Tom
Colthurst co-directs the Addiction Technology Transfer Center in the School of
Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), supported by a grant
from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. In 1995, Mr. Colthurst assumed
associate directorship of the Higher Education
Center on Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, a U.S. Department of Education
contract project with components at Education Development Center, Harvard School
of Public Health, and UCSD. He is also active in the Silver
Gate Group, a private California corporation dedicated to research,
education, and publishing.
Since 1984, Tom's UCSD responsibilities have
included: organizing periodic research and policy conferences; programming
continuing education for public and professional audiences; and launching the
quarterly magazine Prevention File: Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drugs (now
published through the Silver Gate Group). In August 1995, Mr. Colthurst directed
the 37th International Congress on Alcohol and Drug Dependence under the
auspices of the International Council on Alcohol and Addictions (ICAA), hosted
at UCSD.
With Barbara Ryan and Lance Segars, he is coauthor
of the College Alcohol Risk Assessment Guide (UCSD, 1994).
Mr. Colthurst is a graduate of the University
of San Francisco (Political Science, 1968) and San
Diego State University (Master of Public Administration, 1974). Before
joining UCSD, he worked in a succession of management positions with the County
of San Diego, including Health Services, Social Services, and Park Development.
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April 2001 Bios
 | Thomas Wallace Colthurst (dob June 5, 1971)
is a scientist with BBN, a subsidiary of GTE, in the Boston area.
Thomas graduated from Brown in 1992 and earned a PhD from MIT, both
times in mathematics. |
| Christopher Bray Colthurst (dob March 10,
1974) is an accounts manager with Global Crossing, just acquired by
Exodus. He and his newly wed Lara (Teter) Colthurst live here in San
Diego just east of Del Mar. Chris is a UC Santa Cruz grad (1996) in
educational technology. |
| Brendan Collin Colthurst (dob June 10, 1978)
is with Organic.com in New York City. He graduated from Columbia
just about a year ago. |
| Irené Barbara Colthurst (dob September 25,
1984) is the only one left at home, finising up eighth grade this
year at Nazareth School situated on the grounds of Mission San Diego
de Alcala. She begins high school at the Academy of Our Lady of
Peace (her paternal grandmother was class of 1922) in September. |
| Wife Alice (Bray) is a teachers assistant at
Nazareth, and I've been with UC San Diego (grants and contracts)
since 1984, previously with San Diego County government following
two years in U.S. Army and four years at USF ('64) where Alice and I
met.
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Chris
and Lara's Wedding - March 2001
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[Photo courtesy of Thomas Colthurst and Karen MacArthur - Mar 2001]
Laura
and Chris
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[Photos courtesy of Thomas Colthurst and Karen MacArthur - Mar 2001]
Tom and Alice
with oldest son, Thomas Wallace and Karen MacArthur |
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[Photo courtesy of Tom
Colthurst - July 2001]
Irené Colthurst
Tim Russert, the NBC news anchor and commencement speaker at
the graduation, and Irené Colthurst who was attending her cousins graduation at
USF, May 18, 2001
The Tom Colthursts
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[Photo courtesy of
Monique Bonjour - July 2001]
Tom, Brendan,
Thomas, Chris, and Alice
