Reunion55TH CLASSMATES Then&Now A collection of submitted biographies 55TH CLASSMATES Reunion Then&Now Bill Ausfahl NAME KNOWN BY: Bill MAJOR: Economics ORGANIZATIONS: Order of the Golden Bear, Californians, Megaphone Society HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Visiting 5 granddaughters, golf, travel, anthing Cal, major league baseball, flyfishing, track & field ADVANCED DEGREES: MBA--Stanford LIVING GROUP: Delta Tau Delta PRESENT CITY: Moraga, CA EMAIL:: [email protected] BIOGRAPHY: Born in San Francisco but never lived there. Growing up lived in Berkeley, Richmond, Los Angeles, Boston, and Danville, CA. Went straight from San Ramon High to Cal where my course focus was primarily in economics, political science, and accounting. At a Delt convention in Swampscott I met Trudy---my wife of 49 years. We have three sons and 5 granddaughters ages 4 to 8 spread across the country from Oregon to New York making Grandma & Grandpa frequent travelers. My first job after receiving my MBA in 1963 was working at The Farm’s Business School as an assistant to Dean Ernie Arbuckle. In 1964 I joined Cutter Labs in Berkeley where I became the CFO in 1973. Cutter was acquired by Bayer AG in 1974 and shortly thereafter Bayer also acquired Miles Laboratories in Elkhart, Indiana. I became the CFO for both companies and was part of a team merging the two companies. Technically, I was based in Elkhart but I commuted back and forth to California till the end of 1982 when I joined The Clorox Company, also as CFO, in Oakland. I was CFO and a member of the Board of Directors till I retired in 1998. In retirement I have been very active as a volunteer at Cal and have served on the Haas Pavilion fund-raising Committee, as Volunteer Chair of the Memorial Stadium Renovation fund-raising Committee, a trustee and Chair for the UC Berkeley Foundaton, a member of the Chancellor’s Executive Advisory Committee, a trustee for the Berkeley Endowment Management Company, and a member of the Athletic Director’s Advisory Board. Since 2002 I have also been an independent trustee for the Dodge & Cox family of mutual funds. Trudy and I love to travel and over the years have visited all seven continents, attended a baseball game in all 30 of the then-existing ballparks, been to three World Track & Field Championships and have also attended the Atlanta and Sidney Olympics. CLASS OF ’61 ~ 2 ~ CLASSMATE BIOGRAPHIES 55TH CLASSMATES Reunion Then&Now Elisabeth Bathgate NAME KNOWN BY: Liz Hart MAJOR: Physical Education ORGANIZATIONS: Tennis, Women’s “C” Society, WAA HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Stained Glass, Golf, Tennis, Birding, Hiking ADVANCED DEGREES: Teaching Credential LIVING GROUP: Davidson Hall PRESENT CITY: Castro Valley, CA EMAIL: [email protected] BIOGRAPHY: I became a P.E. teacher in Hayward and then in Fremont, CA. I taught for 20 years with a year out to go to Europe and take classes in German and two years to help build onto our small home. I married Bob Bathgate, a fellow ‘61 grad in 1969 and we have lived in the same house in Castro Valley ever since. We have no children. I became interested in Stained Glass in 1970 and have been making windows and lamps for customers on and off ever since. When we added on to our house we put in a studio for my glass working so that I could complete new stained glass windows and lamps for the addition. I have been very active in volunteering in my community, first in AAUW and then with the Sulphur Creek Nature Center. I am a member of the League of Women Voters and participate in their getting out the vote events. I have portrayed Sally Ride for elementary school children for 15 years as a part of our AAUW women in history program. This year I have been volunteering to help paint a mural on a sound wall along the BART tracks between the Hayward and South Hayward stations. The wall is 9,600 sq feet and took from November until September to complete. There are 68 panels which are 18X9 feet and all depict different aspects of life in Hayward. The artist draws it out and I help paint the base colors. I have been interested in Birding since the ‘80s and have traveled all over the world looking at birds and nature thru kayacking, bicycling and backpacking. I served two years on the Community Action Committee for the Hayward Area Recreation District. I have spent a couple of years as a tutor for Girls Inc at their elementary Start Smart school in San Leandro working with 2nd graders. Golf and gardening are my passions in retirement. I play golf as often as I can. CLASS OF ’61 ~ 3 ~ CLASSMATE BIOGRAPHIES 55TH CLASSMATES Reunion Then&Now Robert Bathgate NAME KNOWN BY: Bob MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering ORGANIZATIONS: Crew, ASME HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Woodworking, birding, hiking ADVANCED DEGREES: MS Mechanical Engineering LIVING GROUP: Putnam Hall PRESENT CITY: Castro Valley, CA EMAIL: [email protected] BIOGRAPHY: After graduation I moved to San Diego to go to work for General Dynamics. After a year there I returned to Berkeley to complete my masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. Once I had my masters, I moved to Castro Valley and went to work for Lawrence Livermore Lab. I worked in two diffent areas during my 20 years working there. I married Liz Hart in 1969 and have lived in the same house that I owned before we were married. Our first Christmas Liz bought me a radial arm saw and said she wanted a new kitchen. That was my first project and after that I added 650’ to our garage and 750’ to our home including a hot water and hot air system that I designed to save on the PGE bills. After I quit the lab, I got into woodworking and building and have spent the last 25 years building all sorts of things for friends and organizations. After we added on to the house I decided I needed to build a large workshop in the rear of the property where I do most of my work. One of the bigger projects was building 4X8’ movable art walls for a new gallery in town. The two sheets are put together at right angles and the art can be placed on all sides. My latest work has been building blue bird houses out of old Cedar fencing material that I got when I built a friend a new fence. I do a lot of volunteering in the community including helping to paint a mural on a 9,600 sq foot wall along the BART tracks in Hayward. I am the chief handyman for Sulphur Creek Nature Center and have built many displays, buildings to house the foxes, enclosures for the eagle and the barnyard and incubators for the baby birds. I am always on call whenever anything goes wrong at the center. I have a large lot with many fruit trees, berries and vegetables that keep me busy. I can tomato soup each year with our large crop of tomatoes and I grow pumpkins so we can have a party for our neighborhood children at Halloween. I play a bit of golf, hike, birdwatch and generally enjoy nature. CLASS OF ’61 ~ 4 ~ CLASSMATE BIOGRAPHIES 55TH CLASSMATES Reunion Then&Now Charles Bell NAME KNOWN BY: Chuck MAJOR: History ORGANIZATIONS: Track manager HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Fly fishing ADVANCED DEGREES: JD LIVING GROUP: Bowles Hall PRESENT CITY: Grass Valley, CA EMAIL: [email protected] BIOGRAPHY: From Boalt Hall I went straight into the Army as a JAG officer. It was not a pleasant time to be in the military but it’s where I met my wife so it wasn’t all bad for me. From there we settled in California where I practiced law, mostly for corporations, retiring in 2001. We have two children, one of whom went to Cal also, where he was member of the Cal Band for four years. Our daughter attended her mother’s alma mater, Doane College, in Nebraska, where she was a member of the band for four years. There’s a definite symmetry to all of that, as my wife has played in community bands practically everywhere we’ve lived. I’m the odd one out. Go Bears! CLASS OF ’61 ~ 5 ~ CLASSMATE BIOGRAPHIES 55TH CLASSMATES Reunion Then&Now JoAnn Thebolt Berridge NAME KNOWN BY: JoAnn Thebolt MAJOR: German ORGANIZATIONS: ASUC Rep-at-Large, Prytanean, Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Cal Club, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee HOBBIES & INTERESTS: Cooking, traveling ADVANCED DEGREES: M.A.(Cal ‘93), Ed.D. (Cal ‘02) LIVING GROUP: Alpha Delta Pi PRESENT CITY: Belmont, California EMAIL: [email protected] BIOGRAPHY: A German major and physical sciences minor, i was recruited into an intern program in the School of Education that put foreign language, science,and math majors directly into secondary school classrooms upon graduation (a U.S. response to Russia’s Sputnik launch!). Placed at San Ramon H.S.in Danville, I founded a German program, taught physical science,and fell in love with history teacher Ron Berridge, my husband of 49 years. Ron’s pursuit of an M.A. at Stanford took us to the Peninsula and a position for me establishing a German program at Homestead H.S. in Sunnyvale, where I taught until 1968 when I became a stay-at-home mom for sons George (Cal ‘89),and Eric (Cal’90). The years between then and re- entering the workforce in 1977 were my community activist years in the city of Belmont where we bought our home in 1966.