Enrico N. Togneri, Former Occidental resident, 56,

Died of a heart attack on Dec. 19 in Reno, Nevada. Togneri was
former director of the Washoe County Crime Lab and past president
of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, he was an
internationally recognized expert on crime lab procedures and DNA
testing and consulted worldwide on crime laboratory design,
procedures and certification. Born in Lucca, Italy, Mr. Togneri
came to the United States at the age of 12, growing up in
Occidental. He attended Sonoma State University and UC Berkeley. He
began his career in criminalistics at the Contra Costa County crime
lab in California, accepting the directorship at Washoe County’s
crime lab in 1978. He retired from the Washoe County crime lab in
1994. He worked at the office of David R. Houston, Attorney at Law,
until his death. Mr. Togneri served on the Board of Directors of
the Committee to Aid Abused Women in Reno for a number of years and
volunteered with CAAW for more than 10 years. A lifelong soccer
fan, Mr. Togneri was active as a coach in the American Youth Soccer
league in Sparks and was a certified referee. He was an
accomplished alpine skier and tennis player. As a member of Rotary,
Mr. Togneri traveled with a delegation to Italy that was organized
to exchange management techniques. He is survived by his wife, Amy
Saathoff Togneri of Reno, his son, Marcello Togneri, of Irvine, his
father, Alberto Togneri of Reno, his sister, Annamaria Williams of
Mill Valley, his brother, Mauro Togneri of Houston, Texas and
numerous nieces and nephews and his former wife, Cindy Jack of
Sparks. Donations can be made to Forensic Sciences Foundation
Endowment Fund, c/o the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 410
N. 21st St., Colorado Springs, CO 80904, the Committee to Aid
Abused Women, 1735 Vassar St., Reno, NV 89502 or the ACLU
Foundation, 125 Broad St., 18th Fl., New York, NY 10004.