Eleven distinguished alumni of the University of California, Davis, will be honored by the campus's alumni association at its annual awards celebration on Friday, Oct. 21. The 11 -- a group that includes an Emmy-award winner, a university chancellor and a member of UC Davis' first class in veterinary medicine -- were selected by the Cal Aggie Alumni Association for outstanding accomplishments and service to the university, their communities and professions. The awards ceremony will be preceded by a buffet dinner featuring international cuisine and a program of ethnic dance and music by the student performing groups Danzantes del Alma Mexican Folkloric Dance Troupe, Black Christian Fellowship Gospel Choir, Mga Kapatid Filipino Dance Troupe and Native American Dancers. In addition, the Cal Aggie Alumni Marching Band will perform. Tickets for the event, which will be in the Walter A. Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center at 6 p.m., are $25 each and can be obtained by calling the alumni association at (916) 752-0286. The following alumni will be honored: Eugene Boone, a 1932 UC Davis graduate, will receive the Jerry W. Fielder Memorial Award for service to the university, its alumni association and the UC Davis Foundation. A resident of Modesto, Boone is co-founder of the largest frozen vegetable company in the United States. As a volunteer, he has served 48 consecutive years on the board of directors of the Alpha Gamma Rho Alumni Corp., sat on the UC Davis Foundation board of directors for two terms and was a founding member of the North San Joaquin alumni chapter. Boone has provided philanthropic support to UC Davis for decades and has served on a variety of campus advisory committees. Roy H. Saigo, a 1962 graduate, will receive the Distinguished Achievement Award for lifetime distinction in community and public service. Newly appointed chancellor of Auburn University at Montgomery, Alabama, Saigo previously was provost and vice president of academic and student affairs at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La. He has also served as dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, and as an administrator at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire. At these universities, he also held faculty positions in biology. The Emil M. Mrak International Award for distinguished service outside the United States will be presented to Wyland S. Cripe, who received a bachelor's degree from UC Davis in 1948 and a D.V.M. degree in 1952. Cripe is professor emeritus and associate dean for student and public services in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Florida, Gainesville. A member of the first graduating class in veterinary medicine at UC Davis, Cripe conducts research and serves as a consultant internationally on livestock health and production. He has received a number of professional honors and published more than 35 articles. Melinda Guzmán-Moore, who received a bachelor's degree in 1985 and a J.D. degree in 1988, will be named Young Alumna of the Year for outstanding contributions to her profession, community and the university. An attorney in the litigation department of Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan in Sacramento, Guzmán-Moore is also adjunct professor of civil litigation at the University of Northern California Lorenzo Patino School of Law, Sacramento. Her professional and volunteer activities span civic, political, university, women's and minority group interests. She is a frequent speaker on college campuses and in area high schools, and was a founding member of the Chicano/Latino alumni association chapter. Seven Citations for Excellence will also be presented to individuals who have brought distinction to the university or who have served their community. • Roy A. Imbsen, Ph.D. '86, is president of Imbsen & Associates Inc., an engineering consulting firm in Sacramento, and adjunct professor in civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis. Imbsen is an authority on the seismic design of highway bridges and serves as project manager and principal investigator on research projects sponsored by federal and state agencies. • Yvonne Lee, '76, a public relations consultant in private practice in San Francisco, recently received a Northern California Emmy Award for her documentary "Separate Lives, Broken Dreams," which details the history and effect of the Chinese Exclusion Act 1882-1943. The film was also nominated for a national Emmy. Lee, the first executive director of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, has long been an advocate for health and housing needs of the poor and elderly and has been a coordinator of numerous grassroots efforts on civil rights issues. • Felicenne Ramey, J.D. '72, is a new executive officer in the UC Davis Office of the Chancellor/Provost. She had previously been professor and associate dean for academic affairs and research at the School of Administration, California State University, Sacramento, and recently served as assistant chancellor at UC Santa Cruz. Ramey is actively involved in many professional and community organizations as a board member and presenter on education, legal, health and civic matters. • Pearl Robinson, '66, M.A. '68, is associate professor of political science at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and also adjunct associate professor of international politics at Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy. Robinson has published widely, serves on numerous boards, consults for the National Academy of Sciences and is president of the Social Science Research Council, which assists African American students interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in international studies. • Celeste Rose, J.D. '82, is assistant vice president for university relations and special assistant to the president of the University of California. Rose has worked for the California Legislature and the UC Office of Governmental Relations, and was awarded a Management Fellowship with the UC president. • Kay Sain, '72, Cred. '73, M.Ed. '74, is a teacher and staff development professional in the Sacramento Unified School District. Sain has taught for 21 years and received a California Science Teacher of the Year Award in 1993. She has received many teaching, advising and service awards and has developed curricula and programs for schools. She is also the author of a book used to train new teachers. • Michael Stevenson, '79, is co-owner of Reynolds, Stevenson, Rissler, a design company in Palo Alto. His roster of clients has included Coca-Cola, Swatch watches and Elle magazine and, more recently, high technology, publishing and broadcasting accounts. A principal artist in a family-owned art business, Stevenson has also had his prints and original artwork displayed in Sacramento and on the East Coast. In addition, Stevenson donates his time and financial assistance to help others start new businesses.