Volume 33 2013

Making New Memories

Reunion photos -- p. 14 Liz Claman and Josh Berger Joel Pressman, to be inducted choir director, into Beverly Hills retiring after High School 38 years Hall of Fame -- page 39 -- pages 5-6 2 Alumni Highlights 2013

On Highlights’ masthead is the phrase “Today Well Lived.” It is excerpted Inside this Issue from the following poem: Hall of Fame List of Salutation of the Dawn Look to this day, pages 4-6 Contributors For it is the very life of life. pages 10-13 In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of Upcoming your existence; The glory of action, Reunions Class Notes The bliss of growth, page 5 pages 20-38 The splendor of beauty, For yesterday is but a dream and Athletic Hall Alumni Tomorrow is only a vision; But today well lived makes of Fame Snapshots every yesterday a dream of happiness, pages 7-8 pages 49-54 And every tomorrow a vision of hope, Look well, therefore, to this Spring Musical Obituaries day. page 9 pages 55-62

Corrections, 2012 Alumni Assoc. Board of Directors Nora Ephron’s obituary on page 15 mentioned her sister Delia as a survivor but did not identify her sisters Hailey and Amy. Alumni Highlights Staff Melanie Anderson Editor and Production Manager Josh Gross ’91 Editorial Contributor Joanna Stingray ’78 Editorial Contributor Barbara Lee Kozberg ’53 Proofreader BHHS Alumni Association 241 Moreno Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (310) 551-5100 ext. 8219 BHHSALUMNI@ yahoo.com Front row, left to right: Candace Chen ’87, Fred Nason S’48, Josh Gross ’91, Betsy Ulf Contributions are deductible under S’49. Back row: Lilly Lewis ’74, Elyse Beardsley ’76, Joanna Stingray ’78, Noah Furie ’77. Sec. 501(c)3 of the Internal Reve- Not pictured: Barry Brucker ’75, Ronit Stone ’79 nue Code. 2013 Alumni Highlights 3 President’s Message - Josh Gross ’91 Hello fellow Normans: performance of Beverly’s fi ght Furie ’77 world. The fi nancial support I’m proud to report that song! is a former of graduates like yourself things are better than ever This Oct. 10 we will hold our chair of the has allowed us to become the here in the Norman Nation. next event, and we urge you to B e v e r l y biggest contributor of alumni Our popular principal, Carter attend. Our nominees include H i l l s scholarships. This year, as in Paysinger ’74, continues to Josh Berger ’84 and Liz Claman P l a n n i n g years past, we awarded $12,000 lead our alma mater to further ’81 (see stories on pages 5–7). Commission to deserving graduating seniors. academic and extracurricular Please call (310) 385-0679 for who now In closing, don’t forget that success. tickets. This year’s dinner is chairs the you graduated from the most This year was an exciting sure to be better than ever. city’s brand Josh Gross ’91 famous high school in the one for the Alumni Association. This year our Alumni new Cultural country—probably the world. In October, we held our fi rst- Highlights has a new editor. Heritage Commission. Ronit We greatly need your fi nancial ever joint dinner with the Melanie Anderson, who Stone ’79 recently completed support as we help take our Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni previously served as editor of several years as co-president alma mater to even higher Association, which raised Beverly Hills Weekly , has taken of Beverly High’s PTSA. We places. So if you enjoy reading over $16,000 to support our over editorial duties and, as welcome Noah and Ronit to our your A lumni Highlights , please organization. Television you can see in this publication, board. consider making a contribution personality Leeza Gibbons she does excellent work. We The Alumni Association and sending in a class note hosted the event, along with welcome your photos and was founded in December today. her husband, former Board submissions for future editions 1977. Our organization has Until next time my friends, of Education member Steven of Alumni Highlights . grown signifi cantly since that Go Normans! Fenton ’88. Legendary actress Two new board members time. We now mail this Alumni Josh Gross ’91 Betty White W’39 even closed have joined our board, to replace Highlights to over 19,000 President the show with a very energetic two members who retired. Noah graduates living all over the Alumni Association Normans excel in academics, athletics and arts T h i s to School Celebration.” The participating in athletics. Our competition and fi nished fi fth has been “Back to School Celebration” boys’ basketball team had some in the state. Their score turned a fantastic was a school-wide pep rally tremendous wins including a out to also be the fi fth highest year for celebrating the opening of last-second shot to beat Santa score in the country. the Beverly school. The pep rally was led Monica High School. Both Our Robotics team won Hills High by the staff and it turned out our girls’ and boys’ cross the Los Angeles Regional S c h o o l to be a wonderful way for our country teams won the league competition and qualifi ed for N o r m a n s . students to begin the school championship. One of our the National competition in St. T h e year. girls, Sydney Segal, won the Louis, Mo. Our Robotics team N o r m a n s Our Performing Arts state meet and set the school has had tremendous success Carter began the Department produced a record. She will be attending over the years and this year has Paysinger ’74 year with riveting fall play entitled No Columbia in the fall. Our track proven to be one of their best. a new Child, a play about how a team, led by Alex Rohani who The Normans went through “Link Crew” transition teacher successfully turned won the state track meet a the Accreditation process program designed to help our around an inner city New year ago in the 400 meters, is this year, which resulted freshmen acclimate to the high York high school. They also primed to compete for a league in an outstanding report. school. The program allows produced a very successful championship this year. Alex Beverly was considered by the each freshman to connect Spring Musical entitled The will be attending USC in the WASC (Western Association and develop a relationship Secret Garden. Lina Hibert, fall on a track scholarship. of Schools and Colleges) with upperclassmen prior to Anthony Lofaso, Deven Martin Our Academic Decathlon Accreditation team as an the fi rst day of school. The and Leah Weissbuch were team won this year’s county excellent high school. program was a huge success some of the top performers in competition. Jenny Chieu, This has truly been an and our freshmen have had the department. David Mnista and Heidi Hart exciting year for the Norman an excellent year. The fi rst Our Athletics program are some of our students that Nation! day of school was also a little continues to be considered had the top individual scores Carter Paysinger ’74 different with the advent of one of the best in the area. in the county. Our team went Principal another new program, “Back We have nearly 900 students on to compete in the state Beverly Hills High School 4 Hall of Fame 2013 Beverly Hills High School Avant, Brien honored in 2012 Hall of Fame Edwin L. Artzt S’47 Mel Levine ’60 Nicole Avant ’86 Stanley W. Levy ’59 Robert E. Badham S’47 Michael Lloyd ’66 Lloyd Braun ’76 E. Ellsworth Lohn S’43 Willie Brien, M.D. ’75 Major Gen. William Lyon S’41 Jacqueline Orgell Briskin W’45 Justin T. McCarthy Jr. W’41 Albert Brooks ’65 Frank Mankiewicz S’41 Joe L. Brown S’35 Alejandro N. Mayorkas ’77 Barry Brucker ’75 David Mellinkoff W’32 Richard Chamberlain ’52 Dr. Sherman Mellinkoff W’37 Molly Cosgrave Chappellet S’49 C. Robert Moore W’38 Laura Newman Chick ’62 Frank Morriss W’46 Louise Brough Clapp W’40 Terrence O’Flaherty W’35 Gene Corman S’44 Charles H. Older S’35 Bob Osgood W’37 Roger Corman S’43 Tony Sarandos ’15, Sarah Sarandos ’12, Nicole Avant ’86, George Cotliar ’50 Elinor Awan Ostrom ’51 Ted Sarandos Donald W. Crowell ’52 William R. Pagen S’39 Cally Curtis S’41 David A. Paige ’77 Dr. Willie Brien ’75, Avant ’86, who served in the Don Davies S’44 George M. Pardee S’33 who is director of Cedars- Bahamas, were inducted into the Ian Dawson ’85 Hoyt S. Pardee S’36 Sinai Orthopaedic Center Beverly Hills High School Hall Jerry Paris W’44 Walt Dougher ’53 and served as Beverly Hills of Fame in 2012. Robert L. Patten ’56 Brig. Gen. Frank M. Drew S’48 mayor from 2012-13, and For more on the awards Richard Dreyfuss ’65 Major Gen. Carl D. Peterson S’41 Walter H. Dunn S’40 Joel Pressman ’67 U.S. Ambassador (ret.) Nicole dinner, see page 8. Ed Edelman S’48 André Previn W’46 Blake Edwards W’41 John E. “Jack” Randall W’42 Mark Egerman ’60 Peggy Rea S’38 Delia Ephron ’62 Rob Reiner ’64 Nora Ephron ’58 William Reppy W’30 Mike Fenton ’52 Vicki Behrstock Reynolds ’53 Betty Hughes Fladager S’41 Robert Gore Rifkind S’46 Joyce Marcus Flannery ’66 Will Rogers Jr. W’31 Michele Flournoy ’79 Jay Sandrich S’49 William F. Fore S’46 Richard M. Sherman S’45 Robert L. Fox W’46 Robert B. Sherman S’43 Bonnie Franklin ’61 Richard E. Sherwood S’45 Daniel Fried ’70 Alan Sieroty W’48 K. Hiroshi Fujimoto S’39 Mona Simpson ’75 Ronald M. George ’57 Gerry Curley Somers S’46 Lunda Hoyle Gill S’46 Lynn Stalmaster S’45 Joanna Hall Gleason ’68 Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. S’37 Robert L. Street ’52 John Guedel W’31 Mike Margolin ’71; Connie Agnew Brien, M.D.; Willie Brien, M.D. ’75; Major Gen. Michael P. Sullivan ’51 Adrienne Kosches Hall S’44 Jason Newman ’69 Maria Tallchief S’42 Charles Hamilton S’32 Marjorie Tallchief S’43 Aljean Levin Harmetz S’47 Robert B. Thieme, Jr. S’36 Robert T. Hartmann S’34 Donations accepted Betsy Roberts Ulf S’49 Jim Healy S’41 Frank Ulf S’49 Although many of us take it ments, equipment or furniture that Duvall Y. Hecht W’48 Tom Van Sant W’49 for granted that Beverly High you can contribute, send them to Robert V. Hine W’39 James H. Warsaw ’65 has plenty of cash to purchase the high school. Dr. William H. Hindle W’48 Idelle Feinberg Weber ’50 Adrienne Applewhite Jones S’34 whatever is needed, this is not If you live near the high school, Loretta Isaacs Weinberg ’52 Natasha Chapro Josefowitz S’44 the case. the administration can make ar- Meg Whittle Whitcomb S’48 Herb Katz S’48 The state is always short of rangements to pick up the items. Betty White W’39 Dr. Jerome Harold Kay S’39 funds to support education, so Please call (310) 551-5100 ext. Jim Wiatt ’64 Ken Kreisel ’69 Wally Wolf S’47 our schools are dependent on 8300. If you have any questions William Krisel ’41 Robert D. Wood S’43 the community to support its about this, call the Alumni Offi ce Ann Reiss Lane S’47 Daniel Yergin ’64 fi ne programs. at (310) 551-5100 ext. 8219 or Serge Lang ’43 Richard S. Ziman ’60 If any of you have books, email us at BHHSAlumni@yahoo. Laurence Lesser ’56 Marlene Sudmin Zimmerman ’50 computers, musical instru- com. 2013 Alumni Highlights 5 Fox Business Network anchor named to Hall of Fame Liz Claman ’81 began her Schmidt, United States Treasury broadcast career at a young Secretary Timothy Geithner, as age. While attending Phillips well as joint interviews with Academy in Andover, Mass., Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Liz was a disc jockey for the Vice Chairman Charlie Munger school radio station, WPAA. and Microsoft co-founder Bill As a sophomore at Beverly, Gates at Berkshire Hathaway’s Liz immersed herself in the Annual Shareholder meetings news business and soon learned in Omaha, Neb. the meaning of a deadline as Prior to joining FBN, Liz a member of the Watchtower served as an anchor at CNBC, staff. Liz honed her skills as most recently anchoring the co-editor of the Watchtower Morning Call and Cover to her senior year. Liz credits Cover . During her time at longtime journalism teacher Gil CNBC, Liz interviewed major Chesterton for her start in the fi nancial newsmakers, including business. Warren Buffett, Commerce Liz joined FOX Business Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Network (FBN) as an anchor former Treasury Secretary John in October 2007. She anchors Snow. She has also anchored Countdown to the Closing Bell , Wake Up Call , Market Watch , which is presented from 3–4 and Today’s Business . p.m. EST. She co-anchors After Before CNBC, Liz served the Bell from 4–5 p.m. EST. as an anchor and reporter for Her debut on FBN included Boston’s WHDH-TV (NBC). an exclusive interview with She was also a contributing Berkshire Hathaway CEO and correspondent for NBC’s Liz Claman ’81 legendary investor Warren syndicated daytime program Buffett. Throughout her tenure RealLife . Prior to that, she Morning Exchange . Earlier, she was a news associate at FBN, Liz has conducted anchored a two-hour daily talk A graduate of UC Berkeley, for KCBS-TV (CBS) in Los exclusive interviews with show, The Morning Exchange , Liz began her on-air career Angeles where she was the Intel CEO Paul Otellini, Ford for WEWS-TV (ABC) in at WSYX-TV (ABC) in youngest person in the station’s CEO Alan Mulally, Google Cleveland. She received an Columbus, Ohio as a reporter history to win a local Emmy Executive Chairman Eric Emmy for her work on The and later as a weekend anchor. Award for Best Spot Producer. Upcoming Reunions Class of 1952 Class of 1963 Class of 1983 Class of 1994 is June 22, 2013 Oct. 12, 2013 Oct. 12, 2013 seeking volunteers to Mountaingate Country Private residence, Beverly Hills Country Club coordinate the 20th Club, Los Angeles Beverly Hills Contact: Nina Kleinert Dveirin reunion in 2014. For www.reunioncommittee.com Contact: Elliott Wolfe Contact: Stephen Webb more info, search “Beverly [email protected] [email protected] (661) 259-5999 Hills Class of 1994 20th Reunion” on Facebook and “Beverly Hills High School Class of 1953 Class of 1973 Class of 1993 Aug. 24, 2013 Class of 1994” on LinkedIn. Aug. 3, 2013 Oct. 5, 2013 Greystone Manor, Riviera Country Club Private residence West Hollywood Class of 2003 Contact: Bobbie Hill Fromberg Contact: (310) 514-0111 Contact: Stacy Markowitz Date and location TBA [email protected] www.creativereunions.com Thapthimthong Contacts: Adam Lerner [email protected] (adamelliotlerner@gmail. For more information about reunions, visit com); Tanaz Golshan bhhs.bhusd.org/reunions.jsp ([email protected]) 6 Hall of Fame 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment UK, Ireland & Spain president to be inducted Josh Berger ’84 took Bros. Pictures, Warner Home advantage of the many Video, Warner Bros. International opportunities available to Television Distribution, Warner students at BHHS. Josh was Bros. Interactive Entertainment, student-government president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution his class all four years and ASB and Warner Bros. Consumer president his senior year. Products. During his time at Beverly, Last year, he oversaw the Josh was active with KBEV and launches of Warner Bros. Studios the Performing Arts Department. Leavesden, the state-of-the-art Josh produced, directed production facility and, on the and hosted How Hollywood same lot, Warner Bros. Studio Works , a show spotlighting the Tour London—The Making of entertainment industry. In one Harry Potter , a walking tour episode, Josh interviewed Robert that gives visitors the chance Chartof and Irwin Winker and in to go behind the scenes of the another, Leonard Goldberg. Josh most successful fi lm series of all also directed Careers , another time. The studios and studio tour KBEV show, and produced the made global headlines recently Performing Arts Department’s with the visit by Their Royal production of Oklahoma during Highnesses The Duke & Duchess his freshman year. of Cambridge and Prince Harry. When Josh wasn’t producing Now a British citizen, Josh and directing, he was the was named Commander of the centerfi elder for the Norman British Empire (CBE) in the baseball team. In his senior year, Queen’s Birthday Honours list for the team advanced to the quarter his services to the UK’s creative fi nals of CIF. Josh was chosen industries. He has two sons and for 1st Team All League and was enjoys tennis, hiking, cycling and the team’s MVP. His baseball music. Josh Berger ’84 acumen later caught the eye of the Harvard head coach, who Ralphs Community recruited him for the baseball Contribution WANTED : team. Program Josh graduated from Harvard Watchtowers of with honors in general studies in BHHS Alumni 1989, before going on to complete Association is a your yesteryear the advanced management registered organization! program at Harvard Business If any alumni have part of the history of our School some years later. Since If members wish to contrib- Watchtower yearbooks that school. leaving BHHS, he has worked ute through Ralph’s, register in New York, Los Angeles and your Ralphs club card online they would like to donate, The yearbooks are also for the last 24 years in Europe— at: it would be most appreci- helpful in researching for- in Italy, France, Spain and the http://www.ralphs.com/ ated by the high school and mer students with respect UK. He speaks French, Spanish, myralphs/703/Pages/ the Alumni Association. to graduation year and ccprogram_learnmore.aspx Italian and Portuguese fl uently. The collections at the learning about the clubs, He also dabbles in Catalan, Include the following: high school and the Alum- societies and teams with Name: BHHS Alumni Hebrew and German. ni Offi ce are not complete. which they were involved. Josh lives in London where he Organization is president and managing director NPO number: 93571 In particular, the Alumni Please mail the Watch- After 5-7 days, the bottom of of Warner Bros. Entertainment Association needs Watch- towers to Beverly Hills your receipt should include towers from the 1970s. High School Alumni As- UK, Ireland & Spain and the following message: “At responsible for all of Warner your Request, Ralphs is do- We want to preserve these sociation, 241 Moreno Dr., Bros.’ business activities in the nating to BHHS Alumni Asso- yearbooks as they are Beverly Hills, CA 90212. three territories including Warner ciation” 2013 Athletic Alumni Association 7 BHAAA announces 2013 Hall of Fame inductees The Beverly Hills Okinawa on the USS St. Louis . competed at Wimbledon three National Football Foundation Athletic Alumni Association After the war, Irving returned times: 1957, 1959 and 1964. and College Hall of Fame to will host the 2013 Beverly to the family manufacturing Before retiring, Mike their All Academic Southern Hills High School Hall of business and then proceeded was a Sr. VP at RBC Wealth California Team. In his senior Fame Dinner on Oct. 10, to work in the videotaping Management and produced year, Derek was the No. 2013 at the Century Plaza industry. the Carl Reiner Pro Am Golf 3-ranked receiver in the C.I.F. Hotel. Irving and his late wife, and Tennis Event for 28 years. with 68 receptions for 1,224 Net proceeds from the Gloria, have three married Mike and his wife, Gloria, live yards and 10 touchdowns. dinner will benefi t the daughters, three grandchildren in Beverly Hills. He also broke the school Athletic and Performing and two great-grandchildren. pass reception record with 17 Arts departments as well receptions for 267 yards in as the Alumni Association. a single game. After BHHS, Derek went on to an illustrious football career at Princeton University. Derek ended his football career after being waived as a free agent wide receiver with the San Diego Chargers in 1986. Derek is currently in the real estate syndication business. He resides with his wife, Lisa, and their four children—Brian, Mike Franks ’54 was a Derek Graham ’80 was a Michael, Nathalie and Cody— world-class tennis player. three-sport athlete: football, in Torrance. Freshman year, Mike won basketball and track. As a Irving “Lucky” Kahn the National Boys Doubles senior wide receiver, Derek Please visit www.hofdinner. S’40 was a blanket award Championship. Sophomore was named 1st Team All C.I.F., org for information about winner in baseball. With a year, he won the National 1st Team All Ocean League, additional honorees and team-leading batting average Junior Hard Court Singles 1st Team All Westside, BHHS opportunities to support of .317, left fi elder “Lucky” Tournament. Junior year, he was Athlete of the Year, plus All led the 1940 Norman baseball Athletics, Performing Arts a fi nalist in the National Junior CIF, All League in the 330- and the Alumni Association at team to victory. That season, Singles and won the National yard hurdles, 220-yard dash, “Lucky” played in 15 games Beverly Hills High School. Junior Doubles. Senior year, and 4x440 relay team, and Liz Claman ’81 and Josh with 41 at bats, 7 runs and he won the Southern California was one of only 15 high- Berger ’84 will also be honored . 13 hits including a home run, Junior Singles Championship, school players chosen by the two triples, two doubles and was seeded No. 1 in the Los Angeles Chapter of the 12 stolen bases. When Irving National Juniors and was a was 17 years old, he was member of the Junior Davis given the opportunity to sign cup team. While at UCLA, with the Hollywood Stars, Mike was twice named All- a California Class C Minor American, won the Southern League Dodgers farm team. California Intercollegiate Since Irving was underage, he Singles Championship, was needed his father’s permission. named to the Davis Cup Team, His father refused since Irving was a semifi nalist in the US would be playing baseball in National Doubles and won the the hot summer in Arizona and Pacifi c Southwest Doubles. In New Mexico. Irving attended 1959, Mike was ranked No. USC until enlisting in the Navy 7 in the country and won the in December 1941, where he Southern California Men’s served in the Philippines and Singles Championship. Mike 8 Athletic Alumni Association 2013 BHAAA inducts Norman athletes into Hall of Fame At the sixth annual performing arts. 2012 Beverly Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Hills High School Hall of Association Hall of Fame Fame inductees Mayor Willie dinner, which took place Brien and U.S. Ambassador Oct. 25, 2012 at the Beverly (ret.) Nicole Avant were also Hilton, the BHAAA extended recognized at the dinner. the recognition beyond the Ingle’s daughters Jennifer fi ve athlete inductees— Bandy and Jessica Pretkus were Rick Cunningham ’85, Keri present to accept the John Ingle Frankenstein ’80, Steve Kessler Lifetime Achievement Award. ’71, Sandy Marks ’65 and Proceeds from the dinner David Weber ’78. benefi ted the Beverly High BHAAA also honored Betty Performing Arts and Athletics 2012 HONOREES: From left: Rick Cunningham ’85, Keri Franken- White W’39 and the late John departments and the Alumni stein ’80, David Weber ’78, Sandy Marks ’65, Steve Kessler ’71 Ingle, who taught drama at Association. Beverly High from 1964 to 1985, for their contributions to Photos by Amir

Marla Weiss, Carla Fujimoto, Jane Wortman, Susan Stevens Steve Rappaport, James D. Johnson, Herb Hall

Jason Newman, Dr. Art Fields Sue Woodyard, Art Harris, Tanis Harris Carter Paysinger, Brian Goldberg

Sharon and Governor Gray Davis Janet Salter, Betty White Steven Fenton, Leeza Gibbons 2013 Spring Musical 9 Normans shine in The Secret Garden This year’s spring musical, English girl born and raised The Secret Garden, presented in India, who is orphaned by in March, transported the K.L. an outbreak of cholera. Sent Peters Auditorium audience to England to live with her back to early 20th-century widowed Uncle Archibald, Mary England. Over 100 students, learns the meaning of love and including a 33-member cast and changes the lives of everyone student orchestra, participated she meets, while unlocking the in Beverly High’s production of secrets of her uncle’s estate. the musical, which is based on the 1911 novel. The Secret Garden tells the Photos by Zale Richard story of Mary, a 10-year-old Rubins Brontie Khalili, Michelle Morochnik

Leah Weissbuch, Scott Senior Anthony Lofaso, Miles Platt

Left to right: Emily Ebrahimian, Deven Martin, Leah Weissbuch, Anastasia Palin, Brontie Khalili, Michelle Morochnik 10 Individual Contributors 2013

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ROGER M. 39 WATSON JOHN S. 49 TURNER ELINOR S. 59 GONDA LUCY S. 72 MAURER BETTY 39 ADLER JOAN 50 BAILEY BEN 60 LEWIS LILLY 74 SHIPP ROBERT L. 39 CASEY ELAINE 50 MCCOMAS SCOTT 60 WELLS JEAN 39 FACTOR GERALD 50 ROSIN ARLENE 60 $500-$999 PERRY HARRY F. 40 MACELWEE CAROL 50 SALOT STUART 60 HALVORSON MARGARET 31 HEIZMAN JANE 40 ORISTANO JANE 50 HORWITZ JACQUELINE 61 MACKAY JOHN C. 38 HEROLD JEAN 40 ROSENBURG PATRICIA 50 ISENSON JIMMY 61 HARRIS ALLAN 41 WEBBER ARTHUR H. 40 SINK SUZIE 50 KING ANNE 61 OLSEN CAROLYN 41 ANDERSON JACQUELINE 41 SPITZ BARBARA 50 FENTON GAYLE 62 ROOS SYBIL 41 CARLSON RHONDA 41 STERN JERROLD 50 GLANCY INGRID 62 BLOCK GLORIA L. 42 CARTER III JOHN A. 41 TOPKIS BARBARA 50 MAAS FRANCIS (FRANK) 62 CARVER JR. LEROY 43 CHANDLEE RICHARD 41 ACKERMAN RICHARD (DICK) 51 WEINSTEIN ELEANOR 62 MARTIN BARBARA 43 HESS MURIEL 41 BURNS BARBARA 51 DURWARD GAY 63 BLACK CHARLES 44 BOVILL BLOOM 42 FORAN CAROLE 51 FINEMAN JAY 63 KERN PIERRE A. 46 BROWN GLEN A. 42 GERSON MORTON M. 51 FOWLER JANE M. 63 NASON JR. FRED 48 KARPEROS ANN 42 GOLDSTICK MYRNA 51 FRIEDMAN PATRICIA ANNE 63 TAYLOR LARRY 48 LINGENBERG JACK 42 LANFELD GLORIA 51 GOLDSTEIN ROBERT 63 ULF BETSY & FRANK 49 PAULLIN MARY LOU 42 SMITH DIONE G. (DONNIE) 51 HELDFOND HONORABLE SCOTT R. 63 AMASS WILLIAM 50 REINECKE ED 42 STOCK NATHAN 51 HOLZ LAURIE ELLEN 63 WELLS LUANNE C. 51 SARGEANT PATRICIA 42 WIGGINS JOHN 51 JAFFE SHERRIL 63 ZIMMERMAN PAUL K. 54 STONE JACK 42 ABELL CONSTANCE 52 JOHNSON PERLA 63 WASSERMAN LYNNE 58 THACHER JEAN 42 BRAIMAN LYNNE 52 LANDON MARVIN 63 ALSCHULER ROBERT E. 64 HERBERT ARLINE S. 43 CARLSON MARILYNN 52 LEVENTHAL MARLA JOAN 63 WANGLIN RONALD 71 KNECHT JAMES H. 43 GORDON ROBERT P. 52 MILLER RANDALL BOOTH 63 LEWIS ALAN 43 GRANT ARMAND MARTIN 52 OWENS LEON J. 63 $250-$499 SEVIN SHIRLEE 43 GREY RICHARD 52 ROACH STEPHEN SAMUEL 63 MELTZER MARILYN M. 39 STONER MARIAN 43 HALL LAURA 52 SNOW ERIC L. 63 KRISEL WILLIAM 41 STRUCHEN JOHN G. 43 HALL RICHARD 52 TITLE LAWRENCE HOWARD 63 ZIMMELMAN STANLEY 43 BABCOCK DWIGHT 44 SCHUSTER WALT 52 WHITTAKER ROBERT H. 63 CORMAN EUGENE H. 44 FINE ESTHER 44 BAUER SARA 53 ZALL JONATHAN EMIL 63 ANDERSON IRVING H. 45 HARRIS ARLENE 44 BOLLENBACHER JONNA 53 BERGMAN CHARLES 64 FAGAN D. STERRY 45 HEALY OTIS 44 ELLIS DON 53 DELLAR MICHAEL 64 FRANKLEY LAWRENCE R. 45 JOSEFOWITZ NATASHA 44 FACTOR JR. DAVIS 53 ELKIND MICHELLE 64 CONSTINE HERBERT 46 NEWMARK DON 44 FRIEDMAN NATHANIEL J. 53 GORDON SANDRA D. 64 EWING ROBERT & AMY 46 BLAHD MIRIAM 45 HIRSCH DR. HOWARD 53 PARKHURST CHRISTIE E. 64 MEIER BARBARA 46 CALDWELL WILEY N. 45 NAST THOMAS 53 ROSENFELD MARY ANN 64 MORRISS FRANK 46 CAMPBELL BILL W. 45 TALLMAN GEORGE 53 SAFFREN BERNARD L. 64 WERTHEIMER LESTER 46 CHANIN MARVIN 45 TOBEY MAXINE F. 53 SCHREIBER WILLIAM L. 64 FIRESTEIN CHESTER & BEVERLY 48 FORD JOHN PATRICK 45 WEISS BONNE 53 SPROAT ELAINE 64 WIARD JUDY 48 GARTY MAE ANN 45 WILLIAMS JERRY S. 53 MILLMAN KENNETH 65 SLATE DONALD M. 49 GREENBERG MORRIS 45 DERNBURG MICHAEL 54 SAVAGE CHRISTIE 65 WILSON NANCY S. 49 ROOS BO 45 RAFFEE PHILIP L. “BUD” 54 SINAIKO PATRICIA 65 CUNNINGHAM THERESIA 51 SCHMIDA BRENDA 45 ROSS NORMAN 54 CAREN BARRY 66 LAYE JEANNE 51 BRAWERMAN GERI 46 SHINE LORETTA 54 FRIEDMAN RONALD 66 SALTZMAN ANN 51 FOX ROBERT L. 46 APPEL RICHARD 55 HEIFETZ DANIEL 66 WITTENBERG ERIC A. 51 JAUREGUI CAROL 46 BROIDY STEVE 55 LEEDS RICHARD 66 RYSKIND ALLAN 52 JUSTICE CHARLOTTE 46 DOLGINER CHARLES I. 55 LOWY VIVIAN 66 WOLFE ELLIOTT 52 KATLEMAN HARRIS L. 46 KASTNER LINDA 55 MASON CELIA 66 BRODY SUSAN 53 MILLS LOUISE 46 KAY DR. DONALD M. 55 OSTROW ELIOT 66 CARROLL JUDITH 53 ROCHE JR. EUGENE C. 46 KIRSHNER SAUNDRA 55 REISENBACH GAYLE 66 DOUGHER BARBARA & WALT 53 SCHWEITZER CONRAD 46 ROTHMAN TOBY 55 SPEIZER TERRY 66 HUGHES SUZANNE 55 SLUSSER JOANNE 46 FABRICK HOWARD 56 VAHN STEPHANIE 66 KRUEGER JAMES 55 SNYDER JOYCE 46 GROSS DAVID M. 56 WEINER BERT 66 BROWN LINDA 58 SOMERS CAROL 46 LEWIS PHYLLIS 56 BRYAN BRIAN K. 67 MOORE THOMAS 58 TYNER BARBARA 46 SAGER LEONARD 56 FEIN BONNIE L. 67 MORGAN JACK GRAY 58 FOX BARBARA 47 FUCHS JACOB 57 GOLDSTEIN JOAN 67 KAPLAN STEVEN L. 59 FULLER ROBERT O. 47 HARWICK DR. RENEE 57 PRESCOTT MARK A. 67 FENSTER FREDDIE A. 64 JARMAN SUE 47 HOUSE DANA 57 BERGER RICHARD 68 YERGIN DANIEL H. 64 MCKENNA JOAN 47 BAGDASARIAN ELIZABETH 58 GARTSMAN GARY M. 68 BRICK CRAIG 67 PARRISH ELEANOR L. 47 BRACHMAN ROBERT 58 SHOOP, MD STEPHEN A. 68 CURTIS SHELLEY K. 73 TARR MILLA 47 FRANKLIN HOWARD 58 COHN LEIGH 69 BEARDSLEY ELYSE 76 BERLINER ROBERT 48 GLASEMAN STEVEN 58 HERMANN RICHARD 69 HILB ROSEMARY 78 DONNERSTAG ROBERT 48 GOLDSTEIN RICHARD JAY 58 DORSKIND JAMES 71 PRICE PAMELA A. 79 FELDMAN STAN 48 JOSEPHS EMORY 58 JUSTMAN DAVID 71 LEVY CHARLES RICHARD 83 GOLAN RONALD T. 48 MULLIN JOHN 58 WEINSTEIN MARK 71 SAVITSKY STEVEN DAVID 83 HECHT DUVALL 48 REED CHRISTOPHER “KIT” 58 FINLEY GENE G. 72 CHEN CANDACE 87 HICKS GEORGE 48 THIEBEN LINDA 58 MURRAY DIANE 72 PRAGER MARLIN I. 90 KAVIN ROY 48 YOUNG NANCY 58 KIMBALL ROBERT D. 73 MORROW DENNIS 48 BLATT HELAINE S. 59 SHAPIRA CYNTHIA 73 2013 Alumni Highlights 11

BRENNER SANDRA D. 74 BOWEN STAN & MARGE 41 SNYDER NORMAN P. 48 COATES JERI 54 BRISKIN JEFFREY 74 COMPTON- ARIEL 41 TAFT LEROY (SKIP) 48 COPLEN KEITH E. 54 DORSKIND DEE DEE 74 CRUCE WESTMORE JAMES 48 CUTLER KENNETH 54 LEVINE JARED E. 74 HOVER WADE H. 41 WITTENBERG CARL H. 48 DIEBENOW JANET 54 SMITH DALE 74 BRADSHAW ARLENE 42 BARRY ALLAN B. 49 GOLDSMITH LEDA 54 WILSON TIMOTHY G. 74 BURGE AUDREY 42 CAVIGNAC FRANK G. 49 GUEFEN KAREL 54 ZIERING MICHAEL 74 DUTTON ROBERT 42 DAVIES BETTY 49 LEVENSTEIN ANN 54 BRUCKER BARRY 75 HAMILTON WILLIAM DOUGLAS 42 EISENBERG DONALD C. 49 LIFTER JOEL J. 54 GITTLESON ALAN M. 75 SALTZMAN BARBARA 42 EISENBERG MITZI 49 LOOS DR. JAMES 54 GROSSBARD ALAN D. 75 SAMUELSON OSCAR 42 HUDSON MARY 49 MCFERRAN ADRIENNE 54 SHOLEM FRANKIE L. 75 THOMAS HAROLD L. 42 KNICKMEYER HERMAN “BUDDY” 49 MOSS DAVID E. 54 BERGER LISA S. 76 WARREN PATRICIA 42 LARKINS NANCY 49 REED ALAN 54 COTSEN TOBEY 76 WILSON PEGGY 42 ROBBIN LAWRENCE M. 49 ROBBINS RONALD 54 FREED STEVEN R. 76 FISCH JOSEPH 43 SIMMONS PETER 49 SODERBERG PATRICIA 54 HOFFMAN LORI 76 HERZBRUN STEPHEN 43 SPRATT ELAINE 49 STEEDMAN DORIA 54 HYMAN JAMES J. 76 MCCONNELL JEAN S. 43 VANSANT TOM 49 VILAS LINDA 54 TIGERMAN STEPHEN 76 MEEKER VIRGINIA 43 WITT HARVEY P. 49 YATES ROBERT W. 54 BASSMAN HARLEY S. 77 ROESCH JOHN A. 43 ALLBRITTON ANNA 50 BROWN MARILYN 55 COHEN IVY G. 78 ROWSON RICHARD 43 BLANCHARD CAROL 50 DANIELS JOHN 55 COLLINS MICHAEL 78 STEBBINS EVELYN 43 BROWN BEVERLY 50 FORBES NATALIE 55 FRIDUSS STEPHANIE 78 BUTLER BONNIE 44 BUNN BERNARD 50 GELLER ANNE 55 MARER CARL B. 79 DAVIES DON 44 COTLIAR GEORGE 50 NATKIN KENNETH 55 ZIERING AMY H. 79 ABBEY MARTHA 45 DEAK JAMES & JOAN 50 REZNICK MARSHALL 55 BARAD GLEN E. 80 BERNSON STAN 45 FRAKES GEORGE 50 ROBBINS MARILYN J. 55 DAVIS ALAN H. 80 BURNAM MARCIA 45 MASON JR. HOWARD 50 ADLER, MD RICHARD H. 56 FOSTER GREGORY A. 80 CRADDOCK IRIS 45 MURRAY CHARLES 50 BEEBE PORTIA 56 ISAACS CRAIG L. 80 DOLBY MARTHA 45 WITTER PHELPS 50 BEHRENDT PETER 56 MAGNIN RANDOLPH A. 80 GREENBERG LUCITA R. 45 BROWN E. FRED 51 EDELSON BRUCE H. 56 SILVERMAN- JEFFREY 80 HALL BARBARA ANN 45 COAKLEY JOAN 51 GORDEAN JOHN EDWARD 56 BROWN KORNFIELD ARNOLD S. 45 CROSBY MARILYN 51 KERNS BENNETT 56 YUKELSON DAN 80 LIPSTONE HOWARD 45 GRUNAUER JOYCE 51 KRELL DR. MARTIN 56 CLAMAN LIZ 81 SCHULMAN MARHSALL M. 45 JAFFE PHILIP 51 LESSER LAURENCE 56 LEVIN HEIDI 81 SHERMAN RICHARD M. & 45 KABRIN IRENE 51 PINE HARVEY 56 NADELMAN ARI 81 ELIZABETH LEVI URSULA 51 MAWSON JAMES 56 TILEM JEFFREY 81 WEISSMAN RITA 45 MORROW JAMES 51 ANSEN JOHN D. 57 GALEN DR. DOUGLAS 82 BOECK, MD WILLIAM 46 SILL JOHN R. 51 BARD ROBERT A. 57 GELFOND RHONDA 82 KOEPPEL MERWIN S. 46 STERN ALFRED 51 FASTNOW JEFFREY 57 INGERSLEV SUZUKI 82 LEWIS JOAN 46 SULLIVAN MAJ. GEN. MICHAEL P. 51 GEORGE JUDGE RONALD M. 57 WOODS CHERYL 82 LISLE ARMOND “BUDDY” 46 YOUNG STEPHEN 51 GROLLMAN, MD DR. THOMAS B. 57 FINERMAN KAREN LISA 83 MURPHY TALMA DEEN 46 CHRISTIAN SUZANNE 52 MILLER LINDA 57 FURIE SIMON MICHAEL 83 ROBBINS RICHARD 46 GOLDBERG ARLINE 52 SCHLESINGER GORDON 57 GELFOND LAWRENCE EDWARD 83 SCHWAB PAUL 46 GOLDFEDER JUDD 52 SCHWARTZ LIELA 57 TUCHIN MICHAEL 83 BABCOCK RAYMIE 47 GOLDWASSER JIM 52 TOWNSEND DR. JEANNETTE 57 ZAGER MORRIE CARL 83 DICKINSON VIRGINIA 47 HOFFMAN KATHLEEN 52 ANSEN SUSAN 58 PARR STUART J. 84 GETTLE SUSAN 47 MERENBACH DENNIS G. 52 BARTON RICHARD A. 58 SEMEL JAMES SCOTT 84 HAMPTON E. TIM 47 NEMIROFF MAXINE 52 COHN DR. RICHARD 58 DAWSON IAN 85 HELLMAN BARBARA 47 POND JUNE 52 GLABMAN JAMES 58 HOWARD TIFFANY 86 KOESSLER HILDEGARD 47 REED JR. TRAVIS 52 GREENBERG DANIEL 58 KELLER ELISA 86 KORNBLUM DAVID 47 SEIZER FERN 52 MUFF JOHN F. 58 LAKIN STEPHANIE 86 LOEW JOAN 47 SHEMANSKI ANNE 52 ROSE RONDA 58 CORWIN DAVID L. 87 MCGOVERN JOAN 47 EPSTEIN DOUGLAS 53 WILLIAMS JEANNE L. 58 MANASTER LYNDA 87 SHOEMAKER JACK 47 FROMBERG BOBBIE 53 BERKOFF TERI 59 MICHEL RANDI 87 SPITZ JAMES S. 47 GRUNER JERRY 53 KAY ROBERT L. 59 FENTON STEVEN 88 VAN SANT MERRITT 47 KAHN SAMUEL 53 KERNS MARSHA R. 59 GOTTLIEB RICHARD J. 88 ALPER HOWARD 48 KAPERL HENRY 53 LEVY STANLEY W. 59 ALEX JADE 89 BARNETT DONNA 48 KELTON-LUBER LENNY & DAVE 53 MELNIK JOHN E. 59 COHEN ADI 89 GOLD GERRE 48 KOZBERG BARBARA 53 PART-KAVESH SUSAN 59 GROSS JOSHUA 91 GOLDEN JOSHUA 48 LIBBY JANE 53 ROBERTS STEVEN W. 59 BALIAN GEORGINA M. 92 HARPER JACK 48 LIGHTFOOT MARJORIE 53 ROSEN HOWARD N. 59 COVINGTON III EUGENE 92 JONES RICHARD 48 LIPSON MARJORIE 53 SNYDER THEODORE C. 59 BOYLE TZUFIT 93 MOHER ROBERT P. 48 NESBURN DR. ANTHONY 53 SWARTZ SUSAN R. 59 PYNES JORDAN 94 OHMAN RUTH 48 PROVISOR CAROL 53 FISCHER MURRAY DAVID 60 SIDNEY BEN J. 95 SCOTT DR. MARCIA 48 SCHWARTZ MARGIE 53 HERTS EUGENE E. (GENE) 60 MELAMED ARASH 03 SMITH DR. MARGOT W. 48 BITTKE BRIAN & CATHERINE 54 HIRSCHENSOHN HARRY N. 60 CARTER PATSY RET JOLLY MELANIE 60 FAC MORRIS VIRGINIA 60 GIFFORD JACK & JANE RET Our apologies if Contributions RAND JUDITH 60 FAC your contribution RICHARDS MARJORIE 60 HARRIS TANIS RET RUBY WENDY 60 FAC are deductible was not included or SAPHIER MICHAEL 60 $50-$99 under SCHUCHET RICK W. 60 received too late to SOKOL RAYMOND 60 BEESEMYER BEVERLEY L. 36 SWARTHE ROBERT P. 60 KING MARIAN 38 Sec. 501(c)3 of include. (If so, it will ZIFF LLOYD 60 WALKER JR. GEORGE 38 BOOGAART SARA 61 BREW BETTY JANE “BJ” 40 be included next the Internal BRODY LYNN 61 HASKETT KATIE 40 EVEN RANDOLPH 61 PURVES WALTER R. 40 year.) Revenue Code. FISCHER KAREN “BUNNI” 61 BOLLAR A. CHARLES 41 GAON RENEE 61 12 Individual Contributors 2013

LAINER LUIS 61 RICHLAND JORDAN H. 73 BONARI MARIAN 43 WEISENBERG VICTORIA S. 52 LEVENSTEIN SUSAN 61 ROSEMAN RENA 73 IVERSON DR. ROBERT 43 ANDERSON JANET 53 NICKOLL PATRICIA 61 WEISS STUART M. 73 JONES CHARLES W. 43 BRYER AMARIS 53 PONDER FRANK 61 ZACHARY SETH A. 73 KAMENS MARGOT 43 CASO FRED 53 ROTH KENNETH J. 61 DUBOIS, MD ROBERT W. 74 NATE ROBERT 43 COHEN NINA 53 SCHLOSSBERG ALAN 61 FRANK DR. ANDREW 74 O’LEARY RICHARD A. 43 DALTON BARBARA 53 TEDESCHI SHERRY 61 SCHOICHET ELLIS A. 74 PELTON TED 43 EBBERT ELISE 53 BASTIEN MARILYN J. 62 COBINE GWEN 75 SCHULTZ JACKSON 43 HENLEY BRIG. GEN. DAVID C. 53 BLAU JOEL 62 MCKAY MARY 75 SIMMONS JR. MICHAEL L. 43 LEVENTHAL, MICHAEL D. 53 BRADLEY JO ELLEN 62 MENDOZA CAROL 75 SMITH MARY 43 ESQ. CALOF LARRY 62 RACE JUDITH E. 75 BARTLETT RUTH 44 PERRINE BARBARA 53 DELANGE STEPHANIE 62 SCICLI DEBRA 75 HOWARD ROBERTA 44 QUAINTON SUSAN 53 ELBAUM EVELYNE 62 SEIZER STEVEN P. 75 RICHARDS JR. PRESTON D. 44 ROSOWSKY DR. ANDRE 53 GRAVES DORINNE 62 FURIE DANIEL I. 76 SMITH HERBERT S. 44 SERLIN MICHAEL D. 53 BUONO MURIEL ANNE 63 STEGER DONNA 76 WILLIAMS BETTY JO 44 BARBE JOHN 54 EDMISTON PEPPER 63 ZIERING IRA 76 BACKER THOMAS G. 45 BEHRSTOCK ROGER 54 FAERSTEIN VICTORIA JOYCE 63 BAUM TRACY S. 77 BIALAC JAMES T. 45 BELOUSOFF SHELDON 54 GANES ANDREW MARSHALL 63 CONSTINE KAREN R. 78 GLADSTONE EVELYN 45 BENTLER PETER 54 LANZNER EDWARD HENRY 63 FIELD LISA 78 IVEY ROBERT 45 BERKMAN KAROLYN 54 PERLBERG ROBERT ALAN 63 FREEMAN JULES 78 URQUHART ADINA 45 CUTTER MARCIA 54 STILZ RICHARD ALLEN 63 SAWYER RUSSELL 78 FORE DR. WILLIAM & BETTY 46 DUFFY III JAMES B. 54 TALLMAN TRUDY L. 63 SCHWIMMER HOWARD ADAM 79 GREENSPOON DR. MORTON 46 FEDERGREEN JOYCE 54 WEISS JOSEPH LEO 63 GOTT CATHLEEN 80 HANSON DEAN P. 46 GREENE BETTY 54 BERNS, MD DR. ROBERT M. 64 URI JONATHAN D. 80 HINSDALE RUSH 46 HUNT JAN 54 DERSHEWITZ GAIL L. 64 WYATT LAURA 80 KINDELON RICHARD P. 46 KAMENS MARC G. 54 FAUST LELAND H. 64 BERNSTEIN DANIEL 81 SOMERS GERRY 46 KAUFMAN ELEANOR 54 FINE JEFFREY & DIANE 64 BRANDON TREVA 81 BERLINER OLIVER 47 KREINMAN LYNN 54 GOLICK SUSAN E. 64 FOONBERG ALAN 81 FRANK SALLY 47 MCDERMOTT PATRICK 54 GOODMAN PATRICIA 64 FRANKEL CRAIG 81 JARMAN MYRON 47 NETHERCUTT MARY ANN 54 GROSSMAN KIM A. 64 FRESHMAN BRENDA 81 KILLAM JOANNE 47 PRAGER ALBERT U. 54 LAPOTA JEFFREY 64 PRATT EDIE 81 KNICKMEYER WAYNE 47 SHUKEN CHARLES 54 MEGDAL ALANA K. 64 BERENSON BRADFORD A. 82 MCCARTHY DIANE 47 STONE DEE 54 MEYER ALAN F. 64 HARMAN STEVEN S. 82 MINICK PHYLLIS 47 VAUGHAN JOSEPH S. 54 MORGAN RICHARD BRENT 64 PRAGER STEVEN S. 82 SPEIGHTS AUDREY 47 VERNY MARLENE 54 NISLICK MARTIN L. 64 KADES JOHN MICHAEL 83 TALMAGE FRED 47 ARTHUR SHARON 55 DELANEY LINDA 66 KAUFMAN SHEPPARD REID 83 TEDESCO LAURA 47 BLUE JULIANA (JUDY) 55 FRANKEL ELLEN 66 PANISH ADAM RICHARD 83 WHITE SALLY 47 BREUER MELVIN 55 GELDIN SUSAN 66 BAUER ROBERT M. 84 JONES MILTON 48 CAPLAN ELINOR 55 LITWIN SHARON 66 SHULMAN ANDREW C. 84 MCKIBBIN DONALD H. 48 ELZER RICHARD 55 LONDON PHILIP 66 CHORNA GAIL C. 85 RICH LOIS J. 48 FRIEDMAN JOSEPH 55 POWELL PAMELA 66 GUIDI GESSICA 85 SCHWEITZER DAVID 48 GILBERT SUZI 55 RICHERT ANNE 66 SHAPPEE CELIA E. 85 CALDERWOOD FLORENCE 49 HANSEN PEGGY 55 RUBIN ESTHER 66 OKUM TODD 86 CHILDS NAOMI 49 HARFF MARILYN 55 WINFIELD EMILY 66 DAHAN-EDRY RONIT 87 EPHRAIM HARRIET 49 LEIPZIGER DAVID A. 55 BEERY MICHELE 67 BROOKS BONNIE L. 88 INGLIS WILLIAM 49 WRIGHT SONI 55 DOUGLAS JUDITH 67 GRUSHCOW STEVEN S. 93 LINDSAY MARIANNE B. 49 BARTH NANCY 56 JONES CHRIS 67 SLATER KARA E. 93 MORRIS ROBERT 49 BERG RICHARD 56 LUPTON LYNN 67 TORRES ALLEXANDRA 93 NANESS LILIE 49 COULSON MARGARET 56 ORTON JOHN B. 67 WACHTEL DEENA R. 93 NICHOLS LIZ 49 EARNEST RICHARD 56 CATLETT SHERRY 68 WEINER BRIAN 99 PETERZELL HARRY 49 ELLISON DIANE 56 GREEN, MD LAURIE 68 HOWELL ALLEXANDRA 03 TELANEUS DICK 49 FOX JOHN ORRIN 56 SALONE D. MARGARITE 68 SPERLING SOPHIA 08 COWGILL BROOKS 50 FRIEDMAN DAVID 56 SCHRIEBMAN DR. RUTH 68 STEINBERG ANDREW 08 FRYER DEBORAH 50 KANTOR, MD GARY 56 SHEMANSKI PHIL & SHERI 68 PHILLIPS PERSIA 12 GOTTLIEB JACQUELINE 50 MORGEN JANE 56 WINTHROP STUART 68 SCHEINBERG STEPHEN 12 GROSS JUDITH 50 NOPAR GAIL 56 BARCLAY MICHAEL 69 KORB PAUL 50 PATTEN ROBERT 56 DAMON SUSAN ELIZABETH 69 $25-$49 PENOYAR LYNN 50 POMERANZ WILLIAM 56 DE MAYO KOLB COL. LOUIS 32 PRINCE GAYLE 50 ROSS GLORIA 56 DUKE ALAN 69 DAVIS MARY 35 ROSS RICHARD 50 SCHMID SHARON L. 56 RUSSELL MARC 69 STANTON JOHN R. 35 SEMERE MARIO 50 SPELLMAN JOHN STEPHEN 56 SMITH LYNN 69 MELLINKOFF DR. SHERMAN 37 ABRAMS EUGENE 51 VITTI LINDA 56 TUGGEY KATHLEEN 69 TAIT DONALD S. 38 CHINSKEY FLORENCE P. 51 WOLF SALLY 56 FRIED DANIEL 70 GERLINGER III LOUIS 39 FELDMAN NAOMI 51 YEOMAN JOAN 56 WACHTEL ARTHUR K. 70 ENGLERT BETTYE 40 FRESHMAN ARDYTH 51 ZLATNIK DR. DONALD 56 WEINER DIANNA 70 FOX BETTY-LEE 40 GREENBLATT B. DONALD 51 BECKER GERALD 57 WILDMAN LISA 70 ROTHSCHILD BEVERLY 40 HORRELL STEPHEN 51 BEERMAN JOAN 57 BRUNISH WENDEE M. 71 YOUNG MARY 40 KAPLAN BETSY 51 ELLER ROBERT 57 GINDI ELIE M. 71 ATTIAS ELAINE 41 KARNY DANIELLE 51 ERMAN JILL 57 KOPPELMAN JEFFREY & LIZ 71 BENJAMIN MARY JANE 41 KUNIN CLAIRE 51 FOGEL NORMAN 57 LEFF MONICA P. 71 FLADAGER BETTY LOU 41 RUDNICK DR. PAUL 51 FRANKENSTEIN WILLIAM 57 MCGAUGHEY DR. LAURA 71 GRANT CAROL JEAN 41 ABLETT NORMAN F. 52 GOLDMAN RONALD 57 PLATT JEFFREY 71 HUNSAKER JOHN 41 BALASKO SHIRLEY 52 KRAUS ARTHUR D. 57 BLACKMAN JOAN 72 MAYOR MARY 41 CHESTNUT SHIRLEY 52 MISHELL KATHRYN 57 KASIRER DEBRA 72 COMPTON JR. EDWARD L. 42 CRANDALL DAVID J. 52 PASQUINELLI JUDITH 57 MARKOVITS THOMAS 72 HOOVER WILLIAM GUY 42 LAURION RICHARD B. 52 SILVA PATRICIA 57 SEIFF, MD STUART R. 72 IVERSON MARILYN 42 LEE SHIRLEY A. 52 SNYDER VIVIAN 57 SMOIRE RON 72 KING DORIS M. 42 RYKOFF TOM R. 52 BOXER FRANCES 58 STEIN CATHRYNE 72 RANDALL JOHN E. (JACK) 42 STAUFFER MARGARET A. 52 CLAMPITT MELANIE 58 TAKEDA PAUL 72 TENNEBAUM DOROTHY 42 STROUP BARBARA 52 HIRSCH DARRELLE 58 2013 Alumni Highlights 13

JACOBSON GEORGE 58 LANGBERG MARK 68 HANNA MICHAEL W. 80 LEVIN HARRIS 58 LOEW LINDA 68 JONES RICCI 80 MUCHNIC DR. PAUL 58 RICE DEAN 68 POURAT SHEIDA 80 2013 O’NEILL MARCIA 58 ZIRA SOL 68 SWARTZ ROBIN 80 PERL BARBARA 58 CARMAN EDWARD 69 FEDEROFF ELLEN 81 CONTRIBUTIONS ROBBINS ROZ 58 FISHER HOWARD SCOTT 69 GOLDBERG AMY-LOUISE 81 ROSE II DONALD 58 FOLDOE MARNEE C. 69 LAMISHAW SUZAN 81 JENNIFER CHADORCHI YADIDI ROSENSON JACQUELINE 58 SOBEL DEBORAH 69 LEVITT- AMY 81 ’96 CONTRIBUTED $300 SAGAN MARIAN 58 BERKETT BARRY 70 POLANCO IN HONOR OF SCHWARTZ EDITH 58 GERVIS GAVIN 70 STERN, DDS GREGORY 81 JOSH GROSS ’91 SHULMAN GLORIA 58 HOFFMAN GARY B. 70 FISHBERG LINDA 82 FOR HIS WORK WITH COLE MICHAEL R. 59 JOHNSON JR. ROBERT GIBSON 70 GILMAN LISA 82 DUFFIELD JOHN P. 59 JONES SANDRA L. 70 LEWIS SCOTT CRAIG 83 THE BHHS ALUMNI ASSOC. FINK BARET 59 KUNTZ JEAN M. 70 SPECTOR KYMBERLY ANNE 83 HARRIS SUSAN V. 59 LANDRES MARCENE 70 STARK STACEY 83 CHARLES REDFERN LAFAYETTE DARRYL A. 59 MYERS PATRICIA E. 70 ZWAGERMAN JOANN 83 CONTRIBUTED $175 LESLIE DIANE 59 BROFFMAN SCOTT 71 COOPER CRAIG A. 84 IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER WALDEN LEONA 59 BRYAN KELLY 71 GROSSMAN, MD KARYN L. 84 JOHN REDFERN ’44 COHEN SUSAN 60 JOSEFF DAROL D. 71 MCSHAN CALVIN E. 84 GETTELMAN NANCY M. 60 KROLL STEPHANIE JANE 71 RICE SARA R. 84 MOORE JR. ELLIOTT 60 LANE JAMES R. 71 GOLDSOBEL ANTONIA MEI LING 85 JOHN CORZINE CONTRIBUTED SCHULTZ ALICE H. 60 MARKS PAUL D. 71 MOROVATI BEHZAD 85 $125 IN MEMORY OF SLAVIN SALLY 60 ROTHSTEIN- CARRIE R. 71 NORIAN TIMOTHY K. 85 PATRICIA HOLMES TERNSTROM STEVENS JEFFREY S. 60 FISCH FEDER SCOTT 86 ’43 ZIMMERMAN DR. DORIS 60 SCHWARTZ MARTIN 71 FAUNCE STEPHENIE 87 APPELBAUM DENNIS 61 WALDOW MITCHELL 71 FIENBERG LORI J. 88 SUSY CHAPRO CONTRIBUTED CASPE DIANE 61 FAUBEL PRISCILLA 72 FIRESTONE DEBBIE 88 COZEN HARRY 61 FEINSTEIN RABBI MORLEY T. 72 RINGWALD ROSEMARY 88 $100 EVERTS JUDY 61 GRAHAM ROBERT L. 72 STOCKER REBECCA W. 88 IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER GEORGE RITA 61 GREENLY CATHY 72 CARR, MD DAHLIA T. 91 CHAPRO ’51 LIPPMAN STEVEN 61 SHUPING DEBBIE 72 MELAMED HOOMAN 91 SIMON ELAINE 61 STABLER STEVEN B. 72 HARADON DAVID 92 RENEE DERNBURG SOBEL STUART 61 ZACHARY SUSAN 72 JAFFE MARK 92 CONTRIBUTED $100 HOFFMAN DR. THOMAS 62 BEREND ROBERT E. 73 BODNER GABRIEL 94 IN HONOR OF PARKER PAMELA 62 BERKOWITZ DAVID ALAN 73 CARRASCO- DAMIAN A. 95 KALINSKY LOIS 63 COOK DEBORAH 73 ZANINI HER BROTHER-IN-LAW KOPPEL RISA 63 ERLANGER HOWARD N. 73 MCINTOSH NICOLE 97 DR. ERNEST DERNBURG ’51 LINSMAN WILLIAM DAVID 63 GROSS HUGH 73 MAHAN FRANK E. 98 MELTZER SUE 63 LOUCHHEIM MARK 73 BERKETT MONICA 01 CHARLES PEIFER MIDWIN MARKA & RONALD 63 MARTINI VICKI 73 HOROWITZ LENA R. 01 CONTRIBUTED $100 ROBINSON DOREEN S. 63 MURPHY DIANA 73 GREENBERG BLAIR 02 IN MEMORY OF SCHWAB JOHN STEPHEN 63 ROMAN DAVID 73 JOUBRAN BREEANNA 03 WEBB STEPHEN PHILLIP 63 THAYER SCOTT N. 73 VITTORIA SHANNON 03 VINNIE LUPO ’68 AIDIKOFF TERRI L. 64 WEISZ CANDACE 73 BERKETT LAUREN 04 DOLGIN- MICHAEL 64 BROOK RENEE 74 CHENG MIMI 04 BRIAN GRISET CONTRIBUTED MCHENRY LEA JEFFREY J. 74 LEVINE JASON 05 $100 FOELSCH RICHARD A. 64 MERMEL DR. LEONARD A. 74 STEINBERG SAMUEL 05 IN MEMORY OF HIS MOTHER FRANKLIN CHARLES S. 64 ROTHSTEIN JANET 74 WRIGHT CORAL 05 VIRGINIA GRISET ’39 GOLDSMITH DR. GEOFFREY A. 64 RUBIN MARIEL 74 LEWIS JASON 06 MILUSO MAXINE E. 64 SALTZMAN DAVID 74 LEWIS NICOLE 06 ROTH PAUL D. 64 SOLNIT JAY 74 DOYLE BRENDAN 08 MARCONS CORSAIRS & SACKER MARIANNE S. 64 BROWN PETER S. 75 MARSHALL CAMERON 09 FRIENDS SNYDER GARY R. 64 FRAZEN ROBERT 75 SETIABRATA JONATHAN 09 CONTRIBUTED $60 SUTNICK ISARELLA H. 64 KORNBLUM LORI S. 75 CRUZ KAREN 11 WERSHOW STEWART A. 64 MALVIN JENNIFER A. 75 HEBERT NICHOLAS 11 JOHN GORDEAN ’56 DOUEK HELEN DE PICCIOTTO 65 ASHE DR. MELANIE GAIL 76 KIMURA ARIEL 12 CONTRIBUTED $50 LEW HARRY S. 65 BLUMENTHAL SCOTT 76 YADEGAR JONATHAN 12 MOLINA CARLOS 65 ILIFF ELIZABETH 76 LAYTON KATHY RET IN MEMORY OF RABKIN LAWRENCE 65 SINGER FREDERICK 76 FAC WILLIAM HAARMANN ’56 WATERMAN MURIEL ROTHSCHILD 65 SULLIVAN CARLA 76 MUNITZ RICK RET FEINTECH LYNN 66 FACTOR DAVID A. 77 FAC MARC KAYE ’69 CONTRIBUTED FELDMAN RONALD 66 FRANKS DAVID 77 SCATES AL RET $50 IN HONOR OF FAC LEOS ANTOINETTE 66 SCHUMANN ELENA 77 HIS WIFE RENEE ’71 MYERS PATRICIA 66 SIMMONS DANIEL 77 SCOTT FRANK RET FAC SHERWOOD JOSEPH 66 VON MATT- SONIA 77 STEWART GAYLE 66 STODDARD YAMADA SHERYL RET PAMELA POWELL ’66 FAC STOTT MERRY 66 GLICKMAN JEFFREY 78 CONTRIBUTED $25 ARONBERG CHARLES MAY SWEENEY PAMELA 66 GOLDSMITH ALICIA 78 -OR IN HONOR OF UDELL RONALD 66 HELLMAN YAEL 78 HEIDI GUEDEL ’66 VOLK BARNEY 66 KREVOY PHILIP M. 79 All others DRAKE SANDRA 67 LEVY RUTHIE 79 MOWRY MARY 47 JOHN ROESCH CONTRIBUTED GODFREY TRACY 67 MENDELLO GINA 79 FLATAU JR. H. JOSEPH 48 GREENSPAN CAMILLE 67 OBERMAN MARK L. 79 $25 IN MEMORY OF ZUKOR JAMES R. 49 HAHN, MD PETER 67 ULLMAN ALENE I. 79 PIERRE ANDERSON ’42 LINDEN THOMAS 66 POLLOCK RANDY SUE 67 WARNER DENNIS 79 GOLDSTEIN MARC L. 72 SALTER MICHAEL 67 BLOND, MD RONALD P. 80 GOLD JAMI 78 KC BELDEN CONTRIBUTED $20 ESKIN JACKLYN 68 EICHENBERGER KARYN 80 IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND GIBSON III STEVEN C. 68 GOLDNER JILL A. 80 CHARLES BELDEN III ’51 GLUSKER DEBORAH 68 GOODEN CHERYL D. 80 14 Class Reunions 2013 Class of 1962 Beverly Hilton—Sept. 8, 2012

REUNION COMMITTEE. Back row, left to right: Jim Krasne, Les Mayers, Lowell Orren, Neil Weiner, Dan Cytron, Rich Reinis. Front Roy Ulrich, Rod Krell, Richard Borin, Rick Holz row: Patty Jameson, Janie Srere, Lois Morse

Pam Freeman, Judy Brownstein, Peggy Heller Eddy Goldwasser, Steve Berkowitz, Pete Schulberg, Roy Ulrich

Jill Allenstein, Roy Allenstein, Jon Kaswick Mitch Robinson, Sandy Shapiro, Greg Solow

Stephanie DeLange, Rod Krell Jeri Briskin, JoEllen Hart Marty Trugman, Jon Kaswick 2013 Alumni Highlights 15

Joel Blau, Sandra Baron-Blau, Leslie Koolish, Fred and Barbara Weiner Gilman Ed Seidman Richard Borin, Billy Koskoff

Margie Blatt, Bob Sinclair Mitch Robinson, Guest, Joyce Liberman, Greg Solow Jim and Nancy Krasne

Eddy Goldwasser, Midge Covey, Diane Singerman Sandy Shapiro, Amanda Levant, Diane Singerman, Joyce Liberman

Janie Srere, Billy Koskoff Jerry Abraham, Peggy Heller Rick Holz, Dana Jones Tomarken 16 Class Reunions 2013 Class of 1972 Mountaingate Country Club—Oct. 27, 2012

REUNION COMMITTEE. Back row, left to right: Michael Leslie Steinberg, Andrea Hoffman Gardener, Lushing, Jeff Werber, Arnold Anisgarten, Martin Mervel, Hope Caron Levinson Block Gribow Anisgarten, Dana Cole. Front row: Diane Davis, Leslie Steinberg, Mara Allenstein Werber, Sindee Levin, Helene Feder

Danny Kallis, Harvey Segalove, Lucy Gonda

Don Geller, Stephanie Lehrer David Ginsburg, Linda Fisher

Cathy Hodes Greenly, Stephanie Rappaport Arnold Anisgarten, Jeri Bankoff Thompson, Don Yorkshire Linda Fisher, Peter Vilkin Munn

Corbin Bernsen, Jeff Young, Keith Farrell Wayne Jason, Bruce Bryan, Steve Fields, Jeff Young, Tedd Romano 2013 Alumni Highlights 17

Peter Chompsky, Karla Gordy Bristol, REUNION COMMITTEE co-chairs Jodi Steven Prager, Milosh Cerevka Bobby Dean Magedman Miller (far left), Janis Black Warner (second from left) and Teddi Cohen Gilderman (far right) with Sharon Hall Kessler

Cynthia Kaplan Baseman, Janis Black Michael Higginbotham ’75, Karla Warner, Alison Leeman Clay-Duboff Gordy Bristol Donna Somekh, Alison Leeman Clay-Duboff

Annabelle Potter Krishel, Meghan Buchanan, Valerie Howard Susan Okun Bogner, Beth Gabay, Laura Smith, Rene Flekman Hazon, Lisa Feinstein Miller, Gina Salerno Baren, Karla Gordy Bristol, Susan Novak Wolff-Backer

Jodi Miller, Teddi Cohen Gilderman, Valerie Howard Hazon, Michele Moshay, Sheri Brook Abelson Class of 1982 Tim Riche, Sharon Riche, Annabelle Potter Krishel, Danny Krishel El Torito Grill—Sept. 29, 2012 18 Class Reunions 2013 Class of 1992 Beverly Hills Country Club—Sept. 29, 2012

Aviva Bercovici Sax, Karen Winshman Liebrecht, Autumn Haagen Konheim, David Konheim, Ashley Powell, Neely Margo Irwin Joseph Meller

Catherine Jebejian Kagan, Autumn Haagen Konheim, Elana Farnaz Yadidi, Neda Azizi Saraf, Diana Ghanooni David Babajooni Dayan

Mary Koh Sweeney, Yaz Cerdenia Kimberly Dove, Tony Berns Sheryl Stewart, Janet Abronson Hasson 2013 Alumni Highlights 19 Class of 2002 The Mark on Pico—Dec. 1, 2012

REUNION COMMITTEE: Michelle Monsef Etebar, Michelle Halimi, Jennifer Ben-Ami, Mike Sabet Dina Rezvanipour, Shadi Arianpour, David Golbahar

Laurie Houseman, Sarah Rosenblatt, Justin Timsit David Golbahar, Dina Rezvanipour, Shady Zarnegin, Kathy Benjamin

Nick Fisher, Dov Mamann, D’Andra Walker, Justin Timsit, Farbod Farzin, Galit Prince, Shelby Kraushaar 20 Class Notes 2013 Please note: Class notes daughter burn her copy. Nancy has six children, nine grand blessed with two kids (Stan and received after May 1, 2013 will lives in Canoga Park, attends and four great. He graduated Judy) and have three grandkids be published in the next edition. the local Episcopal Church and from Stanford in ’41, joined the (Stan, Bridget and John). Stan goes to plays at the West Valley U.S. Marine Corps in ’42 and and Marge were married two 1930 Theater. She has taken part made Lt. Colonel. He was an weeks after his discharge from in four of them in memory of insurance broker for 25 years the Navy in January ’45. He was Lois Mullins Rafferty ’31 Lois drama coach, Grace Barnes. as well as a restaurant owner a Navy corpsman attached to the is 98 and happy that she doesn’t John R. Stanton ’35 John (Beckham Grill) in Pasadena second division, U.S. Marine need a caregiver. She has been would love to hear from any for 25 years. Corps. He saw a lot of combat a widow for 18 years. She classmates and can be reached George Walker W’38 George and has decided war is stupid! stopped driving three years ago at (707) 968-9272. is 93 and still a member of the He went to USC on the GI Bill and has an excellent driver, who Beverly Beesemyer ’36 advisory board of the Salvation and worked for 40 years selling is available to take her wherever Beverly was published in the Army, Chico Corps, with nearly group insurance (36 years for she wants to go. Occasionally, Sacred Heart Academy Alumni 40 years of service on that board. Massachusetts Mutual). He has they go on short trips to Magazine in an article entitled Dorothy Dunham Hefner S’39 been retired for 24 years on a Cambria or Monterey. All her “1937 Alumna Paves the Way Dorothy is a retired elementary good pension. Life has been close friends are gone, but she for Future Flyers,” which tells school principal living in very good to his sweetheart and plays bridge two or three times of her time spent as a WASP in a retirement community in himself. She has some vision a week at the country club. She WWII. She went on to run an Bakersfi eld. She is enjoying and medical problems, but is graduated from UCLA in 1935 employment agency with two every minute in this new chapter now fi ne and so are all the kids. where she was a member of offi ces based in the Los Angeles of her life. She volunteers, He feels great and sends thanks Alpha Phi. (See her interview area. She is still active with serves as chairman of their thrift to Bob Fox for all his good years on page 43.) WASPs, serving as treasurer for shop and takes advantage of the of service to all BHHS grads. Louis Kolb ’32 Louis was the local chapter. She is currently line dancing and drama classes. Carol Jean Moses Grant S’41 commissioned in the Army Air living in Laguna Woods after Her rescue poodle keeps her Carol’s eyesight is failing due Corps in 1941. He served as a retiring in 1975 and manages to very entertained. to macular degeneration, but weather offi cer primarily in the play golf twice a week. Jean Patterson Wells ’39 she is blessed with good health N.W. United States, Canada and Betty Ann Howland Maurer Jean retired to Avalon for the otherwise and caring family and Alaska. He was discharged in ’36 Betty Ann went to UCLA duration and grateful for it. friends who give loving service. 1946 and continued his career after graduation and was a Delta A trip to Southern California is as a consulting meteorologist Gamma. In 1944, she married 1940 planned in the fall to celebrate in private practice. His main Barend Albers, who was killed Katie Haile Haskett W’40 her 90th birthday with family clients were motion picture in 1945 in WWII. They had a Katie is still here and would like and friends. She feels very and TV studios, as well as the son, Gary. In 1949, she married visitors to see her in La Jolla. lucky. She loves Highlights and Gas Company, Santa Anita Charles Maurer with whom she Jane Lewis Heizman W’40 wishes it was in large print! Racetrack and miscellaneous had a son, Chris. They were Jane is 91 and her husband, Wade Hover ’41 Wade at 89 is construction companies. He married 57 years and had a Ed, is 92 and still around. They still skiing in Lech, Austria and maintained his status in the U.S. good life together. Betty Ann really miss Southern California Courchevel, France. He sends Air Force Ready Reserve until enjoyed lots of travel with many and many of their friends, but his best to all Normans of W’41 retirement in the ’70s. Louis trips to Europe and Hawaii. In truly enjoy being near their two and S’41. lives in the south Westwood 1988, she and Charles moved daughters, grandchildren and Mary Osgood Mayor S’41 Mary area with his wife Margaret, to Champagne Village in soon-to-be great-grandchildren. appreciates the efforts of all who also a BHHS graduate. Last Escondido. There they enjoyed Harry Perry ’40 Harry’s brother, keep everyone informed about October they celebrated their lots of golf and bridge and made Tom ’41, had Alzheimer’s and her wonderful classmates. It 71st wedding anniversary. many good friends. Her sister, passed away fi ve years ago. brings back fond memories and Beverly Powell Appelgate S’35 Jane Howland ’36, lived near Beverly Plaut Rothschild S’40 remembered friendships. Beverly says life is good and them in Champagne Village. She Beverly is glad to report they Sybil Friedenthal Roos S’41 it’s great to be alive at 95! passed away at 82 years old. In are still happy in the desert and Sybil had the pleasure of visiting Nancy Thompson Shirley 2005, she and Charles moved to all is well! with Betty White on Sept. 22, ’35 Nancy misses her cousin Sebastopol to be with their son August Bollar ’41 August is 2012 when she was in Houston Marycile White Moore ’35, as Chris and his family. Charles now 91 and his wife of 65 years for “A Discussion with a well as Ruth Warner Van Horn passed away in 2006 at the age is 93. They are alive and well in Celebrity.” Sybil gave her a copy ’35, with whom she wrote a of 95. Betty Ann is 91 years old Santa Barbara. of the latest Highlights , which booklet, The Radical Review, and has six granddaughters and Stan and Marge (McCann) had her picture on the cover. which they sold to their friends four great-grandsons. She loves Bowen ’41 Stan and his beautiful It was a delightful experience. for 10 cents. Their greatest all her good memories. wife, Marge, celebrated their She also had a wonderful trip to triumph was when the father Robert Beckham S’37 Robert 67th wedding anniversary Alaska and the Danali with her of one of the girls made his is 93 and still hanging on. He in February. They have been daughters and son-in-law. She 2013 Alumni Highlights 21 sends her best to all. Cruce, and she is trying her hand and the country are beautiful. UCLA in ’48 with a degree in Evelyn Lowis Schiess S’41 at writing. She has completed Her volunteer jobs still highlight business and then spent his Evelyn is grateful for good her memoirs and has just her weeks, especially her entire business career in the health. She spends most of her published a couples’ therapy activities at the Ronald Reagan auto industry where he owned time with good friends, her book, Couples’ Therapy: A Do- Presidential Library. Another and operated car dealerships. Norwegian elkhound “girls” and It-Yourself Guide to a Better highlight this year was taking a He and his wife, Edith, have a Swiss embroidery machine. Relationship . If you look it up trip to four presidential libraries three children and seven She is taking classes because on Amazon, she would love with her fellow docents. grandchildren to keep an eye that darn machine is a computer your feedback. She would also Ed Reinecke ’42 Ed would like on him. The last 25 years he and Evelyn needs help! like feedback from anyone who to obtain a list of the graduates has been gainfully unemployed, Gloria Lissauer Block remembers her. of W’42 who are still alive with unemployable, tired and retired, S’42 Gloria keeps busy Robert Dutton ’42 Robert is phone, email, etc. and enjoying it very much. traveling on Crystal Cruises. appreciative of the time and Patricia Young Sargeant Jeanne and Charles Jones Bloom Barclay Bovill ’42 effort Bob Fox spent publishing ’42 Patricia’s life in Los Olivos ’43 Jeanne and Chuck married in Bloom wonders where the the Highlights. He fi gures there goes slowly during the week and 1944 while he was in the service; years have gone, especially aren’t too many remaining of frenetically on the weekends. upon discharge they returned 2012! Here we are again the Class of ’42. He remembers They have been “discovered,” to their beloved California. He writing and updating the Alumni Ritchie Morgan and he used to and there are now 22 wine- went back to USC and studied Association for 2013. Bloom swing on the cable attached to a tasting venues in their downtown architecture and became a very and her husband, Julius, are phone pole near Ritchie’s yard (four blocks in each direction successful architect building still living in Century City and in the Hollywood Hills. Seems from their fl agpole town center). many shopping malls and living a little quieter lifestyle. like a very long time ago. Always room for Normans! offi ce buildings in the United On occasion when shopping in William Douglas Hamilton Patricia Sullwold Warren States. He also built their home the mall they run into old friends W’42 Doug, who turned 90 S’42 Patricia wonders what in Glendale in Chevy Chase and reminisce. Her fi rst friend in April, feels that the time could be better than having Canyon, where they raised at BHHS lives in San Diego between 1939 to 1942 at BHHS grown-up grandchildren who their son and daughters. He was and they don’t see each other wasn’t so long ago as he pursued are fun to be with?! very proud of his project in the often; however, they chitchat a friendship with Shirley Rogers Peggy Parsons Wilson San Francisco area, the Fox on the telephone and with the as well as interests in swimming S’42 Peggy still lives at Varenna Plaza, which is 34 stories high. modern age of computers, it is and basketball. His dedication in Santa Rosa. Thanks to good When he retired, they moved to more often e-mails, which they to horticulture and what makes health, they continue to enjoy Northern California to a more enjoy. She extends her thanks plants grow led to horticulture cruising. It was the Panama rural area. They still take two to the great people who keep degrees at the University of Canal in early 2012, followed trips a year but don’t get as high Highlights going for all to enjoy. California, Davis and a good by Alaska in August. There is of a kick as they used to, but Audrey Strowburgh Burge S’42 career as a UC Cooperative always something new to enjoy. they are still alive and kick more Audrey is attending classes Extension advisor, teamed with Marian Miller Bohari slowly. They loved BHHS and and serving on two boards and Davis researchers and solving ’43 Marian is glad to be writing have many delightful memories doing fi ne. She reports that problems in viticulture and after fi ve months in Mazatlan, about their four years there. Donald Gilbert W’43 died in urban tree culture. He enjoys Mexico. She came to Reno to Chuck used to do the cartoons 2012—she was the third of his raising his own vegetables and be with all the kids but then for the yearbooks. He loved four wives. hiking the open spaces. He too much, so she took off doing it. They are very fond of Ariel Klein Compton-Cruce enjoys the newsletter. for Victoria, Canada. It was keeping track of old classmates ’42 Ariel sat down to write Ann Winnett Karperos ’42 beautiful and the beer so good. and friends. her class notes and felt very Ann is still traveling and had a Then it was to Newport, Ore. Margot Williams Kamens fortunate to have attended wonderful trip to the Black Sea. for the greatest fi sh ever. The ’43 Margot is still limping BHHS. BHHS shaped the years She is spending time at their casinos not too good. Back to along with new hips and that were to come. In biology, Truckee house—winter for Reno till October then back to continues as public relations Mr. Williams started her on the snow and summer to miss the Mexico till Christmas. for the Whittier Area Branch of path that led her to become a Yuba City heat! It’s a good life Leroy L. Carver S’43 Leroy AAUW (American Association medical doctor and psychiatrist. at almost 90! graduated from Beverly Vista in of University Women), and In English, Mr. Spelling laid Doris Gillespie King ’42 ’39 and when attending BHHS treasuring her adorable toy shih the basis for her love of poetry. Doris enjoys reading fellow he was class president in his tzu. In dance, Karen Burt opened classmates’ notes so she is sophomore and senior years. Jackson Schultz W’43 Jackson the door to her appreciation of sending her notes again this He entered the Navy 12 days is having a new experience— the arts. They were wonderful year. She was attending BHHS after graduation, served four taking on a confrontation with teachers! Ariel is now retired when WWII started. It was years and left the Navy with the non-Hodgkins type B lymphoma and living in Newport Beach memorable to make her fi rst trip rank of Lieutenant junior grade. and he’s halfway through the with her husband, Richard to Japan this year. The people He went on to graduate from chemo. He’s doing OK so far 22 Class Notes 2013 and hopes to lick this little nasty appointed Partner in ’66. In ’76, time at BHHS seems long ago had lived for almost 20 years and in about three more months. He he joined Smith Barney & Co. and far away, but recently he where in the rural countryside the would love to chat with some of as Senior VP, Western Regional had occasion to tap back into National Health Service simply his old BHHS friends and can Director and member of the fond memories. He feels he and doesn’t work. They returned to be reached at (650) 348-4514 Board of Directors. He retired his classmates were lucky to their Cheviot Hills home in Los or [email protected]. He says in 1990. spend most of the WWII years Angeles that they had owned when you’re doing chemo, there Don Newmark ’44 Don has at BHHS. He takes his hat off to since 1960. Also they gave up ain’t a lot of other news! been teaching the appreciation Bob Fox for his many years of all travel and he even gave up Mary Stewart Smith ’43 of America’s classical music, service well above “beyond the his long-term memberships in Mary moved to the beautiful jazz, for the past 18 years at call” and is hoping for a good The Outrigger Canoe Club in Pacifi c Northwest after living in the Carmel Foundation. Laura strong replacement. Having Hawaii, The Olympic Club in California for 70 years and feels and he are continuing the good moved to Illinois over 40 years San Francisco and the Carlton the charming city of Spokane, life in Carmel. They enjoy ago he has lost touch with most Club in London. The saddest Wash. is one of America’s best- traveling to Italy and Greece, as old friends or they are no longer aspect of all this for him is the kept secrets. They have four well as to Ashland, Ore. for the with us, like Tike Tinsman and regular death of close friends. seasons, a cultural center and Shakespeare Festival and to Port Kenny Brittingham, both of An example: one of his best a splendid retirement home, Townsend, Wash. for the Port whom he saw at the reunion in friends and someone who the Touchmark. All this plus Townsend Jazz Festival. He is San Juan Capistrano. greatly infl uenced his life and her family is nearby. This is also on the Board of Directors Bill Campbell S’45 Bill and who died not long ago was a wonderful time of life in an of the Monterey Peninsula Judy celebrated their 40th George Eckstein S’45. Alumni exciting place. College Foundation. He feels anniversary on Valentine’s Day Highlights is a reminder of Ruth Stoos Bartlett ’44 Ruth is that based on the description 2013. It’s a second marriage happy past days, and he sends living on the high side of 80 and of the accomplishments of for both of them and they have best wishes to all whom he still having fun with one foot in his former classmate, Stewart a combined six children, 14 knew in those days and who are California and the other in Hilo, “Tike” Tinsman, he would grandchildren and one great- still around. Hawaii. She’s enjoying lots of nominate him for the BHHS grandson. He and Judy observe Maeann Struchen Garty golf, bridge and great-grands. Hall of Fame, as this would with interest as grandchildren ’45 Maeann Eugene H. Corman ’44 Gene be an acknowledgment of his graduate and try for grad school. is still living and Nan S’49’s son, Todd notable achievements. Good luck! When he attended in San Diego, S’75, is working on the second Preston D. Richards, Jr. S’44 UCLA in the ’40s, he doesn’t walking most season of Whitney at NBC. His Preston is living in Salt Lake remember any tuition at all. mornings at son, Wyatt, is in his second City and is a crossing guard Martha Bollenbacher Dolby Mission Bay year at SMU in Dallas. Gene’s retired. S’45 Martha moved to Oregon Park and going other son, Craig S’77, is chair Mary Pabst Young ’44 Mary in 2004. She recently moved on Silversea of the Beverly Hills Planning always enjoys the alumni news into an independent senior Cruises. Commission and his son, Kyle, and the activities of the high living facility in Charbonneau. Evelyn Goldberg Gladstone is a junior at Harvard-Westlake school—such good memories. Of the four Bollenbacher kids, ’45 Evelyn’s 2012 state-of-the- and his daughter, Paige, is at She is still in the house they Carol is in Fullerton and Jonna art hip implant allows her to enjoy the Center for Early Education. moved to in 1968. She enjoys still lives in Sherman Oaks. Don traveling to Illinois, Florida, Both Craig and his wife Karen reading, bridge and getting and Mary Alice passed away Texas and California where her are attorneys. Todd’s wife, together with family and friends. in ’94. Martha is grateful to children and grandchildren live. Jennifer Runyon, was an actress Irving Anderson S’45 Irving’s Bob Fox and all who have put She also went on a special trip and can be seen on Facebook. fellow Hawthorne School class Highlights together for so many to Austin, Texas to celebrate her Esther Needles Fine ’44 Esther members and their adopted to enjoy for so many years. grandson’s wedding (a “fi rst” has just published a book sister, Barbara Jeffries Hall, Sherry Fagan ’45 Sherry is family milestone). There are entitled Clinical Applications of still gather in the wintertime thankful their health is still grandchildren’s graduations on Psychoanalytic Theory. in the Palm Desert area for pretty good. They are looking the agenda for June 2013 and Otis M. Healy ’44 Otis went their annual mini-reunion. forward to a river cruise this a trip to Beverly Hills to visit into the Navy after high school Ann Zink plays hostess at her summer. The cruise goes from older sisters LaVerne and June and graduated from USC in Indian Wells winter home. Budapest to Amsterdam. Her Goldberg W’43. She hopes 1950. He is married with four Marcia Garbus Burnam ’45 thought for the day: The older I BHHS alumni are planning a children, 11 grandchildren and Marcia had a wonderful time get, the smarter I was. 70th reunion for the ’44, ’45, three great-grandchildren. All catching up with J. Patrick Ford Larry Frankley ’45 Larry, ’46 grads—now that will be a four children attended USC when he was in town. She still having reached old age and Highlights milestone! at the same time and three sees Marilyn Granas and Rita needing sophisticated medical Arnold Kornfi eld S’45 grandchildren have graduated Hoffman Weissman, who is care, especially for his wife, Arnold and his wife attended a USC. He started as a broker moving to Portland, Ore. decided to sell their home in “destination wedding” of their at Dean Witter & Co. and was Wiley Caldwell W’45 Wiley’s Norfolk, England where they grandson, Alex Conner, and his 2013 Alumni Highlights 23 wife, Meghann, on the island celebrated the event at their had just marched again into basketball team. Ricard’s oldest of Hawaii. Needless to say, home in the Pacifi c Palisades Alsace Lorraine. It was a is 26 years old and married. they had a wonderful week’s with many longtime friends timely subject. She continues Armond Lisle S’46 Armond vacation. They are grateful to be from Beverly High as well as researching and writing about and his wife, Kathryn, continue doing and going in their eighties. others. Bob’s friend, Superior local history. One highlight of to live in Indian Wells where Herb Constine S’46 Herb is Court Judge Sterry Fagan her year was riding as a Wall they recently celebrated their still doing his thing—lots of ’50, when learning of the 60th of Honor Recipient in the 62nd 60th wedding anniversary. Both tennis and some travel. He anniversary, remarked “that’s Annual Covina Christmas enjoy visits from their adult looks forward to spring to see a long sentence.” Not really! parade. Her brother Brad Jeffries grandchildren and summers in what old schoolmates are up to. Bob is no longer publishing ’49 and his wife joined her. Carlsbad. It would be great if more alumni Alumni Highlights and now Dean P. Hanson W’46 Dean Barbara Jean King Meier gave to support the Association. has time to actually do other worked 50 years in the CIA, S’46 Barbara gets such a kick Robert and Amy (Hart) things, such as read books, which included Indochina, out of reading the Highlights Ewing S’46 Robert and Amy relax, as well as other activities. South America and Africa. He and seeing the names of old thank Bob Fox for the great ride Bob is a director of the Pacifi c spoke both French and Spanish. friends. She wonders if Bob and hope that he leaves us in Pioneer Broadcaster and chairs When President Obama was Fox remembers her. She read good hands! a Planning Committee. Bob and elected, the CIA told him of the publisher’s letter, hence her Bo Christian Roos S’45 Bo is Val are proud to mention that Dean’s endeavors. contribution. We all know that eager to tell us about his good their daughter, Lorraine, has Carol Herrick Jaurequi times are tough but she has such luck! It was 63 years ago that been named “one of the 100 S’46 Carol is no longer happy memories of BHHS and he met a beautiful little nurse in most infl uential women in the teaching after 42 years. She contributes happily. La Jolla. They were married in Silicon Valley.” Bob and Val moved to the Sacramento area Joyce Roodberg Snyder ’46 1950 and had three daughters, attended the dinner held in the (Gold River) to be near her Joyce is looking forward three granddaughters and one Bay Area honoring Lorraine family. Most of the children are to Opening Day at Dodger great-granddaughter. Now and the other women. now retired professionals and Stadium—new owners, new they live in a paradise called Morton Greenspoon the grandchildren are through players and a newly remodeled Fallbrook, Calif. and that makes S’46 Morton and Sandy will college and ready for careers and stadium! She is happy to him the luckiest guy in town! be celebrating their 57th family. She keeps busy working announce the arrival of her Richard M. Sherman wedding anniversary in out at the gym (weight lifting, seventh great-grandchild. Life S’45 Richard is still active in December 2012. It has been a spinning, swimming, cardio) is good and getting better all the the entertainment industry. He’s busy year. Sandy is treasurer and cooking gourmet meals, time. been in stage shows such as of the Creekside Calabasas sewing, canning, and reading Carol Strauss Somers S’46 Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Homeowners Association. classic literature in English Carol’s 2012 trip to India was Bang Bang playing all over Morton will be keynote speaker and in Spanish. Her Spanish fabulous! 2013 will take her to the world. He was the music at the American Academy of teachers would be proud of Russia with her daughter, and consultant on Saving Mr. Banks , Optometry Historical Society her. In December 2010 she and she also wants to make her 34th a new fi lm about the making Convention in Phoenix. He her youngest son took a cruise trip to Australia to see her son of Mary Poppins , the original will speak on “The History of around the Straits of Magellan and three grandchildren. Her musical that starred Julie Cosmetic Contact Lenses in and near the Falkland Islands grandson was married this year Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. the Movie Industry.” He has they got into a hurricane. It was on top of a mountain in Tanzania Robert L. Fox W’46 Bob and created special-effect contacts very exciting and frightening. during a safari made all by his wife Valerie will celebrate for many actors, including Elvis Charlotte Emmerling Justice themselves! It was witnessed by their 60th anniversary on July Presley and Michael Jackson. S’46 Charlotte is very happy in the entire group of natives living 5. Amazing. Bob and Val They have three daughters, Carlsbad. in that complex. What a life! six grandchildren and one Pierre Kern S’46 Pierre Barbara Daniel Tyner great-grandson. Morton was a observes that time fl ies! In ’46 Barbara sends kudos to Bob photographer for Highlights and another month and a half he’ll Fox and crew for all the Alumni Watchtower . have another birthday—84, Highlights over the years! It Barbara Ann Jeffries Hall wow! He’s trying to stay as has been fun reading about ’46 Barbara experienced many healthy as possible. He still plays former classmates and friends. memories when the Beverly tennis (doubles) three times a She is still alive and kicking in Vista Class of ’41 picture was week. He is currently fi ghting a Northern California. She’s busy sent in last year by Pat Ford. hamstring and his energy level with lots of bridge, bowling in Barbara gave the graduation is not what it used to be. His a league, attending theater and speech the day the picture was sons, Ricard and Bradford, are ballet, lunching with friends, taken. It was based on Guy de fi ne, and so are Pierre’s four swimming, and volunteering. Maupassant’s short story “La grandkids. Brad’s oldest is a Her children and grandchildren Bo ’45 and Barbara Roos Derniere Lecon.” The Germans 6-foot 13-year-old who is on the also live in Northern California, 24 Class Notes 2013 so get-togethers are frequent grow stronger each year! The involved and assisted many in Beverly and Chester Firestein and fun. Life is good! memories they share never dim. getting offi cial identifi cation ’48 Chester and Beverly say: Lester Wertheimer S’46 Lester Their letters and phone calls to one for registration. She continues another year, another trip. thinks there is little to complain another, as well as their reunions, to tape books for the blind However in common with about if you have your health, are thoroughly meaningful. She and also for the Junior Blind others in their age group, those a sense of humor and someone feels very lucky to have spent of America. Staying active in l-o-n-g plane fl ights to get to to love. He enjoys seeing old those four high-school years positive projects continues to Europe or Asia have become a classmates and keeps busy with at BHHS, where the splendid be important to her. She is now deterrent, so they try to stay in his travels, writing and being an education was so enriching and a great-great-grandmother! the good old US of A. New York architect. where she established cherished There are fi ve generations of is still their favorite destination Sally Frank ’47 Sally is enjoying relationships. her family alive. She thoroughly resort and they spend three to life with her senior peers in Palm Joan McKenna ’47 Joan still enjoys receiving information four weeks a year enjoying the Desert. She continues to laugh and gets together with classmates about fellow Normans. pace of that city, its restaurants, reminisce with Barbara Terman Margene Morris Pyeatte, James Spitz W’47 James museums and shops. Other than Fox about the days gone by. Joanne Rice Killam and Barbara says all is well in Tarzana. He that they are content. Of course, E. Tim Hampton W’47 Tim is Terman Fox about once a month misses the lunch bunch. He and they have come to realize their still enjoying life in his home in for lunch. They never run out of Lorraine now have six great- story is a bit unique. They met Port Ludlow, Wash. The children things to talk about and always grandchildren and fi nd life is at Hawthorne in the 8th grade, are holding at four, thank look forward to their next good! started going together the last goodness, grandchildren at 10, meeting. Her sister Bonnie Cox Merritt Van Sant ’47 Merritt semester at BHHS, got married and great-grandchildren are now Butler ’44 and her husband live lives in Newport Beach with in their third year at UCLA and up to seven. In the fi rst part of the just across the street from her his wife, Marilyn (South Gate here they are—four children year, Tim and grandson, Johnny, and fi nds it great having them High ’48). Both are graduates and 10 grandchildren later— spent their time restoring an so close. of Stanford, where in 1951 he thinking about how to celebrate antique sports car that was Eleanor Bowen Parrish W’47 was captain of the track team. their 63rd wedding anniversary. to be part of a high-school Eleanor’s high-school They have six children, 17 More than travels (though they project required for Johnny’s sweetheart, Dick Robbins, went grandchildren and four great- have been to 60 countries), more graduation. Then in late May, into the Marines and then to grandchildren! than fi nancial stability (both Tim and his family went to Lake USC. She went to UCLA. They Donna Weiss Barnett ’48 Donna retired), this is a life story of Chelan supposedly for a week of married others and subsequently, says life is wonderful. She goes fulfi llment and joy. Of course, fun. The second day there, while when their spouses died, they to school four days a week at they wonder where all those playing tennis, Tim fell hard got back together in 2009. They two different universities. She years went and so swiftly! But, on his back breaking his fourth have been to New Zealand and had already graduated as a in moments of introspection, lumbar. This was followed by Hawaii with Jack Cameron and school teacher after attending they refl ect on where they medical treatment away from his wife, Barbara, a few times. four universities in four years. have been and what they have home until mid-August then Eleanor’s brother, Stan Bowen She has three great sons and accomplished in their 83 years. back home to continue treatment S’41, turned 90 on Jan. 30 and three wonderful grandchildren. It’s not the goal that matters; it’s until the end of the year. He is is doing quite well and playing Donna is on the go all the time the journey, and they rejoice in feeling 98 percent recovered golf. and loves it! their love and good fortune. and closing in on 100 percent. Jack Shoemaker S’47 Jack Stanley Feldman S’48 Stanley Dick Jones S’48 Dick and His grandson entered a different appreciates more and more the loves life on the North Olympic his wife of 56 years retired in car in a show in September and great experiences at BHHS as Peninsula and doesn’t miss L.A. 1991. They sold everything and won a small prize. The report the years go by. He and his wife, in the least. moved on board of their sailboat is now being completed and he Louise, are really enjoying their will graduate in June. It has been golden years with golf, bridge, three years since Tim lost his cruising, tennis, and most wife of 56 years and he misses importantly, their family, which her very much. includes nine grandchildren Hilde Carsten Koessler W’47 who all live nearby. They send Hilde visited penguins in their best wishes for all to have Antarctica in 2010. She visited a happy and healthy future. polar bears in Churchill, Canada Audrey Bledsoe Speights last November. A dog-sled ride S’47 Audrey has had a busy and helicopter tour added to the and exciting year. She worked delight of seeing bears in their very hard on the campaign cold, white land. to re-elect President Obama. Sue Evans Jarman ’47 Sue’s She crisscrossed the USA Beverly and Chester Firestein ’48 aboard the friendships during high school informing citizens of what was USS Sequoia 2013 Alumni Highlights 25 in Jacksonville, Fla. where they volunteer in construction with some are engaged; some in ’49 Nancy is still active in bridge, lived full time for two and a half Empire Mine State Historic college; out of college; in high stitch clubs, a book discussion years, cruising the Intercoastal Park. Later this year he’ll be school; and in middle school! group, the Lisle woman’s club Waterway as far north as doing a bit of traveling with Mitzi and Stan still travel and and fundraising. She still keeps Washington, D.C. Since their family and friends here in the enjoy doing charitable work, in touch with Marianne Lindsay, son lives in Minnesota and their U.S. His latest project is the concerts, plays and operas. Life Sharon Clark Gayton and Pat daughter lives in New Jersey, complete restoration of a 1928 is good. Go Normans! Rose Eagan. She sends greetings they decided to give up boating Model A Phaeton. She’s a Mary Hahn Hudson S’49 to all fellow Normans! full time to live in a motor home beauty and should be fi nished Mary has lived in San Francisco Harvey Witt ’49 Harvey went to where they lived for eight years late this year. Be sure to look over 50 years with their two USAF in ’51. During the Korean traveling to each state in the for him in Coronado on the 4th daughters and grandchildren in War, he was with SAC for fi ve “lower 48” and a bit in Canada. of July. He’ll be Uncle Sam in other parts of the city. She is years as a Radar Navigator They crossed the country 13 their great parade! still in touch with a couple of on B-36’s. He went back to times and always came home to Marcia Scott ’48 Marcia is classmates and in November USC and got a job in foreign Orange County where they have maybe thinking of retiring. met with Liz Nichols for lunch marketing. He married Barbara lived for 34 years. Occasionally, Margot Wiesinger Smith at Old Town in Sacramento. Sawyer (Fairfax S’55) and their fi ve grandkids traveled ’48 Margot is surviving and Nancy Sutherland Larkins S’49 went on to a career in overseas with them, which they all found enjoying the grandchildren and Nancy fi nds life good in Corona trade. They had the opportunity a great way to get to know each great-grandchildren. (See her with family grands and greats to travel to 103 countries in 13 other. They keep busy and travel “Refl ections” on page 48.) around. She just spent a rousing years. Life is good to them. They mostly now on cruise ships, James Westmore S’48 James weekend helping Susan Wald have two great kids and three which they enjoy. They would and his wife, Bonnie, moved Sink S’50 celebrate her 80th. overachieving grandchildren. love to hear from any “ex” back to Southern California Ralph Marx ’49 Ralph and He had a one-year retirement classmates and can be reached after 24 years in the Sierras. Helen continue to sail the and then was off to a second by email: [email protected]. They now reside in La Quinta shores of Mexico’s west coast. career in land development and Milt Jones S’48 Milt just keeps and are enjoying the wonderful This year they stopped at San construction. He still works a plugging along. It’s hard to hear weather and everything else the Ignacio Lagoon where the couple hours a week and enjoys about the passing of old friends. desert has to offer. grey whales go to give birth. it. He spends a lot of time on His family continues to grow Peggy Wise S’48 Peggy and The mother brings the baby to tournament bridge play and at the with new grandchildren and her husband, Lloyd, celebrated your open long boat (a Mexican end of the day has a 30-minute great-grandchildren. They took their 60th anniversary in August panga) to play with you. They swim. He must also mention a cruise through the Panama 2012. Life has been good to push the boat around like a toy his dear friend and partner for Canal last year and are going them! ball and then poke their heads 69 years, Norman (Bud) Lifpitz to the Canadian Rockies this Allan Barry W’49 Allan is up to be petted. S’50. He salutes him and his summer. He’s sorry to hear the pleased to have been selected Liz Stern Nichols W’49 Liz is beautiful wife, Nancy, for just gathering for the 65th has been as an honored “South Pasadena a retired teacher but continues to being there all this time. shelved, but sends best wishes Author” whose book The volunteer in several classrooms. to all the old Normans! Unknown Lineman/The Lighter Her greater joy is her fi ve 1950 Wayne Knickmeyer W’48 Side of the NFL is now in children and nine grandchildren. Carol Goshaw Blanchard Wayne still keeps in touch with the South Pasadena library Frank and Betsy (Roberts) ’50 Carol believes our greatest his school friends. He has two collection. He was a former Ulf S’49 Frank and Betsy just legacy will be our children, great daughters and two fabulous professional football player celebrated their 60th wedding and their children’s loyalty to grandchildren, Nicholas and for the Green Bay Packers, anniversary. They were married America. It is up to us to pass Katie. Life is great and he is New York Giants and the Los (in between semesters) on on to them the privilege to thankful that he grew up at a Angeles Chargers. His book can Saturday night, the 14th of be American. She lived in a special time in Beverly Hills. be purchased by sending $25 to February. Because Frank and Communist country for nine Robert Moher S’48 Robert has Al Barry, 3760 Edgeview Drive, his male peer group had to serve years, is now retired and hoping had the same wife for 52 years Pasadena, CA 91107. He will in the military, they married the all of us and our families will be and the same address for 41 send you an autographed copy semester before Frank graduated grateful for our freedom. She years! Where does the time go? and will pay for the postage. from Pomona College. Betsy prays we don’t lose our country Dennis Morrow W’48 Dennis Mitzi Gollos-Redke Eisenberg fi nished at UCLA after Frank and advises us to vote carefully. is still enjoying life in Indian S’49 Mitzi’s recollection of became “an offi cer and a Elaine Allers Casey ’50 Elaine Wells with his wife Marilyn. He classmates and teachers at BHHS gentleman” at Newport, Rhode and her husband are slowing plays golf three times a week, is still fresh in her memory. She Island’s Offi cer Training School. down. They have been living cruises and time shares keep and Stan have a large, growing John S. Watson S’49 John is in the same house for almost 23 them active. family and have two great- retired and living the good life years. The days are really bright Tom Newmark ’48 Tom is grandchildren to enjoy. Some of in Bend, Ore. in the desert and it makes for a soon winding up 30 years as a the grandchildren are married; Nancy Hollingsworth Wilson lot of happiness and keeps one 26 Class Notes 2013 outside. This will be their 45th loves it. She travels and does a total of 50,000+ miles, 230 is still practicing family therapy year in RV’ing and it will be home exchanges and enjoys time locks, 34 states, 51 countries and part time, enjoys doubles tennis their last she is sorry to say. It spent with family and friends. 528 ports of call. four days a week, playing was also a very happy time with Susan Wald Sink ’50 Susan was Barbara Sherman Topkis ’50 duplicate bridge as often as children. encouraged to write about the Barbara ended up in Phoenix time permits, George Jerry Frakes S’50 fi ve-year circumnavigation her last summer due to confl icts with and traveling George and his wife enjoyed late husband, Jim, and she made her grandchildren’s schedules. with Bud, her their class reunion at Felipe’s on their 46 Nordhavn power boat She had never experienced 116 husband of 60 Restaurant in the oldest part of “SALVATION II” after reading degree heat in the shade! And years. He has Los Angeles. There were a lot the article Ralph Marx wrote never will again! They never left retired from of healthy, youthful looking about their boating experiences. the pool during the day. Because his surgical and active 80-year-olds in Their maiden voyage in June hotels are cheap in August, she practice, but attendance. It was good to see 1990 took them from Dana got a cabana and watched the two sons and old friends again and the train Point through the inside passage Olympics. Yes! They enjoyed a grandson are carrying on the ride from Santa Barbara to L.A. to Glacier Bay, Alaska. After lots of ice water and ice cream. tradition of doctoring in diverse Union Station was enjoyable. returning to Dana Point to re- Despite the heat, they had a specialties. They are still in He continues to live in Santa provision and install a GPS, they good time. The hotel was not Beverly Hills and are grateful Barbara with his wife (Stanford) went through Baja California, crowded; she wonders why. to have spent 42 years in their of 58 years. He plays recreational Central America, transited the Fred Brown ’51 Fred and Holly home on Elm Drive. doubles tennis and until last year Panama Canal, cruised the (married 53 years) have lived in Mort Gerson ’51 Mort and Ken was in senior tennis leagues. He Caribbean and Yucatan coast the Central Coast of California Kolod walked the Thames Path enjoys reading, gardening, adult before returning to their home in Morro Bay for 14 years. national trail from the source of education classes, visiting their in Houston. In 1991 they set Miles Coleman lives nearby and the Thames in the Cotswolds to children and grandchildren, and, off for the East Coast by way of with them enjoys the August the Thames Barrier in London, oh yes, tennis. the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway temperature of 61 degrees, Fall 169 miles in 17 days. Debby Williams Fryer ’50 and returned to Houston in 65, Winter 60 and Spring 65. Wade Hover ’41 Wade at 89 is Debby is happy in retirement and November. In all, they made Great, huh? They are both doing still skiing in Lech, Austria and is currently active in painting 53 ports of call and negotiated well and enjoying chess and Courchevel, France. He sends and exhibiting watercolors. 68 locks. In 1992 they traveled golf. his best to all Normans of W’41 Being close to New York she the Intracoastal Waterway to Naomi Zimmer Feldman ’51 and S’41. gets into the museums or theater Ft. Lauderdale for their trans- Naomi enjoyed the 60 th reunion Myrna Hyman Goldstick ’51 frequently. She has a busy Atlantic crossing where they and thought it a terrifi c event. Myrna sends best regards to her family life with grandchildren reached their fi nal destination She was sorry there were no classmates and reports that in and says life is good! of Falmouth, England on June photos in the Highlights. Her Chicago they are all well. Chuck Murray ’50 Chuck 13. They spent a delightful 18 three children live in L.A., are Joyce Diller Grunauer ’51 would like a class of ’50 reunion months in Kusadasi, Turkey and all busy and productive. She Joyce celebrated 59 years this year. the beautiful cruising grounds continues to facilitate a book of marriage to Ralph. They Jane Gordon Oristano ’50 of the Turquoise Coast. In group with wonderful women, have three children, seven Jane enjoyed reading about 1995 they left southwest Asia including Carole Wayne Foran. grandchildren, expecting twins the 60 th reunion. Sadly they to begin their journey back to She travels to New York every in October 2012, and two great- were traveling that day so they the U.S. via the Philippines, spring and Arizona every grandchildren. She continues couldn’t attend. Her husband, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands winter. She is planning a cruise to actively work in property Victor, and she travel a lot— and took a nice long rest in Pearl for her BIG birthday in 2013. management and farming, cruises especially. They are the Harbor. They completed their Her third grandchild starts dividing her time between only Floridians who don’t know circumnavigation back in Dana college (Skidmore) this month Lake Tahoe, Palm Desert and how to play golf! Her daughter, Point in October 1995 with and her brother will be a junior Beverly Hills. She is active in Ellen Frances Tuchman, is a at Kenyon College. Naomi’s all three communities and in well-known artist living in husband, Marty, actually enjoys her spare time plays tennis and Dallas. Her younger grandson, the BHHS reunions; he went to enjoys several literature groups. Spencer, is to be married in high school and college in New Phil Jaffe ’51 Phil is an active May 2013; and Nicholas, the York. member of the Corsairs, a high- older grandson, is at USC Carole Wayne Foran ’51 school YMCA club that has been studying for a master’s degree Carole, along with her meeting every year since 1952. in astrophysics engineering. classmates, is celebrating her Jeanne Curry Laye ’51 Jeanne You can see his app “Just 80th birthday this year. At heart enjoyed a wonderful trip to Science.” she is still a teenager, but their Istanbul, Turkey, which included Lynn Vale Penoyar ’50 Lynn Sink’s power boat Salvation four children ranging in age a cruise down to Rhodes, the still lives on Balboa Island and II in Phuket, Thailand from 53 to 58 belie that fact. She Greek isles, ending in Athens 2013 Alumni Highlights 27 and the Acropolis. In June she company, The Customer Class of 1946, 1928-2010. Unifi ed School District. Ten got to watch her granddaughter, Connection, which created and Richard Laurion ’52 Richard of the years were spent at Lisa, graduate from high school administered Frequent Diner, has lived in Bend, Ore. since Lakewood High School and in Connecticut. She is looking Gift Card and other database 1988. His home for the past 22 the next 25 at Long Beach forward to college and is marketing programs primarily years is located next to Bend’s Poly Technic High School, all planning a journalism major. In for restaurant companies largest river, the Deschutes. The teaching mathematics. The last July, 17 of the extended family throughout the U.S. They have town of Bend is well-known 10 years he was fortunate to spent 10 glorious days in Maui three daughters, who have for many outdoor activities have the AP calculus classes and for the Labor Day weekend provided four grandchildren, including fi shing, kayaking, in a magnet program. His wife, she plans on visiting her best and two stepdaughters, who skiing and biking; however, Jennifer, and he live in the same friend from BHHS, Ingrid, in have provided six grandchildren. age and dementia now keeps house purchased in 1970. Walter Yelm, Wash. In October, Jeanne Judd sold the company and him mostly at home. He retired contacted the alumni offi ce and heads to the Amalfi Coast with retired in October 2012. Now he from work as a car mechanic was unhappy to hear that there a fellow CPA widow. She keeps is on the board of the Escondido in Los Angeles before moving was no scheduled 60th reunion. busy as a part-time CPA and Charitable Foundation and is a to Oregon. His wife, Beverly, He did attend the 40th. fi nds life is good. member of several committees and he are enjoying their quiet, Margaret Albin Stauffer ’52 Paul Rudnick ’51 Paul looked at the California Center of the lovely surroundings. Family Margaret and Art had a very forward to the annual Corsair- Arts. His health is very good members live in both Oregon interesting trip with Road Marcon lunch on April 2. He has for a 78-year-old and fi nds and Washington State. Scholar to Spain and Morocco. four daughters, eight grandkids, retirement is great! Mumsey Kessler Nemiroff It was fascinating to see the and is still practicing medicine. Robert P. Gordon ’52 Robert ’52 Mumsey is an art historian infl uence of each culture as it It’s a wonderful life! says there has been no essential and taught at UCLA for 19 was carried across the Straits of Lynne Sussman Braiman ’52 change over the past year. His years; currently she is an art Gibraltar. The architecture was Lynne is moving along in life, children, Bruce, Michael and consultant and does a great deal quite unique. They had some spending most of the winter in Julie, are all BHHS graduates of public speaking. She leads special visits arranged by the the desert and summer in Marina and are happy and fl ourishing. small groups of collectors on Cultural Exchange Group in del Rey. She plans to go to Africa He still spends time occasionally art tours throughout the world, Rabat: a dinner in a home where in November with Mumsey at home in Avalon. Retirement including many times to Cuba a sheep awaited his demise as Nemiroff. She is enjoying her has its benefi ts. An interesting where for years she was one of the main course for Ramadan; children and grandchildren. sidebar is that Walt Dougher the few Americans allowed to a panel discussion with college Shirley Seams Chestnut S’52 and he both transferred from enter. She particularly enjoys students who longed for Shirley feels blessed to have University High School in ’51 African art and culture as well more political freedom; and, found happiness at this time in and graduated from BHHS. as its wildlife, and this fall will a luncheon at a home of an her life. Husband Mike retired Robert was thrilled to read about travel to the African continent organizer for more awareness of in September 2012 and received his later accomplishments. for the 34 th time. Her husband women’s rights. Margaret feels a Lifetime Achievement Award His fi rst friends upon entering and she collect contemporary fortunate to be able to travel and from the CGCA for his 56 BHHS were Steve Platt and art as well as African art and see what is around us. years of service in the glass and Gary Hoffman. He and his they have a noted collection of Victoria Shuken Weisenberg glazing industry. children have maintained a antique clocks. They are active ’52 Although Victoria is still Suzanne Hall Christian ’52 deep friendship with the Platts, in a number of philanthropic teaching biology at Oakton Suzanne fi nds life great in a relationship that has lasted for projects and here at home, she Community College in Illinois, Claremont. She is still enjoying more than 60 years. is on the Board of Directors she has returned to her fi rst her busy practice as a certifi ed Armand Martin Grant ’52 at the Beverly Hills Womens love—art. So, she has enrolled fi nancial planner. She has won Armand is a happy man heavily Club and the Alliance Board of in a certifi cate program in awards and is traveling to Fiji involved in the business world the Natural History Museum. botanical art at the Chicago this year. She has four children and enjoying good health living They are proud to say that their Botanic Garden. And, just and fi ve grandchildren. in Malibu. grandchildren have become for fun, she entered a holiday Judd Goldfeder ’52 Judd Laura Richardson and involved in their projects in cookie contest sponsored by attended several schools Richard Hall ’52 Laura and exotic places like Kenya and the Chicago Tribune and won following BHHS graduation. He Richard are grateful for their Borneo and they hope they fi rst prize! (Google “Chicago graduated from USC Law School 56 years together, 48 in the San continue to help make the world Tribune Cookie Contest 2012” in ’59 and Harvard Business Fernando Valley. Their family is a better place. for details, or Google her name School in ’61. His wife, Faye, growing and they remain fairly June Ferrer Pond ’52 June and click on cookie contest.) and he have lived in Escondido healthy. Beverly Vista, Horace is looking forward to the 60th She also wondered if someone since 1974 when they opened Mann and BHHS are very dear reunion in June. in Beverly Hills could organize a Swensen’s ice cream store, to their hearts. Thanks for the Walter Schuster ’52 Walter a reunion. which was sold in 1983. Since memories. In memoriam, their retired in June of 1995 after Elliott Wolfe ’52 Elliott and then he operated a marketing sister: Patricia Helen Hall, 35 years with the Long Beach his wife, Judy, have lived in 28 Class Notes 2013 Valencia for the past seven Douglas Epstein ’53 In the 60th reunion on Aug. 3, 2013 at their 45th anniversary. They years, having previously spent 60s, Douglas got a call from the Riviera Country Club. If you love to travel. They are semi- 10 years in the Palm Desert Peter Shane ’53, who asked if know someone from that class retired and are still working in area, in the same community he wanted to go spelunking. who has not been contacted yet, their tax offi ce. They have a with many classmates. Now Douglas had no idea what this please have them contact her at beautiful Himalayan cat named back in the Los Angeles area, meant, but whenever Peter [email protected]. Yummy who keeps them happy. most of his time is spent being called he was ready to go. He Howard Hirsch ’53 Howard Leda Carroll Goldsmith ’54 involved with the six children and Peter went to Soldiers Cave has two new knees and one Leda has just spent the year and 11 grandchildren spawned near Fresno. Douglas was the new hip but is still enjoying of the “Health Crises.” She from this second marriage of fi rst to climb down a steel ladder retirement by snowboarding, fl y collapsed on a Jazz Cruise 25 years. Otherwise, when and while doing so, Peter said fi shing, golf, photography and and luckily was in port at St. not traveling the world, he is “stop!” He did and then after travel. His granddaughter is at Thomas so she could be taken kept busy looking for fellow a few minutes was told to go University of Colorado and his off the ship for treatment at the classmates for the 60+ reunion ahead. Later he found out Peter grandson is at USD. local hospital. They fl ew back being held in June 2013, which had to screw in the single screw Margie Williams Lightfoot ’53 to NYC so she could continue he’s done for the last 50 years that held the ladder. When they Margie’s last fi ve years have diagnosis and treatment with her as a member of the reunion got to the bottom they found brought many changes to her own doctors. No sooner had she committee. He’s been retired 50 or 60 students from Fresno life. She was widowed in 2007, begun to feel better when her for 18 years and says “life has College. Surprising, since the and downsized in 2011. She husband, Gerry, had to undergo been good.” entrance to the cave was 3’ by still enjoys tennis and bridge, an aortic valve replacement and Jonna Clark Bollenbacher ’53 2’ by 4’. After exchanging some book clubs, traveling, and Pacemaker surgery on March 28. Jonna sees Walt and Barbara soup for some dried apricots philanthropic organizations. She The recovery period is slow, but Dougher often. Her son, Michael with one of the students, is looking forward to the 60- hopefully by May they can get ’79, is a real-estate developer here they tied a rope to the front year reunion in August. out to their house in Sag Harbor. and in Mississippi; daughter, Jan bumper of the car, a ’53 2-door Margie Greenberg Schwartz ’53 She is in constant email/phone ’81, is an RN and a mother of four Chevrolet and did a belay down Margie is now living in Jerusalem, contact with Dee Witt Stone ’54 in Spokane, Wash.; and daughter, some holes in the Victorville Israel. and recently saw a note from Brooke ’84, is relocating from area. At the bottom of one they Brian and Catherine Doria Steedman ’54, in the New Colorado to Northern California found water and destroyed slot (Richardson) Bittke ’54 Brian York Times Metropolitan Diary this summer. (Mom’s happy!) machines. What a way to spend and Catherine celebrated their section. She sends her best to all Susan Horwits Brody ’53 the weekend! Unfortunately, 57th wedding anniversary and her classmates. Susan is involved doing Peter lives in Chile. are still going strong! In 2012, Eleanor Klein Kaufman committee work in anticipation Davis Factor, Jr. ’53 Davis they welcomed their 10th great- ’54 Eleanor is still of her 60th class reunion which worked at Eldon Industries for grandchild. Brian remains active teaching photography and will take place Aug. 3, 2013. six years; Max Factor Company with Open Arms International, a photojournalism. Her students They are all extremely excited for six years; real estate medical missionary organization (past and present) presented a about the event. She is blessed development for 15 years. He taking care of orphans in Eldoret, photo exhibition which was very with 13 grandchildren. She and has lived in Carmel since 1988, Kenya. He and Catherine would successful. She entered BHHS her husband are still traveling has been married to Christine welcome any of their classmates as a sophomore and while it was and loving it. They are looking for 11 years and they have fi ve to visit them in Oregon. not an easy time for her, she felt forward to a trip to the French biological children and two Keith Coplen ’54 Keith took lucky as her class was warm, Riviera and London this year. stepchildren. advantage of a 2008 California welcoming and special. Barbara and Walt Dougher ’53 Nathaniel J. Friedman ’53 court ruling and married his Lynn Morris Kreinman ’54 Barbara and Walt will celebrate Nathaniel’s fi rst book Medical partner of 39 years, Brian Kraft, Lynn is still traveling the world. their 55 th wedding anniversary Malpractice Litigation for the at a private ceremony in Beverly She just returned from Asia in September. Walt still serves 21 st Century has been published. Hills followed by a luncheon in and has more travel planned. on the L.A. County Beach Look for it on Amazon.com, the Polo Lounge. Having had She is on a planning committee Commission. He is also active Kindle, etc. their own national political for the 60th reunion and needs in the Blue Zones concept Bobbie Hill Fromberg ’53 consulting fi rm, Coplen & Kraft, updates from classmates. She in Manhattan, Hermosa and Bobbie is still a Lakers fan and for more than three decades, is with her signifi cant other, Redondo Beach communities. still with the same boyfriend. Keith and Brian retired in 2001. Bennett Wolf ’47, and is the The initiative is committed to She now has two grandchildren They now travel extensively loving mother of two daughters measurably improving well- in grad school, two in college and happily divide their time and loving grandmother of two being among the residents of and one preparing for college. between homes in Palm Springs, grandchildren. the three cities. Walt still can’t She is still the computer contact Irvine and Vienna, Austria. Patrick McDermott ’54 believe his good fortune to be for the Class of ’53 and working Ken Cutler ’54 Ken says no Patrick is having a good time inducted into the BHHS Hall of with the committee to fi nd news is good news! His wife, playing lots of golf. Fame. classmates for the upcoming Geri, and he will soon celebrate Norman Ross ’54 Norman 2013 Alumni Highlights 29 and Gloria (Stolaroff) ’56 will California. visits to the ranch. celebrate 55 years of marriage Soni Smith Wright ’55 Soni James Mawson ’56 James this August. They have six loves living in Ojai. She is sends greetings to all his wonderful grandchildren. Two quite active in the art and music classmates. He’s sorry he have graduated from college and community and continues missed his 55 th reunion and have jobs in the entertainment to paint and exhibit her art looks forward to the 60 th . He is fi eld; three are attending USC; frequently. still actively building things and and the youngest is a senior Richard Adler ’56 Richard recently joined a development in high school. Norman and is getting too old to care for a fi rm building charter schools in Gloria enjoy family outings, house and a big yard. It’s time Texas. This past August they travel, tennis, as well as staying to downsize. They are moving completed their fi rst school for in touch socially with many 30 miles east of their current 950 students. In October they of their high-school friends. location, Walnut Creek, to the planned to take their yearly trip Occasionally, he might have an other side of Mt. Diablo in to Puerto Vallarta and scheduled art project to work on, but that Brentwood. They broke ground their fi rst Danube River Cruise. seems fewer and fewer as the in February 2013 and hope to In addition to working, he was years go on. Meanwhile, Gloria move in August. He is enjoying actively involved in trying to has maintained her art jewelry retirement and good health. What turn Texas blue! Go Normans! business. She still travels across else is there? In summer 2012 Harvey Pine ’56 Harvey and his Anita and Harvey Pine ’56 the United States doing three- they did a river cruise between wife, Anita, continue retirement the community. She and her or four-day shows and has built Moscow and St. Petersburg. in Sandpoint, Idaho. Cancer has husband attend concerts, up a very large clientele. She Peter Behrendt ’56 Peter been Harvey’s big challenge lectures, seminars and the opera. loves meeting new people and continues to split his time between over the past few years, but they Joan Kline Yeoman ’56 Joan always has incredible stories to Boulder, Vail and Puerto Vallarta. are getting along one day at a was delighted to receive the tell from every show. He has recently traveled to Syria, time. Due to health and age, they Alumni Highlights. She is Dee Stone ’54 Dee took a year Borneo and Iceland—and, also can no longer ride their tandem still the keeper of “the list”; off for three surgeries and is fi nally became a grandfather! bicycle, so they upgraded to a however, very few classmates fi nally back to her drawing John Fox ’56 John updated his four-wheeler so they can keep send her their updates. She is and oil painting. Stanley and “10 Tax Questions the Candidates pedaling. For more information online at [email protected] she are still going to plays and Don’t Want You to Ask.” It can on the Pines, check the web and or Facebook. It won’t be long concerts and, of course, movies. be seen on 10taxquestions.com blog site: www.sandpoint.net/ before it will be reunion time so She loves her book group and and printed for a fee. pineproductions/home, http:// she would like to make it easy staying involved with life keeps Dave Friedman ’56 Dave is pineproductions.blogspot.com/. for her to contact you. When one above the grass! still working in the movies as Anthony B. Sokol ’56 Anthony she does hear from classmates, Elinor Olden Caplan ’55 a still photographer. He is also and his wife, Barbara, have it is a pleasure. Elinor has resided in Encino photographing classical ballet been married 46 years and Bob Bard ’57 Bob is retired for the past 47 years and is still in Southern California and reside in Beverly Hills. He and active in civic affairs in Rio enjoying many friends from her Mexico. He just completed a continues to practice aesthetic Vista where he and his wife, class of ’55 and the class of ’54. book for Warner Bros for the plastic surgery. During the Marian, have lived since 1971. Natalie Forbes ’55 Natalie 40th anniversary of the fi lm year they donate at least one He operated a dental practice plans to continue staying in Enter the Dragon, featuring month traveling to Third World and raised a family in Rio Prescott, Ariz., as she can see to many of the images he took on countries with Operation Smile Vista, a town of 8,000 located the other side of the sky! that fi lm. to perform reconstructive plastic on the Sacramento River in the Joe Friedman ’55 Joe is very Bennett Kerns ’56 Bennett surgery on children born with California Delta. They met in fortunate to have a great family. is still practicing law in Santa cleft lip and palate deformities. Portland, Ore. when Bob was He has four children, nine Monica when not playing They have three daughters, living on a houseboat on the grandchildren, a great wife and handball or bridge. all of whom attended BHHS. Willamette River, practicing good health. They work four Martin Krell ’56 Marty and The two oldest of their fi ve dentistry, running a water ski days a week. He is semi-retired Charlene continue to live on a grandsons have now entered El school, and teaching skiing from the insurance business and ranch in Santa Clarita. They have Rodeo. Anthony is planning two on Mt. Hood part time for the says one never really retires goats, chickens and horses. He additional missions in China Timberline Ski School. They from the insurance business. He assists part time in neurosurgery. and the Philippines. have two married children and now assists his wife, Stevie, the His son-in-law, a neurosurgeon, Linda Price Vitti ’56 Linda two grandsons. He and Marian cruise maven. They are leaving moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. still skis fi ve days a week in expressed their appreciation to for China in March to celebrate with his family and directs the winter and bikes almost every Bob Fox for his hard work and Joe’s 76th birthday. He and Cleveland Clinic Spine Service. day in summer. She enjoys her dedication to the alumni and the Stevie live in Tarzana and all Marty and Charlene have 10 six grandchildren and volunteers Highlights. He sends his best to the family lives in Southern grandchildren who enjoy their for several organizations in the class of ’57! 30 Class Notes 2013 Gloria Shulman ’57 Gloria’s from February to June of 2013. 47 years and has three children the craziness of it, too. This experiences at El Rodeo and He’s having fun and making a and six grandchildren. She is a year in Studio City, Wilma BHHS will always be in her difference, for the best he hopes. volunteer teacher three times Pollock Peterson ’58, Jackie heart. Her three sons, Mark, They are off to Rio in June and a week, is studying French Wilkes Hinkston ’58 and Maria Randy and Curtis Cohen, all will return in August. As long (re-learning), belongs to the Pinney Lewis ’59 got together went to Hawthorne and Beverly. as their health holds out, his Plato Society at UCLA, is an for breakfast on Tuesdays. She has 11 grandchildren and wife, Anna, and he have little to avid daily “walker,” belongs Once again they took the train three are BHHS students. Their complain about. Life is good. to a needlework group and is south to visit Nancy Nessheim company, Centek Capital Group, Tom Moore ’58 Tom and Ann a member of a book club she Sheehy in Oceanside. They is one of the largest real estate (nee Spellman ’59) fi rst dated founded 25 years ago. laughed all night, then took the mortgage companies. Curtis and 57 years ago. They are still Linda G. Thieben ’58 Linda’s train back up the next afternoon. she are at the offi ce daily and very much in love and they love of her life, Norm Alden, Nancy Sheehy also sang at their would love to welcome visitors: enjoy lakeside living with 14 passed away at the end of June. 50th anniversary party at the 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 275E. grandkids. Ann plays bridge and They spent 32 wonderful years Sportsman’s Lodge. Another Susan Kahn Ansen ’58 Susan Tom, golf. The newest addition together. Since then she has joy this year was meeting with and John have been married 28 to the family is their dog, been taking classes at UCLA’s Linda Ezor Schwarzman and plus years. They are enjoying McTavish. He is a life changer OSHER program, volunteering her Chinese student, Kay. Kay life—traveling, playing as he runs, plays, woofs and is at Cedars and the Motion taught Nancy a few Chinese mah jongg with her BHHS like a new child. Of course, he Picture and Television Fund. words for their trip to China. girlfriends, long weekends is spoiled already at one year She has attended a couple of Oddly, at the beginning people away in their motor home. old. Ann and Tom keep in touch fun lunches with former BHHS understood the words she had She loves to knit and cook. with many of their classmates classmates. Travel plans for this learned, but by the end they just They love having Sunday night and give thanks regularly for year include Cuba, Germany, gave Nancy uncomprehending dinners with their children the overall great health they all Alaska and China. She is also looks. Maria Lewis sent her a and grandchildren (working seem to enjoy. enjoying her visits to Eugene, copy of Highlights and then a around soccer, tennis, softball Kit Reed ’58 Kit has been Ore., visiting her daughter and week later her own copy tracked schedules). Life is good! living in Malibu with his wife, granddaughter, and the Bay her down in Florida. The big Betty Porter Bagdasarian ’58 Pat, for the last 30 years. They Area visiting with her sons. thrill for her was the page Betty loves “lunching” with her are blessed to have six kids Nancy Schwartz Young ’58 about Bill Lascher researching high-school pals every other and 15 grandchildren all living Nancy’s latest move was from and writing about their cousin, month—Linda Schwarzman, within 45 minutes of their Studio City to Venice, Fla. this Melville Jacoby, who was her Jay Coburn and Alice Simmons. home. He has been semi-retired year. Her husband has stopped mother’s fi rst cousin. Nancy Richard Cohn ’58 Richard for the last few years but still being a settled Unitarian hopes to meet Bill Lascher on wants to thank all the classmates handles the corporate gift and Universalist Minister. Now he’s one of her trips home. that continue to thrive and fi nd promotional product needs for an interim UU minister attending Baret C. Fink ’59 Baret is time to arrange the 55th class a few clients in the incentive to churches whose minister has practicing law in Century City reunion. He and his family travel industry. It’s hard to retired until they get a new one. with his son, Randall. His oldest continue to be in good shape and believe he’s 72 and bets the rest He’s enjoying this (except for daughter, Deborah, lives next send greetings from Denver. of you feel the same way! all the paperwork of moving to door to him in Bel Air and his Howard Franklin ’58 Howard Roz Newman Robbins ’58 a new place) and she is enjoying youngest daughter, Shaney, is says 2012 was a good year. In Roz is enjoying retired life in March he and his wife visited beautiful Palmia in Mission China on a fascinating three- Viejo. She’s been married 51 week tour. During the balance years to a great guy, Barry of the year, he continued work (although he graduated from on his novel, Gideon’s Children , Hamilton). Their children and with breaks to visit Canada in grandkid live nearby in Irvine September and L.A. several and Laguna Beach. She is times to visit family. A highlight keeping busy by volunteering at was visiting his classmate, Cliff Mission Hospital and Heritage Nefsky, on each visit to L.A., Pointe. She’s also very active and getting to know Cliff’s playing Pan and in the Palmia lively wife, Josephine, also a Players, and women’s issues. BHHS graduate. She loves their life! Emory Joseph ’58 Emory Edie Weinstein Schwartz ’58 was getting a little bored, so he Edie retired after teaching ESL took a job as assistant principal for over 40 years. She has been Barbara Sokol (left) and Dr. Anthony B. Sokol ’56 (right) at San Fernando High School married to Marty Schwartz for with a patient on an Operation Smile mission in Ethiopia 2013 Alumni Highlights 31 the assistant athletic director at anniversary this year. No meetings and coordinated local They had a simulated disaster the University of San Diego. children, thank you. They are meetings with other area local training, and … oy vey … what Laura Leventhal Geller ’59 both happily retired. They are sections meetings in Ohio and did she get herself into! She’s a Laura had a wonderful career still interested in new fi lm and Pennsylvania in order to engage member of Team Beverly Hills in the arts and education. She video projects that may come the community in the study and and got to explore and learn so has retired from her most recent their way, but not actively application of chemistry. much about our city. Someday, position as President of the pursuing any at the moment. Sara Tipp Boogaart ’61 Sara she says, maybe she’ll run for Art Institute of California, Los They love New York City. There has retired from 15 years in the offi ce?! This year has been Angeles. She now has more time is always something great to do Florida Plant Nursery business. loaded with political issues, and to devote to friends and family. or see. They hardly ever get back Arizona is now home; and fi nds of course, she’s involved. No. 1 Her son now lives in Dallas and to Southern California. Bye. it hard in the summer! There is the residents’ concern about works for American Airlines as Lloyd Ziff ’60 Lloyd’s are no children, but Charlie the the MTA having a subway going a managing director of cargo exhibition of his photographs, bichon is their baby. He keeps under BHHS. She’s thankful marketing. Her husband, Allen, “Robert Mapplethorpe and them active. for Mayor John Mirisch, also retired, and she live in Patti Smith 1968-1969,” was at Anne King ’61 Anne works full Vice Mayor Lili Bosse and Brentwood and are able to enjoy Danziger Gallery in New York time and paints every Saturday. councilmember Nancy Krasne. a calmer life. It has been fun to City March 28 through May 4. She is featured at the Parkhurst They all support the subway serve on the Class of ’59 reunion Dr. Doris L. Zimmerman ’60 Gallery on 6th Street in San going down Santa Monica committee this past year and is of Warren, Ohio was awarded Pedro. Boulevard. She and Bob have making new acquaintances with the E. Ann Nalley Regional Frank Ponder ’61 Frank lives been studying Japanese for a old school mates. Award for Volunteer Service to in Westwood with his wife, very long time; however she’s the American Chemical Society Helen Randell (Fairfax ’65). He come to the assumption that 1960 “in recognition of and with is involved in various charities they will probably not make it Thomas Fuchs ’60 Thomas gratitude for her many years including Hillel at UCLA, to “fl uent.” published A Concise Biography of dedicated Jewish Federation and URI’s Evelyne Zweibel Elbaum ’62 of Adolf Hitler in 2000 by service to her Camp Newman. He invests and Evelyne continues to enjoy Berkley Books. It is now an local section, manages retail shopping centers her part-time psychotherapy audiobook narrated by a non- ACS National, in Los Angeles and Arizona. practice. She has a darling Norman (N. Hollywood High), and especially They have three daughters 4-1/2-year-old grandson who John Mayer. the Central and two granddaughters. Their is the light of her life, along Phillis Taub Greenleaf ’60 Region.” She daughter, Michelle ’93, works with a loving family and terrifi c Phillis did a door-to-door has been a with Special Ed at Beverly. friends. She is passionate about campaign and was elected to the member of the Ken Roth ’61 Ken is still living yoga, which she practices about Live Oak School Board, Santa National for 48 years, serving in and loving Phoenix. six days a week. She is grateful Cruz, Calif. on Nov. 6, 2012. as alternate councilor for 12 Alan L. Schlossberg ’61 Alan for her wonderful quality of life. Eugene Herts ’60 Eugene is years and as councilor (local has lived in Idaho since 1981 Gayle Browne Fenton ’62 fi nally closing his offi ce and representative to the National and is a retired bookkeeper. He Gayle is very excited about the is semi-retiring. Every week Governance Meeting) for plays cribbage, no “muggings,” 50th Reunion. In addition, as he still has dinner with four eight years. She has served and bad golf. A woman dragged an alumna from Beverly Vista classmates, and has been doing on the Constitution & Bylaws him there and another kept him School, it is hard to believe this for many years. Committee as a councilor. She there! so many years have passed. Melanie Nourse Jolly ’60 has attended Central Regional Sherry Tedeschi ’61 Sherry and She can remember some of Melanie is enjoying Carson City. meetings since 1990, arranged her husband Bob visit their kids the highlights such as playing She plays bridge three times a for symposia of former Central who are now in Silicon Valley. violin in the orchestra as if it week, volunteers at the museum, Regional high-school teacher They have three grandkids who, was yesterday. The education goes to her P.E.O. meetings and awardees, presented papers and with their parents, are the core she and her classmates received plays piano every day. She visits represented her local section at of Sherry and Bob’s life. They was outstanding and has served her kids in California and Idaho. the Central Regional Steering still take care of our Marines in her well. Thank you BHHS! Last year, she went to Japan with Committee. She has organized a Afghanistan. Their last Marine’s Ingrid Staal Glancy ’62 Ingrid her sister, Deborah, who was summer workshop on “Bringing wife had just had a baby and they loved her 50th BHHS reunion. teaching writing and drawing to Science to Life in the Classroom” got her a crib, car seat and “stuff” The Beverly Vista Reunion at the children at the U.S. military- for local middle-school to get started. Sherry feels lucky Susan Frank’s house took her base schools all across Japan. teachers, distributed National because they got to deliver back to 3rd grade. It was like Scott McComas ’60 Scott is Chemistry Week newspapers everything and have lunch being with family. Saturday still alive! and other publications to local with their Marine who had just evening at the Beverly Hilton Robert Swarthe ’60 Robert classrooms, planned fi ve- gotten home. She and Bob got was a wonderful time of and his wife, Kathy Campbell, year anniversary celebrations, certifi ed in CERT: Community reconnecting. They all decided celebrated their 13 th wedding arranged speakers for local Emergency Response Team. that the next one had better be 32 Class Notes 2013 Falkstein and Pepper Salter Eric Snow ’63 Eric and his plans to open his fi rst Orange Edmiston. Laurie is happy to be wife of 44 years, Marguerite, County restaurant when Lark in Los Angeles and able to see are enjoying the retired life in Creek Newport Beach at many BHHS friends. Las Vegas. He retired after 20 Fashion Island debuts July Sherril Jaffe ’63 Sherril’s 10th years as a deputy sheriff and 2013. This brings the total to book, You Are Not Alone and 38 years active and reserve 14 restaurants. All Normans are Other Stories , is the winner of the duty in the Army where he saw especially welcome! (See story Spokane award for short fi ction active duty in Vietnam, Panama on page 46.) and has just been released. She and Haiti. Both his son (Metro Mike Dolgin ’64 Mike has now is professor of creative writing PD) and his daughter (Clark lived in San Miguel de Allende, Jay Fineman ’63 and literature at Sonoma State County High School teacher) Mexico for 13 years. Since in fi ve years—not 10. Sunday University. A widow of four work in Las Vegas and Eric and arriving in 2000, he has operated morning’s tour of BHHS years, she continues to live in Marguerite enjoy seeing their a private investigation business with the superintendent was San Francisco. grandkids often. They are still for U.S. and international magical—true déjà vu! Lois Meshekow Kalinsky ’63 doing a lot of traveling. clients providing services Dee Dee Graves ’62 Dee Dee Lois is continuing to enjoy her Robert Whittaker ’63 Robert exclusively within Mexico. had a wonderful time at her retirement (from teaching) and is enjoying retirement by Work is performed in every 50th reunion, especially the keeps very busy. Her husband traveling and photographing part of Mexico on a full-time Friday-night elementary school and she have done some wildlife all over the world. basis. Having learned Spanish, reunions. They were small and remodeling and redecorating of Jonathan Zall ’63 Jon is in his the living is easy and he fi nds intimate, in homes—wonderful their house. It’s lots of work, but third career, now as a college Mexicans to be good neighbors idea. Kudos to the committee! the results are very enjoyable. teacher. He hasn’t fi gured out and friends. There is no “Señora” Eleanor Buckman Weinstein They continue to take care of how to retire yet. He works with in his life, but Mike does have ’62 Ellie enjoyed helping their granddaughters (six and adults coming back to fi nish a son in Pennsylvania and two with the “missing persons four) who live nearby. They are their degrees and often thinks grandchildren there. He has lost committee” in preparation for great fun and give them much about the quality education he the desire for world travel; these their 50th reunion. Her husband, joy. Travel for her has been got at BHHS. Having a son days, a drive to Puerto Vallarta Gerry, and she looked forward to trips to Toronto to visit her older in the Air Force enabled him does it all. A couple of years ago seeing everyone in September. daughter and grandchildren. and Susan to live in Northern Mike learned that Adele (Dodie) Muriel Buono ’63 Muriel is Around the end of the year, Lois Italy the last three summers. Kornberg lives part time in San still working as a Personnel and her husband are planning a It was a great time of making Miguel and he enjoyed a visit Analyst at San Marino Unifi ed trip to Australia and a holiday friendships in a small rural with her and her husband, Doug. School District and loving it. cruise around New Zealand. town. He is slowly getting better Mike and Dodie were classmates She has no plans to retire and Leon Owens ’63 Leon advises in Italian, getting on trains and since kindergarten at Beverly is looking forward to her 50 th us that every day we wake up going all over the country with Vista. A visit with best friend reunion this summer. we have another chance, so their son, and being welcomed Stan Gordon happens once a year Gay Hubbard Durward ’63 breathe and rock on! back by the Italian neighbors at Laguna Beach and Stan has Gay says everything is still Jeffrey Pawlan ’63 Jeffrey each summer. It’s an amazing been to San Miguel for a visit. going great! We are all so was recently elected by the experience! Back at home, Jon With no plans to move, Mike fortunate and can’t believe it International Electronic has fun with his 10-year old invites his friends and classmates has been 50 years! Engineering Society (IEEE) grandson, and tries with only to say, “Hello” if in the area and Jay Fineman ’63 Jay is moving to the prestigious position mixed results to train his two promises the cervezas are on him. on and doing well. His new of distinguished microwave Westies. He can be reached at mchenry@ knees obtained in October are lecturer for the years 2013, Robert Berns ’64 Robert is mexinv.com. now getting skied on. The kids 2014 and 2015. He will be now in his “pre-retirement” Leland Faust ’64 Leland has are grown and they spend time traveling and lecturing around job working for the Navy as a been inducted into two Halls of working part time in Newport the U.S. and internationally. physician in the Naval Medical Fame—The Jewish Sports Hall at the vet clinic they ran for 34 He can be reached at jpawlan@ Center San Diego branch clinic of Fame of Northern California, years and then sold. They spend yahoo.com. in Chula Vista. After practice in and The Multi-Ethnic Sports summers in Sweden and take Robert Perlberg ’63 Robert Morro Bay, Los Osos, San Luis Hall of Fame. As he winds trips to the Moab area in spring is now in his 39th year at RAP Obispo and Tacoma, Wash., he down his investment counseling and fall. Communications, Inc. He and has made the full circle back practice, he has had time to Laurie Behrstock Holz ’63 his wife, Bunny, are living to NMC SD where he started pursue his interests by speaking Laurie lives within eight minutes happily in Lake Sherwood with his medical career as a Navy and writing on fi nancial and tax of her two grandchildren, Eli their two kids, Chloe Louise hospital corpsman. topics. He has had engagements and Xylia Rae. She is also and Duncan Seth. Brandon is Michael Dellar ’64 Michael is at business schools, public within a 30-minute radius of living in London and Dustin is founder and president of Lark forums and radio talk shows. Laura Plotkin, Vicki Rothberg behind the Orange curtain. Creek Restaurant Group and Leland’s wife, Susan, continues 2013 Alumni Highlights 33 her work in children’s literature Stewart Wershow ’64 Stewart both retired and in the process and applications. His main and being completely smitten is still living in Corvallis. He of getting their house in enjoyment is volunteering by their young grandson. Their served eight years on the City California ready to sell so they his time to help disabled vets son, Jeremy, is a resident in Council and is staying involved can move to their retirement within his community and emergency medicine at Mt. Sinai as Chair of Community Policing home in Washington state full county in San Antonio. His Hospital in New York. Their Forum. He was re-elected as time. She is looking forward to wife, Karen, enjoys full-time son, Aaron, recently formed a president of his neighborhood their next class reunion as it is work and fi nished L.A.C.C. new partnership to pursue his association. always wonderful to see former Their daughter, Meghan, is business in hotel management Chuck Bergman ’65 Chuck classmates. seeking a psychology major. and wine production. and his wife, Linda, have been Emily Hendel Winfi eld ’66 August 2012 was a hard month Richard Foelsch ’64 Richard married 31 years. They have Emily is living a lovely retired as one of his close friends and worked for 18 years as a a daughter, Sarah, and son, life in Sonoma County with her classmates from Beverly passed Contracts Specialist for the Adam. Sarah had their fi rst retired husband. Their 26-year- away: Susan Songe ’67: Oct. 30, technology division of Citibank grandchild, Ruby, in August old daughter is completing her 1949–Aug. 8, 2012. (they invented the ATM and 2012. Rhoda Bergman (retired PhD in history from UC Davis. Sherry Tamkin Catlett ’68 home banking). For the last two El Rodeo faculty) passed away She walks neighborhood dogs, Sherry moved back to L.A. a years he has been supporting at 92 in 2010. plays viola, acts in their local little over a year ago and couldn’t contracts and legal affairs for Daniel Heifetz ’66 Daniel theater and participates in be happier. She’s spending lots Southern California Edison reports that they are relocating several clubs. Attending BHHS of time with the high school (trying to keep the lights on at the Heifetz International Music is always in her memory— “girls.” What a treat (you know BHHS). He is doing well, but Institute. They received an Latin, French, Spanish, English, who you are!). Living here the years and mileage are taking amazing offer to be based History and P.E. classes. Never gives her easier access to her their toll. He’s looking forward at Mary Baldwin College in to be forgotten are friendship grandchildren. She has been to the 50th reunion in 2014! Staunton, Va. It’s a beautiful and activities with Lolly, Steffi traveling and has more planned, Geoffrey Goldsmith ’64 campus, an historic town and and others. What a terrifi c including the Kentucky Derby. Geoffrey recently retired the home of the American school! She wishes all good Retirement is perfect! from his medical career as the Shakespeare Center, which health and happiness on our Steven C. Gibson III ’68 Chairman of the Department of built the only replica in the amazing journey of knowledge. Steven enjoyed his educational Family and Preventive Medicine world of Shakespeare’s indoor Judith Guttman Douglas years at BHHS. He made many at the University of Arkansas Blackfriars Theater from the ’67 Judith is in her 39 th year friends and thought highly of College of Medicine, where he 1600s! He invites any BHHS of teaching at Santa Monica his teachers. With the passage of served as a family physician, alumni to visit next summer College. She is the chair of the so many years, 44 to be exact, teacher and cancer researcher. and enjoy the music if you are dance department. Both her he has diffi culty recalling any He and his wife, Linda, moved in the area between July 1 and children graduated from BHHS. one specifi c experience. Most to Tucson and welcome old Aug. 10, 2013. Brandon Douglas ’01 is a realtor of his memory problems can be friends to send him an email to Antoinette Watson Leos ’66 at Coldwell Banker, Beverly attributed to a medical condition [email protected]. Antoinette and husband, Hills, and Lauren Douglas called Rhabdomyolysis. This Kim Grossman ’64 Kim is Mark, have recently retired ’04 works for the Discovery condition causes the body happier than she’s ever been! from LAUSD to pursue other Channel in Silver Springs, Md. temperature to rise to 107 degrees Marty Nislick ’64 Marty pastimes and passions. They’re Camille Caggiano Greenspan (or more) and then intensifi es wonders where the years have also enjoying their animals and ’67 Camille entered the world by shutting down body organs gone from 1964 to present. He’s home near Century City. of ballroom dance this year. She beginning with the kidneys and looking forward to seeing all Tom Linden ’66 Tom and his participated in her fi rst Pro Am then followed by other organ his classmates in the summer of wife, Cindy, have enjoyed 15 competition in the American failures. Unfortunately, he ’14 and wishes everyone good great years in North Carolina Rhythm category. She is suffered minor brain damage, health and positive thoughts. with their daughter who is hooked! She loves to dance and which affects his ability to recall Bernard Saffren ’64 Bernard leaving home for college in feels it is never too late to start things from the past. He wants is retired from Santa Monica 2013. He is teaching medical something new. College and plans to do a lot of and science journalism at the John Orton ’67 traveling with his wife, Genie, University of North Carolina at John retired from following her retirement from Chapel Hill. Classmate Nikki the aerospace UCLA in 2012. His daughter, Schumann’s husband, Tony, and industry in 2010 Denise, is an artist and senior Tom are ardent UNC basketball and moved to sculptor for Mattel Toys and his fans and enjoy season tickets Texas. He consults other daughter, Deanne, is an together. He sends best wishes occasionally events planner. Bernard has no to his classmates. with companies grandkids yet, just grand dogs Sharon Block Litwin ’66 in the counter and grand cats. Sharon and her husband are terrorist business Susan de Mayo Damon ’69 in Montreal 34 Class Notes 2013 those who remember him to shopping areas and dining on Alan Duke ’69 Alan wants ’00, married Samantha Rosenthal know he is still surviving and extraordinary French cuisine. all the Class of ’69 Normans (Brentwood ’01) last year at the doing well in other aspects of It was her fi rst experience with to register on the new class Beverly Hills Hotel. Alex and his life. He really enjoys reading foie gras and she wishes she had website: www.bhhs69.com. Howard practice business and the Highlights . kept up her French. She looks Howard S. Fisher ’69 Howard tax law in Beverly Hills. Howard Deborah Glusker ’68 Deborah forward to her next reunion and and Francine (Hamilton) ’69 continues to lecture on diverse is a real estate agent in Beverly fi nds each reunion has been very have been married for 35 years tax and business topics across Hills at Crosby Doe Associates special because of the dedication and live in Beverly Hills. the country and in Europe— specializing in architectural of the alumni committee. Howard’s oldest son, Alexander most recently Oxford University. and historic properties. Her daughter lives in the south of 1968 grad reunited with lost class ring France. Her son has a music label and lives in Accra, Ghana. Caroline Swan ’68 lost Charles Peifer ’68 Charles her class ring over 40 years advised that Vinnie Lupo passed ago while spending the day away in July 2011 and Charles with friends at Venice Beach. has continued his contribution Now, thanks to a Good through his trust. The trust Samaritan, it’s back in her is being terminated this year. possession. the Weekly with However, Charles would like Over the years, Swan said Switzky, who sent to continue contributing as a she thought about the ring the newspaper a list former student for the class of from time to time. of classmates who ’68. He did not graduate from “I remember thinking the shared his initials. BHHS due to a family move. people I was with must’ve He clarifi ed that Caroline Swan ’68 (left) shows off However, he attended in ’65 and stolen it,” said Swan. Carol Swan’s name her class ring, which Cally Barrier ’66 and was in the class of ’68. She said she had traded is Caroline. (right) returned to her Ruth Bassman Schriebman ’68 rings for the day with a surfer Online searches the pulmonary artery catheter, Ruth and a few others have and when she went to return using Swan’s full name did sometimes known as the Swan- reconnected and make it a his ring, he told her he had not yield a phone number, Ganz catheter. point to socialize and maintain lost hers. but additional sleuthing Barrier, who is retired great friendships. Her doctoral Cally Barrier, a San connected the Weekly with and worked for the sheriff’s dissertation was accepted in Fernando Valley native and Swan’s brother, Jeremy department for 30 years, said August 2012 and, yes, she is a Taft High School graduate, Swan, who was contacted at she previously attempted to fi nd teased about being “Dr. Ruth.” found the ring at Zuma his business. Jeremy reached the ring owner without success. Susan de Mayo Damon ’69 Beach. Barrier, who is fi ve out to Caroline, who now A few months ago, Barrier Susan and her husband have years younger than Swan, lives in the Pico/Robertson reached out to Beverly High been living in the same house has kept the ring in her neighborhood. and she was forwarded to the in Glendora since 1988. They possession for over 40 years. Swan said she had her Alumni Association. have been married a whopping It is unclear how the ring hairdresser’s license, worked When Beverly Hills Weekly 32 years and have a son (27) and traveled from Venice Beach in movies and the insurance received word from the Alumni a daughter (30). Sometimes that to Zuma Beach. Swan’s business, and when she turned Association that someone had makes her feel old. She is still theory is that the surfer stole 50, she received degrees in found a 1968 class ring with teaching kindergarten and this her ring and proceeded to psychology, business law the initials CMS, the Weekly past year they purchased a Hobie lose it at Zuma Beach. and management from CSU attempted to track down the Tandem Kayak fully equipped “I remembered sitting Northridge. owner. Of six Beverly High with pedals, oars, super “tail there with my dad picking “I’m really touched,” said 1968 graduates with the initials fi n” (to make them zip through out how we should make [the Swan. “Isn’t that amazing C.S., three were found to have the water), and a sail. They have ring] look. He’s the one who not just that [Barrier] had it the middle initial, M: Christine really been enjoying it. This said, ‘the red stone would be and she kept it, now 45 years Skirmuntt, Carl Switzky and year she took a fabulous trip to nice,’ so it does bring back a later, she made the effort to Carol Swan. Montreal with a friend from El lot of memories,” said Swan. get it back to me?” The Weekly reached out to Rodeo and Beverly. She was her Swan’s late father Jeremy Swan said she never Skirmuntt, a frequent Weekly fi rst friend in the 7 th grade when Swan was a cardiologist at thought she would see the reader who still lives in Beverly Susan moved from Bakersfi eld Cedars-Sinai for many years. ring again. Hills, but she was not the to Beverly Hills. Denise He moved the family from “Well, I took good care of owner. Switzky and Swan were Wilstein Margolin and she had Minnesota to Beverly Hills it for 45 years,” said Barrier. not in the alumni database, but a wonderful time exploring to attend the schools. Swan a Google search connected Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly architecture, discovering was one of the inventors of 2013 Alumni Highlights 35

Merrick, the youngest son, lives just celebrated fi ve years with located in Beverly Hills. As a in Beverly Hills and is working 1970 Doug, who sees something real estate agent at Coldwell in public relations for fashion Jeanne Lowi Kuntz ’70 Jeanne special in her, accepting her Banker in the Beverly Hills related enterprises. Howard has continued to expand her warts and all. She continues to South Offi ce, she is privileged to recently became the secretary/ sphere of infl uence in the Mar practice yoga, swims several be in the top 1% and a member treasurer of the Beverly Hills Vista Community as a weekly times a week and walks. She of the International President’s Bar Association and co-chaired presence at the Green Tent. This can be reached at patmyersl@ Premier. She is very involved Brian Rosenstein’s campaign for hub of environmental awareness gmail.com. with the Los Angeles/Orange Beverly Hills City Council. Brian offers visitors to the Mar Vista Dianna Hyman Weiner ’70 County Chapter of the Crohn’s is 4th-generation Beverly Hills Farmer’s Market a chance to Dianna and Victor ’67 have been and Colitis Foundation (CCFA), and a Hawthorne grad. Howard speak with leaders in the fi eld happily married for 41 years and serving as a member of the Board has served the City of Beverly of sustainable living. She also have three children: Martin ’93, of Trustees and co-chairing the Hills in a number of capacities, works year-round to organize Melissa ’97 and Alexandra ’01. Women of Distinction Luncheon including being the former chair and put on the Mar Vista Green Dianna was in charge of her 40 th (May 8, 2013) at the Beverly of the Public Works Commission; Garden Showcase, a local reunion. Following the reunion, Hills Hotel. Cathy has run in was a member of the Traffi c garden tour highlighting water Frank Kimball ’70 passed away three L.A. Marathons and has & Parking Commission; and, capture, native plantings and on Oct. 28, 2011 of an aortic participated in the AIDSRide, is currently a member of the edible landscapes. She and her dissection. He was 58. He lived a 575-mile bike ride from Planning Commission. husband of 30+ years, Stephen, in Chicago with his wife Linda, SF to L.A., and the MS 150 Marnee Phillips Foldoe ’69 fi nd time to rollerblade, bike son Matt and daughter Shannon. Bike Ride twice. Her latest Marnee’s life is pretty much on the Santa Monica Beach We will miss you Frank. athletic excitement has been the same as last year—living in bike path, and explore trendy Scott Broffman ’71 Scott has participating in CCFA’s Team Sequim, Wash. with her husband, eateries with their three children been world traveling the past Challenge Sprint Triathlon for Lou; a long-hair Chihuahua and signifi cant others. Jeanne couple of years. He still tries to the last two years in her efforts named Choco; and, a fl ock also enjoys teaching yoga at help those in need, but insurance to raise money to fi nd a cure for of seven happy hens and one the Moving Joint and running companies are even nastier than Crohn’s disease and ulcerative horny rooster. Unfortunately, workshops on mindful eating last year. And, oh, how many colitis. despite the beauty of the area, and avoiding the stress that bad landlords are there? Really? Diane Murray ’72 Diane is the preponderance of gray skies most Angelenos experience due Yes, there are some bad tenants, enjoying time spent with her has become intolerable after to time-related pressures. She but, oh my! family and friends and doing nine years, so they are looking would love to hear from you Martin Schwartz ’71 Martin volunteer work for a local for a place to relocate with much and can be reached at: jeanne@ is now retired after practicing bereavement center. She lives more sunshine. If anyone has a teachingwellness.com. veterinary medicine in the within blocks of BHHS—close suggestion, please write to her at Patricia Driscoll Myers ’70 Los Angeles area for the past enough to hear and sing along [email protected]. She Patricia doesn’t have too 28 years. He took care of to the fi ght song! She had a compares herself to the three much new information to classmates’ pets over the years wonderful time seeing so many bears. They want a place that is report. She is still employed and is still living in Beverly friends at her 40th reunion. not too hot, not too cold (some as an ombudsman, but hoping Hills with his Bedlington terrier, Robert Berend ’73 Robert lives snow is OK), not too expensive, to semi-retire in a year. Her Roxy, and his life partner of 15 in Beverly Hills, plays tennis, not too far from friends and youngest daughter, Isabella, is years, Joey. goes to movies and theatre, family in CA (but not in CA), graduating this May from the Ronald Wanglin ’71 Ronald and is taking lots of classes at has access to cultural activities, Art Institute in Chicago with is married to Marianne, UC UCLA. He’s giving lectures good medical facilities, a BA in graphic design. She Berkeley ’74, and has two sons, around the world and is healthy, preferably with a senior center has become very interested in Brian, University of Michigan happy and helping others. (how did we get this old, she letter press, so if any of you ’11, and John, University of David Berkowitz ’73 David and asks), safe neighborhood, etc. could use a very talented young Michigan ’14. his wife live in Marion, Iowa (a Currently they are checking woman’s skill in this area, drop Rabbi Morley Feinstein ’72 suburb of Cedar Rapids). He out the Reno area. She wants her a line via e-mail. Patricia’s Morley was in Israel and sorry works as an actuary in Cedar to thank everyone who sends oldest daughter, Sarah, is in to have missed his class reunion. Rapids and his leisure-time in class notes, as she enjoys her second year at Columbia He enjoys each year connecting activities include chess and reading them. University working towards at University Synagogue with Toastmasters. Lynn Mayer Smith ’69 Lynn a Ph.D. in French literature. BHHS grads! Debbie Moore ’73 Debbie is is enjoying her work at Breathe She enjoys a lifestyle many of Cathy Hodes Greenly ’72 looking forward to her reunion California volunteering with us only dream of. She spends Cathy has been married to this year as she always has a her rat terriers. She keeps in her summers in the south of Robert ’62 for 39 years. Their great time. She broke her ankle contact with many old and new France with the idea to continue two sons, Josh ’93 and Darren in Rome and was told by her friends. speaking French nonstop for a ’95, own All Access Tickets doctor that she had to wear a few months of the year. Patricia (www.allaccesstickets.com) boot. She told him that the ugly 36 Class Notes 2013 boot didn’t match the beautiful looking forward to attending his community service youth children in foster care. dress she had made—so, no 40 th reunion. groups and networking groups. Tracy S. Baum ’77 Tracy is boot! (She still danced at the Ellis Schoichet ’74 Ellis and his Elyse has been married for 12 a proud single father of two reunion, too!) She and her sweet wife, Lisa, celebrated their 30th years, has seven grandkids but young boys and is executive Sheltie dog, Callie, enjoy going anniversary in 2012. They are has never been pregnant! She director of the Guardians of the up to the mountains every year. proud and excited that their son, and her husband travel often, Los Angeles Jewish Home for Last year the local newspaper Nolan, graduated from UC Santa always including a scuba diving the Aging in West Los Angeles. Cruz in June 2012 and is now trip once a year. They also enjoy David Factor ’77 David is vice working as a case assistant at a traveling in their motor home. president of consulting services top law fi rm in the San Francisco She loves going to Dodger and for the Executive Service Corps of Bay Area. Ellis’ architecture Kings games. She goes to dinner Southern California, a nonprofi t practice, EASA Architecture, with friends from Horace Mann that helps other nonprofi ts serve also had an anniversary in every six months. It’s great to their mission more effectively. August 2012: 20 years providing see old friends. He just celebrated his 30 th excellent creative design services Lori Hoffman ’76 Lori manages anniversary with his wife, Holly. for residential and commercial the audit department of a local Their children, Perry and Reina, printed Callie’s picture, which clients. He sends best regards to CPA fi rm in Encino. Over the are both pursing Ph.D.s in made Debbie very proud. all his classmates. He welcomes years her life has taken her to clinical psychology. Diana Berman Murphy ’73 contacts from friends who shared Israel and parts of California, Sonia von Matt Stoddard ’77 Diana is enjoying art projects with those crazy years at BHHS, and but she keeps ending up back in Sonia loves her husband, her her children as well as swimming can be found on FB, LinkedIn, Los Angeles. Fortunately, being dog, her family (not necessarily and playing tennis. She’s also or www.EASAarchitecture.com. here allows her the luxury of in that order). Life is good. It’s enjoying one of her sons at Jennifer Malvin ’75 Jennifer getting together with childhood all about simplifi cation and USC, another son in high school has been teaching piano in her friends on a regular basis. being surrounded by people and and two older children who are home for the past 28 years. It is truly a blessing to have things we love. working in Santa Monica. She is She continues to be the music such longstanding friendships Michael Steinitz Collins ’78 looking forward to her 40th class director and piano teacher for with wonderful people! Her Michael’s website is: www. reunion next year and can’t wait a Montessori school in Santa parents and both sisters are michaelcollinsrealestate.com. to see everyone! Monica. She has always used also in Southern California and, Stephanie Romm Friduss ’78 Rena Freeman Roseman ’73 the piano as a vehicle to carry thankfully, everyone is healthy Stephanie has been living in Rena’s traveling is taking a her students into many avenues and doing well. Lori’s son also Palo Alto for the past 20 years bigger role. She traveled to Israel of education, inspiration, lives here and will turn 28 this with her husband, Michael, and for Passover and Spain to visit a celebration, as well as strength year. Life is good! their two children, Jacqueline friend. Later this year she will when needed. Her family Frederick Singer ’76 Fred lives and Jonathan. Jacqueline is take a trip to Scandinavia and continues to live nearby, although in Huntington Beach with his a sophomore at University Paris. She is trying to move back her sister, Nancy, passed away wife, Rachelle, and sons Alex of Chicago and it’s hard for to California (either Northern or tragically two years ago. (17) and David (10). Fred has Stephanie to believe that her Southern) and hopes it happens Steven Seizer ’75 Steven and his spent the last 25 years pretending daughter has graduated high soon. Her husband, Elliott, and wife, Claudia, are raising three to be an aircraft engineer (with school, as BHHS doesn’t seem doggie, Cami, are both great. still-young sons in BH-adjacent that knowledge those who that long ago! Jonathan is a junior David Gordon ’74 David Santa Monica. Grandma Fern remember Fred are immediately in high school. Professionally, is married with three boys, Victor Seizer ’52 and Grandpa re-booking their next trip on Stephanie is a dermatologist, Harrison (25) and fraternal Bob Seizer cross city lines Greyhound). Fred’s hobbies which she loves and has a practice twins Hunter and Tyler (14). frequently, demonstrating are playing softball (badly), that continues to challenge her They live in Woodland Hills. He ongoing devotion. Steven is tennis (worse) and posting irate and gives her great personal is in the steel business and his still on the front line of family political commentary on various rewards. She has fond memories wife is a professor at California medicine trenches after 25+ online discussion boards—a of BHHS and her closest friends State University, Northridge. years and still running (for high-tech update of Fred’s ’70s are from there. Janet Rothstein ’74 Janet sanity!). era hobby of writing letters to Jeff Glickman ’78 Jeff and his still owns Rothstein Jewelers Elyse Rothstein Beardsley ’76 the editor. Please say hi to him wife have been inventing games. in Beverly Hills, a block from Elyse has owned her locksmith at [email protected]. “Attraction” is being made by where she grew up. They have company, Industrial Lock and Carla McHale Sullivan ’76 R&R Games. Their new website helped many people by buying Security in El Segundo, for Carla has been living in Sarasota, is: wonderfulturn.com. their gold, making bridal 29 years. She still very much Fla. for the past 23 years. She Rosemary Hilb ’78 Rosemary jewelry and ear piercing! It’s enjoys her job and loves going has two sons, ages 26 and 29. still works with her aunt, silent been nice re-meeting alumni to work. She is very active in In October she will celebrate fi lm star Carla Laemmle, who at from BHHS at their store. her community with the Rotary her 32 nd anniversary. She is an 103 is very active. With both her David Saltzman ’74 David is Club, Chamber of Commerce, advocate in the court system for daughters at college, Rosemary 2013 Alumni Highlights 37 has just made a genealogy Michael Cantor. Miss everyone Long Beach. nerve damage and nerve and website, www.FindMyRoots. so much! Heidi Slate Levin ’81 Heidi muscle-wasting disease. During us, turning a 20+ year hobby Carl Marer ’79 Carl still lives celebrated her 25th wedding that time they also partnered into a business. She specializes in Calabasas with two of his anniversary with her husband, with Ralph’s for fundraising. in Jewish ancestry, adoptions younger daughters, Nicole (20) Steve. Their oldest son started Gabrielle Gordon Adelman ’83 and even house histories. She and Madison (16). Nicole is high school and their youngest Gabrielle earned her OUPV frequently drives downtown now attending Pierce College is in middle school. She is (6-pack) Captain’s License to the Hall of Records to copy and Madison just fi nished her actively involved in her boys’ last year. Despite this, she and documents, and photographs sophomore year at Calabasas musical theater group and her husband are smart enough cemeteries and gravestones for High School. Carl still runs his Center Stage Productions has not to own their own boat. clients. Rosemary is a member of property management company become as big a part of her life She also established her Jure the Association of Professional in Calabasas and just celebrated as it is for her kids. Sanguinis Italian citizenship Genealogists. She loves hearing his 25 th year in the business. He Gregory Stern ’81 Gregory and is celebrating with a bike from old classmates and can be met a lovely lady, Judi, and has has a private dental practice in tour of Italy in the spring. She reached at [email protected]. found love once again. Carl can Santa Monica. He is married expects the Siamese stray cat Ruthie Zekaria Levy ’79 Ruthie be reached at carl@mashcole. and has two children. she rescued from the streets of still lives in Ocean Township, com. Bradford Berenson ’82 Cozumel will enjoy trashing the N.J. (Jersey Shore) with her Bradford and his family moved house while they are gone. husband of 22 years, Steve, and 1980 to southern Connecticut after Sara Hirsch Rice ’84 Sara her 15-year-old son, Sammy. 22 years in Washington, D.C. received the Smotrich Family Steve is an insurance consultant Cheryl Berry Gooden ’80 practicing law at Sidley Austin Foundation Award of Merit for and a grandfather six times from Cheryl is a speech language LLP as a white collar criminal Educator of the Year in 2012 her two beautiful stepdaughters, pathologist with a master’s degree defense lawyer, and doing stints from the Bureau of Jewish Sarah and Rachel. Sammy is in communicative disorders. She in government service. He has Education. a freshman in high school and has been married for 24 years taken a position as vice president Chaplain Andrew C. Shulman an avid skateboarder. He hops and has two children and an at the General Electric Co. He ’84 Andrew Shulman is still on the train to NYC and hits adorable dog. Her four years at would like you to look him up if a chaplain in the U.S. Army, the best skate spots as often as BHHS were some of her happiest you are in the neighborhood. stationed in southeastern possible. Ruthie still performs memories. Go Normans! Linda Fishberg ’82 Linda Germany. He, his wife and in community theater when she Treva Brandon ’81 Treva is a lives in Los Angeles and has two daughters now commute can. Last year she performed in certifi ed personal fi tness trainer. two kids. She is a hairstylist and back and forth to Jerusalem Side by Side by Sondheim . She Many of her clients are BHHS works in Marina del Rey. after two years in Seoul, Korea. attended the memorial service alums, including former Beverly Lisa Gilman ’82 Lisa He’d love to reconnect with for Mr. Ingle back in October. Hills Mayor Mark Egerman ’60. participated again this past old classmates at a.shulman@ It was amazing to see old Treva’s program is a mix of core August with the health nonprofi t ymail.com. friends and hear testimonials, training, sports conditioning and Ambor Schanzer Fight Against Matthew Berenson ’86 given by alumni from a 25- functional fi tness, all designed Neuropathy with Macy’s Shop Matthew proclaimed the El year span, of how he greatly to burn fat and build muscle. for a Cause Event, and was Rodeo 1982 Reunion awesome! impacted lives. Songs were She can be reached at (310) 713- pleased they were able to raise They were the best years of sung and tears shed, but it was 9850. funds for research for a cure for his life. It’s so good to see all truly a celebration of a life well- Liz Claman ’81 Liz is an lived. Her favorite teacher, Joel Emmy Award-winning anchor Pressman, has announced that and correspondent for Fox he will be retiring after 38 years Business Network and Fox of teaching at BHHS (see story Sports.com. She sends a huge on page 39). His well-deserved thank you to Gil Chesterton and retirement leaves us a little the BHHS journalism program sad. Another GREAT educator that got her started! (Liz will be and mentor! Best high-school inducted into the Hall of Fame memories: Madrigals; Hidden this fall. See page 5.) Valley with Joel, Edan, Laird and Brenda Freshman ’81 Brenda Cathy; performing in musicals, loves living in Long Beach. She Carousel , How to Succeed… is an author, faculty member and Hello Dolly! ; prom with at Cal State Long Beach David Way and Lisa Berman; Department of Health Care good friends James Pepper, Josh Administration, and director of Finkel, Sharon Doyne, Lora research at Ukleja Center for Chaplain Andrew Shulman ’84 with his family in Garmisch, Schneider, Barbara Berkowitz, Ethical Leadership, Cal State Germany 38 Class Notes 2013 those cute little girls grow into professional cook, writes the food that allows you to customize gorgeous women. Life is great, 1990 blog www.stayathomefoodie. your driver, woods and hybrids. especially with his ex-wife, but Hooman Melamed ’91 com, and also teaches private and It is professionally installed still best friend, and their fi ve Hooman attended UCLA for semi-private cooking classes. by Roger Dunn and a number boys. But nothing compares to his undergraduate work after Deena, her husband, Mike, and of other golf shops. Check out life at Beverly. attending BHHS. He then two daughters live in Beverly the promotional video he is in Scott Feder ’86 Scott’s parents went to medical school at Hills. by going to the ClubCrown still live in Beverly Hills. He the University of Pittsburgh Christal Clark Warsaw ’94 website. and his wife, Eden, have two followed by Orthopaedic Christal earned a BA in Liberal Cameron Marshall ’09 children, Jack (12) and Eva Surgery Residency and one year Studies from Cal State University Cameron will be graduating (6), and live in Tarzana. He of Dupuy Spinal Fellowship. San Bernardino. She went on to from the Art Institute Santa started his own organizational He’s been in private practice in earn a teaching credential from Monica in June 2013. He will transformation and change Beverly Hills since 2005 and is the same university and went on have his bachelor’s degree in management consulting a Board Certifi ed Orthopaedic to teach full time in the public Media Arts and Animation. business (Change-Guru spine surgeon. He is part of schools for seven years, and then His website is www. Consulting Services). DISC Sports & Spine Center. taught off and on part time for cameronmarshall.com. Ronit Dhan-Edry ’87 Ronit They are the offi cial medical 13. She stopped teaching full Nicholas Hebert ’11 Nicholas served in the Israeli army and center of the U.S. Olympic time after the birth of their son, received a scholarship from graduated from California Team. His practice is focused Josiah, and now has a daughter, the Alumni Association two State University, Northridge. 100-percent on spine surgery, Cheyenne (who was born a years ago. He was told at that He is married with fi ve kids including minimally invasive preemie). Christal started a time that the right thing to do and now works as a private spine surgery and scoliosis. His home-based business creating would be to “pay it forward,” investigator. He is president website is www.thespinepro. greeting cards and bookmarks over time by giving the money of Westside Detectives, Inc., com. for all occasions after adjusting back. The faith in Nicholas was which specializes in missing David H. Haradon ’92 to the privilege of being home well placed as he is fi nishing persons, fraud investigations, David is a senior associate at with their son. Her cards have up his second year at Mendoza corporate investigations and management consulting fi rm, been sold at craft fairs, beauty School of Business, Notre intellectual property/trademark Booz Allen Hamilton, helping a shops and private business Dame, studying business and infringement. Ronit was variety of federal agencies with parties at people’s homes. She is marketing and loving every awarded 2009 Investigator strategic communication and married to Vincent Warsaw and minute of it. He will graduate of the Year Award by World organizational improvement. they just celebrated their seventh in spring of 2015. He has also Association of Detectives. He lives in Fairfax, Va. with his anniversary. made his fi rst installment on his Randi Michel Felderbaum wife and two sons, Keiter (8) pay back. ’87 Randi spent 21 years at and Reid (5). 2000 The William Morris Agency Tzufi t Ram Boyle ’93 Tzufi t is Faculty/Staff Lena Truthton Horowitz ’01 and then William Morris a professional engineer working Jane and Jack Gifford Lynn Lena is working as a speech- Endeavor where he was a on Everglades Restoration ’80 retired from teaching at language pathologist. She’s partner. He is now heading the projects in south Florida. She Beverly Vista and Jack retired happily married and recently New York offi ce of Principato- and her husband Billy, have from teaching and coaching. became a mother. She was Young Entertainment where he two children. Bill is a registered Kathy P. Layton, retired 1999. happy to attend the reunion manages clients Queen Latifah, architect working primarily on Kathy spent most of her life in last year but can’t believe that Sean Hayes and John Travolta luxury residential projects in Southern California then moved 10+ years have gone by since and will be able to produce. It’s Palm Beach. Their daughter and to Humboldt County in Northern graduating from high school! an exciting transition! son keep them busy outside of California in 2003. She is doing Blair Greenberg ’02 Blair is Rebecca Weigold Stocker ’88 work with swimming, going to a great deal of traveling. This currently a criminal defense Rebecca is married and has two the zoo and visiting with friends year she has been to Iceland, attorney in San Francisco wonderful daughters, ages 4 on the weekends. It’s a full-time Greenland and Mongolia. specializing in research projects. and 10. She continues to work job everyone enjoys! Tzufi t is She enjoyed her many years Arash Melamed ’03 Arash as a fi lm editor. Recent credits hoping to travel with her family teaching mathematics at BHHS. owns and operates an electrical include 21 Jump Street and Five to California for the 20-year Al Scates Al retired from and lighting supply house in Hour Friends. She’s had the reunion and take her son to Cars coaching men’s volleyball Orange County. pleasure of working with many Land at Disney. at UCLA in July 2012 after Brendan Doyle ’08 Brendan is talented people and visiting Deena Lewis Wachtel ’93 50 years and 21 national living in the West Village of NYC some fantastic locations in her Deena’s two daughters are championships. He taught at all and is having fun and putting in career. It all started with her following in their mom’s fi ve schools and was summer a lot of hours with ClubCrown, broadcast journalism class at footsteps by attending El Rodeo. school vice principal at Beverly a new golf accessory company. BHHS. She was recently certifi ed as a Vista in the late ’60s. ClubCrown is a high-tech fi lm 2013 Profi les 39 Pressman to retire after 38-year career at Beverly After 38 years at Beverly Pressman said because he First hired in 1975, High, Choral Director Joel has health issues and because Pressman taught for a decade Pressman will retire at the end of his involvement in district alongside well-known drama of the school year. committees, he has not been teacher John Ingle, who passed “I decided to retire for able to spend as much time away last year. The Madrigal several reasons. One is that I recruiting and interfacing with Singers, under his direction, am a cancer patient and they the middle-school programs. have received numerous say you need to reduce your He believes maybe a younger national awards. stress levels and dealing with person would be able to Pressman is going on some of the administrative dedicate more time to doing so. medical leave in May, but said pronouncements at the school Pressman and his performing he plans on “graduating with district only enhance my stress arts students recently staged his seniors” in June. levels,” said Pressman. “I love performances of The Secret During retirement, Pressman my students but sometimes the Garden, which he said is one of hopes to teach private voice adults make me crazy.” his all-time favorite musicals. lessons and judge choir Joel Pressman Pressman said there have (See story on page 9.) festivals for Heritage Festivals. to retire. How strange to write been four choir teachers at “That’s another thing, it was Pressman plans on traveling that sentence,” Pressman wrote. Beverly High since its founding a truly amazing experience and living a healthy lifestyle. “So many stories, so many in 1927 with Pressman alone because it’s a brilliant score and Pressman took to his great students, so much joy comprising about 40 percent of a wonderful cast and I thought Facebook account on March 24 and so much stress. Thank you the school’s history. I would like to end things on a to announce his retirement. to those who allowed me to be “It’s a lot of years and I’ve high note because who knows “After 38 years teaching at their teacher. Do great things.” accomplished what I want to what the future will bring,” said Beverly Hills High School, I accomplish,” said Pressman. Pressman. have made the diffi cult decision Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 1960 graduate donates $5,000 to science department Physician Paul Zeltzer kingdoms. ’60 donated $5,000 to BHEF “It was a way of putting order in support of the science into my otherwise unordered department and spoke to the life as an early teen and it just Medical Science Academy sort of hit me, that there’s this class, a new Beverly High rationality in my world even if program, in November 2012. I didn’t experience it at home,” Zeltzer, a neuro-oncologist he said. who lives in Encino, said he In one semester, Zeltzer became aware of the needs of said he went from an average the schools after reading an student to the top of his class. article that announced Santa He said his time at Beverly Monica College was shuttering High “created a direction in itself for the winter quarter due [his] life that was never there.” to budgetary constraints. “That led to so many “I started thinking about different pathways [and] what was responsible for opportunities,” he said. Lonnie and Paul Zeltzer ’60 helping me have a really Zeltzer has spent 30 years Zeltzer, who is also a physician High to inquire about the needs interesting life in terms of in the medical fi eld with and director of the Pediatric Pain of the science department. success both personally and expertise in neuro-oncology, Program at UCLA, founded “I was shocked by [the professionally and I traced a immunotherapy and clinical the non-profi t organization SMC] closure and I was curious lot of it back to some critical trials against cancer. He is WholeChildLA Foundation, before the election, given the moments in high school,” he a medical consultant to the which provides treatment for state funding issue how that said. Medical Board of California children with chronic pain who was going to affect Beverly Zeltzer said he had been an and has directed national lack health insurance. High,” he said. “I had this fond average student until he started clinical trials for leukemia and Given the state funding attachment to it.” reading his science book about brain tumors. issues, Zeltzer called Beverly plants and organizations of He and his wife Lonnie Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 40 Profi les 2013

•As a member of the horseback our students was married to Refl ections: WWII-era Beverly riding club, I used to ride a serviceman, and had been By Margot Wiesinger Smith ’48 through the grassy and live oak allowed to go to Beverly When I entered Beverly covered hills of Culver City on High to fi nish her education High as a freshman in 1944, Saturday mornings. Anne Elliot with her promise that she World War II was going on, and I loved the horses and the would not tell anyone she was we had gasoline and butter adventure of it. Aljean Levin married. rationing, we collected fat was our leader. • In 1948, we had a mock and aluminum foil for the war • We wore Gibson girl blouses election and to no one’s effort, and there was a black and plaid skirts, and the boys surprise, Harry Truman won. market and victory gardens. wore their hair in duck-tails and • Graduation was held on the Beverly Hills was very their jeans low on their hips. front lawn; girls were dressed different in those days. Once I won a pair of Levi’s— in formals and boys in suits. Working-class families rare and hard to get—in a raffl e. We girls were warned to wear lived between Pico and Margot Wiesinger Smith ’48 Everyone wanted them! slips under our formals, as the Olympic boulevards; the kids her Japanese friends who were • Beverly High had one of the setting sun would make them graduated from El Rodeo. interned during the war. I guess fi rst parking lots for student transparent otherwise. Middle-class children lived my interest in political issues cars in the country. The • Somehow, I found my between Olympic Boulevard stems from this exposure. swimming pool covered by the way to apply for entrance to and Wilshire and went to I was an avid reader and an basketball court was famous the University of Southern Beverly Vista. We lived at 122 average student—Bs and Cs— and a wonder. Beverly High California. On College Palm Drive in a fl at owned though later I discovered this had a marvelous aquatic swim Entrance Exams, I scored in by Irene Dunne. Incomes was in the fast track. Several team, the Aquacade, that we all the 90 th percentile in all but increased above Wilshire memories linger: enjoyed seeing do water ballet. math. I remember showing and Sunset boulevards and • From the window on the • When they fi lmed The Mrs. Schmidt that I had been some of these children went second fl oor in Mr. Painter’s Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer placed in advanced freshman to Hawthorne School. The algebra class, I loved to starring Cary Grant and Shirley English, and she said, “Oh, children of household help in watch moviemaking in the lot Temple at Beverly High, I was I don’t think you should do wealthy homes also attended behind the school in what is fascinated and became part of that.” I did, and just went on these schools. Curiously, now Century City. They shot the student crowd for a while. from there. much leadership at Beverly Westerns, with cowboys on However I found all the re- How did I end up? Well, High came from graduates horseback and women in hoop takes boring and soon departed. I went to USC and UCLA of Beverly Vista. My mother skirts, and Civil War epics. • Refugee Beverly High and married before I fi nished owned the Beverly Hills I did not do well in algebra. students came from families college. I had four children, Hotel Gift Shop from 1936 (When in grammar school, we from Italy, Germany, Holland, divorced, fi nished my B.A. at to 1949, stocked with oriental used to dig up Indian beads in Belgium, England and France. the University of Hawaii as arts, jewelry, china and what this area.) Many were Jewish—the school a re-entry woman, moved to I liked best, a newsstand • We had school assemblies was practically vacant on Yom Berkeley, got my doctorate in with comic books. We were where Andre Previn played Kippur and other holidays. public health at Cal, married affected by the Depression, as Rhapsody in Blue and other On V-J Day, Nancy Norman happily and was widowed. I were families everywhere. classics, along with piano by Renish and I rode the streetcar am now retired from research In 1944, many students at Amparo Iturbi, the famous down Hollywood Boulevard to at the California Department Beverly High were refugees conductor Jose Iturbi’s niece. see the celebration—the streets of Health Services with or children of refugees. Their Harpist Renee Sheranian also were full of people overjoyed publications in psychology, families had fl ed Hitler’s played for us. by the end of this dreadful war. geography, sociology and European conquests, some • Student theater productions • When I was a senior in health-care journals. In with horrendous experiences. were fabulous—I stage crewed Miss Viau’s art class, there retirement, I made political Many refugees settled in for Thornton Wilder’s Our Town . were two girls who had been videos shown at fi lm festivals Beverly Hills, and since my • Because of wartime shortages, Japanese prisoners of war in and on PBS. Now I am proud mother, Ethel Wiesinger, was some of our textbooks were the Philippines; their paintings of six grandchildren and two from Austria and German- 10 to 20 years old, which was refl ected the horror of their great-grandchildren. I’ll never speaking (though not a especially noticeable in physics experience. They were older see myself in the Beverly refugee), many of her friends and chemistry class. In 1975 at than the average student and High Hall of Fame, but it was were among them. We housed UC Berkeley, I was astonished were making up for lost years a good run, all in all. And, some refugees ourselves to see a periodic table with 103 of education. I appreciate the excellent during these years. Mother elements on it. Our 1940 BHHS • We were surprised at education I received in also stored some furniture for table had far fewer. graduation to learn that one of Beverly Hills public schools. 2013 Alumni Highlights 41 ’79 grad short listed Los Angeles Business for defense secretary Journal honors ’67 grad Michele Flournoy ’79 to develop pragmatic and Russell Goldsmith ’67, CEO made the short list to lead principled national security and Chairman of City National the Pentagon as Secretary of and defense policies. Most Bank, was honored as 2013 Defense. Flournoy, recently, she worked business person of the year by the who was inducted in the Pentagon as Los Angeles Business Journal. into the Beverly undersecretary of Goldsmith received the award High Hall of Fame Defense for policy, at the Business Hall of Fame in 2011, is a Harvard and resigned from Luncheon and Awards Ceremony graduate and the position in at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel studied international February 2011 to in downtown Los Angeles on relations at the spend more time March 5, 2013. University of with her children. Goldsmith, a graduate of Oxford. She worked Ultimately, Harvard College and Harvard at the Pentagon President Obama Law School, took over as City during the Clinton nominated former National Bank’s CEO in 1995. He administration Michele Flournoy Nebraska Senator also serves as president and CEO and founded the ’79 Chuck Hagel, who of the bank’s parent company, Center for a New was confi rmed in City National Corporation. American Security, a D.C. February. organization that works Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly Russell Goldsmith ’67 Campaign changes ’91 grad’s career path Konstantin Hatcher ’91 politics. He said he was inspired could register to vote and was an account executive for to volunteer for the Obama learn about the campaign; 93.5 KDAY and running a campaign because he “believed organizing community events small advertising agency when in this guy from Chicago that I such as basketball and soccer he discovered a new calling: thought could take the country tournaments; and meeting with public service. in the direction we needed to local elected offi cials and faith After starting out as a go in.” and community leaders. phone-bank volunteer for Hatcher, who held a While in Madison, Hatcher President Barack Obama’s number of Obama campaign reconnected with classmate 2008 campaign, Hatcher played volunteer and staff positions Carousel Bayrd ’91, who serves a more signifi cant role in the in California, said he went to on the Dane County Board of 2012 campaign as the Operation Wisconsin to make an impact Supervisors. Vote director in Wisconsin. in a battleground state. Back in California in Konstantin Hatcher ’91 “It was almost surreal,” “This was really the fi rst time December 2012, Hatcher said volunteers became staff Hatcher said of Obama’s that a campaign has dedicated he was looking for opportunities members or folks who were victory. “We had worked so so much resources and specifi c in nonprofi ts and government never into politics became hard and done so much. [I felt] initiatives and programs agencies. incredible volunteers in making elation, relieved that we had for engaging constituent “I want to stay somewhat in their voices heard and having done what we had set out to communities,” Hatcher said. this realm, something along the an impact on the way they’re do, especially with so much at “No other campaign has had lines of public engagement or governed and even holding their stake in this particular election. an Operation Vote department; outreach or something of that electeds accountable because At the same time, we elected in fact, we didn’t have an nature,” Hatcher said. of what this president has done the fi rst openly gay senator and Operation Vote department in Before joining Obama’s in terms of really improvising fi rst woman senator [Tammy 2008.” campaign, Hatcher said he community organizing and Baldwin] from the state of Operation Vote’s main had become disenchanted with public engagement from the Wisconsin, so it was a huge objective was to turn out voters politics. He thought one had to ground up. He opened up a double win for us.” on Election Day, Hatcher be rich or well-connected to get door that I didn’t even know it Prior to the 2008 campaign, said. Strategies included involved. was there.” Hatcher was not involved in setting up hubs where people “I can’t tell you how many Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 42 Profi les 2013 Alum captures life through photography One could say Natasha Halimi ’05 fell into her career as a photographer. Sure, Halimi said she has been fascinated by photography since her father gave her a toy camera when she was three. She was a Beverly High yearbook photographer. She took photography classes at Beverly High and throughout college. But she was double majoring in psychology and child development at California Natasha Halimi ’05 State University Northridge the time and making them feel

when her hobby turned into a Photo: Natasha Halimi Photography comfortable and in their own business. One of Halimi’s younger clients element in order to capture their “I wanted to be a child percent on word of mouth. posed shots. I like to let my real personalities,” Halimi said. psychologist,” Halimi said. “I defi nitely have a Beverly subjects be themselves and “I feel so lucky to be doing “[But] I was always taking Hills clientele majority,” then I will capture those special what I’m doing and I am pictures for family and family Halimi said. “I’ve never really moments that I see, like the grateful to all of my clients who friends when there was a advertised, so it’s all word laugh and the kiss.” have supported me. My goal is special event in their lives. of mouth. People tell their Halimi said she avoids to keep going and see where Before I knew it, people who I friends.” manipulating her subjects, life takes me.” didn’t know were saying, ‘We Halimi said the majority but she enjoys themed photo A personal goal, Halimi saw the pictures you took of so of her shoots take place on sessions, styling clients and said, is to create a gallery of and so and we would love for location in Beverly Hills, but incorporating fun props. travel photography. you to take our pictures.’” she also photographs clients at “I like to capture life as is,” “I never told myself, ‘I want Some of Halimi’s fi rst locations outside the city. Halimi said. “That would be to have my own photography clients were parents of pre- “I do portraits of engaged the best way to describe my business,’” Halimi said. “It just school students at Stephen S. couples, pregnant couples, photography. The reason I love happened. And I could not be Wise Temple, where Halimi families and children, and photography is I can freeze a happier.” taught while attending CSUN. newborn babies,” Halimi said. real-life moment.” For more information, visit That was about fi ve years “I have a really unique style, Sometimes, photography natashahalimiphotography. ago. Today, Natasha Halimi which I think has gotten me to allows Halimi to apply her com. Photography, a full-time where I am. I use only natural knowledge of child psychology. business, still operates 100 light, and I don’t do the typical “I’m working with kids all Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 1953 grad recounts career as foreign correspondent In his new book, From less lucky when he was mauled and Watchtower , Moscow to Beirut: The by wild dogs, seriously injuring and school Adventures of a Foreign his left leg, while photographing correspondent Correspondent, David C. shipwrecks on an island in for Beverly Hills Henley ’53 recounts covering the Samoan archipelago. This Citizen. the Cold War in Moscow, the summer, Henley plans to spend Henley, who wars between Israel and the a month in the Middle East. is on the board of Arabs, confl ict in Cyprus and In all, Henley has reported trustees at Chapman the revolution in China. from three dozen countries University, and his During his career, Henley since the 1950s. Henley wrote wife, Ludie, live was shot at twice, incarcerated for publications including Los in Newport Beach several times in overseas Angeles Examiner, Ridder and have three jails on what he described as Newspapers, Swift Newspapers children and three “trumped-up charges,” and and Christian Science Monitor. grandchildren. The escaped injury in a helicopter At Beverly High, Henley book is available on David C. Henley ’53 in Beirut, Lebanon crash. Last year, Henley was was an editor of Highlights Amazon.com. during the Lebanese-Israeli War of 2006 2013 Alumni Highlights 43 Q&A with Lois Mullins Rafferty S’31 Beverly High opened in Fall was a good music teacher. I was really a kick, but I learned 1927 and you graduated in was not musical at all but my later that he committed suicide. 1931. Were you in that fi rst folks wanted me to be. I didn’t He always called the teacher class of students? have any instruments and I can’t “Sin-o-ritta” instead of señorita. I graduated in ’31, but I sing, but that’s what I took. I did He’d come in late and say, “Hi, don’t think I came that fi rst learn to play “The Prisoner’s Sin-o-ritta.” year. I went to Beverly High Song” [on the piano] but that’s How’d the teacher like that? three years: 10th, 11th and all. My family insisted I take She just laughed at him; 12th. It was a really good seven years of music, so I did. everybody knew he was Will experience for me. It never helped me much. I did Rogers’ son. Lois Mullins Rafferty S’31 I went to seventh, eighth have some good friends. One of What did students do for fun? ranch. When his father got too and ninth at McKinley Junior them called me not too long ago, There was an ice cream soda old to manage the ranch, my High School in South L.A. Marjorie Morse. Ruth McCurdy shop that was very popular. We husband took over. He was in [Then] my family moved to was another good friend of mine would walk there from the high the Army for 25 years. One Westwood. University High that lived in Beverly Hills. school. I went with a boy from of my [two] daughters was a School had not been built, Were the teachers strict? another school and we went to fl ight attendant for United. In so everybody that lived in No they weren’t, but they basketball games all the time those days, parents could go Westwood went to Beverly were good. We paid attention because he played basketball. free. We traveled all over the Hills. We went on the electric to them, I know that. One was Most of the students that lived world for about 12 years. My car. I walked about nine [history teacher] Miss Helms. in Beverly Hills had cars of their [late] husband and I, we’ve blocks to get to the car [at [She] taught the subject well and own so we could go to these been almost every place but Santa Monica Boulevard and made me interested in history. other little towns and play. It was Poland. It was just marvelous. Overland Avenue]. When I went on to college, I amazing how many students had I never got over appreciating it. What are some favorite took history classes that I really cars. How did going to Beverly memories of high school? enjoyed. Any other memories? High infl uence your life? My music teacher was Tell us about some funny I graduated in ’31 and then I loved going there and I Mr. Hardison and he and his memories of high school. I went straight to UCLA and was always proud of the fact wife were very fond of me Well, Bill Rogers, Will graduated from there in ’35. that I graduated from there and and they used to take me to Rogers’ son, was in my Spanish Then I married [Tom Rafferty] had good friends. different concerts and I always class and he sat behind me and in ’37 and came to Santa Paula. appreciated that. He certainly he copied everything I wrote. He His parents owned a big Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly Pincus named Los Angeles Times Lakers Now blogger Eric Pincus joined the staff moment. [This name in the printed macro-view, said Pincus. He of the Los Angeles Times as the job] is a chance publication. By his will continue to cover the Lakers Now blogger for the to do something I second day, he had a Clippers and the rest of the 2012–2013 season. love to do and get contributing byline league for HOOPSWORLD. “It’s a great team [at the L.A. compensated for on an article by Mike com. Times ] and I’m just learning it.” Bresnahan, the Lakers “My goal is to write the best what my role is and how As senior beat writer. Laker coverage out there,” he to make the blog my own,” NBA writer at An opportunity to said. Pincus, a 1989 Beverly High HOOPSWORLD. blog about breaking Pincus also works with his graduate, told Beverly Hills com, where he news came in siblings at Bob Gail Special Weekly last October. has worked for November, when the Events, a family-owned Pincus recalls attending the past 10 years, Lakers fi red Coach company that began in 1978 Laker games at the forum and Pincus said he Mike Brown after a as a talent-booking company. his father screaming at the would write about 1-4 start to the season. Pincus said the company has television when Magic Johnson the Lakers a few Eric Pincus ’89 Former Lakers Coach grown tremendously since played against Larry Bird. times a month Phil Jackson was his childhood into a full-scale “Growing up in Beverly when something interesting a candidate, but the Lakers event planning company Hills, it’s hard not to be a Laker would happen. For Lakers offered the job to former offering services for bar and bat fan,” he said. “I have a great Now, Pincus blogs about the Suns and Knicks Coach Mike mitzvahs, corporate meetings, appreciation for the Clippers and team about fi ve times a day. D’Antoni. and TV and fi lm studios. the entire game. I can write or Pincus, said it had been Readers can expect Laker talk about any team at any given one of his goals to get his coverage at both a micro- and Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 44 Profi les 2013 Health scare inspires grad to raise carbon-monoxide awareness When Nikkie Sedaghat ’10 junior, clearly defi ed doctors’ went to sleep on Thanksgiving expectations. in 2010, she was unaware The psychology major and of the danger lurking in the speech and hearing sciences guesthouse of her family’s minor is preparing graduate Beverly Hills home. school applications to pursue More than a month passed her goal of becoming a speech before Sedaghat, who was then therapist or audiologist. in her fi rst quarter at UCSB, Sedaghat’s recovery, which woke up on Dec. 29, 2010 in a required physical, recreational hospital bed at UCLA Medical and speech therapy, sparked Center with no recollection of her interest in the fi eld. Last how she had arrived there. fall, she studied abroad at the Sedaghat learned she University of Barcelona—her had been exposed to carbon classes were in Spanish—and monoxide while sleeping with traveled around Europe. the heater on in a room with In her free time, Sedaghat sealed windows and doors. leads a campus organization She had been comatose for 35 called Carbon Monoxide days, after doctors induced a Awareness at UCSB with the Nikkie Sedaghat ’10 coma following treatment in a goal of educating students about dwellings were required to detectors around the UCSB hyperbaric chamber. preventing carbon monoxide have the alarms. campus community, Sedaghat “[The doctors] told my mom poisoning and making sure “I got 300 alarms donated said. I only had a 2-percent chance every student dwelling has a to me last year and I’ve gone Despite the law and her of survival and I was not going carbon monoxide alarm, which with my organization and efforts, Sedaghat said more to wake up for another year,” detects the colorless, odorless handed them out door to door to work is needed. She said she Sedaghat told Beverly Hills gas. students in Isla Vista [the UCSB has heard from students that Weekly . “[They said] if I did In July 2011, a state law student community],” Sedaghat some landlords don’t want to wake up, I wouldn’t be the requiring carbon monoxide told Alumni Highlights. bear the cost of the detectors. same; I wouldn’t be able to do detectors in single-family The local fi re department “They’re not expensive,” the things I could do before.” homes went into effect. Starting has also been involved with Sedaghat said. “Look, if you Sedaghat, now a UCSB Jan. 1, 2013, all multifamily installing carbon monoxide want to have a hardwired alarm installed in the house, it goes to $100. But what’s $100 to save ’90s grads take the lead in cable shows your life? The alarms that we Two 1990s graduates give out are battery operated star as leading lawyers in and are plug-in, which are just dramas currently airing on as good and those are $40 at cable. most.” On the USA Network Sedaghat said she did show Suits, Gabriel Macht not participate directly in ’90 plays Harvey Specter, a advocating for the law, but slick attorney who doesn’t she said she believes her story, stick to the rules. Case in which has received signifi cant press, helped infl uence the point, he hires a brilliant legislation. associate sans law degree. “I think stories like mine In TNT’s Franklin and were defi nitely a push for Bash, Breckin Meyer ’92 this law to go into action and plays Jared Franklin, a while my story was sad, I lawyer who transitions from defi nitely have to say that a lot representing the little guy to of great things have come about working for one of the top Photo: USA Network Photo: Darren Michaels [because of] it,” Sedaghat said. Los Angeles law fi rms. Gabriel Macht ’90 Breckin Meyer ’92 Beverly Hills Weekly contributed to this report 2013 Alumni Highlights 45 Class of ’55 friends at ages 15, 50 and 75 At the age of 15, class of 1955 graduates Miriam Berke, Rhoda Ra- chelson, Toby Klasser and Marilyn Tuch struck the pose at far left. Though decades have passed, the ladies have kept in touch, re-creating the scene from their teenage years at ages 50 and 75 (pictured).

Class of ’05 graduate brings interior spaces to life Tiffany Radnia and Rader were manager of the new Palihotel a luxury, but I think in a lot of R a d n i a both communications in West Hollywood, has a ways design is very important ’05 has undergraduates at USC—and background in commercial to feeling comfortable in your long been later learned they even had design. space and feeling good about passionate classes together—but they did “That’s a great example of where you are.” a b o u t not meet until enrolling in an how we balance each other Radnia, who tailors designs design, but architectural design master’s out,” Radnia said. to each individual client, said it was not program through UCLA Asked to describe her design she designs with functionality until after Extension. Radnia also gained style, Radnia chose the words and aesthetic in mind. c o l l e g e Tiffany Radnia experience working with three “eclectic” and “transitional.” “Every client has a vision graduation, ’05 interior designers who focused “I love mixing and matching for their home,” Radnia said. when she observed the remodel on residential work. different styles,” Radnia said. “Our job is to come in there of her parents’ home, that she Rader, who was a project “I think people see [design] as and fi gure out ways that we can considered pursuing interior take their vision and make it a design as a career. functional living space.” “I knew I loved design, but I Looking ahead, Radnia said had never really seen myself in she hopes to continue growing the fi eld of it,” Radnia said. the company. A majority of the Radnia and her business fi rm’s clientele comes from partner, Haley Rader, have word-of-mouth and referrals, launched R&R Design Group, Radnia said. an interior design fi rm based “It is work now, but it’s so in Brentwood. The fi rm works fun for us,” Radnia said. “Our with both residential and goal is to continue taking pride commercial spaces, mostly and joy from our projects, just in the west Los Angeles area, seeing our work come to life.” including Beverly Hills, For more information, visit Brentwood, West Hollywood rrdesigngroup.com. and Santa Monica. Brentwood home interior design by R&R Design Group Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 46 Profi les 2013 Dellar plans Newport Beach restaurant This summer, restaurateur moved on to Spectrum Foods, served as a beta test site for Michael Dellar ’64 plans to which operated restaurants in OpenTable.com, on the San celebrate the grand opening of San Francisco and Los Angeles, Francisco Embarcadero; Lark Lark Creek Newport Beach at including Prego in Beverly Creek Steak in San Francisco, Fashion Island. Hills and Chianti e Cucina on recognized by Gayot as a top- The Orange County Melrose, both of which have 10 steakhouse in the U.S.; restaurant will be the fi rst since closed. Dellar was also Cupola Pizzeria in Westfi eld San Southern California location for a founding director of online- Francisco Centre; Lark Creek Dellar’s Lark Creek Restaurant reservation business OpenTable. Walnut Creek; Fish Story in Group, which currently boasts com. Napa; seafood restaurant Yankee more than a dozen restaurants in After Dellar and his associates Pier; Lark Creek Blue in San Northern California. Dellar, co- sold Spectrum Foods, Dellar Jose; Parcel 104 at Santa Clara founder, president and CEO, said launched his own restaurant Marriott; and two San Francisco Michael Dellar ’64 the restaurant group is dedicated group in the Bay Area. airport eateries. bottles of wine are curated not to fi ne dining, seasonality, “To do that I bought an old Dellar, who makes his own only for quality of product but sustainability and farm-to-table 1888 Victorian in Marin County cabernet sauvignon wine, spoke also for the interesting, artistic ethics. in the town of Larkspur and it enthusiastically about another aspect of its fl avor,” Dellar said. Dellar, who lives in Napa was called the Lark Creek Inn,” recent addition to the group: When asked if Dellar had Valley with his wife Leslye, Dellar said. “I had a chef partner Wine & Wall, a retail wine and aspirations to open a Beverly fi rst got a taste of the restaurant by the name of Bradley Ogden art space serving small plates Hills restaurant, he said, “We’d business while working as and we went out and raised from neighboring One Market love to do something in Beverly marketing director at the Clorox $850,000. A year later [in 1989] Restaurant. Hills. We’re hopeful that Lark Company when it acquired we opened our fi rst restaurant.” “[Wine & Wall] features Creek in Newport Beach will a Bay Area-based restaurant Restaurants that followed wine-centric art, so the art usually establish the beachhead for us group. Having caught “the bug” include Michelin-star One has a wine focused theme, and to develop more restaurants in for the restaurant industry, Dellar Market Restaurant, which art-centric wine, where all of the Southern California.” Kahane fi nds his rhythm at L.A. Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane was just a conductor, Kahane is in his another job,” Kahane said. sophomore when the dean of 16th season as music director “They’re eager to work. They San Francisco Conservatory of the Los Angeles Chamber play at an incredibly high level visited Beverly High. Orchestra (LACO). Previously, with a great deal of energy “I was at that point getting he led the Colorado Symphony and commitment and joy, and quite serious about the piano,” for fi ve years and the Santa that’s not something you fi nd said Kahane, who started taking Rosa Symphony for 10 years. everywhere.” Photo: Michael Burke lessons at age 5. In February, Kahane 2013 is another busy year for The dean invited Kahane conducted LACO from the piano LACO and its conductor, with to audition, which led to his in a performance of Beethoven’s highlights including the April enrollment in the conservatory Piano Concerto No. 4 . 20 world premiere of Music in as a high-school junior. “It’s one of the ways that my Circles III, which was written “I had really fallen in love relationship with the orchestra for the orchestra by composer- with the idea of being a concert is very special,” Kahane said of in-residence Andrew Norman, Jeffrey Kahane pianist. I knew that it was the leading from the piano bench, and the May 18 appearance Kahane, who lives in kind of thing you had to get something he says he has of MacArthur “Genius” grant Santa Rosa, travels for guest serious about at a fairly young done at least once a year since recipient and cellist Alisa engagements in addition to age, so I don’t remember it he started playing with the Weilerstein. dividing time between Santa being a very diffi cult decision orchestra in the 1980s. Kahane’s upcoming planned Rosa, Los Angeles and Bard [to leave high school],” said Kahane said he appreciates guest engagements include College Conservatory of Music Kahane, who would have been LACO musicians’ enthusiasm playing with and conducting in New York, where he teaches. in the class of 1975. Kahane when they come together to the New York Philharmonic “It’s a very high-stress graduated from Beverly Vista. play, which happens for a and playing with the Detroit, profession, but it’s also very That idea became reality, as period of several days about Colorado and Oregon gratifying,” Kahane said. Kahane continues to perform once a month. symphonies. This summer, he “It’s wonderful to be able to in concert halls around the “When the orchestra gets plans to play and conduct at the make a living bringing people world. Also an accomplished together, it’s not just like Aspen Music Festival. satisfaction and joy.” 2013 Alumni Highlights 47 1995 grad goes global at Warner Music Group Mike Caren’s worldview fi rst global A&R conference in Caren said he was proud just got a little bigger. The 1995 Hamburg, Germany. to see Atlantic Records artists graduate was recently promoted “Our fi rst major goals were nominated in almost every to the president of worldwide to enhance communications major Grammy category. A&R for Warner Music Group between the executives,” Caren Two artists he signed, Trey (WMG). said. “There’s language barriers, Songz and Flo Rida, were also Caren’s new role was there’s time-zone barriers, but nominated. announced in July 2012, music is global, especially Caren got his start in the less than a year after he was now with digital. Once you put music industry as a high-school identifi ed as one of Fortune a song onto the Internet, it’s student. In the KBEV broadcast magazine’s prestigious 40 essentially everywhere and so radio program, Caren leveraged Under 40 for his efforts as it’s never been a better time to connections to fi nd summer co-president of WMG label have people share information internships and bring stars Elektra Records, which he and and resources.” including Queen Latifah and the then-co-president John Janick WMG’s major offi ces are Fugees into the KBEV studio. re-launched in 2009. Elektra located in Los Angeles, New During one summer internship, Records, originally founded in Mike Caren ’95 York, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Caren met Will.I.Am of the 1950, went on hiatus in 2004 Some of Elektra Records’ London, Paris, Stockholm, Black Eyed Peas. when the label was consolidated best-known artists include Cee- Sydney and Tokyo. “I created a little studio in under Atlantic Records. Lo Green, Bruno Mars and Ed “In my old roles, I [could] my bedroom in high school and “I’m very proud of what we Sheeran, who was nominated see, touch, feel everything. worked with my friends that accomplished in three years,” for Song of the Year at the 55th I was dealing mostly with rapped or sang,” Caren said. said Caren, who began working Annual Grammys in 2013. U.S.-based artists and A&R,” “Some of the very fi rst Black for Atlantic Records in 1995. As president of worldwide Caren said. “I didn’t really Eyed Peas songs were recorded “We launched several artists; A&R, the company’s have to think about tools that in my bedroom.” we had almost 20 Grammy talent scouting and artistic lived outside of the confi nes Caren and his wife Maira, nominations. I think we really development division, Caren of our American offi ce. Now who live in Beverly Hills, have re-launched the brand in a way said so far, he has focused with everything I’m doing a 3-year-old son, Lucas, and a that straddled artistic credibility signifi cant energy on WMG’s I’m thinking about how is this 1-year-old daughter, Maya. with commercial success and global approach to A&R. He easily exportable to the other that was the absolute goal.” recently hosted the company’s offi ces?” Beverly Hills Weekly contributed to this report Recent grad competes for Miss California title Heidi Uzelac ’12 competed for the American Heart for the pageant, Uzelac raised in the Miss California USA Association, and was awarded awareness for Heartchase pageant in Pasadena in January. a scholarship to the Fashion Beverly Hills, a fundraiser she Though Uzelac, who Institute of Design and coordinated for the American competed as Miss Bel-Air, did Merchandise where she studies Heart Association. Uzelac not win, she said the experience visual communications. said she raised approximately was amazing. Uzelac fi rst started $3,000 to participate. “Standing up there on that competing in pageants as a Born in Georgia, Uzelac stage that weekend was just so high-school junior. Her fi rst has lived in Beverly Hills for rewarding. I actually got off the pageant was the California the past four years. She chose stage and started crying because Teen Scholarship Pageant, for to be Miss Bel Air because the I was so happy,” Uzelac said. “I which she was nominated by title of Miss Beverly Hills was met so many amazing girls who Beverly High cheer coach Hilla already taken. Beverly Hills has are going to be my friends for Davidi ’05. preliminary competitions for the rest of my life and it was “After participating in that the title of Miss Beverly Hills. awesome. Some girls were pageant, I realized how much Uzelac was crowned Miss really sad and I was just there room there was for me to grow Ventura County in October to encourage them. It wasn’t Heidi Uzelac ’12 and how important it was to get 2012 in the Miss California about winning; it was about the involved in the community,” Golden Coast Pageant, which In Uzelac’s year as Miss transformation that we made in said Uzelac. she entered as practice. Bel Air, she graduated from ourselves.” In the year it took to prepare Beverly, was a spokesperson Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 48 Profi les 2013 ’79 grad’s fi rst novel explores intricacies of marriage Having spent her career as a choose who we choose and how close to my life so freelance writer for magazines that impacts our lives,” Michel I moved [Lynn] including Los Angeles Times said. “Who we choose to marry out of Beverly Magazine, House Beautiful and is one of the few decisions you Hills,” Michel Premiere , Deborah Michel ’79 can make that really changes said. decided to focus on something you.” Following the she said she had always wanted Michel said the early years novel’s release, to do: write and publish a novel. of marriage to her husband Michel, who “For a long time I was Tom Rosch inspired the starting lives in Silicon juggling the magazine work point for her novel about Lynn Valley, went out and children, and I was always and Jamie Prosper’s marriage. on a circuit of working on some novel or However, Michel said most book signings another,” Michel said. “I events in the novel are not around the state. decided I was going to take a based on fact. Classmates Ronit couple years and really fi nish it “That said, there’s a fi ght Stone and Helen Left to right: 1979 grads Helen Orden to my satisfaction.” scene that to this day when Orden Sassover Sassover, Deborah Michel and Ronit Stone Michel’s fi rst novel, Prosper I read it at some of my [book attended the that someone else’s marriage in Love, was released May 1, signings], it makes my heart signing at Book Soup in West is really incomprehensible,” 2012. Michel said the book, beat faster because it was a Hollywood in May 2012. Michel said. “I’ve been married which chronicles the unraveling fi ght we had,” Michel said. At the book signings, Michel 20 years. My own marriage is of a young married couple’s Although the book is set said she loved hearing stories an element of the unknown for relationship, straddles both the in Los Angeles, Michel said a from readers about their own me still.” “chick lit” and literary genres. few scenes were inspired by relationships. Michel is currently working “What compelled me to some of her own experiences in “I’m interested in talking on her second novel. write the book is I love to think Beverly Hills. about how people think in about and talk about why we “I didn’t want it to be too relationships and the idea Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly “Divorce Me,” says ’88 grad Surnow revisits past Courtney Rackley a deal involving a ’88 has never been wedding ceremony, with “Small Time” married, so there couples therapy and With credits including 24 , must be something the eventual demise Miami Vice , and The Kennedys, wrong with her—at of their relationship. and a couple of Emmys to his least, according to Next, she plans to name, Joel Surnow ’72 has her new comedic make Impregnate Me. clearly hit the big time as a short, Divorce Me. In “The idea is now writer, creator and executive the 4-minute movie, that I’m divorced, producer. an unmarried woman how do I do the kid For his feature directorial played by Rackley thing?” said Rackley, debut, Small Time , expected searches for a man who intended to be released later this year, to divorce to achieve Courtney Rackley Divorce Me as social Surnow drew inspiration from a higher social status ’88 commentary. his own life before Hollywood among friends. Rackley’s other projects success. The fi lm tells the story Joel Surnow ’72 “Everybody was getting include producing a web series, of used car lot owner Al Klein, married and then suddenly, Firsts, and a spoof on horror who faces a crossroad as he developing his screenwriting everybody was getting divorced fi lms, Michael and Eddie Kill pines for his ex-wife, deals chops. His fi rst big break was but because I hadn’t gotten People. with an immature business joining the writing staff of the married, it was like ‘What’s Rackley is also an abstract partner and grapples with his television series Bay Cities wrong with her?’” said Rackley. painter. Her paintings can be son Freddy’s decision to put off Blues in 1983. Surnow’s career “So, the idea was I just need to viewed at www.crackarts.com. college in favor of working as a took off from there, as it didn’t get divorced and then people To view Divorce Me , visit salesman at the lot and moving take long before he became the would be like, ‘Oh yeah, she’s http://www.facebook.com/ in with Al. head writer of Miami Vice. great. She’s been divorced.’ It’s divorcemethemovie. After graduating from It remains to be seen if this weird status thing.” UCLA, Surnow worked for Freddy, too, will graduate to Rackley’s character offers Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly his father as a salesman while the big time. 2013 Alumni Snapshots 49 El Rodeo ’82: Beverly Vista Class of 1982 gathers Back Together SLS Hotel—Sept. 22, 2012

Suzy Korn Handler, Stacy Burstin, Ricky Nelson, Lesley Yalowitz Fox Front row, left to right: Noah Margo, Hugh Borax, Lisa Fineberg Cook, Sharon Eisenberg, Marie Frankel Robinson, Greg Brenner, Jason Barry. Back row: Fred Tatasciore, Beth Kite Behar, Matt Miller, David Luner, Manuel Bergher, Devin Uzan, Todd Okum, Laura Hornwood Margo. Noah and Laura Margo hosted the November 2012 reunion, which raised $1,500 for the Beverly Vista PTA. Happy 60th birthday, Class of ’70!

Laurie Stein, Eric George, Lisa Engel

Mary Ann Gallo, Stephanie Fein

The Class of 1970 reunion committee rekindled friendships while planning the 40th reunion, which took place in October 2010. In September 2012, the committee gathered at the home of Marcy Barbanell Landres and her husband Bruce for a joint 60th birthday celebration. Back row, left to right: Deborah Chodos, Sari Newmann Ehrenreich, Marcy Barbanell Landres, Dale Robin, Ellen Bloom Underhill, Jeff White, Robbie Feldman. Front row: Karen Greenhouse Schwartz, Laurie Raskin Shuman, Dianna Hyman Weiner, Gayle Bowman Rosenberg, Joanna Rosemond, David Matsumoto Babette Lewis Walter 50 Alumni Snapshots 2013

Libow’s legacy. Left to right: Former Board of Education member Steven Fenton ’88, former superintendent Jerry Gross, Michael Libow ’81 and All in the family. Retired El Rodeo 2nd-grade faculty Ruth Goldstein former Board of Education member Myra Lurie at the Kaskey is pictured with her fi ve children, all of whom attended El Rodeo dedication of The Michael J. Libow Math Lab at BHHS and Beverly High. Left to right: Gloria Goldstein McBeth ’60, Ronni Goldstein Jackl ’62, Kaskey, Alan Goldstein ’63, Joan Goldstein ’67, Vicki Green ’69

Community get-together. 1992 grads Hope Levy-Biehl, Gaby Reims Alexander, Stella Sarraf and Jordana King at the Beverly Gardens Park restoration kickoff event in September 2012

Summertime in Catalina. Left to right: 1958 graduates Steve Glaseman, Lynn Hammond Wilkins, Jack Morgan and Jeff Gordon spent part of last summer on Santa Catalina Island.

Carol Jean Moses Grant ’41 (left) and Rhonda Fleming Carlson ’41 (right) have lunch together every year when Carol comes to town for mother/ daughter weekend.

Catching up in Santa Barbara. Clockwise from front left: 1963 graduates Bill Moore, Jon Markell, Steve Mandell, Rick Peasley, Eric Snow, Steve Hofmeyer, Bobby Goldstein Brian and Catherine Bittke ’54 2013 Alumni Highlights 51

Congressman Howard Berman (D–Van Nuys, left) and Honoring Ingle. Karen Fineman Roberts ’81 (left) and Patrick Congressman Henry Waxman (D–Los Angeles, right) present Cassidy ’80 (right) were among John Ingle’s former students that reserve Deputy Sheriff Shervin Lalezary ’99 with a Congressional performed at the drama teacher’s memorial tribute, which was Commendation at the 30 Years After Civic Action Conference held at Beverly High Oct. 27, 2012 and attended by over 250 on Oct. 14, 2012. Lalezary apprehended arson suspect Harry people. Other alumni performers included Maria McKee, E.G. Burkhart on Jan. 2, 2012, ending a four-day arson spree of Daily and Joely Fisher. (See Ingle tribute on page 55.) more than 50 fi res in and around Los Angeles. El Rodeo Class of 1972 reunites Malibu—Aug. 4, 2012

Left to right: Marty Halfon, Lauren Sobel, Hilary Bercovici, Madeline Stuart, Jonathan Prince, Matt Benjamins Randy Lapin, Liz Bail

Left to right: Hosts Jill Warnick, Steve Cohen, Tobey Cotsen. The reunion took place at Cotsen’s home. Left to right: Anne Shutan, Pat Melniker, Major Brunk 52 Alumni Snapshots 2013

Family time. Joann Song Zwagerman ’83 with Five-generation family. Audrey Speights S’47 is a great-great her youngest son, Tyler grandmother.

Pre-reunion mingle. The night before the 1992 BHHS reunion in Sep- tember 2012, members of Beverly Vista’s Class of 1988 gathered at Trader Vic’s at the Beverly Hilton. Left to right: Kimberly Dove, Beth Hor- lick Helphand, Mary Koh Sweeney, Jennifer Logan, Sheryl Stewart, Ben Alexander, Neely Margo Irwin Blast from the past. Jean Hogan Herold S’40 with her late brother Jack S’38 at their North Can- on Drive home in Beverly Hills. (See next page for a photo from Jean’s 90th birthday party.)

YMCA! The Maple Counseling Center honored its Class of 1974 board members at its annual Halloween fundraiser, the Disco Ball, on Oct. 24, Karen Kalai, Dorian Soleymani and Shayan Lavi, 2012. Left to right: Jeff Lapin, Deborah Back Kallick, John Jameson, Class of 2013, pose as pin-up girls. Gail Miller Millan and Mason Sommers dressed as the Village People. 2013 Alumni Highlights 53 S’40 grads celebrate 90th birthdays

Happy birthday, Sybil! A family BHHS alumni club gathered at Sybil Schneider Caplin S’40’s birthday party in Burbank in October 2012. Left to right: Helen Schneider Brand ’38, Linda Brand ’74, Faye Nuell Mayo ’53, Gary Woolard ’68, Caplin, Carla Brand Breitner ’66, Sandy Bothman ’47, Joy Nuell ’56, Paula Brand ’69, Jimmy Goldwasser ’52, Donna Goldwasser Glasser (attended for one year)

Happy birthday, Jean! Jean Hogan Herold S’40 celebrated her 90th birthday in September 2012 with her large family. Jean, who has been married 64 years, has seven children, 18 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and seven great- great grandchildren. 54 Alumni Snapshots 2013 ’40s grads catch up in SoCal 1966 Mini Reunion

1966 grads, including two from out of town, gathered at When Merrill Johns W’44 traveled from Maryland to Trader Vic’s at the Beverly Hilton on Aug. 18, 2012. Above, San Diego to visit Pat Ford S’45, the friends organized left to right: David Goldsmith, Ellen Koskoff Frankel, Den- two mini reunions and a tour of Beverly. They were nis Beck, Linda Schuman Cohn, Elise Sinay Spilker, Wayne surprised there were few changes since their wartime Liebman, Wendy Sheinkopf, Mark Bisgeier, Kathe Brenner years on the campus, but they noticed other schools, Deane, Kathleen Gildred, Peter Laven, Susan Friedman including Beverly Vista, have been “refi tted.” Above, left to right: Merrill Johns W’44, Betty Jo Fitger Williams S’44, Pat Ford S’45 in San Diego

Merry Elkins, Ellen Koskoff Frankel, Mark Bisgeier, Wendy Sheinkopf, Kathe Brenner Deane

Lynn Stahlmaster S’45, Iris Klorer Craddock S’45, Marcia Garbus Burnam S’45, Merrill Johns W’44, PHOTOS Pat Ford S’45 in Los Angeles FOR HIGHLIGHTS We welcome your photo submissions and attempt to publish as many as possible. Please keep in mind, photos Gary Dordick ’80. Gary Dordick reproduce best when they BHHS scholarship are larger and have suffi cient lighting and contrast. If you are using a digital camera, make sure it is set to the highest During a Labor Day trip to visit grandsons, Mike Serlin ’53 (right) possible image quality before and his wife, who live in Virginia, met up with Don Davies S’44 snapping a photo. (left) in Marblehead, Mass. Mike was fortunate to take classes When submitting photos of from Don each of the four years he taught English and journalism groups, please write the names at Beverly. They spent a wonderful afternoon catching up on their of all persons appearing in the lives the past 50 years. Don inspired Mike to attend Stanford, so picture by row, left to right. they shared their experiences in those years as well. Richard (Dick) Chandlee W’41 2013 Obituaries 55 John Ingle, drama teacher, demanded excellence Long before John Ingle was a guy of extraordinary that John is in my classroom became a regular cast member enthusiasm and he really did every day that I am teaching on General Hospital in 1993, love acting, love us for loving theater and some days when I the actor was a legendary acting. It didn’t surprise me at am teaching music because he drama teacher at Beverly High all after school was over that was an incredible inspiration from 1964 to 1985. Before he went on to his own [acting] and made a huge mark on all that, he taught at Hollywood career.” the students who worked with High for about nine years. Other stars who learned him.” Ingle, who passed away from Ingle at Beverly High Pressman said he thought Sept. 16, 2012 after a battle include Albert Brooks, the productions of Hello, with cancer, made his fi nal Nicolas Cage, Joanna Gleason, Dolly! in 1979 and The Music appearance as Edward David Schwimmer, Jonathan Man in 1980 directed by Ingle Quartermaine on the soap Silverman, Meredith Baxter, are among the best shows opera just the week before his Laraine Newman, Carrie Fisher that have been presented at death. John Ingle and Julie Kavner. Beverly High. For a time, Ingle was a both so well,” Prince said. Prince said Ingle also “I would say there are cast member on Days of Our Prince said Ingle not only encouraged students to pursue certain teachers who have Lives. He had a recurring role inspired but also demanded writing, directing, lighting been once in a lifetime; on The Drew Carey Show and excellence from his students. design and a host of other there are certain teachers also made guest appearances Not everyone got a trophy in behind-the-camera positions in who happen only once. on The Offi ce, Big Love and Ingle’s class, Prince said, but if the television and fi lm industry. How lucky are we that John Beverly Hills, 90210. Film students showed commitment “He made a group of Ingle happened during our credits include Batman & to the discipline, Ingle respected children believe we could make lifetime,” Prince said. Robin, Death Becomes Her them. a living in the arts,” Prince said. Ingle is survived by and Heathers. Academy Award-winning Beverly High choral director fi ve daughters and nine BHEF Chairman Jonathan actor Richard Dreyfuss was a Joel Pressman was a student of grandchildren. Grace-Lynne Prince ’76, who has made his senior when Ingle joined the Ingle’s and later became Ingle’s Martin, Ingle’s wife of career in fi lm and television, Beverly High faculty in 1964. colleague. 57 years, passed away in said one of Ingle’s daughters “He was already famous “I had the incredible February. informed him Ingle’s among teachers because he privilege and education of Ingle’s family and former grandchildren only knew their had such a loyal following,” team-teaching the musical students gathered at Beverly grandfather as an actor. Prince Dreyfuss told Beverly Hills theater class with him and High Oct. 27, 2012 for a said for a time, his generation Weekly in an exclusive. “There doing musicals with him, so memorial tribute. See page 51 only knew Ingle as a teacher. were hundreds and hundreds I got a chance to learn from for more details. “Imagine having that kind of young people who thought him even more,” Pressman of career where you can do of him as the best, and he said. “Today, I have to say Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly Dickey Jones Pollich died Spanish, enjoyed music of 11, 1916 and lived in Southern intelligent, intuitively wise and peacefully at the age of 97 on all types, and loved reading, California for 80 years before always a lady, Marjorie forged Jan. 27 at her home in Carlsbad. singing, crossword puzzles, returning to Ohio to be near her many lasting friendships and She was born to Carol and F. volunteering, traveling and daughter. She attended UCLA, impacted the lives of those Richard Jones in Los Angeles, entertaining friends and family. where she was a member of around her. She was preceded where she graduated from She was preceded in death by the Delta Gamma Sorority. In in death by her husband Hector the University of Southern her husband, Gardiner, and is Redondo Beach, where she Kenneth “Mac” MacLeod; California. Dickey married survived by her four children, resided for nearly 60 years daughter Molly Ann MacLeod; Gardiner T. Pollich in 1939, Christine Pollich Waters, (Hollywood Riviera), she was a and sister Nancy Mae Larson. and supported him during his Gardiner E. Pollich, Geoffrey devoted wife and mother of two She is survived by her long career Pollich and Peter Pollich. girls, and owned and operated daughter, Meg MacLeod (Steve as a U.S. She is also survived by eight Margie’s Teen Togs, a specialty Grossman). Naval offi cer, grandchildren and six great- clothing store. Marjorie loved William C. Hubert ’35 passed and after grandchildren. nature and the arts, sports away July 16, 2012 at the age he retired. Marjorie Smith MacLeod ’33 and being with people. She of 95. Bill attended UCLA and Dickey spoke passed away on Oct. 19, 2012. was thoughtful, kind and served as an offi cer in the Army French and Marjorie (“Tis”) was born Sept. deeply empathetic. Gracious, during World War II. Bill and 56 Obituaries 2013 his wife Barbara, his sweetheart and grandson Billy Peschelt. N.H. With the outbreak of World mini-Australian consulate in their of 70 years, raised fi ve children Survivors include daughters War II, she volunteered for the Los Angeles home for their many in West L.A. before his job Marlene (Joel) Friedman and WAVES, received offi cer training Aussie friends. An avid golfer, at Kroehler Manufacturing Rhonda (Skip) Kozacik; fi ve at Hunter College, N.Y., and reader and See’s candy eater, Company transferred him grandchildren; and eight great- was stationed as a Lieutenant at she was also renowned for her to Danville, Calif. in 1975. grandchildren. Lockheed Aircraft in Burbank dry wit, banana bread, chocolate Barbara preceded Bill in death. Virginia N. Griset ’39 , or and charged with maintaining chip cookies, telling and enjoying He is survived by four children, “Ginny” as she the materiel needed to construct jokes, and giving back rubs. nine grandchildren and 17 was known aircraft for the war effort. She used She is survived by her children great-grandchildren. to her friends, the GI Bill to obtain a B.A. from Suzanne (Charles) Slaymaker, Ben Haile S’36 passed away passed away the UCLA, where she met Merle. Robert Griset and Brian (Addie) in July 2011 in Glendora at the June 1, 2012 Virginia went back to school for Griset; three grandchildren; and age of 93. While at Beverly, at the age of her teaching credential and taught one great-granddaughter. Ben participated in football 91 surrounded in Los Angeles City School Richard Hawkinson DeBaugh and track, was an Ephebian, by members of District elementary schools. ’40 of Knoxville, Tenn. passed Sealbearer and Knight member. her family. She was buried next to Merle and Virginia traveled the away May 3, 2011 at the age of He continued his education her husband, Merle, in Boscawen, world in retirement and created a 89. He attended the University at UC Berkeley. He was a chemical engineer and later, courtesy of the Air Force, did McCarthy W’41 founded Alumni Association graduate work at Harvard and Justin True of Japan and witnessed MIT. Throughout the years, Ben McCarthy W’41, the devastation caused worked for C.F. Braun, Dow founding president by the atomic bomb in Chemical, Aerojet and Parsons, of the BHHS Alumni Hiroshima. and was listed in Who’s Who in Association, passed When the war California. He was predeceased away in Oceanside, ended, Justin became by his wife Lola. He is survived Calif. on Oct. 6, 2012, a salesman at Sloan’s by two sons, fi ve grandchildren at the age of 90. in Beverly Hills. This and sister Katie Haskett W’40. Born in Columbia, was the beginning of Vondell Darr Wilson ’37 South Carolina, the a successful career passed away Sept. 10, 2012 fi rst of Cecyl and Justin in sales and sales at the age of 93. From the McCarthy’s three management. age of fi ve, Vondell was an children, Justin grew In addition to his accomplished child actress, up in Beverly Hills. Joanne S’42 and Justin McCarthy W’41 career, Justin was the featured in silent and talking He attended El Rodeo founding president pictures including On Trial , school and graduated in 1941 Lifetime Achievement of the BHHS Alumni The Dummy, The Pony Express, from Beverly, where he met Award was established by the Association. This took Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Scouts many lifelong friends and Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni him back to the place of so to the Rescue, working the love of his life, Joanne Association in recognition of many happy memories and with Paramount, MGM and Crawley S’42. Justin and Justin and Joanne’s devotion connected him with scores of Warner Brothers Studios. She Joanne married in 1944, a and outstanding service to old and new friends. In 2000, continued her acting career romance that lasted 62 years the BHHS athletic legacy. A Justin was inducted into the through her teens, appearing until Joanne’s death in 2007. huge fan of the USC Trojans, BHHS Alumni Association in the Andy Hardy series. Sports were a big part of the most memorable game Hall of Fame. She graduated from UCLA in Justin’s life. In high school, Justin and his family attended He is survived by his 1941 and was married to Fred he lettered in football and was at Notre Dame in South four children Julie, Scott and Wilson, her husband of 65 basketball. A few years later, Bend, Ind., where USC beat wife Shanon, Mindy (Oki) years, that same year. Vondell Justin got a group of BHHS Notre Dame 24-7. When their and husband Rick, Kim adored nature, cherished time in buddies together to attend the children became school age, (Sanders) and husband Bill, her gardens in Encino, Rancho LA Coliseum Relays. That Justin and Joanne took up the grandchildren Keenan and Mirage and Lake Arrowhead gathering became an annual game of tennis. It became a Collin McCarthy, Erynne and walking her dogs. She event, which evolved into regular source of enjoyment and Aimee Oki, Sean, Justin enjoyed painting and playing the “Jocks Olympics.” With for the whole family for many and Sage Sanders. He was bridge with her friends at the a member list of over 1,000 years to come. predeceased by his parents, Lake. Vondell was preceded in BHHS grads, the “Jocks” During WWII, Justin his wife Joanne, his sister death by Fred, daughter Sharon continued to meet for 60 served in the U.S. Navy. He Marie Anne and his brother Merz, son-in-law Ron Merz years. In 2008, the McCarthy participated in the occupation John Philpot. 2013 Obituaries 57 of Illinois, majoring in British she met her husband Ralph literature and expository Harlan Viner, a Los Angeles Celebrated ballerina writing. In 1951, he married Police Offi cer. The marriage Charlene Metcalf. Richard was produced two children, Richard Maria Tallchief S’42 a fi ghter pilot in World War Alan Viner and Bruce Harlan II, serving in the Pacifi c arena Viner, and an adopted daughter, with the 41 st Fighter Squadron, Janine Ann Viner-Jursch. 35 th Fighter group, adjunct of Jeanne continued her work as the Fifth Air Force. He fl ew an R.N. until 1992. She had the over 100 combat missions, distinguished honor of working which included landing a with several physicians who crippled fi ghter plane after it were pioneers in the medical took a hit from an enemy plane. sciences, including Dr. Alan He formed friendships that Richard Grossman. Jeanne was endured throughout his life, predeceased by her husband attending annual reunions and Ralph and her son Bruce. Photo: Joan Marcus writing squadron newsletters Pierre Fletcher Anderson ’42, Fellow honorees Benny Carter (left) and Jack Lemmon for nearly 20 years. Richard born July 16, 1924, died Jan. (right) applaud Maria Tallchief S’42 at the 1996 Kennedy also taught English at Knoxville 19. Pierre achieved Battalion Center Honors High School, retiring in 1985, Commander in the ROTC Maria Tallchief S’42, After retiring as a performer forming relationships with program while attending who shined in productions in 1965, she became artistic students and fellow teachers UCLA. He including The Firebird and The director at the Chicago Lyric that continued until his death. was a member Nutcracker , was one of the most Opera Ballet in the 1970s. His quiet intellect and his of Phi Delta celebrated American prima Eventually, she founded the humble, unassuming nature Theta. After ballerinas. She passed away on Chicago City Ballet, where she had a deep impact on those serving his April 11 at the age of 88. was artistic director. around him. He was preceded country in the Tallchief’s career as a dancer Tallchief, who started in death by his wife Charlene U.S. Navy spanned more than two decades, dancing at age 3, was born and his son, David DeBaugh. (1943-1946), during which she danced for on an Indian reservation in Richard is survived by one son, he fi nished his education at companies including the New Oklahoma. Her family moved Alan DeBaugh; two grandsons; Cal Poly, remaining in the York City Ballet, American to Los Angeles so she and her brother Paul (Dorothy) reserves until 1959. A long- Ballet Theatre and Ballet Russe sister Marjorie S’43, who had DeBaugh; and his longtime time cattleman, ranching de Monte Carlo. She captured her own successful career with companion, Mary Jo Shover . in Mariposa County for 53 the attention of choreographer the Paris Opera Ballet, could Jeanne A. La Fond-Viner years, he was a member George Balanchine, who seriously study ballet. W’41 passed away May 15, of Mariposa Farm Bureau, she married in 1946. Their Both sisters are in the 2011 at the age of 88. Jeanne Madera Cattlemen and the marriage lasted only until Beverly Hills High School Hall was born in California Cattlemen. Words 1950, but their collaboration of Fame. Maria received the Exeter, Calif. cannot express the kindness he continued. Tallchief danced the Kennedy Center Honor in 1996. Her family shared with family and friends role of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tallchief is survived by her moved to throughout his lifetime. He in Balanchine’s fi rst staging of sister Marjorie and daughter Beverly Hills loved green grass, blue skies, The Nutcracker in 1954. Elise Paschen. in 1934. She rain and cattle. His family Angeles. He graduated from Church in Palm Desert, and briefl y knew loved his blue eyes, big smiles Pomona College. He was a The Webb Schools, to name a Betty White. and huge heart. He is survived successful life insurance agent few. His love for encouraging Jeanne attended Santa Monica by his wife, Roberta Anderson; for 40 years with Massachusetts education was refl ected by his City College and UCLA, son, Tom (Pam) Douglas; two Mutual Life Insurance involvement with The Webb acquiring a Bachelor of Science grandchildren and fi ve great- Company and was co-founder Schools, which lasted his entire in nursing. From 1944 to 1948, grandchildren. of MassMutual’s Agent’s life and where he provided his Jeanne attended the Huntington Alfred Brown Hastings, Jr. Association. Al was known for kind and warm leadership as Memorial Hospital School ’42 passed his enthusiasm, dedication and a life trustee. He served for of Nursing, graduating with away April 27, contribution to the many boards over 30 years as a trustee of honors and her R.N. Jeanne was 2012 at his on which he served, including the Luella Morey Murphey hired by the City of Los Angeles home in Palm the Episcopal Seminary in Foundation, through which and worked at Valley Receiving Desert. He was Berkeley, the Life Underwriters hundreds of grants are provided Hospital in Van Nuys. It was born on Dec. Association of Los Angeles, to worthwhile organizations in this dignifi ed setting that 2, 1923 in Los St. Margaret’s Episcopal throughout Southern California. 58 Obituaries 2013

He is survived by his wife Liz; en route to becoming a Norman. 1948. After four years as a time children before divorcing in his three children, Virginia He was a cartoonist for the salesman for a television station 1959. Pat Hastings, Richard Hastings Highlights and the Watchtower in New Orleans, he got a job married again and Carol Hastings; three and a two-year letterman on with a Los Angeles advertising in 1963 to Bert. stepchildren, Jim Wolfe, Anne the Varsity swimming team. agency, started his own fi rm 10 Pat loved her Wolfe and Paki Wolfe Heintz; His freshman year at Stanford years later, and sold out in 1978 time at Beverly seven grandchildren; and two was followed declaring the town had become High and great-grandchildren. by three years “uninhabitable.” Ritchie stayed close to Raymond R. “Ritchie” in the Marine acquired agricultural property many of her Morgan S’42 died in October Corps. He in San Diego County (Valley alumni friends. 2012 of natural causes. Ritchie returned to Center), started an orange She was an active member was raised in Beverly Hills graduate with grove and signed with Sunkist. of the Alumni Association, and attended Beverly Vista, a degree in He retired as an orange grower including working on the Hawthorne and Horace Mann journalism in in 1998 and moved to Del planning committee for her 50 th Mar where he kept busy as an reunion. She was a member of outpatient at the local Scripps Las Madrecitas in Palos Verdes Franklin, actress, starred in Clinic and the UC San Diego Estates, and was a charter “One Day At a Time” Medical Center in La Jolla. member for over 45 years of Leslie Paullin ’42 was born the Point Vicente Chapter of Actress Bonnie Franklin Nov. 23, 1924 in Spokane, Wash. the Daughters of the American ’61, best known for the and passed away on March 14, Revolution, receiving a pin television show One Day at 2013 in Kirkland, Wash. He and certifi cate of recognition a Time , died of complications is survived from both the local chapter and from pancreatic cancer on by his wife national chapter. Pat discovered March 1. of 65 years, “cruising” in her early sixties Franklin, who was Mary Lou. At and was thrilled with each inducted into the Beverly UCLA, he was one—the Mediterranean from Hills High School Hall of president of Greece to Portugal, Transpacifi c Fame in 2008, had been Beta Theta Pi, to Hawaii, Scandinavia and fi ghting pancreatic cancer at vice president Russia, and the Panama Canal least since September 2012, of Inter-Fraternity Council and among her favorites. Pat is when her diagnosis was made Bonnie Franklin ’61 a member of Cal Club. During survived by her husband, public. At Beverly High, Franklin World War II, he served as C.I.C. Bert; three children; nine Franklin’s portrayal of was involved with theater, Offi cer on the USS Oakland . grandchildren and nine great- divorced single mom Ann participating and starring in He received his MA from the grandchildren. Visit www. Romano earned her an Emmy productions including The Stonier School of Banking at lafuneral.com if you would like nomination and two Golden Hollywood Legend, Sundance Rutgers University and USC. He to share memories. Globes nominations. Before and Showdowns, The was vice president of corporate Elizabeth Keeler Slee ’43, Franklin was cast in One Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker trust at Security Pacifi c National born July 12, Day at a Time , which aired and Separate Tables . The Bank of Los Angeles, and was 1925, passed between 1975 and 1984, she senior class voted her the a member of Gaveliers and the away on was nominated for a Tony “most talented” and “best Hollywood Wine and Food July 3, 2012. award for her performance dancer.” Additional activities Society. He served as an elder of E l i z a b e t h in the Broadway musical included serving as president Bel Air Presbyterian Church and talked a lot Applause. of the Thespian Club and as deacon at First Presbyterian about Beverly More recently, Franklin participating in the A Capella Church of Bellevue, Wash. He is High and loved served on the advisory choir. also survived by his daughters, attending. She council of Save the Children, Franklin was predeceased K-Lou (Rev. C.L.) Ashmore and is survived by seven children. the Board of Advocates by her husband Marvin Mary Leslie (M’Lee) Davidson; Herbert Weldon for Planned Parenthood, Minoff. Survivors include her four grandchildren; and four Semmelmeyer, Jr. ’44 passed and the board of the Stroke mother, Clare Franklin; her great-grandchildren. away on Aug. 22, 2012 at the Association of Southern brothers, Dr. Bernard Franklin Patricia (Patsy) Holmes age of 86. At 16, “Big Herb” California. The Anti- and Richard Franklin; sisters, Ternstrom S’43 passed away was a towering 6’5” and earned Defamation League awarded Victoria Kupetz and Judith on June 10, 2012. She married letters in basketball, track and Franklin the Torch of Liberty Bush; stepchildren Jed Minoff her high school sweetheart, football. As a senior, he earned award for her humanitarian and Julie Minoff; and two Fred (Sandy) Corzine W’42, a spot on the CIF All Southern efforts. grandchildren. in April 1946. They had four California basketball team. 2013 Obituaries 59

Herb served as loved the outdoors, enjoying Riley and Kathleen. He loved the United Methodist Church. an air cadet in fi shing, hiking and spending as Beverly Hills High School, In their empty nest years, the the U.S. Army much time as possible at the UCLA Bruins, the Dodgers, Thomases had a second home Air Corps during family cabin in the Mammoth tennis and Corvettes. He had in Bear Valley Springs that World War II. Lakes area. Herb was also an a positive attitude, gentle kind became a favorite gathering Herb played avid tennis player. At age 78, smile and was loved by all. spot for family and friends. basketball for he took up golf, recording a Don Thomas, Jr. S’45 passed They later moved into the City San Mateo hole-in-one in 2006. Herb is away peacefully in hospice of Tehachapi where Don was a Junior College and then survived by Barbara; sister care in the presence of family volunteer assistant coach for the UCLA. Herb left UCLA early Marian Stoner W’43; his at his home in Pasadena on Tehachapi High track and fi eld to take a management trainee children Herbert Semmelmeyer Nov. 22, 2012. Don graduated team and an active member of opportunity with the Great III, Ann Moskowite (George), from the University of Southern Grace Fellowship Church. Don American Insurance Company. Mark Semmelmeyer (Liz), California in 1950. He enjoyed is survived by his wife Jane; In 1951, he met his wife Craig Semmelmeyer and competing in daughter Linda (Roger) Smith; Barbara and they were married Mary Gagliardi (Mark); fi ve track and fi eld daughter Pam (Rob) Harrison; the same year. They settled grandchildren; and one great- events and was son Kirk (Christine) Thomas; down in Santa Rosa. In 1963, granddaughter. a member of two grandchildren; two step- Herb became a partner in a local Tommy B. Hoffman ’45 passed Delta Tau Delta grandchildren; and three step- insurance company, eventually away July 16, fraternity. He great-grandchildren. assuming full ownership. When 2012 in Palm served in the US Cynthia Knecht Calvin S’50 he retired in 1990, he merged Desert after a Navy from 1952 died in Lexington, Mass. on his business with another brave battle to 1954 and began his business Feb. 27, 2013 at the age of 80. fi rm. Herb and Barbara took with a recent career with IBM in 1954. In She is survived by her husband, the opportunity to travel the illness. He 1965, he took a management Charles Calvin, two sons, two world in retirement. An active is survived position with a corrugated box daughters, fi ve grandchildren member of the community, by his wife and sweetheart, manufacturer, Fiber Containers, and her brother, Jim Knecht Herb was a longtime member Eileen Breslin Hoffman, both and in 1973 became president S’43. Her sister, Eleanor Knecht and past president of the Santa formerly of Beverly Hills. and CEO of Southwest Partition, Ward S’46, predeceased her in Rosa Rotary Club; a Master His loves were sons, Michael Inc., a manufacturer of offi ce 2004. Cynthia was a graduate Mason and member of Santa (Silvana) and Ronald (Estee); partitions. Don married Jane of Pomona College, and she Rosa Lodge #57 F.&A.M.; a four grandchildren, Sophia, Moore on June 9, 1956, and had a long and distinguished past council commissioner for Giuliana, Megan and Madison; they raised their family in South career as a teacher of special the Boy Scouts of America, stepchildren, Bridget (Steve), Pasadena, where he coached needs children in the Lexington Redwood Empire Chapter; and Erin, Brian (Lauren) and Little League, was the starter for public schools. To her family, member of the Presbyterian Maureen; and step-grandchildren, swim meets, and was active with friends and many admirers, she Church of the Roses. Herb Courtney, Cody, Patrick, Kara, the YMCA, Oneonta Club and was a special treasure. Ruth Lazarus Meyers ’50 was born in Wilmington, Del. She Meyer, student body prez, had law career was a proud drum majorette Kenneth Meyer Ken started his career at he was often found playing at Beverly. She was often ’61 passed away the entertainment law beach volleyball and having seen twirling her baton for the at the age of 68 on fi rm Rosenfeld, Meyer beer with friends. In family life, tourists driving down Roxbury Sept. 4, 2012 after & Sussman in Beverly he was a committed husband Drive. She attended UCLA living with brain Hills, becoming a partner and father, who enjoyed time and was soon married. As Ruth cancer for more and practicing with with his wife and sons— Chanin she had two sons whom than two years. the fi rm for 17 years from daily meals to world she adored and raised, with Ken grew up in before leaving to join travels—more than anything. doors unlocked in a wholesome, Southern California, MTM Entertainment as Never imposing and always fun environment for all. Ruth graduating from Kenneth Meyer executive vice president. providing, Ken promoted in later remarried and became Beverly High, ’61 Thereafter, he served as his sons a view of life as a Ruth Singer. Her boys grew up where he was student body senior executive vice president series of adventures becoming and went to college, and Ruth president, and UCLA, where at MGM. Most recently, Ken ever more wonderful with age. dedicated herself to Jewish he played goalie on the UCLA was of counsel at the law fi rm Survivors include his charities and Israel. She became water polo team. Ken also Bryan Cave. wife Teri Fournier, their sons the women’s division chairman received his JD from the UCLA In young adulthood, Ken Andrew and Alex Meyer, for The Jewish Federation’s School of Law, where he was enjoyed years of beachside living sister Marilyn Meyer and United Jewish Fund and elected to the Order of the Coif. on the Marina Peninsula, where brother Alan Meyer. vice chairman of its general 60 Obituaries 2013 campaign. She served on the the reunions; he last went to the National Board of the United one in 2011. To all his friends, 1974 grad was voice of Jewish Appeal and led countless his family thanks you for all his missions to Israel. In the 1980s, wonderful memories. He truly Los Angeles Kings she was L.A. chairman of the loved you all. For nearly 35 years, David American Israel Public Affairs Dr. Ernest Aaron Dernburg Courtney ’74 was a fi xture in Committee (AIPAC), building ’51 , a San Francisco psychiatrist the Los Angeles Kings franchise. the base for the organization. who specialized in the treatment For 24 of those years, he was the She became a national offi cer, of children and adolescents, died P.A. announcer at Kings home spending a great deal of time in Dec. 12, 2011 following a long games at Staples Center. Washington, D.C. lobbying for illness. Born in 1934 in Darmstadt, Courtney passed away in a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. Germany, he immigrated to November 2012 at age 56. Ruth was a member of the Board Pasadena in 1938 with his parents “In the arena he was an of Governors of Cedars-Sinai and brother Michael ’54. Ernest institution—he was the voice Hospital, served on Board of was a graduate of the California of the Kings—and his work Directors of the Venice Family Institute of Technology and added so much to the live, in- Clinic and was appointed to the Stanford University School of game experience for our fans David Courtney ’74 International Board of Governors Medicine. As a captain in the U.S. as it did for the Clippers and games. At age 14, Courtney of Tel Aviv University. Ruth Army Medical Corps, he was Angels as well,” Kings President started working for the Kings as sponsored countless events stationed in Korea from 1965 to of Business Operations Luc a public relations assistant. for presidential, senatorial and 1967. Upon his return, he helped Robitaille said in a statement. Retired Beverly High congressional candidates. After to found the Haight-Ashbury Courtney was best known for Media Director Dusty Stiles Ruth’s husband, Sonny Singer, Free Medical Clinic and served as announcing Kings games, but he remembered Courtney as a passed away, she set off on her its psychiatric director from 1967 also took on P.A. duties at Angels cooperative KBEV student. next adventure meeting the love to 1970. He served in various baseball games for 19 seasons. “He was always willing of her life, Mickey Meyers, and capacities on the staff and boards At the time of his death, he was to work on any out-of-studio becoming Ruth Singer Meyers. of Mt. Zion Medical Center, in his fi fth season of announcing shows,” which required hauling Ruth walked into Beverly the Adolescent Day Treatment Clippers basketball games. around a shoulder camera and Hills daily to shop or play Center of St. Mary’s Medical Courtney got his start in separate audio recorder for mahjong, traveled the world, Center, Letterman General broadcasting as a KBEV interviews and stories around parented and grandparented Hospital and Walden House. television student and as an campus, Stiles recalled. like no other. Ruth loved her Dr. Dernburg was a life fellow announcer for Beverly Hills High Courtney is survived by his family, Israel, Hillcrest Country of the American Psychiatric School football and basketball wife Janet. Club, women’s causes, Project Association and a member Interchange, democratic values, of the Northern California Barton Glaser ’51 passed Dr. Gary G. Kardos ’53 passed politics and mentoring young Psychiatric Society, the American away in November 2012 at away on April 15, 2011 at the people. Association of Psychiatric the age of 78. Bart grew up age of 74. Born in Budapest, Charles Spencer Belden III ’51 Clinics for Children, the San a fencer, quarterback, diver Hungary, Dr. Kardos grew up in passed away in July 2012. After Francisco Medical Society, the and an intellectual. A man of Beverly Hills. He received his high school, Chuck immediately American Academy of Child and small stature and great passion, BA from UCLA and attended joined the U.S. Navy where he Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Bart graduated USC, became UCSF Medical School, served as a sonarman on the American Physicians Fellowship a CPA and ran a successful where he also completed his USS Greenfi sh . His love and for Medicine in Israel. He business for 51 years. An avid internship, residency and chief passion for the sea continued was deeply admired by his golfer, he proudly won multiple residency. After two years of throughout his life and dictated patients, highly respected by his championships while a member military duty as most of his travel destinations. colleagues, and generous in his of Riviera Country Club. Bart a captain in the Chuck will be remembered for advice and concern for everyone was preceded in death by his wife Vietnam War, his compassion for others, his he knew. He was a recipient of the Kathi. He is survived by children he returned to love of animals, his patriotism, Patients’ Choice Award bestowed Brett, Allyson, Brook, Matthew San Francisco wit, humor and his efforts upon California’s favorite and Drew, and one grandson. where he began serving his community of Playa physicians. He also served on Barbara Forbes Abell ’53 the practice del Rey. He is survived by his the Planning Commission in Mill passed away July 17, 2012 after of internal wife Casey. Valley, where he lived for four a long battle with cancer. She medicine and nephrology at Alexander Chapro ’51 passed decades. Ernie is survived by his is survived by her husb and, Franklin Hospital (now known away on Aug. 15, 2011. His brother and sister-in-law, Michael Arthur, three sons and six as the Davies Campus of fondest memories were his years and Renée Dernburg, and three grandchildren. CPMC), where he remained in at BHHS. He attended many of nieces. private practice until December 2013 Obituaries 61

2001. He was chief of staff at Counsel in the State Fund’s him. He is survived by his wife fi rm’s national hiring partner Davies Medical Center from legal department, where he of 43 years, Yasuyo; daughters to found his own legal search, 1986 to 1987. Dr. Kardos met the love of his life, Evelyn Laurie Scheinman (Marty) and placement and consulting was also a member of the San Ersepke. They had a loving Erica Segal; granddaughters fi rm. He spent the rest of his Francisco Medical Society. Dr. marriage for 45 happy years. Erin and Emily; and sisters working life advising, amusing, Kardos was a member of the Richard was also a dedicated Shirley Lee and Claire Kunin inspiring and enriching clients, clinical faculty at UCSF, where father of their three sons ’51. Jim was predeceased by monetarily and otherwise; all he remained an active teacher to Edmund, Gerald and Robert. his son, Anton Segal. while making time to advise, both the house staff and medical Richard, a highly regarded Janice Fay Johnson ’64 amuse and inspire a generation students. In 2005 he became manager and attorney, was passed away of middle school boys’ football a clinical professor emeritus appointed to Chief Counsel for in November and elementary school girls’ and continued to work as a the State Fund in 1980. After 2011 of non- basketball players. Frank is part-time nephrology attending 47 years with the State Fund, H o d g k i n ’s survived by his wife Linda at the VA Hospital where he Richard retired in April 2004. lymphoma. Listrom, his daughter Shannon, remained until his lung cancer Richard loved reading and She was a his stepson Matthew Colman, diagnosis in December 2010. learning about new places. He loyal Norman his sister Martha Lantz, and He was a dedicated patron took his family on trips all over and loved her brothers George and Bob ’73 . of both the San Francisco the continental United States, years at Beverly. Edwin Lasman ’72 passed Symphony and A.C.T. and Hawaii and Europe. Richard Paula Lynne Kaatz ’64 , Emmy away in August loved to travel with his wife. Dr. was also a kind, dependable winning costumer and union 2012. Lasman, Kardos was also an avid reader, and generous man, with a great organizer for Local Union 705, who practiced writer, amateur photographer, sense of humor and a sharp passed away on May 3 following law in the Los computer enthusiast, master mind. a brief illness. Paula received a Angeles area gourmand and chef. Survivors Ted Koehler, Jr. S’54 passed B.A. from UC Santa Barbara in for about 30 include his wife of 50 years, away on Oct. 17, 2011. He 1968—with classmate Michael years, was a Zeeva; daughters Dr. Leslie received a BS and MBA degree Douglas. In 1969, she graduated founder of Kardos and Kate Kardos- from USC. He moved to La from the Costuming Apprentice SML LLP, a Beverly Hills- Polevoi; sister Judy Martin; Jolla in 1973 where he enjoyed Program and began her career based law fi rm specializing four granddaughters and two careers in both the electronics in the television/motion picture in corporate, entertainment sons-in-law. industry and real estate. He industry as a costumer and and real estate transactions, Richard A. Krimen ’53, born was active in coaching youth costume designer. Paula had securities, litigation and April 4, 1935, passed away sports and enjoyed music, seven Emmy nominations bankruptcy. He was a former on Aug. 3, 2009. Richard traveling and spending time during her career, winning for president and director of the spent his early childhood in with his family. He is survived Pancho Barnes , China Beach Century City Bar Association, Pennsylvania, where he lived by his wife of 45 years, Nancy, (pilot), China Beach (the series) former vice-president of the prior to moving to Los Angeles. a son, a daughter and three and The Letter . Paula is survived Swiss-American Chamber of He attended University of grandchildren. by her brother, Benjamin Kaatz Commerce and a director of California, Los Angeles, where Jim Segal ’57 passed away (Sarah); their children, Joely and Jewish Life. Lasman was also a he majored in business and on Dec. 1, 2012. He attended Gabrielle Kaatz; her stepsister, former president of the Jewish fi nance. Upon fi nishing his El Rodeo and graduated Julia Rosenberg (Andy); niece, National Fund, Western Region degree, he joined the State Beverly High as valedictorian Adrienne Rosenberg; and and a former vice-president of Compensation Insurance Fund of his class and member of nephew, Kevin Rosenberg. the French-American Chamber in the claims department, but Knights. Jim attended Harvard Frank Kimball ’70 died of an of Commerce. Lasman received was promptly called to serve University, where he received aortic dissection on Oct. 28, a bachelor’s degree from UC in the United States Army. He his Bachelor of Arts degree. He 2011. Frank graduated magna Berkeley, where he was summa served with distinction while worked for Gray Advertising cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa cum laude and a member of Phi being stationed at Fort Bragg, and retired at the young age from UCLA, where he also Beta Kappa. Lasman received a N.C. On completion of his of 34, settling in upstate New placed as 2nd speaker at the 1973 law degree and an MBA from service in the army, Richard York. Jim was involved in real National Debate Tournament. UCLA, where he was a member rejoined the State Fund in the estate investments and later He then graduated from the of the moot court honors program home offi ce in San Francisco. moved to Houston. Though University of Michigan Law and was executive editor of For four years, he attended law Jim battled cancer for 38 years, School where, with brother the International Lawyer , an school at night at Golden Gate he and his family traveled the George ’69, he won the 1977 American Bar Association- University Law School. After world over and he lived an moot court competition. sponsored publication focusing graduation and admission to the adventurous, fully enriched Frank practiced law on Wall on international law. Lasman’s practice of law in California, life. Jim is a true inspiration to Street and in Chicago, then son Adam graduated from he took the position of Junior all those who knew and loved moved from a post as his Beverly High in 2011. 62 Obituaries 2013 Shira Abramson, born Elise Sarah Elise Boags ’92 passed stepson Jeff Clark (Marlene), her husband Norman Kramer Karen Maier ’72 , passed away away Sept. 17, 2012 at the age fi ve grandchildren and one great- and husband Richard Farr. She in Israel in September 2012 of 38 following a battle with grandson. is survived by her brothers Hugh at the age of 56. Abramson metastasized breast cancer. Betty Farr, who passed away in Morgan and Tom Morgan. attended Hillel Hebrew Sarah graduated from FIDM Palm Springs after a year-long Leland Kendall “Ken” Wilson , Academy and Horace Mann. for design, illness, spent more than 35 years a longtime resident of Manhattan She studied at UC Irvine, Free and studied in education as a teacher and a Beach, passed away on Jan. 4, University of Brussels, Belgium nursing at supervisor, most of those years 2013. Born in and McGill University in College of in the Beverly Hills Unifi ed Kansas in 1926, Montreal, where she earned her the Canyons. School District. “Sarge” as she Wilson moved M.D. She moved to Jerusalem Sarah lived was known by students and out to California after marrying musician and in New York fellow teachers was also a skilled in the ’50s and rabbi David Abramson in the and Miami artist. She was known for her taught at Beverly, 1980s. While raising her seven during her modeling career. loyalty, kindness and long-term where he met his children, she worked as medical She loved to explore other friendships she encountered wife, Barbara advisor to Jewish women in the countries and cultures and during her lifetime in Southern Lucille Holman. areas of fertility, pregnancy and she traveled to France, Italy, California. From her childhood The two were married in 1961 labor. Abramsom was preceded Bali, Peru among other places. in Bel Air through her college and moved to Manhattan Beach. in death by her husband, David. Sarah will be remembered for years in the San Fernando Valley, Later he taught psychology and She is survived by her children her serene persona, her love she cultivated a love for the speech at Aviation High School Shmuel, Yonatan, Yehudit, of family, friends, good food, glamorous California lifestyle. and coached baseball and other Bat-Sheva, Yehu-da, Ruchama wine and adventure. Sarah was She graduated from Reseda High sports up until the school’s (Eliyahu) and Shlomo (Shuli). predeceased by her parents, and completed her education closure in 1982, at which time he Jim Garrison ’78 passed Dr. Rita Simeon Boags and with a B.A. in art and an M.A. moved on to teach at Redondo away in May 2011 after a long Beverly Hills Judge Charles in education from Cal State Union High School. After and courageous battle with a Donald Boags. She is survived Northridge. When not involved coaching, he got into offi ciating brain tumor. He is survived by her siblings, Lisa Boags and in her artistic world, she had a various high-school sports and by his wife, Michi, and two Martin Boags (wife: Tina), and long-time passion for the sport of college basketball. He later children. He enjoyed continued many aunts, uncles, cousins horse racing. When Betty retired became an assigner and liaison friendships with many of his and extended family. and moved to Palm Desert, she for the South Bay Unit of the BHHS friends over the years. Faculty / Staff reunited with many friends. She California Basketball Offi cials Ruth Mishler ’82 Daughter became an active member of the Association and evaluator for Muriel Joyce Koppelman of Arthur and Susan Mishler. Red Hatters Association and so college basketball’s West Coast Clark passed away in January Beloved sister to Sharon and continued her active social life Conference. He is survived by in Austin, Texas where she her brother-in-law Rabbi Dan with many new acquaintances. his wife, Barbara, and two sons, had moved to a few years ago. Moskovitz. Caring aunt to She was preceded in death by Lee and Chris. Muriel was born in the Bronx Judah, Levi and Estee. A loyal and moved to Los Angeles and true friend to so many. She in 1947 after marrying Alan will be missed. Koppelman, to whom she was IN MEMORIAM Jason Steven Blum ’86 Only wed for 13 years. For more than 44 years old, Jason was taken There was no information Marilyn Ward Strock ’50 30 years, she enjoyed working away from his loving family and provided regarding the Nor- Alan Mendel ’51 in the offi ces of Beverly High friends much too soon. Graduate mans listed who have passed Mary Jane Neblett Hocutt ’53 and loved meeting thousands of of Pepperdine and held a Juris away: Steven Fineberg ’58 students. Muriel later found the Doctorate from WLA Law George Larson ’37 Milton Bilak ’59 true love of her life in husband School. He graduated fi rst in Margaret MacPherson Cameron ’38 Jill D. Weinstein Bronson ’59 Harvey Clark (d. 2005) and they his class from the LAPD Police Walter Eric Mann ’39 John Chestnut ’59 lived blissfully in Palm Desert Academy and has been honored Robert Baker ’40 Steven I. Federman ’59 for over 20 years, enjoying with the Medal of Valor and Vincent Laura ’40 Jane Rockford ’59 each other and the many close Offi cer of the Year. He had Shirley Marie Clark ’41 Heidi Guedel ’66 friendships they had developed his own high profi le security Joseph Walt ’41 Susan Zimmerman ’66 over that time. A care-free spirit, company and had retired to Robert Gray ’42 Susan Songe ’67 a sense of humor and an eye for Costa Rica. He is survived by Calvin Fujimoto ’42 Blair Lenhoff ’69 color and style were some of the his parents Barry and Ellen, Donald Gilbert ’43 Felix Rozas ’72 many characteristics that Muriel brothers Matthew (Wendy), Josh Robert D. Strock ’46 Glen Hartford ’81 possessed. She is survived by her (Karina) and nephew Oliver. Ronald Sinclair ’49 Dr. Andre Sacks ’82 daughter Robin Evans (Dennis), Mary Wertheimer Rabin ’50 Robert T. Peters son Jeff Koppelman (Liz), 2013 Mayor’s Message 63 Beverly Hills gears up for centennial celebration Dear fellow Normans, is now busy adding historical Anderson, Mary Pickford, District, it is gratifying that a As a former editor-in-chief of Beverly Hills properties to our Douglas Fairbanks, Jean Hersholt, majority of the new Council voted Highlights, I am honored to invite own local landmark registry. At Fred Niblo, Harold Lloyd and this spring in favor of a resolution you to read this year’s edition the time of this writing, our own our fi rst (honorary) mayor, the that makes it clear that regional of Alumni City Hall is scheduled to be the incomparable Will Rogers, are interests cannot be an excuse to Highlights. next property to be landmarked. just a few names inextricably turn away from our one and only Jan. 28, This is quite a change from linked with our city’s history, high school. 2014 marks a couple of years ago when which has deep roots in the movie With some more persistence, the 100th “preservation Beverly Hills- industry and grew along with it is my hope that our wonderful anniversary of style” was mockingly referred to the industry that would go on to high school will be set to serve the founding in preservation circles as taking defi ne Southern California. our children for at least another of Beverly photos of a historical landmark Yes, our history is one of hundred years, unfettered by Hills. While before it was razed. But the people, and in celebrating our politicized and poor transportation 100 years may not be a lot for a lot Cultural Heritage Commission centennial together, we are planning, which puts crony of cities, we have managed to pack is not only meant to protect celebrating people. Our past, capitalism before the interests quite a bit into our hometown’s architecturally and historically present and future are bound of our children. While regional fi rst century. While we remain signifi cant buildings in our city. together, just as all of us who cooperation is undoubtedly forward-thinking, there is much The Commission is also charged live here are connected with each important, it must be based on within our rich past that can help with fi nding new ways to honor other and this very special place, respect for local control and come guide us into the future. our short, but rich, legacy and Beverly Hills, our home. from the ground up, not from the Our centennial should be not to share our history with the Of course, our one and only top down. In this, our 100th year, only an occasion for us to take community. I will continue to high school is an integral part of we would do well to remember stock and delve into our rich encourage the Commission to our city’s history, just as it has that our uniqueness makes our legacy, but also an occasion to work with the schools to develop played such an important role in community great, and that we all look forward to the next hundred a curriculum to teach the history the lives of so many of us who best serve the region by letting years, as well as to celebrate— of Beverly Hills to our children. are privileged to call Beverly Beverly Hills, our home, be the together. Furthermore, it is my hope that our alma mater. I’m very pleased very best version of itself. I’m so pleased that we now the entire community will come that our City Council fi nally took Here’s wishing all of you have our own Cultural Heritage together during the centennial and a stand this year to stand by our a wonderful Beverly Hills Commission to spearhead our that together we will discover and school district in their efforts to centennial year; please join us efforts to honor our past. When celebrate unknown and forgotten protect the high school against the in the many events that will be I fi rst proposed the idea of the sides of our city’s history, in threat of an unnecessary subway taking place to celebrate our city’s Cultural Heritage Commission in addition to the well-known ones, tunnel and to allow the district birthday and to celebrate the my fi rst term on the City Council, dating back over a century. to continue to best serve future people who have made and who the idea was initially rebuffed by More than just landmark generations of our children. While, continue to make it so special. the Council. Fortunately, there properties, our city’s history is rich when push comes to shove, there And here’s to our city’s next 100 are cases in which persistence because of the people who have are councilmembers who choose years. overcomes resistance and our contributed to making Beverly to stand with Metro rather than Sincerely, Cultural Heritage Commission Hills what it is today. Margaret the Beverly Hills Unifi ed School Mayor John Mirisch ’81 IMPORTANT INFORMATION Contact us! We have found a number reunions.jsp. Alumni Association or of web sites claiming to be Some alumni have inquired the high school. If you BHHS Alumni Beverly Hills High School why we send out so many provide that website with alumni sites, but they are letters. 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