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Western Washington University Western CEDAR Western Reports and Résumé Western Publications Winter 1984 Résumé, Winter, 1984, Volume 15, Issue 02 Alumni Association, WWU Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Alumni Association, WWU, "Résumé, Winter, 1984, Volume 15, Issue 02" (1984). Western Reports and Résumé. 195. https://cedar.wwu.edu/alumni_reports/195 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western Reports and Résumé by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A. A hollow copper figure with 354 acupuncture points left as tiny holes was used by the Chinese for medical training. The figure was covered with wax, then filled with water, which trickled out whenever a student hit the right spot with his needle. This figure is 700 to 1,000 years old and will be on display at the “China: 7,000 Years of Discovery” exhibit March 1 through August 31 at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. VOL. 15, NO. 2 . Winter 1984 t . «4 A Report to Alumni and Other Friends of Western Washington University Western calling n energetic group of students, alumni and other friends of AWestern are spending their > evening hours talking on the tele phone about Western, its needs, its future and Its ongoing quality. This annual phonathon is de signed to contact as many Western supporters as possible throughout the year. Callers are asking WWU alumni, former students and past supporters to make a financial pledge to one of three areas within . the University: • A gift to the Western Annual Fund-- providing University-wide support for a variety of exciting and Innovative programs and activities. Annual fund contributions are used for such Items as scholarships, the purchase of needed equipment, and books for Wilson Library. • A gift to the Alumni Fund — providing for talented students to attend WWU. For students who do John DeFranco, No. 10 (center), handles the ball for the Vikings. not qualify for publicly funded finan cial aid, the only hope for assistance is through private scholarship DeFranco sparks Vikings sources. Western because of Its strong • Joining the Alumni Club — t 5-foot-9, John DeFranco is his deadly jump shot. providing members with a WWU not the world’s tallest basket And in an age of 6-fooM guards, business program and because he liked the Bellingham area. He also alumni coffee mug, use of Wilson ball player, but at least he DeFranco is proof that ail Is not lost Library, discounts at the Associated A for the little man. liked Westphal’s use of a disciplined knows where he stands in the eyes of fast break offense. Students Bookstore, access to his coach. “I think there’s a place in basket campus films, use of the Outdoor Westphal has given his prize “There are three types of ball for the smaller guard,” DeFranco Equipment Rental Shop, four compli recruit the freedom to take charge on players,” explains Western men’s said after a recent practice. mentary tickets to WWU basketball the floor, particularly In pressure hoop mentor Bill Westphal. “Players Westphal, who was the top situations. or football games (and student who make things happen, players assistant for the San Diego Clippers prices thereafter), discount cards on “I like to be a leader,” DeFranco who watch things happen and of the NBA before coming to Hertz and Avis rental cars, and Western, agreed. said matter-of-factly. “I like to take players who say, ‘What happened?’ special events. “A small, quick guard enables you control. Coaches I’ve had in the past John is a player who makes things So when that phone rings and a to fast break on made or missed wanted everybody to be a leader. happen.” Western volunteer asks you for your baskets and gives you an ace in the You can’t have that. You’ve got to pledge — give generously and Those familiar with DeFranco’s have one or two.” hole against teams that try to press support your University. □ whirlwind brand of basketball won’t Despite his scrambling, basellne- .‘w„ ■ you,” he said. “He [DeFranco] can f . find Westphal’s observation sur beat two men. Then you have the to-baseline approach, DeFranco prising. To say DeFranco makes numbers at the other end. If the regularly plays most of the game. More climbers join things happen is like saying other team presses us. It becomes an “His philosophy is to never pace Enumclaw had a blustery Christmas. asset.” himself,” Westphal said. “He just Nielson at the top The super-quick point guard led A gambler on defense, goes all out until he drops. It’s his Last summer we reported that the state in scoring as a senior at DeFranco’s frantic, harassing style trademark.” Larry Nielson became the first Seattle’s O’Dea High School, makes even simple passes difficult DeFranco said simply, “I don’t American to climb 29,000-foot Mount averaging 31.7 points a game. Three for opponents, who regularly under have time to get tired.” He added, “I Everest without the use of oxygen. won’t miss a shot or get beat Well, Western grads apparently years—and three teams—later, his estimate his leaping ability and throw miniaturized magic has sparked the the ball right into his hands. “He because I’m tired. I pride myself on know a challenge when they see one, creates turnovers by forcing guys to the shape I’m In. I haven’t lost a and now another Western alum has Vikings to a 14-10 record, including hurry and do dumb things,” observed windsprint [In practice] ail year.” completed another climbing first on the championship at their own Westphal, who calls DeFranco “the DeFranco doesn’t think he’s lost Mount Everest. Holiday Invitational Tournament. He quickest player I’ve ever coached.” much because of his stature either, Carlos Buhler (’78) was one of six leads the team In steals (4.0 average) Offered a scholarship to Idaho although he admitted that he Americans to reach Everest’s peak and assists (4.1 average) and is State University after high school, wouldn’t mind being six inches taller on October 8 by way of the Western’s second-leading scorer DeFranco played a year for the if he could retain his quickness. treacherous eastern route. Another with a 16.5 average. Bengals as a reserve before trans Barring a genetic quirk, however, Washington state resident, Kim But numbers alone don’t measure ferring to Bellevue Community DeFranco won’t get any taller. His Momb of Spokane, joined Buhler in DeFranco’s contribution to a WWU College. There he earned All-Region father stands 5-foot-7 and his mother the climb, marking the first time any squad with an average height of 6- honors, helping the Helmsmen (19- 5-foot-2. But that doesn’t seem to westerners had scaled the world’s foot-2. His deft ball-handling, heady 10) advance to the state playoffs. bother John or his parents. T" highest peak from the Tibetan side. floor leadership and contagious With plans of eventually taking “At our house, we measure Previously, only Chinese climbers enthusiasm have done as much to over his father’s Seattle insurance people from the neck up,” he : i had been able to successfully make turn the Vikings Into giant-killers as company, DeFranco said he came to said. □ that climb, in 1960 and 1975. □ ’ corrmert .-V-' - -'.- ■ \ h- ‘i ** t’‘t - J- Edge of Inge * »S W-*. *t V V - * * ' ~ r 4 - \ > t BY STEVE INGE / Director of Alumni Relations have a favorite story from early 19th-century United States history. It concerns a cartoon in the Times of London, depicting a British bobby urging a man to get off the streets at a very late hour and return toI his home. Replies the man, dressed in diplomatic attire, “Home, sir, I have no home. I am the American ambassador.” There is a strained analogy between quarters for the impoverished United States ambassador to the Court of St. James, and the Western Alumni Association. The improvement of our respective quarters reflects the improved prosperity and importance of both. In the beginning, the Alumni Office was a card file box in the Placement Bureau. The records noted the migration of teachers through their careers. With increased diversity at Western came more names—thus, more time involved in keeping track of people. A desk in the placement center became the sole repository for alumni records and, hence, the “alumni office” of its time. In the mid-sixties. Western gave serious thought to the matter of alumni, and a “real” office was assigned. It was located in the Campus School, prior to its being remodeled into Miller Hall, it had blackboards, a cloak room, and was dark and green. With the remodeling project to create Miller Hall, we moved to the Colorado Senator and presidential candidate Gary Hart didn’t miss ah opportunity to gather building that some know as Men's Residence Hall, others as the Education potential votes this fall when he made Western one stop on his presidential campaign swing. Building and, most recently. College Hall. This was a step up. Space was Hart spoke to a full house in the Viking Union Building. Associated Students President Dana •^3 doubled. The offices had medicine chests on the wall, and I had a sink of Grant (left) provided introductions.