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T H E M E N L O ADVANTAGE MENLO COLLEGE’S MAGAZINE Menlo College: One of The Princeton Review’s “Best in the West”! K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr., ‘42 Best on the Gridiron! FALL 2009 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Think critically, outside the box. Strategize and innovate with self-confidence. Communicate to make connections. Use your Menlo Advantage to change the world. G. TIMOTHY HAIGHT President, Menlo College PUBLISHER Office of External Affairs, Catherine E. Reeves Vice President for External Affairs MANAGING EDITOR Darcy Blake SENIOR EDITORS Tina Fairbairn, Judy Seitelman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS G. Timothy Haight, Chop Keenan III ’66, James J. Kelly Table of Contents Catherine E. Reeves, Darcy Blake, Judy Seitelman Tina Fairbairn, Trent Sillanpaa, Michelle Pualuan 3 FROM THE PUBLISHER Dorothy Skala ’96, Tom Haflinger ‘07 4 Outside the Box, Inside the Frame DESIGN 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT Darcy Blake 6 Menlo College Receives “Best in the West” from The Princeton Review PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS Darcy Blake, Tom Haflinger ‘07, Martin Delfino SBA’89, 8 Best in the West, Best on the Gridiron, Priscila De Souza, Ivana Izvonar, Douglas Peck Photography, K.S. Bud Adams, Jr., ‘42 menlooakssports.com COVER PHOTO: Bud Adams, Jr., ‘42 10 Walker Creek Orientation 11 Class 2013 | Charles “Chop” Keenan III PRODUCTION 12 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | Jim Kelly Tina Fairbairn Tom Haflinger ‘07 13 Five New Faculty Get Down to Business Michelle Pualuan 14 Faculty News COLLEGE PRESIDENT 17 Financial Literacy | Donna Little G. Timothy Haight 19 Anyone can be an Entrepreneur | Leslie Williams BOARD OF TRUSTEES 21 Micah Kane SBA’87 Chairman of the Board, Charles “Chop” J. Keenan III ’66 Thomas Escher ’69 22 ALUMNI RELATIONS | Michelle Pualuan Julie Filizetti, Ed.D. 23 CLASS NOTES | Dorothy Skala Roxy Rapp ‘59 Kristine Thagard ’77 24 Reunion 1960–1970 Andrew C. Woodard ’89 25 Reunion 1971–1980 TRUSTEE EMERITA 26 Reunion 1984, ‘89, ‘94, ‘99, ‘04, ‘09 Rosemary Hewlett 27 Outside the Box, Inside the Frame ADVISORY TRUSTEES 28 Señor Carlos López Memorial Soccer Tournament Judy Q. Chen ’96 31 ATHLETICS | Nate Jackson Focusing on the Present Alexander P. Panagopulos ’87 33 ATHLETICS | Raising the Bar The Menlo Advantage, published by the Menlo College Office of External Affairs, brings news of the College and its 34 ATHLETICS | Hall of Fame, News and Notes community to alumni, parents and friends. 36 Commencement 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, California 94027-4301 Tel: 800.55.MENLO Fax: 650.543.4102 38 The Honor Roll of Giving Office of External Affairs: [email protected], www.menlo.edu PREVIOUS PAGE: Brawner Hall at night. ABOVE: Angela Loh, Brian Uy and Lance Alexander Fischli at the Mystery Dance 2009. 2 FALL 2009 FROM THE PUBLISHER Best in the West: Menlo College! You will enjoy special articles highlight- ing alumni and Hall of Fame recipients Micah Kane and Nate Jackson, and you’ll have a chance to recapture May’s commencement exercises where we “Creativity is were honored to have business and thinking up new technology leader Steve Westly as our guest speaker, and special friend, entre- things. Innovation preneur extraordinaire Khaled Juffali, as our honorary doctoral recipient. is doing new You can catch up on the Menlo Oaks things.” Athletics successes—there were many— and enjoy getting to know some of THEODORE LEVITT, ECONOMIST, our outstanding faculty. FOUR-TIME McKINSEY Be sure to review our Honor Roll of AWARD RECIPIENT, Donors, listing those who have HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW chosen to be strategic investors in the Catherine Reeves, right, with Ivana Izvonar, Assessment Coordinator and blossoming future of Menlo College. Michelle Pualuan, Director of Alumni Your generous partnership is the Relations at a reunion. foundation of our growth and success, and we are filled with gratitude. read an article somewhere re- cently describing innovation as a And if you happen to be a Menlo part of Silicon Valley’s DNA. College alumnus, we rejoice with you. “Restarts,” as organizations are You are one of the Best in the West! I By now you will have received a called here when they are reinvented, are fairly commonplace in what is letter of a very personal nature from considered to be the most dynamic, the president. You may receive a phone globalized, regional economy in the call regarding reconnecting with your class, or if you are one of our younger world. alumni, a call to help organize a chapter It’s not very often, however, that a in your area. Silicon Valley restart is an academic The leaves may be falling to the ground, institution. but it is springtime at Menlo College. This issue of Advantage is very proud We are so very grateful for you, and to showcase Menlo College at its next thank you for your partnership. level. You’ll read an outstanding fea- Warmest regards, ture interview, “Best in the West, Best on the Gridiron,” between President Tim Haight and one of Menlo’s treasured alumni, Bud Adams. Catherine Vice President of External Affairs MENLO COLLEGE 3 I M AG E S O F MENLO P L E I N A I R E V E N T O C T O B E R 3–4 2 0 0 9 4 FALL 2009 FROM THE PRESIDENT The Four P’s by Dr. G. Timothy Haight, President, Menlo College transformative goal we would aspire Obviously, colleges need a clear pur- to achieve. pose and dynamic programs that reflect that vision. But the most important Furthermore, to earn the reputation ingredient is the people. We are indeed as “Silicon Valley’s Business School,” fortunate to have an outstanding it was essential that we would be assembly of teacher/scholars. This year responsive to the needs of the business alone, we recruited five more outstand- community. While our students are ing faculty members. Couple this group our consumers, our ultimate customers with a terrific staff and you can see why are the future employers of our we are more than just a tiny college: graduates. we are a community. This is a comment that I hear time and time again. We are Over the past year we have worked here to support our students and each hard to create an applied business other. And it shows! curriculum that is supported by, and in harmony with, a strong liberal What about the fourth P. the physical arts foundation. This past spring we environment. Can you imagine a created new majors in accounting, better place to spend four years of your finance and marketing. In developing life than in the heart of Silicon Valley? these new areas, we sought guidance Yes, we have plans down the road for from a variety of stakeholders, both new facilities to house our “Center President G. Timothy Haight inside and outside of the College. for Future Learning” and other new programs, centers and institutes. We The cornerstone of our applied busi- expect to make changes during the he beginning of a new ness program will be an internship next few years while maintaining our academic year always brings program that enables our students to tranquil setting among the tall oaks. excitement, a renewed com- gain real world experience while still In the meantime, we will continue to mitment to our purpose and a in school. It will also provide us with Tgreat time to glance back at what we recruit and retain outstanding faculty, opportunities to examine the skill have accomplished. Most importantly, students and a dedicated staff. sets of our students and gain valuable however, it is a time to look forward insight from companies employing The successful reaffirmation from to the work that must be done. This them as interns. WASC, the citing by The Princeton year, without a doubt, ushers in the Review as one of the “Best in the The four P’s: most exciting time of my tenure West,” our all-time high student reten- ! at the College. Indeed, the future Purpose tion rate, and our ability to flourish of Menlo College has never been ! Programs in harsh economic times signals that brighter. ! People something special is going on at Menlo In my first message to the Menlo ! Physical Environment College. And it will only get better! Community, I spoke of focusing on the four P’s: Purpose, Programs, People, and Physical environment. My charge, upon assuming the presidency in 2007, was to develop Menlo College into a premier business school. To provide focus we adopted the tag line, “Silicon Valley’s Business School.” To me Silicon Valley is not so much a physical location, but a way of think- President G. Timothy Haight, Commencement speaker Steve Westly and honorary ing. This was not a boast, but rather a degree recipient Khaled Juffali at Commencement 2009. PHOTO: DOUGLAS PECK PHOTOGRAPHY MENLO COLLEGE 5 Menlo College selected as “Best in the West” by The Princeton Review by Judy Seitelman The Princeton Review website said that it used two primary criteria to select this year’s ‘regional best’ enlo College, “Silicon Valley’s Business colleges. “First, they had to meet our standards for School,” is one of the best colleges and uni- academic excellence within their region. Second, we versities in the West according to The Princ- had to be able to survey their students anonymously.” eton Review. The education services company Mselected the school as one of 123 institutions it recom- “Menlo College is riding on a positive wave of great mends in its “Best in the West” section on its website news,” said President G. Timothy Haight upon hearing of feature “2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region” that The Princeton Review recognition.