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THE MAGAZINE OF WHITTIER COLLEGE

A NEW ERA

KATHERINE HALEY WILL, WHITTIER COLLEGE'S

13TH PRESIDENT

StJMIFR 1999 Don't miss the last Homecoming of the century.

O CTOBER 15-17, 1999

From the Poet Awards Gala at Friendly Hills Country Club on Friday evening to the All-Alumni Brunch on Sunday morning in the CI, there will be something guaranteed to touch every Poet heart. Keep Oct. 15-17 open on your calendar for Homecoming Weekend '99!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Society Brunches, with the Metaphonians celebrating 75 years, the Athenians celebrating 70 years and the Lancers and the Penns celebrating 65 years. Football vs. Pomona Family Carnival Golden Anniversary Brunch All-Alumni Dinner

Look FOR DETAILS IN THE MAIL, OR CALL THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI RELATIONS

AT (562) 907-4222. CONTENTS SUMMER 1999 TheJRPCK VOL. 70, No. 2

THE MAGAZINE OF WHITTIER COLLEGE

Editor Thea Makow

Senior Writer Judy Kidder Browning T U R E S.

Assistant Editor Shawn Fitzpatrick '98 ASK THE EXPERTS Contributing Editor Kristin M. Tranquada There's a lot to be learned from Whittier alumni. They're experts in fields ranging from how to Art Director find the perfect mate to how to cook the Lori LeBeau Walsh perfect burger, so we convinced them to Advisory Board drop a few pearls of wisdom on their Roy F. Clasen, Jr. '84 G fellow Rock readers. Beth Fernandez '82 Al Martinez, L.H.D. '96 Dean Rowan '81 On the Cover: Ted C. Snyder KATHERINE HALEY WILL, Roy M. Wallack '78 Susanne Weil WHITTIER'S 13TH PRESIDENT Thomas D. Wood '50 The former Kenyon College provost was chosen for her academic leadership experience, fund-raising skills and President her demonstrated commitment to Katherine Haley Will 11 liberal arts education. Vice President for Advancement By Kristin M. Tranquada Joseph M. Zanetta

Director of Alumni Relations Christine (Reel) Nelson '72 COMMENCEMENT '99 Whittier's 96th Commencement was one of pride and enthusiasm, where even The Rock, SUMMER 1999 the subdued moments of the VOLUME 70, NUMBER 2, ceremony were filled with an Copyright © 1999 overwhelming air of confidence. Whittier College 12 By Shawn Fitzpatrick '98

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by farthe staff forthe Vice Chairman Chairman Anthony R.Pierno'54,J.D. Willard V.Harris,Jr.'55 Secretary Treasurer Sheldon Feinberg Sharon W.Ettinger BOARD OFTRUSTEES Dolores LBall'33,L.H.D.'96 Donald B.Wood,L.H.D.'98 WHITTIER COLLEGE C. MiloConnick,Ph.D. Richard H.Deihl'49,D.B.A.'84 John H.Crow64,Ph.D. Alfred J.Gobar'53,M.A.'55,Ph.D. Paul R.Kiesel,J.D.'85 Douglas W.Ferguson,L.H.D.'97 Vice Caroline P.Ireland'43 Clinton 0.Harris'34,L.H.D.'95 Charlotte D.Graham Kristine E.Dillon'73,Ph.D. Gary StevenFindley,J.D.79 David C.Lizarraga Donald J.Herrema'74 Barbara OndrasikGroce'57 Carole MartinPickup'57 Alice DarlingLowe'37 Richard I.Gilchrist'68,J.D. Ronald R.Gastelum'68,J.D. Tornio Taki James E.Mitchell'62,J.D. William H.Marumoto'57 Sandra Butzel62 Steve Shraiberg Ernie Z.Park,J.D. Lee E.Owens David D.Mandarich PRESIDENT OF Willard W.Shepherd,Sr. Ruth B.Shannon,L.H.D.'92 Robert H.Rau'62 R. ChandlerMyers,J.D.,LLD.'88 J. StanleySanders'63,LLB. Steven Weston'83 Elden LSmith'62 ALUMNI TRUSTEES Maxine M.Trotter'47 President PRESIDENT EMERITUS TRUSTEE EMERITUS Roberta G.Veloz57 Penny (Cams)Fraumeni'68 Humberto B.Gray'84,J.D.'87 Vice PresidentforAdvancement Susan E.Allen,Ed.D. Interim VicePresidentforAcademic Eugene S.Mills,Ph.D.,LLD. Affairs &Dean ALUMNI BOARD Dean Benjamin B.Tregoe51,Ph.D.,LLD.'90 OFFICERS OFTHECOLLEGE Joseph M.Zanetta,J.D. John A.FltzRandolph,J.D. Dean Dean David J.Muller Katherine HaleyWIll,Ph.D. Urrni Kar Vice Chairman President forLegalEducation& of of of Whittier LawSchool Students Enrollment of Faculty

ON CAMPUS

GARDEN,

ENDOWMENTS

COMMEMORATE ASH

PRESIDENCY

hittier College may Wnever have promised President Ash a rose garden, but he got one anyway—the new James and Patricia Ash Rose Garden, located in front of the Stauffer Science Center. The garden, which was fund- Ellie (left) and Erin Ash join their parents in the new James and Patricia Ash Rose Garden. ed with a leadership gift from the Herrema Family Foundation and supported by trustees, Scholarship and the creation of company of which Ash became alumni and friends, was dedicat- an endowment for programming president and CEO on July 1. ed during a May 26 celebration at the Johnson Faculty Master "Jim Ash has led 'Whittier of Ash's 10-year presidency. House. The two endowments College from our traditional con- Also announced at the cele- represent a commitment of $1.5 dition of benign neglect to one bration were the establishment million from World One, the that I call tempered prosperity," of the James L. Ash, Jr. Endowed Los Angeles venture capital said Board of Trustees Chairman Anthony R. Piemo '54, noting that Ash's tenure was marked by KWTR: BACK ON THE AIR endowment and enrollment in- K W T R, Whittier's student creases, as well as numerous radio station, was back on campus improvements. the air this spring after a "Until my dying day, I will three-year absence. During never be prouder of any profes- its first months, the station sional decision than the decision could only be heard on cam- pus and program quality to come to Whittier, because of was sometimes erratic, but what we have achieved togeth- General Manager Ravin er," Ash told the assembled A G Daniel '00 (at left, with disc well-wishers. "This college has 'AN

[P jockey Alex Allper '02) given me 10 exciting years. I plans to expand the station's will never forget them, and we signal reach and program of- will never forget you." • ferings next year.

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THE MYSTERY PHOT LOWE JOINS BOARD OF 'A TELL, IT TRUSTEES VV LOOKS as if the last Mystery Photo lice Darling Lowe '37 has wasn't as mysteri- ous as we thought! Abeen named to the Whittier As several readers College Board of Trustees. 1960-61 "Copies" pause in the plaza. pointed out, every- A former consultant to the one in this Copenhagen group is identified in the 1961 Acropolis. American Red Cross and For those of you whose yearbooks are somewhere out in the garage, member of the State of here's a list of who's who: In the front row, from left, are Lorayne Maryland's Criminal Justice Horka '61, Kathy (Fry) Fehlig '62, Diane (Reeve) Knapik '62, Professor Ben Burnett, Dorothy Burnett, Linda (Thormodsen) Commission, Lowe is a long- Smith '62 and Gary Topjon '62. In the middle, starting at the far right time member of the Whittier and moving clockwise around the bike rack, are Susan Solsby '62, College Women's Auxiliary and Stafford Thomas '62, Tom Landell, Rosalind Cutting '62, Steve the John Greenleaf Whittier Drogin '61, Gail (Gray) Long '62, Tony Yinger '62 and Pat Lowly '62. Society. She also established an In the back, from left, are Patricia Walta '62, Kenneth Pederson, endowed scholarship at Judy Goodson, Pat Chapman Wilder '63, Mimi (Mathews) Kelsey '62, Elaine (Palmer) Noll '62, Glen Millbank '63, Pamela (Garr) Whittier in honor of her Herrlinger '62, Jane Mueller '63, Guy Webster '62, Jack Duff, parents, James and Ida Darling. Loralyn Matthews, Bob Ward, Carole (Burns) Funk '62, Jo Nell Lowe, a resident of Baltimore Diven and Suzanne (Jeppesen) Fisker-Andersen '62. who also has homes in Whittier The Mystery Photo informants were Assistant Professor Emeritus and New Hampshire, earned a of German George Grasty, Professor of History Don Nuttall, master's in education from U.C. Reference Librarian Ann Topjon, Bill Alexander '62, Christopher Cross '62, Dave Culp '63, Dennis Evans '61, MEd. '64, Kathleen Berkeley. • (Fry) Fehlig '62, Jerry Greenberg '61, Pamela (Garr) Herrlinger '62, Mimi (Mathews) Kelsey '62, Alex Laslo '62, Sharon (Beatty) Ludwig '62, VI C F Barbara (Baldwin) McClain '60, Wyatt Reader '63, Chuck Rose '63, Susan Blum Schloss '65, Dick Sturgeon '61, Melinda (Harnois) PRE ENT Sullivan '68 and Stafford Thomas '62. H A N KIN

SOMETHING LEAVES ABOUT this issue's Mystery FOR CSU SAN Photo screams TION "1980s!" BERNARDINO LEC Maybe it's all

CE COL that hair. If you o Ann Hankin, vice president

OFFI recognize your- for finance and administra- MNI self or your J ALU friends under tion at Whittier since 1996, left 1980s coeds ply their pipettes. those poufy in June to become vice president tresses, send a note to The Rock, Mystery Photo, Whittier College, for university advancement at P.O. Box 634, Whittier, CA 90608. You can also e-mail us at California State University at [email protected], or fax your response to (562) 907-4927. Just San Bernardino. be sure we hear from you by August 31, so we can include your name in the fall issue of The Rock. Among the projects Hankin Continued next page

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A sampling of Whittier College and Whittier Law School people in the news.

AGENCE FRANCE- important, programming people noting, "There are quite a few PRESSE to be calm, to be rational, to 4- and 5-year-olds who would accept the fact of nuclear war." be just as happy in a park with A January story distributed by their friends, going down slides the international news agency and rolling in the sand box." LOS ANGELES TIMES featured Richard B. Harvey, Wagner has also been featured in distinguished service professor In February, Joseph L. Price, Parenting, Sesame Street Parents of political science, discussing professor of religious studies, and Family Life magazines this the aftermath of the Bill was part of a story titled "Does spring, discussing such topics as Clinton-Monica Lewinsky saga. God Care Who Wins?" about elementary-school romances and "I expect we'll see some more athletes' expressions of religious teaching preschoolers to be hand-wringing before this is faith on the playing field. Why tactful. over," Harvey said. "We'll see do athletes publicly thank Jesus more public confessions" from and Allah when they win, but KCAL-TV (LOS politicians worried about details never Buddha? "Because ANGELES) of past sexual indiscretions Buddha's a pacifist," quipped surfacing. Price. "He doesn't want to get Joyce P. Kaufman and Frederic involved. Buddha's not a pulling A. Bergerson, both professors "THE AMERICAN guard." of political science, discussed the conflict in Kosovo on EXPERIENCE" (PBS) In February, the Los Angeles separate broadcasts in March. Times Magazine featured the Laura McEnaney, assistant Kaufman, discussing NATO's "Workshop in Urban Studies" professor of history, was featured role, noted that the alliance "is in class led by Les Howard '62, in a January program titled the process of redefining itself professor of sociology, as part of "Race for the Superbomb," now. With the Cold War over, it a special end-of-the-century which explored the beginnings needs a mission, and this has issue focusing on education. of the nuclear arms race. thrust it into a reactive mode Discussing the militarization of rather than thinking about the American family during the ASSOCIATED PRESS where it might go in the future." 1950s, McEnaney said, "A very Bergerson, when asked about the vivid example ... is the home Judith Wagner, professor of effects of military strikes, replied, protection exercises, which was education and child "[Yugoslav President Slobodani a workbook of drills and development and director of Milosevic has made a 10-year the Broadoaks Children's exercises that families were career of provoking these supposed to perform routinely School, was featured in an April troubles, and I think he is even as a way .. of making sure that story about elaborate children's using the attacks to further families could perform their birthday parties. Wagner stabilize himself in power, by duties in the face of attack recommended that parents not exercising the nationalist reflexes instinctively. That was very overdo their kids' celebrations, of the Serbs."

coordinated during her tenure "I'm very pleased with what tremendous. I'm going to miss at Whittier were the relocation we've been able to accomplish them all very much." • of Whittier Law School and the in the last three years," Hankin restoration of Victor F. Deihl said. "I've enjoyed working at Hall. Whittier, because the people are

The ROCK summer 1999 Ask the Ex erts

Puzzled? Perplexed? Don't know the stripes going horizontally. From there, you may where to turn? We all could use a little help with top your burger in the exact sequence you like. I the burning questions that come up in our prefer a squirt of ketchup on the meat patty, a dab everyday lives. Fortunately, the staff of The Rock is of mayonnaise across the bun crown, four pickles, here to help. some fresh-cut onions, a slice of vine-ripe tomato We tracked down Poet experts in a variety of and crisp green lettuce. Top the burger with a fields and asked for their advice on matters both sesame bun crown for extra richness. profound and mundane. While there are still This whole process will only take you 7 'A hours. plenty of mysteries in the universe yet to be solved, Or just visit your neighborhood Burger King and we think we've uncovered at least one great enjoy a flame-broiled Whopper truth: If you want good advice, ask a Poet. sandwich, and save yourself a lot of time!

How to Cook the —Jaro is CEO of Ameriking, Perfect Burger the Burger King by Larry Jaro 165 Corporation's second largest franchisee, with t your local butcher shop, carefully 253 restaurants pick out a USDA Prime sirloin, one A in 11 states. that has flecks of fat within the bright red lean beef. This will increase its juici- ness, flavor and tenderness. Have the meat ground somewhat coarsely to prepare extra-thick burger patties. The patties should be i6 of an 0) Jaro firing inch thick and 4 'A inches in diameter. Be U 1/ic grill precise. With shrinkage in cooking, this burger will fit perfectly on a 4-inch bun. The burger can only be flame-broiled to How to Survive perfection. An outdoor grill will work nicely, but it must be clean and sanitized. Cook the burger five Child Stardom minutes on the first side and then, for a medium- by Andrea Barber '99 done burger, turn and cook 10'4 minutes on the second side. Be sure to have the grill stripes go in ontrary to what you see on talk shows,, the the same direction on both sides of the patty. Clife of a child actress can be a pretty good Prepare a platter of fresh-cut vegetables. Place one. There is nothing that I would change about the burger on the bottom portion of the bun, with my experience.

The ROCK Summer 1999 "Full House" ran for eight years, and now the re-runs are in syndication. I started on the show when I was 9, and before that I was in commercials and did a six-year stint on "Days of Our Lives." My parents started me in the business very early, but there was never a time when they considered it anything more than a hobby—one that I could stop doing any time I chose. They were always supportive, and they kept me well-grounded. in My childhood wasn't a normal one, Barber(at far left) 1992 with the cast of but what exactly is a normal childhood? I "Full House" certainly don't feel as if I missed out on anything. I had a personal tutor on the set every day, so I had a good education, and I attended school two days a week, so I didn't miss out on any important social experiences. The support of my parents and family was what made my experience such a positive one. With support, proper guidance, and parents who care and show that they care, any child can and should grow ow to Find Your up to be a confident and autonomous individual.

—Barber played Kimmy Gibbler Soul i\Late on the long-running ABC comedy by Sande (Whitacre) Herron 156 "Full House." She graduated in May with a degree in English. n my work, I see three types of people. There Iare those who go for the body, those who go for the brain, and those who are seeking "soul" experiences. "Body" people are so distracted by their prospec- tive mates' outer beauty that they fail to notice there is no light inside. When their mates' bodies get dusty or out of style, these people wander off to find new ones. "Brain" people are totally taken in by their mates' intelligence, personality and chemistry. They feel as if they can ride on the strengths of the other person. When they discover that they still have to do their own homework and cannot depend on another person for their self-worth, they Cathedral office often wander off to find that mythical perfect rron in her Crystal He person who can make everything OK. "Soul" people are a rare breed. They want to continued next page

The ROCK summer 1999 connect not only through common interests, compatible personalities and arousing chemistry, but they also require that there be a soul connection. People who make soul-type connections know their purpose for being on this Earth and invest most of their time and energy toward living out that purpose. These people do not need a mate, but may choose to share their life with someone else. These relationships usually last a lifetime. How do you find a soul Miller and his mate? By not looking. That's champi01hiP medal right, don't look! Simply live your life on a "soul" level. When you are in that space Wells taking a break between innings yourself, and live your life accordingly, you will attract "soul-full" people, and eventually a soul mate. 4.Never change your distance from the plate,

—Herron is director of the singles ministry but move forward slightly (about three to at the famed Crystal Cathedral in Garden four inches) if you're hitting grounders and Grove, Calif. move slightly backwards if you're hitting pop-ups. 5.Put everything you've got into the swing. No How to Hit pain or strain means no homers. —Miller and Wells, who played together at One Out of Whittier when Ron was a pitcher and Don a star hitter, are members of the 1997 Men's the Park 60+ World Champion softball team. by Ron Miller '53 and Don Wells 154

o you think it's easy to hit a softball out of Dthe park? How about at the age of 66 or 71? How to Choose With lots of practice and these five tips, you can Good TV Programs feel the thrill of hitting a homer at any age. 1.Of course, practice, practice, practice. for Your Kids Don has a pitching machine in his backyard, by Tim Clott 170 but your local park and a willing friend will do just fine. hen I joined Lyrick Studios (the company a 2.Keep your eye on the ball until you can read Wthat produces "Barney & Friends"), my the brand name on it—or until it hits the bat, youngest child was three years old and a big Barney whichever comes first! fan. But I really had no understanding of just how 3.For softball hitting, move from a tight stance much can be accomplished by a "simple" show. into a wide stride toward the oncoming ball. The simplicity, however, is only that "Barney &

The ROCK summer 1999 Friends" is designed to be understood by a 3-year-old. A Yale University study found that each episode actually contains up to 100 "teaching moments." Kindness, politeness, understanding and respect are at the core of each show.

At home, I look for shows that

convey positive values and role GREGORY models. I try to check out programs for myself first and, if DOROTHY possible, watch with my kids to Gregory in the stands overlooking one of his favorite places—the Winners' Circle at Santa Anita Race Track observe their reactions. For younger children, PBS offers a wide variety of shows. You can rest assured that As children grow older, outside influences (over their daytime programs will be quite "kid-safe," which we have little or no control) become a larger and you have the added bonus of no commercial factor in their lives. We can only hope that we have interruptions. All of the networks are now required provided them with self-confidence and positive to provide some children's programming that values as their rudder, and that home will always educates as well as entertains, but you may have to be their safe harbor. search for it. —Clott is CEO of Lyrick Studios, the Dallas- For young teens, shows like "Seventh Heaven," based company that produces the popular "Felicity" and, in particular, "Dawson's Creek" children's programs "Barney & Friends" speak directly to that age group. You should and "Wishbone." definitely check these shows out for yourself first— they do contain a fair amount of "adult" topics, but they are the same topics that most pre-teens and teens are talking about anyway. We watch How to Pick a "Dawson's Creek" with our daughter and discuss the show with her afterward. Winning Race Horse by Jim Gregory 148

wning thoroughbred race horses as an Qinvestment has to be for fun as well as profit. The basic investing rules apply: Know as much as you can about the business, make sure the potential risks and returns fit your financial goals, and work with reliable advisors who have a proven record of success. One big difference with race horses is that your investment eats, has to have a home and training, can have medical problems, and may have to be transported across the country to help support itself. At times, the investors have to do the traveling. and Wishbone Clott with friends Barney There are two main factors in choosing an continued next page

The ROCK S,,,u,,er 1999 equine investment: performance (how a horse has colored glass is increasingly collectible because of been running or developing) and breeding (the its rarity. Promotional items advertising products quality of its family tree and how those relatives that were popular in the '20s through the '60s have performed). seen a significant increase in value. The purses that come with winning races can Collectors also appreciate the quality of vintage mean profits, but they also help support a horse costume jewelry from such design houses as Weiss, during its racing career and provide a (excuse the Eisender, Ci, Hollycraft and Miriam Haskell. As expression) track record by which it and its with all collectibles, signed pieces are more potential progeny can be evaluated. valuable than unsigned ones. When it comes to comparing investments, I With few exceptions, the key to the value of any always think back to that first Saturday in May at antique or collectible is condition. Pottery, for Churchill Downs, and how no one has ever rooted example, is devalued by cracking or chipping. Flick home a CD or preferred stock amidst all the color a piece with your finger; if it's in good condition, it and excitement of the Kentucky Derby. And no will produce a ringing sound that resonates for IPO could possibly induce the ladies to purchase several seconds. Jewelry can be tricky—pieces that all those flamboyant hats, either! have held up well for years can suddenly begin

—Gregory lives in Long Beach, Calif., deteriorating, so work with a knowledgeable dealer. when he's not visiting his investments This is just an overview, of course, but I hope around the country. this gives you an idea of what to look for as you collect, and especially what to be aware of before letting go of a possible treasure.

—Pedersen is an antique dealer and a certified personal property appraiser in How to Tell Pasadena, Calif. • Treasure from Trash

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orget the Beanie Babies—today's real Fcollectibles are the stuff that Baby Boomer memories are made of. Many of today's antique collectors are people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, and they collect things they remember from their childhood homes. Old kitchenware, glassware, dinnerware and pottery are becoming increasingly collectible. Franciscan dinnerware is popular, and even more coveted are old Fiesta, Bauer, playing a Roseville vase, vintage jewelry s Roseville and Van Briggle pottery. Pedersen in he; shop, di Candlewick glassware, which has bulbous and other treasures protrusions on the edges of a repeating semicircle pattern, is very popular, and

The ROCK summer 1999 Katherine Haley Will WHITTIER'S 13TH PRESIDENT

ATHERINE HALEY WILL,formerly are extremely pleased that she will be Whittier's Kprovost and professor of English at Kenyon 13th president." College in Gambier, Ohio, is Whittier's 13th Before going to Kenyon in 1996, Will was president. She is the first woman to lead the college associate academic dean at Augustana College in in its 112-year history. Sioux Falls, S.D., where she was also an associate As provost at Kenyon, Will served as leader of professor of English and served as faculty director the college's faculty, with responsibilities for the of the college's First Year Seminar Program. She academic program and curriculum, as well as hiring studied at Carleton College, earned a bachelor's and evaluating faculty degree in English from Tufts members, and serving in the University, and earned college president's place in master's and doctoral his absence. Among Will's degrees in English from the accomplishments were University of Illinois, directing Kenyon College's Champaign/Urbana. first comprehensive "I am honored to have curriculum review in 25 been chosen as president of years, reorganizing the Whittier College," said Will. college's academic "I have a keen appreciation administration, initiating for and dedication to the faculty support programs value of a liberal arts including junior research education. A president's job sabbaticals for young faculty is to shape, articulate and and faculty/scholar awards advance a shared for excellence, and educational vision—rooted administering grants totaling in the college's mission, more than $3 million. Will focused on engaged teaching was also active in efforts and learning, and Will was named president of Whittier in related to Kenyon's $ 100- embodying the aspirations of May, and took office July 1. million capital campaign. the faculty and the entire "We had an extraordinarily strong pool of campus community. At the same time, a president applicants from whom to choose," said Trustee must actively seek the support of external Charlotte D. Graham, who chaired the Selection constituencies to enhance the reputation and Committee. "We know that we have chosen an academic standing of the institution. I find these exceptional president for Whittier College and look challenges appealing, and it will be my great forward to her leading us into the next century." pleasure to serve Whittier College in this way." "Dr. Will's academic leadership experience, her Will is married to Oscar Henry Will III, who fund-raising skills, and her demonstrated holds a Ph.D. in biology from the University of commitment to liberal arts education will all be Chicago. He is former chairman of the department important assets to Whittier College as we enter of biology at Augustana College and currently holds the next phase of our history," said Anthony R. the post of director of information access at Kenyon Pierno '54, chairman of the Board of Trustees. "We College. The Wills have four daughters. •

The ROCK Su,,n,r 1999 COMMENCEME--\T DAY

"Thomas Edison was asked, after his many attempts at creating a light bulb, if he had become disappointed in his failure. 'I never failed in my efforts,' he said, 'I just came up with a number of strategies that didn't work.' My request to you today is that you not be afraid to make mistakes. Learn by your mistakes as well as your BARRY M UNITZ, keynote speaker, was successes—I chancellor of the California State University would not be system and is the current president and chief where I am today executive officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust. if it weren't for California Governor Gray Davis called him "one mistakes." of the preeminent educators in America."

IN ADDITION TO MUNITZ, RECIPIENTS OF THE HONORARY

DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS DEGREE WERE:

CHARLOTTE ANDERS UHRSKOV was GRAHAM is a born in Denmark, where he Whittier-area began a prolific political native who and academic career. He is attended a former member of the Whittier High Danish Parliament and School and served as a delegate to the Whittier United Nations General College. For years a strong supporter of Assembly. Uhrskov's relationship with Whittier College the college with her late husband, began in 1978, when he became assistant director of the Donald E. Graham, she joined the Danish International Study Program (DIS), established Board of Trustees in 1974 and was by Whittier College in 1959. He became director of the instrumental in making possible The program in 1987. During his two decades of service to Donald E. Graham Athletics Center. Whittier, approximately 20 faculty members have Graham was cited as being "a role participated in the unique DIS experience, along with model in the field of philanthropy." several hundred students, who now make up one of the college's most loyal groups of alumni.

PHOTOS: STEVE BURNS

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Lo 0 KI' lG TO THE F UT U R £ By Shown Fitzpatrick '98

hue many people today are keeping a nervous eye on their calendars, attending Y2K conferences at an alarming rate and trying to figure out ways of safely venting their inner angst brought on by the fear of Armageddon, the graduating class of 1999 is prepared to jump head-first into the year 2000, ready to take on whatever the future holds. This is nothing new for Poets, however. In the past 50 years alone, Whittier College has seen its own forge the future by making significant contributions in the fields of art, business, education, and government and politics, among others. No doubt, the class of 1999 will follow suit in having a significant impact on the century to come.

Whittier's 96th annual Commencement was one of pride and enthusiasm, where even the subdued moments of the ceremony in the Harris Amphitheater were filled with an overwhelming air of confidence—confidence that flowed like electricity from the graduating seniors to the droves of people sitting in the amphitheater. Some of the graduates danced across the stage, while others strutted. Some hugged President Ash, while others playfully shook ping-pong balls into his hand as they accepted their diplomas. Regardless of the actions, though, they were done ardently—even the passing of the ping-pong balls. Perhaps it was summed up best in a message attached to the mortarboard of one of the graduates: "Failure is not an option!"

ADAM PAVA, student speaker with a "Failure is not an option" self-designed Whittier Scholars B.A. was not only on the in English and Creative Writing, will forefront of this graduate's attend USC's Masters of Professional mind, but seemed to be felt Writing Program in the fall and plans and echoed throughout the to launch a career in television amphitheater by all in sitcom writing. attendance. "As we receive our diplomas, I believe we should keep two things in mind: first, this piece of paper is a rite of passage. It is proof that we have accomplished something remarkable; it is In front of the new an invitation to bigger and better things; it is James and Patricia our glorious hope. And secondly, remember, it is Ash Rose Garden also just a piece of paper. It all depends on how fountain, seniors you look at it. pass through the We will encounter unforeseen obstacles. Expect upper quad, perhaps them. Overcome them. Now it is time for us to for the last time. enter that world, armed with hope. Let us take that hope and turn it into success."

The ROCK summer 1999 a H '68 chairsthis committee. (Gardner) Switzer'95,assistant Joyce Kaufman,professorofpo- IT WASABUSYSEASONFOR Scholars ProgramandEndi clubs acrossthecountry. Pharaohs" exhibitatthe art, joinedArizonaalumniin Poskovic, assistantprofessorof REGIONAL ALUMNIGROUPS Phoenix ArtMuseum.Mark and atourofthe"Land litical scienceanddirectorofthe in February,wheretheyheard Bistricky '96,formerassistant coordinated thevisit. separate "HappyHour"events March astheyenjoyedlunch alumni intheWashington, director ofalumnirelations, D.C., areawereinvitedtotwo Keristopher Saryani'98,young Steve Weston'83,alumni Whittier ScholarsProgram; updates onthecollegefrom trustee; andPaula"Pj." a lecturebyphotographerLewis director ofalumnirelations. Footprints" exhibitatthe ni andfriendsenjoyedlunch Watts, whodiscussedhis"Urban Oakland MuseuminFebruary. Madelyn (McKenzie)Stelmach Northwest enjoyedaholiday Students fromtheWhittier Thanks toorganizationby San FranciscoBayAreaalum- Alums fromthe Pacific going onwithalumni ere's asamplingofwhat's

PAULA (GARDNER)SWITZER '9 early May.Thirtyalumnifromtheclasses the Mississippiinfall the college.RodGarren,husband Catalina Island,wheretheyenjoyedsightseeing,wonderfulmeals guided touraroundtheisland.Thegroupplansasteamboatcruiseon The EarlyFortiesalumnigroupheldits13thannualget-togetherin and JackScott'42(frontleftright)wereamongthoseenjoyinga and—best (Ziegler) Wiest'92in (Maham) Hakimian'64,enjoyed (Machenheimer) Dobbyn'68. living museumofgardens.They gathering atthehomeofIsabell at Seattle'snewbaseballstadium the leadershipofKristine chapter, chairedbyPatricia December. Plansforafallevent a gatheringatLotusland, early fall. have keptthisgroupbusyunder are lookingforwardtothe Carpinteria Avocado Festivalin In May,theSantaBarbara In April, SouthernCalifornia of ECHOES all—catching uponthelatestnewsabouteachotherand of 2000. of Eleanor (Railsback)Garren'42, the PacificinLongBeachwith alumni visitedtheAquariumof Lozano, associateprofessorof biology. Theyreturnedto campus inMaytohearDanilo attending anall-Gershwin Warren Hanson,professorof Barbara (Brucher) Sentell'68, events committee, chairedby George andIraGershwinbefore coordinated theseevents. • The alumniboardactivitiesand performance byChoraleBel Gothold '63,professorofmusic. music, discussthemusicof Canto, directedbyStephen of 1940-45 gatheredon BOOKS MARK THE SPOT ALUMNI

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n alumni newsletter is fi- .Anally in the works, due to the hard work and commitment of the Communications Committee of the Alumni Board and financial support from the Office of Advancement. Written and edited by alumni, it will be published hen it is completed, the new alumni house will be twice a year. According to Dean Whome to the Alumni Library, where the published Rowan '81, chair of the works of Whittier College alumni will be displayed. If you are committee, the newsletter will a published author, please consider sending us a signed copy focus on alumni activities, of your work, whether it is a book, play, screenplay or including alumni profiles and pamphlet. Recordings and artwork will also cheerfully be news of regional events, accepted. And the next time you're on campus, please stop by societies, athletics and more. to view this distinguished and growing collection. All alumni are encouraged to send in feature suggestions, photographs or ideas for the new publication. tions is looking for a few good We welcome new class. The committee would like to Poets to assist the student re- agents Helen (Banks) Smith '35, have it available electronically cruitment committee by Bill Thompson '43, Sandy over the website as well, but attending area college fairs or (Trombatore) Krogh '63, Guy that may take some time. Look distributing campus information Talbott '63, Ronna (Ellingson) for the first issue in August. • to local high schools. Clymens '65, Maggie (Dow) If your class year ends in "0" Michelitch '65, Michelle Apostolos '93, Judith Eloed '93, POET HELP or "5," you can serve as a mem- ber of your class reunion Kileen (Johnson) Higbee '93, WANTED committee. Reunions will be Allison (Clarke) Ittershagen '93 held in the summer of 2000. and Shanta Yocum '93. ot a little spare time on Also, you can become a class The following classes do not Gyour hands? Want to get agent and act as a strong link have agents: 1936,1938, 1944, involved, but don't know how? between the college and its 1958, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1980, We can help find your niche as alumni, helping with communi- 1982 and 1984.• a volunteer. cations, volunteer recruitment, The Office of Alumni Rela- class reunions and leadership. continued next page

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s I reflect on my two years communication with our alumni IF YOU'RE INTERESTED Aas president of the Alumni constituency. in becoming a Poet volunteer, or if you Association, I am proud of many •Current alumni trustees Sandra have ideas for newsletter accomplishments. (Steele) Butzel '62 and Steve stories, contact the •We have expanded the Weston '83 have been exemplary Office of Alumni Relations Alumni Board, resulting in a alumni representatives to the via e-mail at more dynamic, diverse group. Board of Trustees. [email protected], •We have renewed the tradition On behalf of all alumni, I by phone at of new-graduate representation. would like to extend our thanks (562) 907-4222, and appreciation to or by fax at Dr. James L. Ash, Jr. (562) 907-4817. for his years of service and wish him well in his new endeavors. I would REUNION also like to thank NI WEEKEND '99 the Office of Alumni REEL) Relations, under the TINE (

RIS direction of Christine ore than 250 alumni CH (Reel) Nelson '72, for Mgathered on campus for Penny (Cams) Fraumeni '68, left, assumed its unending support, the second annual Reunion the presidency of Whittier's Alumni Board guidance and Weekend in late June. Of special of Directors on July 1, succeeding Margaret (Donnellan) Todd '76, right. enthusiasm. The new note was the Class of 1934's Rounding out the trio is Deborah (Cramer) century brings a new 65th reunion. This was the first Arroyo '90, alumni board vice president. president to Whittier Whittier College class to offi- College. I look forward cially celebrate 65 years. •We have focused more on to a bright future under the Other classes celebrating in- initiating new graduates into leadership of Dr. Katherine cluded 1939, 1954, 1959, 1964, alumni traditions, which is criti- Haley Will. 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989 cal for our future. Finally, I encourage your and 1994. A highlight of the •The Alumni House, a continued support of your alma weekend was Alumni College, generous gift from the Class of mater as a volunteer, a donor which took alumni back to the 1957's 40th class reunion, will and an attendee at alumni world of academia. Interested help enrich the Whittier College events. It has been my privilege folks attended lectures given by experience for students and to represent you as president of Fred Bergerson, professor of po- alumni. the Alumni Association. litical science, and Paul •New funding for an alumni —Margaret (Donnellan) Todd '76 Kjellberg, associate professor of newsletter will provide more philosophy. •

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Louis Valla writes that he and A NOTE TO ALUMNI his wife can't travel or attend the cultural events they used to, but We welcome your Poet to Poet submissions and will include them that they retain an interest in as space permits. Mail the information to your class agent or to community affairs. "We do a lot The Rock, P.O. Box 634, Whittier, CA 90608. You can also fax it to us of reading and keep up with peri- odicals and world events." at (562) 907-4927 or send it via e-mail to [email protected]. Lee Whistler lives in Los Alamitos, Calif., and enjoys bowl- Virginia (Jones) Merithew ing and church work. 927 writes that the Thalian Society has been keeping in touch with Dorothy Rosenbury lives in her, since she was one of the 1935 San Diego and would love to hear founding members. from her old friends. moved Living in a retirement community Elsie (Beckwith) Berger to a retirement community in Los in Pomona, Calif., Seth and 1929 Mary Fae (Moffett) Pickering Angeles last year. write that they are "glad the fu- Phyllis (Follett) Draper lives in Elizabeth (Grove) Lenhart ture still comes just one day at a the Breakers Hotel in Long Beach, Lives in a retirement community time, so we can enjoy each one." Calif. She writes, "From my 11th- floor apartment, I overlook the in Chula Vista, Calif. Elizabeth (Sawyer) Heagren is Queen Mary, the harbor and the Eleanor (Marshall) Wildman 89, but writes that she doesn't feel new aquarium. I would love to moved to Sunnyvale, Calif., to that old. "1 still bowl at least once see old friends." Live near her youngest son and a week in a league. I volunteer his wife. one day a week at the museum in Ruth (Fukushima) Takahashi the building where I attended and her husband, Jim, took a grammar school. I keep my hands cruise through the Panama Canal 1930 busy with knitting, crocheting and Last fall. other crafts, and sometimes take Lucile (Pease) Buchanan writes Everett C. Schneider writes my friends on errands." that she likes to golf and is ac- that he is grateful to Whittier tive in her church and university College for many things, includ- women's group. ing many friends. 1934 Grace (Rafferty) Spencer lives Pauline (Bolt) Cook traveled in Fullerton, Calif., where she is 193 through Texas last fall, visiting active in the Assistance League, the Lyndon Baines Johnson P.E.O., American Association of Margaret (Cosand) Huber Ranch and Presidential Library. University Women, and as a fund writes that she is enjoying life in raiser for the performing arts. An After taking a writing class, her cozy condo in Newberg, Ore. Elizabeth (Brewer) Hutchison avid traveler, she's visited 35 countries, most recently Ireland, has written The Story of My Life. to learn of her heritage. She'll 1932 She also wrote Visionaries and Missionaries, the History of the spend the summer and fall at her William Balch, who lives in Los Church of the Foothills, which was Colorado vacation home. Gatos, Calif., with his wife, recov- published by the Ventura County ered from major back surgery much Historical Museum. Her biography 936 better than the doctors expected. of Nellie Day Harris, Here Comes Mark Jacobs visited the Grand Nellie, was published as a mono- Helen (Banks) Smith visited Canyon last year, "recalling the graph by the Saticoy Historical family in North and South time when the W.C. Men's Glee Society. Carolina to celebrate her 85th Club presented a program of music Retired teacher Margaret birthday. and song before the guests at the (Mayberry) Williams lives in El Tovar Hotel there in 1932." South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Continued next page

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Michi (Bessho) Imai writes that Irving Cox lives in Long Beach, and sending birthday greetings she's happy she is able to attend Calif. for her church, and working at some classes, travel and volunteer Helen (Crosbie) Stevenson the food bank. at a nursing home. She also exer- writes that she's been using Charles Moolick lives in cises at Gold's Gym and is a mem- knowledge she gained from Drs. Claremont, Calif., where he is ber of the California Retired William Coffin and David Henley active in Senior Net and in the Teachers Association and Valley in the 1930s as she serves on the botanical gardens. He writes, "I University Women. board of the Kootenay School of am also engaged in literary Amy Lou (Wildman) Neff the Arts Cooperative—the only research, for which I was well- writes that she enjoyed a Panama post-secondary school in North prepared by professors Alma Canal cruise very much, especially America that operates as a coop- Mozelle Anderson, Albert J. the stop in Costa Rica. erative using consensus. Upton and Esther Andrews at C.A. Halley lives in Menard, Whittier College." 1937 Texas, where he is a stock farmer Phil Ockerman lives in Fremont, and does custom farm work. He Calif. Josephine (La Rue) Chance writes, "We live like our grandpar- Frank Winnburg writes that he's lives in Fullerton, Calif., where ents—frugally—but life is good "still healthy and happy with 18 she teaches piano. She and her here in the country." great-grandchildren. Amazing." husband, Frank, traveled to Ardith (Lowe) Kane writes that Colorado by train last year. health problems laid her low for nine months last year, but that she's 938 recovered suffi- ciently to resume Margaret (Brewster) Ekholm playing the organ Lives with her son in Sterling, Ill.

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"Wherever I go, once they hear my name, people have stories for me," says Virginia (Knott) Bender '34.

"Sometimes I feel like I know everybody." 0 Nowhere is that more apparent than at Knott's Berry Farm, the family business that was sold almost two years ago. Whether its in Virginia's, the gift shop named for >- her, or in the restaurant famous for her mother's deli- cious chicken dinners and pies made from the boysen- Virginia (Knott) Bender in front of berries developed and named by her father, friends and Virginia's Gift Shop at Knott's Berry Farm. colleagues of all ages greet her with a smile and a hug, saying, "Virginia, it's so nice to see you again." Except for a two-year stint as a social worker following her graduation, Bender worked at Knott's from the time it was a small tearoom on the side of a dusty road in Buena Park, Calif., until the sale in 1997. During their childhood, she and her siblings worked at Knott's after school and summers, a habit Bender continued during her stay at Whittier. "I didn't get too involved in student activities," she says, "because I was always working. But it was fun, too. We all loved it there." She loved it so much that Bender managed Virginia's Gift Shop from its inception in 1936 until the sale. "We're very happy with the sale and how Cedar Fair [the park's new owner] is handling things," she says. "They've kept the restaurant and gift shop, the Ghost Town and Independence Hall, but put in expensive rides 18 that were needed to keep the park contemporary. However, I did have to retire before I was quite ready." But Knott's Berry Farm will always be a part of her life, she adds, because people all over the world always Let her know how it touched their lives. "I once flew to Costa Rica for a few days and by coincidence had the same crew on both flights," she recalls. "On the way home, the captain came to my seat and said, 'Virginia, I've just got to shake your hand, because my very first job was parking cars at Knott's Berry Farm.'"

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tended a reunion of her mother's 1939 family last summer. She is active 943 in her church and with the Frank Beagle lives in Whittier League of Women Voters. Margaret (Craghill) Brown has lived in West Sussex, England, for and enjoys golfing and traveling When not crossing the country to with his grandchildren. 52 years. visit their children, Art and James Langon and his wife Jane Carol (Mead) Marshburn are Marguerite (Grace) Taylor is (Chamberlin) '41 live in Apple active volunteers. active in a creative writing class Valley, Calif. They enjoy traveling and poetry group at the senior Clarence Pearson writes that he center in Huntington Beach, Calif. and golf and attend yearly re- spends his time visiting his first unions of the 484th bomb group, granddaughter, "programming her Betty (Holbrook) Davidson Jim's squadron from WWII. for the class of 2019." writes that health problems Alan Mendenhall was active as forced her to miss her reunions, Frank Rogers lives in Reno, Nev. a voice teacher until he had a but she is looking forward to a is a retired stroke last year. He writes that Betty (Smith) Dean more active year. teacher. She and her husband are he's "recovering and fairly active, Edward Paterson and his wife active in their church and com- but not teaching or driving." visited South Africa last winter. munity of Auburn, N.Y. Josephine (Popple) Mason Julia (Silberberg) Cohen re- Mary (Thompson) Vonhof en- moved to Santa Rosa, Calif., this tired from teaching music—strings joys traveling with her husband, year. She enjoys traveling and most and keyboards—but is active as a Herb. They've visited France, recently visited Italy and France. violist with the Washington-Idaho Iceland, Great Britain, the Symphony Orchestra. Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, 94 Costa Rica and Cancun, as well as Austria and Italy. 11944 John and Jane (Daugherty) Ellen (Welsh) Tufts writes that Birch '42 are active in local se- she attended the change of com- Phon (Propst) and Paul Wood niors' groups and their church in mand and retirement ceremonies '41 have been married more than Trona, Calif. for her son, Capt. John Tufts, SC, 57 years. They live in Monrovia, Walter Blume lives in the Ozark USN, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last Calif. Mountains in Arkansas with his July—the first official function Jere (Rojas) Craggs lives in wife of 55 years, Pauline. on the battleship Missouri. Escondido, Calif. She writes, James Collins lives in Colorado Lewis Wessels lives in Agoura "Travel and doctor appointments Springs, following a career with Hills, Calif., and writes, "1 have are our main concern these days." Johnson & Johnson. He writes that three children, five grandchildren Bettie (Simmons) Chu writes he and his wife enjoy traveling, and a charming wife. What more that she is cheerfully retired and especially to visit their children. can one ask for at this time of enjoying the local multicultural Bob and Mary Ellen (Perry) life?" coalition. She lives in New Hartman live in Graeagle, Calif., Ruth (Wylie) Anderson moved London, Conn. and enjoy traveling in their trailer to Topeka, Kan., last year to be to national parks, the ocean and near her eldest daughter. the desert. Bob enjoys fishing 946 when not involved with his com- John Arcadi has been given per- puter, and they are both active in 4 mission by the Food and Drug their church. Fred Mooney, who lives in Administration to begin testing a divides her Ann (Hayes) Valois Santa Cruz, Calif., writes to tell us new drug for the treatment of time between Phoenix, Ariz., and of the death of coach Aubrey prostate cancer. Long Beach, Calif., Bonham [see page 24], saying, Carl Bishop traveled to Great Georgia (Lodter) Cates and her "Those of us from my years knew Britain and the Netherlands last husband, Douglas, are volunteer Bonnie well and had him as coach year. 19 weather observers for the or teacher one time or another. I Robert Harper was the first re- National Oceanic and Weather also had a chance to see him and cipient of the Rose Kolber Award, Service near their home in talk with him at Cabrillo College. given in 1998 by the Inland Em- Dolores, Cob. It was fun renewing some old pire-Orange County Unit of Record- memories. He will be missed." Mildred (Marshall) Burck is in- ing for the Blind and Dyslexic. terested in genealogy, and at- Continued next page

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Frances (Webb) O'Connor Lives Ray and Harriet (Stanfield) '48 Sally (Martin) Callahan lives in Downey, Calif., with her hus- Rayburn write that they live at on a small farm overlooking the band of more than 45 years, Tom. the base of Mt. Shasta and love it. ocean in McKinleyville, Calif. She Ann (Regar) Beveridge lives at retired from her job as a livestock 1948 Mission Hills Country Club in appraiser last summer but contin- Rancho Mirage, Calif., but plans a ues as a licensed judge for dairy goats, particularly at county fairs. High school and college sweet- move to Arizona soon. hearts Lois (Riley) Shaffer and Loretta (Seay) Cady lives at Ardis (Stewart) Greene and her husband, Bill '51, have been Leisure World in Seal Beach, Calif. Jacquie (Wadeson) Muller '54 attended an ElderhosteL program in married almost 51 years. Both re- Joseph Steffen retired after 25 Phoenix last fall. Ardis vounteers tired as teachers and administra- years of teaching in France, for a local performing arts company. tors in Ventura County, Calif., and Japan, Germany, Italy and Turkey. enjoyed traveling throughout He enjoys slow-pitch softball, North America and Europe. They golfing, swimming and traveling plan a visit to Brazil this year. in the U.S. Ernest Uno is the author of Retired after a long career as an 1950 Japanese Eyes-American Heart, electronics engineer, Walter about WWII. Bennett is an active member of his church, homeowners associa- Don Baudrand retired several Don Wilson writes that he is tion and senior center. He lives in years ago, but continues to write still involved with PAC-10 football Chandler, Ariz. technical papers for publication officials. He's an observer for USC and conferences in the electro- and UCLA games and enjoys sum- Stanley DeGeer and his wife, chemistry field. mers at Lake Almanor, Calif., try- Eloise, own Peak Publishing, Eugene Gonzalez is an officer in ing to play golf. which, he writes, "is a non-profit the Whittier Retired Teachers venture, though it wasn't planned Association, and is on the schol- that way." They are historians for arship committee for students in- 1951 the Pike's Peak International Hill terested in becoming teachers. He Climb and have published three Lois "Bunny" (Brydon) Patton has retired as director of the San books about the event and are lives with her husband, Randy, on Francisco regional office of the working on the fourth. the eighth fairway of a golf U.S. Department of Education. Dick Hammond traveled to course at Lake Almanor, Calif., Florida last year to watch John Angela (Gorman) Jarnagan near Mt. Lassen. keeps busy with golf, bridge, trav- Glenn's second launch into space. June (Hall) Yoder treated local el and six grandchildren. She won He writes, "1 went back twice be- Athenian alumnae to a Mexican a new Ford Explorer after buying a fore to see a shuttle launch and lunch in Solana Beach, Calif., last half-gallon of milk and using the both were scrubbed. The third spring. Joining her were Marie club card at a local grocery store. time is the charm." (Nordstrom) Pike '48, Billie Elise (Jenkins) Quackenbush Mary (Huffines) Moore retired (Beane) Deihl '50, Betty writes that retirement in Antrim, to Pensacola, Fla., after a 20-year (Osborne) Headland '51, Betty N.H., keeps her very busy. career as an elementary school (Newberry) Groves '52, Nancy teacher in California. (Nordstrom) McIntyre '53 and Mildred "Bunnie" (Ladd) Marilyn "Johnnie" (Johns) Karin (Nordstrom) Stanton '55, Green lives in Sun City, Ariz. She Eldridge is enjoying retired life who writes, "We even remembered and her husband enjoy traveling with her husband on their three the A-song, which we sang in to visit their children and grand- acres of pine trees in Magalia, hushed voices." children in California and Texas. Calif. Nadine (Hambarian) Emerzian Sidney (Lloyd) Bullene works Bob Plank is practicing law. His writes, "After 25 years in the part-time on a senior learning wife, Jeanne (Leonard) '51, is teaching arena and 20 years as a program through the University of Denver, and is secretary and pub- 20 second vice president of the travel counselor and master cruise American Iris Society. counselor, I retired in January to lic relations chair for the Colorado Ski Museum. She is also chair of Floralie (Rogers) Anthony is a do what I have done unto others— Whittier's regional alumni com- volunteer for several Downey, travel even more." mittee for that area. Calif., organizations. She and her Jack Killian is a consultant for husband enjoy traveling and spend- several school districts in Southern Beatrice (Miller) Gordon creates ing time with their grandchildren. California. digital fine art on her computer

The ROCK summer 1999 POET TO POET and has done several shows in Agnes (Dalke) Bryan and her joys bridge and tennis. the past year. She also teaches husband enjoy church activities and Jack Spiri lives on a five-acre digital imaging. visiting their great-grandchildren. spread in Ridgeway, Cob., which Joanne (Walton) Beck received Cecile (Hankey) and Bruce has a population of 820, two- her doctorate in theology in July Weed '55 enjoy traveling. They thirds the size of Whittier's and traveled on a missionary trip visited Australia, New Zealand student body during his under- to the hill country out of and New England last year, and graduate days. He is the U.S. Kampala, Uganda. Vermont, Nova Scotia and Prince manager of Sipel Electronic Tools, Edward Island this year. Cecile is a Swiss company. 953 chairwoman of the Orange County Virginia Weaver traveled to Celiac Sprue Chapter, a health Alaska last summer and plans a support group, and they both re- Bob Cox was feted at a reception trip to the Canadian Rockies main active in music, family and in March for his years of playing this year. church affairs. with the Rio Hondo Symphony. He Monty Winkler has been ap- began playing in 1944 when he Carol (Hochuli) Stanfield and pointed to the California State was a freshman in high school. He her husband enjoy traveling, Board of Food and Agriculture. served as guest conductor for a baby-sitting their grandchildren Although he is retired, H. O'Neil year and served as concertmaster and volunteering. "Neil" Ziegler teaches human from 1966-1971. Dwight Hoelscher retired last anatomy part-time at Oxnard Stacy Richards is an associate year and traveled throughout the (Calif.) Community College. He's professor in the department of psy- U.S. and Europe. He enjoys spend- president of the Ventura chapter chology and counseling at Northern ing time at June Lake, Calif., of the National Audubon Society. State University in Aberdeen, S.D. which he calls his second home. Robert Kessinger writes that he will spend some of his retirement 955 1954 fixing up his Camarillo, Calif., home. Mary (Johnson) Larson is a re- Lora (Arnold) Burri writes that Bill Kleese lives in Riverside, tired museum curator, living in she enjoys traveling. She visited Calif., where his garden was fea- Angels Camp, Calif. China, Egypt and Hawaii last year tured in a community garden tour Lucia (Kelly) and Marvin and took a theater tour of London that benefitted a local hospital. Sippel became the proud grand- earlier this year. John Marshall and his wife are parents of triplet boys last year. Bob Barnes lives in Fallbrook, planning a trip to Alaska this Sally (Latson) Jones purchased summer. When they're home in Calif., where he tends to avocado a new townhouse, which she is and citrus trees and gardens, Brea, Calif., he enjoys cooking enjoying decorating. Working for when he is not reading, cooking, and pairing the results with wines Coidwell Banker in Palos Verdes, playing bridge or traveling. from his collection. Calif., she is looking forward to Russ Bonham is retired and David Peel completed his bache- some travel and would like to spending his free time as research lor's degree at Dalhousie University hear from old friends. professor of chemistry at the in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He served Carole (Pillow) Buckles retired Illinois Institute of Technology. in the Canadian foreign service at Last summer after 39 years of He enjoys cruising Lake Michigan embassies in Ankara, Madrid, teaching first grade. She writes, in his sailboat. Prague and Moscow, as well as "Whittier College prepared me for Ottawa. He retired last year. Bob Capps and his wife, Tonia, a wonderful career." are active in church and Lions Velma (Pridham) Cameron Club activities in their hometown continues to be an active harpist of Murrieta, Calif. Last spring and singer. She and two friends 956 they took their 20th cruise to- presented a "First Night" program Martha (Fahsholtz) Dean gether, visiting the Greek islands. with music and Celtic mythology is di- for the city of Missoula, Mont., rector of media and technology Carol (Carpenter) Stevens Last New Year's Eve and have been services for the Clackamas (Ore.) writes that she would love to hear asked to present another program Education Services District. from college friends. She is re- this year, which will be on tired and lives in Lakeside, Calif. Ronald Franklin was named in- "Castles of the British Isles." terim superintendent of the Dick Covington writes that he Joan (Reece) Seymour lives in Banning (Calif.) Unified School loves retirement in Bellingham, Long Beach, Calif., where she en- District earlier this year. Wash. Continued next page

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Previously, he was superintendent lect antiques and grow roses. hobbies saved up over the years of the Redlands Unified School Barbara (Nagel) Brossmer and for a more leisurely lifestyle. District and Chief of the Novato her husband have owned the KOA Unified School District in campground in Clearwater, Minn., 960 Northern California. Since his re- for 30 years. She writes, "It's tirement from Banning in 1994, beautiful country and we love the James Allen, Jr. and his wife, he has served as a consultant to seasons." Susan, moved to Sharpsburg, Md., several school districts. Jim Peter moved to a new home where they herd sheep and work Elizabeth Kenady lives in in Solana Beach, Calif., after 40 their Border Collies. Jim contin- Molalla, Ore., where she recently years in Whittier. ues to travel for the U.S. Soccer bought her first home. She Federation, working out of Lois (Roop) Davis is a volunteer writes, "It's brand new and beau- Literacy tutor and a substitute Sharpsburg and their other home tiful. I'm retired now, so I can teacher for English as a second in Post Mills, Vt. spend all my time with my home Language. She also volunteers at Norma Beebower is chair of and yard, as well as getting to a hospital and for Reading for the the foreign language department know Oregon." Blind and Dyslexic, and sings with at La Habra (Calif.) High School, IQL (S the South Bay Master Chorale. where she teaches Spanish and Recent directing projects for German. She writes, "I am very Arthur Allan Seidelman in- busy being 'Mom' to my nephew Lorna (Curtis) Reeder and her clude "Walking Across Egypt," and niece." husband, Tom, celebrated their with Ellen Burstyn and Jonathan Jerry Corbett writes that he 40th anniversary in England and Taylor Thomas, and "Grace and would like to hear from class- France, including a few days in Glorie," a Hallmark Hall of Fame mates. He is a senior project Chichester, England, with class- production with Gena Rowlands. manager for Consulting Engineers mate Joyce (Robare) Dannenfeldt Rosa (Skaggs) Petras lives in in Russellville, Ark. and her husband, Dan. Hemet, Calif. Thomas "T.R." Dickson has Averill (Davis) Fudge writes Ray Zabel writes that his plans written The Great White T'roid that she's "too old to stay at for lots of traveling last fall were (Alchemy Press 1999), which, he home and shovel snow," so she changed when he decided to watch says, is a retelling of Moby Dick as spent some time traveling to Bora his grandson play Little League a space adventure. In his book, Bora, Tahiti and Moorea in baseball. He writes that his grand- Ishmael, Queequeq and Ahab hunt February and March. son made the All Star team and asteroids. The book is dedicated Geri Foye retired in January the team record was 25-3. to Herman Melville, and any royal- after 20 years as a supervisor for ties earned will go to the Melville Product Development Corp., the Museum in Pittsfield, Mass. largest distributor of telephone 1*959 Sandy (Gordon) Deitz and her books in the country. She lives in husband, Ken '59, have a home Charles Andrain retired last Fullerton, Calif., but plans a move on Balboa Island, Calif., but year after teaching at San Diego to the East Coast sometime soon. spend most of the year living in State University for 34 years. He Marilyn (Gore) Vassos writes Kauai, Hawaii, where Sandy vol- published Public Health Policies that bicycling is her sport of unteers for a hospice, practices and Social Inequality last year, choice. She lives in Irvine, Calif., "healing touch" and enjoys being and his book Political Protest and and is active in local politics. a grandmother. Social Change, written with David retired last Corrinne (Johnson) Schulz and E. Apter of Yale University, was Wayne Harvey her husband, David, divide their selected by Choice Magazine as December after 40 years of public time between homes in Idyllwild one of the outstanding academic accounting in Whittier. He and his and Rancho Mirage, Calif. books of 1995. wife, Susie (Elliott) '67, have built a home in Rancho Mirage, Carol (McLeod) Klefbeck has Judy Weatherford is working as Calif. Susie is executive director been teaching clothing construc- a clinical social worker, supervis- of the Palm Desert Chamber of tion, machine embroidery and ing staff at a children's outpa- Commerce. needle arts for Capistrano Adult tient program at Sonoma County School and Saddleback College for Mental Health in Santa Rosa, Muriel Lehto moved to Seal 23 years. Calif. She writes that she plans to Beach, Calif., after living for more than 40 years in the Whittier area. Sylvia (Miller) Joiner enjoys retire next year, travel with her hiking the Whittier parks and hills husband and two grown children, with her husband. They also cot- and enjoy all those projects and Continued on page 24

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1925 J. Richard Titsworth died Feb. 3, 1950 1999. Marie (Johnson) Barry. Notified John Price died April 11, 1999. He in February of 1999. 1940 began his teaching career with the El Monte (Calif.) Elementary School Wendell Gist. Notified in January 1927 District and retired as its superin- of 1999. Laura (Akley) Robinson died tendent. An Orthogonian, he was March 21, 1999. She was a member Constance (Gregory) Finley active in 11-9-5 and Purple & Gold, of the Metaphonian Society and a died Jan. 16, 1999. and received the Alumni Serivce longtime supporter of the arts at Katherine (Jackson) Mobus Award in 1991. Survivors include his Whittier. She contributed to the died Jan. 10, 1998. wife, Rose (Durston) Price '50, and Ruth B. Shannon Center for the son Geoffrey Price '94. Albert "Pappy" Nichols died Performing Arts and named the Feb. 21, 1999. He was a member of Robinson Theatre after her late 1951 the Orthogonian Society and a husband, Jerald D. "Joe" Robinson Stuart H. Wright died Feb. 3, football and baseball player as a '25. Joe Robinson was founding 1999. A retired teacher, he was a student, and an active supporter of chairman of Santa Fe International member of the Franklin Society. Purple & Gold. His survivors include Drilling Co., and many former em- his daughter Deborah (Nichols) ployees and friends contributed to 1952 Haina '81. the E.L. Shannon and Joe Robinson Ernest Sturdevant died May 29, Studio Theatre. Survivors include 1941 1998. He was a business adminis- her son, Daniel E. Robinson '61, tration major and a member of the Marietta (Armacost) Slagel and daughter-in-law, Barbara Los Quijotes Society at Whittier. (Buehling) Robinson '65. died Sept. 26, 1998. 1953 1929 Rodney S. Mahoney died Jan. 16, 1999, of Alzheimer's disease. A John V. Kimmick died March 7, Anna (Henderson) Halvorson member of the Lancer Society, he 1999. He was a retired teacher and had a long career in education and died Jan. 15, 1999. She was a mem- a member of the Lancer Society. ber of the Poet Society and Poet retired as a superintendent for the Theatre and a contributor to the Ruth California Teachers Association. 1954 B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts. Her survivors include her hus- 1942 Eric Bettelheim died Nov. 1, 1998. band, Morgan Halvorson '29. Frederic Errett died Dec. 8, 1998. Jean (McWhorter) Miller. He was a music major. Brigid (O'Sullivan) Thomas died Notified in January of 1999. Aug. 25, 1998. An English major, 1943 she received her master's degree Doris (Wheatland) Haendiges from Whittier in 1965. died Jan. 19, 1999. A mathematics J. Edwin Griffith died Feb. 4, major, she was a member of the 1999. He was a member of the 1956 Palmer Society. Franklin Society and a retired physician. Survivors include his Curtis Herd died Dec. 6, 1998. 1931 wife of 54 years, Betty Jo (Adams) Survivors include his wife, Virginia Griffith '45. (Jacobson) Herd '57. Margaret (Cook) Peugh. Notified in March of 1999. 1947 1958 1933 Gordon Callahan. Notified in Joellen (Cox) Partington died in January of 1999. He is survived by December of 1997. She was a mem- Charles H. Dillon died Jan. 23, his wife, Sally (Martin) Callahan '51. ber of the Thalian Society. 1998. 1948 1959 1934 Glenn Curtis died Nov. 16, 1998. Anna (Fujishige) Musselman Carol (Combs) Coffin died Dec. died June 28, 1998. 18, 1997. 1949 1961 1939 Edgar L. Griffith died March 24, 1999. He was a member of the Ruth K. Frey. Notified in Thurston E. Sydnor died Feb. 9, Orthogonian Society. December of 1998. 1999. Professor emeritus of math at Pasadena City College, he was a William A. Keim died on Sept. Patricia (Kelley) Bottini died member of the Lancer Society and 30, 1998. Dec. 10, 1998. received his M.A. at Whittier College in 1947. Continued next page

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IN MEMORIAM Charles Tucker retired from the sociology department of the Continued University of South Carolina, 1962 member of AOKP. Survivors Columbia, becoming professor include his wife, Heidi (Lake) emeritus in June. Betty (Conlin) Rogers died Sellers '96. Jan. 8, 1999. A political science major and a member of the FACULTY, STAFF AND 961 Ionian Society at Whittier, she FRIENDS was a teacher for 36 years. Ken Baker retired as Inyo Aubrey Bonham, who coached County (Calif.) superintendent of 1964 track and basketball at Whittier from 1937-68, died March 30 at schools and moved to a 12-acre Margaret (Wall) Brezniak died the age of 96. His basketball estate—complete with a bass Dec. 12, 1998, following a long teams won 16 conference Lake—in Missouri. battle with polycystic kidney dis- championships and 514 games, Roaine Cossarek retired this ease. At her death, she was writ- and he coached one track team summer after 38 years of teach- ing an autobiographical account to the Southern California ing—the last 31 with the of her illness, hoping to donate championship. He was named Huntington Beach (Calif.) Union the proceeds of book for research. outstanding basketball coach by High School District. She taught Joan (Wolford) Reeves died Coach and Athletic Magazine, on Nov. 7, 1998. She was a home NAIA district coach of the year, physical education, world history, economics major and a member of and was elected to the Helms computers and mathematics. She the Vestician Society. Athletic Hall of Fame. He was the plans to travel in her motor home. author of many articles for The Rio Honda Symphony honored 1965 athletics magazines and two violinist John Russell for his books, Coaching the Flexible Man Hester (Paxton) Barth. many years of service to the or- Man Defense and The Secrets Notified in December of 1998. to of Winning Fast-Break chestra with a reception in March. 1972 Basketball. His survivors include He began playing with the group his son, Russell Bonham '54, and in 1949 when he was a freshman Frances (Jennings) Aleshire. daughters Catherine (Bonham) in high school and taking private Notified in February of 1999. Barker '56 and Marilyn (Bonham) violin lessons from Ruth Haroidson, 1973 Campbell '60. who founded the orchestra at the college in 1932. Eileen (Henderson) Babcock ERRATA died March 17, 1997. Edwin V. Carter, who died Nov. 4, 1998 of leukemia, graduated 1962 1977 from Whittier in 1953, not 1954, Romolo Bracone died March as indicted in the Spring 1999 Sharon (Beatty) Ludwig 19, 1998. issue of The Rock. A self- teaches home arts, arts and employed CPA, he was a member crafts, ceramics and an occa- of the William Penn Society. 1979 sional P.E. class at a middle Herman Pavilonis. Notified in school in Irvine, Calif. December of 1998. 1996 1963 Matt Sellers died Feb. 8, 1999. A teacher, he was a double major After eight years, Janet Henke in biology and history and a will retire from the Whittier City Council next year. In her 24 years of public service, she has served as mayor and as a member of the Whittier City School District Board Patricia (Jones) Robbins and to the U.S. Department of Defense. of Trustees. her husband moved to the Four Pam (Sherman) Leonard is a Corners area of Colorado, where distributor for Shaklee Corp. A they built a home on the Dolores consulting nutritionist, she also i96 River. She writes, "We are looking owns The Wellness Connection, forward to sharing this beautiful and is a volunteer with R. Bradford Johnson runs area with family and friends." Toastmasters International and U.S.A. Music to Go, a mobile DJ Richard Pahland is a consultant her local Chamber of Commerce. service for weddings, live shows

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and karaoke events. As R.J. King, Carol "C.J." (Leith) Kurumada he performs with the Poo-Dells as is a psychiatric social worker for 966 an Elvis impersonator, and he is Kaiser. She enjoys traveling, most an award-winning artist and recently to the Mediterranean, Joe Brugman writes that he had gumbo cook. Canada and throughout the U.S. a fantastic trip bicycling through Tuva in Russian Siberia, north of Brenda (Mosteller) Marjaniemi Mongolia, and is planning a trip is a disability claims educator for 965 to Mongolia soon. His wife, Rae the Social Security Administration (Curran), is in her 17th year as a Contemporary Advertising (Irwin/ in Tucson, Ariz. docent at the Bowers Museum in McGraw-Hill) a college textbook Thomas Neill is a retired Treasury Santa Ana, Calif., where she also by William Arens, is now in its agent. teaches docents. seventh edition. Arens lives in La Carolyn (Payne) Warnemuende Missy (Crawford) Rodey lives Jolla, Calif., but spends his win- is an educational consultant. She in Houston, Texas. ters as a part-time ski instructor presents workshops on under- in Snow Valley. Anne (Wilson) Giddings writes achievement, diversity in learn- that she keeps in touch with Joseph Barnes is in his 33rd ing, communication and stress many of her old Poet girlfriends. year of teaching at California's management. A video of her work- "My older son is married to the Pasadena City College. shop "Turning Underachievement daughter of my Haskell House Doug Bennett is retired and Around" was presented on roomie, Pat Drake, and we now racing homing pigeons. Northstate Public Television. have a granddaughter to share." Susan (Blum) Schloss lives in a Erik Popp took early retirement home she and her husband built last fall after 33 years in educa- in Pleasant Hill, Ore. She has a tion as a teacher, assistant 967 master's degree and is a licensed principal and principal. He lives professional counselor working with his family in Madison, Wis., Patty (Crome) Peña lives in with a national employee assis- where, he writes, "Time, with no Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, and tance program that serves the deadlines, has been a very writes that she would love to hear U.S. Postal Service. comfortable, relaxed feeling." from classmates who are planning to visit Mexico. She gives private Bob Bruesch is in his fourth Carol Rawson writes that she English lessons to clients ages term as mayor of Rosemead, Calif. continues her work in child wel- four and older. He plans to retire from teaching fare as she is completing her de- in June of 2000. gree in social work. She lives in Rob Davis worked in banking in Toronto, Ontario. Indonesia for 13 years, but decid- Working with Educational ed to relocate after the riots Productions, Maggie (Dow) Sally (Reed) Lear is a child there in May of 1998. He is Mitchelitch travels a great deal, psychiatric therapist. She moved deputy general manager for the especially to Europe, Mexico and to North Dakota from Montana South Pacific with the Bank of Hawaii. in 1997. Hawaii and lives in Honolulu. Lee (Harris) Hippie lives in Amy (Roberts) Quinney Ella (Uemura) Campbell moved Denton, Texas. She teaches in the teaches students with complex to New Jersey and works at the social work program at Texas learning difficulties—providing New York headquarters of the Women's University and is in- intensive, individualized acade- Reformed Church in America. She volved in a five-year research pro- mic programs—at Del Sol is secretary for Pacific and Asian ject studying stress factors of Academy in the San Diego City American Ministries. She writes musicians' wives. School District. that "a major challenge is to work Helen (Rosenfeld) Sura writes Sandy (Hemphill) Hunt is a with Asian churches as they ad- that she's enjoying retirement in marriage, family and child thera- dress the issue of the 'next' gen- La Conner, Wash. pist in private practice. She eration. The second generation founded Wise Women's Walk, a Karol (Williams) Kiermeyer clashes with the first in every- company that takes women on Lives in Laguna Beach, Calif., but thing from language, values and outdoor adventures for physical spent some time last year work- perceptions." and spiritual growth. Her husband, ing as a physician in Hawaii. Now Michael Younger writes that he Harvey Hunt '64, is executive di- in the San Francisco area, she is is phasing out his legal career rector of the Center for the Future an ER physician and clinician, and pursuing his "lifelong fanta- of Teaching and Learning. They and writes that she is anxious to sy" of acting. "1 started out as a live in Fair Oaks, Calif. hear from her classmates. Continued next page

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background player in September (Calif.) City Elementary School Glendale, Calif. She is active in of 1997 and, white I continue to District for 15 years, was named two Toastmasters International do background work to keep busy, superintendent of the year for re- clubs and writes occasional arti- I've been moving up fairly steadi- gion two of the Association of cles on careers for publications ly." He has appeared in several California School Administrators such as the Wall Street Journal's independent films, including in 1998. In 1997, they chose him National Business Employment "Landers," "Midnight Healing," as school administrator of the Weekly. She and her husband, "Heaven and the Suicide King," year for Butte County. John, have been traveling along and "Turn Up the Cool." He also Ed Shackelford and his wife, the West Coast this year. has a supporting role in "Crazy in Luanne, are on leave from their Sandy (Tahmoush) Hansen Alabama," a feature film directed work with International Missions teaches second grade in the by Antonio Banderas, and served in the Philippines this year. Rowland (Calif.) School District, as technical advisor for the court- Sinara (Stull) O'Donnell is an where she is also a mentor room scene. independent corporate recruiter teacher, assisting new hires 968 working with Nestle USA in throughout the district. She

Whittier Trustee Ron Gastelum has been named general manager BANKER of the Metropolitan Water District USES HUMOR of Southern California. Formerly AS A STRESS CEO of BKK Corp., Gastelum was RELIEVER deputy general counsel at MWD from 1975-79 and served on the After a hard day in the governing board for 10 months high-stress financial world, Last year as a representative of Linda Edwards '69 likes to the City of Los Angeles. relax by giving her inner child free rein—on stage. Shyrl (O'Pray) Britton volun- Edwards, vice president of teers at her daughter's school in production for a mortgage Burke, Va. banking firm in Cerritos, Calif., is a member of an im- Improv comedian Linda Edwards 1969 provisational comedy troupe inner child escapes during a hectic that performs throughout moment at her day job. Sharon (Gilbert) and Dale Southern California. Rollins moved to Tigard, Ore. "I've always been sarcastic, caustic and completely politically incor- Dale is working as a consultant in rect," Edwards said, "so improv is perfect for me. I have to be so turned data architecture and Sharon is down in the business world, it's a treat to get up on stage and just go working with a group of educa- totally over the top." tors to create a new Friends Edwards grew up in Hollywood, where her father, Bill Edwards, acted school in Portland. in westerns and romantic comedies. She majored in political science at Anita (Goldberg) Mueller Whittier, though, and wasn't involved in theater here. After completing a moved to Hawaii last year, where graduate year in education, she taught for a couple of years and realized she now teaches special education. it was too confining. "I hated it," she said. "Absolutely hated it. I have great respect for people who can teach kids, but I'm not one of them." Pamela (Hoppins) Robinson She turned her teaching talents to training other mortgage bankers, lives in Turlock, Calif. She is ad- who often told her she was funny enough to be on stage. She decided ministrator of special projects for to give it a try and got her improvisational feet wet with the Orange the Modesto City School District. County Crazies. Edwards now works with various other groups, perform- Donna (LeQuesne) Roach ing at venues ranging from dinner theaters to self-help group meetings. writes that she's still with Paine Although improv comedy depends on the situations presented by au- 26 Webber after 13 years. "We are dience members, Edwards said she does have a couple of characters she empty-nesting as all four boys are enjoys bringing to Life—Marta, a sexy, snotty vamp, and a gum-chewing grown. We really love our new life "New Yawk wannabe" who doesn't have a name. "She's rude, crude, with just the two of us again." tacky and crass," Edwards said, "1 love just letting her rip. It's like Donald Remley, who has been being a kid again, when you have absolutely no regard for the feelings superintendent of the Oroville of the other people you're playing with—and it's okay."

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writes, "Tragedy struck last fall daughter Katie, not to escape jail Andy Robinson lives in Austin, when my parents were killed in or the IRS." They live in Laguna Texas, and is associate commis- the Swiss Air Flight 111 crash in Beach, Calif. sioner and information resource September. It has been a devas- Jon Frandell works with Morgan manager for the Texas tating loss, and I look forward to Stanley Dean Witter in Fallbrook, Department of Insurance. easier, 'saner' times ahead." Calif. Frank Rogers is associate pro- Robert Williams moved to Susan (Gardner) Hufman is an fessor of surgery at Loma Linda Corratitos, Calif., this year after associate producer for the University School of Medicine and accepting a position as senior Leavenworth (Wash.) Summer chief of plastic surgery at physical therapist at Good Theatre, handling administrative Riverside County Regional Medical Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. functions. Center. He recently completed an He supervises three satellite M.B.A. at the University of Joy Garratt teaches English at physical therapy clinics. California at Irvine. Roosevelt High School in Fresno, Robert Whiteman teaches ad- Calif. She also writes the English Kent Scanlon is a social studies vanced placement biology at curriculum for a state program for teacher and department chair at Esperanza High School in Yorba students earning credits through Lake City High School in Coeur Linda, Calif. He has been active in websites. She enjoys gardening, d'Alene, Idaho. He's been a prison ministry at Terminal Island Labradors and computers in her teacher for 27 years, a volleyball Federal Penitentiary for many years. spare time. coach for 24 years and a golf coach for five years. He co-au- Dorothy (Houck) Powell lives thored Volleyball Drills to Achieve in Virginia, where, she writes, 1910 Success with California State "The mountains are beautiful." University at Long Beach coach William Leiva is president and Steve Kramer, professor of urol- Brian Gimmillaro, whose team CEO of Litmus Concepts, Inc., ogy and chief of pediatric urology won the NCAA Division I national which creates, manufactures and at the Mayo Clinic, was elected championship. markets easy-to-use rapid diag- president of the urology section Michael Tausig is vice president nostics for infectious diseases. of the American Academy of of student services at Mt. San Pediatrics. Jacinto College and serves on the 19/1 Susan Mieras is working in the executive board of the California film industry, running the offices Community Colleges Chief Student Jacqueline Bogle writes that of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. Services Administrators Association. she and her partner adopted a 9- She writes, "I travel a lot and Patrick Turley has a full-time year-old daughter, and she now love toy job." practice in orthodontics, but still works part-time as a financial Marilynn (Phillips) McCrea finds time to play with Tom secretary for a Catholic church Lives in Newport, Ore., and enjoys Thumb and the Hitchhikers, a and full-time as a mom. She oper- being a housewife and grand- rock and roll oldies band, and ates Time Savers, a business that mother of four teenagers. play beach volleyball, which, he provides pet-sitting, grocery Nan Porter teaches reading writes, is his "lifelong passion." shopping and courier services. part-time in an elementary school Esther (Voss) Rollen is director Doug Campbell is debate coach and also operates a photography of clinical services for St. John's and department head of the visual business. She enjoys quilting and Behavioral Health Care. She has a and performing arts department at crafts. master's in social work and is a li- San Gabriel (Calif.) High School. Jeanie (Reed) Cash was named censed clinical social worker su- Pauline DeWitt is in her 13th California's Principal of the Year in pervising registered nurses, year as a special education teacher 1997 and traveled to Washington, psychologists and social workers. at Lincoln High School in Los D.C., as National Distinguished Chris Wall is a successful singer- Angeles. She is treasurer of the Principal for 1997-98. songwriter and owns his own Iota Phi chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, Don Rizzi is principal of La Costa record company, Cold Spring an educational honor society. Canyon High School in the San Records. While at Whittier, Frank and Dieguito Union High School Dolores (Whittington) Gibson Betty Everett '73 were Frank District. He lives in Oceanside, retired from education and enjoys Fulkerson and Betty Turner. Calif., and writes that he recently traveling. Recent travels took her They wrote to remind friends that had the pleasure of spending a to India, Nepal, Malaysia, they changed their names "con- day with classmate Frank Indonesia and Bali. current with the birth of our Schranz and his wife, Kelley. Continued next page

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Joe Ulrey is an associate vice boating and other outdoor activi- 1972 president of Morgan Stanley Dean ties as the weather permits." Witter, working out of the Mary (Farquhar) Jones is in Riverside, Calif., branch. He lives S her 11th year as a teacher at in Rancho Cucamonga with his 974 Cherrylee Elementary School in El wife and two daughters. He writes Vanessa Ament has formed a Monte, Calif. that he enjoys playing racquet- jazz duo and also performs in the Living in Newport Beach, Calif., ball, especially when he beats all-female jazz group Soavé. She Pat (Hartunian) Simonian is a classmate Dennis Flanagin. performed her original song part-time teacher in the Newport- "Every Other Night" in the movie Mesa Unified School District. She "Foreign Correspondents." writes that she fills up her time 1975 with her family, business ventures Nancy (Brennan) Riggs and her Carole Shelton-Vlcek is a spe- and ballroom dancing. husband, John '77, live in cial education teacher in the Encinitas, Calif. John has an op- Esther (Lin) Church is executive Black Oak Mine Unified School tometry office, Family Eyecare director of T.I.P. Purchasing in District in Christian Valley, Calif. Center, in nearby La Costa. Nancy Irwindale, Calif. is a resource specialist at La Bonnie MacEwan has been 976 Costa Canyon High School, where promoted to assistant dean of li- the principal is Don Rizzi '71. braries for collections at Penn Douglas Culhane is a high Hugh Butler works as a business State University. school administrator in manager for Northrop Grumman Charles Popp is vice president, Bakersfield, Calif., where he lives Corp. deputy regional manager of with his wife and two children. Judy (Ferguson) Patel teaches Manufacturers Bank in Los Angeles. Chris Maio moved to Mann English as a second language and County, Calif. Spanish at Los Angeles High School. 1973 John Mohl Lives in Upland, Calif., A former mentor, she serves on the with his wife and two daughters. mentor teacher selection commit- Mary Jo (Otters) Curry is a He is manager of the payroll and tee at her school and is involved in kindergarten teacher at Hoover human resource records depart- the California Reading and School, just a few blocks north of ment of The Disney Store. Literature program at California Whittier College. She writes that State University at Los Angeles. Rosemary (Reina-Smith) her family enjoys attending plays James is a registered nurse liv- Benson Ford writes that last and concerts at the Ruth B. ing in Kansas City, Mo. She works winter was the worst in 35 years Shannon Center for the in the chemical dependency unit in West Bloomfield, Mich., where Performing Arts. of a hospital there. She keeps he lives and is an active volunteer. William Embree is sales and busy in her spare time taking care He's been traveling to Europe, marketing manager with BMW of of her children and stepchildren South America and the Far East. North America. His hobbies in- and enjoys traveling, reading and Bill "Deadeye" Franz has worked clude motorcycling, body board- sewing, as well as working with with the city and county of Denver, ing, snow-skiing and biking. her church. Cob., for 11 years, most recently as Herbert Reginbogin lives in the portfolio administrator, manag- Bern, Switzerland. He is a consul- ing $1.4 billion. He writes, "Having tant in international policy devel- 977 decided in a C.D. Hobbs finance opment and the author of several class to pursue investments, I guess Maryann Courtois-Horsley publications. I'm there now. Amazing." lives in Seattle with her husband, Steve, and their two children. She Eric Johnson has been named received her M.Ed. from Eastern chairman of the accounting de- Washington University in 1994 partment in the College of Business Administration at the Donald Herrema has been and is a computer teacher at a 28 University of Texas at Arlington, named president and CEO of Local Catholic school. She writes, where he has been an associate Bessemer Trust, a leading wealth "Our lives are now quite busy professor of accounting since management and investment ad- with work, day care and child- 1997. He previously taught at the visory firm based in New York. He type activities. We find time to University of Toledo in Ohio and also serves on the Whittier travel the beautiful Pacific the University of Wyoming in College Board of Trustees. Northwest, visit family and friends in California, and enjoy Laramie.

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MARRIAGES Calif., with her husband and son. Scott Burtz is vice president of Carole Shelton '75 and William Vlcek, on June 27, 1998. Southland Title Corp. He lives in San Dimas, Calif., with his wife Jim deProsse '77 and Ada Gee, on June 6, 1998. and two children. Sergio Delgadillo '86 and Jennifer Baxter, on March 20, 1999. William Chavez is chairman of Kristin Stanley '88 and Andrew Jared, on July 25, 1998. the science department at El Monte (Calif.) High School, where Cassandra Beyer '90 and Ian Grieve, on Jan. 16, 1999. he has taught for 17 years. Lisa Garman '90 and Michael Ranking, on April 18, 1998. Robert Erickson is controller at Carson Jordan '90 and Andrew Hill, on Sept. 5, 1998. Hydranautics in Oceanside, Calif. He lives in Aliso Viejo with his Kay Ryan '90, M.A. '95, and Eric Nay, on Feb. 6, 1999. wife and two children. Patrick Marasigan '92 and Mia Quan, on July 11, 1998. Karen Freeland has been an el- ementary school teacher for 18 Beth-Anne Perry '92 and Kevin Scott Carey, on May 22, 1998. years. She enjoys traveling in the Judith Slater '92 and Dick Jones '71, on June 27, 1998. summer and recently visited Jennifer Johnson '93 and Martin MangheW, on Aug. 15, 1998. Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Phil Roybal '93 and Samanthi Makewita '95, on Oct. 16, 1998. Nivia Gallardo has master's Alicia Hobbis '95 and Glen Cruz, on Oct. 3, 1998. degrees in reading and school ad- ministration and works as an as- Andrea Wright '95, and Chris Cob, on Oct. 17, 1998. sistant principal in the Riverside Unified School District. Cynthia Greenbaum lives in Kirkland, Wash. Robert Grossman is a deputy U.S. Garth Mills writes that his old- Margaret "Margo" Weaver Marshal for the U.S. Department of est son is very tall and being re- writes that she loves her recent Justice. He writes, "1 was 'found' cruited by several schools. "Whew. move to Phoenix. She works with by a pit bull and now Princess lets Thank God for athletic scholar- HomeBase Youth Services, a non- me live with her in my condo. I'm ships. Now I don't have to get a profit organization that provides trying to do some commercials and third job. Life is fantastic." services to the homeless and run- voice-overs on the sly. I'm still sin- away youth in and around metro- Alice Nishimoto lives in gle, and once a DJ, always a DJ." Monterey Park, Calif., and is teach- politan Phoenix. Jeff Lusk is a teacher at Poway ing a fifth-sixth grade combination Pam (Wright) Ballins is a pilot, High School in San Diego County, class in the Garvey School District. and lives in Aurora, Cob., with where he is head coach for varsity She serves on the Monterey Park her husband and two children. softball. He spends his summers commission on aging and is active leading tours of Europe. in Whittier Home Economists in Home and Community. 19/9 Jennifer (Mason) Waltzer writes that 1998 held major changes for Catherine (Pirtle) Tubridy is Pamela (McDonald) Norris her family. Her husband quit his job working on a master's degree in Lives in Walnut Creek, Calif. She as a doctor at Kaiser and started a public health at New York Medical relocated from New York to open business focusing on wellness, pre- College. She has a dual emphasis the San Francisco office of Kraft vention and "higher health." Her on environmental and occupa- Kennedy & Lesser. own business—marketing skin care, tional health and epidemiology. cosmetic and nutritional products— David Suter has been appointed 94 0 grew when she added Internet ser- to the recreation commission for vices, web pages and long-distance 29 the township of Delanco, N.J. service. Donna (Baldwin) Caffey is the Randall Swan writes that he and western regional marketing man- Irene (Mora) Sickler is a his wife, Lorri, have no kids yet, ager for Konover Property Trust, teacher at Santa Fe High School. but they do have a dog, Tasha. overseeing seven properties in She lives with her family in They all live in Reading, Penn. four states. She lives in Benicia, Whittier, and has two master's de- Continued next page

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grees from Azusa Pacific University, they dance with the White Heather kindergarten for the Murrieta one in educational technology and Dancers, a Celtic dance group that Valley Unified School District. She one in administration. performs in the Monterey and San writes that she would love to hear Dwayne and Evalyn (Rollan) Fancisco Bay areas. about fellow teachers from the Morrison '82 celebrated their Vicki (Kempton) Resendez was class of '82. 10th anniversary last year. Evelyn promoted to assistant controller Cynthia (Carter) Bearse is the is a clinical research associate for at Edison Enterprises after that parenting education specialist for Pfizer and Dwayne works on the company acquired her employer, the Bellflower (Calif.) Unified space shuttle program for Boeing. Westec Residential Security. School District. Jay Nelson writes that he is Richard Gregorek wrote to let happily married, living in 1982 us know his first name is not Boulder, Cob. He publishes Robert, as we listed him in a re- Design Tools Monthly, a graphic Peggy (Arcadi) Vesneski lives design industry publication. in Temecula, Calif., and teaches Susan Perez-May lives in Covina, Calif., with her husband and son. She is a principal in the LIFE'S NO DRAG Covina-Valley Unified School FOR THIS District. PLAYWRIGHT Elizabeth (Pizarro) Romero is an elementary teacher working for You might figure that the only the Department of Defense schools man to cross-dress as a "Pointless in Northern England. Her husband, Sister" during Spring Sing would Mark, is in the Air Force, and they write what he calls "the gay 'My have lived in Okinawa, Berlin, Fair Lady.' Hawaii and Washington, D.C., with The Coming Out Party (Pinnacle their three children. Books, 1982), written by John Linda Prunier works in the ac- Michael "Mike" Caffey '80, is counting department at Harvey's the story of an older gay couple— Casino in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Sidney and Calvin—who take a young man named Hal off the Mike Caffey is heading back Stan Tolliver lives in La Verne, to Los Angeles after a sojourn in streets and teach him how to walk, Calif. the Big Apple. talk and pinch cigars. When their Valerie Torrey is enjoying being a creation is almost complete, Hal stay-at-home mom after several foils their plan to match him up with a friend by falling for the hunky years of working summers for the pool man. Caffey's book won the Penn Award for outstanding first work of National Park Service in Moab, Utah, fiction in 1983, and he turned it into an off-Broadway play last year. and winters for the Adaptive Sports "We were virtually sold out in both the Sanford Meisner Theatre in Center in Mt. Crested Butte, Cob. Chelsea and the Greenwich Street Theater in Soho," Caffey said, "even Michael Vacchio is an attorney on Easter Sunday. And we could have had backing to take it further, ex- with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP cept that in New York theater, if it's a gay play, somebody has to be in Los Angeles. naked. This is a funny and sweet play, but not burlesque, and I didn't want to change it just for money." Caffey has lived in New York with his partner, classical pianist and 98 composer Richard Kastle, for 10 years, but they're moving back to Southern California this summer, bringing productions of "The Coming was chosen Kim Jorgensen Out Party" and a new comedy, "The Shallow End," with them. Outstanding Teacher of the Year A theater major, Caffey took seven years to complete his degree, for 1998-99 and has accepted the leaving and returning several times. "I was depressed and left the first position of bilingual reading re- time because I thought I was the only gay person at Whittier," he said. 30 source teacher at her school. "But eventually I realized that wasn't true, and there was always some- Partner Kathy Wendell '82 thing to bring me back. I found my niche as I got older." He was presi- was promoted to content develop- dent of the Sachsen Society and editor of both the Quaker Campus and ment supervisor at CTB/McGraw- the Acropolis and—for the most part—recalls his time here fondly. Hill, where she directs the writing, "I'm really looking forward to getting back to California and to my editing and production of stan- 20th reunion next year," Caffey said, "but I think I'll leave the Carmen dardized tests. In their spare time, Miranda drag outfit at home."

The ROCK summer 1999 POET TO POET cent issue of The Rock, and that joys spending time with his chil- Department for more than 10 his Washington-state law firm dren. He is director of computing years, but that he "can't wait to specializes in complex estate and and telecommunication services go back and teach." tax planning. "Many of our clients at Whittier College. David Pham writes that he was are involved in charitable gifting Heinz Juergen Hess writes that recently married and was promot- and dynastic planning for their he works for the Open Society ed to CEO of WMA, a financial ser- families. We also are involved Institute, "taking care of Internet vices company. with off-shore trusts and the new projects." Kristin (Roberts) Victor lives Alaska Trusts." Valentine (Houle) lamartino with her family in San Diego. She Cecily (Wright) Fitzsimons Lives in Thompson, Conn. is a kitchen and bath designer teaches first grade at a private Dwayne Jones is senior govern- with her own business and an art school in Austin, Texas. ment accounts manager with gallery there. Comteq Federal, Inc. He lives in Jenny (Ward) Ayala is senior 983 Ft. Washington, MD, with his wife director of purchasing at Ingram and three children. Micro. She lives in Huntington Tanya (Guha) Siegrist and her Mary (Leinsteiner) Prah lives Beach, Calif., with her husband husband, Aldo, have moved from in Visalia, Calif. She writes that and two children. Switzerland to Bangladesh. her three children keep her busy. Laurie (Welsh) Peel, M.A. '86, After 12 years as a teacher and lives in Whittier with her husband administrator in Minneapolis, and two daughters. She is a Craig LeSuer is assistant princi- speech pathologist and sings in Connie (Mien) Mutchier is a pal at North Star Elementary Chorale Be[ Canto, directed by passenger service agent for School. He earned a master's de- Steve Gothold '63. American Eagle Airlines. She lives gree in educational curriculum Sidney (West) Barney writes in Michigan with her husband and and instruction in 1997, and that she is enjoying her first year three sons. completed his second master's in away from work and volunteering Harold Allen writes that he and education administration last "for almost everything" at her his friends sponsored their second spring. He writes that he'll begin daughter's school. golf classic this April in Carlsbad, a Ph.D. program after a six-month Margaret (Youngblood) Luzzi Calif., "to continue to help and break from studying, adding, "1 Lives in La Mirada, Calif., with her encourage today's youth to put still enjoy playing basketball and husband and daughter. education high on their list of spending time reading and dreams." searching for Ms. Right." 1985 Lora (Brunson) Martorano Howard Lopez is the senior pro- grammer-analyst for Hilton lives and works in Whittier. Two Joe Beachboard is president Gaming Corp. and is teaching of her three daughters attend and publisher of The Labor part-time at the Community Broadoaks. Letters, Inc., a trade journal pub- College of Southern Nevada. Michael Falvey is a key account lishing operation that produces manager with Adidas America. He Alma Martinez is completing 23 state-specific employment law lives in Tampa, Fla., with his wife her Ph.D. in drama at Stanford journals. University and continuing her and two children. Tamara (Beynon) Hardy is a work as an actress. She played Leslie (Flanders) Allen and fam- fourth-grade teacher in East the role of Maria in the San Jose ily have relocated from Georgia to Whittier. Her husband, Scott '82, (Calif.) Repertory Theater produc- Highland Village, Texas. is an engineering technician with tion of "West Side Story" last the Los Angeles Sanitation District. Gian Gandolfo is general man- winter and completed a starring ager at the Courtyard by Marriott role in the upcoming film "For a Ronene Ettinger lives in St. hotel at Los Angeles Loved One." She is listed in the Helena, in California's wine International Airport. 1998-99 edition of Who's Who in country. She works for a company Humberto Gray lives in Los Entertainment and has received a that imports and markets wines Angeles with his wife and daugh- research fellowship from the from around the world and ter. He is an alumni member of Smithsonian Institution for the distributes tequila. She is working the Whittier College Board of fall of this year. on a project with musician Sammy Hagar, promoting his tequila Trustees and a practicing attorney. Richard Murphy writes that he's "Cabo Wabo." Troy Greenup writes that he en- worked for the Whittier Police

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Aida Galindo-Miles lives in and alumni alike know that if Steve Matthiasson received his Tucker, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, they are in Switzerland, I and my master's in pomology from the where she is a consulting pedi- wife would be more than happy University of California at Davis atric dietitian. to meet up with them and show in 1996. He works for the Lodi- Dahir Gassim lives with his them around." Woodbridge Winegrape Commission family in Decatur, Ga. Larry Denyer writes that he is a helping grape growers reduce pes- Lori Graham writes that she and sales manager looking to climb the ticide use and increase wildlife her husband, Bruce Crocker, have corporate ranks. He lives in Long habitat. Beach, Calif., with his wife and son, been busy re-landscaping their Rebecca Totaro writes that she and is working toward an M.B.A. at Whittier home with cacti and suc- is still living in Fort Myers, Fla., Loyola Marymount University. culents, adding, "It's becoming and still teaching English at quite a showplace." John Murdy is creative director Florida Gulf Coast University, but of planning and development for is no longer married. She will com- Universal Studios. He lives in plete her Ph.D. in English from the 986 Pasadena, Calif., with his wife, University of Massachusetts at Evelyn Jensen. Sergio Delgadillo is senior Amherst this fall. sales representative for Signode High-school teacher Janet packaging Systems Sales. Wheeler writes that she sent her first graduating senior to Whittier 1992 this year. "She's even in one of 1987 my old dorm rooms. As an AP Monica (Ayers) Martin writes, English teacher, I'm always en- "1 am currently CEO of the Martin Carl Uhrmann is physical educa- couraging my seniors to consider household and it keeps me pretty tion director at the Rim of the the small school experience." busy." She has a daughter in World School District near Big kindergarten and a son in pre- Bear, Calif. 1990 school. Juliette (Blye) and Perry 988 Cassandra (Beyer) Grieve lives Bleecker live in New York state. in England in the suburbs of Juliette is director of senior and John Ashby is an activity-based Liverpool. She is an executive pro- volunteer services at a community cost analyst for Amway Corp. He ducer in the licensing department health center where she runs an Lives with his wife and son in of Psygnosis Limited, negotiating AmeriCorps and an AmeriCorps Grand Rapids, Mich. publishing rights of games soft- VISTA program. Perry runs a com- Joyce (Davidson) Seitz received ware in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. puter graphics design business. her M.S. in public service manage- Gretchen (Crane) de la Torre Dave Bowen is a credit analyst in ment from DePaul University in is a flight attendant for the auto finance division of Downey Chicago last February. Southwest Airlines. Savings in Newport Beach, Calif. Simone Luyt is director of con- Lisa (Garman) Rankin lives in Floyd Cheung has accepted a tracting for CareMore Medical Las Vegas, Nev. tenure-track appointment teach- Management Company in Downey, Teresa Holt is a senior consultant ing American studies and Asian Calif. with SCA Technologies Corporation American literature at Smith Kristin (Stanley) Jared, who in Dallas, Texas. College in Massachusetts. received her M.A. from Whittier in Carson (Jordan) Hill lives in Katrina Diller is a compliance 1996, is in her tenth year of teach- Lake Oswego, Ore. ing third grade for the Hacienda La Liaison with Nicholas-Applegate. Puente School District. Kevin Marshall was promoted She writes that she is studying to regional vice president at for her series 66 investment li- Primerica, a subsidiary of the cense and has an orange belt in 1989 Citigroup Corporation. karate. She also walked 45 miles from Santa Barbara, Calif., to Scott Crabb lives in Switzerland, Malibu, raising more than $1,700 where he started his own busi- 99 to help fight breast cancer. ness last summer. He writes, "We primarily concern ourselves with Mercer Borden is a financial Meg Hagele lives in Seattle, networks and specialized software consultant with Merrill Lynch in where she started Mission for networks. Please let students New York City. Handmade, a hand-crafted leather

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BIRTHS business. She writes that her work is available in the Sundance To Manuel '74 and Carrie Robles, a son, Jordan Hideo, on Apparel catalogue as of last spring. Jan. 8, 1999. Laurie Henderson received her To Karen (Johnsen) '77 and Tom Jantzen, an adopted son, Liam master's degree in curriculum in- Elijah, on Feb. 18, 1999. struction in elementary education To Sandra (Deniz) DeJulia '84, a daughter, Jacqueline Deniz, on last summer and teaches kinder- July 16, 1998. garten at Jordan Elementary in To Michael '84 and Betsy Falvey, a son, Stephen Michael, on Whittier. Aug. 12, 1998. Lisa (Kuewa) Willette and her To Dwayne '84 and Susan Jones, a daughter, Camille Olivia, on husband, David '91, have Dec. 15, 1998. moved to Waipahu, Hawaii. To Bill '84 and Clare (Fitzsimons) Kearns '86, a son, Liam Thomas, on March 15, 1998. Doug LaBouff is living in La Puente, Calif., and is on active To Michael '84 and Catherine (Mendoza) Herbert '85, a duty with the U.S. Army. daughter, Michelle Allise, on Feb. 18, 1999. Patrick Marasigan writes that he To Howard '84 and Mary Lopez, a son, Samuel Alexander, on June 20, 1998. is a designer-draftsman with a high- end kitchen and bath design firm. To Richard '84 and Tracy Murphy, a daughter, Malia, on Oct. 13, 1998. Chrissy Morgan is a kinder- To Terry and Harvey Williams '84, a daughter, Alexander Jane, garten teacher at San Antonio on Feb. 2, 1999. Elementary School. She lives in Chino Hills, Calif. To Margaret (Youngblood) '84 and Joseph Luzzi, a daughter, Sophia Rose, on Sept. 12, 1998. Pam (Owens) Cozzi works for To Aida Galindo-Miles '85 and David Miles, a daughter, Hanna SPSS Inc., a computer software Elizabeth, on Oct. 14, 1998. company in Chicago. To Jane (Chavez) '86 and Robb Ferguson, a son, Shane Mitchell, on Eric Perez lives in Reno, Nev., June 3, 1997. where he teaches middle-school To Karen and Larry Denyer '89, a son, Cade James Lawrence, on science and coaches basketball. June 6, 1998. He also officiates at high-school To Eric and Erika (Taddey) Krugler '90, a daughter, Claire football games. Elizabeth, on May 21, 1998. When Beth-Anne (Perry) Carey To Annelisa Blake-Wasden '91 and Mark Wasden, a son, Andrew and her then-fiance Kevin Scott Blake, on Sept. 11, 1998. Carey won a honeymoon in Jamaica To Deborah (Hansen) '91 and Vince Yasaki '91, a son, Caleb in a sweepstakes sponsored by Takumi, on Oct. 7, 1998. Modern Bride magazine, they asked To Jeff '91 and Marianne (Restovich) Boline '93, a son, Andrew if they could get married there, Jeffrey, on Aug. 1, 1998. too. Beth-Anne writes, "They said To Steve Matthiasson '91 and Jill Klein, a son, Harry Clay, on sure, and took care of everything. Oct. 20, 1997. It was our second trip to Jamaica in two years, and we had a won- To David '91 and Lisa (Kuewa) Willette '92, a daughter, Makena Kealohilani, on Sept. 4, 1998. derful wedding-moon.' To Susan (Turner) '92 and James Rose, a daughter, Trevor Booth, on Judith (Slater) Jones is a Sept. 13, 1998. teacher with the Lowell Joint To Cheryl (Fiedler) '93 and John Bauer, a son, Joshua Thomas, on School District in La Habra, Calif. June 12, 1998. Kristin (Westmoreland) Huff To Suzanne (Hoohuli) '93 and Tim Pelonis, a son, Alec Michael is still working as senior assistant Hokulele, on Nov. 26, 1998. director of admission for Whittier To Tracey Lin (Moore) '93 and Paulin Edou-Akoe, a daughter, College, commuting from her Patricia Solange, on Oct. 14, 1997. home in San Diego. To Becky (Rumack) '93 and Will Allen, a daughter, Cody Elizabeth, on Jan. 13, 1999. 993 To Ayumi (Shiroma) '93 and Eiji Suenaga, a boy, Ayrton Masaki, on Jan. 11, 1999. Amy Adams is a physician as- To Erica (Whitman) '95 and Michael Motamed, a son, James Amir, sistant in the emergency room at on Jan. 29, 1999. Continued next page

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St. John's Hospital in Santa San Francisco after a tour in at El Rancho High School in Pico Monica, Calif. She received an Korea. She is attending school Rivera, Calif. He is sophomore M.B.A. in 1997 and is working on full-time in the evenings to com- class advisor and coaches her doctorate. plete her M.B.A. wrestling. He received a master's Dave Berliner is an assistant Carlos Gomez is working in the in biology in 1997 and is working golf professional at Highlands export business. toward his teaching credential at Whittier College. Ranch Golf Club outside Denver, Rollie Ham completed a master's Coin. He is a member of the PGA. degree from Azusa Pacific Becky (Rumack) Allen is an at- Wendy Berman is in her second University last summer. He teach- torney with a software-databasi ng year of teaching early childhood es eighth-grade language arts. company. special education. She writes that Suzanne (Hoohuli) Pelonis is a Reid Sagawa is a physical edu- she received her M.Ed. in 1997 and kindergarten teacher with the cation teacher at Kalani High is looking into doctorate programs. Norwalk-La Mirada School District. School in Honolulu. He coaches Richard Bernard and his wife, She lives in Huntington Beach, volleyball and basketball and is Mary (Huff) '94, live in Brea, Calif. assistant athletic director. Calif. Rick teaches high school Jenifer (Johnson) Manghelli is Sandra Sarr is a writer for three science and is a Bible teacher. He an undergraduate programs ad- state senators in Washington. She and Mary lead a support group for ministrator in the school of busi- specializes in higher education the Orange County chapter of the ness administration at Portland issues, writing speeches and Tourette Syndrome Association. State University. opinion pieces. Dave Bourne works at an adver- Kileen (Johnson) Higbee lives David Shapiro is owner-opera- tising agency in Santa Monica, in Honolulu with her husband and tor of Bridger Aviation Services in Calif. He recently shot two televi- son. She works in the school-age Three Forks, Mont. sion commercials for the care program at Hickham Air Ayumi (Shiroma) Suenaga Speedvision Motorsports Network. Force Base. works for Nissan Motor Jennifer Brakensiek works as Michelle (Katz) Cruz works as a Corporation. She lives with her an art director for an advertising corporate trainer for Air Touch husband and two sons in agency in Sydney, Australia. She Paging. She expects to complete Anaheim Hills, Calif. volunteers at a rehabilitation fa- her master's degree in organiza- Martin Stuart writes, "I'm still cility caring for sick and injured tional management this summer fighting to make the state re- seals and sea lions. and will celebrate with a camping spect individual rights as a public Rocio Centeno-Moreno is a trip to Yosemite. She and her defender. Fortune recently smiled teacher in the Mountain View husband, Louis, want to climb Mt. on me, as I have been transferred School District in El Monte, Calif. Whitney to celebrate their first to a regional office near Allison (Clarke) Ittershagen anniversary. Breckenridge (Cob.). I am now lives in Lansing, Mich. Kellee (Kirste) Dixon teaches the public defender for Eagle County, covering mainly Vail. In August, Michi Dean will com- fifth grade at a school in Whittier Getting paid to fight the man and plete her master's degree in physi- and is head softball coach at ski at the same time; life is good." cal therapy at Samuel Merritt Whittier College. College in Oakland, Calif. After Tracey (Moore) Edou is an Amy (Taylor) Switzer is a re- board exams next March, she will English teacher in Liberville, Gabon. source teacher at Linton choose between pediatrics or neu- She writes that she would love to Elementary School in Fort Collins, rology as her specialty. She rides hear from her college friends. Cob. She received her master's degree in special education at the mountain bikes in her spare time. Vineeta Oza writes that she is University of Northern Colorado in Eric Dunstan is a Java program- putting together a disaster recov- 1997. She and her husband have mer for a company called VEC. He ery plan for Herbalife, her employ- a daughter and are expecting a writes, "It is more fun than any er. She lives in Hermosa Beach, second child this summer. other job I have ever had." Calif., and is working toward her Rob Wilibanks is a marketing Judith Eloed received her M.B.A. at Loyola Marymount. executive for AND Insurance and M.S.W. from UCLA and works at Irma (Paine) Settles lives in is working to obtain his PGA tour Community Family Guidance Kirksville, Mo. card. Center, an outpatient child and Chris Parsons is a financial advi- Shanta Yocum is a business ana- family therapy center. sor for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. lyst working on software implemen- Darcie Gaare is a lieutenant in Oscar Rivas is a science teacher tation and lives in Orange, Calif. the U.S. Coast Guard, stationed in

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she is working as a freelance Monique Boyer is working 994 magazine writer and copy editor toward a master's degree in clinical in Baker, Calif., "home of the psychology at Pepperdine University John Graham is a teacher for the world's largest thermometer." and works at the Drake Institute as Peace Corps in the Slovak Republic. Elisa Molano works for State a neuro-feedback technician for Michelle (Imparato) Pedol is a Farm Insurance in Whittier. children and adults with Attention homemaker in Conegliano, Italy. Deficit Disorder. Shannon Moriarty lives in Anjali Kaul is a graduate student Grass Valley, Calif. She is a bank Andy Carlton is studying at and counselor in San Francisco. agent for Wells Fargo. Whittier Law School. Sara (Lombardi) Smith is a Suzanne Salerno writes that Alison Sunshine Chavez is in marketing assistant for Catifone she is working as an apprentice Law school at New York University. and lives in Chatsworth, Calif. tattoo artist in Hollywood. Farrah Clemens is working to- Jennifer (Lupo) Leach is a ward her Ph.D. in molecular micro- teacher in the Corona-Norco District. biology and immunology at the She lives in Rancho Santa Margarita 1997 University of Southern California. with her husband, William. Jedediah Gilchrist writes that Roy Diaz is studying law at Marisol (Thompson) Sanchez he's returned from a 14-month stint Oklahoma City University School Lives in Pomona, Calif. in Townsville, Australia, where he of Law. earned a master's degree in micro- Rebecca Kellog lives in Long lr\r\r biology. He lives in Oregon and is Beach, Calif. completing his thesis while working Scott Manson teaches special on two feature-length screenplays After receiving his law degree education at Whitier High School and a 13-song "demo" CD, hoping from Loyola Law School in 1998, and coaches soccer at Whittier to land a record deal. Joe Akrotirianakis is an attor- College, while working toward his ney with the U.S. Court of Appeals Gregory Salcido was elected to M.Ed. there. for the ninth circuit, where he the Pico Rivera, Calif., city council. Craig Ouzounian is a systems serves as law clerk to Judge Harry Robin Toltzman works in retail engineer and consultant with Pregerson. for Tommy Hilfiger, U.S.A. Compucom in Santa Clara, Calif. Alicia (Hobbis) Cruz is manager Anna Warren is a claims ad- Toni Panetta is associate editor of the Staples store in Covina, juster with the Automobile Club of California Real Estate Magazine, Calif. She lives in Whittier with of Southern California. published by the California her husband, Glen. Aimee Williamson lives in Association of Realtors. Leon Kelsoe lives in El Centro, Hemet, Calif. Leslie Ratcliff has been awarded Calif. a Fulbright scholarship to study Melanie (Rivas) and Giffin 4'I in Hungary next year. She will Himmelright live in Portland, 199 work on Hungary's admission to Ore. Melanie teaches first grade, NATO and the European Union. Tania Arevalo participated in and Gift is the chef for Nike's ex- the French program, Whittier in Lisa Rollins is working in the ecutive dining room. Nice, shortly after graduation and network infrastructure group of Avtar Singh writes that he is a now teaches French at La Mirada Fluor Daniel Irvine. She enjoys freelance writer, hoping to be a (Calif.) High School. soccer and her new puppy in her novelist, working on getting pub- spare time. Dianna Barrantes is a service lished and traveling in the inter- coordinator for the Regional Keristofer Seryani is a graduate im. He lives in Mumbai, India. Center of Orange County, working student in the master of science Andrea (Wright) Coli received with the mentally disabled. She in foreign service program at her master's degree in theology in writes that the work is challeng- Georgetown University, concen- June of 1998. ing and rewarding. trating on international com- merce and finance, and human Callie Batts is a graduate stu- rights. He is interested in forming dent in the historic preservation 1996 an active Whittier College alumni program at Cornell University. chapter in Washington, D.C. Kristopher Loomis is in hockey Moshin "Mark" Bhojani is Andrew Trempe is attending relations with the National studying at the University of veterinary school at the University Hockey League. Southern California for an M.S.W. of California at Davis. * Veronica Jauriqui writes that and a J.D. degree.

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ALIA'V' BANQUET RAISES ARSHI P FUNDS

he 25th Alianza de Los TAmigos Scholarship Banquet raised more than $100,000 in gifts for scholarships. Almost 400 alumni, parents and corporate friends of the college attended the February event at the Queen Mary in Long Beach to hear KABC-TV news anchor Laura Diaz as keynote speaker. Special guests included college trustees Ron Gastelum '68 and David Lizarraga; actor, activist and former college Revelers at the 25th Alianza de los Amigos Scholarship banquet trustee Edward James Olmos; included (from left) Victor Franco, manager of community relations Whittier-area assemblyman Bob for Miller Brewing Co.; Martin Ortiz '48, director of the Center of Mexican American Affairs; Laura Diaz of KABC-TV television in Los Pacheco; and Sally Havice, Angeles; and actor Edward James Olmos. assemblywoman for the 56th District. Seven students received Flores '02, Michele Gagliano '03, and Miller Brewing Co., which Alianza scholarships for the Leslie Garcia '02 and Elizabeth helped underwrite the event, next academic year: Denise Rubalcaba '01. BKK Corp., Edison International, Alvarado '03, Erick Bonilla '02, Major corporate contributors Tenet Health Care and Pacific Elizabeth De La Paz '00, Luis included Union Pacific Railroad Bell. •

sociology, who died in 1995. BROWNING career in service, social policy Funded with a gift of or education. They must also PRIZE $25,000 from Browning's widow, plan to attend graduate school AWARDED Jessie, the prize will be awarded or participate in a post-graduate to an outstanding graduating internship or service program 36 sociology student each year. such as the Peace Corps, and ikeMcKennedy'99 has Candidates for the prize have a GPA of at least 3.0. Mbeen awarded the first must be sociology majors or McKennedy was a sociology Charles J. Browning Prize in minors who have a record of major in the Whittier Scholars Sociology, established to honor service to the college and Program. He is working in an the longtime professor of community, who are planning a outreach program of the

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Whittier-Rio Hondo AIDS THE SHOW MUST GO ON Project prior to attending oan (Peters) graduate school. Woehrmann '52 and "This is about the most i her husband, Bob, have fitting tribute to Charles there given $50,000 to the could be," said Les Howard '62, endowment fund for the professor of sociology and a Ruth B. Shannon Center former student and colleague of for the Performing Arts. Browning's. "Given the place he In recognition of their holds in the hearts of so many gift, The Joan and Bob students because of his Woehrmann Costume encouragement to go beyond Studio was dedicated last Whittier and to do more, this is April at a reception held just perfect." before a performance of The amount of each award "Love Letters" at the will vary, based on the interest Shannon Center, featuring generated by the prize Lawrence Pressman and endowment. Before the prize is Michael Learned. awarded each year, a portion of the interest income will be used to pay the initiation fees of students who qualify for Alpha faculty in sociology and the the Office of Advancement, Kappa Delta, the sociology department chair. P. 0. Box 634, Whittier, Calif., honor society. Contributions to the 90608.• Future awardees will be endowed fund for this prize may selected by a committee that be sent to Kiane Robison, includes the tenure-track director of gift planning, at

RECENT GIFTS TO WHITTIER COLLEGE

Gift Donor Purpose $1,400 Patricia and F. Lynn Blystone '57 JGWS Membership $800 F. R. Collard Parent Gift for Purple & Gold Golf Tournament $30,000 George H. Mayr Foundation Annual Scholarship Support $100,000 Harold L. Seamans Trust for Endowed Scholarship $5,000 Sertoma of Whittier Learning Support Services $40,000 Al '49 and Barbara (Connolly) Stoll '52 Trust for 50th Reunion Class Gift $125 Christopher A. Whitaker '89 Annual Fund via the Phonathon

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WOMEN'S LACROSSE: resolve to win and take it to the WALKING SOFTLY AND next level this year." While talent and dedication CARRYING BIG STICKS helped bring the Poets to that By Shawn Fitzpatrick '98 "next level," another helpful fac- we could do it and proved that tor came in the form of the new uestion: What happens we were a team on the move— assistant coach, Liz Drury, a Qwhen you give a talented one that everyone was going to three-time All-American lacrosse group of athletic women large have to deal with for the rest of player and the former head coach sticks to brandish? Answer: They the season." of women's lacrosse at Harvard. beat the heck out of you with Apparently, though, 'em—which is exactly what the the competition didn't Whittier College Women's deal with the Poets too Lacrosse team did to nearly all of well. After bringing an the opponents they faced this year. imaginative offense and Following last season's fal- an aggressive defense to tering record of 2-16, the female every game, the Poets Poets impressed more than just ended their season with their opponents with their play a solid 23-1 record (in- this year—in fact, they even cluding tournament managed to surprise themselves. play)—a far cry from Nancy Roman '01 (center with white shirt) breaks Early in the season, the team last year's record. downfield with the ball while Jon Russell '01 (left ventured up the coast and com- "We really came to- with white shirt) and Hayden Spina '02 (right with manded their conference's re- gether as a team this sea- white shirt) provide her with the necessary offense spect when they won the Santa son," said Kwame Lloyd, as the Poets overpower Arizona State University in Barbara Shootout tournament head coach. "After train- one of Whittier's final games this season. for the first time ever. ing hard all summer, we domi- "Liz brings unmatched talent "The tournament win was as- nated the same teams that beat and a high level of experience to tonishing," said defensive player us last year. Our players showed the team," said Lloyd. "As one of Krista Whyte '99. "It showed that a lot of discipline and a strong the best coaches in the country, she gives us a definite edge." WOMEN'S LACROSSE: DID YOU KNOW? Whatever the cause of their LACROSSE is played on a soccer field with no boundaries, but newfound success, the Western which tends to be enclosed by existing borders such as trees or a Woman's Lacrosse League track. The game involves using sticks to control, pass and push the ball downfield toward the goal. Division II Championship Poet •Physical contact, such as "body checks," is not permitted in team has shown that they have a 38 women's lacrosse. definite edge and that they are • Women wear no helmets or pads for protection. are a force to be reckoned with. •Women's lacrosse sticks have smaller pockets (for "cradling" or carrying the ball) than men's. This makes passing and receiving With any luck at all, their the ball a more difficult task. opponents next year will •Men's games are divided into four quarters, while women's games remember to watch out for the are divided into two halves, requiring near-constant movement. quiet ones with big sticks. •

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Box Co R E S AT H L El IC Teams competing in the Southern California Intercollegiate HONORS Athletic Conference (SCIAC) are Caltech, Cal Lutheran, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, La Verne, Occidental, Pomona-Pitzer, hietes competing in SCIAC, Redlands and Whittier. Not all schools participate in every sport. A the Western Collegiate Here's how Whittier's sports teams fared. Lacrosse League or the Western FALL Women's Lacrosse League are Overall Conference Conference recognized for achievements in Team Record Record Ranking their individual sports and given Men's Basketball 10 - 15 5-9 5th conference honors—as voted by Women's Basketball 8- 17 4-8 5th SCIAC and the Lacrosse League's Men's Swimming 1-6 7th coaches—as well as team Women's Swimming 0-6 7th honors. The following athletes SPRING from Whittier College were Overall Conference Conference Team Record Record Ranking selected for those honors. Baseball 21 - 18 14 - 7 t-2nd WINTER Softball 4- 26 2 - 16 7th Men's Golf Men's Basketball: 1-7 1-5 7th Men's Lacrosse* 19 - 1 13 - 0 1st Chris Crawford '99 (Landreth * Award) and Heath Kirschner '00 Women's Lacrosse* 23 - 1 7-0 1st (team MVP and All-SCIAC 2nd Men's Tennis 0- 19 0 - 10 8th Team) Women's Tennis 5 - 16 3-7 6th Men's Track Women's Basketball: 3-4 3-4 5th Deanna Ballesteros '00 (Coaches' Women's Track 2-5 2-5 6th Award), Maria Lemus '00 Women's Water Polo 5 - 19 0- 10 6th (Fighting Poet Award), Pamela *Western Collegiate Lacrosse League "Western Women's Lacrosse League Loud '99 (Bixby Award), Andrea Picchi '00 (Visa Award) and Kim Taylor '02 (team MVP and Rockwell '00, Joe Romano '00 Ibarra '02, Chris Lahti '01, Peter All-SCIAC 2nd Team) and Sam Seashole '01 (All-WCLL Maksimow '01, J.P. O'Hara '02, 2nd Team) Sean Riordan '00, Juan SPRING Rodriguez '99 (national qualifier), Women's Lacrosse: Hong Castejon-Straw '02 and Baseball: Krista Whyte '99 and Ashley Matt Stuart '00 (All-SCIAC) Thad Estrada '01, Rob Frith '00 Wingfield '02 (WWLL 1st Team and Nate Nelson '99 (All-West All-South); and April Hall '00 Women's Track: Region nominees and All-SCIAC and Kelly Krantz '01 (WWLL Tracy Cruz '02 (All-SCIAC) and 1st Team) and Jeremy Snyder '00 2nd Team All-South) Ann Hickey '99 (team MVP and (All-SCIAC 2nd Team) All-SCIAC) Women's Tennis: Men's Lacrosse: Mariana Madico '01 (team MVP Women's Water Polo: Todd Arrup '01, Jim Knoska '00, and All-SCIAC 1st Team) and Sara Kiesselbach '00 (team MVP, in Denis Miciletto '02 (team MVP) Amanda Shallcross '00 (All- All-SCIAC 1st Team and All and Jack Morrison '01 (All- SCIAC 2nd Team) Western Water Polo honorable WCLL 1st Team); and Malcolm mention) and Christina Laney '02 Men's Track: Chase '00, Ben Manning '01, (All-SCIAC 2nd Team). • Jhalister Corona '02, Tyler Steve Redmer '01, Chris Fleming '99 (team MVP), Luis

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AUGUST 10 SATURDAY 8 p.m., Chorale Bel Canto, 1 SATURDAY Memorial Chapel 5 and 8 p.m., Hawaiian ORE musicians Amy Gilliom and WEDNESDAY Willie K., Shannon Center 20 12:30 and 7:30 p.m., Wind Ensemble, Memorial Chapel 21 SATURDAY SY OF ANDREW Y RTE WEDNESDAY- 8 p.m., Hawaiian slack-key

COU FRIDAY guitarists Daniel Ho, Ledword 20-22 Mid-semester break Kaapana and George ontemporary classical Kahumoku, Jr., Shannon Center Cguitarist Andrew Yorki WEDNESDAY-EDNESDAY- SUNDASUNDAYY will perform at the Shannon 20-24 S E P 1 E M B E R Center at 3 p.m. on Sunda 8 p.m. (2 p.m. Sun.), Theatre Arts Department presents Sept. 26 Shakespeare's "The Two THURSDAY MONDAY Gentlemen of Verona," Shannon 2-0 Center New-student orientation WEDNESDAY 20 WEDNESDAY TUESDAY 8 p.m., First reading in the 21 7 "Orphans' Home Cycle" series 8 p.m., Second reading in the Fall classes begin by Pulitzer Prize-winner Horton "Orphans' Home Cycle" series, Foote, Shannon Center Shannon Center 12 SUNDAY 3 p.m., "The Bremen Town OCT 30 SATURDAY Musicians," presented by the 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., Moe Keale Magic Beans, Shannon Center TUESDAY with special guest Moana 5 Chang, Shannon Center 7 p.m., Faculty Musicale, SATURDAY 10 Memorial Chapel SUNDAY 8 p.m., "Lasting Impressions," 31 starring Frank Gorshin, FRIDAY 2 p.m., classical concert impressionist, singer and 15 featuring The Bridge Ensemble, 6:30 p.m., Poet Awards Gala, comedian, Shannon Center Shannon Center Friendly Hills Country Club SATURDAY FRIDAY- 25 SUNDAY 8p.m., "The Music of Harry 15-17 James," starring Fred Radke and Homecoming Weekend Gina Funes, Shannon Center QUESTIONS ABOUT EVENTS? SUNDAY 20 For information on events at the Ruth B. Shannon Center 3 p.m., Classical guitarist for the Performing Arts, contact the Andrew York, Shannon Center Shannon Center Box Office at (562) 907-4203. For information on Music Department events, contact the Music Department at (562) 907-4237. For information on alumni events, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at (562) 907-4222.

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g The All-Weather Track and Football Field Project is off to a running start, with $1.125 million of the estimated $1.8 million cost secured to date. The Athletic Campaign Committee, chaired by Trustee Bill Harris '55, is committed to raising the balance within the next 12 months and to naming the track in honor of Student-athletes and coaches help break ground for the new former Coach Aubrey Bonham, track and football field. who died earlier this year.

With your help, the football field will be ready for another championship season this fall, and Poet runners will hit the new track next January. Help keep the momentum going—join this historic effort in honor of Coach Bonham and all Whittier College student-athletes.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRIBUTING TO THE ALL-WEATHER TRACK AND FOOTBALL FIELD PROJECT, CONTACT JONATHAN MEER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, AT (562) 907-4278.

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