30-day Plank Challenge

I was getting a little bored with my walking and running routine and with my favorite 10 minute workout, so I decided to try something different for November. I saw a post in my fitness group for a 30-day Plank Challenge. I thought it would be good to build a little core strength since that…

Tribute to a Marine

My grandfather, Glasco Rector, was an amazing man. He kept his head down and worked hard. He was a man of few words. He was a Marine and served in Guadalcanal in WWII, where he survived being shot. He returned from the war to my grandmother Edith and made a family of 4 children, started…

Honoring Howard Anawalt

Howard Anawalt was an incredible mentor. I chose to attend Santa Clara to concentrate on intellectual property law and he was the biggest proponent of IP at Santa Clara, so it only seemed natural that I would end up working for him as a research assistant while I was in law school. I felt lucky…

Honoring George J. Alexander

For veteran’s day, I wanted to highlight and honor one of my favorite law professors, George J. Alexander, who passed away recently, on July 29, 2013. He was a member of the US Navy between college and law school. On July 31, 2013, I received news that one of my favorite law school professors had…