Jimmy Keeler

early 70's.  He has had parts in over 100 movies, including the lead roll in "The Buddy Holly Story". He has made numerous television appearances in everything from "Bonanza" to "King of the Hill", and had his own cable television series, "I'm With Busey".
 

Mike Barker
Class of '61

Contact Mike & Linda at MdBarker42@aol.com

Nathan Hale's First National Merit Scholar

M. Anne Campbell graduated from Hale in 1962 and was Hale's first National Merit Scholar.  She then enrolled at Grinnel College, Iowa and completed a B.S. in Biology in 1966.  Following that she completed her Ph.D. in Human Genetics at the University of Hawaii (1969) and did a year as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of North Carolina.(1969-70).

Following that she joined the faculty at UCLA as Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine.  From the beginning her principal interest was in Human Genetics research. Her publication of works and papers number in the fifties.

At UCLA she achieved Full Professor academic rank in record time while being named to "American Men & Women of Science" in 1976", "Who's Who in the West in 1977" and "School of Medicine, Woman of Science Year, 1979.  She was named a Diplomate, Ph.D. Medical Geneticist, American Board of Human Genetics in 1984. She was appointed Associate Dean of the Graduate Division UCLA (1988-1992).

While at UCLA she was married to Arthur Spence, an attorney, and, while now divorced, she continues to use the name M. Anne Spence.

In 1992 she accepted the position of Vice Chancellor-Academic Programs, University of California, Irvine. In this position she had the responsibility for the Deans of all of the Colleges on the Irvine campus. There she was also named Professor in Department of Pediatrics. After two years as Vice Chancellor she returned to her first love, that being research, where she now heads that Universities participation in the Humane Genome project which is identifying all the human genes.

Anne has also been quite active in other ways in her field of interest.  She was the first woman and first non-MD elected president of the American Academy of Human Genetics.  There she also serves on the Board, writes and administers the examinations for doctors to achieve certification in Human Genetics.  She's held a number of committee positions for the National Institutes of Health, Washington, D.C.

On leave for a year from UC at Irvine, she held an endowed Professor in residence chair at Cal. Tech. and again at University of Iowa. She consults regularly with programs at the University of Missouri, Washington University, Denver University and the University of British Columbia.   In 1999 Grinnell college conferred an honorary doctorate on her and shortly there after named her to a term on their Board of Trustees.

Anne plans to retire from her class room teaching at the end of 2004 but will continue her research and consultation and speaking engagements. She's already moved to her retirement home in San Luis Obispo, CA, and can be contacted at: maspence@uci.edu