed
Chavez is the mayor of Stockton, California. Ed is the
former police chief of the City of Stockton Police Department
where he was recognized for many innovative programs. He rose
through the ranks from patrolmen to chief. Ed also served in the
Air Force. he has been inducted into the St. Mary's Hall of Fame.
When he completes his current term, he will retire to Palm
Springs(8/08)
Dennis D.Geiger is a
principal with Geiger, Coon & Keen LLP whose practice is
primarily in areas of business and estate planning. He attended
the University of San Francisco, Boalt Hall School of Law, and
the University of California-Berkeley. Mr. Geiger has been named
Stocktonian of the Year and recently received the Stockton
Skyline Award recognizing his contribution to Downtown Stockton
and his years as the initial and founding chair of the Downtown
Stockton Alliance.
(11/07)
Doug Wilhoit is the
chief
executive of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce and a
former San Joaquin County supervisor, having served for 16
years. Prior to that he was a police officer for the City of
Stockton. Doug was named "2006 Stocktonian of the Year".
(8/08)
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1963
Marina Estrada
is retired from the CA State Department of Health Services and
is currently living in New Mexico.
(2/08)
David
Lucchetti is president and CEO of the Rancho Cordova-based
Pacific Coast Building Products Inc., with locations in 10
western states and British Columbia and more than 3,500
employees. As president and CEO since 1979, Lucchetti has
overseen an impressive expansion of the business, which now has
annual revenues of more than $760 million. His industry
involvement and recognition include appointments by Gov. Pete
Wilson to two terms on the Contractors State License Board,
induction into the California Building Industry Hall of Fame and
the Metro Chamber's Businessman of the Year in 2004.
Dave is very active in the Catholic community. He was recognized
in 1996 by the Sacramento Diocese as the Distinguished Catholic
School Graduate. He is a member of the board for Succeed He is a
past board member for Catholic Social Services Past Board member
of Jesuit High School.
He is a member
of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation and past president
and board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Lucchetti is
famous for his philanthropic spirit. In 1999, he created the
Pacific Coast Building Products Foundation with a $1 million
gift to assist children in need in the communities the company
serves. He encourages PCBP employees to volunteer in their
communities, and the company supports events like the In 1997,
Dave and his wife, Chris, received the Philanthropist Couple
Award for the National Philanthropy Day.
In 1999 Dave created the Pacific Coast Building Products
Foundation through the Sacramento Region Community Foundation
with a $1 million gift from PCBP. This fund was created to
assist children in need in the communities in which PCBP
operates. The fund also offers scholarships for children and
grandchildren of PCBP employees.
(5/08)
Martin Vranicar is an Assistant City Attorney for Los
Angeles supervising
the Gang Unit. He has been the chair of the
Los Angeles County Interagency Gang Task Force. He has been
asked to provide commentary on the Los Angeles gang issues by
Time Magazine, Fox News and other media outlets, particularly in
the area of the use of civil injunctions as a tool for fighting
gangs.
(8/08)
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1964
Don Dobler has operated Dobler's Ski Cottage since 1967.
He plans on retiring after the 2008 ski season. After graduating
from St. Mary's Don received his BA from Sacramento State
University. He and his wife have three children and six
grandchildren. He and his store were featured in the Lodi News
Sentinel on January 14, 2008.(1/08)
Sr. Barbara Green, OP obtained here PhD. from General
Theological Union and U.C. Berkeley is a professor of
Biblical Studies at the Dominican School of Philosophy and
Theology of the General Theological Union in Berkeley. She
has written numerous books, including
Jonah’s
Journeys.
Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2005.; How are the
Mighty Fallen? A Dialogical Study of King Saul in 1 Samuel.
Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003. ; King Saul's
Asking. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2003.; From
Earth's Creation to John's Revelation: The Interfaces Biblical
Storyline Companion, Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2003.
(8/08)
Kathleen Lagorio Janssen, is President of Ace
Tomato Company and five other companies. Kathy is known for her
generous spirit, as she devotes numerous hours to many
charitable organizations. She began her career as an elementary
school teacher and spent 17 years as an educator in Stockton
Unified School District. During that time, she served as the
President of the Stockton Teachers Association. Ms. Janssen is
the chairperson of the Founders Committee for St. Mary's High
School's Capital Development. She earned her BA degree in
Education from the Benerd School of Education in 1968. She has
served as a Regent for Pacific since 1994, during the last five
years she has been the Chair of the Finance Committee of the
Board. Mrs. Janssen was named "Stocktonian of the Year" for
2004. Mrs. Janssen and her husband Dean were inducted into
the University of the Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
(8/08)
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1965
Bill
Menking is Editor of The Architect’s Newspaper,
and has been named commissioner in charge of an exhibition
to represent the United States at the 11th
Architecture Biennale opening in Venice in Sept. The
exhibit, called “Into The Open: Positioning Practice” is
organized by Bill in collaboration with other architects,
will take a look at the impact of explosive migration in
recent years on shifting socio-cultural populations and
geo-political boundaries and the potential repercussions on
how architecture is made.
(6/08)
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1966
George Abdallah is a Superior Court Judge. He lives in
Stockton, with his wife, Elizabeth Humphreys, also a Superior
Court Judge. Judge Abdallah has been named to the Judicial
Council for the State of California. The Judicial Council is
made up of 10 judges and oversees the judges, commissioners and
courts of the State.
(8/08)
Mike Clark was inducted into the St. Mary's Hall of Fame.
(8/08)
John Briscoe is an attorney with Briscoe Ivester & Bazel LLP
in San Francisco. Between 1998 and 2000, he served as special
advisor to the United Nations Compensation Commission in Geneva,
Switzerland. Since 2005 he has served as counsel to Ethiopia
before the Eritrea – Ethiopia Claims Commission in the Permanent
Court of Arbitration in The Hague. He has served or is serving
as special counsel for the states of Alaska, Georgia, South
Carolina, Territory of Guam, and as special attorney general for
the State of Hawaii. Mr. Briscoe has published three books and
numerous articles on natural resources, land use, land title and
oceans law. (8/08)
Carol Corrigan is a justice of the California Supreme Court.
Judge Corrigan was an Alameda County prosecutor, served as a
Municipal and Superior Court judge was an associate justice on
the 1st District Court of Appeal prior to becoming the 112th
Justice to serve in California's Supreme Court.
(8/08)
Robert Edelman has been a teacher since 1971 and is
currently at Kern High School in Bakersfield.
(9/07)
John Vranicar is a project manager for Pacific Gas and
Electric in Concord. He is one of the co-authors of a study
entitled " A Vortex Contactor for Carbon Dioxide Separations" a
research study related to the mitigation of greenhouse gas
production. (8/08)
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1968
Dave Saunders
is the director of the Red Rhion Orphanage Project in Kenya. The
project will be a home to some of the street kids of Nairobi,
and other orphaned children in similar circumstances. The
property on which the home will be built contains both room and
provision for the children to grow physically, emotionally and
spiritually.
(8/08)
Jean McGurk is a realtor with Century 21 in Stockton. She is
a five-time member of the Masters Club and is a member of the
Stockton Association of Realtors with service on: Education,
Professional, Standards, Masters Club, Grievance, Orientation,
Budget, & Finance Committees
(8/08)
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1969
Dan Domench
is a writer and playwright living in Maine. Dan’s stories are
regularly published in Colin Sargent's magazine Portland
Monthly, and he's included in the anthology of Maine short
stories titled Inside Vacationland: New Fiction from the Real
Maine (1985), edited by Maine writer Mark Melnicove; he's also
been published in Puckerbrush and the USM literary magazine. His
chapbook Three American One-Act Monologues (1983) was praised on
the back cover by Raymond Carver and Robert Haas; his drama
titled Broken Circle was premiered at Moulton Theatre at
Westbrook College (1982); he wrote screenplays for the film
production companies of Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner; and
a showcase of his monologues was produced off-broadway at the
Westside Theater. Domench collaborated with Maine musician Peter
Gallway on two musicals, 'Testify' (1984) and 'Sonny's Wedding'
(1986), and he served as Theater Director of The Maine Festival
for 1982 and 1983. He also created and performed a series of
pieces for Maine Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' (1987).
Domench and Maine political cartoonist Steve Meyers have
co-written a graphic novel for older children, titled “Freedom
Dogs”. In 2005, his audiobook 'Hold Me Fast" was published.
(8/08)
George
Gibson is Sr. Vice-President and In-House Counsel with
Frontier Land Companies, dba “FCB Homes”, a regional Northern
California homebuilder which has built over 4,000 homes since
1991 in our area. FCB Homes was recently ranked #1 nationally
by Eliant, Inc. George has served over many years on the Board
of Trustees for St. Mary’s High School (including acting as one
of the Committee Chairs for its current Generations of
Excellence campaign), St. Joseph’s Medical Center, San Joaquin
County Bar Association and the Building Industry of the Delta,
among many other non-profit organizations. He has served as an
Arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange, co-founded the
Stockton Mavericks and San Joaquin County Ag Mitigation Task
Force. George and his wife, Cherie, are Charter Members of the
St. Mary’s High School President’s Club and have two sons who
are also proud members of the St. Mary’s High School family,
Peter ’00 and John ’04.
(8/08)
Barry Gnekow,
a consulting winemaker since the late 1990s. Many of
the Lodi wineries for which he has consulted have won
prestigious honors for their wines. Some wines have been
determined best in the state.
(8/08)
Peter
Morelli
St. Mary’s
Principal has been named to the 2007 Inductee Class for
the Stockton Athletic hall of Fame. He was inducted on November
14, 2007 at the event to be held at the Civic Auditorium. Pete
Morelli has been a football official in the National
Football League since 1997. Mr. Morelli began as a field
judge (later a back judge when the league swapped position names
in 1998) and was promoted to referee with the start of the 2003
NFL season. He wears uniform number 135. Pete Morelli was
assigned Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 as a field judge.(8/08)
Robert Perasso is a vice president of USI Northern
California in Stockton. He is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Saint Mary's High School Foundation.
(8/08)
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1970
Harold Koenig, M.D., M.H.c. is a professor of Psychiatry and
Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. After graduating
from Stanford University, Dr. Koenig obtained an RN for S. J. D. C.,
an M.D. from UC San Francisco, and a M.H.Sc. in Biometry from
Duke University. He has published 35 books and is completing his
36th and 37th books to be published in 2009 and 2011 respectively.
In 2008 he co-authored
Pastoral Care of
Alcohol Abusers; Spiritual Dimensions of Nursing, 2nd edition;
Religion, Spirituality and Medicine; Religion/Spirituality and
Psychiatry: What Clinicians Need to Know. In 2009 the book
Helping Persons With Serious Mental Health Problems
is being published and 2011 will see the publication of
Handbook of
Religion and Health, 2nd Ed.
(6/08)
Steve Malcoun, LLM is a partner at Mayall, Hurley, Knutsen,
Smith & Green in Stockton. He specializes in commercial
transactions, taxation and estate planning. He lives in Stockton
with his wife Diane (Development Director for St. Mary's) and
his two children Kasey '06 and Austin '07.
(8/08)
Maria Merrit (Kozina) is living in Hagerstown, Maryland with
her two children. Her husband David is deceased. She works with the US Census Bureau.
(8/08)
Teresa (Miramontes) Standart is a retired police officer
(City of Stockton) She lives with her three children in
Stockton.
(8/078)
Mario Starc, LCSW focuses on Psychotherapy in Berkeley,
California. He resides in Oakland with his wife and three
children. Mario is the author of "Ethical Concern in a Small
Town" published in Clinical Practice. He helps out at St.
Theresa's Parsih with the Children's Liturgy of the Word and is
a part of the Pillar Society for Tracy Community Memorial
Hosptial. Mario has been named to the SM Hall of Fame.
(8/08)
Mike Steinbrecher, EdD,
teaches AP U.S. History, AP American Government and is the coach
for the Golf team at Convent of the Sacred Heart High School in
San Francisco.
Married to Elaine McGurk ('78) sister of Karen Gherardi, they
will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this August.
They live in San Rafael & have 3 children, Jason is a Jr. at
Gonzaga University. They will have 2 graduations this
June, Sarah from Marin Catholic & Matthew from 8th grade at
Stuart Hall for Boys in SF. Elaine works as a Labor &
Delivery Nurse at California Pacific Medical Center in SF.
In addition, she runs her own business called Massage and Moms.
Her practice is dedicated to working with both moms and to be
moms.
(8/08)
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1971
Steve Coppello
was inducted into the St. Mary's Hall of Fame. He is an
owner of Angelina's in Stockton where he lives with his wife.
They have 3 children, all St. Mary's graduates.
(8/08)
Michael Frick is a Rear Admiral currently assigned
as Vice Commander Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C..
He served s the Main Propulsion Assistant and then Weapons
Officer on USS Carpenter (DD 825) then assigned
Officer-in-Charge of a Mobile Training Team for transfer of
Ex-USS Carpenter (DD 825) to the Turkish Navy. After
Naval Postgraduate School in May 1981 majoring in Anti-Submarine
Warfare Systems Technolog, he reported to USS Henry B.
Wilson (DDG 7) as Engineer Officer then to the USS
William H. Standley (CG 32) as Engineer Officer . His
next assignment was Deputy Program Manager for the Surface Ship
Torpedo Defense Program at Naval Ocean Systems Center, San
Diego, Calif. In June 1990, he reported to USS Leftwich
(DD 984) as Executive Officer where he participated in
Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Rear Adm. Frick’s
next assignment in January 1992 was Chief Staff Officer for
Commander, Destroyer Squadron 31. He served on the staff of the
Chief of Naval Operations in Washington, D.C., from July 1993 to
August 1995, first as Head, Surface ASW Weapons section, and
then as Financial Coordinator for the Theater Air Defense
Division. He then commanded USS Curts (FFG 38),
homeported in Yokosuka, Japan, from March 1996 until October
1997. In November 1997, he returned to Washington, D.C., and
reported as Chief of Staff to the Program Executive Office,
Theater Surface Combatants (PEO TSC), and then as Director,
Battle Force Operations and Engineering in PEO TSC. He served as
the Major Program Manager for the Rolling Airframe Missile
(RAM)/Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS) Program Office (PMS
472) from December 1998 through March 2002. He was then assigned
to PEO Integrated Warfare Systems as the Major Program Manager,
Command and Control (Networks/Excomm) in March 2002. In this
position, he directed and managed the ACAT ID Cooperative
Engagement Capability (CEC) Program, all Navigation, Displays
and Processors programs, and track management and sensor netting
initiatives. Selected for Flag in April 2005, Rear Adm. Frick
served as Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare
Systems from July 2005 to August 2007. Rear Adm. Frick is
currently assigned as Vice Commander Naval Sea Systems Command,
Washington, D.C.
Rear Adm. Frick’s personal awards include the Legion of Merit
(with two Gold Stars), the Bronze Star (with Combat “V”), the
Meritorious Service Medal (with two Gold Stars), the Navy and
Marine Corps Commendation Medal (with three Gold Stars), the
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Combat Action
Ribbon, the German Iron Cross in Silver and various service and
campaign Medals and Ribbons.
(7/08)
Karen Gherardi (McGurk) is the Academic Dean at St.
Mary's High School. She and her husband Luigi, the Activities
Dean at SM, have been named to the SM Hall of Fame
(8/08)
Rick Gibson, Jr. is an attorney and partner of Gibson &
Gibson in Stockton, where he lives with is his wife Sue (Miller
'73) and children.
(8/08)
Jack Jacobs is advertising copy editor for the Record in
Stockton where he lives with his wife Ramona.
(8/08)
John Kozina. John is an engineer for SBC in charge of
communication infrastructure in commercial and new residential
development. He lives in Stockton with his wife, Denese. They
have 3 children Matt, Lindsay and Tim who are all
graduates of St. Mary's.
(8/08)
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1972
Jamie (Fitch) Candelaria-Greene
lives with her husband and 11 yr. old twins in the Bay Area. She
is a learning specialist in private practice.
(5/08)
Nikki Catanio-Myres graduated from the University of San
Francisco with a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology. She is
a Registered Marriage and Family therapist intern, practicing in
Sacramento towards her MFT license. (8/08)
Mike Fitzgerald is an award winning columnist with the
Record in Stockton.
(9/08)
Michael Gough, is a professor at De Anza College in
Cupertino.
(5/08)
Greg Jacobs lives in Los Angeles and works with the
Union Pacific Railroad.
(8/08)
Vladimir "Mirko" Kozina, a senior partner at Mayall,
Hurley, Knutsen, Smith & Green in Stockton, has been given the
honor of being named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of
America, was named a "Super Lawyer" by the Center
for Law & Politics and the San Francisco Magazine for the 3
years in a row. and has been named to the Who's Who in American
Business. The Santa Clara and UOP-McGeorge graduate was an
adjunct professor of law for 16 years and a prosecutor for 7
years. He lives in Stockton with his wife Margo. They have five
children and one grandchild, Andrew. His wife, Margo is a
religion teacher at St. Mary's and the Cheer coach for the
school. His son, Vladimir J. Kozina M.A., also known as
Mirko, '97, teaches mathematics at St. Mary's and biology at
UOP.
Mirko is a 2006 inductee into the St. Mary's Hall of Fame. Four
of their five children, Mirko (Valedictorian Class of 1997),
Paul (Valedictorian Class of 2001), Mary Beth, Joey are
graduates while the fifth Christine is attending St. Mary's.
Mirko also designed and maintains the St. Mary's web site.
(8/08)
George Manassero is a partner in the law firm of Wylie
and Manassero in Stockton specializing in Estates and Trusts.
(8/08)
Steven Rosso has been President and CEO Pacific State
Bank for since 1987 and is one of the institution's founding
members. He lives in Stockton with his wife Linda (Zancanella)
'72 .(1/08)
Kathleen Standart
is an Office Supervisor for the Orange County Department of
Education. She lives in Irvine with her son Anthony, who is a
Jr. in high school.(1/08)
Bro. Steven Vasoli is a Christian Brother and is Dean of
Students and teaches history at San Miguel High School in
Tuscon, Arizona. He also acts as a postulant director for
Christan Brother novices and is a District Chapter
Delegate. (1/08)
John Zidich is president and chief operating officer of
The Arizona Republic. After graduating St. Mary's, John attended
Santa Clara University. After graduation Zidich began his career
with The Record in 1977. In 1990, John joined Reno
Gazette-Journal ultimately becoming publisher. In 2002 he went
to work at The Arizona Republic as executive vice president
prior to his promotion.
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1973
Jeff Gamboni will serve as President of Stockton
Beautiful, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The
organization has a membership of 350 supportive community men
and women. He recently landscaped the new Cortposassi Aquatics
Center at Saint Mary's.
(6/08)
Ron Inge has been named to the 2007 St. Mary's Athletic
Hall of Fame Class.
(4/08)
Karen (Poletti) Jordan is a court
reporter. She lives in Stockton.(8/08)
Rory O'Farrel is a loan officer with Safe Mortgage in
Roseville and also serves as a cameraman for ARCO Arena and the
Sacramento Kings.
(8/08)
John A. Torres is a Special Agent with the United States
Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives. In May 2003, he was honored by the Stockton Police
Department for his contributions above and beyond his duties.
(8/08)
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1974
David Bertocchini is an investigator with the San Joaquin
County District Attorney's Office. He was previously with the
San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department where he distinguished
himself as a detective, most recently in cracking the I-5 serial
killer case. He also teaches criminal justice at St.
Mary's High School.
(8/08)
Sandra
Leingang Ainsle (Bertocchini)
works at the
Safari Learning
Center, Sonora. After graduating from St. Mary's High School,
she attended Delta College of Stockton for two years to pursue a
career in teaching but got married instead. For the next 20
years she worked in the fast food industry which took her across
the U.S. including Washington, Illinois and Florida. In 1991 she
settled in Sonora, California. On "7/7/07" she married Louie. Ainsle.
After 30 years, Sandra recently returned to college to earn
child development units. She worked at Sonora Sports & Fitness's
child care facility for the last nine years.
(8/08)
David Canepa lives in Stockton and is a co-owner of
Canepa's Car Wash.
(8/08)
Craig Garfolo , D.P.M. practices podiatry in Stockton,
where he live with his wife and two daughters. He has sponsored
an annual free shoe event for the indigent at the St.
Mary's Community Services Center, now in its sixth year.
(7/08)
Joseph Kozina, M.D. is a
cardiologist in Sacramento, where he lives with is wife Sheri
and their four children. A principle of the award-winning
and nationally recognized Regional Cardiology Group, he is an
adjunct professor of medicine at UC San Diego Medical School.
Dr. Kozina is co-inventor of a laser
catherization process holding a patent on the
Coronary
Laser Irradiation Microcatheter; founded
P.A.D.L., an organization that promotes the use of portable
defibrillation devices by police, fire and public transportation
and has been featured in many national and local broadcasts and
articles regarding cardiac issues.
(8/08)
Bernie Rea is an accountant living in Stockton with his
wife and children.
(8/08)
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1975
Joanne (Morelli) Leach is a senior business manager for
ATT in San Ramon.
(8/08)
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1976
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David Halvorson is president of American Chevrolet in
Modesto. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Gallo
Center for Performing Arts. He lives in Oakdale.
(8/08)
Frank Kozina, lives in
Stockton with his wife Sheila. They have 3 children, Michael
(Salutatorian for the Class of 2006), Dorothy, a freshman at St.
Mary's and Ellen.
(8/08)
Mark Vranicar is Senior Project Manager for Critchfiled
Mechanical, Inc. in Menlo Park. He lives in Santa Clara,
California with his wife and two children.
(8/08)
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1978
Margo
McGillvray Castaneda has been named to the 2008
SM Athletic Hall of Fame Class
(6/08)
Phil Herrera
was elected board president for the First Tee of San
Joaquin, a non-profit corporation that teaches youth life skills
through golf. Herrera is an avid golfer and has won numerous
local tournaments. He is president of Herrera & Co. and lives in
Stockton with his wife and children.
(1/08)
Michael Herrera, D.O. Emergency Medicine,
attended Delta College, University of California, Davis,
Western University of Health Sciences and College of Osteopathic
Medicine. Dr. Herrera is currently on staff at St. Josephs
Medical Center. (4/08)
Elaine McGurk works as
a Labor & Delivery Nurse at California Pacific Medical Center in SF.
In addition, she runs her own business called Massage and Moms.
Her practice is dedicated to working with both moms and to be moms.
She is married to Mike Steinbrecher ('70). They live in San Rafael &
have 3 children, Jason is a Sr. at Gonzaga University.
(8/08)
Ruben Rodriguez is a Navy Commander. He recently returned
home from his second tour of duty in Iraq and Bahrain as a pilot.
(8/08)
H. Paul Rurup has retired
from the Navy. He has 2 grown daughters and enjoys
traveling around the country. He currently lives near Lake
Tahoe.
(6/08)
Miriam Starc, after having practiced law in
San Francisco is now residing in Milan, Italy.
(8/08)
John Torres is a special agent in charge of the
Department of Justice's Bureau of ATF Field Division in Los
Angeles.. He has spearheaded the COMPSTAT program in the area
that has increased, by 86 per cent the gang case being referred
for prosecution. He helped spearhead a program with local
and state law enforcement Highlighting the power of a
partnership between federal and local law enforcement
authorities, 43 gang members and associates of “East Side Pain”
who operated in the troubled “Ghost Town” section of South Los
Angeles have been arrested on narcotics and weapons charges, and
prosecutors have moved to forfeit and shut down buildings linked
to their drug trafficking and other criminal conduct. He most
recently was the spokesman for ATF regarding the Southern
California arson related fires of October, 2007.
(8/08)
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1979
Laurence Held
has been promoted to vice president
commercial loan officer of the main branch of Pacific State
Bank.He is a graduate of the University of the Pacific, where he
earned his bachelor of arts degree in public relations. He was a professional
basketball player in Europe and South America.
(8/08)
Sabrina
(Aguilar) Murphy received her B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from UOP. Sabrina remains an active alumnus of UOP.
She spent 12 years on the Industrial Advisory Board for the
School of Engineering and is currently an Alumni Class
Secretary. Recently retired from HP as an engineering lead.
Prior to that, Sabrina worked at WED Enterprises (Walt Elias
Disney), now known as Disney Imagineering as a project engineer
on the Imagination Pavilion for EPCOT Center in Florida and Tom
Sawyer Island for Tokyo Disneyland. Sabrina has been a member of
the Society of Women Engineers since 1980. Sabrina is a member
of the CORE Team at St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church in
Rocklin, California.
(6/08)
Richard Slawson works for Coca Cola in Stockton as a sales
representative
(8/08)
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1980
John H. Zeiter, M.D. F.A.C.S.
graduated from to U.C. Davis, Baylor College of Medicine and
in 1992 John completed his education at the Kresge Eye Institute
at Wayne State University in Detroit.
He is in
private practice with the Zeiter Eyer Group in Stockton. He
has published over 20 articles in medical journals and books in
the areas of cataract surgery and glaucoma. He is currently an
associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of
California, Davis. In addition, Dr. Zeiter is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Saint Mary's High School Foundation.
He lives in Stockton with his wife Lynette and their 4 children.
He has been named to the St. Mary's Hall of Fame.
(4/08)
Eric Williams after attending Washington
State, had a 10 year carreer in NFL with Detroit and
Washington.
(8/08)
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1981
Craig
Walker is a senior product development specialist for
TrackMaster, which provides betting information on races all
over the country. The Mountain View-based company is a wing of
Equibase, which is the official provider of racing information
for the entire thoroughbred industry. Craig graduated f from
the University of the Pacific in 1985 with a B.A. in History.
(8/08)
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1982
Greg Aghazarian is currently running for State Senate. He was
elected to the California State Legislature in 2002 to represent
the 26th Assembly District, which includes the cities of
Stockton, Turlock, Manteca, Modesto, Ceres, Patterson, Ripon and
Escalon. Mr. Aghazarian currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the
Assembly Public Safety Committee. He was honored for his
leadership by Crime Victims United of California as their
Legislator of the Year for 2007. He graduated from the
University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration in 1986 and from the University of the
Pacific, McGeorge School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1993
(8/08)
Chyrise (Welch) King is the Director of Admissions at St.
Theodore Guerin Catholic High School in Indianapolis. Guerin
Catholic was recently selected as one of the top 50 Catholic
High Schools in the country by the Catholic High School Honor
Roll. She has been married to Roch for 21 years and has two
daughters, Sydney 12 and Samantha 16.
(1/08)
Trisha Marino (Sullivan) is Vice President of Ken Fong,
Inc. She received her undergraduate degree from San Jose State
University. She lives in Stoockton with her husband Mark and two
daughters Taylor and Lauren.
(3/08)
Lori Goyette Torres is a Sergeant currently serving
in Operation Iraqi Freedom 2007-2008 assigned to Camp Bucca. She has served
in the military for 9 years and is married to Troy and has 3 children.(11/07)
Daniel
Whittaker is the owner of Neptune Media Design, a freelance
web and graphic design studio offering a broad range of
web-based, digital, and traditional media solutions. Previously,
Dan was the Director of User Interface - Electronic Arts. He
received his B.A. in Graphic Design at California College of
Arts & Crafts and is now attending San Francisco State
University with a focus on Multimedia Studies Certificate
Program — Web Design and Technology.
(12/07)
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1983
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1984
Maria Giovannoni established MY BANDS LLC after a medical
emergency inspired the need for readily accessible source or
information concerning a persons medical history. A wrist band
contains a computer storage device programmed to provide
emergency medical and law enforcement personnel with personal
information such as health conditions, doctors and prescription
medications and, in the case of children, a current photo and
fingerprint identification.
(5/08)
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1985
Cindy Basso Eaton is president of Global Heating and is
now residing along with her husband Jeff and her three children
in London, England.
(8/08)
Craig Gini has been
promoted to vice president of the Sacramento branch of Collins
Electrical Co., a Stockton-based electrical services company.
Gini has been general manager of its electrical preventative
maintenance department.
(6/08)
Lisa Joy
Haines has been named vice president of communications for
the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. She will begin her new job
June 1. Lisa will serve as a top spokeswoman for the resort. She
currently serves as vice president of external communications
for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, where she has overseen media
relations and key stakeholder communications, for the past four
years. She received her bachelor's degree in political science
at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
She
began her career with Congressman Norman Shumway in Stockton and
later served in his office in Washington D.C. She worked for the
Ray McNally Political Consulting Firm and later became Vice
President of Health Net in Woodland Hills, California. She
is engaged to Larry Heppelman. They plan to be married in July,
2008 at the Squaw Creek Resort in Lake Tahoe.
(6/08)
Doug
Rishwain and his wife Erin had a baby girl,
Genevieve ‘Genna’ Rose Rishwain,
on July 3, 2008. She joins her big brother Joseph Douglas and
sister Ella Kate. Proud grandparents are Joe ’53 and Connie Rishwain.
Doug
practices law with his father Joe '53 in the Rishwain Law Firm.
(6/08)
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1986
Marcel C
Berdeja
is a a web and
software developer currently residing in Phoenix AZ. He is a
Lead Programmer Analyst with the IMX Companies. He received his
degree in Computer Science from UOP.
(6/08)
Arlene
Gascon-Seeman Galindo is a graduate student at JFK
University majoring in Community Education and Public
Programming. She is currently working as an Executive Vice
President for San Joaquin Cross Cultural Media. She also
has 3 children.
(6/08)
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1988
Gina Guidi-Billigmeir teaches 3rd grade for Stockon
Unified. She and her husband Mike had a baby
girl, Sofie Anne Billigmeier on Feb. 24, 2007.
(11/07)
Jacqueline
Johnson-Gore is married with 3 daughters, Ashlee 11, Alyssa
9 and Audrey 4. She is currently a stay-at-home mom.
(11/07)
Raissa Hill, D.O.
is a Family Medicine practitioner. Dr. Hill attended University
of California, San Diego, Western University of Health Sciences
and College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently on staff at
St. Josephs Medical Center.
(4/08)
Gregory Weaver is the managing director of the Catellus
Group, a ProLogics Company in Denver, Colorado. He received his
B.A. from University of San Diego in Business Administration.(1/08)
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1989
Daniel Meza
graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Environmental Design and
holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of
Oregon. He is a project architect practicing in Philadelphia
where he lives with his wife and their two children.
(9/08)
Ralph Panella, Jr. is in
management of Panella Trucking, Stockton, a 400 plus driver
trucking company as well as heading Bob Panella Motorsports, and
is one of the top stock car racers in the NASCAR.
(9/08)
Trini Ruiz lives in Napa with
his wife and their two kids, and teaches math and coaches
baseball at Vacaville High.
(8/08)
Elvis A.
Tanson, D.O. earned a bachelor's in biological sciences
from California State University, Sacramento, in 1993. He
received his D.O. from Western University Science College of
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific Pomona in 1998. Dr. Tanson
joined the family practice of his father, Dr. Gabriel K. Tanson,
M.D in Stockton.(8/08)
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1990
Glenn Griffin received his
B.A. from UOP in 1994. He works for NetSuite in Oakland and
lives in San Ramon with his wife and their two children.
(8/08)
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