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	In Memoriam

NATHAN ARROWSMITH (B.A., Information and Communication Studies, '97) ran for Californina's Third District Congressional seat in November 1998. Arrowsmith, a Republican, is a rancher and native of Red Bluff.

DAN CHARTER (B.S., Agriculture, '77; B.S., Accounting, '78) has served as Colusa County's treasurer and tax collector since 1986. He lives in Colusa with his wife and two sons.

MATTHEW T. DEAN (B.S., Business Management/Computer Science, '85) is in the middle of his four-year term as a member of the Campbell City Council. He is married to Jayna Lynn Gaddiel (B.S., Nursing, '84), and they have four children. Dean is interested in opening up governement processes, increasing youth programs, and expanding volunteerism.

MARK DESIO (B.A., Public Relations, '87) is now a public affairs specialist for the California Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS). He was formerly a field representative for State Senator Mike Thompson and Representative Vic Fazio. DeSio is married with two children.

STEVEN DING (B.A., Public Administration, '86) is chief of staff for Congressman Richard Pombo, representative of California's Eleventh Congressional District. Each month he generally spends three weeks in California and one in Washington, D.C. He is married and has three children. Ding said his career path changed dramatically in 1985 when he got involved in Chico's city council elections, founding, along with then-AS. President Ann Nock (B.A., Economics, '86), a 600-member student organization committed to changing the make-up of the council. When Ding left Chico, he worked for State Senator John Doolittle (now a congressman) and managed his re-election campaign in 1988. He has been involved with numerous campaigns, including Republican Bernie Richter's successful bid for the California State Assembly in 1992. Ding wrote, "If I could give one piece of advice to anyone attending CSU, Chico who has sights set on the political arena, it is to get out of the classroom and do as many internships as possible. Practical experience counts. Thank you, Professor Chuck Price!"

GREGG JANN (B.S., Business Administration/Management Science, '86) won his first elective office as a member of the Pinet-Olivet School Board in Santa Rosa. Jann has been chair of Sonoma County's Mental Health Board and works for the community in areas of civil rights, multicultural issues, health care, and domestic violence. He is a Democrat.

JOHN J. NOCK (B.S., Business Administration/Finance, '89) is participating in the California Agricultural Leadership Program, a two-year program designed to develop leadership within the agricultural sector of society. Nock got his law degree from McGeorge School of Law in 1993, is a member of the State Bar of California, and is the director of the Butte County Farm Bureau. He manages Nock Orchards, an almond and walnut farm in Chico.

CHARLES SCHAUPP (B.S., Agriculture, '81) ran for California's Third District Congressional seat in November 1998.

KELLIE SMITH (B.A., Political Science, '82) got an internship while she was a student at Chico State with members of the State Assembly through her academic work with political science professor Chuck Price. She moved to Sacramento and now works for State Senator Jack O'Connell as a legislative consultant on education, judiciary, and state budget projects. She has worked on California's public schools' classroom size reduction and the conversion of Camarillo State Hospital into CSU, Channel Islands. She is also in her third year of a law degree program through the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.

MIKE THOMPSON (B.A., Public Administration, '82; M.P.A., '96), long-time California State Senator, won California's Second Congressional District seat in November 1998.