Oct. 21, Thursday -- Donald L. Paul, vice president and chief technology officer at ChevronTexaco, will be the guest speaker as UC Davis' Graduate School of Management holds a gala launch for its Bay Area MBA program in San Ramon. The evening event will celebrate the establishment of the MBA program for working professionals, now accepting applications for classes beginning in September 2005. The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the San Ramon Valley Conference Center, which will be the program's teaching site. The center is located at 3301 Crow Canyon Road, just east of Interstate 680. Members of the public wanting to attend should RSVP by Monday, Oct. 18, at http://www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/bamba/kickoff/.