UCR-Magazine-Spring-2015

60s
William (Bill) Carey ’68 was
elected to his first term as
Missoula County commissioner in
November 1998 and was
re-elected in 2004 and 2010. Bill
was the director of the Missoula
Food Bank for more than 10
years. During that period, he also
served two terms in Montana’s
House of Representatives.
Frederick (Fred) Essig
’69 earned his Ph.D. at
Cornell University in
1975. He is now
professor emeritus of
botany at the University of South
Florida, where he just published
“Plant Life: A Brief History.”
70s
Lee McDougal ’74
served for five months
as Riverside’s interim
city manager. Lee took
over from Scott
Barber, who retired on
Dec. 30, 2014, and served until
City Manager John Russo started
in May. Lee served as the city
manager of Montclair for 18 years
before retiring in 2010; he spent
34 years in Montclair.
80s
Edward Mooney, M.A.
’82 was named
California’s Teacher of
the Year in 2010 by
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Aside from teaching,
Edward is also an author. His
novel, “The Pearls of the Stone
Man,” was recently acquired by
Running Beagle LLC for worldwide
motion picture and television
rights.
Reba Linker ’82,
author of the Amazon
bestseller “Follow the
Yarn,” released her
latest inspirational
book for women, “The Little Book
of Manifesting Big!” Reba’s other
books include “IMAGINE,”
“Self-Love” and the children’s
book “The Compost Heroes: A
(Mostly) True Fable for Modern
Times.” With professional
experience in arts management
and dance instruction, Reba
opened Empire Dance, a studio in
New York City.
Josefina E. Canchola ’88 has been
elected to the California
Democratic Central Committee
representing Senate District 32
and Assembly District 57.
90s
Arshad M. Khan ’94,
M.S. ’96, Ph.D. ’02 is
an assistant professor
at the University of
Texas in El Paso. As
part of his scientific duties,
Arshad is strongly committed to
classroom and laboratory
instruction in the life sciences
(biology, biochemistry and
neuroscience) at the university
level.
Todd Stichler ’94 has
been named director
of middle market
lending at National
Funding, one of the
country’s largest private lenders of
small business loans. Todd is also
on the board of Sharp Healthcare
Foundation and on the parent
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