Dr. Dwight Decker, chairman and chief executive...

Dr. Dwight Decker, chairman and chief executive of Conexant Systems,

Inc.,of Newport Beach, was recently named a member of the board of

directors of the KOCE-TV Foundation ... Navy Fireman Thomas A.

Dickinson, son of Norma Montana of Wooster, Ohio and Dan A. Dickinson

of Newport Beach, and his fellow crew members hosted actor Ben

Affleck aboard the USS Enterprise in the Arabian Gulf ... Miriam

Smith, seasoned art dealer and owner of the Art Resource Group in

Corona del Mar, recently returned from the Appraisers Assn. of

America National Conference in New York City ... Madeline Zuckerman,

president and owner of M. Zuckerman Public Relations & Marketing

Inc., recently announced the 25th anniversary of her firm, which is

in Newport Beach ... Elizabeth Erin Mayes of Newport Beach recently

graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Cal

Poly San Luis Obispo ... Army Spec. Amanda J. York recently graduated

after nine weeks of basic combat training from Fort Jackson,

Columbia, S.C. York is a 2003 graduate of Vanguard University.