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                                       1960s                                                   1980s

                                       George Whaley ’64 ’66 has been   show them that they could excel   Hector Avalos ’82 received the
                                       named co-editor of the Business   and attend college in the U.S. He   State of Iowa Board of Regents
                                       Case Journal, the Society for   worked tirelessly to give a voice   Faculty Excellence Award
                                       Case Research’s Tier 1 journal.   to underrepresented students in   recognizing him as a faculty
                                       George is an emeritus professor   Orange County and helped place   member who is an outstanding
                                       of human resource management   them in top U.S. colleges. In the   university citizen. Hector, who is
                                       for the School of Management in   2000s, he and Henry T. Nicholas,   a professor of religious studies at
                                       the Lucas College and Graduate   the founder of Broadcom, launched   Iowa State University, received the
                                       School of Business at San Jose   the Nicholas Academic Center, a   award in February 2017 for his role
                                       State University. Over the last 20   nonprofit tutoring and mentoring   in the founding and development
                                       years, he has authored and co-  organization. Jack currently lives in   of Iowa State’s Latino/Latina
                                       authored numerous case studies of   Fullerton, California, with his wife   Studies program. Over the past
                                       companies in the high technology   Judy.                13 years, this thriving ethnic
                                       and biotechnology industries.                           studies program has contributed
                                                                   Tedd Ellerbrock ’68, chief of the   significantly to advancing both
                                       Jack Mandel ’67, a retired Orange   HIV Care and Treatment Branch at   curricula and cultural diversity at
                                       County Superior Court judge, spent   the Centers for Disease Control and   Iowa State.
                                       much of his life mentoring young   Prevention, was named a finalist
                                       immigrant high school students to   for the Samuel J. Heyman Service   Ken Pisani ’83, film and television
                                                                   to America Medals program. Tedd   writer, is a finalist for the 2017
                                                                   is being recognized for playing a   Thurber Prize for American Humor
                                                                   vital role in building, expanding   for his debut novel “AMP’D.” The
                                                                   and improving the U.S.-led   other finalists are Trevor Noah, for
                                                                   program that provides medicine   “Born a Crime,” and Aaron Thier,
                                                                   and assistance to 11 million people   for “Mr. Eternity.” The prize is to be
                                                                   worldwide living with HIV/AIDS.  awarded at an October ceremony
                                                                                               in New York. “AMP’D” is also
                                                                   1970s                       being developed for a premium
                                                                                               comedy television series by Muse
                                                                   Donald J. Projetti ’76 was elected   Entertainment.
                                                                   a presiding judge in Merced County
                                                                   Superior Court in 2017. In 2009,   Laron McGinn ’85, who lives in
                                                                   he was appointed to Merced   Dunning, Nebraska, was honored
                                                                   County Superior Court by Gov.   as Artist of the Month in June at
                                                                   Arnold Schwarzenegger. Previously   the Burkholder Project in Lincoln,
                                                                   he was a practicing attorney for   Nebraska. Laron’s art works range
         Al Scorsatto ’70, from Upland, California, and Sam Pinterpe ’70, from   Allen, Projetti & Fagalde, LLC, from   from Southwestern art to European
         Huntington Beach, show their Wildcat pride in their license plates after   1979-2009.  landscapes to rural art inspired by
         eating lunch at Cortina’s Italian Deli in Anaheim. They both graduated                his family ranch.
         from the College of Pharmacy.





            The Mesa Police Forensic Services Division is full of Wildcats! Pictured, from
            left: Keia Kloss ’96, crime scene specialist, evidence processing unit (B.A.,
            British literature); Steve Valdez ’86, forensic scientist supervisor (B.S.,
            chemistry); Sarah Phillips Fredricks ’02, quality manager (B.S., chemistry);
            April Stonehouse ’98, forensic scientist, biology unit (B.S., biochemistry
            and molecular and cellular biology); Natalie Wiegers ’08, forensic scientist,
            toxicology unit (B.S., business administration; MIS); Kimberly Meza ’99,
            forensic services administrator (B.S., biochemistry and molecular and
            cellular biology).




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