I Nevvs Pitzer is one of 20 ,"chools selected to :06el diversity ~ A grant- funded 'study of languages at The Claremo.nts is based at pitzer .... ':Community " Connection" brings facuity, staff, and alums in~o residence hallEL .... [;ife trustee . ,
Richard. Riordan, . .becomes mayor of L.A. ,... . New deans of faculty, students. hale (rom Bennington and Rensselaer. ' .
!acultY wachtellectur~s ' at Kwassui in 'Japan .... Arguelles researches in Costa Rica ,consults ,in Ontario ~ Yaplane compares labor markets iQ U.S., and , Japarr ... Lee Monroe named president pf Society for Psychological Anthropology ,.: Jackson is honored tiy' Pomona YWCA ... Hertel interviews urQan and folk
/ artists in China ... New envirorimental art professor r.olls into Pitzer,
8'coo~ r Professor Steve Na lti lan' is one of a handful of scientists studyin; cool stars. By Sheryl Gorchow
10- Generation X ' Grelihen Sigler '91 apd Tim Kopperud '91 speak for recent grads whose expectations are stymied by the' present"""":and foreseeable - economy. By Hisabeth Duran
13 IntervielN Cyndi Manriquez '96 interviews President Massey regar~ing Pit~er's three n~w buildings.
/ II NelN Buildings A September ceremony honoreg donors and celebrated the beginning of construction on three lOng awaited buildings. Cover photo of the Edythe and Eli Broad Cen,ter {construction by Laurel Hungerford.
16 Ah.ilnni- Georgia Freedman-Harvey '78, a museum consultant speciaiizing Ln lllliltimedia, 'describes her experience as the parent of a child with a rare disease. " ... Pitzies check in with updates on their whereabouts and actiVities. r , , -.
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,/ . A third-generation past president of the Los Angeles NAACP, Hudson' is president of the United - Neighborhood Council and - a member of the board o.f many community groups, including the NAACP New Careers job training pro / gram, the Los Angeles Fire " and Police Pepsion Fund, .and the California State . University at Lo~ Angeles Foundation. He holds a _ -Iufe TrlfStee nem doctorate in law from Boalt Hall School of Law. received her bachelor's , Life trustee Richard L.H. -ffiavor _ Riordan helped func;l JOAN wiLNER's many. degree fro.m Vassar · Pitzer's internship - program. volunteer activities. I include' - College in New York, and a service as an .English -as a master'~ degree f~om
Secol!d Language tutor anq Columbia Unive~sity. \ ' as a' literacy instructor SHERI HUTTNER . Foundation and several through the Library-Adult RAP~ORT '78.received other charities: As chair of Reading Project. She has her law degree from her Pilzer class reunion, served for several years as Southw(lstern University Rapaport helped raiSe the trustees which he joined the, Beverly Hips represen SchoQi of Law and prac largest class gift in the in 19.16. A supporter of the tative tQ the l'4etrop-oUtan . ticed law uptil she and her school's history. She has college's National Issues Cooperative Library System , husband, Marc, started a ,_ been an annual donor since Forum,' Riordan'S.J . and' as a board member of· family. She is art active sup 1984 and has pledged a o "- , • $200,000 GOntDibutfon to the Friends of the Beverly porter of the Los Angeles major gift to the new th Ray Mapshall Internship Hills Publre-Library. She~ ' area Ronald McDonald Student Center. Fund in 1986 help_ed initi ate a prograin that enabJes , students to gain \\Iork - Svvirnrner experience and use their Is Ath.~te of the Year classro_om learning-to pro- . vide community serVice. For her fast sprint.ing betvveen the ropes,_ Am~nda Harri~ '93 received tvvo consec'!Itive athlete ot Ineur Trustees the year a",!arcis from the Paul Hudson, Joan Wilner Southern California an~ShE(ri Huttner Intercollegiate Athletic > Rapaport '78 bring a vari Conference. A member 0' ety of experience to their Pomona-Pitzer's varsity new roles as members of svvim team for four years, Pitzer's boar.dof trustees. Harris credited s\Nim coach PAUL HUDSON. is pres i- -Penny Dean for her- suc- ' - dent and chief executive ces~: "Sh~ ~ushed m .e to go officer -:Of Broadway Federal beyond my potential, to Savinis, ~he old~st African ~ build on my talent." While American savings and loan at Pitzer, Harris \Non 17 AII- association west-of the ~ American titles for 50, 100, ~ and 200 freestyle and 100 Mississippi River. Hudson's ~ grandfather founded the b meter butterfly ~vents. -institution in 1947. i -LYNN W~RNER .. "Pitzer is a vibrant, very exciting place. I'mo i~pressed 'I Cohen RppoinlBd vvith the level of comomoitmoent to the college and its ideals." Dean offacuUV -Ron Cohen Ronald Cohen has joined Pitzer as vice presigent for academic affairs and dean of faculty. H'e was previously professor of psychology in the Social Science Division at Bennington College in VermoI).t. On the faculty since 1971, he served as Persians is not just a dog; dean of studies from 1973 it is an entire kennel unto Fdsbe~ Ballet to 1976 and ,as dean of itself." Despite this In an attemopt to stretch the boundari~s of Pitzer's faculty from 1985 to 199). appraisal, theater diehards comomoitmoent to diversity, Scarth Locke '93 an~ He has held'visiting posi had a wonderful time Mark Moore' '93 bring together tvvo previously tions at the Institu1:;.e of hearing Steve discuss unrelated activities: the sport of frisbee and _.n- -- Social Research, Aeschylus' contributions to the fin-e ~rt of ballet, performoed on University of Michigan; the modern theater.' Pitzer's Pellissier Mall. As Moore balances grace- ' University Qf Mannheim, fully upon the stones that surround the Pitzer W~st Germany; and the \ - University of Utrecht, ::o~~;~:~:: i:::~::::i::~::::~:C:~:i:I:~::j;:t ~ Netherlands. He received '1Pilzer Io model · Locke, vvho comopletes a flavvless pirouette ~ , his doctorate in social psy by leaping U) feet .straight up into the reli- I " , lliversilv' ' chology from the able armos 'of a nearby tree. Bravo! ~ p .erfect 10! Pitzer is one of 20 colleges . University of Michigan,. Asked 'for somoje insight into such a ground b~eak \ , throughout, the country ins, performoance, Moore and Locke had only this to selected as a model for say: "Careful player calculates a comoplemoent. for other institutions to incor tree queen." That's it. I svvear. Crazy artists. 'Heschvlus porate diversity into the curriculum, The, - MAX ,LANGERT "92 Iunder Glass Washington D.C.-based Pitzer, Scripps, and CMC American Association of -alums, parents, and friends ' Colleges will match each of , joined classics profes the Resouree Institutions ' .. sor Steve Glass in with two colleges seeking , October for a modern to incorporate diversity into • - adaptation of their own programs. The Aeschylus' play Resource Institutions and The Persians at 40 Planning Institutions Los Angeles' Mark will w.ork together for two Tap'er Forum. years to develop and imple Steve reviewed ment curricular change that the play - is inclusive of diverse thusly: racial, ethnic, and gender "The perspectives. The Resource Intltitutions, of which fitzer is one of only two in Califorl!ia, range from pri~ vate and public, commuter. -and residential, small and large, and urban, suburban, and r,ural. /
,Spanish 'and Japanese in I"Dav atthe Rates" - the Classroom and in sp:e ProfeSSOrS Al Schwartz and cial activities, such as eat~ David Sadava arid ing together; while speak~ President Massey's hus- ' ing only that language. band, Jim, provided tips on Pitzer was chosen to racihg, betting, and winning house the program at Santa Anita Park race because of its recordJop· track' in OctoQer. More . innovative curricular and , than 45 alums: students, administrative attention 10 . · faculty, staff; and trustees cultural diversity. participated, with Alumni
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Ortega-Oei '75, Jon Bradley '81, and parent and ·1 Herns to Head staff member Sheila Kyster, Parents, Rss'oco (Axel '86) emerging as the i" Joyce Kern had no' inten- day's big winner~. Kern, a property manag- \; tion of getting inv.olv.ed, itt er who iiveS:in San . campus activities when her, Francisco, said. that though P' Iotzer·. H'o daughter Barbara enrolled '1 sts . at Pitzer twq years ago. ' she may have to traveJ miny~il€sto attend'some lannuane Studu But the Parents Associa- , .' ~.. ~. \ 'f: tion's annual Parents Day Pitzer ,funCtions,'it will be PitzerColiegeis the home changed her 'mind. tiIlle well spent. "I liKe of anew program that will ."I found it'was easier to what Pitzer stands for," streamline, language stud- get involved than to stand she said. "The students iesat The Claremont on the sidelines," said' tendto,be a very,'unique . · Colleges and give students Keril. "Joining the Parenls group of young people." -, an opportunity to live what Association was a way to they learn. , - participate witlJ-out becom:: Funded by a three-year ing an albatross ar,ound " .·1 ~age~ens. Scrabble $500,0.0.0. grant from the, Barbara's neck:" , Andrew W. Mellon Founda- Kern and her husband, . . Inffimnesota tion, thet\yo-fold program Bob, are this year's associ- The fighting Sagehens. trav will' first eliminate dupli-' / ation co-chairs. The group,. eled to St. Paul inSeptem cate courses; freeing pro- ',with'a m'embersl!.ip of ' , ber to play football at fessors fo~ more advanced about I 0.0., sponsors sever- , MacalesterColiege; . classes, said program al activit!es t~roughout;the Following the game, coordinator Daniel Baer. year; including freshman' . . Pomona philosophy profes The, next step is the orientation, Parents Day, sor and Sagehen.booster Summer Ir}stitute of' and a career counseling Fred Sontag joined team ' Language and Culture, set prograrp. thrQ~gh which members, coaches, and to begin June f994, Two " studentsspenq. a daY' on fans at the St. Paul Hotel · three-and:a-l).alf week ses~ the job with a parent. Fund for apost-game bash. sions-will pl~ce students of raising is,also an impor- ' . tant goal~last year the gr~mp raised $95,0.0.0.. .. \
"At Pitzer. c~mmunity courses in a way they 'is an important concept could not no.rmally do," in many vVays . •• ~·· , ,-~ehmet Tutuncu Tutuncu said. , Tutuncu is extending this~experience .through his residence tllis year in .. a gro@ct:-fl.oor Mead Rail apartment. part of Pitze 's ~ new Community. >!' Connection, designetl to' ,/, i I"Community toster informal relation __1IIIiII1IIiIIiI_~ ' Conne ction ' shiRs among students, ao ulty, staff- and alumni. ed in compiling a diverse Economics professor Tutuncu, professor 0 'I Jazz at the collection of materials dedi Mehmet Tutuncu received , political studies Nigel ', ," HollVllIood 'BOllil ,cated to, and honoring; a uni'que perspective on Boyle, and professor of Piofesso~ HerteL If ~ou are his teacQing methods psychology and -orga!liza Some 120 alums and par~ interested in submitting , wneQ he lived 'with six stu- tiona I studies Jeff Lewis ents attended a concert something' for this book, . dents at Mead Hall for serve as faculty liaisons, under the stars at the please ,s~nd your contribu seven weeks last spring. attending hall council and Hollywood Bowl in AtIlgust, tion to the Pitzer Alumni The students "coulO tell town hall mee~ings to Grover Washington, Jr" Office by March' 18, 1994, me about the weaknesses familiarize themselves l(eiko Matslli, and and strengths in my Fourplay provided a lively JVC jazz program for the 'sold-out ev.ent, prompting Update: __!he Alumni Association to , Katherine plan for many more box Peters '74 seatE; for next year's jazz Katherine Peters '74 {! night. informed us in the Sprin.g 1993 issue of ,J} _ t!ti Participant of plans to prenliere her three- , ' act musical perfor- " Celebrating mance piece over the summer_ The death of " 1Carl Herter her collabor,ator's Pitzer,is organizing a trio, father has postponed ute to Professor Carl this eHort. A new HerteL We are soliCiting piece. The Bones 0' materials from alums and Love: A Musical Tale colleagues which will be _ i~ One Act. _ith combined into a book format _ords and music by and presented to Professor Ed_ard Barnes. _as HerteL The publication will performed by Peters be available' to the Pitzer and the Metro community at a nominal Ensemble in Los charge, Anyone interested Angeles in October in contributing to the pro "_ith some real inter- ject is invited to -sUbmit a - est from Ne_ Vqrk,..·· I short essay, journal entry, says Katheri·ne. poem, or a work of original art (photographs, lino cutS, and line ,drawings repro duce well), We are interest- I '1Trac~iny the PreSIdent President Marilyn Chapin Massey visited alums in San Francisco, Phoenix, Chicago, New York, Portland, ~,eattle, Kansas . . City, St. Louis, Houston, - , Dallas, and Washington, D.C. during the past few
months. Look for7 her in with Student issues and Chicago, New York, mid provide perspective on Washington, D.C., in com behalf of students and ing months. College Cpuncil alike. A Faculty/Staff Interest Progcam provides a serie~ Pachon Heads Clare'mont Colleges and of informal meetings fdr Trinity Univer.Sity jn Texas. Peterson nelU . . faculty, staff, and students , IRivera Center Among his first projects at ~ Dean Qf Students to share t):1eir interests- Harry Pachon, Kenan the center will be a study 1 Jacqueline Dansler . and concerns. Professor o{ Political on Latino groups in ,Los Peterson is Pitzer's new "It would be terrific to Studies, has been named Angeles and New York vice president for student arrange for alumni to par president of the Tomas ~ity. He is on the board -of affairs afid dean 'of stu- ti9'ipate," says Tutunq.I, Rivera Center, where he directors ofRebuHd L.A., ' dent~. She was previously noting that alumni may wjll oversee policy which was created to a~ Rensselaer Polytechnic contact Michael-Tessier at research6n Latino issues address issues of develop Institute' in New York, 909-621-2806 to arrange and their effect on the ment and Lntegratlon .after where she. served for 10 to spen<1a few nights in a . communJty. The c~nter is the 1992 riots in Los yem:s, most recently as dorm or participate in affiliated with The Arrgeles. director of multicultural informal..social events witl! affairs and Affirmative - students on caPlPus. - Action adVisor to the pres idellt. Peterson received her master's degree in R1~ms ~hare Tips education from Nazareth lUIth Students . College in Rochester and 1 is currently working .. Alums in oommunications, toward a doctorate in J.aw, business, ar.ts/enter urban and e1lvironmental tainment, counseling: and , studies at Rensselaer. - education joined 30 stu dents on .campus in -SECTION BV KIM LANE & MELISSA DEVOR "78 October for a dinnertable discussion'of career paths, the effects of the Pitzer ' experience, and how to get started in a career. Thahks. to all our partici- , /- pating alums! As president of the ' Tomas Rivera Cen.ter. Harry Pachon vvill direct national ,research on I. Latino issues. NEWS FROM LEII!' MUNROE Lee Munroe, professor of anthropology, has been elected president of tl}e Society for Psychological Anthropology, a con stituen.t unit of the -American Anthropological Association. Munroe will serve as' [lresident-elect until 1995, when his two-year term as president begins. . , During the summer, Mum::oe served on a panei selecting the. Ass.ociation for the Advancement of'Science's annual prize " awarded to a paper in the sociobehav- toral sciences. He als9 taught at the WACHTEL IN THE ' University of California, Irvine, at a post sculpture and ceramics department a,t LAND OF THE RISING SUN , doctoral institute sponsored by the New York University in October, later 'Professor of English AI Wachtel travels to - National Science Foundation in compara traveling to Santa Fe, N.M., to par~ici- Kwassui Gakuin University in Japan in tive methodology. , pate in the National Council 0 December for a week marking the 114th , Education for the Ceramic Arts' first anniversary of the institution and the 10th DAVID FURMAN-31 AND symposium, '''J'oday's Standal'ds, anniversary of its relationship with Pitzer COUNTING Tomorrow's Values." Furman is aformer Wachtel's three lectures , Professor of art David Furman marKed COlieg~ . will ~ board member of the Council. focus orr American literature and its/influ his 31 st one-p'erson exhibition last sum- ence in the world. For 10 years, ·Pitzer ' mer at the Judy Youens Gallery in HERTEL IN CHINA has served as the site for Kwassui's Houston, Texas . Furman's sculIltures '11 Last summer Carl Hertel, profeesor of American transfer student prowam. clay were also exhibited last summer in art and environ'mental design. traveled to
\ galleries from Davis, qalif., to New York Cbina on a Durfee Fou,ndation Phase III ARGUELLES IN THE CAPITOL City. Fall exhibitions included the pacifiCgrant'to me.et with urban artists in Lourdes Arguelles, MacArthur Chair in Rim Sculpture Exhibition at the Honolulu Shanghai and Beijing. Hertel's research . Women's Studies, served as the plena~y , Academy of Art, the Wustum Museum of en90mpassed local artists' use of motifs speaker at the Nati'Onal Association of Fine Art in Racine, WiS.,' Claremont's from minority cultures in Tibet and Women Studies in Washington, D,C., last First Street Gallery, and DA Gallery in , Nor~hwest China. June. Later in the summer, Arguelles Pomona at the Colleges' faculty exhibi- Hertel was also a gllest of the traveled to the Monteverde. Cloud Forest tion, This December Furman partiCipates Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture region of Costa Rica to continue. in the secolJd National Cup Invitational at '- r~searCh institute, where he rp.et with resear6~ on gender, ecological activism, 'Artworks GalleryinSeattIe, Wash. ' , artists and writers. In Beijing, he pre- and ecotourism. Furman was a,guest speaker at the , This fall, Arguelles and several of her students continued their work wjth the city of Ontario, Calif. Civic Think Tank on The Further Rdventures the redevelopment of the Mountain 'Avenue corridor and the organization of neighborhood councils in nprthwest of Columbus Ontario. Her article, 'J,atina Women apd Approximately 500 years after ~ HIV Infection: The State of the Art in Columbus' ar-;'ival in the NellV Women and the Experience of Illness," World. tllVO Pitzer professors was just published by Wayne State ..i.ve collaborate~ on a nellV • UQiversity Press. viellV of the idea of voyage and the voyage itself. T~e lIVork of SABBATICAL ROUND-UP Barry Sanders. professor of the FROM YAMANE history of ideas and English. ' Assistant professor of economics LiI)uS and Michael Woodcock. assi~
Yamane spent nis 1992-93 sabbatical tant professor of art. entitled Fo~rteen Ninety TINo or Three. is
conducting research first in Cambrfdge, '" based partly on Columbus' OllVn journals. the con~truction of his- y Mass., and later in Tokyo"Japan. 'tory and the de-construction of fantasy. The collection of five ' , Yamane examined differences in the' , s 'hort prose pieces a 'nd six linoblock i~ag~s lIVas p,ublished t~is behavior of labor markets and the year by'WindollVpane Press of North, HollYllVood. Ca~if. macro economy in the U.S. and J-apan, I Iller on Jhe firl of Te aehin~ fir! , Kathryn Miller nJay be new to Pitzer this year as assistant professor of art, but her teaching philosophy nJarks her pure 'Pitzer_ Miller, . INho lNill teach sculpt... re and draINing, has exhibited 1N0rk at - installations fronJ NelN York City t~ Sa~ta Bar~ara_ •• MY overall goal as a tea.cher," s~e says, "is ·to challenge my . students, to make them questi~~ , and think about the con- text of their lNork, help tllem be confident about t~em~elves and. their ideas, and teach them to be strong'enough to foliolN their , OlNn ,intuition and insti,ncts_· ... Art is a ~ha~ce to combine a lNid~ array o! thoughts, ideas~ and conce.pts using scuipture, photogra phy, video"performance, and life processes_ It can assist lNith 'the expl'oration and th~' interpretation of exiSt~ng social systems, ' 'function as a form of social communication, and can be used as a method for corning to terms lNith the exterior en,vironment. ... •. I @1m passionately' committed to the environment and to art,· a;'d lNork to combine the tlNO tOlNard a better u~derstanding i~ de'vel- ( oping a functio~al ecological appr,oach to art_ I't is essential to , understand the flolN of ~nergy, resources, and impact of .the mate rials lNe use_ I fe.el it is tin;ll~ nOlN" for artists to expand their terri tory beyond the visual and ve-:bal arts to in'clude natural history, philosophy, politics, science, urban' planning, archi'tecture, and ~ . - I communication, as lNell as an alNareness of other cultures_"
sented a paper to the general assembly " member ~\ the_Pomona Unified School Culture, Politics, and Society, edited by of the second world conference Qn m,ed Drstrict board from 1981 to 1989, Roberto M.' DeAnda. Calderon's chapter ical qi gong. The busy summer ended in Jackson has been involved with Girl is entitled "Situational IQentity of Hong Kong,. where Hertel. continued his Scouts of America-, Delta Sigma Theta, Suburban Mexican.American Politicians exploration of wildness and minority and the NAACP. i~ a Multi-Ethnic Community." Calderon motifs in Chinese'art. The program honored women from presented a paper, "La'tinos and Asian - I \ throughout the 'Inland Vall.ey for their Pacific Americans: .The 'Role of KATE ~OGERS ORGANIZES contribution .to the advancement of Leadership;and Strategy in-Multi-EthniC' BEHAVIORISTS Last February, along with colleagues , women and girls. CoalitioIl:~uilding," last Au~ust at the . annual meeting of the American from two other universities, associate BOB ALBERT ELECTED TO APA professor of organizational studies Kate , Sociology Asso,ciation held in Florida. ' Professor emeritus of psychology-Bob In other news~ Calderon has been' Rrgers helped ~rgarfize the first Western Aibert has been elected a fellow in the Org;mizational Behavior Teaching elected an officer in the Section on Latino American··Psychological AssoCiation. " "Sociology of the American Sociological Conferenc~, drawing more than 90 pro Albert:'who came to Pitzer in 1965-;-spe fessors to Loyola Marymount University ASSOCiation. Throughout the spring, cializes in the study of creative behavior, Caideron gave several speeches and to discuss teaching techniques and phi giftedness, and eminence, as well as fam- , losophy, and share materials on organiza panel presentations (in Chicano studies, ily dynamics and child development. p~a li tion-building, and multi-ethnic plu tional behavior. The second annual con Albert remains bUSy with' research, ralism in ,Lo~ Angeles. ference will take place at Loyola ~ writing, and travel. During·the past year: Marymount in March. he was invited to speak at the University ' WARMBRUNN ON ,WWIJ of· Iowa and prepa~ed chapters for two Professor emeritus of history Werner AGNES MORELAND JACKSON HONORED soon-to-be-published books, one OIl lon WarmbrJlnn's latest work, The German . . ' - Agnes Moreland Jacksori was among the gitudinal. research in ,giftedness, the Occupatiofl of Belgium 1940-44, was "Women of Achieverrient" ponorees at the other on th~ contriQution of early family published in September. Warinbru,nn, Young'Wo'men's Christian ASSOCiation of historyiv. the aC!1ieVBment of eminence , woo directs the Pitzer History and - . the West End annual luncheon held last' Arcnives Project, specializes in modern April in' Pomona. CALDERON ON CHICANOS , European history, Genrian history, pnd Jackson, the Peter S. and Gloria Gold Jose Calderon, assistan.t professor of soci- , the political history or'the Second ology and Chicano studies, has contributed r Professor of.English and World Literature World War. an ~rtiCie to the recently published ' and Blaok Studies, has a distinguished -SECTION BY ELISABETH DURAN rec.ord of community 'service. An elected Contemporary Chicanos: EXPlorations in' , I or some, cool is . F an attitude, for . others a chill . autumn day. . . Then there are those who judge cooi to begin at 3,OOD degrees and end at ' . :. 7,000 degrees- Kelvin. * Pitzer astronomy professor Stephen Naftilan embodies two definitions of cool. His gray-streaked black hair gath- . ered into a pony tail and his John Lynnonglasses giv.e him the vis?ge of a cool professor. As a SCientist, he is a lead researcher on the thermody namic activity 'of cool stars. Typically, star surface temperatures range between
3,OOOK,and 100,OOOK. .Traditional astronomy re'search has focused on hot stars- which radiate heat from a hot core to tneir sur face. Because they throw out more radiation, hot stars are easier to analyze and' model. On the other side of .7:000K. cool stars radiate.rather poorly, making traditional methods of data collection ~ difficult. Instead of radiation, : they use 'convection to trans fer energy to their slirface, Similar to t1W way the earth heats itself. Like the sun, a cool star at 6,OOOK. they exhibit flaves, spots and gen erally roore surface activity than their .hotter 'cousins. Naftilan admits that an ele- ment of pragmatism, has guid" process of measuring and . luck and persistence paid off Naftilan has had to learn elec ed his research direction. "Not qmverting so ,that what used in Naftilan's case. At a confer 'tronics, soldering, and vac~- ,-, many people have studied this to t~e hours now takes' min- ence in Tucson,.Ariz., hemet a ' , urns. ,While he enjoys the tin-
area; which is important at a , utes. Pitzer.owns the, Reticon team from UCLA who were . o kering, it slows up research. 'schbollikePitier," Naftilan spectrograph, a solid state researching in his area. They Teaching also competes ~ explained. "If you choose ahcit detector device which breaks invited him to campus when with research. More than 100 _ topic,You can't compete white light into its component classes convened in the , _ students enroll in introducto~ against the research capabili- colQrs:indicating chemical ' , spring. With this lead,Naftilan ry astronomy annually. The ' / . . , ties ofi:.lCaltech."A lesser, abundances and motions. ,developed territory provi,des Naftilanbecame interested opportlmiti~s for original in astrophysiCs the way many r~search ,and for making sfg scientists: did-by accident. " "Here I vvorl< vvith undergraduates," nificant COI1tributions. - His undergraduate studies at says Naftilan, vvho has published four In a previous position at the University of Chicago papers in scientific journals vvith UCLA! he worked with emphasizedbiologyand I students as co-authors. advanced graduate students .. physics. In his junior,year, he "Here I work, with undergradu- interned at the Argonne , ,ates," says Naftilan, who has National Laboratory, wh~re he ,- published four PllPers in scien work'ed with a particle accel tific journals with students as, erator to research lambda moved to Southern CalifQrnia, number who major from all co-authors. "It's verYunus~al", beta decay-"the ultimate big camping in Joshua Tree, " fiv.ecampuses d'Yindles to to' have undergraduates as' a kid game." During thi~ firs~ National Monument and San perhaps fiv€'students.The
co-author, but if theY'd~ the 0 , experience of big science, he ,Clemehte-until the semester - discipline'requires knowledge' work necessary,-theid~serve realized that he needed ; , bega,n: Taking a post-doctorate of chemistry, math, and -it.", He is currently working advanced education to fully position at/UCLA, he began a physics .. As a career, the with David Zeller '94, appreciate what was happen teaching career that led him to rewards are minimal com researching glQbular, clusters ing. While in his graduate pro- the University of Calgary, Cal pared With the medIcal sci-
of stars.-Their study of what is" gram at Case Western 0 State Fullerton, ,and USC, i ences. Fewastrophysicists believed, to be ,'among 'the-old Reserve, Naftilan's fascination before he came to Claremont. retire wealthy. est visible objects in the uni- with astronomy re-emerged. , "I was intrigued bythe,possi NaftHari also attributes the - verse mtly provide.iIisight into As a 12-sear-old astrono bilityat a liberal arts college high attritio'n rate to the dark the early'Stage~ of the forma- , my buff, he had owned a tele~ to do more interactive teach evenings at Table Mountain
tion of our galaxy. 0 scope. But J;he Chicago sky ing with 'the humanities and ObserVatory; Students learn ' , Naftilan and his students line cast too much light pollu social sciences-" ~e-·said. In that re&earch ,is cold arid work out of the Table / tion for him to observe more addition to courses in theoreti tedious. Many; particularly Mount~in Observatory-locat , than the moon. During a fami- cal mechanics and electricity , those from Southern ed orre:hourdue north of cam I ly outing ata state park, his and.magnetism, he, has taught California, do not own appro pus, adequately far from the parents set him upa distance ':Science and'Western Culture" priate clothes t,o sit 12 hours lights of Los AIigeles: Owned' from their camp to view stars. and "Galileo and the;Church: through a 20_F night on i;l by Caltech's Jet PropulsioJ) It was his first dark site, and' , Culture in Transition." mountain top. Some relish the . - . I Labort!tory, the property is ' nearly his last. A state high The trade-offs of leaVing a prospect of being alone on a __ , shared with Pomona and way patrol caught sight of the, ' 'large university for a small mountain; most despise it. For ,H&rvey Mudd Colleges. solitaryyouth.Jn the early college have been many. At ~aftilan, the dark cold nights Pomona owns the 40-irich '. 1960s climate, tijey mistook major research mriversities, are adequate reward, linking 'observatory telescope. HMC , his telescope for a weapon. the support for science is vast. him through the ancient light, owns the CCO (charged "cou His parents rescued him from - There are technicians, electri- - of stars to the q-year-old boy ple device), a highly light-sen , arrest after much convincing. cians, all of the' personnel, who looked at the heav~n~ sitive digitai camera which / In November i 97{ Naftilan needed for reseapch, plus col from- a dark space. revolutionized astronomy. emerged from Case Western loquiums and equipment. "It's , -Astronomers used to perform Reserve with a doctorate like being in a candy shop," he * For those whose Iphysics , a time-consuming ritual of , ?egree and few lob prospects. remembers. 'Here Naftilart and has receded into dim memory, 'measurement and math to "I was Qompeting against IIiy the other science faculty rp.ust Kelvin fixes zero degrees a.s a convert picture images into ·thesisadVlsor·for jobs," he dO everything themselves, ' theoretical point at which no numerics. The CCD takes digi recalls.' Many classmates including designing and build- molecular motion occurs, about minus 459.69-degrees F. ·'tal pictures~liminating the, dropped out of science. But , ing speCialized equipment. /
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In their world, even the best -to for two years, the , and brightest are stuck Pitzer," _ result, -she' says, with_McJobs, depressed qy' to 35.9 says -of a little Boomer Envy, leading a percent Gretchen Sigler soul budget-wis_e existence of - since 1973 ~ '91. "'It's not that I search . semi-disposable Swedish Seventy-five per-. . don'it think it was ing fol
furniture. To the critical cent of the Baby J 'worth the money, it's not lowing a eye of several prosperous Busters (the post- that 1lIi .dn't ge.t a good edu frighteningly generations of "haves," t,hey Boomer population born _ cation. - barren jo-b hunt. appear rootless and resent between 1961. and 1971) live "It's a matter of what I Eventually she asked herself, ful; to -themselves, powerless, at home. They are the chil thought I was buying. versus What am I borderline over silent,-marginalized. dren of the most-divorced ,_ what I got." qualified for? The result was Meet Generation X, a - generation in Americari histo Sigler, who received her a secretarial job with an ' population lost -in the shad6w. ry, matured in an atmosphere degree in English and SCience, HMO, of the Baby Boom. - of impending nuclear holo- . technology and society, More surprises awaited Pitzer's own x-ers are no caust and international epi reports the first big shock was Sigler on the jOb. exception to the Twenty: -demic. how "ill-prepared"she and , "You can imagine me as a sQmething mal'aise. "The feel This, for the most eduqat~ .- her peers were to land jobs. secretary, coming out of Pitzer ing," says Tim Kopperud '91, ed generation in history, with - "You' graduate and find where 1 was accustomed to ",is that there was a time, . 59 percent of those Who that ·your marketable skills being a leader, in having very recently, when there - graduated high school contin .are how fast you can type, adultS interested in what I say . was a lot of money, a lot of uing to college in 1'991 alone . . _ how many computer pro , But 'out there,' no one cares jobs- and we literally.just " In fact, for' anxious x-ers, grams.you know," she says. "I what you thinK," she says. missed it. E'{erything just fell higher education is often thought I'd be able to get a "Photocopying is in your apa.rt for us ," - viewed as the most ironic real job at a real company~ job description-,you're ,filing Kopperud's impressions of issue of all. For those who maybe for low money-but 1 two hours a day, working for' the R~al World echo the thought college was a ticket, thought it was out .tl1ere. . people not as educated as you depressing statistics _ushered if not to a high-PQwered , - "I wasn't prepared for the are, who don't write as well in by the '90s. Years of stag-' , high-paying job, certainly to a economy oJ living on my own as you can, and aren't inter nant wag,es and inflation iIi better way of life, -the years making $20,000 a year and ested in taking advantage of real estate pricing hav~ - following graduation can be a paying back student loans." the skills you' have." reduced the number of 25- to real shocker. No, the real world meant Kopperud agrees that - 29-year-olds .owning hom~s "It's not that fregret going taking a job as a secretary humility comes quickly, upon '- initiation into Out There. "The . that you thought was so .stu person with a bachelor's. that-if whining means ask world' wants to beat out the . pid," he ~emembers thinking.) degree can't live this way." _- , ing, Wait a minute, what hap superiority complex we grad KopI!erud qad his own Of course, you didn't have, pene~ to the American uated with.... I[l ~he real desk, his own computer, his to graduate in the '90s to dream? world no one falls at your own phone liries, his own have encountered a hostile "We've GOT jobs, a lot of us feet and tells you how smart' ~ Beverly Hills parking space job market. What'some ARE paying our own way,". you are. That's what you get and a salary he could live might tag Twenty-something- , Kopperud continues. "The . at Pitzer every day, but not in with-for foUf months: Within angst is/ labeled,by still- oth- • enormous percentage of us at the real world." a year, layoffs had whittled ers as whiriing. home with mom and dad prob Kopper'ud'knows wh~reof away a department of five 'Tve always_been ~ whin ably aren't SittIng around he speaks. 'He had lined up a people to just one. Kopperud, er," says Ko~perud. "That's watching TV all day. The most ·. great job upon graduation, -one of the last to -be hired, . totally irrelevant. My mother likely scenario is getting a job tipped off by, a friend-of-a- was one of the first tQ go. thinks I'm a whiner, but not at a single-digit ho'urly wa'ge." - friend from Pitzer: a very hip, Now he's sell'ing retail for a for this, reason. We know . Pitzer's Twenty-somethings very mol job working as an Southern California depart we're, unlikely to own-homes, appear to break the moid,in editor..and writer for Virgin ment stQ;e chain, occasionally or surpass our parents' stan-' one critical respect. Rather - records in L.A. ("Look, mom, . applying for other jobs, but it's dard of living, and I think I'm than being angry'at the sys- . I'm using that Iinguistic§ mCljor not easy, he says. "A grown-up ' entitled to whine about .(continu.ed on next page)
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~------~-- , tern, they seem.bemused at >- / · feel that America's lost it. rather than a blueprint for what they view as their ,own We're never going to be . action: Kopperud says. "The f~eling is . powerlessness. NUIll:ber One again: the He sees their generation It goes,something like this.' economy is never going to ' more likely to '~plod along" that there vvas If a bl'ighter future ever' come back, you'll' never have . ( than forge revolutionary appears, it wiU be due to a families aga:in Ii¥ing com change. No Baja bungalows . a tinlle, very random act ofJate unrelated fortably on one income. - for any Pitzer grilds he knows, recently, vvhen ~o their own efforts. This is "But we don't really and/anyWay, where did they closely tied to Busters' refusal' . - blame anyone else~that get the money for that? . I there vvas a lot to'do what everyone is telliqg ki~d of thing's for Boomers." No, the chaos X-ers per- them to. do: Mlilke a plan . .x Hrrfmmmm: What's really. • ceive around them doesn't of nlIoney, ers go out of their way not to goingon here? Sociology has look likely to. resolve itself plan, not to commit., '. . '8 term for this phe]lomeI1on, through radical social changy a lot of jobs On a national level, this 'In which people's expecta any time soon. "The world is generation Is delaying mar tions are raised; only to have just avery strange place," and vve riage, putting off having ehil- , their means to realizing says Kopperud. "Spending dren, shifting restlessly from those expectations blocked. , four years fn Claremont is literally just job to job. While Boom~rs It's called anomie. . like spem:Ung four years in a may frown at them' for refus . "When people are told to . parallel universe: Now we're. nlIissed it_" ing to grow up, Busters are do certain thing~, such as go • trying to figure out how it all likely to ask, Having no . to college, in'the expectation really works:" options, what good is a plan? · of being successful;· and then Sigler agrees. "This may "I really de-personalize . they find th.ere· are·no.jobs, sound' contradictory to' my , .. issues relating to the future," it's not just pointin~ out view of the world as chaotic, Working so hard to break. says Kopperud, making • shortcomings in the but I still want to do the right in has its drawbacks, of· Generation X sound American system in generaL" thing'. I thinI\ our values are course. Sfgler says it's diffi more lil. Boomers' is no consolation, Accelerated Culture, by , closer to our PQlitical beliefs, .. ed. It's the one· ~hing that < /' 'says Sigler. Douglas Coupland, has 'the and of building up .slowly to qan't'be taken away. I went to "It's such a long histo;ry three protagonists doing just marriage in the hope that it's I college to claim my indepen- of bad decisions. When I · that. The trio head for , not disposatne; like so many .dence, arid Pitzer certainly thinkabo~t theJuture, it's a' Mexico, where the plan is to other generations did," says gave me that,;'says Sigler. very. bleak picture .... I really'; fund a life of beer-drinking' Kopperud:- "But I am embar Neither Sigler nor Kopperud . and lobster-dredging by"puf" rassed about,the material care to predict wqich way the chasing, and then renting' thirigs I want and can't have." chaos will 'toss them: But you "We compete with - can rule out escape. . out, a modest cluster of bun . . / galows. The book, with chap Boomers for everything," says , "That concept;as/por- ters like "Our Parents Had' Sigler. "For jobs, for prod- tray~d in Generation X. is_ More,'~ "I Am Not a Target . ucts~everything IS' geared for . ridiculous," says Kopperud. "If . Market," '~Shopping Is Not .' " them. Cars' are designed for there's a sequel to that bo.ok, , them because they can buy Creating," and "I Am Not· . I it. wjllbe the three of them them and can't. We're giving up and momngback in Jealous," must,nevertheless we I be viewed as .escapist fun completely marginalized." with Mom andDmF \ /. WILL THE NEWJBUILDINGS INTEGR~TE ,'ADMINISTRA:FION, CLASSROOMS, AND FACULTY' . AS OUR PRE'SENT• r BU,ILDINGSDO?. , , Yes, to -a great extent. -The Edythe. and ElI Broad building wiH con-, tain the admissions office, my office, the alumnip()ffice, six faculty offices, and three classrooms. It will also have a perforjnance cen ter and an art gallery where our students can, display their art. , The secondbuilqing Will contain conference ro()ms, 'anthropolo , gy, sociology, and psycholo'gy labs; a computer classroom; and an innov?tive, electronicaily equipped classroom for languag'e instruction. This is pur~ly an academic building. The third building-the Gloria and Peter Gold StiIdent Center~isa:ll for students. 'It will inc1u'de athletic facilities, an '96 exercise room, party and meeti;g rooms, and a good number of CVndi IDanrlquez Inlervtems· ; \ offices for student activities siIch as The Other Side. Also, there PresidenJ IDarilvn ,Chapin IDassev' - ~ill be a swimming {lOO!. . , '- ' , ~' , Though Pitzer's resources are Jjm~ WILL THE NEW BUILDINGS CONSERVE ENERGY? . \ .- it~d, we make the most otthem, Yes. We are paying special attention to' the, skylights, for example. incluqing'those offered by the The,arches on the Broad building will frame classroom windows which will provide sunlight, Many other rooms will receive natur other Claremont Colleges, just as allight as welL Also, new equipment will allow computer calibra the founders of the consortium tion of energy; the d'elivery of electricity to each unit will be cal- intended. -In my year and a'half at " qulatedby a ,computer, which will make the amountofenergy,' used significantly lower. ' , Pitzer, I've gone~to 9ther campus es to sWim" ivork out, and even WI,LL ALlJl~S, HAVE ACCESS TO THE BUILDiN~S? attend Jab classes; With the new buildings and facilities on cam-' Yes! Alums should' know that the alumni' office will be iIi the, new pus, this Will soon chBnge. After giwng so many admissions tours, Edythe and Eli Broad -Center-front and center of. the whole cam- , , ' ' , , " , , pus. They are welcome to come and enjoy the 'art gallery and the I cannot say that I don't feei slightly nostalgica!JOut th,B,way Pitzer> performance--space and certainly the wonderful re'creational facil iSIlOW. Nevertheless, these new buildings will bring many more 'ities in the student center. opportunities to students. I asked other students how they felt INTERACTION AMONG THE 'COLLEGES IS " , 'abOutthenew bulldings and wlJat their concerns might be, then . (. . . RATHER LIMITED BECAUSE THE COLLEGES ARE asked PresjdeI!t Ma~sey to Mdpess these qU,estions.-C.M. SOMEWH.AT ISOLATED. WILL TH,E NEW BUILD INGS FACILITATE OR IIV!PA,I~ INTER~CTION? , , H,OW DO YOU THIN'K THE NEW BUILDINGS Ithink tliey Will heip f>itzer students to have more interaction: , -.lNILLCHANGE PITZER? , The student center in partiCular will bevery inviting; students will ) -. . , . , want to hang out there! We will. make the pool area very corhfort I don't think they iue going to change the atmosphere of Pitzer. able'. and will have a snack bar. We will also have a wonderful ,These are going to be'lovely, wonderful, innovative buildings! But regulation-size frisbee field, whioh will draw students from this I don't--think they are going to spoil uS'into being ,Something that' and other campuses who like to play.' , we're not Tht! unique'pltzer spirit' come~ from the: creative peo 'pie, here and their social'-concer-ns. I see these buildings helping, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE ·TO ADD? that spi~it, hot turning us into a sit-back-on-our-Iaurels campus. ..' . ,'.. . Physical space.is importarit, out 'the most important thing abOut DO YOU ,ANTICIPATE THAT BECAUSE THE Pitzer is the people and their character: their brilliance,their , ',., \ ,COLLEGE IS GROWING WE ~ILL HAVE A social concerns, their desire to be interdisciplinary and to care about other cultures. These very distinguished buildings are a LARGER POPULATION OF STUI)ENTS? / ' -mark of Pitzer, growing up. They are not a mark 0f changing its We do not intend to grow. It's important to underscoretMt it is a: soul, its reality .. They' are a physical m;mifestation of Pitzer's bril- percepthm that if you have new buildings you intend for the stu lianc~ and beauty. ~ dtmt body t~ grow. Pitzer intends to stay right around Its current number of about 800 ,students: ' /' PitZer's September ground-breaking . '~We are' celebr~ting a real COining of age~" ceremony celebrated three long ~ President Marilyn Chapin Massey ' \ awaited new buildings which will -support" a reputation' for innovation ( . and excelience that far 'exceeQs what / one might expect from an institution . . of our size and years ," in the words of Professor Tom lIgen, ~ho helped gUide the building project. The Edythe & Eli Broad Center is scheduled for completion in 'May; Academic,l, in eptember;.and the . newly named Gloria and Peter Gold Student Center is scheduled for completion by January 1995. With parking relocated to the perimeter , of campus, walkways and vistas . between buildings will encourage foot traf.fic . The native plantings of Pitzer's-six1acre arboretum will be ' \ extended throughout the Qampus. '.:.The new buildings will be very .much a pa~t of the success story -. that is Pitzer College," stated Jlgen. ''Th-ey provide a wonderful physical complement to ,the intel lectual and academic achieve ments for which the college fs already known, and they ensure that the wonderful students, staff, I - and faculty we have assembled wifl be able to do their"finest work." ~, \ " ".. / '.., . ..The Edythe & Eli Broad Center-the first of three new ..... Charles Gwathmey is fO,unding campus buildings to begin construction-will serve as a partner. of Gwathmey Siege! & . gateway to Pitzer ColJege.Each of the buildin£s~ explains , I Associates Architects. a New . , architect Charles GWathmey. is a complex assemblage, York-based 'firm whos~ 150-plus -wh0se. components enable one to "read" indiVidual' ele- ) . university. co~por1),te! and institu~ - II).ents such as exits. entries. gallery space. and class tiona,l projects'include an addition' rooms. The muted taupes. beiges. and blue-grays whicn to the Guggenheim Museum in . help define external surfaces will be. extended to existing 'New York CitY.and tfle design of . C1),mpU8 structures as they require repainting. thus inte the convention center at Disney grating old with new throughout campus. Wbrld in Orlando. Fla. \ - ,'. , A gr~duate of Yale University. Gwathmey is the recipient of numerous awards. including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New YorkState Society of Architects. Hisfirrrf was the 1982 recipient of the Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects. its highest honor. /.: I " -., . '. \ .Trustee Bruce Kanitz (standing) was among those honored by · board chair Cltad Smith. M.. D. (at lectern) at the ground-' . breaking ceremony.. Seated are (left; to ri~ht) ~ol,mdiIig presI dent John Atherton. Professor Tom lIgen. Professor Leah · Light. Presiderit Marilyri Chapin Massey. Life Trustee Eli. Broad .. his wife' Edythe Br.oad. 'President Emeritus Frank · . , . Ellsworth. and architect Charles Gwathmey. ; " ·By Georgia freedman-Harvey '78 , ' • 1 pleasures. A meal gone smoothly. survival of our child to think in I ,A walk to tbe park. A visit with sjIch philosophical terms. But the friends, We have come to appreci- commentator's observation did' --:-ate the notion of being,anonymous, confirm that the occasional pat on of simply being,a family doing the back, acknowledgment of this ordinary things like \l.acationing or unbalanced life from those on the e eines ·ie sh'opping or playing at the beach. ojltside, is OK. / And w'e hold on dearly to t he spe :' We hope , in ,the end, this little cial moments .. the small wonders . boy- my son, my handicapped HOW' DOE SON E begin to eye, a mop of red brown hair and that our son,continues to achieve cnUd: my child with the ,rare dis tell family, friends and colleagueS h'ugs that never end-a little boy against all odds. We no longer ' ease, our one-in-a-million off that the "bouncing baby boy" who . who is so determined he can take take anything in life for-granted, spring, the sparkle in our day-will , greeted us early one morning four on the world that we mlist let him; from the broader sphere of health be allowed to know the. wonders of ,- years ago in July will spend much a little boy who has decided that \ , , care and jobs to the simplest of life, He-iS the child for whom our 01 his life not being a bouncing , the world shou ld cheer ~i1ih him , planned dinners. lives cannot get out of focus. for if healthy childo. How does one pre not p,ity him. We strug&le to find that deli we lose focus for even a single day, pare for that profound change How do we, as his parents, cate balarice between denlal and it is his health that is compro- when the doctors finally pro cope? How do we feel. when he is the total consumption otour lives. . mised. ' I~ is thrs above all else that nounce that all the symptoms for , having a bad day, when an impor Each day the pendulum swi'}gs sets him apart from the other chil which there had always been an tant medical,appointment is upon back and forth. A day,of evalua- dren of the world, and us apart as , easy explanation aren',t 'simple us , or wpen we must.simplYmain- , tions and being with other special a family, anymore, aren't' gQing to disappear tain? ' families: consumed , A day at the Wh en I left Pitzer, did I ever with age? ,One does not outgrow a Early on we have ~ad ~o come zoo wi·thout any medical interven. imagine, I would be the p'are'nt of a rare disease: one learns to pro to grips with the fact that the tion: a g~ntle shift toward denial. ' ' "special" child? Of course not; nounce it, begins to understand it, future may not be ours to give our, A day with ups and ~owns and the but, ironically, I do believe in is confollnded by it-and realizes ' son. We have learned that we needs of our other child taking on some very importaht ways Pitzer that life wjll' never be the :;lame. - must~are entitled-:-to grieve for priority: the pendulum stopped gave me the skills to see and think _ The whole family becom~s th,e loss oJ the healthy child that almost dead ce nter. this througti, How, I don't know wrapped around this "thing" that ~e will 'lever know. , A radio commentator recently for sure, but'like ,most answers to -defines itself in every waki~g Indeed, we live our li,,:es' as 'his spoke of the hum'anitafian charac ,questions at-Pitzer, this is surel),' moment-a specialist on another pareDts in a different realm. We ter of a family about to give birth not a simple on e, coast; medica! contraptions and have had to take all our expecta - to a child they knew would have In the final analYSiS , he i~ our ' medications; a world of thera- . tions about family, home, and par developmental delays. I had never ,s,on! In one small child are , pists', therapists and more thera 'enthood and rearrange them-into . stopped to think'about k~eping , embodied the hopes, and dreams pists; having to think twice just to whole new configurations oU,tside OUf soli alive and active as an act 'bf all ,parents with a few extras walk .out tfie door. of normal. We welcQrne days, of humanity, Maybe becal!se we thrown in tD keep u~ remembering This is also a, litl}e boy with a gours, mo,ments tP?t resemble are often. all too consum~d with that the unyxpected is a constapt passion for life, a twinkle in his "normal. ". We treasure 'simple the practicalities of the ~ay-~()-day ' element of Ufe, ... , '1& ~ , . a children's.garden project. In . ecstatic, as is Jason's older broth-. " Claremont, and celebrate their- - addition, she serves _ori the . . er, Evan, 3. Janet is.still working annual "Ch.igonas" conference! Village's planning and zoning com for NBC's "Unsolveo- Mysteries," mittee and produces a local co m and enjoyipg her "t~ul'y grand" life. munity access cable show, "<'Community Matters." Not ioter ested in running for offj~e at this time, Houbion.states that she likes . Dale S. BroUln ...(" being behind the sce ~es. (Washington, D.C.) won the Arthur micha elchrislie $. Flemming Award las t Mayas one ' (Mountain View, Calif.) has had a . of 10 federal employees' under the busy year! In a two-month span , he age of 40 With the greatest i'nflu- changed jobs -and got engaged to an ence on national P0licy. She old high school friend. He is now a ' . received the award for her Vital role Susan Patron technical writer for SynteUigence, a 'in. the development and passage of M (Los Angeles, Calif.) r ecently pub- . Mountain View software company. the Americans with Wsabilities Act lished two children's books: All should keep an eye out for the of 1990 and her 'successful advoca .j-"iTTIffir ¢, Bobbin DustdQbbin, a picture March 1994 wedding! cy for employment opportunities for book, and Maybe' Yes, Maybe No, people with learning disabilities. - marina lossif Maybe Maybe, a novel.'She is also finna CroUlell Geller (Greece) is working at the. Greek' serving as actil)g c00rdinator of (Portl;md, Ore.) married Ronnie , :,. Sherrv Zeitler. - Tourist National. Organization and children's services 'a'tthe Los Geiler (Reed ,College '7~) last (Boca Raton , Fla.) moved to teaching Dutch. She is also. prepar Angeles Public Library. -September. Working lIS a mortgage Florida two years ago after resid ing a smlIll bulletin of prose as she banker and providing financing for ing in Los Angeles for several - gears up to publish a second book. affordable housing, she and Ronnie, yea rs. Stie is enrolled in an MBA Marina follows Pitzer news with a computer engineer, visit Pitzer program in NOVA and is working - great pride and would love ~o hear friends as much as possible. They _~or Motorola, Inc . . from fellow class members L espe are, she writes, "extremely happy." cially Ann Lawson, Perhaps a finn V. Stanton reunion in Greece one year? (Montpelier, Vt.) is enjoying the Hermi Cubillos challenge of teaching in the innov (Tucson, Ariz.) got together wi'th ative Adult Degr:ee Program at . Elvira Castillo (Pomona, '75) and Norwich University. Her son will Rebecca Roja '77 fn Tucson in ( Valerie Bordv Tan'nenUlald graduate from high school in 1994 J.une -to oelebrate Rebecca's mar- . (Overland Park, Kan.) missed last and is considering Pitzer! A.·nn riage to To'm Keane, celebrate \ spring's reunion because of her marureta Klassen .. Ph.D. sends hellos to" all friends: the Hermi's 40th birthday, debate new baby, Katianne Bordy (Claremont, Calif.) is stress man Munroes. Al Schwartz, Ellenhorns, wh~her. there is life after agement coordinator for the Werner Warmbrunn, etc. . Claremont Co llege's Monsour Counseling Center. In March . 1992, she I?resented a·stress Life on lhe Oulside management program to the _ Karen Hilfman Goldstein '71 recently _rote Association for Aplllied Participant: to let us kno_ ho_ her Pitzer educa PsychoPDysiology and Biofeedback I Elizabeth [Beth] groum·Dean tion contributes to life "on the outside!' in Colorado Springs. In November .... (East Palo Alto, Calif.) and her 1992, she competed 'in the Long husband, Bill, welcomed their first "Pitzer gave- me the opportunity to develop skills Beach SeniQr Olympics, where she child: Christian William Lindsey and not just academic ones-that I use every day." broke a record for the women's Dean, born March.14, 1993. Goldstein _rites. "I learned ho_ to be assertive. - 50-ya rd freestyle swimming event in her age group. The winner of Ellen WlIliams LeBelle-. ho_ to' be creative. It's the kind of place -I:'ere three gold medals in Bwimming (France) stopped by with her huS you ~~n't depend on someone else to tell you and a bronze medal in race walk band and four children: Clair, 17; _hat to do-you have to make your o_n _ay.'· ing, Klassen qualified to partici Emma, 15; Anne, 12; and Loui's, 11. Goldstein says her experience at Pitzer helps her pate in toe ,National Senior . . They are-still living near Paris and · Olympics this past June in Baton ask visitors to .calI: 48 77 25 70. in her _ork 'as employment manager at the USC . ,/ Rouge, La._ . Norris Cancer Hospi~1 in Los Angeles. "My edu cation in sociology helps me bring together the Bettv Houbio-n ·Gre efilllood needs of the indi~id"al and the organization. . (Vernon Hills, Calif.) has taken her Human resources is one of the fe_ [areas] in sense of socfal responsibiltty.. past Pitzer. Active in community pro Janet [Krause] Jones _hich you can actually practice that. jects in Vernon 'Hills, she has (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and. hus:, It's exciting to have a job t~at focuses on quality coordinated the Village Club's band, Peter, welcomed son , Jason, outcome." silent auction to raise money for on September 2, 1992. They are Parents Anonymous and nurtured /' / I ., , She also swaps hor~or ~tories with j Rona (Kross) Carroilin BO,ston. , Diane has been living in a condo for six years now with her two . geriatric guinea pigs. They are VIS " ited by an occasional spider! . Jeff U'Eraci &J~dV HermoUlilzueraci ['811 (San:Diego, Calif.) and daught~r - Naomi, 3, welcomed Adrienne mto the' family on February 21, 1993. Jeff is scbeduled to jOip U2 on their 1994 tour. . , . Belh uineris Kruzic . (Albuquerque, N.M.) received her master's degree in counselin-g psy chology in M!lY, 1992, and star.te\1 aprivate .practice. She is workmg on a book owbirthparent counsel- ,'ing that wilI be 'Published i~.l ~~4; 'painting; and. sharing her lIfe WIth , husband Dale Kruzic, a locql PBS Tv producer, and their 12-year-old Tannenwald! Her 'familymbved to ' Me~iCo Archaeological Council~ She Afredale, Ch'et. Kansas City from Chicago in, ' extends' open invitations to all ...... '" March 1992 and she is. still work Pitzer alums, students, faculty, and. •Rndre affiack UJolf ing for Xerox. 'friends to viSit the museum and (Palo Alto, Calif.) and husband , ffiicliaeI BiCks . receive a special tour. welcomed their se'cond child, '. (New York, N.Y.) is living in the B!g Graham, intothe family in April, Apple With wife Ellie, who is a chIld 1992. Now a year old, he and his psychiatrist, and daughter Lucy. As sister Caitlin, 5, enjoy ahd annoy' middle age approach€~, he finds , each other constantly. She and David H.UJells . himself very happy" and verging on husband Rocky struggle to keep up' fulfilIed.': After working in a variety (Layton, N.J.) celebrates the birth, Lvnne Canning I with them both. ofhisda.ughter, Adina Mihal Wells, '. of , , ' 'Thomas, born October 20, 1992. .' George Somogvi John D. TIlcYav · He sends thanks to A~n Stromberg (Newark, Calif.) became a father in . (Lewiston,Maine) has settled back for helping him develop a course r-;;;;r-, . August; the same month as Mike down in Ma!ne after spenging time on demography. - ' Habuliz '83, his -suitemate at in Europe, the Caribbean 'and Mead. He and his wife of eight Southeast Asia, Although he is Hathv Hreisberg . 'Hatie [Leovvl Betkstrand years met during his junior year currently a tour wholesaler and ' (San Diego; Calif.) received a Ph.D. (Eugene, Ore.) and husband Tom abroad in England: George also vice president of a travel· agency, in clinical psychology from the . are enjoying life in Eugene and recently opened his ·own weight politics is still his main interest, California School of Professional weredue.to have their ba!:?y in loss center geared at helping peo arid he has taken a leaye of Psychology-San Diego in May. , August 1-993: Katie enjoyed the ple gain control of their w~ght ' absence from his job twbecoihe ", reunion and thanks alumni direc without dieting. ' director of media and .communica R'ebece-a Cleek Barton ~tor Melissa Devor '78.'She sug- ' tions for "Equal Protection' .' (Montrose, Calif.) married Kelly gests "bun'ching" re~nion classes Paul JeUlel IT TIlichelle [Rusefskvl JeUlel Lewiston." The organization Damon Barton on September 12, " '. so' that .people who developed " (Millbrae,. Calif.) have been :mar worked to save the city's 'gay 19f!2. Fellow Pitzie Jana Eager · friendships across c1as$ years ried nine years and are still going rights ordinance, which faced a Steeves '86 was a brideSmaid. , . , courdreminisce. She can't wait strong! Michelle is working as a repeal referendum in November: , Rebecca and Kelly both work in -. · until the next reunion! mydical secretary, 1!nd Paul has John'is also developing acam ,research libraries, Kelly at the started a new career as a trans paign to run for office in 1994. He ' Huntington Library since receiving portation planner with Nelson,! , , has had an incredible nine years' · her master's degrey in- art history Nygaard in San-f'rancisco. He and looks forward to the '94 ' from,UC Riverside in 1990. . expects, to· complete his' master's reunion and hearing what f()llow degree in public administration in alums have been up to. ' TIlartHerb ert , SUSan Rnne Coes'- , June 1994. They ask: "Does any (San Diego, Galif.) married an (Ontario, Callf.)-is now teachjng body still go to, Pizza & Such?" . , , nina Phongs'a·ChoUl incredible lady named Mary on 'seventh ,grade math and eighth (Los'Angeles,.CaliLj and husband December 15, 1990. Chris PeCk ' , grade English ata middle s6liool . Danelson Shules Berger " . John James Chow, attorney at law, . '86 attended the nupWils. Marc incoViria, cam. After teaching , (San Francisco. Calif.) and wife, had their first child in June. , .and Mary, a C.P.A., are enjoying _ ' teacher/education classes at UCR Jane, celebrated the"birth of their parenthood with their wonderful and' giving admiilistration a try, ' first baby, Nina CatharLne, ,on' daughter, Jessica. Marc finished . she finds she'd much rather be in Memorial Day. In August they took his first year of law school at the' ' the classroom. She thanks the psy their first trip with Nina to Grq-nd University of San Diego and hopes chology f\eld' group""-especially Lake, Co. for a family celebration to graduate early, in December, Ruth Munroe~forgiviilg her an of Danelson's father's 75th 1994, so they can add more Kids to Chandre Hipps ni~holas the family! He is generally loving '. invaluable background in human birthday. "f you're in the San (La Verne, Calif.) Austin J. :life in San Diego and wants friends development. She sends her Francisco area; look them up! Nicholas was born June 9 after thanks, and wishes she could visit over 50 hours of labor (husband' to stay intou~h~.~;:~~592~8as5. with everyone! ' Vic was a true hero). Despite this, . - Chandre -remains' an advocate of Voon r Park natural childOirth. "Austin is, . (Arlington, Va.) recelveda' mas ter's degree in the, international' .Incredible,gorgeous, frustrating" field from the .Fletcher School of . lovable and a hell-child all roIied 'Law and Diploma9Y irt·1991. and in.to one ... Sleeping in was adream began work in international devel- from another life-now that I think . opment in Central America. Yoon of it, sleep itself was a dream from , another life.;.... ' ' is a program coordinator for the 'smithsonian Associates, develop ing. public, education programs for' . D.avid TIl. OUilien. TIl.D. California on the theme of cultural' (Durham, N.C.) will soon complete diversity. ' his internship in family medicine at Duke University. " Rebecca Rockford Ramlose (Red Bud, Ill.) and husband Daniel . Peter JJan Zan,dr · (Pomona '86) announce the arrival (San·Francisco, Calif.) is living · of their second child, ViCtoria >, happily in Northern California with · Christine., on September 13, 1992. his wife, .Laura, and two daughters, .Torie's big sister Katieis now 31/2· Kaitlin (31/2) and-Elizab;eth (11 .yearsold. Becky is working at months). Laura is 'a family lawyer \ Human Service Center, a commu in the city, and Peter practices' nity mental health agency, as the~ with an insurance defense law firm community support program man , in Menlo Park. He'd love to hear ager pverseeing the Community , ,~ from any-veterahs of the Green Integrated Living Arrangement Parrot: cali"him at 415-584-0545. program and all other community based services to the mentally il~ and developmerttallydisabled in -Rnonvrnous Benefaclor makes Pilzer Possi~le for Sludenl Austin in April as a fund-raiser for "I've allNays been tl;1'e type to jump "I chose Pitzer for all the lNrong rea- the National Multiple 'Sclerosis right into things, " says Lucrecia sons," Choto remembers. :'1 hadn't Society. She has also begun a job Choto '93. "I'm not a stationary kind of considered a four-year institution an as economic analyst for the . International Department of - person. I knOlN I lNon't be doing the option. The Claremont Colleges lNere Houston Industries . Wher e is Gina same thing forever.." close to horne, and that lNas impor- Hernandez these days? ' tant." .t'.fter visiting several of the col Adaptability may be one reason ~hy Choto, in the span of one young life leges, she settled on Pitzer. maria T. D'Rlessandro . (Inglewood , Calif.) gave birth to ~ime, has accoml~lished so much. With grants from the college, savings son Malik Xavier Stafford on Choto, 22, and her family carne to the accumulated by her parentSr and the March 8. Her friend , Eliza Bonner U.S. from Guatemala 15 years ago.' She' support of her benefactor, Choto '87, is Malik's godmother. Engaged graduated from Pitzer last spring. and became the first member of her family to Gregory Stafford of Los Angeles , Maria is pursuing a mas· nOlN finds herself in upstate NelN York. to enter college. She majored in Latin I ter's degree at CSU Los Angeles. lNorking on behalf of migrant lNorkers. American studies, lNorking as a Choto IS the fir~t one to tell you ;~ Spanish tutor an.d at other part-time Elena Brand lNouldn't· have been Jtossible without positions during the school year. Her (Novi, Mich .). recently received' her Ph.D . in clinical psychology from the support of the once-anonymous benefactor turned out to be someone . she knelN, having employed her moth- Wayne State University ,and IS ./ , benefactor who helped finan~e her working at the University Qf er' as a housekeeper. Pitzer education. Choto's paren~s, ~s Michigan Medical 'Center. She and Spanish-speaking immigrants, lNorked After ·graduati.on, Choto took a voluR husband Andy Kollin ar e searching GO-hour' lNeeks to provide for a~famUy ,teer position in NelN York State for the for their first home. Elena sends greetings to ,Wendy, Cathy, and of five, her mother cleaning houses Rural and Migrant Ministry. When that Linda, and would love to hear from and offices, her father lNorking as a ~pportunity ended last summer, she old friends! machinist. applied. fo~ lNhat~ver jobs she could. Choto remembers allNays being find, determined to lNork. Helen Bounel!. I (Ontario, Calif.) marri.ea Laurence "school-oriented," a result, she says, Like so many nelN graduates, Choto "\ Casner in May. Mariana Rivera '85 of her mother's insistence that the found her first job search discourag was in the wedding and Elisabeth "only lNay not to have to lNork the ing_ven McDonald's turned her Wellington '86 and Lupe Perez hours and the jobs she did lNas to go dOlNn, she reports-but she n~nethe (Pomona '87) attended the-cere , to school and learn hOlN to do some- 'Iess landed a position last fall lNith the mony. Helen and Laurence work at the Metropolitan Transportation _ thing else. My mother didn't lNant me Farm Worker Legal Services in NelN Authority (formerly R ~T .D . ). She ,to lead that life." York State.' Her~ duties there include sends hellos to all Pitzer alums She lNas duly prepared to enter a local translating for attorneys and providing and professors and asks all to feel junior college and take secretarial pesticide traini~g for migrant 1Norkers. freE} to contact them at 2125 So. Benson Ave. , OntariO, Calif. , courses lNhen, summoned to the But true to form.. Choto says 6he lNon't 9j 762; 909·467·5091. school counselor's office during her be there forever: she is already study senior year, she ""as informed that an ing for the Gradua~ Record Exam in _Claudia C. Davis anonymous benefactor lNould finance hopes of entering a Ph.D program in - (Sonora, Calif.) and husband, Eric, her education. Latin American studies. wer e due to _have their first, child in late August. Their r estaurant in Sonora continues to thrive to their greilt pleasure. Cl auJiia's good friend Ra chel Warrington '87 was the county. Dan continues t9 work . he was-recruited to join the'- buy. - '87, Dennis Casey '86, and married'in March to her swee t~ at Mallinckradt as a research line staff Qf Miller's Outpost in , f\lexandra Davis' '86, who are all heart of five years, Jeff. - te£hnician. Sou thern California, His passion is "doing gr eaC"Anyone passing still traveling all over the world. through Aspen is urged to give Frank R.. Rodriguez ' them a call at 303·920-9227. (Rancho Cu ca monga, Calif.) has Beth Baker Steinberg &Jason Steinberg They' d love to hear from you! peen busy slnce leaving pleasant (As pen: COl O.)' moved to Aspen tWo Claremont in 1986. He started a . years ago and "absotutely love it!:' . retailing caree'r with Bullock's Jason is working for the As pen Tammie F. Stutz depat'tment stores-+n L.A. , where Skiing Company, and Beth is work· (Yorktown, Va .) was recent ly com he was a buyer for three years ing for' the As pen Square missioned as Coast Guard Ens ig~ . after cgmpleting thejr manage· Condominiums. They ar e always Eliza Bonner upon graduation from Office r Candidate School.in .Yo~ktown . As m ent training program. He worked busy skiing, hiking, biking, ca mp· . (Houston ; Texas) completed a 176- an officer candidate, Tammie for Macy's in San Francisco as a ing, or white wa ter rafting. Th ey mile bi cycle trip from Houston to planner until last Dec,ember ,' when are in touch with We ndy Morris learned navigation, seamanShip, communications, leadership, and (Scripps '93) w@re married on May Coast Guard search and rescue 10, 1992 Stay in touch with them! procedures. She also participated in a rigorous physical training pro gram and studied general adminis Jonah matranga's Denise Leong tration, human relations, and (Sacramento, Calif.) band, Far, (Honolulu, Hawaii) graduated with Coast Guard missions and history. ( has released a.cp entitled a maste(s degree in social work . Listening Game-with Rusty \'Ia il from the University of Hawaii in Sacha J. malkin Rila D. [Jepson] House Records. The .band is getting press May. After a month off, she started (New York, N.Y.). is working 'at a a new job in July working with (Houston, Texas) has finished her in Japan, Singapore- and even the ' public relations lirm coordinating medical residency in internal medi U.S : The CD shouIa be on sale Hawaiian children and their fami-,' 'movie advertising and-press rela lies. "Hi" to all '9.1 classmates ahd cine and moved to Houston. She. is around the West CoasVNorthwest tions. Sacha enjoy.s spending soon. He asks all 'to be in toucb. friends from other years! pleased to announce I the birth of time with fellow New York City her second daughter, Carolyn resident Douglas Hall '90. Jordim House. Sopl}ie (3), Carolyn Claudette m. Hatcher Jamie LowV .... . Greetings to fellow '93s;hope all' (2 months). and husband, (Bellevue, Wash.) has cO'mplete_d two (Waltham, Mass.) is married to are healthy and happy! Art, and she are sloWly getting used exciting years in Hyogo-ken, Japan, Scripps alum St~cey Willis. Jam ie· - to the new culture and c lim a~e. with the J.E.T. program. While there, is working on a master's degree in she taught senior high school . physical therapy while Stacey' is a - In MelTloriulTI Pa~ela ,Lars,en English ~ performed professionally as Ph.D. student in Judaic 'Studies at (Portland, Ore.) spent the summer an.actress and singer, wrote and Brandeis. Ravmond H. Barbee '18 finishing her master's degree at published several poems, and'is fin diet! of cancer July 15. He rem em- - Wesleyan University. She started a ishing two novels. The highlights of Celia Gruss bered Pitzer as a good place, , jobJn September as organizer of -her life.after Pitzer include doing • (Paris, France) h'as been in' where he made a lot of frienqs and \ and teaclier In the art department Shakespeare in Kyoto, getting job Paris for a year-working at a enjoyed the breadth of experiences at a small independ'ent high school offers after sitting in with a band in vari ety of j obs. Give her a ca ll , available to hini. in the Smoky Mountains in Hong Kong, and writing two horror. if you come thrQugh town at TentH~ ssee . novels. She and her mom have trav- 011 33147 03 32 73. Leanora [Leigh] HU~ins '85 : elled to Korea, Hong Kong, and ~ a in : ·died of ca ncer. in November. An land China. 'She sends thanks and . Travis Wright English major while at: Pitzer, lots of love to Deborah Juwasha, (South Pasadena, Calif.) hEts good Leigh was Hving in Los Angeles . . Kate Dominus and Greg 8,alazar. ne~s ... he and Sarah Greenberg Betsv Heilman -.:. . Rri David Bass . .. (Culver City, Calif.) has earned his. (St. Paul. Minn.) is living in an WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE-WE stock broker's license (Series 7) artists' co-op ,community. She is WOULD ,LOVE. TO HEAR IT ALL: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE INDIFFERENT. and is working in the retirement the chairperson for the concilia KEEP US UP TO DATE AND HELP US ! / Paul B. RansLow Margot B. L Pitzer College Non-Profit Org~ U.S. Postage Advancement Office PAID .. ' . Permit # 355 Claremont.. C~ Alumni Office 91711 '1050 North Mills Avenue / ClqPemont, CA 91711-6121 . -l DO NOT FORWARD &. \.. ADI?RESS CORRECTION REQUESTED . . I " RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED I \