2019 Hall of Fame Inductees

ALUMNI AT LARGE - Joy Geng, Ph.D

After graduating from Davis High School in 1993, Professor Geng received her B.A., Psychology from Cornell University and a Ph.D., Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University. She is an Associate Professor at UC Davis in the areas of Cognitive Neuroscience, Perception and Current Research in Psychology. In addition she is the core faculty member for the Integrated Attention Lab at the Center for Mind and Brain which focuses on how goal-directed and sensory-driven information are integrated to determine what we perceive. She has served as a National Science Foundation panel member and is a member of several professional organizations, including the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, the Vision Sciences Society and the Society for Neuroscience. She has also served as associate editor of PLoS One in 2011 and as a guest associate editor of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience in 2013.Professor Geng has won numerous awards throughout her career, including the Social Sciences Dean's Innovation Award for 2013 and the 2013 UC Davis Academic Senate small grant in aid of research. In 2012, she was awarded a UC Davis Academic Senate Travel Grant and a UC Davis academic research grant. In 2011, she receive a UC Davis Interdisciplinary Research grant and was nominated for the UC Davis Excellence in Teaching award. In addition, she has been selected a Hellman Fellow and has received a Royal society International Postdoctoral Fellowhship, as APA Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award, a National Science Foundation SFIGERT traning grant with the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, and a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, among other recognition.

ATHLETICS - Anthony "Tony" Francis Cline Jr.

Tony Cline is a retired National Foorball League tight end. He was born in Davis and played high school football at Davis Senior High School. Cline was an All-California selection for the Blue Devils and started on both sides of the ball for the only Davis High School football team to win the section championship in 1988. He graduated from Davis High School in 1990. Cline was given a scholarship to play football at Stanford University. He was named All-Pacific 10 honorable mention as a senior for the Cardinal. He recorded a career-high 11 catches, including the winning TD, in an upset against Colorado that season. Cline was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and studied qualitative economics while at Stanford.
Cline was selected by the Buffalo Bills with the 33rd pick in the fourth round (131st overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played for the Bills (1995-1997), Pittsburgh Steelers (1999) and San Francisco 49ers (1999). Cline retired following the 1999 season.Cline now lives in Austin, Texas and is Vice President of Fulcrum Capital.

FINE ARTS - Malcolm Mackenzie

Malcolm Mackenzie is a professional dramatic baritone with twenty five years of performing experience at leading opera houses throughout the United States and Europe having appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, New York city Opera, Paris Opera (Bastille), Finland's Savonlinna Festival, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Opera Colorado, Opera Omaha, North Carolina Opera, and Pittsburgh Opera among others. Mackenzie's wide repertoire includes many "Baddies" including Simon Boccanegra, Iago, Tonio, Baron Scarpia, Don Giovanni, Count di Luna, Remato, Jack Rance, Marcello, Germont, and Count Almaviva. Mackenzie's UC Davis performance is available on YouTube and has received over 17 million views. He has also appeared with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Pacific Chorale, the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra and the Madison Symphony. He has extensive experience teaching young professional singers, also teaching beginners and non-professionals.
Mackenzie is particularly interested in the physiology of breath and how breath management contributes to the art of acoustical (non-amplified) singing. He hold a BS in Physiological Science from UCLA and is a 1986 graduate of Davis High School.

FACULTY/STAFF - Bob Johnson

Bob Johnson has spent the majority of his life at Davis High Senior High School, first as a student, graduating in 1963, then as a teacher and coach from 1971 to 2006. As a young student, he remembers helping his Algebra teacher, Joanne Moldenhauer, move one summer. Carrying box after box of books up and down stairs, he told her he was never going to be a teacher, they had too many books. Joanne reminded him of that when they were colleagues together at DHS. He also spent many summers working at Davis Sport Shop, which was owned by his mentor and former coach, Royal Morrison. Their 1962 basketball team won the Superior California Athletic League Championship that year.
After graduation from Sacramento State, Bob served two years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war. Returning to Davis, Bob went back to Sacramento State for his teaching credential and Master’s degree in Kinesiology. He was hired at DHS to teach an English class along with Driver’s Education and Physical Education. He feels fortunate to have taught with some of his favorite mentors and former teachers along with DHS classmates and friends, Ralph Villanueva and Dave Whitmire. Along with Dave, who was the driving force behind developing an outstanding weight training program at DHS, they could be found many afternoons loading their trucks with second hand and donated area gym equipment to furnish their newly organized weight room. Their intention was to safeguard all the athletes at DHS with a weight program appropriate for their sport. As Physical Education instructors, the weight program encouraged students and athletes to be fit and healthy for life. Their weight program was observed by many area schools looking to develop their own programs. At DHS, Bob was known for being available to help students during his free time, lunch hour or after school and always willing to write letters of recommendation. Bob coached football, wrestling and track during his thirty-five year tenure at DHS. Together with Dave Whitmire and Ralph Villanueva, they lead their teams to five league championships, ten playoff seasons and the only football section championship in DHS history. Bob and Karen have been married for fifty-two years and have one son, Brandon, who graduated from DHS in 1990. After retiring in 2006, Bob and Karen have enjoyed their traveling adventures, golfing and volunteering in the community and at Davis Community Church. He can be found in the press box every Friday home football game running the game clock. Bob has taught First Aid/CPR/AED for over thirty-five years and continues to teach the district coaching staff several times a year. He was instrumental in incorporating CPR in health classes and was recognized for his efforts by the district. Bob often guest teaches in the district for his former students, who are now PE teachers, so he can keep in contact with today’s students. His influence continues into retirement with his involvement with students and the high school and community he cares for.

FRIENDS/BENEFACTOR - Marty Morse

Marty was born in Madrid, Spain but grew up and attended schools in Davis, graduating from DHS in 1987. He was active in sports, especially football, since elementary school and throughout his four years at UC Davis.

Marty served as President of the Blue & White Foundation for three years. During his tenure, he was instrumental in organizing golf tournaments and concerts raising funds towards construction of the new sports stadium.

As president and CEO of Morse Custom Home and Remodeling, Marty's business has supported the Davis community by donating time and money to various charities/non-profit organizations including the DHS Robotics Club, DHS Basketball Team, DHS Snowboard Team, DHS Football Blue Devils, Yolo Crisis Nursery, Habitat for Humanity, Davis Art Center, UC Davis, Yolo county Red Cross, Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Pence Gallery Garden Tour, Dinner at the Dump, Tree Davis Member, Celebrate Dave, All Things Right & Relevant, Davis Bike Club, Marguerite Montgomery Elementary School among others. He enjoyed volunteering countless hours coaching and organizing junior football. After graduating from UC Davis in Environmental Design with an emphasis in Architecture in 1992, Marty fused his background in construction with his design education to form Morse Custom Home and Remodeling in 1999 . His attention to detail, keen sense of design and construction expertise has generated a solid customer base. He is a member of NARI (Greater Sacramento Valley Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry), W>R>M>B>A> (Western Regional Master Builders Association), Better Business Bureau of Northeast California, Davis Chamber of Commerce. His company's work has won a number of National awards for residential remodeling and construction.