MEMBER MILESTONES.

• Position: Brief Article - Obituary

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Christopher L. Phelps has been named partner with San Diego-based Rowling, Dold & Associates ... Lucas, Horsfall, Murphy & Pindroh in Pasadena announced that John W.Tracey has been named partner ... Priscilla Aquino-Dichoso has been promoted to consulting manager at Sacramento-based Gilbert Accountancy Corp.

ACHIEVEMENTS

CaICPA's Committee on Taxation awarded its 2000 Saul Braverman Memorial Award for distinguished service in tax practice to Stuart R. Josephs who has a San Diego-based Tax Assistance Practice (TAP) Dan Delaney has been named Marketer of the Year at the Los Angeles office of RBZ ... In February, CPA Aaron Starr was elected chair of the Libertarian Party of California.

FIRM NEWS

In Los Angeles, Good Swartz & Berns and Brown Leifer Slatkin + Berns have joined forces to create the accounting firm of Good Swartz Brown & Berns. The firm will have nearly 100 professionals and will maintain offices in West Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.

IN MEMORY

Former San Diego Chapter President Virgil V. Pedersen passed away in April...