1961  Gerald Ling, D.V.M. '65, has received the alumni achievement award from the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, where he has taught for the past 35 years. Ling helped establish the small-animal emergency and small-animal outpatient services at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and was previously honored with a 2002 faculty teaching award.  •  John O'Connor, M.A. '63, a University of Florida art professor, had 53 paintings selected for a solo exhibition titled Conceptual Realism 1968-2003. It was held at the Pensacola Museum of Art and the University of West Florida Art Gallery.

1965  Mitchell Bush, D.V.M., was awarded the alumni achievement award by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine for his work in zoological and comparative medicine. Bush is chief of veterinary services at the Conservation and Research Center of the Smithsonian National Zoo, assistant professor of comparative medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School and is a visiting scientist at Kruger National Park in South Africa.

1966  Luella (Swanson) Johnson of Modesto married attorney Larry Cole in a June ceremony.

1967  Vinod Sinha, Ph.D., received a Circle of Excellence Award for his engineering expertise from Cytec Industries Inc. He works for the corporation as a research fellow at its Research and Development Center in Stamford, Conn. He and his wife, Teresa, have two grown children.

1968  Peter Kazaks, Ph.D., has written a book about a canoe trip he took 20 years ago in the far north of Canada, titled From Reindeer Lake to Eskimo Point. It was published by Natural Heritage Books in Toronto. He has been living in Davis since he retired from New College of Florida four years ago.

1969  Bob Owens was re-elected to a second term as Lassen County superintendent of schools. His wife, Kathy, and his daughter are both teachers, and his son is a senior at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.  •  Merideth Bowen Shamszad of Oakland has published a book titled The Naked Heart: How I Painted My Way Through Breast Cancer, based on her own experience. She and artist Bibiana Lai also began a new company, Lifecasting, which helps other women use art and torso casts to celebrate their bodies and heal from the trauma of breast cancer.