Santa Rosa, Napa, and King Hall Alums

A busy but exhilarating day yesterday – the news that our alum Tani Cantil-Sakauye ’84 would be nominated to be Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court broke as I was on my way to alumni events in Santa Rosa and Napa.

Our alumni reception in Napa was graciously hosted by Nick Van Male ’70 at the Gaw Van Male law firm in downtown Napa.   Alumni in attendance included Yeoryios Apallas ’72 (read his inspiring bio here), Chris Apallas ’04, Gabrielle Janssens ’09, Megan Bruce ’09, Eric Lawrence ’07, Susie Altman ’03, and Liz Conemac ’11, who’s working as a summer associate in the Gaw Van Male law office.  A good number of Gaw Van Male attorneys were in attendance as well.

Everyone was quite excited about the nomination of Tani Cantil-Sakauye to be the next Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court.  Our alums were bursting with pride!   Meanwhile, in between events, I fielded countless phone calls from media outlets reporting on the nomination.  My interview with Capital Public Radio was conducted in the middle of the old town square in Sonoma… by iPhone!