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soccer team from 2004 to 2006 , serving as team captain his final year . He is survived by his wife , Sofia , and his parents and sisters .
David E . Thuleen , Revelle ’ 84 , died September 9 , 2019 , due to complications from metastatic salivary gland cancer . He was 57 . Thuleen was a physics teacher at Fallbrook Union High School from 1989 until his retirement in 2016 . He is survived by his parents , siblings and extended family .
John Wesley , MFA ’ 77 , died September 9 , 2019 , following a long battle with multiple myeloma . He was 72 . Wesley
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holds more than 100 film and television credits . He was the artistic and producing director of the Southern California Black Repertory Company and worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival .
Joseph B . Yellin , MS ’ 80 , died September 16 , 2019 . He was 69 .
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1995 ( Continued ) Patty Chang , Roosevelt ,
a performance , video ,
writing and installation
artist , debuted her first solo
exhibition , “ Patty Chang :
The Wandering Lake ,” at the
Institute of Contemporary Art ,
Los Angeles .
1995
Nicole Granquist ,
Warren , a partner at
Downey Brand , was recognized
as a 2019 Top Lawyer by
Sacramento Magazine .
1996
David Favela , MPIA , opened
San Diego ’ s first Latino-owned
brewery , Border X Brewing ,
offering Mexican craft beers
in Barrio Logan . Prior to this ,
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Nya Patrinos , MFA , is a
set decorator on the NBC
television series “ Perfect
Harmony .” She was previously
nominated for an Emmy
for her work on Amazon ’ s
“ Transparent .”
1997
Kara Vuicich , Revelle , is an
account executive at Swiftly ,
a software-as-a-service
firm that improves transit
reliability through real-time
passenger information and
performance analytics .
She and her husband ,
David Radwin , Revelle ’ 96 ,
live in Albany , Calif ., with their
three children .
1998
Hazel Raja , Muir , is the new
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he enjoyed a 22-year career |
director of Pomona College ’ s |
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said , “ an enterprising student |
This was the Dr . Wirshbo I |
at Hewlett-Packard as part of |
Career Development Office in |
can form her own ideas about |
knew , the man who inspired |
the company ’ s international |
Claremont , Calif . |
things ,” rather than perpetu- |
me to go to graduate school |
management team and |
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ate inherited ones . Dr . Wirshbo taught for four decades of his life ( 37 years at |
in Classics , earn a PhD and become an educator myself .
In a world that increasingly
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education solutions team .
Taner Halicioğlu , Revelle ,
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2000
Ricardo Chavira , MFA , was
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UCSD ), and he was sched- |
questions the value of the |
an accomplished computer |
cast in Netflix ’ s upcoming |
uled to teach this academic |
Humanities , classics and even |
scientist , received the 2019 |
scripted series about iconic |
year . It is clear that he loved |
higher education , I say this : |
UC San Diego Chancellor ’ s |
Mexican-American pop |
teaching , working with stu- |
These things have the power |
Medal , one of the highest |
star Selena . He will play |
dents inside and outside the |
to open new horizons for you , |
honors given by the university |
Abraham , Selena ’ s father . |
classroom and advocating for |
to challenge you to become an |
to recognize exceptional |
Chavira is best known for his |
the humanities . If you tried to |
engaged , critical thinker , and |
service in support of the |
role as Carlos Solis on all |
thank him , he would display |
to change the course of your |
campus ’ mission . |
eight seasons of “ Desperate |
impatience , say something |
life , especially if you are lucky |
Housewives .” |
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sarcastic and then ask you |
enough to find a teacher like |
Kelly Lytle Hernández , |
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to get back to translating the |
Eliot Wirshbo . Bona fortuna ! |
Muir , a professor , activist |
Melissa Camara Wilkins , |
text in front of you . You might |
and historian , was awarded |
Muir , wrote Permission |
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fall into an instructive argu- |
– Kerri J . Hame , Revelle ’ 89 |
the 2019 MacArthur “ Genius |
Granted : Be Who You Were |
ment with him or a hilarious |
taught Classics at SDSU from |
Grant ” Fellowship for her |
Made to Be and Let Go of the |
conversation that continued |
2006 to 2011 . She is a nonprofit |
historical and contemporary |
Rest , published by Zondervan . |
on a walk through campus . |
administrator and independent |
work . See story on p . 44 . |
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scholar in Oxford , Miss . |
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