Michael Guinan, anatomy and physiology lecturer
A memorial service was held July 11 for Michael Jon Guinan, an award-winning anatomy and physiology lecturer, who died July 5 in Davis from melanoma. He was 46.
Born in Berkeley, he earned UC Davis bachelor's and master's degrees in physiology in 1982 and 1985, a teaching credential in 1986 and a doctorate in physiology in 1997.
For several years, he taught veterinary neuroscience classes and coordinated accompanying labs. He also taught comparative anatomy classes in the veterinary school and began developing computer software to supplement the anatomy classes. He was the primary author of the software programs "The Virtual Heart" and "Comparative Anatomy."
In 2000, he received a campus Award for Ex-cellence in Teaching from the UC Davis Academic Federation. Guinan also carried on research focused on the cellular aspects of learning and memory, and participated in the lecturers' union.
An avid outdoors enthusiast, he enjoyed sailing, biking, fishing and backpacking. And he found a leisure-time outlet for his computer skills, becoming an "accomplished fighter pilot online," according to his wife, Pamela Pappone, a professor in the Division of Biological Sciences.
Mark Wineinger, physical medicine and rehabilitation professor
Mark Wineinger died June 19 at the age of 50 after a courageous fight against cancer. A graduate of Purdue University and Indiana University School of Medicine, he came to UC Davis in 1988 and eventually served as an associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
From 1994 to 1998 Wineinger worked as the UC Davis Director of the NIDRR Rehabilitation Research and Training center in Neuromuscular Diseases. He continued as a project director from 1998 until December 2003. He saw patients at UC Davis Medical Center and the Veterans Administration Clinic in Sacramento.
When Wineinger wasn't treating patients, he was teaching students and researching issues such as neuromuscular function and recovery from injury in aging skeletal frames. Wineinger was formerly a U.S. Navy flight surgeon and senior associate consultant to the Mayo Clinic.
Frederick Wooten, former applied science chair
Frederick Wooten, long-serving chair of the Department of Applied Science, died June 15 from cancer. He was 76. A memorial service is set for 3 p.m. Sept. 17 at the University Club.
Born in Linwood, Penn., Wooten earned a bachelor's degree in physical chemistry in 1950 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon receiving his doctorate from the University of Delaware, he moved to Lawrence Livermore National Lab in 1957. His research activities initially focused on photoelectron spectroscopy.
In 1965, he joined the Department of Applied Science at its Livermore site as a lecturer. In 1972, he became a full professor and vice chair of the department, moving from Livermore to the Davis campus. He became department chair in 1975, holding the position until 1994.
He stepped down as chair in 1994 and retired in 1996. He remained active in research, especially in the area of numerical simulation of physics problems, making key findings in the structure of glasses. At the time of his death, he was writing a textbook on group theory with Michael El-Batanouny, a former graduate student and now a physics professor at Boston University.