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Kohan siblings, Jenji ’87 and David ’82, Debra Greene ’01 wins and ’82 set the bar for TV -- p. 40 three Golden Mikes -- p. 47 Beverly breeds leaders Alumni trendsetters to watch in 2018 and beyond Cityof Beverly Hills Photo: Benoit Photography

Stronger Together: Off to the races: Top thoroughbred Nemans share entrepreneurial spirit Q&A: Beverly Hills Mayor trainer Peter ’84 -- p. 41 -- p. 42-43 Lili Bosse ’79 -- p. 45 Coach In memoriam: Susan award- Stevens, winning legendary journalism tennis teacher coach, Gil passes Chesterton Higginbotham ’75, Katleman ’46 -- p. 56 -- p. 53 named to Hall of Fame -- p. 5 2 Alumni Highlights 2018

On Highlights’ masthead is the phrase “Today Well Lived.” It is excerpted Inside this Issue from the following poem: Hall of Fame Reunion photos Salutation of the Dawn pages 4-7 pages 14-20 Look to this day, For it is the very life of life. In its brief course lie all Upcoming Class Notes the verities and realities of your existence; Reunions pages 22-38 The glory of action, page 5 The bliss of growth, The splendor of beauty, Profi les For yesterday is but a dream and Graduation pages 39-47 Tomorrow is only a vision; pages 8-9 But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of Alumni Snapshots happiness, List of pages 48-51 And every tomorrow a vision of hope, Contributors Look well, therefore, to this day. pages 10-13 Obituaries pages 52-63 Alumni Highlights Alumni Assoc. Board of Directors Staff

Melanie Anderson Editor and Production Manager Josh Gross ’91 Editorial Contributor Joanna Stingray ’78 Editorial Contributor Barbara Lee Kozberg ’53 Proofreader Elizabeth Kuzmich Proofreader Maria Heilpern Class Notes

BHHS Alumni Association 241 Moreno Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (310) 551-5100 ext. 8219 [email protected] www.bhhsalumni.org

Contributions are deductible Left to right: Noah Furie ’77, Lilly Lewis ’74, Josh Gross ’91, Joanna Stingray ’78, Candace under Sec. 501(c)3 of the Inter- Chen ’87. Not pictured: Elyse Beardsley ’76, Barry Brucker ’75, Fred Nason S’48 nal Revenue Code. 2018 Alumni Highlights 3 This past year we lost three President’s Message - Josh Gross ’91 especially talented educators, all of Hello fellow Normans: confi guration. of working with Melanie Anderson whom made a big diff erence in my BHUSD Superintendent For the many of us who loved on the production of this edition, life. Longtime journalism advisor Dr. Michael Bregy has started our time as Normans, what’s better which was completed before Gil Chesterton, who edited this a fascinating discussion on than four years at Beverly? Answer: its deadline and under budget. publication for many years, tennis reconfi guring the fi ve Beverly Hills six years at Beverly! I think it’s a Melanie, who previously served coach Susan Stevens and Beverly s c h o o l s . great idea that should get further as editor of Beverly Hills Weekly, Vista principal Irene Stern. Please Rather than study. Let us know your thoughts. oversees the editorial duties. As you take a moment to read about their continuing We welcomed new principal can see in this publication, she does extraordinary lives on pages 53, 56 with four Mark Mead in a meeting with the excellent work. We welcome your and 59. under- Alumni Association (see photo on photos and submissions for future In closing, don’t forget that you e n r o l l e d page 6). Having taught English and editions of Alumni Highlights. graduated from the most famous K-8 grade ASB at Beverly for many years, The Alumni Association was high school in the country— schools, and Principal Mead is a great choice to founded in December, 1977. probably the world. We need your one 9-12 lead the school. Our organization has grown fi nancial support as we help take grade high In October we held our annual signifi cantly since that time. We our alma mater to even higher school, due reception along with the Beverly now mail this Alumni Highlights places. So if you enjoy reading your Josh Gross ’91 to changing Hills Athletic Alumni Association to over 18,500 graduates living Alumni Highlights, please consider enrollment (see photos on page 49). Thanks all over the world. The fi nancial making a contribution and sending and demographics, in the future to Julie Steinberg and BHAAA support of graduates like you has in a class note today. Beverly might become a 7-12 president David Corwin ’87 for allowed us to become the biggest Until next time my friends, Go grade campus. Such a move would their help in organizing the event, contributor of alumni scholarships. Normans! also allow us to compete better which helps fund our many projects This year, as in years past, we Josh Gross ’91 with neighboring private schools, throughout the year. awarded $12,000 to deserving President, Alumni Association many of which have a similar Once again I’ve had the pleasure graduating seniors. [email protected] data and the studies about not mere- dle school but The 411 on Future Focused Schools ly the philosophy of the delivery of to not create The Future Focused Schools everything. We looked at a K-6 and middle school education, it’s much that middle Team, a 22-member committee of a stand-alone 7-8. We looked at a more about Beverly Hills. Meaning school in the community stakeholders, has been 7-12. We came up with the fact that because we’re [a] basic aid [district], coming fall, studying the district’s current K-8/9- the best model was going to be K-5, because we don’t have as many stu- we’ve given 12 model and options including ... [and] a stand-alone 6-8 middle dents in the district, because we’re the Board an K-5/6-8/9-12 and K-6/7-12 to de- school … for all of our children to spending so much money per stu- opportunity to termine what confi guration would go to. That became the recommen- dent but not getting high test scores further study best serve students while ensuring dation … after lots of input and edu- or having good extracurricular—this what that tran- longterm fi nancial sustainability cation from our administration, from convinced me that there has to be sition would Jonathan for the district. our teachers, from the data. change. … What’s not going to hap- look like. … Prince ’76 The FFST includes parents, Why [was] El Rodeo [recom- pen is four K-8s continuing to oper- If the Board teachers, administrators and com- mended as the site for the middle ate fi nancially. … The other thing I agrees, the fi rst thing [that] should munity members. Among them is school]? found really compelling about the happen is there should be a transition Jonathan Prince ’76, who is a grad, We recommended El Rodeo for FFST was that we were taken on a committee that says how to get from parent of a grad and former presi- one signifi cant reason: It’s under tour of all of this information not by four [elementary schools] to three. dent of the Beverly Hills Education construction currently. That means people who had an agenda but by … The next fall, when things start Foundation. He recently spoke that the students’ experience has not people who had experience. I was to change, another committee has to with Beverly Hills Weekly about been the best in terms of facilities, taught by Mark Mead, the Beverly be formed. ... That’s a year or two of the FFST’s recommendation that although the teachers have done an High principal, [and] Kevin Allen, study, because what we’re trying to BHUSD adopt a model with a ded- amazing job of keeping it going. the El Rodeo principal. If … a lot do is build a middle school that is the icated 6-8 middle school. Excerpts … It [also] allows you to more effi - of current and retired teachers at the envy of all middle schools. We’re from that conversation follow. ciently construct that school. When elementary, middle and high school trying to build something that people there aren’t children on campus, it tell you “This is the way,” and they want to move here for. Why did the FFST go with a 6-8 is about 20 percent more effi cient all agree and the data supports them, Watch Jonathan Prince confi guration? in terms of how much money spent you should listen. … We had to examine the current and how quickly it gets done. … on Beverly Hills View, What’s the likelihood the Board hosted by Alumni [K-8] model because ... the commu- You started off as a proponent of will make a fi nal decision on this nity really wanted to know, “What’s K-8. What made you change your Association President by March 15? Josh Gross ’91 wrong with it and what could be mind? Because our recommendation is made right?” … We [looked] at … I would absolutely say that the to head toward a consolidated mid- vimeo.com/252378955 4 Hall of Fame 2018 Beverly Hills High School Hall of Fame Edwin L. Artzt S’47 Betty Hughes Fladager S’41 Mel Levine ’60 Jay Sandrich S’49 Nicole Avant ’86 Joyce Marcus Flannery ’66 Stanley W. Levy ’59 Michael Schlesinger ’60 Robert E. Badham S’47 Michele Flournoy ’79 Michael Lloyd ’66 Richard M. Sherman S’45 Josh Berger ’84 William F. Fore S’46 E. Ellsworth Lohn S’43 Robert B. Sherman S’43 Lili Toren Bosse ’79 Robert L. Fox W’46 Maj. Gen. William Lyon S’41 Richard E. Sherwood S’45 Lloyd Braun ’76 Bonnie Franklin ’61 Justin T. McCarthy Jr. W’41 Alan Sieroty W’48 Willie Brien, M.D. ’75 Daniel Fried ’70 Frank Mankiewicz S’41 Mona Simpson ’75 Jacqueline Orgell Briskin W’45 Nolan Frizzelle S’39 Alejandro N. Mayorkas ’77 Gerry Curley Somers S’46 Albert Brooks ’65 K. Hiroshi Fujimoto S’39 David Mellinkoff W’32 Lynn Stalmaster S’45 Joe L. Brown S’35 Ronald M. George ’57 Dr. Sherman Mellinkoff W’37 Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. S’37 Barry Brucker ’75 Lunda Hoyle Gill S’46 John Mirisch ’81 Robert L. Street ’52 Richard Chamberlain ’52 Joanna Hall Gleason ’68 C. Robert Moore W’38 Major Gen. Michael P. Molly Cosgrave Chappellet S’49 Wendy Howard Goldberg ’57 Frank Morriss W’46 Sullivan ’51 Laura Newman Chick ’62 John Guedel W’31 Terrence O’Flaherty W’35 Maria Tallchief S’42 Liz Claman ’81 Adrienne Kosches Hall S’44 Charles H. Older S’35 Marjorie Tallchief S’43 Louise Brough Clapp W’40 Charles Hamilton S’32 Bob Osgood W’37 Robert B. Thieme, Jr. S’36 Gene Corman S’44 Aljean Levin Harmetz S’47 Elinor Awan Ostrom ’51 Betsy Roberts Ulf S’49 S’43 Robert T. Hartmann S’34 William R. Pagen S’39 Frank Ulf S’49 George Cotliar ’50 Jim Healy S’41 David A. Paige ’75 Tom Van Sant W’49 Donald W. Crowell ’52 Duvall Y. Hecht W’48 George M. Pardee S’33 James H. Warsaw ’65 Cally Curtis S’41 Michael Higginbotham ’75 Hoyt S. Pardee S’36 Idelle Feinberg Weber ’50 Don Davies S’44 Robert V. Hine W’39 Jerry Paris W’44 Loretta Isaacs Weinberg ’52 Ian Dawson ’85 Dr. William H. Hindle W’48 Robert L. Patten ’56 Meg Whittle Whitcomb S’48 Walt Dougher ’53 Adrienne Applewhite Jones S’34 Maj. Gen. Carl D. Peterson S’41 Betty White W’39 Brig. Gen. Frank M. Drew S’48 Natasha Chapro Josefowitz S’44 Joel Pressman ’67 Jim Wiatt ’64 Richard Dreyfuss ’65 Harris Katleman S’46 André Previn W’46 Wally Wolf S’47 Walter H. Dunn S’40 Herb Katz S’48 John E. “Jack” Randall W’42 Robert D. Wood S’43 Ed Edelman S’48 Dr. Jerome Harold Kay S’39 Peggy Rea S’38 Daniel Yergin ’64 W’41 Ken Kreisel ’69 Rob Reiner ’64 Richard S. Ziman ’60 Mark Egerman ’60 William Krisel ’41 William Reppy W’30 Marlene Sudmin Zimmerman ’50 Delia Ephron ’62 Ann Reiss Lane S’47 Vicki Behrstock Reynolds ’53 Nora Ephron ’58 Serge Lang ’43 Robert Gore Rifkind S’46 Mike Fenton ’52 Laurence Lesser ’56 Will Rogers Jr. W’31

BHHS Alumni Association awards scholarships to 2017 grads The BHHS Alumni Association presented scholarships to six graduating seniors at Senior Awards Night on May 25, 2017. Left to right: Michael J. Libow ’81, Bianca Castro (Lisa Harris ’89 Memorial Scholarship), Des- tiny Lee (Rhonda Fleming ’41 Scholarship), Braden Schumitz- ky (Lazar-Lewis Family Scholar- ship), Yunchao Zhang (Michael J. Libow ’81 Scholarship), Jor- dan Grode (Michael J. Libow ’81 Scholarship), David Baum (Tobey Cotsen ’76 Scholar-

Photo: Rodin Eckenroth ship), BHHS Alumni Association board member Lilly Lewis ’74. 2018 Hall of Fame 5 2018 Hall of Fame: Michael Higginbotham ’75 and Harris Katleman S’46 Seven alumni were honored named a winner of the Daily Re- at the 2018 Beverly Hills High cord’s Leadership in Law Award. School Hall of Fame event on Oct. He is a member of the Maryland 20, 2017 at the Swim Gym. Appellate Judicial Nominations The BHHS Alumni Association Commission and a member of honored Michael Higginbotham the Council on Foreign Rela- ’75 and Harris Katleman S’46. tions. Previously, he chaired the The Beverliy Hills Athletic O’Malley/Brown Transition Team Alumni Association honored Steve Minority Aff airs Working Group, Horowitz ’67, Dennis Needleman the Maryland Attorney General’s ’69, Diane Morrison Shropshire Task Force on Electronic Weap- ’75, Michael Moore ’89 and Reed ons, the Association of Ameri- Aljian ’90. can Law Schools Committee on foreign countries. His latest book Recruitment and Retention of ditorium. Principal Alder called PROFESSOR MICHAEL is Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Minority Faculty, and the Board Katleman into the offi ce and said, HIGGINBOTHAM ’75 Racism in Post-Racial America. of the Public Justice Center. He “You are the president of the club, Michael Higginbotham is the Higginbotham was recently is a co-founder of the Baltimore so who painted this?” Katleman Joseph Curtis professor of law and selected as one of the 100 most Scholars Program. replied, “I did.” Principal Alder former interim dean at the Univer- infl uential black attorneys in He has published numerous ar- said, “You painted a 30-foot-high sity of Baltimore School of Law. the United States by On Being a ticles in prestigious legal journals asbestos curtain by yourself?” He is an author, international po- Black Lawyer. In 2011, he was and numerous editorials in prom- Katleman maintained that he did. litical consultant and legal expert inent newspapers. The principal replied, “If you Watch Prof. Michael in the areas of civil rights, human Before joining the University don’t tell me, you aren’t going to Higginbotham on Beverly rights and constitutional law. of Baltimore law faculty in 1988, graduate.” With that, Katleman Hills View, hosted by Higginbotham’s book, Race Higginbotham was a Law Clerk said, “OK.” Alumni Association Law: Cases, Commentary, and to United States Court of Appeals Katleman went on to UCLA. President Josh Gross ’91 Questions, is widely used in col- Judge Cecil Poole, an Associate At the end of his fi rst year, he took leges and law schools throughout vimeo.com/98176363 with Davis, Polk & Wardwell, and a summer job at MCA in the mail- the United States and in several a Lecturer in Law at the Universi- room. After six weeks Lew Was- ty of Pennsylvania. He often col- serman’s assistant picked him out laborated with his uncle, the late to work as an assistant to Wasser- Upcoming Reunions Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. man. Katleman never returned to Class of 1958 Class of 1988 Higginbotham received a college and never looked back. Sun., Oct. 7, 2018, 3-7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 8, 2018 Bachelor of Arts degree from After seven years he was ap- Contact: Linda Ezor Swarz Marina City Club Brown University, a Juris Doctor proached by Goodson Todman [email protected] Class Representative: degree from Yale University, and a Productions to join the company (818) 445-8543 Natalie Sofer Master of Laws degree with hon- as Executive VP and a partner, Contact: Reunion Committee where he remained for 16 years. Class of 1968 ors from Cambridge University, where he was a Rotary Scholar. He later joined MGM as presi- Sat., Aug. 11, 2018 Class of 1998 He holds an Honorary Doctor of dent of Television, where he was Marina City Club Sat., Sept 8, 2018 responsible for shows including Class Representatives: Hollywood & Highland Humanities degree from Shenan- Adrianne Confl enti & Geri-Ann Class Representatives: Judy doah University. Medical Center, Courtship of Ed- Galanti Kermani Manouchehri, Ryan die’s Father, Chips and How The Contact: Reunion Committee Krane, Orly Partiyeli Tabibi & HARRIS KATLEMAN S’46 West Was Won. After fi ve years he Nacha Zurinaga Padin Harris Katleman, a longtime was approached by Columbia Pic- Class of 1978 Contact: Reunion Committee fi lm and television executive, tures to start his own production Sat., Nov. 10, 2018 served as president/CEO and company. Partnering with Harve Doubletree Hotel, Santa Monica Class of 2008 Chairman of the Board of 20th Bennett, they produced From Class Representative: TBA Century Fox Television. Here to Eternity, Salvage One and four other series. Sheryl Leve Reunion Committee In 1946, Katleman received his Contact: Reunion Committee high school diploma in the mail, In 1980, Katleman was asked (661) 259-5999 after watching his graduation cer- to join 20th Century Fox Televi- www.reunioncommittee.com emony from the audience. Two sion as Chairman of the Board and For more info, visit bhhs.bhusd.org, select the “Alumni” days before graduation, his Hi Y CEO, where he was responsible Club, The Titans, painted “Titans” for M*A*S*H*, Fall Guys, LA tab at the top of the page and click on “Reunions.” on the asbestos curtain in the au- Law, Picket Fences, The Simpsons 6 Hall of Fame 2018 BHAAA inducts fi ve Normans into Athletics Hall of Fame to earn a master’s degree in edu- cation and became a high school and many other series. on a baseball scholarship. He was teacher and coach at Dixon Uni- In 1992, he resigned to start a four-year letterman and three- fi ed School District in Northern a new production company with year starter at catcher. During California. Later, he became a Jonathan Goodson. Aljian’s sophomore year, Berke- school administrator including as- Katleman is retired and lives ley went to the College World sistant principal, principal and as- in Beverly Hills. He has three Series in Omaha. That summer, sistant superintendent. At the same children, seven grandchildren and he played in college baseball’s time, he earned his doctoral degree four great-grandsons. premier summer league, the Cape in education at USC. Cod Baseball League, starting Horowitz and Debby, his wife REED ALJIAN ’90 at catcher and earning his team’s of 43 years, live in Davis. They MVP award. He graduated from have two children, David and Berkeley with a B.A. in English player. He was all CIF in football Elaine, and two grandchildren. Literature. and Sky League Co-Player of the Horowitz, who retired in 2011, After two years in minor league Year his senior year. With these continues to follow Stanford foot- baseball, Aljian entered Loyola accomplishments, he received ball along with reading, traveling Law School. He worked for two multiple college football scholar- and being Grandpa. large international law fi rms be- ship off ers. fore founding Daily Aljian LLP, After much contemplation, MICHAEL MOORE ’89 a boutique litigation fi rm based in Horowitz chose Stanford, where Newport Beach, with a former law he played linebacker and place- school classmate in 2009. kicker during the 1968, 1969 and Reed Aljian was starting catch- In 2005, Aljian received the 1970 seasons. The 1970 Stanford er for the Normans varsity base- Consumer Law Project Volunteer team won the Pacifi c 8 Champi- ball squad during his junior and of the Year from the Public Coun- onship including victories over senior years. He was a two-time sel Law Center of USC and UCLA. That team, First Team All Bay League and and, in 2009, he received McDer- which had a talented roster that two-time winner of the team’s best mott Will & Emery’s Pro Bono included Jim Plunkett, went on to defensive award. Senior year, Alji- and Service to the Community defeat Ohio State in the 1971 Rose an was a team captain and led the Award. Los Angeles Magazine has Bowl game. Horowitz scored nine team in multiple off ensive catego- recognized him as a Southern Cal- points in that game including a ries, including batting average, on- ifornia Super Lawyer in Business 48-yard fi eld goal. At that time, Michael Moore was a starter base percentage and stolen bases. Litigation every year from 2009 it was the longest fi eld goal in for the varsity basketball team, a He was First Team All CIF and through 2017 and, in 2014, rec- Rose Bowl history, a statistic that wide receiver/safety for the varsity was voted into the Athletic Hall ognized him as one of the Top 50 stood for 15 years. After college, football team and the centerfi eld- of Fame for the Class of 1990. attorneys in Orange County. Horowitz tried out with the Miami er for the varsity baseball team. During that same year, he served Dolphins but was released by the As a senior, he was elected All- as editor-in-chief of Highlights STEVE HOROWITZ ’67 team just before the regular season CIF Southern Section in all three and president of the senior class. Steve Horowitz had an illus- began. sports and a 1989 selection to the Aljian attended UC Berkeley trious career as a Norman football Horowitz returned to Stanford East-West Shrine game. Moore

Welcome, Principal Mead! Beverly’s new principal Mark Mead briefed the BHHS Alumni Association board of directors about the fi rst few weeks of the 2017-2018 school year at a meeting on Sept. 18. Mead has been at Beverly since 2006, previ- ously serving as an assistant principal, English teacher and activities director. Left to right: Joanna Stingray ’78, Candace Chen ’87, Josh Gross ’91, Mark Mead. 2018 Alumni Highlights 7 was asked to sign a letter of intent ver Medal fi nish. In 1985, Needle- Shropshire received an aca- to commit to Stanford to play bas- man served as Co-Chairman for demic scholarship to Stanford, ketball but declined in hopes of the US Maccabiah where she became a three time continuing to play baseball and Team, which won another Silver All-American; National Colle- football. As a senior, he was cho- Medal. In 1990, Needleman was giate singles-quarterfi nalist, 1976 sen as a third round draft pick for inducted into the Southern Cali- and semifi nalist, 1977; fi nalist in the Toronto Blue Jays and off ered fornia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1978; National Collegiate Dou- a six-fi gure signing bonus, but he in the sport of water polo. bles-champion, 1976 and 1977 turned the off er down to pursue Needleman and his wife Ashe- and Finalist in 1978; and Seven- playing at the collegiate level. ley reside in Huntington Beach. teen magazine’s Tournament of Michael was voted the South- He has three children, Daina, Ni- Champions fi nalist. ern California Athlete of the Year cole and Scott, and three grand- In 1979, Shropshire graduated for his outstanding performance in children, ages 2–16. with a B.S. in mathematical sci- DENNIS NEEDLEMAN ’69 all three sports and was awarded a Needleman received his Cal- ences. She turned pro during the After getting kicked out of his football and baseball scholarship ifornia Real Estate Broker’s Li- spring quarter of her senior year French class in his freshman year to UCLA. cense in 1973, and he continues to prepare for Wimbledon. As a at BHHS, Dennis Needleman Moore began his collegiate to work in the family real estate professional tennis player from was assigned to “Recreation 1 baseball career with a .304 aver- business with his children. In his 1979–1981, she reached a ranking Swim Class.” The lifeguard, Tom age. He later improved to .328 as spare time, he enjoys boating and of No. 50 in the world. Brooks, saw him doing some dives a sophomore while adding power spending time with his family. Shropshire was the Trophee and suggested that he come back and speed to the mix with eight Pernod West Worthing 1979 after school and talk to the swim home runs and 22 steals. After that DIANE MORRISON champion; New South Wales coach, Dick Douglas. Having season, he spent the summer in the SHROPSHIRE ’75 Open 1979 singles quarterfi nalist no diving experience or training, Cape Cod League, where coaches and doubles semifi nalist; Avon Needleman, nonetheless, became named him the league’s top Major Futures of Bakersfi eld 1980 sin- a member of the Varsity Diving League prospect. gles quarterfi nalist; and Avon Team. Thereafter, he joined the Fresh off an appearance in the Futures of Calgary 1980 singles swim team and learned about wa- John Hancock Bowl with the foot- semifi nalist and doubles fi nalist. ter polo from his beloved coach ball team, Moore delivered the After retiring from profession- and mentor, Ron Crawford. With highest average of his collegiate al tennis, Shropshire began pre- the help and guidance of Coach career, checking in with a .338 paring for a career in medicine. Crawford, Needleman developed mark in 1992. Pacifi c-10 Con- She attended UCLA School of into the highest scoring center for- ference coaches named him the Medicine, receiving honors in in- ward in CIF history. In his senior second-best hitting prospect in the ternal medicine. She completed year, he scored 116 goals in 211 conference. During the June 1992 her residency in anesthesiology attempts, averaging 5.7 goals per free-agent draft, Moore became a at the Hospital of the University game and earning All-CIF honors. fi rst round draft pick by the Los Diane Morrison Shropshire of Pennsylvania. She recently re- As a freshman walk-on at Angeles Dodgers. In 1993 as a started playing tennis at age 10, tired from a 30-year career as an USC, Needleman started every top prospect in California League with encouragement from her anesthesiologist at Pennsylvania Varsity Water Polo game. He with the Bakersfi eld Dodgers, parents who wanted their three Hospital. played water polo from 1969– he was named to the California daughters to become well round- Her husband, Kenneth, is a 1973, and in 1972, was named League All-Star Team. ed. Shropshire’s greatest asset was writer, lawyer and professor at First Team All-American and Despite three knee surgeries, a good court disposition and a the Wharton School of the Uni- All-NCAA Tournament player. Moore continued playing baseball strong serve and volley game. versity of Pennsylvania. Their Injured much of his senior year, for the Dodger organization as As a sophomore at BHHS, daughter Theresa played varsity he still was named Second Team well as the Mets, Braves, Brewers, Shropshire was the fi rst girl to squash at Stanford and graduated All-American. Mariners and the White Sox, and play on the boys’ varsity tennis in 2015. Their son Samuel was a After graduating from USC internationally in Venezuela and team. By her senior year, she top ranked collegiate tennis play- in 1973, Needleman played for Mexico. was ranked No. 7 in the nation; a er at Northwestern University. He the USA Gold Medal Water Polo Moore is currently the owner/ California State Junior Champion- graduated in 2017 and is starting Team in the 9th World Maccabi- president/coach of LOB City bas- ship, fi nalist; USLTA Hard Court his career as a professional tennis ah Games in . He returned ketball, a travel organization for Championship, fi nalist; Southern player. to the Maccabiah Games in 1977 boys and girls ages 9–15 as well California Sectional fi nalist 18 as Team Captain and won a team as the owner/president/creator/ and under; Southern California See p. 49 for photos Silver Medal. As player/Captain artist of Moore Sports Customs, Sectional champion 16 and under; from the and Team Chairman for the 1981 custom, made-to-order fi gurines. and American Tennis Association Maccabiah Water Polo Team, Hall of Fame Ceremony National Champion. Dennis led the US Team to a Sil- on Oct. 20, 2017 8 Graduation 2018 All in the Family: 2nd & 3rd generation grads Members of the Class of 2017 who appear in these photos (taken after the graduation ceremony in June) have parents and/or grandparents who also graduated from Beverly. Photos by Michael Bezjian. Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly

Brandon Kim ’17, Tom Kim ’86, Hunter Kim ’17. Bran- Max Schwartz ’12, Daniel Swartz ’88, Jacob Schwartz ’17, Jennifer don attends the University of California, Santa Cruz Terrell ’82, Carrie Terrell ’85. Jacob attends the University of Miami. and Hunter attends the University of California, Merced Not pictured: Al Swartz ’56

Brendan Eastman ’17, Lorraine Sha- Gabe Goldstein ’17, Juliet Oken by Eastman ’86. Brendan attends the Jodi Bell Ticknor ’82, Dylan Ticknor ’17, Chloe Goldstein ’83. Gabe attends West University of Arizona Ticknor ’14 Los Angeles College

Susie Roth ’80, Sara Okum ’17, Todd Rebecca Nourafshan ’14, Nicole Nourafshan ’09, Benjamin Nourafshan ’17, Okum ’86. Sara attends the University of Jennifer Nourafshan ’05, Linda Moradi Nourafshan ’82, Daniel Nourafshan Southern California ’16. Benjamin attends the University of Wisconsin, Madison 2018 Alumni Highlights 9

Selma Gladney ’80, Spencer Edelman ’17. Spencer attends Cal Mark Ordesky ’81, Cole Ordesky ’17, Joel Or- Sam Levy ’14, Patrick Levy ’17, Grant Levy ’80. Poly University, San Luis Obispo desky ’83. Cole attends Santa Monica College Patrick attends Southern Methodist University

Michael Hauser ’80, Jackie Haus- Monique Maas Gibbons ’83, Barry Gibbons er ’17. Jackie attends the Univer- Jeremy Segal ’17, Greg Segal ’83. Jere- ’17, Frank Maas ’62. Barry attends the Uni- sity of California, Santa Barbara my attends Brandeis University versity of Miami

Jared Minami ’17, Jared Minami Simon Mashian ’02, Lexie Ravaei ’17, Leila Marcus Schwartz ’57, Jason Schwartz Sr. ’86. Jared attends Michigan Tania Mashian Ravaei ’93. Lexie attends ’17, Marc Schwartz ’85. Jason attends San State University Santa Monica College Diego State University

Jennifer Sternshein ’17, Robert Desiree Vaziri ’87, Elizabeth Lor- Michelle Kleinert ’83, Jillian Dveirin ’17, Nina Klein- Sternshein ’82. Jennifer attends anger ’17. Elizabeth attends Cali- ert ’83, Jennifer Kleinert Misher ’91. Jillian attends the University of Arizona fornia State University, Northridge the University of Oregon 10 Individual Contributors 2018

BRODY SUSAN 53 ZIMMERMAN PAUL K. 54 FISCHER KAREN 61 $6,000 or more BRYAN BRIAN K. 67 “BUNNI” LIBOW MICHAEL 81 CAROLL JUDITH 53 $100-$199 FISCHER MURRAY 60 COHEN ADI 89 ANONYMOUS FISHER HOWARD 69 $3,000-$3,999 DORSHT NADINE 07 ABLETT NORMAN F. 52 FLAMM BRUCE L. 70 FLEMING RHONDA 41 EPSTEIN ANNE 61 APPLEBAUM BETSY 68 FOWLER JANE M. 63 LEWIS LILLY 74 ERBSEN WARREN 55 ARYEL RON M. 79 FRAKES GEORGE 50 VICTOR TOBEY 76 FEIN BONNIE L. 67 BARTON RICHARD A. 58 FRANKENSTEIN WILLIAM 57 COTSEN FEINTECH LISA 73 BAUER FRANK R. 44 FRESHMAN ARDYTH 51 FELDMAN SANFORD G. 72 BAUER MERLE RET FULLER ROBERT O. 47 $2,000-$2,999 FORAN CAROLE 51 FAC GAON RENEE 61 OLSEN CAROLYN 41 FRIEDMAN NATHANIEL 53 BAUER SARA 53 GELFOND LAWRENCE 83 J. BEHRENDT PETER 56 EDWARD $1,000-$1,999 FRIEDMAN RODNEY 51 BENDER MARK I. 70 GELFOND RHONDA 82 CARVER JR. LEROY 43 FRIEDMAN RONALD 66 BERG ERIC 71 GETTLE SUSAN 47 CURTIS SHELLEY K. 73 GIFFORD JACK & RET BERGER LISA 76 GILLEN KEN 60 RUBY WENDY 60 JANE FAC BERNSTEIN LEONARD 56 GLANCY INGRID 62 GILMAN TERRY 72 BITTKE BRIAN & 54 GOLD GERRE 48 $500-$999 GLASEMAN STEVEN 58 CATHERINE GOLDSTEIN RICHARD 58 AMASS WILLIAM 50 GLASER SHARON 54 BLEIFER, MD SELVYN 47 JAY ARTZT EDWIN L. 47 GOLDSTEIN JOAN 67 BOECK, MD WILLIAM 46 GOLDSTEIN ROBERT 63 BASSMAN HARLEY S. 77 GOLDSTICK MYRNA 51 BOXER FRANCES 58 GORDON DR. CARL 53 BRISKIN BERNARD 43 GREENBERG MORRIS 45 BRAUN LLOYD 76 GORDON CAROLYN 58 CASEY ELAINE 50 GRUNAUER JOYCE 51 BRAWERMAN GERI 46 GORDON ROBERT P. 52 CONSTINE HERBERT 46 HANDLER ESTELLE 50 BRENNER SANDRA & 74 GOTTLIEB RICHARD J. 88 DILAMARTER SUSAN 71 HANNA MICHAEL W. 80 MAYER GROSS DAVID M. 56 DOUGHER BARBARA & 53 HEFNER DOROTHY 39 BROIDY STEVE 55 GROSSMAN SAM 47 WALT HUGHES SUZANNE 55 BROWN LINDA 58 GROSSMAN TED 49 DUBIN ROBERT P. 59 JASHNI JOLIE 84 BURGE AUDREY 42 HA YUK-LUNG 85 FENSTER FREDDIE A. 64 KELTON- LENNY & 53 CAVIGNAC FRANK G. 49 HALL RICHARD & 52 GAMACHE BRUCE J. 70 LUBER DAVE CHANIN MARVIN 45 LAURA GREY ROBERT D. 59 KERN PIERRE A. 46 CHAPPELLET MOLLY 49 HARRISON CARLOS E. 59 HARRIS ALLAN 41 LEVIN PAUL 76 CHENG MIMI 04 HEALY OTIS 44 KAPLAN STEVEN L. 59 LEWIS ALAN 43 COLLINS MICHAEL 78 HECHT DUVALL 48 LAYE JEANNE 51 KAY ROBERT L. 59 COPLEN KEITH 54 HEIFETZ RONA 84 MEDINA GALO 88 LITWIN SHARON 66 CORMAN EUGENE 44 HERBERT ARLINE S. 43 RUTENBERG PETER & 69 MAGNIN RANDOLPH 80 CORMAN NAN 49 HERMAN BARBARA 58 SARA A. COTLIAR GEORGE 50 HERMANN RICHARD 69 WANGLIN RONALD 71 MILLS LOUISE 46 CRANDALL DR. 83 HERTS GENE 60 WILLIAMS BETTY JO 44 MUCHIN CAROL 65 CAROLYN J. HERZBRUN STEPHEN 43 WOLFF LOUIS 78 NEWMARK THOMAS 48 CUTLER KENNETH 54 HESS MURIEL 41 WOLFF ROBERT H. 40 NORIAN CYNTHIA 59 DELANEY LINDA 66 HOLZ LAURIE 63 PERL BARBARA 58 DELANGE STEPHANIE 62 ELLEN $300-$499 PRATT EDIE 81 DERSHEWITZ GAIL L. 64 HOOKER JOSEPH 55 BERGER RICHARD 68 RAFFEE PHILIP L. 54 DOLGINER CHARLES I. 55 HORWITZ JACQUE- 61 DEBAUGH PAUL H. 38 “BUD” DONOVAN JUNE 42 LINE EISENBERG DONALD C. 49 RESCIGNO ANTHONY J. 79 ELKIN ERIC P. 84 HOUSE DANA 57 GROSS MARCELINA 54 ROOS SYBIL 41 ELLIS DON 53 INGERSLEV SUZUKI 82 HINDLE DR. 48 ROUSSO LORI 59 ESHMAN AARON R. 45 ISENSON JIMMY 61 WILLIAM H. SALTZMAN ANN 51 EWING ROBERT & 46 JAUREGUI CAROL 46 KING ANNE 61 SANDRICH JAY 49 AMY KADES JOHN 83 KLEEFELD CAROLYN 53 SILL JR. CHARLES F. 49 FABRICK HOWARD 56 MICHAEL MARTIN BARBARA 43 SINAIKO PATTI 65 FACTOR GERALD 50 KAHN IRVING B. 40 PAUL DONNA 80 SLATE DONALD M. 49 FAGAN D. STERRY 45 KASIRER DEBRA 72 REUBEN JAMES 64 SPEIZER TERRY 66 FAUNCE STEPHANIE 87 KATLEMAN HARRIS L. 46 VAHN STEPHANIE 66 SWARZMAN LINDA 58 FEDER SCOTT 86 KAY DR. 55 WARSAW IRWIN 58 TOPKIS BARBARA 50 FENTON STEVEN M. 88 DONALD M. “ZEKE” TOWNSEND DR. JEAN- 57 FIENBERG LORI 88 KERNS MARSHA R. 59 NETTE FINEMAN JAY 63 KING MARIAN 38 $200-$299 ULF BETSY 49 FINERMAN DR. 69 KING STANLEY 54 ADLER JOAN 50 WALDEN WILLIAM 55 MATTHEW KLEIN EMILY M. 74 ARNSTEIN DANIEL 85 “RON” FINK BARET 59 KNECHT JAMES H. 43 ARUM LOVEE 59 WEISS BONNE 53 FINKLE ROBERTA 51 KOESSLER HILDEGARD 47 BAILEY BEN 60 WITTENBERG ERIC A. 51 FIRESTEIN CHESTER & 48 KOREN RICHARD D. 64 BERMAN MARK 84 WRIGHT DAVID 75 BEVERLY KORNFIELD NANCY 55 BLOOM MITCHELL 81 ZIERING MICHAEL 74 KOZBERG BARBARA 53 2018 Alumni Highlights 11

KREVOY PHILIP M. 79 SALOT STUART 55 ZIMMELMAN STANLEY 43 HARRIS SUSAN V. 59 KRISEL WILLIAM 41 SCANNELL JAMES 68 ZIMMERMAN STANLEY 49 HELLMAN BARBARA 47 LAINER LUIS 61 SCHENCK GEORGE W. 59 ZIVLEY JUDITH 89 HEROLD JEAN 40 LAKIN STEPHANIE 86 SCHREIBER WILLIAM L. 64 HIATT SAMUEL 66 LANFELD GLORIA 51 SCHULMAN MARSHALL 45 $75-$99 HUBBARD STEVEN 59 LESSER LAWRENCE 84 M. ASHER AFSHIN 88 INSEL DR. 59 T. SCHULTZ JACKSON 43 ARTZT PETER H. 54 HOWARD E. LEVI DOUGLAS 58 SCHULTZ NANCY 81 BAGDASARIAN ELIZABETH 58 JACOBSON GEORGE 58 LEVINE JARED E. 74 SCHWAB ROBERT 65 BARBE JOHN 54 KAUFMAN ELEANOR 54 LIBBY JANE 53 SCICLI DEBRA 75 BEEBE PORTIA 56 KERNS BENNETT 56 LITTLE PAULA 60 SEMEL JAMES 84 BEERMAN JOAN 57 KESSLER STEPHEN 64 LOUCHHEIM MARLENE 50 SCOTT BERKOFF TERI 59 KILLAM JOANNE 47 MAAS FRANCIS 62 SEWELL ED 50 BLAU JOEL 62 KING DORIS M. 42 (FRANK) SHERWOOD JOSEPH 66 BROWN E. FRED 51 LAMKEN MARK 50 MAAS MICHAEL 00 SILVERMAN HARVEY 61 BURSTEIN DANIEL 69 LANE ANN 47 MARCUS BARBARA A. 68 SIMON DEBORAH 56 BUSCHO JAN M. 64 LARKINS NANCY 49 MARX RALPH 49 SINK SUSAN 50 CALOF LARRY 62 LAYTON KATHY RET MASSRY GUY 81 SNIPPER REUBEN 63 CANTELLO WILLIAM 57 FAC MILLER MILTON 49 SNOW ERIC 63 CHORNA GAIL 85 LEVENSTEIN SUSAN 61 MILLER RANDALL 63 SOBEL J. STUART 61 COAKLEY JOAN 51 LEVIN SINDEE 72 BOOTH SOLOFF- LAURA J. 59 COLEMAN CHARLES 51 LEVY STANLEY W. 59 MILLMAN KENNETH 65 GELLER CUTLER CLIFFORD J. 73 LEWINE JANE 62 MITRU DIANE 55 SPENCER PETER 54 DAVIES BETTY 49 LEWIS PHYLLIS 56 MOFFITT GINA 72 SPROAT ELAINE 64 DAVIS CAMERON 65 LISLE ARMOND 46 MOORE ANN 59 STEGER DONNA 76 DELLAR MICHAEL D. 64 “BUDDY” MOORE THOMAS 58 STEVENS JEFFREY S. 60 DEUTSCH JUDITH S. 72 PHILIP 66 MORGAN JACK 58 STONE JACK 42 DIAMOND ANN 64 MACELWEE CAROL 50 MORGEN JANE 56 SULLIVAN MAJ. GEN. 51 CYNTHIA MACKENZIE VERA I. 52 MORROW DENNIS 48 MICHAEL P. DONNERSTAG ROBERT 48 MEGDAL ALANA K. 64 MOSS NANCY 49 SWITZKY WILLIAM M. 64 DUKE ALAN 69 MILLER LINDA 57 MUND GERALDINE 61 TAKEDA PAUL 72 ERMAN JILL 57 MOLINA LAURE 78 NADELMAN ARI 81 TANCHUCK MARK 69 EVEN RANDOLPH 61 MOSS RICHARD 60 NAST TONY 53 TAYLOR BEVERLY 47 FAUBEL PRISCILLA 72 NEMIROFF MAXINE 52 NEFFELER STUART 50 THIEBEN LINDA 58 FEDEROFF ELLEN 81 NEWMARK DON 44 NICKELS JAY W. 57 TILEM JEFFREY 81 FELDMAN MARK 76 NEWMARK KENT 56 NICKOLL PATRICIA 61 TUCHIN MICHAEL 83 FIELD BRUCE H. 77 OBERMAN MARK L. 79 NOURMAND, NICOLE M. 90 LLOYD FRED RANDALL 59 PARK DAVID C. 77 MD TURNER ELINOR S. 59 FREEMAN ROBERT 63 PARKHURST CHRISTIE E. 64 ORISTANO JANE 50 VILAS LINDA 54 DOUGLAS PENOYAR LYNN 50 OSTROW ELIOT 66 WATSON JOHN S. 49 FRIEDMAN JOSEPH 55 PROVISOR CAROL 53 PALMIERI FRED 50 WEINER BERT 66 FUCHS JAKE 57 RICHERT ANNE 66 PART-KAVESH SUSAN 59 WEISS STUART M. 73 GANES ANDREW 63 RICHMAN MIKE 78 PATTEN ROBERT 56 WERBER MARA & 72 MARSHALL ROSENBERG JOSHUA 13 PAULLIN MARY LOU 42 JEFF GAZEK SHANI M. 70 RYKOFF TOM R. 52 PINCHASI EDDIE 72 WILLIAMS JERRY S. 53 GELLER ANNE 55 SCHULMAN MARION L. 55 POLLAK CONSTANCE 51 WILSON NANCY S. 49 GIFFORD LYNN 80 SCHWARTZ LIELA 57 PRICE PAMELA A. 79 WINTERS ROBERT 74 GILBERT LAWRENCE 55 SCOTT FRANK RET QUINT RICHARD D. 64 WITTENBERG CARL H. 48 GOLDSTEIN ANDI 70 FAC REED TRAVIS 42 WYATT LAURA 80 GREENE BETTY 54 SEIZER STEVEN 75 RICHARDS MARJORIE 60 YERGIN DANIEL H. 64 GUGGENHEIM KIM & 64 SIMMONS PETER 49 ROACH STEPHEN 63 YORKSHIRE DONALD L. 72 BARBARA SMITH LYNN 69 SAMUEL ZALL JONATHAN 63 HAHN, MD PETER 67 SNYDER JOYCE 46 ROCKFORD PAULA 48 EMIL HANSEN PEGGY 55 STILZ RICHARD 63 RODAL ANITA 76 ZELTZER DR. PAUL M. 60 HARADON DAVID 92 ALLEN ROESCH JOHN A. 43 STROUP BARBARA 52 ROSE RONDA 58 SWARTHE ROBERT P. 60 ROSENBERG ALICIA 78 Our apologies if Contributions TOBEY MAXINE 53 ROSENBURG PATRICIA 50 your contribution are deductible VERNY MARLENE 54 ROSS GLORIA 56 was not included or VILKIN KENNETH 80 ROSS NORMAN 54 under VOLK BARNEY 66 ROTHSTEIN- DR. 71 received too late to WARREN PATRICIA 42 FISCH CARRIE R. Sec. 501(c)3 of WOHLSTADTER BRENDA 52 ROWSON RICHARD 43 include. (If so, it will ZACHARY SETH A. 73 RUBIN BRETT C. 77 be included next the Internal RUSSELL MARC 69 $40-$74 RUWIN MEYLA F. 79 year.) Revenue Code. ABBEY MARTHA 45 12 Individual Contributors 2018

ABE JAMES 04 CROSBY MARILYN 51 HAMILTON JUDITH 58 LEVITT- AMY 81 ABE ROSEMERI 09 CURTIS CHRISTINE 71 HANSLMAIR HAROLD 40 POLANCO ABRAHAM JERRY 62 DERRICKS ALMA L. 84 HARGRAVES CARRIE M. 84 LEVY RUTHIE 79 ACH LAURENCE 65 DILLON NANCY 50 HARMETZ ALJEAN 47 LEWIS JASON 06 AIDIKOFF TERRI L. 64 DOUEK HELEN 65 HARRIS ARLENE 46 LEWIS NICOLE 06 ALSCHULER DONALD 53 DOYLE DIANA 70 HARRIS LELAND B. 64 LEWIS ROBERT E. 45 ANDERSON JOHN 54 DRAKE SANDRA 67 HASSETT PAMELA M. 73 LIFSCHIZ SUE 55 ANSEN JOHN D. 57 DRINKWARD ANN 55 HELGANS NANCY 58 LIGHTFOOT MARJORIE 53 APPELBAUM DENNIS 61 DUFFIELD JOHN P. 59 HERZOG PATRICIA 68 LIPSTONE SHIRLEY B. 77 ARAGON FLOYD 85 EARLIX PATRICIA S. 64 HILB ROSEMARY 78 LOBACH SUSAN 57 ARATOW ANITA 60 EBBERT ELISE 53 HILLMAN BRENDA G. 73 LOHAN KAYLA 13 BALSON ALLYCE 79 EDELSON BRUCE H. 56 HIMELSTEIN CECELIA 82 LOOS DR. JAMES 54 BALTZ DIANE 64 EGLIN CAROL R. 51 HIMELSTEIN DANIEL A. 79 LOUCHHEIM MARK 73 BARCLAY MICHAEL 69 EPSTEIN DANIEL 57 HIRSCH DR. HOW- 53 LOWY VIVIAN 66 BARD ROBERT A. 57 EPHRAIM HARRIET 49 ARD MAHAN FRANK E. 98 BAREN RENEE 82 ESKIN JACLYN 68 HIRSCHEN- HARRY N. 60 MALVIN JENNIFER 75 BARTH NANCY 56 FALLENBAUM RUTH 67 SOHN MANN ROBERT W. 59 BARTON LT. COL. 62 FASTNOW JEFFREY 57 HOFFMAN SUSAN 69 MANN SUSAN G. 59 LLOYD FEDERGREEN JOYCE 54 HOLLAND DIANE L. 73 MARANTZ TOBY 55 BAUER ROBERT M. 84 FELDMAN ERIC D. 67 HUDSON MARY 49 MARGOLIS CONNIE 48 BELL RACHELLE 81 FENTON MIKE 52 HUTKIN ELLIOT 54 MARKOVITS THOMAS 72 BELOUSOFF SHELDON 54 FIELD LISA 78 HYMAN ED 54 MARX ROBERT S. 48 BENTLER DR. PETER 54 FISHBERG LINDA 82 HYMAN JAMES 76 MASON CELIA 66 BERGMAN PAUL 61 FOGEL NORMAN 57 IMPARATO ANDREW 83 MCCANN AUSTIN 61 BERK MIKE 56 FOLDVARY DAVID 01 ITKOFF FRANCES 51 MCKENNA JOAN 47 BERNS DR. 64 FOONBERG ALAN 81 IVEY ROBERT 45 MCKIBBIN DONALD H. 48 ROBERT M. FRANKEL CRAIG 81 JAFFE BARRY 55 MCNIEL JAMES R. 62 BERNSTEIN BARBARA 57 FREED MICHAEL L. 78 JOHNSON PERLA 63 MEISEL JOAN 61 BERNSTEIN DANIEL 81 FREEMAN JULES 78 JOHNSON, JR ROBERT 70 JOHN E. 59 BLACKMAN JOAN 72 FRIED JOSHUA 77 GIBSON MELTZER MIRIAM 57 BLANCHARD CAROL 50 FRIEDBERG JAMES 74 JONES CHRIS 67 MELTZER SUE 63 BLAVIN MARGERY 68 FRIEDLANDER LEONARD 60 JONES ROBERT 45 MELVIN JACQUELINE 53 BOLLAR AUGUST 41 TERRY JONES SANDRA 70 A. CHARLES FRIEDMAN DAVID 56 JOSEFF DAROL D. 71 MENDOZA CAROL 75 BRISTOL KARLA 82 FRITSCHI DAVID 56 JUSTICE CHAR- 46 MERMEL DR. 74 GORDY FURIE DANIEL 76 LOTTE LEONARD A. BRODY LYNN 61 GEIGER LESLEY 65 KANTOR, MD GARY 56 MEYER ALAN F. 64 BROFFMAN SCOTT 71 GELBART BECKY 82 KAPERL HENRY 53 MEYERS JEANNE 61 BROOKS SHARI 66 GEORGE LENORE B. 52 KAPLAN BETSY 51 MILLER BARBARA 61 BROWN PETER 75 GERBER BILL 75 KELLER ELISA 86 MILLER DOUG 94 BUNN BERNARD 49 GETTELMAN NANCY M. 60 KERMODE LOUISE 47 MILUSO MAXINE E. 64 BURNAM MARCIA 45 GINSBERG- JOSHUA 86 KIDERMAN STEPHANIE 03 MINICK PHYLLIS 47 BUTLER DONALD M. 64 MARGO KIMBALL ROBERT D. 73 MOHR TONY 65 CALLAN FRANCES 44 GITTELSON PATRICIA 74 KIRSHBAUM BARBARA 55 MOLINA THERESA 63 ROGERS GLABMAN JAMES 58 JO MORAY KATHY A. 77 CAMERON MELINDA 66 GLANTZ DANA 81 KLEIN HENRY J. 70 MORENO LISA 67 CANTOR BRIAN 75 GLASER JONATHAN 79 KLYNN JUDY 48 MORGAN RICHARD 64 CARMAN EDWARD 69 M. KORB PAUL 50 BRENT CARROLL BRUCE 57 GODFREY TRACY 67 KORNFIELD ARNOLD S. 45 MORRIS VIRGINIA 60 CHESTNUT SHIRLEY 52 GOLDSMITH ALICIA 78 KRAUS ARTHUR D. 57 MUFF JOHN F. 58 CHINSKEY FLORENCE P. 51 GOLDWASSER JIM 52 KREINMAN LYNN 54 MUNEKATA MARK T. 84 CHRISTENSEN JUNE 43 GOOD WILLIAM 55 LANDRES MARCENE 70 MUNITZ RICK RET CHRISTIAN SUZANNE 52 GOODMAN JOEL H. 62 LANNI RICHARD A. 53 FAC CLARK MARJORIE 46 GOTTSCHALK STEPHEN 60 LANZNER EDWARD 63 MURRAY CHARLES 50 COHEN ELEANOR 57 GRAHAM ROBERT L. 72 HENRY MURRAY DIANE 72 COHEN GARY G. 59 GREEN, MD LAURIE 68 LASKA JUDI 61 MYERS PATRICIA 66 COHEN NINA 53 GREENBERG ALISON G. 64 LEEDS ILENE 56 NATE ROBERT 43 COHEN SUSAN 60 GREENBERG DANIEL 58 LEEDS, MD KENNETH 55 NERI ADRIANNE 68 COHN DR. RICHARD 58 GREENBERG GERALD 56 LEFF MONICA P. 71 NIEROB ALAN 75 COLEMAN WILLIAM 72 GREENBERG REBECCA 96 LENKE MICHELE 85 NISLICK MARTIN L. 64 COMULADA JEFFREY 74 GREENWALD BRUCE 71 LEVENSON ALAN R. 70 O’NEILL MARCIA 58 CONTI JAMES 61 GREY RICHARD 52 LEVENSTEIN ANN 54 PARRISH ELEANOR L. 47 COOPER DEBRA 74 GROLLMAN, MD THOMAS B. 57 LEVIN CLARICE H. 40 PASQUINELLI JUDITH 57 COULSON MARGARET 56 GROSS HUGH 73 LEVINE JEFFREY S. 73 PEREIRA LAURIE 79 COZEN DR. HARRY 61 GRUNER JAY 53 LEVINE SUSAN 66 PERLBERG ROBERT 63 CROSBY LAUREN C. 84 GUZZARDO MARY 45 ALAN 2018 Alumni Highlights 13

PHILLIPS DR. DONALD 58 SMITH DR. 48 BERKMAN KAROLYN 54 ROSEN RONALD D. 66 POLEDOURIS BOBBIE 65 MARGOT W. BLEECHER SUSAN 61 ROSOWSKY DR. ANDRE 53 POLLOCK RANDY SUE 67 SLOAN STEVEN K. 79 BLUM ILAINA 87 SAYEGH DOREEN 06 POMEROY KATHLEEN 38 SLOANE KAREN 78 COHEN HADAR 00 SAYEGH LEETAL 09 POND JUNE 52 SNYDER GARY R. 64 FACTOR DAVID A. 77 SAYEGH NIRA 80 PRAGER STEVEN S. 82 SNYDER THEODORE 59 FEIGENBAUM GAIL 58 SCHRIEBMAN DR. RUTH 68 PRESCOTT MARK A. 67 C. FEIGENBAUM TERRY 55 SCHWAB PAUL 46 PRICE AIMEE 57 SODERLING RONALD 52 FOLDOE MARNEE C. 69 SCHWARTZ ALEXANDRA 01 QUAINTON SUSAN 53 SOKOL RAYMOND 60 GEORGE BARBARA 61 SPREAFICO CHRISTINA 76 RAFFERTY LOIS 31 SOLOMON STEPHEN H. 60 GEORGE JUDGE 57 STANLEY ELIZABETH 68 RAMBERG MAX 54 SOLOW GREGORY 62 RONALD M. TANNENBAUM SHARONE 02 REED ALAN 54 SOMERS CAROL 46 GOLDSMITH LEDA 54 TURBOW MYRON 57 REINER JOHN A. 70 SPEIGHTS AUDREY 47 GROSS DAVID 75 VIAMONTES, CLAUDIA 70 REZNICK MARSHALL 55 SPERLING SOPHIA 08 HULKOWER JONATHAN 81 MD, PHD RICE HERBERT 51 SPITZ JAMES S. 47 KLING EVELYN 47 WEINER DIANNA 70 RICHLAND JORDAN H. 73 SPITZ LOUIS 48 MAYOR MARY 41 WEINER MARTY 93 RICKLES RENA 62 SPITZ MELINDA 61 MILLER LEIGH E. 90 WEINER MELISSA 97 RISKIN IRA 51 STABLER STEVEN B. 72 MURPHY DIANA 73 WEINER VICTOR 67 RIVERA SHIREEN 84 STARK KEITH 72 ROBINSON MARTI 67 ZUKOR JAMES R. 49 HELIA STAUFFER ARTHUR 51 ROBBIN LAWRENCE 49 STAUFFER MARGARET 52 M. A. 2018 HONORARY CONTRIBUTIONS ROBBINS MARILYN J. 55 STIGLITZ JANE 63 ROBBINS RONALD 54 STURM MARLENE A. 78 CLASS OF 2007 JENNIFER CHADORCHI ROBINSON MITCHELL C. 62 SUTER ERIC 71 CONTRIBUTED $200 FROM YADIDI ’96 CONTRIBUTED $200 ROSEMAN RENA 73 SUTNICK ISRAELLA H. 64 THEIR 10-YEAR REUNION IN HONOR OF JOSH GROSS ’91 ROSEN HOWARD N. 59 SWARTZ SUSAN R. 59 AND IN MEMORY OF ROSIN ARLENE 60 SWEENEY PAMELA 66 THOMAS SCHMIDA COACH SUSAN STEVENS ROTH ROBERT A. 59 SYLVESTER RICK 60 CONTRIBUTED $100 RUBIN HOWARD A. 51 TAUBE PENELOPE 47 IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE, CLASS OF 1950 SACKER MARIANNE 64 TAYLOR- DANIEL 04 BRENDA ULLMAN SCHMIDA ’45 CONTRIBUTED $20.89 S. COHART (THE REMAINING AMOUNT BILL JONG CONTRIBUTED SAGAN MARIAN 58 THAYER BRADLEY R. 78 FROM THEIR REUNION) SALEM JAMES B. 79 THOMAS JOYCE 56 $40 IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE SALONE D. 68 TILLES ANNA 81 JEAN DRAY JONG ’44 MARGARITE UDELL RONALD 66 SALTER MICHAEL 67 VAUGHAN JOSEPH S. 54 CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEMORY OF SALTZMAN BARBARA 42 WALDEN LEONA 59 COACH SUSAN STEVENS SAVAGE CHRISTIE 65 WALKOW TODD 87 SCHNITT DR. MELANIE 76 WAUSCHEK VALERI 78 ARI BUSSEL ’84 - $500 ALLI JASON-FIVES, SCHOICHET ELLIS A. 74 WEBB STEPHEN 63 RETIRED FACULTY, MICHAEL BOYD - $250 SCHUCHET RICK W. 60 WEINER CATHY 73 & J. TIMOTHY FIVES - $100 SCHUSTER WALT 52 WEISENBERG VICTORIA S. 52 PEJMAN COHAN & DANIEL MEIER & SCHWARTZ EDITH 58 WEISMAN SANDY 75 MELINDA HAKIM - $250 SCHWARTZ LES 60 WIARD JUDY 48 HAZELLE FORTICH - $100 LAURA DAHAN - $250 SCHWARTZ MARTIN 71 WILDING VALERIE 61 JODI REEVES POLK - $100 SEIDEL ARNOLD 44 WILSON TIMOTHY G. 74 RAMIN SIMANTOB ’86 - $250 SEIDEL CRAIG 79 WINTHROP STUART 68 BARBARA WINTROUB - $100 TANIS HARRIS, RETIRED SEIZER FERN 52 WOLF SALLY 56 ANDREW ’02 & CASEY ’99 SHAGLEY CARREN S. 64 FACULTY - $200 WRIGHT CORAL 05 CURTIS - $50 SHAPIRA CYNTHIA 73 WRIGHT SONI 55 LUCIA HINDEN ’65 - $200 SHAPIRO LYNNE 54 YAKER DIANE 55 RICHARD MUNITZ, RETIRED SHEMANSKI PHIL & 68 YANO PAULINE RET LAURIE BARISH PEREIRA ’79 FACULTY - $50 SHERI FAC - $200 PAULINE YANO, RETIRED SHERWOOD GLORIA 54 YATES ROBERT W. 54 FACULTY - $50 SHOEMAKER JACK 47 YEOMAN JOAN 56 SUZUKI INGERSLEV ’82 - $100 SIEGMAN MICHAEL J. 92 ZAKHEIM ROSALYN 65 MARTIN & MARIE GORDON SILL JOHN R. 51 ZIERING AMY H. 79 - $25 SILVER STACEY 79 ZIFF LLOYD 60 SILVERS GENISE 75 ZIMMERMAN DR. DORIS 60 Contributions benefi t the Susan Stevens Memorial Scholar- SILVERS JESSICA 57 ZIRA SOL 68 ship Fund. To donate, please contact the Alumni Association. SIMMONS DANIEL 77 All others SIMMONS, JR MICHAEL L. 43 Please note: When making a contribution via an organiza- SIMON, MD REBA 56 BASS JERRY & 67 tion or foundation, please make sure they notate the alum- SIMON RUTH 54 STEPHANIE BECKER GERALD 57 ni name so we can recognize it. 14 Class Reunions 2018 Class of 1952 Brentwood Country Club—Feb. 19, 2017

Loretta Isaacs Weinberg, Maxine “Mumsey” Kessler Nemiroff , Fern Armand Grant, Judy Wolfe Victor Seizer

Bob Gordon, Bill Holzman Margie Baumgartner Frazier, Mike Glick

Standing, left to right: Connie Schuster Abell, Bob Seizer, Fern Victor Seizer, Maxine “Mumsey” Kessler Nemiroff , Loretta Isaacs Weinberg. Seated: Sandra Robbin Sutton, Brenda Flaster Wohlstatter, Herb Ehrmann 2018 Alumni Highlights 15 Class of 1957 MountainGate Country Club—Oct. 28, 2017

Jessica Perrin Silvers, Alice Katsky Lynn Ila Silverman Grobe, Roz Koeppel Karson-Tol, Shinji Isozaki

Rick and Pat Kessler Art Kraus, Jonathan Epstein Alumni Highlights is Online! Visit bhhsalumni.org To begin your PDF down- load, click on the “Alum- ni Highlights” box on the home page. Alumni info is also available at bhhs. Carol Sinn, Marilyn Lederman Lorraine Bayer, Mimi Lapkoff bhusd.org. 16 Class Reunions 2018 Class of 1967 Salter family home—Sept. 16, 2017

Joe Mariam, Victor Weiner, Mitch Hersch, Fred Spinrad Stan Katz, Mitch Hersch, Linda Lapin Levine, Mike Salter

Linda Lapin Levine, Stan Katz, Dianna Weiner, Victor Weiner, Leslie Ward Laxer, Patricia Lichtenstein Bisch, Debbi Ceazan Kessler, Glenn Carpenter Mellinger, Joe Mariam, Jill Greene Spinrad Reunion Committee. Top row (left to right): Mike Salter, Vince Melamed, Fred Spin- rad, Victor Weiner, Mitch Hersch, Patricia Lichtenstein Bisch. Middle row: Glenn Car- penter Mellinger, Debbi Ceazan Kessler, Stan Katz, Temi Millstein Treibatch. Front row: Stephanie Barbanell Bass, Stuart Blumkin, Judith Guttman Doug- las, Jill Greene Spin- rad, Leslie Ward Laxer, Linda Lapin Levine, Cory Howard Wellman

In memoriam: Joel Pressman ’67 2018 Alumni Highlights 17 Class of 1977 The Beverly Hilton—Oct. 14, 2017

Top row (left to right): Wayne Pepper, Tara Schlesinger, Stacey Halfon Bass, Billy Forrester, Nancy Tishkoff Laemmle, William Kro- ger, David Peskin, Randi Kaplan Gesten, Liz Essey Gregory. Front Denise Friend, Wayne Pepper, Lynne Praver, Kate row: Judy -Cohn, Kate Stern, Lynne Praver, Zachary Matz Stern, Cheri La Rocque, Corine Karen Schuber

Sharon Stahl Fabian, Cari Groman Shein, Kerry Zurier, Pam Mark Borson, Donald Paysinger, Carry Charlan, Deric Paige Marton, Suzie Shaub Black Farell, Lance Waller, Ronald Smith, Mark Hoff man

Reunion Committee. Top row (left to right): Harley Bassman, Jef- frey Osser, Nancy Tis- hkoff Laemmle, Evie Klein Kraft, Shirley Sanshuck Lipstone. Front row: Zachary Zatz, William Kroger, Tara Schlesinger, Debbi Horwitch Mol- nar, Robin Miles Katz, Kathy Savitt Moray, Diane Tishkoff , Ra- chel Gottschalk Bren- ner 18 Class Reunions 2018 Class of 1987 Porta Via—Aug. 5, 2017

Leslie Lazner, Antony Gluck, Nikki Dubin Steen, Rick Jordan Fishman, Alex Rapoport, Shirin Motavassel, Michael Gold- Chizever man, Camilla Grozian Lorentzen, Walter Crim, George Tseng

Lisa Katz, Lara Pepp Rajninger, Melissa Goldberg, Ashli Mason-Johns, Andrea Burger, Regina Santos, Shirin Kim Egerman, Samantha Beigel Motavassel

Rick Chizever, Dean Shapiro Erin Tuch, Paul Kalt, Erin Rosen, Candy Plotts, Daniel Croll 2018 Alumni Highlights 19

Dina Bernstein, Brooke Ehrlich, Jessica Smith, Yumi Goto, Jamie Suh Rudolph, Jennifer Kunski Romis, Jenny Edgar Assmus, Kimberly Sklanowsky Buccieri Josh Monkarsh, Pierre Kim, Steve Choe

Leron Kattan, Ben Ahdoot, Tiff any Saidnia Marianna Lozovsky, Nancy Tabibnia Rebecca Marciano, Adriana Morera

Jackie Remesnitsky Kruger, Natalie Kimberly Sklanowsky Buccieri, Lareema Henderson Martin, Sheila Bina, Rocchio Jennifer Kunski Romis Kacey Towe

Sunny Helali Naraghi, Jacob Saparzedeh, Sheila Bina, Nancy Tabibnia Adriana Morera, Brigitte Green, Jessica Lippitt, Kimberly Sklanows- ky Buccieri, Josh Monkarsh, Oren Segal Class of 1997 Intercontinental Hotel—June 30, 2017 20 Class Reunions 2018 Class of 2007 Palihouse—Nov. 22, 2017

Reunion Committee. Back row, left to right: Nathan Behnam, Emily Wolfe, Max Heff esse. Front row: Alex Pop, Michael Sigall, Danielle Tucker. Not pictured: Sandra Ghatan Ram, Ramin Ram, Kourosh Beroukhim, Ben Jenny Matloob Taban Pezeshki, Gabe Arom, Erica Azizi

Molly Jacobs, Lital Diamond, Annie Kohn, Tara Raffi , Alana Leiter, Rebecca Carly Allen Levi Cliff Frazier, Michael Harding

Back row, left to right: Sami Pop, Micaela England, Lara Brucker, Allison Galer. Front row: Danielle David Cohan, Nathan Behnam, Danny Orland, Cristofer Winter, Tucker, Alex Pop Nicolli Massachi 2018 Alumni Highlights 21 22 Class Notes 2018

Please note: Class notes her volunteer work. They ended up lost a few—we’re proud received after Feb. 1, 2018 will very happily moving to Hawaii in of them all, / They did a be published in the next edition. 1966. great job, they stood tall!” August Charles Bollar ’41 “Char- Carolyn is still actively 1930 lie” recently had his 95th birthday promoting her book and Lois Mullins Raff erty ’31 Lois and is doing great! driving her Duff y boat is 103 years old (born Nov. 20, Mary Osgood Mayor S’41 Mary around Newport Harbor. 1914) and she still plays bridge always looks forward to hearing She would like to hear and belongs to the Saticoy about and from her classmates. from more 1941 grads Country Club. She is blessed with two children, still hanging in! Paul De Baugh S’38 Paul sends six grandsons and one grand- Sybil F. Roos S’41 Sybil greetings to all S’38 grads. He’s daughter, three great-grandsons, has had a very busy year. made it to 97 years and still plays and two great-granddaughters. At She was selected as a Mary Osgood Mayor S’41 and her golf! Not well, but still fun. her senior age, she fi nds herself so “Houston Treasure”—an grandson Dr. Randolph Keim ’38 grateful to be doing wonderfully honor because she has been active high school friend responded and Randolph went to BHHS until well and she enjoys talking with in many areas of life in Houston. even included his email address. his third year when the authorities “old” friends, who seem fewer all She sends best wishes to Beverly She was able to email him and re- said his address (2200 Coldwater the time. Mary would love to hear High and looks forward to returning new a friendship! Canyon) put him in the City of from her classmates and her email to Beverly Hills soon. Mary Lou Williams Paullin ’42 Los Angeles. That made him is [email protected]. Audrey Strowburgh Burge S’42 Mary Lou is enjoying retirement ineligible to attend BHHS; so, Carolyn Roos Olsen S’41 Car- Audrey has concentrated on getting living and playing a lot of bridge. for his fi nal year of high school olyn expresses her experiences in shape this year with a personal She reports that Peggy Parsons he drove past BHHS to Uni High through poetry which she read at trainer. This is after a long commit- Wilson ’42 was evacuated from the in West LA where he graduated the 50th reunion of Class of 1941: ment to no exercising. She’s busy Santa Rosa fi re. and then went to UCLA! “Memories can be a lot of fun / If with classes, boards and crossword Patricia Sullwold Warren S’42 you really let your mind run… / puzzles. Patricia is not sure whether there 1940 Thinking back to ’41, ’40 and ’39 / June Wallace Donovan S’42 June is anyone left reading Highlights Irving Kahn ’40 Irving is 95 years Our life was good, most of the time. is still alive and well at 93 and living who was at Beverly when she was. old, plays golf and wonders where / Worrying about the date on Friday in the Corona del Mar home she’s She might be the last of the “Snotty have all his classmates gone? night, / Boys in jeans, girls skirts too occupied for the past 37 years. She Nine,” but there may be others. She Clarice Hattenbach Levin ’40 tight, / Whether the football team was delighted to meet Cameron has had a fi ne life in Westchester, Clarice turned 95 last year. Her hus- beat some high, / Or the new Miller Silver and Carol Lee, both BHHS where they lived because her hus- band of 70 years passed away about record that made you sigh— / And graduates, though many decades band, Chris, was an engineer and three years ago. They were married the date to meet at Simon’s drive-in younger, at Newport Beach func- manager at the Chevron Refi nery in 1944 just before she graduated / Would it be as good as the last had tions this year. She was glad to in El Segundo. They raised two from Stanford University. He grad- been? / And in looking back, you contact Jim LeBel S’44, her pre- daughters: one is a lawyer and the uated as an M.D. at the University have to admit / The life we had was school next-door neighbor, through other has given them three won- of California Medical School. They truly ‘It.’ / And it stayed that way ’til information in Alumni Highlights, derful grandchildren (as of January spent many years traveling around the war hit— / Many of our alum- but sad to learn of the passing of his 2017 there’s a great-granddaughter, the world whenever they could get ni signed up to serve, / The boys older brother, Butch LeBel S’40. too). You might have seen all of away from his medical practice and and girls had a lot of nerve. / We June is still in contact with Patricia them in the summers on the beach Young Sergeant S’42 and Jean Gal- at 5th Street in Manhattan Beach. lagher Walker W’43. Pat’s daugh- Beverly High has always meant a ter, Lauren, and June’s daughter, lot to her; her daughters will tell you Christy Jo, attended Corona del Mar High School together. Doris Gillespie King ’42 Doris still enjoys recalling her days at Bev- erly—receiving a good education, playing tennis on the tennis team and upon graduation from UCLA, returning to teach third grade at Hawthorne for seven years. She says the fi rst place she checks in Can you name these 1940 classmates? Irving Kahn Alumni Highlights is the year of her ’40 (right) requests your help with identifying his two graduation to see if any of her class- classmates. Please email [email protected]. mates have written. Last year her Carolyn Roos Olsen S’41 2018 Alumni Highlights 23 she can still (and sometimes does) can’t believe he’s 92 years young by Karen’s organization, Rescue writing is more insightful than ever sing all the words to the alma mater! and still has the pleasure of main- Angels, Inc. The cats are very re- even though he stays close to San June Merrill Christensen ’43 taining friendships and social gath- spectful of Cody. The cost to pro- Diego. June attended an unusual reunion erings throughout the year with his vide for these wonderful creatures Aaron R. Eshman ’45 Aaron at Sheldon High School in Eugene, old Norman classmates: Bob Fox, comes from tax deductible dona- celebrated his 66th wedding anni- Ore. in the fall of 2016. They hon- Mark Roberts, Al Lewis, Bobby tions, which are always welcome; versary (Sari Vogel, Fairfax ’48) ored former football players from Lewis, Art Lieberman, Merwin it just takes a phone call: 213-703- and 90th birthday in 2017 with Sheldon who had played in a Su- Koepel, Bobbie Nate, Marlee Mor- 8750. To all who are reading this re- three children, their spouses and six per Bowl game. Their second son, riss (wife of Frank Morriss) and fl ection, hang in there. Life is good grandchildren at Alisal Ranch. He Todd, tight end of the L.A. Raiders, Morrie Greenberg. He and his wife no matter your age! is living in Santa Monica “on the was one of those so honored. Karen had the pleasure of hosting Frances Rogers Callan W’44 beach” at Sea Colony and continues Dick Rowson ’43 Dick and his one of these lunches and it was at Frances is still going pretty strong to travel and enjoy family, friends wife, Elena, sold their summer that event where Stanley was able at 91! She is lucky to have three and playing golf. Community wise, home in Cape Cod after 52 years to show off his pet pigeon—yes, children close by so that family and he is active on several committees and set up a retirement fund with pet pigeon! His wife started a small extended family get-togethers are at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center the proceeds. They celebrated 65 nonprofi t cat rescue in 2001. In special occasions to look forward where he serves as Life Trustee. He years of marriage in December with 2010, she rescued a cat along with to. She exercises regularly, gardens, is also still very active professional- cross-country visits from family. the pigeon (Cody) from a homeless enjoys bridge and going to the the- ly (67 years) in wealth management Dick’s sister, Shirley Lou Rowson woman. Cody has bonded with ater. She volunteers several hours a at Morgan Stanley. ’48, passed away last September af- Stanley and in 2013 started laying month at her village library and also Morris Greenberg S’45 Morris is ter a fall and his dear friend and best eggs. To date she has laid 154 (un- volunteers to help with projects for 90 years old and living in the sunny man, John Gibson, died the follow- fertilized) eggs. Their daily routine her local chapter of PEO. Palm Springs area. He is single and ing month. In April 2017, they went is to go out to the yard so she can Marcia Garbus Burnam S’45 will always remember his days at to Claremont for the 70th anniver- have a bath, fl y and gather twigs. Marcia fi nds it a great joy to still be Beverly. His fi rst two years of high sary of his Pomona College Class When she is ready to go in she fl ies in touch with Marilyn Granas, still school were at Roosevelt High in of ’47. The U.S. Navy sent him to onto his head and remains as they in Beverly Hills; Rita Sebel Weiss- East Los Angeles. His senior year Cal Berkeley where he graduated go back into the house. Cody lives man, who has moved to Portland, at Beverly was the best year of his and was sent to the 7th Fleet, Pacifi c with the 14 cats that were rescued Ore.; and John Patrick Ford, whose school years. Everyone attending Theater. They have lived in Wash- ington, D.C. for the past 26 years. A memorable fl ight for Bob Nate W’43 Jack Schultz W’43 Jack enjoyed I asked myself in 2017 as I received 90 letters from children a splendid celebration of his big I did in 2016, will I ever fl y in my church, thanking me for my “90” at the Burlingame Country again? The answer is yes. The service and wishing me to have a Club in early 2017. It sure goes fast! Honor Flight Southland fulfi lled safe trip. Plus, letters from people However, he still can enjoy a lot of a dream. The dream being a trip that I knew and didn’t know, good things—bridge, small dinner to Washington, D.C. to see the including friends and family. My parties, symphony—and can still WWII Memorial. Each year total letters were 189. You want a play the fl ute, which he has done the Honor Flight puts together quick tear, no problem. since 1939! There is no more tennis a group of WWII vets on a free Seeing Arlington National or squash, but he is fairly fi t from trip to see the memorials and Cemetery brought a second set and exercise. The mag- the changing of the guard at the of tears. Those there never saw its nifi cent Sea Service Memorial built Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. beauty, all that sacrifi ce and only a Bob Nate W’43 at the Vista Point overlooking the Our group was 34 vets, all few smiles in this troubled world. “scuff ” in their walk. They were Golden Gate Bridge has turned out branches of the service and one The memorials are beautiful telling us, “We know you’re to be one of San Francisco’s ma- Navy Wave. structures; the country did us well. here and thank you.” jor tourist attractions. It is now 12 Our fi rst surprise was the Every American should take the Our return to LAX was years since dedication but remains hundreds of people who came time to see them. diffi cult to handle. Over 1,000 spotless and lovely. It is the statue of out to see us off and thanked us The changing of the guard at people, civilian and military, a lone sailor with his sea bag over- for our service. The time was the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were there. Three bands looking San Francisco. Jack had 4:30 a.m. At the same time a is something special. When playing military music, there successful heart surgery last year. If number of Vietnam vets helped walking the post, the guards’ was pageantry everywhere. you would like to chat, call him at us get wheelchairs, baggage heads do not move up or down Children were holding signs to 650-348-4514. He lost Rhoda two checked in and in position to more than 1 inch. Their walk is welcome us home. What made years ago, but is still enjoying fi ve board the aircraft. silent until they change direction the experience even greater, my great kids, 10 grandkids and two On the fl ight, surprise No. 2: or come to a halt, then click their daughter Debbie made the trip great-grandkids. “Mail Call.” To a serviceman, a heels. When they passed in front with me. Stanley Zimmelman ’43 Stanley letter from home made your day. of our group you could hear the – Bob Nate W’43 24 Class Notes 2018 BHHS should thank God for the Armond “Buddy” Lisle S’46 Bud than three feet practically overnight, of 1948. His younger brother John privilege. Go Normans! is still enjoying life in Indian Wells. which forced him to bring in a crew R. Sill ’51 continues living in Min- Dr. Barbara Ann Jeff ries Hall Both grandchildren have graduat- to clean up the grove. They did such den, Nev. with his wife Car- ’45 Barbara is still doing historical ed from the University of San Di- a great job, they are now his per- ole. They have sold their plane—a research for the city of Covina and ego and are into their careers. No manent maintenance people. This Piper Cherokee 6/300—and now touring the historical exhibition at great-grandkids yet. Kathryn spent situation has allowed him and his concentrate on playing bridge. John the city hall. Her seven grandchil- time this year with two of her Ma- wife, Louise, more time to enjoy a is not doing much of the CPA thing dren provide lots of travel opportu- rymount classmates. Their health is lot more bridge and golf. anymore. nities. Her two-acre garden is now still good. Highlights is wonderful, Audrey Bledsoe Speights S’47 Peter Simmons ’49 Peter is retired a two-acre meadow. Life is good! and Bud looks forward to each edi- Audrey enjoys family days with after 50-plus years of law teaching! Arnold Kornfi eld S’45 Arnie and tion every year. her grandchildren, great-grandchil- Free at last! Harriet are enjoying a happy life in Selvyn Bleifer W’47 Selvyn is re- dren and great-great-grandchildren. Betsy Ulf S’49 Betsy wants to Woodland Hills. His two children tired and living in La Jolla with his There are now fi ve living genera- thank many of you for sending the gave him a wonderful 90th birthday wife of 64 years, Charlene. They tions! She is saddened by the state most touching and sincere remarks dinner at a local restaurant. Lots of enjoy the weather and the more our country is in, but is hopeful for to her regarding Frank’s death on relatives and friends attended. He relaxed life in the San Diego area. a change in 2020! Go Democrats! Oct. 16, 2016. It won’t be a surprise and his wife are enjoying their fi ve They enjoy traveling and last year Tom Newmark ’48 Tom says it is to learn that they had more than 750 grandchildren and fi ve great-grand- spent the month of September in the same as before, except he’s old- people at Frank’s memorial service. children. One of their grandchil- Florence, Italy. They enjoy the rac- er now. It was beautiful and uplifting to see dren, James, is a doctor doing his es at Del Mar and he travels to Los Margot Wiesinger Smith ’48 so many friends and people—from residency in Portland, Ore. along Angeles about once a month to visit Margot is rejoicing in the activat- all walks of his life—in attendance. with his fi ancée, Molly. They plan his daughters and friends. Selvyn ed young during this political year. All the hundreds of letters that she on getting married next November continues doing Pilates and physi- There is a lot of grassroots growth. received said the same things about and expect Arnie and Harriet to cal exercise four times weekly. She enjoyed a cruise to Mexico him. Frank made friends so easily fl y up for the wedding. He’ll try to Hildegarde C. Koessler W’47 with The Nation magazine. She lost and had the ability to let you know report about the event in the next Hildegarde is amazed it has been a good friend, Marcia Scott ’48 (see that you were the most important Alumni Highlights. 70 years since her graduation! It is p. 55). Margot’s mantra is: “Do ev- person in the room. He will be Herbert Constine S’46 Herbert always so special to read about her erything you want while you can.” missed by the countless people he and Roberta are still enjoying life classmates. At this age, there is much she can- taught, helped and mentored. His in the Marina—much slower now Ann Reiss Lane ’47 Ann is trying not. was a life well lived! BHHS provid- with two newer hips and knee. not to slow down so she zipped off Betty Marx Davies W’49 Betty’s ed the most signifi cant contribution Modern medicine is great! They to Senegal to visit an amazing pro- fi rst husband, James Warren Young to their early lives. Together they are looking forward to seeing who gram, Tostan. Their goal: human ’48, passed away in a scuba div- were privileged to earn the honor of is doing what and thinking back to rights for both men and women and ing accident in ’67. She remarried being in the Hall of Fame. It is an what a great time to have lived in an end to genital cutting and child a good mutual friend in Newport honor never to be forgotten. Beverly Hills in the ’40s. marriage. Her life goal: Keep mov- Beach in 1970 and has resided there John (Jack) Watson ’49 John is Harris L. Katleman ’46 Harris ing! since. retired and living in Bend, Ore. was honored to be elected to the Joan Cox McKenna ’47 Joan has Ralph Marx ’49 Ralph is still sail- Beverly Hills High School Hall been living in assisted living since ing into the sunset with his wife, 1950 of Fame (see p. 5). All his family she had a ministroke, which aff ect- Helen. He’s enjoying the life at Carol Goshaw Blanchard '50 attended and enjoyed the evening. ed her walking and strength. She sea nine months out of the year off Carol says this has been a great He has just fi nished his memoirs hopes to move back to her home the west coast of Mexico and the healthy, happy year for her family. entitled From Offi ce Boy to Studio soon! She stays in touch with sev- beautiful islands in the Sea of Cor- She has two daughters, Belinda and Head, A Survival Story. It is now eral Beverly High friends. What a tez. During the summer hurricane Diane. Her eldest granddaughter awaiting a publication date. great school! season, they return to their home in Brooke was married at a three-day Pierre A. Kern S’46 Pierre says Eleanor Bowen Parrish W’47 Arizona where they can visit with “wedfest” celebration in the Santa nothing much has changed, except Ellie and her high school boyfriend family and friends. Cruz mountains. It was so much that he will be 89 years young on went to Yellowstone Park with Milton Miller ’49 Milton reports fun to be with 225 young people April 2, 2018. His health, wife Road Scholar Travel the last week the class of 1949 lost their leader— who came in their motor homes and Lindy, sons, grandkids and two of July 2017. It was beautiful. They Frank Ulf. tents to celebrate. (Brooke bought great-grandchildren are great! Both saw bears, elk, deer, wolves, bison Charles E. Sill, Jr. S’49 Charles Carol light-up tennies so she would of his sons (ages 60 and 61) are and gorgeous views. has been maintaining his home in fi t in with the dancing crowd until 5 planning to retire soon. God how Jack Shoemaker S’47 Jack says at Fallbrook since 2012. He’s enjoying a.m.) So the whole family, including time fl ies! Pierre is the oldest man 88 years of age he has fi nally given living on Pierpont Beach in Ventura two great-grandchildren, celebrated in his tennis group and now the up his job maintaining their avoca- with a lovely old friend and L.A. with Brooke and her husband Nash. worst player—but he can’t com- do and citrus orchards. The winter High grad of 1950. They met at The other highlight of the year was plain. rains fed the weed growth to more Avalon, Catalina Island the summer celebrating Dick '50 and Delores 2018 Alumni Highlights 25 Ward’s 50th wedding anniversary. died in December 2016 after being Yap in Micronesia. Somewhere in trustee for Pacifi c Hills School. Their six children spoke of their seriously ill for 12 years. He took between, he also earned an M.A. Carole Wayne Foran ’51 Carole is inspiration and love these last 50 his fi rst out-of-town trip to the in fi ne arts and a PhD in clinical still living at the same address and years. George Crosby came from Bay Area to combine a Stanford psychology and ultimately became still works as a therapist (LMFT). Arizona (he and Dick went to University reunion and a visit with a referee for the Mental Health She feels it’s a blessing to return to kindergarten at Beverly Vista and his two granddaughters, who are Court. Running through his career the city that nurtured and educated on to college together), along with undergraduates there. He continues and largely infl uencing the direction her. She and Bud, her husband of Betsy Roberts Ulf S’49; Marilyn to play age-group social doubles it took, was the fact that Lorrie died 65 years, moved here in 1971 and Ward’s two boys, Jim and Rich; tennis with a few other elderly when he was 28, leaving him to raise never left. She continues to connect Bob Ward’s daughter, Carolyn; and gentlemen three times a week. After their 8-month-old son, Anthony with classmates at restaurants, Jim Ward’s son, Jim Jr. It brought a long time spent caring for his late Darrow ’77. He raised Tony as a bridge games, tennis courts and so many happy memories back wife, he has returned to teaching single father at a time when no such movie theaters. Thumbs up to the for Carol; her freshman year Bob for an adult learning program, an job title existed. At BHHS, Tony Alumni Association! (Molly and Ward (student body president) activity he enjoys. In 2017, he enjoyed working on the Highlights Claire—her dogs—like Beverly drove Carol, Marilyn and Dick published his fi rst article in 25 years. staff . He seemed to be doing well, Hills too!) to school every day. Carol was in He is trying to keep his “little gray but then shockingly took his own Myrna Hyman Goldstick ’51 the same PEO chapter with Betsy, cells” active again. He wishes all life during his sophomore year at Myrna says all is well with her and Betsy’s mom, Dick’s mom, and his fellow Normans from the Class Wesleyan after breaking up with sends greetings to her classmates! Marilyn. What a great time they of 1950 continued good health, his high-school sweetheart. That’s Joyce Diller Grunauer ’51 Joyce had. Congratulations Wards! She good fortunes and many years of when Richard decided to pursue continues to spend time in Los looks forward to seeing friends at enjoyable lives. a degree in psychology. He has no Angeles, Lake Tahoe and Palm their annual Class of ’50 luncheon Estelle Emerson Handler ’50 kids or grandkids. He has done many Desert. She’s the grandmother of on Sat., Sept. 22 at Factor's Famous Estelle took the family on a Panama hiking/trekking trips, including nine, ranging from 5 to 35, and Deli (see p. 50). Canal Cruise to celebrate the New Patagonia, Nepal, North Korea and great-grandmother of two, 10 and Gerald Factor ’50 Gerald is Year. Two are teachers and two the famous Camino de Santiago, 13. She stays busy with business, amazed that he is 67-plus years away are in college so it is diffi cult to and photography workshops tennis and social life. from graduation. He and Lorraine get some time together. She is still in Iceland, Greenland, Burma, Frances Lichter Itkoff ’51 have raised their kids and grandkids, cooking special diets for special- Japan and Yellowstone. There is a Fran’s family is growing. Thanks embarked on a career or two, lived needs friends—even her chihuahua memorial fund in Tony’s name at the to her son and daughter, she has in a few cities, traveled a bit and (kidney problems). Suicide Prevention Center at Didi fi ve granddaughters and two come home to roost near where he Chuck Murray ’50 Chuck Hirsch, and Richard is establishing great-granddaughters. She is started. Their kids attended BHHS, attended his 67th reunion on Oct. a journalism scholarship at UCLA still active in National Multiple but not their grandkids. Their class 21. Carol Blanchard did a great in Tony’s memory. There is also a Sclerosis Society Support Group, has had several reunions, all of job in organizing this reunion and Lorrie Ross Memorial Scholarship the Lakewood Women’s Club, them fun. They must thank many deserves a lot of credit. He hopes to support student journalism at the Temple and granddaughters’ of their classmates, particularly more members will attend next year. Daily Bruin. Richard lives in Pacifi c activities. She visits with friends Carol Goshaw Blanchard, who Lynn Vale Penoyar ’50 Lynn is Palisades with the lovely Linda, and enjoys living in Lakewood. worked to keep their class in touch still enjoying life on Balboa Island light of his life. She is still a loyal UCLA Bruin and stage those wonderful events. and traveling, especially to visit Barbara Sherman Topkis ’50 fan and L.A. Angels fan. In recent years, they have been able family and friends. Please stop by Barbara recently took a month-long Jeanne Curry Laye ’51 Jeanne to attract fewer and fewer alums. 1304 S. Bay Front and visit. cruise with two daughters and two journeyed to Laos and Myanmar Last year a few of them held a Richard Ross ’50 Richard went grandchildren. reunion luncheon at Philippe’s on to Stanford after graduation where It’s probably Alameda. He’s enjoyed acting as he entered law school in his senior the last one with treasurer. They’ve used their funds year. That was interrupted when he grandchildren for reunions and stamps, down to was called to serve two years in the as Caitlin their last $20.89. That’s not a lot to military police. He returned to fi nish earned her manage, so he closed their account law school at USC because he was MBA in May and sent the Alumni Association the then married to Lorrie Harris ’52 and Zack is bank’s check for the balance along (“Most like to Succeed,” etc.), and in law school. with his own. For him the years at wanted to be at home. His legal Two other BHHS were so important for the career included serving as a deputy grandsons have education, the activities and the district attorney, a criminal law moved back to friendships. Go Normans! practice in L.A. and Marin County, LA from Utah. George E. Frakes, PhD ’50 entertainment law at Universal She now gets to George is alive and well in Santa Studios, and as house counsel for see them! She Barbara, where he has lived for Famous Artist, two years in a legal is now in her Keith Coplen ’54 and Brian Kraft on Top of nearly 60 years. His wife, Kay, services program on the island of fi fth year as a the Rock in August 2017 26 Class Notes 2018 over the holidays with her CPA Brentwood Country Club for Ann Weston. They have produced estate of Timothy Leary), and buddy, Sue. With her Stanford brunch in February 2017. It was lots 30 movies and still have some to do multimedia presentations. You are Bridge buddies Betsy and Connie, of fun thanks to a dedicated nine! for the Hallmark Channel. Several welcome to visit her websites www. Jeanne went down the Mississippi Maxine “Mumsey” Kessler were nominated for Emmys, but carolynmarykleefeld.com and from Memphis (where they saw Nemiroff ’52 Mumsey has enjoyed didn’t win. www.alchemyoracle.com. Elvis’ place and heard lots of jazz) to a long career as an art historian Howard Hirsch ’53 Howard is Barbara Lee Kozberg ’53 New Orleans, as well as across the and art consultant to individuals, still golfi ng, snowboarding and fl y Barbara is happy to convey that Canadian Rockies by train and bus. corporations, airlines and the state fi shing. He lectures on his time in “cherished classmates of ’53” are She squished in a trip to Kauai with of California. In addition, she was Vietnam as an orthopedic surgeon. still meeting for group lunches, her cousin, Nancy, as well as a jaunt an instructor at UCLA for many Carolyn Taper Kleefeld ’53 movies, home parties and even down to Monterey in May. Things years. She continues to lead art Carolyn’s passion for creative some travel together. Subsequent were quiet until July when she met tours throughout the world and also experimentation and a lifelong to the November birth of two up with her daughter, Linda, her spends time every year for the past fascination with spiritual great-grandsons, making a total son-in-law, and her grandkids, Lisa 43 years on the African continent. At transformation ignited her to of four boys now, she is gathering and Brian. They saw three musicals home, she enjoys family and friends become an award-winning poet, pertinent photos, memorabilia, and had dinner while enjoying the and for the past four years served writer and visual artist. She is the documents, handiwork and any cruise past the lady with the torch as president of the Beverly Hills author of 20 books, a variety of other items that she feels should and the skyline of . Women’s Club. which are used as inspirational texts be passed down to the now six Lisa is making all her family proud June Ferrer Pond ’52 June has in universities and healing centers generations who have lived in as she works for CNN in New York moved back to Orange County and are featured along with the Los Angeles. Everything is being writing and producing stories for after 36 years in Vista (San Diego writings of seven other acclaimed shipped to an out-of-state relative the news. Brian has just been given County) and living on Balboa Island. woman writers in a continuing for safekeeping and protection from a promotion to assistant manager She’s enjoying spending more time course, “The Other Half of the Sky: fi res and earthquakes at home. She of the shoe store he works for in with her children, grandchildren and Eight Woman Writers,” taught at has gone down memory lane to Connecticut, but along with it comes great-grandchildren. Swansea University in Wales. Her sort things out and hopes her future the need to work more hours and Walter Schuster ’52 Walter is alive fi rst book, Climates of the Mind, generations will appreciate items have less time for his college work. and living in the same home for 46- was translated into Braille by the dating back 120 years. Also, last but Jeanne is still doing taxes during the plus years! Library of Congress. Her writings so important, she sends a big thanks February to April 15th period and Art ’51 and Peggy Albin Stauff er have been translated into more than to Don Alschuler for his leadership enjoying the work and the contact ’52 Peggy and Art had a wonderful 15 languages and three of her books and to Jon Rose for carrying the with her friends and clients. It is time with the Class of ’52 at the (Vagabond Dawns, Soul Seeds: torch by keeping them informed keeping her brain focused and busy reunion at the Brentwood Country Revelations and Drawings, and The and making them feel the closeness and that is certainly good. It also Club. Amazing to see these folks Divine Kiss) are currently available and importance of their terrifi c reduces the time she can get into looking perky in their 80s! (See in bilingual and trilingual editions, Class of ’53. mischief. Jeanne is thankfully in photos on p. 14.) published internationally. Carolyn Margie Williams Lightfoot ’53 good health. She is enjoying playing Brenda Flaster Wohlstadter has also created an extensive and Margie is still enjoying life in Tustin. some golf with friends, as well as a ’52 Brenda had a great time at diverse body of paintings and She plays lots of bridge and tennis, couple of days of bridge with the her reunion Feb. 19, 2017 at the drawings, ranging in style from enjoys traveling, and is in three book girls. She is lucky to be able to enjoy Brentwood Country Club! romantic fi gurative to abstract. In clubs and other organizations. She is her home and she is generally the Marcy Perry Gross ’53 Marcy her language of symbolic imagery, chairman of the Crescendo Chapter driver for functions. Life is good. was married to Edgar F. Gross ’49 she expresses the passions of the of the Guild of Segerstrom Center Shirley Seams Chestnut S’52 for almost 62 years. He passed away heart and a pantheistic reverence for the Arts, a group of about 200. Shirley missed reading about on Oct. 16, 2016. They traveled for the Big Sur wilderness she They raise money for the children’s her classmates in the last Alumni extensively and have three children, inhabits. Her art has been featured education programs. Highlights. She was the only one Sheryl Sokoloff , Nick Gross and in more than 40 solo exhibitions Jacqueline A. Melvin ’53 listed under S’52. She has enjoyed Matthew Gross. They are all (including a 25-year retrospective at Jacqueline is still practicing law at hearing from Mike Glick via email. graduates of El Rodeo and BHHS. the Frederick R. Weisman Museum the ripe old age of 82 and enjoying He’s been keeping her informed She has seven grandchildren. of Art at Pepperdine University, it, although she admits to more about classmates and activities. Edgar retired in 2010 after a very for which a museum catalogue vacation time than work hours. She They have known each other since successful career as an entertainment was published with commentary sends her best to all. the fi rst grade at El Rodeo. business manager. He graduated by museum curator and director Peter H. Artzt ’54 Peter had Suzanne Hall Christian ’52 from Harvard Law School, where Michael Zakian), and in numerous his 81st birthday in May 2017. Suzanne is still working. She has their oldest grandson was also a group exhibits and continues to be His daughter, Sherry Haber, was a large practice and busy schedule; graduate last year. Edgar was also featured internationally in galleries, given “Citizen of Year” Award however, she was able to travel to an executive producer of four of museum, private collections in Hillsborough (suburb of San Egypt, Istanbul, Venice and Athens. John Boorman’s acclaimed fi lms. (including The Dylan Thomas Francisco) for raising many Vera Mackenzie ’52 Vera had Marcy is still producing television Theater in Swansea, Wales, The dollars for schoolchildren. Her a wonderful 65th reunion at the movies with her business partner United Nations, Ted Turner, The congresswoman gave her a plaque 2018 Alumni Highlights 27 2017 a challenging yet fulfi lling She found the name Tiff any in a getting down to a 9 handicap a few year. Keith’s partner of 45 years and comic strip "Tiff any Jones." She years prior) she moved to Tucson husband of nine years, Brian Kraft, decided a Tiff any setting needed a in 1989 and fi nally got it right. She successfully battled lung cancer. stone and that's how she became had met and married a wonderful Refusing to be defi ned by illness, Tiff any Stone. After living on the man who had served for 30 years they managed a theater outing in Colorado River at Lake Havasu in the Air Force including WWII New York, a Panama Canal cruise, City where she was Ladies' Club and retired from Davis-Monthan a Mediterranean cruise and several Champion for three years (after AFB here in Tucson. In 1995 she trips to Austria. They continue to relish their retirement in Palm Springs, Irvine, and Vienna, Austria. They usually celebrate Christmas in Tiff any Stone Miller ’54 on Vienna, as they believe it is the most her 80th birthday in 2017 magical place in the world that time from the congressional record of year and the perfect location to showing her accomplishment. His rejoice and give thanks for another middle son retired as a commander year of living. in the Navy Seals in the Pacifi c. Ken Cutler ’54 Ken has been Peter is still active as a diver for keeping up with his pal, Mike Mote Laboratory and Aquarium, Franks '54. Not a whole lot of them doing federal grants putting satellite still vertical, but they're still fi ghting tags on big mammals for the federal and scratching! government—whales, sharks, Elliot Hutkin ’54 Elliott was dolphins. His brother, Ed, retired welcomed to great-grandparentship! as chairman of Procter & Gamble. Daniel Rothenberg was born in He’s 87 and Peter is 81 and together March in Jerusalem and Zoe Ellen they have been on this planet 169 Rankin was born in December in years! Good genes! Boston. Karolyn Eisenberg Berkman Eleanor Klein Kaufman ’54 ’54 At age 81, Karolyn remains Eleanor is still photographing and an active musician. She conducts loving it! She sends greetings to all. Symphony 47, a community Stan King ’54 Stan is still working orchestra that rehearses every at Oppenheimer in Westwood and Monday at the Local 47 Musicians still working with the Beverly cross Union. She also hauls around a country and track teams. He’s been van full of percussion instruments, married 49 years to the same lady, playing percussion and piano with Dianne, and has two daughters, the Caltech Symphony Orchestra, both BHHS graduates. He took the Crown City Symphony and the a special cruise in February 2018 Vineyard Touring Opera Company. from Singapore to Vietnam, to At her home, she teaches piano Hong Kong, to Manila, and then and drums and tutors kids in all back to Singapore with Michael subjects. Two children and four Berman ’54 and Renee Sperling. grandchildren fi ll up her spare time. He wishes all his classmates peace Brian and Cathy Bittke ’54 Brian and health in 2018. and Cathy recently celebrated their Tiff any Stone Miller ’54 Tiff any 61st wedding anniversary. They was named Susan Ann Olson when have four children, 10 grandchildren she graduated. Skiing her way Class of 1953 commencement program, courtesy of Anne and 15 great-grandchildren. at Mammoth Mountain through Taggart Tunzi ’53, who points out classmates who had notable They welcomed two more great- three years while at UCLA, she careers in music: Howard Colf ’53, cellist, LA Philharmonic grandchildren in May 2017. Brian met and married a jet pilot in 1957. and Buff alo Philharmonic; Orin O’Brien ’53, bassist, New York retired from the grocery industry Her daughter Kelly Ann Cutler, Philharmonic (the “fi rst woman to be named a permanent yet is still involved in consulting having also gone to Hawthorne, member,” according to ); Laurence for the industry. They are both very was part of the 1976 class. Tiff any Lesser ’56, cellist, BHHS Hall of Fame member; Richard involved with their family and got into the movie industry in Lesser ’55, clarinetist, Israel Philharmonic; and David Blum ’53 watching the grandkids grow up. 1966 and as her legal name was (author of a book on Spanish cellist, composer and conductor They feel truly blessed! Susan Heasley, she decided that Pablo Casals). Tunzi adds, “There could be others who went Keith Coplen ’54 Keith found "Susie Heasley" wouldn't cut it. professionally as musicians but I don’t have that information!” 28 Class Notes 2018 became Tiff any Stone Miller. She chugging along. This year he had two, but realizing later that two Bohemian Highway in western celebrated her 80th on March 9, his 80th birthday, 50th anniversary more would be falling off shortly Sonoma County. They are now 2017. She had decided some time and a new aortic heart valve! from the walk. It’s not a big deal! planning their wedding anniversary ago that if she made that date, after Marlene Shane Verny ’54 Toenails are overrated. Compared trip to Alaska this coming June. her husband passed away in 2011, Marlene has had the opportunity to to breast cancer, none of our little Dave Friedman ’56 Dave is still she would celebrate by renting travel to more than 100 countries as discomforts mean a thing. She has doing his thing and will till his ticket a fl at in Venice, Italy, her most of January 2017. been privileged to meet so many gets punched. He’s still traveling favorite place on earth. She found Warren Erbsen ’55 Warren amazing people during her more and photographing. one with a view of the lagoon and continues to be active as a travel than 8,000 miles of walking. This David M. Gross ’56 David and Murano and stayed there during the agent after 52 years. Taking care of was never a planned adventure, but his wife Rosalyn continue to live in month of May. She is now trying to clients after the passing of his wife became just that and even when Bob their Northridge home (since 1973). write a book, My Month of May in last year keeps him busy. He still was diagnosed with a rare cancer, They are blessed with reasonably Venice, including some of the 4,000 loves to travel, including to Tahiti, he told her he wanted her to keep good health and many friends, pictures she took while there, as and looks forward to traveling walking and raising money for this including close friends that go back photography is her hobby. She also more later this year. cause. Reminder to do your regular to Horace Mann: Ellis Gelman, lost 10 pounds and is the skinniest Joe Friedman ’55 Joe and Stevie mammograms and self-exams! David Blakemore and Peter Good. she has been in about 40 years from just returned from a Crystal And, men get breast cancer too, so David has almost given up trying all the walking she did! Cruises trip from Quebec to Fort early detection is the best protection. to persuade them to come to the ’54 and Gloria Lauderdale. He just wants to keep Mike Berk ’56 Mike continues reunions that he enjoys so much. He Stolaroff Ross ’56 Norman and traveling. In January 2018, he went with his travels. They toured was sorry for the loss of classmate Gloria have been happily married to St. Martin. He has four kids, Vietnam and Cambodia, and after, Peter Behrendt (see p. 60). Peter since 1958. They are traveling nine grandchildren and moved to India and . They also took was a close friend in high school a little less but going strong. Wilshire Boulevard from Tarzana many trips in their RV around this and one of the many classmates Norman is now totally retired in January. So busy! Life is good, great country. The next trip in 2018 he looked forward to seeing at from the advertising world and and they just celebrated their 51st will be Israel. They were lucky to their reunions. This includes Marty enjoying his life playing tennis on anniversary. He’s hoping to see all visit Turkey before the trouble. He Krell, also a good friend to Peter. a weekly basis. Gloria is still doing of you ASAP. hopes this fi nds his classmates well. David still works part time in her jewelry business, however not Anne Lazarus Geller ’55 Anne Howard Fabrick ’56 Howard construction management, which quite as active as she was several reports her family has three reported on the big move he and his keeps him involved with young years ago. She and Norman are generations of BHHS grads, wife Myrna made in departing Los people. Rosalyn retired three years both enjoying watching their with two grandchildren currently Angeles and relocating permanently ago from Kaiser Permanente where family grow and move on to the attending. to San Luis Obispo in last year’s she was an accomplished outpatient next chapter of their lives. Peggy Ach Hansen ’55 Peggy Alumni Highlights. Events and registered dietitian. He has enjoyed Peter S. Spencer ’54 Peter has feels Pacifi c Grove, Calif. (“The activities over the past year have good health thanks to Rosalyn’s been retired 15 years. He’s had Last Hometown”) is still paradise proven the wisdom of that move. TLC. They say the most important several physical problems but still to her. She remains on the library The pace of life in San Luis Obispo decision one makes in life is the gets around with his walker. His board and is active in the Unitarian can be whatever you want it to be; person they choose to spend the rest partner has not let him drive for the Universalist Church, her new that in and of itself eliminates most of their life with. He hopes you all past three years. community. Swimming, dancing, stress. The beautiful rolling hills did as well and sends regards to all. Joseph Vaughan ’54 Joseph is still writing, travel, friends and family and adjacent beach communities Bob Patten ’56 Bob continues to fi ll her time. Come visit! In of Pismo Beach and Morro Bay write and teach about Victorian November, Peggy attended all off er a wealth of activities and literature and print culture, albeit a mini-reunion with three diversions. They have ridden an now from home in Albuquerque members of the Class of 1955 antique rail car to Santa Barbara rather than from any school, though to celebrate their 80th birthdays. along the beautiful coast adjacent to he continues to hold the position Sue Diamond Lifschiz, Suzi Vandenberg, which is not seen from of senior research scholar at the Pepp Gilbert and Peggy had a 101, and took the beautiful train ride Institute of English Studies, School grand time together for three up the Cuesta Grade to a winery of Advanced Study, University of days in Sonoma County. for food, music and of course, London. He published an expanded Barbara Jo Kirshbaum ’55 vino. They have had great fun at and revised version of Charles Barbara Jo walked in three their local venues in SLO, Arroyo Dickens and His Publishers Avon 39 events this year! She Grande and at Cal Poly where they (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1978) in completed about 30 miles of have seen Paula Poundstone, Jeff 2017, and has co-edited the Oxford each of the 39-mile events. She Daniels and his band, and Itzhak Handbook of Charles Dickens to be ate too much junk food and Perlman, to name a few. Last year published this year. In December, he constantly had to remind herself they spent time in Jackson, Wyo. traveled to Galveston, Texas to do to drink enough water. Her and Bozeman, Mont. and this past an interview with PBS about Great Howard ’56 and Myrna Fabrick toenails did OK, only losing summer in the redwoods along the Expectations for a forthcoming 2018 Alumni Highlights 29 series on the Hundred Books happily ever after ever since. area, as well as friends and travels Stage 4 melanoma in his scalp. He America Loves Best. The widow Joan Yeoman ’56 Joan is still to far-off lands. She’s volunteering immediately underwent surgery of his classmate Jon Abrams, retired and loving it. She keeps at Cedars-Sinai, Alzheimer's GLA, to remove the cancer. Everything Fay Pfaelzer ’59, lives here in busy with mahjong, bridge, dining and Craft & Folk Art Museum, but looked great until just a few months Albuquerque, and he stays in touch out with her partner, and seeing lots most importantly she enjoys family ago. In late October while taking with Ed Tomarken, who lives in of movies and plays. She donates and good health. She’s looking his annual physical at the Mayo England and who published another lots of time to Brandeis University forward to her 60th reunion. Clinic in Rochester, Minn. they book last year, Why Theory? programs. They are always looking Steve and Mary Jayne Glaseman found some more melanoma. The Cultural Critique in Film and for new members. If any interest, ’58 Steve and Mary Jayne still live doctors at Mayo decided that this Television (Manchester University call or email her: jyeomanll@aol. time, they should try a relatively Press, 2017). News from classmates com. Many are inching towards new treatment, [an immunotherapy] will be read enthusiastically! their 80th year and she wants to called Keytruda. The medication Deborah Lyon Simon ’56 Deborah make it a happy, healthy one. goes throughout your body and has been busy raising awareness Bob Bard ’57 Bob sends greetings attacks not only the cancers that you and funds for the arts. She just to his classmates, and says wow, know about, but also anything that’s fi nished a successful fundraiser for what a great 60th class reunion they hiding in places that may be diffi cult the new Mario Cuomo Bridge—a had in October 2017 (see p. 15)! to detect using conventional means. defi nite work of art. She also It was really great seeing so many Keytruda is administered four times traveled to the UK and spent two Normans from so long ago, and (one infusion every three weeks) weeks in Cornwall and London he especially enjoyed seeing his and at the end of this period, you’re with her granddaughter. It was a old buddy, Mike Goldman. Many given a pet scan to see what’s busy fall season there with plays and thanks to Gloria Shulman who at 6,000 feet in the mountains of going on. On Dec. 27, Jack had events. It is nice in Connecticut and reached out to all their classmates Southern California. From there his pet scan and unbelievably no she would love to see friends from and to Art Kraus whose labor they continue to volunteer for the melanoma activity could be seen! Beverly. She visited L.A. over the of love was to share with them Kern County Sheriff 's Offi ce and [At the time of writing] he was holidays. a digital book of stories about both of them are members of their halfway through his second round Linda Price Vitti ’56 Linda and her their lives. Wouldn’t it be great community's emergency response of treatments, and if his second pet husband still live full time in Aspen, to have another reunion in 2027? team (CERT). Since they retired in scan is still “clean,” he’ll be able Colo., but visit the six grandchildren Bob’s wife, Marian, their two 2002, MJ has become a prize- to discontinue treatments. He’s not in Los Angeles several times a kids and four grandsons are doing winning quilter and Steve is an trying to infer that he’s found a silver year. She recently attended the 50th great. Sadly, his sister, Vicki ’63, amateur astronomer and plays bullet. But melanoma research has anniversary of Placido Domingo’s passed away from liver cancer in guitar in a local Celtic band. Living really taken off and new treatments singing with the L.A. Opera in Los November 2016 (see p. 61). with four seasons and clean air has are appearing on the horizon almost Angeles, then returned home for the Jake Fuchs ’57 Jake had a new its benefi ts, not least in that they weekly! So for all his ol’ cronies 50th anniversary of the opening of novel published in October 2017, both remain hearty and healthy in who were sun worshipers as he Snowmass Ski Area, where she Welcome, Scholar, an academic their mid-70s, and are really was—who went with him to the worked for 34 years. Linda feels satire. It was introduced to a enjoying themselves. Their Pike Amusement Park in Long lucky to still be able to enjoy skiing gathering of Class of ’57 grads! children, who live within easy Beach until it closed at midnight with her grandchildren when they Arthur Kraus ’57 Arthur says their driving distance, are busy with their and then jumped on the all-day visit in winter, and cycling, hiking 60th reunion was fabulous. Seeing own successful lives and families. fi shing boat out of San Pedro to San and concerts with them in summer. old friends and getting reacquainted Their four grandchildren love to Clemente Island; who lived on the She enclosed a photo taken on her with those he hasn’t seen in years visit Grammy and Pop because it beaches of Southern California; and 79th birthday with her husband, was magical. They had a great class! means a trip to the mountains and a even those who enjoyed the steamer who she met in the Denver airport Betty Porter Bagdassarian ’58 trek into the woods. They also keep ships to Catalina Island and rubbed in 1983. They have been living Betty is continuing to enjoy lunches in touch with a few of their old baby oil and iodine on their bodies with Jay Tyre and Linda buddies from BHHS and that keeps so they could join the club and Swarzman. Their hearts the old spark alive. Life is good! become a member of “the original miss the fourth member Jack Morgan ’58 Jack has a shake and bakers”—if you are now of their gathering— public awareness announcement. or soon might be experiencing Alice Blair Simmons He wants to go on record as Mother Nature’s payback for all (who passed away in never having indulged in alcohol, those wonderful outdoor memories, 2016 – see p. 61). cigarettes, or illegal drugs of any he wanted to make sure that you Thomas Bleakley ’58 kind. He doesn’t even drink coff ee too knew of this bit of modern day Thomas just turned 78 or tea or use table salt, pepper or medical magic and hopefully enjoy and is still alive! sugar! And perhaps because of many more years of quality life! Linda Thieben Gilbert this, he’s had a pretty uneventful Edith Weinstein Schwartz ’58 Linda is enjoying life health-wise. But in the summer ’58 Edith is still alive and has Linda Price Vitti ’56 with her husband life in the Beverly Grove of 2015 he was diagnosed with one husband, three kids and six 30 Class Notes 2018

where you are have retired to their home in Toby Wade live happily on 12 acres by emailing her Honolulu. This is after seven years of ponds and redwoods in Albion, at LSTGF@ of Mike’s taking one- and two-year Calif., two miles inland from the earthlink.net. jobs around the U.S. mainland. Mendocino Coast. Good friends, She hopes to She is a docent at Spalding House family, traveling and volunteering hear from some Museum and sends her best to all. make for a joyful and healthy life. of the “lost” She is also announcing the recent They enjoy sharing their beautiful classmates and marriage of Nancy Nesheim ’58 property and their second house looks forward (see p. 46). with guests from Airbnb. Life is to seeing many Baret Fink ’59 Baret is practicing good. of you at the law in Century City where he can 60th reunion on look out of his offi ce window and 1960 Oct. 7, 2018. see BHHS. He has not gone very Terry (Leonard) Friedlander ’60 Irwin "Zeke" Warsaw ’58 (right) and his wife (For more far even though in his years at Terry is another old hippie from the Carolyn (left) celebrated his mother Anne information, see Beverly, Century City was rolling ’60s. He went to lots of colleges on Warsaw's (center) 101st birthday last August p. 5.) green hills. His daughter, Deborah, his way to University of Redlands grandkids. She retired after 40 years Irwin "Zeke" Warsaw ’58 Zeke and his son, Randall, are attorneys to play roundball with Dave of teaching and is learning French, fi nds it hard to believe almost and his youngest daughter, Shaney, Mohs and a trip to NAIA fi nals in taking classes, participating in three 60 years have fl own by since is the athletic director at Seattle Kansas City (1964). He taught high book clubs, enjoying knitting and graduation, and he is thankful to University. He treasures his days at school U.S. History and coached feeling grateful for high school still be able to enjoy most of life’s Beverly. basketball in the late ’60s before memories! off erings. After almost 30 years Howard Rosen ’59 Howard and moving to Seattle in the early ’70s Linda Ezor Swarzman ’58 of marriage to a woman who Carol (Hamilton High W’63) enjoy (involuntarily). He was the athletic Linda says the years have been understands and appreciates his time with their two daughters, sons- director at the Mercer Island JCC good to her. She and her husband, jokes, he adopted Carolyn’s two in-law, grandsons, and lots of travel. until becoming self-employed in the Judd, have celebrated 56 years of adult children and they became Although Howard retired from real retail sportswear business in 1976. marriage. Their children do not live fi rst-time grandparents about fi ve estate development in 2012, he has Richie Zall was one of his reps in the Los Angeles area, so they years ago. Although this was much been working one day a week at their who called on them at The Locker visit their son and their 11-year- later than most of their married daughter’s entertainment-industry Room. He sold all 10 stores in the old granddaughter in Houston, friends, they now know the joys of costume production shop in North Seattle area in 1992, which was and their daughter and four-year- which they were raving. They love Hollywood. Carol, an event planner exactly 16 years from the opening. old granddaughter in Ashland, being tardy grandparents. Also, and wedding coordinator, retired Dazed and confused, he started Ore. She spends much of her time they were extremely fortunate just last September. Travel began cycling and ended up in Sun Valley/ volunteering with the Assistance and blessed to have celebrated his in March with good friends at their Ketchum with his wife who sold her League of the San Fernando Valley. mom’s 101st birthday last August. timeshare in Mazatlán. In 2017, business. Terry’s current business She is also an active member of Someone up there must like her, their all-family vacation, which emerged on a cold and snowy Bruin Professionals where she as she looks 20 years younger and also celebrated their 50th wedding Idaho night over a fi re, refrigerator off ers her service as a licensed auto still knows who Zeke is. She lives anniversary, started with several poetry and some Sun Valley ale. broker. The Class of ’58 reunion in her Newport Beach home with a days in London, then a wonderful www.PicLits.com is a literacy committee will be meeting to plan fabulous caretaker. Zeke, his sister cruise around the British Isles. His teaching tool using photography their 60th class reunion coming up in Wendy ’60 and his brother Robert annual fl y-fi shing trips included and word banks to write with. Basic October. It is diffi cult to locate those ’66 visit her often—along with her a week at an Alaskan wilderness educational philanthropy with a classmates who have moved in the nine nephews and nieces and three lodge in June, then another in capitalistic touch. He is still in touch last years, so please let her know great-grandchildren. Zeke has a August, fi nishing lot to be thankful for, and with several days he is looking forward to on a favorite river in the 60th class reunion on Montana. The Class of Oct. 7, 2018 and hopefully ’59 reunion committee seeing a large number of has started planning classmates come to share their 60th for Sat., June their stories and relive 22, 2019, and he’s glad some of the good old days. to continue helping As Art Laboe used to say: his hard-working “Be there, or be square.” classmates to create a Nancy Schwartz Young great event. ’58 Nancy and Mike, her Leona Walden ’59 Leona Walden ’59 with her partner husband of seven years, Leona and her partner Toby and grandson Jack Terry (Leonard) Friedlander ’60 2018 Alumni Highlights 31

broken. He expects to see you all at a cruise to Catalina Island and the next reunion in 2020! Mexico to get out of the cold (27 Rick Sylvester ’60 Rick is still degrees now), but not the snow stuck in Squaw Valley and still (only 2”). They missed the records trying to learn to ski and climb. of Pennsylvania at the end of In the last dozen or so years he’s December. been volunteer instructing with Paul Bergman ’61 Paul and Andrea a local disabled sports program. celebrated 50 years of marriage Actually, he sucks at everything at in 2017. Paul is an emeritus law which he used to be half decent. professor at UCLA and continues His wife, Betsy, had been irked to teach and write. His most recent at slacker children who failed books are a second edition of Michael Schwab ’60 with family to make her a grandmother, but Cracking the Case Method (about with Alan Friedman, Mel Fay, Ron and Science University. His trainees in August 2016, their daughter legal analysis), and You Matter: Ten (Brad) Neiman, Tom Welch, Tom are starting to retire. He can’t fi gure Cheyenne produced Sadie, a real Spiritual Commitments for a Richer Kauff man, Penny (Coe) Danz. out a good time to retire, but he does beauty. Their son Terray received and More Meaningful Life. His Fond memories remain of high manage some golf, tennis, piano his master’s in journalism from Cal co-author is Rabbi Mark Borovitz, school friends, hoops, the Beverly playing and singing. His sister, Judy in 2015. He made several trips to and the book blends traditions Vista two-on-two open, Hollis, Schwartz ’63, is retired and living in and spent lots of time at the pipeline from Judaism and Alcoholics and his favorite teachers (Lucy Santa Monica. demonstrations at Standing Rock, Anonymous. Helgesson, Marilyn Reynertson, Robert Swarthe ’60 Robert was N.D., some as a stringer for Reuters. Anne Teitelbaum King ’61 Anne Barry White, Dennie Peterson, Sr. nominated He had a recent Wall Street Journal still works from home as a recruiter and Jr., Coach Reilly, Schreiber, & for an front page photograph. In summer for a large national staffi ng company Miletich). Forty-seven years seems A c a d e m y 2014, Rick made an attempt on K2 and is to have fl own by, but longterm Award for his in Pakistan, which proved a fool’s enjoying it. memory is still good. He sends animation errand but not for obvious, i.e. age, N o t h i n g peace, naps and good health to all. short fi lm, reasons. A few years before, trying stays the Eugene Herts ’60 Eugene recently Kick Me. to get a better view of a black bear, same in her got back from a great vacation, He’s happy he inadvertently treed it. Later with i n d u s t r y visiting Shanghai and Bali. He got to say that the help, he trapped it and surreptitiously and it is remarried in December. They still A c a d e m y assisted in its relocation for its own always a have their weekly dinners with has beautifully preserved it for all security. It was estimated to be in challenge. classmates on Thursday nights. time. Alternately, you can view a the 800-pound range, perhaps the She also Call him at (818) 342-6540 or Les pirated and very poor quality copy largest ever seen in the Tahoe area. paints every Schwartz at (310) 559-4544. They of it on YouTube (which he’s He had been engaged in quite a Saturday at a gallery in San Pedro rotate in the Valley. attempting to have removed). But crime wave, having broken into called Parkhurst Galleries and is Michael Schwab ’60 Michael has for now, here is the link: https:// at least 40 (the number reported across the street from the Grand been married to Cheryl for 50 years. www.youtube.com/ to authorities) residences. He and Theatre, which has gallery showings The kids are all married, and they watch?v=2cKoFOCo7rk. In 1999, neighbor and class valedictorian, twice a year. She is still living in have six grandkids—ages 1 to 10. they sold the family’s Beverly Hills Fred Ilfi eld ’58, were involved in Long Beach and enjoying life with Life is great, and they are trying to home (on the corner of Canon Drive a three-year eff ort to get Squaw her husband, Michael, and get to 100. and Carmelita). It had a connection incorporated—another fool’s companion Bichon, Pierre. Life is Les Schwartz ’60 Les has reunion to old Hollywood movie history. It errand (tilting windmills exercise). good. dinners each Thursday night at was built by silent fi lm comedian, Lloyd Ziff ’60 Lloyd’s book Judith Miller Laska ’61 Judith various restaurants in the Los Ben Turpin—famous for his Lloyd Ziff , New York/Los Angeles, is living in La Quinta and Playa Angeles area. Current attendees are crossed eyes. When the driveway Photographs: 1967-2015 was Vista. She’s been married to Paul himself (310-559-4544), Eugene was originally poured in 1927, chosen as one of “The 50 Best for 45 years. They’re enjoying Herts, Michael Leebove, Ray Sokol Turpin pressed his handprint into Books of the Year” by the American their retirement with two adorable and David Gingold. the wet cement, signed and dated it. Institute of Graphic Artists. It is great-grandsons, grandchildren and Ray Sokol ’60 Ray is very proud Robert was sure the new owners available at book and museum children. of his daughter-in-law, Carey would have no idea of who Turpin stores, and online: lloydziff nyla. Valerie Wilding ’61 Valerie is Sokol, for attaining her doctorate was, so they carefully removed the com. still in yearly contact with Judy in occupational therapy. While concrete square and moved it over Doris Briggs Zimmerman ’60 Lindheim, Bev Meadows and Julie earning her degree at USC she was to his sister’s house where it resides Doris is enjoying retirement, with Curland. Since the 50th reunion, also a member of the faculty. to this day. Last month after standing a trip to Australia and New Zealand they meet for several days of fun Jeff Stevens ’60 Jeff is still chief of for 90 years, new owners tore it last spring. She spent January and reminiscing in cities where one nuclear medicine at Oregon Health down. Another link to the past in Southern California and took of them lived or a city that they are 32 Class Notes 2018 interested in exploring together. door of the class to grab you by the Jan Weiss Buscho ’64 Jan is 43 years, now spend their time Jerry Abraham ’62 Jerry sends hair, give you $2 and send you to happily married and has kids and traveling and scratching places off best to all from him and Harriet. the barber; putting nails in the fence grandkids. She is now painting, their bucket list, including Sedona, They enjoyed the 50th reunion of “hamburger row” to prevent creating art and loves it! She can be Grand Canyon, Panama Canal, and hope there may be a 60th. He sitting on the top rail; and catching reached via www.jbuscho.com. London, Rome and Paris. Trips in is still working four days a week Robbie making out with Ellen S. in Donald M. Butler ’64 Donald 2017 included Santa Fe, Hawaii, and they spend as much time as back of car in teachers’ lot. He was continues to thrive at the Roxbury and a month-long exploration of possible seeing their four children forced to park on the street for the Park Community Center as actor, Australia and New Zealand. When and eight grandchildren in Boston, entire semester. artist and movie selector—a they’re not traveling, they reside in Long Island and New Haven. He’s Reuben Snipper ’63 Reuben and microcosmic “slice of Elysium.” Calabasas, enjoy prolonged stays at glad to hear from all at abrahamj@ his wife have been living in Rome All this two years and 11 months their second home in Palm Desert upstate.edu. for four of the past fi ve years— after retiring from the U.S. Postal and visit their three grandchildren Larry Calof ’62 Larry and “The she was working there for a UN Service. in Rancho Santa Fe. Although Roses,” Joel Goodwin, Randy organization, but fi nally retired in Michael Dellar ’64 Michael is offi cially retired, Lee remains active Bassett, Lowell Orren and Mark September 2017. Reuben retired releasing his highly acclaimed 2013 on the bench, sitting on assignment Greenwold held a mini reunion in 2012. For him, being retired Stardust estate grown Napa Valley under the direction of the state with their spouses in Sedona this in Rome is really wonderful, so Cabernet Sauvignon with a special Judicial Council. past fall (see p. 48). He continues much to see and do. He loved price for all Normans—20% off . Marty Nislick ’64 Marty sends a his outdoor adventures skiing, biking around the area, too, but Visit www.stardustwines.com and note to his class: Dear Class of ’64, whitewater rafting, hiking and they are glad to be back in Takoma use code: BHHS. His sister Kathy We are less than two years away photography (www.classvimages. Park, Md., because their middle Dellar ’67 passed away April 17, from Reunion 55. Any suggestion com). son and his wife have a baby and 2017 at the age of 67 (see p. 61). on how to spend this auspicious Gay Hubbard Durward ’63 they get to babysit every Monday. Leland H. Faust ’64 Leland’s occasion would be greatly Gay and Don celebrated their 50th Grandparenting is the best! Their family continues its presence in the appreciated. Wishing everyone wedding anniversary last year. They oldest son just moved to Spain and publishing industry. His daughter- good health and loads of inner started the party by taking all the they plan to have a child soon, too, in-law, Kate Taylor, is a reporter peace. kids and grandkids to Hawaii for a but they will be harder to visit. Now for The New York Times and his Rosalyn Zakheim ’65 Rosalyn grand vacation. She is still singing, that his wife is retired, they have wife, Susan, is in her 35th year as and her brother, Irv ’61, are now acting, making and teaching art, started to do more things together food editor and columnist for the grandparents. Their mother, who and generally enjoying herself. Don during the day (what a thought)—a San Francisco Chronicle. His son, is 101, celebrated Thanksgiving continues to run his business and real delight! Jeremy, writes for Slate magazine with her children, grandchildren, all their kids are doing very well. Eric Snow ’63 Eric and Marguerite, and Leland has a number of their spouses and her two great- Two of their grandchildren are into his wife of 48 years, are still doing a articles in the Huffi ngton Post. Last grandsons. Much of the family the performing arts, which is a real lot of traveling. They went on a nice summer he was the second fi nisher now lives in Spokane, Wash., but thrill for her! Gay is still in touch cruise from Stockholm to Bergen in the Malibu Olympic Distance Rosalyn is still in SoCal, retired with some of the folks from Kailua and ports between, then a nice 4th Triathlon. Otherwise, he’s partly from practicing law and enjoying High School who hosted the BHHS of July vacation in Hawaii. They retired and spends time chasing life. Madrigals on their exchange concert are very fortunate to have their after two grandsons. Shari Arnold Brooks ’66 Shari tour in 1963—what wonderful 50- whole family living close and see Fred A. Fenster ’64 Fred is is still working part time in her year friendships have resulted from them often. They had a great visit celebrating the 40th anniversary of husband Jeff ’s CPA/CFP business that great experience! with three of his classmates in Los being adjunct professor of law at the and enjoying grandson Danny and Robbie Freeman ’63 Robert has Angeles in January. It was nice to USC Law School teaching pretrial their four dogs. She plays mahjongg more memories of Mr. M., the boys see Jay Reese, Steve Hofmeyer and advocacy. He has been practicing weekly and talks, texts and emails vice principal: sneaking in the back Robert Levy. law since 1972. He and his wife, BFF Gail Engler Novack Hoff man Andrea, have been married for 45 frequently. years. They are extremely proud Ron Friedman ’66 Ron and Sandy of their daughter, Amanda Kogan are still living in Northridge and he ’95, who became a partner in the is still working for Marcum LLP. reality TV department at WME There are no plans for retirement Entertainment. and he is enjoying work and Lee Harris ’64 Lee retired from golf. His youngest son, Jared, is the Superior Court of the State getting married next August. Ron of California for the County of is looking forward to the wedding Los Angeles after 17 years with and hopefully more grandkids. He the Los Angeles County DA’s currently has three grandkids from Offi ce, and nearly 25 years on the his two other children. Class of ’63 pals Jay Reese, Steve Hofmeyer, Eric Snow bench. He and Susan, his wife of Sharon Block Litwin ’66 Sharon and Robert Levy 2018 Alumni Highlights 33 Adrianne Confl enti on his dream to become an airline fantastic! The Neri ’68 Adrianne and pilot. After earning his commercial historic: He others are in the process of pilot’s license and instrument rating and Francine planning the Class of 1968 he found that getting an airline job celebrated 50th class reunion. It will without military fl ying experience their 40th be held Sat., Aug. 11, 2018 was going to be very diffi cult, so anniversary at the Marina City Club in he decided to take a diff erent path. in November. Marina del Rey. For more While fl ying, he met and married They actually info please contact her at a beautiful woman. The new path met in junior [email protected], they took was to go back to school high! Francine or Geri-Ann Galanti at and so they headed off to Brigham continues her career as a dental Shari Arnold Brooks ’66 [email protected]. They Young University where she hygienist in Beverly Hills where with grandson Danny (20 months) look forward to seeing earned her master’s degree in food she’s worked for 30-plus years! and her husband, Bob, so very their classmates at this great event! science and nutrition and he earned Howard continues to practice much enjoyed her 50th reunion in Dean Rice ’68 Dean is still trying to his BS degrees in microbiology business and tax law with his oldest October 2016. In May 2017, their fi gure out this retirement gig after 41 and medical technology. After son, Alex ’00, at their offi ce on one and only grandchild, Jonathan, years in professional aviation. As a graduation, they returned to the San Wilshire/Canon. He speaks all over graduated from high school in grand storyteller, he still remembers Francisco Bay Area with their two the world on business planning. Colorado and went off to college going to the local gym and regaling children to be near family. The next Recently Howard presented a paper in August. They are in the process friends with stories of fl ying to 31 years fl ew by as he worked for at Oxford University. He holds a of selling their home in California Budapest or battling storms over hospital laboratories and the medical second law degree from Cambridge and moving to Seguin, Wash. She the Caribbean. Now his gym stories device industry. Their children University. He completed fi ve can be reached at sharonbobL@aol. deal with the hectic 10-minute drive grew up and got married and they years on the Beverly Hills com. he made and how many deer he now have fi ve grandchildren. Planning Commission. He still Barney Volk ’66 Barney recently almost hit! Yet his love of family, After much moving around, their enjoys photography and dabbles went to his grandson’s fi rst JV fl ight and friends still motivate him. children fi nally decided to settle in in ceramics. (His studio is the football game. It brought back some Both his sons have fi nished their Idaho. Naturally, they wanted to be clay classroom at Beverly High!) great memories. Go Normans! grad work and have moved on to near them, so they pulled up and left And the new: While Francine and Randy Sue Pollock ’67 Randy their professions of accounting and their California roots behind and Howard were in Poland, three Sue was selected by judges of civil engineering. His wife Linda moved to Idaho. It is fun to be close weeks earlier than anticipated, Northern District Federal Court to stays eight-days-a-week busy with to the grandchildren and be part of they were greeted by the news of serve a three-year term as lawyer her psychology practice. She still their lives as they grow up. They the birth of their fi rst grandchild— representative to the Ninth Circuit. won’t help Dean. She says he’s look forward to becoming great- Jackson Oliver Fisher—to the Their one and only grandchild, only neurotic. He has to get a lot grandparents one day. As for now, proud parents, Samantha and Alex, Jonathan, is 18 years old and in sicker to merit her services! Dean they keep busy with their many who reside in Westwood. Their his second semester of college in still gets to do volunteer work hobbies. They both do genealogical son Merrick ’04, is a nail artist, and Colorado. He lives in a dorm on fl ying young kids in various youth research and plan to do some the proud father of BooBoz, the campus which brings back her programs. Nothing beats savoring traveling to fi nd more information family’s fi rst grand-doggie. They memories of living in a dorm at the ear-to-ear grin on a 14-year- on their ancestors and cousins. He reside in Beverly Hills. Howard is UC Davis. She is looking forward old’s face, fl ying an airplane for the spends time doing photography president of the Beverly Hills Bar to seeing everyone at their joint fi rst time. So, maybe there is life of their grandchildren’s sporting Association. He was sworn in by 70th birthday reunion. Their 50th after retirement! Hope to see many events, some astronomy and ham Gov. Gray Davis. In his spare time, reunion weekend was so much of you at the 50th! radio. They are both too busy to he fought a grueling and successful fun (see p. 16). Many thanks to the Ruth Bassman Schriebman be bored in retirement and look campaign to be elected the 14th reunion committee. ’68 Ruth fi nds it hard to believe forward to many adventures to treasurer of the City of Beverly Victor Weiner ’67 and Dianna their 50th is coming up. It’s been come. Hills. He was sworn in on March Hyman Weiner ’70 Victor and fun following classmates on their Alan Duke ’69 Alan is doubly 28, 2017. Come and visit him at Dianna have been married 46 website. blessed as grandson John Thorston City Hall. years. They love Dodger baseball Roger Smith ’68 Roger fi nds it Duke Forsyth was born April 4, Marnee Foldoe ’69 Marnee is still and enjoy their special getaways to hard to believe that it has been 2017 and grandson Nash Nils Duke enjoying living in sunny Henderson, Palm Springs. They are the proud almost 50 years since he graduated was born April 16, 2017! The Class Nev. with her chihuahua. She is still grandparents to Charlotte and from BHHS. He looks forward of ’69 keeps in touch through their working at an Orthodox Jewish Ava, who are what life is all about. to seeing many of you at the class class website, www.bhhs69.com, elementary school with no plans Their children, Martin Weiner ’93, reunion. After graduation, he or their Facebook group. He hopes to retire. For exercise and pleasure, Melissa Weiner ’97 and Alexandra headed off to Australia for a two- to see everyone at the 50th in 2019! she swims, works out in the weight Weiner Schwartz ’01, all graduated year service mission for his church. Howard S. Fisher ’69 Howard says room, square dances and gardens! from Beverly. Upon returning, he started working some old and a lot of new—both Now that she lives close enough 34 Class Notes 2018 to drive to California, she visits her is pleased with his California gardening. Visit Theatre 40 in the pre-med with a B.A. in biophysics. mother, who just turned 90, a few teaching as were administrators BHHS basement! He went on to get a law degree times a year. In 2017, she also got to in California. Many thanks to the Gina Gilbert Moffi tt ’72 Gina (Southwestern) and was a judge see friends Judy Strauss and Linda BHHS Alumni Association and the celebrated the 30th anniversary of pro tem in Northern California for Glasser. She also drove to San Jose UCI Alumni Association. Keep up her architecture fi rm and is busy awhile. He became a stockbroker to visit Lynn Smith. As 2018 begins, the top-notch eff orts. Best of luck designing custom homes and and a registered investment advisor she is living through the excitement, to all those from BHHS, UCI and restoring historic properties. She (two diff erent things) and focused dust and debris of remodeling her to his many students of the past, and her husband of 38 years are on socially responsible investing kitchen, guest bathroom and master present and future. grandparents to two girls and have (SRI). He hosted the fi rst (and bathroom. She is hoping to stay Eric M. Berg ’71 Eric recently another on the way. Daughters only?) TV show on SRI in the ’80s. healthy and active, and if she does, retired from the San Jose offi ce Emily ’00 and Julia ’00 each have He got a PhD in human sexuality she plans to live to be 100! of PricewaterhouseCoopers after a daughter and are busy working and has lectured around the world Marc Russell ’69 Marc works for an 29 years with the fi rm, including moms. Son Evan ’10 is associate doing "Ask the Sexologist" for the escrow fi rm in Beverly Hills which seven years as a managing director. editor of Frieze Magazine and is last 20 years. He loves live music has done business a few times with Between 2007 and 2017, Eric constantly traveling for work. She and has gone on 11 music cruises some of his BHHS classmates. He led the group that designed and writes and submits a memorial for so far. He’s glad to connect with is also enthusiastically involved in enhanced Aura, the software used her classmate Karen Ransohoff anyone here in L.A. who likes digital photography and occasional by PwC professionals around the Butterfi eld ’72, who passed away seeing live concerts (rock, funk, amateur singing (just call him Old world to perform and document May 17, 2015 (see p. 62). All who esoteric, blues – not classical). He Green Eyes). audits. knew her found her a bright, loving owns real estate for a living, travels Mark Tanchuck ’69 Mark is still Scott Broff man ’71 Scott is close romantic with an easy laugh. a lot for fun, and was at the World rolling along. He’s enjoying the to retirement and comments that She was always a kind, generous Association of Sexology Annual “H-” outta retirement! Even though time sure does fl y! He can still person. She will be missed. Conference in Prague last May. he hated the “forced labor” aspect remember many a great day at Keith Stark ’72 Keith’s 34-year- He’s glad to reconnect with old of school when in it, he’s come to BHHS. Well, his dog is in a four- old daughter, Samantha, is an friends and glad to make new ones. be grateful for it, as he wouldn’t be wheel wheelchair and he is another Emmy-nominated video journalist He has infi nite energy and interests where he is today without it! The year older and still travels three for the New York Times and lives and no family … just friends. class he uses the most today— months of the year. He sends his in Brooklyn. She has a new ([email protected]; www. besides reading, writing and best to all alumni! documentary called The Forger that askthesexologist.com; phone: 510- driving—is Spanish! He uses it Marty Schwartz ’71 Marty is still is a fi nalist for the Peabody Award. 501-2920.) every day! practicing veterinary medicine part His 32-year-old daughter, Whitney, Cliff ord J. Cutler ’73 Cliff ord has time at his practice on Fairfax, Park got her master’s in women’s great memories from Beverly and 1970 La Brea Vet Care, which he started studies from Central European still maintains many friendships Hank Klein ’70 Hank is currently from scratch more than 30 years University on a full George Soros and hopes everyone is doing studying and teaching in California. ago. He completely renovated the foundation scholarship, lives in well. He is still in Paradise Valley, Teaching is a fi eld where one has to old family home on Smithwood Amsterdam and works on civil married to Robin for more than be fl exible and versatile. He enjoys Drive and lives there with his rights issues throughout Europe. 34 years and has two wonderful the work. It was good to see fellow fourth-generation Bedlington Keith’s 27-year-old son, Ethan, children, Geoff rey Garrett Cutler BHHS alumni at a recent gathering terrier, Roxy. He welcomes the graduated from University of and Genna Ryan Cutler. He prays and that also applies to the annual contact of any classmates from BV Michigan Engineering 4.0 summa every day for his late sister, Lynn gathering of UCI, his second or BHHS: 310-274-4624. cum laude, National Science Violet Cutler, and the memory alma mater. He was a high school Judith Deutsch ’72 Judith had a Foundation fellow, full ride for of his parents, Jerome Avery and letterman, a collegiate letterman fi ve-year career in art conservation his PhD without student teaching, Gloria B. Cutler. Go Normans! and later an Olympic participant. at the J. Paul Getty Villa and a 30- and was poached by Google X. He Diane Holland ’73 Diane is an He has a comment on his high year career in fund development now lives in Mountain View and artist with an school letter jacket: ISF stands for before semi-retiring and planning is working on the self-driving car. international IT STILL FITS! He is currently three businesses: JSD for Lee, JSD About two years ago Keith had two reputation, writing the text of a picture book Fundraising Consultant and JSD brain surgeries for a non-cancerous working in a about a sports participant. He was Editing. Some of the fascinating brain tumor, and shortly after that, variety of not born in California but was raised works she edited were the origins his tempestuous marriage of 33 media. She and educated here. It was an honor of profi ling in law enforcement years came to an end. But, he has has recently to receive recognition in 2016 as and the autobiography of a Mafi a since gotten himself a Porsche 911 participated one of UCI’s Olympic participants. hit man. She is also active on nine and a McLaren! in a number A few months later the same boards of directors and helps care Robert Berend ’73 Robert of exhibitions happened in the Virgin Islands. It for her darling parents (ages 91 and is still living in Beverly Hills, a r o u n d was good to know that a former 93). Her hobbies include gourmet divorced long ago and no kids. Southern California. She exhibited principal in the Virgin Islands cooking, theater, painting and He graduated Berkeley undergrad, at the Palm Springs Art Fair and at 2018 Alumni Highlights 35 the Los Angeles Photographic She then moved to NYC to pursue busy year in Connecticut. His The Village Voice wrote: “Marshall Exhibition (PhotoLA), and was a modeling career in Paris, Milan oldest daughter graduated from the McLuhan’s writing about the part of three shows in West and Munich and modeled for “U” and moved to Los Angeles to intimacy of radio communication Hollywood celebrating women in designer Roberto Cavalli. She pursue a career in the entertainment wasn’t lost on Joshua Fried … the arts, “At the Core,” “Hear Me,” worked at several PR fi rms and industry. His son and daughter are Seize the Means deconstructs and “AWAKEN: The Female worked with MTV creator, Bob both juniors in high school and voices from the ether in an Voice.” She also showed in Pittman, to establish the fi rst ever have begun the search for college absurdist, subtly undermining “Abstract Never Is” at MuzeuMM, reality shows including COPS and admission. It has also been a manner akin to Negativland.” donated work to benefi ts for the The Morton Downey Jr. Show. great year for fi lm. Two projects Since high school, Joshua has Trevor Foundation and Write Girls, In 2012, Debra moved with her he worked on were screened at performed solo in many places, and most recently was included in family to Short Hills, N.J. There Sundance (2017): Novitiate and including Lincoln Center, BAM, “Fresh 2017” at the SoLA Gallery, she founded Daycation Today, Mudbound. He also worked on the Dutch Royal Palace, Mudd all in Los Angeles. Locally, Diane’s which gives busy moms and Girls Trip and Mark Felt: The Man Club, Joe’s Pub, Tokyo’s ICC work is on view at Galerie Denis working women the opportunity to Who Brought Down the White Center and Italy’s decadent Altavos Bloch on South Beverly Drive. Her do something great for themselves House. He hopes it will be just as techno warehouse complex. Russian Bolonka canine, Ferbit, every month. In other words, to good a year in 2018! Joshua lives in NYC, performs who has been with her since fi nd balance. Rebecca Fields ’77 Rebecca frequently, got married in 2010 and puppyhood, just turned 16. Ellis Schoichet ’74 Ellis’ and her poodle Charlotte went to has no known off spring. This may Rena Freeman Roseman ’73 architecture fi rm, EASA the 2017 AKC National Agility read like a press release, but Joshua Rena and her husband celebrated Architecture, is located in San Championships in Georgia and is friendlier than he was in high their 30th anniversary in Japan. Mateo on the San Francisco fi nished 27th overall in her division. school. They plan to spend most of their Peninsula and is thriving in the They qualifi ed for the 2018 Michael Collins ’78 Michael, a time in Northern California current building boom. His wife National Agility Championships lifelong resident of Beverly Hills, beginning this year and the rest on Lisa is an interior designer and this March in Reno. was active in the performing the East Coast and traveling. She’s offi ce manager, and volunteers with Joshua Fried ’77 Joshua is proud arts department and student looking forward to spending more the Peninsula Humane Society in government. Upon graduating, he time with California friends. her spare time. Their son Nolan is legally changed his last name from Cynthia Dickter Shapira ’73 a graduate of UC Santa Cruz now Steinitz to Collins. He entered the Cynthia is living in Fox Chapel, working as a senior paralegal for work environment after a short Pa. She has two children who are an intellectual property practice stint in college, working for an married and living in Brooklyn. in nearby Redwood City. The entertainment public relations She is busy as chair of the PA State Schoichet family wishes everyone fi rm, then for a prominent personal System of Higher Education, vice a healthy and happy 2018! management fi rm, fi nally settling chair of Jewish Federations of Robert Winters ’74 Robert has in as a casting director in television. North America, and a vice chair been a busy practicing infectious Eventually, in 1988 Michael of Brandeis University Board of found a professional fi t in selling disease specialist for more than Photo: Gina Grover Trustees. 25 years and is looking forward to residential real estate, where for Linda Wolf Lichtenstein ’74 stopping in three years! almost 30 years he has been among Linda has been married to her Peter Brown ’75 Peter is still the top agents at Coldwell Banker, college sweetheart for almost playing with his dogs and still fl y to announce Seize the Means, his Beverly Hills. He lives with his 39 years. They have fi ve grown fi shing. He’s on Facebook so come fi rst solo album under the name husband of 17 years, Daniel, and daughters, four sons-in-law and 12 be a friend to stay in touch. RADIO WONDERLAND. It was three rescue dogs in an architectural grandchildren so far. She and her Jennifer Malvin ’75 Jennifer feels released in late 2016 by the Danish home designed for their extensive husband own a kosher restaurant in very grateful to fi nd her classmates experimental music label Skokie, Ill.—Emma’s Bagel Café. thriving and her own family healthy clang, on vinyl LP, USB fl ash Come visit her if you are ever in and happy as well. She continues drive and all major digital ! She thinks of her BHHS to teach piano, to contribute to platforms (e.g., iTunes, years fondly. Shout out to her high the young heart and mind, and to Amazon, Spotify). Each track school BFF: Michele Rosenroth explore new avenues of interest. is made of 100% live radio Mendelsohn! Literature, Judaism, exercise and grabbed during a RADIO Debra Olshan-Cooper ’74 Debra all avenues illuminated by the WONDERLAND attended the University of Arizona thrill of ideas continue to guide her performance. As RADIO after graduating from BHHS. course and make her wish there WONDERLAND, Joshua After one year, she transferred were double the number of hours performs live digital processing to USC to study drama. In her in a day! She’s looking forward to of live FM radio, pulverizing sophomore year, she was hired by the next reunion. mass media into little audio bits the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. Paul Levin ’76 Paul has had a that dance. Of Seize the Means, Rebecca Fields ’77 36 Class Notes 2018 contemporary art collection, Los Angeles to Tucson to deliver hers out and sent it in. Almost Wells Fargo’s Southern California focusing on emerging LA artists. and arrange her fi nds to sell. every year Laurie would say no. Coastal division. Steve joined He is a big supporter of music and Rosemary lives in Los Angeles Well, this one is for Susan. Laurie Wells Fargo in 2011 from City theatre arts. His offi ce is across the and loves to hear from Beverly will say that 2017 was a year fi lled National Bank, where he worked street from the old Thrifty’s where friends at [email protected]. She is with many highs and one huge for more than 25 years. Steve he used to buy 5-cent ice cream. currently president of Beverly Hills low for their family. The year earned his bachelor’s degree in Michael Freed ’78 Michael Heritage, a nonprofi t dedicated started with some exciting news, economics from UCSB and his recently retired from a 40-year to preserving the architectural the engagement of her daughter, MBA from the UCLA Anderson career as a professional musician, structures in Beverly Hills. Also, in Carleigh. She and Caleb will be School of Management. He is during which time he performed the spring, Rosemary will graduate married this July. In March, as past president of Temple Israel with most of the well known from USC with a master’s in many people know, the Beverly of Hollywood and he serves on conductors in the world, recorded heritage conservation. Hills community lost a very the board of directors for Jewish many soundtracks and CDs, Alicia Rosenberg ’78 Alicia special person, Susan Stevens, Vocational Service Los Angeles. and appeared many times at serves as a magistrate judge in the who brought energy and a positive Concert Hall, the United States District Court for the attitude to everyone she knew (see 1980 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Central District of California in Los p. 56). She was a teacher/coach at Lynn Giff ord ’80 Lynn is still the Hollywood Bowl. He has Angeles. Before her appointment Beverly for 30 years. Laurie met working at Beverly Vista and been a volunteer for the Pasadena to the bench in 2007, she practiced Ms. Stevens her freshman year enjoying life. Tournament of Roses Association antitrust law at Blecher & Collins and she became a huge infl uence Rachelle Bell-Wright ’81 for some 32 years and continues in Los Angeles. After graduating in her life for more than 40 years. Rachelle moved to a small town to help organize the Rose Parade from BHHS, she received a B.A. As Laurie lives her life, she will try in Northern California with her and the “Granddaddy of them degree from Wellesley College and to carry on the many, many lessons husband of 12 years. For the last All” Rose Bowl Game. More a J.D. from UCLA Law School. Susan taught her, and she will 16 years, she’s been a bail agent/ recently, Michael has joined La Marlene Sturm ’78 Marlene always be a part of who she is. In bounty hunter and just recently Canada Kiwanis, the La Canada almost moved back home last May, her daughter Anna graduated opened her own company, Face Flintridge Tournament of Roses year. Then she didn’t as she started with her MSW from Washington Bail Bonds. Her son (31), and and nearby Oakmont Country a new job. So, she will be in U and was married in October to her daughter (26), as well as her Club. He learned to sail while an Northern California for a few more the boyfriend she has had since grandson (5) all live with her in undergrad at UCLA and has been years. Stay tuned! Call her at (408) age 14. Her son Matthew started at Shingle Springs. sailing a lot recently, becoming an 621-5352 as she would love to hear Harvard in the fall and is running Ellen Moshein Federoff ’81 Ellen ASA-certifi ed sailing instructor. from you. cross country and track for them. is living the island life on Maui, Michael became an instrument- Ron M. Aryel ’79 Ron runs They made it to a few meets this coaching and racing outrigger rated pilot in the ’90s and has the Reno Center for Child and past fall and hope to go to more in canoes and acting as Dean of recently joined Civil Air Patrol, Adolescent Health. This year, he the spring. Her youngest daughter Students at Kihei Charter High the civilian auxiliary of the US Air began the Albee Aryel Work-Study Dani will start college this fall and School. Force, where he has earned the Fellowship. His medical practice this will make them empty nesters. Audrey Israel ’81 Audrey is still rank of second lieutenant and the supports two young women of Life is always full, and she feels married to Bill Freeman (they just position of mission pilot, locating disadvantaged backgrounds. They very blessed. celebrated 27 years together). Their emergency signals which may awarded them full scholarships to Steven Sloan ’79 Steve and oldest son, Bradley, is attending come from airplanes and boats, Truckee Meadows Community M e l i s s a his senior year at UPenn and their documenting damage from natural College in Reno and employ one r e c e n t l y twins, Max and Jake, are juniors at disasters, and educating cadets. He of them part time. They provide relocated Oak Park High School. Audrey is a is married to Karen (Altabet) Freed, them with tutoring and mentoring to San debate coach at Oak Park and still whose mother is Barbara (Hayden) support. The fellowship is named Francisco in volunteers with foster kids. Altabet Stashower W’49. He and after his mother who died in 2016. connection Ari Nadelman ’81 Ari retired Karen have two children, Sarah Allyce F. Balson ’79 Allyce with a job from investment banking to start and Seth. Sarah is married and has is proud to announce the third opportunity real estate development. He still a two-year-old daughter, Emily. generation of BHHS graduates for Steve lives in Santa Monica with his wife Rosemary Hilb ’78 Rosemary in her family when her daughter, with his and 14-year-old son. has started a vintage business with Michelle, graduates this June. She company, Edie E. Zusman, MD, MBA ’81 her Laemmle cousin in Tucson, has enjoyed Madrigals, water polo W e l l s Edie recently completed her MBA Ariz. They sell antiques, fi ne art, and volunteering in the community Fargo. As head of Middle Market at George Washington University collectibles and nostalgia at the by teaching special needs children. Banking for Northern California, and serves as chief of Neurosurgery 22nd Street Antique Mall, which is Laurie Barish Pereira ’79 Laurie Steve oversees more than 150 for North Bay Medical Center known as the only haunted mall in says each year when the Class team members at nine offi ces. and medical director of North Arizona. Once a month, Rosemary Notes form was sent out, Susan Most recently, he managed a team Bay Center for Neuroscience. drives a 25-foot box truck from Stevens would ask her if she fi lled of 75 bankers in Los Angeles in She is proud of her two children. 2018 Alumni Highlights 37

interests, which later all came (near Marina del Rey). After a in Baltimore with his wife, Betsy together. She was a professional baseball career, first being a key Nix, a historian at the University dancer and choreographer in player on the only College World of Baltimore. They are college several music videos and shows Series team Loyola Marymount sweethearts. They met freshman from the U.S. to Jamaica. Her University ever had, and then year at Yale and married in 1989 Advanced Dance Theater Group playing professionally in the Angels during the summer between his days at BHHS paid off ! She organization for a short while, he second and third year of law worked at Motown Records for started two companies. He has school at Stanford. Andy started two years and married a real been in business nearly 20 years experiencing mood swings in Globetrotter and traveled the with his own online newspaper 1990 and got diagnosed with world. They had two daughters covering all types of travel, dining, bipolar disorder, something that (BV and BHHS graduates), later sports, entertainment and products he has been managing ever since. divorced, and she is currently to name a few categories. It is He is a disability rights lawyer single. She has enjoyed a 23-year called Coast to Coast Newspaper and currently is the executive career as a real estate agent in L.A. at www.ccnewspaper.com. Since director of a nonprofi t called Steven Demroff ’82 and and Atlanta, and currently holds 1990, he has owned a full-service the Association of University Renee Flekman Baren ’82 her license at Nelson Shelton ERA one-stop shop company called Centers on Disabilities (www. Adam Pratt, a graduating senior in B.H. She lived in Atlanta Todd Elliot Entertainment and aucd.org). He and Betsy have two computer science major at Colgate (Buckhead area) for 12 years and Event/Wedding Planning with all boys, Gareth, 24, and Nick, 19. University, who launched his own loved it! She still visits often, as she types of specialty entertainment, Gareth is a comedy writer in Los company, Halligan. Her daughter, moved back to Beverly Hills in music, catering, dancers and much Angeles and Nick is a sophomore Abby Pratt, is a Northwestern 2005. It’s been so wonderful seeing more for any/all types of events, at Pomona College. Andy has been freshman in the School of so many of her former Beverly teen parties, corporate functions, in D.C. since 1993 and has worked Engineering. Edie is looking Vista and BHHS classmates etc. Check out his website: www. as a disability policy director for forward to the next reunion and around town. She has an swingentertainment.com and like the U.S. Senate Committee on delighted to remain connected with entertainment consulting/talent his companies on Facebook if you Health Education, Labor and classmates through Facebook. business, which she began in the choose to stay connected. Anyone Pensions and as president and Renee Flekman Baren ’82 Renee ’90s. This evolved into work as a hiring or referring him to someone CEO of the American Association reconnected after 30 years with a red-carpet interviewer, producer, who books any package of his will of People with Disabilities before fellow Beverly graduate. She and emcee and talk show host. She’s receive a free dance lesson for up his current job. He loves his work Steven Demroff ’82 dated briefl y been blessed with terrifi c clients to two people. and would be happy to speak with in high school. Nothing like being and projects. Since July 2017, she Linda Mermel Fishberg ’82 any students or alumni interested with a homey! has been a TV host on Beverly Linda is currently working as a in careers in disability policy or Karla Gordy Bristol ’82 Karla Hills View, which airs on BHTV10. hair stylist in Marina del Rey. She public interest law. s e n d s She executive produced is happy with what she does, and Robert Bauer ’84 Robert says greetings Destination Beverly Hills, 10 short her kids are her life. They are both 1984 was to her fi lms which aired on BHTV10. in college, on their way to success. truly a great f e l l o w Please Google and enjoy the Linda’s life is very full of love and y e a r . classmates Vimeo links! She graduated from laughter. She is loving life! Graduating and hopes Team Beverly Hills and continues Gabrielle Gordon Adelman during the you have to stay involved in our community. ’83 Gabrielle’s Vancouver, BC- height of the been living She loved participating in Lili based production company, Ocean ’80s was y o u r Bosse’s Walk with the Mayor (see Twilight Films, just wrapped on really cool. d r e a m s . p. 45), and many times leading or their fi rst feature-length scripted The music S h e ’ s co-leading the warm up. Several fi lm, Thunderbird. She served as and style of thankful years ago, she had a terrifi c time executive producer. It’s a thriller that era were for her co-planning a BHHS ’80s reunion with a sci-fi twist ending. Look for a m a z i n g . third through 12th grade BHUSD at Roxbury Park. It’s time for it in theaters this spring and look After graduating from USC in ’88, years, which gave her a foundation another! She’s happy that her prom for her short cameo! She still fl ies he decided to stay in L.A. and for her life adventures, and grateful date, Lenny Kravitz '82, has been several days a month, and recently make it home. There was no reason for her many blessings over the doing so well and is still a great started on her seaplane rating in to leave the greatest city in the years. A quick refl ection on her life person. She would love to hear BC, having converted her U.S. world! He lives in the Hollywood after Beverly: She attended Pierce from her classmates: commercial license to a Canadian Hills with his wife, Stacy, a College, SMC and Michigan State [email protected]. one. She also recently started Calabasas native and their two University, studying business Todd Elliot ’82 Todd is married, taking violin lessons, which keep beautiful children, Nathan and administration, dance and has two beautiful daughters, ages her humble. Talia. They both attend Campbell broadcasting. She had many six and nine, and lives in Playa Andy Imparato ’83 Andy lives Hall School. Robert and his father 38 Class Notes 2018 have offi ces in Beverly Hills where is short and precious so she just Stephanie Bloomberg Faunce they operate their family wanted to check in. She and her ’87 Stephanie is celebrating 17 2000 investment business. His favorite husband, Jon, have been together years of marriage and still going Hadar Sayegh Cohen ’00 Hadar is hobbies are surfi ng and swimming. 30 years (married for 26). Her strong. Thomas is a freshman in a teacher with a master’s degree in Michael Gordon ’84 Michael is a son, Jake, graduated from NYU in high school and Christopher is education who married Micah Cohen commercial broker in Los Angeles. June 2017 and her daughter, Juliet, in eighth grade. She has lived in ’97. Micah is an agency owner/state He’s married to Laura Gordon and a high school senior, is beginning Steamboat Springs, Colo. for 15 general agent at American Income they have a child named Joshua. to prepare her college applications. years and loves it. They also have Life Insurance Company. They have The family loves to participate in She's so grateful to be enjoying two Rhodesian ridgebacks, Buster three beautiful children attending all of Joshua’s school activities the transition to this next phase of and Buddy. Pressman Academy of Temple Beth and enjoys taking vacations with life while living in her childhood Todd Walkow ’87 Todd married Am in Los Angeles. multiple generations of family. home in Beverly Hills. Life is Allison Walkow in June Alexandra Weiner Schwartz Jolie Wolf Jashni ’84 Jolie was good. [email protected]. 2017, and transitioning back to ’01 Alexandra is a busy interior saddened to read about the passing Melissa Dagodag ’86 Melissa West L.A. from Newport Beach, designer in Los Angeles. She and of so many beloved teachers and has had her own law fi rm in started a new orthodontic practice her husband, Darren, are parents to staff from El Rodeo in 2016. Life Beverly Hills for 13 years and has in Beverly Hills in January. He can two-year-old, Charlotte. They live in practiced for 18 years in the be reached at todd@walkowortho. Encino and love to travel. areas of entertainment, music, com. Sharone Sayegh Tannenbaum ’02 copyrights and trademarks as Sharone graduated from Syracuse a purely transactional attorney. 1990 University and married Joseph She has been traveling a Tannenbaum, Broadway actor, Martin Weiner ’93 Martin and great deal over the past few living in New York City. She recently his wife, Lauren, have a beautiful years making trips to Spain, appeared in the world premiere baby girl named Ava. They enjoy Portugal, Germany, Machu of the new Broadway-bound running together. He is still Picchu and the Galapagos. She Jimmy Buffett musical, Escape great friends with Scott Cuker also writes music and has had to Margaritaville, at the La Jolla ’93 and Andrew Kirsh ’93. This a couple of songs placed on Playhouse. Sharone can currently summer he is on his way to Israel TV shows. be seen playing Anna in The Band’s to play fastpitch softball in the Scott Feder ’86 Scott totally Visit, a new musical on Broadway at Maccabiah Games. enjoyed his 30-year reunion, the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Melissa Weiner ’97 Melissa catching up with old friends. Doreen Sayegh ’06 Doreen has a is an avid golfer. She has run in He is living in Tarzana with BFA from Syracuse University, a many half marathons and is a his wife and kids, Eden, Eva master’s from DePaul University Retired Hawthorne history teach- regular at Soul Cycle. She is also and Jack. He is the owner/ (Chicago) and lives in Chicago. She er George Fourgis attended Haw- a board member of Cancer-Free operator of a management is producing associate and manager thorne’s Class of ’77 reunion last Generation. In August 2017, she consulting fi rm, Change-Guru of international and special projects August. He is pictured with Bren- married her love, Adam Feldman, Consulting, specializing in at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. da Freshman, who organized the and became an “extra mom” to restructuring organizations. Leetal Sayegh ’09 Leetal, a reunion, and Michael Shokrian. his daughter, Jordyn. University of Colorado (Boulder) Screen time for Mr. Vogel ’91 graduate, lives in , Israel and works as a digital and marketing Peter Vogel ’91 is making the on their children,” Vogel said. strategist at Psy Group. festival rounds with a short film he Vogel also produced the 2018 produced starring Ivy George of short, Resonance, which he says Retired Faculty Big Little Lies and Emily Osment “shows how the power of music Jack and Jane Giff ord Jack and of Hannah Montana. can bring people together.” It fo- Jane still see many former students. In Tea Time with Mr. Patter- cuses on a deaf rideshare driver, Their daughter has been teaching son, which recently screened at the played by Eugene Simon of Game in the district for 33 years and their Pasadena International Film Festi- of Thrones, who struggles to make granddaughter, now a junior at val and LA Reel Film Festival, a meaningful connections until a BHHS, has been in the school sys- young girl conjures up an imagi- turn of events leads to a simple tem since kindergarten. Jane spent nary friend, Mr. Patterson, while and beautiful moment of human 20 years teaching at the elemen- she longs for a stronger bond with connection. tary and high school levels. Their her single mother. Vogel is a producer/partner at daughter, Lynn, 35, is still teaching “[The film] shows people what Blank Slate Pictures, which is cur- in the district, and as of this year kids do to cope with hard situations rently developing several feature their family has taught in the district and what an impact parents have films. for 82 years and still going. 2018 Refl ections 39 rocked Homecoming in ’82 Last year, we asked you to with songs like “Only a Lad” share your memories of the and “Little Girls.” Lead singer 1982 Homecoming concert fea- and his band had turing Oingo Boingo. all of us dancing and jumping to the pulsating new wave beats. I remember the incredible In fact we were all dancing Oingo Boingo concert in the so hard that the wood basket- Swim Gym so clearly. Many ball court fl oors started to fl ex of us knew Oingo Boingo from up and down like a trampoline. their popularity on KROQ, and In all the years I was at Bever- Watchtower having them for a school dance ly, I had never experienced the was easily the highlight of the fl oors of the court moving like year. that—and we all knew that un-

The energy in the room that derneath was the swimming Photo: 1983 night was pure electricity. I re- pool. Some of us wondered out member the band had a mas- loud if it was dangerous? sive horn section, with the boys Amazing Oingo Boingo’s Lead singer Danny Elfman and guitarist Kerry Hatch of Oin- turning back and forth in unison Cont. on back cover go Boingo performed for more than 1,000 BHHS students

honor the victims. This is a very tales from the rare occurrence at the Supreme Court. u.s. supreme court Third, I vividly recall watch- Arguing a case before the U.S. to hear the case and reverse our ing [Justice Clarence] Thomas Supreme Court is a rare oppor- victory. The case of Great West v. lean back in his chair, look up at tunity and often a memorable ex- Knudson 534 U.S. 204 (2002) was the ceiling, and close his eyes and perience. In 2016 and 2017, we one that I handled in state court, in start to doze off . As a side note, published a request for alumni Federal District Court and in the he never participates in oral argu- attorneys to refl ect on their expe- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. ment. Afterwards, I thought that riences. We won at all levels. My laugh- oral argument is not as important We identifi ed fi ve alumni who ter turned to shock when I was to the Court as the lawyers wish- have appeared before SCOTUS, in- notifi ed that the Supreme Court fully believe. Jeff rey S. Pop ’65 cluding two who wrote in and Rich of the United States had selected The case of Great West v. Knud- Waldow ’74 and Lou Karlin ’81. my case for oral argument. It goes son was one of equity. It involved the full amount of her medical ex- “I would love to do another case,” to show in law you never know whether a quadriplegic who was penses ($411,157.11). Karlin told Beverly Hills Weekly in when a case may end. only able to receive a reduced set- My experience in front of the 2014. “I think that I became a bet- Walking into the United States tlement amount in a diffi cult prod- United States Supreme Court re- ter lawyer by forcing myself to get Supreme Court on Oct. 1, 2001 uct liability case would be forced minds me how politics and law up to that level that’s expected.” was inspiring. Due to the issue under the Employer Retirement have become so intertwined. A Here, Jeff rey S. Pop ’65 and raised, by the Supreme Court I Security Act of 1984 as amend- strict construction of the ERISA John M. Anderson ’54 share their voluntarily assisted, but did not ar- ed (ERISA) to reimburse the full statute, decided by a conservative experiences of appearing before gue the case. I appeared at counsel amount of her medicals. If the case court, luckily resulted in a terrif- our nation’s highest court. table as second chair. Three dis- was lost, my client would receive ic outcome for my client, Janette tinct memories have lasted. nothing. This case was decided on Knudson. The decision itself did Many thousands of attorneys have First, that unlike other federal a technical basis that ERISA stat- not have long term eff ects on cases before the various Federal courts, the Counsel table is very ute did not expressly allow an ac- employer sponsored health plans. Circuit Courts of Appeals but only close to the “Bench” where the tion to recover monetary damages. The plans were rewritten to allow a very limited number are attempt- nine Supreme Court Justices sit. The Court held that ERISA was a the creation of an equitable trust ed to be brought before the Su- It is similar to sitting in the second law where recovery must be based for reimbursement of medical ex- preme Court of the United States row of a movie theater. on an equitable action. In this way, penses in order to avoid the pro- on a Writ of Certiorari. Ninety Second, this was the fi rst ses- my client only had to reimburse portional recovery that Great West percent of Writs are denied. I sion since Sept. 11, 2001. A mo- a fair proportional amount of her decision allowed. laughed when Great West tried ment of silence was observed to recovery ($13,282.70) instead of – Jeff rey S. Pop ’65 to persuade the Supreme Court Cont. on back cover 40 Profi les 2018 Kohan siblings set the bar for TV in 2017 and beyond The Kohan siblings had a big year in TV in 2017. Showrunner ’87 signed a major deal with Netfl ix, which produces her smash hit Or- ange is the New Black, making the streaming service her exclusive creative home for years to come. “Current climate aside, it’s great to be in bed with Netfl ix,” Jenji said in a statement. Jenji’s brother ’82 and his writing partner Max Photo: Andrew Eccles/NBC Mutchnick ’82 oversaw the tri- Courtesy of Netflix umphant return of Will & Grace to NBC—11 years after the series At left, Max Mutchnick ’82 and David Kohan ’82. At right, Jenji Kohan ’87 fi nale. The revival earned a 2018 Sept. 4 profi le, titled “Riot Girl,” tells the story of a suburban single The article covered Jenji’s Golden Globe nomination for Jenji said she “wants her shows mom who supports her family by career trajectory, including earli- Best Television Series - Musical or to break viewers out of their bub- dealing marijuana. er gigs as a writer for The Fresh Comedy and one of its stars, Eric bles.” “I’m fascinated by people in- Prince of Bel Air, Friends, Gilm- McCormack, was nominated for fol- teracting with the Other—forced ore Girls, and Sex and the City; Best Actor - Musical or Comedy. lows a privileged Smith College to interact with people they’d nev- her family life; and growing up Jenji was also the subject of a grad who’s sent to a women’s pris- er have to deal with in their day- attending Beverly Hills schools. lengthy profi le in The New York- on. Jenji also created the Emmy to-day lives,” Jenji told The New Jenji and her twin brothers, er’s annual Television Issue. In the Award-winning Weeds, which Yorker. Jono ’82 and David ’82, come from a family of writers. David Paul Gomberg ’76, of Keller Home buying in style with Gomberg ’76 got the fi rst big break of their gen- Williams Realty in Conroe, Texas, eration, when he and Mutchnick is not your average real estate agent. created Will & Grace in 1998. Known as the Rockstar Realtor, According to the LA Times, the Gomberg chauff eurs clients around seed for Will & Grace’s revival the Houston area in a burgundy was planted in 2016, when Mutch- Cadillac Fleetwood stretch limo. nick gathered cast members to “My thing is to treat people make a pro-Hillary Clinton elec- like a rock star and give them an tion message in character. NBC experience during their real estate took notice after the video gar- period of buying or selling that nered millions of YouTube views. they’re always going to remember Will & Grace, which focuses and keeps them coming back for on the friendship between Will, a more,” Gomberg told ABC affi liate gay lawyer, and Grace, a straight KTRK-TV Houston in 2016. interior designer, has been cred- Gomberg, who has been in the ited with helping bring LGBTQ Texas real estate business for more culture into the mainstream. than 35 years, recently attracted “If the show initially was some- local media attention after posting thing novel, now I think people a video of his attempt to sell what will tune in because it’s familiar he dubbed the fi lthiest house in and it’s comfortable and it’s some- Houston. thing that people associate with a In the 2016 video, which as happier time, maybe,” Mutchnick of Nov. 30, 2017 had garnered told the LA Times in September. more than 97,000 YouTube views, “I actually think the fact that it’s Gomberg provides a room-by- such an atomized landscape and room tour of the soiled mansion, diff erent than it was before, there’s which he said was previously something comforting in coming Houston area realtor Paul Gomberg ’76 with the home to 12 dogs, six cats and a pot- back.” Rockstar Limo bellied pig. 2018 Alumni Highlights 41 Racehorse trainer, Miller ’84, starts 2018 strong after last year’s ups & downs For top thoroughbred trainer one of his two barns was completely wins, losses and earnings are all Peter Miller ’84, 2017 was a destroyed. Seven of his horses out there for public consumption. banner year. Peter Miller Racing required rehabilitation at an equine “I enjoy the horses the most, and I Stable tallied the most victories and hospital and others needed careful enjoy the competition and winning highest earnings yet. Miller earned monitoring as they recovered at races,” Miller said. “I enjoy most of his fi rst two Breeders’ Cup victories Del Mar racetrack and fairgrounds, it, but it’s a very challenging career, in November and fi nished the year which welcomed hundreds of a lot of highs and lows and ups and ranked No. 12 in the nation among horses displaced by the fi re. downs.” trainers. “The horse community ... and Miller was riding high Nov. 4, “We had our best year last year,” this community in San Diego as when his horses Stormy Liberal and Miller told Alumni Highlights. a whole has been amazing,” said Richard’s Boy—both considered

But the year ended with tragedy, Miller, who lives in the area. long shots—fi nished 1-2 in the Turf Photo: Benoit Photography when the Lilac Fire tore through He began attending races at Del Sprint of the Breeders’ Cup race Peter Miller ’84 San Luis Rey Downs in northern Mar when he was eight years old. at Del Mar. Later that afternoon, In mid-January, when Alumni San Diego County, where more “Growing up my family owned another Miller-trained horse, Roy Highlights caught up with Miller, than 400 racehorses were stabled, horses, so I used to go to the races all H, won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint he said most of his injured horses killing 46 horses and seriously the time with my dad,” said Miller. Championship. (All three horses were back in training and some of injuring a trainer. “I fell in love with horses and the are owned by Gary Hartunian; the horses that escaped the fi re had Thanks to courageous action sport, and that’s how it started. David Bernsen holds a minority returned to racing. from Miller’s staff on Dec. 7, Then I graduated from Beverly in stake in Roy H.) “We’re currently leading the the vast majority of Miller’s ’84. The next day I went to work at Miller has high expectations Santa Anita Winter Meet,” said approximately 80 horses survived. Hollywood Park, got a job and the for the new year, in which he has Miller. “Some of those horses that “My staff didn’t listen to the rest is history.” already experienced the thrill of were in the fi re have won for us. It’s fi remen’s orders to evacuate and For Miller, training requires 24/7 accepting a prestigious Eclipse kind of miraculous that they’re back stayed with the horses,” says Miller. dedication. “It’s a very competitive Award on behalf of Champion up, running and winning a month “If they hadn’t done that we could job,” said Miller. “I’m just blessed. Male Sprinter Roy H for his 2017 later.” have lost upwards of 40 horses. I’ve got very good clients, a very performance. As of Feb. 16, Miller’s stable They were heroes and pretty much good staff and a wonderful wife “We’ve got some big horses that was still leading and the San saved the day.” [Lani], who supports me through it we expect big things from,” he said. Diego Union-Tribune reported that Despite the eff orts of his staff , all and is a big part of the team.” “Coming off my best year, I would as of Feb. 8, thirteen of Miller’s Miller lost fi ve horses, including Miller said it can be diffi cult be thrilled if I could be in the top 15 horses had notched victories since star racer California Diamond, and navigating a career in which his in the country again.” surviving the fi re. Celebrating 100 years of Sherman tunes Robbie Sherman ’86, along with his cast and crew, entertained Lon- don audiences last sum- mer with A Spoonful of Sherman, the musical revue he created in cel- ebration of 100 years and three generations of Sherman songwriting. The show, which is currently touring the UK and Ireland, features Tin Pan Alley tunes by Robbie’s grandfather, Robbie Sherman ’86 performs at Live at ; music Zédel in London in August 2017 from and The Jungle Book by the (his Sink or swim? Daniel Newman ’15 (right) sat down with father Robert B. Sherman S’43 and uncle Richard M. Sherman S’45); Jeff Morris, Tinder’s director of product management/ and songs from Robbie’s musical, Love Birds. revenue, during USC’s TAMID Tank in April 2017. New- A Spoonful of Sherman premiered in 2014, coinciding with the post- man, a USC student, organized the Shark Tank-style humous release of Robert B. Sherman’s autobiography, which Robbie program, where USC’s top startups pitched their ideas edited. and products to a panel of high-profi le venture capitalists. 42 Profi les 2018

Angeles. they live on their digital platforms Stronger Together Ryan: Growing up in a family where you can enjoy them at of entrepreneurs and seeing my home or at the movies; for us that Neman brothers share entrepreneurial dad with his own business always becomes our on-demand and spirit and powerful bond instilled this passion for creating delivery service. So the food is the The Neman brothers— to bridge the gap between health something on my own. Once star …, but by merging the world Jonathan ’03, co-founder & CEO and community, to make it a lot Daniel and I partnered up, we have of physical and digital, we create of Sweetgreen; Daniel ’06 and Ryan easier to eat healthy and delicious been able to change the landscape an ecosystem that helps people live ’07, co-founders and principals at food. of Los Angeles. Taking a building their best life and makes it really RYDA; and Brandon ’14, a senior What was the inspiration for and envisioning what the future easy to live their sweetlife, as we at Georgetown—discussed their your various endeavors? of it looks like and leasing it to like to say. careers and family with Alumni Brandon: I look to my older interesting operators, it’s very Tell us more about your family’s Highlights in February. Q&A has brothers, who give me a lot of creative and inspires me every day entrepreneurial spirit. What did been edited for clarity and length. inspiration as mentors. I’ve worked to keep going. you observe from your father in fashion the past two summers, Jonathan: I’ve also gotten and uncles growing up? What have you been up to since two diff erent internships at Outdoor a lot of inspiration from my Ryan: Our dad came to the high school? Voices and The Arrivals. Pursuing a father and watching him create states about 35 years ago from Iran. Ryan: I went to the University creative industry is really where my something with his brothers out … He had to start his life over here of Michigan. I studied business and passion lies, and I fi nd inspiration of nothing, as well as from a lot of and build something [an import- economics, graduated with a BBA. all around me. … Eventually, I’d other entrepreneurs that I admire. export textile company] from the I moved to New York and I was a like to start my own business, My personal purpose is to build ground up. Growing up, I saw his consultant for IBM in their strategy whether in fashion or something a healthier world with passion, dedication to his family and how and change internal practice. After creative. purpose and partnership. I’m really hard he worked to provide us with that I moved back to Los Angeles Daniel: … Growing up inspired by businesses that can a good life, constantly traveling, and started [RYDA] a real estate community was a big thing for us. infl uence culture in a positive way fl ying all over the world, waking up development company with Daniel We have a big family. … In college and … go beyond the product. … early, heading to the offi ce, working [in 2014]. I had a community there and then Right now I’m very much obsessed seven days a week. I saw what it Daniel: I went to college at went off and lived in D.C. and with Disney and how they’ve been took to build something special, Emory. After that I took a job New York. I had started noticing able to create a world of magic both and he instilled that value in us. with Clark Construction in D.C., … what drives community. When in the physical and digital world. He also taught us how to be and then I got my master’s in real I came back to L.A. I found that Our vision for Sweetgreen is to stronger together as four brothers, estate at USC. Ryan and I started … there is a uniqueness to each make it the Disney of real food. and I never take that for granted. the company, [which is] focused community and each submarket in Can you elaborate on what that The connection that we have is on mixed use properties in the Los Angeles. I found that was the means? because our mom and dad were premier emerging markets in Los juice of life. [I saw] how the built Jonathan: The thing about so strong and prioritized family Angeles. I handle development and environment could refl ect and help Disney is their characters are their fi rst, so having each other to rely construction mostly; Ryan focuses foster community and vice versa. content; for us it’s our food is our on is another reason why we are so on acquisitions and leasing. That’s our mission here at RYDA, content. Their characters live in the successful. Brandon: I’m currently a to create community within Los real world in their parks … and then How do the four of you stay in senior at Georgetown University. I’m graduating this May and I’m looking to pursue a career in a creative industry in New York City. Jonathan: … [During] my senior year [at Georgetown], I started a restaurant company called Sweetgreen and we opened our fi rst restaurant soon after graduating. Ten years in, we operate restaurants across the country with our mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. We started in D.C. and two years ago we moved our headquarters to L.A. to focus on West Coast expansion. Today we have 85 restaurants in seven major cities and are working Daniel ’06, Jonathan ’03, Yoel, Sherry ’80, Ryan ’07 and Brandon ’14 Neman 2018 Alumni Highlights 43 touch and support each other? middle. Generally we have good basketball team was everything. best teacher I ever had. He taught Jonathan: We all really support enough communication that we can Ryan: I played on the varsity me how to enjoy math and how each other emotionally, fi rst and each be ourselves, and the outcome soccer team for four years and I’m to have extreme attention to detail foremost, as well as in business. has been wonderful. very thankful for the mentorship and not make foolish mistakes. I’ve Our industries are very related. Let’s talk about Beverly. Can you I got from my coaches and older carried that throughout my life. [Ryan and Daniel are] strategic share a formative experience you teammates—taught me how to Daniel: I would say Ms. [Alli] advisors for me from a development had there? compete. Academically I am very Jason-Fives. Her passion for perspective—keep me current on Jonathan: Student government thankful for all of the great teachers history was unparalleled. She was the market. I hope I do the same taught me a lot about leadership, and that I had. The math program was so excited to teach us history every for them from the tenant-brand so it was a great experience—a lot tremendous, really set me up for day and it made the class enjoyable. side of things. Brandon keeps us all of lessons—for me. I was part of a success in college. You’re just Jonathan: There were so many relevant. He’s got his fi nger on the club called the Young Entrepreneurs surrounded by a great community wonderful teachers there. The AP pulse … and has been really helpful Club. We would bring other of people who are striving to do calculus teacher, Mr. [Lee] Morris, advising Sweetgreen in terms of entrepreneurs in to give talks to their best. was great. He [showed] us the how to tap into culture and what’s the group and get some inspiration Daniel: I think the whole power of data in math, which I use culturally important. there. We also had our own project. experience of high school from every day. the AP classes to running cross Brandon: For me, it was “[Our father] taught us how to be stronger country to taking photography was defi nitely Ms. [Loren] Newman, together as four brothers. ... The connection discovering my own ability. When our ASB director and teacher. I I fi rst came into high school some had her for four years. She had us that we have is because our mom and dad of the classes were diffi cult, and motivate everyone in the school [to were so strong and prioritized family fi rst.” by the end I was much better at it; share in] the school spirit and be same with cross country. By the excited to be at Beverly. She made -- Ryan Neman ’07 end, through hard work, I learned school a fun time and she knew Daniel: I can echo what Jon said. We created a little agenda book, that I could overcome anything I how to get the best out of everyone. … We have a strong bond and it like a planner, which we sold to really tried at. … What are your professional goals comes from my dad and his uncles. [students] and we sold the ads in. It Brandon, what were the pros and for the next few years? That trust that you can have, and ended up being quite a big business. cons of following your brothers Ryan: We want to create we have in each other, is deep. … Unfortunately Beverly decided to through Beverly? community in Los Angeles Everybody’s at a diff erent stage in nationalize the project and took it Brandon: I was always [at] my through each one of our projects. life, so I can get a brother’s opinion away from the entrepreneurs. That brother’s [activities]. Jonathan, [it We feel that people are inspired across the range—older to younger was an unfortunate experience, was] volleyball. Ryan, I would go to by their surroundings, so the better to married, single, college—I get [but it] taught me to work with all his soccer games. Daniel [and I] environment that we can create the full spectrum from them. government. were so close. It was really carrying for them, the more productive and Brandon: My older brothers Brandon: For me, it was a legacy when I got to Beverly interesting their creations will be. have really been my mentors and I basketball. … We were such a because [most] of my brothers had, Jonathan: My main goal over can always come to them if I need close-knit family and the whole by that time, already graduated the next two years is to transition the some guidance. And I feel like for school was behind us. The one from college. My cousins were all at company from primarily a brick- them, I’m always there for them. moment that really stood out to me Beverly and it was really interesting and-mortar restaurant business to The trust is huge. We love to be was when I hit a game-winning to hear the stories and see what they more of a real food ecosystem, together and it does come from shot to beat Santa Monica in the went through and then to fi nally which [creates] experiences in the our dad and seeing how he had league championship. We were live that moment, live that life, was physical world, in restaurants, but a relationship with his brothers. at our high as a team and then we incredible. I really, really loved my also really expand our digital and We’re all best friends, which is ended up losing in the fi rst round time there. They’re the best mentors on-demand business. Our mission really nice. of playoff s. It was such a sweet and in how to carry yourself. is to connect and inspire people to Ryan and Daniel, what are the then bitter moment, but it really Ryan: You’re welcome, live their best life and a healthier challenges and rewards of going taught me how to rebound because Brandon. life, so to further that mission by into business as brothers? the next year, senior year, we won Brandon: Thanks, guys. expanding to new markets. Today Ryan: Daniel and I operate very another league championship. It Jonathan: We had our own we’re in seven cities, and we’d like diff erently. It’s diffi cult at times, taught me how to work hard and family, we had our squad; it was to double that in the next two years. but because we have such good come back from something that great. We had a family carpool. I Brandon: The next two years communication we’ve actually we failed. My coach Jarvis Turner used to drive [our cousins] Michelle are very important for me to really been able to build something that’s was such a motivator. … I’m still [’05] and Chelsea [’06] to school. fi gure out where my passion lies, bigger than the both of us separately. very, very close to a lot of the guys Would you like to give a shout out so focusing and working to fi nd out Daniel: … My natural tendency that were on my team, and now to a teacher who inspired you? where I can be very eff ective and [is] to sort of counter what Ryan we’re like brothers. That was really Ryan: I want to give a special live my best and happiest life is my does and so we meet in a happy what Beverly meant to me—the thank you to Mr. [Ira] Moskow, the goal. 44 Profi les 2018 Honors for the Lewis family. Lilly Lewis ’74 and her husband Da- vid, longtime congre- gants of Temple Eman- uel of Beverly Hills, were honored with the Humanitarian Award at the temple’s 10th Annual Beverly Hills Ball on May 17, 2017. They are pictured with their children Nikki ’06, Stephanie ’03 and Ja- son ’06 (left to right). Courtesy of TempleEmanuel Now trending: ’90s graduates take on the tech world HopSkipDrive, co-founded by Becher ’90, on the road to expansion In November 2017, the demonstrating “how technology HopSkipDrive also recently company, which currently serves startups can partner with, rather announced it is partnering Southern California and the Bay than disrupt, established legacy with the Los Angeles County Area, announced a $7.4-million businesses.” Offi ce of Education, the investment from New Jersey- In 2016, Becher told Alumni Department of Children and based school transportation Highlights, “My co-founders and Family Services, and LAUSD company Student Transportation I started HopSkipDrive because to create a pilot program for Inc. that will drive expansion in we needed a safe and reliable transporting foster youth to existing and new markets. way to get our kids around town. their school of origin, even if The resulting partnership One didn’t exist so we decided to they have moved to another aims to get kids to school solve our own problem.” home. more effi ciently, by providing Using the company’s app or HopSkipDrive has made Carolyn Yashari Becher ’90 ridesharing services in areas website, parents can coordinate community service a part of HopSkipDrive, the where there aren’t enough rides for their children with its mission, off ering special rideshare service for families children to fi ll a school bus—or HopSkipDrive’s CareDrivers, services to families aff ected by co-founded by Carolyn Yashari using HopSkipDrive carpools to who have at least fi ve years of crises such as the Porter Ranch Becher ’90 and two fellow get kids to the bus stop. childcare experience and must gas leak and recent Southern working moms, is accelerating A press release described the pass a rigorous 15-point safety California wildfi res. toward new markets. partnership as the fi rst of its kind, certifi cation process. hopskipdrive.com Ready for liftoff: Hay ’98 of Spacegrab a much-needed lifeline. It David Hay ’98 has "Spacegrab is revolutionizing empowers all parties involved— launched an innovative the perception of traditional the tenant is released from a online marketplace that helps commercial real estate leases commitment that is no longer businesses sublease commercial by essentially introducing an eff ective, the landlord acquires spaces when they need to 'eject button' for leaseholders," a tenant who is better suited for expand, downsize or shut their Hay, Spacegrab’s CEO, said in the space and prospective tenants doors before the end of their a press release. "The reality is can fi nd a turnkey location at an lease. that businesses have to sign long attractive price. It's a win-win for Los Angeles-based term leases, even when they are all." Spacegrab, which went live in unable to project their growth In a press release, Spacegrab 2017, is a hub for tenants to list accurately. There is an inherent announced partnerships with David Hay ’98 offi ce, retail and industrial space risk of requiring a structural shift Digsy for brokerage services, related services and Regus for and for prospective tenants to to expand or contract a business. BizEquity for business valuations, executive suite space. snatch up turnkey locations. This is where Spacegrab provides SharpLaunch for marketing spacegrab.com 2018 Alumni Highlights 45 Bosse ’79 dedicates second mayoral term to a healthier Beverly Hills Beverly Hills Weekly interviewed think men tend to be much more Mayor Lili Bosse ’79 in May 2017, cerebral in their analysis. I use both. near the beginning of her second ... I’m very open hearted and spir- term as mayor. She previously itual, but I can be really tough and served as mayor from 2014–2015. strong if something is wrong and Excerpts follow. needs to be righted. The only disad- vantage [to being the only woman What’s diff erent about being on the Council] is that I would like mayor the second time around? to see more women in leadership. ... When I was mayor the fi rst I do know that women did run [for time, it was literally an 18-hour- Council this term]. It wasn’t an elec- per-day job. It was something that tion where women didn’t run; they I thoroughly enjoyed, but it’s a tre- didn’t win. If there was an election where women didn’t run, then I mendous time commitment. [Going Photo: Cityof Beverly Hills into my second term as mayor,] I would say that’s a problem. knew what to expect. Lili Bosse ’79 is sworn in as mayor by her husband Jon What’s new about Walk with the But just like the fi rst time around, Bosse, as sons Adam ’10 and Andrew ’07 look on Mayor? every day is a new surprise. ... No change. Each year of our lives, we to being a productive leader. ... The ... We’re always going some- day is ever boring and no day is have to pay attention to how we are community, by and large, knows where new. There’s always new ever the same. ... Being the mayor on the inside. Health starts from the that I am somebody who will not people that are joining us. There’s gives you the opportunity to prob- inside. I think that’s true with gov- just listen, but also hear them. I do always new energy. There are al- lem-solve and overcome obstacles. ernment as well. For me, a healthy my homework, and I’ll continue to ways new issues that people bring My motto in life is start with city includes healthy people, a do my homework [because] I am up to me that need to be solved. ... “yes” then fi gure out how. I’m a healthy economy and a healthy the representative of the residents. Whenever you walk through our very optimistic person by nature. As government. It’s all connected. It’s To be a great mayor, you have to let city you never see it the same way each day transpires, I get to help res- something we need to maintain the residents know that you really twice. ... There’s always a new vi- idents and businesses fi nd solutions always, not just when I’m mayor. are representing them. Then, they’ll brancy and that’s why Monday is to their problems. The way I look at Healthy government, to me, is about feel confi dent knowing that I’m the best day of the week. it, there’s nothing we can’t solve. having a very open government. ... their voice for what their vision is What’s your favorite thing about Why the emphasis on health? What did you learn during your for Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills? It started when I was mayor the last term that you’ll use now? Are there any advantages to being Honestly, it’s our community. last time. It was [the City’s] Centen- I’m probably one of the most the only woman on the Council? Our community is truly about heart, nial year, our 100th birthday. We all accessible [and] open elected offi - I don’t know that there’s neces- passion, pride and connection. refl ect on where we are in life when cials this City has seen. I’ve always sarily an advantage. I love women Watch Mayor Bosse on we have a monumental birthday. given everybody my cell phone in leadership. I’m a real girls’ girl. ... Beverly Hills View, hosted When I was mayor in 2014, I was number. People know that every I hold my friendships with women by Alumni Association thinking about what we need to do Monday they can come and talk to sacred and I’m the biggest cheer- President Josh Gross ’91 to get to the next 100 year mark. I me at “Walk with the Mayor.” I’m leader when a woman is succeed- on social media. That’s what I did ing. I do generally think women thought about what we need to do to vimeo.com/216218970 remain a healthy city. That doesn’t last time and I think that’s the key tend to lead with intuitiveness. I

Bye bye, Bagel Nosh. After 53 years, a group of retired BHUSD teachers celebrated their fi nal weekly breakfast at The Nosh of Beverly Hills on Jan. 26. Started in 1965 by Rita Creagh (El Rodeo), Marilyn Wulliger (El Rodeo) and Eloise Haldeman (Horace Mann), the small group of educators that met each Friday has decided to move to monthly lunches in the San Fernando Valley. Special Left to right: Dick Wulliger, Jack Farrell, Rita Creagh, Angie Templer Moore, Karen Boyarsky, thanks was expressed to server Eloise Haldeman, Sandra Porter, Rachelle Marcus, Toni Staser, Marilyn Wulliger. Not Jorge Garcia, and by the staff pictured: Jacquie Killam Lovell. Pat Melniker, who passed away in 2016, was also a regular. who provided a special dessert. 46 Profi les 2018 Remembering Ronald Reagan’s 1977 KBEV interview A 1977 interview with Ronald political views, everyone was Reagan fi lmed in KBEV's studio impressed with his appearance on can now be viewed on YouTube. the show. The March 30, 1977 episode “He was very personable of Face to Face featuring then- and he didn’t duck questions,” presidential candidate Reagan is Corman said. “It felt like this was one of more than 15,000 shows [someone] who believed what he in the student television station’s believed and was a really nice archives. guy.” The half-hour show featured He also recalled a story moderator David Hirsch ’77 Reagan shared following the and a student panel consisting interview about how he admired of Craig Sherwood ’77, Tony and made a conscious eff ort to Krantz ’77, Donna Bojarsky ’77 act sensitively toward the Secret and Craig Corman ’77. Service. Reagan told the students The students asked Reagan about how his western movie about topics including the roles often portrayed the actors in Serrano decision, President crouching positions as they fi red Jimmy Carter’s human policy off numerous rounds of bullets. decisions, his successor Governor But a real secret serviceman told Jerry Brown’s leadership, as well Reagan that drawing guns in real as foreign aff airs. life is much diff erent, requiring Corman told Beverly Hills one to stand tall, shoot straight Weekly he was chosen as a and only draw guns in dire Top: Then-presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and Da- student interviewer after having emergencies. vid Hirsch ’77. Bottom (left to right): Craig Sherwood ’77, participated in other school talk “And he always remembered Donna Bojarsky ’77, Tony Krantz ’77, Craig Corman ’77 shows, but he did not remember that. It drove home just the kinds person who was just doing their Watch Ronald Reagan exactly how Reagan was booked. of sacrifi ces the Secret Service job around him. It made an impact on KBEV Corman did recall, however, agents would make for the people on me and I think everyone else that although none of the student they protected,” said Corman. who heard it.” https://youtu.be/Q4- W30urXPg panelists shared Reagan’s “He had a real feel for the average Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly Couple reconnects and marries—after more than 50 years In 1958, Nancy Nesheim had no hair, and Hudson ’58 took Rodger Hudson when he got my as her date for BHHS Senior picture he noticed Prom. In 2016, she took the ’56 my small waist was Venice High grad as her husband. history. Nancy writes: We began to Yes, miracles do happen. After text and talk and 56 years of going our separate talk and talk on the ways, we rediscovered our love. phone. In March We were both married (Rodger he wanted to for 51 years and Nancy for 38 come to Flagstaff years) and we both had lost our to see me and the beloved spouses. sparks really fl ew. How could this miracle One hug and a happen, you ask. Well, around few kisses later we February 2015, Rodger looked were Gobsmacked me up on Ancestry and got and the wedding Then and now: At left, Nancy Nesheim Hudson ’58 and Rodger Hudson at my married name. Then in plans began. BHHS Senior Prom in 1958. At right, on their wedding day, April 2, 2016 February 2016, he contacted me What about So we went for it and started true blessing that we wanted to on Facebook, not knowing my October? Too far away. What about putting together a wedding plan in share with you. Just know that situation. (Pretty brave, huh?) He August? Can’t wait that long. What one week. We now live in Ocean life is not over till it’s over. God sent me a picture and I noticed he about July? April sounds good. Shores, Wash., and it is heaven. A certainly had a plan for us. 2018 Alumni Highlights 47

Sabato launches Congressional bid Greene ’01 wins three Golden Mikes Antonio Sabato Jr. ’90 is running for Congress, challenging Rep. Julia Brownley (D–Westlake Village) in the Nov. 6 election. Brownley has represented California’s 26th District, which includes most of Ventura County and a portion of Los Angeles County, since 2013. Sabato, a Republican, is an actor with credits including General Hospital, Melrose Place, The Bold and the Beautiful and Dancing with the Stars. At Beverly, he appeared Antonio Sabato Jr. ’90 in the 1987 production of Grease West in February. as a freshman. He has also been a During a February appearance model for Calvin Klein underwear. on The View, Sabato was asked Sabato got a taste of national about comments he made in an politics speaking in support interview following his convention of Donald Trump at the 2016 speech, falsely claiming President Republican National Convention. Barack Obama was Muslim. “I During his speech, Sabato talked never thought it was anything about coming to the United States bad,” he said. “There’s millions from Italy in 1985. “I followed of Muslims around the world. …” all the rules and fi nally became a Pressed further, he said, “Maybe it naturalized citizen in 1996,” he was my mistake then,” adding that said. “Others who want to come he liked Obama and his family. Debra Greene ’01 won three Golden Mikes at the Radio and to the U.S. to live and work should He told the hosts he wanted Television News Association’s 68th annual awards ceremony on follow the same rules. … There to focus on the issues ahead. “We Jan. 27 at the Universal Hilton. She received the radio awards for should be no shortcuts for those had to deal with a lot of fi res and best short feature, best use of sound and best science reporting. who don’t want to pay or wait.” landslides in my county,” he said. Greene works at NPR-affi liate KCLU, covering the Califor- Sabato has continued to support “People were devastated. I think we nia Coast in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo coun- the president and as a result said need to get regulations lower. I’m ties as the weekend anchor/reporter. She received her bachelor’s Hollywood blacklisted him. “If pro military, Second Amendment degree from UCLA and her master’s degree in broadcast jour- you support the president, you’re and I’m going to do everything nalism from the USC Annenberg School for Communication not going to have many fans in I can do to help the people in my and Journalism. Hollywood,” Sabato told Merion county.” Sisters launch Jae Jewelry line admires the things I teach Sisters Jessica ’06 and Adri- from their father and uncle, who her.” ane ’09 Eshaghzadeh have have run a jewelry business for For now, teamed up to launch their own more than 30 years. The sisters Jae Jewelry jewelry line, Jae Jewelry. The decided to design and sell their solely exists luxury brand, which launched own feminine line of what Jessica online due to online in July 2017, specializes calls “dainty, cute, fi ne jewelry.” their custom- in women’s bracelets, necklac- As for their partnership, Jes- ers’ heavy es, rings and earrings. sica says it can be challenging preference for “We are inspired by wom- working with a sister, but it has online shop- en and all that they have to of- brought them closer together. ping. Jessica Jessica ’06 and Adriane ’09 Eshaghzadeh fer and receive in this world,” They distribute tasks so that each says there are reads their website. “We feel sister is in charge of diff erent as- own retail store? “Listen, I’ve many places they want to take the unique in the sense that we are pects of the website. always wanted a front store,” business—like selling their prod- passionate about the female “Of course we butt heads, but says Jessica, “so who knows? ucts to boutiques and department body and the artistic vision we we’re sisters at the end of the Maybe in the future.” stores. embody to manifest our art.” day,” says Jessica. “I admire the www.jaejewelry.com But what about opening their They also draw inspiration things she teaches me and she Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly 48 Snapshots 2018

See ya in Sedona. A group of 1962 alumni and their spouses held a mini reunion at the Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Ariz. over Veterans Day weekend 2017. The group, which calls itself “The Roses”, has met every year or two since graduation. Top row, left to right: Bob Pincus ’62, Betty Greenwold, Lowell Orren ’62, Joel Goodman ’62, Susy Calof. Front row: Randy Bassett ’62, Mark Greenwold ’62, Tyna Orren, Bobbi Pincus, Larry Calof ’62. Not pictured: Barbara Goodman and Susan Bassett. Joel Goodman writes: “As a sidelight to the reunion of our group, in the fall semester of 1961, Joel Goodman was ASB President, Mark Greenwold was ASB Vice President, Lowell Orren was Senior Class President, Randy Bassett was Chancellor of the Exchequer or whatever the equivalent title was, Bob Pincus was Chief Justice of the Student Court, and, fi nally, Larry Calof was co-commissioner of Campus Cleanup.” Free to Rock, featuring Stingray ’78, explores how rock ’n ’roll helped end Cold War Photo: Michael Bezjian

Joanna Stingray ’78 (third from right) on a panel following the April 2017 screening of Free to Rock at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles. She is pictured with (left to right) Bob Santelli, Grammy Museum executive director; producer Nick Binkley; American drummer Kenny Aronoff ; Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Professor Mark LeVine; producer Douglas Yeager; Stas Namin of legendary band The Flowers; and director Jim Brown Singer-songwriter Joanna Free to Rock, directed by Stingray’s rock ’n ’roll jour- the fi rst American producer of Stingray ’78 (and executive di- Emmy Award-winning fi lmmak- ney began in 1984, when she Soviet underground rock mu- rector of the BHHS Alumni As- er Jim Brown and narrated by traveled to Leningrad with her sic and a well-known recording sociation) has been making the Kiefer Sutherland, tells the story sister. There, she met iconic un- artist, rock personality and TV rounds as a subject of the docu- of rock ’n’ roll’s contributions to derground musical poet Boris host in Russia. mentary Free to Rock, attending ending the Cold War. In addition Grebenshikov who was known as Free to Rock features Sting- screenings and sitting on panels to Stingray, interview subjects the “Russian Dylan.” That con- ray’s personal stories, as well at the Grammy Museum, the include President Jimmy Carter, nection led to many return visits as her home movies of Boris U.S. Capitol, Stanford Univer- President Mikhail Gorbachev, for Stingray, who smuggled musi- Grebenshikov, Viktor Tsoi, and sity and other locations around Billy Joel and many other prom- cal equipment into the USSR for the bands KINO and ALISA. the country. inent individuals. her musician friends. She became www.freetorockmovie.com 2018 Alumni Highlights 49 BHHS Hall of Fame Swim Gym—Oct. 20, 2017

Michael Moore ’89, Steven Fenton ’88, Steve Horowitz ’67, Mike Margolin ’71, Jason Reed Aljian ’90 Newman ’69 Carter ’74 and Karen Paysinger

2018 Hall of Fame inductees (left to right): Diane Morrison Shropshire ’75, Harris Katleman S’46, Steve Horowitz ’67, Reed Aljian ’90, Michael Moore ’89, Dennis Needleman ’69. Not pictured: Michael Higginbotham ’75 Photo: John Chiang for Governor 2018

Changing lives through literature. David Kipen ’81 (left) welcomed California gubernatorial candidate John Chiang (right) to Libros Schmibros Lending Li- brary in Boyle Heights, where Chiang kicked off his statewide listening tour last June. Kipen, co-founder and co-director of Libros Schmibros, was formerly the #oprahtunity. Amanda Molina ’05, PR man- director of literature for the National Endowment for the Arts and book critic and ager at Konnect Agency, met her hero Oprah editor for the San Francisco Chronicle. According to its mission, Libros Schmi- Winfrey at the wrap party for Winfrey’s movie, bros “champions the pleasures of literature and its power to change lives.” A Wrinkle in Time, in March 2017. 50 Snapshots 2018

Hello Hollywood! A group of Normans assembled for an unexpected reunion at The Hollywood Show on Feb. 10. Left to right: Jon- athan Prince ’76, Frankie Montiforte ’82, Kari Michaelsen ’79, Lauri Hendler ’83, Nancy Cohen ’83, Mary Loom- is-Shrier ’84, Joely Fisher ’85, Ryan Cassidy ’84

A new tradition for the Class of ’50 After 65 years of reunions at fi ve-year intervals, the Class of ’50 tried something new in September 2016. “For the last two years, all remaining 120 classmates were invited to Philippe’s the Original in Downtown LA in a private room upstairs,” writes Carol Goshaw Blanchard. “How long has it been since you have ridden in THAT elevator?” Attendees of the second annual lunch in October 2017 included Pat Abrams Heumann, Harriett Bauman Walther, Liz Shore Luster, Jackie Turbow Gottlieb, Tom Haldeman, Jerry Factor, Rod Wilger, Larry Ross, Dick Donaldson, Chuck Murray and his wife Donna, Carol Goshaw Blanchard, and Don Loze, who photographed the occasion. The afternoon included sharing greetings from classmates who could not attend: George Photo: Don Loze Frakes from Santa Barbara and Barbara Gardener from Texas; Marlene Sudmin Zimmerman October 2017. Tom Haldeman, Chuck was displaying her art in Beverly Hills; Richard Ross was cruising in Mallorca on a Stanford Murray, Rod Wilger Travel trip; Debbie Williams Fryer from New Jersey; Beverly Smart from Wisconsin, who has a daughter living in So Cal; Stewart Nefl er from La Jolla; Jannette Blaine Welz from north of Santa Barbara; Ruth Gelsby Wagner from Pittsburgh; Lois Lyman Jones and Sarane Waldman Bennett sent greetings; Nancy Dillon was moving to a new home; Ed Sewell in Arizona said hello and hopes to be there next time; Jane Gordon Oristano is taking care of her husband; Marcia Nason was in Princ- eton; and Sue Lapkoff was at her daughter’s wedding. Save the date for the 2018 luncheon: Sat., Sept. Photo: Don Loze 22 at Factor’s Famous Deli. Contact Carol at (949) October 2017. Pat Abrams Heumann, Donna Murray, Chuck Murray, 837-5558 or [email protected]. Harriett Bauman Walther, Dick Donaldson Sept. 2016. Back row, left to right: Harriett Bauman Walther, Liz Shore Luster, Marlene Sudmin Zimmerman, Tom Haldeman, Jackie Turbow Gottlieb, Jan- et Ewing Mays, Don Loze. Front row: Gay- le Schangler Prince, Pat Abrams Heu- mann, Carol Goshaw Blanchard, Dick Ward, Delores Ward 2018 Alumni Highlights 51

Let the good times roll. In February 2017, Class of ’53 pals swapped stories (some of which were actually true) with Jon Rose, who was vis- iting from Mexico, his home since 1963. Back row, left to right: Mike Leventhal, Sherwin Turbow, Jon Rose, Mel Lebe, Lee Lewin Wert- heimer, Walt Dougher, Tony Nesburn. Front row: David Raskin, Don Ellis, David Kelton, Don Alschuler

Livin’ it up at Lake Tahoe. Class of ’78 ladies Diana Isaccs Sturr, Deborah Louchheim Wat- Hometown hangout. Class of ’90 alumni gathered at Porta Via in Bev- son and Joanna Fields Stingray (left to right) erly Hills in 2017. Left to right: Nick Cain, Sherly Daneshgar, Rose Kai- have been pals since they were 12 years old serman, Kelly Prather, Joyce Goldstein, Sergio Siderman, Nancy Rut- at El Rodeo. tenburg, Tina Pomerance, Geoff Goodman Normans tee off in Woodland Hills at second annual alumni golf tourney Eighteen golfers participated in the BHHS Alumni 2017 Golf Tournament at Woodland Hills Country Club this past August. The fi eld included BHHS Athletic Hall of Fame member Keith Farrell ’72 and former varsity golfers Bruce Isaacs ’74 and Randy Reisman ’74. The 2017 champion, Renato Sison ’76, also won the inaugural 2016 alumni golf tournament in Palm Springs. Thirty-two attended the celebratory dinner. The event was organized by Michael Suter ’75. Sponsors of the giveaways and trophies were Linkskeeper Company (owned by Craig Fazekas ’76) and the Lyle Suter Online Art Front row (left to right): Eric Suter ’72, Keith Farrell ’72, Renato Sison ’76, Mike Suter Museum coming in 2018 (curated ’75, Bruce Isaacs ’74, Frank Confl enti ’74, Randy Reisman ’74. Back: Reuven Sison, by Michael Suter). Jack Turton ’74, Rob Scribner, Robert Adler ’76, Ed Amos ’75, Andy Cohn ’74, John Levitt ’74, Mike Lubell ’74, Billy Harris, Robert Koenig ’75, Reggie Muldrow ’78 52 Obituaries 2018

Margaret Eccleston Halvorson development, academics, athletics (Judge William), Diane Colyear member of Delta Tau Delta ’31 passed and performing arts. Most notably, Culp (Charles ‘Chas’), Barbara fraternity. After Pearl Harbor, he a w a y Margaret served as an ambassador Colyear Parkening and Gwen enlisted in the Marine Corps, rose peacefully at for the Salvation Army’s The Halvorson Welty (Zane); fi ve to the rank of captain, and spent 23 her home in Way In Center, which addresses grandchildren; and three great- months fi ghting with the 5th Los Angeles the needs of runaway, homeless grandchildren. Marine Division in the South on Feb. 2, and abused youth in Hollywood. Robert P. Beckham, Jr. ’37 Pacifi c, including leading troops at 2016 at the She was awarded the Dean’s p a s s e d the battles of Saipan and Iwo Jima. age of 103. Medallion by the USC Ethel away Oct. On discharge in 1945 he was M a rg a r e t Percy Andrus Gerontology Center 20, 2016 at promoted to lieutenant colonel. grew up in Los Angeles and for establishing the Margaret A. C a s a After WWII, Beck moved to attended Marlborough School Halvorson Emergency Fund to Dorinda in Pasadena. He was a successful and graduated from Beverly. She provide support to gerontology Montecito independent insurance agent for went on to graduate from USC. students who faced unanticipated with his more than 25 years. Upon selling She was married to Richard emergency expenses. Margaret wife Sally his insurance agency at age 50, he Colyear for 22 years until his also supported the United Way by his side. began a second career in the passing and Dr. Edwin Halvorson and Girls Inc. of Greater Santa At Beverly, restaurant business and founded for 30 years until his passing. Barbara. Margaret is survived by “Beck” was voted “The Boy Most The Chronicle and Beckham Place Over the decades she supported her six children, Richard Colyear, Likely to Succeed” by his restaurants in Pasadena. He was programs and charities focused June Colyear Kjaempe (Jorgen), classmates. He received his B.A. president of the Pasadena Chamber on research, scholarship, youth Margaret Colyear MacLaughlin from Stanford in 1941 and was a of Commerce, Annandale Country Club and Pasadena Rotary, and Krisel S’41, architect, brought modernism to the masses was active on the vestry and as William Krisel S’41, quickly. Palmer and Krisel and junior warden of All Saints Church prominent architect and member Alexander Construction continued Pasadena. He was also a member of the Beverly Hills High School their collaboration in Palm Springs. of the Pasadena Tournament of Hall of Fame, passed away at his According to the Getty Research Roses for more than 25 years, Beverly Hills home on June 3, Institute, “The work of Palmer & serving on a number of committees. 2017. In a career spanning more Krisel over the next decade refl ected Beck and Sally were married for than 60 years, he was best known widespread interest in making nearly 36 years. Together they for designing Palm Springs tract home ownership both accessible traveled all around the world and homes that were modern, high and enjoyable. Their single-family led trips to England and Scotland quality and aff ordable. tract houses were characterized they could aff ord and that would with friends. In 1993, Beck and According to the Getty by unique siting and landscaping, change their way of living and Sally moved to Montecito. Research Institute at the J. Paul minimal ornamentation, innovative make life more enjoyable.” Together they regularly played Getty Museum, which maintains butterfl y roofs, and large glass Krisel was born and raised bridge, gin rummy and enjoyed a Krisel’s archives, more than windows, expanding the design in Shanghai, China. His family good Beefeater Gibson. Beck was 40,000 homes in Southern philosophy of their peers, including moved to Beverly Hills in 1937. a painter, poet, golfer and raconteur California were built based on John Entenza and the Case Study Following his graduation from throughout his life. In addition to designs by Krisel and his partners. House program, to meet the needs BHHS, he enrolled at USC but his wife Sally, he is survived by his Krisel and his partner of the growing middle class. The his education was interrupted four children, Robert P. Beckham Dan Saxon Palmer originally collection at the GRI includes when he joined the Army during III (Tenley), Patti B. Healy (Ed), approached Alexander dozens of elaborate renderings World War II. He was awarded Barbara E. Beckham (Gil), and Construction Co. about designing that express Krisel’s dedication a Bronze Star for his military Bryan N. Beckham (Louise); nine tract homes in the western to combining standardized service overseas. He returned to grandchildren; and seven great- segment of the San Fernando layouts with visually interesting USC and graduated with a degree grandchildren. Valley. According to the LA exteriors and landscapes, a distinct in architecture in 1949. He earned Beverly Joyce Newman Gracey Times, those homes featured component of the fi rm’s designs.” his architectural license in 1950. ’40, lifelong resident of Beverly “clean and simple contemporary Krisel also designed custom Krisel and his wife of 64 years, Hills, passed design and modular post-and- homes in Bel-Air and Brentwood, Corinne, lived in the Brentwood a w a y beam construction method [that] as well as high-rise multi-family section of Los Angeles for 60 peacefully in allowed for expansive use of homes and commercial buildings. years. He was inducted into the her own home glass and open fl oor plans that Refl ecting on his career, Krisel BHHS Hall of Fame in 2012. on Nov. 1, melded indoor and outdoor living told NPR: “I’ve had a very happy He is survived by his wife, 2017. After spaces.” and successful career. And I’ve Corinne Krisel; son, William E. graduating Upon their completion in the achieved what I set out to do: Krisel; daughter, Michelle Krisel; from Beverly, mid-1950s, those homes sold create housing for the masses that and six grandchildren. she attended 2018 Alumni Highlights 53 Legendary journalism teacher Gil Chesterton Gil Chesterton, longtime and television journalism. to the California Beverly High journalism In an on-air tribute, Fox Scholastic Press teacher and former Alumni Business Network anchor Liz A s s o c i a t i o n Highlights editor, passed away Claman ’81 said Chesterton’s Journalism May 18, 2017 in San Jose. legacy lives on in his students. Workshop at Cal Chesterton was born March “As we all travel through life Poly SLO and was 20, 1934 to parents Newell some of us are lucky enough to a longtime member and Esta (Bauerle) Chesterton have a teacher so inspiring that of the association’s in Bell Gardens and was the he or she actually changes the board of directors. oldest of four brothers. He was course of our lives and for me Mentored by its married to Nancy Schellman Gil Chesterton was that person,” founder Ralph for 44 years and enjoyed living Claman said. “... He inspired Alexander when he in The Villages of San Jose legions of us to become print was a high school near their daughter Carey Gil, and broadcast reporters, anchors, student, Chesterton son-in-law Brian and three writers, producers. He was tough. went on to volunteer grandchildren Hannah, Holden He was gruff . But he taught us all every summer by and Alyssa. He was a graduate that a profession in journalism leading seminars, Gil Chesterton with his wife, Nancy of San Jose State University and was an honorable one, if you advising students as Teresa Hills Presbyterian the USC School of Journalism took it seriously, focused on the they produced their workshop Church where he taught Bible and was a nationally recognized facts.” newspaper, and critiquing study classes. journalism educator. A former student turned publications. He was elected to Despite graduating from Active in the Southern television producer even named the CSPA Hall of Fame in 2008 USC, Gil was a devoted UCLA California Journalism the character “Gil Chesterton” and retired from teaching the football and basketball fan. Education Association, he on Frasier after him. He was workshop in 2016. Upon moving to the Bay Area received the JEA’s Lifetime infamous among his students Over the years, he served as in 2007, he became a Giants Achievement Award for a for his motto: “Nothing is ever the editor of many local papers, enthusiast. He was thrilled “lifetime of dedication to written; it is rewritten.” including the Bell Gardens when his daughter Carey journalism education” in 2016. “He taught me skills that I Review, The Spartan Daily married a man whose surname A beloved teacher, use to this day,” said Beverly and The Highlander (Big Bear, was “Gil”, which became Chesterton advised the Hills City Councilmember John Calif.). While living in the one of his favorite jokes. A newspaper at Whittier High Mirisch ’81, who was Highlights Villages, Gil enjoyed writing jazz lover, an attentive father School for 10 years before editor in 1981. “He was certainly profi les about other residents for and grandfather, a respected running the journalism one of the best teachers I had The Villager. member of his church, a gentle program at Beverly, where not only at the high school but He was also active in his soul who attracted the devotion he spent 33 years advising anywhere.” church, serving as editor and of any house pets within a mile an award-winning weekly Another former student, publisher of the First Presbyterian radius, an esteemed teacher and newspaper, weekly television Gaby Herbst ’01, is currently the Church of North Hollywood’s a beloved husband, he will be newscast and yearbook. Many adviser for Highlights and the newspaper for more than 20 missed by many on whom he of his students have gone on Watchtower. years. After moving to San Jose, made his indelible mark. to professional careers in print Chesterton dedicated 50 years he became a member of Santa Courtesy of Beverly Hills Weekly UCLA where she received her she and her family could be found Rodeo and Beverly. He was a good Matson Navigation Company, Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1946, enjoying their cabana at the Bel- friend of the late Ed Reinecke where he met his wife, Edna Faye Beverly married the love of her Air Bay Club. W’42, former lieutenant governor “Billie” Powers. Bill was a life, Yale, and together they raised William Wales Dashiell, II ’41 of California. Bill was accepted at member of the Masonic Lodge of two sons, Wayne and Lucky p a s s e d Stanford, but chose to attend the San Mateo, Kiwanis Club of Gracey. She had fi ve grandchildren away Jan. Merchant Marine Academy at Greater San Mateo and the SIRs of and fi ve great-grandchildren. She 20, 2017. Coyote Point in San Mateo. He San Mateo. Bill is survived by his and Yale did extensive world Bill and his proudly served in the U.S. Coast wife Faye and many nieces and traveling and particularly loved s i b l i n g s Guard Merchant Marine, nephews. He was preceded in Mexico and Hawaii. She was a John Jay delivering cargo and troops in the death by his son, William Wales champion paddle tennis player. and Marie Pacifi c, Mediterranean Middle Dashiell, III. She loved gardening, entertaining, grew up in East and Atlantic war zones. He Dr. Lawrence Kavich ’41 passed traveling, and spending time with B e v e r l y circumnavigated the globe twice away Jan. 27, 2016 surrounded by family and friends at the beach. Hills. Bill had many fond surviving torpedoes and bombings. his wife of 49 years, caregivers Most weekends and all summers, memories of his school days at El After the war, Bill went to work for and family. Larry grew up in Los 54 Obituaries 2018 as an aviation cadet in 1944. After has been featured prominently almost two years in the Army, in the media. Archie was always he was honorably discharged, interested in aviation. He owned a returned to California and entered variety of aircraft and accumulated UCLA, but soon thereafter left to more than 8,000 hours of fl ight work for a gold mining enterprise time over a 35-year period. He in Candle, Alaska, located on the frequently used his helicopters Arctic Circle. After two years, he for public service and in search returned to California, got married and rescue operations, fl ying as a and started a career as a building deputy sheriff for San Luis Obispo contractor. His father contacted County for more than 17 years. him to help develop the community Perry Maltz ’43 passed away in of Hidden Hills. His initial role was Beverly Hills on Dec. 3, 2017. He Jean Dray Jong ’44 passed away July 23, 2017. to build its infrastructure, including attended Beverly High and started roads, utilities and house sites. His a realty company in Beverly Hills. Angeles with his sister Reona and was attacked during Richard’s four children, Elexis, Victoria, His wife Mitzi worked in the ROP brother Alvan ’46. He continued freshman year at Stanford. He Lisa and department at Beverly. He enjoyed his education at UCLA, where he enlisted in the Navy’s OTC Leila, lived at life to the fullest and brought joy to received his bachelor and doctoral program and later trained as an Hidden Hills everything he did. He was active degrees and participated in track offi cer candidate on destroyers and until Archie in social causes both local and and football. One of Larry’s landing crafts. He was in the moved in global. He is survived by his wife proudest accomplishments was service of the Navy for nearly four 1961 to Paso Mitzi, daughters Hilary Unger ’80 serving our country as a Marine in years achieving the rank of R o b l e s , and Julie Borman ’83, and three WWII where he earned a Purple lieutenant before separation in where he grandchildren. Heart. As an avid lifelong learner, 1946. After the war, Richard f o c u s e d Irving Anderson S’45 passed he worked as a teacher, track coach, completed his education, earning a on land away Dec. principal and professor at several B.A. (1946) and J.D. (1949) from development design, emphasizing 18, 2017. colleges in California. His longest Stanford. He joined the law fi rm of and honoring the natural At age 17 tenure was at the University of Mackay, McGregor and Reynolds, landscape. Over the next 40 in 1944, he Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. where he practiced as a tax years he subdivided some 35,000 snuck into Larry enjoyed ice cream, nature specialist and estate planner. He acres in numerous developments, the Navy and the outdoors. He relished appeared before the Ninth Circuit culminating in 1989 with the to serve his bringing family and friends to Court of Appeals and was admitted purchase of 1,200 acres in Cortez, country in hike and fi sh at Mount Meadows to practice before the Supreme Colo., near Mesa Verde National World War in Wyoming. Committed to Court of the United States. In Park. In Paso Robles, Archie II. After he was honorably international understanding, he addition to a full legal career, married Mary Mitchell, who discharged as a Seaman First Class founded Consultants for Global Richard served on the boards of had three children, Diane, Dawn in 1946, Irving attended Stanford Programs that brought people American Hospital Supply and Darren. Mary was Archie’s where he met lifelong friends and together through educational Corporation, Pacifi c Employers partner in the real estate business graduated with a major in political exchange programs primarily in Insurance Company, Children’s and his wife for 53 years. In the science in 1951. He always bet on China. In addition, he served as a Hospital Los Angles, the Donald Paso Robles area, Archie also the Big Game. Irving was married Fulbright Scholar with the ministry E. Baxter Foundation, the Santa started Templeton Carriage Works, to Virginia Hotchkiss from 1951 to of education in Cyprus. He is Anita Foundation and the Beverly building and restoring horse-drawn 1957 and had one son Chris survived by his wife Sara Kavich; Hills YMCA, among others. He carriages and buggies. He restored Anderson. He was married to the his children Linda Simpson, married Florence E. Mead in 1949. many of the historic buildings on love of his life Gwenna Coyne Cynthia Haley, Buff y Susavilla and He later married Virginia Harwell. Main Street in Templeton to their from 1965 until her death in 1994. Harry Kavich; nine grandchildren; Richard enjoyed bird hunting, trout previous splendor. The Cortez He was a hands-on stepfather of and seven great-grandchildren. fi shing, and playing golf with property, Indian Camp Ranch, Gwenna’s two sons by a prior Richard Newton Mackay ’41 friends and family. His most was his fi nal development, and marriage, Charlie and Peter passed away cherished memories were of contains more than 210 Anasazi Thomas. From 1951 to 1995, Aug. 1, 2017. traveling with his wife, Ginny, and (Ancestral Puebloan) sites. To Irving was a highly successful and Richard, his annual trips to the Rocky protect these sites, which are more respected insurance broker at brother John Mountains with his sons and than 800 years old, Archie created Marsh & McLennan, specializing ’38 and his grandchildren. the fi rst archaeological subdivision in the aviation industry and placing sister Louise Archie Hanson ’43 passed away in the United States. Indian Camp insurance for the likes of Lockheed were raised in Dec. 14, 2016. He started at the Ranch is recorded on the National and Hughes. For the past 23 years, Beverly Hills. University of Colorado before Register of Historic Places and Irving has been the companion of Pearl Harbor entering the U.S. Army Air Corps 2018 Alumni Highlights 55 Sheila Bullock. The two were and Peter, whether at Will Rogers housekeeper whom he always U C L A . introduced by a close friend when State Beach or in Mazatlan. One of considered a member of his family. His passion Sheila had an extra ticket for the Irv’s lifetime highlights was his He is survived by Chris and his for Bruin USC vs. UCLA football game and participation in the Transpacifi c wife Janet; Charlie and his wife ath letics they fi gured out that they had Yacht Club Race to Hawaii in the Katrin; and Peter and his wife l a s t e d grown up three blocks apart and early 1960s. Irving quietly gave to Anne. through his had both attended Hawthorne. many charities and engaged in Howard Green Jr. S’45 passed fi nal days. Irving was a body surfer random acts of extraordinary away Feb. 3. He was a third- D u r i n g extraordinaire and relished handing kindness, such as paying for the generation Californian who W W I I , down that passion to Chris, Charlie college tuition of the son of his attended El Rodeo, Beverly and Howard was assigned to Armed Marcia Scott, MD ’48, member of UCLA Medical School’s second graduating class Marcia C. Firstenberg Scott, of boys in my science classes; the only girl, so in those classes the MD ’48, of Cambridge, Mass., remember going to Cal Tech dean stared and talked directly at passed away April 9, 2017. dances since they all graduated me. I was bored so I dropped out She practiced medicine for 57 before me; remember the death- of engineering, found a boyfriend, years, with specialties including defying rides on the Arroyo Seco, got jobs doing lab work in medical psychiatry, neurology and child having a scotch after a game in offi ces, wrote papers for engineers, psychiatry. Dr. Scott’s recent some elegant place where no one washed chem glassware. affi liations included Brigham cared how old we were and none After I bought a car I was the and Women’s Hospital, Boston of us drank that much. blood bank technician in the newly Police Dept. and Harvard I spent a lot of time in that opened Harbor Hospital, which Medical School. She leaves her pool—the one under the basketball had been a Japanese internment three children Devan, Kelly court—sometimes a couple of camp. I spent every weekend and Dillon, and her son-in-law miles a day, sometimes on the lining up sailors from San Pedro stand LA living here, it’s time to Vincent. girls swim team but always in the and taking pints to be used after go. Dr. Scott was compelled Aquacades. Our coach was Joan one explosion or another—they all I took a teaching job at the to write down memories from but occasionally Esther Williams fainted. University of Oregon, eventually Beverly and beyond following would come and teach us special But I had no idea what I was took a sabbatical in Boston, publication of an essay by routines. going to do next. I kept taking and never went back. I was Margot Wiesinger Smith ’48 I had lots of jobs—lots of science courses and studying with happily practicing in Boston, in the 2013 edition of Alumni babysitting in homes where I read my library table friends until one consulting to schools and bought Highlights. Excerpts follow: medical textbooks after the kids day one of them came back to the a brownstone, converting to I came to Beverly in my went to sleep. I tutored Amparo table with a package of medical condos and putting the kids sophomore year. What I Iturbi in math, also Eve Tettemer. I school applications. I said, to through college. remember was that fi rst day worked in a fabric store on Canon their surprise, “I’ll take one.” I’d Someone asked me to do in Algebra when Ira Pauley where the proprietor kept trying never thought about it but right a consult for Prudential and walked in followed by several to pinch me when I climbed up to there I remember clearly thinking, eventually I wound up at 60 with more giants—compared with shelve bolts—until I kicked him. “There will always be something my fi rst actual “employed” job as the eastern boys in my eastern There was [a] program at interesting to do.” And there has medical director of a Prudential school. Beverly where some women from been. division—traveling weekly to I remember that a lot of kids Radcliff e interviewed a group of I got into Harvard Medical but NY and every month to LA and had cars and I was the only us. They told me I was accepted so again didn’t go. I got married and Chicago. I retired from that after girl who rode a bike sometimes. I went home and said, “I’ve been he got into UCLA; [I] graduated 12 years and at 70 became the There were days when my friends, accepted to Radcliff e; where is in their second [medical school] consultant to the Boston Police. sometimes Margot, sometimes it?” My mother looked at me and class. Our classes were in the old Interesting! Lisa or both, would walk out said, “UCLA is $36 a semester,” Religious Conference Building. When I stopped that I thought after school with Rosalie. Her so that was that. I interned at Harbor and then I’d practice again but at 80, all father was some kind of British I was at UCLA in that postwar back to UCLA; was slated for a I have time for is seeing a few diplomat and occasionally we’d rush when it went from 2,000 psych residency but drifted for patients and teaching a day a all get picked up in the Rolls and to 20,000. There were just four almost 10 years in the Anesthesia week. I didn’t know how busy one driven home. Sometimes we’d buildings and the AG station in Department at UCLA, then St. can be doing less. drop into Margot’s mother’s store the gully, muddy parking lots, John’s and Mt. Sinai. We moved We all have a million stories [the gift store at the Beverly Hills and GIs, GIs and more GIs, all into the hills and had three kids. and people always tell me I have Hotel], look at all the glass and of whom wanted to get married I had a practice in Westwood a lot of good ones; that I should satin objects and move on. immediately, have a degree, a and consulted for the juvenile write them. I know I won’t so, as Except for a few close friends family and a job yesterday. justice system. I moved to Rustic always, Margot’s inspiration will I was sort of attached to the group I was an engineering student, Canyon and thought, if you can’t have to be the lot of it. 56 Obituaries 2018

Services Radio, and his tour of Green traveled the world, hosted Shaw, Rose Bowl swap meets and passed away May 3, 2017. After duty took him to such exotic countless dinner parties for which Rose Bowl games. In addition to Beverly, she attended USC where locales as Long Beach and San Howard did all the cooking, and his wife Mitzi, Howard’s survivors she was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pedro. After exploring diff erent enjoyed years of fun and laughter include his sister Eleanor Green Phi Sorority. She married Marshall careers, Howard found success with friends and family. Howard Levine ’48 (Dr. C.B. Levine); Gumbiner (deceased) in 1951 and and satisfaction in the insurance loved cioppino and chocolate children Jeff (Lindsay Shields), they enjoyed 60 years of marriage. industry. In 1971, he founded cake, London and Palm Springs, Paul (Randi Frisch), Liz (Tom An active civic leader, she served Howard-James Company, which Shakespeare and dirty limericks, Regele) and Richard (Adena as PTA president of every school he ran until his retirement in 1996. Doris Kearns Goodwin and John Smith); and six grandchildren. her daughters attended and was He and his wife Mitzi Werfel Grisham, Frank Sinatra and Artie Sally Ann Frank Gumbiner ’45 involved with philanthropic groups Susan Stevens, longtime tennis coach Susan Stevens, Beverly’s Stevens was her teacher, mentor legendary tennis coach, passed and friend for 43 years. away March 13, 2017 at age 74. “To have Susan in my life was Stevens was a BHHS faculty to have someone who was always member and the school’s highly there to listen, who was always on successful tennis coach between my side, who was my kids’ biggest 1971 and 2001. cheerleader, who was always Stevens maintained interested in my life, and who was friendships with her faculty there for me in the best and worst colleagues including Tanis of times,” wrote Pereira. “I know Harris, Margaret Leeds and Sue I am only one of so many people Woodward and kept in touch with ... who can say I am who I am in a wide array of former students, large part because of the role Susan including Cathy Hodes Greenly played in my life and the lessons ’72, Laurie Barish Pereira ’79, she taught me along the way. I am

Ari Bussel ’84, Carolyn Yashari so thankful that she came into my Photo: Zale Richard Rubins Becher ’90, Josh Gross ’91, Jen life as my teacher 43 years ago. She Chadorchi Yadidi ’96 and many will be forever missed and forever Susan Stevens (center) holds the 2015 McCarthy Life- others. a part of me.” time Achievement Award. She is pictured with her former “Coach Stevens was one Among the important lessons colleagues Margaret Leeds (left) and Tanis Harris (right) of a kind! Thoughtful beyond Pereira said she learned from the Boys from 1977 to 1983, the In 1996, Stevens was inducted belief, caring, loving and Stevens: “Being a good sport team won League twice, fi nished into the Southern California extraordinary!” wrote Yadidi. trumps winning every time” second three times, and fi nished Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. “She was a friend, mentor and and “Good things come in small third twice. Stevens was born and family. She never missed a packages.” Stevens was also a highly raised in Washington State. She birthday or an opportunity to In 2015, Stevens was honored accomplished tennis player, graduated from East Bremerton stay in touch! Miss her more than with the McCarthy Lifetime achieving a ranking of No. 4 in High School in 1960 and words can describe. She will Achievement Award at the Southern California Women’s 35+ Western Washington University forever be in my head and my Beverly Hills High School Alumni Singles and Doubles competitions. in Bellingham, where she heart.” Association Hall of Fame Dinner. Though small in stature, Stevens majored in education. She began In 2016, Alumni Highlights The award, named for the late was fi erce on the court. her teaching career at Campbell interviewed Becher and asked Justin McCarthy W’41, honors She dominated her competition High near San Jose. In 1971, her to mention any BHHS current and retired Beverly staff in several World Maccabiah she joined Beverly’s faculty as teachers who inspired her during members for their dedication and Games, taking home numerous a health and physical education her career. commitment to Beverly Hills High gold medals in Masters Women’s teacher. After her retirement, she “For sure Susan Stevens. … School athletics. Singles, Women’s Doubles and substitute taught in Beverly’s P.E. She inspired me to always work With Stevens in charge, the Girls Mixed Doubles in 1995; Masters Department. hard and to never rest on my team fi nished fi rst in the League 12 Women’s Singles, Women’s Stevens is survived by her laurels,” Becher replied at the times and second six times in 21 Doubles and Mixed Doubles in sisters, Marilyn Boyd and Jan time. “… She is probably one of seasons through 1999. Between 1993; Masters Women’s Singles Sayers. the most genuine, good-hearted 1994 and 1997, the Girls team won and Women’s Doubles (45+) See p. 13 for a list of donors people I have ever known in my the Ocean League championship in 1989; and Masters Women’s who contributed to the life.” four years in a row, losing only one Singles (35+) in 1981. She coached Susan Stevens Memorial Pereira, who fi rst met Stevens match in League play over those the US Masters Tennis Team at the when she was a freshman, said four years. When Stevens coached 1997 World Maccabiah Games. Scholarship Fund 2018 Alumni Highlights 57 including Hadassah and Town Aptos in 1965. Over the years, they from Missouri to California to & Gown of USC. Her hobbies enjoyed the baptism of children fi nd employment during the Great included bridge, making beaded and grandchildren in the church Depression. The family settled fl owers, knitting and needlepoint. and even a family wedding. One of in a rural area near Murietta and She treasured time spent nurturing Bunny’s greatest passions was her worked in the fi elds with other her children and babysitting philanthropic work. After midwesterners who were escaping her grandchildren—sometimes volunteering at the Natural History the Dust Bowl. Eventually the all 10 at once! She is survived Museum in Santa Cruz for 10 family moved to Beverly Hills. by daughters, Valerie (Aaron) years, Bunny became a Seacliff Ann was on the drill team and Weiss, Victoria (Herman) Waller, Docent in 2008 and spent many swim team and played hockey and Vivian Gumbiner (Herb years volunteering at the Seacliff at Beverly. She enrolled at the Perlmutter); her grandchildren; Visitor Center. She also played a University of California’s branch and three great-grandchildren. formative role in the early years of in Santa Cruz and later obtained Brenda Ullman Schmida ’45, Wide Awakes, an Easterseals her bachelor’s degree at UC program that provides social and Berkeley. She accepted a three- traveled extensively in Asia before recreational opportunities for year assignment that involved settling in Detroit, where Bruce adults with physical and mental working with youth under the furthered his medical education. disabilities. One of her most auspices of the United Church of Ann volunteered in the hospital’s fulfi lling and cherished volunteer the Philippines. Upon her return daycare center and studied experiences was at the Cabrillo to the United States, Ann enrolled community organizing under Saul Stroke Center, where she taught in Union Theological Seminary Alinsky. The family attended a and assisted with art and ceramic in New York City and received a small multicultural church, where classes. Among Bunny’s travel Master of Divinity degree. She Ann became involved in interracial highlights was hiking to the bottom returned to Berkeley where she justice activities. During this time, of the Grand Canyon in her mid- met Bruce Huntwork, who had they adopted their son Tim. In 20s with her college roommate, just graduated from medical 1966, Bruce and Ann returned to and a year or two later, bicycling school. In 1958, they moved to Iran to serve a second fi ve-year and hitchhiking through post- Iran, where they were married, term with the Presbyterian Mission WWII Europe on a 10-week trip as they began a fi ve-year term Board. There Ann gave birth to known as Bunny to family and with this same friend. The trip working at hospitals operated by their fourth daughter, Colleen. friends, passed away April 13, culminated in their attendance as the Presbyterian Mission Board The family lived for a brief time 2017 surrounded by her husband U.S. delegates at the First and becoming fl uent in Farsi. Their in Louisville, where they adopted and children. Bunny had fought International Congress of the fi rst three daughters, Karen, Laurie their sixth child, Chris. The family myelodysplastic syndrome for World Federation of Occupational and Dawn, were born in Iran. After moved to Portland, Ore., where several years with a tenacity that Therapists in Edinburgh, Scotland. completing their term, the family Bruce became a surgeon with surprised even her doctor. Bunny’s During their life together, Bunny lifelong love of animals was a and Tom took several trips across Gavin ’48, actor, U.S. ambassador hallmark of even her earliest years the globe. The entire Schmida John (Golenor) Gavin ’48, and in almost every childhood family spent a week every summer former U.S. ambassador to photo, she is holding one of her at the Ashland Shakespeare Mexico and Screen Actors beloved pets. Bunny enrolled in Festival. In addition to being an Guild president, passed away UCLA as a pre-med major. She avid and talented gardener, Bunny Feb. 9. ultimately earned a bachelor’s also enjoyed photography, basket In 1981, Gavin was degree and a master’s degree in weaving, jewelry making, appointed ambassador to occupational therapy from San leatherwork, knitting, cooking and Mexico by President Ronald Jose State University. Bunny raising fi ve boxer puppies. Reagan. Prior to that, he married her beau, Tom Schmida, in Survivors include her husband of served as SAG president from 1955. They lived initially in Los 62 years, Tom Schmida; her four 1971 to 1973. Angeles, and Bunny provided children Leslie, Jennifer, Daniel His acting credits include Courtesy of SAG-AFTRAArchives occupational therapy to polio and Mary; and nine grandchildren. Psycho, Spartacus and survivors at Sister Kenny Institute. Ann Huntwork ’48 passed Thoroughly Modern Millie. John Gavin ’48 After Tom and Bunny moved to away at home Sept. 23, 2017, According to SAG- Latin Club. He fi nished high Aptos in 1960, Bunny worked in surrounded by family and friends. AFTRA, Gavin’s mother was school in Ojai. the fi eld of occupational therapy in She was born earlier than expected Mexican and he was fl uent in Survivors include his wife, many diff erent capacities. Tom and in a gas station near the Missouri/ Spanish. At Beverly, he was a actress Constance Towers, Bunny were founding members of Kansas state line while her parents member of the Los Quijotes two children and two step- St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in were in the process of moving Spanish Club and the SPQR children. 58 Obituaries 2018

Kaiser Permanente. Ann also Brian Rose ’53; and stepsisters celebrities, including Eleanor also a member of the Alphas and secured employment with Kaiser Barbara Ehrlich, Connie Abell and Roosevelt, Shirley MacLaine, the Girl’s League. After Beverly, Permanente after receiving a Nancy Filgate. Ethel Merman and Ernest she attended UCLA. She was master’s degree in social work. The Annabel Harriet Gilbert Borgnine. After 10 years of fl ying, married to her classmate Dick couple became active in protests Goldstein Patti missed her old friends and Ackerman and they had four against the country’s involvement ’50 passed returned to Reservations and children together. She later married in the Vietnam War. In 1986, they away Feb. became an agent. It was here that George Baron. She lived in Pacifi c joined with fi ve other Christian 18. She she found her niche—charitable Palisades for more than 50 years. military tax resisters to form a a t t e n d e d collecting. For six holiday seasons She is survived by her children, communal household—The 18th Beverly and during the Vietnam War, Patti and Valerie, Laurie, Bill and Susan, Avenue Peace House—which U C L A . her colleagues created Christmas and fi ve grandchildren. continues today. For several years, A f t e r Eve parties for several MASH Karl Schurz ’53 passed away Jan. Ann volunteered as a social worker raising her family in Encino, hospitals by sending food, drinks, 9, 2018. at Our House, an AIDS hospice in Annabel worked for 23 years as a mini Christmas trees, paperback Karl was a southeast Portland. She was also a fundraiser extraordinaire at the Los books and games. Patti read about graduate volunteer for Health Help, the free Angeles Jewish Home. Longtime a small home for abused children of UC clinic connected with St. Andrew members of Stephen Wise Temple, in Las Vegas, run by a priest and Berkeley. Catholic Church, and the Middle Annabel and Bob moved to Palm three nuns. She contacted the In 1962, East Studies Center at Portland Desert in 2003 where they were priest and asked what the children he joined State University. Later Ann helped surrounded by friends. She was needed, to which he answered, h i s create a group of senior-citizen preceded in death by her husband “Warm jackets.” Patti called father’s real estate fi rm the Karl B. peace activists known as Seriously of 58 years, Robert. Survivors White Stag and 18 hooded fl eece Schurz Company, a Beverly Hills Pissed Off Grannies. They were include her daughters Susan jackets were shipped to Las Vegas institution for more than 90 years. arrested several times. Ann and Goldstein (Andy Kivel) and Ellen for the 14 kids, three nuns and Karl was active in community Bruce remained members of Goldstein (Jack Holleman), sister priest. Following an earthquake in aff airs, serving as president of the Westminster Presbyterian Church Irene Kabrin and grandson. Peru, Patti and her Reservations Beverly Hills Chamber of for more than 40 years. Days Patricia Launders ’50 passed pals rallied and fi lled three trucks Commerce during the 1989 before her death, Ann was the away Sept. with clothing, which was taken to Diamond Jubilee celebration and honored guest at a special event 22, 2017. a hangar near Peruvian Airlines. later president of the Rotary Club at the church celebrating her life Her parents, The Peruvian Government sent a of Beverly Hills. A man of many of service and witness. In addition P e r c gold sealed Certifi cate of interests and insatiable curiosity, he to her husband Bruce, Ann is L a u n d e r s Appreciation to Patti for helping mastered many skills including survived by her six children, and Marcia alleviate the suff ering of the fl ying a plane, whitewater rafting, eight grandchildren and six great- S w e e t Peruvian people. She was with architectural photography as a grandchildren. Launders, United Airlines for 39 years and student of Julius Shulman, fl y- Nina Rose Brice ’49 passed were both in loved every minute of it. fi shing, Spanish guitar, skeet away March 13, 2016. She the movies after arriving in Diane Boyce Ackerman Baron shooting and carpentry. He had a attended UCLA, where she Hollywood from the Broadway ’51 passed away Dec. 11, 2017. lifelong love of golf, sinking two earned a teaching degree and stage. Her grandfather was fi re At Beverly, she was voted Best holes-in-one. Karl Schurz is met her fi rst husband, Jon Grant. chief at Paramount Studios for 30 Looking Girl in her graduating survived by his wife, Bernadette; The couple had one child, Jess, years so Patti spent a lot of time class. She was class secretary and children Karl Schurz (Luanna), before divorcing in 1962. In 1967 being babysat at the Studios. She Gretchen (Jose), Bradford (Tonya) Nina married Daniel Brice. They caught the showbiz bug but was and Mercedes (Randy); and three were married for nearly 45 years dissuaded from pursuing it by her grandchildren. until his passing in 2012. Over parents. Patti graduated from Laurence G. Edwards ’54 passed the course of her life, Nina was a Woodbury Business University. away Nov. 1, 2016 following a Cub Scouts den mother, fi rst grade At age 19, she joined United 10-year battle with cancer. Larry teacher, actress, motorcyclist, Airlines as a fl ight summary clerk graduated from USC. He and his deputy district attorney, shutterbug, doing fl ight booking for incoming wife Debbie continued to live in interior designer, world traveler, United VIPs. When she turned 21, Beverly Hills on Hutton Drive. Francophile and strict grammarian. Patti entered stewardess training They raised two children, Pam She was a wonderful mother, and over the years fl ew out of and Laurence (Renz). Larry was devoted wife and loyal friend, with New York (where she attended a principal at Provident Title a sunny attitude and sharp mind. Broadway shows whenever Company on Wilshire Boulevard She is survived by her son Jess possible), Los Angeles and San in Beverly Hills at the time of his Grant; stepsons Kerry Brice, Gavin Francisco. During her tenure as a passing, making him a lifelong Jessica Dietz James ’55 Brice and Rory Brice; brother stewardess Patti met many resident of Beverly Hills. passed away Feb. 1, 2017. 2018 Alumni Highlights 59

from kindergarten to eighth and Knights, and he graduated as , Fla. After UCLA Don grade at Beverly Vista, Student Body President, Ephebian, entered the food industry, in the where he was known as an and the 10th ranked student in his egg and egg products business, in outstanding athlete in YMCA class. In 2011 he was inducted which he remained for his entire sports by the time he graduated into the BHHS Athletic Hall of career. He began in Beverly Hills, in 1951. At Beverly, from his Fame. Don continued his football working for Olson Brothers, and freshman year onward, he career at UCLA, as tailback under later acquired his own company, played football, basketball and the legendary coach Red Sanders, becoming locally and nationally baseball. He earned varsity where one highlight was surely the known in the fi eld. He was a letters in all three sports for victory over USC in 1957, when member of the 20th Century Round three years, and his star quality he ran and passed for 243 yards Table of Los Angeles and president earned him membership on and completed two touchdown of the American Egg Board, on All Bay League teams in all passes for the 20-9 win. As a whose behalf he presented Amy Donald Long ’55 with his of them. At the time, a local UCLA alum, he was a member of Carter with an egg for the White daughter Victoria Long in 2011, sportswriter made the claim the Sanders Single Wingers and a House Egg Roll in 1977. In later when he was inducted into the (unattested, but unrefuted) that past president of the Bruin Bench. years he headed the egg products BHHS Athletic Hall of Fame Don had made the longest Football remained a passion all division of Cal-Maine Foods in Donald Long ’55 passed away completed pass (65 yards) his life; one of his happiest and Jackson, Miss. Don was preceded Sept. 20, 2017 in Oxford, Miss., in high school history. Don’s most rewarding volunteer jobs in death by his sister Theresia Long after a long battle with Parkinson’s leadership extended to student was coaching the Holy Trinity Cunningham ’51, and is survived disease. Don, a “lifer” in the government, academics and honor Episcopal Church team from by his sister Susan Long Quainton Beverly Hills school district, went societies. He was elected to Squires 2007 to 2011, when he lived in ’53. Additional survivors include Former Beverly Vista Principal Irene Stern energy and passion into success of Longtime Beverly Vista about 140 days, I fi gured it was the teachers. principal Irene Stern passed time to get a permanent job.” She also had a reputation for away Oct. 24, 2017 at age 81. She A fi xture at the K-8 school for being a tough administrator. “I served as principal from 1999 to nearly 40 years, Stern was fi rst run a tight ship,” she told the 2006 and again from 2010 until hired full time in 1978 by then- Weekly in 2012. “I think students her retirement in 2012. principal Walt Puff er as a sixth respect when you keep rules and Stern was born in Brooklyn, grade social studies teacher. She regulations. They may protest but where she attended Erasmus later taught eighth grade. In 1993, when I do my ‘tough’ mannerism, Hall High School. She went on she became assistant principal or the tough way I run the school, to earn a bachelor’s degree from alongside Nadine Breuer, and in they know I do it with love and Skidmore College and a master’s 1999, was named principal. they know I do it fairly. That’s why degree from Yeshiva University. Following pressure from the we at BV have had good luck and Irene Stern She began teaching at Covert superintendent, Stern resigned success with our students and their Bushman that I knew I wanted School in Rockville Centre, NY in 2006, but a new Board of behavior.” to be an educational leader with in 1957—the start of a career in Education rehired her in 2010. Prior to her retirement in 2012, their passion and dedication,” education that spanned 55 years. “It was a very exciting time for a portion of Beverly Vista’s atrium said Stepenosky. “[Stern] was In 1973, Stern and her family me to come back, but it also was was dedicated to Stern. “One of the focused on her students and their moved to Los Angeles, where a little bit daunting,” Stern told the parents said [they] always thought well-being at every turn.” she became a substitute teacher, Weekly in 2012. “… I was gone for [I] had a bed here because [I’m] Stern met her husband Mark then full-time teacher and [four] years. A lot goes on, people here all the time,” she told the in 1958, and they married in student council advisor, and then change, but the minute I walked Weekly at the time. “No, I do go 1959. Stern loved gardening administrator at Beverly Vista. through the door at Beverly Vista home every night, I do leave, but and caring for her fl owers. She “I was told that the best place that same friendly atmosphere of Beverly Vista is a part of me. It can also served on the Board of to live so my son could get a the parents and people that I knew never leave me.” Education at her synagogue, great education was in Beverly welcomed me back. That made it a Former Beverly High Temple Adat Elohim. Hills, so we moved into Beverly lot easier. It was just like stepping Principal Dan Stepenosky, who For the past 15 years, Stern Hills,” Stern told Beverly Hills into an old home.” is now superintendent of the Las put a lot of her energy into her Weekly in 2012. “Having a son According to Stern’s family, Virgenes Unifi ed School District, grandson, Colin. Survivors going into fourth grade, I decided she was a selfl ess, giving and remembered Stern as “a joy and include her husband of 58 years, I just couldn’t sit home and I passionate educator who believed an honor” to work alongside. “I Mark; their son Mitch ’82; her started substitute teaching in that every child had strengths and was so inspired by her [and former daughter-in-law Sandi; her about 1974. Then [at the end of] capabilities to be nurtured. As an BHUSD administrators] Tanis grandson Colin; and her brother one year that I substitute taught administrator, she channeled her Harris, Rick Munitz and Ben Aaron (Felice) Greenberg. 60 Obituaries 2018 his wife Jo Ann Normanly Long, degree in engineering. In 1961, introduction of “Gus the customer,” speaker, Peter shared his insights at his sons Christopher, Timothy, and Peter began his professional career a life-sized mannequin he placed in hundreds of industry, fi nancial and Andrew Long, daughters Victoria with IBM where he spent 26 years the boardroom to remind the educational forums around the Long and Allison Moore, and 14 holding numerous executive company to keep customers top of world. He served on multiple grandchildren. positions. His career with IBM mind. During Peter’s leadership, global corporate boards, was an Peter Behrendt ’56 passed away took his family from California to Exabyte was on Fortune adjunct professor of at his Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky Magazine’s list of 25 Fastest entrepreneurship at the University home on and New York. In 1987, Peter Growing Companies three times, of Colorado Boulder and was a April 26, joined Exabyte Corp. in Boulder as recognized twice as Colorado venture advisor for New Enterprise 2 0 1 7 . president and a member of the Company of the Year by the Rocky Associates. Peter’s most treasured Born in board of directors. By 1990, Peter Mountain News, and honored with times were those spent skiing, B e r l i n , was elected CEO and, in 1992, the Governor’s Trophy as biking and traveling with family Peter spent chairman of the board. Peter Colorado’s Outstanding Exporter. and friends. Peter is survived by his his fi rst directed all aspects of the company Peter was named Boulder Business wife of 47 years, Barbara; son fi ve years during its remarkable growth from Person of the Year and Colorado Tony Behrendt; son Mark h i d i n g zero revenues and 55 employees in Business Leader of the Year in Behrendt and wife Kate; son with his parents in a cellar during 1987 to $363 million and 1,600 1992 by the Boulder Chamber of Andrew Behrendt and wife World War II. Having survived the employees in 1996. Former Commerce, Colorado Business Carolina; and three grandchildren. Holocaust, the family immigrated employees remember Peter fondly Magazine, and the Colorado James Keith Chier, MD ’58 to America when Peter was 16. He because of his eff ort to know every Association of Commerce and p a s s e d knew only three English words employee’s name, his invitations to Industry. In 2008 he was inducted a w a y when he arrived. After Beverly, he morning roundtables called into the Boulder County Business Nov. 12, graduated from UCLA with a “Pastries with Peter,” and the Hall of Fame. A sought-after 2 0 1 7 . Jim, along Gary Shapiro ’81, cantor, rabbi, performer with his Gary Shapiro ’81, cantor, formal meeting last year. “He had o l d e r rabbi, teacher and lifelong incredible performing skills going b r o t h e r performer, passed away April back to before Beverly.” Richard 27, 2017. As a child, Shapiro did a n d As a member of the clergy, voice-over work for Dr. Seuss younger Shapiro was accessible and and Hanna-Barbera children’s sister Susan, grew up in Beverly off ered encouragement to television programs. Hills and attended Beverly, where anyone in need. As a teacher, he At Beverly, he starred in The he was an all-around athlete, inspired his students to fi nd love Music Man and Oklahoma! under participating in football, track, in the teachings of Judaism. the direction of John Ingle and wrestling, shot put and tennis. He “My brother was a powerful Joel Pressman. As a senior, he was graduated from Stanford in 1962, force, making a giant impact class president and co-wrote and and went on to USC, where he on every life he touched,” said directed the winning Hello Day earned his medical degree in 1966. Howard Shapiro ’87. script, “Blazing Freshmen,” which Gary Shapiro ’81 Following his fi rst-year residency Gary Shapiro began his Mirisch said “remains the gold wild, witty, wicked and warm. at Los Angeles County Medical religious career as a Bar Mitzvah standard for Beverly High Hello He could be oh so cynical, Center, Jim enlisted in the U.S. teacher at Sinai Temple. He Day skits.” Before heading off to irreverent and biting, but never Army as an internist. He served in trained as a cantor at Temple UCLA, Shapiro gave a rousing nasty,” said Mirisch. “He was active duty during the Vietnam Emanuel of Beverly Hills and commencement speech, which devoted to his family and as a confl ict for more than six years and later joined Congregation Beth concluded with a standing ovation. friend and member of the clergy was awarded a National Defense Israel. After college, he co-founded he would always be ready to Service Medal. Jim completed his Shapiro also enjoyed a the Beige Cave comedy network, provide support and comfort to second-year residency at Walter multifaceted performing arts writing and recording radio spots his large circle of friends and Reed Army Hospital, Washington, career as a singer-songwriter- and jingles for radio stations across indeed anyone who needed it.” D.C. with a fellowship in performer-comedian and voice- the country. He performed stand- Survivors include his parents, cardiology and general medicine. over artist. up comedy and opened for Robin Judy and Aron; brother, Howard; In 1972, he completed his “Gary was what I would Williams in 2008. He also wrote and niece, Elysa, who Gary fellowship at the UC San Francisco describe as a Renaissance and starred in comedy sketches called his “favorite person in the Hospital, where he specialized in mensch,” said Beverly Hills City for Real Time with Bill Maher and world.” Howard described Gary rheumatology. From 1972–74, Jim Councilmember John Mirisch Showtime’s The Green Room with as “a devoted son, brother, uncle actively served in many capacities ’81, while introducing a moment Paul Provenza. and nephew who left a legacy of at UCSF and other Bay Area of silence for his classmate at a “Gary’s humor was wacky, love.” medical centers. After moving to 2018 Alumni Highlights 61 San Diego in 1975, Jim continued d i a b e t e s . ’92, mother-in-law to Tamar and soon she was cutting fi lm and his medical career at San Diego At Beverly, Amy, and grandmother to four sound for a variety of projects Internal Medicine Group and “Sandy” was grandchildren. She was close with including the feature fi lm, Richard Scripps Clinic before founding senior class her nephew and niece, as well as Pryor Is Back, Live in Concert; Arthritis & Internal Medicine p r e s i d e n t her sister Diane and brother-in-law television’s I’m a Big Girl Now Specialists. In the early 1980s, he and star Max. and That’s Incredible; episodes of served as chief of medicine at center of its Victoria Bard Kraus ’63 passed documentary-related shows like Sharp Memorial Hospital and championship a w a y Real People and America, served on Sharp Memorial’s basketball Nov. 21, America; and music videos by The medical executive board. Later Jim team from 2016 in Pretenders and Manhattan was assistant clinical professor of 1 9 5 6 – 5 8 . S a n t a Transfer. She also edited a number medicine at UC San Diego (1987– He graduated from Stanford and R o s a . of electronic press kits including 92). During his career, Jim was received his law degree from the V i c k i Field of Dreams and Bull Durham. respected by his colleagues as the University of San Fernando Valley, attended Later, as a member of the Directors consummate physician, who College of Law. He practiced for El Rodeo Guild of America, she produced blended intelligence, competency 40 years. He served as a Judge Pro from K–8 and directed The Sights and and his exceptional skills with Tem from 1980–96. He is survived a n d Sounds of Christmas, a best-selling warmth, subtle humor and genuine by his devoted companion of B H H S evergreen home video that caring. Jim loved spending time many years, Nancy Rutter; his from 9–12. She majored in art at continues to be popular after 30 outdoors. In 1985, he completed three sons, David (Stephanie), Scripps College, graduating Phi years. This holiday classic features the Milford Track, a 55K trail Jason (Ellen) and Adam; his fi ve Beta Kappa in 1967. She taught compelling visuals and recordings across New Zealand. He also granddaughters; his sister, Carole skiing at Mammoth Mountain for by Bing Crosby, Pat Boone and completed the Yosemite High Schulhofer Brill ’55; his nephews; a while and was an avid surfer all Nat King Cole. Kathy’s keen Sierra Loop, hiking 52 mountain and his cousins. her life. Vicki went with Paul intelligence, unbridled creativity, miles over seven days. He loved Alice Blair Simmons ’58 passed Kraus to New Zealand, where they jovial sense of humor, often biking, swimming, scuba diving away May 10, 2016 surrounded married on the beach in 1972 and fl amboyant attire, and outgoing and traveling with Debra as well as by family in her home in Pacifi c resided for several years. They and engaging personality made her working out in his home gym. Jim Palisades. She is survived by her returned to California with their stand out in a crowd. Kathy is is survived by his wife Debra J. husband Frederick; two children daughter, Kat, built a house and survived by her brother and sister- Coleman, his sister Susan Asher, and their spouses Blair (Frances) spent several years in Potter Valley. in-law Michael ’64 and Leslye and his two sons, John and Andrew and Sara (Steve); three grandsons; Later they moved to Fort Bragg, Dellar and two nieces. Chier. and her brother James. where Vicki made jewelry and Cindy Askins ’68 passed away Darrelle Mayers Hirsch ’58 Marla Bernstein Seff ’61 passed managed an art gallery and some Aug. 23, passed away Dec. 21, 2016. a w a y rental properties. She is survived 2017 after a After graduating from USC and Nov. 23, by her husband Paul, her daughter hard-fought teaching for a few years, Darrelle 2 0 1 7 . Kat, two grandchildren and her battle with began to pursue her true passion— Born in brother Bob Bard ’57. cancer. In her interior design—and became a Chicago, Kathy Lee Dellar ’67 passed y o u n g e r member of the American Society s h e away April years, she of Interior Designers. She loved to m o v e d 17, 2017. spent some paint and was an avid collector of with her She was the t i m e antiques. She was also a longtime p arents daughter of modeling. She was also involved supporter of many charitable and sister H a r r i e t t in the rock ’n’ roll scene and was organizations, including Blue Diane to Forbstein close with members of the band Ribbon, Robinson’s Gardens, Los Angeles in 1945. She went to Dellar and The Babys. She enjoyed riding United Hostesses and Women in college at UCLA, where she M e l v i n horses, playing tennis and being the Arts. Darrelle is survived by studied art history, and became a Dellar, both outdoors. Cindy worked as an her husband of 54 years, Donald teacher for the deaf. Soon after, she with motion picture family airline stewardess for Continental Hirsch; her daughters, Dana Hirsch met Richard Seff , to whom she backgrounds. During her senior Airlines for many years, traveling Lipman (Nathaniel J. Lipman) and was happily married for nearly 48 year, Kathy was elected senior to New Zealand and Australia. She Dina Hirsch (Marc Shenkman); years. She enjoyed painting class secretary and named student later worked at Morning Sky her siblings Arline Gluck (Henry watercolors (many of them body commissioner of art, “Most School in Idyllwild, Calif. and Gluck) and Leslie Mayers; and brighten the homes of her family), Easy Going” and “Friendliest retired in 2017 after more than 20 fi ve grandchildren. playing Mahjong with friends and Girl.” She graduated from USC years with Amtrak. Cindy received Sanford B. Schulhofer Jr. ’58 volunteering at LACMA for more with a B.A. in cinema in 1972 and frequent recognition as a great passed away Jan. 25, 2017, after than 20 years. Marla was the continued with post-graduate employee. She was passionate a long, courageous battle with mother of Randy ’89 and Jonathan work. Editing came naturally and about the well-being of animals 62 Obituaries 2018 and cherished her dogs and cats. Smith ’10 battled cystic fi brosis She had a green thumb for Mallory Smith ’10 lost her Shader Smith ’77, is currently gardening. She is survived by her fi ght against cystic fi brosis on editing into a book. half sister Ami Askins, half brother Nov. 15, 2017 at the University of “She writes magnifi cently Michael Askins, stepdaughter Sara Pittsburgh Medical Center. about the fi ne line between (Vancini) Silacci and stepson A graduate of Stanford living in the well world and Adam Vancini. University, Mallory majored in living with chronic illness,” Karen Ransohoff Butterfi eld ’72 human biology, played on the Shader Smith said during passed away May 17, 2015. Karen club volleyball team and worked an interview on Beverly spent her life moving between as outreach chair of the health Hills View. “It’s sort of a New England and California. Born advocacy program. She also wrote combination coming of age in Stamford, raised in Beverly prolifi cally about the disease and because she started it when Hills and educated at Mount its eff ect on her life. she was 15 and ended when Mallory Smith ’10 and Holyoke, she gave birth to her fi rst “My life is a miracle because she was 25.” Diane Shader Smith ’77 son, Christopher Lloyd, in 1981 I should be dead. Your life, even Mallory was diagnosed have to work so hard to stay in Mountain View. Three years if you’re healthy, is a miracle, with cystic fi brosis at three years healthy,” Shader Smith said on later she delivered her second because your existence is the result old, and fought a valiant, often Beverly Hills View. “You have to son, David Martin, while living in of stars exploding, solar systems uphill battle that included a double have hope and you have to keep Providence. Karen raised her sons forming, our Earth having an lung transplant on Sept. 11 at the pushing and setting goals for in Harvard, Mass. starting in 1987. environment hospitable to life, University of Pittsburgh Medical yourself, but then you keep getting Her favorite memories came with and then, fi nally, millions of highly Center. smacked back down every time Chris acting onstage and David improbable events accumulating The Smiths relocated to you have an infection and your throwing off a pitcher’s mound. over millions of years to bring Pittsburgh while Mallory waited for level of what you can hope to In 2007 Karen moved back to you, a capable and conscious bag a transplant and built a community achieve is constantly diminished. California and spent the rest of her of stardust, to the here and now,” there. They took a second apartment … [Mallory’s] ultimate mantra life enjoying San Francisco. Karen Mallory wrote in Medium in to accommodate their many visitors, was live happy, which is why loved to laugh and she loved to see 2015. “… So pick something, do including many friends from everything that we’re doing now her friends and family smile. She something, to respect that miracle. Beverly Hills and Stanford and is designed to live happy.” found great joy in writing, reading, Step up to the challenge of making Mallory’s boyfriend, Jack Goodwin. going to movies, visiting museums your own meaning out of mere Mallory celebrated her birthday on Diane Shader Smith ’77 and looking at the ocean. matter. Let the whole, the human, Oct. 12 with 20 friends. discusses Mallory’s life Victoria Deutsch Sutherland be altruistic, be greater than the Mallory’s survivors include with Alumni Association ’72 passed away Aug. 18, 2017 at sum of the parts, the selfi sh genes her parents Mark Smith and Diane President Josh Gross ’91 her citrus of our genome.” Shader Smith, and brother Micah on Beverly Hills View farm home in She left behind 2,500 pages of Smith ’08. O j a i journal, which her mother, Diane “With cystic fi brosis ... you vimeo.com/251883288 surrounded by her family. Mallory’s legacy: Lunges4Lungs and unlocking the potential of phage therapy V i c t o r i a As Mallory waited for her Mallory’s new lungs were infected Smith ’77 said on Beverly Hills a t t e n d e d double lung transplant, her with Burkholderia cepacia, the View. “We worked really hard Hawthorne, friends Bo Abrams and Michelle same antibiotic-resistant bacteria with people who are doing Ecole Bleu Wolff launched Lunges4Lungs she had fought for years. During phage experimental work Leman in to raise funds for anti- her fi nal weeks, her father, around the country and we M o n t r e ux , rejection research through the Mark, led the eff ort to obtain an had 13 institutions in the end Switzerland and Beverly. She was Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s experimental treatment called helping.” a student on World Campus Afl oat transplant initiative. Individuals phage therapy. Mallory’s story was from 1974–1975 and graduated are encouraged to do a set The treatment, which involves covered in a recent Time article from the University of Denver in of lunges, donate a certain deploying bacteria-devouring examining the potential of 1977. She also attended Art Center amount per lunge, and share viruses called bacteriophages, phage therapy. According to School of Design in Pasadena. videos on social media with arrived too late to help Mallory, STAT, Mallory’s case inspired Victoria continued her art through #Lunges4Lungs. but her case has renewed interest the launch of Phage Directory, mixed media, oil paints and To learn more, visit among medical professionals in which helps match patients with printmaking. Her passion for color lunges4lungs.org. the treatment’s potential to fi ght appropriate phage treatment. permeated her life in everything superbugs. “Now a lot of people To learn more, visit https:// she did. She loved to travel and Following her transplant, are asking about it,” Diane Shader phage.directory. study French. Giving back was a way of life for her. Among the 2018 Alumni Highlights 63 many causes for which she served, International Medical Corps and David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust were two favorites. She is survived by her husband Mark Sutherland, stepdaughter Jill McKenna and son-in-law Keith McKenna, granddaughter Mesa McKenna, mother Betty Deutsch, sister Alexis Deutsch-Adler ’74 and husband Robert Adler, and sister Gina Deutsch-Zakarin ’81 and husband Mark Zakarin. Jonathan Geller ’83, of Mar Vista, passed away suddenly on Oct. 11, 2017 at his offi ce Remembering Ruth. Retired El Rodeo second grade teacher Ruth Kaskey (third from left) where he practiced law as senior passed away in 2016 at age 99. She is pictured with her fi ve children, all of whom attended deputy with the LA County El Rodeo and Beverly. Left to right: Gloria Goldstein McBeth ’61, Ronni Goldstein Jackl ’63, Counsel. Born in Brooklyn, Jon Alan Goldstein ’64, Joan Goldstein ’67 and Vicki Goldstein Green ’69 graduated from BHHS, UCSD in Beverly father Gary Aminoff , his mother Sybil Jaff y, former BHUSD in 1988 and Loyola Law in 1991. H i l l s , Carol Aminoff , and siblings Dan teacher and administrator, passed He was a devoted USC Trojan where she Aminoff ’80, Allison Tobin Levyn away in her sleep in 2017. Sybil fan and original member of the established ’77 and Scott Tobin ’81. graduated from UC Berkeley with Thundering Herd. A gentle giant m a n y two master’s degrees. Her fi rst and marathon runner, Jon radiated l i f e l o n g Faculty / Staff career was in education, teaching kindness. He is survived by his friendships. Kate Biggs, retired Beverly Vista many grades and later serving as parents Bernard and Pam Geller In 1992 she social studies teacher, passed an administrator in the BHUSD. and Stephanie Geller and Jean married the away April 13, 2017. She was Sybil followed her parents by Weishaar; his wife of 23 years, love of her life, James Rothstein, a middle school teacher from moving to the desert, where she Noelle; his sons Austin and and together they created a 1986 to 2011. Kate also served started her second career as an Jayden; his sister Jessica (Paul) beautiful, loving family with the as Beverly Hills Education aide to Senator Robert Presley Parsons ’81, and their children; birth of Chloe in 1994 and Rex in Association (BHEA) secretary (D–Riverside). Sybil became and his stepbrothers Joshua, 1996. Wendy is also survived by for three presidents: Stewart a member of the city council of Aaron and Paul. her father Mike, brother Greg and Horowitz, Chris Bushee and Rancho Mirage and later became Wendy Starkman Rothstein ’84 uncle Shel Starkman. Her mother Mark Frenn. In 1999, she mayor. She moved to Venice passed away suddenly at home on Marianne passed away in 2016. won the WHO Award for her Beach in her retirement. She is Oct. 13, 2017. Wendy, a free spirit Orin Aminoff ’91 passed away contributions to BHEA. survived by her son Harris. with a beautiful smile, grew up in January. Survivors include his IMPORTANT INFORMATION In Memoriam We are aware of a number letter mailed late in the year in There was limited or no Kenneth Natkin ’55 of websites claiming to be which we request class notes information provided re- Michele Cramer ’57 Beverly High alumni sites, and contributions. That’s it. garding the Normans listed Joseph Langley ’59 (obituary but they are not affi liated with Any other sites (especially who have passed away: to come in next edition) the Beverly Hills High School www.bhhsalumni.com) are Vera Klinkert ’33 Marcia Liebman Oshman ’59 Alumni Association or Beverly not affi liated with the Alumni Leonard Chudacoff ’43 Michael Barenfeld ’60 Hills High School. Association or the high school. Jean Dray Jong ’44 William David Linsman ’63 Please note our offi cial If you provide that website with Stanley Bernson ’45 Jacqueline Gould Husk ’65 website, www.bhhsalumni. any information, we will not Jack Harper ’48 Rodney Cooper ’67 org, our offi cial email address, receive it. Some of these sites Shirley Lou Rowson ’48 Anna De Alto Tilles ’81 [email protected], request fees to join. Phelps Dodge Jewett ’51 Johanna Bautzer ’90 and bhhs.bhusd.org, where you Again, please note our Jim Duff y ’54 Dorin Alkalay Bar-Cohen ’91 can fi nd reunion information. offi cial email and web site, Carl Collingwood ’55 Adrian Bal (Ret. faculty - died Some alumni have inquired [email protected] why we send out so many and www.bhhsalumni.org, and Barry Dennen ’55 Sept. 2016) letters. Please note we have two bhhs.bhusd.org, where you Jessica Dietz James ’55 Alberta Stahl (Ret. faculty) mailings per year; one is Alumni can fi nd information about Suzanne Ecke McColl ’55 Lou Versace (Ret. faculty - died Dec. 26, 2017 at age 77) Highlights and the second is a reunions. Beverly Hills High School Alumni Assoc. Beverly Hills High School 241 Moreno Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Oingo Boingo concert rocked the Swim Gym fi lm industry’s most accom- plished music composers) Cont. from p. 39 er that night. I worked closely event. We had an in with Oin- sang “Only a Lad” we went show went on—incredible with [then-assistant principal] go Boingo and we fi gured out a completely nuts. Unforgetta- non-stop music, bouncing Ben Bushman, who was the way to get them to perform in ble moment and a highlight of fl oors, bouncing teenagers and faculty sponsor of ASB, and the Swim Gym. It was a great my time at Beverly. a magic night that none of us the other members of the stu- night, profi table as well, and Somewhere among my old will ever forget. dent government, in particular everyone had a brilliant time. stuff I know I have my All – Brett Barry ’83 Babak Shokrian and Michael I think it was one of the best Access Pass, which I made up Broder (who are still great social events during our time especially for the night which I remember the concert friends). At the time I was the at the high school (if not ever). said “Boingo at Beverly.” well, as I’m pretty sure I was class president and we were all And when Danny Elfman (who – Josh Berger ’84 the concert promoter/organiz- very keen to have a great social went on to become one of the tales from the u.s. supreme court Cont. from p. 39 Special Warfare School. The Su- skill, talent or any other factor. I was looking through Alumni preme Court currently hears only That being the case, I would be Highlights … and noted a re- about 60 oral arguments each inclined to assume Beverly High quest to hear from alumni who term, notwithstanding a growing has very few Supreme Court vet- have argued before the U.S. Su- U.S. population and ever more erans. We shall see. preme Court. complex legal issues. So it’s not By now, I suppose you’ve The request caught my at- surprising that very few of even guessed that I’ve argued to the tention because, as you may our most talented and respected Supreme Court. You’re right. know, in this day and age the lawyers have had the good for- Three times, to be exact. The cas- John M. Anderson ’54 opportunities for lawyers in tune to argue a Supreme Court es involved a privacy challenge the Justices was ill and absent, private practice to argue a Su- case. And “fortune” it is, because to an act of Congress for the and later to the full Court when preme Court case are about the being in the right lawsuit at the California Bankers Association, Transamerica prevailed, 5-4. same as a Highlights reader right time is infi nitely more im- and twice in the same securities A courageous Federal Dis- graduating from the Navy Seal portant than legal knowledge, law case for Transamerica Cor- trict Court Judge and illness poration. See, C.B.A. v. Shultz, added up to three Supreme 416 U.S. 21 (1974) and Transa- What are your memories of Court arguments. merica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. the Oct. 1989 teachers strike? Keep up the good work, and (TAMA), et at, v. Lewis, 444 U.S. thanks for an interesting inquiry. 111 (1979), respectively. – John M. Anderson ’54 I said good fortune is more important than any other factor in obtaining a Supreme Court hearing, and the C.B.A. case is a Contact us! perfect example. A courageous Federal Judge in San Francis- BHHS Alumni co ruled that an act of Congress Association during the Nixon Administration 241 Moreno Drive was unconstitutional. Ruling that an Act of Congress is unconstitu- Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Watchtower tional gives the Justice Depart- (310) 551-5100, ext. 8219 ment an automatic hearing in the Supreme Court, where the Act [email protected] www.BHHSalumni.org Photo: 1990 1990 Photo: was ruled constitutional by a 5-4 vote. The Transamerica case in- Email [email protected] with your memories Please note: Materials re- volved a somewhat arcane point ceived after Feb. 10, 2018 and photos. We’ll publish your responses in the next of Federal securities law and was will be included in the 2019 edition of Alumni Highlights. argued twice, fi rst when one of edition of Alumni Highlights.