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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 important 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. Hewitt, Jr. Whittier. for the cameras, and ac- plan boldly and confidently Vice President for Business & Finance Richard S. Millman, Ph.D. I considered the experi- knowledge the boisterous for the future of the college. Vice President for Academic Affairs & ences of the class of 1995, es- Dean of Faculty cheers of their friends and As I watched the class of Joseph M. Zanetta, Esq. pecially in this, their senior relatives. Ringing in their 1995 recess, degrees in hand, Vice President for Advancement Susan E. Allen, Ed.D. year. Along with upbeat ears as well, I thought, were into the loving embraces of Dean of Students Thomas Enders memories, there also were almost assuredly some of the Continued on page 5 Dean of Enrollment

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By Betsy Kemp '93

hen the mal—attended by local ser- Selective vicemen due to the lack of Service student escorts. The Quaker W Campus was run almost en- America's first peacetime tirely by women, as was the draft, was enacted in the fall Acropolis. One female QC of 1940, two of Whittier's editor commented, "Despite pacifist Quaker professors necessary changes, we're discussed with students the coming along fine!" diverse roles of Quakers dur- In March of 1942, due to ing wartime. Friends had the shrinking Whittier and served as conscientious ob- Chapman College student jectors, volunteered in hospi- populations, the two cam- tals, and had joined the mili- puses merged. Chapman tary. Students were advised, leased its Vermont Avenue in the Quaker tradition, to campus to the Navy and 57 see "that of God" in every Chapman students(33 man and to exercise toler- women and 24 men) attendance and understanding. ed Whittier for the duration More than a year later, of the war. Pearl Harbor was hit—just While some groups on days before Christmas break, To replace the annual all-college picnic during war years, campus came together, oth- during which 25 Whittier women gathered for a social harvesting of the college's ers slowly divided. The ma- students enlisted. A Japan- citrus crops. jority of the Board of ese Peace Lantern, a 1930 Trustees were now "fighting gift from Japanese kinder- avoided the camps by trans- together and formed groups Quakers," supporting the garten teacher Ka Suma, was ferring to Eariham College like the Women's Associat- war, and only a couple were placed in storage for its safe- in Indiana. However, Sam ed Sewing Project, Women's pacifists. Half of the 40- ty. The monument, dedicat- Ishikawa '43e chose to stay Emergency First Aid Ser- some faculty members iden- ed to friendship between the with his family and was in- vice, Women's Organized tified with local Friends children of Japan and the terned. Fellow students Rationing Service and the churches, and of those, 10 United States, was returned gathered books to send him, Women's Association for were pacifists. The student to campus in 1946. and at Christmas time, gifts, Making Scrapbooks. body, of which only 13 per- Japanese families were toys, clothing and candy The lack of a football sea- cent was Quaker, remained being forced to relocate to were collected for the chil- son made the 1943 annual dedicated to the Friends' ser- internment camps all along dren of the camps. banquet impossible. Instead, vice-oriented ideals and re- the Pacific Coast. Whittier Whittier's male popula- the women's societies joined spect for the individual. students Roy Harada '43e* tion was slowly dwindling. as the Associated Women However, they, too, seemed and Dorothy Fujita '45e Yet Whittier's women came Students and held a for- to be affected by the patriot-

* The "e" after class year indicates that degree was not completed.

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Continued from page 2 The Orthogonian Society placed a plaque in Menden- families and friends, I con- hall to commemorate the 18 Whittier College men who sidered sharing the chair- died in World War II. They were: man's wisdom for their ben- Webber Callicott '47e Robert 0. Mitcheld '40 efit. If I could impart that Roland R. Crum, Jr. '45e Lowell Mulcahy '38e last bit of knowledge to ic fervor that had taken over Hobart Cushman '41e Thomas B. Reed, Jr. '42e them, I thought, their Whit- the country. Wayne A. Dailey '41e Robert Rotsel 41e tier education would be President W. Orville Merlan Emberson '40e Henry H. Sievers '42e complete. Mendenhall, dubbed "peace Paul Fouts '41 Charles C. Webster '40 As this desire to augment man," actively supported James A. Gafford '26 Ivan Wiley '39 my comments to the class both views by placing blue Dr. Lowell Kramer '23 Don E. Winters '41 welled up, I began to reach circles (for conscientious ob- Warren McCray '45e Wilson A. Young '40 for the commencement jectors) and blue stars (for stage microphone, but servicemen) on the service English and trustee, said at In the spring of 1944, 268 thought better of it. The flag that hung off the library the time, "None questioned students remained, just 39 of members of this class, like balcony. The flag was con- his sincerity in his state- them men. The Acropolis those who have come before troversial and was vandal- ment, but all who knew the called it "a woman's year." them, have been strongly in- ized on two occasions before situation understood that a By the end of the next fall fluenced by the teaching a naval reservist wrote to the deeper motive was his con- semester, ASWC President and mentoring that takes QC, "Let's fight to make the scientious objection to par- Bob Cauffman '45 was draft- place at this fine institution. world safe for the Conscien- ticipation in support of the ed, making Virginia Valen- Through their Whittier Col- tious Objector, for freedom war." Two faculty members tine'45 the first female stu- lege experience, members of of thought." Although the followed Mendenhall with dent body president at the class of 1995 most cer- vandalism ended, heated letters of resignation because Whittier. Mary Wiggin '46 tainly have been inspired to discussions did not. of a forced contract clause was her successor. By the "aim high in hope and In March of 1943, that asked members of the end of the war, more than work." Mendenhall resigned, due to faculty to participate in edu- 550 students and alumni of I am confident that these differences between himself cating military-bound Whittier had served in the young graduates will indeed and the board. Herbert Har- youths. The clause was later armed forces, and 26 had do things that will stagger ris, professor emeritus of dropped. been active in Civilian Pub- us. In doing so, they will lic Service camps. • bring great honor to themselves, their families, and their alma mater. Congratulations and best wishes to the class of 1995!

The Associated Women Students' War Work Com- mittee sponsored a variety of activities, including this James L. Ash, Jr. 1945 blood drive. President

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Compiled by Betsy Kemp 193 ASWC Honors Two Community Members The Associated Students of Whittier College honored NEWS IN BRIEF two college community members this spring for their dedication to the college. Michael McBride, professor of po- Muller Named New Books Courtesy litical science, was awarded the Key to the College for his Associate Dean of Cap & Gown outstanding service to the college and its students. David Muller, associate pro- The Cap and Gown Honor Harold Hewitt, vice president for business and finance, fessor of music, has been Society, a 56-year-old received the Marilyn Veich Award, given in recognition named the new associate women's organization that of exceptional service and devotion to the students of dean for academic affairs. has endowed a library book Whittier College. Working with Richard Mill- fund, purchased the follow- PHOTOS: BETSY KEMP man, vice president for acad- ing books for the Bonnie emic affairs and dean of fac- Bell Wardman Library this ulty, Mutter's responsibilities year: Children of the World, will include teaming with Martha Stephens; A Passion the commencement com- for Difference: Essays in An- mittee and the new academ- thropology & Gender, Henri- ic building committee, as etta Moore; To the Light- well as dealing with stu- house, Virginia Woolf; The dent/parent issues, among Fifties—A Woman's Oral others. His appointment as History, Brett Harvey; Wait- associate dean began this ing to Exhale, Terry McMil- fall. Muller has been at lan; Sisterfire: Black Woman- Harold Hewitt (left) and Mike McBride pose with Whittier for more than 10 ist Fiction and Poetry, their awards from the Associated Students of years, during which he has Charlotte Watson Sherman; Whittier College. chaired the financial aid Segregated Sisterhood: Racism committee and has been and the Politics of American chair of the music depart- Feminism, Nancie Caraway. New Tutoring Staff Honored ment. He will also continue Service The annual Staff Recogni- to teach during his tenure as New Food Service The new Learning Support tion Awards ceremony rec- associate dean. Bon Appétit Management Services (LSS) office in ognized 35 staff members for Company was chosen by a Philadelphia House provides their service to the college group of students, faculty more than 25 tutors for stu- in May. Distinguished Ser- and administrators as the dents who need extra help in vice Awards went to Ann new food service operator for their coursework. Working Gipple of the Copy Center, the Campus Inn. The C.I. with students and faculty Karl Feliroth of Physical now carries a "Lite Line," of- members, LSS helps make Plant and Kathleen Pompey fering lower-fat and low- accommodations for students of Broadoaks Children's calorie items, as well as an with learning disabilities, as School. Neyda Alvarez of "exhibition station" where well as providing basic skills Physical Plant, Angie dishes are created to order. courses in reading, writing, McLaughlin of Alumni Re- Other highlights include a test taking and more. The lations and Sheridan "Bud" STEVE BURN variety of culturally diverse office also sponsors a support Thorup of Food Services David Muller entrees with vegetarian op- group for students with were recognized for their re- tions. learning disabilities. tiremement. Twenty-nine

THE ROCK FALL 1995 employees earned pins com- memorating years of service Lisa Prell, director of spe- to the college. The honorees had given a combined cial giving, stands with total of 235 years of service husband, Gary, and friend to Whittier College. Andrew McQuinn at her UPDATE going away party in May. She served the college for

New Faculty more than six years in the Tony Barnstone, visiting career services and ad- instructor of English, is com- pleting his dissertation on vancement offices. William Carlos Williams and will be teaching creative writing and 20th-century American literature. He holds a B.A. from U.C. the University of Cincin- shire and a Ph.D. from the FACULTY Santa Cruz and an M.A. and nati. He has received sever- University of Oregon. He Maurine Behrens, professor anticipated Ph.D. from U.C. al grants for his work with has also taught at the Uni- of psychology and director of Berkeley. He has edited sev- the National Undersea Re- versity of Oregon and the the Whittier Scholars Pro- eral poetry anthologies, in- search Program. University of New Hamp- gram, was honored as an cluding two in which he shire. outstanding volunteer by the translated from Chinese, Robert Hines, visiting assis- Whittier Social Services and is also interested in tant professor of psychology, Previously a lecturer at Cal Commission. She was rec- Asian American literature. comes to Whittier from New State Fullerton, Kathleen ognized for her contributions York, where he recently Ralph, assistant professor of to the Hillcrest Senior Care Gustavo Geirola, assistant taught at Clarkson Universi- education, earned her Ph.D. Program, a day-care program professor of Spanish, holds a ty. He holds a B.S. from in elementary education for frail seniors, as a member doctorate from Arizona State Union College, an M.A. from Arizona State Univer- of its advisory council and University. He has taught from St. Bonaventure Uni- sity. She also holds a B.S. facilitator of the caregiver literature and language versity and a Ph.D. from from Washington State support group. courses at Universidad de Purdue University. His University. Tucumán and Universidad Continued areas of interest include cog- de Salta, both in Argentina, nitive psychology, human and at The Catholic Univer- learning and memory, and sity of America in Washing- experimental psychology. ton, D.C.

Michael Leen, assistant pro- Benjamin Greenstein, assis- fessor of mathematics, re- tant professor of geology, cently taught at Potsdam most recently taught at College in New York. He Smith College in Massachu- received a B.A. from Boston setts. He holds a B.A. from College, an M.S. from the the University of Rochester University of New Hamp- and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Maurine Behrens Ann Farmer

THE ROCK FALL 1995 On Campus

The Whittier branch of the "On Augustine's Way Out," Phil O'Brien '61, college li- After four years of devoted American Association of offered a new reading and brarian, wrote "The Edwards work as booknote editor for University Women honored defense of Augustine's cri- H. Metcalf Collection" Religious Studies Review, Ann Farmer, professor of tique of theological fatalism. which was recently pub- Joseph Price, professor of re- English, in March as an Edu- Hunt presented a shortened lished in the Journal of the ligion, retired and was re- cational Foundation Named version of his "Dispositional T.E. Lawrence Society. He cently thanked and com- Gift Honoree. AAUW will Omniscience" at the Ameri- also wrote the introduction mended for his work in the donate $1,500 in Farmer's can Philosophical Associa- to the 54th annual catalog Council of Societies for the name to the foundation, tion last spring. of the Rounce and Coffin Study of Religion Bulletin. which funds doctoral and Club's 1995 Western Books post-doctoral fellowships for Moira Killoran, visiting as- Exhibition. The Rounce Kim Russo, assistant profes- women. Farmer represents sistant professor of anthro- and Coffin Club is a print- sor of art, and Liz Chalfin, Whittier College on the local pology, presented "Cypriot ers' organization whose adjunct instructor of art, col- AAUW board of directors. Feminist Struggles Over the name comes from two parts laborated on an art installa- Gendered Self: The Con- of the old flatbed presses tion at Cal State L.A. last Stephen Goldberg, Camp- dom Story" at the South- such as the one used by Ben spring as part of a group ex- bell professor of biology, pre- western Anthropology meet- Franklin. hibition titled "Taking Root sented a paper titled "Para- ing in San Francisco, She in Water." The interactive sitology of Reptiles" in April also presented "Feminists installation, titled "On a at the fifth annual Interna- and the Phallus: Gendered tional Symposium of Pathol- Power Cyprus" at the Pacific ogy of Reptiles and Am- Sociological Association an- Administration Two local shows directed phibians in the Netherlands. nual meeting in San Francis- Leslie Baer-Brown, director last year by Jack Millis '89, co last spring. of communications, was re- assistant director of student David Hunt, professor of cently published by Mercury financing, were named philosophy, gave the open- Howard Lukefahr, assistant House of San Francisco. among the best productions ing address at the annual Pa- professor of physics, received Her book, Earth Keepers, is a of 1994. "The Man Who cific Conference of the Soci- a $35,000 grant from Re- guide to environmental ac- Came to Dinner," at the ety of Christian search Corporation. The tivism in the '90s. It features Newport Theatre Arts Cen- Philosophers. His paper, grant, which will be used for interviews with scientists, ter, was named by the La his project titled "Nuclear educators, futurists and oth- "How to magnetic resonance studies ers. Baer-Brown recounts a Habra Daily Pilot. Eat Like a Child," at the La of anomalous and conven- story from Charles Adams, Habra Depot Theatre, was tional kondo system," has a associate professor of Eng- cited by the Los Angeles $15,000 matching compo- lish, in the final chapter of Times. nent. the book.

Bruce Clausen, director of Judith Wagner, director of institutional giving, was a the Broadoaks Children's NS R featured speaker in a seminar School, made a presentation series on "Effective Trustee- to the Interagency Youth

STEVE BU ship and Foundation Per- Committee in January. She TOS: spectives" in February. He is discussed the curriculum and PHO philosophy that Broadoaks David Hunt currently serving as volunteer fund-raising counsel for offers to the Whittier com- the Glendale Symphony Or- munity. Howard Lukefahr chestra Association.

THE ROCK FALL 1995 scale from one to one," in- NOTED AND QUOTED vited viewers to define themselves in terms of gen- A sampling of Whittier College and Whittier KABC-TV, Los Angeles der, sexual orientation and Law School faculty, staff and administrators in Martin Ortiz '48, director of the Center of self-image. the news: Mexican American Affairs, and President James L. Ash, Jr., on "Vista L.A.," in July. Susan Steffani, assistant pro- Los Angeles Times fessor of speech pathology, Chuck Hill, professor of psychology, on Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Rhode Island presented "Curriculum-based neighborly relationships, in January. Journal and others: vocabulary assessment: Possi- Michael Praetorius' class, "The Good ble answers to biased testing" Stan Sanders '63, trustee, profiled preced- Life," was listed among top courses offered at the annual convention of ing his bid for a seat on the Los Angeles at college campuses today. The story ap- the National Black Associa- City Council, in June. peared in newspapers all over the country tion for Speech-Language in May. and Hearing. Mary Ellen Gale, professor of law, for honors received from the American Civil Lib- Sunset Magazine erties Union, in May. Whittier College was noted in an article on Uptown Whittier in May.

Advisory Board Formed for The Rock

hittier College alumni, parents and the office of the secretary of of alumni relations at friends with experience in the commu- transportation in the Rea- Whittier from 1983 to nications field have been invited to gan administration and was 1990 and developed and W serve on an advisory board for The Rock. director of policy at the managed the alumni clubs, The group will critique each issue, offer suggestions for Occupational Safety and alumni admissions and topics to be covered in future issues, and lend valuable in- Health Administration for alumni/student relations sight into how The Rock can best serve the alumni com- President Bush. As nation- programs. She also assisted munity. al vice president for com- in planning alumni re- Board members are Jennifer (Nestegard) Blazey '86, munication for the Ameri- unions and alumni board Roy E. Clason, Jr. '84, Beth Fernandez '82, Miguel can Red Cross, Clason is events, as well as writing Santana '91, David Ochoa'65, Howard Seelye '48, Ted the group's national for The Rock. C. Snyder and Susanne Weil. spokesman. He also directs its media relations team, Ochoa is special assistant Currently assistant direc- also coordinates radio and advertising and internal to the president for devel- tor of the Buena Park Con- print promotions, and plans and external communica- opment at Dowling College vention and Visitors Of- special events. Blazey is tion initiatives, and directs in Oakdale, N.Y., and has fice, Blazey has worked in president of the Whittier Red Cross media relations been involved in higher ed- journalism, marketing and College Alumni Board of activities at disaster sites all ucation since 1988. Prior to public relations for more Directors. over the world. that he was involved in than 9 years. She designs many aspects of television and coordinates a variety of Since receiving his de- Fernandez, who is alum- news and public service publications, including gree in communications ni and public information programming. As CEO of Buena Park's first Spanish- and political science from officer at Rio Hondo Col- Buena Vision Cable Com- language newsletter. She Whittier, Clason worked in lege, was associate director Continued

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Jennfier Blazey '86 Roy Clason, Jr. '84 Beth Fernandez '82 David Ochoa '65

pany in Los Angeles, he Latin American studies his wife, Gloria (Walls) was advisor to the prize- was responsible for the start with a minor in Spanish, Seelye '48 now own a com- winning campus newspa- up, construction and opera- Santana was involved with mercial avocado grove in per, El Paisano. Snyder also tion of two cable franchis- the Board of Governors, Fallbrook, and he contin- has been active in Whittier es. Ochoa also worked at the Center of Mexican ues his work as a writer and community services, serv- WNBC in New York, American Affairs and ad- consultant for several growing on the founding boards KNBC in Los Angeles and missions programs while at ers' organizations and a of Meals on Wheels, RSVP Bilingual Children's Tele- Whittier. He also served as bank. and Project Info, among vision in Oakland, Calif. liaison between the college others. and several churches in- Snyder, whose daughter, Santana is legislative volved in the Whittier area Cynthia, is a senior sociolo- Weil, assistant professor deputy for Los Angeles winter shelter program for gy major at Whittier, is a of English and director of County Supervisor Gloria the homeless. retired professor of political campus writing programs, Molina. He monitors and science with more than 30 has been at Whittier Col- introduces policy for the An English major who years at Rio Hondo Col- lege since 1991. She re- supervisor on issues ranging was editor of the Quaker lege. Instrumental in the ceived her B.A. in English from education to immigra- Campus and worked for the campaign that lead to the and psychology from tion, human relations and Whittier Daily News while formation of the college Swarthmore College and a personnel issues, and affir- he was a student, Seelye's district in 1960, Snyder Ph.D. from the University mative action. A double long career covered jour- began his tenure there as a of California, Berkeley. major in sociology and nalism and politics. He and professor of journalism and U

Miguel Santana '91 Howard Seelye '48 Ted C. Snyder Susanne Weil

THE ROCK FALL 1995 lumni Echoes

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Compiled by Peter Qolio and Christine (Reel) Nelson '72 Service and Achievement Alumni Events Abound Honored at Alumni Home- he Alumni Association President James L. Ash, Jr. coming Weekend 1995 Tarranged several success- New York alumni were ful Los Angeles area events, invited to a private reception on't miss out on communication with the including a trip to Cirque du at Tiro A Segno in April, the weekend of American Red Cross. Soleil, a dinner and concert arranged by Peter Feinberg festivities No- Spencer recently retired after on campus, and visits to the '82. Five decades of Whittier Dvember 2-5! The more than 30 years as a pro- Ronald Reagan Presidential College graduates were repre- annual Poet Awards Gala fessor of music at Rio Hondo Library and the La Habra sented. will kickoff Homecoming College and is an adjunct as- Children's Museum. In June, alumni in Denver '95 on Thursday evening at sistant professor of music at College trustee Adan Or- and Colorado Springs greet- Friendly Hills Country Club, Whittier. tega '84, Humberto Gray '84 ed Christine (Reel) Nelson when Jane (Soderberg) Society brunches, class re- and Roman Padilla '84 orga- '72, assistant director of Gothold '55 receives the first unions, campus tours, sport- nized a gathering of young alumni relations, and KIane Alumni Community/Public ing events and many other alums at Gray's home in Robison, director of gift plan- Service Award. Active in the special events fill up the rest Brentwood in April. Anand ning, at functions designed to Whittier community, of a very busy weekend. Bhupathy '84, Brendan help plan future alumni Gothold has been a class Watch the mail for the Macaulay '89, Brian Macias events in the Colorado area. agent since the program was Homecoming '95 brochure '83, Steve Snyder '85 and Continued developed at Whittier and for details. Paul Sourell '83 met with served two terms on the

Alumni Association Board of Peter Golio, director of Directors. alumni relations, and Sandra (Steele) Butzel '62 will be recognized with the Christine (Reel) Nelson Alumni Service Award; '72, assistant director of Merle Bensinger '44, Roy E. alumni relations, are Clason, Jr. '84 and Williametta Spencer '49 will available for questions receive Alumni Achieve- and comments at ment Awards. Butzel is an in- (310) 907-4222, or at dependent career and job [email protected] on search consultant at her firm, Decisions for Positive the Internet. The fax num- Change. A clinical psycholo- Bill Francis '64, immediate past president of the Alumni As- ber is (310) 907-4817, and gist, Bensinger founded the sociation Board of Directors, chats with Whittier council- the mailing address is Psychological Service Center woman Janet Henke '63 and alumni board member Don Whittier College, P.O. Box in Sacramento. Clason is na- Rothrock '52 at a Town and Gown gathering for college tional vice president for and community leaders. 634, Whittier, CA 90608.

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Attendees included Amy Pulver '72, Pera Beth and Bill Eichelberger '43, and Col. Watt Hill '49. Peter Golio, director of alumni relations, traveled to Arizona in July to welcome local alums to a weekend in the high-country pines of Prescott. The highlight of the weekend was a cocktail party hosted at the home of Sharing memories at the Early Forties Reunion in Monterey are (from left) Velda (Fouts) '43 Bob and Helen (Whittman) and Chuck Bogenrief, Hugh and Yvonne (Williams) Baird '42, and Barbara (Stambaugh) '43 Smith'52, who greeted and Cal '42 Callicott. friends Tonia and Bob Capps '54, Lew McClellan'52, Early Forties Group Visits Historic Monterey Larry '52 and Connie ore than 50 alumni Don and Virginia (Hill) at Bradley's Harbor Front Macrorie and Jerry '50 and from the Early Forties Richardson Miller '42, Jack Restaurant and a talent Ruth (McMillian) '52 M classes traveled to Califor- and Velma (Ramsey) Scott show. This trip marked the Streater, among others. nia's Monterey coast in early '42 , and Elizabeth "Bill" ninth year these classmates June to renew old friendships (Lamb) Tunison '43. have traveled together, and Tour Scandinavia on a visit to the historical Activities included a win- plans are already under way Asilomar Conference Cen- ery tour, a behind-the-scenes for Early Forties trips to San oin Stephen Gothold ter. Members of the planning tour of the Monterey Bay Diego and Hawaii. J '63, professor of music, committee included Virginia Aquarium, a cocktail party and current Whittier stu- (Strong) Benson '42, Jack '49 hosted by the Blakemores, Tribute to dents for a two-week music and Phyllis (Pipkin) '43 golf at the Navy Postgraduate Margaretha Lohmann tour of Sweden, Norway, Blakemore, Jack and Barbara School Course (thanks to Denmark and Finland, (Brown) Harrington '42, Jack Scott), a gourmet dinner Were you a student of January 17-31, 1996. The Margaretha Lohmarin's tour will include attendance between 1929 and 1970? at operas, ballets and con- Alumni Directory in Production "A Tribute to Margaretha certs, and Gothold will pro- ll Whittier College the Bernard C. Harris Pub- Lohmann" is planned for vide reading lists and con- alumni for whom we lishing Company, for inclu- A January 12-14, 1996, as duct lectures. have current addresses will sion in the directory. You part of the fifth anniver- The $2,699 tour price in- soon receive an important will then be contacted direct- sary celebration of the cludes round-trip airfare from questionnaire in the mail. It ly by the publisher to verify Ruth B. Shannon Center Los Angeles, a deluxe motor is being sent to give every that your data is correct. If for the Performing Arts. If coach with a full-time guide, alumnus the opportunity to you don't return your ques- you would like to partici- hotel accommodations and be listed accurately in the tionnaire, it's possible that pate or need additional in- all breakfasts and dinners. A new Whittier College Alum- you may be inadvertently formation, contact David deposit of $100 is due by Oc- ni Directory. Be sure to com- omitted from the directory or Palmer, Shannon Center tober 15. For more informa- plete and return your directo- incorrect information could production coordinator, at tion, contact Gothold at ry questionnaire before the be listed. So don't take a (310) 907-4835 or at (310) 907-4865 or at deadline indicated! Once re- chance—watch for your [email protected] on sgothold©whittier.edu on ceived, your information will questionnaire form and re- the Internet. the Internet. be processed by our publisher, turn it promptly!

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News from the Center of Mexican American Affairs

Hispanic Successes Celebrated

he Center of Mex- Leadership and Service to Michelle Serrato'95 (edu- ciation (HSA) in honor of ican American Award, presented to Sylvia cation), Rita Morales '95 Latin America. More than Affairs holds a va- Segovia '95. (social work), Maricela Del- 200 students, parents and Triety of events gadillo '95 (comparative cul- family members attended. each year to celebrate the Academic Achievement tures). The program featured a vari- successes of its students and Award, honoring Aurelio ety of Latin American foods, those who have supported Alba '95. O The Buen Amiga Award, music and entertainment them. The 13th annual His- presented to Doreen O'Con- aimed at increasing aware- O The Martin Ortiz Award panic graduates reception nor, assistant professor of ness of the college's Hispanic for Academic Excellence and dinner was such an modem languages, for her out- community as one with stu- (Modem Languages and Lit- event. More than 120 stu- standing services to Hispanic dents from diverse back- erature Department), award- dents, parents and guests at- students at Whittier College. grounds. HSA plans to host ed to Mercedes Pefla '95 tended the gala, which was an event each year to cele- (Spanish) and Zully Garcia sponsored by Alianza de los AMIGOS'95 brate Hispanic culture and '95 (French). Amigos at the Whittier The first "Amigos" event achievement. Hilton on May 12. During O Education Department, was held May 5 in the Cam- the festivities, the following Social Services Division, In- pus Inn. It was organized by PARENTS awards were announced: terdisciplinary Award, given the Hispanic Student Asso- RECOGNIZED The Hispanic Parents Recognition Dinner was During the recent Senior ORTIZ ATTENDS INTERNATIONAL held April 22 at the Swiss- Fellows Seminar, Ortiz CONFERENCE park Restaurant in Whittier. (left) visited with More than 70 students, par- Guadalupe Velasquez artin Ortiz '48, director of the Center of Mexican ents and family members (right) and son Alejan- M American Affairs, represented the college as a delegate were present to honor par- dro. Guadalupe is a to a meeting of Hispanic leaders in April. The Senior Fellows ents and the pivotal role they spokesperson for Bario Seminar was held by Fundación Solidaridad Mexicano-Ameri- play in shepherding their Norte, a project aimed cana, A.C., a private foundation established through the Na- children through college. • tional Council of La Ram and the Mexican government to at improving housing foster a deeper understanding of Mexico and to promote part- resources for the poor nerships between Mexican Nationals and the U.S. Mexican near Mexico City. community. Ortiz was one of 15 Hispanic leaders, including attorneys, elected officials and administrators for government and private industry, who attended the conference. Conference sessions included disussions of economic, social and political topics, including the highly controversial conflict in the Chiapas region between Mexican government forces and the Zapatista libera- tion party representing the indigenous people of the region.

THE ROCK FALL 1995 Graduates urged to hold on to value Whittier as the "real world" beckons

Keynote speaker Frank 0. Gehry urged students not on't be afraid to change, but trust your intuition and hold to "fall prey to cynicism, negativity, passivity." fast to the traditions and values learned at Whittier College. That was the commencement message presented to the class of 1995 by architect Frank 0. Gehry and senior speaker Nicole Winger during President James L. Ash, Jr. Whittier's 92nd commencement ceremonies on May 26. (right) congratulates honoree Harry W. Nerhood, Gehry, an award-winning their lives and work. He said professor emeritus of his- designer of museums, schools, he initially considered going tory, while Joseph Fair- concert halls and athletic fa- into chemical engineering or banks, professor of history, cilities, said he admired radio announcing. "I was re- looks on. Whittier College because of ally frustrated, and then I re- its values. membered sitting on the "I've read of Whittier's tra- floor in Toronto with my ditions, its Quaker heritage, grandmother when I was and I was intrigued," he said. about six or seven," he remi- "Inviting an architect to give nisced. "She brought wood this address suggests you're cuttings and blocks from the interested in building rather neighborhood woodshop, than tearing down—in a re- and we would sit on the floor newing process." and make fantasy cities. "When I was agonizing "Find Your Passion" about what to be, I remem- Recalling a college profes- bered how much I loved sor who once told him that that," he said, "and so I tried he'd never succeed as an ar- art and architecture, and it chitect, Gehry urged students clicked. You never know. to find their own particular Don't pre-fail. As an artist, passion and be creative with I'm willing to let my intu-

THE ROCK FALL 1995 earned at / / "You can'tspendtoomuch sure yourselfandyourlife larger picture,you'velearned cynicism, negativity,passivi- Pritzker ArchitecturePrize, ions ofothers."Notevery- intuitions." itions roam,butIthinkthat ty—all ofthosethingsthat time worryingaboutthator themselves andnottheopin- thought isn'teverything,"he considered thefield'spremier are goingtotryandgetyou," against that,"hesaid. and yourlife,youmea- aged studentstobetrue accolade, in1989,encour- added. "Youmusttrustyour applies toeveryone. good investment.Youhavea body likesmywork,"hesaid. values hereanddevelopeda philosophy aboutyourself pete withyourself;that'sa you'll getintrouble. (/C "Please don'tfallpreyto "It's muchbettertocom- "Relying onlogicandpure Gehry, whoreceivedthe )////(/ "Why Whittier?"whenshe fornia ExecutiveFellowship served asatourguidefor traditions you'vecomefrom, talents andenergythe to answerthequestion, ers, respectyourfamilyand ence majorwhonextyear office, rememberedhaving Program inthegovernor's help makethisshakyworld go outthereanddoforoth- he continued."Withallyour prosper." prospective students.De- neighbors andgoforward will participateintheCali- Why NotWhittier? Winger, apoliticalsci- THE ROCK scribing herselfas"proudto rattle offmylistofreasons one ofthestrongestfounda- why WhittierCollegesoffers Continued onpage17 FALL 1995 (left), andMaryFinan,asso- fairs anddeanoffaculty ciate professorofbusiness lege trusteeClinton0.Har- administration, "hood"col- Pierno '54,chairmanofthe degree. Sigma AlphaAwardthis Senior speakerNicole receive theBenBurnettP1 ris '34afterhereceivedthe Winger, wasoneoffour year. AtrightisAnthonyR. Lisa Rossbacher,formervice board oftrustees. Doctor ofHumaneLetters political sciencemajorsto president foracademicaf-

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oreen O'Connor, newly tenured assistant professor of modem languages and winner D of the 1995 Harry W. Nerhood Award for Teaching Excellence, stumbled into teaching by accident. A double major in economics and Spanish for international service at Catholic University in Washing- ton, D.C., she planned graduate work in business, followed by a diplomatic or banking career.

Instead, O'Connor took Intriguing Philosophy her master's degree in Span- O'Connor first heard ish literature and went into about Whittier College in the classroom as a teaching 1989 when she participated assistant. "The students were in a National Endowment for right around my age," she re- the Humanities summer in- called, "and I think that stitute on Don Quixote, SNH18 3A31S made it easier for them be- Rafael Chabrán, Whittier Doreen O'Connor wears her Nerhood Award medal- cause they understood where associate professor of Span- lion at a reception for graduates and their families I was coming from. I was a ish, also attended, and he following commencement in May. gringa from an Irish family, told her about such curricular and I think learning from a innovations as paired courses non-native speaker, who and freshman writing semi- "You mean I could actual- how they're connected." knew how to speak the lan- nars. "The whole philosophy ly explore in one of my cours- O'Connor has brought her guage very well, was proof to behind teaching here was in- es another discipline that is own innovation to Whittier them as first-time Spanish triguing," she said. "First of interesting and important to as well, coordinating the Na- language learners that it all, I saw it in action; Rafael me? Wow!" she remembered tive Speaker Program in could be done. And for me, is a true teacher-scholar. thinking. "I can't say he sold Spanish. In addition to regu- teaching a language and That institute was the best me on the college. That took lar course and lab work, stu- watching students struggle I've ever done." Accustomed a visit. But what he definitely dents meet for one hour each through it the way I did, but to teaching that "boxed you sold me on was the philoso- week in very small groups for knowing there was light at into your one area," she phy behind the institution, conversation. Work-study the end of the tunnel, was found the idea of paired especially with respect to students fluent in Spanish exciting." courses especially enticing. teaching and scholarship and talk with group members

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Continued from page 15 Harris, who received a tions for the days ahead," she Doctor of Humane Letters RD applauded the faculty for its degree, graduated from Whit- encouragement and support tier with a B.A. in economics of all students. and is the owner of Harris "Socially, academically Oldsmobile in Whittier. As a and spiritually, Whittier has student he was involved in TEACHE been a place where we have football and track, student faced each other as well as government and the Or- By JUDY KIDDER BROWNING ourselves," she said. "Here we thogonian Society. He was have learned to defend our elected to the Whittier Col- beliefs, while understanding lege Athletic Hall of Fame about anything and every- ed even outside the class- and respecting differences. and is a member of Purple &. thing, relating it to the room; they exemplify friend- We have acquired an in- Gold and the John Greenleaf course work for the week. ship as well as collaboration." creased amount of self-re- Whittier Society. He has The meetings might involve O'Connor said she was liance and responsibility. In been a member of the board ordering food at a local Mex- honored to receive the Ner- this familial, yet individualis- of trustees since 1962. ican restaurant or interacting hood Award, named after the tic community, we have had Nerhood was awarded a with Spanish-speaking mer- professor emeritus of history so many more chances to Doctor of Letters degree. He chants at the local farmers' who taught at Whittier for make a difference." came to Whittier as an assis- market—anything to get the 50 years. During her first year Winger said the change tant professor of history in students talking in Spanish. at the college, some students from student to graduate 1939 and retired as a full pro- "It's a sort of a live lab that should be embraced as a fessor in 1975. Following his exposes students to people chance for progress. "We will retirement, he attended class- who speak this language in appreciate Whittier even es as a student, and he re- "The whole philosophy the home, with all the cultur- more in the real world," she sumed teaching one class a al and experiential back- behind teaching here said. "We are making ripples semester during the 1980s. ground that goes along with now, bigger and bigger circles The Harry W. Nerhood that," she said. was intriguing." that will encompass our new Teaching Excellence Award dreams. Continue to learn, was created to honor his long The Whittier Ethos continue to serve and contin- commitment to the college. O'Connor, who completed gave her a copy of an article ue to love." The ceremonies concluded her doctoral dissertation, detailing Nerhood's career with the presentation of 256 "Satire in the Spanish Pi- and told her, "This is one of Commitment Bachelor of Arts degrees and caresque Novel: A Variety of the most fabulous teachers and Service 16 Master of Arts degrees in Voices," at Catholic Univer- ever." She thought the Honorary degrees were education. A bachelor's de- sity in 1993, says she feels award might be something to awarded to Gehry, college gree in social work was pre- comfortable and at home at aspire to. alumnus and longtime trustee sented to the parents of Dee Whittier, in large part due to "I knew after my first se- Clinton 0. Harris '34, and Louise Hochstetler, who died the congeniality of her col- mester as a teacher that it Harry Nerhood, professor New Year's Day, 1995, only leagues, both on and off cam- was definitely the career for emeritus of history. one semester short of com- pus. "I have had good rela- me," she said. "Teaching is Gehry received a Doctor of pleting her degree. Hers was tionships at other definitely the most important Humanities degree for his the first degree ever awarded institutions," she explained, thing I do. I was shocked, but "courage and integrity in pro- posthumously by the college. "but there wasn't an ethos very pleased, to be recognized claiming that architecture U like there is here. Students for that so early in my career must respect and serve the and faculty here are connect- here at Whittier." U human community."

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1936 Wayne C. Wilson and his Joe Cosand is recovering wife, Dottie (Essley) '41, A Note to Alumni from skin cancer surgery and have moved to the Morning- side retirement community in We welcome your Poet to Poet submissions and will a broken leg, but he enjoyed a trip through Oregon and Fullerton, Calif. include them as space permits. Mail the information to California before those unfor- tunate occurrences. Frank Winnburg is busy with your class agent or to The Rock, P.O. Box 634, Whittier, lawn bowling, gardening and stocking his wine cellar. CA 90608. You can also fax it to us at (310) 907-4927, 1937 For news of Jim Langdon, or send it to [email protected] via the Internet. William Woodnutt lives in see 1939 (Jane Chamberlin Walnut Creek, Calif. He and Langdon). his wife have four grandchildren in college. 1926 1938 Hilda (Haskell) Harriett (Cooper) Ebermayer 1939 20s Howard is writing lives at Mount San Antonio J. Robert Akers is battling children's books and working Gardens in Pomona. She's Parkinson's disease, but was in her garden. She has four been busy working with pleased to welcome his new great-grandchildren. stained glass and volunteer- granddaughter in January. ing in a museum and a thrift 1927 store. Frank Beagle is busy with Lillie (Thomas) Dameron has travel, golf, home improve- moved to a new home in Las Anna (Johnson) Spencer has ment and grandchildren. Vegas. been traveling. Her recent ad- ventures have included trips Nobu (Bessho) Towner trav- to Vietnam, England, Egypt, 1934 eled by steamboat from St. Paul Bixby lives at Israel and the Canary Islands. Louis to Louisville to see the Arcadia Royal in Ar- 30s Kentucky Derby in the spring. cadia, Calif. Al Lafleur reports that he's "hale, hearty, healthy and Rachel (Bierma) Ingraham's Mabel M. Bumgardner writes happily retired near the banks husband, Lewis, writes that that she's in good health and of the Mississippi River in she has post-polio syndrome enjoying walking, reading and Cape Girardeau, Mo." and Alzheimer's disease, and the climate in Los Gatos, Calif. is on experimental medica- A. C. Lindenmeyer writes that tion at Granada Hills (Calif.) Virginia (Knott) Bender he's dealing with congestive Community Hospital. works three days a week at heart failure, but he enjoyed her gift shop and also raises his 81st birthday celebration. Jane (Chamberlin) Langdon race horses. and her husband, Jim '37, Guy Martin is working every are playing lots of golf, gar- Leona (Mendenhall) Bloomer day at his electronics plant in dening, and traveling. is active in Eastern Star and San Dimas, Calif., enjoying Daughters of the Nile. She's his photography museum, Dorothy Doring is busy with also a member of an and looking for old cameras. club activities, doll collecting, Airstream travel club and was friends and family. part of a summer caravan to Phil Ockerman writes that he Alaska. is doing well, but that his Bette (Elliott) Jochimsen wife, Doris (Mead)'39, is in writes that while in Denver vis- Beatrice (Stanley) Avery en- a hospital in Fremont, Calif. iting her son and granddaugh- joyed a trip to Sitka, Alaska, ter, she took a side trip to see last year, and is working on Mary (Page) Raitt retired Connie (Gregory) Finley '40 in her book, Tales and Gales of last August after 29 years of her new Wyoming home. Baja. "I'm trying, at age 83, library work at the University to continue to take care of of the Pacific. She lives in Leila (Glover) Sciutto lives in my home and five acres in Stockton, Calif., and reports Santa Paula, Calif., where Valley Center, Calif.," she that she's "reading a lot and she taught high school for writes. getting used to being lazy." many years.

THE ROCK FALL 1995 Margaret (Hathaway) Fobes Walt Taylor lives in Greens- has three children, two grand- boro, NC., where he is busy Real-Life Hero children, and a great-grandson. with volunteer work, garden- As Richard Bennett, Jr. '91 and some friends were leaving ing and socializing with other a firefighting class, they surprised four men who were break- Alice (Higley) Destro is de- retirees. ing into cars in the parking lot. The burglars jumped into lighted with her first grand- their car and took off, but Bennett decided to pursue them child, Francesca, and is look- John Titsworth has been trav- in his own car. Although the burglars almost ran him off the ing forward to the next eling with several RV associa- road several times, Bennett followed until the getaway car reunion. tions and serving as a van hit a curb and stalled. Three of the burglars ran, but the driver for the elderly. fourth emerged from the car with a gun, which he pointed at Cliff Jordan is busy organizing Bennett for a long, tense moment before disappearing into support for new prostate can- Ruth (Vail) Axworthy lives in the night. cer research at the San Whittier, near her son, daugh- For his split-second decision to get involved, Bennett was Diego Regional Cancer Re- ter-in-law and granddaughter. honored last May as one of 10 winners of the Los Angeles search Center. Sue (van Leersum) Boyer District Attorney's Courageous Citizen Award. The honorees were cited for their "courage to take action in the cause of Phil Maurer is relaxing on his has moved to the mountain justice, without regard to personal consequences." Said Dis- farm in San Luis Rey, Calif., community of Coarsegold, trict Attorney Gil Garcetti, "It is our hope that this kind of where he notes that "the Calif., and writes, 'I'm won- public recognition, in a world where heroes are often hard to quiet is easy to take." dering what I'm going to do come by, will have a far-reaching impact on our community, up here!" and particularly on our young people." For news of Doris (Mead) Ockerman, see 1938 (Phil Chuck Wallace is a full-time Ockerman). volunteer at the John Wool- man School, a Quaker-operat- Don Morrison has been ed residential high school in studying Southwest Indian Grass Valley, Calif. history and culture at San Diego State in preparation for 1940 a tour of the Southwest. For news of Connie 40s (Gregory) Finley, Lucie (Oldham) Mazzone was see 1939 (Bette Elliott sorry to miss the last reunion, Jochimsen). but was in the middle of a 9,200-mile RV adventure. 1941 For news of John Birch, see Bob Patterson enjoyed a 1942 (Jane Dougherty Birch). busy summer, which included Los Angeles District Attorney Gil Garcetti, left, presents a Patterson family reunion in For news of Dottie (Essley) the Courageous Citizen Award to Richard Bennett, Jr. '91. Montana and a 50th-anniver- Wilson, see 1938 (Wayne C. sary trip to Alaska. Wilson). Rex Goodin and his wife, tions Association and the Dorothy (Sheets) Mooney is 1942 Rose, celebrated their 50th World Federalists. enjoying travel, the theater Norfleet Callicott and his wedding anniversary in and her work with the League wife, Barbara (Stambaugh) Hawaii last January. Norma (Perkins) Butcher is of Women Voters. '43, have moved to Solvang, giving many piano perfor- Calif. They held a get-together Lavonne (Lusk) Abbott is a mances, composing in her Thurston Sydnor continues in the spring with Art '46 lifetime master certified electronic music studio, productive work in mathemat- and Barbara (Robinson) Hob- graphoanalyst and is analyz- doing graphic design, and ics and has found an elemen- son '43, and Sid and Betty ing the U.S. Constitution and winning gold medals in Se- tary demonstration for his (Taylor) Alder '43. signatures on the Declaration nior Olympics swimming theorem: For all positive un- of Independence. events. equal number pairs, if and Jane (Dougherty) Birch and only if BP>PB, then B=e, her husband, John '41, are Jeanne (Moore) Apaydin re- Margaret (Schmitz) Bailey Euler's number. (If you under- active in church and senior tired last year after 20 years has been spending time in stood that, you can contact citizens' organizations. as an occupational therapist. Florida and Arizona, and is Thurston for the proof!) She spends her free time vol- planning a visit to California unteering for the United Na- in late summer or early fall.

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1943 Erna (Hughes) Dohallow and Ralph Allen Porter is enjoying Howard 0. Campbell was a For news of Barbara (Robin- her husband, Peter, divide RV travel, retirement and his non-voting delegate to the son) Hobson, Barbara (Stam- their time between Carson four grandchildren. World Council meeting of the baugh) CaUicott and Betty City, Nev., and a farm in Ohio. YMCA in Coventry, England, (Taylor) Alder, see 1942 Dorothy (Simkin) Zahner be- last year. (Norfleet Callicott). 1947 longs to the Phoenix Poetry Audrey (Casselman) Society and has had many of Bud Chapman is a retired Cartwright has lived in Michi- her poems published. school district administrator 1944 and spends lots of time play- Margaret Clark, a retired gan for 48 years, but visits Lois (Topping) Shutt lives in ing golf and traveling. teacher, lives in San Diego Whittier every year for a re- Pollock Pines, Calif., where and has fond memories of a union with several classmates. she enjoys hiking, sailing and William Dolph is a retired Cal- 1994 trip to Africa. Barbara (Chandler) Magnus- winter snow. ifornia school superintendent. For news of Bob Magnusson, son and her husband, Bob Marion (Woods) Silva writes Franklin Glover is a resident of see 1947 (Barbara Chandler '44, are both retired teach- that a trip to Portugal and Twin Pines Healthcare in Santa Magnusson). ers. Their travels have taken them throughout the U.S., Spain was a highlight of Paula, Calif. Before his illness, 1994. Frank taught high school. He 1945 Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Europe. also worked for Head Start and Effie (Henley) Harlan writes 1949 the Forest Service. that she's hoping to attend the Bobbe (Christoffersen) For news of Phil Bertsch, see 50th reunion in November. Brown is planning a move to 1952 (Pat Milligan Bertsch). June (Hall) Yoder writes, San Jose. She's active in the "Once again, Whittier and 1946 Fine Arts Affiliates of Cal For news of Chester Hull, friends provide comfort in the Eugene Adams is in a conva- State Long Beach and the see 1951 (Helen Beyer Hull). past three years since Paul's lescent hospital in Whittier Los Angeles Conservancy. passing. Twelve grandbabes following a stroke. He retired 1950 help also." in 1990 after 36 years of Willa (KIup) Baum writes of Lero J.A. (Jordan) Alan and Barbara (Curtis) teaching. two new granddaughters. 50s Erbe writes that Hiltscher are traveling, She's head of the oral history she loves traveling and spending time at their home Merle H. Bensinger earned a office at U.C. Berkeley. spending time with her six in Mexico, and encouraging 1994 Alumni Merit Award grandchildren. from USC, where he received 1948 the successes of their five a master's in psychology. grandchildren. Margaret (Baldwin) Wixom Robert Marvin is a retired USC's Ethel Percy Andrus lives in Morro Bay, Calif., and high school teacher. Gerontology Center has es- John Kelly reports, "I've offi- enjoys quilting and her grand- cially left the shoe biz, but tablished the Merle H. For news of Robert Plank, children. haven't really given it up." Bensinger Professorship in see 1951 (Jeanne Clay Gerontology. Leonard Plank). Patsy (Eberhart) Kinney and Jeanne Clay (Leonard) Plank her husband, John, have a is secretary for the American Lynette (Butler) Dunn is en- Marie Tashima is retired and travel trailer and belong to an Iris Society and is volunteer joying her 10th year of retire- living in Lake View Terrace, RV club. curator of the iris garden at ment from teaching. She's Calif. busy with home improve- Descanso Gardens in La is a land use, Morrie Hanburg Canada Flintridge, Calif. She ment, gardening, traveling Bill Witthun and his wife, research and development and her husband, Robert '50, and ballroom dancing. Margaret (Frees) '53, live in consultant in Sun City, Calif. have seven grandchildren. Monroe, Wash., where they Carl Bishop enjoys square Margaret (Healton) Bakker are making retirement plans and round dancing, motor Easton L. Long is active in is in a retired teachers' and busy with church activi- home travel, daily walks and Northern Californian Presbyteri- singing group and entertains ties. his 12 grandchildren. ans for Peace and Justice and at nursing homes. maintains contact with other 1951 Lew S. Griffith, a retired edu- groups with similar concerns. Dorothy (Newberry) Ford and Helen (Beyer) Hull volunteers cator, lives in Payson, Ariz., her husband, Harry, are busy with the "Grandma Reading where he's active in the M. Timothy Spiller and his with golf, bike riding, volun- Time" program at her local li- Methodist church and the wife are Christian clowns teer work and traveling. brary. She and her husband, Payson Choral Society. known as "20-20" and Chester '49, a retired UCLA "Mugget." They've been ac- Martin Ortiz continues as di- professor, are also making For news of Art Hobson, see tive in Clowns of America for rector of Whittier's Center of travel plans. 1942 (Norfleet Callicott). 18 years. Mexican American Affairs.

40 THE ROCK FALL 1995 Carolyn (Tournat) and is enjoying being a grand- Dick Hammond and his wife, tas, and enjoying his new Beauchamp, a retired substi- mother of four. Mimi, divide their time be- granddaughter. tute teacher, is a nature guide tween Balboa Island, Calif., at the Fullerton Arboretum. Joe and Marjorie "Pepper" and Parker, Ariz. Corner Knowles retired from (Curtner) Fitts live at the Cal- teaching several years ago and Leona (Tregenza) Smith's re- ifornia Veterans' Home in Arch Haskins, a retired school is busy with grandchildren. cent travels have included Yountville, Calif., where Pep- district superintendent, is in- trips to Denmark, Canada and per is helping Joe recover volved with the YMCA. Mildred "Bunnie" (Ladd) Hawaii. She's looking forward from a 1993 stroke. Green retired from teaching to the completion of her new Mary Edrie (Kerr) Brinker and lives with her husband, home in Monterey County. Bob DeHart has retired from spent her winter vacation ski- Howard, in Sun City, Ariz. teaching and now belongs to ing at Lake Tahoe. Dorothy (Welbon) Taylor is a three golf clubs. Tom Ling retired from the volunteer for World Neigh- Kenneth Kim retired in 1994 audit department of Security bors, which works with the Allan S. Gillies and his wife, after 26 years as executive Pacific after multiple sclero- poor throughout the world. Trudy, live in San Leandro, director of the Montebello sis affected his vision. Calif. He writes that he's in Teachers Association. Frances (Wolff) Whitmore is good health and not ready to Sidney (Lloyd) Bullene lives a volunteer at radio station retire. John Kimmick is retired, in Denver with her husband, KICY in Nome, Alaska, which managing property in Encini- George. She does part-time broadcasts to Western Alas- ka and the Russian Far East. Births

1952 To Carrie and Manuel Robles '74, a son, To Sherry and Jeff Shultz '82, a son, David Walter Bennett has moved Justin, on Jan. 23, 1995. Jay, on Aug. 3, 1994. to Chandler, Ariz. He recently remarried, and he and his To Carrie Ceniseroz 175 and Jonathan Roth- To Sally (Cammack) Miesen '86, a son, wife have eight grandchildren man, a daughter, Angela Maya, on March Christian, in March of 1995. and two great-grandchildren 29, 1995. between them. To Steven '85 and Stefanie (Diamond) Feld- To Bonnie (Long) Hicky '77, a daughter, man '87, a son, Daniel, on Dec. 14, 1994. Marilyne Brown works as a Morgan Fay, on Jan. 17, 1995. paleontology presenter and To Aida (Galindo) Miles '85, a son, Timothy writes that she's "off to Ar- To Yvonne and Mike Arroyo '79, a daugh- Neil, on June 24, 1994. gentina to prospect for new ter, Ciera Christine, on April 25, 1995. dinosaur sites." To Laura (Peter) '85 and Dean Bubion '82, To Denise Jessup '81 and Rick Varnum, a a daughter, Chloe, in 1994. Marjorie (Burrel) Bench is a daughter, Megan Melissa, on Dec. 15, 1994. docent in the fourth grade To John and Laura (Vautrin) Baker '85 , a program at Rancho Los Cerri- To Dave and Carrie (Cole) Adams '82, a son, Raymond Blair, on Feb. 26, 1995. tos in Long Beach, Calif. daughter, Abigail Elizabeth, on Dec. 15, 1994. To Nurit and Glen D. Rothenberg '87, a William Campbell served daughter, Sarah, on Feb. 28, 1995. seven years on the Norwalk- To Rosie and Bill Drulias '82, a son, Brian La Mirada School Board and James, on June 16, 1994. To Alex '89 and Keiko (Sano) Fritch '89, a has since moved to a retire- daughter, Nina, on Feb. 13, 1995. ment community in Murrieta, To Eileen (Johnson) Bluth '82, a daughter, Calif. Elizabeth Katherine, on Oct. 3, 1994. To Christopher '89 and Rebecca (Hedrick) Kerstel '89, twin sons, Parker Bailey and Je- Chuck and Joann (Weinert) To Leslie (Johnson) Engelage '82, a daugh- remy Morgan, on Dec. 27, 1994. Cooper have retired and plan ter, Emma Marie, on April 12, 1994. to head for Arizona. To Curtis and Lynn (Schmutzer) Kelley '90, To Felise and Stephen Kalpakian '82, a a son, Brian Joseph, on May 13, 1995. Roger Cooper and his wife, son, David, on Aug. 14, 1994. Nancy, live in Auburn, Calif., To John and Ruth (Berenson) Zarnojcin where Roger is owner and To Rita Malkki '82, a daughter, Kari, on '92, a daughter, Melissa Faye, in 1995. president of a software firm. Nov. 26, 1994. To Yvonne M. Torres '93, a son, Andrew, on Jan (Curl) Crawford retired Nov. 29, 1994. after 30 years of teaching

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secretarial and public rela- preschool, and Don enjoys fly at Chateau Whittier and re- Bud and Marjorie (Hender- tions work. fishing and golf. cently celebrated their 63rd son) Burchell have been vol- wedding anniversary. unteers for 16 of the last 17 Warren Mackay and his wife Ruth (Podmore) Bales' re- Gilroy (Calif.) Garlic Festivals. have been traveling and serv- cent travels have included For news of Virginia (Wilson) ing as missionaries for the trips to China, Australia, New Severs, see 1953 (Joan Ege- Joan (Egeberg) Hancock Church of Jesus Christ of Lat- Zealand, Spain and Portugal. berg Hancock). writes of recent visits with ter-Day Saints. Ardis (Stewart) Greene, Vir- Charlotte (Roe) Blalock is a 1953 ginia (Wilson) Severs '52, Lew McClellan writes, "I got federal government retiree Janet Banks is active in her and Georgene (Richardson) married, quit work and went and reports that she's 'enjoy- neighborhood association Ruff '57. Joan lives in Palo to New Mexico. Clara (my ing the escape from Washing- and the Lake Oswego, Ore., Alto, Calif. bride) and I welcome visitors ton stress." adult center. and give great tours." Alfred Evans is retired from Jean (Shore) Raulston has Dick Belliss retired last July Shell Oil Company and plan- Lois (McCullen) David has taken advantage of an early after 25 years as pastor of ning to travel. retired fromteaching and is retirement incentive and is an Episcopal church. He and now an officer at Presbyterian planning to spend lots of his wife, Joan (Floyd) '54, Sunya L. Felburg is retired Intercommunity Hospital. time with her grandchildren. have moved to Santa Clarita, and enjoying her four grand- Calif. children. Beatrice (Miller) Gordon, a Carol (Smith) Lovett is re- retired teacher, is now a com- tired and busy with wood- Virginia Benson writes that For news of Margaret (Frees) puter artist who also teaches work, crafts and gardening. her son and his family are as- Witthuhns, see 1950 (Bill digital imaging. sisting with a camp for Rwan- Witthuhns). Gina (Taylor) Grande is a dan refugees in Tanzania. Pat (Milligan) Bertsch and local celebrity, having ap- Win (Grau) Sweet is enjoying her husband, Phil '49, live in peared on a KCET-TV (Los An- William and Margaret (Ather- life in Milpitas, Calif., and Chico, Calif., where she geles public television) ton) Bonney are planning a spending time with her two works part-time in an antique pledge break with program move to California. Bill has grandchildren. shop and he's in training for host Huell Howser. left the University of Iowa his next cycling adventure. Medical School, and Margi Nadine (Hambarian) Emerz- Evelyn (Vawter) Damgaard has published articles in the ian is working from home in Betty (Newberry) Groves and her husband, Frank, are Journal of the West and in a the travel industry and playing lives in Laguna Niguel, where active in the Monterey Bay book titled Fragile Giants: piano in retirement homes. she works part-time supervis- chapter of the California Na- Landscapes, Environment ing student teachers at Na- tive Plant Society, the UCSC and Peoples. Stephen Holden is president tional University. Arboretum Associates and St. of South Shores Insurance Dunstan's Episcopal Church. Georgianna (Bissell) McLeod Agency. He and his wife, Teddy (Payne) Calaway and supervises student teachers Betty, enjoy travel, hiking and her husband, Don '56, live in Leona (Wilson) Nerhood and and is also president of the backpacking. St. George, Utah. Teddy vol- her husband, Harry (profes- Newport Beach Sister City As- unteers at a local Head Start sor emeritus of history), live sociation. Elden Hughes and his wife, Patty, have been lobbying in Renaissance Man Ann (Booth) Anderson is Washington D.C. for the Cali- traveling in her motor home fornia Desert Protection Act. Elden also chairs the Sierra M. Muldoon Elder '57 is a man of many talents many and spending time with her Club's California Desert Com- diverse talents. In addition to owning and running the Vor- two grandchildren. mittee. pal Gallery, which has branches in New York and San Fran- cisco, the former math major is an art collector, painter, Alton Boyles retired after 32 Milton Kelly is enjoying retire- writer, filmmaker and hypnotherapist. years with the Alhambra ment on his ranch in Hop- As an art dealer, Elder has had a special relationship with School District and opened land, Calif. two 20th-century artists, M.C. Escher and Yozo Hamaguchi. his own real estate company. Escher was a mathematician and friend of Elder's, and He and his wife, Doris Mae, Jack Killian is an educational Elder arranged for an Escher exhibition at the Los Angeles recently spent two weeks management consultant and Museum of Natural History in the early 1970s, before the teaching English in Brazil. looks forward to occasional Dutch artist's trompe-l'oeil works became widely known. visits to his vacation cabin in Elder met mezzotint master Hamaguchi in Paris and con- Lois (Carter) Hardy, a retired California's Owens Valley. vinced him to move to San Francisco, where Elder became teacher, lives in Apple Valley, his publisher and dealer. Calif.

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Virginia (Hill) Richardson '42 and Don- Jeff Boline '91 and Marianne Nahid Mokhtari '92 and Cary Silahian, ald Miller '42, Dec. 31, 1994. Restovich '93, July 1, 1995. Jan. 16, 1994. Bruce Wunder '63 and Janet Robison Debbie Hansen '91 and Vince Yasaki Becky Ruth '92 and Shaan Blanchard '66, Nov. 16, 1994. '91, December of 1994. '93,May 21, 1995. Katherine (Miller) Roman '73 and Fred Susan Schoemann '91 and Todd Kileen Johnson '93 and Glen Higbee, Mastin, June 28, 1994. Daproza, Feb. 4, 1995. April 1, 1995. Kara Robison '81 and Mark Peterson, Christina Arriaga '92 and Peter Riser- Tammi Rogers '93 and Doug Van Horn June 3, 1995. bato '93, Aug. 6, 1994. '94,June 30, 1995. Margaret Youngblood '84 and Joseph Ruth Berenson '92 and John Zamojcin, Tim Biby '94 and Jennifer, Nov. 26, Luzzi, Oct. 8, 1994. Sept. 4, 1994. 1994. Evelyn Jensen '89 and John Murdy Erica Christopherson '92 and J. R. Meghan Fichtel '94 and Engels J. '89, March of 1995. Mounts, May of 1994. Almelda, April 22, 1995. Michael Hess '92 and Claudia Bustil- los '94, July 1, 1995.

Marlene (Macfarlane) Brown Ann (Reese) Stecklein en- Marilyn (Keiser) Ridgeway 1957 lives in Grants Pass, Ore., joyed a recent trip to Eng- and her husband, Rip '51, Marilyn (Hunter) Blake, a re- and enjoys skiing. She's also land, and is busy with square have recently traveled to tired teacher, is active in on an advisory board for dancing, golf and reading. Greece, the Panama Canal music and works as a substi- American Express. and several Western states, tute rural mail carrier. Marilyn (Smallwood) Quails and are planning a trip to Dorothy (Mack) Garrett lives is a library and hospital volun- Turkey in the fall. Cecilia "Muffy" (Liggett) in Monmouth, Ore., where teer. Betker and her husband, she's active in Friends of the 1955 Jerry '54 have retired to Lake Library, the Community Arts Don Turner and his wife, Jan Dick Chamberlain will pre-re Tahoe, Calif. Association, Habitat for Hu- (Dunham) '55, have been side at the 1995 gathering of manity and her church. traveling to visit children and the California Cornish For news of Georgene grandchildren. Don is looking Cousins in Virginia City, Nev. (Richardson) Ruff, see 1953 Ken Miller, a retired Los An- forward to retirement in His article, "Cornish Miners (Joan Egeberg Hancock). geles Unified School District 1996, and Jan is assistant to in Bodie, California," will ap- administrator, lives in San the vice president for acade- pear in Cornish World maga- Claudia (Smith) Andres Diego. mic affairs at Whittier. zine. teaches kindergarten in Ran- cho Cordova, Calif. Herb Newsom is teaching Sam Waitmire has been ex- For news of Jan (Dunham) chemistry at local community ploring Alaska and the Cana- Turner, see 1953 (Don Rosanelle (Walker) Cosner colleges after 34 years in dian Rockies, hiking in the Turner). writes that she was recently chemical research. He and San Gabriel Mountains, and widowed, but that her chil- his wife, Barbara, live in Or- enjoying five grandchildren Jack N. Hoar received a dren and grandchildren have ange, Calif. and one great-grandchild. 1995 Keizai Koho Center Fel- been keeping her busy. lowship for travel and study Nancy (Nordstrom) McIntyre Cherie (Willard) Love, a re- in Japan during the summer. 1959 lives in San Marcos, Calif., tired teacher, is busy with the For news of Mike Armer, see where she is busy with a new Women's Farm Bureau in San Tom Lewis has returned from 1960 (Loretta Gotch Armer). dog, golf, and travel. She Luis Obispo, her ranch in Paso the Slovak Republic and has sings with the San Diego Robles and church activities. retired to Phoenix, Ariz. John Bowen is in Nobeoka, Methodist Church Master Japan, where he reports his Chorale. Cathie (Wong) Chan has re- 1956 business interests are doing tired from teaching and has For news of Don Calaway, see well. He hopes to open an Bob O'Brien is studying voice been traveling and spending 1952 (Teddy Payne Calaway). American cultural center and singing in his church time with her grandchildren. there soon. choir. He also reports that Lucinda (Powell) Morgan he's been "doing some flying 1954 has retired from teaching in and parachute jumping." For news of Jerry Betker, see the East Whittier City School 1957 (Cecilia "Muffy" Liggett District. She and her hus- Shirley (O'Connor) Byrne is Betker). band, Wright, are planning a still an active pianist, teach- move to Denver. ing privately and performing For news of Joan (Floyd) Bel- regularly. liss, see 1953 (Dick Belliss).

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1960 Loretta (Gotch) Armer re- Flo (Pickering) Buchanan is marching band was the U.S. cently produced a yoga com- a learning specialist at Ever- representative to the 1994 Dave Bolick is ex- pact disc titled "Namasté." green School in the Whittier International Music Festival 60s ecutive vice presi- She and her husband, Mike Unified School District. in Sydney, Australia. dent of the Corona (Calif.) '59 are preparing to move to Chamber of Commerce and London, where Mike will be Fran (Preece) White is on Ken Baker has been elected co-founder and secretary of teaching. sabbatical, enjoying her new to a third and final term as the Inland Empire Internation- mountain home and "easing lnyo County Superintendent al Business Association. Elizabeth Kirk-Fulton has into retirement." of Schools. moved to Portland, Ore. Sherrill E. Brown is planning For news of Dan Santo, see Don Bishop is enjoying semi- retirement after 34 years of For news of Jon Miller, see 1961 (Chris Frumento Santo). retirement and consulting in teaching math at La Mirada 1961 (Sue Boone Miller). management issues in the High School. 1961 printing industries. He and Tom Pasquua was one of 10 his wife, Jo, have purchased Delon Chetkovich has Roy Anthony has been charter members named to ranch property in Idaho. worked as a Los Angeles named the 1995 California the Community College Jour- County probation officer and Teacher of the Year. He's an nalism Association's Hall of Sue (Boone) Miller and her director of a daycare center, instrumental music teacher Fame. husband, Jon '60, live in Boni- and currently sells and rides at Mt. Miguel High School in ta, Calif., where Sue is a re- racing and mountain bicycles. Spring Valley, Calif., and his source teacher for pregnant

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1921 1930 0. Keith Wood died April 14, 1940 Mildred (Jackson) Johns Harold H. Bowerman died 1995. He is survived by his Samuel E. McElfresh died died Dec. 26, 1993. April 9, 1995. wife, Lauretta (Meller) '36. Jan. 8, 1995, in Maui, Hawaii. He was a retired 1922 1931 1935 school administrator. McEI- Leighton R. Stewart died Marjorie (Morse) McGregor. Harry W. Phillips died July 6, fresh is survived by his wife, Feb. 20, 1995. A longtime Notified in April of 1995. 1994. He was the founding Thelma (Lucas) '40. Ventura County educator, he president of the Lancer Soci- was also active in the Boy 1932 ety. Survivors include his Gertrude (Mowry) Lingo. No- Scouts of America. Paul Johnson died Oct. 27, wife, Mildred (Hatch) '35. A tified in March of 1995. 1994. memorial fund has been es- 1927 tablished in his name at Herbert B. Winslow died Henry Korsmeir died Sept. Tolbert B. Moorhead died Whittier College. Nov. 2, 1994. 1, 1989. May 13, 1995. He was a retired president of a mort- 1936 1941 1928 gage and residential invest- Eleanore Davenport. Noti- William Walker died April C. Merton Johnson died May ment company. Survivors fied in April of 1995. 10, 1994. 6, 1995, in Costa Mesa, include his wife, Virginia Calif. A retired educator, John- (Keasbey) '33. 1938 1942 son was the son of C. Bevan Kenneth R. McNall died May Ruth (Haffner) Wynkoop died Johnson, principal of the Whit- 1933 8, 1994. He retired in 1972 Jan. 28, 1995. She was a for- tier Academy and long-time Doris (Baldwin) Borden-Hol- as deputy superintendent of mer teacher for the Whittier board of trustees member. loway died Feb. 3, 1995. A the Los Nietos School Dis- School District. Survivors in- Survivors include his wife, resident of Joshua Tree, trict. clude her husband, Edwin '57. Margaret (Keating) '30. Calif., she was a retired secretary. Cliff Meyer died July 13, Hadley Earl Marshbum died Mary (McMurray) MacRill 1995. He was a former high March 22, 1995. He retired as died Nov. 25, 1994. Fred W. Bewley died June 23, school baseball and football comptroller of East Bay Munici- 1995. A retired educational coach. pal Utility District in 1979. 1929 administrator, he was also an Elsie May (Pridham) Cross artist, poet and composer. William W. Walker died April Merle P. Rockel died August died Oct. 16, 1994. 10, 1995. He was a Navy 17, 1994. 1934 veteran and a pharmacist. John E. Chapin died April 24, 1995.

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and parenting teens. The Steve Drogin is traveling the ment after 33 years of teach- Penny (Horvath) Paulus owns Millers spend weekends tend- world in pursuit of his hobby, ing elementary school. She and operates Glendora Trophy ing horses on their ranch. underwater photography. and her husband have been Co., and is president of the Glen- traveling in Colorado, Arizona, dora Chamber of Commerce. JoDee (Boyle) Pettine and Chris (Frumento) Santo and and along the central coast her youngest son are running her husband, Dan '60 are of California. Keith M. Huggins teaches the family business following having a new home built in high-school dropouts in the the death of her husband, Acworth, Ga. Dan is moving a Carol Hardacre-Mowbray is a Maricopa County (Ariz.) Jail. Tony, last year. branch of his business there caregiver for her 92-year-old His educational coordinator is and contemplating semi-re- mother, and is active in the Eileen (Wilson) Hayes '66. Sandra (Christensen) Peder- tirement. Claremont Lions Club and sen is an antiques dealer United Methodist Women. Gary L. Irwin and his wife, based in the Pasadena An- Jessie (Glasgow) Richards She writes that she'd like to Janet, own Berthoud Bed and tique Center. She is also a teaches third-grade reading find Delta Phi Upsilon friends. Breakfast in Berthoud, Cob. certified appraiser and is in- and writing in Saddle River, volved in estate liquidation. N.J., where she's also presi- Dick Horn retired from IBM Harry Johnson is president of dent of the teachers' associ- in 1994 and is now a consul- the Antelope Elementary Evie (Cleugh) Hand has com- ation. tant doing national trade School Board. He also oper- pleted a master's in counsel- show management for small ates Air Johnson, offering ing and plans to work part- Kate (Guest) Frey-Richiger is high-tech companies. scenic flights from the Red time. enjoying half-time employ- Bluff Municipal Airport.

1943 Harold Kenworthy died June 1966 Faculty, Staff and Friends Billie C. (Gee) LeClear died 1, 1995. A retired educator, Edward A. Garrett died Nov. Frances Carey Hoffman, April 28, 1995, of cancer. he is survived by his wife, 27, 1994. who taught home economics She was a retired teacher Betty (Hibbard) 45. at Whittier for more than 30 who was active in the Spas- 1972 years, died April 27, 1995, tic Children's League and 1950 Nancy A. (Riede) Yolles of cancer. the Whittier College Alumni David J. Hopley died Feb. died May 25, 1992. Association. 20, 1995. He is survived by Norma Larkin, died March his wife, Marjorie (Vallette) 1977 22, 1995. She worked in 1945 '53. A memorial fund has Dexter "Bill" Pounders died the college's business office Barbara (Robbins) Stone been established in his June 30, 1995. He was an from 1970 until the day be- died in March of 1995. name at Whittier College. Emmy Award-winning televi- fore her death. sion news reporter, as well 1946 1954 as a freelance writer and H. Michael Praetorius, facul- Ruth (Hutchinson) Tordoff Robert A. Moritz died Feb. video producer and small ty master and professor of died in August of 1994. A 5, 1995. He was an insur- business owner. philosophy, died of cancer resident of Alaska, she was ance broker. on April 28, 1995. He is sur- a retired teacher. 1981 vived by his wife, Paula Ra- 1955 Maria Christina (Gallego) disich, professor of art histo- Kathryn (Thomas) Myers Kathryn L. (McKinney) Bush Wellman died March 2, ry, and four children. Burgess died in 1994 of died August 24, 1994. 1995. Praetorius joined the faculty cancer. in 1970 as an assistant pro- 1961 Richard A. Morris died in an fessor of philosophy. He re- 1947 Westelle (Chapman) Nelson automobile accident on ceived numerous profession- James W. Abrecht died Feb. died March 30, 1994. March 21, 1995. He was a al honors, including the 16, 1995, of Alzheimer's social studies teacher and Marilyn Veich Award, given in disease. Survivors include George Moore died Oct. 17, swim coach at Garfield High recognition of exceptional his wife, Marian (Gage) '48. 1994. He was a school dis- School in East Los Angeles. service and devotion to the trict administrator in the San students of Whittier College. 1949 Gabriel Valley. 1994 Memorial gifts may be desig- Reynold Deedon. Notified in Eric L. lsakson. Notified in nated to the H. Michael April of 1995. 1.962 August of 1995. Praetorius Scholarship Fund, Joseph N. Costello. Notified payable to Whittier College in June of 1995. and in care of the Office of Advancement.

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Jackie Gait (Karker) Grosso Esther Morris, a retired Kent and Joan (Senechal) and has received the Citizen has lived in Virginia since teacher, lives in Santa Bar- Commons were on the execu- of the Year award. 1971. She manages a large bara, where she gives tours tive committee of the Greater dental office, does lots of fish- of the Santa Barbara Muse- Columbus Billy Graham Cru- Martha (Yocum) White lives ing and gardening, and um of Art. sade in 1993. Kent is a spe- in Pagosa Springs, Cob. She spends time with her nine chil- cial representative of the and her husband, Ed, have dren and six grandchildren. Dorothy (Murray) Crane con- president of Bible Literature two granddaughters. tinues her work in dentistry International, and Joan is a Bernice Katahara is excited and recently toured Russia school psychologist for Mt. 1962 about retirement from 34 with a group of Russian den- Vernon (Ohio) City Schools. Carolyn (Barnard) Pryor years of teaching elementary tists. writes of one daughter's mar- school and looking forward to Nancy (Schwartz) Reid is riage, the other's graduation, travel, crafts and some sub- Phil O'Brien rode his bicycle ready to retire after teaching and a July vacation in Hawaii stitute teaching. across the U.S. with a group private piano lessons and with the Class of '62 reunion called Wandering Wheels last being a professional accom- tour. Ivydell (Kellam) Dyer is prin- summer. panist in the Washington, cipal of San Lorenzo (Calif.) D.C. area for 16 years. Barbara (Billedeaux) Muir- Adult School. She and her Dick Partee is president of head plays bass clarinet with husband celebrated their California South Insurance David M. Smith owns house- the Huntington Beach (Calif.) 35th wedding anniversary Associates in La Habra, Calif. boat and ski boat rental com- Concert Band and is on the last February. panies at several California advisory board of Orange Barbara Phelps teaches third resorts. County Together. She's also Dick Kraft has been elected grade in Mill Valley, Calif., volunteer coordinator of the president of the California where she is piloting a multi- Mickey (Smith) Brussow and Orange County Federation of Council for Social Studies. media technology program. her husband, Herb, have Lesbian, Gay and AIDS Sup- He's also one of 15 teachers served 30 years with Wycliffe port Organizations. nationwide to receive certifi- Joyce (Poggi) Kracker re- Bible Translators and the Sum- cation as an advanced tired in 1994. She and her mer Institute of Linguistics. Dennis and Carolee (Calli- teacher of social studies. husband, Bud, divide their cott) Robertson live in Lake- time between Oregon and Opal (Stemen) Reagin writes view, Ore., where Carolee is a Jean (Mabley) Stal writes of California. that she is 95-percent recov- substitute teacher and Den- "nothing new," but goes on ered from a recent stroke. nis is a high school math to tell of being in Kuwait from Steve Polzin and his wife, teacher and track coach. 1989-90 and losing every- Sue (Long) '62, live in Lake Judy (Stratton) Cooper is thing in the war, spending Oswego, Ore., where Steve is principal of Park Elementary For news of Sue (Long) Polzin, 1990-91 in Monterey, Mexi- president and CEO of West School in Mill Valley, Calif. see 1961 (Steve Polzin). co, and currently teaching One Bank—Oregon and Sue history and English at Cairo sells real estate. Fran (Tompkins) Clogston For news of Sheila (Murphy) American College in Egypt. works with special education Puckett, see 1961 (Myron Myron Puckett and his wife, students in Seahurst, Wash. Puckett). Madeleine (Madrid) Reyes is Sheila (Murphy) '62, live in program vice president for Tiburon, Calif., where Sheila Dale Trowbridge is a profes- William A. (Roberson) Robin- Purchase Connection, where is a school superintendent sor of chemistry at Sonoma son and his wife, Donna she manages a dietary group and Myron is product manag- State University, where he re- Robinson-Teter, work for the purchasing program. er for an educational soft- cently finished a term as de- Air Force in Panama. He is a ware development firm. partment chair. personal financial manage- Donald Mathieson is senior ment counselor and she is pastor of La Rambla Presby- Lorna (Raymond) Brooks Gary and Marian (Voss) an outplacement counselor. terian Church in San Pedro, gives private tennis lessons Goodson live in Brea, Calif. Calif. He's also chairman of and coaches a high school Marian teaches elementary Vernae (Yamada) Kajiya the South Bay Renewal Com- team. She also leads a school and was selected teaches at Schurr High mittee. women's Bible study fellow- Teacher of the Year last year. School in the Montebello ship. Gary is superintendent of the (Calif.) Unified School District. Cathy (Meister) Deets is a San Gabriel Unified School consultant for teachers who Anne (Rutherford) Johnson is District. have physically handicapped a microbiologist at Porterville 1964 Michael A. Cornelius has children in their classrooms. (Calif.) Development Center. Lloyd and Dorothy (Jasper) been appointed vice presi- Wilson are teachers in Big dent for law at Western Digi- Pine, Calif. Lloyd is the tal Corp. town's volunteer fire chief

up THE ROCK FALL 1995 Jon R. Hill has been appoint- Richard S. Nakano is region- ed director of Nebraska's al director of marketing and newly created State Office of sales for the West National Juvenile Services. Railroad Passenger Company (Amtrak). Benjamin G. Whitten is cultural attaché at the American David Ochoa is special assis- Embassy in Brussels. tant to the president for development at Dowling Col- 1965 lege. He also was invited to Doug Bennett is in his 29th participate in the Mexican S year of teaching and coaching and American Solidarity Foun- at Honolulu's Punahou dation's Senior Fellows Semi- School, where he is also ath- nar last spring. letic director. VALERIE HARRI Sharon (Stilwell) Poiry is an The Harrises cuddle llama cr/as on their Nevada ranch. Robert W. Bruesch has re- executive with GTE in Thou- ceived a $25,000 Milken sand Oaks, Calif. And on this Farm They Have Some Family Foundation National Yaks... Educator award. Bruesch Barry Uzel is president, CEO teaches sixth grade at Willard and director of National Bank Carol (Clayton) '52 and John Harris '51 are Nevada ranch- Elementary School in Rose- of California. He's also chair- ers, but their menagerie doesn't include the usual cattle or mead, Calif. man of the board of Presby- terian Intercommunity Hospi- sheep. Instead, the Harris ranch is home to water buffalo, yaks, zebras, miniature donkeys, and the largest herd of lla- Jerry Cleek teaches sociology tal in Whittier. mas (107 strong) for miles around. and coaches men's basket- The Harrises didn't go into ranching with the idea of rais- ball at Butte Community Col- 1966 ing unusual animals; as a matter of fact, the first inhabi- lege in Northern California. Kathie (Bradley) Counts- tants of the 360-acre ranch were cattle. Then John Harris Marshall is a teacher special- attended an exotic animal auction, and the couple decided Willie Crittendon is a middle- ist in the Pasadena Unified to try out a few species. "We decided the llamas and don- school principal and is in- School District, working in keys worked out best for our purposes, so they became our volved in professional devel- special education. She also 'cash crop," explained Carol Harris. The water buffalo, yaks opment for teachers and entered law school in August. and zebras represent a much smaller segment of the administrators. ranch's population, since federal regulations regarding exot- Doris (Chambers) Pearson ic animals complicate their purchase and sale. Kenneth B. Hunt chairs the and her husband, Fred '47, department of general stud- are retired and live in Oregon ies at the University of in summer and California in covery Toys Network contin- Linda (Jensen) Comstock is Phoenix, where he earned the winter. ues to grow. a third-grade teacher in the Faculty of the Year award in Federal Way (Wash.) School 1994. He is in his fourth year Blake Gibson recently retired Shyrl (Britton) O'Pray and District. She and her hus- of law school. from the Upjohn Company in her family live at Hanscom Air band, Michael, have enjoyed Los Angeles and has moved Force Base in Massachu- cruises to Mexico and the Larry Jaro is CEO of Amerik- to Colorado, where he's sell- setts, where Shyrl is active in Caribbean. ing and owns 123 Burger ing medical texts and doing as the Officers' Wives Club. King restaurants. much flyfishing as possible. Cathy Jette-Wigley writes Kitty (Bruss) Parente has that she met her husband at Walter J. Laskey has been For news of Eileen (Wilson) moved to a new home in a meeting of the Tall Club of named president of the Bank Hayes, see 1961 (Keith M. Cheshire, Conn., where she is Orange County. of Hawaii's investment and Huggins). a partner in a real estate firm. trust subsidiary, Hawaiian Trust Co. Ltd. 1968 Penny (Cams) Fraumeni is Kristine (Machenheimer) Louise J. Alluis is director of principal of Cedarlane Middle Dobbyn is an accountant for Sara (McCown) Dogbe is a chapter services for the Na- School in Hacienda Heights, Miller, Hansen & Torphy, Inc., psychiatric social worker tional Multiple Sclerosis Soci- Calif. an insurance brokerage in working in community mental ety's mid-Ohio chapter. Seattle. health. Tom Davis is controller at Melissa (Artman) Andrews Simmons Upholstered Furni- recently traveled to Canada ture and is active in his and New England. Her Dis- church.

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Gene Moscovitch has be- 1972 Glenn Bernard is selling real and is teaching English lan- come a partner at the firm of Phil Adamson is an obstetri- estate in San Diego County. guage development and re- Charlston, Revich and cian-gynecologist in Northern He ran for mayor of Carlsbad medial reading at La Puente Williams. California. in 1994. "Didn't win, but had High School. a blast," he reports. Lawrene (Nixon) Anfinson re- Leigh Akins is assistant prin- Karen (Filippelli) DeWiide ceived the John Marshal cipal of San Leandro High Richard W. Buck and his and her husband, Craig '80, Foundation's award for excel- School. Leigh writes of ocean family spend five months of live in Australia, where Craig lence in teaching the U.S. kayaking in Alaska and hiking the year at their summer teaches at Monash University Constitution. Lawrene teach- Half Dome in Yosemite. home in Massachusetts. He and Karen teaches music at es at Bishop O'Connell High writes that his real estate the grade-school level. School in Arlington, Va. Marilyn Came-Smith spent business is doing well. last year remodeling her Ten (Flavin) Martin teaches John Parry is a senior vice home and writes, "I had so Christine (Burke) Chastain is kindergarten in the Capistra- president with Heritage Bank. much fun' and learned so active in Girl Scouts and runs no Unified School District. much that I have started my her husband's contracting Linda (Paterson) Lennertz own company to help people business. She writes of a Michael Foster is a field edu- has been in banking for 16 in their remodeling." "great get-together" with cation consultant and lecturer years. She and her husband, Sherri (Martin) Britton, Katy in the social work department Bill, have five children and 10 David Endter has launched (Dean) Mazerov, and Cindy at Cal State Long Beach. He grandchildren. National Golfer magazine. (Palmer) Hailer '72. is also a clinical and adop-dop tions consultant to the Chil- Margaret J. Spencer is chief For news of Cindy (Palmer) Linda Childs teaches adult dren's Bureau of Southern assistant public defender for Hailer, see 1973 (Christine school for the Los Angeles California. Riverside County. She and Burke Chastain). Unified School District. She's her companion, Pat, live in busy writing a book and car- Pat (Guerrero) McDermont Redlands, Calif. Randy Parker was appointed ing for her 4-year-old. is a librarian for Mt. Diablo by the Department of Justice Unified School District. Her Margi Stern-Speck is a as a Chapter 7 and Chapter Samuel Clement is a certi- husband, Gregg 71, is vice speech-language specialist 11 bankruptcy trustee for fied travel consultant special- president of underwriting for for an infant and toddler pro- Kern County, Calif. izing in corporate travel. Municipal Mutual Insurance gram in Solano County, Calif. Company. After 19 years of running Thor Bob Ciemmons is an admin- 1970 Agency and Thor Temporary istrator at U.C. Irvine and is Ed Hall changed careers after Carol (Atkinson) Services, Terry Thormods- active in the Western Associ- 15 years in commercial real 70s Cox Wait has gaard has started a new ven- ation of College and Universi- estate and is now an invest- been elected to the board of ture called the Thor Group. ty Business Officers. ment adviser. He reports that directors of CIGNA. She is Dennis Stovall is his dentist. president and chief executive Marti (Wiese) Rounds is art Cary Covington is a profes- officer of the Committee for a director for the Hilo Hattie sor of political science at the Karen (Hoffman) Embree is a Responsible Federal Budget. stores in Hawaii. University of Iowa. He writes, bookkeeper and pet sitter in "We live just off Interstate 80 the Seal Beach/Long Beach 1971 After working for Del Monte and would welcome all (Calif.) area. She ran in the Timothy R. Maier has been and becoming president and friends passing through." Long Beach and Los Angeles appointed vice president and C.E.O. of an outplacement Marathons this year, and is chief financial officer of VISX cooperative, John Wilkins is Nancy (Cowan) Cross lives looking forward to the Honolu- Incorporated. a realtor in Livermore, Calif. in Maui, where she is in- lu Marathon in December. volved in organizing the Lin- For news of Gregg McDer- Larry Willey is president of a coln-Mercury Kapalua Interna- Eileen Hughes coordinates mont, see 1973 (Pat Guer- construction company and a tional golf championship. the early childhood develop-evelop rero McDermont). ceramic tile/marble importing ment programat the Universi- and distribution company. ty of Alaska, Anchorage. Arturo Porzecanski was fea- Maribel (Dana) Horn is in her tured on the ABC Morning 1973 18th year of teaching English Garnet Hyder is corporate fi- and history in Rancho Cuca- nance human resources man- Business News in February, Antonio P. Arroyo lives in monga. ager for Levi Strauss & Com- discussing the devaluation of Tucson, Ariz., where he and pany. the peso and the impact of his wife own Tina Linda's Nancy (Evans) Gibson has the U.S. bailout. Mexican Food and Hand- earned her language develop- Made Flour Tortillas. ment specialist credential

THE ROCK FALL 1995 Marilyn (Maurer) Mackin, a Holly (Sprague) Fenelon has For news of Debi (Young) Alma (Gonzales) Garcia retired Naval commander, left Southern California Edi- Akehurst, see 1975 (Tom teaches for the El Rancho has moved with her family to son after 21 years to start Akehurst). Unified School District. She Orange Park, Fla., where she her own writing and training received a master's in school has started a desktop pub- business. 1980 counseling in 1992. lishing business. For news of Craig Frances (von Seggern) Bach 80s DeWilde, see 1973 Stephen Kalpakian practices Roxie (Morey) Lee writes, lives with her family in Bounti- (Karen Filippelli DeWilde). law in North Hollywood, Calif. "After 18 years, an appalling ful, Utah, where she performs display of corporate with the Utah Symphony and Jennifer (Mason) Waltzer re- Lefty (Lopez) Ochoa teaches greed/mismanagement/mis- plays for recording sessions. ceived the Accountant Advo- second grade in the Los An- direction has left me (and the She also performs three cate Award from the Small geles Unified School District. entire Bechtel, Los Angeles times a year with the Los An- Business Administration. office) unemployed." geles Baroque Players. Carole Macaulay is a pedia- Ron Rybkowski and his wife, trician with Bright Medical Kathy (Morgan) Jarus is a Janet (Ward) McDonald Gina (Carter) '82, live in Mis- Group in Whittier. bookkeeper for her hus- works half-time as a librarian souri, where Ron is an asso- band's ophthalmology prac- for an environmental consult- ciate professor of theater at Olivia (Machuca) Hall is tice in Whittier. The Jaruses ing firm. She and her hus- Northeast Missouri State Uni- manager of budgets and in- recently celebrated their 20th band, Dick, hope to create versity and Gina is a ternal audits for a public anniversary in Bora-Bora. and move into a co-housing preschool teacher. school district. community in the Bay Area. Harold Letts Mullen works for 1981 Rita Malkki recently returned to the U.S. after a two-year Tiffany & Co. in Beverly Hills. 1974 Gary Baum is city attorney for assignment as country direc- He and his wife, Sandy, have Michael J. Teel has been Morgan Hill, Calif. tor of the Global 2000/Ugan- enjoyed recent Caribbean and named chief operating officer da Guinea Worm Eradication Panama Canal cruises. of Raley's, an 81-store gro- Michele (Finn) Aguilera has Program. She now works at cery chain. taught special education for the U.S. Centers for Disease Standra (Newburn) Ivey is a 10 years, and also runs her Control. certified employee assis- 1975 own jewelry business, Little tance professional and sub- Tom Akehurst and his wife, Feather Designs. stance abuse professional. Christina (Nelson) Bradshaw Debi (Young) '77, have and her husband are active in She is working on a master's Denise Jessup, a marriage moved from Korea to Singa- the Charismatic community in mental health. and family therapist, has re- pore, where Tom is managing as a prayer team and music director of the Asian Pacific turned part-time to Phoenix Mary Jo (Otters) Curry teach- ministers. region for Pulsafeeder, Ltd., Interfaith Counseling follow- es a bilingual kindergarten and Debi teaches aerobics. ing the birth of her daughter. class at Hoover School in Larry Rohlfing is practicing Whither. law in Santa Fe Springs, Calif. W. Andrew Waldo is rector of 1982 Trinity Episcopal Church in Ex- Debbie Arce is a second-year Christine (Parkey) Coleman Jeff Shultz has completed his celsior, Minn. He sings with medical student at the Uni- teaches fifth grade in El cardiovascular disease train- the Twin Cities' Gregorian versity of California, San Fran- Monte. ing at the University of Min- Singers and teaches summer cisco. nesota, where he is now an music workshops. Kathleen (Petrus) Miller assistant professor of medi- Raul Armendariz worked writes that she and her hus- cine. seven years for the IRS and band are busy raising their 1976 is now in business for him- three boys in Concord, Calif. Linda (Rubenstein) Lukas Julie Trautmann is working lives in Mill Valley, Calif., with self as a tax practitioner. on a Ph.D. in speech patholo- Christina (Rodriguez) Cortez her husband and two sons. gy at the University of Wash- Larry Campa is a pharmaceu- is a teacher at Whittier High ington. tical salesman in Anaheim, School, where she is also a 119" Calif. student government adviser Jenenne R. Macklin earned a Sam Tricoli has moved to Di- and director of the Cardinal Master of Social Work degree amond Bar, Calif. He is a For news of Gina (Carter) Ry- Computer Academy. at CSU Sacramento. contract manager for Hughes. bkowski, see 1980 (Rob Ry- bkowski). Richard de Vicariis appeared in a production of "Assas- Norma (Estrada) Riserbato sins" in Downey, Calif., last works for Pacific Bell as a spring. technical director.

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Linda Yniguez is a psycholo- Margaret (Youngblood) Luzzi Lisa (Roberts) Danny has Debbie (Hansen) Yasaki and gist with a practice in Uptown earned a master's in modern opened her own law office in her husband, Vince, are in Whittier. She has also ac- English literature at Cal State Ventura, Calif. Hawaii, where Vince is a lieu- quired a music studio and Fullerton, where she is a pro- tenant in the U.S. Marine hopes to be recording original gram administrator for ex- Pete Talpash is a math Corps and Debbie is a med- music soon. tended education. teacher and assistant varsity ical social worker. football coach at Fountain Dale (Zinn) Guskin is a con- 1985 Valley (Calif.) High School. David Huron is a freelance stu- sumer loan funder with Bank Greg Arnold is a P.E. teacher dio engineer in Los Angeles. of America and interns at a and coach at Alder Jr. High in Joel Whisler is a music and radio station in Sacramento. Fontana, Calif. He and his history teacher at Santa Fe Sindy (Steinberg) Eisen lives wife, Anita (Bauer) '86, have Springs High School. in Green Valley, Nev., and 1983 two sons. Anita does free- chairs the English depart- Gail Godown earned good re- lance photography for the 1988 ment at Horizon High School. views for her performance in local newspaper. Clare E. Macaulay has com- "Dancing at Lughnasa" with pleted her medical residency 1992 Singular Productions, a pro- Jennifer Campbell is a lawyer in Seattle. Ruth (Berenson) Zamojcin is fessional company based in with the trusts and estates a freelance vocalist, perform- Culver City, Calif. group of Fenwick and West in 1989 ing in clubs and at weddings Palo Alto, Calif. Joseph Feria teaches English and parties. Jay Holguin is planning a in Guatemala City. September wedding to Kane Steven Feldman is principal Joann Kathryn Brookes is Spurgeon, with whom he co- of Temple Sholom, Ontario Jeanne M. Florance worked working toward a dual mas- owns Freddie's Fast Burger in Religious Education Program, with the Peace Corps as a ter's degree in architecture Chula Vista, Calif. "If any and is in his ninth year of health educator in the Do- and construction manage- Whittier alumni stop by, we'll teaching. minican Republic, and is cur- ment at Washington Universi- give them a free vanilla rently working in HIV/AIDS ty in St. Louis, Mo. shake!" he writes. Aida (Galindo) Miles is a clin- prevention and care in Santa ical dietitian at Egleston Chil- Rosa, Calif. Erica (Christopherson) Christine (Laskey) Walker dren's Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Mounts is a speech patholo- operates a bookkeeping and Keith Lagocki has joined the gist at Tanner Medical Center secretarial service from her Kevin Griffin has earned a football coaching staff at Quin- in Carrollton, Ga. home. Ph.D. in botany from Duke cy University in Quincy, Ill. University. Katrina Diller lives in Prague, Peter T. Lauener is a devel- Jeff L. Reeves earned an Czech Republic, where she is oper and lives in Aliso Viejo, 1986 M.B.A. in 1994 and is an ac- office manager for the law Calif. For news of Anita (Bauer) count executive with TRW, firm of Baker & McKenzie. Arnold, see 1985 (Greg Inc., in Orange, Calif. 1984 Arnold). Jana Mitchell teaches math Alma Martinez has been ac- Stacy (Stonehocker) Whisler to college-bound high school cepted to the Ph.D. program Cherilee (Dezember) Ezell is a group manager for Cen- seniors and tutors students in directing and critical stud- and her husband, Brian, have tral Parking System. headed to the work force ies at Stanford University. built a new home in Bakers- after graduation. field, Calif. 1990 Cynthia Nelson is an engi- Diana (Weimer) 1993 neer specialist with Northrop. 1987 90s Treadway is a Melissa Chabran has re- Stefanie (Diamond) Feldman flight attendant for Delta Air- ceived a Congressional His- After five years in Shanghai, has started her own design lines. panic Caucus Institute Fellow- Mark Peter now lives and firm called My Rose Garden. ship. She's one of 16 Latino works in Columbia, S.C. 1991 college graduates and gradu- Patricia Engel is finishing her Robert J. Grange is working ate students serving a nine- Charles Weilso writes of a re- Ph.D. in child/social psychol- toward his Ph.D. in English at month fellowship in Washing- cent trip to Sumatra. ogy and writing a book on the University of North Wales. ton, D.C. family value systems. Ken Woods is associate di- Bobby Guy is an associate at After working for two years in rector for admission and guid- Kent Gilbert is writing a cur- the law firm of Wailer, Lans- the communications office at ance services for the College riculum for the Whole People den, Dortch and Davis in Whittier, Betsy Kemp has Board Western Regional Of- of God study program. Nashville, Tenn. moved to Walnut Creek, Calif., fice. where she is preparing for graduate school in psychology.

THE ROCK FALL 1995 Elizabeth Moore has been Sandra Sarr manages the Claudia Bustillos is a chil- Joshua Isaac spent six substitute teaching. publishing division of the Sci- dren's social worker and is months "working like a mad- ence of Mind/United Church planning to pursue a mas- man' repairing earthquake- Natalie Nevin received a of Religious Science and re- ter's degree. damaged mobile homes, master's in communication cently received a certificate of then headed for Israel and sciences and disorders from merit award from the Western Jose Campos is a manager Europe. Northwestern University. Publications Association. with American Multi-Cinema. Jennifer Prottas is pursuing a Irma Paine is working on her Michael Schreiber coaches Brendan Carty is an assis- master's in marriage, family master's in biology at Cal lacrosse at Whittier College, tant athletic trainer at Cal- and child therapy and clinical State Fullerton and teaching where he's working on a mas- tech and is also working to- art therapy at Loyola Mary- botany and biology laborato- ter's in education. ward a teaching credential at mount University. ries for non-majors. Whittier College. Laticha Scott has completed Crystal (Snow) Gordon is Raymond Gmeiner Perez is a a year of volunteer social ser- Jill Clark is an intern with the doing temporary work and designer and entrepreneur in vices in Chicago and is now a State Department and has starting graduate studies at Las Vegas. child care counselor. moved to Alexandria, Va. Cal State Long Beach.

Brian Pollock is playing Sun Seng is working toward a Tammie (Evans) Kutsor has Deborah Wells is a teacher lacrosse in Australia. teaching credential at Cal moved to Jacksonville, N.C., at Rancho Bernardo Commu- State Fullerton. and has started her own busi- nity Presbyterian Church Jackie Poole lives in Honolu- ness. Preschool. lu and writes for the Pacific Tony Strickland is field direc- Business News. tor for California Assembly- Alan J. Galloway is pursuing woman Paula Bolano, and is a Ph.D. in philosophy at Duke Mike Poutre II is a financial also a partner in a political University. His wife, Valerie management adviser for consulting firm. Watrous, is beginning a mas- Great Western Financial Se- ter's program in education at curities in Diamond Bar, Martin A. Stuart has finished Elon College and plays the Calif. He also volunteers as a his first year of law school at cello with the Duke Sympho- youth hockey coach. the University of Denver. ny Orchestra and Elon Sym- phony Orchestra. Mary Quinones is working on Yvonne Torres is a biology a master's degree in counsel- and physical science teacher Kevin L. Hall lives in Aurora, ing psychology at Boston Col- at La Serna High School. Cob., and is a programmer lege and is involved in an in- and analyst at J.D. Edwards. ternship program working Carrie J. Tucker is a music with handicapped and men- publisher with Warner/Chap- Alberto Herrera is applying to tally impaired children. pell Music. graduate school and teaching piano. He appeared on the Aaron Raab is pursuing a 1994 ABC-W 'City View" program master's in international Joe Aliani is a personal train- last January, which featured studies at the University of er and pursuing a career as a the music school where he's Denver. doctor of chiropractic. He worked for six years. also works for the Universal Peter Riserbato is an insur- Cheerleaders Association. Robin Hickin works in the ex- ance underwriter and is plan- ecutive and catering offices ning to complete his teaching Heidi Helm Barker is en- of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in credential at Whittier. He and gaged to be married this De- Marina del Rey, Calif. his wife, Christina (Arriaga) cember to Mitchell Matthew '92 live in Mission Viejo, Calif. Paynter. Tanya Holtzclaw is pursuing an M.B.A. at The American Oscar 0. Rivas is a full-time Jena! Beland has been ac- University in Washington, D.C. graduate student. cepted to the University of Massachusetts Medical Monica Insuasti is a chil- Leticia Sanchez is a parale- School. dren's social worker. gal with a law firm in Orange County and is working toward Regina Brandler is attending a master's in public adminis- Southwestern Law School in tration and public policy. Los Angeles.

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THE ROCK FALL 1995 hittier's curriculum in- the difficult balance between trigues Richard S. what a donor wishes for the col- Millman, the new vice lege and what is appropriate for president for academic the curriculum," he said. "I affairs and dean of faculty. Mill- wish to understand the college's man, who most recently worked in vision so that it articulates the the Cal State system, says, "The case for private support. It's an intimacy in the educational expe- opportunity that very few acad- rience, the ability to work closely emic vice presidents have." with students—both in the classroom and out—attracts me." Poised to Move The unique process of learning Previously, Millman was the at Whittier, which crosses multiple first person to serve as vice presi- disciplines, and involves student dent for academic affairs at CSU life and faculty master program- San Marcos, the newest member ming, is what drew Millman to the of the California State University college. "We used to think of a system. "I went to San Marcos to classroom as a place where people build a new campus. I'm coming were taught," he says. "We can to Whittier for similar reasons. RI' now think of it and the entire col- Ill II I Whittier is poised for its next lege as a place where people learn." step forward—poised to move Millman came to Whittier Col- into the 21st century. We have lege in July, after the departure of Lisa Rossbacher, who re- the opportunity to do lots of wonderful, innovative things." turned to her alma mater, Dickinson College, as dean of the Millman holds a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of college. Technology and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He recently received a certificate in "Re-Visioning" education management from Whittier's intimate, "My primary goal is to work Harvard University. Prior to his with the faculty and the presi- work at Cal State San Marcos, personal education dent in an academic restructur- he was dean of the College of ing exercise," says Millman of Science and Mathematics at new chief his new challenge. "I think of it attracts a Wright State University in as 're-visioning'—looking at the Ohio, where he taught courses in educational experience and ask- academic officer mathematics and electrical engi- ing, 'How can we best sculpt the neering. He was a program di- educational process so that students are prepared for the 21st rector at the National Science Foundation in Washington, century?"' D.C., and is the co-author of Elements of Differential Geome- Millman's other goals at Whittier include a working role try, Calculus: A Practical Introduction, and Geometry: An in the upcoming capital campaign. "With the advice of the Axiom and Models Approach. faculty and the advancement office, I will be working to find N

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THE ROCK FALL 1995 smitten with loss of memory, who walks about aimlessly 'til Nvihn ttie "mths and shadows" he comes to grief." I can identify with that. The problem, the committee members quickly discovered, brought one alumnus to a deeper was that our memories are quite selective and that myths and shadows from time to time become reality. It is then that we dl]P[HidliOn of tods Whittier need the tools Albert Upton, professor of English, gave us in his classes, "Significs" and "Design for Thinking." His mes- College and renewed dedication to sage for us was perhaps even more succinctly put by Ernest Hemingway who, when asked if there was one quality above all others needed to be a good tomorrow's writer, replied, "Yes, a built-in, shock-proof crap detector." I By Dr. Thomas D. Wood '50 wish Albert had said that; it think all of us occasionally look over our shoulders, some- would have saved some times to see if anything is catching up to us, sometimes just time. because the myths and shadows of times past can be com- Our own Jessamyn forting when we're confronted with today's realities. A little West '23 undoubtedly bit of that is all right. had it right. She said, Not long ago, the Alumni Marketing and Communica- "There are as many tions Committee was created to prepare a plan to increase different Whittier alumni participation in support of the college, and issue a re- Colleges as there are port to the Board of Trustees. While the committee's mem- persons who graduated bership was chronologically diverse, I think we all were in- from Whittier College, or, I clined to look over our shoulders at our special Whittier suppose, as taught there. Old College experience; it had improved the lives of so many of grads traditionally want the school US. they remember to persist." For me, the historical approach was justified by Paul Ah, now there's the rub! It cannot be, for Whitti- Smith, history professor and later, our college president. er is a living, growing, changing, dynamic organism that does Through Sir Esme (The History of British Civilization) he not easily pause for picture taking. The ingredients that en- taught us that, unconscious of our history, we are "like a man sure its survival include self-knowledge, the courage to fail,

THE ROCK FALL 1995 plagues mankind, "cultural lag." Then he used Randall to challenge our com- placency with, "If men's minds are a mosa- ic or palimpsest of belief upon belief, it is of the highest importance that they understand the life history of those beliefs—why they are there, and whether or not they are justified in being there or should be discarded." In other words, if assumptions are our windows to the world, we'd better be frequent window washers. I suspect Harry Ner- love, motivation, innovation, commitment, optimism, and hood provided us a fine piece of precision glass through which even protection for the dissenters. Alfred North Whitehead to look at Whittier's yesterdays and todays. said it: "Those societies (colleges) which cannot combine Today, it wouldn't be done at the Women's Club or reverence to their symbols with freedom of revision must ul- Founders, and certainly not in Provident, but rather in one of timately decay." the faculty masters' houses. This Oxford/Cambridge or Har- vard/Yale model—take your pick—for exploring the life of the Whittier Has Evolved mind is unique to Whittier in all of the West. It is here in an The little college on the hill has changed. "Push 'em back intimate learning environment, conducive to nurturing real to Painter!" shouted with passion on old Hadley Field, intellectual growth that those masters of another time would meant that I wanted Whittier to win, and I still want that. have held forth. Harry would be joined by Smith, Upton, But I do not want the Whittier I knew in the late forties to Cooper, Spencer, Hemming, Spaulding, Coffin, Pyle, Bald- win; I want a better Whittier to emerge in the 90s and into win, Hurst, Newsom, Forsberg, so many others—maybe even that strange sounding year 2000. the Chief and Bonnie. So, I took a look around. Yes, it's a quantum leap in the integration of the liberal There have been physical changes, to be arts. sure. New residence halls would today Having been in the business for awhile, I wanted to know provide me an escape from Whitti- about the vital signs, the money, the enrollment, the endow- er College neighbor Pearl ment. Father Paul Reinert, S.J., then president of Saint Louis Hanburg's basement—if University, wrote an article for The Rock in 1973 titled "Red not the tender, loving Ink Doth Not a Rosy Future Make." He quoted Oscar Wilde, care she gave us stu- who quipped while sipping champagne on his deathbed, "I'm dent boarders. While dying as I lived—beyond my means." A good many colleges the scourge of re- and universities could make that statement, and Whittier is peated burnings, among them. It has known financial crises, and has been both hostile and tough enough to survive it. Last year was Whittier's sixth suc- friendly, have dimin- cessive year in the black, the endowment has been doubled ished the size of the during those same years, enrollment is at capacity with 1300 Rock, all else is more full-time-equivalent [FTE] students, 670 at the law school, beautiful, clean and well and Copenhagen and other international programs flourish. cared for than I can remem- So far, so good, and so what? ber. So, I have this feeling that the promise that Whittier Col- Not a bad beginning. lege held out to each of us is still being kept, and it is being Integrated courses were the order of the day kept for today's undergraduates quite as it has in the 40s and 50s, and we met with Nerhood and company in been for us. Because it's still a Quaker place, large groups at the Women's Club, in Founders Hall, and then where William Penn's early belief remains Provident Hall. Harry introduced us to that phenomenon that Continued

THE ROCK FALL 1995 40 admonition clearly in mind and my own "detector" at the ready, I can fairly say that my backward look into the future was satisfactory. It encourages me to want to help, once again—to renew my commitment as an advocate for the college, and to proclaim its great- ness far and wide. It is not my duty, although something to build on: "...to know ourselves, some would say so, nor is it repaying an oblig- our bodies, the houses of our minds, the ation, although I have one, but it is because I want world, that great and stately volume of natur- an opportunity to be a part of the continuing life al things." Now that's a great subject, and I of an institution with a great mission. I was a very believe it remains at the core of today's cur- small part of the history of Whittier College, and I riculum and the primary concern of today's want the joy of being a part of its future. • faculty and administration. The committee's report will go to the Thomas Wood '50 received a B.A. in history and an M.A. in education from Whittier College He earned a Ph.D. in social and trustees in due time (see Final Report In Brief, philosophical foundations of education from U.S.C., and served as below). It is primarily concerned with the a teacher, vice principal and principal in the East Whittier School Alumni Association and how it does its busi- District. He was provost at Whittier College from 1971-73, and ness. As for me, I think, with Hemingway's Dr. Thomas Wood '50 from 1973-92, served as president of Marymount College.

Final Report in Brief: The Alumni Committee on Marketing and Communication Committee Members Established by the Whit- ) Executive Committee be on creating and developing William H. Marumoto '57— tier College Board of expanded to include three chapters/clubs in cities with Chairman Trustees in October, 1994, committees: Annual Fund, a concentration of alumni. Tim Arick '84 the committee met four Student Recruitment, and Don Bishop '61 times between December 8, Alumni Service; At its October 13 meet- Jim Ehlers '92 1994, and May 24, 1995: ) After classroom and facul- ing, the Board of Trustees Bill Francis '64 •Objective: To prepare ty office needs are reason- will consider the recom- and recommend the imple- ably satisfied, alumni office mendations made in the Penny C Fraumeni 68 mentation of a plan to in- move back to campus; committee's final report. Pamela Holmes '82 crease alumni participation ) Alumni Association ex- The report calls for the Caroline Ireland '43 in support of the mission of pand the alumni awards committee to reconvene Adan Ortega '84 the college. program to recognize the within one year to evaluate, Milt Stark '58 •Recommendations: achievements of larger in consultation with the Margaret D. Todd 76 ) Alumni Association numbers of alumni, espe- Alumni Association Board Tom Wood'50 Board of Directors be re- cially younger alumni; of Directors, progress made Barry Uzel'65 structured; > Alumni Association focus in implementing this plan.

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Which of the following is f you're a society alumnus from the class of 1993, when the college re- true? claimed on-campus houses from societies, you've probably selected A. On the other hand, if you're a faculty member who has heard of abusive and A.Whittier College is trying to possibly illegal behavior during the pledging period, you might be leaning toward B. destroy the tradition of student The real answer probably lies somewhere in the gray area of "none of the societies. above." The real question—one that's being asked more and more as the college tries to balance the societies' desire for independence with issues of legal- B.Society-related problems are ity and liability—concerns the role societies have traditionally played at going to destroy 'Whittier College. Whittier and what that role should be in the future.

Changing Roles Societies at Whittier have been around STEVE BURNS since 1890. Membership has ebbed and flowed through the years, peaking at nearly 60 percent of the student body 11111vizzak\w~v\ 1\ during the 1940s and dropping to a low of 9 percent in 1970-71. (Current figures hover around the 20-percent mark.) The nature of societies has evolved as well; many early groups were devoted to reading and discussion, while today's nine recognized societies (Athenians, loni- ans, Metaphonians, Palmers and Thalians for women; Franklins, Lancers, Orthogonians and Penns for men) focus on social activities and service. A tradition nearly as long-standing as that of stu- display their Modern-day palmeS dent societies is the formation of committees and task forces to address them. painting prowess (above rright). Drawing on the college's Quaker roots, administrators have preferred to solic- Rock- it input from the campus community on the issue, rather than taking an au- thoritarian stance. Currently, the Board of Trustees' Academic Affairs Com- Continued

THE ROCK FALL 1995 The SOcMy hnfl mittee is sponsoring a sub- thrilled to have nothing prohibited by college policy. other institutions during ini- committee on student life to more than dinners and mid- Nevertheless, many society tiation periods, there are usu- explore the topic, and J. night treks through campus members and observers say ally three factors present. Stanley Sanders '63, the sub- to worry about. Pledging that hazing still occurs at One, the activity was some- committee's chairman, ex- abuses, alcohol regulation at Whittier. thing that the group had pects the group to take con- society functions, and other Such practices could have done for years. Two, they'd crete steps toward concerns have been hot top- serious and far-reaching never had any problems asso- eliminating some of the ics in higher education for consequences, says Dean of ciated with the activity. And problems associated with so- years. Although Whittier's Students Susan Allen, the three, the year the tragedy cieties, without drastically problems have been relative- subcommittee's administra- happened, something com- altering the groups' nature. ly mild, issues of liability and tive representative. "A seri- pletely unexpected was a "We're trying to avoid, if legality are necessarily shap- ous injury or death as a re- contributing factor." possible, radical reform, like ing the current debate. sult of hazing would be One example Allen cites eliminating societies or re- One discussion in which li- devastating to the institu- occurred at Lehigh Universi- quiring national affiliation," ability issues feature promi- tion, to the society involved, ty, where a fraternity tradi- said Sanders. "We agree that nently concerns pledging— and to the society's under- tionally drove its pledges to some reforms are needed, specifically hazing during a wooded area off campus but we'd prefer not to and left them to find disrupt the soci- ACROPOUS their way back. One eties' traditional pledge jumped from the role." car in an apparent escape attempt, suffered Liability Issues severe head injuries Concerns about and died an hour later. societies date back His family sued the almost to the orga- university, three nizations' beginnings deans, the fraternity at Whittier. The ac- and four students for tivities of the $21 million. Acolytes, a men's so- "I understand the ciety formed in 1915, importance of tradi- III were a source of great tion and ritual for so- unease for many cieties," Allen said. Quaker observers, who "But initiation ac- preferred the more tra- tivities that used to ditional doings of the graduate lead- be considered sophomoric 1948 college's literary soci- nterS0CietY COtjtttOfl, ers, who would be held per- antics are now, in many eties. The Acolytes' dinner sonally and financially cases, against the law." parties, theater outings and pledging activities. Hazing, accountable for the inci- A major re-structuring of nighttime "initiation walks" which the law defines in part dent," she said. pledging policies took place made administrators too ner- as an initiation activity Avoiding hazing tragedies, in 1991, when an ad hoc vous, and in 1917, the col- "which causes, or is likely to Allen noted, often means committee recommended re- lege officially disbanded the cause, bodily danger, physical taking a long, hard look at placing the traditional Janu- society. harm, or personal degradation seemingly innocuous activi- ary pledge period with a Today, college and uni- or disgrace resulting in physi- ties. "What I tell students is three-week New Member versity administrators across cal or mental harm," is illegal that, when deaths and seri- Education (NME) program, the country would be in California and expressly ous injuries have occurred at with limits on the location,

THE ROCK FALL 1995 nature and duration of NME a "staunch advocate" of soci- right away," he acknowl- cerned with more than par- activities. eties. "Societies become sur- edged. "Perhaps pledging is tying and pledging. Under the current require- rogate families, replacements suspended until all of the A number of campus ments, all NME activities for high school buddies, a current actives graduate, and buildings and landmarks, in- must take place on campus chance for students to affili- then you start fresh with a cluding the former Poet The- with a faculty or alumni advi- ate, and a lot of students renew group. I can't say for ater, the chapel, the sor present, and societies ally need that," he said. sure what will make it hap- Mendenhall plaque honor- must provide a detailed His support for societies, pen, but pledging has to ing WWII war dead and the schedule of their planned ac- however, does not extend to tivities to the Office of Stu- the pledging process, which dent Life. Any deviations he believes brings out the from the approved schedule worst in some society ac- must be cleared with the tives. "Pledging places peo- dean of students. The total ple in different power rela- number of hours devoted to tionships, with very few all NME activities cannot ex- rules and regulations about ceed 15 per week. No alcohol how to act toward one an- is permitted, and activities other," he explained. "To that fit the definition of haz- attain the goal of turning a ing are strictly prohibited. group of pledges into a When the policies were single unit, humiliation first announced, some soci- becomes a rule. Abuse be- p enn pledges, plaques and paddles, 1956. ety members protested that comes a rule. they went too far; the Quak- "If you allow pledging to come out in the open. Un- er Campus quoted one soci- continue on its current less you do that, people who Orthogonian Fountain were ety president describing the course, it will get worse and gain power in the dark have funded wholly or partially by rules as "ludicrous and over- worse," he concluded. full say as to what happens." societies. Society service pro- demanding." But some facul- "There's a natural human jects encompass everything ty members, citing concerns tendency to be mean in un- Service and Socializing from feeding the homeless to ranging from exhausted equal and unchecked power Societies have made great planting flowers on campus pledges sleeping through relationships where one strides in revising their to publishing the Hustler January classes to possible group attempts to control pledging programs in recent Handbook student directory. violations of law and college another group." years says Susan Allen, not- Members and advisors policy, believe the rules Volckmann, who says his ing that during last year's also emphasize the strong don't go far enough. own pledging experience pledging period, she was not bonds that develop between lasted only one day and aware of a single violation of society members. These at- "Power in the Dark" didn't involve anything he NME regulations. tachments are vital to many One such faculty member considered abusive, suggests Allen also points out that, students who are away from is David Volckmann, profes- eliminating the rituals and while pledging generates a their families and friends for sor of psychology, who be- secrecy associated with the lot of discussion, it's a rela- the first time, they say, and lieves that pledging should pledging process and substi- tively small portion of the are one of the reasons why be either abolished or radi- tuting a service project or society experience. Literary retention rates for society cally changed. other open activity. But is it societies are a thing of the members are much higher Volckmann, who was a possible to regulate activities distant past, but today's ac- than those of independent fraternity member as an un- that are by their very nature tives point to college and students. dergraduate at Hamilton secret? community service projects "I've had students tell me College, describes himself as "Probably not, at least not as evidence that they're con- Continued

THE ROCK FALL 1995 The 5mly hnoH that one of the main reasons now attending law school. to the pressures society societies were allowed to oc- they stayed at Whittier was "The common perception is members are dealing with, cupy small houses on or near their society," said Irene that the only reason the ad- Allen believes societies need the campus that had been Carlyle, assistant professor of ministration wants to keep to take more responsibility if donated to the college. The speech pathology and advi- societies around is because they're to achieve the auton- societies used the houses for sor to the Athenian Society. the [society] alumni give omy they desire. To be truly meetings, social activities Carlyle says she "had little money." autonomous, she points out, and living space for some use for societies" as an un- He added that, while he a society would need to form members, who paid the stan- dergraduate, but has come to doesn't agree entirely with a nonprofit corporation and dard residence hall rate. appreciate the organizations' that perception, he does be- carry its own liability insur- According to Allen, the value to students. "Coopera- lieve that the college is ance. So far, no society has arrangement was problemat- tion, networking, organiza- often too hard on societies, been willing or able to meet ic. The single-family resi- tion, forethought, the enor- especially when it comes to those criteria. dences were not well suited mous amount of energy they pledging. "The societies will always to group living, were difficult bring to their activities— Allen noted that society have a relationship with the to maintain, invited a variety these are the qualities we try actives have been under college, because their mem- of risks for the college and to inculcate in our students, pressure at times from some bers are Whittier College societies, and created some and they come to fruition in alumni to carry on tradition- students and their alumni tension between the college societies." al pledging activities that are Whittier alumni," Allen and neighboring residents. Subcommittee chair Over the years, the houses Sanders also points out that "That view of the society as fell into disrepair, and there society members tend to be organic, as having a life beyond were annual disagreements strong supporters of the col- over which societies would lege. "Alumni who are the four years of active membership occupy the available houses. most active contributors, fi- as an undergraduate—that can be The completion of Turner nancially and otherwise, are Residence Hall in 1989 took of great value to our societies.." almost always members of so- care of the housing crunch, cieties," he said. "They tend and college administrators to be active on behalf of the violate the law and college said. "The degree of over- decided the small houses college during their under- policies, and having those sight or involvement in a could be put to better use as graduate years, and they con- activities vetoed by adminis- particular society's opera- office space. In the spring of tinue that as alumni. They're trators can put actives in an tions could be reduced, but 1993, the college reclaimed our single most identifiable uncomfortable position. any student organization the small houses. body of supporters." "Balancing alumni expec- that wants to operate inde- "That was seen as a terri- tations and college policy pendently must be willing to ble blow," said Irene Carlyle. Autonomy and Reality can be difficult for society step out from under the um- "The Athenians' house was Despite all those benefits, leaders," she said, "but the brella of the college." tiny—only two or three some members and alumni college is committed to members lived there, and allege that administrators working with students and Housing Concerns everyone crammed in for and faculty members don't alumni to make it easier. Next to New Member Ed- meetings. But it was their give societies the respect We're finding ways to re- ucation, the biggest society- own. We all know how im- they deserve. "There is a be- shape some of these prob- related discussion revolves portant it is to have a place lief out there that the school lematic activities so that tra- around society housing, or, of your own." wants to get rid of societies," ditions are preserved, and more specifically, the lack of Several societies now said Joe Akrotirianakis'95, a laws and college policies are it. Beginning in the 1970s, rent houses in Whittier, but former president of the Or- followed." partly in response to a lack such arrangements are often thogonian Society who is While she's sympathetic of on-campus housing, some tenuous. Since the college

Q THE ROCK FALL 1995 requires students to live on liability insurance by the na- set policy for the society and tion gap between actives campus through the junior tional organization, involve- act as liaison with the col- and alumni. The experience year, unless they're married ment of the national organi- lege administration. of a Lancer today is com- or live with parents, some zation in enforcing codes of How well would alumni pletely different from that of societies don't have enough conduct by local chapters, oversight sit with society ac- a Lancer from my genera- senior members who are and the relationship be- tives, who have operated tion. Through alumni in- able to bear the responsibil- tween the national organiza- with relative independence? volvement, we can begin to ity of finding and maintain- tion and the administrators "My view is that the stu- bridge that gap and strength- ing an off-campus house. of campuses that have local dents would welcome it," en the societies." College administrators are chapters. In the end, Sanders said, working to find alterna- the subcommittee hopes tives; one possibility is to societies will be strength- set aside floors in residence ened as a result of whatev- halls for societies, a propos- er policies the group de- al that so far has received cides on. "What's good for lukewarm response from so- the societies is also good ciety members. for alumni relations and good for the college," he "National" Option noted. "We want to en- Another highly charged ergize and structure the issue is the possibility of relationship between "going national"—of Whit- the institution and the tier's independent societies societies, and in so affiliating with national doing, breathe new life Greek letter organizations. into the entire society The Board of Trustees sub- system." U committee has explored es her box of chocolates,1949 such an option as one way to An Ionian shar improve governance and said Sanders. "It gives them oversight of societies. "We're exploring the ex- a brotherhood or sisterhood National affiliation would tent to which we could that they haven't had be- require a fundamental achieve those ingredients, fore, and I think it's what change in the nature of soci- first without national affilia- they want." eties at Whittier. It's a tion, and secondly with na- Sanders believes it's also change that Sanders says the tional affiliation," said what alumni want. "It would The Academic Affairs Sub- subcommittee would prefer Sanders. give them an official handle committee on Student not to make, but he also says for something they've want- that national affiliation has Alumni Opportunities ed to do, but didn't know Life welcomes alumni

some desirable aspects, and Another aspect of nation- how to go about it," he said. input on the role of soci- the committee would like to al organizations that Sanders "That view of the society eties at Whittier. You can see some of those aspects in- would like to see at Whittier as organic, as having a life corporated into Whittier's is more structured alumni in- beyond four years of active write to the subcommittee society system. volvement. One possible membership as an under- in care of the Office of the Such positive factors in- scenario would include a graduate—that can be of President, Whittier Col- clude ownership of proper- governing board for each so- great value to our societies," lege, P.O. Box 634, Whitti- ty—society houses, for ex- ciety, consisting of both ac- he continued. "In some ample—and carrying of tives and alumni, that would cases, there's a huge genera- er, CA 90608.

THE ROCK FALL 1995 vihe Way of the I R 10 Whittier College's legacy includes three Rhodes Scholars

By BETSY KEMP '93

ritish colonial pi- J. Stanley Sanders '63 experience opened his eyes Whittier College Board of oneer and states- "A Rhodes Scholarship is to the world outside of his Trustees and has served on man Cecil J. a kind of regency that is Los Angeles neighborhood. the California Rhodes Rhodes carefully crafted the conferred on individuals "I had never been to school Scholarship Board for the Rhodes Scholarship to en- with whites. I think the fur- past 20 years. at a very early age—there able young minds and po- thest I had traveled at age 17 are few comparable tential world leaders to was maybe to Sacramento." Darrell Walker '76 come together from around recognitions in American Although he was drafted "I am in an industry the world to receive an edu- life. It stays with you." by the Chicago Bears after where most of the people I cation at Oxford University, Stan Sanders was born graduation, Sanders decided his alma mater. Since 1903, and raised in the Watts area to pursue his education at work with don't have the the scholarship has nurtured of Los Angeles. A political Oxford. Sanders says that slightest idea that I am a students who are committed science major and philoso- choosing the Bears over Ox- Rhodes Scholar, or what and dedicated to their com- phy/religion double minor, ford was never a temptation that even means. I kind munities and education, and he served as student body because of the uncertainties of like the fact that this is who are honest, unselfish president and left a legacy of of a career in professional an industry that doesn't and successful in sports and athletic achievements at sports and the high value his necessarily value those leadership. Whittier College. family placed on education. Each year, 79 Rhodes Sanders says his college He was admitted to Mag- kinds of artificial creden- Scholarships are divided dalen College at Oxford tials—it has its own, of among 18 countries. Thirty- University, where he re- which I have none!" two of them are designated ceived an M.A. in politics, Darrell Walker, who also for students from the United philosophy and economy. was born and raised in Los States. America's Rhodes He went on to earn a law Angeles and a political sci- Scholars include President degree at Yale University. ence major at Whittier Col- Bill Clinton, the late Sena- He has since returned to Los lege, was editor of the Quak- tot J. William Fuibright, Angeles, where he is an ater Campus, president of the singer Kris Kristofferson and torney and a familiar figure Black Student Union, presi- three Whittier College on the local political scene. dent of Pi Sigma Alpha and alumni. Sanders is a member of the a two-time letterman in

THE ROCK FALL 1995 J. Stanley Sanders '63 Darrell Walker '76 Pamela (Hill) Park '89 football. During his sopho- enced that. It was easy for women eligible. Park came plete research on the un- more year, Walker had a dis- me to fit in." He was admit- to Whittier from Minneton- touchables caste for her the- cussion with one of his polit- ted to The Queen's College, ka, Minn., and joined the sis. "It was during this time ical science professors, who where he received an M.A. Whittier Scholars Program, that I realized I wanted to told him that he was expect- in politics, philosophy and where she devised a major in continue in the field of relied to apply for the Rhodes economics. Walker later re- religion and culture. Her gious studies, but that I his senior year. He decided ceived a J.D. from Stanford final project included living wanted to focus on my own to give it a shot, and soon Law School. with Hare Krishnas for a tradition." learned that he would be Today, Walker is senior week. Park's involvement in Park is now at Lancaster Whittier's second Rhodes vice president for business sports earned her varsity let- University in England, Scholar. affairs for Columbia Pictures ters in swimming, soccer, where she is pursuing an Walker says his college International. He's also in- softball and cross country. M.A. in religious studies experience served him well volved in numerous organi- "One of the greatest with a focus on Christianity at Oxford. "Whittier is zations he describes as being strengths of Whittier Col- and feminism. She married small, intimate and very fa- "devoted to public service lege is the freedom and op- Tarjei Park, an Englishman milial; it gave me more forti- and fighting the world's portunity given to students she met at Oxford, and they tude in dealing with the fight," and says that activism to get involved in a wide have a daughter, Maria thousands of students, the is something he'll never give range of activities," she said. Rosa, born in August of bustling city and the culture up. "That's just been a con- At Oxford's Pembroke 1994. The Park family plans shock of Oxford University. stant in my life. It's some- College, she studied the to move to the United I think what Oxford tries to thing all Rhodes Scholars Sanskrit and Pali languages States in 1999 so that do, despite all the students, should have in common— in the Oriental studies pro- Pamela can pursue a Ph.D. is make each of the colleges something all people should gram. Park has completed at the University of Chica- a kind of center or focal have in common." the three religious studies go, with teaching at a liberal point in the student's life, components for the Master arts college in mind. and I had already experi- Pamela (Hill) Park '89 of Philosophy degree, but "I thought most of the has yet to finish the lan- Rhodes Scholarships were guage requirement. "With given to people from Har- the education I received at Whittier, I was well vard or Yale and skepti- equipped for the study of In- cally thought my achieve- dian religion. I relied on the ments at Whittier would self-direction and self-moti- not count for much." vation skills I had practiced Pam (Hill) Park received throughout the course of the the honor 13 years after the Whittier Scholars Program." rules of the Rhodes Scholar- While at Oxford, she ship were modified to make traveled to India to com-

THE ROCK FALL 1995 he Bottom Line

Compiled by Judy Kidder Browning

Three Foundation Grants Support College-Community Programs

nion Bank Foun- of America are headquar- Students with an interest in cation like Whittier's, com- dation, tered in the San Francisco banking, finance, business, bined with a first-hand un- BankAmerica Bay Area. economics or international derstanding of the Japanese U Foundation and studies were encouraged to language, culture and busi- the B. C. McCabe Founda- Internship apply. This summer's partici- ness practices." tion have awarded grants Opportunities pants were Magaly Afiune BankAmerica Foundation that, when completed, will A $50,000 grant was used '96, Maria Lucia de Leon '96, awarded $40,000 to the provide almost $500,000 to to establish the Union Eric Jencks '96, Tracy Kemp Center of Mexican Ameri- support innovative scholar- Bank/Bank of Tokyo student '96 and David Kogler and can Affairs. Payable over ship, programming and di- exchange program in Japan Jernique Mitchell, who both two years beginning this fall, versity at Whittier College. this summer. Six Whittier will graduate in December. the grant will be used to sup- "The grants from Union students worked in paid in- Raymond Parker '71, exec- port scholarships and pro- Bank Foundation and ternships at Union Bank in utive vice president of Union gramming provided by the BankAmerica Foundation Los Angeles and then toured Bank, was instrumental in se- center, which is the hub of demonstrate that Whittier's businesses in Japan with curing the grant. "I take great activities, support and recog- outstanding reputation is Haw-Jan Wu, instructor of pride in this partnership be- nition for the college's His- reaching corporate leaders business administration. tween Union Bank and my panic population. At 27 per- throughout California," said Union Bank is 72-percent alma mater," he said. "Inter- cent of the student body, Joseph M. Zanetta, vice owned by the Bank of Tokyo. national companies like ours Whittier's Hispanic enroll- president for advancement. The program will facilitate have a growing need for grad- ment is the largest among Both Union Bank and Bank cultural exchange, Wu said. uates who have a strong edu- California's 73 independent colleges. Recent Gifts to Whittier College "These grants are signifi-

GIFT DONOR PURPOSE cant because they represent an endorsement of our acad- $61,906 Estate of Helena Barrett Basye Scholarships emic programs by major cor- $25,000 Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Feinberg Endowed Lecture Fund porate foundations," Zanetta $15,000 George Grasty Annuity/Foreign said. "The programs they Languages support—our international $4,000 Estate of Margaret Small Gray '31 Patrons of the Library outreach to the Pacific Rim $290,760 Estate of Louise Schwellenbach Nelson '52 Weingart Loan Fund and our Center of Mexican $14,700 Estate of Pearl M. Pearson '50 Memorial Fund American Affairs—are high-

$13,500 The Ann Peppers Foundation Earth Sciences quality programs designed to Instruction continue Whittier's fine tra- $10,000 Estate of Ricarda Pearson Pyle '27 Newsom Scholarship dition of challenging stu-

$100,000 Roberta Garrett Veloz '57 Garrett House dents to enhance their Endowment skills."

THE ROCK FALL 1995 STEVE BURNS

Whittier already has plained that the children received $100,000 from the form strong, positive relation- B. C. McCabe Foundation to fie ships with Whittier's students fund the McCabe Scholars Scholarship recipients and donors were feted at Scholar- through the Fifth Dimension Program. Anticipated to be a ship Celebration '95 last spring. Carol Ramsey (lower program. "College students four-year program with right), program officer for education and diversity with visited the classrooms of Fifth $250,000 in additional fund- the James Irvine Foundation, visits with (clockwise from Dimension kids and orga- ing from the foundation and lower left) President James L. Ash, Jr.; Lourdes Regueiro nized special class projects," a $50,000 match from the '95, recipient of an Alianza de los Amigos scholarship; he said. "They've volunteered college, the McCabe Schol- Deanna Mayer '96, who received Haynes, Hearst and extra time for tutoring their ars Program will enhance ed- Irvine Foundation scholarships; Kathryn M. Forte, vice Fifth Dimension friends; ucational opportunities both president for external affairs and director of major gifts; they've organized parties for for Whittier College students TELACU scholar Antonia Ayala '97; and Joseph M. Zanetta, club members. Children and for children in the Whit- vice president for advancement. often arrive in the Fifth Di- tier community. mension [room] calling out dents. The Fifth Dimension Ion Foundation. The addi- excitedly for their particular Community involves children working tion of McCabe scholars will college friend. Outreach their way through a complex enable the program's hours to "Extending these kinds of McCabe Scholars will re- maze using educational com- be extended and many more activities—and with them ceive tuition assistance and puter games and telecommu- children to be served. the children's world knowl- work-study funding to sup- nications. edge and life goals—is an im- port eight to 10 hours per "This grant is significant Friendships Thrive portant, immediate goal of week working in programs because while the B. C. Mc- McCabe scholars will the McCabe Scholars Pro- like the Fifth Dimension, a Cabe Foundation is located eventually assume leadership gram," Bremme said. U community-based, after- in Whittier, this is the first for community service activi- school educational program, grant it has ever made to ties beyond the Fifth Dimen- under the direction of Don- Whittier College," Zanetta sion. As a first step, they will For more information said. "James D. Shepard, a plan and conduct a series of ald Bremme, associate pro- on any of the programs fessor of education. Begun in trustee of the McCabe Foun- campus visits for disadvan- profiled in this section or 1993 at the Whittier Boys dation, visited the campus taged Whittier children dur- and Girls Club, the Fifth Di- several times and became ac- ing the 1995-96 academic on how to help the col- mension serves children ages quainted with Dr. Bremme. year. More than 200 chil- lege meet the matching 7-12. Its three primary goals Their interaction convinced dren are expected to tour the challenge for the Mc- are building literacy, math Shepard that Whittier is campus, eat lunch with stu- and problem-solving skills; committed to community in- dents and faculty, and attend Cabe Scholars Program, promoting social develop- volvement by its students." an athletic or theatrical contact Robert E Mc- Whittier is one of only event. ment and collaboration; and Quinn, assistant vice forming mentor relationships seven sites in the world host- The interpersonal side of president for develop- between elementary school- ing the program, which has the program is important, ac- age children and college stu- been supported by the Mel- cording to Bremme, who ex- ment, at (310) 907-4209.

THE ROCK FALL 1995 ports Shorts

Compiled by Purple & Gold Club Honors Outstanding Athletes Rock Carter '89

ara Barnhart'95 Barnhart majored in biolo- a 4.0 fall semester GPA. She and Brett gy and lettered in cross coun- is a member of Cap and Schraeder '95 try four years, track for three Gown, the senior women's T were named Out- years and swimming for one honorary society for leader- standing Scholar Athletes for year. She also was active in ship and scholarship. 1995 by the Purple & Gold women's club lacrosse for A double major in mathe- athletic booster club. Pre- three seasons. She earned matics and political science, sented to the athletes who first or second team All- Schraeder lettered in soccer excel both in the classroom SCIAC honors in cross all four years at Whittier, and and on the playing field, the country in all four years of also played junior varsity bas- awards were just two of sever- competition, and in 1992, ketball. He was co-captain of al given at Purple & Gold's she competed at the NCAA the soccer team for two years annual award banquet last national championship as an and named most valuable May. individual. She was named player three times. He was Other awards presented at the 11-9-5 Club Freshman twice selected as an All- the banquet included Ath- Athlete of the Year in 1992. SCIAC goalkeeper and was lete of the Year, given to Barnhart was named to named to the National Soc- Dave Jacobs retired in April Carter Devol '95 and Helen the Dean's List for two years cer Coaches Association All after 23 years as head bas- Garcia'95, and Freshman and was honored by the Far West team in 1992, the ketball coach at Whither Athlete of the Year, which NCAA Cross Country same year he was named College. He will concen- went to Jim Zimmerman '98 Coaches Association as an Freshman Athlete of the trate his efforts on his on- and Olivia Gonzalez '98. Academic All American for Year by the 11-9-5 Club. going duties as director of athletics. Rock Carter '89, Box Score assistant to Jacobs for Teams competing in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference seven years, has been (SCIAC) include Caltech, Cal Lutheran, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, La Verne, Occiden- named as his successor. tal, Pomona-Pitzer, Redlands and Whittier. Not all schools participate in every sport. Here's how Whittier's spring sports teams fared:

Team Overall Conference Conference Record Record Ranking Baseball 13-24 10-11 5th Softball 6-30 6-18 6th Women's Tennis 1-12 0-7 8th Men's Tennis 6-12 2-5 5th Women's Water Polo 6-7-1 3-5 3rd Golf 1-6 dual 1-6 - Lacrosse 13-7 12-2 3rd* Women's Track - 2-5 6th Men's Track - 0-7 8th *Western Collegiate Lacrosse League Rock Carter

THE ROCK FALL 1995 PHOTOS: STEVE BURNS six semesters.Hereceived ing scholarathlete;JimZimmerman'98,freshmanathleteoftheyear;CarterDevol'95,ath- leadership excellence,andis ic Scholarshipandwas the SophomoreLeadership Greenleaf WhittierAcadem- lete oftheyear;andBrettSchraeder'95,outstandingscholarathlete. named totheDean'sListfor Whittier's topathletesfor1995are,clockwisefromlefttoright,OliviaGonzalez'98,fresh- the politicalsciencehon- orary society,andOmicron a memberofPiSigmaAlpha, defensive backforthePoets the thirdyearinarow.He This yearhewasvotedbest Award foracademicand and alsowasnamedtothe man athleteoftheyear;HelenGarcia'95,TaraBarnhartoutstand- honorary society. Devol wasafour-yearletter- Delta Kappa,theleadership All—SCIAC second teamin All—SCIAC secondteamfor man infootballandbaseball. was namedtothe Schraeder receivedaJohn A politicalsciencemajor, for thelacrosseteam,which average anda.528slugging country fouryearsandin Freshman Athleteofthe Year bythe11-9-5Clubin track forthree.Shewas baseball aswellwitha.361 percentage. Hewasnamed onships, shewasalsonamed of theYear.Amember 3,000 meters. 1992. that placed21stinthe twice incrosscountryand conference championinthe NCAA nationalchampi- named mostvaluableplayer placed thirdin theWCLL All-SCIAC intrackandwas women's crosscountryteam was namedSCIACRunner Zimmerman playedattack Garcia letteredincross THE ROCK jury, heplacedfourthonthe the WCLLAllStarsandwas League Team.Despitemiss- ing sixgamesduetoanin- to maketheUSILAAll the firstfreshmanin10years second team.intrack,she overall scoringcolumn. lege topperformance list.• top finisherforWhittierat team ingoalsandfifththe playoffs. Hewasnamedto and track,Gonzalezwasthe gone asateam.Shewas in theall—timeWhittierCol- individual hadWhittiernot the NCAARegionalsand named totheAll-SCIAC national championshipsasan 1500-meter eventandfourth was Whittier'sleaderinthe would havequalifiedforthe Lettering incrosscountry FALL 1995 POETS BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE SOFTBALL 2ND TEAM 1sT 1ST TEAM Brandon Boettner'95 Carter Devol'95 2ND TEAM Jessie Anderson'98 1ST TEAM Beth Stikkers'96 Schkara Leonard'98 2ND TEAM GOLF WOMEN'S WATERPOLO Tim Westphal'95 Jim Zimmerman'98 LACROSSE Juan Rodriquez'98 Steve Siegmund'98 Meegan Williams'95 WOMEN'S TRACK Brad Downey'97 Mitch Carty'96 Helen Garcia'95 Hay Cheam'97 Malaika Williams'96 Michelle Barisdale'96 MEN'S TRACK Myles Copeland'97 TEAM alendar of Events

September 29 Sunday 10 Sunday 7 Thursday 2p.m., Center of 3p.m., Chorale Bel Canto: Fall Semester Classes Begin Mexican American Sing-Along "Messiah," Affairs Tardeada, Shannon Center 17 Sunday Upper Quad 3 p.m., Chamber Music 3p.m., Chorale Be! 11 Monday Series: David Stenske & Canto: "Crossroads," Reading Day Wendy Caldwell, Ruth B. Memorial Chapel Shannon Center for the 7p.m.,jazz at Whit- 12-15 Tuesday—Friday Performing Arts tier: Larry Karush Final Exams Begin Quintet, Shannon 30 Saturday Center / 16 Saturday 4 & 8p.m., Musicfest III: Semester Break Bach to Broadway, Inter- 31 Tuesday faith Food Center Benefit, 7p.m., Halloween 17 Sunday Shannon Center Haunt, Stauffer Hall 3 p.m., Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto, October November The Guild Trio Shannon Center 5 Thursday 2 Thursday 7p.m., Alumni Career 5p.m., Poet Awards Gala, 23-26 Thursday—Sunday January Thanksgiving Break Night, Faculty Center Friendly Hills Country Club 8 Monday January Interim Begins 29-2 Wednesday— 13 Friday 3 Friday Saturday Mid-semester break Homecoming Weekend 14 Sunday 8p.m., "The Three Sisters," 3 p.m., A Tribute to Mar- Theatre Production, 18-21 Wednesday— 4 Saturday garetha Lohmann, Shannon Shannon Center Saturday 7p.m., Whittier vs. Oxy, Center • 8p.m., "Rumors," Theatre Memorial Stadium December Production, Shannon Center 5 Sunday 3 Sunday 3 p.m., "The Three Sisters," For information on 22 Sunday 3 p.m., "The Princess and Shannon Center 3 p.m., "Rumors," Shannon the Pea," produced by Cali- events in the Ruth B. Shan- 3p.m., Whittier College Center fornia Theatre Center, non Center for the Per- Shannon Center String Ensemble, Memorial Chapel forming Arts or Memorial 24 Tuesday 12:30 p.m., Whittier College 11 Saturday Chapel, contact the Shan- 5 Tuesday Wind Ensemble, Shannon 8p.m., The Guild Trio, 12:30 p.m., Whittier Col- non Center Box Office at Center Shannon Center lege Wind Ensemble, (310) 907-4203. Shannon Center 27 Friday 12 Sunday For information on ath- Family Weekend Begins 7p.m.,jazz at Whittier: letic events, contact the Chucho Valdés, Shannon 5-10 Tuesday—Sunday TBA, Madrigal Feaste, 28 Saturday Center / Graham Activities Center Faculty Center 8p.m., Chorale Bel Canto: at (310) 907-4271. "Crossroads," Memorial 13 Monday 8 Friday For information on other Chapel 8p.m., Lecture: Author Steven Gould, Shannon Fall Semester Classes End events, contact the Office Center of Communications at

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RUMORS CROSSROADS by Neil Simon SING-ALONG MESSIAH THE THREE SISTERS CHRISTMAS WITH by Anton Chekov CHORALE BEL CANTO THE BEGGAR'S OPERA MESSIAH by Jo!]!] Gay THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE CHAMBER MUSIC JAZZ SERIES AT WHITTIER

DAVID STENSKE LARRY KARUSH QUINTET Violin & Viola THE CLAYTON-HAMILTON WENDY CALDWELL JAZZ ORCHESTRA Piano VALARIE KING THE GUILD TRIO CHUCHO VALDEZ Piano, Violin, and Cello CANTORI SINE NOMINE Chamber Choir and Orchestra FAMILY 59th Annual Bach Festival ENTERTAINMENT PLUS MUSIC OF THE MUSES THE PRINCESS AND THE COLLEGE CHOIR PEA A TRIBUTE TO MARGARETHA FROG AND TOAD LOHMANN 241,i7,/ THE MAGIC BEANS FREE CONCERTS "A Jewel Box" - Henri Mancini The Hall was a pleasure to perform in, with The Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing excellent acoustics and ambiance." Arts is a warm, intimate, 400-seat facility, - Justo Almario recently completed on the Whittier College •We were impressed, had a marvelous time Campus. Embodying the philosophies of this and enjoyed ourselves both personally and private, selective, liberal arts college, The musically..." Shannon Center presents the finest entertainers - Les Stallings, New Cue Brass Quintet in an inviting and friendly atmosphere. "Wonderful Sound, Great Staff, A Real We hope you will enjoy your visit with us. Treasui." We look forward to serving you. - Louis Perez, Los Lobos

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