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JAMES P.MORE
(B.A., Social Work, '80) has rejoined Bank of the West as vice president,
business development officer, and community banking officer for the valley
region.
JAMES PLATH
(B.A., English, '80) has published his essay "Verbal Vermeer: Updike's
Middle-Class Portraiture" in Rabbit Tales: Poetry and Politics in John
Updike's "Rabbit" Novels (Tuscaloosa: Univ. of Alabama Press) and his
essay "The Sun Also Rises as 'A Greater Gatsby': 'Isn't it pretty to think
so?'" in French Connections: Hemingway and Fitzgerald Abroad (New York:
St. Martin's Press). Plath has just co-authored a book of interviews with
friends and family of Ernest Hemingway, Remembering Ernest Hemingway.
 TONY
A. AEILTS
(B.S., Business, '81; M.A., Public Administration, '83) works at the Justice
Department in Sacramento as one of ten senior consultants for the Commission
on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Aeilts is responsible for sixty-seven
police agencies and training academies in Southern California, including
the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. He provides expertise in resolving
critical problems, police agency inspections and training programs, and
guidance to ensure compliance with state regulations. A former Chico Police
Department lieutenant, he was instrumental in creating the successful
Field Training Officer and Hostage Negotiation programs, the SWAT Team,
the Alcoholic Enforcement Team, and multi-agency law enforcement sweeps.
He has been published in The Police Chief, Law and Order Magazine, The
Journal of California Law Enforcement, and the American Society of Law
Enforcement Trainer Journal. A past president of the Chico chapter of
the CSU, Chico Alumni Association and a member of CSU, Chico University
Leaders, he is working on a doctorate in public administration through
USC. Aeilts said, "I am certain that many of the opportunities I have
experienced were the result of my education at Chico State. It was outstanding!"
PATTY FULLER
(B.A., Journalism, '81), an award-winning reporter for the Union Democrat
of Tuolumne County, has been named the newspaper's city editor.
VERNON ANDREWS
(B.A., English, '82; M.A., Public Communications, '89) is
an assistant professor in American studies at the University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in sociology
from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Formerly, he was a senior
public relations representative and company historian for Hewlett-Packard.
His contributions include presentations to professional meetings of the
American Sociological Association and publications and citations in books
and journals dealing with personal identity, sports expression, and sportsmanlike
conduct of black athletes. In December 1998, he returned to CSU, Chico
giving two talks, "Being a Black Man in America/Being a Black Man Overseas"
and "Sport, Expression, Whiteness, and 'Standing Out' in New Zealand."
ADELE ETCHEVERRY
(B.A., Art, '82) has competed in several national and international art
exhibitions and has many of her paintings on display in businesses throughout
the Central Valley. Etcheverry teaches workshops in the Central Valley
and Northern California coastal communities.
KATHLEEN KENDALL-TACKETT
(M.A., Psychology, '82) returned to the
CSU, Chico campus in February 1999 as a Visiting Presidential Scholar.
She received a Ph.D. from Brandeis in social and developmental psychology
and is currently a research associate
at the Family Research Laboratory, University of New Hampshire. Kendall-Tackett
has done breakthrough research in maternal health, which has contributed
to an entirely new way of looking at postpartum depression. She has most
recently been researching the connection between abuse and illness in
children.
RIC S. MACHUGA
(M.A., History, '82) was awarded the Butte College "Outstanding Faculty
of the Year Award" for the 1997-98 academic year. In addition to his academic
pursuits, he coached the Butte College tennis team for two years.
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BRETT STOREY
(B.S., Industrial Engineering, '82) is a trustee on the Rocklin School
Board and is a logistics manager for Hewlett-Packard, where he is responsible
for some of their largest accounts.
MARGO WEBBER
(B.A., Social Work, '82) is an excellent cook and works for the Walnut
Creek law firm Anderson, Galloway & Lucchese as a legal billing coordinator.
Her monthly homemade luncheons for the staff and partners have become
an institution.
GREGORY T. FAIN
(B.S., Business, '83) was appointed a judge by former California governor
Pete Wilson to the Selma Division of the Central Valley Municipal Court.
TIM BRACE
(B.A., Liberal Studies, '84) teaches kindergarten at Verde Vale Elementary
School for the Cascade Union Elementary School District.
JEANNE BULHEIT
(B.A., Information and Communication Studies, '84) is the station manager
of KVIZ in Eureka.
PATRICIA CONKLIN
(B.A., Political Science, '85) is the manager for the Butte County Fair.
AVIS (McGRIFF) RASMUSSEN
(B.A., Speech Pathology, '85) lives in Orange, California, with her husband
and 2-year-old son. She received her M.A. in human rights in 1996 from
Simon Greenleaf University. She writes adolescent fiction and poetry and
is a paralegal. You may e-mail her at dennisr@simongreenleaf.org.
WAYNE BROWN
(B.S., Accounting, '86) is superintendent of the King City Joint Union
High School District.
STEVE LAMBERT
(B.S., Agricultural Engineering Technology, '86) owns Lambert Feed Store
in Oroville and Lambert Feed &Garden in Paradise. He is married with
three children.
CONNIE ROSS
(B.A., Psychology, '86) is the supervisor of the Sonoma Police Department's
Youth and Family Services Department.
CECIL H.WOODRUFF
(B.S., Accounting, '86) is a partner with Ernst & Young LLP, an international
professional services firm. He specializes in high-technology and manufacturing
industries with clients ranging from those in the start-up phase to those
with over $4 billion in revenues. Woodruff is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of Certified
Public Accountants, and 20-30 No. 1 Club. He is married and lives in Sacramento.
DALE PORTER
(B.A., Social Sciences, '87) is the principal of Ponderosa Elementary
School.
JOHN CONNOLLY
(B.S., Finance/ Economics, '88) recently founded MyEvents.com, an Internet
company located in San Francisco. "This is my second startup, and I love
this environment-the fun, fast pace, creativity, camaraderie, and excitement,"
wrote Connolly. He and his investors also intend to start an incubator
program for other Internet startups. Prior to MyEvents.com, Connolly co-founded
Stockpoint.com, an award-winning financial Web site, and before that,
he worked at Sybase for six years in technology and finance.
KATHRYN (RIORDAN) CREAVES
(B.S., Business, '88) is married and works at Cal Bay Mortgage in Petaluma.
TOM DiNARDO
(B.A., Recreation, '88)
is working for the Peace Corps on the eastern Caribbean island nation
of St. Lucia.
PAUL EAGLE
Paul Eagle (B.A., Information and Communication Studies, '88) works in
Maryland for Imre & Associates, a public relations firm. His e-mail
address is paule@iapr.com.
MARC ROEGIERS
(B.S. Engineering, '88) is senior vice president of Palladium Interactive
in San Rafael.
FRANK PALMER
(B.A., Public Relations, '89) is the executive chef at the historic Hotel
Majestic in San Francisco.
RICKVERTOLLI
(M.S., Computer Graphics special major, '89), a computer graphics designer
and instructor, has worked in CSU, Chico's Instructional Media Center
for more than seventeen years.
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