STEVEN J. JOHNSTON, assistant professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of South Florida, had his book, Encountering Tragedy – Rousseau and the Project of Democratic Order, published by the Cornell Uni-versity Press.

JEANNE SPARKS received a “Woman of Excellence” award from the Santa Maria (Calif.) Valley Women’s Net-work, as well as an award from People for Nonviolence, for her work on “Peace-week” activities. She is executive staff assistant for Fifth District Super-visor Tom Urbanske in the County of Santa Barbara a columnist for the Santa Maria Times.

JOHN WELLS MFA, executive producer of ER, was nominated for an Emmy in 1999 in the Drama Series category.

MARK JOHNSTONE MFA is the author of Contemporary Art in Southern California, published by Craftsman House, an overview of Southland galleries and contemporary art. He is a public art administrator in the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Depart-ment.

ELLEN BETH VAN BUSKIRK has filled the newly created position of vice of president of corporate communications at Cosmair Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of international cosmetics firm L ’Oreal Group, Paris. She will direct Cosmair’s external communications strategy.

JOHN D. VORGEAS was named vice president/general partner with Dominion Disposal Inc. of San Diego, Calif. He has been involved in the waste and recycling industry in the San Diego and Southern California area for the last 12 years. He lives in La Jolla, Calif.

MARK E. WOODALL was promoted to Commander and appointed executive officer of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 59 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth, Texas. Woodall is a Selected Naval Reservist and a pilot for American Airlines in his civilian career. He and his wife and three children live in Carrolton, Texas.

PATRICK WILSON MM has been promoted to vice president of human resources in the Los Angeles office of Alfred Publishing Co. Inc. A specialist in publishing educational band works, Wilson is an active percussionist currently studying and performing Scottish bagpipe drumming and Brazilian percussion.

MITCHELL GOLDSTONE, president of 30 Minute Photos Etc. in Irvine, Calif., has united with Sabra R. Smith to give something back to the neighbors that surround USC by raising attention for the Institute of Scholar Training and Academic Tutorial (S.T.A.T.), a non-profit, education-based tutoring service in Los Angeles founded by Smith. Goldstone is promoting S.T.A.T. to his business contacts and is donating his services to help raise $200,000 for the annual program budget. S.T.A.T. relies on intense individual instruction to help inner-city, at-risk teens gain confidence in their abilities.

RICK HINSON received four 1999 Emmy nominations: sound editor on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the Sound Editing for a Series category; sound editor for Houdini in the Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special category; sound effects editor on The Sopranos in the Sound Editing for a Series category; and supervising sound editor on A Soldier’s Sweetheart in the Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special category.

YOLANDA JACOBS MS received a President’s Achievement Award from the Aerospace Corp. for technical accomplishments associated with an important national security space program. She lives in Encino, Calif.

MARSHA A. JAMES has been elected to the board of director of Toastmasters International, a worldwide, nonprofit organization teaching public speaking and leadership skills. She is a financial systems specialist for Northrop Grumman Corp. and lives in Torrance, Calif.

JOHN S. MacINTOSH has been named partner in charge, South East Area, Management Assurance Service, by KPMG in Atlanta, Ga. He is married to SALLY MacINTOSH ’80; they are the parents of “future Trojan” Sarah.

STEVEN A. MINDEL JD was advanced from treasurer to second vice-president on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Free Clinic, where he has been a longtime supporter and volunteer. A Certified Family Law Specialist at Feinberg, Mindel & Kline, LLP, he assists on the clinic’s Legal Advisory Board and trains its volunteer attorneys on the family law protocols. Firm partner JEREMY KLINE JD ’85 is married to Mindel’s wife, making these two Trojan Family members not only law partners but brothers-in-law.

NEAL MORITZ MFA was nominated for an Emmy in 1999, for executive producing The Rat Pack, in the category of Made for TV Movie.

JAMES E. NIERLE, a major in the U.S. Marine Corps, reported for duty with the 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C.

JOHN FLYNN has been named vice president and chief operating officer of the newly formed International Equity Group, an expansion of the investment management firm Loomis, Sayles & Co. L.P.

MICHAEL GOTTLIEB was promoted to partner at Ernst & Young LLP in its Orange County practice. A CPA in California, Gottlieb specializes in retail, distribution and manufacturing industries. He lives in Laguna Niguel with his wife and two children.

DAVID PEIM PhD has become a shareholder in the firm of La Follette, Johnson, De Haas Fesler & Ames. His areas of practice are professional liability, products liability, lender liability, employment law, real property law, business litigation and intellectual property.

JAYE TOELLNER is director of on-air at Discovery Channel’s Animal Planet, responsible for creative and strategic development for all the commercial elements for the channel. She lives in Washington, D.C., and is in touch with 1985 alumni JOYCE RAUSCHKOLB RICHARDS, CAROL HOEN LERDAL, LINDSAY WHITTAKER BUSH and KIMBERLY SERVICE ASHTON.

BRANDON ROWE has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Merline Software Services in Richardson, Texas.

Lieutenant Colonel DAVID E. SNODGRASS MS of the U.S. Air Force was named a distinguished graduate of the National War College at a ceremony at Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., last June. After graduation, Snodgrass was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Chief of the Joint Doctrine Branch.

BARBARA J. McLAUGHLIN MBA has been named vice president, sales, at Virtual Visits, an internet company in San Mateo, Calif., serving the golf and recreation industries. She is also an adjunct member of the University of Phoenix faculty.

Recent newlyweds SUZIE DAVIS and JAMES (JAMIE) DAVENPORT III found a bagpipe player to play “Fight On” at their wedding reception. Jamie, who played outfield and first base for the baseball team while attending USC, is employed by MCI WorldCom as a major account executive. Suzie is the housing discrimination specialist for the Fair Housing Foundation of Long Beach and is responsible for conducting the investigations on cases prior to litigation.

DARRYN C. JAMES, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, completed a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation. James’ ship participated in Operation Southern Watch in the Arabian Gulf, enforcing U.N. resolutions levied against Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War, patrolling the no-fly zone over Southern Iraq, and prohibiting the flow of contraband to and from Iraq.

KRISTI Q. McANDREWS-LITTON has been appointed director of Los Angeles Estate Auctions at Butterfield & Butterfield, an Ebay owned company, and is responsible for new acquisitions and monthly estate auctions. She is one of the youngest auctioneers at a major auction house and volunteers her time to charitable auction events throughout Southern California. She lives in the historic Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles with her husband, J. Christopher Litton.

STACIE I. STRONG MPW trialled for and won a place on the Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club development squad and competed for the university at the Great Britain National Rowing Championships last July in Nottingham, where the Cambridge squad beat the Oxford University squad in head-to-head competition. Strong was invited to join the CUWBC squad last fall, but declined in order to devote more time to her research. In addition to continuing to work on her PhD in law, she is supervising first-year students in torts and rowing for her college first boat.

ODD M. EBERSOLE left his position as associate counsel of SafeGuard Health Enterprises Inc. and joined CIGNA International, CIGNA Health Plans of California, as legal counsel within the legal and public affairs department. He continues to practice in the areas of general corporate law, health, regulatory and compliance, and transactions.

PETER KASTELAN MBA celebrated the one-year anniversary of his restaurant, Il Tiramisu, located in Sherman Oaks, Calif., which specializes in Northern Italian continental cuisine. His adventure in the restaurant business follows a 12-year technology career implementing digital television systems and information systems consulting. Kastelan welcomes all USC alumni to visit.

CHRIS PAGLIARO MS is a crisis administrator at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Va. He is also completing his administrative endorsement program at the University of Virginia and plans to soon begin work on his doctorate in education. With his wife, Doreen, and their recently adopted baby daughter, Alaina Noel, Pagliaro lives in Springfield, Va. He welcomes staying in touch with Trojan friends at <cpagliaro@erols.com>

SUSAN (HOLLANDER) SANDLER accepted an offer to be director of corporate and foundation gifts for the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C.

KURT KASSULKE MFA was nominated for an Emmy in 1999 in the category of Sound Mixing for a Drama Series. He is re-recording mixer on The Practice.

JEFFREY B. PERSSON MHA joined the Nashville, Tenn., office of Horne CPA Group as a senior health care consultant. He is an adjunct professor at Belmont University and a member of the American College of Health Executives

PAUL WEILAND co-authored Managing for the Environment, published by Jossey-Bass. Last June he received a JD from Harvard Law School.

MENG ZHANG MA is the managing editor of U.S. Healthy Life, the first health magazine published in Chinese in America. Based in Los Angeles County, the magazine provides the latest information on advancement in science, technology, medicine, nutrition and healthcare to an expanding population of Chinese communities in the United States.

BARBI FRANQUI is a CPA managing film marketing in corporate communications and media for 20th Century Fox.

SCOTT GAMZON MFA, an editor on Party Monster, was nominated for a 1999 Emmy in the News and Documentary Editing: Video and Film category.

CAROL A. McBRIDE MA, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal while assigned to U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. She was responsible for revitalizing one of the Corps’ public affairs teams for the 21st century.

JACK ORMAN MFA, supervising producer of ER, was nominated for an Emmy in 1999 in the category of Drama Series.

KERRY PERDUE recently signed with the Beverly Hills talent and literary agency E. Thomas Bliss & Associates after completing her first novel and after studying with Los Angeles acting coach Janet Alhanti, whose students include Robert Downey Jr., Salma Hayek and Ann-Margaret. Perdue is currently a MPW student at USC working on a historical drama screenplay set in the 1920s.

JOSHUA L. ROSSMAN MBT graduated with an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and was promoted to manager in Arthur Andersen’s Chicago Business Consulting practice. Classmates are welcome to contact him at <jrossman@msn.com>

ANDRI SUTANDINATA MS and h is wife, JANE KOSWARA MBA ’94, established a consulting firm, B&B Asian Business Consulting, based in Los Angeles. Their firm helps small- to medium-market U.S. corporations do business in the Southeast Asian regions.

JASON HOLLANDER was profiled in the October 1999 issue of P.O.V. magazine as one of the top 50 “Up & Comers of 1999.” He is co-founder, with Trojans DAN BREWSTER ’93 and ZACK ESTRIN ’94, of 28th Street Publishing Inc., which publishes 28th Street Magazine, geared toward college students and young adults in Los Angeles.

TERRI R. PICKENS received her JD degree and was hired as an associate in the law firm Davison, Copple, Copple & Copple in Boise, Idaho, practicing mainly civil law. She recently argued and won a case at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Calif.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. DEXTER A. BURLEW returned from six months of service in Operation Southern Watch in the Arabian Gulf, enforcing U.N. resolutions levied against Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War, patrolling the no-fly zone over Southern Iraq, and prohibiting the flow of contraband to and from Iraq. He was deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation.

SHARYN TYLK, music editor of ER, received a 1999 Emmy nomination for Sound Editing for a Series.

LIV EISAMAN has been elevated to senior account executive at GCI Group, Grey Advertising’s international public relation arm, in the Los Angeles office.

JOUBIN MORTAZAVI co-founded Ragnarok Productions Inc., a film production company, with longtime partner and friend ELI FRANKEL ’95. With Mortazavi serving as producer and Frankel as director, the company produced its first film, 21, a coming-of-age comedy/drama about five college seniors who are reunited on the final weekend before college graduation by the death of an old mutual friend. They co-wrote the script for the film.

MIGUEL OLANO is in his first year at Rutgers-Camden Law School.

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Julie Kohl

Frank Cruz '69

Joe Nussbaum '96 and Joseph Levy '95

Ralph Oliver Wilcox '31