Yolo-Los Angeles County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....STASULAT , Joe J.  October 16 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Monday, October 21, 2002
Joe J. Stasulat

A memorial service will be held Tuesday for Joe J. Stasulat, manager of
internship and career programs in the College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences at the UC Davis. He died Oct. 16, 2002, following an apparent heart
attack at the age of 59.

A celebration of his life will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Putah Creek
Lodge at UCD, with a brief service of remembrance beginning at 4 p.m.

Stasulat was well known on campus and in industry for his efforts to link UCD
students with practical internship experiences connected to their academic and
career goals. He also was a lecturer, played a key leadership role in several
campus organizations and was pivotal to a number of activities in UCD's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Born April 13, 1943, in Bell, Stasulat graduated from Madera Union High School
in 1961. He operated the Madera Angus Ranch there for the next four years while
earning a bachelor's degree in agricultural business management from what is now
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

He then taught vocational agriculture at Wasco Union High School in Wasco, and
completed a master's degree in agricultural education and management at Cal
Poly. He went on to receive a doctoral degree in agricultural education and
applied behavioral sciences at Pennsylvania State University in 1970.

He served two years as assistant director for resident instruction at Penn State
before coming to UCD in 1973 as a lecturer and coordinator of the Bixby
Work-Learn program, a campuswide program providing students with work experience
related to their academic interests.

When the Bixby program was expanded to become the Internship and Career Center
in 1975, he assumed the role of program manager. His responsibilities included a
wide range of activities including analyzing employment market trends, planning
future center directions, and developing extensive internship and employer
contracts.

He also oversaw the quality and delivery of internship and career services in
the agricultural and environmental sciences, and in education and graduate
placement. He supervised a staff of professional and peer advisers and provided
advising services himself.

In addition to his responsibilities in the Internship and Career Center, he was
a lecturer in the department of land, air and water resources, and was actively
involved in leadership roles on campus for the Academic Federation, the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Quarter Century Club.

"Joe put the needs of students above everything else," recalled Professor Bob
Flocchini, a colleague from Stasulat's home department of land, air and water
resources. "He was concerned that they have real world experiences in addition
to classroom learning. The internships that he arranged for many of our students
were keys to their future success."

Stasulat is survived by his wife, Edith "Edie" Stasulat, and daughters Caroline
and Katie of Davis, and daughter Courtney Rubio and her husband, Vasco, and
their sons Max, Keegan and Hayden, all of Everett, Wash. He also leaves a sister
in Washington and a brother in Oregon, and his former wife, Priscilla Stasulat
of Seattle, Wash.

The Stasulat family is in the process of establishing a memorial fund in his name.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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