A Successful Reunion

The Department of Physics and Astronomy held its sixth reunion in the Commons on April 21. Seventy alumni, students, faculty, friends of the Department and their guests enjoyed good food and Sonoma County wine and each other’s company.

The reunion had two themes: to honor Dr. Duncan Poland on his retirement after 36 years of service to SSU and to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the dedication of the SSU Observatory.

Dr. Joe Tenn, Jim Hill (’71), Dr. Chris Ray (’87), Dr. Saeid Rahimi, and Dr. Lynn Cominsky paid tribute to Dr. Poland, and Dr. Tenn showed slides going back to the early years of Sonoma State.

Dr. Gordon Spear, the Observatory’s director since the beginning, presented pictures and stories of the first quarter century of the SSUO, with some emphasis on prospects for the future.

The reunion was planned and presented by a committee consisting of Mark Robinson (’93), Chair, Amy Weber Madruga (’97), Claude Plymate (’81), Teresa Bippert-Plymate (’84), Chris Ray (’87), Niles Severy (’71), Lorie Siebler (student), Dr. Gordon Spear, and Dr. Joe Tenn. Photos by Paula Bennett (’86) may be found on the department website.