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Thank you for being a York Society member and a part of the UC San Diego THANK YOU community. We are grateful for your partnership as, together, we empower the for helping us continue the next generation of leaders to make waves here and around the world. nontradition. As a reminder of our gratitude, we hope you enjoy the enclosed 2019 desk calendar for use with the handcrafted calendar stand you received last year (please let us know if you need a replacement stand). This year’s calendar features 12 inspiring new stories about the visionary thought leaders, groundbreaking discoveries, and revolutionary ideas taking shape at UC San Diego. It is your generosity that makes these breakthroughs possible.

With warm wishes for a happy and healthy 2019,

Your friends in the Office of Gift Planning

Pictured on front: Sitting atop Jacobs Hall is the ’s (2012) by artist Do Ho Suh. 2019Learn more at stuartcollection.ucsd.edu.

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH Every year on March 2, UC San Diego honors Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel with a birthday extravaganza, and this year’s celebration marks what would S S S F F haveF been the beloved author’s 115th birthday. The annual Seuss-tacular,

T T T which coincides with Read Across America Day, takes place in front of W W W T 5 T Temporary tattoos have undergone2 a T 2 4 tattoo 1 Geisel1 Library, the campus’s flagship building named in honor of Theodor M M M S 3 S high-tech transformation. Researchers S and Audrey Geisel. As the official repository for the Dr. Seuss Collection, the 2 9 9 1 12 from UC San Diego’s Jacobs School 8library houses more than 20,000 of Geisel’s creative achievements, including Researchers from Birch Aquarium11 at 8 7 10 of Engineering7 and Altman Clinical and original drawings, manuscripts, notebooks, and other memorabilia. Scripps Institution9 of Oceanography and 6 6 16 . 8 19 5 Translational Research Institute16 have 5 15 7 UC San Diego Library’s Digital18 Media Lab 4 15 4 14 6 17 3 developed14 a needleless blood glucose 3 13 ucsd.edu/go/drseuss collaborated16 to design and fit a brace26 13 23 23 15 25 12 sensor that uses sweat22 to monitor 12 22Learn more at ucsd.edu/go/drseuss. 14 for an injured juvenile loggerhead sea 11 11 21 13 24 10 glucose levels21 in individuals with 10 20 turtle with a23 gap in her shell. The 3-D 20 1 9 30 22 19 diabetes. The sensor is currently in 1 8 29 21 printed brace fits the31 turtle’s shell and 18 28 17 28 20 30 17 phase27 I clinical trials to test its accuracy 27 provides strength, support, and pressure 2 6 29 26 compared to a traditional glucometer, 2 5 28 that will flex as she grows. Although 25 24 27 24 and the researchers hope that the the turtle will eventually outgrow the brace technology will help patients better brace and need a new one, the success 31 manage their condition. of the original brace is an exciting step for ’s conservation and .

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YOUR TRITON SUMMER READING LIST A NONTRADITIONAL SELECTION OF GREAT READS

A GIFT OF THANKS

To our loyal supporters,

In appreciation of your extraordinary generosity, we are pleased to present our fi rst-ever summer reading list — a curated selection of some of our favorite books, each with its own unique tie-in to UC San Diego. Office of Gift Planning | 9500 Gilman Drive #0937 | , CA 92093-0937 | giftplanning.ucsd.edu Whether you’re looking to dive into fi ction, non-fi ction, or even poetry, we’ve included something for every bookworm.

It’s a delight to share some of the great ideas and stories contributing to the collective brilliance of our campus community. Many of these celebrated achievements are possible because of your loyalty and incredible impact.

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SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS AND PIER TOUR

PAUL BROOKS, Friends of the Collections Chair Paul has been a supporter and advocate for the Collections since 2003, and he and his wife are sponsors of the Benthic Invertebrates Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Paul grew up around PELAGIC INVERTEBRATE the ocean — his father was a lighthouse keeper. He studied general The Pelagic Invertebrates Collection is one of the world’s preeminent collections of marine zooplankton, housing more than sciences in school and was president of the San Diego Dive Club for fi ve 133,000 whole zooplankton samples. Among these are the remarkable California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations years. He and his wife have been major supporters of the San Diego zooplankton time series, which has surveyed the California Current since 1949. Zoo for many years and have supported various projects there and at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Paul continues to be actively involvedLINSEY SALA at Scripps and is current a member of the Scripps Director’s Council. Linsey Sala joined Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2010 and is the museum scientist and collection manager of the Pelagic Invertebrate Collection. Following an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from Illinois State University emphasizing in insect ecology, Linsey continued with a graduate degree at San Diego State University in marine ecology with a thesis focused on marine invertebrate larval ecology. She now specializes in identifi cation of REPOSITORIES invertebrate zooplankton, particularly the krill, copepods, and gelatinous tunicates of the California Current system. GEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS Linsey is interested in identifying organisms to monitor the health of and changes within a pelagic ecosystem as it relates to fi sheries science. The geological collections are among the largest collections of marine geology samples in the United States. Scripps holds about 7,000 deep ocean cores, 4,000 dredges of deep-sea rocks, 40,000 marine microfossil slides, and a teaching collection MARINE VERTEBRATES of 10,000 samples of rocks, fossils, and minerals. The Marine Vertebrate Collection contains approximately two million alcohol-preserved fi shes, representing more than 5,500 ALEX HANGSTERFERspecies. This is one of the largest collections of deep-sea and pelagic fi shes in the world, as well as one of the premiere collections of shore fi shes from the eastern Pacifi c. Alex received her bachelor’s degree from Roger Williams University in environmental chemistry and biology, with a minor in philosophy. She received her master’s degree from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, with a focus on methane hydrate biogeochemistry. She was hired in June 2009BEN to manage FRABLE the Geological Collections. Along with curatorial duties, Alex is also an x-ray technician who specializes inBen core Frable scanning is the methods manager that of the generate Marine non-destructive Vertebrate Collection at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He received chemical analysis on sediment cores. Alex’s work in the collectionsundergraduate supports degrees multidisciplinary in fi sheries science research and projects ecology with and evolutionary biology from the University of Washington. students, postdocs, and researchers from academic and governmentalBen worked asinstitutions an assistant around in ichthyology the world. at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He attended Oregon State University for graduate school, focusing on the evolution and biogeography of a widespread group of South American freshwater fi shes and their allies, colloquially called headstanders, which are related to tetras and BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES piranhas. He is interested in how and why fi shes have diversifi ed through time. He studies everything from coral reef to deep-sea fi shes. The Benthic Invertebrate Collection houses more than 45,000 lots, containing more than 800,000 specimens of seafl oor- dwelling animals without a backbone. The major holdings of the collection are in mollusks and crustaceans, including an extensive barnacle collection from worldwide locations.

CHARLOTTE SEID ELLEN BROWNING Manager of the Benthic Invertebrate Collection, Charlotte received her undergraduate degree in chemical and physical biology from Harvard UniversitySCRIPPS in 2010 and her PhD in biologyMEMORIAL from Massachusetts Institute of Technology PIER in 2014. Prior to joining Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2017, she managed a marine DNA repository at Northeastern As one of the world’s biggest research piers, Scripps Pier is used for boat launching and a variety of experiments. Data on University and worked on lobster health research at the New England Aquarium. Charlotte’s work in the Benthic Invertebrate Collection supportsocean conditionsprojects on biodiversity and plankton and evolution have been in Greg taken Rouse’s from lab, the as wellpier as since research 1916 and and provide an unparalleled source of information on education at Scripps and changesbeyond. in the coastal Pacifi c Ocean. On Wednesday, August 1, the sea surface temperature at Scripps Pier hit 78.6°F — the warmest sea-surface temperature since records began in August 1916.

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIAA Financial, Estate, and Gift Planning Newsletter SANlegacy DIEGO Learning Legacy John C. Wheeler Professor Emeritus John C. Wheeler is Committed to Learning—Now and in the Future

John arrived at UC San Diego in 1969. As a young assistant professor wrapping up a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard, John had a dozen job offers from universities across the country. What attracted him to UC San Diego was the opportunity to focus first on teaching graduate-level courses rather than immediately teaching large undergraduate courses. As his career developed, he taught the full range of courses, from introductory chemistry through junior-level physical chemistry to graduate courses. At UC San Diego, John was able to launch his research into thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of phase transitions and critical phenomena, research supported by the National Science Foundation as well as grants from the industry. This led to a two-year research fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1972 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1983. In between teaching and research, John also found time for fun. A runner for most of his life, he ran in the first Heart of San Diego marathon, numerous half-marathons—including one in France—and countless 10Ks. He still loves “ I encourage everyone to think to walk several miles multiple times a week. He and his wife, a UC San Diego librarian manager, met through their mutual love of dancing. Now, more than of ways to give back, in terms 30 years later, the couple enjoys dancing, traveling, and volunteering through of money, time, and—John service.” C. Wheeler their church. Today, John is still committed to learning—and teaching. He can frequently be found at the Faculty Club sitting at the Euclid table withContinued the mathematics on Page 2 faculty asking questions and engaging in lively discussion, or mentoring first-

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