University of California, San Diego: External Relations: Parents

Mark Allen '80, winner of six Ironman Triathlon World Championships.

Judith Bays M.D.'72, pediatrician and chair of the National Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Marc Brutten '79, managing partner of the Shidler Group, a national real estate organization.

Patty Brutten '83, coordinator, educational art tours and chair, Awards for Excellence Gala.

Carolyn Chase '78, founder, San Diego Earth Day and San Diego Coalition for Transportation Choices.

George DeVries '84, president and CEO, American Specialty Health Plans and American Specialty Networks.

John Dobak M.D. '92, inventor, holds 12 issued patents for medical devices, CEO of Inner Cool Therapies, founder of CryoGen Inc.

Brian Druker M.D. '81, oncologist, developed a new drug for leukemia treatment.

Zachary Fisk Ph.D. '69, leading condensed matter physicist in the country.

Jay Fukuto '76, independent producer with SD Entertainment's children's animation series.

Dani Grady '81, cancer educator and patient advocate, founded Thrivers Network.

Steve Hart '80, co-founder and vice president of ViaSat Inc., developer of networks and secure communications systems.

Alma Hills '82, '95, named San Diego County Teacher of the year for 2000.

Gary Jacobs '79, managing partner, Jacobs Investment Company LLC and founding benefactor, High Tech High.

Naomi Iizuka '92, one of America's most exciting and honored playwrights.

Mike Judge '85, writer, director and creator of Beavis and Butthead TV sitcom.

Abby Leibman '78, co-founder and executive director of the California Women's Law Center.

Peter Libby M.D. '73, chief of the Cardiovascular Division of the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Hung Liu '86, professor of art at Mills College whose works are represented in art collections throughout the country.

Frank Longo '77, M.D. '81, Ph.D. '83, a specialist in Alzheimer's disease, he is chief of Neurology and Rehabilitation at UC San Francisco/VA Medical Center.

Ed Lopez '88, president of the San Diego City Schools Board of Education.

Capt. Eleanor Mariano M.D. '77, first military woman to be name White House Physician, has provided medical care to two sitting presidents.

Jeff Moses '74, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, he is co-founder and surgical director for Thousand Smiles, a Rotary organization that helps severely deformed children.

Nyenyekevu Diane Moss '80, executive director of Children Having Children, a non-profit center in Southeast San Diego that promotes personal responsibility.

Greg Papadopoulos '79, vice president and chief technology officer at Sun Microsystems Computer Co., founder of three companies while at MIT.

Steven Peace '76, elected to represent the 50th Senate District in 1993, chairs the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.

William Piggott M.D. '72, chief medical officer, Office of Emergency Preparedness, National Disaster Medical System, Department of Health and Human Services.

Ellen Potter '77, Ph.D. '91, a biomedical researcher at Salk Institute, she founded the Salk Salk Institute Mobile Science Lab which brings laboratory science to students.

Rusty Preisendorfer '78, founder of Rusty Cos. surf industry empire which last year sold over 14,000 surfboards.

Tim Roemer '79, a five term Democratic congressman from Indiana.

Daniel Rosen Ph.D. '79, managing partner of Frazier Technology Ventures and former
general manager, New echnology/Microsoft Research.

John Shoven '69, former dean of Stanford's School of Humanities and Sciences, he now serves as a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and economics professor at Stanford.

Lyle Turner '82, founder, president, CEO and chair of Invitrogen, a Carlsbad-based biotech company that makes prepackaged clones of human genes for biotech research.

Allison Bender '00, Outstanding Athletic of the Year.

Mark Latronica '00, Outstanding Athlete of the Year.

Rambod Amirnovin '00, Outstanding Senior, Roger Revelle College.

Laura Barraclough '00, Outstanding Senior, Thurgood Marshall College.

Stephanie Lertzman '00, Outstanding Senior, Earl Warren College.

Christina Roland '00, Outstanding Senior, Eleanor Roosevelt College.

Michael Stones '00, Outstanding Senior, John Muir College.

Dyson Initiative - Pediatrics Training in the Community
Pediatric residents - making a difference'

"Just exciting" is how Patty Vitale, a third-year pediatric resident at UCSD, describes her participation in the Dyson Initiative - Pediatrics Training in the Community. "UCSD is doing so much in the community, but this allows us to get out there even more."
Vitale is a pediatrician in the five-year, $2.5 million grant program from the Dyson Foundation to fund the development and support of learning activities designed to change the way pediatric residents acquire their skills, knowledge and outlook. "The program," says Vitale, "provides avenues for residents to reach out into the community and make a difference."
Dr. Vivian Reznik, UCSD Pediatrics Department vice-chair, says the program is unique in that San Diego has such a diverse population, including Mexicans, American Indians and Navy personnel. It involves "learning environments" says Reznik, "different from the hospitals and clinics of traditional medical education and it extends to homes, community-based organizations, churches, shelters, schools, community centers, day care centers and public health systems.