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1980  Paul Newitt was curator of an exhibition at the UC Davis Design Museum this winter titled Reality to Fantasy: The Evolution of Theme Park Design. Newitt, who has done free-lance work in graphic design, writing, photography and scale-model construction, is chiefly interested in museum, corporate, trade show and exhibition design. In 1999, he created a science fiction museum in Old Sacramento, called Travels Through Time (see UC Davis Magazine, winter 1999).  •  Bill O'Neill is vice president and general manager of Frontier, a Citizens Communications company, an independent telephone company. O'Neill manages the firm's Western region, which stretches from North Dakota to Northern California. O'Neill, his wife, Carol, and their two children live in Walnut Creek.

1981  David Masiel, M.A. '88, has written a novel based on his experiences working in the arctic oilfields in 1980-89. The book is being published by Random House in the United States under the title 2182 kHz and by Hodder & Stoughton in the United Kingdom under the title Chasing Moneymaker. He also published a essay in the Dec. 2 edition of the New York Times Magazine called "Arctic Refuse," about his experiences with pollution in the oilfields; it will be reprinted in a slightly expanded form by the Guardian in London.  •  Rob McNeill is senior vice president of winemaking at Seagram Chateau & Estate Wine Co., parent company of Mumm Cuvee Napa. He and his wife, Linda, enjoy cooking and pairing dishes with Mumm's sparkling wines.

1982  David Cohen, J.D., and David Durrett, J.D., have formed the law firm Cohen & Durrett in Sacramento. The firm specializes in employment, commercial real estate and business law.

1983  Stacy Clark, winemaker of Pine Ridge, Stags Leap District, was profiled in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle in November. A resident of St. Helena, Clark told the Chronicle that she also enjoys making soap, gardening, cycling and fly fishing.  •  Robert Stack, Ph.D., has established the Jumping Frog Research Institute in Angel's Camp. The institute works to protect the threatened species and its habitat.

1984  Tom Smith, M.S., vice president and chief winemaker for Delicato Family Vineyards, was named a "winemaker to watch" by the San Francisco Chronicle. Delicato was honored in 2000 at the International Wine & Spirits Competition in London as Best U.S. Wine Producer.

1985  Steven Bratman, M.D., medical director of the Web site Natural Pharmacist, has written a book titled Health Food Junkies/Orthorexia Nervosa: Overcoming the Obsession with Healthful Eating (Broadway Books, 2000). His book about orthorexia--a word Bratman coined to describe "health food junkies" or people obsessed with eating the right foods--has resulted in his appearance on TV and in a number of magazine and newspaper articles.  •  Melinda Guzman-Moore, J.D. '88, a partner in the law firm Goldsberry Freeman & Swanson in Sacramento, was elected president of the California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, the first woman to hold the position.

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