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In pictures: Exquisite campus | What it was like 50 years ago Making UC Santa Cruz a family affair UNIVERSITY OF THE ORIGINAL SANTA CRUZ AUTHORITY ON Chancellor QUESTIONING George Blumenthal AUTHORITY Vice Chancellor, University Relations Keith Brant UCREVIEW SANTA | review.ucsc.edu CRUZ | Spring 2015 UC SANTA CRUZ REVIEW Spring 2015

Editor An evening under the stars with Gwen Jourdonnais Creative Director special guest Alice Waters Lisa Nielsen

Art Director/Designer Linda Knudson (Cowell ’76) Save the date for Founders Celebration 2015 Associate Editor The UC Santa Cruz campus— Banana Slugs everywhere: September 26, 2015 Dan White beautiful, bewildering, You don’t want to miss bewitching. A photo essay Alumni Weekend 2015, Photography Vester Dick celebrating the stunning happening April 23–26 Carolyn Lagattuta setting that for 50 years has and celebrating our 50th Eric Thiermann inspired students to change anniversary—it’s gonna be Elena Zhukova the world. the party of the half-century. Contributors Amy Ettinger Guy Lasnier (Merrill ’78) Scott Rappaport Exquisite Alumni Joan Springhetti Tim Stephens Peggy Townsend campus 10 16 Weekend Dan White Image Research 19 22 Courtesy of UCSC Special Family Original Collections and Archives

Produced by UC Santa Cruz ties vision Communications & Marketing When family members Reflections on the 1156 High Street have the experience tumultuous ‘60s, the heady Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077 of attending UC Santa days of the UC Santa Cruz’s Voice: 831.459.2495 Cruz in common, they’ve beginnings, and the ways E-mail: [email protected] Web: review.ucsc.edu walked the same paths— the campus has stayed true 3/15 (1415-410/110M) contributing to a sense to its mission through the of pride, connection, and decades. shared values.

Join us for a spectacular evening and be part of the crowning event of UC Santa Cruz’s 50th celebratory year. Cover: Founding Chancellor Dean McHenry was the biggest booster of the planned UC Santa Cruz campus. In this iconic photo, he posed for This year’s Founders Celebration Dinner will be unlike anything we have done before. a Time magazine publicity still in 1962, three years before the campus Served alfresco overlooking Monterey Bay, with a keynote by Alice Waters—chef, opened. (Photo: Vester Dick; courtesy of Covello & Covello) activist, author, and proprietor of famed Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse. It will be a night to be remembered.

Tickets will go on sale June 1. CAMpaign update 4 | Happenings/News 7 | ALUMNI WEEKEND PROGRAM center section 50years.ucsc.edu alumni notes and profiles 26 | Philanthropy 30 | alumneye 32

II UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 1 From the Chancellor The chancellor’s desk: Your Turn outstanding in his field

The black-and-white photo on the The photo also speaks to the whim- How I wish McHenry were around cover of this issue is a campus sical aspect of UC Santa Cruz—the today to find out about the exo- classic. The playful image captures part of us that would embrace the planets we’ve discovered, the new the spirit of adventure founding Banana Slug as our official mascot fronts we’ve opened up in the war Chancellor Dean McHenry brought in 1986, and, to paraphrase Henry against cancer, the genomes we’ve to the job of building a new campus David Thoreau, choose to march to mapped and shared with the world, from the ground up. It’s the early a different drummer. and the convergences we’ve nur- tured between literature, the arts, 1960s, a new campus is being cre- Fifty years after our opening, the and the sciences. ated, yet all he’s got to work with is campus remains bold, experimental, a desk in the middle of a pasture. and dedicated to advancing knowl- Alumni Weekend is just around the As the current chancellor of UC edge—without losing our quirky corner. What better occasion to Santa Cruz, I love that photo be- individuality. We have stayed true look back on our founding vision, cause it speaks to the boldness of to our founders’ vision, providing celebrate our current achievements, McHenry and the enthusiasm of our immersive hands-on learning ex- and contemplate our future? first students who arrived from all periences in the broader context of I hope you’ll join us for the festivities across the nation when the campus pursuing UC’s mission of education, from April 23–26. Come back to cam- Caption correction opened in 1965. public service, and research. pus, celebrate UC Santa Cruz, and It speaks to all that future poten- From the beginning, UC Santa Cruz watch the sun set behind the very If you would like to impress your tial—the un-built buildings, the life- was envisioned as a major research spot where the chancellor hauled out colleagues with your knowledge changing seminars and mentors, university that would offer students his desk all those years ago. of ancient trivia, tell them that the the discoveries and explorations. It an experience that rivals what small photo on the back cover of the fall speaks to the fact that those stu- private liberal arts colleges offer. As ‘14 Review (shown at right), is not dents and their brave professors had we enter our second half-century, of Tom Vogler, it is Peter Smith, as- to draft their own blueprint as they many things have changed, but not sistant to Chancellor McHenry for went along. that fundamental truth. George Blumenthal, chancellor arts, who left a couple of years after this picture was taken (in 1966) to to shake up the system,” page 7]. Santa Cruz the Grateful Dead of- Raves, rants, direct Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center Great memories there. Not only fered to play a free concert in the recommendations, what they did for UC Santa Cruz, (upper) Quarry Amphitheater—in and love letters for the Arts. It was not a seminar, from our readers it was a posed photo, taken by Al but the huge contribution they support of the aims and values and social media A charge in the air Lowry, the first campus photogra- made to the community. There of the campus—but were turned friends. Editor’s Note pher, with yours truly in the checked was no public art here (not even down for fear of their newfound Find UC Santa shirt on the left. the museum) before they came. fans showing up in unmanage- Cruz on Facebook, Page’s concern for the home- able numbers ... and conditions. Instagram, Twitter, They came from all over California their stories is about the “magic” of “Magical” may be a strong word for How’s that for Trivial Pursuits? less helped start the Homeless Perhaps now that the band has its LinkedIn, YouTube, and the nation with a hunger and a the campus at that time—an electric a college experience—especially and Pinterest. bottomless thirst for intellectual chal- charge in the air. It must have had if you remember the challenges of —Bill Dickinson (Cowell ‘68, Services Center. They were a mar- archives in the McHenry Library Read UC Santa lenge and adventure. something to do with all those brain- roommate dynamics, dorm food, and philosophy) velous couple and enriched all of Special Collections and a drive is Cruz Review waves in motion, the excitement of final exams—but it comes up again y jim mackenzie our lives. underway to reopen the Quarry, stories at review.

They showed up to see piles of r b the surviving members of the band ucsc.edu. something new, the groundbreaking and again when I talk to UC Santa o dirt and earthmovers everywhere. Appreciation —Lois Trabing, community member seminars, the demanding but riveting Cruz alumni of all ages. And I can see might be glad of an invitation to Nearly all the emblematic buildings for the Smiths World Civilization core course, and why—walking through campus, you perform a benefit concert ... espe- we associate with UC Santa Cruz Many thanks for Peggy Dead reckoning the thrill of having no leaders to fol- can feel the electricity even now. cially if they can try out new music. were figments in the sketchbooks of Townsend’s excellent piece on Regarding “Quest to reopen the low, except for themselves. ; chancell architects and planners. All they saw I hope you come to Alumni Weekend Page and Eloise Smith [fall ‘14, Quarry” [fall ‘14, page 28]: Hank —John Leech (Cowell ‘79, history were redwood trees, big meadows, I am glad to report that the magic for the big 50th celebration April “Road to ‘65: Page Smith rides in Harrison in his book The Dead and religious studies) some cows—and lots of potential. and electricity are still here—and 23–26 and feel it again for yourself. notes that in the early days of UC new alumni and current students still Walk the trails and look up into the

They were a fearless bunch, that . lagattuta have similar words about the cam- redwoods. Gaze into infinity over the

small group of students who showed y c pus. A few things have changed, for meadows. Feel your mind expand. up when UC Santa Cruz opened its sure. There are, undoubtedly, more Reconnect with old friends—and doors in 1965—if a campus with Where’s Sammy? Congrats go out to Michael Witte (Cowell ‘06, modern literary studies), who was

buildings now. UC Santa Cruz alumni yourself. nnais b almost no buildings can be said to See the center section for randomly chosen as the Sammy challenge winner for the fall ‘14 issue! Since graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Witte have had a chance to change the a full Alumni Weekend program. o have doors! has continued his studies in graphic design and advertising, architecture, and now massage therapy.

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Bring out your memory book and o He works for the City of Dana Point and is interested in maintenance and treatment toward performance optimization UC Santa Cruz opened years before museums, blasting into space, devel- unfold it. I, for one, would love to : j I was born—but experiencing its be- s of humans and machines. | For the record, Sammy was on page 20, nestled among the salad greens at the top right.

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and talking with some of the original better communities, or setting the — Gwen Jourdonnais, editor ph He looks like the Sammy hanging out to the right of this paragraph. | Write us at [email protected]. students, faculty, and staff is a fasci- literary world on fire. nating experience. A familiar echo in

UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 3 THE campaign for UC SAnTA CRUZ CAMPAIGN UPDATE 50th Anniversary

As our campus celebrates 50 years of original thinking and questioning authority, The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz is building resources for its future. As we collectively enjoy the look back—and the events planned throughout the year—we are moving full speed ahead to ensure we have the GIVE Dress-up success resources to continue our extraordinary education and research mission. To kick off UC Santa Cruz’s 50th birthday year with a fash- Support takes many shapes: chair, barn, banana slug ion flourish, the campus threw a “Dress Like It’s 1965 Day” on January 15. Staff, faculty, Gift creates endowed Philanthropy raising At last, the beloved students, and community mem- chair in computer science a barn and supporting mascot of UC Santa Cruz bers participated—and had a environmental programs Impressed by UC Santa Cruz’s re- will be understood! blast (from the past)! Here are search in computer science, Moun- The same techniques used to build A crowd-funded project to se- the winners of the dress-up tain View-based Symantec gave the historic Hay Barn in the 1800s quence the genome of the banana contest, as judged by Mad Men $500,000 to endow a faculty chair— are being used to reconstruct it— slug surpassed its goal, with 139 Co-Costume Designer Tiffany the first chair in the University of including classic timber framing. people donating a total of $21,443 White Stanton (Kresge ‘03, California system to take advantage The project is made possible by a psychology). To view all the for the Banana Slug Genome Proj- . lagattuta

of a new matching fund program $5 million gift from the Helen and ect. The results will provide insight : c photos, visit 50years.ucsc.edu/ Y established by UC President Janet Will Webster Foundation to create a kick-off on species diversity—and be the s B o

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nomics research. Alumni Ken and ph The project supports the Coastal The inaugural holder of the new Branwyn Wagman (Stevenson ‘78 Sustainability initiative of The Cam- Symantec Presidential Chair in and Kresge ‘79, respectively) got paign for UC Santa Cruz. Storage and Security is Professor the ball rolling with a challenge gift. Ethan Miller, director of the Center They were joined by fellow Slug for Research in Storage Systems. Leslie Grate (Ph.D. ‘00, computer Dress-up Day winners The gift supports the Data Science engineering) and his wife Lou, a Leadership initiative of The Cam- past staff member in the UC Santa Fashionistas: paign for UC Santa Cruz. Cruz Molecular, Cellular and De- (above, left to right) Students velopmental Biology Department, Emily Graily and Sarah Logan who also did a match challenge. flaunted their ‘60s style. The project supports the Genomics Groovy: (right) Professor of biomo- Institute initiative of The Campaign lecular engineering Kevin Karplus $300 MILLION campaign PROGRESS for UC Santa Cruz. broke out the bright threads. now at $190 million The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz seeks to build Campaign website gets new resources across campus and in signature initia- design, expanded content Alumni Weekend 2015 tives. Publicly launched in October 2013, its goal Your key resource for learn- Climate Conference April 23, 24, 25, and 26, 2015 is to raise $300 million by the end of the cam- ing about The Campaign for UC March 13-14, 2015 (See included Alumni $200 paign to enhance UC Santa Cruz’s extraordinary Santa Cruz got a major boost with (including annual Weekend program for MORE educational environment, high-impact research, improved navigation and added Fred Keeley Lecture) a full list of events.) NEXT and enduring commitment to social and environ- content. Check it out and see how Hot Dates PAGE mental responsibility. you can be a part of the future of UC Santa Cruz.

$100 MILLION campaign.ucsc.edu LEARN Questions about ways to give: MORE Email: [email protected] Call: (831) 459-2501 CELEBRATE YEARS YOUNG

UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 5 4 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 Timeline nuggets This is From the poignant to the comical, our interactive timeline is brimming with photos and memories of the first 50 years of UC Santa Cruz. Check out these examples—and add your own at 50years.ucsc.edu/timeline.

2013 UC Santa Cruz 1970 UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz International Scholar showcased in Life & Family Picnic magazine I had the privilege of coordinating Big money for big data The May 8, 1970, issue of Life one of the International Education The National Institutes of Health awarded magazine ran an article titled Office’s (IEO) largest events of the $11 million to UC Santa Cruz to create the “An Old Idea Flowers Anew at year—our annual International technical infrastructure needed for the Santa Cruz,” which focused on Scholar Family Picnic. It was a broad application of genomics in medi- UC Santa Cruz’s uniqueness glorious Santa Cruz day, and the cine and biomedical research. from the other UCs. An excerpt Provost’s home 1985 Elena Baskin and property the perfect location! This grant from the National Human from the opening paragraph: Genome Research Institute funds the “Admittedly designed to educate This was a very rewarding and Visual Arts Studios positive experience for me during va Center for Big Data in Translational an elite, like the ancient colle- o dedicated my first year as a staff member Genomics. The center is a multi-institu- giate universities of Oxford and tional partnership based at UC Santa Cruz Cambridge on which it is mod- at UCSC. It’s also where I met our Elena Baskin Visual Arts Studios and led by David Haussler, professor of eled, Santa Cruz is devoted to the beloved mascot Sammy the Slug are dedicated on the campus’s biomolecular engineering and director of old-fashioned ideal of a broad for the first time! west side. y elena zhuk the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute. liberal education.” —Arielle Moire-Selvage Freitas The center’s overarching goal is to help the biomedical community use genomic infor-

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Our 50th commemorative magazine will be the fall o Founders Celebration it increasingly affordable to sequence a 2015 issue. There’s never been a better time to send person’s entire genome, but managing ucsc.edu/founders us an Alumni Note! Everyone goes to the notes sec- September 26, 2015 genomic and related data from millions of tion first to find out what’s happening with old friends individuals is a daunting challenge. and former classmates. Email us: [email protected] Josh Stuart, professor of biomolecular engineer-

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Fiat Lux Award other high-tech features—tells Pioneer faculty and staff Visit 50years.ucsc.edu/ researchers not just where an events to see all 50th animal is but what it is doing anniversary events. and how much its activities “cost” in terms of energy ex- Find more penditure. UC Santa Cruz news “Understanding the energetics at news.ucsc.edu. ments of mountain lions in the of wild animals moving in com- Have news delivered Power of wild and determine how much plex environments is valuable straight to your inbox! the pounce energy the big cats use to information for developing bet- Subscribe to the Scientists at UC Santa Cruz, us- stalk, pounce, and overpower ter wildlife management plans,” UC Santa Cruz e-news- ing a new wildlife tracking collar their prey. said first author Terrie Williams, professor of ecology and evolu- letter at news.ucsc. they developed, were able to The new collar—equipped CELEBRATE YEARS YOUNG edu/newsletter continuously monitor the move- tionary biology. with GPS, accelerometers, and

6 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 7 UC Santa Cruz in top five for NIH funding UC Santa Cruz is in the top five of institutions that have seen significant increases in funding from the National Institutes of Tyler Stovall Jim Kent Cary Joji Fukunaga Robin Hunicke Julie Guthman Health over the past decade. At the same time a number of the human genome. “Making A decade later: other institutions have suffered New dean of Genomics an informatics resource like Game designer sizeable drops. Humanities Institute the genome browser for Ebola joins art faculty organic food According to “Science UC Santa Cruz has appointed releases Ebola researchers is the least we Award-winning game designer Ten years ago, UC Santa Cruz Squeezed,” a series of reports Tyler Stovall to serve as dean could do.” and producer Robin Hunicke professor Julie Guthman’s on biomedical funding by NPR, of the Humanities Division, ef- genome browser joined the UC Santa Cruz book Agrarian Dreams: The NIH funding soared between fective spring quarter. The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Alum scores faculty in January as associ- Paradox of Organic Farming in 1998 and 2003, which created a Institute released a new Ebola ate professor of art and game California, was hailed as prec- Stovall comes to the campus Emmy for True gold-rush mentality in biomedi- genome browser in September design. edent setting, the first social from UC Berkeley, where he cine. But since 2004, the NIH to assist global efforts to de- science study of organic foods was a professor of French Detective A well-known figure in the budget has dropped by more Quarry Amphitheater circa 1966 velop a vaccine and antiserum in the United States. history and dean of the UC Santa Cruz alumnus Cary games industry, Hunicke will than 20 percent (not including to help stop the spread of the Undergraduate Division of the Joji Fukunaga (College Eight help lead the new interdisci- A lot has happened in a decade. federal stimulus money during Ebola virus. Student support gives major College of Letters and Science. ‘99, history) picked up an plinary undergraduate program Sixty percent of consumers 2009 and 2010). The team led by UC Santa Cruz Emmy Award in the category in Games and Playable Media now say they buy organics boost to Quarry reopening Prior to that, Stovall spent 13 According to the report, UC researcher Jim Kent worked of “Outstanding Director for with arts and engineering at at least occasionally. Most years as a faculty member in Santa Cruz has seen NIH fund- around the clock for a week, a Drama Series” for the HBO UC Santa Cruz. supermarkets feature an organ- Efforts to restore and chancellor and provost. the UC Santa Cruz Humanities ing increase from about $14 communicating with interna- series True Detective. ics section or private label for million in 2000 to almost $30 reopen the landmark “We are grateful for this Division. During his last three Hunicke is the co-founder Quarry Amphitheater powerful endorsement tional partners to gather and The up-and-coming 37-year- organics. For a while, organic million in 2013. The campus is years at Santa Cruz, he also and CEO of San Francisco’s received a major boost by students. We hope it present the most current data. old director, writer, producer, sales grew at a 20-percent-a- one of 10 universities that have served as chair of the History independent game studio, y with the endorsement inspires our alumni and UC Santa Cruz established the and cinematographer tri- year clip. enjoyed increased funding. In Department and provost of Funomena, and has a back- of using up to $6.38 others to join in bringing Stevenson College. UCSC Ebola Genome Portal, umphed over a highly competi- ground in fine art, computer In a new second edition contrast, another group of uni- graph versities, many with previous million in existing stu- back this quintessential with links to the new Ebola ge- tive field of colleagues, includ- science, and applied game o just published (University of “The humanities are central t dent fee reserves to- gathering space in the nome browser as well as links ing the directors of Breaking studies. She was named one o California Press), Guthman, a funding totals in the hundreds to intellectual life in the 21st ward the project. heart of campus.” to all the relevant scientific litera- Bad, Downton Abbey, Game of Forbes’s “Top 12 Women in professor of social sciences of millions of dollars annually, century,” said Stovall. “I am ture on the virus. of Thrones, House of Cards, Gaming to Watch” in 2013. and UC Santa Cruz alumna have seen sizeable drops. The Quarry, which has During Alumni thrilled to come to UC Santa and Boardwalk Empire. (Kresge ‘79, sociology), takes been closed to events Weekend, April 23-26, Cruz, a university known locally “We need a heroic worldwide a new look at the state of the since 2006, had served tours of the Quarry will and globally for its pioneering effort to contain Ebola,” said Moving up in y brandeis ph organic food movement and as a center of campus be offered, and visi- contributions to humanistic Kent, who 15 years ago cre- y b world rankings some of the strange puzzles life since UC Santa tors will have the op- education and research.” ated the first working draft of that afflict it. UC Santa Cruz is ranked 93 Cruz was founded 50 portunity to share their among the world’s best uni- years ago. Quarry stories. ; quarr Action! versities and in the top 50 The Student Fee An estimated $1.2 mil- in the U.S., according to the Advisory Committee, lion in additional fund- Best college for Academic Ranking of World Lick funding to continue which endorsed use of ing is needed to move Universities (ARWU) published fees toward the project, forward with the initial . lagattuta film majors The University of California Office of the President by a Shanghai education-con- is the primary avenue phase of the project, y c UC Santa Cruz was recently reversed a previous decision to pull funding from sulting firm. ranked No. 7 in the country for advising the chancel- which will reopen the by 2018. by College Factual for Best It’s a move up at least eight lor and executive vice Quarry. If fundraising is Lick Observatory operations will continue under the Bachelors Program for Film, places for the campus, which chancellor on allocation successful, work is pro- management of UC Observatories (UCO), the multi- Video, and Photographic Arts. last year was listed in the of fees. The committee jected to begin in 2016. campus astronomical research unit headquartered 101-150 category. The annual is composed of stu- The campus was featured in Reopening the Quarry at UC Santa Cruz.“We are thrilled to hear this news,” study by the Shanghai Ranking dents and other campus a Top 10 list along with such Amphitheater is a pri- said UCO Interim Director Claire Max, adding that Consultancy, a firm spun off representatives. ority of The Campaign

, kent and guthman b institutions as USC, NYU, UC there are enough funds in the projected budgets of five years ago from Shanghai Berkeley, and UCLA. “This is an exciting for UC Santa Cruz. UCO to run Lick Observatory for the next five years, Jiao Tong University, looks at vall advancement of this Learn more at albeit at a frugal level. Lick has an annual operating o The data used by College more that 1,200 universities in project,” said Alison campaign.ucsc.edu.

budget of approximately $1.5 million. Ongoing fund- : st Factual for the rankings in- the world and publishes data on s Galloway, executive vice

o cludes outcomes such as what it deems are the top 500. Lick Observatory raising efforts and potential partnerships currently be- t ing explored may provide additional funding for Lick. o graduation rates and average ph starting salary. 8 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 9 EXQUISITE CAMPUS A common refrain among UC Santa Cruz alumni—from every decade, every major, every college, every division—is how much they treasured the beauty and natural setting of this remarkable campus and the richness it brought to their educational experience. Some even say it changed their lives.

As part of UC Santa Cruz’s 50th anniversary recognition, we present a photo essay celebrating this stunning university environment. From the dizzying heights of the redwood forests … 1

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… to the mind-expanding views of big sky and endless meadows tumbling to the bay, combined with breathtaking glimpses of the magnificent wildlife sharing this dramatic space.

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Architecture blends into the land and surround- ing forest, and includes everything from rustic 8 historical structures to sleek, modern designs.

The UC Santa Cruz campus—beautiful, bewildering, bewitching.

We look forward to welcoming generations of students to come who will similarly immerse and revel in the beauty of this 10 place and continue the quest to change the world.

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All of the gorgeous images in this feature were captured by students, alumni, and staff. 6 Caitlin Brennen (Cowell ’13, environmental studies), 7 Brandon Dickson ( ’13, 1 U’lyana Zagurskaya (Crown ’15, human biology), 2 Sarah Mollenbrick, staff, 3 Brandon Winters (Stevenson, psychology)‚ 8 Maycee Hash (College Eight ’13, ecology and evolution), 9,11 Kelsey Jones undeclared), 4 Kate Littler (post doc, Earth & planetary sciences), 5,12 Tara Camgros (Cowell ’13, anthropology), (Merrill ’15 art, education and literature minors), 10 Jacqueline Watson (Kresge ’13, psychology) 14 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 15 Alumni COME HOME. Weekend ALUMNI WEEKEND 2015 | PROGRAM APRIL 23–26 By Dan White

lecturer Nancy Abrams, phys- Every Alumni Thursday ics professor , Weekend feels like a KICK-OFF and computer science lecturer Christopher Yonge. milestone for returning Early arrivals—especially those who’ve thought about offering More information and a speaker Banana Slugs and a a guiding hand to current UC nomination form are available Santa Cruz students—should online. If you have questions chance to be part of flock to Mentor Match: about TEDxSantaCruz or the A student & alumni network- speaker nominations process, a living history. ing dinner, starting at 7 p.m. please contact Suz Howells at at the Stevenson Event Center. [email protected] or (831) But those impulses will be The dinner serves as a chance 459-3775. stronger than ever during this to connect with other Slugs and year’s festivities, which run provide guidance for the next from Thursday, April 23, generation. through Sunday, April 26, at UC Santa Cruz. The event THIS WEEKEND IS FOR YOU. serves as one of the anchor FRIday pieces of the campus’s year- FESTIVITIES long 50th anniversary cel- For five decades, UC Santa Cruz has been home to Among the highlights will ebration, which kicked off in original thinkers—the rebels and visionaries, artists, be an all-day off-campus January with “Dress Like It’s scientists, change-makers, and poets who had the TEDxSantaCruz event on 1965 Day.” (See photo contest courage to strike off on a different path. You are Friday, April 24, from 10 a.m.–4 winners page 5.) woven into the fabric of this remarkable place. Alumni p.m. at the Rio Theatre in Santa Weekend is for you—our alumni family. Come home. In honor of this important Cruz. The focus of the event, Let’s celebrate our past and our future, together. milestone, organizers have put which is hosted by UC Santa together the most elaborate Cruz, is “Radical Collaboration.” Alumni Weekend ever, with Back on campus that Friday, more than 70 activities geared Organizers are looking for speak- the 11th annual Graduate ers and performers whose cre-

to Banana Slugs from all 50 Research Symposium— ric arvizu ative and innovative ideas have years of the campus’s history. highlighting the innovative y E changed the world, whether research being conducted by We detail some of the high- near or far. Those interested can

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throughout the weekend; for rad s from 1–4:30 p.m. at McHenry a full listing of events and to Past TEDxSantaCruz speakers Library. o: G from UC Santa Cruz include bi- t

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AW_ProgramR6.indd 1 2/19/15 8:29 AM It’s UC Santa Cruz’s 50th SOCIAL SCIENCES DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI GENDER EQUALITY IN ATHLETICS PAN-DANM-ONIUM TALES AS TALL AS THE REDWOODS: THURSDAY, APRIL 23 AWARD CEREMONY THROUGH THE YEARS AT UCSC 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Digital Arts Research REFLECTIONS ON UC SANTA CRUZ’S anniversary—and an 4–6 p.m., La Feliz Room, Seymour Center, $10 10 a.m.–12 p.m., College Eight, Room 240, $10 Center (DARC) FOUNDING YEARS incredible time to come MENTOR MATCH: A STUDENT & ALUMNI Enjoy refreshments and raise a glass to Acclaimed academic researcher and Join us for an outdoor festival to cele- 2–3:30 p.m., Stevenson Fireside Lounge NETWORKING DINNER the 2014-2015 Distinguished Alumni from women’s basketball alumna Susan Cahn brate our 10th anniversary. Features an Enjoy refreshments while hearing the home. Walk a path through 7–9 p.m., Stevenson Event Center, $25 the Division of Social Sciences. (Kresge ’81) joins a panel of speakers for exhibition of MFA graduates’ work. fascinating story behind the founding of Connect with current students from across a topical discussion on gender equality UC Santa Cruz. the redwoods, absorb new GRADUATE ALUMNI SOCIAL the campus at a career-focused mentoring in sport. TRUE ORIGINALS: 5–7 p.m., Graduate Student Commons knowledge in the classroom, dinner where you can share your experi- ESCAPIST COMEDY VERSUS SOCIAL COMEDY KENNETH S. NORRIS CENTER FOR NATURAL ence and answer student questions. Join current and fellow graduate alumni THE FARM TOUR IN AMERICAN FILM WITH FILMMAKERS HISTORY DEDICATION take your moment in the for appetizers and libations. 10–11 a.m., Louise Cain Gatehouse LINDSAY DORAN* AND RON YERXA 2–4 p.m., Norris Center in Natural Sciences 2 sun to reconnect with Enjoy a guided tour of the gardens, fields, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall A dedication ceremony featuring light FRIDAY, APRIL 24 ALUMNI SHABBAT and orchards at UC Santa Cruz’s 30-acre Lindsay Doran* (Merrill ’70) and Ron refreshments and an array of natural friends—and yourself. 6:15–9 p.m., Santa Cruz Hillel organic farm. Yerxa (Grad Division ’74) will lead a history and art displays. It’s our time to shine. Here KZSC AIRCHECKS Join Santa Cruz Hillel for Shabbat spirited discussion about their different 10 a.m.–6 p.m., KZSC services and a delicious home-cooked JOURNEY THROUGH TIME: LIME WORKS TOUR views on comedy in film.* Tentative 50 YEARS OF LITERATURE is a complete listing of Come back to KZSC-FM (née KRUZ) to Shabbat meal. 10–11 a.m., Barn Parking Lot 11 a.m.–1 p.m., , Room 327 STORY QUARRY Alumni Weekend events. spin a short set or share stories from Join geologist/historian Frank Perry Join current and former faculty in honor- your time at the radio station (now RECENT GRAD MIXER (College Eight ‘77) for a tour of the 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Cowell College ing the history and influence of the UC 20,000 watts!). 7–9 p.m., Motiv (upstairs) campus’s historic lime works district. Document your stories and experiences Santa Cruz literary community with live Calling all recent graduates—come from the beloved and historic Quarry talks, performances, and refreshments. TEDxSANTACRUZ network with other young alumni and ECON ALUMNI RECEPTION Amphitheater. Reopening the Quarry 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Rio Theatre, $70 general; current seniors at Motiv downtown. 10–11 a.m., Engineering 2, Room 180 Amphitheater is a priority of The Campaign ALAN CHADWICK GARDEN TOUR $35 UCSC students Enjoy tapas plates and a no-host bar! (Simularium) for UC Santa Cruz. 2:30–3:30 p.m., Chadwick Garden UC Santa Cruz partners with the TEDx Mingle with alumni and Economics Join garden manager Orin Martin for an program to establish fresh new conver- TRUE ORIGINALS: Department faculty, staff, and current REDEDICATION educational tour of Chadwick Garden’s DR. M. SANJAYAN PRESENTS: sations, perspectives, and exposure to students over breakfast. 11 a.m.–12 p.m., Merrill College Plaza unique collection of organically managed A NEW WILD: SAVING NATURE different ideas from Santa Cruz and the Take a moment to reflect upon Merrill vegetables, flowers, fruit trees, and IN A HUMAN-DOMINATED WORLD world beyond. ARBORETUM TOUR College’s history and celebrate its native plants. 7:30–9 p.m., Media Theater/ Performing 10–11 a.m., Norrie’s Gift Shop future direction. TH 11 ANNUAL GRADUATE RESEARCH Arts M110, $10 Tour native flora from around the globe THEN AND NOW WALKING TOURS SYMPOSIUM Join Dr. M. Sanjayan (Grad Division ‘97), while reconnecting with fellow alums, TRUE ORIGINALS: 2:30 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 3:30 1–4 p.m., McHenry Library executive vice president and senior Arboretum staff, and volunteers. MONEY, POLITICS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND p.m., Cowell College Fountain THE LAW: WILL WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE? Celebrate the scholarly, creative, social, scientist at Conservation International, Current Student Life University Guides and commercial impact of UC Santa Cruz Emmy-nominated news contributor, and BASKIN ALUMNI MENTORING 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Stevenson Fireside Lounge lead a stroll around campus to revisit old graduate students. host of new PBS series EARTH A New PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE Paul Hall (Merrill ‘72) will moderate an haunts and explore new additions. Wild, to discuss whether humans and 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Cowell Senior Commons, interdisciplinary panel of distinguished UC SANTA CRUZ GREENHOUSE TOUR wild nature can continue to coexist. Room 225 alumni who will take a keen look at the TEACH INS 2–3 p.m., Thimann Labs Rooftop Meet UC Santa Cruz’s talented future interplay of money and power in our Be a student again for an afternoon and Enjoy a tour of our Science Hill facilities, SATURDAY, APRIL 25 engineers and learn more about the political and governing systems—from choose to attend a lecture from psychol- including rooftop visits to our instruc- Baskin Alumni Mentoring Program. campaign finance and the effect of money ogy professor Craig Haney or feminist tional plant collection, restoration project BRING BACK THE QUARRY TOUR in politics to legal and political responses studies professor . plants, and current research projects. First tour 10–10:30 a.m.; second tour CAMPUS ADVENTURE: to global warming and climate change. 10:30-11 a.m. Meet in Quarry Plaza by Bay A MODERN-DAY SCAVENGER HUNT CRAIG HANEY: Professor Haney, who TAKE A WALK AROUND UC SANTA CRUZ MERRILL MOAT DAY for 30 years has conducted extensive Tree Bookstore 10 a.m.–12 p.m., meet outside the Cowell 2–4 p.m., meet outside DARC building 12–5 p.m., Merrill Moat research into the psychological effects Revisit the Quarry and view plans for Conference Room, Room 132 Looking for a hands-on activity? Join us of solitary confinement, presents a talk Artists-in-residence Public Doors and Win- its newly invigorated future. Reopening Crack codes, develop strategy, and use for a BBQ and help with efforts to restore entitled, “Think Different: Why Everything dows, a Portland-based art collective, the Quarry Amphitheater is a priority teamwork to locate and (re)discover the moat murals. We’ve Been Taught About Crime is Wrong bring past and present campus memories of The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz great and iconic places on campus. to life with their experiential campus walk. and What We Need to Do About It.” BANANA SLUG LUNCH: 2:30–3:45 p.m., Stevenson Room 175 THE CREATION OF BEAUTY BANANA SLUG KID ZONE /COLLEGE FIVE RECEPTION FARM FRESH, FAMILY STYLE IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., Founder’s Glen Lawn BETTINA APTHEKER: Professor Aptheker, 2:30–4 p.m., Porter College Koi Pond 12:30–2:30 p.m., Cowell Courtyard, $25 10–11:30 a.m., Page Smith Library A family-friendly event where alums can who has taught one of the country’s Join Provosts Emeriti Kathy Foley and Join Cowell fellows and friends at the visit different craft booths with their little Join the table to relax and reminisce with largest and most influential introductory David Evan Jones for refreshments and Page Smith Library for a morning of Banana Slugs. fellow alums over lunch sourced from feminist studies courses for more than conversation around the iconic Porter shared memories, coffee, and renewed local farms and served family style in the three decades at UC Santa Cruz, presents College Koi Pond. connections. KZSC AIRCHECKS Cowell courtyard. a lively look at current movements for 10 a.m.– 6 p.m., KZSC Radio social justice and the ways gender, race, AN UNCOMMON PLACE: SHAPING THE UCSC CAMPUS NATURAL RESERVE HIKE EOP OPEN HOUSE & ALUMNI/STUDENT MIXER class, and sexuality interconnect. UC SANTA CRUZ CAMPUS Come back to KZSC-FM (née KRUZ) to 1–3 p.m., ARCenter Building and Courtyard 10–11:30 a.m., meet in the parking lot spin a short set and/or tell some stories 2:30–3:45 p.m., Stevenson Room 150 4–6 p.m., Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Patio above the campus Fire Station (top of from your time at the radio station (now Experience a gallery reception and Chinquapin Road) 20,000 watts!). Mingle with alumni, grab a bite to eat, curatorial walkthrough of events that Join us for a hike on the UC Santa Cruz and learn about the Educational helped shape life at UC Santa Cruz from Campus Natural Reserve, which serves Opportunity Program. its inception to the present era. as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory.

AW_ProgramR6.indd 2 2/19/15 8:29 AM AW_ProgramR6.indd 3 2/19/15 8:29 AM AN UNCOMMON PLACE: A WALKING EOP ALUMNI REUNION HONORING 40 YEARS OF KRESGE, 46 OF PORTER, AND 50 EXPLORATION OF UC SANTA CRUZ’S BRIDGE PROGRAM YEARS OF UC SANTA CRUZ HISTORY, LANDSCAPE, AND ARCHITECTURE 6:30–11:30 p.m., Hotel Paradox Ballroom, $55 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Kresge Town Hall 2:30–4 p.m., Cowell College near Following a brief program update, join us Join Kresge Interim Provost Kathy Foley Cowell Conference Room for dinner and dancing at the Hotel for a multifaceted event involving Peel back the layers of UC Santa Cruz Paradox Ballroom. collected campus stories and an interac- history through a walking tour of its tive performance. landscape and architecture. LICK OBSERVATORY HISTORY AND TELESCOPE VIEWING KZSC AIRCHECKS TRUE ORIGINALS: 8–11 p.m., Lick Observatory, Mount 10 a.m.– 6 p.m., KZSC Radio FROM HERE TO MODERNITY—PERSPECTIVES Hamilton, CA, $100 Come back to KZSC-FM (née KRUZ) to FROM DISTINGUISHED MUSEUM Attend a fascinating lecture about James spin a short set and/or tell some stories PROFESSIONALS Lick and the history of Lick Observatory, from your time at the radio station (now 2:30–4 p.m., DARC Room 230 followed by a viewing through the historic 20,000 watts!). Curators and directors from five of 36-inch and/or 40-inch refractor telescopes. America’s notable art museums discuss WE ARE WISER TOGETHER: how experiences at UC Santa Cruz IGNITING POSSIBILITIES THROUGH helped shaped their careers. SUNDAY, APRIL 26 INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS 12–2:30 p.m., Kresge Town Hall CROWN ALUMNI BRUNCH TRUE ORIGINALS: 9:30–11 a.m., Crown Provost House A social event featuring meaningful THE SANTA CRUZ STAIRWAY—TODAY’S intergenerational conversations between Provost Manel Camps extends a warm WRITING AND PUBLISHING STRATEGIES FROM students, alumni, and community welcome to alumni for conversation and FICTION TO MEMOIR TO HANDMADE BOOKS partners with live music and free food. 2:30–4 p.m., McHenry Library, Room 4286 a light brunch. DIZIKES CONCERT: SOUNDS OF THE TIMES continued from page 16 Alumni authors share experiences COLLEGE EIGHT SUSTAINABILITY TOUR 12:30–1:30 p.m., Humanities Lecture Hall of pursuing their dream of writing 9:30–11:30 a.m., meet in College Eight Plaza and examine the changing landscape The annual Dizikes Concert will feature Explore the many sustainability programs of publishing. a collaboration of students and alums That night at 7:30 p.m., distin- on Saturday, April 25, from 10 event will have a whole dif- at UC Santa Cruz and College Eight, meet singing the songs from the hit parade, but guished alumnus M. Sanjayan a.m.–4 p.m. on the Founder’s ferent look and feel this year LAVENDER RECEPTION current students, and learn what everyone

in a unique UC Santa Cruz/Cowell style. ; (Ph.D. biology, ‘97) will deliver Glen Lawn. because of the strong focus on

can do to help the campus become a y 3–5 p.m., Cantú Queer Center the alumni keynote address, the past 50 years of memories living lab for sustainability. Join fellow GLBTIQ alumni, students, and STEVENSON HISTORY SESSION “True Originals: A New Wild: Another new event this year is at UC Santa Cruz.

1–2 p.m., Stevenson Fireside Lounge graph Story Quarry, where revelers, the Cantú Queer Center staff for the COMMUNITY JUSTICE: CAN SERVICE LEARN- o Saving Nature in a Human- t A group of distinguished speak- annual Lavender Reception. This will be ING BE USED TO TRANSFORM SYSTEMS? Alumni are invited to listen and contrib- o Dominated World.” Sanjayan, starting at 11 a.m., can docu- h ers will give the past its due at an informal, convivial gathering with 10–11:30 a.m., Oakes Learning Center ute to interviews featuring the rich executive vice president and ment their stories and experi- hearty refreshments. tapestry of voices of Stevenson College. a talk entitled, “Tales as Tall as Learn about the budding Service senior scientist for Conservation ences from the beloved and historic UC Santa Cruz Quarry the Redwoods: Reflections

- 211 P rri - 211 International and host of new ACE/STEM DIVERSITY PROGRAM REUNION Learning and Community Justice DEEPENING OUR CONNECTIONS: on UC Santa Cruz’s Founding program at Oakes and share your own PBS series Amphitheater. Reopening the 3–6 p.m., Oakes Learning Community A CALL TO OAKES ALUM EARTH A New Wild, Years,” scheduled for 2–3:30 experiences with Oakes Serve, or any will share stories and images Quarry Amphitheater is among Join us for a celebration of the ACE 1–2:30 p.m., Oakes Learning Center p.m. at Stevenson Fireside service learning activity you were rian Mo from his global quest to explore the priorities of The Campaign program and its alumni, as we recognize Join a spirited discussion about ways to Lounge. involved with at UC Santa Cruz. y B for UC Santa Cruz. the living successes within the broader deepen alumni connections with Oakes what it means to save nature in a world where wildness no Expect a capacity crowd at this STEM Diversity community. STEVENSON ALUMNI BRUNCH and its future students and families. Cinephiles should take care erxa b longer exists. Looking beyond not to miss an unusual op- year’s rendition of the always-

10 a.m.–12 p.m., Stevenson Provost House ; y ALUMNI WINE RECEPTION: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT HONORING the expected devastation of portunity: “True Originals: popular Teach Ins, featuring two Provost Alice Yang invites alumni and SUNSET AND WINE KENNETH AND ANN THIMANN human activity wrought on the distinguished UC Santa Cruz students for brunch and an overview of Escapist Comedy Versus 4–6 p.m., Cowell Courtyard, $10 2–4 p.m., Crown Provost House natural world, Sanjayan found Social Comedy in American faculty members who will give our innovative learning program for returning Banana Slugs the deli- Unwind with a glass of wine in the students and alumni. Join faculty and present and past places—most at the frontiers Film,” an alumni panel in which (pictured clock- company of friends and reconnect with provosts at a reception honoring the of where people and wildlife Lindsay Doran* (Merrill ‘70) cious feeling of getting back into wise from top) favorite faculty and staff. MERRILL RENEWAL BRUNCH memories of Kenneth and Ann Thimann. y jim mackenzie meet—where people can help and Ron Yerxa (Grad Division the classroom without the final M. Sanjayan; 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Merrill Provost House y b nature thrive. ‘74) will lead a spirited discus- exams. Professors Craig Haney Quarry SCIPP PUBLIC LECTURE ON PARTICLE PHYSICS Amphitheater, Enjoy a delicious brunch with Provost sion about their different views and Bettina Aptheker will give AND COSMOLOGY informal, separate talks, both before falling Elizabeth Abrams and find out about VISIT ALUMNIWEEKEND.UCSC.EDU ; quarr on comedy in film. The event 5–6:30 p.m., Media Theatre SATURday into disrepair; how alumni can support Merrill FOR MAPS, PARKING AND LODGING is 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. at the scheduled from 2:30–3:45 p.m. Take a trip through 30 years of lead- Ron Yerxa; College programs. INFORMATION, AND TO REGISTER! SCHEDULE Humanities Lecture Hall. at Stevenson College. ing-edge physics and the people who y vitale Craig Haney Haney, a professor of psychol- make it possible. COWELL BRUNCH: COWELL’S 50TH BIRTHDAY While there will be some fa- All these non-stop exciting y am ogy, will give a presentation CELEBRATION! miliar faces and events at this events are bound to make peo-

nes entitled, “Think Different: BONFIRE BY THE BAY 10 a.m.–12 p.m., Cowell Provost Lawn an b ple hungry. The Banana Slug y year’s Alumni Weekend, expect Why Everything We’ve 6–8 p.m., East Field, Volleyball Court Attend a special brunch to celebrate some brand-new twists, too. Lunch: Farm Fresh, Family Been Taught About Crime is Kick back on a blanket by the bonfire with Cowell’s birthday! This event also This year, little Banana Slugs Style will be held from 12:30- y R.R. Jo : sanja a cup of hot cocoa and continue the precedes the annual Dizikes Concert. s 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, Wrong and What We Need to y b will have a place to mingle and o connections you made over the day, or t Do About It.” o play, with a Banana Slug Kid at the Cowell Courtyard. Lunch ane H just savor a moment of reflection on the ph Zone event that will take place will be sourced from local farms continued on page 18 beautiful East Field. and served family style. This *tentative Give to UC Santa Cruz at giving.ucsc.edu. All gifts count in The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz. #UCSC50 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 17

AW_ProgramR6.indd 4 2/19/15 8:29 AM By Amy Ettinger FAMILY TIES When family members have the experience of attending UC Santa Cruz in common, they’ve walked the same paths—contributing to a sense of pride, connection, and shared values

His talk is scheduled for “Money, Politics, Climate from Distinguished Museum Jerry Ruiz grew up in a small town first-year student. A large circle of outside Visalia. His parents never Paving the way mentors and friends awaited him Stevenson, Room 175. Change and the Law: Will Professionals,” set to take went to high school, but Ruiz was a when he arrived. “My mother was very good at rein- Professor Haney will describe We Rise to the Challenge?” place at DARC Room 230. stellar student and earned excellent forcing the idea that education was “Jerry was the flight lead,” the political and media misrep- at 11 a.m–12: 30 p.m. at the Those who would like to re- grades. resentations of the nature and Stevenson Fireside Lounge very important,” said Ruiz. “When said Freddy Ruiz, a former Air charge and unwind in between However, it wasn’t until an edu- we were young we had no excuse Force Judge Advocate Officer. “I causes of crime in our society and featuring Judge Kelvin Filer all these button-pushing dia- cational opportunities coordinator not to get out of bed and go to was just a kid. He was a smart guy, and their consequences in help (Stevenson ‘77), Los Angeles logues and presentations will from UC Santa Cruz reached out to school.” and I knew he’d picked a school ing to fuel what he describes Superior Court in Compton; him that his dream of going to col- where we were going to do great.” have many chances to do Roberto Rubalcava, then-director as “a very expensive and mis- Judge Alan J. Goodman so. The Sunset and Wine lege became a reality. guided set of crime-control (Stevenson ‘67), Los Angeles of UC Santa Cruz’s Educational Freddy Ruiz is now a lawyer in San alumni wine reception will run Ruiz (Crown ‘77, economics) is Opportunity Program, reached out Antonio, but he still spends several policies over the last several Superior Court; Judge Teri from 4–6 p.m. in the Cowell now a successful lawyer in Los to Ruiz and recruited him. weeks a year in Santa Cruz, and is Jerry Ruiz decades.“ Jackson (Stevenson ‘77), San Angeles. As the first member of his encouraging his stepdaughter to (Crown ‘77, Bettina Aptheker Courtyard, and the appealing When he arrived at UC Santa Cruz, Francisco Superior Court; Troy family to go to college, he inspired apply to UC Santa Cruz next year. economics) Bettina Aptheker, distinguished Bonfire by the Bay should Ruiz immediately felt like he was part Smith, Los Angeles Legal Aid his four younger brothers, who also was the first professor and UC Presidential be nice and toasty from 6–8 of a community. He found a close cir- “I wish everyone in life had a (invited); and Zach Wasserman attended UC Santa Cruz. member of his Co-Chair of feminist critical p.m. at the East Field Volleyball cle of friends and helped to establish chance to go to school in Santa family to go to race and ethnic studies, will (Merrill ‘69), public interest law- Court. The Ruiz brothers’ story illustrates a Latino-themed dorm on campus. Cruz,” said Freddy Ruiz. “They’d college, inspir- discuss “Feminism and Social yer in Oakland. The moderator what educational studies have never regret it.” This gathering will be the per- Ruiz now mentors youth from ing his four is Paul Hall (Merrill ‘72), partner, suggested over the years; when Justice.” Her talk is set for underserved communities and di- younger broth- DLA Piper’s litigation practice, fect way to end the day, with a sibling goes off to college, or a Stevenson, Room 150. rects them toward college careers, ers, who also San Francisco. stunning views of Monterey parent returns to school later in life, All in the family attends the campus’s Multicultural attended UC Aptheker’s research covers Bay, s’mores galore, food this act of ambition and bravery will The True Originals series Career Conference, and serves on Santa Cruz. Ruiz such issues as feminist oral his- trucks, and old friends. encourage others in the family to Naomi Salaz (Crown ‘81, educa- continues that day with two the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Council, has served on tory and memoir, feminist peda- follow their example. tion) was also inspired by a family concurrent talks. One of them Festivities continue Sunday which supports student scholarships. member to attend UC Santa Cruz. the UC Santa gogy, African American feminist with brunches, tours, the an- But it’s more than just a question should be of interest to any . lagattuta He said that Latino families em- But it was her father, Richard Salaz Cruz Alumni history, sexuality/queer studies, of inspiring and emboldening fam- budding, seasoned, or well- nual Dizikes Concert, and other y c brace that spirit of the “pioneer stu- (Merrill ‘72, community studies), Council for the and Jewish studies. ily members to attend the same who came to UC Santa Cruz as an past 10 years, established creative writer. events. o b dent” who sets a good example for t university. Family ties also make She hopes the Teach In is a o his brothers and sisters and paves older adult with five children. The including two It is titled “The Santa Cruz All these activities will add up to a college career a smoother and chance to say hello to former the way for them. same EOP director who inspired years as presi- Stairway—Today’s Writing an unforgettable experience be- more comfortable ride—even for students and reach out to peo- Ruiz to come to the school re- dent. and Publishing Strategies neath the redwoods as return- insecure first-year students—while “Convincing the first in the family cruited him. ple she has never met before, from Fiction to Memoir to increasing pride, connection, and a to go far from home is the hardest

ing Banana Slugs reflect on the ptheker ph

A “My dad was the oldest student at “and are not familiar with the Handmade Books,” 2:30–4 past, the present, and the next strong sense of shared values. sell,” said Ruiz. “Once the first one work, not only mine, personally, p.m., Saturday, April 25, at goes, the rest of the family usually the time with the most kids,” said 50 years. In its 50 years, UC Santa Cruz has Salaz. but also feminist studies. It is McHenry Library, Room 4285. follows.” A full listing of Alumni inspired many family members to such a vibrant department, and The same principle held true for Richard Salaz attended a junior col- A second True Originals talk— Weekend 2015 events is share the experience of attend- it feels great to spread the word Freddy Ruiz (Crown ‘80, psychol- lege in Colorado before he got mar- also set for 2:30–4 p.m.—will included in the Alumni ing—then becoming proud alumni. about it.” We tell some of their stories here. ogy), who felt safe and secure ried. He studied in Mexico City for give participants a strong sense Weekend program (center two years. Then he came back to the Also on Saturday, April 25, about attending UC Santa Cruz of the art world with a presen- section). To register, visit because his brother was a senior United States and had five kids. He the highly anticipated True tation entitled, “From Here alumniweekend.ucsc.edu. there while he was an incoming decided to move out to California. Originals series continues with to Modernity: Perspectives

18 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 19 FAMILY TIES The SALAZ and WEBER Families

Richard Salaz Barbara Weber (Merrill ‘72, community studies) (Kresge ‘95, American studies)

Margaret Salaz Naomi Salaz Madeline Rose Bob Weber Jon Weber Ann Weber Karl Pope Catherine Weber Andrew Siegel Elisabeth Weber Green (Crown ‘81, Ann Weber (Crown ‘84, (Ph.D., (Crown ‘84, (College Eight Siegel (Crown ‘82, (Stevenson ‘86, (Studied ’79–’81) education) (Studied ’77–‘80) biology) chemistry) chemistry; ‘84, biology) (Crown ‘82, politics) politics and master’s ‘87, biology) women’s studies) chemistry;)

Stephanie Weber Marie Weber Christopher Siegel (Crown ‘14, Summer classes (Stevenson ‘10, electrical politics) engineering)

“He moved out here to California be- She lived in the dorms at Crown for all Weber himself is a fount of “all in the fam- children’s school, Weber’s mom, Barbara, Alastra attended a small alternative high Pictured this page from top left:

cause there were so many opportunities five years of her college career, gradu- ily” stories about UC Santa Cruz. s was also inspired to attend UC Santa school in England for her senior year of Max Levin; right, Samuel Levin o for work,” said Naomi Salaz. “But when ated, and went on to become an elemen- t Cruz after Weber’s father retired from the high school. The only college she applied at a workshop in Honduras; His father worked for the State Department, o he got out here, he was working in a fac- tary school teacher in Salinas. so the family travelled abroad when he State Department. to was UC Santa Cruz. She was accepted, bottom right, Naomi Andrews tory and he wasn’t happy at all.” y ph started her studies at Cowell, and, like her But she was not the only one to follow was younger. He didn’t know much about “I think we all really believed in the edu- father, left a mark on campus. She helped UC Santa Cruz opened up a different her father. Both of Naomi’s sisters also schools in the United States, so he followed cational philosophy of UC Santa Cruz,” build the original A-frame at the college world, exposing him to an intellectual attended UC Santa Cruz. Her sister Rose in the footsteps of his older brother, Jon, said Weber, now a doctor in Watsonville. and worked on the stained-glass window me to be where my family was.” Josh environment and the wild creativity of the Ann met her future husband Bob Weber who received his Ph.D in chemistry from In total, at least a dozen of Weber’s family at the Cowell Library. She took a break Andrews is now a lawyer at Uber, the bohemian and “hippie” culture of the late (Crown ‘84, biology) in the dorms of UC Santa Cruz. His three younger sisters, members have attended UC Santa Cruz. from school and returned when she was San Francisco-based rideshare and taxi- ‘60s and early ‘70s. Crown College. Ann, Catherine, and Elisabeth, also gradu- His daughter, Marie, will be getting mar- service company. ated from UC Santa Cruz. 26 to Porter College. Now she is a chil- “Dad said the reason he went back to “It was really meant to be,” Weber said. ried on campus in September. dren’s book illustrator in Oakland. The Andrews’s cousin, Samuel Levin school was to be a role model for his “We were from such different back- But the family connections don’t stop . The third generation of Webers and Salazes Alastra’s niece, Naomi Andrews (Cowell (College Eight ‘08, health sciences), said kids, to show that it was never too late to grounds and probably wouldn’t have met there. His sister Catherine was married now has alumni ties to UC Santa Cruz. ‘88, history), decided to attend UC Santa Santa Cruz attracted him because three get an education,” Naomi Salaz said. “He anywhere else.” to another alum on campus. After seeing

; alastra and andrews famil generations of his family lived there— b weber Weber’s daughter, Stephanie (Crown ‘14, Cruz because her grandparents lived in also wanted to expose us to campus life.” the rich educational opportunities at her o ns people he didn’t get to see often growing

o electrical engineering), said she felt her Santa Cruz. She received her Ph.D in his- y b up. It was also the most desirable school family’s connection to the university was tory from UC Santa Cruz and is now an associate professor of history at Santa for him with a strong reputation in the

llecti something very special. urtes

o sciences. He was thrilled when one of

o Clara University. “It was pretty neat being in a dorm right his human physiology professors spoke o c

t across the quad from the dorm where my When she was at UC Santa Cruz, the cam- fondly of his grandfather. o parents met,” she said. pus was small but growing quickly. The Besides, turning UC Santa Cruz into a Left: Alums Bob and Madeline Rose faculty were part of a tightly knit group family affair made it comfortable right Ann met as students at UC Santa Cruz; that didn’t change much over the years.

salaz ph from the beginning. both have parents who are also alumni, / She lived in one half of a duplex, and her and their children and siblings are either Deep connection aunt, Deborah, lived in the other half. “It was nice to have familiar faces in a alumni or are connected with the cam- anta cruz special c “She was more like a much older sister,” new city after leaving home,” said Levin. pus, as well. Pictured are (standing, left ; weber Sometimes the connection to campus Andrews said. “I am proud to be a graduate of the same y UC S goes even deeper. Max Levin, father of to right): Margaret Salaz Green, Naomi Andrews’s younger brother, Josh, at- university where my family attended and Salaz (Crown ‘81, education), Stephanie Deborah Alastra (Porter ‘83, fine arts), was worked. Seeing their lives and their work, urtes a founder of Crown College. He served tended UC Santa Cruz and had some of Weber (Crown ‘14, electrical engineer- o success, and lifestyle make me proud to as the senior preceptor at Crown and was the same professors as his sister. o c ing), Madeline Rose Ann Weber, Marie rah alastra be a part of the same education they had.” t o a faculty member in the psychology de- “I grew up spending a lot of time in Santa Weber, and Bob Weber (Crown ‘84, biol- o ogy). (Seated) Richard Salaz (Merrill ‘72, partment until his retirement in 1981. Her Cruz,” said Josh Andrews (Stevenson ‘97, Amy Ettinger is a freelance writer based community studies) and Barbara Weber y deb mother, Dorothy Levin, was a counselor at history). “My sister started grad school in Santa Cruz. (Kresge ‘95, American studies). All of Porter for many years. when I was a freshman. It was good for urtes

these family members attended UC Santa o max levin ph Cruz in one way or another. c 20 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 21 Circa 1963. A caravan of Regents on one of their many visits to Cowell Ranch, the future site of ORIGINAL VISION UC Santa Cruz.

By Dan White

Bulldozers, dirt piles, mobile-home dorms, and mooing muddy cows greeted them in the mornings.

UC Santa Cruz was a place of the mind in 1965, and, to a large degree, a place still in the mind; so much of what we now know as the college campus did not exist yet.

But the spirit of adventure, and the willingness to follow an ever-changing road map, united UC Santa Cruz’s very first graduating class and the faculty and staff members who helped guide their way to gradu- ation. The founding vision of UC Santa Cruz was grounded in a solid liberal arts education with a multidisciplinary focus. It was also centered around small residential colleges, as well as faculty members who prided themselves on their ability to challenge the young students while taking their ideas seriously.

This winter, UC Santa Cruz Review set up a “roundtable” of voices from the past and pres- ent to reflect on the campus Reflections on the tumultuous ‘60s, turning 50 years old in 2015. They talked about the many the heady days of UC Santa Cruz’s beginnings, changes they’ve witnessed, and and the ways the campus has stayed true to the ways the place has stayed true to its multidisciplinary and its mission through the decades idealistic original vision.

22 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 23 The following is a combination of felt a great need to be involved in several in-depth phone interviews making the world a better place with the subjects. Dan White’s to be, and part of the social move- questions are in bold. ment but also exercise our intel- Our Breaking ground lectual commitment. We wanted roundtablers to choose a route in the world that include: There was a strong sense of would affect people in the world breaking new ground, not just Economics positively. Part of that was a prod- professor on the physical campus but also uct of the time, part of that was the David Kaun, a in the classrooms. social milieu of Santa Cruz, and part faculty member Michael Gerber: It was like liv- of it was the passion of the people since 1966 ing in a forest. It was a beautiful we were meeting on campus and Pictured at left: in town. In 1965, the setting and there was no history. buildings for Pioneer Now the campus has institutional students Cowell and traditions you learn about, and Original spirit Stevenson, the Jock Reynolds there are also upperclassmen. Your UC Santa Cruz has expanded first and second (Stevenson ‘69, behavior as a first-year is mapped over time. And it’s changed in colleges to open psychology), a at UC Santa many ways. I know that many renowned artist against what you see other people Cruz, were both and museum doing. The university has rules founding faculty were upset under construc- director; and procedures, but when we got about the original narrative tion (seen in there, there was not much of that. evaluations becoming supple- the foreground). Michael Gerber Temporary (Cowell ‘69, Everything we were in contact with mentary when grades were in- trailers used as economics), a was being created on the spot. stituted for all students in 2001. dorms were professor in UC Cowell College was established as But I was hoping you could re- arrayed on the Santa Barbara’s East Field. countercultural, an explicit experi- Jock Reynolds: There would be Counterculture the dormitories, and by the fourth was Page Smith, so I got him the flect on ways that the “original” Graduate School ment: How can you have a small UC Santa Cruz remains visible of Education, chairs and tables in the Field House year students could go into each book. He rode into the big foyer of liberal arts college embedded in a revolution or recognizable in the current and his wife, and they would empty it out to hold other’s dormitories through the the library, where the café is now. university? There were some up- a big World Civilization course, and This was the mid-1960s before first-floor lounge. Every single year I gave him his book. I checked out campus. Kathy Gerber perclassmen, and about 100 or so (Stevenson ‘69, empty it out again to have a meal, the counterculture really caught the dormitory policy changed. It the book, and handed to him, and Jock Reynolds: I’ve been back transfer juniors, but they didn’t live psychology), a re- and empty it out again and play fire, before the Summer of Love. was not very long before men and off he went on his horse. I did not there enough to think the spirit tired teacher (the on campus. We generally didn’t basketball. We were making it up Often when people think “’60s,” women were living on the same make that up. of the place is in many ways very two met while see them. as we went along. they impose this image that floors. It was difficult for parents much intact though you don’t ex- working together It’s hard for me to even imag- started later on. to come there. “Wait a minute! Town and gown pect everything to remain in stasis. on UC Santa Meg Zweiback: At the end of the There’s your room, and there are Cruz’s first ever ine attending a school with all year, we had a huge comprehensive Jerry Walters: Well, let’s put it I would imagine that UC Santa And how does your experience girls next door?” Not the kind of yearbook); and those earthmovers and a bunch exam covering everything over the this way. While they may have Cruz’s presence in the sleepy at UC Santa Cruz continue to re- of un-built structures. I think the college their parents went to. Meg Zweiback year from three quarters. Lots of looked a lot different when they city of Santa Cruz changed the verberate with you in your life? (Merrill ‘69, poli- risk would have been too much people flunked the test. They hadn’t graduated from here, they arrived way of life here dramatically by Larger than life Jock Reynolds: I was just thrilled tics), a pediatric for me to handle. I would have figured out that if you flunked you clean-shaven, with haircuts and the end of the ‘60s. nurse practitioner thought, “I don’t know about to get into UC Santa Cruz, and I didn’t get credit for 15 units, which nice clothes. Those were such dif- founders Michael Gerber: You have to try and author. this. What if this new campus is loved every minute of it. During my meant you were out. I read Bertrand ferent times. In those days there Maybe it’s because of the iconic to imagine Pacific Avenue (Santa going to shut down next week?” senior year, they brought a huge Russell’s History of Western was this idea of “In Loco Parentis,” photos: Page Smith riding a Cruz’s famous “main drag”) as an Staff , number of amazingly important Jerry Walters: But I think you’re Philosophy and crammed in 20 where the university was thought horse through campus, and members old-fashioned downtown much like visiting artists. John Cage, Allan unread books, starting with Plato, to be a parent in a way. As an ex- coming at this through today’s eyes, Chancellor McHenry posing at Soledad or Watsonville with a sin- Kapro, George Segal, and (interna- Katherine in one weekend and passed! UC ample, our chancellor had students and you aren’t looking at the situa- a desk on an empty field, but I gle movie theater, one large depart- tional avant-garde art movement Beiers, Santa Cruz was teaching us to think sign in or out so if parents wanted tion from the perspective of a 17- or ester dick think of the founding figures as a retired ment store, and a bunch of small member) Robert Watts. “big picture” and to create themes to find their son or daughter, all UC Santa Cruz 18-year-old. People were more rug- y V larger than life in those days. shops, a sleepy place. In 1965 it Meg Zweiback: My husband and librarian who ged then. The faculty were young, and to ask questions so if you were they had to do was call the precep- was sleepy; there wasn’t much of tor. They would call up and say, “I Katherine Beiers: When I was I are 50 years out of college. We worked at too. And everybody was in the (only) a dutiful student and did your ns a youth culture presence, and all of

o going to the University of Southern McHenry Library same situation, all new, all excited, work and did not have an inquiring haven’t heard from my son for a both hit 65. Neither of us plans California, I’d read a two-volume a sudden there were 500 freshmen from 1967 to coming to a new experiment. mind you wouldn’t do as well. while. Where is he?” We were so roaming through downtown; that to retire because we do things us spread b book about John Adams by (the 1992; and llecti small, we could get in touch with o we enjoy. We’re still interested in David Kaun: When I got here, That’s a lot of learning in a small o late historian, professor, and found- changed the place instantly. retired housing people quickly. Well, that didn’t go what we do, and that comes from initially in February of 1966, the amount of time! Did you retain a administrator over well. A lot of students rebelled ing Cowell College provost) Page It seems to me that the social our education. What UC Santa physical buildings of Cowell and lot of what you learned? Jerry Walters. after a while. “This is our time, in Smith, and those were two of the consciousness that people still Cruz did for us—and this was very Stevenson (respectively, the first and Meg Zweiback: Yes, because the our lives, and we will keep in touch best books I’d ever read. When I associate with UC Santa Cruz— deliberate—was start with these second colleges constructed on cam- professors, including Mary Holmes with our folks (when we want to).” moved up to Santa Cruz I had no in part because of students’ big broad survey courses and then pus) did not exist. It was exciting. in art, had a great gift for making you idea he was here, that he was a Peace Corps participation—was these small seminars that gave us David Kaun: Stevenson used There were 600 students, and we see things you hadn’t noticed before. professor. One day I was work- just taking shape then, and had intimate connections with faculty anta cruz special c added another 600 with Stevenson. to have two sets of dormitories: o this page and previ ing on a Sunday afternoon and he as much to do with the cam- I can still tell you more about medi- t members who cared to probe and

one quad for men, the other for o I had an intro course on economics, eval architecture than what I learned called to see if we had a certain pus’s vision as it had to do with explore what we callow children

women. After the first year they re- y UC S and we had four students. when I first went to Europe. book. Normally you don’t just the foment of the ‘60s. had to say, these brilliant faculty

alized the quad with four dorms of ric ph check the stacks when people call

o Kathy Gerber: Because I was people who thought we were men turned out to be barbaric, so in urtes (they, of course, had no computer- o involved with social sciences, we worth investing in.

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will again for 2014. He has now COWELL COLLEGE the River Kwai.) This time, he will ‘79 Bonnie TEAFORD was masters in music from Boston Cinema & TV, published. The book ‘03 Sharon LOOK was selected University in 2012. is available on Amazon.com. learned of the volunteer work of as a Hawaii State Teacher Fellow ‘69 Linda TARPLEY Hale be working in the HIV outreach selected by the American Public UC Santa Cruz alumni and will get with Hope Street Group, a national recently attended the 50-year program in a rural health center in Works Association as one of ‘00 Kyla SANKEY-LUPO has, in ‘83 Greg ADAMS recently involved with his fellow alumni nonpartisan, nonprofit dedicated to celebration of the University northeastern South Africa. its 2014 Top Ten Public Works 15 years, managed to finish grad co-founded a start-up biotech brothers and sisters in the Orange expanding economic opportunity of California Education Abroad ‘72 Bill GOLDEN is enjoying 50 Leaders. The Top Ten award is school (M.Ed. GWU), get a good company, RAbD Biotech, focused County area, where he resides. and prosperity in America. Program in Madrid, Spain. semi-retirement in scenic one of the most coveted and job (high school photography), on using computational design to ‘87 Brent DUCKOR is an As the original students who Asheville, N.C., after a 30-year prestigious awards presented by leave that job, get married, start develop biological therapeutics ‘08 Lesleigh OWEN graduated and associate professor in the Lurie braved Franco’s dictatorship career in various capacities in radio APWA, recognizing individuals for her own business, and learn the (e.g., antibodies or hormones) with a Ph.D. in sociology and has College of Education at San José and the demanding university including five years fabulous discharging critical responsibilities banjo. She currently resides in for the treatment of disease. He since won awards for her poetry State University. He teaches program, she and other attendees in Tucson, Ariz. He welcomes in connection to the design, Alexandria (way too far from the is also associate professor in the and published four novels. Her courses in Classroom Evaluation celebrated with officials from emails from college friends at construction, maintenance, ocean) with her spouse and four Molecular Therapeutics Program most recent book, The Tithe, and Assessment and supervises the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, [email protected]. and operation of major public cats. When not plucking the banjo and director of biological research published under the pen name Universidad Complutense works projects and activities. on her front porch she teaches and therapeutics at the Fox Chase pre-service teachers in the Single Elle Hill, is a science fiction ‘77 Mitchell Lee MARKS has Hey alums! de Madrid officials, and UC As a registered professional civil adults how to use technology, Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Subject Credential Program. He romance novel. been promoted to full Professor UC Santa Cruz representatives. engineer, she serves as the City of smartagaintutor.com. ‘84 James SCHWEITZER has also serves as a founding faculty of Leadership at the College turns 50 this year. Help Burbank’s Public Works Director member in the new Education ‘73 Gail SOFFER recently of Business at San Francisco been a Lions Club member since IN MEMORIAM us celebrate! Check out overseeing solid waste and 1994 and a Disney VoluntEAR the Doctoral Program. overrode her own objections to State University. In addition KRESGE COLLEGE ‘73 Randy FLICK J.D., (Crown, 50years.ucsc.edu for info recycling, wastewater collection last three years at Disneyland, founding her own 501(c)(3) after to leading the organization ‘78 Michael CENTER has lived Russian area studies) died January and disposal, capital projects, where he has been employed decades of working in nonprofit development/change management and events, and to contribute in Colorado since 1981. He sent COLLEGE EIGHT 23, 2015. Randy’s talented fleet management, building since 2010. Community and management. As executive consulting firm JoiningForces. to a living timeline. Post your his last child off to college and ‘91 Eric HOLDEN lives in audio and video production maintenance, traffic engineering humanitarian service is very director, she and her co-founder org, he published his eighth continues to be active in sales Portland, Ore., with his wife career included being broadcast stories, share your photos, and operations, and street important to him. Because of bring mindfulness practices to book, The Employee Handbook and marketing, working on new Jessica COLBY (Porter ‘92) and compliance engineer at Orange and build history. improvement and maintenance. the hundreds of hours he has veterans, their family members, for Navigating Merger and technologies for the food industry. works as an emergency medicine County News (OCN) and Bonnie is married to Ted CLARK invested each year, Jim received and their service providers through Acquisitions, and he was PA. He is a doctoral candidate in Monterey’s KSMS; QA engineer (Crown ‘89) and is the sister of ‘79 Brian TLOUGAN has been the President’s Volunteer Service the Mindful Warrior Project. Based lead author of an article in the Row Antique Mall in Monterey. global health and will complete his of Apple’s QuickTime Video; and Becky TEAFORD Boonman living in Europe for 20 years. He Award as well as a letter from in Los Angeles, MWP serves Harvard Business Review Her partner is a well-known chef in program in 2015. TiVo’s FCC standards compliance (Merrill ‘87). recently had the second edition of President Obama and a special most of Southern California and titled “Rebounding from Career Santa Cruz, Mark Denham. engineer. Randy was justly proud is having a tremendous impact on ‘87 Craig WILKERSON is his guidebook, A-list: The Best in pin in both 2012 and 2013 and Setbacks.” ‘01 Annameekee HESIK’s of both his Emmy and his J.D., healing the invisible wounds of war celebrating his 10th year in COLLEGE NINE ‘99 Stephen MUZIO joined second young adult novel, Driving but even more proud of his three in the veteran population. private ophthalmology practice. Lessons (Bold Strokes Books, ‘11 Emerald SNOW returned to daughters with Melinda Flick. Two Archer Norris as an associate in During this time he has served ‘77 Robert LOMBARDI 2014) came out in December and Volunteer profile the Philippines after graduating to of his brothers are also alumni: its Walnut Creek office. He joined as the president of the state’s continues to be active in is the sequel to her first book,The complete research with several Donald (Crown ‘79, American the firm’s business group focusing ophthalmologists and obtained his motorcycling and Second You Know Who Girls: Freshman indigenous Filipino populations that studies) and Christopher (Crown on environment and natural private pilot’s license. Amendment rights advocacy. resources, financial services, Year (Bold Strokes Books, 2012). Eion Lys she had begun in 2010. After that ‘76, Earth sciences). Randy ‘85 Janet Burnett healthcare, and real estate. She teaches English at Los ‘11 Rae WEINSTEIN married Merrill ‘03, history she worked at Planned Parenthood enjoyed playing guitar in a surf GROSSMAN’s book, The Gatos High School and lives in Matt COLEMAN (Crown ‘11, Los Angeles as a reproductive band for Crown College Night Santa Cruz with her wife, Mary astrophysics) in September Residence: San health assistant. She started a and teaching anyone interested in Athenian Agora, Results of CROWN COLLEGE Excavations Conducted by the ELLINGWOOD (Crown ‘02), who 2014. They met at UC Santa Francisco Bay Area dual masters program at UCLA playing guitar or audio and video Cruz in Math 20. They live in in 2013 and does research on the American School of Classical ‘86 Steven HICKS is a senior also teaches English at a nearby Title: Contracts production. Santa Barbara with their dog, use of racial/ethnic categories in Studies at Athens: Vol. 35: policy advisor at the U.S. middle school. manager, iHomefinder, ‘11 Margarita Raquel Alfredo. Matt is a Ph.D. student biomedical research at the Center Funerary Sculpture, was published Department of Education working East Bay Area GUTIERREZ (Oakes) died October at UC Santa Barbara, and Rae is of the Study of Latino Health and in December 2013. on the Obama administration’s key 26, 2014, in a single-car accident. MERRILL COLLEGE a veterinary technician. “We love Culture at the UCLA School of early education programs: Race to Why do you volunteer She graduated from Skyline ‘01 Jane ROSENTHAL took and miss UCSC!!” she writes. Medicine. “My time at UCSC was the Top-Early Learning Challenge ‘71 Craig BELES was selected with UC Santa Cruz? College in 2009 and transferred on a new role as assistant dean wonderful, and highly influential and Preschool Development for his second Fulbright award to UC Santa Cruz as a recipient of at the Keck Graduate Institute at on my development (academically, Grants. in four years as a specialist in PORTER COLLEGE It’s meaningful fun. the 2009 Karl S. Pister Leadership Claremont Colleges in September. international alternative dispute personally, and socially) as an ‘92 Jane FLURY recently A volunteer can give Opportunity Award Scholarship. resolution (ADR). He will be ‘97 Kristin (MEGILL) adult,” she writes, “and I am returned to UC Santa Cruz as the back to UC Santa Cruz, She graduated from UC Santa Cruz spending a month at the Mauritius Vredevoogd and her husband happy to be an alumna of this STEVENSON COLLEGE first non-student in the new public experience the many in 2011 and pursued her passion Chamber of Commerce and Mike celebrated the finalization university.” ‘70 Jonathan GREEN departed access program at UC Santa Cruz social and intellectual in the medical field through Industry Arbitration and Mediation of the adoption of their daughter in January to serve a second printmaking labs. She specializes rewards of being a Slug, and help to sustain the community life of several internships and work Center teaching and training Rose Michaela, born March 6, two-year term in the Peace in wood engraving and sells her the area where they live, all while having a good time. Quadruple GRADUATE STUDIES opportunities. She was studying lawyers, judges, and industry 2014. They live in Colorado, where Corps. (His first term was 1973- work at the Homeless Garden Gift benefit! What’s not to like? for the MCATs and working as representatives in an effort to Kristin is a new mom, soprano ‘75 Marc HOFSTADTER has 75, working in malaria control in Store in Santa Cruz. She is also a case worker for the SF AIDS facilitate a culture of ADR on the soloist, and private voice and For more on UC Santa Cruz alumni volunteer opportunities, published his sixth book of poetry, western Thailand, in the valley of a partner/owner of the Cannery Foundation. island nation of Mauritius. piano teacher. Kristin received her visit alumni.ucsc.edu/volunteer. entitled Memories I’ve Forgotten.

26 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 27 Alumni Profiles by Peggy Townsend Jacob Martinez: Creating opportunity

When Jacob Martinez asked a That project, which Martinez led, It’s that economic shift that fuels classroom of middle-schoolers to morphed into the award-winning Martinez, a father of three, in his Rachel Howzell Hall: raise their hands if they had a com- Watsonville TEC, which now quest to provide the same oppor- puter at home, most of them did. serves 15 Pajaro Valley schools. tunities offered to kids from more affluent communities to those who Writing down the mysteries But as the 36-year-old Martinez But Martinez saw the need for more. live in low-income, rural areas. dug deeper, hands began to drop. On field trips to Apple and Google Housed in a former accounting How many had broadband? How he witnessed the creative, free- services office, Digital NEST, Rachel Howzell Hall had always Alissa Gardenhire (Merrill ‘92, many shared their computers with form culture of those companies been fascinated by the darkness environmental studies), who got a fewer than three people? How which stands for Nurturing of crime novels, and, as an English doctorate in urban planning from many had computers less than five Entrepreneurial Skills with and American literature major at Harvard. “But I think her novels years old? Technology, is open to those from 12-24. Its brightly lit space is just UC Santa Cruz, she’d wanted to reflect her own personality, and I By the time Martinez (Oakes ‘04, as Martinez imagined: sleek desks, pen her own. But she was too think she is, like a lot of writers, a evolutionary biology) was done, comfortable couches, a large- frightened by her lack of knowledge student of humanity. She’s an ob- only three of the students—all screen TV, and even free snacks to about police work to give it a try. server of people.” of whom resided in the mostly fuel long hours of creativity. On ar- Hispanic farming community of Then something came along that As one of a few African American rival, members are handed a laptop Watsonville, where 20 percent scared her more than any thriller mystery writers, and with a black loaded with the latest software and of the population lives below the could. female detective for a main charac- invited to take online courses or ter, Hall said she makes it a point poverty line—still had their hands At 33, and two months pregnant learn from visiting faculty. Students to be an observer—and also a tena- in the air. with her first child, Hall was diag- get help writing resumes and cre- cious researcher. Her novels are nosed with a rare form of breast “Imagine if these kids had more ating their own projects, and can born out of lengthy interviews with . lagattuta cancer. She survived and gave access,” asked Martinez, whose even gain experience by hiring out law enforcement officers, and long y c birth to a healthy daughter, Maya, laid-back style belies his drive to to small businesses who might sessions at mystery-writing confer- o b now 10. t change what he sees as a wor- need technology help. ences, while her time at UC Santa o risome divide. “What could they At a recent Content Marketing “After cancer, and knowing what Cruz exposed her to a wide variety create? What would come out of class, students voiced dreams of real fear was like, I said, ‘Screw of viewpoints and literature. that?” this,’” remembered Hall in a tele- working for Google, designing a “It awakened my creativity,” the phone interview from the Windsor Martinez’s answer was to found computer game, and writing or pro- The Jungle is a place Hall knows 44-year-old said of the campus. martinez ph Hills, Calif., home she shares with well. She was raised there amid Digital NEST, a hip technology ducing a Hollywood movie. learning center in Watsonville de- her daughter and husband, David. the nighttime serenade of gunfire, Hall writes in longhand on yellow le- and thought: Why couldn’t low- “The NEST is going to be a solu- signed to help young people from She decided she would buy the screams, and police helicopters. gal pads, snatching time before work income, minority students have ac- tion for rural communities like rural areas not only master skills Mercedes she’d vowed to own by But Hall’s working-class parents as a science proposal writer for City cess to the same thing? (Watsonville): the Fresnos, the of Hope, a cancer research and treat- like programming, game design, the time she was 50 and also write were determined she would have He brought his idea to NextSpace Merceds, the Hollisters, and be- ment facility, and in between her filmmaking, and graphic arts, but her detective story. a better life, and her childhood was co-founder Jeremy Neuner, who yond,” said Martinez. daughter’s soccer practices. also create their own projects and filled with books, piano lessons, signed on as an advisor, and went “I wanted to do both before I left this get a taste of the work world by hir- “For me, this is a social justice and church. Not too long ago, the final draft of to work. Martinez collected grants world,” she said, “and I wasn’t guar- ing out to local companies. issue,” he said. “Here is a com- anteed to be here when I was 50.” “I kind of lived in two worlds,” said her as-yet-unpublished novel Trail from organizations like the Packard munity that is economically dis- was stolen from her car, “We need young people not just to Foundation and got donations from Today, the 1992 graduate of Merrill Hall. One world was The Jungle of Echoes connected from opportunity. And then miraculously returned to her a be literate with technology but to local agriculture companies like College is author of four books, in- and the other was the more privi- that’s troublesome for me.” day later. be fluent in it,” Martinez said. Lakeside Organics and S. Martinelli cluding the 2014 Land of Shadows, leged sphere of church and school & Co. Adobe offered free software, Jacob Martinez received the a book Publisher’s Weekly called friends who lived in an affluent “It was a visceral, gut thing,” said At UC Santa Cruz, Martinez stud- and a venture capitalist pledged Tony Hill Memorial Award as part an “exceptional crime novel.” neighborhood near her own. Hall of the hours when she didn’t ied to be a scientist, working in of UC Santa Cruz’s 31st annual know her manuscript’s location. Professor Barry Sinervo’s herpetol- $100,000 in matching funds. Set against the backdrop of a ra- It’s a backstory she shares with her Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ogy lab through CAMP (California “In a world increasingly reliant cially charged Los Angeles, the protagonist Elouise—that idea that But like all good writers, Hall prom- Convocation. The award honors Alliance for Minority Participation). on technology, this seemed like protagonist of Land of Shadows is success can have its roots in a bul- ised, “that experience will somehow individuals for their efforts across But Martinez began to feel the a really important program,” said a feisty, smart, African American let-riddled neighborhood, that good get incorporated into a future story.” diverse communities in developing pull of community work and soon Philip Martinelli of S. Martinelli & homicide detective named Elouise exists next to evil, and sometimes innovative approaches to solving Visit rachelhowzell.com for more found himself on the ground floor Co., whose firm donated $5,000 to “Lou” Norton, who prowls a crime- it’s hard to see the difference at social problems. information. of an after-school program started the project and who has seen his ridden part of Los Angeles known first glance. by ETR Associates of Scotts Valley family-run company become more as “The Jungle” in search of a mur- “I can’t say her books are autobio- that taught tech skills to middle- dependent on technology for juice derer who may be responsible for graphical,” said her former college school-age girls in the Pajaro Valley production and quality control. the deaths of two young black girls. roommate and longtime friend School District.

28 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 29 A Marvelous Gift

They also saw that comics, once These days, comic books are much Iron Man trilogy. This summer, denounced as “junk reading” by more fashionable and in the spot- Guardians of the Galaxy brought concerned parents, were having light than they once were, with in $94.3 million during its opening their moment; certain volumes were “graphic novels” winning fans as weekend. The art-book publisher becoming cultural treasures. And well as mainstream respectability. Taschen is now selling a lavish Alumni duo donates though they were still in high school, Looking back at comics from long Marvel-themed book for $200. By Amy Ettinger large collection they sensed the artistic as well as ago “shows what was going on Meanwhile, Special Collections is the monetary value of these works. from a literary standpoint and how already gearing up for an exhibit of vintage comic comic books fit into the develop- “We saw that comics from the from the Gunderson-Coha collec- ment of that genre,” Coha said. books, aiming to aid 1930s and 1940s were going for tion, which opened in February and research on topics high prices,” Gunderson said. “We Student enthusiasm for the collec- features the art of Marie Severin, saw the investment potential and tion is overwhelming, Gunderson who flourished in the traditionally including gender decided to buy as much of the said. Several students were invited male-dominated comics industry. studies and pop Silver Age comics as we could.” When Gunderson and Coha went culture off to college the comic books re- mained behind—mostly forgotten, NNEF

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off their first o Remak-Honnef, head of Special to see some of the collection Severin was the primary artist be- Undergraduate batch of com- Collections at UC Santa Cruz, a and meet Coha and Gunderson hind Dr. Strange and also worked student cura- ics at Special treasure trove of artifacts, papers, last spring. Some had their pic- on The Hulk and Sub-Mariner, tors selecting

Collections. gunders and volumes, including medieval ture taken holding one of the among many others. materials for the Marie manuscripts. Remak-Honnef gems—Vol. 1, No. 15 of Amazing Gunderson has commissioned Severin exhibit Long before they were both Banana The comics come from the so-called Gunderson and Coha (Kresge ‘78, was enthusiastic, and so was Fantasy, which introduced Spider- a catalogue for the exhibit in the in the Special Slugs, Jim Gunderson and Peter “Silver Age” of the art form, from mathematics) first became aware Gunderson’s friend, Coha, who Man to the world. That issue style of a comic book. He is also Collections Coha were childhood friends who the early 1960s to the early 1970s. of comic books’ strong hold on the agreed to donate his comic book was appraised at $10,500 before raising grant money to index the popular imagination when they at- holdings as well. Gunderson donated it. reading room. collected comics together when “This is the first superhero- collection and make sure it can be tended two of the earliest Comic- they were growing up in San Diego. focused collection in the country “It puts them in a good environ- “The students were so excited that used for research purposes on top- Con conventions in San Diego in Now the dynamic duo has pooled that has scholarly energy behind ment where they’ll be well cared the comic books were physically ics ranging from gender studies to the early 1970s and saw attendees their resources to donate a large it,” said Gunderson (College Eight for,” said Coha, who retired from there, and that they could touch popular culture. dressed as their favorite superhe- collection of vintage Marvel com- ‘77, philosophy), an international Intel after 35 years. them,” said Gunderson. roes. The conference-goers were “The comics Peter and I are giving ics to the UC Santa Cruz Special corporate governance, compliance, so enthusiastic, they ended up The 345 comics the friends have The collection is timelier than are important from an historical Collections and Archives. and management consultant and in the pool wearing their full cos- donated so far are worth about ever. Marvel is having blockbuster perspective,” Gunderson said. attorney. tumes, Gunderson recalled. $35,000. success with films such as the

30 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 UC Santa Cruz Review / Spring 2015 31 This alumni photo submission feature highlights and celebrates the experiences, travels, and artistic insights of UC Santa alumneye Cruz’s diverse and fascinating alumni. Your Legacy Our Future

John Jordan Professor of literature; Director, Dickens Project

John cofounded the Dickens Project in 1980. The proj- ect hosts the annual Dickens Universe, which supports innovative research on Charles Dickens and 19th-century culture, promotes the professional development of gradu- ate students, and provides outreach to the general public. John made a bequest that will support the Dickens Project endowment to ensure it exists in perpetuity on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Says John, “After 34 years, the Dickens Project is still going strong. And it has a glorious future, too.”

Eric C. Hale (Porter ‘92, art) stopped A bequest through a will or trust is an easy way you can leave in Paris on the way to Geneva a lasting impact at UC Santa Cruz. For more information, visit to demonstrate his latest inventions to his marketing team as head of plannedgifts.ucsc.edu or call (831) 502-7112. If you have already design for the startup Joby. He was made a bequest, please let us know. Your legacy is our future. experimenting with some photogra- phy equipment prototypes he was working on. “This photo is the result of a lot of design-engineering and perfecting of ideas,” he said. It repre- sents for him the endless motion of all things even in the still of the night and his nocturnal ways. We’ve selected this image for publication in this issue and included the story behind it. To learn more, and to view previous photos and honorable mentions, visit review.ucsc.edu. Send future submissions to [email protected]. See the rules CELEBRATE YEARS YOUNG and guidelines at review.ucsc.edu/submissions.html The Campaign for UC Santa Cruz

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