INSPIRATION THROUGH THE AGES ( L-R ) Mathematics department founder Stefan Warschawski with students , 1966 ; Theater professor Floyd Gaffney lectures in class , 1973 ; professor and folk singer Sam Hinton , circa 1970 ’ s .
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1947 1969
Walter Munk , PhD , received the French Legion of Honor
, the highest French
decoration recognizing military
and civilian merit , with the
rank of Chevalier . He also
received the Roger Revelle
medal from the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission of UNESCO .
1966
Kern Kenyon , PhD , received the Albert Nelson
Marquis Lifetime Achievement
Award from biographical publisher
,
Marquis Who ’ s Who , for his accomplishments as
an oceanographer and physicist
.
Angela Davis , MA , was honored for her work as
a writer , activist and
educator in the TRUTHsayers
series at the August Wilson
Center for African American
Culture in Pittsburgh .
Paul Nunez , PhD , wrote Brain ,
Mind , and the Structure
of Reality , published by Oxford University Press , and The New Science of Consciousness
:
Exploring the Complexity
of Brain , Mind , and Self , published by Prometheus Books
.
1971
James McCarthy , PhD , was awarded the Tyler
Prize for Environmental
Achievement for his work in
interdisciplinary environmental science and policy .
1974
Dennis Sherwood , PhD , co-authored
Modern Thermodynamics for
Chemists and Biochemists , published by
Oxford University Press .
1976
Harvey Risch , MD , was awarded the Ruth Leff
Siegel Award for Excellence
in Pancreatic Cancer
Research and was included in The Best of the American Association for
Cancer Research Journals .
1977
Brian Druker , Revelle , MD ’ 81
, received the 2018 Tang Prize for biopharmaceutical science .
Raymond Feist , Muir ,
wrote King of Ashes , published by HarperCollins ; the first novel of
The Firemane Trilogy .
Connie Mariano , Revelle , former physician to
President Bill Clinton , was a speaker
at the Provost ’ s Lecture
Series on Women in Leadership
at Stevens Institute of
Technology in Hoboken , N . J .
1978
Meinrat Andreae , PhD , received the 2018 Alfred Wegener
Medal & Honorary Membership of
the European Geosciences
Union for his research in geosciences
.
Douglas Yeoman , Muir , is a managing partner at Parker
&
Covert LLP , a law firm in Tustin
,
Calif . His daughter , Lauren ,
will attend UC San Diego this year
.
1979
Dan Dworsky , Warren , was promoted to chief
operating executive of Scripps
Green
Hospital in La Jolla .
Richard Gleaves , Warren , is still here .
1980
Lesa Heebner , Warren ,
was appointed a councilmember
of the Solana Beach City
Council in Solana Beach , Calif .
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