Robert Noonan J.D. ’70 flourished at law school. Bob was proud to have passed the bar on his first attempt and served as a public defender for two years before later working as Santa Cruz County’s Assistant District Attorney for 24 years. In retirement, Bob often volunteered and worked for the local county family services […]

The Society of Christian Ethics awarded Lisa Sowle Cahill ’70 its 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award for her work shaping the field of Christian ethics within the academy, church, and civil society over the past four decades. After graduating from Santa Clara, Cahill became a noted theology professor at Boston College. She is the author of […]

John Clinton MBA ’70 spent most of his career with the San Mateo Times Newspaper Group, working as editor and publisher of The Times until it was sold in 1996. Afterward, he worked for nonprofits Caminar and the Peninsula Community Foundation. John also co-founded United American Bank, served on the board of the San Mateo […]

Richard Kabanek ’70, MBA ’79 died on March 21. After graduating from Santa Clara, he worked for several Bay Area companies and retired from Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2001. For fun, Richard rebuilt cars in his garage and loved teaching others how to fix anything and everything. He was often seen wearing his favorite 49ers […]

After graduating SCU, Thomas Balestrieri ’70 worked at Bank of America and was a senior vice president in commercial banking for over 45 years. He strongly identified with his Sicilian heritage from his dad and his Spanish Basque culture from his mom. Balestrieri enjoyed several trips to Europe, Mexico, and Hawaii with his family and friends. His […]

James Lippi ’65 MA ’70 loved motorcycles, the Twilight Zone, playing guitar, camping, Star Trek (the original series), and tinkering. He could often be found working on the engine of his VW van. The van sported orange hubcaps that resembled the sun, and the van itself was painted green and blue to look like the […]

After receiving a bachelor’s in psychology from Santa Clara University, Kathleen Mayhew ’70 went on to earn an M.A. in 1973 with a thesis on family dynamics from San Jose State University, where she met her husband, Lew. Along with part-time jobs and selling woven belts at craft fairs, she was the executive director of […]

Richard Hungerford MBA ’70 loved fishing, gardening, planning trips, and spending time with family. He also had a passion for providing people with nutritious food. He served on the board of the SLO Food Bank for six years and was active in his community. Rich worked for 37 years as Program Manager for several companies […]

Loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, son, and friend Charles Johnson MBA ’70 died on September 3, 2022. Chuck was the first in his family to graduate from college—Penn State—with a B.S. in electrical engineering. He was an early Silicon Valley success working for IBM, Diablo Systems, Priam, Dysan, Immatron, and EDC. Chuck was a […]

After surviving COVID, Timothy Hannon ’70, J.D. ’74 and his wife have gone on to do a bit of local traveling and look forward to visiting Europe when possible. During the pandemic, Hannon retired and enrolled in the judicial studies program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He earned his master’s degree last August and is […]

James Silvestrini ’70 married Mary Jo. Young in 1971 and settled in San Jose. In retirement, they traveled to ballparks across the country. Right up to the week he entered the hospital, Jim played softball three times per week, golfed every Wednesday with his buddies, and hit the gym in between. Jim was a devoted […]

An avid traveler, Paul Anderson MBA ’70 hiked the same Chilcoot Trail that his grandfather had hiked in 1898 and took to the water as a sailor and a member of the San Jose Sailing Club (SJSC) since 1970. Between the U.S. wars in Korea and Vietnam, Paul served as a radio officer on the USS Midway, patrolling […]

Brooks McWilliams Fiske MBA ’70, an Eagle Scout and Senior Class President graduated from Marysville High School in 1953, and from Claremont Men’s College in 1958. After a time in the Army ROTC, he ended up in New York City, where he met and married his wife of 59 years. He returned to California and earned […]

From coaching youth soccer to feeding the homeless, David (Dave) W. Scholz M.B.A. ’70 contributed to the community. Dave was born in San Francisco to Rudolph J. Scholz ’18 J.D. ’20. He was the youngest of four brothers, including Rudolph J. Scholz ’52 and Richard H. Scholz ’54. Dave earned his MBA from SCU and worked in sales, ultimately […]

In the early 1970s, Antonia P. Pulone ’70 was working in a federal program counseling and mentoring underprivileged Black teens, encouraging them to further their education in the face of racial discrimination. Her journey then took her to California to begin a career in deposition reporting. With her friend, she founded the firm Pulone and Stromberg, […]

Never a deep sea fisherman, but always the true physicist, Eric Aanenson MBA ’70 invented a unique deep sea fishing lure for which he held three patents. This lure was tested and proven successful numerous times, most proudly by catching an 800 pound yellowfin tuna. Eric held a close relationship with both of his parents—he greatly […]

An outdoorsman and man of the community, Robert “Bob” C. Wolf MBA ’70 enjoyed hiking, biking, swimming, snowboarding, and photography. For more than 30 years, he worked for the state of Nevada. Bob also served community organizations including Tahoe Family Solutions, IVGID Trustee, and AYSO. He died on March 2, 2021.

After a career running the family’s pear production business, Susan “Sue” Naumes  ’70 has retired. Recently, her collection of vintage fruit labels and career were celebrated in a Capital Press story. Naumes explained how she’d been “bit by the bug” of collecting them after going door to door to farmers for fruit labels—her passion for is […]

Clinton Oliver Lindseth MBA ’70, husband and father of five, died on December 30, 2020, five days before his 95th birthday. He was larger than life, generous of spirit with a boisterous laugh, always friendly, and a gatherer of people for games of all sorts from board games to bocce. An inventor, engineer, pilot, and veteran, […]

On January 6, 2021, Helene Trescony Frakes ’70 died at home in San Francisco after surviving cancer for nearly four years. Helene was a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother who is survived by her husband, Randall Frakes ’69, two sons, and four granddaughters. Helene was a fifth generation Californian, descended from early San Francisco pioneers and a […]