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The information which you send us about your careers isoften shared with students who are considering professions in chemistry, biochemistry,medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law, etc. Alumni having both bachelor's and master's degreesfrom our department are listed under the year they received their bachelor's degree. Tocommunicate about the Newsletter or to send information, write to: Dr. Ken Marsi;Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach; LongBeach, CA 90840. FAX: 562/985-8557. E-mail: kmarsi@csulb.edu.founding partner of Nelson & Nelson (1995), an insurance defense litigationfirm whose cases include toxic torts, construction defect and fraudulentpersonal injury claims. From 1992-1995 he worked at Morgan,Armbrister, Nelson & Nelson, which was one of several defense firmsrepresenting Dow Corning Corp. in the breast implant litigation.Gilbert OgleBS Chemistry 1968, worked for TRW for 20 years in space travel, lasers,combustion and environmental science and is now semi-retired and agolf professional at Alta Sierra Country Club in Grass Valley, Calif.1 9 5 6 – 1 9 6 9Dr. Oliver M. BrownBS Chemistry 1966, PhD 1970Kansas State U, is Professor ofPharmacology at the SUNY UpstateMedical University College ofMedicine in Syracuse, N.Y. He isinvolved in teaching and educationaladministration and is phasingout of research. “I do lots ofconsulting on drug-related courtcases, and I am enjoying gardening,landscaping, sailing and playingwith old tractors and old cars.”Dr. Roger ClarkBS Chemistry 1966, MS Chemistry1970, PhD U of Utah, is a chemistfor the French company, Total, andlives in Pottstown, Penn. Son, Bill,is a software engineer at RationalComputer in Boston and his twinbrother, Jim, is a mechanical engineerat American Meter Co. inErie, Penn. Roger and Carol areanticipating Roger’s retirement andare thinking of returning to California.Dr. Alan CunninghamChemistry Minor 1956, MA Biology1958, PhD Chemistry UC SantaCruz, has retired from his teachingposition at Monterey PeninsulaCollege after 26 years of teachingchemistry.Violeta DadufalzaMS Biochemistry 1967, continuesto work at the Children’s Hospitalof Orange County.Alan DistefanoBS Chemistry 1968, MBA UCIrvine, is Director, Global Tradeand Investment, with the State ofNevada, Commission on EconomicDevelopment in Carson City, Nev.“In addition to my position withthe State of Nevada, my wife and Iown our own export business. Weexclusively represent six U.S. environmentalcompanies with ourown distributor network in 20countries in Asia and Latin America.I also serve on boards or committeesof the U.S. Department ofCommerce, the Nevada DistrictExport Council, the Nevada WorldTrade Council and the InternationalResource Center of NorthernNevada.”Dr. Fred DorerBS Chemistry 1961, PhD ChemistryU of Washington, Seattle,now retired as Academic VicePresident from California StateUniversity, Bakersfield, has taken apart-time assignment with theWestern Association of Schoolsand Colleges. He facilitates accreditationvisits and reviews programs.Son, Garrett, works forChemonics International and livesin Cairo, Egypt. Son, Russell, livesin Boston and has completed twoyears of a clinical residency inpathology at Harvard MedicalSchool. He received a HowardHughes Fellowship to do basic cancer-relatedresearch.Dr. David R. FagerburgBS Chemistry 1967, PhD OrganicChemistry U of Washington, is AssistantProfessor of Chemistry atNortheast State Technical CommunityCollege, Blountville, Tenn.“Downsizing in some cases worksout very well. I retired from 29years at Eastman Chemical Co. inDecember 1999 and went intofull-time college teaching in January2000.”Diane McGannChemistry student, MA InstructionalMedia, teaches at Santa AnaHigh School. Last November shewas coordinator for high schoolstudents’ programs for NationalChemistry Week sponsored by theOrange County Section of theAmerican Chemical Society. In1999 she received the ACS awardfor exceptional teaching service inthe Southwestern United States.Tim McGauleyBS Chemistry 1968, MS ChemistryCalifornia State U Northridge, isemployed as a chemist with theProduct Assurance Laboratory inPine Bluff, Ark. “We are one of thefew, if not the only, Army installationsto have its own productionline, making nearly all the smokemixes used by the Armed Services,as well as flares and incendiaries.We also store about 12 percent ofthe nation’s stockpile of chemicalweapons. I purchased an oceangoingyacht in 1997 and wouldlike to take it out on a trial voyagenext year from its home port ofSuperior, Wis., to a port in the Gulf.”Joanne Ehteshamzadeh MyersJoanne Myers, husband Bill, andstepdaughter.BS Chemistry1963, MS Chemistry1967, retired as an employee ofthe California State CompensationInsurance Fund. She recentlyspent time in Germany (see photo)where “those two years of Germanin the ‘60s paid off.” Son, Robert,is a programmer in New York, andson, Raymond, lives in Sacramentowhere he is a jazz musician.Joanne and husband, Bill, live inFresno.John S. NelsonBS Chemistry 1969, JD LoyolaUniversity, was the featured speakerat the January meeting of theOrange County Section of theACS. His topic was “Breast ImplantLitigation: The Intersectionof Science and Law.” John is aDr. Alan J. SenzelBS Chemistry 1967, MS and PhD Chemistry UCLA, is employed as PublicationsManager for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistryin Research Triangle Park, N.C. As such he has responsibility forthe monthly journal, Pure and Applied Chemistry; the bimonthly newsmagazine, Chemistry International; and about 25 IUPAC-sponsored conferencesheld around the world each year. “I’m in my third year asIUPAC Publications Manager. My daughter, Lisa, received her MD fromAlbert Einstein College of Medicine in June and began a residency inclinical pathology. She earned her PhD in neuroscience in 1999. Myson, Richard, works as a statistical analyst for TV Guide in New YorkCity.” Alan and Phyllis celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary in June.Gloria Leonard SheltonBS Chemistry 1968, works as Senior Account Representative for BakerIndustrial Chemicals in Bellingham, Wash. “Tell your students that thereis a great need for ‘chemical generalists’ in the various fields of industrialwater treatment; a little bit of engineering (fluid mechanics) helps.The problem-solving techniques that seem to come ‘naturally’ to mostchemists are very much in demand and not easily taught. And most engineersare lacking the understanding of the chemistry of processes—pressureand temperature are all they seem to understand!”1 9 7 0 – 1 9 7 9Dr. Ted A. BaileyBA Chemistry 1973, BA Visual Science and OD 1977 Southern CaliforniaCollege of Optometry, is an optometrist in Santa Cruz, Calif.Ray CallowayBS Chemistry 1978, and now retired from Aerospace Corp., continues tovolunteer many hours in the Long Beach Unified School District. “Thereis such a great need. I am able to provide some elementary studentswith an introduction to science that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.”His daughter, Lisa Thompson (BS Chemistry 1995), is a forensic scientistemployed by Orange County.Dr. Stephen CastellinoBS Chemistry 1979, PhD Chemistry UC Riverside. “I’ve been at GlaxoWellcome for three years in drug metabolism doing LC-NMR to supportpre-clinical and clinical studies. The science continues to be challengingand rewarding. I still enjoy lab work and have tried to avoid confinementto an office. Life is pretty chaotic with one son graduating fromhigh school, a daughter and son in middle school and the youngest in elementaryschool. The family and I spend our leisure time cycling, playingvolleyball and hiking.”Phil R. CowanBS Chemistry 1971, works as a Senior Engineer/Scientist with BoeingAerospace in Huntington Beach, Calif.Dr. Hideki GokoMS Chemistry 1977, is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Kobe UniversitySchool of Medicine.12