Phil Amormino ’69, present owner/operator of Amormino Machining & Design in Sonoma, has embarked upon a new career: teaching physics to 3rd through 8th grade homeschoolers. As a former science teacher at Justin-Siena High School in Napa, Amormino saw a need for elder science people to eschew retirement and give back some of their time […]

Margaret Woodard ’69 found her true life’s work in obstetrical nursing. She published a nursing journal about her work-life entitled Labor Intensive: A Nurse’s Journal which was well received by Kirkus Reviews. She will never forget her days at Santa Clara University—the friendships, the fun, the education, the era—and the finding of the love of […]

Terry McDermott ’69 has been writing pro-life poems since 2005 when God placed a call on his heart. His work has been printed in The Daily Pilot and many other publications.

In July, Peter Wise ’69 MBA ’73 celebrated the 50th anniversary of his return from the Vietnam War in 1971. As an ROTC commissioned officer, he and his wife Julie live in Taos, New Mexico with their three great rescue dogs.

Margaret Maughan ’69, M.A. ’71 was a keynote speaker on holistic education at Asian College of Teachers symposia in India, Thailand, and Nepal.

Michael A. Bafico ’69 earned an M.S. in physics from the University of Dayton. Working at Hughes Aircraft, Culver City, he was awarded a patent on a solar shield for an Anik communications satellite and put a diamond window on Venus as part of NASA’s Pioneer Venus Project. At the Skunk Works in Burbank and […]

Cathy Horan-Walker ’69 is a financial advisor in her 20th year and has been married to husband Leonard for 42 years. They live in Monterey and have three sons—Patrick Horan-Walker, Chris Horan-Walker ’07, and Ryan Moses. She is an SCU Regent and past president of the Alumni Board.

Patrick Mason ’69 writes, "I would be remiss if I did not add some facts on my wife, Christine Bjorklund 72. We have been married (by Father Pat Carroll at Mary Lautze Garland 70‘s resort in Sedona, Ariz.) for 33 years. Chris was the on-air Consumer Reporter for KGO-AM radio for 15 years and served […]

Alan Higginson ’69, MBA ’71 was appointed to the board of directors of Pivot3, Inc., a leading provider of unified storage and compute appliances. Higginson, Chairman, Hubspan and F5 Networks, will provide his extensive technology and leadership experience of high-growth technology companies to the Pivot3 board and its management team. With more than 20 years of […]

Bud Ogden ’69 was inducted into the seventh annual West Coast Conference 2015 Hall of Honor class. Ogden was a catalyst for the Santa Clara men’s basketball team amidst one of its most successful runs in program history. He proudly represented the Broncos from 1966-1969 and led Santa Clara to two NCAA tournament appearances.  Ogden was named […]

Mike Beresky ’69 writes, "Retired US naval aviator. Worked in the cruise industry after retiring from the Navy. One daughter, married, with our first grandchild on the way. Now I travel the world with wife, Christine, of 32 years, mostly aboard cruise ships. The number of cruises we’ve taken over the years approximates our ages! […]

Ken Caillat ’69, Grammy-winning producer best known for producing the Fleetwood Mac record Rumours—the third largest-selling album of all time—just released the book Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album, which tells the wild, poignant, and exhilarating story behind the album’s creation. Following the huge commercial success of Rumours, Caillat also produced Tusk (1979), Live (1980), Mirage (1982), and The Chain (box set, originally […]

Jim Andre ’69 writes, "Now retired, I am completing my third voyage teaching on Semester at Sea, Spring 2014. After working in accounting and owning a retail business for a few years, I began my teaching career at the University of Southern California in 1984. I live with my partner of 26 years, Paul Kellogg, […]

Professor (Ret.), University of the Azores, Portugal.

Bob Schultz ’69, chief of the medical staff at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center, will be retiring in April. He has been a doctor at Kaiser for 30 years, and he has delivered about 2,500 babies and supervised 300 doctors and 1,100 other workers at the Santa Rosa complex. Schultz’s 30-year career as an […]

Dennis Raefield ’69 has joined the board of directors of Viscount Systems Inc., a high-technology supplier of security systems and software. Raefield has a long and distinguished career in the access control and security industry. Mr. Raefield was president of Honeywell Access Systems, a $100M+ division of Honeywell International, which manufactures enterprise-level access control systems […]

Darrell Igelmund ’69 writes, "Sold my electronic test equipment company and patents (Byte Brothers, Inc. of Seattle) to Jewell Instruments/Triplett of Manchester, NH. The factory was relocated from Seattle to New Hampshire in August. A big thanks to Santa Clara’s engineering school for helping this once young guy from New York get off to a […]

Michael Murphy ’69 writes that his current position is solutions developer, Acxiom Corp.

Vincent Mancuso ’69 writes, "We recently sold our house in Bethesda MD and downsized to a condo in Arlington VA. The condo is adjacent to the Iwo Jima Memorial and Arlington Cemetery. We spend a lot of time at our cottage in south eastern West Virginia in the Alleghany Mts. WV is a very special […]

Martha “Mardi” Robers ’69 writes, “I have retired after having a very satisfying career of 46 years in social work. I have moved to Hamilton, Montana, and now get to spend quality time with my family, which includes two amazing grandchildren.”