Skip Corsini ’73

Skip Corsini of San Rafael writes: “A modest man with much to be modest about. My four kids and two granddaughters are above average. My best daughter, a public school teacher, is Class of 2010. One son is a USC graduate. Sorry. After more than 40 years in corporate communications and retail, I escaped a […]

James “Guy” Mansfield ’71

Highlights of James “Guy” Mansfield’s decade of volunteering in search and rescue can be found in the book A Dog’s Devotion: True Adventures of a K9 Search and Rescue Team, co-authored with Suzanne Elshult, to be published in the fall of 2022 by Lyons Press. In 2018, Guy co-founded the Washington State SAR Planning Unit, […]

Jualynne Dodson, Ph.D. ’84, writes: “The HistoryMakers (thehistorymakers.org) has produced a digital conversation with me about my life and significant achievements. The materials will be placed in the Library of Congress. It has taken our country too long to begin including African descendants’ contributions to the ‘foundational core’ of this country. Now that it is […]

Diane Moreland Steenman ’68

A Class of ’68 gathering was held on Saturday, April 2, at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), home of the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement (CCDE), founded by the Class of ’68. Class gatherings are for Cal ’68 members and friends of Cal. Contact cal68@blueconnect.org for details and to join the Class […]

Class of 1967

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who has contacted me with support for me and my 34-year-old son, who is teaching in Ukraine. Tom Degenhardt reports he was looking forward to a mini-reunion with classmates Dave Perry, John Lewis, Skip Bushee, and Rusty Ertle at Sam’s in San Francisco on April 19. From […]

Class of ’66

More news from our 55th reunion in October: The Class of ’66 has raised $7,188,066, which breaks the record for prior Classes’ 55th reunions. To achieve that, we had 612 donors—another record! Barbara Frost Nilmeier is happily and fully retired from the travel industry after 30-plus years as an agent in Walnut Creek. She has […]

Gayle Greene

Gayle Greene has a new book (her ninth), Immeasurable Outcomes: Teaching Shakespeare in the Age of the Algorithm (Johns Hopkins University Press), a defense of the liberal arts in the form of a memoir of teaching at Scripps College, including a chapter on being an undergrad at Cal. A high point of the chapter is […]

Class of ’54

Have not heard from anyone in a while! Let’s have some news! Go Bears!!!  Class Secretaries: Bob Leslie, 40 Windward Hill, Oakland 94618, relarbmed@aol.com; Rosemary Meehan Mein, 3748 St. Francis Dr, Lafayette 94549, rosemein@comcast.net, fax 925-283-2318

1954

Reunion Bulletin!!! Your 68th Class reunion is a buffet luncheon set for Friday, September 16, 2022, at the University Club, which is high atop the west rim of Memorial Stadium! We are fortunate to have reserved this amazing venue with its spectacular views! The cost for the luncheon is $60 per person. Okay to bring […]

Class of ’53

Dr. Alan Scott earned a bachelor’s in medical sciences from Cal and a medical degree from UCSF. The New York Times reported that he had “a surgical internship and residency in neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota, followed by a residency in ophthalmology at Stanford University. He was a founding member of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye […]

Robert Gordon Sproul ’52

Copy for this column had to be submitted by April 1, so as you read it, our 70th reunion will have already occurred, and we cannot comment on the event. Of course, we will provide a full account of the day’s activities, how many classmates were there, etc. Every member of the Class received a […]

Class of ’49

Jane Clare Upp writes: “We have no Class Secretary as she passed away just as I sent in my first note several years ago. I’m now living in a retirement community where there are many Cal alums.” Edward E. Martins writes: “After reading the obituary pages of the last issue, I decided maybe it was […]