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Whittier College Poet Commons The Rock Archives and Special Collections Fall 1995 The Rock, Fall 1995 (vol. 66, no. 2) Whittier College Follow this and additional works at: https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/rock TIIAUP From the desk of Peter Golio Director of Alumni Relations he 1994-95 Alumni Association Board of Directors said Board of Directors served on this committee, and the report has farewell this spring to the following alumni whose terms served as a guide in planning for the 1995-96 year. of service concluded: Sandra (Steele) Butzel '62, Patrick The Alumni Association Board of Directors will be organized into an T Hart '79, Jeanette (Muse) Miller '59 and David Nixon '91. executive committee, a nominating committee, an alumni awards and We thank them for volunteering their time and talents to help Whittier recognition committee, and three newly constituted standing commit- College in so many ways. tees: alumni service, annual fund and student recruitment. The Alumni Association oversaw a number of initiatives during the The Alumni Association also intends to focus on an increasing past year, including the introduction of a MasterCard program for number of regional activities and events in areas far from campus, Whittier College alumni and the election by alumni of alumni trustees both within California and out of state. Additionally, the association to the Whittier College Board of Trustees. The results of this election will have regional representatives serving on the board of directors. were unavailable before the deadline for this issue of The Rock, but Whittier College alumni should expect to see the results of a num- look for information on the new alumni trustees in the following issue. ber of other Alumni Association initiatives during the coming year. The next year promises to bring even more consequential changes The Alumni Directory will be available in spring 1996, and we hope to to the Alumni Association. A committee on alumni marketing and offer opportunities to mail-order Whittier College sweatshirts, caps communication, established by college trustees, produced a report and mugs, as well as some less traditional items. calling for reinvigoration of the Alumni Association with newly articu- The Alumni Association is continually looking for volunteers to as- lated goals—focused primarily on increasing alumni participation— sist with special events, serve on committees, or provide other services and proposed structural changes to help reach those goals. (See re- to our alma mater. If you are interested, contact the Office of Alumni lated story, page 34) Several members of the Alumni Association Relations at (310) 907-4222 or at [email protected] on the Internet. ttttttwE Whittier College Alumni Association Board of Directors 1995-1996 Director of Alumni Relations Peter Gollo Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Christine (Reel) Nelson '72 Secretary Vice President Peggy Flores Margaret (Donnellan) President Todd '76 Past President William Francis '64 Jennifer (Nestegard) Blazey '86 Members John Avila '57 Robin Lynn Hickin '94 Edna (Brindley) Moore '73 Brian Brown '96 Pamela Holmes '82 Roman Padilla '84 Vince Daigneault '85 Ty Hutchinson '91 Donald Rothrock '52 Penny (Cams) Fraumeni '68 Betty (Hibbard) Kenworthy '45 Cynthia Salac '92 Gian Gandolfo '84 Vaughn King '87 Steve Snyder '85 Gene Gaudio '68 Hale LaBore '93 George Tenopir '48 Sally (Randall) Gobar '55 Leslie Louie '95 Aracely Valenzuela-Gonzalez'92 Eugene Gonzales '50 Daunn Lovejoy '60 Keith Walton '46 Thomas Haas '64 Brian Macias '83 ThTEROCK CC)N77L,"N,_TrTS The Magazine of Whittier College Fall 1995 Vol. 66, No. 2 Features Executive Editor Commencement 1995 Leslie Baer-Brown 14 Whittier's newest alumni are urged to find their Managing Editor own particular passions and be creative with Kristin M. Tranquada their lives and work. Senior Writer By Judy Kidder Browning Judy Kidder Browning Assistant Editor Back to the Future Betsy Kemp'93 34 An alumnus reflects on the power of nostalgia Contributors and the inevitability of change for both the col- Rock Carter'89 lege and its alumni. Page 14 Peter Golio By Thonw.s D. Wood '50 Christine (Reel) Nelson '72 Martin Ortiz'48 A Question of Balance Editorial Intern 37 Alumni, actives, administrators and faculty are Emily Warshal'98 working to re-define the role of societies on the Art Director Whittier College campus. Monica Fiege-Kollmann By Kristin Trariquo.da Photography Gerald E. Blalock The Way of the Rhodes Steve Burns 2 They've moved beyond Oxford, but Whittier's Betsy Kemp'93 4 three Rhodes Scholars continue to distinguish themselves and their alma mater. By Betsy Kemp '93 Printing Page 34 Penn Lithographics, Cerritos, California Profiles Doreen O'Connor 16 The 1995 Nerhood Award winner didn't plan to become a teacher, but now calls it "the most im- portant thing I do." By Judy Kidder Browning Richard S. Millman 33 Whittier's new vice president for academic affairs THE ROCK, Fall 1995, Volume was drawn to the college's unique curriculum. 66, Number 2, Copyright © 1995 By Betsy Kemp '93 Whittier College. Page 37 THE ROCK is published by Whit- Departments tier College. Our mailing address is THE ROCK, Office of Communi- 2 President's Corner 13 iHablame! cations, P.O. Box 634, Whittier, 3 Letters to the Editor 18 Poet to Poet CA 90608. Phone(310) 907-4277, 4 That Was Then... 44 The Bottom Line FAX (310) 907-4927. Internet: [email protected]. 6 On Campus 46 Sports Shorts 11 Alumni Echoes 48 Calendar of Events THE ROCK FALL 1995 40 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Anthony R. Pierno '54, Esq. Chairman resident's Corner Richard H. Deihl '49, D.B.A. Vice Chairman Willard V. Harris. Jr. '55 Vice Chairman Benjamin B. Tregoe '51, Ph.D., LL.D. '90 Vice Chairman Donald E. Wood Dear Friends of the College: Treasurer Dolores L. Ball '33 Secretary James L. Ash Jr., Ph.D. s I stood on the following questions: What is President of the College platform in my destiny? V//here will life Robert G. Bailey, Esq. Harris Amphi- C. Milo Connick, Ph.D. take me? What plans should I John H. Crow '64. Ph.D. theatre earlier make? After four years of an- Rayburn S. Dezember '53, LH.D. '94 A Sharon W. Ettinger this year during the college's swering difficult questions Sheldon Feinberg Douglas W. Ferguson 92nd commencement exer- posed by their Whittier pro- Gary Steven Findley, Esq. '79 cises, it was difficult for me fessors, these new alumni Charlotte Fusco Alfred J. Gobar '55, Ph.D. not to be moved by the would surely, I hoped, come Barbara Ondrasik Groce '57 Clinton 0. Harris '34. LH.D '95 emotions expressed by the up with appropriate respons- Donald J. Herrema '74 graduates, their families and es for these most puzzling of Caroline P. Ireland '43 H. Trevor Jones '53 friends. As members of the life's questions. David C. Lizarraga Theodore F. Marshburn '51, M.D. class of 1995 shifted their And then, suddenly, from William H. Marumoto '57 tassels from the right side of a speech delivered some James E. Mitchell '62. Esq. R. Chandler Myers, Esq.. LL.D. '88 their caps to the left, signify- months before at a board of Edward James Olmos, LH.D. '93 Adan Ortega, Jr. '84 ing their entrance into the some sad reflections from the trustees meeting, these words Lee E. Owens alumni family, a roar went past academic year. The New came flooding back to me: Ernie Z. Park, Esq. Carole Martin Pickup '57 up from the assembled Year's Eve death of their Make no little plans. They Richard M. Pomboy Dennis C. Poulsen, Esq. crowd. A monumental classmate Dee Hochstetler have no magic with which to J. Stanley Sanders '63, Esq. change in the lives of these Mrs. E. L. Shannon, Jr., LH.D. '92 and the unexpected passing stir the blood and probably Willard W. Shepherd, Sr. 256 young men and women of Michael Praetorius, our themselves will not be realized. Elden L. Smith '62 Tomio Taki was occurring right before beloved professor of philoso- Make big plans; aim high in Togo William Tanaka Mrs. George E. Trotter, Jr. my eyes, and I allowed my- phy, were tragic blows to the hope and work. Remember Roberta G. Veloz '57 self a moment to ponder entire Whittier College com- that our children and grand- ALUMNI TRUSTEE their years at Whittier. munity, and especially to the children will do things that Jennifer A. Blazey '86 President of Alumni Board The triumphs and accom- senior class. Both Dee and would stagger us. Remember plishments of this talented Michael were sorely missed that when you create a situa- HONORARY TRUSTEES John L. Compton '25 group—in the classroom, on on that sunny morning in tion that captures the imagina- Ethel K. Eckels '25 Hubert C. Perry '35 the playing field, in concert, May. tion, you capture life, reason, Carl L. Randolph '43, Ph.D., LL.D. '82 and on stage—stood out At the appropriate time, everything. Homer G. Rosenberger '34, M.D. boldly for me. This group members of the class of 1995 Tony Pierno '54, chair- PRESIDENT EMERITUS Eugene S. Mills, Ph.D., LL.D. was, after all, the first full rose to their feet and made man of the board, intoned contingent of graduating their way to the edge of the the above sentiments (au- OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE James L. Ash, Jr., Ph.D. Whittier students recruited, stage. One at a time the thored originally by Daniel President John A. FitzRandolph, Esq. matriculated and educated graduates marched across to Burnham) in exhorting his Vice President for Legal Education & during my presidency at Dean of Whittier Law School receive their degrees, smile fellow board members to Harold W.