CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : CALIFORNIA : UCLA Emeritus Professor to Head State Education Board
Joseph D. Carrabino, emeritus professor of management in the UCLA Graduate School of Management, has been elected president of the state Board of Education. Carrabino has been a member of the board, which sets state policy for kindergarten through 12th grade, since 1986. Marion McDowell, a deputy superintendent in the Sequoia Union High School District, was elected board vice president. Two new members--Gertie B. Thomas of Albany and Kathryn M. Dronenburg of El Cajon--have been named to the board, bringing the group to full strength for the first time in a year.
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