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1970  Stephanie Allen founded WestAllen, a consulting company that helps lawyers, accountants and other professionals develop their practices, and is also a regular writer for law publications, most recently publishing articles in TheCompleteLawyer.com.  •  Laura Jane Coats has written, designed and provided photographs for The Sutter Buttes: A Peaceful Sanctuary (Peace Valley Press). The book features a poem by her great aunt, Anita Lang Laney, that pays homage to the small Sacramento Valley mountain range.  •  Jim Raisner, M.S. ’90, died in August 2005 at age 58. Mr. Raisner was an agricultural biologist with the Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office, leading the glassy-winged sharpshooter program. Friends remember him as a knowledgeable and good-natured person who enjoyed new challenges.

1971  Terry Maple, M.A., Ph.D. ’74, is the new head of the 23-acre nonprofit zoo in Dreher Park in West Palm Beach, Fla. Previously, Maple spent 19 years as president and chief executive officer at Zoo Atlanta, helping to transform it from one of the worst zoos in the nation to one of the best.  •  Pamela Tom, M.S. ’75, has been selected as Technologist of the Biennium by the International Association of Fish Inspectors. Tom is manager of the seafood technology program at California Sea Grant Extension, a statewide UC marine research program.

1973  John Andrews, Ph.D., became president of the American Phytopathological Society in August. A professor of plant pathology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Andrews succeeds UC Davis Professor Jim MacDonald.  •  Andrew Kluger was elected to a second term on the Association of Air Medical Services board of directors. Kluger is chair of the board and chief executive officer of Hawaii Air Ambulance in Honolulu.

1974  Jenny Carr Kinney was named 2005 National Quilting Teacher of the Year by the National Quilters Association. She teaches quilting at Ventura College and at Ventura Adult and Continuing Education.  •  John Nesbitt, Ph.D. ’80, an English and Spanish instructor at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, has had two new books published: a western novel, Rancho Alegre (Leisure Books), and a collection of short stories set in the contemporary West, Shadows on the Plain (Endeavor Books).  •  Richard Woo is the chief executive officer of the Russell Family Foundation in Gig Harbor, Wash. The foundation funds leadership, environmental sustainability and global peace. In September, Woo’s son, Jesse, entered UC Davis. Woo’s wife, Arlene Joe, graduated summa cum laude from Seattle University law school last year.

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