By J. Matthew Fennell of Los Altos graduated cum laude from the University of San Diego with a bachelor's degree in history.

Benjamin D. Strock of Los Altos graduated from the University of Oregon in Eugene, with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Robert Scott Petersmeyer and Ryan Stuart Jeffrey, both of Los Altos, graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore.

Petersmeyer earned a bachelor’s degree in international affairs. Jeffrey earned a bachelor’s degree in art.

Lisa Raffetto of Los Altos Hills graduated summa cum laude from University of California at Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in business economics.

Marc Sidel of Los Altos graduated magna cum laude from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., with a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies.

Go Sasaki Jr. of Los Altos Hills graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, with a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology.

Yari Sigal of Los Altos was named to the spring semester dean’s list at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.

Maya Allegra Koike of Los Altos has been named to the 2001 spring semester dean’s list at Connecticut College in New London, Conn.

Andrea Kwong of Los Altos was named to the spring 2001 dean’s list at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Alicia Anne Adornato of Los Altos Hills was named to the University President’s List for spring semester at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash.

Brett Smith-Hams of Los Altos was named to the High Honor’s List for the second semester at Tabor Academy in Marion, Mass.

Maria Elena Ferrari of Los Altos Hills graduated with a bachelor’s degree in speech from NorthwesternUniversity.

Hakan Golbasi of Mountain View graduated with a doctorate in industrial engineering from Leigh University.

Astrid Schulz Pulley of Los Altos graduated from the University of California at Davis, with a doctorate in Veterinary Medicine. She graduated from Los Altos High School in 1991 and plans to pursue a career in zoological medicine.

Daniel Brandt Vorhaus of Los Altos was named to the Spring 2001 dean’s list at Duke University.

Brandon Hugh Stroy of Los Altos was named to the Spring 2001 dean’s list at Duke University.