SUMMER 2020 | VOLUME 96 | ISSUE 2 News for Alumni & Friends of the University of Redlands Perspectives on the pandemic 60+ ways U of R has responded to the coronavirus College admissions and aid during COVID-19 OCH TAMALE MAGAZINE VOL. 96, ISSUE 2 SUMMER 2020 President Ralph W. Kuncl Interim Chief Communications Cover Story Officer and Editor Mika Elizabeth Ono Managing Editor Lilledeshan Bose Vice President, Advancement Tamara Michel Josserand Associate Vice President, Advancement Gabrielle Gomez Singh ’96, ’01 Director, Alumni and Community Relations Shelli Stockton Director of Advancement Communications and Donor Relations Laura Gallardo ’03 Class Notes Editor PHOTO ILLUSTRATION JUAN BY GARCIA Mary Littlejohn ’03 Director, Creative Services 21 Jennifer Alvarado Graphic Designer Perspectives on Juan Garcia Contributors the pandemic Betsy Castellanos U of R faculty provide their insights into Charles Convis a crisis that’s both a collective experience Michelle Dang ’14 and one that is inherently personal. Jennifer M. Dobbs ’17 Kaitlyn Garrison ’21 Cali Godley Stephanie Lyskawa Coco McKown ’04, ’10 Laurie McLaughlin Jackson Miller Michele Nielsen ’99 Aaron Okayama 12 Katie Olson Carlos Puma Rachel Roche ’96, ’02 60+ ways U of R Stephanie Schoppe ’16, ’18 William Vasta has responded to Eric Whedbee Katie Wong the coronavirus Och Tamale is published by the From paying student employees for the entire semester CARLOS PUMA CARLOS University of Redlands. to donating 10,000 pounds of food to the Family Service Association of Redlands and offering a walk-in medical clinic for the homeless, the University expressed its community spirit. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Och Tamale University of Redlands PO Box 3080 Redlands, CA 92373-0999 Copyright 2020 Phone: 909-748-8070 34 Email: [email protected] MATHIS WORKS AND TARRAS 79 Web: www.redlands.edu/OchTamale College admissions and aid Please send comments and address changes to [email protected]. Please also let us know if you are receiving multiple copies during COVID-19 or would like to opt out of your subscription. Vice President for Enrollment Kevin Dyerly ’00, ’04 speaks to how the Admissions team is making a case for a personalized education at U of R and helping to meet students’ new needs. “When this all began, this community came together to provide support for each other. That has been one of the most significant silver linings.” — University Dean of Student Affairs Donna Eddleman, chair of the U of R Coronavirus Response Team Cover illustration of hope by Yuko Shimizu Letters to the editor As a retired professor from Grossmont College, I was impressed with the last issue of Och Tamale magazine and the “five favorite words” shared by U of R professors [“What Are Your Favorite Words? on COCO MCKOWN ’04, ’10 page 19 in Spring 2020 issue]. I was a geology major at Redlands, and I like the word “interstices,” which refers MATIAS LAZO-FANNING ’20 LAZO-FANNING MATIAS to a small layer of unidentified rock between layers of identified rock. In general, it embodies an unidentified time or space. In life, it is that opportunity to collect 6 your wits. I wonder if others have favorite words they may wish to share, and why. Robert Steinbach ’54 DEPARTMENTS 16 Much applause and accolades to President Kuncl and 2 View from 305 the contributing professors of the last Och Tamale. May I suggest a subsequent issue that will feature people 3 On Campus who will continue the dialogue about language and its use/misuse in our society? The “theoretical” stage was 6 Arts, Culture, Conversation set by part 1 [“The Power of Language” on page 20 in Spring 2020 issue]; its “real world“ application would be a natural for part 2. 8 Bulldog Athletics Bill Woolworth ’61 10 Worth 1,000 Words 16 Off Campus The “Och Tamale” cheer 32 32 Campaign Update Originally called the “Psalm of Collegiate Thanksgiving,” the “Och Tamale” cheer was written by cheerleader C. Merle Waterman ’20 and classmates Walter J. 35 Cortner Society Richards ’21 and Jack Slutsk ’22. The “Och Tamale” is recited when the Bulldogs score a touchdown, at pep 38 Alumni News rallies, Homecoming, alumni events, or as a greeting COURTESY OF ANN HALLIGAN ’76 HALLIGAN ANN OF COURTESY to fellow alumni. 38 Class Notes Och Tamale Gazolly Gazump 42 History Mystery Deyump Dayadee* Yahoo Ink Damink Dayadee Gazink 54 Passings Deyump, Deray, Yahoo Wing Wang Tricky Trackey Poo Foo 56 Class Notes Reporters Joozy Woozy Skizzle Wazzle 57 Wang Tang Orky Porky Dominorky 57 Redlands Dreamer Redlands! Rah, Rah, Redlands! *also spelled Deyatty Summer 2020 | 1 VIEW FROM 305: THOUGHTS FROM THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE A spirit of resilience, innovation, and community e are entering a new and challenging Wphase of the coronavirus epidemic— one that requires us now more than ever to respond to current circumstances using available scientific evidence and public health guidance, but with all the wisdom and creativity we can muster. With lockdown fatigue and some progress “flattening the curve” on the one hand and the continued threat of potentially deadly cases of COVID-19 on the other, we are faced with striking a balance between resuming our activities to provide our students with a personalized education and protecting the MILLER JACKSON health and safety of our community. “ In the face of these challenging times, we continue to build the future together as a vibrant and And we will find that balance. The resilient community” says President Ralph W. Kuncl, shown here reaching out to prospective choice between virtual and in person is students via video message. not “either/or”; it is “both/and.” We will draw on the best science and the most authoritative sources, including county and long before. The Great Depression begat And that’s the spirit we will harness to state guidance, in charting a path forward. Social Security. And World War II begat the get through these times at the University Our talented professors will leverage the GI Bill and desegregation of the military. and to shape our future. We will rise to the tools at hand to continue to provide an In the case of higher education, this crisis, challenge of doing more with less—and engaging, personalized education in a particularly with its home-bound isolation, doing it better. We will look toward responsive and safe environment. Faculty should trigger a profound realization of authoritative sources rather than panicked groups are currently meeting to explore the the importance of social contact and the speculation or head-in-the-sand denial. varied possibilities that honor both student personalized interactions that are the And we will redouble our commitment to choice and the realities of our public health essence of a Redlands education. There is providing transformative opportunities environment. And we strive to accomplish no substitute for the inspirational Mortar for all of our students and caring for all these goals while fostering a diverse and Board Professor of the Year who knows your members of our inclusive community. inclusive community. strengths and accomplishments and writes We already have an uplifting and visionary One day we will look back at the that letter of recommendation for the message to tell our prospective students coronavirus pandemic of 2019-20 as many next job. and to share with others. As Vice President of us view other historical touchpoints, As a physician scientist, I have for Enrollment Kevin Dyerly ’00, ’04 says such as the Great Recession, 9/11, the HIV- fundamental faith in our centuries-long in an interview in this magazine (page 34), AIDS epidemic, or the assassinations of the history of ingenuity leading to vaccines and the value proposition of a University of 1960s. And we will see that, through our other life-saving biomedical discoveries. Redlands education couldn’t be stronger. resourcefulness and strength as a community, Smallpox, bacterial infections like strep The pandemic has highlighted our focus the University of Redlands retained its throat and its sequela rheumatic fever, on health and safety and on emotional and essence. The things that are great about U of R measles, mumps, polio, childhood leukemia, financial support for our students (page 12), will persist—our warm and welcoming many forms of hepatitis, neuromuscular the flexibility to enact technology-supported presence, our personalized education, our respiratory failure—all have dramatically personalized education (page 3), and the life-changing student experiences, our been tamed in our lifetimes. In response caring spirit expressed in the outpouring commitment to providing opportunity, our to the current crisis, I have been impressed of support for this year’s graduating seniors communitarian spirit and service. I think also by how critical shortages of ventilators in (page 18) and for our employees with about the perpetual beauty of our Redlands, New York and California have inspired emergency needs (page 33). Marin, and Salzburg campuses. “MacGyvered” ventilators at Mt. Sinai In the face of these challenging times, we The “after pandemic” won’t be a terrible Hospital in New York City (Los Angeles Times, continue to build the future together as a new abnormal in which we hardly recognize April 13), successfully transforming a $1,500 vibrant, resilient, and inclusive community. our prior lives. This episode will certainly BiPAP device normally used for sleep apnea Forever yours, change some behaviors, some symbolic, into a full-blown workable ventilator, capable some real—we’ll likely become comfortable of substituting for the typical $50,000 high- wearing face coverings in public, as some in tech machine for patients with COVID-19 other countries have been for decades. And pneumonia. That’s innovation. And I’m Ralph W. Kuncl, PhD MD we’ll habitually overuse hand sanitizers.