HIGHLIGHTS
A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Winter/Spring 2002
New Employees
 Charlene
Adan joined the department business office in late February as a
budget analyst responsible for managing the extramural accounts. For
the previous 15 years, she worked as a bookkeeper for five different
entities of the Hoffart family's ranches. Three years ago, Charlene,
originally from Alturas in far northern California, moved to Davis
from Woodland. She enjoys working, gardening and spending time with
family and friends. Her greatest treasures are her three children
and six grandchildren. |
 Ilene
Gunn is the new administrative assistant to the department chair.
Her responsibilities also include coordinating meetings, processing
travel vouchers and providing general office services to the staff
and faculty. Ilene grew up in Iowa. She received an A.A. degree from
Modesto Junior College and worked for Southwest Baptist University
in Bolivar, Missouri, for five years. She and her husband, Kenneth,
recently moved to Davis from Missouri. They have two sons, David who
lives in Missouri and will be married in May, and Michael who lives
in Vacaville with his wife and children. Ilene and Ken enjoy
spending time with their two young granddaughters, Victoria and
Katrina. |
| Jerry Johnson joined our department in April as the new beef operations manager at the Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center. He was on the Carnation Genetics team that produced one of the world's first live calves from a frozen embryo. His Pacific Trail Cattle Company in Coleville in the eastern Sierra Nevada has been honored by the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) for excellence in productivity of its cow herd. A graduate of Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Jerry is acting president of the California Beef Cattle Improvement Association and has served as a board member of the AGA. He and his wife Sally have two daughters, Erika, 22, and Greta, 25. Jerry enjoys fly fishing and camping with his family. |
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