For immediate release:Southern California Edison CEO, Boeing VP among Cal State
L.A. alumni honorees
Fohrer, Tracy, 9 others to be honored at gala
Thursday, Oct. 12
On Thursday, October 12, 2006,
California State University,
Los Angeles will
honor Alan J. Fohrer, chief executive officer of Southern
California Edison, as its Alumnus of the Year at the
UniversityÂs 33rd annual Alumni Awards Gala. Fohrer earned
a masterÂs degree in business at Cal State L.A. in 1981.
As it celebrates the outstanding contributions of its alumni and
students to their professions, communities and the University, Cal
State L.A. will also present its University Service Award
to John J. Tracy, Ph.D., senior vice president of Engineering, Operations and Technology for The Boeing Company and another member of the Class
of Â81.
Organized by the CSULA Alumni Association, the event begins at
6:30 p.m. with
a dinner on the campus Luckman Street of the Arts,
followed by an Academy Awards-style ceremony and multimedia video
presentation in the Luckman Theatre. For tickets, call (323)
343-4980 or visit
http://alumni.calstatela.edu/gala.
Here is the complete list of honorees:
Alumnus of the Year
Alan J.
Fohrer
Â81 has
been, since January 2002, chief executive officer of Southern
California Edison (SCE)Âone of the countryÂs largest electric
utilities. He is a member of the Engineering School Board of
Councilors of the
University of
Southern
California and the DeanÂs Advisory Council for the College of
Business at California State University, Los Angeles. He is also a
member of the board of directors of Los Angeles Sports Council;
Montgomery Watson Harza, Inc.; San Gabriel Valley Council Boy
Scouts of America; Town Hall Los Angeles; California Science
Center; California Chamber of Commerce; and the Institute of
Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). Fohrer earned B.S. and M.S.
degrees in civil engineering from USC, and an M.B.A. from Cal
State L.A. He is an Arcadia resident.
University Service
Award
John J.
Tracy Â81
is senior vice president of Engineering, Operations & Technology for The Boeing Company, responsible for defining and implementing corporate strategies for attaining and maintaining excellence in each of these areas. Most previously, Tracy was vice president of Engineering & Mission Assurance for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Tracy received a Ph.D. in engineering from UC Irvine,
masterÂs degrees in physics from
Cal State L.A., and bachelorÂs degree in physics from CSU
Dominguez Hills. He is a Fellow of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, and the Royal Aeronautical Society. He is a
Huntington Beach resident.
Distinguished Faculty Alumnus
James Brady
Â74 is associate professor of anthropology at Cal State L.A. A
noted cave archaeologist with a specialty in Mayan caves, Brady
has been recognized for leading the scientific investigation of
Cueva de Rio Talgua (Cave of the River Talgua) in
HondurasÂwhere
he found a remote burial chamber with skeletal remains of perhaps
100 to 200 individuals. The skulls and bones sparkled with tiny
calcium crystals from the limestone cave, thus inspiring the
siteÂs nickname, ÂThe Cave of the Glowing Skulls. He is also
co-directing an interdisciplinary research project about ÂUlama:
The Survival of the Mesoamerican Ballgame. Brady earned his B.A.
in anthropology from UC Berkeley, M.A. in anthropology from Cal
State L.A., and Ph.D. in archaeology from UCLA. He is an
Alhambra resident.
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Leo Dardashti
Â78,
president and CEO, Atlantic, Inc. (Beverly
Hills resident)
Terrence E. Deal
Â66,
Ph.D., author, speaker, consultant and retired professor (San
Luis Obispo resident)
Elizabeth M. Devine
Â85,
co-executive producer, CSI-Miami (La
Canada-Flintridge resident)
Maxine M. Morisaki
Â72, Â83,
attorney, Susson, Parrett, Morisaki & Odell (Newport Coast resident)
Paul Jerome White
Â56,
managing partner, White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, Wolf & Hunt,
LLP (Los
Angeles resident)
Donald J. Zuk
Â61,
president and CEO, SCPIE Holdings Inc. (Manhattan
Beach resident)
Outstanding Senior
Taguhi Sogomonyan
(B.S., Biochemistry Â07),
Burbank resident
Outstanding Graduate Student
Ruth Elizabeth Montes
(M.S., Biology Â07),
Los Angeles resident
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MEDIA NOTE: For
photos of alumni award recipients or to arrange interviews, please
contact the Cal State L.A. Public Affairs office at (323)
343-3050.
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