
• Ryan Sutton, a junior at La Jolla High School, was the winner of a student photo contest at the La Jolla Historical Society for his time-lapse photo, “Birdrock By Night.” Judges said the photo showed “outstanding technical prowess” and a “good use of the tripod.” Photos were judged on originality, imagination and ability to capture La Jolla’s unique architectural, historic, cultural and natural character. Photographs were only accepted in one of three categories: architecture, landscape or people. Second place overall went to third-grader Carina Freundt for “Sunny Jim Winks,” while third place overall went to fourth-grader Sophia Konstas-Stone for her photo, “Big Awesome Thing-ee.” • Dr. William Reed was awarded the Platinum Follicle Award at the annual Scientific Assembly of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery for “outstanding achievement in basic scientific or clinically-related research in hair pathophysiology or anatomy as it relates to hair restoration.” Reed’s work has involved studies, presentations and panel discussions at numerous hair-related scientific assemblies over the past 15 years. He is the founder of La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center and has practiced hair restoration in La Jolla since 1994. • Jim Casale of La Jolla has been brought on as principal of Lee and Associates San Diego-UTC office. Casale has 30 years of experience in investment brokerage, commercial property ownership and property management. He most recently served as vice president of Voit Real Estate Services in San Diego. and during his 10-year position there, was a consistent top producer, closing more than 90 transactions valued at $200 million. He also co-founded Pacific Estate Group, a boutique commercial brokerage firm. • Naomi Oreskes, professor of history and science studies at the University of California, San Diego, has been named the 2011 “Climate Change Communicator of the Year” by George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication. Established in 2009, the award recognizes an individual and an organization for “great strides in helping society understand and respond to climate change.” Oreskes, who has been teaching at UCSD since 1998 and has studied the process of consensus and dissent in science for 20 years, won in the individual category. The awards will be presented June 8 in Washington, D.C. • The La Jolla Historical Society installed new members during its annual members meeting. Elected for a three-year term were: Jennifer Harter, current chair of the Education Committee, co-chair of the Student Photo Contest and branch manager of City National Bank; Nettie Keck, current member of the Education Committee and co-chair of annual giving at the Gillispie School; Siavash Khajezadeh, architect with Design Lead; Lydia McNeil, member of the Education Committee and graphic designer with fundraising experience with Las Patronas, the National Charity League and the Gillispie School; Paul Sanchez, human resource executive on the foundation board of Scripps Mercy Hospital. New members join recently-installed board members Suzi Bustamante and David Goldberg, as well as Leslie Davis, who was re-elected to another three-year term and Judy Haxo, returning after a two-year absence. • In recognition of his outstanding contributions to science, La Jolla resident and oceanographer Walter Munk received a formal county of San Diego proclamation Tuesday from Supervisor Pam Slater-Price. A native of Austria, Munk as a young man took a summer job at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which led to his earning a doctorate degree from Scripps. Munk rose to the position of professor of geophysics and became a member of the Univeristy of California Institute of Geophysics. His studies have contemplated tides, ocean swells and tracking of long-term changes in climate associated with global warming. Munk has received numerous awards, including the Alexander Agassiz Gold Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1977, the National Medal of Science in 1983, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences in 1999 and the inaugural Prince Albert I Medal from the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans in 2001 and the 2010 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences.