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.
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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
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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. “With our three new posted July 27, 2009. The Princeton Review reported that majors in accounting, finance, and marketing, reaffirma- “students prize Menlo’s ‘incredible faculty’ and say that tion of WASC accreditation, plus the addition of several ‘the student to teacher ratio is awesome.’ The ‘small class sizes’ and ‘close-knit community’ work in conjunction to ‘provide a unique experience that wouldn’t be possible at a larger university.’”
Says Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s V.P., Publishing, “We chose Menlo College and the other terrific schools we recommend as our ‘regional best’ colleges primarily for their excellent academic programs. We also work to have our roster of ‘regional best’ colleges feature a range of institutions by size, selectivity, character and locale. We choose the schools based on institutional data we collect from several hundred schools in each region, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of inde- pendent and high school-based college advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what each school’s customers—their students—report to us about their campus experiences at them on our 80-question student survey.”
highly qualified—academically and professionally— faculty, we are producing the next generation of business leaders.”
The 123 colleges The Princeton Review chose for this year’s “Best in the West” designations are located in fifteen states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Princeton Review Best Regional Colleges website states, “We’ve divided the country into four regions and identified 639 colleges that we feel stand out as academically excellent institutions of higher learning. Some are nationally known, while others have strong regional reputations; together they represent an inclusive cross-section of colleges.” 6 FALL 2009 We chose Menlo and the other terrific schools we recommend as our ‘regional“ best’ colleges primarily for their excellent academic programs.”
The Princeton Review designated 218 colleges in the that Menlo is “a business school where the professors Northeast, 141 in the Southeast, and 158 in the Midwest know my name.” Also, “the professors have been in the as best in their locales on the company’s 2010 Best business world” and “utilize their real world experiences Colleges: Region by Region section on its site. to support what they are teaching.”
The 640 colleges named “regional best” represent only Because personal attention to students is the focus of about 25% (one out of four) of the nation’s 2,500 four- academics and campus life, Provost Jim Kelly said he was year colleges. particularly gratified to read student comments saying that the staff and faculty at Menlo will “go out of their The Princeton Review does not rank the colleges in its way to help you,” and “make sure you are keeping up 2010 Best Colleges Region by Region website section. with the work” and “want you to do a good job.” Also at Here’s a selection of what Menlo College students told Menlo, despite its smaller size, “there is a huge opportu- The Princeton Review: “they (the professors) know how nity for networking.” to interact and connect with their students,” and they work effectively with their small class sizes to “create a “Put in combination with the recent seven-year reaf- deep, discussion-focused environment.” The majority of firmation of our WASC accreditation, this recognition is students attend Menlo for its business program and love further evidence of the high quality of our faculty and the lengths they go to enrich each student’s college ex- perience through their teaching and advising,” said Kelly. “Our faculty are leaders from industry, academia, and the community, and I am very proud of their outstanding efforts.”
Alumni and parents interested in learning more about the selection process used by The Princeton Review may go to: http://www.princetonreview.com/best-regional- colleges.aspx.
MENLO COLLEGE 7 Best in the West, Best on the Gridiron K. S. Bud Adams, Jr., ’42 n a recent August after- Bud Adams: It’s most important to Bud Adams: Both Mike Reinfeldt and noon, President G. Timothy have a good coach, and what I call a Jeff Fisher were excellent students Haight introduced himself good general manager. The Titans are in college. Mike, a former All-Pro to K.S. “Bud” Adams, Jr., blessed with both! Safety (1976–83) with the Houston O‘42, the powerful and enduring Oilers, attended the University of Ten years ago, Mr. Adams decided to owner of the NFL Tennessee Titans. Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He earned move the Houston Oilers to Nashville. In a phone interview, Bud Adams two MBA degrees: one in sports Because he had almost 900 employees shared a number of colorful experi- management and the other in in multiple corporations throughout ences in football and business. For finance from Houston Baptist Houston, he could not move with his Menlo’s President, the opportunity University located in Houston, Texas. team to Tennessee. In 1999 his team to converse with one of the College’s became the Tennessee Titans to Through the fifty or more years most famous alumni was a privilege, coincide with the opening of the spent running a football franchise, given his own passion for football new stadium. Bud Adams knows that a leader and business. needs to go beyond the responsibili- Bud Adams: After the first four years Almost immediately, the two men ties of the game to keep a team on in Nashville, I asked Mike Reinfeldt to engaged in a discussion about banks track. Mr. Adams knows that these join Jeff Fisher and me in leading the and investments, which led the pru- superb athletes need an occasional team. dent Texan to inquire about the cur- heart to heart talk, lots of common rent market value of the K.S. “Bud” Success, to me, sense and encouragement. When Adams, Jr. Scholarship, which he “ Bud Adams looks at a player, he established in 2002. The endowment stems from knowing makes the same tough decisions he currently provides valuable support makes in the boardroom, the oil for nearly twenty Menlo students. that you can’t manage field or trucking firm. He is a man The conversation then evolved to multiple organizations who is proud of his team, and deeply the area of professional football. involved on a daily basis. He is also President Haight admitted he’s an by yourself.” part of the lifeblood of the NFL. avid, lifelong fan of the Washington In addition to his incredible NFL Redskins. Mr. Adams laughed Mike became Executive Vice President history, in April 2001, along with knowingly. and General Manager, and, with Jeff Warren Buffett, Bud Adams was as Executive Vice President and Head President: Mr. Adams, congratula- named by Forbes Magazine as one Coach, I had great team leadership. tions to the Tennessee Titans for a of the top two “Best Value CEOs.” This showed especially during the remarkable season last year! In March 2009, he made the Forbes draft, and that’s why last year we al- “World’s Billionaires” list. In the Bud Adams: Yes, thank you. We lost most made it to the Super Bowl. Our October 2009 issue of that publica- only three games, and won thirteen. goal, of course this year, is to be in tion, he was sited on the “Forbes In the playoffs we drew a bye, and the Super Bowl, and once again, we 400 Richest Americans 2009” list. then faced Baltimore. Baltimore have the makings of a winning team. Mr. Adams’ many activities include knocked us off in Nashville, 13–10, A generous benefactor to many farming, ranching, oil, and automo- and then they lost to Pittsburgh in causes, Mr. Adams puts great empha- bile dealerships, as well as his role as the AFC championship game. sis on high academic achievement, CEO of the National Football League President: What do you consider to encouraging his players to complete franchise Tennessee Titans. be the most important ingredients graduate school. It’s apparent that he President: What is the secret to your in building a championship team? respects and hires people who excel success as a CEO? in business and finance. Needless to say, Dr. Haight is in total agreement. Bud Adams: Success, to me, stems from knowing that you can’t man- age multiple organizations by your- 8 FALL 2009 Kenneth Stanley “Bud” Adams, Jr., ’42
ntering his 50th year as Founder, Owner, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Titans/Oilers NFL franchise, K. S. “Bud” Adams, Jr. is an E enduring figure in the National Football League. As one of the original team owners in the American Football League, he has guided his franchise to new heights posting six playoff appearances, including an AFC Championship (1999), an AFC Central title (2000), two AFC South titles, an AFC Championship appearance, and Wild Card teams. He is one of only four current NFL owners to reach the 350-win plateau. self. I have six companies that are all A native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Adams’ interest in sports was first dis- publicly held. Each company has its played while at Culver Military Academy where he earned letters in foot- own President, while I serve as CEO. ball, basketball and baseball. Upon graduation from Culver in 1940, Adams The key to success is surrounding attended Menlo College, lettering in both rugby and football. Adams then yourself with talented people. transferred to the engineering school at the University of Kansas where he also lettered in football. At KU, Adams met his future wife, Nancy Neville. President: Your leadership is a great source of inspiration for Menlo stu- In 1942, while still in school at KU, Adams joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. In dents. Can you also let our students July 1943, he was sent overseas and was assigned to a PAC-Fleet carrier unit, know about your Menlo College where he served as an aviation engineering officer. Lt. j.g. Adams was an aide experience? in the U.S. Navy’s Congressional Liaison Office in Washington D.C.
Bud Adams: When I was at Menlo In 1946, Adams started ADA Oil Company, which was a forerunner of the I lettered in football and rugby. publicly-held American Stock Exchange-listed Adams Resources & Energy, Our schedule included games with Inc. (AE), an energy company engaged in the business of marketing crude Cal and Stanford, and we won the oil, natural gas and petroleum products; tank truck transportation of liquid Northern California championship. chemicals; and oil and gas exploration and production. Adams’ other It was an exciting time for sports business interests include extensive farming and ranching in California and Texas, cattle feeding, real estate, automobile dealerships and leasing. at Menlo. Certainly, some of my fondest memories are from Menlo On August 3rd, 1959, he and Lamar Hunt announced the formation of the College. new American Football League, which began playing in 1960.
Mr. Adams still has a scrapbook In his fifth decade as founder, owner, chairman, president and CEO of the highlighting his time at Menlo, Tennessee Titans (formerly Houston Oilers and Tennessee Oilers), the hard- and all of the sports he played. He working and aggressive Adams has made professional football history numer- especially enjoys his rugby clippings, ous times. In 1968, Adams’ Oilers were the dominant team in the American “when we cleaned up California, Football League during 1960-69, playing in the championship game four and won the rugby championship,” times and winning twice consecutively; earning four AFL Eastern Division he remembers with great pride. Championships; and making the playoffs five years. In 1970, the AFL merged into the expanded NFL. Adams’ teams won the AFC Central Bud Adams: ‘Menlo trounced Cali- division three times; and made the playoffs 16 times. fornia,’ it says here in the scrapbook. ‘A few minutes into the first half, Adams currently works on several prominent NFL committees, including the NFL’s Finance, Hall of Fame, Legislative and Audit Committees; and he is a Kenny Adams intercepted a Cal pass, Trustee for the NFL Trust. Very active in national, state and local programs, for a beautiful 30 yard run…the half Adams is on the Board of Directors of the Cherokee Indian National Histori- ended with Menlo leading 6-0… A cal Society; the Board of Trustees of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, little later, Adams again ran through Ohio; the Board of Directors of the Boy Scouts of America Sam Houston Area the whole Cal team for a repeat 30 Council; and a Lifetime Director of The Hundred Club in Houston. yard run, with a dazzling speed, to make the final score, 12-0.’ In recent years, in addition to the approximately $18 million given to charities in Tennessee as a direct result of Mr. and Mrs. Adams creating the Tennessee President: Mr. Adams, we could sure Titans Foundation, Adams has made significant personal contributions use you now! totaling more than $4.5 million combined, to his favorite charities. Continued on page 20
MENLO COLLEGE 9 Walker Creek ORIENTATION RETREAT
Our Outbound Orientation Retreat focused on team and community building opportunities in a relaxed setting that allowed students an opportunity to meet future colleagues, staff and advisors. The retreat was a full schedule of activi- ties at Walker Creek Ranch, a beautiful, idyllic location in Petaluma, California. In addition to 135 freshmen, 73 trans- fer students from 21 countries and 24 states participated in
PHOTOS: PRISCILA DE SOUZA ‘08 the retreat. PETALUMA, AUGUST 21–22, 2009
10 FALL 2009 by Charles “Chop” Keenan ‘66, Chairman, Menlo College Board of Trustees Class 2013
n August 20th we held our grounds. Their interaction over the There is a pejorative inference in the annual freshman student/ next four years will be the subliminal word. Rather, this is the essential parent dinner on the quad. education yin to the classroom yang. knowledge which informs reasoning Weather was Chamber of These first few months are a big and gives greater understanding and OCommerce perfect and our grand adjustment period. For some it’s new respect for all beliefs. The goal, under oak trees stood silent witness to food, new language, new culture and the leadership of our president, Dr. one of life’s great rites of passage, homesickness. For all it’s about expe- Timothy Haight, is to develop mind- typically fraught with trepidation riencing new responsibilities and sync- ful, curious, animated citizens. Side by and excitement: delivering your son ing up with roommates, classmates side with sixty units of general educa- or daughter to college. The next day and faculty. Shyness quickly dissipates tion, Menlo’s accomplished faculty parents and siblings trekked back in the intimacy of their newfound will teach the essential business skills home to establish a new rhythm at Menlo College family. for a job-ready graduate. The next the dinner table and the Class of four years will go by in a blink of an 2013 caught an early bus to Sonoma With students from all corners of the eye. Classmates and faculty transform County for a two-day “Freshman world, they will be exposed to a broad into lifetime friendships. Hopefully Outing.” This is the first bonding spectrum of beliefs. The sixty units of one of them will influence your life experience of the 135 member class, general education requirement are the in a profound way. Welcome to the from 10 countries, 12 states and the foundation of a liberal society. I wish Class of ’13. See you at graduation. gamut of socio-economic back- they weren’t called “requirements.” PHOTO: PRISCILA DE SOUZA ‘08 MENLO COLLEGE 11 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Serving Up a New Business Menu: Majors in Accounting, Finance, and Marketing
levels. The Summer 2009 Salary Survey Further, optional focused internships by James Kelly, Provost by NACEWeb (National Association of will allow students to merge practical and Executive Vice President Colleges and Employers), concludes experience with classroom learning. in a release July 15, 2009, that the f you take “new,” blend it Receiving a “Best in the West” average offer to finance and market- with “tried and true” and add a designation by The Princeton Review ing graduates rose 2.9 and 3 percent generous dollop of innovative inspires us to go even further in respectively. curriculum development and providing the best possible business Iteaching, you’ll have our recipe for A key innovative element of the new education and all-round college extraordinary academic programs. majors is the inclusion of management experience for our students. information systems courses tailored Menlo students entering in Fall 2009 In our last issue, we introduced you to the specific needs of professionals will have three new majors available to our five new faculty members who in each area. Management informa- to them: accounting, finance, and are joining us in the new academic tion systems is a bridge discipline that marketing. Created by the faculty to year. I hope you’ll learn more about combines business with technology to strengthen and expand the College’s them and our programs by reading enable decision makers to properly programs in the core areas of busi- the latest article, “New Faces: Five use information to solve problems, ness, the majors are built upon exten- New Faculty Get Down to Business.” operate efficiently, and compete sive curriculum research, competitive effectively. We hope that you’ll join us on cam- analysis, and employment hiring pus for the many academic, athletic trends. Simultaneously, the man- Rather than taking a general MIS (Go Oaks!), and cultural events that agement core curriculum has been course, students will gain hands-on we regularly host. It is a great oppor- expanded in the areas of business experiences with the technologies and tunity to meet faculty and learn first- ethics and organizational behavior information systems of greatest value hand how Menlo College is preparing to insure that Menlo graduates are to accountants, finance professionals, future leaders. well-grounded. and marketing managers. The new majors require 24 credit hours, slightly Bon appétit! The new programs incorporate more than the current concentrations, the latest innovations in teaching, to insure adequate depth in each field. practice, and research. In setting the course requirements for the new ma- jors, the faculty paid special attention to the curriculum guidelines put forth by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the foremost accrediting agency in business and accounting.
According to BusinessWeek, in the section called “Finding a Job,” April 8, 2009, “Degrees that provide a job credential, like accountancy, are in greatest demand.” The article also says that accounting, finance, busi- ness administration and management majors also saw average salary offers for new graduates rise over 2008 Jim Kelly, right, offers souvenir t-shirts and mementos to alumni at a recent reunion. 12 FALL 2009 Fresh Faces: Five New Faculty Get Down to Business JIAN JAMES MA Instructor of MIS
DR. JAN JINDRA MIS 050- Structured Programming Asst. Professor of Finance MIS 060- oining us from as far away as ECO 055- Management Information Systems Alberta, Canada and as close by Macroeconomics and the Global Economy as Redwood City, our new faculty MGT 120- Management are anxious to begin their in-class Financial Management I information Jand advisement activities with Menlo’s Systems 050 will Management business students. Here are our new cover such funda- 120 focuses on professors and instructors along with mental program- corporate financial the courses they’ll teach. Sample ming concepts management, with course descriptions are included to as input, output, an emphasis on show the depth and range of knowl- decisions, loops, enhancing long- edge our students will explore. arrays, strings, term shareholder To view all course descriptions, files, and value. Topics please go to our catalog modularization with functions and include statement at http://www.menlo.edu. procedures. Students will study the analysis, financial elements of graphical user interface DR. SOUMENDRA DE markets, risk and rates of return, design and event-driven programming. Professor of Finance bond and stock valuation, sources of funding, the cost of capital, discounted DR. DAVID MEADER ECO 055- Macroeconomics and the Global Economy cash flow analysis, budgeting, com- Asst. Professor of MIS MGT 121- pensation plans, the IPO process, MGT 002- Financial Management II asset acquisition and management. Business Management Practice MIS 106- Economics 055 The goal of the course is to prepare Systems Analysis and Design is an examina- students for business decision-making tion of national using financial information. Management Information income determi- DR. YAO TIAN Systems 106 nants in a global Asst. Professor of Accounting context and the concerns institutional and NOTE: designing historical context Dr. Tian will join computer- of these compo- the College in based informa- nents. Participants explore the prob- spring semester to tion systems. lems of economic growth, inflation teach accounting. The viewpoints and unemployment as well as banking of three types and monetary influences on macro- of participants in this process (techni- variables; the role of transnational cal expert, supervisor, and manager) firms in national and international will be discussed. To this end, both a employment, investment and surplus traditional systems development life generation; as well as balance of cycle and modern CASE tool and pro- payments and concepts inclusive of totype approach will be explained. transnational capital growth and Managerial issues related to imple- its effect on world markets and mentation issues, cost benefit analysis, development. ROI, time and cost projection will be examined. Examples will be taken from various newer technologies.
MENLO COLLEGE 13 cable channel. Spot commercials, spot Georgetown University in May. The Faculty promos, sponsored graphics, pop-up discussion was how the new media promos, mentions, infomercials, and are changing the world of marketing PSA’s were identified. The study mea- and public information. Lowenthal News sured three indicators of the amount has also been chosen to participate of advertising presented in the in the upcoming Convergence and Ben Alamar, Assistant Professor of telecast: (1) the number of commer- Society Conference in November. Management, presented a research cial minutes per hour, (2) the number Her research explores the influence talk, “Evaluating Risk in NFL Playcall- of advertisements per hour, and (3) of new communication technologies ing,” at the New England Symposium the average duration of spot com- on culture, particularly pedagogy. on Statistics in Sports at Harvard mercials. Results of the study were Her paper at the Convergence and University. NFL coaches make at least interpreted in terms of advertising Society Conference will be on the 1,000 offensive play calls during a clutter. The paper has been submitted similar topic of textual-orality and season, using their own formulas re- to the International Journal of Sport its implications for literacy, but the garding playcalls. Alamar described Communication. working title has changed to “Gen- Text: Losing Touch in Virtual Reality.” a systematic, analytical approach to Dr. Stephen Eckstone, Instructor, measuring a play’s outcome in rela- completed several research projects Marianne Marar, Ed.D., Assistant tion to the drive, and an evaluation that served the marketing needs of Professor of Social Science, has writ- of whether coaches are irrationally Colorado College and the Olympic ten an article, “Dual/Duel Identities: biased in their playcalls. Using play- Training Center in Colorado Springs. Jordanian Perceptions of Academic by-play data from the 2005 through He also contributed articles to the Equity,” for Intercultural Education, 2008 NFL regular seasons, he devised Colorado Springs Business Journal and a global and transnational journal. In an evaluation system around the conducted a series of workshops for it, Marar explores Jordanian univer- concept of expected points, used the Journal on Business-to-Business sity graduates and their perceptions in baseball for over 40 years and advertising. of the question of Palestine and their applied occasionally in football for notions of human rights education. Kathleen M. Flynn, Director, Writing all downs, with no increased risk. She is on the editorial board and one Tutoring Program, placed third in Results confirm previous analysis of the founding members of Global Writer Advice’s Fourth Annual Flash that teams underutilize the pass. Ed Review, a peer-reviewed journal Prose Contest and will act as a judge The expected points framework which aims to present current issues in next year’s contest. She has an was applied to every team for each in education with an empathetic essay forthcoming in Writer Advice season, to determine the best lens. offenses and defenses (overall and on motherhood and the writing life, broken down by pass/run) during as well as a short story in the University Professor of Economics, Dr. Craig the time span of 2005-2008. of Idaho’s literary journal Fugue. Medlen’s, paper entitled “Free Cash, the Current Account, and Bubble Dr. Dale Hockstra, Dean of Academic Douglas M. Carroll, Ed.D., Professor Creation,” has been accepted at the Affairs, presented a paper entitled of Mass Communication, completed Association for Evolutionary Economics “Predicting Faculty Needs Using a research project titled “Commercial conference in Georgia in January Spreadsheets” at the 2009 Western Programming at a Single-Sport Cable of 2010. He explores the relation- Decision Sciences meeting in April Channel: Strategies and Practices at ship between corporations’ ability 2009, showing that staffing needs Golf Channel.” The emergence of to generate free cash, the lopsided could be estimated using enrollment single-sport cable channels repre- current account and recent specula- data and curricular requirements. As sents a refinement of the all-sports tion in stocks and housing. Medlen a result, the effect of changing class cable channel concept, a new trend argues that portions of recently size limits and faculty teaching loads in the televised sport marketplace. generated free cash is related to the could be analyzed. The spreadsheet This study analyzed the contents of outsourcing of production and the model was developed to satisfy WASC 24 hours of programming on Golf consequent ability of corporations requirements and has been used to Channel to better understand com- to generate cash while minimizing develop long-term faculty plans. mercial programming strategies and investment, particularly in the goods- practices. Commercial programming Dr. Marla Lowenthal related sectors of the economy. Over during live tournament coverage was Professor of Mass Communication, the last two decades, foreign saving, compared to golf telecasts at two went to the Edelman Public Relations’ consequent on the lopsided cur- broadcast networks and an all-sport New Media Academic Summit at rent account, could not be absorbed 14 FALL 2009 by a U.S. corporate world beset in science and mathematics education. University of the Arts in Philadelphia, with its own saving running at a Research suggests that, in mathemat- June 4-6. Her article on the event rate of about half a trillion dollars ics, misconceptions are often caused will appear in the fall 2009 issue of a year. Consequently, excess sav- due to constant demand to connect Ampersand, the quarterly journal of ing—both domestically grown and and translate information presented the Pacific Center for the Book Arts. imported—flowed towards specula- in various modes of information; i.e., Derek Stimel, Ph.D., Assistant Profes- tive avenues—in the 1990s in stocks the demand to translate oral, tabular, sor of Economics, published two ar- and more recently in housing. The graphical or pictorial into symbolic ticles: “An examination of U.S. Phillips Federal Reserve’s admitted inability information. In science, experiential curve nonlinearity and its relationship to control long term rates is best un- mode of gathering information makes to the business cycle” in Economics derstood in this abundance of excess matters even more complicated, caus- Bulletin and “A statistical analysis of global and corporate saving. Medlen ing misconceptions. NFL quarterback rating variables” in will serve on a panel entitled, “Neo- Leslie E. Sekerka, Ph.D. Associate Pro- the Journal of Quantitative Analysis liberalism, Markets and Freedom.” fessor, Organizational Behavior, pre- in Sports. During summer 2009, he Kate Mills, Instructor, English, is sented research on “Professional Mor- presented an article, “Identifying sharing her experience in the non- al Courage” at the Annual Meeting asset price bubbles with the perma- profit sector with her composition for the Association for Psychological nent income hypothesis: An empirical students, having them write a grant Sciences in San Francisco, accompanied investigation,” with co-author Ryan proposal. Mills discusses readings on by two student research assistants, Brady of the U.S. Naval Academy at the history of not-for-profit organi- Jacquie Szalata and Hilary Sluis. She the Western Economic Association zations and grant-offering institu- spent several weeks at the Universi- annual meeting in Vancouver, B.C. tions in America. She indicates that dade Católica Portuguesa, Center for The article was presented at a panel the current recession has resulted Ethics, Business and Economics, in Lis- entitled “Applied Macroeconomet- in an increase in the number of col- bon, Portugal, and created an instru- rics,” and Professor Stimel served as a lege graduates majoring in business ment to measure professional moral primary discussant on that panel. and finance, who find their first job courage. She was the invited keynote Professor of English and Humanities, in the non-profit sector. Business fac- speaker at the conference on Network Dr. Marilyn Thomas’ ten students ulty members commented that the Ethics: The New Challenge in Business. who joined her on a tour of Italy skills are identical to the skills the Sekerka described her work “Using in May 2009 watched a full moon students will need to write business Network Analyses to Understand shine on the water of the canal as proposals. Mills was pleased that the Personal Motive Structures that Drive they stood on the Bridge of Sighs in students were enthusiastic about it, Moral Choices.” She completed a chap- Venice. They toured the Doge’s Palace finding the material very relevant ter on transformational cooperation and learned how a democratic form to their future careers in business or for the Handbook of Organizational of government helped make a city grant-seeking in general Culture and Climate and a manu- prosper. From Venice they traveled by script for journal publication entitled Professor Jean Dupon, Professor of bus to Ravenna for a visit to Dante’s “Positively Ethical: The Establishment Biology, and Pejmon Sadri, Profes- tomb, and saw architectural wonders of Innovation in Support of Sustain- sor in Mathematics, submitted a in Assisi, Florence, and Rome. In ad- ability.” She is creating methodology publication last summer on the idea dition to visiting St. Peter’s Basilica, for an online protocol to examine the that misconceptions in both science they toured the Vatican Museum and influence of moral courage and social and mathematics may be tenu- understood why Michelangelo is still self-conscious emotions in the con- ous or robust. Research has shown revered as one of the greatest sculp- text of addressing ethical challenges. that tenuous misconceptions can tors and painters of all time. Thomas Sekerka has been conducting ethics be corrected through explicit and says it’s already time to sign up for education and training for the U.S. repetitive emphasis of correct ideas. next year’s trip, on March 5-14, 2010. Government, to increase awareness Interactive lecture demonstrations Destinations: Barcelona, Provence, for moral courage in the workplace and carefully selected examples that Nice, Monaco, Eze, Pisa, Florence, as a community service and to raise are analogical to the phenomenon and Rome. Total price: $3223.00 all- funds for the Menlo Ethics in Action under study have shown success in inclusive. For details contact Marilyn Research and Education Center. alleviating misconceptions that are Thomas at [email protected] or robust. Linda K. Smith, M.S.L.I.S., Associate 650-543-3811. Dean of Library Services, attended Misconceptions refer to error in un- the Hybrid Book Conference at The derstanding, a major area of concern MENLO COLLEGE 15 16 FALL 2009 of teaching are when students realize consumers, productive employees, the devastating impact of credit card and potential entrepreneurs. Financial debt or the advantage of early sav- Planned topics include saving, loans, ings. As students are able to advise mortgages, stocks, bonds, budget- their family or friends with new- ing, insurance, retirement planning, found knowledge, their satisfaction as well as home ownership. We Literacy is multiplied. envision a web-based presence with By Donna Little, tutorials, newsletters and guides, as I have the same leanings when it Associate Professor of Accounting well as a strong community connec- comes to professional activities and tion through workshops, kiosks and scholarship. Because of Menlo’s Silicon riving down the freeway a broadcasts. By partnering with local Valley edge in terms of classroom few years ago, I noticed a libraries, high schools and other local computing, I have been drawn to large billboard, sponsored centers, we can deliver on-campus explore and develop educational con- by a local bank, proclaim- instruction and events. One of our Ding, “There is a boat in your house!” tent on the web. Early consulting at strongest connections, the Silicon Yahoo! Finance for education oppor- I was still seething when I got to Valley Chapter of the California tunities sparked ideas for online class- class the following day. I’m sure my Society of Certified Public room application. This interest has students probably thought, “there Accountants has enthusiastically led me to research companies’ use of she goes again,” however we had endorsed our efforts and offered their Investor Relations web-sites for a lively discussion of the second to partner with us. mortgages lenders were touting to consumers. Fortunately, with our This a new chapter A decade later the advertisements cutting-edge computer teaching “ for taking equity out of one’s home labs, I didn’t have to make my point in Menlo’s history of for boats, vacations and such have in theory only. The students and business education.” largely disappeared, but the need I were able to set up spreadsheet for financial education and vigilance models for the loan amortization public knowledge. Financial literacy are always with us. As Menlo College and the boat depreciation. The definitely includes the ability to access celebrates our progress toward numbers told the story. information when making decisions becoming a preeminent business about investing time and money. college, we acknowledge our desire Using numbers to tell the story has to spread financial literacy beyond been my focus as a faculty member This is a new chapter in Menlo’s his- our institution into the greater at Menlo College since 1986. After tory of business education. Last year, community. a fast-paced career in the Silicon Menlo established new majors in Valley beginning in 1973 and culmi- Accounting and Finance. We are nating in a 1983 IPO, I was fortunate fortunate to have three new highly to begin teaching at Menlo upon qualified full-time faculty to teach the birth of my first child. The time in the two programs: Dr. Yao Tian in had come to shift gears and try to accounting and Dr. Soumendra De make a difference in the lives of and Dr. Jan Jindra in finance. We look others. Many of my students, while forward to their infusion of enthusi- educated in traditional subjects and asm and expertise. New classes and life-skills, have little or no prepara- activities will begin as a result of the tion for making decisions about college’s commitment to financial budgeting, saving, debt, and invest- education, not the least of which is ing. Notwithstanding, their response the newly proposed Menlo College to financial literacy has always been Center for Financial Literacy, under enthusiastic. Students not only want the auspices of the Menlo College to secure their futures, but to assist Center for Future Learning. others in making financial decisions. We envision that the Menlo College Some of the most fulfilling moments Center for Financial Literacy will pro- vide free educational opportunities OPPOSITE: Donna Little, Associate that support learners in their roles as Professor of Accounting (standing) offers advice to students Katherine Fulp-Allen, Gabriella Giron, and Deborah Black.
MENLO COLLEGE 17 18 FALL 2009 Anyone can be an Entrepreneur Each year, the Center for Entrepre- actively engaged neurship will offer a small number of throughout the undergraduate science and engineer- semester—taking ing students from around the world risks, testing ideas, the opportunity to study entrepre- solving problems, neurship in the Silicon Valley. The building things, exchange students will work with our seeing if they business students in a year-long pro- work, examining gram that blends both traditional and why they don’t, hands-on learning environments. The earning profits, international exchange program will realizing losses, but provide participating students with most importantly, a rare opportunity to benefit from a gaining a hands- diversity of disciplinary and cultural by Leslie K. Williams, Ph.D., on understanding of the outcomes Director, The Center for Entrepreneurship, perspectives, which have been shown Associate Professor of Business achieved. We continue to run the to enrich such collaborations and popular Business Plan Competition, hough it probably comes as no often lead to more creative, relevant, which has a multi-year tradition of surprise, entrepreneurship is a and pragmatic outcomes. success at Menlo. To kick-start the major contributor to economic entrepreneurial spirit, we’ve even Finally, the Center is launching an growth—generating wealth, added a mini Business Plan Competition Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Tinnovations, new enterprises, and to the First-Year Experience, a series high-school students to explore the jobs in our economy. What may of courses and activities in which all link between creativity, innovation, come as a surprise is that just about freshman participate. and entrepreneurship. In a fun and anyone can be an entrepreneur. action-packed two weeks, students All it takes is a great idea, a bit of The Center has also developed a will attend mini courses and field creativity, tenacity, and the right variety of other programs for current trips, design and build prototypes, mentoring environment. This is the and prospective students. Students and investigate a variety of business philosophy of the new Center for who are passionate about an idea or models. The curriculum, which focuses Entrepreneurship at Menlo College. business concept can apply to Start-Up on creativity, risk-taking and action, Working with our Silicon Valley part- U. Start-Up U accepts a limited number will be taught by distinguished ners, we’re developing programs of students who have businesses they faculty and seasoned entrepreneurs. to provide our students with the want to launch or grow while earning entrepreneurial skills to transform their college degrees. Through the Entrepreneurship does not have to their good ideas into thriving new program, students will be able to use be complex. Nor does it necessarily business ventures. their business for course-related proj- require patents and the licensing of ects and internships, integrating their technology. As a business college, our In order to give students a hands-on degree requirements and classroom innovative outputs tend to cluster experience with business creation, commitments with their own business’ around information, knowledge, and we’ve added Launching the Venture development, effectively “earning human capital. Through innovative to the curriculum. In this capstone credits” for establishing and running initiatives the Center for Entrepre- course, students work in teams to their business venture.* For students neurship is positioning itself to help plan and run a for-profit business. with a great idea and willingness to do entrepreneurial students and faculty The teams are given a small start- the work, the Center will provide an turn these assets into the types of up loan from the College for seed “incubator” to help them grow and sustainable enterprises society values. capital. Then, over the course of a access to a network of successful entre- semester they will brainstorm mar- preneurs and mentors with technical, ket opportunities and assess their *Start-Up U is a co-curricular program. operational, and managerial expertise. Students only earn credits for course potential, then develop, launch, work, not starting a business venture. manage, and ultimately liquidate the business. The students are MENLO COLLEGE 19 K. S. “Bud” Adams, Jr., ’42 Continued from page 9
Included in his scrapbook is a picture of his Glee Club trio.
Bud Adams: We formed a trio with Mrs. William Kratt as Director. She recruited me. In the picture are Don Ross, Doug Janning and myself. I was secretary and Don, who played football too, was president. Now, can you imagine me in the Glee Club?
President: Well, you know Mr. Adams, I thought the most famous group to come out of Menlo was the Kingston Trio, but maybe I’m wrong. Mr. Adams, I can’t tell you how much I have enjoyed this. Two weeks ago, I spoke at great length with another Menlo College alum, Bob Lurie (former owner of the San Francisco Giants), about baseball, and now this is truly a treat listening to you. I could do this for days. This should be a great year for you, and you’re actually going to be playing the San Francisco 49ers in November. How do you think the Titans will do this year?
Bud Adams: What I expect them to do? I think our selections were strong enough that we have a lot to look forward to.
President: Mr. Adams, we’re obvi- ously very appreciative of everything you’ve done for us and we’re very proud of you. I’d really like to thank you for allowing us to feature your accomplishments, and I’m hoping to see you on November 8th. Go, Titans!
Bud Adams: Yes! We’d like to have you sit in our box.
President: Thank you very much, sir.
Carnival 2008 20 FALL 2009 Newly Appointed Trustee of Kamehameha Schools Micah Kane SBA’87
in early August, and he provided his insights into this new appointment.
“It gives me the opportunity to be in an environment of a community building people, and it’s an honor to give back. I’m excited with the opportunity.“
The selection process was a traditional executive search, independent of the Governor, and independent of Kamehameha Schools, and conducted through a process of the probate court, and Kane, a Kamehameha graduate, was named by Probate Judge Colleen Hirai to a five-year term starting Sept. 1.
His scope of responsibilities includes the duty of managing assets of the trust. The Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the last of the Hawaiian alibi, includes trusts lands set aside as resources to educate native Hawaiian children, and the Trustees administer those funds for their educa- tion. Kamehameha Schools, founded in 1883 by Princess PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS Micah Kane, SBA’87, Trustee of Kamehameha Schools Bernice Pauahi Bishop as a nonprofit trust, operates schools on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island for more than Menlo was a big part of my life.” 6,700 students of Hawaiian ancestry. It is the state’s “ largest private landowner with more than 360,000 acres. By Tina Fairbairn, “Native trusts function within a broader community, Director of Advancement Services and the Annual Fund so if we perform at a high level, it impacts the whole community,” says Kane. The trusteeship is a part-time icah Kane, SBA ‘87, chairman of the position, and after twelve years serving in the adminis- Department of Hawaiian Home Lands since tration of Governor Lingle, including seven years in the 2003, was appointed trustee of Kamehameha Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Kane is looking Schools. Governor Linda Lingle made the forward to time with his family and a vacation with Mfollowing announcement on July 17, 2009: “time off to understand the Kamehameha Institution, “I’m very happy that Micah has been selected as a and then re-engage with the business community.” Kamehameha Schools trustee. I have worked closely with Micah for the past 11 years, and have watched him devel- Micah is a 1987 graduate in business from Menlo College, op into one of Hawaii’s finest and most respected leaders. and he also received an MBA in 1991 from the University of Hawaii. “He has the skills and experience, combined with the heart and compassion, to serve as a trustee of this “Menlo College was a big part of my life. Due to the valued organization that is of such great importance to multi-ethnic community I experienced there, I was pre- Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike. pared well for graduate school. In addition to the great professors, I remember Coach Ray Solari, (my football “I am confident that Micah will do an outstanding job coach) a coach of life, whose teachings apply to what carrying out the will of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop he’s doing. Players used his blueprint for the future. I was in overseeing the governance of Kamehameha Schools, lucky to play under him. Every week he gave us a thought which is among the most important institutions for to help us live our lives. I can’t wait for Ray’s book! I’m perpetuating Hawaiian culture for future generations looking forward to the next chapter in my life and a while preparing Hawaiian students for the 21st century.” chance to give.” Menlo College conducted a phone interview with Micah
MENLO COLLEGE 21 ALUMNI RELATIONS Haight to host a three-generation President G. Timothy Haight who Menlo College family: Carlton Wood- opened up the field for over 30 ard ‘41, Kim Woodard ‘65, and Trustee alumni to play an exciting soccer Andy Woodard ‘89. Also attending match against one another. The was Trustee Charles “Chop” Keenan Tournament Committee, composed Reconnect ’66 and well as other 1966 alumni Karl of Enrique Ybarra ‘91, Karl Buder ‘66, By Michelle Pualuan, Buder, David Nelson, Donald Grimes John Rooke ‘88, Rob Sluis ‘84, Martin Director of Alumni Relations and Gary Brant. Vintage SBA t-shirts Delfino ‘89, Victor Rico Gutierrez ‘09, were passed out by staff members Carol (Arguero) Hague ‘93, Alex Parr 009 may be the year of the and a group photo commemorated ‘82, Daniel Regas ‘89, and former ox in the Chinese calendar, this wonderful occasion. Menlo soccer coach Len Renery, but at Menlo College, it’s the dedicated a tree in front of Michaels Reunion activities concluded with year of the Alumni. Alumni Hall to Carlos López. Everyone looks 2who attended Menlo during every the recent September gathering for forward to a fantastic 2nd Annual the Classes of 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, decade as far back as the 1930s and Señor Carlos López Memorial Soccer 2004 and 2009. The newest group of as recent as the 2000s returned to Tournament, September 18, 2010. campus to mingle with their fellow alumni to graduate from Menlo—the alumni and learn about new devel- Class of 2009—met many members With so many alumni activities going opments at the college. of the Class of 1989. The twelve 1989 on, it seems fitting to announce the graduates in attendance were Daisy launch of the Menlo College Alumni President G. Timothy Haight and his Borba, Dominic Pai-Fu Chang, Martin Reconnect Project. Dorothy Skala wife Ann hosted reunions in their Delfino, Anne Heaton-Dunlap, Darayn and Michelle Pualuan, your Alumni garden, beginning with a reunion Hickingbotham, David Hong, Alison Relations Team, are connecting with for the Classes of 1959 and earlier. and Michael McCrary, Glenn Nielsen, alumni from every year at Menlo The Honorable Richard “Dusty” Rosalie Palano, Scott Perry, John College and reconnecting them with Rhodes ’41 represented the oldest Rohrer, Gabrielle Sims, and Trustee each other and the College. Anyone Menlo Class in attendance while Andy Woodard. interested in making a few phone Jeffrey Gale ’59, journalist and calls to help bring their class together former syndicated radio talk show can contact Michelle Pualuan at 650. host, represented the youngest 543.3740 or [email protected] class. The alumni who were there or Dorothy Skala at 650.543.3930 or told treasured stories about former [email protected]. Young alumni Menlo College Director Judge who are interested in organizing Russell, and our own Alumni Menlo College chapters and clubs Relations Director Emerita, Dorothy in their area are also encouraged to Skala shared cold case files. contact Alumni Relations. On a sunny day in May, alumni from the Classes of 1971 to 1980 celebrat- ed with staff and emeriti professors SIGN UP Jan Dykstra and Al Brokes along for the NEW Menlo College with former SBA Dean Jim Good, Alumni Association Membership Former Football Coach Ray Solari, It provides opportunities and and former Provost Gene Bales. This Alex Parr ‘82 and Enrique Ybarra ’91 at the services to enable all alums to stay reunion saw the first women gradu- Carlos López Memorial Soccer Tournament connected to each other and to ates in attendance including Kath- Menlo after graduation. Register erine (Brown) Alves ’71, the first The 1st Annual Señor Carlos López your membership online at woman to graduate Menlo College, Memorial Soccer Tournament menlo.edu/alumni/membership as well as former Alumni Association brought the Menlo Community past Benefits include: Presidents Frances Mann-Craik ’76 and present out in force to celebrate s )NVITATION TO ANNUAL 0RESIDENTS and Suzette Towler-Petito ‘75. the life of Carlos López. We were Autumn Alumni Dinner s Membership Card The reunion for the Classes of 1960 fortunate to host Andrea and Elena s &REE