Class Notes - Sac State Connection - July 2008

1950s
Jack Plasterer, ’59, B.S., Physical Education, ’71, M.A., Education, is a busy man. He is a certified fitness trainer and is a member of the International Sports Sciences Association. Plasterer is a personal trainer, ski instructor and the general manager of a semi-pro football team. He also runs an adult education fitness program. He lives in Davis.

1960s
Jack C. Jenkins, ’64, B.A., History-Social Science, is involved in a consulting business, providing advice to amateur and professional athletes and their families. He has teamed with his two sons, Brett and Geoff, who were All-Americans at USC and are professional baseball players. A former high school and college baseball coach, Jenkins has helped several players and their families navigate the road to college and playing at the professional level. The main focus is on helping athletes examine their character and maintain balance to handle the stress competition at each level. Jenkins has written several articles on motivation and is working with area baseball coaches and parents on successful and healthy ways to support their athletes. For many years, Jack has taught at Sac State’s College of Continuing Education on weekends, travelling from his home in Stockton.

Peter Graham, ’69, B.A., Government, after a career in industrial sales, mostly in the Midwest, has retired to the tip of Cape Cod with his wife, Maureen Cronin. He built a house there four years ago and is now living on the Cape year-round. Graham is painting and hopes to keep up with and learn from the many Cape Cod artists who are neighbors. He has reconnected with his most important art teacher, Ralph Goings, who is living in California. Graham sends best wishes to all classmates who are moving into their retirement years, saying “Life is an adventure, isn’t it?”

1970s
Bruce Hohenhaus, ’76, B.A., Business Administration (Marketing), is the senior vice president of Colliers International, an integrated real estate company. They perform services to clients on behalf of landlords, tenants and investors through every stage of real estate. Hohenhaus and his wife, Cyndi, live in Sacramento.

Dick Russell, ’76, B.A., Criminal Justice, is an assistant professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in the Aviation Sciences Institute. Before going to the university, which is in Oklahoma City, Russell was with the Federal Aviation Administration. He and his wife, Shelia, live in Midwest City, Okla.

1980s
Jim Rost, ’82, B.A., Criminal Justice, is an ROTC teacher at Hiram Johnson High School in the Sacramento City Unified School District. Rost is a Master Sergeant (ret.) in the United States Air Force 75th Airlift Squadron. He and his wife, Nari, live in Carmichael.

David Trimingham, ’81, B.S., Recreation Administration, has recently retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years. He is now with ALZA, a division of Johnson & Johnson, as a pharmaceutical technician. Trimingham and his family live in Vacaville.

1990s
Luis Rios, Jr., ’98, M.A., Multicultural Education, is employed by the California Department of Education as a bilingual/migrant education consultant, administering family literacy programs statewide. After receiving his master’s degree at Sac State, Rios earned a doctorate from Columbia University’s Teachers College. He lives in Sacramento.

Lonnie J. Rush, ’98, B.A., Economics, has left his position as director of operations development with California ISO to start Rush Capital Management. The company is an investment partnership modeled after the 1950s Warren Buffett partnerships. His new role is managing partner of RCM Partners Fund. Rush lives in Folsom.

2000s
Marni Culy, ’03, B.S., Biological Sciences, ’04, Credential Education (Biological Science), is a science teacher at Will C. Wood in the Sacramento City Unified School District. She is also the basketball coach, an advisor for the Science Club and the administrator for the science fair at the school. Culy lives in Rancho Cordova.

Timothy D. Cochrane, ’03, B.A., Arts and Letters, is the general manager of the Hillstone Restaurant Group. A former Associated Students, officer, Cochrane now resides in Corona del Mar, Calif.

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