Class Notes - Spring 2013

 *indicates lifetime member of the SDSU Alumni Association

’58 David Stine * (English), trustee for the San Bernardino County Board of Education and professor emeritus  at CSU San Bernardino, is co-editor of the California edition of Omni's Educator Ethics Series for California.

’65 Vance Mills (mathematics), a board member of the San Diego Education Fund, was recognized by the University of San Diego as a “Remarkable Leader” in San Diego’s education community.

’72 Richard Ybarra (psychology) is San Diego regional director for the Braille Institute.

’76 Anne Harper Panattoni * (recreation administration) received the 2012 Distinguished Professional Award from the Armed Forces Network of the National Recreation and Park Association.

’77 Teresa Dunn Freborg (economics) is a training and implementation specialist for Financial Tools, Inc.

’79 Ronald Baldwin (biology) was appointed by Montana governor Steve Bullock as the state’s chief information officer.

’80 Rhonda Coleman (graphic art) authors “Portland Insider,” a guide to the city’s quirky sites, which is available as an app for iPhone, iPad, and Android.

’81 Jimmy Steinfeldt (management) has published “Rock 'N' Roll Lens” (Point Shoot Press), a new book featuring his photography of rock music legends.

’82 Neil Sagebiel (economics) published his first book, “The Longest Shot: Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf’s Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open” (St. Martin’s Press).

’85 Joe Haakenson (journalism) is the author of “100 Things Angels Fans Should Know and Do before They Die” (Triumph Books), due out in April; Dwight Leung (mechanical engineering) is president and CEO of Martinez & Turek in Rialto, Calif.; Michael Moulton, M.D. (biology) is president of the North Carolina Medical Society.

'86 Kacy Gott * (finance), a wealth adviser and principal of Aspiriant, won the 2013 Heart of Financial Planning Award from the San Francisco chapter of the Financial Planning Association.

’91 Christina Hilton (mathematics) was selected as a 2012 Math for America San Diego Noyce Master Teaching Fellow. She works at El Cajon Valley High School.

’94 Ileana Ovalle Engel (public administration) is director of government affairs for Cox Communications in California.

’90 Col. Mark O’Laughlin (management) is 325th Fighter Wing vice commander at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. Previously, he was based in Japan with the largest combat wing in the Air Force; Todd von Mende (finance) is CFO for Capital Music Group in Hollywood, Calif.

’91 David Kahal (finance) is senior vice president of life distribution management for Equitable Life Insurance Company. 

’92 Lt. Col. Thomas Fahy Jr. (public administration) graduated from the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.

’96 Chad Burns (accounting) is managing director in San Francisco for the financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps Corp.; A new book by sportscaster Joshua Suchon (journalism), “Miracle Men: Gibson, Hershiser and the Improbable 1988 Dodgers” (Triumph Books), publishes this spring; Michael Wielechowski (biology) is a shareholder in the newly established Charlotte, N.C., office of the law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.

’98 Ernesto Barrera * (English) and ’90 Judith Hirni (journalism) were married last year, and now live in Xingsha, China, where she teaches elementary school; David Burcin (master of public health) has been certified by the National Registry of Certified Microbiologists.

’99 Kelly Senecal Crothers (marketing) is vice president of marketing for MaintenanceNet; Fernando Sanudo (master of public health) is CEO of the Vista, Calif., community clinic.

’00 Brody Smith (political science) was elected a partner in the law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC.

’04 Angela Brooks (English) is associate partners with executive search firm Sanford Rose Associates.

'05 Louis Frick (rehabilitation counseling) was honored as a San Diego local hero by Union Bank and KPBS.

’06 Hallie Tremaine Balkin (political science) is assistant counsel with the Marine Corps System Command in Quantico, Va.; Joanna Mang (English) was a winning contestant on “Jeopardy,” earning $26,600.

’07 Steve Gera (MBA sports management) is special assistant to Cleveland Browns’ head coach Rob Chudzinski.

’08 Lt. Jared Deiter (mathematics) completed joint task force exercise aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Shoup.

’11 Navy Seaman Benjamin Stanger recently completed basic training in Great Lakes, Ill.