Special Reception for Alumnus of the Year
and Honorary Degree Recipients
May 28, 2008

The Irvine Valley College Foundation recognized Beccie Dawson as its Alumnus of the Year.  In addition, the college bestowed honorary degrees to Julie Davis and William Woollett, Jr.  The presentations were made at a private ceremony held at the Irvine law office of Best Best & Krieger.

Julie Davis, Bill Woollett and Beccie Dawson
IVC President Glenn Roquemore, Irvine Councilman Steven Choi and Chancellor Raghu Mathur	Bill Vardoulis (The Arlington Group), Albert Napoli (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California), Bill Woollett (Irvine’s first city manager) and Sean Joyce (Irvine’s current city manager)
Foundation Board member Jeannie Luong chats with Irvine Mayor Beth Krom	Foundation Chairwoman Cecilia Goodman, Susan Crockett (Charter 100) and Mary Earl Spencer (Assistance League of Irvine)
Former Trustee Harriett Walther, IVC Foundation Director Al Tello and Irvine Chamber of Commerce CEO Jacquie Ellis	Veronica and Sean Joyce enjoy the evening
Trustee David Lang, Beccie Dawson, IVC President Glenn Roquemore and Chancellor Raghu Mathur	Michael Torres welcomes guests on behalf of the law office of Best Best & Krieger
Lisa Cohrs and Georgette Nunez, representing Makar Properties	Gerard Ravel and Foundation Board member Sandi Clark
Kaz Kishimoto (Kishimoto Architects) shares a laugh with Scott Smith (Best Best & Krieger)	Vice President of Instruction Craig Justice, Professor Stephen Rochford and interim Dean of Fine Arts Daniel Rivas
Michael Torres (Best Best & Krieger) chats with Cynthia Determan (office of Senator Tom Harman) and Leisa Kline (office of Assemblyman Chuck DeVore)	A proud moment for Beccie Dawson
Julie Davis’ honorary degree symbolizes her passion for education	Bill Woollett with his honorary degree

Beccie Dawson is the executive vice president of human resources for Sage Software, a leader in business management software.  She started her college education at Irvine Valley College, where she received a degree in accounting.  She later earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands and a master’s degree from the University of San Francisco.

Julie Davis is the incoming second vice chairman of the Irvine Valley College Foundation, and she is a partner at Coast to Coast Business Equipment located in Irvine.  She is also a past president and board member of Charter 100, a philanthropic women’s community organization that has donated over $200,000 to low-income, single-parent students at Irvine Valley College.  

William Woollett, Jr. is an enthusiastic supporter of Irvine Valley College, and he is one of the most publicly recognizable individuals in our community.  He was hired as the City of Irvine's first employee and served as its first city manager from 1972 to 1989.  In September 2004, one of Irvine’s most beautiful facilities was named after him, the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. 

Special thanks to our sponsors for their generous support.